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No o. could be ininced to bid for IL until Mr..
hatght suggested that IL might become service
able about camp meeting time, or in taking .
party fishing. The sportsmen nibbied at the
lakt bait. and the old thing, which looked Ike
an cid fashioned hair trunk on wheels was at
length kn0cked down 20 Me-. John b. Foster
foR It's full value. 4l6 In currency. -
Three tons Of hay were bought By Mr.. Robert
bavfland for s1i.S per ton. Then Mr..
Height Informed the bidders that three stacks
OF hay were still to be sold, but that peivst
oner OF IS per ton had been made for it. No
one seeming inclined 70 offer q higher figure
the auctioneer thanked the gentlemen for theSr
aftendsace, and declared the sale ut an end.
Less than one Thousand dollars was realized
nom the auctien.
THE FUTURz OF cHAPPAQpA.
:, On the way to the depot at Chappsqua, after
ne sale. gentleman, who il intimate with the
Misses Greeley, told the SUN reporter that 1t
was the intention OF the young ladies tn cult.
yaes the farm next year. II viii probably be
done on shares, however. This winter Miss
ida Greeley will make her home at the resi-
denSe Of Mrs. JOAN +. Cleveland. Il Cottage
Place, and Miss Gabrielle will finish her educa-
tion at the institat:on which she Is attending
". 4. Sun.
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simple Heated Plant Case.

The fonowing figure and description of small
plant case, tcdrned ,cholly By lamp, will be in
teresting to such as wish to raise green house
plants, and cannot afford or give the time to
houses for the purpose. We copy it from the
London Gardener:
We have much pleasure In calling attention to
plant case invented by Mr.. Peter Barr, which
10 most effective In raising seedlings and growing
plants which require genial warmth. Our
Illustration saves rs the necessity of describing
1t. Below the "fbIe" and the "water'' the
section shows hollow chamber, and below that
q little stand supports a lamp, the heat from
which enters the chamber and escapes through
small perforations in its sides. This lamp works
very well, simply requiring trimming night aud
morning, and replenishing with OF; the best
COLA ell Is used. There are two patterns of this
case-one rather deep, in which small stove
plants, &C., may be grown; the other shallow
and more suitable for seedlings, cuttings, and
other dwarf subjects, which are thus brought
much nearer the glass. They are manuf actured
In several sizes. These cases will be found yery
useful by persons who wish to raise seedlings or
grow tender plants in a dwelling house, or in a
cool greenhouse, Orchard-house or conserve
on the Waltonian case.
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King Arthur's Town.

Camelot, city OF shadOwy palaces,
And stately, rich in emblem and the work
OF ancient kings who did their days in stone;
Which Merlin's hand, the Mage at Arthur's
court,
Knowing all arts, had touch'd, and everywhere
At Arthur's ordinance, tipt with iessening peak
And pinnacle, and had made IL spire 70 heaven.
And ever and anon a knight would pass
Outward, OF inward to the hall; his arms
Clash'd; and the sound was good to Gareth's ear.
And out OF bower and easement shyly glanced
Ewes of pure women, wholesome stars Of love;
And all about a heaithful people slept
As in the presence of q gracious king.
fsnRyson's Neto POEM.
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water In Passure Yse,d.-

At this season of the year. when, III ever,
the streams are dry and cattle apt to suffer
from the scarcity of water, allow me to say q
word in behalf of the poor bzates who 20 un-
complainingly endure privstioa Of this charac-
The farmer who turns his stock into a tiry
neid In the morning of a bot day in July or
August, and has not sense OF humanity enough
To bring them out at noon for the purpose of
giving them an opportunity of getting water,
il simply uBft to have the care of dumb beasts
This may seem harsh language, but il IL the
plain trush, and the pity Is that it is not more
generally spoken of In our agricu tural papers.
have frequently seen poor animals treated in
this way, and my heart has pitied them deeply,
for 1t mast be apparent 10 every mind that the
sdheriDRs OF the poor beasts must be at times
int nse, and with no earthly chance of being
mitigased unless their thoughtless or heartless
owners sees ut to relieve them.
