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V hWBWVBKfl THEHERALDr OFFICIAL PAPElt OF ' BOX BUTTE COUNTY . T. J. 0 Kl! U V li . VutilUher. l'litilliOinl rtrry Friday and entrd at tlio .,t-oHlciii Hriniturforit. Nehraakn, a wcond i Ikm innil mMlrr. Tun licttAi.uiB(liMill tii (I.p intctroU (( Ilnittljrfurd and Dux Unite Hint). 'i '.' suusoittriiox nines: oNii vr.xu , flM MX MONJ'HH .. 1 (OUr.YOFFICIJIW. J' M. PNUI.M . . A. M.Mll.t.r.n Jih, ll.lt. HI- tort. y.V HWKKJtW W. M. Ioif.m-k Mia A. K. Nekmnu tf AH. lllUNS jiii. W.'hMti.i.KK i)ii. n. .v.'ltiiiltiiioor JMt,i lUniiv Js. Jlol.l.lSlitKt: . I. V. DuNlAN ri....i .............. TrcMitirpr. .....Juilan. ,... Ariherllf. Attorney. 8r o.-inldiulont. .Biirrpynr, ("oroiipr. ' l'hficlan. . CnninilcHloii'T lit DUt. .('ipmiuWIoiiT 4ml Dint. .Cumiiiliifintbr3r(l l)lt. Our State Ticket; for Governor ' W.I.MAM A. POYNTEK of Ilonne. I ifiitPtmiit (Joternor I'. A.UlLHKItTuf orl'.- ' Ki-rrptaiv nfBiale WILLIAM K. I'OHTEIl of Merrick. Anililrr nf I'nlilli" Account JllHN'r'. CORNELL of'ltlclmrdi.on. rn-Hiir r JOHN II. MKSEItVE t licit Willow, Miixt-iutimdpiil of Public IiiMrnction WILLIAM H..1ACKHON of Holt. Land CommlHHliinrr' JAt'Oll V. WULKEof Lancaster. Attorney Jpiiornl 'i)N8TANTiNlM. SMYTH of Honda. The dtiinocvatio representative ronviMition will bo held at Chntl von on Sept. 0. and tliu populist rouviHilion will, bo held at Crawford on Sept. 10. Here are thq Facts. Worl 1 Herald. Many of tho popo-domo papors tiro quoiiiiu; Judjro Hay ward as having Biiid, "The railroads will iiot lot me run for congress." Now wo put it to thoni fair and 5-quiirf: wlio'h, whore and to whom did Mr. liny ward nuko tho above ritatrtiuout? Generid assertions don't ro in this cainpairn. The jiooplo want fuclB. No nioro rainbow chasing: toll us all about it or shut up. Generalities don't K.- St. ifotil Republican, August 18, 1W)8 . . The torld-Horald accepts tho 8SUP. -. M, L. Huyward, the republican nominee for povornnr, mado the Ktatomont at tho IVLilliH'd hotel in city of Omaha. The gout Ionian to whom Mr. Hay ward made tho statement was 'Judge Hen jam in S. Baker of Omaha. w The exact liiuguugo used by Mr. jrlayward in explanation of tho ivason why he dul not oxorciso )iis well known preference and re- main a eandidato for congress was: TUKH. & M, WILL NOT 'TiBT ME RUN FOR CON GRESS." If UieSl. Paul Republican tie siroyimy further particulars the Worhl-Herald. sugirests that it ad drotf.s Hon. Benjamin S. Raker, who will not deny this explicit statement. UIDS FOlt TAINTING COUlVf IIOUSK. idb will bo received at tho ofJee of tho 'County elork, to be tiled on orb. fore' Oct. 4, 1SUS, for painting tho outside of court !ouso including roof, two coats of paint.-.. Tho commissioners re- '-ervi tho right to reject any und .til bitjs'. Hy Order of tne board. F. Mri'HtxPS, Co. Clork. Himingford, Nob. Aug. 18, '9S. IIids rbn Ha un Coal. Rids will bo recoivod at tho olllce of the conuty clerk to bo filed ou or " boforo Sept.' .'5, 181)8, for fiirn)Bhinr one small cor (15 tons)iof hard coal, nut bize. Tho Mmniissioners resorvo tho right to reject any and all bids. By order of the board, IV M. Phelps. Co' Clerk. 