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Some Queer Happenings.

A rattlesnake in Sweetwater Valley, CAL,
six feet long, and twelve inches in girth, with
twenty-five rattles, was stung to death by a
swarm of bees.
Large flocks of ducks have for the first
time in years remained all winter at Galloup
Island, Lake Ontario, and there has been open
water all winter, which they seem to have
expected.
A red bud tree is curiosity in the garden
of George Niles, Griffin, Ga. 1t has a circle
of blossoms ON the trunk, without twig or
branch to grow on, and blossoms grow Oil the
limbs In the same way.
Twins born to Mrs. Allen Brown, of Bow
ling Green, KY, are registered as having diff
ferent birthdays. They were born within
four minutes of each other, yet one arrived
on Sunday December 81, 1881, aud the other
on Monday, January /, 1882.
Two weeks after Mrs. Whites cow was
missed at Florence, Ca, 1t was found wedged
in between two rows of cotton bales, in a
shed, where 1t had stood all that time without
food or drink. IL was almost blind and very
thin.
A singular fact in regard to the orange trees
of the Riverside Colony, Los Angeles, is that
the trees are loaded with fruit on the side ex-
posed to the south, while on the north side
not only are the leaves withered but there is
absolutely no fruit.
The wife of Finley McKenny, of Morgan
town, KY, supposed they were in the direst
poverty. When her husband lay dying, he
told her of q jug that had long been buried
in the smoke house. She broke 1t and nearly
$1,000 In gold and silver rolled out.
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A Remarkable Wound OF the Brain.
London Lancet.

An instance of singular tolerance of Sc
we're wound of the brain was recently COM
municated By NJ. Dubrisay to the Societe de
Medicine de Paris. A man, age forty-four,
In an attempt at suicide, sent a small dagger
through his skull into the brain. The
weapon was ten centimetres long and one
wide. He had held the dagger in his left
hand, and given 1t with the right several
blows with a mallet, believingt that he would
fall dead at the first blow. To his profound
surprise he felt no pain, and observed no
particular phenomenon. He struck the dag
ger, In all, about dozen times. The man
was drunkard, but was sober at the mo-
ment of the attempt. When seen, about
two hours later, the handle of the dagger
was projecting from the skull at the junction
of the posteror and middle third, q little to
the right of tho middle line, and in a trans
verse position. The whole blade was inn
bedded except part one centimetre In
length. For half an hour unsuccessful al
tempts were made to get the dagger out.
The patient was placed on the ground, two
vigorous persons fixed his shoulders, and,
aided by strong pair of carpenters pinch
ers, repeated attempts were made, but with
out success. The patient and assistants
were raised off the ground, but the dagger
was immoyable. These attempts caused no
pain. More powerful mechanical instru-
ments were then employed. The patient,
who walked well, aud complained Of no
headache, was taken to q coppersmith's, and
by strong pinchers the handle of the dagger
was fastened TO chain, which was passed
over cylinder turnel by steam power. The
pinchers, used for drawing out tubes of cop
per, were SO made that the more they were
pulled the tighter they grasped. The man
was fastened to rings fixed in the ground,
and the cylinder was gently set Ii motion.
At the second turn the dagger came out.
The blade measured ten ceutimetres in
length, of which nine had entered the inte-
rior of the skull. The patient, who had
submitted with the greatest GOODNESS TO these
manmuvres, suffered no pain or lncon-
venicnce. Some drops of blood escaped, and
In O few minutes afterward the man was
able to walk away TO hospital, where he
remained In bed FIR ten days, but without
fever or pain. He then returnedto his work
and the wound gradually healed. M. Dn-
brisay endeasored by post-mortem expert
ment to ascertain what parts Of the brain
had been injured. He drove the dagger into
the head or . cadaver In the same situation,
and to the same depth, and found that, with
out injnring the superior longitudinal sinus,
Ii had passed into the cerebral substance,
Iust behind tho motor zone; the point had
not reached The base. The difficulty Or ex-
traction had been due solely 10 the fixation
of The instrument BY the edges of the
!. Msund III the bone.
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News Peculiarities.

