JUDGE MILLER'S LIBEL SUIT. Editor Robbini, of Greenvllls, Bold for Trial. A. II. Itobulns, editor ol tlio ureenvino. Independent, a weekly paper, w ho In undrt arrest far criminal libel against Hnmiii'l II. Miller, judge of Mnroor county, wns Rlvi'n n hearing. Tbo alleged libelous nrtlelo ap peared In the Issue of October 23. IBM, nnd tond to the effect thnt V. 3. Mcl'urlaiiil, who wan then under Indictment, had attempted to bribe the Jiiiltfti by prewntlnir him wt'h a blooded cult. The evidence wns heard be fnre 'Piiilm l.outr.Hiihlsur, who bound the delenditut over to count under tflUO ball. The Minliter Keilgnsd.- Rcv. II. J.clnhton flearhnrt hits reelgnml the pastorntn ol the ltelornvxl cliun.li ol HWIofontM. t!hrlstmns nvrning, niter de livering a talk at tin entertainment f,,r the Httmluy school, tha pn tor, with his two tiiughlere nnd eon, attended a Relent dnnea given In the armory. The eniigregntlon nt nnce put In circulation a petition en. ling fot their pifc-tor's resignation, but the Itittct 'landed la hie resignation Voluntarily. Iltirfilnre nlTeeteil an entrnnee Into the Atotnoillst Episcopal parsonagu nt llcnvei Foils, and ransacked the lower story nt their leisure. The luraily of liev. 0. A. Holmes, l. V., who occupy the parsonage, were not aware that a cull had been mndo by noctur nal visitors until tbey nune down stairs next inorulng. The burglars lighted a lump whh'h they lolt burning, and hud gone through the noufi systematically. iney niso neipeii themselves to a cuke nnd other entubles. Three Hue sacks, three good overcoats and to In money were missing. Three old residents of Mercer county lmro died within the past few dnys. .Mrs. Anna Konl, aged 90 years, passed away nt the home ot her son, I'eter Ulnssen, Fronts cor tiers, l'avld H. P-estress, of I'litdlcy towu shin, died nt hut home Oder n short Illness. aged 70 yenrs. lie was a dentist for over 111) years, tiracth.lng most ot his lime lu Mercer. The death of H. Uowman Alexander occurred nt his home Id Fairview township. Deceased was 67 years of age and was ex-troaurur ol stercer county. The soft conl minora of Itobertsdnln ami Vfoolvnle, Ilunilngtott county, niimlierlng about S00 struck and the miues are Id e. The Kobertsdnle men quit work becnusu one ol their number was assigned to a dllTerent mine team, and YYoolvalo miners struck through sympathy. The strike oocurred lust as the men began working on alar order, which would have kept tbeui steadily employed. The largest number of applicants for liq uor license ever recorded III a-hliig:in county appeared at the clerk of court's olllce and 11 led their vnuers. lucre were six ap plicants from the borough of Washington and forty two from other sections o( tho county. These applications will bo contest ed. Washington hut uoi had a saloon for years. Fire at PuBois did damage to thn extent ol 15.000. The blaze started in Mrs. Moore's millinery store, and destroyed the grocery stock o A. Mellskl, the meat market ot Motr in an Urns, and the grocery stock of Kdward Jinugherty. All nnd some Insuruuce. The congregation of the Ileynohlsville IJnp tist church bns Issued a call to liev. .1. W, Cole, of Van Eton. N. Y.. to preach for tliem for one year. ltev. Mr. Cole will take utiurge of the congregation about February 1, The West D ran eh fishing and hunting club, ot Lock Haven, bus leased 1.1,000 ncres ol land containing many mountain streams. and 230,000 eggs have been scoured to make experiments in Daiuhlng trout. William Walter. 