The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, January 18, 1882, Image 5
PBHBarS^rothe New
Society, says : "To
PP^Pthasecrefc of success in small fruit
:ulture in a brief formula, I should say
F that it is contained in two words?
stimulation, restriction.
[ By stimulation I mean a deep, thor
Sizu3 or.yio'Kon cnil
?
This is especially essential to the strawberry,
the foreign ra- pLeny, and all
the currants. A rampant growing raspberry,
like the Cuthbert or Turner, and
our vigorous blackberries, do not
pC require stimulation, but they do
restriction. You cannot make the
ground too deep, too rich, for the strawberry
if there is adequate restriction.
By restriction I mean the development
of fruit rather than wood or vines.
Set out a strawberry plant in very deep,
rich, moist soil, and its first tendency
is to follow the great law of nature and
propagate itself, but to the degree that
it makes plants it cannot maie fruit.
Cut off every runner and enormous frui
? ? y ? t rri j
duos are aeveiopeu. xiie tsap is usuuiucu
np as a miller restricts a stream, and
* the resnlfc is strawberries that are d onble
in size and quantity. This is equally
true of raspberries. To the degree that
there are suckers there is less fruit. If
a currant bush is crowded with wood?
too old or too young?there are few
currants. Moreover, by cutting back a
raspberry cane in spring one-third, you
add one-third to the size and abundance
r of the fruit.
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Why Cows Often Kick.
" Horses," says a writer, " should be
watered in the morninj before they are
' *_n a#, i. -e j. - ?
(lea. jsl. iau otiilk ui water uiiuikuihicxj
after beiBg fed is a sure way of producing
indigestion, if not inflammation.
When water is drnnk by horses the
bnlk of it goes directly to the large
intestines and little of it is retained in
the stomach. Some old and worthless
horses, by way of experiment, were fed
with split peas and snpplied with water
immediately before being killed. It was
foond that the water had carried the
peas into the intestines, where no
digestion took place at all.
Every farmer and dairyman knows
that there is a great difference in the
disposition of cows. Some are ready to
Trirte- rrit'h oT\r*cnvmf]-p Tin rvmvrwvi.Hn'n.
r while others will bear a good deal of
ill-treatment without showing scarcely
any resentment. A ticking cow is
certainly a disagreeable animal to have
aronnd, although it is said of Balph
tv - Waldo Em erson that some of his brightBp*
est thoughts have come to him while
H being ticked half way across the stable.
R-- I do not conbt that sparkling thoughts
wonld ccme to any one at snch a time,
B for I know that one's mind (and tongne,
Kv too, sometimes,) is qnite active when a
K cow puts her foot in the pail, or sends
it spinning across the stable, and it
g tases a person 01 gooa disposition 10
K. | endure it patiently. One must certainly
Hk- Eave a good disposition to deal with
such a cow, or she is made worse or
p even spoiled. It is usually the case that
bad treatment makes a cow vieous.
Shelter Saxes Food?Is Profitable.
Every keeper of animals would actuR
ally profit by a little study of chemistry
*-^v^d physiology. Eere is a short lesson.
H-; ijTkizids of food, as hay, grain, bread,
I _ meat, etc., are, like wood, mainly composed
of charcoal (carboD) and water,
- with considerable nitrogen in some of
Hr - them- To prove this, strongly heat any
I of the above food materials in a coal pit,
or better, under glass. Water, with
some nitrogen gas, will be driven off
and can be found in the glass receiver,
while only charcoal will remain. Let
.--in more air and the charcoal itself will
| unite with the oxygen of the atmosphere,
and also go off as a transparent,
invisible carbonic acid v as. This chemical
action sets at liberty Lett that was
before concealed or insensible, the same
; as when wood or coal is burned rapidly
t in a stove, producing an active fire; or
as when wood decays, but gives off heat
I so slow as not to be observed.
Exactly the same thing occurs when
Hiy looa is aissoivea ^aigestea; in tne
amach of animals or men, and is taken
to the-blocd and carried to all parts
the body. The blood gets oxygen
so from the air in the lungs, and caris
it all through the body. The atoms
oxygen meet the atoms of digested
od, here, there and everywhere in
e blood vessels. The two unite just
they do in a stove; heat is produced,
ily in minute quantity at any one point,
it a great deal of it, taking the whole
ood circulation together, and so the
lole body is kept warm, though heat
constantly escaping from the whole
I out side surface. Nature provides that
the body shall always be kept 'warm,
otherwise it would quickly perish; and
so if the oxygen in the blood don't find
food enough to keep up the internal
}ieat, it will attack' and consume any fat
br flesh stored in the body, and thus
pake the animal poor.
? We must have an ever-burning-fire in
Iboth the animal and human system. If
pie surrounding atmosphere is cold,
I id carries off heat rapidly from the
iHace of the body, we must increase
e internal production of heat by
itiing in more food, or by surroundg
the body with a cohering that will
event the escape of mueh heat.
Is it not plain, then, that, by keeping
limals warm by means of close buildg?,
or shelter against heat-stealing
nds, les3 food will be nec-ded, and
ere will be less waste of flash in
iking heat? Any arrangement of
elter, cover, stable, shed, blankets?
ytbing that will prevent the natural
Imtd irom passing away irom me
ace of any animal?will be a great
ag of food required to keep up
absolutely necessary internal life
mth ; will prevent loss of flesh; will
pr the food to go more to adding to
;ht of flesh, or the yield of milk, or
rool. Shelter and external warmth
old weather are most economical
therefore profitable in the keeping
arm stock.
