Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 15, Number 46, Jasper, Dubois County, 16 January 1874 — Page 2

MISCKLLAXY

FALLOW . Kir, Ix tow nn-. on tl- hill, .frl tW-lil- ul iiiiii in. ir liilmrs,. fill ; '11 ynhli n lout l-iiU il"n tin- irm; 1 in- ri Uml uii rnuiul iu' r' k.mtsj Tw lx-r .nl llirmli Itif clnViT t- U, Ami -iiiiiI U.ienl ii.nl (!, In U'l-; '1 ! I mm r ii.l. nil ftfi ! t , Ami muni tils liunr tfrnv. ti. ue. Ansm In lii LI fair t , llr luLo no count, no not,', ol Hie I h- ami ljk, hUti tli- hill, miU-iil an.l i.lli-, .ln- t i . 1 ; toy Uy mli'iKV n v r out n l Hv l.rrliilrs ! r hungry tilnl: All irvtiirt a kti tlir rnlw liu-h yirlJ j Notrvnturr iHt ks tin- 1..II.W tl ll. I '.tit to mi Hi 1.1 oil nil tli' hill 4 iii- miii ami ruin M :lli In .lr -1 will ; All -rcnu liu-ti tli ) li. ar aiel brnitf 1i ln iU tx lon it- ri'i iunr, 1 orlovt-r turning -itri-l- rr.i, luicriiAii in liln.1111 lor iii 'i iV trca.l liny ull llu- Bunif t.imy Kin- wstr, lUit n vtr oner L i t im- to im-tr. H';nii r is uiitr, an 1 ,-iinvi' is rt, S In Lti.itt it tlo y kiflii ot wliiat t r il.nvr. which tiiy Imimiih till I w i, , Lniio linw iii.mv -uii.iium will IU iiri iliil, i-h ii!, Ii.-l'nrr one tiling In n-.ly lor my h.nvr' in V An.l alter all, il' ail w re In:. I Into nure ImUnri aul Hri.'ieil, W ha known if all trie imiii ami net 'n wliuli hot liuin in iititrln are n I 1 Vi more than mat It the ilr.un"it an 1 ih artb I hmiitl turn Hut littir du- nt' earlli Must Iii ii I win in t."l' tcieat hau l, A ixtllt-ul tilt ol UII..W l ili'l fioin trttt by 11. H." OXE 01' THE HANDS." You won't throw nn tivt-r fortius Polly, utter all the-e years ':" Tin tone w as one ot p:isioiuti: entreaty, and l'olly trciuMeil. I'm "not throwing you over. Ienni; trv nml uinl r.taii'l. It's onlv to wait a little longer." Tin or:ul chest licavctl uinlcr the blu flail ml shirt. "Only to wait! Hicm't I wait.il. Tolly? wuittil patiently ? Is a man's love nothing, that it nni-t 1m- set n.ite fur a tlniiiwi n finite of a father, w lio's o Miml with .Irink half his time that he can't ti ll tlieilitl'. n iiee Ix tween yoiiaml Mark Hannah ami the little Iioim- all ready." " Ye, 1 know. iK unii; hut a promise N a promi-x; aiel I have rotuiil mother to I -I nothing eotne U twevn me and father as hni in, lie live?.. Add he liu- tul'lied wr:iln.l von. I tennis now at the Lit ininute. aii'f we ean't !k m.iriiiil ju-t now." lie turned fiercely tlH'M the spare little I fijrure at hi side. A o:nan is the cold--t hi-artol en'atnre on (hmI's "Tet'ti earth ! If I had everything in my hand- as you ha.e now not heaven nor earth could Hop me. And here vou stand mv iil : l'olly thought of the hriht little home Iowii in the village; it would in v r he Iters, nn I with tin- thought i aim- a silent little ";hot of asiirh: hut he had saileif -li-ri- tod mi oi1-n sitie- venturing upon tlw .tortny m a of this man's i.e, that she lnl mt hiundi r now. Iivinont' .h nder liand uiMin his arm. h,- r.i-vd her patient f)i-H to his f.uv. 'Ioii't you know that it is hard for me, to. li titn-'f" I'ii afterward thox' vvor ls and that lrw.k hallliteil him. hut h- hii'di d lu ither then. ( ati hinr her hand, hw ( Tll-hcd it in one .f his. liKt. ;i t.-atln r. " It's the at time, l'olly; I've said it and I'll tand to it. I'll "tu ver uk you aain. si help me r.oi ; j youeoine?" o. iK imis. j on know I can't !" Tln-ii iriMnl-hye : a promise is a promIm ." he addi hiu rly, as lie turned and walkl away, w ithout oin e l(Hkinir hark. Without oiio- looking hark. And I'ollv. hx'kiiiu'ath r him with her lips to the hand he had III Id, kllrW tint lie W;H hers IIO Ion r. MiOl hlesj liiin," she saiil feneiillv, 'hiui and all his. forever." Hie took up the weary biirdt n if her life anew . If her e-Jliraj."' failed or ller heart t iltcred, non knew none saveliod. iH iini- lropM-d entinJy out of hi r life; no willow- was ever more drsolatc. Mie lui.1 h.ii I visions of a little child, with Iknuis' haiiiNonie i;iv s was very plain hi-rself. jMK.r l'olly! a little child who siiniild sometime call lur mother; hut that could never l 1 am not sun- hut this child of her dreams had Im-c-ii her swtt test f.uiey, for it will never die to her though its j;rave is made In that shadowy