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VOL.jlI. HI 1 MUllFREESBORO, N. C., TIIUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1877. I ? I i l l fj NO. 45."
iTEAR APART
Britrht Ban above a rippled sea,
A tall sail leisa'ning down the sky.
And low waves singing merrily!
With none to hear but she ana I.
M I I t"
A tew soft words, How sweet to float
Alone the line of shining shiojrei
And slowly, in1 a sailless boat,
Drift on into the evermore,'
itit. ttiarA thia trictnre fair.
TTi baa and skv and smiling land,
nn m. fhiirtcrht of toil Or C&Te I
IIIW vr O i j -
Going like children, harld in) hand."
i
That was a year ago to-day, f
For her the hoat has left th jshore,
And now her footsteps slowly i jiray
The bright paths of the evei more.
And I the sun and sky and s(!
And low waves singing on the sand,
Seem saving that she waits fori me
In that far off. yet nearing land.
What is in a Name.
There is a man in our villajge whose
it
name is Thomas Brown. Thi is not a
remarkable fact) in itself, but! jthis par
ticular Brown met with a litilp adven
ture not long ago, that is really too
good to let pass) Brown is aj jsvidower,
on the other shddy side of fpr ty, and
rather well to dp in this world's goods.
He is not good looking; in fact he looks
fotvr the nther wavJbut somi
ehow he
lias manasred to secure two
better
his last
j in our
hahes, outliving both. Since
wife's death, he has been livijri
village inn (dignified by the
hotel), and has spent more of
inWell, looking around for
bame of
fhis time
a third
ira Tirnwn. Not loner aero- the land-
lord handed him
Thomas Brown1,
a letter directed to
Esa- Hoitfel. Still-
water. He opened it and read
My Dear Brown : I have just bought
a houte in the town of B J and have
moved my wife and daughter there for
the summer. I will be detained in the
city for a week yet; couldn't you, like
the good fellow jyou are, go ovjer to B
and stay there until I come ? j jit's true
you never met any of my faijiiily but
me, but this letter will be a sufficient
introduction to them, and 1 jll guar
antee you a hearty welcome. Make
yourself completely at home, jals if I was
there, and have an eye over icings in
general. Do this for your oHi school
tVllow. ' I '1 i
. TTiram .Ti;Eikins.
Lt this letterj for full
Brown stared
two minutes after reading, j (aid then
broke his spell of enchantment by com
mencing to vigorously scratch his head.
He thought over all the boys lie used
to go to school yith and play J marbles
with, but did not- remember aby Hiram
Judkins. He never recollecteithearing
the name before, and the hlarder he
scratched his head the more 'mystified
lie hftfiame. He looked up the address
on the envelope and read Thomas
Brown, Esq., again. He was the only
one of that namej in Still waterl conse
quently the letter must be njejant for
him ; but who and what was Hiram Jud
kins? So deep did his cogitations be
come and so engrossed was he in solv
ing the enigma that he twisted pais face
into every imaginable shapeU to the
consternation of jthe landlord,j who had
been standing by watching his boarder
and who asjked him if he hadj a pain,
and advised a little gin and wafer as a
relief. Brown replied by tuning on
his heel and walking off. Allj that day
h& snftnt in endeavorinjr to freshen his
memory of school days, but ?it
x , c . i i
night
had conjured up! no vision of a
Hiram
Hiram
flashed
ved the
Judkins. He used to know a
Sands, and as the recollection
upon him he thought he had so
nigrma,
as Hiram might have
rnarried
somebody by the name of Judkins, and
reversed the order of things Ipy drop-
ninor
lifs owff name
and taking the
ladv's. But on second thought he
i
scouted this idea entirely, arid by night
he was no nearer the solution than in
the morning. One thing hej Jdecided
upon though, ije would go io B- -and
seek up the Judkins family, minus
Hiram, and then decide whether the
letter was intended for himL That
night he dreamed of a man w bjef had a
thousand and on names pinned on his
back, and all of these names were Hi
ram Judkins. lie tried to
jpatcn a
glimpse of the man's face, but
jne per-
tr r i ' j .
