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CaSt0ria.

It's mistake to suppose that Casora Is not adapted to
persons as we'll children. They only need to In
Crease the quantity. But children have SO many com.
plants for which Csstoris is adspted-like Wind
and Group that s especially recommended for them
Its effects are more certain than Castor OH. IT
oney, i never grpes BY re- ulatng the stomach and
worms and prevents feveshness ques the nerves and
produces health-then of course child rem can
sleep In quiet and IN q II ers can rest.
Csstoria Is re m n a ed by all physicians and
nurses who have It, and 1t having rapidly ncress
ing sale II is prepared with great after the recipe OF
pr Samue! Pitcher of Mass, at the Laboratory of D.
Rose q Co.. i6 Dey Street, New York.
January 22d.
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Marrte0.

AT the Galloway House, the 9th inst. sy Arthur
Lockwood, Esq, Mr. SAMUEL Il. THOMPSON, oil sere-
ma, TO Miss HATTIE A. HOME Of Wallace.
In Chebanse lroQuols comfy ILL., Jan. % $50 by the
Rev. $. I, Afford. Mr.. GUY HUCKINs. OF Cheoanse TO
Miss CLARA DEEMS, OF ottawa.
TN the 2ith nt at the residence of the brides parents
In the town OF Rutland. BY " b. Weeks ESQ.,, MI Will
LIAM W. H0LLOwiLL 70 Miss CYNTHIA j. TRkNA'
Rl, both OF the town OF Rutland.
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A wonderful temperance revival in Pitts
burgh and that neIghborh"od has made TO-.
600 converts, and the excl, men, Is growing.
Ten churches are crowded nightly by enthu-
sIsstic meetings.
Canada had serious election riots last week.
The French Canadians exhibited an inclina-
ton to "bulldose'' the English, aud such a
seance followed as might have been expected.
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SPAN OF MULES
FOR SALE.

The suhcrber wishes TO sell Span vi Mules. weighing
ahout 2bs well matched In color and sze, seven years
old The can be seen farm, four miles south OIL
Marseilles n.x,p, otrrpN
Januar!21-u DANIEL "tihHN.
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or congestion OF the lungs. FRASK HOWARD, only
only child CT l.. NJ. and NJ. T. Chanherln. Jan 25lh 1914
sged IL months and y days
Funeral services will take place at the residence OF Mr.
Lsnsng Van Buren, street. the rsyine bridge this
Saturday afternoon. at O'Clock.
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A sTRINGE EPIDEMTC.

A strange epidemic among horses has
made its appearance in some parts of
Scotland, and there are, it is stated, more
than five hundred horses at the present
moment suffering from its effects in
Edinburgh. The disease commences
with great weakness and swelling of the
eyes and limbs, the left eve in th.
majority of cases being affected more
than the right. There is also frequently
intestinal disorder, and spots appear oi.
the tongue as though from blood poison
ing. The attack lasts on an average
from five to twelve days. Opinions APP
pear to differ as to whether it is infec-
tious or not; at any rate, it is spreading
rapidly, and affects horses indiscrim-
inately in all classes of stables One case
has occurred of cow suffering from it,
and, as the animal was stalled beside a
pony which had also suffered from it,
there seems reason to fear that the disease
must be infectious. On the other hand
instances are mentioned of horses es-
Gaping the disease altogether, although
occupying stables where several other
horses were attacked. The dampness of
the atmosphere which has lately pre-
vailed is supposed to have originated
the epidemic, and indeed the abnormal
tate of the weather during the last six
weeks is quite sufficient to account for
any amount of sickness, not only in the
stable, but in the keInel.-PaU MaH Ga
zefke
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sERT4Nr GIRLS IyREYoLr.