ideal kino-doyi whrre she dwelt uton tinie. Ther'wa ii;hinr hut reality left, and though she f. It it more and more as the las went on, she worked on faithfully. inn her father, miserly even in his cups, Raid to her in his thick, drunken voire, "No tea to-nL'ht, l'olly; we an poor, very Nor. lint I've saved four cracker for your siijimt. rinajriMxl father to you, l'olly. she only put out a thin hand ouch a thin haiid! to take them, and a "Thank you. father." and no look ot dis-ru-t on her taif. though they studied ot toUu-o and rum. Perhaps the old man thought the ravens fed his daughter, for he tii.ulf no effort to do hiuiM lf. If ever, in an uncommon fit of p tierosity, he hroii'ht home anyUiinx'. he always a-ked for it a"-ain in the inorniiio-. and ate it himself. Polly was us-d to it. Mie had her dinner and frcakttst w it li an ecectiirie old lady who liked to "have herarounil,"aiid jKiid her a email Ml III Weekly for the Jirivile"1'. Sl'ollv wrote the old lady'. letters, ami lliendeil Imt stiM-kin f,,r atmut a year, and then a Hiaiiv came. ioinr home, with the leaver dropping stilly ii'iout her, just a.s t)H-y did on that evenin"' how louasro! kIm-found hertatlierat home iM-fore her. lie was tretnhlin hikI w himticriiiir. iImjc 1'inX weak tears ov.t a wiak and dvinir fin-. ' "You're late, I'ollv; what makes you !,!. U I...,. I .. ..... . .... i nn, ii .1 1 1 1 iii; I'ollv laid :iw:iv lor w r ux imii tlv in l.,.r Millet nil V i(i-itianlisi way, akin kn juetions llw Wlillr. " I anjthiny the matter, father?" "I'm not well taken ran-of. I'm cold ami hungry. You're jrcttiiiir close, I'ollv, clos', when you won't iret your o) I father a mouthful ot tea when you've plenty ol tntmey." Polly put her shawl ii aain. " H hen-are you ijoinr I w ant you here; vou're mizhty fond of leaving me alone.' Polly, ati iit and lon-siuterin. j'Ul away lu r shawl, and Imi koniuu' to a loy W ho stood on the street outside, sent for what she wan ed. Then she mendo) the fire and -at d-w u to wait. "Nou've not ltn r to inc. Polly, this last year; you've iit Imih clie rlul. 1 can't Uar a'lou face; jou ou-ht to

know it. You do know it, don't you, 1V1U i" " cs. father." " 1 don't feci Hudit ; I'm all of a shake and a iiicr. H hy don't you do omothiii'r" " The kettle's Ixiilin. father, and I have scut for a loaf and some tea. ou'll feci lctter when you hae had your tea." lie did fit-l l ltcr; well ciioiioi to lav aside what was . tt of the loaf for hfs breakfa-t. and atter the lire, so that it would not burn the rest of the wood. ' That'll le Wood enough to o, t my breakfast. lu're so extravagant, Polly. tiotoUil." lie went to bed. hut Polly sat on in the cold and darkness, thinking'. Ionr aHcr her father had drilled into the shadowy land ot dreams. When she hail made the room neat next morning and prepared his hreakfa-t, she went to call lu r father, lie lay with one hand imder his cheek and the hed-dothes huddled about his head staring with wlde-oH-n eyes at tile ceilino;, sloneilead. Cold and dead. It w as a jrreat lick to Polly. Me had in i rlosed In f. but she had o'icil up much for him. and all through the dreary day, while the in iolihors came and went in the next room she sat by the little table alone and still. It had' Ix-cti like death alino-t, this lite since licnuis h it, but she was thankful now. that she had not left her father. Poor lather! to save a part of his supper fur another time, and so near death and heaven. To Im- wi poor! And I'ollv pitying hiiu.in his loneliness ami poverty almost come to love him. :i!lliou;ti he had Im-cii so cruel to her. " Hut he did not know ." she said, stifling the reproachful thought, "no man could know. ' So they buried her dead out of her siht, ami a new surprise came l ln l. She v.ian heiress. Houses und LunU were hers, but she was jti-t as far from happines? as when Dennis turned his stalwart hack iijMUi her and said rooddye. " Mi ll an-curious animal-,' said the t cetitrie old lady aforeinentioneil. "and there's no understanding them; but my dear, if I were in your pla-e, all the money in the world wouldn't hire me to take a particle of interest in one of them. That's ty notion. Hut youn one of the I'oryivln kind (which I mut confess I'm nut), and I dare -ay you want to lie sen--inyr somdMsly. I)o as vou please. Hunt up this hirh-t iiiM red lahorcr, and endow

