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ENEMIES OF THE TROUT.
TThr I>r*rructlvo Wo
fUtirr, Wild llnrh.
Mnnpplnjv Tunic.
A loiter from Caledonia, N. T., to tho
"Now York Times says; If it wore possi
ble to have all tbo trout stream* of tho
country placed under the same snrveil-
laueo as is the retuaknble Caledonia or
Spring Creek, which flows from this Til
lage to Alien’s Creek, a distance of
three miles, tho fact that the uatnral en
emies of trout in shape of animals, birds,
and reptiles have done nnd arc doing
moro to depopulnto the streams by con
stant and tiroloss preying on the fish
than the fishermen, either by fair or foul
means, can do the year through would
become generally known and moans of
protecting tho t: h from their inroads
would be adopted. If Caledonia Creik,
running through n thickly settled local
ity, with several mills and piscicultnral
establishments situated at intervals
along its course, is made tho daily fish-
iug plaeo of tho numerous enemies of
trout, the streams iu isolated regions,
where tlieso depredators are undisturbed
by watchful keepers, must bo subject to
still mi re destructive raids. It may be
that t ho Caledonia Creek Ashing gronnds,
owing to their peculiar advantages, are
better stocked with tho favorite food of
tho bluo heron, kingfisher, wild dnok,
hawk, snake and turtle, but an bour’B
watching by tho sido of any other trout
stream will, beyond doubt, reward tho
watcher with the sight within thnt time
of ono or moro of tlieso trout destroyers
fishing along its borders nnd fishing with
unvarying success. Tho writer, hidden
behind a treo along tho Beaver Mill
Creek, in Bnllivnn county, saw a mink,
a kingfisher and a water pilot all watch
ing for trout within a distunco of 100
feet, and each fisher secured n fluo trout
for its dinner.
A keeper patrols Colodouin Creek day
and night watching for tlieso enemies of
tho trout. No h t-s than 30 bluo or night
herons, somo of them measuring seven
feet from tip to tip of their wings, linvo
been killed wliilo fishing in tho creek
this seiinm, Tlieso birds, like tho snap
ping turtle, take tidy tho largost fish.
They stand silently on tho liorder of tho
stream, ut this time of tho year at tho
foot (I some deep pool, where tho water
begins to take a rapid How. Poised on
ono long, slender leg, tho other being
drawn up well under tho body, tho her-
immovable as if it were cut from
fifty. Tho eggs are round, an inch in
diameter, and of n pale oraugo color.
There is no shell, aud the covering is
like a piece of tongh, transparent paper.
The eggs ore loft to bo hatched out by
the sun or devoured by snakes or musk
rats, as fato may decide. Snapping
turtles destroy hundreds of tlio finest
trout. They riso slowly from tho bot
tom cf the' stream, floating along like
some rongli piece of bark or log, until
they are in reach oi their prey,when the
neck shoots forward like lightning, aud
the great jaws close on tho trout like a
vice.
By tho watchfulness displayed by the
employees of the State Hatchiug House
on Caledonia Creek thousands of trout
are saved every year from tho depreda
tion of these persistent enemies of the
fish. If tho game protective laws could
prohibit their operations generally
throughout tho country, tho increase in
the number of trout in those streams
would be surprising.
HOW CnOIiERA SPREADS.
Tltc PriMlIence which haw Mnde tin Wnj
Through the Old nnd New Worlds#
DR. KOCH ON CHOLERA.
1 lie New Theory Hint Is Cnnnlnc So Mueh
An Eastern pestilence which has made
its way on foot through Central Asia,
which has crossed the Atlantio in the
old days of sailing ships, and crossed
the Rocky Mountains to the Pncifio
when San Francisco was no more than a
white-walled Spanish mission, says tlx3
London Standard, may certainly be
described as an enterprising and pem^
vering traveler. If cholera could thrs
travel in tho years from 1828 to 1833,
what may it not do iu these days of
rapid transit? But tho fact is that t\io
good old times of slow stages, of spend
ing weeks and mouths on tho journey,
were so much more suited to tho ways of
cholera that even the thousandfold op
portnnities of tho age of steam do not
make it half so dangerous. If there is
one thing less doubtful than another in
the natural history of cholera, it is that
it loves the ground, that the breeding
place of the poison is the soil, and that
it is always most formidable when it
drags its slow length along and leaves a
BAFFLED!
One of the Mont Unncronntnbl© nnd Pnnjr©r«
otm oritcceut Deceit* Uncovered ancTLx-
poned.
There is some mysterious trouble that is at
tacking nearly everyone in tho land with more
or less violence. It seems to steal into the bodv
like a thief in tho night. Doctors cannot di-
agnoeo it. Scientists are puzsled by its symp
toms. It is, indeed, a modem mystery.
Like those sovoro nnd vague maladies
thnt attack horses and prostrate nearly
all tbo animals in tho land, this subtlo
troublo seems to menace mankind. Many of
its victims have pains about tho chest and
sides, and sometimes in the back. They feel
dull and sleepy; tho mouth has a had taste,
especially in the morning. A strange sticky
slime collects nl>out tho teeth. Tho np|*otito
is poor. Them is a feeling like a heavy load
Upon tho stomach; sometimes a faint nil-gone
sensation is felt at tho pit of tho stomach,
which food does not satisfy. Tho eyes grow
sunken, the hands and feet fo 1 clammy at
one time nnd hum intensely at others. After
a while a cough sets in. nt first dry, but after
a few months it is attended with a greyish
colored exj>cct<»ratlon. Tho afflicted ono fools
tired ali the while, nnd sleep docs not seem to
afford any rest. Ho becomes nervous,irritable,
and gloomy,and lias evil forelnxlings. There is
a giddiness, a |>eculinr whirling sensation in
tho head when rising up suddenly. The
l>owcls liecomo costive, and then, ngnin, out-
tlux intensely; tho skin is dry und hot
at times, tho blood grows thick nnd
Mother*.
If you are failing; broken, worn out find net-
fous, uso “Well’s Health Ilenewer.” $1. Drgls.
