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VOLUME V.
WICHITA, SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1877.
NUMBER 44.
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M. M. MCBDOCK. H. P. MCIIDOCK.
sruKDOcic ifc lmoTircit,
rUIJLISIIEltS AND PROritlETOKS.
TWO DOLLARS VLlt YEAH, IX ADVANCE.
irvEsnasa Eirr: suji sscrs cii arlimths.
-MAILS.
Lajlern Mall fvla Wichita .t Southwestern U.
i J Mall and KxiirasaXo. 2 departs 1.13 a. m.,
Mall A. Express No. 1 arrivestilaily at 11:3.1 p. M.
AiiRiista and Douglas departs dally at 1 r. u.
Amies dally at 12 u.
Arkansas City, Caldwell, Wlnfleld,:WtllIngton
NlnufScih, Littleton, Oxford, Ilellcplain, Clilcas
pla, Sumner City and Loudon Arrives daily at 7
r. n. Departs dally at? a. i.
Clear Water, Ohio Center mid ICoHIng Green
Arrive Wednesdays and Saturdays at 4 o'clock
p. M. Departs Tuesdays and Fridays utO o'clock
A.M.
On and alter date the postofflce will be open for
lie delivery of letters and the sale of stamps from
7 a. u. to 6 p.m. OIllcc open on Sunday morning
from U to 10 A. h.
Malls going cast and south close prompt at 9
p. M. M M. Mciuiot'K, P. M.
CirUKCIIKS.
Firtl Presbyterian Church J. P. IIabsex, pas
tor. Services in Itaiitisf Church every Sabbath at
11 o'clock a. M. and Hi p. .
M. E. Church I T Hanna, pastor. Services
every Sabbath at 10 o'clock A. M. and"r. M.
Prayer meeting on 1 hursday evening.
St. Aloysius' Catliolic Church Itevercnd J. C.
Schukz, pastor. Services on the 2nd and 1th
Sundays of every mouth; high mass at 10 A. M.,
reapers at 7J P. m.
P.aptUt Church, W. I'. Pile, pastor, services!"."
t 'clock a.m., each Sabbath. Church vomer ot
First and Market street
M tuodist German l.'cv. P. W. Mallhaei, pas
tor. Services at the school house at hall past 10.
COU3JTV OKl'ICKIiS.
-Judge Thirteenth Judicial District W. P.
Campuell.
State Senator John Kelly.
Representative "lYilllam llaldwin.
Hoard of County Commissioners J. M. Sibils,
O. G. J ACOU9, J. A. NL1.SON.
Countv Treasurer L. N. WOODCOCK.
County Clerk John Tuckeu.
Shrrifl" II. W. Dl-XMQ.
Clerk District Court li. W. Items.
Probate Judge Wa. C. Little.
Superintendent Public Instruction, M. II.
Urucc.
Urgistcr or Deeds Milo 15. ICellog.
County Attorney W. E. fcTAM.tr.
County Surveyors 11. L. Jackson.
citv oi'ricriis.
Mayor J. G. Hope.
City Attorney Wm. Daldwht.
Police Judge J. M. At-.vood.
City Treasurer E. O. Witioin.
Marshal Mike Meagiieb.
City Clerk Fued. Sciiatt.sek.
Surveyor .,
Justices of the Peace D. A. Mitchell, E. M.
Misneu. .
Constables C. II. Josus and D. X. A jlliams.
Council First Ward A. W. Oliveu and M.
Ziuueiilv.
Second Ward C. M. Gauuisox and John rouET.
Third Ward Charles ciiattxeu snd Jav
KiunxsxY.
Fourth Ward J. C Fbakku and C A. Walkeu.
Hoard of Education First Ward V. It.fculcu
andU. P. IIauois. Second Ward J. . Wix
GAHiandlI. L. Jacksox. Third Ward D. P.
Alexamiku and A. A. Hyde. Fourth Ward
A. II. FAumo.CE and W. E. staxlly.
Treasurer school Hoard Uev. J. P. Haksex.
.LODGES.
WICHITAENCAMPMENTN0.29.I.O.O.F.
meets on the 2d and 1th Saturdays of each
month. W. J. 1IOHSON, C. P.
W. A. niCHEY, Scribe.
XO. O. F. Wichita Lodge, No. 93, meets et
erj' Thursday night, at 7 o'clock, at their
Hail, oicrthe First National bank. All brothers
in good standing are invited to uttend.
W.-V. 1HCHEV, N. G.
VT. V. STEM, K. S.
A,
F. & A. M. Meets on the first and third
Moudays of each month.
T. M. Thicket W. M.
WICHITA CIIAPl'EIt, U. A. M. Meets on
the -econd and fourth Fridays in lach
month. Geo. F. Uauuis, II. P.
JIilo II. ICellogo, Scc'y.
SAJJHATII SCHOOLS.
The M. E. Sabbath school, W. E. Stanley, su
perintendent, meets at the church at 2J o'clock
p. ra.
The Presbyterian Sabbath school, Lee Nixon,
Superintendent, meets at the Baptist Church, at
V o'clock p. m.
The Huptist Sabbath school, A. II. Armcnt, su
perintendent, meets at the Haptist church cviry
kunday ulleruoon at -';; o'clock.
German M. E. Sunday School meets at School
House, at 0 o'clock. A. Fuhrman, Superin
tendent. U. S. LA.KD OFFICE.
DOUGLAS AVE., COMMERCIAL HLOCK.
11. L Taylui:, Register; J. C. Kedhuld,
i.eCLlver. Ofiice hours lrom 'J to 12 a. n. and
trom 1 to 3 p. m.
COUJfTV SUHVEVOlt .
II. L. JACKSON.
C100XTY SURVEYOIL Leave your orders at
J the couuty clerk's odce, or call fit the West
Y ichita postouice. 46-ly
ATTOKNEYS.
e. u. jtwinr,
WICHITA, K.VNSAS.
SLUSS, STANLEY & HATTON,
ATTORNEYS, Wichita, Kansas.
41-tf
AiIOS IIAKU1S. K03. IIAKUIS.
HARRIS ft HARRIS,
ATTORNEYS AT Law. Wichita, Kansas.
f. Olllce In the buililingoccupicd by the IT. S.
Laud Olllce. IOaxs Neootiated on improved
lands In Sedgwick and Sumner Counties, at ten
per cent, interest with pri ilegc-of paying off at
any time. Commission reasonable. Abstracts
furnished and papers executed w ithout charge.
35-
V. 6. ADAMS. O tO. II. ENGLISH. II. O. IIUGGLE3.
ADAMS, ENGLISH & RUCCLES,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
Wichita, Kansas, will practice in all the
courts of the 13th J udicial District, Supreme Court
or the state, and the United states District and
Circuit Court of Kansas. 11-If
J. M. HALDERSTON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Wichita, Sedgwick
county, Kansas. Olllce In Centenial Hlock,
over Alcy's Shoe Store. ap2C-ly
J. F. LAUCK,
A TTORXET-AT-LAW, first dosr south of U.
Ax S. Land Ollicc, in Commercial Hlock.
Wichita, Kansas, Special attention given to all
kinds ol business connected with tho V. S. Land
Office. 15-tf
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W. R. KIRKPATR1CK,
A
TTORXEY AT LAW, Wichita, Sedvick
County, Kansas. 48-tf
VllYSWIAXS.
DR. McKlNNEY.
BOTANIC FI1Y5IC1AN& OHSTETIilCIAN.
Especial attention given to Chronic. Diseases
oi both male and fmale. Also Chronic Rheum
atism and scrofula, charges reasonable. Office
on Douglas avenue. Residence corner Mead ave.
and Second street, Wichita, Kaa. 23-lf
DRS. LONGSDORF fc STIPP,
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OMCEOPATHISTS. Office on Main stct.
over . C. Woodman's store, ichita.