3ms you Constuuction of Jail Duiluinq. Sealed bids will bo received by the County Commissioners, to bo filed on or before Oct. 4, (1898 for the construction of a jail building 22x30 feet to bo built of stnno and brick according to plans and spec ifications to bo been at tho olfce . f the county clerk.. The com 'u Fs'oners reserve, tho right to , . t any ami all bids. Jb Older of the board , l)ounj JT. M. Pueli Ttiel'fiiilP'N lmtatiloiit t'urlv nf the Xlttt Ktm'H.UtllViiUlrirt inlionriiv )Wti'd ?o rt lftamit l n emm-nllmi of ald partAn l held in lrnwfortl.lHWMiiiiiiiy, XclinisWa tm the loth dfcjr of Hiitftiitvr A. 1. IHfW, J&i.i cmivfiiUiin to mnvotio at nun ovlooU . mJ'ttt uttrtilaf. Tltpnhjivtof wilil convention l'td imniliiRlnmniiilliliilo for ru)ronntiitiVo from N.ild district nitd to trannot mirh other uuat noss amniiy lruporl.v come before It, Ttif.ootintios of wild Ulntrlct oro entitled to tho sifmo iriircni'utatlon a In the Kuteoonven. Ion recently held, It Is recom rupnilrxl thai no prox!o bo allowed and lIinL tho delegates nntsont rnt tho entire vote to wh leli tholr fesixirtlvo counties aro en titled. W. It WBHTuvrii. Chairman. Final ProofNotices. 1 M. DOI1HINOTON. UeptHter. W. It AKKHS. Itocolvcr. Parlies liarim? notlre In thin rolmnn are ro otiPotM to rend thn nanin cnrofnlly nml roport to tli n olllpn for eornvtmn nny orrorn Mint may exlft. Ihln will provent uuBnihle ilelny in nmklni? (iroof. !nnd0niciut Alllnnm, Nob AiiKniit2S, U08 Notieo Ik hrrrby Rlcn that tho fo'.lowlriR. ,nnnirl wittl'ir hai tllnd notlco othU Intention (itnko ilnnl jiroof in Hnpport of his claim, nml Hint wild proof will bn mmlo U'foro O.T.H. llnboook, U, H. ('(irniniosloiifr, at Chadruti. Neb , on Oftobpr8, IN'.is, viz. Sylvostof Muldoon, of Maralnnd, Neb., who made II. K. 1018 for thn n. o. H ku 2, tp 2n rll w. Ho nampH thn following witimpw to provo Ills continuous rcnldencn upon nml I'nlthntlon Mid land, ilt: William Ariiaw, i:imrlos I'. l)ar Kon, Alvln C Fowler, Jatuca II. Culvalu, all of Uhadroii, Neb F. M. DOmttNOTON. llCRlstor Lnnd Onico at Allliuioo, Nob.. Amtuit 18, 1808. Notlco Is hcrrby Riven that iho followlnR nnmud Kcttler hai filed notlco of lntontlon to mako Ilnnl proof In support of Ills claim und that HBld proof will bo tnado befoic llplNtror llfcolver ut AUInnco, Neb., ou Sept. Z, lbt. viz; Charles L Hal), of Wllloy. Nob., who mode h o No. U7 for lot 4, e ir sw ijr mm 7, tp ssn, r Ww & u hf so qr neo IS, tp'jSn. r Klw. Ho namcM the followlnR wltnessns to provo bin t'ontlnnntiH rcsldcnco upon and cultivation ut mild land, viz; JuniPH McKlnnpy. of Alliance, Neb., OtM Vcl(strom,JohnOlllIn, Frank Harris, all of Wllloy, Nob. F. M. nOBKINOTOK, ltcRlNtor, U. H. Irfind OIIIcp, Alliancn, .Nob.,Atitf. 2, IMS. Notlco IB hereby clven that Hip following lianiwl HOttlor Imn fllod notlco of his lutontioii to niakn final (iroof In Hiipport of IiIm claim, and that nU proof will bonmdo boforoT. .1, O Kfcfo, U. H. t'ommidslonor, lit Hemluirford, .Neb., on Sopt. 10, Mtf, viz: THOMAS IMtlNOIiE. of V rpnton, 8. I who mado T. V. Hip . p. U wc. 5 tti Uin r 4Sw. o, lOKl for Ho naini'Hthu following as wltiiPnins: Thomaa li. Honklnsand IPrt II. Hopliino of Dimlap, Neb. , 1'.. 1). lMiHiraud Oran r. roBkot of Hcm iucford, Mob. V. M. UOIIIUNOTON, llpRiHtor. V. S. Land Ofllco, Alliance, Nob. July 8, imps. Nollco t uareby rWcu that tho followlnR named sutler has lllcd hlH lntontlon to iniiUo final proof In support of hU claim, and that said proof will be made before T. J. O'Kcefo, U. S. Commissioner, at HemlnRford, Nob., on Sopt, 0, 181'H, Vl7. Austin M. Duvls, of HemlnRford, Neb., who mado h o 193 for th nwV4 seo 17, tp'.Tn, rW)w. Ho names tho followlnR witnesses toprovo bis continuous resldcnco uisin and cultivation of. suld land, viz: William Wlllmott, Stephen A Ili-awu, Joseph Shadcr, Fred O. Snell, nil of llemluxford. Neb .T. W. WEHN. Jit., KcRlstor. U. S. Land Olllce. Alliance. Neb., July 27, 1808. Police in nereby Riven that 4 Joun ilinclino, of DoSoto. N-cli., Hah tiled notlco of Inten tion