The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, October 12, 1881, Image 4
THE ^IXTITED GUEST,
An Episode of a New Orleans Banquet.
Some years ago when John McCnlw
lough was in New Orleans a compliW
mentary dinner was given him, to which
Robson and Crane, the comedians, were
invited. Robson tells the following
story of an incident which occurred :
"It was a private affair, so that when
I saw, sitting between Crane and myself,
a very seedy-looking old gentleman, my
attention was arrested, and I began to
eve the old chap with suspicion. By
and by lie began to attract the attention
of the company. He "eras a man of, say
sixty or thereabout, unshaven and very
shabbily dressed. The night ontside
was bitterly cold, and yet the old felloe
wore a ihin summer coat buttoned tip
to the throat. What first drew my attention
to him was his appearance, and
after that his appetite. He ate voraciously,
and his drinking kept pace with
his eating. Again and again did Crane
and I replenish his plate and fi1! his
glass, and again njid again tvere thej
emptied. I rcmess that a barbarous
- sense of the hnmor of the thing came
over me, and I gave way to it. From m?
'pride of place' I deliberately plied the
ariMAnf. marine "with wine, and made
a point of inviting the attention of th?
*hole table to him. They all went intc
the joke and insisted, one after another,
upon drinking wine with the old man.
The idea, of course, was to get hiir
tipsy, but here we all failed, for the olc
gentleman had a head as hard a.\ Socra
tea, and moreover, seemed to kno^
when he had enough. The quiet whisper
and nudge was going round the fes
live board, 'Who's our friend ? Whc
brought him in ? etc. But ic wa.<
quickly suppressed, for at last, witl
quiet dignity, but firm courtesy, he d*
clined to drink any more, and no en
treaty could move him from his resole
Xfrtna nf nnr nartv seemed tc
' Viiy^x. A.WMV v. f ^
know him, so we concluded th- * ~x
a poor relation or acquainta*> >m<
of the givers of the bancr lia<
kindly run him in for a ?. .. Ii
the meantime speeches . made
toasts were drank, and a slights iDebri
a ted individual sung out: ^Sly, min<
ancient fnend, won't you give us j
speech ? Something about Shakspeare
you know- he's the fellow."
"Nobody, of course, imagined tha
the old man would have the nerve t<
get up and say anything, but he did
Well, sir, in the course of my experi
ence I have heard a great many cleve
people talk about the immortal bard
but on this occasion I heard in fifteei
minutes the most intelligent exposition
of Shakespeare's genius that it has eve
been my fortune to listen to. And th<
"whole thing was done so easily, anc
with such an entire absence of effort
that it was not until he had finishec
that we all began to realize that w<
had been under the spell of a profoanc
critic and an accomplished orator. Am
those who came to scoff remained ti
pray. John McCallough rushed ove
and grasped his hand enthusiastically
and thanked him for the honor of hi
presence, and begged his name tha
the company ought to know to whor
thev were indebted. For the first tim
- v - - i * i c
13i? old man seemea no lose ms i>en
possession. He articulated a few words
but it was plain bis emotions were get
tiiig the better of him. Crane fillei
him np a glass of wine, and the ol
man drank it, and after a little pause
rose slowly and with difficulty. Hi
manner had been changed. He n
longer looked the keen critic and fluec
orator, bnt c. weak, infirm old mas
who in spite of every disadvantage c
appearance, still retained a certain die
nity?an elusive but unmistakable some
" " J J V:
tinag in&i pronouuueu iiim tu uo a
tleman.
"S*id a friend to me as tlie old ma
got upon his feet, 'Bob, this don't loo
like art; this is nature.' 'Gentlemen
said the unknown, in a voice tremulou
ttad full of pathos, 'I ovro an apology t
von all. I have no excuse to offer fc
having intruded upon your festivity
but I can at least make the amend c
confessing tbat I am no intruder,
came to this house this evening on th
invitation of a man I once knew, and
stumbled by accident into your bar
quet. I came here hungry and col
(and I thought I could hear the -win
whistling outside as he intoned rathe
than pronounced the words 'hungry an
cold*) and I could not resist the temi
tation. I wanted to eat and drink an
get warm.'
RiLji^l^ifoverp'o'wereH^mh a sens
of his degradation.
" {I know this is shameful,' he con
tinned, 'but physical weakness some
times begets mental weakness, and
have eaten nothing for three days. Fo
three weeks past I have not slept in :
bed, but stolen a rest in doorways or ii
a chair la the office of some notei
Sometimes I have walked the street
till daylight. Sach thirgs, gentlemen
tell heavily upon a man of my age
Otherwise no man with a remnant o
pride left could have acted as I havi
done to-night But I thank God I hav<
at least retained courage enongh to tel
the truth. And now, gentlemen,' saic
the brave old man, straightening uj
with wonderful dignity of manner
'accept my gratitude for wha
I have received. I have eatei
and drank with you, and am refreshed
and grateful. I trust vou will pardoi
my infringement of hospitality anc'
common honesty and permit me to de
part.'
"The dinner party immediately raisec
a purse of $6S for their needy friend
JRODSOn wzu hoc ten ins name, uut, savi
that twenty-live rears ago he "was i
Congressman from. Ohio, and he wai
once a candidate for the Yice-Presi
dency of the United States."
Boys Reared by Wolves.
l In his eminently interesting work en
titled *'Jangle Life in India," Mr. Bal
b . has adduced good reasons for believing
that the old classical story of the rearing
& of Romulus and Remus by a she wol
- may be founded on fact. This autho:
cites the case of two lads in an orphan
age in Se sandra, near Agra, who i ac
been discovered among wolves, and ii
wionv wora cliororl Tlfllvifc: f-f t.VtASf
animals. One of his stories is supportec
bj a letter from Professor Max Muller
It says : "A trooper sent by a nativ<
governor of Chaudaur to demand pay
9 ment of some revenue was parsing alonj
the bank of the river about noon, whei
he saw a large female wolf leave her den
followed by three whelps and a iittl<
boy. The boy went on all fours, anc
when the trooper tried to catch him h?
ran as fast as the whelps avid ~rpt" up
entered the
jSP^^ut by the people
MMHKes, and the boy was secured.
Kraggled hard to rash into every
Kte or den they c?ine near. He be^^ne
alarmed when he saw a grown-up
person, but tried to fly at children and
bite them. He rejected cooked meat
with disgast, but delighted in raw flesh
and bones, putting them under bis paws
hke a dog. They tried to make him
speak, but could get nothing from him
but- an angry growl or snarl."
Another instance is quoted as having
occurred at Chr.pra. A Hindoo father
and mother went out to cut their crop
in March, 1S-13. The woman had with
her a little b <y, irh") la'ely had been se
V __ verely bund on the left knee. V. hile
R the parents were at work the child was
aft carried off by a wolf. Some time afterH
ward a wolf with thr^e small cnb<* was
seen about ten miles from Chapra, folM
lo?-( d bv a boy. The boy after much
resistance, was caught and recognized
mb br the mark of the br?rn on his knee.
MS lie could eat nothing but raw flesh, and
B cou'd never be bj ought to sueak. Ho
M used to mutter find snarl, but never r.rE|
ticulat^u distinctly. The pans of hit;
m| knCv>-5 and the points of his elbows had
Bp become horny from going on all fours
ft with the wolves. In November. 1850.
ft tiur, boy escaped again and d'sappcaivd
Hp jtx the jungle. Thus th-i she wolCV lit
? t.-r of Macar-lav's "Lays of Ancient
Hr Jwiue" n ay have been, after ali, no
11& luytu.
Augusta, Ga., has now in operation
M*75~,000 spindles in her cotton mills,
^representing an investment of ?5,000,
- i
?1 n 9 PL W- "HW .< I ,g|gg*gl
Tlie Death of General Lee.
: The Philadelphia Times prints the j
j following letter from the wife of Gen-1
eral Robert E. Lee, describing herhus-1
| band's death:
Lesixgton, November 20, 1570.