T. H. SHANNON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON-lt Main street,
near First, Wichita, Kansas. 15-15-17
DR. C. C. FURLEY,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office, Dong
lasavenue, entrance cast of Mainstreet, up
stairs (oyer Allen ft Tucker's Store ) 12-tt
DR. E. B. ALLEN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office Centen
nial Hlock, Wichita, Kansas. 3-
DR. HENDRICKSON,
(U. S. Examining Surgeon)
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office No.
Main Street.
4-S-ly
DENTISTS.
J. C. DEAN,
D
ENTIST Office Douglas Avenue, opposite
siccie a. Lcvya ian t ujuce. i-tr.
DR. W. L. DOYLE,
DENTIST Office ovcrMathew'sJewelry store,
Centennial Hlock, 'Wichita. 41-tf
VETElUN'AltY.
C. G. THOMPSON,
VETERINARY SURGEONS. Will treat all
lmreca intrusted in their care in the most
scientific innncr. Office In star, Llcry and Sale
Stable, corner .Market and Douglas Avenue,
Wichita, Kansas. 10-
ItHAL ESTATE.
G. W REEVES,
(Clerk of the District Court)
SEAL ESTATE, INSURANCE and Collecting
Agent, Wichita. Kansas. Collections made
taxes paid. All business entrusted to my
oarc will receive prompt attention. 41-tf
JNO. EDWIN MARTIN,
SKOKEK and dealer In Real Estate, Notary
Public and Conveyancer, Agent State Line
inuhip Co., Attracts Furnished, Taxes paid
Loans Negotiated. Office at the Red Oval Sign,
wo. 70 Mala St., Lock Uox 301. Wichita, Sedg
Nlck county Kansas. 21-0m
TABLE OF DISTANCES
FROM THE
RICHEY HOUSE,
Different Towns and Post Offices in
Sedgioick, Sumner, Cowley
and Butler Counties.
SEDGWICK COCXTT.
To Milet.
Afton, sof w IS
Itlendon .' 18
DCTLEIt COCXTT,
To
Augusta, c
Henton, ne... ..,
Krowntown.e. ,
Hry-int, s of e
Care Springs.se,
Cornhill.c. . ..
Douglass, s ol e
Eldorado, ne .
Freedom, s of c.
Ilolden.ne ,
Indianoli, c. ...
Milet.
20
..10
a;
33
....28
. .21
,....25
. 30
....23
....23
....14
Clarion. ue.. .
.14
Clearwater, w of s.
Delano, w
Eldridge, nw
Kl Paso, cof s
Fayette, nw
Garden Plain, w . .
Grand Hivcr, sof v
Greenwich, n of c
Marshall, w
lowatille, ec
Jamesburg. n of T
Minueha, e
Mount Ilojie, n r .
Morton, s of V......
Ohio Centre, s. . . .
Park City, nw
Itlchey Kanch, w. .
Valley Centre, n.. .
.18
. 1
18
II
20
.17
20
IS
.20
.hi
.10
Little Walnut, e....
I-orena, s of e... .
Medona. sofe
Pendle, ne
PontUc, ne
Quito, ne
UoelIlll,be
Sjcamore Sji'ss, ne
Towanda, lie
Walnut, sc
Whitewater, ne.
COWLEY COCMT,
Aikansas City, se
Haltimore, se
Cabin Valley, se..
Cedarvale, se
Dexter, se
Grouse Creek, st...
Lazettc.ec
Little Dutch, s.. .
Maple City, se ..
XcwSalem.se
NInnescab, e of s.
Otto, sc
Polo, se
Uedbud, se
Kock, se
Silver Dale, se
lisdale, se
Venion.se .
23
8
2S
..23
16
..10
.21
..11
-.13
Waco, s
ECUXEJt COCXTr.
Alton.
...5C
Areyle. s
llellcPlaine, c. .
Caldwell, s
Chicaskia, w of 8.
Gulph, eof f
Hessville, s
nttleton, e ol s...
. .55
..48
..45
..4S
..21
ionaon
18
Linglcltcr Kanch, s. .30
Milan, s
Oxford, e of 8 .. ..
tolling Grt en ts
Home, s
SaltCitv, e ors
South liaen. s . .
Sunwer City, s
Wellington ((ill ) s
leager'surove,
inueld, se
E3" Our House Is located near the Df not. avoid
ing the transfer of baggage and bus fare.
All baggage transfered tree.
Good stables with the House. Free corral for
onr patrons.
Farmer' trade a 6pccialtr.
1 he tables arc furnished with the best the mar
ket affords, the beds excellent, and the proprie
tors always found tryins to please at the low rate
of $1.50 per day.
Klchoy Bros. Proprietors.
Wichita, Kansas, November 30, IsTO. 33-tf
SEWING MACHINES.
TB-EJ "WIIiSOIT Shnttle Sewing
Machine, see Vienna and Philadelphia awards.
General office and works, Chicago, Illinois.
A. II. AKMKNT. Agent.
First door North of First National Band build
ing, Wichita, Kanias. 42-3m
FURNITURE!
IF. BOSS,
Dej'cr in all kinds of Furniture, Etc., Etc.
East side Main Street, opposite National Hank
building. 41-
BRICKI BRICK!
SI
k
RICK in any ouantity for sale at my yards, on
the Little Arkansas Hivcr, north of Wichita.
All kinds of brick work dune on the shortest no-
fee. 112-tfl '- . PHILLIPS
"TvTO'KrTr'.'V" On well improved Farms
tq on five yeari time, or less,
tlOpcrccnt. Interest Com
J iO-AiN I mission lower than else
where. J. B. AVATKINS ft CO.
Hichita, Kansas.
Office with Kf gistcr of Deeds. 2C-tf
WANTED.
. JOI53 OF CAItPENTER AND JOINEIt WOKK
in the city of Wichita and surrounding country.
Farmers' Jobs a specialty. All work done with
neatness and dispatch. I guarantee to do all
work at 20 per cent, below present prices, for
cash. I reside In the fourth block ssuth of Dour
las avenue, on ituin street, east side, last heme
in th block. Day wsrk furnished at lowest
ratss. M-lj) K. B LAWKKKC.
MARBLE "WORKS,
All kinds of Monuments, Tombstones, Mantle,
Table Tops, etc. DAWSON ft ADAMS,
Shop on Main Street, nt Kimmerly's old stand,
Wichita, Kansas. 23-tf
WILLIAM A. DAILY.
Agentfor A.,T. & S. F. Railroad Lands,
MOVSTJWPZ, SEDGWICK CO.,KAXSAS.
These lands are among the choicest owned by
this company, and parties desiring homes should
sec them betorc purchasing. Long credit at low
rates of interest. No trouble to show lands. Loi
ters of inquiry promptly answered. 1-
WICHITA HOUSE,
CORNER DOUGLAS AND LAWRENCE AVE.
WICHITA, HZA3STS.
Livery and Feed Stables in connection Willi the
house.
C. G. THOMPSON.
G. 11. HILLARD,
j Fresjjfi.
THOMAS k GARRETT,
Houso Sign and Ornamental Painters.
WICHITA,
KANSAS.
Orders left with Murphy A Reilly will receive
prompt attention. Shop over Murphy ft Keilly'a
Store, Douglas Avenue. 6-tf.
REESE & SAWYER
Carpenters', Designers and Builders
Ao. 13 .Vain Street, near corner Dougla Av,
All 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!
MISS L. 1MARKHA1M.
On Main St., South of Douglas Avenne.
A large and well eolccted stock of Goodu
always to bo found.
