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OREGON SCOUT. JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers. VSiOS. OKRHOX. PERSONAL. AND LITERARY. ' The Pall Mall OazeUc has adopted tho American term "elevator" in place of the shorter English nanio for tlio machine, "lift." Mr. Elliot Stock ha secured tb "balusters from tho atnircaso of tho liouso in Fetter Lano in which Drydon is 8id to have lived, and of which tho destruction has been completed. When ex-iscnator lliurman goes on a journey he takes Mrs. Ihurman alone to keep off tho newspaper m on. ho is said to have tho moat charming manner ot showing a man the door. Tho finest library in Pennsylvania is about to bo establishes! in Wilkes- harre, through tho bonovolenco of tho late Isaac Osterhout. Tho fund given amounts to nearly $400,000. Public Opinion. Napoleon's traveling carriage, which was captured at Waterloo by Tield Marshall llluoher, is still in ex- istenco near Silesia. Napoloon had left tho carriage a short time beforo ita capture, abandoning his hat, sword and some valuables. Fred Douglass recently said in Tnris: "I have traveled through most of tho countries of Europe and when ever I am in tho cars, in tho theaters, in the ball-rooms, nnywhoro in fact, I find that I am treated always with courtesy, and not raroly with distin guished consideration. As far as I can ecc, a man is judged over hero with out any regard to tho color of his liiur, his eyes or his skin." Dr. J. II. Hepburn of Rcimcrs- ourg, Pa., has in his possession a tablo which was onco tho proporty of 'William Ponn. It is solid walnut and hns two folding leaves. Jt is oval in shape. Jlioro are two drawers, one in oach end. j.ho tanto is lour toot and seven inches long and iivo feet wldo when tho leaves are raised. It is very heavy and solidly built, with no attempt at ornamentation. An vffor of $600 was refused for it. It is usual atCambridgo to annual ly give a handsonio sum I think it is dClOO for tho best poom. Soino years ago a waggish undergraduate, for a mere jest, modo a iooin by piecing togother fragments of all tlioso which had for many years been tho winners. Hn expected that tho coinmitteo would laugh at it and throw it aside. What was his horror at learning that ho had been adjudged tho pri.o and that his name was published all ovor England as that of tho victor. How ho got out of tho Rcrapo I know not, but no harm came to him that ovor I heard of. London Letter. HUMOROUS. ' Tho Uso of tho Negative-Working-man "Hain't noun chaps see no pipo a-knookiu1 British o' you about none o' tlioso 'ore sheila nowneror ' Judy. A Sunday-school toaohor in Litoh new tout ins lulants to ask nuy ques tions they had in their minds, and a littlo ono nskod: "Whon is tho olrous comlngP" Christian at Work', Charlio "Thero, now, Em, Mr. Ulunt's hat ain't a bit bigger than pa's." Enuna ' Well. Charlie, wl of Jt?" Charlie" You said last night that Mr. Ulunt had thu thickest hoad you ever saw." Boston Beacon, Who "i uon'l seo wny womon want to wear high hats, anyhow Husband Neither do I, my dour VIfo "Yes; it's perfectly senseless. They don't cost a bit more than thu others, and some of thorn not nearly so snuch." Pittsburgh Dispatch. What tho Neighbors Said. Ji farmer's Ran wus Silas Drown Whoso misdeeds oniiHOd his parent pain, And who wus known about tho town A ono who'd ne'er tlo woll agiiiti; Bo, when tho frUlior, through Urn door Iii offspring tluiiR with wrnthrul cry, The nclKlihom Mild; "Ah oft bo fore, I'oor Ilrown lias livaved u liouvy SI." Boston Budget, "Where do you got all tho funny things you print in your paper?" asked tho innuisitivo subscriber. "Out of n)3' head, sir. out of my hoad," curtly replied tho bothered editor. "Do you really, now?" said tho inquis itive subscriber, pityingly. "Well, I rather had an idea that something was wrong, mi i dtiin t know it was so oad as that." Somervillti Journal. Wife "I havo joined tho Audubon Society and think it a grand associa tion." Husband "Well, if 1 belonged to such a society, I would live up to its rules." W. "What do you mean? I don't wear any part of a bhxl on my lionnot." II. "Nobody said any tiling about your bonnot. It's your face decoration I rofor to." W. "My face! How is that decorated?" H. "Why, with crows' foot" Boston liudtjd. -A now roportor hns joined tho tuff. Ho was writing tip his first as lgnnicnt, which was tlio resuscitation of n half-drowned woman. Tho city dltor looked over tho scribbler's