Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1880 — Page 4

THE OLD DAYS AT SCHOOL. BY CABBIE ▼. SHAW We bad just moved into town, and I hsd just moved into school; I was sadly self-conceited, and as stubborn as a mule; I dtdnt take to the scholars, and they didn't take to me; , They couldn’t see my pleasing traits, »nd theirs I couldn’t see. I had been a weakly child, and lived my childhood all alone, „ , , And then I wasn’t born like them, and less like them had grown. All that X asked or wanted was my books, away from noise; . , , , , And of all contempt I ever felt I held for girls and boys. So, when we came to the city and I was sent to school, . I think I at first was counted as slightly above a And you'll believe me when I say, a month or thereabout . . , . Took all the conceit I ever had most fairly ana squarely out. But with my boots my lonely hours I had improved. you see; . And it wasn’t long before their scorn had turned to jealousy; And I saw it with new sorrow, for ’nesth discipline’s rule . I waswi'er and gentler far than when at first i came to school. I began to see that you cannot go on your way alone, Successfully, unless you have a small world of your own; Hut so long as you stay on this one, where so many others stay, ~ You must cater to the general taste, in spi e of all * they say. Ho I tried to win their favor, was sincere about it, X worked’their bard examples that they brought for me to do. .... . . They were glad of the assistance that I gave, bat, as I live, I believe they thought the harder of mo because I had it to give. Of their weekly compositions I would oft compose a shale; ... . As far as genius that way went, they hadn’t mueh to spare. ’ . But, trying my best to please them, it all worked the reverte; And, in lead of liking me better, they seemed to hate me worse. Anl, I’ll tell you, while we’re talking, something that perhaps you know: You can conquer scorn or hatrod, If you have no othufoe; You can even conquer prejudice, if there is no real blame; ... , But when en ’y sides against you, you had best throw up the game. There Is no propitiating. Well, it went on just the same, But it could not last forever, and one day the crisis came. 1 was accused of cheating’ but just how I cannot nay; I didn’t understand it then, and don’t quite to this day. But, anyhow, they had it fastened solid down on me; No good of any protest- I had better let it be Ami tiie tescher.fairly doubling, but a weak friend ' at the best, IXesttatid for a moment, then went over with the rest. If I live till every hair is white as silver In my head; It I live till all my friends are dreaming of death's dreary tied; If I live till all the world Is changed from what it UHod lo be, I thall not forget that morning when the wholo school turned on me. I tried to stammer arguments -the teacher stopped me first. “Of a'U thit gs the dctestid, she detested lies the worst. Twas ba l enough,” she moralized, “to think I had bi came A cheat, without my adding silly falsehood to the slime.” And then I turned from her, and then, with eyes of mute despair, Hlowly scareued each row of faces for a gleam of pity there. Not a ray of kindly interest, but a covert smile or sneer Met my gaze, wILh all their cruelty and maclitna tious clear. And I stood there, shy and awkward in my shame, be to o them all, And, In spite ot all my pride, the tears of helpless grief would fall; shall not forget that moment, to the longe t day 1 live. "I will not forget,” I erlea, aloud; “neither will I forgive. ‘And mark my words,” I cried, with swelling heart and burning brow, “I’ll be further above you some day than you are above mo now;” Anil I rushed then from the room, never heeding the order to stay, But one desire in my whirling brain, and that was to get away. Out from the room I had learned to love, and down the familiar stairs, With lu art insanely praying in bitter, passionate prayers. And lips insanely vowing, in wild, unreasoning vows,

To rinr UK fur Alinvn iliPiri ill no ~i.ii.lA --A * Out iu the yellow sunshine, with Us glad light mocking mo, Past where the birds were siDging In the shady cedar tree; Out through the great iron gates, and past the church of granite stone, “For the last time,” I kept saying, “till I win a fame my own.” Well, the busy years sped onward, and amid scenes strange and now Prosperity had met me. and repaid endeavor true; But amid it all I could not banish quite the old, sad pain, For cruel memory would ever come and bring it back again. In my dreams alone at midnight would come back the haunting past, And the faces iu the school room, as I had su*voyed them last, The cruel, taunting glances, and the teacher’s cutting words. And without tho happy sunlight and the singing of the birds. Anil tho maddening sensation that for no blame of my own I was verbally an outcast on tho heartless world alone; Till, with a cry of terror and with hot tears falling fast, 1 would wako to find my anguish but the visions of the past.

