THK C1AISE UP THK VKAU.
bt eKOKas c ruimoi. -
Gone t Gone forever ! Like m roshing wave
Another year had buret upon the shore
-Of earthly being end it last low tones.
Wandering in broken accents on the sir,
.Are dying to an echo.
The gey spring
With young charms has gone, gone with Its
leaves.
It atraoopbrre of roses, V white clouds
tnmbertng litx serapna in the sir its birds
Yelling their love iu music, and its streams
. leapi ug and ahonttog. from the ap-pi'ed rocks
To nke the esrth echo with the joy of waves ;
And summer with its dews and showers baa gone.
Its rainbows glow og on the distant cloud
Uke spirits ot the storm its peaoef ol lakes
Vailing in their aweet eleep, aa if their dreams
Were of the opening flowers and budding trees
And overhanging sky and its bright mists
Heating upon the mountain tops as crowns
- Upon tfce heads of giants. Autumn, too.
Has gone t With all Ha deeper glories gone.
WHh its green nils, like altars of the world
vXtf ting their rich fruit offering to their God.
Its cool winds straying mid the forest aisle
' Ttt wake the thousand wind harps ; Its serene
And holy sunsets banging o'er the West,
lk banners from the battlweut of heaven;
' And its still evenings when the moon-lit aea
Was ever throbbing -like the living heart
Of the great Unive' ae. Ah, these are now
But eeunds and visions of the past their deep
Wild beauty has departed from the earth
And they are gathered to nhe embrace of death,
Their solemn herald to eternity.
War have they gone alone. High human hearts
-Of passion have gone with them. The fresh dust
eb mm on many a breast that burned erewfaUe
With ares that seemed immortal. Joys that leaped
aucii iiuo me neari. ana wanaerea free
In this young morn, to look upon the flowers.
The poetry of nature, and to tut
The woven sounds of breeas and bird and stream
fjpon the night air, have been stricken down
In silence to the dust. Exultant Hope, '
That roved forever on the bueysnt wind
Ijke the bright starry birds of Paradise,
And chanted to the ever listing neart
In the wild music of a thousand tongues.
Or soared into the onen akv until
J.iKht'8 burning gems seemed jeweled on her brow.
Haa shut her drooping wings and made her house
Within the voiceless eeputcber. And Lore,
Ttit knelt at Fasslon'a holiest shrine and gazed
usa ursi i a luwt aa un some sweet scar
Whose parity and distance made it d-ar.
And dreamed of testacies, until his soul
-Seemed but a lyre that weakened in the glance
Of the beloved one, he, too, haa gone
T his eternal resting-place. And where
la stern ambition t He who madly grasped
At Glory's fleeting phantom ; ho who sought
Hie fame upon the battle-field, and longed
To tua.se his throne a pyramid of bones
Amid a sea of blood 1 He. too, haa gone !
ilia stormy voioe is mute his mighty arm
la nerveless on its clod, his very name
Is but a meteor of the night of Tears
VTboee gleam flashed out a mo-vent o'er the earth
And faded mto nothingness. The dream
Of high devotion. Beauty's bright array
And life a deep idol memories, all have passed
AMke the cloud shadows on a star-lit stream
Or a streim of soft, music, when the winds
.Are slumbering on the billow.
' Vet why mure
TTpon the past with sorrow? Though the year
Has gone to blend with the mysterious tide
Of old Eternity, and borne along
Upon its heaving breaat a thousand wrecks
Of glory and of beauty. Yet, why mourn
That such is destiny I Another year
-Cucceedeth to the past. I-i their bright round
The seasons come and go ; the same blue arch
"That hath hung o'er ua will hang o'er us yet ;
"Tne same pure stars that we have loved to watch
ftill blossom still at twilight's gentle hour
. Iiike lilies on the tomb of day and still
Man will remain to dream aa he hath dreamed.
And mark the earth with passion. love will spring
From the lone tomb of old affections. Hope,
And Joy, and great Ambition will rise up
As they have risen, and their deeds v ill be
.'Brig titer than those engraven on the acrxAl
Of past centuries. Even now the aea
Of coming yeais. beneath whose mighty waves
life's great eve&ts are heaving into birth,
as tossing to and fro, as if the winds
Of heaven were prisoned in its soundless depths
And struggling to be free.
Weep not that time
In pressing on, it will ere long reveal
A brighter era to the nations. Hark !
.Along toe valea and mountains of the earth
There ia a deep portentous murmuring,
sLike the swift rush of subterranean streams,
Or like the mingled sounds of earth and air,
Vnen the fierce tempest with sonorous wing
Beeves his deep folds noon the rushing winds
And hurries onward, with his might of clouds,
Against the eternal mountains. Tie the voice
-Ot infant Freedom, and her stirring call
la heard and answered in a thousand tones,
.afrom every hill-toD of her Western honu.
Aud lo it breaks acrcss old ocean's flood,
And 44 Freedom! Freedom!" is the ai
shoot
answering
Of nations starting from the spell of years.
Xkfe dayspring see tia brightening in the heav
eoal The watchmen of the night have catfpht the sign.
From tower to tower the sigual fires flash free.
And the deep watchword, like the rush of seas.
That hcralda the volcano's bursting flame,
la sounding o'er the eurth. Bright years of Hope
Aud Life are on the wing. Ton glorious bow
Of Freedom, bended by the hand or God,
Is spanning Time's dark surges. Its high arch
A type of liove and Mercy ou the clouds
Tells that the many storms cf human life
Will pars In alienee ; and the sinking waves,
Oatbering the forma of glory aud of peace,
Be fleet the undimmed brigntneas of the heavens.
A .STOKY OF AGGRAVATION".
,Ja nit itart lnoa Chapters,
CHAPTER I.
THB AJtESIOAH VKLVKT-Pl-AKT.
" My dear," said Mrs. Scroggs, " you
-must get me at once an American vel
vet-plant.' I have been reading its da
- ecriptioru It ia charming."
