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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.
IHEyBOffOLINK.-.
Ouce, upon a golden afternoon,
Willi radiant facen and hearts lu tune,
Two fond lovers, in,dreamiirg iiioody' -
Threaded a rural solitude.
Wholly happy, they only knew
That the earth wnB bright and the sky was bluo
That light, and beauty, and joy. and soug
Charmed tliOLWjiy ;IB tdoy patted along ;
Thoiait '.%ia?Tr?i;raut with wood and secuta
Tho squirrel frlnkotl ou tho roadnldo fence
And hovoriug near them, " Chea, dice, childe!"
? #'iO.((erJe4 tnjo ?Irions.bobolhik." *Dip Ul . '
Pausing and peering with sidelong bead,
AH Hauclly.'tinc?tioniuK all^Lb'ny. saJuV; . .?J
wBltytno'ox-cyo danced on Its Blonder stem,
And all alad unturo rejoiced with thora.
Over tho cdurouajlelds were etrowu ? . ?. r
Wilting wffifowaOf grans now mown,*'
And rosy billows of clover bloom
Surged in tho sunshine and breathed perfumo.
Swinging low on a Rleuder limb,
Tho sparrow warbled his wedding hymn,
And balancing on a blackborry brier.
Tho bobolink sung with his heart on Aro
" Chink ! If you with to kin* her, dot
Do it I do it I You coioard, i/o.? / " t
. c Ai" A' r / Moll ki?? lier! ' Who will nee? -
univ wc three I we three! wc three i"
io ?>ai I--t??
Under tho garlands of drooping vinos.
Through dim vistas of swoot-brostlied pincp,
Psst wide meadow-ficld?, lately mowed,, - .
. f rWBuab*ii tl*6?a??ir_fo?htry road, t. .>.<..
The IOSWH TOlIoWil nylifiteuing ?Hfl,
And, loitering slowly, as lovers will.
Entered n gray-roofed bridge that lay.
Duck and cooU^a loeb, pleifant way." .' . 1
Under its arch a Braooth, brown stream,
UH ont ly glided vr?th ul int mid gleam,
Shaded by graceful elms wuich spread,
Thoir verdurous canopy overhead
Tho stream so rarrow, tho boughB so wide,
Tnoy mot .-ma mingled acrossitho-,.ttdo,v ^ , if""/'j
. * Ahlem loved itjlind-'se?med to keep' '
Patient watch BB it lay aslcp,
Mirroring clearly tho trees and sky,
And tho flitting form of tho dragon-lly
Save wbcro tho Bwift-winged swallows played
In ann out in tin) KIHI (iud sbadfcf . ' .
And darting nnd circling in merry chaso,
Dipped aud dimpled its clear, dark face.
flattering ligbfiyYrom brink to brink,
Followed tho garrulouB bobolink,
Rallying loudly with mirthful din.
Tho pair who lingered unseen within,
And when from tho friendly bridgo at last
Into tho road beyond they passed.
Again beside thom tho tempter went,
Keeping t ho thread of his argument
" Ki?? her t.kit? her J .chink-<t-cJice-ch?c t
Til not mentida itt I Oon? miiid m'?!i 1
? Ttl bc ?entinet-/ can tee
All around from thin tall bcach-trec t"
Uni :ih ! they ?oUil-nor.deemed U (strange
Inlhls rollicking chorus a trifling change
" Ds> ?ti d? ti/"-rwithjulght and maha
.Warbled rmi tell-taleA^rfoita'oatn W
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A PLAi^TJEATjWGTJLDNT WORK.
,-B.. iqr ?iaw,j3..iujxppBD*; . .
Belle Browning had a good many po
cvtlinri t i CH.? ? She {"was . fond? "of r?ading
novols for one thing, and liked to have
things happen romantically. Anything
that did happen in that way-and she
had lived long enough to know that that
wasn't often-was. of much moro im
dBffiSWr?By3r?J?fi? e?&rnajtjpm..tluVa ',. ?Kn.
common mn of occurrences. And then
another of her little peculiarities was
that she liked to have her own way and
make other popple .do. pretty nearly as
she wanted thom to. Hor temper was
rather peculiar, too. Sometimes she
was all sunshine and sweetness ; some
timos she wasn't. After'having given
you thia briof description of some of
her peculiarities you will readily under
stand that Belle wasn't very unlifitja
good many girls you know.