And the hitter, insane longing for revenge would then return. Musing on my early wrongs until both heart and i,.oin would burn: Anil so it was, one sunny morning round mo Daca again, Amid the old surroundings of my wrongs and of my jialn. i had now fulfilled the promise that I made long years ago; had risen to distinction, such as merit can bestow, ind the light shone on the great iron gates as I had seen them last, And I think tho very same birds sang their greetings as I passed. With a heart grown stern and bitter, with the memories surging on, I went to find my teacher—a woman old and wan Who greeted me with glad surprise, and said how pleased she’d been To read about the genius that she always saw within. Khe looked so pale and careworn, as she sat before me there. And the thought came sadly to me, that she, too, had grief to bear; Twice and thrU;e i tried to make myself say what I came to say, But every time some strange emotion drove tho words away. And so 1 sat and listened, while she talked about the past. Until with tears she said, how she had wronged me at the last. But tell mo what became of all my bitter speeches then? Here was the time that I had longed for o’er and o'er again. Before me sat the woman who had spurned me in my woe. What I was I nothing owed to her, and should I tell her so ? No, no; I took the faded hands between my own instead, And begged her not to mention it, 'twaa buried now, and dead. But 1 sternly told myself that X would not be softened so When I went to seek the playmate who had been my etrongest foe; But tho gras: -rrown grave; I found brought sadly back the olden vow, “ I’ll be tuither above you, some day, that you are above me now.” One golden buttercup I plucked, then slowly tumod away, With a heart more soft and tender than for many a J lonely day; No call for bitter speeches, or a sad upbraiding here; I softly turned and left the dreamer, dreamiDg there so drear. The rest I found were scattered, some dead, some wiree than dead, A id t seemed all in a moment that my haunting p tin had lied; I felt a weight uplif cJ, then, off from heart and brain, That so long had been pulsating with the fierce unrest of pain. And that evening when the first dim stars were dawning In the sky, And ihe soft breeze soot Led my weary brain with loving lullaby, I stood and watched the far-off scene, as slowly it nnfurled, And beneath the starry heavens there I pardoned all the world. Schell <sity, Mo.J

NARROW ESCAPES.

Some Remarkable Occurrences. A number of years ago I was traveling through a wild portion of Upper India. At a small village I lost every attendant with whom I had left Delhi —two being struck down with the cholera, and the others running away with my horses—thus leaving me afoot and alone in a region which had the repnta-

tion of being infested with Thugß, robbers and cutthroats. I complained to the Chief Magistrate of the place, and he promised, of cotbrse, that the rascals should be caught and punished; but it is my private opinion that he was as great a scoundrel as any about him, and that he connived at their escape, and got the lion’s share of the spoils. My money and some valuable jewels were fortunately secured about my person, and, being armed with a doublebarreled rifle, a brace of pistols, and a large Spanish dirk-knife, I thought I might venture to find my way, alone and without a guide, to an English station about thirty miles distant. Without making my design known to the Jdarogah, I placed my baggage under his charge, telling him I should hold him responsible for any loss. “And why not, your Honor, watch it yourself? ”. ha asked. “ Because the thieves have proved too many for me already,” I answered. He inquired if I were going to leave, which way I intended to travel, if he should procure me reliable guides and escort, and so forth and so on; but I answered evasively, determined to keep my design to myself till certain of being among men worthy of trust. Having, by different inquiries of different persons, learned the best route to the place I wished to reach, 1 slipped out of the village after dark, and went to a neighboring forest, where 1 climbed a tree and passed the night in its branches. The next morning, after a slight repast on such food and fruit as 1 had provided for the journey, I set forward through the wood, following a traveled path, and.guiding myself by a small pocket compass. The route, lying through forest and jungle, up hill and down, was lonely and dreary enough to make me more than once wish for a companion. More than once I fancied I heard thfe growl of some wild beast, and stopped and stood on the defensive; and several times the whir of some large bird flying iip near me, or the sudden soream and rush of a frightened monkey, gave me a start that was anything but pleasant; but, with these exceptions, I got along very well till about midday, wlien, as I was in the act of descending into a dark, gloomy hollow, where the trees, vines and luxurious vegetation so interfered as to make it a matter of some risk and trouble to pick my way through, I was suddenly brought to a stand ivy a noise resembling a scuffle in the path before me, accompanied by what appeared to be human groans. From where I stopped I could not see tho contending parties, though the sounds told me they were quite near. There were evidently not more than two of them, and I thought it would be quite safe for me to venture forward, especially as I was well armed. What could it be? Perhaps some Thug had fallen upon a traveler like myself, and was now strangling him, according to the highest code of his religion. That tho peculiar sounds I heard proceeded from anything but human strife and human misery, I had not the remotest idea; and therefore m.y surprise and astonishment may be imagined when, on gliding through a sort of vegetable tunnel I beheld, upon a more open and lighter space, a large monkey in the coils of a venomous snake.

