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Exeter Times, 1897-8-5, Page 3® creak Up a Cold in Time ; • o Do You Use It? It's the best thing for the hair under all circumstances. Just as no man by taking ch to hoein thought can addan ' his stature, so no preparation can make hair. The utmost that can be done is to pro- mote conditions favorable to growth. This is done by ikker's Hair Vigor. It re- moves dandruff, cleanses the scalp, nourishes the soil in which the hair grows, and, just as a desert will blossom under rain, so bald heads grow hair, when the roots are nour- ished. But the roots must be there. If yott wish your hair to retain its normal color, or if you wish to restore the lost tint of gray or faded hair. use Ayer's Hair Vigor. s1 1 • PILL ALWAYS CURE AFTER TEN YEARS SUFFERING Two Mon: Cure) MILVEItTON, 28T11 JULY, 1895. Gentlemen —For the last ten years I had been troubled with kidneydisease, being bo bad at iutervais that 1 ould not lie in ed at night nor stoop to the ground. I had tried all the remedies I could find without effect, but heard of Dodd's Kid - tie/ Pills and procured a box. I am most happy to say it for my own' sake as well as for others that I am per [ootly oured after using four boxes. JOHN RILEY, EVERY FAMILY SHOULD KNOW THAT 18 a very remarkable remedy, both for 1N• teEB,NAL and EKTIGRNAL use, and won. derfulin its quick action to relieve distroa0. PAIN—KILLEP le • aloeroart,cureCoualnstet sere Th Chills, Dianrrheen, Dpeesstern. Cramps,, Cholera, and all Bowel Complaints, PAIN -KILLER is THIE gEne reran. she IInofor the Sicirness Nick }headache, Pain Its the Back or Stdc, Rheumatism and Neuralglit• PAIN—KILLER .BE sT tAntir the MADE. It brine maim LAND PERMANENT RELIEF La all eases of Itruisos, Cats, Sprains, Severe nrus, oto. e• is the well tried and trusted of tl friend to Mechanic. iFarrner•, Plater, S•dlor, and in (act all classes weatIng a z„ end {elate tiwaya at band, and sAFE To USE intertnaib, or externally with certainty of relief. Beware of imitations. Take none but the genuine • s PERRY DAVIS," Sold everywhen"; 25e, blg bottle. PAIN—KILLER PARALYSIS CURED—SWORN STATEMENT. Mrs. Maggie Mortar 27 Raddnhat 8t„ Toronto, Ont,, swears that Ryckman's "Kootenay Cure" cured I her of Paralysis which rendered ono side of her body I entirely useless. Physicians said there was no chance of her ever recovering the use of her limbs. Rope deserted her, but to -day she is walking around telling her friends how Ryoltman'e "Kootenay Cute" gave her, life and happiness. '''Sworn to, July 10, I890, before J. W. Seymour Corley, Notary Publio. SWORN STATEMENT OF A GRATEFUL MOTHER. Louisa White, nine years old, who suffered with Ebzeinq sine her birth, has been entirely cured and ' ter general system built up by ltynkman s "Kootenay ure. The above facts are given in a sworn state- mest made by hot' mother, Mrs, George White, 139 Stinson St., Hamilton, Ont„ dated July 3, 1896, before J. I'. Monok, Notary Publio •: ♦ . COMBINATION DISTURBED — SWORN STA'i'EMENT MADE. Charles E. NeWman, 13 Marlborough St., Toronto „Ont., had al cern, lfqntert of Neve treeless, nem - patine ewers kidney trouble and constipation. Was frequently disturbed at night, lost his appetite and was a very Celt man, His Kidneys are now in a healthy condition, his appetite ggopd, sleep undis- turbed and oonstip,tion owed; ; all this was done by Eyoltman's I Kootenay Cure." He makes sworn ptatament td the above tants before J. W. Seymour Vorley, July 'o, 1890. l'.1T7+., Tr'MES I HOUSEHOLD. H'OM'E TiAIGOR;ING. It Ls • nleoessaey for almost every beeeekcepea to exercise a certain amount of care and economy, and no, where ta the household will this pay ea' we11 as sn making over various gar- ments anid of cutting down and giving a new appearance to tbe olothiug of graven -up peones, so that they aline servo another period of usefulness as Garments for the little folks. New suits for the boys can often be made of these that the husband has decided were past wean• for himself. Tia tee woman who is at all clever with' hies .needle, the pants are but little trouble, wad as they always wear out sooner than the coats, it is best to have several extra pairs. A. pattern can be bought if you wish, or a very good one obtained by ripping up an old pais that fits Teem by using