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:jF""i -3g0t m w. t i THE RED CLQUD CHIEF. X. L. THOMAS, Fablltlier. RED CLOUD, - NEBRASKA. HERE A2TD TIEKE. At Fensacola, Fla., turtles weighing 250 pounds are caught. The building for the Melbourno In ternational Exhibition: is to cost 95, 000. Samuel Morgan, formerly a mem ber of the Vermont Legislature, goes to prison for forgery. It is proposed to celebrate at Pompeii this summer the eighteen hundredth an niversary of the destruction of that city by an emption from Vesuvius. The Rev. M. L. Johnson of Georgia, Vt., has obtained a medical diploma, and hereafter will attend to both the spiritual and bodily ills of his Metho dist congregation. A man in Southwalk, Wis., kept his mother-in-law in .subjection by firing a revolver over her head whenever she displeased him. He has at length graz ed her scalp with a bullet and been ar rested. The Municipal Council of Paris have refused to allow the grand equestrian statue of Charlemagne to be erected in one of the public places, the reason be ing that the hero in question was a "tamer of people." Ovkk 75,000 head of cattle are shut up on the"graaing range in Nebraska, between the two forks of the Platte Riv er. Tho deop snows prevent their reaching tho grass, and some have al ready starved. Fears are entertained of the loss of the entire herd. The rival makers of baking-powders disagree as to whether alum in bread is injurious ; but there can be no doubt that arsenic is much worse. Mrs. Grant Of Springfield, Mas3., used so much of the poison in a loaf that the family only escaped death by the great size of the dose. The project of a canal between the Rhine and the Maas seems at last to ap proach realization. The city of Crefeld has declared its readiness to pay $100. 000 toward it,and it i3 confidently hoped that now bofli tho Prussian the Dutch Governments will grant the necessary additional fund3. The Chicago Poorhouse became suoh a resort for the county .officials, for whose benefit the Superintendent gave elaborate dinners whenever called on to do so, that the Supervisors have passed, not without strong opposition, a resolu tion forbidding any body but the pau pers and employees to eat or drink in the institution. Tiieue are in Russia many obscure sects whose rites are on a levol with those of tho most barbarous savages. The disappeareuce of sundry children has resulted lately in the discovery of a sect who hold that real blood should take the place of wine at the Lord's Supper, and whose agents abducted and killed infants to supply this. Notwithstanding that the Govern ment experts appointed to examine into the desirability of a Government monop oly of the sale of tobacco, and tho Prussian Cabinet itself, are opposed to it, a bill introducing the measure is be ing prepared in the Imperial Chancery, for opposition merely makes Prince Bismarck the more determined to have his own way. A salt well at Le Roy, N. Y., had been bored to the depth of 450 feet, when a rush.of gas was ignited at the mouth by contact with a stove, and the blaze rose a hundred feet in tho air. A volumo of water came next, smelling and tasting strongly of sulphur. The superstitious workmen fled in dismay, supposing that the infernal regions had been tapped. Four Boston girls, ranging from 8 to 12 years of ago, havo been caught pick ing pockets. They have worked mainly in Methodist revival meetings, where the crowding and the fervor made the women careless as to their valuables. Ninety handkerchiefs were found in the little thieves1 room, besides many emp tied pocket-books and articles of jew elry. In Australia the anti-Chinese -agitation gains in strength every day. The Parliament of Queensland has passed various bills to restrict the immigration, but, as they conflicted with the treaty between Great Britain and China, they have been practically disallowed by the Homo Government, although subse quently the latter stretched a point so far as to assent to a measure which is prohibitory to a certain extent. A young widow in Vicksburg an swered a matimonial advertisement, and a long correspondence ensued, resulting in a visit by the man. He was good- tomb of Jefferson. A mean stone marks ' A the spot. It is supposed, however, that the $5,000 recently appropriated by Congress will bo expended this pring in supplying a topb that aUeast shall have an airof7fecctabt!ltyV; AAer tbjT death of Jeficrspb, jMontitiello !fsselt into the hands of Capt.Xevy, of New York. At the time of the late war it was confiscated by the Confederates, The property has since been in con stant litigation, but now the Court of Appeals has ordered the sale of the es tate by the State Commissioner. MAiir jClemmer, describing,. SbrEd- ward Thornton's reception room in Washington, says: J'Thc walls are lofty