VOL. XXI. LEOAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Estate of John Rosenberry. LATE or ALLEOHENT TWF., DEC'D. Letters of Adti,lni t ration C. T. A. on the en tile of John Rosenberrv, dec'd., late of Alle gheny towDsbip, Butler county, Pa., havluz tKMsn "granted to the undersigned, all persons knowlne themselves indebted to Slid estate will plea?e make Immediate payment and any having claims against said estate win present them duly authenticated for settlement to B. p. KAKIN, Adra'r Parkers Landing P. »>., Armstrong Co., Pa. Estate ot John Cooper. Dec'd. LATE or WIN FIELD TWP., BWTI.EB co., pa., Letters testamentary on the above eetate having been granted to the under pinned, *ll persons knowing themselves in debted to said estAte will please make iirm-'di. ate payment aud any having claims again*' aaid estate will present theui duly authenticated for settlement. ROBERT COOPER. Executor. Decoy P. 0., Butler county, Pa. Folate ol Win. Park, Hr. LATE OF SHDDLESBX TOWNSHIP, DECBASSD. Letter* testamentary in the estate of Win. Park, dec'd . law of Middles* township. Butler oountv, Fa.. U»ving b*en it rented to the under* signed all personskuowing themselves indebted to said eft»t-j wili plea*« make immediate pay ment, aud any having claims against said estate will prtaeut them duly authentictted for set.le nient. _ HAKKAH PA»«, 1 WILLIAM PARK, Jr. > Kirs. JAMM PA**- ) Bakers town P. 0., Alleghsuy Co., Pa, Eitntr «t Nnmnel Y«nng t LAT« or WASHINGTON TWP.. DBC'D. Letters ol administration on the estate ol Samuel Young, dec'd, late ol Washington twp Butler county, Pa., bavine been grailted to the undersigned, all persons knowing themselves indebted to said estate will (-lease mike Imme diate payment and any having claims against said estate will present them duly authenti cated for settlement, 8. C. hDTCiOsoH, Administrator. North Hope P. <>. Butlor county. PH. IgxeeutorM' Male. By vlrtnc ot the provisions of the will of WU liam Thompson, dec'd, lste ot Middlesex twin, Butler rouniy, Pa., the undersigned, his Execu tors, offer for sale part of the farm of said W il 11am Thompson, located In Middlesex twp., Butlor county, Pa., one mile west of the Butler aud Pittsburgh Plank Koxd, and lour miles east of the P.<* W. Railroad,containing FIFTY NINE AND ONE-HALF (59>£) ACRES, one half cleared and in good cultivation, the balance well timbered and all n der fence, is convenient to schools and churches, i>nd is well watered. For further information inquire ot on the farm or address, W. 8. THOMPSON, I ET „_, OR(! W. R. THOMPSON,! EXECQTORB, Glade Mill P. U., Butler, Co., Pa. novl4-3m. Estate of Ebeneifr Christy, (LATE or WASHINGTON TWP„ BCTLEB 00., PA.) Letters of administiation having been grant ed to the undersigned on the estate of Ebenezer Christy, late of Washington twp., Butler oonn ty, Pa., notice is hereby given to all parties knowing themselves indebted to said estate to make immediate payment and any having claims against said estate will present them duly authenticated for payment MRS. JANE CHBISTT, ( , _l„._ G. W. CHBIKTT, ) ADM "• North Hope, Butler county, Pa Wotlee. The time fixed by the Court for hearing other business thin trial by Jury; sucli as applica tions for license to sell Liquors, and objections thereto by evidence, petition, remonstrance or Counsel, will be heard Friday. March 7th, 1884. Objectors desiring snbpoma for witnesses must file exceptions. Bottlers'license must be applied for as ia other cases to the Coart. Bv THE COCBT. BDTI.KB CotuiTT s«: Certified from the Re cord this 11th dav of January, 1884. W. 6 DODDS, Clerk. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that au application will be made by Chas. T. Creswell, Albert B. Ouilbert, Severo Mallet Provost. Henry Cuinuitu* and Theo, B. Armstrong on the 14tli day of Febru ary, ISB4, to the Governor of the state of Pennsyl vania, under the Act of Assembly ol the Common wealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An Act to provide for the incor|K>ration and regulation of of certain corporations," approved April 26th I»<4, aud the supplements thereto, for the charter of an lutentlcd corporation, to be called the Postal Telegraph ana Cable Company No. 2 : the charter aud object thereof is te construct, maintain and operate line* ol telegraph commencing in MrKean r-ounty, at the state line, on the highway near Foster Brook, running thence through the counties of McKean, Warren, Forest, Clarion, Venango, Armstrong, Butler. Allegheny and Washington, to a iMilnt on the State line between Pennsylvania and West Virginia, in the township of Hanover. In Washington county, and for these purposes to have, possess and enjoy all the rights, benefits and privileges of the «ald Act of Assembly and its supplements . RIDDLE & WARD, Solicitors. Jim. 23, 3 llio. FARM FOR SALE. The 'indersigned offers for sale his fine farm situate iu Franklin township, Butler countv. Pa., about two miles east of the borough of Prospect, and containing SEVENTY-FIVE 4CRES, more or less, of good tillable ground, having erected thereon two frame dwellings, and all necessary out buildings; two