UWYKRI. GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP.

A bungling New York doctor killedchild, the other day, by dropping

piece of nitrate of silrer down histhroat.

The Green Bay and Minnesotarailway, which is now 210 miles lon(rand has oost $5,000,000, is completed toWinona, Wis.

A somnambulist at Elkhart, Ind..

it AND MAIL.JBy HORSLEY BEOS. & FIGUERS. ;l. XIX., NO. 23.COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY,

FARMERS AND PLAN1 ERS.

YOUR ATTENTIONSIt will pay yon to send your Orders to

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aBMaBHBSHBHBSSBSBnasnnannnnnnnMssiBBsaMsiaMssBMaBMSBsBBassBKBHBMaBBMBsnBMsBMPAPIYTFTJQ' lor the Best Plows, steel or cast any slae or pattorn o or send toE AlItlUJ-iAV- U T. H. JOKES A CO., Nashville, Tenn.

rAUWrPPQ For the beet Wheat Drill, go tonlttULIUJ . T. H. JONE3 fc CO., Nashville, Tenn.

np TVT"PPC! For the beat Subsoil Flows go toT XiniUIjIUJ T. H. JONES A CO., Nashville, Tenn.

PAD TVTPP Q For 406 trt Wheat Fang and Seed-whe- Cleaners, go tof AiniUjjIUJ T. H. JONKa A CO., Naahvllle, Tenn.

PADrVTPPQ For the Beet Hay Presses, go tof AaiU-lAljIA- . T. H. JONES A CO.. Nashville, Tenn.

F AP lYIFPCJ For the best Btraw Cntten, go tof AAltUlJ-tAU-J . T. H. JONES A CO., Nashville. Tenn.

FAPlYTFPC! For the best Corn SheUea, go toAAXUAjXU . T. H. JONES A CO., Naghyllle, Tenn.

PAPIYTFPQ For the best Wagons, go tof niUUiAl3 . T. H. JONES A CO., Nashville, Tenn.

ANTFP.S Fae bert f9bm G'n- - Cotton Press, Cotton Sweep, Cotton Scraper, Cotto-- tPlanter, and Cotton Plows, go or send to

T. H. JONES 4 CO., Nashville, Tenn.

PAP 1VTPP C! For fresh, pore, reliable Field Seeds, at lowest market prices, go toI Xinmiillt) . T. H. JONES A CO..aghTllle. Tenn.

FARMERS: Focthebert

larrowi,lllder MllliJSzonadlnar Calif vaiors.Tbresbers and Mrnarators.

uarpooBHsyrerks... u.uk ukuutoiaeo noxea.Parm Patnpsj.

mt Mag ( yon may need to cultivate ytrar larmi or plantations, go or send to

r. II. JONES ate GO.,MAnntoctiirert and Dealers, Wholesale and Retail, In

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTSImproved Farming Machinery, Field Seeds, etc.,

KOS. 32 AND 34 EROAD STREET

And price the Implement or Machine yon want,tL'U T II

PA R 1YTPPS We wnt esn TRADE, and we will offer you Firtt-clo- a Farming Infitment and IfacAmrru at figures to comnete with anv martet North nr sAnthalt h Orders from n distance filled with the

A oordlsjf invitation Is extended to all fanners everywhere, who read this advertisement, to makar House head-quarte- rs while In Nashville.

A. Liberal Discount to the Trade. T2BES CASHCALL ON OR ADDRESS

T. EC. JONES & CO.,

A.1 ATTORNEY AT LAW,Outnmbia

WIU alien. all courts to be buMea foe alaory tsfOmoa, Whittfiorne Block.

flHAKLESCLEAR,

ATTORNEY'

AT LAW.Columbia, TM

I attention given to the collection at i

Hnx k nauERs,t Law and Solicitor! ha

Colombia. Tennessee.WH practice in tb court of Maury sad iiTitut uwiitlea.CAos in tna WbiUhorne Block.

JT. U COCHRAN',ATTORNEY AT LAW,

And General CoUeetina; Agent,Columbia,

oh T. wmiOKT w. a.tTTBIOHT WEBSTER,

ATIOKXEVS AT LAW,Colombia, Ti

TM. VL TTMMONS,ATTORNEY AT LAW.

uutninEU. iSpecial attention ginn to all buatneea

co nun.

SSAntEL. jr.,Law and Solicitor In Equity.

Colombia, Tenn.Office with L. D. Myers, Eq. Hirict attention

to all leetal business guaranteed to thoee who entmt ttie aame to hie care Hay 90, 1873. ly

5L EDWARDS,

ATTORXEX AT LAW,

Palls,Will practice hi the court of DaOat N tna fa

Joining count ic. feleX

P. & Z. JL Ci TERT,

Attorney at Law and Solicitors In CliSIMCry,

Waynesboro, Tennrssee.Will practice in tl.-- eouutles of Hardin, Wajrsx

Lawrcuce, perry, and Decatur, and In Inn,Supreme and Frdral Courts at Nashville.

Particular attention given to the collection Stclaims.

They alo prnsernte claim" f.r pensions, patents,and bounty Uud- before the at Westsburton. fel4-TB-- L

IIOTBL.9.

GUEST HOUSE,Sonth Mali Street,

COLUMBIA, TENKKSSEK

Board, $2 per Day.

Carrlagea, buggies or aaddle borsea fnrniahed onapplication to the proprietor,

JAMES la GUEST.Colombia, Jan. 1, 1873.

NELSON HOUSE.WALKER k LIPSCOMB, Proprietors,

COLUMBIA,. .TENNESSEE.

Thla well known hones la nndergolng thoroartrepair and newly fnrnisned, and la now open for ttttaccommodation of the public generally.

Oar Ublea shall be furnished at ail tones with tatbrat the country will afford.

Servants polite and attentive, sod every attentionwill be given to make our house Inferior to Hon inthe South.

We solicit the patronage of the pnbtto gerieialrj.mch7-"3- tr Waun At LiracoKB, Proprietors.

MAXWELL HOUSE,Nashville, Tennessee,

niLTON & CO..

MI5CELX.ANEOCS.

JJOOKS! BOOKS!: BOOKS! f I

PERIODICALS,

Stationery, Wall Paper.Window Shades, Sews, Notions, ete , si

W. H. INGLE'S,Wet Side Public Square, Columbia, Tennessee.

FIRST NATIONAL BANKOF COLUMBIA, TENS.

Capital, $100,000.DIBICTORg:

W. Emu, B, B. Moork, T. B. Karaa, 1, H,Towuu, L. Fbtzkson, J. H, Taoiua,

John Fbbusos.Receives deposits, deals in foreiira ami

exchange, void, silver and government BatCoUectiona made and remitted for on day of

merit at currtnt rates of exchange.Berenna stamps fo sale.

JOHN FRIEE30K,PrealeV

LUCIUS FEURSON,

Ja. B. CHiLDktsa, Cashier.

