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THE HERALD. TUBUSIIED EVERY THURSDAY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBEASKA. On Main Street, between 4th and 5th, Second Story. OFFICIAL PAPER OF CASS COUSTY. Terms, in Advance : One copy, one year $2.00 One copy, tlx months 1.00 One copy, three niontha so EBALB. JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor. " 'PERSEVERANCE CONQUERS.' TEEMS: $2.00 a Year. VOLUME XI. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1875. 0 NUMBER 11 THE HERALD. ADVERTISING RATES. erAcn. 1 iinrb.. 2 pipiarcn. 3 (iiaro8. i column. X column. 1 rolnmn. 1 W. 2 w. ! 3 w. 1 m. 3 m 0 m. I 1 yr. f 1 00 ft 50 f3 00 $ 2 5 00 H 00 3 00 3 4 00 4 7.' I 8 I 13 (HI k mil u no'm aii 11 im Oil (in -1H no 8 00' 13 IO 15 (XI W Of itt 0(1 40 (W fl24 10 ( 90 ( R'. 14 11 Ilk i: on is 0(i -l 00 on 40 on oo (i inonp 2T" All Advertising bills duo qnarU rly. fcfT" Transient advertisement!) must bo paid fuf In advance Extra copies of the Herald for nale by II. J. Strctjrht, at tho Poetofflce, and O. F. Johliauu, cor ner of Main and Uitih street. HENRY BCECK, DEALER IM Furniture, SAFES, CHAIRS, Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads, ETC., ETC., ETC., Of All Descriptions. METALLIC BURIAL CASES. "Wooden Coffins f if nil cl.i'S, ready-made, and fold chcaji for cash. With many thanks, for past patronage, I invite nil (o call und examine my LAUGH STOCK OV fiii'iiitni'o and OolliiiM. jan-23 MEDICINES AT J. II. BUTTERY'S, On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth. Wholesale aLtl Retail Dealer in Drugs and Medicines. Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Patent Medicines. Toilet Articles, etc., etc. ryrTIUCSCUUTION.S carefully compounded at all hour, day and niht. 35-ly XV7SHANNON7S Fred, 8alo and Livery Main Street, Plattsmoutli, Neb. I am prepared to accommodate the public with Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, AND A No. f Hearse, On Short Notice and Reasonable Terms. A II A C K Will Run to the Steamboat Land ing, Depot, and all parts of the City, when Desired. j:llll-lf First National Bank Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, SrcCEsSOR TO Tooth', IIsiiinn Jv Clui'lf. .Tons Kit.i;ekalij K. (i. lo ev A. W. .Mi Lai . n i.l N . . .Iohn ( I' Kot i;ke President, Vice-President. Cashier. . . . Ass iftant Cashier. This ISank is now open for business at their new room. corner Main and Sixth streets, and are pre pared to transact a funeral BANKING BUSINESS. Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Government and Local Securities 1JOUGUT AND SOLD. Deposits Received and Interest Al lowed on Time Certificates. UltAl'TS DltAWN, Available in any part of !ho Vnitcd States and in al) the ''riiicijial Towns and Cilice of Kurojte. AGENTS FOR THE CELEB RATED INfflAH LINE and ALLAN LINE IVr.-ons wishing to briii"? out their friends from Kuropc can l'l'N) ll.VSB TIC KETS iT.OM VS 1'In'ni-l to X'lut Itxiiioiitli. Excelsior Barber Shop. .T. C. BOONE, "Main Street, opposite Brooks House. HAIR-CUTTING, Shaving and Shampooing. ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO ('lilting Children's and I,udlcV Ilnir. Call and See Boone, Gents, And get a boon in a C? Oj 33 -A. 3NT S XX -A. -7" 33 . ntl-ly GO TO THE Tost OlRcc Book iStore, . J. STSEIGHT, Proprietor, fob tocb Boob. Stationery, Pictures, Music, TOYS, CONFECTIONERY, VJolin Strings, Newspapers, Novels, Song Books, etc., etc O. F. JOHNSON, DEALEIl IN I Drugs, Medicines AND EPITOME OF THE WEEK. WALLPAPER. All Paper TrimmeiFreB of Charge ALSO, DEALEK IN Books, Stationery AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS. Is" Prescriptions carefully conioiindcd ly an cxjicrieiiccd Jrt,'";ist.i J KEMF.MDEK THE PLACE Cor. Fifth and Main Streets, PLATTSMOUTH, NEIi. THOS. VV. SHRYOCK, DEALER IMain SI., Wt. 5th and (Jt!i, PLATTSMOUTH - NEB. ALSO UNDERTAKER, And has on hand a large stock of Metallic Uurial Casc, Wooden Coffins, Etc., Of all sizes, cheap for cash. Funerals Attended on Short Notice II. A. WATERMAN & M, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in PINE LUMBER, L.afcli, Shingles, SASH, D00ES, BLINDS, ETC., On Main St., cor. Fifth, TLATTSMOUTII, - - - NEB. TOST -OFFICE BUILDI-VG, PLATTSilOUXn, B. FOR YOUR GROCERIES UO TO J, V. Wecklbach, C'or.Tliird and Main Sta., Tlattsmouth. (Outhmann'u old slaud.) lie keeps on hand a larj;e and well-selected stock FANCY GROCERIES, Coffees, Teas, Sugar, Sirup. Boots, Shoes, Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc. Also, a lar;e stock of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Crockery, Qucensware, Etc., Etc., Etc. In connection with the Grocery is a BAKERY and CONFECTIONERY. Highest Prii-r IVhI fur Count ry Proilure. A full flock at all time, and will not he undersold. Take notice of the Sijjn : "EMPIKE I5AKE1CY AND GKOCEKY." nlyl WILLIAM STADELMANN Has, on hand one of the largest stocks of CLOTHING AND Gents' Furnishing Goods rOIt SPRING AND PUMMEK. I invite everybody in want of anything in my line to call at uiy store. South Side Main, Let. 5th & Olh Sis., And convince themselvcn of the fact, I have a a specialty in my Id-tail Department a Mock of rine C'lothini; for Men and Boys, to which we In vite those who want poods. I keep on hand a large and wcll-eelectcd stock of Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Etc, Jarlyl PHILADELPHIA STORE SOLOMOX & XATIIAX, DEALERS. IN Fancy Dry Goods, Notions, Ladies' FnrnisliinE Goofls. Largest, Cheapest, Finest and Best Assorted Stock in the city. We are prepared to sell cheaper than they can be purchased elsewhere. GIVE TJS -A. C-A.TT, And examine onr Goods. restore on Main St., between 4th and 5th St?., riatiMnouth, Neb. Ifitf PLATTSMOUTH MILLS, PLATTSMOUTH NEBRASKA. Con bad IIeuei., Proprietor. FLOUR, CORN MEAL, FEED, Always onb.and and for gale at lowest cash price. The Highest Prices paid for Wheal and Corn. Particular attention given to custom work. Condensed from Telczrams f Aecomf anjins Dates-. Tuesday, June 1. Several leading iron companies in England have failed aiiionjj them the Abedare Company, -with, liabilities of 750,000 The Court of Claims at Wash ington bas given judgment against the Gov ernment, and in favor of the Union Pacific Railroad in a suit to recov er one-half of the amount earned from the Government transportation, but which was withheld by the Government to pay the interest in advance of the time when the subsidy bonds mature. The judgment is for f512,000, and the court ordered that the counter claim of the