Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 14, Number 18, Plymouth, Marshall County, 7 January 1869 — Page 1

PLYMOUTH WEEKLY DEMOCRAT.

Volume my PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 18. NUMBER 17,

THE TYPO.

BY A. A. HOPKINS. Thb typo! a singular creature 1 he, A bit or a wizard T take him to be, A paradox ever. I stoutly assert. And koow that the statement you won't controvert : He M takes" a great deal, and he M p-oves" all he sets. And he " sets" while he stands. RB0 he stands while he M sets f A raaeicnl power there is in his hand. As swiftly the tvpes maths' in at command ; The art of a porter h- IMM to portray The incidents many that make np to-day. A wt-ddircrhi picture? ; " click, click," and 'tis there, The giad. mr rrv p'irty. the jiist-wedd d pair ; Y.n sea tbe younsr wife in her irarments of white. Yon have -onc to the wedding without an M invite," Ar.il fancy yon heir the Mod wi.-hes of friends. And there the htisrht pie; ure unwittingly ends. Forth'- typo paints nil ki nrl of scones in breath. He sp lied you a marriage the next is a death ; And low in the coffiji yon tee a dear face All silent and cold, that wm fnll of rare grace; A sorrowing circle that t"nli-riv Mil The lips whose sweet pressure they ever will mis; And softly the teardrops crep down o'er your lashes. As sadly yon echo the " ahes to as ics." Click, click" now he's spelling a railroad dis-u-fee, And fast click" the ty;es, and st'll faster and faster. And horror is seen on each one of their faces, j onicklv he ranges th"m into their places ; M rriHl nichter." you shudder, then laugh With hen-'v co od will atthe next paragraph A jok of three line.'', or a dozen a brief Done up a rich bundle of fun in a sheaf ! Then follow som1 ' ad's,"--patent bUters an i pills. To cur.' ,'vrv one of mortality's ills : "Click, click," and just nnder his tic -rs they go forth ' Noii" g-rminc unless signed 1 John Jot es, ' and so forth ! Now 'tis an M K'ixir." and now a 11 Hair Dye," .To color, of course, for it's spelled with a v. Coaorh Sirup," perhaps, or a M Wafer," or " Lotion." I llnakar, condensed to a good M Yankee notion !") A "omothinir. in short, for all human di '.ic You pavs in vour raonev and takes what yoa pleases !" Variety tnüf glses livin? its -pice, ud types CM present it to you in a trice. Front gay) 1 to iray. every mood of She mind Is by thorn each hour f .;mpleteiy defined ; Oae ocssenf they laecl) and another they weepI f.ircv their sorrow is not over-deep But be th-ir iqpfMriwi whatever it may. The will of the typo they only obey : To all his commands they respond with a " click." Tie rail's, with a stout little " rule" and a " stick " UNDER THE ICE. Translate! from the German. There was no braver iru'de, or mere skillful h.mtcr, that ever st foot upon the Jfatterhont, or crawled over the dangerous glaciers of Monte Rsi, than Ulrie Peters in. He was a mn of immense strenffii and great daiiagj and had often tracked tho wilderness of snow when those who followed the same calling willingly remained in their cottages in the well-protected villages. He laughed at his companions, when they talked of danger: and made liefet f tho fears of his good wife, when sht trembled at the howling of the fierce winds, or the avalanche of snow, that now and then swept dowD, with irresistible force, upon the little chale's. With WeD-8 piked shoes, a stout alper stock, confidence in himself, and a firm uid fervent trust in God, he avowed that t man was as safe upon the pmost clifl's of the cloud -piercincr Mattel horn, as in the brook-threaded valley of Tourmanche.. But the timid heart of womanhood could not look npn the matter in the same light, although her trust in the good Lord was equally strong: and so, whpn she saw him take down his trusty rifle, powder-horn and heavily-shod iron staff, one morning, she clung to him, and begged that he would not go upon the mountains. " There is every sign of a storm," she -ud. "You know how terrible they are. We have food enot.gh in the cottage. Do stay at home witl the little ones." " That would I, wife," was the reply, ' if I had not seen an ibex as I was coming home yesterdav evening. He was a stout old fellow, with huge horns ; and I fancied lie was almost laughing at me, as I crept round the cliff upon which he was stand- " But, Ulric, think of the storm that is certaiDly roming." "I have been in many an one. and care nothinir for thrm. I love the tree whistling of the w ind upon the mountain-tops, and the whirling of the feathery snow. So, good wife, get me something to cat. I must lie oft" before the day dawns." With a heavy sigh, the woman did as he had