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THE WEATHER. 
The rains have been sufficient to almost wholly 
extinguish the forest fires In this and adjoining 
.states and Canada, and some districts hare been 
pretty thoroughly drenched, but there are many 
localities suffering greatly from drought, in Mich¬ 
igan forest fires are raging with great violence 
and destroying much valuable property. The re¬ 
ports from the country in general are favorable 
to the crops, the unknown quantity In the prob¬ 
lem being the ultimate capacity of noxious Insects 
to produce damage. The mercury, during the 
week ending dune 2d. gradually rose, and regis¬ 
tered, on Friday, »r In the shade. 
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THE SITUATION IN FRANCE. 
The new French ministers are actively engaged 
in efforts to repress what they are pleased in call 
“ radical theories Incompatible with the peace of 
society and greatness of Franco.” To this end 
they are suspending Republican mayors In tl e 
provincial cities, fining and Imprisoning Republi¬ 
can editors, and rorbtdrtlng largo meetings for the 
discussion 01 polities. It Is observed that lion: - 
partists gettiie lion's share of the new appoint¬ 
ments, which fact excites the suspicions and com¬ 
ments of Legitimists. Ou the part of the Repub¬ 
licans, there seems to be a disposition to make M. 
Thiers their leader In the pending crisis. Th's 
plan has the approval of M. Gmubetla and M. 
Simon. The lst.ter has assumed themanagemer t. 
or the Echo newspaper, and asserts his purpose to 
defend the Republic against monarchical coali¬ 
tion, particularly Napoleonic Ideas, and reason 
and religion against theocratic doctrines. The 
Hermans regard the Coup d'etat as a menace to 
them in the Interest, of the Pope and uli.ramon- 
t,ahe party of Europe. A Berlin paper, Indeed, de¬ 
clares that hopes oi peace with France rust chiefly 
on the prudence nnd sagacity of Herman statet- 
mon. It, also asserts that the Austrian ambassr- 
dor at London recently proposed an Anglo-Krone) - 
Austrian alliance against Russia and Germany, 
which was aimed at Germany mainly. England, 
according to this arrangement, was to deal with 
RUSSIA while Franco and Austria were tq have 
hi tacked Germany, The French Prime Minister, 
Di-Broglie, however, denies with ApparentCOndOr, 
that any party exists In France In tavor of foreign 
war. 
HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
A large establishment for drying eggs is In ope¬ 
ration in St, Louis. 
The daughter of a Californian is to marry a 
French Count, lie demanded one hundred thou¬ 
sand dollars down. 
The copper cartridge-shells made In this coun¬ 
try arc In demand all over the world. 
During the past winter in NVestorn Texas, l.oon,- 
ooo bisons have been killed for tliclr hides alone. 
in t lie Napa Valley, California, the largest yield 
of grapes ever raised In the valley will be gather¬ 
ed tills season. 
Ii Is stated that 2, 400,000 copies of the Moody 
and San key “ Gospel Hymns” have been sold. 
About fifty horses died within a few days near 
Harrison station, Miss., irom gnats. 
The Silver Legal-Tender act recently passed by 
t he Legislature of Illinois, was vetoed by. the 
Governor. 
In Georgia they hunt down escaped convicts 
with dogs. 
The Union Pacific Co. will build too miles of 
railroad toward the Black Hills this summer. 
Stealing lunch from children while ou their way 
to school, is the latest form of meanness practised 
by tramps. 
The President, ordered the departments to be 
dosed on Decoration Day, the Both ult. 
The grasshoppers In Texas are being destroyed 
by parasitic worms hatched from the eggs of a 
small gray fly. 
The Angora goat Is being domesticated In Vir¬ 
ginia. 
Moblltans claim that the sweet scent of their 
m-urnoltas can be enjoyed thirty miles out on the 
gulf. 
A firm In Nashville, Tenn., Is talking about ship¬ 
ping 10,000 bushels of strawberries this season. 
A Texas paper offers a year’s subscription free 
to any member of the Legislature who will state 
correctly the number of counties In the State. 
A fire at Glovers Vine, N. V., burned up twenty 
bul'dlngs and caused a loss of $100,000. 