When a party of our young people
were ont boat-riding one day the boat
capsized and Belle, among the others,
fell into .the wuter, takipg the starch
out of her rn files and tho orimp ont of
her hair. But abd didn't care for that
beoauso tho affair was eo romantic.
Thero wasn't tho least bit of danger,
for the water wasn't moro than throe
feet deep in any placo. But Bolle
Horeamed for some ono to save her, and
Baloh Loring picked her up and s-yam
to Bhore with her, she told her frionas,
jost as sho was going down for the sec
ond time.; Jt must have, been queer
swimming, but then it did to tell. In
fact, in the way Balle told it it made
quite u pretty Story, anil if yuu hadn't
known the circumstances, of the cano
you would have been quite apt to think
Bal nh Loring a hero.
? Belle had hadfqnitq a liking for Balph
for some time. He'was good-looking,
smart and well-to-do.' In fact j he'was
one of the best " catches" in the place.
Whon?the very romantic episode of tho
boat's-being capsized, took place sho
declared thfttfli? bud waved her lifo, told
herself that sho owed him her gratitude
and love and proceeded to make herself
agreeable., The. result .of- it was that
"Itu!ph suddenly became attentive and
by and by ^proposed mawingo and: was
accented.
- Mattera stood in that/way when Capt.
De Vaux came to town. "Where- the
captain was from and what he* was 'cap
tain, of no ono,kpew. He was good
looking, Btylish and well-dressed. He
had any amount pf assurance andi in
ninuated himself into the best sooiety
at once, anti nobody asked -for his cre
dentials.
" He is such a romantic-looking fel
low," declared Belle to Balph one day ;
"don't you think-so ?"
I don't'/' answered Balph, de
cidedly ; "I think ho is a very cheeky
looking feiiow, to say tho least, and I'm
considerably mistaken ii hGL would be
.willing to havehis affairs inquired into."
Balph had taken a strong dislike to him
from the very first.-- -
"I hopo you aren't jealous," said
B.e)U?, -isridtra provoking laugh.
"Not at all, thank you," answered
Ralph. ;
Belle determined to hove some sport.
She would flirt with-Dn Vaux and make
Ralph terribly jealous. When ?he got
ready to do so the would.send the cap
tafn'aWiifctiis bunincs? nnd fet Rolph
see. tha^ ajte Jj&yd. boen ^musing herself
at ms expense.'
*!??W*r* w?y<?iiy-.'' d?PlWw^lBolle.
The very nexl time* they were out in
company together she beset Capt. Do
Vaux with nev fascinations, and that
gentleman proved an easy and willing
victim.*. ?Balpli-tfatohed tiro-progr?s o?
affairs with a keen eye,
" Belle,"?If?sft?a fce-n^W?k?.&ay, "do
yon think you are doing joni right?"
"Doing just right?" ropliod Bollo.
" WhHt do yon moan ?"
.... ". Yon,know woll enough," answered
Ralph. J * Flirting with Do Vaux and
milking him 'believe, like enough, that
.you are in earnest."
.."Oh,, it's such fun J" laughed Bello,
carelessly. "Did you see bow devoted
ho was.last'night V . ?'
"I saw how thoughtless you were,"
answered. Ralph, gravely. "You may
not like what I am going to Say, Bello,
but I shall run th a risk 01 your displeas
ure. It ^oesn/t .scorn just the thing for
a young woman who is engaged to be
-married to be flirting Nvith a stranger as
you aro with.De Vaux/'. I j
" Indeed !" .said Belle, Hiting her
eyebrow's ; "? don't think that remark
exactly original. Seems to me I have
heard it before, somewhere."
"Do bo in earnest for once, Belle,"
Ralph exclaimed, really' provoked. 1 *. If
?0U worddt.only stop to think you'd sei>
ow foolish your conduct is. You'd
:i "It occurs to me that you have1 as
sumed the right to lecture me . quito
early in the day," retorted Belle, with
dignity, beF?r??e could go on. "Don't
go too fan.'' .
