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Sthe i I~ Miu
I~ 4.)atO0 b9uh ro.,
ar
~oher from Spar
b ny revival in the
St. church at Anderson,
eon, Who are put in the city prison
y olie are set to work on "'rock
n .-public view . on one of the
athoroughfares.
et. Martin. of, Anderson county, S.
n 6PI iade from one-piue tree on his place
%20 feet of straight edge lumber and
40Q foet of rough edge lumber.
St. Luke's Hospital has been incor
peated at Jaclssonville, Fla. Mrs. Al..
eAnder Mikkell, wife of the promin.
ent Milwaukee railroad man, is the Pres
iden.
A correspondent of the Fredericks.
.Iburg Star says thati he counted off the
shore of "Thq Neck," King George
county, Va., ninety vessels engaged in
takig'oysters.
In Macon, Ga., the little two. year
old boy of officer W. W. Henderson
was found dead in bed. It had slipped
between the railings and the foot-board
durig the night and broket its neck.
Adtriving and profitable enterprise
in the neighborhood of Americus, Ga,
is the fur trade, the skijns being 'nrinci
paly those of the beaver, otter and
con;;and a few Wild cat and rabbit
pelts.
Major B. W. Bellamy, living sixteen
miles from Quitman, Ga., has a farm of
10,000 acres, with 6,000 under cultiva
tioin Over 1,000 nSgroes live on the
place, and they raise 800 bales of cottons
with all necessary supplies.
The Avalanche says three times as
many beaver skins have beenibrought to
Memphis during the past season as any
in the past fifty years. A danm has been
built t-wenty miles from the city six feet
*high, eight feet wide and fortyfret- to~iig~
*by 'these animals.
Albany (Ga.) News: 'Do you want a'
local?" said an Albany matron the otha,
*.er day. " Yes'm." " Well, you may
say that beax are so scarce in Albany
that the girl's have all resolved to catch
the first one that comes along, cage him
and keep him as a natural cnriosity."
*'touston (Ga.) Home Journal: A suc
- *cessful farmer of Houston county told
'us the other day that ho considered coi-n
at.$1 per bushel equal to cotton at twen
ty cents si pound. That -farmer sells
home raised corn, wheat and oats every
year.
Jefferson Davis delivered a two-hours
* ~ speech at the French opera house in New
Orleans Tuesday night, before a meeting
called to' raise funds for a building in
4 ~ which to .preserve the Southern war
rohives and other papers of the South
ern 'Historical society.
A fruit tUealer in Savannah has an ai
*ligator in a box in front of his store,
and was much annoyed by people pass
ing along and pok'pg sticks at him. The
fruiter put up thf sign: "Every idot
who conmes along is expected to shove
~i sticks down the alligator's mouth."
Taie alligator is let alone now.
Reidsville (N, 0.) Times :,. Bill Gunnm
*brought to Wentworth yesterday a joint
snake he dug up on his place near that
town. It was examined with mutch in
terest by several of the citizens, Col.
Settle offering $10 to catch him one just
like it. The tail could be easily taken
to pieces.
Henry W. Grady says the extent of
the cutting which Senator Hill, of Geor
gla, lhas been subjected Is not realized
by the public. One-third of his tongue
has been taken out-the entire left floor
of his his mouth-the glands in the left
side of his nec~k. The last operation was
~': ~ the most severe, and probably success
ful When he was put under ether for
i1 It was intended to only take out a
4~ Sp0411lunhp that had hardened on the
hl~~din his neck. After lie was in
tensible i *~aadetermined to adopt the
~a~otrq'atment ahcl take out the entire
:{~i e was keptr uder the knife
Shonrg.
Ednsson~ Tniastoiq has made, ex.
timents on the stengtht of 88 die.
ezt*~ s,.in the laboratory of Steven.
*xttut of Technology, in New York.
0qantiy of copper in the all y
Vnt~dtroz 0 to 80 per cent., and that
4p giobetween 10 per cent, and 40 per
oet. An alloy containing 55 per cent,
48 per eent, tin and 2 per cent.
V wd tlie- greatest stregth ; it
~ 6f iice olor, hard, ecapable of
sIhedt sad could be ored if
lz~t~eu.re posjues in which
ed ac~as wel as strength, are
,. R~W on flbinless th is
~4pt~4the, tPO2tiO1e was5
a op.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
i0Anu1 WMrAmU is in the West
soarohing for employment.
