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QUEER WEAPONS.
A Book Ag«nt'« Story of a
Midnight Attack.
Ronan Otndlaa a* a Mein* of D-ifm**
Again*t Indiana.
"One of my adventures, ehf" began
the book agent, a» the Other* nettled
into their scats more comfortably. ‘'Well,
about eight years ago I carried a pack
of novelties, such as you frequently see
exhibited on the street corner* and pre
sided over by a run-burned Italian.
With anotlier man and a young fellow
of eighteen I traveled through K tnsaa to
the Colorado line, selling and trailing
our ware* to the Indians for anything
marketable in tin cities. About the time
of our arrival in the western part of
Kansas the memorable Indian outbreak
was terrorizing the country. From the
South and west came reports of the ter
rible outrages per|H'trated by the Indi"
ana and greasers. Houses wore burned,
the inmates were killed instantly or tor
tured to death ami all the
eattle wore driven off and scat
tered. You may Ire sure 1 felt consider
able solicitude concerning the safety of
my little party, and took extra precau
tions to find seclu’le 1 spots when camp
ing. Os course, under the conditions,
I deemed it advisable to get out of the
neighborhood immediately. To do so
we found it necessary to pass through
the country most likely to be infested
by straggling bands of Indians. De
Spite the risks we determined to make
the attempt. After along, hard day’s
tramp we encamped for the night in one
of those small canyons so prevalent in
western Kansas. it was an excellent
place, too. Our backs worn effectually
protected by a natural envo in the side
of the bank, the entrance to which was
Coneoalod by brush and tall grass. Ham,
the lx>y of the party, was an unusually
bright young fellow an I very familiar
■with the tactics of Indian warfare. Just
before lying down 1 noticed him
untying a good-sixed bundle of sticks
resembling short broom handles. He
placed them in easy reach and tumbled
down to sleep. 1 had also noticed him
fumbling around the bushes a
short time before, but didn't
pay much attention to his action*.
The other fellow and myself concluded
not to sot u gnard, us we wore in such
an excellent place. I don’t know how
long wo had slept when wo wore awak
ened by Hain, shaking us slightly and
whispering:
" ‘Bo quick now, the Ind ant are get
ting ready to slip in on us.'"
"By this time wo were both wide
awake ready with our rifles.' " •
"‘Listen,’ whispi red Hun.; ‘hear the
dirty scamps slipping up. Put down
the rifles. Fve got something better.'
"He handed us each four of the sticks
mentioned, remarking:
" Thein's roman candles. I’vegotapile
of whoppi is ulflng, and 1 think we can scare
these scamps clean out o' their hide*.'
"I caught the idea tn a moment and
strained by cars to listen for further
demonstration* from the attacking party-
Wn could hear them creeping here and
there through the bushes, scarcely
a noise, but easily distinguished in the
silence of the night.
" ‘Now,’ whiH|HTed K.uiij ‘take two
in each hand i’ll light them.’
"Suiting th.i action to tho word, he
contrived to light them in rapid suc
cession. Then we turned them into the
bushes, and, heavens, what a sight
was rovesled as tho caudles flushed.
About fllty villainous-looking sav
ages and greasers were stooping
and creeping along toward us. At
tho first flush they stopped as if spoil
bound. We turned them so tho
green and white balls would strike
them In their face.*. The candles were
tremendous .iff dr*, and eight or ten of
them popping away apparently indc
p< intent of human aid was enough to
terrorize any one. Our assailants wa
vered a moment, then with a terrible
yell, bounded away toward high ground
us if the devil himself was in pursuit.
We could hear them scramble up the
hillside, mount their horses and gallop
away. Sim aftcrw ird explained that ho
had brought tho candles along as a side
speculation, an 1 he also explained that
he had arranged a system of strings
among tho bualies so that no one could
approach very close w thou: meeting tho
obstruction and alarming him. It is
needless to state that we reached safe
ground in due time w ilhout further mo
lestation. " —OsaaA.j IhrnU.