"I am ?ot lecturing you," ho an
swered. ' 1
. " What do you cali it? I should like
to know." ?
" Tam .merely giving you ? little ad
vice," replied Ralph.
"I wasn't aware that .anyone had
asked for any," said Belle, with a good
deal of sarcasm in her tones.
- " No, b?t then'people who don't ask
nd vic o 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,
m'dfgnantly, ,rand,' " -ivnat is more, I
don't intend to. I know whnt I'm about
t>
"I doubt it," interrupted Ralph.
"And I kuow enough to mind raj
own-business, too," went onB^lle, "J
wish other peoplo did."
That was their first quarrel. Ralph
left- her; feeling very angry. He hac
tried to reason with her and found hoi
wholly uhre'asonabl?. She rather eu
joyed it. In novels lovers always quar
r eied., Their courtship would have beei
humdrum enough without some spice o
. that character in it.
.I'll show him who's master," sh<
said when Iie.was gone. * ' Tho idea, o
his diotati?^TO me j IH mako hin
moro io-'iioiiH fhn?.Jip i? beioroJL!j3
through; and I'llbring him to my terms
too." Which assertion was a ratho:
broad one to make, considering tho cir
oumstances of tho case.
Ralph had hoped that Bollo wonk
look at the matter sensibly after he:
anger had'-cooled ; but, not boing fa
mons for doing sensible things, she dis
'appointent him. Tho vory next day sh<
.wont oufi riding with Capt. De Vaux
and a day or two after that ho took he:
to a concert. Ralph began to fee
grioved and indignant. Ho couldn't bi
deaf to the covert romarks of hil
friends. Belle's actions were beginninf
to rouse talk. Everybody know tha
they were engaged. Knowing this, ant
seeing how intimate slio was with Di
Vaux, it wasn't to be Wondered at tha
they goHsipped over tho matter.
It isn't a vory pleasant feeling, I im
agine, to be in Ralph's place-to hea:
yonr friends discussing tho doings o:
your promised- wife, and wondering
what you aro going lo do about it
Ralph bozo it as long as he could. Hi
went to seo Bello one day, d?termin?e
to come to some sort of au understand
ing. He met Capt. Do Vaux as h
.went iii. That gentleman smiled insa
lently on his rival. Ralph wanted fe
give him a good horso-whipping. ? I
Would have sorved as an csoapo-valv
for some of his ugly feelings if he coull
have dono so.
" Oh, yon ought, to-have como be
fore," cried Belle, with effusion; "Capt
De Vaux has. been .singing duots wit
mo. Such tv' beautiful tenor voice n
he has 1 You never hoard him sinr.
did you ?"
"I haven't had the pleasure," ann wei
ed Ralph, dryly.
" Come up to-morrow evening," sai
Belle. " He's coming over to praotic
with mo again. You'd just enjoy listel
ing to him. - I never heard anyone sir
Tnnnita' so exquisitely as he doeB
hever ! He throws so much passi'
into it. I was really charmed, J assn:
you."
"No doubt of it," said Ralph.
"And you'd enjoy his oompany i
much," rattled on Bello, thinking,
Buppose, that sho was doing somethii
remarkably brilliant. "I do. He's I
witty ; ho keeps mo laughing half ti
timo. I don't think I over enjoyed
gentleman's society so mu oh before."
' "Probablv not,,rretorted Ralph. I
was beginning' to gel thoroughly fl:
gusted. He had thought Bello mu
more womanly than sho was. - He h
deceived himself. Now his oyes we
beginning to get opened.
"And his-".began Belle ; but Ral
stopped her.
" We will tako all you aro going
pay for granted," ho Baid. "I hs
nome to talk- soberly with you, Bel
I have borno your conduct, long enouj
If you are to bo my wife, your Air
tiona with pp Vaux roust terminate
once. I novo' "a right to ask that
yon."
? " Really l'A Belle smi?efli sooruful
" so you aro going to dicta to, are .v?i
"Not at all," answered Ralph. "1
must aot as .you please. I.am mer
tellingyoiij how. the matter1 : etan
You are engaged to me As my prc
i (?ed wife y ou have no .right to not
yon aro doing. Yon onnjbut ackno'
edgo that, if you" will stop long anon
to think. If I were to go on un j
have been going on, I imagino 3
would bo quite snro to soo tho mat
in ita trun light. I have as good n
right to demand you to stop KU ch con
duct aB yon would have to demand the.
same of me. I think you have been
thoughtless, and am willing to let all
ill-ieoling drop provided you do ?is I ask
you to."