to inako (innl proof before T. .1. O'ICcefu. U. rsCniunitsslouer, at Ik'mliiKfonl, neb., on Sept.:i, 18W. on timber eulturo application no. 1710 for thn n o U spu 31, tp Vhn, r W)w. Ho names as witnesses: I,ul(o I'hilllps, Jos eph Shutter, Fred Huoke, Albert S. Knyeart, all of HemlnRford, Nob. J. W. Wehu. jr., ItpRisU-r. l.andOmcont AUIanae. Neb., July 21, IHW. Notlco Is hproby Riven that Alonsco J. Knapp, of I'cndletou, OreRon. has Bled notice of Inten tion m miilto llnal Rioof bcfor Heplstcr or Ho. celver at Alliance, Nek, AtiRust 27, 188. on tlmberi'iilttim nppllcatiou No nail, for tho w 54 se lk & a Ji sw H sec 17, tp 2ti n, r IX) w. Ilo uamos as wttnesscs: Jospph II. Low, An drew J. l'almor, Albert W. l'almer, Fnnk I. lloueymau, all of Mnrxland. Neb. ' J W. WK1IN, Ju iteRister. Itonil Overseer's Notl:o to Non resident Land Owner. Statu of Nebraska. Uox Untie County, ss. To Warren W. 1'ut.imin, non-renl(lont land owner: You aro hereby notllloil that complaint Iioh Iwcn mado to inn that thoro ia on tlio aw i bcc tion ID. Unvnuhlp 2t) north of ranee SI west. In llox llutto county. State of Ne braska, nil old uncovered well which Is dun roiyhis to stock. Said land Is open, und n common, ami you are untitled thai It said well Is not tilled or securely covered within twenty days from this date, I will fill said well as required liy law. nud tho cost thereof will lie tiNod as a Hen against the nbovo fli'scrllmil land, us described In Suction 40.1a, artlulo I, chapter i, of the computed statutes of Ib07. M. l'fTKnsON, Itoad Ovorscer I) istrlcl No. 17. isnx iitmei'nnnly, Nebraska. Dated March 3. lfP8, First publication Auk. 13, 18!. Statu of Ni'hrnHka, nox llutto County hh: To W. 11. Carualmu, nou-residmU lnml owiht: Von arn liornliy notified tliat ronii)aInt han Ixt'u Hindu to mo tliat tlicre 1h on tlio nS of IK'H. mj'J no M, "uli ip' wvtloii SO. township ill north, of raniro fifty-one wont in nox imttn county HUto of Ncliranka nn old un coTi'rwl wi'U which is ilanKoroiiH to stock Said land is onou, and a common, and you aro notified that It aid well U not filled or se curely covered, iu twenty days from this date. I will fill mid well ur required hy law, am) inecoHi inereoi win iMiaxeti ana Hen acalnut tho alio e described laud, as provided iu nee-. .I..M lAKm kv.lnli. 1 tf..u...... . .. .1... n ..11...I utatutosof Ml. M. VKTUKSON, Itoad OverfcerOiBtrlt-VNo, 17. Ilox llutto t'ounty, Nebraska. Hated March 8, ISpm. first publication Amr. IS, 18(. ?Re Aict of Trt. A Gerraon forester, ho l considered as authority, br-s that the oldest trees in Germany are known to have lived nearly COO years. The silver fir has flourished for upward of 400 years, and the evergreen oak has been known to live 410 years, whllo other varieties of oak aro from 315 to 320 years old. The larch has stood the Btorms and shines of 275 years, tho red beech 245, the ash 170. the birch 200, the aspen 220. tho mountain maple 225, tho elm 130 and tho red alder 145. OASTOXtXA. ,-liBlU S7X 7fT .Jl. vJX OASTOniA. I Bean tie " m mo nans wwars Bean tLe j1 M TOO HaWAWajS BOEgJlt I ill ! t-tt-timt Commissioners Proceedfngs. Tim following claim for tilling old wells wore examined and allow od nml warrants ordorod.drnwn on general fund levy of 1S98 in pay ment of Kiinio, which claims wore urTlarcd fded witli countv trcai'urer for collection from tho several owners of said tracts of land as requir ed by law. Claimed Allow o I Joseph Nerud pw qr 23-24-52 $7 75 all disal'd W G Zudiker sw qr 20-25-48 7 5 50 .- " .'