Let Her Sob.
First Farmer. "You say you can’t
take forty dollars for that cowl"
Second Farmer. "Can’t do it,"
"But yesterday you tolc me you'd seH
her for forty dollars.’’
‘‘l know I did, but I’ll have to back
out.”
"What's tire matterf’
"You see that cow belongs to my
wife, and she say* she will aob herself
into hysteric* if 1 sell her. It would
break her heart."
"All right —it’s no trade."
"Isay."
"Well, what is it I"
"Make it f rty live dollar*, and we'll
Ist hu *vb»”
The Half-Bkeeda of Manitoba.
It was under the stress of such a fam
ine that tho half-breed population of
the Canadian Northwest, which ba* of
late been so much before the world,
grew to it* present proportion*. Itr
history carries u* back to near tho be
ginning of tho eighteenth century.
Arthur Dobbs, whose account of the
countries adjacent to Hudson Bay w t
published in 17H,obtained his inform:, -
tion almost wholly from a half-freed
trader called L , France —a proof that
the metis was not unknown a century
and a half ago. The exploration* of the
Ver-mdrycs, father anil sons, lasted from
1731 to 1754. After the conquest of
Canada by England, the fur-trade
ceased for some years; but in 17G8 the
Montrealers commenced to push north
westward, and from that time their
agents, mostly French-Canadian*,
mingled freely with the Indian* —tin
consequence being the growth of a half
breed community. There was a con
siderable population, known by their
chosen designation of Bois Hriiles (for
which they sometimes substituted the
more ambitious style of "tho new na
tion"), when Lord Selkirk began his
scheme of colonization in 1811. That
even they were not all French is shown
by some of theirsurnames being Scotch or
English. But it is from the years im
mediately followed tho establishment of
the K-d River Colony that the bulk o'.
the English-speaking half-breeds date
their first appearance. In the year 1814
they numbered two hundred. In 1870
the Manitoba half-breed* and metis (as
those of British and French origin may
be distinguished) were o-timated at
ten thousand. Besides them, there was
a population of uncertain number
scattered through tho territories, and a
tribe of half-breed hunt rs which one
early explorer deemed to bo six thou
sand strong. In 1874 Dr. G. M. Daw
son, while engaged in the British North
American Boundary Commission, came
upon the camp of the latter body, con
sisting of two hundred buffalo skin
tents and two thousand horses. Dr.
Wilson considers the rise iu this way ol
an independent tribe of half-breeds ns
‘one of tho most rem irkable phenomena
connected with the grand ethnological
expi'riment which has been in progress
on the North American continent sot
the last three centuries. Popular Sctona
Monthly.
The Mistaken of Life.
Homebody has condensed the mistakes
es life, and arrived ut tho conclusion
that there are fourteen of them. Most
people would say, if they told tho truth,
there was no limit to tho mistake* of
life; that they were like the drops in tho
ocean, or tho san Is of tho shore in num
bers but it is well to bo accurate. Hero
then, are fourteen great mistakes: It is
n great mist ike to set up our own stan
dard of right and wrong, and jadgo
people accordingly; to measure tho en
joyment of others by our own; to ex
pect uniformity of opinion in this world ;
to look for judgment and experience in
youth; to endeavor to mold nil disposi
tions alike; not to yield to immaterial
trifles; to look for perfection in our own
action*; to worry ourselves and others
with what cannot bi remedied, an I not
to alleviate all that need* alleviation as
far as lies in our power; not to make al
lowance for tho infirmities of others; to
consider everything impossible that wo
cannot perform; to believe only what
our finite mind* can grasp; to expect to
be able to understand everything.
A Senator's Wig.
Tho bald head of Senator Foote of
Mississippi was frequently a mark for
tho humor of the United States Senate.
