n TTIZEN. A. WEBSTER, Editor and Proprietor. " T?:LTJME I. A Weekly Paper Devoted to Temperance, Literature and Politics. 0RANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1875. NUMBER 32. THE BOBOLINK. Ouco, upon ,i golden afternoon, Willi nuii ini tucen uuti<>jiiug all they void ; While tho ox-eye danced "ti UH Blender Btom, And till glad nature rejoiced with ihotu. Over ib.? odurouu Uelde were Mrowu Wilting whito'V* of gro^n now mown,' * ' And rosy billows ol' clover bloom Surged in the sunshine and breathed perfume. Swinging low on a nleuder lituli, Tho sparrow warbled ?tis wedding hymn, Ami balancing oil a blackberry brier. Tho bobolink sung willi hts henri on lire " Chin!,-.' If von iri?lt to ki** her, dal Du ii! ila it! You coward, iran/ Kiix /o:/-/ /Viss, frist /KT/ Who will ure* t)n!u wc three .' icc three! ire threel" Under the garland;: of drooping vines. Through dim vistas of s weet-breathed pines, I'.ml. wide niciidow-liclds, lately mowed, Wandered tho Indolent country road, The lovers follnwr?? ir,' Ki-tculn? still, And, loitering slowly, as lovers will, Entered a gray-roofed bridge that h. Mirroring clearly the trees nud sky, And tho Hitting form of tho dragon-Ay Save where lb" nwlft-winced swallows played In ana out in tho sun nud shade, *'>.'-.. And darting and circling in merry CIISBC, I)ipped and dimpled Its clear, dnrk face. Muttering lightly from brink to brink, Followed '.he garrulous bobolink. Rallying loudly with mirthful din, Tho pair who lingered unseen within, And when from tito friendly bridge al last Into the road beyond they patSed. Again beside thom Ibo templer weut, ?Creping tho thread of lils argument " Kian her! ki** her! chink-n-cln i -i hm- I ni uni ttiiiifidli itt Don't mimi mc! VU lu: sentinel-/ cati ?ce All around from thin tall hcach-trecI" Uut Ah ! they noted-nbr.dcemi'd it straugo ln/his rollicking chorus u trilling change " Do it ! do it /"-with night and main Warbled thu tell-tale-" ,16 ,t again !" ?_,_ --Aldina. A PLAN TH ATWOULDN'T WORK. . BX EllEN E. ROXFORD. 1 Jolie Browning hail n good many pe culiarities. Sho WAS fond of reading novels for ono thing, and liked to bave things huppen romantically. Anything Mint did happen in that wny-and she had lived long enough to know that that wasn't often-was of much moro im pojdbarton. in her estimation, than ?ho. common run of occurrences. And then another of her little peculiarities was that she liked to "nave her own way and make other pcoplo clo pretty noarly as sho wanted them to. lier temper was rather peculiar, too. Horaotimes sho was all sn nulli nt? and swootness ; some limes she wasn't. After having givon you this brief description of some of her peculiarities you will readily under stand that Bel lu wasn't very unliftu a good many girls you know. When a party of our young pcoplo were out bont-vidin. '-ne day the boat capsized and Belle, nmong the others, foll into thu water, taking tho starch out ol* her rn filos und the crimp out of lier hair. But sho didn't euro for Mint bcoanoo tho affair was n> romantic. Thorn wasn't tho least bit of danger, for tho watet' wasn't more than three feet dorp in any place. But J>ollo screamed for ??tune ooo to save her, and liai "h Boring picked her up nud ?warn to shore with her, sho told hor frieutls, just as she was going down for the sec ond time. It. must hilve been queer swimming, but then it, did to toll. In fact, in the way Bello told it it made quito a pretty story, and if you hadn't Known tho circumstances of tho caso you would have been quito apt to think Kuinli Loring a hero. Bello had hud quite a liking tor Bnlph for some time. Ho was good-looking, smart and well-to-do. Ju fuet, ho was ono of the best "catches" in tho piuco. When.tho very romantic episode of the boat's being capsized took placo sho declared that be hud saved her lifo, told herself that she owed him her gratitude and love and proceeded to mitko herself agreeable. The result of it was that Ralph suddenly became attentive and