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WICHITA, SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1876.
VOLUME Y.
NUMBER 2n.
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M. M. MUHDOCK. b. r. MCHDOCX.
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PUBLISHERS AND l'BOPJtlETOKS.
TVO D0LLAU3 PElt TEAK, IN ADVANCE.
asvsstissts iirz: ucsj
rr tij iimitsKH.
MAILS.
KUtcrn Mall ( via Wichita & Southwestern It.
1.1 Mall and ExprcsiNo.2ileimrMl.15 a. v..
Mall & ISxiirww No. 1 amvcsMailr nt 10:30 r. M.
AugMta ami Douglas depart dally at 1 r. x.
ffnMy&wIll. ficld Wcllh,on
Xinncscah, Littleton, Ojrfbrd.Ilclleplaln, C hicas;
pia, Sumner City and I)ndon Arrives daily at .
r.M. Departsdaily at" A. w.
ClearWnter. Ohio Center and lloliins .Green
Arrives Wednesdays and Saturdays at 4o clock
r. M. Departs Tuesdays and Fridays at 0 o'clock
A On and aHcr date the postofflcc will he open for
the deliver' orictters and the sale of stamps lrom
7 a. m. to 7 v. M. Office open on Sunday raorninj
from U to 10 A. M. .. , , .
Malls colng cast and south close prompt at J
r u fe " M M. Mliiuock, P. M.
chuhciies.
first l'rcshytcrian Chnrch-J. 1'. IUnsKf, pas
tor. Sen ices In ISiintirt Church every haubatli at
11 o'clock A. M. and 7 r. M.
zl. E. Church I. T. llanna, pastor. Services
-irSflrr Satrtath rtJBK olock . it. nndZr. u.
SrTaYcrmcctiasoa Thursday evening.
t" stl Aloyslus' Catholic Church-Itcvercnd J. A.
Scuunz. pastor. Services on the 2nd and 4th
Sundays of every month; Wsli mass at JO a. m.,
"ll nptlst Cburc'bfw. K. File, pastor, services 10J,'
c'clock a.m.. each Sabbatli. Church cornirof
Eirst and Market Street.
COUNTY Ol'riCEKS.
Judge Thirteenth Judicial District W. 1.
CsTaiefcenator-lI. C. St. Clair.
KcpncntiUivo John hclly. T ,f -,.-
Hoard ofCounty Commissioners J. Si. stkile,
O. G. Jacobs, J. A. Nrtsox.
County Treasurer L. N- Woodcock.
County aerk JoiwTcckhi.
Sheriff-H. W. I)csto.
Clerk District Court G. N . Kebvxs.
Probate .1 udgcWji. C. Little.
Superintendent Public Instruction J. L.
ZlUXEHUAX.
Register of Deeds MtLO IS. IvKtLoaa.
County Attorney W. E. Staslev.
County Surveyors 11. L. Jackeox.
city orricisits.
Mnv.ir J. ti. iiOl'X.
City Attorney Wm. Baldwin.
l'ollce Judge J M . AtwoOD.
City Treasurer U. U. WnioiiT.
Marshal Mike Meagher.
City Clerk Feed. Sciiattxee.
Survcjor ,,
Justices of the Peace D. A. Mitchell, L. M.
UlSVEK
Constables C. n. Joxks ami D. X. Williams.
Council First Ward A. V. Oliver aud M.
7.I11UEIILT.
Second Ward C. M. G Airaisos and Jonx Iorev.
Third Ward Chablls scuattsur and Jay
Fourth Ward J. C. Fbakeb and C. A. Walker.
Itoardot L'duoation First Ward V. ll,fciru
andG. F. IIauqis. Sccoud WardJ. ) . v,'x
OARDandll.L. Jackson. Third Ward p. 1.
Alexander and A. A. IItde. lourth Ward
A. II. FAnKiyOEand W.U Stanlet.
Treasurer scnool Hoard Kev. J. !' Harsex.
LODGK5.
WICHITA KNCAMMIENTNo.ffl. I.O.O.F.
ineeU on the Sd and 4th Saturdays ofcach
aiuuth. W. J. IIOIISON, C. 1".
W. A. KICHEY, Scribe.
IO. O. !'. V.'ichlU Lodge, No. S3, meets ev
ery Thursday night, at 7 o'clock, at their
hall, over the First National bonk. All brothers
in good standing arc invited to attend.
W A. l.ICllfc.1 , G.
W. 1'. STEM.K. S.
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v - MjiAtA wi tho flrnt mid tliild
.. ilomlayfiofotdiiiwnth.
A. Ji. IblliJki;! "
WICHITA CIIAI'TElt, It. A. M. Meets on
the teoi.nd ami fourth Fridays in lacii
inoiith. Geo. F. Hauois, II. 1.
Milo 1!. Kellooo, feec'y.
SA11IIATU SCHOOLS.
The M. E. Sabbath school, W. E. Stanley, su
perintendent, meets at the church at 2J o'clock
p. m.
llio l'resbyterlan Sabbath school, I-ee Nion,
Suiicrintcndent, meets at the Baptist Church, at
V o'clock p. m.
The liaptiet Sabbath school, A. It. Armcnt, su
perintemlcnt, meets at the Ilapttst church every
Sunday afternoon at 2'J o'clock.
U. S. L.ANI) OITICK.
DOUGLAS AVE., COMMERCIAL BLOCK.
It. L. Taylor, Begister; J. C. Bedfield.
iiuccivei. Oflice hours lrom 'J to 12 A. x. and
from 1 to 3 r. K.
COUNTY SUl'TIYOll .
II. L. JACKSON.
BOUNTY SURVEYOR. Leave your orders at
W ihccouniycieiJ.'souice, or can nunc esi
Wichita postolllcc. -tC-ly
ATTonxrjYs.
r. B. JKWXTT,
WICHITA, KANSAS.
SLUSS, STANLEY & HATTON,
A TTOBNEYS, Wichita, Kansas.
l u-tr
ASIOS IIARHSS. KOS. HARRIS.
IIAUBIS & 1IABR1S,
A TTOILN'EYS AT Law. Wichita, Kansas.
f Oi'Jce in the building occupietl by the U. S.
LandOlUco. Loans Negotiated on improved
lands in Sedgwick and Sumner Counties, at ten
Ier cent, interest- with pri ilego of paying ojf at
any time Commiasion reasonable. Abstracts
furnished ud paiers ciecutcd without charge.
9. ADAMS. GEO. II. ENGLISH. II. C. ECGOLES.
ADAMS, ENGLISH A RLIGGLES,
A'
TTOUXEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
n. "leiuia, Jiansas, win jiracllce in all the
ciurts oflho 13th Judicial Disirirt.Simromo rviirt
or the stale, and the United Slates District and
Circuit Court ot Kansas. 11-tf
J. M. BALDEltSTON,
ATTOltNEY-AT-LAW. Wichita, Sedgwick
, county, Kansas. Office in Ccntenial Block,
oterAlcy's Shoe More. ap2S-ly
J. 1 LAUCK,
A TTOBNEY-AT-LAW, flrstdor souUi of U.
A S. Land Oflice, In Commercial Block,
Wichita, Kansas, biieci.11 attention given to all
kinds of business connected with the U.S. Land
Oflice. 15-tf
W. B. KIKKl'ATBICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Wichita, Sedgwick
Comity, Kaneas. itf
nn-siciAxs.
T H. SHANNON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON--U Main street,
near First, W ichita, Kansas. 5-15-17
DR. C C FURLEY,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office, Doug
las avenue, tlrst entrance cast of Main street,
up stairs (over Hill's Drug Store ) 12-tf
R. E. B. ALLEN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office Centen
nial Block, Wichita, Kansas. 3-
DH. HENDRICKSON,
(U. S. Examining Surgeon)
)HYS!CIAN AND SURGEON, Office No. 21,
Main street. 4-2-ly
DENTISTS.