One day he seated himself smilingly at
his desk. Tho house was electrified, for
a fine, curly, black wig covered his
pate. Up rose Mr. Hale and demanded
a special committee to examine the cre
dentials “of the youthful upstart who
had assumed Senator Foote's likeness
and chair.” Senator Foote rose up, and
bowing politely, convulsed tho Senate
by quickly removing the wig and hang
ing it on his umbrella, with the obser
vation, "With this motion on my part,
which is quite inorder, despite my illus
trious colleague'*, tho committee is not
necessary.” There was a round of ap
plause.
Stopping Chanticleer.
A writer in a magazine gives the fol
| lowing simple device for silencing the
' crowing of cock* in tho early morning,
j A small lath is loosely suspended about
eighteen inches above the bird's perch,
so that when he stretches his neck up to
crow the swinging lath comes gently into
contact with his comb. This effectually
stops him, according to the writer, who
states that he owns a dozen birds which
never presume to crow until he lets them
out.
A Reni -ily for Hi* Cold.
"Why, Joe, that's an awful cold
you’ve got. I'll tell you what to do.
Take a lemon ■"
"Bill, you value my friendship, don’t
youl”
"Wl\y, of c >urse I do."
“Then forbear. Leave me alone with
my cold. I've had 150 remedies su;
gcrtel to mand I've not get a block
I UVto IxmlmU j c.« ’
LADIES’ DEPARTMENT.
Mr*, Cl<vUa»*'l *°rr«a*o**<«n.
Mrs. Cleveland get* almost as many
letter* as the President. Moat of tlicm
are from person* of her own aex, and
contain advice and suggestions on
almost every subject under the sun. Mrs.
C.eveland doe* not reply to letters any
more. She did, in the early days of her
marriage, answer Bevern 1 , but they were
immediately given to the press, and so
she Mopped. She says many of her
letters just now are from temperance
women, containing warnings against the
use of wine, but as she seldom tastes
anything but water she scarcely con
siders the advice necessary. She says
she to make a good housekeeper,
as a large proportion of her volunteer
correspondents tells her how the White
House should be managed.— Baltimore
Sun.
A Rronmktick Selection.
Said a patriarch to his daughter: "A
place for everything, and everything in
its place.” Then to his son: “Selects
wife, my son, that will never step over a
broomstick.” The son wa* obedient to
the lesson. "Now,” said he pleasantly
on a jolly holiday, to one of his guests,
"I appoint that broomstick to choose
me a wife. The young lady who will
not step over it, shall have the offer of
my hand.” They passed from the splen
did salon to the grove; some stumbled
over th: broom tick, and others passed
over It. At length, a young lady stooped
and put it in its place. The promise
was fulfilled; she became the wife of an
educated and wealthy young man, and
he the husband of a prudent, industri
ous and lovely woman. lie brought a
fortune to her and she knew how to save
one.— St. Louie Magazine.
Itovenxe at the Altar Mail.
There was a young man at Willenhall,
in Staffordshire, with a sense of humor.
A yenr ago ho offered his hand and heart
to a local beauty; but the lady declined
the articles. The Staffordshire wooer
vowed revenge. They say that any man I
can marry a woman if lie is only persis- .
tent enough. At any rate, this suitor 1
managed to prevail over the obdurate ;
fair. She consented to the union. The
banns were put up and everything done
in proper style; and on the appointed
day bridegroom and bride stood before
the altar. But when the clergyman
asked the former if he would have that
woman to be his wedded wife, he was
answered by an emphatic "no." That
was the bridegroom’s return “score” for
the damsel’s haughtiness a year ago. It
was effective, doubtless; but the exam
ple is not to be commended for imita
tion. It will become awkward if
churches are to be used not only for the
solemnization of marriage, but for the
public punishment of “lovers’ perjuries.”
—St. Janice'e Gazette.
A Society for Malden Indies*
The Danos have a society unlike those
of any other people we know. It is
known as "The Maiden Assurance So
ciety.” Its aim is to provide for a class
—single women of well-to-do families.