" My dear," said Mr. Scroggs, "there
are several growing out there on the
bill. "Which shall I transplant for
you?"
"What do you mean?" said Mrs.
w Scropgs.
" The ' American velvet-plant is the
-mullein, said Mr. 8croggs.
" Pshaw !" said Mrs. Scroggs.
. CHAPTER IT.
y xuixEms and boses.
"What has this conversation (which
-actually occurred) to do with the story ?
Wait a little.
Thin is a story of aggravation, and
not a Christmas-story, for, in fact, they
'Had no fjnnstmas at axi, ana it was 1m-
, possible that they should have had, and
they ought to have known better. It is
written to be read after Christmas, when
the bills come in, and the indigestions,
euicl the doctors, and yon and your
-ife have come to an understanding
about the current expenses, and the
Christmas brightness and the Christmas
snow have given way to a raw, diptne
ritic fog, and no end of Blush. Bead it
then!
And now, they ought to have known
better, as 1 said before, for they were
mullein people, and there is nothing in
a mullein that can produce a rose. As
regards manners, morals, and ideas,
- they might be American velvet-plants
they were. But, as regards sterility
of resources, and the figure they cut in
"' tha world,"and tha estimation in which
they were held, they were mullein
people ; growing on a very black hill-
-de, too. :
And always haunted by the desire and
intention to grow roses! The ordinary
mullein accepts the situatian. But
'these human Mulleins! they wonld
- behave liko roses. They were always
" ontwittmg Step-mother Fate. However
she snubbed, and twitched, and set
-rtaem in corners, they were ready for
ber. Takeaway the carpets, and they
stained the floor walnut-brown. Deny
then bureaus, and they transformed a
. packing-box, a dollar looking-glass,
two cigar-boxes, and some old chintz,
nto a dressing-table. Send them away
vainngry from the greasy table of their
lodging-house and they smuggle slices
of bread, buy three cents' worth of but-
"fSft make toast over their wretched
little lire and turn the whole into a
ravel, which they taBc of with glee.
There is a cantankerous good-nature, an
abominable cheerfulness ab;ut them.
They will not accept the situation, and
consider themselves disinherited. They
liave every new painting and engraving
toy heart. They visit the art-sales. They
know just where they would place the
inlaid cabinets and rugs of Shiraz, and
the prints of Hogarth. - They will not
see that they have no finger in such
, pies. They are continually trying to
. pat . by money for artistic treasures,
when the ends of ti'.eir income will not
taees. ucn siupiaiiy i as said an
attar-of-roses woman, of similar mtf.
leins, " They live in a world of their
own. They will not Bee themselves aa
others see them ! Talking of art. and
stamped indeliblv with Povriv .
mark ! Condemned for life to flat liAAl1
and dreamine of Amontillado, in Vene
tian glass 1 They oonld not be made to
see why it was so impossible to grow at
least one little rose from their stalk.
just one !
CHAPTER III.
THEIR CHBI8TMAS-FEVEE.
Now that vou comprehend them, von
will not be surprised to hear that theaa
peaple, who were in want, had resolved
to Keep (jhnstmas.
And yon will add almost of vonrself.
that these are precisely the sort of peo
ple who are sure to take the Christmas-
fever, and to nave it hard, and to whom
its wreaths and tapers and carols are
loll ol meaning and delicious charm-
and yon would be quite right.
CHAPTER IV.
PARASITES AND NUISANCES.
Hitherto I have introduced these people
as "They." That was from cowardice.
Seldom has a writer more objectionable
personages in baud. Tne Mulleins were
three : mother, daughter, and son.
I have read recently , that women
without money were very nearly in the
position ol ''parasites; also, that "a
woman's business is to amuse and serve
man, and make his life agreeable, and.
when not so engaged, she is a nuisance."
Tne motner and daughter in question
were without money, and there was no
man," as an excuse for their exist'
ence ; and not even tne entireness of
love, in which they lived with the Boy,
and he witn tnem, can altogether atone,
I assure you I feel it ; but then what
would you have ? This is not a Christ
mas story, but a story of aggravation.
CHAPTER V.
THE CHBI3TMA3-E08E.
To begin : It had happened a month
or two befere that they found them'
selves in possession of a surplus two
dollar note. That is, of a two-dollar
note which need not be paid over at
once to landlord or shoemaker. -This
note was deposited by acclamation in
the " Sixpenny savings " as a beginning
toward growing the (Jhristmas-rose.
Henceforth the family leaned much on
it, and it often came up in conversation
aa " that two dollars, you know.
Then tne tnree .airmeiDS nad each a
little plan for growing a Chrismas-rose.
Master Mullein invented what he
called the "dodge," as this : There are
certain transactions in business, so much
a matter cf course, that you are startled
to reflect on the number of persons who
earn a living in these very departments.
Who tmn&s now notes, bills and mes
sages, get about? Yet they certainly
don't run on casters, as young
Mullein, with his wallet chained about
his waist, might hare assured ydu. If
you have an eye for rosy,boys. I dare
say you have soen him ; and if you have
observed him, arms up, hands clinched,
running on a sort of dog-trot, so as al
ways to keep pace with the car or stage
in which you were riding, whv then you
have seen the "dodge." There are
lines on which a boy of determination
may keep neck-and-neck with the
horses. On such lines Mullein pocketed
tne i are and ran the route. There are
lines that defy the best-breathed " run
ners. ' On these, as a boy of honor.
Mullein rode. He reported himself to
the house among the earliest of the
runners, and, nevertheless averaged
tnirty cents a day by the ' dodge,
There are six davs in the week,
6x30$1.80. It lacks six weeks of
Christmas-tide: 6x 1.80$10.80.
But
The world is under the reign of laws.
and the Mullein household was under a
law of necessity, that, do what they
would, wis sure to levy a tax of, say
thirty cents on every ,3f ty cents amassed
by the "dodge," for matches, soap,
paper, car-fare something of the sort.
