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HAT Catching Extraordinary.

The other day Mr.. Nike Moiouey,
who we need hardly say, being work.
ingman, is gentleman of elegant Nils
esiau leisure, Concluded to earn au
honest penny by catching rats for
Jake SGyuer, Esq great rat hunt
next week lie accordingly scattered
some cheese around in the cellar of
Dooiogan's saloon. and when suffi~
cient time had elapsed rushed in stop
ped up the holes of exit and began
transferring the squeakiug rodents to
an empty barrel previously provided.
Tho first rat Nike seized with his
tongs was a large gray fellow, which
speedily slipped into the barrel. quick
ly covering the top again With cloth.
In few minutes he caught another.
The rats wore large. game looking ;ele
lows, aud after shaking them out from
behind the boxes aud corners for come
hours, Nike concluded that he must
have about couple OF hundred, aud
braced himself for square lift to get
the barrel on his shoulder. II was 81
| light that in amazsment tue induStriou;
mat raised the cover to look in. Insteac
Of four or Eve bushcl Of dog bait, hi
saw nothing bu; hungshole he hac
! forgotten TO atop. Mr.. Malonel
had been catching the sano rat all day
He has now given up labor permanent
ly 10 disgust, and is training to becom
a Sand Lot peaksr.-lS San Francisco
News Letter.
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Conway,s Ca,mpaieu.

The Boston Advertiser, which has
hitherto been strong ally Of "Genor
al" CoNwAY aud his scheme to invade
the lower Mississippi valley on pre-
datory expedition, has gone black or
that restless sagabOnd in the following
style.
"While arrangements FOR sending re
lief boats down the river were going
on, necessarily taking good deal OF
time, the complaints of interruption
By the regular boats have, in q great
measure, ceased. We have watched
the western papers carefully during
the last month, but without finding
any indication of the continuance OF
the blockade, as it was begun earlier
in the season. Either the applications
for passage have fallen of, or the riv-
er captains have changed their policy.
In either case the excuse for sending
other boats down the river was so faI
removed This seems to be the state ol
the case when Gen. Conway's fremont
Temple meeting was held. TIE tenn
per of that meeting was 30 Unreasonable
as to excite profound distrust of the
motives with which Gen. Conway aud
his friends we're pressing this enter
prise II seems to be no longer q meas
ure of relief but a political scheme
highly spiced with the sectional preju'
dice and snimosity which have long
been the curse of our politics. Even
if the river wero still blackaded, oil
we're TO be closed again, Que would
hesitate long before intrustiug the
task Of opening it 90 men entering
upon i. in such spirit. There is :
better way, and if the planters and th'
river boatmen were foolish enough K
force the issue it would not be diff
cult to 6ad it. We understand, how
ever, that Gen. Conway does no
propose to wait for any further provo
cation, and fully expects TO find enough
who agree with him TO provide th'
necessary funds. large part being al
ready promised
That Convay's project is "a politi
cal scheme, highly spioed with th'
sectional prejudice aud animosit!
ghich have long been the curse Q
our politics" is perfectly apparou,
from the inception Of Conway's cnter
prisc
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an OId-TsIne Term I'm a * EN-
TuciIy Court.

From a reliable source we learn that
Judge Evans Of tho Laurel circuit
once held court there in gears past,
in which there was only one case on
the criminal and civil docket each
There were iftecn or twenty lawyers
present whose faces we're as long as the
moral law. The case on the criminal
docket was for adultery aud the ac>
cussd pleading guilty, and the Que on
the civil docket was on plain note Of
S65, for which no defense vas offered.
Court adjourned 10 about au hour after
it wac convened. The Judge was a
man, who not only swore off the bench,
but at interesting periods on the bench
The jury had departed but still the
lawyers fingered around with the black
faces "Boys, this is ID hard time,
said the Judge. Yes" replied one
of the lawyers, ",he whole OF Us have
not made enough to pay for drinks
and some of Us have not enough mon
ey to pay cur bills and leave this God
forsaken town, aud we now call upon
you for aid and help"
"Gentleman' said the Judge. "the
devil has got hold of this community
aud of course the devil is TO pay.
advise you all to quit drinking. join
the church, aud pray to the Lord foi
better times, aud wheu you noxt atte nc
this court perhaps you will reap bet
ter harvest than q moneyless adultery
man, and an uucontesied suit on q
plain note" so mote it be-" echoed
the lawyers Each night of the sorrow
fui figure then mounted his steed anc
shook the dust Of the town off his gar
ments aud bctook himself back 10 bi
own dNc,iinc II Laocastor Visitor.
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Z Sea TEOusger.

