Rates of Adtcrtising. One :S'iuaro (1 lm-li, i nw Insertion - J! OneH.)Uino " one niontli - - a 00 OnoN'imro " tlireo month - WOO OneH'i1"11''1 " ono year - - 10 00 Two Hiiuarns, one year - - 15 0o Quarter Ool. - - - - 30 00 Half " " - 60 00 One " " - - - - 100 00 Legal notieos at estallished rate. , Marringo nd death notices, gratis. All bilN for yrarlv advertisements col lected quarterly. Temporary advertise ments must lie paid for in advance. Job work, Cash on Delivery. html tfhim. i I t.lHiH l.l KVKIIY VI.INK8IAV, KV T, 1M F.0BM20H A. BONNER'S BUILDING r.Tst aiRr.r.T, tionesta. fa. 1ERM8, l.tO A YEA.IL ' -i, it trii- received for a shorter l I h:ui tin ' moiitlm. I if iMiMilcnce solicitod ironi hi 1 part, i hn coiiiitrv. No notice will be tnken of VOL. XII. NO. 1. TIONESTA, PA., MAECH 20, 1879. $1,50 Per Annum, hi vi units ( :n mint mirations. Ik Homebody; but presently the humorous aspects ol the situation broke abruptly upon him, and he laughed. His step was elastio and steady by no means of a would-be poisoner bb he trudged ou to pay the last visit on his list before going home to tea. It was seven o'clock of a winter evening, and the lamps of that suburban district of London where our scenes are laid had been flaring these two hours. Dr. Halliday made for a row of semi-detached villas, and knocking at the door of a house with a pretty garden in front, was admitted witn- out any fuss. Here his reception was cor dial. A fox-dog fnsted out, oaramg a welcome and wagging his tail; some children came romping down the pas sage to be kissed, and it was under the lead of these little people, the one pull ing him by the hand, another holding on to his coat-skirts, and a third climb ing on to his back, that the doctor made his entrance into a parlor wnere a nap py family party were mustered. The owner of the house was jur. uaisop, a little, jovial business man, husband of a lolly wile, ana latner 01 a noes. 01 children. He sat near the fire reading a news paper, with a couple of rosy Drats crow ing at his knees, and two more sprawl ing on the hearth-rue. Half-a-dozen I foibid you royhome, do you hear, boys and girls, between ten and sixteen, The Song of the Uplands. . tUr a glimpse of a star " i may never be reaohed but be hoped for, '. t iter a grand lifo afar, tat least In the wind can be groped for, no to have all the senses doire, ' nil that the f asHions require V uo more, but no-more. . better a fith that can cope 'h the' doubts tf the world and can quicken ; a life that has hope . it, though poverty stricken, , . .ou to have all that riches can hire ' - buy, so to feast and not tire, i :v!,t no more, but no more. holier love'that is blind, That can see in the loved one no badness j on, betttr a trtipt la one's kiud, Spite or a 1 of iU folly and madness, Tha i tottuad all al'uio mid earth's mire, lUving food and raiment and Ore, , But no more, but no more. Kdieard S. Creamer. ADONIS, M. D. great deal have got himself into any en tanglement. lie walked home, brooding in consid erable disgust, and, as usual, found in his hall a number of maids and pages waiting with pressing notes that sum moned him to go out and see divers ladies, lie dismissed this cohort of messengers pretty roughly, telling them he should go out no more that night. They protested, but he bundled them all out into the street, saying that he want ed his tea, and should have it. He was not fated, however, t j enjoy this cheer ful meal just yet, for on walking into his study he was met by a dainty, tearful little woman, who rose from a chair near the fire, and, lifting her vail, sighed: Oh, doctor, I feel so ill. I've been waiting for yon an hour." " Mrs. Chickjove I" exclaimed Halli day. ' Why, I called at your house; didn't your husband tell yon?'' "Oh, yes; the brute! He would let me die. for all he cared; but you must prescribe for me, doctor dear doctor I Put you haud here on my heart and feel the palpitation, 8ee how ill I am." "Really, I don't think there's any thing the matter with you, Mrs. Chick - jove, said Halliday, severely. "Any- TRICIIINA. r?" scieumeu Mr. uuicsiove, purpie ,ith rage and atainpiug like a cockatoo. " Well, bat since Mrs. Chickjove sent for me "pleaded Jack HalhJay. " Mrs. Chickjove is a silly young woman, with whose feelings you have resu med to tn fl V' roared her hu sband, iouribbhig his umbrella from the door fep. "N-w, bir, be off; I've had :nugh of thin. My patience has been oriven to extremities. ' "Aa you please," said Jack. "My visit was professional ; but, since you r.fnm la let me see vour wuo. who is ill and who has summoned me, be good nnnoli tn civA