Wm. Shirley:s

MARBLE MMHFAGTOR.

MonumentsAND

TOMB STONES,all of the

BEST ITALIAN MARBLE.

Also, I hare the fetest Styles of Design.

An work aa cheap as can be done elsewhere.Manufactory on West Main street, near the Tost.

mek38-I- y

W. H. WILLIAMS ....JO". TOWLEB

Williams & Towler,Wholesale and Retail

DRUGGISTS.A fnll supply of Medicines, Paints, Oils. Glass,

uiu iii m i onarro ana uigars, asa ooaatautly on hand : also Harden 8eeda.

Prescriptions carefully compounded at all bouraoi uay axia nigni. felr-- f

J. A.. ENGLE,Dealer in all kinds of

CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES,

DRY GOODS,

BOOTS,

CIGARS,

8UOES,

TOBACCO,

LIQUORS, 'andCOUNTRY TRODUCE.

Corner Sonth Main street and Engle Avenue.

All goods delivered.

Oct. 17, 1873.

C. A. & W. H. FARRIS,

O O lOHAnd

HARNESS MAKERS,Corner Bonth Mala And Depot streets.

COLUMBIA, TESX.Oct IT, 1873.

. 0. L. Reynolds,

PORTRAIT PAINTER,COLUMBIA, TEN?.

Portraits thrown up to life aiee from photographs.um porcaits rennea ana cleanea.

Studio Fleming's new block. Garden street.nearly opposite me rresDyterian cnurcn.

Oct. 3, 18T3. ly

W. 0. Sheppard,

SURGEON DENTIST,COLUMBIA, TENN.

Omen Fleming's new block, Garden atreit.

lately climbed to the top of a hundredfoot chimney and came down safely,while fast asleep.

One of the London oomio papers iscruel enough to sny : "Theimperial is raising a mustache. Hisfriends nso a field glass."

A Missouri clc rvman's fees for marrying fourteen couples amounted to fiftypounds of dried apples and a due billfor eighteen bushels of buckwheat.

"May heaven cherish ard keep yonfrom yours truly, John Smith," was thesomewhat ambiguous closing of a love--letter recently received by a young latiy.

Wilil am T. Tama of London spendshis time hunting for centenarians, liehas just heard of a lady who wtut bornin 1753, but she died thirty years ago.

Sergeant Bate, ass, of Haybrook,111., the fellow who carried the Btarsand stripes through EnglaDil, favors thecomplete overthrow of the Spanishfiends of Cuba.

A New Madrid county (Mo.) juryrecently awarded illiam elHOU f000 for the loss of his Ug while coup-ling cars on the St. Louis and Ironmountain railroad.

Beallv. Mrs. Clem, the Indiana la- -

ly, thinks she never will hear the lat ofthat little murder she committed, several years ago. She is now about tohave her fourth trial.

Three Japanese noblemen havestarted a bank in London. They aresaid to speak a good article oi EuRlmhand know how to put money where itwill do them the most good.

At tho laying of the oorner-aton- e ofthe new capitol of Iowa, the other day,

.no speeches wore maao cuvjn uwremarks by a workman who got hifinger pinched, and they were brief andto the point.

--At her birthday bull, recently, aMoscow bpanty reouested the band toplay a short favorite air, and then wontto the baloony and shot herself dead.lecanse her betrothed had got very

drunk and was cutting up badly.In Troy, a bunch of shingles foil

from a wagon on the ferryboat andstruck fairly on the head of a coloredwoman, who exclaimed : "Y onghtererb' shame to muss a culled woman's bardat way. I wish do shingles fell ovah-boar- d

!"Upon the " outer wall " of a female

college at Akron, Ohio, the other morning, was discovered, eonNpicnoumT

the sign "Domestic SewingMachine"," Home of those specimensof total depravity known as oollege stu-dents did it.

James F. Joy, the Michigan rail-road king, has got a big railroad bridgeacross the Detroit river, in his brain.The capital represented by the railroadscentering at Detroit amountato $1,000,-00- 0,

he says, and the Detroit river nowwithout a bridge is simply a nuisanoo.

The Muscatine county (la.) (tran-

ters have formed a company capitalstock, $50,000 -- to engage in manufac-turing and traffic generally, and havealready opened a slaughter establish-ment. Their example will soon le fol-

lowed in many other Iowa counties.

The Louisville (Ky.) board oftrade, whioh was born five months ago,to tho sound of tho lute and the ringof champagne glasses, now regrets itninability to see how the $10,000 expen-ses of the next year is going to be matwith tho $90 at present in the treasury.

Toward the clone of the presidencyof Louis Napoleon, when' the fntnre fFrance looked very dnrk, the Comptede Chambord was urged to come for-ward and press his claims to the thron.Ilia characU rist o reply was : " No ;the wrecks come to tho shore, the shorodoes not go to tho wrecks."

The experiment of sending beeffrom Texas to New York In refrigeratorcars seems to be succeeding. One trsinof 10 cars, each having a load of 10tons, has just arrived at New Yorkfrom Dennison, Texas, where there inone establishment enpaMft of killirg,dressing and shipping 500 beeves daily.The company propose to run thteotrains per week to New York.

We have seen a stick of wood weigh-ing scarcely four ounces fall from aboy's arm, and striking on his toes ren-der him incapable of further action forhours afterward, while the same boyhas slipped with a pair of skates, andstriking on the back of his head w,tnsufficient force to split that article orm,has not only reached his feet nnaidixl,but has given the boy who laughed athim one of the most astonishing wbal-ing- s

he ever received.A wooden ship is more exposed to

fire than an iron one ; but, on the otherhand, a wooden hull would not be ripjedfrom a quarter to half her length by acolliding bow. We cannot disguise theconviction that, had tho Ville tie Ilsvrobeen built of wood provided alwaysthat her compartments were properlyclosed she would be atop of tho ocean,to-da- y. The Loch Earn was alfco aniron structure, but her injury was Inthe bow, where the was stronger thanelsewhere ; and then, too, she may Lavebeen made of better materials than theVille de Havre. The Fiench court canhardily fail to clear np somo of themystery, and shed light to a certain ex-

tent on the comparative merits of wooden and iron hulls.

Tub Ocean Cable. The time ofgrace having expired, the governmentof Newfoundland has annouuoed thut itirill foreclose tho mortgago which, bythe terms of the charters extended lothe ocean ctfble companies, it holds upon tho properties ana business oi thecables when their charters expire. Thematter has been made a political ques-tion in the province, aud the cr.blestockholders have used every effort toelect men favorable to regranting theircharters, but without success. The pas-sage of the cable monoxliesinto thehanta of the government of .Tewfonnd- -land opens the way for competition Inocean telegraphy, ana makes the re-duction in prices a certainty. Theterms of tho charters give the cables tothe government at their actual valu,which is estimated at $100,000. andthe purchase will bo a favorable one, forthe business pays a dividend upon amillion dollars of stock.

