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LIBELoUs EPITHETs.- epithets ap-
piled to man are libelous is not only an
interesting but growing legal question.
Little more than a year ago a tribunal in
North Carolina decreed the appellation
Pennsylvania Yankee" to be libelous to
the extent of 81, 900. Within a few months
a Maryland court decided "Old Warty'' to
be a dangerous and costly epithet to bestow,
even verbally, upon a gentleman with an
excrescence ON his nose And now Willis
Phelps, of Springfield, Mass, asks justice
to award him the snug sum of $500, ,00O
from the fire proof safe Of one Of the journals
of his town in satisfaction for the damage
done him by said paper designating him
"the Boss Tweed of Springfield" Two
hundred thousand dollars is great deal OF
money, and there are many thousands Of
sensitive American citizens to be published
as g the Boss Tweed" of any place for one.
half the amount claimed by Mr.. Phelps, Of
Springfield. Louis Globe.
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JAY Cooke AND HIS CREDIToRs--A Pc
tition will be presented to the Senate ON
Monday by Senator Hamilton, signed by
BENJAMIN P. Buckler, of Texas, asking
that action be deferred on the varions bills
providing for the repeal of the bankrupt
law, and to stop the adjudication of suits
now pending under The involuntary clauses.
The petitioner will allege his readiness to
prove, first, that Jay Cooke had Fraudulent
ly and feloniously taken moneys belonging
to the firm of Jay Cooke 81 Co.; secondly,
that the firm of Jay Cooke o. 20. have
steadily refused to make any showing as to
the amount Of cash they had OH hand at the
time Of failure; and thirdly, that the firm OF
Jaw Cooke s. Co. did abstract from their
vaults after they had ceased payments, and
were in process of adjusting their AFFAIRS a
large sum in currency, which they fraudu-
lcntly conveyed TO the Treasurer of the
United States to make up for the sum OF
| one hundred and eighty-seyen Thousand
dollars which the Government had on de-
posit with the First National Bank at the
/ time Of the failure, whereby the creditors
] of Jay Cooke s. Go. are sought 70 be de-
fraudad. - Piftsburg Commercial, Pee. ~,
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TOM ScoTT no BE HELPED OUT.-The
report comes from Harrisburg that an ar
rangenient has been affected between Col.
Thomas A. Scott, of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, and Judge Asa Packer,
President Of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company, 50 that the means necessary TO
construct the Texas Pacific Railroad viii be
furnished at an early date. Its also unders
stood that Judge Packer will purchase,
with the assistance Of other large capitalists.
all interest of the so-called Construction
Company. .-Ns,r York Tines.
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TOPICS OF TEE TIMES.

The great sea-serpent is still alive. 1t
has been interviewed in Belhayen Bay,
Scotland, by 100 individuals of both sexes.
1t is a large, black creature with coils.
When fully stretched out it appeared to be
a hundred feet in length, with an apparent
breadth of from two to three feet. 1t
remained in sight for upwards Of a quarter
of an hour, and then headed out to sea. 1t
positively refused to answer any questions
from the local reporter, but was evidently q
near relative of the great plesiosaurus seen
by DR.. Joass, and his presence has caused
great excitement in the peaceful neighbor-
hood. g"f
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Medical Notice.
DIR. O. 3. WHITFORD,
nTFICE-.o One door south Of Bielenberg & Prouse's
~ butcher shop.

Ths Doctor having permanently established IN this
city df not professionally cngaged) may at all times
be f0und at his Office to attend TO calls IN me cty OF
from the country and having ten years experience IN
the treatment of diseases peculiar to the mountains,
can safely say that within the reach of medicine, his
aiinnts will he successfully treated.
Private Diseases treated (wthout the use OF merri-
ryl with unparalleled Syphilis ~ all its yarl
AZ forms tonorrhocar elect Structure, orchitls licr
MIA sucrnatorrhuca and all Urinary diseases, Coll
sultation by letter the Office free r. o. h11 i2o
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Whenever the way seemed long.
Or his heart began to fail,
She would sing a more wonderful song,
Or tell a more marvellous tale.