her this box of Dills." Th4ills spurred Mr. Chickjove to exasperation. He took ti e box out of t e yourg doctor's hands, threw it on t .e rrround. stamped upon it, pressed h's heels on the pills as they rolled. about, and concluded this little per formance with an exulting yell. " There air I so mncb for vour physic I l scorn it and vou. tool Ahal'' saying which Mr. Chickjove opened his bousedoor with a 1 .trhkev. wagged his head fleroe. It at Dr. Halliday from the threshold. a id then went in. banging the door with such violence . that it made all the window-pane rattir. The doctor re mained outside. He shrugged his shoulders and strode awav down the street. One might have expected him to exhibit Borne Avnitement at the manner in which he had just been treated ; but he seemed to have his reasons for preserving a compute enuanimity. A few minutes' niTiMve walk broueht him to a Bide street of fashionable appearance, which . he entered, and at the third house rang the bell. " la Mrs. Marrable at home?" asked he of the smart maid who answer ed his summons. " Yes, 6ir," said the damsel but she put a forefinger to her lins. . and with a mysterious look whisnered : " Hush, sir : he's oomel - Who's comet" inquired Halliday, astonished. " MisHua' brother, sir: and oh. my, what a row he's made I Yes, sir; please to step in. These last words were spoken aloud and with considerable flurry, for ' the .maid had espied a tall, lumbering f fiarnre darkening the end of the passage ".The figure stared with all its might at the doctor. The doctor accosted it blandlv : but a wave of the hand mo tjoned him 'to step into the parlor, ani thero he was confronted by a massive sauaro iawed person, six feet tall and broad in proportion, who, in a deep bass voice that seemed to come up like a miter's from the shaft of a pit, an id: " My nape is Ouokin, and I went t know what is the matter with my sister ? 1 "Really, Mr. Quckin, there is not much; a slight cold vapors. " " Then why have you paid her fifty six visita in the course of five weeks?" " I can hardly tell," stammered Halli' ?day, uneasily; "ladies are sometimes anxious about themselves, you know. The least thing alarms them. - "Enough; I know your game, my - man," interrupted Mr. Guckin, appre hending the doctor by the cuff as if he were a prisoner, and Blaring into his face with an evil glare. " You'va heard of Palmer, the Rugeley poisoner, haven't yon? and Smethurst. another doctor? and Caataign, and Lapommeraie, Frenchmen, doctors and poisoners, too? and of that physician lately hanged at .-Hlinburgh for poisoning his wife, eh? aou'11 swing, too, if you don't mind. You've laid your plans for marrying my sister; but as she's too old and ugly for yrgi to love, vou just think you'll under go her health first, so that she may e as soon as possible after the mar i iap;e, and leave you her money. Well, 1 11, just try it. Qo up stairs and see Irs. Marrable now, if you like; but, aiind, my eye is on you." " You'cau t think that, of ter what you have just said, I should consentfever to step into this house again t ejacuiaieu Jack Halliday, as he disengaged bim- self, with a burning spot on either cheek. " All right ; that means that you are - going, doesn't it ? Or is it only a bit of show-off?" " It means that I am going this min ute, and and I'm ashamed of you, Mr. Guckin. Good-night" " Go to the deuce " said Mr. Guckin; and he, too, having shown the young doctor into the street, slammed the door with quite unnecessary noise. This time Jack Halliday did look a little npset. Ha bit the corners of his whiskers, pulled down his waistbands, and appeared anxious to do battle with were gathered round the table playing loto, and the eldest daughter, a cheeful girl of twenty, was working beside her mother, and casting occasional glances toward a sofa, where lay the beauty of the family, a sweet, golden -haired girl of eighteen. Before the doctor s entry the beauty had been laughing at some joke of her brother's, but seeing Halli day, a gleam lit up her eyes, a faint blush overspread her cheeks, and she let her head bih on her pillow in an attitude of delicious languor. When the chorus of greetings had subsided, the doctor took a chair beside the sola and shook hands with the beauty. "Well, how do you feel to-day, Miss Emily?" 'So weak, doctor." murmured a soft voice, and a pair of blue eyes moistened as they looked into his. The poor darling has lost her appe tite; she could eat nothing at dinner, said Mrs. Daisop, a tall, florid and bux om lady. "Oh. mamma! that was because she sent out Jane an hour before grub time to buy her two sausage rolls, three rasp berry puffs and a Bath bun," exclaimed one of the brothers at tne taoie. "Oh. those odious bovsl" muttered Mrs. Dai.