requested ; and with his fond kiss still lingering upon her lips, she saw him climb ihe mountain side until a turn in the path hid him from her view. Then she sunk upon her knees, by the bedside of her still slumbering children, and committed him into the keeping of that God who had thus far preserved him in the midst of every danger. Meantime, Ulric hastened onward with a light foot. It was still dark in the valley ; but far above him, he could see the white peaks glittering In the dim light of the morning, and the fast paling stürs. Higher and higher he climbed ; and soon the sun arose, shedding its ray of rosy gold upon the icy pdes, and making them Hash as if builded of myriad diamonds. To a stranger it would have been a dazzling sight; to the brave hunter, it had lost something of its chan by familiarity, and he pressed onward and upward. The road grew more rough and difficult. He was obliged to pick his way, to clamber up steep crags; but at last he reached the edge of a large glacier. He sat down and rested for a little time, satisfied his hunger, examined his shoe-i and the point of his alpenstock, and again et bravely forth, leaping the yawning chasms, and guarding against the treacherous cracks. A wall of polished ice arose before him, and he knew that he would have to scale it, before he could get within shot of the coveted game. With great difflrulty, it was accomplished ; and, finding the tracks of the ibex, he followed them, until, suddenly turning a ragged point, he found himself within easy fnot, and in an instant, the report of his rifle had awakened the echoes of the mountains. With the thud" of-the bullet, the beast sprang forward ; but its tail was drooped, its head hanging heavily down, it gait slow, and step uncertain. He knew that the whizzing lead had reached its mark ; that the animal would soon die . and he paused to reload his rifle, before he followed him. " I will eurprise my good wife," he thought, 1 by returning sooner than she expected ; and I will have a bearthy laugh at the cowards who dared not venture frrm their snug cottages for fear of a storm." With a smile upon his lips, he hastened to whtre the ibex was lying, and raised it

in his arms. Then, with a cry of horror, he felt his footing give way; and hunter and game were swallowed up in a cevasse of almost unfathomable depth. The thin covering of ice had been sufficiently strong to bear the weight of the bewt; but that of Ulric added, had shivered it if it had been an eggshell. Down, down. Hunter and ibex, through the debris of snow and ice, lying there for a thousand years. He fancied that the bottom would never be reached. The most profound darkness enveloped him ; his hands could clutch nothing but dampnessbut chilling flakes. Fortunately, the carcass of the beast was beneath him. Yet, for all that safeguard, he lay for a long time insensible. When consciousness returned, another day had dawned, and its golden glories had found their way even to the bottom of the yawning grave in which he was lying. He thought upon the utter helplessness of his situation; that he must perish from cold and hunger; of the liugering tortures he woul i be forced to endure, before death rime .o put an end to hi3 misery; and every nerve in his body quivered with horror. He looked around to see if there were not some p oasible chance to escape. On either sidesmooth ice walls arose, emitting a bluish steel glitter. He felt that he was buried alive ! " O, God ! Why was I not instantly killed?" h2 exclaimed, in the agony of desrair, and then, as better thought! swayed him, he thanked the Almighty, with whom nothing is impossible, for hu safety thus far, and prayed to Him for guidance and deliverance. His next thought was of his gun. When it was found that he did not return, his neighbors would certainly starch for him, and by firing the gun, he could araet their attention. Viin hop : Search as he would, he could lind nothing of it. Even if he had disc vered it, it would have been useless, for his powder-horn was gone as well. Orrer and over he turned the snow flown deep tie dug into it, until his hands burned like fire, and great drops of perspiration rolls ' from his forehead until his arms grew stiff and sore, and he was forced to give up the useless labor from sheer exhaustion. With his back against the frozen prison walls, he looked aloft, and saw the great vulture, sailing upon its immense and tireless wings, around the mouth of the chasm ; and the strong mar. shuddered, as he shook his nst defiantly, and murmured with his hoarse voice, 44 Your time has not come yet !" He thought also of his happy home and his dear wife and