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BY HUGH WILSON ANI) W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1878. NO. 15. VOLUME XXVI. j||
Some Hay.
Two little souK a bey and a pir!,
Wanderiug on '.o the foo' of the hill. ],
Bushes of green au;l blossoms of pearl.
Laughing at themselves in tho roadside rill. '
Crossing tho lane a gorgeously,
Bathed in the light of a flattering ray,
Jauntily chatters, " Some day, some day!"
Two sweet son's, a man) :ud a maid
(Beechea branches twisted above).
Picking tho daisies v.hiob svri-ikles r. glade, j '
And trying their lackgat'ijyamo of love: j 1
"This year!'' -'Next year!' What do they J.
say ?
And out of the becches the curious jny i ,
Teeps and chuckles, " Some day, some day !" j i
Two old souls, and tbe end of the day
' Follows them heme to the foot of the hill, j *
One late gleam which has wandered astray, j ,
Breaks! from a copte aLd dimples the rill. j ^
Autumn leaves are strewing the way,
And hoarse from the kr.h the hungry jay
Shouts out to the rnght, " Seme uav, some ! <
day!" | ]
Twofroor ecnln in the dead of tfco night, j ]
Side by side, lie stiff* ued and Htill;
And the winter'* mojn ju-t softens lier light, j
As it solemnly rc.-ts at the frot of the hill. j
Remembering the bet s and iho budt and the t
May,
The summer gold and the autumn gray, f
And the warm green : ll- where the beetles ; j
pi ay. ]
In tho crisp cold night the shivering jay t
Creaks out of his dream, "Some day, some i
day!" ; "<
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MISS MINT'S FRIEND. L
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"Frank, do you kuo^ anything about fl
the queer little person who sits opposite i I
to us at the dinner table ? Miss Mint,
they call her. Is f?he a teacher, or 1
what?" c.
Frank Hastings? a young man vrho
for six mouths had enjoyed "all tho i
comforts and conveniences of a private |
home" at Mr*. Starkweather's "select" J
boarding-house, Xo. 16 street? ,
_ e 1, ..1 ' C
jigiiicu it ire Ml irit;uj. uciuic ui uu.-)\uiv:u, %
rather languidly:
"No; she's soruethiug tea times worse c
?a sort of reporter. She goes round j
to churches aud lectnre-rooms, trying ?
to pick up the. few f-tr.iy crumbs the j
other reporters leave behind 'era. jT
There's ouly one paper employs her
regularly, and that at a starvation price. ,
She wears one dress all the year round,
sports a bonnet handed dowu to her by i
her great-grandmother, and rooms in |
the attic, for which precious privilege a
and her dinner she pays Mrs. Stark- ! ?
weather three dollars a week. Bah !" j
concluded Frank, in a tone of disgust, 1
as he threw one 1?><t over another, and j1
sat gazing into the fire.
"Poor soul ! Sh?-'s to be pitied, I'm
sure," said Caleb .Parley, who, being a .
hard-working reporter himself, ami a
tender-hearted rua:i besides, felt some ,
sympathy for the little creature th.-y
were discussing.
"Nonsense!" said Frank, sharply, i.
"Why don't she try her hand at some- ,
thing else??dressmaking or teaching, lj
or some other wor!;: tit for a woman ?"
"Perhaps 6he i.iasn't^ the chance or u
the talent to do either," Dsirley re- s
J^UCU,
"Then let her stay at homo ami help "
about the house. Como to think of it,
though, I believe she lias no home. r
She's an 'orpliing.' S'doso 'tis ralher i
rough lor tho poor thing," said Frank, 0
with a slight tinge of compunction in r
his voice. "But come, Darley, let's a
drop Miss Mint as a seedy subject, t
Have another cigar ?"
"Thank you, no; I must be ofT. I've t
got to report 's sermon to-night." i s
"Poor fellow! Glad I'm not in your
line of business'" said Frank, who was | C
clerk in a large wholesale store. "Won- ^
der if little Mint's goiug? You might
escort her homo Darky. It would be ?
quite a new seusation for her, and just i
think how all the fellows on the street j
would envy you!" i s
"Oh, leave poor littlo Miss Mint *
alone!" said Darley, as he walked to- ! ?
wards the door. " Remember she's *
' swimming against a stiff stream,' like | 8
the most of us, and finds it hard work to :1
keep her heau above water. Don't throw 1
stones at her.''
"Ton ray word, you'ro developing a 3
poetical vein. This is really getting
dangerous. Well, good-bye for the j s
present, old chap; look in again after
church, will you?" x
"No; I must go to the office," said ?
Caleb, os he went out. 2
In her little room, two stories higher a
up, Miss Mint was putting on her bon- i p
net, quite unconscious of how she was li
being discussed below.
