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Ants Enemies to Caterpillars.

The Belgium Official Journal, referring
to the ignorant conduct of those who de-
stroy all kinds of birds and insects indis-
Criminately, insists on the necessity of
children in primary schools being taught
to distinguish between noxious insects,
and thus to exercise their destructive
faculties against the latter only The
writer proceeds to say that the ant, which
is very disagreeable and inconvenient in
many respects, does excellent service in
chasing and destroying caterpillars with
relentless energy. A farmer who had no.
ticed this fact and had his cabbage liter
ally devoured by caterplllars, at last hit
upon the eXpedient of having an ant hill,
or rather nest, such as abound in pine
forests brought to his cabbage plot. A
sackful of the pine points, Astounding in
ants, was obtained, and its contents
strewed around the infested cabbage
plants. The ants lost no time, but imme-
diately set to work; they seized the cater
pillars by their heads. The next day
heaps of dead caterpillars were found, but
not one alive, nor did they return to the
cabbages. The value of the ant is we'll
known IN Germany and, although their
eggs are in great request as food for young
cartridges, pheasants and nightingales,
there is fine against taking them from
the forests. The ant is interchangeable; it
climbs to the very tops of trees and de-
stroys an immense quantity of insects.
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A Remarkable Engine and a Wonder.
full Engineer.

THE Burlington HACK Eye recently
commenced running a special railroad
train to Keokuk to deliver its papers dur
ing the Iowa State Fair, and in announc-
ing the enterprise INDUCED in a little
Characteristic deviation. The engine
which draws the train and the engineer
are thus described: ''' No. 303' was built
about 1866, and is one of the most power
full engines that ever pulled a,pound. She
ran one or two trips on the Baltimore &
Ohio, but one dark night she got off the
rails, jumped over a ravine, swan across
the Potomac River and bolted right
through mountain, struck off down the
valley and when daylight came she was
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A Mechanical Novelty,

HOME talent and genius appear to have
sound another Y gorous and worthy inter
prefer in Mr.. Peer johnson, who keeps
q The Lighthouse" at the corner of the
levee and Jefferson streets, and who.
after SIX months labor, has Just COM
pleted a work OF art which appears to be
marvel of ingenious mechanism and a
monument to mans perseverance and pa
thence. This work is contained in a case
about three square, suspended against the
wzfT- faced with glass, and showing from
within very picturesque rural scene in
miniature. In the background is q wind
mill in active operation; a balloon
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Fighting an Alligator.

MONDAY afternoon party OF eight or
ten met at the Okapilco Creek to seine
the different lakes and 'eddies" along the
run Of the creek between the turnpike and
the railroad bridges. Nothing unusual
transpired on this occasion until late in
the afternoon, when, in seining a deep
lake formed by bend in the channel of
the stream, the seine became so heavy and
difficult to drag that it was concluded
that it was hung to root or log on the
bottom. Lum Devane, lad sixteen years
Of age, went under for the purpose Of dis
entangling the seine. Upon reaching the
bottom, a distance of six or seven feet he
found what he supposed to be log, and
embracing it started to the surface of the
water with it. His surprise as we'll as
that Of the party can better be imagined
than expressed when, upon rising, the sup
posed log was found to be an alligator.
As soon as the waters surface was
reached the Infatuated monster, taking in
the situation at glance, made a terrible
lunge at Devane, and, striking HIM in the
breast, knocked him into deep water,
and, continuing the attack, caught him
between his vise-like jaws around the
waist.
Seeing the danger of their comrade the
rest of the party sprang to his relief. For
tunately for Devane he was upon the out
side and the alligator was upon the inside
OF the seine, which, being strong and
firmly held at each end, somewhat i'm
peded the vicious reptile in his attack.
This, together with the prompt and fear
less action of the entire party, who seized
his alligatorship by the tail and legs and
commenced to use their knives on him
diligently, is all that saved Lum Devane
He was finally extricated from the Jaws of
the maGdened monster, and escaped with
a few painful, though not dangerous,
bruises and bites The alligator was
about eight feet in length and it was with
difficulty that six or eight strong and cour-
ageous men succeeded, after inserting
their knives in several tender places, in
bringing him ashore. He fought desper-
ately as long as life lasted. and in his dy-
ing moments he set up deafening roar
almost equal to that of a lion.-Qustnaaaa
(Ga.) Reporter.
ETHAT name is Herzegovina" and if
you hear newsboy crying out: "Awl
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EAST Rock, which overhangs number
of cottages near Great Darlington, Mass,
is so shaky in its balance that the cot
tagers are imploring Government to pro
tect the weaker from the bowlder.
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A LOT of peaches were shipped to Eu
rope, the other day, dipped in melted par
afine. By this process the fruit is covered
with coating impervious to water, air or
acids, and, it is claimed will keep for
several weeks.
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ETHAT name is Herzegovina" and if
you hear newsboy crying out: 'Awl
abawt the Hearsagovineyard warp you
may know that he means well enough.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-10-23

