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VOL. XXI.-NO. II.
PAW PAW, MICH., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1876.
WHOLE NO. 108-2
NIIMTIfIC OOURTSHir.
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Autl In- dtehrtii,
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In tiill und o -o tin rr.
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With IWII I tiWlf mMlll
And altiTitgeueais
Aud In tlToi lll HiH
And otbrr IU0fa IhiBfl '.
For Lovp hr Imih wmx
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a l'u 11 MB) xiirh tbiagt
In the far of lair MtiOMM to din.
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Ob ullobMM
And taMlBiytM
And Hiich iIHikIi'.
And Bl Mid, lny di ar, tin M urf JTOUTt,
V'8 thry're yourx,
I.ove may roioi- and love may o,
HMMO endure.-.
The heart in a MBbbflfB thing,
And eouieal in MMffl ;
A remiiunt which with w we bring
From our MMBMMl ajw.
It driver, the Mood to Moll)' chock." .
Hhe OMM her ruliy lipn and MMSkl ;
Her mitral valv' jlai
In Um wildest ot way.- j
Her eolumti.il hi i n. i
OiveH her mi id il
Hy the way that it acts :
And. aec.pt inn the fuet.i.
S!i. tin n and ttMM II HUH to In DOM
The ;i rt ucr of his m-iclitilu- home.
Journal i ;f Appiitd CkfMiMrp,
A RIDE FOR A KING.
We write of ft Christmas gambol a
gambol which, if begun in fan, yet left
it life-long mark on 1 1 1 Ufeoi more khan
one we hope to Introduce to oar readers.
Time of innocent mirth und relation ai
it is, tln re are often strange mysteries
brewed, as well ftS punch, by the side of
the Tale Log, and there may be more
potent spirits while the fragrant fames
are rising than the mixer tli ireof wots.
Very, very different in his aspect is
Christmas in the town, or the same Hm
honored eld personage In the oountry
house. It is ai he appeari at the latter
we now wish to introduce him to OUT
readers ; s we will ask them for the
nonce to lose all idea of streets ankle
deep in mow or Slosh, or the same under
a sea of black mud aided hy fog! and
smoke-grimed walls to make all things
desolate. Very different is Eldon Hall
in the midst of its trim lawns, tir-irt
park, and oopae of red-berried hollies,
A decidedly jolly place to spend TOOT
i Ihristmas at was Bldon Hall, and thither
we will at once take onr readers, relying
on the privilege of old acquaintance
ship. "J am not good at statistics," said a
friend of oars, when nuked how many
pipes he had tilled and lighted that day.
For the same reason we decline to state
the exact year in which the events here
recorded took place.
It was the evening preceding Christ
mas Kve that in a somewhat remote
tower of EHdon Hall, which, by the way.
iH a most Kh.abethandooknig structure,
with no end of turrets and corners gen
erally. Evelyn Crawford sat convers
ing with Cicely Lnrnett. They were old
schoolmates, and the present evening
WBS their first meeting alter a separation
of quite two years.
"Keally, Cis." exclaimed the younger,
raising her dark gypsy-like eyes to her
companion, at the same time throwing
back a mass of jetty hair, that let looSS
from its bands fell in masses over her
diminutive but beautifully formed neck
and shoulders ; " it is so jolly to have
yon here all to myself again; it nocimn
quite like old times, and I conld fancy
myself back at Mine. Hunt-Tons."
"So cannot T," rejoined her com
panion, casting a glance round the ele
gantly furnished apartment, " I see but
little here to remind me of those bare
walls and the deal furniture save your
own dear self, and yon are so altered in
everything save kindness to your friend
that nothing but the old look can make
me think yon are the same dear EvB we
nsed to call the litt le gypsy. Hut I must
not tell yon nil I think, or you will be
come vain."
'Nay, Cis dear, we will leave that
theme for another time. Now let me
hear some of your own adventures since
we parted, and how you liked Franco
and Italy."
