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CE ENTEEFRTSE, ENTERPRISE CO., '-IBHERS ABD FKOPBIBTOHh. TEBMSi 20 per Year, in. Advance. 4dv«txaiag Hates on Application. THEENTERPRISE. BSVOTEB TO VI0I2KTY INTERESTS AJTB TEE GATHERING OF LOQAL NEWS. VOL. VII. NO. 31. ALTAMONT, ff. Y., SATUBDAY, FEB. 14, 1891, WHOLE NO. 343. THE ENTERPRISE Job Department Iitnpjuled fritl! facilities for doing FIRST-CLASS WORK. IZEQAL PRINTING. BpecUl »te« elTen on moitgise foreclosure*, no See to credltori and oftel legal prlntine. Be Sure you have made up your mind to buy d's Sarsapariila do not bo induced to tak» other. Hood's Sarsapariila is a peculiar icinc, possessing, by virtue o£ its peculiar jination, proportion, and preparation, tive power superior to any other article, jston lady who knew what she wanted, whose example is worthy imitation, tells experience- below: To Get in one store where I went to buy Hood's saparilla the clerk tried to induce me buy ir own instead of Hood's; he told me their's rtd last longer; that I might take it on ten s' trial; that if I did not like it I need not ' anything, etc. But ho could not prevail me to change. I told him I knew what od's Sarsapariila was. I had taken it, was lsflea-witb.it, and did not want any other. Hood's ien I began taking Hood's Sarsapariila was feeling real miserable, suffering great deal with dyspepsia, and so weak it at times I could hardly stand. I looked, Chad for sjome time, like a person in con- niption. Hood's Sarsapariila did me so 'h good that I wonder at myself sometimes, my friends frequently speak of it.\ Hits. ji A. GOFF, Cl Terrace Street, Boston. Sarsa^arHla rid by all druggists. gl;sbcforS5. Prepared only 7 C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Xowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar Tt.'\\!\** in\—-\ \ - ' _ __ '\*' FEANK S. 1APE, r and Painter, ALSO PAPER HANGING, Till sell at reduced prices best Zinc and •ad Paints of my own manufacture, CaU d examine stock. P. O. Box ICG, Ai/TAiiONT, N. Y. I According to the Mail and-ExpratHha United States BOW leads the world in the production of pig iron. 1 Ohio oleomargarine men want natural butter inspected, claiming that three- j fourths of it isn't as good as oleomar- garine. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ A significant educational tendency of the day, thinks the Chicago Post , is the increased interest in the study of history and politics at Johns Hopkins University. •lotel and Restaurant 26 & 28 MAIDEN LANE, ALBANY, N. Y. farEnropean Plan. -IR,- DBUCG18T, iiakes a Specialty of Trusses, Abdominal Supporters and Shoulder Braces. 39 Washington Ave., 3V. EV3EKYBODY! When in the City of Albany, VISITS THE Albany Half-Dime Lunch Room, Each and Every Dish Served 5 Cent*. Specialty of Tea and Coffee. 527 Broadway, - - Albany, N» Y. KICKS & PICKUP, Props. \When in want of anything in th» line of Dentistry call on QUAKER STREET* On Saturdays of each week he will b» at GallupvUlo, JS. Y. AMERICAN HOTEL, N. TiMESON, Prop., 221 State Street, ScMectady, H. I Good Barns and Livery Attached. Vr~Terms Reasonable. JOHftl RYALL, Justice of the Peace. Particular attention given to the drawing of Deeds, Mortgages, Leases, Bills of Sale, etc. Blanks constantly on h'and. Terms rea- sonable. Office and post-office address, VOOKHEESVILLE, H. T. JAMES R. MAIN, ATTORNEY AKD COUHSELOR AT LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC. • Also Insures Buildings, Farm Property and Liv6 Stock against Loss by Fire and Light- ning. Office and P. 0. Address, GUILDERLAND, K Y. \It will not bo long at the present rate of progress,\ believes the Washington Slar, until the oyster will have joined the buffalo in the- happy hunting ground s'' In ti e death of Baron Hausmann, Paris loses the architect who, with the assistance of Napoleon III., made her so beautiful. It cost a great deal of money, remarks the Cincinnati Enquirer, but in the long run it paid. ALBANY CITY SAYINGS INSTITUTION. Established !S5O. Banking Rouse, 47 State Street. Deposits Securely Invested According to the Ija^ys of the State. Money loaned on bond and mortgage and on securities allowed by law. 4 PER CENT Interest at POUR PER CENT, paid on de- E ositsnot exceeding THREE THOUSAND IOLLARS, commencing THE FIRST OB EACH MONTH. INTEREST PAYABLE JANUARY AND JULY FIRST. Deposits may lia made by mail in post- office orders, bank checks, or cash in regis- tered letters, or by express, and