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And the red flashed in herjchee"; 5 ''" J It'ie only thcf' cbddreii lying I Z-:p Below, now thir worfc. m done, . t- v And they laugh that their yee are dazzled Bv the rays Of the setting sun."! . ; 1 Fainter grew their Toioe, and weaker, s As with anil ins eyes sh cried," 1 '!.' "Down the avenue of chestnuts, l ean hear a horseman r del ' "It was only the deer that were feeding In a herd on the clover grass. They were startled and fled to the thicket, As they saw the reapers pasa." Now the night arose in eUene, Birds lay in their leafy nestl And the deer crouched in the forest. And the onildren were at rest. There was only a sound of Weeping From watchers around a 'bed j But rest to a weary epirit. Peace to the quiet dead! Romance of a Spiiz Dog. N. F..S My story opens the brightest of June marntngs upon the little bity of Arline, traaq.uilly glittering in green and white on the shores of Lake Michigan. From the steamers that glided quietly by, ight or ten miles off shore, Arline was a haven of summer tor happy, idlers. rest, an oasis made of which, tired city passengers could treasure ' . i 3 up oniy mi- ting glimpses for dreams. A nearer future sighj and approach but con- tirmed this rather ideal impression. The busiest part pf .Arline. was one broad street, up wpich swept the un broken, lake breezes, arjd where the passers-by could ; be counted, on one a ii nffers at Ttnr! hour of the day. The rest of the ilace wa$ so ejmbowered In trees that it more nearly! resembled a g'r'ove: than a to wif. ilvea tljo quiet littie- Elver whose-1 arbitrary twisting y retV a- very Satisfactory line' between aristocratic aid plebeian Arline bore its country lilies to the last bridge that spanned its" sliallow current before it lost Its sleepy identity in the lake. Despite the forbidding, shades the Ir repressible sunbeams sallied into the most guarded nooks, i Perhaps their rashest adventure rasl a surreptitious "entrance into. Lthe chamber of Miss iielen Marlette through a breach in the maple . boughs and a blind carelesly left aslant. With" characteristic pre surnption theyr flung a golden ladder upon the wall above that sleeping lady's head, then slowly slipped downward. The warm bars felljat length upon her uncoiled hair so black that ,it did not give forth even a tavt ny lustre aud a golden line slid athwart the handsomest, nose in Arline. Upon this the lady sud denly unclosed, her eyes and stared wildly at the ceiling. ; Then the bed room door breezily opened, and a young 4ady ttlth wide", blue eves and a - much bofrlizled blonde. head. burst. into the room - ij.i "Cousin Helen! Xotuplyet? Why, 1 was dressed two . hours ago, waiting to see what Mr. 'gimmbris said ; about the party in the morning paper. I made myself as charming ks possible to him last night, though I was dying all the time to be with somebody else. But I've reaped my reward. t Oh, he gave such a pufi !" ! j By this time the blonde was. critically examining the back of her dress in the mirror. - 4 i ' "Helen, ' she continued , "I knew because the ray dress, was .a success, moment Jennie; Barrett saw me she col lapsed and looked , like the melancholy days. the rest of the t evening. What a jealous disposition that girl has;! I. actually- pity her. , Oh I I forgot to Uay that you were extolled as usual; but you have, been to so many parties I sup pose you da not Care, so much., about ft aq I do,"- trylug the effect 'of a. white rose In her hair,.' . jLv'V l-Ji," "How late is it, Saxie," Helen asked, following the girl's quick; movements with an amused look, "and why so much elegance so early lii the morn ntV ,-.' i:'f i i -: ? " :'" 'Thats what I- came- to ftell you about. Mamma has. : invited - Ernest Houston to dinner and you'd never in the world guess who's coming j with him. Tfiafcueebrot weoipui tot tholcapnibls, jsevea years iigo.'