sistently turned his back to hirki. The
next morning he made his necessary
arrangements and started in the noon
train for B . Arriving therp he had
a little difficulty in finding thei neat lit
tle cottage which Mrs. Judkuis and
her daughter had just; commficed to
occunv. and with! rather a nervbbs tread
he walked up the pretty path from the
gate iU iiiio iiuiib pui Uil
knocked at the door. I
and
timidl3r
He was ushered into a
nealt
little
parlor bv a matronlv ladv. who
when
he inquired after iMrs. Hiram jiidkins,
lniormea turn tnat sue was the person.
41
I have just received this lettet from
your husband," he commenced ias he
pulled it out of his pocket and! handed
it to her. I I v
She took it, antl upon lookip
over
us contents exclaimed, : "Ah,
yes; so
this is Mr. Brown ? I am glad
to see
you, sir. 3fy husband's frieaids are
mine, and you must make yourself at
home here do just as you please. Per
haps you would like to wash after
traveling," and not waiting for an an
swer she rang the bell, and continued
to the young girl who answered the
summons, "Mary Ann, take this gen
tleman up to the third story front room
and see that he is attended too."
Brown saw that it would not do to
seek an explanation in the presence of
the iservant, so he quietly submitted to
being led up-stairs, and dismissing the
girl he shut the door and began to ru
minate on what should be the next
moyei It was evident that he was get
ting himself into a scrape, and he con
cluded to explain matters at the earliest
opportunity. The supper bell inter
rupted his meditations, and it, was with
rather a nervous air that he answered
the summons. He found Mrs. Judkins
already at the head of the table, while
opposite her sat a young girl, that he
found to be her daughter, and whom
he afterwards described to be the hand
somest piece of feminine coquetry that
he ever beheld.
He took his seat at the place desig
nated him. after being introduced to
the daughter, and the meal began.
Brown felt he could not explain mat
ters in the presence of all this loveli-
nessl and so concluded to wait until
some more auspicious moment. Mrs.
Judkins kept up an animated conver
sation, and finally touched on her ab
sent husband.
"Where did vou and he become ac-
I
quainted, Mr. Brown ?"
Brown remembered Judkins' note,
and said, flatterinsrlv. "I think it was
at school, ma'am!"
'"'At school !" exclaimed the littie wo
man, repeating his words, "and you
have continued sueh good friends ever
since? I have often tried to persuade
my- husband to ask you to come and
spend some time with us. ; He talked of
you so much that I almost felt I knew
you, too. He promised that as soon as
you came from abroad he would send
for you, and like a dear old fellow that
he is, he has kept his word. How Ions:
were you abroad !"
Brown began to feel uncomfortable.
H had never been abroad in his life.
He couffhed once or twice and then
replied: j
"Really, madam, your husband must
have! been misinformed. I have not
been out of my village of Stillwater for
a year."
"Ihdeed !" ejaculated the lady, "and
Mr. J udkins did not know ot vour re
turn until recently? Well that is too
bad." .
Brpwn thought it was, but did
make any reply ; and to avoid any
not
re-
currnce to the subject, until he had
explained matters, he addressed him
self to the daughter, and so the meal
endejl. The trio then withdrew to the
porcb and occupied the rustic seats to
enjo the pleasant night. Brown began
to reflect whether he did right in allow
ing matters to go as far as they had.
He was convinced that he never had
met Mr. Judkins, but what would his
wJ.fejand his beautiful daughter how
say should he commit himself, and then
on the other hand, what excuse other
than the real state of the case, could he
make?; And what would Judkins do
if he should return unexpectedly while
he was there ? His cogitations were
putftftNend to by Mrs. Judkins, who
excused herself, saying she "must go
in and help the servant" thus leaving
our unhappy hero alone with the daugh
ter. Now, Miss Judkins was pretty as
we before stated, and she also seemed
to be aware of this fact herself (a com
mon failing with pretty young women).