News pecularities are thus described by
Dan DeQnille, of the Virginia Enterprise
.The newspaper news-gatherer soen discov-
ers that from Oregon always comes the un-
expected; from California the inevitable ;
from Arizona, the bloody; from Utah, the
lecherous and lamentable; from New Mexi-
CO, the fearful and fabulous; from Texas,
the diabolical and bncholical from Colorado,
the curious and spurious; from Nevada, the
cheerful and truthful from Idaho, the windy
and wantoa; from Montana, the wonderful
and thunderful; fro:u Alaska, tae fury and
frigid, the oily and rigid; from Kansas, the
bovine and bumptious, the hellish and
scrumptious; from Nebraska, the cyclonic
and demonic, the flendish and ffolicsome; /;
from the West, the beautiful and duliful, the
ranceorous AID dcantankerous-the worst and
the best from the South, floods and drcutb,
the caney and cottony and all that means
monotony; from New England, the Christlike
and cranky, characteristics or the pill, ped
ding Yankee"
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GEMS FOR THE PRINTER.

Slug . was portly and round and fair,
And he threw in type with lordly air
Under the coal-oil's lurid glare.
One af Slug 5s innocent joys
Was, when surcease from work and noise,
He ietied with the other printer boys.
1t made the printer men howl and moan
When on the fatal imposing stone
They saw his handful of Ill uuads strewn.
One night, linknowing of Slug fame,
At playing this most unfortunate game,
A slim young man to the ur Wsruum came
And seeing the slender creature near,
Slug remarked with bi er leer,
"Pll JEFF you, sir, for cigaTs or beer"
And the slim man started aud tossed his
head
The shaft struck home and his heartstrings
bled-
"Pray what is jeffing?" the victim said.
And Slug 8, thinking his ruin planned,
Explained the process in detail, and
The young man yearned for to take hand
Then three times threw Slug the tricks,
And he made total of just eight nicks,
And he quoth, "He never can beat that fix.
The young man gathered the m quads too
A Molly, a cock and two he threw
"Now one more throw and that will dor
The young man threw, and there supine
On the cold, cold stone, in a CHASTITY line,
Loomed seven nicks-or total of nine.
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Some New Arithmetic.
Detroit Free Press.

1t is twenty-six rods from Smiths house
to the saloon where he takes a nip six morn
ings per week. In fifteen years how far has
he walked?
If a college student tears down two signs,
upsets four ash barrels, rips up five rods of
sidewalk, breaks two windows and mashes
would charge of bird.shot affect his sacred
constitution the following Monday night
when glrdling shade-trees?
A wise Arabian, who had S13 IN his vest
pocket, wanted to divide it among five beg
gars so as to give each one 50. How did he
proceed? [This is the one that always keeps
the boy after school and gets his jacket
dusted.l
How many bors three feet tall will 1t take
to climb over wall five feet high and carry
off half bushel of harvest apples ? This
must be figured by the rule of three--two
boys and the old mans dog.
During courtship of three years young
man writes his girl 472 loye letters, calls her
On angel 1,4s1 times, accompanies her to
twenty-eight pic-nics and seventy-two sing
ing schools, and then walks off on his ear
and marries widow with six children.
Find how much the girl loses, providing she
lights on the right kind of lawyer to move
q jury.
A peasant who had half csrd of wood at
his door desired his five sons to saw it up In
such ratio that the eldest should saw three
sevenths and the youngest one-sixth. How
did they divide the wood9 [Key: For the
teacher only: They let the old man saw It,
of course.
The average woman speaks 142 words per
minute. In conversation lasting sixteen
minutes servant girl with her ear at the
key-hole catches $50 words. How many
does she miss, and how did she get that
black eye?
If 1T takes boy twelve years Of age twen-
ty-six minutes to bring in six small sticks of
wood, how long will 1t take him to walk
mile and a half to sec circus procession
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POETRY.
TILL DEATH DO US UNITE.