Government for $12,000,000, for the payment of interest on bonds, be dismissed. An appeal was taken . ...Wc6ton has .recently made two failures in attempting tof accomplish 515 miles in six days. The first time he made only 375 miles, and on the second occasion he was compelled to leave the track at the end of three and a half days, having in that time walked only 200 miles The 3Iet ult. was observed as Decoration Day iq New York and several other localities. .. .Philip A. Wads worth, Collector of Internal Revenue at Chi cago, has received a letter from Commis sioner Pratt, requesting his resignation. Wednesday, June 2. Certain promi nent iiiciubrrH of the llritish Anti-Slavery Society wait. don Lord Derby on the let with a demand that England shotild inter fere to 6top the Cuban war and pe curc the abolition of shivery in the Antilles. ...The Secretary of the Treas ury lias' called in for payment f 10,000,000 of 5-20 coupon bonds dated May 1, 1S(52, and announces that interest thereon will cease oa the 1st of Septemler....The internal revenue receipts for the current fiscal year up to the 1st were $101,245,000 The eighth annual convention of the National Temperance Association began in Chicago on the 1st A'large delegation was present. Hiram Price, of Iowa, was chosen permanent President; John Stearns, of New York, Secretary, with sevvefal assistants. Tulksday, June 2. The Duke d'Au.lif fret Pasfjuier has been re-elected President of the French National Assembly. .. .The German Government had announced that it reserves the right of inquiring into the cir cumstances attending the loss of the Schil ler, in addition to the inquiry now in progress at Greenwich. . . .Another conference was held with the Sioux Indian delegation in Washing ton on the 2d, and the Indian chiefs refused to Kign the treaty relinquishing the possession of the Black Hills region, and it is said they declared that under no circumstances would they consent to yield up that section of their reservation The New Hampshire Legislature met at Concord on the 2d. The twelve Senators elected appeared in the Senate and were qualified. A formal protest against the right of Senators Priest and Proctor to their scats was presented and ordered on file. J. W. Sanborn was chosen President by seven Democratic votes, the Republicans not voting. The five Republican Senators then withdrew and met in another room, where thcy"cnVcted a temporary organization. In the House Cuas. 15. Sanborn (Rep.) was elected Speak er, receiving 1JX) votes to 17'J for Hatch (Dem.;. The protest of the five Republican Senators was received, stating that they had refused to act with the body as long as Messrs. Priest and Proctor were allowed seats.. . .A grand and imposing Masonic demonstration was had in New York on the 2d, on the occa sion of the dedication of the new Masonic Temple at Twenty-third street and Sixth av enue, said to be the most magnificent struct ure of the kind in America. . . .The fallowing arc the nominations made by the Ohio Re publican State Convention: For Governor, Rutherford B. Hayes, of Sanduky; Lieutenant-Governor, Thomas L. Young, of Hamilton; Supreme Judge, George W. Mcll waine; Auditor, James Williams, of Frank lin; Attorney-General, John Little, of Green; Treasurer, J. Minor Milliken, of Butler; member of the Board of Tublic Works, Peter Thatchcr.of Cuyahoga. Amongthe resolutions adopted was one declaring President Grant entitled to the gratitude of his countrymen j because of the distinguished success of his Administration. Another resolution reads as follows: "The observance of Washington's example in retiring at the close of a second Presidential term will be in the future, as it has been in the past, regarded as a funda mental rule in the unwritten law- of the Re public". . .The Minnesota Democratic State Convention is to be held on the 7th of Jul y. Fktday, June 4. The condition of affairs between the British Government and Burmah is said to be extremely critical. .. . Much excitement has been caused in the Treasury building in Washington by the mysterious disappearance of a package con taining $47,500 in greenbacks. No clew is yet obtained as to how or by whom it was pur loitied Secretary Delano has concluded to suspend the sale of Indian lands in Kansas till Jan. 1, !7(i. .. .Another outbreak has occurred among striking miners at Ma hanoy City, Pa., and vicinity, 2,0C0 armed men assailing men at work in the collieries, compelling them to desist from labor. In one case a Sheriff and posse cf men who attempted to disperse the rioters were fired uihjh, and a general scrimmage ensued, a. few being killed and several wounded on both sides. Military aid has been called for by the authorities In Boston, a few days ago, a Mrs. Thomas Banford took a pistol which she supposed to be unloaded and playfully pointed it at the head of a young lady friend of hers Miss Bell Whitticr and, with the intention of giv ing her a momentary fright, pulled the trig ger. The w capon proved to be loaded and the bullet penetrated the young lady's brain, producing instant death Lieut.-Gcn. P. II. Sheridan was married in Chicago on the evening of the 3d to Miss Irene Rucker, daughter of Bvt. Maj.-Gcn Ruckcr The coal-heavers of Chicago are on a strike to prevent the reduction of tUeir pay from five to three dollars per day ....The United States District Court of Gal veston, Tex., has quashed aa indictment against an opera-house manager for violating the Civil-Rights law on the ground of the act beiDg unconstitutional and the indictment not alleging that the complainant was & citi zen of the United States. Saturday, June 5. The Emperor of Germany has conferred the order of civil merit on Geo. Bancroft, the historian, and II. W. Longfellow, the poet Washington dis patches announce that Postmaster-Gen. Jew ell Is about to start on a tour of inspection, visiUDg the principal cities of the West iu order to observe the workings of the postal service and to devise reforms where possible President Grant and wife, Mr. aud Mrf. Sartoris, Mrs. CoL Fred. Grant and Gen. Bab cock are now at Long Branch.... The Coro ner'6 jury in the Holyoke disaster find that no blame is to be attached to any person In immediate connection with the fire, but they cannot too strongly condemn the almost crim inal carelessness shown in the construction of the galleries and means of egress therefrom. The jury declare that the parties who built and suffered 6uch a death-trap to stand 6bould receive the unmeasured censure of the