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Newspaper Correspondents.


The Topeka Commonwealth has the fol-
lowing pertinent suggestions concerning
local newspaper correspondents:
You can find heavy guns enough in
the journalistic business, but small
arms which net any thing in particu lar
are very scarce. The great trouble
with most volunteer and amateur cor
respondents is "spread." Smith, OF
Smithville, can not set down and tell
all about his town, without remarking
through the space of column or so
about Kansas, firstly as territory, her
redemption from the border ruffians, her
heavenly climate, her fertile soil, her
extensive railroad system, binding the
State in a network of bonds, in more
WAYS than one, etc. But every body
knows all that. What is desired to
near about is Smithville; who is dead,
married and born; who has built new
house; who has gone to San Juan, and
who has come back from the Black
Hills; and these are just the things we
will not hear about. Not one man in
ten thousand in Kansas writes to a
newspaper the letter he would write to
a friend in California, yet no better
model could be found for a newspaper
letter, for the main purpose in publish
ing local correspondence at all is to
''carry the news to Mary" or whatever
her name may be, in California, or Arr
IONA, or Japan, as the case may be.
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A Roaming Letter.

We have been shown a letter, adj
dressed from London to 2 lady at SUIT
ter Greek, which has taken % years to
reach it's destination. The disposal OF
about 10000 worth of property in Eng
land, and hence, the authorities have
put themselves to more than ordinary
trouble to see that it fell into the hands
of the party to whom it is addressed. 1t
bears the-date of April, 1858, and has
ctrcumnavigated the globe twice. 1t
has sought its owner in. Sydney, Aus
tralia, on two different occasions, and,
failing in its mission to the Southern
Cross, it fell into the London dead-letter
office, where it remained for five years.
Atlast it was forwarded to Suffer Creek,
and was perused by the rightful party
nearly quarter of century after it
was penned. In the protracted inter
val that elapsed between its penning and
delivery, the estate to which it related
was wasted by costly litigation, and is
now scarcely worth the trouble of going
to look after it.-Amddor (Cal.) Ledger.
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into the confidence of the Duke, and
secured also the reputation of being a
magician and alchemist.. His nachina-
tons against the young Duchess were
directed toward the result of getting
nossession of her Jewels, and bringing
hen. into guilty relation with Won
Tiehtenstein, gallant officer. of the
Dukes household, !, Scotus succeeded
in his deviiish intrigue all too well. The
beautiful Princess become totally under
his influence, falling a victim to his
slight-of- hand arts, and following his
iiniunctfons even so far rs to make over
'ttfrss,of love to Won Eichtenstein. Sco-
tlis fed with his bootys and the relations
between the Duchess and the courtier
did not long remain a secret. Both con-
ifessed their guilt, and they were both
imprisoned. The matter was, laid be-
fore the Consistory, and Duke Casimir
iol,tained a divorce. After leading life
of penitenee for nineteen years, during
allwhich time the misguided. Duchess
was Kept In close captivity, she closed
her uafoftunate life at the Coburg for
tress in 16l3, Even a sterner fate befell
Won Lichtenstein Hewas condemned
ito perpetual and solitary confinement.
His sentence was fully carried out in
the old tower before the city, and his
dreadful punishment of forty years end.
ed with his lifein 1888. The place Of
his long inauguration is incorporated
/ with an elegant clearinghouse, and the
walls Of theround tower now resounc
with the.ioyful music and noisy pastime'
of happy youth, instead of the groan;
and signs and complaints Of a languish
ing, captive. atltss - H''zs1' 1870 81
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Lake.DwellerS.

In the course of house-building exca-
vations made in the vicinity of two lake
between Anyermier and Co.
lombien, Switzerland, there was open
ed to view q chamber whose contents
proved it to be buriaEplace of the
Within the chamber,
which was supported by upright stones,
there were found ten or fifteen human
skeletons-the skulls collected in one
corner, and the other remains in the
center. With them there were entomb-
ed BEARS tooth, VOLTS tooth,
small, smooth bone dish, two hatehets
of serpentine stone, a bronze needle, a
small copper ring, and four small bronze
bracelets The discovery of this grave
which is supposed to be, a family
tomb of date between the Stone and
the Bronze Ages-is particularly inter
esting as affording needed light upon
the question of how the lake-dwellers
disposed of their dead.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-05-25
6ts Ugh.r

