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VOL. VI.

CATE MAY CITY, N. J.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1874.

NO. 43.

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. tbo oamborof pwont fmnfnfk ] ARTICLE n.

fnt ToMdi, of tor Iba flrol lion-

S flulo:

Ui to tbo porocrsph th« folAofl W> rarind or iftndol b; Ito Ullt'Oulf. bol^lho oot nrlo«A loafth. Ko RHiorol low olioil om-

•• A Noprlroto. tpoolal. . “IL Tbo LofWotnro dull dm poo. prfroto. IoboI or ■p.aol lo». ta or.j of tbo foUoobip “^LS^ol.'opeoll.d, ottMUii ood worbloi .jgSSZfia***. pW,dnM.dto, -BofaCtWftbo lotomol offoln of toro owl OMU'lM l ‘wol "5=— md ow» .iSSawSr

P—1 w. “^S^i^^sTd^s .WordtoroOot. ot tbo «U1 of tbo 1

MmmB

the doop. and from it 1 loving ekelcb: m - —’i-8»h«iT i* eboolo fol

Cboon tbo ; member 10.

tixtoon nogrooa oommittbo jtil of Oiboon count}’, in Ibis BUIe, charged with s oon.pirsoy to tako the lira of tbs vbite eitissns of tbeir neighborhood. On tbo night ot lbs 25th of Anoint, 1874, s port, of dlsrioUled tho j»il ud took formblj from tbo jailor mr and wounded two, tho - - -reaping and being now at lam. The next day I oflorod a reward ot $500 for each of these unknown offenders. The Bute Court being then in session, took immediate oognissnoe of the outrage, and the labors of the regular and special term hare resulted In tho detection and Indictment of 11 of gnilty parties, tfaa majsrity of — -B hare been arrested, and tho remainder will be if they hare not lied ' is country. They are indicted under is second and third aeotiona of the it of the General Aaaembly of Tenet bm of 1869 and 1870, passed on tho Mh of Jenaary, 1870. entitled “ Aa set i preaerre the public peace," and hieb ia in full force. The BUte snthorities here oenifeeted M moat earnest desire to enforee the iw against tbs gnilty parties, and hare demonstrated by these indictments and arrests, not only their disposition bnt ability to enforce the Uw end protect all citizens, without regard to race, color, or prerioua condition of aerriide. Those efforts, I can assure you, dll in no sense be roUxed until the -isjesty of tho Uw U fully Tindioated. Notwithatanding these efforta, with tho result aUted. the Dnited States Marshal and Commissioner for the Western Diriaion of Tennessee, with detachmenti from the Gorjerrieon at Humboldt, hpro arrived, and are continuing to l —■* conveying them I iphla, nearly 100 distant, to answer for the eame ol charged against them by the Court*. ' As Governor of Tennessee I do moat respectfully but earnestly protest against the exercise of joiiadiotion by the Doited Butea Commissioner and Marshal, without reference to the lion whether tho offenses are the p . subject of cognisance by the Dnited Butea Courts, but alone upon ground that the peace of society be more certainly preserved end righU of ritiaena as wall protected by oonoeding jurisdiction to the Bute CourU; and I therefore respectfully aak your Exoelleney to order that no farther smsU be made by the Marshal, and that the parties already in hie ens—a- v- ■ ■ *- the proper local punishment. I

Iba Uws and protect the citisens by thi officers of the State Government throughout the border! of this Bute, and believe the local authority ia ample to protect the people of every •* condition in life.

An “Agnarlnm Fight,” The inbsbiUnU of Havre seem to bo making bad nae of their fine aquarium, by netting octnpods and cougar aaU to Bghl A nnmber of spectators assembled the other day to witness the disgusting exhibition, '

by throwing out the inky fluid which ia their chief rtsonroo in the hour of danmt the eels knew where to find end a shocking seeno then The conger, seised the Uinta, ootopods in their powerful jaws, dragged the bapleea creatures round and round, UD their *—• — ' that a violent teUMUll^notliing' stssrS mda but their bag-like bodies, 4 victors then devoured. One ostopwd.alone distinguished iUelf by an cnargatio reaisU * * * tho eja of a hoe gar, the same, and tbs i

_ customer waa cmeof the Sist Captain Davis had to eecounter. ' i soon aa the harpoon had struck ha swiftly ran a abort distance nawater, carrying a line with him. Then turning in his course, he rose to tho surface, and rushed at foil speed.