55 years of ago, fell from a roof upon which he was working. In Horry township, Westmoreland county, a dlbtauue or ?'i reel, ana was iaiuuy injurou. The pupils of the high school nt Clays villa, who were suspended for refusing to take musio lessons, nave Dean reinstated ut ter agreeing to obey ma uireotors. Charles Kearns. In jail at Monnngahela, eonleasea to stealing a nurse sua otuur aril elee from William Lusk. 8L Mark's Episcopal church at Johnstown, nas eiectea liev. rrancis it. rtmuu, oi ruts- burg, as pastor. The postofllce at Bryn Mawrt was robbed of 12,000 in cash and 175 In stamps (Saturday atgni. The Stewart Iron company s furnace nt Huarou, resumo, giving employment to 15U men. Twenty shops ot the McKne & Bros, glass factory at Jeannette, nave started up. Jtbn MeBonnell's barn, near New Castle, -was burned. Loss, f 1,000. CYCLING NOTES. Winter bicycle riders are comparative!) VW, Bicycle polo Is a game muott encouraged mj repairers. Tha French flovernment purposes to test naioiess oioycies in military service. Man riders are now figuring on tha 197 sxohange value ot 1UD8 ulueleoa-dollar Wheels. Of 2,000 nnplleatlons for patents in Engfe land during 1390 more than one-third war lur lupruveiiieniB la uieyaies. rhlladelphla recently voted 110,000 foe park Improvement, and of that amount JtO.ooj will be expended for oyole paths. The statistical ernnk has turned his atten. tlon to the bicycle, and says tlv-re are 1J,. sw,uw wneeis 10 actual use in tno worm. Certain Wisconsin eounties are expert. . mooting with free mall delivery among the farmers, nun tu Doslmas mounted on kioyole. It baa been rsmaiVel that tire makers Have succee-leil in educating bicycle riders ap to the idea that road liroa should differ irom track tires lu-lr nnd weight. It Is said that much quiet work lias bees. cono by manufaolurera in the attempt to find out what the speoial requirements in bi cycles are in various parts of the country, Zngland gives employ nent to S3, 009 per onslnher bicycle factories. The' number f whes.s made last vear amounts to 250.000. ad the capital invested In this industry is Bicycle bells to be attached to tha and ot tha pedal pin are new. Tbey permit tha rtasv to ring his bell without removing his hands from the handles or leave oue baud into lor carrying anything. The Park Board of Baltimore has prohlbU sen ine nse oy eyoian or Dens larger Ihaa three laches la diameter. Tha auonoaltlon had evidently been raised that the bolls were In danger of swelling out to the-aise ol t tire . angine gong. A unique a -nnrennent for riding oa tha tea was seen In au Eaiteru eity thn other day. Tbe Hdur bad Ulte.i aiatesou the front wheel of the machine, and sad fast ouedsoms small pike on tbe rim of the rear wheel, which, acting like creepers, ma la the wheel capable oi very nigu atwed. xne arrangement was rough and only temporary, but tbe Idea la goad aud might ausii be ogtuiderablj ius Tbe Paolflo cable commission organised by Am British, tha Canadian and Australian fovarnmenU recommends the laying of an oean cable Irom Vanoourer to Australia b saa aid of joint subsides. Tha sable will cost siu.uuo.ouo, and will be ready for use, u l kxpeesed. in two years. 1st Hawaiian Islam A braoob IU will islands. CONGRESSIONAL Important Measures Under Conilderatloo in Both Homes. NIXETKIXTU DAT. '1 he vole In thn House on the motion fo order a t'tlrd reading and engrossment of the Tactile funding bill, was 107 against to KM nr. This Is -ciulrnlont to a direct vote and dele. Is the bill. On motlo.t of Mr. llorr (Ben., Mass..) the bouse hill to establish uniform law on the sub- leet of bankruptcies throughout the United Htaie, w is made the special order for Mon day January 26. Mr. .'line iiegan msa speocn on tne i unan ttntter nt 1 :80 p. m.. with thirteen Demo- trt - scnat irs nnd six Itepubllcans In their vets. TWISTIETn DAT. The sennte held a brief executive session today, at tho Instance of Henator Hherman, chal.irnn ot the sennte committee on foreign rela lous, to consider n communication from '.lie s'erery ot state in regard to the extra dlt!n treaties with thn Orange Free Htnte, wliicli was modlllcd and ratilled by the sen ate yesterday. Tlio hoiiH Stend Mil wns further debated but a veto wus not reached. Mr. Vilas at tacked It as a measure giving 4:i5,i0O,OU0 of "overnmental tnoni'V. Mr. Net-on. llp., Vlnn., Mr. Alh'n and Mr. l'effer. Pop., Kafi., poke lor the bill. Mr. Hill, 1'em., . I., who has not often addressed the senate of