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Rats in Possession of a County.

Says the Saline County MOL
Progress: However jocularly some
gentlemen may see fit to refer to the
effort now being made by our Repre-
sentstives in the General Assembly to
afford relief to the people of this pal
ticular locality against the pest of rats,
1t Is nevertheless s question of serious
concern to at least the people of Saline
and the eastern limit of LAFAYETTE
county. The rats have become almost
as numerous as Pharaoh's locusts, and
are destroying hundreds of bushels of
corn annually for most of our farmers.
They are also preying upon small an
finals and fowls, such as pigs, chickens.
ducks, etc. The writer of this speaks
from his own observations as regards
the facts here mentioned. Young pigs
are literally gobbled up. But we dare
not tell the half of our grievances
against the rats, for fear the whole of
our statement would be discredited,
Our loose, deep, calcareous soil, such
as the bounty of nature has nowhere
else tackled on to our planet, is, togeth-
er with the great blessing of the pro-
fusion of cereals which it produces. a
regular harbor for rats. 1t looks like all
the rats of the great Mississippi Valley
have congregated here, and as this is
the third year of their soiourn among
us, We begin to fear that they have
brought along all their kith and kim
bred, and intend to stay. They are
here unquesticnably by the millions.
and the little predatory kind of warfare
now waged against them, the cutting
Oft detachment now and then, and
putting to death all the prisoners, is
nothing more than so many drops of
water in the bucket toward the solu-
ton of the vexed question. Sufficient
inducements will have to be offered to
engage an army of men, boys and dogs,
IN order that anything may be effected
toward giving relief agains4 this ex-
raordinary incursion of destructive en-
emies.
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LAWS OF WISCONSIN.
Passed at the Session of 1877.

rwhere a superduous word ia found in the en-
rolled act il is printed in the text but in ttaie,
and enclosed in psrenthesis Ghns) Where
word IL found necessary TO sustain the sense OF
the context, where one word has been OBJ
viously mi taken for another, the word supposed
10 be proper ia supplied, bat in brackets lthus1.
All acts pu bli shed in the State paper that have
the word q copy those selected by the secre-
tary of State " acts OF general interest," as
provided in sections 81 and 80, chapter 6, Of the
revised statutes. All publishers of weekly news
papers in the state who shall publis b in their
spective newspapers the acts thus designated,
win be allowed sixty dollars for such entire pub
location. PETER DorLE,
O State.
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The members of the Tennessee Leg
islature when they adjourned called in
body on Mrs. James K. Polk, the
widow of President Polk.
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CLARK'S ON. T" SPOOL COTTON
How, and Where it is Made-The
Clark Thread Company = Largest
Works in the New World
Acres of Splendid Build
ings -Forests of Won
derful Machinery.
The Process of Manufacture,

Down in the Cotton Fieids-The
Employees Societies The
Clark hosei Company-A
Grand Relief Society,"
Employees Centennial
ExCurSion-The Re-
noWned Eureka
Club and This
tie Band.
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Pu blished March 6. 1877. |
CHAPTER 10.

AN ACT TO amend section q chapter IA OF the
general laws Of ls2, relating to the ganization
OF corporations for manufacturing and other
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This trademark is familiar to every mer-
chant in the United States, and all who
have ever tried the genuine Cark's 90. n.
I" spool Cotton, contiaue to use it.
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Total. .................$12,9 23 "a 81. 1856 So
Balance III treasury Jan. /, 1877, $685.
HOW cLARK's 90. N T." SPOOL COTTON ORIGIN.
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BETWEEN THE TEETH

