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During the winter of 1859, I was en-
ployed as night operator in the railroad
Office at D, Iowa. The principal
railroad between Chicago and Omaha runs
through D, and the great irregular
night trains, and constant danger of col
lision resulting therefrom, rendered the
position of night operator by no means an
easy one. It may be well to mention here,
as necessary to the following story-that
besides the railroad Office, there was also
at D. a business Office of the Union
Company. This we always spoke Of as the
downtown office.'
One stormy night, not far from eleven
o'clock. 1 sat at my desk-and for won
der idle. The wires had not called for
some time, and was leaning back in my
chair listening to the wind outside and
rejecting upon the loneliness of my situa-
ton. The eastern train had crossed the
river more than an hour ago; all the depot
officials had gone off home, and so far as
I knew I was entirely alone in the vast
building.
Finally, tired Of thinking, l picked up
the evening paper and glanced listlessly
over its columns. Among other things I
read the detailed account of fearful ira
gedy that had occurred fifty miles up the
river on the previous night. Three RATS
men, well known as desperate characters
in that city, had entered the cottage of
one Matthews, a farmer living in an iso-
lated spot-had butchered the farmer and
his children, terribly maltreated his wife,
and then departed as they came, having
taken with them what plumber was handy.
What interested me most was full de-
scription, for purposes of Identification, OF
the chief Of the villainous trio, Tim Lynch.
Here it is:
$500 reward will be paid for information
leading to the capture, dead or alive, OF
Tim Lynch, the ringleader of the Mat
thews tragedy, six feet four inches in
height, very heavy, and broad across the
shoulders. Eyes greenish gray, with a
deep scar over the right one; hair wiry,
black. and beard of same color. When
first seen he was dressed in black, Kossuth
hat, faded army overcoat, pants Of grey
jean, and heavy boots. The above reward
will be paid to any one furnishing positive
information of his whereabouts.
lSigned)
Sheriff of - County.
At the very instant finished reading
the advertisement, there occurred the
most remarkable coincidence that has ever
come under my observation. heard a
heavy tread on the stairs, and the door
opened and there entered-Tim Lynch!
The moment set eyes upon him recog'
nized him as perfectly as though I had
known him all his life. The army over.
coat and grey pants tucked into the heavy
boots, the massive frame aud shoulders
the slouched hat pulled down over his
right eye to conceal-I was sure-the scar
above all desperate, hunted look in his
forbidding countenance- were not te
WmistakeA. Twas ~ oegtain Of his idsn
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A NEEDLE IN THE nEART.-A little
girl in San Francisco, CAL, accidentally
forced a needle in her chest while leaning
against window-sill. A physician was
called, bnt was unsuccessful i'll finding the
needle, although search WAS made, aud the
integuments of the chest divided to the
breast-bone, Immediately over tile wound.
The child had broken it off in an effort to
extricate it herself. The needle had pene-
trated the chest, from which it was quite
impossible to extricate it. The child died
in lew days, and an autopsy revealed a
wound in the right ventricle OF the heart,
produced by the needle.
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BAKED CORN PUDDING. --Scald three
pints OF milk and add to, it one quart of ~
chopped sweet apples, into which stir n;
smoothly one and a. half cup of corn meal, co
one cup of chopped suet for oneshalf cup sls
of burter.l When cool add a well-rounded w
cup of good sugar, two beaten eggs, two Il.
teaspoonfufs of ground cinnamon. and one iii
teaspoonful of salt. To tile above add a sss
pint of milk, mixed with three tablespoon
fuls Of flour. Bake three hours in slow
oven. @.1s =. - =.
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THE CHINAMAN's NoAH.-It is believ-
ed that Fohi, the first King of China, is
identical with Noah. The Chinese them
selves claim that Fohi had no father; and
Noah, although subsequent to the flood
the great progenitor of the race, was. him
self at that time fatherless. The mother
of Fohi~ is said to have borne him encom-
pa ssed with a raiubow-an evident alluslon
to the bow OF promise revealed to Noah as
a sign of Gods covenant. Fohi is repres-
ented to have reared seven kinds OF crea-
lures, which he sacrificed to the Great Su-
preme. Noah also took into the ark clean
beasts and fowls by sevens, which he Of
fered to the God of heaven as offerings;
Fohi is represented as drawing off the Wa
ters which had deluged the earth, thus
identifying him with the flood.
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AFTER DINNER SLEEP1NG.-Many per.
sons are in the habit of sleeping half an
hour Immediately after dinner. This is a
bad practice. Ten minutes sleep before
dinner is worth more than hour after. It
rests and sTefreshes and prepares the sys-
tenn for vigorous digestion. If sleep is
taken after dinner it should be in the sit
ting posture, as the horizontal position is
unfavorable to healJhful digestion. Let
those who need rest and sleep during the
Gay take 1t before dinner instead Of after,
and they will soon find that they will feel
better, and that their digestion will be i'm.
proved Observation-Disclosures of Health.
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A CLERGYMAN in Fond du Lac, Wis,
publicly prayed: sob Lord, Thou knowest
that my wife is the one great obstacle in
the way of a revival in my church. Wilt
Thou, in thy goodness, remove her?" The
next day the wife removed herself to her
fathers house, and now the petitioner is
likely to DO removed by his congregation.
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THE STRANGER.