The great naturalist died just at the time
when the consummation of his hopes was
reached. The presentation to him Of Peni-
kese Island was all that he needed to carry
out his plans Those who were with him
last summer will well remember his almost
childish delight at the progress of the ac-
commodations there for his beloved work.
He opened the school of nature with earnest
enthusiasm, and the disciples who flocked to
sitby his feet, as it were, expected to renew
next summer the studious delights of the
last. 1t has been ordered otherwise. The
chair of the master is vacant, and the place
that knew him will lsoon know him no more
and what wider, grander scope of vision il
now open to his intellectit is only left to II:
to conjecture.
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Fiftieth Birthday Of Agassiz.
May %, 1857.
BY II. w. LoNeFELLoN

BY II. W. LoNGFELLow.
1t was fifty years ago ..
In the pleasant month of May,
In the beautiful Pays de Yaud,
A child in i is cradle lay.
And Nature, the old nurse, took
The child upon her knee,
Saying: Here is story book
Thy Father has written for thee"
"Come wander with me- she said.
Into regions yet untrod;
And read what is still unread
In the manuscripts of God"
And he wandered aw ay and away
With Nature, the dear old nurse,
Who sang to him night and day
The rhymes Of the universe
And whenever the way seemed long,
Or his heart began to fail,
She would sing a more wonderful song,
Or tell a more marvellous tale.
so she keeps him still child,
And will not let him 60,
Though at times his heart beats wild
For the beautiful Pays de Vaud:
Though at times he hears in his dreams
The RAM de Vachcs of old,
And the rush of mountain streams
From the glaciers clear and cold;
And the mother at home says 'Hark
For his voice listen and yearn;
1t is growing late and dark,
And my boy does not return ~
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You will find this paragraph in many of
the unedited newspapers: "a naughty boy
being told by his mother that God would
not forgive him if he did certain things,
answered: Yes, he would, too. God likes
to forgive little boys; that's what He's for .
The people who invent these stupid and
irreverent, not to say blasphenlous, things
and attribute them to little boys and girls
ought to be taken out and shot, and the
only thing that keeps us from doing it is
the conviction that shooting is too good for
them.
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Life in monitor is described asnot being
among the most delightful of existences.
Officers who have served in them say they
are very comfortable, but they doso, perhaps,
with the view of inducing few more victims
to enjoy abitter experience. When one has
made voyage in one of these floating
prisons he comes ont with complexion OF
the most ghastly pallor, which he carries
along with him as monitor to others for a
very long period. A monitor, being under
water most, if not all, of the time, is very
damp and ill-ventilated. The cabins are
very small and irregularly shaped 'fcuddies, F"
with the scantiest accommodations of all
kinds. The only advantage in point of
comfort which the monitors seem to possess
is that they are not SO much disturbed by
the action of the waves as other vessels.
Officers have the greatest objection to taking
service in these floating prisons, and while
they have stood the shock of battle well,
and done the State good service, they are
far from being the healthiest among our
floating batteries. .s ....r.
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A man shot a oman in Washington City
the other day for claim of twenty cents.
We hate to deal harshly with an erring
fellow-being, but we can't help saying that
the man who would shoot woman for any
thing less than dollar and halfis probably
not the Christian gentleman he ought to be.
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In what we call, through sort of legal
fiction, our navy, there are fourteen Admirals
and twenty-five Commodores. In case of q
war we shall have to leave our sailors at
home, as we haven't got ships enough to
carry them and our Admirals and Commo-
dores.
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POETRY.