and white. Three crystal chande liers depend from the ceiling, all ablaze With war candles. The hangings on the windows are of crimsom brocatelle,and crimson divans, crowned with flowers, run through the center of tho long apartment. Draperies divide it from the dining-room, whose walls 'are hang with dark vermilion. The vistas are wide, long, and splendid. . No dwelling-house in Washington has any that compare with them, save the drawing-rooms K of the White House." Mrs. Clemmer, ad mires the Thornton family for their dignity and simplicity of manner, also the style in which their clicf cooks terrapin. JUUYMAN'S CONFESSION". Aneient'Mcdlcinc. In the time of plague some carry toad powder, a toad, a live spider (inclosed in some convenient receptacle), arsenic or some such poisonous'substancc upon their persons, which they say attracts the infection of the air to themselves, which otherwise might attack tho per son who carries it. It is also claimed that this same toad powder attracts all the uoison of a pestilential tumor. Re ceipt for toad powders: Take three or four large toads, seven or eight spiders and as many scorpions, put them to gether in an open crucible .and allow them to remain for some time; then add virgin wax and seal the vessel well ; cook quickly till all is dissolved, work it well with a spatula into an ointment, to be put in a silver box well scaled and habit ually carried on tho person. Remedy. Choose largo black spiders, marked with yellow spots, inclose three or four in a linen bag they must be alive and tie around your neck. They would keep better if put in a box either of gold, silver, or tin, with air-holes on all sides. Equal quantities of crude mercury, corrosive sublimate and arsenic, ponnd well in a mortar, and put into quills, sealed at either cud with wax, wrap the quills in silk or fine linen, and wear be tween the coat and shirt, on either side of the shirt. Take four dried toads and apply on the groin and in the arm-pits. During tho last plague at Marseilles, all those whose clothing did not touch those of the infected escaped all harm, though frequently exposed to the breath of those walking skeletons. When in the sphcro of the emanations of the body of the sick, do not swallow your saliva, but spit continually. Saliva imbibes poison more easily than any thing else, and, if swallowed, seems to introduce the poison into the system. Burnt sulphur purifies tho atmosphere very well. j Internal Remedies. Take one or more toads the largest you can find put in anunglazcd vessel, cement it well and put in an oveu until the toad is re duced to ashes. Dose, one dram in a glass of wine. Good both before and after tho plague. , Eat a little rue with butter on your bread, with a sharp-tasted (Limburger) and loud-scenting (Schweitzer) cheese; after that a large glass of claret wine. Dr. Wcnceslas Dobizinski, convinced that the saliva is easily impregnated, with poison, advises tho keeping and chewing of bitter substances in the mouth, to excite the salivary glands. Old French Book. How Great Hogs Arc Fattened. Ilstr a Certain Ciuo wai Contested la the Courtaof California. iurors possessed of t be necessary igno- box. I don't remember whether the ranee. In this way they found me, at verdict was for plaintiff or defendant. that time dead and'buricd to the outside It mattered not. Both claims were thei Tho of 0$, poor mn .whoenthodd ojS Bar, raff, com pngwd. T Mr - ' JeTscv 'while has CAKK OF TIIK IIKAL.T1I. TitK safest and hot remedies Is Uw world srcwAim'Jj, ml 4 ahfUftcoti. looking, had pleasant manners, and represented that he was a prosperous New York merchant. The widow mar ried Mm, and two weeks of honeymoon passed pleasantly. Then the husband disappeared, and has never returned to his bride. His motive in this adventure seems to have bees pure love of devil try, for he made no attempt to get any of the woman's money, and was ex tremely liberal in his expenditures. A publication issued by a Russian secret press declares that tho Governor of Charkoff, who was recently shot by an unknown person, had been condemn ed to death by the Russian Nihilist par ty for inhuman treatment of political prisoners. The act of assassination was consequently executed by one of that party. The publication charges jiie Governor with beating students nearly to dcathfind concludes with the declar ation of "Death ior death, terror for t3rror. This is our answer to all threats and persecutions of th&GoTOrnmemV1 Monticeleo, the home of Thomas Jefferson, is to be sold by auction on March. 