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Students Deyiltrv.

Some medical students planned in
Baltimore daring freak, which mis-
carried only by mere chance. They
went up to the top Of the Washington
monument'in the evening, when it was
fast growing dark, one of them wearing
an extra coat, another an extra pair of
pantaloons, and another carrying old
boots and other material concealed, with
which to manufacture the efigy of a
man. They quickly did their work, al
most too quickly, for their design had
been observed by several people on the
street below, whose presence on the COR
ner attracted the attention Of the keeper.
Apprehending that tragedy was i'm
pending, he rushed to the top of the
shaft, where he was at first startled by
seeing pair Of boots hanging over the
parapet, and near by slow match burn
ing. On closer examination, however,
he discovered the trick, which had been
artfully planned The effigy had a rope
about It's neck, an end of which was tied
to the ightning-rod. Another cord was
around the waist of the figure, and to
this the slow match had been attached,
which, when it had burned the cord, by
the time it had grown quite dark, would
have caused the figure to slip over The
parapet, and left it for Sunday morning,
hanging-a terrifying spectacle to all
good folks on the way to church.
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The Indian and the Telephone.

An amusing application of the won
ders of the telephone as an assistant de-
tective of crime comes to us from
Julian. Several horses were recently
stolen in that neighborhood, and sus-
picion fell upon certain Indian as the
thief. Some one having introduced a
telephone up there, the same was being
exhibited, when it occurred to the
owner of the stolen horses to get the
Indian to come in and hear the Great
Spirit talk. The Indian took one OF
the cups and was thrilled with aston
ishment at being apparently SO near the
Great Keeper OF the Happy Hunting
Grounds. After some little time spent
in wonderment, the Indian was solemn
" commanded by the Great Spirit to
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Culprit and Judge.

Lord Chief Justice Holt in early life
was very dissipated, and belonged to q
club of wild fellows, most of whom took
an infamous course III life, One day
when his Lordship was engaged at the
Old Bailey, man was convicted Of
highway robbery whom the Judge re-
membered to have been one of his ole
companions. Moved by curiosity, Holt
thinking the prisoner did not know
him, asked what had become Of his ole
associates. The cuiprit, making low
bow and fetching deep sigh, replied
"Ah, my Lord, they are all hanged
but your Lordship and II"
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The Mexican and His I.ass0.


The South Texas correspondent
writes as follows:
An accomplishment of the cowboy
and one in which, to be successful, he
must invariably be an adept, is 'roping
cattle, or horses for that matter, with a
lasso. 1T is an ordinary half-inch hemp
en- rope, usually sixty feet long, and
provided with what farmers call slip
knot The Mexicans often use a 'lariat,
which is even stronger, and, by hand,
made of rawhide thongs. TIE cowboy,
when about to use his lasso, secures one
end to the strong and substantial horn
of bis saddle, which, is itself secured to
the animal he rides by two strong,
broad girths Of hair from the cows tail.
With the bride reins In his left hand
and the rope colled up in his right, the
cowboy gallops off into the prairies and
directs his course toward some horse or
COW he desires to catch. At sight of
him they likewise set off at gallop,
and therace continues until the pur-
suer has gained sufficiently on them to
use his rope. The coil is at length sud-
denly thrown into the air, and SO accu-
rately has the rider calculated time and
distance that, although his own animal
and the one he is pursuing are dashing
along like locomotive, the moose de-
sends on the head or around the horns
of the fleeing COW. So we'll trained is
the cowboys horse that the latter in
stantly stops in his career and pulls
back. The cow has also been halted
and secured, the rider and his horse ex-
periencing profound jolt, to which,
however, they are not by any means
strangers. A horse is caught in the
same manner as a COW, only that the
cowboy throws the rope around the neck
instead of the horns as in the case of
the COW.
But cattle and horses are not the only
subjects of the lasso, which is, and has
long been, used by Mexican bandits and
highwaymen in ASSEMBLING and killing
or robbing unwary travellers ON the Rio
Grande. For this purpose the stealthy
thug generally conceals himself in a
thicket Of chaparral or behind a grove
Of cactus (prickly pear, which here
grows higher than a mans head near
by the roadside. In this position he,
panther-ike, awaits the approach of his
victim, who comes riding along, totally
unapprehensi7e of danger. All at once
away goes the lasso high in the air, nor
does the wayfarer have time to recover
from his surprise before the fatal moose
has been SO tightly drawn around his
throat that his breathing is suddenly
stopped, he is dragged from his horse
in the death agonies, and soon all is
over. The thug first secures the horse,
if valuable enough, then waits till the
last struggles are past, then quickly
rifles his pockets, drags his corpse into
the chaparral, and rides away on the
dead mans horse.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-02-05
PrOpagatjng Roses, Etc.