Arrn all the Indians in New Mexico
bnd Arizona are to get the worst of it.
Tin New York Bun has it that Frank
lames is at the present time sojourning
in that city.
Tat beer drinkers of Vienna are on a
strike, demanding a decrease in the
price of beer.
Tum New York Legislature has passed
a bill prohibiting Judges from appoint
lag relatives to office.
A. GBN=RAL exodus of Jews has set in
in Russia, and the destination in almost
every instance is America.
THanu are in Arizona 2,273 enlisted
soldiers and M officers, in addition to
the forces under General Forsyth.
CooL weather, with accoinpanying
frosts the fore part of May, should be
credited up to Vennor. He predicted it.
CorrON factories are rapidly increas
ing in Georgia. One hundred thousand
spindles were added during the year 1881.
THE arrears of rent in Ireland are
estimated at $80,000,000. It will per
haps be some time before these figures
will be diminished.
Tmu English Government seems to
have lost ita.grip on Ireland, and Irish
subjects are happier to-day than they
have been for years.
Tu wife of ..Edmunds is to receive a
gift of a silk quilt from the women of
Utah as a mark of their appreciation of
her husbagd's recent service.
SAm Mr. Maher to Mr. Sprague in
the New York Legislature the other day.
-4T-he-gentleman, if he is a gentleman,
is an infernal liar." Wonderful polite.
ness those legislators have.
A Nuw Y i scientist named Kruger
killed himself because he failed in his
endeavor to perfect a flying-machine.
He has gone where the art of flying is
one of the accomplishments.
DURING the Parliamentary recess Mr.
Gladstone recreates by writing one or
two long magazine. articles, and count
less letters and postal cards, and fills up
any spare moments with chopping trees
in his woods. .
TIMun is an honest man in Italy.
King Humbert refuses to allow an ap..
propriation to pay the debts of Victor
Emmanuel, but takes upon himself the
honorable duty of paying his lather's
debts, and lives close.
Poon Prince Leopold, 'Duke of Al
bany,'' (as the Queen is determined to
have him called) is a sickly weak young
man. He has been troubled with a skin
disease since his birth, and for weeks at
a time is a helpless invalid.
Mn. GrArsTONB saiys the charge of
treasonable practices against Mr. Par
nell will be withdrawn. Mr. IKorster
gives as the reason for his withdrawal
from the office of Secretary of Ireland,
that he could not agree to release sus
pects.
Tire Queen has givan special and par
ticular orders that her youngest son is
never to be styled Duke of Albau~y, but
he is always to be described as Prince
Leopold, Duke of Albany." Her Maj
esty does 'not wish the name of her late
revered uncle to be forgotten.
IT SEEMS the astronomers have discov
ored a system of canals on the planet
Mars two hundred miles in width.
Now let these astronomers keep on and
discover the mules. What monstrous
animals they must be. Look for their
oars, astronomers I Look for their ears I
THE Cincinnati Gazette sounds this
note of warning :
"There is too much money In the United
states Treasury. This tempts Congress to
make liberal appropriations and squander the
funds squeezed out of taxpayers. Congress
aught to reduce taxeA and adjourn. This
would be popular. What it is doing ls not
popular, as members will discover when they
return to their constituents."
MrsEItOUnoSrY the saloons in Gedar
ville, Ohio, suddenly blow up. What it
[a in the whisky that explodes at so un
~xetd an hor f the night and shatters
bblog. generety, must remaini an un
sol64. problem. However there seems
to be itfte doub that tooduet a
saloon~ in that village Is a- groat risk of
Ll.
Mis. 3Jom P. $Mas, in a paper read
3efore the Cincinnati Oociety of Nturd
Elitory on the workiof Charlew Darwin,
zpressed the belief that the punblliou
of -Darwin's " Origin of Species " yold
"make an epoch in scionc, like the ege
f Shakespeare in literature, the dfiooery
,f Amerioa in history and the adveat of
h'istin theology "
A P5,000 PrANO of unparalleled spleri..
