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EE The federal council Of Germany
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, cE- The Gazette reports the ther
mometer at Little Rock A degrees below
the freezing point, on the lst inst.
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So ~ After some little squirming, Til
ton is to be allowed to testify in the
scandal case. a,.I ...... ...,.. .....
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~ Ssnstor Clayton presented me.
mortal. 70 the senate. on the Cd inst :,
fromsJoseph Brooke. ofArkansss, claim.
ink thss, ~ the elec,Ion NJ November s,
ls1sr hs va duly elected governor OF
the state for four years. and that be has
been illegally apd unjustIy deprived Of
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EE The ST. Louis dispatches of the
1st, say that the Arkansas committee are
ready to report.
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cE The General Assembly ofcRhode
Island have elected Thomas Durfcc chief
Justice of the supreme court.
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EE The machine shops Of the Mem
phis and Little Rock railroad were burn
ed at Argenta, Arkansas recently.
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EE Senator Buckingham, OF Nor
wich, Connecticut, was reported dying
on the 4th inst.
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ET- The house has passed a res o'"'
ton to adjourn siae dc on the lo'h o'
March. h k
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Notice..
Commissioners Sale.

DY virtue Of a decree Of Honorable Circu il
- Court Of Crawford county, on Chanccry
side, at the October term. 1874 in case OF
Charles y. Mcdowell VS.. John B. Shaw, ct III l..
!, as Commissioner named in said decree. viii
sell to the highest bidder, at the Court House
door Of said County, in the town of Van Bu-
rCn, on
22D DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1875.
within the hours of judicial sales. the follow
ing described tracts or parcels of land, to-Nt
The NV II "a, Sec 2i the NE J., and NV 4,
See 23 and ia acres more or less in SW
fl Il, See l3 the S H. Sec II. and all
the land lying 5 Of the y !, of Sec
%. and North of Frog Bayou,
all in T 0. North Il
80 West,
situate in said County. at the mouth Of Freq
Bayou. or Clear Greek. and known as the
Shaw Farm.
TERMS OF SALE-Credit of 3 months. pur-
c haser giving note with approved security
and leiD on land retained for purchase money
Deed made when purchase money paid.
A. j. WARD. Comm'r.
Van Buren,, Ark, Jan p, '75-iw.
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ET Yale College pays Evarts olo''
600 for defending Beecher, without
bill Of particulars.
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~ They have had duel in San
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HT Brick Pomcroy is lying danger
ously i'll at bis residence in New York
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EE Fire in Boston, on the 81 INST a
considerable property destroyed.
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TUESDAY. FEB. 8, 1875.

r~ There is talk of tunneling the
Hudson.
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follow a person for miles; but l rather
doubt this, unless the persons road hap
pens to run between it and its home, and
then / dare say it would do 50. Perhaps
every one does not know that cats are
snake-proof. A bite has no effect on
them; we had an opportunity Of proving
this. A short time after we came to
Oakham we. were out strolling about,
looking at our new possessions, when we
were startled by hearing a peculiar
shrek from one of the children, evidently
scream of terror. We rushed up to
the house and into the dining room,
whence the sound came, and there was
our little boy in frantic state of fright,
with q long green imsmba wriggling
about on the floor in front of him, en-
gagged 10 fierce tussle with large tor
toise.shell cat, one we had brought from
the town. Which would have got the
best of it had they been left TO fight it
out / cannot say, for the coolie rushed in
and killed the snake. The cat had Bit
ten out one of its eyes, and in return
had got wound on its face that swelled
up to an enormous size; but beyond that
he seemed none the worse for his encoun.
ter and in few days puss was quite
himself again; and we felt very CRATE
full to him ever after for having, in all
probability, saved our little boys life
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According to the Esquimaux, the seal
constructs its abode beneath the surface
Of the ice in such a mannerthat it can
enter it from the water below; here the
young seal passes It's infancy, and when
the returning heat of summer has de-
stroyed its igloo or dwelling, the young
seal is old enough to take care of itself;
but this mode Of lodging its yo7th be-
meath the ice is we'll known to the bear,
who with his keen scent soon detects
the whereabouts Of the seals nursery,
and in order to gain entrance makes a
spring and comes down heavily on the
top of the igloo, crushes it in, and imme-
diately seizes the young seal with its
paw. Here it might be supposed the
hungry bear devours its prey; but no, it
is far too wary to do so; it knows full
we'll that where a baby is there must Of
necessity be mother, and that she will
be in search for her darling; therefore
the bear scrapes the snow away from the
seal hole, and holding the young seal by
the hippers allows it to founder about,
and when the mether approaches, the
bear slyly draws the young seal toward
it until the old one is within reach, when
he seizes her with the other paw, and
thus captures both.
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Goethe's mother.
Scrihnnr,a Mnnthlv.l


The most widely known and loved
member Of Goethe's family was his
mother. She possessed the qualities
which win afection-a joyous tempera
ment, a strong desire to please every
one, a lively imagination, hearty good
nature and great common sense. Hei
youth and inexperience at the time oil
her marriage have already been alluded
to. But she could not long remain q
child in the difficult position in which
she found herself between the children
and the stern, exaoting father. All her
energies were bent to securing TRANQUILITY
in the household, and she was the pilot
who, with ready skill and quick wit car
ried them all safely through many
= stormy passage. The Frau Rath
survived her husband twenty-six years,
and this was the happiest period ol
her life, when she saw realized all her
fondest anticipations Of her SON s genius
and felt that there was no prouder title
than that OF Goethes mother. She con
cealed her JOY and exultation behind no
thin mask Of shypess, but openly laid
claim to the honor she thought her due.
She was very fond of singing in the cir.
Gle Of her friends her sons songs, which
bad been setto music by Reichardt; the
song in Faust, Es war einmal elm
KONG" she was especially fond of she
would call upon the company to make q
chorus, and at the conclusion would
place her hand upon her heart aRC
proudly exclaim, "Den hab' ich gebo
rem.
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Ode 80 Autumn.

Sings the Burlington Hawkeye: "The
grasshopper cresks in the leary gloom
and the bumble-bee humbleth the live.
long day. But where have they gone
with the bran new broomf And what
have they done with the buz.saw's play
"0h it's little be thinks of the cold
mince pie, and it's little he thinks Of the
raw ice.cream; for the dying year, with
its tremulous sigh, shall waken the lin.
gering loon from his dream.
"Oh, list For the cricket, now far
and near, skilfully singeth his rounde
lay, and the negligent noodle his noisy
cheer, and where the doodlebug eats his
hay.
"Oh, the buzz.saw 80 busily buzzes
the stick, and bumbling the bumble-bee
bumbleth his tune; while the cricket
cricks crickingly down at the creek, and
the noodle calls noisily out, 1t is noon.
THE dog-fennel sighs She is herel
She is herer and the smart weed says
dreamily, Give us q restr The hop.vine
speaks tenderly, Give Us beer and
the jimson-weed hollers, oh, pull down
your vest.
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There have been wars since 1854, and
they have not been lacking in the bravery
displayed at BalAklavs, while they have
exhibited its combinations with equally
important qualities. The Franco Ger
man war Of 1901 brought with it SINH
lar examples of courage. Some of them
were on a larger scale and entailing
still greater loss, but this loss was gen
orally incurred with definite purpose,
which was successfully attained. In
mere gallantry the French Cuirassiers
at Worth might challenge comparison
with the cavalry of any other nation on
any other occasion. But still more
memorable example is that of the Ger
man cavalry at Mars La Tour. For
hours they withstood aud checked the
march Of the whole French army round
Metz, and though the loss was indeed
enormous, the French were checked and
the first step was taken toward the final
surrender of the army.-LOndOn Times.
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Throwing the ola since,

Very few, probably of the thousands
who throw old shoes after bridal parties
as they are leaving home know anything
Of the origin of the custom. Like al
most all our customs, it is ancient, and
can be traced to bible times. 1t was then
the customto the brother of childless
man to marry his widow, or, at least, he
had the refusal of her. If he choose to
reject her, the ceremony was public, aad
consisted in her loosing his shoe from
his foot and splitting in his face. His
giving up the shoe was a symbol OF
abandoning all dominion over her; spit
ting in his face was an assertion of indie.
pendence. There was an affair of this
kind between Roth and Boaz. In some
parts Of the East it was the custom to
carry a slipper before the newly married
pair as a token of the brides subsection.
The custom, as it exists with us, is very
old also in Scotland. The usual saying
is, that it is thrown for luck, but origi-
nally it meant O virtual remuneration of
authority over the bride by the parents.
II was formerly custom among the Ger.
mans for the bride when she was con-
Quoted to her bedchamber to take off her
shoe and throw it among the guests.
Whoever caught it in the struggle to OBJ
tain it received it as an amen that be or
she would soon be happily married.
Train, in his history Of the Isle Of Man,
says: "0n the bridegroom leaving bis
house. it was customary to throw an old
shoe after him, and in like mapner after
the bride on leaving her house to pro-
ceed to church, in order to insure good
luck TO each respectively, and if by
stratagem either Of the brides shoes
could be taken off by any inspector on
her way from church it had to be ran.
somed by the bridegroom" In Kent,
after couple have started on their tour,
the single ladies are drawn up in one row
and the bachelors in another. An old
shoe is then thrown as far as possible,
and the ladies run for it, the successful
one being the first female whom it is sup.
posed will be married. She then throws
it at the gentlemen, and the one who is
hit by it is deemed to be the first male
who will enter wedlock. Generally it is
considered the older the shoes the better.
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The NrneIntrom nsItis.

