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Show J the ' lust t t!;0 1 t.! it iii. A'mo't everybody knows old rr,an He is a tall, lank v. itii shoulders line a drome-darys- Ills face is long, like that ot a horse, r.inl lie r.as black hair, streak-f- j on his head, with a tuft with on his chin. Old man same of the wears neither mustache gtiingfeilo-.s, being very p irticular nor hausen at least twice a week, shave to undergo! r.g soma pain, and twisting his long face into all manner of cona circus clown tortions which (Stiingfebow. that tOf? : if !g oil rest 're to won tn aria t press, box summer sleeves it3 no mere the stick and mud chimney. The shed attachment accommodates the boys, Bill, Ben and Jim. Occasionally a belated traveler will stop at the Stringfellow mansion and ask for a nights lodging. He will be invited to light an come in, and when he has done so will be treated with primitive hospitality. These people are poor and unedu-catebut there is a spirit of independence about them that nothing can conquer, and so long ns their potato hanks hold out atd their razor backs come home, to pick up a little fut in the lield alter the crop is garnered, and then pay tribute to the larder, they care not for king nor kaiser. They never treat anybody, mo matter who be may be, as anything mere than an equal, and would shew no difference to the c.ar of all the Russians should be chance to travel their way, with all lii-- cortege. Should he stop lie would be invited to light, and the boys would ask about the price of potatoes in town, the old woman inquires as to market value of eggs, while the girls stood by and giggled, and the old man put in a request for a chew of tobacco that is, if they did nob mistake the whole affair for a circus as, like as not, they would. They had walked fifteen miles once to see a circus all except the old woman, who rode a shaggy pony about as big ns a yearling caii, and with more hair on his hide than llesh under it. I happened to be a cuest of the Stringfellow family once. Finding myself near their residence one night, when it was so dark that I could see nothing but the glimmer of a light in their cabin. I rode for it through brush and brier, and when I reached it halloed m the usual country style. Immediately the light, which came from the open door, was shut oil by two human forms, and I was bid tc light an come in. The family was just preparing to eat supper, and a savory mess of pork and potatoes weie being dished op. I was invited to join them in their meni. during which I was pumped pretty dry of all I knew about the affairs of the town, which was too far off to be visited by any of them very often. But to this I did not object, knowing that such information as I could impart was all I would have to pay lor the entertainment of myself and beast which had been led od by one of the to share the stable of boys the shaggy pony so I let the ripple of my talk flow in a continuous current, turning on my inevitable valve at the same time, to give a sparkle to pain facts indispensable to make them enjoyable. During the evening I gathered from he whispering and giggling going on among the young folk that there was some mystery alloat something in hich they all seemed more or less interested and when they had gone to fed (the old woman had retired immediately after fiupper, getting into one of the beds without my knowing anything about it ui til I heard her goring) old man Striugfellow me after a rather peculiar fashion of his troubled place of n all the 'a input export-i- l in the it on the ion took I have a nkle as of my hand sus-- , can open move niv have nnv ectly from foot alter liil: that is g from the ienee now. y leg thus, of Lisle") ,n my foot, lore where ig toe will then I will at leads to vp precisely hail not eg- this? the wl mat-ne- ami as count for it stem. Tiie y hand and "working in m is out o5 now at the is itching v rubbing ndginallyto iirt. rub it sensation it y imagina-- mu- the sing jointly, v leg that that muil the toe eel e who claim g bothering "interred? caused tion, rves, and the of the body and place, al- buried, often 5 ug, and otherwise-- : vere cut off nine days," nnv sympa-- l the distiiem-- t think I car--? t chilly, hut, Itle toe has; vill have to; art) off his his leg an-- ,; I'oledo Jour-- uicidc, mention! 