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nulnhensa: corresponding nnn,s,essasB a.
hels az sHaiisrn character VII be given to
esA exhiaises. ana ~ animal III be al.
lowca u pass asoa is saaai washass rs
prosper aam2er attached
NaBsbsss alane VA aissinguisA sock IN
he show yards, presiding she asasS q
primes
The jaases q kse stock usH make ex
aminasiea q 81 anisnals On ne opening
day II each serial show, and va fr that
day have exclusive entrance 10 The show
yard.
No F9eniam WI he awarded an inseFior
ania.Al, iAoagA ahcrs h no Sampcsilioa.
Al uniHlals win BE unler The superris,
ion of voserina1y surgeon, who WI OK
ammo thsa bes,ac admission % guard
against inSssaisa, and wal also make a
aaiy iaspeosisa and report Ia ease Il
sickness, the anisnal ~iIl be rulnssea to a
saisslile enclosure especially prepared fs
rs eozasort and medical troaiment.
Al possible care VII Re taken u am
mals exhibitea l,ut the commission cannot
be hela responsible iar any iajury a ae-
oiapnt
A ring VIII he provided far tic display
and exercise Of horses and cattle
On the lass day q each serial show n
pubRe aactiea may he hala d surA ami
mals as the sxlabiiars may desire % ssl
animals may be sala a rrigsis sale atany
time during their exhii6tiou.
An ofisiAl casala-as &c The aniuials ux-
hihited viii be pllaishea
Exhibitors o. thoroughbred aninals
musa Al the iims IL making lAeas entries
Sic wiih the Chief q the Burcsa stuis-
meat as q their pedigree, affrapea a,
sworn 70 before an oiscsr authorized 10
take HfsaaEiss, ana the papers So Slod slraTi
be furnished TO the Jury q Expes;s-
The ages Of live stock mnst be calsulat-
ed up 10 the opening day Of rbe RxhiR-
tiea 81 the class 70 which tAgy belong.
Sheep breeders. desiring 10 eKhitii wool,
the Frodness # the foeks, wiz display not
less than i've feeces.
There WI be displays Of breeding hor-
S. running and trotrins horses, walking
horses masshea teams, breeding asses,
neat cattle, fat and aFaught cattle, breed
inc sheep, breeding sEine, fat swine, DOGS
4 pOnltry and fish. AL these exhibits prom
ise 10 be Of the very fss order, A large
strip Of the wssasrn side 81 the banding is
70 he turned INTO an aquarium, where the
finest saltwater and fresh-waser fish VIII
be exhibited.
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ersaa st-iakAgt q Indian oun.

Few Farmers are really aware af the
enormous sh-iBkase 81 Indian cora during
the win1sr aud vernal mouths. Il is re-
ported that Oolanel Jahn Nanowsr, Of
Harrisburg Pa, who deals extensively in
gram, seeds, enc, conceived the idsa laatly
tf nscc1ins rEb immense kilns to DRY new
cavn, IN order 10 prepare a Tor the market.
Before carrying ont the iufeufign, hgw-
ever, be thought he wanld first experiment
IN The lnatasr of driving corn, For This
purpose The Colonel procured from fur-
mar near the CITY fhaty-nnc pounds Of
corn. al hns, large ears. he placed the
corn IN al uPea range at eleven clock a.
N. one day, and removed 1t NJ six Q clock
p N. on the next the corn meanwhile
having been thoroughly dried. Upon
weighing the same amount Of cora after II
was sAehed the product was twenty two
pounds loss Of ever forfy-three per
cent. According 10 the same ratio il
would require 50 G-22 pounds Of ears to
make fiily-six pounds Of SHIELDED corn.
The ezra referred 70 was Ia good eondi-
tion, and haa been cE7bbcd fnlly a week.
Bs this experiment II xiA be seen that if
the farmer dispOscs Of his corn in the fan
the I~ehs will be considerably greater than
# he holds IA over al spring and submits
to the sirinkage.
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tIsrt i)otirp.



