Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 16, Number 34, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 October 1874 — Page 6

MISCKLLAXY.

"AM..O.V." LI Rfugio Vinr, Xorlhm Ai-xttO, 1-71. J Pnink an, I M imrlru in hi I'la, I'mnt- ami ra-a luK on bia laer, More like Inula than any man live or thai Ity tin irctl tiiiip. eul ul j-i i.r, Lay the (aon riiKinrtT, aain- only Jul lo liear, ( iverlit a,l. Angry Uin-a tul calletl hi name, itilia unit rni'M ol titt r blame Woke to hear all tin, ami waking, turnel aiel fleil! "To llx1 Mi Mil who'll hritiif U me, ' ' ( rn-l Inlet ilitnt I lurry l.c Harry !., I hit Ir. nullah loriinaa of the mini4 ' linns' llic ( alive .r ileaU, I ill liivt- t.i linn, " hr mill, ' ' Ir litis n liiin ln 'l in tut ilnw ii, Just I" r the riu-om ' I'.ruw n I'rnlet ntsiih IIiIh hit I ol in i Hi'; .Siht-r lint tlt-alti m-friTi the man whiwse tied, IW it tii'f or want ot heeil, :lo. Hit- iHii llinl give ii breath Moi Ihv i in i m that Hiirk the th-atli Krotli llic MtAoiil lower lrvt-U ol the mine!" Koow BiiHWt ri'il, for a rry 1 rotn the ahull roNf up nil hls'h ; And sIui'IUii, scrambli'iff, tumbling troin below, miih' I lit- miners each, the bubler

Monntm on the weaier'a shotiMer, lirailiiiK, ('linking to tlit-ir hold or 1.4 UlliK mi, As the weaker Ka-.tes ami It'll r rom the la.l'ler to the well To thr iotoiii-l lilt ot hell lsw n below ! "To the man rlio aa-'a thmi Irea-," I nest the lon iiiHti, Harry Lee Ilarry a-, Ihe l.nnhnl) lurii'iian of the mine ' f !r 1 1 Hum out ami a them, tree, I will jriva- thr lu.ui," nail he, " I wK f iliat num. wlio w ith a r"e, r'aca- l lace w ilh lfc alii shall ce. Let him come who ilaieg lo htte!'' "llnM your (teaee!" nniiir one n ".ilie-I, Mumliinc by ihe foreman' mile; 'Th re ha one airraily jeme, whttc'i r he bt'." Then they In M thtir breath with awe, llillirc on the ri -, ami suw Ks'rj'ir? t!.-'-re r :i; ;i :ir, ll the Itlitf k rox i In lux clear, Fasti in-. I I v Mime c k 1 1 1 1 11 1 li.tinl lroiu below; Till a eor the IrVel jtameil. nl hilt one al lie r Hliillnil lie III' liero all'l the last, II.- w Inn t-killliil lime I ma le limt The Ion.' I.iic th.il brought them back to tov mul lll-! Ilaircurit, fr:isiinir, lown tlroppeil he At Ilie feel ol Harry I.eHarry l, e, the fr:riili.i foreman of the mine; "I have ooiiie, " ie )f:t!!'i, "to claim Jloih rewar.U. N nur, my mime l Kamoi.l I'm the ilruriken eninwr I'm the cowar'l, enor" Here He f II over, hy that Mgn 1 !! an rloiie ! Itrrl Hnrle, in ih tobrr Allantu .

HY WM. II. MAIir.lt. " Iw down, lit- down, sir ! " " ( lu tH r mind him, Frank, In. won't liurt von ; jn rilit in." Mi. cs," siid I. " it is all wt-11 t-nonh for you to sty ' nt vi r mind him, but, by (icorr. lie Iim.W as 11 be would iH-ar a STJit d al of minding. "N'oiim-iim-," .ab Aliek, liinpb'ui; "I N il you tlicdi.o; win not torn h you ; but, if you will not llit vi me, wait a moim nt and I w ill o in with you." I it rtainlv was afraid to 'o into tin room alone, and 1 think you, my trader, w ou'd liave thought dMTi tion tin Utter part li.nl yotilai-n in my phuv. Ali k wa talking with liU ap tit a 1 catm to the hall door, and had walkt-d toward hN library to await his h i-un ; but whn I opened the door a larov lil.ii k do' that had evidentlv Ni-n lvinir on the floor

!i.inei to ni ni t w nil a ltowi an ex

iniiiteil a nw ot teeth that would hav jruard emild fire I caught his revolver.

