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The SreSiiertleart,
whatever Its cBangea;
HVe the varying iif e may run.
;iun v ; - m
la constant in its aepina w ones.
Throngn 'btpst lands the stranger Wanders,
Yet none ofau liue npme n ; . z
On many armaid hie-f anoy sqaanders, -
But glreaH tftoheftljese.
By. night and day"jc9topt jearnin
Burns in iiiar heart-fpr on afar ;
a
"Xti ter.TU'8 th6ngh ?tUl backwar&Jjarirfng,
As the fond jieeaie-aeeKB jw .7
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Tkilhtest heart Wbate!er-itlianges,
Hoe'er the ficfcle fancy rangej
Is constant Hilts "loro
4y
Soon after my father graduated at old
Dartmouth, lie had an .invitation to go
tn pnnnppHmit to teach, which invita
tion he accepted. Afthe time Of which
o'-about 1792. It was
thought a great cq.uiiition to t
he
i
xogue that he held a diplomii
from i a
college, and the itudeht founU
in Con
necticut a nice nfew Academy, as it was
I'nilHd. where votinir ladies aiid gentle-
men could finish their, education 'in the
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eommonnbranehes, andacquife kno'l
euge. 01 ine ingiir ijuisuho
fie ti.rkba rlio nttpnded tikis
school
was a young man of about 20
years who
ould rfot
4 va v-AtVA Ir
l ji m-arance
noiwo tli whole world to
fa
1
1 loye
noh less
were the young
tkl
H llll 111111 ' ' v 1
1 rri do s
10, and the reason
V 'M.i . 1..
:isioiied for this aversion was! that for
the most part of his time he ajttended to
his own business, instead of cither peo
Jonathan was a pers
on of gtdod judg
ment, reticent in man ier, often called
bashful, of gortd mo tal attainments ;
and, withal, an
excellent scholar.
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He
i
was well verged in
the
common
branches of education, but
delighted
most in mathematics,
n
and
wa$
never
more in his element than when
!
solving
a problem in Euclid.
During the tijst winter
tei'
ha
there
was a mathematical
question
pti-oposed
bv tlie teacher for the whole
school,
and the one who could
first answer cor-
rect was to receive a vkluablel
present.
Tlie ansAvers were to bf in writiihg and
retc
;v w
numbered as they were handetl in, the
opening to take place the next$
onday.
which
. There were eight answers, jojfj
Jonathan's was No. 1,
and the phly one
that was correct, so li
prize.
e, bore
bft' the
This superior .knowledge ojf
figures
created an envious fee
inr. a!iid some
called him the Dutchman's Jonathan ;
C7 .11.
that his apparel was a
teil-taje
about
onions, etc.
We will here drop our
narrative a
moment, to explain a little. T
ise
father
j
of Jonathan, Jacob Gutridge,
vas ot
I . i
Dutch origin. Aho aftr the
var. in
wliirli be was a soldier J went
Weth-
erstield and bought a large track
bordering on the Connectictit
whose flats werei a long time A
their production' of onions, I
iof land
About the same timeColoneJ iBrown
a title which he had received becaus
r he was a tory and had taken; a comj
mission under New York to oppose th
colonists, moved into the pljabe. lie)
was a marrof property, and witli it un4
dertook to speculate and deprep the re
turned soldiers, buying' their (kjntinen-j
fal scrip for hiere nothing, witWjhe be-j
lief that the government would redeem
it at its full value. Alas, however, it
became worthless, and
colpjnel
be-
came poor.
i- Brown was ed ucated
o believe tnat
-a a '. h. ' I i 1
there were two classes
in society, the
high and the lowj that prosperity was
one of the adjuncts of j the high the
want of it subjected people tothl pther
In fact he was an aristocrat jojf the
bluest .kind. He j has become greatly
reduced in prosperity, but not jip his
aristocratic notions of society, 'ii-njl had
a beautiful daughter, whom he wished
to educate for the higher circles in
society, so sent her to this schoolj,.