1*, is the Prince of Wales' wedding
9ezat Leopold. We never could
hows people who are so hope'
tt6Aas Is the Prince of Wales,
alt a uch lavish pres
e*ternully begging
* qrnment be
- ~ of his
the murder of Jonnie Cramer, are au
blondes. They *ere secured by the
attategy of the counsel for defense under
the belief that they were less apt to Oon.
vict than a darker type of n ty
wodid b'e, btonettes being r arded as
posemivg greater individuality and
positifeneos of chamacter.
CAMr. HOWOAT writes to a friend in
Washington from -4 hiding place and
asks for money. He indicates his pur
pose to be hand for trial any day the
government may set apart, and intimates
that rasoals high In station may expect
to be thoroughly shown up. There is
no doubt but that Howgat- cQuld tell 4
great many wonderful stories, but there
is no probability that he ever will,
THU Star Route cases I;ave again been
postponed, this time because of the
absence of John W. Dorsey brother of
ex-Senator Dorsey, who is sojourning in
Texas, New Mexido, Arizona, etc. The
great anxiety for trial and "consequent
vindication" that sprang up so spontane
ously when the charges of conspiracy
were first brought, seems to have died a
natural death. The Indian country is a
good hiding place for Mr. Dorsey.
SmNou the " removal" of Jesse James
Missouri seems to be satisfied. How
about the rest of the gang ? or does re
moving Jesse vindicate justice? Why
do the authorities regard the probable
presence of Frank James in a comunni
Ly with a profound sense of awe ? And
why is there no effort made even to
discover his whereabouts? or is the
State taking a breathing spell to begin
again as soon as it can recover from
the late conflict?
MEssRs. YANDnmur and Field may
regard their escape from destruction by
dynamite as a most narrow one. Had
not one of the machines beeunicident
ially exploded by the jar of the ear, be
fore reaching their destination, there is
no question but that they would hasve
accomplished the purpose for which
they were intended, during the process
of opening them. Furthermore, that
their senders were Nihilists t e does
not seem to be a particle of doubt
A ST. Lours dog, recently deocased,
was a property holder. His estate cun
sisted of a house and lot left to hin by
his deceased master. There was a trus
tee, of course; but the income was con
scientiously spent in paying for the ani
mal's food, lodging, and attendanb. He
was a handsome spaniel, and was not
made vain by his wealth, but associated
with common dogs. At his deth, a few
days ago, the trustee had hirn buried in
a costly coffin, a hearse conveying the
remains quite ceremoniously to the fain
ily cemetery.
THEu almogh simultaneous death of
Adams and Jefferson seemed scarcely
more remarkable to their contemporaries
than in the closeness in time between
the funerals of the two authors who
have most contributed to the literary
fame of the United States during the last
half gentury-Emerson and Longfellow.
And, looking across the water, the near
ness between the deaths of Darwin and
Emerson reminds us that each was in
his way a founder of a school of thought,
and that by this joint bereavement both
England and America lose their recog
nized intellectual leaders.
A MOnBnD citizen of St. Louis, afflicted
with an ar'dent desire to possess the two
horses which lately belonged to Jesse
James, has been the victim of a rather
mean but amusing joke. Somebody,
who know his wish, shipped to him a
couple of worn-out street-car horses, for
which he cheerfully paid a fancy price.
The poor beasts, in the course of their
arduous lives, had encountered more
than their full share of the sling and
arrows or outrageous roruune, ana were
im a sorry condition when they reached
St. Louis. lBut they were beautiful in
the eyes of their owner, and he exulted
exceedingly over his purchase until some
sympathetic friend informed him that-'he
had made a fool of himself.
TnE Chicago Tribune relates how Ni
agara Falls are to be utilized as an elec-.
trio apparatus. It says
The preliminary atop has been the purchase
of the twelve acres known as Prospect Part,
adjacent to the falls, which substantially glves
the purchaser the control of the water-power of
the entire American fall. estimated at 2,000,
000 horae-power, or ten iime the amnount of
steam-power in Chicago and all the rest of
Cook County-a force equal to thbat of 12,000,
000 men. The control of thi, prodi'gious
power having been obtained, It is r.ro
posed to erect immense building and pouder
ens machinery upon the brin of the fais,
where the water can be easef reached, "t', be
returned after use.? After geerating the
ist odttrog properly insulad
oases to sixty-five prominent Ameoan cites
and towns for illminating purposes, and hs
also to be used for operating machinery and
tb be tentousand miles or cpera
es eu with maqbiney to oorrespond.
Thu OInoinnati Board of Health does
not seem to .be acconoplishinag much.
