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Climbing Perch.

! Fish in English rivers do not, as a
rule, climb up trees, but it seems that
sucu practice prevails among certain
fish in India, who occasionally, by
mounting the trunks of trees on river
banks, are enabled not only to see the
surrounding country, but obtain a
mouthful of fresh air as a pleasant re-
lief TO the muddy waters which form
their natural home In the appendix to
the twentieth report of the science and
art department., just issued, will be
found an Interesting account by DIR. Ii.
f. DObson, staff surgeon, Calcutta, of
the climbing perch of India, two speci-
mems of which he forwarded to the gar
dens of the royal geological society of
Ireland, being the first fish of the kind
which ever reached Europe alive. These
fish, it seems, have large cavities III the
skull, on each side, above the branchial
chambers, which contain the greatly ex-
panded, foliated, pharyngeal bones.
These bones serve as air receptacleS,
and from them air is supplied to the
branchial fringes: and when all the con-
tained air has been deoxygenated, the
whole is rejected through the gill OPEN
ings. The manner in which this is
done, is as follows The fish rise rap
ildy to the surface, and at the same in
slant the mouth is opened to take in
fresh air, the used-up air is forced back
ward through the gill openings, and rises
in large bubbles to the surface. The fish
descends Immediately, one or two small
buL bles usually passing upward, when it
has reached the bottom, from the gill
openings. The whole thing is done so
rapidly that it is impossible to say
whether the air taken in by the mouth
displaces the used-up air in the supra
branchial cavities, or if the used-up air
be first displaced, the vacuum being
filled by fresh air entering through the
mouth. Almost all the fresh-water fish
of India are ir-breathers, though not
provided with such curiously expanded
pharyngeal bones. The muddy rivers
of India necessitate such provision of
nature, for pure-water breathers could
not pass, through the gills, water filled
with gritty particles. The climbing
perch have obtained their name from
the circumstance of their having been
frequently found on the trunks of palm
trees on the margin of rivers, which, by
means of their high erectile scales, they
wriggle on to as a temporary resting
place, where to escape, for time, the
tremendous impetus of torrent swOl-
len by the tropical rains.-TdH Mall
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Titusville Gas Well.