My Dear Mrs. : . . TbatWednes-j
day nigbt, at half-past seven o'clock, J
after a day every moment of which hadr
been filled with care for others and tile
closing honrs to the vestrv meeting of I
I 'l l 1- 1. itv
i tne cuurcn, my uu?imuu wuiiic ui. ,
had been wait in g for him, and I re- j
marked : "You have kept us waiting a ;
Ions time. Where have you been ?" j
j He did not reply, and stood up as if to :
say grace, but no sound proceeded from
, his lips and he sat down in his chair ;
perfectly upright and with a sublime .
look of resignation on his countenance, j
'; but did not attempt to reply to our in- i
'; quiries. That look was never to be for-!
' i gotten, and I have no doubt that he felt
| : then his hour had come, although be
: | submitted to the doctors, who were im'
mediately summoned and had not even
reached their homes from the same ves[
try meeting. Eis whole demeanor durr
ing his illness showed one who had
taken leave of earth.
[ He rarely attempted to speak except
;; in his dreams, and then he wandered to
J those dreadful battle-fields. Once,
j when urged him to take some
': medicine, which he always took with
' reluctance, he looked at her and said,
!! "'Tis no use," but afterward took it.
"When lie became so mucli better the
doctor said : "You must? soon get out
[: and ride your favorite gray." He shook
' j his head emphatically and looked up'!
ward.
He slept a great deal, but knew us all
, j and greeted us vltli a kindiy pressure
'! of the hand, loving to have us around
him. For the last forty-eight hours he
~: seemeu quite insensible of our presence,
": breathed heavily, and at last quietly
, sank to rest, with one deep-drawn sigh.
* Oh, what a glorious rest was in store for
j him?the humble consistent Christian,
: who, not many weeks before, had said,
1; when we were talking of the assurance
' ! of heaven, he wished he could feel that
J assurance. He will be surprised at the
~ j welcome: "Well done, good and faith~!
ful servant, enter thou into the joy of
' ] thy Lord."
. | Had he been successful instead of
" I the "hero of a lost cause" he could not
31 have been more beloved and honored.
* | I am content and would not have him
" i back, though I must continue my weary
r j pilgrimage alone, without the support
' | on which I have leaned with such per'
feet confidence for more than thirty
1 i years. We shall continue to make this our
*1 home. I could not bear to move into a
^ i new house, and my own Arlington is not
j open to me.
? I Believe me always truly and affec'
tionatelv your friend,
-1 Mary Custis Lee.
i j
* i Egyptian Mines.
! A writer oil the Egyptians says in
. Blackwood's Magazine: There is a strong
g i and very natural propensity to hoard
t ! amon? them; and the possession of
| wealth having always been synonymous
e i with persecution, when it- was discov_
| ered, has led to habits of secrecy in re!
gard to it; so that the first instinct of
i a peasant who, by some fortunate ac^
cident acquires a sum of money, is to
; bury it, and not disclose its existence,
> > even to his wife and family. Under the
g i oven is a favorite hiding-place, as there
0 i is a certain security in a tire being gent
erally burning over it. Even to the
L I last, men have been known to guard
} ! the secret, dying with it uurevealed :
r_; and there can be little doubt that a
j good deal o' money has been lost in
' j this way, and that, if we add the stores
j of the ancients to those of modern
n j times, the country must contain a con u
! siderable amount of hidden treasure.
> j This is confirmed to some extent by the
's ; fact that the ideas of the peasantry are
0 | always running upon hidden treasure.
)V j I received a curious evidence of this
.* i upon one occasion when I was trying
^ | to induce a man to sen me some anj
: tiqti.es which he had dug out of a
! mound. Among tliem heiuadvertentlv
j said there was a large earthern jar?oh
L | which his wife interrupted him, and a
j i violent argument took place between
^ i them. She objected strongly to her
j husband selling the jar, on the ground
? j that if it came to the ears of tne gov)m
eminent they would certainly be ac^
cused of having stolen the treasure
which it contained, and be forced to pay
and"reluctance
to reveal the possession of
money, by spending it, we have but to
^ look a little closely to see the evidences
j of an increasing material prosperity all
through Egypt. In many of the smaller
~ i towns new houses are springing up
? i rapidly ; at !\TedinetelFayoum, Minieh,
~ j Bhcda and other placeswhicli I visited,
g this was observable; land which had
" j been allowed to run out was being
' ! taken back into cultivation ; the Fay?
j oum especially has taken a marvelous
{ start within the last two years.
3 j "
I j Capsized by a Fish.
II A romantic story comes from Clay31
ton, one of the many resorts on the St.
, ! Lawrence. Almost every day during
t | the summer a young woman, the danghi
| ter of a wealthy merchant of Ottawa,
1 j had been seen sailing along the Arnerl
ican shore, trolling for large fish. One
1! afternoon a young American named
' ?i-; ?
- race was rowing m ms paper-such uc<u
Governor Alvords island. About half a
I mile from the shore, on looking around,
. he saw the yousg Canadian woman
3 struggling with her oars and the trollx
ing line attached to her right orm drawn
s taut. She evidently had caught airfare
- muscalonge or stuigeon and was endeavoring
to pull around with her larboard
oar so as to follow the fish gradually.
In her excitement she leaned too
far to the starboard side and tumbled
j i into the crater. Eice, with a few pulls
r i at his sculls, quickly reached the un?;
fortunate young woman and caught her
j, by the arm. The combined weight of
; the two upset his shallow shell and in a
_ | twinkling both were struggling in the
^ I water. The trolling line was still attacked
to the young lady's arm, while
^1 she clung to her beat, and the fish
I seemed to be pulling Rice, his fair
I charge and the boat down the stream
j; rapidly. Rice, after considerable work,
'; succeeded in getting into the fairCanarj
dian's boat, and then pulled her in
> ; him. She appeared but litjj^ff^ened \
! and said she had had sir^rexperienc ,
??t. . i. . a i
^ i sue daa :
^ | tli^B^in^ioiiRice noticed that the j
*| trolling line was still tant and the young j
I woman had not relinquished her hold !
i of it. Convinced that something large 1
i was afc the other end of the line he i
pulled it in as rapidly as possible and j
j was overjoyed at seeing a mammoth \
i muscaionge rise to the surface. It was :
j quickly secured, and the young Cana- j
J dian, forgetting her wet clothes and j
mishap, seemed to be delighted. She i
j insisted that her rescuer should take j
; the muscaionge, and he accepted it, j
; with the understanding that he should j
i accompany her hereafter in her fishing !
' trips. The young woman is beautiful; j
the vou: g man gallant; more anon.
The Shenandoah Valley.
A writer in a West Virginia paper
sa. s that the Shenandoah Valley, when
first settled, 1G0 years ago. was an open j
prairie like region, covered with tall1
grass, on which herds of deer, buffalo
^ ^ ^ '' ^ A? 4irAl\A*? ArrArtwf '
LA1IU VX2L iCU, ttUU V4U>UIU KJX Litu^vl V'AOCj/u
on occasional ridges ; but that after i:
; became settled trees sprang up almost,
: as thickly and regularly as if seed had !
been planted. These forests, having i
been preserved by the farmers, cover
hot a large part of the surface cf the
valley with hard wood trees of superior j
excellence. The explanation of this j
change is that previous to the settle-1
ment of the valley annual fires, negli
gently started by Indians, burned up
the voting trees and prevented the formation
of forests, but with the arrival
of settler? these fires were preven'ed ;
and the opinion is asserted that the treeless
character of the Western prairies ;
Is owing to the Indian practice of an- :
uually burning the grass. Were it not :
for that, dense forests would have cov- !
ered these vast plains for centuries. i
THE LIVING WATERS.
Ttjc liock Which Closes Smote at Ktidcsh. !
The Rov. Henry Clay Trumbull's accotant
of his recent discovery of the
probable site of the Kadesh Barnea, j
where the children of Israel rested for so
long in their forty years of nomadic life
between Egypt and the promised land,
is published in the quarterly statement
of the English Palestine exploration
society; and the society accept his
identification without reserve. This is
one of the most important services
possible to the history and geography
of the Bible. Kadesh is the place in
the Arabian desert "where the people
chode with Closes," complaining
that he had brought mem jnto a wilderness
where they arid their cattle would
die, saying "it is no place of seed, or of
figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates ;
j neither is there any water to drink."
