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CURIOUS ANN SCIENTIFIC.
Oiiwulaii Sawh.—Tlio amnlloftt cir
cular aawa in iiu aro thoaa employed
in the manufacture of goM-pcnii, nnd
are a half-inoh in diameter. It ta nai.l
that Homo of the Miroophagi of anciont
Exypt boar tho marka of having l>eou
hollowed out with tool* of tho crown or
oyliudor aaw order. „ r
HgrmnKi.M in a Hoij<ow Turk.—A
oorro*ponded of Hardwiok'H Heienoo-
Oosflip aiatoa that a hollow troo waa out
down in Kent, loxt February, when ont
tumbled upward* of thirty squirrelx,
moat of which wero dormant or in a
atato of acmi-nlocp. On being rotiood,
they diaperaod to varioua parte of the
oopHo. They had atored a largo stock
of nuta in the hollow. It ia common to
find aqnirrola thua atowed away for tho
wintor, but not often in auoh numbers
togother.
Ai.iov Kkhkmiii.ino Btkrl.—An al
loy with tho properties of atool may bo
formed, according to a Frenoh patent,
by fusing together iron, tungsten and
nickel, in a crucible, by tho aid of a flux
prepared by molting togother 8fl parts
of bnraoio acid, 82 of calcined quurtx
and 82 of carbounto of limo. For tho
first quality of alloy 03 par cent, of
iron. 7J of tungsten anil 4 of niokol aro
employed ; for the seoond quality, 05
por cent, of soft iron, \\ of tungsten
and 4 half of niokol ; for tho third
quality, 07 per cent, of soft iron, 24 of
tungsten and 4 of uiokol.
Tuwkntink.—Venice turpentine is
obtained from tho laroh, and ta aaid to
bn obtained in peculiar sacs in the up
per part of tho stem, auil to bo obtained
by puncturing them. It in a ropy li
quid, colorless, or brownish green, hav
ing a somewhat unpleasant odor and
bitter taste. Oil of turpentine is tho
most plontiful and useful of oils. It is
obtained in this country from a speciea
of pine very plontiful in the Oarolinas,
(loorgia and Alabama. The tree is
known as tho long leaved pino {pluun
Aunt nit in), and is found only where the
original forest has not boou removed.
Mkthyl Violrt on Wool.---For 10
pounds of wool boil 1 ounce of methyl
violet in a soap hath prepared by boil
ing 1 pound of washing houii, anil dye
the articles at 358 degrees. To produce
a bluer shade, first dye iu a lmth of
methyl violet alone, nt 140 dop- to 158
dog., and then boil for 4 hour In a hoiii>
batli of ] pound of soup, Tho wool,
however, iu this ease must he dyed a
few shades darker, since the soup bath
renders tho color lighter. The color
obtained in this way is tolerably pure,
and very livoly. A desired shade may
bo produood by boiling the wool for \
hour in a bath of 3 pounds of Glauber's
suit, 4 pound of sulphurie acid and 1
ounce of mothyl violet,
PltUHRIIVATION OF PjIOTOCUtAI'HH. A
simple invention for the preservation of
cards, photographs, etc., from injury by
moisturo or dirt consists of a prepara
tion of putta-perehn in solution. Tho
liquid is thrown, in a very fine spray,
over the artiolo by an atomizer. When
tho liquid hits in part evaporated, wliieli
it soon does, it leaves the object coated
over with a thin, traiislnscent film, im
pervious to water. Tho gutta-percha
should first bo puriflod, mid it then is
solublo in oliloroform or ether. The
prooess of dissolving the gum is in it-
* or photo-
If purifying. A drawing
graph protected by this ill 111 ouu lie
iishcd with safety. The p
preparation
150 degrees
aoftous at a temperature of ICO tlogr
I'ahr., but to this only n rare accident
would subject it.
TnAVKMNo on this Faiim,—Did any
of your renders ever think of tho amount
of t ravel it takes to rniso a crop of oornV
I never saw an illustration iu print, and
I thought I would give you one. I have
a twonty-aore fluid, forty by eighty rods.
To break this up would take one hun
dred and sixty-six miles; harrowing it,
about forty miles ; furrowing out, nine
ty miles; planting, forty-five miloH, if
with n planter, aim if dropped and then
coverod, ninety miles ; ami for eiioh
plowing of two furrows iu a row, ninety
miles, or flvo plowings, four hundred
and fifty miles. Thus you will see it
fakes about eight or nine hundred miles
of travel to raise twenty acres of corn,
not counting going to and returning
from the ilohl. Resides, there is re
planting, thinning, rolling, oto.—7m//-
(ina J'hnnar.