-op; but Dr. Halliday pretend ed not to hear, ne felt Beauty's pulse, and the moment his hand touched her's he girl quivered from head to foot. gitated bv spasms, as if the shocks of n electrio battery were running through her, she forced a handkerchief into her mouth; but at last she could contain herself no longer, and burst out into a lamentable wail, follower by a torrent of teais. " Ah ! Nervous debility; outdoor ex- tmm it a a a . 1 1 Al eroise win cure tnat, remarseu me doctor as he rose from bis chair with professional composure; bat be was surprised to notice that Mr. and Mrs. Daisop, instead of seeming alarmed at their daughter's state, were exchanging smiles. They beckoned to him to come out of the room, and he accompanied them into Mr. Daisop's study. There Mr.. Diisop, having closed the door, gave Halliday a friendly pat on the waistcoat, and grinning from ear to ear, said : " Now my dear follow, we quite ap preciate your delioacy in not having spoken out your sentiments till now; but we think, for our Emily's Bake, that the timo has ome when you ought to declare yourself." " Declare what ?" answered the doc tor. " I assure you Miss Emily is in no danger." " Come, oome, you're making fun of us t" laughed Mr. Daisop, in whose mirth his wife joined. " Do you think we have been blind to the purpose of your constant visits to our daughter?" " Professional visits, Mr. DaiBop," said Jack Halliday, with Borne wonder. " Well, well, we won't discuss that point," continuecTEmily's lively father. "Look at yourself in the glass, man. Do you think a fellow of your handsome face and figure can make love to a girl long without setting her heart on fire ?" "Yes; look at yourseit m tne glass, Dr. Halliday," chimed in Mrs. Daisop, in a good-natured, motherly way. "I Am sure I am only too glad for my dear Emily that she should find a husband like you. Go in now, and make the child happy by proposing to her. I will be bound she does not remain long on the sofa after that." Jack Halliday murmured a monosylla ble, which, let us hope, was a blessing; but instead ot returning to the parlor he darted down the passage, opened the street-door, and fled ignominiously f rom the bouse. When he had run twenty Daces down the road he paused, breath- less, to exclaim: "Now, I'll be hanged if I ever prescribe for wife, widow or girl again. I've had enough of it 1" lie bad indeed had enougn 01 it. lie was the handsomest doctor within a radius of twenty miles; but the gift of beauty, which should have proved a glory and a source of wealth to him, had turned out to be an unmitigated curse. Certain it is that Mr. Chickjove, Mr. Guckin and Mr. Daisop had all some grounds for taxing him with having shot the darts -of Cupid into their respective family circles; and they were not the only persons by many who were entitled to make the same complaint. The best of it was, however, that Jack Halliday was absolutely innooent of any purpose to oircumvent his fair patients; for he was the discreetest of men, very earnest in his profession, and be would not for a how, as I don't understand your case, 1 advise you to consult my neighbor. Dr. Podgie, whose long experience " " Ah, doctor, I shall die if you for sake me," soreamed Mrs. Chickjove, and, letting herself glide off her seat, she had a fit of hysterics on the hearth rug. Jack, losing his head , caught up the first bottle off his medicine-shelf and forced the contents into the fair suffer er's mouth. He found out later and so did the lady that he had adminis tered a strong dose of Epsom salts by m stake; but for the present bis impulses were erratic, for he heard loud moans issuing from the next room, which ks his parlor, and running in saw a corpu lent, middle-aged lady, gasping on a sofa, with both hands pressed to her bosom. " Why, MrB. Marrable, what brings von here ?" he cried. "Oh, doctor," croaked the rich widow in a voice which would have done for a drill-sergeant's, "I have come to apolo gize for my brother's atrocious conduct. 