" And if I do not?" domauded Belle,
haughtily.
" Then, you may consider that all is
over between us, .Ridph replied.
"Very well," answered Belle ; " here
is yonKring, and-good-morning."
Ralph, took tho ring and bowed him
self out,' feblin'g quite aa mnch relieved
as disappointed. 'He saw ihat she was
not tho woman he wauted. She could
never make him happy. He had h?d a
lucky escape.
Belle watched him go with very angry
eyes. He bad told her the truth and
she had acknowledged it. But Bko
wasn't'going to give up in that way.
She had top much ff spirit^" she told
herself. Too much foolish, silly obsti
nacy would have hit it. " Hell come
around iii time," she said. "He'll got
over thia 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 he can't bend me around his little
Anger."
The summer went by. Ralph didn't
"como around" as Belle had expected
ho would. He met her in society and
never showed any signs of the wound
she was foolish enough to think she had
given him. He seemed to enjoy life
quite the same as ever. She concluded
he was "wearing a mask." People with
wounded hearts usually die in novel?,
Belle recollected.
Capt. De Vaux went away, and then
Belle was confident that Ralph would
return to hiB allegiance, but he didn't
seem inclined.
" He's waiting for me to give him
some encouragement, most likely,"
Belle thought, and she straightway
proceeded to encourage him by making,
or trying Wmake, herself very fascinat
ing and agreeable. But Ralph wouldn't
be fascinated. He repelled all her ad
vances, coldlv and politely.
"He's obstinate deolared Belle. "I'll
have to ask him to forgive me, and then
-" She confidently expected that that
would bring him to terms.
One evening, at a party, she tried her
plan. They were in the conservatory.
Shjo was looking pale and interesting,
At least ?he thought so. Ralph didn't
seem to think much about it.
' .T^ye, jinejLwaiiti'mz: t a^av.EomathincL .
to you for ? long tim?, she said, put
ting her handkerchief to her oyeB, "I
see now how thoughtless-:" abo couldn't!
bear to say how foolish and silly
" how thoughtless I was, and I'm sorry
that I wounded your feelings so,* Ralph.
If you could forgive mo and bo my
friend still ! if nothing moro-"
She belioved that would fetch him.
At least it usually did in romances.
"I'm perfectly willing to bo your
friend, if you want mo," answered
Ralph, feeling a desire to laugh. He
understood her porfetly. Ho only won
dered how he could havo boen foolish
enough to fancy lier.
"I do want you to," said Belle,
brokenly. "If yon only knew^ how
many times I have regretted my
thoughtless conduct, Ralph"-with a
sorrowful sigh and a glance out of the
corner of her oyo to seo if he was about
to capitulate. " I-I'vo m in sod your
ring from my finger, Ralph, so much."
"Ah?" Ralph had to smile at that
stroke of Belle's. "It never fitted you
exactly ; if you have noticed, it fits
Allie Brayton's finger beautifully."
" Belle turned palo. She understood
what Ralph meant. He had been with
Miss Brayton a pood deal lately but she
hadn't supposed that he thought of
marrying her.
"You don't mean to Buy-" sho
stammered.
"That I am engaged to Miss Bray
ton? Yes, I do," answered Ralph. "I
shall be pleased to seo you and Capt.
De Vaux at tho wedding, which takes
place on Christmas."
Belle burst into tears. She was never
so voxed and angry before. Tho affair
hadn't turnod out at ail as snob affairs
always did in novels. She was mad and
disgusted and mortified.
"You're a wretch!" she sobbed.
"You wouldn't care if you broke my
heart Oh! Oh!"
i " Sha'n't I call some one ?" suggested
Ralph, smiling cruelly.
Belle concluded she wouldn't faint
then but postponed that demonstration
of tho state of ber feelings for an in
definite period.-Rural Nexo Yorker.