tFoa SALE OK ExcnASGE.

sar o. sel sf .HsHaa BY iHPrsvs
r.I.a. HH fte n - y 0I7 m'e
F~ssuf4HI Station. containing 90 Hrfas.
%. cleared 10 aHal fWma trIse fuf hl'ses
stlf.ss sc. with pala'I Apple HuI pgu
sHu Gures VIZ sr1pHs rJ1e. Hartford,
TFu'TNH. tIHIIUf a frfaHr#s
tIsB goo Hsfas or woodland mile from
ItmIHHI station
oeltltE G. CutDsEF. scranton.
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Tar Collectors H0Hce !

I will be at the folio wing places on
the dates mentioned for the purpose
of collecting the Taxes for the fiscal
veal of 1875. viz:
A. W. Ramsay's store. Oct. %, " 70.
VIM. F etchers, October q,
Shines Ferry, OcOober %.
Byrd's Ferry Black Greek Oct. ~.
VIM. Reeves. October 30.
Thos. Havard's November A 40.
Wards school house, November 6.
jackson Wards, November s. ~.
VIM. CunDinghsm's November Ill.
VIM. HowelI's. November ID.
Dog River (Oapt. Jlm's hoteD Novem-
her Is & 16.
Scranton, November IL & Is
Ocean Springs, November 19. 20 q y.
Scranton, Nov. "a, %, 26, %, 20 a 81.
1t is required of the Tax Collector to
collect and pay thirty per cent addition
al charges on all taxes not paid on OF
before tia first day of Decembea. The
Tx Collector is also authorized to col
lect 3 per cent additional compensation,
on ali taxes collected by him after the
first Monday in December.
L. n. RAMSAY,
Tax Collector Jackson County.
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EEECTB0.s' G

