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» - - - mm. A Race Witb Bulletn. For over tbiKy years the river kuowu by the rlauderoua uamo cf Pine Creek, PeDosylvama, has been the scene of warfare between two classes of hunters, the “bounders” and the “stall hunters,” The former class is largely composed of kid-gloved sportsmen from New York, Philadelphia and other cities, reinforced , by men along the river who thrive upon j “ ‘There didn’t any one kill a deer, fVin latter nre the I but some one shot my dog.’ said the tor, and then he asked me if I bad be^n out on Pound Top that morning,” “ *No,' i said; ‘I have been digging S otatoes till just a few minutes ago, 'here was a hound off on the mountain, that sounded like old Nigger, and I waited to see if a deer didn't come in at Hound Eddy, but after a while the barking stopped and T concluded some one had shot the deer up in the woods.” ‘There didn’t any one kill their custom, while the latter are the settlers, who say that hounding deer drives them out of the country, and besides doesn’t give them a reasonable chance for their lives. Hounding is a lazy, nnskilfnl method of taking game and is managed in this way: A man known as a “starter” is sent back a few miles into the almost boundless forests that run back for leagues into the wild country of Potter from the river, and the hunters station themselves along the runways tha* the deer with strange instinct follow ns i teams follow the highways. The deer | or fresh tracks are found by the starter, the hounds are loosed and when the game comes down the ruuways the hunters shoot it and tne wild sport is over. No tedious tramps, no working around to prevent the keen-nosed deer from scenting the hunter, no creeping softly on 1’ inds and knees to the brink of a hill to look over and see if the game ia there—nothing to do except to listen to the paying of hounds coming slowly nearer and wonder what kind of game is ahead ef the hounds. Against tins system of hunting the settlers protest, and it is admitted that if a still hunter has only a single charge in his gun the deer escapes and the honnd gets ifc. Many have been the personal conflicts between these hunters and the owners of bounds, and some attempts to shoot and many threats of shouting have been made by the angry owners of murdered dogs. But not withstanding threats, the shooting of hounds oemmues. Regardless of slaugh ter the hounding goes on and each year adds Iresh victims to the hound-slayer s dead list and bringing its record of tights. One of the best known hunters and most renowned houult killers is “Josh,” whose sur-name, suggestive of •Ger man origin ana laborious tongue twist ing, is Bernuuer, Josh is a typical hunter, tall, erect, long in leg aaul arm, a swift runner, a dangerous lighter and a sure shot. None oi the hunters have . had more adventures than lie, and none have whistled a requiem over more hounds. None have bcim more out spoken in denouncing hounding, and of all the hunters he bus most incurred the hate of the men who drive deer with dogs. Meeting him a few days ago, 1 asked him to tell me the story o* Ins run down the Round Top Moun tain, pursued by some men whose houud lie had killed. “Well,” ho said, “ it was this way. I was digging potatoes down on the flat near the river, when I heard, back on Round Top, a bound baying. I knew it was Nigger, a b’g black hound owned by Dr. Devls, that had driven in scores of deer -nd that I had tried a dozen times to get a shot at, but never with success, so 1 took my old single-barreled rifle ami started up the steep hill to hud him.” “Why didn’t you wait for the hound to come to the river ?” I said. “Because,” he replied, “Dr. Lewis wus a dangerous sort of a man, with au ugly crowd around him, and it wasn’t exactly safe to shoot the best hound on the river out in the clearing, where every body would know' it. Not that I was much afraid of being hurt,” he added, “but you know they might burn my dwellings or something of that sort. So I just took into an old road aud climbed up the mountain, listening all the time to the old hound’s steady barking and thinking that was the last time he would ever chase a deer out of my hunting-ground. Just at the top of the mountiuu 1 stopped and listened, and seeing that he was coming my way I waited and took breath. In a few moments he came in sight forty or fifty rods away, and 1 was waiting for him to come nearer when a few rods back of him 1 saw Dr. Lewis and two of bis men.” “Wtiat were tney doing there?” I inquired; I thought the hunters stood ou the runways and only one went with the hounds." “Why, you see,” be replied, “this Dr, Lewis had said he would catch me and stop my houuu-kiiling, and he knew I Would go any where to kill old Nigger, so he fixed up this trap to get me.” “But they wouldn’t dare to shoot you?” I suggested. “They dare do anything,” be an swered, “but they hadu’t seen me and 1 made up my miud to shoot and take the chances. 1 was about five rods from the brink of the hill, and down through the thick brush i knew none of them could keep up with me or long keep me in sight, so I raised my guu and ns the houud came into nn opeu space I nred. A howl of pain answered my shot and I know that one enemy of the deer was gone. L waited to hear no more, but started for home at a gait no other mau in this region could take. The men saw me and gave chase, and just as 1 was disappearing over the mountain side Dr. Lewis fired, the bul let striking in a tree close beside me. The others didn’t fire, but all chased me, and when 1 was a short distance down the old road I looked back and saw the three men tearing down the mountain after me. “I knew they couldn’t catch me, but I didn’t want them to know me, so I turned a ride aud dashed off .through the thick woods, followed again by a bullet, but I was too far away to be hit by ordinary shooting. Down the steep hill and tnrough the brush I worn, tearing up the mellow earth and scaR tering