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I . :. j ;-.TTV.. ,rTT i.rfTT . ' -1 ' j. f ,j JjJ.Lu.t rTYnr4.n ri y-"T-r-jr7-7-r-r7TT: '.-r"-:i : : ; " ' ? Frrr : " . 1 ;"" 1 " "'. " ' " 11 ' ' 1 ,: ' ' ' ija." VOLUME 7. - - - M'ARTHUR, VINTON COUNTY OHiaEDNESD AY, MAY 21 ,1873. NUMBER 19. McAipiuR Enquirer J. w. lyWUN, Editor ami I'ulillshei-. forms of Subscription. Olio coV. "in" vi'lir.fl r0 I Olio copy, 81110s 1 DO Oinn-.)'v, ttmiM . . 75 One t!M)',4niM BO irno pil witlilu tlm yeur ... 00 UiiiaofTwimty ... - jJ'fw Tin Mc.ArHiiiu KsquiHHIl -imilttti- Ithh Of l'OSTACiK wltlim limits. of Viiiluu (Tlm'VMi!Artbiir Knuu'ihkh unili Tin GV.rs- titm WUlltHH will lio sout to unci poison ono uar fur fa iw. a fiiiinruto uotifv a iiiMcoiitimmnvo at tlio 'etui of the tlinu HiiliDci ilioil fur, will bo liikcu us a now oiiKUUOiuoiit fur subscription. Advertising Rates. 'Mm splice occuplml by 10 Hues of this (N'oiw inn-oil) typo sliull constitute a sipim-i'. Rule mill Figure Work 50 cents additional. , . .. 3 mm, . 6 moit. 13 mo. 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Tioort Assorlinunt of Marblo coimtiintlv ou hand. All kinds of C'KMEl'EltV WOUKUmio to order in the tinost stylo. ATTORNEYS. Q T. GUNNING, ATTOE1TEY A.T 21. A. W . MOAKTIIUII, OHIO. Tionipt nlientlon ulvtn to all lotfftl biislm-n unili-M-tfil to Iiiki uro. OHiwiit bis re.-iilvncu. J.'"ol. tO. llfi.l. J. M, HoGIILIVEAY, ;MoAliniL'U, Oilll). WlllucLoti.liuwmJr10 any ImaluiS's if.von tr. bisearo .in. I luaiiilff in air lourtiot Viuum an I a lloli.liirf .iiokjcIoii. uyi'tcK 1: the i.i.iirl ii.inj. r.p Mtiti;'-!. 9. CLAYPO0LE, MoAlll'MUlt, OHIO. Pko8kci'tino Attohnkyop Vinton Coi'ntv. WIU pMe.tlco In Hois, Vinton and adjolnlng vouncies. All li'iil IjhsIuux eiitns(:ui fj .care promptly atreixieu to, . i i'l HOTELS. gOWEN HOUSE, (Formerly SamU House,) 2ALESKI. OHIO. EGBERT BQWEnT Propkietok. This House, which U eonruillellt to the It. It. liepot, silica ehangiiiir pioiii't!)i,H, lias been iboroiiKhly renovatej anl rufiirii0i, aud the present proprietor oilers to travolers ,iu hoarders the best aceoinmodations.. oqilMtubleon the premises. fir TKKM8 HOST HEA80NAB1.I I vr&ol H ULBERT HOUSE, MoARTHTJR, OHIO. . JAMKS WOBKHAK, Proprietor. ' This Itouso. iliico changing proprietors, ha been tlioniuglily renovated from ''top to hot. iom." Tlio present proprietor olfers to tniv .liirj .tlio best aooommodatlon lu clean and iot utyl. at low prices. Come and try It, Uoqd stabllux, and horsei, will be well eared or. t;, W. liAiiNKTT'a "Bin line" starts from jthis Homo ilailv. at Vi o'clock noon, for tho jltallroad, 10-ely M ERCHANTS' HOTEL. ' " PORTSMOUTH, OHIO J. W. VARNER . . . Proprlotor, tUi Hotel Is lu tlio mont eouvonleut part of f"i my on rroiit ct., uoiwuoa BiarKet aim Joll'ernui), MERIC AN HOTEL. Comer High and Statu Hts., nearly opposite Htate House, COLUMBUS, 13:10 E. J. BLOUNT Proprlotor. TI1I1 Hotol la furnisliod throughout with all tin) modern Improvements, Unosts can rely on tho licit treatiiient 11111I very low lillU, Htreet Cars pass this Hotel to and from All Railroad Depots. JSHAM HOUSE. JuA.CKQ03iT, OHIO. Dlt. f.T. UOHMIAU I'roprletor. Tills bouse, formerly tho Ishain House, list buoii thoroughly renovated aud beitutifully 1 fiiniisheil. Hav,ngiiperlor facilities, every thing will be done to make gtieaLi comfortable. Tiililo alwayssupiillod ullli the best tho mar. kot an'ords. Nliuly funilliod roouia and tdeanest ImiW. (lood Mtablus, JJvoiy ellort inuilo for tho comfort of patrons. All ulnrgos misloiato. , . . JEPOT HOTEL. CHltUCOTHE, OHIO. M.JUtlRKLfi!.! l'ro)irlelor. This Hotel, a few loot from tlio Railroad De pot, and whom all travelers 011 all train ran lake meals, has Jiut boon grsatlv enlarged and thoroughly repaired, painted, Ac, andis now in oompleto order for tlio reception of guests. Trains stop Um inlmites for inoals, Terms iniiilcrnte. CRAWFORD HOUSE,,,',' j 1 .! . .,, .' .. . I .... i- I , Conior Sixth anil Walnut Streets, oi-oiiriTATr, 013:10: V. . OAK Kh j,' T, KISIIBB, Proprietors Jno. MuImtyh A J. 11. C'ONNKi.i.y, Clerks, bhrts house has been entirely Hefltted, Be Thlsedr anil Komodolod, and Is In all re. aptna" 1 -. FIUHT C'lAHS HOTEL' ' ' Al.liTIIK I.VXUKIKH OCTIIRKKAHOtf. ' Table surpassed by none In tho West, Ample end pleasant accommodation for travelors. Olvo us oanY OAltK A CO., Proprietors. Dry Co6cJs. J. GRfiENLEAF & CO., WI101.KliLll f.KALRRS IN Dry Gcoda, Notions, Hosiery, &c. ' 824 and S20Soiilh High Stroot, COLUMBUS, OHIO. O, M. SAok, of Mi'.Arltiur, 1 the tmvoliiiK axnt for tlio aliovo limine, ti ml till orders en trusted to him will rernivo prompt nttuntliin. January 15. ima.