She was very small and slight, this 3
poor little heroine of ours, with a face v
that might have been pretty before pri- ij
vation aud anxiety stole its bloom and 1
plumpues3 away. Her glossy brown s
hair wa~> brushed in smooth waves over v
her forehead; she had large tender gray 1
eves, and a mouth that, for all its reso- e
lution and character, had a pathetic 3
droop at the comers that seemed to have
become habitual. She was nearly fi
twenty-three, bat looked at least two a
years older. . n
Her little room was as l*are and com- >
fortless a place .as could bo imagined, w
No furnace heat could penetrate up here,
and Mi?3 Mint's hands were bo numb n
with cold she could scarcely pin her
shawl. The floor of the room unpaiuted a
and bare save for a strip of rag-carpet s
by the bed; the ugly little wash-stand m ; s
the corner, with its clumsy bowl and h
pitcher; the stiff-looking wooden choir r
that made your back ache to look at it; v
and the bed itself, with its tawdry, faded
counterpane?it was a drea*y picture for ' n
poor littlo Ellen} Mint's beauty-loving s
eyes to rest on. She had done her best ri
to brighten it: two or three pictures she . li
had brought with her hung on the walls,
the little table table by the window was ?
coverea wirn dooks, unci u ueuicme glass ; s
vase she was too j^oor to fill with the s
flowers she loved stood on tho bureau. 11
There were a couple of bunging shelve1; r.
on the wall, of which only the upper i
one with her work-basket on it, was vis- j c
ible; a green and white calico curtain hid j a
the rest. This was her cupboard. j t
But we return to Miss Mint herself, i '
who is down stairs and out of the door t
by this time. She is a quick walker, i:
and in r few moments finds herself at v
the entrance to the church, already be- j
sieged by an anxious crowd, who are j f
kept in check by the ushers and a couple :
of policemen. Miss Mint does not at- r
tempt to press in here; she slips round : t
by a 6ide door, and an usher, who knows j r
her by tLis time, plants a chair for her : fi
at no great distance from the pulpit, j
Hhe sinks mechanically into it, and sits '
in a sort of stupor for a while?the v
chaDge from her dark, chilly room to ; fc
tins warmth and dazzle of light makes her ( L
head swim and her heart tremble. Bnt'
her nerves are naturally strong and ! r
steady, and she soon rouses herself, de- j t
tc-rmined not to give way to a weakness i -5
B:ie has never felt before, nncl wtacn lor ! i
o moment filled lier with dismay. I <
The grand voice of the organ echoes I i
through the church, and Ellen, who 1
Joves music, is socn absorbed in listen- : t
ing, and feels for a time uplifted above ! i
the cores and^ sorrows of this world, j
The music and the prayers arc the rich- f
f st part of the service to her: in report- 1
ing the rcrmonshe has to follow every i
word so closely that it takes away from f
the enjoyment of listening. ]
Caleb* Darlej, seated among the other '
reporters, catches a glimpse of her, and ]
[ifter tiiat his keen gray eyes wan er in I
that direction pretty often. There is a
miugliug of pity and interest in his
fjlauce?he is :i hard-hearted, chivalrous
sort of a fellow, ali the more ready to
befriend a woman because she is lonely
uud unprotected.
The services were over, and little Miss j
Mint, r-lipping her note-book and pencil !
iuto her pocket, threaded her way
through the crowd to the side door. j
"Good-evening, Miss Mint," suid a
i-oico at, her elbow as she stepped out J
into the fresh air.
Ellen started and looked up. "Oh, j
?ood-eveuing, Mr. Darley," she said, a j
little confusedly, as she recognized hiui. |
mr;i] m.m )" cni,l i
offering it in such a matter-of-fact way :
:hat Ellen complied at once, though i
'celiug more embarrassed than pleased J
jy the; attention.
"I sec you are in my line of business, '
Miss Mint," said Caleb, pleasantly, as j
hey left tho crowded street for one that ;
ed to their bonrJing-house. Ellen |
aucrhed a little; and he weut ou, with a i
diulness of manner that ni'ule you j
iardon its bluntness; "And how do you
ike the life? Excuse me if I'm rude, j
nit I can't help taking an interest in a
'e'llow-laborer, you know."
"You nro very kind," said Ellon,
limply. "As for the life, I try to like
t, because there's nothing else I can <:o.
['ve 'ried to find a teacher's place; 1 re
ried to find sewing to do; but it was no
ise. I'm sure I'm thankful there is a
vay I cau earu my bread. Wasn't the
nusic beautiful to-night, Mr. Darley?" >
-anxious to change the subject.
"Yes," saiJ Caleb, rather absently, |
or his heart was full of pity for the j
ittle creature besido him, and he was \
ilrea;ly debating in his mind various ;
dans for her relief.
"What a chill there is in tho air to- j
light!" he said, rousing himself. His j
vercoat was hardly a protection, and he ;
bought with dismay how his companion i
aust be shivering under her thin shawl, j
"Well, here we are, Miss Mint. I;
oust be oil to the office. Sit by the fire J
ill you are thoroughly warm, and tell :
iur landlady to make you something j
lot and comforting; I see you have a
old coming on."
"Thank you, Mr. Darley; you are
[uite a doctor," laughed Ellen. "I
iope it hasn't taken you out of your ;
ray coming home with me?"
"Oh, it won't take me ten minutes to |
ralk to the office," said Caleb. :
'Good-night. Miss Mint;" and he
rained ni ^.siv a way.
Caleb Darloy was between thirty-seven i
nd thirty-eight? a big broad-ehoulder- j
riant "f i> iuau, with strongly marked j
estnres. a profusion of sandy hair, aud
.11 expression of mingled good-nature j
nd determination. He has bad to fight
ii? owa v?'?y in life since he was twelve i
ears old, but the battle, though a j
migh one, has never made him forget- 1
ul of the suiTerings of others.
"I wonder, Nornh, how long Miss
lint means to keep this up?" ]
" Kupe what up, ma'am ?"
