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The Age ola Horse.

Perhaps the following directions
which we find going the rounds
OF tue press, GO rather more into
detail than is necessary for gener-
al use, bat they a:e in. the main
correct. Even the most exper-
ieoced experts, il they are honest,
profess only to fl; a horses age
approximately. The following
rules must therefore be taken with
due allowance for variation in in-
dividuals
The colt Is born with twelve
grinders. When fouc fisnt teeth
have made their appearance, the
colt is twelve days old !; and when
the next four come forth, it Is four
weeks old. When the corn teeth
appear, The colt is eight months
old, and when the latter have at
tanned the height Of the froat
teeth, it is one year old.
The tive years. colt has the kerr
nel-the dark Substance in the
middle OF the tooth's crown
ground OUT OF all the teeth.
In the third year the middle
front teeth are being shifted, and
when three years old, these
are substituted for the horse teeth.
The next four teeth are shifted in
the fourth year, a1d the corner
teethin the fifth.
At six years the ker1el is worn
out of the middle front teeth, and
the bride teeth have now attain
ed to their full growth.
At seven years hook has been
formed on the corner teeth OF the
upper jaw the kernel OF the teeth
next to the middle fronts Is worn
out, and the bride teeth begin to
wear off.
At eight years of age the kernel
is worn out of all the lower front
teeth, and begins to decrease in
the middle upper fronts.
In the ninth year the kernel
has wholly disappeared from the
upper middle front teeth, the hook
on the corner tooth has increased
in size as the bride teeth lose
their points.
In the tenth year the kernel has
worn out of the teeth next to the
middle fronts of the upper jaw |;
and 10 the eleventh year the kerr
mel has entirely vanished from
the corner teeth of the same jaw.
At twelve years old the crowns
l'of all the front teeth in the lower
jaw have become triangular, and
the bride teeth are much worn
down. AS the horse advances In
age, the gums shrink away from
the teeth. which consequently re-
ceive long, narrow appearance,
and their kernels have metamor-
phosed into darkish point, and
numerous gray hairs appear 10
the forehead.
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There is a MYSTERY about the
American lakes. Lake Erie IL
only sixty or seventy feet deep I;
but Lake Ontario, which is 500
feet deep, is 230 fees deep below
the tide level of the ocean, or as
low as most parts of the Gulf of
st, Lawrence and the bottoms OF
Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Su-
perior, although the surface is
much higher, are all from their
vast depth on ajlevel with the bot
tom OF Ontario; now as the De-
troit river, after allowing for all
that probably carried off by evap-
grafton, does not appear by any
means equal to the quantity OF
water which the three upper
lakes recei We, it has been conjec-
tured that subterranean river
may run from Lake Superior by
the Huron, TO Lake Ontario.
This conjecture is not impossi-
BILE and accounts for the singular
fact that herring and salmon are
caught in all the lakes communi-
eating with the st. Lawrence, but
no others.
AS the Falls of Niagara must
have existed always, 1t would
puzzle the naturalist TO say how
these fish got into the upper lake
without some subterranean river ;
besides, any periodical examiua-
tions of the river would furnish a
not improbable solution of the
mysterious fux and refiux Of the
lakes.
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NOTES AND NEWS

| A fruit drysry is in operation at Sa~
Ism, Oregoa.
Logan J. opposed to oil improper
corruption"
The Erie Dispatch calls for revival
there. too.
Paul Morphy's family lost their all
by the rebellioa.
Illinois is the chief horse Supplying
Stats just now.
15-hand mules ars ths most In de-
mand In North CArohna.
Good Young farm korsss are 10 de-
mand in Pennsylvania.
A tsstotum rsvolying on . Hambsrsd
chart, Is q new toy.
The Boston girl always sats her
mincs pie IN comic seetious.
Diptheria threatens 10, close the Cha
lotte, N, G., schools.
A tornado has sprawIsd all the Ss.ces
in Lafayette. Oregon.
Sec. Chandler has an unreasonable
antipathy to the English
WethersReld, c., has revived ito
horse thief association.
st. Louis is supplying tho West To-
dies with small grade mules.
The Chinese OF Los Angeles, CAL.
have three gods costing So, 600:
It's unnecessary to stand in wash
ing dishes. lThs Housckssper.
The "Oratorio in dress" rsuggested
years ago] Is again called for.
the Odd Fellows ofSt. Georges, Dsl.,
ass' building handsome hall.
A Western reporter tells how he, at
A, NJ, "swarmsd out, for an item.
A cabbage feet around, distends the
eyes Of the Corvallis, Or. populacc.
A Brooklyn wag tackled an under.
takers sign to liquor store, the other
night.
The Tribune estimates that 100000
persons attended the Brooklyn revival.
In the items for the Hudson, N. j..
poor house, are Is pairs Of Eyeglasses.
New York has young folks society
to study 'gramB,atic errors in CONVEX
Bation.
A heartiess wretch has robbed the
clothes line Of the Erie, Pa, orphan asy-
lum.
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Struggling i'm tie Courts for
Release from the Bio 0m-
img(laIe Asylum.