the leaves at every jump, while behind me I could hoar the brush cracking as my pursuers followed. They were no match lor me iu a race through the woods, aud it was not .ong before they were out of hearing, while I reached home sale aud undiscovered. That was a wild run, aud oue of the men who chased me got a fall that lamed him for weeks aud the doctor broke the stock off' me guu by hitting it against a tree.” • “They must have suspected you even if they couldn’t catch you, didn’t they?” I asked. “Yes; of course, they suspected me, but they couldn’t injure auy one with out better evidence than they had against me. Why, 1 changed my clothes after I got to the house and started up the creek road and met Dr. Lewis and hia party coming down. One was limping along and the doctor carrying his gun in two pieces, and they looked prettybadly used up. some oue shot my dog,’ doctor, ‘and we all thought it was you, but he wore dark clothes and you have on light and no oue could go to your house aud change since the bound was killed. We are all most dead chasing him down the InL, and look at my gun. Oh! I wish we knew who the ra-soul was; we would give it to him. “So 1 escaped suspicion in this case," Josh concluded, “and Dr. Lewis swore around, threatening all kinds of ven geance on the mau who killed his dog, until a mouth or two afterward, when he shot himself loading the same gnu he had fired at me T wo Side* to Everyth li>s> “Mary,” said Mr. Norris to his wife, as he entered his suug little home oue even ing, “we are to have company to supper lo-morrow. I met my old friend, Henry Ard. in the street to day, and asked him to come out.” “Isn't he the A.d who has grown so wealthy in the past few years V' asked Mrs. Norris, as she stepped briskly around in laying the tea-table. “Yes; but I don’t think his wealth his spoiled him. He was as cordial to me as ever, regretted that I was ’till only a clerk in Holden’s, and wondered how i could get along on such a poor salary. He doesn't put on any airs at all. So wear your pret tiest dress to- morrow, Mary, and have a good supper,’' ‘ He shall have no reason to complain, I’ll promise that,” said Mrs. Norris, who was an excellent cook and a capable house- keejrer. It was to her careful management that her husband owed his freedom from debt; for only the most systematic aud judicious economy could have made nis small salary adequate for the support of his large family. Wnile several of his friends—among them Henry Ard—had risen rapidly, through ioi lunate speculation, to positions of affluence, Mr. Norris had remained poor, a clerk only in tbe house in which he started as an errand boy. But, by means oi the most rigid economy and numberless sacrifices, he had been able to purchase a small cottage on the outskirts of the city, aud he declare.! that the day he made the last payment upon it was the happiest of his life It had been the dream of many years to own a home, and, in his enjoyment, he forgot the sacrifices he had made, which at the time seemed very hard. His wife had worked nobly to beautify the grounds planting rose-bushes with her own hands and training vines over (he cottage. A prettier place in the summer it would have been bard to find. Mrs. Norris wus dressed in her best and the children wore as fresh amt sweet as could be, when Mr. Non is reached home the next evening, accompanied by Ins friend. The gentleman was cordial in his man ner, it is trui; but his coming cast a gloom over the household, for he began at once to complain oi the tedious ride he had from the city, commiserated them ou liv ing so far out, and he averred that he had heard that land was cheap in this section because it was unhcallhy. He asked Mrs. Norris if she did not ihiuk her children looked pale: and he advised Mr Norris to sell out aud buy somewhere else. He dwelt earnestly upen the fact of there be ing so few neighbors,and no doctor within a mile or two; aud he succeeded in filling the breast of his hostess with anxiety auii alarm. At the tea table he spoke of the elegant tea service he had given his wife a lew weeks previously; ot the de.icious tea he had drank at the bouse of.a friend the evening belore.of the rare old china which had been used, and the dozens of luxuries which had been heaped upon the table in his honor. Mrs. Norris listened and sighed. Her china set, used for many years, began to look poor and mean iu tier sight, as she imagined the beauty of Mrs. Ard's silver; the tea tasted biitcr; and she hud no appe tite for the fried oysters, salad, jelly, and cake she bi d piepared so cnreiully, aud with so much pleasure, anticipating, as she had, some compliments trum her guest on her cooking. After supper,the whole family gaihored about the stove, and listened enviously as Mr. Ard dilated on the delights of an open grate; of the actual necessity of a home library, where there wns growing children; of the oostiy books in his own home, of the rare pictures and elegant furniture in the house of hie friends; of the fine society in which his wife moved; of her jewelry, her costly dresses, and the number o f ser vants he found n incumbent an him to keep in order to secure comfort; ot the convenience of gas, and the danger of us ing kerosene; and of twenty other things that the host, of whose hospitality he was pat taking, did not and could not possess. Yet he was nei her boastful nor ill-tern pered, and gave no occastioa for offence in anything he said. But, when he arose to depirr, neither Mr. Norris or his wife felt any regret to have him go so early, nor did tliey urge him to come a;am. They felt sad and disconttnte i. The little home in which tucy hid taken such genuine c)> f »rt now looked shabby and mean. Tbe small rooms seemed more cramped than ever, and they felt ashamed of the poverty •which prevented them from living as Mr. Ard and his friends lived. Mary put her ehiidren to be 1, and thou went to bed herself, where, after thinking over her lot in life, and recalling the many saoriflees she had made, and the pinching economy she was obliged to practice, she finally cried herself to sleep. • A lew days passed, aud the cloud of discontent which had settled upon the family was still heavy, when, one evening, a visitor, a Mr. Andrews, called just as they were about to sit down to supper. Mr. Norris invited him to the table; and Mrs. Norris began to apolgize for the homely lare, wishidg it was better. “No apologies are necessary, my dear madam,” said the gentleman, as he threw off his coat and seated himself at the table “I walked out from the city ai.d have ac quired the sharpest kind of'an appetite. 