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^t Ikftostcr Stanbarb, PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAT AT BRK WSTKRS, « (on tlic nwlem n. II.1 NEW YORK. IIRNRY A. roX, Editor And PublUher. 0. II. MILLER, AnociHt* Editor. TERHSt One yeiT (in ndranoo) - - - - $2.00 AdTcrtJmtig Tormn CAD be obtained at tho office, in tho Town HalL Brewster Standard. •INDEPENDENT IN BVEnYTniNQ—N EDTRAL IN NOTHING. THE STANDAltD Jot) Office IB well fitookod with oil tlio upoewnry type* mnlH, ))a]>or, inlf, etc., for executing with ucntuctiB and tliBpatcli all ordon for Carda, dretttarn, Bttl'Iteadt, BALI* IN\VITATIONS. Orders of Sanotnffi 9eo. VOL. IIL BREWSTERS, N. Y., SATURDAY, JAN. 28, 1871. NO. 13. Wo received the Pi-eminm at Uio Dan- btuy and Carmel Fairs, 1869 and '70, for \ the bcflt Rpecimoii of Card and Job Printinff. • \ OiH-n Your llpnri to Mo, Dear. OrKiii tliy Itpart to me, doarcfit nod fairest; Doiihly my child nnd my iiiBtcr tliou Krt. Stnno of nil tliu purft gems (hnl am brightoiit and rnrPBt, - True mntUorliiKK] sliliica like a |ioarl in tho lifftrt. Smile tlirouch tlioso t«ar-dropB of happinesn— Ixjaminn 'Nnatli tiie cloned lashen—I neo on thy cheek ; Trnttt in mo, Lilyhiid ; tell me thy drcaniinc; Open thine heart to thy inotlior, ana Hpeak. Now tho quick tenr-dmpfl fall faster and faittor Hay, hnn he cnrao who all men la almvo ? Haemyqiieon found horkinfj? has her heart found itn muster? Lily, my swpct, is it dawning of love ! There I 0, I (luflss'd it, I knew it, my <l«arwt, So it M he —it is Just as I pray'd. One to thine inaermont liosom in uoareit— Nearer than the at wlios« foot thon bast play'd! \Well be it sti, lore; 'tis Nature's daorAoinff: Tliink not that she who h«ld thao to hur breast From tho alMilensed hour of thino earliest being Owns not that God srsr orders tbs best. BoK I the red sunlight grows pale ' 1 tha gloam- in';' 'Tin tlifl lust day of the (inick-dying year: Gold Ihn horizon, unerring the otnnn ; Moru nhall dawn smiUng, anclonded, and clear. Ten sporliva birds, now the snoimer bath ended. Team not for warmth of tha mother's soft breast: When \prinir lirinus her groen, with bet flowor- biidu liluiidiril. In turn thi^y will build 'ueatb tba ivy their n<'st. Darling. I love tbee! What though I am weep- ing A Tew tnnder Utars ? tlieru la Joy ID my heart; For I gi** my aweft blossom with pride to Uie K«eplilg Of one wbu wiU guard bcr 'till daatli do thvm part. Tbare I I have done, lore; what ia the meetast. Bring ' him' t^) mo, be tiball saa not a tear; A di<ar girt will I give him, ray best and my Kwoetottt, - A brida, and a wish for ' a haj>i>T n«w year I' A LE(iRM> OF ALEXAVUKK UICEAT. THE No hero except Solomon. porhapH, hoi EG mnny wondcrfiil ndveiitui^eit credited to him by the pjYifessioual Btory-ttller of the V.MK, nn Aluvander the (treat. One of tlie^e, \v)iieh I am told is also to lie round ill the literature of tiie Hebrews, Is not only entertnniin;; Kiit poshewtes Konie duep and f^i'Di-crut moralti. During the unprolltabte man-h of Alex- ander in India he ranii; to n lovely oasis watered by n dear runiihiK streani. TJie great king atret'-lied hid weary iiudis on its banks and ordered fniui the heanty stock of ]trovi.'«ioiis a few dried salted ftshes for his re|»nat. <'lear water, heiTed in a golden poltlet, replaced the choice I.e*.bian in which the frrcnt kin^ eo often i'ldul^ed. But how astonished was (he conquen>r when an aceouutably delicious odor and t^'stt [lervadetl the water froti this riMiiiiup stream! \Surely haid Alexander, ''a river so full of rieh pniK-rtiea must take its ritie in u happy huid. i^-t us explore its Botirces.\ After a fatiguing journey on foot ill ouest of the liead-wiitcrt> of the stream, llie king at last caino to wtiat seemed im imm^'Hsc encloeure, the waits of which wvrv of pr-cat Iieight. He was re- assured by finding a pair of colossal gat«-i right before him- Knocking loudly at the pobteni he demanded eutrance. A voice from the interior answered. ''Thou cauti't not enter here; ihis is Paradise, and the gates aj*e the gate; uf the l^ord.\ '•I am.\ ansvverei] Alexander proudly, \ the rxiiKiueror of the earlh ; wJiy do you hesitate to 0)>eu the gatc.