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Chinamen are slaughtered by the whole
sale over on the Central Pacific, if. I he fol
lowing, from the-Elk'o Independent of the
21st, is true.":. Sheriff. Fitch received a tel
egram last night, advising him that eigh
teen persons, had been arretted at Tonado
and would he down on the night train in
charge of Deputy Sheriff Shellon. , These
parties are those who killed and soalned
six or even Chinamen at that place a lew I
uays since. -
Edward Halpin, an elderly man from
Black Rock, fell over an embankment at
"Niagara Falls, near the Table Rock, a dis
tance of 180 r feet, Friday evening. He
was instantly killed, his body being man
gled in a dreadful manner.
The Pacific mail steamers take $1,000,
000 worth of silver per month direct from
California to China where it is made up
into ornaments.
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Fifteen hundred ouildir.gs .are in. course
of erection in Chicago, at a cost of $10,
000,000, and it is proposed to build a mag
nificent Slock Exchange,; to cost $800,000.
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ly&Utia uHT-eighl oushels to the acre out
if his whea't crop. 1
A 20 inch trun. weiyhimr 57 tons, to.l
-throvT a 1,100 pound shot, has been sent
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to. fortress Monroe trom iho Pittsburg,
Pa. foundry. -
x Florida has an immense amount o." land
' adapted to the culture of coffee.
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"1a. J. .Thompson, hear Ilillsdale. Michi
gan, has 'sheared 1000 pounds of wool from
100 sheep. From five rams ha sheared
88 J pounds. ,
Staggers among Hoo. Take one tea
epoonful of sweet oil (or any good oil) and
half the quantity ot spirits ot turpentine.
Mix and shake the oil and turpentine well
tosrethar: then 1av the hoy down with the
effected ear up and pour this mixture into
his ear holding him in that situation a mo
ment or two, until it gets well into the
head. . No further "attention .is r.evessarj-. .
A devil fish .has been caught at Now
Orleans, illis chief characteristics are a
lengtii of twelve . feet and a breadth of
fourteen feet, and a mouth two feet wide. t
Two gentlemen left Selma, Alabama, a
few days
since tor ban rrancisco lor a
shipment
of Chinese. They had orders for
500 laborers.
A young lady studying French and find-'
that "belle" meant -fine," told some
one in a letter, that wo had a great deal of
"belle-weather lately.
t i. The mail carrier and escort of three
soldiers were killed i by Indians between
La Pas land PrescOtt,' Arizona, on tho
17th... i Tho Arizona papers appeal for
more troops. .
: , To lay off a square acre ot land meas-
. u ro 208 feet. 81 inches for each side of
? your square, and it will contain just an
:vi acre. , . ' "
.J. . ! A German shoemaker .who liad under
tl taken to make a pair of boots for a geutle
' "men of whose fihaucial integritr he had
considerable doubt, replied, when asked for
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. the article; "iJer boots u not quuo aone,
but der beel ish made out." ...
A little girl named Katie Pitt has re
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for committing to memory thirteen ihou-
'" sand six hundred aud fif .y -seven verses of
; tho Bible. ; 1 1
" Chicago "gambling houses clear thrco
. 'inillions annually on faro alone. There are
forty establish men ts. -
Sacramento has doubled in population
ainee lS65r if now contains 22.000 neonlc.
A svstdm of levees has been completed,
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fliOOuS . HICJl BT'Trei'ttic reuawi-w vku
H tmilefr. and thev cost over 81, OOU.UUU.
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i- Peninsula of Florida with great success, led and pre-empted several thousand jcrfcs
They are larger than those grown, in the of land about him, aud learning from Wat
f West Indies, and fully equal to them in so t,iat 1,0 had money cuough lo do like
' sweetness and flavor. W4K0 proposed that he should go down to
The Dutchman' lien.
A Funny Slory vith a Seriovt Moral
Once with an honest Dutchman walking,
About his troubles he was talking
The most of which seemed to arise .
From friends and wife's jerversities.
When he took breath, his pipe to fill,
1 ventured to suggest that will
Was oft the o.iuse of human ill ;
That life v;;. full of stit'-donials,
And every man had his own trials.