I Then the Lord bade Moses to gather
| the assembly together, and take his
j stand with Aaron, and "speak to the
! rock" and it should give forth water.
But Moses appears to have lost all his
i proverbial meekness, and in a very
i spiteful mood he mocked the people
! and the Lord both, saying: "Hear now,
j ye rebels?must we fetch you water out
of this rock,"?ss if he were doing it
: himself; and he "lifted up his hand
: and with his rod he smote the rock
j twice and the water came out abun:
dantly, anJ the congregation drank,
i and their beasts." The waters were
i called of Meribah, that is, "strife."
! It was because of this behavior here
: that Moses was forbidden to enter the
1 promised land. The messengers who
1 brought back the grapes of Eshcol from
i that land weve sent from Kadesli. Mr.
i Trumbull quotes from several author
| ities to show that, 2s Dr. William omxta
| said, "to determine the position of Ka|
desh itself is the great problem of the
; whole route." The Rev. John Rowi
lands in 1S25 fonnd a fountain beariDg
| the name Kades or Quadis, a name havj
ing the same meaning with the Hebrew
j Kadesh, and confidently identified the
place. His view has been accepted by
| many scholars,oilakvnot by all; while
i very oddly, in these h early forty years,
| no traveler has visited the place, though
! many travelers have coolly pronounced
i Rowlands mistaken in the location, the
| peculiarities and the names attaching
! to it. Mr. Trumbull mentions among
j the reasons why the wells discovered by
j Rowlands have not been found since
1 that they are in the territory of the
i Azazimeh Arabs, while the guides of
| the region are Tehayah Arabs, and not
| on good terms with the others : that
' the Bedawin don't like to show Chris|
tians their sacred wells, and that few
j travel over the route he took. But "pej
culiar circumstances" helped him, and
i last April he found the disputed well
1 of Quadis and also the wells of Quadi
/"V? ^1, krtra
Giraij ana vjustuitiLi, wiiitu vwvu
! visited by several oilier travelers, ^ho
I Lave thought that Rowlands misapplied
! the name of Quadis to one or the other
j of them. Mr. Trumbull found a Jebel
j Quadis, a Wady Quadis and an Ain Quai
dis in complete accordance with the
J description of Rowlands ; and the well
i is at the head of Wady, which is "an
I extensive and fertile plain," abounding
j with remains of rudo stone buildings
I and other ruins which show it was once
i a well-peopled region. His picture of
I the place of the waters is as follows:
i ' 'It was an casis unappr oach ed by any I
had seen in the desert since leaving Feiran,
and not surpassed within its limits by
that. It was carpeted with grass and
' flowers. Fig trees laden with fruit were
j against its limestone hill-sides. Shrubs
! in richness and variety unbounded.
| Standing out from the mountain range
j at the northward cf the beautiful oasis
j amphitheater was the 'large single
j mass or small hill of solid rock^which
! Roylands looked at as the cliff (seinj
I smitten bj Moses to canse it to 'give
forth its water' when its flowing had
I ceased. From beneath this cliff came
j the abundant stream. A well, walled
| up with time-worn limestone blocks, waa
I the first receptacle of the water. Not
J far from this was a second well simi|
larly called, supplied from the same
i sourcc. Around both these wells were
ancient watering troughs of limestone,
i Several pools, not walled up, were also
j supplied from the stream. On from
the lino of these pools a gurgling stream
flowed musically for several hundred
yards and then lost itself in the verdure
covered desert. The water was clear and
"VoforVthe
cliff and around its neighboring wells,
camel and goat a ring was trodden down
as if by the accumulation of centuries,
showiDg that the place was much frequented
for watering purposes."
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Old vulcanized caoutchoiic may be
recovered if cut into pieces and brought
into with steam sufficient!1?
; heated to volatilize the sulphur. The
I caoutchouc melts and is then collected
I as a liquid, which may be found useful
j in making water-proof covers.
It has been found by Mr. P. Hoglan
j that calomel is slowly changed in the
! human system by the action of water
j and the temperature of the body into
' corrosive sublimate. This decomposij
tion is aided by the presence of citric
J acid, chloride of sodium or sugar.
! What are the effects of different kinds
! cf intellectual work on the cerebral ciri
culation ? This question, M. Gley, a
j French physiologist, has attempted to
VYCX UJ C-XJLTCJLiJLU^JU.i/o
self. When he applied himself to a
subject which he had a difficulty in understanding
thoroughly, and Lad, therefore,
to concentrate all his energies
upon it, the rhythm of the heart was
far more accelerated than when he took
up some matter with which he was well
acquainted.
A novel pair of scissors has been de'
vised by HerrSievert, of Dresden. The
; blades are represented by two circular
steel knives, which slightly overlap at
the edges and are pressed together by
two spiral springs. The knives are fastened
to a pair of wooden roller? with
India rubber rims, which grip-aid guide j
the cloth or paper as it passss between i
the knives, avfitter may cut
straigftT These cutters are carried by
Liwoilandles, or levers, "which are held
^uTiie hand, and the cutting is effected
by pushing the scissors forward so as to j
acuse the rollers to revolve.
Dr. Kirk has determined with accur- j
acy the plant which yields the best
East African India rubber, and tas ob- j
tained seeds of the species for introduc-!
tion into India. It occurs in great :
abundance along the newly-made road
from Dar-es-Salaam, in ,? . west-south- j
westerly direction, tor aoeat a nunarea |
miles toward the interior of Africa,
through the Wazamaro country. It is j
apparently but little affected by the j
reckless mode of tapping employed. In
many parts a native can still collect
about three pounds of rubber daily, j
There are five species of the tree, but j
only one of them is considered woith
tapping.
Cattle Raiding in South America. 1
Cattle raising on the River Platte, in
South America, has made a great advance
within a few years past-, and in
the south of the Republic, particularly,
the business is fast extending. Present
prices are said to be unprecedented
and to cause surprise at the
readiness with which they arc accepted.
Breeding was comparatively new to the
raisers as late as 1S7G, and was confined
then to the hands of a few persons who
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CUiUU uiiuru, *1 UeceNNU>, LV lwao ocveral
thousand head of cattle by Indian
depredations and epidemics. "When the
Indians filialiy disappeared, small capitalists
eonlidently entered the field. :
and immediate growti: then followed.
During the past ycav the increase was
greater than in any former one. aud this
in spite of the disturbed condition of
the country. Still more improvement
is looked for in the figures of the year
just passing. During the last five years
the value of the prize stock sold was as
follows: la 1^70, -SI,*233.920 rale.: in
1877, 83,668,903 mie.: in 1878, ?8,278,
334 mlc.: in 1879,810 517,580 mlc., and :
in 1SS0, 8IS,605,857 mlc. i;
Tiie Ear-Shell, and the "fYomen-Dnvrs I
of Japan.
The daily food of the thirty-five mil- j
lions of people Tvho inhabit the Japa- j
nese archipelago is fish and cereals, j fAnimal
flesh is not a regular article of 8
ditt. Millet in the north, rice in the a
south, \rith fish for the staple. The 0
good daily food of Ebisu, who was once c
a fisherman. His idol is found in most ! ?
houses among the lower classes. : r
All is fish that comes to the Japanese T
net, Eare is the living thing in the sea ^
that is not put to use. Shark's flesh is *
chopped into a kind of paste, and sliced . ^
-- --a? era ! t
carp is eiAi.trii xa>>. - ?-? .
cacies, and the mvali or "sea-ear" is a j ?
favorite article of fresh and dried food. : 1
It is something like an immense : s
clam, except that it has but one shell, *
and fastens itself to the rocks below i s
tide-water. Through a row of holes j (
which perforate the shoulder or convex ' s
ridge of the shell, it sends out its ten- ;8
tacles, and breathes. From the fact |
that it holds on to the rock with its !
stomach which also serves as a foot, it I
j is called a gastero-pod. !