After the " eleventh or eighth" collision
between the " law" and the " dodge,"
it certainly occurred to Mamma Mullein
that things looked discouraging : and
she sighed. Bat the young inventor
went sturdily on. with a pluck and an
undiminished faith in the virtues of the
" dodge," quite delightful to see.
The little woman ! such a very little
woman ! She was preparing to go into
trade in orange-peel and old news
papers when she could find a buyer.
People do buy such things somewhere,
you know.
CHAPTER VI.
MARKET-WOMAN BAUIi AND PAUL, SIMPLE
SUMS.
And now you are waiting to hear
Mamma Mullein's business that is, if
you want to hear anything about it. I
trust it shall not shock you. Sue was a
market-woman; not that she brought
eggs, and butter, and fruit, to market.
Had she done that, she might have
been a rose-woman instead of a mullien
woman, and this story could never have
been written. But there are so many
sorts of markets as a market where
your nice fresh ideas will bring a fair
price. Of this order of market-woman
was Mamma Mullein. . She was liable
to ideas. There are some people who
regard such a person -with suspicion,
but, though desirous to please all read
ers, I must give my personages as Ifiud
them. Ideas are often good for checks,
bat they mora frequently stamp the
man or woman subject to them as
dangerous. The world is like Saul.
It accepts the thought, whether in writ
ing, marble, pottery painting, politics,
warfare, preaching, invitations, no mat
ter what, as the Hebrew King did
Goliath's head. But it never forgives
the David. It " eyes" him ; from that
time out, look out for javelins ! I beg
pardon, I have shunted the story oft
the track ; but only to show you how
TVf nmma Mullein sometimes mademoney,
and sometimes failures.
Two and two make four. Ton see,
of course, that Mamma Mullein, who
woa alreulv in the habit 01 conveying
jdeas to markeiywas specially desirous
ex a DnsK noiiaay ousuieiw, wj.ww
night and day to secure not two, but
a dozen, strings to her bow. Thus :
For the Popular Crowquill, a " Work-ing-IdyL"
For tha Excelsior, " A
Carol' For the Chignon, three ap
propriate articles. For the Wot kslana,
A. Jjittie jrreaen auuus jlmih.
the Hafaton, a " lie view." j;or xne
Kaleidoscope, the pro o ,
"The Cow Jumaed Over the Moon.
Then she figured it out, thus :
Three appropriate articles, at $15 each..
Working-Idyl
Carol.
Preach about Babies .. ....
Review
Cow that Jumped Over the Moon.... ....
$45.00
26.00
19.00
30.00
18.00
80.00
Tal..
gusto BkiRjfs....
Due to Qnlggs...
Doeto Uggs
Balance . .
... $180.00
... 2 .00
... 18.00
... 20.08
... $S7.0C
to be expended for winter clothing,
an-1 for the Christmas rose ; ten dollars
might be spared for that ; and there
was " that two dollars, you know."
After this calculation, Mamma Mul
lein wrote with more spirit than ever ;
and the inventor of the dodge came out
in a new character, as "The Filial
Fib." He diecovered that all well
regulated boys spent their evenings in
unceasing efforts to attain a good writing-hand.
'
Also, that his only hope of achieving
that desirable result was, in copying
each evening, till bedtime, numerous
pages of his mother's manuscript.
vVhereupon he acquired his title of
the Filial Fib, and, let us hope, the
good writing-hand.
CHAPTER VII.
"THAT TWO DOLXAB8 " BOPK LOXO DEFEBBED.
The little woman went into trade,
She sold the old newspapers for six
cents. The orange-peel speculation
resulted in failure. JNobody would buy.
.meantime, " that two dollars, you
know," was drawn from the bank per
force, to pay the washerwoman a poor
old woman who needed the money, on
which Mamma Mullein felt a sinking of
the heart, and was obliged to do that
sum about the " Idyls," etc., twice
over, before she could quite recover her
usual cheerfulness.:
Also the " dodge." though in t plendid
working order, was so continually trip
ped up, and circumvented by the
law, that its young inventor might
almost as well have spared the oar-
horses the shame' of their defeat.
The (Jhristmas-rose will be a very
email growth," they told each other.
One two three four weeks ! Such
weeks ! The hours in them had feet of
lead, and were lame besides. Darkest
of all, came to be that hour known as
the postman's. No such heart-shaking
hour in the year, as, if you are a mul
lein person, or like those who joined
David in the cave of Ad nil am, and you
are at the crest of the wave, and a letter
will tide you over, or dash you down in
its gulfs, you very well know. The
" Hour" quite overshadowed the Mul
lein family. When it began, everybody
grew nervous ; while it endured, every
body started at each tinkle of the bell.
and watched slyly out of window. When
it ended oh! the miserable blank
worse even than the torture of suspense
and when the member from outside
who had been absent meanwhile, re
turned there was another trial. The
vague expectation, the quick glance at
the table and into the faces of the
stayers-at-home, the pathetic attempt
at indifference on the part ef every
body : and the determination ot every
body to show no anxiety, and to see
nonef ah! let it pass! It is easier to.
write than to witness.
CHAPTER VIII.
BCTtmSS, BIIXS, AND BALANCES.
A letter at last, about the " Working
Idyl." " An excellent idea," the letter
said; but was there not a touch of
nitro-glycerine in it, that, admitted,
might blow up society, or some sub
scriber's idea of society! which would
be quite the same thing, as far as news
papers are concerned;" and so with
thanks, it was returned.
Mamma Mullein tore her hair, or
rather whatever, in the' mental econo
my, corresponds to hair (the real article
is too expensive), in private, mind you!
and then came down smiling, and got a
letter about the " Carol." A letter. A
blow in the face.
There was something theological in
the Carol; " the letter Baid, and trnly.
Mamma Mullein was a devout woman,
and it had slipped her pen, without in
tending it. "There was always dan
ger," said the letter, " in handling the
theological porcupine, even with
gloves ; and the paper declined to take
the risk. And so with thanks," etc.