-'f.. yVfsj f: (- ; ; t4What, Fred Houston-?" " ; t "Yes, he came last night I suppose IMUiare to to talk th!ra; is ErnesVls" ' ,devote4,. tdloutti either. - Youd better come do xrn stairs rteht a way, X)r, they 11 e .here before yull have time - for breakfast. '"Au re-ujKjnea. "Helen, dpntrarluo this - morn - ihg because Ihave ir on J Wiry don'ti you put on your white wttfi Scarlet roses ? It's s6 becpmTng'Ohf I always fakte"'s&harie CiUarreU j If he is my second cousin I'll notrllibim Fredbvit; Mrl Houston I'll keep bini at a dlstaniie '' And the blue Iruffls again whlrlccVputi; Before Saxle's slippers had ceased to patter on: the tluoad'4.oi4r'sUirs'H Uei&x. -Marlette was up and o resslng, with an unusllgljt ; in , her reVos In sooth , the.?queer brother, so lightly mentioned ? r had once fi lied that re motest corner of Miss Mariettas "affect tions known as flrst love:" and to meet! one's first love after a stormy; parting and a separation of seven years is enough to. stir the calmest blood. Not that she dreamed of renewing that early; folly.- The idea of Helen Mar ietta marrying well, not exactly a missionary t the cannibals, but the as sistant jof ah Episcopal bishop in the Falkland "Islands I Absurd! What if she ouce had 6hed some bitter tears, had nightly kissed and prayed over a cer tain face in a certain locket? Were not her eyes long since dried, the locket lost, and unnumbered flirtations heaped over that haples fancy? "Marriage," 3Irs. jMarlette said, logically,, "is the greatest step in a woman's life. Love Is a mad caprice. To leave: marriage is, therefore, to leave the greatest step in a woman's life to a mad caprice." The experience of the niece had so well proven the- aunt's teachings that she unreservedly., adopted them. Seven years.ot Dellcnoou, moreover, are gen erally enough to toughen the heart "to" old as well as to nevv impressions. . If Helen, therefore, went down stairs in anj unusual glow, wearing the very; dress 'in which Saxie had told her she looked best -even with a red rose in her. hair-fit does not follow, nor is it to be construed, that she entertained any but feelings of pleasure,, always consistent with the views of a young; lady of dis- cretion, at meeting an old : acquaint ance.! e r, V I '..'7 t Ignoring her breakfast, she passed but the front door and found her aunt seated on the shady piazza tht sur- rounde'd the large, 6IT-fashioned house, j Mrs. Marlette "was the relict of a once obscure and happy military officer, uprni i whom a successful generalship in the War of the Rebellion and the -restless ambition of hi's wife had thrust a seat in the Senate of his country on him. When the firstix years at length drew to a close he would-have retired gladly to private life had not his wife goaded him on to; another campaign. He died before his second term expired, and Mrs. Marlette found Herself debarred by Salic institutions from taking further part in the management of public affairs. Wiselv she turned her energies in the direction the infallible judgments of mankind had seen fit -to leave open to them, and acted well her part as mother, aunt,. and Jleader of society in her early home, Arline. I "Good morning, my dear," said this estimable lady on her niece's approach ; ''how fresh you :look after; your late hours!" " ! "She didn't look' fresh till I told her Ernest was coming," Saxie said, slily. Mrs. Marlette -suddenly- turned her attention to a restless little Spitz doff that had till now tugged unnoticed at her dress. : - ' ' "Saxie, i coax Roger around to. the back yard, and tell Georgeto keep him at the stable the rest of the day. ;I don't know what is the8 matter; with him; he seems to be so 5 vicious this morning:. "Congratulate me, ; auntie," said Helen ; fl am twenty-four tcMlay." j "Congratulate !" called Saxie, still within earshot ; 'I should think you would! rattier be condoled with. Why, felt terrible my last birthday, and I tv-na nnlr seventeen. T ened J and cried till mamma promised me a diamond ring. f Come Roger, don't f he- so cross: You detestabfedogjletgo'of my dress. y "I do congratulate you r my dear, and you wear your yeaas. well," Mrs. Mar lette ? said," in her stateliest manner. "But,. Helen, I haye'for some time felt it my duty to have a sober -little . talk with you, and be sure it ia your welfare I have!ln mirid whetf I ask you if you do not think yon are old euough to marry;'! 