Hhan KllHela kiHnrle ki,ueAn
Ns aaah * assskx sings
r,at rsws an faEnlar h1sucs
MN zNess ana sastIr snt inli, tna lsse.
y.ha ~ z,nklli,ps egaae "a ro
IIkrelsi1Hlngz ir9m s,sr ar.alaowa
Ct 44tIlninrs Il 81 Aasz sh0nm
fl,sa nnl,'.s Ne aslsirs EEssss
Ks1lar. ko.lnue. htiiaGltingae.
lasensax fqlne sanxaF hame
AND ala sfimr frlcnas Assa vriligAt sili,st.
Ana ss.syy nlFlla ase SAMMY aasS
ruas rsszg1ns ~ tlaa 1zizis says
R,isn M svEs evne hanel
MaA Insle lunsas snrlR
suifanact tluai suessslls 1nnsssle,
7faz ecNs an cazahls honrs
ansFlnr ana rou.i rna F1aGlI1ia
neKnnal Eearase and ts5nchcn Srhal
Queoa Issss ana syliiAA Ana s1aneaca sna
Arrm as ilcias hokr heg lps-pos
Ana clr1r I'm sitvgr bell
aszha rcszae selluelnaiHeae
NaA hdnt ar ssslll,sas lilai lsiil,fia.
me ccns elnna slssNs house
3Ana anellefsaasas "a ls1e.eane yaars
Ana t.aay 3uys ana a lash iasrs.
Aaa stallisdl llslpes md eeuffiinl apArss
when iliecaEs caalse hanna
W;ah rin,ias, runeiu. raneio,
n 1He ana shress ana slnrln
The wmz am ruIaise hfune
THROUGH xitiius an Tse see lhc teNn.
Ana ne su1nlner sun al 1qlag daan
And Us si.alsis IN nc hAzaa glade
H1.raws aBmn ihe push 3angcF shade.
And 1lse his tre asrus.ilc izoNEs
rezine. la;ssn,E, sErinrlrrinele,
~ anae and ieaz-s nna single
Thceows ouune sis0ls home;
izisr znIna swrpf suuna II wusdless lsal1n.
Ii,enllae saloes 9une.aaf sast and cAlIA.
gasrzzln suees ,anail q Bnas Hna lAl1z.
phssa ne usgps cl.Iae home,
VIA anele innsie, a1ssle
aAroneh icrn ana per3w3uklo,
1lae e8pz are coming hadnee
A,ldlIrrllsr n ar tlhrdssrea stream
Nlaerr Ehe sun-zugs eianee and cieean
Canrlno. Eoasalhlsom IND F'hebe TAllis
snanA klaee-aeai n ths eroumy liltisS,
N asUwsg dream.
Te,link. toalas. ahlinkl6lins9e
-" AsA4-AAlI
The epxsc1nr slrHls home;
iAB1 NJ thorough mmns-ys detp nESaRe
Come ne aanss's old ssasp md rs old fs1nt She
Ana he usesesaa u ne silplr slBen.
Vixen she rows eclnc hamrs
E3fh kalzglc, kianr1e. klinele
NlEh lBesra and mae-eh and Jingle
Hasn csEs atecmElslg hUnss
And eFer shore on Ma-3sn iii.
Huar ~ TlAiuflFe cry q the l.srr win
And fhr ilrs-.1cBs lie ca slne tAnrlcd zlns-,
Ana qser 1hrpaplars NauUs shancs,
and sEser ne silaTu NH
Essine kelans knlinElclmrlc.
Nllh tlng'allug and tiHgla
Tat cD1s cnnt slowly home.
il.sk dUwz xhe iaErse let TN thr inin
ffauug ent sonss and ilswurS. and nsih,
nm anar sla times cfane hack again,
N1an the COWS rune home.l
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6ensua Haw hey. 10 show the horrors d
war briefly relalee how be once assed on e
Of his snbmdiHaies IN his first hattie, Col.
how did yeu like ag' eWell,r sand he
4 am satizfsa; but when lsawImeh gong
down Ill around me, ] ahousht. a'eun /
this zhing be compromised.
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When boy has been of all day, con
sr1ry To the expressed wish Of his mother.
and On approaching the homestead al
night, with an anxious and eautions tread
fnas eunTHuy nj 1rn, tine expression Of
cuniide nee and rectitude winch sudde,ily
lights up his face caunBt he Reproduced
ON ranxas-
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4 never did see such WIND and such
. storm, said man in eaine.ra
And pray, Sin, inquired would he VII,
''sinne gon saw the wind and the zmra.
Whit might thor cblaIz he y -ET'he wind
blew and tho storm So~e, was the rcnay
Fejoinaer.
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OH 5armtr.