There was a rumor among thfef chol
a.rs that Kate was not so much
to Colonel Brown as she was
Irelated
p her
jrirtues
I' T
associ-
i mother. Kate possessed all the
I of the eolonel's wife kind to
ates, obedient to
parents, poslesssing
5 !
that confidential,!
ving attributef which
placed her in that pass of sociHyj her
guardian so much revered.- j
We will now return to the sclil on
Monday, when the ansvve rs wereriened
the result of which was ! as before
stated. The schoiors began tbf rally
! Jonathan, and all
except Kate icaiieu
him names.. She t
ok hid part, m the
j saying is, and rather put
I who could not answer th
o shame those
questicfu
4
pro-
i posed.
The next question proposed Was in
grammar, the answers to I be given as
before. There were but five competi-
I tors for the nresent, and on inspection
Kate's answer was marked' Xo. 1,
Was the. nnlv miw o-iven as'correctl
and
She
and
j e- , i f
i then became the object of ridicule,
knowinff she had spoken in favor
of
the
t
Jonathan, thev called her the
Dutch-
mail's associate; aiul the tory's ward or
step-daughter. i ;'; j;
Xow Jonathan had" a pood bnrjortu-
, : ,0---
nity to pay hisjasoeiate -as she was
called, ana ne undertooK to snow tne
pired, the teacher thought to' go honre I
proposed toahiies'tiinii- forbyepejars j
dnd he accepted-the offer, beiug- the;
preceptor during that timev t
wrhe aBski opened and 3vithL i L came 1
a-5'ung'nie?nant; wno-neu . u iory i
witn gooxwana proposeuo iip imasn-
i 1 .Jfc 1 JTL . JL .1 .
ing ousruessiii isiine. xein i
out a''fajaiily-, he Tjbarded at. Colonel'I
Urownfs, rae two scnoiars naq. lmw i tney maqe tneir appearance iiowever
become reryajBlilr attacied to cADkj in the kitchen- the tearS oftlje one and
other, which jntimacy was apparent j to J
all, especially to the colonel, wlio for
bade his daughter to have any conver
sation with the low Dutchman. To
break up this intimacy the colonel pro
posed that the daughter should court
the young merchant a little, and Ito
help on the business he sent to Hart
ford and bought 'a verv handsome pony
for the young lady to ride, while the
merchant bought another to match irt
color, but of a larger size.
The nonv was called Kate after the
daughter,, and with a splendid outfit
the two were' seen riding through the
streets nearly every day.
The merchant had bought his goods
on credit, and neglected his business
affairs. He was soon in want of money
to pay his' debts, whereupon
he applied to Jonathan, who lent him
.$400 on a short credit, it being the
avails of his last year's onion crop.
One day, as' the two were riuing past
Mr. Gurtridge's mansion, the merchant
discovered Jonathan plowing, and in. a
haughty tone, which betrayed the fop
and blackguard, said, "I am glad to see
you at work in business ; you arc only
fit for digging dirt."
To this Jonathan replied, "business
before pleasure." 1
The elder Gutridge standing near,
heard the remark, and said, "Jonathan
you had better get your pay of that
fellow Your note has been due long
enough to be paid. He will fail if he
goes on that rate, buying all and pay
. ing nbthing, . '
' Joiiathan took the remark as an in
sult, but thought to test the merchant's
ability to pay his debt. The merchant
had become Indebted to several others
for njoney . borrowed and wanted to
raise :sl,006, so he called on the colonel
to sigi a blank note. To help on the
marriage, which he supposed was to
take y lace. soon, he signed it. The mer
chant (got the money and paid the Gut-
ridge
debt; but things were getting
well mixed up with the mer
and his creditors. The colonel
lowed his name to appear on
pretty!
chant
had a
paper with Joe Hunt, and Hunt finally
concluded to use it without his consent.
Jonathan began to think that things
were not going right, as the story jwas
out that Kate was soon to be married
to the merchant, and he resolved to try
his luck at! an interview with her.
"Witji his1 best Sunday suit, he made
bis wflv nri to the colonel's, but was
discovered
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by the .proprietor of the
house J "who told Kate to absent herself
from the room. Jonathan rapped at
the dolor, when a gruff voice bade him
come in. After being seated awhile,
Jonathan inquired if Kate was alone,
"O TTes," said Brown ; do you want
to see her?" j
"I should like to do so," said Jona
than, m 1
"Here, John, take the bridle and go
lead Kate down from the pasture. Mr.