1 , . "Old enough ! Why,yes, Of course ;" the girl said slowly, turning a troubled look upon a vista of the lake shining through' the trees. : "But -" ' f ; pI wtild hot urgei'you to this step agaiijstyour inclinationS my child; I, ppeakto you as a mother. ! No woman's life is "complete till she marries 5and, thoiigfi ybu have had' land continue to have, opppftties thatj : : -' .1 , i i 'Yej auntie, I knbwrwhat you would aavpportunitles "others girls ponged fbr;irid ppofiiinltlcs7Ir ttiay1ttot'hate. again. x ini.qw, uiat." iucio .wiu soon be plenty of 'tongues to whisper 'old maid nd how she fades,' When I pass by. ! But whom Bhall I matry; to escape 1113 U1CUU1U1 IttlC i 1 TherQ fwas a careless3 misery.. in the gj rl'i . f a cpiand.y oiceas sheuttered 1 these wordsrThe woVfd.the flesh and tfiedevil had' laid alege.ta her souTforj inauy jyears, mm buc uoum not now., make an; unconditional surrender with.- ciut'some bitterness bfspirit ' 1 1 J i Mre.ilto'etteftpHeo last questions y & t n t : i Yoh have the. best mateh'in vrline i in your gras Jhjs morning. Wtio-i ' richer, more talented,. more ambitlbri a high position ih Waahingtdnand Well, ' 1 Interr ti pted Helen V J limping up ftxan.r3Xfir: 'loytr ye witb; a little laugh f I arn"wise enough to nTOler stand you. Inquiring friends may find me in the library at any time this rabrn ing." She lightly kissed her aunt's still un wrinkled forehead, and left that lady to her embroidery. ; j Within an hour Mrs. Marlette 's reve ries wrere broken irr upon by the com ing of two young men up the serpen tine gravel walk,.; .. , . The elder was very dark, with hand some, regular features, and a polished, insinuating manner, strongly at Con trast with the brusque, straightforward manner of his companion. The latter, though quicker in his movement, I was of a much heavier build. His face, if not so handsome, was redeemed by a mouth of singular beauty. His teyes were clear and honest. Altogether, he might have proved, a. less agreeable companion, but perhaps, a better frjiend than the other. . "Aunt Cecelia, said the first gentle man, easily advancing, "your prodigal nephew, Fred.! Hasnt he change be yond recognition ?" "Fred, my dear, dear nephew," Mrs. Marlette bubbled, .bestowing" such a greeting of kisses on him that he blushed warmly through his browned cheeks, and would have wished himself back in the Falkland islands had he not pos sessed a peculiarly grateful disposition. Then she told him that "before he saw any "of his cousins,' he miist sit down and tell her all about himself and the Falklands whether heTwas going back again, and what ever induced him tp go there in the first place. Ernest, mean time, must go in search of Saxie land Helen she thought they were in the them out to! see librarv and bririjr Fred. Whereupon Ernest departed with dispatch. ! ' Helen. Marlette sat alone in the bay window of the library; a large, cool room to which a little glass door leading into the conservatory afforded the only entrance save by the hall. A magazine lay open on her lap, but her mind was far from its pages j . A crisis loomed up in her life, and she was regarding it helplessly with folded" hands. So ab sorbed was she that the subject of her thoughts, the man she did not love, stood beside her -before she kneviT'he had entered the room. She started and looked "upon him mutely, as she would have looked upon her fate- Meeting the, look with his handsome eyes, he said,graveiy : f !. "Helen, you j know why I am here. To-morrow I leave Arline. You must tell me whether I leave it forever, or whether , I shall return to claim my wife.; ' - -r- ; .. - f He was very, very handsome, and he had read her cold face too well to say much. Why did she' not love him, she asked herself, as if in a dream? phi why couldn't she ? Was she not 'un reasonable ? Oh , for some kind fate to interpose forever between them. !She sa4.as if-spell-bound, and did not speak a word. j -Emboldened by her silence, he caught her hand to his