Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1879 — Page 4

ODDS AND ENDS

Cwtywayo forbids the use of liquors In his domain. The late Countess Waldegrave had an » nniwl income of SBO,OOO. A Philadelphia lady died Friday from hydrophobia, caused by the .bite of a pet blank and tan. Cm tahsohtih, the North Carolina Indian chief, died the other day, aged somewhere from 120 yean up. The coming Queen of Spain Is an Abte<«ofthe noble order of Prague, and has canoneases under her. NfeAKLY twenty thousand German emigrants have arrived at Castle Garden since the first of January. The Macclesfield, England, silk factories will probably be located at Patterson, New Jersey, next year.

Therb is a weekly newspaper in England which has reached the enormous circulation of over 600,000. Tfr'KHTY-KiOHT hundered men constitute the working force of the Pennsylvania railroad shops at Altoona A French landlady has sued Prof. Bert for damages by the loss of boarders from the howls of dogs undergoing vivisection. A YOUNG gorilla with a face almost the counterpart ot a little Guinea negro, is on exhibition in the Crystal Palace, London. Minister Langston has formed a strong attachment for the Haytian people during bis stay among them. He says they are brave, refined and desirous of higher education . A MAN has died in Washington at ninety-three, who has been drunk for the past twenty-years. His memory has been drunk standing and in silence by all the old soakß in Washington. When a handsome Baltimore lady asked a pedestrian to knock a man down who had been following her, he swiftly oheyed, and was much astonished to learn that it was her husband. The famous old White Hall, Virginia, gold mine, which once yielded $156,000 in seven months, bat which has been Idle since the war, is to be reopened at once by New York capital'ists. * .

Raravaloxa, Queen of Madagascar, has issued a proclamation to her subject* commanding them to send their children to school, saying that it makes her glad to see her subjects wise. The first anthracite coat mined in America was sent to market in 1820. Siuce then the anitual production has increased from 365 to 20,000,000 tons, and the Helds are fast being exhausted. •The late Bishop Ames was said by some of his critics to be miserly in his habits, because he accumulated a substantial fortune. But it now appears that for several years lie gave away all hk> salary. In February next year there will be five Sundays. This fact occurs but three times in a century. Thus, after 1880, we will have to wait until 1920 before the shortest month of the year can again boast of five Sundays. A colored cook at Martha’s Vineyard astonished his mistress the other day by suddenly resigning his position, because he had been “called to preach.’’ Mrs. Laxorty makes her own hats and bonnets. One of her prettiest hats was made by herself from an old Leghorn straw once worn by her grandmother. r Among the waiters in the Leadville hotels are an ex-member of the New Jersey Legislature, a docto*- ol medicine, a lawyer, an ex-Confederate General, and an ex-Minnesota Judge. Gek. Toombs is a tall, big, old man, with great brown eyes; and he likes to hear himself loudly talk. In a quiet neighborhood he is worse than an accordeon. His conversation has dashes in it. • Muki Bacsi. the ablest wine-drink-er in Hungary, was a guest at a recent wedding dinner. A glass holding three pints was set before him, and be was informed that he was expected to empty it as often as au ordiuary glass wi< drained by the host. He obeyed, hut the feat killed him. THRdeaths from violence—by murder, accidents, etc.—are four times greater in England than in Italy, although the latter has a larger population.. This is due to the number killed in mines in England. Holloway, the English pill manufacturer, is to build a college near London for the higher education of woman, at a cost of $1,250,000, and endow it with half as much more. The way in which he became able to do so much good was by spending about $4,000,000 in advertising during the past thirty years.

Twenty thousand people attended a tenant’s right meeting at Fallow, Ireland, recently. Resolutions were adopted calling the attention of the government to the distressed condition of Ireland, and suggesting the establishment of a system of State releif and a general abatement of rents. Wosg Chino Foo, a Chinese Missionary of the religion of Confucius, has arrived in this country, and has entered upon-the task of converting the people of this land, beginning at Chicago. Mr. Foo is enthusiastic in the , belief that the philosophy of Confucius I will fyi a long felt want in this atmosphere of tree thought and many “isms.”