bank books •will be returned by mail to such depositors in registered packages. OFFICERS. F. M. MURPHY President GEORGE I. AMSDELL....Vice-President. JONAS H. BROOKS Treasurer. EDWARD J. GALLIEN Secretary. TKTXSTEES. P. M. HURPHT, RODNEY VOSE, SELDEN E. MARVIN, GEO. H. TEACHER, GEO. I. AMSDELI,. E. D E L. PALMER, FBANCW H. WoOtfS, AX.BERT HESSBERG, ISBAN HESS, . HORA.CE S. BEM,, JOHN E. WAITER, J. M. BATTEBMAK, J>MES W. Co;), JR., J. H. BROOKS, EDWARD J. euiJUEir Within the past thirty years, estimates the Atlanta Constitution, the population if our cities and towns has increased 251 per cent., from 5,000,000 to 13,000,000, while the rural population has increased less than one-third as rapidly, or about seventy per cent. At the recent convention of street-car men in St. Louis, Mo., it was shown by statistics, avers the New York World, that after fifteen fares have been rung up on an ordinary \horse car all the re- mainder of the money taken in for that rip is profit for the company. There .are 5000 Indiaus still living on reservations in New York. They are civ- ilized, well educated and never give anybody any trouble. The same is true of the Cherokees in the Indian Territory. The Indians of the Northwest and far iouthwest give us more trouble than all of the others. The New York Mail and Express al- leges that one of the great railroad cor- porations paid §300,000 last year for towing car floats around the harbor. The amount paid by the five great trunk lines would equal the interest on §30,000,000 —enough to construct two or three bridges and tunnels. The United States opened this year with 167,255 miles of railway in opera- tion—enough, boasts the Cincinnati En- quirer, to go around the globe seven times, and enough to reach more than two thirds of the way to the moon. If it were all in a continuous line, and in ab- solutely perfect condition, it would take our fastest express train six months to run over it. With regard to Germany, -who can wonder, asks the St. Louis Bepiiblic, at the increase there of socialism in view- ing facts like these: In Saxony 73.51 per cent, of the population have an in- come of less than §200 a year; and of this number 45.49 per cent., are wretchedly poor, having an income of less than §125 per annum. The middle class embraces 23.47. Even these have less than $S20 a year. Only 0.60 pos- sess over 62400 per annum. America is credited with many labor- saving devices, but there are some of English origin, acknowledges the Boston Transcript, that throw our best into the shade. One of these—for the benefit of authors—is described in an English con- temporary. There are persons, it says, \gifted with no faculty of writing, who for a small sum are prepared to contrive you all the involutions and evolutions of a story, with a full complement of heroes, villains, lovers, heavy fathers, scheming mothers, and all the rest of it.\ THE -WAYSIDE WELL, He stopped at the wayside well, \Where the water was cold and deep; There were feathery ferns 'twixt the mossy stones, And gay was the old well sweep. He left his carriage alone; Nor could coachman or footman tell \Why the master stopped in the dusty road To drink at the waysido well. He swayed with his gloved, hands The well sweep, creaking and slqw, While from seam and scar in the backet's side The water plashed back below. He lifted it to tha curb, And bent down to the bucketfs brim; No furrow of time or care had marked The face that looked back at Mm. He saw but a farmer's boy As he stooped o'er the brink to drink, And ruddy and tanned was the laughing face That methi6 own o'er the brink. The eyes were sunny and clear, And the brow undimmed by care, While from under the brim of the old straw hat Strayed curls of chestnut hair. He turned away with a sigh; Nor could coachman pr footman tell Why the master stopped in his ride that day To drink afc the wayside well. — Walter Learned. Captain J. M. Johnson, now a practic- ing lawyer at Kendall, Kan., tells an in- cident of the battle in which Ouster wa3 killed. He and Colonel Myers, com- manding a troop, were riding on the charge when they saw a squaw prone upon the frozen ground dead, and be- side her a four or five year old babe cry- ing and begging her to arise. Taking pity on the papoose the Colonel ordered the First Sergeant to dismount and se- cure the youngster. He did so, and turning to the Colonel nonchalantly and pitilessly asked: \What shall I do with it—kill it?