DR.. III. B. Helmbold is trying
hard to get cut of the Booming
! dale Asylum for Tire Insane, a
which he has been cenfiaed for
II . last two months. He appear-
cd before Jr 'Se Ea o. New
York, on Monoay, 10 80 advan-
f.. fl lcied dc &c. .le Or
der Of jude DonahVe comm T.
ting him 10 confineme 1t 90 pa
CIV. His vile was represented by
counsel, who opposed q motion
for the dismissal Of the commit
men,, and 1t WIS asserted that In
her belief Charles L. Foxwell, a
former clerk for D.. Helm5old,
was endeavoring to secure mis-
liberty in order to get possession
Of the buchu business, now cen-
Quoted in her interest. 1t w?
also shown that DIR. Helmbold's
lunacy had beea affirmed by Drs.
joseph Wooster and j. M. p.
Cross, after a thorough examiHa-
tiol. DIR. Cross is famous as an
expert in insanity. Judge Bar
rett decided that the commitment
Is valid. DR.. Helmbold while in
the court room manifested no In
dicatious Of mental disturbance.
HIS NAL ..dy takes the form of fire.
qpont outbursts of madness, with
Intervening periods of quiet. He
is constantly on the alert for pos
nsiasliffno <>f md 10 n. n Sad
closely. His fare is the best that
can be had ia the ASYLUM, the
pay being taken out of his fortune.
which is in the hands of his fami-
ly. The failure OF this last legal
effort for freedom depressed him
greatly, and as he accom- panied
the attendant out o, the court
room, he said he was going back
10 imprisonment for lie.
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A Bad Place 10 Play Circus.
The st. Paul Dispatch SAYS:

A brakeman on the branch line Of
the st. Paul and Pacific Railroad, named
Brown, resident of Big Lake, Sher-
bourne county, met with severe and
probably fatal accident at Anoka last
eve hing. The train on which Brown
was braking was engaged in switching,
when he undertook che feat Of turning
a somersault from box to platform
car. In doing SO. Brown miscalculated
the distance, and instead Of alighting On.
the platform car, he fell between the
two, the box car passing over bis arm
between the elbow and wrist, in addi-
ton to which he was terribly bruised
about the body.
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management wherein ne was eI-
pert, though / confess / never had
any relish or conscious capacity
for it myself.
There is considerable Interest
manifested among West Virgin
ians residing here, and indeed
many outside of their circles, and
some speculation as to what course
Congressman Faulkner will
steer with reference to administra-
ton measures, elected Is he was
with the aid of Republican votes,
though running as a Dem-
crat. His appointment on
the Indian frauds com mission was
variously construed. Knowing the
mastery skill of MIR. F. in bring
ing about " hat he might set his
mind On, l suspected that perhaps
he opened the way for it-in le-
gitima,e manner, of course. But
after sounding his son Charles in
casual conversation during the
Fair, / became satisfied that ] was
mistaken. He assured me that it
was entirely a surprise 10 his faith
er, and accepted that version rs
the true one. And yet, as told
his son, / had no doubt the liberal
letter written by Mr.. Faulkner
during his canvass, he Interior aim
of which was TO conciliate and
draw off Republican votes from
Mr.. Boteler, having arrested The
attention of President Grant, he
was shrewd enough TO take him as
his appointee from the Democratic
ranks, as one whom, he reasoned,
he could be safely trusted to his
not turning the facts unearthed
against his own administration IN
fairly. In this he doubtless, did
not mis.ad.e bis man. Mr.. Faulk-
ner's course showed him 10 have
been we'll chosen for the work in
hand.
You Will have seen that there
has been some hesitation as 10 pay
ing Mr.. Faulkner beyond his eS-
penses, while other members Of
the commission, not members Of
Congress, were paid eight dollars
per day, besides the roast beef OF
which they par:ook SO plentifully
-Of course, only To test the quail
ty of the supplies of which Red
Cloud complained 10 the "bone
hunting professor" who set that
ball in motion. But Congress will
make that all right.
AS Mr.. Faulkner SHOULD act up
to the fair and sufficiently indie
pendent line in Congress, which he
chalked out for himselfin his pub
lie and private givLgs out alike,
while canvassing the district that
has given me the prospect of look
ing into his familiar face and lis
teningte his familiar voice at the
capital once more, as that of per-
sonal well-wisher still, in spite Of
our antagonism in the hy-gone
years, as necessitated by our diff
ferent ways of viewing now "dead
issu9s"--if he shall so bear HIM
self, / shall be ready,in saying my
say of pnblic men and public mea-
sures in the INDEPENDENT or
elsewhere, not fail to give full and
fair credit to his course in Congress
his election to which, in a quiet
way, during my last years visit to
Berkeley, l did not hesitate to adj
wise amongst such old friends and
neighbors as mentioned the ques-
ton of their proper choice-for !
happened to be there while the
convention that nominated him
was being made up, and after it
put him in the field.
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The Great Race Again Post
pOned.