httn witfi your ri' lu-s. i h el no :nlvantau'es, or child, and know no lx -tier. Lord! to think of the years that have Uiii wasted, and that inonev lilin up all the time !" S. cautioiislv.wor.letl adverti-eiiients were put in the paper, with no result hut di-appointmcnt. "He is dead." said Polly, and si-h.-d. "lb- is married." sai l theold la-iy, "and you an- my daughter." So the two established tin ium Ives together, and lived another year. Then tinold I ily. looking at Polly's sad little fair one day. said she mu-t travel. Her rheumatism rroii bhi I her, and her physician n--oiiiinend's California. S tin y s'tartetl, When we an- momentarily cxcctinr a rrcat sorrow or a v;rcat shiN-k. it pases uby. but at some lutim- time, when we sit thinking of the most trivial of commonpi. ur things, it conies, and taking us unawares, it prostrates us. Sw ith Polly. Sitting In the car-, wonilriiif idly whether the windisea-t or west, the engine shrieks and stops, and then- is a rn at commotion. " What i-the matter?" tin-old lady asks while Polly looks up idly, scared v interested. A irentlt man 'oinin from the door answer " A haiidimr on the track a man killed, I think they say. One of tin- hands." A little paler. Polly linked out of the w indow. i'hey w ere carrying a man pa.t. and The old lady was horrified, an instant later, lor Polly'lh-w from her M at, and followed the slow procesiou. '(), IVnnis! Utinis!" Then a faint voice came from the stricken form " Put me down They laid him prairie -rmss. and T white, slend' irrimv hand. teinlcrlv down on the Polly kin-It by his side, r lingers cla-pin his " I've longed so for you. Ii imis! and you you have not forgotten? ' " Forgotten? I hnlly. I thought of you more than of the saints in heaven. May I Ik- for:itrcn when' I uin rdnr ! "' " You're not yoin to die now, Painis now when we can la; so happy. (od is kind.-r than that ! " "liod is kind, with the ln-st kindinsss," lie -aid lowly and brokenly. "I'm oin soon." Sitne one said something aloUt "diM?tors." and "hreakinyit to his wife." His wife ! Then they -aid " It's his sister, lot for many years, (omeaway; and they left them alone. With the sound of spike and hammer near them, as the workmen mended the broken track, with the kindly sun-hine all at tout them, w itli the sound of tin- dear old lady's sohs breaking in iion their talk, these two said their la-t w ords. " I'd like you to have the hoy, Polly; .Tciinv will iro home to her mother, ji'ml it's mt jut the plair for my boy. And he'll I' a comlort to you" jx rliaps he's like me." But w ill w ill she pive him to tne? I have plenty of money, Oetmis." " irive liini to yoii." he answen-il. xvith a touch of his old vehemence, and Polly'heart was full of pity for the woman who had filled her place, borne all the sorrow and pain, and hern cheated of the only P'eoiilcllsc her htl-balld's love. " If I don't live to jt home, tell this. live her money if she Wants it. but save I he lacy. A lid." Polly. never tell him you're not lii mother. I'ollv ?" " I am here." " I'm m arly at the end ot my tireath. You'll ki-suieotnr for the s.,ke of the old. old .lavs," She la-iit her head dow n to the poor wounded breast, and put In r lips to the oile. Iiearded lair. " Now at tin- la-t you're mine, Polly, and no one comes hetweon." The road was ready, and they !ore the wounded man laretully to the cars, and laid him dow n with his head in Polly's lap. lb- -puke no more. and w hen the tow u was n-aehed, f.!id tiny cam" top lii-ve her of her burden, tln v found only a lit de lump of clay. So Polly has found In r work. The old lady is n-i-oucih-d. hiraiise a child in the hou-e " makes it so cheerful,' and Polly i j

happv,lccausc her dream-s liild ha iH-coine a reality, lb-love his little new mother w iili all his stroii"; vehement nature, and she is teaching him to In- very kind to the jioor. llecauM', my darling. I was once very, very uMr, and your lather worked on a railroad for his daily bread." " W as he one of the hands?" a-ks Hetuiy, who has a speaking aiiiu.iintance with do, elisoftliis cla-s. " Yes, my dailinr, one of the hands." In I 'i ml Monthly.