20. In; a small burial ground within a few yards of the house is the i A Burlington (N. J.) letter to the Philadelphia Times says : Carter aad Southard have reduced the business of pork-raising to a science. The former, intent upon taking the palm, started off withii9 hogs. Upon 27 of these he bases his hopes of success. Of the original number several have been kill ed. In January three of them came so very near choking to death that the farmer grew frightened and slaughtered. them. They weighed 798, 817, and 7o8 pounds, respectively. The hogs entered for tho prize havo the very best of care. There are just two events in the lives of such hogs sleeping and eating. They, are too fat even to waddle. They.never wake up except to eat, and that process over they again, stretch out upon clean straw in their separate pens. These particular hogs of Mr. Carter's were too lazy even to feed themselves, and, in deed, even if they were not, they could not see their food. For weeks they had been in total r blindness. Like the hog of no particular distinction, they all had eyes, but three inches and a half of genuine fat .kept, them closed completely. The feeding process is one of interest cto both hog and spectator Tho farm hand rolls up boiled meal fnto round balls and forces it into their hogships, 'mouths. The, hogs grunt and swallow, and keep it up until they are perfectly gorged. They are kept in a stuffed condition on the best of meal, and all that is asked of them is togrow fat. ' Southard has not killed yet. He began the year with, 29 hogs, ,all Jersey, reds,, jaut his peas now contain1 but 23.. There they were, ly-? ing around, granting and puffing, -ami With snouts pointing upward in search? ox air. Their eyes could .not be seen, and; it took strong fingers to pry away the masses of fat so that (he bidden or gans of sight could be opened out. Tbe blind, helpless masses were shaken by loud breathing, and occasionally would give vent vj snort, duc iney.-eemea entirely unable to get upon their let. mad the other day; over in Jt on the Smith-Bennett jary lavs so wajugnt on me vo mat cxient ma icci moved to arise and say a word of my experience as a juryman. No one as yet in this age of many philanthropies has taken any action towards the relief of these poor; prsettrtcfcrcature3. Be cause, in the first place, nine jurymen out of ten lose all track of a case after' the second day's evidence. Whatever tbeydow1i?lLL is oftcnoompletely bemuddled, befogged and twisted into a snarl by the lawyers. I presume the poor manon the trial in qnestioR. was conscientious and tried to t remember the evidence. This wa3 too much and broke his brain,down. Most jurors are not conscientious. They give up the ship after the first two houre of evidence-hearing and let the case drift. All jurors know .this to be true, but no man iikes to acknowledge it. So they look wise iii their chairs and the farce goes on from year to year. In 18G1, at the commencement of the war, I served my country' as a juror in the great Table Mountain Tunnel case at Sonora, Tuolumne County, Califor nia. It was Table Mountain Tunnel vs. Newr York Tunnel: The opposing claims had drifted Into opposite sides of the great mountain, which here describ ed a semi-circle. Table Mountain is a wall 40 miles long, from 200-to 300 feet in height, about 800 yards wideband with a top as level as a barn door. Sides, top and bottom arc of rock and in the middle is L?ore of gold-bearing gravel. In some claims the tunnels bored through the "run rock" arc 1,400 feet in length and cos.t years of labor. The top rock is volcanic and spongy in appearance. Tho bottom is a hard blue granite, worn smooth by tho rush of a current, for at some period it was the bed of a river. When the Ne v York and Table Moun tain companies &i:, took up their claims they supposed, as vcry one else did, that the pay streak .toUowcd the moun tain. So it did everywhere else, but in this particular cisc it. shot straight across a small Hat partly inclosed by the mountain wall. The two companies, as they' followed tho lead fro mher end of a horse-shoo curve, found lis vsselves tunneling towards each other oud into this hitherto supposed worthless list. Tho farther they tunneled the richer grew the streak of pay dirt. Every rod j held a small fortune. Of courso both i parties claimed it. Both discovered that for years they had known of the rich ness of Humbug Flat. Both wanted the entire fiat. The law was called upon to settlo the difficulty. The law was glad. Sonora, the county town, was thou full of lawyers. -The main- street, three quarters of a mile in length, alternated thus store, saloon, law-office, law office, storo, saloon, store, law-office. The Sonora lawyers ran their tunnels into both of these claims, and never stopped until they had exhausted the cream of the pay streak. The opposing miners did the work and the lawyers took the fees. Year after year the Table Mountain vs. New York Tunnel case came into court. It commenced in the County Court, ran into the District Court, was sent up to the Supremo