-tf. Selected Poetry. Smile Whenever you Can. BY KATE CAMERON. Wheu tli I n k don't ro to suit you, Aud lliu world seems upside down, Pmi't waste your time in fretting, ltutilrive iiwuv Hint frown; tilni'O lil'o isoltpreploxiiiK, 'Tis inuc.li the wisnt plan ' To hciirnlltiiiils bravely, " And smile wlieno'or you can. Why lionld you ilread to-morrow, . And thus despoil to-.lny? For wlieu you borrow trouble, Yon always have to nay. It is a (rood old ninxhn, - W hich should boofien iireiirhedy, Don't croHjLtbe brldjte bel'i.re you, - Until the bridge is reni lie.l. ',,.' "Ton might '' sjiared niueh siBhinir, If von would keep In mind The 'thoughts that (tool nud evil Are always hero combined, There must be aonielhiiifr wanting, Aud tliongli j on roll la weulth, You miss 1 1 oin your casket The precious jewel hoiilth. And though you're stroi.gand sturdy, Yon nmv have nu empty purso And fiirthhus many (rials Which I consider wnrso Hut whtllierjoy or sorrow Fill up onr mortal ian, 'Twill maku your pathway blighter To smile whoiio'or yon cap. The Stuff that Dreams are Made of. We II nil iiiiui old medical jounial an interesting compilation of ac counts of rt'inarkabk) dreams. Not all, nor 'nearly all dreams are pro duced by impressions made iipon the mind duriiifi' sleep, but Ibis is a IVequent excitiny; case. A Btory is told of an ollicer on board a trans port, whose companions could pro duce in liini any kind of dream by whimpering in his ear. They often amused themselves in this manner. Oueo they condtictcil him through the whole process of a quarrel which ended in a duel, When the parties were supposed to have met, a pistol was put in his. h:U)d, and he iired it oil". The report awoke- liini. At another-time, they found him asleep on a locker, and made him lieljeve that lie must swim for his 110. TJicy then pretended that a shark wit jiiir-ning him, and he niiibt dive. In atUiiiiptiDH th's nu fell o'f the locker tind woko up, A physician who was sleeping iu a room that smelt strongly of cheese and wiiR swarming with rats, dreamed that ftp was imprisoned for a political ofren, ill a huge cheese, that the cheese was attacked by an army of rats, and that the ' . a II . - 1- A. 1. f ... rata ufjn oeojuu 10 kikiw uu ihhi. A young woman, who had the habit of sucking hey thumh while asleep, tried to break herself .y L-o venn or tho thmun with aloes oe; fore, she went to bed: when slto awoke, tho aloes were all sucked off. She had dreamed that she was cross ing the ocean in a steamer made of wormwood, with plates, ensnes, chairs, and everything of worm wood,; and that there was n bitter emp all over tho ship. There was so strong a bitter taste in her mouth, that on her arrival nt Jfayre, she asked for a glass of water; but thu attendant brought her an infusion of wormwood, which she gulped down. On her requesting a Paris physician to extract the wormwood from her body, he told her that the only remedy was oxgall, which ho gave her by the pound, Tlio bitter taste of tht remedy was as bad as that of the wormwood; and to get rid of it sho applied to the Pope, who told her that she must make a pilgrimage to the plain where ihe pillar of salt stood, which was formerly Lot's wife, and must eat a pipce of salt as large as her thumb, Sho runclied the object of her journoy, and then dolibprotod as to what part of the figure she should break off, The result was, that, as she had a bad habit of suck ing her thumb, fche would break off aud suck that part ot the statue. On putting the , broken fragments into her'.'