Very likely there are all sorts OF
straugs aud ,errible,lookipg fish at the
bottom of the sea which have never
come up to the surface. and perhaps
nc7er will But here, from the Viii
mington { y C) Gun is description OF
sea monster lately caught OF the coast
of North Carolina:-
There seems 10 be considerable
doubt hanging around as to what that
sea monster shot by Capt. Chadwick
of.ias ss.sy .AiPs--s-s1-s-s- psasdav last
really IS. Some say turtle. some dew
il-Gah, and the captain himself is of
the opinion that it was "Old Nick"
himselG and hereafter sinners need
have no fear of punishment in the in
fernal regions. IC fact, everybody
who hears about it has a different the
ory, and 20 two persons can agree on
what it is or where it belnngs. The
Smithfield pilots say tha. his Satanic
majesty has been seen of the coast for
the last twenty years, but he has never
me. any one who was bold enough TO
attack him until the gallant tar of the
Alpha hove down on him aud put an
end to his career Capt Chadwick
sighted the ching" about eight miles
off the western bar, and Immediately
steered toward it. When within G
rife, the bali passing through the neck
and killing it. 1t required six meu,
with their utmost strength, 10 pull it
over the rail, and it is estimated ;hst j;
weighed six or seven hundred pounds
The animal was seven feet long by
three and half feet wide On the
back was hard black she'll, like a
turtles, with three ridges running
longthwise. The head was as large
as a water-bucket, and in the mouth
extending down the throat were rows
of soft teeth. The tail wac not more
than eight inches long, aud projected
iu three prongs The fns and fee
were like turtle, with the exec ptioI
that there we're no claws.
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a Practicai Southern Depart


At the last meeting Of tho Mississip
pi Valley Cotton Planters Association
held at Vicksburg. last week, the Presi
dent, Mr. Morehead. stated that the
Association has already been in receipt
Of large number of letters, circulars
aud pamphlets from manufacturers set
ting forth the merits Of various kinds
Of agricultural iin plements, the writers
expressing 4 desire to make practical
and competitive trials Of the same be
fore the committees Of the Association
4 number of letters had also been re-
ceiged from New England farmers 10
Massachusetts, seeking Information
about lands, and expressing 4 desire
to found colonies in the South.
There IS every indication that tho
Association has made good start 10 q
career Of usefulness to The South, and
that the Oew departure will turn the
attention Of the whole Southern people
20 the more practical method OF pro-
motinS their own best interests At
the meeting referred 70 the Association
resolved 70 contribute $4,000 to the
Mississippi Valley Immigration Com
paDy Of New Orleans. The orEaniza-
ton of the planters will enable them
to obtain setto- rates Of trans portatioo
aud insurance. aud protect themselves
lESse the greed Qf brokers, aud, IS the
Presi3snt SD 10 he address, prevent
imposition gu oar interests, aud to as
sert aud stand squarely up for all com
msgoial rights ike similar orgsniza
tions 10 the Northern States.
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rne Age Of oar EartI,.

Among the astounding discoveries
of modern science is that OF the I'M
mense periods of time which have
elapsed in the gradual formation Of
the earth. So vast were the cycles OF
tho time preceding even the appear
auee of man on the surface Of the globe
that our own period seems as yes;er.
day when compared with the epochs
that have gone before is.
Had we no other evidence than the
deposits of rock hesped Dpon each
other in regular strata by slow accu-
mutation of materials, they alone
would have convinced Us of the exten
ding and slow maturing ofGod's works
on earth; but when We add 10 these
the successive populations Of whose
life this world has been the theatre,
aud whose remains are hidden in the
rocks into which the mud or sand, OF
soil Of whatever kind. on which they
lived, has hardened in the course oi
time-or the enormous chsiss Of noun
tains whose upheaval divided these
periods of quiet accumulation By great
couvultions--or the changes ofa diff
erent nature in the con6guraiion oi
our globe, as the sinking of lands be.
meath the ocean, or the gradual rising
of continents and islands above-oi
the slow growth of the coral reefs
those wonderful sea- walls raised BY
the little ocean architects, whose OWL
bodies furnish both the building
stones and the cement that binds them
together, aud who have worked so bus
lily during the long centuries, th It ther,
are extensive countries, mountait
chaius, Islands, aud long lines of Goa
consisting solely Of their remaius--or
the countless forests that have grow
up, fourished, and decayed, 10 feed
the storehouses of coal that feed tht
fire Of human race. If we couside
all these records of the past, the in
tcllect fails to grasp chronology o
which our experience furnishes th,
data; and time that lies behind US seem:
as much az eternity TO conception q
the future that stretches before VI
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NeIYsnnner Jokes.