' Christmas comes but once a year,"
and to make all these slips and stum
bles then! A Protestant pilgrimage,
barefoot, to the Stock Exchange, or
some other temple, of Mammon, and a
solemn vow never again " to call a spade
a spade," would have relieved Mamma
Mullein's overwrought feelings as she
subtracted forty dollars from her cal
culations. Then the tide turned, in a
letter Sweeter than any love-note, in
closing a check, for the "Preach about
Babies," twenty dollars. Another let
ter, and another check, for the
" Keview," fifteen dollar.
JiVfth Week. Appropriate articles
for the Chignon not returned they had
been specially ordered, but gone into
bankruptcy. The paper had fallen into
financial collapse. Broken reeds that
pierced ber side. Mamma Mullein had
scarcely the heart left to subtract forty
five dollars more from their calculations.
It was over now. She kept a bright
face for the younger Mulleins ; but,
though there might be etill some scanty
shreds and patches of Christmas, there
could be no Christmas-rose for them.
Sixth Week. The day before Christ
mas. Returned, the prose version of
" The Cow Jumped Over the Moon,"
with thanks. " The editor would have
used it, but he had accepted an article
before receiving it, on precisely the
same subject, which would appear in
the present number." Singular, and
yet more singular that tbe article on
the same subject proved to be written
by the editor in person. But Mamma
Mullein had for her consolation the
adage that great minds think alike.
By the same post arrived Skiggs' bill
for twenty-five dollars, Qniggs' bill for
eighteen dollars, Haggs' bill for twenty
dollars ; total, sixth-three dollars. And
the Mullein 'receipts had been thirty
five dollars ! Mamma Mullein finds a
difficulty in summing up. Something
is the matter with her eyes. And the
winter clothing, and the Christmas
rose ! The " dodge" had accumulated
two dollars in spite of the " law." The
little woman had brought six cents out
of trade. The young inventor and the
little woman proposed to invest the two
dollars and six cents, after supper, by
means of a committee of two, which
mamma was not invited to join for
reasons common to Chrismas.
CHAPTER IX.
NEMESIS THK FATE OF TBE "DODGE."
Enter the -washerwoman. Nobody
had expected her.- It she had been
Nemesis herself the family could not
have surveyed her with more dismay.
With what was Bhe to be paid ? The
young inventor looked at the dis
turbed face of Mb mather, and gave a
great gulp.
" How much is it, mamma ? There
is the dodge,' you know 1" and Mamma
Mullein felt the two dollars thrust into
her hand, lies, there it was, and there
was the washerwoman. The Mulleins
looked at each other incredulously.
Their last hold on their one loved holi
day was slipping from them, and they
hardly knew how to believe it. after all
the toil, and the patience, and tbe self
sacrifice, and the planning 1 If the
washerwoman had but known it, she
was being paid in dramas, in a concen
tration of much that was precious. But
it looked to her a poor enough note,
unaccompanied by an extra fitty cents,
or so, in honor of Christmas. She
thinks they have forgotten it ! forgot
ten it, poor souls I and stands her
ground. Mamma quakes before her,
and answers her bus feeDiy. dbu buo
stands ! Will she never go ? An awful
silence. Convicted felons might wear
the open and cheerful countenance of
the Mulleins. The NemeBis of the
wash-tub tosses her head, flounces,
makes a remark, to the door-knob ap
ruirpnt.lw ahnnfe the poor returns of
stinginess to stingy peopie m iue uug
run but she goes! Mamma Mullein
ia free to cover her face with her hands,
: . - - - ii. i
and the young inventor to press a soft
cheek acainr.t hers, and call her his
dear, good, lovely mamma.
CHAPTER X.
THE UTILE WOMAN AS A BUYER.
The tittle woman, who has slipped
out quietly, cornea in and sits down by
tfe window, although it is cold. She
has Deen trying to Day a uunsuuaB
wreath with her six cents, but there are
none to be found at a cheaper rate than
a shilling apiece. Louise j. r'urniss,
in Appleton s Journal.
A BUSY MART.
The Trade and Commerce or Chicago o
the Past Year The Receipts and Ship
ments ot Live Stock, Produce, etc.
We condense from the Chicago Times
the following brief exhibit of the com
merce and trade of Chicago for the past
year. The receipts and shipments of
the different cereals are shown in the
annexed table :
RECEIVED.
1874.
Flour, brls 2,627,402
Wheat, bu 31,531,1543
Corn, bu.... 84,804,116
Oats, bu 12 987,648
Kye, bu 771,877
Barley, bu 3,269,623
1873.
2,180,073
230,)0
88 R99.024
16,539,1)11
1.106,780
3,990.774
Total bu
wheat) .
(flour reduced to
96,451 818 94,371,281
SHIPPED.
1874. 1873.
Flour, brls '. ... .
Wheat, bu
Corn, bu
Oats, bu
Bye, bu
Barley, bu
.. 2,287.805 2.100.1B7
28,397,266 21,957,253
32,559.841 36.488,901
10,848.753 15,245 110
342,595 940,464
2,462,707 4,224,410
Total bn (flour reduced to
wheat) 86,050,637 89,356,970
PBODUCB.
The following is a statement of the
receipts and shipment s of a few of the
prpminent articles of produce :
RECEIVED.
1874. 173.
Orass feed, lbs 39,575,248 25,4.19,000
Flaxseed, lb) 30,872.5:1.) 21,393.110
Broom corn, 114 10.654,766 7,690,750
Butter, lbs 25,765;000 19.99'i 000
Wool, lbi 35,095,763 32,561,573
Potatoes, bu 1,208,776 1,107,482
mute, ios o,zuu,uuu 3:2,400,115,
SHIPPED,
1874. Ifff3.
Oram seod. lbs 28,430,322 16.916,191
Flaxseed, lbs 12.618,613 6,134 680
Broom corn, tbi 6.189,208 6,580,314
Butter, lbs 15,220,119 10 26,119
Wool, lbs 37,038,377 30,556,552
Potatoes, bu v 263,618 400,414
Hides, lbs 43,196,083 29,437,529
OEXERAX. MKRCHANDISE.