lips. . . . j ' JThere arose a succession of terrified cries, and a trampling of feet in the hall. With dilated eyes and wringing hands Mrs Marlette burst into the : . t ' " .... ! room. : "Roger's mad I Roger's mad!" she shrieked, distractedly, rushing into the conservatory and locking the door upon Saxie," who closely followed. Seelng no egress from the room Saxie, mad With terror, leaped upon a large writibg table, snatched off its green cover, re gardless of ink-sttnd papers and fen veloped her head hx. Jts i'olds,. press her face against tb waUVT . S j i With lolling tongue and . burning eyes, In an unswerving line toward Helen, came Roger; -Pale as death, Er nest Houston leaped from the wiqddw. All this in the twinkling, of art ejre. Aunt Cecelia conld be seen through the conservatory door, 1 still shrieking.. and wringing her ' hands. From the green table-cover came Incoherent , moans. Nearer nearerstill nearer one leap. Her nerves relaxed and she fell: back unconscious. j In the course of tenr fifteen minutes Helen Marlette became aware of a stifling sensation and a burning in her eyes, which Yurher developments proved to be the result of a :han kerchief saturated with ammonia flung oyer her face. A frightful railroad accident had taken place -what, she did not exactly understand. Somebody was fanning her f 'J it- 1 eyes kiudCeves ves that.watched her Ions:, lonsriffol" She' '7ink&f hir peacefully, and" tKougfetT; she ,was in ucavcu wiin tne nappy ueaa. ; , r I "Qb, she opened her eyes. : Give her a little wine now ; she's coming to,' said'terrestrlal wicefanct a Yery te.r- restrial vial was held to her lips, , l .: tVe&r me hT another fvoice said ; also inearthly accente." rit hadn't ; been for ou we should all have1 died of hy- shoot Roger and miss Helen when they were o near r iou snouiu go on tne stage and play William) Tell; Fan her her more, she don't look so pale now," Looking again, Helen dimly recog nized familiar faces in the mist, and her head was resting on an arm belong ing to the kind eyes 'that were still watching her. She hadn't the least in clination to jj move away, for they be longed to Fred Houston, and he loved her. Hadn't he told her so only last night when they were out boating to gether? t A terrible gap had began to yawn between that night and this this mcrning. She sat upright and tried to understand . "Oh, Helen." cried Saxie, kneeling beside hir cousin, and chafing her flac cid hands; "you don't know what has happened since you fainted . That cow ardly Eraet ran away and left you aloiie, and Roger was just springing on you when Fred shot him. Oh, Fred, what a jewel you are! il'll praise you all my life.!';! I "Yes, it was a brave action a noble action," said Mrs. Marlette, refreshing her exhausted system with a sniff of camphor, antl quite ignoring the con servatory door, "I called the servants, but the poor things were too frightened to come. Ernest, I confess, disappointed me.' Then I owe you my life, Mr. Hous- 1 ton," Helen said. "Yes, Helen, will you pay j-onr debt?" . i. She told him word. j! "jes and kept her As Mrs. Marlette said afterward, how ever, a girlji with Helen's advantages should have done uinch better. - TJie Catalpa as a Timber Tre. In. regard to the catalpa, says the Grermantown;! Telegraph, (there seems to be no doubt that, while it is one of the most rapid-growing trees we have, It is also one of tHe mo&t durable of woods. We hive seen figures which we have no reason to doubt are correct; and the writer has recently seen a post taken up after eight years of service that was as good as the day it was first set. Eight years is of coursej no very great period for a post to last, but from all appearance there is no reason why it should not endure at least three times what it has, stood: and ja quarter of a century is tolerably good for a fence post.1 The trouble with (the catalpa is that the terminal bud does not' ripen when young,! and so gets killed In our winter. The pud below, pushing, makes a crooked stem, and in this way the trunk of .the! mature tree is not as straight as is desirable