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she did not seem to get down to her best
work until she reached the back-stretch,
where the runner had closed pretty well
up. After that she trotted splendidly.
On the home-stretch the pace was very
fast, but she only succeeded in getting in
in 2:l63. 4
On the second heat Green made more
desperate attempt to win the coveted $2,-
900 and the glory of beating 2:l4, and
Lulu's trotting for the first three-quarters
of mile was such as to inspire the belief
that she would accomplish the wonderful
feat. 1t is generally believed that she
would have done SO but for the high wind
which was blowing from the southeast and
which blew square in her face quite hard
when she was rounding the upper turn.
Charley Green put her to her best, but it
was useless; he was just one second too
late, going under the wire in 2:l43. This
practically ended the struggle, though on
her third attempt she made the splendid
time of 2:16. IT is the almost universal
belief among horsemen that Lulu will yet
succeed In trotting below 2:l4, and her
performance yesterday fully justifes it.
The following is the
SUMMARY.
ROCHESTER DRIVING PARK, Oct, A.
Special fall meeting. $4,000; Lulu
against time; three trials.
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MR.. PORTER's REPLY.

MOLINE. Sept. %, 1878.
To Messrs. ID. L. Wheeock, ]. W. Morey, Henry
McNeal, Wesley Hanna, Il. NJ. Grenell, Z. Trues-
dale. 20. Tsgeler, jeremiah LeQuatte, Andrew
Donaldson and the other signers.
GENTLEMEN: | have received your very
fattering letter signed by men of all par:
ties, and from all parts Of the county, re-
questing me to be an independent candi-
date for reelection to the Office of county
treasurer.
1t is source Of great satisfaction to NE
to feel that my official conduct is approved
by my fellow citizens, and | cannot very
we'll refuse to become a candidate in the
manner requested by you.
Should the people of the county, at the
polls, approve of my administration of
the trust heretofore reposed in me by re-
electing me to the position l now hold, /
promise to do all in my power to deserve
continuation OF their good will by faith,
fully discharging the duties of my Office ID
the best of my abili ties,
Thanking you for your kind expressions
Of confidence, l am very respectfully
your obedient servant
SAMUEL r. PORTER.
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Lulu's Great Trot Against Time.

From the Rochester EUsRing Express oct. IS.
~ more beautiful October day than yes
terday Thursday could not have been Sc
lected for the special meeting at the Roch-
ester Driving park. The sun shone out
bright. clear and warm, and everything
promised well for fine trotting The track
could not have been in finer condition, and
shortly after two clock between 1000 and
5000 people were on the grounds, anxious
ly awaiting the two events of the day-an
attempt by Lulu and and her driver, Char
ly Green, to beat Goldsmith MAIDS best
time, 2:l4, for purse of $4,000, and the
trot between Lucille Goldust and Thomas
l.. Young, for purse of $1,000. About
half past two Lucille Goldust and Thorn
as l.. Young appeared, the former driven
by Mr.. Nat Palmer of this city. and the
latter by Charley Green. The two beauti-
full animals got away we'll together on the
first trial, Young having the advantage.
just before reaching the quarter pole Luz
ellie made break and fell back about two
lengths. On the back stretch, however.
she made one of her magnificent bursts of
speed, and though Green was sending
Young for all he was worth she closed up
so rapidly on him that at the half mile pole
they were nearly even. From that point
until after the distance stand was passed
the race was neck and neck. but the mare
broke at the latter point and fell behind,
while Young took the heat in 2:22.
For the second heat the pools sold in ia
vor of Young, at the odds of % to 10, the
opinion being expressed that Palmer was
not sufficiently acquainted with the Gold
dust mare to drive her to win. Young
again got away ahead, and increased it on
the first half to some six or seven lengths
on account Of Lucille's two breaks just be-
fore and just after passing the quarter
pole. Palmer cut the mare loose, howev-
er, on the straight and she caught Young
about the three-quarter pole, after tre-
mendous squirt From that point to the
finish the struggle was very exciting, but
the mare proved too much for the geldiug
and she won by about neck in 2:21a.
The next two heats were closely contested,
hang" of the mare, and he brought her in
each time the winner. The following is
the
SUMMARY.
ROCHESTER DRIVING PARK, Oct. IA,
lS75-Special fall meeting.-Purse ST.
500; best three in five, mile heats to har-
ness; 81 ,00C to the first and $500 to the
second horse.
N Palmer's b m Lucille Goddust
Charles Green's Thomas L Young L 2
Time; 2:22, 2:21h, 2:21, 2:21h.
LULU AGAINST TINE,
This was, of course, considered the event
of the day, and the result proved that il
was not only the event of the day, but the
greatest trotting event of the year.
Though Lulu failed to beat Goldsmith
Maids best tims-2:l4-she succeeded in
trotting three heats which aggregate the
fastest on record, aud beat even her mag
nifcent performance here last August.
She was accompanied by piebald run
ming horse attached to sulky. which was
driven just far enough behind her to excite
her to her best efforts, On the first heat
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TO Samuel Il. Porter, Esq:
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ROCHESTER DRIVING PARK, Oct. IA,
ls75--Special fall meeting.-Purse ST.
500; best three in FIVE, mile heats to har-
ness; $1,000 to the first and $500 to the
second horse.
N Palmer's m Lucille Goddust. ..2 1 /
Charles Green's 8 Thomas L Young 2 2 2
Time: 2:22, 2:21h, 2:21, 2:21h.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-02-18
Salt Water Ice.