The Nurses Cradle Song.
Sleep, little bub!
Thy father has gone to his club;
Thy mother is out to grand s,coree-
SO swallow the beautiful catnip tea;
Sleep, little bub.
Sleep. baby, sleep!
4 wolf got after some sheep;
He stole young lamb from the shepherdess:
There wasn't much left of that lamb guess;
Sleep, baby, sleep!
Sleep. baby, sleep!
Sure paregorc is cheap:
allus use it when catnip fails
1t stops the bother and tells no tales
Sleep, baby, sleep!
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The latest news from the gold fields Of
South Africa report the discovery of a
number of extensive mining districts. At
Tati River, on the borders of Matabili land,
immense quantities of valuable quartz have
been excavated. The gold is in reefs, and
has been traced 1000 yards. 1t is thick all
the way, and the quartz looks rich IN gold.
On other parts of the farm, which is 5000
acres in extent, quartz reefs have been
struck. Gold reefs are supposed to extend
west and southwest across the republic. In
the Luedenburg district alluvial gold has
been discovered in wonderful richness, and
a large population is settling there. The
majority of the diggers are making from
two to three ounces per day. One party
found eleven ounces one week and twenty
the next. Nuggets of twenty pennyworths
to two ounces are common, and the largest
nuggets yet found have been twenty, twenty
three ounces, two pounds, and even forty
five ounces. With all this wealth, the great
but obscure continent must certainly have
before it bright destiny,
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N. P. r. r. NEws.-A steamboat enter
prise to take freight for Montana and idaho
at Bismarck and carry it to Fort Benton
and Helena, has been i'll operation for four
months. and will be carried on to greater
extent next season. Since the completion
of the railroad, eight steamers OF 400 tons
have run from Bismarck to points beyond,
to the head of navigation ON the Missouri.
These boats have handled $500 tons; they
will in early spring make Bismarck their
point of departure. TO secure direct con-
nection with Helena, an arrangement has
been made with the Diamond r. Wagon
Transportation Line, whereby wagon-road
shall be made during the winter from Hell,
ena to the mouth of Muscleshell river, that
empties into the Missouri river l25 miles
this side of Fort Benton, so that there viii
be connecting route from st. Paul ota the
I n. P. r. r., the Missouri river, and the
Diamond r. Line, direct to Helena.-R. IL
/ Reoiem.
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It is said that Chicago is to have another
religious newspaper Chicago already has
more religious newspapers in proportion to
the quantity of her religion than any city
on the continent. E#
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MIR. Williams and the Chief Justiceship.

1t will be seen by our morning dispatches
that Acknowledgement Williams is just
little further removed from the Chief JUS
ticeship than he was before his name was
sent into the Senate. There is no mistak-
ing the cause of this sudden change in the
fortunes Of MI. Williams. He had before
him, at one time, most promising opportu-
mites for winning an illustrious fame and
rejecting credit upon the State to which he
owes all he has ever won. To-day he is
arraigned as criminal before the Senate
of the United States and the nation at
large. What contrast! We could have
wished that he had been spared the hrlmil-
iation of these latter disclosures; but it is
| quite apparent, now, that whatever may
befall him, he can never rid his good name
of the damning disgrace into which the
Senate Committee on Judiciary are about
to inquire. We predict that Mr.. Williams
will yet keenly regret the infamous official
act whose stigma has prompted the unusual
action of the Senate. Oregoaian, Dec. 20.
Tt will be recollected that the Senate
! Committee asked that no action be taken
on Mr.. Williams appointment until impor-
tant charges from Oregon could be investi-
gated. The above indicates they are of
serious character. Truly, eminent Orego-
| mans have had no flowery paths to walk
recently.
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A Beautiful Tribute to Agassiz.
From the New York Evening Post.