late, spoke In favor of it law llxlng four years as the term of fourth class post masters. The house wltucsseil a sensntlonnl se quel to lm remarkable nttifk made by Mr. Jolinsnn of t iiurornin. tin i-.iiuor mirsi. Mr. Johnson nnd Mr. Mngulro (.Horn., Col.,) vero the antntronM to-itav. TWr.STI-l insT DAT. The open session of the senate was much curtailed by un executive session lasting two hours. Alter this tne bninnce of the day wns given to Mr. Ilncon of Oeorgla. who. iu his speech In support of the Mills resolution for the recognition of Cuban independence. directed his iirgutni'Ut to tno question of the exclusive right ot congress to roooguize now governments. 'lhe senate, in executive session to-dar. had up for a time the nomination of David it. rrancis to no secretary of tne Interior, but no action was taken. Renntor Vest of Missouri, was the principal opponent of eon tlrmalion. but he ho was nlso seconded by Henator l'ugh of Alnhntnn. Both of these senators uia le si ecbes ngninst the confir mation nud 'illcgcd various reasons against It. Af or n very dull day. devoted to raslng bills of minor Importance, the house plunged jto a warm controversy over n bill to inuke oleomargarine anil nnd other Imitations of delry products eubjeet to the Inws ot the statoa into w hlch they ore transports'!. TR1S1Y HKCOND PAY. The sennte to-day passed the measure known ns the homestead bill. The affect, of the bill Is to open to settlement all public lands ncquircd from Indians, free of any pnvment to tne government ueyoinl tue minor olTtcc fHes. and to release from pay. ment those who have heretofore settled on these lanils. The number of acres Involved, according to nn estimate made I y the com missioner of the general land office, Is 8i,U2,5lt, which would have yielded tho govi-riiuient, at the prices heretofore estab lished 6U.i.3i:i 0011. To offset this statement. It was brought out during the debate that thn lands were mainly arid, and that those ho had settled upon them were unable to make payment by reason of the scanty pro duets of the soil. T ha house by a vote of 120 to l6 passed the Urout Dill, sunjeetiiig oieomargunne ami other Imitation dairy products to the laws of tho states Into which tuey are transport ed. TWE.ITT-TUinU DAT. The Rennte wns not in session. In the House nn Interesting light developed ever Si-nate bill granting a pension' of (100 per month to Mrs. l'suule Gibbon, widow ot the lute Men. John uibbon. Mr. Tracey, lie- publican, Missouri, offered au amend ment reducing the amount to (50 per mouth. This was warmly opposed by Mr. Curtis. ltepuhlican, New York, who made euloglstlu relerencee to the services of Ueneral Uluuon, Mr. (irosvernor, llepubllran, Ohio, was also against the reduction. He said In answer to Mr. Willis, ltepuhlican, Delaware, who had protested against diserlmlnntion In favor of the widows of distinguished officers, that V'i out of every 100 privates of the lata war would vote to give Mrs. Oihbons tho full amount. Mr. Wood, ltepubllcan, Illinois, opposed granting special rates of pension through tho medium of private bills, on the ground mat it was coutrary to general law. Ibe Pill was passed. A House bill to Increase the pension of Clara L. Nichols, postmistress at Fort Laven worth, and widow of Brevet Mai. Gen. W. A Nicholas, developed Soma slight opposition. Iu committee of the wholo the House had re duced the amount of the Increase to 9fA bu on motion of Mr. Palzell, Hepubllcan, tenu tylvania, tbe House, after listening to I eulogy of (ten. Nichols by that gentleman, made the amount (75 and then passed the measure. A House bill granting a pension to Hsrah A. Comly. widow of Major (Hilton comiy, wasfaiso passed, TwnsTT-roumn dat. In the Homo on Hnturday eulogies were deliverer on tne late ex-Kpeaaer crisp. Among the speakers were Messrs. Dalrell, of I onnaylvanla; Turner, of Oeorgiai Header. son. ot Iowa, and DeArmond of Missouri, Congressman Harvey introduced In the House abl" to break uo the business of