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VOLUME I.
POLKTON, ANSO.N CO., N. C, THUESDAY, JULY 30.: 1874.
NUJpER 16.
- The Potato Beetle.
The ixjtato beetle has appeared in con
siderable numbers in Western New York
and other sections of the East. Farmers
witn wnom me potato has oeen an impor
Rarity of Hydrophobia.
Opinions of an ' Experienced Veterinary Burgeon-
Dr. Edward S. Smith, an old and experi-
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tant crop, savs-a writer in the Tribune, en veterinary uurgeon, nas given the lol-
are anxiously asking when they .will be lowing opinion about hydrophobia, its causes
forced to abandon it? culture. But the its preventives :
potato is too important to the country to be " "When a person has been bitten by a mad
abandoned.- Twenty years ago, it seemed do8 ila generally thirty or forty days be-
as if the midge would entirely destroy the lore anT development of the disease is per-
' Sanitary Uinta.
This warm weather, says an-exchange,
makes all careful housekeepers see to it that
tne entire premises of the household are
thoroughly clean: Bedrooms are sunned and
ventilated, bedclothes ' are at least ? once a
week placed in the open air thie living
The Leisure Time of Boys.
;We would suggest, to the many parents
who are perplexed with the' difficulty of
finding the wherewithal to amuse and in
terest their boys, to" give their lads every
opportunity of acquiring a mechanical
trade. The industry and ingenuity of a boy
Extraordinary Lassoing
Branding 1 California Cattle Driving Herds
from the Foothills.
Messrs. Cox and Ouinn own large ratnges
in Southern California, and they do an ex
tensive business driving cattle northward
into Placer and Nevada counties, to be sold
wheat crop, tut improved methods of farm
ing have since then flanked this enemy, so
that only in exceptional years like the pres-!
cnt does it do Any damage, and only care
less and slovenly farmers find their old
enemy dangerous. There is a lesson in this
experience with the wheat midge which
oughf to grre hope in the " contest with the
potato beetle. Farmers have been growing
potatoes as before the weevil they had been
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growing wheat. All this is or will be
changed. The man who can't or won't at
tend to hi3 crop cannot raise even a peck of
and everything that can give, birth to a dis
agreeable smell is put where it can do no
harm. Th illnpg in the. rnv.il familv of
ceptible,or he becomes affected with the vnrlam1 nnfi, w !miOTfprt wf
disease :The first symptoms of hydrophobia plumbing which introduced sewage, gases
are as follows : the bitten part becomes very into the palace 8hould grye as a Varn-
pamful, and the whole system begins to to all those who w their houges a
be affected The wounded part becomes batnrooni) the mtl conveniences,
hard and elevated, and sharp pains shoot ti u i - j v
ontira evctam f 4 1 I
water, will thoroughly purify all drain
rooms have abundant ingress of sun and air, jaf average ability, says the Scientific Ameri- in the mining towns, principally Grass Val-
from it through the entire system to . the
brain.
" The terror of having it is altogether out
of proportion to the danger of taking.it.
The actual danger, in fact, of having hy
drophobia, is not a fiftieth part so great) as
of being struck with lightning, about which
pipes and keep them inoffensive, if applied good resulting from the occupation of leisure
often enough. Abundance of dry earth will ! time. - paving nothing'to do, is as great a
disinfect and deodorize all offensive sub- snare teAhtt young as it is to the full grown ;
stances. There is really no need of haying., and no Heater benefits can be conferred on
any but pure air and pleasant smells about youths tkan to-teach them, to convert time
eon, may easily be made to furnish him with ley and Nevada City. Last . winter they
a never-f ailingeuf of amusement of the kept an immense herd in the foothills, and
best ordar. The Boy who can produce or a few days ago they drove them out on the
-make something: alfeadv beeins to feel that plains to select and brand them.
he is Somebody in ibirorld,- that achieve- ( With the exception of two Mexicans, all
ment of, a result is not a reward reserved of the thirty or forty men assembled were
for grown people only. And the education
of mind, ear, and hand, which this use of
tools and mechanical appliances furnishes,
is of a igreat and' real value, beyond the
potatoes. The business becomes a monopoly' PP1 bave, comparatively, but very little
for men who have brains, industry, md skill
and their labors will be liberally rewarded.
t Nor is the labor of fighting the Doryphora
nearly so arduous as is generally supposed.