No~, contend that not only is this practice
OF dspriving animals of water for from twelve
10 io0rteen hours at q time, during the fercest
means OF summer, inhuman in itself, but IL is
the very worst kind Of enonomy. Neither man
nor animal can be subjected to such continuous
seasons of thirst without having some of their
fsnctons impaired. The animal that Is depriy-
sd OF water for SO long time, necessarily be-
comes heated and feyersh. The relish it would
otherwise have manifested for food IL lost. Di-
gestion cannot proceed with the regularity of
completeness that it would had the animal ac-
ing the day. Farmers often wonder why stock
does not improve during the summer months
They attribute II to the heat, the flies, or other
cause but the real one, which is that they have
been pastuTiDg in dry fields, and their owners
are too stupid or too Indifferent to bring them
out to the water trough or streams.
My opinion lie that the farmer who has the
means OF having water in his pasture, or indeed
an ms nelds, is grossly neglectful of his own
interests; and he is equally so If, not having
these facilities, he refuses or neglects to give
his pastured animals water at least once during
the day.-Rooert EaSburn an Journal Of the Farm.
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predeminste, and, to great extent, control the
nesiing practice In America, is simply because
the condition and education Of what Is called
regular physicians" here have been of such o
character that they are almost asham ed to touch
the kubtect Still, the time will come, We hope,
when things viii be changed. and put into con.
diton worthy Of 20 great . country. 1t 10 not
very long since We felt - We might take the
lantern OF Diogenes in search Of q scientific ply
stefan in America. But within the last few years
men have come mp with better education,
larger minds, and broader views, which gives
us reason to expect that We may yet zee the day
when America shall stand In the front rank
OF medical science, instead Of ornamenting the
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Warm Stables vs.. blankets.

Inc health OF a horse, like that OF q man, de-
ponds very much upon natural system Of life
Artificial systems require double the care, and
however sleek the horse may look under q heavy
coating OF blankets and an occasion medical
"dope," his capacity for endurance is much less
than that of horse, which, however rough he
may look, has nerves and endurance built only
upon regular, natural food and exposure to the
varied changes OF the atmosphere. 1t may be
all very well for the fancy to clip the hair all
of from the horse and then cover him with
clothing in order to have his coat look fine and
smooth, but it will not do for the horse of all
work. Nature has provided q covering, and
where use Is designed. the horse needs only that
with good grooming and warm stable; or II q
blanket ie ever used, let IL be done whenever the
horse is left Standing out Of doors in harness.
Make the stable as warm as q dirt door or bat
tened boarding will permit; give plenty OF bed
ding; and with abundance OF food the horse Is
better able to stand labor and exposure than II
kept on board floor where cold air circulates
underneath and covered with blankets. Our ex.
perience IL in favor or dirt floors without blank
etc. Dirt floors well Uttered are NO more trou-
bic 70 keep neat apd clean than board fioors,
and no stable with q dirt floor and decently
boarded up will ever be cold enough to cause a
horse TO shiver-Ohio Farmer.
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"KrLLRD BIZ KINpNHsso h phrase which
has just been luridy illustrated by statistics in
England. Who would have believed save upon
the authority Of. the great Dr. Lanke ter, the
infants are annually smothcred to death BY
their mothers who fall asleep In bed while
nursin their pledges? Unfortunately, mothers
In voluntarily kin their children in great many
Others ways-by absurd Indulgence In diet, BY
70 'iish exposure in dressing. and through utter
ignorance Of the laws Of the human systsm.
eo-calied civilized porlon Of %, was mot lone
ago utterly exterminsted. Babies are called
tendef-it strikes us that they are remarkably
tough--M r. TritSns. -
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: SHOCKING ACTs BY MEDICAL SrUpRrrs-A
Montreal correspondent of the Toronto Globe
Gays: "The medical students at Victoria College,
and are reported to be completely beyond the
control Of the professors. A few days ago party
of them stole body from their own dissectins
room, took it to McGill Medical College, re.
