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^ !?."'*-|-w I IIIIIII MILM I I -Ill g B 1 . ' P ~'^'" ' ' '* ' {, ' ^ - ; " U 1 ''B|'"q ' aillll^MflBM^. . ,--^~ fit VOL. XLII. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13; 1886/ . ' NO. 24. : Thinking of the Soldiers. 1 **e were 8l!tin? round tiie table Just a night , ortwoapo. In tbr e, 2y i:ttle parlcr, with tho lamp light k burnin low*. -&t:d the window blinds were opened for the ' VivS| mmracr air to co:n?,t lift- Jtod the pn;nt?*d cur'.ams moving like a bu67 r~ ?? pendulum. Oh, the cushions on the sofa and the pictures on the wan. f And th.'? ?nth<-ring of comforts in the old familiar hail. b^- And the wbininjr of the pointer lounging 4d'j by the door, And the flitting of the shadows from the ceiling to the floor. And tb^y wak^npa ia my spirit, like the besutiiui in art. Such a bus v. busy thinking, such a dreariness of h^nrt. That I s*t amid the shadows with my spirit all astmy. ? ; Thinking < n!y. thinking: oniy, or tne sciaicro far away. Of tne tents beneath the moonlight, of the B % gtirrinsr tuttoo's sound. Of the soldier in I is blanket, in his blanket on i>J*" tbe JOTwnd. Of the icy winter coming:, of the cold, bleak winds that blow. And the soldier in hit, blanket, in his blanket Kw on the snow. Of the blitrht upon the heather, of the frost upon the hill. ife And the wh&tiinir. whistling1 ever, and the ! never, m-v-r stilt. Of the littlelonflftF, falling, with the sweetest, saddest pound. & And the KO>*',?r. oh the soldier. in bis blanket on th-. i-^cuud. Thv* \ Jln??.<*d in my dreaming:, in my dreaming far away. r^F Till Me spirit's picturc-paictinsr seemed as rivid as thf ay; AM ihe EBoonhjrht softly faded from the window opened w Me. A53 ihe laith ul. faithful pointer crouched eJofi^r to av s:de. I&?W I kww th*t "neath the (starlight, though the cM jinsfr.^t- may fall. It That the eoUlier wi l be dreaming, dreaming often of ti? all. So 1 give af ejjiril'g painting: ju6t the breathing of u 60UU<1 For the 4rt*minz, dreaming: soldier in his |hlnafcK on the ground. ?Family Journal. IPOKEK ON THE WENA1CHEE. Some years as:o I served the Northern Pacific Ruilroad Company on a barometrical survey of some passes through the Cascade Mountains and eastern approaches to them. In early August when the Columbia Plains were brown, and the air dry and hot, my business called me to the Wenatcheo Siver. At its mouth I met the BulchISi er, familiarly called Butch, a red haired, yellow-eyed rufliun from Virginia. I nave forgotten his real name, Er ' if I ever knew it, which I greatly Hj| doubt, as it was not considered polite H* to inquisitively inquire into the antecedents of the gentleman one met in mining camps or at isolated trading jpp; posts, if you were introduced to a merry man* who gloried in the name ol "Buckskin" or "Arkansas" or "Sprad| dle-ieg Tom/"* it was eminently proper and healthful to address nim as such, ??.! it. w:?< nnnsiiiered hi?rhlv imorouec - and vulgar to endeavor to climb into . >;} the genealogical tree ot' auy gentleman who might nave sought solitude for the benefit of his health. Butch was a one-eyed man. The "% " missing eye, I afterward learned, had sgT% fcocn dropped in a California mining * camp one evening when Butch was having a Tittle inn with the boys. He was'a merry tnoughtless man, and incautiously raised an ace full, wuich he had beer -* f t/% cr-i T h??r filL UVUdlUUtbUiv uvuw.v directly atter a eoid deck had boot ,f-? -?-rung in on the game. In tne coniusioc th?^Ioliowed the discovery mat six 01 seven~^ces ^e on the table Butch'* eye had' ?<?n promptly exiracieu bv another merry man, aud he hac been awkwardly carved by a third anti : bunglingiy shot by a fourth. On his recovery Buich Said lhat tuough he dai not mind having a little fun with tne boys, lae boys of that cum?.played a linie loo rougufy w;;h him. bo he iefl and estabisned aimseif at the luoutl ol ihe Wcuatctiee. He tradeu li.rfurs. I I He played poKer w.iu lite Indians. He raised callie. lie sold whisky to In' dians and provisions lo Chinese miners. Butch w.-s a grand sami), a bravo, ' | reckless ruffian. but he had sonic very good points. For instance, ho could f tnakc excellent hoc cakcs. and he wna cheerful and companionable, and could tell highly interesting lies. We bccamc attached "to each other, and though 1 V | fceew he w:is a murderer and a thief, and that he w.x selling whisky to the i^BI Indians and Msmggiing. opiuiu across the line from Br.lish Columbia. I did not care. 1 was young and careless and besides as I said, he could make excellent! hoe c:tkes. One creams?, as - x wo sat suit: by side on the sanity soil, ?? leaning against the hou^sc and smoking our after-supper pipes, and I was list| ening to a remarkable good lie about a $ bear that frightened all the other bears out of an rxwn-ive mountain range by f fraudulently u-inz a long polo to mark his height on the trees, a iiroup of indiaus, driving cattle before them, rode ? from behind a rocky point that was thrust into the waters oi the Columbia. Instantiv Butch snrany to his feet and rushed iulo the cubin. He pat on a cunningly devised harness that held two nuvy six-shooters i:i a handy position uuder his arms. He put on his coat. He puiied at the pistoU to see if they were loose, and that there would be no hitch in the performance if any? thing more than a rehearsal should be required. In a few minutes the party of horsemen drew rein in front of the cabin. Taey were young bucks from Moses' camp in the Grand Coulee. jsutcn greeted t::em cneerimiy, ana > helped to corral the cattle. Then ho told me that these men were the selected poker players of the Columbia Plains Indians; that they had been staked by the tribe to play witn him in hope of winning a nunioer of cattle. Yes, he said, the catlie were the stakes. Before the first hand was dealt Butch quietiy informed the Indians that English and Chinook only couid be spoken at the r table, and that the first Indian who ? spoke in his own (to Butch unknown) B tongue would have the top of his head shot o? The braves cheerfully agreed fyx tUia !Ar? f Mn >*<i to f tfT/* Uiia WUUiUVU* bUV value of cows, calves and steers was agreed upon. They decided to play tade states. Tne checks were pistols and musket balls. Ten pistol bails were equal iu value to a calf, orio a mosket ball. Three tuusket balls equalled a cow in value. A heavy California blanket was thrown over a rough table. A candle was lurudt into a tomato can that was filled with beans, and the game began. The strong wind ceased blowing. The silence of tne plains was broken only \ oy sue mysterious groaning una signing of the mighty river as it swept post the cabin to the sea. Hour after hour passed and not a word was spoken by the