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VOLUME XII.

CASTLE ETTRICK. An Old Soldier's Love Story. [Continued. | “But it is a little exciting,” said Letty, in a low voice. All the others—Lady Flora, and Milly, and Percy, and Mr. Winstanley —were busy talking, and it was a relief to her to be able to pour out her feelings to some one. “I have been thinking of them so much e all day”—she went on, a little breathless by “Lady Flora, I mean, and her son. It * must be so delightful for them to meet like this; and then, this is such a lovely place. Doesn't it look strange and solemn in this light?” “You have been he :e before?” “Yes —once —in my holidays. They were the best holidays I ever spent. Milly was quite a little girl then —the sweetest little creature in the world. And Lady Flora said that if I made as much progress as she hoped, I should be her governess some day. And ever since then I have counted the months and the years, and now the time has come, I can scarcely believe that it is true.” “You love them all then?” said the Colonel. “Love them? Ah! if I could only tell you. But no one knows how good they have been to me,” answered Letty, with a catching back of the breath. “I am only afraid sometimes that I am too young and inexperienced —that it would be better for Milly to have some one older. However,” brightening up, “one can only do one’s best.” “And your best will be very good indeed. I am convinced of that,” said the Colonel, who felt curiously touched by these little girlish confidences. But Lady Flora was calling out that they had spent time enough over the tea-table, and every one was sent off to dress, and when they met again—tins time in the inner hall, on whose wide hearth a pinelog was burning—good spirits and lively general talk were the order of the day. Before the little party broke up it was agreed that a visit should be paid to the Mackenzies and their guest on the following morning. CHAPTER V. DEEP DEANE AND THE MACKENZIES. General Mackenzie, as well as LadyFlora Winstanley, had a son in the army. Sharing the general feeling of the neighborhood that Miss Browne’s visit should be made as pleasant to hex as possible, and having a deep conviction that a house with only one man in it—and that man an old man—could not be attractive to a handsome unmarried lady, he had strained every nerve to insure the presence of bis' youngest son, Captain Mackenzie, for the first few days, at least, of her visit to Deep Deane. Up to the evening of her arrival he thought he had succeeded; but u letter, which reached him shortly before he started for the station, brought disappointment to his hopes. Tnis upset the General, and the utteily unexpected meeting with Percy Winstat ley at the station upset him still more. The Winstanleys had. ho felt, in every sense stolen a march upon him. He expl lined the situation to Miss Browne as be drove her home. “I am afraid you will find it shockingly did 1 with us,” he said; “no one at homo but my wife and my youngest daughter, Janet.” “Oh! privy don’t think I want entertaining,” cried Miss Browne. “You know I am more American than English, and American girls are not accustomed to be much looked after. Will you be able to lend me a pony sometimes?” “Lend you a pony? Mv dear girl, you shall have the run of the stable. Are you a good rider?" “I don’t know about ‘good,’ ” said Veronica, with a little laugh. “I never saw the horse I was afraid of.” “That’s the style!” cried the old General, with delight. “Then you shall ride Brown Bess. My Janet goes like a bird, and she’ll show you all over the country.” “Oh, I am sure I shall enjoy it,” said Veronica warmly; and then, a little to the General’s annoyance, she began to ask him all sorts of questions about Castle Ettrick and its inhabitants. Being remarkably keen, she judged, from his way of answering her questions, that he did not much care for talking about his neighbors at the Castle. Veronica was sorry for this, as she had become very much interested in her fel-low-travelers, and was anxious to know more of them. Very different was the old General’s manner when she proceeded to speak of Colonel Lyndon. “I tell you plainly,” he said, with an emphasis which was highly characteristic of him, “that my old friend the Colonel is one of the best men I know. Fact, I can assure you. A soldier in a thousand. Why, I could tell you stories of him that would make your hair stand on end. He ought to have been a General long ago if he had had his deserts. But he is more than a good soldier. He is the gentlest-natured man I ever came aero s. Ask myt wife about him if you wish to know what he is.” “I shall certainly ask her. I am verymuch interested in Colonel Lyndon. He reminds me of the chivalrous soldiers that one reads of in English romances,” S lid Veronica. “There is something of the middle-age knight about him,” said General Mackenzie. “He is the sort of man to lead a forlorn hope.” “Or to rescue a distressed maiden at the point of the sword,” said Veronica, laughing. By this time they were within the gates of the General's small demesne. Dep Deane was built in the heart of one of those cup-like valleys that are to be found here and there on the moorland, and it was surrounded by a beautiful old-fashioned garden, where all sorts of lovely things ■ grew together. The whole of the valley, in which there were two or three homesteads, besides several rough-stone cottages inhabited by shepherds and cattleherds on the estate, belonged to the General, and he farmed it himself, leading a primitive patiiirchal life, for the greater part of the year, among his people. The house itself, originally a small farm house, which 1 ad been added to from time to time in a hap-hazard sort of way, to suit the requirements of successive tenants, seemed still, though its size was now considerable, to retain its early homeliness. As Veronica saw it in the moonlight—its !■ old wa’ls smothered with roses and cleE matis, its veranda overhung with clusters E of wild hop, and the yellow light from the ■ parlor windows shining out upon the ave- ■ nue—there was a stillness, an almost Para- ■ disaical softness of beauty and peace e about the little dwelling, that went to her ■ heart. S “How happy you must be here,” she said, ■ in a low voice. g “Yes, we are pretty comfortable. It is Ea good place to end one’s days in. My ■ dear, I hope you will be happy with ns,” ■ add the old General, kindly. “Your father ■ was mv comrade-in-arms years up n years ■ a R°- I‘ gives me sincere pleasure, for h's