J. C DEAN,
D
liNTIST Office Douglas Avenue, opposite
siei'ii' .v U'vj'i uuiuiucc. i-ir.
DR. V. L. DOYLE.
DENTIST Office over Mathew's jewelry store,
Centennial Block, Wichita. 11-tr
VUXEHIXAltT.
G. B. Kessler, C. G. TiionrsoN.
KESSLER & THOMPSON,
VETERINARY SURGEONS. Will treat all
horses intrusted In their care in the most
scientific mnncr. Office In fctar. Livery and Sale
Stable, corner MarUt and Douglas Avenue,
Wichita, Kansas. io-
ItEAL ESTATE.
G. W. REEVES,
(Clerk or the District Court)
SEAL ESTATE, INSURANCE and Collecting
Agent, W ichita, Kansas. Collections made
taxes paid. All business entrusted to my
care will receive prompt attention. 41-tf
JNO. EDWIN MARTIN,
:iscell,a:st:ous.
1TN?-IVW?! KOOMS.-Rooms which arc sup
1N l'lied with Hot and Cold Water. All tilings
ertaiiig to the bathing department nre new and
tasty and flrst-clats in eerv respect. Open Sat
urday nights until 12 o'clock p. in., and on Sun
day until 12 o'clock m. , uthcrdavs lrom 7 a. m. to
10 p. in. Shop on Douilas Ave. "No HI.
15-tfJ DIETER &KAYSEU.
S.. . ,,K and. lcalcr in Keal Estate, Notary
l'ublic and Concyaurcr, Agent Stale Line
unship u . , Abstracts Furnished, Taxes paid
Loans cgotiatcd. Oflice at the Red Oval Sira.
wp. ,CMainst.,LockBoxSOI. Wichita, Scdg
Mck county Kansas. "I-Om
C. M. GARRISON,
Manufacturer and Dealer In
Harness and Saddlery,
ElIIDIES &c.
No. 87 MAIN ST., WICHITA, KAN.
Established in 1ST0.
Defies competition in 1S73.
"I.nrgo Stocb, Uulclc Miles, Small
l'roflts," I Mr Motto.
Good goods, and prices low;
Cash in hand, or no go! t-l-tfj
Hedge! Hedge! Hedge! Hedge!
-Siv HcsonuD Tiiouaxi-
FIRST -GLASS HEDGE PLANTS
Ilrlsed on his farm on Chisholra creek for tale by
43tf nEXESOIRYEITER
CITTT STABLES.
CONNELL & BASLEY, Prop's,.
Market Street, South of Douglas Avenue.
Single and Double Teams furnished on short
notice and on reasonable terms.
Corral nuil Coolc ISoom
Tor the accommodation of frcightors. Special
attention gien to transient custom. Satisfaction
guaranteed, lll-ly CONNELL & ItASLKY.
m Eanny of VitOKel The f&c of ratn to Man
ai Dealt I
-Is the Grand Old
MUSTANG LINIMENT,
Which lias stood the test of forty cars. There
is no sore it will not heal, no lameness It will not
heal, no ache, no pain, that aulicts the human
body, or the body of a horse, or other domestic
animal, that does not yield to its magio touch. A
bottle costing 25c., f0c. or SI 00, has often baved
the life of a human being, and restored to life aud
usefulness many a . Tillable horse. 1-ly
O. jS. abbot,
Architect, Contractor and Builder.
Scroll work, stair railings, and fancy work of
an Kinus ionc 10 oiuer aim on snori usiire.
Architectu.il Deigns fthe latest works) on ex
hibition. I employ none but llrit-cla-s mechanics
ami refer to tho work already done iu this and
other cities as an earnest of our capacity.
Shojy, Lawrence Ave., Wichita, Kan.
S3" Reliable estimates made on contracts or
Hjteabvflri! 25-t
Wagon and Blacksmith Shop
O. BBADLET.
To my customers I wish to say that I have open
ed a new shon on the comer of Douglas Aenue
and Market street, south tide, where 1 propose
to do all kinds of blacksmithing and wagon mak
ing on short notice and first cass style. 17-tf
WILLIAM A. DAILY.
Agent for A.,T. & S. F. Railroad Lands,
UOUSTIIOPE, SEDGWICK C0.,k'AXSAS.
These lands arc among the choicest owned bv
tills company, nnd parties desiring homes should
see them belore pui chasing. Long credit at low
rates of interest. No trouble to show lands. Let
ters of inquiry promptly answered. 1-
lyrOrT"Fl"V On well improved Farms
TO
on five years time, or less,
at lOpercent. Interest Com
mission lower than clse-
where.
J. B.
WATKINS A CO
Wichita, Kansas.
Office with Begistcr of Deeds 2C-tf
R1C1IEY HOUSE. No transfer, no bus fare at
the depot. Havo nlltted, refurnl'lied anp
reuueed fare to $1.50 per day. Good stable ac
commodations in connect! u w ith the house,
le-tf UlCIIEY DUOS.
BRICK! BRICK!
SRICK in any quantity for sale at my yards, on
the Little Arkansas Ith it, north or Wichita,
kinds orbrick work done on the shortest no
Ice. 12-tn J. W. l'IIILLU'3.
WICHITA HOUSE,
CORNER DOUGLAS AND LAWRENCE AVE.,
WICHITA, lECA-rCTS.
Li cry and Feed Stables in connection with the
house.
C. G. THOMPSON. ,,.,
2-tr G. 11. H1LLARD, l "!'"
THOMAS & GARRETT,
House Sign and Ornamental Painters.
WICHITA,
- KANSAS.
Orders left with Murphy & Reillv will receive
prompt attention. Shop over Murp'hy A. Reillv's
Jstore, Douglas Avenue. 5-tf.
REESE & SAWYER
Carpenters, Designers and Builders
A'o. 15 -Vain Street, near corner Douglai Av.
AH work executed in the most durable and mod
ern style, and warranted to give satisfaction.
Plans and specifications furnished. Jobbing of
all kinds done to order. my31-ly
MILLINERY AND DRESS MAKING!
aLTSS L. lMAREHAjr,
On Main St, South of Douglas Avenue.
A largo nnd well selected stock ofGoodB
always to be found.
J3"Miss Jennie Soult has charge of the dress
making department, and will guaranty satisfac
tion in all cases. C-tf
iMionsnEir to lcxa-ust i
On Improved l'nriiis or Dcirallc
Ciiyl'ropcrtj-.
Parties desiring Cheap Monevon sliort nolico
should call on or address
N. J. BURDICK,
Newiox, Kansas,
TO LOVE, FORGET AND DIE.
BY JOAQUIN MILLER.
I5v the populous land on tlio lonesome sea,
"Lo ! thoso were the gifts or the gods to men
Three miserable gifts, and only three :
To love, to forget, to die and then?
To love in peril anJ in bitter sweot pain,
And then, lorgotten, lie down and die:
One moment ol sun, whole seasons of rain.
Then night is rolled to the door of the sky.
To love? To sit at her feet and weep :
To climb to her face, hide your faco in her
hair;
To nestle you there like a babe in iU sleep,
And, too, like a babe, to believe it cuts
there.
To love ? 'Tis to suffer. "Lie close to my
breast,
Like a fair tbip inhavcn.O darling," I cried;
"Your round arm s outstretching to heaven
for rest,
Make signal to death." Death came,
andlove died.
To forget? To forget, mount horse and clutch
sword,
Take ship and wake '.til to the ice-prisoned
seas.