" Why, lying iu bed this way, and to :!
ie waited on like a lady. I don't doubt 1
she's as well as I am."
"Well, I guess you wouldn't say so, :
la'um, if you was to see her. She can't j
peak above a whisper, and is as white ; ]
s the wall. As for 4 waiting on,' it's not j
inch she gets of it, poor thing, for i \
Iridget and 1 has our liauds full al- j j
eady." I]
" What's the matter with her?" spoke ;
mt LiaieD, irom a corner, -wneru u? ?iu
ending the newspaper. Ho bad been 11
way for three days, ami only returned I:
he night before. 11
"Bakes alive! Mr. Darky, are you j
here?" said Mrs. Shirk weather, a little i ]
tartled. "I never saw you. What's!
he matter with Miss Mint, did you say ? 1
)h, she's gut a bad cold, and so have I,
mt I can't go to bed, for all that." j j
" Is she very ill, Norah ?" asked Caleb, ' i
s his landlady flounced out of the room 1 i
a quest of something. I <
" Indade, sir, you'd think so if you ;
aw her," said Norah, lowering her voice i 1
hat her mistress might uot hear. "It's ;1
ny belief the poor tiling won't get over j <
t. H"r lungs cud throat is that sore I f
he can scarcely breathe; and her room 11
s cold as all out-doors, and the water a j i
ump of ice in her pitcher this morning. ; I
do my best for her, but it's a sin and a j
harne the way Miss Starkweather treats <
ler ? she's no more feeliu than my |
hoe!" * I
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting so for ';
our breakfast, Mr. Darley," said Mrs. '
Itnrkwe.itbcr, re-entering. She was '
;eneia!ly very gracious to Caleb?he i,
lways paid her promptly, never com- 1'
ilained of his men Is. aud gave her very i1
IJMa trnnhln in -niv w.ir j ]
"Do you know if poor little Miss j'
lint has any friemls or relatives auyrhere,
Mrs. Starkweather?" asked Caleb, 11
jnoriug her remark. \'
"No, I don't," said the widow, a little |
nappishly. Then, in a bantering tone j
rhieh ill concealed spiteful feeling: j'
'You and she seem to have grown to bo ;
Teat friends these last three months, j
Ir. D.irley." j
"The poor young lady seems to need '
riends," said Caleb, coldly. Then, j1
Iteriug his voice a little: "You aro the
ii:t-;t suitable person to befriend her, '
Irs. Starkweather, nnd J am sure you :
rill." 1
"Well, sir, I do my best, but you ]
iu*t remember?"
"See thnt she has a comfortable room, '
nd a fire, and a doctor, and all the care
!>e needs," s:iid Dariey, cutting her 1
liort, and putting a roll of bills into her
anils. "Say nothing about this lo her, '
emember!" with emphasis. "I don't i (
risli my name mentioned."
"Weil, sir, you're a generous man, I (
lust say," said Mrs. Starkweather, as '
he turned away. But her inward comlentwas:
"The great fool! To throw i
is money away on this miserable littlo j
lies Mint, when the overcoat ho's '
i*r\ /\iif in 4l?a 1
Kl\JH L iU'JA Ul- IV V/Ut A. i* ILAK3 |
treet w.tk ! But it's u!l one to tor; 1" j
railing to her: ell", as she reflected that 1
he result would certainly bo Home .,
aonpy in l.'?*r own pocket.
"WVll, how is Miss Mint?" she fcaid,
ntering the poor girl's room, :>n hour ! ]
fter. Ellen turned her head feebly,
oo weak to show the surprise the felt. i
'How are you repeated Mrs. Stark- i
reather, trying to twist her acid face i
ato a gracious smile us she took tho !
rhite hand in hers.
"Pretty weak," whispered Ellen, |
aintly.
"Well, this won't do, I pop. We i
oust have you down stairs where you'll :
?e more comfortable. Is tho bed all j
eady, Norab, and have you ma-Je the j
ire ?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Wei!, do you tmuK you can wiuk,
ritli my help and Norah's ?" paid Mrs.
Starkweather. "But you must let mo
teip you on with this wrapper first."
Ellen looked at her with a strange
aiugling of anxiety, gratitude, and clis- ;
rust in her eyes. She scarcely kuow
vhat to make of 'this unforeseen kin Iness, ;
>ut she wa^ faint, sick almost "unto |
leath," and eould not help welcoming
t. Yet she managed to gasp out: "Yon
mow how it is with me; I gave you all
he money I had last night. You had
>etter send me to the hospital?"
"Nonsence of hospitals!" Baid Mis.
Starkweather, as she put back a stray
ock from Ellen's face. "We'ro not gor
ng to serve you that way. Don't
;ay another word about it. All you
mist think about now is how to get
well,"
A tear trickled down Ellen's cheek.
"If I get well, your kindness shall not?
I will sew for you?any thing." Her
voieo died away.
The quick thought darted through
Mrs. Starkweather's ur.nd that here was
)t splendid chance to got her brown
merino made over free of charge. But
she said aloud: "Don't say another
word. You don't s'pose I'm so hardhearted
as not to feel for you when
you're sick, do you ? Here, Norah,
raise her up, and we'll put this wrapper
on her. Wo mean to take good care of
you, a:11 get you well again, my dear."