3 a b f own. "f family Well, American ,r received alls tend, stay. The - tha-- . iftlio fact of blood exist Mr-i esterday Httles cage an intention: ,1m lie had They wh- - vav ake als . rniainin v oe-on- t e, Jl , vitlice two iptiniethp m IWllV in id this is !, the dfft nb those Cr trSH lakes r youll had already told him my name :a.f a dozen times, and he hail often Remembered it, so I did not repeat told him I proposed to stay a act which I supposed ho was already cognisant of. Tes, he said, tubbing his long jaw-'onj e to the desti of the lisre-membe- 1 fa there the iting- from stranger, he said, I yer name. I reckon nunige g.ar--liv- -l the an though von w u. n t b.dden, es 1 said afore y it, - o tllit oi Welcome an a honored Am I was in no partivulaj limav C" to ;u'tvl't al' un nation" soI 10 mi, iy given, an lai 1 down on the the1 pT' ' U on 'Readout tor my acvmnmodat ion. thinking of tne happy gohuky way m ' !KOj,'e I the country get mar- ried Abont noon the next dav the -ues who had lie-- n bidden to fte. rive-so- -ne on loot, some 011 Ion- gel noises a..,d -- ome on short legged pomes, while others came in rickety wagon-- drawn by oxen that looked as thougn they might have been imported from the kingdom of and from tbaftime out thereLillipiu was f:m and feasting that is, if potatoes and pork served in various ways can be said to constitute a feast. About sunset a man reeling drunk rode up and was helped off his horse How are yer ledge? said mine host. Hffo, Stringier, said the ied-- e, looking round stupidly at the a's.em-blewho were laughin' and giggling, winch's th cued? W by, you aint in co'rt. jedge, This here's a Stringfellow. marriage ftas yervecome to yer've come here to marry my to gals, Mane an Merier." That s so," said the iedgo, rubbing his head. I kuowed th wuz somii'n I'd come fur. Les bgin. U ell, come inter the house fust, said the old man. All right, cmon, and with a lurch and a tack the speaker got inside the door, when he fed sprawling on the floor, lie was helped uti and given the back of a chair to stea'dy himself , 1 1 bt-'-- d roomy enough, he and Hr?. Stringfd-looccupy one bed, and the three girls Nancy, Gin, for Jane, and Metier another, and here all the cooking is done in the wide clay fire- r trouble mus. 1:11' cue-sts- He lives in a log cabin oi one room, with a shed attachment, and has a wi'e and six children, equally divided as to sex. In the room, which is tp numb in frrailu- kt'll. boon winter, only legs. qn'l'iiTn'e Mr. Hob. looking , hooted up with suspenders galluses he calls them almost to his armpits, making him look at a little distance like some queer animal with very long rieml of fi both t or tea of the . id think, iiterview follows; 1 and to be a h-- changing tee gat ment of hickory for the garment of wool as the seasons pantaloons being vary lbs jean of sail ipoa im- - Rate linr.ng the operation, owing to the stiff nature of the crop, lie is reaping and the dullness of the instruHe selment with widen he works. dom wears a coat, going in bis eiiirt inie ap 'here a I e, whi-k-r- Mi'll t Tricks or the Bultiu? Ram. r:'v s U'h ; COUNTRY WEDDING. A t anj , d by. v u!'h an Th :s 'eres th dogondes StrmgfTer, onernes ver seed, he said. Stan p, pris'ner." I tells yer this here aint no cort jedge, said old man Stringfellow, to get nettled, an1 my gals aint no prisners. Oh, well, ts all same, said the Stan p, gals, n hole p right jedge. flo I lian. Wats, thet fur? To heve an t hole,, went on the asked Nancy, as she and her si. ter and the two bridegrooms stood up in a row. Guilty nr not began the jedge. and then recollecting" himself: l)o everlast-inlyswa- r you, pointing at Nancy, to take this here young fler, pointing to Meriers affianced. No, I dont, said the gid; thets jedg. No, I dont. repeated Nancy stamping her foot. "Yer dont? No, I dont. Then t's case nol pros, an' thi3 here cort journed. Look a here, jedge, said