Th Stah or Emtirr During thepast two years, San Francisoo, Chicagoand St. Louis have made considerablet.mfrrniil in DiA imrvirl tr.,lA ...Ienterprire which they have exhibited inthe matter of direct commerce bids fairto assume large proportions in the fu-ture. Especially is this the case withHan Francisoo, whose imports, last year,amounted to $:i9,422,fi04. and whose ex.ports exceeded $38, 000, (XX). It is saidthat the hold of New York upon the teatrade is failing, and that the trade isfast concentrating to the Western eitirsby railroad. Under certain conditions,the whole Asiatic trade will takj thesame course. Hut the leading interestin the foreign trade of tho Atlanticports is and always will be the commeroewith Europe, and therein lies theirgreatness.

Proposed TunvelBetwikn Scotlandand Ireland. For manv years t!nrLave been projects, more or less,the public for uniting Scotland and Ire-land bv manna nt a tnnm.l. .mm U U , .UU IUUscheme has recently been again put for-ward, this time, however, with nomareasonable probability of its leini? carried out. A single hue tnnnel, tl;'teenfeet wido at the base, twentv-flv- e fl atthe maximum, and twenty-on- e feet high,the side walls of which would varyfrom four to seven feo; in thickness, isestimated by the present nroiect'ra incost nearly $23,000,000, with the appro-aches. The length f the tunnel wouldbe about twelve miles, and it would ex.tend from a point on the north shore ofIreland, near Belfast, under the IrishSea, to the extremity of the peniniualopposite, in Sootlandl

T "EM-E- R 26, 1873.

rived this morning from the country,"The deuce 1" said Tom; "they

haunt me wherever I go," and he retired precipitately to his own den.

"Bring me something to eat here.Simms ; and don't let Miss Leigh knowthat i am in the house.

By the time he had finished his lunchhis mind was made up. Selectinghugely crested sheet of stiff note-pape- r,

so as to give the document an officialcharacter, he sat down, squared hiselbows, and commenced to write.

The following epistle was the resultof his efforts :

My Dear Miss Leigh -- For the first time Iaddresa you, personally, though you doubtlessmust have been for eome time aware of thelink which in some way connects us. Thetime has now arrived when our decision mustbe made in regard to our future whether weshall go through life together or separate atonce forever. I will not conceal from vou.my dear Mies Leigh, that for some years I havelooked on you as my destined bride, and haveconsidered myself fortunate in the prospectof an alliance with one of whose beauty andgoodness I have heard so much. It is butquite receutly tbat I have discovered that mvheart is no longer mine to dispose of, andnow feel that to urge you to fulfill our engagement would be to insure a life or misery forbotn of us .Let us, then, separate without apersonal interview, which would only cause unnecessary embarrassment. As to Hillingdon,I ret-ig- it to you vnllmgly, feeling sure thatvou would make a better mistress than Ishould a master.

Trusting, then, some day to meet you as thebride of some one more worthy to possess yonthan myself, I am, my dear Mies Leigh, yoursincere friend,

'lHOMASUUBZOK JjTTTTRELL.

" That'll do, I think. I hope it won'tsmell of tobacco, Simms," as that wor-thy answered the bell ; " take this toMiss Leigh, with my compliments."

Simms was too well trained to showsurprise at anything ; he bowed andwent. In ten minutes he returned.

"Miss Leiffh's compliments, sir, andwould you speak to her in the drawing-roo-

?"" Oh, hang her !" said Tom ; but

there was no escape. The drawing-roo- m

was darkened to exclude the after-noon sun, but Tom discovered a whitefigure at the far end, which rose andbowed as he advanced.

"I am delighted. Miss Leigh," he began, " to have the pleasure Halloo!Miss Harding? You here?"

" Miss who f said the laughing voiceof his Settlebourne friend, "I am notMiss Harding."

" Then who m the name of goodnessare you V he demanded eagerly.

She looked down demurely." I'm that horrid Miss Leigh, as you

called me the other day."Tom sat down and stared at her;

presently he broke into a great laugh."(J it s ail very well to laugh, she

said in an injured tone.In a moment more he was kneeling

by her chair, looking up into her eyes."Miss Leigh Nellie" I told you not to call meNellie, yes

terday," she said tartly.les, but yesterday isn t to-da- y ;

we're engaged now."Engaged, sir? What, after this t"O hang the letter! You know I

love you to distraction. You are yourown rival in my love, and you will mar-ry me, dear, won't you ? "

" Uertainlv not. xou said l was lastand slangy, and that Hillingdon wouldbe a cheap price to pay to be rid of me.And then this letter ! Let go my hand

how dare yon, sir ! Be quiet, Mr.Luttrell 1 Tom, don't."

But Tom was not to be denied. Afterthis spirited resistance Miss Leigh surrendered ignominiously.

" Tom," she whispered, as her headlay on his shoulder, "do you really carefor me ? (Kisses and protestations. )

"And you really want to msrry me?"( More kisses and protestations. )

"Then," end her voice sank loweryet, " then take down the card, for I'mlet to a single gentleman.

Have Sunshine at the Table.Meal-tim- e ought to have been the

pleasantest time in the day s.t Mrs,Fraser's. The family gathered arounda massive extension table covered withthe finest damask. The china and silver and cut glass made the table bright,and the cook understood her business.But it was not a cheerful time at all,Mothi r had formed the habit of takingthat time for doing up the family reproving. It set med quite handy as thefamily were then all together. Thosenot in fault could get the benefit of theexample made of the delinquents, boit naturally became a time when eachbrought up his charges against theother. Snsy had something to tell ofMary's bad behavior at school, and Paulwas sure to mention any misdoings oflorn. It was not hard, in such a family,for the others to retort and find enoughflaws to pick with sisters and brothers,There is nothing so contagious as illtemper, and so the whole family werein a well-bre- d snarl by the time thecarving was done. If they had lived ina cabin they would likely have tried thearguments in knocks and blows uponeach other. As it was the war was oneof words only. But how demoralizingthe habit on all parties. How destructive of that peace which should reignaround the family board. Was foodeaten in such a frame of mind likely tobe well digested and made over intogood, rich blood, that would nourishall parts of the system ?

If vou observe in your family theleast approach to this custom, banish itas you would the most unwelcomeguest. It will crow upon you. unlessvou resolutely set your face against it.Study the very best, time

. . to administeri i i a;

reprooi, ana never let n do ai nieai-uiii- o

or bed-tim- e. Don't have your littleones so accustomed to punishment atthe latter hour, that they shall say like

Boor little fellow when he began tofeel drowsy :

1 am so sleepy, mamma. A'leasewhip me and put me to bed."

What memories oi their eariy nome,think vou. do such children bear withthem ont into the battle of life ? Arethey those that will make their armstrong in the conflict ? Will they be as

talisman to guard them from the wilesof the tempter? Ah, there are no holy"childhoods spells surrounding afaultfinding home. The children ofsuch a mother cannot come np and callher blessed. They will early leave such

home and rarely return to it.Mill's Theory of Happiness.