There will lie On election held in The
Couuty of Jackson, $ ate Of Mi-sissipri,
on Tnesd,y the 21d day Of November
A. d. 1875 Al the following voting
pf, ciucts Of said county:
Bot Ne. / At Wards School Hon5s
aud Thomas Hazards.
Beat No. =. At J. z. Wards aud
VIM Cunningham.
Beat No. 3. At John Cunuiugham's,
Moss Point Turner's Store and Scran.
ton Court House,
Beat No. 4. A. Ocean Springs and
Bluff Greek u. W. Yves 0lHs).
Beat No. B.. At Bytd's Ferry.
For the following officers to.wit:
Oae Treasurer for the State of Miss
issippi. ,
One Congressman for the Sixth
CungressioIal District.
One Representative for Harrison and
Jackson Counties,
One District Attorney for the First
Judicial District.
One Sheriff for the county OF Jackson
One Asse sor for the county OF Jack
son.
One Clerk for the eircnit and chan
cery Courts Of Jackson county.
Que Treasurer for Jackson county.
One Survey or for Jackson county.
One Coroner and Ranger for Jackson
county.
Oue Supervisor for each beat in Jack
s II county.
Two Justices OF the Peace for eacl
beat in Jackson comfy.
One Constable tor each beat in Jack
son county.
w. NJ DENNY.
j. ". FERRILL,
r.. G.. RYDER,
Board Of Registrars.
SCRANTON, oct. IL, 1875. 3t.
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quarantine uIl one ulouf fellow
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Justice OF The Peace Tor Pa.CagOula
Iy Gov Aues. o. II no ono here
we're dual fed to fll the Office.
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dowcJ In the highest degree wi,h
The qualities which constitute a
GOOD and useful citizen, he is still q
STRANGER amongst us and as such We
orc authorized 10 question bis con-
Germ regarding the Gcalth aud wcl-
fo,n or 9our Mace.
In onswer 10 "Pascagoala's re.
rutation to tbe first "cogent reasons
nrcpd by Hon. J. p. Carter, ! vii
s,oto that opr Senator as well a.
every citizen of Pascagoula knew
that ex.Goyprnor r. G.. Powers
actnoted by ,be desire Of oroteclin!
our citizens from the introductiol
Of contooions or infectious disease
nv vessels arriving in our port. had
On Mons, tbc ooh 1878. appointc,
a modicaI examiner for Ills por
and ompowpred him with the nee
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tLo host for orr n]rotectior
anI tLot ot a triAinc exnense to iii
vessels, Tie nort physician bein.
onxious N resigr Gov. Amcs the
nnmmIssioood Dr. f. N. Blour
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a.tad for in the quarantine bill Wa
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;on y;,I ,Lo fact t,at the o~nnos;tic
nno;ns, tho os,ohIisbment oi q oua.
a9t;ne was as strono as its adyoc,
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uyHE American Sardine Companys Bone
less Sardines. are much better, ana ie-s
than half the cost of imported SArdines
fiyB
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A CARD.

To the people OF Scranton nhu
rounding country, We the Ia.
ed. having sod a good man %, i,~s
rest Impruved Howe SeAius ",n,ty,
in Psscaeoula, Scranton snd ab6
Tx the liberty o refer at to'' IN
are d~esirous, now, or that "hi =. Ing
tnre 10 ref r YOU t. thcse Wh' a''
the HIVE Sewing Machtne, o. Il,
int it's merits both a 20 a
.pd durability. Or iaN1
with these Maculn n
confidence in their ptrte ..Eu.
and aaavt.bility 10 ne
the family. work shop. y g s,ors
is guaranteed 10 be perieet ang
Won DO NOT ran any risk III P'
the Howe Machine. 80, no 6
In case any D VINO vi" ra,isble
elnb of three. we viii send a On il
nerson with Machints to teacu Ma.
your own home bow TO nse
obina PERFECTLY free OF extra ehSfee FIR
n anv one who viii write u Ma.
any information regarding seN~ al
chineswa will cheerfullY an,..r,.
questions regarding same GU Cat
meot devoted IT, Nine. y mo-, -. me-
n,per Patterns is a great CO.. an Wh1
10 macy in the country anu :, free Of
wr;ta foT Catalogue can have
charge 10y return mail. liz
THE HOWE SEWING mAnaser.
;nlxio 1y d. P. PERRY, Man"S
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The -Anti-AGonopolist

may be sure they were good. or those
fifty families would not be coming this
tall"
The settlers at Mountain Lake are
twenty miles from timber. The rail
road company supplies them with wood,
out they are not dependanto this source
alone for fuel. They have a way tor
COMPRISING small bundles OF straw, and
stoves suited for burning it; a bundle
will last half an hour, throwing out great
heat, AID it is calculated that two tons
OF straw will last family whole win
ter. People will shiver as they read OF
this burning of straw for fuel, just be-
cause they are not accustomed to it; and
those straw burners, if they are wise and
set out trees, can within few years have
plenty Of good timber growing on their
own farms.
Now that the leading daily newspa
pers Of the State have commenced to
attack railroad combinations and ex-
orbitant freight charges, | hope that
they will make the dnae,ade honorable to
Mr.. Donnelly. Itseems he was not such
a ''pestiferous demagogue" after all. but
an honest, fearless, outspoken man, who
stood up for the rights OF poor farmers.
Now the papers that denounced him have
come out in favor of the rights of rich
millers. 1t does, indeed, make great
difference whose OK is gored.
D. OBJ.
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l2ELAND'o CONTRIBUTIONS TO CIVIL.
IZATiON.