She also exhibited strong coquettish
tendencies, and as this class of people
are supposed to gather homely as well
as comely masculines in their toils
even so Brown was not exempted. As
soon as the mother had disappeared,
the daughter laid her schemes, and so
securely was the net w oven that Brown
had to confess himself thoroughly en
trapped before the close of the evening.
Indeed so completely infatuated was
he that had it not been for the restrain
ing influence of the mother, who now
returned, he would undoubtedly have
committed himself. As it was, he cbn
tented himself by squeezing her hand
till the owner of the injured member
almost cried out with pain, and he
bade her good night.
In his room he became more per
plexed than ever. Conscience dictated
he should not delay any longer, but
seek Mrs. Judkins and explain, throw
ing himself oh her mercy; but a vision
of loveliness in the person of Miranda
Judkins rose up before him, and ap
peared to be giggling at his ridiculous
position, and in this state of mind he
fell into a troubled sleep. He arose
next morningj not feeling much re
freshed by sleep, " and dressed himself
and went down stairs. Mrs. Judkins in
quired at the breakfast table if he had
a headache, and on answering in the
affirmative, Miranda was all attention.
With her own hands she tied a wet
bandage over his head, and then made
him lie down on a couch in the parlor,
while she took a seat
fanned him.
He has since confessed that he don't
think he ever , had a more delicious
headache in his life, and would have
liked it to last a week under the circum
stances. He thought there would be
no more fitting time to continue his in
terrupted advance than the present,
and so, reaching forth his hand he took
hers, and said, in as pathetic a voice as
he could command :
'I I don't mean that, Miranda,"
he continued, still retaining her hand
and raising himself on his elbow ; "I
I don't you think it would be nice for
me to take of you and you of me? Hove
you Miranda J I it is short" he had
jumped to his feet, and was in the act
of sinking on his knees, when a hurried
step was heard, and Mrs.) Jenkins en
tered with an open letter in her hand.
She walked straight up to Brown and
thrust the letter into his hand. He
then read :
My Dear Wife : I am
sorry to dis-
appoint vou and Mira. but mv friend
Browri has not come home from abroad
yet. I had heard that hel had arrived
as was at Stillwater, and I wrote
Brown read no more. The letter
dropped to the floor and he sank back
on the lounge completely overcome.
"What is the meaning of this, sir?"
demanded the lady in a stern tone.
"Are you not Mr. Thomas Brown?"
"Yes, yes, ma'am, but-pbut I ain't
your Thomas Brown, I am afraid."
"Miranda uttered a scream and fainted.
But Brown instantlv became himself
and stepped forward to her assistance,
but Mrs. J. waved him black and ad
ministered restoratives herself. When
the daughter had come to. the mother
continued :
"And why, let me ask sir, had you
the audacity to come here! and pass for
my husband's friend?" j
"The letter he wrrote was handed me,
and as I was the only Thoma Brown I
knew of I concluded that j I must have
known Hiram Judkins when I went to
school. It is so long since then !" he
groaned.
The little lady turned contemptu
ously away, and calling the servant in
structed lier to get Mr. Thomas Brown's
valise from the room ! which Mr.
Thomas Brown had occupied and show
him the front door.
"I intended to have explained mat
ters to -you this morning , madam," he
fluttered as the servant left the room.
"You can explain them to my hus
bandl, sir, if you have the impudence
to come when he is here," and the little
lady, with a firm step, walked to the
door, took the valise from the hands of
the servant who was just entering, and
handed it to him, and politely bowing
wished him a good day.
Brown with an appealing look at
Miranda, whom he discovered for the
first time was laughing at him, reso
lutely picked up his hat and walked
out of the house without another word.
He took the next train for Stillwater
and says he will never again be tempted
to go on a wild goose chase. He is still
single, and has avowed his determina
tion to remain so, as he entertains fears
that should he enter wedlock j Miranda
Judkins might sue him for breach of
promise. 1 : ;
Catching Sharks.
Do you know how sharks are caught
out in California? At Anaheim Land
ing, in that State, they make a business
of shark-catching, for about four
months every year, beginning in May.