community. The jury further find that the direct cause of the fire, with its terri ble sacrifice of human life, is attributable to the trimmings of laces, paper, etc., about the altar, and to the fagt that the buijding wa 6heathed with pine sheeting instead of being plastered. They 6trongly deprecate the use of such adornment and use of 6uch finish in places of public resort. .. .The New Hamp shire House of Representatives has unaui mously adopted resolutions instructing the Speaker to request the Supreme Court to naino aa early a day as possible for the hear ing of the Senatorial question; also to allow both sides to be represented by counsel with briefs and arguments. I'uhlic Debt Statement. Washington, June 1. The following statement shows the present condition of the public debt: $ 1, 1 31 ,51 6.500 5ao,txK,750 Six per cent, bonds Five per cent, bonds Total coin bonds Lawful money debt Matured debt Legal-tender note ... Certillcutet) of deposit Fractional currency Coin certificate!" Interest Total debt Caeu in Treasury Coin Currency Special deposits held for tho deinptiou of certificates of posit, as provided by law , Total in Treasury Debt less cash in Treasury Decrease during May $l,7-."2.H!,a-.0 $14,678,000 7.370,150 377.l:ri,7! 55,345,110 4t.H15,773 l'.l.'Jltl.MK) 38,NU,530 $,274,074,085 . $Hl,n-l.fi02 4,318,107 re- do- 55,315,000 ... 1 t3.!l.V1.70!) $i,lKMl!t.!75 1.1SW.4V; Uonrls Issued to the Pacific Railway Companies, interest payalvle in lawful money, principal outstand ing Interest accrued and not yet paid... Interest paid by the United Slates. Interest repaid'hy the transportation of mails, etc Lal.inco of interest paid by United States $iH.f,j:t.M2 l.;ir,5H7 a;,jtii,i(y Ciie.o) 20. 147,505 THE MAKKETS. June 5, 1575. NEW VOKK. Live Stock. llecf Cattle $11.2j&13.-. Hogs Live, S7.75feS.OO. Sheep Live (shorn), f.".00 C.25. I3asAisTorrs. Klour Good to choice, $5.35(3 0.05; white wheat extra, $5.70fe6.50. Wheat No. 2 Chicago, $1.(8-1.10; No. 2 Northwestern, S1.03&1-10; No. 2 Milwaukee spring, $1.12'i 1.13. Rye Western and State, 95c d$ LID. Uar ley $1.31X3,1.35. Corn Mixed Western, 73! 412 7b!4c. Oats Mixed Western, Oi'-'c. PuovistoNs. Pork New Mess, $19.8019.7. Lard Prime Steam, 14!sai4?ic. Cheese Offllic. Wool.. Domestic fleece, 45'u.)5c. CHICAGO. Livb Stock. Beeves Choice, $0.0O"&6.23; good, $5.75&5.9); medium, $5.2535.00; butch ers' etock, $3.7.Y5.C0; stock cattle, $3.25(3.1.75. Hogs Live", J0.';5Q,7.25. Sheep Oood to choice (shorn), $ I.Srti&S.OO. Phovisions. Butter Choice, 2l5;Jc. Er.s Fresh, 13; 452,1 c. Pork Mess, $19.30f-l!) 35. Lard -$13.45(13. r.0. liiiEADsTi-rrs. Flour White Winter Extra, $0.0()a8.OO; spring extra, $1.70!&..25. Wheat Spring, No. 2, 92'4Ji9-2?uc. Corn No. 2,6:? &5-;c. Oats No. 2, 58Ai587ic. Rye No. 3, 97&9SC. Barley No. 2, $1.131.14. Lumbek. First Clear, $18XX&50.00; Second Clear, $11.0n47.00; Common Boards, $10.0-1 11.00; Fencing, $11.0 13.00; "A" Shingles, $2.751.0u; Lath, 81.75&2.00. CINCINNATI. BitEAltSTtirrs. Flour $5.5.V35.6 5. Wheat Red, $1.21(0,1.25. Corn 70G72C. Rye $1.14 .LIS. Oats o:$&G7c. Barley No. 2, 1.22&1.25. PnovisioNS. Pork $20.12! 420.2 . Lard 13. 14! J c. ST. LOUIS. Live Stock. Beeves Good to choice, $5,653 6.35. Hogs Live, $b.2ja.. 50. Breaostuits. Flour XX Fall, $5.5035.75. Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $1.311.31i4. Corn No. 2, tP4f.5c. Oats No. 2, 57'4(a'8c. Rye No. 2, $1A&1.C9. Barley No. 2, $1.231.23. Provisions. Pork Mesa, $.'0.H20.:0. Lard -13!i&llc MILWAUKEE. BiiSADHTurr. Flour Spring XX, $ l.75r&5.00. Wheat Spring, No. 1, $1.00(1 )! i ; No. 2,Hi G'ttiUc. Corn No. 2, i;iJ.J((;;2c. Oats No. 2, 57,40t58c. Rye No. 1, 'J&'J$1. Barley No. 2, $1.14(0,1.15. DETROIT. B re AfsTUFFS. Wheat Extra, $1.21541.22. Corn No. 1, O'J&'lc. Oats No. 1, 6161.iC. TOLEDO. EREADSTurrs. Wheat Amber Miehigau, $1.21H(Sl.aa; No. 2 Red, $1.20111.21. Corn- High Mixed, 71!4'O.TJc. Oats No. 2, 11 2;lUc. CLEVELAND. Br.EAPSTurrs. Wheat No. 1 Red, $1.23',4 1.21; No. 2 Red. $1.13tfl.i9. Corn lligU Mixed, 72Q,:.3c. Oats No. 1, C5K&r:c. BUFFALO. Live Stock. Beeves $5.S747.20. Hogs Live, $7.00a7.t0. Sheep Live tshoru), $5.10 5.55. EAST LIBERTY. Live Stock. Beeves Best, $i.7557.25; me dinm, $li.WK&6.2c. Hogs Yorkers, $7.0tka,,.20; Philadelphia, $7.75Q,8.C0. Sheei Best (clipped), $5.405.75; medium (clipped), $L50&5.25. The Monkey and the Looklng-OInss. I want to tell you about Jocko, a bright, mischievous little monkey, which my "friend, Mrs. O., brought from India, he pays: "He liked going to sea, and was n, great favorite with the sailors. He would run tip the mast and look dow n with au tiirof triumph, as much as to say, ' yee how much better I can do it than you!' I made him a suit of clothes, little blue trousers, red jacket and a sailor cap. He was delighted with it, and when I went on deck always came to meet mc, ready for a frolic. lie often played tricks upon the sailors, but never took any liberties with me. One day I car ried a looking-glass on deck, and called Jocko to come and look in. lie was wonderfully pleased to see what he sup posed was another monkey, lie jab bered at it, and expressed his delight in sundry contortions of his queer little face. Almost all animals are social in their nature, and sutTer from loneliness when separated from their kind. At last he stopped his antics and stretched his arm around the mirror to feel the back of it. The instant he discovered the deception he tlew into a terrible pas sion, lie seemed to understand at once that it was no living monkey, and he thought I meant to cheat hint. I had to run to save mj'sclf from a terrible scratching, lie never forgot it, and from that time we ceased to be friends, for monkeys are slow to forgive what they think an insult. "Whenever I walked on deck the sailors had to keep him out of sight. I was sewing in my rnom one day, when he found his way there, and flew at me so furiously that, if ray screams had not brought help, I think he would have killed me. Nevertheless, I mourned for Jocko when he died, for I never ceased to hope that we should be friends again in time." St. Nicliolan. TriELE is an amusing little trick which is sometimes played upon unsuspecting person?, and which illustrates the prop erty of air. An empty soda-water bottle is laid on its side, and a piece of cork about as large rs a pea placed within its neck. Anyone is then challenged to blow the cork into the bottle. This looks so easy that a person who does not know the trick advances and blows sharply into the bottle. To his great surprise he