1 feel as if 1 could relish any aud everv- thing.” “We live such a terrible distance from town,” said Mrs. Norris, "it is a wonder to me that our friends ever fin 1 us at all. As it is, they come very seldom." “Why, l think your home most delight fully situated!’exclaimed Mr. Andrews; who was even wealthier than Mr. Ard, and lived in far greater style. “I drove past here one day last summer, and re member thinking how like a bower of beauty this cottage looked, almost covered with climbing roses, and surrom ded by shrubs. And you couldn’t have found a healthier spot anywhere. Yom children show the effects of the pure air they up in the city, wljlre they have no chance l to play 01-t ot doors ” , ‘ ‘They certainly enj >y the garden an J lawn,” said Mrs. Nome, beginning to feel in a little batter spirits. “I never knew hew to amuse them when we lived ia the city.” “Property out here is rising In value every day,” continued M<-. Andrews, who dealt largely in real estate. “You bad better lay your hands on all the land you can Norris. You may realize a fortune, out of these few acres in ten years’ time.” It was now Mr. Norris’s turn to look pleased. He began to think he nad made a profitable investment, after all, in buy ing the place. Mr. Aodrws continued to talk in this same strain throughout the evening. He praised everything ou the table, apologized for eating so munb, but declared he could not help it, fortverything tasted so well; admired the lea-set as looking “just like one mother used to have;” and when Mrs. Norris regretted not having open grate?, he told her that opim grates were a mis take, unless there was a turuacc in the fouse; that they never th’V’w out half so much heat as a stove; and, as for a fur nace, several doctors he knew had declared them to be unhealthy; and they were ruin ous to house plants, of which Mrs Noms had a great many. He observed, in an swor to a remark of Mr. Norris’, that gas was a convenience, certainly, but that kerosene gave a much softer light, and was not nearly so trying to the eyes. tVhen at length he aiose to go, both Mr. and Mrs. Norris urged him strongly to come again; and he replied that he would be very glad to do so, for he could not remember when he had spent a more pleasant evening or had been made to feel more at home. The cloud which bed been cast over them by Mr. Ard's visit had flown away with Mr. Andrews, and they forgot their poverty and many discomforts, and felt thankful lo heaven for many blessings they enjoyed. Both Mr. Ard aud Mr. Andrews were sincere in what they said; but you sec there are two ways of looking at every thing, and always a bright and dark side. We can make ourselves contented with our lot by viewing it always from the bright side, or we can become very much discontented by comparing it with that of our richer neig.ibirs It he* wit h us to choose. Matting. From the report of the United States consul at Canton, we extract the follow ing information: The plant from which ! Chinese matting is made is an aquatic grass or rush. The kind from which the coarser matting is made is chiefly cultivated in the Shuihing department on the West river, about seventy miles from Canton, and is grown in a similar manner to rice, in fields flooded with water. It requires very little care in the cultivation, as it propagate* itself by shoots from the root, and attains a height of from six to eight feet. It is brought to market in bundles of about twelve inches in diameter, each bundle being sufficient to make four door mats, or six of the sort used for the sails of the native sailing craft. The district of Tuug-Kuan produces large quantities of this rush, but of a kind used almost entirely for the man ufacture of floor matting. It is said to grow better in the vicinity of salt water, when the water flooding it is somewhat brackish. It is planted usually in the mouth of June from slips. These are allowed to grow for about two mouths, when they are planted in rows, the soil being plentifully manured with bean cake; it requires nearly a year to mature. When it is cut the stems are spit in two with a knife, and when partially dried in the suu packed in bundles, and manufactured into matting at the city Tung-Kuan, or brought to Canton, where there are several extensive man ufactories. When brought to the factory, the grass, as it is called, is carefully sorted; it is then made into bundles of two or tliree inches in diameter, and placed in earthenware jars holding about ten gal) o as of water. It is then allowed to remain in soak for three days, when it is taken out anil dried in the sun for a day. If it is to be dyed the ordinary red color which has been for years most in vogue, it is plac ed in jars containing a liquid dye made by soaking sappanwood chips in water. It remains in these jars for five days, then dried for a day afterwards, again immersed in the dye for three days, when it is usually ready for use. Such colors as green, yellow and blue are tbe products of recent years. The solution for coloring yellow is produced from the seeds aud dowers of a plant common to China, the “Truifa.” A yellow coloring matter is also made by boiling for several hours twenty-five pounds of flowers of sophora joponica, in one hundred gallons of water, and adding, when cooled one pound of alum to each ten gallons of