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sake ns well ns your own, to bid von welcome.” “ Thank you! thank yon!” said Veronica. And now the wheels had been heard, and j the doors and windows looking out on the veranda had been thrown open, and the ladies of the house and two women-servants came out, and Veronica j was received, by them all with effusive wel- I come. Mrs. Mackenzie, a pretty old lady of sixty odd years, with hair as white as snow, I soft, dove-like eyes, and fresh-colored face, ; and her youngest and only unmarried daughter, Janet, were curiously like each other. They had the same soft eyes, the same gentle manners, the same passion to make every one that came within their reach as comfortable as circumstances would permit. To Veronica their slight feminine figures, dressed in the plainest, neatest attire, and their soft, caressing, somewhat old-fashioned manners, harmonized wonderfully with their surroundings. It was her wont to boast that she did not often find it difficult to make herself at home, but here, at Deep Deaue, she felt at home as soon as she crossed the threshold. Whether her smart maid, who was to follow in a hired carriage, with the Saratoga trunks and other effects, would be of the same mind, it was impossible to say. Veronica did not trouble herself much about this. “I have brought my maid/’ she said to Mrs. Mackenzie, ‘‘because Uncle Alick thought it best; but I don't want her in the least. When she has put my things straight she can go away for a holiday.” “Oh! we have plenty of room,” answered the old lady, heartily. “This house is much larger than one would think from the outside. ” They took her up to the airy room, smelling, as Veronica said, laughing, of heather and roses, which had been prepared for her, and brought her down again to the oak-paneled and beamed diningroom, where the General was busy mixing his particular salad sauce, and concocting iced lemonade. Over supper, Mrs. Mackenzie, who was no less aggrieved than her husband —although not for such deep reasons by the non-arrival of their soldier son, spoke plaintively of the quietness of the house. “We've not a great deal to offer in the way of amusement to one that's accustomed to a town life,” she said; “but there are neighbors here and there, and not one that’s not neighborly; and my Janet will show you the way about, and you'll be making acquaintances all round the country.” “Acquaintances!” echoed the General. “Veron ca has made some already. She traveled with the Castle Ettrick people today.” “Oh!” said Janet, looking interested. “I heard that Mildred and her pretty governn’ess were expected." “And her brother—did I tell you about him?” “Iler brother— Captain Winstanley?” “She has only one brother that I ever heard of,” said the General irritably. “Ue was traveling with them to-day." Kind Mrs. Mackenzie looked at her husband with brimming eyes. “Dear, dear!” she said. “What joy theie will be in the Castle this night! Do you mean to say he has come to stay, Andrew? And I, that was pitying Lady Flora from my heart! It's no such an easy matter, Miss Browne, to bid good-by to your sons for the first time. And I suppose we'll see them all soon.” “No later than to-morrow; you may take my sword for it,” said the General. He was hard at work on a refractory cork, which accounted for the purple hue of his face. “How long is it since you have seen laidy Flora?" he said, turning to his daughter. “Now, now, father!” said Janet, cheerily; "you must not always harp on the same string. London is not like the country. It is a great number of worlds rolled up together, and the worlds are as far apart as if seas and chains of mountains divided them. lam not at all vexed with LadyFlora for seeing little of me in town. I am sure it cost her an immense effort to see me at all.” General Mackenzie, however, was not to be mollified, and the following day, which brought the expected influx of visitors to Deep Deane, found him in anything but an amiable frame of mind. He could not forget that tremendous burst of laughter of his in the Castle Ettrick grounds. It was well for the peace of the household that Colonel Lyndon formed one of the party From the Castle, for, in the face of so welcome a visitor, it was impossible for him to preserve his ill-humor. While the ladies made one another's acquaintance, and Percy told Mrs. Mackenzie and Janet how he happened to be at home, the two old soldiers fell into talk about old times. Their talk interested Veronica, and, being accustomed to speak and move freely, she crossed over to the hearth-rug, where they stood. “I don't want to interrupt you.” she said, taking a seat in the chimney corner; ‘ I only want to listen to you. Do go on talking.” She addressed the General, who had just pulled up in the middle of a long reminiscence of camp life in India. Delighted to find that his stories were appreciated, he followed it up in his best style, and then appealed to Colonel Lyndon to brush up his recollection. But the Colonel, who had not seen so much as his elder comrade of the world of society, was a little abashed, and declined to remember anything. This handsome girl with the flashing brown eyes embarrassed rather than pleased him. No doubt she was clever, and she was certainly good-looking and well-dressed; but her manners were rather too composed to suit his taste. After a few moments the General, upon whom had fallen ihe principal part of the conversation, proposed that Colonei Lyndon shou'd come out with him and inspect the stables. Veronica would willingly have gone out with them, but several otuer visitors had in the meantime dropped in, and she was bound to respond to the many kind speeches that were being made to her. There was a perfect little shower of invitations. One kind matron was expecting the boys from Edinburgh—her boys, as Lady Flora knew, had lett school a long time ago—she was giving a little garden party, “just to amuse them, you know;” would not Miss Browne come? Another expected a visit from a talented musician, and was looking up all the young people in the neiphborl o d who had any knowledge of music to help her in getting up a concert for the benefit of the Deane Valley schools. “We shall rely upon you, Janet,” she said; and when Mrs. Mackenzie protested that her Janet was nothing extraordinary—that she could just sing and piay a little to amuse her family and friends - Miss Browne was requested to ask Janet to sing, and to judge herself of what she could do. “And we hope you will come, too,” said the effusive Scotch lady; “and if you can help us, so much the better; and if not, there will, at least, be the change, and young neighbors meeting, and a pleasant little supper in the hall to finish the evening with. ” All this time Lady Flora, who suspected that the feelings of the General toward her were not very amiable, had been unusually subdued in her manner. When he left the room, and the other visitors came in, she felt more at her ease. Up to this she had merely acknowledged her introduction to Veronica. She now crossed the room to where she was sitting, and said, in her prettiest and most gracious