ceived their price, and had a drunken spree on
the proceeds. Since then they have been ac-
cused of stealing in broad daylight q corpse
from the hotel Dieu, their own hospital, only
dead few. hours and unburied, of taking it to a
college and selling it, and spending the money
in Q similar way.n
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A Little Composition ON the Wheel

The Danbury Ncos man saws: III Won have oc-
casion to use vheelbarrow, leave il, when Won
are through with it in front Of the house with
tne handles toward the door. A wheebarrow
rs the most complicated thing to fall over on IN a
race OF the earth. A man would fall over one
when he would never think Of falling over any
ming else; he never knows vhen he has got
through falling over it, either: for II will tansye
nus legs and his arms, turn over with him and
rear up In front OF him, and just as he panses in
Dis profanity TO congratulate himself, it takes
new turn, and scoops more skin of him. and he
commences to evolute anew, and bump himself
on 1resn places. A man never ceases to fall
over wheelbarrow until IL turns completed Won
us BACK, or brings up against something IL can
not upset. 1t Is the most inoffensiye lookino
object there's. but IL is more dangerous than a
locomotive, and no man is secure with one nm
less he has tight hold Of its handles and ia
sitting down on something. wheelbarrow
has It's uses, without doubt, bat in its leisure
dignity. - 1'
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: The LATEST NEW YORK TRAeEpY.-Johu
Z. Simmons, who is under arrest on the charge
OF killing Nicholas Duryea, remains in the Park
Hospital, guarded by q policeman. Many of
his relatives and personal friends visited him
yesterday. The surgeons say that he cannot be
six weeks before he can use his Injured foot.
DR.. Amabile yesterday morning set his broken
limb. The patient was put under ether. His
powerful nervous vitality demanded an amount
Of the anasthectic largely in excess of the ordi-
nary dose.-N. Y. Sun, 18th.
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WHY 1T Is.-Almost a sinless century is said
to have rolled over the happy city of Frankfort-
on, the-M Main. Out of the 40 900 Inhabitants not
one in all that time has died by the and of the
murderer. Whether it has been as free from
other crimes we are not informed, but probably
no city ever had like record before. This
state OF security is accounted for by some by
the strict and unrelenting laws of the country
from which the criminal has no escape and
which recognize no pardoning power.
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FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS DAMAGES FOR
TBE Loss OF MOTHER.-The case Of James
II. Jacobs, administrator of the estate of Mar
garet A. Jacobs, deceased, against the Central
Pacific Railroad Company, has been trans
ferred from Alameda to the third district court
OF this city for trial, for the convenience of
witnesses. The action is brought on complaint
te recover damages for the death of Margaret
A. Jacobs, wife of plaintiff, administrator,
alleged to have been occasioned by the negii-
gence of the railroad company. Plaintiff AYERS
that on the 18th of April, 1871, Mrs. Jacobs
CLOSED on the Oakland ferryboat, and took
passage by the steam cars for Broadway
station, Oakland. That while she was leaving
tie cars at that station, under direction of the
agents and employees of the company, by reason
OF insufficient time being allowed her to step
upon the platform before the Car again started,
she was thrown under the wheels of the car and
instantly killed. Plaintiff also AYERS that she
was the mother of five children, between the
ages of fourteen and five years, who have suf-
fered great pecuniary loss and injury, and
that damage has resulted to them, as the next
of kin, in the sum OF $50 ,e0o, which amount
they seek to recover by this actiOn.-Sda Fran
cisco Bulletin, Dec. ..
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RUBIEs.-It Is not q little remarkable. and
We might phiosophize for some time about N.
that while the diamond is made up of pure car,
poh, or simply black and opaque charcoal, the
made up Of pure alumina or common
elay-9s.5 per eent.-tbe coloring matter iron,
making up the rest OF 1t; the mere trace of
lime found in it being unappreciable.
Nothing, We may venture to saw. I'm nature,s
chemistry If more wonderful than this fact of
the dull, colorless and Efsless clay becoming
metamorpnosed by some hidden and almost
miraculous way into the Transparency clesr'
red eoiored and almost living gem. Imagine
ton itself fails to find theory to account for an
THIS, and no progress IN chemistry can invent A
theory to Mt 1t. IL Is q somewhat curious coinci-
Gence that the ruby, as well a. the diamond and
o,ner pre- cous stones, are 20 often found asocia-
ted with gold; where they are there Is gold
aImost sure 10 be present. Nature produces
these, her riches, together; and n afteryarJs IL
the province OF art to keep them together and to
exhibit them as one object ~ "
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s9-It takes three days and nights to get
Chinaman properly married.
h&"Tenements to let," Is posted on o South
Boston cemetery fence.
git must have been classic "crtter" who
named California town "Johnyopolis."