Court and tho last decision sot aside. Then the Dis trict Court would take another shy at it, give judgment for one side or the other, and away it would go tojho Supreme Court again, come back with some new kinks in the legal twist and carom again on the District Court. So the case went on year after year, with judgments ren dered first for ono side then for the other, then appealed, then Suprome Cottrted, then sent back and District Courted, until at last it had become so ehcumberedwith legal barnacles, para sites, cobwebs, mold affidavits, rulings, dry rot and counter rulings, that nobody but the lawyers knew or pretended to know aught of tho matters. As for the contending miners, they sim ply worked, got out their dust, brought it to Sonora and paid their attorneys. There were about JLhlrty men in each company, and the lawyers had these men well trained and mnder thorough control. They were perfectly content to work so long as the case went on. The case went on and tho semi-annual trial of Table Mountain vs. New York Tunnel Company made more excite ment, drinking, cutting, shooting, and left more money- in Sonora; than any Fourth-of-July celebration. The com panies brought with them at each trial an average of SO witnesses each. These and the 60 contestants filled the hotels and saloons for five or six days. Monte, faro, keno and poker fired upanew dur ing tho trials of the Table .Mountain vs. New York Companies. It was a regu lar celebration. The town prospered. The population increased. They made of Sonora a city with a Goamon Coun cil, bought a fire-engine and built three newchurches. The case .became a county institution. It outlived three seta of Judges, vlt grew -dropsical with affi davits and documentary evidence; 'Men died and with their last breath leftsonae word still farther to complicatepconfase and perpetuate the 'great Table Moun tain lawsuit. As fast as witnesses per ished the reserves were brought in to fill the vacancies, and these could swear to any thing, and so fill up all the gaps in their respective chains of .evidence.' Vj But at last jurors competeat for tid ing this case became very scarce. Near ly every body living within 15 miles of WJT AXI WISOOM "' Uxk tocoh of aUh," obrnx! Iho !mbrU!e a the graiSd xm x&l tmrk Mm. Tit first thing of tie cef nty. 1 i! n any orcnt the else would go u the I k-vtilatio I perfect proporuw - - - . , T WW immnal - a iiror. I obcT-' Supreme Court, m it dicL Th life mi " the air of a aiwtaeeat M kept cflpJ Tit first Uung nun lake to In hi ed the swnraoM, korrowed a coat aid Sonora was inTolvtdin ifce pcrpttuatitt in purity to ihatftiMht cxtefnil atwea- h U hU railkj w 1 tMngltSft went to Sonora. The great day came, of the great case. Sonora then showeil phcre. Thlt U hot done In pri atefbkr. the town was full of contestants and tho surprised stranger, expecting to see dwellings foj baring aii Oeo fire-place. T Tit period rni by cMot in Ih witnesses,. saloons throve, gold only backwoods grcgeriw, Turkey-j Nati rk b very much like a klftiM j jfecH wight bede?iuiil xt U &Ufi clinked, and few wcnt,to bed tnat,night. In the mornlnjr I, with the remaining carpeted saloons, bung with great mir- child, who, the more be U helped the ' cjrnuro rors, fancy glassware bearing the pro- j more he looks for it. The more modi- j 11, was sworn to try the case to the best j prictor's name, and free lunches worthy cine a man take the more ho will hare . of rny .ability. So I swore. I felt vory of Lucullns. This was in 1S0Q. The to take, whether it be anodyne; tonlu jt j ridiculous. I felt guilty; I knew I had j Table Mountain suit and claims con-' or alterative. ho ability as' a juror. Ithonght theftftlmicd to pay the lawyers and sustain J Tuk thinnest veil or nilk handkerchief that auiliLv ojKOna sort was nC34arV. I thi mnnntain tmrn until 1KA7. Thin ! idmwn m-.tr tV ., wM!.. !,(!., , J. 1 , .- - T .- I- " - J H.W... V.V. WV I.M.V nUW l.lt V. . f , ,.,,,, The case was called. It seemed to l the pay streak diminished and tho case walkin aint a cold wind is a re-1 ccr " ,UCMW w KUl- PoritKTr Li a bully If too r trH rod-niaft! eno$;& if jt half way. Tiicdiiraw!cbewciarfTie4find - i girl It tkal oa U killed to dn . U me they commenced in the middle or at tome point of leaving off in some previ-; ous trial. I couldn'trgct any clear idea which wa plaintiff and which defend ant. It is doubtful that I understood the exact meaning of those terms at that timo. The Judge was noted for his en-" per day. Twenty-fivewithcsscfon one side testified to something; 25 on the other swore it Wl down, again. The trial lasted five days. The opposing counsel, the rival claimants and even the witnesses had long, gaudily colored maps of the claims, which they unroll ed, held Wcforc us and- swung defiantly at each other. The first