" The daily round of toil a governess
has to undergo would interest you but
little ; rather let me hear from you some
of the characters who are to come upon
the stage for our amusement during the
next few days. For ns, who are doomed
to be lookers-on rather than players in
the game, it is at least some satisfaction
to be able to get a glance behind the
an neH. "
Cynical as usual," replied Evelyn ;
' but here, dearest, you must and shall
h' an actor as well as a spt ctator in all
that takes place."
"Sol know you would have it, love,"
said Cicely, imprinting a kiss 09 her
companion's brow ; " hut even the will
of an heiress cannot command attention
0 a needy and almost unfriendly girl."
"It shall! at least in Qdofl Ball, said
the beautiful and somewhat willful
Evelyn ; " but now for onr programme
to-morrow ; we have a grand meet of
I'o- waidshire hounds here, and I have
told papa you must have old Swallow,
ntil' at, indeed, you would prefer riding
my p'i Excelsior. Swallow, they all
say, is much the better hunter, but he is
neither so prettf nor so gentle as my
bonny little bay."
" How charming !' said ' lioely : "then
I shall have rssj hunt : and i daresay
ride a great big, ugly, raw-boned hunter
worth ever SO much money. Well, I , i.
I must not disgrace him it I can help it;
they say I ro le well as a irl when
whefl I had I mean ere I was turned on
the world an Orphan. Forgive BO. dear;
it's not often I give way in this fashion.
And Cicely seemed t or a time quite 01 I
come by her feelings.
"TbefO, I am better now," exclaimed
she, after having indulged in a good
cry, in whieh her companion perforce
joined. "And tell me, is not this Mr.
llinton, the master of the hounds, youimr
snd very handsome :"
"Young he certainly ia; some think
him handsome."
"My Evelyn among the number.
Nay, do not blush, dearest ; report says
you are already yVm- I ' and why should
you blush at having won the heart of a
young, rich, handsome, and in every
tray a suitable match .'"
" Report, then, asserts what it has no
warrant for sayintr, 1 assure von."
"Nay; no confessions tonight," said
the other, kissing her flushed and excited
brow. ' really am weary after my
Journey, and must retire. If there is
nothing in it, the loss of a mere fox
hunter is little to a girl in vonr posi
tion."
"He is not a mere f hunter, though
I admit him to be very fond of the sport,
and all say he stands unrivaled as a
horseman.
"There, you dear little enthusiast. I
will concede him anything you like, so
that I may not be kept from my pillow
to hear his merits or demerits discussed.
Good night."
We may not follow Cicely Burnett to
her chamber, and catch the thoughts re
rotting through her brain as she lay
with that innocent, fair looking face upon
the pillow. Manx a scheme that works
belli ath blue eyes and golden ringlets
perhaps might be unraveled could we do
so, but it may not be, and only by the
results can we guess at the speculations
which drove sleep from her pillow. For
it was an unwilling guest to her; at least
so she told Evelyn next day, though the
excitement of meeting an old triend
scarcely seemed to satisfactorily account
for the fact.
The morning broke clear and bright;
every tree was silvered with hoar frost,
and a deep rime covered the ground, and
many an anxious conjecture was raised
among the party assembled as to the
probability of its being tit for hunting.
Perhaps the most really interested of
any, though apparently quits uncon
cerned, was Cicely. Ti ne, Evelyn's maid
had discovered for her a habit that fitted
to perfection, and her hat was a most
pigttatUe ufi'air, so that it would le a
great pity not to display them. Girls
are naturally anxious to occupy the place
in which they show to most advantage,
and Miss Burnett knew she shone on
horseback. At length the frOSt on the
boughs turned t glistening beads, then
drops began to patter on the ground be
neath, the white rime disappeared, and
as one by one scarlet-coated men ap
peared before the house, all fear as to
the hounds being stopped was at an end.