A survey or the boundary between Alaska and 
British Columbia show’s that the line intersects 
Stickeen River eighteen miles from the coast. 
Large flocks of wild pigeons are nestling in the 
woods on the Palmertovrn Mountains, In the 
northern part of Saratoga County. N. Y. 
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued an 
order that any person may st-nd In fractional cur¬ 
rency to the Department and receive silver for It. 
The Government pays express charges on pack¬ 
ages containing $500 or over. 
There are no less than one million pear-trees of 
Bartlett, Duchess, Sheldon, and Vicar of Wink- 
field varieties now in vigorous growth around 
about llammonton, N. .1. 
Of the public school domain of Texas, there are 
said to be twenty million acres now In or to go 
Into the market for the next, eight, or ten years at 
the minimum price of $1.50 per acre, which will 
make a school fund of $ 40 , 000 , 000 . 
The cotton crop of isro was 4 , 500,000 bales. The 
crop in Egypt, and India was larger than expect¬ 
ed, und the war In Europe has caused a falllog off 
m consumption and a decline of price. 
Through careless legislation In repealing a se¬ 
vere statute, Tennessee has now no law against 
horse stealing, robbery or larceny from the per¬ 
son, house or bridge-burning, or housebreaking 
to commit larceny or robbery. 
A bill lias passed the Illinois Legislature au¬ 
thorizing railroad conductors to stop trains and 
put off everybody playing cards for money or 
using obscene language. 
A Nashville bank robber burrow’od under a 
street ror five days, and at length came up in the 
coal vault of a beer saloon three doors away from 
the bank, and was bitten In eleven places by the 
most uncompromising dog he ever tried to con¬ 
ciliate. 
The bkln of a monster grizzly bear lately killed 
In Calaveras County, Cal., la to be sent to Presi¬ 
dent. Hayes. The beast, when dressed, weighed 
1,458 pounds. 
An area of land about 090 acres in extent., about 
fifty miles below Memphis, Tenn., was found 
strewn with particles resembling fish scales alter 
a heavy rainstorm the other day. 
The Turkish contracts placed in this country 
amounted to f. 00,000 muskets, and 500,000 of them 
have already been shipped. 
The Catholic Bishop of Nebraska has ordered 
special masses during May and dune, that the 
people may be relieved of loss on account of the 
grasshoppers. 
The hills of throe southern counties In Califor¬ 
nia— 1.03 Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Bouc- 
ventura—are covered with wild and eager men 
boring Tor oil and locating claims. They Hud an 
abundance of light green and heavy black oil, and 
Prof, siffjman's prophecies are confirmed. 
A Georgetown, Fla., man Is digging Tiish pota¬ 
toes that, yield at the rare of 200 bushels per acre. 
They were planted the middle of January. 
■West, Virginia has between eight and ten mil¬ 
lions of acres Of forests, the Umber In which Is 
valued at $15,000,000 aalc stands. The oak, wal¬ 
nut, cherry, ash, poplar, maple, elm, sycamore, 
and locust attain great size there. 
James L. Chapman, cashier, and John C. Tracy, 
President, of the Farmers' and Mechanics’ Na¬ 
tional Bank, who hail pleaded guilty to deceiving 
the Comptroller of tne Currouey aud to perjury 
and embezzlement, by which the bank lost $5 hs,- 
Ouii, were sentenced to the State Prison at, hard 
labor for five and six years respectively. 
John O. Simpson of Oregon County, Mo., a Bap¬ 
tist minister of 20 years’ standing, was convicted 
May 21 , in the United states Court at St. Louis, or 
illicit distilling. 
Forty-three patents w ere sold at auction In this 
city. May 31. Most of them sold for from $5 to 
$ 20 , but several brought considerable sums, and 
a glove-sewing machine patent was bid ofi at 
$0,500. 
Europe has taken over $2,500,000 worth of Amer- 
ean fruit since last June, compared with $ 000,000 
lu the same period the year before. This country 
has exported over 12 , 000,000 pounds of dried ap¬ 
ples slnec last June, as compared with 522,000 
pounds the previous year. It. Is said t hat Improved 
methods of drying have been perfected, which 
have produced this result. 