- One of the boys justjbefore return
ing to Cornell, the other day, sent a
young lady friend of his a cake of
Lubin's finest variety of toilet soap,
with the roquest that she would draw
no inference oa recoiving siioh a gift.
Tho next day the young man was some
what astonished when bo received a let
ter from the young, lady containing tho
presont of a fine-tooth comb,, with the
request that he would draw no infer
ences therefrom.
-A novelty in tho mode of hanging
criminals was recently introduced nt
Newgate, England. Instand qf erect
ing the usnal scaffold above ground, a
pit wbH dug in tho soil, - and a trap
door mado lovel with the ground,
opening into tho pit. Tho conviot was
pinioned by the executioner on tho top
of the trap, and at a given signal tho
drop fell, and the unfortuhate ceased
to live. ? _._
-Denten dinners aro becoming faeh
ionablo; the aim being to give as great
variety as possible in the kinds and
oookory of fish. A printed bill of fare
on ono of theno occasions mentioned
fifteen different fish served in a mul
tiplicity of ways.
Hasty Burials.
Ou tho left-hand sido of tho oarriago
way, as^ou enter Pere la Chaise, in
Paris, Blands an immonse square build
ing coiled Le Morfroairo Publiquo.
Hore the dead aro left for a time prior
txrihoiiJianal deposit, and morning and
eveningfoaoh body is carefully exam
ined, and indioutions of returning vital
ity watched. The lids of the coffins
are left open, and every moans are
ready ot hand to Bound the alarm in
case of returning life, and to resusci
tate those who Bhow any siynB of re
turning ; consciousness. The French
people'have a morbid fear of being
buried alive, and the state of catalepsy,
with ita various phases, has for a num
ber of j?toxs been the subjeot.of mature
thought**"among the physicians of
France. - The danger of hasty sepulture
has received so many illustrations in
the United States as to make it a ques
tion open to grave discussion and re
form. Tho percentage of those awaken
ing from their long sleep, according to
Frenoh statistics, is about one in 400,
and the probabilities are that in Eng
land, where the period between death
and burikl is generally six days, and in
America, where the dead are thrust out
of Bight hs quick as possible, the per
centage .ft considerably greater. Un
necessary haste characterizes most of
our doing upon this side of the ocean ;
but in nj>jpartioular are we more inju
dicious,- more guilty of "want of fooling
and scientific shortsightedness than in
tho rapidity with which we dispose of
our dead. .
In tho experience of a medioal stu
dent, published in the January number
of the-^land Monthly, by Enrique
Parmer.-rwe find several well-authenti
cated oas os, sufficient to . fill the mind
with horror and to turn the thou g li ts
backward to many faces whose lifelike
expression upon their day of departure
from the light of heaven has remained
indelibly impressed upon our memo
ries. Wp have first the case of a strong
man who* dropped away suddenly, was
putin the grave and the sods stamped
upon Iii s coffin. Four days afterward
the bodWwas fonnd twisted round, an
ankle dlswcated, hair turned white and
torn out,, und features distorted in a
terrible--nan uer. There'is next the
case pf a^pung lady1, beautiful in per-,
son "and .' accomplishment, laid away
hurriedly* ' Upon removing her remains
to another cemetery the open coffin dis
closo(l.a--J?liecL. face, lacerated breast
aniiarn^, tia ts of nair "strewn ~abonfc,
fest dra-w/i up as is if in wild effort for
rel ea 5?e, i he fi nely-ch i sci ed features
scarred by finger-nails. Less than a
score of years ago a young man, six
days ofter burial, was found tiunod on
nis faco, with ono arm bitten to tho
bone auitother evidences of a frightful
doath-wrtSatle. In the various grave
yards oft tho land, where cemeteries
have bec i dug over and exhumed, there
have been often found bodies or skele
tons turrjed ov?r pn their sides or faces,
with knees drawn up, joints distended,
hand s clenched, arms thrust against their