"Tii' old crocodile!" said Norah, indignantly,
to Bridget, when she found
herself in the kitchen again. "To see
her palaverin' over the poor thing as if
she was the best friend she'd got. Hospital,
indeed! Only last night she talked
of sendiu' her there herself; and she'd
be there before the day is out only for Mr.
Caleb. He's a good young man, and a
kind-hearted; there's not a many like
him. T ran tell von now."
? " ?
"Will you please put that stand by
mo, Norah, and give mo the pen and '
ink?"
"Now, Miss Ellen,' it's not Mr. Caleb :
wonM want you to be doing that copying j
for him, I'm sure, ami you so weak you j
can scarcely raise a finger."
" 01), I'm much stronger than I was, j
Norab, and I must really get to work [
again. Please do as I ask you, Norah." I
" Well, miss, but I tell you you're not :
fit to do it." As Norab spoke sho brought j
the little stand to Ellen's side.
During tbo three months that preced- j
cd Ellen's illness Caleb had given her ;
considerable "copying "to do for him- !
self, and had interested a few others in i
her. What he did with the numerous |
manuscripts she copied for bim remains !
a mystery. My opinion is that tbey were '
stowed away in tbo bottom of an old j
trunk in bis' room.
Ellen worked away for some time, j
when she was disturbed again by the en- ;
trance of Norah.
"Miss Ellen, Mr. Darley sends his !
regards to you, and would you like to J
take a little ride ? He's got a couplo of
hours to spare, and yon know the doctor .
said it would do yon good to go out to- |
day."
"Yes, I would like to very ranch," I
paid Ellen, her eye lighting up with j
pleasure. "Tell Mr. l)arley I'm much j
obliged to him. How soon must I bo <
ready ?"
Norah returned with the message that.
she must be ready iu twenty minutes, !
and made haste to bring Ellen's wrap- |
pings and help her on with them.
"There!" said Ellen, suddenly; "I ;
promised to rip Mrs. Starkweather's
dress to-day."
" Bother Mrs. Starkweather's dress !" j
said Norah, indignantly.
"Oh, Norah, think how very kind
she's been to mel Will you please \
bring it down, and after I get back " j
But Norah could bear this no longer. :
" No, Miss Ellen, I won't. It passes !
my patience?to have that scaly old ere- j
tnr get the credit of every thiug! It's j
Mr. Caleb, bless him! that's done every- :
[hing for you, just as if he was your '
brother."
Elleu turned red and pale alternately.
"Norah, what do you mean?"?in a trembling
voice.
Then Norah told her everything, :
though begging her not to speak of it I
to "Mr. Caleb." "Gor ho'd bo fit to j
kill me, ma'am."
lint Elleu would make no promises. !
"Iam glad you told me, Norah"?in the j
same tremulous voice. " I think I might j
move upstairs again," she added; "I |
im so much better."
'' Indade yon won't, and get a collapse, |
perhaps," said Nora, sharply. "There's j
1T_ n-l-l.l" ?( fl.r.
:VLT? ?ur> lunu ui;uu ? i.?jk> tw tut? ;
loor.
Caleb took Eilen to thr Park, where ;
lie drove about for some ti.-ie. It was a j
beautiful sprit's day; the sua was shin- ;
ing, the grass and iufunt foliage of the '
trees so fresh and green.
"Well, Mifcs Ellen, you are getting a
little color into thoao pale cheeks," said
['alob, breaking the long silence. " You j
lon't know how I'vo missed you"?with j
\ teuder glanco into-the downcast faco
beside him. Ellen's lip trembled, aud !
in a minute more a tear rolled down.
3ha tried to speak, but could not.
" Ellen, what is the matter'*" said Caleb,
taking her hand.
Then Ellen sobbed out: "Oh, I can't |
bear it! I've just found out all you'v.i :
been doing for sn??, aud how kind you'vbeen,
and I can't bear it! How can 1
iiver repay "?her voico wns choked.
"Dear Eilen, shall I tell you how?
Say 'yes' to a question I'vo brcn long- j
ug to ask you thc-se three weeks, a"d !
i-ou will make mo the happiest man in
the world."
Ellen looked up, bewildered, and met I
1./4.UUU O ICUUCl) VjUVOllVUiUQ , r^**v j
crimsoned to the temples.
"Will you bo my little -wife, Ellen,
mil shall wo set up our ' ain firoside !
together ?"
" Do you really caro bo much for me as \
hat ?" said Elleu, with a laugh that was j
lialf a sob. " And what will your rela- j
:ions say to your marrying a poor little
reporter ?"
" Relatives ! I have no near ones,
md should please myself if I had. Come, j
Ellen, will you have mo ? I can't prom- ,
se you a very brilliant future; I'm a i
;>oor, hard-working dog, and expect to
jo to the end of my days. A strong arm
o servo you, and a warm heart to lovo I
rou?that's all I can offer you, Ellen,
iear."
"All!" said Ellen, and laid her little
aaud in his.
" Thank God !" said Caleb, fervently.
We'll joiu hands, and swim the stream
.>i life together/'?Harpers Bazar,
Fashion Notes.
j
Sleeves in tho latest imported dressos i
ire made larger than usual.
White lace, of very open patterns, is |
much used ou dark silk dresses.
Tho fan is now carried in the hand,
instead of on a ribbon or chaiu.