The following shows the estimated ag
gregate transactions in the different
channels of merchandise for the past
year :
Dry goods proper S 57,500,000
Woolens and waite goods. .. . 28.750,000
Millinery aud faticy goods. 6,700,000
Carpet in gs, upboUteiy good, etc 6,100,000
Clothing aud (rents' furnishing goods... 14.iKX,000
Hats, caps and lure 6,500,000
Boots aud shoes 12,150,000
Drugs and chemicals 5,400,000
Hardware aud metals 15,ouw,000
Jewelry and musical instruments. 6.100,000
Groceries 50,000,000
leather and findings 6,000,000
Other merchandise 11,000,000
Grand tolal $225,200,000
The aggregate trade in the articles
mentioned, during 1873, amounted to
6196,300,000, showing an increase for
the past year of $28,900,000.
MVE STOCK.
The value ef live stock handled in
Chicago during 1874 was as follows :
1874.
Beef cattle handled . . ,$3A,516,920
Hogg handled 51,743.267
Sheep handl d 978,708
Hones handled 2.850.212
1873.
$35,264,260
63,153.000
875,000
2.028.902
Tota' $94,039,107 $91,321,162
increase 2,757,945
The following is a statement of the
receipts and shipments of live stock
during the past year, as compared with
the year before :
RECEIVED.
1874.
. 833,020
.4,223.941
. . 326,236
1873.
761,428
4,337,750
291 704
Beef cattle. No
Live hogx, Ko
Sheep, Ko
Total 5,38i,197
SHIPPED.
Beef cattle, No 554,881
Live hogs, Jio 2,338,051
Sheep, No 150,623
6,390,882
874,181
2,197.557
115,235
Total ; 3,043,558 3,886,973
' The following table shows tha re
ceipts and average weight of hogs for
the past two years :
, 1873 ,
Month. Beets, av. Wi.
January 661,241 289',-
-1874-
Bec'ts. Av. wi.
437,088 252
February 378.76S
March 271,626
April 292,903
269
353,341
288,728
311.945
228,838
310,072
231,416
205,904
261.128
360,812
247,407
4111,951
211K
197
199
206
207
2u84
309tf
221
344
263
2314
213
217i
233
2315a
231 H
211 1-6
232i
267 14
254
May aei.aei
Juue 245,860
July 244 650
August 234,145
September 239,582
October 325.716
November 616,303
December 671,336
Total. 4,343,317 H6X 4,223,941 217)4
PACKING ASiD PKOVISION INTEREST.
It is estima ted by competent parties
that there is between iz,UUU,U0U aud
$14,000,000 of capital employed in tbe
packing-houses, while the aggregate
trade is estimated at 850,000,000. The
following shows the receipts and ship
men te of produce since Jan. 1 :
BKCEIVED.
1874. ' 1873.
Cured meats, lbs .... 44.803,269 43,747,776
jeei. oris... B.uai
Pork, brls 86,829 28.387
Lard, lb 19,850,005 19,552,202
TaUOW, lbs 6,365,220 6,897.326
. SHIPPED.
Cared meats, Ihs 244,706,969 312,214,163
Beef, brls 68,76 39,820
Pork, brls. t 22',410 . 192,646
Lard, lb. 76,085,635 S,986,806
Tullow, tbs 1 145,508 10,110,125
Butter, lbs 15,220,119 10,266,119
THUS Z.T7MBKB BUSINESS.
Chicago is still the largest and most
important lumber market in the world.
There are now about 150 firms engaged
in this branch of business, and over
$12,000,000 is constantly employed in
the city, while over xdu.uuu.uuu is in
vested by Chicago men outside of the
city, in mills, pine lands, etc. To
transport this property a large fleet of
vessels is constantly engaged during
the season of navigation, and upward
of 10.000 men are employed in piling.
distributing and Manufacturing it into
dressed lumber, sash and doors. The
following table shows the receipts and
shipments of lumber, shinge3 and lath
during the past year :
ReeeipU. Shipments
Lumbefj ft. ............ .1,063,694,800 ' 692,935,706
Shingle. No 606,613,070 : 857,284,000
Lath, No :.. 84,942,000 40,778,000
And the following is a similar state
ment of the receipts and shipments of
the same article during io7o
ReeeipU.
Lumber, ft .... . . . . ... . . . 1,086,762 000
Shingles, No 609,689,000
LatnT No 85,966,000
Shfvmtnts,
667,417,000
401,675,000
66,221,000
A poptjziAB clergyman says it is
in-
teresting to observe how many people
go to the circus, " just to please the
children." and very curious to notice
that sometimes it takes several able
bodied men and motherly women to
look after one little boy or girl on such
I an occasion.
NET ADA'S GREAT CAVE. !
A Monster Cavern In the Hnmboldt
Bange-Underground Chambers that
tleuare Forty bjr Sixty et Bats
that Scream laite Wildcats.
A correspondent of the Winnemucca
Silver State writes to that journal a de
scription of a mammoth cave which has
recently been discovered in the Hum
boldt range ox mountains in Nevada.
The entrance to bbe cavern is located
about tbree miles northeast from Star
City, and about 2,000 feet higher than
tne town, in tne Humboldt range, eight
miles from the Central Pacific railroad.