the hest suit as a guide, you will get along nicely. Of course the cloth must be cleaned, and if it 'has faded or you wish no change its color, dye it bleak, navy blue, seal brown ow any dark carom you prefer, using diatmond dye for wool if the material is all wool, or the dye for cotton, if it is mixed goods. After therougely rinsing, drying and pressing Glue goods en the wrong side, lay your pattern On the cloth to nee 'ho'ty to cut it to the best advantage. Ilse the best pieces for the parts that will have the mast wear, tend make' an inside band of stout drilling or jeans, with button- holes at proper intervals. Press the seams carefully and you will have cause to be proud of your aohuevemient, for they will look as nice as though fresh from the tailor's. Then, on a hot day, your bob' can wear a White shirt waist with dainty necktie and white hat, and look cool and comtortable. Coots made WW1 outside pockets are easier to manage than the others, but with a. little preetioe, the !lockets can ill be ret in so that the jainin'gs will be neatly made, and the lapels placed so as to cover most of tfliesn. The Nor- folk jacket is probably the easiest to make m ith the aid of a good pattern. Put sleeves in nicely and smoothly, have the collar well pressed and neatly buttonholes. f' i fitting, m-. nce i acid eke n7g, An old coat can be freshened with new braid and buttons; amend tee lire leg and sponge the, outside. with am - mania and water. Clean tee ogler with a nail brush, warm soft water and son.p'. When partly dry, press in slluape, fleet laying a piece of thin rat- tan cloth over it. l'rt ss the whole coat after sponging it, but keep a cloth between the goods and iron. Re- new frayed lining et thewrist with farmer's satin. Title vest oar be renovated and given a ne'w lease of We also. SUMMER FUELS. The greatest care should be taken when alcohol is used. The lamps should never be filled at night, or near a flame, because an inflammable vapor is constantly rising from the alcohol, which takes fire from the lighting of eveem a match, sometimes after hours have passed since the lamp was filled. Aleotol, benzine, naphtha, all are volatile to the last degree, and they con- tinuo to give off fumes, or gaseous vapors, as lomg as the air can reach them. So persistent is this action that when naphtha or a similar substance is. used fair cieanieg gloves or clothes they nen apt to nuke fire from the lighting of the gas or of a cigar near them after three or four hours have passed. Such articles at clothing should be. well shaken and hung in a strong draught of air for several hours before they are exposed to any contact with flame in any fora,. Wood. alcohol, which is greatly in excess of the ordinary kind in danger should be used with the utmost caution, since it is likely to ex- plode even more unexpectedly than the pure spirit eowpound. The gasolene stoves so extensively usedin the West are the most danger- ous of all the heating appliances which have been submitted to the writer since their introduction to the. eastern field—fifteen years or more ago. Gas seems to be about the safest of the modern artificial fuels, and its odor gives warning whenever there is a dangerous escape. The chief objection to these quick cooking stoves is the temptation topre- pare hasty mealsi in summer m order to avoid heat, But the fact should bere- mnenibereed that by reducing the volume of heat to the. lowest cooking point the process may be continued as long as it is necessary in order to prepare some of those nutritious and savary dishes. SOME GOOD CAKES.. Coffee Cake.—Two cups of molasses, one cup each of butter, sugar, cold, strong coffee and chopped raisins ; two teaspoons of soda, six cups of flour. If spice is liked add one even tablespoon- ful. each of clove, allspice and oinna- m,om. White Cake.—Whites of four eggs beaten still; one cupfiul of sugar, three- fourths cupful of butter, one-third cup- ful of mak, i two sulfurs flour e heaping teaand one n of baking powder. Flavor to suit taste. Cornstarclh Cake,—Onee cup sugar, One- half cup of butter,. creased, one-half cup of aniak, two eggs, one and one-half eups of flour, once-fou.rtlb cup of corn- starch, ante teaspoon of einem tartar, owe -half teaspoon of soda all sifted to - getter, flavor to taste. Snowball Cake.