A lady in White Hill, Burington county, Indiana, is the owner of a dog and a dove. Whenever she goes out walking the dove perches itself on the dog's head, and the latter trots happy as a* lark. The bird holds Its _ position until the party return home, unless Tewser Is attacked by some of the had dogs of the borough. Then it flies to a place of safety, returning to its favorite roost when the tussle between the dogs is over. Jkrbt Goldsmith is the hero of

Stone Mountain. That preoipitoas mass of rode is used by Georgians as a sort of picnic ground. On Friday little Emma Jones fell over the steep side of the mountain .which has a perpendicular height of LOOO feet, bat fortunately lodged on a ledge, where she could hold on by sticking her Angora in a crevice. Jerry Goldsmith tied a rope about bis waist and swung down fifty feet below the brink and rescued the child. A man was dashed to pieces at the same prec'piee a few years ago. ■.

NEWSLETS

The first ice of the season in this country was formed at Pembina, Dakota Territory, on Friday night, September 12th and 13th. The Canochet mansion of the Spragues, which passed from their hands the other day, to pay debts, has ninety-two rooms. The caving in of a coal mine at Mahoney Plane, Penn., has caused the settling of a large tract of land, on which is situated a number of dwellings. * Calisthenics and military drill have been made compulsory in the public schools of Montreal, but the time devoted to them Is to be taken from the Saturday holiday. A dispatch from Bombay says that the greatest excitement has been caused there by a report that the Ameer of Afghanistan has been killed by the rebels, or, according to another version, that be hpw committed suicide. The West Indies are again the source of warlike news. A new revolution has broken out in Hayti, and the revolt In Cuba has been renewed. Spain is about to dispatch 10,000 troops to the latter islaud to putdown the “patriots.” The Institute of International Law, now in session at Brussels, has voted in favor of a resolution recommending that the various States agree that the destruction or injury of submarine telegraph cablte is offensive and against the law of nations. The weather has greatly improved in Great Britain for the past week or two, but too late to do the grain crops much good. It is estimated that the yield of grain in that country will be at least 25 per cent, less than the average of former years. ' • Reports received at Washington relative to the Iron trade in all sections of the country shew a steady improvement. Furnaces that have been out of blast and iron work which have been suspended are resuming, and the trade is apparently in a very promising and prosperous condition. The Czar of Russia is organizing his official heads of departments. There are other respects in which might reorganize the affairs of his Empire with advantage to himself os well as to the i*?ace and welfare of bis people. The trouble in Russia is an excess of stupid aud heartless despotism. A half dozen drugs seem to be sufficient to combat all kinds of disease. During ihe last Turko-Russiati war the medical staff of the Russian army ordered. 35,000 pounds of quinine, 16,000 pounds of chloroform, 130,000 pounds of castor oil, and several thousand pounds of opium, gum arable, camphor and carbolic acid. With these they felt prepared for all emergencies. The first threshings in the West and northwest of France show a very poor yield both in quality and quantity, and there is no off set to the bad results in the southwest,Eastand center. Though France will not have to purchase so largely as last year, she will require from fifteen to tweuty million hectolitres, and must buy it almost exclusively in America in competition with England. The sixth annual convention of the Mexican war veterans of Illinois, recently held at Chicago, adopted resolutions of respect to the memory of Gen. Shicjls. The present officers were reelected. Peoria wps selected'- as the place of the next annual meeting. Delegates were appointed to the annual convention at New York on February IJ3d. A committee was appointed to confer with a similar committee of Ohio veterans respecting the advisability of calling a national convention to take action on the pension question. A special to the London Times, from Philadelphia, says Pennsylvania furnaces have been buying more than 70,000 tons of pig-iron and old rails in England, American producers not being able to supply the enormous demand for iron. The estimated consumption for 1879 is set down at 3,000,I 000 tons of pig-iron aud 1,100,000 totfs |of rails, which is an unprecedented i amount.

There is not much encouragement for temperance workers in the recent statistics from tbe internal revenue bureau. There was an increase of 16,060,000 gallons in the quantity of intoxicating beverages manufactured in the United States last year—figured out by tbe expert editor of the Chicago Inter-Ocean to equal 480,000,000 square drinks of three fingers each. Besides this we imported last year, in excess of the former year, 4,434,455 gallons. The custom-house receipts at New York city last week were larger than those of any one week since 1872. The total receipts of the recent Ohio State Fair at Columbus were $34,000, being $11,350 in excess of all expenses and arrearages of last year’s fair—the beet showing of any State fair ever held in that State.

The New York Herald refers to ast Saturday as a glorious day for the United Btatee. “We did not win a victory on field or flood, but we ex- ! ported to Europe from New York alone three hundred and fifty thousand bushels of grain, twenty-four thousand barrels and bags of flour, twenty-live hundred bales of cotton, and thousands of tons of meats, cheeee, butter and other provisions.”