Tine Fihhino Fnoo.—-Writers on na
tural history describe a hideous reptile,
kuown as tho flsluug froor, which angles
for ita game as expertly and with as
great auoooas an the most adroit fly-
fisher. Ho ia a clumsy, awkward swim
mer, but nature luia compensated him
for his unwioldincRH by furnishing him
with an equivalent for a rod and lino,
with bait always ready for use. Two
elongated tentacles spring from his uoho,
which taper away like actual fishing-
rods. To the end of them is attached
by a slender filament, which servos the
purpose of a line, a bait iu tho form of
a shiny bit of mcmbriutc. The hooks
are sot in tho mouth of the flshorman
below, and in order to induce tho lisii
to veuturo within reach of them, the
angler stirs up the mud at the bottom
with his tins aud tail. ThiH attracts the
tluh and oonooalB him from their obser
vation. Ho then plies his roil; t he glit
tering bait glow’s m tho water like a liv
ing insect. The dazed fish arc taken in
great numbers, perfectly circumvented
by the trick of tuo crafty angler.
An Unfurtunatk Island.--Some
months ago, the little Island of Niceros,
in tho Grecian Archipelago, was shaken
by a Beries of earthquakes, which did
much damage, aud culmiuatcd iu the
bursting of the highest peak on tho
island, and the discharge of a flood of
steam and boiliug water, which threat
ened to inundate the whole island aud
destroy every living thing on it. Tho
mountain, however, sut douly ceased to
boil over, and it was hoped for a time
thcro would be no recurrence of the un
pleasant phenomena, ltut, the other
day, the mountain resumed its horrid
belching, emitting such volumes of
scalding water that extatenoo ou the
island has become almost intolerable.
Tho ground is convulsed with earth- 1
quakes, and tho people have taken to
the open Helds, wnero they aro safer!
than in their tottering homes. A I
scarcity of provisions is added to their I
other troubles; and, without houses,
without food, and a monster in view |
perpetually pouring out streams of!
boiling water, menacing them with a
horrible death, their condition is by no
means enviable.
Skunks and Hydrophoiua.—An art
icle iu the American Journal of Science
and Arts presents tho unpleasant an
imal in u new attitude. It appears that
at the west these creatures have a habit
of biting pooplo at times, aud that the
bite always results in hyhrophobia, A
large number of eases are cited in illus
tration. Tho hydrophobia produced by
other animals is much less fatal thau
that from the skunks. From thin it is
possible to infer that the disease orig
inated with these animals, and they
havo transmitted it to others, its power , ..
being, as always, lessened by transmis- ' Th * «»•*•
aion. They are its originators. Then,
to carry ont a suggestion offered in tho
article, it is notioenble that tlio odorous
secretions of tho skunk, when adminis
tered in proper quantities, havo a very
beneficial effect upon all sorts of con
vulsive trouble nnd attacks of that kind.
Tho infernnec is then made that the
liquid> »n antidote for the poison of
NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKE.
ilaaerlbed I>j>. mn
The earthquakes that ahook south
east Missouri iu 1811-12, seaming the
face of tho oountry with yawning gulfs,
and submerging it with new lakes,
still indicated by vast tracts of swamp,
aro liko a thrice-told talo of an old
crone, muttered by a winter’s fireside,
__ to tho elders of Ht Louis, but boyond
the bile, sml the idea is thrown out' these, comparatively few aro in any way
that in tho skunk the eotfreo and cure of familiar with tho facts. To tho rising
hydrophobia may lie simultaneously generation and those who havo brought
discovered, if any scientific person feels to us their industry from foreign lands,
inclined to wrestle with a problem of absolutely nothing is knowu of that
snch innate strength,
TIIE ORANOER8.
—Tho granges and the Hunday-selioois
of Mendota, III., united iu a picnic cel
ebration of the Fourth of July.
—The grangers of Tipton county met
In convention recently and nominated a
piiroly agricultural ticket.
—Almost $5,000 is the amount con
tributed by tho Patrons of Husbandry
of Missouri fo tlio relief of their suffer
ing brethren in tho overflowed districts
of tho south.
—A Mississippi grango is offering 825
for the best oorn aud tho largest number
of bushels from one acre of land ; 815
for the largest number of gallons from
one acre of cane, and ton dollars for
tho largest and best hog raised in Win
ston county.