shoulder, and tills is what he read: "Tho fair form lay on tho dock, and hor short pants " "Tut, tut, young man," said tlio city editor, "none of your Zola realism; not on this great religious daily; drop that pants busi ness." Tlio now roportor smiled soft ly and wrote on, "And her short pants for breath showed that uou iclotisnoss was returning." JIWium- ort (I'd.) Breakfast Table, 1 1 NAPOLEON'S TABLE. JIor tho 13x11ml Kmneror of tlio Krcnct Vnroil at St. Helena. M. Charles Monsolot lias discovered in tho memoirs of Carome. a famom cook, some interesting details of tin llfo of Napoloon at St. Helena. Ho hat given those to tho world, after express ing a conviction that it is not without intorost "to know what a tyrant cai. cat." Napoleon's household staff, takon with him from France. Included ainaitre h'hotol, a chef d'ollico, a hoad cook and a pastrycook. Four Chinese servants were added on tho arrival ol tho oxilo and his attondnuts at the island. J no nationality or tills sup plementary staff is causo of grief tc Caromo, who says: "M. Lepage (the chiof cook) was doubtless tho lirsl French cook to find himself in such difiiciilt posititi four Clilnoso nion tc assist him in his work! I repeat it, the position is tlio worst that could try a ptirvoyor for tho tablo; still, thoy set to work with tho four Chinese. Apparently Napoleon was not a troublesoino animal to feed. He had a particular liking for blood pud ding, and they let him havo all ho wanted. Ulher favorito dislies were fowls a la Murongo, such ontries as could bo fried vol-au-vont, and, being an Italian, maccnronl in all styles of serving. Ho had also a weakness fot pastry and sido dishes composed ol Bwcotinoats. His broallfast usually consisted of a porridge mado from sorrel or from any thing else, provided it was cooling; breast of lamb woll broiled and servod with thin gravy; n small roast, fowl or two cutlet-, and sometimes vegetables, but those raised on tho island woro good fot nothing. For dinner, a partridge, one releve, two entrees, n roast, and tho indispensable swootmcats and pastry. Sir Hudson Low provided tho materials, and, ol course, those woro ilotestaolo, accord ing to Carome. who says: "Tho pool cook for the Emporor was often made unhappy by receiving a loan fore-quarter of beef, while tho Governor kept the hind-quartor for himself. Thero was no game on tho island. Two or three times a your partridges and pheasants would como. but tho Governor would grab thorn for his own tablo, and sent very few to tho hinporor." Napoloon had his whims. Ono day ho ordered a "soldier's soup." Tho cook, astonish ed, did not think it necessary to answer the demand literally, and made a soup with very lit tlu bread, and so light that the beans could bo soon. Na- polonn was not so easily humbugged. Ho sent for tho cook. "I believe that you woro a soldier?" "Yes, sire." "Thou you must know vory well that this is not a soldier's soup." "Excuso mo sire. I buliovo I thought" That will do. Mako mo a hotter ono to-morrow. Tho cook did not ropoat tho per formance, and tho next day served a soup so think with broad and bonne that a spoon could bo stood erect in it. Napoleon was satisliod. but ho ate very lit t lu of It. and never called for it again. And then Caromo pro pounded this puilt sppliical query: " hat was tho purpose of this great Captain in ordering a soldier's soup?" Another time Nioleou ordered from his Chinese retainers a dinner of Chinese viand. Hat ho could not touch it. Scribncr's Magazine. MACHINE-MADE BOOTS. A Now Syntoni of Somirlnir th Soli's Iu- voiiloil In KiikIhiiiI. A now system of boiitmaking has been perfected in which tho method of securing tho soles, uppers and Insoles together Is the oxact reverse ol the ordinary wholesale system. In the latter tho uppers aro attached to the insoles by small tacks, tho points of which in tune protrude into tho wear er s loot, licsldes wnlcli their use is ac companied by other disadvantages. The sole is then scored or channeled round to receive tlio stitching, by which It is, of course, weakened and its water-resisting power greatly re duced. Iu tho "Ah Intra" system the tacks aro deftly put into tho insole by a handy machine, tho Hat heads of tho nails being Hush with the surface of tlio Insole and toward tho wearer's feet. Tho insole is then placed on the last with tlio points upwards, and tho upper Is placed over t hum and made fast by means of a hollow tube, with which tho oporator