players. Witn faces as unchango able as bronze tue three Indians played, and, favored by the dim light and the Rki fact of Batch's having bat one eye, how they diu cheat! Tne luck varied, it always does in a poker game. BjgNow they would be anead. now Batch. jlLl drooped asieep, and when 1 awoke it gg^vWhearly morning. .eases s ouck was towara me. a saw cm cards tarost under his coat collar. I knew lie was waiting lor the end to come. 0:ie of the Indians dealt. Butcu pieced up iiis cards, raised bis right hand 10 scratch tuo bact of his neck, aiiroilly chunked the curds be held :or j tiiose in reserve, aud t'ien thrust the cards iic had received oeiow his shirt coliar. Then he turned to mt\ exposiug the bacK of his head to theinuians, ami ne Wiukcd a wink of great sagacity at me. iie talked to me lor an iuslaul atid then turned to the table. The Indian to bis left bet a call. Tue next one straddled it. The dealer went a cow better, and Butch saw it all aud rui>ed the pots two cows. All stayed. All stood pat- Then the bettiug Oega 11 in earnest. It weut ou uuj til all- tue cattle tiio iudians bruUirut I were slaki-d. Then came the show down. Butch had lour queens and au ace. The iutiians all had fuurs which they had stoiou. of course. 'i hey urunted l-?ud:y. They siruck then mouths with tue palms ol their opeu hands, to express surprise. Then they bade us good-bye and mounted, and. singin? as they rode, disappeared in the faint gray light of early morning. Butch had won thirty head of cattle. As we got breakfast the king of clubs fell out of Butch's right trousers leg. What finally became of the butcher? He was accused of stealing cattie?a lie, probably. The viligantes visited ! him aud ordered him to bring in his herder. Ho did so, but owing to some misunderstanding, brought him in dead. He was past answering awkward questions.- So the exasperated vigilantes hung the butcher as a itturderer, a cattle thief, a whisky seller, and a bad man generally. What? Yes, I believe they divided Butch's cattle and goods among themselves. You see, liutch was dc^d and did not. need cattle of provisions, but they did;- not hang bim to;obtaia his-herdAnu goods, i Of course not He was s. bad ,aian, and ihcy hung him for the good of the, ruffiaucomjminity {he livod.-jsixty miles from the nearest neighborhood) living oa the frontier. And they took charge of the ownerless cattle, so that tne poor creatures should not suffer during the following winter.?Frank- WUkesou in X. Y. Stai. The Pas&ins of the Hotel Clerk. The hotel clerk has. disappeared, or is disappearing. The faithful chronicler must note this "significant change in American life., for it means tho passing aw.ay; of :A-whole order of things. And he notes it'-with a cw^inr sadness. -Flbr ti^augh this clerk was feared by tho nublic. he was the ail mi ra tion of the humorist. There was ' never anything in tl?e worki before an; swering to this resplendent antocr.-tt of sleeping accommodations, this darling of the flashing pin, perfumed locks, impudent eye, and lofty condescension. He was the one being in existence bc1 fore whom the free-born American * quailed. We have so little real aristoo 1 racy in this country that tiiis domina' ting person stood out in relief: he had power to abase the proud, and tojnji&O > ihu humble crawl into ^t^fcoTe. But his hour has-strucji^ind he is passing : inof*~Trfofcabsolutely, for the *. traveler, can still find him here and t"; there, generally only in those gorgeous paiaces where, civilisation is new and t -has tho.appearance of a lacquer, and > is not of tno-srabstanco-o: the life.*** 1 In fact, the kind of civilization that l produced the hotel clerk is gene, or i* going: also. Ho belonged to an era 01 i smartness and pretension which the r. foreign.traveler did not recpgnize as a I. growing development of character, I but mistook for vulgarity. He bci longed to what might be called the L steamboat period, wnen the steamboat \ was as gorgeous and as beaut.ful as a \ barber^s saloon, and its c.erk h:ui the I fine manners and the. .striking attire oi i the gambler* He belonged to the era of the table in the liotei dining-room a >. quarter .of a mile Jong, where the itr.i -all ilr$f\c>ti to move like clocic-work at * signal from tkq first officer, who stood at the head of the . t:iDle. We can see them -opw facing the Lable- ina-shining itqo, half wheel[' log at the signal, strutc&mg ant simultaneously over the heads'.of the stibi. missive guests a hundred arms, seizing the tops of the vegetable dishes, and then, tramp, tramp, with the step...of tlie soldier,- going down the echoing floor, disappearing . through swinging doors, ana anon returning with the ,. same military precision to deposit a - Diaie Uiat wei?ii?u two puuuus, mw a t Dang, before each awed occupant of a ; seat. As a military evolution it was s nearly perfect, and the American peo* pie w$p? -eaibec prou4of.it. It was a . tticrushed i- them, ,but somehow ap>art.of it; .a?d. it^is dbu^tful if any foreiga potentate. ever served exactly, in that way.. It was very i cfieap^Uiye doibrsadayKand-if there ; hud'been ,any dinner >o match the evolut^ond, welmigat .stiii be in that ; showy, period ol out national develop ' ~ ?IM-_ I ? t U-J meow. .x-u? iiui-ei tuu ?y o?udiied-the spirit of the traveter4hatr> ko had not perhaps much appetite, and , rather preferred magnificence to comfort. Bat in time, with other standards of taste, this pageantry vanished, and the traveler began to assert his mant hood-*** Of course there are still traces left * * ' ? ? -I 1 ox me oia civzuzatioa, auu waoa tuo traveler tiuds them, they awake a train of reflections upon the singular development of democratic life in America-? Vharies Dudley Warner, in Harper's . Magazine for November. The Surgeon ?s a Psychologist. f % ' My subject being the mechanism oi ' * "T* ? -?L* U- U Aa | me win, migub iro iu^ou, uuat u>u a surgeon to do with psychology?" To which I would answer "Everything." For, without sheltering myself behind Mr. Jonathan Hutchinson's trite saying that "a sureeon should be a physician who knows how to use his hands," 1 would remind you that pur? -science has proved so good a fostermoiher to surgery, that diseases of tho brain which were formerly considered to be hopeless, are now brought within a measurable distance of the knife, and therefore a step nearer toward cure. Again, I would remind you that surgeons ratner man paysmmua ?cv the experiments which 30-called Nature is always providing for ns?experiments which, though horribiy clumsy, do on rare occasions, as 1 shall presently show you to-night, lend us powerful aid in attempting to solve tne most obscuro problems ever presented to the scientist.?Vtclor Horsiey in Popular Science Monthly for iVoVetiiler. ? rirftTinfmn ic nAnnloy* in A . > cIrr> Singing; shaking of rattles and beating of iong sticks accompany the cere'2 mony, and are kept up ail night. In the morning the body is taken out through a hole in the roof of the house and carried to the funeral pile. The missionaries arc trying to break up the practice. . <* AGRIC L LT UIIA L I'D L C ATI ON AT IIOMI-:. Young farmers and youns: men expecting t? become farmers can do > ....... ,r..1t',rtcr f. ornoii mucu in mu \> .i._? in w,v agricultural education without going to an agricultural college. Farms are schools. 