springs of never failing water, two orchards, farm in good repair, etc. Convenient to schools, churches, postofflce, etc. WILLIAM McOREW, nov7-tf. Prospect, Butler Cu.. Pa, FOR SALE. 18 Acres of land, with large two-story brick bonne and large barn thereon erected. Good orchard; situated in Butler twp , Butler oounty. Pa., adjoining Butler borough on the south, will b« sold cheap and on easy terms. For particu lars inquire of Lev McQuistion, Esq.. Butler, Pa. FOR Sai«Et 116 acres of lind In Borough of Prospect. HOUSE and BARN, Good orchard, spring and well. If not sold by first of February will be for rent. Enquire of G. D HARVEY, jan9-4t Butler, Pa. FOR SALE! FOB SALE! A valuable farm three miles west of Butler, on the public road, in a high state ot Improve ment and cultivation. Eighty-three acres, of which 23 acres is heavilj timbered with white- OAIC and chestnut, and 00 acres cleared, richly improved A stake and rider fence 7 teet ljigh encloses the entire farm and also the different fields. Two tine orchards of over 100 fruit bearing apple trees ol rare and choice varities, all grafied fruit, 75 poach trees of young growth and beariug for two years, 25 pear trees also bearing, one dozen quince trees also ►tearing, last year, aud a variety of small fruits. 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From theso sources uiLse Uiree fourths of the diseases of the human nice, 'these symptom* indicate their existence: L<»< of Appetite, Itowela costive, Kick lle»d --sche, fultacii after tHtiiis, nv«r»iou to exertion of body or uiud, Eructation of food, Irritability of temper, low spirits, A feeling of having neglected some duty. Dizziness, Fluttering at the Heart, Dots before the eyes, highly col ored Criitr, CONSTIPATION, and de mand the use of a remedy that acts directly on the Liver. As a Liver medicine TfTTT'll PI 1.1.8 liavc no equal. Their notion on the Kidneys and Skin isalso prompt; removing all Impurities through these three " scav engers of the system," producing uppe tlte,sound digestion, regular stools, a clear skinand a vigorous boil*. TCTT'S Pir.l.S cause no nausea or griping nor Interfere with daily work and are u perfect ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA. HE FEKf.S LIKE A NEW MAN. "I havo hud Dyspepsia, with Constipa tion,two years, and nave tried ten different kinds of pills, and TCTT'S are the first that have done me any good. They have cleaned mo out nicely. My appetite Is splendid, fo-id digests readilv, nnd I have natural pasxages. 1 feel lik • a new man." W. I). EDWARDS, Palmyra, O. SnlJevrywh'-r'',!>.*»«. Offi.e,44MuiTKySt.,X.T. TUn S HAIR DYE. GRAY HAIR OR WHISKERS changed In stantly to ii ULossr liL.u-K liy a single ap. plication of this DTE Sold by Druggists, or seuthy < xpress ne or not, whether totally de ranged or in part only, where accoun tability to the law &ball begU uud where end are questions of great and embarrassing subtlety. There are few men so balanced in intellect that they may not at some time and under some circumstances approximate de rangement." There are persons, said Judge Curtis (in U. S. vs. McGlue 1 Curtis U. S. Rep.); filling important stations in life, who upon some one subject are insane. There sre other* whose minds are such that the conclu sion of their reason and the result of their judgment are very far from right. And others whose passions are so strong or whose conscience, rea son and judgment are so weak or per verted that they may in some sense be said to be insane. But it is not the business of the law to inquire into these peculiarities, but solely whether the person accused was capable of hav ing and did have a criminal iut^nt. In Com. vs. Mosler, 5 Barr 264, Judge Gibson, in de ivering the opin ion of the Supreme Conrt, said: "A person continues to be a legiti mate subject of punishment, although be may be laboring under a moral ob liquity of perception, as much as if he were laboring under an obliquity of vision. On this point there has been a mistake as melancholy as it is popu lar. It has been announced by learn ed doctors that if a man has the least taint of insanity in his mental struc ture, it discharges him from all ac countability to the law. The law (he continues) is, that whether the insani ty be general or partial, the degree of it must be so great as to have controll ed the will of its subject and to have taken from him the freedom of moral action." To tbe same effect is the declaration of Judge Dillon in State vs. Fetter, 25 lowa R. 67. If the defendant's act was caus< d by mental disease or dis order which dethroned his reason and judgment with respect to that act; which destroyed his power rationally to comprehend the nature and conse quences of that act and which over powered his will, irresistibly forcing him to its commission, he is not amen able to legal punishment. But, if the jury believefrom alltheevidenceand cir cumstances that defendant was in pos session of a rational intellect and sound mind and allowed his passions to es cape control, though passion may for the time being have driven reason from her seat and usurped it and