m;uie a iii ri.ek in intue lor n lirt-eia dentist. I le was a villainousdof ikin' finite and I do. 'lined trutino; myrlf to his merry, as I h;,ve told ab-ive. Ali k tilildied liis luisiness ; then tKik me by the arm and hi I me into the room tlie duo; !owly droppitiffon his liaunrhes when he aw Ids master, and I paid no more attention to him until I had tini.-hed the buiiies I had in hand. " What In the- world do vou want with such a virion do" I inijuin d, as I lit tlie clr-ir my friend jravo me. ' I don't think mm h of your judgment if you call him a vi iouslookins: do," was the anw r. " What bretil is he?" " He's a cross ol several brv"ds,M ' Yes, I should think from the way he shownl me bis teeth that he wa.s all cross.' " "( oine. come. F'rank, you must not run down old N:1p.' e hxs Ikh-ii tx jrixnl a friend for me to listen to unvthin luit pnises of him." " What did he ever do that was particularly frietellv!"' I inquired. "Nap? I'll tell you what he did; he saved nif fifty thousaml dollars duriiiL' wartimes." I was about to L'ivf an unbelievin"

iurkle. I .ut a rlane' of Alkk's face told me that he was in earnest, so I lieo-jred fur the story. 'It wits aUuit the middle ol the war," said . li k. "when I was treasurer of the iinifton Itrillinjr Cotupaiiv. Our ollii-e ale was as unsafe as a pine lx would have tai n, nnd I di-liked to it ave a dollar i'1. it. There were several hurj:lan atxmt the plan- and all of them were ekillfullv planned and executed. "One n'ht onr ollhv was vidtetl. the safe pried open with wiles and the content." cjirried t.ll. The 1 urlar found nut a lew hundred dollars, but the worst feature of it was that I he v had hit niton a nioJit when there outfit to have fm n a larjre amount of money then-. We had re--lved a lare cadi pavinent the day ffore. but in-lead of trutin It to our old sale I bad taken it home with me.

We won, , red if the burglars had any kiiow!e.";i. cf this p:'inent. . If they had, then they inu-t have extraordinary means ot jrainiti"; iiitelli,.,,,.,., 11( w; kh((W hetiever we m-elved any lare iimnunfs a'ain. ami would tin y liofcome at omr to :i,yhouo now that I hey had sern I did not trust the safe ? The ipiesiioii was a Very x rplexiiioiie,!in.l I bail an anry debafe over it with some of our directors. was hi favor of o-ettinj, a reliable safe and employiiiV a iii-ht-wan htnan, but I was out-

VOU'tl. 'Old Kvans, ind.-etl, went so far its to say that, a.s llohtnii! never sfrm k twice hi the anie tilace, neither did burglars visit ol,l sit. s the second time. And be was ln Iim.mI to think our money would !e -af. r if l.-rt in the ofli.-e lhan 'if carrl. ! t my n si 1. i,.,.. An, . talk, M, IU.M)V the others into his wi(V o thinkin-r that

solution was i.a.s,., I ,iM.i..ri.,.. i.T...

their wi-bes to have any of the company'

luiuis kept anywhere eMt plin the ollict1 Kite !

-Of course, theclltrt of this was thai if

I carried the money home and lost the

loss would fall on me individually, and

not upon tlie company. T was anury ciumiIi to have resiiuil my pl.uv, but my Interest in the concern was Iim larj-'c to lie trifled with, though I dctcrmiuctl there wuld Ik a chaii1 in that lMard of director another year. "Atoiit h week after this our secretary returned from IWtou on the evening train and broiiuht wild him fifty thoiMit'd dollars, and all in greenbacks, the iroieis of our monthly bills receivable. lie brought the money in bills because the

day following was our pay-day.

"I was in a most ptrj IeMii"; s'ate ot mind when he handed llle that IllolieV. I

knew the ollliv sale was no protection

whatever, and vet if I carried tlie money home with me was a-sumin a irreat nsponsibility. Without sa in' a word to any one I iletcrmiui tl to kei'pthe iiioney with me. I fixiud an old dii ner-ba-kct in

the oflice and I carried it home in that. " Vou may U attred that I ilitl not lerl very cointort.ihlf that evi niny;. ( thought of e ry nook and corner in the hous., and wondered where would lie the safest.