Cleansed of its fleshy pulp, the "ear-; 1
; shell" is often seen in our country, the j
iridescent surface being used for inlay- ! j
ing fine articles, and for making but- j 1
| tons. It is " mother - o' - pearl," ! 1
1 though in this case the mother has no ^
; children; for I never heard of any gems 1
being found in tne nanous.
| Why the men do not go after this j *
i kind of game, but leave the women to j ^
do the diving, I have never understood, j J
Certain it is that the girls and women ; (
excel as divers. ; (
While living in Eehizen, on the west j(
coast of Japan, in 1870,1 accompanied a ' i
party of fishermen to their grounds, ; *
; and watched the mermaids at their jJ
work. Spite of the cold and wind, the j1
women stripped to the waist, being 1 <
covered below with a short garment of | <_
woven straw. Those who went among ; the
rocks, where the boat could not fol-;
i low, had each a basket strapped to her ,
. back, and a knife in her belt.
Deftly plunging into the deep water, ] |
| they remained under a full minute. ! '
Sliding their knives under the shells ;1
they tossed them into their baskets, and : '
; after a short time swam to the boats 1 (
and emptied their loads. "When the 1
boats could follow them; the sculls 1
were shipped, and the waiting men re- !
; lieved the divers of their spoil as fast ,'
! as they came up. '
dva or/I TT.oialif. fif the haliotis !1
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: make asmall number of them a good :
i load for a swimmer. Seven inches in ;
diameter, and weigliiDg several pounds, !
a first-class sea-ear is a good dinner for i
i two men. 1
Such hardships shorten the lives of'
| the divers, and I never saw an old wo- j
i man who had steadily followed the oc-!
! cupation. j1
On land, however, a merry-making i
follows. With heads wrapped in gay, !
new handkerchiefs, they sit around the ;
lire, on the coals of which the shell-fish
j are stewing in their own juice, their [
shells serving as skillets. The women j
i ci'n<r srmrrs of a stransre. weird melody, i
o- W ' _
i A number of dances, imitating a storm, j
i the life of sea-creatures, the action of j
the boat, diving, etc., are practiced with ''
great glee and applause, on special oc- ;
j casions.
When the marine harvest is good, and j
work presses, the awabi are at once pre- I
pared for export to the great cities, j1
: where they are sold at all seasons of i'
the year in a dessicated state.
Along the sunny beach, mats of rice- j'
straw are laid and the baskets of awabi j '
1 brought from the boats. Dexterously :
' i emptying the shells by means of a j;
round-pointed knife, the pulp is cut
into strips as long as it will make?say i
1 t^p or three feet long. These thin sliv-1
eis are then spread out in the sun, and !
are soon as hard and dry as shavings.
I They need little are no salt, and being
1 j packed in bundles, are shipped by sea, j
or go overland by pack-horse, toTokio, ;
Yokohama, Ozaka, or some other city, i
The shells sell well, and command j!
1 n-nnrl nrices in Jar>an or the United j.
ir ? a.
1 States. "When sliced and eateri raw, or j
pickled, awabi tastes like that j)art of!
'i the oyster tliat clings to the "eye" of
the shell, and which has to be severed
! in opening bivalves with the knife.
When cooked and made it: to soup, it i
j is more palatable. Sometimes the ;
. shells are polished on the outside, dis- j
closing the gorgeous iridian nacre j
I which the shell fancier so delights- in. j
Split into s^bs. it .adorns, ihe dainty. i_
'1 periumect leather-edged Tans for beau- j
II ty's hand to toy with. Thus, in various i
i ways, this humble denizen of the sea j
serves for the use and decoration of
man.?Golden Days
Buliet-Proof Vests.
. nncmai. In o rtftwacnnnflenf.'s inrmirv i
as to wliere he could obtain a steel j
jacket, a New York Sun reporter visited j
gunsmiths' shops to learn whether life
saving apparatus was known to the
: trade as well as life-destroying appli-;
ances. He visited eight first-class shops j
i of tbis kind, and no one in them had j
i ever heard of such steel jackets made
or sold in this country. Some bullet-j
proof vests, it was said, had been made
at one time by a firm in London, which |
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are made now in Paris, and might be j i
imported. j At
two shops, one on Broadway and
: the other on Maiden lane, it was said ,'
that such jackets had been made in :
America. In the Broadway establish-11
ment the proprietor described a vestI i
that bad been much used, he said, by 11
officers in the late war. The vests were ;
i made to order, and sent to the front, j ]
Privates never bought them, because <
they were expensive. Cavalry officers j
especially bought them, not only be- j.
! cause they were heavy, but also because j
they kept the body as stiff as thfugri j
it was in a strait jacket. The tailor's
I work was simply to make sttrng pockets
on each side that >\siched to the L
bottom of his milita.y jacket in front, j g
i and well arnuia* on each side. Solid i ^
plates o* steel were slipped into the !
pockrvS, and when the jacket was but-!
. bned the plates met in front. They ;
reached from the collar bone to the ^
gioiu. The steel plate was little more v
than twice as thick as a sheet of blotting j ^
paper. The inventor tested these plates j
by putting them into an old jacket, j
buckling it around a tree, and firing at
it at point-blank range. It was found j ?
mat a twisting oan irom a nne wouiu. ; go
through them as though they were ^
sheets of paper, but a pistol ball, even
at close range, would be stopped and 1 ?
the plate indented. A bayonet or knife j ^
would make no impression. This bullet- j ?(
proof vest weighed about five pounds, j
In the Maiden laneBshop it was said ?
by the proprietor that chain-armor j ^
vests had been made by his firm, a^ :
thongh none were kept in stock, and the | '
proprietor did not seem to be over anx- j
ious to receive an order for one. It was j
more bother than it was worth to make i
them, he said, since inquiries were:
made for such wares only three or four ' ^
times in a year. The inquiries always i
came from the Southwestern States. !
The vests were made, the proprietor
said, in New York by a man in the em- ^
ploy of this firm. The workman's name .
the proprietor refnsed to divulge; say- i J
ing that the man was an artist in this
and in other ways, and that it wouldn't
be for the interest of the firm to make j j
his name public. The skill required to 1 ,
make these vests, continued the propri- j,
rtnr lav in ffiA npr*#><?o;iv of toakine' a
garment of steel that would fit the ,
person so that it could be worn under ,
the clothing without attracting atten-; 1
tioa by any bulging, wrinkles, or bag- ; ^
gin ess in appearance. The manufacture j
of a shirt of this armor i.s begun by J
linking four very short steel links into ! ,
a centra! circlet of steel. These four ' xr
links point outward to the fcur links of .
the compass, and into the outer ends
are linked other steel circlets, and so
on outward in every direction. By ^
making the jinks longer or shorter, or 3
by leavirg out one here and there, the a'
garment,which is sleeveless, is molded j ^
to the artist's design. ^
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Un^er the new army scheme the number
of field marshals in the British ser- j
vice will be limited to sis. There are i ej
aow only three field marshal?, but it is J or
not intended to fill the vacancies. j lo
apjr. (xardex am> household. ~
Corn Smnt.
Corn smut is a fungus which grows :
rom the substance of the plant, the j
eed being carried into the stalks, ears j
nd other parts of the plant. The seed .
>r spores are in the soil, and may be i
arried there in manure made from ani- ,
aals fed upon corn-fodder or corn ears [
afested with smut. Or the spores, :
rhich are as fine and as light as the ;
Lnest dust, may be carried to the soil j
>y the wind and washed into it by rains.
i.t any rate it is there. It only makes ,
he matter worse to bury the smut; this j
* i 3 ?-- i 3 til.. !
xiouiu ue Durnea. jli uuritju ltxciuanio ;
n the soil, and will infest a crop after
ome time is elapsed. The only thing
hat can be done is to steep the seed in !
trong brine or solntion of bine vitrol :
four ounces in a gallon of water,) to be 1
nre the seed is pure, and then if smut ;
.ppears from infested ground to cut ont ;
svery smutty stalk and bnrn it.
To I*ropasm.tc the Cnrranr.