children, and then, naturallj, for he was faint and hungry, he thought of the food his wife had prepared for him. Having eaten of the breatl and goats' milk cheese, and drank of the little bottle of wine (which, strange to say, had remained unbroken), he reasoned that it would be cowardly to lie down and die, without an effort ; and he remembered the goodness of God, and once more fervently impl ired His help. Then a bold idea came to him. Why might he not cut his way through the solid ice ! He had a hatch, r, such as his rlass never travel without. Ah ! but he was forgetful that the walls might be hundreds of feet thick; thai they were of excessive hardness, and would toon render blunt both hatchet and knife. The bright hope that had been born within him was darkened by no such shadow. For the time being be knew that he was safe. He was accustomed to the cold, was warmly clad, could use the skin of the ibex, in case of need, and its ffofth would drive away the wolves of starvation for many a day. A brief rest and he bgan the task, and toiled faithfully until darkness toiced him to stop. A night of uneasy rest, a breakfast of the raw fad) of the ibex, and he resumed his labors. Another day of toil, and he again stretched himself upon the skin of the beast, wrapping it around him as much as wis possible, and slept long and heavily, although there had been a sudden rall in the temperature, and it was now '.xcessively cold. For four days he toiled thus, his only food the raw and fnv.en flesh of the ibex ; for four nights he slept wiihin the hole he had cut awtfy in the thick ice-walls, closing up the entrance, and thus obtaining partial shelter from the chilling blasts. And once he heard the firing of guns, Mid his heart beat wddly within him. lie dropped his dulled hatchet, crawled to the center of the chasm, and shouted with all his remaining strength shouted until his strained voice was reduced to the very gh st of a hoarse whisper. He knew that his friends were in M&T4 h f him; imagined he could Lear his name called; could do nothing to attract tlnjir attention ; and, as the firing grew fainter, and further find further away, flung himself down, weeping ur.d wringing bis hands. The last plank to which L- h id clung had been shivered ! His neighbors and friends had come and gone. They would never search that part of the mountain again. None would ever know ot his fate. He was buried in an lev tomb until the last trump should sound, and hot flashes of flame dissolve the frostwork around him. With his mind trembling upon the verge of madness, overpowered by sorrow, crushed by bitter agony, he fell back insensible, and lay for a long time upon the cold, damp snow, that soon must be his winding sheet. The black vulture flapped its wings above him, and he knew nothing of it. But, after some hours, Um hunter's consciousness returned, though he was far too much crushed, in body and soul, to resume his labors. Ha crept into the little cavern he had excavated (would it not be to him a tomb ?1 and gave passionate vent tu Im griefs. For many weary hours nothing passed bis lips; and with aching head and fevered 'brain, with trembling limbs and convulsive sobs, he prayed for deliverance, if by no other hand, at least by the skeleton one of death. It was rayless, sunless, starless darkness in the ice cavern, when the springs of Iiis life again became capable of action. He was ravenously hungry, and arose to r-atis-fy his hunger with a portion of the ibex he had left remaining outside in the chasm. He felt around, but could discover no outlet. Had he been frozen in shut out from God's blessed sunshine forever? Nothing but smooth ice met his burning and blistered fingers. Then, after an hour's search he found a soft spot, and instantly solved the mystery. He knew there must have been a heavy fall of snow in the night, and that it had drifted into, and blocked up the opening ; and with the strength of despair, he soon dug through. It was still Bnowing heavily ; the JUkes fell like great feathers around and ha drew the remnant of the carcass of the ibex into the cave, and made another rude meal. And thus refreshed, anew boon was born within him; and again the h walls resounded w ith the blows of Ids little hatchet. But it was slow work, and much of the time was taken up in clearing the chips from the little grotto A week passed a week of tho most savere toil and terrible anxiety and yet,