'Tis not the will," he quick rei.lied,
'But it's the won't, by which I'm tried.
When people will, I'm always glad :
"lis only when they won't, I'm mail I
Contrary folks, like mino old hen, ,
Who laid a dozen eggs, ami then,
Instead of tilting down to hatch,
Huns oil' into mine garden patch 1
1 g.Kt; and catches 1it; ami brings her,
And back into her nst 1 tllng her
And then 1 snajU onhe he J,
And toil her, 'Sit there you old jadol'
lUit sit she won't, for all I say,
She's up again and rims away.
Then I was mad, as mad as fire,
But once again I thought I'd try her:
fv alter her 1 soon makes chase,
And brings her back to the old place, f
And then I snaps her a great deal, . '
And does my best to make her fevl
That she must do as she wa bid ;
But not a bit of it she did ;
She was the most contrary bird .
Of which I evef saw or heard.
Before I'd turned my back again,
Was running oft that plaguey- hen ;
Thinks I, I'm now a used up man,
must adopt some other plan. .
I'll fix her now for if I don't,
My will is conquered by her won't I
So then I goes ami gets some blocks,
Ami with them maken a little box ;
And takes tome straw the very best,
And makes the nicest kind of nest ;
Then m the nest the eggs 1 place ;
And feel a binile uion lay face
As I thinks now at last I've got her $
For to this little box 1 did
Consider I mubt h-ive a lid,
So that she couldn't get away ;
But in it till she hatched must stay;
And then again once more I chased her,
And catche4, and in the box I placed her;
Again f snaps her on the he.nl.
Until 1 tear she might be dead ;
And then when 1 had made her sit down,
Immediately I clas the lid on ;
And now, thinks 1, I've got her fast,
She'll have to do her work at last ;
No longer shall I stand the brunt
Of this old hen's confounded won't!
So I goes in and tells mine folks,
And then I takes' my pijteand smokes,
And walks about and feels so good
That 'would'nt' yields at length to 'would.
And now so oft I'd snapped the hen,
I takes some 'schnapps' myself, and then
I thought I'd see how the old critter
Was getting on where I had set her ; . -
The lid the lox so nicely fits on
- r wtt rais--.i--cmiiafi Jfmi oitizen i
(Give me more schnapp and fill the cup !)
There she was sitting standing up 1
Knickerbocker Magazine.
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IIIUOIIS.
A HEROIC GIRL
On the border of (Ireen Lake, in Minne
sota, there lived a sturdy, white-haired
frontiers-man, named Waller Brown. He
was oneoTthoM! adventurous spirits ever
to bo found in the vau of advancing civili-
zatiou, always courting the free, wild air
o the prairie, and rejoicing in tho profound
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UCT,U? leu lorcsu.
But the country became nnuo and more
thickly settled, and Walter Brown became
uneasy. His wife had borne him a daugh
ter, the third or fourth year of their resi
dence at the head waters of the St. Croix,
whom he called Leonora. She was a good
girl, and tho idol of her father. lie pur-
chased a r flo for her, when ,he was but
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twelve years 'old, and took the utmost would hesitato to do this, becauso having
Dains in teach inir her tho us f it Shl...t .i. t i i i... m
wa3 bravo and steady of nerve, and soon
aequircu wonueriui till as a shot, and the
number ot prairio chickens, partridges,
uu nnici iu if, aim oiner small game
every day was real-
Y lar- Occasionally she would shoot
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P" ."" v.-..liu, morning oy a luc-Ky
ams iiiiw uiu main iiuuuu tiio eye, sue
killed a bear.
oe.i soe cu.ne nomo wun tno news, tier
father could hardly credit her. But know-
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ing nor penecuy trullilul nuluro, he danc-
ed alniut the room for joy, and seizing the
sturdy little maid tj mounted her upon
ii. o anuuimiC meioLeo uHin carrying
her all the way to where the body of the
dead bruin la
Thicker and thicker flowed tho tide of I
emigration into Minnesota and Wisconsin,
following the navigable rivers as a matter
of" course, ami more and. more uneasy and
crowded" felt Waller Brown. At length
his Wife died. Loonnm ivni th.n kivtnn
and engaged to be married to a handsome
yoUng trapper by the name of Watson,
who had ioined her futhoi- in l.i'n..