OF large and small cylinder for the pur-
pose of drawing out the enta0gled fbers
and laying them parallel or in the same line
of direction and also to remove the small
pellicles or notes which may have escaped
the action of the scutching machine. At
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AN ACT to amend chapter IS, General Laws Of
1905, entitled An act for the f. nation and
protection of county agricultural soStsries."
The people OF the state of Wi sconsn repre- scented
IN senate and assembly. do enact as follows:
Section l. Section Of Oh spter 5S of the general
laws oflSoS, is hereby amended TO read as
ollows: Section l. In all cases when the citi-
zens of a county, or of two more counties
jointly, shall or may have organized a county sg-
ricultural society, by the adoption OF constitu-
ton. and the choice of the ordinary off Cers thew
shall have all the power Of corporation and BODY
polite, and may sue and be sued, plead and be i'm
plesded prosecute and defend TO 6nal Judgment
purchase and hold any real md personal estate
Sneh shali be necessary to best promote the OBJ
lects .. eueh association. and which estate shall
pc e1ctusSeiy devoted TO such objects. Said So
CieIles SEAL also have power to sell and convey
70 ooFEo~ money upon and mortgage any and 81
eoch reAl estate, said conveyance or mort
gage pong execsted by the president and secre-
tSry or sueh society All such land and property
shall Also be free from taxation whiIe nsao a.
Aforesaid by sue societies. provide 4 that notn
ing in .hts act shall be construed TO prevent am
citizen OF any other state from becoming mem.
Der or ohcer OF any agricultural society or indu
trial association which is now organized or nav
law OF this state. '
Section . This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved February ~ 1877.
Published March 6. ISL
CHAPTER ~
AN ACT 70 amend section q, chapter ia, OF the
general laws Of 1874, relating to the ganization
OF corporations for manufacturing and other
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vald as II the same were executed by the mort
eager and mortgage to the sameSperson, and
shall constitute an entire bar against all parties
TO such action, and against their heirs respect-
lively, and all persons claiming under them, and
the purchaser, his heirs assigns, shall tie let
into possession of the premises so sold on pro-
duction OF such deed or duly authenticated copy
thereof
sses,on an In sales on neEtgsssd premises,
IONS of this act the mortgaged premis les shall not
be sold until one year from the date Of the juds-
meut rendered in such action, unless all the par
ties with action consent to an earlier sale.
Section&. The court, in rendering Judgment in
ants and all persons claiming under them from
committing waste or doing any other act that
at any time between the date OF the judg ment and
the date Of sale Of the mortgaGed premises. In all
eight days notice, when sn appearance has been
uttered, and without notice when no appearance
has been entered, amend his complaint without
this act.
Section s. The Judgment in such cases shah
draw interest at ;he rate of ten per centum per
annum from the date of Judgment until the day of
Section 6, It shall be lawful for the mortsager,
his heirs, assigns or personal repre- ntatives
any subsequent incumbrancef Of the mortgaged
premises, to redeem such judgment 1T any time
before sale on paying to the clerk Of the court in
owner Of said Judgment, or his attorney, the
amount OF such GIN emit and costs, and interests
thereon, and any subsequent incamorancer re-
deeninS said premises as aforesaid shall be en-
titled TO lien on the mortgaaed premises for
p1enses and .Sa be suefosassa to III sss
rights of the plaintiff in said Judgment
Section Z. The officer person making any
such sale shall within ten days after making the
said file with the clerk OF the court in which such
judgment shall be entered, report OF the sale,
and Immediately after the sale pay TO
she parties entitled thereto their attorneys,
unless otherwise ordered by the court, the pro-
ceeds of such sale over and above his lawful fees
sne disbursements. Upon the hlinG of said re-
port, the clerk of said court shall credit the
amount realized from such sale, over and above
the legal costs Of said sale, upon the Judgment
rendered in said action, and If the proceeds of
such sale are insu q cient to pay the amount due
on the jud gment, the plaintiff shall have eXeeu-
ton for the balance remaining unpaid. aud the
Judgment originally rendered shall i OF be . lien
upon real estate until after the sale OF the mort
gagged premises
Section s. Sales Of mort tagged premises by vir-
tue Of any Judgment obtained before this act takes
effect. may be made in accordance with the pro-
visions OF this act, In accordance with the pro-
visions Of the law in force at the tune such tudg.
nent WAS obtained. II . sale 10 made under the
provisions of this act upon . judgment Of fore
closure rendered before the passage Of this act
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-04-28
HOsU to AUOtd a Beating.

