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THE ADVEKTISEld x Subscription, $2.00 per Year, in Advance. OFFICIAL I'AI'JlIt OF Till'. COUNTY, ME MO 11 TS SO NO. Tho earth cast o!T hor snowy shrouds, Anil overhead tho skies Looked down between thosoft whlto clouds, As bluo it3 ohddren's uye: Tho brcnth of Spring was nil too swcot, alio Fiild, Too llko tho Spring thnt cntno cro ho wils dead. Tho grass boffjiii to grow that day, Tho flowers itwoko from ntenn, And round hor did tho sunbo huh play 'I'lil alio was fuui to weep. Tho light will surely blind' my eye, sho said, It shines so brightly still, yet hu Is dead. Tho buds gmv glossy In tlio'sun On many u leafless troo Tho lit t lo brooks did laugh and' run With mou tnolodl uirt trtoe. f) Oodl thoy make if jocund notso. sho said, All tiling forgot hint now that ho Is dead. Tho wind had from tho nltnond tiling lie I blosonn round her root, On hazel boughs thu out kirn hung, . 'I ho willow blooms growled I'alm willows, fragrant with tho Spring, Said; Ho always found tho first; but ho Is dead. sho tlllght golden wiw the crocus tlatuo, And, toUchod.wlth purou groon. Tho small whlto tlowcrof stainless uamo Abovo tho ground wnssoon. Housod to lovo tho whlto and gold, Hho said; 'iho snowdrops coiuo again, and ho Is dead. I would not wish him bnok, sho crlod, hi till dark world or pain. For hltn tho Joys of UTo abldo, i For mo its griefs romaiu. I would not wlih hltn back again, sho said, Hut Spring la hard to bear now ho Is dead. MaemiUan't Juiaf (lie. HOW WE CAUGHT HIM. Tho banking lionsu- of Shavowell Brothers had booh victimized by an ex tensive forgery, so cleverly planned and executed that, in detective circles, there was but one opinion as to- Its authorship. Thero was but one hand skillful enough for such a piece of work that of Durnford Mtmvick, a most ac complished rascal, whoso craft and cun ning nail carried mm saloly through a oftho I iuii; i.viuui ui luuun 111 aiuu ui tiiu i best laid schemes to trap him. On this i occasion a heavy reward was ofVorod for his apprehension. 1 had but lately been enrolled a member of the detective force, and was ambitious of rising. Hero was a goldon opportunity golden in every sense, for whoovor caught Marwiek would not only bo a made man, but would put a round sum into his pocket. While others wwro beating tho bush in different directions, 1 resolved to go on a still-hunt of my own. I had in formation that Marwiek had a sot of associates in a, placo about a hundred miles away, with whom, it was not un likely, ho had sought and found a hid- ingjplaco. At any rate, it could do no J harm to mnko a reconnoissanco in tho neighborhood. 1 took Aho next train with a viow to carrying out niy plan. Securing a scat favorablo for observation, I comcioncod glancing over tho morning paper and . my fellow-passongors. I had no par ticular expectation .of finding any one answering to Warwick's description among thorn still it was well enough for one in my placo to koep his oyos open. It was not long, howovor, till my oc cupation was interrupted. A plain looking countryman, entering from a forward car, asked and was accorded permission to sharo my seat. Ho proved one of thoso irrepressibly sociable fol lows who will make your acquaintance in spite of you. Ho told mo his name without waiting to bo asked it was Seth Wiggins, ho said and straightway inquired what mino might be. I didn't caro to toll him 1 was Dotectivo Tyke, so I merely an swered: "Smith." "Du toll!" returned Mr. Wiggins, looking as much surprised tis if 1 said Iloliogabalus. Ho was evidently ope of those who think it proper to roooivo whatever you may say with a certain polite astonishment. When Mr. Wiggins had exhausted politics and tho "craps," and given mo a census of tho young ones, ho broached tho subject that was uppermost in my mind or would have been but for his eternal clatter. "That was a nation smart trick that 'ero Marwiek played onto tho bank," A,ho remarked. "Iknow very littlo about it," I re plied. "No more do I," said Mr. Wiggins; "only 1 hoarn ho dono 'cm outer a mint o' money." " I've understood swored. as much," I an- "I tell ycou, mister, you've got Bomo pesky cute follows down to York rale talented chaps as a countryman like mo haint no business buckin' agin. One on 'em, t'other day, got mo to botlivo dol lars 1 could toll which o' throo hoards lied a pictor onto it. Ho laid 'em down in a