from the irish " Orlu.
Ireland, they say, had the start of the
Britons for many ages in arts and sci
ences, in |, arning and in laws. Arts and
sciences will grow only among people at
peace, enjoying opulence, and well cul-
tivated in the general literature and his
tory Of the world. Laws are the
touchstone whereby we may Judge OF
the wisdom OF people. Ireland. in
deed, had many very excellent laws,
amongst them the law OF the trial by
twelve. and the law OF equi-enjoyment OF
the land, the law OF gavll-kind, the law
OF public hospitality, etc. A few words
upon these important evidences of ma
tons wisdom may be seasonable.
THE TRIAL BY TWELVE
has been claimed by the English as theirs
from the days of King Alfred. Ii has
been in vogue in England all that time,
true tnough. but it was from Ireland
that King Alfred drew it, together with
some other institutions. including the
national parliament-a copy after the
Irish Feis. or national assembly-the
Doomsday Book-a copy of the Psalter
OF Tara, etc. When ST. Patrick, who
entered Ireland from France in the year
$50. was appointed on committee ut
Tara to overhaul the Brehon laws. he ac-
kuowledges that the law for the trial by
twelve was amongst their laws. and.
finding how the Hish Were attached to
that law, he preserved 1t in force. The
trial OF criminals by twelve men. the
equals or peers of the accused, was not
known To the celebrated nations of his
tory, The Romans submitted to the by
standers-that is, the casual crowd-the
quit or innocence of the accused. 1t
was by Roman laws that Christ was con-
demned to death by the mob under Pom
thus PLATE. Neither did they have thi.
law among the celebrated laws of Athens
or Sparta. When great offenders were
to be punished the citizens were en-
powered 10 ballot upon thor guilt or in
nocence. The trial by twelve was un-
knnwn among the Jews. the Persians.
tue Egyptians. the Romans, Greeks,
Goths. Visigoths or vandals. Neither
was it law otihe Saxons. the Gauls. ar
the Danes Ii we are to pronounce up
on the character OF u nation, we must
ask TO see its laws. The laws of a peo-
pie are the true test OF what is understood
by the term civilization. Let Ireland be
tried by this test. and we Irishmen NAV
well feel pride in belonging to 1.-THE an.
cient race"
KING ALFRED EDUCATED IN IRELAND.
Turner. in his history OF the Anglo
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THE IRISH ELEMENT IN THE REVOLU-
TON.
From the Irish World.