narrow prison-honso, fingers twisted in
the hairy and numerous other evidences
of a struggle too horrible and agoniz
ing to dream o'. In the old burial
ground in the city of Brooklyn thero
was found the corpse of a yoong bride,
dressed in wedding garments of the
richest white satin, with bridal veil,
ring, and all tho evidences of wealth
and position. The skeleton was found
twisted and displaced, and tho gar
ments grasped as if in a vise in the
clenched fiinger-bones ; oven the long,
ravon tresses, whioh were as glossy and
perfeot as ever, were bit fiu?t in tho
fleshless teeth, as with the final de
spairing agony of death. Numerous
cases of a similar kind havo happened
here and in England. Only last year u
woman died in Pennsylvania and was
buried. When her husband, who had
been absent at the time of her death, re
turned, he insisted upon exhumation,
and to the unutterable dismay of all tho
body was found lying upo?- its fu oe, the
shroud covered with blood, the flesh
torn from the left shoulder, with every
mark tb at a fearful struggle had taken,
place. But the most singular case
recorded by tt?e medioal student is one
whioh oamo under his own knowledge
and manipulation. Among his ac
quaintances he numbered a young and
beautiful girl, Miss-, for whom he
cherished a sincere and romantio attach
ment. Te bis infinite astonishment he
read in the morning paper that she had
just died and would bo buried to-mor
row. Hurrying to the house he found
that the young girl had died of heart
disease, and that the old family physi
cian had pronounced life extinct. Hoi
appearance, connected with this Rudder
takfng-off, convinced him that she wat
only in a trance. He waited upon th(
physician, implored him to delay thii
interment-in vain. Thero was a fin,
funeral, an eloquent sermon, tears am
flowers -all in proper form-and tb<
fair being wan laid in the dust and shu
ont forever from life and light. A? tin
clock tolled the hour of midnight tb
young student, with the assistanco o
a friend, stood at the grave. Bproadinj
a blanket upon the earth, they cut th
sod and bogan their work- In a fe\
minutes tho spade touohed tho head G
the collin and, upon removing tho naih
a deep groan smote upon thoir oatt
AB tho student eau timi sly put his bani
within the coffin to lift '?ho body oui
tho hand of the girl, which was hu
palm downwards over her oyes an
forehead, clutched the hand that tonel
ed her like a vise, the mouth at th
carno time uttering a most agonizin
groan. Wrapping the body in blanl
eta, the two students boro it swiftly t
their sanctum, closed tho door, an
there a sigh?, revealed i tn e. if wilie
chilled tho youths with terror and r<
morse. The lip waa bitten throng!
shreds of raven hair were twisted round
tho fingers, and tho left wrist was dis
located in tho unavailing efforts of tho
poor creature to free herself from mis
ery. Once, only once, Knder the influ
ence of a powerful battery, did she
open her eyes. But ali was ovur-BUO
waa dend-killed by heartless custom,
unaeomly haste and burial ignorance.
There are many reasons why hasty
burials aro injudicious, not to say in
decorous and unfeeling. The uso of
opiates and tho increase of nervous
diseases iu tho United States have cer
tainly had a tendency to develop cases
of catalepsy or trance. A man sud
denly stricken down with apoplexy,
paley, epilepsy or some ono of tho
many forms of brain disease ; appar
ently lifo has departed, and he is im
mediately shut up in a box, prayed
over and hurried away with unneces
sary haste to his last resting-place.
In tho heat of summer it is of course
desirable that speedy interment should
take place, but that very heat soonest
develops tho sign which no eyes can
mistake-tho presence of decomposi
tion. Until the phenomenon has taken
place it is neither right, reasonable nor
m accordance with common feoling
and decency that a body whioh has
lived its little life should be consigned
to tho dust fresh from whioh it sprung.
-Chicago Jilter-Ocean.