by and by proposed marriage and: was accepted. Matters stood in that way when Capt. J)u Vaux came to town, wnere tho captain was from and what', ho was cap tain of no ono ku cw. Ho was good looking, stylish and well-dressed. Ho had any amount, pf assurance and in sinuated himself into the best society at once, and nobody asked for his ero dentiale. " Ho is snob a romantic-looking fol low," declared Belle to Ralph ono day ; "dou't you think so?" " No, I don't," answered Ralph, de cidedly ; "I think he is a very cheeky looking fellow, to say the least, ami i'm considerably mistaken if ho would be .willing to havohis affairs inquired into." Ralph had taken a strong dislike to him from the very first; " 1 hope you aren't, jouions," Raid Belle, with a proyokiug laugh. . "Not ut all, thank you," answered Ralph. Bullo determined to hove some sport. She would ilii! with D? Vms and make Bnlph terribly jcalourt. When she got ready to do bo the would Bond tho cap tain anoviti hit; biisincHi and let Ralph seo thal silo had been amii.iing hor.-e.ll' nt his expense. " It'll be just jelly," declared Rulle. Tho very next time (hey were out in company together she beset Capt.-Do Vaux with her fascinations, and that gentleman proved an ouF>y mid willing victim. tU?lph "Watohed tho progress of ultu i fi with a keen eyo. " Helli ," lu* ibU'd to'hovoiie fl-.y, "<|n -.nu t "milt you are doing ?nat righi ?" ,: Doing just right?" replied Hollo. " What do you mean ?" "Yoitluow well enough," answered Ralph. " Flirting with Do Vaux and making him believe, like enough, that you are in earnest." " Oh, it's Hueh fun !" laughed Belle, carelessly. "Did you neo how devoted ho was last nightV " i saw how thoughtless you were," answered Ralph, gravely. "You may not Uko what I am going to say, Bello, but I shall run tho risk ot yoiu- displeas ure. lt doesn't .Boom juBt tho thing for a young woman who is ongaged to bo married to be flirting with a stranger as you aro with Do Vaux," "Indeed!" said Belle, lifting her eyebrows ; "I don't think that remark exactly original. Seems to mo I have heard it hofore somewhere." "Do bo iu earnest, for once, Belle," Ralph exclaimed, really provoked. "If you would only stop to think you'd set how foolish your conduct is. You'd It occurs to me that you have as sumed tho right io lecture mo quite early in the day," retorted Belle, with dignity, be/oro he could go on. "Don't go too far." "I am not lecturing you," ho an swered. " What do you call it? I should like to know." " I am merely giving you a little ad vice," replied Rolph. "I wusn'c aware that anyone had asked for any," said Belle, with a good deal of sarcasm in her tones. "No, but then people who don't ask advice often need it," answered Ralph, meaningly. " If they were only sensi ble enough to take it it would do them a world of good sometimes." Belle's eyes flashed fire. "I haven't asked any advice from you," she said, indignantly, "and, what is more, I don't intend to. I know what I'm about ?> " I doubt it," interrupted Ralph. "And I know enough to mind my own business, too," wont on Belle. "I wish other people did." That was their first quarrel. Ralph left her, feeling very augry. Ho hnd tried to reason with her and found her wholly unreasonable. She rather en joyed it. In novels lovers always quar reled. Their courtship would have been humdrum enough without some spice ol that character in it. " I'll show him who's master," she said when he was gone. "Tho idea ol his dictating-to mo! I'll mako him moro jealous thnjl.bo is uaw before.JUlfl through, aud I'll bring him to my terms, too." Which assertion was a rathol broad one to make, considering tho cir cumstances of tho case. Ralph had hoped that Belle would look at tho matter sensibly alter hoi anger had cooled ; but, not being fa mous for doing sensible things, she dis appointed him. Tho very next day sin went out riding with Capt. Do Vaux, aud u day or two after that ho took hoi to a concert. Ralph began to fcc' grieved and