he was not disheartened. His trust in God had returned ; and love for his wife and dependent children kept alive his often-shrinking heart. He was yet in hopes of reaching the upper air of seeing his dear ones again. But even as he was thinking thus, with something of his old time cheerfulness, a new an tiety took possession of and nearly overpowered him. The earcass of the ibex, that had been the innocent cause of all his trouble, was almost to the bones. With dire starvation staring him in the face, he lowed his head and wept like a child Starvation, that is dreadful, even in thought! Starvation, that has in it more f horror than a thousand other death! He could almost see it silently approaching, and for a time despair alone had possession of him. Then his trust in the Supreme Being returned, and he commütei himself unto Iiis holy keeping. " Heavenly Father !" he murmured, from betWi en hH parched and blackened lips : "it h Thy hand that has sustained me so far lias saved me from all danger. Thou give-t food to the young ravens, and markest even the fall of the tiny sparrow. None but Thou can hear me, or help. Hear my orayer ! Save me, O God ! Save mal" Something of sweet consolation came with the utterance of the words, and he laid down to sleep more tranquilly than he had done for many previous nights. Yet, it was only to be awakened by a new f- r. It needed no seer to tell him that the fohn, or hot south wind, was sweeping over the elaciers and snow fields of the high Alps; and that the rain was falling in torrents; and the enormous blocks of ice melting, as by the touch of fire. The cavern he had dug frith infinite labor was almost breast-deep with w tter, and it was rushing in with all the swiftness of a mountain torrent. Instantly he was wet to the skin, and stood almost paralyzed with terror. Then he breasted his way out into the chasm, but it was only to re turn again as quickly as possible. Never cataract raged mote fiercely than the surging water there. Cutting little niches in the ice wall, he climbed beyond the reach of the water, and tremblingly awaited his fate. The waves rose rapidly, higher and higher, he had climbed until his head rested against the top of the little cave could go no further. And yet, the waters rolled upward around hmi. They reached his waist surered higter to his breast crept to h"n throat aDd despite all his efforts, began to trickle into his mouth Tii another moment he would be strangled with them, his hold would be torn away, and his body dashed hither and thither against the sharp points of the ice. M ( ), God ! Save me ! Save me ! " burst from him in the terrible agony of the instant the moment of time that lay between him and death. A noise like thunder a shivering crash resounded through the chasm. H appeared as if the very foundations of the world were tottering beneath him. N'w. in iced, he felt that his end had come No ! Terror was instantly changed to rapture. The water rushed out of the cavern with the most amazing velocity ; he could descend and stand upon the bottom without fear. How this had been accomplished, he was forced to wait until the morning light to determine : and, with the first beams, he saw a great fissure had been opened, through which the imprisoned T'aters had found their way to the valley below. This unlooked for preservation again inspired him with con fidence rendered more firm his trust in God. Through that tunnel he saw a way to freedom. It was small to be sure, but he could enlarge it ; and he worked diligently, until his strength utterly failed The ibex was cnMrely devotired. He had split the bones and sucked the marrow; he had gnawed them over and over .gain to appease his hunger. For two days he had not tasted a morsel of food. The hatchet had slipped from his hand when be had endeavored to strike a blow, ami he was forced to abandon the undertaking. There was nothing left him now but to die. Another day passed, and no help came. He lay crouched in a corner wishing that the end would come and that swiftly. His eyes were already filmed and his heart beat faintly. Them a strange noise aroused him. He looked aloft and saw a chamois vainly striving to defend itself from the attacks of two old vultures that were striking at it with wing and beak. It was an unequal contest ; and, at length, the animal, driven to decperation, attempted to leap the broad chasm. The effort was a noble one, but it failed of success. The ehasncis missed its footing, and fell, bruised and helpless, at the very feet of the starving man. In an instant, his knife was plunged into its throat; and the warm blood was drained by his eager lips. This gave him new lile and he renewed his lahor. It was almost a herculean task. More than once, he fell fainting beside it. Rut hope was very strong within him. ötill, he would have utterly failed, had not heaven assisted him. Again, the fohn was