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MARRIAGE and FUNERAL NOTICE8
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W. PERRY MURPHY
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BRANCHVILLE, S. ?.
Will praotice in the Courts of Orange
Tiarg, Colleten and Bar o well.
fefc 7 3m
Drs. D. % Barton & Thos.
Legare.
Having united themselves in the practice
?of MEDICINE under the nimo of
_-^^JIAilXON & LK'vAKJK.
Offers tJbeiir profcssicnrtl services to the
Town ef Ocangcburg and surrounding
?Ceaatry.
Office hour* from 8 to 9J A. M. and 7 to
3} at night.
* Office Market Street two doers below J.
91. Hamilton's Store.
doo 27 1873
DR. C R. TABER,
LEWISVILLE, S. C,
<(STL MATTHEWS P.
jone-o 3873 tt
If yen have no JLand, go Bray
as much ns you wast on' EASY TERMS at
?the LAND OFFICE of
AUG. B. KNOWLTON.
hot 15 '_tf
If y*m have Hove Land than
jon ean PAY TAXES en, Register it for
?nief at iBe LAND OFFICE of
AUG. B. KNOWLTON.
If yon have ILess Ii?nrl than
yen waat, BUY MOKE at the
LAND OFFICE of
AUG. B. KNOWLTON.
jL-AJSTX) AGENT.
The Undersigned has opened an OFFICE
for the SALE of LAND.
Persons having REAL ESTATE to dis
pose of will. do well to . register the same
for sale."
LARGE FARMS subdivided and sold in
?ither LARGE or SMALL paroelB.
GOOD FARMS for sale at from $2 to $6
per acre, on easy terms.
AUGUSTUS B. KNOWLTON,
Orangeburg C. H., S. 0.
? <n,o> IB f
j. FELDER MEYERS,
TR? Ali JUSTICE.
OFFICE COURT HOUSE SQUARE,
Will give prompt attention to all business
(?ntruptod to him, mar 29?tf
Browning & Browning,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OKANGSMUKft ?. II., So.
Malcolm I, Bxoinrura.
A. F. Bbowsino.
nov
ApUST?S B. KNOWLTON
CTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW,
AW?J3BSJK?, S. C,
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W. Ju. W. RILEY
; kTKlAL JUSTICE,
Ii*? itdence in Fork of ]?dlsto,
I J3X^BwIrlfsfJ^ E^TRulBTfiB'4v^jfif 'ty>
V&Apily and cat tjfuily attended to.
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Hanging a ttaniac.
Pitiful Sc*nks op the Execution.
Joseph Waltz, who was hung at Gats
kill, N. YM on Friday, for the murder
ot Joieph Holaher, a scissors-grinder,
and who, only on tho day proceeding
his execution, mashed in the akull of
the keeper placed in the cell to wateh
him, was undoubtedly a maniac, a
a maniao, however, whom it woul hare
been dangerous to allow at large, and
who would hare been an unsafe inma.o
even for an insane asylum. In his eon
fession of the murder of Holoher he
states that his victim came to the houso
ol his (Waltz's) father to pass tho
uight. The orcning waa spent in plea
sent conversation, aud after all had g)ue
to bed, yoaog Walts, as his confossiou
states, was seized with an uncontroll
able impulse, which ho took for tho
prompting of an evil spirit to kill the
German. He opened his Tastamr.nt to |
read, but soon laid it down and "resisted
the spirit until it overcame him." He
then went out. of doors and got a hatchet
and crept softly Into tho guost's room.
Anothor struggU ef conscience against
the murderous impulse took place, but
it was too fecblo and he killed the old
man in his sleep. Ho says in a subso
quent coufession, 'T struck very hard,
but I seemed to have no strength." He
then buried tho corpse, and broke tho
scissors-grinder's poor apparatus to
pieces and buried and hid the fragments.
He committed so many follies as to
attract suspioion to himself, and after
he was arrested he took the officers to
the place where the body was buried,
and made a voluntary confession of tho
orime. He felt no remorse for what he
had done and no fear as to his own fate.
II la famiiy were too poor to employ able
couu?nl tu dofvnd him, and ho wasfoo?
vioted. His execution was delayed for
some time, and GenM Dix made some
effort to gain information as to his
mental condition. IIa was satisfied that
Waltz was not so insane an to be mora'
Jy irresponsible, nud ihcreforo refused
to interfere with the oxeoution of his
sentence. On Thursday Waltz gave
another terrible proof of his homicidal
madness. Ho had been violent all day.
and some time before had threatened
the life of his keopor, Charles ISra<sst.