\ The announcement that the. Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin wanted Prince Bismarck for President of his Council of State was sufficient to prompt Em- peror William to abandon a pleasure trip to Cannes. Now comes the news that the people of Bavaria decidedly object to a review of their army by the German Emperor, although that army is an ia- tegral part of the defense of the Empire. On the horizon of Germany signs are abundant, observes the St. Louis Star- Sayings, that the Bismarckian fabric ol Confederated States under Imperial rule is not so solid as it was on a certain day in March, 1890, when its founder was asked to step down and out. BRIGHTER FORTUNE, Short, thin, dry and wrinkled as an apple that lay withered during a long winter, such was the good man, Farmer Landry. Indeed, he was one of those close-fisted old peasants of whom it is graphically said tlat they can shave something from an egg shell. Since the death of his wife he had re- tired from agriculture and lived alone in a little house at the end of the village. Ani yet, not entirely, alone, for he had wita him his old servant Brigitte. But the poor woman counted for so little in the household, a little above the dog, but not so much as the donkey, that cost a hundred and twenty francs. She entered his family at the age of twelve to guard the cows, and had been there ever since. She knew no other iamily life than this one, and the exceeding parsimony of the master seemed to her entirely natural. She was now a tall, hale woman of fifty, red-faced, square-shouldered, with feet and hands that might have been the pride of a pugilistic trainer. While ex- acting very little in the way of compen- sation, she drudged like a pack horse; for indeed, she could not do otherwise in Farmer Landry's house. Besides, in her simple mind existed a canine attachment and real admiration for her master, who was not ashamed to take advantage of her good nature. Of course, in the service of this miser Brigitte had not earned a fortune. But the honest creature was amply satisfied when the old peasant, in a patronizing tone, praised her zeal: \What a good, simple creature you are, Brigitte, are you not?\ Then the good woman's mouth would open into a loud laugh. \He! he! he! master! You have al- ways your little manner of jokiDg; he! he! he!\ One day while Farmer Lan«Jry was him- self replastering his garden wall, so as not to pay the mason, he made a false step and fell into the pool just over the point where the deepest hole was. He splashed wildly about for a few moments, calling vainly for help with all the power of his lungs. At last, worn out by his efforts, he was about to sink from sight, when Brigitte at last heard him. The devoted creature courageously jumped into the water, at the risk oi drowning herself. She succeeded in pulliDg him to the bank; he was entirely unconscious, but she raised him in her strong arms, as she would a child, put him to bed, and with rubbing and remedies recalled him to life. On seeing him open his\- eves, the good Brigitte shed tears of joy. \Ah good master, how glad 1 am that you aie not drowned and buried in that hols!\ The old peasant was glad of it, too, although he had one lively regret—the loss of his trowel, which fell into, the •water at the some time with himself. However, he had the decency not to ex- press the wish that Brigitte^hould return and jump in after that also. Indeed, in the first impulse of gratitude, he said to his servant with a touch of emotion: \It is you who pulled me out of the hole; I shall never forget it, my good girl, you may be assured of that. I am going to make you a present.\ \Oh master, indeed there is no need of that!\ \But I tell you I will give you some- thing; don't doubt it!\ And. really, the same evening, after a thousand hesitations, he drew forth his long leather purse and called Brigitte to him. While making a grimace like one having a tooth drawn, he selected a sil- ver piece of twenty cents. Here, Brigitte, is your present. It shall not be counted in your wages, you know. Do not be extravagant with it; that would be a sia. For the service rendered it was not unbridled generosity on the part of the giver, and the former had some dim in- timation of the fact, fos he added (as if to enhance its value): \It is just the price of a lottery ticket. Buy one, my gid, and you may win twenty thousand dollars.