solution. Green and blue are produced from the twigs and leaves of the “Lamyip,” or “blue plant,” which grows iu abundance near Canton. To tbe solution thus produced a small quantity of chemical dye is uow added. Iu dyeing these colors the culms, or “straw,” as it is technically called are soaked in water for seven days, aud then immersed iu the coloring matter for a few hours only, tbe dye being hot. C«U and Thttm. ‘ Every time pa says anything,” remark.' ed the bad boy, addressing the grocery man, “it gives me a new idea. I tell you pa has got a great brain, but sometimes he don’t have it with him. When he said, the other day, I was a terror to cats, I thought what fun there is in cats, and me aud my chum went to stealing cats right off, and before nigh; we had 11 cals caged We had one in a canary bird cage, three iu pa s old bat boxes, three in ma’s band boxes, four m valises, two in a trunk, and the rest in a clo et up stairs. That night pa said he wanted me to stay at home, be cause the committee that is going to get up au oyster supper in the church was going to meet at our nouse, and thev might want to send me on errands. I asked him it my chum couldn't stay too, ’cause he is the healthiest infant to run after errands that ever was, ana pa said he could stay, but we must remember that there mustn’t be no monkey business going on. I told him there shouldn’t be no monkey business.but I didn’t promise nothing about cats. Well sir, you’d a died. The committee was in the library, by the back stairs, and me and my chum got the cat boxes all together at the top of the stairs, and we took them all out aud put them in a clothes basket, and just as the minister was speaking, and telling what a great good was done by these oyster sociables in bringing the young people together, and taking their minds from the wit-Kedness of the world, and turning their thoughts Into different chan nels, one of the old tom cats in the basket gave a ‘purmeaow,’ that sounded like the wail of a lost soul, or a challenge to battle I told ray chum that we couidn t hold the bread board over the clothes basket muck longer, when two or three cats began to yowl, and,the minister stopped talking P a j- 114 . tc °P en the stair door and tell the hired girl to see what was the mat ter up there. She thought our cat had got sout up in the store-room door and she opened the stair door to yell to the girl and then I pushed the clothes basket cats and ail down the back stairs. Well sir I s pose no committee for an oyster supper was ever more astonished. 1 heard ma fall over a willow rocking chair and say ‘scat ’ and I heard pa say ’well, I’m damd,' and the girl that sings in the choir say, ‘Heav ens, I'm stabbed,’ then my chum and me run to the Iront of the house and come down the front stairs, looking as innocent as could be, and we went to the library, and I was just going to tell pa if there was any errands he wanted me to run, me and my chum was just aching to run them when a yellow cat without any tail was walking over the minister, and pa was throwing a hassock at two cats that were clawing each other under the piano, and ma was trying to get her frizzes back on tier head, and the chair girl was standing on the lounge with her dress pulled up trying to scare oats with her striped stock ings, and the committee broke up Well to tell the honest truth, pa knew 1 had something to do wuh tne muss, and basted me and yanked me around until I had to have my arm in a sling,- but what’s Ihe use of making such a fuss about a few cate Ma said she never wanted to have any company again, cause I spoiled everything But I got e’-eu with pa for basting me. this morning, and I dassent go home. You see ma has got a big batn sponge, as big as a chair cushion, and thismorning I took the sponge and filled it with warm water atd took the feather cushion out ot the chair ps sits in at the table, and put the sponge in iu place, and covered it over with the cushion cover, asd when we all got set down to the table pa come m and sat down on it to ask a blessing. He started in by closing his eyas and placing his hands up in front of him like the letter V. and then he began to a k that the food we were about to'partake cf he Messed,and then he was going on to ask that all of us be made to see the error of our ways when he began to hitch around, and he opened one eye and looked at me, and 1 looked as pious as a boy can look when he knows the pancakes are getting cold and pa he kind of sighed and said ‘Amen’ soi t of snappish, aud got up and told ma he didn’t feel well, and she would have to take his place and pass around the sassige and potatoes, aud he looked kind of soart scart anil went out with his band on his pistol pocket, aa though he would like to hold more than a half a pail full of water and I didn’t want to play no joke on ma’ cause tne cats nearly broke her up, but she sat down, and was just going to halo me, when she rang the bell and called the hired girl, and said she felt as though her neuralgia was coining ou, and she would go to her room, and told the girl to sit down and help Hennery. The girl sat down and poured me out some coffee, and then she said: ‘Howly 6t. .Patrick, but I Wave these pancakes are burning,’ and she went out in the kitchen. 1 drank my cof fee, ami tWeu took the big sponge out of tbe chair and put the sponge in the bath room, and asked them if i should go after the doctor, and pa had changed his clothes and got on ins Sunday pants, and be said: *never mind the doctor, I guess we will pull through,' and for me to go out and go to the devil; and 1 came over here. Say, there is no harm in a little warm water is there? Weil, I’d like to know what’pa and ma and the hired girl iliougnt. 