But the latter did not bej^eve in his
insanity and did not fear his violence .
His confidence proved his rain, for
about two -o'clock, as he waa lying on a
louago in the cell, Waltz attacked him
with an iron bar he had torn from the
floor and crushed his skull in several
places. He possessed himself ot the
victim's revolver and keys, bnt made no
effort to escape. Having gratified his
murderous impulse, he sat down on the
floor iu the corner, growling and mutter
ing like a wild beast. He made no
resistance to the jailers who came in and
chained him, with tardy decision and
sagacity. Ernest was a general favorite
hi* the village, and there was a mom en
tary attempt to lynch his slayer, but the
Sheriff succeeded in preventing it.
Up to the moment of the exeoution,
the conduct of tho doomed man did not
differ from what it had been sinco he
was first arrested. He muttered, or
rather growled, and most of tha time he
i was crouched silently in a corner. He
straed vacantly at his keepers, and
! would anawer no questions. At 9
I o'clock his mother was led into his cell
It was thought that she might bring
him to a consciousness of his position,
but those who held this belief were dis
appointed. For a few minutes after sho
entered he continued gazing at the wall
His expression was then that of an utter
idiot, and lacked even the slightest gleam
of intelligence. Suddenly, and without
relnxing hie gaze at the wall, he gave a
fierce, hoarse howl, sprang to his feet
and seized his mother by the hand in a
threatening otaunor. Tho officers had
anticipated mischief, nnd Constable
Whitcomb, who was watching the pri
soner's movements, foreed him, tnlnosj
hie hold on hi s Mother, and the lady nt
once retired, griof-strickeu at h?r son's
sad condition.
The most pitiful scene of the day,
however, was tho visit of Waltz's sjatar
to his cell. She pleaded wi,h him. long
end with deep religious fervor, beseech
in,g him to acknowledge his orime and
in prayer seek the forgiveness ef the AI
niighty; but it was of no avail. Ho
either could not or wpu,ld, nojj heat; her,
and, tho girl, weeping bitterly and, with
ncrvcu ao unstrung that she could;hardly
walk, wstotmpelled to go array without
having accomplished bar miaaion. At
ten o'olook Father Driscoll, a Roman
Catholic priest, entered the prisoner's
coll, followed by tho lattor's friends.
The priest road the burial service of the
Church, but did not administer sacra
mcnt, as be did not believe Walts was
in a fit state ef mind to receive it.
When the funeral service was over, the
prisoners arms were stoutly pinioned,
and the procession was formed for the
march to the seaffold, which was erected
in the northeast cornor of the upper
floor ef the jail. Father Driscoll led the
way : then came Sheriff Coonloy with
Waltz, and Constable Witcomb and tho
jury whu had pronounced the verdict on
the doomed man brought up the reir.
The noose was at once adjusted on tho
prisoner's neck. After the usual pre
lirainary ceremonies of reading tho death
warrant, and prayer by Father Driscoll,
the prisoner was asked if he had any
thing to say. There was no response.
A shudder of horror at this instant
seemed to pass through the frames of
all present, for,as some said, thoy felt
that they were about to see a lunatic
hanged. But at tho thought of the
keeper, Charles Ernest, who lay uu
conscious in an adjoining room from
injuries receired at ?'? altz'a hands, tho
feeling of sympathy which had been
momentarily excited spont itself. The
black cap was then pulled over the faoo
of the doomed man, who gave not the
slightest indication of consciousness of
the proceedings, and then, at 10:16 the
fatal cord was pulled. At tho recoil of
the body, the noose slippo 1 round to the
back of the head. Apparently, there
was little suffering, for after two or throe
convulsive contractions of the fingers,
the whole frame hung motionless.
Is fs~rtse5 ?jisiUixsa the body was cut
down. Just; before this was done
Anselm VY-iitz, the father ef Joseph,
who was present, and, with deep 0100
tion. pointing at the dangling remains
of his son, "Can anybody who looked
upon that body say he was not insane X
Shortly after the body of Waltz had
been cat down, ?ix physicians entered
his cell and proceeded to hold a post
mortem examination. They found the
neck broken. They then trepanned his
skull, and on examining the braia found
it to weigh fifty-four ounces, a half
ounce heavier* thuu that of Dauiol
Webster, and fourteon onnces heavier
than the average braia of a human
being. AH the organs were in a healthy
condition, and the intellectual faoulties
were largely developed. The physioian
could discover nothing to indicate
insanity. After the examination had
beon completed the brain was placed in
liquor and will be taken to Albany to
undergo examination by experts of that
city.