- w hf sw qr lfl 25-48 7 5 50 Carl Woitz ' '..,' . so qr 7-25-19 n 50 1 25 f " '. nw qr 19-25-49 G 4 60 . " ....,..' ;.. ne qr 19-25.49 0 4 75 ' , . no qr 17-25-49 8 G 50 . " sw qr J9-25-49 G 4 75 HMnbin ..... so qr 22-20-50 3 swqr20-26-BO 3 U " noqr 1-20-50 3 3 Joseph Miuuon nw qr 29-27-48 3 3 Win Roth lSU qr 1 -25-51 11 (5 MPosvar bo qr 28-27-52 X2 50 12 50 GWErh nw qr 17-25-47 0 25 0 25 Win Roth '.,'.' Roqr 7-20-51 3 3 J A Hoist sw qr 18-24-47 3 3 Clerk was instructed to advertise for .bids for painting court houso two coats on outside including roof: such bids to be filed in clork's oflico by Oct. 4, 1898. A list of sixty names wore then selocted from which to draw the pottit jurors for tho Oct 4th 1898 torm of the district court, and tiled as required by law. Clork was instructed to advertise for 15 tons of hard coal, nut si?e, bids to bo tiled in clork's oilieo by Sept. 3, 1898. Clork was instructed to advertise for bids for tho construction of a jail building 22x80 feet, to bo built of stouo and brick, according to plans and specifications to be seon at clork's oflice. Bids to bo filed on or before Oct. 4, 1898. Warrant for S124.50 on bridgo fund levy of 1898 was ordered drawn favor of T. II. Loo, $125 to be charged to his account on construction of bridgo. balance 50c being deducted for revenue stamps on his bonds. It appearing from tho report of county treasurer thatdolinquet per sonal taxes assessed ngaiust tho following persons were uncollectible for tho reason that parties have removed from tho county or have no personal property from which collection can bo made, and that for over two years ho has made diligent efforts to oollect same, ho was authorized to apply claims heretofore turned and cancel balances of such taxes as follows: C. O. Davison S3 00 John M. Jackson S5 20 A. R. Thompson J8 50 H. G. Burner 53 11. P. Fogg 2 50 P. N. Kirkpatrick 4 05 Hoard adjourned sine die. Attist: G. W. Duno'ti. F, M Phelps, Clerk Chairman. - 'U RELIABILITY is a quality some newspapers have lost sight of in these days of "yellow" journalism. They care little for truth and a great deal for temporary sensation. It is not so with THE CHICAGO RECORD. , The success of THE RECORD rests upon its reliability. It prints the newsall the news and tells the truth about it. It is the only Arpcrican newspaper outside New York city that has its own exclusive dispatch boat service and its own staff correspondents and artists at the front in both T hemispheres. It is the best illustrated daily newspaper in the world. Its war news service is unapproachably the best. Says the Urbana (111.) Daily Courier: "We read the war news in the other papers, then we turn to THE CHICAGO RECORD to see how much of it is true." Sold by newsdealers everywhere and subscriptions received by ail postmasters. Address THE CHICAGO RECORD, iSl Madison street, Chicago. $5. 00 buys a Fine Violin and Complete, Outfit. Fully Uoarantetd. 500 buys a Mandoline a Birdseye Maple, Mahogany or Ros wood Finish. Fully guaranteed. SR 00 buys An American J guaranteed to stand. strings, in Mahogany or Rose ' wood finish. SEND FOR CATALOGUE OP SHEET MUSIC. SSO buys a $ioq Organ. Kimball Pianos 1 Organs ON EASY PAYMENTS, Pinnos, Httlo tiscQ, for $50, Write for Catuiooes and our , JR., B c 1 a H .2 fa u 3 e o a t A a o f8 s s V MiriwunmiMi w jmYu ""TTTBff" f? fr i 1 00 fc-'s ""' j N9 i Rose- Guitar, Steel $00, $S0 to $100. terms. FACTORX TRICES. 