indignant. Ho couldn't be ?leaf to tho covert remarks of hit friends. Belle's actions were beginning to rouse talk. Everybody knew thal they wero engaged. Knowing this, au? scoing how intimate she was with Di Vaux, it wasn't to bo wondered at that they gosaippod over tho matter. it isn't a very pleasant feeling, 1 im agine, to be in Rnlph's place-to heai your friends discussing tho doings ol your promised' wifo, and wondering what you aro going to do about it Ralph bore it a? long as ho could. He went to seo Bello ono day, d?termin?e to como to sonnt sort of au understand iug. Ho mot Capt. Do Vaux ns lu went in. That gentleman smiled ?uso lenlly on his rival. Ralph wanted t< givo him a good horsewhipping. ? would have served us au oseape-valv< for sumo of his ugly feelings if ho conk havo dono so. "Oh, ;yon ought to havo come be fore," cried Bello, with effusion; "Capt Do Vaux has been singing duets wit! mo. Such a beautiful tenor voice a ho hus ! Yon never heard him sing did you ?" "I haven't had tho pleasure," answer ed Ralph, dryly. " Como up to-morrow evening," sui? Belle. " Ho's coming over to prnotic with mo again. You'tl just enjoy listen iug to him. I never heard anyone sin, .Inanita' so exquisitely as ho does iiever ! Ho throws so much passio: into it. I was ronlly charmed, I assnr yon." " No doubt of it," said Ralph. "And you'd enjoy his oompauy s much," rattled on Bello, thinking, suppose, that she was doing somethin remarkably brilliant. " I do. Ho's s witty; he keeps me laughing half tl) time. I dou't think I ever enjoyed gentleman's society so much before." "Probably not," retorted Ralph, ll was beginning to get thoroughly dil gusted. Ho had thought Belle mue more womanly than siro was. Ile hu deeeiVcd himself. Now his eyes woi beginning lo get opened. "And his -" began Belle ; but l!:dj slopped her. 11 wo will take all you are going i ray for granted," he said. "I ha.' como io talk soberly with you, Bell I havo borne your conduct long enoilg lt' you are to he my wife, your (liri tiona with J)e Vaux must torin ina! o once. 1 have a right to auk that you." " Beal ly !" Bollo smilod scornful! " ?io you are going te? dictate, uro von "Not at all," answered Ralph. "Y< must act ns you please. I am mere tolling yon how tho mutter stum You uro engaged to mo Au my proi iseel wife ye>u havo no right to not you aro doing. You oanjbut acknov edge that, il yon will stop long 0UOU| to think. If 1 were to gu on aa y< have hcen going on, I imagino y would ho quito miro to soo tho matt in its truo light. I hnvo aa good a right to demand you to stop such con duct aa you Mould have to demand tho. same 01 me. I think you have been thoughtless, and am willing to lot all ill-feeling drop provided you do JIB I auk you to." "And if 1 do not?" demanded Belle, haughtily. " Then you may consider thal all io over between UK," Ralph replied. "Very well," answered Bello ; " hero is your* ring, und-good-niorniug." Ralph took tho ring and bowed him self out, feeling quite as much rclioved as disappointed. Ho saw that she was not thc woman he wanted. She could never make him happy. He had had a lucky escape. Belio watched him go with very angry eyes. He had told her tho truth and she had acknowledged it. But she wasn't, going to give np iii that way. She had too much " spirit," abo told herself. Too much foolish, silly obsti nacy would h avo hit it. " He'll como around in time," she said. "He'll get over this when De Vaux goes away. I'm not going to be tied up to any man before I'm married. I'll let him know that ho can't bend me around his little finger." Tho snnimer went by. Ralph didn't " como around" aa Belle had expected ho would. He met her in society and never showed any signs of tho wound sho was foolish enough to think she had given bim. He seemed to enjoy life quito tho same as ever. She concluded he was "wearing a mask." People with wounded hearts usually die in novels, Belle recollected. Capt. De Vaux went away, and then Belle was confident that Ralph