HfS LA8 r VICTIM STILL ALIVE?nURIAL
OP THE CRIMINAL'S nODY.
Hudson, N. Y., May 2?Charles
Ernest, the officer who was assaulted by
Waltz, was alive at one o'clock this after
noon, and was removed to his residence.
The body of Waltz was buri?d ou the
farm last night, tho only persons in
attendance being tho father, mother,
sister and a laborer.'
Tho brain of Waltz was sent Albany
to-day for scientific examination.
A fi.nny incident happened at the
Beaton Theatre a few nights since.
Maggie Mitchell was playing "Fau
chon.' Iu the third act a aceue was set
iu which a bridge began on the right of
the stage down noar tho auditorium, ran
directly to the rear, aud thonoo along
tho wholo width of tho stage, which Is
perhaps the largest in tho country. At
tho ond of tho act, after; ''Lqudry's"
dialogue with "Funehon,," ho runs olf
up tho bridgo, and when about to do
this, aud just us he took the first step,
on the bridge, the horo's trousers, which
wero of the baggy kind generally worn,
by stage peasants, fell dowu in. the roar,
and immediately a square yard of liuou
began, to, flutter in sight of the audienco.
"Landry" folt what had befallen, him,
clapped his hands to tho exposed, plaoo,
nnc\ ran, up and along tho bridgo as. fast
as his leg? pould carry hirn. For tho
first couple of seconds the audience hard
1^ could believe, its eye*, bjot when the
situation was fully appreoiqlod thoro
was a, perfect howl.
-"Wlffl! *** ??" ?-.
An old woman, in Durban England ,
claims Brigham Young as hor long lost
I busljan.d- IJq. deserted her and oamo to
' Ainerica, forty years ago.
it into
emeat?
The Hospital Trunk,
'What! packing up? 'are you goifcg
a journey? I thought you one of the
moat persistont of all stayers at horns,
exclaimed Nellie Johnson when making
a neighborly call she found her friend
Mrs. Wilson, bnsily engaged iu arrung
ing the eontcnts of a small trunk.
% am not preparing for a journey.
This is only my hospital trank, t'Artt I
Hare been giron its semi annual looting
OTor.'
?And, pray, what may a hospital
trunk be ?'
' Just look at its contents a moi lent
and you will readily see why I givie it
this name In this corner, as you see,
is a box of well prepared lint, and here
oloso besides it, this othor containing
small bandages, varying in size from
those suitable for a child's fingbra to
those largo enough for a man'* hand or
arm. Noxt comas this roll oPwrger
bandages, some of which are ^.largs
enough to pass around the body* / This
bundle is made up of fa inel pic^-sa for
hot baths, and these are flunnoi bpgo for
herb baths when required, andJ'these
small pieces arc designed for Jhiatard
draughts. Her? are half a dozcu quilt
ed bags wi th a bit of tape tewed on, like
a string to a farmers meal bag, for wrap
ping hot rocks, aud these two largo rolls
contain miscellaneous pieces of aU sizes,
the one of cotton and the other or wool
en. Now you will seo why I e d it my
hospital trunk.' f
'Certainly; but whatever put
your head to have such an arran
was it the outgrowth of your 0*m txpe
rieneo as a housekeeper ?' (
'It could not be that, for I k$ il Do
fore I had been a housekeoperi1 moat^
You remember aunt MarrPrl^0'- whafc
a large family she brought up?-n^ w^afc
an excellent housekeeper aho^P^^*^1*
hor fir^t visit to me she broagat this
trunk, Glied as you s?o. Some of these
very pieces were in it then, though that
was twenty years ago, most of them
however have been removed, as occasion
quited. On p^entiugit, t?he express
td a wish that I wight never have to
use it, 'though if you do not" Ntid hhe,
you may thank the Lord for better
health than falls to the -lot of most
families.' For two year* I never opened
it, except to take out and scjtld the
flannels, as I do ever spring and fall,
and if I thought of it at all, considered
it somewhat whimsical to have all this
flick room paraphernalia when nobody
was sick. Then came that dreadful ac
cident when Charles fell with that fall
ing building and was brought home with
a leg broken and a hand and arm so
crushed aud bruised. Tho doctor was
here almost as soon ns he, and then
I learned the value of Aunt Mary's
gift.