Tn 1863 the wife of Henry Longfellow was
burned to death, n lamp having exploded and
set fire TO her clothing A great sorrow came
into the poets life and the burden of its
weight was never removed during his re.
naming years. The following little poem
was written by Longfellew soon after. but
was never published until since the authors
death. Prof. III. M. Goodwin, of Olivet Col
iege, Mich, has given il to the press
VIA soLITARrA.
Alone / walk the peopled city,
Where each seems happy with his own;
Oh. friends, ask not for your pity
| walk alone.
No more for me your lake reioices,
Though moved by loving airs of June.
Oh. birds, your sweet and piping voices
Are out of tune.
In vain for me the elm tree arches
Its plumes in many fcatherv spray;
In vain the evenings starry marches
And sunlit day
In vain your beauty summer flowers;
Ye cannot greet these cordial eyes;
They gaze on other fields than ours
On other skies.
The gold il r1ed from the Golfer,
The blade is stolen from the sheath;
Life has but one more boon to offer,
And that is-Death.
Yet well | know the voice of duty,
And, therefore, health and life must crave.
Though she who gave the world its beauty
Is in her grave.
! live, O lost one for the living
Who drew their earliest life from thee,
And wait, until with glad thanksgiving,
! shall be free.
For life to me IL as n station
Wherein apart n traveller stands
One absent long from home and nation,
In other lands;
And ], as he who stands and listens,
Amid the twilight's chill and gloom,
To hear, approaching in the distance,
The train for home.
For death shall bring another mating,
Beyond the shadows of the tomb,
On yonder shore bride is waiting
Until come.
In yonder field are children playing,
And thereon! vision of delight
see the child and mother straying
In roles of white.
Thou, then, the longing heart that breakest,
Stealing the treasures one by one,
I'll call Thee blessed when Thou makest
The parted-one.
Saptam har IL 1863
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Splendid Joke on His Wife,
Bearer Dam drqtts.


Dave Goudy is one Of the dryest jokers in
the world, and he had just as soon play a
joke on member of his own family as not.
Dawes wife is friend of his and SO she is
always locks the doors when she sees the
beggars who camp around Beaver Dam COM
ing towards the house. Dave knew this, so
he hired an Indian TO 90 up to the house and
get in, with pass key, and beg a pair of
Dawes old pants of the good wife, which she
would gladly give to get rid of him ,and then
offered the Indian fifty cents If he would go
right into the parlor and put the pants on.
Dave thought it would be splendid joke on
his wife, and he got drug store man named
Griffis to go with him and watch the fun
from distance. The Indian got into the
house, and when he asked for pair of old
pants the good lady saw through the joke
and she gave him Dawes Sunday pants, and
he went into the parlor and was going to put
them on. This was too much for her, and
she went to the kitchen and got a dip
per Oh not wafer. NooOuy KNOWS cAdctiy
Whist occurred but Dave and Griffis sudden
" saw an Indian come ont the front door,
with one leg in pair of black doeskin pants
and the other pant leg dangling in the air,
and TIN, Indian yelled as though he was In
pain, ami he pulled ont for the camp up the
lake about six miles. As he passed the tive
gentlemen the Indian said; "Squaw heap
spunky. Ugh! Hot wate-," and he was gone.
Dave went home and asked what the news
was, and found that he was out pair of
Sunday pants in the pocket of which was
sl2 in money, and his wife says when he
wants to send his friends up to the house for
any more pants to do so, by all means. She
will be at home.
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FACTS ABOUT LIVING CuRIoS-
The Demand and supply for Giants, Mid
gets, and other Novelties.
Netc York Mail.