U"Mlss Jennie Soult has charge of the dress
making department, and will guaranty satisfac
tion in all cases. 6-tf
3D. 33. EJVLnyCEieT,
(Formerly Receiver of Public Moneys,)
Ii-A.3sTI3 ATTOEKTET
REAL. ESTATE AGENT,
c:iutcs:iiL suer.
WICHITA, ziszis.
Especial attention given to practice in the local
Land Office and Interior Department. Also to
collection of claims, conveyancing and payment
of taxes for non-residents. 15-tf
Hedge! Hedge! Hedge! Hedge!
SIX Ilf.XDllID TlIOCSAXD
FIRST-CLASS HEDGE PLANTS!
Rnscd on his farm on Chlsholm creek for sale by
tf HENRr SCnWELTER.
O. 33Z. .33330T,
Architect, Contractor and Builder.
Scroll work, stair railings, and fancy work of
all kinds done S order and on short notice.
Archltcctual Designs (the latest works) on ex
hibition. I employ none but firit-cla s mechanics
and refer to the work already done in tlrls and
other cities as an earnest of our capacity.
Shop, Lawrence Ave., Wichita, Kan.
JnJ Reliable estimates made on contracts or
loses by fire 23-t
RICH FOR ONE DAY.
Charles Jones lived in Bunkersville.
He was strictly honest, consequently
ho was poor. Jones had, as many poor
riien have, n large family; and when
winter had arrived it found him out
of employment and almost out of
bread. By doing odd jobs, however,
he managed to keep body and soul to
gether. One morning he arose in
very low spirits: he was to eat his last
crumb of bread for breakfast.
"What must I do?" ho cried.
"Trust in Providence," answered liis
faithful wife, breaking in upon his
soliloquv.
"Well, I will. I'll go down street
and sec if I can get an odd job or two."
lie had scarcely gone a Bquare when
an acquaintance coining toward liifn
said :
"Hallo ! Jones, looking better than
usual this morning; no wondcr,thougn;
I believe I'd feel jolly too were 1 in
your place. Allow mo to congratu
late you, sir. '
Poor Jones was completely stag
gered; formcrlv ho had received only
a cool nod of recognition from Mr.
Williams; now it was a kind word,
and a hand offered to shake, and con
gratulated, tool And for what? He
could only stammer
"Mr. Williams, I I really 1
what do vou mean ?"
"Oh, of courso ! Expect you would
be proud and stuck up," exclaimed
Mr. William, adding, "Give you two
weeks to get over that."
And with this lucid explanation of
his conduct, Mr. Williams passed on.
"He's crazy !"' exclaimed Jones.
While looking in amazement at the
retreating form of the supposed ma
niac, a hand lightly touched his shoul
der, which caused" him to turn and
face Mr. Graball.
"How are you, Jones ? Glad to sec
you." said "Graball, extending his
hand.
"I am pret pretty we well," es
sayed the astonished Jones.
"Of course you are," continued
Graball. "And'how modestly you as
sume your new role ! I'll tell you
Jones; you know you wanted to bor
row twenty-fivo dollars of me the oth
er day; I didn't happen to have it just
then'but yesterday I collected my
rents; so this 'morning, when I sat
down to make out your check, I
thought I might as well make it fifty
instead of twenty-five."
Thrusting the check into Jones'
hand, he was about to depart, when
he added
"I forgot, Jones; my wife says you
must dine with us next Sunday. Be
sure to come, and bring your wife and
children."
As Graball whisked out of sight,
Jones tried to collect his thoughts.
After a miserable attempt, he datcr
miucd to go home and consult his wife;
6hc might solve the riddle that puz
zled him.
Arriving home, amazement was only
to be succeeded by wonder and sur
prise, for in passing through the hall
into the kitchen, he found his wife
unheadliiir a barrel of flour, and his
daughter putting away a lot of beef.
"Is it vou, Charles?" said his wife.
"I don't know, Mary; just stick me
with a pin, till I see."
with a pin, tin l see."
"No, indeed, I shall not!
think of it, Charles ! The gr
up this barrel of Hour this
1HK JUSl
groces sent
morning
that he refused to trust us for last
week, and the butcher's boy stopped
with some meat, when you know he
has refused us all along. When I
akcd him what was tho matter, he
only winked and said wc could settle
at the end of tho month. Mrs. Stingy,
our neighbor, sent in two pounds of
butter, saying she was sorry slic didn't
have it yesterday when we wanted to
borrow a cupful, but as her butter
man had just come, she could spare
us two pounds."
"And I've got a check for fifty dol
lars 1" And Jones, overcome by such
munificence, sat dowi. and gasped for
breath.
"I wonder what it means?" faintly
inquired Mr. Jones.
"Give it up 1" shouted Jones, de
spairing of ever solving the riddle.
Suddenly a loud knock was heard at
the front door.
"If that is any person with a corner
house and lot, rcluso it! Tell them
we won't have it !" yelled Mr. Jones
at his wife, as she rushed to see who
it was. "Oh, it is you, is it I" he said,
in a relieved tone, as Miss Tellall, the
village gossip, was ushered in.
"Of course it is! But law me! I
won't get mad at that. I told brother
James that I expected you would bo
kind of fussy like and "excited; almost
every one is that has fortuuo left
them."
"What fortune, madam?" demand
ed Jones.
"Yes, what fortune ?" added Mrs.
Jones.
"You don't mcau to tell me you
don't know that a fortune has been
left vou ? Well, I'll read it to you."
Miss Tellall then pulled out the
"Bunkersville Beacon," and read as
follows :
"Wc arc glad to know that our
friend, Charles Jones, has come into a
handsome fortune, left him by an un
cle who recently died in England.
Good luck could not have fallen upon
a more worthy man. Wc congratu
late him."
"That was what Williams wanted
to do. but 1 thought he was crazy,"
moaned Jones.
"This accounts for it all, then," ex
claimed the practical Mrs. Jones.
"Miss Tellall, this is a groat mistake.
I have no fortune left me," said Jones.
"And further, I never had an uncle in
England; it's some other Jones."
"Law me I do tell I Well, I'll go
home and tell the folks, so they won't
worry about you. You see thoy
thought you might bo sick, and would
need careful nursing. But you haven't
cot a fortune vou arc not sick, are
you ? Xo ? Well, then, good by ?"
"I knew it," laconically exclaimed
Jones, as Miss Tellall departed.
"Knew what ?" asked his wife.
"That there was a power behind
the throne."
"Charles," said Mrs. Jones, "hadn't
you better go down and see the editor
of that paper? Perhaps ho can ex
plain." "A wise suggestion, my dear, and
one which 1 will immediately im
prove." The next morning the "Bunkers
ville Beacon" contained tho following
correction :
"In yesterday's issue wc said Ch vrlcs
Jones had como into a fortune. That
gentleman called upon us and wanted
to know when it was. Wc told him it
was a. mistake a typographical err r
that was all. It "should have been
Janes. Wc appeased Mr. Jones' dis
appointment by giving him the papir
free for one year, but would say ihi
is the only case in which wc shall tlc
viatcfrom our rule of two dollai a
year in advance."
"Ho needn't have spoken of his
charity so prominently," commented
Jones, after reading the paragraph.
"Certainly he shouldn't," replied
Mrs. Jones. '"But then we can't help
it now. Well, I'll send that butter of
Mrs. Stingy's home."
"Yes; and you had better tell her
that we appreciated "
"What! the butter? No, Charles,
It's altogether too strong."
"If you would have allowed me to
finish, I would have added that we
appreciated tho motive which prompt
ed ner to ue so Kinu "
bU lltl IU UG QU IWIliU "
''Law me !" interrupt
''You can take it yonrsc
ted Mrs. Jones.
pelf if vou want
a person to be so ver lino,
"ISever mind; wu won't quarrel
about it."
