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Th« »ya*B> »do|>i»d by mnnj u>~~ | , t * U » very ,.i JpSn* U>«»m «tth •{ uBbrWi io OM.v Umn£f Tble i* my unjust to thoe* who pay their tax in wwwjr, W*u«c4t hw bMn found tWt m wxmiy tw, of the a*m» amount, will Wcornplish a third more thou a labor hu Another mistake is # made by many toijpii in dividing the towns into small didriote eud electing a Urge nuoker of *uWNyr*. By *© <h> ing many idftouipeM* Jfcn dfe chosen* who often wane than wait* the money by repairing the road* in such manner that their successor ha* to gxperttl a » <b M j»? H*4 il» » g<*>4 The manage meut of the road*, like the management of a manufactory, •hmild be under the - direction of one ht^d, and that he* <1 should U no* ofify competent Wit atio a* permanent as possible. To change every year, or even evory three year*, make* a" great «mu, tor it require* several year* of 4?a(>erience to loarn juat m list method it beat tor each piece of rood.; and it -frequently require* a number of year* to carry out contemplated improvement*. If continual change* are made mo extended system of improve nient* can be carried out ; if any arc commenced new aurvejor will a ■' ^ ' ' ^ ^ ' a vaat amount of money 11 wasteum the repair of public road*. We know that it ia very difficult to find the right man to superintend the construction and ru|*air of the town road*, but when a town find* one they should giro him charge of the load* a* long a* he doe* the work faithfully. By to doing a large amount of nfoney would bo saved and a great improvement would be inude in the road*.-~ MattACurtBTTt PLOCOHMAX. The SloiMtiomg Obeli#. psotaau ir rixwaci^r bniuxmikiso WORK. jr ■■■ - | i The gigantic monolith now on ita way to the Central Park, Now York, wa* yeaterduy moved 120 feet farther up the hill, to within 100 feet of the Boulevard on which it is expected it will re*t to-nigtft. . tf«TO of laborer* werp wfox;k nlliaet night . moving the heavy timber* across the Bonlevard, under the persqnal sujMtfintendonc© 'of LieutAnant-Conmundsr-tifirringc, and i.tru Lt'iiniti v ufutikmtuvt >.• v» » •••a- » • v • ^

hauling the eable chain oyer. The cable-chain used U the bower-chain of the Demoug, It it of one and threequarter* of on Inch in diameter, in iron links two inches long. The purcltnie blocks are fourfold iron ah reave# and shells, in which a six inch Manilla rope is rove. The force that hat been exerted to move the obelisk up the hill haa been equivalent to that required to lift a weight of twenty -eight ton* when the blocking haa been carefully placed, but owing to the very bad condition of the Blreigja force equivalent to that required to lift -UiteTity -fire tone has occasionally

been ncce*aary tp move the obelisk ahead. It may be interesting to »tate thai one end 6f the cable-chain i* fastened to a heavy timber post let into the offices in the United States. There ir still to be sfefcfi in the Postal Depart meuft in n arnall book contatfttitf abdifrt Hfffty sb4et* of foolscap paper j anjl in thia book the entire ac eounta of the General P oat-Office Department were then kept. In 178V, when the Confederacy was supplanted by the present form of National Government, the number of post-offices was about sovonty-five ; the annual iaconio from tbem about $28,000 ; annual expenditure*, $83,000 ; and the combined length of poet-road* reached about 1,900 milt*. At Ilie preacnt time thti country contain* over MOO poet-oftioes, with an aggregate length of poet-routes of 260J*M> mije* ; th# annual revenue amount* to gta*)Q(¥Jd0. and the ^annual ex pen dit urea to $2$,(x)DJm).-— K*. Or* of President limdns Storiei. m -