The steamship City of San Francisco, from Pan¬ 
ama lor San Francisco, with 139 passengers, 
struck on an un k no wn rock on the coast of Mexico 
and sank. The passengers and crew were saved, 
but all baggage, freight and personal effects were 
lost. The value of the cargo was $150,000. 
As tiie fruits of the recent temperance work in 
Central and Northern New York State, statistics 
in thirteen cities and towns show that IS,453 per¬ 
sons have signed the temperanca pledge. 
FOREIGN NOTES. 
The pay of a Russian Colonel Is said to be only 
$-joo a year. 
A man was struck by lightning at the Thames 
gold field, New Zealand, the flash having to travel 
down a tunnel 500 feet in length betore reaching 
him. 
Lloyd’s agent, at Valparaiso, telegraphs that 17 
ships have been totally lost on the coast of Peru, 
and 40 damaged. 
The great cafe of Venice—Florlan’s, on the plaza 
of St. Mark—has not been closed, day or night, for 
160 years. 
Of the 3s,ooo persons employed In watch-mak¬ 
ing la Switzerland, one-third are women. 
There are 300 Jewish families In Lyons, France, 
and their schools have such a high reputation 
that they are attended by quite a number of 
Christian scholars. 
I 
A fire at St. Stephens, N. B. destroyed 150 houses 
embracing the business halt and best part of 
the town. The loss Is estimated at $500,000; to or 
30 families are homeless. 
The Governor-General of Cuba has Issued a 
decree Inviting rerugocs to return, and offering to 
restore their confiscated property on certain con¬ 
ditions. 
Two thousand sheep were lately sold In Ade¬ 
laide, South Australia, for twenty-five cents a 
head. This Is the effect of the drought. 
Some archaeological students at a French school 
In Greece, while making excavations on the Island 
of Milo, found the lost, arms and mirror of the 
Venus of MllO statue now In the Louvre. 
Capital and Labor says that formerly the de¬ 
mand for farms was so great In England that 
tenants ran a race to the steward. Nowadays 
land Is to be had In every comity. In Northern 
England landlords are compe lled to take It Into 
their own hands, in Scotland, East Lothian, the 
garden of agriculture seems to have fallen Into a 
state of Insolvency. 
At the Paris school of Arts and Trades experi¬ 
ments were lately made with a paper alleged to 
be incombustible. Sheets or it were exposed 
simply to the fierce flames of a spirit lamp with¬ 
out, other effect than to slightly wither It. When 
the paper was exposed in bulk no effect was ap¬ 
parent. 
On the principal street, of the Phanar quarter, 
lately burned In Constantinople, were the stone 
houses ot the wealthy Greek families, styled Pha- 
muiotes, established there since the conquest of 
Constantinople In 1453. At a central point were 
the Greek Church and the Mosque of Roses. 
About 60,000 Greeks resided there. 
The City of Brussels arrived at Liverpool on 
May 29. All on board were well, after the long 
voyage of thirty-nine days. 
Gen. Grant has been received In all the cities of 
England which he has visited. Including Liver¬ 
pool, Manchester, and London, with great cor¬ 
diality and even enthusiasm. All ranks and par- 
ties, from the Queen and Prince of Wales down to 
the common people, seem to be showering hospl- 
talllles upon him. The freedom Of London is to 
be presented to film lu a gold box. 
A Catholic church in Wlcschen, Grand Duchy 
of Posen, was struck by lightning during service. 
Six persons were killed and about seventy seri¬ 
ously' injured. 
The waters of the Pacific Oceau have been 
greatly disturbed by earthquakes, and immense 
tidal waves have caused widespread loss or life 
and destruction of property’ along the South 
American coast and among the islands. Their 
influence was also Ielf. tn Mexico, and they rose 
to a bight, of twelve feet on the coast of Califor¬ 
nia. tn Bolivia, Peru and Cfilil, whole towns 
were swept away and hundreds ot lives were lost. 
The sea rose sixty foot above Its usual level in 
some places. A village In the Sandwich Islands 
was overflowed, aud much other damage done 
throughout the group. 