Jones, after he had found out the
reason ol all his cxccEsiyo kindness,
went to Graball and offered up the
nlm.!.- xvhipli lind hppn jrivnn him. But
i...i,nii cow fi,ot lm hnd lionn f.intriit
vait.uu,, o... ...- "r r .
l. I.Ie nnrii fimiilitv. mill tliniifrit tie
oest way to get out oi u wim griicu i
r . . -..- -. ...t. .. .-
himself was to make a present of the
money to Jones. But Jones wouldn't
listen to that; so it was settled that
the money was to be loaucd.and Jones
was to take his own time to pay it.
After paying the butcher and grocer
he had a 'neat sum left which served
for all present necessities; ami soon
after business picked up and Jones
obtained a permanent situation.
Ho and his wifo often laugh over the
time when ho was rich for a day.
A Singular Cass.
A Pennsylvania paper tells the fol
lowing :
"A short time since, a gentleman re
siding in this vicinity, went to .Phila
delphia and put up at a hotel, and
while resting after tea in tho recep
tion room, ovorhcajd two gentlemen
conversing in regard to a trial then in
progress before one of the courts of
that city. Our neighbor learned from
this conversation that a man had ob
tained moucv upon his wife's proper
ty, the wife giving a mortgage. The
money was spent in dissipation, the
wife became a maniac, and was con
fined to an asylum; the husband died,
and the children of the unfortunate
couple were furnished with a guardi
an by the court who was maintaining
the suit then being tried, against the
holder of the mortgage, on the ground
that the wife was not of legal age
when the instrument was executed.
The gentleman knew that a niece of
his who left tho vicinity when a child,
had married a man of the same name
as tho one mentioned, and he conclud
ed to investigate. He made his way
to the court house the following
morning, and to his intense surprise
and gratification was the very person
needed to establish to a certainty the
age of the unfortunate woman, and to
save her worse than orphaned chil
dren's property, valued at twenty-five
hundred dollars."
A Valnablo Antique Inscription.
In the Hippodromo at Constantino
ple may still be seen the remains of a
venerable trophy of the Persian war,
the bronze serpent which, with tho
gold tripod it supported; was dedicat
ed to the Delphian Apollo by the
allied Greeks after tho victory at Pla
ta3a, as a tenth of the Persian spoil.
On the bronze serpent, which served
as a pase for the tripod, the Lacedae
monians inscribed the names of the
Hellenic Staics which took a part in
repelling the barbaric invader. The
golden tripod perished long ago in the
sacrilegious plunder of Delphi by the
Phocians, but the bronze serpent re
mained in its original position until
removed by Constantino the Great to
decorate, with other spoils of Hclla;,
his new seat of empire at Byzantium.
Here it has remained in the Hippo
drome till our own time, not un
scathed, for the last of the three heads
of the serpent has long since disap
peared, but tho list of Greek States in
scribed on the intertwined folds of the
body remains perfectly legible to this
day, having been fortunately preserved
from iniury by the accumulation of
soil in the Hippodrome. This earth
concealed about two-thirds of the ser
pent till the excavation made in the
Hippodromo in 1S55, when tho inscrip
tion was first brought to light. As
the date of the battle of Plattca was
B. C. 179, it may bo assumed that the
setting up of tho tripod took place
shortly afterward. Thus the inscrip
tion would not bo later than B. C. -17C.
Of hardly inferior interest is the
bronze hc'mlct found at Olympia early
in this century, which, as its inscrip
tion tells us, wo3 part of a trophy ded
icated by lliero I., of Syracuse, after
his great naval victory over the Tyrr
heniians, B. C. 474. Olympia contin
ues to yield results as promising as
the discoveries which have distin
guished the first months of this enter
prise, we may hope that many similar
records of Hellenic triumphs may be
found in the rich soil of the Altis.
Old Cloth83.
Nothing Eccnis to bo so thoroughly
used up as old clothes. The buying
and selling of cast-oft" apparel is a great
business in Loudon. Usual! the old
garments are freshed up by dye-stuff,
pressed and otherwise doctored for the
market. The process is called clobber
ing and in itself is a business. The
better class of old dress coats, when
nicely clobbered, have a respectable
apycarance. Clerks with poor salaries
waiters, small tradesmen and curates
with mengro stipends, are among the
purchasers." Coats and woolen gar
ments which have done good service,
are exported to Ireland and Holland,
where you may sec them in great
quantities for 6aic at the fiirsand mar
kets. Woolon garments may be dis
posed of time after timo; they arc at
length no lougsr possible, and then
comes a total revolution in their char
acter; the buttons arc taken off, the
linings are torn out, and what remains
of the fabric is ground bv machinery
into "devil's dust." This is the first
in what may be called the resurrection
in old clothes. When a coat will not
so much as hang together to dress up
a ecatccrow, it will still make down
into very good shoddy as tho devil's
dust is politely named. Tho meaning
of this is that tho garment is torn up
by the toothed wheels into a condition
of looso fibros, which, on being prop
erly sifted, are mixed with fresh wool,
carded, spun, ami woven into cloth.
This is a triumph of art! The shoddy
or mungo, as it is sometimes called, af
ter being fit for the dung-heap, is in
corporated into what appears to be ex
ceedingly beautiful cloth, and is again
proudly exhibited as Sunday clothes
on the backs of thousands of wearers.
Hcirty Breikfastj.
In a large majority of cases it will
be found that tho best and heartiest
meal in the day should be eaten in tho
morning. If the closing repast of the
day has not been eaten too late, or has
not been excessive in quantity or indi
gestible in quality, the stomach will
be rested and active after the individ
ual has had a cool bath. The stomach
will then respond quickly to the nec
essary gastric juice for the solution of
food, and if a fair amount of exercise
is taken during the day, a large mass
of food will be assimilated and con
verted into blood and tissue. With a
good substantial breakfast, no greater
amount of food will bo required dur
ing the remainder of the day. One
other meal will be ample and that
might better be taken from two to
three o'clock in the afternoon than at
any later poriod.
The breakfast maybe made from any
kind of wholesome food, ami the fewer
kinds the better. The dinner should
be light and readily digested if sound
sleep is desired, and strong appetite
and perfect powers of digestion next
day. Ono "square meal" in every
twenty-four hours is all that can be
taken "caro f by many weak stomachs
and more than this is in excess and in
duces headache, nausea and distress.
If dinners were abandoned, and espe
cially late and heavy dinners, myriads
of dyspeptics would be cured.
Mr. Edward Everett Hale says that
he has "within 6ix months talked with
a highly-cultivated American woman.
who did not know tho dilicrcucc be
tween a Senator and Representative in
Congress." And. he "went into a pub
lic school one day ami a-ked a question
about the b title of Brandy wine, to
find that tho class had never heard ol
it, and was only amused by the Jroll
ness of the name.
Popular MisUkss About War.
A popular impression has gained
.1.- -.. iri. .. ij
uui luiicy uiui. viuii. aauon.ci sutrautu
i
in succeeded in surprising Gen. Leo at
tho battle of Chanccllorsville, in his
crossing of the river Rappahannock.
Gen. Lee said to me during the ten
days I stayed with him in 1867: "I was
much surprised to see your history of
that battlo favor such an idea. It was
no secret move of Gen. Hooker's. As
ho was situated it was impossible to
tell whether he menaced Fredericks
burg or my communications. I had to
wait till ne showed his nana, as he did
in crooking" trie river, to make proper
preparations to oppose him. Indeed,
real surprises in war aro much lcs
common than is usually supposed."
With the above incident, in his lecture
'ntemiiiiscences of a War Correspond
ent," delivered before the Brooklyn
Teachers' Association recently, Prof.
William Swiutou,au ex-war correspon
dent, illustrated how necessary it is for
historians to carefully study both sides
"The common misconception of what
battles really are arc sometimes very
ludicrous," said the lecturer. "An ar
tist once asked mo to criticise his pic
ture of Gen. Sheridan as ho appeared
directly after his famous rido. Gen.