Montgomery, Ala
has received 10ft hales of
eight of which was from
oik- man.
trail behind it. cholera came by sea j stagnant; the whites of tho eyes become tinged
Tho more in detail tho observations of
Dr. Koch on cholera Appear, tho loss
certain docs it seem that any very im
portant new light lias been thrown on
tho disease. Dr. Koch, indeed, makes
Borao statements concerning tho spread
of contagion which clash with tho ob-
servutions of other medical investiga-
tors, but he does not appear yet to have
reached absolute certainty on these
points. He asserts that “tho infection
is not conveyed by tho nir," yet ho holds
that it is convoyed through food, and it
is difficult to sco how tho microbes can
bo deposited on food save by tho action
of air-currents. But tho vital point,
namely, as to whether tlieso microbes
cause tho disease, or only accompany or
follow it, is really not definitely settled,
and it cannot bo "said that tho testimony
at hand is cnpablo of settling it. For,
though Dr. Koch is of opinion that the
disease is caused by tho introduction of
tho microbes into tho alflhentary canal,
it is well known that such introduction
may take plnco without producing the
disease, for tho experiment has been
tried deliberately, not nlono on brutes,
but on men. Tho doctor says that
drinking water “is not tho only vehicle
of tho choleraic germ." That 1ms long
from Alexandria to Southampton
1865, but it was quickly suppressed. It
came next year with German emigrants
on their way to America, nnd it became
a considerable epidemic. Wo have al
ways imported it from tho opposite
shore of tho North Sea, It would al
most seem as if a long journey overland
wns necessary to consolidate its power
iad give vigor to its constitution. Panic-
stricken fugitives, tho poorest of emi
grants, wayside tramps nnd all kinds of
hugger-mugger in motion nro tho favor
ite media of cholera diffusion. A few
showers of rain in Toulon at tho present
juncture would almost certainly make
tho whole town a hotbed of pestilence.
In a time of heat and drought such os
rith yellow; the urine is scanty and high-
colored, dep<*iting a scxlimont after standing.
Them is frequently a spitting up of the food,
somethin s with a soar taste, nnd sometimes
with a sweetish taste; tlds is often attended
with palpitation of tho heart. The vision he
roines impaired, with spots before the eyes:
there is a feeling of prostration anti
great weakness. Most of those symptoms
arc in turn present. It Is thought thnt
nearly one-third of our population linvo this
di'older in some of it s varied forms, wliilo
medical men have almost wholly mistaken its
nature. Home have treated it for one com
plaint; some for another, hut nearly nil have
fai’e 1 to reach the seat of tho disorder. In
deed. many phvsieians are nillieted with it
themselves. Tho experience of Dr. A. U.
Hiehnrds, residing at No. 408 Tivinont street,
Podon, is thiii- described by himself :
• I had nil those \uliar nnd pnihfnl *<ynip-
hieli l linvo found alllK'tiligfO
Th© Olil Grandmother,
When called to the lndside <>f tho little ono
Buttering with that night fiend to children nml
horror to parents, cuour, the old grnndrnoth* l
used to Fond for mullein and make a tea nnd at
oncarelieve it—made into n tea now and com
bined with Bwect gum it pre<c nts in Taylor’s
Chcrokco Remedy of Sweet (inni and Mullein
a pleasant nnd effective cure for Croup,
Whooping Cough. Colds and CnnBtimpd'
Bold by all druggists at 23o and $1.00
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the effects of teetl
to uso Dr. lUggon*
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and bowel complaints would he link
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iiuii, tibJ Main sUeof, Buffalo, N. Y.
onntv, Texas, is
oat crop this year
i-«*"1- Per am-.
the present, wlmt is called the snl>soil j my ixiticnK and whit it iimi «i oiun Imilled
water stands at a low level; the wells aro
low, and when the rain comes
tho Btirfaeo water has to percolate
through a considerable stratum of soil,
nnd from n wide radios round about in
order to reach them. Tlieso would
seem to lie tho conditions in tho tern-
pernto zone, at least, favorable to an in
crease of cholera, just ns they
nro known to enuso an increase of
typhoid fever. I>r. Cornish, a well
known official iu Madras, says: ‘'Blight
showers of rain at I he end of tho hot
I kllO
tense
all tho commonly establish!
aid bu unn\ ailing for 1 had I f in
>fton in tho past. 1 therefnro deter
to strike out in a new path. To my in
K»tisfa< ti >ii I found thnt I was improv
ing. The thill, stupid feeling departed and
begun to enjoy life once in*no. My nppetit
rotuinMl. My sleep was refreshing. Th
color of my faeo, whit li bail l»eeii a sickly
low gradually assumed 1 tho pink tin;
health. In the course of three v *
like a new man, and know Hint, it was wholly
“Rough or
Smooth, ref in
Ing, preset vativ
Dcnli't’* Tooth INnvilrr.
liiiiR, harmless, elegant, cleans
e unci fragrant. I.V.. Druggist*
• thirty f-treign str
ship-
Hay I i vi u. I ran recommend Ely’© (Team
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M| W|
vlilcli
ull lliu
iieen recognized, but it is mueh moro season may always, I think, borcgnrdod
i.ricn exhaust their
difficult to say what niny not bo tho ve
hicle of infection. Certainly there is
idenco extant in support of tho theory
that tho germs may ho carried by tho
wind ; nml though Dr. Koch says thnt
stone, waits patiently tho passing of | w j, ou dry tho microbe is harmless, facts
some lusty trout up into tho pool. Tho
wait is Beldom a long one, Suddenly
tho long neck shoots out like an arrow
and Hie great bill is buried for nu instant
in tho water. Tho aim is rarely at fault,
mid when tho herou'shend appears ngnin
n large Iron! comes tip with it, and tho
bird rises lazily from tho creek nnd flies
away, trailing its legs far behind it.
Lnitor in tho season, when tho trout con
gregate where small spring runs empty
into tho stream, tho heron will ho found
fishing there, as it seems to know well,
like tho kingfisher, all the habits of tho
fish it loves to feed on. One blue heron,
given freo scope iu a trout stream, would
fako from it on a reasonable nverngo,
1,200 trout, all full grown, nnd many of
them tilled with eggs, during tho timo
the bint fishes, which is from tho timo
tli<“ ico leaves the streams iu tho spring
until it forms again in the fall or win
ter. Tlio heron is a solitary bird, but
they seek the solitude of trout lmmits in
large numbers nnd, undisturbed, draw
on the resources of tho streams, as may
bo seen by wlmt one can do alono, to nil
extent thnt is startling.
The kingfisher diving from his perch
<>u u dead tree hy the side of tho stream
is not so certain in his aim ns tlio heron,
aud often emerges empty-mouthed from
tho water only to take his plane once
moro and patiently wnit for another
chance. The kingfisher is no sticklor
for size in his trout, hut takes tlio first
t hat comes along. One of tlieso birds has
been known to return ten times in nu
hour to his fishing place, flying awaywith
a trout each time. As kingfisher^ aro
very common along tho streams the
number of trout they destroy in tho
course of a season must ho simply enor
mous.