—Ona cap of powdered sugar, one. -half cup of butter °ream, one half cup of sweat• milk, whites of four eggs well beaten, one and one-half pups re flour, with one teaspoon of cream of I..11:rtar, ane-phait teaspoon of soda sifted with it. Flavor to taste. Plain Chocolate Cake.--One—half cup beetter and one ,oupsugar rubbed well together with two teaspoonfuls of.melte ed haool..t twowell c er e beaten eggs, and two-bhirds cup of milk, o9aee tea- spoonful of vanilla, two 'scant cups pas- try flour and. one heaping teaspoonful of hiking powder. . e I Pork Cake.—One anclane-eha]f cups of fat perk.chopped fine, one eup ofstrong hot coffee, poured on after it is chopped; two cups of ba'own sugar, one cup of molasses, six cups of sifted flour, four. THE EXETER TIMES eggs, two teaspoons of cream of tartar one teaspoon of soda sifted in with flue flour, two teaspoons emit of cloves and cimeaarwn, one nutmeg, one and one- half cups of ourrants, ,one and one-half cups df seedless raisins, ane oup of figs shopped fine, one-half cup of citron cihoppeed fine. Be sure to flour all the fruit betore adding it. 'Reis should bake about two hours in a moderate oven. Put greased papers in tins. Use coffee cups to measure this in, and it will make forum loaves aand keep tor six months.. 1 A MODEL HOUSeEWOMAN. Somebody has been taking notes in a. family where the mater families seems to be very embodiment of do- mestic diploxnaoy. These are the re- sults elf said observations: That she ;never describes nor aches and pains. That she never dwells ma unpleasant reminiscences. 'Ilhat she never apolo- gizes far tete food.. That she is neverr.nev- er cor- rects the ohildren in' the presence of any person, even the family. That dis- order of a temporary nature does not visibly disturb her. That when the family diatribe threatens she knows plow and when to deftly change the subject, • That she gets rid of a guest who bores her by simply folding up a newspaper, and the other never suspects, 'Met she lets every one have Weirs of his or her own. That she is always polite, and cordial to the chil- dren's friends. That she never com- municates any news berme dinner. Tibet she neves divulges her methods. They look so easy, it's a. wonder all wove see don't live up to these rules. THE BABY'S BOTTLE OF RUM, Strange Discovery or Empress Catharine of Rubsia. The inflexibility of Russian official orders has resulted iin many queer and needless fixbures in the official system. The story is well known of the sentry who was put an guard over a rose in bloom im, the imperial garden in tbe seventeenth century. The rose and its bush disappeared, but every day far a i hundred years a sentry mounted guard. 1 over t he spot. because uo one had ord- ered the service discontinued. .A story quite as ludicrous is now told of a discovery made by the Empress Catharine, mother of the Emperor Paul, whoC.a ar- h was assassinatied lin 1801. th s ire, et one time, was inspired by some passing whim of economy is scrutinize, the imperial bousekeeping accounts. In them, among otber queer things, s13e found that "one bottle of rum daily" was charged to the Naslednik, or heir De:ptrent. As her soh!, who was then a young man, lead never given any sign of in- temperate ambits, the empress was greatly astonished. ,She went aver the accounts to see haw long be bad been addicted to this practice, and found, to her still greater surprise, that the expenditure went tack to the day of las birth—and indeed., far beyond it. Me heir to the throne had not only been charged with drinking over thir- ty dozen bottles of fine Jamaica rum yearly ever since he was born, but for a long time before that. The empress, it is hardly necessary to say, made a thorough investigation of this strange matter, and with, theaid of am antiqu- arian, she at last reached the original entry. A century or so before, the imoperial physician had prescribed for the Nasle- dnuk of the period, "oar account of a violent toothaobe, a teaspoonful of rum to be taken with sugar." This dose was given. for several days lmsucces- sion; and the nurse or steward in °barge had deemed it more fitting to the im- perial profit- able dignity, as well as more ve P Y. P able to if orberself, topurchase a anew bottle of ram every ay., No one had ever given the order to discon- tinue tihis