Tt does not require a erreat deal of work"
concern. Ana our advice 10 an who mav
be bitten by a dog, and who wish to avoid
all bad results therefrom, is to have the
bitten part laid open by the . knife to the
very bottom as soon as possible after the
a country , house.
The custom of taking down heavy woolen
or silk curtains in the summer, of replacing
Brussels and Axminster carpets with mat
ting, of ; using light summer furniture in
stead of that stuffed and " covered with reps
or orocatene, nas its iounoation more in
Americans. Most of the horses were half-
breeds - or fiill-bjooded Americans, but in
Southern California the mustang still pre
vails on the stock-ranch.
The greati herd, n limbering ,ab6ut 3,000
head, is huddled in the middle of thfe open
plain, and the proprietors and vacqueros-
are riding around them. . What few footmen
there are present keep well out of the way,
for these Spanish cattle have a great curi-
but what it does need it must have, or ceii- accident has happened, and to thoroughly hygiene and comfort than in fashion or
tain failure jvill result. Two or three weeks' cleanse the parts with a strong solution of
neglect wilfmake'any after vigilance al- table salt and water. After drying the
most liseleM. The beetle breeds with won- parts well, cauterize the wound with nitrate
derful rapidity. Bat no insect could be of silver, and be sure you get to the bottom
more defenseless or more easily destroyed. of the woun1 wi.tn Jur caustic. Wet the
The larva and rfprt Inet .lw.r. tuseasea pan several times a aay wuil a
found on the highest part of the vine, and
exposed to the full blaze of sunlight. The
'reddish yellow color of. the larva and the
bright yellow stripes of the beetle show con
spicuously against the green foliage of the
potato. The eggs are a bright Orange color,
and are a 1 mast equally conspicuous, always
being on the upper side of the. leaf and in
the sunlight. Where they are riot very
numerous a man or a boy can watch two
rows on each side across the field, and pretty
certainly clear off beetles, larva, and eggs.
This done- thoroughly once a week, the
pests will very soon disappear. This is the
laborious : and expensive system of hand
picking, where the enemy is not numerous
enough towarrant the use offc Paris green.
Where Paris green is used three applications
are enough even in the worst cases, and the
times a
strong solution of crude carbonic-acid. The
sooner this is done, the , safer the patient ;
and if properly done soon after the bite, the
success will be almost certain, and the pa
tient need have no apprehensions of the
consequences. Having been bitten by dogs
rnyselfrBeveral times during my veterinary
practice, and knowing of 'several other
persons who have.been bitten by' dogs when
sick, 1 nave treated them in. the manner
here described. No bad results whatever
have. ever occurred therefrom.
" Prof. Butler, I believe, did nop die of
hydrophobia, but of lockjaw, or tetanus.
Tetanus is generally developed in from eight j
to twelve days after the wound is received,
or the injuiy which is thecapse. oi-it-It
may, however, arise from irritating sub
stances inr the stomach, and exposures to
now wasted, and often worse than wasted,
into means of; pleasant recreation and men
tal improvement. The boy, whose time and j. slender, shining horns
mind are now occupied . with marbles and with dilated nostrils they
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kites, majibe a Watt, a Morse. Ta Bes
semer, in embryo; and it is K&inly an
easy matter to turn his thoughts and
musings into a channel ; which! shall give
full scope to their faculties. To! most boys
the juse of' mechanical tools '"is the most
fascinating of all. occupations. As logic
and mathematiahjajfea value beyond ac-
curacy in a.
Th Cubazi Question. , , 1
Ajeingularly sagacipns person In. Bern
dere,! New Jersey, wrltfes to Max Adeler to
ask whether the Cubahs or Spaniards will,
be whipped in the present struggle in Cuba.
He says he wants to know so that he 44 can
decide i bet.w I do not complain of the
fatuity of this person, mx Max. He cannot
help it; he is in such a condition of intel
lectual chaos that he il unable to corapre- V
hendj tiat the prophet Isaiah possessed
qualities' which have riot been handed down
,to me. 'j-He simply yearns to have that.bet
decided, and when that , is done lie will be
happy.! I will try tl decide' it for him.
