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hraton mm A. Family Newspaper. Devoted, to Home Interests. Politics. Agriculture, Science. Art. Poetry, Etc. VOLUME XIV. WELLINGTON, 0., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1880. NUMBE R.8. Wit (&ntttftit. PUBLISHED EVERY. THURSDAY, JW. HOUGHTON, tffloa, "West Bid of FnMio Bur.- TERMS Or '. SUBSCRIPTION: . One copy, m year. r.CTv tme ouot. six month... ........... -75 Joe copy, three month....... to ft not paid within the joi ........, 100 BUSINESS DIRE0T0RT. JLttOVB a J. H. DTCXSOlf. Attorney-at-Law, WematBoe, O. Oac IB Bank B.(kttns. Bd Boor. w. f. HERR1CK. Attorney ana GowaMUarat lew, uaaalLfi Block, ad loon Wentactea, Ol K.O. JOrTXBO, Jo aw, Uvrla, O. Oflee Ho. & Ma Hetary PnUlo. J. W. HOTJGHTOW. Votary PabHa. OSes ta Woiartit. Ptw Store. Wwt eld. Penile gqnmre. ARTHUR W. jnCHOLS, Attorney aad CoaaseUer-t-Law. real estate, lean ana osQeeUBC aceat, Ka. 4 dasitTi Block, agyrlo, Ohio, Phyalrlaaa. DnC J. BTT5T. Honojopathhs. flea. Vt aide 1-ubllc Square. DR. K. HATH AW AT. HoBMapathle Phyateaa aad lansoa, Oflos atieatdaao. , WelUaataa. O. T. McCLARKS. H, D.. nyajclaa aad Imra SalM fraai Tfflac aad eoaauy wu laeetra aieaiBt at nation. Oflea la ad story afO.lt. Strompfa mrw aOdtna. oath aid. of Uberty NnM, Wehtagtoa, O Darttat L P. BOUBOOK. Paorlst Onto la Tlomr, FtalEta, B. HAMLIK. Dealer hi Hoar. read. Orata, Seeds. Bait, I to. Warehoaae, Wait atda Bauroad Knot, WelUaatoB, Q. FTBST jTATTOVAL BAjTX. W.IllBtoB. O, Doea B.ys aad aalla B. T. xta, a. a. waraer. i M. A. Bonv Coaster. . W. . aAWTKLX," OaUary la Ar- PHatttaa ; yonr Frtattac ta the Baterpite Oflea. An 1 at artatlae daaa aaaUjaad naaipur. ottos ataa rakue Moore, mi Heachtoa- Dn Shop. B.WKLLS. Beddler and Baraaa Maker. The 1 aauiored. and aalv the bait ateek ' mr filataa. Aorta W. B. AKHTOKD, Beets aad Bheei aad an kiadi at tnt due wmrtc. AM work aad tarlala tally wanaalad. aaes I aide otUberty atrtet, Walllaav. O. Soare, BatrCat, or aaaaa- i"aaB. aawrtacaalooB. Liberty of BalrOlbxFoaMdataad X. T. BOBINSOB. PIaaia bUL WaXUBSTOB PLABTBa MILL. itaBWo. Dean, BUada. Bneketa, Baa. Odtoa, mv nU- X. WADSWUBTH aOK, Plaalac Mm. aeron i-a Feed aten, WeUbanea. Ol Terwolon J. B. WIGHT. Dealer at Claeka. Watches, Jewelry. a's a CW TULLKB, Dealer at rreab aad ht all kinds at it a batter 'ooallty tbaa Wantagtea. We hare a Myoawaataaiet ntaai pea. eaDatBobtaeaa BtatoBaaMratrraa. WealaakmeBtl Baaara, and eimal tbaav Bason Hnsa, Lanbar. aatealea, UU, Cbene aad Batter Bosaa. acraO aawlafc Batnblad aad Ptoaladoaeta jrdar. 9l L. Wtmrta, rrea. rood Pail. Snieia hl'vmmtHm. Lata, abmam. Dean, Baaa, Bllaaa. w pad Dremd Uwliei et an aena. A. A, POWXBS Mint lit Tatar. A am. aanrt wtetOetaa aad Ciiaturn, wblek wm be BMda I. ! ta to. bim jli mmt at raaaoaabla Bona, STo, a. Bnaalol'i Bloak. m. ataln. alt Muts. aVMealBB eM Fef aMoBpaaV BfpShMei aaasaTaEeVv pfHet aafct nraii.M. asm. Bon, Bales, Bte. Market, aeata alee lit ay Bueew HISKB 80S, Dtalara Cat Mnit, ftwnaadsaB. a aVBaTsMnTanaet. anata, Markat onh - Xvear Btavklaa, WM. COBBIOB BOB. Ltrory aad Sale Btable. rtlllllin faiaatil sad aharcas nnwitls. nth sill Mnkssli aaeat, aae deer seat at I ami a. aw roora. mrwuna FOOTB WABHXB. Urary aad.aele ataMa. Odin Seeab aide llbwlj Su.et. jnWkewy. f.BTPT, Bean aal groear. Fran Bread, Caka eannororyday. Alnaaaolnaad eenaten aa eartnaatat OmaHn. Maaaiaetam aad aaBa, Wast SMS Born Man "treat. , A. T. PIMOCK MaaafBUtaier. WbnlmH aad tea eealarBi CTaw T t. ate, A aae unit enalaaia haat at ateek at towns eeah nun, 11 man Berth aMeotLamy atreet. XTZBBTT ST ABB Moaalbiilailad rTbawleat aad Whnliaili aad lattO lialiii la Draaa, MaaV ans aad a tan aae at Beieaa.aBd Drasawn Mr arin. Berth am Ubem atreet. ana, PUen and TbinaiLwith Rack. bnanlniBliii. mill. Stootaa, Oonem B Ouuibov laWfdaeUoa am b X. tmm bOMMlB ov.ry iMuif, 2b Utll 1 5. &SttZS,z ZLwS?tJ"fi'T''" arm a J. W. WILBUR Will not be undersold. Call and see hia large and fine assortment of EASTERN STOVES The most perfect working 'Ranges in the world. The Silver Sheen, Paris Royal, and Paris Ranees. For hard coal, THE WESTMINISTER, the most beautiful stove in the market ; THE PARIS PARLOR, the most convenient and best working stove ever made. For Wood 1 liave THE NEW TTESTA THE YALE, and the new and beautiful stove just out. TI10 Royal Acorn, and many others too numerous to mention. I also have a large stock of Pomps, Sinks.. Wringers, JEtc, Etc. Agent for the Wassail Sewer Pipe Company. All in need of Fnrnun fnr wirmln. their houses by the best and most ap nrover nl.n will Hn wall iu fore buying. All work warranted. Eaves Spouting a specialty. X. "W. WILBUR. 7tf Wklungtob, Ohio. A Compound Tincture of tha moat eatir - ahlo ramadlaa known to tna madleaj pioOsaslon, praparad upon aukiUy ptiaimauautmal prlnolplaa. Ab anam'it Wwtj-I. jim fttim It t b. BlinM 4ntiVi.t Hibritaaitllalialda bliiBiiii nnm to 111. worti Tb. mlr mUmtMU tmn tar U AaVetl.M. mt too KMaeye. In Urn Conplniac I7.p.Tmia aU Dteerdere .f tbo Bowels uiiU Atw. tMae of the Thremt mod Lam it I. eSr.!..,, vnil. n a natdi for eaorabuata penalwr te the ianwi. en It hn b. tqul NOT A BEVERACE But aa old relieMo HeaeeheM Kenedy, tibfarwartBhlw oja-r;t n 0 akaaUBt aantaara. Is sappbsMj tmm So tha tomach. iiniaMasjaj tba nigawtiwa akrarmasA, anUnralavtes tha saufeuia, and pro snntipjdj a Fscatar aotKna of Um bonmU, eMtabecas wry vmB nuM 0007 so paaricnrm Ma snrnssn wars arty aaa wnaoot mtarrnpucam. Aaat ii m 1 auaia kara - is 1 Hosrhara so popiaLar as ta f--- . Pawbst it --aa bassi ia aaa for shots than a quarter of a oratory. Hlckly eaasisacat,4 M K ,efrmJ Taato mMm Ajpmtimmr bold by Drassista mystnts, THE MESSENCEft OF HEALTH A amrca asasd papar dacriptisa of rlaiiiii. its oricfm aad oora, will ba aadiod fr to any rtiirass m appUoatiaSi to THS MISHLER HERB BITTERS CO. Laneaatar, Pa. ta1 w. ali'mlj VBootniMad to mUm ProfV Pmrhei a Plemoaat Worn frrna. It acme gihiygi.uko1aBdBeallphyii m nqomdV " 4t-ly fACTS WORTH KNOWING, i : Clini. Bacha. Baadrak. StUllacIa and' many other of the beat medicine, known are 6J akuuouy eombinea n riun i umoca Tonic, as o make it the areatnt Bieod Parifi.r and . . The Bnt Baalth aad Straagth Baatorar ' Krer Cnd. ' So narnet la tha