I was just in time to witness, not the struggle, but the death of the poor quadruped. His last groan had passed his lips; his eyes, half out of his head, were already glazed, and, with a single convulsive quiver through his crushed body, his life went out at the moment my gaze fell upon him. The snake, perhaps hearing my approach, raised its huge, misshapen, hooded head, turned its fiery eyes full upon me, ran out its rexL-f Qrked, vitpuixu 0 yt 1 Knowing its victim was dead, and that it now had a formidable foe to contend with, uncoiled itself like lightning, and appeared standing up straight before me, the most appalling sight, all things considered, I had ever looked upon. I had advanced with my rifle upon my shoulder, prepared for the necessity of a quick shot, and now, impulsively taking a hurried aim, I fired one barrel at the broad, ugly head of tho monster. Fortunately, I hit him somewhere about the neck, and he dropped, but threw himself about with the wildest contortions, and in a single moment was at my feet. I jumped back with a wild cry, and, scarcely conscious of what I was doing, thrust down the muzzle of my piece, and fired the other barrel just as he was in the act of seizing it with a venomous snap, blowing his head to atoms.

I was secretly returning heartfelt thanks for my deliverance, when I was again startled by a slight rustliDg of the bushes to the left, and by the time I could draw a pistol, not knowing what I might next have to encounter, I found myself confronted, not by a beast, but a man. “ Ah! well met, fellow-traveler,” he said, in very good English, as if he had divined my nativity at a glance. “ I heard your two Bhots, and felt glad to know that I was not alone in this wilderness. You have had a narrow escape,” he added, looking down at the dead snake.

He was a fine-looking fellow, being tall, straight and graceful, with black hair and eyes, and dark, classic features. He was lightly dressed, after the fashion of the country, and apparently armed only with a knife, the sheath of which was secured to the girdle at his waist. Without replying in the familiar manner in which he had addressed me, I drew myself up with* a somewhat haughty reserve, and coldly demanded who he \yas, and how he came to be secreted in the thicket, if his purpose was honest. “ Why, to tell the truth,” he replied, in an open, straightforward manner, “ I am, like yourself, perhaps, on my way to the English fort; and, not liking the appearance of this lonely path, which I feared might lead me into an ambuscade of Thugs, I turned out to go round to the hill yonder, where the route again beeomes more open; but, being hot and weary, I stopped to rest and there heard the crack of a rifle that assured me a fellow-traveler was upon the road that I might join with safety.”

44 And how did you know I was not one of the party you feared?” “ Because they do not use firearms. But I see you are suspicious, and perhaps would prefer to go on alone, though I think two are safer than one.” 44 You shall go with me,” I quietly replied, as I stepped back a pace or two, placed my pistol convenient to my hand, and coolly proceeded to reload my rifle. “ Where did you learn English, and how did you know I was a native of Great Britain ?” 44 1 learned the language of your countrymen, with whom I have had many pleasant dealings as a trader,” he answered, without hesitation; “and I knew you were an Englishman by your appearance.” Having finished loading my rifle, I felt more at ease; and then I quietly informed my new acquaintance that we could not part company again on the route, but that I would accord him the privilege of—walking in advance. 44 You see, I take you at your word/ said I; “ and if you are what you profess to be you will not feel hurt at my caution. You shall go before me, and shall walk with safety so long as you do nothing to confirm my suspicion; but I warn joa at the same time that, if I per-