At la-t 1 determined upon dividing it, having halt here and the ret in my own

room. 1 hail not inentioiietl the matter ut home, not even to my wife, but plead a headache when reminded of my jreovupied air. "I camr in here and placed twenty-live t )i hi it in dollars in that ottoman at your feet, 'see! the top is oil hinges, and Is fastened by this hook on the side. This ottoman 1 'pushed m ar Nap.' The bal

ance I carried to my own room and put in the stove, thinking 'that would lie the last place where any one would look for it. I went to Nil, but it was m arly midnight b lore 1 fell adtvp, "1 was awakened tollnd a man's hand

it li.V liiuiiiii, aittl it) it,- hoitl'lottl iii.u lie lid not intend to harm nie if i kept quiet. -My hand were then tied behind me, a towel fastened h; my mouth, and tlie muzzle of a pistol placed against my lnal. Another man was treating mvwile in a similar manner. They had a dark-lantern and wore masks. "Alter securing us they Itegan o search the room. First my clothes, then the bu

reau drawers, under the im iI cvervw hen

hut where the money was. I tiegutl to

think I bad outwitted them, when one said

to the .other. Mow s that Move?' An

other minute and they were pulling out

me money.

" inia'.'ine my iti'imgs i you cut. hye'i

ii nicy ieit wiin mis amount It was no

small Mini to lo-e. I could almost have

cneu riLTiii ineii ami mere, one ran over

the amount and said to the other, 'Only

nan nere. .My Heart grew coMer than N fore. They went to the eay- hair and cut open the stuffed seat; thev picked uit

the ottoman, examined it, and went out of

the room

" I w as tr ing to get up w hen one calm

hack the other had the money; he pudied

me nai K into tne tHti. living l iia, i letter

ix' uuiet. I heanl the other man walk

iiown stairs aim I knew inv money was

gone. I her evidently knew how much money I had. ami from the way they hail ripped open chairs and cushions hi my

room they would not lie long . searching fo'r

iliat w iiicii w an ilowu-stair.

" The fellow inut have come straight to this h or. I heard hiinttirn the latch, ami

then a nio-t unearthly scream ! I knew

that 'Nap' was doing his dutv. In a flash

I juuiped t' the iltMir, and in doing so gav

a wrench to tin- tuin! atHUit inv wrist.s

inai nroke it. Mini tin n is iore tlie man on

lie

The niNdiopi( r.

.. I'avlor, K-ii., I 'niteil States Con

sul at Wlniiieg. has contributed valuable paxr upon the gr a.sshopcr to the Mumtuhnn : The grasiojtH r, he s;iys, is an ancient enemy of the crops' and vegetation, lately mention is made ol him in

made a stroke at me. I dodged it. eaii"hf

him by the legs and threw him. As lit

tell he gave up his hold on the revolver.

" I cared nothing for him, I wanted tin

man who hid the money ; sol dashed

ilown the stairs only to see him going out

the Hall Moor. I lireil luit mis-etl hmi ; I lin-d ag iin and heard a cry of pain ; I tired

once more ami nroke Ins ankle and down he ilropM-d. The other man intuited out

of the w mdiiw and e-caia-d.

" Of cour-e I secured my man. recovered

my money, and old hvans had to admit

that he iiatl ln"i wrong, for the rob I nth h ul firt gone to the oflice, and came to

my house only when they found the sail empty. Another revelation that tin

morning hroiight was a confession from

my prisoner that our fiook-ki'cpcr was om

of tin ir g.ir:g and Ksted thi'iii about our affairs. The ttook-kci r did not come to

work that morning, nor have we ever seen

mm since. "And the dog I asked.

" i es, tlie dog had all the credit. Vou

see. the thlet SUI'm)sj1 hi- the sileiui

Hie rei-ords of the Jesuit missions of 'ah

fornia. 1 he year 17-'J was a very disastrous one. It next appeared in 17M, and afterwards hi ITod mid 17(1.", continuing three j ears. The periinls ot gnat destruction in this century, in California, have bi"en lsjs, jsas, l.s'hi and 1V. In lx!, it did much injury in Texas ami Kansas, fducc the settlement of Minnesota, I here have Is-eii live gras-hopper years : ls.M'i. ls:,7, jsi;;,, iv;;i ;,, is7 1. In the l.'ed h'iver settli incut, il lilst :ipK aret in M -J, then iii 1S11. unl nut airain until

1."7. Mer that it ape ired in Im I, lsii7, lMi'.l, ls72 and now in s:7l, with a nroba-

hility that the ova will threaten the crops

of I s7.".