finds himself struck in the face with the piece of cork, which he has blown out of the bottle and not into it. The fact is, the bottle, though it looks empty, is really full of air; and just in proportion as t is blown into it the air that al ready exists is blown out, carrying the cork with it. The only way to get the cork into the bottle is to coax it, so to speak, by blowing very gently and stead ily on one side, so that the air within the bottle is allowed to escape gradually, and the cork slowly rolls along the side of the neck until it U t iurl v wjthip the body of the bpttle. The Third-Term question Letter from 1'rcsldent Grant, WAsHrsGTOH, May SO. President Grant has written the follow ing letter to Gen. Harry White, President of the recent Pennsylvania Republican State Convention: Executive Mansion, Washington, T. C, 1 May 2U, 175. J Dear Sir: A short time subsequent to the Presidential election of 1872, the press, a por tion of it hostile to the Republican party, and particularly so to the Administration, started the cry of " Cajsarism" and the " Third term," calling lustily for me to dctine my position on the latter 6ubjeet. I believed it to be beneath thediguityof the oOlee w hich I have been twice called upon to till to answer such a ques tion before the subject should be presented by competent authority to make a nomination, or by a body of such dignity aud authority as not to mitke reply a fair subject of ridicule. In fact, I have been surprised that so many sensible persons in the Republican party should permit their enemy to force upon them aud their party an issue which cannot add strength to the party, no matter how met. But a body of tlie dignity aud party authority of a convention to make nomina tions for the State ollicers of the second State in the Union having considered, this question, I deem it uot improper that I should now speak. In the first place, I never sought the office for a second, nor even for a first nomination. To the first I was called from a life position, one created by Congress expressly for me for supposed services rendered to the Republic. Tho position vacated I liked. It would have been most agreeable to mc to hare retained it until such time as Congress mi:;ht have consented to my retirement with the rank and a portion of the emoluments, which I so much needed, to a home where the bal ance of my days might e spent in leaee and the enjoyment of domestic quiet, relieved from cares which have oppressed me so constantly now for fourteen years, but I was made to believe that the pub lic good called me to make the sacrifice. Without 6ecking the office for the "second term" the nomination was tendered to me by a unanimous vote of the delegation of all the States aud Territories selected by the Repub licans ef each to represent their whole num ber for the purpose of making their nomina tion. I cannot say thut I was not pleased at this and at the overwhelming in dorsement which their action received at the election following. But it must be remembered that ail the sacrifices except that of comfort had been made hi accepting the "tirst term." Then, too, such a lire or personal abuse and slander had been kept up lor four years, notwithstanding the conscientious pel forxuauce of my duties to the best of my understanding, though I admit, in the light of subsequent events, many times subject to fair criticism, that an indorsement from the people, who alone gov ern republics, was a gratiiication that it is only human to have appreciated and enjoyed. Isow, for the " third term," I do not want it any more than I did the lirst. I would not write or utter a word to change the will of the people in expressing and having their choice. The question of the number ol terms allowed to any one Executive can only come up fairly in the shape of a proposition to amend Uie Constitution a shape iu w hich all political parties can participate deliuiug the length of time or the number of terms for whicn any one person shall be eligible for the ffice of President. Until such an amend ment is adopted the people cannot be restricted in their choice by resolution further than they are now restricted, as to age, nationality, etc. It may happen in the future history of the country that to change an Executive because he aas been eight years in office will prove unfortunate if not disas trous. The idea that aay man could elect himself President or even renominate himself is pre posterous. It is a rellcctiou upon the intelli gence and patriotism of the people to sup pose such a thing potsible. Any man can destroy his chances for the office, but no one can force an election or even nomination. To recapitulate, I am not, nor have I ever been, a candidate for a renomination. I would not accept a nomination if it were tendered unless it 6hould come under such circum stances as to make it an imperative duty cir cumstances not likely to arise. I congratu late the eonveution over wtnen you presided, for the harmony which prevailed and for the excellent ticket put iu the held, aud w hich I hope may be triumphantly elected. With great rt5pcct, your obedient servant, U. S. Grant. FACTS AXD FIUUI1ES. Of 98,206 children of school age in St. Louis only 25,000 attend school. TrtE Connecticut State Prison paid $3,- 712.17 above its expenses last year. Half the lumber used in this country is spruce and pine, of which 6,000,000,000 feet were cut in 1874. The consumption of tci in the United States for the last two years appears from the last data to be at least 50,000, 000, if not 60,000,000, pounds per annum. The South Australia wheat report shows that there will be 204,000 tons of surplus wheat. About 45,000 tons have already been exported and the balance is ready for shipment. Last year there were 2,524 breweries in operation in tnc union, icw iorw having 349 and Pennsylvania 046. In all New England there were only seventy four, Vermont having none. Postmasteu-(!kn. Jewell says that New York pay s 40 per cent, of all the news paper postage of the country. The last quarter it paid $80,000, against Chicago 18.0(H), JJoston Sflu.uuU, rinlailelpliia $12,000 for newspaper postage. Tiik tenement-house system prevails to a great extent in lloston, 51,31o people, or nearly one-sixth of the entire popula tion, being packed into 2,688 tenements, averaging nearly twenty persons a tene ment. ' The infant mortality is consc- oucntlv fearful. Mu. J. G. Pkaiison, of Newburyport, Mass., has had seventy live dozen eggs from thirty-three hens from Nov. I, 1874, to