comnoaitioa of Fabrb's Qrjnxa Tono that no rlnnaa. can tong ezin ore it tauson. u too bat. iMunit, na- aebo. Rtnaanlien, fteerolfia, HeweL KidMy. er Liver Dtearder, or it you need a mild atim- ricino tor yon, aa it ia highly euratiro aad in-. .Tiawmuns; on norvr nuziwuv, II yom a C...h wo Till anrerr help you. It Rim new life and rigor to the feeble and aged, and i a certain euro for Rbeanatim and Chelera hama. It Baa Sand fl.adrodi of Urss It Bar: . Save lean. Tf too are faellnar miKrable doot wait until ron era down sick, bat use the Tono to-day.; NonntterwlntyotirdnweeeorBTmptoinaniax Lbe n win giro prompt reuei. iner i n 'um'i Omb Tono ta not drink bnt tho lad aad Peretf Faatilv! J -' - mm .aad eotnBounded br a new, ioroBon. and entirely different from Bitten.' frizmxir prnvmtiooa and ail otier Totik- Try, iaWo. bottle. Toardrurswt caa supply you. , PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM The Best aad oat Kc0Bom!ea Hair Dnuiaf eiqioialy yiiniaw J and perfectly hurilm. Will Always Beaten fin; or Faded Hair n hs oricBul yoadind color aad appearance, aad b wm a..', a. i of ma Bhiw wiB ndra me I at daadrao rad car. ItdttB. mnA ha. eflhaeca. haUbyaUdniaxaaaiMt.ns. 41-ly IGflBOOO Bow Iost, How Restored ! Jew MblUhed, a sew edition of Dr.Clv.r. wr. Cl.bratMl E...JT oo th. nullcl ear. I without Bwaieioel or nrKBn ati)RRUk a or orml mml WnkMii. InvolutttarT t.mln.1 Lowri. lap. TxffOT. MeaUl and Phyalcl IncarMclty, Impediments to Marrlatre. lc ; .lao. Cossrarriox. Rrii.arT and Fit, induced oy aui-lndnigcnce er scabai extrav.' gance, eto. elr.Hy demonatTmrra. from a thirty yemre' aaccraaful prajctlce, that th. aiannlne; rm.n iiriKr of aelf-abua. mav b radlcallr cored: Dolnilnr out a mode of core atones aim pie, certain, and effectual, by atean of wbtch every aunerer. no matter what hi, condition nay br, may can hlmaelt cheaply, privately, and radically. tlTTnts Leettrre ahontd be la the hands of every pdat.iMld.on r.'c-lptof alxcuor two postage StAmpa. Kent under aeaL In a ntatn envelom. to anv ailittMa. The Culverwoll Medical Co., 4X A.nn BL, Itow Tork, It. Y. Font Oflee Box, 4596. 7-ly S500 Heward I Wa wilt pay tbe above reward for any ewe of I.reer Oonaplalnl. Dyapcpata. sick anowne. moiseation. Co.atlp.tloo or CoMlvenea. w. cannot cur. with Weafa Vegetable Liver Pllla. when the direction, am strictly eoBipllea wit a. i ney pan-i7 "inwn j - I. Hv aatl.raetlon. Suamr Coated. Lvaje hoiem. eon IA nine SO plila, 15 cenu. For sale by nil PracxiMA Beware of counter! Clip ana imita tion. The feaalne manufactured only by JOHN C. wot A rft "Th. Pill MakerA" 11 1X3 W. Martlaoa St., Cbleaco. free trial paekace aeat by mail, prepaid, oa receipt oi a s cent nima Strong. Cobb Co . Wbolenil. Agent.. Clevelsnd. Ohio. Wooaur Adaan, AgeatA Welllngtaa, Ohio. 47-ly jap. ontst aent free to thoae who wlah to range ta H 1 1 thM mtnmt nJf.unl .nd rmrfltahle bualneaa knuwn. M Everything new. Capital not required. We;wlll f urnlah yun everything. SI" a day and apwarda laeully made without auying a. ay from bom. ever nUtht. 'o riak whatever. Many new workers wanted at once. Many ar. making fortunes at tb. boalneaA Ladies make aa much as men. and oting boya and nirla mabe irreat pay. No one who la wt llntf to work fall, to make mure money every day than can be mad. In a week at any ordinary employment. Tboe. vtocdiirwxwiu um a anon roau to lonone. Aoarcaa n. mLun.wi.i irortiaao, name, s-iy haic cbbhmi THE SEAM. Crrer and over the brook huiirhs by. Over and over tbe swallows tiy. Over and over tbe call of tbe plover f aintly tioats irotn tno noius 01 rye; I hoar the mockinir-blrtl geonr a-iinslnr. Close to my feet tbe clover Is prinirin(r. w one over ana over my neart Keep. Bulging-: " Mother is comliur toniirht. I know." . Over and over tbe bee sip tbe clover. And over and over my needle must go. Oh I what, oh ! wbat i so long aa a searef And what so sweet as to sit and dream. With aunshlne above me, and mother to love me. And swallows sklmmlnk across the stream? My thought are so clad, I tblnk them over. Till they all get mixed with the cry of plover. And tne hum or Decs, ana tue smeu 01 ciover. Ah! how fingers and fancies stray 1 While, ernninr and sminr across mr sewing. Tbe oak-tanves' shadows I watcb at play. Tbe nest is lone that the mother leaves; There's always a bird ling that pines and grieves; O wings of tbe swallow, your flight I follow; Carry her straight to her home 'neath the eaves. How I shall stand at the open door! i nanny can wait till tne sun is lower; Yet to Hnlh mv seam 1 would have it slower. Over and over my Itngera go. " one over ana over l sinir w ina ciover, "Mother is coming to-night, I know!" uune IK. Z nomptun, in nr. i. inaenpeaenu SOME CURIOUS SESTS. You all have noticed, on some spring: day, a bird picking- up twigs or straws with which to build its nest, and if von ever have seen the tiny home when finished, you must have wondered at its beauty ana completeness, forme nests of even our commonest birds are often marvels of skillful workman- shin. lint it happens that, within the last year. SL Atchoias has received accounts ot some unusually interesting nests real curiosities or accidents in nest- building, such as yon would hardly find by searching; whole acres of meadow and orchard. Some of these . oddities are peculiar or remarkable in them' selves, and others are merely common nests, but have been found in very queer places. Yon shall have the de scription of them just as they came to us in the letters of correspondents. tiers, to beem with, is an account oy L. if., ox a nest, in a scarecrow: " In a frrain-field near Hempstead, 1. I., I found an old coat and a hat set up as a scarecrow, the sleeves being stretcnea out on a crosswise suck. However dreadful this may have seem ed to the person who set it up, the lit tle creatures it was meant to frighten away were not in the least scared by it; for in one of the side pockets of the coat, a pair of cedar-birds had built a cozy nest. W nen I saw tne scarecrow. the little home was filled with un fledged birds, cheeping and crying, their crests raised, while the mother. perched on a small branch which stuck out above the scarecrow's hat, was gently twittering good-byes to her noisy brood, Deiore going to iorage xor their breakfast." Strange place that for a bird s-nest! And vet not so strange, nor dangerous. im . 