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Remarkable case Of vitality.

The Cimmaron New Mexico) News
records the following remarkable in
stance of vitality A bit Of scientific
revolver practice took place at a fandango
at Elizabethtown the night Of the 4th,
of which the following are the Particu-
lars in brief Theodore Brown got into
a quarrel with a Ute creek miner, and
read him two chapters from Colt, with
out effect, however, the U. @. man not
being in a receptive condition, or Brown
not being pointed enough in his remarks
During the discussion the banio-pinyer
at the fandango interf red, and threw
Theodore across the hall. Shortly after
this Brown marched up to the banjo
picker. who, we believe, wastalking with
another man, and blazed away at him
with navy revolver, at distance Of a
few inches, the powder burning the face
Of the banjo man (whoss name We eonld
not learn and the ball entering the
middle of his forehead, just above the
bridge Of the nose, passing within the
skull. The man retained his conscious
ness and did not seem to suffer much
pain. The next day he was visited by
DR.. Longwiil, who probed the wound te
the depth of about three inches. bat
| could not find the bullet. The patient
is stiIl doing we'll, and two OF three day
ago he got mp and walked down stree
md fssaght him new hat. IL is Ger
tainly an extraordinary case, for In
wound is one which would prove instant
II fatsi in ninety-nine cases out %
hundred. - -
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THE WIDOW OF MAIN.

''The only Of mother and she ,7as ,oidoto.-
The dust on their sandals lay heavy and white,
Iheir garments we're damp with the tears Of the
Their hot feet weary, and throbbing with pain,
As they entered the gates Of the city Of Main.
But, 10 ! ON the pathway a sorroyving throng
ffessed mournfully chanting funeral song
.Ni Hnu R lEe 4 SAD monotone, ceaseless and slow,
Inc voice OF a woman came laden with woe.
What need. stricken mothers, TO tell how she wept?
Ne he read by the vigils that SORROW hath kept,
Ne know by the travail Of anguish and pain,
The desolate grief Of the widow Of Main.
As he who was first Of the.wayfaring men
Advanced, the mute burden was lowered, and then
~ he touched the white grave-cloths that covered
he bearers sranl back. but the mother drew nssr.
Her snow-sprnhaed tresses had loosened then
strands,
Great tears zen unchecked on the tishiy-slaspsd
hands,
But hushed the wild sobbing, and stiAed her cries
"A Jesus Of Nazareth hfted his eyes.
Ewes wet with compassion as slowly they fell.
Eyes potent 20 soften grief's trernuous swell
A.. sweetly aud teuderly, " Weep not /" he sadly
And turned 70 the passonless face Of the dead
White, white cleaned his forehead, loose rippIed
BrouHe-t tinted. o'er temples trausparentIy fair:
Aud glory stole mp from the earth to the Skies
- ne eAea TO the yoceess one, i'Young man, arise
The hard, rigid outlines grew fsrvid with breath;
The dgA eyes unclosed from the midnight of death
Weep, weep, happy mother, and fall at his feet J.!
Aiiea pale, bhghted promise grow hopeful and
sweet.
The morning lad passed, and the midday heats
burned
Once more to the pathway the wayfarer turned
The conqueror Of kings had conquered again
There was Joy in the house Of the widow Of Main
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Abandoned Cotton Lands.

The Mobile correspondent OF the New
York World, writing under date of July
II, says 1.-THE question of the per
centage of acreage of land originally
planted in cotton which has been aban-
doned in the cotton states, is an impor-
tant one in estimating the probable
yield of cotton this year. According to
the recent, the second, crop report of
the cotton exchange of this city, a Sc
rious loss from this cause has been en-
tailed. The report publishes data from
only three states, Alabama, Mississippi
and Tennessee. In Alabama the aban-
doned acreage is variously estimated at
from to % per cent. of the whole ave-
rage for the state, 10 per cent. In Mis-
sissippi the percentage OF abandonment
of original planting is about 9 per cent.
in the average for the eighteen counties
heard from. In both these states the
replanting has been to a limited extent
only. Full 10 per cent. of abandon
ment is reported from Gibson county,
the single county heard from in Ten
nessee. If the same proportions as
those noted above should hold good IN
the case of all the cotton states, it is
easy to perceive that this abandonment
of cotton lands must operate largely,
among other adverse agencies, against
even an average yield. The report,
which includes dates up to July 1,
states, however, that since the intelli-
received from the three states was pre-
pared, other and more favorable ac-
counts have been received from various
sections, which state that fine weather
in many places has enabled the planters
to kill the grass and place the land in q
proper condition for the growth of the
cotton "
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Tree Planting on the Public Lands,