After a careful survey! of the situation iri
Cuba. I feel certain that if victory finally
perches upon the banners of the Cubans the;
Spani ards-will not briiig the conllict to a ,
successfjiil cpnclusion,hile if the Spanianla"
crush the enemy into khe dut,'f4e Cubans t-.
can hardly be expected to reach1 such an
issue ai will , justify their indulgence in
trium pliant exultation': At the same tima
if the! Cubans should ' happen to acquire the
ositv to insnect a man's heels Their loner.
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are held aloft, and supremacy and to exterminate the asuiisn
y sniff the coming hordes completely, it s more than likely
One of the men says to a vacquero: tnat the ftpaniaras wiw not aciiTere, ir-
prey. Une 01 tne men says to a
" You see that big, black fellow, with a crop
and a slit in the right, and an overslope in
the left? Bring him out."' The vacquero
rides into the herd," gradually worms the
animal to the outer edge 'of the band, then
suddenly clapping spurs to his horse hunts
him with the greatest swiftness out into the
the correct solution ropen ; then thfe 4amed horse, eager and de-
economyi i Those who are familiar with re
cent discoveries which have given rise to
what is known as the germ theory of disease,
will readily see why and how matting is a
far more healthy summer carpet than Brus
sels p why it "is wiaeTto remove iri summer all J of problems, in that they teach meft the. lighting in the chase, follows his every mo-
woolen articles which are such excellent ab- habit of using their reflecting powers sys- tion so closely that the animal, though
sorbents and replace them with thpse easily teniatically, so carpentry, turning, and other, dodging like a wounded hare, finds itself
cleansed and that do . not-readily absorb arts, are of high importance. These occu- driven straight forward. Another owner
atmospheric substances. The curtains, car- pations teach boys to think, to proceed from recognizes one of his animals, and the same
pete, arid furniture in daily use in our liv- initial causes to results, and not ' only to process is repeated with this one.
ing rooms, if placed under the lens joi a understand, the nature and duty of the There are a few to be branded, and as
powerful microscope, would preach effective mechanical powers, but to observe their there is no corral to confine them in they
sermons to untidy housekeepers... - Some of I effects; and to acquire knowledge by actual j are compelled to.resorttothe Mexican plan.
these by contiriued ,use become
poisonous, and doubtless induce
of boofei leave an impress on the mind and
memory which is, slight compared to that
of the practical experience of the true ' mechanic-
.Our advice is to all who have, the
great responsibility of the charge of. boys :
every
should
The drinking water of the family ?C,di
looking afterjtnd nothing short of certainty
that it is free from taint should be accepted.
Fatal cases of typhoid have arisen from
drinking water which gave no sign to any
- oume1 vi cnecis; ana 10 acquire Knowieage uy actual aic tupcucu tuncoun w tiic iviivau j""".
,;ctially ,-experinient, whidS is tKCpest way of learn- The animal is first separated from the herd,
i yse. ing anyiing., AH the heories culled out arid then a vacquero rides him down and
lassoes him by the horns. i Another rides up
and lassoes him by the hind legs, if he is
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manent suppression vi me reueuion. vi(
course in the event of the corapleteubjuga-
tion of the Cubans the j Aorta of Spain would
be crowned with success; and the rebels
would probably not obtain the ascendancy.
But we ll cannot close Mur eyes to the un
questionable fact that fhe Cubans have but
to vanquish their foes n order to surmount
Ibstacle to ivior; while if this
be! the case the Spaniards would
hardly obtain the , mastery as readily as if
the contest should result in the subjugation
of the Cubans. In either event the party
that secured its object would be most likely
to overpower its antagonists, while the party
that suffered repulse wcjmld find the end to
be disastrous. This is a view of the situa
tion which ought to commend itself even to
a thick (leaded person in Bel videre as being .