The remedies which Mr. Tavlor ( nii-

incratcs are ofthtee kimN: 1. l. inetlit s

provided by nature. 2. l-'xpedicut.s by man againM the full-grown grasdnp r. il. Oevices for destroy ing the eggs. l'he reinetlies which uatiiie has provided are

file hliht sunlight. Which gives tlielu all

msiinci 10 -move (in ; inccl, siicli its the Ttichina, which deposits its destruct

ive larva on the irrasslioiioer. the iciineii-

inon und short-w inged ichneumon ; birds, siu h as the starling, blackbird, lark, jackdaw mid dome-tie fowls ; and the iliiv ing of herds of animals over the spots ;,( by t ht in. The human agencies against the fullgrown ins,. ts, which have thu lar Un u.-etl with etlcet, are as follows: 1. Smudges, producing a dene, sliding smoke, w hich should In kindled an hour la tore sunriM-aml kept fumigating s( long as the iiiM-cts are on the wing. 2. l'ojting them oil' the grain tc the lmouii ), and continuing the operation until thev lly. II.

iinX lotoi iii iiti ge Imj; i liueie l slut -is and then plunging (hem in hot water. I. Turning in cattle, hogs and poultry to feed I1mhi t hi iii. The nio-t important nuestion is how to de-troy the lana or tlie just-hatched in-ect next' spring. One plan sugi ted is deep plow ing. A Texas planter wrote, in 1m;7, to tie I -ai!ui iit ol Agriculture as follows : "As stMinas the gra--hopM r hits laid it- eggs the planters plow thi-ir lields and turn the -oil over so

that the eggs will Ik buried nil leralaver ot e.irih. which w ill cru-li them. an. I thuilestroy the spring crop of gr.i--hoin-r-. This exs riineiit luts Ihi-u niadf in small soL.s o ground when myriads of eg-;;--

Mt-i-H'ii, a;ii v."i a gra.s-M'j-; c; came from unilt-r thelayi rot' soil that coy ens I the eggs." The Asiatic traveler, I.ocher. al-o says " leep plowing, w ith a view to cru-li tin

eggs under the weight ot the soil turned ' xn them, is undoubtedly rceommendahle, while pigs and poultry allowed to

roam over so-plowed field- would greatly as.-i-t in the extermination of the-e ocu-ts in en.bryo.' 1'r.iirie fires are recommended. et as much as possible in circles. o that the young in-M-cts cannot est ajw throii;:h tiering of fire. Till Mtllloliites colh'-ct tineggs in the fall and tli-troy them, aiid in the spring roll the ground with In .ivy rollers. In add.t!o to thi-. tie V i inpi.iv Ilie slllU.lge Very Ireely. ( the i-la'tid o I iniios, Hi,. Hole aP r-jilirei by law to fiirni-h a certain iiiea-ure ot the ( Lr,s annuallytothi authorities, hi China. !.l-o. the li'iiple are oltligiil to a-emh in the

spring ami fleet f he de-fnn tion ot the larv.e. In France, Italy. Ilunirarv. and

Spain rewards are paid lor theegg.-I After siuniniiig all the remedit s. ( on-ulTuv-

lor n-coiiiini mis the oph- of Maniioha to plow not only all the fl, Ms.,.( Mown this fill, but all the high road- and Jam-, as the-e bare surfaces are the chief Im-ciling grounds. Then, if necessary, hat row the

groiiinls ami roll the surface. lb-al-o

uggest.s the planting-of the lield-pie.wlih-h Is tuijialatabh-to the grasshoppt r. on the margin ot even- grain-tit hi. a- it mar tliVert the lll-ect ) fore it has lecoine W iligt tl

lroiu pa-sing the barrier: an I sy-tuna'ic

prairi-inirn:ng in circles, and tin In

Use ot the smiiihre.

A (eniiect lent Hthj Show.

Killingly, Ciuin., rci-eiitly had a baby show, it came of in the Congregational Chun-h, inula w riter in the Hartford 7i describe the allair thus : There were little babies ami big liable swiTt tongues and sipially tongues light babies and dark babies blonde! and brunettes. Among the latter was one of the African tyc, with a little round head like a bullet, ami eye ditto. Then was a baby from Hrooklyn. N. V., ami one from Providence. The handsomest baby of all, and the most richly dressed, too. was a

baby from I'rooklyn, Conn., but lM moth-, on the front of the lead.

fossil Mammals of ('(il iraJo.