Tho wild dnclt is probably tho most
destructive of all tlio enemies of tlio
trout, for it confines itself entirely to
feeding on their spawn. Always a glut
ton, when a duck finds tho spawning
boils of trout iu tho small streams thnt
food tho main water, it will sooudovour
thousands of eggs, and shovel the en
tire contents of tlio breeding places into
its stomach if not molested. Ono flock
of wild ducks can easily destroy tho en
tire breeding prospeots of any trout
stream in a short time.
Tlio water snake, lurking ns it docs by
tho hundred along every trout stream,
fishes with so much tact aud cunning
that it numbers its prey hy the thousand
from tlio time it emerges from its hole
when tho warm weather comes until it
is driven into its winter quarters. Coiled
in tho nldcr bushes that overhang tlio
water, this snake watches for tho comiug
of oui trout up the stream. When ono
passes, tho sualto glides ns softly aud
smoothly ns a stream of oil into tho
water, and diving toilows tlio fish rapid
ly but stealthily, stopping like a stick iu
the water at every turn its intended vic
tim makes that might lead it to discov
er the approach of its pursuer. Foot hy
foot tlio snake draws closer to the trout,
and, watching its opportunity, darts
like a flush forward, and seizes tlio fish
iu the back just above tho tail, Tho
straggles of tho trout aro useless, for tho
power which is always its main de
pendence, tlio use its tail, cannot
bo used. Tho snako backs down
stream with its prey until it roach
es a spot whero it may leave the
creek with ease, and then draws itself
out on tho shore, nnd seeking a place of
security, proceeds at ouco to gorge it
self with its dainty capture.
It is fortunate not only for tho trout
but for all kinds of fish that tho snap
ping turtle, the laurup of tho aborigi
nes, is of extremely slow growth, and
that its eggs aro themselves the prey of
birds, snakes and muskrats, for it is ono
of the deadliest foes of the finny tnbo iu
existence. The snapping turtle is ono
of tho antediluvians. T* has cruelty iu
its eye, strength in its muscles, imper-
viousness in its shell, aud neither mercy
nor gentleness in its heart or bowels.
With equal independence it lives on laud
or in the waters. With equal courage
it defends itself from man aud beast.
One of forty, fifty or even sixty pounds,
to which weight they often attain, is no
mean antagonist. When captured aud
drawn into a boat or cornered, it turns
oil its captor and, rising on its black and
wrinkled legs, not crawling prone like
an ordinary turtle, but with head ex
tended, .littlo yellow eyes glittering, and
harp Peak-ready for the contest, it ad
vances defiant of everything. There is
no living thing so tenacious of life ns a
snapping turtle. The head severed from
the body will live for days, and tho body
itself will exhibit life long after that
member has been separated from it, A
headless snapping turtle, moving about
in a still defiant attitude, erect on its
legs, as if seeking its captor, is as hide
ous a sight as one might want to wit
ness. These turtles arc dangerous, and
must ho approached with great care.
Their bite is terrible, and their jaws
never relax until tho piece seized upon
comes out, even when the head is cut
off. They are possessed of a quickness
of motion which no one would expect
from their heavy, awkward shape. In
.Tune they dig a hole in tho sand half
the depth of their bodies and lay their
pegs iu it, often depositing as many as
m to favor tbo conclusion Hint dried
microboa can bo rendered nclivo again
by moiKturo without regard to tho lapse
of time.
If it ho assumed thnt tho microbe in
the oholoruio germ, tho world is but
littlo better off for the knowledge, since
it dorB not know how tho microbe is to
lio dealt with, nnd since it docs not know
how to restrict tlio field of operations of
tho fntul littlo nuimnl. Cbolcrn spreads
despite tho investigation s of Dr. Koch,
nml ho docs not pretend to havo found a
euro for it. And after a generation of
research nnd inquiry, Scionco tan really
tell us littlo moro about the disease than
our fathers know. Cleanliness of resi
dence and person; wholesomo and regu
lar diet; pure water ; these are Btill tho
main preventives ngninst cholera But
it almost always finds places whero
tlieso desiderata are ahsont, and then it
makes its way into quarters whero they
do exist. It in a comfort to bo told tlmt
fi-ar lum no influence over the matter,
hut tho assertion iB open to doubt.
Fear is capable of playing tho part of in
fection as regards any disease, and
therefore it may do so with this ono.
With a conscientious and vigorous quar
antine, however, wo ought io ho able to
keep tho cholera out this year at least.
ns dnngcrous, ns they afford the requi
site amount of moistnro in tlio surface i
soil (combination with its oxtsling high
temperature) to favor tlio development
of tho germs of tlio disease.” No ono
can tell where the germs of cholera may
not havo been carried in the exodus of
40,000 persons from Toulon, and some
thousands from Marseilles; the seed !
may havo fallen unnoticed on the sur- j
face of the parched ground, whero it
ngtotliu wmsb-rfuii
TipjH <uiu•« Tlio Hc.it,
m calcine I took.”
Doctors and wlentiatf
skill ami tlio patient dio*. They try every
thing thnt hns tfccnusod by.or is known to tlio
profe.-jiioiij nnd then fail. Even if they snvo
tho lifo it »k often after great nml prolonged
agony. Whero nil this « , nn he avoided hy
precaution nnd euro, how insane a thing it is
to endure such Fiifforincl With a pure nml
palatable preparation within reach,to neglect
its uso is simply inexcusable.
A Itnbblt Subdues n Ban.ConsIrictor.
According to a Paris newspaper n rnb-
n|y awaits the comiug of tho rain to i bit was placed in the cage of one of tho
fructify. But mueh rain, or heavy
floods, have often been known to bring
an epidemic of cholera to an end, by
flushing tho soil nnd drowning or carry
ing off the poison.
TIIE WIDOW’S Cl.AIJI.
An 1)1(1 KCTOivcr.
A hoy went iuto a Michigan avenue
shoe shop, says tho Detroit Free /‘rent,
to linvo his boot patched. Two other
boys saw him there and entered nnd snt
down. On tho shelf in tho shop was an
old revolver.
The reader will imagine flvo minutes
to have elapsed.
The first hoy looked at thoold weapon
and grow uneasy.
The second hoy wished ho owned it
nml began to whistle.
Tlio third boy wondered if it was
loaded, and made up liis mind to see.
The slioemuker waxod his thread nnd
remarked:
“I donn’ like somo poys to como in
hero und fool nrouudt mit my tools.”
Five minutes moro havo slipped into
tlio back townships of tho past.
Tlio first boy lias gained flvo feet
on it.
Tho second boy has ceased to wliistlo
and commenced to wink.
Tho third boy is only n neck behind
tho first.
1 ‘Because," continued the shoemaker,
ns ho cut out tho pntoh, “it vlins dnu-
gerous to fool mit tools dot you donn’
know nboudt."