Having been connected with the floral
trade from very early in life, and
been in the employment Of one of the
most noted florists in America, l will
describe the manner in which roses are propa-
gated by commercial florists. In the first place,
it is necessary to have sand bed, which is
usually made in that corner of the greenhouse
above the heating apparatus, in order that the
cuttings may be supplied with bottom heat.
The sand is carefully sifted and piled on the
cutting bench until it is about three inches
deep. It must at all times be kept moist; in
deed some florists say to keep the sand soaked
with water. Now we are ready for the cuttings.
These are to be taken when the wood has
ripened sufficiently to show the bud in the axil
of the leaf 1t is unnecessary 70 make the cut
ting at the JOINT; tits usually done just above
the bud of the preceding cutting. 10 make II
more plain, the cutting will look something
like this: A piece abou5 an inch or two long to
put i'll the sand, and one bud, which should
be Just above the surface of the cutting
bench This is all the art OF preparing
the slips but. somehow on other amateurs are
rarely successful One must expect to make
hundreds of failures before they manage to
root the first rose. The cuttings will need
shade for few days to induce root growth
After while the wound made in preparing the
cutting will callous, as florists say, and, once
healed over, then roots will speedily form. II
is as well to leave the young plants in the sand
bed until they are we'll rooted, and then pot
them off. The Monthly, or Ever blooming
Roses, root easiest next to them CONS the Hy-
Bird Perpetuals, while the Moss Roses are the
most difficult. 1 have tried, unsuccessfully
to root the Cape Jasmine in the same way, bu
have learned they may be rooted in 9 bottle Of
water in the same way as Oleanders are propa-
rCF IVAN, arSb hoy fI,rn
venieuces of a professional florist, but here il
a method any amateur may pursue Get a. boz
which viii hold two or three feet deep of straw J
horse manure, tramp it down firmly and thel
put on, say, six inches of sand. Make the cut
tings in August and september. Put them il
rows about three inches apart and one incl
apart in the row, following the directions givel
NIB. RENNIE.
AINswoRTH, Iowa.
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Window Decoration.

cut piece of old, brown felt
into a three-pointed graceful shape, orna-
mented the center pointwith pink velvet leaves
from old worn-out wreath; button hole
stitched them down with rose silk, pinked out
the edge, put tiny Cross stitch in each scallop,
and dot between Of the rose silk I shall
fasten at the top with crimson gimp and silver
tacks l81
An old, myrtle-green poplin dress |
washed carefully, cut in the same shape lined,
and trimmed the edges with gold and stone
colored military fringe. The center point of one
has a crimson rose and spray of satin leaves,
shaded from linden to myrtle-green button,
hole stitched down with green of another
shade. That is just exactly Orientally gorgeous
ifitismade of old material. Another one has pink
and crimson velvet Prelargonium blossoms
and gold and stone colored leaves, stitched
with gold-colored silk IRENE ARooN.
KELLERTON, Iowa.
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HOME INTERESTS.
who Starts the Flowers ?

Who Starts the Flowers?
SELECTED BY AUNT LUCY.
Fanny Sunshine smiled one dav;
"Don't Won see the grass is brown?
Rain drops chased her light away
We must patter. patter down.
Till tue earth has had her fill
Sunshine answered, smiling still:
Don you see the ground is bare?
Flowers should be starting there;
Bit they will not come for rain,
] must axe them II ON again.
Then the Breeze came hurrying past,
With a fresh life-giqing blast;
ut is r too, help to make
All the lovely flowers wake;
Blowing through the sleeping trees;
What Will rouse them like the breeze? =
Said the Night: III, as I creep,
Close their leaves and bring them sleep;
With the cloak that darkest seems
Shut their eyes to pleasant dreaus.'
Said the Day: "l, with my light.
Change the gloomy robe of night y
To the shining one of day,
Driving all its shades away
Said the Earth: II feed the flowers,
Lavish on them all my powers;
Close intrusted to nay care,
Planted in my bosom fair,
When their dainty buds appear.
/, their master, hold Them DEAR
Said the Sky: II bend above,
Tenderly 10 watch and love.
'Nea b my azure arch they live;
Sun and rain are mine to give
Cried the Spring, who heard them all:
Sunoeams, shiDe and showers, fall!
/ have broken winters spell,
You must rear my darlings well;
BY my magic breath they start.
Let them cheer each dropping hearth
DORA READ GooDALE.
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Management of children.