Write books and preach lies; range lands; or
go hoard
A grave lull oi gold, and buy inc and
drink lees:
Then die, and die cursing, and call it a prayer !
Is earth but a top a boy-god's .delight,
To be spun for his pleasure whila man's despair
lircaks out like :i wan oi uio uamnca uirougii
the night?
Sit down in the darl. ness and weep with me
On the edgo of the world. So !oe lies dead.
And the earth and the sky and the sky and
tho sea
Seem shutting together as a book that U
read.
Yet what lm e we learned ? We laugh with
delight
In tho morning at school, and keep toj ing
with all
Titne'c silly plaj things. Now, wearied ere
night,
Wo must cry lor dark-mother, her cradle
the pall. Galaxy for AutjuU.
AN ARMY IN ITS SHIRT-TAIL.
How NelE.oa'3 Men Crossed Duck River, on the
Way to Saitoh.
General William Xclsou commanded
the Fourth Division of JJuclFs army.
He had been a navy officer, and his
tvranny ami harshness caused his men
to dislfko him at first. But, as the
inarch southward took the troops in
to tho enemy's country, the soldierly
perceptions and instincts of the old
General, as well as his stern sense of
dntv and pride in his command, won
for him resnect. and a stranjje sort of
feeling that was almost aflcction.
Xclson was a strict disciplinarian,
and always moved, or went into camp,
or left camp as if in the presence of
the enemy. lie superintended, early
ever' morning, the formation of line
ot battle; was on his horse at the first
bugle blast, and rode down tho line
liko a hurricane, expecting every man,
officers as well as privates, to bo in
his place, and ready for duty. Men,
under his training, became uncon
sciously alert, aud emphatic in action.
It wa3 a standing joke that Xelson's
division could "tumble out" quicker
than any other. Nelson was particular
and exacting as to little things, which
seemed trifling until tho men realized
iu their first battle, that all had con
stituted a part of their traiuing for
battle. The realization that their
commander had seen with clearer vis
ion than thct', aud that he compelled
them to do wnat was ucst, causeu tno
men to turn with rare trust to the Old
Stormer, and to become rather proud
of his oddities and his obtrusive indi
vidttalitv. Ho was a thorough soldier,
and was terribly iu earnest, and they
Knew it.
On the march southward from Nash
ville, Bucll's advance was delayed by
tho destruction of the bridge across
Duck river. Nelson fretted under tho
delay, protested against it, ami finally
volunteered to put his division across
without a bridge, if he were allowed
the advance. Permission was given
him to cross, and he issued one of the
queerest military orders on record.
This was read to
the troops in the
in substance like
will march to the
and stack arms.
morning, and was
this: "The men
river, fix bavonets
They will then take off their pants,
blouses aud accoutrements, put all iu
a bundle, which will bo placed on tho
bayonet. They will then take arms,
and, with bundles on the bayonets as
ordered, will wade the river in their
shirts and drawers. Officers will see
that there is no confusion, aud that,
on reaching the farther bank, tho men
dress quickly and march rapidly for
ward to restore tho circulation."
Imagine the looks of 8,000 to 10,000
mon as this order was read to them on
a cool, bright spring morning. They
marched down to the river; they un
dressed to their shirts; aud iu view of
the entire population ot Columbia,
men, women and children, they, with
cheers and shouts, and jokes, and
laughs, plunged into the cold water.
The sceno was ludicrous in the ex
treme; but iu not very many hours the
entire division was marching south
ward. It kept the advance during the
interval between that date and the
battle of Shiloh.
During the march Nelson was fum
ing and storming aboutslowness; and,
early on the morning of the first at
tack on Grant's forces at Pittsburg
Landing, had hurried his troops into
line ami marched southward on his
own responsibility. Men remember
to this day the face of Nelson on that
march. Ills muttcrings were of im
pending danger; and, when his cat
caught the sound of artillcry,he urged
the men to greater efforts. When
Grant's messenger met him, his men
were hurrying forward; and when
Carson outlined the situation, Nelson
thundered out: "We know it, sir,
and wo arc moving. Carry your mes
sage to those behind us."
.After this tho men saw Nelson at'
his best. He dropped his offensive
ly arrogant manner; he spoke tender
ly, almost gushingly, of the army in
front, and of the honor of the old flag;
and,wheu his first brigade had crossed
the Tennessee, and ho camo on foot
(his horse could not be taken in the
boat crowded with mcn),his tones and
words were such as to instill a new
courage into their hearts, and to call
out a new devotion to their bluff old
leader. lie called the men gentlemen,
did not swear once, and his ever ready
"Go to hell, sir" was forgotten. His
tory tells how tho division went into
battle, aud how well they did their
duty, but the strong individuality of
Nelson, his prescience, energy and
readiness were better illustrated by
the crossing ot Duck river than by his
splendid battle record. lie under
stood tho needs of the hour, aud met
them with a rude, imperious empha
sis that compelled admiration. Had
his men not waded Duck river iu their
shirts, Bucll's army would not have
been within call to turn the tide at
Shiloh. Chicago Tribune.
A minister in a Scotch seaport town
was descanting before a large audience
upon the perils of.unrepcntant sinners
as they drifted down the stream ot
time. He compared them to a tempest-tossed
bark, bowing under the
hurricane, every bit of canvass torn
from its spars, and driving furiously
upon adjacent breakers. At tho cli
max of his skilfully elaborated meta
phor tho minister shouted : "And
how, O how, shall tho poor mariner
bo saved?" An old salt in the gallery,
with his whole soul absorbed in tile
scene, sprang to his feet and screamed :
"Let him put his helm hard down,and
bear up against tho waves."
Harriet Martincau Is dead, George
Sand has gone to moct IJousscau, and
when George Elliot peters out Susan
B. Anthony will ride upon the tide of
time as proudly as the biggest chip in
a hoiso i)Oiid.JJrooklin Argus.
NO INVESTIGATION NEEDED.
Max Adeler Eaa3 for tho Presidency.
I havo pretty much made up my
mind now to run for the Prcsidoncy.
What the country wants is a candidate
who cannot be injured by investiga
tion of his history, so that tho cuemios
of the party will be miablc to rake up
against him thing3 that nobody ever
hcard'of before. If you know tho
most about a candidatc.to begin with,
every attempt to spring things on him
will be checkmated. Now, 1 am go
ing to enter tho field with an open
record. I am going to own up in ad
vance to all the wickedness I have
done, and if any Congressional com
mittee is disposed to prowl around my
biography, in the hope of finding any
dark and'dcadly deed which 1 have
secreted, why, let it prowl.
In the firstnlace, I admit that I did
tree a rheumatic grandfather of mine
in the winter of 1859. He was old and
inexpert at climbing tree3. But with
a heartless brutality that is character
istic of me, I ran him out tho front
door iu his night shirt, at the point of
a shot gun, and caused him to bowl
up a maplo tree, where ho remained
all night, while I emptied shot into
his legs. I did this because he snored.
I will do it again if I ever have another
grandfather. I am as inhuman now
as I was in 1859. No rheumatic
son shall snore in my house.
I candidly acknowledge that I
awav at the battlo of Gettysburg.
pcr-
ran
JIv
fricuds have tried to smooth over this
fact by asserting that I merely got be
hind a tree; that I did so for the pur
pose of imitating AVashington, who
went into tho woods at Valley Forge
to say his prayers. It is a miserable
subterfuge. 1 struck out in a straight
line for the Tropic of Cancer, simply
because I was scared. I wanted my
country saved, but I preferred to have
somebody else savo her; 1 entertain
that preference yet. If the bubble,
reputation, can be obtained only at
tho cannon's mouth, I am willing to
go there for it, provided tho cannon
is empty. If it is loaded, my immor
tal aud inflexible purpose Is to get
suddenly over the fence and go home.