1 r V: I 11 1 ii. u uio U11U was Biunui, wiu Jm 7ti crow did his duty well by frightening tne nawks ana otner wingea enemies away. Perhaps the little parents ouuaea better man tnev Knew;-- dux it mav be they had found out in some strange way that the ugly looting gen tleman standing always in that one place in the held was no enemy, ana would even protect them. At any rate, this does not seem to be the first in stance of a bird's-nest ia a scarecrow. for in the same letter D. B. sends this record oi anoxner: "Whea telling about this strange discovery to some friends, one of them recalled a similar incident which he had once read about, and after searching some time, among old papers, we finally found the account in a number of Our Touna Folk. Here it is: "It was in the bosom of a stuffed effigy, which had been set up to scare away the crows from our corn. A bunch of pea-sticks and a little hay dressed up in most artistic fashion with a suit of John s old clothes trousers. vest and coat, topped out with an old hat, which soon blew away formed this awful scare. And funny enough it was to see a pair of little pewees mak ing its acquaintance; looting up its legs of sticks, and looking down upon it from the apple-trees; picking at the rags streaming from its coat-tails, and then perching most audaciously upon its wide shoulders: prying into the se crets of its heart of clover, and pulling the long hay out of the stump of its old broken-off neck. Y hat they meant to do was hard to tell for several days; but finally there was no longer any doubt they were building a nest in its bosom! And why not? The old clothes had been we! washed in the rains, the hay was as sweet as any other hay, and the pea- Drusn just ine same as any otner pea brush; besides, the thing was well fastened to the irround by its feet. which were only the ends of the point ed pea-sticks. Those the pewees could see as well as we, or any other toees as Cousin Sammy suggested and the crows were evidently afraid of it, as somebody else suggested, making it safer for the wise little birds. So, when the work was done (or rather undone. fnr the" Trreui nf huildino- consisted more in pulling out the stuffing of onr scarecrow ana making. a noie into it. than in putting sticks together as most pewees do), and when the hole was well lined with the soft little nothings which the pewees find, we hardly know where, and the little brown hen settled herself down into her hiding-place, and pater familias sat upon the headless pea-brush neck, and caroled forth his song of triumph to his mate and his note of defiance to all crows that might dare to scale his castle walls, ana the rags of the sleeves fluttered merrily in the breeze, we doubted whether that suit of clothes was ever happier than it was then; and John doubted, too. "The nest was carefully observed from a distance, for no birds like to be scrutinized too closely; and. in due course of time, a family of little pewees were taking their first lessons in flying. Some of them tried to fly too soon,' and then came one of the funniest incidents of alL Our little ones were quite distressed that the poor little .birds should be dispersed upon the ground, from which they were unable to rise. and so Charlie caught them all and tried to put them back into the nest. but be could not reach it; so, what must he do but stow them all carefully away into one of the side-pockets of the old coat, into which he had first stuffed some hay. to keep the pouket open; and how delighted were he li his sisters to see the old birds come there and feed the young and care for mem several days, until tneir wings were more fully grown, and they were able once more, and with better suc cess, to take a start into the world!" But now hear this wonderful little story from S. O. T.. of how a bird-pair seemed actually to read for how could they possibly have chosen better words for a motto for their little homo than the two which were found upon itP In a certain country place, not verv far from the City of New York, there was once an entertainment, and hand bills were distributed freely in the neighborhood; so that soon lay about on and were blown by a great many the ground, the wind into all sorts of .places, the chief attractions on One of the pro gramme was a tableau vtvant entitled ' Uur Liarlings, and tnese two words were of course printed conspicuously on the handbill. " Months after the date of the enter tainment, a New York family came to pass the summer in that country place. One day, the little boy of the family came running into the house excited and delighted, and calling: "Mammal mamma! oee wnat i have found P and he held up a bird's nest. Now, the little boy was a real lover of birds, so his mother knew he would not have taken the nest from its place it had not been deserted. And when she looked at it closely, she saw that tne little builders bad woven in among triA Iwifra .nrl afraw . nidoA of nna nr the oldhandbiils; and .this, piece. ao J nauy oore tne ' words, uur uarungsr rrt - i i r. J Anai, was way tno uaj was exciteu about the nest, and, indeed, everybody thinks it so pretty and curious a thing, that it is kept with great care, and looked upon as a treasure." - And now you shall near oi tne wonderful ingenuity which a bird show ed in keeping its house from falling. What architect could have done better? Read this, from H. 13. D-, of Spice land. Indiana. "This curious little nest, I think, was built by an orchard oriole, but I cannot say certainly, as tne owner naa leit is before I found it. It is made of the long bast fiber from various plants, white cotton lapping-twine, long horse-hairs and sew ing thread. The bast fibers form the larger part of the nest, the twine being interwoven with it in a way that strengthens the fabric. Around several twigs there are loops of twine, the ends having been carried down and woven into the walls of the nest. It was built in the top of a small swamp-maple that stood near a dwell ing. The nest was placed between a small twig and the main stem; the loops of twine, before referred to, fastened it to some