—Tho Brooklyn Knglo credits tlio re
duction of freights on live ntook to tho
grangers. It is said that the freights
on oaltle from Chicago to Now York
have been roJnoed from $185 to $80,
and from Buffalo to Now York from $80
to $45 por oar load.
—A committee of the Fairfield county,
O., grangers’ county oounoil visited tho
merchants and other business men of
Lancaster, and requested n special stip
ulation of prices on goods of all kinds.
E S 35 52
—•Homo timeainooant. Louis granger charcoal, all coated with a substance
planted ton cents worth of peanuts iu j rolling like sulphur. When the wave
lna lmok-yard. Scorning the services of 1 n f earth had subsided and the volcanic
middle men, he entered into nogotia eruption had censed, the destruction lay
tions with a retail peanut vouder on Ol- j before the pooplo in all its awfulness.
fissures from four to ten feat
event to ninety persons out of every
hundred. The destruction was ho
thorough and wide-spread, and tho ef
fects of the general devastation upon
the settlers of New Madrid of that
early day wore so fatally and ruinously
felt, that tho visitation became as ft
were interwoven inseparably with the
history of Ht. Louis. Believing that a
brief aocount of these occurrences will
prove of interest to our readers, we
nave complied the following statement
from an account of tho events us they
oocurrod, written by Mr. Godfrey Le-
siour, an eye-witness of and a participa
tor in theso terrible scenes of more than
sixty years ago :
Luring tho night of December lfltb,
1811, tho first shock of the earthquake
was experienced. It camo upon the
senses of a terrified people in mutter
ing* and tremblings of tho earth at two
o’clock in tho morning, and wns repeated
at intervals of half an hour, the shocks
being comparatively slight and doing no
further damage than the shaking down
of some log-houses and cabins. At 7 a.
m. tho mntterings grow into thunder in
the west, and wero immediately followed
by a rocking and vibration of tho earth,
so that in places where tho shock was
most violent, few wero able to walk or
oven stand eroot. This horror did not
last long. Perhaps u minute. But while
it continued, an ago of terror must havo
been crowded into the briefness. The
ive street, and engaged tlio whole crop j Oulfn <
at $7.50 per bushel. Last week he ex- j „
amined tho hills and found that his I
, , and running north and south,
..... and found that hl fl opened parallel for miles, in some iu-
seed had all rotted iu tho ground. On „t nnneH for five of them. The terror
consulting an Lantern I ennesseean lie H prang no in the minds of those
loarned that peanuts are not a sure crop j penoefiil people can scarcely be con
tho latitude of ht. Louis, especially j ( . 4 , iv ,.q but they hoped for the best, and
onoed fisherman cun some days make
">*<>» V"7. to thoroughly’ l»k,.l be- j hS - «*? ‘T» •
' boon done to their settlements and tho
foru planting. ugou
It in 0110 of tlio 11111 iu objootH of tho ; ruin which hail fallon upon thoir primi
gruiigo to bring ahniit morn of Ihonour- | jj T „ ], om oatoiul.
toaioHBiul amonlllon of llfn In tho social on tho night of .lanuary 7, following,
lnterouurao among tlio prmluoiiigoianaoH. t |,„ rll | n widely nprcart anil
ft endeavor* h> iuntlll a lovo for all that moro .lovaatatlng In itn ro.ultn. Again
;ooil mill hoaiitlful niul trim In agri-1rolled in lingo woven ami tho
turn; il inouloatoH lliduntiy and fru- , wnvM i,„ rHt j„t„ floodn of walor. and
gahly ; nlmwn them tho imporlniioo of aulpbnrottod ohnrooal fulling in
ayntoni ; liintruota tlmm in improvod „|, OW orn noomod hi fuao into an Imixlri-
lurthodn of oultivotioli; iiioronnon thoir I n(l j,| n 0 | lluw p rnm tliin until tho 17th
fnollltion for nooinl luteroonrno aud or | „ f February alight nliookn worn foil
gnm/.on tlmm into olio oompaot body f rom fa, time, and then a ronvnl-
npon thopiinmploof mutuality nf intor-1 | on of n „ tllr „ again ooourrod whinli ex-
oHt and ooilgouiullty of taato. Why ' iu jtH [ury tlmno of provioua
should they lie charged with dabbling lK ,ounionR. flulfaand flnnuron hroador
ill prdition when limy nimply undertake I .jeenor, worn opened, until high
lo natuhltoh a more permanent and ro- )anil wn ; hollown, hollmvn
llohlo ayntoni of labor 'I lloon not thoir I i li( .|, |„ ml , |„|(„„ omptiod tlmm-
V"|-y ori»touoo depend on thiH very ( H(l|v „ H jul „ t |,„ „f ft.,„rea, and
.I 111 *.? "" r , ll !! v " M , ih ! I mv n " I whom ground previounly hnd boon nil-
attention whatever to tho yelping oryol , oll(ltl( , (1 |, v w „t,. r thorn worn lo ho
polltion, and If It boon a uoowaary to | l)r0 „ (1 ' H |,„ , t od lalmn. Tho fnoe of
nionuirmlizo oongroaa with regard Ila lnm waa ehanged.