From the New York Evening Post
To-day, when the breath of the dying
year is almost as tender and delicate as that
Of genial spring, the remains of the great
naturalist whose name has shed such a lus-
tire upon the annals of American science
have received from loving friends and dis
ciples the last sad honors. The generous,
kindly heart has ceased to beat. The keen,
analytical intellect is at rest. The eye
which looked further into the manifold
mysteries of nature than any other of this
century is closed, and the familiar form
which so many knew has now been laid
away forever.
1t is not only in this country that the
death of Agassiz will be felt. His name is
as well known in tho scientific circles of
France, Germany and England as in those
of this country. His earlier works were
written in the French language and pub
lished abroad. Before coming to this
country he was famous i'll Europe. How he
was welcomed here, how he became not
only the leading authority of this country
in scientific matters, but the centre of
circle of devoted personal friends, is well
known. For quarter of a century or more
he has been the "cynosure of neighboring
eyes" Sixteen years ago his friends cele-
brated his tiftieth birthday, Longfellow con-
tributing that graceful poem beginning:
1t was fifty years ago
in the pleasant month of May
In the beautiful Pays de Wand
\ child in his cradle lay.
And Nature the old nurse, took
The child upon her knee,
Saying, t Here is a storybook
Thy Father has written for thee"
Most of the distinguished men present on
that occasion live to mourn the loss of their
friend; and to carry the idea of grief at his
| departure into the realms Of fancy, one
might almost imagine a dim, dull pain ex-
! isting amid the swarms of once inanimate
| creatures which his researches in the arcana
of nature have brought to light. The wide
versatility of Agassz's scientific acquire
ments cannot but strike even the unseien-
tific mind with wonder. The flower, with
it's delicate petals; the fish, darting through
the cool wave; the glacier, sweeping down
from the Arctic regions, leaving here and
there it's handwriting on the face of the
earth, to be interpreted cycles later by this
wonderful man; the fossil, lying hidden fol
unknown centuries, but at his bidding tell.
ing it's tale of the past; the grim monsters
of the DAYS when the creation was young,
revealing by fragment of bone the secrets
of their existence long ages after they hao
flourished, decayed and disappeared-al
these had been his loving study. Inall ht
traced the Great First Cause. His resear
ches were without cessation, for he knew
that his field was inexhaustible. The ben
ediction of the poet seemed answered. Ma
ture, in the grandest, most comprehensive
sense of the word, was the companion O
Agassiz:
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DEER LODGE, MONTANA.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-24
Glover Hay for Horses.

MANY farmers are strenuously opposed
to red clover of any kind as feed for
horses, as they contend the poisonous dust
which rises from the dead stalks and dry
leaves frequently causes the heaves. For
many years we have kept horses almost
exclusively on clover hay through our
long winters, and if the clover was cut
when about one-half the blossoms had
turned brown, and the hay mostly cured
in the cock in good weather, so as to re-
tain most of its leaves and heads and
green appearance, we have never known
it to produce either cough or heaves.
We know of no reason why it should
produce a cough in horses any more than
red top or herds grass. Clover when cut
early for hay, as it generally should be,
from its succulence, if not well dried be-
fore being carried to the barn in large
quantities, is very liable to heat in the
NOW or on the scafiold; this process
produces some injurious chemical
changes in the hay The starch sugar,
gum, etc, first assume the vinous fer
mentation, producing saccharine quail
ity in the hay. If the change here be
arrested no bad results would follow, the
nutritive and healthy quality of the hay
would not be ldssened--but generally
the vinous runs into the acetOus fer
mentation-this is followed by sourness,
mOldiness and dust. Such mpsty hay,
fed to horses, when made from clover or
any other kind of grasses, would be
very likely to produce a stubborn
cough, frequently ending in the heaves,
1t is no wonder that some farmers have
prejudice against such clover hay.
What would be the value of the medic
inal herbs annually garnered up (while
in blossom) by the careful housewife if
suffered to heat and ferment as is often
the case with clover hay? In making
hay from clover we have for many years
practiced the following methods In
clear weather commence moving as soon
as the dew is off; let il remain in the
swath till three or four o'clock, after
noon, then with the fork take the swaths
up in flakes and put up cocks that will
average about fifty pounds of dried hay.
The cocks remain untouched for twenty
four hours, then they are carefully
pitched over in flakes, and two cocks are
put in one; from nine to ten O'Clock the
third day they are opened, and if the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-24
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
THE use of soapsuds preserves fiowe