A "fashionable call" in cities is ex- ;
[>ected not to occupy over ten minutes, j
White drosses for evening wear are j
! rimmed with a profusion of broad white i
satin bows.
It is predicted that garnets, so long i
tabooed by fashion, will again be worn !
tii is fall ind winter.
Spanish netting embroidered with cut!
let beads is a now fabric designed for j
evening overdresses.
A picturesque covering for the head I
is a hood made of blue cashmere, trim- j
med with swan's down.
The novelties in ladies' handkerchiefs j
ot-.? r.f lino Tuit.il PolnrAi!
U4V. V" JA4_4V> w...~ww j
ami exceedingly small.
Fall hats are of blo?,k straw trimmed
with black velvet and enlivened by
antnmn leaves or poppies.
Large buckles of pearl, like those
worn generations ago, are fashionable
for the wide beltK so popular.
One of the newest stylos of hosiery
is of black silk, with the feet embroidered
in jaqueminot red diamonds, surrounded
by miniature diamonds of
white.
A great deal of shirring is used on
the Parisian dresses that have recently
been sent over. Large round collars
and deep culls of thin dress materials
are made up entirely of finely shirred
rows. Plastron squares are shirred, and
there are Bhirred vests.
A RESURRECTIONIST'S STORY.
How He Cnpturen Corpae*?AnITn?lerntnnillnK
with Undertaker*?Octtlux u. HinnllPox
.Subject.
A professional grave robber has been
giving some facts in connection with l?is
ghastly "business" to a LouiBvilie
(Ky.,) reporter : "In this business, ns
in all others," said he, "there is the expert
and the amateur. The auxiliaries
absolutely necessary to the professional
body-snatcher are a spade, a key-hole
saw and a piece of rope. Thus equipped
he is ready for business,
"On arriving at the grave the spade is
! first called into Tise. One-half of the
I grave is marked off and the dirt from the
I upper half of the coffin is thrown out.
This work can bo performed by a professional
in about eight minutes. At this
I point the ?aw comes into use. The
saw is Btarted into one edge of the coffin,
and soon, with a noise resembling sobs
and groans, has cut through tho upper
board, and often through tho shroud
and flesh of the subject.
"Tho further work of opening the
coffin is easily performed. The manip- |
ulator of the saw raises his body with a j
hand on either side of the grave ft foot j
auuvc iuo uuuiu n nu, auu iuuocuiu^ uio i
bold upon either side, precipitates his
whole weight upon the lid, which gives
way with a crash. The broken lid is
removed aud a /ope lowered to the resurrectionist
from above by an assistant.
This rope is arranged with a slip-knot
at the end, which is thrown around tho
head of the corpse and word given to
tho assistant to 'hoist away.'
"As soon as the subject is above
ground tho shroud is quickly torn from
its body and thrown back into the grave.
These precautions are taken to avoid
some technicality of tho law that makes
it a felony if any article of apparel is |
tsken, while if the body alono is taken it |
is only punishable as a misdemeanor.":
"I remember once," said a resurrec- !
tionist, "that the -whole head of a wo- |
man whoso neck we tied the rope around ]
came off in our grasp. This doesn't ;
occur often, and neither does the getting
hold oi a corpse like that last winter
with tho small-pox, which, if you remember,
spread among the wholo class
and killed several students."
"Were you ever shot at?" asked the
reporter.
" Ob, no. We let privace cemeteries
aione. L?nce jl was cnaseu tnrougu u
laue leading into ' Potter's Field,'near
the Almshouse. It was ?in the moonlight,
but they never overtook rac."
" Most of the bodies are brought from
Potter's Field, I presume?"
" Yes, nearly all. About 150 are put j
in pickle during the summer season. >
How much are we paid for a subject, j
you say ? Oh. eight dollars as a general j
tiling; sometimes twelve dollars. Many ;
a good man has paid his way through !
college by this business. I could name :
plenty of good doctors who were resur- i
rectionists."
" How do you know when the subject
is a fit one ?"
" Can't, always tell; sometimes we are |
fooled, but generally go by the under- j
taker's mark."
" What is that?"
" Oli, we fix the undertaker; he marks j
a good one and lets the bad one's alone."
"Then all you have to do is to dig up
the subjects ?"
" Aud carry them in town. "Wo dou- ;
bio up the body, nose and kn: e like, and
dump it in a sack, put it in a wagon and j
como to town."
" Do the police stop yen?"
The fellow laughed.
" You said something about the j
Catholic part of Potter's Field, what is |
that ?'?
" Oh, the priests, I believe, pay a ]
guard to look after the Catholics who
die and have to be buried in this placo."
" Isn't tho other place guarded too ?"
" Not so closely; and then the undertaker,
who is a Catholic, rarely marks
one of his own class. That was how tho
small-pox fellow was picked up la?;t seasou.
He came from the Catholic part
and wasn't marked."
" What i9 done with the bodies ?"
"They are carried to a certain place
where there is a vat of considerable size.
A vein in tho neck is opeued, arsenic
run through to preserve the body, and
then the 'stiff' is stored in the vat."
Breaking the Sews Gently.
A cross-eyed man in a loug linen
ulster and a tall hat rang the bell, and
when tho womau of the house opened
the door sho was satisfied ho had an
eye to the spoons (the straight eye), so
she snapped:
" Well, what do you waut?"
"Madam, be calm," said the crosseyed
man, "have you a child?"