SAN FRANCISCO, NOV. 25.-The
weather is again unfavorable for
the $50, 900 running race, and II
will probably be postponed until
Christmas and all bets declared
off.
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Destroyed by Fire.

CHICAGO, Nov. PA disastrous
fire occurred ON the Aockuk and Des
Moines Railroad on Mo,day night.
The Valley House, two freight
houses and laree restar ant were
burned.
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SINCE the Cuban fight is for tho
time ended, and gentle peace, instead
of grim war, will continue to spread
her piniOns over our land, the nation
win be prepared to celebrate Thanks
giving Day with new zest.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-11-27

THE leading Republican papers, as
a general thing, are not disposed to
permit the third term issue to go by
default. The most vigorous protests
are being made against it.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-11-27

TILDEN's Presidential chances do
not pan out well. They were too
brilliant in the outset to last until
the National Convention assemblies
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Yale University crew rows miles a
day for practice.
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There is much scarlet fever.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-05-27

Gen. Sherman's autobiography is
correcting a number of errors in the
commonly accepted history of the late
a 1t has been generally understood
that Gen. Grant, the commanderin in.
chief, originated the plan involved in
the famous "March to the Sea-" and
thence to the Carolinas-the stroke
that ended the war. But we now have
the testimony of Gen. Sherman that
Grant opposed this project, suggesting
that the former should raid sitter Hood,
though he finally yielded to Sherman 5
wishes. The capture OF Savannah was
also against Gen. Grants advice. Gen.
Sherman regarded the movement from
Atlanta to Savannah as merely q
change Of base, the latter being the mi.
tial point of a campaign having for its
object n descent on Richmond from
the rear. Had Sherman followed
Hood instead of plunging into the
heart of Georgia on his way to the
Carolinas, the entire face of the cam
paign might have been changed
Johnston, instead Of %contending with
Sherman's army, could have effected a
junction with the veterans of Lee
Memphis Avalanche.
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Of Jn0. g. breckenridge.