An order Issued from nerlln designates three 
battalions of Infantry and four batteries of artil¬ 
lery to reinforce Metz. Two regiments of cavalry 
will be quartered between Metz and Strassburg, 
and a battalion of rifles will be stationed at Sa- 
verne. 
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EVERYWHERE. 
JtloomviUei O., May 21.—Weather warm on 
May u); the thermometer Indicated 93’ below 
zero In tbe shade. Prospects for wheat excellent, 
also for peaches, hut apples will be scarce. Pota¬ 
to beetles very plenuruL—o. m. m. 
lluuiboldt, Tenn., May 19.—We are now ha v¬ 
ing April showers and real June weather on our 
•stiff clay lands; ground has been too wet all 
through March and up to the present tor farm 
operations. A great deal of replanting and plant¬ 
ing the second time necessary to secure good 
stands. The wheat and oat crop Is regarded by 
our farmers as promising; corn anu cotton very 
backward. The strawberry crop is a good aver¬ 
age-shippers arc not realizing good prices owing 
to continued rains—cannot get the berries Into 
market in good condition. Several hundred acres 
will be marketed from this Immediate vicinity, 
this season; now worth In our market 411 ...50c. 
per 4 quarts; early cherries commencing to ripen. 
By the time wo get through with these, raspber¬ 
ries will come In. Blackberries now blooming, 
and will give trait, up to early apples and peaches. 
Readers or the Kuhal will see that we can have 
fresh fruit the the year round In West Tennessee. 
We have a few varieties 01 winter apples that 
keep until first of June. Canning fruits and dry¬ 
ing them are generally done only ror home use; 
might be made a profitable business if put up for 
the less favored portion of our extended country. 
—B. F. Tkanson. 
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SEMI-BUSINESS PARAGRAPHS. 
The new remedy tor dyspepsia, “ Gestjano,” 
is effecting some very remarkable cures In Lyons, 
N. Y. Physicians recommend 4Gestlano ” to their 
patients, and It is gaining a wonderful reputation 
as a specific in cases ot dyspepsia and indigestion 
—for which disorders only li is recommended.— 
Lyons Republican. 
JUNE 9 
LANGUAGE. 
There Is truth as well as rhythm In the half 
distich of the poet: 
“ The proper study of mankind Is man.” 
Language Is a part, and no Inconsiderable part, 
of the man, and while he should possess all the 
knowledge ho can obtain of the physical frame 
and mental powers, It Is very essential that he 
should also be thoroughly acquainted with the 
language through which he Is to learn all about 
himself and everything else that concerns him— 
for we even think lu words, and can hardly do so 
Intelligent ly without their use. 
Col. Crockett thought. " the three Rs—Read¬ 
ing, ’Riling and ’Rlthmettc "—were about all that 
was necessary In one’R education, so far as litera¬ 
ture was concerned, but being himself a groat 
hunter and a splendid marksman with the rifle, 
lie had a great idea of the importance ot “ teach¬ 
ing the young idea how to shoot. The co-onel 
was right In placing particular stress on the three 
Rs: t hey are the most essential parr, of a literary 
education. All seem t.o admit, that these three 
Us are the foundation of learning. The question 
on which people differ is. What next ? Public 
opinion seems to say Grammar and Geography, 
and In a large share of our common schools these 
arc made the principal Studies, after t he pupils 
Have partially mastered The three rudlmental 
branches mentioned. There can be no reasonable 
objection to a knowledge of t hese two branches, 
unless they are taught and studied at a sacrifice 
of more important matters. I combat the doc¬ 
trine that a thorough knowledge of grammar Is, 
as often claimed, a necessity to eloquence or cor¬ 
rect language In writing. It 18 true that a viola¬ 
tion of the fundamental rules of grammar are ob¬ 
jectionable everywhere, but It Is not true that a 
perfect,grammarian Is. per force, a correct speaker 
or writer. Grammar Is a description of language; 
It Is no corrector of a bad selection of words. A 
sentence may be grammatically correct, and still 
not be proper or convey clearly the Ideas intended. 
In short, correct grammar Is a different thing 
from correct language. The correct use of the 
latter is obtained mainly by reading and hearing 
It correctly used by reading the most correct 
authors and hearing the most correct speakers. 