twigs higher up. Two sides of the nest were sewed to the branchlets, the fiber, twine and hair passing over the branch and through the edge of the nest, in stitches closo together. " But the strangest and most canons part in its construction is this: The twigs to wmcn it is sewea. diverge rrom each other and leave a space so broad that without additional support that side of the nest would have sagged. To meet this difficulty, the bird has taken a piece of No. 6 sewing-thread and firmly woven one end of it into the body of the nest, while the other end she has carried to a projecting twig some distance above, and there secured it by winding it five times around the stem and then tying it with a perfect single knot! ' This incident of 11. K. L. s shows plainly enough that birds know how to benefit themselves in nest-building by using articles manufactured by man. In place of the poor substitutes which the woods and fields afford them. And, as another proof of this, a letter in iL lWichoiaa oi last year, but wnicn will be fresh to our new subscribers, is reprint ed here: ' One day not long . ago I washed a number of pieces of very fine lace, and left them spread out on tne lawn. Presently I went to look at them, so as to be sure they were all right, for they were valuable. One, two, three pieces were gone. Yet there were no fresh tracks on the lawn and paths. and when I asked in the house I was told that no one there bad gone near the lace, or seen anybody else near it, flnrino trtA whnln mnrnintr. " I'liis was puzzling, as well as disa greeable; and so I went to look again, Another piece vanisneoi men l put a chair near the porch and sat down and sewed, watching the lace carefully. But once 1 bent my eyes to my work for about half a minute, and when I looked up again still another treasure was that no one but myself conld have been near the lace. How, then, could it have disap peared? I put away my sewing, and for five minutes steadily gazed at the pieces left. Somebody in the house called out. and I glanced around. As I turned my eyes lorward again, what should I see, sailing away in the air a few yards from me, but a piece of the precious lace, trailing from the beak of a robin! I soon found that it was the same saucy fellow who had taken all the pieces, and that ho had tried to make his little 'home beautiful with them. " Ihe lace was spoiled when we found it, for Robin had torn it when weaving it in with twigs; but 'the nest looked so pretty that 1 let my ruined treasures stay. Tours, truly, ' Mabo arkt H." Last of all, here Is an anecdoie show- in" that birds not only know enough to help themselves by such material as thread, twine, lace, wool, etc., bnt that they are even so wise as to select goods of the proper color. C S. B-, of Parkes burg. Pa., writes: "Last summer, just when the trees were at the greenest, an oriole and his mate came to our yard and began to rbuild their nest in a drooping bough of the old sycamore, wbere the foliage was very thick. Both birds went busily to work to find materials for a nest, and soon they began to examine whatever household articles were left within safe distance from the house. They would pull and pucker the linens and lace that were spread on tne lawn, and at last. to stop their mischief, we concluded to furnish all the material they needed, ready for use. So we got together some thread and strings, and a variety oi otner scraps, rags ot various colors. some red and gray yarn, etc, and spread them about here and there. wherever we thought they would be just in the way of the little builders. We had not long to wait, and they soon accepted a good portion of what we had laid out lor mem. But alter awhilo we noticed that only the gray or dull-col ored things were taken. The red was a puzzle; they evidently-admired it, but decided, at last, that it would hardly do; for their acts plainly said 'It is pretty, very pretty, but then, it's so gay! We're afraid it would made too much show.' " At last the nest was finished, and when lined and complete, it was beauti ful, indeed, and worthy of 'all the care they had bestowed upon it. The skill of the tailor and weaver was shown in its sides, and the colors were chosen with great care. But not one thread of crimson was found tn ii. Cozy as it was. all its tints were dull and subdued, and an enemy would have had to look Ion to discover it among the thick foliage. SL Nicholas. lnere is nothing like self-noise. confidence. Johnny says he doesn't like his arithmetic. The answers in the book are all wrong, every one of them. ml- rv..n A Case of Disputed Identity. -The case of the Youngses, as curious In many respects as the famous Tichborne case, was taken np in the Surrogate's . . I 1 Y vjui jcsieruay. aub man ciiunuug wj be Theophilus Youngs, whoso identity is the point now in dispute, is not a claimant, but appears in aid of his brother, in opposition to a suit brought by bis wife, the legal status of which rests upon the allegation that Theoph ilus x oungs is dead. The case grows out of an inheritance to a share in which Theophilus Younirs was entitled. The distribution of the property which is situated ia this city was delayed by a lawsuit, which was attended to by Henry Youngs, the older brother of Theoph ilus, ana who was tne executor ol the estate in litigation. Theophilus re ceived advances on his claim from his brother, amounting in all to $2,200, and ia 1870, at the time when the last sum was paid him on this account, and when the prospect of a decision in their favor seemed very uncertain, he. together with his wife, made over to Henry Youngs all his rights in the estate in consideration of the amounts already received. The suit resulted in favor of the Youngses, so that Henry Youngs made a good bargain when he bought out his brother's interest. Theophdus Youngs appears to have done nothing more in the matter, however, and no action was taken about it until after his death was reported in Boston, in February, 1876. He haddisappeared, and a body in the morgue was identified as his. In October, 1877, his widow obtained letters of administration from Surrogate Calvin and immediately sued Henry Youngs for the share of Theophilus in the estate, claiming that the sale of his interest was invalid. Henry Youngs replied by an action for the revocation of the letters of adminis tration, on the ground that his brother was not dead, lie obtained an injunc tion staying her suits against him until the case before the Surrogate should be settled. A good deal of evidence in the case; In the shape of affidavits and of testi mony taken before a Commissioner, in Boston, nas here colore been submitted. It - is very conflicting. Un the one side were produced witnesses who pos itively identified the body iound as tnat of Theophilus Youngs, and witnesses came forward for the other side who declare that they had seen and, in some . 