the girls father, I done tole yer this here aint weddin no cort this thats wat it is, dont yer onnerstan? Yesh, thats all right-- ole man, Y'sse I knowed 1 lied said the jedge. a case t try an got sorter confused. Lps g back an bgin over. Wats weddiif's name? men wats gal's an tlers name? Thars two gals." said the old Nanc an Merier Stringfeller, man. an thevs a going to marry Dick Dander an Pete Pringle. Thar they stans right alore yer, now go ahead." "All right. Dyou, Nanc, take tlii3 here Pete he said Nanc, "No. I shan't, aintYer dont any shant: thet pears to be bout ail yerre guilty v, pris-ne- r, said the jedge, relapsing into court jargon, an dont see noch'n t do but scharge you. Gives a drink, Striiufler; corts journed. Stringfellow was at his wits end, though his son, Bill, said it was as good as a circus, and the company in general seemed to be highly delighted with the general performance. There appeared to be no possibility of keeping the jedge on the right tack, and the court was about to be adjourned sine die. sure enough, when I suggested the repropriety of complying with his quest, and Giving the legal functionary a dram, which might brighten him up long enough to enable him to go through with the ceremony properly. Accordingly he was taken into the shed room, where the boys slept, and in a few minutes came out again with his face wreathed with smile. I may use the exore3sion in the very truth in this case, for every feature seemed to be twisted this way or that with a smile of its own, so that he presented a most comical appearance of would be affability. ... He was hurried to the front while went he when the steam was up, disthrough the usual formula m a collapand immediately way jointed sed and was put to bed, where ho lay by snorin" through all the noise made out the young people, oniy shouting occasionally. Silence n cort. The frolic lasted all night, the cabin, from which the beds had been remova ba ed, being transformed into in one corner of winch an old a rasping crippled negro sat scraping or fiddle and calling out the figures voice stentorian a with darice the cracked.-Rob- -ert that was somewhat Times DemoOrleans New Boggs in a . o y . $2 and 11 . D Mr. Matfbercson, for a ration, to tro around with h.m. and show lum some of the cl.oiMT iarms that ut re for sale in the neighborhood. Mr. Muthewsnn and when the two had started out laiiiy ou their ml- - ion the confederate sharper appeared, in the accustomed guise of a glib tongued young fellow, :tb a leg pile of greenhjo ks, and a trick playtd with tlni-- cards that was all the rage among New T ork bet t ing men. The mi indie w as snecitally played np to the pi ilt that Mr. Mattl.ewson won $2.."i(0 of the glib young man's money: but it was paid over to him he must show up a pk,. amount to prove that he could and would have paid if lie con-iil- (' ;i I !' bis vir-iuti- training: wl i, h h lias re, eived from tin formers s. in. iii iirv. The rani did year-ol- d not show a to feitt anybody until lie was nearly two years old. when young: 1 Dairy took it into bi' to him and te.n-- liini to lie began ,y pbvhig- - l.i-two lists iuga'ai't the ram's forehead and pusiiiitg- w jiff all bis might, now lo-a- . and then barking away a short and making pro oking motions at the ram. and then rushing up and bitting him on tiie bend with the heel of bis boot. The ram hadnt been trailed in this wav for more than a fortnight before he got in the notion of fighting bark, and young Heiirv was tii k.eil oval bis stirress ns a traiin-rAfter the ram had got to lie pretty 1'ioss the farmers son made him still more so by jumping behind the end of a wagon or sleigh just as the rani was about to butt him, and then the big sheep would give vent to bis anger and disappointment with a sort of w bine and grunt com- dis-tain- -e isl e con-ente- le-ioi- lo-e- i v r. 1 i- il, - laid been the , WOMEN AND TICER3. (XEEESr C022ENT. rra;.ve of Feminine Exploits in Four Came. Big tramps were arrested a. Baginj , he nl!l ,,f bagging t CT3 in Beading, Fa., in the midst of a Ne;u'ff - jsv ir to the country, says feast nt which