The notion generally prevails that when salt water freezes the ice is fresh, and when melted will produce fresh water. Prof. Tyn- dall states that such is the case h his "Forms of Water" But Dr. Rae, the Arctic explorer, declares that he was ''never able to find sea ice, either eatable when solid or drinkable when thawed-it being invariably too salt" He adds, however, that when his party found ice projecting above the water, and from its appearance in dicating that it was a year or more old, It was generally fresh and made good drinking water. His theory explaining the fact is that the salt is not itself congealed, but that a concentrated brine, lmprls- oned in minute cells, is retained in the solid ice. These cells com municating with the other when the ice is lifted above the general level, the brine is drained of, leav- ing the mass fresh.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-02-18
When to cut Timber.

An Arkansas correspondent of the Sientific American says: 'I came here 90 years since, and be- gan clearing land and building houses with hewn logs and boards split from the trees. Al ter sevsral years residence I no- ticed that very often pieces of the same kind of timber dccayed more quickly than others; and after much thought and observation l came to the conclusion that tim Der felled when the leaf first com menced to grow routed the sap off very quickly, but the heart reman- cd sound; that timber felled after the fall of the leaf routed in the heart, even when apparently sound on the outside. When fire wood cut in the winter was put on tho fire the sap came out of the heart, but when cut in the sum- mer the sap came out of the sap wood, and next the bark. l notice also that all our lasting wood has but little sap at any time in the heart-such as cedar, mulberry, sassafras, and cypress. A cypress post cut in the summer of 1888 is still sound, although exposed to all weathers, while one of the same kind of timber, cut in the winter of 1856, and painted, has rotted in the heart. l saw yester- day a piece of gum plank, which l sawed in the summer of 1856, that has lain ever since, and is perfectly sound; while oak timber that was felled in the winter be- fore is now entirely rotten. My conclusion then is: Cut timber after full leaf, say in July and Au- gust, to get the most last from it. The sap goes into the heart of the tree after lerf fall, and causes decay"
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-02-18
Little Johnny on the Owl.

"When you come te see q owl
 cloce it has ollie big eyes, and wen
 you come to feel it with your fin
 gers, wich it bites. you fine it is
 mosly feathers, with only jus meat
 cnuf to hole 'cm together.
 Once tha waz q man thot he
 would like q owl for pet, so he tole bird man to sen him the bes one he had in the shop, but wen it waz brot he lookt at it an squeezed it, an it diddent sute. So the man he rote to the bird man ks (ll(ls Srrshe owl you' sent, tho it affts like I wanted, but wen it is wore out you mus make me a nuthcr, with Hitler eyes, for I sposc these eyes is number twelve, but 1 want number sixes, an then if l pay you the same price you can afford to put in more owl
 Owls has got to have big eyes cos tha has to be out good deal at nite and doin business with rats an mice, wich keeps late hours. They is said to be very wise, but my sisters young man he says that any body could be wise if they wud set up mites to take notice.
 That fellcr comes to our house jest like he ust to, tnly more, and when l askt him wy he cum so much he sed he was a man of sci ence, like me, an was studyin or nithogaly, wich was birds. l Iaskt him what birds he was studyin, an he sed angils, and when he sed that my sister she lookt out the windo an sed what fine day it had turned out to be-. But it was q raining cats and dogs when she sed it. l never SC such goose in my life as that girl, but Uncle Ned which has been in al parts of the worl, he says they is jes that way in Pattagony.
 In the picter alfabets the o is some times a owl, and some times it is a OK, but If I made the pie ters Idc have it stan for . ogger to bore holes with. I tole that to ole gaffer Peters onst wen he was to our house lookin at my new book, and he said you is right, Johnny, and here is this H stans for harp,;but hoo cares for harp, wy don't they make it stan for horgan? He is such Q ole fool!- Exchange.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-02-18