Sometimes one person will catch from
one to fifteen in a day. This is the
way j they do it. Large stakes are
driven into the sand at intervals along
the beach. To these stakes one end of
a large rope is tied ; on the other end is
a strong iron hook, baited with fish.
This is thrown into the water, and
when, tempted by the bait, the shark is
caught on the hook', he isj drawn upon
the shore and killed. There is some
times a very exciting struggle during
the latter operation. The sharks are
generally from six to seven j feet in
length, and weigh about one hundred
and fifty pounds. Of course a fish of
this kind is possessed of j considerable
strength, and it is not often that one
man can manage the caught monster,
and it occasionally requires the united
strength of four men to place the victim
on terra flrma. Three kinds of shark
are caught at the landing.) The. leopard
shark (so named because of its spotted
appearance) j aud the flat shark are
worthless, except for their fins, which
are sold to Chinamen. The Mongolians
make delicious , soup from shark-fins,
and it is also said that they make ex
cellent combs from the same material.
Each .oil-yielding shark yields about
two gallons of oil, which is sold at re-
ail at fifty cents per gallon.
H. H. Honore, Fred Grant's father-n-law,
has gone into bankruptcy owing
two millions and a half, of which almost
a million is unsecured. I i
Miss Von Hillern has succeeded in
her attempt to walk fifty mUes in twelve
hours at Portland, j Me., with seven
minutes and twenty-three seconds to
spare. ' ,
Dy niS SlUe and Mr. ShaW Nozzle, ble: With Ha ntrl th ni5,1,1 nf. S i
Without
presuming to depreciate
other people's nozzles, it is safej to say
that Mr. jShaw's nozzle is one of re
markable yalue. That it satisfactorily
fulfil? its chief purpose is among the
least of its merits, and it is only when
we perceive tne varied and numer
ous uses to which it can be put that its
true worth can be appreciated. An
tne glaring faults of steam may be
mentioned! its refusal
quiet and orderly way.
to escape in a
When i a loco-
motive or a steamboat boiler begins to
liberate or "blow off" its steam, the
noise thereby produced is deafening
Moreover, it is in the highest degree
adapted to broduce a thirst for blood,
accompanied by floods of profanity,
among those who are tormented by
by its shriek and roar. Many a Con
necticut deacon of previously unsullied
character has been known, while dis
embarking from a Sound steamboat,
and trying to ask a policeman the way
to the Bible House, "to fiercely! "gol-
dern" the escaping steam, which ren
dered his questions inaudible. Many a
meek matron, who, while occupying a
rear room at the Delavan House, has
been awakened at 4 A. M. by the roar
of a brace of locomotives in the act of
"blowing pflf," has burst into madden
ed tears, and boxedj the children's ears
us one wno wisiieu mat marnand naa
but a single ear, that she might box it
with a coal-shovel. Every profound
thinker has noticed that the decline of
morality in this country lias kept pace
with the increase of steam boilers. That
the strain! upon the mind and body
caused by the noise of escaping!1 steam
has weakened both the nerves and the
morals of the public, no reasonable man
can doubt.
Mr. Shaw has invented what he calls
a nozzle, which when attached to an
escape-pipe, will enable steam to escape
without any noise whatever. Of the
precise nature of the nozzle we are not
informed, j Mr. Shaw says that it con
tains a helix which, perhaps, it does
and also a quantity of wires, and leaves
to infer that the escaping steam is so
much disheartened by becoming entan
gled with the wires and the helix that
it has not strength enough left to roar
with. The; details of the iiiventidn are,
however, of no consequence to the pub
lic. So long as Mr. Shaw's nozzle will
put a stop to the nuisance of noisy escape-pipes,!
we can accept; it gladly,
without further investigation.
' It may not have occurred to Mr. Shawr,
but it will promptly" occur to every per
son who is in the habit of traveling in
sleeping-cars, that if Mr. Shaw's nozzle
can be applied to escape-pipes, it can
also be applied to the human nose. It
was undoubtedly the intention of the
inventor of sleeping-cars to' construct &
car in which a traveler could lie awake
all night with comparative comfort.