1 am tbe only real healthy one there is in our family.” Conklins ana Mace. AGRICULTURE. Knj» Wallins on Bride* Tbe Oetrleli Kick. , During the Senatorial term of the lato Zach Chandler he occupied a handsome and commodious residence on H street. One of the rooms was fitted up for a gym nasium, and here after dinner Zach, usually spent au heur swinging the clubs and using the dumb bells. Frequently his Senatorial friends would drop m upon him. There were masks and foils for those who found pleasure m fencing; while for those inclin ed to spar there was an excellent assort- numt of boxing gloves. Chandler was a large, burly man, with a hand on him like a hired man. He delighted in rough sports, and was never so happy as when pounding some one or being pounded in return, with the gloves. Conkling was almost a nightly visitor. He was a clever sparrerr and in the exciting bouts between himself and Chandler usual y came off vie torious. Ou one occasion he punished Zsch so badly in the presence of a coz en spectators that the giant Michigau- uer foamed inwardly with rage, and swore by all the gods on high Olympus he would be revenged if it cost him his fortune. The opportunity came sooner than he expected. Lawrence Barret wus traveling that season with a company ot his cwn selection, impersonating a round of Shak- sperian characters. In order to invest tne play with as much realism as possible Barrett engaged Jem Mice, the pugilist, for one cf the characters. Wnen the com pany visited Washington Chandler invited Mace to eall at his house, where he unfol ded to him the details of a plot to “put up a job” on Lord Roscoe. If successfully canied out Mace would receive a substan tial reward. Mace consented. That eve ning Conkbng dropped in,as wash s wont. Chandler introduced the pugilist as one ot his constituents,a lumberman of Michigan. Conkling murmured his pleasure U meet ing any friend of Zich’s, and tnen .be pu gilist was gravely presented to Senator’ Blsch, Bayard, Merton and several otter gentlemen, among them a well-known newspaper man. They were all in the secret, and were fhere by Chandler’s ex press desire. Zach had planned the affair with diabolical coolness. Not only did he intend that Mace should “dust the floors’ with “Conk,” but he invited his Senatorial friends to witness the operation which, through the journalist, would be read the next day with loud guffaws by an already prejudiced public It required but little manauvering to arrange a set to between the New York Senator and the “lumberman.” The lat ter with blunt candor disclaimed any knowledge of the science; but added that he was “used to rough and tuiubie fights, and could give a»u take some powerful blows ” Conkling smiled serenely. Here was a foeman worthy of his s’eel, a verita ble pugilistic diamond m the rough, He would show the assembled spectators how science could conquer brute strength. removed his coat and vest and tied his suspenders about his waist. They took their places. Chandler acting as referee. Mace’s position was one of studied awk wardness. He held both hands in front of Him, and instead of bracing himselt with one leg behind the other, noth feet were wide apart aud nearly on a parallel line. Conkling’s movements were tbr perfection of grace. He flourished Lis fists rapidly for a moment belore Mace’s face, aid then with a “Look out for yourselll” he struck a blow ctraight from tne shoulder. But somehow It fell snort, The lumberman, in his heavy, awkward fashion, had, by good luck, it seemed, just moved back far enough to escape .t. Conkling laughed unfl saidiu a patronizing tone, “You did that very cleverly.” A few momenta of sparring followed. Cockling saw a good opening and made for it, but the lumber man clumsily avoided it and countered so heavily that Conkling measured his length on the floor. He came up smiling, how ever, and complimented tne lumberman on his extraordinary luck. Not a suspicion entered his mmd. In the next round Conkling succeeded in planting a few light blows on his oppo nent’s chest, but was knocked down at the conclusion with so much force than he was unable to rise for an instant. When he rose to his feet it was plain to be seen that he was very angry; but he struggled hard to control his emotions. He was badly used up. His “hyperion curl”had lost its curve and hung limp and soggy on his forehead. His clothes were torn, while great beads of sweat rolled down his face. The spectators were ready ta shriek with laughter, but were held in check by old Zach, who promised them still further sport. He then signaled to Mace to “go ib.” Mace did go in. He pushed Roscoe^ He crowded him, he pounded him. He worried him so that at last Conkiing drop ped into a chair so weak and exhausted that he could no longer retain his legs. Then the pent up merriment of the spec tators broke forth, led by old Zach him self. They howled and yelled. You could have ueard them a Mock. Slowly the truth dawned upon Roecoc that he had been made the victim of a ridiculous prac tical joke. Calmly he drew off his gloves quietly he arranged his disordered attire. Meaiwhile tbe- laughter continued. He cast a withering glance of scorn and defi ance at ms tormentors, and then, with the dignity of a prince, marched down the stairs. He never forgave Chandler, and would never allow even his moat intimate friends to “chaff” him on the subject. EooMoMixfNG La bob aud Seas*.