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manner: ‘‘l want to thank you for your great kindness to my little girl and her governess yesterday. Milly was wild to come over with us to-day; but I could not let her leave Miss Morrison alone, and we had only room in the carriage for one. They were in raptures with their journey.” “So was I, and I think the gratitude ought to bo all on my side,” said Veronica. “Even to look at so lovely a girl as Miss Morrison was a privilege. If she were only dressed as I should wish her! Do you know,” with a smile, “I could scarcely keep my hands off her.” “Poor Letty,” said Lady Flora, with u sigh. “I sho-uld like to dress her becomingly, too; but I am afraid she must play her part properly. She has to make her own way in the world.” “She is poor, you mean?” “She has nothing. However” —Lady Flora saw several pairs of eyes fixed upon her, and knew she would not bo allowed to appropriate the Mackenzies’ distinguished guest much longer—“you must come and see them at home, in their school-room. When shall it be?” “Oh, whenever you like. I nm longing to see Castle Ettrick,”said Veronica frankly. “Wo might ride over ” She glanced toward Janet, who, helped and attended by Percy, was sending round cups of tea and plates of home-made cake. “Any day you like,” said Janet. “Brown Bess is eating her head oft' in the stable, father says, and my sweet little Snowflake has been in for two whole days. “Then let it be to-morrow. Come over in the forenoon and stay to lunch,” said I.ady Flora. “No, thank you, my dear Janet; no more tea. I ought to be on my way home. Can you spare Percy?” “Go back without me, mother. I shall enjoy the walk home across the moor,” said the young man. “Oh, do as you like,” said his mother, rising. “Colonel Lyndon will see me home. Where is he, I wonder?” He was not far away. He was, indeed, just corning in from the stables, and he readily consented to return at once in the carriage witli Lady Flora. “You will come again soon?” said Mrs. Mackenzie when he said good-by. “This has been a visit to the General, not to me. Von know 1 like to talk about old times, too.” “I am afraid, if I came to see you as often as I liked, you ami Miss Janet would soon be tired of me," said the Colonel. "But I will come; oh, yes you will sCe me again.” “Ami will you not sometimes join us in our rides?" said Janet. “Miss Browne and 1 are going to scour the country.” “We must talk about it to-morrow," said Lady Flora. 'lt would be very nice to organize one or two picnic parties. What do you say. General Mackenzie?"

“I say that 1 leave such sports to the young folks," he answered. “I have no mind to catch my death by noting my dinner on the wot grass, or to get sunstroke by riding out under a boiling sun. But every one to his taste. 1 ..on't interfere.” “Ah, well' we must think over it. Goodbv, dear Mrs. Mackenzie. Good-by, Miss Browne. I shall rely upon Jam tto bring you over to see me to-morrow,” said Lady Flora. Two or tine' other visitors followed Lady Flora's example. Percy held to his post manfully. He had always been a favorite with Mrs. Mackenzie, who had known him from the days when he was an infant in arms; and, up to the time of his lucky, or unlucky, appearance at home just as the master of Deep Deane was congratulating himself upon his absence, there was no one, with the exception of his own sons, of whom the old General thought more highly. Even he. however, was conquered presently by the frank boyishness of Percy's manner. When the many visitors had gone, and he was alone with his old friends and their guest, the young fellow was so delightfully happy ami gay that there was no resisting him. What jokes he cracked old jokes, of course, but given with so pleasant an assurance of their eternally laughter-moving power that they had more than the effect of m w ones! What stories he told! What inexhaustible energy he showed in devi ing new amusements for tilling up the bright summer days! To tired or languid people he would have been fatiguing. But Mrs. Mackenzie and Janet were nccustome 1 to gaiety, and Veronica was herself overflowing with health and energv; ami the General, who was seldom without “boys” al»ont him who xvas, in fact, in his best moods, something of an “ old boy " himself—-liked noise. When, accompanied by Janet and Veronica as far as the gate, Percy started for his long walk home across the moor, he had the satisfaction of feeling that he had made a good impression. His kind old friends had forgiven him for seeming to neglect Janet in London—we must mention, in justice to Percy, that he had not heard of her being in town until she was on the point of returning home, ami that then he had called upon her at once. His new 1 riend, the handsome girl with the curiously frank manners, who, from her unlikeness to every one else, had taken his fancy—what did she think? Percy thought she was pleased with him. She had been interested in his stories, and she hid laughed at his jokes, and she had expressed a hope that they might meet often during her stay in the North. This from an ordinary girl—one of those girls whom you meet every day in society • —would have meant nothing. Veronica Browne was not ordinary. She said xvhat she meant, and mt ant xvhat she said. Percy, who considered himself apt in reading character, felt convinced that she carried atw,ut with her the stamp of reality. It xvas a long walk from Deep Deane to Castle Ettrick, and being a little more ab-sent-minded than usual, Percy passed one of the well-known landmarks, and xvent about a mile out of his way. When he reached home dinner xvas over. He found the whole family on the terrace, drinking their coffee, and looking out over the moorland, which, with its lochs and rivets, was bathed in the soft crimson after-glow that is so long and so lovely in the North. It was Milly who saw him first, and she ran to meet him, and brought him into the hall, where a substantial cold meal xvas xvaiting for him. “Isn't it lovely?” she cried out, as she waited upon him. “What is lovely, Milly?” he asked, with a smile. “Everything; this dear old house, and the moors, and the lochs, and the sunset, and Veronica—she is coming to-morrow, Percy—and my dear old Letty, and—you! I do believe,” said the child, in a stifled voice, “that I’ve never been so happy before.” “And I do believe,” said Percy, “that I quite agree with you, Milly.” [TO BE CONTINUED.] Conductor — Just my luck. Jack pulled out ahead of me with four pairs of spectacles aboard, and I haven't got one. Passenger—What do you want spectacled passengers for? Are they’ lucky? Conductor —Don’t know anything about that, but I’ve got three bad half dollars to xvork off this trip, and it’s only near-sighted people that is taking ’em nowadays. A variety actor recently committed suicide by throwing h mself in front of a locomotive. The ruling passion proved strong in death. He “appeared in txvo pieces” after life was extinct.