Tho llrHt boy has the revolver.
Tho second will bet him a oeut ho
dnsn't snap it,
Tho third will raise the bet two to
ono.
Bang 1 Zip 1 Buff I
Bullet rakes along tho wall and throws
mortar all over the shoemnkor. Three
boys stand nnd hold their mouths open,
“Vhol, I hopes you feel petter;" snid
the shoemaker as ho finished spanking
tlio last hoy aud shot him through the
door. “Dot vasli shust like a poy. If
ho sees somo tools hanging mit der vail
ho can’t no still until ho kills some poor
man dot leaves his family mit no life in
surance to square oop der rent nnd go
pack to Bhermony.”
The Mound Builders.
Mr. B. D. Mitchell, of Wisconsin, who
iH tho largest private owner of relics of
tho mound-builders in that State, has
written from Ripou to tho; Young Min
eralogist ns follows : “I havo opened
lint two mounds as yet this season; ono
on tho north shore of Green lake, in
which I found iho remains of two gen
uine mound-builders, extended at full
ength, very much decayed, lying sido
i by side, but no implements or orna-
I ments ot uuy kind. This was a very
small and low mound. Tho other wns
1 much larger and about six feet high. In
the centre of this, nt the depth of four
feet, I came to a round heap of granito
boulders, weighing from five to sev.iuty-
fivo poimdB each, and below these n
stratum of clay much burned aud mixed
with charcoal aud ashes. This was very
hard and dry. Below this, and about
ono and one-half feet below tho original
surface, I found the skeleton. Tho
lower limbs had boon severed from tho
trunk and laid back under it, so thnt tho
larger joints of tho thigh-bone were
under tlio skull. No implements here—
nothing but bones.”
A letter from Eagle City, Idaho, says:
The "Widow" of the Coour d’Alene gold
district is MrH. A. M. Edgington. She
is ubout 45 years of ngo. Her hushnud
was nn old-timer on tho Comstock nnd
died thero several years ago, leaving
her somo property. Bho had tho min
ing fever a littlo moro violently than ho
did, and after his death slio began bus
iness for herself, hut almost invariably
without success. Bho finally mot
Pritchard, the discoverer of tho Comr
d'Alene district and, having confidence
in him, lot him have nt various times
considerable sums. ITe too bad ill suc
cess, aud finally, on returning to her for
more money, she was forced to inform
him thnt her supply had been exhausted.
Ho expressed his gratitude for what slio
had done and promised most sclomnly
thnt if his lnek over changed ho would
not forget her.
Mrs. Edgington lived with friends at |
Virginia City, in California, and in tho !
East, nnd her experience with Pritchard i
had almost passed out of mind, when
she was informed thnt ho had made a
big striko in Idaho, For a yoar or moro
after leaving her ho had been prospect
ing much of the time alono iu one of the !
wildest and most inaccessible portions of
tho continent. As soon ns ho discovered
evidence of tho presence of gold in this I
vicinity lie took mensures to iocnto sev- j
oral claimR, nnd tho ono that he consul- '
ered tho best of these ho named “Tho !
Widow’s Claim.” Nobody know wlmt
that signified for a long time, nnd after a
littlo, when tho mad rush hognn, nobody
cared. Everything wns in a choatio |
condition, nnd, as no entries had been j
made iu absolutely perfect form, claim 1
jumping liecamo quito common. Tho
deep snows added to tho inoxtricnblo
confusion, obliterating all marks and
stimulating newcomers who had forco j
enough nt hand to hold jumped claims I
to go into the business at wholesale. In i
this way Pritchard lost much of his own j
property, and tho widow's claim fell into |
the hands of strangers.
Before tuo snow showed any signs of
melting, Mrs. Edgington, accompanied
by two adventurous young women,
made tho porilous trip from tlio rnilrond
to tlio mining ground, and was roynlly
received, but tho roon who hold her
claim laughed when she told them that
she expected them to vacate it. Tlio
claim has turned out to bo ono of tlio
few^ilunble ones in tho district, aud
tho men who took forciblo possession of
it will not leavo until ordered off by
somo court of competent jurisdiction.
Tlio widow 1ms rnnde several attempts
to effect a compromise, but the men will
not listen to her. Many jokes at tlio
expense of tho parties to tho controversy
are in circulation. Tlio men are uni
versally referred to as tho widow’s boys
or tho orphans. Probably protracted
litigation will grow out of the dispute,
which, up to tho present time, has been
of a friendly nature, though grent
wealth is involved.
larger serpents in tlio Jurdin des Plantes
[ recently, for the daily meal of tho oeou-
! pant. A poorer specimen of tho rabbit
tribe, in point of nppcnrnnco, it would
not bo easy to find; but it was noticed
i thnt tho little creature lmd n peculiarly
knowing nnd determined look. The lion
hissed joyously nt tho sight of his din
ner, nnd nt ouco put nil tho power of
| fascination ho possessed into his largo
j round oyos.
' But tho rabbit was not to be fnsei-
j tinted. Boldly, and oven defiantly, lio
returned tho reptile's stai’b, till tho lut-
I ter, finding milder menus of no avail,
1 proceeded to unfold ono of his ooits.
I This menacing movement had Hie effect
j of producing a marvelous display ol
l saltatory nctivity on tho part of tho rnb-
j bit, llis wild bounds and jumps, which
' ho kept up uninterruptedly for sovcrnl
j minutes, moving his ears terribly tho
while, could only bo compared to thoso
of a rod Indian “brave” in the heat of a
I wnr dance,
I The bon, who wns evidently unnccus-
i tomed to such a show of fight on the
part of his victims, drew hack, thor
oughly intimidated. Profiting hy this
moment of hesitation, the rnbhit, who
wns decidedly tho Bayard of his race,
jumped upon tho back of his adversary,
who now, utterly ooweil nnd discom
fited, retreated under tho folds of his
blanket. Tho rabbit squatted himBolf
on his hind quarters nt tlio other end of
tho engo in nn attitude of expectation;
nnd in tlieso positions—so the veracious
history ends—both animals were found
by tlio kcopers next morning.