This invention has, however, j been
hitherto made a failure by the infamous
conduct of shameless snorers, who de
liberately go to sleep in sleeping-cars
and snore as if there was no future
world. It is difficult to disbelieve that
these snorers constitute an organized
gang of miscreants. Upon what other
hypothesis than that of concerted action
can we explain the fact that thy al
ways travel in bands of three or more,
including a tenor, a baritone and a bass
snorer? Their snoring also bears the
i- t
marks of careful rehersal. They do
not snore in the rude, artless way of
the simple African boot-black, but they
execute concerted chamber music evi
dently written by musicians of the
Wagnarian school. A gang of piese
urispeakable villains has been known to
snore, without the slightest intermis
sion, from New York to Buffalo i and
ail through the unhappy listeners have
hoped and prayed that the snorers
would perishjof strangulation. They
halve wickedly lived on while honest
travelers have died" of rage and exhaus
tion.. : j i . j
Were Mr. Shaw's nozzle to be firmly
attached to the nose of every man who is
suspected of snoring I the sleeping-car
would become what its inventor de
signs it to be. If steam, at a pressure
of 150 pounds can Ijave its roar baffled
and silenced by Mr. Shaw's nozzle, no
shore would ever find its way past the
wires and the helix of the same instru
ment when applied to the nose.! No
matter how earnestly the snorer might
strive to sound his demoniacal hose, he
could produce nothing more sonprous
than a gentle sigh. For the pretence
that the forcible application of the noz
zle to the suspected nose would be an
invasion of the snorerTs rights, it scarce
ly deserves consideration. The man
who snores in public has; no rights
which honest men are bound to respect.
We muzzledogs and place yokes about
thej necks of too enterprising pigs Is
the-snorer of more value than the dog
or is he better than the pig? j If not, it
is a hollow mockery to pretend that we
can not, in our own defense, neutralize
hisj nefarious ; nose with Mr. Shaw's
nozzle. ! '
Tha nozzle may also be used to ren
der certain domestic animals endura-
TT
ble. With its aid the ill-judged at
tempts of the hen tojrival the nightin
gale in singing can he baffled, and the
obnoxious remarks 0f the mule can be
silenced. At present, when the small
boy undertakes to p
ay base ball, he fills
for miles in every
the neighborhood
direction with yells
and blasphemy. If
all small boys fouric playing base ball
without nozzles were- to be instantly
arrested and committed to the pound,
life during the base ball season would
become bright and beautiful. It would
perhaps be impracticable to apply the
nozzle to Mr. ,Talmage,'" and perhaps it
would be scarcely vorth while since
he preaches more with his arms and
legs than with his! voice. Still, if Tal-
mage's, vocal rant
through Mr. Shaw"
more easily bear his
could be filtered
s wires, we would
gymnastic antics.
At any rate, the experiment might be
tried, and the Brooklyn Common Coun
cil ought to pass an ordinance requiring
Talmage to be nozzled, at least during
thehot weather. ''Xpw York Times.
Russian Soldiers.
The correspondent of the London
Times at Giurgeva whites :
"The health of the army is remark
ably good better the doctors say than
during peace manaejivres in their own
country. So many stories t are told in
England of want of care for the soldier 's
health and food, that it may be well to
say once for all thnt. the! men of all
arms look wrell and surong, with plenty
of flesh on their bjnes, though little
fat. They are in excellent working
cendition, and carry weights which
would break down any but strong con-J
stitutiohs, including biscuits for three
days, which form Part of their kit,
packed in the knapsack, and bread,
which they manage to carry in a bag
on their shoulders, j ,
The Russian privates in a inarching
regiment carry no less than seventy
two pounds English, In his own coun
try he received daily three pounds of
bread and 72 copecks for all else ; but
in Koumania, his copecks would not
buy him the meat he wanted, so the
Government gives him half a pound of
meat and 2)4 copecks instead of the full
money he received before. He has
also served out to him a small ration of
spirits to counteract the deadly damps
of the river. His great coat is long
and heavy ; he carrijes it in the shape
of a horse collar round his left shoul
der. Round the coat is wrapped one man's
share of the tent, a square piece of can
vass furnished , withi eyelet holes and
a string. Four of such pieces are bound
together and form a sort of rough gipsy
tent, the ends of which are carried by
two other men; the seventh carries
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the sticks which form upright and ridge
poles. Thus seven men carry the tent
under which they ca sleep ; but it is
small, hot, and stuffy by day, while a
heavy shower of rain penetrates easily
through the eyelet holes, the ill-closed
apertures, and even t irough the canvas
itself. , . ;
Probably the protection is not worth
the extra weight to be carried. The
Germans carry nothing; the
English
soldiers have their 'tents carried for
them, and if tents are to be carried at
all, the English plan
appears the best.