passes down tho leather ovor tho point of oach nail. The solo is thou placed ovor the pro truding points ot the nails and ham mered down, a few smart blows Min ing to secure the solo to the upper and Insole. St) perfectly ate tho three united hat it requires tools and groat force to separate thoin. Tho secret of this groat cohesive power lifts in tho form of the nail, which lias a shoulder near its point and iu section ivsom hies an open harpoon. Honce, when driven into leather tho latter closes over the shoulder of tho nail and di ttos all but the most severe efforts to extract it. After tho hole has been secured the boot Is finished in tho usual way, tho timo occupied iu fixing tlio solo being about half that required in tho ordinary machine-boot process. The value of tho system is strongly attested by practical boot manufact urers, and it appears likely to e licet a marked change iu tlio condition of tho wholesale boot manufacturing trade. London Times. Two races of inou are dying out tlio Laplanders, who number thirty thousand, and the Maoris, of Now Zou- laud, reduced from ono hundred thou sand to forty-llvu thousand sinco tho dnys of Captain Cook, and likely to ha uxtlnut by tlio year L'000. Public Upto wn. EDUCATING HORSES. A .System of Mtmnspmrnt and Training Thnt ltocoiiiineiiiU Iltf-lf. Tlio method employed by It irey was to deprive tlio horse of the uc of lit j limbs and then to causo him to roaliz.i the utter usolossnoss of attempting to do otliorwiso than as the operator de sired. Tho method is rather sovore, taken altogether, and though most ex cellent for vicious animal, is not ad visablo in the caro of colts or of an an imal that is not vicious. Tho principal thing, in training a colt or horso that is not vicious, is patience:, and thore is a temptation to many to resort to methods that aro eiuicker and do not require tlio exorcise of patience. Tlio average colt or horse needs only to un derstand what is wanted of it to do it, if tlio task is within tlio animal's power. Hut it can not always immediately un derstand what is required, and tho per sistence in teaching it this is where tho necessity of patience comes iu. Hut if sonio other means aro found necessary, the Hare' method may bo adopted. In tho first place wo must get a halter or bridle upon the annua'., and that is sometime a pretty difficult tiling to do. Karey sometimes used drugs to quiet tho horse, and that is permissible if nothing elso will answer, but never should bo advised if other means can bo employed. Ho would rub a littlo of the oil of cummin upon tho hands, and ipproach the horse, upon the windward side, so that ho could smell tho oil. It is said that a- soon as tho animal smells tho cummin ho will permit the man to approach him. When ap proached a littlo of tho oil is rubbed upon the nose, and it is raid to make the animal so docile that ho can bo led anywhere. We have never seen this done, and while it is one of tlio features of tho Karey method, wo must advise caution iu attempting thus to approach' a dangerous animal. A vicious horse, witli both head and heels loose, is not a very safe tiling to trille with. Tho bridle or halter onco on, tho horse is next thrown upon his sido. To tlo this the left foot is lifted up to tho body and a strap is passed ovor tlio knee and pushed ovor tho lower pastern joint over the anklo and closo to tho body of iho arm. This brings tho ani mal on three legs, on which ho is com pelled to stand for livo or ton minutes. Keep tho foot closo to tho body by tightening the strap. Perhaps tho ani mal may jump around some. Let him jump as muoli as ho likes, give him bridle room enough to tlo as ho pleases. Ho will soon loam that he can not get tlio foot down, ami that is the lesson to he taught. Next noose a strap about tho ankle of tho right foot, anil pass it over tho shoulder. The operator takes hold of this strap anil jerks tin; foot up, bringingtho linrsedowu upon his knees. It is likely he will struggle, but not long if his head is kept down and tho foot kept woll up. Ho will pretty soon show a disposition to lie down. Givo him all the encouragement possible to tlo so by talking kindly and rubbing or patting him with one hand while the other is used to endeavor to push him over. As soon as ho tloes lie down it is likely that ho will begin again to struggle. Hold the head firmly to tlio ground ami keep the left foot firmly back, and tho strugglo will soon end. It is. better that two