Nearly midway in London strait a
huge naked rock, which might fairly be
called an island, lifts itself above the
waters, breasting the conflicting torrents
caused by the winds and tides. Between
this rock and the cape on Muskenoe is
the famous malestrom, which fertile i'm
aginations have clothed with many ter
rors. Its geographical position is such
as to expose it to fierce tidal currents,
and, when these are assisted by high
westerly winds, they are, no doubt, ter
r6c. The bottom of the strait is strewn
with immense boulders, which are SO ar
ranged as to give the current a spiral
motion, directed toward the isolated
rock from the northern side, which is
much increased in times of high tides
and stoHms, when it whirls quite around
the island rock. Then it is that it be.
comes really difficult for boats and yes
sells, without steam power, to keep clear
of the rocks against which the wayward
currents would dash them. While there
are at times vast and powerful eddies,
which gives objects floating upon them
fearful spiral motion, there is nothing
like vortex produced by a subterranean
discharge of the water, although the
tumbling and boiling character Of the
spiral currents may submerge tempora
rily objects floating on the surface No
doubt in the course of time the action Of
the waters has tended to level down
the bed rocks, some of which, we may
presume, showed themselves above the
surface. This may have made the mael
strom much more terrific than it is now,
and better justified the ancient fables
As it is, in ordinary times and in favor.
able weather, the fishermen do not hesi-
tate to seek for fares throughout those
waters, which to strangers are suggestive
of the most terrible dangers.
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snakes in southern Africa.

Frazer's Magazine.l
The puff-adder is a most dangerous
suake; being Of the color Of the dead
leaves on which he is fond Of curling
himself up. and of so sluggish nature
that he will not trouble himself to move
out Of ones way, it is difficult to always
avoid treading on him. His bite is most
deadly, and be has the most dangerous
habit of striking backward, not forward
like other snakes. A few people have,
/ believe. recovered from the effect of a
pufi.adder's bite, batyery few; they gem
orally die in about quarter OF an hour,
going quietly to sleep. The only chance
Of cure is to keep constantly walking,
and to drink quantities Of raw brandy,
and to take doses of eau.de luce. When
the Kafirs kill snake they take some
Of the venom from its head which they
carry in a little bag round their necks,
and, il bitten, swallow q little, which
they say is a certain cure. There is
even worse snake in Natal than the
pub. adder-fortunately a rare one--the
black imamba, enc of the very few that
will venture an attack without provooa-
ton. Many people say that it will even
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
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The foundations Of its popularity are laid SO
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against preparation with sPirituous basis,
can affect it. The public recognize in it
safe, agreeable and comprehensive Alternative
and an invaluable general tonic, a speedy
remedy for. malarious disorders. and their
most rel Able preventive. Its reputation is
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MANHOOD.
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4 VICTIM on YOUTHFUL IMPRU.
"A deAce, causing premature decay, ner.
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I'POWEh, It IS done with very little expense.
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PRESlRIpTI0N FREE

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MISSISSIPPI & TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
Change of Schedule.
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON
RAILROAD.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.

ON AND AFTER SUNDAY. AUGUST %.
" 1875:
Leaves. Arrives.
Mail train ndaily..............1l:00 am. 800 ,. IN
Express train daily........ $40 q. m. 1910 D IN
Scmerville train daily
Except Sundays)...... i;50 pm. 8:05 Am
No change of cars between Memphis and
Bristol. and only one change Of cars to Wash
ington.
CLOSE connection for all points East and
Southeast
Railroad time is twenty minutes faster than
city time.
W. J. ROSS. Gen'l Sup't.
TOM B. DUNN. Ticket Agent 27S Main st.
22-Nxiii-2l
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