May 10, 1875; and Mr. Thomas Colby, of the same city, has live hens, the first of which began laying on Christmas Day, 1873, the other four within three or four weeks after, and the live together in ten months laid 700 eggs. The trade in sardines amounts to nearly 200,000 in value per annum. The curing principle is quite simple. Aficr being carefully washed and salted they are dried in the sun or wind. They are then put into boiling oil, after which they arc placed in boxes, the lids soldered on and the whole allair exposed to the action of steam. Probably the most extraordinary crop of mangolds ever grown is reported by the manager of Lord "Warwick's sewage farm near Leamington, England, who claims to have raised eighty-two tons (of 2,240 pounds each) oa one acre in 1874. The beets were in rows, twenty-four inches apart and twelve inches in the rows. Tons of these could have been selected which would not exceed 100 roots per ton. Every country neighborhood has woods which are full of ferns and brakes, which usually die and go to seed with out doing any good save as a gratifica tion to the sense of siht. The softer parts, if stripped from the stems and dried in the sun, retain their toughness and elas ticity for a long time, and are said to be su perior to straw and husks, and even to "ex celsior," for stuffing mattresses. The ticks, when filled, should be stitched firmly with a mattress needle, asing strong linen twine, and making the intervals be tween the stitches about an eighth of a yard. Kxcltange. Sme poultry-raiser, in order to deter mine the comparative fecundity of ducks and hens, selected three of each, all hatched in February and suitably fed. In the following autumn the ducks laid 222 eggs, the hen3 none. In February the laying season began, and up to August thu total number of eggs laid by the haps wo ?"7, or 86 each, as-j IjL'J, or "LETS PLAY." On! the blessed and wise little children, What sensible things they sav! When they can't have the things they wish tor, Thev take others and cry: "Let's play!" " Let's play" that the chairs are big coaches, And the sora a railroad car, And that we arc all taken journeys And traveling ever so far. " Let's play" that this broken old china ' Is a dinner-set rare and line, And our tin cups tilled with water Are goblots of milk and wine! " Let'd play" every one of our dollies Is alive and can go to walk, Ami keep up long conversations With us if we want to talk. " Let's play" that we live in a palace. And that we are the queens and kings; " Let's play" we are birds in a tree-top And can fly about on wings. " Let's olay" that wcare school-keepers And grown people come to our school; And then punish them all most soundly If they break but a tingle rule. Oh! the blessed and wise little children, What sensible things they say! And we might be happy as they are, If w e would be happy their way. What odds twixt not huvinir and having, When we have lived out our day! Let us borrow the children's watchword The magical watchword, "Let's play!" X. Y. 1 u'lQHitdcnt. MI.M15LK 4 4 4' , Tiilkk was a time when lotteries were quite common and legal, and not consid ered so very di-rcputabie, and when worthy people sometimes bought tickets and made no secret of the matter. It was a good whife ago, of course, and you would have to look long for the worthy gentleman who one night about dark walked into a lottery office for the purpose of buying a ticket. He had tight boots and light trowsers with straps, and the fur collar of his coat stood up above his ears, and he wore that awful thing, a stock, about his throat, and he was in the height of that year's fashion, and was regarded by those who met him rather with admiration than with the stare of astonishment with which we should greet him now with which, in deed, we should greet any of the ladies or gentlemen of that year; the first hab ited as above, with curly, bell-shaped hats upon their heads, and twTisted canes in their hands; the latter with coal-scuttle bonnets and leg-of-mutton sleeves, and two gores in their skirts, which were short, and showed low slippers and silk stockings, and long-stringed work-bags on their arms, and big parasols over the big bonnets, before which hung for mod csty's sake curtains of black or white lac which they called veils. Mr. Kogers, for that was this gentle man's name, stepping up to the counter, asked to look at tickets. Perhaps he held the superstition that there was luck in odd numbers, for as soon as they were spiead before him he decided on the number 777, paid its price and walked oil" with it in his waistcoat pocket. As he turned the corner the big poster on the wall seemed to be written especially for him : "Capital prize, $10,000. Tickets five dollars each. Don't delay." "I had a dream that meant luck last niirht." said Mr. Kogers to himself; " and I have a fancy that I shall draw the great prize. That's a splendid number." Then he turned another corner and spied a face peeping out of the window of a small brick house. The face of Mrs. liogers, who feared that Mr. It.'s favorite dish was spoiling. " That reminds me," said Mr. Kogers, " I must not tell Esmcrelda. The luck will be spoilt if one tells of the ticket; and she'd talk so much of it women will talk so much." So Mr. Kogers drank his tea and said nothinsr of the lottery ticket, which he hid at the bottom of his trunk, a bulg irg, hair-covered thing with T. K. on the side in brass nails. But. though he said nothiner, his mind was full of it: he thought of that capital prize of $10,000 while he ate his break fast; he dined off it ; he dreamed of it. He was a schoolmaster, and while ruling the boys' copy-book3 and setting copies for them he was so rilled with the idea that all the boys who had reached 1 had Prize written for them, and all the boys w ho had cone to D had Draw, Drawing before their eves, while those with l's copied Tick, Ticket, Tick, Ticket, all the writing hours. Little Mrs. Kogers, who was much younger than her husband, saw that some . . ..... ... a? i . ) thing was on nis minu, oui uiu noi oare to ask what it was. He tossed and turned in his sleep, and scribbled sevens on the newspaper, and on the backs of letters, and even wrote the magic figure on his nails wit i lead ncnci:. And once in a moment of excitement, caused by some body asking the first day of the month. said with great fervor: "And i only wish it was the 1st of next mouth!" " Why, dear?" asked Mrs. Itogcrs "Oh," said Mr. Kogers, " it's it' birthday, 3 011 know." "Oh, yes, so it is," said iurs. itogcrs, "but 1 never knew you cared for birth days, my dear." And Mr. Kogers did not tell her that the lottery-drawing took place on the 1st oi September. It w;is luealit.ist time wnen uns re- , ... . 