i precisely
but tbo worst of all weatbe
the best for shad-fisliii g. Who
wind howls furiously and the ruin beats
down piteously is the time tho shad aro
taken in large numbers. Comes fair
weather, the nets will ho seen on the
good and bountiful and trim In agri-11|, 0 north rollod ln lingo woven and tlio 1"?® 'mir’lng'gnon'oii'T,™.IIv'amMn
Itnre; il inciiloatos industry and fru-1 finnda of water, and 3«atrimi»1 y° in^the raiclst of^hostl of
sand flios, even though the month ho
January or Fobruary. A net costa about
a hundred dollars, and a good Connec
ticut built boat about as much more. It
requires two men in ri boat for shad-
fishing ooo to pay out or haul in the
not, and the other to manage the boat.
I would say to him who iu imagination
might be oaptivnlcd with this occupa
tion— ’ Don't engage in it.' It is when
the piercing cold northwest wind drives
furiously over tho drenching waters, be
it night or day, that the rugged fisher
man must bo on duty- all night, all
day. 11 is when tlio thunder anil light-
m,v ipmntioi, vitally ,mooting Ilia agri-1 -i-j,.;„f"o„„„lrv mvrrod by II,in | K'„l"' i, 1 ’T w"mn'‘i!!n r, H , r<!m.“" " al " r "
millHr.il intoroat, do not liomtoto to do fo „ rflll ^mot of tlio hidden for.,™ of
80 * - nature did not embrace a larger eircum-
It. is admitted by southern papers forenoo than a hundrod and fifty miles,
that tho estahlishmont of granges of tho ' ink bur the Indian town ot Little Prairie,
order of the Patrons of Husbandry has j nnnr Carruthersville, ns the center. To
been productive of many benefits to that q, 10 tn Mr. Lesieur : “A very largo
tho grass, and as animals feed enters
their nostrils and fixes itsolf firmly in
the interior, whore it takes up perma
nent quarters, canning tho poor beasts
great irritation. It does not appear to
attack human beings."
The Assam land leech is not so for
midable a pest, however, os tho horse
leech of Ceylon. According to Sir Em
erson Toiinont, the Ceylon land leech is
about ati inch in length, and as fine as a
common knitting needle, but capable of
distention to tho thickness of a quill,
and a length of nearly two inches. It
can insinuate itself through the meshes
of the finest stocking. It is always
ready to assail a passing traveler or
quadruped. Tho coffee planters aro
obliged to wear “ leech gaiters" of close
ly woven cloth for protection. " On
every twig and grass blade," says Wood,
“ the land leeches sit, stretching out
their long bodies toward the coming
prey, and hastening after tho traveler
with direful speed. Instinctively they
make for tho unprotected parts. They
crawl rapidly up his clothes, they insin
uate themselves into his neck, his coat
sleeves, and his boots ; and wherever a
patch of bare skin can be ound, there
a small colony of lerohes is suro to
hang."
Shad-Fishing in Florida.
A Florida correspondent says : “ One
lively feature of Ht. John’s river is the
shad-fishing, which begins about tlio 1st
of December and is over by tho 1st of
Afiril or May. The shads are caught in
nets, drifting with tho tide. Home of
theso nets are of very great length,
spuuuing tho river from shore to shore,
and if these fish arc ou their way up the
river, some of them are pretty sure of
having their gills entsngled in the
meshes ; and it must be understood that
shad are caught only on ono side of the
not—tho lower side—as the fish ascend
tho river; rarely that a straggler hap
pens to take a whirl round and is caught
in tho upper side of tho net. The two
great fishing centres on tho Ht. John’s
arc Mayport, near tho month, and Yel
low Bluff, about nine miles up the river,
Yellow Bluff has by fur tho larger
amount of business, shipping annually
about fifteen or twenty thousand dol
lars' worth of shall to Hovannuh, and
thence to northern ports. Let it not,
however, be supposed that it is an easy
matter lo engage iu this business, which
is profitable enough to the principals,
who biro mon to catch the.fish, uml
pocket the biggest profits. At Yellow
Springs thorn are two of these shad-
kings, having their platforms, thoir
boats, their ioo-honses, and thoir agents
in Huvaunah. Nevertheless, an «xperi-
given at tho country roaidenco of the
McDonald family, Guilford, on the
York road. Cards of invitation were
issued, and tho guests present com
prised iome of tho leading oitizens of
this city and Baltimore county. When
young McDonald camo homo from Eu
rope, before attaining his majority,
whore lie had received un education, he
hail opened to him tin best society in
this city, and liis career seemed a prom
ising one, nut he soon developed a taste
for tho companionship of the vicious.