„ u , „ , saw that the were not in immediate danger, and that third boat was approaching, he imming, and attempted to<

STORY OF THE WHALE.

a and men were aa brutal on the ‘ in which Captain Dana sailed __ first voyage ee on most ships in other serrioes. TbeoepUin • mleal masters, ant slaves. The rope’s-end arguments used to bring ralraetory sin- *- at-a- pa. The officers swore . and cheated them to their facet Tho men swore at tho offian under-breath, and were men protecting from uie captain's Cet-o'-uiue-The mutineers were imprisoned withont a trial by an ignorant consul of tea in one of the Hawaiwere released after many months by a war vessel. Quarrels, threats, blows, and desertions were of frequent occurrence, and out of the large crew that sailed from New Lon1 ily four or five returned homo in goodS' g, we should think, wuen u*p* tain Davis went lo act Bnt there waa ver a time when the erew refused to irk, or allowed a whale to pass witht lowering the boats and cheerfully king their lives in its capture ; and a a of grog was never sent to the foreitle nor s kind word said tbst did not awaken manifest gratitude in these poor aona of the sea. Considering all thlags, wa think that the sailors were ‘ ha blamed least. A pathetic incident related of the illness of e boy named _ .■era. He waa left alone end unattended, without nourishment or medial a narrow shelf in a fonl-amel-ermin-infested pantry. When the forecastle hands fonnd him delirious murmuring the words d aver again, “ Ob, now lonely so far away from home and friends 1—how lonely 1 how lonely I" And when he recovered consciousness he stroked the bend of hie comrade end continued In tho eame strain, “I should not mind dying near the shore in

tany hour babbling 1” powerful dose of Epfirst administered to the patient, end if that effected no improvement, e still more powerful dose of jalap followed, with tho objec* -• neutralising the salts. But if no medicine produced a favorable change, they were supplemented by a potion of calomel that either killed or eared. In the long voyage around Cape Horn to the sperm-whale ground there are few Incidents that have not been often dcaertbed before. The vessel is followed by the fiylng-flah, the pilot-fish, —* and In smooth waathdrilled in capturing e dummy whale. A spar is towed astern, 4 ■- greenhorns in the boats me-

of thebowoersa > the fastening line and alongside the enemy, to nee might be need upon the huge body. Bnt it waa impossible, owing to the increasing speed of the whale, and the aavage manner in which he tossed his flukes. The captain used an implement celled a spade, with the hope of severing the tendons m! bis tail, and so bringing him to; but the operation was unsueoeaaful, and ho ran vnUi undiminished speed, often rolling iS T th? 0 tot£.t?on antagonist. On- - —- the ordinary

he whale by

There she blows 1’’ The ship is unde. ■U during the day anly, and in tbo night she stands by under eloee-rr-*-^ n arrangement which e long watches below, and prepares them for hard toil during the day. The esplain and mates strain their eyes aa the waters, and the-humblest I hand ia not leas aealous and snx- . When at first the word ia heard • aloft, end ia repeated quick end

ee ere seldom

oft, the alacrity and preciaion

The American whale-boata, by the 3 , are unexcelled in beanty, speed) durability. They are twenty-eight feet long, ewelling amld-ships to six feet in breadth. The gunwr’*- •- twenty-two inches shore the keel ships, and rises with sn aooeb curve to tnirty-seven inches st end. The elevation of bow and - e dipper-like upper form, give e duck-Uke capacity to ride ad. ng wares that would fill and si cl isry boats. The gunwale and •re of the very beet timber, end IS heaviest parte,givings firmness e rest of the structure. The planking is of half-inch while eedar. We

compere, waif Bags on poles, and bandages for wounds. The harpoon is A barbed triangular iron, very sharp on 4 re, and the lanes ia a somewhat ' trument. There U

tnM, ud U .1 LI. £SS. r xci„ TaSTES: I... .I,.. sirs

The Physical Fall are of the Daw titans. Dr. .Nathan Allen, in ea interesting paper upon the decadence of the Hawaiian racs^makes the following oh-

I 1672 r

iberofitka MiaM-56.897-males 81 .«50, and females

2SJM7.