It has been knewn to the Indians per
haps for ages, and they say that many
years ago it afforded a passage through
the mountains to a point opposite where
the Humboldt House new stands. A
Piute legend says that it has been the
nome 01 tne evil spirit for manv erener
ations, and the bravest warrior of the
tribe will not venture near its mouth
for any purpose whatever. They say
tnat before tne wnites came among
them they put bad Indians in the cave
to appease tne wrath and hanger of tne
spirit tnat inhabited it. Tne last in
dian put in there was not as bad as rep
resented, and was guided to tha open
ing on the other side by the spirit. Tne
cave was partially explered in 1863 by
Capt. Pretcott, James A. Banks (who
was since killed by the Indians near
Camp Scott), and A. J. Simmons (now
an Indian agent in Montana Territory )
Some time ago a party of four, of which
your correspondent was one, proceeded
to explore tne cave. We nad heard a
great deal about it, and were anxious
to see a little of it ourselves. On arriv
ing at the place we discovered, to our
surprise, tnat tne entrance was fifteen
feet above the ground rock on which we
stood. The lock rises almost perpen
dicularly 150 feet above the mouth and
for several hundred feet on each side.
Having been provided witn ropes, one
was thrown over a point of rock which
projects over the mouth of ti.e cavern,
by means, of wmcn tne entrance was
gained. ' Lighting our pitch-pine
torches, we proceeded cautiously in
single hie about one hundred feet in
what appeared like a large mining tun
nel. The ceiling was from ten to fif
teen feet high in this distance, after
which it narrowed down to a track just
large enough to get through, suddenly
we came to a square jump-off or perpen
dicular drop of thirty feet. Again the
rope was brought into requisition, and
by means of it the bottom was reached,
immediately under the road we had
traversed we found large chambers, the
largest of which I should judge to be
forty feet square and sixty feet high,
the. entrance to which was scarcely
large enough to crawl through. " Here
in this chamber we noticed a verifica
tion of the adage that "constant drop
ping will wear away a stone." In sev
eral places drops of water from the
ceiling, which continually fell in one
place there being no air current to
change their course had worn holes
in the solid flinty floor from five to
seven inches deep.-' We explored the
cave to a distance of a mile from the
entrance, and our liglits burning well
showed that the cavern is well venti
lated. We did not find a passage
through, though we traveled for three
hours and a half by the watah, and ar
rived at the entrance very much fa
tigued. We started two bafai at about
three-fourths of a mile from the en
trance, and they screamed like wildcats
when they saw our lights.
A Desperate Encounter.
Ma j. George E. Ferrend, of Virginia
City, Nevada, a man well known every
where on the Pacific coast, shot himself
in the head last week, inflicting a
wound which soon proved fatal. In
noticing his career the Virginia City
Enterprise relates the following :
" In (Jamptonvule, UaL, in 18a3 or
1859, he had a terrible personal encoun
ter with a man of desperate character,
and in the battle received a horrible
wound with an ax. It appears that he
had had some trouble with this man,
and it was agreed that when they again
met they should 'meet fighting. The
desperado, armed with an ax, shortly
alter came into a saloon, where he saw
the Major sitting in his shirt-sleeves.
As he advanced the Major arose and
drew a large knife. The man with the
ax moved cautiously forward, holding
aloft his terrible weapon. The Major
stood perfectly motionless, warily
watching the eyes of his approaching
foe. The only movement he made was
to constantly turn the wrist of the hand
that held the knife, so that the weapon
was ceaselessly moving and flashing
baak and forth. The man advancing
witn tne ax at last couia no longer re
frain from casting a glance at the
weapon thus flashed before his eyes
and the moment he did so the Major
sprang forward with the leap of a tiger
and drove the knife, not only through
the heart of his foe, but through his
wnoie Doay, tne point projecting at his
back. But quick as had been his move
ment, his opponent was almost as alert
the blows of both men being struck al
most at the same instant. The handle
of the ax struck the Major on the shoul-
1 V M . 11 a a ...
aer, wniie tne wnoie Diade of it was
buried in the small of his back. Dene
trating and cutting one of his kidnevs.
Both men fell to the floor together, and
for a time it was thought that both
were dead : but, contrary to the expect
ations of all, the Major recovered from
his fearful wound in due time, and was
as ready for fresh adventures, military
ana otnerwise, as oeiore.
Waiting for the Marys to Tarn Up.
Wilsins Micawber Jones is of a sta
tistical turn of mind. It occurred to
Jones the other day that Mary is a very
common name, and, alter careful study
he hit upon an original plan for ascer
taining the proportionate number of
women bearing it. This plan was to
station himself at an advantageous po
sition on one of our thoroughfares, ad
dress by name every woman whoDassed
in an hour, and then compare the num-
oer wno answered to tne name with the
whole number. Nothing could be
simpler, thought Wilkins, and accord
ingly he began his experiment the other
evening just as the theatre-going tide
was flowing along the street. Fire t came
two demure-looking damsels, " timid
and stepping last." Jones then let them
get by and then called out suddenlv.
"Mary I" but the young woman only
nurneu a ume iuawr,anacne ingenious
Wilkins put down two marks on the
right side of his tally paper. Just as he
lifted his eyes ne saw a lady with an
escort just in front of him and blurted,
out, "Good evening, Mary !' Greatly
A T i. JT .A. A 1- 1,
w o uuen aabuiutuiuusnv we genueman,
and not the lady, responded ; and these
are what Jones saw : He
concluded to give np the experiment.!
D cause were were too many nsaa
about it especially asterisks. Boston
Advertiser.
Thb authorities of D anbury, Conn,,
have required the owner of every build
ing to provide it with a strong ladder,
under penalty of one dollar a month.
You need not look ; there is no joke in
this.
.American Architecture.
fi.a va.m&tion of Mr. Mullett, the
supervising architect, brings to mind the
subject ci tne areuiwoiure j yuj. puu-
lie buildings, and the question natu
rally arises : Why snouia our ouuuuigs
be formed from the Grecian models?
TWhans because no other is quite so
beautiful and so well adapted to the con
ditions required, tint why, witn our
wealth and diversity of i foliage, our
abundance and variety of material,
should we not have an America order
of architecture? In no country in the
world are more or finer buildings going
up, and nowhere else do Architects re
ceive more encouragement and support.
Why, with all their resources, snonia
they not give us something outside of
the conventional five great orders ? Mr.