purchase, and it had gone on for a century, the rum booing constir tuted ane of the perquisbtes of the court steiward. The, empress submitted the discovery to her husband, who at once declared that the method of keeping the accounts should be thoroughly reformed, and such abuses ended. He carried out his threat. MES. BOTTOME ON GIBRALTAR. • A WVonan's 1091'116u of British and Spanish Itule. • Mrs. Ik ettome is president of the King's Daughters. Last year she tra- velled extensively in the East, visiting Egypt, Palestine and many historic places on the Mediterranean. The let- ters written to her friends were so in- teresting in matter and so attractive Ln. style that they have been carefully revised and form a, most entertaining and 'instructive book of travel. Mrs.. Bottom -0 ism shrewd, iuitelligent observ- er; her style is that of a practised writ- er; and there is a fresbness and vigour Ln her comments and reflections that give the boots a pecuUar charm. These ars some of her thoughts at Gibralt- ar: 'Meir the finch time I stood on Spanish soul and saw the oontrast be- tween a British and a Spanish tonvn, and 1 could not but feel as if I would like to have Englund own everything of corse footstool„. . xco rim u an this oo s e, u P g, the United States, Say, what you will about the British , Lion putting its paw on everything.., I notice where that paw is there is civilization. 1Ve were rat Spain fax a few minutes only (and were glad hurriedly to leave), and saw only the wretched little town of Liana where the pull fights are given on Sun- day and fete days. The utter wretch- edness of the place, the extreme pov- erty:.and filth made us say, "Take us back to British: possessions.' The Span- ish may dream that the rock is only temporarily under the Britikh flag; but no oina Who steps on' Spanish soil, it seems to me„ and 'then gores !lack to where the British flatg floats will fail to. say, Long May it w+ave.' l T IA A For Infants and Children. 'fke ise• del!lof,t' AReFa Wffiatim µ-, . '..at, of j PRACTICAL FARMING. PB S,ERVZNG FULIeAGE OF FRUIT w eller ;S. To those who personally interest t3iemtselves in their gardens it is not news that the foliage of trees plays a most important part in the ripening of 'fruit. The grape and the pear are fa- miliar examples. So long as the foli- age of these fruits is preserved the fruit grows, and at length ripens, but let any barns happen to it and the progress of the fruit is at en end. Tee grape vine that drops its leaves from any cause be- fore the perfection of the fruit cannot afterwards bring it to perfection. If the fruit be green, it remains so, sour end unfit to eat. The same is true of the pear. The peat season saw the pears in this vicinity largely attacked by a fun- gus, which caused the leaves to fail. There was a stopping of the growth of the fruit at once, and, ane by one, the ,pears dropped off. It is these lessons which make experienced planters look for fruits noted for robust foliage, as the First requisite in selecting sorts. The Concord grape and others of that type always maintain healthy leaves, and are safe to ,pant in any ordinary place. Those of the Delaware class, on the oth- er hand, are liable to injury where they do not meet with just the place that suits thea,, and many of the Roger's Seedlings, good as they are iii other re- lgieotS, will not keep healthy foliage in some places where eche Concord does. In the selecting of fruits to plant it is therefore of prime importance to set out mainly snob varieties as are noted for their healthy obaracter. It is just as true of flowering plants as of fruit- ing trees. Insects, as well as fungus, must be anticipated and prepared for if we would have flowers and fruits. In this respect there is but little difficulty finding out what the consensus of opinion is in regard to vigorous sorts of fruits. As already noted, the Con- cord grape and its varieties can be relied led on almost everywhere, and there are apples and pears of the same abar- acter. Sorts with strong, vigorous looking foliage ane what should be obtained. Fastrowth does not indi- cate a tree likely to be fungus proof. On the contrary it bas been proven con- clusively, that fire blight, the scourge of thetrees'that pear, oftener attacks have made a vigorous growth than oth- erwise. Knowing