1 1 has made me auite ill. The unmanly fellow wants my money six thousand a year, doctor, in the three per cents imt he shall never have a penny; my monev shall go to those whom I love and who love me. Oh, doctor, dear dootor, your prescriptions do me a world of good; I feel that I owe you my life. . . . Allow me to weep ; oh I oh I" The cathartio in the doctor's bottle was not all gone; he was about to im art what remained of it to soothe the widow's pangs; but at this moment the knocker on the street door was banged with such a riot that he went out to see what was the matter. He opened the door, and in rushed Mr. Chickjove, Mr. Guckin. and Mr. DaiBop. all three rav. iog. " My wife is in your house 1" velDed one.' "You've abducted my sister, you sooundrell" sang out the eoond. "I'll have no more trifling with mv daughter 1 shouted the third. Their fists were clenched and their hair bristled. .Tank Hallidav. though an even-tem nered man. lost patience. He barred the entrance to the parlor with his out stretched arms; and keeping his visitors in the hall, said: "Now, one at a time. First, you, Mr. Guckin. You called me a scoundrel. If you don't instantly beg mv pardon. I shall request yon to take off vour coat, and we'll have it out here instanter. Do vou decline?" Mr, Guckin did decline to fight, and, red dening, mnttered an apology. "Very well, off you go; and now, your turn, Mr. Chickjove. " Ah. vou shan't intimidate me, sir, shrieked the cholerio little husband of the lady with palpitations. " If you lay a finger on me, sir, I'll have the law on von." Yes. I know vou're a Bolioitor," said the doctor, calmly. " and that's why I am going to make an offer to you. I hear your influence will be paramount at the approaching election of a coroner for this distriot Get me elected, and I promise to renounce my private prae tice. I'll never call upon your wife nor any other lady, except in a friendly wav." " You shan't call on us in a friendly wav." howled Mr. Chickiove. "Yes, sir, I'll get ycu elected coroner; that's a irood idea, for we shall be well rid of vou. You'll go and live in London. Where's mv wife t Let me pass, sir, Mr. Chickiove went in to fetch his wife, and Jack remained alone with Mr. Daisop. " Mr. Daisop." said he, " when I've had my tea, I'll go and propose to Emily ;' but conditionally, you know, on my getting that coronorship. I don't want to have mv wife's jealousy excited. "You're right, there." said Mr. Daisop. laughing. "A good-looking husband with a large female practice wouldn't quite suit a tender-hearted creature like our Emily." And he left the doctor to his tea. The Death f Fear Persona from Eatln Haw Ham. The Chicago Times of a recent date says: A short time ago an alleged case of Fpasm-provoking trichina occurred in this city, and a number of people whfi thought they knew more about uncook ed, diseased pork than the unfortunate deceased who ate it could not believe that such a thing an the real trichina that killed people did exist or could ex ist hereabouts. To prove that it could not, according to his own theory, a cer tain physician ate a piece of meat which was supposed to have' caused the mis chief, and after having duly announced the fact he calmly awaited results. He is yet calm as far as heard from, and has not as is known experienced any ill re sults from the piece ox meat which he ate. Whether the pork was diseased or not is an open question; but it is asserted that the dootor did not hesitate to boil it thoroughly before he ate it. This was a precaution which probably he did not deem necessary to make public, but sci entists say it makes all the difference in the world about diseased pork irom FARM, GARDES AND HOUSEHOLD Grala la Orchards. In a recent issue of your paper I notice an article in which the writer is desirous of becoming familiar with the project as to whether sowing small grain (oats) in an orchard would prove satisfactory. I think not, should he bo dealt with similarly to myself. Though he raising of SHcn had only once been engaged in, and its proving by far con trary to my expectations, I unhesitat ingly abandoned the idea of raising small grain in an orchard of any age in the future. I now take pleasure in giving my experience to yourig farmers and any others of your numerous read ers. In the spring of 1876, having an ex tensive and superior selection of choice fruit trees, variously mixed, I concluded (the trees being widely set apart and planted in virgin soil) to experiment in raising oats. As the ground needed cultivation, I thought the oats would be beneficial instead of injurious. Sowed them in March, and gave the matter but little attention until June 1st, when, to mv surprise ani dissatisfaction, I ob served the trees were very scaly, bark Help. My hands have often been weary hands, Too tired to do their daily task ; And just to fold them for evermore Has seemed the boon that was best to ask. My foet have oftea been weary feet, Too tired to walk anothor day ; And I've thought, " To sit and calmly wait U better far than the onward way." My eyes with tears have been so