rail- v ay ticket brockerage by requiring that all agents shall be provided with authority from the Interstate Commerce commission to sell tickets, and that unused portions of tickeU must 1 redeemed by the roads issuing them. Til a Labor World. Mexico baa women street cleaners, Samuel Qompers was born In London. In Mexico miners get fifty cents a day. Detroit (Mich.) servant girls will organise.. Organization bos increased wagesin Japan. Some New York gold beaters gat (7.53 a week. Mlohlgan teblole makors average (1.30) uny. Washington Clfy has a union of colored bottlers. In four years there bns not been a labor organization that boa not lost mombers ex cept the clgarmakera, . English coal miners will demand ten per cunt, auvanoe. There are over 3000 enrolled members of tbe new American Longshoremen s Union. Tbe International Colon of Ship Dock and Hiver women no a memoersuip ot iou,uuo, Tie Kansas City (Mo.)Council bas ordered the eight-hour day to be introduoed la city wore Minneapolis (Mlnn.1 wallers have in.ioga rated a series of opsc social and educational meetings. Tha last day of the past year saw over 150,000 wage earners oat of work ta New York Oily. Tbe Building Trades Council oUOIevslsnd Ohio, has decided to demand an eight-hour day lor all trades oonneoted with that organ' Isatlon on ana after April L An eight-hour agitation meeting of glgnu tie proportions is to b held in Boston o Washington s Birthday. There are over 10,000 bras workers In No Tork City, and folly one-half of them wen Idle to greater pan ot ins nisi year. Tbe Detroit Railway employes havi adopted rule that in future promotion! must bo made oa tne puis oi ago iu tat Uaervloe, -1 ; n ruoua iub snuivv luisin nuu ol tbe Btata railways in I; thi Indls -insubordination, 1 reported, anil llway strike nas been Dog la iaaia. AN OStlUCII CAMP. ONE C)P hUVTIl AKItlCA'S IjIT- TLK-KNOWN . INDUS TRIE9. Crnrlnt tha ITngnlnly Itlrrts For Tlielr llcnutlful Kent licrs They Are tulte Pnvnge nt Time Hipping an Ostrich, UK rearing of ostriches for the sake of their beautiful feathers is nn industry of which little is known. An attempt hits lntcly been ninde to im- orttlto liinls into the Uniteil btntes or breeding purposes, but it bns not vet seriously interfered with the in melry in Koiitli Alricn, where tbe os trich is nt home. Let mo (jive yon tome sort of nn den of tlio country in which tho stricli lives. It is n country unlike tiy other on tho globe. Tho general Intruder is lint aud randy, relieved tily liy long, low, rocky sierras. ItcHo mountain ranges are tho stilva inn of the liiuilKOiipe. Their craggy utlitic.. are enrve I into n thousand lirttpl nnd striking forms, their heads ro coiP-tnntly hnutitcd by low lying lentils of vnpor, which the contend- ng htm nuil wind draw together ami liipiTsc. Their sides nro hollowed nlo tavmcs, or "kloofs, nml jmintcil v tuu clear instance, into n periect nrgosy ol cliuuf;iug lines. mo np- nreiitly l urched nml sandy lints nro covered by different varieties of tltvnrf bush, which are nibbled nt by the sheep. A tlry ami nrul prospect, nml it is hard to couceive every inch of it is otuled below with vegctnlilo life ready o shoo, ntler the rants of spring into n wealth of venlnnt grasses. Here and here dotted ithont on these flnts can 0 seen tho white fnriii-buildings nest ing iimoiiK the trees- an oasis in the 1 mi rt, in fnot. 'Ihese green spots can e seen for miles nway, with tbo white washed lniil.liups glittering in the snn. Foliage is only to Le peon around the liomesteails nud occasionally nt an iho Inti d fountain. Tho veldt nil round is chtirless nml nuked, without so much e.a a rag of vegetation to cover it, nud tho rye hungers for a tree; the bones or stones slick painfully out, a sight lor the geologist, not thn artist. 