Apropos of tb*» political situation is the following, Ohw of Preiideiit Lincoln'* stories, which has been out of print for i yp**- In ft# of his speeches he rakl : '1 one# know a good, sound churchman, whom we will call Brown, who whs r.n a canifcntfte# u> e#ct a bridge over a very rapid and dangerous •treatn. Architect after arch Item failed, and at lu*t < Brown said he had a friond named Jones wlm had brrilt several bridges, and could build this." '•Let1* he*# him In, n said Hi# commit- | tee, and in came Jo n<»*. "Can you Build this bridge t" queried they. • f'Y#a," came the answer "I could build a bridge to the inforunl regions, if " necessary," The sober committee were horrified, and, when J ones retired, Brown thought ^ but fair that he should defend his friend. "1 know Jones so well/' said he, handf he la so honest a man, and so good an architect, that if he states Sobersod positively that lie can build a

bridge W Had#*, why I #fcpuld biiaar# j him. But ! have my dou> i ..u-jt ht sinitmglnt* on Hi# iufoitlal id^ [B "Just <'adchd Lincoln, -Xjj be- P having my doubt* nbout the | on the BouLharu aide." Animal* UndtrUund Our language. Animals have more capacity to understand human speech than ia generally aapposad. #flic ttindao* igpariably talk la their #l#p)»'Ui tt, and it i* amasing haw ia©ch Iks lattgr < mUrehend. The Arab* govern their camel* with a few , cri ;mv and my associates in the African desert were al way* amused whenever 1 I addressed a reiaXrk l y the big droimr ; dary, who wa» myf^perty for two month* ; yet at the "end of that thiie, the beast evidently knew the meaning of a number of simple sentence*. Some year* ago, ®e#ihg p hippopotamus in Barniun'f Museum looking very stedki and dejected, 1 spoke to him in Kngli*b, but he did not open his eyes. Then 1 went to tlie opposite corner and said in Arabio, *•! know you come h*r# to me.'" He Instantly turned his head, and thereupon he c sine to the corner where I wan standing, pressing hi* huge, ungainly head ugainst the bur* of the cage, and looked in my fuee with u touch of delight while I stroked his muzzle. 1 have two or three time* V>A vL- *"V • 'A • S" * A *- ^ » A Little Girl* Reproof. An army officer, on returning home from camp life, wont to visit a relative, and, like some who imitate tbaiy asso elates, he indulged in profane language. •T don't like to hear my cousin swear.*1 He replied 14 1 know, my dear, it ia wrong." In the same mild tone aho rejoined : "Well, then, if you know it ia wrong, why do you do it I" g j The Captain confessed ton fricnf, on relating the story, that ho never felt a reproof so lpuch as the one given by that little girl. He bud good reason to feci it, for he deserved it. The old verse *kys : •'Maintain yonr rank, vulgarity despise ; To swear Is neither brave, |>ollte, nor wl»e." Our Booh Tailc. <4Mao1)ai.e* Fxiu.t,; is a lore Jftory of strength and great interest. It is worthy of Ktnil# Zola's reputation : .at

the sn i ucTfixje, it i* more of a novel uml less a aeries of pictures than the other 1 works of th# great French realist. It has a well-conatructed plot, de^eloj>ed in masterly fashion. This plot is original ; indeed, its thorough freedom from the hackneyed elements of fiction is at much a surprise as the plot itself, which is managed with such skill that the denouncement cannot be divined until it ia reached. There ia no page of the •tory that will not be read through, for •o continuous ia the train of gfceorbing interest that the reader will not consent to lose even a the narrative.

"Magdalen Forat" is a woman with- a paii— •* past that liangi, above her and clouds the happiest dayi of her ,Ufo — a past that at lewgth -viee* a* if from the tomb nnd utterly overwhelms her. The character-sketching in the book is exce*aivehr vivid. The old fanatic, Genevieve, especially, is a lurid andw powerful creation, and Magdalen, William and 'Jacques arc drawn with u master's touch. The work of trannlation lias been admirably done by Mr. John Sterling, who reproduces Zola's style with great effect. It ia printed on fine tinted paper, and ia complete in one volume, paper cover, price 75 cents, in uniform ayl© with "Nana/' "L'Assommoir," "ClormdH," "Albine," "Miette," and "Helen©," by KmlB Zole, and will be found for sale by all Bookseller* and News Agent*, and on all ltuilroad Trains, or copies of it will be sent to any one, to any place, at ouoef on r©tmtnng fti© price' In t lcfiSrio vhb ffib lishcrt, T. B. Peterson A Bothors Thilajdelphla, Fa, ^ * *)