Two years ago, the willow of Mr. Wil
liam McDonald, aud tho mother of this,
young man, married a Swiss gentleman,
said fo bo of distinction, named John
: Do Hbeyr, and the couple now resido in
Nice, Holy. More than a year ago the
; sou left Baltimore, having purchased a
j flue farm near Terre Haute, Indiana,
| where ho has since boon living a very
! luxurious life. lie returned only ro-
| contly to this city on a visit."
A Yew Woitla lo Yeeble anil Drllcalc
l By It.
peiiHsry, buffalo, Now York.
KnowiiiK that yon
longer it is neglected tho moro yon have to <
CR1LDRKH OPTIC SI LOOK FALK AND
SICK
from no other caaw than having worms In lb«
BROWN'S VKRMIFUOK COM FITS
will 4mtro7 worm* without Injury to lb* child,
being perfect:? WIIITK and free ;frotn all color
ing or other njurtooa Ingredient* usually uml la
worm prrparaMona.
UURTIS A BROWN. Proprietor*,
No. 216 Polton *trv#l. New Yor*.
Sold by drugglai* and cbtmltti, and dealers lo
medicine*, at twenty-flve rent* a bottle.
DON’T BUY
UNl'IL YOB HAVE
CAREFULLY EXAMINED
otm WBW
THE MARKETS.
JIKH I'll IN.
Floor dull and nominal Com rcaroe and
firm. Oat* doll and lower, at 57(S.&Hc. 1‘ro-
vinionH quiet and unchanged.
NICW YORK.
t Wo-
LOU1SVILLR.
Flour—No. 1. t0.7fi: fancy, *7.50; family,
j *7. Wheat, *1.20 for white. Corn dull ami
I droolnny. at 71£a'7tic. Gate dull and declined
; to &6<« C2e. Moon pork, *18.25. llacon, 7)jf.
10«^<S'10Jfe. Hugar-cured ham*. 13k" ; plain
* " Lanl, 12ji
! 13Wo. Hulk meat-.
a 12',o. Whieky,
I I am constantly r
i and havo their HuffortngM onded than
<> sml eiiffer km they have They nay tin
'» worn out by nuffering and are* only ma<
of which teach the reducing and depleting of
tlio vital forcoe of tlio Hyetcm, when tire indi- |
c aMonn dictato a treatment directly the reverrte
r>f the one adopted for them, their canon would
ho deplorable indeed. Hut, lady nufferern. ■
tiiero in a lx ttor and far more nuo'onnful plan
of trealuieiit (or you; one inoro in harmony
willi (lie lawn and requirctnentN of your njn- j
tern. A hamh irritating rauntic treatment and i
strong modicinee will never euro you. If you
would use rational meane, ouch an aomruon- I
sense ehoiild dictate to every intelligent lady,
red, *1.30 ; do. white, *1.40.
'I'Jfaitiltc. ()at« dull and declined
Mena jxrrk firm at *18.25($18.50. 1
and higher ; ranging from *5 to
CINCINNATI.
Flour dull and imcen a nhado lower, at *5.83
(a(i. 15. Wheat dull and nominal, at *1.20ra
1.25. Corn dull but unchanged. Mixed, iYMa
(>5c. Oatn dull and pncea a xiia<le lower, at 47
fa 35c. Lard-Hummer, 10^'<g»I0A^c ; kettle,
llj 4 c. Hulk meats quiet, at C‘^. 9(S9\c.