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M Walter d.i.ll lo move
into northwestern
Minneota. Neighbors
were getting too
hill) . n I l......t
and
trapping were bad
As tho young man
had
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of land near I ay lor's I alls, and did not
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lion ot
wish either to abandon or sell it inst then.
persuading Leonora to promise to write to
uim ho bifde lcj: a" aft ctionate good-by.
' D,own ,,vcu " Jdncsota tor. three or
toor 3.tal'' ,n Paf e ' q", finding gtiod
i... I trapping anu nunting iriounds. when nil
I at once young Watson arrived nd funmv.
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more no more, and had accordinlv loca
ht. laul and buy laud warrants with his
money, and take up all tho land ho could
"swing." He might then marry Leonora,
and they two would go to work, nnd after
building plenty of Mabh-s. etc., would get
a good Mock of cattle and sheep, and try
and lead a pastoral lifo for the rest of their
days.
To this proposition tho young man
heartily assented, and after returning from
St. Paul, went bravely to work in the
woods, felling trees for building purposes.
It was first agreed that thcy'thnaUl build
a new Ire wed log house for tho uuiled fam
ily, as Watson had got up u fimall single
room cabin. Then the wedding was to
take place, and the two men should again
resume their work.
While thu busily engaged tho Sioux
war broke out. It was the habit of Leo-.
no:a 'it ake her riflle nut every moruing
and hot prairie chickens f.r tho ta!Je
L while her lather and lover vu rn hat-d .i
woik on the new house. Watson had
brought ier as a present from St. Paul, a
light and han lsonic revolving rifle of which
she wan immensely fond, and with which
die became so expert that idie. Could shoot a
duck or prairie chicken on tho wing with
almost absolute certainty.
One morning as sho whs strolling 'around
the lake, riftV in hand, she noticed thrve
canoe bads of Indians paddling carefully
along the opposite side of the water, stead
ily and stealthily approaching tho spot
where her father and lover were at work.
She did not immediately apprehend any
tragedy, but in snmo unaccountable waj
she felt imjK-llid to remain and watch
their motions. She therefore concealed
herself behind the top of a fjillen tree, and
observed their movements, which grew
more and more suspicion.
There were two Indians in fach canoe,
and alter pulling steadily to a point where
a thick ovei hauling birch trc afforded
concealment for their i-;iihcm, they disem
barked, ami crept carefully ami noiclely
aloog until they were within a, few feet
of where the unsuspecting men were choj
ping. Suddenly, with a yell that made
the forest ring, and which echoed and re
echoed across tho broad still lake, ihey
spnftng upon their victims and Lore them
to the earth.
Leonora trembled with excitement and
apprehension, expecting nothing less than
to witness the horrible t-uicherj of her
fa'.her and lover at once. Hut thidid not
"com to be the purpose of the Indians, for,'
tying tho arms -of their captives behind
them, ihey took to the canoes, where tak
ing the young man into one and tbo old
nian into another, they shoved Jboldly out
into too iaKC una pauuico rapiunr Gown to
t I W kollM'
V- vAi?rtln.3r.
their intent instantly
''Ha!' she said to herself, "thev demVn
capii.ring me too. i ney Ucvm thai an
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easy job, jH-rhap!!" and her eye flashed
ami her cheek tlnnhed with ager. "See,
there is a fourth canoe, uliich they m.
Ionbt suppose will carry me. This vil
lainous work has been well calculated, but,
ha!oub.id savage, you have mistake
your girl this time Leonora Drown has
bcu taught more things than to cook ven
ison steak. Oh, dear, dear father, your
Leonora will soon show you how bravely
sne can succor you, ana now your innroc
ting her the tie of this ritle ha aved you
this dav. And Vou 1k. darling Henrv
Watson, hate won longer leao of your
precious lifo by presenting me with this
splendid revolving rifle. Six bullet for six
ruffian! Miss one of them ! ah I if 1 should
there is my knife. Xo, Leonora, you
must not miss ono of I hem." ,
The girl now crept steadily through the.
underbrush up thu bank to tho prairie
above. Sho knew that to reach tho house
thn finlininj would huve to eroa a hrf-nd
flat field, where there was no shelter for
their persons. Sho did not think they
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About thiriv rods to tho riirht stood
caU!e vanl erected by her father, aud in
the corner of the fence stood an immense
elm tree. Inside of this vard climbed Le
onora, and behind tho big elm troo sho con
cealed herself.