Under its management there has been
abhiost s steady Increase of srnallpox for
a PS#4#f1ur monthe natf the numbeP
n##w#ssesnow reach in the neighbora
boOo f800 a wekl, This fs somewbat
4lad'ning. That thi infoetkp kraw kuaod
severa 9m#16^n doiles *00$I c4trade
ne agher ale lees uhi*nat
there can'ii. no quession, andi
Inancia sucQess of the' t
causical festi4I wgl be
U ineildent Board of Realth--and
they seem to be the plague of many
sections-is deoidedly an expensive in
stitution to a community.
Warming Up the Rouse.
This," observed Mr. Niles, as the
postman tumbled down the cellar stairs
with a registered letter, "this is what I
call hard lines," and the worthy gentle
man fired a brick into the furnace, and
rattled around outside with a huge poker.
" What's hard lines? What are you
doing ?" asked the postman, handing
over his book and card for signature.
Trwing to keep those peole upstairs
warm,' replied Mr. Niles. "Hao I" he
continued, as a bell over his head began
to peal, "there's the fellow on the top
door again," and he opened and slammed
the door and banged away with the
poker.
" But why don't you build a fire?" db
manded the postman, looking in at the
egnpty furnace.
Mr. Niles desisted for a moment and
looked over the tops of his glasses in
mild indignation.
" Do You know the price of fuel ?" he
inquired, as soon as he recovered his
speech. "Have you any notion what
coal cost ?" and he humped the furnace
vigorouslv. "Build a fire I Well, I
guess not ! If they bear me rattling
around down here, they think there's a
big head of steam on, ahd when I com
mence to heave bricks they all open
their windows. See that load of bricks?
That's my fuel for this winter," and M1r.
Niles poured in a couple of handfuls and
began to rake down savagely.
" Well, here, sign these anyway," sg
gested the postman.
" Wait a minute," retorted Mr. Niles,
as qnother bell rang. " That'i a shock
headed newspaper man on the second
floor. He don't get enough to eat to
keep warm," and Mr. Niles fetched the
furnace some .prodigious thumps and
slammed in more bricks. . "I plugged up
the pie to this register with carpet so
ibe cod air oguldn't get up, and yet he's
howling around with a clill. B- that
top loor fellow 1" he ejaculated, as the
first be)l tolled once. more. "You just
rattle the pokerwill you, while I burn
some straw in is pipe. When he Amells
the smoke he'll beg' to peel."
" What's that o er bell?" asked the
postman, as another bell rang violently.
"Somebody's got company in the par
lor," replied Mr. Niles. "Hit it a couple
of licks around on 1he far side. That's
it I Say, you wouldn't mind raking it a
bit, woald you, while I give that barrel
a few rturns. It's fall of stones and it
sounds like putting in another load of
coal. Shake her up hard I"
"Hello !" exclaimed the postman.
" What's that quarreling u-pstairs?"
" Never mind him," replied Mr. Niles,
"that's a friend of mine. He come here
three times a day with a shovel and bas
ket and hollers for his money for putting
in two hundred tons since the first of
November. I've done himn some favors
and he helpa me out. Don't shake any
more, you'll break the brighs. Now
kick the door a couple of times, while .1
beat- with the poker. It's lucky for me
that this is gomng to be a mild winter."
"I've got to go," said the postman.
"I wish you'd sign for the letter."
" Just roll the barrel of .fire bricks
while I go up for a pen, that's a good
fellow," pleaded Mr.. Niles, "and if a
bell rings, hammer around inside the
furnace. Don't be. afraid, there's no
rate there, and once in awhile just
dag that shovel across the floor a couple
of times and then kick the door. It
sounds beautiful upstairs."
When the postman left him Mr. Niles
thanked him for his trouble, and the last
t~he postman saw of him he was scraping
thie cold-air box with a hoe to give the
impression of a tremendous draft.
Brooklyn Eaole.
Cruelty to Animals.
The cruelty of man to the animals that
labor f'or him,.afford him pleasure, food,
and the materials for~ his clothing, is of
ten such as to render it questionable,
which is, after all, the isnferior beast.