definiie and conclusive.; If it does not settle
that bet I do not knowhtw it can be settled,
sense that it was not pure, v It isjiot safe to J Qiye thn, j lathe or a set. of carpenter's or
vaa auu. ii jaa oimgrj anrmuicusuj ure i uau- i even uiav&suuiu b luuxsj give nieii uuuu a
side or in the woods, unless we kpa'w that I turn toward the solid and useful side of
all the sources of those waters are pure. I life. You will soon see the result
in in-
cost is not more than $5 or $G per aere. The fjd while the pores are open and the body Typhoid and typhus fever are a reproach to creased activity of their thinking capabili
price of potatoes will; go upto a figure
which,, with the thorough culture and large
'crops that must hereafter be grown, will
make patoes more profitable, than they
have ever before been." It is readily seen
that a crop which only really good, thor
is in a profuse perspiration. The lockjaw
is much more frequent in warm than cold
weather. .
" If we set apart one case put of every
hundred of cases repeated as canine mad
ness, we should over-estimate the number of
civilization, and cannot possibly occur ex- ties, and the direction of their ideas toward
cept; through violation of the laws of clean- practical results ; and, still more obviously,
liness and drainage. Where health Kcon- in the avoidance of f mischief and non-
remed tllPrP IS 1pr4 nriprtinn tn thf Jpnt wnon (tn vm? oil ".VjV onon in alwnlnta
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wickedness and moral degradation) which
cerned there is lesS objection to thejVeat
failing of good housekeepers of spending so
much valuable time onXthe " mint, anise,
ough farmers can grow must always he high animais.sunermg ironinis iorm and cnar- and cummin," with the riskof overlooking
priced. " ith the best of culture' the
.potato crop should average 200 bushels
per acre. This is less than ; one bushel to
(21 hills at three feet apart each way.
The only secret of success is by thorough
culture and manuring to ootam the-very
largest yield. Crops of 50 to 70 bushels ari
acre arc played out, and men who have been
in the habit of growing such crops must
go out or be forced out of the business.
They can't afford to fight the beetle for such
crops. No more poorly prepared and half-,
cultivated potato-fields. No more crops
overgrown .with grass and weeds. Clean
, culture is now a necesity ! Farmers need
not abandon potato culture, but must plant
fewer acres, and give the crop better cul
ture than ever before. It is possible to in
crease the average potato product not only
to 200, but to' 250 or 300 bushels per acre.
Vith higher prices for a series f years than
ever before, such crops as these cannot fail
to be profitable. L - '
An Auctioneer's Advertisement.
The BuUding Sors, London, is responsible
for the following: An English country
gentleman recently became tired of his
house, and determined i to Bell it. lie m
acter of disease. The animal is suffering
rfrom a 'mental derancrement of the brain.
The cause of this abnormal state of the
brain is the want of proper hygienic care ;
their food has been scanty and in most cases
putrid, or else the dogs have been unable to
-procure water, and they must suffer at . the
hands of street roughs of all ages. What
can we expect from this cruel and in
human treatment other than a crazed brain
and great excitement of the nervous sys
tem? , -
"I should mention one point."". Many
female dogs are said to have hydrophobia.
In an experience of twenty-five years de
voted to veterinary service 'I have never
seen a female dog afflicted with this disease ;
nor have I seen a well-authenticated case
recorded by any authority. And I can in
truth assert lhat in fortyrnine cases out of
every fifty where persons have been bitten
by dogs, and have died, the disease has been
lockjaw and not hydrophobia."
the weightier matters of the law, " jutice
temperance, and the love of God."
are, to too great an extent, the pastime of
thi generation which is to succeed us.
. "Tree" Egypt.
An Egyptian correspondent says : " There
Sating Rats. I is not an article sold to the Khedhive or his
It is but 4 few weeks ago that i hamper people, from a pin to a steam-engine, which
fine rats arrived at a Cambridge does not yield tribute. We read a good
deal of the word 'backsheesh ' in all books
and writings about Egypt, but we do not
know how often it is the echo of the utter
ance froci Europe. In no other country in
of twelve
(Eng.) college-kitchen. They had , been
killed the day before, on the pulling down
of a wheat stack, so that' they' had been
clean feeders, and they were alL plump and
comely to look at. The three largest, which the wOrld.does a traveler of rank expect to
A Colorado Pony.-
Yesterday, says a Southern Colorado
paper, we saw a man, a woman, a good-sized
boy, two babies, five or six blankets, a buf-
were veritable monsters.' "were . selected for
roasting, while the rest were to be made into
& fricassee. At the appointed time a party
of six sat down to test their merits. After
soup and fish, the head-waiter, witli an ex
pression of pity not unmingled with con
tempt, brought in the roast. Half a rat,
which had been carefully wrapped in bacon
previous to the roasting, was served to each.