" Yes, I have," replied the woman;
"what of it ?"
"A little girl ?" queried tho cross'-eyed
man.
" No; a boy," returned the woman.
" Cf course?a boy," repeated tho
cross-eyed man; " a young boy?not very
old ?"
"About that age," said the woman;
"what about him ?"
"Madam, do not got excited," pursued
the cross-eyed man, "be bravo and
calm."
"Mercy on me!" exclaimed tho ;
woman, in surprise; "what's the matter
?"
" Gently, gently," said the cross-oyed
mau, in a' soothing manner; "restrain
yourself. Did not that little boy go out
to play this morning ?"
" Yes, yes," paid the woman, excitedly:
"what?why?is there anything the
matter?"
"Is there not a railroad track crosses
the next street?" queried the crosseyed
man in a solemn voice.
"Yes, oh yes," ejaculated tho woman,
in great fear; "oh, tell me what has
happened, what?"
" Bo calm," interrupted the crosseyed
mau, soothingly; " be brave?keep
cool, for your child's sake."
" Oh, what is it ? what is it ?" wniled
tho woman, wildly; "I knew it?I feared
it. Tell me the worst, quick ! Is my
child?where is my darling boy ?"
"Madam," replied the cross-eyed1
man, gently, "I but this moment saw a
littlo boy playing upon tho railroad
track; as I looked upon him he seemed
to be?"
" Oh, dear ! oh, dear!" screamed the
woman wringing her hands, " tell mo
il 4. T? >>
iLit; \yuinif, j.o xxxj?
" Ho seemed to bo daubing himself I
with oil," continued the cross-eyed mau, |
qiiiekly drawing a bottle from liis pocket,
"and I've got hero the best thiug in the
world?Lightning Grease Eradicator?
only twenty-five cents a bottle, warranted--'
There was a broom standing behind i
the door, and with one blow she knocKod j
his tall hat over his eyes, and with an- |
other she waved him off tho steps aud j
through the gate. And as tho cross- j
eyed man moved swiftly np tho street |
she took the broom at him, looking for
all the world like an ancient god of
mythology with a passion-distorted face
and hiprhly-excited red arms.?Rockland
{Me.) Courier.
An old woman, on being examined
befora a magistrate as to her placc of
legal settlement, was asked what reason
she had for Biirmosine: her husband had
a legal settlement in that town. The
old lady said, "He was born and married
there, and they bnried him there,
and if that isn't settling him there, I
don't know what is."
Gun Cotton anil Nitro-Gljcenne.
About thirty-two years ago, Schonbein,
a German chemist, bad occasion to
immerse cotton in a mixture of concentrated
and sulphuric acids. To his surprise
be noticed that the cotton did not
dissolve. Taking it and washing off the
acid ho placed it in a drying oven to dry.
On returning the next morning no coti
ton wns to be seen. As the students in
: his laboratory affirmed that they hnd |
' not meddled, he wondered much as to i
what had become of it. He tried tho ,
experiment again, and this time had the ,
good fortune to witness the disappear- ,
ance of tho cotton. (
He had discovered gun cotton.
This is a very curious substance, al- :
though it does not differ in appearance (
from ordinary cotton. It is, however, a ; (
trifle heavier. Strange to say, the manner
in which fire is applied to this, (
causes it to burn very differently. Touch
it with a live coal or lighted cigar, and J
it burns away very slowly, much like (
the mixtures used to produce the !
colored fires of Fourth of "July nights;
apply a flame to it, and it explodes like (
gun-powder, but if you fire it by means j l
of a fulminating cap it explodes with j(
terrific violence, and a rapidity six or ' j
seven times greater. (
But there is another substance which I
explodes even more terribly still. It is ni- |,
tro-glyceriue. This is produced somewhat i,
similarly to gun cotton, with the excep- I j
tion that glycerine is used instead of cot- j j
ton, these substances being very much 13
i/>ol rti\aj f irvn ATifrn- !
glycerine iB a dense, oily liquid, which
bus a very safe and harmless appearance,
but in reality it is something terrible.
A small quantity placed upon a huge j
boulder and fired, will blow it into a
thousand pieces, whereas, with gunpowder
the result would have been merely a
flash, and a great puft of wind and
smoke.
You wonder perhapB, how it is that
nitro-glycerine merely placed upon a
stono and exploded, can possibly breuk
it, as you think that the air will give way
so much sooner than the stone. Now
the rapidity with which the gas formed
by the combustion of nitro-glycerine
expands is a hundred times that of a
cannon ball, and the atmosphere offers j
more resistance to a body moving at that
rate than the stono beneath it. Nitroglycerine
in some of its forms is the
agent almost universally employed in
blasting. Without it many of the great
railway tunnels and other feats of engineering
would havo been imposs;ble.