From the Irish World.
The following extract is from a speech
delivered in Congress, Monday, January
14th, 1928, by John Randolph Of Roam
oke, and can be found reported in Niles
Register, January 10, 1928 (vol. SO, p.
343).:
We all know that there is an immense
population Of Irish and descendants of
Irish among us-and why do we know
it? Sir, we have felt it they have fou ght
our battles on the field-they have filled
the ranks OF cur army-they distin-
guished themselves in our revolution, at
Brandywine, and elsewhere and these
men are to be insulted, and their feel
ings lacerated, that this House may be
made An electioneeling theatre, and the
cause on one side may be put down, and
that on the other side may be propped
up"
What were the Tory ancestors of the
Harpers doing cat Brandywine and else
where" during our Revolution days? |
will give you some more extracts by
and.by; in the meantime let the descen-
dants Of the British loyalist of '76 con-
suit Niles Register of October II, 1878,
page 1877. They will there see what
sweet-scented specimens they are to
preach of valor and patriotism. Or,
again, let the Harpers refer to page 1872,
vol, 80, of the same book, and find what
General Washington said to Captain
John Blake, gallant soldier who sus-
tanned the cause of freedom in eight
pitched battles, besides a score of skir-
mishes. These are WASH" gton's words
Friend Blake, have a pleasant tour of
duty for you, which is to take detach-
ment Of men and make Colonel Dellnca
and his guard prisoners. l have heard
he has offered bounty for you; there
fore give you this opportunity to re-
taliate'' Captain Blake made the at
tack, captured all the guard, six officers
and thirty-six men, but the colonel es-
capped. full account of this gallant
feat will be found at the page and vol
ume indicated
GEN. WASHINGTON AND PAT MEuAN.
Patrick said General Washington to
Pat Mehan, gallant soldier at Trenton,
'your captain tells me you were drunk
last night, so drunk that you were unfit
for duty. Don't ever let me hear such 3
report OF you again, OF you snail DC Sc
verely punished Poor Pat replied: 81
beg pardon; | was drunk, General, but
by my soul, couldn't help it. shot
that d Hessian over there, and he
had a canteen iull of the real stuff, and
couldn't help for the lite OF me to drink
/ your Excellency's health; but if yonl
/ Excellency will forgive me this time
hell TO me if l ever take a drop again
at all, at air. Il forgive you this time
Patrick said Washington '.Captair
Blake tells me you are a good soldier
60 to your quarters After Pat hae
bowed to the General, and departed, thu
latter remarked to an aid: That mar
looks the soldier from head to foot
Where was the Tory grandsire OF tn.
Harpers when Pat Mehan was killing
Hessiansp
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ceive you. l know how to teel tor you,
my friends. ! came so near being de-
feated myself, a catastrophe which could
only be averted by resigning, which |
promptly did the day after election.
Very Truly,
Z. G. HoDGsoN.
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Saxons, quotes from the History of the
Anglo-Saxons, book H.. chap. 8; quotes
from the History of John Tinmouth, in
manuscript in the Bodlein Library, and
from the chronicler Higden (all three
English writers). and gives his belief of
their account of Altred's place of edu-
cation, from almost childhood, thus:
IF it be true, as these chronicles
assert, that infirm health occasioned his
father, in obedience to the superstition
of the day, to send him to Modwena, a
religious lady in Ireland, celebrated in
sanctity, such an expedition must, by its
new scenes, have kept his curiosity alive
aud have ampli6ed his information. :"
The learned Usher says that the young
Prince Alfred was a sickly child, and
was cured by Modwena. The cure here
said to have been performed on Alfred
by Modwena is mentioned, says Thomas
Moore, by Hammer. Thus we have six
English authorities, together with the
profound Irish scholar Primate Usher,
testifying and asserting to the fact that
King Alfred the Great. of England, re-
ceived his education in Ireland, Mac
phe son, the Scotch historian, says: SIN
the fifth, sixth and seventh centuries, re-
ligion and learning t1ourished in Ireland
to such degree that it was commonly
styled the mother country OF saints and
reputed the kingdom OF arts and sci
ences. The Saxons and Angles sent
thither many of their princes and prin-
cesses to have the benefit Of pious and
learned education. 1t ought likewise to
be acknowledged that some OF the most
eminent teachers of North Britain re-
ceived their instruction at the Irish sem
inaries of literature and religion"
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CART.

As we contemplate making some changes in
our business, we desire to reduce stock to the
LOWEST POSSIBLE POINT before January
10th. 70 accomplish this we shall commence
on Dec. 9Th
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WOOlGlS and Other season.
able Goods

From Bankrupt Manufacturing Stocks. We
beg to say to CHANGERS, and all others, that
we carry out the GRANGE PRINCIPLE in
our business Of BUYING FROM "FIRST
HANDS" THAT is Manufacturers and I'M,
porters) FOR CASH! We pay no Jobber's
Profits, but Buy for Cash for both wholesale
and retail trade
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Democrats and Eels Used to That Sort Of
Thing-A Grab Game; the Devil Take The
Hindmost-Windom and his Piedges-His
Beautiful Head Outside-What Will be the
Fate of the Anti.Monopolist and Its Editor
When Ulysses |. Comes to Reign-Tree
Planting.-.The Mennonites Of Mountain
Lake-How Peter Dick Prays for His Neigh.
bors-A essen for the Evangelists-I Does
Maize Qi{fara nee Whnse Or is CnYad