Postal IVIftrra'ih. Tlie President of tin? Western l iiion Tvlcoraph ompany, in a h tt r to a New York pa'r, says; '"The llrall is probably cornvt in' a-sinniiir that further ndiictimi of rates w ill not U made hv the coinpaiiies now doin the telegraph lnisiHess, fur some time to come." The Western I'nioii Company have adopted some uniformity in their'char'es wiihinafi w years pat, and made a levy other reductions in their rates, to the ".'feat tu n- lit ol the public and the company; but the public are under no obligations to tincompany 1'or making thee reductions ; for President Orton. in his annual report, informs his shx kholdrrs that they were forced upon them Irmn the competition of opposition companies. Tin y have reii n;lv purchased the principal opposition lines, and have reduced their rati-s so low that the remaining tcinpanies- un- unable to make any money. Now that this":rc:it monopoly is fiii- iroin all fear of -omcti-tion. they announce that they w ill make no further eoiiir-sions in rates. That the company lire able to make further reductions is shown by the facts zv in the annual n jMirts. 1'roni these it apssU's tl,.tt the rati.s have btt-!: n-d't.s-! nearly one-third in six years, yet the co-t of doinjr the business is so much li s, in coneiienee of thcjrtvat incn-ae. that tinnet proiitare jrreateriit the lower than at the higher rte. Mr. Orton has so often reiterated the proim-iiion that tin exH ii-es increase in nearly as rapid a ratio a.- the business, and therefore reduction in rates cannot In- made, that he has M-rsuadcd hiin-i lf of its truth, and is unable to u preciate the I'unr of the liu tj which we nave jriveii. Mr. Orton truiy says that the telegraph is only in its infancy . T in- "Tow th of its business is much liion- nipid than that ol the eiires or iMi-t-ollict. and at the same t-itio ofincn-it!' the miudter of telegrams that will le annually sent ten years In me is larger than the miinlN-r of letters sent whcll the po-ta;re Wa reduced to live cents. I la- immediate lncrea-e in the corresponileliee that lo'IoWiil llol the lle ol t lie live and tlmr trnt Io-ta''e faiiil w a enormous, rapidly iin n :isin from .'iii.iioo.. mm to.V.iNMi,iii There will In- the same ilirrea-e ill the leh'orapllic eirresiondeni'e if the same relative reduction in rate anmade, for the satin- caues would oH-rate to produce like f flirts. The peoplei allimt hope tor such reduction from the Western l i'ion Teh-oTaph Company, l-catie there is now no reao to indllee it to make I hem, and traile the hs nf i-t n-velilli-s from tin-yreat ndiirtioiis in rates mir sary to jHpularie the telegraph would lx"Tn ater than the saving of -xm-iis- on each telegram from the '.Teat inere.ie in the basilic-.. Such r-dietiin call In-ina-le umb r tin- po-t.il telegraph system, for that w ill -ave m arly om-pi.irter ol tin-pn-seiit eM iis-s. and would then Ion- authorize a r -diictioii in rate-of m arly forty r irtit.. and yet h ave a sutlii ient profit on the e'n-atly increased bii-iii"-.. The postmaster- Jem-rul will ak "oii"Tess to pun h.ise all existing lines ot telegraph. and build the lii-W ones reipiireil lor the bit sine. The -xM-nc of pur-ha-inj tlu-se line has lwrn e-timated by committees of Coii;rre at from jdo.ooo.ikhi to $7M.lNm.iHNt. It i not likely Con"Tess w ill lee disposed, ill the present condition of our finances, to auliiorie such an exw tiditure, cr lly as the ofijeet sought can lx-ai'ifiiipli-hed without any -xpen' to theliovernnietit. The pot-olliei I eiartnient will furnili the olliir and the Postal