It was a trying moment, but the plunge was
taken,. and the first mouthful elicited the
remarks: "Well, at all events, it's not
nasty ;" No, indeed, it's a great deal better
than rabbit;" "Iall it very fair eating."
Each man finished his portion, and three or
four picked the bones. Then came the
fricassee with a white sauce ; this was ex-
auctioneer, famous for his de- fal robe' and tW0 f.oi hi'1 on eingle ceedingly good, but of course owed as much,
f-tructed an
foriptfte powers, to advertise it in the pa
pers for private sale, but to conceal the loca
tion, telling persons to apply at his office.
In a few days the gentleman happened to
hc the advertisement, was pleased with the
pony. n.very avaiiaoie men irom nis ears
to" the root of his tail was "taken." The
poor animal was very small, thin as a towel
rack; of a sickly pale color, and one fore
leg was about five inches shorter than the
other the knee joint of that leg was very
,1.1. . i j j . large, and we supposed that the missing part
and the two concluded it was just what they I , ,V . A, , A, . , .
. ; I Oi the leg was driven in mere uj uie weiguw
would secure it at "c 6 . . , . , .
above, so tnatwnen ii was reiievea me leg
would stretch out again like a turtle's head.
In fact, nearly all his legs were short, and
the crookedest convention of legs that we
ever saw.' Taken altogether it was the most
amusing horse and load we ey,er saw. In
credible as it may seem, the wiry little
animal passed us on a trot. When he came
down on that short leg, and the family " ker
plumped" with it, it would have made the
oldest man living laugh. Both the children
were sleeping soundly, for the motion of the
horse served all the purposes of a cradle.
if iot more, to the art of the chef than to the
raw material. , .
. ine nnal decision was that rats were not
a delicacy, but that they were wholesome
food, and certainly attractive to a hungry,
to say nothing of a starving man.
be lodged, boarded, and carried about gratis
by the ruler. Here it is the rule. If the
governor of an Indian province, with which
Egypt has got no more to do. than with
Kamschatka, arrives at Suez on his way to
Cairo or Alexandria, he has a special train
put at his disposal when asked for; if he
wishes to stay in Cairo he has a house as
signecT to him, carriages and horses, a'staff
of servants, and his stable spread with every
luxury. Does he want to go up 'the Nile,
he gets one of the Viceroy's steamers to tow
his biabeah. Many people come here who
expect their consuls to ask such favors as of
right, never reflecting on the wholesome ex
ample set . in other countries, and more
especially in our own, where even greatness
allied to loyalty is occasionally obliged to
take care of itself in private apartments and
pay for its own broughams."
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skilful enough, or if not throws one side of unless tte aispuiants ngm eacnr outer iur
the loop on the animal's back and the other stake. ln that event advise the opponent ,
on the ground behind him, and he presently oi thej man who wrote to me, not to fire at
backs into it, when it is qqickly drawn his enemy's head unlesa h$ has shot gun
I which doesn't scatter, and is Warranted to
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directions, the animal's hind feet are pulled send Projectiles through .a very dense sub-.
frnm nnrlpr lii'm. anrl hft rimen down nne I 8tance.
would think at the imminent hazard of
breaking.his backbone. A man '.Pushes up
with the branding iron and claps it ,oh his
right hip,' where it makes a cruel singeing
and fizzing. ' . - ' -'
It is frequently a good deal worse business
to eet away from him than it is to catch'
him, especially if he has fight in him, and
he generally has by this time. The brander
gets out of the way ; while the two horse
men are holding the animal tight with the
lassoes around their-pommels, and the horses
at a dead set, a third rides up, and lassoes
are slackened a httle, the one around the
horns is slipped off, and the man instantly
mounts his horse before the animal can rise,
and flees, while the raging brute .struggles,
free from the other lasso and perhaps gives
chase. Thus both lassoes are recovered, and
everybody gets off with a whole skin. '
One of the most extraordinary feats per
formed consisted in the lassoing of a sucking
calf with a loop fifteeft feet' across. It re
quires great skill to thrpw a lasso with such
an enormous loop, and it has to be hurled a
long distance narrow down sufficiently to
Burmese Elephants.