It shelters and cares for them, and fur
nishes them with "pin money.” Its (
methods are thus described: As soon J
as a girl child is born to him the father i
enrolls her name in a certain association
and pays a certain sum, and thereafter a
fixed sum to the society. When sliehas I
reached the age of, we believe, 21, and I
is not married, she becomes entitled to a
fixed income and to a suite of apartments
in a large building of the association,
with gardens and park about It, inhab
ited by other young or older ladies who
hirve thus become members. If her
father dies in her youth and she desires
it, she has shelter in this building, and
at a fixed time her own income. When
she dies or marries all this right to in
come lapses, and the money paid in
swells the endowment 1 of the association.
Her father may pay for twenty years I
and then her marriage cuts off all ad
vantages of the insurance. But this very
chance must enable the company to
charge lower annual premiums, and make
the burden less on the father insuring.
He has any way, the pleasant feeling
that his small annual payments are in
suring his daughter’s future, and giving
her a comfortable home and income af
ter he has gone. It is obvious that tho
chances for marriage among a given
number of women can be calculated as
closely as those of death. The plan has
worked well for generat ms in Copen
hagen.—l'krenological Journal,
Ina German Cookery.SchooU
Schools of cookery are a comparatively
recent institution, and one of the first
was established in 1879 by two sisters
named Kux at Hanover. Before this
time the German girls of the better
classes finished their education in the
higher branches of the culinary art st
one of the principal hotels or inns in
their native towns, after having been
taught the elements of cook ry at home.
Since then the German Frauen Vercine
have undertaken the imp riant task of
giving to girls of ail classes op portuni
ties to acquire a practical knowledge ->f
housewifery genererally, and of cooking
especially. The Hanover School of
Cookery commenced with a few pup:*,
■whose parents resi led in t,e town, but
ix acw jjatremsed bv the be.-t families of
the neighboring cities and province*,
girl* being sent thence even from distant
Saxony and Thuringia.
Tho course extends over four month*
for amateur pupils, and over six month*
for professional cook*. Each pupil ha*
to pay twenty marks (ffl) per month for
instruction, and if desired can be ac
commodated with board and lodging in
the private house of the Sisters Kux.
Toe latter superintend personally the
■ instruction in the theory and practice of
I cookery, with the aid of the newest and
most approved kitchen ranges, labor
saving machines, and other appliances.
The dishes prepared at the school are
served at the dinner table of the pupils,
I and single ladies residing in the town
may join the pension forth? trifling
charge of sixpence. Families of good
social standing can also be supplied with
regular dinners at a fixed rate,and many
avail themselves of this opportunity.
The school likewise prepares for the in
struction of its pupils potted meat, as
well as preserves of various fruits and
vegetables, which find a ready sale.
Once a year an exhibition of choice
dishes takes place at the school, and
attracts crowds of lady visitors, because
it is an excellent opportunity fur study
ing the progress of cookery in its prac
tical and ornamental branches.
Fashion Aot.a.
The skirts of some of the new costumes
are shorter behind than in front.
The latest additions to the list of
greens are lizard, frog and cabbage.
New fringes are very deep and heavy,
and the headings are of velvet and
beads.
Some new capotes have the brims
cleft, and one side strapped back with
ribbon.
Vests of white brocaded silk or velvet
arc to be worn with dressy costumes of
black silk.
Roman sashes are worn by young girls
and are very effective with coloud or
white costumes.
Pearl-headed pins are in great demand
for fastening the fashionable lace jabots
and boas in place.
Astrakhan and Persian lamb in gray
are used with green of a vivid shade
both in hats and bonnets.
Iron bangles have rather a barbaric
sound when described, but in reality
they are quite ornamental.
Wiought iron lamps are among the
newest things in this line, and are in
some cases very handsome and rich.