In the month of October select
lealthy, well-ripened cuttings about a i
foot in length, cutting them square off:
ust below the bottom bud. Set in a '
iyell-prepared bed, some six inches j
ipart, leaving the top bud just above j
;he ground and pressing the earth close j
iround the lower end. As soon as cold ;
veather sets in cover them some two or j
;hree inches deep with coarse manure i
:rom the stables, which should be re-!
noved in the spring. After that keep ;
lown all weeds and cultivate thoroughly j
luring the summer. The same autumn !
)f the following spring they may be j
;ransplanted into a bed of deep rich 1
soil, about four feet apart, and receive j
i mulching about the roots of coarse j
nanure, and the following summer give !
;lean culture, cutting out all dead wood,
itc. The best varieties are the old Eed j
Dutch, Versailles and Victoria.
Enrlchlusr Orchardn.
Any farmer who has been accustomed j
;o raising apples and has been nni-1
formly successful will doubtless say i
that if he es^cts to get good crops he
treats the orchard as he does for any
other crop. He manures it, and he finds
that a manure that will do for most
other crops will do for tne crop of apples.
It is the neglect to manure orchards
at all that causes them to bear
so poorly and the trees to look in bad j
condition; nothing is better than wood !
ashes for orchards, if we had the ashes; i
but nearly everybody burns coal, except j
-f z-vf_fhO.TI-Qf nA/?f,inns_ and I
Ill UCA laiJJ. VUU VA-wi^v n *~j ,,
we must therefore resort to something !
else. Next to wood ashes there is no fer-1
fcilizer better than barnyard manure. A
liberal application of this, if only once
in three years, with careful pruning and
scraping of tho trees and ferreting out i
the borers and all other insects which j
lay concealed under the bark, "will soon '
make a change in the productiveness of j
the orchard. October and November
are the best months to apply the manure
and to give the trunks of the trees
a good scraping off of all old bark. If
the trunks were washed with whale oil
soap, say one pound to a bucket of
water, there would not be many insects
left alive after the operation.
The Pispen.
Paralysis of the hind quarter in pigs is i
sometimes caused by inflammation of
and consequent effusion upon the animal
marrow, causing pressure and loss
of nerve power. Sensation and power :
of action may often be restored by the J
application of a mild irritant to the i
loins. Turpentine or a thin paste of;
mustard rubbed upon the loins over the j
spine generally leads to a cure. It is '
brought on by colds and damp quarters, i
or exposure to cold rains, and is more
frequent in young pigo than old ones, i
A chill will sometimes produce it sud- J
denly. The thoroughbred pig, in start- j
ing a herd, is chiefly valuable in breed- j
ing to common stock. By using a thor- j
cughbred boar upon common sows a half i
blood is obtained that does very well for i
breeding purposes, which can be further j
improved by selecting the best sow pigs, |
feeding them liberally and again getting I
a thoroughbred boar to use with them.
If this is practiced a year or two it will
produce pigs equal to pure blood. But
grade or impure males should never be
used, as the tendency is to run back to
the scrub. The thoroughbied, if purchased
youngr, can ba obtained for a j
small sued- tta ("in iio wkxl oh4 comoo i
.nd then sold, or castrated and fed, j
when he ^ill, of himself almost or qnit6
pay for hid original cost. Breeding inand-in
in the swine family won't answer.
Always use new males.? American Rural
Rome.
Recipes.
Tomato Sauce.?Nine ripe tomatoes,
peeled and cnt small, red pepper i
chopped fine, one teacnpfnl of vinegar,
two tablespoonfuls brown sugar, one
tablespoonful of salt, one teaspoonful
ginger, one of cloves, one of allspice ;
pnt vinegar in last; stew one hour.
Rice Puddin'g Cold.?Two quarts of i
milk, one gill of rice, one teacup brown j
sugar, one sticu 01 cinnamon aooox j
three inches long; wash the rice in a
colander to remove the floury particles,
which are so much loose starch, and
spoil the pudding; put it in the baking
dish, scattering in a quarter of a pound
of raisins; cook very slowlv for two
hours. Keep a cover over the dish un- j
til the last half hour, when the upper-"
skin may be allowed to brownj^jJ^ot1
stir it, as this breaks up tfc^ rice; it
ought to look like rich-yellow cream
when done. A larg/ piece of thick ,
paper or a large nite can be used to j'
30ver upt^^jtfLmg dish.
?Wash with care i
riur cucuuiotttf*,. and place in jars. '
lake a weak brine (a handfal of salt to ]
i gallon and a-half of water). When ;
calding hot turn over the cucumbers '
nd cover; repeat this process three i
aornings in succession, taking care to 1
kim thoroughly. On the fourth day i
" ?" ?A mawaaIA* Af m' ft AAft* I
.Live XCitUJ a puivclftiU ACUUC ux I J
0 which has been added a piece of
lum the size of a walnut. When
calding hot, put in as many cucumers
as may be covered with the
inegar; do not let them boil
ut skim out as soon as scalded through,
nd replace with others, adding each
ime a small piece of alum. When this
rocess is through, throw out the vine-1
ar, and replace with good oider or
kite wine vinegar; add spices, musird
seed and red pepper. Sort the
ickles and place them in stone or glass j
irs, turn over the hot spiced vinegar; j
sal and put away the jars not wanted [
)r immediate use. Pickles thus pre- j
ared are fine ;ind crisp at the espira- j
bn of a y j.r. Those that are kept in
pen-jnouth jars ffijav be covered with a
loth, which will need to be taken oil
nd rinsed occasionally. /
Alcohol Everywhere,
The amount of alcohol present varies
reafly in the several liquors of which
1 forms the intoxicating ingredient,
im containing about 75 per cent.;
hiskey and brandy averaging about 50; ?
ort wine, 20; sherry, 15 to 24; Mad- ^
ira, 19; claret, 10 ; champagne, 14;
:der, 6; ales and porter, from 6 to 12 ;
id abstainers will probably be surrised
to learn that all fermented drinks j
jntain alcohol, ginger beer, etc., usu- j
lv containing from 1 to 3 per cent, of jc
. Indeed, total abstinence from alco-1 J
ol wonld seem almost an impossibility; \ .
>r even milk contains small quantities !}
I it; and in bread-making, it is pro- i1
iced in considerable quantity by the i ?
;tion of the jeast npon the sugar in , c
le flour; the aggregate amount of j 6
jirit thus produced in London being , ?
me 300,000 gallons annually. Some j}
lemists go to the length of asserting ?
iat ev^n water itself is not entirely free *
om it!?Chambers' Journal. j (
The number of women employed in ! *
ie railway offices of Austria is now over ?
000. They get paid fr^m ?15 to $30 ! ^
month. Nearly all of them are either : F
ie widows, wives or daughters of de- j s
:nct or active male employes on the v
fferent roads. i 8
.. jt:
A. N. "Wheeler, the Illinois editor who f 8.
;presscd his regaed for Guiteau, not *
ily was hanged in effigy, but he is h
sing all his subscribers." t
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A CUEIOUS COLLECTION.
Some Interesting Objects to be Seen on |
Governov'n Island.
The Military Institution of the United :
States, "which was organized in June, 1
187S, has established at its headquarters,
on Governor's Island, a museum
of objects not wholly but chiefly military,
'which is unique in its way. Gen- i
era! Hancock is president of the institution,
and Captain J. M. Sanno, of the
Seventh Infantry, is curator of the mu- i
seum. Captain Sanno related to a New i
Tni-V rpnnrter recently the history of 1
some of the curiosities.
"We arrange them in five distinct j
classes," said Captain Sanno; "arms j
and armor, the various articles taken j
from onr American Indians, battle Hags,
pictures (including portraits of many
distinguished generals), and trophies
and relics. The most unique thing j
among the arms is No. 223, a pair of i
muzzle-loading, flint-lock pistols, "with .
a spiiDg bayonet attachment. They
were made in London about a hundred
years ago. If you failed to kill your j
man with the bullet you touched "this ;
spring, and the bayonet, which lies j
along the top of the barrel, flew up and j
extended itself rigidly six inches in [
front of the muzzle. Then you fin
ished your man with cold steel."