Italm to fill lfny-1'f
pillion, a mire
ruii, nini nevi r
,■ f. - W. It. If AS
s'llTercrs, II is, 111 m
1 was afflicted To
,ifl found perinnio-lit
Mninlitl. In. Vl
North I'.in.til
lor tlmt Slul"
nti d r.Vi,non to-
lll il-tluiim Piles,
lies, rr.nchm, ants, Is I-1 it;ife, rats, mice,chin
111'", Cleared out hy "ltmigli on Hats." 15o
The total trade
inline K, |d. I, \vt
mil--too for II
Iv *05,00!!,000
end yellow bird*
for Coiimtinpi
ougli ; it removes tin
ausc
A Pbtvatb Ship,—Tlio finest private
ship iu tho world, William Astor’s Nour-
ninlinl, is nearly as largo ns Borne of
those ooonn steamers which first began
traus-Atlantio navigation. Bho is built
of steel, and her longtli is 232 foot, hor
breadth thirty feet, and depth twonty
foot. Iler engine is 1,400 liorso power,
and hor supply of fresh water is 4,500
gallons. To this Is nddod nn ice machine
which will ninko 000 pounds per day,
Tho finish of tho Boloon is iu tlio finest
possible stylo, and tho Nourmnlinl is
really a Fifth avonuo palace afloat.
CATARRH
nAY.FRrnn.
I Mill ii (flirted fo:
t w • a t y ro*ra, dm in*
th* month* of Aa*ui'
and Nftptambftr, wilt
Haj-F»*ar, and trio*
varluua raroadiaa with
out rallaf. 1 waa In-
duc*d to try Ely'a Oroam
Italm; bar* oa«d it with
favorabl* raault
can confidently
II—Kolia hi
W. TOWN 1,RY, (i*l
Mayor), Kliroboth, N.»!
drutfgUta; 60 eta. by
Druggist*, Ovrego, N. V
OMAN’S SAFEST REGULATOR!
BELLAMY’S GOSSYPIUSI.
Imoniala and price, addn-ts with
. b. ni l.I.AMY. »!.!> , Ailin'
BRYANT 6t STRATTON’S
t. I»iii« l Mo HO •tinli'iita yearly. Young men taught II** >k-
kcrpuig, Siioit-ln
Pensions
ti.ai ihip, Qiul utiisliil to |H>fit
to S' Mli-ra A lli'ir* Send a
Tho OLD RELIABLE
FAIRBANKS SCALE.
kmi
VARIETY IRON WORKS,
LANCf .fe WILT, PROPRIETORS,
MANUI'ACrrnERB OF AND dkat.buh in
STE YM ENGINES, BOILERS, Etc., STEAM FI PE VALVES, 111 1 BBER AND
LEATHER BELTING, MACHINE OILS ALL GRADES.
agents for
Daniel Pratt Cotton Gins,
Brown Cotton Gins,
A. B. FARQTJHAR’S MACHINERY,
IT CURES WHEN
ALL OTHER NEDI
CINE8 FAIL, tu» it
acta DIRECTLY
and AT ONCE on
tie KIDNEYS,
LIVER and HOW-
ELfl, rootor
them to a healthy
been cured
by it when
pliysiclano and
^(Honda h a d
ven them up
die.
IT 19 DOTH A ‘‘SAFE CURE”
and a 11 SPECIFIC."
I.lvi
KH nil DUroMCM of tin* Klrinry*,
lllnililrr nitil I'rlnnry Orunus;
i« Gravel, Dinhrtc*, IlriMlit'*
Drop
Disc
HV.H, Fl'lllltl© WcnkllINHON,
Jntinillrc, ItilioiiMicHx, llrmU
nt’lir, >.mr Ntnmnt’li, l)>-pi |>-in,
Coiiitlpntioti, I’ilra, i'ltlti* In tli
k, I.oIiim, or side, Ifptrntlon or
. U <
’ r 11
fi.ys at nm tn.isTB.
/D-'TAKE NO OTHER. ’ *
Bond for Illustrated Pamphlet of Bolid Tea*
tlmonioia of Absoluto Cures,
• HUNr’M ki:hi:i>v co., '
.• y Providence, H#T*
ID;NT' Kidney ami Liver) KF.MKDY
purely vegetable, nml tho utmost relianoo may b
W
I.YDU K. riNKHAM’S
23 L K2ITI7S CUSS
Tor Fcntnl© Complaint* nnd
Wenlutranr* *o common to
our bent fcmnlo population
It will cure entirely the wnrat form of Female Con*
plaint*, all Ovarian troubles, Inflammation and Ulo*ra»
lor, Falling and replacement*, and the eon*e«iuent
fninal Wcnlnea-i, and la parllcuhul/ adapted to
ptnL.
liango of Life,
It will dissolve and e»p«1 tumor* from tho utera* tn a©
•rly stag*of dmtlopinent. The tendency!
r* thero D chocked vory speedily hy lta
i moveo faintnr*a, flatulency, deatrova all craving
linulont*. and rellove* woakneaa of tho atomach,
ire* bloatlnff. Headache*. Herr
- .t<! Oehlllty, Hleepleastie**, Deprm
don. 1 hat feeling of bearing down, cat
' “ la always permanently
COTTON PRE-'SES, CANE MILLS, COTTON SEED IITJLLEUS.
■ are prepared to do nil kinds of Repair Work at short notice nnd as well as
AVe
an be.done. . , „
.Ml in want of the above-named goods, or machinery repaired, arc cordially
invited t" call nnd sec us or write for prices before going elsewhere.
Respectfully,
LANG & WILT,
S;tndersvi 11 <*, C*eorgia.
LIFE OF A WAR CORRESPONDENT.
Ill* Omni Itcnilv on Nlmrl Nollro—Travel-
In* In t'omlon- The ltcvolver.
In tho course of conversation, Mr,
Prior, of (ho Illustrated London Notes,
remarked:
“Tlio chief source of tho expense of a
war correspondent lies not iu his snlnry,
but in liis outfit aud means of locomo
tion You linvo to supply yourself with
wh it you need, and you never can bo
sure tlmt either food or drink will bo ob
tainable nt tlio sent cf wnr. For in
stance, in my last campaign I took out
with me to tlio Sudan no less than XI0
worth of tinned goods nlono, which I
bought on hoard tho steamer. As n
rule yon tako out everything thnt you
can imneiuo; tho moro the better—sail'
tilery, clothes, pleuty of hoots, n enso or
two of champagne, drnwii
anil i
Prostration,
Ion and Imltgc*
ingyMn,
by lta uaa
act to
syalttn,
_ r . r , M’X.thtl
•rloo $1.00. BU bottle* for
No family should bo without LYDIA E. P1SKHAST4
Itvrn DILLS. They cure constipation, lllloantiesi sm4
■orptdlty of the liver. S5 cents a box at all druggists.
GOOD NEWS
12 LADIES!
trvd. Now's your timn to gnt up
rtlera for our cnlobr. tod Tra»
old Hand Mu*s
KiiElV’TS WANTED r or tho Lives bf
BLAINE & I CLEVELAND &
LOGAN, HENDRICKS,
ii I Vol by T. W. Knox | In 1 Vol. by 11.-n. A. IIaiihl'M.
icUcflsM Outtrlle
II VL I I Oltl> 1’L HI.IMII NO CO.. Ilurllbr.t, iuu»
j! CHLORAL A V D
li CPIUM HABITS
KANII.Y ( CltlCII* HOOK I'lti:!'..