Ne1c York Mail.
This is the time when the circus managers
complete their arrangements for the spring
and summer season with human curiosities.
The freaks of nature become restless in an
ticipaton of sawdust rings and side shows,
as they prefer to travel with circus to stay
ing at stationary museum, because larger
salaries are given them, their hotel bills are
paid by the management, the fat woman
rides In hack instead of street car, en-
joying, as she enters, the expression which
mantles cabby's face. He little dreamed,
probably, what was before him when he
contracted to convey the fat woman of the
show from her hotel TO the tent for two cir
Gus tickets. Woe to his vehicle If she takes
her seat energetically. The Albino looks to
better advantage as his fair skin and pink
eyes receive the light of the matinee sun
beams dancing through the openings in the
canvas. The Circassian girl, her hair freshly
brushed with sour beer, lays in new supply
or powdered chalk and rouge, and with
beating heart contemplates the havoc she
will create in the rural breast. The giants
can pick cherries along the country roads
without borrowing ladders from the farmers
or amuse themselves by lifting the rustic
lassies from the ground with agility. AS
there Is usually but one set Of human curios-
titles In each circus, considerable competition
exists among these freaks of nature. There
Is, for instance, but one giant, one fat
woman, one Circassian girl, one brace OF
dwarfs, male and female, etc. The know
Ing curosities generally wait till the Last
and take up with smaller shows, preferrine
money TO notoriely, something which they
have probably already gained.
The large shows pay smaller salaries than
their dminntive competitors, because, asthe
managers Of the former claim, they partly
pay the exhibits by giving them chance 70
become famous. This season circus mana
gers are very anxious 10 obtain fine speci.
mems Of abnormal development and other
things Of that sort, the success OF the muse.
nm on Broadway and of those In Brooklyn
and elsewhere having demonstrated that the
people are just rs anxious TO see afat woman
as thin acrobat, female skeleton - ~ el.
ephant.
Formerly the circus men relied apon Che
huge crude paintings placed VI the entrance
of the side shows 10 attract the public eye
hut during the past few years the giant b.
been honored with eightrfost paper posters
hIs cuts have graced The columns of The rurAl
prcss, while Autographs of the bearded
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The Duke of Kent In America.
Boston JTatcIt,nun.

Prince Edward, afterwards Duke of Kent,
and the father Of Queen Victoria, passed
through Burlington, VT, in February, 1903.
He came from Quebec, where he had had
command of regiment. His trip through
the country was accomplished in csrryalls
and sleighs; courier had been sent on to
Burlington TO prepare for his aceommoda-
tion. There were then only seven framed
houses in the whole village, and but one,
that of Phineas Loomis, large enough to re-
ceiye so numerous party. The Prince
arrived in the afternoon with three carryalls
and sleighs, and left the third day before
noon. He had with him two aids and two
body-guards, a lady and cook. The lady
was to so to New York, aud the Prince pro-
vided the sleigh which was to convey her
| with abundance of fur robes, and placed
large dog at her feet. A little incident oc-
Cured on the passing of the Prince and the
lady from the house to the sleigh which
| illustrates somewhat the character and per-
| sonnel of the Prince. An awkward, but
stout young man was standing in the path,
| not making room readily for the party to
| advance. Prince Edward advanced and talk
Ing him up bodily set him on one side In the
snow. At this place, Burlington, he dis
missed the teamsters who had brought him
from Canada and engaged five farmers to
take him on to Boston. 1t was said by these
men that he was jolly companion, enjoy
ing the pork and beans, nut-cakes and
| cheese.
Among the early settlers of the town was
| Colonel Stephen Keyes, gentleman Of the
| old school, who wore cooked hat and kept
q hotel on Water street. He proposed to
pay his respects to Prince Edward, and with
several young men of the village made
call In the evening. Colonel Keyes intro
duced himself to the Prince, and then stated
that he had brought with him some young
gentlemen of legal and mercantile pursuits,
who wished to pay their respects to him.
They were severally presented, and the
Prince respectfully bowed to each. This
was apparently the commencement Of
pleasant evenings entertainment. But what
was their dismay when the Prince and his
aids very informally and abruptly retired to
their own apartmentsl The Colonel could
not brook this, and In unmeasured terms
vented his indignation and declared the
Prince "no gentleman"
Some time after this rebuff two or three
British officers came to Colonel Keyes' hotel.
They had with them several dogs. II was
an humble home, but its best and largest
north room, kept In the incest order, with
It's clean aud sanded noor, was not an unin-
viting place for British officers to dine In,
and particularly with such q dinner as the
Colonel never failed to set before gentlemen.
The officers and their dsgs went into dinner,
and the latter soon began TO feed on the
floor. The Colonel looked on this as an lii:
dignity, and bringing In pair Of pistols LAID
them formally on the table, denouncing the
conduct Of the officers, and declaring ho
would protect the respectabIlity Of his house.
The elect was what he desired.
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The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs has
awarded contracts for Indian supplies in Da-
kota and Montana as follows: Hard bread,
cents per pound, to August Weyl, Of st.
Louis; rice, five cents per pound, to Dwight,
Tredway q Co., st. Louis; 10000 pounds Of
beef for Blackfeet agency at s3.44, and 5Oo,-
600 pounds Of beef at Standing Rock agency
at s465 per 100 weight, both to 7. G. Power,
Helena; 2o,000 pounds Of bacon at III cents
to Amor q Co., Chicago, and 10000 pounds
1T iii cents to VIM. II. Smith, 81. Louis; ann
ii, 600 pounds Or flour, delivered 1t Blackfe0t
agency, ii " d per hundred, to r. G. Power,
Helena.
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Transient advertising payable In advance
1lar advertisements.
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1t is twenty-six rods from Smiths house
to the saloon where he takes nip six morn
ings per week. In fifteen years how far has
he walked?
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-01-17
Norfolk & Western.