Red slippers and red silk hose with a
large red satin bow on the slipper fin
ishes a stylish and brilliant foot gear.
A bright red tulle costume with a cor
sage of the same shade is to be worn by
a brilliant brunette the coming season.
Tufted mull tulles and grenadines are
made up as brilliantly as possible. Two,
three and four colors being introduced.
Mexican coins with the emblems left,
by a peculiar process, in relief, make
pretty broodies and bangle ornaments.
The shamrock is a favorite design for
the little convenient bonnet pins, of
which no lady can have enough to
satisfy her..
A bright copper color is being largely
used for trimmings in place of scarlet
and a reddish brown is taking the place
of the seal shades.
Plat val is as popular as any thin
fabric for party dresses for young girls,
and is made up over colors, red being
the most stylish of all.
Trained dresses have all the fullness
gathered into tho back in wide gathers,
which are lined with still muslin to give
it the desired fullness.
Silk beaver bonnets and hats are in
high colors as well as black and white,
and ore quite as stylish as any of the
newer sorts of head gear.
A substitute for the braid so king used
for protecting the bottom of dress skirts
is leather cord applied upon an alpaca
band, it is said to be very durable.
Straight skirts, both gathered and
plaited, are worn with corsages pointed
both back and front. The skirt is at
tached under the corsage, the plaits or
shirring following the outline of the
some.
The Frnit to Live On.
"What's the matter with you, Brown?
You seem to be all broken up lately.”
"I'm terribly out of sorts. I think I
must be troubled with dyspepsia. I’d
giv ■ the world for jyour health. How
do you manage it, old fellow?”
"1 live altogether upon fruit.”
"Ou fruit? That w< uldu’t do for me
at alk Fruit doesn’t agree with me.”
"That’s just where yon ar mistaker,
my boy. The sort of fruit I use is just
what you need. It would bring you
ar iund in no time."
"What sort of fruit is iff”
"The fruit of industry.”— Detroit
Mercury.
An Architectural Feature.
R turned Traveler—Yes, I was much
interested in Amsterdam.
Omaha Dame —Y ’u saw the king’s
winter palace, I suppo-e. It is a wonder
ful structure, is it not? It is built or
piles, you kn wi
"Built on piles! I sh”ull e.iy I
cost $5,000,000 they t*;d me."— Qma\ '
H'wAi 1
SL'PEKamiuXS OF ENGINEERS.
Rallr.ad Ober Owes*—Tk» Whlta
Rabbit—* Pitot’* Starr.
" Railroad engineers, as a rule, are a
■upentitiou* class us person*,” laid an
old railroad man. “’lhey have foolish
fancies anil attach importance to signa
and warnings; but I know of instance*
where hundred* of lives have been **ved
by engineer*’ fancies and *uper*tition*.
For over thirty year.* I have been a rail
toad conductor, and dunng that time I
have seen and heard many thing* that
under ordinary circumstance* 1 would
have discredited. One of the best en
gineers that ever ran on the West Shore
Railroad was a man named Bronson.
One morning, just before starting time,
while he sat chatting with the fireman,
the engine bell suddenly rang out three
times. As neither th* engineer nor fire
man had touched the bell, and as no
other person was on or around the engine,
the men felt troubled over the strange
circumstance. They regarded it as an
ill omen and both men were filled with
dread. Ihe train started on its journey,
and mile after mile was quickly traveled,
the engineer meanwhile keeping an
anxious lookout for danger. When
within about an eighth of a mile of a
rocky cut, the bell again, apparently of
' it* own accord, sounded three ominous
notes, clear and distinct The engineer
beside himself with terror, exclaimed:
‘My God, Bill 1 It’s a warning cf some
great danger, and I believe it's our duty
to stop. I’m ioing to shut her down if
I lose my place by it.’ The enginectune
to a sudden standstill, and within ten
feet of the engine, lying across the track
was a great rock several tons in weight,
which had become loosened by a recent,
storm, and broken away from the great
• mass above. A terrible calamity was
I averted and hundreds of lives saved.