Gutridge wants to see her." (Exit
John.) ; "j
While John was absent, Jonathan
considered how he could turn this eva
sion to his account. He looked the
beast oyer and pronounced her a beauty
and proposed to buy her, asking the
colonel (to set a price. The owner,
thinkiiig toiput the price beyond the
ability bf tlie purchaser, said, "I will
take $3)0 for the mare."
"WiU you throw in the trappings or
female equipments, at that price r1
"Yes1," said the colonel, "for
the
cash down." i
j "Then it is a bargain," and they
both went into the house to count the
money, which was done with witnesses
when . jTona'thaii ' took his property
home. j j .
The colonel thought he had perpe
trated a good joke on Jonathan that
he would be! sick of his bargain, and
would pay something to trade back.
j He wfnt in a few days to see if he
could buy the mare back, and was sur
prised tb find the pony held at a thou
sand dollars."- 1 : : I
I "Why do you hold her so high?" j !
"TterviiiseJ' said Jonathan, "of her
name.! il
The colonel went home and told his
wife the!! pony was lost. Kate cried,
th.e merchant swore, and the colonel de
clared that the d d Dutch fool - had
outwitted him for once, and he also
swore revenue on all Dutchmen and
onions.
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tunity. forJher to p.te , an . interview
yith Jonathan atid requested permis
sion to see T. him - in jrgon, that :she
might j jporrow. tne lavome to . riae
f Jonathan met her at ithe door, say-
pony wo'uVd bring jfo1i Were so k soon,
but X thought if yiiQiad not changed
ypurjmind since Tsaw you last, you
would make an errrnd here before
ong' i !.
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i Tuetwo retired ior a iew moments
xy: ineraseives,jm.wuai was saiu m.
has yet iiofc Ueeh made 1 public. Whefi
the Cheerful countenance: of the other
gave evidence of a satisfactory meet-
inv j r 1 li r. 1 '
WenKate ;was ready to go,
to Jtiathan i'will you let me
nnniH-rt 5flp nl fw!' fln.vs ?" i
she said
have the
X
l"My.tKatej"iwas Ith'e answer,
as
lonssiyou please" and he went to the
stalvifaijd brought out the little beaiit
dre&d fti her bjpst attire, and setting
Katlieeon, gave the signal, (whfch
souMedlike a kiss) when she galloped
awho;me. f ;
tTje sixty days had expired at ihe
baW where theb money was obtaind
an&jhe days of grace had also expiredj.
e next day, as Jonathan went j tj
the.store, he observed, tlie sherifi'of thfe
county busy at the desk writing, lie
was making his returns on several
writs, and our friend learned that the
sheriff had attached the colonel's house
and lot. the store and croods therein
and one gray horse.
In a few davs there -was posted up
in
the village a notice of sheriff's sale-
"taken by virtue of several execution?,
and will be sold to the highest bidder,
one house and lotfnow occupied by Col
onel Joseph Brown, onejstore and the
goods therein, heretofore occupied by
Joseph Hunt, alseTpiiG grey horse." 1
The day of sale jjime, and tha prop
erty was sold, thef.house and lot being
bid ofl by Jonathan Gutridge, who was
also the highest bidder op the horse.
There was greanquiry for the mer
chant, but he wasjjaot to be found, hav
ing left between two days, and also
leaving $2,500 in otes, j with Colonel
Brown's name onthem,f which name
was nlaoed therebll without his con-
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sent. ; : Il .;'!-
The colonel foujid that he now he
longed to the lowr class, and was pre
paring to move out and leave his home,
not able to stand the mortification of
being dependent on that Dutch demo
crat, as he called gutridge, when Kate
suggested that shej could jhire the h6use
of Jonathan, and! thev could remain
there at pleasure, j
The mother deputized
to go and hire the house,
tvate this time
which she did'
obtaining it on her own conditions.