1 1 I ...,...... lilat'Iv was maue, :ini .mis. Ji"ni is m over the table long after her spouse had left, wondering what sort of present she could make him for his birthday. She had not a penny of her own, nor had she any means of earning one ; anu to send a man a birthday present for which the bill must- come in to him might not be considered a delicate attention even from a wife. ' 1 don't suppose I can give him an)'-tl.in-r nicer than a pen-wiper or a pin- cusliion," she said with a sigh; "but Pi I do that, at least." And then she rummag d out of her bug of odds and ends black cloth and scarlet velvet and a few gold beads gilt, rather and hid them tit the bottom of her work-basket. There were only three days between that and the 1st of September; and when '.he had remem bered the design of a fine pen-wiper a butterfly, gorgeous with red and black v. inirs and the gold eyes and body, she s-et to work diligently; and, needing a card for the center of the atiair, peered into boxes and drawers, until at the bot tom of Mr. Kotrers' hair trunk she found the very thing she wanted, a .yellow, iiinry, thumb marked thing with 777 upon it, and made use of it at once. Then sweetly smiling and quite uncon scious of what she had done she finished oil" the pen-wiper with antenna; of gold thread and hid it until the birthday should dawn. On that dav, the wonderful 1st day of September,' Sir. Kogers arose betimes; so did his wife. She presented him with his pen-w iper, he accepted it w ith a kiss, and pretended to fetl thankful, though it only reminded him of his desk, his copies, the slavery of his life. Now that the lime was come he felt sure that he had only squandered money ; that 777 was a blank. He dreaded the knock of the news-carrier the glance at the column of the paper in winch the prizes would be publisheJ. He groaned and hid his face in his hands. " Arc you ill, dear?" asked Mrs. Kogers. He only Groaned again. But at this moment came the paper man's knock, und with a sudden revolu tion of feeling ho rushed to the door. s my lie took the paper into his shaking hands and spread it on the table, and the first words that met his eyes were : 777. capital rniZE, $10,000. I he ellcct of this announcement on Mr. Kogers was tremendous. He started to his feet and danced about the room He shouted ' huzzah!" and gave three cneers, as though he Had been at a political meeting. Then he rushed to the table where his boys' copy books lay piled, and seizing them one by one lluug them into the open grate, yelling: "No more school leaching. No more slavery. Huzzah!" While Mrs. Kogers, weeping and wring ing her hands, besought him to come to his senses; and felt fully assured that her husband had suddenly become a rav ing maniac. Finally he finished by throwing the butterlly pen-wiper on the top of the pyre, and falling into a chair weeping. Then little Mrs. Kogers came out of her corner, and with both arms about his neck besought hnn to tell her what ailed him. "Seven hundred and seventy-seven! Capital prii.c!" said Mr. Kogers. "I've drawn it, Esmcrelda." Esmcrelda rushed for the paper, found the list of prizes, read the announce ment, and sat down, gasping for breath. "That's why you burnt the copy hooks," said she. " But, oh, why need you have burned my pen-wiper? It was so pretty, I thought you'd care for it. I declare 1 could Save it. 1 believe it's only scorched." But Mr. Kogers was not quite himself. "Hang pens, pen-handles and pen wipers," lie said, and .jammed his boot-heel into the coals. " I'll never touch one again." Mrs. Kogers felt hurt, but still she made allowance for her husband; and the fact of the prize was just begin ning to dawn upon her. "Are you sure?" said she. "Oh, do show me the ticket! Perhaps you've made a mistake. Seven hundred and Oh, dear, I can't find it." "I'll show j'ou," said Mr. Kogers, win ing his forehead. " Here, Esmcrelda." lie walked into the little bedroom and knelt down by the trunk. He felt down to the bottom. He felt at the sides. He tossed things out. lie glared w ildly. "It's here," he said. "I know it's here: but I can't find it." "Oh! Kogers," cried his wife, "what was it like? Tell me!" " Yellow square dirty, Esmcrelda; you haven't done anything with it?" Esmcrelda gave a shriek. She fiew toward the grate. "The pen-wiper save it!" she screamed. Hang the pen-wiper!" cried Mr. Kog ers, and he jammed ins heel into the coals once more, and the flames burst hot find red over the half-burnt butter fly, and consumed it in an instant. "Can't 3 ou think of anything else but that confounded pen-wiper? The ticket! look for it; Esmercldal" "It's in the butterfly. How did I know? You never told mc! I thought it was an old card !" said Esmcrelda. "Oh, why didn't yju save it?" "In the butterlly! What butterfly?" cried Mr. Kogers, staring about him. "Butterfly pen-wiper! cried Mrs. K., and fainted away in the corner. It happened to be a Saturday. The school had holiday. All day long the master sat and stared at the lire. All the day long his wife wept and bemoaned herself. Hettook no pity on' her. He said : " I hate you, and never can forgive you!" And shi thought of suicide. ihey had no dinner. At night sue made tea, and they dr ank it w ith averted faces. Then she crept away to her little spare bed-room up-stairs, leaving him by the fire. The church bells rang sweetly, but neither of that wretched pair went to church. It never could be forgotten, that miserable Sunday, by either of them; and, worst of all, Monday morning was coming, and the school boys and the work of the day. About dusk Mr. Kog ers bethought him to walk out. Gen erally they walked out together. Now Mrs. Kogers sat and heard the voices ol the holiday-making people in the street. and felt, as she satd to nerseir, a3 tnougii she were divorced. When Mr. Kogers returned his tea was on a stand, and Es mcrelda was shut up in the spare bed room again. Both arose next morning unreiresiied and miserable. She felt like a criminal ; ho as the very vengeful ghost of a foully- murdered man might he supposed to feel. He asked himself aloud a number of singular questions. As: "Why do men marry idiots wno make pen-wipers of $10,000?" "Why don t she poison mc? better than beggar me," he said, still to himself, still aloud, " but sho shall suffer