L Bow to Prnn?.
idiciois pruning is a very important
fcer, says a farmer, and one we
Lkl 1 M AAI P An r\TJ c
hot rong irogicvc?wiiiiiuuu?MUXUUB
Meepieaces to the heatthfulness of
Btees and the quality of the fruit. It
feet pretty well known to pomolmk
that the life of a tree is proKd
and its fruitfulness longer
Rained by proper pruning. For inHk
the peach, when uncared for,
Hies very unsightly arid useless,
Big up long, hare limbs, with a
I^^SfrantagesTbtit j
B^^Soo^ban many are willing i
PWoestow, it will not probably be prac- j
j tised generally, although it does possess
I three important advantages: First, it
adds materially to the health and
I longevity of the trees?when located in
1 **--- xi.
llUlS Wttjr WiCJ 11Y C 4ITTCUVJ WW vuxivj
years; second, it reduces the bearing
wood one-half, which is a great advantage
to heavy bearing trees ; third, >
the trees always have a fine appearance,
as a growth is induced in the center,
giving additional bearing wood, and
producing fruit where the tree can most
easily sustain it. Tne plan is this:
When the tree is first planted let it be
cut back to within two and one-half feet
of the ground ; a nice, round head is
produced the first year. The second
year it is cut back one-half of the lust
year's growth; the third year the same,
and so on each succeeding year, of
course using judgment in cutting back
those limbs that make the most rapid
growth shorter than others, so that a j
proper poiso may be maintained. I j
would urge upon all to trim in this way !
! at least three years, if no longer. It
| has many advantages. The tree is
! healthier, the top being low, the ground
is kept cool and the bodies are saved
from sun scald and borers; the expense
of gathering the iruit is much reduced,
the expense of pruning is less and the
trees are not barked by careless ploughmen.
The man who carries a fifteenfoot
ladder all day, either gathering
fruit or trimming trees is worthy of
sympathy.
Household Hints.
Yeast is best kept in glass jars, cov|
ered.
I White -necDor should be used for
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delicate dishes.
In beating butter always take the
back of your spoon.
Always rise knives for catting, not for
stirring or chopping.
Dip bowl in boiling water before
creaming your butter.
Tablespoon fnl of flour is to be piled
high, but butter must be level with the
edges of the spoon.
When breaking eggs be careful not to
let the yolk of the egg touch the sharp
edge of the egg shell.
Two double kettles prevent danger of |
burning, and liquid boils quicker on j
account of heat on all sides.
Freezing will take out all old fruit |
stains; and scalding with boiling water
will remove those that have never been
through the wash.
Recipes.
Fish Sauce.?One quarter of a pound
of fresh butter, one tablespoonful of
finely chopped parsley, a little salt and
pepper and the juice of two lemons.
Cream the butter; mix all well together,
adding at least a teaspoonful of mayonnaise.
Less lemon juice may be used if
preferred.
Cabbage Salad.?One egg, one teaspoonfui
salt, one teaspoonful sugar,
j a nan-teaspoon;ai mustaru, a quarter-teaspoon
ful pepper, two-thirds cap
of vinegar; beat all together, and
boil in a bowl over the st-am of a
kettle till quite thick ; then turn the
mixture over a small half-head of cabbage
chopped fine ; if too thick, add
cold vinegar. To be eaten when cold.
Scalloped Squash.?Boil and mash
the squash in the customary way and j
let it cool; beat the yolks of two eggs, i
and when tbe squash is nearly cold j
whip these into it, with three table- !
spoonfuls of milk, one of butter rolled I
ki flour and melted into the milk; pep- i
or?/3 eolf +oofo rsftTir infrt Q hnf.. I
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tered bake-dish, cover with fine crumbs,
and bake to a light-brown in a quick
oven. To be eaten hot.
Oeaxge Pcddixg.?Slice half a dozen
oranges into a pudding dish, sprinkle
two-thirds cupful sugar, over and let
them stand two or three hours. Beat
the volks of three eggs, three tablespoonfuls
sugar, and one tablespoonful
cornstarch together, and stir into a pint
of boiling milk. Let it boil a few
minutes, then pour over the oranges.
Beat the whites of the eggs with a little
sugar; spread over the top. Set your
! dish in a pan of cold water in the oven
| to brown. To be eaten cold?and a very i
| nice dessert.
A WoiPs Love.
A story of a wolfs affection for a man
is told by F. Cuvier. The animal had
been brought up like a puppy, and continued
with its owner until full grown,
whep it was presented to the menagerie
at Paris. For several weeks it was so
disconsolate at the separation from its
master, who had been obliged to travel,
and so persistently declined food, that
it was feared it would die. Eventually,
however, its grief moderated, it took
food, and was supposed to have forgotten
its former owner. But at the expiration
of eighteen months the master returned
; the wolf recognized his voice
amid the crowd in the gardens, and upon
being released from confinement
bounded toward him, eshibiitng
violent joy. Again separated from its
master, the faithful creature was once
' mnra qq An t.Vift fnrmpr
| until after an absence of three years the
i object of its affection revisited the
i gardens. It -was evening, and the wolfs
' den had been shut np for the night
j but the instant the man's voic9 was
i audible the poor animal bearan to utter
| such anxious cries that the door of its
'cage was opened, when it darted toi
wards its friend, leaped upon him and
caressed him, and threatened the
keepers when they attempted to separate
them. "When its old master finally
left it, the animal became ill, refused
all food, and although it recovered after
! _ , - ij. n - j i.-j I
j a long lime, it grew uerce auureseiueu |
| the familiarities of all strangers. After i
having once given its affection, it j
! seemed to scorn any further objects of j
i friendship.
??
A squirrel that had been put into a |
i glass case containing a rattlesnake at '
j the Cincinnati Zoological Garden a few
; days since engaged in a battle with the
i slimy reptile. The snake approached
S the squirrel intended for its repast, but
j bunnie made a quick spring, and lighi!
ing on the back of its foe, bit off ore of
j his rattles. The snake retaliated with
j a blow that broke the squirrel's hind j
I loor A-nntV10* cnrrncr on/1 f}>A s/rnirrol I
j caught the snake behind the head, and
j with one firm thrust of his sharp white
j teeth he decapitated his deadly foe.