A lew minutes more proved she wa.
rirrl.t it. fi .ii ifft ti r. Tlu In.linitK nt1ir
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having tied stout raw hide thongs around
lhe f0el Df their pns..ncn, laid them down
. Utinn. ofiheir cunoes and trrl
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house, without any attempt at conceal-
i tl tent
Leonora! heart grew hard as stone, and
her uerve?, which. tlnltered a litllo before,
now grew as firm as steel. Sho had put
freidi waterpivJt-ap' upon each nipple of
her rifle. ai.J-pultmg the barrel on the rail
of the fence, lrevv a sharp bead Uon the
foremo.vt Indian ; but a her finger curved
to press tho trigger, sho heard what actu
ally seemed lo bo a voice, whisper,
'Not yet, Leonora !"
She paused, and then, as if by inspira
tion, the thought flashed through her
mind- .
'Wait until they get nearer the house,
and then shoot tho hindmost ono first.'
Sho obeyed the impression and let them
miiiH mi m i.w riHM iiiriner.
Suddenly
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the tliOUgUl C
"Now you
came again
our timo.
Clapping her face to the rifle breech, she
trained the death ueailng. tnoe steadily at
the -iVMrmost Indian for an iosla4it and
fii-cd.
Thp bullet proved true to its mark, and
the burly Indian merely throw up his arms
aud fell dead, the rifle ball having gone di
tvetly through hi heart.
A clap of thunder from a clear sky could
not have so utterly astonished those re
maining Indians. -WWlly they looked in
every direct'on to see wbenco came the fa
tal shot. In tho next instant, bang I wen
Lvoiiora'a rifle again, aud another of their
Dumber dropped dead. ,
Bat they saw the mokd of the last shot
and got a g!Impo of tho shooter. At
onca they comprehended their peril. They
could not hide, and their only show waiu
running to , tho trco and torn haw king
their presumptuous foe on the spot. In
stantly sonnding tho war-whoop, they
bounded-forward, tut with;the note half
uttered another of their number leaped in
to the air aud fell lack lo.riso tio.more.
Leouora had fired again.
The remaining three rushed on.bulagain
the brave girl'a riflo rang like the knell of
doom, and a fourth eavage fell to the
ground.
The terror of tho remaining two vra
now fearful to behold ; they stopjnrd short
in thcironward career, and uttering the
most fearful screams, discharged their rifle
at tho tree in the wildest and roost una
Viling f'er. Bnt again tho. relentless
rifle blazed, and one ot the remaining two
sank to tho ground as the bulla went
crashing through his brain.
Immediately the one left threw down
his rifle and cried out,
"Xo shoot me ! No shoot mo I Me give
up."
Leonora bad drawn a bead on him, bnt
now be seemed so perfectly in her power,
that she lowered her rifle, and stepping
from behind tho tree, climbed ho fence
briskly aud commenced approaching the
savage.
The surpriso and indignation of the In
dian at the sight of tho girl wa intense,
and forgetting his snppliea'in cry. he ml
his hand behind him ami drew lorth hi
tomahawk to throw at her.
Leonora eye was a slow pa an cay!eV
She saw the treat-he ru move. umI Jtt a-
the bright blade of the hatchet gleamed
for tho throw, sho raied her rifle atidlot
the faithleM scoundrel dead in hi" track.
With the speed of a deer be now bound
ed forward to the lake.
Henry Watson shouted-
Glory hallelujah! I knew it was Leo
nora." Ami the father cried for joy. as her little
form appeared on the bluff, rifle in hand.
tuickly Mie descended to the iainn-.
and unbound the two men, who embraced
her and cried over her in the most extrav
agant manner.