Since then there have been very few
years that I have not boon obliged to
make use of some of its contents, till
now I should hardly dar?, to go to sleep
at night, if this trunk were not in order
as well as a medicine elosct in which I
keep all sorts of simple remedies oare
fully lubelod.
'Thero seems to be nothing iu it,' said
Nellie, 'so expousivo but that any ono
might have a like arrangement.'
'Certainly not; the value for any
other uso of anything hero would not
probably oxoeod fifty cents, but I can
assure you that in ease of accident or
sudden illnoss it is invaluable.'
When Nellie Johnson bade hor friend
good day, and returned homo, it was
with the determination that when sho
had a house of her own as sho expected
to in s few months, ono of the articles
which should go to its furnishing should
be a HOSPITAL TRUNK.
Josh Billings' 8pice box.
Most every ono luves to listen to a
slander but thare aiat hut phew but
what do&piBe tho author uv it.
What a heartless world this would ho
if thare was no tears in it.
Witio men are novcr surprised, while
phools oro alwuss wondering at every
thing that happens.
I meet a great wa*\y men whozo
ta\k is like a bunch OV fire k tuck cm
when they are fust tniched oph> full
ov pop. for a. few minutes, and then, ail
18 OVQJ?..
WUhont mun^y, without friends,
and without impudence, h akmt az
low down, in. this world azenny man kan
get and, keep, virtewous.
Bewajo of the man who iz alwuss
i eddy to swop old frein is for now
ODOS.
The dog that will phollow everybody,
aint worth a kuss.
When I play whist I alwuss like a
phool for a partner, far they do hold
sutoh good hands.
There iz nothing that a man is so cer
tain ov as he iz ov what ho sees, and
yet there is nothing after all that de
ceaves him so often.
I hove had people set down bi mi
side, and konfidcnshally undertake to
explain sum thing to me ov grate im
portance, and taking 48 miuutcs bi the
watch, I not only didn't know what they
had been triieg to toll, but had forgot a
good deal that I kne.v before,
There iz but little that iz uew un
der the sun, and what iz aint good for
mutch.
Ono of the most perfect viktoryB yu
kan achieve over onny man iz to heat
him in politeness.
The rarest article quoted iu market
just now is good common sense.
Yung man you had better bo honest
than kunnio, and it iz hard work to he
both.
After a man has passed the age of
57, about all h c kan find to talk nbouc
and to brag on, iz that he has got. more
pains and akes than cnuy of his na
bors.
1 kant tell exactly what's (he matter
ov me, but i am ulwuts just a lectle shy
of tho woman who wears her hair kut
short.
Tho world at large judge ov us bi our
success.
It ort to kurc the pride of onny man
when he reflcekts that thare aint no ono
?./Mfe om t OTfes more tQ tho worid
than the world owes him.
To be familiar with overy one anu
preserve your respect, and their esteem
iz an evidence of the most rcmarkuble
tallents.
The great mistake that menny pco
pie iz to think that they was made
before tho world waz instead ov siuc-J.
Tom Marshall.
A ease in which a duel was prevent
cd by one of the seconds, much to the
disgust of the other, who happened to
be a military man, may be related here
It occurred du ring the extra sosaion el
Congress iu 1811. Thomas K. Marshall
invited three gentleftion to dine with
him one stormy, dismal Suuday. One
of the guests was an officer of the army,
lrom the South, wh* afterwards made
something of a name during the rebel!
ion . The other two were connected
with tho press. Aq cntertainmout given
by Tom Marshall before he joined the
coldwator association was sure to bo
abundantly furnished with wine. Mar
Bhall and ono of the uewspapor men,
who was from New Orleans, drank deep
ly. They had been olass-matcs in col
logo, and were on terms of familiar
intimacy. A slight misunderstanding
arose between them, and both being con
siderably elevated, a harsh remark was
made by the editor. Marshall inquired
if he was responsible for what he had
said. The reply was.
'Tom Marshall, you ought to know
mc too well to ask such a question.'