ice cream ".'ML 'l , j j j !U JuLi in the Ninetix-it- 'cut ay. mid Las i..:s gro it a dv. 1:1 tag J lest e:ie i nearly always suec ia any tiger which ha- - oeen mark-Jmvn. Oi.r trieuff whj is quietly Ge.'iin - the lia'.T.iUi li ate la- -t night In; lying not far from his kill. Iso we tulvane with some two or throe l.i.ndrei elephant-- , in a line an y ciom 111 up him, shoulder to rh i.ilder, in a huge ring, from which e !ia- sin .11 chance of sc.tpe. As the circle contnais n fairly large piece of j ingle .1 "shikari ooes iu on liis elephant to ascertain exactly where the tiger is lying, and having found him at h" six guns, dispo-e- d on three howdah e eplumts advance for the fray. Tho- -i wh are accustomed to tiger shooting an think no more of bagging Ma-eeStrip s with a well placed bullet t.vun mist do of knocking' over u woodcock in n homo cover w ill not realize tic- anxious feeling one experiences when for the first time one is perched on top of nn elephant, poking about in a tniek undergrowth and expecting to see a tiger IhiuihI out ut every bush! At last out he rushes with a mighty roar, and dashes round and round the ring, vainly trying to force iiis way through, while ail the elephants trumpet loudly, with their trunks in tho air, an their mahouts shriek and yell, so that one requires all ones nerve to tire and hit him un ler such alarming circumstances. But it is really a case of now or never, and I take a shot at a tigeresi as she is galloping by, ami am lucky enough to hit her in the buck with my first shot, and again in the shoulder w ith my second one, whereupon she charges straight at our elephant, but only to receive death blow from a seeon 1 rille in the howdah. One cannot help feeling sorry to see such a noble beast laid low, but so great are tho rejoicings when she is brought triumphantly into camp, thrown across an elephants back, that ones regrets are soon forgotten in the pride and delight of having shot ones first tiger. After this first day's sport wo continue ti have good luck, especially that day when, quietly moving across country with a line of elephants, we manage to surround five tigers. On entering tho ring we first only catch sight of one tigress, which is cleverly hit in the shoulder by Mrs. Durand; then, to our astonishment, tigers seem to crop up in aU directions one pair of green eyes glare from beneath the grass ut one point, and then yet another pair a few yards on. so that finally we realize the-- e are four big cubs, beside i tho tigress, galloping among our elephants iu the ring. Such a how ling, growling, snarling, shouting, trumpeting, and firingo t of rilles can never have been heard before. Wounded an 1 furious flic tigers take refuge in a small nullah, and there is some diflieu'ty in finishing than off; but at last all live are ours, and piling them o.t t veriouselophants we return to ramp in the fading light, the sun sinking peacefully in aglow of crimson and gold behind the trees, while the rises in the oust nnd nwo.i glints through the dark bough? won I we our way homo. as Ini 1 out our livo Bythocamp-firer.r- o tigers, and it is with sumo pride we examine their soft, golden winter coats nnd discuss again and again by the lliekering light the experiment of tho days sport. w l 1 graff-c.tii- 111 1 1 r - 1 be-bi- r, r, h-- Thean-aeond- d barn-yar- r red-lett- e, 11 A post-offic- e one-hal- 1 ln-- r one-four- th farm-buyin- Getw Don Carlos Bl ei.l is living a retired life in tiie little village of Airdrie, in McLcnu county, Ky. Here the old soldier passes a contented existence in a beautiful home on the bluffs ot Green river. From the windows of his library be can see for miles up and down the river nnd over the territory beyond. iiu-w- e . Sharp-Witte- d cake and other dainties figured, and the tramp who provided the layout was found to Lave $208 in liis clothes. W the farmer's bank book was in the kteping of liis wife, and on his way to the bank to draw the required sa.riiio he called on her for it. Her curiosity was excited, and she inquired why he wanted it. lie explained, not omitting to brag of hisextraonlinary