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other parts of the field. The dog grew bolder, and once--only once-got too near the birds legs One flew out-I never could satisfy myself, from an an- atonlical standpoint, how the thing was done-and the dog was thrown with such violence on the ground that for several seconds he was dazed, and when he got back his wits he was a wiser dog, for he went home. This kicking, or striking with the feet, is not uncommon, one would imagine, in certain genera of birds The domestic fowl generally uses this method, as can be seen in an impromptu main" near the barn-door. I have seen grouse use the same means of defence, but the closest watching of the smaller birds has failed to show that they practise it..
 Perhaps one of the most interesting, as well as the most ineXplicable, means of protection with which nature has provided any animal is that of electric ity. My attention was called to this some few years ago in England on the Brighton An electric fish was on ex- hibition; in the same room was a fami- ly of young alligators. The tanks were side by side, and some miscreant, un- observed, managed to drop an alligator into the tank of the fish, The conse- quence was the utter prostration of the reptile.
 There are three genera of fishes which possess the power of delivering an electric shock; the torpedo, the cleo tric catfish or electric sheath-fish, and the electric eel. The torpedoes are rays, and are distributed over the At lantic and Indian Oceans. It is said that individuals reach the weight of eighty and even a hundred pounds The electric catfish or sheath-tish be- longs to the Siluridae, as also does the catfish of American streams, is a na- tive of tropical Africa and attains a length of four feet. The electric eel, or, to call it by a less misleading name, the gymnotus, is a native of the marsh { es of Brazil and Guiana. The electric apparatus extends down each side ot the lower part of the tail, and the shock delivered by one of the largest fish, five or six feet in length, is capa- ble of killing the most powerful ami nal Humboldt has graphically de scribed his experience with these strange creatures, and reports that cer- tain roads were abandoned because of the number of horses destroyed by the fish in the pools on the route. The In
 dians secure them for food by driving horses into the water, and on these the { fish exhaust their power often killing 1 the horses by their shocks. When thc f faculty Of delivering an electric dis
 charge is exhausted the gymnotus
 draws near to the bank to avoid the l plunging duadrupeds, and falls an easy ! victim to the Indians ilarpoon.
 ! Such are some of the strange means < resorted to in the animal kingdom fol i that protection without which the bal
 ance of life could not be maintained Soon, suppose, the animal whose hab- 1 it's called up these jottings will be al most extinct. Man can kill suddenly and at a distance, and so the creature with a reduplicate name-Mephitis me l phitica-hoists his danger signal toc often in vain
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big sleeves and a skirt laid in a lot of folds, with the side seams overlapping the front and buttoned down a little way from the belt line with handsome big buttons. A dress quite suitable for house wear, so simple is it, but now comes the yoke, if you please. It is square and bib-like, front and back, of heavy cloth, and is richly braided or jeweled, or may be edged with fur, Hanging from it front and back are a pair of box-pleat folds that fall straight from the edge of the yoke to a little below the belt line, and on either side of the bag-front of the bodice. A line of buttons is set along the upper part of each box pleat to correspond with the skirt effect.
 The result is magical. The gown has at once the cosy, wrapped up effect of a gown intended for the street. In- deed, the dress even looks like a modi- fication of the latest redingote effect. It is remarkable how the skirt buttons at once become significant when they are set off by the buttons on the folds that hang from the box-pleats With a hat and an air of confidence, the ef- feet is unimpeachable and the gown, yoke and all, will serve for outdoor wear in all but severe weather without a bit the chilly effect Of an ordinary dress worn without wrap. Such cos tune should be made of good cloth in rich color. and its buttons, big as they are, should not be of the showy sorts, for such are only harmonious with in- door elegance. T'LORETTE.
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RE FfTE LIND SENSIBLE.