I Emmie fell exhausted, but the battle j
i was won and the snake was dead. 11
/
men leaving them, and at night they
are locked tip together in the "gal-|t
pones," as their prisons are termed, and j *
which, on large estates, employing as !8
many as a thousand or more laborers, I
might be mistaken for a modern adap- i 1
tation of the buildings of the Paeblo j i
Indians of the northern continent. The | (
- - - - - ? j ? ? !
lasli is unsparingly useu as tuc
ment for the smallest peeadillo, and it i
is most cruelly applied. ! 3
Evasion is the mosu heinous crime in i1
the code of plantation, ranking far j i
higher than murder. It is always ; (
severely punished, and the offender, if |
carried back alive, which sometimes he j (
is not, is kept constantly "on the chain." j (
This term is employ* d to describe a man j
who has a ring of iron welded around 1j
one of his ankles, to which is attached j j
a long chain with a weight at the end. j
Frequently, instead of this weight, the !
chain terminates in a similar welded j
Tine ronnd the leg of another unfortu- j
nate. For some reason or other the 11
men to be thas punished are generally j
chained in pairs. Dozens of such j
couples may be seen on some planta- j
tions. Another plan is also becoming J
general, and a straight bar, terminating
in two rings, is welded on to the victim's j
legs, compelling him to move some- ,
what like a pair of living compasses, j
Sometimes an iron band is welded |
round the body, with a chain rnnning j
from it to a ring round the ankle. In |
all cases constant and extreme suffering i
is entailed. The iron rings produce i
sores on the legs,and the poor wretches j
then stuff lags or. other soft substances
? 1 Li ?C I
in to alleviate tne pain tuey suuer num.
the wounds and the stinging of the .
insects which swarm in the cane-fields, i
The tales of their sufferings, if fully i
told, would attract sympathy the world !
over.
When Pissing through a plantation I j
have had the bars of a movable gate !
taken down by a man who could not '
rise from the ground, and who, on my j
questioning him, answered that he had
been severely injured shortly before, ;
that he had lost the usa of the lower j
part of the body, and that, as the doctor ;
had said he had only a short time to [
live, he had been carried to this gate-!
way to see that the bars were kept
constantly in position to prevent cattle
straying through them. Death was in
the man's face while I spoke to him,
TpVnVn T>o finnlrA
, iiUiU inauixui. *** v?rv-**w .
one could see he took this inhuman !
treatment as a matter of course, and j
that long subjection had taught him to j
believe that snch a sentiment as human
sympathy has no existence. Another j
man I once saw have a pen-knife!
driven repeatedly into his back between j
j the blade bones, while his elbows were i
; so tightly drawn together behind that
1 his chest bones appeared to be bursting
through his skin. Only the other day
(ten men who had beer: kidnapped in
"Lima and carried to a plantation in the
north attempted to effect their escape.
They were recaptured, carried back, :
treated most inhumanly on the journey, j
and then laid down on the ground and
flogged until their bodies bore little
semblance of humanity ; then, last and
most degrading and disgusting cruelty
oil t)ia n-rraraaa-ra drnvfl t.h P i T" ItMTT- !
VJL cm.) vu9 vtvauvv&V ? ? ? ^ .
roweled spurs into the bleeding bodies j
until to the gashes of the lash were j
added the spnr galls, which in civilized I
countries the law considers cruelty and j
punishes as such when inflicted on j
animals. I could fill pages in describing
horrors of a similar nature. There I
are thousands of these contracted!
laborers, *ho are slaves in reality, j
scattered throughout Peru. They are I
in the hands of hard and merciless task- i
masters, and I cannot see why the ;
officers of the foreign fleets on this!
coast, assisted by competent Chinese j
a -L? iji l "u~ I
inierpreners, snouiu uu? do wiumu- I
sioned to hold an examination and
liberate the men who are held by force.
Of course their owners wonld carry j
many of them off into the interior, and i
merchants who hold mortgages on the
properties wonld put every obstruction
in the way of the truth being discovered;
but good wonld result, while the vast
number of the halt and maimed of them
who would be met with and reported
upon, would prove the disastrous effects
of starvation, overwork and torture on
the human frame. I believe the Chilians !
would gladly co-operate in such in- j
quiry, either within or beyond their '
lines, while the scat:cred Peruvian j
momor.ero bands would not dream of;
offering resistance. All nations have
combined and determined to treat slave
dealers as pirate3, and the principle is
carried into practice on the African !
coast, mere is no reason v,uy ?
salutary lesson should not be taught
here. God knows it is required.
The Flitch of Bacon.
The custom of the flitch of bs.con at i
Dunmow is not the least curious among I
those which rural parishes present. Far !
back in the old days when there was a ;
priory at Dunmow, in Esses, the monks j
made a promise of a fiitch of bacon to j;
any married couple who could take oath i
that they had never quarreled nor re- !'
gretted their union. Whether the "bache- j'
lor monks only intended to encourage i
conjugal harmony, or whether they |!
strictly believed that married folks, never j I
do live together twelve months without j;
discord, we can guess as best we may. j'
At any rate, the successful applicants for j
the flitch were few and far between The
priory was suppressed at the Ref- j'
ormation, but the old custom survived, ; I
the flitch being given by the lord of the ! i
manor. In the last century the cere- |
mony was conducted with much parade j *
The couple appeared at a court baron, a j
jury of unmarried persons heard the :
avertments, ana if the results were satis-1
factory, a verdict ws^ given, to the effect j1
that the conple had been married at j:
least one je&r, that they had lived '
quietly and lovingly together, and thai *
they were deserving 01 tne promiseu
prize- i,
The verdict beiog delivered, the happy I \
couple, standing ne:ir the ch irch door, 1,
made a declaration, received the flitch, i
and were chaired in procession through ,
the town. The lords of the manor by ;
degrees declined to offer the tempting '
bonns, and the clergy viewed nnfavor- i'
ably some of the incidents accompany- 1'
ing the proceedings. Twenty or thirty
years ago a few literary men revived ,
the ceremony at their cwn expense, J .