sagacity in picking out the right card every time and winning such a heap oi money ns $2,000. Prudent Mrs. Matthewhad some difficulty in persuading her debined. Abuig in the winter Grandfather luded husband that be was dealing Doolittle, who lives ini lie adjoining with rascals, who were bent on robtow nship. came over to bis sons farm bing him of his $2. .TOO by violence ii to stay for a week. On his visit to necessary. After waiting for their victim past the appointed hour the the barn yard the rain sailed up him, and sent him sprawling on two sharpers decamped from the ids hands and knees into the divp neighborhood. snow, and young Henry, who was peeping through a crack 'in the shed, Rig Venezuelan Snakes. chuckled till the tears rolled down There are many serpents, both venhis checks. It hurt the old omous and a little, blit thealtitude he gentleman harmless, but the former was forced to assume just after the ram's head predominate. The came in contact with him was so com- called here araga vena do, or ical that Henry would have laughed is very common and if his grandfather's injuries had been a to an size. enormous grows twice as severe. After that the old is of the carried same as the a fork gentleman species with him and whenever he strolled boa, but is n wuter snake. The flesh around the and ever time of the anaconda is very white and the ram started to rush at him, he held the fork pointed at his assailant. tender, and in many parts of the The ram never ventured to run his country is much esteemed ns food. head against the sharp tines, and af- Consul riuinacher says that many ter awhile he ceased to look upon the foreigners who have eaten it inform old nmn ns a proper subject for bis him that anaconda meat is very palattacks, and left him entirely alone. atable. Neither the boa nor the anTiie other d;iv Henry's trained ram ran against a snag, and is now tem- aconda is venomous, but their constrictive powers render them terrible porarily a cripple. Aliel Gliase, a adversaries. rattlesnake bark peeler, was passing through the abounds in theThe savannas nml lias pasture on aslant cut to the bark been known to reach a length ol woods. The flock were huddled in a , viejita, tihollow near the center of the field, eight feet. The nmcaurc-land are the ger snake, nmpanare and Chase was striding straight to- chief poisonous snakes. The last ward down the hillside with his ax on his shoulder, trudgingalong with- named is found in great numbers in in a few yards of the sheep, when the trees along the river banks. Canoes in passing through narrow openings, rani stealthily approached him from where the branches overlap above, him a behind, gave tremenduous are sometimes surrounded by these thump in the back, and sent him serpents. Although very venomous headlong down the steep hill. Chase's they rarely attack if not molested. knees w ere skinned when lie got up, is a very peculiar and he was as mad as a hornet. The The solmdora in some similar to snake, resprets ram made for Rim again, and Chase the mythiest lioopsnake of the struck at bis bead with the states. It is not poisonous, lie aimed to low, though, lor the linited hut when enraged will givechase, and, helve, instead ofluuding 011 the ram's reachingthe object of its anger, head, struck him across the right upon whether man or beast, places itshead foreleg and broke it. The ram then upon the ground, nml. with its long, limped backto the Hock on three legs. hiplike body, inflicts a severe flaAfter the snow laid gone tiffin the Globe Democrat Special. gellation. spring, a neighboring farm boy, whom Ilenry had an ol grudge How She Took Care or Jloncj. against, came to Farmer Doolittle's to boiTow an augur. The cattle and Albanians who entered the Adironsheep were in a small lot near the dack region last summer via North I I h With Scales I.IVf Silysr. barn, and there was a mud puddle in Creek and is a fish known to naturThe little the at tarpon village stopped the lot. Henry got the boy to go over anil look at bis pet heifer that to look nftertheirmail will notlorget alists as megalops tbrissoldes, ranging from