The prevalence in the English Ian
guage of the mcouth syllable "ugh, "
is forcibly shown in the following COM
position:
Hugh Cough, of Boroughbridge, was
a roug soldier on Through, but man
of doughty deeds in war, though before
he fought for his country he was a
thorough dough-faced ploughmanI His
horse having been heughed in an en-
gagement with the enemy, Hugh was
taken prisoner, and, l ought to add,
was kept on short enough clough of
food, and,suffered from drought as well
as from hunger. Having on his return
home drunk too large a draught of us
quebaugh, he became Intoxicated, and
was laughing, coughing and hiccough7
ing by trough, against which he sought
to steady himself. There he,was accost-
ed by another rough, who showed hmm
enough which he, had caught on a
clough near, also the slough of "a snake,
which he held at the end of a tough
Dough of eugh tree, and which-his shag
gy slough had found and hadbrought
to him from the entrance to a sough
which ran through and drained slough
that was close to lough,in the neigh
borho0d. - -.4 aea. r-fsv -..tt
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tn, Prcyafiing disease of America.

The dis. ase receives different names in va
rioiIs parts of the country. -InsOme sections
it is called dyspepsia, in others it is termed
liver complaint; sometimes they call kidney
disease, and at others EunTor in the blood.
The fact is, that all these G'SeaseS are pres
ent to some extent in nearly every case, and
this disease prevails to an alarming extent
throughout the whole land. Hardlya house.
hold but what has some inmate afflicted.
We advise those who have the following
symptoms to use an effective remedy. aud
eradicate the disease from the system: There
is generally dull pain in the head, with
dizziness at times, foul breath, bad taste in
the mouth, irregular bowels, poor appetite
and imperfect digestion, distressed, all gone
feeling like the gnawing Of cancer in the
pit of the stomach, scanty high cOlored
urine, stagnated blood, sunken eyes tfnged
with yellow, skin cold and clammy, covered
sometimes with brown spots, depressed
spirits with evil forebodings, tired, Ian
guild feeling, after time dry hacking
cough, but is followed after time with ex-
pectoration; then a wasting away OF the
flesh, finally night sweats, and soon death
closes the scene. Such is the brief history
of thousands in this country, and none of us
can. be too quick in using the remedy. The
safestant surest is the SHAKER EXTRACT OF
RoOTs, sold. by j. White, $40 Pearl ST.,
n. Y. 1t seems to operate like charm in
these cases. Agents wanted. 2
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FOolhardiness and Paralysis.

J.. n .
An enthusiastic young Democrat
named William Eaton, living on Eng
lish Avenue, boosted that he could
stand nearer the lannon's mouth than
any man who was present while the
salute was being fired to honor the
nomination of Williams. He stood only
10 feet in advance of and but feet {.
one side of the gum During the fol-
lowing night his. head began to feel
quite singular, and gradually his entire
body was more or less affected. The
strange feeling inereased,l until one
half of the body became paralyzed. The
attending physician is of the opinion
that it will remain so while he lives, as
the paralysis originated from q eoneus-
sion of the brain.-India1apOlis jour
nal ---.s,-----
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A Middle Age Romance - e.

During the recent visit of'the Queen
to Coburg, Germany, her attention was
called to venerable tower, covered
with ivy, q striking symbol Of Times
changes and Efe,s @eontrsdietfens.s
Here, during forty years, Ulrich Won
Lichtenstein, the loyerzof the unhappy
Anna ef'Saxony, wife Of Duke Johann
rCasimir, fingered in prison. Let me
briefly outline this sad history, which
is not alone of local interest. This Lady.
was q daughter OF Elector.of iSaxony,
and was married to the Duke. Casi1nir
in 1856. Broughtup amid the gayeties
of her fathers court, she developed a
peculiarly lively Temperament. and was
hl-ftted for the quiet, lonely life which
fell to herlot after marriage. The Duke,
a passionate lover of the chase. appears
to have neglected bis young wife, and
she presently fell into the snare laid for
her BY one Scotus, a brilliant and Willy
adyenturer, who had wormed himself
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-05-25
Dom Pedro at Salt Lake.