A hotel at Westerville, 0.. vh blown up on Sunday night with gunpowder. Corbin, the proprietor, was the only person Injured. He claims that it was done by some of the villagers because of his refusal to cease selling liquor In the village. Four yean ago a building in which he kept a saloon there was destroyed in the same way. He then left and had but recently returned. The official employe* of the Turkish government are on a “strike” for the pay that is due them, and the rank and file of the Saltan’s army threaten to disband for the same-reason. In the meantime, the city of Constantinople is represented to be infested with criminals and desperadoes to such an extent that the representatives there of foreign governments have called the attention of the authorities to the fact that life and property are no longer secure.

INDIANA STATE ITEMS

A hen at Anderson habitually lays double-yolked eggs The poultry men and dog fanciers of Madison county have organized a poultry and dog breeders association. W. C. DePauw, of New AI baby, has made his tenth annual donation of SI,OOO to the Preacher’s Aid Society of the Indiana conference. The Studebaker Bros, of South Bend have purchased the right to manufacture Rev. “Adirondack” Murray’s buck-board wagons, paying $20,000 therefor, it is stated. All the shipyards around the falls of the Ohio are full of orders, and it is now proposed to establish another and extensive yard in New Albany, peniminary steps for which have already been taken.. The other night while James Siples, of Milton, was hunting medicine for his sick child, the oil lamp he was carrying exploded, setting the house on Are and burning it to the ground, only saving part of his goods. It was covered by insurance. The shelving of M. D. Powell’ grocery store, at Hartford City, gave away the other night, damaging goods to the amount of S2OO. Several boxes of matches caught fire near some cans of powder, but luckily the fire was extinguished without any explosion. The Boyd family reunion held near Jacksonsburg, Wayne county, recently, was a notable affair. Jt took place on the farm of Martin Worl, the old home farm, entered by Samuel Boyd in 1810. The family embraces a relationship of near four hundred persons, of whiebnumber about two hundred reside in Wayne county. Four masked men with revolvers confronted James Steffy, of the firm of Roberts, Emison, A Steffy, leading merchants of Brucevllle, Ind., the other night, as he was Closing the store, and compelled him to open the safe. Fortunately a large sum of money had been deposited in the bank that day, and there was only $25 in the safe. The prospects for a large and successful State Fair in Indiana, this year, are reported ti be very flattering. The applictftions for space for live stock are unusually numerous, and additional sheds are being built to accommodate the demand.

It is said that there is a cemetery near Rochester in which ground-hogs are so numerous that the pesky varmints tunnel into the graves and disturb the remains of the occupants. It is no uncommon sight to see skulls and other human remains lying about i the cemetery, brought to the surface by the ghoulish ground hogs. Wabash Plain Dealer: Further particulars of the burning of the barn of Mrs. Scott, in Liberty township, indicate that the loss was a severe one, estimated at $1,500, with no insyrance. Two horses, several head of hogs, hay, Ac., were burned. Ms. John Brady had some five acres of flax, recently harvested, in the barn, which was also consumed. Peru Republican : A beautiful life size crayon drawing by Miss Bertie Shirk,of this city attracted much attention at Indianapolis during the Art Bchool exhibition there last month. It is,though unfinished, said to be a work of considerable merit. It is six feet long by three and a half feet wide,and is entitled “Pyramis and Thisbe.” The figures are a youth lying upon the ground in the throes of death, while a beautiful girl bends distractedly over him. Miss Shirk is now engaged In executing a number of portraits o some of our prominent men in which branch of art she excels.

A Peculiar Duel.

London Truth. I was looking over the storiee that were sent in last week for the prize, and I wonder that the editor did not insert this one, which is really too good to be lost: “There Is a curious duel now pending in Boston, which began several years ago. Mr. A., a bachelor, challenged Mr. 8., a married man, with one child, who replied that tbe conditions were not equal; that he must necessarily put more at risk with his life than the other, and he declined. A year afterward he received a challenge from Mr. A., who stated that he, too, had now a wife and child, and he supposed, therefore, the objection of Mr. B. was no longer valid. Mr. B. rej lied that he now had two children, consequently the inequality still subsisted. The next year Mr. A. renewed bis challenge, having now two children also, but his adversary had three. The matter, when last heard from, was still going on, the numbers being six to seven, and the challenge yearly renewed.” '

Wheat requires a One and mellow soil: it is best if compact below and roughish on the top. If there aie any clods, these should oe brought up from below by repeated harrowings and broken by the roller or the disk harrow. It they cannot be brokqp up completely they are better on the top than below the surface. A roller will (weak many. Adam Clarke: I have lived to know that the secret of happiness is never to allow your energies to stagnate.