would return to his allegiance, but he didn't seem inclined. " Ho's waiting for mo lo give him pome encouragement, most likely," Belle thought, and she straightway proceeded to encourage him by making, or trying to'make, herself very fascinat ing and agreeable. But Ralph wouldn't be fascinated. Ho repelled all her ad vances, coldlv and politely'. "He's obst'nnte declared Belle. "I'll have to ask nim to forgive me, and then -" She coutideutly expected that that would bring him to terms. One evening, at a party, sho tried her plan. They were in the conservatory. Sho was looking pale and interesting. At least flho thought so. Ralph didn't seem to think much abont it. ._" I'vo bcen.wantiii?r:to say Eomothintr . to yon for a long time, she paid, put ting her handkerchief to her oycH, " I see now how thoughtless- "she couldn't bear to say how foolish and silly " how thoughtless T was, and Pm sorry that I wounded your feolings so,-Ralph. If you could forgive, mo and be my friend still ! if nothing moro-" Silo believed Unit would fetch him. At least il usually did in romances. "I'm perfectly willing to be your friend, if you want mo," answered Rulph, feeling a desire to laugh, no understood her perfetly. ne only won dered how ho could hnvo been foolish enough to fancy her. "I do wnnt you to," said Belle, brokenly. "If yon only know how many times I have regrotted my thoughtless conduct, Ralph"-with a sorrowful sigh and a glaneo out. of tho corner of her oyo to eco if ho wus about to capitulate. "I-I've missed your ring from my ?Dger, Ralph, so much." "Ah?" Ralph had to smile at that stroke of Belle's. "It never fitted you exactly ; if you have noticed, it lita Allie Braytou's finger beautifully." "Belle turned palo. Sho understood what ltalph meant. Ho had been with Misa Brayton a good deal lately but sho hadn't supposed that ho thought of marrying her. " You don't mean to nay- " she stammered. "That I am engaged to Miss Bray ton ? Yes, I do," answered Ralph. "I shall be pleased to seo you and Capt. Do Vaux at tho wedding, which takes place on Christmas." Belle burst into tears. Sh.> was never so vexed and angry before. Tho affair hadn't turned out at all as such affairs always did in novels. She was mad and disgusted and mortified. " You're a wretch 1" abe sobbed. "You wouldn't, caro if you broke my heart. Oh ! Oh !" " Sha'n't I call some ono V" suggested Ralph, smiliug cruelly. Belle concluded she wouldn't faint then but postponed that demonstration of tho state of her feolings for an in definite period.-Rural Ncti> Yorker. - One of the boys just|be?oro return ing to Cornell, the other day, Bent a young huly friend of his a euko of L?bin's finest variety of toilet, soap, with tho request that she would draw no iuforencn on recoiviug shell a giit. The next day the young mun was some what astonished when he received a let ter from the young lady containing tho present, of a tine-tooth comb, with lim request thai, he would draw no infer ences therefrom. -A novelty in the mode of hanging criminal), was recently introduced at Nowgato, langland. luHtoad ol' erect ing tho usual scaffold above ground, :i pit was dug in tho soil, and a trap door made level with the ground, opening into tho pit. Tin* convict was pinioned by tho executioner on tho top of the frap", and at a given signal tho drop foll, and the unfortunate ceased to live. -iiCiiteu dinners aro becoming fash ionable; the aim hoing to give as great variety as possible in tho kinds and cookery of tish. A printed bill ol' fare on one of thean oecaaioiiH mentioned (Iftceil dill'erent Hall servid in a mul tiplicity of way . Hasty Burials. Ou tho left-hand Bide of the carriage wuy, as you outer Pere la Chaise, in ! Paris, stands au immense square build ing called Lie Mortuairo Publique. Here the dead aro left for a time prior to thoirjfiual deposit, and morning aud evening oneil body i.s carefully exam ined, ant indications of returning vital ity watched. Tho lids of tho collins aro left opm, and