more as a whimsical joke for that one J
f^casion than a permanent cnstom. j"
Fr jm time to time the local journals i?
record an observance of the ceremony. ^
There is reason to believe, however, j
that speculative trade is mainly con- J
cerned here, the fiitch being provided 1
by some tavern interested in bringing ]
together a large as-emblage of thirsty , i
souls.?Chambers' Journal. | ?
In the time of Edward I. of England, \ ^
he pay of a knight or esquire was six- i ^
een shillings a day, and that of an j
archer three shillings.
Pleasure carriages, save in Boston, j
*ere rarely seen in this country till the j ]
niddle of the eighteenth century, j s;
Chaises were introduced about that ! '
ime. j fj
France had the first stand id g army of j
rtodern times, in the reign of Charles ; y,
7IL, in 1445. A standing army was i o
irst established in England in 1638 by j
T i A,
jnanes a. u
In Java, criminals condemned to c
3eath are offered free pardon if they
jonsent to obtain a box of the Upas C
poison from the tree. Of seven hnndred v
who attempted to do this only twenty;wo
lived to return. <3
c
Guitean Analyzed.
Born vrith a boundless vanity and in- 0
tolerable egotism, he early fancied himself
entitled to all he hoped to gain or ! c
be, and longed to be courted, honored j v
and to live at ease. He had a natural j1
aversion for work, and early deserted |8
and despised it. Intensely vicions bv | s
nature, he was easily provoked to strike | ,
his father at the sapper table, or assault j
his sister with an as while living on jker
bounty. He longed, or thought he j (
longed, for sn education as a means to :
attain his desires, but seen abandoned : c.
his purpose to obtain it when he j
learned the trouble of acquiring it. His I ,
physical was not greater than his j
mental indolence, and by the in- j
duigence of both hf.s moral in- i
dolence soon became equal to j
TTa'tinor a wnrl/1 xcVii/Vh rift- I ^
nied Mm what he sought at the terms
offered, he took refuge in the Oneida 3
Community, hoping within that liti;le
world to win, simply by self-assertion, ,
what the world outside refused. But, i
finding that his old enemy, work, was ; ,
known there, and that the place offered i J
fewer opportunities than he thought ,
for gratifying his baser passions or attaining
his grander hopes, he longed ,
to get away. At last a sufficiently
safe opportunity presented itself, and ,
he left for New York, where for a time ]
he fed his fancy with visions of j 1
a great theocratic newspaper. Then |
the law; then theology again; then au-!
thorship and the lecture field, and !
finally politics; but nothiDg won for j ,
him the place in public estimation j
that he sought. Finally he fixed his I 1
hope on public office. It was denied :
him, and with reason. He was not '
only refnsed, but turned away in dis- :
grace. His vanity touched, his ambitious
longing crushed, his vicious pas- ;
sion blazed within him, and giving free
rein to his fury! he resolved to wreak 1
revenge. Even in this his monumental :
vanity found food. He could not be ;
famous, but he would be infamous, ani
thus, at last, find himself known to all 1
the nations of the earth. Consequences, 1
to such a man, were hardly things to be 1
considered. The worst would be but j1
little worse than what he was. What-!1
ottov i?ome> tVic.rft Trftnlr? hfi an atuI nf ! 1
wandering up and down, and even 1
hunted through the earth, and rest at |
last. And with that rest would como
the knowledge that he left behind a |
name. Perhaps in his mad fancy he
may have hoped that some would honor !
it?at least he knew, and gloried in the 1
knowledge?that it would at last be 1
known. 1
This may seem a harsh and cruel j!
picture, but it is a true. That it is so j '
is proven by that last reluctant word 1
wrung from Mra by his raerciless ex- j 1
aminer?"Remorse."?Chicago Times. j (
Dead Leaves and Their Uses.
We very naturally admire growing i'
leaves, and cannot help a feeling of sad-! \
ness when they wither and fall. A casual j '
look at the fallen leaves gives us the ]
idea their work is done, and that ,
therefore He who has wonderfully ,
created them permitted them to decay.
But those who give more than a passing .
ln/Vb fin/1 t-.Viftf. f.Vinm/h f.hpir nmnmpntol ^
life is over, their useful life is but be- j
ginning. Yon pause, perhaps, and for a j
moment wonder how dead leaves are j
ntilized; but so many varieties are nsed j
that it would be impossible to name them |
all, so we will only refer to the most j
common. Of these it is only fair to J
state that many of them are not allowed j
to wither on the tree, the reason being
to preserve a larger amonnt of the essence
of the leaf. For example, the :
leaves of the tea plant are allowed to !
grow to a certain, stage, and are then
gathered and dried qnickly in the snn.
Of course, every one knows that the
death of a leaf is usually caused by the
drying np of the sap, on which it depends
for nourishment; so thai by
forcing the leave;? to die more qnickly
f/hfln natnrallv wonlrl. more of the .
taste or essence of the leaf is retained.