The establishment of humane societies
in different States, cities and t'owns,~
however, is a step toward the protection
f dumb animals from human barbarity.
rhe shamb is, that these are at all neces
sary in this boasted century of religions
beaching and general intelligence. It is
m fact, however, that the invocation of
stern law is yet needed to bring many a
humahi tiger to a sense of what is (due
aven to the brutes he slaughiters. The
rniost flagrant outrago that wve have to
note in tis direction, is afforded at the
stock-yards, near this city. It is the
practice of those whose business it is to
kill the cattle at the slaughter houses, to
spear them with a knife in the neck, just
back of the horns. It has been discov
ered by the officers of the humane so
riety that when the animals aro restless
and seek to evade the knife, the moad
dened butchers pierce the eyes of the
victims that they may not see the ap.
proach of the death-dealing knife. Ar
rests of these inhuman monsters are be
ing made, and the proprietors of the
packinig houses, to their credit be it said,
are seconding the society in its efforts to
put a stop to the horrid practice. Farm
ers, and farmers' boys and hired help,
who shudder at the facts here presentedl,
are you Dot guilty of a measure of cru
elty,. unconsciously, perhaps, toward
your work team, your cows, and other
domestie animais that you may, as well
as not, avoid ? Ildness and gentleness
t~oward the lower animals, not only en
noble the master, bdft they pay in dollArs
Imd cents, as. wel.-Prairte Farmer.
fl* Jevr Smiles.
Lie does, nrobody ove Catebes him at At
Whl nte iyo ome Rufus Hatoh
mared $10 that he would blga ad:ule
l c the waiter at his tblebe
~ore the steadfer 'Hited the Irish cat
Ee lost. Be ween eenetown and Ive
irpool ho offered the *uiter two sover.
sfhe would savae off his chin
ekrThem was uno Indication that
man *h. e r the slightest
7ef *)0S xext meat
mutton
Leaving a Man In the Lurch.
It was on a street car. A man with a
very hoarse voice looked aoross the aisle e
at a man with a country satchel between c
his feet, and said: -
"Wintry day, isn't it?" t
"Hey ' called the Qther as he put his t
hdn to his ear. I
" em like winter, doesn't it ?" e
shouted the man with the boatso voice. u
"Hey ? -he?" asked the deaf man. ]
"He says, began a man who was v
standing up, "he says it seems like r
winter. t
At this moment the hoarse-voiced man t
rose up and slid out of 'the car. As he u
did- so the deif man rose up laid two @
parcels on the seat, and called out: c
"p~eak louder-I'm deal "' t
e says it- seems Jike winter 1" a
bawled the man standing up. 8
"Who says so?" t
He turned around to the hoarse-voiced L
man, but that persoi had skipped. a
" Who says so ?" demanded the deaf t
mail).
"I-I-why, I say so." a
"Well, what of it? Haven't I sense a
enough to know that this is winter L
weather? Don't try any of your guys ti
on me or I'll knock the top of your head v
off I .
Then the deaf man sat down and the B
"middleman " sneaked out and cropped a
off the car and said he would spend the f
rest of his life looking for the hoarse- g
voiced man.
'a
A Tramp Tells the Trut
A tramp entered the door, a d ap- 1
proaching with that crushed tragedian U
air-a heart bowed down by grief and
woo-which implies so much (so much
whisky punished in happy by-gone days) a
and struck us for ten cents. It was well t
worth the money, for i'e could not spare
the time to throw him out doors, and re
taining a ffrm hold of the subject under
discussion with our towering intellect,
and one hand on the manuscript, we
passed him the coin. "Thank you
sir," said he, "You have saved my life."
His words were tinged with that settled
melancholy that comes of feoling that
he ought to have struck us for a quarter, t
and he passed out and was gone from -
our gaze like a beautiful dream. Me- r
chanically we glanced out-of the window
and across the stredt. A form emerged
from the saloon door across the way, and
the form wiped its iiolith on opt
sleeve, the back of his neck or his
pantaloons. We could not see the
eatures of the mysterious unknown, but
where had we seen that form, that atti- -
tude, that general coitour and tout en
semble? We tried to recollect. Afeuiory -
toyed fgr a moment with the long ago, t
and then all of a sudden it flashed upon
us like a dark lautern. Seven minutes t
ago that person had assaulted us for a
dime. As we continued to look we could
see that a smile of hope, a smile of al
most perennial sweetness (he had evi
dently put sugar in it) lighted up the
hitherto dreary expanse of his counte
nance. Ho had said that we had saved 0i
his life. And it was so.--Peck's BSun, 6
Woman's Dress. Y
"Many a plain, quiet little woma""
says the New York Herald, "is utt'erly -a
tired of the ceaseless labor of trying to
rniake as effective an appearance as her
richer, handsomer acquaintance. But
what would her husband say?" Hie -r
would say, if a sensible man, that she
was a sensible woman 'to dress according
to her mean~s. If not a sensible womnan
it is of no consequence what he would
say. There is an everlasting drift of
nonsense about the dress of women, such
as the Igerald encourages by its silly
and simpering remarks on the subject of
women's dress.