Now, call me old-fashioned if you
please In few months it will be half a
century since L took possession Of my first
wardrobe. do not altogether approve of the
style in which it was made. Ladies then wore
goods enough in their dress sleeves to have
made q comfortable dress for baby. But in
babys sleeve there Was not enough to wrap
a little sore finger. The low -necked and short
sleeved BABY dress seemed to say that the little
tender baby had more hardy arms and neck
than the mother. But then their skirts did not
sweep the floor, as they now do if you take a
babe on your lap. Then j. did not takea young
fortune TO get babe's wardrobe, as it does
now. Then you were not afraid to pick up a
baby have q good frolic with it till it
would laugh crow and grow. Now, between
the starch, tucks, ruffles, puffs, embroidery,
and ong skirts, one is afraid to take up baby
only in a stiff, precise way, and somebody has
to sweat over the ironing-tab every week to
do up baby clothes. The long sleeves and hign-
neck baby dress of the present time are an i'm
provement on the old; but if you will shorten
the skirts and make them palmer you will i'm
prove them still more, and they will be more
sensible and healthful
Ibelieve that many q baby is fretful and
Peevisb, and thought to be sick when nothing
ails it but being fashionably dressed The long
clothes are drag on both mother and child.
Have you not heard mothers, and have you not
yourselves, OlG0ll SlVGu d Ol I0ll0L Wu0u
the long clothes were laid aside for short ones?
Here is letter my son wrote me two or three
years before he died He had no idea it would
ever appear in print, but, at the request of a
friend who knew him, copy it.
LINES WRITTEN TO MY MOTHER, BY E. S. M
Listen, mother, darling mother,
For the songs you love well; t3
Try and catch them they wander
"Down Along the Woody Dell"
We are singing and brother,
AS the breezes softly blow,
Waiting them toward the loved ones,
CAS- They Wander To and Fro"
SINGING loud "The Rose of Texas"
Singing softer "Over here"
Andthe asking one another,
wonder if they hear us theref"
Hearts are glad and voices louder
While we sing Union Forever"
Still, we'd miss another old one
If we sang not "Swanee River"
"The Mountain Pines" and molly Darling"
SILVER Threads Among the Gold"
Merry Christmas" Happy New Year"
For they never more grow old.
Listen, mother, while we're singing.
Were Out Upon the Ocean Dep"
Goodnight" mother "Gentle Mother"
Nov We Lay Us Down to Sleep"
HINsDALE. Ill. IYY's MOTHER.
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age and his forty-fve children, is ex-
ceedingly healthy and carries himself
as stoutly as young man. He lives at
Damascus, devoting his time to agri-
culture. and charity. He is one OF the
handsomest old men to be seen; enjoys
life, and asks from Providence nothing
better than to be able to read a few
more obituaries of himself
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-02-05
Worthless Stuff.

Not so fast, my friend; if yeu could
see the strong, healthy, blooming men,
women and children that have been
raised from beds of sickness, suffering
and almost death, by the use of Hop
Bitters, you would say, Glorious and
invaluable remedY."zPyess.
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WHEN you 60 to Chicago, stop !

WHEN you go to Chicago, stop at the FREMONT
HOUSE, which is one of the neatest and most
comfortable hotels in the city. JOHN A. RICE,
the well-known landlord, with an able corps of
gentlemanly clerks will attend to your wishes
in manner that will make you feel perfectly
at home, and you will be surprised at the
reasonableness of the bill when you settle up.
Try the fremont.
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Judging.

Don't Judge man by his failure In
life, for many man fails because he is
too honest to succeed.
Don't judge man by his speech, for
the parrot talks, but the tongue is but
an instrument of sound.
Don't judge man by the house he
lives in, for the lizard and the rat often
inhabit the grandest structure.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-02-05

PIMPLEs AND HUMoRs ON THE FAcE.-In
this condition of the skin, the VEGETINE is the
great remedy, as it acts directly upon the
cause. 1t cleanses and purifes the blood,
thereby causing humors of all kinds to disappear.
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| NATURES REMEDY
" EGETINE
IHE CREAT BlooD puRIfIER
Female Weakness.

No better remedy in the whole materia.medica
has yet been compounded for the relief and cure
OF Female Complaints, of the ordinary kind, than
yEGETINE. 1t seems to act in these cases with
unwonted certainty, and never fails to give a new
and heaithful tone to the female organs to remove
relaxed debility and unhealthy secretions, and
restore healthful vgor and elasticity One of
the most common of these complaints is Leucorr-
hoea or Whites, which are brought on either by the
presence of Scrofula in the system or by some
affection OF the womb, or even by general debility
For all these complaints, and when danger begins
to threaten woman at the turn Of life VEGETINE
can be commended without qualification. The
great prevalence of these disorders, and their cure
by VEGETINE, has amply shown that the sure allev-
ating agent remains not yet to be discovered, but
Is already known, and is fayorite with American
ladies. Too long has it been the custom to pre-
scribe nauseating and uncertain remedies in place
OF what is pleasant, efficacious and cheap. Try
VEGETINE, and do not doubt its power to carry you
safely through danger and disease.
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DR.. G. E. SHOEMAKER, OF Reading, Pa, Is
the only aural surgeon in the United States who
devotes all his time to the treatment of deaf
pecially running ear. Nearly twenty years. ex-
perience Thousands testify to his skill. Con-
suit him bv mail or otherwise. Pamphlet free.
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nanrhters- Nirea and Mofhera.