'J hoy aro tin* best of all schools in which to learn much that concerns farming. They arc the oniy schools worth miming, so far as acquiring knowledge of some things connected with farming is concerned. Teaching by object lessons is effective. The tlnugs we sec, e pccially the things we do. arc better remembered and better understood than arc the things we hear or read about. The best of ail piaces ai wuicu - lu n.v of laming is a good farm. The student at such a scnool wiil almost certainly learn many useful facts and acquire more or less skill. He may or may not learn principles. He ought | to learn how to use his hands rcadi;y and well. Farmers are teachers. Any boy with common sense who lives on a farm must learn something about farming. Any fairly bright boy allowed to sit in a school-room for a term or a year, must Icaru something. Each will learn laster and belter if guided bva teacher. 1l is the duty and ought to be the privilege of every farmer who has sons with him to be liicir daiiy teacher? not alone by his practice, important as this is, but by direct teaching. The eye should be taught to observe carufuliy; the hand to work wisely, as well as steadily; the ear should be made of use in learning about farming. Talking about his business, by the farmer, suould be daily made a means of teachins his sons. It is not enough simply to tell what to do, simply to answer questions. The questions should bo encouraged or drawn out. When known, the reasons for doing such things should be given. It will rarely do harm to confess ignorance of such reasons. Talking in puulic?iu the farmers1 cluo or grange, or in n farmers' convention, by iutelii^ent farmers, is a means of teaching of whic-i they do not do enough. Unlortuuately it often happens tliat wnen such talking is done by them the young men ami boys have not even beeu asked to be I present. Xouagiarmers neeu >ne emu and grunge more txiuu do their fathers, yet at many agricultural meetings the attendance is almost entirely 01 those who havo reached middle life. For leu years past it h:ts been my privilege to give instruction in agriculture to classes of young men and boys, mainly fresh lrom the farms. Striking differences have been noticeable *in them as to their knowledge of the business witn which they have been connected all their lives. Many of them i K...I 11,? nrdiii!!)'? nuvc uuu w?.V4.w ?. j practice; but the large majority have shown iittlo evidence of tr;iinin?r ia* habits of carefid^^^y^g^^- jQ acquiring- iruenigence about farming. ^^st>sthavc read very little about farm ' matters. Reading is one of the very best means of acquiring an education at home; and reading about farming i may be made as prolitablc to the young farmer as reading about almost anything else. No one can. from his own experience, learn all that is known about farming. We do wisely to get t..e experience of others, and ofteu iv/> <vin oiiJv <r..f mtmli <sf llii< hv J J o- - J 1 puling. A good agricultural paper is the 1 cheapest, mo*t convenient. and most readily effective means through wh.ch jjcjf^-tarmt'r, voting or oid, can gain information concerning many points in agriculture, and keep i.imscif well posted"concerning agiieultural news. inducing farmers''boys to read such a paper is one of the most iffl-eiivc modes of exciting or increasing their interest in farm.ug ailairs. As educators of young fanners those papers 1 winch give sonic explanation ot Ciomentary principles, much attention to practical details, and careful summaries of current agricultural progress?discoveries, experiment, etc.? are most va.uab.e. Tnere are more gwo i papers of this kind than over before, and they are low priced. A choice can be had between those which cover a wide field, or most excellent ones devoted to some one line of agricultural work, as live stock. Some of the great news or political papers give mueh of valuable matter about farming. There is need of care in selection. Much ol little value is written, just as much of little value is talked. ^.Agricultural books, as a cla=s, arc little valued by the mass of farmers. Probably not ono farmer's boy in a hundred has ever carefully read even one book on an agricultural subject. But some of these books arc valuable. Not so low-priced in proportion to quantity of reading as aro periodicals, many of them have been written with care and have a permanent value. There is room for criticism of many of them, but with care in sei?*ciion agricultural books can be made important helps in getting_an agricultural educa lion at home. There are two or three very creditablc American books in the nature of cyclopedias of agriculture, well worth all they cost, and containing much of interest, even to the young. There is, also, a good number of excellent books on specific subjects, and these are often read with greater interest than those with greater range. If a young man gets interested in horse-breeding, dairying, ensilage, drainage, etc., he will need little urging to read hand-books on these subjects. "Small hnnks (rivinf trustworthy ill o* ' ?O ? struction in the elementary principles ! of agriculture can be had, and I strongly commend their study to intelligent young farmers who have not had the opportunity to get a good training in such scicnces as botany and chemistry, but who have some ambition to understand something of the processes going on in farm work? in tilling the soil, the growth of plants and animals, etc. None of these books are designed for, or will be of value to, little children, nor, indeed, to anyone not willing to give them careful reading. A thoughtful farm boy of 18 or 20 with a fair common-scnool education can learn very much of interest and value by giving his evenings for a month to such little books as Thompson's "Science in Farming" or Warrington's "Chemistry of the F:irm." These each can be had for $1. If there were much ^demand for them they ought not to cost more than half this. Following the study of one of these Masters' "Plant Life on the Farm" might be read, although I do not count it so vaiuabie as the others for this purpose. For more mature minds, with some training in careful reading, I know of nothing superior to Prof. Johnson's "How Urops Urow" and "How Crops Feed." I should be glad if some hundreds or thousands of those who expcct to bo farmers would set themselves to work in something of a systematic way to better educate themseives for their fin*r* ?: luiurc culling. The lime will certainly come wuen many farmers will see it to be wise, not only to help their sons to such education at home, but aiso to :-cud them to some one of the schools where scicnccs which arc intimately connected with agriculture and also the appi.cations 01 mese are tuugm. \ It wiil not always seem doubtful to ! even intelligent farmers whether I special cili;e.?tion for the farm can bo profitably y.ven in schools. G. E. Moruow. A Hniwft lin Legs. A number of years ago a party of n ' ??i?U cnvorfll Tlfl li.ngil.su n:iiiiruiia>v?? ???u ?.