I saw him, Lucy. only once-as down the lighted
hail,
We moved to music playfully-a stranger to u,
all =
A stranger, with a pale white brow and dark and
meaning eye,
Which flashed like lightning ON my own when Gel
he passd me by.
That souke eye! it haunts me still! 80 passonatel
deep;
Like those which sometimes beam on us in visions q,
our sleep;
So sad as il some shadowing grief had DER his spir
it gone,
Yet Frightening strangely as it caught the answer d
my own!
knew him not-yet even when turned me from
the dance W
saw his dark eyes follow melt could not be BY
chance
knew him not-and yet his tones were breathed up
1 my ear,
So sweety low and musical. I could not ehooxe bt,
hear.
He spoke Of sunny Italy-of Venice and her
OF dark moustacheo'd cavaliers. and fair senora's
OF music melting on the sea-of moonlight, open
bowers,
OF fair hands wreathing slken :curls with gay and
pleasant flowers!
And when he spoke Of lovely ones. or praised soul
ike-eye,
His Deep full glance was fixed ON mine sought
reply;
The flush was deeper ON my cheek. my voice grew
faint and low,
trembled at his earnest gaze-'twas foolishness,
know.
We parted at my fathers door-the moonlight sweet
ly shown,
And was standing At his side-my arm was on his
own;
He sigh'd, dear Lucy, how The sigh'd-my eyes grew
It panied my heart to hear him sigh-I could have
wept for him.
He spoke of disappointed hope-of dreams that
faded soon,
The dew drops Of lfe's Joyous morn, which vanished
eer it's noon;
He spoke of loneliness of heart-of WEAKNESS and
And murmured that life like his was desolate and
vain
He said his fathers castle frownsd upon foreign
shore
A castle Lucy, think Of that-hs is a Count or
more
That solitude was in its halls-chll, prson-ke and
lone,
Ungladdened by the smile OF love or woomans kindly
tone.
And then, dear Lucy, blame me not, we .wept with
. one another:
You would yourself have pitied him, and lov'd him
as brother
SO handsome and so sorrowful-so naughty, vet so
kind,
o dear! cannot keep his look one moment from my
mind.
He pressed my hand at parting-and tonight he will
be heTe. a.
While Pa is at his game at chess and Ma is nowhere
near4 -as's'
Excuse me dearest Lucy now-indeed / cannot
write,
re.norrow will tell you more-he will be here to.
night.
P. Sob! dearest Lucy, pity mel really think I'm
dying,
My heart is like heart OF lead my eYcsare red with
crying;
But yesterday the bank was robbed and of large
amount,
My father tried the robber, and Oh dear!-It was my
Count.
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Ex-Congressmari j. Amber Smith, of
Va, has been,admitted to practice in the
U. 3. Supreme Court.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-19