row 't was in a pluco ho'd in vited mo inter to liov a social Tom and Jerry and then turned to chin with tho barkeopor while I was studyin' winch heard to pick. " 'l'vo gotyduriow!' think's 1,'turnin' up tho middle koard, which suro enough it had tho pictor onto it. I was poorty sartin of it afore; for tho man 'd handled the hoards so awk'ardly 'at I could seo thoir faces o'enamost as easy as tho backs; but I thought I'd jest make sure, an' havin' dono so, I put tho heard back 'ithout lotting' on. " 'Air you ready?' soz ho, turnin' round. " 'Hit's hit's tho middlo one I guess,' sez 1 spoakin' doubtful like; for for 1 didn't want to soom too suro least he'd suspicion mo o' hoavin' looked. " 'No 'taint,' sez ho, turning it up which 'tworo as blank as thatero prize Jdray,o,dQnco , inter., tljQ Gullrap , lotorary. ' How's it done?' S07, I, foolin' pocketed my poorty streaked tis ho monovi l'vo pot a patent onto it,' so?.iho, I l.t T ..!. 1.1, i1! ,i,I,wl anIMh1 VHV 1 VUUIlIA I' lillliuovilill vou n ooun- ty right for another V.' f told hini I was much obloegod, but didn't think it'utldo for a stuldy business in tho country." I was glad when Mr. Wiggins gave mo a gushing good-day at tho next stopping-place, and loft the train. A nothor hour brought us to a placo whore toji minutes wore allowed for re freshments. Wo had hardly stopped, when a boy came hurrying through tho car inquiring if Mr. Tyke was aboard. "That's my name," I answered. "Hero's, a telegnvm for you." I tore it pneu, as tho boy hurried into tho next ci'r as if to deliver another message. Mino was this: "Marwluk Is on tho train with you, and will get otr tit Ho wears a slouch hat and gray coat. Is thlok-set and bandy-logged, and bus a slighrstoup In thoshouldors; nlsocarrios a black leather sachol. Arrest hltn on sight. "IJkvkkV I bustled out, and the very llrst per son I encountered tallied so exactly with tho description in tho telegram as to lcao no doubt 1 had found Mny man. lie mado no attempt to lleo, but ad vanced boldly,-looking mo dirbctly in tho face. "You'ro.my prisoner!" X said, ab ruptly seiziifg his collar. "That's what 1 oall cheeky!" ho ro plied, pulling loose, and tackling mo, adding: "I ratherthiuk you're my pris oner!" A vigorous sculllo ensued. For a time neither of us went further than trying to keep his hold on ifi'o othor. Hut my opponent lost temper at last, and planted a blow of his right, list di rectly over my right oyo. I ''count ered" on his nose, "tapping tho clar et" freely. Both called on tho by standers for assistance; but thoy only formed a ring ami exhorted us to "go lit!" And wo were "going it" lively v when it sharp yoico brought us to an armis tice. "Hollo! what's this?" inquired a keen-eyed, jolly-faced man, intSvhom I recognized (Japtnln iseakes, my ohiot, whoso name was to tho telegram. "1 l'vo got him!" I said, out of breath. "I've I've got him!" panted my antagonist, quite as much blown as my self. . "Now who is that you'vo both got, pray?" queried- tho "Captain, .looking puzzled. '".' ' 'I I - ."Durnford Marwiek!" wo shouted simultaneously. . I thought tho Captain would split his sides. , T'!T .., ' Qp- "Ihavoyour telegram to arrest Iho scoundrel!" 1 said, not a littlo piqued at such levity. , " " I have your order to nab tho villain on sight," rojoinod my adversary. v. An activo renewal of hostilities was imminent, but tho Captain stepped' bo- ''Hold on,'$louth.! Hold on, Tyko!" no intorposou. . vLiut mo. ecu liiusu messages." "" ' " TwJ scraps", of Jpapqr woro thrust into IllO 11UI1U. nnnlil liiLvn lilavnil'rrfi "infill il trirucPI. Thou the Captain "intrqducid 'mo.to Dick Sleuth witlvtibin Ififfd ttlroady scraped a raihor informal acquaintauco as a brother detective from, a neigli boring city. A fresh telegram was put into tho Captain's hand. I "Ha! thisexplains it!" ho exclaimed. "Marwiek has just been caught dis guised as a countryman. It was doubt less ho who sent tho two telegrams. Ho must have smoked you both out on the train." r ' K Diijk and I shook hands,- looked fo'ol"' ish and hauled 6ft' for repairs. iV-'y.' Ledger. About Small-Pox. Conflagrations startle a man, does make him nervous, and torna eart li quakes tako his mind off his businoss for eight or ton minutes; but if vou want to frighten a big six-footer right out ofjiis boots just yell "small-pox" at him. Not one person in a hundred will pass a small-pox sign on a house with out