My invariable practice in war has been
to bring out of any given fight two
thirds more men than I took in. This
seems to mo to be Napoleonic iu its
grandeur.
The last time I ran for tho Presi
dency there was sotno unpleasant talk
about my implication in a transaction
with tho widow l'oilock's tittcKs. tnc
matter was hushed up; but I have no
objection to admitting tho truth re
specting it. I have always had a fa
vorite theory that roast "ducks were
conducive to hysterical symptoms.and
as every instinct of my nature prompt
ed mo to protect tho widow from the
ravages of hysterics, I entered her coop
iu the garden, and regretfully, but
firmly removed those ducks. The tact
that she began a prosecution against
me is not a matter of consequence. It
is the fate of the philanthropist to bo
misundcrstood.But truth is my guid
ing star, aud if it leads mo to ducks or
destruction I shall follow it.
My financial views are of the most
decided character, but they arc not
likely, perhaps, to incrcaso my popu
larity with the advocates of inflation
or contraction. I do not insist upon
the special supremacy of rag money or
hard money. The n'cat fundamental
principle of my lifo is to take any
kind that I can get.
The rumor that I buried a dead
aunt under one of grape vines is found
ed upon fact. Tho vines needed fer
tilizing, my aunt had to bo buried,aud
I dedicated her to this high purpose.
Docs that unfit me for the Presidency?
Tho constitution of our country docs
not say so. No other citizen was ever
considered unworthy of the office be
cause he enriched his grapevines with
his relations. Why should I bo select
ed as the first victim of an absurd
prejudice?
I admit, also, that I am not a friend
of the poor man. I regard the poor
man, iu his present condition, as so
much wastetl raw material. Cut
up
aud properly canned, ho might
be
made uselul to fatten the natives
of
the Cannibal Islands, and to improve
our export trade witli that region, I
shall recommend legislation upon the
subject in my first message. My cam
paign cry will be : "Dcsicale the poor
working" man! Stuff him into sau
sages !"
These arc about the worst part of
my record. On them I como beforo
the country. If my country dou't
want mo I will go back again. But I
recommend myselt as a safe man a
man who starts from the basis of total
depravity, and proposes to be fiendish
to the last.
Talking Barber3.
A man who had been nearly talked
to death by loquacious barbers went
into a shop, the other day, which he
had never -patronized before, and
handed one of the artists a card bear
ing the words: "Give me an easy
shave." Tho barber motioned him to
a chair, and then, turning round,
winked at his fellow laborers aud said:
"Here's a deaf and dumb tin, boys;
wants an easy shave." "Well, if you
gash him ho can't talk," replied one
who was waiting for "next." "No,
you bet lie can't," returned the first.
"An easy shavo bo blowed ! Why,
he's got bristles like a Texas boar,and
his skin looks tougher than a canal
mule's." Tho boys laughed, and the
operator, who, in the meantime, had
lathered tho tlie man's faco, indulged
iu further comments as he urged the
razor over tho facial territory before
him. "What a nose that is," said he.
"If he should snoczc, where would I
be ?" "Well, his cheek is harder than
a razor hone." "Do you want us to
help hold his nose while you go over
lils lips, Johnny?" asked another of
the idle razor wiclders. "Don't know
but what I will want a little holp."
"Be careful and don't drop your razor
down his car, or you will lose it," ad
monished another. "What a dirty
head he's got," observed Johuny, as
ho ran his fingers through tho man's
hair. "I say, some of you fellows
write a card and ask him if ho don't
want a shampoo." Tho card was
written and presented to the man, who
shook his head at it, and, the job be
ing finished, he arose from the chair.
"It's all right, boys," said he, as he
laid down fifteen cents. "I dou't mind
your talk any; I could stand it first
rate so long "as you didn't say any
thing about base ball, third term or
tho whisky ring frauds." He disap
peared, and those barbers sat down
and thought about him. Exchange.
The Hon. Charles F. Thompson, a
Democrat, from Massachusetts, now
in the House of Representatives and a
member of the Committee on Elec
tions. What Mr. Thompson thinks of
tho Democratic majority that voted to
seat Goodc, of Virginia, tho other day
may be clearly inferred from the fol
lowing extract of a speech made by
him in the House last Friday, and
which ;haa just appeared in the ac
cord :
"Mr. Speaker : I feel earnestly upon
this question. I havo spoken with
earnestness upon it, and I do not wish
the house to believe that I am not iu
earnest, for I feel that not only my
character, but that the charact'er of
this House is at stake iu the determin
ation of this question. I say this de
liberately, after the most mature re
flection, "that if the sitting member
(Goodc) is allowed to hold his scat it
will bo one of the boldest outrages up
on justice, upon a contestant, and up
on the legal electors of a Congression
al district ever perpetrated in or out
of this House." Chicago Inlsr-O'cean..
DeWitt 0. Littlejohn Discards Sammy
Tilden.
Hon. Dewitt C. Littlojohn has just
announced in a letter to a friend, "I
have fully decided not to sunnort Mr.
Tilden for president, but shall vote for
Hayes and Wheeler." This conclusion
of Mr. Littlojohn is not surprising
when it is remembered that he is
among the few New York delegates to
tho St. Louis convention who sincere
ly opposed tho nomiuation of Tilden
because iu his opinion he was a man
utterly unfit to be President of United
States. Both beforo the nomination
and afterward Mr. Littlejohu freely,
publicly aud earnestly expressed his
opinion of that fatal move of tho Dem
ocracy. Among other things he said
that the nomination of Tilden meant
that Hayes would carry New York by
40,000 majority. When, the next
morning after Tilden was nominated,
and just after Hendricks "uncertain,
coy, and hard to please" had got the
second place on the ticket, John Kelly
maue ins way to tne platform to cat
his appointed dish of crow, a gentle
men sitting near Littlejohu asked,
"What is Kelley going to do now?"
Littlojohn answered in a tone aud with
a maimer that showed his disgust with
the wholo thing : "Who can tell ?
Swallow this dose, 1 suppose, for he
must." Then the question was :
"What will you do?" The auswer
was quick and incisive : ''What can I
do that will really serve that honesty
in the government that I havo always
been devoted. I cannot support Til
den with my heart -I will not." The
next question was : "Why not go back
to the Republican party where you
rightfully belong I" He answered to
the effect that ho would, under the
circumstauco,gladlydo so tho extent of
heartily supporting Hayes and Wheel
er if the republicaus would allow him
to do so without personal humilation,
aud ho was ascurcd that on that point
ho wa3 not likely to meet with any dif
ficulty. This conversation has boon given to
show how Mr. Littlejohn felt immedi
ately after tho nomination of Tilden,
and tho announcement now made that
he has openly determined to support
Gen. Hayes is a proof that he alone of
the hundreds who, as members of the
St. Louis convention, denounced Til
dcu as wholly unworthy to be Presi
dent, has been consistent. That he
has been honest aud sincere iu his
course, no one who knows doubts ;
that his conclusion will have great
weight iu Now York who, knowing
anything of the politics of the Stato
can deny.
Eccentricity of Cannon Balls.