MrJ Vincent gives anj interesting account
of the elephants employed in the immense
timber-yards at Maulmain. The power,
sagacityJ and docility displayed by these
trained animals are wonderful. They are
chiefly emplqyed in drawing, stocking, and
shifting the huge teak fogs, some ol them
weighing! as much as two' tons, which are
forests upon the banks of the
arid floated down the river to tiin-
A log that forty coolies can
cut in the
Salween,
ber-yarda.
scarcely move, the elephant will quietly lift v
.Upon 1 lis tusks, and ho ding it there with
his proboscis, will carry it to whatever part,
of the yard he may be directel by his'
driver He will also, qsing trunk, feet, and
tusks, pile the huge timbers with the utmost
precision, i It is surprising to see the sa-
gacious animal select and pick but particu
lar tin ibers from the centre of a large heap'
at the driver's command. . The elephants
are diiected ' by spoken! orders, pressure of . "
the dri ver's feet, and the goad. It usually -
requires a year and a half to train an ele-
jthoroughly for the lumber business.
rVi ant
eaten so sman an ammai. . iu leias x nave i y .i : , n, u i,
. . . . I Sometimes an animal will .break bis tunka
from being forced by anj ignorant or brutal
driverjto carry an excessive load, but gener
ally he knows his own strength, and fuei
to lift more than his tusks will bear. Should
these break off close to th' a head, the elephant
would die; if only cracjd, they are bound
wfth iron, and; rendered as serviceable as
before
seen -a man lasso a prairie dog, but he used
a small rope and a very small loop.
One of the men executed a feat which
would seem incredible to a person who had
not witnessed it. Biding at full speed across
the plains, nearly abreast.of a steer, he spun
the lasso ahead and took in both his fore
feet, bringing him down with a raking
plunge on his nose. 1
Dogs and their' Masters.
The Boston 7mrnaZ,adds the following to
A Smart;
A few 4 ays ago the
!
Sot.
delicate
tests in the
that one of
wanted, and that they; would secure
once. So he went to the office of the auc
tioneer and told him the place he had ad
vertised was such a one j as he desired, and
he would purchase it. The auctioneer burst
. . . ..... I .i . a i .i
into a lauch. and told mm mai mai was me
description of his own nouse, where he was
then living. He read the advertisement
again, pondered over the " grassy, slopes,"
"beautiful villas,", "smooth lawn," eta,
and broke out, " Is it possible ? Well, make
out my bill for advertising and expenses,
wr, by George, I wouldn't sell that place
now for three times what it cost me."
Curing Clover.
Clover is not a grass at all.
to the same order of plants as the peas, but,
nevertheless, it is used as a forage crop and
is treated as the grass crops are ; it is fed off,
and it is cut for hay to be stored as food for
A Singular Cat.
An old army surgeon was very fond of
perpetrating a joke on others,: though very
angry at being made the subject of one him
self. At a dinner when the decan.ter passed
It belong I freely and frequently, a brother officer said :
Boetori fire-alarm office fchowed
numerous well-authenticated instances of I the electric curreht.n tM Dorchester Ijwcr
the personal devotion of dogs to their mai- j Mills cirduit hadf-been interrupted, and two
ters. A gentleman named Dale died in I men wfere! sent out to looW up the leak. Willi
Chelsea, Mass. He had for mariy years I much patience they continued theirinvesti
owned a black and tan terrier that was his j gationi, until they finally located the trouble
constant companion, and only when he ac
companied' his master did ihe animal ever
leave the house. The Journal says: "The
dog watched by the bedside, of his master
between two signal boxesJ They then ex
amined the wire conriectihg the two boxes,
and fund it intact. Bui
to contradict the evidence
" Doctor, I've got a letter from Capt G-
a'nrl T'll waw.r Vhn n rlnrpn of cii Tmrt that
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you can't guess in five guesses how he spells luS mwwjimi bicKness ana remameu j cioner "UJ
khe tests continued
cat." " Done," said the Doctor.