A lifelike stuffed horse is one of the
prized objects in the museum. "That's !
Winchester," said Captain Sanno, "the j
charger made immortal by Thomas Bu- j
chanan Bead's poem. General Phil, i
Sheridan, under whom the horse was j
twice wounded, sent him here. Talk- j
inc of horses, here is a photograph of
?o ? ' the
only living creature found by our
men on Little Big Horn, Caster's last
battle-field. It is the horse Comanche,
which was found wounded by seven
bullets and lying bv +he side of his dead
master, Colonel .. Comanche has
recovered, has been adopted by the
Seventh Cavalry as regimental charger,
and by special orders is forever exempted
from labor.
"Those chessmen and that chessboard
yonder were made by the daughter
of General Worth from part of the
flagstaff which stood in the City of
Mexico when General Scott took the
city in 1847. Miss "Worth has lent us
also these 'Washington vignettes.'"
The vignettes are letters fotir inches
high, forming the name of Washington,
each letter displaying pictorially some
notable incident in Washington's life.
The vignettes lie on an extremely ancient-looking
carved card table, with
hollows for the "fish" or counters,
which was frequently used by General
Wosliino-trvn. and is one of a Dair pre
sented by him in 1782 to Judge Berrien,
of Rocky Hill, 2s*. J. "Nothing in the
museum," said Captain Sanno, "is more
fully authenticated than this table.
Washington's farewell address, by the
way, was written at Rocky Hill!
"This faded tassel," Captain Sanno
went on, "'was taken from the canopy
over the Speaker's chair of the Confederate
Congress on the day of the evacuation
of Richmond. Here are the lock
and key from the old sugar-house prison
where the British confined their prisoners
of war in 1780. These two oldfashioned
horse-pistols, with flint locks,
people generally take to be relics of the
war of the Revolution. As a matter of
fact they were found in tne possession
of an officer of the Confederate army,
who was taken prisoner in the late war.
It is a fact, sir, that the man had come
into battle with those primitive pistols.
I suppose they served his great-grandfather,
and he thought they would suffice
for him."
"What are these old papers ?" asked
the reporter, pointing to some yellowlooking
printed sheets lying in a glass
case.
"ml ^ "Rnolia'c Pltila.
"jLxxey art: cujnco ui
delphia Aurora, published September,
4, 1799, and the Genius of Liberty,
published July 11, 1809. In the same
case are two old legal documents. One,
signed by Santa Anna, was captured in
the war with Mexico in 1817; the other
is an old conveyance bearing date 1787,
and signed by Patrick Henry. What
do yon think of that for calligraphy?"
Patrick Henry had signed the conveyance
in a copper-plate hand resembling
the "book-keeper's hand" of the present
day.
"This homely piece of wood," said
the guide, "is a part of Martin Luther's
pulpit, obtained by Colonel L. L. Lang<3on
during a recent visit made by him
to the Stadt Kirche in which Martin
Luther preached in the town of Wittenberg."
"What is in that box?" asked the reporter,
pointing to a big, square, oldfas
bioned chest on the floor.
"That chest is filled with paints, pigments,
brushes, mahlsticks and other
articles used by Hogarth. The contents
of the box are just as they were left by
him. We could get its weight in gold
for that box and its contents."
Lying in a case were two bullets
socketed together. "We call them the
t.nn'n Vmllpf.s from Waterloo." said Cap
tain Sauno. "One is English and the
other French. It is evident that they
mnst have met in mid-air during the
battle."
"What is there remarkable about this J
bent gun-barrel ?" ^
"The musket to which th&JigJKn>"be-!
longed was one of iMfcclTbelonging to j
the NinetysSxfE" Pennsylvania Volun-'
struck by a shell at Spottsylvania '
Court-house,Va.,May 9,1864. The barrel;
was bent into its present shape by the :
shell, which at the same time discharged j
the other muskets, killing six officers 1
and men."
"And this curious-looking cradle?"
"It was captured by the late Lieuten-:
ant Henly, Sixth Cavalry, in an affair '
with the Cheyennes. A chance bullet i
passed through the cradle, killed the
pappoose, and then slew the mother. |
These are Apache playing-cards (spread- j
ing out several squares of soiled paste-1
board, adorned with rudely-drawn designs).
There are forty in a pack. An j
ipache card-player would gamble away
is grandmother with the most affec- ;
;ionate resignation. Here (turning to ;
i sort of skin or fur cape, from whicL :
Jepended a great many thin locks of
lark hair, from four to eight inches in :
length), is the war dress of an Indian '
jhief. Each piece of hair is from the j
lead of a different warrior under his
jommand. Whenever the chief dons !
;his dress it means war, and the owners j
)f the various locks of hair hastily arm {
themselves and follow him without a 1
jnestion. These two carious-looking j
iffairs are pipes. One was formerly the
property of One-Eye-Ten-Bears, and i
vas smoked in council by that Coman- j
:he chief. The other solaced the idle j
lours of Red Cloud, the celebrated
3ioux leader."
"Where did that cutlass come from?"
"That is an East India weapon, and
yas presented to an American gentlenan
bv Jung Bahadur, Prince of Kepaul."
Among the portraits which adorn the i
rails are those of Washington, Napo-1
eon, Generals Sccfct, Sherman, Sheriian,
Hancock, W">rth, Gibson, Brown : ;
md Atkinson. Visitors are always made :
welcome to the museum. J!
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The Jcdicions "Waters of Carlsbad. j!
Not the least curious pari of the effec; j
>f these wonderfallj impregnated ; j
waters are the exactly opposite effects ]
hey have on different people. Ami;s- ;
ng dialogues may frequently be heard i 1
n consequence. The daughter of a cor - ;
picuous New York publicist had been ;
Irinking from the Fredericksbrunn for
one time, when, meeting a New York i
.cquaintance, a youne: girl, she asked '
a astonishment: "What are you drinkng
from this sprisg for?" "To gc-t
lesh," promptly responded the other.
'Why," exclaimed the first, indignantly, *
Tm drinking it to get thin." Then the j
wo girls tore over to their physician, a ;
elebrated professor from Vienna, and }
>eset bim for deceiving them. He ex- .*
laincd that the water on certain confutations
would have one effect and
ipon another a directly opposice. The
iris retired, by 110 means convinced of
his miraculous discrimination of the
prings, but at ',he end of four weeks
he doctor was justified. The stout girl
ad lost seventeen pounds of flesh and
he delicate girl had gained nine. j
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Following: Wild Bees.
A gentleman, an old bee hunter, told
a story how he once took some honey
out in the woods, warmed it on stones,
then left it there as a sort of feeding
place for the bees, and a day or two af- j
terwards noted the direction in which !
they went after leading themselves, and i
by following them some distance found !
there were two lines of bees running :
parallel to each other. In about three j
hours he found one tree, marked it, and '
then again set out his honey. In a shortj
time he took the other line for the '
other tree. He hunted and hunted for ;
a long time without success. Finally '
reaching a cliff of rocks, while trying I
to pick his way down, he accidentally '
slipped and slid to the bottom. Some
what stunned he lay a few minutes, and ;
looking up to see how far he had come, ;
lo! and behold his experienced eye saw ;
bees going in and out of a hole in a :
tree within a few feet of him. From !
those t tro trees he took eighty or ninety i
pounds of honey, with a considerable i
quantity of beeswax, and considered it:
one of the most successful hunts he ,
ad ever had. Besides honey, there is ;
bed in bee hunting a strong flavor of !
young clover, as it is called, of which
the bees, seemingly, are fonder than
honey itself. The proper way to trace j
bees is to heat a stone, drop honey on
it. have the comb near by, and the1
heated honey will immediately draw;
the bees, who will then find the comb ;
and proceed to load themselves with it;
and return to their homes. It requires j
a sharp eye to follow the line, but the j
term "a bee line" is well known to be a
line straight as an arrow, and all the ;
i bee hunter has to do is to got the course I
of the bee and follow it straight until!