for this." And then M rs. Kogers wept till her poor eyes bulged out of her head. There was a big swollen vein dow n the middle of her forehead. She was the most wretched of Utile women. As he sipped his coffee ami she cried the morning paper Hew into the window, which stood open. It was the earners way of saving time. Itlell at Mr. Kogcr, leet. iiciook 11 up and opened it with a bitter remembrance of his last opening the paper. And these were the first words that met his eyis: Special Announcement The managers of the Eale. Lottery desire to nctifv a grave mistake in Saturday's report. No. 111 did not draw the capital prize. It wns drawn by .No. 5. Hie fault was the printer s. " Hang the printer!" cried Mr. Kogers. "Esmcrelda!" "Oh!" said Esmcrelda. "I forgive you, iny dear," s;iid Mr. Kogers. I'll never sav another word about it, never." "Oh, how noble!" sobbed .Mrs. Kogers. Then Mr. Kogers went to his school boys and his copies, and the boy w ho had come to F had "Fool, f',lly, 1im.1i.s1i, foolishness" on the top line of hie boon; and the boy who had come to I wrote "Idiot, idiots, idiot, idiots," a fur his masters pattern all the writing hour. About Discouraged. Wjikn His Honor arrived Andrew Crane w.s brought out. Andrew s;iid he wanted to be sent up and he didn't care whether it was for thirty days or a thou sand years. " Kinder discouraged, thV" a-ked His Honor. " I care not what becomes of mc," sad- 1t nvrl'liuwil tllf Tri-: ITKT " I'll! WilV down the bunk and I don't think I'll liv long." "Tkft heart, mv bov!" cried the Court. as he bit into another apple. "Straw berries and cream wiil be along before -i 111 L-nnu' It I don't care nothin' for straw buries ami nrnom " unowcrcd the tiriSOnCT. " But don't you want to hear the end of the Beecher scandal?" "Not a Beech," whs the sad answer. " Think of harvest apples, Fourth of July and soda-water." " Water's them tome?" was the mourn ful inquiry. "Summer is almost here, my boy! Don't yo'i want to get along the grassy meadows and listen to the babbling brooks?" " Narv bab!" " Well, I'll have to s-?rd you up. Sht.ll I make it sixty days?" "Sixty days." And when the sad man entered the buggy the boys sang: Oh, why should a fellow feel sad When it's eay ercugh to feel gay ? Oh, why should he go for to die When tlitre's every inducement to stay . Detrvit Fnel'rtss. THE TMPEKACE QUESTION. Itraoliitlon Adopted at the Ilrcelit National Temperance Convention. The following resolutions were adopted by the National Temperance Convention recently in session in Chicago: Wiip.hkam, The li inn blewdnr tin rextfd upon theelTorU of the frh'iidit of U ihm runcc Iu tlitt imt; that tinder that lilesnln we are In -re iicneni bled in the Kk'hth Niitlonnl I (invention, nnd w deem it our duty and nnleir to (.-raU fully uc know Incite the IihikI of III" Aliiii'lity Iu iriiidiu thi cunr mi toward a linn I triim pli; tlx n foi . Ji'iitolrcl, 'I hut we hereby ai ki.owledy mir de peuiletiee nil the divillt) IMliil.'inoe, mid call upon all friend' of the teuiperiiiu e reform to pnitpli ente the iiiil of ttiu Almighty Iu ecurin tho hlem im; of temperance to our entire uutiou nuj the woild. W'hb'iKa. Alcohol I generally recoj.Mil.wl a a narcot'c irritant ikjimmi, prnoiu ini; l.y lt j;i ncral 11 f- mine, poverty nurt deHth; unit W n K it K as. The ue of it ty niniiv of tho medical profusion ho generally In their practice, In iit.v;o-lii-tic to the cam-e of totul almtineuco; therefore, iVjDrfci, That we hereby exprexn our hearty diKnppi'oval of a practien wi fraught with evil, iincf. 11 h M ichCfi ban brought to liLlit other remeiliuM which can be puhMituled, we tire the medical pro Ickmou to lauih Hum enemy of temperance entire ly from their practice. h'rtolrnt. That we call nMin all frienil of tem perance to Hli-ttiin the endeavor of phy.-kiuii to Lritiir about llii healthful reform. .''Kolift. That it i the ccn?e of IhN convention that au important part of the work of the t'lirifinu men and women of Ihir- laud i to line the power of their influence, individual nnd combined, to create a public fentimeul that fhall innko the wu of in toxicatiiiL' i)tmr in thu kitchen, ou the family board, iu the roci.il circle, in thu rick room, nny wlicre mid everywhere. m odiou that none will hu willing to be know 11 a favoring hit liie. J,'i Kiilrril, That it in nlo their duty to netho ri'lit of petition patiently 11 nil perrcci imrly tlnoii;'h all the I'radeH nl hiiI '101 it y mill power, from 1 he family tot he N at ion. I ( .omi nnienl, until we obtain our desire even lhoiie.li wc.ii jiiil- the 1111 juM .1 inlu'e. li'rmilft. That we consider the nioht impoi taut work of the temperance relorm. uml especially of the t hriMiaii men and women, to educate tho ihilihen into thoiouli tempi ranee principle's j.'a! Iierini; them into total iitiMmencu him ic In h in all the Sabbath unit day ochooN. i I popi b.e, a nil outside tlifhf, reacliiii;; all the children of Ihe land, iin-iilliii into their mimlH hu intense, hatred of in temperance in nil its tin ins and places. Ilestili'il, That us nil e.icrieiii e in the temper ance: movement hits i-bow 11 llial. in u important n ue, money i one of thu sinews of our warfare, we recommend to all temperance orjani.a lions that tir.-lly they seek for themselves the best po-siblu tiioin-v lKifi-; nml secondly, that they make a judicious ie of their funds, expending tln in iu priccutiiiir the liatllo rather than in cost ly ilress parade, and w e further recommend thai all cliun he be respectf ully reiliested to lake collections from time to time fortbe National Temperance Society treasury, ami for such other or:-aiii.at ions a art) co-operating w ith the churches in seeking to make men sober und leud theui into the kingdom of Christ. JlfMolrnl, That the Salilmth school Is nn efllclent nuxiliary-for the suppression of the trathc nnd 11 so of intoxicatiic liipiors, nnd that to this end every teacher work by principles of total abstinence upon their scholars; that juvenile, temperance, societies should be formed in every Salibaili-si liool. and that well-selected temperance libraries: should form a part of every Kabbnth-nchool library. Jtrtotreil, "That we hereby rculilrui tho action of the National Temperance Convention of lMt;H, hehl at Cleveland. That the church of the living tiod, tin; pillar and protuid of the truth. In by its consti tution and covenant a 1 i i Dir protest against Intern iterance, the use of and trallic In intoxicating dt inksj heiiie; incompatible, with true piety; nnd lis mem bers and ministers are true to their sacred obliga tions only an they do their utmost to exterminate this evil from the land ; and, also, we recommend the discontinuance of the use of alcoholic Btiuiu lantM at the sacramental board. M'tolvd, That we cbaifre the llqnor truffle; with deliberate uurniise to desecrate nnd destroy our American Christinn Sabbath, hallowed by tho law of Uod. and sacred to all our hearts. Icemdofil. 