this the experienced fruit grower does not rush his trees along. He gives them enough .food and care to enable them to make a sturdy growth only, and trees less liable to disease are his reward. These remamks lead to another and an all important subject,. the spraying of trees for the prevention of blight. That spraying accomplishes the object needs no argument to prove. With its aid the growing of the less hardy leaved grapes and the pear should ba possible in places where it could not be done before. To me there seems' to be apro- bability of a revolutionizing of fruit growing, through tbe agency of Bor- deaux mixture. What ist to hinder the cultivation of the foreign grape out of doors if grafted on our native kinds, to overcome the phylloxera of the root ? Spraying should preserve its leaves. EARLY RIPENING OF FRUIT. It is not difficult to eo !manipulate a branch of the peach, pear or 'apple as to cause it not only to ripen its fruit ten..days or more in advance of the ordinary season but to greatly in- crease the size of it. Trees take their food from the soil, chiefly the minerals dissolved in water which Passes from del to dell through h the centre of the wood until it reaches the leaves, where it is digested and as- similated by combining it with the car- bon of the atmosphere and other gases and then passes downward immediate- ly under the bark, building up wood • cells and deveeeeng the fruit. Now if we cheek the downward flow' of this sap by pressing thie bark it throws this digested food back and the fruit appropriates it to its own growth. We can do this, readily by twisting a small wire around the branch' immedi- ately below the specimen desired. It is well to remove all but the one fruit and great care must be exercised not to get the ;wire so tight as to rupture the bark and thus destroy the branch, It only needs a slight compressions to t lisp It.he work. Atter .lex thefruit • inP Tlllt has matured the wire must be re- moved. Grape growers who practice ringing understand this to perfection. They re- move a. band of the bark perhaps a quarter of en intik long just below a cluster which then takes al) the re- sources of the limb and does its work in advance of the ethers and often doubles its size, but the limb must be cut out at the next pruning as it Could not again put out its leaves. It often happens e young tree will not develop fruit buds, It can be made to do so by a sudden checking of. its growth when its wood buds are form- ing and .causing therm to develop as fruit buds for the next season's crop. The wire is drawn tightly arbund the body of the tree and left a few .weeks during July and August. -As stated the work must be done with caution or the tree will be injured. Some accomplish tee same result by making a cut squarely around the body of the tree, merely severing the bark. The bark will draw apart slightly and fill with' gum, but the growth will to suddenly phecoked and fruit buds secur- ed for a good crap the following sea- son. This work shabuid be done in July for best results. TrME,LY FARM HINTS. It has been said by someone that farm work is hard work. Pierhaps this is true; but who can take, a leis- ure day and fsel it less than th"e farmer? ibndleed, tine good farmer generally keeps about a da.y ahead of his work, and for this reason hie rare= fly base any tangible excuse for missing a chance to go to a picnic; Go lay- all meains, and take along all tee family. This is net. time thrown away. • With extremely hot weather there is usually more or lesi.droutte It Is then that wagon thee • are Npt to get A.little loolse,— decidedly so if there has previously been awest period. In suoh a Oaase it is advisable to apply hot leveed oil ,promptly to the rims, for this tightens the tire and saves a blaokusmith's bill. The way to apply it is to place a little trough under the wheel, to turn it in next, get, the oil boiling hot, or at least 'nearly' so, pour it into the trough and tarn tura wbeel around in it a, few . times, and the work is done.. Cheap, easy and handy, isn't it? Just try it' and see. Just as soon as you harvest a field of grain, look carefully to the clover seeding. Provided it has failed, no time should be lost ha plowing the field and trying anothler grain crop, this time sowing some timothy seed in fall so as