The party broko up rather suddenly
and a short time afterward the editor
brought to his friend of the press who
was prcsont at the dinner a challenge
which he had just reccivod from Mar
shall, with an unconditional acceptance,
asking him to deliver the reply, see tho
army officer, who was to act as Mar
shall's second, and make arrangements
for an immediate meeting. The fiiend
of the oditor was inexperienced in such
matters, but he was impressed with the
folly of a duel between two gentlemen
on a misunderstanding at the dinner
table, and determined to prevent a tight
at all hazards, lie held the acceptance
until near the close of the following day,
when he waited upon Marshall.
'You came, I presume, on behalf of
Mr.-V
'Yes Sir.'
'You have been a dovclish long titno
it\ got ting hero I'
'That is my fault inliroly. Your
challenge was accepted at ouco.'
'Lot mo have the acceptance, then,
without lurther delay.'
'lloro it is,' the gentleman ropliod.
'But 1 do not propose to delivor it at
all. I will not bo accessory to u duui
betwoen two men who havo no real
cause ef quarrell,' and thereupon tore
the paper in pieces and threw the frag
moots into the fire. Marshall was much
astonished, and iuquired of the gentle
man if he knew the responsibility ho
had assumed in so doing. The reply
was that ho neither knew nor cared.
'You have put yoursolf in y?ur
principal's place, and I presume you aro
prepared to take tho consequence/ said
M?rshall.
'Nonscenso,' was tho reply. 'I will
neither let-meet you, nor will I
fight you myself on any such rediculous
quarrel. Now, what do you intend to
do about it V
Marshall finally burst into a laugh,
and iu less than an hour's time all the
parties were takiug a friendly drink at
(Jicd.sby'8. The army officer was inclined
to make a scene, protesting against tho
irregularity of the whole proceeding,
hut there the difficulty ended.? An Old
Stager, in Harper's Magazine for April.
A dootl Canvasser.
A Central Michigan editor, whose
death the Free Press chronicled only a
few mouths ago, was probably as pcrsia
tont n man as over started out on a
?dun' or looked for new subscribers. He
was once out on a jauut iu the township
of White Oak, Inghani County, sticking
to crery farmer until he got his nania
and money, and it so happened that ho
came to a house where death called a
few hours before. The farmer's wife
was laid out and tho husband and
his chiidrcu were grieving over her lo?s
when the editor knocked at the door.
'What's up!' inquired tho editor as
he aaw the farmer's solid couuteuaucc
before htm.
'My wife is dead,' replied the farmer.
'Ib that so ?' mused the editor :i littlo
"pointed. 'Did she die easy V
'Drop* i. , . ,
'Did she say anything :
'Mot a word?just went right to sleep
like.1
'I didn 't know,' continued the editor,
a &:id look on lib face, 'but what she
might have requested you to subscribe
for (he Citseadv) which you know is tho
best paper iu tho country. If you
want it I'll take your natnor'ghtin, and
under the circumstances I won't charge
a cent for the obituary notice!'
Tho fanner hung olF for a whilo, but
be Ibra the editor went away ho had two
additional dollars iu his pocket, aud had
written out an obituary notice for puhli
cation iu the next issue which the
bereaved husband pronounced 'a mighty
smart piece.'?Detroit Free J*ress.
Verv Much Frightened.
A church in. Prussia was used as a
magazine for provisions for soldiers,
but great care was taken of the high
altar on account or thu beauty of its
construction. A rumor spread abroad
that the altar was mysteriously illumin
ated every* nights, und throngs of peo
ple gathered about tho churchj The
commandment ordered the key aiid with
a lauteru explored the church, but noth
ing was found to clear up the* mystery,
but ns soon as the church was empty
the altar and whole church were again
illuminated Tho commandant i.-.suod
a proclamation offering a reward to any
mil! who could unravel the mystery.
For two days no one claimed tho re
ward, hut on tho third a common sol
dier lelfwigi ng to the fortress requested
a private audience with the commandant,
and explained to the him that ho was
occasionally employed to put frames to
mirrors and burning glasses, and one
evening when at work at a large con
cave glass it happened to ho so placed
as to throw a light into tho church ,
tJici; finding public curiosity excited he
often threw the light from tho attic to
the altar. The commandant explained
to tho wild o aud gave tho promised!
reward to the joker \
- in???av ? - . <aau^".
A Clerical Joke.