Indigo and its Preparation
The dye called " indigo" is obtained
from an herbaceous plant cultivated on
large plantations in India. It ?B ont
close to the gronnd with reaping-hooks
and tied into bnndles ; theso bundles
on arriving at the factory aro measured
by a chain, being paid for to the ryots
at a fixed rate of so many bundles for a
rupee, each man getting a paper stating
the number of bundles he has given in
each day. A nuffioient quantity of
plant having arrived, the filling of tho
vats commences, the bundles of plant
ore put into the upper row of vats till
they are lilied, bamboos are laid across,
and two heavy beams of wood aro
tightly screwed down over them. The
tilling of the vats being completed,
water is pumped into them from a res
ervoir close at hand, theso pumps being
worked by coolies' feet treading them,
something after the fashion of a tread
mill. TUQ plant?is left steeping, sc
olding td the weather, from eight to
ten hours, it/being the duty of tho
"rung mistr??"-^-t?ie man who looks
to say when the ?luga olo'singTi?? ^.A*
ing8 leading from tho higher to the
lower vats aro to ho reopened and tho
wator allowed to flow into tho lower
rats; This dono, tho beaters ?et in,
sight! mon to eaoh vat, and commenco
beating tho water with long poles
limped like paddles. Tho beating of
tho vats genorally takes about two
lionrs. The beaters present a most ex
traordinary appearance as they step out
from tho vats, dyed from hoad to foot a
lark blue, which gives their bronze
skins a curious tinge by which vat
coolies may bo known for weeks aftor
tho manufacturing. Tho beating of
tho vats ovor tho indigo subsides ; tho
waste water is carried off by means of a
drain, and tho indigo flows by anotner
drain to the reservoir, whence it is
pumped into tko boiler, boiled, run off
to a tabla, pressed, and carried to the
drying-house as before described ; from
tho time tho plant is cut till tho indigo
reaches the drying - hou^e occupying
from two to three days. On tho proper
steeping, beating, and boiling of the
indigo in a great measure dopends tho
quality of the produce, though tho soil
on whioh it is grown and tho wntor in
whioh it is Bteoped also materially affect
it. Tho mannfnoturing season general
ly lasts about six weeks, and tho indigo
is fit for paoking about tho beginning
of November. Before packing com
mences sample cakes of eaoh day's
manufacture are examined, and tho in
digo arranged according to color, so
that each chest, may bo of as uniform a
quality as possible.
Sheep on a Farm.
Sheep are undervalued by the mass
land-holders ns a means of koeping up
the fortuity of ibo soil and putting
money into the pockets of formers.
Tho moment ono begins to talk of
sheep husbandry, tho listener or reader
begins to look for wool quotations, ns
if wool was all that yields profit from
sheep. One might as well look for
wheat quotations alone when there ?B
talk about the profit of forming.
Sheep on a farm yield both wool and
mutton. They- multiply with great
rapidity. Tlioy aro the best of farm
scavengers, " deaning a field" ns no
other class of animals will. They give
bnck to the fnrm moro in proportion to
what they tako from it than any other
animal, and distribute it better with a
view to tho fntnro fertility of the soil.
Provo this ? There is no need of proof
to those who have kept sheep, and
know their habits and tho profits they
yield. To provo it to those who have
not the experience, it is necessary they
should try tho experiment or accept the
testimony of an experienced shepherd.
But tho livo stock of a farm should
not, uecesEarily, bo shcop, exclusively.
Cattle, horses, swine, havo their re
spective places in tho farm economy.
How many of etioh to koop is a ques
tion that locality, diameter of markets,
adaptation of soil, prodisposition, tasto
and skill of the husbandman must, de
cide. But ono thing ought not to be
forgotten, that the more stook a mau
keeps on his farm tho more grass and
it ought to, and, if properly managed,
it will grow. Tho ratos of increase
will correspond with the business tuet,
technical and practical knowledge, end
skill of Ibo husbandman.-New York
World.
FACTS AND FANCIES.
-Transmission of money by post in
RuBsia is expressly forbidden, and the
money is liable to confiscation.
-Rid nsed on a railroad signifies
danger, and says stop. It is the same
thing displayed on a man'B noBe.
-A person ol inquiring tum of
mind asked, M Does the Lord love a
man who spends at a church festival
the money he owes his washerwoman?"
- A $1,400,OOO.OOOtract deed has just
boon put on reccord in Denver. Rich
men have to study arithmetio ont
there.
-"What sort of grammar is it which
compels a person to say, "I saw four
deer in ono drove," but won't let him
say, " there are ten hog in the garden?"
-A tract on "The Wickedness of
Gluttony" is said to have been found
among the good things sent to the Kan
sas grasshopper sufferers.
-Texas towns are peculiar. An ex
asperated Didlaa paper asks: "Is
there no ordinance to prevent the firing
3ff of pistols as a means of alarm in
3 os es of fire?"