to ' be sure' of a catch of aome kind. Still, if the grain is stout, it will often be found that the clover is not killed, albeit it may appear so, owing; to the fact that it has been held in check by the shade. In such instances it should of course be left alone, for the rains that come during and fter harvest time will generally bring it forward and make a large stand where formerly there seemed to be nothing. This will particularly be thle fact if land -plaster was sown in then spring. Plaster, however, may be sown in midsummer for clover, but unless rains come immediately it will not do rnuoh good until the fol.. lowing year. DRAGGED TO DEATH, A Supposed 'Witch Tied to running horses Because She Was Thought to Have Caused a Girl's Illness. The', region ox La Cinta, on the Cana - dian River, New Mexico, is inhabited by mountain folks ignorant and sup- erstitious as any in the world. Re- ports brought to las Vegas a fort- night ago of the killing of an old wom- an near Sean Lorenzo, sixty miles south of this point, for witchcraft, was at first disbelieved, it was so inoredibly 6th1oelangt cut latex news is !brought from La Cinta confirming the first re- !port. The story recalls the burning of Wit- ches 1n the old Puritan days at Salem. Allies. - a1- Thc a .. Tee vi 'swas Te r stun name od as. She was about eighty years old. Her murderers were Antoni° Lucero,. aged aboute" ht eea 1 as d Teodoro Ta - foyer, aged tweet y -two. Tafoya has a sister who has been si ci6 -f err some time. The ignorant peo- ple of the neighborhood said she could not get well on account of Theodora, who was elm idea'ed a "bruba;,e' or witch, who exercised her wiles over the young girl. Among lite native Mexican people who have spent their lives in adobe villages, away from eivilizatian, the belief in witches and evil spirits controlling hu- man beings is quite - prevalent, and of eaurse there are charms and talismen without end toward off evil lnflaenees. Acting on the eom.inand of his mo- ther, young Tafoya and his companion Lucero followed the old woman to a place about three miles from Sea Lor- enzo, where after being frightened, she was prevailed upcm by the young men to go back with them to the house where Tafoya's sister lay silk and BREAK THE SPELL she had cast aver her. They placed ber en .Lucero a horse, young Lucero mount- ing behind, and aft they started. After geeing a short distance Tafoya shoot the old woman's dog, remarking that he had govt rid of one "bruhai," and watlld mow get rid of the other. He threw a lasso over the woman's head and starting hie horse at full gallop hurled her to the ground. Tie then had Lucero attach his lasso to' her feet and thte two started their horses on the run and dragged the ee nan to death. After lingering around the place for a Lew days the murderers disappeared. The mother of Tafoya was arrested. She told the officers that she had cofnmaaid- ed ler son and Lucero to kill the old woman, "because she had cast a spell aver her sick daughter and would not remove it and should be skilled, thus breaking the evil. influence." Officers are narking efforts to cap- ture the murderers. The alleged witch was a harmless and almost helpless per- som., but load been looked upon by the superstitious inhabitants as a "bruha," or. witch. She has no relatives. - She lived alone with her slog and was sap - ported by the charity of wealthy sheep eaveners of the vicinity. While. this is the first case ha which extreme measures lave been taken with lalevee She lived alone with her dog a "bridle„" old womaean have otien been forced to leave the neighborhood for the only crime of being old and defense- less and the victims ati if i t ul ignorance t,e p and superstition. ; DELUSIVE FIGURES. • Figures won't ire of themselves, but they cam be made to fro its and what looks like sound reasoning may be no- thing but a delusion. An old man went into an insurance office and wanted to take out a policy an ;his life. dee was greeted courteously, but the first question he was asked was enough to spoil his chances. "How odd are you ?" "Ninety-four,"eves the astonishing re- ply. e- 1 p "Why, my good man," said the m.an- ag+er ,with a laugh, "we cannot insure any ane of your age." "Suppose 1.lad been fifty?" asked the aipipiieant. 