! niouth, sh6 awoke and found that she Was sucking her own thumb. '.rru.:." .. -.:. ... v A Mr. Maury oauaed a series of experiments to . bo performed on himself when asleep, which afforded very satisfactory results. First experiment: lie caused himself to bo tickled with a feather on the lips and inside tho nostrils, Ho dreamed that ho was subjected to a horrible punishment. A mask of pitch was applied to his face and then torn roughly off, taking with it tho skin of his lips, nose and face, ,, . ' ... Second experiment 1 A pair of twoezers was held at a little dis tance from his ear, and struck with a pair of scissors. He dreamed that he heurd the ringing of bells. This was soon converted into tho tocsin, and this suggested tho days of June,-18-18. ; . . , . Third experiment: A' bottle of eatde Cologno was held to his nose. Ho dreamed that lie was in a per fumer's shop, This excited visions of the East; and he dreamed that ho was in Cairo, in the shop of Jean Marie : Farina.- Many surprising adventurer occurred to him there, tho details of which were forgotten, Fourth experiment: A burning, luclfor match was hold closo to' his nostrils. Ho dreamed that ho was at sea-(the-wind -was blowing in through the, windows), and that the magazliio of the Vessel blew lip'. Fifth experiment :-IIe was slight-1 lir Vi1nn!,Ar1 r.n 'frliA .n..M P i 1. - v , . A j (Jiuwiil VII HID illiquid UlU UUUK, He dreamed that a blister wob ap plied, '."And this recalled the rec ollection of, a physician who had treated lulnln his infancy. " Sixth experiment: A pieco 1 of red-hot iron was held closo to him, to communicate a slight sensation of heat. lie dreamed that robbers had got into the house, and were forcing the inmates, by putting their feet to tlio fire, to reveal where their money was. The idea of' the the robber suggested that of Mad lime d'Abrnntes, who he supposed, had taken him . for licr secretary, and in v hone memoirs ho had read some account of bandits. Great Silver Discovery. More than a. year ago, Mr. Henry Pike, of New York City, took several specimens of ore from the lands he now owns in Putman County, West Virginia, to New York, and left them ly ing in his office. The samples were quarried by Mr. Pike, and taken by him as specimens of "uiacK nana iron, o;q ana cou-i sidered rich. After being in his ollico for some time, Mr. Pikes brother, tho late S. N. Pike, happened to come in, and, seeing it lying on the floor ex amined it. lie at once said, "This is silver ore; and closely resembled specimen of ores from silver mines in Utah in which I am interested." lie advised that the ore bo subject ed to assay, that the truth of his assertion might be tested. Mr. Henry Pike , thereupon placed one of the samples in the hands of Messrs. Derrick, Sears, & Coi, 18 Maiden Lane, N. Y. City, assayers and refin ers, (ono of the largest and most responsible firms in the country devoted to this busi ness,) and on .the 23d day of April, lb z, they made the fol lowing report, which wc copy from the original: "Pvecejyed from Mr. Henry Pike, one sample ore, which up on test yields to tho ton of 2 000 pounds, 43,8 oz, silver. Value per ton iu gold coin, S1-23.42V For the . purpose of more thoroughly testing the matter, Mr. Pike took a nother sample to the same parties, and on the 25th of April, 1872, received a report, statins; that the sample "upon test yields to the ton of ',000 pounds, 'Jl.yo oz. silver. Vulue per ton in gold, $35.61. The samples assayed were from the outcropings of the Vein. Tlio vein is from six to eight feet in thickness, aqt) in exhaustible in quantity, under lying a vast extent of country. T h e important discovery which we here chronicle was made by digging for coal, after working iri from eighty to ninety feet, and, as stated before, when fouatj yas supposed to be "black band" iron orerinore commonly known as limestone ore. The above embraces the sim ple facts in tho case. We have examjned the original reports of the assayejes, and given the result, There canpe no doubt of their correctness the stand ing of the firms precluding even a suspicion of unfair play. We congratulate Mr. Pike upon his ood fortune, and trust that the eolden haruest he 'reaps may amply ; reward him for tne efforts he is mak ing to develop our section.' Tho lands of Mr. Pike are within twenty miles of Gallipo lis, by river ; and hence this discovery is of direct interest —Gallipolis