DU. J U. IIIII’IMIAN, JLFFhltSHN, Wisconsin
TELK(i KALMI^
She Left.—A Macon woman wm
lately flued $2.50 for striking her bus-
(laud on tho head with a bed slat iu a
quarrel about blackberry pie. Tho next
duy she ste le his meuey, 810, und left
for parts uukuovu.
Three and four Toil Seales nt greatly reduced
prices. Every Cotton Oi it unit Planter should
havo a Oexoink Fairbanks Hoai.k. Write for
prices. FAIRBANKS & CO.,
New Orleans, I,a.
KniltomI ABonts’ Iluslnosn
tnnvlit at MOOItl'.’IS IIIWINItMM I .MVhlt
S1TV, AIIhiiIii, (Iu, Bund fur Circulars.
(1U.NTH WANTKII ("rtlialw
AVns
N ation a i- l’um.i
id Itlbli’H.
Co., At la/, i
!’duc*.d »
Ami Whisky Habits Cured
IN TI1KHH WEEKS.
For Painphlots, Proofa and T«rms
wlthPct. stamp. _W. (J. IIKI,*
.M. I* . . lb ad StrHHt, Alluatu, Ga.
VARICOCELE
St. Gcorur'M Mull far Ifov
Md., prepared for any o<illog« or I
Dnok ftve
vuiiuu *».,©. y;
Rail terstmr •
KINK A It. A. M., 1*.
SOLID SILVER STEM-WINDING, FULL
JEWELED GENTS’ SIZE WATCH
FOR $12.50.
Fl/LLY G UAIJ ANTKKI). Th s offer mads for
OO days only, lluodasant hy Kipress O. U. D., sub-
|*ct to Inspection before purchasing.
J. IN NTKVLNS, Si CO., Jewelera.
Atlaata, Gn.
PORK STRIPS!
A lie Iv r»v I.tlllK I
Dr. Robert Newton, Into l
Ecloctlc oollego, of tlio city
and formerly of l.'mulnuati, '
W"m. 1 falls Ral a ii very
e-iilent of the
it New York
lilo, ns '.l Dr.
xtonsivcly in
hispractleo, ai many of his pat:
living und rox'.oiv l to health by thu uso ol
this invaluablo medieiiie, ca 1 amply teitify.
lio nle'nyr said th it so good a remedy ought
net to bu considered merely as a patent mo 1
iclnu, but Hint it ought to bo prehcrib "d fieo
ly by every phy-ician as a sovereign remedy
In all cases of lung ilisin-cs. It euros con
sumption, and all pectoral complaints.
Hog cholera is prevailing in Campbell enmity
are the rec
sumption
A Woman in Charge.
A Dainty Custaiu).—A dainty cus-
(ard for tea or to be served with pud
dings is made of two tablespoonfuls of
cornstarch to oue quart of milk, three
eghs and sugar aud flavoring to suit
your taste. Bent tho whites of tho eggs
separately aud to a stiff froth. Cook
Hie custard by placing the basin iu
which you mix it in another pan of boil
ing water; when it has thickened take it
from Hie fire, und beat in the whites of
tlio eggs. This is the time to add tho
flavoring extract also. 'Tho egg is
suiliciontly cooked if rapidly beaten in
to the hot custard, nnd tho custard iK
rendered almost as light us whipped
cream, anil it may bo heaped in glasses,
or be put into one large glass diBh,
A woman has au oilico on Broadway
where she buys aud sells stocks for cus
tomers. She operates us nu agent for a
largo brokerage fire in Wall street. Bho
is small aud slight, intelligent, and well
trained iu tlio business. Bho says:
‘ ‘From tlio wires in my oflico I can send
messages directly to my principals with
out having them go through the hands
of a third party. I have a largo number
of women patrons, but I cauuot say
they aro the most desirable customers.
They are nervous aud impatient, and
aro continuously running iu and out to
wateh tho ticker. If they loso, or if
anything goes adverse for a timo, they
whiuo and are very disagreealilo. Wlieu
women come to mo for advice, I always
tell them if they have 8500 or 81,000 to
loso, nml wish to speculate, to go on;
but not to risk their all. Many curious
and inciting iucideuts arising from tho
vicissitudes of tlio stock-market have
happened in this office.
Sli-nnger Ihin Flcllna
niDoi some of tlio cure* of con-
ire,‘tut by that most wonderful
l)r. Fierce's “Golilcu Medical Dts-
■ ” Thousand* of grateful men and
. who have broil (matched almost from
v jaws of death, can testify tketccn-
;um|itlon, in it- early stages, is no longer In-
Tke Discovery lias no equal ns a peo-
ihi
Ui.al and alterative, and tho most obstinate
us of tlio throat and lung* ylold to lta
All druggists.
site, tit
WINTER CIJIIED MEAT.
20 Per Cent. CHEAPER Than Cribs.
SOUND, CEEAN AND DESIKAIU.lt.
H«»t I'.'.nl far I.AIIOIt ever known, E,,r
ils b, A K ilob it A CO.. Ctllcuao. .ait tl.eir
.•praMnUtive. uT.rr..bcre,
Tho., P. Simpson, Washington,
D, O. Na^’j'^.H-had.forj.atHUt
PATENTS! I). U. No nay naked for n
potll obtained. Write for IN YEN TO IV 8 GUI
B 1 BssIM I cat l-awycr, Waahlnxtoo, 1). U.
I FAYS to
Golem
ftevvnrk, .*
Ufa ScholarMl
i UiihIiu’mm Coilt*
i tho
. PoaiOutd lor
Nation alpnt run a jp*. Write
I patron: ..
■ lull. COLKM AN A CO.
IAIANTED A.C6NT9
W§ To sell our Cumlilnfl htep
I.mlJer, Wnah It. ... Ii uml
Wlmrton, Texas, 1h\b thctincsternpof cotton
f any county in the State.
Thin Fcnpl©.
"Weli’H Health ltenewer” restores health and
;or, cures, dyspepHia, sexual dobility. &L
I Montgomery’s.(Ain.) trade for the past year
MBgrogatecl a total of 920,000,000.