Off the rail at Oildom, Titusville is
known to most of your readers as one of
the great centers of petroleum COM
merce. It has a population of nearly
$1,000, and in feature of rapid growth
and stirring enterprise it might pass for
a miniature sketch of Chicago. There
are two or three novel. les here that are
scarcely known outside of their locality.
The great gas we'll, forcing out a con-
tinuous circuit of gas at a pressure of
seventy pounds to the square inch, is
situated four and half miles from
town, and at times before being noZ-
zled, could be distinctly heard from
here, the noise being similar in sound
to the blowing off of steam from
boiler. A company has taken hold of
this subterranean giant, bound him in
robes of iron, and he in turn has paid
his tailors with a purse of untold du-
cats. One hundred and fifty stores and
houses get heat and light from this ma
tural gasometer. Engines are run by
its heat, families cook by it, and yet
most of its resources are kept in check.
It's producing capacity is 10000 feet
per day dav, more than enough to sup
ply the whole city, in fact ha = dozen
such cities. The gas is conve eyed from
the we'll to the city by two pipes, one of
two and half and the other of three
and half inches. George X. Anderson
has turned this gas discovery into novel
and ornamental use upon his grounds.
His house stands on one side of three
and half acre lot. The grounds are
artistically laid out with walks, flower
beds, and ample squares of we'll crOpt
lawns. In the midst of these are two
fountains, one of rustic form in the
center of a capaciOus fish pond. The
other fountain, with large circular ba-
sin, is Ornamented with a graceful fig
ure on top, reaching rs high as twenty
two feet, and forming q square around
these fountains and ponds are seven
blazing gas torches coming out of up
right pipes twelve feet in height, with
cross tube on top of two feet. This
tube is we'll perforated, and forms the
escape Jets for gas. The fame from
each of these seven pipes is about as
large as the body of fourteen year old
miss. The flame is wavy and wing-lil0 r
in movement and form. The ground
are lit mp nightly with these MAMMOTH
tongued lights, illuminating the place
to dazzling degree. An archway lead
ing to the grape arbOr is formed of this
gas, making a massive box of light.
With all this glow of light, intensified
by heavens darkness, and taking in at
one view the lawn, the flower beds, the
vases of tinted plants. the white fOun-
tain and the dark one, like a mystery
arising out of the center of the pond,
sending out its tiny jets of water un-
seen until reflection reveals them on the
surface of the pond, the lights there
k4urnipg these showers into quivering,
n'den nipples, make up a scene more
hchantment than reality. All thi.
e great gas we'll, at rental fol
1oQ per year.-7itusritle Her
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every cinder caused look or ciacula.
ton OF peevlsh complaint, every fresh
arrival she glared at as if the car were
her private parlOr and they came unip-
vited, she did not sit in one pOsition
five minute, and her pale. weary
mother and attentive husband tried in
vain to make her comfortable they
might have tried all her life Just as
fruitlessly; thatwoman would find dust
in heaven, and scold at the angels
wings for being in her way. But nv
neighbor was different metal. She
was hot young or handsome, she was not
fashionable or fine; her round COM
Portable face bloomed with some hardy
rose-tints yet, though she must have
been near fifty, her bright. dark ewes
were as sweet, soft and pleasant as they
were perceptive; her steel-grav hair
curled in brisk little ringlets about her
wide full forehead, and her cheerful
sensible mouth disclosed that rare
American beauty, set of fautless teeth.
when she smiled. She had on an hon,
est straw bonnet little out of date
but so fit and decent that you did not
remark its behind-hand svlc it was
gray and tied down with cherry
green ribbons. I should think that
woman repelled dust someway. for her
bonnet was fresh as lettuce after four
hours of dusty railway. She had on
no crumpled linen cloak or sack, her
dress and cape were the same soft gray
woolen material that could not crease.
and fell about her in easy folds. with.
out any trimming but little bit of silk
bordering round the cap; a good cana
ciOus brown basket and shepherds
plaid shawl were her only adiuncts, and
by some mysterious process she kept her
face clean and her eyes free from cinders
all the way; that woman had
" faculty" l liked to looked at her,
but man interviewed, slim and prim
theological student, with a handbag and
a great bundle of books. However, he
got out ut New Haven and went to his
own place, and my friend, whom l
found ont afterward to be Mrs. Hannah
Tucker of Portland, Name, gave him
parting smile of relief, and expanded
herself as every railway traveller does
who is so fortunate as to occupy at last
a whole seat. She took couple of old
fashioned scolloped cookies from her
basket, red apple and a bottle of milk,
and made her supper composedly as if
by her own fire-side the few crumbs
fell into her spread handkerchief, no
drop of the milk was spilled, and those
crumbs were shaken out of the window
with the air of table-cloth, the bottle
packed away for next time, the little |
china cup wiped on clean napkin and
put in its paper-bag, the apple-core
gingerly taken by it's stem and dropped |
overheard with dreadful precision /; then
shc laid her head on the plaid shawl
and shut mp her eyes resOlutelv. / was
glad of 1t, for l am always afraid of |
such neat women.-ROse Terry Cooke. |
Richland beacon., 1873-09-06

An ANATOMICAL HINT.-Dr. Hermann
Never of Zurich asserts that a shoe
maker ought not only to produces shoe
that does not pinch, but shoe so con-
structed that it will give to foot dis
torted by the pinching it has borne al
ready fair chance of a return to it's
right shape, and full possession of its
power as a means of carrying the body
onward. He saws, that in measuring a
foot for shoe or boot, the first thing
to be considered is the place of the
great toe. Upon this toe, in walking,
ohe weight of the whole body turns at
every step in natural foot, therefore,
in straight line with the heel. A
central straight line drawn from IT,
point of the great toe to the middle OF
it's root, if continued, would pass very
exactly to the middle of the heel. But,
by the missftting boot usually worn,
the point of the toe is pressed inwards,
the root Outwards. No last, or model
of foot already injured by wearing IL.
fitting boots or shoes should ever bt
made of the exact size of such foot.
Richland beacon., 1873-09-06
Giant Powder.