Bulletin. A quart or two of plaster a day, will keep a large horse stable com paratively sweet; and a few bushels will absorbo the amonia from a large pile of fermenting manure. As a deoderizer, plaster is next to car bolic acid in efficiency. It should always be handy in- the utablo, pig pen and yard, and the instant any unpiensant odor arises sliould be used liberallv around the cess wool. sink, Bpout. drain iuhI all dccnvinrr vegetation, and particularly the compost heap.', Plaster applied to clover always has a good effect. The finer plaster is ground the better, t , i .. .... ' ior ino reason tuat it is the more easily dissolved bv tlio rains, fit ting it to enter into the growth of plants. Joy In God is the happiest of all joys. There are other sweets but mis is mo virgin noney dropping from tho comb, Joy is also a most elevating joy, Those , who Joy in wealth grow avaricious: those who joy in their friends' too often lose nobility of spirit; but he who boasts iq God grows like God it is a solid Joy; and he who joys in God has gooa reasons tor rejoicing. . Tub widow of Maior General Wool died yesterday, , aged eigniy-six years. . - ' It seems that something very, like practical, if not theoretical union, was exemplified nt the late Baltimore Conference - of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Episcopal Methodist thus describes tho occasion: - . , "One of tho . grandest epi sodes, that "ever delighted a traveller along the highway; of duty, was the improptu transi tion from the ordinary routine of conference busines to ; the more spiritual narration Chris tian experience. Here were representatives of the Northern and Southern Methodist and Presbyterian Churches, all ex-' hibiting the spirit of love, and speaking the language oi peace.' Bishop DoKKett was ' class- leader. After singing an. old lUDlllUligU lljlllll, J.11 . IUC "U1U fashioned Wesleyari style that is, unanimously audlustly the venerable John Bear, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, led in prayer, and then follow ed a scene which pen nor pen cil cannot portray. A number of Methodist Ministers of both churches testified ot the power of Divine grace in the. act of pardoning and cleansing from sin, and of its legitimate fruits in importation and outgrowth of Christian-love and fellowship. How timely and appropriately was this hallowed scene closed by the venerable Jonn Miller, of' tho Methodist Episcopal Church, raising his tall, manly form to the full measure of his stature, and with the subdued emotion, asking the privilege of repeating a verse of Scripture: "Behold, how good and how pleasnt it for brethren to dwell together in unity!' And why is it good and pleasant? . he added- For there ih.c Lord com manded the blessing, even life for evermore, Niagara Suspension Bridge. The first Niagara suspension bridge was built over twenty years ago, but a recent critical examination of the Avork has been made, and the caps on the towers have been removed, the cables were found to be perfect in every respect. The mason ry over the ' anchorage of the cables was also removed for about twelve feet, or below where the wires vyero attached to the anchor chains. A por tion of the cable was imbeded in tho water lime cement, yet, after removing this substance and rubbing the paint; off the wires, they were found as" bright and perfect as when first placed there, the cement having pre served the yires and ' anchor chains. . Always Learning. Jonathan Edwards was . pre-eminently a student. He allotted, it is said, twelve or thirteen hours every day to study, and wbereever he went took his pen with him, as the means of preserving his thoughts. If, by chance, he failed to have it with him in his walks or rides, he would fasten pieces of paper to various parts of his clothing by means of pins, and associate with each some train of thoughts, or some im portant conclusion to be pre serAed until he coul get to ink and paper. So, also, at night, he would fasten pins into his bed-curtains as the momentoes of his thoughts during his wakeful hours. In the Western Advocate the venerable .Bishop Morris con tends for tho right of the peo ple in the congregational serv ice song. He