And so dead tea leaves are of use to *
provide Dr. Johnson's favorite bc-v.^rage, \
"tea." Of course, there are nsn..y dif-1 ?
ferent kinds of tea, but they are not | c.
cinder our consideration ; sufficient is ! ?
it if you consider t iat that most common
of all commodities is simply dead leaves. ; ^
Next, let us take tobacco, as being an i 1
irticle in common use. This plant is a j 3
aative of America, and is supposed to c
have been first brought to England by c
Sir Walter Raleigh, who taught hi t conn- k
i-rymen io smoke it. The leaves only ^
ire used, and great care is taken in its
cultivation to bring these to perfection,
md the drying and preparing for nse is a | E
long and difficult process; bnt no one [ E
looking at a cigar or the usual tobacco 8
ian for a moment doubt its being any- 5
thing but dead leaves. j y
It would be a long and difficult task j a
;o name all the dead leaves which are ' ^
ased by herbalists and doctors; but j ^
many of the more simple kinds of the ; ?
jlass of leaves known as herbs are of j ?
jreat use in cookery, such as thyme j
mint, sage, etc. *
Having mentioned these individual
[eaves, ycu will probably say these are ?
very few ; not a hundreth part of the ?
leaves there are, and granting them to I ~
oe a hundreth part, what becomes cf | ;
the ninety-nine kinds left? Many leaves
ire allowed to drop off the trees and i 7:
iecay to a certain extent, and are then j
ased for manure to enrich the ground, > j3
;hat it may bring forth more leaves, j
ivhich all irt their turn will also decay, j
rhen, again, it is an acknowledged fact!13
;hat the decayed vegetation of centuries ! 11
?in fact, whole forests which have died ; ?
md been replaced?gc to form a large R
proportion of our coai. j (
The London World fears that the j L
'higher education for women" vrill { ;l
result in over-worked girl graduates j v
yho will turn for solace to tho cigar ; t
ind cigarette. i ]
J^Rernooii 1
* idc-s every day for eight rl
i^KTand the other four the sky is a a
aterspout. <3
One-third the population live on the t
nropean plan, furnished rooms, board- ],
lg at restaurants.
Costs fifty cents a month for cartage
f ashes from your door. ^
Fifty cents is called four bits, whil<j
2 1-2 cents iis a bit. and ten cents a ?
tiort bit. a
Potatoes, onions and all kinds of ^
& AH .3 VvTT TTT/QIffVlf. v
tuiu OUJIU kjj nwjjUM. ' ^ | Q
Thousands of sea gulls inhabit the | fi
ater front, building tb. eir nests on tops |
f warehouses.
Chinese are required to ps.y a pollis,
but not allowed to vote or become ?
itizens, j
Costs fifteen cents to Brooklyn or ?
)akland," and takes twenty-five rain- ,
it-es.
Saloons of ferries are on the upper
[eck.. wliile the first contains a lunch ,
ounter and bar.
The notorious "sand-lot" adjoins the ;
ity hall.
T wennv miles of cable street railroads '
iperated by stationary steam engines.
Chinese do all the washing, perform
/vaaV vnicq oil rocrof.a}\]Afl
.nd manufacture nearly all the cigars |
md shoes. j
Must buy a whole nam or sack of
lour.. No smaller quantity eold.
Salaries of clerks and salesmen gen- |
jrally are lower than in New York.
The nnmber of judges, generals,
iolonels, majors and captains is astonshing.
Grate fires and warm blankets are
usuries every night in the year.
Coal a:ad wood is sold by the bag.
Ice cream saloons are scarce.
Number of stout and fleshy women is
remarkable.
Roses bloom in yards the year
round.
Oysters are the size of hickory nuts.
White pigs are a3 ecarce as black in
;he East.
Hills and mountains are all peaked
iike volcanoes.
"When the moon is supposed to shine
:he street lights are shut off.
Lending aod borrowing money upon
iionor is a legitimate business.
Temperature in different paits of
the city will vary ten degrees at the
same hour.
Twilights are very short.
A Maine Monster.
Mr. Hall and Mr. William Libbey, of
St. Stephen, were laying out a logging
;hance or. land of "William DureD, and
in hunting for a certain bunch cf spruce
unexpectedly came out on Chain lake.
It was a beautiful day, with only a slight
breeze rippling the water, and they
stepped on the shore to take their
lunch. Mr. Libbey scon noticed a peculiar
noii;e, which seemed at first to
issue out of the woods, and next came
from the direction of a cove above. Mr.
Hall coulc. not for a time hear the noise
to which l is attention was called, but
when he did finally distinguished the
sound, he remarked that a crew of men
must ba repairing the dam above. Just
then there appeared in sight around the
point, a mile away, an object whi h
tu^y took for men in a skiff, but soon
Ia a on c onolm
LiJLOVV/r^i^U IV WO tUi VUV/AAUVtW
With its head elevated sir feet above
the water, it came swiftly down the
lake, facing the sun, until it reached a
position just opposite the men, and distant
less than half a mile. It then
stopped short, throwing the middle part
Df its body cut of the water in
an arch, also sis feet high. Its h?ad,
which it had before kept turning in the
direction of one shore and then the
other, was pointed for a minute in the
direction of Mr. Hull and his companion,
who stood motionless. After this
inspection it suddenly straightened out
igain, and passed by and down ic.to the
Dntlet Its speed was about a mile in
fire minutes, or twelve miles an hour,
md its appearance while in motion is
thus minutely described: From its head
:o the water was six feet; the next
?* r/? /?(a-hYVN
jYiClliy icuii ux uuio vi. no luiiu nao
ander water; then some twelve feet of
its baci appeared above the surface to
i height of about sixteen inches; the
remainder of its greater length was hidien
from view, and as the propelling
power was necessarily attached to the
last-named part, iis entire body "could
2ot have been under fifty feet long, and
nore likely was over sixty feet.*' The
lead at the broadest place could not
lave measured less than two and onelalf
feet across, and the upper portion
)f its body, thongt: of course by no
neans the largest, was "as big as a
iork barrel." When last seen in the
ratlet it had. left the water, and was
massing over a distant point of land
:overed with granite boulders, among
vhich were tough bus-hes. The erect |
)art then "looked like a man that I;
vould weigh three or four hundred." j
Mr. Hall's theory is that the serpent
ravels and lives on land as well as on
rater, and that its chief food consists of
leer. On the day named, "it \?as lumpy,
and, having smelled ns, came ont
if the woods after a meal." Coming
Iown the lake, " it passed by the scent,
>orn on the wind, and when it finally
fct where the sun would permit it to see
ic, we stood so still it took ns for
tubbs on the shore, and proceeded
m."