Cannon balls are, beyond doubt, un
pleasant objects, and yet, would it bo
believed, they have their little eccen
tricities, just like other impulsive ob
jects. For iustauce, at the fearful mo
mentum at which a cannon ball trav
els, it would bo supposed that upon
strikimr a man it would instantly dash
him to the ground, even though it did
not kill or otherwise injure its unfor
tuuato target. It not unfrequently
happens, however, that it does not af
fect his balance for several minutes
after he has been struck. Such an in
stance occurred at the battle of Sol
ferino, where a young French officer,
belonging to that splendid corps les
chasseurs de Vinccnncs, whilo in ad
vance of his company, dancing gaily
backward, his face to his troops, his
sword extended across his knees, as
though at a review, had his head car
ried oil" by a baH from the Austrian
batteries; and yet, strange to say, his
lifeless body retained its upright po
sition for at least several moments,
until caught in tho arms of his faith
ful but sorrowing troops. At the
siege of Vienna,also,a Turkish Gener
al had his head knocked off by a can
non ball, and the trunk, in which of
course, the vital spark had been in
stantly extinguished, was carried a
considerable distance by his horso bo
fore it fell. Captain Norlan, too, who
was killed iu the Crimea, still rotaincd
his erect position, seeming still the
embodiment of the gallant horseman
that he had ever been, several minutes
after ho was struck lifeless by a ten
inch sncll.
Again, it would be supposed that a
cannon ball striking a person aud
knocking him down, would as iuvari
ably kill or severely injure him. This,
then, is eccentricity number two, for
this is by no means invariably the
consequence. As a most singular case
iu poiut, it may bo allowod to intro
duce an accident mentioned by
Southcy in his "Peninsular war." The
incident occurred to Sir James Lcith,
at the siege of San Sebastian, and can
not bo better told than in the vory
words of the narrator: "A plunging
shot," sayB Southey, "struck ;tho
ground near the Bpot where Sir James
was standing, rebounded, struck him
on the chest, aud laid him prostrate
and sonselcss. Tho officers near
thought that certainly he was killed;
but he recovered breath, and then rec
ollection, aud resisting all entreaties
to quit the field, continued to issuo
his orders." In short, it merely stun
ned him for a moment, producing no
unpleasant after effects whatsoever.
A cannon ball, then, in its eccentric
character, can be regarded by the cu
rious with considerable less dread and
repugnance, particularly iu eccentric
ity number two; but with this matter-of-fact
character returns its old renom
mcc of horror, and it is again a thing
to be abhorred. Harper's Weekly.
"We Die Daily."
The bodies of animals are continual
ly undergoing a series of invisible
changes of substanco, of which they
are entirely unconscious. We look at
our hand to-day, as wo write, and wc
fancy it is the same in substance as it
was yestorday or last year as it was
ten years ago. The form of each
finger, of each nail, is tho same. Scars
mado in our infancy are still there.
Nothing is altered or obliterated; and
yet, it is not the same hand. It has
been renewed over and over again
since the days of our youth. The skin,
the flesh, the bone, have been frequent
ly removed and replaced. Aud so it
is, more or less, with our wholo body.
The arms aud limbs that sustained us
in our schoolboy struggles are con
signed to tho dust, and have, perhaps,
lived over again more than once in
plant, or flower, or animal. In from
three to five years the entire body is
taken out anil built again with now
materials. A continued activity pre
vails among the living agencies to
which this work is committed. Every
day a small part is carried away; just
as. if a single brick were every day
taken out of an old wall, or a single
wheel out of a watch and its place
supplied by another. The body,thcre
fore, requires constant supplies, at
every period of its life, of all those
things of which its several parts are
built up.
The Chicago limes is known as the
leading Democratic paper of the
northwest. Of Gen. Benjamin Harri
son, the recently nominated Republi
can caudidate for Governor of Indi
ana, the 'limes says : "He is in every
sense an admirable man. He is wor
thy of any public station in the gift of
the people. His 'record,' as the poli
ticians say, is as clear as crystal. If
any Republican can carry Indiana Gen.
Harrison is tho man." Thus it will
be seen that Republicans arc still put
ting forward men against whom not
one word can be said, even by their
enemies. Hayes and Wheeler on the
National ticket, Gen. Harrison on the
Indiana state ticket, Shelby Cullum on
the Illinois State ticket, and Finkcl
burg on the Missouri Slate ticket.
Such names will rally tho party as it
was rallied iu 1864 and 1868.
Eos.
George Henry Brown and His lost Mary.
A young rat of a boot-black was
loafing around tho corner of Griswold
and Congress streets just after the
storm yestcrdy when along came a
man iu a great hurry. His hat was
wet and lop-sided, his linen coat was
wet through, his bootB covered with
mud. The boy was going to oiler his
services anv boot-black would otter
a "shine" if a man had been soaking
mnlllli til flirt rirnr Imf fbn Y.rtllliw
month
... ."- "v-; . " ""- j""m
ot al.cad ofhira. He, turning
man
to tho boy, asked :
"Have you seen a girl go by here ?"
"Lots of gals passing every hour in
tho day."
"YcSjI know, but this wa3 my girl
Mary rather tall white hat white
overskirt green parasol red tie
Great Lauds ! but where is my
Mary?"
"Lost eh ?" quoricd the young Na
poleon. "Yes loft mo down street while I
was buying this hat."
"Any relashunof yours?" asked the
boy as he looked up aud down.
"Relation ! Why she is my girl the
one that I love the ono that I'm going
to marry I will give you a quarter to
lieip Una iter." The uoy sat down on
his box, spit across the walk and med
itated, and finally said.
"I think I saw' that 'ere gal about
half an hour ago."
"You did! then wc must bo on the
trail."
"Yc3, she passed here, and I tell
you she looked as sweet as a peach."
"Yes that is tho one. Everybody re
marked how handsome she is."
"And the feller with her had on one
of these cut-away-off coats, diamond
pin, big sleeve buttons, cane, great big
collar, and ho was just looking into
eyes as it he loved her almost to
death."
"W what!" gasped the young
man, "then there was some ono with
her."
"Someone? I should say so! they
were locked arms ; she had the Sara
toga grab on her dress, and as they
passsd me he was patting her on the
cheek."
"Boy boy look out ! Mary has al
ways been as loving as a dove and as
true as ono of those lamp posts. It
couldn't have been Mary!"
"Couldn't eh ? Well, all right. You
axed if I had seen her, then go to call
me a liar. Now I won't movo a peg to
help find her!"
"Say, boy, see here, be square and I
will give you ten cents. It might havo
been Mary, but I can hardly believe it.
She loved her George too well, or
seemed to."
"Is your name Gcorgo !"
"Yes George Henry Brown-live out
hero eleven miles."
"More pruff stronger pruff wuss
and wuss !" exclaimed tho boy slap
ping his leg. "When that couple went
by me the feller said: 'How could you
thiuk my darling, of linking your fate
to that of such an old pill as George
Henry Brown?' Just them ere words
said he."
"He did eh ? By the big Harry ! he
called me an old pill, eh ?"
"And she grinned and blushed, and
tittered aud poked him in the ribs
with her parasol, and says sho: "Hois
a regular flat, but I was aftor a set of
jewelry.' Thou he patteu her on the
ear, and 1 heard 'em tain 'Dout souy
water and icecream, preachers, certifi
cate of marranre. a leetle cottage on a
hillside."
"It's all right bud," replied the man
as he laid down ten cents "You keep
cool mum is the word. There will
bo teats shed in the west cud of Wayne
county beforo Saturday night or I'll be
under ground."
"Goin' to hurt somebody?" asked the
shiner.
"Keep cool dou't follcr mo don't
say anything! Show mc the store
where they sell brass knuckles and
sword canes."
About half an hour after that tho
Chief of Police was waited upon by
a Gcorgo aud his girl Mary. They took
chairs, aud George dropped his hat
upon tho floor and inquirod:
"Is there any law around hero to
punish a boy who goes and lies to j-ou
aud set vou half crazy and almost dis
stroys one of tho lovingest, nicest and
sweetest marriage engagements any
bodv ever heard of?"