dim That I have said, " I cannot mark , The work I do or the way I take, For everywhere it Is dark so dark." But oh, thank God I There never has oome That hour that makes the bravest quail j No matter bow weary my feet and hands, od never has Buffered my heart to fail. Bo the folded hands take up their work, And the weary f set pursue their way ; And all Is clear when the good heart cries, " Be brave 1 to-morrow's another day. Uarper'i Weekly. which trichina can be developed, and dry and m places scorched-caused, aawfl to 9 the ffonerftlimnression among those who I thought then and know now, by Ine . . ITEMS OF INTEREST. A neat business The cattle trade. Chorus of the cider apples " Just as Francis Atkins was porter at the palace gate at Salisbury from the time of Bishop Burnet to the period of his death in 1761, at the age of 10 yearp. It was his office every night to wind up the clock, which he was capable of per forming regularly till within a year of his decease, though on the summit oi the palace. In ascending the lofty flight of stairs he usually made a halt at a particular place and said his evening prayers. He lived a regular and tem perate life and took a great deal of exer cise; be walked well, carried his frame upright and well balanced to the latt. the general impression among those who heard of the experiment is that he ate the pork nearly raw or only par-oonea. There has recently occurred a very dis tressing case which, if it does not set at rest the question of the tendency of dis eased pork, not thoroughly cooked, to create trichina, and in such a serious form as to be fatal, should at least, it would seem, call for some very thorough and exhaustive inquiry. Intelligence reached the city yester day that a whole family had died from trichina caused by eating ham, which was presumably insufficiently cooked. In Gridley, 111., resided until a fe.v days since a very respectable German family, consisting of a man, his wife and three sons. They were in the habit ol par taking of ham freely, and within the past week the boys sickened and died. The mother finally succumbed to illness and also died, and when the news reached this city yesterday, the last member of the family was upon what was believed to be his deathbed. The boys and their mother died in the greatest agony, and Dr. Taylor, a physician of Gridley, who attended the family, had no doubt about the cause of death being trichina ol a malignant form. The father also was suffering from the same complaint, and betrayed all the symptoms of completely-developed trichina. Dr. Taylor dispatched specimens of the ham eaten by this un fortunate family, and also a piece or tne body of one of the boys deceased, to Mr. Edward Mancher, the optician of this city, and the latter gentleman ap plied a number of crucial microscopic tests to these subjects, xne results fully substantiated the theory of trichina us the cause of death, as the microscope clearly discovered thousands of these death-dealing parasites in small pieces of the ham. S3 thick were they that Mr. Mancher said lact evening that he could clearly distinguish no lesB than ten perfectly- formed and large-sizea irioninie in n piece of the ham no bigger than a pin s head, and that in larger pieces they abounded by the hundred and by the thousand. They are so abundant that life in the smaller parasites cannot be discerned at all. as they have to be placed between the two pieces of glass. and the- point of the finest neeuie can scarcely define them, and yet they caused the agonized death of a whole family. There is intense excitement in and around the locality where this mel ancholy fatality occurred. A Rancher's Life In Colorado. A Colorado correspondent writes: "We at the East can hardly realize the isola tion o teutimes attending ranche-hfe. A few days since we renewed the acquaint ance of a young gentleman whom we met in Denver last year. He is of a distinguished family of Northern New York, and a graduate of one of our Eastern oollcges. lie came to this State about a year sinoe for the benefit of his health, which was considerably im paired. His physician trdvised him to go on a sheep ranche, where he would have constant out-door employment. He soon engaged himself to two Scotch shepherds to assist them in the care of sheep, and for five months the three men managed the affairs cf the ranche, both indoors and out, each taking his turn in the art of cooking, and each doing his own washing. This ranche is situated seventy-five miles from Colo rado Springs, which is their base of Bup plies. The unvarying duties of a shepherd are about as follows: At sunrise to take his flock, usually from four to six hun dred, accompanied by his trusty horse and faithful dogs, to green pastures and beside still waters, if he can find them. and there remain all the day long with a watchful eye over his charge, to Bee that none fall into the ditch or go astray. When the sun goes down be hind the Rocky mountains it is time to start for home. The signal is given by the shepherd, the dog is on the alert, the " bell wether" leads the way to the fold or oorral for the night, and when Bufaly protected from foes without, such as prairie wolves, the day's work is done, only to be repeated day in and day out, month after month. The dog is a valuable auxiliary in the care of sheep. The "Scotch collie" surpasses all others in his natural aptitude for this work, and oftentimes one well trained sells for 8150. A pistol is not half so dangerous when the owner is not loaded. reflection of heat or rays of the Bun. The straw was fast maturing, and capa ble of reflection. But my ntighbors frequently persisted in causing me to. believe otherwise, but of no avail. I afterward confirmed my belief. Becom ing dissatisfied at the turn things were' taking, I had the oats harvested. But it was no improvement, for the stubbs Beemed as foroible in returning heat as did their better half. Finding there was no chance of saving them except by hard work and diligent nursing, I re solved to adopt the two latter methods, thereby saving more than half of my trees. " Young Farmer" will observe by the foregoing that the oata paid dear for j themselves, and were worthless. If he should still feel inclined to raise a crop in his orchard, 1 would suggest the raising of corn or potatoes, or other crops with green foliage. M. A. Stier, in liural n orla. Household Hints. Clean oil-cloth with milk and watr; a brush and soap will ruin it. Tumblers that have had milk in them should never be put in hot water. A small piece of charcoal in the pot with boiling cabbage removes the smell. A spoonful of stewed tomatoes in the gravy of either roasted or fried meats is an improvement. Musty bottles or jars may be sweet ened with lye or dissolved soda. Let either remain in them a short time, then dry and scald out. Salt will keep off must, if placed in jars or bottles. A tablespoonful of black pepper put into the first water in which gray and buff linens are washed will keep them from spotting. There is no objection to it, and it softnis the water like soda. In damp weather, flat-irons, unlets kept on. the stove, are apt to gather moisture, get rough, and sometimes rustv; and it is not well to keep them hot 'all the time, for a good many reasons they are liable to get knocked off and broken, and after a while do not retain the beat as well, and they are in the way. If you occasionally rub the smooth surface with a bit of beeswax, and then rub on a piece of cloth, they will always keep bright and smooth. If they do ever happen to get wet, and bo rust, lav a little fine salt upon a smooth board and rub them over it quickly while hot. Fowls In Orchards. Last fall we visited an orchard in which fowls were kept, the owner of which told us that before the fowls were confined in it the trees made little or no growth, aud only a corresponding amount of fruit was obtained. But what a change was evident now ! The grass was kept down, the wee.ls killed, and the trees presented an appearance of thrift which the , most enthusiastic horticulturist could not but admire and envv. The growth of the trees was most vigorous and the foliage remarka bly luxuriant: the fruit was abundant, of large size, and free from worms and other imperfections. The excellence was accounted for by the proprietor, who remarked that the " hens ate all the worms and enrculio in their reach, even the canker-worm." He found lees trouble with their roosting in trees than be expected, and that a picket fence six feet high kept them within bounds. His orchard was divided into three sections, and the fowls wore changed from one to another, as the condition of the fowls or the orchard-sections seemed to require. Poultry World. Praalna Trees. Set a green hand to prune trees where limbs of any size are to be removed, and the chances are, ten to one, that ne win commence at the top and saw through the limb until it falls of its own weight, tearing down the bark and wood, in Aiding a great, ugly wound, which may require years to heal, and which, if not carefully protected irom the weatuer, will cause such decay as to destroy the tree. The method commonly recom mended to prevent injury is, to begin at the bottom and cut half