The compounds of nitro-glycerine are
many. Mixed with tripoli or rottenstone
it becomes dynamite, or " die-in-a- j
minute," as some wag Jias iaceuousiy
termed it; this adulterated with nitrate
of soda or potash is known as giant J
powder. When nitro-glycerine is mixed (
with gunpowder, in a very finely divided j
state, it is called rend-rock powder; with j
sawdust, dual in. These are, however, j
all adulterations, and weaken the power ,
of the explosive.?New York Tribune, j
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Krall's Garden at Berlin, t
A lady writing to the Boston Traveler i
describes pleasantly a visit to Krall's c
Garden, Berlin, which is said to eclipse i
the Mabille, of Paris, as far in respect to I
general attractions as in point of re- I
spectabilitv. For a ticket, costing
eighteen cents, one has the full privilege ?
of the grounds, moro tastefully arranged f
than auything I ever saw before; a large f
industrial exhibition, where all sorts of j
Berlin goods can t:e bought, and a grand
opera. The garden is threaded with
gas-jets in every direction, forming
flowers, musical instruments and every
possible pretty design, and immense 1
mirrors here and there extend thevari- I
ous promenades far beyond their real t
length, aud constantly create deceptions. ?
We walked, lunched and enjoyed the a
opera "Rigoletto" very much, there | v
being two unusually fine siugers in the 11
piece, who wero called out time after 11
time. We followed the German fashion n
of going out in the garden between the a
acts, promenading and making small t
purchases and when the boll rings flock- t
ing in to see the next act. At the close t
they go out again to enjoy the grand
illumination, which is really very beau- s
tiful. This garden being only a com- s
fortable walk from any of tho hotels p
(just beyond tho Brandenburg gate) is a f
1 mncf ll
(lengubiui ri'&urif iiu uuvi#vuj, c*u^ be
well patronized by the Germans, t
Lei me simply mention one family out 1
of fcho many wo noticed here. About t
four o'clock a lady handsomely dressed g
camo in with three small children, each a
with a nurse, tlio youngest, a babe, t
being in the arms of n fully-costumed t
peasant woman, sach as I described at u
Cassel, with her full, round arms entire- n
ly bare and her face as fresh and bright I r
and cheery as a mountain maiden's. | c
After promenadiug for a while thoy took s
a table, and each nurse had a glas3 of a
beer. They chatted, the children play- 1
ed, and lunch, brought in a basket, was i
given them. At G:^0, when the opera e
commenced, they were all there, went
out at intermissions, and returned with 1
the children asleep; and so, I suppose, t
remained all tho evening. It is to be ?
hoped the husband and father came to t
see them homo. r
h
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A Singular Medical Operation. I
A correspondent of the Hartford r
Times writing from Weathersfield, ]
Conn., says: " A rather singular medi- i
cal operation, amounting nearly to a 1
rnirnnlo was nerformed here a few days ^
ago. Dr. Fox was called to see two J1
children near Rocky Hill, who wero j *
laboring under somo dangerous corn- j I
plaint. When he arrived he found ono t
of them apparently dead, the other 11
nearly eo. After attending to the living j T
child, and giving the necessary direc- n
tions how to treat it, lie turned to exam- 1
ine the dead one. To all appearance *
lifo was extinct, and the poor little one T
dead as a door-nail. On this little subject
he thought he would try an experi- j e
raent. Into a kettle of hot water he put f
half a pound of mustard; and, having
soaked a blanket in the waiter, he spread
it on the floor, laid the child on it, and
had him tightly rolled up. After lying ]
so for about four minutes he commenced t
to kiok, and crying most, pitifully, ' let , j
mo go; I'm roasted.' Ho was taken ; c
from this purgatory, washed, modically j
treated and cared for. The little fellow j j
is now in a fair way of recovery, thanks j j
to the doctor's experiment."
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A Lost Art Recovered. j,
t
A paper published in Virginia City, i (
Nev., says: L)r. J. S. Meyer of this city j1
claims to have discovered the secret by ! (
means of which the ancients were able J1
A aP Ui?nrirrn I f
I/O III 1111U LtJUlft uuu v>uapuo kjm. and
copper of a temper superior to that
of the best steel. He says he is confident
ho can make a bronze that in wear
and tear, temper and elasticity, will surpass
the best steel. The doctor hns
samples of the new metal which he will
show to persons desirous of seeing them,
and considers that he is near perfection.
Ho says the metal when completed can
never be analyzed, on account of its
peculiar manufacture. He hints that it
is a combination of copper and iron,
brought about through the addition of
somo third metal or other substance.
The doctor wishes some who can furnish
from $500 to 0700 to join him in
the manufacture of the new metal; that
he is to make a sufficient quantity for
testing, to show that it is really what he
claims for it,
PRESERVING FLOWERS.
How to Keep thcin Frenh and 'Natural with
Hulpluir? A Simple I'rocesn.
This process is a simple one. The
only articles necessary for this operation
are a close box, a pan for the sulphnr,
and a quantity of stick sulphur.
Collect enough flowers to fill a half-peck
basket, then obtain a square wooden
box (one of those in which tea is packed
is admirable for the purpose, being
light, close and of convenient size);
across the top of this on the inside, of
course?tack two narrow strips of wood
on opposite sides, upon which rest rods
or strips for the bunches of flowers to
hang from. The box must bo air-tight; .
but as tho burning sulphur would very
quickly consume the oxygen of the air
contained in it and the fire be extinguished,
it is necessary to have a hole :
or two bored, or a small door cut in the
lower part of one side, which may be 1
closed or opened at pleasure?the former
by means of plugs fitted to them, the ;
latter with a hinge, or a pair of them.
