The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, January 18, 1883, Image 4
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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.