Latrobe, a former architect of the
national Capitol and a great architect
he was had the true idea when be de
termined to give as much of a distinctly
national character as possible, by the
introduction of such forms in the vege
table world as would best illustrate the
peculiar productions of the soil and cli
mate of the United States. This design
led to the ingenious idea of a form of
column so original and so happy in con
ception and execution as to be deemed
worthy to be called the American order.
An example of it is to be seen in the
vestibule of the Lav Library in the
basement of the CapitoL The shaft
is composed of the stalks of Indian
corn, the joints of which wind around it
smrallv. while the capital consists of
the ears with their husks sufficiently
opened to show the grain, with the inter
mediate spaces filled in oy the tassei
bent over, and a fillet or rope at the bot
tom. The hr se is a plain double mold
ing, the stalks rising out of a circlet
of the pointed leaves of the plant.
President Jefferson gave evidence of his
admiration of the design by placing a
model of it upon one of the buildings
of his seat at Monticello. i Mr. Latrobe
also applied to tbe columns . in the cir
cular vestibule of the old Senate
Chamber, now the Supreme Court
room, the leaves and flowers of .the to
bacco plant, of which the capitals are
formed, with a pleasing and character
istic effect. It was Mr. liathrobe's mie
f ortune, distinguished alike for his vir
tues and his genius, to live too early in
the history of the nation for the fullest
display of his great gifts and varied
accomplishments. But with sa grand
an art as architecture, so well fostered,
and with every encouragement given to
true merit, with the wealth of material
on every hand, there is no reason why
we should not have an American order
worthy the name. The meeting of the !
tree-tops gave the Gothic arch ; a basket
of acanthus leaves resulted in the Corin
thian capital ; Mr. Iiatrobe in Indian
corn found a shaft and its capital.; Who
will complete his work so nobly begun,
and give us an American arena lecture.
An Unorthodox. Bather Domestic Sort
of a Holiday Story.
Every one is narrating Christmas
stories about this time, so we take our
turn at the mill. It is all about Mr.
and Mrs. Shaw, of Biddeford, Me. It
is cold at Biddeford, with the ther
mometer pretfy well down in the minors,
and the chamber floors of a . morning
are like ice to the unstockinged feet.
Aware of this fact, Samuel Shaw awoke
one morning from a dream of peace, and
observing through the window the rosy
fingers of Aurora creeping up on the
eastern sky. he spoke sharply with his
mouth : " Susan, get up aud build-tho
fire." "Get up and build it yourself,
Dickey." said Susan, drawing her night
cap down under the cover. " Seeyou
darned first," said Samuel, with touch
ing emphasis, to which Susan replied
only with an indignant snore.
Morning furrowed tbe Bky with a
plow of pearl, then paled in silver light.
then turned all JJanse to the rising sun ;
and stra the wife and husband slept
upon their snowy pillows. The slant
ing rays of afternoon shot their golden
lances in the western window, crept
slowly over the spotless coverlid.
aud lit as with a crown of glory
the straggling locks of tne fair
but obstinate Susan. Then night threw
round its shadowy mantle and pinned it
with a star, while down through tbe
open shutters looked the wild (ace of
tbe wondering moon. IN aught was
heard but the sighing of the wind amid
the tree-tops naught seen but the pale
smile ox the moonlight, the dark blue
of the midnight sky, and the cold gleam
of the far-on pitiless stars.
Then Susan stirred softly in her
downy nest, and whispered with gentle
accent, Samuel, are you awake 7
There was no answer but the sterto
rous breathincr of the eleeoinar spouse.
and the whistle of the wind among the
trees. Susan arose quickly, stepped
lightly on to tbe floor, and disappeared
like a ghost vanishing in the gloom.
Ten minutes later she crawled into bed
again, and lay still till morning.
As the sunlight peeped once more
into the eastern window. Susan shook
Samuel's shoulder and murmured gently
in his ear. " Aren t you hungry, Bam
mv?" " Hunerv. 'ell." said Samuel.
" I got outside of a dish of cold beans-
just afore you lit out for the cupboard
last night.
Sadly and submissively Susan crept
out of bed and kindled the nre.
Crinoline Springs Back Again.
A Paris correspondent says : The
heavy silks now fast superseding light
ones are necessitating the employment
of crinolines, which alas, that these
letters should have to chronicle the
fact ! are actually coming into vogue
again. The one now 'coming in' is
differently made from the tormenting
things got rid of a few years ago. The
front is quite flat and plain ; gored at
tha hips. The steel springs protrude
from the back in pairs, forming two
sets of loops, meeting at the middle or
extending in one across the back from
side to side, according to pattern
adopted. The principal novelty of the
new skirts is that the springs are artic
ulated so that they do not bulge out, as
did their predecessors, when the wear
er sits down or has to squeeze her way
through a narrow place. They are
frightfully dear ; from eighty to a hun
dred or n hundred and fifty francs. Of
course, with such a piece of pointed
scaffolding sticking out behind, the su
perior sex is quite unable to withstand
the temptation of spreading out a fine
trailing train over -it, ; but it is under
stood that trains are not to reappear in
the streets, and that they are to be
looped np in the ball-room, some se
rious accidents to limb, and even to life,
having been occasioned by the insane
custom of waltzing in trailing draperies
that are perpetually working themselves
round the feet af the wearer, and
threatening to bring the lady and her
cavalier to the floor in an ignominious
sprawl, a dreadful threat they have fully
carried out on more than one occasion. '
Db, Evans, the American Paris den
tist, had the honor of rasping the teeth
of the Prince of Wales, the other day.
America Lights the World.