Son.e remarkable und g'gunik- ai.i,:,.,;, related to tlie rhinoceros ami the ,.,, Uu have Imi-ii reeelitly im t.veretl t y pr, lessor Cojh iii (he i'.ad Lands o ( ...'.r-l,,r '1 hen- are st-Veli s-cl,-. six of whit h un

i'iiiimi in tut- new "i nil- .

I . . t f I -.

ii'i'l one U .On I'llliri. a, Ul-t

y-'f, ,,

III VI 11 I I

I .. i . . . 'me

i. i.u.t! hi me riimoecro-. these , -return wen- higher on the cg.aii. hailcoiie,r., tively short necks; it is al-o not uiiiil.. v that they pos-,--, a short pr..!,.,j What rcmieretl tin ir ih -iteiit.im- .

striking wa the presence o"l horns, hi ..,ir-

J lie core-

ei leiii-eti io eiiier II on ilie iisr m urie iri-sa rv.M in f I ... . . . . . n .,

- - i i i " ii- t'l a I. 1 1 e

.uiesi mis. noi wisiimgio put n on ex- cn-s. ami are very v.iriou- in tht

niiiKioii or to make a in.e hahy ol it. In .V..'-ii fr-, tin v .,,) ,,. . ., -.i

art-

Over lllty babies wi re eiilered on the list.

ami lortv -one wi re present. Four of the lilty ilieil Im ton the day arrived. When they were all collcctetl, a photograph of the w hole lot was taken in tlie iirtus of mothers and nurses, sitting on the front steps of the church : but the task ol arranging forty-one babies to 1m- photographed all at once proved rather formidable. F.ttec'i or twenty at a time could be managed very comfortably; but as fast as the-e were got into position, tiifeen or twenty otheis threw up their arms ami heels anil

s.jllcalcM. Nuueilouhlcd III) their lists atal punched their mothers in the face. 1 volunteered to hold a small lympl-at'c infant, w hich kept on its good U havior. I tried to get the litile Aliican. but it was otherw i-e engaged. The baby that satju-t lehind no la-tt-ned both fists into my

nair ami set up a lu-ty howl, m concert with another oiie on the N-lt, who had lor some lime Im-cii sounding all the notes of the gamut. The imltfatigabl photographer kept up the flagging spirits of the baby-tenders, und bis own too, procuring fresh plates as fa-t ns one was s toiled by this restless ma-s ot babies. At la-t it was announced that a p ---able pic' lire was taken, ami the babies

U'tjoiiriietl lo Ilie in-Me ol the lllirell lor reire-hiiieiits ami prizes. There wenthree da. es of habit s, and a prize for the

handsome-t of i-at h cia-s. The first class included tho-e ttetween tw and three J ears of age; the second, those between one and tw o ; and the third, those under one yea:. There wen- three judge for each class nine judges in all. The child that drew the lir-tprizt a silver cup lined with gold was a bright, hlue-cvcd iittle girl by the name of Mary .l ine liall.weil. 'l'he second pri.t a silver knife, fork ami spoon was drawn by a oiic- ear-older, a

little Frcm h girl named hxihh-r I.atleiir.-j

W hose parents live in Killingly, her lather f !!-jving the hri'k-mu:i.g hu-Si.t s. Th.

third ri.e a silver napkin ring w adrawn by a bright little Punat baby, named l hani lain. Whether a ly or girl, I didn't learn. A baby judge doesn't occupy the most pica-au t po-itioti in the world. If there are torty babies to judge, you must imvifably rile the feelings ol thirty-nine moih rs, for each one think her own the h.ind-oinest, as every crow think-its own the whitest. "That baby got the prize!" said a woman curling up the hair of a little dot of a thing. " That baby got the prize? Humph! I know a good many handsomer than that one!" A io I she gave a vigorous brus!i to each curl.

il t.ieinphr.s,.- the fact fiat Inr baby was li.iinl-tiini -t. prize or m prize.

I- Tills.

r

.(jnln.rih,it over I ln -i,e i f H,t (.,

Hie -liotii. a -lu.i,;, . jm . w ho-e horn core-are a I'm! lung, rum,, ami curving outward on cat-h si?,-' m tl,.!

! snout. It wa- about the ,ie t f ;). J,,,; ;lP rhiiitn--ios. The l-iio-e-i -(it-s, ,s-. was ( ijual to the elephant. It horn- weie flattened ill one plan.-. j. die- k-boin .