I he has reached the vicinity of the tree,
[ as near as he can judge, after which he j
! he will try his honey again, and so tell I
| whether he has not yet reached it or j
j gone by. Some hunters select a good, j
j lively bee, throw flour over him, and |
; then by noting the time it requires for |
j that bee to unload himself and return,
! get a good idea of the distance.?Kingston
(Ar. Y.) Freeman.
Salt Products.
Among the industries of this country
which add to its aggregate wealth and
j employ its labor not the least is tue pro!
duction of salt. The census bureau in
| its bulletin No. 245 gives a glance at
! the magnitude cf this industry, which
j is carried on in fifteen states and terri{tories.
Although the oceans which lave
; the long coast line of the United States
; would produce salt enough for the
! world, many people will no doubt be
j surprised to learn that by far the greater
! part of the salt produced in this country
j is from subterranean brines raised from
! wells and evaporated by solar or artificial
heat. The total salt product was
| 29,S00,29S bushels, of which 888,958
1 were produced from sea water, 9-14,158
from inland lakes of natural deposits,
: and the remainder, 27,967,162 bnshels,
! which is by far the largest proportion,
I from natural subterranean brines. Mich-?
wil.Ti 12.423.885
LAiXCO 1>UW AVMVij !( ~?_ J t
bushels, mostly evaporated by artificial
j heat) from subterranean brines ; New
i York follows with 8,748,203 bushels, all
from subterranean brines ; West Virginia,
2,679,438, and Ohio 2,650,301,
j and Pennsylvania 851,450 bushels, all
! from the same source. The salt lakes
j of Utah furnished 483,800 bushels, while
! from subterranean brines Virginia proi
duced 425,895, and Nevada 182,408
i 'hncVifis (ialifjrnia produced 87S,093
' bushels from sea water by solar evaporation
; Louisiana, 312,000 bushels from
i natural deposits, the principal of which
j is at Petite A use, near the coast. Solar
; evaporation produced 4,831,126 bushels,
I and artificial evaporation 24,969,172
j bushels.
j
Tlieir Statements Indorsed.
[Pittsburg Catholic.]
A strong statement unqualifiedly ini
dorsed must induce confidence. In this
i connection we note the following from
Dr. Louis Bock & Son, Sheboygan,
j "Wis.: We have been handling St.
; Jacobs Oil and are pleased with the
large demand. Hardly a day goes by
! without hearing from some one or
i another of our patrons having used it
I -with, entire satisfaction, sayine it is the
best thing they ever tried, and -we join
j them in so saving.
I???
Southern Snake Story.
11'u-1 - ??/* ? ? T*>Tvn7of.iT? <? fhp TPrtods Tfi
YriUAC 11 k/
i cently we came across an object which.
| bore a striking resemblance to a good|
sized India rnbber ball. "We were
i abont to pick it np, when it developed
I a wonderful activity, and commenced
j rolling off at a rapid speed. A close
I and exciting chase ensued, and we finally
brought the thing to a halt against
1 a huge pine log. A thorough investi
* * " j- xl.-i. T
i gation revealed tne iacc r-iuiu a uuge
j black snake had swallowed itself until
| it had become solidified into a dark,
| round mass of elastic snake. This is an
i authentic record of a wonderful fact.?
[ Natchitoches [La.) Vindicator.
I.
[Boston QIass.) Cultivator. J
Mr. M. F. Morse, Westboro', Mass., j
mentions to us the gratifying in%fija>J
^Jio^lwt^?jLj!a^3 6^el\evecThini of j
a very severe attack of sciatic rheuma- j
tism and is an excellent thing.
Major George S. Leland of New York j
killed a seventeen-year-old rattlesnake j
near the Hot Springs, in Bath county, j
Ya.
Be Ye Like Foolish.
For ten yean my wife was confined to her j
bed with euch a complication of ailments that j
no doctor could teil what was the matter or j
euro her, and I used up a small fortune in j
humbug stuff. Six months ago I saw a United j
States Hag withHop Bitters on~it, and 1 thought !
I would be a fool once more. I tried it, but j
my folly proved to be wisdom. Two bottles j
cured her. She is now as well and strong as j
atiy man's wife, and it cost me only two dollars, j
Be yo likewise foolish.?II. HI, JMroit, Mich. !
A person once sent a note to a wag-;
gish friend, requesting the loan of his J
noose paper, and received in return his j
friend's marriage certificate.
? ? In AprJ! La?r, _ J
j.wenty-iour members 01 Arlington's mmstrcis j
were taking Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver |
Caie. It made tliem happy.
Within the last ten years 1,300,000 j
Italians liave emigrated to foreign i
parts.
There was a young man so well bred,
That the hair would not stay on his head, j
But the Cabboline oil
Put new hair on the soil,
And now with au heiress he's wed. j
!
Female Weaknesses.
>To bettor remedy in the whole materia medica has j
yet been compounded for the n?iicf e.nd cure of '
Female Complaints, of tr.e ordinary kind, than >
Vegetine. It seems to act in the*.* eases with un
wonted certainty, and never fails to jrfve a new and i
iicaltbfnl tone to the female organs to remove re- '
iaxed debility and unhealthy secretions, and restore j
\ healthful vipor and elasticity. Or.;* of the most i
:ommon of theso complaints is L'-ucorrhica or |
Whites, vrhieh are br-wisht on cither by the wsence j
01 ^CrOIUill HI iU'O !-?? WUl\S tiUVVWIVU VI CUC ;
^ jUib, or even by general debility. For all these
romplainl?, and when danger begins to threaten ' I
>voman at the turn of life, Vegetise can be com- {
mended without qualitication. T1k> greet prevalence j
sf those disorders, and their cure by Vegexine, has 1 '
imply shown that the sure alleviating agi-nt remains j j
act yet to be discovered, but is already known, and 1
Is a favorite with American ladies. Too Ion? has it !
seen the custom to prescribe sauseatiug and unccr- j
lain remedies in place of what is pleasant, efficacious : "
rad cheap. Try Vegehse. and do not doubt its ;>cwer
,o carry you safely through danger and disease. j ;
<
\ Splendid Medicine?Heart and Kidney
Disease. Female Weakness.
GrJGr.svtrxE, n., July 23, 1573. '
H. Ii. SrEvnjts. ]{>wton?Dear Sir: I was atliieted j
vith ilwl ".ad Kii>:cj J-. -r'iff, and o?it*r F'n.'t> i
Wtakiuim. a;:ddoctor.;d withsevj-rai physicians and
vccivt- i ! > t.i ne;i: until i J r:.-.I ; our Yecetijce, ai. 1
titer taking two lottl-s 1 was cornpl tely cared, !
ind Invebe'-n * hoaltiiv woman v<-rs:r.'*c,a!tsici:^!i 1
. am in tivOOth year. I i-' eonini^rid it :>s
ibi'ier.difl r.i as 1 have been, :
in . I Lless the day that :>-:i int.- l-iv bav.d-'.
mks. housox. j
I
V egetine.
PREPARED DY
ELS. STEVENS, Boston, Mass.
Vegetine is Soid by A!! Druggists. 1
gf '".'.'yt'rCZT?
That Terrible Endemic,
Fe?er and ague, shatters the most vigorous
constitution and physique, and the aftereffects
of the alkaloid often taken to arrest it, snlphate
of quinine, are scarcely less pernicious. The
best remedy?proven to be so, not alone in
malaria-stricken regions on this continent, but
also in those portions of South and Central
America where malarial fevers are most prevalent
and malignant?is Hostetter's Stomach 1
Bitters. Its remedial and preventive effects as
an opponent of intermittent and remittent
fevers are owing to its tonic, regulating influence
upon the liver, stomach and bowels.
By it these co-operating organs, upon the joi^t,
harmonious action of which depends the health |
and vigor of the system, are made to act like
clock-work. The consequence is that digestion,
assimilation and secretion are thorough, and
the system sustained and defended against
miasmatic influences.
? ? ?- -f TT..1 GVJfl
irwia orare, 01 mruux wcca., uii?
county, has a yoke of trotting steers,
three years old. One of them goes single
inside of fonr minutes.