A woman who had suffered barbarous
beatings from her husband, went to a
noted wise man of the village to know
how she might cure these paroxysms of
violence. The soothsayer heard her COM
plant; and after pronOuncing some hard
words and using various gesticulations
while he filled vial with mysterious
mixture, desired her, whenever her hus-
band was in passion, to take amouthfnl
of the liquor, and keep it in Ter mouth
for five minutes. The woman, quite
overioyed also simple a remedy, strictly
followed the counsel which was given
her, and escaped the usual chastisemeut
The contents of the bottle being at last
expended, she returned to the wise man,
and anxiously begged to have fresh
supply of the same liquid. "You foolish
woman" said the soothsayer, there was
nothing in the bottle but brown sugar
and water. When your husband is in a
passion, hold your tongue, and my life
for it, he will not lay finger on YOU"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-04-28
The Evidence Accommodating.

The evidence duplicating Brigham
Young in Mormon massacres seems to be
accumulating. 1t is now charged that
portions of John d. Lees confession
were suppressed, which directly impli-
Gated Young in the Mountain Meadow
affair. Another dispatch is printed rela
tive to an order which was issued in 1858
by Brigham Young for the murder of
party of teamsters who were being es-
corted to Mountain Rocks by Mormons,
Mr.. George Lowery, of Haverhill, Mass,
says he is one of the few survivors of
that band. Before starting with the
Mormons the transfers got wind of the
order, and purchased arms from apostate
Mormons. These they secreted in their
baggage, and when one days march from
Salt Lake City brought them out. He
pretends that this procedure saved their
lives. as in party of torty-two the
Mormons only allowed one shotgun and
and one revolver. The story bears many
marks of improbability, but in view of
the mass of evidence which is growing
about Young it deserves careful exam
nation.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-04-28

A MASSACHUSETTS, gentleman, just re-
turned from over the Canadian border,
tells this story: He was in the hote
generalaccommodation room when three
veterans of the (hoteD bar, laying
schemes for drink, began to tell stories
to each other for his benefit. "These
are awful hard times" said one. II
never saw such times before, except
when / was in Ohio; an then was hard
put to It to git along. Nothing to do. l
had yoke of steers, but they wan earn
in nothin'. But lived right on the road
the western emigrants went over every
day. So dug hole in that road at the
foot o the hill near my house, turned a
livin' spring O. water into It, and made a
good mud-hole. Well, when the emil
grants came along, every day there would
be one or more teams git stuck in my
mud-hole, an they would see my steers
standin' out doin' nothin', an they would
send up an git me to come an help 'em
out; an / alwuz charged as much as Ave
dollars lift. Well, / KEEP that mud-hole
right up in good repair till / made
twenty-five thousan' dollars out ont, an
then l sold it out for three thousan' an
moved up here"
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cheek. In return Two of them carried
away some of his lead, but were not too
badly wounded to use their rifles after
wards. The gang hauled off for time,
and then one of them crawled as near as
he could and shouted in broken English :
White boy come out-me no hurt
himl"
But the white boy was going to stay
right there for awhile yet. He knew the
tTeacherous nature of the savages around
him, and he believed he could whip the
whole crowd, wounded as he was. The
Indian, finding that young King could
not be enticed from his position, returned
and reported, and for an hour all was
quiet. The boy was beginning to hope
that they had withdrawn for good, when
a savage appeared in view on the left and
wanted to hold talk. He INDUCED in
furious gestures, danced around, and
made every effort to attract Kings at
tention to him, and then keep it there.
"White boy very brave-won't hurt
white boy-like to talk with brave white
boy p he called out as he danced
around.
Meanwhile the rest of the band were
sneaking up from the other direction,
calculating ON shooting King in the back
as he watched the single Indian. He
suspected the trick, saw them coming,
and drawing fair bead on the talker,
dropped him dead as crow-bar. Those
skulking up numbered four, being all
the Indians left alive and unwounded
out of the nine first sighted. They did
not rush as the boy expected. Cn the
contrary, they hurriedly retreateu, and
but little time was lost by them in get
ting out of the neighborhood. The boy
waited until three o'clock in the after
noon before leaving his retreat, and then,
his clothing stiff with blood, he pursued
his journey, reaching his brothers camp
about dark in safety. The men would
not credit his story, though the three
wounds were plain proof of bloody con-
test. The next day band of dozen
went over to the scene of the fight, and
when they had taken a survey they
could no longer doubt the boys story.
They found trails Of blood everywhere
around the position, and trails in the
snow where the dead Indians had been
dragged along, and the defense
was voted one of the bravest ever made
against the savages. A boy withoutsign
of beard, and looked upon as hardly fit
to carry pistol around, had wounded or
destroyed five out of nine redskins who
had anticipated securing his scalp with
out firing more than one shot. 1t wasn't
enough for the miners to pat the boy on
the back and give him all due praise, but
to further honor and distinguish him
they called him The Man from Mich
igan." There are other men from Mich
igan there, but young King has the sole
honor of being" the man." and of being
looked upon as the representative of the
Wolverine State.
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Vitality and cunning OF fhe Locust.