have urged the defendant, with a force at the moment irresistible, to desperate acts, he cannot claim for such acts the protection of insanity. And we might spend hours reading to you other opin ions of learned Judges in different parts of the United States which the coun sel engaged in this case have called my attention to of similar import, but we will let the foregoing suffice for the present. The conclusion I have arrived at and which I instruct you is the law, is this: In order to relieve the prisoner from legal responsibility for the killing of Dukes, the jury must bo satisfied from the evidence that at the time of the killing his will was so far overmas tered aud controlled that he was pow erless to resist the commission of the act He was bound to use all the power of resistance ho possessed, and if he did and was by irresistible im pulse forced to do it,he is not to be held accountable to the law. Everv person who has a capacity to know right from wrong is bound to exercise his utmost power to refrain from doing what he knows to be wrong, especially so ter rible a wrong as destroying a fellow creature. And he must not passively submit to an impulse to do an unlaw ful act; he must make all the resistance iu his power. NOi' MUCH FAITH IN TEMPORARY IN SANITY. This doctrine is one, h#wever, which in its relations and application should be carefully considered and cautiously applied by juries on the trial of crimin al cases. This is especially so where there is not any, or very little, evidence of mental disturbance or insanity pre vious to the commission of the act for which one is being tried, followed by apparently perfect sanity afterwards. For myself, I must say that I have, to say tbe least of it, very little confi dence in a suggestion of insanity which without some evidence of previous ex istence springs into life for a single moment aud then dies away instantly, leaving no trace behind. And Ido not think any jury should acquit upon such ground, unless the evidence fairly shows such preceding mental peculiar ity and condition as make 3 it reason ably appas ent that tbe act was the re sult of an irresistible impulse, actually brought about or developed at the time of the commission and from which it emanated. The jury have no right to infer in sanity solely from the act itself, nor the unusual manner in which it was perpetrated. But evidence being given tending to show mental unsoundness or peculiarity as a condition from which insanity might suddenly develope, un der circumstances shown by the evi dence to have existed at the time of the act, the jury may then consider the de tail of the killing in regard to the san ity or insanity of the killer. Upon the question of responsibility of the prisoner he has called a large number of witnesses who knew him for years, some of them from childhood, who told what they knew about him and his mental peculiarities and defects. You heard how he acted after the death of his father and af er the acquittal of Dukes, even down to the day of the killing. You have heard read the let ters which passed between Dukes and his father, and your attention has been called to the trial of Dukes, the popu lar excitement which followed, aud some of the newspaper publications. And above all, you have had a number of physicians examined as experts be fore you upon what we call a hypotheti cal question, which seemed to me to be founded substantially at least, if not exactly, upon evidence given by appar ently reliable witnesses for the defeuse, v* ho, without exception, said they be loved the killing of Dukes was an in o&iiu uud not i» malicious act- While it was our duty to declare svhetber or not these so called expert witnesses showed themselves by their calling or studies within the line ot competency, this must not be taken as a declaration on the part of the Court that tbey were all or any to be relied upon by the jury «s to the justness of their conclusions. The weijrht to be given to the testi cnony of these witnesses is a question solely for the jury There is no rule of law which requires you to surren der your judgments implicitly to or even to give controlling influence t«> the opinions of scientific witnesses however learned or accomplished they may be. Their testimony is to be tried by the same tests, and receive just so much weight aud credit as you may deem it entitled to, when viewed in connection with all the circumstances in evidence. It is allowed for the purpose of enlightening your minds t>nd not for the purpose of controlling your judgments As upon you rests the responsibility of rendering a correct verdict, if the testi mony of these experts is opposed to your own conviction of the truth, it is your right to disregard their opinions. In any case you should take into con sideration the expert's means of knowl edge and the reasons he assigns for the opinion he has given, and give or with hold credence to the testimony as you may find his qualifications and his rea sons satisfactory or otherwise. The value of an opinion does not depend upon the skill and knowledge which he may profess, but upon the