in a satisfactory timber tree. To remedy this the trees are suffered to grow as they will for a couple of years, until the! roots get strong. They are then cut to the ground whea a smooth straight shoot goes up ten leet high in one season, generally maturing its bud, and laying the foun dation of a pretty trunk.) Such a stem is generally two inches thick ; and as In any fair "ground t will increase at the rate of an inch a year, we haveIn three or four years after a trunk five or six inches thick quite thick enough for many useful pieces of work upon a farm. But these six-incTi stems, cut to the grounpj vthen ; throw: up shoots of amazing strength", making rf new and beautiful timber tree with surprising rapidity. . Company. What at ceremonious affair we make of entertaining 'company,! 'Too many of us lose all sense of being at home the moment a stranger crosses our thresh old ; and. he instantly feels himself to be a mere visitor nothing more and acts accordingly. The man who know? how to "drop in" of an evening, draw up his chair to your hearth as If It were his own, and fall into the usual ever ntng routine of the household as If he were a member of it how welcome he always is ! The man who comes to stay, under your roof for a season, and who, without, being intrusive j, or familiar makes you feel that he is "at home'; with you, and is content in his usual fashion of occupation how delightful a guest be is I And the ,'bbuses ahj how few of them into which one - can go for a day 'or a week! and feel sure that the family routine; Is In nowise altered, the family comfort in no wise lessened, but, "on -the . contrary in creased by one's presence what joy is is to cross their thresholds i oWhat har bors of refuge they are to weary wan derers I "What sweet reminiscences they bring to the lonely and homeless ! alter 1 1 ; somebod v v wjtl f dark, . bright r, r-. r ,No- hearts, are really broken by it ; j It Is merely a game .carried on by two pr-p sons , of,the opposite- sex, and by r no means a bad way of passing the. time The girl of the period is always beipg attacked. -I prefer, her to jthe i typical character good girl .of, former. petibs. She is accused of .occasionally, using; a word , or two of . slang. But th . of one century lsrthe language of . the next century. .She is" accused of liking to , adoVrj her person All th 1 ngsf. elib beine en Vial, a well-dressed iirirl is inre ferable to an ill-dressed glrlk" She is a cused in a .vague, general sort of" wa . ' ' - : ' ' - . r - - - 1 1 :' . i!' ot Deins: last, iracticaiiv. uthia means that a girl has good animal spirits. A why should she not? The rule Is ab lute, Dut quiet gins are generally far more likely to come to grief than what are termed fast girls. If I had daugh ters, I should keep my eye on the quiet daughter, with pre-Raphaelite proclivi ties, .so good, that she would regard her papa as a sinner, with doubts as to the propriety of balls and theatres, and always discussing doctrinal questions with the curate, rather than on her! ''fast" sisters. Life Is short, but youth is far shorter; let a girl make the mbitj of it; let her ride, and dance, and fll to ner neart's content, if ner paren can afford it, let her dress: well dress often. Xet her not pretend an tha she cannot say bo" to a goose ; on th contrary, let her say many many geese. Let her join "bo's" in amu ments whenever she gets a Chance. a man tries to turn her head, let her ac- cept the challenge, and, having turned his head., laugh at him. He will not be the worse for the lesson. After-all, the business of a girl is to cease to be a girl by, becoming a wl Here, too, the poor girl is admonished and abused by her censorsj Tbeore cally, a girl Is expected to itakeino ac count of the position of her future hus band, but to marry the man! for whom she feels an inclination. This view bf life is diligently inculcated in novels and plays. It is, however, an absurd view, ! and those who act Upon it ajre exceedingly foolish. A girl should never sacrifice her whole future toj'a mere fleeting fancy. What are term f d love-marrlageaf