“What we learn with pleasure we never
forget"—Alfred Mercler. Tho following is a
case in jx)int: “I paid out hundreds of dollars
without receiving any benefit,” says Mrs. ICin-
Ily Rhoads, of McBrides, Mich. “1 had ib-
mulo complaints, esnecially 'dragging down,’
for over six years. t)r. R. V. Fierce’s ‘Favor
ite Prescription’ did me more good than any
medicine lever took. I advise every sick lady
to take it.” And so do wa It never disap-
points its patrons. Druggists sell it*
lhdoigh, North Carolim
hall club,
has a female bus
“Do you think thero is any seashore
place equal to Nantaskot?” asked an
enthusiastic South Shore man. “Well,”
said Spicer, as ho picked up a boy’s top
and thoughtfully placed it peg upward
in tho lat boarder’s favorite chair, “I
think tho steamboat landing iB the pier
of Nanlasket.”
Many ladies who for years had scarcely ever
enjoyed tho luxury of feeling well have been
*o renovated by tho ubo of Lydia Pinkh&m’s
Vegetable Compound that they have triumphed
over the ills flesh is said to he heir to, and life
dub been crowned with added charm© and
fresher beauty.
The oraugo grove t ntan? Indian River, Fla.
ire looking well uu l promise a large crop.
When a man says ho i« worth a mil
lion dollars, and no ono believes him,
ho i» set down as insane. If ho man-
ages to make other people beliovo him
though, he is efilkd a financier.
Hay-Feveb. I have been a Hav-Fever suf
ferer for three years; have often heard Ely*©
Cream Balm spoken of iu the highest terms.
I used it. ami with the most wonderful success.
—T. S. Qiikeu, Syracuse, N. Y.
Brown’s Iron Bitters com
bines Iron with pure vegetable tonics.
It is compounded on thoroughly sci
entific and medicinal principles, and
cannot intoxicate.
All other preparations of Iron cause
headache, and produce constipation.
Brown’s Iron Bitters is the
ONLY Iron medicine tlmt
? docs not
mi
is not injurious —its in
wen Blacken the teeth,
it not only cures tllu worst cases of
'pepsin, but insures a hearty ti|
U‘ anti t;ootl iligcstEn.
Brown’s Iron Bitters is tlic
Best Liver .Regulator — re
moves bile, dears the skin,
dig-osts tlio food, CURLS
Belching, Heartburn, Heat
iu tlio Stomach, etc.
It is tlio. best-known remedy lb
female iniir.nitics. ~ -
The genuine has above trade mark
and crossed red lilies on wrapper
Take no other. Made only by
Brown Chemical Co.,
Baltimore, Md.
m
TRADE MAHIt ,, KCGISTEMED,
■Compound
)XYGEN
- aa.„.
ttniib t, iTpllIT?'
A NIIW Tit II ATM IINT
CoiHUmptinn, A-'tbntn. Ilronckitis, Dys
.sin, Catarrli, II iid.icb. . Debility, Itliou-
, Nuiirnlqiii. and itH Cbrnnic
me! N.'i v nu Disord"!'...
nml
yV CA.tlJ
great
" nrejcii.nl nml nnnil’tial
J I'liitnd.'lpliin. «ml »n
ing materials, ol
course, nml plenty ot ready cash. For
accommodation is often very scarce
wliilo campaigning, nml lias to bo paid
for accordingly. By long experience I
Iiiito nearly immlored the art of taking
it easy during a campaign. In tho Zulu
war 1 traveled much moro comfortably
Hum any member of tlio staff, not
excepting Lord Chelmsford. I had thon
no fewer than five horses, two in tho
Hindis of my American wagon, ono for
myRolf, ono lor my servnut, and one
spare horse. I followed tho army
through nil its mnrehes in my traveling
carriage, and on the eve of the battle of
Ulundi 1 was the only liinn who lmd a
tent; all tho others lay down in tho
open,
“One grent. difficulty with which you
have to contend is tlio suddenness of tlio
notico which von receive before starting
for tho seat of war. List timo I did not
receive twelve hours’ notice thnt I was
wanted to go to the Sudan, I tclegrnpliod
for everything that I needed, had them
scut to meet mo nt tlio station, bndo
good-by nt home, nnd then waa off for
the Continent before nightfall. Wo linvo
got used to it now, aud live iu a slate of
absoluto readiness to go anywhere to
soo 1 anything tlmt may ho going on in
any part of the world. Correspondents,
of course, carry their Hvca in their hands,
as they often have to bo in tho very thick
of the light. At Teh, for instnreo, I waa
reprimanded hy Admiral Howott for be
ing in tho front rank, shoulder to
shoulder with the Highlnnders in the
square during tho Arab attack. But
tlieso aro things that enmiot nlways ho
avoided. At Tamnsi Cameron nnd I
were iu tho thu thick of it with the
Second Brigndo when it broke under the
Arab charge; and it was somo timo bo-
foro I could extriento myself from tho
throng of retreating soldiers. It is not
only in action that your lifo is endan
gered, but when orossing tbo country
beloro or after n battle. No correspond
ent ever needs to bo armed wliilo fol
lowing a civilized army, but in savngo
warfare a revolver is an indispensable
part of ovory correspondent's accoutre
ments. It is nstonisliing what n moral
izing influence n revolver exercises upon
thoso who would otherwise think little
of plundering or slaying, ns tho cose
may lie. The sight of that liniidy weapon
cocked ready for uso conduces immense
ly to tin keeping of the toil command
ments. Fortunately, I havo had to use it
but seldom. Tho knowledge, however,
thnt it wns ready to hnnd in enso of need
hns prevented tho necessity of proceed
ing to extremities both ill North and
South Africa."
ip ftuMiu with
Ntnrlrey nml
WM, r>. KKI.U’ Y.
T. S. AUKTIIUli.
print tlio nbovp card from K.intlmn.-n woll nnd v
known nml of tho higho*! pcrioiml ehsunotor.
listnrv of Urn .lireorery .n nml
vmnrkablH eurntlvo nnd
•ririnx cures In Consumption,
mij n
HUM.
I Mill uml I III Gir
STARKLY iV FALUN,
nl HI.. Flilliulclpliltt' Fit.
A Smuggler’s Story.
Tire fimiRWD WATS OP THU MEN WnO
MAKE A UUSINKSS OP UUATINO TUB
GOVERNMENT.
Your Calling.
“I nni sorry I was not trained to some
commercial pursuit,” said n professional
gentleman to a successful business
friend in Detroit.
“Sco hero, young man,” was tho re
ply, “do yon really think you nro sorry?
Aren’t you doing woll enough ? Como,
now, would you . voluntarily givo up
your present calling?”
“Too old to think of change now."