3 oil tirrivo at tho homeeteail, n iqttare, rciluriek I milling, with a lull of relief, ami glad to l ont of the hlimliU'4 glnro nnd siiruly pla'n. On every homestciil tho same familiar f-i u 1 1 1 h meet the eve. On tho ouo sido f the house stand the kraals; on the titlier, the died nnd wagon-hotie. In front stnuils the iln in. niljoining the vegetable gnrilun nml lutiils, with rnr thi'f nniiy the cntup. llehiud the hoiiKo nro tho chilli" house, tratnp-IIoor, nnd butcher's f Imp, whero tho URtives nio rationed. In tho camp run tho large stock, cattle, ostriches, nml horses; ami on tho flats and moun tains thn sheep nnd goats. A well fenced nnd secure inclostirc is n lnxttry in tho colony, aud is only to bo met with on tho wealthier farms, thn owners of which can afford to keep them in repair, ami to place them iu stock of tho more expensive kinds. Kvery ostrich farmer has his camp, winch varies in size considerably, from 301)0 lo 8(100 acres, and in it be keeps his 3U0 or MO birds, at well ss a fuw cattle aud horses. A camp is osTntcii (W unrr. always selected ns being tho best pieoe oi grazing gronmi on tue farm, and capable of holding more stock iu pro portion than any otuur part of tno farm. Here tho bird remain year in nnd year ont, and are only collected and brought together, on the average, once every four months. These occasions are, let us say, in June, to pluck prime feathers. By these wo mean the long whites, num bering from eighteen to twenty iu each wing, eight or nine fancy feathers, and a few long blacks, all taken at the aamo time. Fonr mouths later the stumps of these feather are drawn out, aud two months later again that is, six months after tho primes the short blacks and tail feathers are taken. Of these it is impossible to give nny ncouruto number. An a rule, you pluck as many as possiblo with out indicting pain on tho bird, and at the same time leaving enough to keep ont tbe cold. AM OSTMOH FAP.M An ottrich, like most other animals, in it wild state i terribly afraid ot man or of any unfamiliar eight, and flee at tbe appearance of anything new to it ken. When domesticated it become docile, and after a time assumes a position of authority and beoomes muster of the nltuation. From June up to September, or, in fact, till Christmas, thousand ot chicks aro reared every year, and thousand meet with death every year from aomo form of accident, , Chicks np to twelve month old die from various maladies, but seldom alter tbey are lull grown ar they tbe vic tims ot any sickness, death usually resulting from a broken leg, killed fighting, or from icarcity of food Iu time of drought. Tha nest of tha ostrloh is it very crude nflnir, constating (imply of a round hollow carved ont in the sandy ftronnd. Sometimes tha female bird may be seen scratching in the ground preparatory to Inying her first egg but this is not often the case, the hol low generally being made by the con- A TnnoP OP OSTMCIIE8 IS THE "CAMP." tinuous sitting or the birds an the ono spot. Ouo pair of birds will lay from ten to twenty eggs; but, ns is ofton tho case, three or fonr birds will lay in the ono nest, thus mnking the num ber of eggs up to seventy or eighty. These, of course, hnvo to be Weeded ont.ns a bird cannot comfortably cover more than sixteen eggs, the remainder being thrown on one side and left to decay. Forty-four days is the recognized time to allow for hatching. When a nest is batched out tbo family are taken out of the camp, and brought to the bomostead to be tamed, where they come in rontinnal contact with the farm hnndH, and are boused at night out of the reach of wild animals. Dur ing tho winter they will do well, but In wiuter, when food becomes tcaroer, must be fed morning nnd evening on barley or rape. CM1T1NO WITH BAt OH IIRAD OP OSTMCII. It is during tho breeding season that tho mnlo beoomos so savage, and his note of defiance "brooming," as tho Dutch call it is heard night and day. The bird iu Hates his neck in a cobra like fashion and gives ntteranco to three deep roars. The first two are short, but tbe third very prolonged. Lton-hnnters all agree in asserting that the roar of thn king of beasts and the most foolish of birds resemble