Hut they felt they had no time to Iomj.
and hastily gearing tin their teams, and
loading up their valuable, they cl out fr
Minneapolis, where they arrived safely,
and where Leonora aud Henry were im
mcdiatelv married.
' Old Walter Brown and llcniy Watson
both did good service in the Indian batths
which followed : and when the Indian
"". finally extern mated, thev all went
ffatk to their old lionie on tirevii LaVe.
Awhcre thev now live. 'J'heV have ooe of
he largest stock farms in the blate and
Leonora, though a happy wife and mother,
clings to her beautiful reoKii:g rifle, and
yet occaioiial!y uvn it to keep hers If in
practice.
Power of Imagination.
A REVOLUTION AKT AMlCtXiTK.
Mj- grandfather, a revolutionary soldier,
was acciidtomed to I date the following
among the incident "of hi experience
luring the war :
It was during the famous Jersey cam
paign of I-S. Attached to the compa
ny to which he Udongcd was a private
oldier, an inveterate fault-finder, sour,
crabbed, perpetually disgruntled about
something, but who, nevertheless, wa.-
never suspected of leaning toward the en
emy, and had always done his duty a a
good soldier of the Continental army.
Un one occaior, a lieutenant and a
part of his company, including the sub
ject of our story, were sent out on a scout
ing excursion, to watch the movements ol
a body of the enemy who were prowling
in tho vicinity. It a a very warm day,
and the party, after a three honrV tramp,
came in sight of the foe, who, being in
greater numbers than wa nutieipau-d.
compelled the Lieutenant aud his men to
use "the better part of valor" and prepare
for a retreat
On this ' old Gouty," as ho was called,
lowered his musket, broke forth into a
tirade agai..t military duty in general
and scouting parties in particular, and
finished bv declaring thai he had done
enough for one daV, and wa determined
lo remain 'where he was lor Iho remainder
it. To the representation of his com.
rude that he would bo captured by tho
enemy, ho replied that Mich an eveol would
e wreferable to :imv farther exertion, and
stay he would and abide the result.
After ex bans: ing argument and entreaty.
the Lieutenant iuliimud him that rather
than sutTer him to bv taken by the "3iitih
and give them the information they would
seek concerning our iorcc, ii no pcn.iieu
in his determination to remain, h- mnl
shoot him in onlor to secure the general
safety. The reply wa: 'Shool and U
hauled : I shall ta where I am.
On this a hurried consultation was held
by the ofiicer with his men and It was re
solved to cxperiiiicut-wilh him, and avoid,
if jKsible, the sacrifice of his' life. He
was told to lake a seal ppon a log in ine
wocds where they then were, aud to avoid
alarming the enemy bra general volley,
a single soldier from behind was lo svnd a
b illet through hi heart.
The announcement was
t dogged resignation and
rcveired with
an "una! fried
purosc. All l-oing ready, the soldier do
tailed an executioner, at tho word of com
mand, fired a-blairk cartridge while by
prtvarTangemcnl a second Mmultaneoasjy
threw a small pebble smartly.at Ihc ;oi
intended io be hit.-Tho man fell and
groaned; -and the Liculeuanl approached,
expressed his opioioa thai the wound was
mortal! aad his torrotr thai Lix duty ccui-
lulled him to the measure, bade tlta adieu,
and then led his parly lo the rear, where
they concealed themirca to valch the
result. -
I The martyr to sluluornocu lay for some
time, uttering an occasional groan varied
with maledictions upon the c rr ice, Lit
rate, the rcd--oats and his comrades. His
wrath toward tho latter seemed to be kin
dled by tho bungling manner in which
they had cr formed their doty, leaving
him to a lingering death icsUad of dis
patching him at once.-
At length with a dolorous exertion", fc?
raised hira self on his elbow and Iqoked
over and beneath bil shoulder, at though
lo determine tho ncamesa of his exit by
the quantity of Mood that bad issued from
hi wound. Apparently aeonibtd at find
ing uone, fro next, w ilh slow but seemiog'y
le p.ninful naivcmcDU, comaenced feel
iu'4 U h?r. hi L Krf-siofahc Lab
Ui hole. ,XrjsaTnl tlh tla,' Le raised
hiutsclf to sw silling S:are, and ilh
much exertion toA 3 hit coal, and Cnd-
ing no ierformation. the truth of the trick
Hashed ujoo him at once, when, siog
some straglcm ol the enemy to tbo dis
tance, he started op, svitvd bit mcskct
and ran, at none bad ever seen him do be
fore, toward tho- American lint. He ar
rivni long in advance of tbo Lieotecact
and his party, who Lad never occasion
thereafter to censure Lit LaSed tabordi-
nato.