“ And now I'll tell you of another in-
I stance.” continued the same speaker, “of
j how an engineer lost his life by not heed
! -inir a voice of warning. One of the most
I careful and trusted engineers on our road
was James Welch. One morning his wife
noticed that he was not in his usual
cheerful frame of mind, and questioned
him about it. He told her that he was
not ill, but he said he had a preinunition
that he would be killed during the day.
His wife, being a sensible woman, did
not sneer or laugh at his fears, begged
him to stay at home that day. Welch,
who was a disbeliever in signs and
omens, laughed at his fancies and went
to his death. Two hours later the en
gineer was lying, crushed to death, at
the bottom of a deep ravine.”
“ Yes, I know such things to be true,”
said another man. “Silly as it may
seem, I wouldn't, run a train after see
ing a white rabbit cross the track, with
out first stopping to investigate, if I
were to be made president of the road.
I remember one dark night we were
scooting across country at a pretty lively
rate, when all of a sudden, I saw a white
rabbit dart across the track just in front
of the engine. The wee thing gave me
such a look In that brief second that
something compelled me to stop the
train. Ihe conductor and train men
came rushing up to the engine to find
out the cause of our sudden halt, and it
didn’t take long to find out either. Only ;
a few feet ahead on the track were some '
heavy logs.. They had most likely been
placed there and tied down by tramps,
who in the confusion of a frightful ac- '
cident, such as would have taken place I
if I hadn’t stopped the train, would I
have robbed and plnnderel the dead
and dying passengers.”
A Merit <1 Rebuke.
A gentleman prominent in legal circles
in Boston was recently riding in a train,
and in the seat before him was a young
and gayly dressed damsel. The car was
pretty full, and presently an elderly
woman entered, and, finding no seat va- !
cant but the one 1 aside the young wo- '
man mentioned, sat down beside her.
She wa.* a decently dre-s -d woman, but
apparently of humble station, and she
carried several clumsy bundles, which !
were evidently a serious annoyance to
her seatmate. The young xyoman made
no effort to conceal her vexation, but in
the most conspicuous manner showed the
passengers around her that she consider
ed it an impertinent intrusion for the
new-comer to presume to sit down beside
her. In a few moments the old woman,
depositing her packages upon the seat,
went across the car to speak to an ac
quaintance she discovered on the oppo
site side of the aisle. The lawyer leaned
forward to the offended young lady and
courteously asked if she would change
seats with him. A smile of gratified
vanity showed how pleased she was to
have attracted the notice of so distin
guished looking a gentleman. “Oh,
thank you ever so much!” she said,
effusively. “I should like to, but it
would be as bad for you as for me to sit
beside such an old woman.” "I beg
your pardon,” he responded, with un
diminished deference of manner; "it
was not your comfort I was thinking of,
but the old lady's.”— Boston Hetord.
Trouble Ahead.
When the appetite fails, and sleep grows
restless and unrefreshirg, there is trouble
ahead. Tho digestive organs, when healthy,
crave f. -od. the nervous system, when vigorous
an-1 tranquil, gives its po*<essor no uneasiness
at night. A tonic, to be effective, should not
be a mere appetizer, nor are tho nerves to bo
strengthened and soothed by tho unaided ac
tion of a sedative ora narcotic. What i s re
quired : S a medicine which invigorates the
s.oiua h. and promote . smuilation of food by
the s>stem, by which im-ans the nervous svl
tem. as well as other paris of the physical br-
Kiuiiem. arest-engihened. These are t ie ef
fect- I Hostetter - : tomach Bitters, srnedi
cine whose repu atioa is founded fl-nilv in
pn.c . < rhrieuce. and which phtslcians t-om
me.Ki for i s tonic. Act'-biliori-. a-.d other prop
erties. It :»-ised with the b. -st results in fever
and ague, rheumatism, k'dney and v.terino
weakness, and other .ua adies.