ftre eeldom happy mar- nages. in ninety-nine cases out or a hundfCtl, love in a cottage means misery in a cottage. The French proverb true, that in love, Vun aime et Vavire laisse aimer, in tne Jove or womei there is far less individuality than the love of men. The fact! is, that to most women, men are but hooks, upon which they hang their general desire jra be anectionate, ana netween one noox and another hook, jthey havp but very little choice, llaoit, too, is a verypt tent npell. , Love is but a fever, of ver temporary character. Married people who get on well together, generally tio so because they are! united br a commu nity of interest, and they have acqulr&f a habl.t or partnership. If I were a-girjl, and I liked a rich man, but lbveda poc r man, and could marry elthe,'I shou d not hesitate av minute between them, but I should marry the rich man , at.il be, if the occasion presented itself, a kind sister to the poor mam Nothing is more ridiculous than the theories pfj marrlasre that are propounded for tha benefit of girls-.. A Tragic Test. A singular murder case auting trial in India has given rise to much. leg;al discussion as to whether the" circum stances justified the charge.' j A jugglci-,1 who alleged that he posssessed sortie power which rendered him "bullel-i proof," iuvited the prisonor sin" tho caiq to aini at him" with a loaded' muske assurins him that he inight do so WitlH out the slightest fear of producing any painful results.' The prisoner accepted the kind invitation,'and, with a lbaded musket, ' presented to him by the jug gler, immediately sent a bullet through his head. It is urged that, as theije was no intention cn the part of the prisonor to kill the deceased Jthe charge of murder can not be maintained; I Tne iuerffler was .thoroughly confident of his own invulnerability, antt several of his relations who were to be - called is witnesses for" the defense were prepared to nrove that althou srh several times! shot at before, - he was heve hurt. ' A similar case occured in Engjland a few years ! ago. A wizanl ;at one. of the theaters Defirered one of the. audience as . : l a favor to fire a gun at him. The spe totor, thu s invited , loaded th$. gun j wi ( a charge of shot he had brought fwh him for the express purpose! of testing! crucially the alleged invulnerability of the wizard. The result was painful in the extreme the wizard's face was of j pep pered with shot, and the spectator! wbb fired the gun was given into the custody of the police- Both..-narrowly 1 eacapeu death one by the - gun, and the Other by the gallows- -1 The first telegraphic line5 In jChina has i just been put in operation. i It U Aix miles in length ; and runs from. ; the official residence of LI Hung Chang, viceroy of China, to the Tietsln Arse nal. ' " ; ' FUrtatlon. r 5KWS IS BRLEP. -jpThe expense of the Tichborne trial k Knland a million and a ouarfo r of ollars. ' i-The fail at Houston. Terfts. is ron- idered so insecure that all the prison- eri are kept in irons, j -iron wire conuuew eiiicrioltj 4W, .000 times better than water and if - I i . . . . . ,000,000 better.than.6ea water. r-Tokio.- the capital of Japan, with ,200,000 or so inhabitants,, has 737 prl- ate-scuoois witli rfJU4 pupils in them. -i-TThe tobacco crop in the Connecticut sillev "nrnniiBes tn -lehl more than Imki vearl although the average ia smaller in pimneoticut. I -f-A! bronze statue of Robert Ralket. founder of the Sunday-school system in England, is to bo erected in his native cit pf Gloucester. 1 if r t .. : "w v 7t-4Ar. vnaries a. uana OI tne -Nw Ycfk Sun, has readied his 58th birth dayand he is now Old enough to know better. ! ! -fttast year, in England, 1,249 ar sons jwere killed on the railroads, while 1,58; were killed by carriage and wagons. ! i !-f'fhe Louisiana planters annually lose about one-third or their cotton cropSj by reason of insufilclentf latxr. Thfyi call loudly for laborers from the Nofth. U iU-Miss Jennie Bancroft recently gradiiiated by the Syracuse University, haMljjecome Dean oi the Woman's Col lege Connected with the Northwestern University--. .'