1513 Douglas Street, OMAHA, NEB. xn O a o u o 9 Id o 3 o JE a O Fl i3 o J3 p? o 3 fl Q u 3 tt jiliiil -s. 1&&Fr VERV tfESPEHATE. -rJ-r. An Alllcator Mnk Oat n X.ap.ch on Millinery. Alligators can go a long way .with out eating, but when they do got a chnnco at what Is called a square meal they mill's short work if it It doesn't modi to matter mu -h to tho alllgatot what tho square m3al consists of to long as he can got it down. Anything that he can do vour without hurting hu teeth or unduly stretching his swallpw lng apparatus is food for him. A number of people visiting the fao In Central park, Now York, were gath ered about the alligators' tank, watch ing tho reptiles disporting themselves in tlio wator. Suddenly a gust of wind caught the broad-brimmed hat of a young girl in tho watching crowd, whisked tt off hor head and landed it on tho edge of the b&hk. Before it could be ruuoverod ono of tho alligators caught a ght ot It, his attention wa.3 attracted, no doubt, by the beautiful artificial roses with which it was trimmed. He gazod at It rapt in admi atlon for an instant. His jaws slowly opened and then closed with a sna-i over the hat, which disappeared down the o eature's throat all except a single roso, which however, did not escape, for In a moment the alligator'! eyo rested upon it, and it as quicklj followed the rest of tho hat into tho ireaturo's capacious interior. Thon the alligator winked his other eye, as much as to Bay: "That was flno. Give me a dozen moro." Every one enjoyed the spectacle except the young girl who lost the hat, who is still, as she was then, undoubtedly of tho opinion that alligators aro very impolite crea tures, whatever other virtues they may possess. CARE OF THE PIANO. If You Happen to Havo One, This Ta How to Trent It. A skilled pianist ncvor allows his beloved instrument to stand up against the wall In his room, a space of at least a foot being allowed, says a music dealer. This is to prevent damp and allow a passage of dry, warm air. The precaution is especially nocesiary in a brick houbo where tho wall is nn out side one. .llricka are anything but damp-proof, and unless the wall Is "furred" thero will be considerable dampness, especially when the first fire is lighted for the fall. Dampnoss is fatal to a piano, bocause, among other reasons, the rosewood used in making tho frame Is tropieal wood, and not capable of rosisting moisture for any longth of time. In a carelossly kept piano tho polish is bad, and tho varnish looks as though an army of insects had been at work on it. This is because thn wood has ntretched and shrunk with great rapidity, owing to getting damp and then boing dried again, and a musi cian seldom cares to buy such an in strument, knowing that the delicate interior has suffered at least to some extent with tlio exterior. Taking care of a piano is half the battle, and the less dampness thn leas expenditure necoaaary to keop it in tvne. A CIANT TIMEPIECE. The Wonderful Clock Tlirit Oruameati riillaitelp'ilV Town 11.111. The greatest horological wonder in the world to-dny is the gigantic clock in the tower of tho immense "public building" at Phlliidelphia. When everything is ia running order this marvel of tho clockmaker's art will be stationed a dlstanco of 315 feet from the pavement. Its bell weighs be tween 20,000 and 2,'i,000 pounds, and is he second largest boll of any kind in America, the great bell at .Montreal being the largest, weighing W.OOO pounds. The dial of this Philadelphia titan is twonty-flvo feet in diamater, and tho striking hammer is as large as a pile driver weight. The minute hand is twelve and the hour hand nine feet tn lungth. The machinery is arranged so that the clock will strike every fif teen minutes, the quarter, half, three quarters and hours. The Roman numerals on the face are each two feet eight inches in