' " -utii iiioM-i v expamieii. -o a- tn f a huge i'i-i.it t-t:iiii on each nl.- i t t' .

ami give tin- muzzle a Weile -.-(; ,-. j ,

t t - n i iini oei I IO I it v 1 1 !i it I l,t j y ... .1 'l-l... i .1.. . . A '

".i t. im- .-. him-'.o.i was i!--:,rlv alarge ; it - horns w t re round am! -'ra-ht. ami tin muzzle i .yn-ollnly -hi.rt and hi.di. -othat Ilie cm w.ts vt r fir f.twar .

(' i ;. on. rrra ;iaM Ihlee-eor;ii n t h wbi.-li ro.'lt . outward. ;:!i l but h--,,

wnrti. It was intie s-nailer lb ,i. rht-pr

t-.i -iz. i-"X'rn l! I mere k :; I the nii'ioii of hoi lis. I'd,, irn',. h'tiui r.

The-eaiiiinalsare iht- re-tii:ga- t titilitniing the com l iiiis , .,. )i, ,y ) . ,.( t,y. I 'lfoi Wi mi7-ih,-ii.i tl.t- rt la:it.n-,i.s of Ih's i t inai k.iMc f'ttrii! and its ,i!;i,.. .i ..it . . . . . -

i in- iii.i-- -irm-iure -iiows that lie I'aritie- (if -."., in, ;. hv W bieli it .! ; 'ro, n i he otbir prittiii-i ith .n-. ,-rc :n

I mi to in flu- i IniiiH t-rtt- an I tin e. linct alio s, not n.in.ng tin- lo. ed t es.

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'mi IVif'tits -111.! iln ir iii-v i lit Mi'i'.i an- to cure t!ie r t b.l i-. !," st-iiit- nii ilit-ir in.ti-ov oi, j.it-t et by i.u n.r mi.vi:i; i ippin -i,,., . never wear throiiifh -it the t-if.

I'lMl l is. b'oitti-s. iie.l nili'r ur.'.-L'.T eni.tloH of tin- sln.ll'-l he fi.ttftl ri I if a-miicklv a- lMtssil.le. lr. Wi.ii.i- " itte Tree Tr ( or.li.il w ill it -move a'! r .t-.i :!, : . It IIT 'l MIL' I' e l.o n. 'i.t;.

SCROFULA!

scuoFULors unions.

i

A Terrier killed by Cats.

ijlicli!

A Kcmarkable (rassliopper Stnrj. The Troy (Kans.L.) t"Air"is autlioritv

tor the subjoined narrative, which it avs

comics to it from Phillips eoiinty : AJsout a year ago, a family lroiu 'eorgia, ot (iertiiau !- s--iit. iiainetl lioomer-liiiio, lK-atil near the western line of Phillips.

county. The oldest daughter, aged alxtut eighU-eti, wasaddicfed to the habit ofclav-

eatiiig. She usually obtained the cl.iv

Ironi theroadsiile. Karlv thissiimiiu rthe

gni.ssiios-r w-tiled (inwn hi that region

that flu re w as no dog afnuit the premises IhihImmhi Ix gan deiMisiting their eggs hi i i .i i.i . . 1 i i... i.... . .-it . i I., ....

ainl he thought be was done for w hen he

oK-iie.i the iloor and '.Nap' spnmgat him

"Hut," sanl I. "he was frightened rtitlier

ei.-iiy: tfiese fellows usually do not cart

much tor a dog." "I glle-s he m-v er aw ipiite such a doi

as '.Nap was that night," said Alick.

laughing. "I tun! ruhfieil his eye and ;t..l .t a .

iiiouui w mi piiospnorus, ami put on tlx

strong spring. I don't blame the fellow

lr imagining the evil one wa before him."

Thosphorus and 'strong spring!'" I exclaimed ; "what are vou talking

a'Muit ?

I lis eyes are glass, vou know."

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im- j;. unt il-, in in- aiin roao-iue. i he KiKtinershii.e girl went on with herclav-

eatmg-. a- u-ual, with no unusual i fleet.

until short time ago. when -he licaii

coiiiplaining of an uneav feeling in n-r

interior, ainl commenced gradually swell

ing, like one w ith the drop-y. "The s tntoins iiicniised, ami a change Ix-gau to take platv in her apix-tite. M,e no longer

had a ta-te lor clar, but seemed to hanker

after the blades of eorn. leaves of trees.

dog-fennel, ami other weeds, and she aii

she frequently Ht as if she could take w ings and fly away. I Jr. lad Inc. of 11, il-

lip-burg, was sent for, who -aid that he

Iiatl never tsrlore met with a case of th

"iia- ! Have vou 'la-en drinking, or ,n practice, or read of one in the have I ?" iKKiks. Jb-ih eidnl that 'lie inu-t be la

titat

'Why. old follow, don't ton si.