Tc!erraph 'ompany will tranmit the mosaics at rates lixeil hy 'olln s. If the -o,e desire to have a cheap teleTaph. and to have the news furni-hiil to the pn -s nt low rates, they niut supimrt the pofal tclcjrrapli system, and ur'e on'res to pa- the hill nut horiini tinI'osttiiasteMieneral to contract as In- now contracts for the carriage of the mails, h. on tin-other hand, they de-in- to ju riM tu-,-tte an overgrown inonopoly, whi -!i is everyday rrowinjr more powerful, then h t idem continue the pn i iit system, by w hich a single private cnrMiratiou miltrols the telejrraphie orn-sioiidemr' of a nation, and has the pow i r to rive or w iihhold new to the pres. and to mold public opinion in its own interest, such a power is tM jrreat for any private coiup.iuy to hold, and slmiild In- in the hands of tin- people, to In- Used only kr thiir fH-nclit. I Hani to liml My rnprt." Yesterday a lady was walking alon tinstnrf, w he'n she met a little yirl lM tWtrn two and thnr years old. evidently lo-t. and crying bitterly. Taking her hy 'the hand, the lady asked In r win-re she was jroinir. I am jroinir down town to find my papa." va the reply, hctwirli so!. of the child. "What i your papa' nanu-?" a-kei the lady. " His name is papa." repl'n-il the'miioecnt little thiiiif. Hut what i his other name?" ijiieried the lady; "what doc, your mamma call him" "She call him papa." er'ited the baby. The lady then took tin little one by the hand and led her ithnr, savinv;. ' You had N-tter come w ith me ; 1 frues you came this way." "Yes, hut I don't want to iro bark: I want to find my papa." replied I In- little oirl, cryimr afre!i as if her In-art would break. " W hat do you want of your papa ?" aked the lady." " I want to ki-s him." Ju-t then a si-ter of the child eatne alonu looking fr her and IimI her away. Kroni suliseiiuciit iiiijuirics it iilarei that the little one's papa, whom she was so earnestly in search of. had re-ii-ntly died. In her loiiesimieiicss and love for liini she tin-d of waiting for him to come home, and had "'one to find him and irni't him with the .uni-tomed ki-. I'tiughkf'pii (A". V.) V.nrjt, -. A m sixty years ot ic.i-, n-idin; near cv II iv i n, ri-e t very day at 1 o'clock in the inoniin. walks about ten miles to ,i-s work, w liii li be !'in at I o'cloik.and leaves at 1 o'clock in tin alb rnooii, when he walks home. He has followed this practice lor year.

(Hants. The I'.ible mentions, several race ef riant, a the : phaiuis tin- Auakim, lh Kiuiin-, the oiioiiim ., and others. nvlane historian a!-o nieniioii giants; they rave seven l i t of height to I b n ules, t In i'r lirst In fo, and ill our days we have sei li men ci'ht firt hidi. The o-iant w bo was

show ii in Houcii iii lTo'i luca-uicd ciht feet some inches. The laiiM'l'o' Maxiiuiu was .f that size; Ski nkius and Platcrus. pin sii ians of the l.i-t century, saw several of that stature; and (ioroplus saw u jfirl w ho was ten lect hioh. The body of ( irestes. nccordino; to the (ileeks, was eleven lect and a half; the oiiiiit (ialbara, broiirbt from Arabia to h'ou.e under Claudius a-ar, was m ar ten feet; and the holies of Secondilla and Putin, kccicr of tin-oardens of Sallust, vei hut six inche simrter. F'liunam, a .Scotchman, w ho lived in the time of Kllelie the Second, Kino; of Scotland, measured cleycll feet and a half; and .laciib le Main-, in his ovate to the si rails of Magellan, reports that on the ITlh of I 'ii'i'iiitier, iil.i. tin y loiui'l at Tort Pcsire several ravc covered wiih. stones; and having the cliriosily to remove the