In 1820, when the missionaries first ndod upon these islands, the population was estimated at from 150,000 to 200,000, bnt may not hare exeeeded

re of the h

taking a bight of the line

of the boat.

In this instance," Davis tells ie bow oamsian bad been tnggini the line for an hour, but waa ntti tnable to get the boat in advance of Inkea of the whale. A little line might Loan' be torn through tho dinging isnda, almost taking tho flesh with it [his was certainly very aggravating to he excited captain, who waa a religions nan, and nnder his own vine and figtree, with none to rile him, I gneas he would average well in the p alienee line. But with all our troubles on this day, I iliere ha wished there had been no

n in a rippling oath.

••He waa a llttle hard on hll bow •reman, and rather more than hinted

eowsrdioe. This was too •ot Welsh blood, and with

others I brought the host right up to the iron in the whsle’s hotly, and coolly passed a bigbl around the thwart and made all fast. The captain was delighted to be held cp to bis work so wdl, and plied hie lance thrust after throat; but tbo brute eeemsd to beer e charmed life. He would not spout blood, end the little jets that oame from the lance holes ’ ’ not bleed a whalo to death mth. Oar boat buried her nose wares, end the bloody spray leaped over her aides as we swept right royally onward. Now our majestic race horse grew impatient at the captain'a prodding. He milled (turned) aeroae our course, and we ran plump S uet hie heed. •Sleek line 1' roared captain. ' Siam all, aleck line, end ml' He turned in his trucks to step of the bow oarsmen, feering the ••ard cut of the whale's jew, when saw that the line waa feat to the thwart. ‘ For God’s asks ent that line 1’

he ebon ted, as he sprang forward for the hatchet; bnt the loosened bight

went over the aide, as the whale came up under the ferward part of the boat,

and carried the bow dear out of the

er as he rounded slowly forward. At thia moment the oeplein end old Ben (the harpooner) occupied tho etern

KQ g i n the perilous mo-

re just mad enough to enjoy itsnt look with which the twr imen awaited the arrival of thi J flakes. Fortunately for all of ns, the blow was delayed s moment, and when the thundering — l —

fact, all .the advantages of a Christun civilisation teem to be enjoyed in n unusual degree by this people. But, notwithstanding these conditions, the population haskept steadily ie the oaMo^lt^cannot bo from any Ault or change in the dimate, which isa always been represented to be ronarkably pleasant and wholesome. It auinbt be for the want of good governneat or for any outward conditions hat are unfavorable to growth. It inrely has ' 4 *■— *“ ^ * -* food, as the plaint from provided it -, kind—cheap and healthy. There Uinly have been no wars, pestilence, earthquakes, famines, or calamities of that kind to account for this change. It is truo the small-pox. measles, and

n sny extraordinary m •e islands, especially u n, bnt there is no evidence m has been a steady decrease i

aa a raoe. they become extinct. Dr. Allen believes that tho great primary cause of thia ’ 1 ’

physical or nal agents

_l account of sn ami tried there, which sn iug to sdeutifie sad I

eiples: Mon

The other boats were out of sight, tho ship's bull could be dimly seen the leeward. For two hours more whale ran end fought with redoubled energy. The captain got long darts with the lanoe, but with no good effeot The Iron draw, and the victorious whale

•seed from us.”