>>/>> . live attendants. penetrated a previously unexplored portion of India for.the | purpose of establishing stations, and eventually opening up a country very rich in natural advantages. Upon reaching a suitable spot, the workmen commenced their task of erecting a substantial building. ' It was 'necesfsary to have a lar^o cellar and a deep excavation was made. The earth was dry and sandy, and was worked with ease. The absence .-.t rlnnne TO-lC imtifwl! indeed. UI O lUil V. O ?? *>v , tiicro was found no hard substance that would have interested a geologist. But late in the afternoon of the first day's work, one of the natives struck nis pick against a resisting substance. Another blow, and the implement broke through into a hollow space. The earth boittg scraped away, a largo smooth object was exposed, of so strange an appearance that tho attention of the commanding officer _ was callcd to it. Ho at once pronounced it a bone. The fact that they had come upon the grave of a strange animal created great excitement, and all hapds went to work filaarinw awav tho sand. A? they progressed, their wonder and amazement increased also; their , discovery bo^an to assume the shape of a dyme, and appeared to be rounded offl Finally, when four feot or more of sand had beer, cleared away, they saw a hut-shaped object, that '* seemed, through the hole made by the pick, to be partly hollow. The natives one and ail thereupon declared it a hut, or. house, built by soino of their ancestors, that had in course of .time been covered by earth. Others ihought it one of the dwelling places of a strange people who lived under the carta; Dut lo the English naturalists there was a more simple explanation, for the curious house was the shell of a gigantic turtlo belonging to an age long past. The work progressed rapidly; and though exposed to the sun some parts broke in pieces, the entire shell wa? successfully uncovered and a complete restoration of it was made. The shell was that of a land-tortoise. Hundreds of tkyjii ylj, lied;?and the dust, ..r'^^Tand vegetation had gradually covered it up and preserve^ it as "a monument of the auiiuai wonders ol that ancicnt time. So enormous was the shell that when the sand and dirt wore removed,.several of the men crawled into it; in fact, it might have been used as a' housu, and on a subsequent occasion was so used by a party wbo tooic refuge in it during a sudden shower. ? "Gid'-t'l'urtics," by Charles Frederick livldir, in at. Nicholasjor November. Concerning Clover. Every group of organisms, every "Onino "fill fivi.i-t' endoina ftf nlaitnr animal, has certain strong points which euable it to hold its own in rhc struggle for existence against its competitors of every kind. Most groups have also their weak points, which Jay thehi bpen to attack or extinction at the hands of various enemies. And these weak points arc exactly tho ones which give rise most of ail to further modifications. A spccic may bo regarded in its normal state as an" equilibrium between structure and environing conditions. But tho equilibrium is never quite complete; and thy points of incompleteness are just those where natural selection has a fair chance of establishing still higher equilibrations. These are somewhat abstract statements in their naked form: let us see how far deliniteness and concreteness can be given to them by applying them in detail to the c:ise of'a familiar group of agricultural plauts?tno clovers. To most people clover is the name of single tiling, pry .at -a?s t, of two things, purple clover, and i>u!ch clover; Butjto the botanist-it- is the name of a vast group of litlie ilewering plants, all closely resembling cae another in their .main ?scu::a:v-Tet' 'differing' inlinitcly from.one another- in;two-or three strongly marTceil culiar itioa^ofciainor importance, which nevcctholesis ^give tuem great distiurtncss=%f^iabitand appearance.. ~ in Eugiaad alone we have icss than twenty-one rccogaized species, of cloiu:, of which at least seventeen are really -^distinguished UiilUUJJ lUCJUstrives uj~: ituu uumutakab^differebces, - though the other tour appear ;t?: nie tx>/be mere botanist's species, of no genuine-structural value. It we wcrc^to *;ikei?*fc<r whole worid, instead of England alone, the number of clovers must bo increased to several hundreds.- Xhe question for our present consideration, then, is twofold: lirst, what gives the clover, as a class, their great success in the struggle for existence, as evidenced by their numer ous species and individuals; and, secondly, what has caused them .to break up into so large a number of closely allied but divergent groups, each possessing soruc special peculiarity of its own, which has insured for it an advantage in certain situations over all its nearest congeners??Urant Allen, in VojAilar science Monthly for November. ' ' . The following story is told of James Randall, editor of the Augusta (Ga.) Chomcle: Ho attended one day a colored church in the country, and had in his pocKet a silver half-dollar, jast the fare buck to Augusta. At the conclusion of his sermon the minister ordered a collection for his own benefit. 4Of course," said he, "I s'pects every pusson to give somethiu'; but I'sc told iat Mr. Thomas, up dc land yonder," had some turKeys stoic .rnuay nignt. I don't want any man who had a ban' iu stealin' dem turkeys to put any money in de plate." When the plate reached Mr. Randall not a man had refused to contribute, and the preacher's eyes were on him. His haif-doliar ac-_ cordingly went into the plate. Chief of Detective Bureau?You wish employment on the force, eh? How would you proceed in a delicate interview? Applicant?Oh, I'd skirmish adroitly for a while; then, when I had succeeded in arresting his attention, I would 11 ? "That will do, sir. You can consider yourself engaged. Hang me if I don't want a man on my force who can succeed iu arresting something or other."