GROOMING AND FEEDING HoRsEs.-A
few words now about grooming and man.
agement. Every horse should be thorough
ly cleansed each day. The bedding instead
of being thrown under the manger to fill
This food, eyes, and lungs with ammonia,
should be thrown behind him or out Of
doors to air. His manger should be kept
clean, and once a week washed with salt
and water, and salt left in it. One night
in each week he should have warm bran
mash-eight quarts ger orally given on
Saturday night, as it is somewhat loosen.
ing and weakening, and the horse is pre-
sumed' to be idle on Sunday. Oats are by
far the best food, and ground oats, wet
with water, is better than whole, dry grain.
Cut hay is great saving, and moistened
and sprinkled with ground oats forms the
best of food. The hull of the oats is hard
and often unmasticated, and passes undi-
gested through the system, thus taking
away instead of imparting strength and
nutrition. For medium. sized horses, with
moderate work, 9 to ~ quarts of oats per
day and IA lbs. hay are ample. For large
draft horses, Is quarts oats and 16 lbs.
hay. Food consisting one-third corn,
ground with two-thirds oats, forms strong.
hearty, winter food for work or coach
horses. But corn is uufit for road or fast
horses-it is too heating. Good beds and
grooming are as important as good feed
ing. Horses, like men, want good, dry,
warm, clean beds. In grooming tie your
horse so he can't bite his manger, and
thus learn to crib bite; and if yon find
your groom currying and tormenting the
poor animal when he is tie9, so he is un-
easy and restless, use your stable broom
over your groom's back. It is an excellent
instructor to teach him to be gentle. Let
the currycomb be very moderately used on
the body to loosen up the scurf and dirt,
but never permit one neat the name and
tail. Rely mainly on the brush and rough
cloth for cleaning. Danish combs from
your stable. They tear out more hair in
day than will grow in a month, and they
ruin all the tails and names that are ruin
ed. They should be washed with CASTLE
soap and water once every week and brush
ed with wet brush every day in the year,
holding up the bone of the tailand brush.
ing the hair from you. Half an hour is
enough fora good groom, to one horse,
but one hours time at the outside, ample
to be very conaplets. City horses on dry
floors should have cow manure run into
their feet once week, to draw out fever
and keep hoofs growing. -Con,atry Gentle.
man.
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.g| 81 stanntom 3inoiratsr.
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
Rates.

FATTENING CHIcKENs.-It is hopeless
to attempt to fatten chickens while they
are at liberty. They must be put up in q
proper coop, and this, like most other ap-
| purtenance, need not be expensive. To
| fatten twelve fowls, coop may be three
feet long, eighteen inches high and eight:
cen inches deep, made entirely Of bars. No
part solid-neither top, sides Or bottom.
Discretion mustibe used, according to the
size OF the chickens put up. They do not
require any room, indeed, the closer they
are the better: provided they can all stand
up at the same time. Care must be taken
to put up such as have been accustomed to
be together, or they will fight. If one is =
quarrelsome, it is better to remove it at a
.once, as like other bad examples, it soon q
1nds imitators. Diseased. chickens should p
never be put up.
The food should be ground eats, and
may either be put up in a trough or. on a.
Hat board running alongsthe front of the
coop. It may be mixed with water or :
milk, the latter is the better. 1t should.
be well soaked, forming a pulp as loose as
can be, provided it does not run off the
board. They must be well fed three Or
four times day, the first time as soon az. y
ter daylight as may be convenient OF. pos
sible and then at intervals OF four
hours. Each meal should be as
much as'they can eat up clean, and n,
more; when they have done feeding, the
board should be wiped and some gravel
spread. 1t causes them to feed and thrive
After fortnight of this treatment you
will have good fat fowls. #, however,
there are but five or six to be fatted, they
must not have so much room as though
there were dozen. Nothing is easier than
to allow them the proper space, as it is.
only necessary to have two or three pieces
of wood to pass between the bars and form
a partition. They may also serve when ~
fowls are up in different degrees of fat and :
health. AS soon as the fowl is sufficiently
fatted, it must be killed; otherwise it will
not get fatter, but will lose flesh. Iffowls
are intended for the market, Of course they
are, or may, all be fatted at once; but if
for home consumption, it is better to put
them up at such intervals as will suit the
time when they will be required for the
table. W
When the time arrives for killing, wheth.
er they are intended for the market or
otherwise, they should be tasted without
food or water for twelve or fifteen hours.
This enables them to keep for some time
after killed, even in hot weather.-Joar4aa
Of Chemistry. ess s
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FOUNDED 1929.
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PARIS, FRA NOE
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New Goods. New Goods,
Having just returned from the Northern cities
% rs and Shoes.