fifty to two hundred pounds in was chew ing her cud close to the pud- the pretty young woman at the f to from four and dle, and while the neighbor lad was who nnswered their inquiries weightsixand foot in length; n't unlike a over heifer on the the back and patting and did it sowed. $he was the daugh- ero.s between a huge herring, to which admiring her, the ram dashed up be- ter of Postmaster Sheehan, a neat, family it belongs, aul a huge blue fish hind him and drove him headforewith largo most into the mud and water; The jaunty, business like miss, and the in its goneral proportions; and an mouth lad wallowed out sputtering and entire management of the post office protruborant oneyesthe fishs ugly nos i, si to that optns blow ing, and covered with mud, and seemed to be in her hands. More speak, covorel on either sid3 with a Henry w iped off his clothing with than one visitor made the comment hard bony semi circular flap that gives straw and declared that lie was go- that she herself ought to be post- the effect of a jowl. Behind anil coning to hopple the unruly ram before master, ns she filled the place so well. tiguous to the dorsal fin is a sort of Not long since neglect was charged bony bayonet calle tho feather, sortn nightfall. Early in June Scranton fisherman, ngainst Postmaster iSlielian in not eight or nine inches long, that prointo the air in the direction ol w ith a creel full of trout, was trampforwarding las money statements to trudes tail forming an acute angle with ing across Farmer Doolittles sheep the Albany office. Investigation was the covpasture late in the afternoon, and made by a postoftice inspector and tho line of the back. The body isscales argentine the first thing he knew he was hit in Miss Rlielian to liis amazement, when ered with brilliant give tho fish tho cIToctof having the back and driven against a stump, asked to account for about f 1,200 which laved in silver, an 1 which Lava his basket and tackle Hying this way ol the post office funds, produced n been won for it tho title of the Silver Kiug and that. He was very much astoni- shoe box, in which she had the money These scales, which aro circular and shed, and when lie looked around to packed away in various strange re- slightly scalloped on the part of the in mischief had the what S(e given ceptacles. She had made it a habit edge that is overlapped, vary from one him such an uncalled for blow, the to carry the money with her to and inch to two inches and a half in diameram was backing oft' to butt him from the office, and Tiie novel bank ter. silvery epidermis covtho portion exposed again. The fisherman whaled the proved to be a good deal more se- ers only of rum with his bundle of rods, and the cure than some iron or steel safes which is about circumference. The the remaining fractious beast trotted off. have been. Miss Slieban impressed yellowish white mi those who met her with her ability surface is a slightly in hue not to mother of dissimilar Wife. to take care of herself and to run her Saved by liis pearl, though withonght it? iridos .mce, Journal. father's Y. New York bun. corr. ) Albany postoftice. Middletown (X. translucent but not transparent, and shiny on the inner side. They are An audacious gang of bunco fiber. An American B onian. hard, thin, and of shell like g sharps have been playing the After being removed from the fish and A tfie that Boston lady, knowing dried, they curl up so as to retain one game in the central part of if moistenthe state. The gang lias among its translation of Dante had just then of a Saratoga chip,1. but will, lin at le ist f or and comprmse ed the rag that and havingbenrd members a woman richly attired and appeared, a short time their former shape. The of ladylike address, who plays the aged monarch (the king of Haxonv) extreme brillian :y of tho silvery lmd ofliis was become? tarnished by degree?, inliterary ability, part of the wealthy widow wanting n proud either to yellow or black, but to of clining alluding good opportunity to retire from city life and live with T.Sum Bio portn.m ;nt color i? stdl beau'iful pu'iliat'havrafe lier