?Philadelphia Vail. | - FOR THE LADIES, Hints oa-'Hoasclioiii Decoration?How to Mak?- PIHow-Slunni?R'?5.Carp.-ts, r- Hugs and other DomesW tic F.-tbrifi. r Fashion Pointers on Simplicity in IMournCostumes?3I:in: !? -, Cloaks and It nigh . " Gnmlv STRIKING EFFECTS. CaxneVs-hair-plaids arc very heavy and very, rough, anil show bouclc curls in fiae mohair or luster wool, anil aaotlier odd material.has diamonds of bluo etamine, each corner of the small .figure-secured by a knot of red. For combinations there are stripes of blue knotted with.ml, alternating those in red outlined bv blue and alio knotted with-red. ' Singular* rough-looking gbods.^-ua stripes wjfh kuots of soft wool ami luster cyris, come in^durk.-. ani red mixtures, .and one pattern in plain goo^feis-to be made up with gooik " showing stript.-s in self'colors, alternat"* " ?*t4- "* AiA.'fl'lA/mo /*? ?? * 11 n tr log Yl nil suijiua ui tivw viuuuiig a peculiar but attractive mossy appearance.. . Machine-embroidered velvets.- and velveteons are#mucn used "with the plain gobds, and corduroys are exceedingly fashionable. There are'corduroys with fine cord,medium-3fzedcord. anti'regulur cable-cord; iu atl .colors, the various tones ot' gray, and- brown, inbtne,-olive, bronze, .and grcpn.which areiot only used to form jackets, vests, and trimmings, but are m:ulc up .into complete costumes. A novelty in Aiiritnrnv has soiid around in some uue ? o- , oi-t&c new wood colors, speckled ovoi witli"8{)lashc3 of white. "< - } Id silk warp goods, in jet and blui.black, Henriettas ciaiin./jn'e-cminenc ; the higher, grades are exquisitely line, afid have the appearance of antique satin. The meiroae weave, also in jet and blue blac<c, wilh silK warp, is an art'curiosity, with iis minute:aiicil-iikc twilis of surface knots, wuicii cari^'ard"ly be seei) without tiw aid of a strong magnifying glass. Decorative sashes' are.exhibited with the new dress goods. Tliey are three yards long, aud come iL _ self-colored serge, with bonier in oriental lute?'. Others are of tricot ani p;u?li,or inoirt aud satiu in -compilations of shades 01 'colors, neither conYrTistirig or coiuplemental, yet very pleasing to tue eye. Deep kuotted fringe finishes liie ends of these handaome sashes.?viuiadt..pfiia Times. ' PILLOW-SHAMS OF PLUSHA magnificent set of shams and spread for a bed are' raa'de'of cardinal plash^oajbro^j^^^^nsuenille utic ^nono^miiti ii igli >oHe^d^Fm?Mii shades of old gold liioselle, each iettei in a different shade. The letters font a classic design, and arc outlined will ; gold cord. From me fancy turns ir the letters thero are spr ivs of clematis, 1__~ 1_.' J f j i1 . uuus iu sun, ^vaii-uuiuicu uuss, >> iL:J Ic-tvcs. shaded as in auiumu. 0;i tut Oppfr t-raiich is perched a limn'ming; rtj-rnyvviiich is wonUcrlUtly executed. The variegated feathers on "?Iij>TJcca6l are wrought with two shades' o? li.osoiic?red and brown? which make; them very life-like. One cud of the spread is iuteuded io hati^ over the foot of the bed, and is ornamented with a bruad ehaiu of heavy ciieiid.c; embroidery, representing me curious, rope-liscc brancues of the **cane c .chue " hiMirinflr iifwiti flu* tine #?f il< ?u"' '"c "i'" - v l'" ""J""" ed arms large blossoms of wliiio ami pink. T?e while cacun has a siar in the center, and the stems are a bronze green, with tho younger ones cienriy | indicated by tue thii'inence i:i Hie sanding. The buds are correctly imitated, and the broken ends uf Use Uranc.ics have the dried appearance seen in live specimens. " The stems are cinbroiw o /?i,rv,.;ii.. .,,..1 .i.? UUii'U in i-i u. u %t11vi n.tvu tuvi natural ridges, while the tiio/ns arc admirabiy imitated in o.dgwi ; ii useiie. The pink and white Crauenes are depurated oy raised disks and variegated plush, ranging from lign: to darn. red. The disks are in iia>f-rcdif, and are jutlined with heavy gold cord. The pillow-shams have enlarged Lr..ue;ies ant skirts are preferred for Jeej mourning; oven crape is not used si abundantly on the skirt as it used tt be. Three or four bands of this ma tcrial, or one broad strjp b;iow, an considered suSteieiH; '-'sometimes : panel is seen at the side to relieve tin soborness of a cashmere material. A smali pleating or fluting of tne sum. stutif-liuishes the hem of the jupc,\vii:-;l is mostly of cashmere, paramatta, eic-. althouffh dull tissues, as wooicn etamiuc, are. qiten taken.,, for mouruinj, nnH mav be worn for tlie even ing at home, it ;i tiiuic is added, 11 must be entirely unirimmed and mailt with as few drapes as possiule?tin back breadth appearing quite pluir ?ne pink cactus on each one, witl: butterflies hovering around. Bothshatu? and spread are lined with pink-satin, and have tho edges finished with r heavy cardinal oVuiile and gold cord, with large ] ;., ;it the corners." There was once a liking for mottlei: rag carpets, because they were., the respectable offspring' of industry ant: economy, a pair of progenitors seldon: seen m mis generation, (uwfm rag carpets and rugs-arc the charm o: studios, and happy is thcf'master of the brush and palette who is possessed o,' a sufficiency of these soft, ueutral-htiei floor coverings. Rag-rugs, woven in the same irregular mixture of colors a; of old, are also amon<; the .choice possessions of ladies of exacting Tastes. ? 4i.. v^ui aau. sew tu<?etiier iuu u. inch-wide strips left from flannels ant: cashmercs, witu gray scraps of silk and old bits bfirumpled-ribbon. . Intermix gle these irregularly, so that, when they'are'woven together, the silk "wil. -give a-pretty shine to the fabric. Tlu ends of the strips are lapped whet sowed, and.tho rugs are lined wit I: linen sacking,and may be turned wiiec the exposed side shows evidence ol wear. A short, ^straight fringe of wooi' . en yarn, with a few threads of sill drawn into it, borders each end o these precious j:ugs, which arc valuec equally with Turkish. Ladies who possess a quantity of oh colored silk, or can bjg it from Uien . less industrious friends, arc cutting ii into strips and sewing them together. These they wind into balls and seini to the rag carpet weuvei to . be wovei into strips for draperies or fcr the lower quarter or third part or portieres, which are made oisilK or cotton,plush, biiliard cloth;'felt, or other plain dm perj' goods. The cffeot of tiio silken rag-wrought material is beautiful be y$nd belief. . Sometimes strips of il are thrown over chairs, couches, etc., and the harmony that may Lw produced by "these domestic .a'urics is a keen de light to many persons. ? MCDR5TI-VG COSTUMES. Mourning costumes lor out-of-doon are of the plainest possible styie, which is, of course, always appropriate and 11U gUUU wuaLC, j ?