Sheridan was made to appear like a
very Mars, whom he does not much re
semble. He has more of a Punch and
Judy clement in his character. In the
picture ho sat on a colossal charger,
was dressed in faultless garb, had on
epaulettes, and a typical military hat
with white plume, and flourished in
his hand the traditional 'brand.' llir.
soldiers were in the form of a phalanx.
I felt like turning two or three somer
saults round the studio, but contented
myself with telling the artist his pic
tifre would more truly represent the
original,if Sheridan were painted with
a crumpled army cap, wjtli spatters of
mud instead of spangles on his clothes
audjlus men in two small irregular lines
behind trees, stumps and rocks. A re
spected Xew York editor, now de
ceased," continued the lecturer, "visit
ed the front with a stove pipe hat.
That hat became thciinmcdiatc subject
for fun and chaffing. 'Come out of
that hat,' one soldier says. Another,
'I know you're in it because I sec your
legs dangling tlowu.' bull another,
'Boys, he's ono of them fellows that
goes up North and writes cords about
us being eager for the fray.' In one
of Grant's most important interviews
with Gen. Sheridan the conversation
ran much like this: 'Are vou ready,
Phil?' 'Yes.' 'Well, go in'.' Scores
of important interviews between gen
erals were no more magniloquent than
this."
Tho Steam Doril.
We often used to say, writes Mr.
Barkley in his work on Bulgaria,while
constructing the lino, "Won't tho loco
motive astonish the Turks when it first
begins to run ?" At last tho dav ar
rived, and, as we went up and down
tho first few miles, whistling loudly,
we cast our eyes up to the town above
to sec the crowds null out. Twenty
or thirty slipshod rayahs came loung
ing out", and a few Turkish children,
but not one full grown person, and
those we passed hardly looked at the
train, and showed no astonishment.
After the trains had been running a
month I asked my servant, Murtapha,
what he thought ol it. lie answered :
'Tchellaby, I havo not yet seeu it;; I
am a man and don't go running after
vights like a child."
'Man or child, Mustapha, if you
don't go and see it to-morrow, by Al
lah, I will makci you eat pork 1 for 1
wotfl live with snuh an uninteresting
fool."
lie did ro and look ncxtdav.and not
only that, but afterward over a cup of
coliec at tho kalm listened to a lecture
on steam engine, delivered cy a Turk
who quite understood them.
"They may be very fine thing,
Tchellaby, and you English may make
them useful ; but God defend a Mus
sulman from having any thing to do
with them. We don't like devils and
their works, even if wc could catch
one, and are quite content with the
means of locomotion wc now possess
Nothing can equal a horse, and a bul
lock cart is good enough for any one."
What do you mean about devils ?"' 1
asked.
"Why, Tchellaby, is it not a fact, as
tho lecturer told us, that in England
you trap a strong young devil, and
shut him up in a great tire-box on
wheels, where you induce him to turn
a crank connected with the wheels,
and pay him for doing so by giving
him cold water to allay his tortures!"
I afterward talked to lots of villagers
about this, and found the deril theory
had taken deep root, and often 1 have
seen a man stripped scouring and rub
bing at his garments, because a drop
of water from a passing locomotivo
had fallen on them, which he believed
to have been produced by the devil
spitting.
American Punch.
The present situation in tho Electo
ral College is un-Prcsideut-cd. Com
mercial Advertiser.
Millions of capital arc said to be ly
ing idle in a New York bank vault.
Well, whojc ftult is it. San Francisco
Alta.
Daniel Webster might have worn
white duck pants in December and still
people would have thovght him great.
Andrew's Bazaar.
Now the' arc fighting over the wo
man preacher question again. As if
Aaron was any better than Hur in tho
priesthood. Philadelphia Bulletin.
The only diffcrenco between Cham
berlain and Ilamplouis that ono is try
ing to mako troops of friends and tho
other friends of troops. Washington
Nation.
Tho great question of the present is
whether it is better to carry two
pounds of dried apples or a bar of 10
cent soap to the annua! donation at the
minister's house. Koine Sentinel.
The Norwich girl who promised to
marry an ancient admirer if iilucn
was "elected, is on tho ragged edge.
She is growing old, and several coun
ties arc yet to bo heard from. Worces
ter Press.
Probably the sickest man ou the face
of the earth is paragraphcr who, read
iusr his own column, discovers that a
joke isn't halfassmast as he thought
it was when ho wrote it. Mew lorK
Herald.
No, bub, wc can't remember the
name of the man who first iuveutod
the art of leading his son to expect a
pair of skates at Christmas ami then
tilled his stockings with five cents
worth of pop corn. Detroit Free
Pres3.
The gooso bone and muskrat associ
ation lias held its regular annual meet
ing and declares that, notwithstanding
any thing Professor Tice may say to
tho contrary, this is going to be an" ex
traordinarily mild and rigorous winter
Hawkeye."
There was a reformer named Hewitt,
Who lied like a pirate and knew it ;
When lie said wli.it was true,
U is acquaintances knew
That heM take the first ch-iucr to undj it.
llaicltije.
The humiliation of the defeated can
didate is only equalled by the feeling
of the one-eyed lover that goe3 court
ing and discovers, just after ringing
the bell of his inamorata's door, that
his glass eye is lying on the dressing
stand at home. licvnolds Herald.
A little boy in Springfield, Massa
chnsctts. after his customary evening
prayer, a night or two ago, continued,
'rnd bless mama and Jenny and Uncle
Beuny," adding, after a" moment's
pause, the explanatory leinaik, "his
name is Hopkins."
Japanese Amusements.
How the Japanese amuse themselves
is thus told by a Japan paper: "A
largo paper screon hangs down at the
edge of the platform. Suddonly flutes
arc blown and drums beaten, and then
five or six trunks of green pine trees
aypcar on this paper screen; after
which a man habited in a ceremonial
dress, with a Ycboshi on his head,
a bell in his right hand and a fan in his
left. He mover his eyes and eyebrows
about, rings tho bell, flourishes the fan
and dances so gracefully to the accom
panying music, that the spectators are
misled into the belief that it is real
flesh and blood performing for their
edification. In a moment the shadow
vanishos , and immediately after a va
riety of bcautifui trees and lovely
plants make their appearance. There
aro plum trees, chrysanthemums, peo
nies and lotusc, all of which arc made
to nroduco buds and blossoms and
charming flowers to the astonishment
of tho beholders, who manifest their
approbation by frequent and loud ap
plause. The s'ecne changes ; the gar
dcu disappears, and in ils place Is a
temple adorned with red and white
(lags, and lighted by rows of small
lanterns. Worshippers are visible,
passing to and fro, throwing in their
cash and praying. The music stop;
the worshippers have all disappeared,
ft is night midnight. Hark ! There
breaks upon the ear the footmen's cry
of wakiyorc ! (give way.) It is the
procession of loxcs, they proceed very
slowly: some are carrying mats; oth
ers lighting the processsrou by torches
held between their teeth; more arc
currying wooden sticks and bamboo
pole's. Nhis procession is that of a
lady fox who is on her way to be mar
ried; and as soon as it has passed
through the torii, all the foxes arc
transformed into men, the mats into
boxes, torches to lanterns, bamboo
poles to spears, and the wooden sticks
to kago uorimono. The procession
passes over the screen anil vanishes.
The ghost oi Kassano (a wopian of that
name who was murdered by her hus
band) is next introduced. In a room
hut dimly lighted is seated? beside a
shelf on which is a tablet in commem
oration of the dead, the murderer
Yovemon. He strikes a bell and re
peats a prayer, after which the face of
the ghost appears on the 6creen, from
which emanate reproachful words.