every means are ready at hand to souud the alarm in cn?o of returning life, and to resusci tate those who show any si, ns of re turning consciousness. The French poople have a morbid fear of being buried alive, and tho state of catalepsy, j with its various phuses, has for a mini- ! her of jjgars been tho subject of maturo I thought^ among the physicians of France. The danger of hasty sepulture j has received so many illustrations in the United States ns to make it a ques tion opeu to grave discussion and ro tor m. Tho percentage of thoBe awaken ing from their long sleep, according to French statistics, is about one in 400, and tho probabilities aro that in Eng land, where tho period between death and burial is generally six days, and in America, where tho dead are thrust out of sight as quick ns possible, the per centage ?k considerably greater. Un necessary haste characterizes moat of our doing upon thia Bide of the ocean ; but in n? particular are we more inju dicious, inore guilty of want of feeling and scientiile shortsightedness than in the rapidity with which wo disposo of our dead. In tho experience of n medical stu dent, published in tho January number of the "Inland Mouthly, by Enrique Farmer, we find several well-authenti cated cases, sufficient to fill the mind with horror and to turn tho thoughts backward to many faces whoso lifeliko expression upon their day of departure from the light of heaven has remained indelibly impressed upon our memo ries. We have first the case of a strong man who dropped away suddenly, was put in the grave and the sods stamped upon his coffin. Four days afterward tho body was found twisted round, an ; ankle dipy-ioated, hair turned whito and torn out^ and features distorted in a ; terrible V-ianuer. There is next tho case of a'youug lady, beautiful in per- ' sou and accomplishment, laid away 1 hurriedly. Upon removing her remains j to another cemetery tho open coffin dis- ' closed o-'.'jobed face, lacerated bronst ami arms, tvjits ot hair strewn about, J feet draw/' up as is if in wild olfort for ! release, tho finely-chiseled features j scarred Ivy finger-nails. Less than a scoro of years ago a young mau, six 1 days after burial, was found turned on 1 nia face, With ono arni bitten to the ? bono and other evidences of a frightful death-wrestle. In tho various gravo- \ yards of tho land, where cemeteries have beca dug over and exhumed, there ? have beru often found bodies or skelo- , tons turned ovflr pn their sides or faces, with knees drawn up, joints distended, ' hands clenched, arma thrust against their ? narrow priaon-houBo, lingers twisted in i j the hair,, and numerous other evidences j of a Btrupglo too horriblo and agoniz ing to dream of. In tho old burial ground in tho city of Brooklyn there ? waa found the corpse of a young bride, dressed in wedding garment? of the J richest whito satin, with bridal veil, ring, and all tho evidences of wealth I , and position. Tho skeleton was found ? } twisted and displaced, and tho gar- j j moats grasped ns if in a viso iu the j clenched fiinger-boues ; oven tho long, j ? raven tresses, which wiro au glossy and perfect as ever, were bit fast in the fleshless teeth, as with the final de spairing agony of death. Numerous | . cases of a similar kind havo happened j hero nnd in England. Only last year a i woman diod in Pennsylvania and was ; buried. When her husband, who had been absout at the time of her death, re turned, he insisted iq?on exhumation, i and to tho unutterable dismay of all tho body waa found ljing upo*~ ita Lice, the shroud coverod with blood, tho flesh torn from the loft shoulder, with every mark that a fearful atruggfo had taken, placo. But tho most singular case recorded by tlio medical student ia ono which carno under his own knowledgo and manipulation. Among his ne qnaintances he numbered a yonug and brunt if ul girl, MisB-, for whom he cherished a aincere and romantic attach ment. To his infinito astonishment he j read in the morning