THE STOLEN INTER VIEW. “Ob sine the songs you used to Bing . MfHQI is fnll;of sadness.” \ Orlando sighed, ‘perhaps they’ll bring •torn* mem’ry of past gladness.” Twas at a stolen Interview ' These touching words he uttered: " And while their Ups together grew, Their hearts like aspens flattered. But brief the raptors of the tryst, A father's mocking laughter Broke on their ears—a fathers flat Through parting boughs came after. <*OHnndo. fly,”3mch was her prayer. “Quick! yonder fence be scaling.’’ Be flew and left some two leet square Of trowsers on the {.aling.

TREED.

Among the earliest settlers in the wilds of Salmon River was a Vermontese, by the name of Dobeon—a large, resolute and athletic man. Returning one evening from a fruitletp hunt after his vagrant cows, which, according to custom in the new countries, had been turned into the woods to procure their own subsistence from the rank herbage of the early summer, just before emerging from the forest upon the clearing of his neighbor, the late Mr. Joseph Sleeper, he saw a large t>ear descending from a lofty Sycamore, wheae he had been in quest, probably, of honey. A bear ascends a tree much more expertly than he descends it—being obliged to come down stern foremost. My friend Dobson did not very well like to be joined in his evening walk by such a companion, and,without reflecting what he should do with the “varmint” afterward, he ran up to the tree on the opposite side from the animal's body, ana, just before he reached the ground, seized him firmly by both his forepaws. Bruin growled and gnashed his tusks, but he soon ascertained that his paws were In the grasp of paws equally mm-strung with his own. Nor could he use his hinder claws to disembowel his antagonist, as the manner of the bear Is, inasmuch as the trunk of the tree, was between them. But Dobson’s predicament, as he was endowed with rather the most reason, was worse yet. Nor could he venture to let go of him, since the presumption was that Bruin would not make him a very gracious return for thus unceremoniously taking him by the hand. The twilight was fast deepening into darkness. and his position was far less comfortable than it otherwise would have been at the same hour, surrounded by his wife and children at the sup-per-table, to say nothing of tha gloomy ,prospect for the night. Still, as Joe Sleeper’s house was not far distant, he hoped to be able to call him to his assistance.

But his lungs, though none of the weakest, were unequal to the task; and, although he halloed and bawled the livelong night, juaking the woods and the welkin.ring again, he succeeded no better than did Gleudower ot old, in calling spirits from the vast deep. It was a wearisome night for Dobson; such a game of hold-fast was never engaged in before. Bruin, too, was probably worried, al’.hough he could not describe his sensations in English—albeit he took the regular John Bull method of making known his dissatisfaction —that is to say, lie growled incessantly. But there was no let go in the case, and Dobson was therefore under the of holdng fast, until it seemed to his clinched and aching fingers as though the bear’s paws and his own had grown together. As daylight returned, and the smoke from Sleeper’B chimney began to curl up gracefully, though rather dimly, in the distance, Dobson again repeated his cries for succor; and bis 1 e irt was soon gladdened by the appearance of bis worthy but inactive neighbor, who had at last been attracted by the voice of the impatient sufferer, bearing an ax upon nis shoulder. Dobson had never been so rejoiced at seeing Mr. Sleeper before; alieit, he was a very kind and estimable neighbor. “Why don’t yo make haste, Mr. Sleeper, aud not be lounging along at that rate when you see a fellow-Chris-tian in such a kettle of fish as this?” “Ivum! Is that you, Mr. Dobson, up a tree there! And was it you I heard hallowing so last night? I guess you ought to have your lodging for nothing, if you’ve stood up agin the tree all night.” “It’s no joke, though, I can tell you Mr. Joe Sleeper; aud, if you had hold of the paws of the black vermint all night, it strikes me you’d think you’d paid dear enough for it. But, if you heard the calling for help in the night, why didn’t you come and see what was the trouble?”

“Oh, I was just going tired to bed. after laying up long fence all day, ana I thought I’d wait till morning, and come out bright and early. But if I had known ’twas you—■” “Known ’twas me!” replied Dobson, bitterly. “You knew ’twas somebody who had flesh and blood too good for this pesky black varmint, though; and you know there’s been a smart sprinkle of bears about the settlement all the spring. “Well, don’t be in a huff, Tommy. It’s never to late to do good. 80, hold tight, now, and don’t let the ’ternal enttur get loose, while I split his head open.” “No, no,” said Dobson, “after holding the beast here all night, 1 think I ought to have the satisfaction of killing him. So you may just take hold of his paws here, and I will take the ax, and let a streak of daylight into his skull about the quickest.” 'Hie proposition being a fair one, Mr. Sleeper was too reasonable, a man to object. He was no coward, either; and he thereupon stepped up to the tree, and cautiously taking the bear with both his hands, relieved honest Dobson from his predicament.