llaoon, 7#, 9}<, 10^lU.' 4 c. Whisky steady,
i special reference to your delica
1 ' court illation ye
iriplion which 1
that ii
eappii ^
cely able 1
nf stairs; that continual drain
from your nyslems
id driving tho (doom ft
tontinual strain upon
roRion. Thoy havo glvou an impotus to | ( ( « n t. of country on oithor si do of tho
white immigration, so muoh noofiml to
occupy and fertilize tho lands trampled
over by hostile armios. aud domulcq by
tho cidumitios of civil war. The area
of acres planted in cereals has greatly
widened in the last fow yours, rendering
certain localities iudependi nt for home
supplies of food. Manufactories aro also
springing up, wherein tho abundant raw
materials of the south are wrought into
fabrics, which before the war were al-
mcHt entirely imported. Georgia has
attained pro-ominonco in thia respoob;
the state now boasts numbers of cotton
mills in which several thousand opera
tives are employed, aud which impart a
degree of prosperity that is felt, by all
classes ami conditions of society. The
Patrons have besides oxoroisod an infln
euoo iu toning down tho rancor of party
spirit, which had a most demoralizing
effect upon tho industrial pursuits. The
avowed object of t he Patrons is to stim
ulate tho growth of agriculture and to
improve (lie condition of those who en
gage in it. Thia mission they have ao-
oomnlished, not only in auoh of tlio
southern states as have adopted the or
der, but throughout tho nntiro country;
anil if they continue to practico upon
tho design wbioh has been declared to
be the paramount object, in their organ
ization, the measure of their usefulness
will be as boundless as the wide field in
which they propose to conduct their
operations.
At present the headquarters of tho
national grange is located at Washing
ton, D. (’., which is productive of much
inconvenience, being far removed from
tho centre of our heaviest agricultural
operations and populations, involving
much delay iu communicating with it,
as well us an expense, when a visit
necessary. The present loontion
jeot to another very serious objection.
White Water, called Little river, also
on both sides of the Ht. Francis, in this
state and Arkansas, was sunk below its
former elevation about ten feel.''
Homarkablo to note, tlicro were few
Iossoh of life, during this convulsion.
A Mrs. Lafont died from fear, and Mrs.
Jarvis was crushed from the falling of
a cabin log. Tlio loss of life on the
river must, have boon greater than on
land. It. was the age of flat-boat# which
supplied the river villages with provis
ions. Theso were found for miles,
wrecked in company with barrels of
pork, (lour, whisky, and snob other ar
ticles as would float. The crews of
those wore in all probability nmnv of
them lost., and it is known that a Ten
nesseean’s wife and seven children were
all drowned, himself barely escaping
plank, after the boat capsized,
the gale sweeps c’«ry
thing from the river but I ho shivd-b„a’ts
that tho shads are nseendinu; tho stream
iu great schools, that tho fisherman
must be ont in his oiled suit, that the
game must Ihi caught, or caught not at
all."
five per
invented
life for r
Who,
while another family named Glascock—
aix in all -perished miserably in the
storm at Island No. 111. In a corresjuin-
deuce between Prof. A. 1). Hager, of
Ht. Louis, aud Mr. Lesieur, in 1871, on
this subject, tho latter gentleman states
there wero indications on the surface of
tho ground that there hnd boon no earth
quakes previous to 1811, or at least not
for centurion. Old chiefs of Hhawnees,
Ohorokoes, and Delawares had b 'on
questioned on this point, and all agreed
that they lmd no traditionary account
of any such visitations.
Within tho past six months, the river
front has fallen in more rapidly thau
in any preceding six months in the past
ten years, as an ovidence of which the
river nt one point has encroached one
hundred and twenty feet in three weeks.
The result is that tho residents who
havo been moviug back for years, con
tinue to do so, to a location which is
sub- ' called tho park, ouo-fourth of a mile
w., vu tion. f rom tlio river bank. But they are used
.. mtor tin. footia of Tho 'immiooi : to K olul oMMwin ll( N,, ' v
aohouira auil raaoliiiiotious of tho oouu-' ri<1 ,lml >•» vioiuitv, ami are justly prom!
try, r.vorythillg of a political nature ! "I thoir curthijuakes.