a bloOdless revolution is now going on
in the basement of our great houses and
fashionable clearinghouse, whose sullen
murmurs float up the back stairs. 1t is
the Irish girls resisting being put into
caps.
The cap question is agitating all parts
of the habitable town. The caps them
selves are really the defense of mistresses
against the prevailing style of coifure
which is making untold raysges among
the mattresses.
Fastidious people object that it dis
seminates itself too freely through the
food and over our shoulders at the table
The only alternative would be to give
the girls more time in the morning to
arrange and make firm the structure,
which requires time and plenty of hair
pins. HaiT-pins being among the per-
quisites of the place that objection is
OF no force; to the time mistresses natu-
rally refuse to consent.
French servants expect to wear caps,
Germans accept them, but the Irish make
sturdy resistance. The custom, how
ever, is growing. In many houses girls
will not be considered who refuse to wear
caps, and in others, when extra pay has
been given to induce old servants to put
them on, they are turned away now it
refusing to wear them, the pay being
withdrawn. The custom is not con-
sidered to conflict with republican ideas;
ladies whose patriotism abhors anything
that locks like sumptuary legislation re-
gard caps as a tribute to neatness, end
livery as a question of order, and both as
a graceful recognition of the demands
of Heaven and godliness. As for the
girls, the best servants acquiesce in the
new regulation and put on their neat
caps. AS to superior people the world
over, the mere question of dress is Of no
paramount importance; besides, it is
hard times. The slatterns sturdily rebel.
There is a rumor of still greater in.
novation several degrees higher in the
social scale. Several gentlemen have in
contemplation a new store modelled after
Au Bon Marche, and are now seeking q
proper location for the enterprise. In
this store the female employees are &c
wear uniform consisting of cap and
apron, uniform which presumably will
oe made as pleasant and becoming a,
possible to the young ladies who wea,
it.-N Y World
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ALLOW FOR THE CRA AWL."
BY JOHN C. SAKE.


You have often no doubt, had occasion to note, :.
Though the garment, at first, seemed certain u
That, after some wearing, the sleeve OF your coat
Toward the shoulder was crawling by easy ue
And that's what the clothier, of course, had il
mind, .
When he said to his-custOmer: " Long 7-nOt al
The sleeve is all right-as you'll presently find
In cutting a coat allow for the crawl
The expression was one wholly new to me then
But IL set me a thinking how well II applies
Not merely to coats but 10 women and men,
In matters OF life as they daily arise;
Consider the shrinkage OF human aiial ,,o,
4 he promise. how great the performance no"
And lest disappointment should come unawares,
Remem her the sl eye-and alleW ior the
crawl"
The statesman who asks for your ballot to save
Your country rashly impertled to-day
May covet an office and not be knaYe,
Whatever the fierce opposition may say, o..
But the platform :" TO which he so valiantly
clings
" Resolutions - remember, are slippery tblngs-
And in politics always allow for the crawl
You deeply in love with the sweetest Of girls
An angel in hooPs--OnIy wanting the wings
(ff anQels could purchase stlen beautiful gurfel
Like sersph She smiles like siren she singsl
All spendid and vast are the fancies OF youth,
But down to plain facts they finally fail;
And happy the couple who, finding the truth,
In conjuz al kinkness " allow for the cTaTlF
In brief recoIIect that in human affairs;
In social connections in travel and trace
In eourtship and marriage; sermons and prayers,
Some grains of concession must always De MADE
In fine, a. prudent, though generous man
Unfriendly with none. yeIacious Win all
Believe in your neighbor as much as your can,
And always he sure to " allow for the crawl y
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LIVE ANACONDA.

With the commencement of the Lon
don season has arrived an illustrious Wis
itor from South America. He is one OF
the largest of the bodidg family known
to eur generation. He is an anaconda
Eauectes murinus), which, as | translate
it, means the good swimming mouse or
deer eater. This immense snake Is now
safely housed in the geological gardens,
under the paternal care Of Holland, who
has for many years so ably managed the
snakes, poisonous and non poisonous.
Our visitor arrived at Liverpool in a
large box. Intelligence was given to
Mr.. Bartlett, who proceeded to Liverpool
to inspect him, matter OF considerable
difficulty. twill not do to buy All ex pen
sive snake of this kind without a war
ranty. Snakes are very liable to canker
in the mouth. The gums get swollen
and fabby and completely conceal the
teeth, so that the beast cannot feed
Again, if snakes are injured in their cap
ture they frequently die in consequence
1t was necessary to examine the snake
as to these two points. Having beer
shut up for several months without fooc
| and in the dark the anaconda was not il
a good temper. When the lid va
opened Mr. Bartlett caught him tigh
round the neck with both hands; it wa
not necessary to open the mouth, as tn
savage snake did that soon enough o
himself in true anger. A moments in
spection showed he had no disease of th
gums. 1t was with some difficulty tina
Mr.. Bartlett got his head back into tn
box without letting out more than = 90
or two of his body. The anaconda ha
not poisonous teeth, but has great an
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dangerous pOwersof crushing. The box
with the snake weighed over TIVE hun
dred pounds. 1t was with much dodg-
ing that the anaconda was conducted by
two keepers to his new quarters, where
he at once retreated into bath of water,
from which, as yet, he has only
emerged once or twice. 1t is difficult
to give the exact length of the snake, as
he is not to be measured with as much
facility as a fathom of rope. He is now
lying in three parallel folds in his bath +;
we know the length ofthe bath and we cal
culate his length to be between eighteen
and twenty feet-a tr, mendous fel-
1t was mpcssible to get tape
measure around him; but having
measured his diameter in his thickest
part, we concluded that ne is over two
feet round the body. At present he Is
thin, and the skin fits him very loosely.
1t is hoped that he will soon begin TO
feed. Mr. Bartlett, with his usual inge-
nuitv, has found out how to make Mr..
Anaconda feed. He covers his bath
over at night, and puts therein with the
snake duck. The duck is always gone
in the morning, and the snake appears
fatter. Anaconda is decidedly nocturnal
and aquatic in his habits. Like our
own British snake, it is found in marshy,
damp places, and he feeds upon animals
which come down to drink at night. Mr..
Bartlett has ascertained that the last
meal this snake had consisted of a young
peccary, the horny part of the hOOfs hav-
ing been discovered in the stones at the
bottsm of the cage; there are also
the hairs of another animal which has to
be diagnosed by microscopists. This trOp-
icaI American snake is also called the
Aboma. The provincial name FL trdga
Uan15o or the deer swallower. He never
interferes with men, although, of course,
he will take his ewn part if attacked. 1t
is greatly to be hoped that this magnifi-
cent snake will, in time, get an appetite
and recover from his travel-worn appear
ance His companion in the cage is a
magnificent reticulated python UldT
saloa), caught at Penang. He has been
at the gardenssince August, 1876, and has
not eaten anything since he arrived. He
shed his skin on Sunday, February 25,
and is now most lovely to behold. 1t
would be impossible to describe the tints
of the new skin Ga splendid lacing of
bronze, blue, gold and black, except by
saying that they are quite as gorgeous as
the peacock's plumage. - Land and
IT0feT
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IN ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