buy at its work of destruction ; again, the windows of heaven were opened, and the 14 rains descended, and the floods came," and accomplished more in a single night than his hands could have done in months. With the morning light, he crau led through the now large tunnel ; but wh n he reached the outer end, found, to his horror, that he was on the top of a mighty precipice. His blood boiled ; his brain seemed on fire ; his heart neat as if it would break through ribs and Acs!). He was, if possible, more desperately imprisoned ti.nn before. How was he to get down ? Through his bewildered mind suddenly fUshed the thought of the skins of the ibex and the chamois, and he was not long in making a rope of them. He then cut a deep hole in the ice, drove down his alpenstock) fastened one end of it, and swinging himself off, reached the bottom in safety. Wi'h a cry of ;4oy and a prayer of thankfulness, he hastened along the well-known path ; and when the bell of thelittle chapel, that reared its gilded cross in the Matter valley, was tolling for the evening prayers, he staggered like a drunken man into the very miiist of the astonished worshippers, even as the voice of the good priest was repeating, " God is everywhere with me; and everywhere, even in the most threatening dangers his voice speaks to me In tones of comfort, and says, Call upon me in days of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou halt glorify me! stagi ' ting toward the altar, to kneel at it,

; but fell fainting int thw arms of his wife, j w ho again nursed him to health, strength, and manhood. Merry Musvum. A cittern of Monterey, Gal., refused to receive into his hands a telegraphic dispatch from a neighboring town because the small pox waa raging at the place where the telegram came Tro? TautJoui chap

Velocipedes In Paris. The velocipedists have stolen a march on the coming flying man j for, while he is busv adjusting the wings with which he intends to navigate the clouds, they have attached wheels to their legs, enabling them to skim the earth with the speed of a fast-trotting horse. The resuscitation of velocipedes a ninety years' old invention is due to the petit creves and corotts of Paris. At the present moment, howTever, they are a mania with all classes, and count, among their more fervent partisans, princes, dukes, and other titled personages, several high fhactionaries, and even one staid member of the French Academy. Every alternate Sunday or so, velocipede races have taken plant in the environs of Paris at St. Cloud, Viacennes, Enghien, Pantin and elsewhere. Mounted, too, upon these, flying horses, amateurs dash along the crowded thoroughfares of the capital, while adepts, at the risk of their lives, drive their velocipedes of two wheels one directly in fron: of the other along the narrow stone parapet at the side of the Seine, and down the hundred-and one steps of the Trocadero ; rising up in their seats, lying down on 1 heir backs, letting go the hands of the vehicle, and throwing both legs over it, while performing these daring feats. Government employes, living in the suburbs, ri le to their offices every morning on ihe new iron horse. You may see them on their return journey at night, steering in between the throng of carriages with lighted lanters swinging in front of them, and with other velocipedes, sent out by enterprising tradesmen, displaying illuminated advertisements before ai;d alt. The compositors of Galignani s M' strnyer, and other newspapers, are aid to go to, and return from work, on velocipedes; and several of the collecting clerks of the Bank of France have begun to use them. Provincials stare agha-t at these modern centaurs, dashing in and out of the whirl of vehicles, much as the country people of old did at the apparition of the Thessalonians mounted on the horses which they were the first to tame ; while the cabmen exhibit their hostility by dodging in front of the velocipedists, whenever they get the chance, and by chaffing such amateurs as are not sufficiently expert to give them a wide berth. Prices of velocipedes, including what Moses of the Miuories would style directions for selfmeasurement, are advertised on the walls, outside the kiosque3 of the Boulevards,