THE use of soapsuds preserves flowers.
SUET butter is churned at Railway,
n. j.
A TRULY thorough husbandman de-
stroys only small weeds.
A TERRE HAUTE Qnd) man reports
$40 net profit from one acre of grapes
last season.
SUCKERS which have been permitted to
spring up at the foot of the stems in
apple orchards may be now taken of to
the best advantage.
THE farmers in Illinois are importing
Norman horses The animals are heav-
lily built, and are especially adapted for
agricultural purposes.
DUsTING with white hellebore from a
dredging-bo has been widely and sue
cessfully practiced for many years in eX-
terminating the currant-worm,
NEVER water young trees-depend eX-
clusively on cultivation, and, if neces-
sary, mulching added. Continue to
break the crust and to maintain a clean,
mellow surface for several feet around
the base of the stem.
RUB off all starting shoots below the
young CRAFTS on their first appearance;
the larger they become the greater will
be the check to the tree by the loss of
the leaves. The same care is needed for
buds set last summer.
For KEEPING MEAT FREsH IN Hot
WEATHER-Place it in a clean porcelain
bowl, and pour very not water over it so
as to cover it. Then pour oil upon the
water. The air is thus quite excluded
and the meat preserved.
Cold starch should not be made too
stiff, or undissolved portions will adhere
to the garments. If of the right consist
ency the article will look as if wrung out
of water. Roll tightly, and let it lie for
two hours. 1t will then iron as easily as
if boiled starch had been used, and take
much less.
To CURE sleeplessness let the full meal
come in the middle of the day. Two
hours after it has been taken walk three
or four miles or ride twice that number.
Eat light, easily-digested supper, and
pass the succeeding hours till bedtime in
way agreeable, but not exciting. Avoid
causes of worry, and sleep in fresh bed
and well-ventilated apartment.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Country Gen
Hemnn, after having experimental to his
hearts content with several kinds OF
grease, tobacco water, kerosene, ashes,
unguentum, etc, for killing lice on cat
tie, has arrived at the conclusion that sui
phur sprinkled on the animals, and well
rubbed into the hair, and a tablespoonful
given in meal daily fora week, is the sim
plest, safest and suIest remedy he has
ever tried.
To MAKE ALTAR OF RosEs.-Gather a
quantity of roses and place them in a
jar; then pour upon them spring water.
Cover the top OF the jar with thin muslin
TO keep off the dust, and expose the vessel
to the heat of the sun for few days, until
oily particles are observed to be floating
on the surface OF the water, Take of
this oily substance and place it in "A bot
tie. This is the perfume known as the
"Attar of Roses,n
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-24
Fowls in the Horse Stable.

Fowls should never be permitted to
have access to the horse stable, nor the
feed-room, nor the hay-mow Their
rooms should be entirely separate from
the stable, so that they may not always
be ready to slip in whenever door is
opened; and that the veTmin which in
fest poultry may not reach horses and
cattle.
1t is fact that fowls of all kinds when
allowed to go on the hay-mow, or in the
feeding-room, or anywhere in the barn,
damage more fodder than we are wont to
suppose. We would as soon allow fowl
to live in the kitchen and to hop ON the
dinner table while we are eating, and to
roost on our bedstead, as to allow them
to have free access to the horse stable and
barn.
Some horses are always afraid of fowls
and when one enters the manger or rack
the timid horses will Immediately sur
render their entire right, however hungry
they may be, to these lawless marauders.
And after they have scratched over the
feed with their foul feet horse must be
exceedingly hungry before he will eat his
mess. Many hungry horse has been
deprived of his feeding of grain by lot
of bold, gallinaceOus robbers that had
learned when and where to fill their
empty crops with the feed of jaded
horse. Let CRATES and bars exclude
fowls and pigeons from the doors and
windows of all horse stables.-N Y.
Times
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-24
The Folly of Binders on Horses.

DURING the years of boyhood we al
ways drove horses with blind brides
but as soouas we were vested with sufii-
cient authority to dispense with the
blinders we cut off every binder from
the brides on the farm, so the eyes OF
The horses could come to the light; and
the sequence was wonderfully astonish-
ing After few weeks one of the horses
that seldom could walk but always went
dancing prancing and bounding along,
began towalkl Before the binders were
cut off every whisper behind her would
startle her, and the rustic of a leaf would
put her on tiptoe; but as soon as she was
permitted to see that rustling sound was
only the motion of leaf, or something
that would not hurt her, she was quiet
and far more tractable than when she
had her eyes blinded
Cut the binders all off and let horses
be trained from colthood with unob
structed vision, and they will always be
more tractable. A horse looks always
a hundred times more beautiful about
the head when we can see his eyes than
when blindfolded like guilty felon on