Eatt Stuart.
A Mi. Iewis, of Ma.acbuctf, ho bc
hcc, ha recently 31 hicved great and
m-ritil distinction by rvuing some un-
fortunate Hrn I rum a watery grave ;
:ii.d tl. pnpen have pMirrally paid ihcir
hioimgf iu her heroic action. Nor is this
alt. liar N"fi!.ti. brethren, being of
practical lurtTof mind, have made Ler the
rt (pui.i or uianv substantia! tokens of
appreciation in the lape of greenbacks,
and jewcU of gold a ad jewelt of tilrer. so
oui iter neroic action nat occn rewarded
by iraie and pnMkent.
i tn was all vrv well. She dercrvel
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-in. an. i we give ner our, applause very
heartily ; but at th same time there is a
maidt ii in North Carolina w ho disputes
ue palm suii rcr. tioibe? inn
never I. rani her name. Of course not. for
-he haptN-r.rd In It bom on tho wrong
i'ie oi me i uimnar. uo answer our
owi. question, nnd mt that the heroine of
whom we speak, is Aliea Kate Sluart, of
Smithville.
The other day she re-cacd the daughter
i v nptam Hunter, of the steamer Fair
I ..ink i., from dniwnmg. by plunging in
b-iJdly-and trining her to land at the
Vd of her own ViCe, m.d we nut ibe ee
r.tMPs thai ffrer n.U-saction tuar
Ki llK'll.fr iihrvmfmlMr4.
That he i thonujhiy dcMrving our
prmUe is horn by such forts a these, that
when the yellow tferer and small ox pre
vailed in epidemic form at Smithville, she
devoted herself like a ccond Florence
Nightingale to the work ol nursing the
iek, while, after the disinter at Fiber, she
devote everj moment to the consolalion
of our d ing ar.d the care of our wounded I J
soldiers. To show, in short, how entirely
soiuier. iu snow, in toon, tow entirety
uuclfih this hervio woman was, we qsoie
the Haleigh Snml a oar authoriiy fur
lite statement thai when our prisoners
were removed Ui the North she gave them
the -lat dollar she had io the world."
To suc'i a womjn the word of praise arc
nothing. She has a still, small voice in
her own bo mm which speaks to her in
lone of approval which are aa-eeier than
all the tine phrases which Hamaoe Socie
ties could utter, and she feels in her heart
she ha laid up treasure in heaven by her
modest and unobtrusive imitation of thai
Mater whose life sho has taken as her
guide. Lei the name of Kalo Sloart be
numbered among those who have been or -
natnents lo their sex and country !
Rattlesnakes.