paper that she had just died and would bo buried to-mor row. Hurrying to the house ho found that tho young girl had died of heart disease, and that the old family physi- j ciao had pronounced lifo extinct. Her appearance, connected with this sudden . taking-oil', convinced him that she was : only in a tranco. Ho waited upon the ' physician, implored him lo delay this ? interment -in vain. There was a lino funeral, an eloquent sermon, tears and 1 (lowers all in proper form and tho ; fair being wan laid iu the dust and shut ont forever from lifo and light. As the clock tolled the hour of midnight the young student, with tho assistance of a friend, stood at the grave. Spreading a blanket upon tho earth, they cut tho sod and bogan their work. In a few minutes tho spade touohr-d tho head of the colliu and, upon rouicviog tho nails, a deep groan smote upon their oars. A? tho student cautiously put his hand within the collin lo lift the body out, tho hand of tho girl, which was hud palm downwards over her eves und forehead, clutched the hand that touch ed her like a vise, tho mouth at the same time uttering a most agonizing groan. Wrapping tho body in blank ets, tho two students bore it swiftly to their sanctum, closed the door, and there a sight, revealed itself which chilled tho y?nthn with terror and re morse, Tho hp was bitten through, shreds of niven hair woro twistet! round tho lingers, ?nd the left wrist waa din loeatcd in the unavailing effort? of tho poor creature to free herself from mis ery. Once, only once, Hnder tho inilu ouco of a powerful battery, did eh? open lier oyes. But nil was over-alto waa dead-killed by heartless oustoin, unseemly haste and burial iguorauoo. Tliere ure nniuy reasons why haBty burials aro injudicious, not to say in decorous and nnfeoliug. Tho uso of opiates aud tho ineroaso of nervous ??peases iii the United States havo cer tainly had a tendency to develop cases of catalepsy or trance. A man sud denly stricken down with apoplexy, palsy, epilepsy or some ono of tho many forms of bruin disease ; appar ently lifo has departed, and he is im mediately shut up in a box, prayed over and hurried away with unneces navy hafte to his last resting-place. In tho heat ol" summer it is of course desirable that speedy interment should take place, but that very heat soonest develops tho fcigu which no eyes can mistake-the presence of decomposi tion. Until tho phenomenon has taken place it is neither right, reasonable nor in accordance with common feeling and decency that a body whioh has lived its little lifo should be consigned to tho dust fresh from which it sprung. -Chicago Inter-Ocean. Indigo and its Preparation The dye called " indigo" is obtained from an herbaceous plant cultivated on largo plantations in India. Jt ia ont closo to tho ground with reaping-hooks ' and tied into bundles ; these bundles on arriving at the factory are measured i by a chaiu, being paid for to the ryots f at a fixed rate pf so many bundles for a t rupee, each man getting a paper stating ' tho number of bundles ho has given in t each day. A millicieut quantity of plant having arrived, tho filling of the t vats commences, the bundles of plant JJ aro put into the upper row of vata till t they aro Ulled, bamboos are laid across, a and two heavy beams of wood aro fj tightly screwed down over them. The tilling of tho vats being completed, miter is pumped into them from a res- -, srvoir closo at hand, theso pumps being worked by coolies' feet trending them, something after tho fashion of a tread- t' mill. Thvj plant ia left steeping, nc- k roding to tho weather, from eight to :en hours, it- being tho duty of tho 'rung mistreo"-t]io mau who looks n ?.tor fha /l^toSjfxof fhematl.ufaetnring- ? ;o say when tho plugs closing VU?