«R i
“I see the scoundrel in your face,” ex
claimed the judge to the prisoner. “I
reckon. Jedge,” was the response, “that
that ere’s a personal reflection, ain’t ii?”
A Great Ofler.
No matter in what part you live, rou htd
be'ier write to Hallett A: Co.. Portland
Mai e. wi.-iO’it -lei*: . t ey will seal you free
Ir-for. at ion abo n we k that you cad de and
live a* h me. at u profit o troiu V' t< and
-■nwards dx y. A -.utb i oaix-id eve
SSO m a dav. Bo b sexes. Adages. Yoi are
•tared in b JMnree roe. CapiU* not ne a ded.
Every worke vho takrj* oid at once is tbso
luie > sure or a skug little for.use. Now is
the time.
Opui n in Piso’s Cure for Consumption.
Cnre> wiivre oihsr remedies fail. Sc.
A LEGAL QUi STIoN.
IJaMllly for Lwm* s( She<ll
Not only is the owner of ad 0„ .. .
for ite acts, but any one who ha^bl^ 4
or allow, it upon hi. premi, e, 1‘
liable. But a person is not rc«n nA
for the acts of a dog which be tri,?*
drive away from his premise, „ /*
those of a dog.allowed to remihTJ’*
poranly there, as in the case of OM T
keeps boarders and allow, them to k **
a dog on the premises; but in ths- , P
the owner of the dog is liable. Th, i"*
with regard to liability for injury a "£
by dogs to sheep varv consider* I,
the different state*. In Vermont
York, Pennsylvania, Delaware ’ot,
California, Tennessee, Alabama
Bota. Oregon. Illinois. New .Jersey . *
Mississippi the statutes expressly
vide that any person may kill » a
found worrying or injuring sh«e D ?
Michigan any person may without r eo *
enng himself liable to civil or criminli
action, kill a dog he may see chX
worrying, wounding, or killin- sh-A
ssine, cattle, or any other domestic
imal. In Maryland the owner of > «
is exempted from liability f or ,i„»*
killed, if he kills the dog immedftj
on receiving notice of injury, but if
fails to do so. the owner of the she.
may kill the dog and reebver doubl,
damages. In New Hampshire and Mas
sachusetts the owner ot any domestic
animal, and in Wisconsin the owne- of
any sheep or lambs, may recover from
the town for any injury ’ inflicted bv
dog. If he chooses, the owner of ’the
injured animal may sue the owner of the
dog, instead of claiming damages f r o m
the town; but if he prefers to prove his
I loss to the town supervisors, and accents
' an order on the town treasurer for the
amount, the claim is transferred V, the
: town, which may recover against the
: owner of the dog; but the owner of
I the sheep cannot thereafter recover
I against him. In Rhode Island the first
time a dog worries a sheep the owner
can recover damages from the person who
harbors or owns the dog. If a fter ths
first notice the dog is still allowed to
live, and injures sheep again, his owner
is liable for double damages, and ths
court may order the animal killed. In
Alabama, Ca ifornia, Vermont, and Wis.
cousin double damages can also be re
covered. In Connecticut whoever has
lost by dogs worrying or killing hj 3
sheep must give notice to the town
selectmen, and these may sue the owner
or harborer of the offending dog, and
unless the sheep owner is reimbussed by
the suit, the town becomes liable for the
damages. To provide a fund to meet
this liability, dogs are licensed, and the
license feta are held to meet such
claims.