A TEXAS TRAIN ROBBED. Eight Masked Men I’l under an Express Train of Ilie Texas and Pacific Hoad. The United States Mail Pouches Rifled of Their Contents- About $15,000 Secured. IFoit Worth (Texas) special.) One of the most daring and successful train robberies ever committed in this State was perpetrated by eight armed and masked men two miles east of Gordon, on the Texas & Pacific Kailroad, between 2 and 3 o’clock Sunday morning. As the regular passenger train pulled out from Gordon for the east two masked men jumped on the engine, one on each side The engineer, John Bosquet, turned to them and asked; “Where are you fellows going?” “Just going to take a little ride,” answered one of them. “ You will not ride on here,” said Bosquet. “I guess we will,” said the man, and in an instant the engineer was covered with two pistols pointing directly at his head. He was ordered to pull ahead, which he did until ho reached the coal chute at the trestle bridge, something over a mile east of Gordon. Here the engineer discovered that obstructions had been placed across th'? track, and he was ordered by the two men, who still held their pistols in hand, to pull up. As soon as the train stopped six more men, all armed, appeared and ordered the engineer to take his pick and hammer and break in the door of the express car. He refused at first, but was induced to do so by threats of instant death in case of continu'd refusal. After the door had been forced the robbers entered and wont through the safe, taking everything they could find. The amount of the loss could not bo ascertained exactly, but report places the amount nt sums ranging from fs.iMMl to $15,000. Having finished the work in the express car, the robbers went to the mail-car and made a d mand on the route agent for all the money or valuables he had. Thinking that the robbeis would not dare to molest the United States mad, the agent was verv cool, and told the robbers that they were in the wrong place, and that he was a I’nited States mad man. This de, laration had no effect on the robbers, who told the official that unless he complied with their demands lie would soon be a dead man. There were sixty regist. red mad packages in the car. While the robbers were going through the express matter the mail agent had secured thirty-two of them and only gave up twenty-eight to the robbers. The passengers were not molested. A ShiTdV who was on the train exchanged shots with the robbers without effect. There were also negro soldiers on the tram. The value of the mail packages cannot be estimated. PHILETUS SAWYER. Re-elected to the United States Senate from Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Legislature has for the second time elected Hon. Philetus Sawyer to represent Ins State in ti e Senate of the \ J' ^^9 United States. His new term begins on the -Ith of AI arch next, and ends on the Ith of March, 1803. Philetus Sawyer was born in AVhiting, Addison County, Vt., Sept. 22, 1816. His father was a farmer and blacksmith and lived at a time and in a region where those employments offered but little return. AV hen a mere child his father removed to Essex County, New York, where the coming Senator's childhood and youth were spent among the mountains and forests of the Adirondack®. His early life, like that of most of the dwellers in that region, was one of manual labor, with only the opportunities for education that the limited resources of the common schools at that time presented. At the age of 17 Philetus Sawyer bought his time for §lO6 from his father and started out into the world a'one. He was so successful in his efforts that at the age of 31 he had saved ^2,000, and with this he was enabled to seek a more profitable field in z AVisconsin for his future efforts. He settled on a farm in Rosendale Township in Fond du Lac County. After two years of farming with indifferent success be turned his attention to his old calling, that of “logging,” and he removed to the then village of Algoma, now the city of Oshkosh. Here he rented a sawmill, which he finally bought, and from that time to this his business career has been the most successful. His industry and sagacity have been so rewarded that he now stands in the front rank of Wisconsin’s wealthy men. In early life he was a Democrat, but united with the Republican partv on its organization in 1854. His public life began with an election to the State Assembly in 1857, and a re-election in 1861. In 1863 and 1864 he was Mayor of Oshkosh. He was elected to the Thirty-seventh Congress in 1864, and by re-election remained a member of that body until March 4, 1875, when he declined another election. In January, 1881, he was elected United States Senator from AVisconsin, and on the 26th of January, 1887 was re-elected for a second term of six years. An English inventor claims to save one-third of the time and 10 per cent, of loss in the cooking of joints of meat, by thrusting into them metallic conductors to insure their simultaneous heating throughout, these conductors being copper blades with globular heads of iron. Flesh is a very bad conductor of heat, and without this device the outside of the meat is greatly overcooked, with much waste of nutritious juices, before the inside is well done. The flour of the family often makes a Ipaf-er ill-bred.