We are in receipt of u pamphlet from
Geo. r. Tyler, President of the Norfolk
& Western i. r., embracing history
of the road from its Incorporation to the
3lst of December 1881. The report of
the "a Vice President and Gen. Manager,
Maj. Henry Fink, shows the road to be
IN Il most admirable condition and in
excellent running order. No accident of
a serious character has ocdured since the
present management took charge of it.
4 comparative statement of The net
earnings, per mile, shows Il gradual
increase from 81 ,055,99 in 1877, to 81,
jl9,4G in ISL. The equipment of the
road is irst-class in every respect. The
company have been very energetic in
making improvements all along the line.
At this point the Car-shed has been
enlarged and beautifed, and an elegant
parlor for the accommodation of ladies',
ticket and express offices built. One of
the finest depots on the line is now near
~ completed. Grading ana other
improvements, which has greatly
added TO the comfort and convennce of
the public is in progress. The company
seems determined to make the n. q W.
one of the finest and best equipped roads
intlle Country; and they are likely to
do so. Its Officers and Directors are
able efficient, and energetic.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-01-17
Speech Of Mr.. Giddings on The Nomination
Of Mr.. Elan for Secretary of the
Commonwealth.

Mr.. Speaker,-l arise for the purpose
of seconding the nomination of William
c. Elan for the Office of Secretary of the
Commonwealth.
Mr.. Elan is too we'll known TO this
body and to the people of Virginia to
need any eulogy from me to secure TO
him every vote from this side of the
House and do not expect anything
can say will secHre 10 him a single vote
from the other side; yet | think he is too
distinguished a citizen of tile Old Com
monweath to allow this occasion to pass
without something more than the mere
mention of his name in connection with
the candidacy for the high Office to which
he is to be elected.
As q soldier, a scholar, a gentleman, a
lawyer, and writer, he has in all the
walks of life been a conspicuous figure
before the community in which he has
resided, whilst he writer his reputation
is MS broad as the nation. In his youth
he espouSed the Confederate cause, and
came TO Virginia as one of its braVeSt
aud most faithful soldiers, aud here he
settled at the close of that struggle, and
became a member of the bar: but his
strong inclination to literary labor soon
drew him TO the more congenial profess
sion of literature and editing of public
journals, in which department he ha.
arisen to the first rank, and his reputa-
ton may be said to have become almost
worldwide, the products of his pen hay-
ing been transferred to the press of all
parts of this nation, and even crossed
the broad waters to enlighten and cheer
the oppressed and struggling masses Of
Europe and point them to the brighter
land.
As an editor and contributor to tho
press he advocated and defended the
cause Of the South, and was vigorous
| supporter of the policy of the Conserva
/ tive party until divisions and disselsiont
in that party opened the door to II NOR,
liberal policy and inaugurated the new
era in Virginia politics and policy, wheI
! he espoused the cause of the Liberia
/ ReadiuStcr party, and at once, as cdito
/ of the Richmond WING, took the from
| rank in the support an PRONUNCIATION o
the principles OF that party, where h,
! performed heCrulean work in convcrtin.
! the Old Virginia TO our New Virginia
which is rapidly taking position abreas
of the most advanced States of this Union
in enterprise, educational advantages
and all that goes TO constitute the trn,
! greatness and glory Of the State.
So pre-eminent and effective hay
been his labors for the present in,eres
and future welfare of his adopted Stat
that | could almost dare to claim fo
him the undivided support Of this bod!
with confident hope that it would b.
conceded.