'Nap' Is a fraud?"'

I juiniM-d to the dog. ami autre enough 1 hail Itecn bully sold the dog was t Vwnbhrr! Alii k laughed long and loud at

iii.i sini-jis i. ice.

"Is the story a true as the dor isV' I

a-keil.

-()li. tlie story is true as pp-aehinr. I

iMuigit '.Nap' when I was in Paris. I have

springs fixed on the door and in the floor, so that w hen the door Is n'tened the dog

siamis up, ami w lien he Is up there is an

arrangement in his throat that make the growl you heard, lly putting on that inc

iter lever he is made to jump as high its a man's head, and that jump wa what

frightened the burglar."

I sympathize with that bur-dar. ami

hope he did not lo-e caste among hi p-

if 'onai nreinreii, mr certainly the dug

was a villainous-looking hrute as w II as a

most unmitigated swindle. Ur.nrlk and

Alexander II. Stephen remain Arm

in ins resolution not to return to Congp-ss. II' constituent need a will man torcpresent them, he says, and he Is a sick one.

iHiring; under some strange hallucination

ol the mind. Things went on thus until

reeeiitly, when one day the grahoi ls-rs

coin tin nei-d ri-ingand" taking their 'light.

I he girl looked at them for aw Idle, w hen.

unable to restrain hcr-elf longer, she rUsis out of the hoil-e. flaPlx-il her linns

as if the were wings, ro-e about t n tee:

in the air, ami tln-n b Ii to the gnuim! dead

lr. M-lMic made.. iMt inoitem ex.-itnina-

tioii, which revealed the wonderful fact that her inside was literally "wariningwith

full-grown grasshoptM-rs. T he theory is, that she ate ol the clay in which the insects ha.1 lrK-iii-d their eggs; they wi re hatched out in-ide of her : her ai. u tile

partook of their; and when the time came lor the grasshopiiers to migrate, in-tinc.

dinrled those iiiM.le of her l do the same.

An immense enneouraeof Hople attended the girl' funeral. Dr. I.eluc h:i preserved a jar (f the gra-sbopM rs. which lie intends depositing in the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, mid in the

variou liiil-cums throughout the couufrv.

Iavid Collner. Iivim- m-.-r Milevil't.

Ind., accii't ntally fell into a tlire-l Ing-

machine, literally tearing one of hi- Ics j

lroiu his ImmIv. He tin d the same ni'dit.

I'nde aiiimy Hunt is too well known to ns i jiiv rtis nit lit. In his Hi.i --iin, he had. until w ithin a n et lit date, a In aiitiful siet imi n of the canine race, of the bhe k ami t.n bn-ed. At the age of six months it weighed but fourteen ami a hall

oune( s. ami wa-so -mall in size that om could easily carry it in hi- hat, wrap it in a handkerchief, or even stow it away in hi- dres--co.it pocket. The little pet attracted much attention and the owner was ohVnd a-high a i7." for it. but i-fu-d to accept. He ftd it iiotliing but crackers and dry food, giving it no meat, and it wa-a- sound asdogeouM !c. Ig fan i is w b- cxaiiiiiiodit were unatiiiiaiii-

in tin- opinion tliat it Was the smallest sjsst linen of the canine that ever existed. Not many day ago 1'mle Sammy, on reaching his store one morning, noticed that the little Js-l' salute was rather weak, and roinmeiieeil upbraiding himself lor ke ping I. im tied, he fearing that the cord

ha' clink-! him. 'This w a not the case. Knt ring further into the e-tabli-hin nt, Ik found that duringthe prei-cediiig night tin- lilliputian canine had tteen attacked bv a nuuiN r of rats, three of which In had killed. How many mo:e he compelled to retreat i not known. T'Ik-p- were some twe ye or fifteen s-jirs on his little lit ad. ami lit; se imil completely exhaiists. Th-ruts w bit h In-had kilhsl wep- larger ainl heavier than liimx-lf. He te ver rallied from his exhaii-tion, hut died in two wii ks time. His IhsIv wa then hamlid over toa faxiilermi-t. when it was found

th.tt oneo I be wounds had leii-tralet the

skull. ..nd thjit th; hritill hail la-en (xiiso-i-el by the rat's teeth, the itoi-on working it way along the iinal column toits eml, and ultimately eau-ing death. The little fellow had killed luiie iniiiim rablc, ami ;ilso rats ; but b ing fa-tcmd by a cord, it is s,i,osetl tbata nuinla rof rat- surrounded ami thus succeeded in injuring li'm. I'hihfhlphin It'illrtin.