THE FARMER. The Horse After Driving. Some farmers, after driving their teams in the slush and mud m winter, think if they dash a few pails of water over the horses’ limbs upon returning, before putting the team in the stable, they have left the poor brutes in the best possible condition until morning. The fact is, it would be far better to turn the animals in the stable ami leave them, mud and all, until it was fully dry. There would be far less danger of scratches, mud-fevers, and grease than by the plan of washing. If the legs are washed they should be then rubbed until quite dry—no easy task. If loft only partially dry, the most serious consequences are likely to ensue. When a team is loft with the hair imperfectly dried a chill is almost sure to come. It is not unlikely the animals, espi ally if exhausted, will be found next morning stiff and with the limbs swollen, since the exhaustion of the system prevents healthy reaction at the extremities. The best plan is to wash the limbs with warm water and then loosely bandage them with straps of llmuel. These may be ten feet in length by three inches wide and rolled tightly. Commence at the fetlocks and bandage looselv, lapping one edge over the other, and making a half-turn fold of the bandage when joints are passed to prevent the slipping of the bandage. In the morning the limbs will generally bo found all right for cleaning. If this plan is not adopted it is altogether bettor to let the team stand muddy as to the limbs until morning, when the dry mud may bo easily cleaned away, and with very' little danger of injury to the team if the stable is warm, not subject to draughts, and a liberal amount of bedding is given.— Chicago Tribune. Preserving Posts. A medium has been sought for many years, by winch posts to be set m the ground might be preserved from decay at a light cost. The difficulty has been and will continue to lie that the po-t decays quickly at the point just where it enters the groun I. The reason why wood, and, mde d, any perishable substance decays much more quickly at this point than at any other, is that it is here submitted to alternate saturation by water and drying. In a merely nioist state, the oxygen of the air, “the great build r tin and the great destroyer," then acts most actively. The pro 'ess of decay is really combustion, more or loss active, and is brought about by the action of oxygon in connection with moisture, producing heat, impercoptibl' to our outward sense though it may bo. This is fairly well exemplified and m a comp ratively swift manner m putting up a hot-bed, ami is well known to every practical gnrd mor. The litter an I the manure in a moist state ac quire heat w hen laid upto a sufficient depth so they will n>t dry on', and the heat—combu<tion -:s fast or slow ju t in proportion to the admi-sion of an through the mass. If rather loose it heats quickly and soon burns ont, or tire fangs, as if is . all I. If more compact it burns slowly, and th" residue is a black mold corresponding to chai coal in a tinelv divide I state. Woo l or any other subUanc' rout lining earl on iron and lime, for instance -is quickly acted on by oxygen lytho presence ot some heal and s mic moisture. I lie iron is changed to an .>xi ie an I the limo to a hydrate Wood or any othe vegetable substance und r the action ot air an 1 moisture is changed to humus, a black impalpablecomttitu nt o sod*. It do a little or no good to char po-«t <. It simply prevents the outside from decaying, but does not m any manner prevent decay ins de the charred portion. Tai or any paint does not ] revi nt decay, the post ls« ng in the g mud, for Hie mo store is constantly satuat ng the substan e from I elow But it we .saturate the whole substance ot the woo 1 with some non drying oil, the post will be prrs-ived Until the oil in carried awn by natural m uh. requiring many years Tim best o I to use is crud ' petroleum, because it is cheap and easily applied. The pr< per means is a tank deep enough to hold the posts m an upright position umil sat’ rated one foot highei thm they are to b? set in the ground If not, sm-c s ivo coats mav lai applie 1 with a brush, at intervals of three days, •ant I the wood w 11 take up no more. '1 hree gooj coats will gem.rally suffice, and such posts will last fully three tine s us long as th yw II when set in their natural state. Big they must be thoroughly dry before painting. THE STOCK-BREEDER. Prrrmf ing Striae Plague. Dr. Detmers, of the Ohio Univi rsity, a ntleman well know n for his inve tigat on vith the microscope, and especially in swm ever, m a late address upon this subject, 1 Id, and correctly, that one. tiogs are attac' 1 but little can Is'don •to save them 1 ’ > at the beginning, or I efore extensive orbid changes are ptodueed, is it feasible to treat them. If tue infection has taken place throng.i the di g. stive canal it may bi worth while to try an emetic of powdere I white hellebore. I rom two to fifteen grains, according to the age and ■ 1Z“ of the hog, would b ■ about the dose. It may be given on a boiled pota’o, or ou the surface of a little milk. If no.tlmr the one nor the other is voluntarily taken, the hog is far gone and nuy be given up as a bad case. If one dose should not cause the animal to vomit, in ray twenty minutes, another one may be given in about half an hour. This treatment may be followed by a lew dosoi of cal miel, also Ibe give i with a boded potato. Os other ni 'dicm s trie I, he says; “j have had the best success with carbolic acid, and hav ,• obtained good results—that is. a prevention of a p'a n outbreak of the diseas > —by giving once a day from < ight to ten drops of a 115 per cent, solution of carbo'ic acid for every 100 pounds of live weight in the water for drinking. lod ne is a watery solution -ten grains of iodine and twelve grains of iodi le of potassium to one ounce ot water—and that given in small doses, has also proved to be very effective, but th ■ dam ige done to the pig by this iodine t. eaimont becomes v, ry soon apparent. Hypophosphate ot soda lias also been tried, and lias given favorable results. It mav be given in doses suffi iently large t i loosen the bowels, and