In an article on rvptiics by a writer who
claims to have much experience on the
fiioiHi in ine cm, jc ray. sin-asi..g ci
t'de r.iltlciiske : "1 have lived at di:Tcr -
ent time upon the prairies both eat and
West of the Miislp, Upon the wild and
b.irrcu region which skirt near ihe tak-
rd pLiii," &s,I the nur fertile though
e.i'i:illy de.lato liking expanse which is
a .a a
cuvcr-d wun sage uru on up to iiiC very
f.Ktt of tho lbcky Mountains, In all these
plates rat tie-make wcro t le found, and
snne;inte in alarming numbers. On til
th sutoil k'lo'.ls or nmndod boohlcr, a
many as twenty, or even more, might bv
m-o'i in the space of a lew aouare fect.roil
ed up ashep. basking io the sun, but each
with hi tad-ratllo left oit. free to move a:
..( I.. -J
the lirsi nlarm, and mm the intruder of
In dnng'-r. The rattlesnake is ool a vi
cioti snake ; t)al it to say will not bite
wantonly, like the o"ra or the copper
head, ft i pre-eminently a sluggith rep
tile almost a !uggisU as the pufT adder
nr ih- cai i antifol I bat tcrnbl coral
snake, i When diturbed it dm nol move
otT, but simply ratllc it tail lo warn
tho-e eiiiiing near ; and if. the intrusion is
prsisiel in, as il often is.'will aimply
erawl slowly a ay, ratll.ng all the time a
a kind of menace thai it must not be Tol
lowed. Thi in some prairie where the
gtas I Ic4 lLxuriant, always leads to it
lestrurti-in. Without the aid ofifrattW
iu auft, Lean t if u I velvet marking of black
and yellow can always iasiauUy bo aeen,
and the rvflde can be killed by a child
with a'swiub. It tanrol, however, be
trcaled wiih the same indirfcrer.ee by the
prairie banter daring the dark night, and
where the grass i thick. Then, when tho
dry. rat td.3 U heard ahead sound which
V a . .1 at. Aa.
i can ex in pre to aointng oeucr majj
the rattle f pcaa in a tio box an insiani
halt is calk
fet ii k .'iirlli
lLd, aod every ooc tLxuwavbiu
il. .(Ani in the di ret ton
tia aoand, till the vermin U driicn off
- a ikwuse "
goes rati!iog away, when, of trur? the
PrtJ" K'rt h"1 Locality a wide t-rrih. and
decamp from iu The grrat danger of tat
tlesnakes it. io fact, ihcir sJu-.n.bt..-..
They Wp so sm? aud are sm inert, that
they wid remain nil aeta&'.Iy trvd Joo ok
en without any warning ratild, sod tl.cn
as a matter cd course, thev l ito ictanU3
for even the Wt tmrJ snake dccs not
uxe ine Leal oia Leivy praine aeUlercn Lis
lad."
Whj Pork Sirlalu la Iht PoL
An -Old Farmer" rives in Tl,
$UJ. the various notions on this qselioa
aad ehes wiih hit own views on tL sab!
ject, which we condense Ulow fur ur
reader.
Store rVgs kit low in feh in
and actomn, and th t, falij fed ,j,ca
up inrisnei.ii, widgaia fat, tr t ar to
U doing well, and look r 11 Wn d reused
bat ;i wei-J, light, and will pro,
tit b the meat ktmi to Ixs txm-d, are
filled with gvlalir.cu lualler, which ' has
polled limo lo Uxcme bard and firm it
t artly soluUe in toiliug wur4 hrnre
pork iKrinU in tie tot. The umt kind iT
pork rrsulls from feeding tos on tartly
anicial food, at at !asghier house, and
iron irregular reeOsn. o- frcra kiKit
when in LcaL
To prodsCO tXirk that Will not .krt.tr In
the ict, the writer says he rt ha. a gt.I
breel ; they are never a lowed to fjf off
in conJiti.n from the strt they gtt with
their mother's milk, and never know tit,i
nor stunt whde alive. lUriv intitamii
he takes them p i:i h--h onfrr, an 1 Ugin,
to fatten them, increasing their ration t.f
gram ti l they rc lit .-. rdm t I.!!
T t ... .
n.n. i,r wiMhfm week rnr.rr, i. I
make due tirriirsts..n f..r- l-,i,l., ......
. . . - .
i I I Unite r.nr.v in lh dv Lv .-,--1
hand. When thorouhh copied, mu i t,
aod salt down, (i ot allowing bis york in
fret,) ning pSerd) or ihc het sa!t, and
filling up the barrels t Ub Lriae, aod not
wun waier, as some do. Tti method se
cures pork, whiu, fir-n, ttmpari and al
most a olid as marble, whiih whn srell
tookM will be lender, juicy, meltin- and
delicious, never shrinking "in the jot.
Hjinea la a Cora-Fitld.