two daj-s of testimony, involving ccrtatn ancient mining laws and ancient boundaries from 1850 up to 1S5J, were, when con cluded, .thrown oat as irrelevant to the case. lJut could it be thrown out of my head? It remained there and interfer ed with all the remaining testimony. I had only one single fact fixed in my memory. It was' a certain large pine tree, the initial bounda ry point for both claims. That is all I ever knew of tho case. When lost and confused in mazes of contra dictory evidence, I would mentally come back to the shade of this tree and rest awhile before attempting another start. But for that tree I think Ihould have gone mad. Because being con scientious and simple then, I deemed it my duty as a good citizen to try and foN low the case as it was chased and hunt ed from one thicket of legal complexity to another by the lawyers. I thought in my innocence that they were trying to make it easily understood. " It seemed to me,1' F4 remarked ono day during the trial ' to Bob'G.', the County Clerk, " that I could put this matter a great deal clearer than did Lawyer G. I in an hour's talk over his objection about something." 11 Clear, you idiot," said he, " do you rapposo the lawyers want to make any thing clear in this case?" This was the first hint I ever received that lawyers did not wish to make things cloar. But I did not believe the Clerk" then. I deemed him a promulgator of reckless statement and opinion. The summing up lasted nearly two days. IJccpt track of opposing coun sel's speeches for fifteen minutes. Then I gave it up and took shelter under the big pine tree. We were naally charged by the Judge and sent to the jury room. I expected something from that charge to clear my mental sky, but was disap pointed. Judge Creamer turned to ward ns in a friendly, confidential man ner, which promised a great deal and said that " if from the nature of the evidence we deemed the ground in dis pute belonged to the plaintiff we should, give a verdict in his favor, but if on the contrary wc deemed from the nature of J ton. Tho population rapidly do-, y tbat wm-chinrokca exhilaraU ng out dltvrt nilit'tf ii MAl MVtlf IUvO now creased. Fathers commenced in f rmti ww-m vbmy ini"a T"i- r. ""-" -yj- v- -r jfKVEitsit 0r und with the wind no longer agooa P ic an pr- fof o mo ,ng yoang man They had better go- JJ " Go West,' they would almost remark J ,.,'. .. , . ... . , fftllrtwii.1 n-ilh a1 . t -a!...!.. . . .. ana men siop, rciaciuoennj; iu.'w ujj j ., next Western territory was Ubma.whose people were rapidly coining Kast. When I last saw Sonora, in 1 871, they had rip ped up the saloon Turkey carpets.the ele gant pier glasses were gone and noth ing of the sumptuous free lunches re mained save hard crackers. The city was disincorporated and the three churches stood empty. The Table a fever and thou a bad Kxkucisk to the extent of great fa tigue docs more harm than good. A iikakty meal, taken whilo excess ively fatigued, has often destroyed life. Citi..MNE&of body dampen the spir its, sour the the temper and renders the the whole man unlovely. A sol u look, an impatient gesture, a word at the break fa.ttUbiu it fooil and spoils a day. indigesliblo the evidence that it belonged to tho do lus deputies were sent to the more dis- .Sonora had sat on it,?' aad was there f ore.iacompstaa to sit o&itjagain. Bnt tbeilawyers as well as the resident pop ulation of the county town dkTnot'pro pose to let the case die for lack of ja rors so lomg -as there" was any dast left1 in the pay strealrwotked by the parties r time in the morning the last mam was la-Table Mountain. So the Sheriff and fendant we must return a verdict for the defendant." Well, I knew all this be fore. I think tho rest of the jury did. He would have done me more service by informing me which was the plaintiff. All this may seem very improbable in these days of legal perspicuity and di rectness, but if you had suddenly been snatched from years of retirement in a mining gulch, where a single pair of broadcloth pants did duty for every in habitant in his infrequent visits to town or when sent up as a delegate to a coun ty convention, wouia you, u suddenly picked up and slung into a howling vor tex of law, have been quite clear as to plaintiff and defendant? 