men should oper ate, though Mr. Karey never had an assistant. Once down and helpless and submis sive lot the work of kindness begin. Allay the animal's fears and calm his nervousness. You have shown tho creature that von are his master, now teacii him that you are his fricu I. Ho must bo brought to realize that ho is safe iu your hands and that you will not hurt him, or permit him to be hurt. His confidence mu-t bo aroused ami sustained. After talking kindly to him and patting him for awhile tlio oper ator sits down upon tho animal, then lies down upon him. turns from side to sido, indeed making all the changes possible, the more tho hotter. Then bring a saddle and lay it gently upon him; then all parts of the harness, up plying them picco by piece. When these operations have been continued for a half or three-quarters of an hour, and after tho animal has ceased to show any signs of fear, remove every thing and encourage tho animal to got up. Sometimes tliis process is gone through with several times but once will usually "break" the horse. Hut whatever you seek to teach the animal, there should bo perseverance until tlio work is accomplished; and, therefore, if it is necessary to repeat tho process we have described to make the break ing perfect, repeat it. Do not half do it. Above all tilings avoid rough, loud language. A hor.o doo not like to be sworn at. If it is a vicious horse ho is too much tif a "gentleman not to know that profanity is a very ungontlo- inanly thing. The horso is capable of a high degree of education, but his trainer needs to bo educated before the horse. Detroit Prec Press, A stranger, who claimed to ho a Mater, applied for work in Newark, N. , one day recently, and was given employment on the roof of an un finished house with another workman. few minutes after tlio other work man, not getting an answer to a ques tion, looked around and found himself alone on tho roof. Peering down the hole whore the chimney was to bo placed, ho saw tho ttrangor tho bottom sixty feet below. lying at lie gave tlio alarm, ami braudv was procured and administered. "An hour after ward tho stranger dragged himself to a street-air and rodo away." It U well known that lino loaf sujrar spi'luklwl over proud Hash will cniuve it with ltj uvublu thau with 411 otlwr rwmwty. THE CHICKEN BUSINESS. An Ohio Man's Kxpnrlonco Which Mny Tench Olhnr H I.okaom. In tho fall of 1878 I found myself out of cmploymont. 1 had worked for one Jinn fifteen years as book-kcopor, but tho hard year had pushed thoni to tho wall, and I was out. I had command ed a fair salary, and with an industri ous littlo wifo to manage household af fairs I had saved up over fifteen hun dred dollars. My hoalth was rather poor, anil wifo and doctor botli said it was leaning over tliq desk so much. Now that I was frco, I was advised to purchnso a littlo farm, and secure com petence and health at once. Woll, I found a nico littlo place of 25 acres, seven miles from the town I had lived in so long, and I bought it for $1,000. It hal a small frame house and a log barn on it, and tlio soil was fertile and in good condition. I bought a team, wagon, plow, harrow, etc.. for S300. I inovod out to this farm about tho first of October. I had about $250 left of my bank account, anil a friend advised mo to buy an incubator and go into tlio chicken business. Ho por trayed in oloquont terms tho profits anil pleasures of tin; business, and I be lieved it all, and invested. I cominoncod about tho first of Feb ruary. I invested $200 in an incubator and chickens, anil expected to make SI. 000 that season. Hut I didn't make a cent. The eggs wouldn't hatch; tho chicks would ilie or got eaten up by rats and weasals; tho lions wouldn't lay, but wanted to sit. I worried along somehow that spring, and just man aged to get tlio $200 back, for eggs and chicks. Hut I learned sonio valuable experi ence. I learned that it was best for tvic to "go slow" when he did not un derstand tho business, and I learned that a man couldn't get along well on even a little tnrm without some money. I learned, also, how to run tho incu bator, and how to take caro of the chickens and the next year 1 cleared about 200 out of the chickon business. All this timo I was raising vegetables and fruit for tho market, and hauled , thoni seven miles, and would, of course, market tho eggs and fowls at tho same time, whan wo had any to sell. And wo did very well. My oldest boy was fourteen, and was a