Mr. Hali saj s that any man on the
>fr. Croix who will dispute the existence
>f the above described boa eonsiricor,"
in the face of what his eyes and
hoce of Mr. Libbey have just wititssed,
is not clear-headtd. This is 1
iot the first time this snaUe has been i
een. Old Captain Lewy ?a\v it many i
ears ago, and others of the Passamo- 1
luoddy Indians have seen it in Big lake 1
t various times. Every member of the *
ribe knows of it and believes in it. j I
Ir. John Williams and a crew of men <
aw ifc at the mouth of Little river i
wenty-nine years ago, and his descrip- 1
ton attracted much atten'.ion ai that '
ime. Mr. Williams mistook a part of i
be snake's body for an immense log
ping across the boom, and upon adan^ing
to seehowtheloggot tbero, the
rate moved away, and in goin^ across 2
lie land made a broad, deep furrow in 1
lie grass and soil of the meadow. Mr. \
lall now regrets tliat he ever said any- bing
about the snake, as there are so 1
i&ny "fools" among men who disbe- ^
ieve and deride. He thinks some plan 1
o capture the snake, by tving a live |
.orse on the shore cf the lake as a bait, j
nay prove successful, and. all will ttien 1
ee i bat his dseription was carefully 1
ept within the actual truth.? Calais ^
He.) Times.
Of over 700,000 square miles of timber
ands in this country the South owns
60,000, or nearly two-thirds. They
.ill bs sources of wealth in a few years
o an extent little ^dreamed of at j :
iiesent. I :
^H!T"WHnuUG J E
IPPP^roofs, children j e
Pl^Sinffrpiinciples, morals or j
lanners.
A lazy man spoils your work ; disap- | I
oints yotu expectations; exhausts you* j *
atience; eats up your substance, \c
buses your confidence, and hangs a j *
.ead weight upon all your plans ; and i
he very best thing a man can do with a I
?zy man is to get rid of him.
In a valiant suffering for others, not j ,
n slothful making others suffer for us, j i
lid nobleness ever lie. The chief of i '
aen is he who stands at the van of nei^ U
ornting the peril which frighten back J
.11 others; which,if it be not vanquished, j
rill devour the other. Every noble :
rown is, and on earth will forever be,
k crown of *horns.
Through the Desert. !
One day at dinner (Jurran sat oppotite
Lord Norbury, who was famous for
lis severity as a judge. "Curran,"
isked Norbury, "is that hung beef.
Defore you!" "Yen try it, my lord," !
mswered Carran, "and it's sure to be." j
A Bedouin riding past us at full
speed, carrying a long spear, was in !
sight for more than an hour and a-half. j
He took all kinds of fantastic shapes, !
and, as regards the distance, he was off
at any moment; the best range-finder :
ever invented could not have localized
him. At one time lie was spilt tip into
three, with a space of something that
looked like a surface of shimmering
water between each part?the legs of i
the camel dancing along over the plain
without any body attached to them, and
high over them the body of the camel
and rider flying through the air,
and above them again the tuft !of
feathers surmounting his spear, looking
like a bird in the air. What added
greatly to the dreariness of this horrid
waste wa* the total absence of animai
life ; not a fish-jump ruffled the surface,
of the glassy lakes; not even the pro-}
verbial and familiar pelican of the\
wilderness was to be seen by the side
of them ; no wheeling vultures over-1
head ; even the swarms of flies properly j
belonging to the caravan deserted. 1j
almost fancied that our "inside passen-;
gers" were reduced to a policy of^
''masterly inactivity'' for a time. If it
had come to this, that when you aske^
a man to do anything be usually tohi
you to wait till he had done scratching:
himself.) The carcasses of camels whiclx
we passed had the flesh dried on to th^
bones as hard as wood. I shall nevet
forget one corpse?that or a man?'
nationality quite indistinguishable. The '
body had first distended to about three
times its original bulk, and then dried
in that form. I turned it over as it
laid on the sand, and it was so light I
could have lifted it with one hand. Itmade
a creaking and drumming noise
as I moved it, very like the tound of
shaking a rolled up hide of sole leather.
I arrived at two conclusions witn
reference to that region. First, that
the refraction of light by the air was
so remarkable that artillery would
be rendered practically ineffective.
Secondly, that I would' never go a
Sabbath day's journey into it again
until I could do it on a bicyelc, and
have relays of caravans sent on loaded
with lemon-squashes.?JJy Journey to
Medinak, Keane.
Sister Pauline's Basket.
In an account of the quaint and curious
ways of the Ephrata (Pa.) community,
in the Century Magazine, appears
this paragraph:
We now crossed the meadow ground
to take a look at the other large building,
and on our way passed two dilapidated
little dwellings, one of which
probably is the one occupied for a long
time by Conrad Beissel, the founder of
the Ephrata cloister. The second convent
we now came to, designated as
'Saron,' or the Sisters' house, is in its
external appearance very much like its
mate, Bethania?huge, oppressive, and
gloomy, sheathed in black shingles, and
dotted with little square windows. The
rooms and passages, however, are quite
mr J 4-^
cimerenirij piucivu, <xuu. ^ccm iu u.a?> ^
been altered to suit the uses of more
recent times. In one of the cells we
noticed a huge hamper; its size, in
fact, compared with the dimensions of
the door, was suggestive of the Chinese
pnzzle, the imprisoned ivory ball much
too large for the apertures of the incasing
cell. How was this overgrown basket
ever squeezed through so nuirow
an opening ? It never was. An industrious
nun, bent upon doing some good
and useful work for the monastery,
plied in her cell, for many days and
weeks, her busy hands, to weave for domestic
needs that extraordinary piece of !
wicker-work. She did not discover, j
until she had finished it, that it was !
much too large to pass through the j
door of her ceil. And there it remains j
Violin Making.