*i> ^icowut is courted more than heretofore. Peast B nail lull of nioderaicly uuiiciied, and Willi a iuoder:iteiy-sizud louruure. Young widows wear tueir peasant skirls uioaU'd or gaihercd "all ruumit or only at Luc bacic, and a draped tun.c m frout. Youn^ uumarried la dies are allowed.more liberty, anil may even wear a trimming of large dun ue:ids, and reduigotes or puioriaises, Willi bonnets or hats of moderate height,; composed very often of small 'loops oi crape or gauze ribbon. Mourning bonnets must lit closc to the5 f:ice," -j.,I -us. honlfrud inside now with a liny niching ot wiiite.crape or crimped 4uu?lm. Xno \vidti? and ieugtii of the ilo'wing gauze or crape- veil behind siiuwa Liio distinetiou between-the deep or luilf mourniug; ybuiig ladies. liowcvbr, may dispense witli the latter. Fashion knowing that so many of her votaries arc compelled this year Lo - adopt mourning garments, has endeavored lo give aslighi loueii of ciieuriiU' - - ? . ..w?..... ....1. tiCSS tO law WOC-UBgOIIU iipuuii-r, youth :it least, and "wry pretty whiifev 3 rape plastrons and waistcoats may bo ivOril at q-tiiut "at homes," also sacred concert*,' ahicu aro becoming so iasnlouab.o :.nd often gi-.cn at private iruu-.es, wnou bonnets aro taken olil iie.ided era; o vests and 1 routs are also permissible, and turn-down collars and cutis of white crape give a plain blrick "robe an air'of less" sadness and dullness. filr.Tr/ira om nn imnnrfn'nt nnxt of mourning toilets' at' present. Black kid, or wirshictfther, gloves with crape eilge or gauntlet may be adopted quitet .at lirst, if mounting for a parent or near relative; afterward silk trimmed with du.l black woolen..Jae.c.. For the /evening a little ^tiff/of'frill of ,white "crape or* innslin is distingue.?Hie 'Skasofi for Soveuibtr. - BRAIDING - BUTTONS?SASHES Youug guvs arc amusing tiiemscivos with braiding autumn gowns. Tliis is ?jping to be a ve/jy fashionable trim: miiig tiiis season. ' A broad panel is "braided up the loft side (intended to bo 'inserted between folds of the skirt materia;), and the points of the bodice iii t i'ront upon each side of tlic vest, the ! stHndins^ collar and the cravat. The' i. cravat lits into the close-lit ting jacket,' iWjiich can be-of the.; same or a con' trasting color. Another style is to ' braid the front of the skirt in n.- b?hi; v design, half way up, also the cutis f??mr the cravat. The drapery will* after i wards be arranged across the front, showing the braided underskirt, :md tiie lapels of the jacket will be buttoned back with fancy buttons, to show , the'cravat." Braidihg it also popular 'for earriage.und traveling rugs, dress[ ->Qg gowns, and silk aprons, tiie latter in gold braid on blac'K satin or silk, ^ -softened with biack lace. ||^^&ues; arc worn upon everything. irotii, others from-tne , | Someari^^Wj^il^Tj&^^again others .side drapery, skirt. 1 nearly cover the uackoiiu^^&jA?a]^ 1 Moire is the most fashionable .but surah, velvet, plain sii.;, ami cvoTT* wool fabrics will be adopted beiore the craze is ovcy. R>uiaii sashes, so lout; disc.irdeu, are Doing revived, iuey form u pretty garniture for a biack or * "qUiet-Louoii ?lre?s; tiiey are being used ' 'as vests, siiie'panels, and o.ack drape-' | ries. A width of silk is ofleu used iu two ioops and two long banging ends at tbe oack, and these ends are made to tail upon and quite separate,to show tuat they are meant to represent a sash. New long coats for autumn arc made as long as the dress witu which they are to ue worn. 'lhe coat is plaited back and front, and has small shaped velvet basques at the waist. A new model is in light-weight cloth, mixed iUU., ULIMVU, ViUV, U1JU gWiU. O.U iO trim rued with gurnet' velvet and securuU by clasps of old silver. Tlie collar and cuffs are also of velvet These coats can be worn even as late us DeceniDer. wnen heavier wraps will ue ne'oessury. Snort mantles and visites with sleeves will be tlie * dressy wraps for autumn aud winter. 'They are liked because tney are not so noavy us loug cloaks, yet give warmth where it is most needed?on tne snouluers and arms. Tne snapes remain almost uuciiunged, so J that garments- left over irom last win * ter need not be altered. Plush- is re) stored to favor for small wraps, riviii" ing.velvet-in popularity, and only sec* oud to fur aud seal for very rieh gar1 "merits, tnu -plain, - frisc, :md stripcH ' contesting for - favor.-'Sometimes the 1 whole garment is made of them, and again only serving for the sides, \vhihi: 1 plain plusn forms the baek and fronts. * "Velvets are used in precisely the same ' way,'aud there are many: .line cioihei > mai are m:uiu up m similar ^anuuuis. * ?UucLy jjr .\ov;mbcr. - m ^ The Germans as Heavy Eaters. ' The German?, always celebrated for heavy eating, furnish us with some | "curious culinary items. ' Iu the middle 5 ages the goose was the grand dish among them; but they also ate crows, 1 storks, cranes, herons, swans and bit1 terus?these last named dishes being nrrnnor?i? in .1 nirplo of honor around the goose. The gcier or European vuiture, the dogfish, the dolphin, and even' the whale, were .eaten; whilo a roast'guinea pig was considered a very great delicacy. All their foods were highly spiced; and sauces were endless in their variety, three or'four kinds being served up with each dish." In these sauces'pepper, mace, cinnamon, cloves ' ginger, garlic, saffron and 'pimento > I rlntl i /-it" flirt m-ictfirv rtml tlx* .WUbVUUbU 4VA LUV Uiw;>. v?j, * ? more decided tlie flavor tlie better the cook.*' . ' Of "course the great art was to arrange these sauces in an ascending scale of piquancy. So great, indeed, was" the passion for highly flavored ! food,'that turkeys had often an allowance of musk id' their* daily rations. jlLie uiosi iusiiiouauiu ?iuua nciu luusu 1 of Chios, Cyprus and other Greek vin1 tages; but, as highly-flavored' foods' re1 quire drink to correspond, tlie wine was "generally spiced, and was served " under the name of liippocras. It was ^ not "thought impolite, even so hite as . the sixteenth century, for a guest to ask his iiost what wines he intended to . pfbvide, sy that, he might mak/liis cul[ dilations as to what lie would take' " before he con lined himself to tlie L particular tipple which should place j liiiii under the tabic;"no" v -sit.lhougiit ' anno the gu\lie su order to in:ike 111 ore room for suea tempting: tid-bits as pike ' tails, barrels' beads. skin oi ro.i-t ' goose and ssvan tongues* The fea>t usually commences'at (Jleveu in. the 1 forenoon; anu tiio longer the l:ost could * keep ti:e guest at tauie thci belter be " was thought oi; but in tlie matter of j drinking, ne Was expected to encourage poiation by providing baccb;rna-luin song, or, at'ie'asi, by-being aim san me utsi to ucwiuv n.n.