The Titusville Herald gives the fol
lowing statistics of interest J
While the oil region is suffering frorr
an unusual depression, it may be some
consolation to know that the heaviest
item of American manufacture exported
is that of our fine petroleum. It foots
up to the enormous figure of $37,1000,
000 annually. No other manufactured
article even approximates this value,
the next highest being lard, which is
$20,000,000 of exported value. For the
year ending June 30, 1874, the export '
of refined oils was 271,000,000 gallons
of an aggregate value of $37,561,513,
and the residuum and crude exported,
in the same year swelled the amount
to about $11,000,000. It would be rea
sonable to suppose that the home con
sumption of so useful an article would
be equal to if not far exceed the amount
exported. This, however; is far from
being the case. The consumption of .
refined oil in this country is not nearly
what it is in Europe. Oar transatlantic
consumers pay more for tbe article
and use four times tbe quantity. All
the best contrivances for burning kero- .
sene in lamps have been invented in .
this country, and the mode of procur
ing a brilliant and unsurpassed light
has been reduced to the most perfect
economy and simplicity, and yet'foreign
countries have adopted our inventions
and our oil to a very much greater ex
tent than we have ourselves. The cause
of this is simply that legislation in for
eign eoountries has done there what
legislation in this country has failed to
do here.yand a perfectly safe article has
been seonred to our foreign consumers,
while wd have been flooded with unsafe
oil. Ovter sixty different nations, in- ,
eluding Japan, now burn our refined
oil, and the extremely Small price has -given
such 'an impetus to its adoption
as an illuminator all over the world that .
it must prove highly beneficial to the
producing interest in future years.
Germany in 1873 consumed 52.113,773
gallons, at a cost of $11,469,151 ; Bel
gium, 26,616,550 gallons, costing $5,
127,408; England, $2,000,000 worth,
and Ireland about $1,341,565 worth.
The trade in all kinds of fixtures for
burning kerosene was never more brisk
than just now, indicating a steady in
crease of consumption both here and
abroad. -
Tunneling Niagara River.
The fact has heretofore been stated
that Civil Engineer William Wallace
had prepared a plan for tunneling the
Niagara river, at Buffalo, for submis
sion to and consideration by those en
gaged in the movement for providing
additional facilities for travel and
business between this point and Can
ada. A few facts in regard to the pro
posed plan will be of interest. It con
templates a passenger depot on the Ter
race, near Main street,-with a railroad
track running throrjzatiie Terrace to
Court street; down Court street to its
foot, across the canal ; thence down be
tween the canal and the track of the
Niagara Falls branch of the Central
railroad to a point a short distance
south of the railroad bridge over the
canal, whence the cutting will com
mence. The tunnel is to run. under
Black Rock harbor and the river
and emerge on the Canada side
near where the old car-shop formerly
stood. After the surface- is again
reached the track will be continued
around the high ground and join that
of the Canada Southern railway, near
the Episcopal Church. The whole
length of the cutting, including the
tunnel, is 4,900 feet, and of tunnel prop
er, i",yia feet. The proposed dimensions
of the tunnel are 30 feet wide and 20
feet high. This would give 22,627 cubic
yards of excavation per lineal foot, or
65,332 cubic yards in all. In the through
cut on this side of the river there would
be 12,629 cubic yards of rock and earth
excavation how much of each cannot
be determined without test pits. On
the Canadian side the rock and earth .
excavation would amount to 118,317
cubic yards. The roof of the tunnel
would be some 16 feet below the bed of
the river at the deepest point. The
grade from the center is put down at
60 feet to the mile. The estimated ex
pense of the work complete is $1,500,000.
Bvftalo Commercial Advertiser.
A Few Hints for 18 75.
It is better to live in a little, mean,
two-story frame house, than in a jail ;
it is a good thing, when you are talk-'
ing of another man's defalcation, to
make sure that you could have handled
as much money, with lake opportunities
for dishonesty, end not fallen before
temptation. It doesn't pay to worry
over what will happen to your wife if .
you were taken away ; she may get a
bettt r hnsband. If you are wondering--what
makes your former schoolmates
1 1 1L
hair so gray, or what maxes sucu a una
so wrinkled, or why such another one
is growing so stout, just take a look
in the glass. Do not imagine, because
you have resolved to practice charity
and to speak well of-everybody, that
everybody has made the same resolu
tion regarding you. If you are heart
sick with regret that jyou were not
more tender and thoughtful towards
the dear ones you have lost, just try to
avoid further repentance in future by
being good to those still left to yon.
Don't put off enjoyment. If yoa are
not ready to enjoy things as they come,
when you are ready they won't come.
Planning to enjoy friends and fortune
in the future is a most insecure invest-
Lment. The chances are wofully few
that you, your friends, and the fortune
will all come together in the future. If
you have any good deeds to do, or hap
piness to enjoy, to-day is the time. It
is only when we are arguing ourselves
we believe the end will justify the
means, that it pays to wait till to-morrow.
In such a case one cannot wait
too many to-morrows. .
Immigration.
The report of the Chief of the Bureau
of Statistics has the following table,
containing a comparative statement dT
immigration by countries ethoologically
grouped for the (our fiscal years, from
July 1, 1870, to June 30, 1874 :
Qnmtriet ethnolog- , Year ended June 30 ,
icaliu arouved.
1872. 1873. 1874.
EuHland. Scotland
and Wales. 85.455 83,894
Ireland 67,439 68,732
Teutonic : Germa- -
ny, Austria aud
89,483
77,344
61,9B
63,707
Netherlands. 88,431
Seandinavian:
Sweden, Norway
and Denmark... 32,132
Latin : Belgium.
France, Switzer
147,300 159,847 97,623
28,575 35,481 19,178
land, Italy, Spain
and Portugal. ..
Sclavonic : liussia
9,833 18,860 28,961 21,694
and Poland 1,308
China 7,135
Brttien North
3.641
7,708
4,898
30,393
5.76S
13,77
Amerioan Prov
inces Spanish and Port
47,082 40,178 - 37,811 32,960
uguese Colonies :
Mexico, South
America, Cube
and Porto Rico . . 1,318
All other countries 1,417
1,600
4,440
' 1,760
s 6,067 -
L.63S
5,111
Total Immigrants .331,35a 404,806 459,803 313,330
'16,042 of thia number were reported as from
' Great Britain, not specified."