great help. Ho did most of tho marketing in summer, or pleasant weather. Uv the third year I had experience enough to make it pay. I'roin that 25 acres wo cleared over )f:i00, besides keeping a family of four. The chickons cleared over halt ot it. We lived very sav ingly, for wo ditl not know how things were coining out. I laid up more money that year than l ever did netore in ono year, anil I was as stout as an Esquimaux Indian, if not so fat, I traded tho farm in 1SS2 for a larger one, going iu debt for part, and wont to keeping cows, but think I shall havo to go into chickens again, for 1 havo mado vory littlo money since. Cor. Ohio Parmer. SAPPHIRE HUNTING. Vitluiihln l'rlns Snruretl In n Iicmotu mill Si t'luilt'd KckIiiii of Slum. Some lime ago a native hunter in Siam found sapphires in a remote ami secluded district. Some men who wore let into tlio secret followed li in into the mines an 1 brought back to K ingoon nnd Calcutta a number of very valua ble stones. A rush ensued from Hritish Hurniah, thousands of adventurers Hocking to the niines.soine to find s.id tlon foriune.but more to loo their lives from privation anil jungle fiver. The mines aro located in tho provinces of Hatta in hong and Chautahoon. In his commercial report the Hritish Consul at H mkok says that tho miners are very careful to conceal their gems while iu Siam. H dug anxious to show sonio of the goins to tho English Ad miral the Consul called for specimens from some miners who had just re turned from the diggings. One minor, a poorly cla 1 and miserable-looking fellow, prod need a few small stones, and after a groat deal of coaxing was induced, with many precautious, to give a private view of his great priz , which was a large sapphire iu the rough, valued at $10,000. He would probably not have shown the stone at all had ho not been on the point of leaving in a steamer. Owing to the ccrccy thus ohservetl by the possess ors of valuable gems it is iinpo sibleto g.ve any estimate of tlio total value of the stones found, but that individuals have made large profits is certain. One man dug out a stone which he offered for sab at Cdiuitab on for !5"iX), but did not Hud a purchaser. Ho wont to Rangoon, where he was offered $7,500. but, having awakened to the value of the stone, ho declined to sell, and took it toCalcuttn, where he eventually ob tained $15,000 for it. Now. however, thero are many experienced gem merchants established in the neighbor hood of the mines, ami something liko the real value i f the stone can be ob tained by the niiners on the spot. Tho largest sapphire hitherto found so far as the Consul knows weighed 1170 carats in tho rough, and when cut turned out 111 carats of tho finest water. The ruby, onyx, and jado aro found in tlio district, but thu quality of none of them is suoh as to make thorn very val uable, Jewelry Xtws. Tlio Pittsburgh (N. Y.) Republic an relates that a fow days ago a wild deer ran into Lake George near tlto Mohican H iuso in Helton. Colonel F. F. Nickol, of Fort Laramie, Wyo sot out iu a boat and attempted to capture it. 11 easily rowed up to his nmu, but in tho oxoitomunt swampisl his boat, and wus obliged to cling to the diMtr to smvu himtolf, nnd the uni inul nouiall) tiiwcd him ashore. MARK TWAIN'S COURTSHIP. How thn Famou Hiimorltt Won ItU Hrldn mid lli-r Anxlout Frtthrr, Too. Mark Twain i3 in Now York almost every week. Ho is very much at homo iu tlio city, b'lt ho never stops twice at tlio sani" hot 1; that is, not twice con secutiv.dv. This is because lie likes variety. It Ii is nothing to do with the bill or his methods of payment. Mark is all right, though every now and then some old crony from tlio West who hasn't struck pay-dirt since '49, will, turn up with a tpioer story about tho great humorist and his days of impe cuuiosity. Littlo do theso detractors know that Mark was ealled upon sud denly ono day to furnish California!! testimonials to his good character, and that ho passed through tho ordeal in a fashion thnt should silenco all carping criticism. As every ono knows, Mr. Clemens first met his beautiful wifo while on the famous voyage of tlio Quaker City, ami ho pursued his acquaintance after their return so closely that at last tho young lady's papa one day called tho anient and devoted Mark Into his private study and said, after some preamble: "Mr. Clemens. I havo something to Fay to you which bears upon a subject of grave importance, at least to mo and mine. You have been