He might have rcfercd to the boot
black. Btlriot Free Press.
A Letter With a Curious History.
Mr. John Furay, Special Mail Agent,
has just received a letter, for proper
disposal by him, which has a very cu
rious history. It was written by a
well known Nebraska man, four years
ago, to a dealer in counterfeit money
iu an eastern citv. The writer incloses
S3 to pay for" $100 of crooked stuff,
which he says he can easily shove off
five dollar's at a time on the Indians
to whom ho is selling whisky. Ho di
rects tho crooked stuff to be sent to
him through the mails in three differ
ent parcels, so as not to excite suspi
cion, and ho adds that he will patron
ize tho dealer to tho extent of several
thousand dollars in tho bogus curren
cy. This letter never reached its des
tination. It got into a crack in a mail
car, and remained there till the other
day, when it was found by a workman
engaged in repairing the car ot the
shops in Chicago. It was handed over
to tho proper authorities, who for
warded it to Special Mail Agent
Fnray, who will send it to the writer
with sorao sound advice. The man is
said to be an individual who, if ac
cused of such an intent, would shoot
in a second; he will, therefore, no
doubt, be surprised to rccoivo his self
accusing letter. Omaha Bee.
Animal Language.
Some animals live in society, others
travel in flocks. In such aggregations
there is plainly developed a sort of
language adapted for establishing con
cert of action among tho individuals.
In building their lodges, how could
beavers make a regular division of la
bor, and so perfectly co-ordinate their
work, if they wero unable to under
stand ono another? The marmot,act
ing as a sentinel, could not warn its
fellows of tho approach ot danger if it
did not posses tho power of giving a
signal, the meaning of which they un
derstood. When swallows are about
to migrate, some of them appear to be
concerned about tho performance of
their periodical voyage sorao timo be
foro the rest; they flock togother and
utter their call; they flit hither aud
thitherto summon individuals who,in
their folly, take no note of the change
of temperature. Is it not plain that
these know how to say, "It is time to
be gone?"
But in all probability the language
of animals give3 expression only to
very simple impressions and ideas.
But, inasmuch as wc do not under
stand it, wc cannot define either its
extent or its true character. Some
persons havo the power of imitating
the calls and songs of birds; and birds,
in turn, repeat human language, with
out, however, understanding its sense;
it is only very rarely that wc car.
recognize in tho phrase uttered by the
inhabitants of a cage the expression of
a desire. Man and dog, close friends
though they are, understand ono an
other only by mean3 of a sort of pan
tomime. Eventually the dog under
stands some of tho words spoken by
hi3 master, aud the man understands
some of the vocal expressions of his
trusty friend; and this is the highest
result of long association. It appears
as though, by a supreme will, au in
surmountable obstacle had been op
posed to all close communication be
tween man and animals.
In San Francisco
nectarines.
they are eating
A Fortuno from Indigo.
In a certain Scottish village, there
was long ago, a worthy man, who kept
himself iu good and honest ropute.and
in good aud comfortable livcIihood,bv
(supplying tho people of the neighbor
hood with most of the commodities
which .their simple modo of lifo re
quired. IIo was the shop-keeper of
ino vinagc. ao7, anions: tne wants
a of his customers ihnm wns mm u-iiir.li
..:f...1 : 1 1 ,. .
uAisiuu itiuuuu on :i vcrv iimitea scale,
but which stiirrcquifed to be sup-
plied. It so happened that tho linen
shirts of the good worthy people, when
washed with soap and water, and
made as white as hard rubbing could
make them, had invariably a yellowish
tinge after they were dried on the
green. It was "ascertained that this
evil was remedied or rather prevented
bp themixturo of a very minute quan
tity of indigo with the graith. Thus
it was that a littlo implcfhent, shaped
liko a shuttlecock, composed of a little
knot of indigo wrapped in a rag, and
tied around the neck with a thread,bc
caracas essential a belonging to a well
regulated household as a katlpot or a
fryingpan. A very small quatitity
was necessary, but that small quantity
must be had, aud, of course, it must
bo kept in stock in the universal store.
On one occasion finding his stock run
ning low, the merchant iudited aud
sent off by tho carrior, to tho whole
sale house in Glasgow, with which he
dealt, which ran somewhat thus:
"Please sen too pon Indigo immediat.
And remain etc." Typography now
does not enable us to" show precisely
how tho mistake origiiated ;but the in
telligent reader who has occasion to
see such documents will comprehond
that it was not very wonderful that
what was in tho mind of the writor as
two pounds should have been to the
eye of tho rcador 100 tons. The Glas
gow house though greatly astonished
at the magnitude of the order intima
ted that they would send, from week
to week, as much as the carrier could
take of their own stock, which might
be three or four tons ; but that they
had to send on the order to their cor
respondence in London with instruc
tions to lose no tunc in executing it.
Tho worthy merchant was completely
overpowered by this intelligence; aud
while he was meditating on the course
of action that might be necessary un
der tho astounding circumstances, he
received another dispatch from tho
Glasgow house enclosing a dispatch
from the London firm, to tho effect
that tho iudigo was purchased "per
their esteemed favor," and nearly
ready for shipment, but that since the
purchase was oflcctck, there had been
a sudden rise in the price, and that the
parties from whom they purchased
were willing tp forfoit500 per ton if
the sale wero cancelled- The worthy
shopkeeper "now rose to tho occa
sion," and would not accept the terms
offered. The result was, that after
some ncgotation, he received sonic
50,000, in hard cash, which of course,
ho invested in land, and became the
'forbear'' of one of the wealthiest
families in tho Upper Ward of Clydes
dale. A Valuable Discovery.
A man drawing a hand-cart, for ex
ample, with a looped strap over his
shoulder, and fixed to a point within
tho shatts very common iu Paris
displays that strap or trace alternate
ly tight and slack; it Ho waiics quick-iy
the tension is abrupt; if he runs, a
veritable shock occurs at every step.
These shocks, whether in the case of a
man or a horse, arc the results of the
intermittent efforts. Proceeding by
jerks, the draught is naturally accom
plished by shocks. Tho problem is to
make this traction uniform instead of
intermittent; this is effected by the
intervention of a spring, whether of
metal or India rubber, or encased
rings ot both, botween the trace aud
the vehicle. The shock annihilates
the living force; the spring stores that
forco aud utilizes it, and the man or
tho horso are no longer latigucd by
inconvenient jerks. The experiments
in Germany confirm those already ex
ecuted in Franco, that by the interpo
sition of an clastic trace, between the
horse and the wagon, twenty-five per
ceut. of the motive power is econo
mized; iu a word, the quarter of n
horse gained.
Royal Owners of New York Property.
Some of the best real estate in New
York city is held by foreign princes.
Several of tho most expensive build
ings in Broadway, in Broad streot and
in Wall street are owned by tho Em
press Eugenie, who derives from them
every year a rent of 62,000. Tho
Duke of Nassau, one of the dispossed
German princes of 186G, was here in
1868. IIo had bills of exchange to the
amount of 1,500,000. Ho purchased
tenements iu Allen street that arc to
day nominally owned by German law
yers, or notaries public, and that yield
him twelve per cent, on the capital in
vested. The Grand Duke of Mcck-lenburg-Schwerin,
Frederick Francis
the Second, is the owner of lots and
houses in Elm streot, and Queen Vic
toria owns considerable real estate in
Broadway- It stands in tho name of
au Englishman. The King of Swcdou
owns $500,000 worth of real estate in
New York.and the Grand Duke Alexis
owns a hotel in Broadway. King Bo
ma bought six houses in Greenwich
street, in 1832, and they are held by
Italians for his son, Francis II.