Tho face alternately changes from a
deadly pallor to a healthy hue, from
large to small, and so on. Anon it is
of huge size; from tho mouth bursts
forth a stream of blood, while the
eyes flash forth angrv glances. At
this stage of the proceedings, the emi
nent priest, Y'utcn, approachcs,repeats
a prayer, flourishes his rosary and tho
spirit vanishes. Buddha then comes
down from heaven in a cloud; and tho
spirit of the murdered woman is seen
sitting on the petals of a flower, being
now a Ilotoke. All is brilliantly illu
minated by the light from heaven, and
lovely flowers are seen in full bloom.
Story of a Parrot.
Exaggerated ideas of the intelligence
of parrots' have been entertained by
somo who, misled by the amusing ap
positeuess with which they often utter
the sentences they have learned' to
speak, have too hastily concluded that
they understand tho meaning of what
they say. There is, indeed, a well
known and often repeated story of a
parrot in Brazil which excited much
speoulat ion 200 years ago, and which
Locke thought worthy of a place in
the minds of a gravo philosophical
discussion in his Essay on the Human
Understanding, which has been regard
ed as indicating something of this
kind ; but it is not moro. wonderful
than many other trustworthy anec
dotes of parrots, which may easily be
easily explained by supposing these
birds to possess as they" certainly do
possess, in common with many other
animals memory and association of
ideas. Locke quotes the story from
Sir William Temple's Momoirs of
what passed in Christendom from 1372
to 1607. Sir William Temple says: "I
had a mind to know from Prince Mau
rice's own mouth the account of a
common but much credited story that
I had heard so often from many others
of an old parrot he had in Brazil, dur
ing his government there, that spoke
and asked and answered questions like
a reasonable creature; so,that those in
his train there generally concluded
it to be witchery or possession." He
accordingly asked Prince Maurice
about the" matter, who told him that
having heard of the parrot ho sent for
it, and that when it was brought into
the room where he was, with a great
many Dutchmen about him, it pres
ently exclaimed: "What company of
whito men arc here!" They asked
what it thought that man wa3,poining
to the Prince. The parrot answered :
"Some general or othor." When they
brought it close to him, he asked :
'Whence come you?" It answered:
"From Marinnaii." The Prince then
said: "To whom do you belong?"
The parrot answered : "To a Portu
gese." The Princo asked "What do
you do there?" The parrot said: "I
look after the chickens." The Prince
laughed and said . "You take care of
tho chickens ?" Tho parrot replied :
"Yes; and I know well enough how to
do it;" and began -to cluck like a hen
calling chickens. Tho parrot appears
only to havo been a well-trained bird,
accustomed to say certain thing', and
ready to say them, and them only, on
ocrassons such as arose from the pres
ence of the Prince and his attendants
and the questions addressed to it.
A Model Factory Village.
John G. Richardson, the great man
ufacturer of linens, scents to havo suc
cessfully solved the problem of giving
employment to a community of 4,000
persons, while at the samo time greatly
benefitting them by surrounding them
with every incqntivc to temperanao
and moral restraint. Mr. Bichardson
is the owner of 8,000 acres of land at
ISessbrook, Ireland, on which are quar
ries of blue granite and fiirui3 that are
successfully worked, and in the midst
of which is the village of Bcssbrook,
with the great mill, office, and ware
houses of the Bes3brook Spinning
Company. JTho village is laid out with
streets that are lined with little cot
tages for workmen, with larger houses
for the mill officials-, and there is also
a beautiful villa occupied by the own
er of tho vast estate. Every cottage
has a door-yard decorated with beau
tiful flowor's.and the property includes
a public square to add to its attractive
ness. There arc shops of different
kinds for the salo of articles required
to meet the wants of the villagt, but
the salo of beer and ardent spirits is
forbidden, and there is not a police of
ficer, a police judge, or a police station
in tho village, nor a pawn shop.
The different denominations, of
which thcro are live (including the
Catholics) all livo together in harmony
and four churches stand in close prox
imity upon a hill that looks out upon
a bcautifui landscape, with its green
fields and undulating surface as far as
the distant Newry mountains. The
streets of the village are kept scrupu
lously clean, and tho whole aspect ol
the place is one of extreme neatness.
A Promise.
A 'promise should be given" with
caution, and kept with care. A prom
ise should be made with the heart, and
remembered by the head. A promise
is the offspring of the intention, and
should be nurtured by recollection.
A promise and its performance should
like a true balance, always present a
mutual adjustment. A "promiso de
layed is justice deferred. A promise
neglected is an untruth told. A prom
iso attcnJe.l to is a debt settled.
A Diviner of Hidden Gold.
George Jonc", a negro sixty-one
years of age, living in Nashville, who
believes himself possessed of the su
pernatural power of defining the situ
ation of minerals beneath the surface
of the eatth, is working in a cave he
discovered a few weeks ago near Fori
Negley. Jones has only one mat.
working with him now, and is blast
ing through the door, which is of ce
ment and soapstoue. The first cave
is twenty feet long and fourteeen
wide. A door opens into the second
cave, in which a six-horse wagnn
could turn around. The treasure is
in this one, and a stream runs between
the two veins of metal, which are fif
teen feet apart.
He has a cave on the Clinton turn
pike, where he worked several mouths
but was unable to reach the hidden
treasure. He leased tho property up
on which it is situated for tweun
years, lie has live caves in IIalle's
Bend, fourteen miles from the city b
land, and near the banks of tho Upper
Cumberland. He ha3 dug thirty tuct
in one of these cave, which is sixt
feet long and fifteen wide, and found
every thing to lie just as he said it
was before he commenced work. A
largo bank is in the center of this cave
with a two-foot path around it. It i
situated directly over the vein of gold
whichis from four to five feet below
the level of the floor of the caye, and
under a largo stone, through which he
will have to blast ere ho secures the
fortune.
Strength, of Materials.
Gold mav be hammered so that it is
only 1,300,000th of an inch thick. A
grain of iron mav be divided into 4,
000,000 parts. Still chemistry tells us
there arc ultimalo parts called atomi
or molecules, which are absolutely in
divisible. These atoms arc attracted
to each other by the attraction of co
hesion, and repelled by the force of
repulsion. By the action of both these
forces the atoms are kept in a state of
rest. The soliditv of a solid depends
on the fact that each pair of atoms is
in this state of equilibrium, an iron
bar would support its own weight if
stretched out to a length of three
and one-half miles. A bar of steel was
once made that would sustain its own
weight if extended to a length of thir
teen and one-half miles. Our ideas of
great or small are no guide to be used
iu judging f what is truly great and
small in nature. The Bunker Hill
monumont might be built over a mile
high without crushing the stones at
its base. When bars of iron are
stretched until they break, those
which are strongest increase iif length
less than the weaker ones. A piece of
wood, having a breadth and thicknes
of four feet, if supported it its ends,
would be bent one uiillioueth of an
inch by a weight of three pounds
placed at its center, and a weight of
one-tenth of an ounce would bend it
one seven millioncth of an inch.
Learn About tho Pah;.
Every intelligent person should
know "now to ascertain the state of
the pulse in health; then by compar
ing it with what its when he is ailing,
he may have sojie idea of the urgency
of his'casc. Parents tdiould know the
'healthy pulse of each child as now
and then a person is born with a pe
culiarly slow or fat pulse, aud the
very case in hand may be of that pe
culiarity. An infant's pulse is one li.iudred
aud forty; a child of seven, about
eighty; and from twenty to sixty years
it is seventy beat a minute, declining
to seventy at fourscore. A healthful
grown person's pulse beats seventy
times in a minute; there may bo good
health down to sixty; but if the pujse
alwas exceeds seventy there is a dis
ease;" the machine is working itself
out, there is a fever or iullamatiou
somewhere, and the body is feeding
ou itself; as in consumption, when the
pulse is quick, that is, over seventy,
gradually increasing with decreased
chances of cure, until it reaches one
hundred and ten or one hundred and
twenty, when death comes beforo
many "days. When the pulse is over
seventy for mouths aud there is a
slight cough the lungs are affected.