asks: ' , v "Why should this most , in teresting part of tho public service bo monopolized by a few2 Let all the people sing; and as Wesley says, sing lustly. When choirs are lead congregational singing, I regard thorn as worse1 than nothing." VV ' Christianity is not a theory, or 1 speculation, but a ; life; not a philosophy of life, but a life and living process.1 Tuy it. It has been eighteen hundred years Jn exist ence, and has one individual left a rocord like the' following':!,, I tried it; and it did not answer, . I xrtado tho experiment ftccording'to the di rections and the result has been a conviction of , my 'own credull ty.' Four : hundred pavement laborers in . Orange, NJ.f ,b,avq struck;-- '" " ' -' --iti- a a to A to Bear Hunting in Pennsylvania. rMo 'Pike county hunters, nam&l Ha,en and Shafer, re cently discovered a large num ber of vbear tracks near Bloom ing GrOve,1 Pa. Taking their rifleVCahd' hunting accouter mefits,!Hazen and Shafer star ted $n'- 'the1 ' trail. From the number' of the tracks they cal cala'tM that there were at least five "oY'the animals, three' large ohe and two cubs. ; After fol lowiifg 1 them some time in the direction of the High Knob, the hunters came inVight of oneof lookiii'g One. ' Without any hes itation, a rifle , ball was put .into bim y'tyfoiie of; the t hunters.' TUu hastened jus. flight, an'd he was) toou.out of sight, leaving a bloody trail .behind him. Sha fer. and .Hazen continued the pursuit, and finally tracked the bears to "a laurel entangled spot, the foot of the Knob. Here was a kind of a cave, the mouth of 'which' was enclosed by lau rels and' the' 1 boughs of trees. The bear; that had been moun ded, it was seen by the drops of blood j that accompaned his tracks, bad not stopped at the cavej' but continued on beyond it, his tracks being lost in the laurels,- ' On finding where the object of their pursuit had brought up, the huntop at once cut a clear ing several feet square, and proceeded to get at the game. They adopted the old way of smoking ithem out, and built a fire' in the mouth of the cave, being ' ready to shoot the first one of the bruin family that came out, The fire had just coin menced to work nicely, when, much to the surprise of the hunters, a large she hear came to ..where tho fire was burning from inside, and tramped it en tirely out, The fire was built second . time, and agaiu the bear put it out. This natural ly ."riled" the enterprising Nim rods,' and -thev made up their minds to makft the fire again, aud to . shoot the old bear the moment she came to extinguish it. They re-built the fire, and the bear came growling and snarling to the front, and set her huge paws on, tho burning boughs,' The- next instant a rifle ball , entered a vital part of her body, and she raised on her haunches and fell forward dead,' nearly, at, the feet of the hunters." j 11 ; : : . She was dragged : away and Hazen i crept up to the cave again to start another fire. He was just bending down to strike matpji, when the mate of. the bear just , killed, rushed out of the laurels upon him. The at tack was so sudden that before Hazen could use the only weap on at his hand, his hunting ax, the bear had him nearly in his embrace Before he was closed in ihe .vice-like hug, however, he , dealt i, him a powerful blow on .the , head and sprang back, and a rifle, ball from the gun of his companion brought the bear to the ground.' Hazen: then sprang :lnpon the bear , again, and would have fared badly but for the, assistance of, Shafer, who came, to, the rescue, and the two, soon dispatched the huge brute. One of the cubs was shortly , smoked . out and shot, and the other one, refu sing to come out to meet tho fate of tho others, was shot in the , cave, where it was discov ered crouched far back in the darkness. . . . : Proper''' Light for 'Stable Windows. The' regulation for the' admission of light into stables by the proper location of the'winddws has been found be of the highest importance. side wmdow,'"" according to numerous1 observations, is apt pr6duca weakness in tho eye onthat' sidoYa window immedi atelyih -'il-ont of 'tho ' manger throws a glare lof light into both eyes',- itt. the.Jbighest degree