When several dogs belonging to dis-
■ fcrent owners unite in committing mil
chief, at common law, each owner is
liable only for the acts of his own ani
mal. There would naturally be consid
erable difficulty in ascertaining the ex
tent of the injury done by each dog. but
the jury can adopt any reasonable rule
for ascertaining the damages. If the an
imals are of unequal size, nnd have dif
ferent capacities for mischief the jury
may take into consideration the damage
done by each in approximating the lia
bilities of the owners. By statute how
ever, in Connecticut, Vermont and Ohio,
the several owners of dogs that unit" ia
mischief, are jointly liable therefor;
while in Pennsylvania, each owner is li
able for the whole injury in thedningof
which his dog was jointly engaged.—
Rural Rew iorker.
A Lucky Mortal.
For some month* past Hostetter Mc-
Ginnis has been paying such marked at
tention to the 1 ongcoffin girls that they
began to entertain hopes. All this was
knocked in the head by a remark he
made a few evenings ago
"I’ve always had good luck in my love
affairs,” remarked Hostetter.
"But you are still single, Mr. McGin
nis,’'exclaimed the Longcotfiu girls in
chorus.
"That's just what I mean,” replied he
heartless wretch.— Siftinge.
Bodily pain* are instantly relieved by tba
use of St. Jacobs Oil. Dr. R. iu' " .
of Arts, Cambridge University, Engla -1,
“It acts like magic.”
"Which I.* the better weather for your I
ne««,” was asked a down-town bsrtender. |
or cold?” "It doesn’t make much difference. |
he replied; "In hot weather they “ ,1,. I
something to cool’em. and in co.d, « I
they take a little something to warm “P- I
Board* of Health endorse Red SUr Cong I
Cu e as a eyee ly and emo remedy for cou»» ■
and voids. Scientists pronounce it *ntmw ■
vegetable and free from opiata*. Price, i ■
ty-five cents a bottle. I
Pompons young lawyer to P ri , ,0 ”® r s A ’ e T » I
have no counsel the court has depute ■
defend you. Prisoner—Am dat so. »
lawyer-Yes. Prisoner (to Jndge)
pleads guilty, yo’ honah, an frows m. ■
de mercy ob de court. ■
<r W®men and Her Di»ea*«®’ B
Is the ttUe of an interesting illuattatw . ■
stamp ). Addres-* World • Dispensurj ■
Assouiatkm, BuCalo, N. Y, ■
Tho book that makes the greatest atir
society is the plethoric ■
If Sufferers from ■
Scrofula, Brom hftii and General \ ■
ry Scott's Etf vision of Col Liver J • ■
Hypcp’aoephites, they will find i®®®'
lief and permanent benefit. The Med
session universally deciare it *jeme . ■
greatest value and very palatable- n
' have used Scot's ser^? a ‘, -..njrfH
I Screfulaand Debi'ily in '•hildren. Le*- *
~-ratifying. My little pa’ient® ta «
: pleasure. ’ -W. A. HrußlßT, M- ’ ■
bury* 111. I
1 “ Money is tight.” No wonder. - ■
! of it goes to the saloon. ■
Food makes Blood and Blood ma
Improi er digestion of ‘
du es bad blood, result! n< in
ne.*>s 5 n <h*- stomac: , acidity.
baada* h ’, and o* her dyspvptic 9 '• **
i cloeeh cenfi; • - dfe ( auses IQ / ; " ~ t le .. TO
sti’iation. hil. Hisntrs «r.d losn of
’ remove thes< troubles there is no r
equal to Prickly Asb Bitters. It ■
tried and proven to be a specific M
The termer*. In their ewarurt <•’«,
i Oould find »*i. roots »nd p anU ■
It by their knot' ledgethey only ■
For just the disease eyh »..e l r .. ■
Take courage n-w and 15,-' ■
(for kidney. 1 v?rand tladde. c.’" 1 ■
A» «u U..s reme ly you <»" '_ H
EvißnoetvlO! - r'” ’.
Faaslly Story I »l*>
Chicago I.eih,k u !
the United Sta wUch > = Aiidt
I
naackters. Wive, ac*
Hend for Pamphlot n.e Fem% •- ; M
secureiy seated. Dr. J. B. Mar.- - ■