skill and knowledge he actually possesses, and of the accuracy of that knowledge the jury must judgt. It has been said with great force and truth, that as a general rule the evidence of witnesses who are brought upon the stand to sup port a theory by their opinions 13 just ly exposed to a certain degree of sus picion. They are produced not to swear to facts observed by them, but to express their judgment as to the ef fect of those detailed by others, and they are selected on account of their abifity to express a favorable opinion, which there is reason to believe in many instances is the result ot employ ment alone and the bias arising out of it. Such evidence should be cautious ly accepted as the foundation of a ver dict. BANITY PRESUMED IN ALL CASES. The law presumes sanity in all cases and therefore when the defense of in sanity is set up as an answer to that which would otherwise be a criminal offense, the defendant must establish the fact by competent evidence. We all know that the worst passions inci dent to human nature sometimes as sume to a certain extent the same form manifested in certain pha.-es of insanity and that the actual line between pas sion and insanity is by no means to be clearly defined. Yet it is the duty of the Court and jury to determine in each case as it may arise the tact of the re sponsibility of the particular person on trial, dependent upon the fact of insan ity, as best they can You have al ready heard and seen enough in this case to show you that tbis inquiry is a most serious aud difficult business for us to engage in, but you and I mu?t meet it as best we can, using all proper care under the circumstances to come to a correct and honest conclusion. And now, gentlemen, having laid down the law to you in regard to the issues involved in this case so far as the same seems to me necessary to euable you properly to decide it, the matter is to be left in your hands. You must not forget that from first to last that the law does not under any circumstances justify a private citizen in taking it into his owu hands by way of punishment or revenge. No wrongs, however great or aggravating, of a character such as those alleged to hare been heaped upon the prisoner, bis father, or the members of his family, can operate as any legal excuse for the killing of Dukes. " And you must not lose sight of the fact that all the evi dence upon this point has been given you solely for the purpose of throwing light upon the condition of the prisoner's mind in regard to sanity at the time of the shooting, and not directly nor indi rectly to establish a legal justification of the act And the jury must be careful to discriminate between acta of mere passion or revenge superinduced by real or supposed wrongs and acts indi cating insanity, which they sometimes so closely resemble. You must not overlook the fact that nothing short of a diseased condition of mind, which places the act of the prisoner beyond his control, or his power to resist its unlawful inclination or impulse, will constitute a defense to that which would be an unlawful kill ing. Assuming the fact of the killing of Dukes in this cat-e, as shown by the evidence, this is the controlling and sole question, and to it you are bouud to give your solemn consideration, for upon its determination depends the conclusion as to the legal guilt or inno cence of the prisoner, aud in case you should acquit him you must state in your verdict that you do so upon the ground of insanity. If James Nutt has not, under the evidence, shown by the lair weight of the testimony that at the time he shot Dukes and thus brought aboat his death ho was legally irresponsible, by reason of insanity, he should be con victed of some degree of criminal homi cide. But if you should thiuk, in view of all the evidence adduced before you, that it fairly predominates io favor of insanity; in other words, fairly lea«l9 you to believe that he was uot of sound inind (id est insane) at the time he did the killing, be should be acquitted upon that grouud and it will be your duty in such case to say so in your verdict No mere doubt of his s nity raised by the evidence will suffice ; the fact must be shown by the fair weight of the testimony. In conclusion : The Court, speak ing in the name of the law and on be half oi Uw people of I'w»nsjrlY&»ii>r *sks for your careful and cautious ex amination of all the facts in evidenc« teuding to show the guilt or innoceno of the prisoner at the bar. She doe.- not demaud a conviction any more than she demands an acquittal, but she doe.