At the theater. on Sunday evening
Manager Harris, who Thought to do the
handsome thing by Dom Pedro, sta
toned subordinate at the theater door
to give him Harris )-warning when tine
Emperor arrived. No sooner had his
Majesty entered than Manager Harris,
with hat off, bowling and scraping, pro-
ceeded to usher Dom to his box, But
the Emperor would not stand much of
that sort of thing, and said in very
good-natured, pleasant manner, "That
viii de, young man, that will do; put
your hat on now, and show me to my
box.s's q - ~ . Ga a
Il beg your pardon, said Mr.. Har-
ris; al intended no offense; am not
much accustomed to being in the COM
pany of Emperors.'' And he then led
the way to the box. q, $50 t..s "a :.
When his Majesty was riding by tie
PROPHETS harem he asked the coachnlan
what place it was. and was told that
Brigham Young lived there with all his
wives. But he did not stop to visit King
Brigham.' ~ - ~ s!I1-igs s2i.s -
He read aloud the sign on the Office
of the WOmaD's Exponent, as he passed,
and asked what kind of thing it was.
The coachman told. him that it was a
kind of a religious paper published by a
class. of Mormon women called female
ROSTERS 9The Emperor evidently did
not understand the meaning of the
term .'female ROSTERS and looked
,searchingly at the coaehman, but press
eds the inquiry no fufthers- Salt Lake
Tribune. o. Ilis ad sssdo 3 zisr'
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Heart-Rending Casualty.

One of the most melancholy events
great length of time, says the Glasgow
(Ky.) Times, transpired on Monday
morning about 2 O'Clock, at the resi-
dence of Mr.. IVES Davis, who lives
about three miles south of Glasgow, in
the neighborhood of Messrs. Yapcy &
Terry's old mill on the Housewife Road
On the morning referred to Mr.. Davis
discovered the house on fire, and so far
consumed as to cut off entire communi-
cation with the stairway leading to the
bedroom above, in which three of his
children were sleeping. He attempted
to go up stairs, but they had burned al
most down and it was impossible to
make the ascent. About this time son
about 16 years jumped through the
stairway openingand the fiercely burn
ing flames, and was seized by his father
and dragged to a place of safety, hut
not until he was considerably injured by
burning. There were remaining a daugh
ter, Just budding into womanhood, aged
ii years, and son of 10 years, who, be-
ing unable to escape, were burned to
death. The girl was heard. to talk rath7.
er incoherently. and in rather an UNDER
tone of voice, asking help from her
mother, but there was no frantic scream,
as though the children were at all aware
of their terrible condition. The remains
of the children were discovered after
the building was consumed almost en-
tirely destroyed. A more terrible ac-
cident can hardly be conceived shan
that of two children, perfectly helpless
to escape burning, and being destroyed
my merciless flames, in the immediate
presence of a distracted father and
mother, utterly unable to alleviate a
single pang or afford & particle OF relief.
The remains of the unfortunate girl
and boy were buried on Monday, at a
neighboring graveyard.
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A Juggler's Fatal Mistake.


A murder case awaiting trial at the
Cuddapah Sessions in India last month
was, according to the India papers, ex-
pected to give rise to much legal dis
cission as to whether the circumstances
justified the charge A juggler who
alleged that he possessed some power
which rendered him "bullet-proof,"
invited the prisoner in the case to aim
at him with a loaded musket, assuring
him that he might do SO without the
slightest fear of producing any painful
results. The prisoner accepted the
kind invitation, and, with aloaded mus
ket presented to him by the juggler
immediately sent a bullet through his
head. 1t is urged that-as there was no
intention on the part of the prisoner to
kill the deceased, the charge OF muir
der can not be maintained. The Jug
gIer was thoroughly confident Of his
own infulnerability, and several of his
relations who were to be called as wit
nesses for the defense were prepared to
prove that, although several times shot
at before, he was never hurt Some
few years ago in England a '.wizard'
at one of the theaters begged, one of
the audience as a favor to lire a gun at
him. The spectator thus invited load
ed the gun with a charge of shot he
had brought with, him for the express
purpose of testing crucially the alleged
invulnerability of the, wizard. The re-
suit was painful in the extreme-the
wizards face was peppered with shot,
and the spectator who fired the gun was
given into the custody of the police.
Both narrowly escaped death-one by
the gun, the other by the gallows.
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A Natural WOnder-With a Tradition.