It is possible for a womau of goodC
taste to make horself not only present-.
able, but attractive in calico at five cents
a yard. It is the art of knowing how to
dress, rather than the costliness of the
material used in dressing, that tells.
There is a vulgar notion abrqad that a
woman is not dressed unless- she is
loaded down with the costliest of fabrics
and jewels to correspond, yet we have
seen women in the plainest of dresses so
admirably corresponding to their com,
plexion and figure that they outshine
the more elaborately dressed women id~ a
society gathering. What is needed isr
good taste in the selection and make upo
of material, and even then we are jn
clined to adopt Dr. Johnson's idea that '
the woman whose conversation is so
charming as to make one forget how she
is dressed is the best dressed won-an in
any assembly where a display of fine
clothes is thought to be the chief point
of interest.-Cncennati Commerciat.
The Encore Nulsance.t
We have cried out again the encore
nuisance until many frieyls regard it as
a hobby of ours, but even that will not
prevent us from voicing the sentiment
of all sensible people. It is time that
the newspapers took up the cudgel in
the name of sense and decency, and
protested1 against the practice of encor
mng everything upon any and every
stage, and for all performances whatso
ever. It is a fearful strain upon the ~
nerve3 of sensitivo people to see the cur
tain go down upon "a most foul murdei," ~
and,,at the instance of a riotous mob of c
gallery gods and enthusiastic fiats, have I
the poor, gory remains re-endowed with Iri
life and come smirking and smiling out J
before the curtain. Applause is all vesy [
well, and no one enjoys and appreciates '
it so much as an actor; but to be called n
from the grave to bow and smlri isn't O4
just the thing. Where the curtain can W
be raised and, a tableau presented just as
the actors were last seen, it is well ~
enough; but, for the sake of people with ~
sensibilities, let there be no resurrection '
of the dead for these purposes. A call
for a singer, or some fine little speech is
tolerable, if not too much overdone; but
repeated demands and impostunities.
from these dramatic body-snatchers are as
. ~ting as they are wearisome. -4urf,
an wFarm.____
bad been en ed to be married tl
ata hehad ndt muns- m
udhenouigh toaskbher to se
One evening he ri
kKher~ &
Clever Crows.
I have not said any thing about tsbe
rows, which are a feature of Yeo and
no which the colonists would willingly
ispense with. There are millions of
hem, and in many places they break
he silence of the silent land with a
label of noisy discords. They are
verywhere and have attained a egree
f most unpardonable impertinence,
Angled with a cunning and sagacity
rhich almost put them on a level with
aan in some circumstances. Five of
hem was so imprudent as to alight on
wO of my horses, ana so be ferried
cross the Yurapugawa. In the inn
arden I saw q dog eating a piece of
arrion in the presence of several of
hose covetous birds. They evidently
aid a good deal to each other on the
nbject, and now and then one or two of
hem tried to pull the meat away from
Lim, which he resented. At last a big,
trong crow succeeded in tearing off a
>ece, with which he returned to the
ine where the others were congregated
nd, after much earnest specoh, they all
urrounded the dog, and the leading
ird dexterously dropped the smallpiece
f meat within reach of his mouth,
hen he immediately snapped at it, let
ng go the big piece unwisely for a
sccnd, on which two of the crows flew
way with it to the pine, and with much
utter and hilarity they all ate, or rather
orged it, the deceived dog looking va
ant and bewildered for a moment, after
!hich lie sat under the tree and barked
t them inanely.