Without an Enemy. ITcaven help the m«n who imagines he cau dodge enemies by trying to plea*# Everybody, if such an individual • over succeeded we would be .glad of it— i not that one should be going through the world trying to find beams to knock and thuifip lii* |»oor bead against, deputing every man's opinion, fighting and elbowing* etid crowding all wbo differ with him. That is again another extreme, Other people have a right to | their opinion* — so have you ; don't fall j into the error of supposing that they will respect you more for turning your j coat every day to match the color of theirs. Wear your own clothes in spite 1 ' of wind and weather, storms und sun- ' shine. It cost* the^vacilating and irres elutc ten Umei the trouble to wind ami senile and twist, that it does honeM, manly iadepcmleiio# to «tand Its ' ground. # <a» e ■ Wisdom and truth are immortal ; but cunning and deception, the moteora of the earth, aftor glittering for a moment mu*t pea* away. I

U ||> lrMW:- m k I I k tlf •; I llO ! ration of li» day and nigkt eknoat ooin cide with gur owu. lli* vat#sier expfiri- < nee# the shsmatiqp changer of the •• asons. Bis nigfiflP^ire ilfnfcmated "by two aatelUVfif which present all the pheir*1' 7* frequently owing to their greater velociatfflt&L&ZLXZ. i table globe eppogfa a rery obv^ua and ' Udr w^ixiw. *n<l « ►intent to imagine that thia planft, proi iMMllbtJ k±1 awry and desirable feature of Uisaurfaco, is a splirxe ef doiolutinn, a mass of fcicHki j matter, whk^i, thoqgh conforming to , the laws c# gravitatikn, isotlu-rwlso serving no useful end, as the abode and suateoatice of animate creatures. It i* far more ti? accordkhce Wlrti analogy and rational *|>eculation to liOnclude that Mora is the ooutre of life and activity, and that his aurface ia teeming with living beings. Fust Time . * ^ ^ ^ * editorial a " (iSlM. »v —.5^..''. W *1 Postmaster James learned that the Pacific Mail steam or "City of Sydney," which left Sydney Sept. •, had reached San Francisco Oct, 5, two days ahead of time. She was just two hours .Ux> late to catch the mail train of that day, and a delay of 24 hours was unavoidable.The schedule time from San Francieoo would bring this important mail to this City two hours too late to catch the first departing British steamer, Mr. Jam©* » went to the Union Pacific office in this City, represented the facts to Sidney 1 Pillion, and asked if a special could not 1 1* put 011 to catch the regular mail train of the day before. 8. H. 11. Clark, Gen- > oral Manager of the Union Pacific, at I Omaha, and A.N. Towne, General Superintendent of Central Pacific, -at San Francisco, wore present. "Wtiere is the train with the mail at (his time T9 Dillon a*ked Towne. "On the llumbolt Division, somewhere," wo* the reply. "Can a special catch (bo othor train ? ' he asked : "We shall have to run the special a thousand miles, and it will cost a thousand dollars." "I don't care what it costs." replied Mr. Dillon ; "do 1 -nv*-TirA*-»rr nfm wn» TltfT trr rrhmwv

VT7* Tire xcTcgTmpn was pui irr " tion, and it was done. The regular mail-train was overtaken at Omaha. The Australian mail-car was attached 1 lost night at 9.18. It was landed in 1 thia City, and to-day it goes by the "Arizona" to England. If the vessel makes schedule time, the trip from Sydney will have been made in the shortest time on record — about 40 days. C. E. NICHOLS, Dealer in Tobacco, Pi]>©*, Cigarette*, Confectionery, etc., etc. The following brands of cigars and tobacco on hund: Matchless, Silver leaf, Our Pets, 3 for xo cts. ; Johnny's choice, 3 eta. ; Rose, a cts.. Old Judgr, and Cubeb Cigarettes. Lori lard's Tin Tag, Tabby Cat , XXX Pioneer of the West, XXXX Xavy Clippings, Beauty, As you like it, and Bough £ Ready Smoking.

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