coming here for sonio time and your manners lcavo no doubt in my mind as to your object. Now, my daughter's welfare is very tlcar to mo, and beforo 1 can admit you to her society on the footing of a suitor to her hand I would like to know some thing more than I do about you, your antecedents, etc. Stop a minute! You must remember that a man may ho a 'good fellow' and a plcasantcompauiou on a voyage anil all that, but when it is a question as grave as this a wise father tiies to take every precaution before allowing his daughter's affec tions to become engaged, and I ask of you, as a gentleman, that you shall givo me tlio names of some of your friends in California to whom I may write and make such inquiries as I deem neces sary, that is, if you still desiro our friendship." It was now Mark Twain's turn. "Sir," said lie, bowing profoundly, as became a young man who respects his hoped-for father-in-law, "your sen timents are iu every way correct. I approve of them mj'solf, and liaMcn to add that you have not been mistaken in my sentiments towards your daugh ter, who, I may tell you candidly, seems to me to he the most perfect of her sex, and I honor your solicitation for her welfare. I am not only perfectly willing to give you reference but am only too glad to have an opportunity to tlo so, which my natural modesty would have prevented mo from offering. '1 here fore, permit me to givo you the names of a few of my friend-). I will write them down. First is Lieutenant Gen eral John McComh, Alexander Hntllain, General Lander and Colonel W. H. L. Karnes. They will all lie for me just as I would for them under like circum stances." This conclusion broke the old man all up, nnd he never asked more reference nor wrote to those gentlemen. Tlioso who know this quartette will appreciate the joke. A few weeks before Mark Twain started away on the trip mentioned above he was standing on Montgomery street, leaning up against a lamp-post, and he hold a cigar-box under one arm. Mrs. Captain Edward Poole, a very beautiful woman, and as bright and as witty as beautiful, came along and held out. her hand, saying: "Why, Mark, where arc you going iu such a hurry?" "I'm m-o-o-v-ing," drawled Mark, at the same time opening tho cigar-box, disclosing a pair of blue socks, a pipo and two paper collars. Ar. Y. Cor. I'hiludelithia I'rcss. HONESTY REWARDED. "JET Trne Ktory of u e)nnneln'loin Uoj and (riii-rout Woltiiui. "I think I'vo found tho most gener ous woman in New York," saitl a. Maid en Lane diamond merchant to a friend iu tho Aster liouso rotunda yesterday. "Proceed with your story," saitl tho other, resting his elbow on the polished bar. "Ted, my littlo office boy," the mer chant continued, "found a lady's pock ctbook the other (lav. It contained about one thousand dollar.' iu cash and -ovcral valuable papers valuable to the owner, I mean. He picked it up near the door of my store, but as no one saw him do it ho could easily have kept the money without any one being aware of the fact. It must havo been quite a temptation to tlio littlo chap, for he only earns two dollars ami a half a week and his folks aro very poor. Hut lie brought it right iu to me like a littlo man. I watched tho papers but it was not advertised. Several days passed and I had begun to think of giving tlio book back to the tinder when I learned from a friend that a wealthy lady customer of ininn who lives on Fifth avenue had suffered a loss of this kind. I font Ted up with the purse. Sure enough, it was hers. When ho explained how ho found it she became demonstrative over the honest way ho had acted. She patted his head and declared that it did her good to k'now that there was really one honest boy in Now York. 'You'll not go unrewarded, either,' sho added. Just como with mo.' Ho went with lior into an adjoining room, and thoii what do you suppose sho gavo him as a reward?" "O, ten dollars, perhaps," returnod tlio friend. The diamond man siuilwl. "The re ward she sfavo him," he added, "was a hie pittcu uf huckUlwrry id imply that and nothing more' KM. 'A'. 1'. JVi. POISON PURVEYORS. 