There was huge feeding at Eldon Hall
that morning, for old Squire Crawford
was not one to neglect the rights of hos
pitality. The Lord in scarlet and yeoman
in green might be seen side by aide
ai.. und his ample board, while flagons of
ale were freely dispensed to the rustics
and Servants who led the horses to and
fro without.
What a scene it was as Mr. Hinton at
length gave the signal to throw off, and
the hounds were put into the laurels (a
sure lindi. More than a hundred horse
men, to way nothing of the carriages and
foot people, all eager for the sport, were
present. Cicely felt all its Influence and
her eye sparkled i albrow flashed as the
Squire lifted her upon Swallow until the
old man thought her handsomer than his
own loved daughter, into whose ear Hin
ton was at the same moment whispering
some compliment. A fox was soon found
and nearly as soon killed, for it was a
show meet, and the people felt privil-
edged to surround him and "holloa" in
every direction. "Now for Moorside
Craigs," said the master, when the
" Wiioo whoop :' and " Tear him, teai
him !" was till over.
"How crud," said Evelyn, "to go
to that horrid place; you know, if you
find, we must k ep the roads in that
country. "
" Is it, then, so very difficult ?" asked
cicely, her eye again brightening.
" Iot to good riders well mounted,"
said the Squire; " but far too severe tor
old fellows like me, and ladies, in fact
few of our best men care to ride it when
the ground is deep."
Moorside Craigs was a small covert
overlooking a tine vale across which
foxes generally ran to some woodlands
about ten miles distant, and was com
posed of gorse, brambles, old Ihorns,
etc., interspersed with huge bowlders of
rock, from which the place took its
name. Our principal object is not so
much to describe a fox-hunt BO its COB
sequences, or we should tell how Finder
challenged, and how from single notes
the Whole pack at last joined chorus.
That our readers must excuse, and fancy
our friends seated OB high ground, an
lonely watching the course of events,
When one of the whipperS-in is seen to
hold his cap in the air at the lower
collier of the covert.
" By Jove, he's over the vale '" ex
claims Hinton, clipping spurs to his
horse, and half scrambling, half sliding
down the slippery turf toward the point
indicated.
"He's for Boughead Woods," cries the
Squire: "we must take the lanes, girls,
and make haste. Come along" and On
he bustles, followed by Evelyn.
Not r.o Cicely. Turning Swallow's
head, she faced the descent, leaped a
low wall at the bottom, and was S000
racing across a large pasture, in compa
ny with Hinton, toC whips, and some
dozen others. The hounds were well
away, the pace tremendous, ami it was
only as Hinton turned his head for a mo
ment. on hearing a crashing of rails,
that he became aware of the fair form
beside him. There she was, Una as a
rock, yet giving easily to every BOtkX
of her horse, sailing along without an
effort, taking every obstacle in her stride
neck and neck with him. Fond of hunt
ing as he was, gallantly as the hounds
were running, he could not help divid
ing his attention. Those were not the
days in which women rode so much Oi
so well as at present, and he had never
seen anything like it. LSSS and less
was his attention bestowed on the
hounds, and more on Cicely, as tin
chase sped onward. Their companions
dropped to the rear one by one; he no
ticed it not. As it appeared, instinctive
ly picking the fhrmeat ground and most
practicable places, she sailed alousfas If
by magic, while old Swallow nobly re
paid the confidence reposed in him.
At length Hinton became oonsoioua
that the pack were disappearing momen
tarily from view, to emerge dripping
wet on what seemed a merely level sur
face. "Qood Heavens!" cried he,
" here's the brook. You must not at
tempt, it. I know a lord oose at hand."
And still with a lingering eye en his
pack, he reluctantly turned away.
A quiet .smile was Cicely's only BU-
wer, as sue patted Swallow s neck, and
then setting him skilfully at it cleared
the wale:- at a bound. She heard the
beat of Hinton's horse's feat as he turn
ed to follow her heard the thud as be
pitched and the splash and f-tiuggle that
followed whan the bank gave way and
horse and rider slipped back into the
water, but she never turned her head.