be d ssolved in the water for drin* ing. “Pm most obvious physiological effect of carbolic acid up ma hog is a reduction of the temperature. Whether it is this or some other prop, rty that retards or interferes with the propagation of the swine-plague germs I am not prepared to decide, ami to d scuss theories would lead teo far and be of little u-o. It may therefore suffice to siate that the results of such a treatment have, on the whole, been favorable. If, however, toe organism is already pervaded by the disease germs, or if important morb d changes are existing, nothing whitever can i e expected of the carbolic acid treatment, because the propagation Ins already take i place, and the acid, most as ure Uy, cannot repair the existing morbid changes. Neither can any other medicine. For disinfecting purposes we have, however, cheaper substances than carbolic acid; for instance, chloride of lime, and a one per mills solution of corrosive sublimate.” Dr. Salmon, Chief of the Animal Bureau of the United States, says that for disinfecting, •crrosive sublimate, one to 75,000 parts, will kill the bacteria of swine-plague, and if a hog should drink two gallons of this solution it will do no harm The solution not u-ed for drinking should be freely sprinkled over the lot, yard, or pens in which the swine are kept. Sulphuric acid, one to 2,000 parts, is also recommended. Dive-Stock Notes. The annual wool clip of Washington Territory is over 5,000,000 pound e Six thousand Porcheron horses have been imported into this country, fir-t and last. Os these more than 1,000 were brought over last year. A tract of land on the shore, of Cayuga Lake, near Canoga, N. Y., has been leased to Rochester parties for the raising of frogs for the New York market. Young stock, once allowed to run, never fully rec >ver from the, effects thereof. (>f inferior feed and lie? the first general y brings the second. Do r feeding is scandalous; vermin added is bruta'. Horses kept in stables will be ail the better fora run in the barnyard an hour every diy, where they will not only exerc.se, but. roll in the straw and clean themselves. Stable-kept horses nee I some extra grooming, but their improved condition under this management will repay it. Do not allow stock, espec’ally work horses ami mile.i cows, to dr nk ic -cold water. To take the cnill from water costs so little that it is ha dyto be cons d r d in the expense accou it. Some of the more advanc d stockkeener s now will not allow any of their rt. >.- to drink ice-cjld water.

CONGRESSIONAL. Work of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Tn e President sent to the Senate, on the 20th, a message vetoing a bill granting a pension to William Pickens. The ground of the veto is that a pension had been already, in December. ISB6, given to the beneficiary through the pension otli«o. Mr. Jones (Ark.), from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported two Senate bills granting right of way to the Spokane and I‘elouse and the Washington and Idaho Railroad Companies through the Cteur d’Alene Indian reservation. In the House Mr Outhwaite, from the Committee on Pacific Hailroads, reported back the following resolution, which was adopted. Uesolved, That the Secretary of the 'lreasury be •and is hereby requested to inform the House of Representatives ns soon as practicable the sums of money which were owing to the United States on the Ist day of January, 1887, from the Pacific Railroads which have received aid from the Govornn.cnt in bonds, giving the sums which are due, principal and interest, under existing law, severally and collectively, from said companies, and what will be the result to the treasury and effect upon these debts if the House bill 8318 should become a law and its provisions bo complied with.” The object of the committee in reporting the resolution is to get the opinion of the Treasury Department as to the effect of the passage of the House funding bill. The following committee reports were submitted an<l referred: By Mr. Hill (Ohio), the Senate bill for the admission of the State of Washington; by Mr. Cox (N. C.), for the suppression of the opium traffic; by Mr. O'Neil IP*.), for the completion of the monument to Mary, the mother of Washington, at Fredericksburg ; by Mr. Winans (Mich.), authorizing the Commissioner of Agriculture to make a special distribution of seed in the drought-stricken sections of Texas. Senator Brown offered a resolution in the Senate, calling on the President for the correspondence with Mexico in regard to the seizure and sale of the American schooner Rebecca in the port of Tampico ; and also that relating to Minister Jackson's resignation. Senator Sherman offered an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill, appropriating 53,000 to put now fences around the cemeteries in which Confederate dead are buried near Columbus, Ohio, and on Johnson's Island. Mr. Colquitt presented a petition from the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of the District of Columbia, charging the Commissioners with protecting saloons, gambling houses and brothels. President Cleveland transmitted a letter offering to the nation the sword of Captain Reed, the commander of the privateer General Armstrong at the battle of Fayal. A debate of over three hours' duration took place on the British extradition treaty, w hich camo over from last session, but no action was taken. The interstate commerce bill was passed by the House of Representatives. The vote 2l'J to 41 surprised the friends of the measure, who had estimated the strength of the opposition at about sixty. But when members found there was no middle ground, and that they must vote either for or against the whole conference rep >rt. some of those who had b en declaiming against the bill wavered. They did not want to go on record as against interstate railroad legislation. After tno S; aker had ruled out all attempts to get a vote on different sections of the bill or on recommittal, it did not take long for the roll to be called When the result was mode known there was some applause, and members who have been for ten years urging national regulation of railroads