1 hat the history of tho w hl-k V frntiiM should ahinn every (.'ixxl citizen, demonstrating, an it does, the unscrupulous, law-di fyim character of those enajred iu the demoralizini; traffic, and wo neariny improve nml rejoice 111 the, nrtn, Oecnlcil 11c I ion of the United States aulhoritie to hnn to punishment every oll niter. HcuHrni. '1 Hal IMe ls-iialties for the prohibition and stippre-sloii of the Mile of intoxIcaUiii; drinks are (.'cncrully inadequate and dirproportioneil to the oileiise; that we earnestly nre the nccesily of mure severe penalties fur prohibitory laws. In cluding impri oilmen! for repeated olleuses. jifHiiii fii, 1 iial we reallirm Ihe resolution of tho National Temperance. Convention of nh. decl.tr- 1 111; "that the press have always proved one of the most useful agencies for the euliL-hfeiimeiit of the public mind iu the principles ninl duties of tempi r mice; wehuilvith pie. .sure the establishment of temperance new spacers and peroilical-. nml Ihe fl'eijilulll publication of tempelalicc nroch s iu tu religious, and secular journals: ol thu country, as iu ilieutive of I lie subMaiil tal proiress of the cause, and w e especial rejoice in I ue t rialdishiie of flu; .National temperance Society and 1 11 blie.at 1011 ItoilM-, w hose purpose Is In supply a sound !ciiim r mice literature. J 11-. numerous and valuable pub lications of tuis society found upon lis cal.ilirile supply u pressing want, and for the In all !iy pi i - ress 411 tlie cauce sinuilil Im; w n!e!j spreail a'loej" the people. We recommend tins so let y a nil tis publications to the coiillal s nipal 'i v nn l a' 1 1 . support of till frichus of temperance throug hout the country. ioiVil , J Hat we rccominciici nil cilicn- to take Ihe temperance i-sue " without com iiinienl. without coiiiprouii-e, to the cauc us at.d il: polls; to nominate mid vole for such candidates only, State and Nation. 1. :t will uinpi. Ii redly iiubi e and sustain the prohibition ol the Inpior Ir it' c; that iu every State, to'inty. low u mid on re-- ion ol district in the t'niti d states I rolnln'iou li i -lu ¬ be organized ; nl o, w he never su it..blc nou. i o 1 1 ion s are not otherwise made, that liidepenilctif prohibi tion candidate be iioniliiateii lor the snlir r e- ol ull thoughtful citizen, nnd to t the. Irolii Ml urn party should have the iiiuliv bled -upport l a'l temperance voles in each St tu mid territory where, iu their judgment, such politic il action i Uie best met hod of eecui in:r tint eiiaclmetil and enforcement of ellicienl prohibitory Inw-. Jimnlmt, that the lime nn arr ved more fully to consider the relations of the National (lovi-ru- inent to its responsibility for the nh uholie li'.uor traffic: that we hereby n.-k the Forty fourth t'on- press to prohibit the lunuiifactiire and sab: ( all alcoholic beverages in the li-tr cl of Columbia and in the Territories of the t inted St de. and to pro hibit their importation from foreig n countries; to reimire total iili-tiiieuce from nil alcoholic le vir- a'.res ou the part of all officials mid MiLordiirite- iu t lie civil, military anil naval service, mm to ion ::!! and adopt for rat .licatiou by tlnj several Stales of the In i' 'ii a con -1 it ul ional amend meul w Iihji - .. 1 1 make Ihe trallic in alcoholic beverages 1 1 !- al throughout our national (Ionia n. J,''yrili"l. I ti.it the next .National I uti'.i-ii i shall be called by the National Tcmerancc Sm ie- ty w believer. In the Juiieiueiii ol us oiiici rs. iin; need of such n convention becomes apparent. J.'ritiilrnl. 'I nat the work ai coinplisheil by the on'Hiiizulioii iiiiioiil' the reformed im-n in New Kn (Timid. Illinois and oilier part of tho country abundantly juirtes the addition of this a-.'ehcy to those already d"erative in the tcmperiiiic cause, and that we heartily recommend Ihe formal ion of similar "ocielien iu every Male uml Teinlory. Some California 'ulxanccs. Thkkk arc many nuisances encoun tered by the farmer in this part of tho world which do something to counter vail the surpassing loveliness of the cli mate. Of these, ants arc one. Frc- iiuen'ly food can be preserved only by being suspended in Hacks, or placed in upooarus Willi ineir legs siamim iu essels of water. The native Califor- nians scrape all the grass out of their yards and tramp the ground down hard to Keep tnc ants away, njpjwrs are sometimes driven from a tree by tin: amazing multitude and tin: stench of them. They collect great. U:iiitities of glfis- seed into their holes', leaving the chad" on the jsurfiu e, and Ihese t hull heaps become quite a resource for Mock in the winter. The lleas have riven rise to a fashionable folly known as the California wriggle," w hich even voufig ladies practice in me presence oi un-ir lovers. In the high mountain regions, fctrange to say, and ar. und the salty la goons of the bay, mosquitoes are po in tolerably bad that men often wear mosquito-bars on their he; ds. On the por tion of the plains overllowed in the wet season gnats are so thic k that many peo ple live for weeks in a smoke with their hands and faces lacerated by themselves to a bloody blotch. In the coast valleys and the interior basin grouud-squirrels swarm in couhtlcss hordes, honey-combing all the purfacc of iheeaith, and de vouring every green thing, unlets the farmers make banded v r on them w ith strychnine-rot, shot-guu, trap, sulphur smok, water, and all other conceivable devices. Summer brings a plague of im palpable dust which penetrates even into a watch; winter, a plague of fathomless mud and of miriDg down. Alliutic Monthly. A hare collection of artificially colored plants from China is on exhibition in the ere at 'glass house of the acclimatization garden" in the ISois dc Uoulogne, Paris. One of the most curious things in the collection is a dwarf oak., that is nearly 100 3'ears old. It is about twenty inches in height, its trunk is as thick as a linger, or say'an inch in diameter, and its roots will hardly fill the hollow of a man a hand. It is in dwarfing plants that the art of the Chinese agriculturist is most s'i ikingly manifested.