-> for me 7\ \Here said the voice, \ no conqueror is acknowledged except he who can con- quer his own detiiruM. Art thou fit Alex- ander, to enter 7\ The great conqueror felt that if admit- tance to i'aindise dejR-nded uixm this law he had ii't chance to etfect an entruuce. ''(jiiv'i me,\ baid Alexui'der to the voice which s]Kike to liim, \ some token at least, BO that I may show the world that 1 have bi-en to tlie veiy gat^is of I'aradihc. where until now no mortal was.\ A Btnull port-hole WUK o[>etied, and from if Alexander received a |K>rlioii of a human bliull. ''Take this,\ said the voiee within ; *' a single lo'>k u)>on it may teach ]hee moiv wisdom than tbou haht received from ail thy mohterh and ]ihilo6oijhei«.\ Alexander eoutemptou^ly took the gift, and wended hi« way to bib tent. 'I'hrow- ing it dowu in disgust, he said\ ''And this is 1 lie prest'Ut I hut is given to the conque- ror of the world ; truly, a paltry prebeut fiom buch a source as I'arudise.\ \tjreat king.\ buid a suge who was pres- ent, \to me this gift poshubsuti a Becret meaning. i'ra>, put it iulo one boale, and fill the other with the fiuu»1 gold.\ I'he king ordered it to bo done, and lo ! the |iiece of human bone outweighed the filled up bcale of gold. \This is a wonder,\ bvid the king. 1.4u-cer ticalow were brought, heajis of gold weiv placed in o<ie, and the human frag- ment of the bkull in the other, yet the bone outweighed them all- 'J'he i»age thuu ordered the likull to be covered with earth, and behold it only weighed its own siwitlc gravity. •' How nmarkablc ib thia,\ Kuid Alexan- der, ''euii you give me a solution ?\ •' (jreut king,\ answered the Mtge, \ thie fiitgmeut of a hmnan Kkull it< that part whieb in life encased the eye. The human eye, although Uoumed iu, is uuvirlheluM iusatiabie and uuliuiitoci iu VIMUU. The more it )>osse&seo the more dues it dubire. The i reahurof of the earth hiil to salihfy it* ouutiiiual tungiugs. Jiut when ouce da- Mcuded to the ^lave, aud covered with ita CDothur burth, it lludA a hmit for all it« ORM bouudluss wiahtii. Learn, O great kiag, wihdom! Of wliat avail will thy oonqutibts aud riches be when thiue eyen are covered with dust and t.hou alee|>uki the sleep of death ? '•What!\ cj-ied Alexander, **is fame uo'iiiug, that tiiousauds of yean heooe people aiiould speak my na'oe—oay, be ai auoUiM- with it M aiw my own lufpom 7 Thou art agreyelling philo6ophcr,and ha^t not the Boul of a conqueror in thee.\ Heedless of the warning be had received at the gates of Paradtse, Alexander march- ed on from kingdom to kingdom, leaving deHtruction, famine, misery, and death be- hind him. At last he came to the country f^vemed by the Amarx)n>j, whero women govern and fight and men do the household work. Alexander Bumn)onc<1 their chief city, which was walled in, to surrender. The Amazons sent him a deputation, who thus B|)oko to the groat king: \ fireat con- queror, if thou intendest war with ua'thy nnufl prevail, thou wilt not odd a jot t o thy fame by having conquered a kingdom of women. But aB nil war is doubtful, and battles are not alwayx to the 'ftrong, thou mayeat be beaten; and then behold the ignominy with which thy name will bo branded forever: The conqueror of the world waa beat«n by women ! Alexander felt the force of this argument, nnd abandoned his undertaking, ordaining an oliclifik to be erected, with the follow- ing inscription: T, Alexandnr. until now fboUab and yaln, tiaTD luamcd wlwlum from wumon. Somewhat subdued In his denlres, he marched on a northerly direction and reached the ftniall but happy kingdom of Buriiiapoor. The native king knowing his own weakness against the mighty hosts of Alexander, received him and his army hos- pitably, tie sent messengers to invite Alexander to his ino<le:it palace, and pre- pared a banquet. When tho conqueror was seated, helK'held a must singular siiec- tacte. Instead of the imiinl f]sh and flesh nnd fowl nnd bread, all that was placed Iiefore him w:ifi either of gold, silver, or preciouH stones. TIIUH, instead of the soup there wan a plate ofetnernlds. The goblet of wine waa represented by a goblet of |>earl8. Birds artistically m%de of gold were served up to hitn, and silver loaves were there to i-cprescut tho wheatcn loaf. \ Do you eat gold and hilver and drink |>earls in your land?