A gentleman told me that he saw a
og holding a piece of meat in like man
er in the presence of three crows,
hich also vainly tried to tear it from
.im, and after a consultation ho separ
ted, two going as near as they dared to
lie meat, while the .third gave his tail a
ite sharp enough to make thie dog turn
ound with a squeal, on which the other
'illians seized the meat, and the three
ed triumphantly upon it on the top of a
vall. In many places they are so ag
7ressive as to destroy crops, unless they
xe protected by netting. They assem
de on the sore backs of horses and pick
hem into holes, and are mischievous in
uiany ways. They are very late in
ng to roost, and are early astir in the
aorning, and are so bold that they often
ame " with many a stately flirt and
latter " into the veranda where I was
itting. I never watched an assemblage
t them for any length of time without
>eilig-eavinced that there was a Nestor
mong them to lead their movements.
dong the seo-show the are very amus
ng, for they " talE4w " in the
vening, seated on sandb . , '"ning the
vind with their mouths open. ' i are
hreatening to devour the settler,
rusade is just now being waged against
hem, but their name is legion.-Miss
Wird'e " Unbcaten Tracke in Japan."
Agriculture In Arizona.
Yuma and Mohave counties embrace
io great Colorado Valley, which con
tins thousands of acres of the richest
>il ini the United States. Owing to its
early overflow, the valley is covered
1th a coatj.ng of vegetable mold, which
mastantly enriches the soil. Vegetation
very rapid in this valley'. Weeds,
rasses, and wild hemp attain an amaz
ig height in a few weeks after the water
is receded. In fact, everything grows
trop~ical luxuriance. If kept from
erflowv no bettor soil for cotton, sugar,
Dm1), and semi-tropical fruits is found
i the continent. In some places the
luffs conmo down to the stream, and to
hIer points the valley is from one to
ve miles wide. Below Ehrenberg the
een of the valley land is much greater
umn above. To bring the waters of the
olorado b~y canals over its rich valley,
id prevent the river from overflowin~g,
onld no doubt be ani expensive undoer
Lking, but the hundreds of thiousarnds
acres of magnificent land which
ould thus be reclaimed are a prize
or'th striving to gain. A company has
eenI formed for the raising of hemp and
ugar-cane, whicly has alreadly begun
perat ions in the valley below the town
umia; but with the exception of small
itches cultivated by the lndians, the
chi valley of the Colorado is still virgin
>il. Between the junction of the Gila
ad Coloradcs there is a tract of very
chi bottom, by some estimated at 30,
30 acres, all of which could be brought
uder cultivation at a moderate cost.
'he two largest streams of the Terri
ry, flowving on either side, would give
n imexhausitible water supply, and the
onfiguration of the ground is such that
can be easily irrigated. There are
overal fine ranches along ,tho valley of
hie Gila, in Yiuma County, which yield
food crops if grain and vegetables. Thle
otal niumber of acres under cultivation
n the county is about 2,500. The valley
>f the Colorado, in Mohave County, pre
ents the same features as in Yumna, but
s not so extensive. The soil is equally
as rich and productive, but it requires
apital to open canals, throw up emhank
nuents, and put the landi in a condition
or successful cultivation. At present
arming in Mohave is confined to the
sig Sandy, in the 'Southern part of the
ounty, where there are about 1,000 acres
nder cultivation, producing fine crops
f grdfin, vegetables, and fruit. Sue
essful farming in Arizona depends on.
rely on irrigation. No finer crops are
rised in any country than in this TPerri
ry, where water can be had. There
ce thousands of acres of productive ~
nd in the leading valleys, whi can be '
ado available by a proper distribution '
the present water supply. While the ~
caith of Arizona is in its mines, agri. ~
dlture will always be a profifable call- ~
g, and the products of the soil comn
and a good price,-Rsouroe. of Ari
na.
Sawdust in Rtivers. (
The marked disadvantages of sawdust I
rivers, as an obstruction to navigation,
e beyond question. A competent x
nited States engieer says tire ,dele
riois efteets of depositing sawdust in '
to Mssisi by the Minneapolis saw'. C
illsaree oe t ermotcauat ol- t
rver, and is percep 1 as fadowni'tlie3
yer as La 7Pepii, A veteran steata. (
yater ~stat a bat fonned~ Ser' a
%6gt swosethe*ioso sald4
ami alaamnpte
noo to
iderswheth
"We shouldan
s seldom a iti.
GraLs shoi4
raoinated.
lover's atm. One:
0oswearing,si
smoking a brier
Presb.