-t uo wu?. It was with this fatter -object ^hit a . rich mau would mix his wines; wiiue a poorer one would connive lo have iiis I homely tankard stion^iy -dosed witu r wine, or c-veu spirits, wueu these -fiud J bccome general. ? ' haulier's Juurual. J i ; sfe. fetefejQs. FA!?3I TOPICS. The "Practical or l?nsin?ss Hen" far Superior to Fancy Breeds of Chickens? The Potato Crop. * """* c<x*.l f,M* rjrnxrinf? iiow to r r?[j;i[K Hi" ... ? Roses?Excellent Advico to Growers of Young: S:ock. " THE BUSINESS HEN. M. E. Leroy, a French poultrybreeder, has written a work entitled "La Poule Practique,"?the practical or business hen. The chief object of the book appears to be to dissuade farmers and others, who keep fowls | for pirofit. from investing in the fancy .greeds .of chickens, especially those Ylnit originated in foreign countries, ife-affirms that lew breeds of fowJs ar^profitabie in places remote from tiSt where they originated. He states orn Vfilnohlo" in the I.LIIIti-Lin; iiuim.uo >uv I V?u..v. v ? department of France where ttey bare Jeuz been raised, for the reasons that "the incubator is there nsed for', hatching eggs, and that there is a local demand for chickens that furnish very choice ili*!i. ' The Creve" Ocears are popular and valuable in Normandy, ehielly because line grass is plenty in that department of Franco Taken to"most other parti of the country, however, lliey soon loie their characteristics and become of very little ThnliL-r. Iir? S lVi. is true of the Houdans, which have gone to other countries and been welcomed , by b'rmlers on account of the reputation they acquired in their native home. The Dorking, which is the favorite table fowl in England, he firms, dwindles in France and becomes a very inferier bird. Fowls of either of these breeds bi*gin to deteriorate as soon as they are taken to places having differ ent climatic couuiuons irom uui where llicy have been long raised and where a peculiar practice is followed iu breeding them. To keep up any of these breeds so that specimens are fit for exhibition it is necessary to renew the blood by means of l'resh importations every two or three years. ' He *r..?nc tivir tho Hondans are essential pen fowls. They :iro great eaters and arc wanting i;i abiiity or energy to secure food for themselves. TLey are of little value when the incubulor is not used for hatching purposes, and are entirely unsuitable for the ordinary farm. The author of this work has no praise to spend on the Bruhmas, Cof ? TT _ _ 1 _ chins, or Japanese iowis. ae uujluus that they arc very large, that they produce eggs in proportion to the size of the birds that iay them, and that they arc good setters and caretul mothers. But lie remarks that when eg^s arc soid by the dozen, insteadof by weight, there is no inducement for supplying the market with those of. very large size, lie thinks that incubators arc much cheaper tlxan liens lor hatching eggs, and believes, that the time will soon come when they will be in general use in ali countries where fowls The llesh of all the large an^^fe^vvls is coursc and "lacking breedsoffWta^|Jbciow,goou ucct-or *|' "">r I fowls. f prime nnittonT"--*^ ! iu Uju estimation of tuis writei^^l^^ i:ir above the Brahmas and Cochins? SpanisU. i;ens are praised lor jjroduclug m my and large eggs. It id admilted ih;it most, Spanish fowls are poor eating, and that they are not suited to Countries having a very coid climate. The Ham burgs are spotien well of as layers, though . their eggs are so small tuat few liKC to eat them from the shell The fowls'arc easily kept, however, and suited to the farm, and furnish very good eating, especial ly when they are young. JL L'jroy recommeuds farmers to keep t:;e common U:irud'0\n* fowls, giving preference to those raised n*.-ar where they :irc to be Kept. H-j states that they are hardy, require liLtie cure, and are possessed of ability tu pick up, mostoftne iotxl tiiey require. They devour grass-iittrl'wit large numbers of iusec.s. They do not wait to be fed in Uie morning. Like the farmer-who owns iiicin, they are in the lield' almost as soon as it is light. They are industrious birds and attend stridtly to btisin-ss. Thny take exercise after the manner of wihb hirds. and.-nrc' Iess n il-.- < 1: /: t 1, IKlUie 10 lliseiisu . ui:.u . i;t.<ivv tuiu5,..ui the fashionable breeds. The keeper of barndoor fowls should exercise judgment in ilie selection of birds to Dreed from. He should preserve for. breeding purposes oniy. the,best specimens. Their blood should be occasionally renovated by a cros<; the best cross is with tiie wild, B;ioki&*A--cock'. ?ff'that can not be obtained lie recommends t he Indi:in game or.large English game cork. These birds instire hardiness an ' vitality, us well as' line' eggs "and i'?.ieious ll-sii. He winds .Msi-diis re marks by saying: "la tile pen and the iarm, for the omelette and the spit, there is but one hen, and that the barndoor/' rr? POTATOES IN* THE .EAST. ' Exhaustive reports to the New En<r':md l.omcslcad from seven hundred correspondents mdicatc that the potato crop of New England and New York is fully one-third '"Below the average, and -a trilie smaller t&Jn'last year. Tfiij acreage is . about the saiue as in * JLOC*7 Will!II il \v;i5 'iiuuut. IU IJL'L CCIiU beow a lull' average. " Dicing will be generally co tup It/led this week".* Bugs have riot Men lis destructive as usual, but the "scab" is every year becoming more and #morc prevalent, until this season a large portion of the crop is not smooth ::nd fair. Late potatoes have rolled to a large extent in western and northern ..Vermont aud the shipping counties of Xejv.Yoric state., Washington county, XewTork, which' is one of (he gic:itest i'Stato counties in the country, is so,, tffflteied jtviih'rot that whole 'fields jir<iMp\Y being.plowed under," ami . son^i'Iarge "growers wili nolliuvc enough tubers forTamiiy use.' The yield iff'Southern New England is generally light, especially, in Connecticut,-where rot is reported inlate patches, as Weil ns in western Massachusetts. In eastern seeiions the crop is "better, and Maine has neariy. aa'iyeragc yield, with not as tnucn rot as id some years. Tiic <rreat potato sections oi Aroostook coUiiiy arc turning out better than last \ear. ;As we enter Uje,provinces where tlic crop hist yearwas almost an cniire lailure, the yield and quality steadily inereaso, until the <rp of \mv-i S?f?r>tin nnii rmsce ivd\var<i Island report one of the best crops lor years. The completion <if the big railroad bridge across the Si../John's river will greatly facilitate shi'pifieiits to'the States, and a line of heated freight-cars wiil be put on for this traflie us sooa as'' the Boston mar kets wilt piy a protitover freights and ifuty oi 15'cents per bushel.' Paces in tlie provinces "are now 18 to 20 cents per bushel for "unassorted stock at tho ;starch-mills, good, marketable tubers commanding 