way through, and then finish at the top ; or with very large limbs, to have them supported by a crotched pole or pitchfork held by an assistant below; but we have found a better plan, and quite as easy, to be to make two cuts, the first at a convenient distance, say a foot, from the point where we wish the limb removed. This short stump can, except in the case of very large limbs, be easily held in one hand, while the final cot is made with the other. lYuit Jttvvrtlrr. There must be a nerve scenter some where in the nose. There are well authenticated cases of kittens haying caught the mumps from children. A patent-medicine advertiser says that fat is not conducive to long life. A fat hog rarely lives through the win ter. In the olden time when a man nailed across the seas to humble a rival's fame he brought his arms with him ; now he brings his legs. It is proposed to celebrate at Pompeii this summer the eighteen hundredth anuiversary of the destruction of that city by an eruption from Vesuvius. ASonth American has discovered a plant whioh gives milk, but we don't see where the fun is to come in, us it nu turn around and kick the pail over. In Scotland and other northern coun tries, seaweed is used in winter for feed ing horses, cattle and sheep, and is eat en by deer when other food iB scarce. A naturalist claims to have discovered that crows, when in flocks, have regu larly organized courts, in whioh they sit around and uyo;iouuers a nun crow bar. A native of Marseilles has purchased thii;)if.nf ATtrnntincr chlorate ( f pot ash from the" Dead sea, and expects to nefc eight dollars a ton on an indennite quantity of it delivered at London. Winter is the time for planning, as the summer is the season for execution. Winter is the time for thought, as sum mer is the season for carrying; thought into action. Iowa State Eegister. A farmer in Ohio was anmoyed by his sheep getting into a field of grain ; each time he drove them out he was unsuc cessful in finding an opening through whioh they got in, the fenoe being too high, he thought, for them to jump over, so he oonoluded to watoh them, and to his astonishment he saw a large buck leave the flock and place himself by the side of the fence, then one after the other of his companions ran up to him, leaped upon his bnok and over tno fence into the field ; the buok was the only one in the flock that could gtt over without the assistance of a " footstool." Is this not more than instinct ! Have not ani mals a langua ; e of their own ? A Cool Customer. The Detroit Free Press says J. R. Ham was one of a confederation of men, some of them holding high official and social positions, who, by means of forged deeds and other devices, perpe trated cno of the most gigantic land swindles ever heard of. He is now serving a ten years' eentence on convio- tion of sending to liianoo county, xexas, for record, a forged deed for b4U acres oi land, and has Bent to the fret Iess office two letters, one of which is given below, the extract with which it com mences having been cut irom our paper by him and attached to hu letter aa a sort of text: ' " J. R. Ham. the man who came near to stealing one-half of Texas, is anxious to get out of the Austin penitentiary. He thinks be can render vainaoie service in clearing ud real estate titles; but he cleared too much when he was at liberty. and Texas will find him moat useful where he is." Austin, Texas. nave been looking oer your valuable paper nearly all day, and to my great astonishment find my name in the paper. 1 desire to correct you, lest you might injure my reputa tion. You state that I am the man who came near to stealing the one-half of Texas. Now this is all a mistake. I only got away with 1G8.000 acres of laml that there are no adverse claimants for. This land is worth ou an average five dollars per acre, which would only make about $800,0t0. This amount would hardly be the interest for one year on what Jim Fisk and Jay Gould gobbled ou Black Friday, and yet tbey are not happy. Yon state that I think I could render valuable services in clearing up real estate titles. In this you aro quite right. Yes, I can "read my titles dear." You state that I am anxious to get out of the Auhtiu penitentiary. In this you are mistuken. In the first place, there is no penitentiary in Auttm; in the second place, I have never Won in a penitentiary, and have no aspirations in thiit direction. If I could get out of the Austiu jail it would be good enough for me. If they would turn me over to the Lord I would be satisfied. Very reepectf ully, J. R. Ham.
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