At the late session of Congress, it will
be remembered that an act was passed
intended to encourage. the planting of
timber on the public lands of the Uni
ted States. The first section of this act
is as follows:
81 Be it enacted, That any person who
shall plant, protect ndkeep in healthy
growing condition of five years, forty
acres of timber, the trees thereon not
being more than eight feet arart each
way, on any quarter section of any pub
lie lands of the United States, shall be
entitled to a patent of the whole of said
quarter section at the expiration of five
years, on making proof of such fact by
not less than two creditable witnesses.
Provided, That only one-quarter in any
section shall be thus granted"
It will be seen from this section that it
is left somewhat in doubt whether ornot
planter may go on multiplying the
number of quarter sections to be thus
entered and finally awarded. The sub
ject having recently been brought be-
fore the commissioner of the public
land Office, he has decided that, while
the provisions of the first section of the
timber culture act of March 3, 1873,
do not in terms limit qualified person
in the number of entries he may make
Hereunder, yet the policy of the gov
ernment, as expressed in the public land
law generally, is so opposed to a specu-
lative monopoly of the public domain
that, under the authority vested in him
by the said section of the said act, he
has ruled that an individual shall be al
| lowed to make but one entry.
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On DanburiaI Ground.

A broken-hearted young thing writes
10 IA weekly paper as follows About
three years ago / became acquainted
with young gentleman and although
he never paid me any particular atten-
ton, he would often accompany me to
and from church, etc. But lately j no
ticed great change in him. he avoids
me as much as possible, and starts if /
address him. Can he have ceased to
love me? for I know he did, though he
never said so. If I thought he had, it
would break my heart " Perhaps we
ought not to interfere in this matter
but, as we know exactly what should be
done with the young man, we feel as If
we ought to speak out. Do not attempt
to reason with him, or caJole him, or
paeify him. The next time he calls take
a monkey-wrench. fasten it securely
upon his nose, lead him off TO the dining
room, aud ask him in a firm voice what
he means. If he won't answer, twist the
wrench three or four times, and butt his
head mp against the stove or the mantel-
piece until his gloom is dispelled. If he
SAYS he has ceased TO love you, let your
fingers daily with bis ringlets lovingly
for a few minutes, and then suddenly lift
out a couple of handfuls, and have an
Irishnlan at hand TO come in and sit on
him awhile, and knock out his teeth,
and Jump up and down on him, and be
sociable. Then let him 60, and COM
mence your arrangements to rope in
fresh man. You cannot afford 10 waste
your young life upon such wretch as
this and where heart Will not throb 70
heart, or soul respond TO soul, the best
thing to do is to torture the nose at once.
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William Penn's House.