The handfe of the latter, though sadly stiffened by the tenacity with which they had been clinched for so many hours, were soon braudishing the ax, and he apparently made all preparation for giving the deadly blow—and deadly it would have been bad he struck, since, like sons of Zermak, Dobson needed to strike but once. But, to the surprise of Bleeper, he did not trike; ana,to his further consternation Dobson swung the ax upon his shoulders and marched away, whistling as he went, with as much apparent indiffen ence as the other had shown when coming to his relief. It was now Sleeper’s turn to make the forest Tocal with his cries. In vain he raved and called and threatened. Dobson walked on and disappeared, leaving bis friend as sad a prospect for his break fast ns himself had had for supper. Hour after hour had passed away, and Sleeper still found himself at bopeep with Sir Bruin. In the course of the afternoon, howerdf, when Dobson supposed that the lesson he was teaching bad been thoroughly learned by his pupil, and when he thought the latter would willingly forget his resentiment for the sake of succor, the sturdy Yankee returned, and, by a single blow relieved both bear and man from their troubles in the same instant Sleeper thought rather hard of Dobson for some time; but no real breach

’'wr * ■ *■. ■ • ■■ v *... 1 y ■ of friendship ensued, and indeed the two bordern became afterward better friends and neighbor* than before.

The Best American Jockey.

New York Time*. Who is the best jockev in America? Many of us know that Fred Archer is he most successful one in England, and has been for many years past. In 1878 be won 229 races,.out of 619 in which he rode. This was the largest number of races ever won by a jockey in a single season, being in excess of the total attained by Archer in 1877, when he won 218 races, or In 1876, when he was successful 207 times. This year, up to August Ist, he had won 106 races, in a total of 313 mounts—or an average of, say* ope-third. The English jockey next fa Archer this year is T. Cannon, who has won 58 out of a total of 182 mounts—an average of a little more than one-quarter. Then comes Constable, C. W. Ford ham, and so on down the list. The appreciation of a finely ridden race is no longer confined, in this country, to a few discriminating connoisseurs, hailing chiefly from the Southern States, since the passions of Americans for the turf was never keener or more wide-spread than at the present day. For his individual victory over Mr. Keene, it is pretty certain that Mr. Reynolds is as much indebted to the superlative horsemanship of the colored jockey, Murphy, as he is to his great colt, Falsetto. We are not going beyond bounds when we say that, judged from the records alone, Murphy is one of the best, if not the beet jockey on the American turf today, and he is no doubt fully the equal of young Archer, who for five seasons has led the list in England. Murphy’s riding in the Travers Stakes race, July 18, and in the Kenner Stakes race, Aug. 12, were the finest exhibitions of skill in the saddle that have been seen in this country in many years. Murphy has a steady hand, a quick eye, a cool head, and a bold heart—four qualifications absolutely necessary to the success of every jockey. That he is very observant during the progress of a race, and is quick to perceive weak points of an adversary and prompt to take advantage of them, was signally illustrated in the run for the Travers Stakes. Asked soon after the race why he went up to Harold and Jericho at the half mile, only to fall away aga’n, he replied: “Well, I did not care for Jericho, but, while I thought Spendthrift was the dangerous horse, I wanted to go up to Harold to see how he felt; so 1 tapped Falsetto with the spur one time, went up to them, felt of Harold, found him sprawling over the course, and saw he was out of tlie race, and I fell back to keep Feakes from thinking I was at all dangerous.” He was then asked how he happened to get between Harold and the pole on the turn. “I didn’t intend to go up on the turn,” was (he reply, “but when we started toward the stretch Harold was tired and unsteady, and he leaned away from the pole and gave me room to go In. I thought it better to run for the position than have to run around him, so I jumped at the chance, and went up between him and the rail. I steadied my horse here a moment to compel Harold to cover more ground on the tu;n, and beat him good, for he was very tired, and just before we got to the stretch I left him and went ofTafter Spendthrift.” No explanation could be better than that. Murphy has already had thirty-seven mounts this year, and has won twenty-five, besides riding a dead heat, and this is a much better average than any English jockey can show.

Garibaldi’s Divorce Suit.