1 1 i ' . i i-i v cases, utiKea wun j.neopnuus i oungs since the date of his alleged death. In the meantime a man claiming to be lheophuns x oungs himself, turned up. and has since been living quietly in this city, shunning public observation. Mrs. Theophilus Youngs once made applica tion for his arrest as an impostor, but nothing was done in the matter. If an impostor, he had never attempted to impose on ner, ior he reiused to go near her. They met for the first time yesterday before Mr. Edward F. Under bill, who was appointed by Surrogate (Jalvm to take testimony in the case in this city. A man about for ty years of age, of medium height, with light eyes and a sandy .mustache, came into the court in company with' Henry .r . I . 1 . 1 WT Lf x oungs. no saiu mat ne was Aueopoi lus Youngs. ' Referee Underhill asked Mrs. Youngs whether this man was her husband. She looked at him for a mo ment and then said, in a lond tone "That is not my husband." . Henry x oungs was then put on the witness stand. He identified the man who called himself Theophilus Youngs as his brother and as the husband of Mary J. C Youngs. Early in August- he said, he received a letter from his brother, asking him to meet him on August 9 in the law office of E. G. Drake in this city. He met his brother on the appointed day. and saw him often from that time to August 24. He identified his brother by a peculiarity in the for mation of one of his finger nails and of his lower teeth. Sophia Youngs, a sister of Theophi lus, also identified as her brother the man who called himself Theophilus x oungs. Zv. J. tsun. How the Esquimaux Dress. The costumes of the several tribes I encountered are the same in material, but differ somewhat in shape. In win ter the men wear next to their skin a fur coat called an ar-tee-gee. It is made with a hood and a long tail be hind that varies in length, width and stvle, according to the taste of the wearer. Trousers are also made of fur, and are arranged with a drawing string at the waist, lhey usually reach a little below the knees, and are quite wide there, allowing a free circulation of air within. Sometimes they are made a trifle longer in the leg and sufficiently narrow to be worn inside the boot; bnt it is a mooted question whether it is warmer to wear them closed or open. The arteegee and inside trousers, which are called e-loo-pai, are made of the skins of reindeer that are killed in the early summer, and consequently have quite short hair, lhey are worn with the lur inside, and have an ex ceedingly comfortable feeling in cold weather. The outside is often highly ornamented with rows of trimming of white and black mr alternating, and with a fringe around the bottom. The feet of the Inuit are incased in stockings of reindeer skin with the fur inside and reaching to the knee, with slippers, made from the thin, short hair from the leg of the same animal. and outside long boots, also made of the skin from the leg of the reindeer. Finally a pair of short shoes are drawn over the foot and laced around the ankle. These also are made of reindeer legs, with the hair side in, and are shod on the soles with fur from the face or cheek of the reindeer. When exposed in cold weather the Esquimau wears an outside coat of longer fur, with tho fur side out, called a kool'-e-tar, and a pair of outside trousers, also with the hair turned outward. These are called rok'-e-loe. - So arrayed, the Inuit, or the white man either, is prepared to travel in the coldest weather ever experienced, and with comparative comlort. lbe hood of the knoletar is often furnished with a drawing string, to be used when fac ing the wind, and a sealskin thong can be tied around the waist to keep the wind from penetrating, beneath the arteegee. But even in the co'dest weather the air upon one's naked skin beneath the arteegee or shirt, and un der the trousers, is not by any means unpleasant unless the wind is blowing. In that case comfort is almost out of the question under any circumstances. The women are clad very much as are tne men, except that their trousers are worn with the hair side out and only one pair is customary.. But the artee gee and kooletar are enough larger to make up for the deficiency in trousers. Their stockings are also larger and come away above the knee, a long nar row strip extending to and fastened under the belt. The Iwilliks and Kin nepatoos wear quite a protuberance at each ankle, extending outward like in cipient wings, and the shoulders of their arteegee and kooletar are also built out in the way way. Their hoods are very long and warm, reaching to their waists when thrown back and erected jauntily in the air when drawn over the head. On the back and con-, cealed by the hood is- a fullness in the dress of the married women to admit of the body of the naked child, which is habitually carried there. It is the home of the youngest, even should he have reacneo tne age oi lour or five years. The Esquimaux in the vicinity of Back's River and King William's Land are similarly clad, with the exception that instead oi the decided bag at the ankle of the women's stockings there is mere ly a gradual fullness, which is neither ornamental nor useful. The Hudson's Bay women use this ornament as a bag. and carry there what would be carried in a pocket, if they had pockets. lbe natives ol Hudson s btraits dress very much like the others, the differ ence being in the women's hoods, which, instead of being long and nar row, are long and wide, and provided with a drawing string. Instead of the long stockings they wear a pair of leg- ngs