1 went with the rest into the jury room. I felt like a fool, an idiot and a criminal. I knew I hadn't the shadow of an opinion or a conclusion in the matter. I took my coadjutors all for wise and capable jurors. I dreaded the moment when I should be obliged to reveal my utter ignorance and incapac ity as a juror.. "It never came. It ' he- gan soon to dawn upon me that three fourths of my companions were no wiser than mysclttWM'.relieTcd. Igno rance loves company. So soon as the door was locked onus there was silence, and that peculiar silence which argues that every body was waiting for some body else to speak first. There were no chairs or benches. It -helps jurors to perspicuity and hastens verdicts to make jury rooms as uncomfortable as possible. Jonah first broke the ice. He captured an old blanket lying on the floor, wrapped himself up in it, laid down and said, "Gentlemen, when you've made up your verdict call me." Jonah was a veteran juryman. lie was also a gambler. lie is now in the Cali fornia State-prison for .stage xrobbery. Then we opened onratimls to each oth er and confessed our common bewilder ment. But we had two capable jury men. TsipiafesapSIf touaderstaad the case. They took opposing sides. They imported into the jarvropm the 'antagonistic harangues of the lawyers. We didn't know what to do, so we gradually took sides with the two leaders. lleantime Jonah slept peacefully. Wc agreed to disagree. We sent out word to that ef fect. It wasn Saturday nighty r Judge Creamer 5etit-ck stottotbat we aiast acree or stay out over Sunday. Some stoiiDcd. Slost of the lawvers movctl to l nuirkabK comfortaLla nrot-iJi,n- i Ajt way u an irttuuwui uxa a San Franciico, Sacramento or Stock-$ Tnr mrt hf-iitMni Mnn nf ivmn-t ! hjp?M aked Mike. "ltlw, it W ! cause alch one of V foWowwi- by ! wW It it a hxm ball when una U4y n nnpolUc partner enough to have nU baa side. Any other woman preeat will jay o. I tki'ST you will be tra tync h iiaM In acecnt mellow. Uf course I will, my dear'nald ho till IK an- i other fellow." Caxt wrucihlng bo done," aA a charming little prndc, "to cWnyrt those young aaragr,t who utare o rude ly at pretty women?" Onk of the saddest and ut vrw Uorit trial that comet to a;irl watfho marrie I that nhrt haa ? dleharg her mother and depend on a hired girl Tuk ltnt rendering of tho privcrb i: "People who lire in glas hme, and who want to throw tholr arm around the girl, slumid pull, down the blindt." Soirnok," jay.i Dr. Hulinon, is a good piece of furniture for a man t.i havo in an upper chamber, provided ho hat common .tense on the ground lloor.' Wk can not understand why a dontui pcraLttn in atklng tirtion of a patient whoto mouth la filled with a napkin, a idicetof rubber, acvural ei;unpi, thn'O fingers, and that horrible ttutrumeta uf torture, tho revolving drill. IfKfcn iilfX Hcjiubltcttit. Govkknkss (dctiniu of fitpIalniDg the wont enough ") " Now, iim Tredily, that you give putty all th milk jihu can lap, nil the tnuat hu enn ml, ami all tho sweet cako sho oaro fr what will she have?" Proddy (with Hurprbing alacrity) -" KUteaf1' fiSs Um Globe. Hkkoki: marriage4 Oh, my darling, your voice h at minieal to motiu a vet per bull whose tonet fall oflly on th? perfumed evening air I Seak again and say thoao wonl.t, my beloved, for f could listen to your voice cntll Ui atar are oxtingulnheil in everhwting nlj'hl?" After marriage' ivo had. Jt eugh of your clapper, old wommi, and Uyu don't let ui Xcwtrk Call. Mountain caso had stopped. Two of J cro? tho churches had bceu sold for taxes enough to make tho California law not exempting church I property aad Ned Kogers, the only j live lawyer left, having bought them in," offered to sell mo a church cheap. I did not want a whole church. This is my jury experience. I gather from it that juries in such long compli cated cases arc inhuman ordeals for cit izens. Were I drafted ns a juror in any caso likely to involve over two hours of evidence and a half an hour of summing up, I should plead unfitness on the f core of incapacity for legal comprehension. It's no wonder that men go crazy on juries. Prentice Mtdjvrd, in the New York Graphic. Walking 3Isit:lnM Brutal turc of Women. Tor- Thc sport of long-distanco and consecutive-period walking has within tho, past few months become a popular ath letic entertainment. Weston is now en gaged in attempting to perform the nearly impossible fear; of walking 2,000 miles in 1,000 hours over English coun try roads, while a femalo pedestrian has in this country lately accomplished 2,700 miles in 2,700 consecutive quarter-hours over a sawdust courso, and several oth er women are now trying to beat her by doing 3,000 uiiloa in 3,000 quarter-hours. There is in tho spectacle itself absolute ly nothing of tho slightest interest. In almost all other sports there is some ri valry, some struggle, or an exhibition of the human form brought to a high pitch of muscular perfection ; in this there i3 nothing but a woman, dressed in short skirts, her legs incased in somo kind of worsted hose, walking monot onously round a sawdust ellipse, about which sit a number of stolid spectators, who every now and then break out, ap parently without rhymo or reason, into frantic applause. After walking round a certain number of times sho goes off into a room, where sho falls asleep. After a certain number of