20 to40cents, with growers selling treeiy. Prices in New England and New l'ork are fror: 30 to 40 cents in the shipping districts and 5J to 75 cents at city markets, which hare an upward tendency, but the sm> plus in the provinces may prevent a sharp advance. Farmers evince a disposition to hold, it may be advisable to hold good, sound potatoes for one or two months, but unless the rot (continues iu the bins very h:gh prices in February and March "next are not , probable. A vast quantity of potatoes are being worked on starch-mills, the product of H'hich wiil be greater than j. lor three years past. _ PBEPASDfG FOB ROSES. " "T ^"4 The soil for roses, writes an English fiorist,' should bo at least two feet deep; liireo feet wonld even be better, cspceially in dry seasons. -A large and excellent bed for roses I once saw made in the following mann^r? The natural soil was shallow. poor and iijjht. This was first trenched up, the good soil being kept on the top, then twelve inches in depth of soil from an old pasture was .ftriri oa thai. This was obtained by running a plow at intervals of a few'feet through* the surface of a grass field, and bringing away what the plow turned up. During nest summer the grass grew and filled up the furrows made by -the plow, aud the pasture was none the worse for the loss of the. narrow strips mrvK-irvwi in <*nnrsA of Jimaelav nlao ed.on the surface., finds its way to the bottom of the moved soil, ana it-is very useful there in storing up moistnre. IndqeJ, one inch or two inches of clay where the subsoil isveiy porous placed at the bottom-pf rose-beds or borders would be a benefit rather than an evii, inasmuch ,as it checks the too rapid descent of water. In applying clay to the surface as a topdressing, it should be done in winter and left to pulverize by exposure,"so that it may afterward easily mix and blend with the soil In manuring roses the character of the soil" should. be Jnr litrhfc. norons soils. that from the cowhouse and piggers is the best, stablemannrebeingbetter adapted for heavy soils. Though roses like deep, heavy loams overlying clays, they will not succeed well where the clays come up near the surface. Clay is very well when covered with a good depth of loam, but roses will not . ^ thrive successfully in heavy, cold clays, but even this class of soils can be fitted for roses or anything _else if one goes the right way abont, matters. . The first thing to do is to aemove some of it now, and when partly dried re- .. I* Kbfc1nTTl'Ti ' tUXli 11, iliiA UJJi 1UU50 ntw t? w it up and adding plenty of manare; then plant before Christmas; KEEP THE CALVES GEOWEfGi We presume, at least we hope, that our advice to keep the heifer calves has been taken by many, and that the. butcher will never again have .ssc&fta excellent opportunity to find the mjtr ^ terial for veal. But let it now be understood that if it is intended to make a good cow?or for thtft matter, a good steer?the calf most be kept growing. That rule ought to be observed with reference to all.yo&ng stock. Au<i, perhaps, this, is as good '! x place as any to tell wnat a - cqjjc pondent in one of oarjjUS^^M I changcs says in re^ggBj to^thoufc milk. * JjriflI the meiaOT^Tbe described. Iti?fl8ik?^**\ For three days he lets the calf sttsk^^^J " tue cow. Then he takes it entirely away from the cow, and feeds upon hay tea . and milk, beginning with v . one-quarter of tea and three-quarters of milk, feeding it blood warm. Gradually he diminishes the milk, until the lood is exclusively hay tea. Ho says. that hay tea?the hay must be the best -j-is much better than grass, and that^ the calt likes it much better. Mill- * stuffs may be added to the tea as the coif seems to need it, out in. small AU quantities. A little lirst-rate hay'is . placed where the calf can get at it, ? ' i ? _ ? * fi, . ^ / una ae wiu soon leara to muuie &*-iu <* y The writer is enthusiastic over bis / plan, and certaialy.it is cheap. . it will fi pay a great deal better to try it'on a * lieifer calf than it usually will to sell '* A it to the butcher.?Western BuraL A:i Ancient Receipt for making fl Thunder. ~ In the middle ages, anybody at all jH distinguished by knowledge of .science jm was credited with the art of flying, and indeed in many cases'did 'not .scrapie JBBtt to claim it. Albert Magnas was one of these, but refused to gireparticulars to the world at large. Me -tells us, w however, how to make thnnder. Says he:."Take one pound of.sulphur, two pounds' of willow carbon, and siai': ' pounds oi rocfc-sait, ground very nne in a marble mortar; place where you / please in a covering made of flying- ? . ' | papyrus to produce thunder. The cov- ^ ; %. ..f ering,'"in order to ascend and float * . *away, should be long, graeeful, and well filled with this powder: but jo " ? produce thunder the covering should be short and thick, and half full."? T. IV. Mather, in Popular Sctincc Monthly for November. v fe lt is asserted that Jay Gould has not tasted whisky for- over a quarter of a -f. J century. He took a drink once when ' lie was a surveyor, got his figures _ ^ mixed in consequence, and Tesoived ~~T^H never to drink wli is ky-again. JB With tears in his eyes as big us horsechestnuts, and pleading piteooriy in 7 itie extreme, a poor passenger froro^ " Europe entreated a New York Inspec- ??v 3i tor of Customs to'let the smuggled goods pass, beseeching him to accept * $150 for his trouble. Bat thfe Inspec- . tor went sternly on the thorny paia of duty, and when the passenger discovered that t ho Inspector was deaf it wa* too J :i to.?I'lt iladelphia Times. 1^? .?.! IT* > _ .. luciiuiug ami -Douvar, two towns in ^ the Alleghency oil-field of New-York. sprung up,like mushrooms, and in 1882 there was about them the liveline&s. of - : ^ I^advilie at fts best ._JSow t^e^r.^ory . Ja is gone forever. Their rails, oncc bright uiuier hurrying wheels, are .but . ^ streaks at' dust, the big hotels hare W hooting ;ow:a., for guests, rand stray bears conic sniff at the deserted streets. There is no longer water..- ou the'troubled streams, that froth and L foam over the rock*. . The Imperial Canal in ..China is the longest and largest in the world. It is over" 1,000 miles long. The Erie Canal'in this country, is 850J. mllee long; the O-.io Canal, Cleveland to Portsmouth, 332; the Miami and Erie, Cincinnati to Toicdo, 291; the Wabash and Erie, Evansville to Ohio line-374. The largest ship canal in Europe ia.the fflj great Morth Holland Canal, completed in 1825. 125 feet wide at the water snr lias a depth of 29 feet; it extends-from Amsterdam to the Helder, 51 miles. The Caledonia Canal in Scotland has ft total length of 60 miles, including three lakes. The Snez Canal is 83 ja miles long, of which 66 miles are acta- M ?v r.-' Jpj