CENTENNIAL REGULATIONS,
We make a comFrehessiire extract from
the rules and regulations of the Centennial
Commission IN regard 70 the exhibition Of
agricultural and farm products scBrrally-
Al elscrss fr cxhihition VIZ be NJ
eeiTea ataas tine Kesas, grains grasses,
wool hHxs euttoh, asriealsural macliBssy,
and Everything else except fruits and 9th
ct psrishahle articiess and live stack. mus
be louasea before AFEa 10, 1876. Fruils
viii be admitted in their season, and mod
els in plaster or wax may be substituted
ia trsFical fruits Vegetables and oshsr
Pelishable TrOaucts VII also be admitted
IN their Season. Dairy produces VIII be
exhibited from the Isl to the 5th Of each
month. As in the Machinery Building.
shifting and steam power VIII be furnished
gratnitonsls 70 erhibisors only for the par-
pose If exhibiting the machinery in ope
Eatisn- GuraSn gins, sugar presses, plun-
tafiun mills, thrcsiliug, tanning miIls-the
upnrati8ns of these VIII be shown.
Nunufactursrs competing in ths hcla
viii be Al liberty either TO Hse The lnachiacs
they 7'lnes On exhibition in the building.
m n.sy u~e less epstly eses. provided fhey
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Al Sab Lake, the uihur dry, yaung
lady from the interior entered a Sture and
sailed for pair Of stockings The clerk
politely asked her what number she wore.
Why, two, sir do you suppose I mn .
ceBtipsde on a farnnsulas
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An freshman m STRANGE town stood
iaosing at a vessel. He WIS asuostsa,
4 Who're are You fspm. Paddy ABeru.
IA, sir, I'm from a " where but hers, and
IN soon be from hu.r 100, Sin.
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GoRDoNs
Food for Horses and Cattle

The G'rm EooRoo.ioal Fso,l ~ .Ss,az.
CsIsis ? caass 5a.r saol Hoozs y.er Eaa7.
pEhC CES ihr euauti;y pf GRAN reguirt. 3
HI bdih Tor GK1tle and Horses usat fanra.
Beng a perfectly nutritious. las.lah giving
preparation from the seeds al rrasss,. aps
herbs an cuubiEEtinE with tonit ana inrirnr-
atlng roJt harkS we claim II 40 be the one
thIng neeafal q make perfect iced. Horses
arr improved in FLESH, FINLAND Eadrganre.
The principle af The aatiaH ef IT, food. a
thar geg7us Isgesii0H produces Fa7r ElsaG.
and upon iliis depends hsali md efiea II,
ftsslE Cattle iuiended for the lsnife iaiien
more rapidly and the flesh is mare solid.
G0Ts iHrrrast Their HilI gieia, nj iense ui,e
fourth, u bush 7iiSRBsSs ain1 gf,ag75, ~ ffnsl
result being much HRorr Blrz1nr. send 10
GERALD GORDON a 90. iu- aescrT,s,iuf
Ilamphiei al ful pIreieuiHrs
SAIEsnoaNs - ". Eursfte Sf-esa.
oct "a c Balfimu-E Nd
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.'faarirk, where's thu whisky ] savF'
yau % clean Che window withgn :s1Sh.
MASTER, ] inst drank 1t and 4 slnaaala If
] brratlnea on tisr gIna il would be MI the
samc
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FIsErrSs RAEs.-Ssys currespeu-
DOM Of the ohie Fslraer - Al raTasin
seasons % the year, rams ARE M 10 aeveL
ep their eumhasiEe propcnsities, and those
WIN keep seFsral Of tbsm Iaseiher ufleu
have trouble ON account of their iniurinr
uach ather. Il Is wei known flut they
alxays back up 10 eai stpa1 to butt.
sagp their backins.ur and yuu diseoncar,
them entirEly. To do Ehis, takr Iiuht
stick a Iiieee bf hruom handle viii do, )
about > N p fen long. Sharpen one end
and hash the other Ind securely TO his tai .
the siEa-Pened end win then draw harm
lessly on ths ground beIsind as long a. his
nalesty goes straight ahead abuus ilis bus
lnesS; but on the atian4nt 10 'sback .uI1- he
Is asianished to find an eiisctnrl lrslke in
the rsar. Ama laugh and call tins .aH
snmmnn hut if yOu have a buttine nm,
try il and the time u lanrh VIII be when
gaa ser iiin jump ON sideways, and whirl
round and round. trying 70 inspect the
machine which win keep behind him
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AAxunzze IEEEs-A writcr m The
Indiana Furmer says tia strung. fresh
laauure Is not usually 50 good for f4uis
trees as anoa cieHn culsiEaEian witheui III
and tial1 peaches and aIslies grown wi1s
manure arr less sound and have poorer
fa'sO When thc same dagrse IL riam,
esEn he impaired 10 the frees wiEh rultiTs-
tien alamo, slhn fsaif is hesinr far Il. This
s:aaamsut rsnainas MS 81 ahe renlnsk made
muuy yaazs ase BY w. A. UHderhiII,
brssthur Of DR. UnanTlaiH alf G-ui1n Pssnt.
Eianly known 70 grape growers, Ehat in
his own vineyard he ased no manure.
but cultiSaiea unos q week iii She grales
had formed and thai these wuze bas,er
rHsned and sweetm Elsau shose in Gi.c
assAazs vineyard where snanuzr was used
and lass rultixaliun giipDns tlsmaiyv sssn-
f1s,pan
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CHRTSTOPHER's
Alta Safety Oil.
WARRANTED 80 EIRE TEST.