The Philadelphia Press speaks as fol-
lows of the manner in which that city
has suffered to fall into neglect and
ruin the manor-house of William Penn,
built expressly for him and to his order,
most of the material having been
brought from England ''The old
house is now almost ready to crumble
with age, but, with proper care and
some underpinning and shering up,
could be preserved for several centuries
to come. 1t has been entirely neglected
for many years, and is at present occu-
pied as a beer saloon and low-priced
boarding-kouse. 1t is called the vii
liam Penn Hotel, and the sign is sur
mounted by portrait which would do
as we'll for Oliver Cromwell. Our re-
porter entered and looked around the
place, but everything was in such con-
fusion that very little of the ancient
walls and fittings could be identified.
In the back part of the house there
were score of little gamins; some
playing, aud others exhausted, were
sleeping on the floors, literally covered
with house flies and filth. Along the
area of side-yard great heaps of rubbish
litter up the space which was once the
garden of the founder of our city In
the saloon a dozen draymen were quaf-
fing their libations and making the sa-
cred precincts ring again with ribald
Jokes. Such scenes naturally knocked
all the poetry out of the place, and the
reader will be grateful for a depression
toward a historical sketch of the old
building. Build me a house in the
middle of the town which frontieth on
the harbor, was Penn's order to his
friend Col. Markham, who put the struc-
ture up as he had been directed, and
lived to oocnpy it as deputy-governor
of the state. In 1854 Penn wrote to
James Harrison to allow his cousin
Markham to live in his house in Phila-
delphia, and that Thomas Lloyd, the
deputy-governor, should have the use
of his periwigs and any wines he may
have there left for the use of strangers.
About the beginning of the eighteenth
century the ground around Penn's man
sion was divided up into thirty city lots
and sold. Four of them brought $3.50.
In 1921 the governors lot was pre-
sented by the grand jury as a nuisance,
because of the excessive mudiness.
Many years ago the Penn cottage was
purchased by the PeeR association, but
It appears that they were never pre-
pared to refit it properly, and it was
fiji ally rented out, and has been used
mostly-Es bOaraing or public house
ever since. As the old slate-roof Perm
mansion, at Second street and Norris
alley, has been torn down, the Penn
cottage Is the only relic left Of the good
friends residence in the city he laid
ont
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Satanic shampooine.

It is recorded, by the San Francisco
Figaro, that Aleibiades Botteler used 10
keep a barber-shop, and inventedS
shampooing machine. So he fixed up a
eontrivance with a kind Of an iron stand,
from which two iointed arms with steel
claws protruded. These claws we're COW
cred with chamois skin, and the arms
we're moved in any direction by a series
of arms aud levers. Steam-power YVES
obtained from the factory next door.
Mr.. B. instructed the shOp-bOy how TO
start the machine, and seating himself
in the chair, be placed u claw on each
side of his head. The boy must have
pulled the throttle-valve out about
foot too far, f0t in about a minute the
steel claws clutehed Botteler'a head so
that he thought his skull would crack,
and the shampooing machine began TO
rear. and plunge, and tear sr,5rnd tho
room, and il lifted Alcibiades from his
chair with q jerk, and Drained one Of
the bystanders with one leg, while It
iammed through a looking glass, and
scooped Botteler around among tho jugs
Of hair-die, and beat him against the
ceiling. and sonsed him into the wash
basin, and raked him around among the
shRvinR-muea and the razOra, battered
hig head against tho wall, and all the
while the steel claws worked, and
scratched, and grabbed for better hold
on his head, until they shut of steam in
the factory, when Aloihiades Botteler
was found with his neck elongated at
least six inches.
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NUMBER 80.
Provision in Forest Tree Culture for
Minor Heirs.

uiuof HEIRS.
7 can not help believing that there
must be a very large profit in setting
our abandoned lands In any or all the
following named trees Hickory, Pc
can, ash, walnut, cherry, sugar maple,
yellow locust and Usage orange. The
three first are in great demend for
handles for cutlery, the three following
for fancy work of all kinds, and the two
last for the construction of wheeled
vehicles. III Tennessee is ever to be
the great manufacturing center we hope
for, her forests must be preserved from
further wanton destruction, and also an
additional supply of valuable woods
planted for pOsterity. An old field,
getting poorer every day, almost worth
less now, eaten mp by the taxes and
compound interest, may not be an en-
ticing inheritance to be delivered twen-
ty years hence 10 the infant of to-day.
But stud it with trees and carpet il
with sod of grass, and let these grow
up with the child then a few acres
will be a fortune to commence with.
Certainly any father, imbued with
decent share of pride and humanity,
would feel happy TO know that his
wisdom, foresight and energy had thus
so easily rendered his child free from
the necessity of half lifetime of cease
less toll, IN order to procure the COM
forts of life. 1t is a provision of espe-
cial importance to young daughters, for
1t needs but little If any attention alter
'the first three years, continues TO grow
as they do, is subject to no oalamities,
and they can not be swindled out of it.
Certainly these virtues are greater than
eau be claimed for any sort of bonds or
bank stock, and appeals to the rich
father as well as the poor one.-lSilas
z. Gilbert, NJ d., ia Rural San.
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OF EUROPE AND rHE UNITED STATES
COMPARED