.,- jl ji(f the 497 hiemlxirs of the present German 'Parliament, 138 belong to ttm ii0lUity. Of these 7 are priuces, 33 couluts, 29 barons, and C8 have only the preflt "Von." il HMoharumed All, in 1829, made a cannl In Egypt in two mouths, of forty eighti ndlea long, and ninety feet wide, on Which he employed at one time 25J,- 000 j workmen. , -j-lt U estimated that $-00,000 have bcei paid this year by Oregon dealers In agrjcultural implements for freight ttlortw. One firm in Salem has paid $55,-000 for the purpose. 1 Year8 ! ago Samuel Johnson and Samuel Longfellow made a Uuitarlm hyin book. Theodore Pnfker jocosely uanard it the "aaui Book," which uauie it still unofficially bears. il -4nSeca Kauffman, about the first famious woiuaii painter in the world, astoiie f the thirty-six original mem ber jf the London Royal Academy, Which was started in 1708. i i-A Swiss 80cfety has been formed in California under tne name of the Santa Claa Valley Swiss Club, lor the pur pqsti pf celebrating every year the auui-, yersaiy of Swiss 1 udependence. I '-The mackerel catch on the Eastern coast up to August 1st, this year, was less tlia.ii one third that of last year. 'Jhe catch for July was only 6,tiU bar relstHless thn one-twelfth of the catch of July, 1876. An English enthusiast has placed nearly a hundred Colorado beetles In an ppi (garden and is feeding them with various kinds of fruit and vegetables, wittl ii view of ascertaining the kind of diet they prefer. n Monday. September 17th. th- flftylUhlrd annual session of the Grand L6d:e of Odd Fellows of the United States will commence in Baltimore. This Will be the firscwession ot the body in' tlidt city aiiieo 1873. j , !4-fcake Cityj Col., ! Is said to b the lofitst town in North America. It stands among the Rocky Mountains at an efevation of 8,50 feet above the ea, or more than 2,200 feethighter than taB Tip-Top on Mount. Washington. -IU new- way to make u railroad pay.HThc occupants of C00 .hhantiew tdong the lines of -New-York railroad makja living by planting corn and po tatoes between tne rails anu the fences. It is said that 0,010 acres aro cultivated iu this way. J ! Miss Thompson, the battle painter, has (left London for Adrlanople, with the intention of crossing the Balkans to the seat of war to make sketches. Her hustjand, Major Butler of the Horse (guards, was refused leave of absence to accompany her. fL'he Duke of Brunswick's mauso leuai; at Geneva to be erected In the Jardln des Alpes at a cost of 1,400,000 frans, is to Include six white marble, statuses of his ancestors, beginning wi h Heny the Lion, and ending with hU father, who fell at Quatre Bras. A statue of "Faith," to be erected at Plymouth, Mass., will cost betwech 20,tX and f 4J,uu(j, anu wncn nuisiieu is expected to surpass any memorial statu; in granite in the world. The expense- of putting it. in position on its pcdesial will alone reach some $0,000. j -'A New Hampshire Regis t er of Deed r;eceiitly liad occasion to trace the name Of Rollins back two hundred years. He discolyered that within that period the spelling had been changfHl nine times, as follows:! Rawlingn, Rawlllng, Ra Hns, Etaliins, Rolius, Raliugs, R.illing, Rollings, Rollins. Nine of the survivors of the British ship Btrathmore have sent to Captain I). L GO ford, of New Bedford, Mas,' mas ter;, of the ; whaler Young Phoenix, a splendid gold watch and chain as a recbgnitiou of his humane and generous conduct-in 'rescuing the survivors of the Stratmore. 1: ; -1fhe average annual value of the musical instruments made in Paris during the last six years has been $2600,000 vdivlded among threehundred and ifeixty-uine makers, employing no fewer than five 'thousanu workmen.' Paris- turns1 out ! every year $204,000 worth of accordeons. Pianos figure for ,2S0,tQ0i organs for nearly $1,050,000; Wind!, wood and metal Instruments for nearly $800,000; but bowed Instruments for less than $100,000.
The Albemarle Enquirer (Murfreesboro, N.C.)
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Sept. 20, 1877, edition 1
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