The newsboys who gather about in
the afternoon awaiting the publica
tion hour of the Evening Republican.
cither fairly roll in wealth or their con
versation is to some extent imagina
tive. Said one of them to the other:
"Billy, did ycr buy that $50 plaid
summer suit I "seed yer lookin' at in a
winder Saturday ?""
"No Blinky, 1 didn't take it in. Ther
wuz only ono watch-pocket in tho
trowsis, an' I alluz carries two tickcrp,
ono to correct tho other by."
"But you ain't goin' tor wear your
army breeches all summer, bo yer,
'specially when ycr go drivin' out of
cvenin's ?"
"No, Blinkoy, I ain't, but yer worry
about mo. It's silk undcrcloz a3 pre
serves my precious health. Silk's the
thing, Blinkcy !". Louis Republi
can. Better than Beauty.
The new Sultan of Turkey has throe
wives, but the first is still his favorite.
Sho is about twonty-six years of age,
not pretty, exactly, but distinguished
looking and intelligent, and has great
iufluence with her husband. Sho has
had no children, and Murad has,thcrc
fore been obliged to marry two other
wives, chosen for him by her. She
showed her intelligence by pickingout
two extremely beautiful and extreme
ly stupid young women, one of whom
is the mother of Prince Paladin, a
child of ten, and the other of a Prin
cess of tho mature age of four. Tho
mother of the Sultan was a Circassian
or a Cossack girl, and a christian, who
was allowed to practice her faith in
the harem by Abdul Medjid. It is
even whispored that the new Sultan is
more thau half a Christian himself,
which would indeed, complicate the
situation.
A littlo girl in Reading, Pennsylva
nia, recently saw an old drunken man
lying on a door step, the perspiration
pouring off his face, a crowd of chil
dren preparing to make fun of him.
She took her apron and wiped his
face, aud then look up so pitifully to
the rest aud made this remark: "Oh,
say, don't hurt him, he's somebody's
grandpa."
New York telegraph poIc3 fall down
and kill woiueu.
Oaa of the Sight3 of Jerusalem.
Tho wailing Placo of the Jews is on
the west side of the temple iuclosuro;
it i3 in a long narrow court formed by
the wall3 of modern houses and tho
huge blocks of stonc3 of this part of
tho original wall. Thc3c stones are
no doubt as old as Solomon's Temple,
and tho Jews can here touch the very
walls of tho platform of that sacred
edifice. Every Friday a remnant of
the children of Israel comes hero to
weep and wail. They bring their
scriptures, and, leaning against the
noney-combed stouc facings it they
read the Lamentations and the Psalms
in a wailing voice, and occasionally
ciy aloud in a chorus of lamentation,
weeping, blowing their long nosos
with blue cotton handkerchiefs and
kissing the stones- We were told that
tho smoothness of the stones in spots
was owing to the centuries of oscula
tion. Tho men stand together at one
part of tho wall and tho women at an
other. There wero not mora than
twonty Jews present as actors in the
solemn ceremony tho day wc visited
tho spot, aud they did not wail much,
merely reading the scripture in a mum
bling yoice aud swaying their bodies
backward and forward. Still they
foi-med nictnrcique and even pathetic
groups; venerable old men, with long
white beard and hook noses, clad in
rags and shreds, and patches in all do
grccsof decadence; lank creatures of
the tribe of Benjamin, with the cork
screw curls ; anil skinny old women,
shaking with weeping real or assum
ed. Very likely these wailera wero as
poor and wretched as they appeared
to be. I should bo the last one to
doubt their enjoyment of this weekly
misery. But the demonstration had
somewhat tho appoarance of a set and
show performance. While it was go
ing on, a shrewd Israelite wont about
with a box to collect mites from tho
spectators. There wero many more
travelers there to sec the wailing than
there were Jews to wail. This also
lent au unfavorable aspect to the
scene. Tho scripture read and wailed
this day was the fifty-first Psalm of
David. If you turn to it (you may
have already discovered that tho co
vert purpose ot these desultory notes
is to compel you to read your Bible)
you will see that it expresses Dnvid'o
penitence in the matter of Bathsheba.
Atlantic Monthly.
Toads.
There is very common prejudice
against the toad. By many ho is look
ed on with disgust. Ile.i regarded
as an ugly, uncouth and worthless
nuisance, that should be abated at
sight. But this projudice is unjust
and ill-founded, as the toad is not only
harmless but quite useful to tho farm
er and gardeners. They should there
fore be regarded as fricuds and not
treated as enemies. The eggs of tho
toad are usually laid in the water, but
at times when 'this is not accessible,
they are laid in damp, dark place, and
in s'uch cases they do not pass through
tho tadpole stato. While in the tad
polo state they live on vegetable food,
but as toads they live on insects, spi
dors: etc. They arc exceeding well
adanted to catching insects, having a
tongue of marvellous coustructiou.
It is quite long, and may be project
ed six or eight inches, the tip of it be
ing so directed as to just reach tho ob
ject, and being covered with a vascid,
gummy substance that causes the in
sect to" adhere to it, it is thus quickly
couvej'cd to the mouth of tho toad and
buried alive. The movement of the
tongue iu thus- taking in ally or a bug,
arc so rapid that they cannot be fol
lowed by tho eye. Tho number of
insects that a toad will cat is almost
incredible, A few of them in a gar
dcu w:ll keep it well rid of bugs and
plant lice. They generally spend the
day iu some dark, secluded spot, often
a hole under a sod, or clod or side of a
rocl', and in the ovening they come
out and hop about in search of a sup
per of live insects. They may be in
duced to take up their residence in the
garden by confining them for two or
three days to tho placo, when they
will become quite well contented. A
board laid about two inches from the
ground is just the hiding place for
them. They arc long lived, being of
ten known twelve or sixteen years old,
and it is said that one lived to be thirty-six
years old. On account of their
propensity for destroying insects, they
should bo'eucouraged to become pcr
maucut residents of our fields and
gardens.
A Living Doll.
The New York Sun says: A large
number of physicians went to Tony
Pastor's theater yesterday to sec the
Mexican dwarf, Lucia Zaratc. They
measured her, aud ascertained her
height to be twenty-one inches, her
feet three inches,her leg below the knee
four inches in circumference, and her
hands an inch and a quarter broad.
Her mother who is robust and of me
dium size, says that Lucia is twelve
years old. Her face is older than that.
Her features arc Spanish, ami her com
plexion dark. Her activity is inces
sant. She played pranks with the phy
sicians and talked fast in Spanish. She
stepped into a silk hat crouched down
and was out of sight excepting her
head. She squeezed one of her pliable
hands through a rather large finger
ring. The hand of au adult mado an
ample seat for her. Standing on a
chair, and holding to the back of it,
her fingers stuck through tho spaces
iu tho cane work holes that just ad
mitted tho passage of a small penhold
er. She was not weighed, but her
weight is said to be five pounds; and.
poised in the hand, sho does not seem
heavier. Her clothing is comicaliy
small, as though intended for a doll,
the shoes and stockings especially be
ing toylikc.
Tom Thumb has grown appreciably
since he was exhibited by Barnum;
but when he first astonished the pub
lic ho was twice as large as Lucia; and
he was then about her present age.
She has not grown any, her mother
says, since she wa3 a year old.
Safety During Thunder Storms.
E. Mcrriam, in a recent communica
tion on freaks of lightning, says that
no case of loss of life by lightning has
ever been known on a steamboat, ocean
steamer, railroad car, iron ship or
building, or in auy ship or building
supplied with proper lightning con
ductors. Iron wire, costing less than
one cent per foot, and lcs3 than one
dollar per hundred feet, in one single
piece, is sufficiently large for a light
ning conductor. Any mechanic of or
dinary capacity can put up a rod.