—There are few people who are morr generally economical than the Germane, and an in stance of their ability to make much out of a little has recently come under my notice which seems worthy of atten tion. One of my 1 fiends has her garden work ed cn shares by a German. Early In the spring he put out a quantity ot cabbage plants, giving a little more space between the roots than is usually allowed. The cabbages were easilv worked with a horse. Later, when the time for setting celery plants had come, he planted double rows of celery between the cabbages. The cel ery rows are not over eight inches apart, and in the same trench,sc that when bank ed not more than halt tbe work will be re quired to prepare them for bleaching that would be necessary if the plants were set jU the usual way. The cabbages are nearly ready for use, and will soon leave the cel ery in full possession ot the soil. Every part of this garden is utilized. When the early potatoes were ripe they were dug aud turnips were sown on the land. Vacant spaces in other parts of the garden have been filled with superflu ous plants from the beet bed. Where space is somewhat limited it rishly repays the labor to fill the ground and keep something growing everywhere. The ground will need thorough fertilization when it is cropped so persistently; and when one does not keep a pig to eat up the refuse from vegetables, dish water, etc , it is a good plan to have a compost heap where such articles may be turned io ac count. All the weeds (which should nev er be allowed lo ripen seed) from the gar den, fine chips, if wood Is used, roots and fine brush, leaves and clippings from the lawn should go into tbe compost heap These, with an occasional sprinkling ol dry earth to prevent unpleaaaui odors, will absorb the slops from the house, and prove a valuable fertilizer at slight expense, Tbe compost heap should be turned over once or twice during the season to insure de composition, and it fhonld not be placed too near the house. Bones, old boots and shoes,broken uten sils uhd the like should be burned, aud their ashes spread around tbe peach trees. Should there be a clay spot in the garden, that is the place for the fire. Coal ashes seem to be oi no use except lor garden walks and carriage unves, but wood ashes benefit almost any kind of vegetation. Horss triors.—An economical farmer writee: This is what I do with I do with my house slops—I have most of it earned and thrown on to tbe stable manure,which Is under cover. This makes the manure in better order for use in three months than it otherwise would be ia nine months, i also keep a box or barrel near the kitchen packed full of the short straw and dust such as comes from a fanning mill, etc. into this barrel or box are thrown small quantities of wash and dish water. The The water drains through, leaving the subtsauce in the straw and sust. When it is fully charged 1 move it away and supply another box. You will be surprised io see what a valuable feeder you will acquire during the year. This substance <8 gener allv thrown on the ground, which find its its way into the well, is drunk and follow ed by sickness in the family. DOMESTIC. Mk. Alvobd, in his address on Ihe fac tory system of butter-making, delivered at Rutland, June 20, before tbe Vermont Dairymen’s Association, stated that the farmers of Franklin county,Massachusetts, sent off during the year 1880, 480 tons of butter, which biought on the average about 8 cents per pound less than creamery but ter irom factories in the vicinity. This loss of 8 cents equaled in tbe aggregate tbe pretty little sum of $26,140, which might have gone into tbe pockets of tbe farmeis of Franklin county, and at the same time have saved their wives an un told amount of hard work and unceasing care and anxiety. Dk. J. H. Hxxavobd maintains that cancerous tendencies, catanb, boils and similar inflammations arc tbe d.rcct result of excessive use ol “the heaters’•—notably animal fats and oils. Consequently sensi ble treatment lies in the direction of abste mious regimen; discard pork, use as little “grease” as possible, live mainly on the grains (whole wheat instead of Hue flour), fruits and vegetables. “The lower and more simple the diet tbe better,” especially for sedentary persons who do not by exer cise or constant labor in the open air con sume ihe lubricants by actual combustion as a means of keeping up the natural warmth of the body. The hog in a single generation changes in form and color and habit from the staid and quiet porker to the fleet and fierce wild boar. One imported boar is told of that changed immediately after escaping from a ranch, and became as wild and fleet as a deer, with a thin body and arched back, and legs that appeared much longer, while he more slowly assumed the dark sandy color of the wild boar. The tendency to reversion, too, is more immediate when the animal or breed has been more recent ly reclaimed from the wild state and where the change by domestication has been most marked and rapid. A writer from New York says bojs are tbe last fashion for bridesmaids—a state ment which, now that it looks up to me from paper, scarce seems logical. Never theless, you know what I mean—that suf fices. 1 do not mean, however, that boys are the only fashion, but one of the fash- ions; for in the fall epilemic of weddings peculiar to 1882 no fact shows forth more plainly that there are many facts, all equally true. R is curious to read in the diUtr.ut fashion magazines she directions as to outfits, whetner of the young lady, who, according to Beecher, ts about to “marry a divinity and sadly thereafter consent to live with a man,” or of her equally poetic bridesmaids, whether girls or boys. One says dresses are made sim ply and of one or two materials; another says they are rich and varied and display cunbiaations of three or four fabrics, etc. Wuich is right? All, I answer; and great, therefote, is your liberty of ccn science. But boys should oe fancifully dressed as pares, copied after old pictures, end unquestionably tis the revival of hy -gone ideas that bring up a really pretty thought. Tnen, too, the present notable seeking after color has caused an attir ing ot bridesmaids in different dresses of pronounced hue, such as crimson, blue, yellow, green, etc., the grouping to imi tate old paintings. There s Josh, now, said the doc-! breathe. It is a shame to shut children —The latest style for parlor stoves ib e combination ol brass, iron and tiles. The facings are of polished brass, while the interior is of hammered irou, and enoaostio tiles form a frame-work be tween the mantel and the grate. When a farmer goes into a savage bird’s camp he takes with him a thorn polejwith a branch or two of the thorny bush left on the end. This is called a “tuck, ” and when