were congratulated on the success that bad at last crowned th ir efforts. The fortyone votes against the measure were cast by the following members: Mien Mass.), Anderson (Ohio Bliss, Boutellc. Bovle, Bragg, Brumm, Campbell'Ohio , Caswell, Dibble. Ely, Evans, Felton Fin Hay, Frederick. Hay, Gilfillan, Grosvenor, Hayden. Hill, Johnson (N. Y.). Kelly, Ketcham, l.ibbey. I "ng. Markham, Martin McKenni. Miller, Morrow, Oates. O’Neill (Pa.), O N -Il Mo . Bannov, Re -d, Rice, Seymour, Wad werth, Wait, Weaver, and White iPa.). \ lar e number of pairs wore announced, but only in the following cases was it state-1 how the members m the pairs would have voted: Messis. Merriman, Glass, Snyder. Clardy, Wise, and Stone, of Massachusct a, who would have voted in the affirmative, were paired with Messrs. Bacon, O'Hara, Hanback. Bingham, Negley, and Davis, who would have voted in the negative. The bill provides against discrimination or favoritism In the transportation of passengers or freight; forbids a charge for a short haul in excess of that male for the full length of the mute , makes unlawful the pooling of freighter division of earnings; prescribes the publication of rates, and imposes a maximum fine of 8>,00) for the violation of any of these provisions. There are to bo five commissioners, appointed by the President, at salaries of 87,500 each. The extension of the Hawaiian treaty for seven years was ratified by the Senate in a secret session, Jan. 22, by a vote of 43 to 11. The discussion in the Senate over the proposed treaty with Great Britain was characterized by the most bitter personalities. Evarts is said to be mortally offended with Riddleberger for describing him as a “parrot who would cry one way h- the other just as his interests dictated.” Ridleborger also charged that Edmunds was every lay becoming more in love with monarchical institutions and dissatisfied with American ideas A resolution by Mr Wallace on the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty which recites that the President and Senate have ratified a convention extending the terms of the treaty seven years longer, and that the treaty contains provisions for the admission of certain articles free of duty, and instructing the Committee < n Judiciary to inquire into these facts and report whether a treaty which involves the rate of duty be imposed on any article can be valid and binding without the concurrence of the House of Representatives, was adopted by the House. This resolution is in the interest of the Louisiana sugar planters, who are opposed to the extension of th * Hawaiian treaty. Senator Riddleberger introduced a bill to abolish the Mississippi River Commission, which was promptly referred. The Secretary of the Treasury sent a communication to the House in answer to a resolution, stating that the amount due from the Pacific Railroad companies to the United States, on account of interest and bonds, was 8157,332,815. The House considered the river and harbor bill. The bill to authorize the President of the United States to protect and defend the rights of American fishing v'essels, American fishermen, American trading and other vessels in certain cases, passed the Senate January 24, Riddleberger of Virginia was the only Senator voting in the negative. The bill concerning postoffices of the third class, providing that they shall not be changed into postoffices of the fourth class, where the gross receipts amount to 81,900 a year, or where the box receipts and commissions constituting the postmaster's compensation amount to Sl,ot>o, passed the Senate. Senator Allison introduced the primary bankresi rve bill in the Senate. A resolution was introduced in the House by Congressman Lawler directing the C< mmittee on Naval Affairs to inquire into the expediency of a bill appropriating s>o,(Mo,offo, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, for the construction, equipment, and armament of such new vessels of war as may be deemed necessary. Mr. Springer, of Illinois, introduced a constitutional amendment changing th ■ time for the assembling of C ongress to the first Wednesday in January of each year. Mr. Thomas, of Illinois, introduced a bill to increase the naval establishnn it. It authorizes ti e construction of two steel cruisers, of about four thousand tons displacement, of the type of “cruiser No. 1,” at a cost, exclusive of armament, of not more than $1,30),000 each; five steel gunboats, of the type of “gunboat No.' 1,” at a cost, exclusive of armament, of not more than 8510,0 >0 each; and six steel torpedo boats, having a maximum speed of not less than twen-ty-four knots per hour, to cost, exclusive of armament, SIOJ.OOJ each. The proposed woman-suffrage amendment to the Constitution was defeated in the Senate Jan. 25. Those Senators voting in the affirmative were; Messrs. Blair, Bowen, Cheney, Conger, Cullom, Dolph, Farwell, Hoar, Manderson, Mitchell (Pa.), Mitehell (Oregon), Palmer, Platt, Sherman, Teller, Wilson (lowa —l6. Pairs Messrs. Chace and Ransom, Dawes and Maxey, Gorman and •Frye, Stanford and Camden, Sliller and Kenna, Butler and Cameron, and Jonos (Ark.) and Harrison. Mr. Plumb was absent when the vote was taken, but aiterward said be would have voted aye, , The Semite appropriated for public buildings 865),0J0 at Minneapolis, 82iK),000 at Chattanooga, 8300,000 at Charleston. SISO,(XX) at Los Angeles, and 852,000 at Santa Fe. The conference report on the army appropriation bill was agreed to. An amendment to the bill to create a Department of Agriculture was introduced by Senator Morgan, which provides for the transfer of the signal service to civil authority. Senator Beck introduced a bill to amend the oleomargarine law. The President sent to th i Senate the following nominations : William Reed Lewis, of Pennsylvania, to be Consul at Tangier; Thomas B. Connery, of New York, to bo Secretary of the Legation to Mexico; Aaron A. Vedder, to be Postmaster at Whitehall, 111., and John Banta to be Postmaster nt Muncie. Ind. The House decided the contest d Rhode Islan 1 election esse of Page vs. Pierce by adopting the minority report, which confirms the right of Pierce to the seat ip the House.