Never since the death Of Henry Clay
has there been such an outpOuring OF
the people Of Kentucky to do honor TO
a fclIow-citizcn, and all over the land
there seems to be genuine mourning
over the loss Of II distinguished and
honored citizen, The Union ana
American says he was 'cducated az
Centre College, DtnyIiIc, under Tue
auspices of his distinguished nnc'ei NC
studied law at Pennsylvania Institute
and settled at Lexington, wHere ''o
outbreak Of the Mexican war 'ou"'
him He went out rs Major OF 'hc
Tli,d Kentucky Volunteers, buI nae
iulo opportuniry for active service
Returning home he was frs, elected 10
the State Legislature. In 1881 nc was
elected to Congress, and was rc'cIec'c"
in 1853, after an exciting canvass
During the discussion OF the h''''"'
Nebraska bill he became invoIVcd ~ !"
ncrsonol alteration with Congressman!
T. +. Cutting, Of New York, leading 10
,bc urcliminarics Of Il duel, which for
ruuniclv WAS aycrted. President Pierce
q, one dme rendered HIM the MISSION
IN Suain. hut circumstances led him TO
decline the honor. In 1896 he was
cIrcird Vice President Of the united
States, being the youngest man VINO
over filled that Office, In 1860 he was
tine nominee Of the Southern wing OF
the Democracy 70: the Presidency, the
boilers nominating Stephen A, Doug
las. lie received the electoral vote OF
all the cotton States, and this fac
doubtless influenced his subsequent
career. Although elected United States
Senator from Kentucky the same year
he remained in that body only long
enough TO see the drift of events ant
defend the course Of the South, whei
he Joined his fortunes with that sec
ton, entering the army and rising le
the rank Of Major General. lie was
rcpulscd in an attack on Baton Rouge
in August, 1861 commanded a corps
under Bragg at Stones river, neal
Nashville, in December, 1862, and a
the battle Of Chickamauga III Septcm
Der, 1868. He defeated Gen. Franz
Sicocl at Newmarket in May, 1864
participated in Early's advance OF
Washington in July, and shared M
defeat near Winchester in September
In January, 1865, he was appolntc'
Confederate Secretary Of War, Ate
the surrender of Gen. Lee, he went
Europe. whence he returned in 1861
and has since lived among the scene
Of his youth, quietly practlcing I'll
profession Of thclaw 50 far rs his hcaIt
permitted, ana carefully holding aloe
from politics.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-05-27
Mark Twaiu's Encounter with an
Interyiwcr.

@. How old are you?
A. Nineteen, in June.
@. Indeed! | would have taken
you to De thirty-fve or six. Where
were you born?
A. In Missouri.
@. When did you begin to writer
A.. In 1886.
@. Why, how could that be, if you
are only nineteen nowP
A. | don't know. 1t does seem
curious, somehow.
@ 1t does, indeed. Who do you
consider the most remarkable man you
eve me-?
A. Aaron Burr.
@. But you never could have met
Aaron Burr if you are only nineteen
years .
A. Now, if you know more about
me than | do, what do you ask me
for2
@. Well, it was only a suggestion
nothing more. How did you happen
to meet Burr?
A. Well, / happened to be at his
funeral one day, and he asked me 10
make less noise, and
g. But, good heavens! If yor
were at his funeral, he must have peer
dead aud if be were dead, how could
he care whether you made a noise OF
nOtP
A. don't know. He was always
a particular kind of a man that way.
@. Still | don't understand it a
all. You say he spoke to you and tina
he was dead.
A. | didn't say he was dead.
@. But wasn't he dead?
A. Well, some said he was, ant
some said he wasn't.
@. What do you think.
A. o, it was nom Of my business
1t wasn't any Of my funeral.
@. Did YOU. However, we car
never get this matter straight. Lei
nae asd about something else. What
was the date of your birth?
A. Monday, October 81, 1893.
Q. What! Impossible That wouI'
make you $50 years old. How dc
you account for that?
A. / don't account for it at all.
Q. But you said Eat first You wer'
only nineteen, and now You maxi
yourself out to be $50. 1t is an awful
Discrepancy.
A. Why, have you noticed that
(Shaking hands } Many a time it ha:
seemed to me like a discrepancy bu
somehow | couldn't make up my mind
How quick you notice Il thing!
This was but the beginning. Before
that interview was over there must
have been one, at least, Of the race o!
inquirers who had his curiosity salts
fed.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-05-27
John &. Breckinridge.

The death of so distinguished n mar
IS cause for more than n passing no.
uce, and already the fact of his death
mas brought regret to a whole nation.
"A number in Winchester will rcmem.
OCT TO have seen him during the war,
""eh he spent a few days with us, and
'ney Will remember the wonderful per-
sonal magnetism of the man. rec
oIlect that we thought him the finest.
looking person We ever saw. He was
noble, and Kentucky shows an appre.
citation of him equal to the love sh,
bore foi Henry Clay. These two grea
men were opposed in politics, but ar,
united in death, and Kentucky evince,
a love for both that knows no parti.
zanshlp. We elsewhere give a brie
biography OF him, taken from tn
Nashville Union and American.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-05-27

DIR. Dickinson, of the Paris I%ntelli-
gcncer, favers the dog law, and Col.
Tom. Baker, of the West Tennessee
Democrat, is opposed to it, and brings
the 18th verse, in chapter % of Deute-
ronomy, to help him in the quarrel (:
"Cursed be the man who shall bring
the price of Il dog into the treasury o!
my people, for they are an abomina-
ton unto the Lord thy God" This is
not exactly the way the verse reads,
but near enough for the purpose of
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-05-27
Nom Resident Notice.