When he ( nee more gained terra Jirma
Swallow was more than a field ahead,
and still going straight as his nance ira
piled. The water had shaken off the
few remaining stragglers, and Hinton
struggled on the line of the living pack
and their fair attendant alone, in a hope
less atom chase. At last crashing into
a field he found the hounds snarling
over the remains of their fox, and was
just in time to SBVI the head for him
self and the brush to present to Miss
Burnett.
"Keally, Mr. Hinton, l fear 1 have
been most imprudent in deserting my
companions in this fashion, but I could
not resist when the hounds went away so
beautifully. Am 1 very far from Eldon
Hall.'"
" Nearly twelve miles ; but I see mv
whips in the distance. When have
delivered the hounds into their charge,
vou must allow me to ssaume the office
of guide and escort you thither, for the
route is somewhat intricate. Nay, I can
take no denial, and as T am already D
;aged to dine there this evening, you are
really conferring a favor by saving me a
lonely ride."
What passed during that long twelve
mile journey lias never transpired.
Cicely w;us quiet, nav almost absent dur
ing dinner. Nor was there any confer
ence between the friends that night in
Evelyn's boudoir. The latter eluded
her friend gently for running such des
perate risks the next day, and told her
that Hinton had spoken so highly of her
riding that she really feared she had
come there to steal her sweetheart.
Cicely smiled, ami told her Hinton was
more likely to be chagrined because sin;
had fairly ridden away from him. And
when church was over and dinner dis
cussed next day, she entered into the
Christmas gambols more gayly than any
child presentand their name was le
gionand declared when she kissed Ev
elyn, ami departed a few days subse
quently, that it was the jolliest Christ
mas she had ever spent.
Within a mouth of that she was a
bride at the altar Hinton was her bride
groom and poof Evelyn, ero another
year came round, was in the church
ward, whither the old Squire SOOU fol
lowed her. Ami Eldon has long since
ceased to hold a meirv Clmstmastiue.
A French Pablic Executioner!
The post of Public Executioner in
Alsace, says the V7 Mali QQMCttet
during the seven tooth century, was,
though anything but a sinecure, very
remunerative, for he received a salary of
157 livres a large sum at that psiiod
from the Government, four sacks of bar
ley and grains, tour cords of wood, and
lot! faggots. He was lodged at the cost
ot the town in which he resided, was
allowed the use of a meadow, and had
the monopoly of the sewage. He also
had the privilege of sinning the animals
killed in the town, and of appropriating
any horse offered for sale whieh was
valued at less than two florins a price
which does not give a very high idea of
the horses in Alsace at that time. Hut
he made more by his " perquisites" than
by his salary, as he received so much
for each "operation" -as, fur instance,
for breaking on the wheel, or burning,
sixty livres; for hanging, thirl;- livres;
for exposing on the wheel, branding
and placing in the pillory, cutting down
a body, putting to we question, piercing
the tongue with a red-hot iron, executing
in eflfigv, cutting off a hand, and burning
I in ok, fifteen livres; for splitting a lip,
eight livres; for scattering the ashes in
the wind, six livres, and for burving a
corpse, three livres. He was also paid
twenty livres for giving a parting kick
to any person sentenced to banishment.
The reason for paying so highly this ap
parently easy operation was that the ex
eeutioner had to accompany the culprit
to the frontier, and, on arriving there,
to administer the kick with the following
formula: " Yu are banished from the
territory, and if you come back you will
be sent to the galleys;-' nnd in order to
insure respect Of his pel SOU. the Soy. r
ign Council of Alsace prohibited under
pain of line, the word "ex cutioiier"
(bourrean). and the Council of State or
dained that he should receive the st.
and title of "Maitie des hautes nuvret."
A notT 100,(X)Oties and KJOOO cords of
wood will be gotten out this winter for
the Northern rSclfle Railroad Company,
along its line near Ilrainerd.