Taking His Pic's.
Bratlloboro people tell this for a
fact : "A widower in Windham county
not far from Brattleboro, who was
groatly in need of a housekeeper, rode
day after in vain search for a hired
girl. At last, almost discouraged, he
drew up at a small dwelling among
tho hills: 'Can you tell me where I
can get a woman to do tho work in a
farm house ?' 'Where aro ye from?'
asked the old man, viewing the hand
some horse and buggy with a critical
air. 'My name is , and I am from
.' 'Oh, ya's; I've hcarn of ye: ye
lost yer wife" a spell ago. Well, I'vo
got six gals good gals, too and ycr
may take yer pick among them for a
wife; they wouldn't none on 'cm think
of going out tor work. Should as full
as lives you should take Hannah, be
cause she's tho oldest, aud her chance
ain't quite so good, seeing as 6he's
near-sighted, and can't hear sovcry
well. But, if ye don't want her, ye
can take ycr pick o' Pothers.' Tho
widower went in, selected the bn3t
looking one. drovo to the justice's, was
married, aud carried home that night
a permanent housekeeper, who prove
so far to be.in every way satisfactory."
Writing in ths Dirk.
Tho noctograph is a simple invention
by means of which any one may write
iu the dark with case, and is conse
quently a blessing to those whose eyes
arc overworked. It may be made by a
child. A board of smooth black wal
nut, eleven incites iu lougth by ten
inches in width, has upon it a walnut
frame like a slate frame, somewhat J
smaller than the board. Board aud
frame are fastened together by small
hinges. From side to side of the frame
are stretched sixteen small brass wires
and one can writo between them, the
wires scruiug not to guide the hand
exactly, but to prevent the running to
gether of the lines. It isbest to use
ordinary soft paper and a led pencil.
The paper is held in place by the frame
which shuts down upon the board as
one side of a double slate shuts upon
the other. True, one may acquire the
habit of writing in tho dark without
any such aid, but this noctograph sim
plifies matters. There are mauy who.
from various causes, find it impossible
to write by a bright light, and to them
wcrccomfneud the use of the Hecto
graph. i
Increasing Fatality of Small Pox.
Says the London correspondent of
tbe Liverpool Post : Small pox ap
pears to be more fatal than it used to
be. That is to say, when a patient is
attacked by this disease, the chances
of a fatal issue arc greater than they
were. This fact, however, does not
diminish the value of vaccination, for
whereas of the 087 completed hospital
cases iu London this year, 512 were
vaccinated, and the mortality among
these was thirteen per cent,, in the im
vacinated cases, t!io mortality was fifty-seven
per cent., more than four
times as great. Thus, the very lact of
small pox being more severe "than ol
old is a reason the more, not a reason
the less, why vaccination should be
used. The 'London doctors are some
.times accused of favoring vaccination
in order to increase their fees; but
they enjoy a remarkable immunity
from small pox, though so often
brought into contact with it. This is
because they hive so much fa ih in
the prophylact c that they are the fir.t
always to get their households rc-vav
cinnated.
Tho Brains of Criminals.
The subject is an important one,
both from a physiological and psycho
logical point of view, and it is to be
hoped tha't more extended and more
precise inquiries will be made upon it,
for the remits which Dr. Benedict ha
obtained, though very important are
not sufficiently numerous to warrant
my large induction' Up to the pres
ent time Dr. Benedict has examined
the brains of sixteen criminals, all of
which, on comparison with the healthy
brain, he finds to be abnormal. Not
only has ho found that these brains
deviate from the normal type, and ap
proach toward that of lower animals,
but hchas been able to classify them,
and with them the skulls in which
they were contained, iu three catego
ries. These consist du : First, ab
sence of symmetry between the two
halves of the brain; second, an exces
iye obliquity of the anterior part ol
brain or skull iu fart, a constitution
upward of what wo term a sloping
forehead; third, a distinct lessening ol
the posterior part of the skull iu Up
long diameter, and with it a diminu
tion iu size of the posterior cerebral
lobes, so that, as in the Iowcrauim.ils,
they aro not large enough to hide the
ceiebullum. In all lhcc peculiarities
tho criminal's brain and skull arc dis
tinctly of a lower type than those of
normal men, and the interesting ques
tion arises, now far are tho evil acts
of the criminal to he attributed to
this retrograde development? Dr.
Watts can pardon the vicious propen--ilics
of "bears and lions," on the
ground that "God had made them so."
If he had forseen these new inquiries
he mi"ht have fe't less hopeful when
he bade his little it'adcr not to "let
their angry passions rise." The re
sults of Dr. Benedict's researches, if
confirmed by further examinations,
will do much too shake many beliefs
now firmly fixed. Medical xamincr.
Wrstshed Writers.
Napoleon I. had so little mastery
over his pen that his letters from Ger
many to Josephine, were at first sight
taken for rough maps of tho seat of
war. Mr. Brooks, a railroad manager
wrote to a man living ou the Central
route, threatening to prosecute him
forthwith unless he removed a barn he
had run upon the company's property.
the recipient did read the letter, for
reading it was impossible.buthe made
out the signature, and arrived at the
conclusion that the manager had fa
vored him with a free pass along the
line. As such he used it for a couple
of years, no conductor on tho route
being able to dispute his reading of
the document II. W. Becchor can
hardly be considered a model scribe,
seeing that one of his daughters own
ed that her three guiding rules in copy
ing his manuscript were, to remember
that if a letter was dotted it was not
an i; if a letter was crossed it was not
a t; and if a word began with a capi
tal it did not bcirin a sentence.
A man was landed at the ferry dock
the other day dripping wet and shiv
ering till the rattle of his teeth could
be heard forty feet away. When taken
into a saloon to thaw out some one
passetl around the hat remarking that
the victim was a poor man. The man
to whom the hat came first called out,
"Where was it that you fell into the
fiver?" "On the Canadian side,"was
the reply. "Then not one cent can
yon get from me!" continued the man.
"It's every true patriot's duty to suc
cor these who fall into American wa
ters, but I'll be hanged if I'm going to
help run two countries!"' And the
collection amounted to only 'four
cents.
A wineshop keeper iu the Uue Saint
Mederic, Paris, was recently at work
in his cellar when suddenly the ground
gave way aud he fell into what was
at first thought to be a well, but, on
lights being brought, tho hole was
found to be the entrance to another
wine cellar containing somj of the
best wines of France and Spain. The
Arclueologists of Versailles say that
the mysterious subtcraiican wine cel
lar formed part of the Pavillion du
Rendezvous when. Louis XV. annexed
it to the Parc-aux-Cerfs, about which
to many queer things arc related by
the court chroniclers of the period.
As an evidence of thodisolutc char
acter of tfic Turkish soldier it is said
that in Constantinople itself there is
scarcely an English lady who ha3 not
at some time been pinched or inten
tionally insulted by the soldiers while
passing through the streets. Their
only protection is to follow the exam
ple of the Turkish ladies, and when
out of doors wear the winding shceU
and keep their faces covered.
Among our Saxon forefathers "Yu
le" was the vernacular for Christmas,
and the "Yule" back log with which
the merry-makings were ushered iu
was a necessity to its proper celobra
tion as any of the rites connected with
the present civilization. Nor is it dif
ficult to imagine the household of somo
old baron by the Danube or in the
depths of the German forest gathered
beside tho roaring hearth, while the
hour3 sped awav in rounds of honest
mirth.