A public lecturer who discussed re-
Gently in Syracuse 1.-The Ethics of
Being Funny" outlined promising
field for the mathematicians. He sug.
gested that somebody should gather at
random ten thousand news paper squibs,
and then arrange and classify them so
as to calculate the percentage of various
groups He predicted that the analyst
would fnd t.at five per centum relate
to mothers-in-Iaw, four per ecu: to big
feet, three per centum to doctors kill
ing their patients, two per centun to
Illustrating the maxim that it is poor
mule which won't work both ways, and
one per centum to the servant gigi who
kudled FIRE with naphtha, aud moth
ing has ''beuziue' of her siuce. More.
over, he would discover that not only
are the majority of jokes built on a
few dummy ideas, but that these DUN
my ideas are in themselves ouly con-
yeniionaIly funny.
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An Humble sserOIne.

Mary Ann Wilson is peanut wo
man of New Orleans She has a shah
by little stand on ST. Charles street,
for which with all its contents, says .
New Orleans paper, ga S5 note would
be an extravaGant price "Grand
ma Wilson" has bent over the same
Iit,io stand nearly forty years. No
body would ever know TO see her or
would hear FROM her own lips that this
wiihered, poor old woman was the
most famous yellow fever nurse in the
South Yet such is the fact. In 1888,
forty. years ago, she faithfully
nursed fever stricken patients 10 New
Orleans. Again, ia 1853, she was at
her post. caring for tho sick that
whole sorrowful summer. In 1855
there was yellow fever epidemic at
Norfolk. Grandma Wilson went
there and nursed. Another year she
went to Savannah, aud remained while
the plague lasted, caring FOR the hap
less sufferers. Agaiu she went &c
Memphis, performing the same noble
duties. Last summer, on the outbreak
of the fever, she went to Grenada, and
for thirty eight days and nights stayed
there, and those withered hands were
often the only ones TO soolhe burning
brows or close dying eyes. To bel
tender care were committed their chill
dreu by dying parents" From Grens'
ds she wont to Memphis, and stayed
there, ministering to the sick and dy
ing Ike au angel Of mercy ill tht
frightful plague ceased. Then. simple
as she was noble. the heroic old wo
msu went back without word to he
shabby little frnit stand in st. Charle
atfe6t
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Sunday Laws.

The Chicago Inter Ocean gives the
following in relation to tho Sunday
laws IN the different States
Every State in the Union, with the
single exception of Louisiana, has on
its statute books Sunday law ofsomc
kind, and they are all more or less
fashioned after the English statute of
Charles II passed in tho year 1876,
and tamilliarly known as the Lord s
Day Act, Ia general terms it may be
said that they prohibit labor ION the
hrst day of the week, commonly called
sunday" excepting works of charity }
the transaction of ordinary mercantile
business, Except the selling of medi>
cine,) the keeping open of dram shops,
and travelling in vehicles for the busi-
ness and pleasure, with exceptions in
favor Of ferry psen or mail carriers. =
l'l SO &C V ss'sss her rsss.as sis.I,-s,s
-. lz4a7k sifis 81 The egfSs4ss
ATkansas publishes Sunday indulgence
IN brag, bluff, poker, seyen-up three
up, twenty one, thirteen cards" By
6ue from s25 to $50. California
charges from $50 TO $500 in the shape
of fne, for attending any bull. bear,
cock, or prize fight, horse race or cir
Gus, or fer keeping open any GAM
bling house, " or any place of barbar
Gus or noisy Amusement, or theatre
where liquors , sold" Florida, for
disturbing any congregation of white
persons, provides a iue not to exceed
800, or that the offender shall be
whipped but not exceeding thirty-oiue
stripes, or imprisoned not exceeding
six months
South Carolina alone Of all the
State, true TO her puritanical tradi.
tious, sticks to the notion OF compel
ing Attendance upon divine worship
Her statute still provides that all per-
sous "baviog no reasonable or lawful
excuse on every Lords Day shall ro
port to some meeting or assembly Of
religious worship, tolerated aud allow
ed by the laws of the State, and shall
there abide. orderly aud soberly dur
ing the hour of prayer and preaching
on pain Of forfeiture for every neglect Q
ing of the same Of the sum Of 81"
The Illinois Sunday law IS much mild.
er than the laws Of most of the other
States It only prohibits tho keeping
open Of tippliDg housos, ana disturb
ing the peace or good order OF society
by unnecessary labor, or amusement.
Or diversion. with exceptions 10 favor
Of watermen aud railroad companies.
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Tne o.I.o Boy WIN a raI,-