naturally goes to Washington, anil ns I
tho oagauinatiou ia nou-politicul iu its Luna Leeches,
very essence we cun see no good reason j \ traveler iu Assam, Mr. T. T. Coop-
why its ohief oounoil should he held in describe* as follows tlio land leech, s
Hint city, but very many why it should which abound in the forests of tlint
b« removed to the west. St. Louis, country : “ In length they nro about
Louisville orCiuoinimti being tho points , „„ inch, while their thickness does not
near, st to tho oeutre of the great grange exceed Hint of an ordiuarv sewing nee
populations of the notion, are the easiest j die. Their mode of prog'.ess on is very
of aoeosa and pniuts involving a less ex- curious. Fixing one extremity, by
pendituro of time and money to react., menus of its boll-slmped sucker, firmly
The wonderful progress made by this on a leaf or on the ground, the Jeeoh
benellecnt organisation develops the ! ourvos itself into an arch, and the other
hitherto nugnosssd-at strength in the j end is then advanced tilt the creature
farms of the nation, aud more particn- res* mbles a limp, again to expand into
larly those of the young, vigorous west, an aroh, but the movement is quicker
not only as regards wealth and the i than words can describe; tlio rapidity
power money always gives, not only in with which they get over the ground ia
regard to the importance of the vast < quite startling. As they occasionally
interests represented by them, but also r0 ar themselvoR perpendicularly and
their intellectual weight. This move i 8(rft v about from wide to side, taking a
has uuearthed the fact that the farmers i survey round them iu quest of prey,
of the west »re not behind any other ; the observer cannot fail to conceive a
class iu their estimates of what most | dread of the bloodthirsty little oreut- wim WM .
nearly concerns ami nfleets the good of ures. 1 could never resist watching I sorting habitually with evil companions
all, and the best aud readiest influences them whenever I took n sent. At first ■ of both sexes ; and thus ii comes that
*° P') 1 to 7 or J £ bKther thisgimd, and they would hold themselves erect, then ; in the very bloom of his early manhood,
■"* 1 best phases iu , suddenly,as,t hough they bad just discov- with large possesions of earthly goods
ue - ere.1 my whereabouts,*thev«wouhl throw and many capabilities for honorable
themselves forward, and with quick, usefulness, this young man is now com-
-A jury in San Diego, Cal., the eager strides, make townrd me. Another mitted to a felon s cell, charged with
o’her day brought in n verdict of ac t kind of leech fouud in Assam is the hair \ tho awful crime of murder. On the
guilty, with s request to the defendant ! letch, so cilled from i's grent length ! Oth dav of March, 1870, Samuel W. Mr
to restore the sheep. and extreme tenuity. It lies in unit in 4 Donald, the accused, celebrated Ids
Barking Up tho Right Troe.
Although farmers are sometimes dub
bed with tho cognomen of grumblers,
yet mothinks that as a class they accept
of their situation with us much sang
froid us those eugaged iu other pur
suits. The I’atrons of Husbandry, if I
am rightly informed, are laboring ..t al-
ously to educate the farming communi
ty, and elevate their calling to an hon
orable and profitable position as com
pared with other pursuits of the oountry.
They aim, us all honest, intelligent
farmers do, to break up, or put a check
upon monoye l monopolies, cheaper
transportation, and logulnte the manu
facturing interests of the nation. In
short, to regulate tho laws of trade, that
tho farmer can receive as fair a percent
age upon l’is productions as that of any
other calling or pursuit. Is it gram-
bliug to make this modest request?
Does justice deman.l that the f irmer
shall give two bushels of wheat to sell
the third ? Does common sense teach
ns that it is right aud just for a fainter
to pay $125 for a mowing-machine that
costs only $50 to manufacture ? We are
told that it costs a round sum of money
to advertise and get agricultural implo
incuts into tho market. If a manufac
turer has a good tool which the farmers
need and must have, it tuk.s but little
time to introduce it, if sold at a reason
able percentage above cost. But should
tho farmers be called grumblers because
they ask manufacturers of agricultural
implements to sell at a profit of twenty-
five to thirty per cent., when faimors,
do not realize over three or
mt. on the m ital and labor
i producing the necessaries of
n and beast ?
e ask, aro better entitled to
fair remuneration for thoir labors than
those who labor, both mentally and
physically, to produce the life-sustain
ing elements for counties*, millions ? If
these are grumblers, 1 think God that
they exist, aud may they increase and
multiply till they reach from the Atlan
tic to the Pacific, and from the lakes to
tho gulf, or from Maine to the Rio
Gramle.
A Wasted Life.
The Baltimore American gives tlio
following concerning Samuel W. Me
Donald, the alleged murderer of Berry
Amos, the gambler : “ l*pon the death
of his father, the late William McDon
ald, who owned a very large and valua
ble estate, this, liis only son, who now
stands charged with the crime of mur
der, inherited a very large foitune,
amounting, it is said, to be about two
hundred aud eighty thousand dollars.