TWO W AYS OF LIFE.
untruilietury l.il-nce About I.oiigt'vilv
In the year 1H'2H, says the author of
"Bench and I'.ar" in the Boifalo Cbu
Kief, Reuben H. Walworth, then one of
the Circuit Judges, was appointed Chan
cellor of the State. Esek Cowen, then
an eminent and successful member ot
the Saratoga bar, was appointed a Cir
cuit Judge in his place.
He was oiee holding a circuit at Koine,
N. V, when there came up one o those
Important ejectment suds that m those
days occupied so much time in the State
courts. During the trial a witness by
the name ot Wood was sailed by one of
the parties. Se was a vi i v old man,
but gave his evidence with lingular pre
ohnon and intelligence, and, withal, he
was an admirably preserved old man.
Judge Cowen, struck with the manner
and personal appearance of Uus witness,
said to him, as he was about to leave the
stand:
"Mr. Wood how old did I understand
you to say you are :"
" I am 77 years old .'"
" Will you be good enough to tell me
what vonr habits have been i"
"My habits have, 1 trust, been
good and quite regular. 1 have
always been temperate, have sever
indulged in the use of intoxi
cating drink, and 1 really think that
I should not know the different kinds of
liquors by their taete. I have been in
the habit ot going to bed early. I B0V0T
gambled, never went to but one horse
race in m v life -prefci Ing eamp-ine. tings
to that kind of amusement, because 1 was
at home there never h; d a lawsuitin my
life, never thought much of lawyers
always supposing them to be a set of
fellows who, while saving a man a hun
dred dollars, would be sure to make a
hundred an I titty dollars out of the if.
fair in some way before it was through
with, although I must confess that Mr.
Cady there ain't quite as bad as the rest
of the lawyers."
The next witness called was also a
Mr. Wood, a cousin of the last witness.
He also gave his evidence with remark
able clearness and intelligence, lb', too,
was a very old and a very well preserved
man, aud the subject of much interest
to the Judge. After the counsel had
dismissed the witness Cowen detained
him by inquiring his age.
" I am 7! years of age was the reply."
"If you have no objection," said the
Judge, "I would like to ask you what
your habits have been through lifer '
"Well, Judge, I can't say that
I've been very much of a tem
perance man, but I've been a
pretty discriminating sort of a chap,
much more so than my cousin that's
just been sworn. 1 can tell you sll kinds
of liquors by the smell; unless, as is
quite often the case, I've sampler! too
much to be clear in my sense of smell
ing. To tell you the truth, Judge, there
has hardly been a day since 1 was a boy
that I have not drank from five to ten
times a day. Half of my days j have
never gone to bed sober; and OCVei
waited long after getting up before 1
commenced getting on steam, and I re
gard a good square drink of liquor si
the staff of life, l have never been in
the habit of going to meeting, because
T should have to go without my drink
too long. I never missed a horse-race
that I could get to because I think a
botse the most glorious animal that ever
lived, and bis speed one of the triumphs
of life, and the man that can't spun date
a good square horse-race can't enjoy re
ligion, for he hasn't brains enougn. As
for lawyers, I think they are on a par
with ministers both would stop their
gab if they didn't get money for it.
Finally, 1 think and believe that if I get
my drinks regular, and keep up my
usual hatlita, 1 shall live to be 1:II vears
old."
"Well, Mr. Cady," said the Judge,
" I don't see as it makes much diffl renoe
with the kind of Wood yon have brought
her", whether it. is wet or dry; it has
lasted a great many years, and according
lo all accounts it will last a great many
years longer."
Animal Life in the Oesaa Depths
It was for many years thought that,
beyond the depth of. three hundred
fathoms, organic life ceased to gist in
the ocean. Forbes leached this BCTO ot
life in the jEgesn Sea, and the fact ascer
tained for the Mediterranean was in
ferred for all other seas. The transmu
tation of inorganic into organic matter is
only performed by vegetebtes, and then
only under the controlling power of
light. The distinction made by natural
ists between the lower forms of animal
and vegetable life lies just here Vege
tables convert the inorganic elements of
eafth, air and water into organized mat
ter ; animals rearrange this organized
matter into animal tissue. It is well
Known, as no light penetrates the pro
founder oceanic depths, that no vegeta-
tion can exist there j an absence of ani
mal life was therefore inferred. Certain
exceptions to this dethiition of Vegetable
life, as being exhaustive, arc found in
the Fungi, which germinate and gTOW in
darkness, and it is believed are nour- 1
lohed in great measure by organic mat
ter, as well as in the curious carnivorous
plants, which have of late attracted ho
much attention. This, however, does
BOt iualidate the truth that all nutri
ment, in order to be tit for the maine -Danes
of animal life, must pass, at least
PBS , through the transmutation ehVcted
only by vegetation.
'fiie non-existence of life below :hm
fathoms, in all the oceans of our globe,
was strongly supported by Forbes' ln
estigatioiis in Qm Mediterranean. The
abyssal depths of the SOS WSTS tllUS CM
t rniined by logto to be the universal
i mime over which reigned darkness,
desolation and death. No investigations
IPI re made as to the facts of the case.
Logic and a hasty generalisation from
1 inadequate knowledge were made, once
again in the history of Svoenee, to do
duty for the more laborious method of
, patient observation. Commerce at last
J gave the impulse to deep-seaexpioratioli,
which had before been lacking. The
commercial world demanded a more
speedy mode of communication from
continent to continent, and the response
came in the form of the submarine tele
graph. Thousands of soundings were
made to determine the best position in
the ocean's bed for its successful laying,
i ami thousands, again, t secure the
broken end after the first failure. These
soundings and grapplings brooght from
the sea depths unmistakable proof that
life in many raried and exquisite forms
existed there, far away from light and
j vegetation, under an enormous pressure
I of superincumbent waters ; and logic
retired discomfited. 'ojihir ScienCt
Monthlyor Now mbt r.
F.n:,'lish vs. American Harvesting.
An English farmer with 800 seres of
wheat, barley, and oats, proportion not
stated, found himself, at the beginning
of harvest, with fourteen hands and a
! foreman, s veral of his regular hands
1 having h it. With this force, the harvest
was put in stack in five weeks during
' which the workmen were interrupted
only One-quarter of a day by rain. This
, the Agricultural OCUKXU calls an ex
traordinary ft at in harvesting, and makes
it the subject of a loading editorial. The
grain was all cut by the foreman with
I one reaping nmchine: the barley was not
I bound, but all Baked with an American
revolving hay-rake by a boy not OOUnt
i od in the fores. The fourteen men had
1 to bind, cart and stack the wheat and
' oats, end cart and stack the barley. The
crops were not heavy and the wheat stood
; well, but some of the barley and oats
were laid.
In the United States this certainly
1 would not have been an extraordinary feat
I In harvesting, but the wonder would
I have been that no more was accom
plished. That fifteen men ami a boy,
with the tiid of what must have been an
excellent reapilig-llliu hilie, and gather
ing part of the crop without binding,
should have considered putting up ten
Sores a day a remarkable performance is
something we find it hard to understand,
j It is fair to bear In mind that the amount
of straw was probably greater than is
I usual with us, but at the very most th e
I men would have hound ten acres a day,
leaving nine for the shocking and stack
ing. We do not think it too much to
say that with a good harvester, on which
two men ride and bind the grain as cut,
with equally favorable weather, Jive man
could have pnt in stack 2dd acres in the
time named.
New Mexico's Cattle King.
To the southeast of Santa Fe, near
Fort Stanton, is the famous Chisum cat
tle ranch, containing about sixteen hun-
1 dred sections of land, on which Mr.
Chisum has at this time 80,000 head of
cattle, lb- claims that he can till an or
der for 40,000 beeves sent him by tele
graph from New York on ten days' no
tice. He this as it may, he is the "cow
king" of hfexksO, to use a proverbial
phrase. lie employs in all about one
hundred "cow hoys" and "cow punch
ers;" and in other words he employs
mounted men to picket the ranch day
I and night, winter and summer, to see
that the cattle do not stray off the pas
ture selected by him for nil own use.
And like a sentinel walking his beat, the
cattle guards ride up and down the hues
and are relieved with tine regularity. In
the fall, about this time, they have the
"cattle drives," which means taking
these vast herds from the distant ranches
to market. They find a shipping point
now at Wichita or Great Bend, in Kan
sas, or at Granada or Lis Animas, in
Colorado. And whenever it is known at
which point the important "drivt i"
will strike, then- is where the vultures
are found. The cattle men are tOUgb,
generous and often intern erato, ami the
gamblers and prostitutes of tl Dtire
land look forward to fall trade with great
anticipations. Very often the officers of
the law are set at defiance, the cattle
men and licentious women run the town,
and the entire proceeds of 10,000 beeves
squandered in a single night. DtflVtr
ai KM,
Not Unmteftik
The following card, published in the
Wells (Minn.) cTosette, over the signs
tore of B. 1. Reynolds, of Winnebago
City, is a curiosity. Politicians do not
usually make known th" mean iv which
they Secured votes, and Mr. Reynolds
can take the belt for Ins frankness:
"Agreeable to promise before election,
I shall be pleased to give any person
who voted for me (taking their word for
it i legal advieo free of charge for two
years. For any town which carried,
or m arly carried, I will with pleasure
prosecute or defend suits, or do any
business they may desire, for two years,
free of oharge. To my friends who ho
generously stood by me, i am under
ninny obligations, which I hope they will
give me chance to repay."
Tu waters of England's newly
acquired route to the Orient will soon
be perturbed by an unusual occurrence
nothing less then the passage of the
British Dave! squadron stationed in the
Baal Indies. The Heel, consisting of six
war vessels manned by crews agreggnting
3,000 men, lira been ordered to ti e lf d
IllSISIISBU. land will pass through the
Sue. Canal in an lmjK-sing line.
Two nor.n Itritons, hunting on Mount
s. Helena, Napa County, OaL, were
driven up a tree Intel v by a IS npant
srhisly bear, and kepi there for twenty
four hours, w hen the bear went away and
the Bulls tame down, phased but hun
gr.v-
Nugirets of Ksjawteslga,
amovnra ink stains.
Lemon jnice fresh will often N
move ink stains. If that fails, nm
alio acid (poison). Moisten tin- scid
with a little warm rain water, SO .
rub, and rinse in clear, cold soft v fttof
l'OLlSlMNO TINS.
First rub your tins with a damp cloth,
hen take dry tlour and rub it on with
your Bands, and afterward take :m. old
newspaper and rub the Hour off, and tin
tins will shine as well its if half an hour
had been spent in rubbing them with
brick-dust or powder, which spoils the
hamls.
now TO aiMOVl dandui rr.
To remove dandruff, the simplest and
best thing to do is to frequently sham
poo the head with sonp-smis, to i the
hair dry with a towel, and afSBI'WSrd to
use a stitV brush. The following lotion
as a daily application has a good effect:
(ilycerine, J ounce; rose water, "
ounces ; tincture canthirades, 2 drachms.
SHIKT KltONT.
The following starch not only gives
a gloss to the linen but imparts a new
appearance to it, and makes muslin per
fectly chaii. To a tablespoonf.il of
starch put a large tOSSpoonful of cl ST
prepared gum, a lump of loaf sugar and
a pinch of salt ; mix with a little oold
water, and stir till quite smooth, tb D
add sufficient boiling water to make it
clear and of the proper consistency . a
wax candle may be sth'red twice round
it, not more.
Si nr.NOTH OF MF.TAI.S N1 tlMBOTS.