Cared ot Drlnklnc.
A young friend of mine was cured of an insatiable
thirst forliqnor, that had so prostrated
his system that ho was unable to do any business*
Ho was entirely cured by the use of Hop
Bitters. It allayed all that burning thirst, took
away the appetite for liquor, made his nerves
steady, and he has remained a sober and steady
man for more than two years, and has no desire
to return to his cups, and I know of a
number of others that have been cured of
drinking by it.?From a Leading R. JEL Official,
Chicago, Id.
Kentncky is to have a mushroom
farm in its Mammoth Cave. It is said
there is room enough to produce a mil
a. _r
lion pone as ui musuiuuiuo
" Roagh on Rats."
Ask Druggists for it. it clears out rats, mice,
roaches, bed-bugs, flics, vermin, insects. 15c.
25 Cents Will Bny .
a Treatise upon the Horse and bis Diseases.
Book of 100'pages. Valuable to every owner
of horses. Postage stamps takeD. Sent postpaid
by New York Newspaper Union, 150 Worth
Street, New York.
Pcse Cod Lives Oil made from selected
livers, on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard &
j Co., New York. It is absolutely pure and
sweet. Patients who have once taken it prefer
j it to all others. Physicians have decided it
j superior to any of the "other oils in market
Yegetesx.?The great success of the Yegetise
as a cleanser and purifier of tho blood is
shown beyond a doubt by the great numbers
who have taken it, and "received immediate
relief with such remarkable cures.
RESCUED FROM DEATH.
William J. Couch!in, of Somerville, Mass., says In
the fall of 1S761 was taken with bleedinp of the lungs,
followed by a severe cough. I lost my appetite and
flesh, aad was confincd to my bed. In 18TTI was ad!
mi tted to the hospital. The doctors said I had a hole
| in my lung as bis as a half-dollar. At one time a rc.
^ J A T
por^ wcr.; uiui i ?<w ucou. uv^c,
but a friend told me of Diu "William Haul's Balsam
fox. tee Lckgs. I sot a bottle, when, to ray surprise,
I commenced to feel better, and to-day I feel better
than for three yean; past. I write this hoping every
one afflicted with diseased lungs will take De. William
Hall's Balsam, and be convinced that cosscmption
can be ccLED. I can positively say it has
done more Rood than all the other nudicines I have
taken since my sickness.
WARRANTED FOR 34 YEARS
AXD SEVER FAILED
To CURE Croup, Soasms. Diarrhoea, Dvsenterv and
Sea Sickness, taken internally, and GUARANTEED
perfectly harmless; also externally. Cuts, Bruises
Chronic Rheumatism. Old Sores, Pains iu the limbs,
back and chest. Such a remedy is De. TOBIAS'
VENETIAN* LINIMENT.
If No one once trying it will ever bo without it;
over GOO physicians use it.
23 Cents will Buy a Treatise ";ja the
j Horse and his Diseases. Book of 100 p.-^es. Valuable
I to every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken,
i Sent postpaid by NEW YORE NEWSPAPER UNION,
j 150 Worth Street, >~ew ior?.
i ' ???
THE XAEKETS.
2
NEW YOEK.
Beef Cattle?3Ied. Nat-live wt. 11 ? 11%
Calves?Good to Prime Veals.. 5%@ 8%
Sheen
Lambs 4%@
Hogs-Live <%@ 7
Dressed, city 8 @ *>A
Flour?Ex. State, good to fancy 6 60 @7/5
Western, good to fancy 6 75 @ 8 50
Wheat?No. 2 Bed 1 *&%<& '-?1%
No. 1 White 1 42^@ 143
Bve?State 1 05 @ 1 06
Barlev?Two-rowed State..... 90 @ 1 00 ,
Corn?UngradedWesternMixed 62 @ 72
Southern Yellow 72%@ 73
Oats?White State 46 @ 52
Mixed Western........ .41 @ 43
i Hav?Prime Timothy 65 @ 95
Straw?No. 1, new? 50 @ 70
Hops-State, 1880 18 @ 21
Pork?Mess, new, for export... 19 15 @20 00
Lard?Citv Steam 12 40 @12 40
Befined 12 50 @12 50
Petroleum?Crude 7 @ 7%
Befined 8%@ 8%
Butter?Slate Creamery 22 @ 35
Dairv 21 @ 23
Western Im. Creamery 12 @ 30
Factory 11 @ 18
| Cheese?State Factory 9 @ 12%
SKimS / "x
"Western 8 @ 12
Eggs?State and Penn.. 21 @ 21%
Potatoes?Early Bose, State, bbl 2 00 @3 00
BUFFALO.
Steers?Extra 625 @675
Lambs?Western 450 @525
Sheep?Western 350 @425
Hogs, Good to Choice Yorkers.. 6 80 @ 6 90
Flour?C'v Ground, No. 1 Spring 6 75 @ 7 25
Wheat?Ko. L Hard Duluth.... 1 43 @ 143
Com?No. 2 Mixed 69 @ 69
Oats?State 38 @ 39
Barley?Two-rowed State 90 @ 90
BOSTOX.
| Beef?Extra plate and family. .14 50 ?15 00
I Hogs?Live 7)?@ 7%
| Hogs?City Dressed 85?@ 8yt
| Pork?Extra Prime per bbl.... 15 00 @15 50
j Flour?Spring Wheat Patents.. 8 00 @8 75
| Corn?Mixed and l'ellow...... 73 @ 77
| Oats?Extra White 52 @ 56
| Eye?State 110 @ 115
Wool?Washed Comb & Delaine 42 @ 44
Unwashed " " 29 @ 30
j WATEBTOW>" (HASS.) CATTLE 1IAEKET.
Beef Cattle?Live weight 4 @ 6Vt
Sheep 4 @ 5%
Lambs 5 @ 6%
Hogs, Northern 8%@ 8yt
PHILADELPHIA.
JVnn Ex. Familv, fair. 7 00 @ 7 00
? o 1 W/fa 1 43V
w neat? itti if r~~ r TJf*
Ere?State. 1?T
Corn?State Yellow 71%
Oats?Mixed * 38 @ 88
Butter?Creamery, Extra Pa... 83 @ 34
Cheese?New York Full Cream. 12%@ 12
Petroleum?Crude 6%@ T/%
P?efined 1%
(This engraving represents the i^igs in a hcalthyctate.)
i STANDARD REMEDY
IN MANY HOMES.
For Cou2bK, Cold", Croup, Broncbirlaand all
other affections of the Throat and LUNGS, it
stands unrivaled and utterly beyond at! competition.
IN MMPTI7E CASES
It approaches so near a specific that "Ninety-five "
per cent, are permanently cured where the directions
are strictly complied with. There is no chemical
or other ingredients to harm the young or old.
AS AN EXPECTORANT IT HAS NO EQUAL!
IT CONTAINS NO OPIUM IN ANY FORM!
J. N. HARRIS & CO., Proprietors,
CINCINNATI, O.
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PETROLEUM ,
| Used and approved by the leading
i flTATTS nf P.TTROPE and AKEEICA
| The most Valuable
Bjs sm MSIIses
CATARRH, EEXOREHOE
IS**5*^ Coughs, Cclds, Sore Threat, Croup a
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?B\XD HESAL AT THE PHXLADELPHI
?ILm 3SEDAL AT THE PA&IS El
Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lunm
Backache, Soreness of
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ings and Strains, BlM
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References
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sketch or modc^H
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Liver. Kidneys,
9 yousness. Sleepl^H
Female
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help, or for anythlng^B
fcuad li^B
8 Tour drogglat foM
tliem before you^sieeMjj
H D I. C. Is an absolute anS^B
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rison, General S.Graham. Jud?e^B
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losss.dALJI
Cores Consumption, Colds, PiM
flnenza, Bronchial DiCIcnltici^^B
Hoarseness, Asthma, CrouM
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Organs. It soothes and heals S
of the Lnnss, inflamed and ,p<^H
disease, and prevents the
tightness across the chest wmflfl
It. Consumption is not an iten*
HALL'S BALSAM will cnM
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