tbe tuck is applied to tbe ostrich's neek or head (his leader points) he is al most Invsrla’riy subdued, and, after one or two efforts to es^epe, bolts furiously off to the other side of the ermp, where he races up and down lo vent his baffled rage. If, however, the bird gets near enough to tals opponent to give tbe to-called kick, he lifts bis bony leg as high as hie body and throws it forward with demoniac gioles- qutneis, and brings it down with terrible force. His object is to up the enemy down with hit dangerous claw,but in most cases it is the fiat bottom of hie foot which str.kea, and tbe kick is dangerous as much from its sheer power as from its lacerating effects. It is a movement of terrible ve locity and power, at all events. Several instances may be mbntloned of herd-boys taring thus either wounded, maimed, or killed outright. One case occurrea near Oraaff Reinet, in which a horse had his back broken by a single blow. In this case the bird hod endeavored to kill the rider, but missed him and stmek the hors^ Many persons have been set upon by birds, when there was no shelter, not even a tree to run to. in eucb a case, if the pursued were acquainted with struthlous tactics, he would lie down flat on tne ground, where tbe bird finds it impossible to strike him. But even this is no light matter, for some birds in their rage at be ing baffled of their kick, will roll over their prostrate enemy, bellowing with fury and trampling upon him in the most eon- Umpteous fashion. One man who thus attempted the lying-down plan found that every time he attempted to rise the bird would return and stand sentry over him, till at last, alter creeping a distance be got out only by swimming a pond that bounded one ride of the camp. Munlnal GUaxci. The finger must be wetted and drawn round the rim of the glass. It is net every glass ’.hat wrli produce a good tune, and even with the best a little practice is necessary to justly regulate the pressure of the finger, so as to avoid unpleasau noises, if you bave not glasses of tbe proper range of size and thickness you can tune them by pouring water into them. The practice dates from tbe middle of tbe 17th century. In 1746 Gluck, while in Eng land, played a concerto 26 annking-glase- es. The armsnica of Franklin consisted of a series of glass basins on an iron spin dle, made to revolve by a treadle, and kept moist by a trough of water in which their lower edges rested. Chords ot seve ral notes could be played on this, and nieces were composed for it; but it popu larity was evanescent You will remem ber the allusion to the “musical glasses” in the ‘-Vicar of Wakefield,” written alrout 16 years after Gluck’s performance. The breakfast we take in winter will determine our efficiency for work in the day, and will so influence our whole being for that period of time that no aftermeal can correct it The breakfast in winter must contain more nitrogenous food than in summer, it is absolutely needed. You must store heat to furnish material for ab sorption and for maintaining vitality; add to this nitrogenous food something that will disengage beat from the blood and keep up temperature, and you may defy the coldest day. Your face may feel It, your hands may feel it, but your body will be impervious to it, and go on disengaging that inward heat which can alone stand against the lowered temperature without. If this first meal has been properly atten ded to wa may presume that vital action oan be maintained in full force for five hours at least before it needs replenishing. Tbe aggregate sum of money paid for imported stock by breeders in the United States, is somewhat startling. If tbe Pittsburg Stockman’* statements are cor- rect It says that “tbe outlay in this di rection was $3 176,618, or more than the exports of hve cattle from the United btates amounted to in the first half of the present year. There is & solid increase in tbe importation total for 18S2, and it is not likely that it will fall much below $5,- 000,000. No othor people in the world are making as liberal investments in fine stock at this time as the breeders of the United States.” At a late meeting af tbe Kentucky Hor ticultural Society members were warned to be on their guard when purchasing wild goose plum trees, for thousands of trees were sold as such that had no right to the name. The following description of the true Wild Goose was given: The fruit should be large, about one inch or over in diameter, more round than long,turns yel low three or four days before it liecomeu red and npe, and when ripe Is covered with bngbt and beautiful golden specks about the size of a pm bead. In experimenting with cotton-seed meal at the Mississippi Agricultural college a steer fed for beef gained 200 pounds in fifty-six days, or an average of about 4 pounds per day, consuming an average ot 14 2 6 pounds of seed and 11 pounds of hay and straw. The cost of food per day was not quite 10 cents, or about $6.60 fer 200 pounds of beef. Tub most eminent of our agricultural scientists affirm that plants cannot assimi-1 late free nitrogen, which exists In the at mosphere, and a German botanist says that “ if a cell contains a nitrogenous body it can develop new chemical combinations and form now eelli; If it contains nolle It it not capable of further development” Dowx pillows are a dainty appeudati of a lady’s bedroom <w boudoir loan?