There Is still some talk about con tests, but we hope that both sides will be fair and reasonable enough to avoid any resort to the courts, Of one thing the managers may be sure, and that is that the people will not look with favor upon any attempt to gain political ad- vantage from technicalities or sharp practice. And they are mot deeply in- terested in boys play.
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one being a promise to abandon tobac- co, another expressing a unwilling ness to discontinue the use of 1t, and a third offering plea that the slgner considered 1t to be to his advantage to use tobacco. The scheme was to make the boys honest with themselves. Inn mediate signing was not urged, but the non.snolSers signed at once, The smok- CTS took their papers thoughtfully.
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Advertislng Rates.

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FASaI0N NOTES.
ingenuity in New Expression

T"sVTFWTVJ V77'""'
 The ingenuity of the really bright dl'essmalNer seems never exhausted when she exerts it in the ever fruitful field of dress accessories, Your ordina- ry gown deviser would soorn as an "eXpedient" a trick that the former de- lights in as the triumphant touch to a whole costume As fol instance, a dainty little trick yoke that is planned for wear with simple cloth gown, to convert it into swagger street affair, The gown to start with is of smooth cloth, made with baggy front bodice,
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THE OFFENCES OF ANIMALS.

Some of Their Curious Weapons-Various
 Senses Affected - Fight Between
 Swans.
 Robert Blight in New York Evening Post ]
 The other evening walked to the top of the hill to watch the sun set behind the autumn glory" of the woods. Af- ter the last glowing light had swept the crimson and gold on the slopes, sat
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A late census of the ''big trees" of California shows that there are 2,675 of the giants still standing, the largest being thirty-three feet and six inches in diameter.
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Time has changed since 2:40 was fast. Fourteen trotting horses have made a record of 2:10 or better this year in this country.
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It is said that the sultan drinks too much and doesn't sleep enough. He has a. great deal to worry him.
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American flags have been hoisted over the parochial schools in Baltimore. So far, so good.
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The viscount Robert Tortera de La fare announces in Paris that he will soon begin the publication of a news paper to which a number of spirits will contribute. Among the contributors he mentions Dante, spfnosa, Auguste Comte, Hypatia, Marcus Aurelius and St. Cecilia.
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The Order of Lincoln has just been in- corporated under the laws of the State of Indiana. Its object is to acquire by purchase or otherwise all kinds of relics relating to Lincoln A dispatch to the Chicago Record says that Jesse w. Weik of Greencastle, Indiana, who has spent years of his life in collecting materials for Herndon and Weik's Life of I4incolnt" has a valuable collection ana he will be one of the principal pro- moters of the order. Other men who had a personal acquaintance with the martyred President and know where many other valuable relics can be found will join MT. Weik. If the organ ization realizes the expectations of its promoters, 1t will soon have 6 rare collection for Lincoln museum, in ciuding copies of every speech made, documents written and apt sayings uttered by Mr. Lincoln during his life which are now obtainable.
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Notice.

We cannot accept anonymous or return re- iected communications. In all cases the name of the writer will be required, not for publication but as a guarantee O ? good talth.
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that our dear young friend and neigh bor saw when 1t had that dream about the faIl of the Macdonalds,"
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At the Boston University law school the students have been admonished to
 quit smoking in the building or leave the school. A less drastic, though per haps just as effective, measure has been adopted at the Northwestern uni versity in Evanston, Illinois. There the attempt is being made to arouse con- wietion in the minds of the students concerning the tobacco habit. Dr. Fis!ze, the Principal of the school, after q common-sense talk in which he show ed the various disadvantages likely to follow from the use of tobacco, asked each of the students to sign one Of sew eraI printed forms. One, for non-smok- CTS, pledged the signers to abstain from the use of tobacco while they were stu dents. Others, for the smokers, varied,
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"Tore up your references! Why, you must have been crazyy "Shure and you wouldn't have thought so if you had seen the riferinces. Life.
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A. D. Penfold, general auditor of the Merchants Despatch company, has made startling statement in an ad- dress before the Young Mems Chris tian association of Troy. 'If the devil,' he said, lever constructed a vehicle to carry his victims to Hell it is the bicycle. In New-Yorl I see so many on Sunday who would go to church if they remained in the city riding into the country on bicycles. They are no better than heathens.
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A car load of redwood for use in making lead pencils was shipped from Sanger, California, for Nuremberg, Germany, last week. Some time ago experts from Germany investigated the timber resources of the Pacific coast in an effort to find a substitute for the supply of that wood for lead pencils has hitherto been obtained having be- come almost exhausted. Tt is said that the redwood from the east slope of the Serras is the only wood besides cedar with sufficiently straight grain to make it suitable for pencils.
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Governor Matthews of Indiana is making a record as a pardoner. In the less than three years he has held the office he has released 196 prisoners, against a record for the previous four years of some two hundred pardons. q would never pardon a man who stole for himself" says the governor, 'fhut when it can be shown that a man face with want, and he steals in order that his wife and children shall not go
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he glumrmal and Qyourier