Thus it appears we have in this coun-
try, with its sparsely populated area,
some 1000 miles more railroads than all
Europe, with its dense population.
1t will be noticed that the compare
tive cost of our railroads and those of
some of the European countries is very
great; those of Great Britain, for in
stance, costing nearly four times as
much per mile as ours. The whole cost
of our 10000 miles of road is about
So. 436, ,63S, $50, which is a sum not very
much greater than England has spent
on her 10000 miles of railroad. .-Ne,O
York World
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LABOR Is LIFE.-There is a perennial
nobIeness and even sacredness in work.
Were he never so benighted, forgetful
of his high calling, there is always hope
in a man that actually and earnestly
works in idleness slone Is there per-
petuAI despair. Work, never 50 man
monish, mean, is ia communication with
nature the real desire TO get work
done viii itself lead one more and
more to truth, natures appointments
and regulations, which are truth.
Blessed Is he who has found his work ;
let him ask no other blessedness. BE
has work, life-purpose he has found
II and viii follow it. Labor Is life
from the inmost heart Of the worker
rises his God given force, the sacred
celestial life-essence breathed into hin
by Almighty God frora has inmosi
heart nwalens him 70 ali nobleness, T.
all knowledge, self-knOWledge," and
murnh else so soon IA Work City begins
Cs,yEs,ys - F-=-@ - 49,
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The Cost of Railroads.

1t is estimated that the cost of rail-
roads in this country average about
$50. 600 per mile, the total for the 20, 1TS
being, IN round numbers, S3, 500, 600, =
600. The roads constructed In 1871 are
stated to have averaged $50, 900 per
mile, and to have cost IN the aggregate
S225, 200, 900, in addition to which sum
at least $50, coo, 900 were expended dur
ing the same year IN new works and
equipments on old roads, making a
total expenditure during the year of
1915, ,OO0, ,O0O The so, 900 miles ofSail-
road which were. IN operation in 1850
cost s1,0TO, 900, 600, of which amount
perhaps more than 7one-tenth was for
eign capital. The war did not stop our
railroad building, but only checked it.
During the five years ending 1865 we
added nearly 5000 miles to our net
work Of railroads, besides providing for
the expenses of the bloody contest.
And so great has been railroad enter
prise IN the past seven years that money
has been found to actually double our
mileage in that short period of time,
during which more miles of road have
been constructed in the United States
than in the whole of Europe In fact,
had we no more railroads than the 3d.
0OO miles built in these seven years, we
should then have larger smilage than
Germany, Austria, France, and Russia
combined, with their 175, OO0,0 600 of
population. The relative mileage, cost
of construction, and rates to area of the
railroads of the United States and Eu-
rope, with the density of population,
are presented in the subioined table:
RAILROADS OF EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES
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value Of Rlght oaleulation.

Men are apt enough of themselves to
fall into the most astonishing defusions
about the opportunities which time af-
fords, but they are even more deluded
by the talk of the people about them.
When children hear that new carriage
has been ordered OF the builder, they
expect to see il driven up to the door
IN a fortnight with the paint dry on the
panels. All people are children IN this
respect, except the workman, who knows
the endless details of production and
the workman himself, Notwithstanding
the lessons Of experience, makes light
of the future task. What gigantic
plans we scheme, and how little We adj
vance in the labor Of a day Three
pages of the book TO be half-erased
tomorrow, bit Of drapery IN the pie
ture that will probably have to be done
over again, the imperceptibie removal
of an ounce OF maFble-dust from the
statue that seems as II 1t never would
be finished 80 much from dawn TO twi-
light las been the accomplishment Ol
the golden hours. IT there is one les
son that experience teaches, surely Il Is
this To make plans that are strictly
limited, and 10 arrange our work IN a
practicable way within the hmirs that
we must accept Nothing wastes time
like niscalculation. IL negatives all
results. Il is the parent of incomplete
ness, the great author of the unfinished
and the Hnservieeable.-Pi Philip Ham.
sy-fog1
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The Manitoban Dundreary
FROM the minneapolis rribune.I