Were it not that one
sees the Russian
soldiers carrying his enormous load
every day writh seeming ease, arriving
in good condition at tie end of a long
inarch, and frequently singing to be-
tne way aim reiresn iue jaueu
nerves,
we migrht at
once condemn the
practice of so
loading: the infantry.
which ought to arrive
as fresh I as pos-
sible in the presence of the enemy.
Old Times.
In the davs of Si
Matthew Hale,
might, by law,
e occasion a man
men wno could rea
Decome priests. On o
who could not read
esired to! be or
dained, and he took hU place before his:
examiner, with a copy of the Lord's
nraver in his hand, and a friend who
could read at his back!. Prompter com
menced whispering to him Our Father
who art in Heaven 'Our Father who
art in Heaven," he repeated, in a loud,
confident voice; the prompter contin
ued Hallowed be thy I name "Hal
lowed be thy name." His thumb was
now over the next sentence, and the
prompter gently requested him to 1 take
it away, when "Take away your
thumb!" rang through the room, and
this was clearly illustrative of the
learning of that time.!
A Lasting Inscription.
1 f" '
A missionary of the American Sun
day School Union quoted, in pleading
for his work, this sentiment: "if you
write fbr the present generation, use
paper: if for the next, use marble; if
for future generations, engrave on
pillars of brass; if for the last genera
tion which will inhabit earth, inscribe
on the Egptian pyramids; but if you
wish to write for eternity, impress your
truths upon the hearts of children."
Who shall gay he is not; justified in mag
nifying his office, and that of "the
society that takes cafe of children,"
which he serves. Church Union. ,
I "T " jv.0. j
NEWS IN BRISP.
I
man eighty-one years old lias
started
a writing school at Newport,
4-Thelate Dr. Hall, of Burlinerton.
VtJ; originated the school use of black
hofrdsJ If-Bolder county, Colorado, is said to
have mines of every mineral found in
America. i . " . . . j '
-pThe town of West Newbury, Massa
chusetts, (with a population pf 2,300 has
only fourif paupers. "
4i-Thc dost of the Paris Exposition of
1878 is estimated at 35,313,000 francs, or
about $7,052,OOO. I
-Atfrronto, Canada, thenewsboys
have a temperance lodge. The first one
organized with eighteen active mem
bers ! I-1
4The ri Canal is 363 miles' lone-.
with 84 lcks, 650 feet fall and 48 ris.
It'i I construction cost one and a half
millions sterling. ' . j
4flt lis! reported that manv of the
wheat fields in the vicinity of London.
OutJl Will yield as high as thirty bush
els to the! acre. - v 1 i
4lThe Musical Exhibition which It
was proposed to hold in 1878 at Bologna ,
is postponed until 1879. in order not to
clash with the Paris International Ex
hibitioii. 1 ;
-H-Somehodv estimates that there are
12.000 -deri tists in aetive servfne in thla
country, fwho use annually half a ton
of Ipurfe gold, besides cheaper filling
material. J I
4fThe-Governor of California, re
ceives in salary and perquisites, $9,000.