in jurious : jwhijo ono higher un in lront,; tends ,to,, roudcr a horsolec." oyer-Bignieu, auu consequently i:i.i' ti'-i1;V.' lt.i::. ' uuuiu iu euy Htiow oujuoia. Tiu jntcrosting ; Proyldenco i.ln ouij concciTis is tlio highway tosuc coss. '.flio reason wo miscarry Is 1ms- causo we h1ibu1i', not God, but do1- iorraiuttwlthdut himand 1 then 'wo linkup rcaou; W eqwplaln bf Him .we never cummonui our j annusu) A Telegraph Story. The most curious fact that ever I heard of the electric telegraph was told to me by a cashier of the Bank of England. You may have heard of it. It may have been in print. I am sure it deserves to' be.: On a certain Saturday night the folks at tho bank could not mako the bal ance come right by just one hun dred pounds; 1 This is a serious mat ter in that little establishment-! do lot; mean tho. cash, but the mistake in arithmetic for it occasions a worltVof. scrutiny. An error in balancing' has been known I am told, to"keep'n delegation of clerks from each office at work sometimes through the whole night. A hue and a cry was of course made after this hundred pounds, as if the old lady In Thread needle street would bo in the Waiee" for want of it. Luckily on, tho. Sunday morning, a olork (in. the middle of a sermon, I dare say,jr tlio truth were known) lelt a suspicion of the truth' dart throughF his mind quicker than any nasu oi , tne telegraph itself. He told the chief cashier on Monday morning, that, perhaps, the mistake might have occurred in packing some boxes of specie for the West Indies, which had been sent to Southampton for shipment. The suggestion was immediately acted upon. Here was a race lightning against steam, with eight aud forty hours given. Instantly tho wires asked, " Whether such a vessel had left the harbor Y' " Just weighed anchor," was tho answer. " Stop her," frantically shouted the electric-telegraph. It was done. "Have upon deck certain boxes marked so and so, weigh them care fully." They were weighed; and one the delinquent was found.bv just one packet of a hundred sover eigns heavier than it should be. " Let her go," said the mysterious telegraph. . The West Indian folks were debited with just one hundred pounds more, and the error was corrected without ever looking into the boxes, or delaying the voyage by an hour. ; Now, that is what may oe called " doing business. A Free Pass. Some one was tolling me tho oth er day, says a writer, a new story about the late Dean Richmond, who was knowii far and wide for his gruffness of manner. Mr. Rich mond was here at the time and my informant, who was a boy working in a printing office, wished to get a pass over the Central Railway, .With this purpose in view he en tcred the ollko where the magnate was, tearing fiat he would bo rude ly rebuffed when he made his mis sion known. After a moment's hes itation lie said, falteringly: " Mr. Richmond, I believe ?" " Yes ; whnt do you want of me ?" " I should like, sir, to get a pass from Albany to Buffalo, as I can go up on the boat for nothing." " On what' grounds do you ask for a pass ?" This with a rising and very rough voice, " On tho grounds, sir, that I don't want to pay my fare." Richmond, without another word, wrote out a pass and handed it to the applicant. The boy took it, saying: , . , "Thank you, thank you, Mr. Richmond." " You . needn't thank me, young ster I am glad to accommodate you. You are tho first person I've ever know to- ask for a pass on the right grounds." Exterminating Weeds. niR A: correspondent of the Rural Home writes: "Annual and bien nial plants, such as the daisy or ox eye, May weed, the rag weed, rod-root, fec, are moro difficult to extirpate, when they once get pos session of tho land, as their seeds will sometimes remain in the soil several years before germination. Careful weeding after thorough cul tivation is tho very best way and perhaps the only way to clean the land when they once get possession but as in this; as with most oth er evils; ' an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.' Farmers do not seem to realize the damage their crops suffer from these inju rious weeds. . If a neighbors cattle break into their crops, and traroplo down, the damage is