which will now sell at astonishing low pricea.
Having very little expense in conducting my
business, | can therefore undersell every body.
l will give you list of few of the leading
articles.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-28

The remarkable discovery of boiling
lake in the island of Dominica has excl.
ted much scientific interest, and investi.
cations of the phenomenon are to be
made by geologists. 1t appears that a
company exploring the steep and forest
covered mountain behind the town Of
Rosseau came upon this boiling lake,
about 2500 feet above the sea level, and
two miles in circumference. On the
wind clearing away for a moment the
clouds Of sulphurous steam with which
the lake was covered, meuUd of water
was seen ten feet higher than the general
level of the serface, caused by ebulition.
The margin of the lake consists of beds
of sulphur, and its overlooking found
exit by a waterfall Of great height.
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The Arnsnlc Eaters OF s,xrin

When an account of the Syrian arse
mic eaters was first published in England
several years ago, it was thought by
many to be a scientific hoax, and even
to this day the facts are sometimes Ques.
toned. Facts they nevertheless are, aud
we find in recent foreign journals some
fresh testimony on the subject. At a
scientific meeting held within a few
months at Gratz, in Styria, Doctor
Knapp presented two arsenic eaters of
the district, and gave the following in.
teresting details concerning the practice
1t is difficult to give precise statistics
as to the increase in the number of
arsenic eaters in Syria, but | am con-
yinced that there is a great number OF
them. They are mostly stable boys,
wood choppers and foresters; there are
also some women. Many of these indi-
viduals commenced the practice at the
age Of seventeen or eighteen years, and
have continued it to very advanced
one They generally keep the fact a
secret, consequently II is difficult to
realize the actual development of tho
practice. They give as q reason for this
habit that it protects them from other
maladies, and also gives them an ap.
pearanoe Of real health; that It is a
remedy for difficult respiration, and also
aids the digestion. A hunter who ate
arsenic before my eyes assured me that
he acquired courage little by little so as
to continue the practice. There can
be no doubt that the arsenic
eaters, one and all, enjoy seeming good
health, and are very robust. / think it
can only be very strong persons who
could take up and continue this habit;
some Of them arrive at great age. l
saw at Zeirung coal miner aged sew
enty years, who was vigorous and alert,
and who | was told had followed arsenic
eating more than forty years. Another
case was that Of a chamois hunter, aged
eighty-one years, who for many years
had made use Of it. 1t results from fur.
ther observations that | have made, that
either the white or yellow arssnic is
made use of, and in a dry state. The
dose Is naturally very small at first, in-
creasing gradually; the largest dose that
| saw taken was fourteen grammes.
There are intervals between the doses Of
fifteen days, week, and sometimes only
two or three days,
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A Baby'a soIlIoquy.
sanitatian for january


l am here; and il this is what they
call the world, don't think much OF it.
It's very dannelly world, aud smells Of
paregorio awfully, It's dreadful light
world, too, and makes me blink, / tell
you; and / don't know what to do with
my hands, | think I'll dig my fists in my
eyes. No, won't I'll scrabble at the
corner Of my blanket and chew it up,
and then I'll holler; whatever happens
I'll holler; aud the more paregoric they
give me the louder I'll yell. That old
nurse puts the spoon in the corner Of
my mouth in very uneasy way, and
keeps tasting my milk herself all the
while. She split snuff in IL last plight,
and when ] hollered trotted me. That
came Of being a two days old baby.
There's a pin sticking in me now, and
il say word about il I'll be trotted OF
fed and would rather have catnip tea,
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MEMPHIS TENN TUESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 28 1875


I'll tell you who am. / found ont to-
day. heard folks say, vHush, don't
wake up Emeline's baby" and | suppose
that pretty white-faced woman over on
the pillow is Emeliue.
No. was mistaken, for a chap was in
here just now and wanted to see Bob's
baby; and looked at me and said, II
was funny little toad, and looked just
like Bob" He smelt Of cigars. won
der who else | belong to. Yes, there's s
another one-thsts Gamma" 1T was
Gamma's baby, so it was" declare l
do not know who / belong to; but I'll
holler and maybe I'll find out. There
comes Snuffy with catnip tea. I'm
going to sleep. l wonder why my hands
won't 90 where | want them to.
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