The asssorof San .Francisco makes
$25000,! aiid tne county surveyor $15,000
annually. ' I
-4-Thirty thousand acres of land have
beeh purchased in Henderson county,
North f afoniia, for a Catholic colony f
ipijuiy-uyeji lamines, most oi tnem from
haNortht ; I
Ihndon. Ediriburah. and Quar-
ertti: revie-svs do not restrict themselves
to notices of new books only. The first
irtilcle in pie last Edinburgh is a notice '
f two works published eight years ago.
-4At thf present time, 4,000,000 Hin-
dod
and IUO,000 Mohammedan children
attending schools In India, and 50,
to 60,000 of them are receivini? iu-
are
000
ijtrqctioh tip to the English University
standard, i
-Prof. Fritzsche. Direetnr nf the
Russianrobservatory atPekin. has com
pared his! experience of the climate with
ne live year oDservationsof the Jesuits
here in ll57-'62. and finds nn evirlenpH
bf aiiy dh'juke. .1
-rtThe destruction of sheep in Califor
faia by thief recent drought is estimated
it2,500j000jhead, or two-thirds of the
!het p in the State. Many of the great
hefep herders abandoned 7,000 to 10,000
in cne mountains.
Last ylar, in France, out of 306,000
Vouihg men 'drafted for the army, there
were ifoin 500 to 600 who did not re
spond, j In Germany, during the same
year,, out of 406,000 drafted 40,000 neg
lected to respond.
Hfhe commissioners of the District
of Cjplumbia have appointed Commodore
dj 1 Kenssalaer Morgan, late of the
federate Navy, as inspector1 of works
repairs on roads and streets in the
xict bftColumbia.
There tre 1 '900 schools in the Ar
entine Republic, with 120.000 mi nils'.
National College at Buenos Ayres
I opened oh March 10, 1877. 'with
ore than 1,000 students enrolled and
ntej
red for! the course of instruction.
Isaai
B. and Jacob A. Cheslevr.
twins, of IfOchester. New Hampshire,
will! be eagiity-nine years old next Octo-
ber.;Th0y were born in that tovvn, have
always lived together, and enjoy such
good) heallth that they bid fair to become
centenarians.
! Mori t lan five million cans of corn
aire now jpapked in Maine annually, and
bid! in eyei-y partof the world, yielding
a business to tlje State of about $1,500,
0 X),'and giving a profitable employment
to from eight to ten thousand people
during thelpiaeklng season.
A biu ash tree seven feet In cir
cumferencej and eighteen feet in height,
its top havfng previously been cut oft,
wasj recnljly dislodged by a swollen
s ream ih dhio, floated 340 yards, aud
again took toot, six feet above the pre
sent! level of the creek, and is now doing
well
he hufnber of letters stolen from
the English! Post-office is enormous.
Sixty thousand missing letters were ap
plied for last year, of which 20,000 were
recovered, leaving 40,000 unaccounted
for, and thej officials are convinced that
not pne-nalf of the letters lo3t are 1 ever
applied fpri j - , '.
I- Burlington, Iowa, is trying to get
rid 6f the tramp harvester nuisance by
prosecuting the steamboat officers who
land them. It is said that a fine of $300
was! imposed on a steamboat company
for puttihgithem ashore at that point,
c iarging the company with illegally
li .ndlng paupers.
j ifeed tape Is illustrated by the fact
that ja charge of $1,129 against Genera
Scott i fojr contingent expenses at his
headquarters in New York, has been
regularly brought down on the books
of the Audi ;or since 1816 until the pre
sent! day. The Auditor now advises
Secretary McCrary to relieve the Gen
eral from his liability. -
! .In the last twenty-one years the
Sydney Mint, In Australia, has coined
and Issued more than 37,000,000 sover
eigns, and f the Melbourne Mint has
chined and issued nearly 7,000,000 sov
efeijrns since it was opened to the public
ii 1871. j These two branch mints to
gether coined and Issued in 1876 as
many as 3,737,000 sovereigns, whicn is
a larger
numoer tnan the sovereigns
coined in the same year at the mint in
JUonqon.
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