DIR. ANARCHISTS UTERINE CATHOLICON will
positively cure Female Weakness such Failing of the
Womb, Whites, Chronic Inflammation Or Ulcer ton OF
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treatment. and certica es from physicians and
patients, to HOWARTH d BALLARD, UTICA N. I.
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Guard Against Disease.

If you find yourself getting bilious,
head heavy, mouth foul, eyes yellow,
kidneys disordered, symptoms Of piles
tormenting you, take at once few doses
of Kidney Wort. It is natures great
assistant. Use it as an advance-guard-
don't wait to get down sick.
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give up those stolen horsesp Drop
ping the cup as if he had been shot,
the Indian Immediately confessed to
having stolen the horses, and trem-
blingly promised if his life was spared
he would restore the "caballos" at once,
and he did sc.-Saq5 Diego (CdL)
Union.
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MAIL from which you can learn whether your
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The Man of Many Obituaries.

Abd-el- Kader, whose death was not
long ago announced, IS not only still
living, but also, despite his Is years Of
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Sherman Il Co., Marshall, Mich, want an
agent in this county at once, at salary of $1O0
per month and expenses paid. For full partic-
ulars address az above.
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ScrOfula, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia,
Rheumatism. Weakness.

H. R. STEVENS Boston: have been practicing
medicine for rs years. and as remedy for Scrofula,
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism. Weak
ness and all diseases of the blood 1 have never
found it's equal 1 have sold VEGETINE for seven
years, and have never had one bottle returned.
would heartily recommend it to those in need of a
blood purifier. DR.. w. ROSS, Druggist.
Sept. II 1878. Wilton, To-
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I he Koran,

A curiosity to every one, and "a necessity
10 all students of History Religion THE
KORAN OF MOHAMMED translated from the Arahic
by George Sale. Formerly published at $275; new.
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cents, and q cents for postage. Catalogue of many
standard works. remarkably low price with extra terms
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AMERICAN Book EXCHANGE, Tribune Building, N. Y.
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LADIES' and children's shoes cannot run over
if Lyons Patent Heel Stiffeners are used
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JOHN M. RILEY is now in Europe selling the
Frazer Axle Grease.
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A Splendid Medicine. - Heart and Kid
ney Disease, Female Weakness.

GRIGGsvILLE, ILL, July Is, 1873
Fl. r. STEVENS, Boston-Dear Sir: was affict-
ed with Heart and Kidney Disease and other
Female Weaknesses, and doctored with several
physicians and received no benefit until tried
your Vegetine, and after taking two bottles was
completely cured, anu have been healthy woman
ever since, although 1 am in my sixty-sixth year.
do heartily recommend it as splendid medicine
to all afflicted as I have been, and bless the day
that it fell into my hands
MRS. MARIA HOBSON.
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ETINTLS RevOlvers. Catalogue free. Address
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@. GnBERr's Corn Starch for Pastry, etc.
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nNARRHMm Morphine Habit Cured I'm 10
MM5D - to 20 days. No pay Till Cured.
0H hVaWM DIR. J. STEPHENS, Lebanon Ohio.
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WEDDING STATIONERY

Parties contemplating marriage, and desiring some.
thing very neat and tasty in the way of Wedding Note
Paper and Envelopes, should ask the publisher of this
paper to show them NEWSPAPER UNION samples
of such goods
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ON 80 DAYS 7 RIAL.

We will send Electro Voltaic Belts and other
Electric Appliances upon trial for 80 days to those
afflicted with NeroOus Debility and diseases of per-
.onol nature Also of the Liver, Kidneys Rheumatism.
Paralysis, &c. guaranteed pay.
Address VOItaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-01-29
BEARING FRUIT.

The Supreme Court, now In session at
Salem, has decided in the case Of Mary
J. Atteberry VS.. Thomas T. Atteberry,
an appeal case from Douglas county,
that, under the law as it now exists in
this State, the wife is entitled to hold
any property acquired by the proceeds
Of her own personal labor, and the hus-
band has no right to compel her TO turn
it over to him. This just and equitable
holding shows what the woman's
rights agitation has done for women in
the last few years. 1t is in the memory
Of every man and woman forty years OF
age that formerly a husband could col.
lect his wife's earnings in defiance ol
her protest and squander them for drink
in spite Of her tears. The law being
appealed to, said the wifes earnings be-
longed to the husband to collect, dis
burse and control il be so desired. Lei
those who sneeringly contend that the
labor bestowed upon this great question
Of equal rights has borne no fruit, TAX,
note of this.