It was nightfall wfae —-ew reached the vessel their comrades, whoso wrecked, were all safe on board. On “ - it day the green bnt plucky bow n was told that tn fastening the

Numerous stories oonld b Pi 1 ft 1 rroie daring of whalemen sad. tl . rowere of the game which’ the-lee An infuriated whale la a vastly mo terrible antagonist than the wildest and migntieat of land animals. Hia eoursgc b equal to hia power, and inat m record in which a sperm v defeating the mem in the boats, baa actuary rushed upon the ship, store in her bow, end sunk her. A boat or two lost is nsnally the smallest ooet • - encounter, and often the ere

high in the air by hb mom , with a bristling shower of

sir-aris’a.tsa — * * • * nan are etill pareued

jaws by diving under or Brawling over him, until one of the other boats baa — opportunity to dispatch him. Whale ! ’ |1„ . — — . . nM . nn . flu.

knows leas c! surgery t Greek. Amputations

K armed with carpenter's saws here knives, and wounds bandaged with canvas. If yon should ever meet an old whaleman yon may read in bb patches and scare the evidence of the -anifold perils of hb profession. In the pretty eemetery at Sag ilsrK, Long Island, there is a marble _jonnment bearing a touching record. It b in the form of a broken ship’s

waded- hawser twbti, end engraved upon of six captains of

whale ships belonging lo the town, ell of tbem nnder thirty yean of age, who died, within tan yean of aeab • tber, in actual encounter with the monstere of

the deep. An old whs’ escaped death several I ’ *'-• he only live

nonnmeat of God’s Infinite toy." We may also mention ~ ease of Captain James HnnUii nx am pin of e whaleman's end on > boat waa npaet and rolled t by a Urge sperm-whale, V rose to the surface ha was tangled in the line, and struggled to free himself, bnt before he e led he was jerked out of the eight s horrified shipmates. A bight of Fir ~

JT the less easing animal, ne a raw a

The Fleer of the Ocean. The voyage of the Challenger promlees to accomplish even more then wee at first anticipated in throwing light upon certain disputed questions in regard to the physios and natural history 4 '* globe. The sabjeet of ocean

the first n

portent geological problems • .v-! T noiation. Ot lo by Mr. Ah paper published in the

full two-thirds of the

— St. Thomas the sounding* indicated that the bottom of the Atlantic rises into a ridge about 800 Teueriffe, and that *—

depth was 1,500 fa sloped gently dor

750 miles

_ . of “Teueriffe it sank to a depth of till within 300 miles of Sombrero. A remarkable relationship was found to t between the depth and the char* r of- the dredgings. At 1.500 fathtfae dredge brought up globiserina >, multitudes of minute shells, and fragments of ooral, the whole composed

iavo been produced an tho A specially noteworthy eirenun waa tboabaence f s f u I

of 1,476 fathom* containing forty •0 probably increaaing rapidly he descent. Water thus eaturath carbonic sold will readily dis- _ paon therefore concludes that the uniform deposit of red olsy is simply the insoluble parts of myriads of shells,

iug lawsuit lately decided acoord-ilomon-like prinhad for a

neighbor a farmer m also possessed a turkey-ben, which a few weeks ago, hatched aut a brood of fourteen little onee. Boon after their th theae new comers suddenly disjesred.mnch to tho vexation of their tier, who sought in vain for tham in iry spot whither they could have eyed. Oue day the mother's oft repeated calls were answered by cries from the barn-yard of Farmer B . The police were called into consultation, aad on the suspected premise* found a cage containing ten little turkeys, whioh Monsieur C swore were his property. B and his wife both protested earnestly protested thi e innocent of any wrong, b iter was brought into tno c the trial, the Judge was puzzled r to proceed, but, ’’ ’’ 3

in the;

B-—, one iqsmouv new as u»m ana nicked them. The other lieu was then led into the arcana, and the voice ol waa londly eloquent. Spread wings, the old fowl nailed thr brood, end they took shelter In their

joy. The mother marched — — ... umph ; tho court'pronounced this proof decisive, an’d farmer B and bis wife were arrested, tried, and condemned tq two months’ imprisonment. The Seekers for the Pole. Another Arctic expedition has snffork other gallant Asatrian explorers, Payer Weypreeht, who have fast been rear from the ice fields of Spilibergen, — eeeded in reaching letitnde 83 degrees, having thus pcnctra 4 ’* miles nearer the pole I Parry. Bat this gain of fifteen mites * ' really nothing to onr geographical ___ ’ledge, while the real object -* explorers, that of sailing throof so-called Northeastern passage, v featod.. They saw nothing that ed in any way from the ice and -M water seen by former Arcti is, and it wonld he difflenlt to point a single particular in whioh aeieuce benefited from thei* bravery and