taking the outer edge of tho walk, and during a scare every aoho and ptain which grabs a man is supposed to' bo tho forerunner of the dread disease. The other day a prominent Detroit physician received a call from a man who carried an alarmed look in tho cor ners of his oyes and who said that lie came for a prescription. "What ails you?" queried tho doc tor. "I fool bad all over." "Any particular symptoms?" "Woll, l'vo got a back-acho, and I'm feverish, anil my throat is sore, and I've got a pain in my chest." Tho doctor took a look at his tongue, felt of his pulso, and said: "I think two or throo quinine pills will braco you up, and I'll give you a gargle for your throat." Tho man mado no furthor remarks, but after ho had pocketed his prescrip tion and got out doors ho turned around and shoolt his fist at tho ollico and growled out: "I'm going to liavo small-pox, and I know it, and tho minute I begin to breakout I'll come hero and givo it to everybody around tho house, clear down to your old bob-tailed Seotcli ter rier and cross-eyed cat!" Detroit Free Press. Albums containing photographs of ladios in each now dress thoy recoivo, colorod by tho exact lines of tho mate rials, are tho latest society toys. Tho jSaptain Jfliuighedlouder than , ' i .' over. , r J,,. . "So you'vo caoh-bpoirtwt;graphed to irrnt. flin nMinr!" Aim Riiirl' S" Who Xlieaocrct.oCvSuccQssJn Business. The frequenters of Union Square in N,ow York have boon familiar for sov enil years past .with " Urontauo's Liter ary Emporium," a spacious storo ohiof- ly dovotetl to tho sale or. nowspapors and othor periodicals. Wo presume it is tho largest business of the kind in tho world. Wo have a particular reason for mentioning tills establishment. We are frequently asked by young men just coming upon tho stage of active life, young men who have been our readers, perhaps, since their boyhood, to explain to thoih tho secret of success in business. The history of this em porium would bo a vury good answer to thoir inquiry. Tho writer of these linos has seen it grow ftonl a small nowspa por stand down town to its present stately and magnilioont proportions. Its success, duo to very hard work, closo living, and int&lligont thinking, is a literal illustration of what an old Boston nlorchnut used to say, half in jest, to his junior clerks: " Boys, it you want to found a per fectly "stupendous business, you must got a barrol ttud a board; soil goods on tho board all day, and sleep in tiio barrol at night." Tho original Brentano very nearly ditf tliis. Ho sold his goods all day on a board, and came as near sleeping in a barrel as circumstances allowed. When, at length, ho had got on so far as to hire a vory small basement store, ho slept under tho counter, and lived on a fow cents a day In othor words, ho fed his business abundantly, but only indulged his own nppotito so far as was ncc6ssary. Wro observed, howovor, that ho al ways, looked round and rosy. Ho took proper caro of himself, and tho best possible card of his business. Nino out of ton of tho businesses that fail porish of starvation. Thoir proprietors spond upon thomsolves tho money which ought to go to feed and fatten their business. l'roin soiling a fow Heralds, Tribunes and Suns upon a board in tho stroot, tho Broutanos nosy sell, in a superb storo, ovorytlung in tho world that has tho character or a periodical publica tion: newspapers 'from China, Calcutta and Now Zealand; magazines in every cultivated language. XoutlCs CoMpan ion. - - - The (Juestion of Motive Powers Before the Detroit Jiinokilu Club. Tho Committee on Sciontific Research, says tho Free Press, having boon re quested to furnish tho club with a list of tho various motivo powers in daily use, and suggest any now idous on tho same. subject, reported as follows: "Motivo power am do power which makes lings move. Steam am a motivo power, kaso it makes do ingine in a dis tillery mbvc', an' ward pollytishuns am tints furnished wid capital stock to pack caucuses an' pull wires. Water am a motive power, kaso it turns do wheels of do saw-mill an' thus purvldes us will sidewalks full of holes. Wind am a motivo "power, kaso it lengthens do ses sions of Congress un' do varus Logisla churs. 