Gordon bears a close resemblance to
.Sothefn as Dundreary smallish face i;
dark curly hair; no mustaches; heavy
mutton chop" side whiskers a small
nose, TetrOusse; a man of medium size,
who gives the impression of always
commanding himself. In requirements
and power Of execution he-seens- to be
a sort of count of Monte Christie, a good
Judge of men, and supreme master Of
g contingencies He has wonderful
range of languages, and also of lan-
guage, from the lowest billingsgate to
the most elegant and flowery flights,
from indecency, obscenity and profanity
10 the highest reaches Of sentiment and
philosophy. he has sharply contra
dicted character in all respects. At
times in business he is cool and far
sighted, striking right to the center Of
the mark, and again he is PUerile as a
school-boy; sometimes resolute and
strong, and again weak and vacillating
sometimes serious, and again volatile
The only element of character in which
heis consistent is his entire lack of pos
tive conviction. He was generally po-
lite and even courteous during his short
life in Minnesota, but he. seemed to
have no more moral purpose than d
fawn or a Yucatan ape. 49,. B.
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ing credit to our friends and patrons,
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rule. We hope you VIII comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such
course, and renew your subscription
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Brigham and his wives.

Brigham Young is reported to have
expressed himself as follows in one of
his recent " sermons in Salt Lake
City &c I wish my women to under
stand that what am going to say IS for
them as well as others, and want those
who are here to tell their sisters, yes,
all the women in the community. 1 am
going to give you from this time to the
9Th of October next for reflection, that
you may determine whether you wish
to stay with your husbands or not, and
then am going to set every woman at
liberty, and say to them, " now, go your
way" And my wives have got to do
one Of two things, either round up their
shoulders to endure the Affections of
this world, and live their religion, that
is, polygamy, or they must leave; for l
Will not have them about me. I will
90 into heaven alone rather than to have
scratching and fighting about me. ]
will set all at liberty. What, first wife,
too? Yes, liberate you all. I want to
go somewhere or do something to get
rid of the winners. I do not want them
to receive part of the truth and spurn
the rest out of doors. Let every man
thus treat his wives keeping raiment
enough to cover his body, and say to
your wives, take all that I have and be
set at liberty but, If you stay with me,
you shall comply with the law of God
in every respect, and that, too, without
any murmuring or whining. You must
ffulhH the law of God in every respect,
and round up -your shoulders to walk
4.up to tie marx without any granting. -
PUNCH has a pathetic picture ola
/ Young married couple on a calling trip.
As they wait at the door where they
have rung the bell, Angustus is thus
cautioned Augustus, love, let me beg
of you : Do not give way to any insane
demonstrations Of delight before the
servant if she says they're not ct home.
/ Trror-azrre sear, occasionally - bov.
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How TO READ.-Raading furnishes
the mind only with materials Of knowl-
edge It j. thinking that makes what we
read ours. We are Of the ruminating
kind, and it is not enough to cram orr
selves with a great load Of collections I;
unless we chew them over again. they
will not give us strength and RouriEh-
nent. There are, Indeed, in some wri-
tiers, visible instances OF deep thought.
close and acute reasoning, and ideas
well pursued. The light these give
would be Of great use, II their readers
would initiate them. All the rest are
but particulars fit 70 be turned iute
knowIedge but that can only be done
by our own meditation, and examining
/ the reach, force and conference Of Ehai
I is said and then, as FAR as Ee see ths
connection Of ideas. - far is Il ours
without that Il Is 20 much lose matte
aoating IN our brain.--LOcEe
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ISRFArrE, aveyytting depends upon
the fact Of believing what, Is believed
is perfectly Indifferent. Faith is n pro-
found sense of security for The present
and future, and the assurance springs
fr1En cputiaenee iIl an iInnense, aIl-pow-
erful, and inscrutable Being The firm
ness of this confidence is the one grand
point; but what we think of thisr Being
depends on orir other faculties. or even
on circumstances, and is wholly indif-
ferent -GOeth.