1 Some of Tho Who FlonrMtett In the Fif. trcnth ii nd Mttcentti Co nt ml en. The number of poison makers must have been considerable. We coma across "Quelli dal vencn," who lived on the Lago di Garda; tho famous poi son brewers, Peter Paul, of Padua; Master John and Master Picliele, of Viccn.a, and "Nostro fidcl Vilandri no," custodian of tho garden of simples at Padu.i. The poisons which these masters made were of two kinds slow poisons ("Veneni a tempo") and rapid poisons, and the manner of administer ing them was various. The method most frequently iu use was either poi soned meat or poisoned drink; and wo have seen proof made of the "Vcne nttin edible" and of the "Venenuni potable'! upon two pigs in tho presence of the Ten. There were other modes of poisoning, however, though they were less commonly adopted. , Wo find instances of thnt favorito Indian receipt, pounded diamond. Again, in the year 1585, the French Ambassador relates to the college an attempt on the life of the King of France by means Ttt poisoned seals, which had effectually killed three slaves on whom they had first been tried. And in 1499 Catcrina Sfoiv.a, mistress of Forli, which city Cesaro Horgia threatened to take from her, attempted to poison Alexander VI. by means of credentials which her ambassador brought to his Holiness, wrapped in scarlet cloth and placed in side a hollow cane that they may not kill the bearers. Theso are cases of poisoning by touch. We hoar also of proposals to poison by smell; of littlo balls to bo dropped on a lire, and presently they will kill all who aro in tlicroom. Nothingstrikesus as stranger about these poisons than their incllicacy. In the year 1511 wo find Vilandrino, one of tho most famous masters in his day, sent for and told that, as the fire at the palace had ilestroj'ed tho poison cupboard and its receipts, lie must furnish some two or three more, and must semi in the receipts along with his new poisons. Vilandrino produced a poisoned water, but when this caino to be tried on a certain Mustafa, ho was none the worse for it. The Ten ordered a second dose; and after waiting eight days with no more satisfactory results they conclude in disgust that Viland rino' s water is worth nothing, and send him back to Padua. Edinburgh lie-view. Cranks arc nuisances, but the farm, cr's boy is apt to think the grindstone crank the worst of tho lot, about haying timo. A peach tree forty years old, at Sonoma, Cal., lias produced 250 pounds of fruit thissoason. Most of the peaohes measured over eight inches in circum ference. Charles Johnson, of Griffin, Ga., says that he hs a cat that turned from jet black to gray from grief at l)cin separated from tiis children, to whom it was greatly attached. She "Aro you going to the picnic Tuestlaj', George?" Ho "O. yes." She (with feeble indifference) "Alone, George?" He "No; I shall take an umbrella." Puck: In the early part of the reign ol Henry VIII. Lord Chief Justice Keotl tried an action, when on circuit, in which the jury was locked up, but bo fore giving its verdict had eaten and drunk, which all tho members con fessed. This being reported to tho judge, ho lined them each heavily and took their verdict At Parkersburg, W. Va., a littlo Leo boy found an old liquor barrel, and amused himself by dropping lighted matches through the vent hole. Pres ently there was an explosion, and hoy and barrel were blown into the branches of a neighboring tree. The boy was badly hurt and tho barrel ruined. Considerable excitement lias been occasioned iu Louisiana by tho report that leprosy existed at St. Martinsvillo in that State. Tlio Stato board oi health has made an examination and finds that five persons aro suffering from undoubted leprosy, wlulo three others are as vet in doubt. BSLHOOSBIESS - Ts an affection of tho Liver, and enn bo thorouffhly cured by that Orand ltegulator of tho Liver and Biliary Organs, SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR MANUFACTURED BY J. H. ZEILIN & CO., Philadelphia, Pa. I was afflicted for several years with disordered liver, which resulted In a wvere attack of jaundice. I had as pood medical attendance as our fcc tton afl'ords, who ratted utterly to re Hore me to the enjoyment of my former good health, f then tried tho favorito pretcriptton of one of tho raot,t renowned physicians of UjuIv villc, Ky., but to no purpose; where upou I was induced to try Nlnimon I, Ivor ItcKiiIalor. 1 found lmme dtate benefit from its uk, and H ulti mately restored me to the full enjoy, ment of health. A. II, SHIRLEY, Richmond, Ky. HEADACHE Proceetts from a Torpid Liver and Im. purities uf Hut Stomaeli. It ran bo luvarltilily i-urt-tl by tuklug SIMMONS LIYERREGULATOR Let all who Buffer remember that SICK AND NERVOUS HEADACHES Cfcn I prertntfd by UVlop a dt tacn u tfcfl tjrniitmi iuJteol ib eooUaj f an attaik. 4i