Chemistry itself is at loss to esti.
mate the power of nitro-glycerine. and
yet this new agent of death is 20 per
cent. stronger. That our readers may
be enabled to form a faint conception
of the danger of such a preparation, we
will give a brief description of the
process by which nitro-glycerine, giant
and Hercules powder are supposed to be
manufactured, and of the extreme eau
ton necessary in their manufacture.
In the manufacture of nitrO-glycerine,
two tubes, each about a quarter of an
inch in diameter and six inches in
length, lead into single tube of double
their capacity, but of the same length.
Nitric acid is introduced into one and
sulphuric acid into the other of these
small tubes. The large Tube contains
glycerine. The two acids are then
forced quite gradually into the glyce-
rine, and the chemical combination thus
forms an explosive of incalculable
power So powerful and dangerous is
this article that not an ounce of it is
allowed in the manufactOry while this
little tube, six inches long and half an
inch in diameter, is being filled, and
the tube is kept constantly swathed in
ice during the process. To make giant
pO&der, this nitro-glycerine is allowed
to drip upon a clay, similar to meer-
schaum, imported from Germany. This
clay is the only perfect absorbent of
nitro-glycerine known. As Hercules
powder is darker, it is believed that
that explosive is manufactured by the
same process, charcoal, an imperfect
absorbent, being used instead of said
quality of clay. If, in the manufacture
of nitro-glycerine, strong tube is kept
swathed in ice, and a quantity of the
liquid only six inches in length and half
an inch in diameter is allowed at the
building at the same time, no wonder
that Genl Won Bokkelen, with his pre-
paration twenty per cent. more power
full, remarked that he would have it
handled thermometer in hand.
Richland beacon., 1873-09-06

INTUITION is that attitute Of soul in
which it sees the various relationships
of the universe presented to it spOntane-
ously as an immediate objective reality.
March,
Richland beacon., 1873-09-06
Malay Customs.

I was told, writes traveller in Bor-
neO, that it is indispensably necessary
that young man should procure a
skull before he gets married. On my
urging that the custom would be more
hOnored in the breach than in the OBJ
ser, ance, they replied that it was estab-
lished fror, time immemorial, and could
not be dispensed with. Subsequently,
however, it was allowed that heads were
very difficult to obtain now, and :,
young man might sometimes get mar
ried by giving presents to his lady
loves parents. At all times they de-
MED warmly ever obtaining any heads
but their enemies, adding that they
we're bad people, and deserved to
die. / asked young man whether he
would be obliged to get head before
he could obtain wife. He replie
eyes" "When would he get one %
"Soon." Where would he go to get
one ?" "To the Sarebus river" linen
tion these particulars in detail, as /
think. had their practice extended to
taking the head of any defenseless trav-
eler, or any Malay surprised in his
dwelling or boat, 1 should have wormed
the secret ont of him. The men marry
but one wife, and that not until they
have attained the age of seventeen or
eighteen. Their wedding ceremony is
curious, and is performed by the bride
and bridegroom Icing brought in pro-
cession along the large room, where a
brace of fowls is placed over the bride
groom's neck, which he whirls seven
times round his head. The fowls are
then killed, and their blood sprinkled
over the foreheads of the pair, which
done, they are-cooked and eaten by the
newmarket couple alone, whilst the
rest feast and drink during the whole
night.
Richland beacon., 1873-09-06

My MIND can take no hold on
present world, nor can it rest in it
ment, but my who |e nature rnshe
ward with irresiMible fore. tow
future and better. state OF Cbl
Fichte. 4
Richland beacon., 1873-09-06

TIT London Daily Telegraph, in a
long article upon cheap postage, argues
that the anual deficit in our postal reve-
nue. is attributable to the falt that We
are essentially telegraphing. rather
than a writing, people and states that,
if the proportion of kilograms to letters
be closely scanned, it will be found that,
in spite of the cheapness of postage and
the dearness of electricity, more wire
messages and fewer letters are relative
ly sent in the United States than in any
other great civilized nation. 1t COM
mends the abolition of the franking
privilege, and encourages Mr.. CreswelI
in Ills determination to make the post
Office both self-supporting and remu-
nerative but thinks that, owing to the
national high-pressure nature, and our
enormous extent of territory, the post
Office has little chance of competing sue.
cessfully with the telegraph, especially
in view of the fact that the telegraph
corporations have an almost unlimited
power in the lobbies of congress-. The
only relief it sees is persistent on
slaught upon private telegraph, and ar
rives at the conclusion that the only
means that will provide relief, and
make our postal service what it should
be, is for the state to work the wires no
less than the post. The article is tenn
perate and thoughtful, and offers much
food for reflection.
Richland beacon., 1873-09-06