A friend in Brlc write nt tLat c!d
Tarson F.A. Dorscy, who livr nrsrti.l
bor Church in that t -ar.ty, and who at
tends to pretty nearly all the Lurch work
of that pari.h, such as sj Jitbg tLo sir -to
baptising the babies, ar.d b-anring the
deal, was pJocghir.g to hit corn field on
the 10th ulL, when he was U jxl iu ..t(a
of the coro row l j iL aj.proach of a
coapfe who setaeJ to h in a grji horrr
T . , Pir turned otit lo
t Mr. ;.Un U. Ili . mtrm wax
years, and Miss LliLstcih Crawley, a I
tweutr. who Intimated their tfrsire lobe
married just as qii k a rnr bucvlic par
son could do the delicate job.
"All right, said the parson, "111 tie
lOlUin to tho feuro. and
then we'll go on
lo lh Loa moJ 1 Jd 11 P nlly Ur
I "No. no. retdicd tha amioas swsin.
I ".o, no, replied the anxioat twain,
j "we've no time lo g- to tie hocse. Yoa
lean say all you've got u say right here.
Accordingly the accommodating lire' L-
er called rri a ccnr.'.e of lad, who rr
ho-ing corn near by, to witness the hyrae
nial ne, and proceeded to tern the bv.
ing twaia into one. with ail the solemnity
of a bishop, cone lading the tvrcmony witu
the remark: Thal'a all! now, go bark to
your hoes, boys. come rouhJ here, Dwh
bin, and get op! Good bjc, fks."
We hare Leard of marriages Lcirsg sd-
I emnized in maay strange p'accs, tal this
I the first time we ever heard cf one in a
1 cora-nc.d. Aif tcle (A. c.) -trt.
Aa Awlrartid niiUke.
A farmer wLo Lai bought a calf from a
batch r, d.-ircJ him lo dnve it to hit farm
and place it in bit stab..-, w hich he accord-
i m
!y did. No ii l a;jn.r.cd lhat very
1 day that a man with a grin Ji.ig organ and
dccitg bear, j aing by that way, lgji
tl.etr antica io fronl ot the farm. Alter
amusing the farmer'a family fur some lime
tL organ man vntcre-I the farm-Locsc
and acd the farmer if l.c could give hiirt
...... m ....
i a mcht loJiring. lie larmrr rc rwel that
he ciold give the man a ldging. but !
was at a Ios whrre to put the boar. Af
ter muring a little ho dcteru.incd to biir.g
ll.o calf inside the house vr that in.'ht,
and p'acc lhc.lar in the six! !e a"I r.i-ht.
winch ue did. ,ow, the outrhcr, erctl-
tr the tn'.f snal I remain in the stable all
.1.. . . m
n gl.l. rrsoiTed lo slral it Ik lore mormrg ;
and the (armr aid hi gJrt ert in the
night awakened by-a ftaiful filling frrin
thf oiit-lui'ding.
iTnilh gil op, and taking a lanlern ctcr
ed iho stable, w hcu the farmer fouo-l.
hi srprie, the bntihtr t l.io ! bad
Unigl.t the ea!f. in the grap of the --ar.
whuh wa hu;:rg hir.i tremendously. fr
he CimiM tioi Lite, l isg runtxlcl. Th"
fa nnr r ii-! ant ly unJrrlol tk- state l
the -ai aad brn C menlejitod ibe ciff-tni-stAJnv
to tlv. -w ncr of Vtmn, who. to
- 1 nui.Uu iho butbrr f Lith fi. U-I '!,
io the Uar : llug I ' Tmiui.t." vl.wh
the Uar did in ral earnest, the ImiiLr
roarir.g mol kdcsuly lb wlnde limr.
After ihey i bought be bad 4rTrred Mf:h.
ihey sri him frve, and ll.o sti her sUi.k
dtT gd t e j w ilh LU life ; whiV the
fanner and hK-guesl rvtarncd to thilr.
t-rd-
To ratvxT "Lxvr fLx-i Ccr.in.
To prevent . Int-i:a l-takii.g t- .d-
. . a a
dea contact with IVat, the be I w-y i io
c Jt r s rai h ihe Is-- d rl.e g'a wiih a
of glxxier'a dixmot-d. Auotle. biiibod is to
of I ful the g'.a-- i:i a siuvton ef water
and aud toil theca. This kmum them.
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