\ Ifr was the first time in his life that the poor man allowed himself to be liberal, EO the thought of it haunted him for a long time; he constantly wondered about the fate of his bright silver piece. He often asked the servant if she had yet I bought her lottery ticket, j \Not yet, master,\ was her unvarying 1 answer. But at length she. decided to end this constaut questioning by pacifying him. So one day she replied: \Y& master, I have bought one.\ \Indeed! What number?\ \Oh? th» lumber is 31.\ \Very good!\ said her master, repeat- ng the number to impress it on his mind. Be careful not to lose it!\ \•Never fear, master.\ \Because if you do fear sometimes to lose it \ \Eh master?\ \Well you need only give it to me and I will hide it in my bureau.\ \Oh I shall certainly not lose it!\ The habits of daily life in the little household, disturbed by these events, soon settled into their regular course; eating sparely, very temperate drinking, few hours for sleeping and many for work. Farmer Landry was almost consoled for his forced prodigality, when one morning, in the barbers shop, where he went from time to time to read gratis the Qttg, a terrible emotion struck him. He read tij&result of the lottery drawing and at the head these words, like lines of fire, flashed before the dazled spectacles of the good man: \The number thirty-four has won the great prize of 100,000 francs. The old entleman gave such a sudden cry that the startled barber, in turning towards him, almost clipped a corner from the ear of the schoolmaster, whom he was shaving. \What's the matter, Father Landry?\ he asked. \Oh nothing, nothing,\ answered the larmer, who quickly recovered his calm- ness. Rearranging his spectacles, he read again slowly, spelling each syllable to make assurance doubly sure.\ There was no mistake; the number 84, Brigitte's ticket, had won. ., -He dropped the journal and started off in great agi- tation towards his house. Brigitte had prepared her master's frugal breakfast of nuts and cheese. He \placed himself at the table, but he could not eat, for his motion seemed to clinch his throat and prevent him from swallowing. \What is the matter, master?\ anx- iously asked Brigitee. \Nrthingatall. J) \You are not ill?\ \No I tell you,\ he answered angrily. During several days he secretly ob- served the poor woman. Did she know that she had won 100,000 francs? No indeed! Entirely ignorant that she was the object of such close scrutiny, she per- formed her daily tasks with her usual ;ood humor, while her master was in a fever of unrest. One day he dared to asked her, tremb- ling while doing so: \Is there any news, my good girl?\ \Nothing master, except that one of the hens has the pip.\ Very good! She knew nothing about her good fortune. As for announcing it to her—that was entirely too much for his nature and long life habit. It seemed to him monstrous that another should profit by this marvellous windfall of a hundred thousand franes, produced by his piece of twenty sous—his own bright, silver bit! Time was lengthened from days to weeks. A notice in-the journal (he really bought a copy of the one con- taining the announcement) formally stated that after a delay of three months the unclaimed prizes would be employed for a new capital. The poor man had no more.appetite for eating or drinking, or power to sleep; he was dying of uneasiness. Twenty imes he was on the point of speaking of the ticket to Brigitte; and twenty times he bit the tip of his tongue. One word only might put his servant in the way to learn her good fortune. One morning, after an unusually sleep- less night passed in turning and return- ing in his bed, he arose with a smile on his thin lips. He had found the key to the problem. He commenced by order- ing Brigitte to kill the-plumpest chicken, and to cook it in the oven with a good piece of pork. And finally, he gave his servant money to buy cofiee and sugar. Brigitte a$ked herself if her master had gone mad? \Surely some demon has taken pos- session of his mind!\ she thought with a thrill of fear. It seemed a fearful increase of the lnals&y _when the • old gentleman, after having ordered her to lay the table for two, Tisked her to take ker place as his vis-a-vis. ' ~— -\ fa, \Oh master, I should never, never diireto do that!\ \Sit down there, I tell you, foolish woman!\ Brigitte had heard that one must not oppose the wishes of maniacs. So, without answering, she seated her- self in great embarrassment on the edge of the chair. \Come eat and drink, Brigitte, my girl,\ he said, filling her plate gener- ously. However, this was not the last surprise for Brigitte When the coffee was served the old gentleman suddenly said: \You see, my good Brigitte, this means that I am going to get mar- ried!\ \Indeed master,, it is not yet too late; if you are old, you are still hale and well,\ answered tho simple servant, ap- provingly. \Since that is your view, if you like, we will marry each other.\ After the roast chicken and pork, and the coffee and sugar, Brigitte expected to hear almost any strange thing on the part of her master. But that! Oh, not that! \You are joking me, master!\ \Not at all,\ answered the old peas- ant. He explained that he was growing old, was without children or family.^ and did not wish to aie alone like a dog. Be- side he was grateful! He could not tor- get that Brigitte had saved his life—his faithful Brigitte. One must not be for- getful of such a service- Finally, the worthy woman, whose head was turned by this stroke of good fortune, believed in his sincerity. She, a humble servant, marry her master? Think of it! It was, indeed, something to turn one's brain. The bans were published, and the marriage followed. The ccJuple were greeted at thg church by the good n* tured smiles of the whole village. After the ceremony the new husband hurriedly eonduetsd his wife home, the threshold, he \ a joyful yoke, ' . Having crossed hastily demanded in •jfhile energetically rubbing his bands: \Brigitte my girl, where have you put your ticket?\ \What ticket?\ \Your lottery ticket, No. Sat\ \What lottery?\ \You know very well,\ he cried, im- patiently. ' 'The one you bought -with my twenty-sou piece, that I gave you I\ The bride began to laugh stupidly. \Ah! the twenty sous I Listen, Mas- ter. One seldom wins in those lotteries. It was very cold last winter, very cold.\ \Well well?\ interrogated Landry, who began to grow very yellow. \Oh indeed,\ she concluded, \I did not buy the ticket. With the money I bought me some good fur-lined slippers^ which I was sure would do me good. Yes, indeed.\— From the French, in American Cultivator. THE RAVENS OF ALASKA, ] FEATHERED SCAVENGERS OF OTTE ABOTIC TERRITORY. The Indian Witch Dance. The Indian witch, or medicine dance, is very different from the performances before described. It is really a weird affair, and almost as difficult to witness as the celebrations that New England witches were said to indulge in in the olden time. It must have some religious meaning, although the writer was never able to get exactly at what the meaning was. The medicinemenof the Siouxdc not seek publicity in their incantations, and it was entirely by chance that I came across three Indians going through some peculiar operations, at a point re- mote from their camp. A stick about three feet in height was stuck in the ground, and from it hung out in the breeze a long-haired scalp. The hair was dark, and looking on from a short distance I could not tell whether the scalp was that of a whiie woman or an Indian. It might have been either. The three Indians wore leaping and gesturing and at intervals mumbling something, not a song apparently, but disconnected words. Occasionally they would,point toward the scalp. Then they 'would mumble again and jump about. They were not painted, and their attire- was different from that of the ordinary braves. They noticed me, and, while they made no demonstration-'of hostility, their expression meant plainly that they would rather be left alone. The shades of evening were falling on prairie and hill and~river. The Missouri stretched like a mighty serpent below, its yellow waters tinctured with a ruddy stain by the final gleam of the setting sun, and here on this hill, away from the painted tents and the silent cottonwood, these children of nature were enacting their strange enchantment to move in some way that supernatural power which seemed to have deserted the Indian race. With eerie feelings I -withdrew, leaving them to their superstitution, and conscious that perhaps its parallel might be found among more enlightened nations.— Chicago Herald. How to Visit the Queea. Should you be invited by Queen Vic- toria to dinner, the following, according to Edmund Yatesin the Mew York Tri- oune, is some of the etiquette that you will have to observe: Guests are expected to arrive in time to dress for dinner, and they leave after breakfast the next morning. The rule is for gnests to repair to the corridor in full dress at 8:30 o'clock, the dinner be- ing 8 ;45, and the Queen comes in from, her own apartments just as the clocks chime the quarter, bows to the company and proceeds into the oak room, where the meal is served. The dinner is al- ways excellent and the wines are superb, but the conversation at the table is of course most vapid and conventional. Af- ter dinner the company usually stand about the corridor, or go into one of the three drawing rooms which adjoin it. The Queen speaks a few moments to each person in succession, then retires, and the guests see her no more, as she never appears in the morning; so that a visit to the Castle does not involve much personal intercourse with her Majesty. Aiter the Q.\.otu is gone to her rooms, the company remain in one of the draw- ing rooms for music or whist, and when the ladies retire the men adjourn to the gmpking room, in which is a billiard tablet a'very-SOmf-Qrtable jmuggery, A Mexican Farm. \ — \On one farm in Mexico I saw enough of the luxuries of life produced to make any man happy,\ remarked C. F. Wood, of El Paso, Texas. \The farm was not large as some farms go in Mexico,it was, to use a slang phrase,a 'stunner,' I don't think the mind of man could imagine a vegetable product that could not be pro- duced on that farm. At any rate I saw growingthere coffee, sugar, riee,potatoes, rye, wheat, oats, corn, berries, cabbage, tomatoes, apples, bananas, cocoa, figs, cochineal, and a dozen other products. On the upper end of this farm you could find gold, silver, sapphires, onyx, and other precions stones. Some of these articles were not produced in quantities large enough to pay to market them, but they were all found there, and all at tho service of the owner of the land. Oh, I suppose the farm contained 10,000 or 20,000 acres of land, but it extended through all temperatures and all eleva- tions.\— Kansas City Times. Their Movements and. Habits—Hold- ing a Conclave—Their Peculiar Bill—Wliy Natives Venerate Tliem. The raven is a bird deserving of re- spectful attention. He is a bird of very ancient lineage, dating back to the Del- uge, if not to Eden, and appearing in the history of England as the prominent figure on the banner of the hardy Viking devastators. In Europe and among the Mohammedans there is a widespread dis- like to ravens; in fact they are regarded as birds of ill omen and carrion feeders. But quite the reverse is thought of tho bird in Southeastern Alaska, where the natives regard it as a very unfoitunate event should one be killed. One of the officers of the United States revenue cutter Service, who has paid sev- eral visits to the southeastern and other portions of the Territory of Alaska, men- tioned to a San Francisco Chronicle re- porter the following facts about the ravens of our Arctic province. \My first experience with ravens in Alaska -was at Oonalaska. There the birds fly around the beach and village in large numbers. On the hill top surround- ing the harbor they breed unmolested, and were it not for their scavenger work the fish offal that lays around the shore and house would soon engender disease. The Alaska raven is a fine looking bird, as large as a turkey, and upon closer ac- quaintance a real handsome fellow. His coat is indeed black, but of a black glossier and more rich than silk and. softer than velvet, while in a semi-shade the feathers are/tinged with that pe- culiar color so often seen on well-pre- served blue-black bronze. It is very funny to see these birds ( ;holding, as it were, a conclave. Ten or a dozen alight on the ground and walk to the meeting r>lace with a stately, erect step, their every movement cool and assured. Then an old bird steps gravely into the middle and the meeting begins with a series of guttural and harsh croaks, which gradu- ally swell in volume until the entire lot of birds have joined in the debate. Along comes a dog and for him they scat- ter, resuming their positions when he passes, until the meeting again termi- nates, and they fly off to the beach and hills. These birds are very seldom killed unless it be by some sailor in pure wantonness. If you examine the bills of these ravens the peculiar construction is remarkable. They are a combination of a chissel, scissors, dagger and gimlet. The bill forms an important factor in the raven's existence, for he has to dig on the beach for clams, bore the hard shell by repeated chipping, and again in pure mischief he will tear and break anything that his bright and unerring eye lights upon. \Just as soon as the bright sunlight appears the ravines leave their roosting places on the hilltops for the beach line, and over the village and shores of the bay they fly and wander until sundown invites them to rest. The raven is a fine flyer. On the wing his movements ave well under command; with strong, de- cided beats he winnows the air fast or slow, never seeming in a hurry. But if occasion requires iae raven can travel at express speed, and when he sees another bird feasting on some delicate morsel of offal down he comes from mid-air, with his discordant caw, ready to share or steal the prize. . \The same characteristics are visible all along the Southern coast of Alaska to Sftka. The natives fromYakutat Bay through the network of islands as far as British Columbia have an ancient legend that the raven was the bird that brought light from darkness when the world was created. On this account they venerate it, and the totem of a raven is regarded as denoting tho moat illustrious de- scended family. s 'The raven does not appear to migrate, as the residents all over that portion of Alaska where the birds are found state they remain throughout the winter.\ JOHN D. WHITE, Attorney and Counselor at Law AND N0TABY PUBLIC. All legal business promptly attended t a Charges moderate. Office and residence, MAIN ST., ALTAMONT, N. T . Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Umbrellas Repaired at Snort Notice. J. n. BOYNTON, PRACTICAL Watclmater ait Jeweler, Umbrella & Paraso! Manufacturer, AIiTAMONT, N. Y. Where Coral Comes From. The largest quantity and the hand- somest corals come from the Algerian coast. These coral grounds have been worked since the middle of the sixteenth century. Other coral.grouads are found on the coast of Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, Spain, the Balearics and Provence. More than 500 Italian barks and over 4200 per- sons are engaged' in the coral fishery. Beside these, French and Spanish barks are engaged in the same occupation. The Italian fishermen pay a high royalty to the French Government for their right of fishing for corals on the Algerian coast. There are more than sixty work- shops in Italy, forty of which are in the little town, Torre del Greco, at the foot of Vesuvius. These shops give employ- ment to about 9000 persons, mostiy women and children. Speed of Insects. The writer was traveling one day in autumn by rail at about twenty-five miles an hour, when a company of flies put in an appearance at the car window. They never settled, but easily kept pace vfjth the train; so much so, indeed, that their flight seemed almost mechanical, and a thought \strsjek the writer that they had probably been drawn-jflfej-&kind of vortex, whereby they were carried oa=- ward with but little exertion on the part of themselves. But this notion was soon disproved. They sallied forth at right angles from the train, flew to a distance of thirty or forty feet, still keeping pace, and then returned with iucreased speed and buoyancy to the window. To ac- count for this, look at the wings of afly. Each is composed of an upper and lower membrane, between which the blood ves- sels and respiratory organs ramify so as to form a delicate network for the ex- tended wings. These are used with great quickness,and probably 600 strokes are made per second. This would carry the fly about twenty-five feet, but a sev- enfold, velocity can easily be obtained, making 175 feet per second, so that, un- der certain circumstances it can outstrip a race horse, an insect as large as a horse would travel very much faster than a cannon ball.— New Tori: Commercial Ad- vertiser. Invention of Poplin. The original invention in poplin is claimed by Avignon, France, once a Papal See, on which account it was called papaline, in compliment of the reigning Pope, at which time (the fifteenth century) this rich material was produced to supply the gorgeous ecclesiastical vestments and hangings in use. The industry was introduced into Dublin by French immigrants, refugees, at the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, who settled in that part oi the Irish capital called tho \Liberties.\ The La Touche family established the first organized manufac- tory there, which commenced operations n I6S3, DE. B. F. 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