Those only are happy who have theirminds fixed on some object other thantheir own happiness on the happiness

others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit, fol-

lowed, not as a means, but as itself anideal end. Aiming thus at somethingelse, they find happiness by the way.The enjoyments of life are sufficient tomake it a pleasant thing, when they aretaken en passant, without being made

principal object. Once make them itso, and they are immediately felt to beinsufficient. They will not bear a scrutinizing examination. Ask yourselfwhether you are happy, and you cease

be so. The only chance is to treat.not happiness, but some end external to

as the purpose oi me. let youryour scrutiny, yourexhaust themselves

that ; and, if otherwise fortunatelycircumstanced, you will inhale happi-ness with the air you breathe, withoutdwelling on it or thinking about it,without either forestalling' it in imagination or putting it to flight by fatalquestioning.

The shaft that the Saratoga monumental association propose to raise on

spot where Bargoyne surrendeed,1777. will be 80 feet square at the

base and 10 feet at the summit, and 230feet high, and will cost $300,000. Con isgress is invited to head the subscription

with an appropriation of $200,000.

JVEW GRANGE SONG.

It is an ancient farmer.And lie Is one of three ;

Be said unto the middle man,' We have no need of thee.

" This man here makes hi cloth,And sella it nnto me;

He buys my wheat, and thns we saveThe slice that went to thee."

" Yonr eyes too dim are (rrowlng ;eet spectacles," sa'd he,

"Tbat you may see sonte higher gradeOf wheat than number three."

The ctmnlnft middle manLaughed out, "Ha-h- a! te--bt

Upon your back 111 stand and fillMy pockets from tne tree I"

Then turned that ancient farmerThe middle man about.

Anil, with some words of kind advice,he eeutly kicked him out.

A Wonder.It is really a great wonder (writes Dr.

Hall) that everybody is not dead andburied, and the world itself used upentirely, if the thousandth part of whatis told us about microscopical and other"discoveries," so called, is true. Oneman has discovered myriads of insects(gregarines) in the chignons of the la-

dies, boring into their skulls and suck-ing out all their remaining brains of thedear creatures. A German aavan nowtells ns that every sip of tea we take isfull of oily globules which gets into thelungs direct, weaken them, set up acough, and the person dies of consump-tion. Another man has found that thepurest spring water, clear as crystal toall appearances, if let alone, will deposita sediment, whicn generates typnoiufever; hence he proposes that every-body shall leave off drinking water. Another says that the bread has so muchlime in it that it is turning us ail tobone, and makes us stiff in the joints,that being the reason that we have nolithe, sprightly old men now-a-da- ;

hence we are fnll of rheumatic painslong before our time ; therefore we hadbetter leave off bread altogether, andlive on rice, and sago, and tapioca.Some folks assure us that pork and hamare full of abominable trinrhiae, andthat, if one is swallowed and gets fairlynestled into the system, it will breed amillion more in a short time.

And here comes other philosophers,laden with microscopes and spy-glass-

which show as plain as day that the airis swarming with living monsters,which fly into tie month, and crawl upthe nse, and creep into the ear ; nenceit is death to breathe such pestilentialair. and that the best way is to keep themouth shut, plug up the nose, and ramcotton into the ears.

Ever so many learned professionalgentlemen have undertaken to provethat everybody is either crazy or soonshall be; that the annual increase ofcrazy people is ten per cent., consequently in eleven years everybody wuibe crazy.

The fact is, that the people who spendtheir time in batching these vagaries,ought to be put to work and be made toearn an honest living. lhis world hasbeen pretty well taken care of for somethousands of years, increasing in comfort, and wealth, and life, the averagelength of which last has doubled withintwo centuries, and the population increased perhaps three-fol- d ; and thepresumption is that the great Maker ofall will so arrange the various antago-nistic forces of life for the fntnre aseventually to make the "wildernessand the solitary place to be glad, anathe desert to rejoice and blossom as therose, and the race be happy still,

Exports.The chief of the bureau of statistics

furnishes the following information.The exports of the following articlesfrom Great Britain to the United Statesin the ten months ended October, 1873,as oomoared with the same period in1872, were :

Ten mnntns Ten monthsended endcil

Oct. SI, 1H73, Oct. 1. 1H7.1.

Hardware and cutlery iWi,044Iron, piff, tons....HM 1 ir,Mfltar, bolt and rod M.174 ai.w.iRailroad 410,010 ISO.IKM

Hoop, sheet and boiler H7,.v.-- 17.4.SITin plates . 7H,fM 7,mSteel .. l'i.f.18 lfl.ru4Load T.023 U..V15

It will thus be seen there has been aheavy decline in nearly every articledining the ten months of 1873, with theexception of tin plates.

Then and Now. Two years agoTweed was the great power of NewYork. Hundreds waited in his ante-room. His coupe drawn upon Broad-wa- r,

with ite satin lining? , gold-gi- lt

harness covered with monograms, itsliveried driver and jeweled whip, attracted crowds. The authorities at thepenitentiary were more than rigorous intheir reception of Tweed. The larcenyjacket did not belong to the class ofcrime for which Tweed was incarcerated. His treatment was not onlyhumiliating but rather rough. In ailthe prison wardrobe there wa not asuit that would fit the burly form ofTweed. The one put on him would notmeet. The sleeves reached little be-low the elbow, and a gentleman whosaw him, the next morning after his incarceration, with his head shaved, beardoff, and this child's suit on him, said hewas the most pitiable sight he ever beheld.

Hard Times in New York. Thedullness of all departments of tradeshows how intimately society is linkedtogether. That the stock market andreal estate should be down is naturalBut the grocers, the butcher s, the coaldealers and the bakers say their busi-ness is reduced one-hal- f. The oystermen tell the same story; so do the barbers, the apothecaries and the presidentsof our city railroads. Ihe same is trueof our ferry boats. How all these interests can suffer from a panic, whenmen must ride and eat, is marvelous.Men who usually buy six pounds ofmeat content themselves with threeinstead of a chest of tea a pound isbought ; seven pounds of sugar takethe place of a barrel, and the reductionis almost universal. Last year at thistime, one oyster house sent $1,000 worthof pickled oysters to Chicago a month ;

hundred dollars now sulhoes. Menwalk who formerly rode, and shavethemselves who called in the barber.

Bio Gtjns. The performance of the"Woolwich infants, or 35-to- n Englishguns, will probably bring about a rcvojlution in the art of naval constructionExperiment has shown that with the ser--

vice-char- ge of powder and the 700-pouD- d

shot, these enormous engines can sendthe projectile through fifteen inches ofiron at JSW yrun, mruugu juurteeninches at 1,700 yards, through eleveninches at 2,600 yards, through nineinches at 4,000 yards, through eightinches at 4,500 yards. Iu each case theusual backing oi nam wood nas to Deadded to the thickness of the iron targetThus, at a range oi nearly three miles, ashell one-thir- d of a ton in weight can bemade to pierce the sides of some of theheaviest iron-clad- s, which, a few yearsago, were thought to be well protected

eight to nine inches of iron.