At the extra session of congress a Wig
orous effort will be made to get an ap-
preparation for Capt. Howgate's arctic
expedition. Capt. Howgate is offered a
suitable vessel for the transportation OF
fifty men and their provisiors, outfits
and other necessary material for three
years stay to Lady Franklin bay for the
sum of $4,000. The vessel offered is a
propeller of six hundred and fifty-eight
tons burden. copper fastened throughout,
draws fourteen feet of water loaded. and
underway makes from ten to twelve knots
Per hour. She can be made ready for
the expedition in ten days from the re-
ceipt Of notice. The sum asked is high.
even when the unusual risks incurred in
navigating the artic seas are taken into
consideration. A three-y years supply of
provisions will cost, at current wholesale
rates, $27 900, and the amount needed
for the purchase of buildings for the col
ony, boats, sledges, instruments, dogs,
and other essentials, is estimated at SIO.-
600, making an aggregate of s55, 900 for
the expedition, exclusive of any compen-
sation to be rendered the hardy adyen-
turers who will consecrate themselves to
the work of discovery.-C Chicago Times.
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9 THE citizens of Lickskillet, Ridgeway
township, Usage county, have had an
unusual kind of excitement in hunting
snakes. Last autumn some people saw
snakes going in and out of hole in Mr.
Losh's place, SO number of neighbors
concluded to dig them out. A week ago
last Saturday party went to work.
After digging part of the afternoon they
came to den of reptiles. AS it was a
poor day for snakes, the result of the
slaughter was only eighty six, consisting
of rattlesnakes, copperheads, black snakes
md blue racers, some of which were six
feet long, and some were as large as a
Faan's arm. Some of the rattlesnakes
nad as many as ten rattles. There are
more supposed te be in the hole that will
be dug out in time.-Ldwrence Kansas
Tribune
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HOW 4 sOMNA MBULIsT AsTONISHED
THEM.

A colored man living in Fayetteville,
whe is somnambulist, was on his way
home from this city few days ago on a
Fayetteville boat, and had dropped to
sleep, when Re suddenly sprang to his
feet, gathered up his bundles, containing
purchases he had made in the city, and
walked deliberately overheard. The
night being dark, and the boat moving
rapidly forward, nothing more was seen
of the man, and it became the conviction
among those on board that he was
drowned. Great was their astonishmsnt,
therefore, upon approaching the landing
at Fayetteville, some hours aftcrward,
to find the supposed drowned man stand
ing on the wharf, smilingly awaiting the
arrival of the boat. 1t appeared that
upon touching the water he was aroused
from his slumbers, and taking in the sit
uation in an instant. struck out manfully
for the shore, which he succeeded ir
reaching without the loss of bundle
There he waited for short time, when
another steamer came along, which ne
hailed. He was taken on board, and
during the detention of the first steamer
arrived at Fayetteville first.-- Wilmington
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