John w. Syler. administrator of c. Il.
Embrey, decd, VS.. The heirs of James
Sharp, decd.
Upon motion, and it appearing to the
satisfaction of the Clerk IL Master, from
complainant's bill in above cause, which
is sworn to, that the defendants, the
heirs of Nancy Hill, decd, whose names
are unknown; and the widow ard heirs OF
W. w. Sharp, decd, to-wit: Susan 5.
Sharp, the widow, and b. X. Duncan and
wife Edna L. Duncan, Robert Il. Sharp.
George C.. Sharp. and Sarah f. Sharp, are
non-rcsidents of the State of Tennessee,
so that the ordinary process of the law
cannot be served upon them.
1t is therefore ordered that pub
LEGATION be made for four consecutive
weeks in the Home Journal, Il newspaper
published in Winchester Tennessee. re-
curing said nonresident defendants to
appear on or before the 18th Monday in
June next, before the Chancery Court
at Winchester, Franklin county. Tenn, and
plead answer or demur to complainants'
bill, or the same will be taken for con-
and set for hearing cx partc as to
them. Witness my hand at office in Win
chester, Tenn, this May oath, 1875.
Il. II. Finch, e.. d NJ.
may27-it $50
l.. Metcalfe and Fitzpatrick, Gregory &
Solicitors for cOmplainants.
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We sympathizc, says the Memphis
Appeal, with the people OF Kansas ant
other western States in their mlsror
tunes. 1t seems that terrible sc0urgc
the grasshoppcr, which infested the
west last summer and fall, did not de-
part before it had deposited many mil
lions Of eggs, and the hot weather ioi
the past few days has caused these
posts to hatch ont in countless mum.
Jcrs. and they have already common.
ccd their ravagcs on the gardens and
fruit trees. Many peach trees have
not a vcstigo Of green leaves left on
them, and .hc grass in yards looks as
+ it had been scorchcd with fire. All
he early vegetables are entirely dcs-
Lroycd, and it now looks AS il the peo-
pie were TO have only a repetition Of
what they had last fall. 1t is cstima-
ted that about two-thirds OF the wheat
is already destroyed. The loss will
fall heavily upon the farmers, as it is
all they have. The belief now obtains
that the Srasshoppcrs will make their
annual appearance. If 50, the region
Of country subjected to their ravages
will become worthless, They multiply
so rapidly that it will be impossible for
animal or vegetable life to live. The
g%rasshopper and the locust have a his
tory that date back to the remotest
past, They have been known as
icourges from the earliest times, and
been dreaded in the numerous ,
ountries subject to their visitations as [
estilence and famine. Human inge. {
uity has failed to find any adequate
MEASURE of protection against them.
hey come in such dense and mighty {
.umbers rs to darken the air, and in n :
hours all vegetation disappears be-
ore them.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-05-27

Notwithstanding the fact that the
country is said to be in u very imre.
cuhlous condition, four thousand poo
PIC lett In the steamers from New York
lust week for summer rambl es through
'.0pe. The New York Herald esti-
'' ,,'' Una. ut this rate 10000 people
WI. take the trip during the summer,
which will drain the cou,,,.
Toast s2S' 600 .ooo' counting The expen
d'ture Of each person at $500. TIL.
is the way the money goes.
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JUST TWO.

Two little darlings to work for,
Through nnmbcrlcss nights ana days
Four little footsteps to follow,
Wandering ali In n maze,
Two little faces for washing,
Two tangled masses to curl.
First for the brown-cycd baby,
Then for the mir"hnircd girl.
-Four little white feet to knit for,
Stockings to wash and to mend,
Often wee gloves to be fingered
Worn by wce nailsa ut the end
MYRIAD stitches for plying;
Patience must never Wanc,
While every stroke of the needle
Strengthens loves Infinite cIlalh'
Hundreds OF steps to be taken,
Each ouca joy the more
Gathering up the playtltngS
Scattered all over the Moor.
Many the windows for washing,
Finger prints over the pane,
Sweet Is such work for u mother,
Where little fingers have LAM
Two tiny cradles for rocking,
Two little kisses TO take,
Two little pray crs to be whispered
Upward, to angels awake. -
-Four baby feet to be guided.
Two little lives to make bright,
Two little darlings to bless rs,
Leading us on to the light