'liOetricity am a motivo power, but do rales am so awful high dat wo didn't investigate Do bite of a dog, do sting of a- hornet, do too of a boot, an' ,do squint of a man's loft oyo am numborod among do minor motivo powers. Gunpowder, when properly used, has boon known to blow up noss barnsan' kill elephants. Dis committee feels safo in sayin' dat do nox' decade will'bring forth yet odor motivo powers. Do time am coniin' when our butes will bo pulled on an' oil' by machinery; when do child' on will bo put to bed wid four rovolushuns of do big fly-wheel; when do sarvint gal who doau' como homo m time to get supper will bo snaked along lit do rate of a mile a minute; when a Tom an' Jerry will bo mixed an' stirred up by simply prusstn' on a button let into do barj an' when do man who comes homo ut midnight an can't open do front gate will bo 'ri' lifted up frow a second-story winder about twentv ticks." an' sobered off in Surgical Snipe. A well-known sportsman writes: "If I am not . mistaken, it is Siebort who mentions, in his interesting work on 'Bird Shooting,1 that many birds, more particularly tho difforont species of snipo, aro known to 'bandage' thoir wounds. This fact has recently been fully confirmed. About sovon yoars ago Obonuntmann 1'olber in Dictonborn brought down a snipe which had a solf mado bandage of feathers. His account was incredulously smiled at at tho time. Last week wo had a 'drive1 in tho woods near Nordhatisen, when Director Krohn shot a snipo, which Judge Mylitis had hit on tho wing' only tho day boforo, causing tho bird to drag its flap. On examining tho snipo wo found a band ago on tho wounded spot, mado of soft feathers about an inch wide and a milli motor thick, so firmly pasted together with blood or som'o liquid prepared with tho bill that wo could not removo it with tho linger. We pooled it oil with a knife, and, as a rarity and re markable instance of ornithological surgery, ont tho bird and bandage to tho International Hunting Exhibition at Clove." JIannovcrsche Vorrcspondcnz. A California paper declares that tho hastorn press lias an exaggerated idea about tho cost of residences of tho railway kings of San Francisco. As a matter of fact, there is not. a singlo residence in San Francisco that cost, ground and all, $1,000,000 or one-half of it. Tho most costly man sion is that of Mrs. Hopkins, 'uul that cost, furniture, decorations and all, a trifle mofo than 100,000. Governor Stanford's houso adjoining it, of which so much has been said, cost less than 250,000. Mr. Crocker's cost 300,000 or thereabouts. All of theso houses uro of wood. Aint. mT.nitsM ") nt I i,in viu,-4i,uunij,iu:aucra" SUMMER TO SPJIINO. Stunnior until lo tho Spring: "What won derful thing It Is to bring In so much sweetness and grneo 1 am Miro that to you my blossom? arc due, And 1 rcol I am taking your placo. " I never cart blush but 1 think of your llitsli; Aud tho oyos or tho tlowers at evening aro wet: Thoro was something so fair In your Inno cent air That your going wo can but regret." "Vou beautiful Comor," said Spring to tho Summer, " 1 lived out my llfo but to brighten your wav: I heard tho buds swelling, and could not help tolling, For 1 know you would seo thorn some day. " It was only my duty to bring you tho beautv, And to help one another Is lesson for all: Aud perhaps you'll bo willing, your mission fiillllllug, To loavo something to brighten tho Fall." Ah, h. O. II'iWoji, In M'ide-.ltraAc WHAT A MOTH Kit STOKK 1)11). A Trtin Iiiclilrnt. " Did Ho give us tho beautiful stork above, Un the chliiiuoy-top, with Its largo round nostr Uollleil). "No, not tho stork; by (lod In Heaven, As a blessing, tho dear whlto stork was glvon." LonuftUnw. "No houso so blessed as that whereon tho white stork has built its nest," says tho voico of tho pooplo who live in Hol land, Gormany, and tho regions of tho Northland; "and nothing olso brings tho benediction of poaco and domestic joy that tho dear whito stork does, for it sheds over tiio household something of its own spirit." Far back in tho days of ancient Greoco, when I'rittm was King of Troy, and tho beauty of Uolon was rousing tho Nation to war, Juno, tho jealous goddess, is said to have ohangod a sister of tho King into a white stork beoauso sho boasted of hor beauty, but knowing that sho was as lovoly mentally as phys ically, allowed hor to retain all her amiable qualities. Whether this is tho reason of tho stork's virtues or not we cannot toll, but in all the countries of tho Old World it is regarded with an affection bordering on veneration. Even ih ' tho language of the ancient Hebrews wo liiul