NRw HAVEN. CONN,
The eagle. (Silver City, N.M.) 1894-1???, 1895-10-02
Land Titles in Mexico are Not Very
Secure.
For Long Time There Has Been Confus-
sion at the True Importance of
Titles Granted by the Federal
Government.

Recently there appeared in The Re-
public an article on land titles and the
various deeds and grants OF this Repub-
lie. In order that Americans cOntem-
plating the acquisition OF lands in Mex
leo may have clear understanding OF
the titles, deeds and orther Instruments,
the Mexican Information Bureau has
made an abstract of the land laws of
Mexico. As st. Louisans are Interested
in Mexico, the article will no doubt be
OF benefit to them.
For long time there has been griev-
GUS confusion as to the true importance
OF titles granted directly by the Federal
Government, those from the Secretary
OF Fomento; with those that have or
have had their origin in laws passed by
the Supreme Government, and which
have precisely the same weight and
value as il they had been given by the
Secretary OF Fomento. The confusion
consists in the belief that only the titles
which the Secretary OF Fomento gives,
or has given, are valid, thus leaving in
valid those granted by the Secretary of
Hacienda for mortmain and originating
in the orders OF the secretary in accor-
dance with the laws relating thereto.
As Il logical consequence OF this regret
table confusion, want OF confidence
has sprung up on the part OF the foreign
buyers who only look for titles from the
Spanish Crown or the Secretary OF Fo-
mento, and from this comes the frequent
revision and examination of these titles,
whose validity in many cases is unim-
peachable, but which nevertheless ap-
pear defective because it pleases the per-
sons commissioned to give opinions on
them to so declare.
In the first place come those of the
Spanish Crown. These, in general, have
their origin in grants made to the "con-
quistadores," to the conquered, to the
heirs OF others, to the towns which were
then formed, and those which were
bought from the King Of Spain.
In the second place appear the titles
given by the Secretary OF Fomento, and
The eagle. (Silver City, N.M.) 1894-1???, 1895-10-02

ument, extended the writings called for,
the which in part corresponding to the
towns that requested them, are and
must be legal, as up to the present time
no property of this class has been dis
puted nor put in doubt. Consequently
these titles are in themselves legal and
protect fully the lands therein expressed.
When these are granted in due form
they are equal to good and indisputable.
The "fundo legal" was the space in
cuded from the paza or church porch OF
the town when founded, 800 varas in
every direction. But there are towns
which have no "fundo legal" designed,
and others that by special concessions
have larger extensions. This ground
was given to the persons who became
the first inhabitants of the town, and
was divided between them in plots OF
$500 varas each, and in some cases
more. Afterwards one proprietor
"fundo legal" and erected ranch or
the cienda, where there should only
have existed town. In the present
day the city governments sometimes
concede land OF the "fuedo legal" by
gratuitous or for purchase, to those per-
sons desirous of settling and who wish
to erect houses and cultivate small
plots.
Some of these are titles OF the Spanish
crown (grant, for benevolence or pur.
chase,) not that these in the original
were other than faulty, since there are
titles which are defective, according to
that famous composition" or some
latter arrangement with the Mexican
Government. These titles generally
cover larger extentions than they call
for, but these surpluses have been un-
derstood to be within the boundaries
from time immemorial and are so con-
sidered. When these titles were Com
pounded" they ran no risk whatever, as
the special Judges OF lands and waters
of the Government OF the viceroys were
empowered-When they were expressed
for that purpose-to declare free from
announcements and claims the surplus
lands comprehended in the boundaries,
whether right or wrong, OF the property,
no other person being allowed afterwards
to declare himself the owner OF such sur
plus, except the proprietor who "com-
pounded" them. To compound" was
to pay the Judge certain sum, agreed
on mutually, to declare that there was
no surplus or overmeasurement in those
lands whose boundaries were given with
The eagle. (Silver City, N.M.) 1894-1???, 1895-10-02