that reach about hall way up the ligh, and trousers that are much snort er than those of the Western tribes. The Kinnepatoos are by all odds the most tasteful in their dress, and their clothing is made of skins mpre careful ly prepared and better sewed than that of the others, except in occasional in stances. The bedding of all these Esquimaux made or reindeer skins, thick, un- tanned skins of the buck forming what corresponds with the mattresses, and a blanket to cover them is made ol wen tanned doe skins, sewn together so as to be wide at the top and narrowing into a bag at the feet. All sleep naked. winter and summer, a single blanket formed of three doe skins covering father, mother and all the children. It is the duty of the women to attend constantly to the lamps, to melt water , . a i a i iur unnainganu cook lug, auti lu cuuil the food. They also turn the wet shoes and stockings inside out and dry them at night. A " good wife" is one who sleeps but little after a hard day's march, but attends constantly to the articles upon the drying frame, turning them over and replacing the dry with wet. When one frame full of clothing has been dried, she places the articles under her in the bed so that the heat of her body will keep them warm and dry. and replaces them upon the frame with other articles. She gets up long before any one else is awake, and looks care fully over all the clothing to see what mending is required, iter position. when not asleep, is with her bare feet bent under her, in Turkish fashion, and there she sits all day long before her fire, engaged in making clothing, cook ing or other household duties, and is seldom idle. When at work she lifts np her voice and sings. The tone lacks melody bnt not power, it is a reliex to her weary soul, and few would be cruel enough to deprive her ol that comfort. for her pleasures are not many. She is the slave of her children and her hus band, and is treated to more abuse than affection. N. Y. Herald. Learn to Be Exact, A model wife and mother whom we know used to say that of all common phrases, she disliked most the one wmcn declared nan done work to oe " near enough." It is, she declared, the gospel of the shiftless, and strenu ously did she teach and practice that nothing was ever near enough" right that could be made better. A writer in the Evenina l"ost deplores a kindred lack in women's training the lack of exactness. She says: One of the greatest difficulties 1 had when begin ning to keep house was the utter im- Sssibility of getting definite directions, ow often an earnest, almost despair ing question was met with this reply: Ob. about this you must use your judgment!" How seldom in the coun try, at least, can a dressmaker oe iounu whom you may reasonably hope will make both sides of your dress waist alike and both sleeves of the same length! In every department in life we meet with it, and are annoyed by it. How many mortifications would a woman be spared did she but culti vate the habit of seeing what she looks at; I have known women of more than ordinary intelligence in certain directions who when lamp chimneys were held in place by a screw, a very simple arrangement, never even at tempted to put a chimney on the lamp. lf thinking without words were possi ble, I should say they thought without words that it was something quite be yond them, and they always took lamp and chimney to some male member ot the household to be adjusted. It is often said that the excess of imagina tion, upon which some women seem to pride themselves, accounts for the ten dency to inaccuracy. For my part I am ashamed of it, if it is this which so often causes a wife and mother to be looked upon, even by those who love her, as an amiable sort of incapable, whom they are fond of without being able to respect much. There is a ter rible mistake somewhere in the educa tion of women, both at home and in school. We are not tanght that one of the most important things in the world to as is the ability to observe with something like accuracy. It strikes me that about the poorest preparation a g-.rl can have lor the grave responsibili ties which sooner or later are certain to rest upon her shoulders, what ever her position and surroundings mav be. ia a smattering of ancient and modern languages, a little music and the discipline to be derived xrom tnese. 1 have often thought if more attention were paid by her to any of the natural sciences there would be some hope of her acquiring habits of close and cor rect observation, and that a tendency toward exactness and truthfulness of mind woidd be produced. ' But what can be done by those of us whose edu cation so far as the schools are con cerned is indeed "finished"! Only by studying onr failures can we hope to hnd out why they were not successes. and so correct bad habits. ' We may help ourselves by cultivating a taste for conquering diihculties, not because anybody is ever to know anything about it, but because it is good to over come. Above all other help is that which comes from the intense convic tion that whatever in anyway ministers to the health and happiness of the home, whether it is great or small, is worthy ol our earnest thought, l nave often gained grace and strength by say ing over to myself that bit from holy Ueorge Herber Who sweeps a room for God's law, . Hakes that and' the action One." Golden Bu'e. Dr. Sauftleben claims the following prescription as an antidote (or carbolic acid: Dilute sulphuric acid, 10 grammes; muc of gum arable, 200 grammes; sim ple sirup. SO grammes; mix. Give a tablespoonful every hour. RELIGIOUS ASD EDUCATIONAL. There are eighty-seven Sunday- schools, with 5,366 scholars, in the ju risdiction of the Seventh-Day Baptists. A blind girl has excelled all pre vious members of the fourth class in the High-school at Portland, Me., by attaining a rank of one hundred in all her studies for one month, except Latin, and ninety-eight in that. The Provincial Synod of the Cana da Episcopal Church has adopted the new name of "The Church of England in Canada." It establishes a foreign and a domestic Board of Missions, and makes new provisions for missionary work. Fisk University. Nashville, Tenn., has opened with twice as many pupils from abroad as it had last year at this time. Those who come to it are, on the average, much 'furtuer advanced than the same class were five years ago. This shows that the education of the colored people is progressing in the south. The annual assembly of the United Methodist Free Churches of England has been held in Leeds. This body now has 396 itinerant preachers, 82,309 members, 1,368 chapels, and 189.440 Sunday-school scholars. It raises about $90,000 a year for missions. Reports read in the Triennial Convention of Episcopalians in session at New York show that the sums received for home missions since 1877 fall short of the previous three years by $120,000, while the amounts received for foreign missions were $138,000 larger than for any previous term. Pre8byterianism is steadily gaming in Mew Jersey, while losing, pernaps. in the South. In that State there is a synod of eight presbyteries. 