Taking the word r/eeat, there arc six other words 
conveying the same idea, either one of which, In 
any sentence, would be equally grammatical, but 
It. Is hardly possible to substitute one for another 
In any correct and clear sentence. 1 did not In¬ 
tend, In this article, a tirade against grammar: it 
Is good as lar as it goes, and no oue can be a good 
scholar without a knowledge of It, and no one can 
get a certificate as a qualified teacher without 
showing an ability to teacT it. If Is not grammar 
mat 1 object to; it, is the importance tbut Is given 
It In our schools, and the great amount ot time 
spent, over it. It Is unlike ChetUtttry. physiology, 
botany, geology and even mathcrnai les In this one 
respect—that there (s 111 It. an end that can be at¬ 
tained, a bottom that can be reached, and that, 
too, in less than six months, by any one of ten or 
twelve years of age. or ordinary Intelligence, w ho 
has become somewhat familiar w1\l» the written 
language; hut not until he knows the meaning of 
ihe words In ft sentence can a pupil apply the 
rules of grammar to It, Therefore It Is that, I 
claim that a knowledge of the meaning of the 
words in a language should precede the study ot 
its grammar; and the question I next, raise Is, 
how host, to ohtaln this knowledge of the words. 
The study ol the prefixes and suffixes in use will 
do more 10 that end lu u short time than the study 
of grammar for a liretlme. The neglect in our 
schools of this branch, called “ analysis of lan¬ 
guage, ” Is 11 crying evil that cannot reasonably be 
excused. There occurs to my mind seven words in 
use In our language whose termination Is icicle. 
ir we take the word homicide, and learn that the 
first part of It means man or person, and the last 
part Of It kill or killing, we shall find that this 
helps us to understand the meaning or the other 
six which have the same termination. So of the 
word lithograph. The first part, means stone and 
the Inst, lines, marks, or writing. This word stone 
Is an interesting one In our language as a suffix 
prefix or an cni ire word ; it. Is lUc, 11th, lap, peter, 
petrle, as well as rock and stone. There are 
t housands of other words where a full knowledge 
of the derivations of the different parts of the 
one gives us adetlmtlon ot tbe different parts of 
many others, which would otherwise he. arbitrary 
and Indistinct. It 1ms been remarked that, “tbe 
history of a word is ortpn more interesting than 
the history of an empire.” 
I have not written tuts for the benefit of the 
linguist, or the scholur. They ought to under¬ 
stand these matters better than I, who am neither. 
1 have written for the benefit ol such young peo¬ 
ple as are anxious to obtain knowledge, who are 
seeking 10 enlarge their education, and are will¬ 
ing to learn by ttiolr own efforts. The contribu¬ 
tors to the Kuhal, on the young people’s page, are 
in a fair way to succeed tn obtaining a knowl¬ 
edge ot the language which will greatly help 
them In acquiring all other knowledge which t hey 
may seek. Thai s Uue way, my young friends, 
read and understand, write and criticise; and It 
vou have not It already, take the first money you 
get and bu.Y ” Town’s Aqalys's,” and read it, and 
the Information you will there get will be Inter¬ 
esting to you all your life, and It may lead to a 
fortune. You may. In consequence, become an 
author, or an editor, and be as famous as Mrs. 
■Stowe or Horace Greeley, Don't think you can't 
learn without a teacher; that Is all nonsense. 
An old mau, somewhat famous for his extensive 
lntqrraatlon, was asked by a boy how he obtained 
his education, or, rather, how lie came to know so 
much. Ills answer was, *’ By having a good, 
strong pair ot eyes and good credit with those 
who had books to lend, I tell you what, my 
young friend. If you are determined on having an 
education, nothing ca n stop you.” s. b. p. 
p. S.—since writing the toregolng, I have sub¬ 
mitted It to a school-dame ror her opinion, and 
she tells me that the grammar books, nowadays, 
have much In t hem about using proper words, 
clearness of expression, purity of language, choice 
of style, etc., etc,, and are very different from the 
books of fin v years ago, My reply Is, “ NY ell, my 
dear daughter. I am glad to hear it; but that is 
belles lotvres, aud not grammar, and the more you 
teach of it the better.” s. b. p. 