and in all the papers, and announcements of lessons on the art of managing them, may be met with in almost every journal, and posted up in all quarters oi Paris. The public schools, too, are to have professors to lecture on the mew method of locomotion, and to teach the youth of France how to manage the willing steed. Meanwhile, the Prince Imp 'rial has been furnished with a " velocipede de luxe," mounted in rosewood and aluminium bronze. Paris is in a perfect State of frenzy with respect to its new toy. The newspapers call upon the Government to order a sup)ly of velocipedes to save the over-worked egs of the rural postmer, and of the messengers attached t tue p;otittcEal telagraph bureau : and even ad vise a limited number of these vehicles being furnished to infantry regiments, to enable oulposts to reconnoitre and to communicate rapidly with the main body of the army. Some, carried away by their enthusiasm, a.-k why a species of light cavalry, mounted on velocipedes, shouid not be instituted. It Is suggested, too, that lifeboat crews, on thinly populated coasts, should be provided with velocipedes, by means of which a more rapid assembling of them in time of need might, be effected ; and, moreover, that pordst eurnpetre, and country doctors and Swiss, who cannot afford the expense of a hone, should travel about on the new vehicles, which, by the way, have already penetrated to the provinces, for seaside loungers, mounted on them, were to be seen at all the Norman and Br-ton watering places, and on the shores of the Mediterranean, coursing along the coast. Eccentric sportsmen, too, chase their game with velocipedes ; artists use them to go on sketching tours, and photographers employ them on distant expeditions. Guesls at country chateaux organize races with velocipedes among themselves ; and, in tl e recent election contest in the department of the Var, on its being discovered that the government had hired all the public vehicles in Toulon for the day of the election, the partisans of the opposition candidate procured a supply of velocipedes, on which the liberal electors dashed to the polls. Dramatists introduce velocipedes into their pieces ; and at several Parisian theatres they play a prominent part in eome of the more striking scenes. Caricaturists, however, have turned them most to account, for every week brings forth some pictorial skit, in which they occupy the first place. The toy dealers, too, have not been idle, for you cannot pass along the Boulevards without getting your feet entangled in a toy velocipede, mounting a large red lantern at present a prohibited emblem in Paris and with the rider working Ins arms and legs up and down, like an ordinary 9caramouche, which some enterprising hawker, the better to display its attractions, has set going along the asphaltc pavement. Ordinary two-wheel velocipedes range In francs, according to the completeness of their fittings. Vtlccinedex de Ivxe mount up almost to any sum. Three-wheeled machines are priced at from one hundred and sixty to two hundred and fifty francs, whilesmaller sizes, for chiMren, can be purchased for fifty franc. The somewhat numerous etceteras, comprise ihe requisite instruments in the event the-machine gets out of order on a journy, with a lantern, a grease-box, india-rubber cushions for the iron bar in front of the machine, on which the legs are generally allowed to rest when not ;n action, and an indicator, to mark the distance traveled. The speed attained by the swifter kind of velocipedes averages from twelve to thirteen miles an hour ; adepts find no difficulty whatever in accomplishing fully fifty miles within five hours, without once alighting frpm their vehicles. A couple of amateurs, making a tour through s part of France, challenged each other as to which couid perform the greatest distance within four-and twenty hours. One gave in after havint accomplished eighty-seven miles; the other went on an additional lixSAd thirty miles, making one hundred and twenty-three miles in all. On the twenty-first of last September, a party of nine quitted Itouen early in the morning, mounted npon velocipedes, and arrived in Paris in time for dinner the same evening, having performed the distance of eighty-fire mileo, exclusive of stoppages, at a rate of spfed averaging between ten and eleven miles un sour It should r understood, that,

in impelling a velocipede, the limbs are not constantly in motion, as on level ground, when the impetus is atthe average rate, or when the machine is descending an incline, the feet may be removed from the pedals, and the legs be placed on the bar fixed in front of the velocipede for this purpose. A slight impulsion given to the vehicle, from time to time, suffices to keep up the speed. The ascent of any incline greater than one in twenty-rive, is said to be impracticable. When the rider, therefere, encounters a hill of more than average steepness, he has to dismount and lead his velocipede with his hand, which we are told he can do with almost the same ease as he can carry an ordinär' walkingstick. Paris LetUr.