tie rxploratio tarried back a

a for the pole will

still IV been shown that no discoveries in direction can be made which will h

fit commerce, for the Jraam of ntilising the Aretie aeaa for the purpose of navigation, haa vaniahed since the Northwest Passage has bean fonnd to be praeUsslly impassable. Still, tile fact that no human being baa reached lbs pole, is a snffiaianl incentive to adven-

turous men to strive to suonsad win Parry and Kane and Hsyee and H —* -o many more bm failed.

kept np in the balls by the i barmaids and the colored porter*. The hembermalds began, work about six ’clock in the morning, tried every door to sea if the lodgers had riasn.-kept up a vigorous sweeping in tha passageways mini rooms that had been vacated, gaaatpad srith saeh other in a ton* loud enough to wake th* aohudest sleeper, and bustled about in a very disagreeable way until the’ colored porters appeared, and thia was th» eigual for battle. All tho disputes of the previous dsy were brongnt np and discussed with great ferocity on both aids- • tussle lor the possession ol a bro a bucket was not nnfrvqusnt ’ 7s7k. lo 9 a. m.. by wHoh tim

ing ia an excellent recipe for canning green com : Dissolve 2$ os. tartaric acid in one pint of wabw. Of this solo Uon naa one tesapoonfnl to every pint of sore, who. th. core is at Wing heat. When opened for naa add on* tasMpooafnl of aoda to every three pints of eon. Soma fruit has been poisonr 4

its of physical treography,

■ the Cfasllsr

m Hits, where the

pot into a finish ad sheet of plate glass are six in number, and may be described under tbs heads of molting, rolling, annealing, grinding, smoothing, and polishing. The pots arc of StonrIge day, made on th» premise*, and fltlad with the mixture, the chief ingredients of which are silica, sand carefully dried, lime, eulphats of aods, broken white gleaa. and a little arsenie. The sand is obtained from Germany. After remaining ia the furnace for about

table, and the roller passed quickly r it. Tho glass commences to solidify almost immediately; and while "lick tenacious condition, and of a olden tint, ia rapidly transferred aa it may now bo termed, is

rerel, containing about a dose inding stones, or, more properly ds or tables, upon which the plate i d flat. The grind’— * *-

are nniversslly dealt-

mli7«‘in* J o!

gradually losing its calcareous ol * tr as it passed Ipwer down, first calciferous slste,^ and S' 1 * 11 ! ' French people have s knack of Ing a little go a great way. In the first place, not an ouuoo of food is wasted harvesting or preparing for market, the next place, not an ounce moreoi vegetable, floeh, flah or fowl, grooeriet or liquids, than is really needed, evoi goes into the pot or kettle, or is olscei •uSbe table. Tho wife of every Frenol ’’ r knows to.* nicety, what qaanti each kind of food ia the less

ltitles ore not bought as to become i or spoiled in the ocllor'or pantry, 'ants are never permitted to waste Mil food for poor relations, as in irics. The nousewifo looks after _ marketing, her kitchen, and her pantry, with sharp rye* and nnflaggiug --a. Tho economy in tbeoonsnmpa of fuel for cooking and houscrmiug ia immense, as compared with t in our wasteful country. One rea-

Hanafaetnre of Plats U

Tbs Early Whale Fisheries. In su article on tbowhale fisherie*. exchange ' " "

mafie in A:

James Ix. r . _ design of while catching on the i of Nantucket. That la to aay, Ji engages to be a third in all rasp and some of the town engages on ither two-thirds, (u a like manner.' This litii* apark kindled a great f has burned around the world. Work woo begun

the rolling ; U Xn 0, fi£

lined together *grindin**uri

ty, indi

ikst employed ten vessels of 100 1 ih. In the year —~~ " her had increased ithin twelve raonuia more a^mauoiu-1 to . urtni; nioom., meet fresh and gs», rom Nablocket, 7 w«w*in search of , Fin* us with theoghuMlovaaoawaat aaiSsj. ■hales oft the nearest and more distant | l-i n.T’.hridK—«P»ri^romA»^j ^.F^ ^ of that material one-third. The British ■ plained of a young man for insulting government-had already thus far ex-1 Llm by asking if "it was cool up pended'the extraordinary sum of XI,-i there.” “ J Governmental telegraphy in O.-est Britain last year yielded the msgntfiDeolention of Independ- j P *‘ 0 “ 1 ' OQ ‘ * °* them, and | . s^. .f bounties. They offs