perceptible, but a growth of weeds and thistles may choke and rob the plant of food and moisture, so that it can not mature its grain, and they tnko littlo noto of it Better, oftentimes, that half the land be left unseeded, and the balance well cultivated and clean of weeds. , : Tub following composition has beoh i turned out by an American scholar,aged thirteen: -"A boy without a father is an orphan, but is oltonest with out a, grandfather and a grand mother, thou ho is an orphanist." ' ! Gr.vkt made auother spoech yesterday .dLet :it bo record- V.I It 1 ! CAravN, Gallagher a regular, nas shot and killed a discharg ed private, at Orangeburg, . S. C.,V; yesterday.'"1 1 Causo, fusil am -. ji( ,o.t i: . : . i , ...1 I .-:) ' " ' Yi ... 1 1 1 Tub .(Jarlist 'army numbors il,500 men; 1,000 are unarmod with ikj-K'Anly jWremninder uWariiioit witn suporior rifles. How to Water Horses. One writer says, never water immediately after feeding. I say that if a horse is thirsty, al ways give him drink, and lie will thank yoii for it. I have often seen horses put into the stable at noon for an hour or two, and not eat a pound of hay or gram, but looking wist fully for water, and then their careful owner, who would not let them have water whon warm will come to give them enough to kill, and ride or drive the remainder of the day on two buckets of water and no feed. - Ten chances to one his horse gives out with him or get, sick before night. JNow, 1 say, give the horse water if he is ever so warm; give him a shallow, rinse out his mouth and nostrils, give him a bit of hay, in a short time a little more water, but. not too much. If he is watered several times, a little at a time, until he is sat isfied, he will not drink more than half what ha would if you let him gulp it down all at once. Prophecy of Planetic trouble, A cheerful prophet in Phila delphia tells us ' that from 1880 to 1885 this world will be subject to an unusual amount of disas ter and affliction, owing to the fact that the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will come uncommonly near to the earth. The result will be pestilence, famine, extremes of heat and cold, and sundry other direful evils. Quoth this proph et: "The dissipated, the glut ton, the debauchee, may calcu late upon being the first victims Young men who devitalize themselves by tobacco using, young ladies who destroy one half of their breathing power by tight lacing and fashionable dress, will never survive the perhelion of all the large plan ets of the solar system ; and perhaps it will be best that they should not. We hope the clas ses mentioned will take wanr ing and reform their way of life; but at the same time, we should think' that these big plannets might keep their distance, and not come round to torment this little world and its poor sin ners. , . ' ' , A Countryman writes the fol lowing drollery about the best method of farming: "In sel ling stock by live weight, it is a good plan to feed each one about three pails of water and what other stuff can be got down em just before driving on the scales. If the buyer has ever invested money on 'Change, he will know what 'watered stock' means. In hold ing the plow, I always prefer to hold it in the house, eeated in a rocking chair, with my family clustered around me. In planting hay, I always plant the longest I can find, as 6hort hay bends a person's back too much in cutting it. In the matter of wheat, I always raise it by the barrel, at a mill not far away, as it saves buying seed, ploughing, sowing, crad ling, and thrashing. I gener ally raise it on a note." k n A grain ot common sense seems to have been infused into the military authorities touch ing the war upon the Modocs, It is proposed to wait for re-enforcements, and make the sec ond attack with a sufficient force to dislodge nnd overwhelm tho red rascals. , The trouble has boon that our troops made war upon the savages after a high toned, nnd as it were, civilized fashion. , Our grandfathers grandfathers' grandfathers, had grandfathers who knew bettor than that. We again urge put ting tho Indian against the In dian. , Then christians could look on as the husband looked on the contest between his wife nnd the