NHnf q J. Aafasfs SaiaiB.
q $ tsay 81. BAH Jsls va 1854
Sessre casas,zer 4 g. saalelaea /.
Aalh snuth filsasli-e tstt tilis 54ssssugHuitY
VI siatn.g iksi ID = ssasg srt3sSasee ia me
mspecuen II ilinmIag1tHe tlsis. IA ma liitieinl
cafmcily Il Tamrifr. J nm tliaiiss se nm
haunet yanf Alta Safal4 ira1d 81 Oh. the
rtrr hes ] haFe gveF tested a. ase6. Ia i.h.
sneroas 5Hzpeeiieps iuaae sar uiFsFaf and
friends hans nrArialar fanaa DE ssAlsA
SafegE - sand Assfu Fire iesi shag thai
Eea claimed 81 y itlaaatls i5Hf ana hnve
also tl'und . = a.sstasa EsanliF and general
seod qualities EgIsg3ig. tonry aihps lii have
seen. md rs srf.h, rscaiamrasie8 q 70 ms
TRENDS AlG THE pniile renefallF, a. In Iaasi
gssspalt 9il iar SAMMY gsr ngx ~ 4he mErkpl
A t.ehners, I ellisfafuizle son gfen vur
sicnsi snrress IN notwithstanding a. a. r1sses-
sisg the re1g hesi gnali1ies- Snioft zgfitr.
Hpd the produusiun az g gia.a iri'hass hcln
innsinE nlse-- Alia ssfieiy al inallr haasehald
! have senaa = 70 riye . lieia lof reading o.
Nr1uns superior - grs nna aeieve WITH ur9i-
li-ly cart--thni an aucldAa vi1t ll.,s cd IS
impossible. Missing sau r6nfuueG suscess
With the Alta Ssfefs, whirh IVES 50 inssls
Enerii- ! am
Very EesperstuiF-
J. ADDISON SMlg1a-
Inspector Crnde ana Refined Te.ralai.u..
q Souih tiay s., BALTIMORE
ron sAaE III
3, K. GERNAED,
- ~rar-ss~,v,~-ls.-r-t-r, -t5.
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The New AuFan Jusn4aE suggests fhut
the oautunriial DuIEss Fn win probabiy be
eKbihitea on ahs '.p1uunas.r
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WY : ahe sun IKE a aaaa iouFg NE.
rala2 a. Iisha uhan Il rises.
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An emigration agent accostsd m Did
negro IN Columbus the other aay II say,
odd han, don't yen want 70 make some
money Oats jcst what TN a-diiir
rom fer, boss, ] hungry lirh nov
well, in Mississippi the planters are pay
ing mighty high prices fnr good work
hands, and If yon-" @Hdle on iiur. hos.
srs wan. I'm a Middle Geurgia uispar.
! done been eat das I'm 3 COED wrk-
hand, TOD wuk myself uut dur, an den
! turn ROM an wuk nsysrlf haek ngin.
an right here I'm gwine ter siuy, 81 de
Lgrd spare me When ] dies want 1cr
have a belly full Of bread m meat. an /
wants ter be berTisd in seminary whur
TN quairited wild de folks 9uu heared
my horn y"-sSaraEaaE Esun.
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d5lit and 9nlilov.