tho word used for stork signifying "pious" or " blessed." Early in the spring of 1880 a pair of nawly-woddod storks flow over the town of Lowonborg, Gormany, to find a suitable homo for their summer house keeping. Thoso who saw them used every art to attract them to their houses, but in vain. Even tho Mayor, or Burgomaster, failed to entice them to settle on his liandsomo houso, whero tho chimney seemed to have boon built on purpose for a stork's nest. Tho stork husband saw this at a glanco, and, ambitious to begin lifo under tho most favorablo circumstances, he said to his wifo, in tones quite positive: "Wo will build horo, my dear; thero is no placo liko it in tho whole town." But tiio stork wifo replied oven moro positively: "By, no moans, myiMdoai Too public, by far. Imagine our dainty children annoyed from day to day.by the rattling of carts over tho stones, tho shouts of noisy boys on thoir way to, school, and on Sun'dnys tho ringing of bells. No, no, it would novor do. I have found a most dolightful spot, shaded from tho hot sun by tho broad leafed lindon-treo, and far removed from noise nnd confusion. Thoro wo can rear our littlo family in seclusion, and scud out into tho world storks that will bo an honor to it. Whero is itP On tho top of thfi barn at thp cross roads; not another such placo for a stork's nost in tho wholo region." "Just as you say, my dear," said his storkship; "I'll bring tho sticks di rectly." . . Slowly tho nest f wont up. Sticktby stick, soloo'teil' by tho stork: 'husband with great care.f and brought from hedgo and forest and orchard, until tho nest was complotod, tho last stick hav ing boon properly laid, and Mrs. Stork settled horsolf with a satisliod air and began housekeeping. Iiii a fow days eggs woro to bo seen in tho nost; boau tfiul eggs all mottled with yellow. Now Mrs. Stork took no more long flights not ovon to see what hor mends. wore, doing mil sue uusieu nerseu at nomo Hitting upon the eggs to keep them warm. Throo weeks passod by in pa tieuec, and tlion.ono mqrning tho good creaturo was delighted by tho sound of young storklings under her wings, chat toring with thoir littlo beaks or mandi bles, and tho stork papa and stork mamma did nothing but wait upon them. Summer days drew near boforo tho storklings could fly. Tho air was parched and heated, and tho barn had become as dry as tinder; if thoro could only bo a shower thoy would have strength to try thoir wings. " Oil, how glad I am to s'oo that cloud!" said tho stork mummu, as a littlo shadow floated above tho western horizon; "all my flodgelings need is a shower, and then thoy will fly to-morrow." Larger and darker grow tho storm cloud, until at last tho wholo sky was covered. From tho north burst sharp flashes of lightning that shot across the heavens, cutting tho darkness of tho clouds as with a knife; then tho thun der began to roll in its grand monotone over tho world; but tho littlo storks woro not afraid, for had not thoir nlothor said this was just what was needed, and' was sho not living over thoir heads tolling them what it all meant, and picturing to them tho do light thoy, would feel when onoe thoy found thomsolves upborno by tho dreamy, delicious air in tho llrst ccstacy of flying. Suddenly there camo a crash, a blinding light and deafening shock, al- most stunning tho bravo mother bird car ncr so tender v for nor children: ana wir?fl 8h'oi'3cBvT5Vcd "hdt,"cohsclotisnoss it was to see flames kindling on tho barn, that would burn llko tlndor, and her storklings would bo burned to death ia tho heat. Without a second's pauso to consider what might bo dono, sno plunged into tiio flames aud brought out one of hor children in hor beak. Sho flow to a. meadow near by, whero a littlo brook trickled over a pebbly bod, aud, laying hor bunion undor tho overhanging al ders, sho flow back for another. This, too,sho brought to tho meadow and laid by the side of its brother. Ono moro remained; she must hasten to its rescue; but, alas! just as sho neared tho blazing barn she saw tho nost and tho littlo stork fall through tho roof in to tho lire below. A crowd of snocta tators had now gatliorod arounil, and every heart stood still when tho mother stork again plungod into tho crackling flames and smoke lor her child. Slowly sho arose tho third timo, with something in hor boak; but now sho flow slowly and heavily, as if sho was weary, and look hor way to tho "toad ow brook again, lolt it with its brother aud Bister, and tho papa flying overhead to guard thorn; thou sho" wont a little distance farther and strotehed horsolf on tho ground, cruelly burned. Tho littlo brook ripplod and mur mured, tho broozo blow up from tho west, but nono of thoso things had pow er to ease tho sufferings of tho bravo bird who had risked hor lifo for hor children. Tho Burgomaster, passing this way soon after, found tho poor eroaturo, and ordered hor to bo carried tondorly to a house in tho village, whore site should bo nursed and eared for. Tho best physician In Lowonborg was sent for; the children employed all their spare moments in catching niico and frogs for tho invalid; older ones broughc soft linen to dress tho burns with, whilo the Burgomaster himsolf drovo up every morning to ask after hor. Tho stork papa devoted himself to thoohlldron.llyingovorovory littlo whilo lo toll his wifo how thoy woro getting along. With all this attention, it was no wonder sho improvod rapidly, was soon able to fly again and join hor family, who by this timo woro quite up in tho art of flying, aud could stand on ono foot on a lily-pad, aud catch frogs as well as tho best. Tho good people of Lowonborg said that many a saint had been los.s bravo and hooric, fow had shown such pa tience, and nono had boon willing to die for others as had this whlto stork mamma; therefore sho should be tho pa tron saint of tho village, and sho and hor children honored for ovormoro. Mrs. Margaret Ji. Peckc, in Harper's Young I'coplc. Tiio Lobster Business. Tho factory opens at ono end on tho wharf, c1ok,q to tho wator. Two men bring in tho squirming .loads pn n stretcher ah"d dump tho mass into cop pers for boiling-. At intervals tho cov ers aro h6istod by .ropes and pulleys, and douse clouds of Btoamariso, through which wo catch vi3tas of men, woman and children at worlct j'Uwo men ap proach the coppors with stretcher aud scoop-nets, and they throw rapid scoop fills, dono to a scarlet, backward over their snouldors. Tho 'scarlet huo ia soon in all quarters on tho steaming strotchor, in tho groat heaps on the tables, in scattered individuals on the floor,, in a largo pilo of shells and rofusa seen through tho open door, and in an ox-oart-load of tho samo refuse, farther off, which is boing taken away for use as a fertilizer. Tho boiled lobstor ia soparated, on long tables, into Ids con stituent parts. Tiio meat of tho many jointod tail is thrust out with a punch. A functionary called a "cracker" froca .that of tho claws by a couple of deft opts wrth a cleaver, and tho connecting arms aro passod on to bo picked out with a fork by the girls, hi another department, the meat is placed in tho cans. Tho first girl nuts in roughly a Btiitablo selection of tho soveral parts. Tho next weighs it, and adds or sub tracts enough to complete tho exact amount desired (ono or two pounds). Tho next forces down the contents with a stamp invented cspooially for the pur pose. Tho next puts in a tin cover with blows of a littlo hammer. Then n tray is rapidly filled with the eans, and thoy are carried to tho solderers, who seal tliom tight except for minute open ings in tho ' covers, and put them in another tray, which, by moans of a pulley-tuoklo, is thou plungod in bath caldrons, in order that tho cans may bo boiled till tho air is expelled from thoir contents through tho minute openings. Then thoy aro sealed up and aro boiled again for several hours, when tho proc ess of cooking is complete. Scribnefa Monthly. n Wo have in our possession, says the St. Limis lluilway Jlegister, a cony of tho timo-tablcs of tho London & North western Railway Company of England which is a &roat curiosity and it makes a man's, head ache to look at it and think of the great labor iuvohed in its compilation. Tho lines of this company pxtend all over England, Scotland and Wales, and aro said to embrace over ton thousand miles of tracks. Theso time-tables mako an octavo volume, closely .printed, of one hundred and thirty-si bilges, and contained in it are numerous excellent maps, and full par ticulars are given its to hotol accommo dations, oab fares, connections, tickets, routes, etc., and all that can interest oi concern tho traveler. A Mississippi farmor dashes cold wator into tho ears of choking cattle. This causes the animal to shako its head violently, and tho muscular action I dislodges tho obstruction.