The Cawker City (Kan.) Echo says:
The Great Spirit Spring, situated Just
east of this city, on a mound some 35
feet in height, the which will cover an
acre of ground, has been the subject of
more letters and editorials than any
other curiosity in the State of Kansas.
In years gone by the Indians of the
plains assembled here periodically, to
make sacrifices and partake of the wa
tiers of the spring, which then, as now,
contained wonderful medicinal proper
ties. An old Indian tradition has it
that on the summit of this mound, and
on the very edge of this spring (Which
is 20 feet in diameter and twice as deep,
once occurred the bloodiest hand-to-
hand encounter that the savage or en-
lightened eye ever beheld. The hand
of the beautiful Indian Princess Wah-
condah was sought by two Indian
braves, and while the lovely dark
eyed maiden permitted her affections
to 90 out toward the younger, her stern
parent desired her TO wed the elder and
weather. of the two. One beautiful
spring morning, as the sun peered over
the far-eastern bluffs, il beheld the gen.
tie Kansas zephyrs toying with the lovely
maiden's hair, while she, all uncon-
scious of her beauty, was listening in
virgin bashfulness to the VOWS of her
favorite. The elder lover approached
the spring to bring his morning sacri-
fee, when this scene met his gaze. The
eyes of the braves met, and they resolv-
ed at once to kill each other, well know
ing that neither father nor daughter
would consent to a wedding with the
dead one. With true Indian stoicism,
Wahcondah silently embroidered new
breechclout while the lovers desperately
fought for her hand. At last, as the
end was drawing near and the bat
tie seemed likely to terminate in the
triumph of WahcoHdah's favorite, BY
an unlucky misstep both were plunged
into the spring, and, being too weak
from loss of blood and continued sexer-
ton, sank to rise no more this side OF
the happy hunting ground Wahcondah
cazed for a moment into the nmpid. wa
ter, fast being discolored by the blood
of the only being she could, ever love.
and then with one long, Wild, piercing
shrek, plunged in to meet him from
whom to be separated was more 70 be
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The Oa.primg of Dyspepsln.

No class of invalids are more to be com
miserated than the dyspeptic, since the NAL
ady from which they suiler is the parent of
a more numerous offspring of tormenting
symptoms than any other disease. On the
other hand, they are to be congratulated
that there is potent, safe and agreeable
botanic remedy for ali the torture that they
undergo. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters pow
erfully invigorates the cellular tissue of the
stomach, thus promoting an adequate score
ton and flow of the digestive juices, vital
ICES the shrunken and debilitated lining Of
the stomach, directs the Bile into its true
chanueL and stimulates the inactive. bowels
and dormant liver. These radical effects are
accompanied with the restoration of 'appe,
tite, flesh and sound repose, and the removal
Of fiatulence, heartburn, nausea, palpita.
tions of the heart, vertigo, high colored and
scalding urine, water brash, headache, and
many other harrassing symptoms of dys-
neDsIl.
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To ALL, particularly invalids, spring is


To ALL, particularly invalids, spring is
a trying season. Indications Of sickness should
a.Onoe be attended to. Fatal diseases may be-
caused BY allowing the bowels to become consti-.
pated and the system to remain In a, disordered
condition until the disorder has time to develop
itself Anounce Of prevention is worth pound
of cure, is an old and truthful saying Therefore
we advise all who are troubled with the complaints
now cry Observation-Disclosures. Indigestion. disor-
dered liver. want of appetite, nausea, feyerish
skin-to take, without delay. Schenck's Mandrake
Pills Weknow Of no remedy so-harnless and
decisive in its action. II at once strikes at The
root Of the disease and produces healthy tone to
the system. People never need suffer from airy
disease arising from disordered condition Of the
liver If they would take this excellent medicine
when they feel the frst indications ofthe malady.
Families leaving home for the summer months
should take three four boxes OF these pills with
them. They have an almost instantaneous effect
T6ey viii relisse the patented headache in onsor
two, hours, and viii rapidly cleanse the liver Of
surrounding bile and win efectuaIiy prevent s
bilious attack They sresold by all druggists "a
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HOME INTERESTS.