-jpSSi ^ ngs leading from tho higher to the ^ ower vats aro to bo reopened and tho Tater allowed to How into tho lower mts. Thia done, tho boaters get in, light uieu to each vat, and commence H tenting tho water with long polis 1 ihapoti Uko paddles. Tho bealing of s ;lio vats generally takes about two d lours. The beaters present a moat ex- H< ?raordinary appearance as they step ont t! rom tho vats, dyed from head to foot a lark bitte, which gives their bronze ft ikins a curious tinge by which vat u loolies may bo known for weeks af tor ?, ho manufacturing. Tho beating of q ho vats over tho indigo subsides ; tho h vasto water is carried off by means of a Irain, and tho iudigo flows by anotuor train to tho reservoir, whence it is _ ntinped into tho boiler, boiled, rna oft j.( o a table, pressed, anil carried to tho ^ Iryiug-houiio us before described ; from ho time tho plant is eut till tho indigo _| ?eaches the drying- house occupying rom two to three days. On the proper iteopiug, beating, and boiling of the udigo in a great measure depends the 0 nudity of the produce, though tho soil * >n which it is grown and tho water in F ?vhich it is steeped also materially affect (: t. Tho manufacturing season general- v y lasts about tlx weeks, aud the iudigo . a fit for packing about tho beginning 1 if November. Before packing com inonoea sample cakes of each day's i manufacturo are examined, and tho in- - ligo arranged according to oolor, so '] ;hat each chest may bo of as uniform a t piaiity as possible. j Sheep on ?a Farr.). 1 Sheep aro undervalued by tho mass ' land-holders as rt means of keeping up :ho fertility of tho soil and putting J money into the pockets of formers. ' Tho "moment ono begins to talk of F sheep husbandry, the listener or render F begins to look for wool quotations, as t if wocl was all that yields prolit from t sheep. Ono might as well look for c wheat quotations alone when there is t talk about the prolit of farming. Sheep on a farm yield both wool and mutton. They multiply with grout rapidity. They aro the best of farra t scavengers, " cleaning a Held" na no r. other class of animals will. Thoy give t back to the farm moro in proportion to 1 what they take from it than any other 1 animal, and distribute it better with a < view to the futuro fertility of the soil, i Prove this? There is no need of proof to those who have kept sheep, and know their habits and the profits they yield. To prove it to those who havo not the experience, it in necessary they should try tho experiment or accept Ihe testimony ot" an experienced shepherd. But tho live stock o? a farm should not, necessarily, be sheep, exclusively. Cattle, h?rnen, swine, have (heir re spect ?ve places in tho farm economy. Flow many of euch to koop is a ques tion that locality, character of markets, adaptation of soil, predisposition, taste and skill ol the husband mau must, de cide. .But one thing ought nit lobs forgotten, that the more stock a man keeps on his farm the mort) gru^n aud it ought to, niel, if properly managed, it will grow. The ratas of increase will correspond with the business tact, technical and practical knowledge,'end skill ol tin- husbandman. Nt'w )"//: Woihl. FACTS AND FANCIES. -Transmission of money by poBt in RuBsia is expressly forbidden, and tho money ?H liable to confiscation. -Kid unod on a railroad signifies danger, and Baya stop. It ir. tho samo thing displayed on a man's HOBO. -A porson of inquiring turu of mind asked, " DoeB tho Lord love a man who swonds at a church festival the money ho owes Iii? washerwoman?" - A SI, '100, OOO, OOO tract deed bas iuBt been put on reccord in Denver. Rich men have to study arithmetic out there. -What sort of grammar is it which compels a person to say, "I Baw four deer in ono drove," but won't let him say, " there aro ten hog iuthe garden?" -A tract on "The Wickedness of Gluttony" is said to have been found among the good things sent to tho Kan sas grasshopper Bufferers. -Texas towns are peculiar. An ex asperated Dallas paper asks : "DJ there no ordinance to prevent the firing off of pistols as a means of alarm in cases of fire?" -In an English town twenty barrels of gun-powder were taken from a shop and put iu a cart. The