--Apropos of the visit of the littleItnrbide of Mexioo to this country,Orrin L. Bay of Fierson, Mich., relatesthat at the battle of Huamantla on the

of October. 1847, young Itnrbide'sfather performed wonders, plunginginto hand-to-han- d encounters with common soldiers. Finally, he was cornered

six or seven men. but continued tofight, they meanwhile trying to takehim alive, and he did not surrender till

sword was broken in pieces and hewas covered by half a dozen pistols, andthen exclaimed : " Ihe son of Itnrbide

a wife and children, or he wouldhere." Wluch may be considered a

specimen brick of Anglo-Spanis- gasconade.

Bright Side People.'The propensity to make the best of

things is generally found in combinationwith those smaller virtues which aremore annoying to one's neighbors thanmost vices. The man who rises at fiveevery morning, who always ties np hisletters with red tape, and who is convinced of the great truth that it is bet-ter to be half an hour too early thanhalf a minute too late, is frequentlygiven to making the best of things.The duty of doing so is a moral maximjust big enough for him to understand.He probably reflects upon it in the earlymorning at the time when his cold bathis bringing out that glow, physical andmoral, which makes him an offence toall weaker vessels during the rest of theday. The raddy, jovial person whogets himself np after the country-gentlema- n

type, or the more nnctious vari-ety of popular preacher, is apt to beperspiring this doctrine at every pore,it is a pleasure to him to meet somebody in distress upon whom he maydischarge boisterous comfort throughhis favorite aphorism, as a fire-engi-

sends cold water through a hose. If heacquires some dim consciousness of thefact that his kind exhortauns soundlike a bitter mockery to his victims, itonly increases his sense of virtue. Theycannot comfort themselves under theloss of a wife by the reflection thatthey still have several first cousins, andmoney enough to pay for a handsomemonument. That only proves that theyhave not studied so well as he the greatart of properly diieoting their sentiments. For of course he will deny inthe most pathetic manner that he wouldever advise anything like seir-decei- t.

He does not avowedly ask a sufferer toprofess that a toothache is rather apleasant distraction than otherwise ; heonly recommends him to fix his atten-tion upon his great toe or some otherremote part of his body which may ap-pear to be enjaying good health. And,m fact, there are some people so enviably constituted that a small pleasant ob-

ject elevates them more than a great un-pleasant object depresses them. Theyare people, so to speak, of small spe-cific gravity, who cannot be submergedwithout a heavy burden of melancholy.The person who makes the best ofthings professes to be of this tempera-ment. It is not, he would have you believe, that he does not sympathize withgrief, but that his constitutional buoyancy makes sympathy with him compatible with exhileration ; he does not de-ny the existence of evils, but the small-est grain of good makes him happy,just as half a glass of wine makes somemen drunk. There are, we say, suchpeople as these men, if we may coin aword, easily intoxicable. But we areinclined, as a rule, to a vehement sus-picion in both cases. The man who isupset by the first glass has generallyhad a certain number of glasses before,and the man who makes the best ofthings is generally helped to be sereneeither by the absence of strong feelingor by the want of courage to look atthe worst.

The "Gem of the Sea."As seen by the tourist, Ireland is a

most beautiful country, possessing eve-ry variety of surface and soil, from rug-ged mountains to lovely valleys and ex-pansive plains. The streams are every;where bright and clear, and generallyswift running. For so small a territorythere are remarkably large rivers andlakes. With the exception of one ortwo in Switzerland, there are largerlakes in Ireland than can be found else-where in Europe. The Shannon is alarger river than any in Great Britain,and navigable for a long distance. Theharbors are among the finest in theworld. The climate is remarkablytemperate and equable. Many plantswhich can only flourish in hot-hous- es

in England, flourish in open air in Ire-land, while the great moisture whichprevails is so favorable to vegetationthat the country is carpeted in almostperpetual green. This verdure extendsto the mountain tops where there is aparticle of earth, and on the sea shoresright down to where the ocean-breaker- s

dash upon the rocks. From what I hadheard before visiting Ireland I supposed it was nearly a treeless country,But such is not the case. Every rodsquare almost, which is unfit for culti-vation, is covered with trees. Treesabound on the mountains, and on thesteep hill-side- s, and along many of theroads and lanes ; and they may be seeneverywhere standing singly or inclumps. Where one tree is seen in Illinois, from the windows of the trainfifty may be seen in Ireland. Thehedge-row- s add greatly to the beauty ofthe landscape. The foliage of the thornis a very dark green, and those livefences can be distinguished for longdistances, subdividing the whole face ofthe country into squares like those on achess board.

The Wheat Prospect.All statistical information on the sub

ject of the wheat prospect of the worldpoint to the important fact that theUnited States is the only country ableto supply the unprecedented demandfor wheat this year in nearly all European countries. The returns of the imports of Great Britain to September30th show that the gross value of theimports of wheat for nine months isabout $99,000,000, of which the UnitedStates supplied $42,000,000 worth. Theproportion of wheat from Bussia hasfallen from 13,000,000 to 7.000.000hundred weights, as compared tilth thatof 1872, while that received from theUnited States has increased from 5,000,- -000 to 13,000,000 hundred weights,Wheat is usually exported fiem thenorth cf France, but this year it willhave to be imported, and the importations of the south of France will belargely increased. Germany, Hungaryand Southern Russia are also deficientin their crops, and that European deal-ers have accepted the returns as thoroughly reliable, may be judged fromthefuct that their exports from NewYork alone, during the fourteen days aendinsr October 9th. were 3508.3fi9bushel, an amount unparalleled in thehistory of that port. On the otherhand, the receipts of wheat at Milwau-kee and Chicago have been largely increased, the receipts at the formerplace of the prescent crop being 8,555,770 bushels, against 5.044,805 bushelsfor the same period in 1872.

Loss of a Continent.Plato sent down to posterity a tradi

tion of his day that a great continentwhich occupied the space now coveredby the Atlantic ocean suddenly sunkdown out of siffht. He further savsthat it was an island called Atlantis. On

were kingdoms and organized governments, wealth, arts and civilization, in-

stantly lost to human sight. It is nowthe opinion cf the leading geologiststhose most advanced in ucimce kui

nent aDoeared when bythe Atlantic waters rushed into the enormous cavity or depression on ineearth's surface now filled by salt water.Tho Rockv mountains were then therough bottom of an ocean which rosewith marine plants, shells and other 9thproducts of an aquatio origin, that arefound abundantly strewed there, and infact, all over North aud South America.Remnants of Atlantis, the submerged bycontinent, are believed by some scien-tists to be recognized in the Adrion-dack- s,

the White mountains of Maine, hisand a few other belong-ing to the other boundaries of that de-luged and forever lost country. There has

no knowing what astounding discov-eries

diemay yet be made in coming ages

corroborative of Flato's uwative.