The bronze statue of Thomas JEFF
erson, which has stood in front of the
executive mansion at Washington for
these many years, has been removed to
a plat on the east side of the house, and
GenI Babsock is going to have Q har d.,
some fountain erected where it form@3n1
stood.
Richland beacon., 1873-09-06

The American criminal is some"
on CHASTITY slang, but we haven't seen
anything quite SO cynical as this, from
the confession of q murderer recently
tried in Paris 1--WE don't try to kill
in1order to steal we attempt merely
DHotpg Aim. o if after that be cools,
L., h;Svo -
Richland beacon., 1873-09-06

"A gentleman in Indian1
asked why he didn't mer1y r
down feelingly rsn1in@ H.
more, ,seriou1 - z
settling =
Richland beacon., 1873-09-06
A Racy Examination.

The following racy examination of
candidates for admission to the bar is
taken from the Western Law Journal.
The examination commenced with
EDO you smoke?"
81 do, sir"
Have You spare cigar
eyes, sir" Extends short SIX
"NOw, sir, what is the first duty of
lawyer?"
"To collect fees"
fright. What is the second ?"
"TO increase the number of clients"
"When does the position towards
clients change?"
"When making out bill of costs"
Explain"
"We then occupy the antagorristic
position. become the plaintiff and he
becomes the defendant"
"a suit decided, how do yOu stand
with the lawyer on the other side q
"Cheek, by jowl."
Enough, sir. You promise to be-
come an ornament to your profession,
and wish you success. Now, are you
aware of the duty you owe me?"
" Perfectly"
"Describe it.
ct is to invite you to drink"
"But suppose l decline ?"
Candidate scratches his head.
"There is no instance of the kind on
record in the books. 1 cannot answer
the question"
"YOu are right. And the confidence
with which you make the assertion
shows conclusively that you read the
law attentively. Let's take drink,
and will sign your certificate at once !!
Richland beacon., 1873-09-06

One of our local judges lately took
a lesson in spelling in justices court,
when a Mr.. Wood was the witness.
"What is yOur name" asked the clerk
"Ottiwell Wood" answered the wit
ness. "How do you spell Your name?"
then asked the somewhat puzzled Judge.
Mr.. Wood replied: go double L, l
double U, f double l., Double e
double o D." The astonished iudge
thought that was one of the most extra
ordinary names he ever knew and,
after two or three attempts to record it,
both he and the clerk gave it up, amid
rOars of laughter.
Richland beacon., 1873-09-06

The following racy examination of
candidates for admission to the bar is
taken from the Western Law Journal.
The examination commenced with
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-08-14

Those victims of the hay fever who
can't afford a trip to Fire Island, the
genial climate of which greatly allevi-
ates the disease, may take a hint from
a gentleman who describes himself as
a sufferer from "hay fever" for twenty
years, but who is now entirely reliev-
ed from the malady. His ire is to
get a saturated solution of sulphate of
quinine in water, i'll the proportion of
n part of puinine to 740 of water
lie down upon his back, dip a small
camel's hair brush into the solution,
apply the brush to the inside of the
nostrils, moving the head about gent
ly so as to make sure that the fluid
reaches all parts of the nostrils until
it is felt i'll the throat. He describes
the relief as immediate, and says that
three applications a day, when threat
ened by a return of the disease, is suf-
ficient to prevent q return.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-08-14
Sher5N's Safe.
Case No. 3139.