'Why, of course, in that case—" "Well, sir," returner the o1c1 man tri- umphantly. "I have been reading the table of vital statistics issued by your office, and I find that twine as many -people die at the age of fifty as at the age of ninety.' So, sir you must admit that I am a good risk." But, strange as it may seem, the manager would not admit anything of the kind. Much in Little Js especially true of Hood's Pills, fel' no medi- cine ever contained so great eurative power In so small space.. They are a whole medicine A chest, always ready, al- ways efficient, always sat, 1sfa,etory; prevent a cold or fever, cure all liver ills, proleheadache, jaundice, constipation, etc. 26o. The oily Fills to take with liood's Sarsaparilla. ITEMS OF INTEREST. A, Few Items which May I'1'eve Worth Readhsg, The engineer of a large sawmill in Grandis, Mo., is a woanan, and many of the big saws are also managed by females, The sugar consurned in the United States annually averages sixty-three pwhiounchdsis for;Brawn each persthere.on, one-seventh of A swiftly ,pitebed ball, in a garatle! at Fort Edward, N. Y., struck the bats- man, Arthur Smith, behind the left ear, causing instant death. A ten -year-old boy in Berlin hung himself because, at his older sister's birthday party the piece of cake he re- oeived was smaller than hers. Railroad engineers in Germany are rewarded for carefulness. If they run ten years without accident, each en- gineer receives a gold medal and about 4500 in cash. ' Thereaxe t t trunk n' a Ivo husband b s o a skunk farm. et Van Ettenville, N.Y. Raw meat is their chief food, and un- less out they in asespots. fed on this their fur falls One thousand guineas were recently offered to Paderewski to perform at a single concert in London. The same sum was receetly offered to Patti to sing three songs at a,London. concert, A mad. bull rushed into the farm- house of Richard Barber, of North- ville, Mich., caused three or four terri- fied abildren to flee, smashed the furni- ture and pictures, and time dashed into the fields again. John Colvin, of Nodanvay County, lito., had a forty -ante field of tiromis- ing corn on Tuesday. On 'Wednesday Caere was not a spear of it left. The wire -worms, put -worms moles and field mice got away with it. While putting some tools in a t chest under an oak tree during a. tbuuder- storm,a manas instantly killed by lightniSt ng., near Alachua, Fla. The tree was distantly photographed on his body by the etrio fluid, A liquor law in Pomona, Cal., pro- vides that there shall be only two sal- oonsin the town; eafih saloon must have but one bartender and one chair, and t hat for his sale use; there must be barrels, I but one room, and in it no s or boxes, or anything to afford a seat for a patron. A :[all from a bicycle caused John it ff • Dunkirk, N,con- tinue er, of D n k,Y., to tinue unconscious for four hours. While so stupid from tea fall that he had no recollection of tbe occurrence, he still knew enough to gather up the pieces of his bicycle and trudge home- ward with them. In 1708, when Richard Askweightper- fected his cotton shinning machinery, there were in lungland 7,000 persons en- gaged in the production of cotton tex- tiles. Nineteen years later, in 1787, the number of persons employed in the pinning and weaving of cotton had increased to 3.20,000. A watchtul and eloquent parrot hung in the saloon of John Stadler, in &Tun cis, Ind. The proprietor and his fam- ily slept upstairs. A fire broke out while the ocouilxrnts were in deepslum- ber, and they were alarmed in time to save their lives by the parrot con- stantly shouting, "fire, Fire! Get ine out!" While, playing footbeln., nearly a year ago, Condit Dibble, of Perry, N. Y., was kicked in the head. An entire loss of memory resulted; be did not even know his relatives. About two weeks ago be umexpentedly met and recogniz- e' ment his mental facilities were fully re- stdoredan. old friend, and frontthat mo - A watering -cart man in Philadel- phia was sprinkling Tenth Street when a heavy rain storm set in. He seem- ed unconscious of the assistance hesvas getting- from the heavens, and leisure- ly continued on his route until the jeering laughter of some boys arous- ed him to a. cense of 'his ludicrous ,lfer- formance. Arthur Campbell, of Rogers Mills, N. 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