days of this her feet begin to swell and become 'pain ful ; later on she begins, it is said, to see visions, and walks round in a sort of dream, like those which people dying of hunger and thirst have ; at any rate, she can barely stand upright, and has to be forced up to her work. When sho finally leaves the track, she is in a condition which makes continuous medical attendance a necessity to save her life. We confess wc can not, see why such brutal exhibitions a3 this should be allowed in a civilized com munity. It is nothing more nor less than a public trial by slow torture, which docs not advance athletic sports in the least; for the actual walking done in thc3c sawdust rings is not, as walk ing, good for any thing. Three thous and quarter miles in 3,000 quarter hours is at the rate of 21 miles in 2f hours, which, with regular intervals of sleep, any body can dp. It is, in fact, in a new form, a revival of the medieval tor ture of preventing a person from getting his sleep for a long time. It is immeas urably below prize-fighting, bull-fighting, and a number of other cruel sports which the police nowadays break ap. The curious part of it is, that the test lasts so long a time that the gate-money taken in reaches a large sum, and a woman may, if she can accomplish the feat, earn a small fortune. The subject i3 one which those who are interested in woman's rights, and in the preven tion of cruelty, might look into with advantage. New York Nation. A ooi laugh Is anti-dyspeptic. Tiik wisest men are those who aim to live in uch a way as to grow old with out aches or pains. Likk is warmth, growth, repair and power to labor, and nil Hiomj arc de rived from the food we oat and the flu ids we drink, and these should be good. At every period of life, at all ea?ourt of the year, and from tho tropics to the poles, in every clime and connty, the temperature of thu human body in health is the same to a degree, that b, OS of Fahrenheit, hence wo .should cat in winter mainly of warming food, such i as moats, fat-, oils, sugar, and all tho grains, farinas, and starches; in sum mer, the fruits nnd berries, and melon and vegetables of tho field, the garden and the orchard, which cool, and open, and ventilate the system. Is n closed sleeping-apartment tho. atmosphere becomes morocoiilamiuatod every minute, because carbonic acid gas, a deadly poison, is generated hi the lungs and is expired at each breath, and combining with tho moisture it is heavier than the common air, and set tles near tho lloor, henco, tho last thing a man should sell is his bedstead; but in reality it is considered by tho igno rant and unfortunate poor as tho most indispensiblo thing in tho home, henco sickness is soon addcil to their poverty, a most unhappy combination. Tiik best anodyne in all naturo is moderate, steady and continuous exer cise in tho open air. Tiik worst cold may bo promptly cured if, within 21 houra after it has Ihjcii taken, the patient will keep warm in bed, and cat little or nothing for a day or two. Nkvkii sit with the back to a window or door, even if closed, for the air com ing in at crack and crevice, will cer tainly give a cold. In going out iato a colder air, keep the mouth resolutely closed, and walk briskly for a few moments, thus pro venting chilliness, which is always tho percursor of a cold. Tiik portion of the body which most requires protection against cold nnd wind, i3 that between the ahouldor bladcs behind, as it is at this point tho lungs are attached to tho body, and the blood is easily chilled. To spend two or three momenta, on ris ing and retiring, in rapid frictions of the whole surface of tho body with the hand Is a more rational treatment of tho akin, and a more health promoting operation, for most persons, than a daily cold water bath. A ooi cleansing of the entire bod y with soap and warm water,onco a week, is all the bathing the human system re quires for purposesof health, in ordina ry circumstances. Aif Unimivpy Hoimj.V Til leave tho 6hS iiui:' wixiniirt I. rliijmtm. Ho lifiltt hrr iifUln riit Ma tmtant, ( : to lilailimMilutf ht'art, "My inrllMj" tjuoth !, tenl,!lj', m Wu'll iiovor, if vvr rl." Tlnio rulN-il al'XiiC. I heir fllf tfbaiMtopf. Tlify nl wny cIiiuk, r f,ij , "old Kid." ! cHod uto.t hltttrl), " IaI' t m i dlorve." Oil CUy crr(. A f.iH'ky .SiHM'ttlnlor. Mr. Belt, the sculptor, has completed which is to fee ereeted'iiT Inao. The -.a statue will bercastin bronze, isainefeet high and is to be placed upon a pedestal 10 feet in height. The block of the finest Pcntclic aoarajc, for tho poaVtaJ, has been presented by the Greek if ation asa tribute to the memory of Lord Byron. Various sites have boaa saggested for thesUtec, aoog otfcera the top aati bottom of St. James's Street and the v. --... u.. .L .n . .i2 im Amsterdam teMftrUMpH. Pca