these, as is well known, have their ORR
gin in uncultivated or national lands ad-
judicated or sold on announcement, for
purchase or contract OF demarcation, be-
ing in the latter case when the govern
ment has reserved two-thirds OF the dis
covered uncultivated lands giving to the
markets OF the boundary, or their COM
panies, the other third in payment of
the expenses of the survey. They are
also given on the surplus lands of one or
more properties which have actually
been subject to composition"
No other titles are necessary in lands
of common distribution than those that
in civil matters are required, since it
has been declared, by competent author
ity, that the coproprietors OF these large
or small estates have the power to do
what they please with the land that is
to say, what any other proprietor would
do with land belonging to him. In con-
sequence these lands do not need a title
from the Department of Fomento nor
from any municipal or political authori-
ty, and their owners are the legitimate
proprietOrs. Lands OF common distri-
button tcomun repartimientol, properly
so-called, are those that by whatsoever
legal title were acquired by the inhabi-
tants OF the towns that possess them,
and between whom they should be di-
vided in due proportion as in the case of
any other property or civil inheritance.
By the constitution the lands which
were possessed Gin common" by the in
habitants OF those towns to which the
said commons were conceded, for the
use OF wood cutting, pasture and extern
sion OF the town, and which were con-
trolled by the municipal government,
should revert to the dominion OF the ma
ton, to whom by right OF reverslon they
belong. But the law OF June %, 1855,
in equity, disposed that they should be
divided amongst the heads of families in
respective proportion. And when the
division has been made, and the notice
in due form given to the Secretary of
Fomento through the Governor OF the
State, the Secretary has always, on Pc
tition and gratis, granted the respective
Federal title in confirmation OF the right
acquired on said revision by each OF the
interested parties.
The Secretary OF the Interior issued a
supreme circular relative to this, and in
conformity Herewith the municipal
authorities, and with them the Jeie
Politico, almost always in the same doe
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H.ilSc a Sieve.

The chief junction of tho kidneys is TO
separate rom the blood. i'll its nnssu a
through them, OF certain impurities
"iG "atery particles which make Their
hnal exit through the bladder. Tina 70
tehuon OF tEese, i'll consequence Of mae
II ny OF the kidneys, is product of
BriShts disease. dropsr, diabetes. nibu-
lnlilirin and other maladios with n fatal
lch.ency. hostetter Stoma, II Bitters.
a highly sanctioned diuretic md blnnj
depurent, impels tue kidneys when in
active to renew thoir sitting Junction
aud strain from the vital current imrm-
rites which infsst and threaten their
own eistence ns organs OF tho body.
t1tarrh OF tho bladder. era, al AMI w.
tentlon of tho urine are also n!aln nos
arrested or averted by this benign nro-
lnot'r and restorative OF organi. uct m.
Malaria. rheumatism. constipation, bl,i.
BUSINESS ana dy'pcpsla also Weld to tie
bltters which is also : eodily bonnfcisI
10 the weak aud nervous
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BRAMBlEION.