Kate now introduced the subject , of
marriage between herself and the m0r
i chant, which her father had urged
while she had steadily opposed, and
also drew a comparison between Joseph
Hunt and Jonathan Gutridge, the ojne
a dishonest fop wth no capital, the;
other an intelligent, industrious, hide
nendent farmer. aid Kate, "Father
which would you Ihoose to-day
fnmnsninn forme?" I
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for
a
"I should not choose that miserable
scamp who has been the ruin of me ,"
and here the colonl broke down with
grief. "I never caii be under obliga
tion to the Gutridgps while I live; I
never can receive favors from a family
I have so long tried: to abuse. Do you
love Jonathan ?" he continued. ;
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"I do," said KateJ j
"What reason can you
assign
foi
your regard for hin'i?" j . j 1
"It is his generous, friendly, sympa
thetic course of conduct toward our
family, as well as ajl others with whom
he associates. I regard him as a gen
tleman." j I . : 'i ;
"You may be rigtit, Kate, but I shall
never live to see yotl married to a demj
ocrat." p ' ; 1 i I
The next morning the ; colonel did
t. bre.alcra.st. and after a long:
AftWb ' " -
search he was founq suspended by the
neck, from a tree insthe woods.
There was iio demonstration of classesj
at the funeral, but tie remains of Col
onel Joseph Brown I were laid in the
grave to rest forever;
Thei Widow Brown was every way a
lady liberal in her view of society and
esteemed by all who knew her. She
had favored the union of Kate with
Jonathan, and always opposed it with
Hunt. j
As aU objection tol the union of Kate
and Jonathan was now removed, Mrs.
Brown thought proper to undeceive
the parties in relation to the parentage
of her daughter. j
About eight months after hi3 ' mar-
riaee, the colonel, was called into the
army and did not prdpose to return be-
fore an expected addition to the famil
arrived. This event ! occurred in due
tim and a little daughter ! was .borni
which survived its birth
but la
feW
was
hours. Three weeks; later
there.
ipqulryfor a jnieft(akjebrge jf.au
iriXaatjdaugbterfpur Ve o A Jfe.
montha,ftffirwhpn -"llrai .lro-ttr hau l rtfiior .lav. tf T
ircp9ie;much aj.ched, to uher cbargei nave just had, to telLthe -njost shockii;
earped4hat4h& chihfaterwai My onjcienclteouS i i
a captam,oi muiua under,,jiiajor-Lrent umr l anrt sThnnt. what did.vo.u te
ftral .TrwrH Warren n ti1 that lift fell I
inlhe defense of Bunker Hill, as did
.'hii friimanding officer., T
.She found the yf Kateas
keep the wholesecret frmTiTrii;: arid
she boncliided tokeep iJiVHole 1 secret
never knew but that Katewas his own
child.
The second winter term commenced
with our two friends in attendance, to
finish their education, as they said
and nothing occurred during the term
to abate the srood feelins: i existing be
tween teacher and students.
At the close of the term invitations
were griven the entire school, and neigh
bors generally ; to meet at Mr. Gut
visitj
The evening came, and with it a large
collection of friends, to enjoy Hie mirth
and good things prepared for them.
All the plays of the time were nitroH
duced and performed, and when these
sports became dull it was j proposed to
plav the marriage game, ! each couple
choosing his minister to perform the
ceremony
The fun of the transaction was to see
who the young fellows would lead upj
to the priest as sweethearts but when
it was Jonathan's turn to choose he
took Kate and appointed the teacher td
officiate .
A ft-nr. Vi liorl l-irnnmitiPPil thpill IflWS
fully married according to the laws of
Connecticut, he proceeded to say that
he had promised a present to the ond
who answered the question in gramj
mar which had not yet been given and
sterminpr un to the bride he placed
i I O Mr -
upon her finger a valuable Sold ringi
then turning to Jonathan, said,
you, sir, I am indebted for the
answer
in arithmetic, and I thought I could
not present you a gift more acceptable
than a certificate of yjour marriage
with this worthy young ady," at the
same time handing him the paper.
The! affair passed off
with a good
deal of mirth, as being a good joke, but
all seemed to wish it aj reality;' and
were still more surprised, when the of
ficiator told them he had; been study-
ing Divinity, and had
obtained a
license to preach, which
included th
right to marry that the marriage was
leo-al in form, and satisfactory to the
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parties.
Jacob Gutridge died the next year,
leaving to Jonathan a
$6,000 $4,000 dollars in
farm worth
bank stock1,
and $4,000 in mortgage
notes, the
fruits bf an honest industry.
The student made Jonathan's house
his home during his stay in the school,
and many times has he related the in
cidents that occurred during his stay
in that happy family, which consisted
rf tlie two widows and the subiects of
our sketch. j
Business before pleasure,
Our moral here penned, ,
May seem too long measure,
Ecce signnm we end- -
Country Girls for Wives.