VBeethoven's autographs sell for thirty
dollars each; but Gratz Brown gives his for
nothing.
~ Hammond, the revivalist, is urging the
little children Of Dubuque to Zee from the
wrath to come.
~The wife of A. n. 9risvold, the "Fat
Contributor" lies dangerously III at Milan,
whittier she went 70 attend the debut In opera Of
an only sister.
EAn Indiana young lady died recently, but
while they we're preparing her body for the
comm revived leng enough to tell them to crimp
~ Twelve Indians we're hung In a row in
Texas, Recently, for driving of surreptitious
beef. After having their faces washed, eleven
"panned cut" white men, but they hung just e
well. ------
o0From short bridal trips among the fash
ionables the transition has been repaid % none
at all, the happy couple merely going 10 snme-
body 'scountry-seat until the novelty weary OF.
ga Toledo, Ohio, debating society has nov
been discussing fcs four weeks the question Of
"Was Noah right In asking others to help him
ouiid the ark and then not giving them pass
Tor the first trip"
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A VERY SISeULAR STORY ABOUT AN OLD
FASHIONED CLooK.-Fourteen years ago, an
old lady in Portland, Me-, fell dead from heart
disease while winding up An old fashioned clock
The time was two minutes before ten in the
morning. Ever since that the clock has stopped
at 10 O'Clock on the anniversary of her death. 1t
has never once failed in the fourteen years that
have passed.-BOston Herald lSh
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BAPTIsMAL PANTs.-The Presbyterian, in
its last issue, devotes portions of its editorial
space to reading lesson to its Baptist breth-
modern improvements" as practiced nova
days by the fashionable Baptist churches. 1t
says of the ceremony, that when men become
careful Of their own comfort, when either ad-
ministering or receiving baptism, that ITS power
has gone: Think ;" says the Presbyterian, cot
Paul and Silas calling for their boots before
they could comfortably baptize the jailor, at
John the Baptist coming from the wilderness Of
Judea with pair OF baptismal pants, made to
OF der, in his baggage! Better the raiment OF
camels nair and the leathern girdle, by the
wild shore of Jordan, than the finest marble
bsptistery and the most ample waterproof
clothing"
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WOUNDED BY HIS WIFR.-Yesterday morning
there was cutting ARRAY in Richmond, which
resulted in the serious wounding of Thomas
Powers by his wife, who was under the infiu-
ence of liquor at the time.
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JHB ROBBERY OF PROFESSOR TYHDALL.-
The burglar is no respecter of persons. On
Tuesday evening, while Professor Tyndall was
delivering his lecture at Cooper Institute and
monstrsting his theories of light, heat, aud
refraction by series of beautiful experiments,
thief entered his apartments at the Breyoort
House, broke open his trunks, ransacked every
thing in the room, and carried OFF all the money
he could find, which amounted to fi0 sterling
So tar the wretch who thus pillaged and desc
scientist-for he did not have the decency To
replace in the trunks aud drawers the articles
he did not wish to carry away-has escaped the
search OF the detectives. The Professor him.
self, with all his knowledge of light, has not
been able to discover q ray of light among ali
bis collection that can show up this thief in his
dark hiding place.-N. T. World, 1914.
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BRUSSELS LAcH.-The finest specimen of
p,usseis lace Is 80 complicated as to require the
operative Is employed at distinct featnres of
the work. The thread used Is Of exquisite 6ne-
nsss. wnleh Is spun In dark underground rooms.
thread from SCI arating. II Is so delieate A
scarcely 70 be seen, and the room Is 30 arranged
that all the light admitted shall fall upon fSs
genuine Brussels ground 50 costly. on piece
or taienciennes not two inches wide from two
TO three hundred bobbins are, sometimes ussi.
dred on the same pillow.