Mn. Baowx waM*
rinker as wkal
'ogg says he will go
Brown. He va r
punished and be i
io can of it,-oetoe
"PA," ASKID
ther evening, "
you use to Oc 6hielme
somibs," reBFoggeaar
lays he eee in
3hild when you omsa.
"No," SAn GallagW s' g
bull-do because I wanta dt
['d rather give $50 th0a
Igt. But byud*1 (,
stuffing out of any biain 4*g
%long.
"Axan, we imust
tails sua when the Is
took his seat. "Butwe'l
as the coat-tails said when
women got aboard. "United - -
a the coat-tails said "for th res
ride.-Louisville Courier-Jmou
Tuir tell of a man out West *hO
putting a blast in a well, and it w*00
prematurely and blew him o Into
ipple tree about fifty feet **ay -n
moment he recovered himself and
marking, "The Lord kiows btter thst
[ do after all; I guess It Is almstme
to go pruning," took a lar. pruning
knfe fromis pooket and se to work
FUN at a dinner party: The ow s
gentleman (It Is his firat, iit) has br6en
the iceat last~by inquiring the name o
hidhsrped"Ee. "And wh
Ethel1 do you keep patting me on
arm?' "Because mamma, says
a muff"-(awful pause, <during w
the child strokes hmdown-"but yoia
don't feel like one, you know.".[Tableau:
child oomplacent-nobody else.}-.-Jufd
xOSAIos.
AIU31TION is the evil padown of aspfr.
ation.--George MacDonald.
You become more the viler for dim.
praise-Thomas a' Kemp.
IT takes a bold man to roll his own
idea into the world.-4.B. G~ardner.
ALL up-.hill work whenwe would do; el
itw hill when we suffer.--Bailey,
No MAit-1l, ore
that hath no
lor.
.No LIFn can be utterly miserable that
is heightened by the laughter and loveo o
one little child.
YOUTH is the tassel andasilken BIower of
love ; ago is the full corn, ripe and soli
mn the ear.
Sucocsas Is like olimbing a mountain,
'Tis hard to reach the tip-top;
Who would catch the brigt gem of the fountain
Must watch for the wate to drop.
EDUCATION begins the gentleman, but
readmg,~ good company and reflection
nutihhm--ooke.
IlEFLECT upon your present blessulgs,
f which every man has many- not on '
your past misfortunes, of which all men
Lave some.-Charlee .Dtoken.
SoMEi men with swords may tea thege
And plant with laurels wheretn kill -
But their strong nerves at last uurlod *
They tame Dut on. another stil.
THOUaH avarice will preserve a man
rrom being uecessitously poor, It gener-.'~
Llly makes him too timorous to be weal.
hy.-Thomas, Paine.
T HE best die and the cunning- liyg.
Jourage goes ahead and scales the ram
p~arts and falls in the ditch. Cowardice
skulks and populates the earth.
IF he really thinks there is -no distino.
bign between virtue and vice, why, sir
when he leaves our houses let us oni
our spoons.-Dr. Johnson.
A GOOD book and a good woman are
excellent things for those who know ust.
ly how to appreciate their value, ere
are men, however, who judge of both
from the beauty of the covering.
T wo things thou ulhalt no6 long for, if thou lovesa
mind serene:
A woman to thy wife, though she were a crowned
queen;
And the second, borrowed money-though the
smiling londer say
That he wiff not demand the debt until the judg.
mont day.
- Einereon.
Advice to Sir Charles.
When Sir Charles Lyoell, the eminent
eologist, was in America, he seems :to
have had some curious advice given to ~
him ab)out traveling on the Minns~ppI
iteamboats.
"Never pay your fare until you a
'ompolled to, ~'was the first of iidon
bhrown at him.
"And pray why not?" he queried,
vith Englhsh straightforwardness.
"Because," was the almost whispered
eply, "y{our chances are better in cas.e.
>f trouble."
" Will you kimndly explain yourself4
Ir?" said Lyell, astonished, bq(Is '
measure.
" Well," answered the Amerioaa wl1,
vey significant leer, "when I wy
ravelig up the river last 3Tarch, Aommng
ody cried out, 'Passenger overbord '.
'ho captain hurried to the offieeti
sked, 'Has the man oebu
Is fare?' On being answered int *
irmative, he turned to th4
aid, indifferently, .'Qo ahes4W
ight."'_____
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