London Telegraph. Garibaldi’s suit for a divorce from his wife, the Confess* Riamondi, has been for some time past a leading topic of conversation in Italian society. Comparatively little has been said or written about it in England, where the Liberator is still held in such sincere respects that it is deemed desirable to avoid calling public attention too presistently to his family misfortunes. But certain curious details have recently come to light respecting Luigi Caroli, Signorina Raimoira’s flrstlover, who carried off the general’s young bird on the very day of her marriage, which are sufficiently interesting in themselves to merit reproduction. Unable to remain in Italy after having brought disgrace upon his kind friend and chief, Caroli. fled to Poland with Nullo, and joined the insurgents under L&ngiewiez. During the first encounter that took place between the “National Army” and the Russian forces, after Caroli and Nullo had entered the insurrectionary camp, Nullo was killed and Carol! was takeu Erisoner. Tried for his life at Warsaw, e was sentenced to perpetual banishment in Siberia. As soon as the melancholy news of his sentence reached Bergamo, his native place, his sister, the Countess Agfiardi, hastened to St. Petersburg, where she obtained audience of the Czar, threw herself at his majesty’s feet, and besought him to pardon her unfortunate brother. Her prayer was granted, and a written order to set Caroli at liberty was given into her own hands by the Emperor, with permission to convey it in person to the place of CarolFs exile. She at once started for Siberia, and traveled day and night until she reached the district in which her brother was interned, only, however, to find that he had died a few days before her arrival. Caroli’s son, whom Garibaldi refuses to recognize, is now living in Como with his mother, who has assumed the title of Marchesa R&imoudi. As the Italian law actually stands, this is the only heir to the General’s pension,granted him for two lives,all his own undoubted offspring being illegitimate.

A Mad Ox.

Reading (Pa.) Eagle. A horrible scene was witnessed** near Orwigsburg, Schuylkill county, Thursday. George Herman, a well-to do farmer, narrowly escaped being killed by an ox which was suffering from hydrophobia. A few days ago it was bitten by a dog sup|M»se»f to be mad. Wednesday evening Mr. Herman noticed that the ox acted strangely, and he penned it up in a shed in the barnyard. About 4 o’clock yesterday morning he was awakened by hearing strange sounds in the direction of “the barn. Supposing one of his horses was unwell, he went out and was surprised to see the ox raving around the barnyard, uttering low moans and tearing up the ground with its horns. When*Mr. Herman entered the yard the ox stopped its antics and ho approached It. When he was about twenty feet from the animal it lowered its head and with a blood-curdling roar, made a rush at him. The man retained his presence of mind, and as the animal approached he stepped to oue side, but in doing so he was struck in the face by a hoof. He staggered to his feet and made towards u garden fence, but the ox turned and charged after him. The distance was about thirty yards, and the race was won by the man, wtio reached the fence, and threw himself over it. Before he could rise from the ground there was a terrible crash, ana the ox dashed

the fcn~ «=»ttartn. bed. right and left and rolling headlong over Mr. Herman. It didn't take the man long to get on his feet and escape .over another fetfee. which surround* house* Hfa clothes were badly J»ed up and his fece was covered with blood from the wound caused by the kick he bad reoeived; but hp was not seriously injured. After getting a gun and loading it with powder and a handful of bird shot wrapped in a rag, Herman returned to the fray. He found the ox pawing the ground wrathfully, and pausing occasionally to dig his horns viciously into it, at tne same time giving vent to roars that oould be heard more than a mile away. The suffering animal's head was covered with hlood from cuts received by butting its way out of the stable, aud great quantities of saliva issued from its mouth. Herman mounted a stone wall which runs along one side of the garden, and from that place fired two shots at the infuriated bovine. The first shot took effect in its neck and only seemed to increase its rage, for with blind fury it charged at the stone wall and battered its head against the stones. The second shot, however, struck the ox in the side and killed it. On going to the stable where the animal had been penned the night before, Herman found the sides of that structure completely battered to Eieces, aud in another part of the yard | e found a hog weighing nearly 200 pounds dead, and gored to a shapeless mass of jelly.

A Villiage Borgia.