Glass iusulators with screw f.i3tcr.ing3
can be had of some of the hardware
aud glass store3 in New York for
about twelve shillings per dozen.
Persons who want ornamented rods
can substitute copper wire of the same
size.
A register of thirteen years states
tho deaths by lightning at 750 persons,
and the wounded numbered many
hundreds. Persons struck down by
lightning should bo freely drenched
with cold water, and, if necessary, the
drenching should be continued for
hour3.
A Western paper says: "Now Or
leans failed to recognize Don Carlos
beneath his pseudonym, and actually
charged him for his board." Mr.
Watson would have sued on him any
way. The time for counts and barons
to get free lunches here on account of
nobility of family has passed. A mar
quis wa3 kicked out ot a beer saloon
the other day, and a ham bono throw
cd at a viscount was caught in the car
of a good lord. Yes, sir, be ho Grand
Duke or Don Pedro, a man must pay
h'i3 board or get bounced.
' Somebody has discovered in an old
filo of tho Chicago Tribune a letter
by lion. William A. Wheoler. twen:
years ago, in which he sent $100 ?:' a' !
of the suffering Kansans and s.i.J
"To sec here in tho residence of
Dougla3 such a breaking away froiu
party trammels, such :i spoutaneou
and hearty outburst of sympathcti
freedom, and of determined resistan
to oppression aud wrong, make; c.i
moro hopeful for the fuluro and is ..
encouraging indication that the Ni ; ;'
is at last nronsed, and willas3crt al
maintain its just right3 in the Gove. .
mont. Now that the banner 13 thro
to the breeze there will bo nolaltci;
in its support. Kansas will movitavj
become free. Slavery has made It U
3tridc." Iti onr climate Iow-hcaJed t.oc
should always bo secured. By thi
means trcc3 will soon protect them
selves against sun-scald. But trcc3
just transplanted need artificial pro
tection. Hay or straw tied firxnh
about the bodios makes a good po
tcction agaiust both stiu and rabb.ts.
This protection should be put on in
the early spring, aud so firmly tied
without binding tho tree that it wiu
remain at least two years. Trees thu-
carcd for will not suffer from borers
or rabbits. Such a protection, ap
plied when tho tree is first transplant
ed, also serves an important office m
aiding tho trco to recover from the
shock of removal. Otto of our most
successful orchardists always protcc's
hi3 trees in this way, and tho result
as seen in bis case, justifies thccoure
Profi;. Gale.
Bret Harte's new play has adram.i:
ic critic for one of tho character
After blackmailing several actors he
runs away to avoid paying board and
washing bills. IIo is arrested, broug'f
back, and is imprisoned with whis
thieves. When released, ho marries a
girl for her monoy, but finds that tl -only
wealth that she bring him is an
exacting mother-in-law. A3 a last r -fuge
he gees to the Black Hills, wh re
he is shot by Sitting Bull's men, s i(p
ed and burned alive. Every paper in
tho country publishes omo" bad p -try
about him. At the conclusion ot
the act in which ho last appears thr'
is a tableau representing an ocean of
blue flames with devils dancing ar-mii I
it. Chicago Times.
Kansas City Times says : Tlurc w "
no preachinig in this town h.st J-n. -day,
and all in conseau'-' t J' -tloal
joke perpetrated by a live!
young girl, inspired by the work, tl."
fle3h and the devil mixed, sat down,
late on Saturday evening, and sent a
uoto to each of tho pastors. Tho mis
sive were on tinted paper, and vrr '
ten nicely. They each contained thes
words: '"'All is discovered fly." Nine
of tho preachers fled to St. Lo.i.s,
and three went West. There is a sen
sation iu town larger thau a uuii s
hand.
A Georgia familj has pieco of v..-1-diug
cake one hundred and 3ixt jca s
old. The oldest daughter place-1 '
under hor pillow about throe nigh'
week so that she might dream of 1.- r
future husband; and if she mtu.
all the nicii that she has dicai.:
about, her husbands will out tiiiin i
the widows of tho Sultan of Tur'-.
Editors arc coming to the lri'
Henry Watterson, of the Lou.-vi .
Journal, has been clcctctl to C'ougrc
MarblCjlatc of tho World, is urged t
Governor of New York ; Mr. llaskc
of the Boston Herald has been offc
a scat in Congress, and au editor !
Texas paper has been arrested
stealing a mule.
What was supposed to be a .a:, c
meteor, traveling at a terrific spi'vJ,
was seen in Europe a few nights a;,r t '
but it was afterwards ascertained t
have been only Doni Pedro on iu
travels, the diamond on his shirt fruut
causing the mistake. Norris!r ,
Herald
Two Episcopal clorgymeu wen "u
tho prayer desk, yesterday, ami one oi
them, uncertain whothcr to read t1.
prayer for Congress or not, asked ' r
thcother, "Has Congress adjourned r
l2o, nnd it never will," was tho ha-?
but truthful reply. The prayer was
read.
Brignoli is mcllilluously tooth'g hi
Boston. He weighs nearly three hun
dred pounds, unit out of his adipoj
vastness his voice issues liko the noi
of soma sweet minstrel inclosed iu a
boor barrel and trying to sing through
the hung hole. Detroit Free l'res
New Yoik Commercial: Fane;
L'1
Horror ot a man when the new p.. -netic
telegraph sends his wife's vo
shrieking through tho lodge rji
with the familiar cry, "You old bru'r '
come straight home or that front do"--will
be bolted I"
The situation iu Rhode Ij'.ii".
getting more embarrassing every i.i
One can't move aside a few fC-'-t
avoid mingling in a crowd at a i:
fight without having somebod
Massachusetts or Connecticut yell
him to keep in his own State.
tj
"Thank heaven," said tho San I r t.i
cisco A'ews-Lelter on the Fourth,
"there i3 no one in our city so poor r
humble but that lie can help ho. I
down a Chinaman whilo a cann n
cracker is set oil" iu his mouth."
Young men are so scarce at Loiij
Branch this season that the girls Inv
been known to hang a pair of panta
loons over tho hack of a rocking fUtnr
and gaze at them for hours at a time
Norristown Herald: "A countiy
subscriber informs us that while ope
rating a reaping machine the other
day one of his cows got iu front of it
and he soon had beet a la mowed '
A scusiblo writer advises thos wl.
would enjoy good eating tokcepgooc'
matured, for, says he, "an angry man
cannot tell whether he is eating bo 1
cabbage or stewed umbrellas.''
Jennie June tells us that tho !aih
are really wearing more cotton tlia:i
they have ever beforo since the war.
No wonder things arc beginnin ' to
"bust."
A Richmond ( Va.) paper printed cip
ic3 of a recent issue upon whito ilk,
depositing them in various libraries as
Centennial memorials.
Dr. Isaac Hayes says the exquimaux
aro a rude people. Thoy havo L-vn
supposed to be the most pole light In
world.
The difference between the cook and
hor lover is, the one cook3 the nip.it
and the other meets the cook.
A sister of Spurgcon preaches in
England and i3 called the "Queen o
the pulpit."
Miss Anna E. Dickinson will play in
Washington the last week in August.
The individual who called tight
boots comfortable defends his posi
tion by sayig thoy mako a man forget
all his other miseries.
A New York man christened his
daughter Glycerine. He savs it will
bo oa3y to prefix Nitro, if her temp-r
icauuiuius uui muiiicru.
Boardo "Has the red-haired girl
gone away?" Landlady "Ye3, sir."
Boarder "I thought sol I found a
black hair iu tho butter to-day."
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