In 1865 l made experiments to see
how soon locusts would drown. After
combining them in water twelve hours
they soon showed signs of life when
placed in the sunshine, and in few
minutes began 10 move. / tried freezing,
and came to the conclusion that they
could be frozen up any length of time,
and the warm sunshine would revive
them. in 1917 tried animal poisons to
see what effect they would produce on
locusts. | .Nut the poison on celery,
which the locusts prefer to other vege'
tables, and after observing the effect
formed the opinion that they could eat
their weight of any animal poison with
out i'll effect to them. AS soon as they
Matched out and began eating in April,
1875, took can of coal oil and pgls
for the purpose of making fagot to burn
some that had just began to eat my
wheat, coming, from sandy knoll in the
field. poured the oil in the pan, and
in moving about the pan l caused two or
three to leap into it. / perceived that
they changed color Instantly, aad TO all
appearance were dead. l then forced
them in and observed the same results.
On placing them in the sunshine it failed
to bring them to life again. afterward
tried coal-tar with the same happy re-
suit. Turpentine, alcohol, alkali and
croton oil will kill them, and from the
results OF my experiments | believe that
anything that will kill vegetable life
will destroy locust life under the same
conditions.
know no insect that exhibits the cum
ming of locusts after they are four weeks
old. When very young they appear to
have no sense, as they will leap into
water or fire if in their course. After
four weeks old they will perform acts of
cunning that are incredible to the unob-
serving. In 1875, after they ate my
neighbours crop on the east, they set out
for my field. l turned water between his
and my field, and caused it to flow four
or five feet wide in places, and let ii flow
through the wheat ten or fifteen feet wide
in places. | soon found them crossing
by thousands, swinging from blade to
blade of the wheat that stood in the run
ming water. | then cut the wheat out,
but at the junction of a ditch l had left
two fence poles in the form of a letter V,
the lover ends crossing near the water of
the creek, and the upper ends on either
side of the ditch. They soon found pas
sage, and would and did climb down
pole fifteen feet lonr ever the water of
Bear Creek, and up the other pele into
my field. They were making the pas
sage in one continuous stream when /
made the discovery, and the ground and
wheat were covered near the passage by
those that had crossed.
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Miseries of Human Lire.

l. On your entrance at formal din
ner party, on reaching up your hat to a
high peg in the hall, bursting your coat
from the armpit to the pocket.
2. On leaving the house where you
have been visiting, finding that rascal
has taken your new hat and left you his
old one, which. either wabbles over your
eyes and ears or perches on the top of
your head.
8. In shutting the cards--your party
all strangers-squashing them together,
breaking their edges and scattering them
in all directions.
4. Chasing your hat through a muddy
street-a fresh gust always whisking it
away at the moment of seizing it.
5. A car window that will not be put
down when it is up, or up when it is
down.
6. Briskly stopping to pick ups lady's
fan at the same moment when two other
gentlemen are doing the same, and SO
making cannon of your head against
both of theirs-and this without being
the happy man after all.
z. While you are swallowing a berry
discovering by its taste that you have
occasioned the death of harmless in
sect.
s.. Being on the brin-on the bri--on
the bri--on the brink of snee zing for a
quarter of an hour, and yet with all your
gasping never able to compass it.
9. The interval between the dentists
confession that your tooth will be very
difficult to draw and the commencement
of the attempt.
10. To fall victim, spelling your
clothes and your temper.
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Curious Clocks.
Troy New York; Times