Vminff men in ourl cities erigragred in
business, with a small capital, or in
positions with smt.ll salary wish homes
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thPtr own ana aomegi u i muuiucBis,
DUt tnev lllltiti.. auuiwiui, icaouu, bw,
thev cannOL anoru it. oucms mc tasc.
No young man trying to economize can
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affhrd to marrv. at least, a ydung lady
in the city. Her tastes and Ideas are
formed in a home of luxury, and to
come down to housekeeping jwith but
on servant, no carriagre. and the many
other inconveniences! are enough to dis-
courage ner ior me, mm niHau ui inc
amilea a hannV wife should iwear are
frowns of the darkest hue. j But, young
man fnn nan have a haoDV. and a
right, willing little woman if you will.
The country is full of rosy-cheeked,
healthy young ladies, to;vvhom the
home you could give would be a perfec
narsHiso. Thp. countrv crlrl would be
as congenial a companion as the city
'tali a some of them are better educated,
and their good common sense truly sur-
prisjng. They know now to worK anu
now work should be done are strong
anrl healthv. and fullv as srood looking.
if the little! airs and eraces of the fash
ionable woman are any addition point
them out, she will not oe siow in ac
nnirinc them. Unlike her city sister.
the country girl is not wholly engrossed
within herseir. ner tnougnis anu cares
are for others taking care of the chil
pasinc the burdens of the mother,
adding comfort and sunshine to the
household. I she has plenty
of time for
nlavi ne- the oiano. fancy
work, oil
painting and reading, besides doing her
nwn drpssmakin? and millinery work.
Young men, take this advice; staft out
in the country this summer, court and
marry a country girl. There are plenty
of them ; you can take your cnoiee.
nonrt hpr the same as - the city lady1.
judging of her qualifications and If her.
tastes acree and are congenial wuu
your own. ! t , 1 ;
j Aemt paymasters can go fishing.
your flVsjitii; KSMSS!
"Oh, If weot jmyi friend Mrsp
LBr9wn,aQne,tQb
must
tired of agreeing wilfiiief ,5ntTOuani Wi
nyseWor doihg !ff fofloUth
truth diHnVlik'e fi.td'stf --at 'all;.,i
is stn hard to be enthusiastic to order.' ;
"Then why attempt it at all?" we
inquired, t ; -. 1 j; , l. .
1
"What would you have one to do?
candid aiid disagreeable? vex yo
friends by speaking your mind, an
n
expect them to take your uncomfortable
aavinr nmiflhlv? You must remember
that we do not live in the Paha ce off
Truth now-a-days.";
"Then it would be better if We did,
since one
must be
untruthful
to be
liked."
"Not untruthful! that is such a
larsh
ugly word," objected our ompanion.
"I said fibs, you know." i; f
"Well 7tibs,' axe untrutns, it seems. ,1
1
us, and when you
agree
with
you
friends because you
fear to offend 6t
annov them by disagreement, you do
violence to your sense of truth, andj
i. L Slil !-TrUfrAiii nAii onion np'. '
impair me jseiiaiuiin.v j it hk,.
The same fibs will be easier next time
and the passive untruth may merge into
the active falsehood. V ,':
"Then would you have me always say
what I thiiik? Can the truth be spoken
at all times?" L I
"It is quite possible to be kind and
nolite. eveh in our truthtellmg. Ulien-
sive candol is not a Christian grace.
though wel have j known many people
who were tranK even to positive 1 uuc;
r this niisatmrehension. 15ut
llVOOj UA1UV4 Mr L. ,
conscieiitidus souls, with ordinary tact;
will preserve their own integrity with
out wounding others" 'h
"But wliat would you do if you went
to see a baby as I did! lately, and had td
say it was a; perpect beauty when it was
positively jiigly? : Wouldn't that test
vour principles?" I
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"Xo, because we would not say any. .
such thing. A baby is always a precious
gift to its mother, and one might speak
of its sweethess and lovaoieness gracc-
fnllv enousrh. without mentioning;
beauty. Rest assured, that all the fibs;
which you: think friendship and social.
demand ! ot you, can pe
a little thoughtful ness 01
vour part; and you will not only sate.
your conscience many a pang, but yourjj
friends will grow insensibly to realizej
your exactness of speech, and to prize
vour words the more. ' 1!