length, tho dark part of tho figures being three and three-fourth inches ia width. As it is entirely out of tho question ir talk of winding such a monster by hand, a threo-horso power engine has beet) placed at the square of the tower for that especial purpose. A IIotne-Made Turklth Hath. Any ono can fix up a Turkish or va por bath in his own bodroom at littJ or no expense. A wood-boated chair can be placed over a tub of bol.lng water, and tho bather has onlj' to sit on the chair and cover himself from his shoulders downward with a heavy blanket to get a first-class vapor bath. Somo people vary the arrangement by putting hay into the tub no well as the boiling water, but this is unnecessary and only adds to the trouble and mess. The same precautions are needed against catching cold as with u regu lar Turkish bath, with tho advantage In favor of the homo affair that you can got into bed without having to go out of doors after getting' overheated. Tho simple lath as described will cure rheumatism and sprains as well as re duco weight to an appreciable extent Uluttbttard'a Uaitlo. Few are aware of tho oxistenco of the veritable Bluebeard's castle. Yt a, recent writer assures us that this ia indeed situated a mile or two beyoad Interlaken, on a lonoly. well-bhaded mountain road. Upon looking up thd wooded hillside, just at a bond in the lane, one sees the ruins of an old castle. On y moES-covercd walls now remain, which are the haunts of bats, birds, and iusectfi, but its stately columns in dicate its early grandeur. Many doubt that such a character as Bluebeard over lived, but in that portion of the world the story is believed and told by the natires, until ono fancies ho sees Fatima e sister at the tower window, insiously awaitirg some sign vf km protector. aisr .ji'miiiWMLjiv.v m "rtftii ',; U'rf ABOUT CATTLE. One the Lnrr Furbmlo tint Killing of ' , Con In TliU Couutrj. ' The first cattle that wero brought Into the American colonies were landed at the James river plantation, In Vir ginia, in thfl year 1607. They coma from the West Indies and wero tho de scendants of tho. cattle taken to thoso islands by Columbus on his second voy nge, In tfieyear 14U3, In 1010 several cows were lauded, and again, in 1011, nbout 100 head more were brought to the plantation. This, therefore, waa the genesis of the cattle business In America. In order to encourage the industry to tho fullest possible extent an order was passed forbidding tho slaughter of any animal of tho bovino kind under p natty of death. Under this reetrto Man the number of cattle increased to 000 In Virginia alone befor the end c-f tha yoar 1619. Tho first cattle brought into tho J'ew England colonies arrived ut 1 lymouth in 1054, and wero Imported fri in England by Governor Wlnslow. Three heifers and a bull made up tho c;irgo; "In color," the old record says, "they wero black, blaok and white and brindle." In 1020 twelve cows were eont to Cape Ann, and In 16-J3 thirty moro In 1030 about 100 wero imported "for the exclusive use of tho colony of Mnsmcliusctts bay." During thosamj year 103 were sent from Holland to New York, bo that by the year 103i titers were a good many head of "homed cattle" in the different col onies. Tho reader naturally thinks of those animals as superb specimens of tho bovino race, but they were not His tory, that in. the curious and interest ing part of history, tells us that tha uvernge weight of fat cattle in th Liverpool market its late as 1710 was only 370 pounds. What mi evolutioii in 132 years? OLD LONDON CHURCHES. The I'ettUontUl Air With Which They nru Killed. The Church