rltlr vj nzrj.u. , iwt BCSiiJ Uie The Duke of Newcastle, who lately died, was a miserable specimen of a most unnappy nouc. His father wai an honorable and estimable person, of abilities above the average, a friend and cotemporary" of Mr. Gladstone atllton and Oxford; bnt he had not the faculty of conciliating the affection-of his wife or children. All of themliavc, with a single exception, 'tamed out very ill. His wife, daughter ol the Dake of Ham ilton by the daughter of the fattest Beckford, author of " Vatke;," eloped tnth the present Earl f Oxford was divorced. His oaly daaghter ried a drunkard, well Jcaowm oa stores during the War a "Dolly -Vane;" and one of his seas was mixed ap in the Boulton aad Fark women-impersonating scandal, aad aad a warnuat out against him whea he died, aad it u matter of comuioa belief that he ar ranged a sham fuaaral and Is really alfvo to this day. Tie late Duke's es tate was vested in tntteas, of waoaa Mr. Gladstone b oatA ruined gase fcier, he was cntireljrdsyaadeat oa the fortune of his wife, the SBeatiaaaie ghter of the late Mr. Hope, of Um JfnHepeaaW JoJm Sk:io or Jcdtnny Skae, ivi ho U more familiarly calletl wln Um hxhiiy brought himself into proiuitignee by trying to ierfonii an Atlas feat with Um Sierra N'yvaila Mine, h a p4?fwt ainplt of the San Francisco stoek-g.ixnblcr. Jf ww born about J$ years ago In Wind nor, Canada, a small town oppotlto lh' troit, Mich. Having studied tulrgraphr, ho came Ut San Kranchco in neareh o employment, and obtained a podtin in the Western Unlatt ofllec, where, by keeping his wits about him and hi tongue tied, ho oon learned to profit by the scraps of knowlrlge pickedup about the ofllce. Having made con-id-crablc money in itock apeeulalioni, h invested largely In tho Virginia City Water Company, and in 1W7 wa aWo to travel in Europe with his two ilera, having an axourcd income of 16,J a year. He was alway famou for his good luck, and while at Itaden-Hadiii and Wiesbaden eclipcd tho brother of the Saltan in hk hoary winning at Touge ct ncir and roulette. It was tualJy ami U fee the poor mcnloflo their lat son on the tarn of a card, while tho rich joang man won at crrry play. He alwayi had a peflchanMfor rappe wine andprctty ctrec. gli never-failing good fortune inswle him rccklcM, and his rtcklfne made him a millionaire. He bod worked" with the ilood & O'Uriea clique for a loag tfsse, and, it i ul. wait leaked afe by taeat a infslhfefe ia kis predfctioae regardiag the rwc aad laUcs!tkBiaiaf'tockbsrezne'u:r. lie aaade a aaMeeate, Jfk Uavar, aou a beea alatoet sUTa for kkatabition. H tried to "go k afeae" ia Mi light canoe, aaaecMtowed W the great ecean of big scheaw, aad, snxisl as it may aaaaVweaad aare atea swamcd had aeiaieodeeeaate M assistance. "Help mm Caawat, are I sink," and iorikwkk Flaad ystfs mzingly Mtook himt ia oataf taa aaV JeaaajSkaa is aet aa edacated man , ia taa avail aaeeesaaee el the term, but is fharpwlmd, aykaeaat companlos, aad arigat at a atsraeJUr ia all bmi- Be k niher ''loud" in over am opea note book. Byroa wears the familiar loose, sailor shirt, opea col lar andsash, while at his side k me fa vorite Newfoundland dog. aged 32, STEFirex Gambrill, aged 32, has beea lately executed for the sawder of a vounff Keatisk country geatlemas convinced, Jonah was awakeaed, and , named GeUow, who detected aim iBjnr we agreed and were let out. Sonora at ' jng an agriculturing aaachine. Thk k taat'mooaihiWjuid. smlches of Too- that hour was.atill aglow with lights i probably the first agrariaa isamne for wild, untrained and unbroken 1 aad lively with the. rattle -of tatvkeno jmowm ia Eaglaad lor 50 yam. whole of his fortune a woaaan of tery aaperior ability and most bcaeroleat character, who bought great estates in Ireland, aad hasteea a bleesiag to all aromad her there. As the present Peer k only 15, a boy at Eton, there will be a miaoriry of several years, and he stay find all smooth before hint' when he comes of age. Thus it is that these great entailed estates pick op again, and farnt ffies arise again cat of what seeeas attcr lain. New York Sun. drees, hat ratatd at heart, retiring in jikaatitSoa, gcr oar to his friead, aad a perfect father to his tlsicn. He make; apkkaiadta a d,aedt like Ilght mlag, all the electridty at hk command goes with the blow. The youeg stock specmlators in Saa Fraackco look upon him as their leader, aad we can safely say, knowisg his quick" perception and aerre, that, if Jim Ttak ever has a rival oa thk coast as a keea-eyed eagle to closely watch the. atarket aad then swoop down frost his broker office and bear off rnillioas, that auui wfll friend Johaay SkaH.CincinftZ, "' -sV- '"Ml i mic- . i l?p&&. '! "rmZS - V V&0' f ." -- i w--"" -cv ---.yt 'WseamSaTaa aMt-u-'i-l acaajaaaajsajaaajsfcjaa mgrWRKgrKKr - . i TJ' "-''V " i WimM