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INDIANA STATE NEWS. —At Hartford City the jury in the trial of Mrs. Mary Sipple vs. The Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Narrow-guage Railroad returned a verdict fo* the plaintiff allowing her damages in the sum of $6,500. John Sipple, the husband of the plaintiff, was an engineer on this road, and on the 30th of July last while crossing the Wabash River at Bluffton the bridge gave way and precipitated his engine and several cars into the river. Mr. Sipple received injuries which resulted in his death. The suit for damages was instituted on the ground of criminal carelessness on the part of the company in allowing the bridge to remain in a dangerous and unsafe condition. —C. B. Shead, a farmer residing twelve miles south of Columbus, has a powderhorn in his possession bearing the inscription: “Aanas Green, His Horn, Camp at Crown Point, N. Y., August 14, 1759.” It was carried by Mr. Green through the French and Indian wars, then by his son through the Revolutionary war. The horn is highly finished and in a fine state of preservation for the service it has seen, and is very highly prized as an heirloom by its present owner, who is a greatgrandson of Mr. Green. —The plant of the Fontanet Co-operative Mining Company, at Fontanet, has just been sold by the Sheriff to the Coal Bluff Mining Company, the consideration being $2,775. The co-operative company was organized about two years ago, with a capital stock of SIO,OOO, equally divided between about one hundred miners. Quarrels sprang up as the result of alleged bad management, and finally a suit on a purchase note was instituted, with the finale as given. —The eleventh annm.l exhibition of the Northern Indiana Poultry Association will be held in the city of Fort Wayne February 1,2, 3,4, and 5. It is believed that this will prove to be one of the most successful exhibitions of the season, as a very large number of entries of fine birds have already been made. Farmers and fanciers will find this an excellent means of gaining information on a subject of rapidlyincreasing importance. —A sensation has been created at Vincennes by the announcement that exCounty Treasurer Hollingsworth will surrender himself to the Sheriff. Hollingsworth is charged with embezzling SBO,OOO of the county funds during his term of office. Last summer he was released from jail on bond, and lost no time in joining the army of defaulters in Canada. He is expected at Vincennes immediately. —A farmer named Strauss, living a few miles south of Corydon, killed a catamount which measured three feet and eleven inches in length. Strauss was awakened early in the morning by the barking of his dogs, and, going to the orchard, found that they had the catamount “treed” up an apple tree. He went back to the house, got his rille, returned to the orchard and shot the beast. —Lewis Hopkins, the 17-year-old son of Ezekiel Hopkins, a farmer of Barr Township, Daviess County, died suddenly from injuries received while wrestling, at school, the day before, but from which he experienced no trouble at the time. The rupture of a blood-vessel caused his death. —While Mr. James Mull was at work in the wood department of the car-works, at Jeffersonville, a hatchet fell off the top of a car, striking him on the head, inflicting injuries that may prove fatal. He was conveyed to his home, where he lies in a precarious condition. —At the annual meeting of the Wabash County Agricultural Society the following officers were elected: President, John W. Harper; Vice President, H. H. Millican; Secretary, John B. Rose; Treasurer, John B. Latchem; Marshal, Enos V. Powell. —The Kokomo and South Kokomo natural gas companies have consolidated, and will be known as the Kokomo Natural Gas and Oil Company. About two miles of pipe lines have been laid, and the company is now supplying gas for fuel. —William Schmidt, a tramp, aged 55, stepped in front of a freight train while it was passing through Mentone and was run over and injured so badly that death ensued a short time afterward. It is thought that the act was with suicidal purpose. -—Willie, 3-year-old child of William Divine, of Bridgeton, Parke County, was burned to a crisp. His clothing caught fire from a grate while his mother was out after a hod of coal. The skin fell off in several places on his body. —The White Caps, of Crawford County, have been again indulging in their whippings, recently, having invaded Orange County and whipped several persons against whom they had some real or imaginary wrongs. —At a meeting of the Harrison County Agricultural Society the following officers were elected: President, John W. Marshall; Vice President, James A. Harbison: Secretary, B. F. Hurst; Treasurer, Charles Martin. —The Knights of Labor at North Manchester, a comparatively strong lodge, have, after a struggle of nearly a year, surrendered their charter. An attempt will be made toward reorganization. —Terre Haute detectives who were engaged in the Long Point case and railroad officials do not put much faith in the story of Murray, the Ohio convict, who says he was implicated in the crime. —A 15-year-old lad named Anderson, while cutting wood on Joseph Francis’ farm, in Galena Township, LaPorte County, was instantly killed by a tree falling on him. —The revival meetings of the M. E. Church, at Noblesville, are of a very interesting character and promise good results. —Rev. A. Kummer, of the Methodist Church at Crawfordsville, has a book of poems entitled, “The Sling of David, and Other Poems,” in the press of Hurst £ Co., of New York. —Robert M. Kelly, of Lawrence County, who was reported as short in his accounts as Treasurer, has made up every cent of the deficiency and his bondsmen have been discharged. —At Lafayette, the chief of police has withdrawn the police protection heretofore extended to the Salvation Army, and the Army will, henceforward, preserve order.