Violin-making, in its perfection, is
one of the most difficult of callings. It
is Apparently nothing more than the adjustment
of certain bits of wood, which
are planed, filed, saw-cut, scratched,
sand-papered, carved, pegged, glued and
varnished; but to give it the soul
requires the highest capability of human
intelligence. Hands must work in a
material which, though easier to cut
than metal, cannot be kept up to the j
same degree of precision. .Fingers must j
be subservient to brain. For a guide J
yor. must have the line appreciation of
tune quality. If with mechanical dexterity
you possess the necessary fineness
of ear, your wooden case "will give out
the sound of a Gaurnerius, a Steiner, or
an Amati. The trick of it all is so subtle
thai; he who makes a good violin is no |
longer a servile imitator. A common- j
plac:e instrnment may be quite witlin I
the scope of a good pattern-muker, but j
i really fine violin, such as a great soloist
will accept, one perfect throughout |
LV _ - I
cue wnoie register, uu? uiiic recjjuuua *.u
the least touch of the finger, that makes
i pnre and unalloyed sound, with the
;one quality, whether you just touch it I
Dr ra?p it with your bow?;vell, that is
nothing less thai a chef-d'auvre. Why,
;here arc only foi:r people to-day in the
yorld who can turn you out such an
instrument.
Hereditary Impulse.
Rev. Charles F. Deems tells of a
?oung man who is constantly in warfare
Bath his appetite for liquor though he
lever permits himself to take a drop.
Neither his father nor grandfather were
iddicted to its use, but hisgreat-grasd"ather
was an habitual drunkard. Thus
ire trie &ms 01 me iaxner visiieu upon
:he children unto the third generation.
Dr Deems says of this case of heredi;ary
impulse: I think it is extraordiiar7
only in the perfect resistance which
ae has made to his strong inclination.
?Br. Footers Health Monthly.
Fifty-eight million dollars is the estimate
value of finger rings of this country actually
worn, and still there are people mean enough
to go hacking and coughing because they do
not want to invest 25 cents for a bottle of Dr.
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Times.
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set one inch in'circu#IQeasures I
>rer 50 rears old, and jFference- It
lad over 9,000 orange*0216 seasons has i
on it.
Snakea as Li: iff
The loss of li'e in ] p.jf Destroyer*,
if venomous snakes due to the ravages
Consumption, which f?ai03t incredible. Yet
leadlitst Indian reftjP3 and fatalasthe
iround thousands is winding its coil?
are unconscious owp^ople while the victims
Pifrcft'a' Golden presence. Dr. E. Y.
u*ed Discovery'' must be
parit'es, ?f the scrofulous imi'orm
of r coas,iraP!ion is only a
Discoverv'Ty'^^isease. ''Golden Medical I
of ecrofulonjr ^roveri?ign remedy for all forms
tumors, whitJ "srase^or kiag'a-cvil.^nch a a..
sore eyes, a^fflCZ for otkeiftiho'd and "skin
diseases, ffy druggists. ~~ j
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Tnkeu Oat of Bed.
Dr. B. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.: Dear Sir?
I have to thank you for the great relief received
from your *' Favorite Prescription." My
sickness had* lasted seven years, 0:10 of which
Iwas in bed. After taking one bottle I was
able to be abont the house. Eespectfnlly.
AMANDA K. ENX1S, Fulton, Mich.
President Aetbce's first message contained
14,935 words.
Fits, Fits, Firs.
successfully treated by World's Dispensary
Medical Association. Address, with stamp for
pamphlet, Buffalo, N. Y.
" - .Mil ?..
. jlRS. GARFIELD'S income Win ds uiatav c^u,G'OO
a year.
Vecietixe.?TiiC great success of the Vegeiiite
as a cleanser mid pariHer of the blood is
shown fceyoni*. a doubt by the great numbers
r.bo have* taken it, and received immediate
relief, with such remarkable cures.
RESCUED FRO.tf DEATH.
William J. Coughlin, of Somerville, Mass., says: In
the fall of 137GI was taken with Weeding of the lungs,
followed by a severe cough. I lost my appetite and
flesh, and was confined to my bed. In 18771 was admitted
to the hospital. The doctors said I had a hole
in my lung as big as a half-dollar. At one time a report
went around that I was dead. I gave np hope,
but a friend told mo of Da. William Hall's Balsam
ronras Lungs. I got abottle, when, to my surprise,
I commenced to feel better, and to-day I feel better
than for throe years past. I write this hoping every
one afflicted with diseased lungs will take Db. TYn/liau
Hall's Balsam, and be convinced that cosbcmpnok
cak be c ubed. I can positively say it has
Ndone more good than all the other medicines I have
taken since my sickncss.
ALLEN'S Brain Food^cnres Nervous Debility k
Weakness of Generative Organs, SI?all druggists.
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THE MARKETS.
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ynw toek.