" Why, you and me," she replied un--gramatically. " We ve never been introduced, and I don't in the least knowwho yon are or anything about yon.Lady Tnrnbull would have a fit if sheknew it."

"Let me introduce myself," saidTom, laughing. " My name is Lnttrell

Tom Lnttrell : or, if you prefer it,nomas uurson Aivaniey ljuttrell.If ehe had not been sitting behind

him Tom mast have noticed the flushwhich spread over her face at this announcement. After a pause, she said,slowly :

" So you re Tom Luttrell ?" Yes," sail he, looking up. " What

do you know of me?"" There is a young lady staving at

Newlands who is a great friend of mine;she has told me about you." ,

" indeed ! And what s her name ?"Miss Leigh ; Nellie Leigh."It was Tom's turn to blush now.

"Miss Leigh," he repeated. "Goodheavens ! you don't mean to say she isin the neighborhood i

' ion don t seem fond of her, shesaid, quietly.

Tom painted viciously. " I hate fastgirls," he said at last.

" iow do you know she s fast ? lounever saw her."

'I've heard about her," Tom saidgloomily.

" What have yon heard about her ?demanded his companion sharply.

"Why, there was Ernest Brewne;he met her a little while ago. Shetalked along the whole time to him, and

and swore, I think he said, andwanted to smoke. Then Tiverton toldme Bhe was the best hand tit quotingArtemus Ward he ever heard. Bah !

I hate a girl that qnotes ArtemusWard !" and Tom switched viciously atthe dandelions with his cane.

His companion watched him with amischevous smile.

'I wish you'd be less keerless withthat weppin," she said, "you'll npsetmy water, directly, and then you'llhave to go and get some more. "

"Now, dont you begin it, Tompleaded.

" Why not ? I like Artemus."Tom shrugged his shoulders." Well," his tormentor continued.

" have you any other fault to find withyour bride ?"

" bhe s not my bride."But she will be."" No, I'm bothered if she will !"Tom

broke out, vehemently." What I will you buy your freedom

with Hillingdon and seven thousand ayear ?

'Ave, and think it cheap at thatpnoe."

Uompiimentary tofiiissiieign. bhaiiI tell her?"

" If yon like but never'mind MissLeigh."

You ve not told me your name yet,said Tom, after a while.

"My name? she repeated; "oh,never mind my name."

Bat I do mmd your name. Won tyou tell me?"

"My names JNeiiie, too, sne said,nusingly.

" Shall X call you JNeine. tnen t neasked.

" Certainly not," she said coldly, andrecommenced painting vigorously. HewSs getting on too fast.

Tom watched her silently. won tyou forgive me i he pleaded alter awhile.

"Shall I?" she said, holding hersketch at arm's length, to observe theeffect.

"Yes, do," said Tom, it's so Christian."

" Then I will," and she pave him herhand with a most adorable smile. Tomfelt sadly inclined to kiss it but refrained.

"Now," eaidshe, consulting her watch,I must be off.""And will you allow me to carry

your things ?" asked Tom.Bat at this moment she was capri

cious, as ladies will be sometimes, anapositively refused to allow him to doany such thing. Then arose a strugglfor the "things," which were, however,captured by Tom after a short resist-ano?.

She turned and walked majesticallyaway as Tom gathered up the implements with a grin, and followed her,When he came up to her she was sittingon a stile, looking areamny on tneground. She raised her eyes as he approached.

Mr. Luttrell, she said, " l want tospeak to you seriously.

Tom deposited his burden on theground, sat himself on a log facingher. and waited solemnly.

"I want to know if you re quite determined not to marrv Miss ?

I am. he replied, looking steadilyat her, and tapping his teeth with herH. B. pencil.

" Since when?" He hesitated."Since when?" she repeated, im

periously.Tom began to dig litue notes with

his stick." Well, within the last few days," he

said at last.If he had been looking at her, he

might have seen the smile nd blush ofpleasure which lit up ner iace as hespoke.

you see, he continued, "its myfather's marriage, not mine ; and a manlikes to choose his own wife. I daresay there's no real harm in the youngperson. If she s your friend, it speakswell for her. but still

" But still what ? You ve never seenher : how can you tell you won't likeher?"

Tom became nr re than ever absorbedin his excavations.

" The truth is," he blurted out be-tween

athe digs ; ' " the truth is that

lately, quite lately, I think I've seenthe only girl I shall ever care to ask tobe my wife," and he looked suddenlyup at her.

She rose confused, began to consulther watch earnestly.

"I must go, reaiiy. .rlease give memy things. This is the park boundary, aso I won t trouble you any more.

She sprang over the stile as shespoke, interposing it between them asthey said adieu.

" V hen shall I ssee you again ?" heasked, as he held her hand at parting. aShe allowed it to linger in his as sheanswered

"Oh, soon, I dare say ; perhaps whenyou least expect it. And gently re-turning the pressure of his hand, she ofturned away. After a few steps shelooked back.

"Any message to Miss Leigh?" sheasked, mockingly.

"Oh, confound Miss Leigh !" growledTom. "I wish 6he was in Otaheiie."Then, seating himself on the stile, helit a cigar and watched her gracefulfigure till he could see it no longer.Suddenly he smote his thigh "ByJove f I never got her name after all,"he said.

Immediately on arriving at his inn he tocommenced a cross-examinati- of hishostess, bv which he learned two facts.Firstly, that Newlands was the property

Sir John Tnrnbull ; and, secondly,that there were two young ladies staying there, Miss Leigh and Miss Harding. on

Next day saw him speeding in ahansom from Paddington to his father'shouse in Brook street, intent on destroying that worthy old gentleman'speace of mind by the announcement ofhis determination to give np Miss Leighand Hillingdon.

" Is my father in, Simms ? he askedthe butler, when that functionary the

appeared to attend his young master. in" No, sir ; Mr. Lnttrell went out with

Mr. Leigh just after lunch."" Mr. Leigh? Is he here ?"Yes, sir; Mr. and Miss Leigh ar Est

HERE LET ME BEST.Here let me rest, where the bright snn is shining,

And sit neath the branches that gently do wave,And list to the dirge of the sad sea repining :

Ah ! here let me rest, darling, close by thy grave.I save wandered afar, but the world has seemed

dreary.O'er its mountains and valleys, and Arabia the

blessed ;I have sailed o'er wild mains, and now, lone and

weary,1 come to thy grave. Oh ! here let me rest.

Wf ary darling, with long years of waiting,Ewr true to onr vows, onr first love I kept :

rve been dead to the world, to its partings and meet-ings.

To its joys to its sorrows ; ah ! here let me sleep.