stones, thev discovered human skeleton of ten ami eleven fis t loli. The I hevclicr Scory, ill his voyage to tlu Peak of T'eiicrillc, says that they loiiml in one of the sepulchral caverns of that moilitain the head of a daiuiche. which had cijfhlv teeth, and that the body vva noi le than fifteen b et onr. The iant l-'errafus. slain by Orlando, nephew of ( harleinanr, was eighteen i-t hith. Hiolaml. a (rh-hratcil aiiatomi-t. who wrote in Kdl. say that. some years U lorc, then- was to lie sirn in the suburb of St. lierioaill the tomb of theoialit Isolct.who wa twenty feet hijrh. In Koiit-n. in l.Tii'.i, in ditfin in the ditches near the I lomiiiicaii. they found a slone tomb containing a skeleton, w hoe skllll held a bushel ot colli, and whose shin-bone reached Up to the yinlle of the tallest man there, hemf idHiiit four feet loiiir. and coiisi iniciitly the binly mu-t have been seventeen or eighteen firt hit'i. I pon the tomb w ;ls a plate of cop r. whereon was ciiirraved. "In this tomb lies the noble and pui-sant lord, the luv alicr h'icon le 'allcinont. and hi- Imuic.' Platens, a famous phv iciau. declare that In saw at I .tii" -riie the true human lxtnes of a siibjirt which liill-l have Ixrll at hast nineteen ti-et hith. 'aleie- in iMiiphiin- boasts of jM-ess-inir the hones of the riant Itucart, tyrant of the Vivarai. who was slain by an arrow hy the Count de Cahilloii. hi vassal. The lioiiiiuicans had a part of the -hiii-botie. w ith tin-artii ut.ition of the km)-, and hi liirnn-painted in rn-co. with an iiiscriition' show int Ibat this oiant wa. twenty-two tu t and a half loth, and that hi fsilies wen- found in 17o". Hear the banks of the Morhri, a little river at tinfoot of the mountain of Cru--o. upon w 1 1 ii h. tradition sav , the 'iant dwelt .lamiary II. I''.M. some m ia-oiis diLint I i i i.uiphiiie. iii I had lout Ihi ii j near tli- ruins ot a catie m a li Id. w liirh by tradition I .. . i.-1 1 ... : .mi's i I. i.i -.t ti... ,i. i. ii. ..i i eighteen feet discovered a bi i k tomb thir- ! ... . .... ... I. . .. : i . i . IV nn umij, incite eel wen-, aim i iiiii ! feet hiu'h. on w hich w as a tray -toiie. with the Words 'I'Iii'IIIoImm hll- 1,'eX cut then-oil. ' When the tomb wasoH iiel tin y fo'iinl il j hnioaii sL, i ton entire twcntv-live is- . and a half lont. ten bi t wide aero the j shoulders, and live fst deep Irom the I .1 . I I , IIT .1 - . . Iire.l-I-oolie to Mie oacs. His ii i iii wi le ,l...llt ti... 'l,. ft. Ii of 'ill ,iVS loot 'III. I his hiii-lMine inea-nn d tour Iii t. Near Mearino. in sirily. in 1H'., was ioiinu a tiai.i inutv Hiinitii; nis ina i : was the sie of a hot-head, and each of his til th wcithed five ounces. Near Palermo, in tin' valle- of M.iara. in Sicily, a -keleioti of a tiant thirty hrt lonir va- l.iiiud in the vear 1 "i. and another of thirty-thnr l'rt hith in l.Vi : and many curious iht-oii- have pn-sTcl m-v-eral of t!n s(. ifi.antie hone. TlieAtheiiiaiis found near their city two famous -keli tons. one of thirty-four and the other of thirty-six hit hi.di. ' At 'lotu.iii Itohemi i. in 7.. wa found a skeleton, tin- head of which could eanr U-1 in i.inp:i--ei hy the arm ol two nu n tof ether, and who-e h-t. which they still ks i in tbeca-tle ol that city, wt-n-twenty-six feet buit. Tin- -kull o the tiant found in Macedonia. SeptellilrfT, l'.ld. la id .MO polind- of corn. The ii-'chrated Sir Hans sloaiie, who treated this matter very learnedly. doe- nut doubt tbee lact..but thinks the ImiIic Wi re those of elephants, whale-, or other enormous : 1 1 i 1 1 1. 