Tlie
Fiend of the Jungle.
iiil
The tifferJ the tyrant of the Indian!
jungle, has; the precedence . oyer his
feebler or less dreaded congeners-Skirt-
ine: the base of the Himalayan range,
extending .east and j west for manyu
hundreds of miles, laj a trace 01 ianuj
covered with jungle, called tne lerai;
this is his chosen home. Cradled in the!
lonjr. featherv grrass of the jungle, he
o-nmhnla about in his infancy playful as 1
a kitten, and usually attains when fulll
o-mwn the lengrth of nine or nine and
a half feet. Wild hogs, deer, anu an uie;a
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larger species ol game, are n is usuaijj
prev: but sometimes 'a pair of tigers;
w w"v "jf 7. , . . - . v.
will take up their abode witnina mu
0r a village, saiiyiug wi mv...
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evgry three or four days to pull down a
bullock or a- buffalo, always selecting
the fattest in the herd. ..The strength
f fto!r miUcnlar I fore-arms is enorll
mous. Captain Baldwin says: "I re
:1
member in Assam a tiger in the dead o
niffht leaping over a fence nearly nve
fet high, seizing one of the largest
oxen, and again leaping back, dragging
the bullock after mm across several
fields and over two hedges." In his old
affe when his teeth becomes worn he not
uf uentl becomes a man-eater ; and
UHirequenwfy cwm ,
freuuentlv becomes a man-eater ; anu
such is the devastation he then occa -
sious, that whole villages are sometimes
riAflPrtAd and extensive districts lain
waatA frnm dread Of these IdinG
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scourges. In ihese disastrous circum
stances the advent pf an EnglUh sports
man with hl rifle and elephants is
hailed' as a ! god -send by the wnoie,
neighborhood. A! jtiger often whenj
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brought to bay "spftsV exactly liKe a
cat. Contrary to thp received opinion,;
tigers seldom, roar ( but at night the,
forests resound withj the hideous din of
their cries which resemble the cater-
waullnff of I a whole squadron of
eierantic tom-cats, tn making a charge
the tigers utters a series oi suon,
vicious, couerhlng: grrowls, as trying, to
the nerves as the most terrific roar. j
Chamber's Journal, j
--There is a peddler in 8hefileld, fiiig-
lanrt whn has hfifta luo vears uu iuc
i . . - l tn 4VV.
road and is peddling; sti
1. He lives on
sugar and beer.
There is to be a Chinese temperarico
j --Th! Amerwa sfotne 00,000 hsvc fccori
raised as a Jubilee irifr to the rc----, :
york-Clty'rhatHt is;saldraa
excess of 10,000 marriageable women. ,
HartfordTlIFm.basia, contract to
TfUrnlh thousTthd dozen vuoi to- the
Ina!an'- .
' n - j , -i-v"- -w , Tiff- ar
mentincr successfully with stf n fitreet
cars. ( ImiI !'' 1 ! Mi
fifUkeV lCo; or liquor
yeat toasua thff thlnl cZ 173 W Yotk
: A bone picker in Schenea!ytave
$100, receitlyfcoward-the i erection of a
v"-J-Amohu'meht;ls to pe'erected on the
site of JuhA. Sutter's mill at uoioma,
Gal., In jh.onor ot Marshall, me uiscov
erer ofgold. . j-j . ) ;M;j
I ; tJ TTlrtrrrlnm rf 1'riiaala omnnO"
6b00,O00births,there were seventy-nine
cases pi lour at a pirtn, aim one case 01
a birth. M. j . L . 1
ookivn I is to 3 have a new gas
wbrkd with' gasometers having a capa
clv ofiiOOO.OOO cubic feet. The, cost
wiU bje! $900,000. j I ' : ' .
J TieSchool Board of Lynn, Mass.,
has forbidden teachers to set pupils to
watrbl nrto' another on the- erround that
Itjtends to'excite enmity. :
lh-Honi Ben. II. Hill Avas lately a guest
of U10 Savannah j Kifle Association at
their regular practice, and made a score
of 1 13 out of a possible 15. ,
f A 4rj paperj states that the aver
age number of vehicles which daily
cross the Point Aeuf is 11,500; that 01
the foot passengers, 03,000. ' l;
t-The jj largest .contributor to the
enue of England is said to beabrew
irjg firm, which pays about $5,000 for
every. Working day in the year. . 1
Wj.;
Boon el
D. Boone, a grandson of Daniel
Is now living in s.anta vjiara
fCalifornia." He was born' in
Vsillev.