TIE MAN OF BUsINEss.-An un- interrupted intercourse with the world expresses the man of busi- nes and ambition. The strongest spirit must at length fail and sink under it. The happiest temper must be soured by incessant re- turns of the opposition, the incon- stancy, and the treachery of men. For he who lives always in the hustle of the world, lives in a per petual warfare; here, an enemy encounters; there, a rival sup plants him. The ingratitude of n friend stings him at this hour, and the pride ofa superior wounds him in the next. In valn he flies for relief to trifling amusements. There may afford temporary opi- ate to care, but they communicate no strength to the mind. On the contrary, they leave it more soft and dcfenceless, when molesta- tionsand injuries renew the attack.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-02-18
Russian Ladies.

The characteristics of the Rus
 sion type of beauty arc an extreme
 fairness of complexion, grayish-
 blue eyes, blonde or chesnut halr,
 and a certain embonpoint, aris- ing from the lack of exercise and
 the life in doors, which is compell- ed by winter lasting sevsn or
 eight months. They suggest the idea of odallsqnes, when the Ge-
 noious of the north keeps confined
 in the tropical atmosphere of q
 hot-housc. They have complex ions of cold cream and snow,
 with tints of the heart of a came
 lia-like those over yelled women of the seraglio, whose skin the sun light has not touched, by this extreme fairness their delicate features are rendered even more delicate, and the softened outlines forms faces of Hyperborean sweet ness and Polar grace.
 The Russian women, in society, seem to make less display than mea, uniform and court of the lat ter glittering with gilt lace and embroidery, and with jeweled decoration. Yet the same robes of the ladies are composed of the costlicst fabrics, fastened with the rarest gems; and their dazzling skins, and flashing diamonds, and glittering pearls, and flowing dra- peries, match ip effect the heayi- est splendor of the masculine at- tire Their "symplicity pays homage to the Empress, who pre- fers elegance to ostentation; but you may be sure mammon losses nothing by it. Like their sex every where-they know how to make gause more costly than gold"
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-02-18
VOL. 1.
Lines To a Skeleton.

[The following poem was found near a skeleton in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn, London, and was sent for pub lication to the Morning Chronicle. Though fifty guineas reward was of fered for the discovery of the author, his name has never transpired.l
 Behold this ruin! Twas skull,
 Once of ethcarcal spirit full;
 This narrow cell was lfc's retreat,
 This space was thoughts mysterious seat. Waat bcautcous visions filled this spot! What dreams of pleasure long forgot!
 Nor hope, nor love, nor joy, nor fear,
 Have left one trace or record here.
 Beneath that mouldering canopy
 Once shone the bright and busy eye.
 But start not at the dismal void;
 If social love that eye employed. If with no lawless fire it gieamed,
 But through the dew of kindness beamed, That eye shall be forever bright
 When stars and suns are sunk in night. Within this hollow cavern hung The ready, swift and tuneful tongue, If falsehoods honey it disd aimed, And when it could not praise, was chain'd' If bold in virtues cause it apoke, Yet gentle concord never spoke, That silent tongue shall plead for thee When time unveils eternity.
 Say, did those fingers delvc the mine! Or with it's envied r,bies shine! TO hcw the rock or wear the gem, Can little now avail to them,
 But if the page of truth they sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought, I he hands richer need shall claim Than all that wait on wealth or fame. Avails it whether bare or shod Those feet the path of duty trod? If from the halls of case they fled To seek aillictions humble shed, Ii grandeur's guilty bribe they spurned, And home to virtues cot returned, Those feet with angels ways shall vic, And tread the palace of the sky.