MIR. Bonney, of the firm White ~
l5onney, was able to bo out yester
day after spell of sickness of sew.
eral days.
The continued cold weather hin.
dered business considerably on all
lines of industry for week or more.
but the sunshine Of yesterday had
an encouraging effect.
The valentino party will como of
tonight at the residence of MIR. n.
L. Baily, Hamlin avenue.
Many young people of this ward
enjoyed Innocent Jokes on their
friends on yesterday, Valentino
Day.
Mr.. q. A. Argabrite, the evange.
list singer, will conduct the meet.
lngs Mt the Pork Avenue Baptist
Church at $3.50 o'clock each after.
noon this week. The revival ser.
vices still continue nightly with
much success.
MIR. Blankenship, manager of the
Brambloton Trunk Factory, has
rented the store house owned by
Alr. q. ID. Cake, on Park avenue, as
place for storing trunks.
seldom, If ever, is IL better enter
taiument given than that enjoyed
by the limo audience at Christian
Memorial Tomplo last night. The
programme comprised talent of ex
cellent quality and great promise
Much creult is due all parties for
the success of the OCCASION.
The funeral of Mr.. j. b. Eeeston
took place yesterday afternoon at
100 o'clock from his residence, No,
10 Railroad avenue. DR.. j. j. Hall.
OF Park Avenue Baptist Church. Of
heated. The interment was in
Elmwood.
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DR.. CARRIERS ADDRESS.
He Address the Church Extension
Society,"


Society.
Notwithstanding the Indictment
weather q good audience attended
the monthly meeting of tho Twin
City Church Extension Society of
the NJ. Il. Church. South, composed
OF the churches i'll Norfolk, Ports.
mouth and Berkeley MIR. w. w.
Vicar. president OF the society, pre-.
sided, and the opening exercises
were conducted by tho Rev. DIR.
Tudor and prayer by the Rev. JOS.
Ii. Amiss.
After the reading of minutes of
last meeting OF the Laymen's Union
at which that organization was
merged into the present society. tho
Rev. DIR. George W. Carter was
introduced as the speaker of the
evening. lie took as his subject
The Opportunities for Business
Men to Do God" He spoke for
one hour, delivering an able aud en-
haustlyc speech on the distinctive
relations of the ministry and laity
OF the church, describing tho former
as of u purely spiritual and deyo-
tlonal character. and that of the
latter as Of secular and devotional
nature. The relation, he said, OF the
lalety was like that of reserved
army corps to the troops in battle
dong little or no active service. He
said this was the case twenty years
ago, but he was glad to say that the
lay membership of the church had
gotten out Of that inactive state,
in ha
rank, pushing forward to largo
degree. the onward march of
the church Of God. He said the
specific work Of the ministry, was
to provide Tor tho health OF the
soul, while the work of the lalety WAS
to provide for the body. He said
that he did not wish to be under
stood as advocating the idea that
the Christian i'll tho six seventies of
his weeks life is to leave GOD out of
his secular pursuits. All We have and
are belongs to God, our time,
our money and our talent are His,
and this must be consecrated to His
service as much as tho devotional
part OF our nature. He said that
the church had no need to fear the
drnnkard, the gambler aud the out.
casts from society. Her chief dan
ger Is from worldlluoss. He said
That our business relations were ms
sacred to God as our devotional IN
terests and that the Christian in bis
secular life must carry God in his
heart, his spiritual safeguard; that q
Christians opportunities to do good
IN his every day lie was limited to
his spiritual equipment.
When the Christian carries God
IN his heart he never ceases to do
good, for IN his secular life he is to
show the capacity of the gospel in
the accomplishment of its purpose
in the sinner; that of bringing him
to healthy condition to secure and
appreciate Its benefits. He said the
Christian who carries God with him
IN his secular as well as devotioned
life will be felt as certainly MS q
heated stove sends forth its heat to
be felt by all within the radius of
its power.
The Doctor closed his splendid
address by describing the written
and unwritten life OF the Christian.
lie said the latter sends forth its
hallowed influence to shed ioy and
sunshine on his fellow men.
The next meeting will be held of
Monumental Church Portsmouth.
when an address will be delivered by
DR.. Smith.