* now very muuh in fashion. To cam out their intention o< perfect softne# the cover should be made of undressed silk, or any of the pliant satins or Indian silks now to be had. This cover nu T be highly embroidered in geometrical or conventional patterns in silk, with here and there a line of gold introduced and the result will be a sofa cushion both novel and elegant. The edge may be finished with flue silk oord, carefully avoiding anything that will keep the cushion in shape, as it is expected to yield to every movement of weary head or aching back. One of these pillows which are generally a litUo more than a half a yard square, wan covered with Indian silk in a crushed strawberry tint. (This fabric may be bought now in ali the art shades of yellow, red aud blue at $2 a yard. For light draperies it u not to be surpassed.) Ou tbe square forming the upper portion of the pillo.v were scattered a few interlaced discs, enclosing small geometrical shapes! The outline of these designs was fo'. lowed by the needle in darning stitches, taken close together—a small stitch on the wrong side, a longer one upon the right—with old gold silk. Some of the disks were filled by parallel lines of darn ng stitches covering the ground; otlurs had been left with a few touches of gold. “J#r>aneee sky lines,” to break the uniormity of the ground, By using filoselles varying in hue from dull bine b* deep red, old gold to brown, silver gray to dark blue gray, the designs were brought out charmingly and with bnt little work. Pongee in the natural hue does very well for a similar experi ment in color, and any of the deeper shades of yellow in soft silk are recom mended, not only for decorative art, but because this hue is apt to lie effective in whatever corner of tbe room you may elect to dispose of it, whether tete-a-tete with a blue couch or on an casy-chair of Indian red. Where the possessor of a down pillow aspires to the simplest method of covering it, without the ad ditional tax of neeale-work, I would suggest a width of one of ihe coft foul ard satins now sold for drees purpast h in all the principal shops. One of these satins, cream-tinted and besprinkled with pompadour bouquets of pale pink and blue, was made to do duty for this purpose with success. When a present for an invalid is in question, or, indeed, in any case where the cushion is habi! tually used, the best plan is to make a moavble cover of linen to use over the inner hiung of rose-colored lavender or blue silk. For this purpose drawn work in all its varieties comes into plav effect ively, and the finer the material the more attractive the result. Work ». border upon drawn threads of the linen, and add a few scattered sprays of flow ers, worked in split filoselle that haa been previously set in color by dropping the skein into boiling water. Glover purple and white, is full of fragrant suggestion and invitation to the head to incline toward it. The cover, when finished, should be edged with lace. Riou Clam Soup.—Use for this sonp the soft clams which are sold in “bunch es” or “strings.” Wash a quart of them in a quart of cold water to free them from sand, and then strain the water through a towel fine enough to retain the sand, and place the clams in it over tire fire; allow them to boil gently for about fifteen minutes. Meanwhile put two tablespoonfuls each of butter and flour over the fire in a thick saucepan, and stir them constantly until the butter melts and blends smoothly with the flour; then gradually stir into them one quart of hot milk and the liquor in which the clams have been boiled; sea son the soup palatably with salt and pepper, and place it where it wili keep hot. Out the soft part of the clams away from the hard parts which may be chopped and used for Clam Feitteb*, Next beat the yelks pf two raw eggs for one minute, mix with them half a cup ful of the hot clam soup, and then stir the mixture into the rest oi the soup, and serve it at once. If the soup is al lowed to boil after the yelks are added to it they will become curdled. Serve crackers with the soup. Crat-Fih* Pie.—The flesh of the tails is the only considerable part; the intes tine running through the middle of the tail should be removed. Prepare the tails of fifty cray-fish in this way, Have ready a quart of tomatoes, peeled sliced and stewed, or a can of tomatoes- roll a pound of crackers to crumbs of medium size. Butter an earthen baking dish, 4>ut the above-named ingredients into it in layers with a rather high sea soning of salt and pepper and two table spoonfuls of butter; let the top layer be of cracker dust. Bake the pie for half an hour in a moderate oven. A glass of sherry wine, or a cupful of any colu grayy, may be added to the pio before baking it, to vary the flavor. Oyster Soup, with Crackers.—Strain the hqnor from a quart of oysters, add to it one quart of milk, and place it over the fire, to heat gradually. Meantime, remove all bite of shell from the oysters As the milk and oyster liquor heat skim them, and when no more scum rises mix smoothly with them four heaping table* spoonfuls of craoker-dust or crackers rolled and sifted; season Ihe sonp witfl two saltspoonfuls of salt and dust of cayenne pepper; put the oysters into it. stir it until Iheir edges cnrl, and then serve it at once. The oysters should not be added to the soap until just be fore serving it, as they grow hard and tough if they are cooked more than jnst long enough to curl their edges. Oys ter crackers should be served with the soup. Fmed Bass Mabtland Bttle. —Have the fish scaled, the fins and tail cut off and the eyes taken out; wash it iu cold water, and dry it on a clean towel; score . 40 bone on both sides, mak ing the cuts about an inch apart, rub salt and cayenne pepper into the cute, and let the fish stand for an hour in a cool place. Then dredge it thickly rib flour, and qnickiy brown it over a 8a bnppmg-pan containing sufficient smoking hot fat to prevent burning. Serve the fish very hot as soon as it is brown. Complxtw covers are made for grand pianos which admit of a great deal of decoration. They can be of almost any material, but the most serviceable are " k clotk or f eH, with a design worked as a bordering in gold, silk, or yellow crewels, and finished off with a narrow worsted fringe. Colo bed table-covei-s for dining-rooms are of linen plush, and are to be had in afi colors. The centre is perfectly plain, and the bordering, which is usaallj deep, is stamped in arabesque, Moorish. T™}" 0 *} dwgn to harmonize with Site !?****• whioh “ ® n ‘ nrsly of that character.