ceive a single sign of treachery, I wiU shoot you down as I would a wild beast!” “ Why, what do yon take me for? ” he demanded, with an astonished air. “ A Thug! ” returned I; “ a highway murderer and robber —neither more nor less! I have heard of your tricks upon travelers,away off in my native isle; but I, at least, am upon my guard, and this time your wicked scheme hss xie laughed, but merely said, “ Have it your own way. I am satisfied to humor your suspicion, knowing you really mean me no harm, and that when we reach the fort, and I prove to you I am an honest man, you will do me justice.” “ Most assuredly,” I answered. He then set forward with an air of careless indifference,'and I kept close behind him, and my eye upon every motion. Thus we passed through the dark jungle, and ascended to the moreopen path of the higher lands, without meeting with any new adventure. In an open spot beside a clear spring, I stopped and made him sit beside me while I rested and ate my noonday meal, which I shared with him. Then we resumed our journey, he going before, as usual; and so fast did we travel, for I was determined not to spend another night in the forest, that, when the sun went down, I saw, from a neighboring hill, the cross of St. George waving over the station where my day’s journey was to end. While crossing the valley to reach it, however, night came upon us; and, favored by the darkness, my suspicious acquaintance suddenly dis appeared. I got through in safety, though, received a warm welcome from my countrymen, and subsequently obtained all the aid and redress I sought. Two years later, being ,at Bereilly while a notorious Thug was on trial for his life, curiosity led me to the courtroom, when, to my surprise, I recognized in the prisoner at the bar the identical individual whom I had compelled to perform a weary journey in front of me. He was convicted of murder and condemned to death; but, pre vious to his execution, I managed to obtain an interview with him, when he frankly confessed that the incident of the monkey and the snake, by inducing him, as the leader of his party, to change his plan, was the principal cause of my life being preserved, my shrewd suspicion and bold determination doing the rest. Being on the watch for travelers, he ‘and bis companions had seen me on the road early in the day, and five of them had secreted themselves in that dark, lonely jungle, intending to spring upon me and do their murderous work, according as their religion teaches, by strangulation; it not being lawful for them to kill in any other manner. The discharge of both barrels at the snake, taken in connection with my supposed natural fright and excitement, led him to think he could accomplish his purpose in a different way; and so he appeared, to talk, to cajole, and catch me off my guard—but, as the matter turned cut, caught a Tartar instead. By keeping his life in my hands, as it were, I kept down his companions, and so I was saved. I bad before thanked Heaven for preserving me from the venomous snake, and, when I heal’d the story of the murderous Thug, I again thauked Heaven for having sent the snake to preserve rue from a band of religious assassins.

Cold Weather in the Past.

The abnormal severity of the weather which has been experienced in Paris and throughout the greater, _paxL.flf mg, as it does, to threaten us with an exceptionally hard winter, may render interesting a brief glance at some of the great “frosts” of by-gone and modern times. Thus, to • begin at a very early period, snow is recorded to have fallen in Home daring forty days in the 396 sh year before the Christian era. Nearly eight centuries after—the. exact date is uncertain—the Black sea was frozen over for” three weeks. In 608, the vines are stated to have been destroyed by frost over a large portion of France. There is a tradition again that in 860 snow and intense cold prevailed over Europe for six months, even the Adriatic being frozen. In 974 the Bosphorus could be crossod by the ice on its surface. The severe weather was followed by epidemics and famine, to which a third of the population of France is said to have succumbed. In 1163 the Po was frozen over, and wine congealed in the cellars. The winters of 1323 and 1408 were extremely cold. in the former year the ice-bound surface of the Baltic was used as a thoroughfare for six weeks, and in 1408 nearly all the bridges of Paris were carried away by the blocks of ice floating in the Seine. The Clerk of the Parliament of the day declared himself unable to register the degrees, owing to the ink freezing on his pen in spite of the large fires kept burning in his office. In 1468 the weather was so severe in Flanders' that the frozen wine had to be cut with hatchets. Ten years previously a force of 41,000 men encamped on the Danube. In 1504 and 1607 there were games and bonfires on the Thamas. And 1684 is memorable as the year of the great fair held on the English river, which was covered with ice twelve inches thick. An inscription in a book of the period says “ the people kept trade on the Thames as in a fair held till Feb. 4, 1684. About forty coaches plyed on the Thames as on dry land.” Thirty years or so later, in 1716, another fair was held on the same river in midwinter, and yet another in 1740. The years 1766 and 1789 were notable for intense cold throughout Europe. Another ice fair—the last—took place on the Thames in 1814. Hard winters prevailed in 1829, 1840, and 1849. In 1846 the greatest cold experienced in France since the invention of tho thermometer was observed at Pontarlier, when the mercury went down to 31 degrees below freezingpoint. In. 1849 quicksilver froze in Norway. The winter of 1853 was generally severe throughout Europe. Since that date several very cold years have occurred, such as those of 1860 and 1870-71, but they are too fresh in the memories of our readers to need further reference to them here.— Galignani’s Messenger (Paris).