Ii is almost an impossibility to state
whe was the individual that invented
the clock and great deal of the
obsourity attaching to the early history
of clocks is due to the fact that formerly
the term horologium was applied to a
sun-dial or clock indiscriminately,
thereby rendering it task of the utmost
difficulty to state at what particular
period it came to mean clock. Julius
Cesar found Clepsydree, or water-clocks,
in Britain when he carried his arms
thither, and it was by them he observed
that the nights in England were shorter
than those in Ita.y. There have been
some wonderful and curious clocks con-
structed. The Persian King, Haroun-a.-
Raschid, presented the Emperor Charlie
magne water-clock, whereof Gifard, in
his " History of France" gives the fol.
lowing descriptions "The dial was CON-
posed of twelve small doors, which repre-
sented the division of the hours each
door opened at the hour it was intended
to represent, and out of it came the same
number of little balls, which fell, one by
one, at equal distances of time on bass
drum. 1t might be told by the eye what
hour it was by the number of doors that
were open, and by the ear the number of
balls that fell. When it was twelve
o'clock twelve horsemen in miniature
issued forth at the same time, and,
marching round the dial, shut all the
DOORS"
There is curious old clock at Lubbock,
constructed about A. ID. 1889. This
ancient piece of mechanical skill is
placed near the main altar, and has
huge and bewildering complicated dial,
showing the second, minute, hour, day,
month, year and relative position of the
moon and planets all at once. On
miniature semi-circular gallery above
the dial is the figure of Christ seated on
a throne. With the last stroke of twelve
melodious chimes play verse of some
hymn, and at the same time little door
on the right of the gallery opens and
figure in apostolic garb appears, advanc-
ing slowly until it reaches the throne,
when it turns and bows before the
Savior, and then goes on again, disap-
pearing through door on the left.
Eleven apostles pass through in this man.
ner, but the twelfth, who is said to be
Judas, only shows his face, when the door
is shut on him. On each are bas-reliefs
illustrative of passages in the life of
Christ. In that of the last supper mouse
isseen peeping frosn beneath the armorlal
bearings Of the once puissant Lubbock,
formerly the mead of the famous Hansea-
tic League, formed there in 1854.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-04-28

An amusing incident occurred in the
Missouri Senate over the appropriation
for the School of Mines, Senator Seay
had set his heart on securing an increase
of $4,000 for that institution, and has
been bending all his energies to the &C.
complishment of that end. Realizing
his anxiety about the matter, Senators
Young, Mayor, Parish, Wilson and
others quietly slipped around the cham
Der and made arrangements with
all the Senators to vote no on the first
vote taken on Seay's amendment to add
$4,000 to the appropriation for his pet.
Seay made a really good speech in be-
halt. of his amendment, and sat down to
tremblingly await the result.
"Those in favor of the amendment Of
fered by the Senator from Phelps will
say ave." said Senator Phelan, who oc-
cupied the chair.
aye" rang out Seay's voice, solitary
and alone.
Those who are opposed say no." said
the chair.
"No-o-o!" responded the entire Sem
ate in chorus.
A deadly pallor overspread Seay's face
as he sank back in his chair with a sad
realization that his cherished dream had
fed.
"The noes appear to have it," said
Phelan.
Division division P' came up from
all parts of the chamber.
"Those in favor of the amendment
will rise and stand until they are coun-
ted" said the chair, and up stood every
Senator except Seay, who had not yet
sufficiently recovered from his shock to
have strength enough to rise to his feet.
How does the Senator from Phelps
vote?" innocently inquired the chair.
| "Why-why-of course I vote aye,
Mr.. Presidentl" said Seay, in bewil-
dered sort of way, as if he could scarcely
believe the evidence of his own senses
at the sudden turn of affairs.
"The ayes have it, and the amend
ment is adopted" announced the chair.
Never was there more forcible illus
tration of the darkness of midnight, as
it were, in the twinkling of an eye con.
verted into the glorious light afforded by
the splendor of the MONDAY sun, than
Seay's features exhibited at this moment.
The painful sadness of the moment be-
fore gave way to smile which seemed
to illuminate the whole chamber. There
was then big laugh al the Senator's
expense.