Stamps. A young woman in Middletown,
Conn., is endeavoring to collect a million
postage stamps in two years. She is now on
the last three months of her time and has
900,000. Some of her friends thought at first
ForxD Out. A fond' Prairie City mother
was watching over the slumbers of her lit
tle girl. " Do you see her precious lips
move ? I wonder what 'she can be thinking
about," said the mother. 1 1 don't know,"
said the father, " but I'll soon find out." that her scheme was a very wild one, and
And he thrust his horrid finger into that j offered her fine presents if she were success
delicate lktle girl's mouth and extricated J fuL It looks now as if she would win the
therefrom a chunk of chewing " gum large I gifts, which will be ponies, phaetons, flew
enough to have caused six nightmares. I dresses, diamonds, etc
live stock in the winter season. Owing to J mence guessing," said the officer.
"Com-"K-a-
of the eyes, and a
the fact that what
in the chamber until a few moments after J they had before regarded! M a piece of kite
its nature it is one of the most tender plants
to handle in curing for hay. It needs to be
dried rather in the shade than in the sun,
and the texture of ' the hay should show a
certain toughness rather than crispness.
double-t."
again."
"No." "Kat-e."
"No; try
-"Cat-c" "Missed again." "Ca-
No ; try again, it's your last
chance."1 ? C-a-g-h-t." " No," thundered
the wag ; " you've loet your wager." " How
double-t"
Tben, again, it should be so cured that even did he spell it, then ?" inquired the Doctor,
its color may be retained if possible.. To do
this it is important that it should be cut be
fore the blossom has formed the seed pods.
with great petulance. " Why, he spelled it
c-a-t," replied the wag, - with the utmost
gravity, amid the rjpars of the mess. The
Doctor sprang up,' choking with rage, ex
claiming: "Gentlemen, I am too old to be
trifled with in this manner."
The Cabbage Wobms. A correspondent
of the Sun says : " Last year I tried soap
suds for destroying the cabbage worm, and
found it a success. I used soft soap, making . The fashion of wearing the wedding ring
the suds pretty strong, and sprinkling the on the finger next to the little finger origin
cabbage once a week, whereby I saved my a ted in an ancient superstition that there
crop. The worm dies almost immediately was a mysterious connection between that
I if well sprinkled with the suds." finger and the human heart.
his body had been prepared for burial, when
he went down stairs and out of the house,
since which time the family have been un
able to obtain an'y tidings of his Where
abouts. A similar occurrence took place in
.-. . . i . .
Chelsea about a year since in connection
line, wis a fine insulated
i i ; i - . ; i t
ran from a house-top ow
wire was supported downs
where it Va attached to
deep intoi tne ground.
this arrangement these
jejopperwire, which
which the main
o the yard below, .
an iron bar driven
What to make of
workmen did 'not
j a , . , ,
rWT, AnrmvmaA h-J rntioman frtt I bnw ljut : thev were eniifirhtcnea wncn a
persons through the square will remember a party Of boys! entered thfc; yard, and I under
ferocibus brindle dog that generally occupied
a position in the doorway of his master's
shop in the day-time. The dog had got
quite old, nearly blind, and was quite a
burden to himself, when his owner One day
the direction; of a youthiof fifteen, who lived "
in the house named, joined hands, and were
given a smart eiecxnc rqock, wuivu v-
ished them and amuseo jlhe youthful opeK(
ator much. The ingemiuliy displayed by the '
remarked to a friend that he thought the
next day he would have him killed. The good deal of knowledge 0
animal happened, io be within sound of his
master's voice He. deliberately got up and
walked out ef the store, since which time he
has never been seen by him."
of the
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boy was considered great
subtle electric fl aid, but he was in
formed that he mustn't
plies from the City HalT
moter said he ehonldnlL
and exhibited a
the eccentricities
draw any morep-
batteries nd his
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