An Eagle Attacks Two Little Children.

In Lake county, Minn., while little Augustus Burr, aged 7 years, was playing with his equally little sister, near his home, down upon the juvenile party came an enormous eagle, throwing the two children to the ground and attempting to carry off the smaller one. Then was exhibited the prowess of the small Augustas. Into the house he went and out he came again with a butcher knife, and that savage bird’s legs he proceeded to cut and whack and slash. Naturally, the indignant eagle left the girl, and engaged with the boy, knocking him over, tearing his little pantaloons, and scratching him severely. The childish screams soon brought the mother to the scene, and the impudent eagle flew to the top of the barn, and sat there, still hungry for the little girl. But neighbor Joe Betzler came, and with his gun shot that eagle, and when they measured him they found that it was seven feet from one of his wing-tips to the other. The little Augustus should hereafter be called Augustus Ctesar.

FARM NOTES.

Dom t store oelery too early. Don’t jover strawberry beds until after the ground is frozen an inch in depth. A bepobt is made to the California Academy of Sciences that sulphate of iron (copperas) is a remedy for mildew and grape-rot. A mixture of four pounds to five of water is applied to the stems of the vine. Hon. James Wilson, of lowa, says; “Just now there is a great demand for feeding steers, which is an evidence of something lacking. The most profitable way to manage is to raise the steers you feed, as you rarely can buy firstclass animals. It takes care to reach the point when you are possessed of first-class young nteers, and those who are enterprising enough to raise good steers are generally wise enough to feed them.”

Pebiods of Milking.— A cow that is milked three times a day will give more milk and yield more cream than one that is milked at intervals of twelve hours. When the udder is filled a process of absorption goes on, and part of the milk thus secreted is thus lost. It will pay to tike the milk from copious milkers at intervals of eight hours as nearly as possible. A cow that is milked at 5 in the morning, 1 in the afternoon, and 9 at night will yield from 10 to 20 per cent, more milk and more cream than if milked twice a day. Many a Little, Etc. —To plant one grain of wheat, in the hope of in a few years producing enough to seed a field, may seem to many as a hopeless task. But we do not realize the vast increase which is made in the produce of a single grain in the course of a few years. Plant one grain this year and gather fifty from it and repeat, and the third year the harvest will be a peck; but the sixth year the product will be 15,000 bushels, and the twelfth harvest would be sufficient to supply the whole population of the world for their natural lives. This fact may tend to show what may be gained by a courso of persevering industry and economy in the pursuit of agriculture and the rewards which are offered for honest work in the labor for which our race was first created—the cultivation of the soil. Potato Culture. —A writer in the English Agricultural Gazette says: “ The crown-eyes of the potato are the only ones which yield vigorous plants; the*produce of the other eyes is feeble and unremunerative. If, therefore, potatoes are cut for seed, they should not (as is usual) be cut in their length, by which the crown is divided and eyes of all kinds introduced into the seed, but they should be cut across, the half containing the crown-eyes planted and the other half consumed as food. The very best results are obtained. when largo potatoes are taken, all eyes excepting those of the crown cut out, and the whole remaining potato planted. Stealer points out that the potato is an underground stem, and the crowneyes the buds at the end of the branch. But the terminal buds of a branch are always far more vigorous than the lateral buds, as any one may ascertain for himself by watching the growth of trees and shrubs. The degeneration of varieties of potatoes is believed by some of the German writers to be largely due to repeated propogation from small potatoes and feeble buds. The two laws of propagation noticed are strikingly illustrated by the experiments of Franz. His experiments were carried out in garden soil; tho crop obtained is given below in tons per acre: Tubers divided in their length, per acre 5 Whole tubers 7*4 Crown half of tubers WJj Whole tubers, eyes other than crown re moved 11)4 Derschler and Fesca have experimented on the same subject; all of them conclude that whole tubers yield a much higher produce than tubers divided in their length; also, that the crown half of the potato yields a decidedly larger crop than the half obtained by division through tho length; but they do not, like Franz, find that tho crown half is generally superios to the whole tubers. Derschler, from the results, concludes that the crown half is superior to a whole potato when it is cut from a larger tuber than that with which it is compared.

HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY.

Home-made Crackers. —To five pounds of flour take ten ounces butter, one pint cold water and an even teaspoonful salt. It will take a deal of strength to knead them. Roll thin and bake. Corn Cake. One cup sugar, two eggs, four table spoonfuls sweet cream, two cups sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls saleratus, four toaspoonfuis cream tartar, two cups corn meal and one of flour. Let it set in the warming closet of your stove five minutes, then bake ten minutes in a hot oven. Noodles. Take two eggs, a little salt, mix stiff with flour; rollout thin, rub with flour, fold and roll up, cut fine with a knife; put on a spider very near full of boiling water, put a little salt in the water; put in the noodles and boil five minutes, turn off the water and fry in a great deal of butter (delicious). “Tip-Top” Potatoes. —Boil height large potatoes in their skins and let them cool. When cold peel them and cut them into thick slices. Put into a stewpan two ounces of butter in a thin slice, and when it is melted add a teacupful of well-seasoned stock or gravy, a teaspoonful of finely-chopped parsley, chopped onions, and a teaspoonful of mixed pepper and salt. Stir these well together over the fire till hot, add the potatoes, simmer five minutes, stir in the juice of a lemon and serve hot. Chocolate Eclairs. —Take the weight of four fresh eggs in sugar, and half the weight in flour, mixing with the latter half a teaspoonful of cream of tartar and a quartar of a teaspoonful of soda very thoroughly, or the eclairs will not be light; beat the yelks of the eggs until light, add slowly the sugar, as for sponge cake, having it just light; alternate the beaten whites of the eggs with the flour, and V-ake in pans having compartments, dropping a spoonful of batter in each, or in a paperlined and well-buttered pan, making the cakes as nearly the size of lady’s fingers as possible; the oven should be quick, and when done take out, place two together, allow them to cool, and cover with the chocolate.

Boston Baked Beans.— A favorite and excellent family dish if carefully prepared. Get a red earthen jar, glazed on the inside. It should be fourteen to sixteen inches in height, with a wide top. Get the beans at a first-class grocery, lest they should be old or poor of quality; pick, wash and soak them over night in plenty of cold water; scald them the next day with a teaspoonful of soda; they should not boil unless they have been long stored. Drain off the water, and to three pints of beans (nnsoaked). allow a pound and a half of good, sweet salt pork—a rib piece, not too fat, is best. Let the beans covt r all but the top of the pork, which must be scored; add water enough to cover the beans, in which half a small teacupful of molasses has been dissolved. They should be put in the oven at bed-time, while there is still a moderate fire remaining. They will be ready in the morning. If the pork is not very salt, add some to the water in which the beans are baked. Beefsteak Pudding. —Taka two pounds of round steak, one teaspoonful

each of summer savory, celery salt, and one small onion chopped very fine, a sprig of parsley, salt, and white pepper. Cat the steak np into small pieces and place a layer of it in a battered dish, the sides of which yon have lined with paste. Sprinkle over the steak some of the onion, oelery salt, etc.; add another layer of steak and seasoning, until all is used, then ponr over it a little water and cover with paste. Place on the top of it a battered paper, and stand it in a basin of boiling water; cover it tight, and let it boil two hoars and a half. To make the paste, take one teacup and a half of flonr, a half teaspoonful of salt, and two table-spoonfuls of roast-beef drippings, and wet it np with a half-teacupful of water. Total expense, 33 cents. This quantity will make a dish sufficient for five persons, with the customary vegetables.