"Nonsenso 1 Nover too old to correct
mistakes. But in your caso I suspoot
you want to make a mistake instoad of
to correct ono. I made n mistake in my
enrly lifo, aud I’ll tell you how it was :
M.v father was a lawyer. There were
tbrko hoys of ns, aud ovory influence
was thrown around uh when vory young
to stir in us tho ambition to enter pro
fessional careers. Wo had a lino library,
tho tono of onr homo wns refined and
cultured, and before any of ns grow up
wo wero well grounded in polite litera
ture. Wo had sense enough to see that
father would not listen to any objections
to a professional life, and so, under a
sort of compulsion, we went tho old gen
tleman’s way. I wns too good to bo a
prenchor, anil bad too weak a stomaoh
to be n doctor.' The law was tho last
resort, so I took it up. After I waa ad
mitted, I whacked away at the dry and
unproductive stuff for fifteen years. It
was tlio mnrtyrdom of drudgery. Fin
ally I made a break, wont into business
nnd havo alwnys been prosperous and
happy from thnt day to this. You boo I
had found my niche, and I can say with
truth that I find moro pleasure in mat
ing n good sale than in pocketing the
profits of it. My business suits me; I
tako pleasure iu it, and I long ago made
up my mind that my boys should fol
low their inclinations in the matter of a
life occupation, no matter whither they
wero led.
“The successful and great editors and
writers are thoso who lovo with all-con
quering enthusiasm the thorny and dif
ficult rood of journalism. It is so with
our merchants and all manner of men.”
—Detroit Free Dress.
“Yes," snid a noted smuggler In reply
to a question regarding his smuggling,
“1 traveled into Now York ports for a
gooff many years nnd I reckon they all
knew I wns smugglin’, but I never got
nabbed but onee nnd that wns by a dc-
toctivo thnt got on at Havana with mo
nnd got iuto mo by saying that ho was
tmuggliu’. I lost ten thousand oignrs
Hint time nnd gavo it up. How wns it?
Wall, I knew they wns up to all sorts of
dodges, so I bought a load of eoeoannts
nnd watermelons, enough to fill aschoou-
er, and a good pile of them that had
private marks I lmd hollered out so that
somo wopld hold threo hundred cigars ns
nico as you please, tho cigars being
pneked in rubber bags. I got 'em iuto
the Fulton Market dock all right. They
arrived just nhoilt two weeks after I did,
aud I was unloadin’ ’em when up steps
Ibis same Identical chap what hod got
in with mo on tho boat, and with an ofll-
cor and seized tho hull business. Ho
kept ont of reach of my hands, I kin tell
you, but I’d jest like to linvo grasped
him for a minute, They would have
gone through all right it I hadn't given
it away like n fool.
"But the fruit dotlgo wns nn old one.
I lintl a friend, who worked tho diamond
racket, thnt put mo up to it. Thero
wasn’t nn iuspeotor in New York but
what know him. I left Rio with him
one trip nml ho had ovor $50,(100 worth
of dl'monds thnt ho wasn't goiu' lo pay
duty on. Where d'yo think ho had em?
In his stnto room he had ns big n bnnch
of bananas ns ever you saw; somo green
and some ripe, and tho green ones ho
hail slit on the sido next to Iho bunch on
tho inside, and in each one was a stone
and in some two or Ihree. Wall, when
wo got to Now York tho inspectors came
aboard nuil ono wnlks up and says:
‘Hello, Butior, what have you got this
time?’ ‘That's for you to find out,’ said
tho Spaniard, laughing. Aud so they
look him down, and tho wny they went
over his tilings wns a caution. They ex
amined everything nnd even looked in
liis hair—lie had black curly lockslike—
hut they had to givo it np. When thoy
got through ho says: ‘Wall, gentlemen,
you’ve had Borne hard work. Set down
nml have some wine nnd fruit,’ So lie
orders a bottle of wine nml begins pick
in’ off somo of the ripe bananas, and
there they set for mi hour or so within
three foot of them stones and didn't
know it. Ho never turned a hair; he
had nerve, 1 tell you."
Receiving a Nomination.
Woman’s Rights.
Women have some pretty substantial
rights iu Chinn. This appears by the
recent decision of a court iu Foochow.
A mau being convinced that his wife
waa unfaithful to him prepared to kill
her—a remedy which tho law sanctions.
His unworthy spouse, however, was too
quick for him, and, instoad oi allowing
her husband to kill lier, sho killed him.
This also wus recognized hy tlio court
ns ono of tho rights which belong to
condemned wives, yrhon they can exer
cise them, and, on tho conclusion of tho
trial the woman was dismissed with a
reprimand for not having immediately
informed tho authorities of her hus
band's death, nnd thus made arrange
ments for his burial. .
The Brazilian Government (till 'on -
slavery, after being submitted to the
Council of State, has been introduced
into tho Chamber of Deputies, and, U
possible, will be passed throagh both
chambers this session,
Gov. Fairfield, of Maine, on his re'
turn from Philadelphia, on tho first of
June, 1844, as tho chnirmnu of a com
mittee of tho National Democratic Con
vention, to inform Mr. Dallas of his
nomination as Vico President, gavo an
amusing account of the sceuo. Tho com-
mitteo reached Philadelphia about 3
o’olook in tho morning, nml wero pilotod
to Mr. Dallas’ house by his friend, Sen
ator Robert J. Walker, who was ono of
the number. Loud knocks at tho door
brought Mr. Dallas to liis oharabor win
dow, and recognizing Mr. Walker he
feared that his daughter, who was in
Washington, was ill, and ho hnstoned
down stairs, half-dressed and bare
footed, to hear from him, when, to his
utter amnzomout, in walked sixty or
moro gentlemen, two by two, with the
tread of soldiers passing him by, nnd
entering his front parlor as though to
mako him a captive. Mr. Dallas, not
having the slightest conception of their
object, stood thunderstruck at the soone.
Mr. Walker lead him iuto tho baok par
lor.
“My dear Walker,” said he, in amaze
ment, “what is the matter?”
“Wait ono moment, if you pleaso,
Dallas; wait one moment, if y oa
please.”
The folding doors were then thrown
open, and the whole delegation then
stepped forward and gavo three deafen
ing oheers for "Polk nnd Dallas.” p
Dallas stood paralyzed. Mr. Walker
enjoyed his discomforturo. Gov. Fair-
field, of Maine, thon stopped forward,
and iu the name of the delegation an
nounced his nomination.
Silk Cultuhe.—Experiments in
culture as a hqrnu industry are progress-
'.ng .in tho Went and to sonic extent i
the South. ' Ladies in Georgin, Louisi
ana, Ohio, Illinois, Knusns and Iowa r •
port the successful hatching of premr*?
eggs nnd edifying experieuca in i
raising of worms.
The shortest way to get rich i® W
contracting our desires.