- demand that you and each of you re gardless of fear, favor or affectiou render a verdict in accordance with th<- evidence in the cause ou trial befor* yoa and now submitted to your charge Old and New Time. About forty years before the advent of the Messiah, the present division of the year into twelve months, each with its existing number of days, was estab lished by Julius Ctesar. He computed the period to be 365 days and 6 boon required by the sun to make the circuit of the ecliptic and return to the starting point. Four times six hours constitut de one day ; consequently, he provided for every fourth year to be a leap year containing 366 days. The exact time occupied by the sun in his annual course, however, is 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 47 7-10 seconds Cuesar, therefore, put into each year 11 minutes and 12 3-10 seconds too much time. In 1500 years this amounted to a number of days of an error in time The edict of Pope Gregory XIII regu lated the matter. This provided for retrenching the ten days between October 4 and 15, 1582. Thereby the day that would otherwise have been called the fifth became the fifteenth of that month. Then he decreed that each year that divides by four and leaves no remainder should be a leap year—containing 366 days. Yet of the even hundredth year ol each century ouly such should be leap year as divid ed evenly by 400, the year 1600 to be the first of such leap years, and the year 2000 to be the next. Thereby, as was shown, some 6000 years would elapse before one whole day could again creep into the calendar. Wher ever Catholicism prevailed the Gre gorian calendar was adopted. In Episcopal England and Greek Church Russia, however, the Pope's bull made no impression. Consequently, to this day the Julian Calandar prevails in Rnssia. As that style deemed the year 1700 and 1800 leap years, which were not so regarded by the new 3tyle, | those two years added to the ten days retrenched by the Gregorian calendar make the 12 days' difference between the Russian time and that of the rest of Christendom. A Cruel Joke. A broad-shouldered man was walking Catham street. He looked as if he was io great pain. "What's the matter?" asked a friend "Oh, I'm in terrible agony! Got a boil as big as a watermelon on my calf; can hardly walk. So-long!" and the proprietor of Job's comforter moved off. As he did so, another gentleman came along and shook hands with his friend. "I've got the biggest joke of the sea son on . There he goes op street. He was telling me bow he was fright ened by a dog this morning. Let's have some fun !" The new arrival was "in for it." "You walk up behind him, grab him by the leg and bark like a dog. His nerves are all unstrung, and we'll have a big joke on him to see him jump." "I'll do it," said the other, "and you walk on the other side and see me scare him to death." The two parted to carry out their programme. The latest arrival pro ceeded after their mutual friend. Just as he got close up behind him he grab bed him by the boil and playfully bark ed : "Bow, wow, wow," just as natur ally as a dog show. The broad-shouldered man went up in the air, while his face looked as if he had swallowed a tree full of persim mons. When he came down he recited the alphabet backwards, aad then point ed his toe thirteen distinct times at his playful friend, slammed him up against a telegraph pole, mashed bis hat over his eyes, ana then walked away looking as if he'd like to put the leg with the watermelon boil on over his shoulder and carry it home. After the "dog" had pulled himself out of his hat he hunted up and down Chatham street for the man who had put the job up OD him, but he could not find him, for be was looking over the cornice of a neighboring house and was bursting with grins. THANKS. 'Twasa cheerfel resolution, Made by Lancaster congregation That they should wend their way. On that bitter cold day. The first Saturday in Eighty-four, They drove up to their Pastor's door, A pleasant surprise, Meeting eyes to eyes, Something better in store Than meeting at the door, Full baskets were brought in, But as they went out they were thin. Not only the present did they have in mind, But some for the future all seemed to find. Lion, too, was cared for as well; He can do his work better, but his tongue can't "ell; For kindness of these people dt^r, Be bountiful greetings this new year. —N. N. | MIDDLE LANCASTER, BCTLEB CO., PA. The mail rider who carries letters to and from the Cour d'Alene mines charges fifty cents each, and often has from forty to fifty. lie takes the risk of being either scalped or frozen. The recent heavy loss by Gre, all over the country, has made a boom for the insurance agents, who are placing many new risks and adding to old ones. —According to a recent ruling of the postmaster general, any person who writes for tickets or corresponds with a lottery company, relating to such business, violates the law and becomes liable to a fine of from one hundred to five hundred dollars. An exchange remarks that, "tfebest teachers are those that learn something new themselves every day," so we an nounce this day that several thousand important cureß have been made by tbe use of i>r. Bull's Oougb Syrup. What do Your Boys Head ? The arrest of four boys in Milwaukee upon numerous charges of iucvndiarism reveals the fact that they had a "pirate' 3 ien," kept on band o large supply of cigarettes, chewing tobacco, etc.. "and swore in members with a cast-iron •ath." The boys were mostly members of respectable families, bi:t wore in structed in such depravitv by vicious literature. One of the boys said de fiantly : "Ob, I'm one of the Peck's bad