Although still very young, being just
twenty-five years of age, it is notorious
that for years past he lias been living a
very wild and reckless life, indulging in
all mauuor of extravagances, and
your dawks; lust
vital foret-n tlmt ronrier* you irritaM** and (rut
fill, may all 1m o.ereomo amt atiUltii.il t.y a
ptTHovFriiig unit of that rnarvnlotiH remodr.
IrrrgularitiuH ami obalruclionn to tho proper
i iotift iIihobho that nhoul
ulily yield to it, and if ii
My* Favi
The other day an aged couple drove
into Indiuun City, Iud., just us au un
dertaking firm was moving into an old
church, which had been purchased for a
shop. Tho old gentleman stood up i..
his wagon, his mouth and eves distend
ed, us tho men silently ourned ooflla af
ter coffin into the church. At last he
turned to Imh awe-stricken half and
gusjicd ; “ 8ary, be golly, it's cholera !
Lot’s git I"
The Princess of Wales has persuad
ed her mother-in-law to allow her to
wear the Kohinoor occasionally in order
to teach the Duchess of Edinburgh her
place, and convince her that he
ueylon sapphire isn’t much after all.
Wk ski* that Procter A- Gamble's Ex
tra Gorman Heap is ticrotuiuK very popular in
ont city; itn quality know io auporior, and
wo aro not surprised (hat consumer* prefer it
and that it him h largo aalo. Try it if you do
not already uho it.
This i* made a little wider than it ,
on im to ho m tho prosont style. A*k for the
improved Elmwood.
When impious men boar sway, tho
post of honor is the private station,
•S hakupcarc.
Go to llivenddo Water Cure, Hamilton, 111.
rounded
havo, and ladloa who |KMM-ita theaorharma have rra-
aou to be thankful to Mother Nature ; yet, after all,
ttn-4NiM*TiNn ram lUm.
to draw from the aralp the
la IU analenance, lt« vitality te, u-
•d, ami If not promptly atlctulrU
b* the certain result. The one
avoiding auch an uttple*'
Lios'a KaTiumoN,
toe scalp, will apecdlly
vent It from falling otu
greft*. Nothing can atop It, for It la founded on the
principle, now unlvereaPy acknowledged, that
phyaicAl vigor ta the moat formidable antagonlit of
all human alhucuta, and experience haa ahowu that
Plantation Uittkiu ta a |>eerloss lurlgoraut, aa
well ax the beet poealble eafeguard agaluat epidemic
Yb Old Mexican Mcstaxo Liniment ha* pro-
wrnlllng, Uiumim*, chapped hands, p- isonous bite#,
ami apraJue, atralua, galls, atttf joluU, Inflamma
tion, etc., In Ix-aete, thau all other Unliuciita put to-
nLIllTY Y1CA US' I! X t'Klt 11C.\CM UY AN
OLD NUltSK.
Mn*. Winslow'a soothing Syrup U ihe prwwcrlp-
thlrty year* w. h m*»«t fkuli-; eafeir am
. by uiillloiia of .i.- ther* and chili
ble lufaut of one week old to th* ndalt.
acldliy'of the slomacli, rtUlevee wind
laten the boweln, aud gives real, health and ootafort
and surest remedy In the world In all c**«m of gya-
eutery and diarrhoea Iu children, whether U arise*
from teething or front any other cans*. Full di
rections for u-liiR will accompany each botll*
Noue e- □ nine unle-s \ he fac-atutle of CURTIS A
tnoBts—Hhottldarn, 7)^0; c
clear aides. lO.qv. Dacon Slmnldore, 84j<
clear rib eidoe, ltl»^c ; cloar eidee, 11c. Han
-Hugar-cured, 131 ,o. all packoil. Whisky
I)cmand fair and market linn, at 99c.
, 82(h H-’lo ; white, 80fh>R3c ;
*19.75. Dry ealt eliouldoi
eold Ki8Cum%(a'\\%c. Main". V.Ua-Hc. Laid
12 ; keg, liUfa l'.
As we have 12 00OD REASONS why they wil
do your work
QUICK and EASY,
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Ill Thfy are elit«|i«l lo buy.
They are itf.l lo uw.
CO They Imkt nrnly and quickly.
D TIicir operation It perftel.
They huie Dlwuyi o rood draft.
< Tliry arr raaile of the best material.
They reint perfrrlly.
O Thry require but little fuel.
Thrf ure very love priced.
(Aj They are easily mamued.
M They ore luilrd lo dll loenlllin.
Every >Uive iuaranlred lo ;ive uillifec'o
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