children on a larm. It is said The back of the fish id astonishing. Utah, , hhe non herein prayinij forun orUrrof mo savory ..ifiet that this woman, among other exreal mute, of smiU Minors.for the !y begins at a line well above the set lnrt.i. tufavette orA, ihe ploits in aid of her confederates, Some angler? have seen fit to It is ti.i r fore ordered by the JmlKi0 ms in errs Ourt. ten' ttl. for four farms in the little Preble Cifuinoro, their triumphs by h iving .ppetuato ueforc iVinors. iif s.en ppcar a ion by on alone.not to speak of like operations jjewt Octoiieiye,;jmens of these monsters mounted Monday, b inii day of of Sadi da Hf four-tine- I lowed yer thoughtfully, Im glad uv it; yes, I am; ,ttle mo compny the. better on a cashm. Yerll be welcome, crat. ,, ranger, an a honored gues. Jumped a Rabbit. .i,j,a3 a little puzzled, and began to of this old man was not exactly in S B. Bird, a colored farmer wom; f'ght mind, but I said nothing, and colored two countv, says that 'Went on. southeast miles three bsee, he said, looking at the en were fishing: i. while he S. Mills place and their do? talked, gals an boys of the into a Sit married sooner er later, an Limned n rabbit and run it did not infaint no use athrowinobstickles hollow near by them. They short the rabbit and in a h"ay, an1 so when Merier.thet's 8,? do ran another in the Jounges', and Nanc shes the eld-te an' toIe me lowed same hollow, whereupon they stopf,ae Qnto tharseves hepmeats, went to get the rabbits, and ,1 cn was Dick Dander an Pete Prin- - ped and hollow they Pa i when they cut into the right; jes go ahead found nine opossums, two rabbits, Sn't; 11 say to thiity-fir- e cuk,er ne suit yerseves; fur though one turtle weighing nv them boys conies uv es :on snake, all moccasin a and ,clt as the Stringfellers, I reck-inL- From in' County hollow. Early 8 that one but es good es yerll pick News. I like .9 they clone fGa.) , A l.irtre, 1 in tin- - fi.u k of Tanner lit.lc of lienTontown-.hi- j ton. 1'a .. mi, a gv , ,.i putrii.".' it v to the A Etv car, on nn Atlanta street car line, lias one wheel which is foursided instead of round. It is called the bumpity ear, nnd people with false teeth avoid it. for fear of losing their grinders if they unintentionally open their mouths. Hiding in it has been likened to the experience of riding on a mule with a wooden leg. Gf.oiuie L. Di: Force, ol I ioux Utv, la., thinks lie has a sure go It is perpetual motion machine. said to occupy a space of 4 inches, wide, 7 inches high and 1(1 inches and has been in motion eight days, turning a heavy grind stone during that time without letting go its grip or getting tired. A max who has served eighteen years m the Alabama penitentiary has been released because the man he was supposed to have hilled has been discovered in tiie land of the living. The judge nnd the jury accepted the testimoi y of the wife of the victim, who declared that her husband had died of the injuries ii -flirted by the uccused. The news comes lrom the University of Iadua that, lroiessor Graveni-g- o lins succeeded in grafting the cornea of a barndoor fowl on the eye of a human subject. The operation is spoken of as most successful, the transplanted cornea being transparent, glossy and convex. If it be as is said there is a new hope for many blind people. Recently the plough of a peasant on tho Island of Gothland unearthed a valuable treasure, consisting of two large spiral armlets, a buckle and a long bar, rill of solid rilver, together with nearly four hundred silver ccins. Some of the coins were , nnd bore Ihe etiigy of The others wire King Ethelred. German uud Cube coins. Anglo-Saxon- Conductor McLiun was riding ts passenger on a train to Harrisburg a day or two since. At Mount Alto Junction a colored campmeeting excursion was waiting on a side track, and just ns the train missed on there vq3 a bung and a shower of fulling glass. Instantly there was clamor that the tnr'n Le stopped nnd the supposed colored culprit lynched. McLinn allayed it by confessing that the glass was so clear flint he thought the window was open and thrust his head