Railroad Construction Statistics.

The past year, says the Railway Age, has been an extraordinary one in respect to the revival of railway building, more miles of track having been laid than in any year since 1873, and probably more than in that year. The returns, of course, are not yet all in, but from various sources of information we have compiled the following table, showing the total mileage constructed in each State so far as we are able to learn, reserving the opportunity to a detailed statement with additions:

Broad Narrow Gauge. Gauge. Total. Arizona *. 153 153 Arkansas 9 9 Colorado.. 7 (HI 67 Dakota 220 920 Georgia 10 25 35 Illinois 90 90 Indiana 70 4(P 2 H4) 2 lowa £25 46* 371 Idaho £0 90 Kansas 490 498 Kentucky 65 t;5 Louisiana f 5 65 Maine 18 18 Maryland 19 18 Ma'sac ausetts 11 11 , Michigan 12 41)4 53' 2 Minnesota 394 ... .* 394 Missouri 161 27 188 Nebraska 125 125 Nevada 35 35 New Jersey 4 4 New Mex co 125 125 Nortn Carolina.. 25 25 New York • 67 ) 2 6 73)4 New Hampshire 914 9i 2 Ohio 105 108’ 2 213)4 Oregon 30 ... .* 3i P.nnsylvania 14 5 19 South Carolina 2 2 Tennesste 119 57 176 Texas 120 67'4 187 y, Utah 83 46 129 * Virginia 29’4 29V> West Virginia “. 20 20 * Wisconsin 00 15 75 Total 3,010 728)4 3,738)4 It will be noted that the greatest amount of track-laying has been done in Kansas, which shows nearly 500 miles of new roads, while Minnesota follows with 391, lowa with 371, young Dakota with 220 and old Ohio with 2134, and so on. It is also notable that nearly onequarter of the total mileage—at least 728 miles—is of narrow gauge, showing that the narrow gauge “ delusion,” as some call it, has not yet rnn its course.

A Reporter’s Luck.

During an excursion from this city to Niagara falls, and while at Cleveland, an incident occurred which will never be forgotten by those who heard of it. The Kennard House, in that city, was crowded with guests, when an eccentrio and witty druggist of Smithfield street appeared late at night at the hotel office and demanded a bed. The clerks replied that there were only two vacant beds in the house—one wherein was quartered a Pittsburgh morning-newspaper man, and the other room wherein was a Pittsburgh evening-newspaper man, who were with tho excursion. ’“To tell the truth, they are both pretty drunk; so you may take your choice as to which room you will sleep in.” The druggist BSkl liis c Gances with the evening-news-paper journalist, as he would doubtless be so drunk that he would liedormantly quiet all night. He went to bed ancl was soon sound asleep. The journalist, however, awakened about 32 o’clock, and, thinking it a long time between drinks, dressed himself unconsciously in the druggist’s clothes, and sallied out to make a night of it. Ever and anon he muttered, as he treated all present, “Funniest thing I ever heard of! When I went to bed last night I only had 25 cents to my name, and now I’ve got over SIOO (showing a corpulent roll of bills); and I’m bound to spend every cent of it before morning.” Ho did.— Pittsburgh paper.

A Word to Workers.

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The other day an old country woman drove np in her wagon to a well-known shoe store, and entering the same, thus accosted the urbane proprietor: “I want to see them ’ere ‘Ninety-five’ Rubber Boots advertised in all the papers. Tm thinking they must be cheap at 95 cents, and I’ll just take home two pair to the old man.” It was difficult at first to convinoe the old lady that the figures “95” referred to quality, not price, and that the boots were 95 per cent sterling pure; but when she was shown a sample cut open to display the interior, and saw that the soles were half an inch thick of solid rubber, and the upper and legs were double thick, she was contented to pay, not 95 cents, bnt several dollars, for a single pair of the “Candee 95 Per Cent Boots,” believing they would be the cheapest in the end for the “old man.” The storekeeper punched the date of sale in the legs so as to fir. the expiration of the three months’ warrant, and assured her in case they did not stand the warrant, he would give a new pair free of charge.

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