When aozrn Dctr0it Dewsbeys and
bcoiblacks hua coleoasa On tAs Uasasn
hense stairs the other day, ~Liale EarFish'
rsluaskcd sSgpsca giHQCAuaaaus tells US
a zory
-SF'ascn, remarked al she osAers,
Med. gun.lsucA, rcnnrko& jam. n
win seR yen = true ss~y nbsni a gsa
Her name vas Narssr, and she had waller
hair, blas eyes, small feet, and she was
worth miIhou dollars.
In sisaps 2 asked Cross Eyed Dick.
Ia slean cash, rigbf IN the savings
banS, answered jim. ~The eia WINS an
orphan, with no cne ie bOss her round,
and Il she wanted 70 say ont ssn eleven
e'elock Al night she csula. Therc were
piles u feilrrs amer her 10 marry her, hut
she srnsk up her nose at the
What fsrs- anxisusly Impaired Fire
cracker Tom.
What fm Why, she knew they loved
her aansy insrsad of herself She wanted
some enc te lovs her earnestly. Wei, enc
day when she WIS gong TO the Eoss-oiice
10 sec II there was any mail, runaway
horse came along. She hinied and sal
down in the raad, and she'd have bsea
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LUMBER II

-: -.
Il HAFI Just returned From the l.unber
a lte-inns---ssatl an HuN reeeivinr the i.l,-
Essi seiecti1n Of TX Aii}ER aver offered nj
TINS plaec a; EaIHos9 Frieoz t.e..sisiins y
eiioE fnie, fprure and HanilBrz
JLGgT AND scAETTTNG
Of al lengths and SIZES. -. 90. 80 and 80
y siIss l'nIt liusrdE and p!anS, Yellow aus
NhiIr PINE finnrina Dressed and Iul.rsrs,.,i
mountaineering. White Pine Cypress aud
Chestnut Shingles Nniuui Hud ASH nnnrds
AND Plank, Pialn and Headed piakatts shin
gle and Piastering lstiis a PRIME ii n f.li,.si-
mn llaiis aHa PestS. Aiss alb ti,f difierem
KINDS or CN4E
IlinliEiag iargs sales s7iiA small urniits hsi-
ter than snall sslles with largo profits. inv,
cunnlnded "a adnpt the fursner ne NV raid.
and hnfse small I've elHsisr to carry Il ant nv
peTznns m sRal. 81 anything IN my iiise giving
mt = cal i,eiure purchasing elseVrhert
EIiWAIsIl Lynch.
Near llrrnt, Westuiirstnr. Ma
feb 2e;1F
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CIRCUIT & REIFsNIDFR
4 TToRNETSAEL4F AND !
LIClToRS IN cHAScERr

I'VE have ier1eed eopar;Asr,.i, t. J.
w lraesiee q Law IA re Cosrts, 3 I. 4 {
rali and Hovard eozaties, zaa IN 49,
Eiiend 20 sll business eilir1se1 "a - Z
Particular nsieniiea TasiA TO CoIlee6as,
fross1rag peeEees ~ the sale u Rssl ~.
Also Applications Filssi ~ Rsfk 3, /.
Boaa'y due hers q deeeased sol5s,, = =
ofhoe ndl7sFing the resideuee q raa /,
RElrsslnEE. -
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cHAs. BILLINesr.R,
DENTAL NOTICE

DR GEO. 5. F0UKE. b.-s.
II services ~ his Ofsce. ''''' oas'is
WesImlarser-eyery Monda. r.
Saturday. y 'sesag 4
EmmiiishaFg-F0uFth W.j.
Boon al Iharsiay Aissfnooa Wy AZ
i les.ssn--Fcursh Thar.a,, !,
Rocky Ridge-- Fiint "Wednesday a
lloahle Pipe Creek--Firsl Tb.,,. 5.,s'''a
AlddisbaFg-Firs, Friday.
lnioutoNn-Seeond Wedne,d,, "A
laneyiowH~.Second Ihafsaa, 1 NJ
aud Friday. Ai'la
Union bndge-i Third Wedns.,l.. !.
and Thursday Forenoon. A''sa1s
NeE WindsoE-Third Thur.d,,
snd Friday FoFenoon. Asssns
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AIR eSAooks 1AA---Ar Ae1Tis was
eiH s"i'eniinss frlaay. lie drHVe up q
lhe honse @ debtor IN the'suturbs, and
lllie'.ins hls ieHm' knocked Al the door
Inc oseiOr : VIE answered The summons
4 gour husband q homo
y MAJ : waiting she asked.
~nni = gel some P"faiSeS-
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The Kentucky Game q
squirrel.