1 1 -. Klephaiils" Im.uc- may l- -hown for thosi of oiant-. but tln-y can never iinjMe on con imi-siurs. AVhalcs.whicli liy their inuneti-i' hulk are more pron-r to Im- siihstitutiil fr tinlarter tiants. have neither anus nor h t: and tin-h :id ol that animal ha- not ihe le.-i-t rceoiblan-' to that of a man. If it Is- true, lin n fore, that a jrreat iiuiiiImt of the ti-aiitic Imiiic which we have tnentioiusl have been sirn by niiatoini-fs. and have by thenilai ii repiiteil n al human Imuics, the existence of tiants is proved. ImitalloiiH of Iatlier. A prixr ha reirlitlv birtl ilitrhlrcd. by which paiN-r and cloth, or cither of thee materials separately, are pn-pan d so as toanswer. in inaiiy cases, as a valuable substitute for leather, imt only possessing Hie color and apM ammr of tfie latter, but lieii'sr priMif. for all practical purpose, atain-t injury from water, perspiration, or moisture, the same a leather. In thi pnxrs-. the cloth or pajM-r itirsf coerel upon one or Ixith of its surfaces with lithographic ink. corn-spoiid-int in color to that of tin- leather intended to lie imitated. The Hthntniphio ink i applied to the surface of a stone, und the material to Im- prepared I- plar upon this stone and subjected to the ordinary trans fer oHTation of a lithotra'hie press. The material lcinr now removed from the stone, and the inky surface allowed to dry. a coat i n f ol shellac varnMi. or other etfeetive v ater-prootint substance s iipil;i d to both s'nli s. A susj rior article I made by applv int a serie- of coats of lithographic ink, one after another, waiting fr cai h siin-ive coat to dry. In this Wiiy, tins roeen or sliec-skin, cither tr,i blue, black or red. is nhuot in rfectly imitated in external iip-aranr. In this connection may be mentioned the very extensive manufacture of artiIb ial Ici.th'-r now carried on. by subjectiiit all sorts of leather rclue and Wii'b cutliiif. parinf. sh.iv int. etc to a jh-cii-

liar proces,, partly chemical and partly mechanical, thus rcduciut I hem j,, pulpy mass, and then nioMinir any dcsiriil form. for uclul or ornaiui ntal purposes. Thl kind of bather Is made ;ls pliable as India-riihU'r, or a hard as lioard, and i- both cheap and durable. p I adapted to an aluiost einllr-s variety of practical Uses, and may he madi- -peeiallv

j serviceable lor ail kind of an hilci t nr ,1 oruauiciitation, in-duois or out. A lady who oilers to lurni-h ''some story" to a Mil hitan p.in r, say in a postscript: X. h. I can send viiu simi pomes to, sum real pretty verses, il you (,.. irethati writ uiyself, for i can writ poini as well as tory." The editor U ine.ui cliollh to decline on the trolllld I if J. overt V su i induccd by the panic. Mat riiiionv. All yoiint men and ino.t jniinii wonnii have an interest in this siiliiei i, a it i- a conlit loll ill hie tx U hu ll ull look oru:i. an. I hupe to attain nt line future pcriml, and if the voiuiu' man has ntiv priiil'lire In-will not assume the r siiiisjl,iit ie ot married lil'r until he ran make sunn' prov i-inH for i h- -u pelt of lhos,. ieirn,elt II M li'lll. sllolllij M. lie culled hw a by an i :ui death. I n the jm-at llllijorit v i.l'i'W'. this ,piv iioll rail he seciireil bv lin alls of h life ili-uranre i.iiliey that will ei. -t Imt a small sum uniiualh , mid vet pris Lie all the -erurity that can Im- deirri. t nnof the most reliable of thee companies is the PKW Mill VI. I.11K lVTIt VN'CK I'liMI'lW, of Pliiliide.ii;i. tlinm-li whii li life polieii may In- obtaimtl. nr agencies se 1 1 r 1 1. hv as. piatiiili to the hoiiii- otliee or to .las". W, 1 ri dell. dr.. Mint, of Armeies, 7 W est ."1 street, Cincinnati, i . Tin: Klmwood and W'arvv irk collar tinuiiurpasl lor quality of stock, neatness of hi, ami lie.