-In an English town twenty barrels
jf gun-powder were taken from a shop
md put in a cart. The driver mounted,
sat on one of the barrels, lighted his
pipe and drove away.
-A matter-of-fact doctor's wife at
;ompted to move him by tears. " Ah !"
laid he, tears aro useless. I have
malayzed them. They contain a little
phosphate of lime, some chlorate of
?ne and water."
-A lamp-ehimney may be 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.
-The newspaper reporters of Chicago'
propose to give a theatrical entertain
?ent at an early day for the benefit of
he poor of that oity. It will not bo
dvisable to marry into a poor family,
hough, on this account. ' '
-Mr. George Smith, has discovered^
mong the Assyrian tablets in tho.Brit-1
di museum the'legend of the building
f the Tower of Babel. The discovery.
i quite as important as that of the
iblot relating to tho deluge, made
nown by the same gentleman, *
-Sentiment is nothing but senti
lent. An ex-army captain, \ in Gol-*
rado, when.dying, OB?e.dX&?vi^Tft.?^-^":^
ad no flag, and so they wrapped hun
i a coffee-sack, and ho exclaimed :
Alli may you all die as proudly ! "
-Alexandor Dumas; it is said,-novo*
tetohes a scheme for any of his pi?ces,
te take? for a wnr-aot pic.co- oeventy
3ven big pages^of bino paper. Ho
ovotea twenty pnfjjkH each to tho first,
?cond and third adts, and seventeen to
ie last.
-You'ro right there, Tookey. There's
days two 'pinions. Thero's tho 'pinion
man has of bimsen, and thero's tho
>inion other folks have on him.
'her'd by two 'pinions about a crackod
ell if tho bell could hoar itself.
-A dry gooda clerk lately dropped
QnselesB behind tho counter wbifo
raiting on customers. Tho female cus
:mier for whom ho had pulled down
very bolt of calico on the -sholves
uiotly requested the proprietor to re
lovo the ineumbrauco and Bond on an
ther clerk.
"7-When a girl crops her front hair
nd pulls it down over her forohoad like
. Mexican Mustang, and then ties a
deco of red velvet round her neck, who
ian wonder at the number of pnlo-faoad
roung men that throw away their am
ntion and pass slcoploBS nights in try
ng to raiso down on their uppor lips ?
-The Troy TimoB says : At a party
ni Fourth street the; other night a
foung gentleman tried to coax a young
ady to play on the piano. She said
couldn't. " Why" said ho, "yon can
nay the ' Blue Danube' waltz, can't
pou?" "No," said she, "but I ooo.
'day penny ante just like a little mun. . ">
ribo is beautiful and accomplished.
-"Yes, sir," yelled a preacher in a
Dakota church ono Sandfly morning,
11 there's more lying and swearing and
stealing and general deviltry to tho
iquare inoh in this here town than all
;he rest of the American country," and
;hen the congregation got up and
lumped tho preaohor out of tho win
low.
The Vosper Bell.
To tho traveler in Spanish America,
the striking of tho vesper bolls exer
cises a potent charm. As tho usage re
quires everyone to halt, no mattor wero
ho may be, at tho first atroke of tho
boll, to intorrupt his conversation, how
aver important, and linten without stir
ring until tho conclusion of tho chime,
tho singularity of a whole population
surprised in a moment, as it comes and
goea, held in a state of petrification,
and paralyzed as if by an encounter,
may bo imagined. On every sido you
BOO gestures interrupted, mouths half
opened for tho.arrested romark, smiles
lingering or passing into an expression
of prayer ; you would fancy them a
nution of Htatuoa. A town in South
Amorioa at tho tinkle of the Angelus
resembles tho city in tho "Arabian ?
Nights" whoso inhabitants aro turned
into stones. Tho magician hero is the
bell ringer; but hardly ha? the vibra
tion ceased wbon a universal murmur
arisen from those thousands of oppress
ed lungs. Hands meet hands, quoB
tions soek unswors, conversations re
sumo their course ; horses feel the loos
ened bridle and paw tho ground ; dogs
bark, babiea cry, tho fathers Bing, the
mothers chatter. Tho nooid?ntal turna
thus given to convocation aro many.