361 minis ters, 267 churches, 46,207 church mem bers and 50.000 scholars in bunday- school. The amount contributed last year for congregational and benevolent purposes reached suzmwu-ior tne former $650,000, and for the latter $178,000. A missionary in Madras, India, writes that there has been a strange outbreak of superstitious fear. A ru mor is in circulation to the effect that Christians and Mohammedans are lying in wait to kidnap Hindu children; the former for the purpose of sacrificing them to the Moloch of the sea, the lat ter to make Moslems of them. In con sequence there has been a panic in the city and children are kept carefully housed. The Southern Presbyterian Church reports 12 synods, 67 presbyteries, 145 candidates for the ministry, licen tiates. 1.060 ministers. 1.918 churches. and 120,028 commuicants. There are 61 more ministers than there were five years ago, 107 more churches and not quite 8.0U0 more members, ine num ber of candidates for the ministry is less by 44 than it was then. The aver. age yearly additions by examinations have been 6,000, and by certificate over 3,000. Making Rome Attractive. Mr. Higginbottom deeply bewailed his fondness for rum and concert saloons, but he appealed to all un prejudiced men to concede that he was really blameless. "If my home was only made attractive to me, gentlemen. he was in the habit of saying to the members of a leading temperance society who periodically called on him to nrge him to reform, "I would gladly spend all my evenings at home, but as it is I am literally driven to seek com fort elsewhere, though I am a man eminently tilted to enjoy the pleasures of home life." So struck were several temperance men with the force of Mr. Higginbottom' s remarks that not long ago they called on his wife and begged her to make an effort to save her un happy husband by making home at tractive. Mrs. Higginbottom consented to make the desired effort, and, as a first step visited her husband's favorite concert saloon under the protection of a disguise and a detective othcer. When she had learned what were the attrac tions which most powerfully appealed to Mr. Higginbottom's mind she proceeded to reproduce them as far as practicable in her own house. She had the parlor carpet taken np and the bare floor nicely sprinkled with beer and the stumps of cigars. She . removed the pictures from the walls and hung in their places cneap ana gauay enromos representing impossible young women in undesirable costumes. Two dirty wooden tables and a supply of wooden chairs from the kitchen completed the furniture of the room and it began to assume a really attractive appearance. Before the hour oi her nusoana s re turn from his business Mrs. Higginbot tom hired a man to play on an accordion and another to torture a violin. besides three professional drunkards of great indecency of appearance and con duct, and a notorious burglar, kindly furnished for the occasion by the police captain of the precinct, lnere were in the kitchen two Irish girls, who were decidedly ugly, but who were clean. decent and modest girts, xnese two she instructed in the art of serving beer and spirits, and dressed them in costumes that were extremely vulgar, though they could not be said to be improper. Having thus arranged all things, sne met ner nusoana at tne door and escorted him to the dining room, where he ate his dinner, uncon scious of the transformation that had been wrought in his front parlor. After dinner Mr. Higginbottom lit his cigar and remarked that he must go out for an hour or two to see a friend. His wife, with a sweet smile, told him that he need not go out, for she had finally discovered how to make home attract ive to him. So saying, she showed him into the parlor and led him to a seat at one of the dirty tables. The fiddler and the accordion player imme diately struck up; the drunkards, at a sign from Mrs. Higginbottom, began to swear and wrangle, and the burglar sidled np to Air. Higginbottom and in vited him to take a drink. The two Irish girls brought beer and spilled it on Mr. Higginbottom's table; they called him "Dear" and asked him to "open a bottle of wine," and Mrs. Higginbot tom, apologizing for the fact that they were undeniaoly decent girls, assured her husband that, nevertheless, she was confident she had finally learned how to make home attractive; that she hoped to spend many jolly evenings with him and would like a not whisky without any further delay. Mr. Higginbottom was at first com pletely dazed, but in a few moments he recovered his reason. He ordered the girls to go into the kitchen and stay there, and he pitched the drunkards out of the front door and ordered the musicians and the burglar to follow them. Then he informed his wife that he had been an idiot of the largest size, and that if she would restore tne parlor to its former condition he would stay at home and make no further complaint of its want of attractiveness. N. T. Timet FACTS AND FIGURES. Vigorous efforts at tobacco culture ' are being made in Italy. Where a number of bridges were required to cross a small bnt tortuous stream in (Jass County, Iowa, the Chi-: . cago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad: -Company, which is now replacing its bridges, concluded it would be cheaper to change the course of the stream, and this is being done. A