-iui v of si vie. Tin- is acknow leilted by all that wear them. SvMI I r Klil K. The Sntiir,r,n Ki; ninJ !':(. Walnut st.. Phila.rl.bia. v'ive a J m :m l ifn I 4 hroiuoor larv'e tn l fairav in to every early sii'iseriln r. Sanipli free. f wi. lti:i:ati r. V! and i ooi irinnrrs. It is i: t n ftack t. f-'n-r.:. Tic ilfTl dlCl.ts ITi? Ub!J.t d i U ( h Pol tlo f ii i ilicine. Jt is used MiJ if i i r. n tiih-vl 1 v Plysij;:i!s vl.rtr it la Inn i.tro;l?uil. t xvll i.fit'!y rr.re ,Kf'7 ,'7 7. 1 i .' ' v 1 'i rififn a 'a f . J ! ! ' ' '- am 77.N-V, u v'ru: ah i j. j L t;, ;t i T, ':; j 7.7 ynnjj. i jcs jj:j ii ity, jm inrxi ( fiAA M'TIf'X, r.! .l.lir.U (.vis r.iuitfTlnri jniiipu-e ci uditi" ?i f t" e 1 b id. Setiil for c t.rl'a miai is A i .v.yv.u-. in hx u v ill 1 1. 1 ri iiiiii-; t. n fn m r li. b'e i t il f mMwi ill j livsiciits, M r'tai., if t! (ins-5 I 1 J.l o ( .1 , ) . MCsMlI I J 'vj I "-',; J!-." jsJ A . Tr. 21. ra fi :r. i in.-. in V.U. 1. T r ' t i. -j let"' i 1 iiLi r i f,j l '-sj 1 I I , :.-.s i. l.l k.l I i rs,. i.-i )rl il I"!, ml. I r fi r;i.Li u. i ir to l v I i T : oi-li n I l r ! .1. E'V. Dakney ?a.l.' f 1 l a 'inrro . . I i li i n in i h. li-1". r I e I . '1 Vj J f. 3 M. . i li n in i h. 1 i :i in t i . Ii 1 I i f.e, i 1 v ( I . o t I clit rf i."y T i n li . t - it to a'l Lii II lel il. i w r", . . CraTtnAfo.. I -o.,: -:-.rtf. -,!.-.-. vil.i , V t; j ,i I . . r la... il I.i tlo-Hiii-la. - . -ti. 8am'l G. WcFadin. Mnrfro-.om', T.i i.. i.. i , .. n i 1 'i.i 1 an if l-!i iiii.t. .til li L &.) cm lai: il. lUK W)S.VD.VUS IN CONNrrTTON WITH ortt viilriw rtill'i nrt Fr r-r. I lfr fntrfl It t. Tv- . "i . ctV. iimui in!)''.i:iii" " liriii t.. ' I i t t.i r lllon.i l nrii.iii. fctiiJ fi r 1 i j-iitu I in .ai i.r Aimt ar. A-JremrI.r.rNTS . CO . B S. (' int.. i rr M , .,'.' i .-, .'.'f. Urairtnbrr to rk yi ur I'rt.n-ut f. r JIiahai is. i irnmrsmmm -s-uT-A r..liil.ln-ll.'" i f r.liiltlllir I'. I .i iii W nr.l Ii I. h rlii r rr i-i- with C"inl' I ' a . I . In -I.i II III -..i r.il Ii . V..r sail- l. SImII r- i..l :il l"'-l Im'Imil sin I. rinUili l lil, fi ;n.,.jJi V,r. .,.. 'TIIUH TO WATUIIH." Tlil flr.li las hroino -Ul bo pivi-n tii-vcrj SuliKi rilii r to GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK FOR 1874 Whi-lliTto FltiKlsPuh-rrltvr for 1hrn lHi!Ur, ur lu ('luii of bi or fnorii-n I'.lUr. Aililn I.. A. l.nlil.1, . K.K.f'"r. Sixth mid Chr.tnut ttn-i-l, riillnili'lpMfc bicluitO Cu.J .-Ul uu n.-clit 1 :W .cut. Skin Diseases. Arm I Plmpli IOcWh'li. Prtnptnift : TTirl. 'i.JI 1 in I , a. ih hUrk puinss, Uium nu.urrou" un Hi- rlii'i-kn, fnrrliml Atnl Ii-r. I'm moo i Intnia lo-lilnir i, whlrh hrirnii whfi tti rl.itlilnif riimvol; liiirvil liylh- mirintli .f lug licil. .No eruiiioa rxcoiil llial produced lir crl liInr. 1 hs shors nrnl 11 Skli PUim prrmt!riOrrnri'(l Kniiri- rni of iri'tmi-ut l jn-r week, nr " ' r r.mlilli. Ail.tri-s., IHi J. M. V A'l h K. 11. -J Wtlnut Si net, l'LllaLlt'ltilm l' niA "Tll: H Hl'.T ll T." Oi,r .. u-i- ,.i I'r.n. H ill's Mi-'"- '-'"I "' ftlll Infer l-l ki m In r.. Oil- k t..VViM Hie sni.l.illllSl Iho- I ss lllii.ilt ii. if I in .1 'lv . " ni'-i"'V ri I n Ti - Ji l ls. 4 ..l. k-KI . ....!.!il. nr .1 inr . ii- ni'l'li' iili"" "i m M .ir I nrli r sill ,-url II. li.Or ! i IOk T. x l-e"'l' lullv. S.ilil:iillnn K"nrnli i !. 1 1 T 1 lnli Kru" . i..-'" '" K. 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