An anecdote is told uf parson Shuto,
the fust minister settled tit South Hing
ham, which for ready wit ought not to
pass unrecovdec. It appears that tho
reverend gculleiuau was very fond of
pudding, so at a ministerial meeting
0.10 day, the hostess, in order to gratify
the taste of her guest had pudding for
diuner. Unfortunately it cimo very
near the fire whilo ib was cooking, so
that when it was served it was oxtromo
ly hut. Tho parsou, without allowing
it time to cool, placed a pioco at onco tu
his mouth, and then followjT the "usual
contortions incident to such an occasion
but all to no purpose. The pudding
would not go, so the parson, who was a
polite gentleman, quietly slipped it out
of his mouth and into his coat pocket, ,
all of which was observed by bio broth
er ministers, who, for the purpose of's}.
joke said,?
'So you.are putting the pudding in.
your pocket, aro you?'
'Oh, yes,' said the parson unmoved,
'I put a jittlo pieoe in there morely Uf
light my pipo with after dinner.
Tho explanation it is needless to add,
was sufficient.
The Rich Man Leavl tig's.
A friend said to me that a good man
he named had left S150,00,
I held up my hands, and said, 'What
a pity !'
IIo looked surprised, and said 'What
do you mean V
'I mean just what I say,' I replied,
'for surely it is a pity, when the man
might have sont it on before him, that
he should have left his$150,000 behind
him for ho will very likely uavor ha*r
of it again.'
'I remember,' I said, by way of as
plannt ion, 'that some years ago, as I 'wan .,
traveling, I loft my umbrella in tho
train; aud when I found myself in the .
ruin, minus my uubrolla, I said instine
t.vely, aud felt it to. 'What a pity
thrit ! should j' \\q been so stupid an.'
to have left my {umbrella in tho train/ "
And it is surely a groat pity that it
should be said of Christian people, he
or sho has died ?aod left an t-mrmoBS
amount of substance in the train of this
world, after allowing for tho most liber
al interpretation of 1 Tim., vs: 8.
Increaso of Crime.
* **. correspondent^tjjB^arJtn draws at
many of them bci"ng^ux&
during the months of November and
December, has been published. None
of the victims are rich, and most of
hem belong to the poorest class. Thas,
a workman was murdered for twenty
titalers, a widow for a small sum of
money which she had about her; a cigar
merchant was stabbed J'or 800 thaler*,
uud so on. Somo of these crimes, tdt>,
wcro committed in broad daylight.
They are not the work of practiced
hands, but of an ignorant, bru'-al class,
demoralized by war and military life,
and.drivcn by misery to adopt murder
as aprofessiou. The police, meanwhile,
uppeu'r to do nothing to protect the
public. Some half dozen of these mur
dcis have been joomtnittrd during the
last two months, but only in one case*
has tho murderer been discovered.
How to Haisk Chickens.?My
p lattice iu raising chickens is, to take
them from the hen, then dig up the soil
aud place the coop on the fresh dirt,
then put the chickens back, and the hen
will roll in the dust and get the lice off
much batter than on grass land. I have
tried both ways, and fiud the fresh dirt
much the best for the health of the hen
and chickens. In some instances I have
used hog's lard for greasing the hen 8
wiogs aud the head of the chick, think
ing it a good way to kill lice. That
and the fresh dirt and the right kind of
food have raised my chickens. Tho food
I give, till they are three or four weeks
old, is Indian meal mixed with soar
milk. I let it stand one day after being
mixed, theo it will be fit for use, itbainj,
swelled in the dish instead of the crop,
otherwise it might result iu death to the
chick, for I have lost many by giving
raw meal beforo it was soaked and
swelled properly. After they have been
cooped up a few days, I let thoin out to
take tho air, hut shut thorn up nights and
rainy days, for chickens cannot endure
very wet wcathor.? Cor, Ar. K. Farmer.
If twt uty Soven iuohes of snow gives
three inches of water, how much milk
will a cow give f'ed^upon turnips? Mnl
tiqly the flukes by tho hair ou the cow's
tail, then divide the product by a turnip
add a pouud of chalk, multiply tho whole
by the pump' aud the total will be the
answer.
A young lady in Gloucester is ohafg.
ed with koeping her light burning in
the parlor until very late on Sunday
night, in order to harrow {tho sensitive
feelings of an enviousneighbor into thv>
belief that sh? bad really got a beau.
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