*m by eh

» beds,

ing shift

□ing uuderuei also capable of ipte slot cout.

is lo musk user any part of if tbo sheet as required.

grinding beds ore of stone, and mi ire about 16 feet by II feet. ' naterials used os the grinding agents ire coarse sand, fine sand, and 1 jet of water plsyr on the sut

bo sheet during tho whole

■ l r "-

*0*1* /Seother

On entering -eated by tbo reddish

Predatory CBIckeni

with Pitman’s ehicl

planted anything in our little garden, those chickens of Pitman’s wonld creep through tho fence, scratch out the sood.

plained to Pitman. He was not il posed to interfere. ‘ Adeler,’ he sa •I tell you it doe* ’em good ; and does the beds good to be raked over ohiokena. If I bod radishes, give chickens to scratch around them a eat up the worma. . Radishes ti been aOroiehed iua’t worth Then wis climbed over the fei e determination to taka the I We procured ha

hook, ‘riira" the eom on th the end* of t oky rocket wo

The Fair Lunatic, •o of misplaced sympathy.

stantly began to devou were ready ; and as i—

It is

isko s mistake than to be hird-hearted II the time. A Legislative Committee isitod an inssna asylum recently. One of the fatherly Senators, stepped _p to one of the young lady attendants,

and said,—

•• My poor girl, do you know how

mg yo* have been here f"

The •• poor girl" smiled, and replied.

Nearly s year."

“ How long do you .th have to stay ! ’ continued he asms sympsthstio tone.

Well, sir,” ooutinned the fair lunatic, •• 1 shall probably stay till they atop —y wages, or I get married;" and the

alked away, laughing.

The kind-hearted Senator looked after bar with tears ia hia eye*, and mur-

thlag I poor thing I"

regarded os probable that no barayar Yowls that have existed aiuoo tho day* nfc Noah ever proceeded toward the aznre vault of heaven with anoh rapidity aa those did. A fizz, a few ejatmlalory eaekles. a puff 4 " '

fair to th

ron, and L

laughed till al

The Crop Returns. The September retnraa of the Dnited is Lea, Department of Agriooltro indicate an average condition of 93, against 95 in September, 1873. - - verage of tha crop is 7 per cent * than last year, which wonld bring the aggregate yield to rly an average on last year's acreage, the New England and Middle Stales above average. All the Atlantic and Gulf Slates are below enrage, except Alabama, which is 10L The inland S mthern States sre all ebon sver'irkansaa presenting the maximum a whole noun try, which is 12a i of the Ohio river mast ol the counties not visited by toe ofainch present saperior wheat crops. Ohio, Michigan end Indiana ere above average. IHinoi* 2 per cent, belnw. Wiseonsin is red need 23 per cent below by drought, end chinches. West of the Mississippi drought, intense beat, inds, chinches and grasshopper* reduced ail the Butts below average, except Missouri. The Pacific Butea are above avenge. Sanaa Button—In tbs governt of Plsskon. in Russia, a latter circulated whioh reported that the government intended to sent 5,000 of the prettiest girls of the country to Africa to be married to negroes. Thera

end thm were any number of riagsa. Otto brandy dealer m anudl fortune ont «4 it, tor st Hi Ming* they .must hare brandy. Now authorities have diaeo.srad that

.□ragcans mu island of Nai

ha were allowed to import their good ee of duty aud to compete for all th remiumo. The pertinacity of tho got -nment appear* as strange as the are: on of the aallors to an exciting servic i which they might be expected t

y their government, and depended o □eir own resource* alone. Their am esa elicited a brilliant eulogy froi iurke in the Eoglioh Parliament; au u the Arctic mud Antarctic, the Pouf nd the Atlantic, they were unrivale

pluckiest, and r they carried on

85.000,000.