\ asked Alexander astonished. *' Can I believe,\ said the native king, \that you, the great conqueror of the world, who hat* left your own land to sub- due the remotest kingdoms ol tiie earth— ran I think that you can foel satisllod to be fed fnmi the usual prodnctioiia of the I:md like other men' Surely, of grain, meat, and wine you have plenty in 3'our country. Your roaming and coiKjuesta can have no other object but riches aud power. Here there is gold, ttilver, and precious ntonee. Eat and drink them, aud show us that you are mote than a common mortal.\ Alexander who could at times appreci- ate Btern truthK, kindly answered, \ My friend, I have not come to i^onquer nor to rob your kingdom. I with i-imply to in- form myself of j'our liabita, yoiu* customs, and your laws.\ ** Atan, great cminueror!\ said the native t ' irino', ''if inquisitive prim^es thirsting for itiuwledge sliould all udojit yom* plan, by bringing an ai'nie<I hu^t along with thorn lo Icurn the customs and laws of distant laudf, tliere would IH> lillle of either left after the departure of huch a body ol phi- losophic travellerji. However, I will gra- tify tlie curiosityof my great guetsf.\ Clap- ping hiri hands he demanded of the atletid- nntjj whether any causes or lawsuitii wcix' at that moment Iwfore the great gate of the palace; and, llndiug that thei-e were, *' IjCt the suitoHi come befoi'e me.\ said the native king. Two villagers tlieu iip|>eared hefoi-e the kiiif.'. The flrst one addre.s.-.ed him thu-s: '' J have bought a small piece of ground fi-om this my neighbor. Digging upou it I suddenly dit<(wered u hidden trentime, which I forthwith took to my neighbor, telling him that although I bought land 1 did not buy gold and silver fixiin him ; therefore the treasure belongs to him.\ The second villager said, *' May it pleoMi the king, when 1 sold my neighbor the land 1 fell that 1 bad no further right nor title to it; how then can i accept the treas- ui-e which no longer belongs to me ?\ The king, stroking his loug beard, asked whether the conU'udiug parties had ehilJren. \ Yes.\ was the rej»ly, '• we have both of us sons aud duugbterb.\ '* Well, then.\ said the king, *' my judg- ment if that the daughter of the one hti- gant marry the tiou of tlie other, and the li>easure be given as a dowry.\ The villagent thimked the king and leA rejoicing. Alexander, who had listened to this strange suit uid to the king's decision, could not conceal hie astonishment. '' Ha-> my decision failed to obtain your approbatiou,*' demanded the native king of Alexander. \ How would you, in your own comitry, iu a caM; like this, have decided ?\ \ ]n my country,\ siud Alexander, the uutocj'tti aud eonqueror sjteakiug in every word, '' a treaKme louud iu the bowels oS the earth, uo mutter who the owner of the buriaoe may be, belongs to tht king; aud 1 would put t o inntaut death any subjuci of miue who, finding a Ij-easmv, should dare to eouueaJ or fail to deliver it to the autboritie^ williiu the day.\ 'J'he native lung, much astuuitiiud, aud looking at Alexander attentively, at last aaid: ''Pray tell me, gi-eut conuuerur, dues the fuu shine ui your eouutry /\ » Certainly,\ said Alexaiider. '' Hon' strange ?\ said the native king, musingly. \ Does it luiu iu your comitry r* he asked again. \Certaitily replied Aiexaudur. \ Wondeiiul!\ murmured the native firiuue. \ Uave you any dometitic aiiimui>i myoitf laud?\ '•Oi couxve we have,\ auswui«d Alex- ander.\ *- Ua 1\ cried the native (triuce, relieved, \it is for the sake of the6e poor auimuls t bat i a goo<l and wise Providence allous the Uessod sou t o ahine and the rain to fall upou your fluldo; for surely you aud your people. O threat king, do uut dcMJ-ve those oleMiiii^s.