Frank Matthes, aged about II
years, and the SON of Ernest Mat
thes, who lives at 554 Hace street
while on q visitto the Schwatz at
Westenburg, Crittenden county,
Kentucky, was killed last Tuesday
while playing squirrel" in the
woods with two boys, named Hem
ry and Charles Perl. While Frank
was in a tree the other boys anus
ed themselves by shooting at him
lust for fun to scare him only.
They were amazed to find, how
ever, that one ofthe shots had ia
ken effect. The boys soon after
started for their home, but said
nothing to their parents Of the cir
cumstances. Becoming alarmed
at the boys long absence. search
was made for him, when his dead
body was found hanging TO a limb
of the tree on which he was shot.
A coroner's jury rendered a YER
dict Of accidental shooting. Nc
arrests have been made.-[Cincin-
natl Star.
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We talk unguardedly to our friends
and they cease to be friends when
we cannot do so with safety.
The new style of garter is of blue
silk, with a rosette and silver buckle.
At least, that one was of that des-
cription.
In seeking a situation, remember
that the right kind of men are al
ways in demand, and that industry
and capacity rarely go empty handed.
Some persons are so tenacious OF
memory, that they forget nothing
but the services they have received
and the errors they have committed.
Never be sorry of any generous
thing you ever did, even if it was be-
trayed. You cannot afford to KEEP
on the safe side by being mean.
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A Funeral Attacked by HOr.
nets

Last Saturday afternoon, a very long
funeral procession was on the valley
road, and the driver of the fourth or fifth
carriage gave the side ofa hay stack a
cut with his whip. Immediately hun
dreds of hornets swarmed out Of that
stack, and attacked the horses and men
and women ~furiously. He had cut their
nest. Many Of the horses reared,
plunged forward, pranced, tried to run,
and did run, but the bill just before them
soon tuckered them out. The men and
women fought the hornets with fans,
handkerchisfs, parasols and hats, nearly
all the distance to the cemetery. A few
were stung, and there was some sereech-
ing-and would have been more but
for a sense of decorum due the solemn
occasion. 1t is a wonder to everybody
in the procession that no accident oc-
Cured. With all the veering and dash
ing of the horses not even a buggy tip
ped over. There is ne doubt however,
that il the hill had not been so near,
serious accidents would have occurred;
as it was, the first driver had the good
sense to let his team Try the hill when
they started off on being stung, and the
drivers behind him followed his exam
pie. No funeral procession ever went
up a hill as that did, we venture to say.
Davenport Gazette.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-09-02
Accidental Pruning.

An old New Highlander once re-
marked to us when we advised
him to pinch back his blackberry
bushes, to.keep them within bounds
and make them bear better.
"That's so! l can remember when
l lived down at yarmouth that we
always found the most blsckber-
ries on the bushes that the old cow
had browsed down." We lately
saw another example in a West
ern paper. where a farmer had set
out 100 apple trees, in autumn,
and was advised to cut the shoots
back, to counterbalance the neces-
sary cutting of the roots in taking
them up. But he declined. In
the winter a COW broke In and
cropped the tops of twenty-five or
thirty, and, the winter being Sc
we're, these and a few Others were
the only trees that survived. The
others had more top than they
could carry, and, whipping abou t
in the wind, they did not grow.
We would not, however, recon-
mend the cow-pruning for gener-
al adoption. -lCountry Gentle
man.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-09-02
from the TerQs Eraminer,1


The sagacity of a Newfoundland
dog saved Tom Selman's residence
near East Waco, from destruction
by fire on Friday night last. About
/ o'clock Mr.. Selman was awaken
ened by the surious barking of the
dog at the window OF the room
in which he slept. He arose, and
going to the door, looked out, but
saw nothing The dog ran to the
rear Of the house, and was follow
ed by his master, who discovered
that a fire HAD broken out and was
gaining rapid Roadway in the
Kitchen, which IL attached to the
main building. Wsth assistance
from others the succeeded, with
considerable difficulty, in extin-
gushing the f1ames, and no great
amount of damage was done. The
property was saved by the dog,
for had he been silent the inmates
of the house would have known
nothing Of the fire until 1t had got
rem beyond their control. The
building caught fire from a wood
en- vessel containing hot ashes,
which had been left setting on the
floor, a species of neglest which
has resulted, probably, in the des-
truction of more property than any
other one cause.