railroad is protected to connect ; Antioch and Lagrangeville, CaL, a dis- , tance oi loo miles, it is to be a single track road on the James patent. The cost of construction per mile is esti mated at $1,200; entire cost, $198,000; ' equipment, $82,200; estimated earn ings for six months, $460,000; working expenses, $60,000. The road will be built in the interest of the farmers of the great plains, and if successful will ' revolutionize them by providing a cheap '-. and certain outlet to the sea. The phenomenon of the perfora tion of rocks by sand carried on the -wind has been observed in the Valley ' of the Rhone in France. A very vio- ' lent wind often prevails in the neigh- -borhood of Uzes, and drives large quan tities of sand against a band ofquartz ose pebbles contained in a tertiary soil. The pebbles contain cavities which might be believed to have been made by human hands, but which are -really produced by the often renewed friction of the sandy particles against their surface. Ocean soundings made with what is known as Sir William Thompson's steel wire show that along the entire coast of California, a depth of 1,500 ' fathoms or more is reached as near as . within a distance of from twenty to . seventy miles westward from the shores, the greater part of this sudden fall oc curring the last ten to fifty miles. At 1 one hundred miles west from San Francisco the bottom is found to be over 2,500 fathoms deep. The bed of . the ocean continues of a uniform depth. greater than 1,500 fathoms, until the Sandwich Islands are reached, the ' greatest depth being 3,000 fathoms, at a distance oi about lour hundred mnes . east of Honolulu, which great depth is maintained until within ninety miles of Honolulu; at fifty miles from that place the depth is 1,500 fathoms. -The following preparation, it is claimed, will render wood incombusti ble and impermeable: Sulphate of zinc, . 55 pounds; alum, 44 pounds; oxide of manganese, 22 pounds; sulphuric acid of bO deg., n pounds; water, oo pounds. All the solid ingredients are put into a boiler containing the water at 45 deg. v. (113 deg. .), and as soon as they ' are dissolved the sulphuric acid is poured in gradually until the mass is completely saturated. The pieces of wood are kept about nve centimeters lt.71 lit, I OLFtaLU, auu aiwt raicg uvuio "t OT yt affM Ikwut boiling they are dried in the open air. ' xne natural appearance oi tne wooa is not changed, lo whatever heat it is subjected it resists combustion, the sur face being simply covered with a thin -charred coating, which is easily rubbed off. - - . WIT AMD WISDOM. The last piece of fashion-writers' slang is to call a gown " restf uL" Millers make poor party men. They are generally bolters. Toronto Grip. Somebody in New Muford has found an umbrella, and announces that the owner can have it by calling, which i l i 1 . . Buuwa quite txmuiusivei y vt itaij oui u on umbrella it is. Banbury News. The latest fashion in ceramics gives us triangular cups and saucers. By practice a man can get so tnat be will be able to drink from one and send the liquid down the. inside instead of the outside ol his throat, and it is better to do the practicing in private, with an old shirt on. Boston Post. Nothing is so admirable as logic A German traveler hurried out of the car, tired and dusty, and seating himself at a restaurant table cried out, " Waiter, bring me a beefsteak P The waiter re plied that he would be charmed to do so, but that it took twenty minutes to cook steak, while the train only waited tea minutes. The kindly and sweet tempered traveler retorted, " Well, then, bring me half a beefsteak." There is a Galveston merchant who does not keep his stock up, consequent ly it often happens he does not have articles tnat are called ior. w hen he hasn't got the article he invariably says: "I havn't got any in the store, but I expect two carloads in next week." Gilhooly strayed in yesterday, and, just as an experiment, asked: " nave yon got any skate straps?" The-merchant mnaAii .wmiA Ann tnpn auin a ncnai- Havn t got any m the store right now. but expect two carloads in next week, sure." N. B. Galveston ice is raised in Boston, and costs about four cents a pound to bring it here. Galveston' jsews. They were sitting together in the horse -car. " I do hate people that are -forever talking abont their neighbors," said the woman with the peaked hat. "bo do V - coincided her companion in the cashmere shawL "There's Mis' Green," continued Peaked Hat, " con tinually a carry in' things back and forth. Think she'd better look, to V. wuMAaa lmsvmc. U n,l I.-. uuluo- u wuubwi atuvrvra o tu tutu mi husband live a reg'lar cat-and-dog life." "Yes, indeed," said Cashmere, "and her daughter Sarah isn't half cared for. I was tellin' Mis' Jones only yesterday that the way Mis' Green neglected that girl was a cryin' shame. Oh! by the way, did yon hear that story about Tilda Smith?" "No! what is it?" ex claimed Peaked Hat, turning half around in her seat in her eagerness, her eyes sparkling in anticipation of the coming treat. But gentle reader, never xnind what it was. Neitheryou nor I care anything abont it. We hate tat tling just as oad as Peaked Hat and Cashmere' did. Boston Transcript. Hogarth's Lantern. With Dr. Hoadley (son of the lati- tudinarian Bishop), the late worthy Chancellor of Winchester, Mr. Hogarth was always on terms of the thickest friendship, and frequently visited him at Winchester, bt. Uross and Alresford. It is well known that the Doctor's fond ness for theatrical exhibitions was so great that no visitors were ever long at his house before they were solicited to accept a part in some interlude or oth er. He himself, with Garrick and Ho garth, once personated a laughable parody on tne scene in "Julius utesar,--where the ghost appears to Brutus. Ho garth personated the specter; but so un- reienuve was ma memory, turn, tuuugu his speech consisted only of t wo lines, he was unable to get them by heart. At last -they hit upon the following ex pedient -in his favor: The verses he was to deliver were - written in each large letters on the outside of an Illu minated paper lantern , that he' could read them when he entered , with It in hia hand on the stage. N. r. lims. ,: