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7 VOLUME XXL WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE, MAY 17, 1882. NUMBER 9. nn HOME OURNAL. NEWS GLEANINGS, . From twenty to thirty car loads of iron oar aro sliipped daily from Gadsden, Ala. ' Railroad property in Georgia increased two, mid a quarter million dollars in value hut year. In South Carolina the contending local factions are called the wet ticket and the dry ticket. The assets of the Ladies' Calhoun Monument Awociation, in ftmth Caro 'Jna, now amounts to nearly $70,000. A colored female preacher from Spar tanburg in' carrying on n revival in the colored Baptist church at Anderson, 8.C. Women who are put In the city prison in Knoxvillo arc set to work on " rock piles," in public view on ono of the principal thoroughfares. Capt. Martin, of Anderson county, ft C, made from ono pine tree on his place 2,520 feet of straight edge lumber and 300 feet of rough edge lumber. Ft. Luke's Hospital lias been incor porated at Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. Al exander Mitchell, wife' of the promin ent Milwaukeo railroad man, is the Pres ident. A correspondent of tho Fredericks burg Star pays that he counted o(T the t-hore of " The Neck," King George county, Va., ninety vessels engaged in taking oysteis. In Macon, Ga., tho little two year old boy of officer W. V. Henderson was found dead in bed. It had clipped between the railings and the foot-board during the night and broken its neck. A thriving and profitable enterprise in the neighborhood of Americue, Ga., is tho fur trade, the skins being princi pally theso of the beaver, otter and coon, and a few wild cat and rabbit pelts. Major R. W. Bellamy,' living sixteen miles from Quitman, Ga., has a farm of 10,000 acres, with i,000 under cultiviv tion. Over 1,000 negroes live on the place, and they raise 800 bales of cottons with all necessary supplies. The Avalanche says three times as many beaver skins have been brought to Memphis during the pnst season as any In the past fifty years. A dam has been built twenty miles from the city six feet high, eight feet wide and forty feet long by these animals. Albany (Ga.) News : '"Do you want a local ?" said an Albany matron the otha er day. " Yes'm." " Well, you may ray that beax arc so scarce in Albany that the girls have all resolved to catch the first ono that comes along, cage him and keep him as a natural curiosity." Houston (Ga.) Homo Journal : A fuc ccssful farmer of Houston county told us tho other day that he considered corn at$l per binhcl equal to cotton at twen ty cents a pound. That farmer sells home raised corn, wheal and oais every' year. Jefferson Davis delivered a two-hours speech at the French opera house in Now Orleans Tuesday night, before a meeting called to- raise funds for a building in which to preserve tho Southern war rchivtfs and other papers of the South err Historical society. . A fruit dealer in Savannah has an al ligator in a box in front of his store, and was much annoyed by people pass ing along and poking sticks at him. The fruiter put up this sign: "Every idot who comes along is expected to shove sticks down the alligator's mouth.". Tae alligator is lot alone now. Reidsville (N. C.) Times : Bill Gunn brought to Wentworth yesterday a joint snake he"dug upon his place near that town. It was examined with much in terest by several of the citizens, Col. Settle offering $10 to catch him one just like it. The tail could be easily taken to pieces. Henry W. Grady says tho extent, of the cutting which Senator Hill, of Geor gia, has been subjected is not realized by tho public. One-third of his tongue has been taken out tho entire left floor of his his mouth the glands in the left Bide of his neck. The last operation was the most severe, and probably success' ful. When he was put under ethft for it, it was intended to only take out a small lump that had hardened on the gland in bis neck. After ho was in' Bensiblo it was determined to adopt the heroic treatment and take out the entire eland. He was kept under the knife two hours. ne Wanted Best. "Your husband requires rest," said from the sick KUO UUVjUJI BO "V m- " chamber. "He will soon be well he has . bad attack of heterosis. rlnntor: whv. that a a ,l,-ono ion', it " "Yes, quite new it is caused by iUni tUkkont in the brokers offiets. It affeots the optio nerve and the spinal column. no 1UUUDII1V. " - v- - was reading at school one day, he came upon the passage, "Keep thy tongue from nvil and ihv lins from Cllile." .Master Hopeful drawled out, "Koop thy tongue from evil and thy lips from girls," . TOPICS OF THE DAY. Cadet WnrmicKn is in 'the West icarching for employment. After all the Indians, in New Mexico and Arizona aro to got tho worst of it. The New York Sun has it that Frank Tames is at the present time sojourning in that city. Thb beer driukers of Vienna aro on a strike, domaudiug a decrease in tho price of beer. Trio New York Legislature has passed bill prohibiting Judges from appoint ing relatives to oflico. A ORNEiuti exodus of Jews basset in in Hussm, and the destination in almost every instance is America. TnEnB are in Arizona 2,273 enlisted loldiers and 140 officers, in addition to tho forces under General Forsyth. Coot weather, with accompanying frosts the fore part of May, should be credited up to Vennor. He predicted it. Cotton factories are rapidly increas ing in Georgia. One hundred thousand spindles wore added during tho year 1881. The arrears of rout in Ireland aro estimated at 30,000,000. It will per- iaps bo some tune before these figures will bo diminished. The English Government seems to have lost it? grip on Ireland, nnd Irish subject happier to-day than they have been for years. The wife of Edmunds is to receive a gift of a silk quilt from tho women of Utah as a mark of their appreciation of her husband's recent service. Said Mr. Mnlier to Mr. Sprngno In the New York Legislature tho other day. The gentleman, if ho is a gentleman, is an infernal liar." Wotidetful polite ness thoso legislators have. A New York scientist named Krnger killed himself because ho failed in his eudoavor to perfect a flying-machine. He has gone where tho art of flying is one of tho accomplishments. Duwkq the Parliamentary recess Mr. Gladstone recreates by writing ono or two long magazine articles, and count less letters and postal caids, and fills up any spare moments with chopping trees in his woods. There is an honest man in Itiily. King Humbert refuses to allow an ap propriation to pay tho debts of Victor Emmanuel, but takes upon himself tho honorable duty of pnyiug biu father's debts, and lives olo3e. Poon Prince Leopold, 'Duke of Al bany," (as the Queen is determined to have him called) is a sickly weak young man. Ho has been troubled with a skin disease. since his birth, and for weeks at a time is a helpless invalid. Mn. GlAcstonb says tho oharge of treasonable practices against Mr. Par nell will ba withdrawn. Mr. Forster gives as the reason for his withdrawal from the ofiloo of Secretary of Ireland, that ho could not agree to relcaso mn- pcots. The Queon has given special and par ticular orders that her youngest son is never to bo styled Puke of Albany but ho is always to bo described as l'rinco Leopold, Duke of Albany " Her Maj esty doos not wish tho namo of her late revered undo to be forgotten. It seems tho astronomers hnve discov ered a system of canals ou tho planet Mars two hundred miles in width. Now let these astronomers keep ou and discover the mules. What monstrous animals thov mnst be. Look for their ears, astronomers 1 Look for thoir ears 1 Thb Cincinnati Gazette sounds this note of warning : "Than is too much monoy in tho United States Troamry. This tempts Courna. to make liberal appropriations and squander tlio fund Bqoo6,1 out of taxpayers. tongres would bo popular. What it la doing Is not popular, a nieinbera will discover whoa thoy return to their constituents." Misteriously the saloons in Codar- villo, Ohio, suddenly blow up. What it is in the whisky that explodes at so un expected an hour of the night and shatters things generajy, must remiu-u an .uu sblvod problom. However there seems ti be little doubt that to conduct .a saloon in that village is a great risk of life. . Mk. .Tosnra F. James, in a paper read bofore the Cincinnati Society of Natural Historv on the worksof Charles Darwin, expressed tho belief that the publication of Darwin s "Origin oi species - wouiu "make an epoch in science like the age of Shakspeare in literature, the discovery of America in history and the advent of Christ in theology " j A $25,000 piano of nnparalleled splen dor, is the Prince of Wales' wedding present to Leopold. We never could understand how people who are so hope lessly in debt as is the Prince of Wales, could afford to make suoh lavish pres ents. This fellow is eternally begging for money from the government be cause of the burdensomefiess of his debts. Thb jury before whom the Mai ley boys are being tried at New Haven for the murder of Jennie Cramer, are all blondes. Thoy were secured by the strategy of tho counsel for dofenso under the belief that thoy were less apt to oon vict than a darker type of humanity would be, brunettos being regardou as possessing greater individuality and positivenoss of character. Capt. Howoatb writes to a friend in Washington from his hiding place and asks for money. He indioates hii pur poso to be hand for trial any day the government may ret apart, and intimates that rascals high in station may expect to bo thoroughly shown up. There is no doubt but that Ilowgalo cotild tell a great many wonderful stories, but thcro is no probability that he ever will, The Star Ttouto cases have again been postponed, this timo because of the absence of John W. Dorsey brother of ox-Henator Dorsey, who is sojourning in Texas, Now Mexico, Arizoua, cto. The great anxiety for trial and "consequent vindication" that sprang up ho spontane ously when the charges of conspiracy wore first brought, seems to have died a natural death. Tht Indian country is a good hiding place f.jr Mr. Dorsoy. Since tho "removal" of Jorfo James Missouri seems to be nti.-tied. How about tho rest of tho gang ? or does re moving .Tesso vindicate justice ? Why do tho authorities regard tho probable presence of Frank James in a communi ty with a profound sense of awo? And why is thcro no effort mado oven to discover his whereabouts ? or is tho Stale taking a breathing "pell to begin again us soon as it can recover from tho luto conflict? Mi:ssi:s. Vasdebbilt and Field may regard their escape from destruction by dynamite) m a most narrow ono. Had not ono of tho machines been accident ally exploded by the jar of tho car, be fore reaching their destination, there is no question but that thoy would have accomplished tho purposo for which they were intended, during the proe-ps of opening them. Furthermore, tliut their Headers wcro Nihilists there does not seem to bo a particle of doubt. A St. Louis dog, recently deceased, was a property holder. His esta'c e -insisted of a houso and lot left to him by his deceased master. There- was a t. us tee, of course ; but tho iucomo was con scientiously spent in paying for the ani mal's food, lodging, and attondauco. Ho was a handsomo spaniel, nnd was not made vain by his wealth, but associa'ed with common dogs. At his death, a few days ago, tho trustee had him buried in a costly collin, a hearso conveying tlio remains quite ceremoniously to the fam ily cemetery. Tub almost simultaneous death of Adams and Jefferson soouied scarcely more remarkable to thoir contemporaries than is the closeness iu timo between tho funerals of tho two authors who have most contributed to tho literary fame of the United States during the last half ooutury Emorsouand Longfellow. And, looking across tho w ater, tho near ness between tho deaths of Darwin and Emerson reminds us that each wis in his way a founder of a school of thought, and that by this joiut bereavement both England and America lose then recog nized intellectual leaders. A Monntu citizen of tft. Louis, afflicted with nu ardent desire to possess tlio two horses which lately belonged to Jesse James, has been the victim of a rather mean but amusing joke. Somebody, who know his wish, shipped to him a couple of worn-out street-car horses, for which bo cheerfully paid a fancy price. The poor beasts, in tho course of their arduous lives, bad encountered more than their full share of the sling and arrows or ouirageons iortuno, ami were in a aorry condition when thoy reached St. Louis, lint they were beautiful in tlio eyes of thoir owner, and he exulted exceedingly over bis purchase until some sympathetic friend informed him that ho had mado a fool of himself. The Chicago Tribune relates how Ni agara Fulls aro to be utilized as au elec tric apparatus. It says Tho preliminary step baa ten the purchase of the twelve acre known as Prospect l'ai k, adjacent to thb falls, which substantially girua the purchaser the control of thewater-pow irof the entire American falls, estimated at 2,000, 000 horse-power, or ton times tho amount of steam-power iu Chicago and all the lost of Cook County a force equal to that of lli.oflO, 000 men. The control of this prodigious powor having been obtained, it is pro posed to erect immense buildings and ponder ous machinery upon the brink of the falls, whero the water can be easily reaolied, " to be ruturnud after use." After fconoratiiiB the electricity bv this unlimited hydranlio force, it is to be conducted through properly iusulattd oases to sixty-five prominent Amcricau cities and towns for illuminating purposes, and is nl.n In lie nund fnr oneratinir machinery and ultimately for heatinn puniosos. Altnuotuer there will be ton thousand miles of copper cabloa with machinery to correspond. The Cincinnati Board of Health does Dot seem to bo accomplishing much. Under its management thero has been ilmost a steady increase of smallpox for the past four months until the numbei of now cases now reach in tho neighbor hood of 300 a week. This is somowhat alarming. That the infection has turned several million dollar worth of trade ovor to other cities Icbs nufortuuate lhore can be no quostion, and that the Rnanoial buccoss of the forthcoming musical festival will be severely and perhaps seriously effected by it will he only too plainly shown by the diroin inhedrsum total of the receipts aud tho absence of strangers on the streets. An inefficient Board M Health and they seem to bo the pi ague of many lections is decidedly an expensive in titutiou to a community. Warming Up tho House. "This," observed Mr. Nikm, as tho postman tumbled down tho cellar stairs with a registered letter, "this is what I call hard lines," and the worthy gentle man Jlrcd a liriek into tho furnuco, and rattled around outside with a huge poker. "What's hard lines? What aro you doing?'' asked tho postman, handing over his book and card for signature. " Trving to keep those people upstairs warm," replied Mr. Nilos. "Hallo I" ho continued, as a bell over bis head began to peal, "there's tho fellow on tho top floor again," and ho opened and slummed tho door and banged away with tho poker. " But why don't you build a fire?" de manded the postman, looking in at tho empty furnace. Mr. Niles desisted for a moment nnd looked over tho tops of his glasses in mild indignation. " Do von know tho prieo of fuel ?" ho inquired", as soon as ho recovered his rpi-ech. " lluvo you any notion what coal costs?" ami ho humped tho furnace vigorously. "Uuild ft lire I Well, I guess not I If they hear mo rattling around down here, they think there a a big head of steam on, and when I com mence to hcavo bricks they all open tlicir windows. See that load of bricks? That's my fuel for this winter," and Mr. Niles poured in a couple of handful and begun to rake down savagely, "Well, here, uigu these anyway," sug gested the postman. " Wait a minute," retorted Mr. Niles, as another bell rang. " That's a shock headed newspaper man ou tho fiecond floor. Ho don't get enough to. cat to keep warm," and Mr. Niles fetched tho hunaco some prodigious thumps and slammed in more bricks. "I plugged up the pipa to this register with carpet so the cold air couldn't get up, and yet bo's howling around with a chill. II that top tloor fellow I" ho ejaculated, as tho lir.4 bell tolled once more. "You just rattlo tho poker, will you, whilo I burn soiuo straw in his pipe. When ho smells tho smoke he'll begin to peel." " What's that other belly askeU tlio postman, as another bell rang violently. " Homebody s got company m tlio par lor." replied Mr. Niles. "Hit it a couple of licks around on tlio fur side. That's it ! Sav, you wouldn't mind raking it a bit, would you, whilo I givo that barrel a few turns, it's fall of stones and it sounds like putting iu another load of coal. Shake her up hard I" "Hello!" exclaimed tho postman. f Wind's that quarreling upstairs?" " Never mind him," replied Mr. Niles, "that's a friend of mine. Ho conio hero three times a day with, a shovel and bas ket and hollers for his money for putting iu two bundled tons sinco tho first of November, l'vo done him some favors and he helps me out. Don't shako any more, you'll break tho bricks. Now kick the door a conplo of times, whilo I beat with tlio poker. It's lucky for mo that this is going to bo a mild winter. "I've got to go," said tho postman. "I wish you'd sign for the letter." "Just roll tho barrel -of lire bricks while I go up for a pen, that's a good fellow." pleaded Mr. Niles, "and if a bell rings, hammer around inside tho furnace. Don't bo afraid, there's no gralo there, and onco in awhile just drag that shovel across tho tloor a couplo of times and then kick tho door. It sounds beautiful upstairs." When tlio postman left him Mr. Nilos thanked him for his trouble, and tho last tho postman saw of him ho was scraping the cold-air box with a boo to givo tho impression of a trcmoudous drnit, lirooklun Eaulo. Cruelty to Animals. Tho cruelly of man to tho animals that labor for him, afford him pleasure, food, aud tho materials for bis clothing, is of ten such us to render it questionable, which is, after all,-the inferior beast. Tho establishment of Immune societies in different States, cities aud towns, however, is a step toward the protection of dumb animals from human bui baiity. The shame is, that theso aro at all neces sary iu this boasted century of religious teaching and general intelligence. It is a fact, however, that tho invocation of stern law is yet needed to bring many a human tiger to a sense of what is lino oven to tlie brutes be slaughter Tho most flagrant outrago that' we have to note in this direction, in afforded at tho stock-yards, near this city. It is the nriictieu of those whoso business it is to kill tho cattle at tho slaughter houses, to Hiienr them with a knifo iu tho neck, just back of tho horns. It has been discov ered by tho ollloers of tlio humane so ciety that wlien me animios ur resn nnd Hoek to evade the knifo. tho mud- il.nifid butchers niorco tho eyes of tho victims that thoy may not seo tho up ni'oneh of the death-dealitiir kuifo. Ar- vesta f these inhuman monsters are bo i,,f mnd. and tho tiroprietors of the iiaeldnir houses, to thoir credit be it said, are seconding tho society in its efforts to put a stop to the Horrid practice, r arm om. mid farmers' boys and hired help. who shudder at tho facts here presented, are vou not trinity oi ft measure of cm city, uuconsciously, perhaps, toward your work team, your cows, and other domestio animals, that you may, as well as not, avoid? Kindness and gentleness toward tho lower animals, not only en noble the master, but thoy pay in dollars and cents. a well. Prairie tanner. . lie Never Smiles. The English waiter novor smiles, or, if ho does, nobody ever catches him at it. WThilo on t'.ie City of Rome liufus Hatch wagered $10 that he would bring a smilo to tho face o Jtho waiter at his table bo fore the steamer sighted the Irish coast. Ho lost. JJotweon Uneonstown and LiV' erpool he offered the waiter two sover eigns if he would shavo off bis chin whiskers. There was no indication that tho man gave the offer tho sliirhtesl consideration ; yot, when the next mew was served, ho appearod with mutton chop whiskors and pocketed bis two dovcreiirns. savincr. "Thank vou. sir. with a face as grave as an owl. Pivy- red. Leaving a Man In the Lurch. It was on a street car. A man with a very hearso voice looked across tho aislo at a man with a country satchel between his feet, and said : J " Wintry day, isn't it?" "Hey?'' called tho othor as ho put his hand to his ear. "Seems liko winter, doesn't it?" . shouted the man with tho hoarso voice, ."Hey? hoy?" asked tho deaf man. I " Ho says," began a man who was I standing up, " ho soys it soems like j winter. At this moment tho hoarso-voiccd man rose up and slid out of tho car. As ho did so the deaf man roso up, laid two paroids on tho seat, and called out : " Speak louder I'm deaf I" "Ho says it seems liko wiutor I" bawled the man standing up. "Who says so?" Ho turned around to the hoarso-voiccd man, but that person had skipped. "Who says so?" demanded tho deaf man. lTw,Vi I Rny so." "Well, what of it? Haven't I sense enough to know that this is winter weutiier? Don't try any of your guys on mo or I'll knock tho top of yoiir head off!" Then the deaf man sat down nnd tho "middleman " sneaked out and dropped oil the car and said he would spend the rest of his life looking for tho lioar.so- voiccd man. A Tramp Tells 1 lie Truth. A tramp entered the door, and ap proaching with that crushed tragedian air a heart bowed dowu by grief and woo which implies so much (so much whisky puuished in haimv by-cone ilavs) and struck us for ten cents. It was will worth tho money, for w e could not spare the time to throw him out doors, aud re taining a firm hold of the subject under iiisciusion with our towering intellect, aud ono hand ou the manuscript, wo passed him the coin. "Thank yon, sir," said he, "you have saved my life." His words were tinged with that settled melancholy that comes of feeling that ho ought to have struck us for a quarter, and ho passed out and Mas gone from our guzo like a beautiful dream. Me chanically wo glanced out of tho window and across the street. A form emerged from the saloon door across tho way, and the form wiped its mouth on its coat sleeve, the back of his neek or his pantaloons. Wo could not see tho features of tho mysterious unknown, but where had wo seen that form, that atti tude, that general contour and o ! eruihtt f We tried to recollect. Memory toyed for a moment with tho long ago, and then all of a sudden it Hashed upon us liko a dark lnutoni. Seven minutes ago that person had assaulted us for a dime. As we continued to look we could see that a smile of hope, a smile of al most perennial sweetness (ho had evi dently put sugar iu it) lighted up the hitherto dreary expanso of his counte nance. Ho had said that we bad saved his life. And it was so. 1'cc.k't Sun. Woman's Dims. "Many a plaiu, quiet littlo womar;. lays the New York Jlfvatd, "is utterly tired of the ceaseless labor of trying to make as effective au appearance as her meher, handsomer acquaintance, lint what would her husband say?" Ho would say, if a sensible man, that alio was a sensible woman to dress according to her means. If not a sensible woman, it is of no consequciieo what he would say. There is an everlasting drift of nonsenso about the dress of women, inch as the Herald encourages by its silly and simpering remarks ou tho subject of women s uress. It is possible for a woman of good tasto to make herself not only present able, but attractive iu calico at fivo cents a yard. It is the art of knowing how to dress, rather than tho costliness of the material used in dressing, that tolls. There is a vulgar notion abroad that a woman is not dressed unless stio is loaded down with the costliest of fabrics and jewels to correspond, yet we have seen women lu the plainest of dresses so admirably corresponding to thoir com plexion and figure that they outshiuo the more elaborately dressed women iu a society gathering. What is needed is good taste in the selection and mane up of material, aud even then we aro in clined to adopt Dr. Johnson's idea that the womau whose conversation is so charming as to make ono forget how she is dressed is the best dressed woman in any assembly where a display of Hue dollies is tuougnt to ue tue cuiei point of interest. Cmciimait Commercial. The Encore Nuisance. We have eriod out aptain the encore uuisunco until many friends regard it as a. linbbv of ours, but even that will not prevent us from voicing the sentiment OI 'all AOIlSlOie pCUJJlU. -lb IB V1UIB tUHl the nowspapers took up the cudgel in tho name of sense and dcocnoy, and protested against the practice oi encor ing everything upon any and every hioe. and for all performances whatso ever. It is a fearfid strain upon the nnrvna of sensitive people to soe the our- f,iin o-n down upon "a most foul murdei," and, at the instance of a riotous mob of gallery gods and enthusiastio flats, have the poor, gory reuimui xo-ouuu. u piw. life aud come smirking and smiling out before the curtain. Applause is an ver j well, aud no one enjoys and appreciates it so much as an actor; but to be colled from tho grave to bow and smirk isu t just the thing. Whore the curtain can be raised and a tableau presented just as tho actors were last seen, it is well enough; but, for the sake of people with sensibilities, lot there be no resurrection of the doad for these purposes. A call for a singer, or some fine little speoch is tolerable, if not too much overdone; but rerouted demands and importunities from those dramatio body-snatchers are as disgnsting as they are wearisome. i urj, Field and Farm. Thei had been engaged to be married fifteen years, and still ho had not mus tered up resolution enough to ask her to name the happy day. One evening be called in a particularly spoony frame of mind, and asked her to sing him some thing that would "move" him. 8ho sat down at the piano and sang, "Darling, I am growing old," Clever Crows. J havo not said any thing about the crows, which aro a feature of Ycsso, and ono which the cohmisls would willingly dispenso with. Thero aro millions of them, and iu many places they break the silence of tho silent land with a llabel of noisy discords. They aro every whero and havo attained a degree of most unpardonable impertinence, mingled with a cunning aud sagacity which almost put them on a level with man iu sonio circumstances. Five of j them was so imprudent as to alight on two oi my norsis, ana so no lerrieu across the Yurupugawu. In tho inn garden I saw a dog eating a pieco of carrion in the presence, of several of these covetous birds. They evidently said a good deal to each other on the subject, and now and then ono or two of them tried to pull tho meat away from him, which ho resented. At last a big, strong crow succeeded in tearing oil' a piece, with which he returned to tho pino where the others were congregated, and, after much earnest speech, they all surrounded tho dog, and the leading bird dexterously dropped the small pieco of meat within reueli of his mouth, when ho immediately snapped at it, let ting go the big piece unwisely.for a secend, on which two of tho crows flew away with it to tho pino, mid wilh much flutter and hilarity they all ate, or rather gorged it, the deceived dog looking va cant and bewildered for a moment, after which he sat under the tree and larked id them inanely. A gentleman told mo that ho saw a .log holding a piece of meat in liko man ner iu tlio preseuco of three crows, which also vainly tried to tear it from mm, and utter a consultation ho separ 'ited, two going r.s near as they dared to the meat, while tho third gavo his tuil a bite sharp enough to make t'.o dog turn round with n squeal, on which the other villiuns seized tho meat, ind tho three fed triumphantly upou it on the top of a wall. Iu many" places they nro so ag gressivo as to destroy crops, unless thoy aro protected by netting. They assem ble on the Bore backs of horses and pick them into holes, and aro mischievous in many ways. They are very Into in go ing to roost, and aro early astir in the morning, ami aro so bold that they often came " with many a stately llirt and flutter " into tho veranda w here I was sitting. I never watched an assemblage of them for any length of timo without being convinced that thero was a NoBtor among them to lead their movements. Along tho sea-ehoro they are very amus ing, for they "take tho air" in tho evening, seated on sandbanks facing tho wind with their mouths open. They are threatening to devour the settlers, and a crusade is just now being waged against them, hut their namo is legion. Mi llird't " Uiilicahn Trades in Juian." Agrlculturo In Arizona. Yuma and Mohavo counties embrace :ho great Colorado Valley, which con tains thousands of ncres of tho richest mil in the United States. Owing to its yearly overllow, the valley is covered with a coating of vegetable mold, which jonstaiitly enriches tho soil. Yegotation is very rapid ill this valley. Weeds, grasses, and wild hemp attain au amaz ing bl ight in a few weeks after tho water lias receded. In fact, everything prows iu tropical luxuriance. If kept from jvcrlluw no better soil for cotton, sugar, nemp, and semi-tropical fruits is found jii tho continent, lu some places the lilull's conio down to tho stream, and to Dther points tho valley is from ono to tivo miles wide, liclow Khrenberg tho srea of tho valley laud is much greater than above. To bring tho waters of tho Colorado by canals over its rich valley, and prevent tho river from overflowing, would no doubt bo au cxponsivo under taking, but the hundreds of thousands jf acres of uiagnillccut land which would thus bo reclaimed are a prizo worth striving to gain. A conqmuy has been formed for tho raising ofliomp and jiigur-eano, which has already begun niiorations in the valley below tlio town Vuma: but with tho exception of small patches cultivated by tho Indians, the ieh valley of the Colorado is still virgin 4oil. Itetween tiio junction of the Gila nd Colorado, there is a tract of very rich bottom, by some estimated at 30, 000 acres, all of which could be brought under cultivation at a moderato cost. Tho two hiruest streams of the Tern- tory, flowing ou either Bide, would givo an luexliaustililo water supply, anu tne eonligurution ot the crounu is sueu umi, :t l ... .-,, .(. I MM, .., nva lit mil on i;ii3uv unuinuu, i'"" several lino ranches alone tho valley of thoOiliv. in Yuma County, which yield L'ood crons of cram and vecetabies. me total number of acres under-cultivation in the county is about 2,500. Tho valley of tlio Colorado, in Mohave County, pre sents tho Bame features as in Yuma, but is not so extensive. The soil is equally as rich and productive, but it requires capital to open canals, throwuponiimnit incuts, and put the land in a condition for Bucocssful cultivation. At present farming in Mohave is confined to the Big Sandy, in tho Southern part of the county, whero there aro about i.uuuaores under cultivation, producing fine crops of grairn, vegetables, and fruit Suc cessful farming in Arizona depends en tirely on irrigation. No finer crops are minnr! in RT1V country than in this Terri tory, whore water can be had. There are thousands of acres of productive land in tho leadiug valleys, which can be mado available by a proper distribution of the present water supply. While tne wealth of Arizoua is iu its mines, agri culture will always bo a profitable call ing, and the products of the son com mand a good price. uetowee oj in terna. Sawdust in Rivers. The marked disadvantages of sawdust in rivers, as an obstruction to navigation, nra bovoud question. A competent United States engineer says the dele terious effects ot depositing sawdust in the Mississippi by the Minneapolis saw mills are evident to the most casual ob server, aud is perceptible as far down the river as Lake ropin. A veteran steam boator says that a bar formed of saw dust and sand is worse than one of sand alone, as the lattcx will wash out, but nothing except dredging will remove the sawdust, IIUMORS OF THE DAY. Tna nobbiest thing in boots is a bnuion. Bono of the cheese "Will yon love me when I mould?" A stockholder in a street railway company the driver. Thb proof of the pudding is tho rapidity with which the children got away with it. "Wei.i,, I'll be bound," as the man remarked when ho beard quoted tho linos, "Chains of gold are fetters still." A max who "travelodon his shape", insulted a young lady, and her fathor -knocked him down and travclod on his shape, too walked all over him. That littlo girl unwittingly gave utter ance to the principles of many of her elders when bIio wroto in her composition: " Wo should mako mistakes aud tell lies as seldom as it is convenient." Girls should be careful how thoy aro vaccinated with virus taken from a lover's arm. Ono at St. IVul has taken to swearing, sitting cross-legged, and smoking a brier root pipe. Detroit Free I'rest. ' Mn. Buows wants to punish the liquor drinker as well as the liquor seller. Fogg says ho will go a stop beyond Mr. Brown. He wants the Ikpior itsolf punished and ho is willing to punish all he can of it. Boston 'Transcript. "Ta," asked Fogg's iiopofuJ, the othor evening, " what kind of combs do you uso to curry chickens with?" "Cox combs," replied Fogg, promptly. - Fork says he believes iu always answering a child when you can. liotton Transcript. "No," aid Gallager, " I don't keep a bull-dog because I want a dog to fight. I'd rather givo 850 than havo my dog fight. But by Judas, I do like tho satis faction of feeling that he can chaw the stuffing out of any blame dog that comes along." "Alas, we must part," as the coat tails said when the street-cafr passenger took his seat. "But we'll meet again," as the coat-tails saitl when throe fat women got aboard. " United we stand." as tho coat-tails said "for the rest of the rido. Louisville Courier-Journal. Thei tell of a man out West who was putting a blast in a woll, and it went off prematuroly aud blow him out into an apple tree about utty feet away, in a moment ho recoverod himself, and re-' marking, "The Lord knows better than I do after all; I guess it is almest time to go pruning," took a largo pruning kuifo from his pockot and sot to work. Fun at a dinner party: Tho youngest gentleman (it is his first visit) has broken the ice at last by inquiring the name of tlio hostess' littlo daughter, to which the chdd has replied " Ethel." "And why, Ethel, do you keep patting me on the arm?" "Because mamma says your a muff" (awful pauso, during which the child strokes him down) " but yon don't feel like ono, you know." Tableau: child complacent nobody elae.l -Judy, MOSAICS. AsmrrtoN is the evil shadow of aspir ation. Qcorgc MacDonald. Youboeomo more tho viler for dis praise. Thomas a' Kempis. It takos a bold ni.au to roll his own idea into the world. A.S. Gardner. Am. up-hill work whonwe would do; all down hill when we suffer. Bailey. No man is mora misorable than he that hath no adversity. Jeremy Tay lor. No life can bo utterly miserable that is heightened by the laughter and love ot cue littlo child. Youth is the t assel and silken flower of lovo ; ago is the full corn, ripo and solid in the ear. Suceaxn in like climbing a mountain, 'Tia hard to reut-h the tip-top ; Whowmililnitulithe brlxht until otths fountain Uuiit wutca lor Uie water to drop. Education begins the geutloman, but reading, good company and reduction must tlinsh mm. Loom. Reflect npon your present blessings. of which evory man has many; not on your post misfortunes, of which all men have some. Vharle Ticken. , Soux mini with awonli may nap the field, And plant with laurel where ll.j kill; But thoir itroug Html at laet mu.l jrleU ; The; tame but oue auother itilL Tnouuu avarice will preserve a man from being nocessitously poor, it gener ally makes mm too timorous to do weal thy. I nomas l'uino. TnabeBt tlio and the cunning uve. Courago goes ahead and scales the ram purtB aud falls in tho ditch. Cowardice skulks and populates the earth. If ho really thinks there is nodistino tion between virtue and vico, why, sir, when he leaves our houses lot us count our spoons. Dr. Johnson. A good book and a good woman are exoellont thingsfor those who know just ly how to appreciate thoir valuo. Thera aro nion, howevor, who judge of both from the beauty of the covering. Two thlngi thou ehalt not long for, If thou Ion a mind eeruue: . . , - a worun to Uu wife, though the were a orowaed And'eiTe'eoonil, borrowed money thouh the amiUng lender lay That he will not domand the debt natll the Judg ment day. - Emtrtm. . Advice to Sir Charles. Whon Sir CharlcB Lyell, the eminent geologist, was in America, he seems to have had some curious advioe given to him about traveling on the Mississippi steamboats. "Never pay your tare until you are compollod to, was the first ot wisdom thrown at mm. "And pray why not?" he queried, With English straightforwardness. "Because," was the almost whispered reply, "your chanoes are better in case of trouble." Will you kindly explain yourself, sir?" said Lyell, astonished, beyond measure. " " Well," answered the American, with a very significant leer, "when I wat traveling up the liver last March, or ooay onea out, x a-soua;- -The captain hurried tot asked, 'Has the maa hisfareT On being anir u right," ,y'-,;.:.;-. ;;