Case No. 3139.
John d: Miller Pre5le Com: Pleas
John G.. Colvin Mortgage.
DY virtue of an alias order of sale is
- sued from the Court of Common
Pleas in the above stated case, and di-
rected to the Sheriff of said County, l
will offer for sale at public auction, at
the door of the Court House: i'll Eaton,
in said County.
On Soturday,:Sept. 6, 1873.
between the hours of l and 4 o'clock, P.
NJ. of said day, the following premises
situated in Preble county, Ohio, and de
scribed as follows, to-wit: Being lot
number one, III in the town of Eldora-
do, in Preble county, Ohio. Also, tllir-
ty-three feet adjoining said lot number
one, in said town, on the south side OF
said lot number one, and running west
as far as said lot number one does.
Terms cash. Appraised at $2lO0,U
JOHN TOWNSEND, Sheriff,
Foos &c FISHER, Att'ys.
July 81, 1S73-tds. prf $500
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-08-14
sHERIFF'S SALE.
SheraH'S Safe.
Case No. $3.50.

Case No. $3.50.
Lewis Bader' Preble Comm9r
VS.. Pleas d OF sale
Edward FELTON,, e tal) on Mortgage.
d virtue of an alias order of Sale is
- sued from the Court of Common
Pleas within and for the County OF
PrebJe, and State of Ohio, in the above
Ease, an to the Sheriff of said county
directed, L will offer for sale at public
auction, ut the door of the Court House,
i'll Eaton, i'll said county,
On Saturday, Sept. 6. 1873.
between the hours OIL and 4 o'clock, p.
NJ, Of said day, the following lands and
teneinents, situated i'll the county of
Preble, and State of Ohio, and described
us follows, to-wit:
A part of the south west quarter of
section number nineteen, township sew
ei:, -ange 2 east; beginnings at the north
east corner of said quarter thence south
. degrees, east Is chains and 0 links to Il
stake; thence south 81 degrees, west 80
chains and y links to IL sugar tree, 8
inchesin diameter in the section line;
hence north . degrees, west Is chains
and 8 links to the quarter section stake;
hence with the quarter section line
north SO degrees cast to the place of be-
ginning, containing sixty acres of land.
Also, Il part Of the north west quarter
OF the aforesaid section, township and
range, to-wit:--Forty acres Off the South
side of said quarter. Both tracts con-
tanning One Hundred Acres of Land,
more or less. Terms Cash. Appraised
at $500 per acre.
JOHN TOWNSEND, Sheriff,
Zoos 6 FISHER, Att'ys.
July 81, 1873-tls. prf. $3.50.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-08-14
PARTITION NOTICE.
George Stump, Pl'tf,

George stump FltH' treble GO.
John H.. Stump. ct al defts. Court.
FOHN Fl. 81 JUMP, SARAH BEACH,
y LOR and Lewis Beachlor, of Whitley
county, State of Indiana, Henry S.
Stump, of Darke county, Ohio; Sophia
Murphy and James d. Murphy, of Mont
gomery county, State of %Illinois; Eliza
beth Chrisman, and John Gear and
Mary E Gear, and Adam H. Geeting,
their guardian, of Preble county, Ohio;
Susan Stump, and Alfred Stump, of But
Ter county, Ohio, and Elizabeth Stump,
(widow) of Preble county, Ohio, will
take notice that a petition was filed a.
gainst them on the 25th day of June, A.
D.. 1873, i'll the COur of Common lPeas,
within and for the county of Preble, by
George Stump, and is now pending,
wherein said George Stump demands
partition ofthe following real estate,
to-wit: Situate in the county of PrebIe.
in the State of Ohio, and. described as
follows
Bein the east side of the northeast
quarter of section twelve. O2) in town
ship four, az of range three (3) east.
containing e~lghty-tW0 acres, more or
less-the same being the balance of said
quarter, after deducting from said quar-
ter a tract off the West side that was
decided to Daniel Zech, by Henry Zech,
and five acres which was also decided BY
said Henry Zech to Jonathan Stump,
taken off the Southeast corner of said
quarter, agreeable to he corners express
ed in said deeds, to which refer
ence is had; and that, at the next
term ofsaid Court, the said Geo. Stump
will apply for an order that partition
may be made of the said premises.
GEO. STUMP, Petitioner.
GEO. w. MoYER, Atty.
Attest-W. D.. QUINN, Clerk,
By B. F. LARsH, Deputy.
July 81 lS73-w6. prf $I0,55