LOVE CAKE.Af1a cups Of sugar
cup of butter, emp of sweet milk. 2
cups of flour, 2 eggs, teaspoonfnl OF
soda, 2 teaspoonfIiis Of crean-tartar
flavor to taste. This makes q good
jelly cake. assH isai szb So 60 hsussg
( PUFFs.-6 tablespoonfuls OF flour, 1
pint Of milk, 2 eggs. Bake in cups not
quite half full, or in gem pans Put in
the oven when you sit down tosdinner,
and they viii be ready for dessert
Serve with cream and sugar, or wine
sauee.s4f1 ha9ts v.lliilfsss 9sEa4
"a Moe. BREAKFAsF, DISH Toast
some slices of stale bread and lay on q
platter. Hash very fine some cold beef,
OF. mutton; put it in pan; season with
salt, pepper, butter, and any sweet
herb which is agreeable; add as much
water as you think the toast will absorb !;
put on the stove and let it boil ten min
utes; thenpour over the toast and serve
immediately a,imni --fc.ns1
FRUIT CAKE.--2 lbs. of sugar, 2lbs.
of -four, 2ilbs. of butter, lbs. of rails
ms, lbs. of dried currants, 2 lbs. of
citron, 20 eggs, Beat the butter to a
cream beat the yelks light; mix them
and the sugar, flour and the'whites
beaten stiff; spice to taste; the juice of
2,lemons; CRATE, the peel roll the fruit
in flour, and add it last; l wineglass-
fuf of -bfandy,, and 2 teaspoonfuls of
soda. One-haf of.this receipt makes o
large cake. 49,. -...... ar
/ OATMEAL AND CoCoANUT.-Oatmeal
mixed with grated cocoanut makes a
very attractive cake to both old and
young. Take 3heaping teaspoonfuls OF
grated, or 2 of prepared desiccated co
coanut; add to it pint Of fine oatmeal
and,2 heaping teaspoonfuls OF sugar
stir into gill of boiling water, and mix
thoroughly together; turn it out on the
rOlling-board, roll thin, and cut out as
for common crackers. If wanted very
nice, put piece of -citron and half a
dozen 'currants into each cake, sticking
them intethe dough-. Bake in slow oven,
and watch carefully lest they brown q
J shade too deep. To make crispy, lei
them stand day or two in an uncover
ed dish. srt 80 sgs 81 EEl.i- {.
1 To CAN SWEET CORN.-Very. many
fail in their attempts to can green corr
for winter use. THE following is one O
the best methods, which we take from
the american Grocer, and we advise al
who wish to can corn to preserve thes'
directions: The corn should be picket
when just milk ripe. After husking
the kernels are cut from the cob with ;
gagged knife and cob scraped to get al
the juices Next it is placed i'll tin can
/ without admixture Though Sometime
a little sugar is added to poor corn) ant
sealed up air-tight. Then comes tn
processing" or boiling, viz: subject
ing the can and contents to the heat 0
boiling water from one to two hours &C
cording to the size of the can. This cal
only be determined by experiment
~ Next they are taken from the boiling
water and a small hole punched in tn
Z top. of the can to allow the escape o
gases and instantly resealed, ate
! which the can is replaced in the, .ho
bath and allowed to remain as long o
longer than the first. ~ raT-.
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Sandy Cleyton and the Grizzly.

Aeorrespondent Of the Boulder Net0s,
writing from Hot Sulphur Springs, Mid
die Park, tells how a mountaineer
triumphed over a grizzlywhich took a
position in his path: ssSandy Cleyton,
on his trip to this place from his winter
trapping camp in North Park, on max
inS q turn in the trail came suddenly
within thirty feet of large grizzly
bear. Sandy was onfourteen-feets snow
shoes, dragging sled with twelve-feet
runners, his rifle done up in his blank
cts on the sled, and the bear directly in
the trail, with that peculiar physiogno-
my which could easily be constructed
into an invitation to come on and com
mence the combat !. Por a moment San-
DIV was undecided what to do, but, quick
ly comprehendingt the situation, he COM
menced TO erawfish forithe sled, keep
ing his eyes steadily on the bear seat
ing himself on the sled without remov-
ing his eyes from abruiri, willow be-
coming uneasy and showed signs of
preparing to advance by coming down
on all tours headed toward The sled.
Sandy now knew'it was time for action,
and, hastily. unrolling the blankets,
brought out the rifle, and as quick as
possible put in a cartridge, and, bring
ing the rife oto his shoulder, fired,
stretching the bear dead on the spot,
Having quite load, he brought away
the skin, which shows the bear to have
been an old settler. The holes in the
skin,shows that the, bullet passed com
pletely through the bear, and the holes
were seven feet eight. inches apart. Do
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..THE Duke of Eppenburg and H

"THE Duke of Eppenburg and Henry
VII" is the lofty title of an insane per-
son from Baltimore, who every now
and then calls at the Treasury Depart
ment in Washington, to demand the
Geneva award fund, which he says
amounts to S17,000,o00 in gold. A
warrant which he has handed IN for the
consideration of the Treasury officers is
printed with hand printing machine,
and. is very original document. lie
has been promised a settlement as soon
as the interest on the SUMS computed.