driver mounted, sat on ono of tho barrels, lighted his pipe and drove away. -A matter-of-fact, doctor's wife at tempted to move him by tears. " Ah !" said he, "tears aro useless. I have auulayzed them. They contain a little phosphate of lime, some chlorate of limo and water. " -A lamp-chimney may bo made al nost indestruotable by putting it over he fire in a vessel of hot water and let ing it remain until the water boils. It pill bo found that boiling toughens in his case. -Tho newspaper reporters of Chicago .ropose to give a theatrical ontertain aent at an early day for the benefit of he poor of that city. It will not be dvisablo to marry into a poor family, hough, on this account. -Mr. George Smith has discovered^ mong the Assyrian tablets in tho-Brit-' nh museum the legend of the building f the Tower of Babel. Tho discovery. i quite as important as that of the iblet relating to tho dolnge, made nown by the same gentleman. -Sentiment is nothing bnt senti ent. An ex-army captain, fin Col-* dZ^'ttaB^f^m^Wue^^^, ad~no flag, and so'Huey' wrapped him i a coffco-sack, and ho exclaimed : Ah! may you all die as proudly ! " -Alexander Dumas,' it is said,-neve* ketches a scheme for any of his pieces. Io takes for a ^four-act. picco noventy uvon big pnges^pf blue paper. Ho evoteu t wenty pag?is euch to tho first, econd and third acts, and seventeen to ho Inst. -You're right there, Tookey. Thero's Hays two 'pinions. Thero's the 'pinion man has of hiniseu, and thero's tho ?inion other folks have on him. .'hcr'd by two 'pinions about a crneked ell if the bell could hear itself. -A dry goods clerk lately dropped LiiiselcHs' behind tho counter white aiitiug on customers. Tho fomalo cus nucr for whom ho had pulled down very bolt of calico on the sholves uietly requested tho proprietor to re tove tho iscambrance and send ou an ther clerk. " - When a girl crops hor front hair nd pulls it down over her forehoud like Mexican Mustang, and then ties a (ieee of red velvet round her neok, who an wonder at tho number of palo-faced 'oitng men that throw away their abo lition and pass sleepless nights iu try ug to raise down uu their nppor lips? -Tho Troy Times says : At n party MI Fourth street the; other night a roung gentleman tried to coax a young ady to play ou the piano. She said iouldn't. "Why" said he, "you can day tho * Blue Danube' waltz, can't roil?" "No," said she, "but I oau^ day penny ?nie just like a little manV , ?> ibo is beautiful and accomplished. -"Yes, sir," yelled a preacher in a Dakota church one Sunday morning, ' there's more lying and swearing and .foaling and general deviltry to tho iquare indi in thia here towu than all ho rest of the American country," and hen the congregation got up and lumped tho preaohor out of tho win low. _ | The Vesper Bell. To tho traveler in Spanish America, rhe striking of thc vesper bells oxer ?ses a potent charm. As tho usage re pines everyone to halt, no mnttor were io may be, at tho first stroke of tho jell, to ihtorrupt his conversation, how ever important, and listen without stir ring until tho conclusion of tho chime, tho singularity of a whole population surprised iii a moment, as it comes and goes, hold in a state of petrification, und paralyzed as if by on encounter, may bo imagined. On every side you seo gestures interrupted, mouths half opened for the arrested remark, smiles liugeriug or passing into an expression of prayer ; you would fancy them n tuition of statues. A town in South America at thc tinkle of the Angelus resembles tho city in tho "Arabi.ui Nights" whoso inhabitants aro turned into stones. Tho magician hero is the bell ringer; but hardly bas tho vibra tion censed when a universal murmur arises from these thonuaude of oppress* od lungs. Hands nieot hands, ques tions seek answers, conversations re sumo their conrso; horses feel the loos ened bridlo and paw tho ground ; dogs hark, babieH cry, tho fathers sing, the mot lu rs chatter. Tho accident al turns thus given to conversation aro many.