tneket whalemen yimrod of tl

200,000 ton*. They

the auccess of the Nann is strikingly stated in •Ska. They practiced

labor were conducted by those iman itely interested in the voyage. 7 Bcaaoncd wood, lest they mightJcak nil in the long voyage ; the blacksmith forged tho choicest iron in the shank of the harpoon, which he knew, perhaps to° th^aererraV teat^n wrenching and twisting as the whal-', in which ho bad toe 11 rope - m ak e*r ■ f a it h fa H y* te a tod eacli that it wonld carry 200 pound* ol strain, for he well knew that one weak inch in bis worx might cause tho losool

a fighting and girl* wl bored in th

or oue dearer yet

called him a "thing.*”

Praaideat Mshan. of Adrian College, Michigan, has received a check for $!,-

that Buzz iris did!

d. ami th* ground planted in The first crop 'ha* made it* *p- ( ice, aud is a hybrid. The atalk, blades, and cob reoemble corn, while ■e kernels on the oob are grains of The following epitaph appears on a tombstone in Thompson. Cuuneotient: Hero lies the body of Jonathan Biehrdson, • • • who never soenficed i« reason at tbo altar of auperati'iou’a od, and who never believed that Jonah wallowed a whale." •• And now," said a political orator, arming up aa he approached the Umax of hi* apeech, " let us oouduot

“h\ l ^rik“ , oW^ , Z gronmf ng the crop in shocks has no • effeot upon the grain. If cut

crop ia topped or left until it ia dry. Tho "lock-out” of English farm laborers, whioh lias recently some to an id, lasted 18 weeks, and co.t the Ns..jual Laborers’ Doion $123,000. Two thousand four hundred men were lockd ont; of^T *- *

10 still unemployed.

A French Deputy has, a valet who

lo tho clothing r

r* stitches wore lovingly

rown to to save ths loss of a buttoi tho ripping of a aeam." Thus It wei

ly enjoyed bjr those ougeg,

. j tie»J w, re soaUeredto* wl i radish bed, and

A Consi

re just reo— - —

Hakodate, says a Japan correspondent, of a terrible murder committed - -

place—the victim being Mr. Hi German Consular Agent for 4 ‘-

wss taking the town, wl rudely by s'

edXskt ’ " '

could got. The rocket

itood in a frame about 10 yard* away

books. That very morning

u ton

is over, aud in.

uTiTan

all awalloi

it no barnyard

r * ^tld,

> cup of water dashed it Dpon thia, Mr. Haber, being unarmed, aud thinking — 44 — gettiur —' “ *■

•pe .by ru The Japan

The b

tug him

to piece*. Tne Ji.

■uched Mr. Haber’s watch from- his pocket and then deliberately proceeded 4 4 he polios station, confessed th ’

I urrondered hlmrolf, giving li i aa evideuoe of the deed. ed that he waa from Akita, ol

West Coast; that he had been In Ha-

kodate but a few day*, all hia money ; that on suing one of toe godi

An Effective Rebuke. Rev. Mr. Borrewuot waa a moat exeellent man, but he had hia troubles. For inatauoe: In hi* congregation were two young ladles who were in the habit of whispering end giggling during service. One Sabbath afternoon, during xermontime, these heretofore irrepressible • 'i Ml to whispering more londly iual—so loudly that they disturbed the ' ' ‘ ~ *■

_ observe two young IsdieSfTla-Uie congregation engaged in oonvehKtioti. ' ish to be polite to ladies, so I will Interrupt tbem with my preaching. ■When they have concluded I willre■framed his dislodies were net of whispering part of others

eiguer that he saw after he fait hil self reedy for the deed, be obeyed t divine commands. Whether tho m

The minister soon i course, aud aald young ’ effectually cured

The project for removing the remains f Andrew Jackson from their resting r lsoest tho Hermitage to the Capitol grounds at Nashville, Tenn., has revived a oheek by toe reproduction of a old letter of the General's, written unng his last illness. In it he wrote : I have prepared sn hnmble depository for my mortal body beside that wherein

ompwk pared s, II when my God colls ms to sleep with my fathers, to bo laid for both of — — *-

wa, I hope, shall rise It

that port. en ho was wo-sword-

Fayiug no attention he The Japanese asked s

e follow.