one another almost cxaatly. When the birds aro properly savage tbey become a great source of amuaomout or, as j fcuiuu iuiuk, ui uaucr. veriaiuiy, tu bo overtaken all on a suddeu without time for propnration by a cheeky bird is ono of tho greatest ills llesh is heir to, nnd might result disastrously to the nninitiuted; but old hands aro al ways all there on au emergency. Undoubtedly tho bcBt weapon bar ring a wire fonoe is a good stout stick or blunt pitchfork. As a rule, if a bird mean t- have yonr life or die iu tho attempt, he charges from about thirty yards, when you receive him at the bayonet's point. He rushes at you with flashing eye, looking the very embodiment ot fury. Drawing himself np to a height of ten feet or more, with wings outstretched and hissing like a cobra, be make fonr or five strikes. You retreat paoa or two, so as to avoid the fork piercing through bis neck, and hold him off at arm's length till he learn that his efforts arc useless. Drawing the fork sharply away, you strike him a blow on the neck, rendering him insensible and taking away hi breath. This quiets him for a while, till be recover from hi bewilderment and make a fresh charge, when the fork is again presented. IN OaPB COLONf, I have seen a bird so, savage a to charge seven times in fifteen minutes, twioe reoeiving tha prong ot tha fork through hi neok. On horseback one i even mora obnoxious to an ostrioh than ou foot, but, so long a the horse is not afraid and will stand np to tbe bird, there is no fear of an accident. As? be charge take oare to have your horse well in hand, and at the bird make hi first strike, catoh him by tha neok and bold on forall you're worth, till the bird becomes exhausted Irom want ot breath and fall. . Tha female bird i seldom vioion. When sho has a nest or brood ot young ohiok one matt be prepared, but bar manner of charging and wool demeanor is a very mild affair com pared to the male's Collecting birds for plucking is al ways a great day on the farm. Orders are given overnight to tho Kaffirs nnd Hottentots to catoh every available riding horse nnd have thorn saddled op and ready next morning at sunrise. This is done, nnd every "boy" on the farm who can find a horse is intunted, and a regular cavnlondo enters tho camp, under the superintendence of "Do Host van do Floats" the master of the farm. Tbey split up into par ties of two each, nnd start off in dif ferent directions to drive np the birds from tbe remote spots to whioh thoy have wandered. Warfare, of course, is freely indulged in. It is immateri al to an ostrich if there be one or fifty against him, he fights just ns merrily. There exists a traveler's tale at home that, as soon is an ostrioh catches sight of a human being, he turns tcil and bolts in an opposite direction to hide hit bead in tho sand. Another fallacy, equally devoid of foundation, is tbe belief that the female leaves her eggs in the sand to be hatched out in the sun. This is not so. The mnlo and female sit- alternately for forty four days: the malo at night, the female during the daytime. As an article, of food an ostrich egg is, to my taste, the most nauseous of dishes, and far more suitahlonsnn effective weapon in Chineso and political warfare than to grace ft breakfast table. From all one had heard previous to becoming oneself an owner of ostriches, tho actual plucking of the birds is very ttuictcrestiug nnd disappointing. The birds are nil huddled together in a kraal when every bird becomes as mock us a lamb and are caught one by one; a bag or stocking is placed over tbo head aud neck, while two ex perienced natives clip the feathers. During winter the birds must be at tended to and carefully watched, as sometimes the weather is 'very in clement for weckB together tho thcr moraoter often registering ten degrees of frost and birds are apt to fall off in condition. If a bird onco begins to sink in condition, the greatest dif ficulty is experionoed in getting him right, again, and ofton no amount of extra feeding will pull him through. Stroud Magazine. Cost of War. According to the estimntet of Qcr man and French statisticians the wars ot tbe last forty years have oost the Nations engagod in tnem, lu money alone, the almost inconceivable sum ot 8 13, 000, OUO, 000. Of this amount France has paid nearly $3,500,(100,000 as the cost of her war with Frussio, . The gross deots of Boston at the end of Nr-ewto 1H.I0, footed op to $Gil, SEW RAILROAD KISti. Tha W. 