Reef Cattle?Med. Nat live wt. 9%@ 10%
Calves?Good to Prime Veals.. 5 @ 9%
Sheep 3 5%
^Lambs 6 @ 7
floss?Live 6%fg 6%
Dressed, city 7%@ 8
Flour?Ex. State, good to fancy 5 50 @ 8 00
t. Western, good to choice G 05 ? 9 00
Y^heat?No. 2 Red 1 39%? 1 40%
r No. 1 White 138 ? 1 39%
R\rc?Prime State 95 ? 97
Baffley?Two-rowed State 82 ? 85
Coral?rngradedWesternMixed 66 @ 69
V Southern Yellow 67%@ 70
Oat^?White State 50 ? 53
? Mixed Western 47%@ 49
Hayl?3Ied. to Prime Timothy. 75 @ 85
StraVX?No. 1, Eve 70 @ 80
HopsA-State, 1831 26 ? 28
Pork -iMess, new, for export...18 25 @18 50
Lard - City Steam 10 90 @10 90
i Refined....; 1120 @1120
Petrcleoim?Crude 6%@ 7%
J Refined 8%@ 8%
Butte -|State Creamery 33 @ 36
JUaxry zu (gj ;?
Western Im. Creamery 30 @ 36
I*etory 12 @ 30
; Cheese?State Factory 9 @ 12%
SkiYns 3 @ 9%
"Western ; 8%<3 11%
Eggs?State a^d l>enn 30 @ 31
Potatoes?EarFfcBose, state, bbl 2 87 @312
\ BUFFALO.
Steers?Good Shippers 5 30 @ 5 60
Lambs?Western fc, 4 25 @ 6 00
Sheep?Western. A 4 00 @ 5 00
Hogs, Good toChoicaf Yorkers.. 6 00 @ 6 10
Flour?C'vGround, X?. 1 Spring 6 75 @ 7 25
Wheat?Xo.i. Hard DAhith.... 1 54%<3 1 54^.
Corn?No. 2 Mixed... .jL 68 @ 6S
Oats?Xo. 2 Mix. West.\ 48 @ 50
Barley?Two-rowed Statoi..... 90 @ 90
tjactaK
Beef?Extra plate and fanuSy.. 14 50 ?la 00
Hogs?Live 73- - ?,. 7
Hogs?City Dressed V. 8 @
Pork?Extra Prime per bbl i. .16 00 @16 50
Flour?Spring Wheat Patents*. 8 00 @ 8 75
Com Mixed and i.*ellow....C. 72 @ 75
Oats?Extra White \ 57 @ 59
Rye?State @ 1 00
Wool?"Washed Comb & Delate \44%@ 46
Unwashed " x0 @ 31
\VATEBTOW3? (XA&iCAXTLE M*U*KET.
Beef?Extra qualivj 6 7 50
Sheep?Livejy eight S-4@ 5%
Lambs...." 3;^^L 6
Hogs, Northern, dressed 8
PHILADELPHIA. 5
Flour?Penn. Ex. Family, good 6 50 .
Wheat?No. 2 lied 1 37%?
Bye?State 98 $9
' Corn?State Yellow 69%0 n?
Oats?Mixed 49 @ / aH
Butter?Creamery Extra Pa 42 @ I
Cheese?New York Full Cream. 13>^@
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VEGBTTNE.^
I Advise All Who Are Suffering
as I Have Suffered to Give
VEGETINE a Trial.
Boston, September 9.1877.
Mr. H. R. Stevens:
Dear Sir?I have suffered with Scrofulous Humor
for seven years, and could Ret no relief. I have tried
everything in the shape of herbs salves, plasters,
etc., but nothing did me any good. I was, lrom my
knees to mv ankles, one mass of sores. I was advised
by Police Officer W. B. Hill to try Vegetdte. I commenced
last July, Ifc76. After taking the second bottle
I began to get relief, and the sores to heal up. I
was finallv reduced to one large ulcer on my right
ler, that ran so much and looked so bad that many
said i must lose ;nv leg: but, after I had taken fourteen
bottles of Ykgktixe, my leg was all healed up,
ind I am now as well as ever I was in mvlife. I con
siderVEvsrcnyE the best cleanser ami purifier of the
blood, and advise all who inav be suffering as I have
suffered to give it a trial. IfEXRY T. SMITH,
No. 50 Utica Street, Boston, Mass.
Scuofulous hmiors.?The Vegeteje has cured
manv cases of Scrofula of five, ten and twenty years'
standi us:, where the patient has had many physicians,
tried many of the known remedies: and, after trying
the Vegf.ti.ve, the common remark is: "It acts dilferentiy,
works differently, from any medicine I
have ever taken." Vegete?*e will cleause scrofula
from the system. Try it.
VEGETINE
I CAZST RECOMMEND.
Somesville, June 10,1S75.
E'K. H. R. Steyejcs :
It is with great pleasure I can recommend in the
hish'-st ! this your Veoet;>*e as a purifier of the
blood. liaviug met with a painful injury of thft spine
ami sciatic nerve over fourteen years ago. my auklo
has r-eeu swollen a great deal ol the time, and very
painful. Uy using Vegetjve I find great relief, as it
gives a higher ton',- to the blood, improving my
health; and I hone that all the human family in a
suffering condition will avail themselves at once of i
this most valuable remedy. Yours, most respect- '
fully, WiT. STE1NHEKST.
Station Agent, SomerviUe, Mass.
"Vegexxke," says a Boston physician, "has no
equal as a blood purifier. Hearing of its many wonueriul
cures, alter all other remedies had failed, I
visited the laboratory and convinced myself of its I
genuine merit. It is prepared from barks, roots and
herbs, each of which is highly effective, and they arc
compounded in such a manner as to produce astonishing
results."
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Unfortunately safety cannot be profited
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>isous, ami some of them, as in the case of
senic, have a tendency to aggregate in the j
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Minnesota has a population of 780,7S3, of j
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Tbe census shows that the proportion of i
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If ron are hairless and cappy there is one
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i careless and happy?use Cabbolese, a deodorized
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