Paris Cor. London Telegraph. Murders and rumors of murders are following one another in quick and terrible succession. The latest addition-to the annals of crime comes from the neighborhood of Aix, in the south of France. It is only lair to state that the verdict of the tribunal has not yet been pronounced, but the following are the facte reported from the little villiage of Lambese: Three persons—agallant soldier , a kind hearted old lady and a generous and well-to-do person, M. Laurent by name—died sudden deaths under circumstances whichjgave rise to suspicions chat poison had been taken in all three instances. This proved to have been the case upon the examination of the bodies by order of the Procureur General. “Look out for the woman,” is a saying which is applicable in all instances where mystery exists, and its origan cannot be trqced. In the present case the talisman was consulted and the result was that one of the prettiest and most popular of the villiage maidens was put under arrest Young Baptistine was an acknowledged coquette in Lambese, and it was with considerable surprise that on one fine day shortly before the Franco-German war the congregation of the village heard from the Cure that a certain Barthelemv Philip was about to wed her. The bridegroom had just served his time in the army, and was looking forward to a happy life with his wife in Lambese, which was his home, when suddenly he was called on to rejoin his regiment. He served throughout the campaign against Germany, while during his absence Baptistine took service with Mme. Martin, a respectable old lady. In spite of the demoted care of her young servant, Mme. Martin died rather suddenly one day and was buried. The doctor said she had an internal disorder, and no suspicions were aroused. Mme. Martin’s relatives were surprised, however, at not finding any traces of the money which she was supposed to have possessed. When Philip returned from the war, he found his Baptistine no longer gay as heretofore, but silent and downcast. As she, however, according to report, was a sad coquette, he paid no attention to the change in demeanor. Shortly afterwards a rich uncle of his proposed to come and live with him. Philip objected to this arrangement, but suggested, by way of conciliation, that Baptistine shoyld visit him every day. Not long afterward M. Laurent died suddenly, leaving all his fortune to young Baptistine and her husband. The latter, strangely enough, forthwith made his will, bequeathing, of course, his share of the fortune to his wife. Then an alarming illness seized him and quickly carried him off. Matters immediately assumed a serious aspect. The Procureur General was sent for, and, although the medical practitioner of the villiage declared that Philip had died of Indigestion, a large quantity of arsenic was found in his stomoch as well as in tne remains of his uncle, and in those of Mme. Martin.

Newspaper Scandal.

New Orleans Times. The way in which sensational journals work up a scandal is well told in a New York World of a recent date. 8om« weeks or so ago a story reporting the scandalous misconduct as to an American minister, a man now over 60 years of age, was hawked around the streets of New York and oflered for sale to any paper that would purchase it. It was brought to the World office and tendered to that paper for a very small sum, the seller imforming the editor that it would prove a profitable investment for the World, as the story was exceeding lively, sensational and nasty. The e#itor indignantly refused the offer on several grounds: that the story appeared to be false; was evidently malicious; irremediably ruined the character of a man and woman who enjoyed the confidence and respect of their friends and family; and because, even were it true, it was a matter unworthy of a place in -the columns of a decent newspaper. These reasons, sufficient, it would appear, for any respectable journal, did not suffice for one of the papers of the largest circulation in the West—the Chicago Times—for this very story, given in full, filled some five of the long columns of that paper. It is an encouraging fact, however, to notice that the sensation did not“take,” and that it has nowhere been repuDlished. The course of the World in this matter is worthy of the highest praise and commendation. For some years back, the World declares, a regular brokerage business has sprung up in New York and other Northern cities for the sale of sensations and scandals. Blackmailers and adventurere derive a rich profit from this business. They pry into family secrets and dig up old and forgotten family skeletons, write the matter up in a sensational style andthen oflfer their manuscripts for sale to the papers, unless the actors who figure in them offer to buy these stories up. It is impossible for an outsider to know the immensity of this business, and how much the decent newspapers of the country have to resist and fight against in opposing this system. They think, therefore, that those who refuse the advances of these sensationalists deserve credit and encourgement therefor. There is no doubt or it

— The Springfield Republican mentions a poor, distracted cud lady in Eastern Massachusetts who lately aun > i ed herself “twin sister of Queen Victoria and Henry Ward Beecher.” There were three hundred repTseentatives, preachers and laymen in the recent M. E. Conference at South Bend.