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The Sisters OF Silence" Is Michigan ss.
madman recently escaped from the
Isxe l1nAnc asylum by sliding down the light
Tenn, is the expt Giant Earl or Roscom mon = nd
the inheritor OF vast Irish estsses.
1.-Two young American ladies considerably
as onisned the authorities Of Leith, Scotland.
BY request to sleep in the light-house.
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a basin OF boiling water, the wrong side Of the
velvet being next the water. To clean siIk
dress, make the following mixture: Two ounces
OF curd soap, shredded finely; two ounces of salts
OF tarter, two gallons Of water. Boil these in
gredients together and then another two gallons
OF water. Wash the dress In the mixture, rinse
I'D COLO water, and iron Is soon e possible.
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DREB6 GOATS.
4 LARGE STOCK AT REpUoED PBToRD.
WALL. ROBINSON 4 co..
ca 1874 Pennsylvsnia avenue.
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SPIRITED BIDDING.
II nave now forty bushels of oats" said Mr..
How much bushel, with the privilege?"
A Voice-Five cents, seven, eight, ten,
eleven, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, twenty six ,
thirty, thirty i've, daughter, thirty thirty
Auctioneer-Are You all done, gentlemsn?
TONG AZ 81 cents, once; going at 81 cents
twice; third and last time-gone, TO Mr.. Silas
Silas? ein "n'
Mr.. Wild-Yes; and If you've got any more
at the same price IN take EN- lLaughter
A corn shelter was knocked down to Mr.
Charles Griffith for s12; Q hay cutter for 50, and
fan mill for 80, were purchased by Mr. Reu-.
ben l.. Birdsall; after which the product of five
acres. consisting OF about five tons of cornstalks
and FODDER, was put up and sold in two lots to
Charles Sweeny and John Hopper at TX cents
per sheaf. A cast steel drill went for ~ Is TO
Oscar Hunter; ton of oat straw to Siias T.
Mlld ior - 90; and ton Of oats and straw, not
threshed, from imported seed, to the last pur-
chaser for sil.12H.
oosN BIZ THE TON.
Then 600 bushels OF very fine large yellow
corn were put up by weight, rs pounds Of corn
and cob being said to be equal to a bushel.
Mr.. y. Tompkins took two tons at the rate of
sll4 per cwt Mr.. j. r. Stuart took half ton
AZ 81 Is per cwt., and Mr.. Tompkins bought the
remnant, nearly Is tons, at the rate Of sl14
An OK cart was the next thing offered for sale,
1t was knocked down TO Mr.. John B. Foster for
sl3. One, with not near 30 good body, was
bought by Mr.. Isaiah T. williams for to2.5O.
Mr.. Edward Carpenter bought q root cutter for
%, and big ice box for so cents; Mr.. Charles
B. Griffith bought similar box for sl.55; Mr..
Joseph Il. Osborn an iron-tooth harrow for Al,
and Mr.. Wright Tompkins purchased the re,
naming live stock, consisting Of fifty fowls, at
the rate Of AZ cents per head.
HOUSEHOLD TBUMPBRY.
The suctioneer and the company then went
TO the new house, where Q small quantity Of
household goods awaited purchasers. One
dollar was bid for washstand, IS cents for Q
bedsteaA, 10 cents for . churn, o cents for Q
table, IS cents for an iron bedstead, 10 cents
for wooden one, 80 cents for q cot, 80 cents
for . tin screen. 81 80 for . plain squirrel cage
worth about rs cents; q 30 for . towel rack,
worth about 30 cents; 80 cents for Q small SOAP.
stone stove, worth 415; % for Q large iron stove
- for . piece Of carpeting, and Mr., Haighf
bought s9ueeking doll baby, with movable
eyes, for Is cents
WHAT TOOK THE sPoRTsMnM's EYES.
A move was next made toward the old barn.
above the grove and near the peerless sprina.
An old carriage vas drawn ont. It may have
rssembled George WashingtonS, or that owned
by the Marquis De Lafayette, but it bore no
resemblance to the vehicles of modern times.
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EEnAL8 DIREAsBs srsetsd e. eonnnsnsu6
y cases taken; Dsssrtbs o.ss end encloss q
THOMPSON. No. sSs y. nah ssrsss, Phiiadsi.