A quarter-inch rod of the best -f el
will sustain 1,000 pounds before break
ing; soft steel, 7,000 pounds; iron wire,
6,000; iron, 4,000; inferior bar iron,
2,000; oast iron, 1,000 to 3,000; copper
wire, 8,000; siher, 2,(K)(i; gold, 2,500;
tin, ;5,000; cist yinc, 100; cast lead, OOj
milled lead, 900. Of wood, box Mid
locust the same siy.e will hold 1,200
pounds; toughest ash, 1,000; elm, BOO;
beech, cedar, white oak, pitch pine, 600;
chestnut and maple, 660; poplar, 400.
Wood which w ill bear a heavy weight for
a minute or two will break with two
thirds the face acting a long time. A
rod of iron is about ten times as Strong
as hemp cord. A rop" an inch in diam
eter will bear about two and a half tons,
but in practice it is not safe to subject it
to a strain of more than about one ton.
Half an inch in diameter, the stn Dgtfa
will be one-quarter as much ; s quarter
of an inch, one-sixteenth as much, and
so on.
ranui arxorTitrm.
I. Bee that thoso about you an h ped
before you commence eating.
'2. Do not eat soup from th" tip, but
the side of the spoon.
8. On passing your piste to be repl i-
ished, retain the knife and foi l;.
!. wipe th" month before drinking.
5. Remove the teaspoon from the cup
before drinking tea or coffee.
0. Use the knife only in Cutting the
food; do not raise it to the mouth.
7. Eat slowly ; rapid eating is un
healthy. 8. If you find anything nnpleasan' in
your food, avoid calling the attention i f
others to it.
9. Close the Hps when (hewing.
10. Keep your elbows off the tab
II. Ho not speak with food in your
mouth.
12. When asked to help your neigh
bar, do not shove, but hand the plat
him.
18. Do not turn your head and st
about the room.
14. It any one at the table makes
mistake, take the least possible notice
of it.
1'HKsknck OF IDD EM ftOUUXBSTS.
Prof. Wilder gives these short roles
for action in case of accident: Fordusl
in the eyes, avoid rubbing, and dash
water into them. Remove cinders, e1 ..
with the round end of a lead pen il.
Remove insects from the ear by tepid
water; never put I hard instrument: to
tho ear. Tf an artery is cut. compress
hove the wound; if a vein is cut, com
press below. If choked, get UpOD ftll
fours ami cough. For light burns, dip
the part in cold water; if the skin IS
destroyed, cover with varnish. Smother
a lire with carpets, etc.; Water will often
spread burning oil, and increase the
danger. Before passing through smoke
take a full breath, aud then stoop low;
but if carbon is SnSPSOtsd, then walk
erect. Suck poisoned wounds, aulees
your month is sore. Enlarge tin
wound; or, better, cut out the part with
out delay. Hold the wounded part as
long as can be home to a hot coal orend
of a cigar. In ease of poisoning, excite
vomiting by tickling the throat. OT by
hot water or mustard. For add poisons,
give acids. Tn case of opium poisouincr,
give Strong COhVe, and keep moving.
If you fall into the water, float on the
bask, with the nose nnd mouth project
ing. For apoplexy, raise the head and
body. For fainting, lay the pen SJ flni
Urtof that Kills.
In one of the cars was a beautiful
yOUttg lady dressed in the deeped
mourning, who was taking home the
dead body of her mother, which was
forward In the baggage-oar. Suddenly
th" girl Sprang Up in her seat and be
gan shouting, "Murder: murder!''
Several of th pssssngsrs at on rush
sd to her. bur found that her reSSJOU
had i ft her and she w as a raving lune
tte, doubtless caused by excess of sor
row. She was borne from the crowded
car, sti.ur glinp violently, ami it requir
ed the united exertions of several men
to restrain her from doing violence
either to herself Of to oth is, till the
tr.ii i arrived at a place where she could
safely tie IWWllMSd ' Aw f IHMJIlfS. ( .V . )
.in'H,
Fifty Virginia families are about to
rettle in Hood County, Texas.