bear. : M ; i A young lady was looking at a picture representing a pair of lovers in a opat, yviin mo ,,arra of:tholoyor gently enfolding tho waste of his dulcinia, Avhen she innocently remarked, "How natural 1M i . i I , V . ; ' ; Twenty-thousand coal miners in Leicestershire, k England, are iiow.on a strike. a ,; , Stokes is denied a new trial. Young Man. Depend on Your ; own Efforts. Fight your own ' oatties. u.oe your own row Ask ' no favors, of any one, and'" you will succeed ' a thousand times better than those who are always beseeching some , one's patronage. , JNo :ono will over,, help vou as you can help your-, j self, because no one will be so' heartily increased in your '- af- " fairs. '"' The first step will ilot bo such a long one, perhaps; but,? . carving your.owa way, up to the mountain, you make , each, one lead to another, and stand" firm in that while you chop out still another. Men who have made -. their fortunes are not those who had five thousand dollars given'1 them to start with, but started fair with a well-earn a dollar or I two; .. Men who have bv: their own exertions acauired fame, . have not been thrust into po'pu-.. lo,.U.r -l. 1 J laniy uy puua ueggeu or paiu for, or given in given in friendlv'1 " spirit." They have' outstretched! their; bands and touched' the j publiq heart. Men who win love do their own wooing, and I nev--: , er knew a man to fail so signal- . ly as one who had induced his affectionate grandmamma - to ' speak a good word for him.i'-U Whether you work ; for fame, ,; for love, for money or for any . thing , else, work ; , with' vour . hands,' heart, and brain. Say ' "1 will!' and some 'day you wm conquer. IN ever lot anvJ man have it say, "I dragged : you up." Too many; friends, hurt a man more than none at —Grace Greenwood. "Better Take a Sheep too" valued friend and able farm-, er, about the. time of the tem- i perance reform was beginning' ioexen a neaitniui lniiuence, said ! to his newly hired man: ' "Jonathan, I did not think to" mention to, you when I .hired you, that I 'shall try and havK my work, done this year y with out 'rum, How' much . more, must' I give you to do do with-' out?" "Oh, "said Jonathan)) "I doht care much about it,' yoii may give me what you please.", "Well," said the farmer, I will ., give you a sheep m the fall tif you will do without rum!"''' Agreed," said Jonathan'1 15 J '1 The oldest son ' then said: ' "Father, will you give . me a j; sheep too, if I do without rum?" ( "les Marshall, you shall, have sheep, if you will do with-' out." ' ' ' ' l " The younsrest son.' a' striD- ling, then said: "Father, will you give me a sheep if I do with- "Yes Chandler,- vou i shall '1 have a sheep also." ' I ' i :i Presently Chandler t SDeaksT again: "Father, had'nt vou n better take a sheep too?",. , Ihe lanner shook his head; he hardlv thmirrhf. tlmf. " Ti ' could give up the "critter" yet,"'' but ' the appeal camo from 'j a source not to bo easily regard-'') ed, an the result was, the . de- mon ruin was thenceforth , ban'-' ' ished from the premises,' to ' the1' great ljoy. and ultimate .' Lapp ness of all concerned. ;. '.' ; c u'e n. V.) A lady who' wa3 submissive it and,. modest before marriage,, was t observed by a friend ,to , use lier tongue pretty, freely, after.' "There was a' time," he remarked, "when I almost im-01 magined she had no tongue."' ( "Yes," said the husband, . vTithi J a sigh, "but it's very, .very long t since! The great musical festival) preparations for' which havo ?'4 been making for nearley a year," 1 by the Cincinnati musical peo-v: pie, commenced on Tuesday ofj last week. Every thing, is ar-.v, ranged on a bur scaled the niu-' sic, tho accommodations, and eventiie hotel bills Mexicans on the Rio Gran'div'J aro rnurdering, robbing,' and, be- crlio'naHy roasting Americans. J ; "Ci -.. i'.':':t u I . TlIEBE is ' confusion .throifrK.- .. out M'exico. occasioned bv wn V ' and rumors of war. ;. The Atlantic cable comna'nio ! are to bo consolidated nnd thoir interesta amalgamated. - ! ' - , , ' ; . , ., ,.-r Swu'i Mllio dread of mnull-iiov ' ' at thu AVeet that ono of Ihe pa-; , per. there suggculvdrtliat Ihe;' ......... i... .... i I State arms be vaccinated