\ Everybody is down on aUj>pet7 nd* waUui. Ifapity MarrlaireB. MarringoB are happy where thoy take I>lnco from pure love, between two per- HOUN who are already thoroughly no- quointud ^nth each utuer^ and who aro S uite oont«nt with each other as they len lu-e. First, love muBt bo the motive. Mar- rlagcH of convenience, ns they are called, almost alwH^p turn out to be onytliing but convenient, and, on the ooutmry, exceedingly inconvenient If people marry for money,—even if tho money bo obtained,—the husband or wife who is taken with it, is, of course iind neccs.inrily, regarded merely as an incumbrance, to b o endured for tho sake of t!ie more highly prized pecuniary ac- quisilion. Then, if it chanoo tlmt the coveted money be not received, or that it be subsequently lost, the situation is Htill more dcj>lorable, for tha incum- brance alone remuiUB without the com- l)en8ation calculated upon for ita indu- nmoe, imd Iracomes all the more uuen- durable. If ijeoplo marry for what is cullcil po- sition, they marry for Homething which (^nuot be nbtninc«I iu that way. A stmnd title to j>osition can only be got by merit, never by matrimony. Secondly', liappy marriages can onlv take place between jjeople who are well itcquninbKl, nnd who are satisfiod with each other as they ore. Young persons who are BU blinded by love that their judgment is rendered tor- pid, who are unable to perceive each otiier's faults, nnd who nmrry, in real form, an imaginary character, are soon luid siuUy undeceived by tho experience of married life; and such matches are most misiinible. Bo of those who marry, not beenuse they aro satisfletl witli oacli other as they now arc, but who aro quite confident of their ability to ehuuge tho character of the jiersou they wed. Such hopes prove delusive. Do not bo deceived by the idea that you can re-mould a diameter iilrcfidy C4iHt, in oouseqiienooof assuming the mutrimoniul rtdation. The jindm- bility IH, that the objectionable, or dimi- greoable qualities which ynw alreaily ^>er- eeivo will increase, and nut diminish, after marruige; while the itossiluHty of discovering new ones alw.-iyH exists. The suggestions may be heeded with advantage by flie endloKH priiceHsioncou- tiuuiilly niovin;.' tiiwurd the gates of mat- i-imony. Ueuollts of Irri|;atJen. Though the jiast season has been a lesH fiivomblu one for agriculture in Oolonido than most previous years, the Denver Daily Nt!wa publishes an in- teresting soricB of facts showing the tri- lling c.«t of irrigation compared with tlie favorable results obtained by it On a farm of tliirty-seven acres near Vol- mont the whole ex]>eiuie of irri|ratiou was S12.75 a year, or 4 cents a day. rweuty-three acrcH yielded thirty-one ijusliels of wheat i>er lu-re—total, 731 Imshels ; eli^vtui m-res yiehled fifty and a half busht'Is of o,its jier acre—total, 55<i bnslif^lti ; one acre (not irrigated) yielded 15^ Imshels of jKitatoes; and from one acre the fanner got sixty-two 1 tushels of lieus. A Clear Creek farmer, iu Jefiferaon County, jiaid 825 for his year's irrigation of twenty-five aci-es of oats, and ;jot 800 bushel's, tkirly-two bushels to the acre ; paid §10 for irrigating one wre of jiie-]>lunt, and H<dd tlie crop for SHOO; and raised three-fourths of an ueie ofstrawbeniesat a cost for irrigat- ion of 815, and sold the yield of 1,.'X*0 quoiiM, together with some of Uie Wnos, for $1.0*25. His gram sold for «1,000, und hiH hogs, ijoultry, &c., 9<H5t>—nmk- iiig his total sales for the year ^,875. Another farmer, seven 'guiles south of Deux'ci', in the I'latte valley, obtained f j'om four acres of winter wheat thirty- seven und a half bushels i>er acre ; from beveuti;eu acres of spring wluut ( not irrigated), fifty-five bushels per acre ; from nineteen bushels of barley, thirty- seven bushels per acre ; from /uui-acres of English oats, fifty-eight buuheht per acre ; from two acres of Prussian oats, tifty-lhroe bushels per acre ; two acres of tiwi'ditJi oats, eighty-thive bushels jier iicn-, two acres of common oats, lorty-Uii'ee bushels por acre; ten acres of j-j-e, twenty-five bushels per acre, and from two acrea of potatoes *J25 bush- els jjer acre. This farmer cultivated jirrtty thoron^Lly, but the entire oust of jirejjuriug liis ditches and irrigating wus only $50. A tieiTet «f VoaUu There are women u'ho cannot ^ow old; women who, witliuut kuy spucuii efloi't, remain always young andulwavs utlj'ue- tive. Their number is smaller than it should be, but there is suffieieut number to mark tlie wide diflcrence bi^tweeu this elu>>s und tlte otJit'tr. The soi'nd of tliis j>ei-i>etual youth lies not i u the beauty, for soiue women possess it who are not ut aB handsome ; nor in dress, for tlu'y are frequently careless iu that respe<^, su fur as the mere urbitrui-y dicLatea of fashion are cwuoeruwl; uiir iu having notliiug to do, fgr these ever young women are always us busy as bees, and it is very well known that idh^neus will fret people into old age and ugliucus faster tJuuu ovivwurk- Tbc charm, we imagine, lies iu the sunny ttuuuur-— Utiitliiir more nur loss—the bhisseu gift ' of always looking on the bright side of I life, and t o strctebiug the uuintel of icluuity oxbt evoiybo-ly's Iault« «iid ! failings. It ih not much of a si^CJ-el, but it is all that we Uuve seen, und we bave I wulehtid such with great iut^irest and a j deltaiuiuatiun to i-epoii truthfully for I the benotit of tlie t*x. It is very pro- • vuldng thatit is sumeUiing which oaunol be corked up aud sold for fifty oeuts a bottle, iint this is impossible, and i s vhy the mo«t of us will have to kMp on Rowing old and itgly aud diM^rMftbl* m uauikL Onnpowdcr Tactltw. On the last third of July wo witnessed a singular dispute between two youug- Bters of tlie gamin sort One bold a n open pack of firecrackers defiantly in air, nnd tho other a bigger boy, flourisbod a lighted bit of punk. \Hand that pack over I\ shouted the pimk-boy, fiercely. *' One uv them crackers is mine I You promised I sh*u*d Imve it\ \Bha'n't do itl\ roared the omcker- boy. ** 'Ta'n't time to break the pack till to-morrer.\ \I tell yon, I want to fire off my cracker; «o hand it over. Ton Im'n't got no right ter hinder me—\ \ Yes I Artre, too r Wliereupon tho punk-boy rushed upon his adversary, and, after a moment's fierce struggle, secured the pack. \You just take out a single one of them crackers if you dare I* panted the vanquished boy, now very red in the face, but retreating lieforc the other's threatening gestnroB. \ I Im'n't agoiu* to,\ sneered the punk- boy, \if you're so 'taniel moan about it But I'D do what no feller on earth can hinder me from doin'—/'// ^rc off my vracker I\ Suiting the action to the word, he blow upon the end of his punk, at the same time ajiplying it at the fine red Fpccimen in the very heart of the pack. ()jf it wont I And witli it— Do you see the moral dancing about in that exjilotled chain ? In the affairs of life, in ourpcteuthiiHi- asins, our scheinOB of reform, our cnU^r- iirisos, our pleasures, it is very trying to have our single crat-kcr in the Com- nuuity's pack, especially when said Community has his own notions con- cerning the proper time for lettiujj ns fir*.- our own. Ou tho other hand, it is equally trying to have a Crtmmunity'a single cracker in .our ]>ack, when that Community is determincid to set off its one little firework regardless of oouse- quencea. But is i t not often so ? As society stands, are not half its members holding ojien packs aloft out of Inu'm's way, waiting the apjiointed hour of exjilosion; and the other hnjf na earnestly flourishing their lighted piinkV And are notthe men who kce]> their eye on their own cracker as apt to Imve their own way as those wlio own the n«t of the pack ? And, all things considered, when a cracker-boy is Biualler than a punk-boy, isn't it sometimes wiser for the former to quietly allow the latter to enjoy his own siuglf> cracker at will ? rupulallon of the failed Nfates. The official returns of tlie census of 187U, upon the first Hrhedule, tbat of the population, are now so neai'Iy c-om- jdete, that in most of the larger stattw the result can Iw given with miu-h ex- actnesN ; and in the whole lumnu-y, by estimating a few districts, they i-.au be ascertained with sufficient iienrneKs for nil practical purjioses. The following ta- bl« Tilts been made up with great eare, and includes the jjrecise figures of every ofijeial return which bus reneht^ the Census Bureau, with the best estimiil4)s tlie officers of the bureau have the melius of !Uaking for the districts whose returns oj-e still defective : Bauk in I'ui'ula- Baiik iu l>(ipul'u Statoa. ISDO. UuB ISOO. 1870. IS1U. 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IG 740 113 13 l,lU.3tW Cmi'tEia 11 IMl.-iXHi IS 1.170,8S6 Nirt'i (Carolina 13 WiMi 14 1.UHP.W3 Wlt..'Uiiklu 15 77CSS1 Ifi 1,055.300 Uslwuiu IS M'.Wl Ifl WI.Mi Htv irrmis •.. 21 C73.0:Jfi 17 0(NI.C14 Miiud»:i>ju....l4 7Ul.Uue IS S34.10U Ti'u* 38 MM.VIC 10 707.tMX) UuTland U fiS7,(>4V 3« 7sl,065 lAiuisikua ]T 7US.(W3 21 72a.UUU SuuUi CaruUuK 16 7US,70(i 33 7'.>.&UUU Uuiur 33 U'iS.l^V 3S tUtU.4-ill CalUuniiM 36 S7it.lW4 34 UCJUH CkiuutHiUuut 24 400.147 31> bSI.tWIC Arkauuu 35 ftSa.iUl J6 4St>.103 KuiUK W 1UT.300 37 -MiMl Hiaucw'ta SO 173.U33 3V SSt.OOO VnrmuDt 3S aiS.OWt M> SSO.&SC M«w UamiiMiare S7 630.073 81 mS.SUD lttiudelalaua...99 1T4.031> 83 31T.U7U >'iurlda SI 140.434 8S ISK.UOO UcUwu* 69 113,316 M 126.U1C Nebraaka — 3H.S41 U 133.1X)0 Oraauu 68 fi3.1U 80 00.033 Kevada ~ e.SftI S7 48.081 DisU-iut uf Ct*- luuUa T6,0S0 181,7Uil TuTiturlu U0.1tU 61S.UW .6Utf.«ai 86,907.600 Toitfxuous AujaupT —There is some- thing extremely disagieeaUe aays Loudon paper in the story that during the late experlnieutJ carriud on with turjjtMioes in the Kibe a<jme of these uiipl'-sHunt machines broke loose and floated away into tho ocean. 'The |>owi- liility of a yacht, steamer, or peaceful tiiiduig ship coining m contact «;ith one of them is a vfvy uuoomf ortuble idea, as We feur they would not respect ueuti'ul bottoms. It i s earnestly io be hojKMl tha' if any of those torpedoes have wau- dt'j-ed from their i>roper paths, they will sink by thtdr own wetight without lose of time, ur become the prey of some sua monster, who will not be a little surpris- ed at the effect produoed by Kuch a peculiar piU. ___ _ VafHuv throughout the Eastern StAtes are compiuiug of the drouth, aud the Norwiuh AdvwUiter ^Mjlaiub that the dii- feretuoe betwouu last n'iuter and tliis is, that there was jjlinty of »atc«r thwj but no oold weather to freeze it, aud now there is pltuity of oold weather but no water for i t t o freobe. Interesting D. K. AgrlcnltnrAl Fnctf*. No loss than 22^,01)0 extra copies of the Agricultural Rejjort for 18G9 are now piwsing into the Imnd-t of the people un- der frank. Tho book is a volume of 702 pages, prepared by eight Npecialisfcs. Mr. Capron states that rojiid progi'ose is ranking in raiBing the standard of in- tellect among farmers; tlint cotton manufactures are spremling S>mth ; that Amorioan mills, which in 18G0 consum- ed 20 per cent., now consume 40 per cimt, ofthe crop. The cultivation of sugar, vineyards, and oninges ut the South is reatiming ite former suecessoB, with iniiiroved iinplementR and fertil- iKcrs. Tho planting ol new lands in the West witli wheat is removing westward, year by year, the centre of wlumt pro- duction, and incrensing the diatniico of tmnBi)ortfttion ; while tho railroads, by their combinations aud advance of tolU to secure dividends on watered stock, are increasing iu equal ratio tho cost of freights. Mr. Ca)>ron thinks there is very little to be made, OB a nilc, by help- ing non-productive lands for a iise in value ; and, in support of thia, ho pub- lishes a table wherein the inereoBe in as- Kossed value iter annum of all the lands in tlie Unite*! States, for the ten years from IS-W t<i 1800, is given. The de- portment has distributed :J11,802 pack- ages of seeds, mostly Ut racndiera of Confess, aud the ComniiKsioncr indul- ges in the lively faith that some of them have \come up.\ The statitician, J. It. Dodge, says that tlio totil value of all the cerenlj^ with hay, cott«m and ti>bacco, isflil,84{>.- 17!',8fH, about one-teulh of the wholu valueof rcid et-tatr. (^orn P\'••1 ; and tlieji follows hay, S;I37,0G2,000; cotton, 8:M);i,0(K),()00 ; wheat, S217,0IK1,- 120 ; and oiit«, S1:I7,;M7,000. The relHtive valucH of the yield i>cr acre, lis aifreted by prtvailing ijrictis, are in tills order:—T<diacco, poljitoes, cot- ton, barley, hay, corn, buckwheat, oats, rye, wheat. Vermont rniseji tlie groat-est average vidue iu com jM-r acre, viz: W7.(iO. New Hiiiniishire is first iu value per acre of whejit, und C/oiinectieiit iu tobacco, her average yield'beiiig 8;t01 jier acre. ICuusas, in I8(]9, yielded th:' !::rgest ave- rage ei-op iM'r a<*re of corn, viz; i8.4 bushels. Ueorgia tho smallest, 11 bush- els. Oregon yielded the largest averu«e per acre of wheat viz : IU bushels. Cali- lornin IS. 2 und Vermont and Massa- ehusetU 10. The Stat« yielding the Kinalh-st average i>er acre iu wh<!at was South Cui'tdina, 0.6 bushels ; the next in ord*\r l>oino' *«eorgia, 7.4 ; Alabama, 7.8; North Carolina, 8.4 ; Tenuesscic, 8.4 ; and Mississipjii, <) biishelH. Kimsas yiehlH the htrgest average cn>p of oats, 42.1 bushels : CiUifomia, the largest of rj'c, ai.5 bushels ; also of barb-y, S5.3. North Carolina, strange to say, is scH down for tho largi'st average yield per .•icre of biickwlnait, :KK2 bushels ; while Virginia produces only a third of that ero)), imd TenueHsee cuily a fifth. In potatoes, Vermcmt produces the highest jiveitige yield per w-re, 100 bushels ; New Hampshire 150; Michigan, 155; and Kunsiui, 140. We may, jierliaps, ascribe the large yield in \'ermont and New Hampshire to the fact that the acres are BO uneven tliat thev ean plant Ilj-mn for Ihe New Year. Load, kindly Liftht, amid tho oncirchng'Rloom, I^ad Thou -^.w on I Tho iiiffht is dark, and I am far from home— Lead Thim rao on I Keep Thrm my foot; I dn not ask to noe riie diatant HCDIIO^OUU step t'lioiii^h for me, I was not cvnrthnH, nor prayed that Tlion ShoiildHt Inad mo cm. I loved to ehiHiHc ami HOH my patli, but now Lnnd riieu nio on I I loved tho frarish day, and, Hplte of feara, Pride ruled in y will—remtmlicr not past years Sc> long thy jHiwor hath blont nic, sure it BMU Will lead mn on. O'er moor and fon, <>>r eras; and torroot, till Tlio ni^lit ie ^(nw. And nitli tbo morn tbosi) anf^cl faces smile Which I have lovod long since, and lost awhile. L. II. NBWUAK. FnclK and FancIoH. Seventy-threo hundred ChicAgoans died during the pofit year. Lust voar 10,750 Philndelpbians died. In 1800 the number was 14,786. One b y one the Boston churches are abandoning the nflcruoou service. An Ohio lyceum is trying to cypher out:—\Which i.H the oldest bnttle-cry, Erin go brngh, or Indi go blue V\ A Detroit slioe dealer pleases his lady cUHtoiners with extenKive understandings by marking his 5's and ll's, 2J and 3. A petition to the Detroit City Govorn- nieut ends : \ And your petitioner will ever i>riiy—if praying will do any goo<i.\ AVonmn—The morning star of our yoiitli ; tho (hiy star ol our manhood; (he evening stiir of onr iiijc. Heaven bless (mrst^s! Maine liiui jiroduced a sawing machine which the other d:iy sawed :i cord of wood in five minutes and a half, cutting eiu-h stick twice. A jiaper has an article hcn<led with the coniiinlrum, \Why do wiv»*s fade?\ We suppose it is because they won't wash. Don't it ? \It's forty years, my old friend John, since we were'boys ttigether.\ \Is it? —well, don't speak w» loud, there's that young widow in Uie next roinn.\ A KnawiK eity \»\yor suys of a child's death: \ They called it plieiimonia and lliey bury it to-dny.\ No wonder it couldn't live long with such a name. ('aliforuiu's hut nchievcmeut is a pear; weight, 4 pounds 6 ounecs ; circnmfer- euco I foot 7 inches ; longitudinal cir- euuifereuce 1 foot 11 inches ; height, 8} iuehes. A party of boys tapped a barrel of whiskey at iK-uisville, and b y the aid of friendly straws, imbibed so much that ihey had to be token home by tho ex- ]>rebsuiau. A physician, defines \ klejitomunia \ t.o be iin \irresistible desiro to steal, not Ufvessarily proceeding from the defect • if the brain, but from a dt^fieient moral wmtiment.\ A gentleman at Fremout, Ohio, had a reception at his house the other evening, :'!id when the guests went away, it took the host idJ night to wash the tar and pick the feathei's oJfhis person. Urown'ng—\Well I always make ita rule U} tell my wife «very thing that tons. Tiie hugest total average cubh value ]>er acre of all crups plunt*-d be- longs to Nevada, $.'16.52; the hjwest to Delaware, $10.88. Massa^-husetts stands ••f2H.yu iM'racTe, ai'd Cimneelicut $20.31. lowit Minnesota and Nebiuska are about %\'A \n'r acre, but this is pretty nearly the cost of the lu-re. Tho average priee of horsiui throughout the UniUtd States is :<M1.38, of mules, SlO'J.Ol and of oxen aud other cattle, B22.54. Our cxjiortsorugrieidturul products for thousand yeaiti, whieh comes in Feb- ruary. I'he last celebration was in 870. C>ne of the first things saved from the biirningSiKitswood Hotel, in Hichmoud, WHS a lur^^e stove iu tlie rotunda, and out* man earned that out somehuw, allhiiugh it was wry heuvy, aud idmost ivd hot. A gentleman si^caking of the hup]>i- ness of the marriud state befoiv his danghter, dij>i>airingly said : \ She who marries does well, but she who does not 1h.- yettJ- amoHut*Hi iu valu« to 8:180,674,- murry does bett*T.\ \ M'ell, than,\ said 9K], of which cotton formed 8230,801,-1 iht-young lady, \1 will do will; let 051. Onr entire agriculturul exports (hose who chouse do better,\ iiiiw apprcjached one-tenth of our ju'o- ductiou. The immigration ariived at New York duiiug tlie ^'e«r amounted to 385,084 foreigners, of whom 124,241 were German, 05,294 were from Great Britain, 01,100 from Ireland and 14,001 from Cliinu aud Ja]jan. Of these, 82,372 had no other destination, ut the time of their arrival, than New York ; the next largest number, 37,316, cume to Illinois; ana the next largest number, 30,746, to \ I^enusylvuuia. Saerameuto, Cul., iiapeiii mention, among the recent passengers from the East, ou the way t o San Fiiin>isco, a Jajuuie-Si- youth, said to be tlie son of a high dignitary of his native country, accompanied by an .American hidy, to whom he wus but recently max- ried. .MissMary I*'. i>aviB culls ujion \all women to hft their voiee« \ to stay and l>revent any more cruel war ; whereujxm u bucolie oUiU>r ^KA» off a joke to the eff<x;t that, if a woinau n sj>ond i-> this uj>|ieul iu a unanimous und simultaneous \mt\ of voices, it will IK? a \*^y noisy way of keeping the men quiet. The maddest miLU in Indiana Uve^ at Putaka. Het^ildhis wife he was going down lU'llai' to commit suicide, and did Tux LATJCUT NOVELTT in job piinfing bus just been executed bv a London jtrinter, who had an ordtir from a baker to print a number of bill-heads on three different colored jiajwin, viz., red, green und white. The object uf this ii a]>- jHMU's, was to avoid giving instructions to the man who deUvertid the bread, | go down, and fij-od a broadside into a flour, &., to the oust<jmeXB. To prevent: ixjrk barrel. His wile kept right on inistak.ea, when the bill was made out; ikuittiug, aud aftei' u while ihv man came upon a rod jaipi^, it denotud \Dangej- I up stujrb, sweaiiug that the woman aud he wasnol to leave the goods with- hadn't any foi-liug. out the cash; if on giwn it denoted ' ______-____^ \Cautiou as the customer was doubt- ful, aud the man wus to ^et the money: TB£ iioi>iFU£i> U.S. XAauvBUiL hits gon* if he could ; if ou white, it was safe to ; iutA> efliect >ind instructions have already leave any quantity. | been sent to all the custom-houses. The A CHJKUB thiei haviuK atole a inift- uonorr's watch, brought it btick the u»xt aaj to b* ahown how tg wijud it up, I must ii^purtaut changes iu the duties HoiuuniiE ApiTAiy — A letiw dated ; W*^ *^** following : Teas from 25 to 15 hatavia Nov. 16, states that the Italian i oeuth ; (lofloe from 5 to 3 eunts ; new su- ttliip ruoowa, from Macao, for CaUuh, ' K*\^ H ^ H **^*« 1 sugar above No. 7 with oooiit-s, was t^i on fij-e when near f'^^J^ 4 t*> 2 cents ; refinod sugar from 6 Neptune Ishuid and abimdonod by the ' I*' * vtaiin uane ; molussos fiom 8 to 6 Captsin aud cutw, who wtu* saved bv a ' ****** • l>*i*\dy from $3 t o ft2 ; liquore Bun Salvador ship. One hundrod luid ^'\^^ ®^-^ ^ *^ H^ pi-oof gaUou ; wool twelve of the ooohes were picked up b> ^'^ ^^y^'^ «^*- ^ \ ^'^^ If*' «*\*- '• the ship Juaii Pore. The rtomnnder of »t«*J i-uiJway burs fium 2| *^'^J^ P« tUe coolies, 425 io aumbtkr, periahMJ in ^*'\^ ^ H °*'\** • V^\^^ \\\' *» to «7 ; thefiUBM. l\**** \*^ wi-ouj^t scrap are each d»- — ' Gceaaed $1 per ton ; it is said fifty-two Tlie Boaton dty oommon oouucU has «rtioU«, mostly drugs, are plaobd upon apuropriu.tbd$75,oouforUi«ereotiono{«| the free list, and the tariff upon fort/ MuqUws monument on J&ustvu oouuuoji. rtsiuoed.