AGRICULTURAL

Michigan is shipping the largest crop of peaches since 1875. Give your hogs a rubbing-post in seems to afford them much satisfaction. Greeley was one of the superior class of city agricultural editofa. Once a countryman inquired of him whether fc® put guano on bis potato**!. He replied that he preferred butter or gravy. Just before the Judge of the Police Court passed sentence ne was stopped by the prisoner, who remarked; ‘*You remind me of the crops, Judge.” Why?” asked his Honor, “Yon are looking fine,” was the response. The Court didn’t belie his looks. The Westchester Republican has this : “A plum tree on the property of John J. Parker, in West Goshen township, is joined at the root by a peach tree, which is making good progress, and does not interfere with the other trees’ growth.” T The digestion of a horse is governed by the same laws as that of a man, and, we know that it is not best for a man to go at hard work the moment a hearty meal is eaten, so we should remember that a horse ought to have a little rest after his meal, while the stomach is most active in the process of digestion. Many a good horse has been ruined by injudicious haste in working him with a full stomach. We venture the assertion that the man who takes sufficient care of his stock from their infancy till ready for the market, providing for their proper and necessary feed and shelter m the varying seasons to keep them always growing, healthy and thrifty, that his profits wHI be 25 to 50 per cent greater than those of his neighbor on similar stock which receives the ordinary care given by the average farmer. Carrots seem to have some peculiar effects on the health of horses, render ing the skin, especially glossy aud healthy looking. For milch cows carrots are valuable for the golden tinge and richness which they impart to the butter. They are also more nourishing for cows tbau turnips are. In feeding carrots, care should be taken that the pieces are not cut in such a shape as to choke the animal. Gut large carrots lengthwise, not — - Sheep’s pelts can be tawed and not tanned. Tawing is done by scraping the flesh side of the pelt clean from all flesh or fat, then sprinkling it with a mixture of finely powdered alum ami salt in equal parte. Two skins are then laid with the flesh sides together, or a single one doubled lengthwise and rolled up for a week or ten days; then opened, scraped and washed and rubbed dry with a piece of chalk, and worked and pulled until the skin is soft. A good remedy for lice on cattle is water in which potatoes were boiled. For every one of your cattle take two quarts of water and eight middle-sized potatoes.cut in half. If you have ten cattle you must take eighty potatoes and twenty quarts of water. . When the potatoes are soft take them out. Get a large sponge and bathe them freely on a warm day. .Comb them with & curry-comb, and you will be astonished to see the effects of the potato water. On the subject of keepiug eggs the following has been contributed to a country paper : “I would say that the eggs could be kept the year round. Pack them in a box with oats (ends down), and nail a cover on nicely when full; tnen take another h(M four inches larger each way, put about two inches of plaster in the bottom of this box'and fill all around and on to£ with plaster; then put a cover on this dox and put away in a cool place. 'Turn the box each alternate day.”

FOR THE LADIES.

It is feud that short bridal- dresses with court twains are to be the style this winter. Marigolds are making the florists’ windows in New York look like a blaze of light. y: A fashion authority announces that small quilted mantles ait t supersede long coats and large wraps. One of.the new colors tnis season is called “Amaranth.” It is a dark, handsome red with purple shades. A small gold-lamp, which will burn twenty minutes, is the latest charm for a lady’s or gentleman’s watch chain. Wedding cards are scattered here, there and everywhere. The matrirnoneal outlook is remarkably brilliant. Mrs. Lydia Maria Child, the authoress and anti-slavery agitator, is now 77 years old, and lives at her home in Wayland, Mass. Palm leaves are seen in some of the new dress materials, and are so pretty that one wonders that they were ever alio wed to be tabooed. Ribbon bows will be worn on dresses this winter in even greater numbers than during the last season or two; and ribbon belts will continue in fashion. Changeable silks are combined with flowered muslin delaine and with cashmere patterned foulard by French dressmakers, and are made into tunics to be worn with dresses of cambric or muslin.

A coming novelty is the rose-petal underskirt. It is composed of overlapping scallops of pink foulard or flhik flannel bound with silk. These scallops are arranged in rows from the lower edge to the waist. , Velvets are going to be in great demand, not only as trimmings for poplins and silk costumes, but ns If- suits proper, and will be in turn gal lured with plain or brocaded siks, or l <e new figured and embossed which come in new designs and in all the lashionable colors, Langtry, the professional “beautifuleet woman” of England, is not, it appears, a silent beauty. An American who met her at a ball writes of her that she was “greatly interested in this country, very simple and gentle in her manner, with no affectation.” Among her capacities is that of doing her own millinery. The strange, original and becoming hat which Abe wore at the French fete was made by herself. It was constructed, from her grandmother’s finest, softest old Leghorn straw. The brim was flat and brbad and faced with Jark violet satin, with a wreath of flowers across the top: it just touched upon the back of her head. The crown was the original crown cut down to an inch. The principal stroke of originalty was a careless looking dent on one side, where it was Joined to the brim. A tuft of cornflowers was carelessly thrown, as it were, on the other side. It suited her style, and both were picturesque. i _ The poetofflee at Butler was entered b y a burglar a few nights sinoe. An officer saw him and flred through the window, striking him in the abdomen. He made his escape nevertheless.