What was this that I heard while, enfolded in slumber,

1 lay on the erave where my darling was laid T

There was gathered around me a throng of vastnumber.

And among them my darling was you, still a maid.

Then yon knelt by my side, and called me your dar- -linpt.

And said you had come to drive sorrow away.And you bade me arise, and no more, as a starling,

litpeat tne same tale aain any alter day.Yon bade me go Join 5o life's love and life's labor,

To comfort the weary, to help the oppressed.To think less of myself, to think more of my neigh

bor,To live to do gocd, and in this to find rest.

Yes, here will I rest. And, when life's fitful feverIr over, I'll join thee, to part nevermore.

Ill cest-- from my wanderings ; in my dream a believer.

I'll teek to sfrew blessings through life evermore.Jo more will I turn from this life and its labor,

No more will I say that my life is unblessed :

The love I bear thee shall henceforth serve myneighbor ;

In loviug and serving henceforth will I rest.

HORRID MISS LEIGH.

Tom Lnttrell, aged twenty-four- , wasa thoroughly good fellow, good-tempere- d,

good-lookin- g, and heir to a goodproperty, but he had one sorrow hewas engaged to a girl he had nevergeen.

Some ten years before a dispute hadarisen about a certain Millmgdon estate, in Leicestershire, to which Mr.Lnttrell Tom's father and a certainCarnworth Leigh both laid claim. Litigation seemed inevitable, and the legalfraternity began to puck up its ears,when one morning Mr. Lnttrell receivedthe following note ;

" Dear Lnttrell : You and I havebeen good friends all our lives, andthere is no man living for whom I havegreater esteem than for yourself. Can-not we, then, settle this wretched business without troubling these infernallawyers ? My uncle, Haughton Leigh,had a suit that lasted him twenty yearsand killed him in the end. Now, listento me ; my daughter Nellie will haveall I've got at my death, except Barfield, which goes to Jack's boy. Whyshouldn't she marry your boy Tom?Let the property alone for the nextten years ; then Nellie will be eighteenand Tom ty if they liketo marry then, well and good : if .eithershould decline to carry out the arrangement, let the property go to the other,

" This is a rough idea of my plan,which Jackson, your lawyer, could soonput into shape. What do you say?Tours etc., Carnworth Leigh, Barfield."

To this proposition Mr. Lnttrellagred, and Tom found himself an en-gaged man at fourteen. Soon afterthis Mr. Leigh was obliged to leaveEngland for his health ; and for manyyears he resided on tne continent. oit happened that Tom ana his futurebride had never met.

About a month before the time fixedfor the decision Tom betook himself toa small inn in the village of Settlebourn,near Sfeockford, nominally to fish, butin reality to escape from his father'sarguments and to get a little time tohimself for quiet reflection, while hesolaced his wretched soul with tobacco,

One day as he lay smoking by the silver Beck something fell from the bankabove him and dropped lightly on thewater, while a girl's voice exclaimed :

" Oh. my gracious, my hat I"Tom looked and saw a very neat little

hat iloating, boat-lik- e, down the stream." Bother the young woman," he grum

bled ; "I suppose, now, she'll expect meto fetch it !

As he rose he looked up to the spotfrom which the voice haci proceeded,and saw a girl who? e beauty surprisedhim. She stood bareheaded on thebank, gazing with a look of comic dismay after the fast receding hat, andTom h ad an opportunity of examining hercritically, from the little head, with itscrisp, brown hair, disordered by thewind, to the slim ankles which her posi-tion revealed ns she stood above him.

Running some yards down the bank,he stepped out upon an old willow,which protruded over the stream, andwaited in the hope that the currentwould bring the hat within his reach.He was not disappointed, and in a fewminutes more he was again on terrafirma with his prize.

"I must make mends with this youngperson," he thought, as he carefullydried the dripping feather with hishandkerchief.

The fair stranger had watched hisefforts from her elevated post, andsmiled sweetly on him as he climbedthe bank with his recovered treasure.She had evidently been sketching, forher materials were scattered in pictur-esque confusion around her.

I hope its not much damaged,said Tom, as he looked rather ruefullyat the result of his manipulations.

I'm afraid the feather's in a bad way."" Oh, it doesn't matter in the least,

thanks. How kind of you to take somuch trouble. But for you I musthave walked home bareheaded."

" I wouldn't put it on just yet," Tomsaid. "Let it lie in the sun a little anddry, while you go on with your work."

lint suppose it starts on againwhen there's no one to recover it forme i she suggested,

"Let me guard it, then, and you canwork in peace. You are sketching, Isee : may 1 look?

" Oh, yes ; but it's a miserable failure,I'm afraid," she said, laughing, as shehanded it to him for inspection.Tom examined it, and, being a bit ofan amateur himself, proceeded to criticise, and, finally, to instruct. He foundthis girl very charming : she seemed sodelightfully free from all conventionality, without at all resembling his betenoir, the "fast girl."

They grew quite confidential as thelesson proceeded, and were amazedwhen, on consulting their watches,they discovered that it was half-pa- st six.

I must fly, phe said, "or I shall belate for dinner, and Sir John can'tstand that."

"Have you far to go?" asked Tom.craftily.

"About a mile. I'm staying at New- -

lands, uood-by- . jo, l can carrythem, thanks : I couldn't think oftroubling you any more. Good-by,- "

and she was off.Tom went to his room, thinking a

reat deal about his new friend, wonder-ing where the charms lay which, evenmore than her beauty, had fascinatedhim. .remaps it s her drees." hethought; "she dresses better than anywoman I ever saw; and then her boots!"Here he lit a cigar and fell into a dreamabout the said boots and about the littlewhite hand which had worked so indus-triously and confidingly under the di-rection of his big brown paw. All thenext day he wandered by the river, but ofshe came not. That evening he wasrestless and with his hostess and every one who approached him.

Ihe day after he was more fortunate.She was sitting in the old spot, andgreeted him smib'ngly.

ion re lust m time, she said." Look at my tree ; isn't it like thosebright green cauli flowers you see inthe pickle bottles?"

Tom sat down and set to work on the ofrefractory tree, while she watched him.

1 eav, said she at last, " isn t thisdreadfully improper ?" .

" Vhich ? asked Tom, working awayvigorously.

i

Double) Shovel Plows,Walkins; Caltlvntoni,Benponi and Mowers,Horse Powers,nay leaaen,Wtll rinnueiriirerniirPeed Jtlills,lhnm.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

at their House, before Ton bny elsewhere. ITa V vn

same promptness and fidelity as if the purchaser wa

21 Broad street, Nashville, Tens.

first struck on the mountain in 1852.Although the hole is pierced throughthe mountain, much yet remains to bedone before it can be put into completeorder for trains. The tnnnel is 4f milesm length, the section of road to whichit belongs being 45 miles in length, ex-tending from Greenfield, on the Con-necticut river, to the northeast cornerof the state. The total cost of theroad and tunnel to the state is estimated at 312,380,000, which will be increased several hundred thousand dollars by miscellaneous expenses before itis ready for trains. The direct connections with the tunnel, east and west,make up a continuous line of road from.Boston to Troy on the Hudson, and thisopens a second line of oommunioationfrom Massachusetts to the west, theother being the Boston and Alabamaroute.