FACTS AM) FIGURES. Rothschild left a ton of deeds. Canada has 104,d-JS Sunday-school scholars. Episcopal bishops now get 6,000 per annum. In Great Britain :J0.0O0 of the people are blind. No sTONR marks the crave of Sam Houston, at fluntsville, Texas. Mr. Peabody's donations to the oorof London amount to 350,000. A man in St. Louhl has been sued for $10,000, for chastising a married daughter. Richmond, Va, supports nine;y-one doctors, seventy-three lawyers and on pawnbroker. A factory in Pittsfisid has three female operatives who have been there over 33 yean each. A VEST made for one of the solid men ol New Haven, Ct , measured four feet four inches around the breast. Of 23 8 to emigrants who arrived in Canada during the past season, 111,734 passed through to the Western States. On Christmas eve the General Council of Louisville donated 10.000 bushels of coal to the Buffering poor of the city. Thr English cruiser Nymph has captured eight slavers off the African coast during the past season. Commodore Vanderbii.t, with his family, owns over $15.000,000 of the $28,000,000 stock of the New York Central Railroad. ""MKKRirr Sanford, who died at Bethany, Conn., a few days afO, at the age of 71, had worn no hat or cap for forty years. A CHHCHCA1 in a New York court recently offered the judge, in open court, a sealed envelope full of notes, as a bribe. The sentence was-doubled. The city of Liverpool has a debt of about 20,000,000, and it i-on the increase. The interest now amounts to over $1,000,000 per annum. In his address to the Fenians in this country, George Francis Train announces that James Stephens has been restored to full control of the Fenian organization. In 1830, Wisconsin Territory cast 2,402 votes; in 1S':S the Stale cf Wiseonrfn cast lt3,04'i. Milwaukee county cast 7S1 votes in 1S:JG, and 70,000 in 103. The Boston TravdUr says that, at about 10 o'clek the other even in er, there was a fall of light snow without a cloud to be seen in the sky, and the stars shining. California proper produces aVmthalf a million dollars worth of cold i week. hut the total product ot gold and silver for the Pacific coast at the present tin-e is estimated to be about $00,000,000 per an num. JuSH BlLLOSM recently wr-vU- to S I ' ture committe that the price of one of his lectures was f '.li.40 ; that he had in some instances been careless enough to throw oil the, $00, but the 40 cents he must have to maintain his reputation A siNoLF. firm at Boston, engaged in the manufacture of clothing, employs 30 cutters and 5,500 sewers, and they are sending out every week 300 huge c:v 1 cut garments to be made up in Maine, New Hampshire and the interior ot Mas sachusetts. Dt uiNo the last summer a fox in Meri den, Ct., killed .".' turkeys at one place. He was driven away, ami went to another place and killed nine. He was again driven away, but managed to kill Is more at another place, making 0 i:i all. He sllll lives. Tiik full 'SrJnn and amnesty proclama. tion issued by President Johnson includes Jen. Imvh, Breckinridge, Jacob Thomp sen, Mason, Slidell, suul all others who were directly or indirectly engaged in the late insurrection or rebellion. The par ties earned above are now iti foreign conn tries. Carl Voot, the German physiologist, who is soon to conn; to this country, "and to deliver a ceorse of lectures on Lis favorite subject, believes that the brain of man is growing from generation to generation. He fixes the rate at Tt'O cubic centimetres for the las, bcven hundred years. MI8CELLASEOU8 ITEMS. . A Lady Killku Corsets. An Aiu Ari'AKKXTThe fog. A. juboB after serving some days n Hartford panel, was discovered to dq, u'eaC The Beaton Standard publifVfeg the names ol delinquent subscribes under the heading " skunks." Tue