through the panes. To'escntia guying ho finished his trip oil the platform. The Swedes of the United Sfnfes are makingprepnrntionsto celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the landing of the first of their country men who fume to this country. The actual date of the landing is not know n. A settlement of Swedes wns made in Deleware 2T2 Venn? ngo on land bought from William Ienn, and that is the only established date concerning the eurly coming of the Swedes to this country, but it is known that nn expedition set out from Sweden nearly hull a century before nnd landed on tlirsesliores. It wasnbout B(K) years ngo, nnd the Swedes have concluded to call it BOO years, nnd make September 14 Swedish Day. There will be celebrations all over the country. consumers of whenten own re of the fact that are products crackers nre tiie oldest form of bread. Fragments of unfermented cukes were discovered in the Swiss lake dwellings, which belong to the neolithic age of the world. Although t liis rude form of bread was early discarded lor the lermented variety, vet in this, ns in many other matters, it was lound convenient to returntou discarded and apparently valueless Thin, unfmnonted cakes process. were found to possess merits for special purposes. They would keep good for a great length of time, nnd thus afforded wholesome and nutritious food in a portable and convenient lortn. Tiie simplicity of their makt Jl n'cWk in th Theyf. form magnificent p;uie door Out t lo?r ot mi(I i'rolmt Court at tl ing nnd baking was also a poiut in in the House in Mmt.. County of Sanpete, opines for the hall or diningroom of a ut a their favor. it, tittle, cause wny an i.nler uli'mild not be gr rjr.j house; and when gazing in the sskl CiiunJiuii, to aell the rea Vtrs, ,njrt,j pound tarpon. Which is or par-isaid minors. than ixnoxe tiie About Brains. AmJ that a copy rfthiM order bepunly rather below the in Very few 1 p)r-tio- n lt . mat-Elvir- a g.aiu-therei- n pO.a-ifqan- p-- victob-bn- elspwhtrp. How successful the gang lias been in its attempted swindle it is bard to learn, ns not infrequently the victim, out of shame at his own folly, keeps fjdf Utah to wit: quiet about liis loss. In one notable instance the devices of the bunco ,sjtu;tted ns they operators miscarried just.TOO, being were about to capture 2, Con thwarted by the deluded farmer's Oil, !Yn South on the to smart wife, who rauglit fll tlivnce swindlers tricks in time to save him cliuinii. Mnth J,Z5 wiles. their from of an tits in uestion fanner The of the aUi, ton is Matthew Mathewson tl lie paul wa town of tourtland. lie bsiam-the with te Court. a shaiier called upon by sisien a l usual story about having ter who wanted to buy a good farm, is i'.ro-ndi- , , , . 1. h CCr-th- e , kf.-aweeks suce-ssiweight of the fish. One finds iu believing that it lias been edrnsiud'.'m with rod and reel. Robert day of Oetohptured of l tab, hetore suid lrehat J.ie..liJdhi!son. jQ sjefibnors Magazine. wnl.l-- . Iatcl September Territory ol I tali (t Amronaniiral Intflllrrncc. Conn vof Sanpete. j 1 John Kind, Clerk of the probate ( man -- Come up, gent, and certify Teleseopo .ml for said county, hereby correct , torettoinif is a full, tiue andcauaeww look at the moon. Only ten the original oru-- to hownhouhl not Ints. Of Iiale ot ral ntat the in the matter Countryman Does it make the moon of Frank and Andrew unk. Minor ok any same appear fii file in my office. In witness thereof I have ook any hy. It brin? seal. H.p'iVJbare courtVf hanVU moon so close that you can read thu Ltah, this Lira duy of Septegns on lit least four th r lr 1 n.iiw. Jprourftin'3 bler. bler? It has been estimated that we get a complete new outfit of brains about every a The duration of iolifemonths. is about sixty days. nerves Each ntrve cell bus its own independent functions, subordinate tod lie higher functions of the whole brain ciw masse; nnd the latter acts as a sort oi boss or overseer to the individual nctions and life of each separate cell. Every cell is destroyed and renewed every two months, so we each get six brand new brains per year. Medical World. |