of St Mary Woolnoth, which stands out conspicuously at tint King William street corner of Lombard street, London, was closed ten mouth ago, and It is clear from the stuteinont of the reutor that tho stop was not premature. It has been his unhappy lot to be ofton startled in the course of his services by a loud j-nt mulled sound, evidently issuing from tho Vaults under tlio church. As thuso vaults are now "hermetically sealed," tho phenomenon may well have ox oitcd the imaginations of timid mem bers of the congregation. Mr. Brooke, Aowevvr, recognised the noises only too .wall. They wore caused by ,tho falling of leadon coffins, sometlmca from the height of ten or twelve feet, in consequence of the mouldering away of the cotllns of oak and elm on which they hud been piled. It would be well if the evils of this relic of tha barbarous system of intramur.il Inter ment had onded here. Unfortunately thn process of "hermetically soaling,'' according to Mr. Brooks's ovidonce before thp eonsidtory court of St. Paul's Cathedral, has been anything, but "hermetical." Mr. Brooke de clares that for years nearly every official had died from tho effects, direct or indirect, of the unondurablo Knell. ' Arthur Statham, tho counsel rep resenting the parish, stated that l,0f)l adults and 428 ch ldren had been de posited In this horrible receptacle between 1700 and 1832. In the latter year according to Mr. Stathnm, tha vaults wore closed for burials; but thesij burials in St Mary ' Woolnoth, if? burials they can be called, wore con tinued for at loast twelvo years after the latter data. Wuuted, Two Good Murderer. Some curious letter: passed between Garrick and a man named Stone. The latter was employed to got recruits for tho lower parts of uho drama, nd ono night ho wrote to Qarrlok: "Sir: The Bishop of Winchester ia getting drung at tho Bear and swears he will not play to-night." At first 6ight this scorns peculiar conduct for a bishop, but it should bo explained that tho communication only refers to the man engaged to tako that character in tho play of "Henry III." On another ooeasion Garriok wrote to Stone: "If you can got mo two good murderers I will pay you handsomely, particularly tho spouting fellow who keeps tho apple stall on Tower Hill; the out iu tho faco Is just the thing. Pitilt me up an alderman or two for Richard if you can, and have no objections to troat with you for a ooraely mayor." A Teaoock's Little Fotter Mother. A bantam hen at Norwich, Conu., has adopted a young peacook, newly hatched from nu ordinary looking egg, to tljo greatest disgust of another hen. who did the hatching. Thero were' three pea chicks first, but tho latter hen killed one and the other died. Xie bantam soon manifested a warm Interest in tho peacock and tho poo lock beeamo attached to his foster Bother, Although tho peacock ia Uirec times the size of the bnntam hen he does not like to bo left alone, and when his little mother gets out of his sight it is amusing to hear him set up his ear-piercing yawp for her to return to him. The littlo lion In vory faithful to him, and devotes her whole tuna to tho plumaged giant Dancerua t Such Time. Somo ladies ncvor, never can under stand that a man of letters should sometimes bo left alono in his don' Byron himself says that, however muct la lovo ho might bo any moment, ho always felt, even when with the fqir, a hankering to be back in his untidy library. There is a story of Lady By ron entering tho den and asking; 'Do J disturb you, Byron?" "Yes; Jamnably," answered Childe Harold, in an intelligible, if not a pardonable Irritation. c v