'cat American Woman' Son to Southwest. . IL B. GREKh . E. H. B, Green, President of the Texas Midland Railway, will soon ba one ot the most important railway magnate in tha Southwest. Mr. Oreen'a wealthy mother, Mr. Hetty Green, ot New York, is engineering the deal whioh will add to her son' power. The Midland Road, ot whioh Mr. Orean is Freiident, runs from Enais to Paris, and if the plans which Mrs. Green has nnder way succeed a consolidation ot interests will be effected by which a new trunk line between St. Louis and Galveston will be formed and Mr. Green become a most important factor in Southwestern railroad affair. Mr. Green i the wealthiest woman in tho United State, Sho ha large aitroadl interests in the South and other part ot the oountry, and her fortune is esti mated at anywhere from 925,000,000 to tO.Oto.o.ue. E. H. R. Green ie he onlj ion. - FroJocU of 0,aecr Genius", Colonel D. 'W, Hughes is a queer genius who lives in Audrain County, Missouri, He has invented many yn trivances of one sort or another in tha courso ot his wandering career, tha most important of whioh is corn planting mschino. Out of this he, made considerable money, but hi hopes of a fortune are now founded on aa instrument which, by means ot X rays, perhaps, will not only reveal the onlinary value ot osg, bnt also the gender of their embryonic ooonpants. Both theso things; tho colonel says; his invention will do with speed and certainty, and ho expects to sell one of tho new machines to every raiser of poultry nnd every douler iu eggs iu the country. Tomb of tho First Harrison. The tomb of General William Henry Harrison near North Bond, on tha Ohio River, is soon to be remodele J. Tne cost of the improvement is estS mated at $5000 nnd only Indiana mnrblo is to be used. Tho old tomb, which was built in the latter part of the forties, has for some years been tbe subject of much commeut. It tt) on tbo crest of a bonutiful knoll com manding a view of the lordy Ohio ami the blue Keutncky hills beyond. Na ture has invested the spot with romsntjo charms, nud when the tomb is com pleted it will add a fresh element of interest to the sccno. Atlanta Consti tution. ' .A Frenk That Fights With Itself. A two-hoadod snake, hog-nosed ITctcrodon Sim its ban como fsom CentrnI America into the possession of E. O. Fischer. It is four months old, of a brownish green color, and not yet a foot long. TWO-HEAtlED SNAKE. Each head has apparently a separata will. Tbo heads tight eaoh other. They rnnst bo fod with milk, raw ren aud blood at one time, or there is wu. Often tho two heads are friendly and play with each othor. Tho .little monstrosity bas ranch strength foy it age and size. Hi owner keeps it fa a glass case. It likes the warmth of the sun, bnt holds the light in horror. New lork World. Income of Chineso (Jardcuow. . Some Chinese gardeners tell with apparent truthfulness of making $100(1 n, year apiuoo out of their business. Vegetables in five and ten cent lots seems smull business, but it oounts in the course of a year. There are ten or a dozen wagons making regnlar trips into Tulare, and tbey gather np a good deal of coin. Tulare (CaL) Register. Tho Queen of' England's descend ants either now ocoupy or will in due . course sit upon seven thrones, namely, those of tha British Empire, the Kus sinu Empire, tbo German Empire, tha Kingdom of Qreooe, tbe Duohy of Saxe-Coburg and Ootba, the Grand Duchy of Hesse and the Duchy of Saxo-Meiningen. lieconie n Slnsnate tha t
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