Oliio, and went to California In 1849.
tj-The I lighthouse "exhibited by the
Gtiveriiment 1 at the Centennial, will
soon be It put up on Ship John shoal,
Delaware bay, just below Cross Ledge.
,i-The ,i Portland Oregonian claims to
have information from New York that
it is krioWri that 25,000 people from the
Ealst are going to Oregon to settle this
4-A part of ithe speech of Webster in
reply to Hayne, written out in Web
ster's qwn hand, has been added to the
briry. j jl
-i-The
.veraore of cthe present senioi
elates at Harvard is 22 years7 months.
. . ! 1 T r .
and ttie
oungest iman 17 years and 7
monthsJ
S I
4-There
are noj less tnan l.uuu.uuo
pear trees of Bartlett, Duchess, blieluon
ana Vicar of Wakefield varieties how in
vigorous Sgrowth around about dlam-
moiitort,:i4-J. . i' J li-Ji-Greece
has 101 lournals and periodi
cal (publications, which gives one for
each 14,43-ij inhabitants. The number
of ifpolitiiial journals is 82, of which 3G
appear atiAtuens. I m
fathr akymanufacturinff centre. One
dajflast Week she shipped machinery to
Georgia, Mississippi,California, Oregou ,
Nevada anuA;uoa.
ii-During! the first three months of
this veair nine railroads in this country,
wit i a linileage of nearly 1,100 miles, re
presenting a cost of $67,000,000, passed
ntc thej hands of receivers. i
I I "i'li i 1 1 t ' '
-i-Thiifli far this season theBoston Lv-
fceuni Bureau has! paid Henry Ward
I Beebher 1142.800 as his portion of the
IproceedB of this season's lectures. It is
better to be a lecturer tnan i-resiuenu
'It,,
Trowbridge pf the-. Sheffield
knhool of Yale Collesre. has
Scientific
been ofiferbd; the professorship of dyna-
Y., With a salary oi 57,&uu per an-
"here
are lortv-tnree tuouaanu
- I . 4, '.
lergymen
in t.b Ilnited States, but
kve
this number has hot succeeded in
rorkiug tlie
ug the morals of the community
p tb that blnt where an win pay on a
rowded street car.
La ftniitlil Carolina soldier has util
ised f hi time, while in 1 the employ of
Sncle Sat.l by collecting 50,000' silk
Worms. He now j asks to be dis
charged, in order that he may enter into
the busihels ;On a sun arger scaie.
lt has peen discovered in Washing-.
n rUut.'a mcmhfir of Concrress has sold
to a Waste paper dealer 300 volumes of
agricultural reports, instead of inflict-
iptwg them upon his constituents. Such
r Melicacvlof feeling in a Congressman de-
yrveg goecial recognition;
TMbevraj I English1 railway companies
rire noted for
the fast time made by their
" One. I for instance, has
oipcomouves;
Ithade a runflequal to 78 miles an hour, -IHnother
I others 72, 70, 69, 67, etc.
UrJ l'atrick Stirling ; oi me ureai
Northerp, took 16 carriages, 15 miles In
.:'I2 minutesl equal w to nines an iiuui.
The German Chamber of Booksell
Ihgjlwhlch jhas Its headquarters at Leip
felc, has decided to publish a general
hiatrv Inf the. trade in Germany from
Tt3 beginniiig. Between 1801 and 1820
Jhere were about 250 booksellers In Ger-
many; in in ou uu"'v; , ,
doubled J This includes dealers in both
hew I and second hand books, in it4
I the- mum Den was z,oo, u. i uww -Lmated
to be 5,500. As to the books pub-
1 shed the number in ioay was oox, m
-1760 it was 1,000, in 1840 7,900, in 1875,
!l&,516 ad last year 13.357. The pro-
jectad history win coniain unci" 'b
'particulars in reference to the gradual
growth of tne trade, with especial refer
ehce to thatof Frankfort, which was Its
.first centre In Germany. Its transfer to
I tfcinsin took place in! 1705.
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