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WISHART'S Pine Tree Tar Cordial

I'll. AXTOINETTK IiROWN Iii. A( K W KM. lias an ingenious article in the current llilinltcrol tin I'ojwlar Settnct Monthly, in the coure of whit h sin- gives inax-lllilir sei !'-( tiiceit a most sclentiiie knM-k on the heail. he makes fb- uneomimmly -frong point Hint nature is on the side of the female-. "Among the la-ings el lower type, plant and iii nal, all the more recent ' ot-

.!. i('ii ii 'lie-i'- that nature hi r- If -v. tcniati -a!!y favors the f( ni;d-tlie mothers ol the dc-thicd races. Nature's stm(liest blisiii her best-fed butterflies lielong to this --x ; h r female spider are Y.yriZ'' enough to eat up a score of her little in. des ; some of l,-r mother-fisheH might parialy the nursery -song, I have a little liu-band no bigger than my thumb.' Natural -election, whether th working

out of intelligent design or otherwise, would m:. k this re-nlt in v itable. Vmight (Xa--t that the neuter la-e couM la iionri-h d into the oiiecn-iiioth r. II re-

i'(iret to judge a pri"ri we should l--i le, if there sno prel terininatioii of sex. that tb Is-st-ft-d embryos would ino-t readilv Ihiiuik female; -inee the fine spe- I eial f.i-t iii tb ff-minlm orgaiii-in i ihe i innate tendem y to niat'ul'.u f in-, and wi:h- j hi cwrfain limits, to stun- no res-red lon e

' fur the future nc-,; of ofl'-jtring.' I

It lnti'iaf ftfM tmi ni tia a't'-itlm of t, pulilir a a f r.t rallil lit III I. g W . a'l !' a.iliili rlnl rrnitsla. at.S nai- I Iia II i.ni I I-, l. -t f IIiiin I lial In ilar It re-l eii It j f t'.n " -tft' rill ire riitu in unit, but l tlfi'e ffiufi.l f p-c r:' 1 h r-liaaifiana in tin-ir praeile Oio ait ni:.-r f -iririr pre.arali..n Id ih r-ie" Il la t'i" : " 1 iinm ij.lf ef His riti- lr'-e i.iita:iit t' a ieiil.r nriN-riln Of dlali'lati -n of O' 1r. ' a1 r-h Ira hiuh'-i tt I'l.li prnN-rt;tsa a-t r. :a M-.l. r lit fulliialnc iniplainia-Inllaniriia'ii ii h l.m r. ( neit'ia, s.,rtTlii-i-t an I n a-'. Itn.ti. h'- a.l ..,...-i .- tlon, .ii('iinipa:iil. W aK Stumaf h. I ! - tif o Klilni-ya, frlnar l tenplain'a. tM ma I s l,: i . fMa ptNiiL ami rti-a--a ana-p trim, an Im-intr ro'tinifJl i f tin- til.NNl ihf-rs l p i r -n -.u In il - a .'iii O i ! ttts-n nai-ft an alltlNNlll, ' rai a-ina a-n h a p'enir t-f tiat-tfl.it-a rnrt-a. l'tlnin'r.- ' 1 - I" tis t-aittiia' i"ti n a ii'i-! O a uirr .fu I rue dj ! lit .1 I J Ibuae aliu Late uv tl II. Conaampllon for Irll Yetura Currl. Ta l if ( . tVi.'i r- fv.,r f'l -1 -n r-'f-i' "

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. a iv.-.l tli l-'e i.f eiv fllifl - t-r. a t- ' ' ' - " I a avrrt-at-l eatnlul r..,ik--e Ifl P '1 e . .n t.f I u I a ill In- nt aii) ' :. . - i r" "' ' I" ' I Vwura - -.- r- I t .ttllr H' t TT. M. L"'i:, . i ' F r t ft" P"l!-V ' "el orrVee-er,. r' !

DR. L. Q.C. WISHART'S Office, Nd. 232 N. Second St., Philadelphia, Pa.

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