According to an English authority,
redness of the nose in both sexes is
produced by inattention to the com
mon rules for preserving health. With
men, the bottle is the predisposing
cause; with women, and especially the
young, tight lacing. An unnatural
pressure on tho waist and chest ob
structs the circulation, and causes stag
nation of the blood in that prominent
feature, tho nose.
The Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia has decided iu a building
association case, that the association
cannot sell property for fines, but that
the complainant must pay back pay
what he receives, with the compensa
tion allowed by law, before he can re
gain his property givciMii trust to se
cure the payment of the sum bor
rowed. English papers tell of a sea captain.
LVisaj iiaav I1VIII iJUIUU.lt, IF III
saved his vessel during a hitricanc of
two days' duration, by filling two can
vas bags with oil, puncturing each
sngnuy, ami towing mem astern. J he
oil spread slowly over the water. The
huge waves spent their force at some
distance, and around the ship was a
large spaco of calm water.
In Texas all doctors are required,
under the new lawgoverniug the prac
tice of medicine, to appear beforo the
county board of examiners appointed
bv the district court, aud stand an ex
amination in chemistry, anatomy,
physiology and materia medica, before
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violating this law is liable to be iudict
d, lined and imprisoned.
Parsnips, carrots and salify are bel
ter to be left iu tho ground all winter,
and taken out when needed. But ns
frequently the ground is frozen hard,
rendering them inaccessible at timet,
a portion can be removed and burled
in the cellar for use. The samo may
be said of horseradish, which is now
getting iu tine condition, and it can be
eaten all winter.
Dr. Forbes WiuIow records the
startling fact that over 10,000 persons
of unsound mind are routined iu the
lunatic asylums of the United States,
driven mad from over excitement on
the subject of Spiritualism.
Tne snake's poison is lit Lis t ct'i;
tb9 slanderer's iu his tongue.
An exchange remarks that a "quail
on toast is worth two in a bush."
'Our flag is there." There are 8.52,
000 feet of wooden pavement iu Wash
ington. A lady has been found so kind
hearted and lazy that she will never
beat an egir.
After pondering six jcars on the
query: "Why do animals fear lire?"'
a southern professor auswers: "Be
cause fire is. hot."
Brick makers die very joung: not
because the gods love them, particu
larly, but because they're in such a
kiln business.
Captain Boton recently accom
plished the ta'sk of swimming down
the river Po from Turin to Ferrara, a
distance of eight hundred miles, iu
ninety-six hours, without a single
stoppage.
A Nevada girl has discarded her
lover because he refused to drink with
her father adding tho cruel words :
"Ketch me a marryin' iiinau who can't
stand a drink of whisky!'
"I'd kinder like a candr cat." he so
liloquized, as he surveyed the toy-,
"an' that 'ere tin hos3 would just put
me on my hind legs for joy. But I
gits ntithiu' uuthiii' but cold ears,
shivers ami shakes."
A Pciius Ivania clergymen seeing a
young man standing in the doorway of
the church and looking hesitatingly
about, paused in the midst of his ser
mon and exclaimed : "Get out young
man, she is not here."
'You can't drink so much brand
with impunity," said a Skw York
physician to a gm.ty pitient. "Per
haps not with impunity, doctor, but
with a little peppermint I fancy I can
go it," was the serene reply.
An Englishman who was in the
habit of distributing hi3 IF promis
cuously, on seeing the word hotel on a
sign spelled hotel!, soberly remarked
that they must have put "another hell
ou that word since he went to school.
A copy of the first edition of Mar
low's "Edward II. a tragedy," bearing
the date of 1594 the year after the
poet's death iu a tavern brawl has just
turned up in Germany. The earliest
edition heretofore known iu England
is that of 1593.
In China agriculture is considered
the noblest of arts to which man can
attain. To such a degree is the wor
ship of this art carried thai the annual
fete day of agriculture is attended by
the Emperor iu person, who ou this
day wields the plow.
An old lady sleeping during divine
service in a church in Liverpool, let
fall her bible with clasps to it; and the
noise partly awakening her, exclaimed
aloud, "What ! you've broken another
jug, you slut, have you ?"
An editor out west became martial
aud was made captain. On parade,
instead of "Two paces iu front ad
vance," he unconsciously exclaimed,
"Cash two dollars a year iu advance."
He was court-martialed aud sentenced
to read his own paper.
Baron, the singer, is of usual height
so tall, indeed, that when he went
the other day to .consult the doctor
about a severe cold iu tho head, tho
physician said : "My friend you must
have got your feet wet last year."
George W. Burn", of California, is
the man who, when attacked by a bear
kicked the aliimal to death. He is a
zraduatc of Harvard, and used to kick
football. The name of his shoemaker
is most ungenerously omitted.
Colonel Peter Donahue is traveling
around tho United States in a palace
car made for his own use. He is now
at Patterson, Now Jersey. Twenty
five years ago he had a blacksmith shop
in a tent ou the beach at San Fran
cisco. President George Washington once
sent to his cousin, Mrs. Washingtou.of
Fairfield, a letter introducing a physi
cian famed for the cure of cancer; and
this letter has just been sent to Cin
cinnati to be sold by the descendants
of the lady, who are living iu Ken
tucky iu straitened circumstances.
"Whv iu the world don't you go to
work !" inquired a citizen of a lazy
fellow who was trying to borrow
some money of him. "Go to work ?"'
echoed the man, "how can I do any
thing till I know for certain who is
go'ng to be the next President?"
It is told for a fact that a little flax
en haired boy of five years, who had
passed the "afternoon at the Boston
Art Museum, looking up In his moth
er's face, said : "If all the mammas,
when they die turn into mummies, d
all the papas turn into puppies?"
"I had nine children to support an l
it kept me busy," said Smith to Jonc,
as they met. "but one of the girls gut
married. Now I have "' "Eight ?"'
interrupted Joue3. "No, ten count
ing the son-in-law l" said Smith, with
a sigh, which might have been heard
afar off,
In Billancourt, Belgium, is a cherry
tree upon which has been grafted an
apple. The fruit precisely resembles
cherries, is the same size, the samo
form and nearly tho same color; but
its taste is lhat of an apple, aud it con
tains seeds instead of stones.
Scene in a debating society : Presi
dent "Wc will take theeyesand noes
on the previous question." Member
"A word or two Mr. President :
friends, Roman, countrymen ! lend
me your cars." President "Order
sir. Wc will take the eves and nous
first."
The pineapple is cultivated exten
sively in the East Indies, where tho
leaves arc converted into a kind of
wadding, used for upholstering pur
poses instead of hair, aud into a sort
of flannel, of which substantial shirts
and coats arc made.
The bull worship of the Egyptians
finds its parallel in the fux worship of
the Japanese; dogs are protected from
harm by public edicts itLYeddo, as iu
Constantinople; to kill a stork is as
rc.it a crime in the eye of the Japan
ese as to kill an albotross in the eyes
of an English sailor.
The pith of the rattan which wai
formerly thrown awar.is now utilized
in mrk'ing Jasapori ware. Pretty
baskets, bowls, vases, trays, napkin
rings, and hanging wall pockets, are
made of this material in tasteful de
signs and decorated with colors.
Vermont's new liquor law provides
that every place where liquor is sold
as a beverage shall be declared a. com
mon nuisance, and the keeper shall bo
fined two hundred dollars or less, be
sides being forbidden to re-occupy the
premises until he gives bonds not to
offend again.
Last year 8,393 unclaimed bodies
were buried from the morgue and hos
pitals ol Paris. At Peru la Chaise
there were buried during tho l.isi fif
teen years, 218.312 bodii-e; nt Mount
Parncso, 136,810; and at Moiitmnrtre,
95,523. Of the twenty cemeteries, six
axe beyond the line of fortification."