A sto@yof somewhat sensational
nature regarding the natural curiosity
Of human being with protubera pce
said TO resemble the tail of an animal.
published in morning paper of this
city few days since, and afterward
copied extensively throughout the
country has been exciting great deal
of interest aud curiosity among the
medical fraternity of this city The
facts relating to the discovery Of the
curiosity, or rather deformity, are
briefly as follows: On Tuesday of last
week, woman giving her name as
Rehu died at Cincinnati Hospital,
whsnce she was taken from 81 Long
worth street. She left q little son,
about fokr agesrs old, named Georgia
,After S1&-plhor died asouesiion arose
g n sssis sapfssaes hey md i wa. wa.
90 known FE atis es To sead
rhe time being, d. least, 10 the Chil
dren's Home In washing and
cleaning him up. preparatory to such a
course. the astounding discovery was
made thatshere was q seeming exten-
sion of the spinal column covered with
hair, somewhat resembling tho busy
tail of : fox. This being brought to
the attention Of the medical fraternity.
the phenomenon was taken charge of
by DR.. Meyers, student OF the medi
cal college hereafter mentioned, for
future examination. Pending an ex-
animation, the child was placed in the
care of Mrs. Sheppard, No 35 George
street, arrangements being made tor its
support By the faculty of the Cincin>
natl College of Medicine and Surgery.
From DR. D D. Bramble of the col
IeSe faculty, and who made thorough
examination of the child on Tuesday
afternoon. Gazette representative re-
oeived the following rather Interesting
account of the caudal appcndage: I'm
medla,ely above the anus there is 40
excresceQce attached to the body. some
SIX or eight inches 10 width. and feel
iag like q pulp or bag filed with liquid.
but which. when pressed on either side
OF the center, bong substance about
the size Of an egg can be felt From
the center of this hangs the tail, which
is about six inches in length aud about
three in width, aud nearly As large 10
depth, coming TO an abrupt eud, ap
peariGg somewhat ike 3 mouth Thi-
protuberance is covered with bushy
sort Of hair. The Doctor said that the
theory as above advanced, that the
malformatioG was The result Of fetal
development, was entirely erroneous,
ana attributed tho phenomenon entire
ly to freak OF nature. Hs further
thought that the entire mass could be
removed without any danger to the life
Of the child, and refutod the statement
above made ia regard to its being at
tacbed to the spinal column, giving as
his reason that the entire mass was
moveabie, which would not be the ease
if it were so attached. He was DOT
prepared to say whether it would be
advisable. however; to romove it, az II
!..i1lst. hail 10 >a-eza aktos- Ia k1sS-s
1fbrtune - ~ eyhibilioU--
The Doctor-sx pEessed himself as great
~ disappointed IN rot being able to
have the child present at the faculty
meeting last night, SO that the opinion
of the entire body might be obtained
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-07-18

According to late estimates, Great
Britain is not the wealthiest country
on earth, as has been believed. France
values her private property. real and
personal. at s43.110.600.000, and her
navy, palaces, public buildings. and
other public property, excepting high
WAYS. at 81 AIS. 900, 600. making S4t,-
5s5. 900. 900. The aggregate estimate
for England, Scotland and Ireland
without reckoning public highways. Id
st2. 500, 100000 Real estate in Frauco
greatly exceeds in area to that of Ens-
land. while in the latter thore ID great
excess Of personal property over tbs
former.
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summer Roard.

4 gentleman wishing to obtain board
for his wife and family in the country
was directed to neat looking farm
house kept by an old farmer and MS
wife. A brief inspection Satisfied hlm
that the place would suit him. "bu,
uow as TO terms" he said. NV aai:
drawled the farmer, "You have SIX
children, you say?" eyes, sir" The
old mau reflected few minutes ano
tbop replied: Last year l took chill
drer at half pricO. Do you soc them
par trees and berry bushes? Wen
this year will charge full price to'
the young 'uns, aud throw in your wiit
and yourself tor uothiu
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Prot. TLCe

Makes the following weather pre-
dictious for July-16;h TO 18TH
clouding aud threatening weather.
with local rains; 20 to 21st, clear or
fair; 22d to 25th, clouding, threatening
weather. with heavy storms 10 locsll
ties; 25th to 26tb, clear or fair; 9th to
31st, clouding and threatening wealth
er, with local rain storms. The not
spells will be about the Let, 5th, 18th
18th, Gath aud 30th The cooler
spells will be about the Sd, Sth, l4tb
18Th and 26th.
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Death of Gov. william Alien