at him dow

him, and, draw-

irully ha

foreigner, ss the foreigt i*use of ell the troubl i hi* country ; that meel

•ing ths first for-

Hakodate to investigate thr affair. Habor was a young man, and had only arrived at Hakodate the preceding

Seeklag A Her Sold, I ills are invited to read the f It ia told in a letter from English emigrant narrating tha terrible ' 4 ’lips and •uffrrlnga of the advenwbo were indoeed by glowing re-

•lowly

digging*. Th rooovenng from a deadly attack of fever, and oousiderod himself fortnato to have escaped alive. On tbeir way to

the mines they

wrecked, and had to throw overboard

seventy-six borsee. Finally, how mines were reached, and in om writer seenred about twenty-two bus worth of gold, and the fover. „.tor being confined to bed for days ha started to walk to tba nea

miles. Hia only proriaiona were alt pound* of flnnr and four ouness of ton. On tba way be counted many fresh E ras, end all made rinoe he went np road two week* before. Bomr * eling alone bad loin down and and their bodies if not too far c

. Jf thoaa who went •ueJ hundreds perished; atm 1 to lion, aome by drowning,

ssre- hands of the natives, be* — _

. The trip east the writer £140,

-ii x- --lit!—j ,i,„ sa IOm

very loud, and -s

At si

was conducted by the proprietor seat st the table d’ho'o with all ra, while the Deputy himself w«a tad to the servant*' ball, where his known wit act the table in a roar,

day he was promoted.

Brief colloquy in Texts between a tourist and a n.tivs : •• My friend.why ' it everybody in this country thiuku neoessxry to carry one or twojevolTexan, 41 you might travel 'around here • good long time and not wont a weapon; >nt when you do want a pistol tn thia xrantry you want it like fury.” The beat apple butter ia made by Meling, oaring and slicing, aelrotad - iweet apples and stewing them in tweet ndev. Very little of tbi* eort^of epplo bulk of that sold is.made from sooondratc apples, peeled, alieed and slewed, and sweetened with brown ougar. A large quantity of anoh butter ia made and sold for ship's atorea for nae by

Maine,

" ' from too cu

pting to otim e entangled. 1 in anoh a t iricate bin

Henderson, of Ralfast ieen year. old. ha* jual effeot of injuries receiver

for a:

ing freely from the nose and I waa weak from loaa of blood, Intodeoline. i meet fastidious of

•xpuoged the following beautiful ms from the undying Elegv. Been Lord Bjron eald lu hit dlaiv, February 27, 1921 " I wonder tnet Gray could had the heart 1

tba new fiasrane* uf lb* bnMtliii*! luae, qastr Hie UiMhlu* vUiisg* aa It groaa enrioua incident reoenlly occurred Western train. As the cars were ing away from the Terre Haute •t, a pretty young woman osma l the ladles' oar, and, rushing into the •qwk.inre.oar, frantically appealed toevcArody to stop the train. Catching sight of tbeoonduotor. *he exclaimed, piteously. ‘•Me. Conductor, do K iae atop the train 1 I’ve left my yl" The train wa* slopptil and the baby recovered, amidst the hearty oheers of the people on the platform and the psoaenger*; and while the yonng mother laughed aud cried and hugged her little one, she tried to explain how the baby waa stub a new one •a-, -a- •—int got used to it.

guardian, or other per on. having oon•—1 or charge of any child between the .of eight and thirteen year*, ahail ■te anch child to attend aome pnblio private aohool at laaat twelve weeks 1 X ... X. 1 M .I

ThU attondan child’s mental or physical oo impaired. Instead of the a the child may be inatruotod at bom# in branol.ee commonly taught at the publie sohooL If the person having charge of such a child neglect thi* dutv he will forfeit twenty dollar* to the aohool district. Thi* penalty may be nmovs^dwaSx'Trr.^r.

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