keeper of a Cheer museum wauts the Indian agent wJj0se conscience compelled him to resign., In Nashville, Ten-,,., u the 85th nit, forty-four 1. idles eacf, pot a rafaable Christmas pie.s,(;üt-a husband. Om; of H. Shti Prancfsoo paj trs t.as adud a, "divorce" feature to Its birth, marriage and death column, A Lonoonkk got the better of garroter by gripping ihe fellow's arm beneath lm chin and carrying him off on his back. Ox Christmas day, a child in Springfield, Ohio, was poisoned by putting in its niouth a piece of green paper in which candy bad been wfUPfM d. A cow rung the fiont door of a house in Washington, the. other day, and - hen the bell was answered the unfashionable beast walked into the hall. In Georgia a large hawk has been discovered which follows a railway train (oi the purpose of catching birds which are scared up by the noise of the train. Twoövx Fka BX BJGO policemen Died to arrest a Chinaman. They (bund it necessary to leave, him a moment, and so hand culled him with his anna each i-ide of a lamp p;st. When they returned their prisoner was gone he had (aimed up the post and swung his arms over to top.

A gentleman recently from the plains

assures the New York <Times> that it is a fact that the number of dead buffaloes lying on the Pacific Railroad, shot by pas sengers as the cars go along, is very great; and says there is enough meat lying there at this time, easy of transportation, to feed all the poor people of America. There is a brisk rivalry at Westerly R. I, between the Missionary of the Christian Association and an advertiser of patent medicines. The former painted in large letters on a fence, " What shall I do to be saved f and the latter put under it, Use 's German Bitters !" But the missionary retaliated by printing in another place, under " Use 's German Bitters," the text, H Prepare to meet thy God!" A Rhode Island horse fancier who thought, he knew a thing or two recently swapped a white horse tor acream-eoioud one, paying,something " to boot." More lately he traded off his cream color for a beautiful, glossy, coal-black horse, paying "boot" again. Very soon, however, the coal black horse grew rusty, and, in spite of all his efforts, has turned into the identical white horse which he first traded if A funny incident happene d in a church tn Kingston, N. Y., a few Sundays ago. Owing to the absence ol tue minister, a lay member of the congregation was invited to read a sermon at the morning service, which he did very acceptably to those present. In the afternoon a -clergyman from a neighboring place occupied the pulpit, and preached a sermon. Oddly enough, it happened to be the Identical sermon which the lay member had read in the morning. A ctnftioua habit of the " gordius," or, as the boys call it, the "horse hair snake,1' is given by Prof. Agassis, as folio R Soon after being hatched in the water, and while mere little transparent bodies, they creep into the legs of grasshoppers, and burrow their way into the abdominal cavity, where they undergo further development as worms, some i me s growing to be two or three inches in length before they are freed. When they have grown so long that the grasshopper becomes distended by the size of its strange inhabitant, it bursts, the worm is released, and returns to its aquatic life." A gentleman living in Yonkcrs writes that his little girl recently pulled a gordius six inches I tng, and another somewhat shorter, from the body of a cricket. They seemed to be protruding like horns. The crh I e hopped away, apparently as well as ever. Here is a new fact, perhaps, fir the naturalivts. "O, Linokb no Losgek." A beautiful WOmg with chorus, ly the well known poe mu sician, W. C. 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