VIM. Allen, of Ohio, has left the
field of his political labors aud houora-
BILE life. Ia 1873 Wm. Allen "rose
up" in Ohio. The democrats were ae'
cuscd of robbing the grave, of running
fossil for live man, but the clarion
voice, which his enemies called fog
horn. electrified the democrats and
paralyzed the republicans. Whatever
his We've, whether time shall show
them shallow or not, they certainly
demonstrated him az 20 fossil, but an
advanced thinker.
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A Traoas at the Wildly Wards.


it was Mr.. and Mrs. Dolony who rinted
basement and kitchen from swato
Wildly Ward,
An more iIligant quarters was niYer in
vinted,
Wild everything nice that the two conid
afford.
They'd praities for break fast, and cold
ones for dinner,
An for supper the cold ones made into
sthew.
And at night its SO thrae as the divi!'s
q siRner)
They dhrank larger beer. and bucket
ful too.
The wildly, hivea bsess herr an ii.isan.
Teddy,
sint cut ivery night for her ko..hie Of
rhye;
Aud she dhrsnk wia her chilser, as AZ.
ways was rhea1y
To take wha. she'd give, wsaou, wias.
ing an eye.
"Heres health TO old whisky" ;" sAe ssid
as che tcck il,
And nine times dhrank over E,,hie
drap more;
Thin, dancing jig on .hs top ov bucket.
Come down wid R tkaHderir' smash os
the foo-.
"Hoo." sphake up DOiony; his wife she
wint scramin'
As . bashei ov phlsster fOii in.o their
issasnoa CO. sss ssEEastt ecufa Nv. 49,
and De dhramin' A0ass,
W comfort and Elegance lingerin' h.-s,
bedad' It's the wildly; ST. Patriek d..
her? 1eieHd
It's a s1toP III be putting upon .si,,,.
As he .hTOT'd tom cat through lao viii
dy's back win Ter,
pa: out the light.
"bedsd, III ba'e that, ssid the widay a.
vancing,
And PapinF below through crack in
the wsll; 40
'l's the divil himself yen be sinking
Before yeE gets through wid the ;.>cns
Thin tub full Of schlops enc sna.chsd
the mkt minuit,
And tumbled en- out OF the door wild a
yell,
And Mr.. DolOny was nearly dhrownsa
in II,
For he stood where the wather dad luck
10 IL fell.
Thin Misther DOlOny, oil rsyiB' asd mad.
be,
Whit afther warrant and siat her 20
Jail;
Bat whin she came into the courtroom
beded, he
PeIt just like bulldog widout any
tail.
His Honor looked over tho facts In the
case, thin,
Ard towld thin they both should be
fned, IL was clear,
For, he said, paple river would try 10 be
dacont, whin
Oae would dhrink whisky, sad the other
one beer.
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Tse Grand prize OF Paris.

The Grand PRICE OF Paris is OF lO0..
900 francs iD specie, and is open to the
breeders of the world. The produce
of 1878. mus, now enter into engage
nents for the race which vii! be run
in 1881. The coni,'ions arc 1900
each, s120 forfeit. and 5ioo osiy it
declared by midnight go the Wednes-
dsy preceding the race, aud go only
if declared by midnight GU the lst OF
Nav. 1881. We would like to soc
some American ool,s named for this
event. The eyes of the Paris Jockey
Club are now turned in this direction.
There are bat few men 10 racing cis-
cles able and willing to shoulder the
expsuss of sending their colts to Psrls.
and upon thess we now rely. The
reputation TO be made is certaioiy
worth tho venture. NominatioDs from
,tis country can he addressed TO tbs
| Socretary Of the American jocksJ
Club, New York.-Irurf, Field suf
Farm.
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Fifty centuries look down Oh the
French section from this joke which a
recen. Paris paper presents as new and
oriqinal. Calino was hunting, aud had
Grea saysral times at bird without
hiring it. Finally. to save time, he
M, ,bre, balls into his gun and blased
avav When the smoke had oissred
away Calino was picked up by his
friends aud a surgeon sent for. Some
ho5v went for the gun, which was lying
soms distance away. look outs
c,;ed Calino, "I'so only fred once
and there were three baile II the d--t
,hiugp
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Senator Lamar is back in Washlng-
ton. He says tho Kansas fever IS still
raging in Mississippi, aud at a loss to
know what to 60 about it. Oue Of his
stories IS that "cruel hoax" has beer
praoticed upou the laboreIs by man
who carried 4 red Gag through the
State aud announce that FREQ train
vas coming to take the laborers North