boys, I am, and don't vou forget it " Another boy of most respectable parentage declared he "wanted to look like a tough," and when arrested ho had on his person a knife, a cowboy story, a plug of tobacco, and four cigars. They were Dot gamins of the street, but boys who regularly attended the public school, and stood w»ll in their classes. The parents are cmong the best people in Milwaukee, and one is the son of a major general. :be lesson of all this is not for Milwfukee more Chicago, but for every city and village in the land. Fathers and mothers who laugh at the witticisms of "Peck's Bad Boy," and like literature, may sooner or later have to shed bitters tears arid endure the moßt intense mortification. The power and influence of a bad book or a vicious story OD the minds of the young is not easily over-estimated. It is the devil's own method of en tering the homes of innocence and hon esty and leading the boys and girls to vice and ruiD. The father and mother in these days who, when there are floods of good books and magazines tor the young of the mo9t beautiful and in teresting character, allow these vicious and pernicious publications in the home, incur a fearful responsibility. The trouble seems to be that too many fathers enjoy the reading themselves, and are forestalled in making a protest to the children. Petroleum Chewing Gum. "Did you know that marly three quarters of the chewing gum that tire the jaws of the rising generation in the United States is now made from petroleum?" said a manufacturing con fectioner to a Sun reporter the other day. The reporter didnot know it. "Oh, yes," said the confectioner. "Petroleum first knocked the spots off of the whale oil business of New Kng land, and now it is clipping into its spruce and tamarack gutn industry at a fearful rate. Here's a lump of petro leum we have just received." The confectioner slapped his hands on a large oblong block that resembled a piece ol marble. "A few days ago," said he, "that came out of the ground in Pennsylvania, a dirty, greenish brown fluid, with a smell that could knock an ox down. The oil refiners took it and put it through a lot of chemical processes that I don't know anything about, and after taking out a large percentage of kerosene, a good share of naphtha, considersole beuzine, a cart load or so of tar, and a number of other things with names longer than the alphabet, left us this mass of ni.o clean wax. There isn't any taste to it, aad no more smell than there id to a china plate. "We will take this lump, cut it up, and melt it in boilers. Th.j piece wiil weigh 200 pounds. We add thirty pounds of cheap sugar to it, and flavor it with vauillia, winter-green, pepper mint, or any other essential oil. Then we turn it out on a marble table and cut it into all sorts of shapes with dies. After it is wrapj>ed in oil tissue paper and packed in boxes it is ready for the market. You can imagine that some body is chewing gum in this country when I tell you that a lump like this one will make 10,000 penny cakes, and we use one up every week. There are dozens of manufacturers using almost as much of the wax as we do. "I believe this petroleum chewing gum, if honestly made, is perfectly harmless, and that is more than can l»e said of some of tbe gums made from the juices of trees, especially the im ported articles." —Spicer says that "The buzz saw does business with curious people in an off hand way." Mr. M. Elkin, WRIOHTSVILLE, Pa. says: I used Brown's iron Bitters for loss of appetite and found them excel lent, invigorating and refreshing." "Catching on bobs," which is in dulged by many of the litt!.-» folks, is a dangerous practice and one of these days will result in a serious accident. —Tbe traveling showmen are exhib iting three skeletons of CJj'teau—his skeleton when he was a boy. bin skele ton before he shot GarfifoitJ, aad his skeleton after he was hanged. —Harry Erskine' who succeeded Henry Dundas, afterward Lord Mel ville, as lord advocate of Seotlauil, happening to have a femal« client of the name of Tickle, defendent in an action, commenced his spt-ech in the following humorous straiu ; "Tickle, my clTent, the defendent, my lord." The auditors, amused with the oddity of the speech, were almost driven into hysterics by the-judge replying:,' Tickle her yourself, Harry. You are as able to (io it as I." 'Twas past twelve at midnight when he rolled home and prepared 10 concoct some story tor the latenes-? of his re turn. She, however' was awake, and with a sharp scented nose detected tin odor of gin "What smell is that, my dear ?" she remarked. "Cloves, my love." "But the other odor, sir."' "Allspice, ray sweet." "But I smell something else." "Oh, that's cinna mon." "But I am certain that inn't spice at all " "Oh, that's an applo 1 ate before I came in." "Will I should think," she replied, "that if you'd just taken a good drink of brandy before you came in and esti-n a ham sandwich you would have had all the ingredients necessary for a good mince pie " He sighed as he dropped to sleep and murmured that h«,d done it if fce ta.dd't. bcoo »£r»iii of l-'»U dream?. ,0. i!