The Red River Raft.There is now a certain prospect that

the great raft which has been an obstruction in the Red river, in Louisiana,ever since the advent of white men inthis country, will soon be removed, andthat navigation will be opened for steamers from Shreveport, La., to Jefferson,Texas. The history of the raft, andthe attempts to remove it, is exceedingly interesting. In 1805, the obstructionof logs reached one hundred miles.Since that time rafts have formed atvarious points in the river near Shreve-port. One of thefe was removed byCapt. Shreve in 1830, b r the help of acongressional appropriation, and anoth-er between 1840 and 1844, under a government contract, bv Gen. v llliamson,In 1854, the raft region extended onlytwelve miles, and at that time Capt.Fuller, aided by a congressional appro-piiatio- n

of $150,000, attempted to remove it. At the end of two years, however, the appropriation had been exhausted and nothing accomplished, and,the work being abandoned, the obstruction began to increase. The presentraft region extends thirty-fiv- e miles,from a point forty miles above Shreveport to the Arkansas state line, and contamed, before the present work commenced, nearly fifty rafts, from one- -

eighth of a mile to a mile in length.and occupying the entire width of theriver, navigation only being accomplished through the bayous around theraft, but as these were only available atvery high water, navigation was mfnificaLt. In 1871, the attention of theengineering department was again di-

rected to this work, and an appropriation of 10,000 having been made bycongress, the work of preliminary surveying was entrusted to Lieut. Woodruff, who completed it in 1872, and submitted plans and specifications fir theremoval of the raft, whereupon an appropriation of 5150,000 was made,The plans were accepted, and Lieut,Voodmn reached the rait region in

January last with a snag-boa- t, twocrane-boat- s, and all the requisite machinery for his work. The followingdescription shows the difficulties to beovercome :

Logs, roots and snags of every description had been crowded and jammedinto a tangled mass, becoming morecompact each year as the pressure fromabove increased. Annual freshets hadbrought down mud and deposited it inand over this mass until in places, theraft itself had become entirely coveredwith earth, small islands, or " towheads," thus being formed. Uponthese tow heads were growing trees,usually willows, three feet and more incircumference.

In addition to the removals of logsby sawing and cutting, blasting-powde- rwas used, but it did not prove of anyuse. Dynamite was then tried, butfailed, refusing to explode even with anelectrical exploder. At last nitro-gly- -

cerine was brought into use, and it nev-er failed to do its work thoroughly.All that remains to be done now, is theblowing out of some tow-hea- s and im-proving certain points in the channel,which will be accomplished in a fewweeks. The obstruction of centurieswill then have been removed by theskill and perseverance of Lieut. Woodruff. The saddest part of the record ofthis great work is that Lieut Woodruff

not lived to finish it, having diedyellow fever at Shreveport.

32 and

Gossip About Bussia and the Russians.

Banks have been regularly charterednere now lor about ten years, and pay,all of them, 8, 9 and 10 per cent, dividends. These stocks are all worth from120 to 160. I haven't yft learned howmany there are in operation, but therehas as yet been no failure among them.The government exercises a strict watchover them, and a defalcation would besimply " the army for his life or the Siberian mines, and criminals don t escape here. Capital punishment doesnot exist except for attempts on the lifeof the imperial family. There are fewor no permanent prisons. I ask, why ?

Ine answer is: " Ihey are expensive,and the government always wantslarger army, and our mines in Siberiaare not half worked for the want of labor." It certainly is a very simple theory anybody can "see it." When aman is condemned to Siberia his wifecan have a divorce if she wants it, orcan go with him at government expense.They are sometimes pardoned, however,and allowed to return, but I think theirestates are always confiscated. I guessthe managers of a failed bank wouldhardly escape. The whole lot would be"wanted" by the government. Yousee, I am writing at a sort of random,giving you ideas as they turn up ; notas a regular report. This governmentis of its kind perfection and clock-wor- k

itself. Tne emperor is a man of brains,force and progress, and I think hasreal love for his people. They certainlyappear verrv fond of him. all classes,He 'appoints the council, senate, andcourts, and these make and execute thelaws. His displeasure is not a pleasantthing to incur. The people may be nomore honest than ours, but exposure istoo risky. So the shells are never filledwith sand nor do the troops run. Ihemost powerful man here after the emperor is " TripofF," chief of police a manof wonderful executive ability alwaysat a fire, a row, or a parade. He is always just behind the emperor when out,anus ay 8 who may come and who maygo, and wno shall be tried, too, l think,and perhaps who may be convicted. Hejust runs this city, and does it to perfection, lie is accountable to nobodybut the emperor. If a mistress of some-body makes too much splurge, a hintfrom him is sufficient : if it is not, shedisappears is escorted to the frontier,quite likely. I send to him to get Americans out of scrapes, or out of the country, or to do anything else. All I knowis that it is done. His dispatch to thefrontier lets anybody in or out or stopsthem for examination. He is said to bea very just man, as he certainly is a veryactive one. In regard to one other pointnot connected with the leather business

I get letters from our New Englandmanufacturers that bogus goods, withcounterfeit stamps on them, are soldhere. These goods are made in Germany, and tnia cuts off our Collins axes,i airbanks scales, the sewing machines,and others. Our manufacturers say wehave a treaty which protects trade-mark- s.

and ask me as a business man to pro-tect their goods. I find, upon examin-ation, that our treaty does forbid thepeople of each country to counterfeittrade-mark- s, but savs nothing aboutvending or using the goods sold underthe counterfeit marks. So the dealershere buy axes in Belgium, England, orGermany, and put an exact duplicateof the Collins stamp on them in transit,say at Hamburg, and I am powerless toprevent it. I am going to try to getthis thing straightened out when I getfairly at work and well acquainted.Letter from Minister Jewell.

The Completion of the Hoosac Tunnel.The great Hoosac tunnel, after twenty

years of labor and the expenditure oftwelve millions of money, is at lastcompleted, at least sufficiently to letdaylight pierce through the mountain.It was, undoubtedly, a source of reliefand special thanksgiving to the peopleof Massachusetts when it was announcedthat the last section of stone had beenblown out. While it has been a triumphof enterprise and skill, its history isnevertheless marked by many acts ofcorruption and ignoranoe, and the ef-

forts of its friends to obtain legislationdeveloped the most corrupt lobby the hasstate has ever know. The spade was of

nemriy opposite ine rresoyiorian onurcn.I keep constantly on band a full stock of tooth,

isoieca, soaps ana lotions ror the montn and gums ;au recummeoaea Dy iae unitea mates aeatal aaeoetation. cau and see me.

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