Arrange the flowers in loose clusters
of from (wo to a dozen, according to .
ftrrk r>ncciinn.flnTrprfl rvr
Dallas, four half-blown roses or two or
fhreo full-blown, a spray or two of fu- ^
:hsiaR or larkspur, pinks or lantanas, ]
jne or two camellias, a dozen for-getcne-nots,
or lilies of-the-valley, migno- (
uette, and so on, according to the size;.
liang each cluster as tied upon the rods, '
not touching each other. There will be
room for about four rows. In an iron
pan put a shovel partly full of clear live ,
ioals, spreading them*over the bottom;
place it on the bottom of the box, ,
sprinkle over the whole surface aboat *
;wo ounces of crushed sulphur, slide the
id into place, and the process is well
jommenced. The opening, whether *
lole or little door, ia kept open for a
:ew minutes, until, glancing in. you And
ill progressing favorably?no flame, but |
ibundance of sulphur fumes; then close (
lp air-tight, throw a heavy blanket or
3iece of thick carpet over, tucking it
slosely beneath the box, and leaving unnolested
for twenty-four hours, when, ,
f all lias "gone well," your flowers win | ~
ippear quite perfect in form, but bleach
;d to a dull creamy white shade.
This, upon exposing them to a pure
iir in a dry place, they gradually lose,
ind assume their natural tints, though
lot so intense in shade as previous to
;he bleaching process. If preferred,
,hey may bo touched up with water:olor,
and made to appear as if just
jlucked. It is absolutely necessary in
bis process to have the box air-tight,
ind to effect this we paste muslin over
ill tho edges and corners, and often
ifter closing tho lid pour a little liqnid
alaster of Paris around the edges. The
ittle door mentioned is made by sawing ,
mt a piece on one side of thebox, fiting
it carefully, and putting two small
linges on tho lower part so as to allow
t to fall back when unhooked, for the }
ipper edge should be furnished with a .
look made to fasten into the box, thus ^
lolding it snugly in place. When the ,
lulphur is once well ignited, the case .
nust bo kept as close as possible, a3 ^
ipon this depends tho success of the ,
jperation. The room in which the box
s placed must be dry, as a damp atmos- 1
ihere is nnfavorable to the bleaching
jrocess. ,
Flowers thus preserved, if tastefully
irranged under a shade or in a recess j
rarae, will retain their perfection of
orm and color for auy length of time.? j
Uarpcr's Bazar. .
i (
Catching Wild Horses. f
A well known example of the wild J
lorse is tho Mustang of the American '
?rairies. This animal is congregated in j
ast herds, which are always under the
fuardianship of a single leader, that is j
,ble, in some wonderful manner, to con ey
his orders to all his subjects simnlaneously.
The Mustang, probably inroduced
by the Spaniards, is a strong *
,nd useful animal, and is much sought ,
,fter as a saddle horse. To capturo
hese wild creatures i.^ a very difficult ,
aatter, and is generally managed by
he help of the lasso.
The pursuer provides himself with a .
trong noosed cord, rnido of twisted
trips of green hide, which, thus prelared,
is called a lasso, tho Spanish word
or a band or bond. Ho mounts a fleet .
lorse, and fastening one end of his lasso .
o tho animal, coils it in his left hand, ,
eaving tho extended noose to flourish in j
he air over his head. Selecting his
;ame, be gives it chase; and as scon
a he approaches the animal he intends
o seize, he takes the first opportunity
o whirl the lasso over his head, and immediately
chrcks his own charger. Tho (
iooso instantly contracts around the c
leek of the fugitive Mustang, and the x
reature is thus thrown violently down, n
ometimes unable to move, andgener- ii
lly, for the moment, deprived of breath, i
["his violent method of arrest frequently s
njures the poor animal, and sometimes r
yen results in his death. \
If he escapes, however, with his life s
ie becomes of great service to his mas- e
er, always remembering with great re- t
pect tho rude instrument of his cap- j \
ure, and ever afterwards yielding im- j r
nediately whenever he feels the lasso, j c
3eiug thus secured the lassoed horse is n
ilindfolded, terrible lever jaw-breaking | r
)its are put into his mouth, and he is j r
nounted by a rider armed with most! 1
>arbarous spurs. If the animal runs he ! t
s spurred on to the top of his speed, I"]
intil he tumbles down with exhaustion, j c
["hen he is turned about and spurred v
>ack again, and, if he is found able t.o
un back to the point whence he started, c
le is creuueu wira naving uotiomt-nunyu l
o make ft good horse; otherwise he is
urned off as of little or no value. In j I
arious parts of South America, Mexico t
nd California this mode of catchiug wild [ r
lorses is practised, and, indeed, forms t
he regular business of a large class of t
pild and careless Spaniards, Indians and r
talf-breeds, who eschew civilized soci- i
ty, and prefer to live a life of savage !
reedom and be their own masters.
Russian Importers. {(
A Russian trial has just resulted at I r
iiazan, Russia, in the condemnation of , t
ho accused persons to transportation | f
nto Siberia. A band of five, consisting j f
>f an old woman, named Tchoubaref i
ind her two daughters, a retired trum- j 1
jeter named Yripaief, and a peasant c
lameu Anosof, conspired to play upon J
jopular credulity. The threo women i ^
ook a house, in which they lifted up t
ieveral rooms for prayer, covering the j
vails with holy images and other arti- r
;les, which, as they asserted, had been <s
jrought from Jerusalem, Kieff aud vari-! t
ms plucen of pilgrimago. The people 1 ?
vho flocked to these rooms were ouly ! t
idmitted upou payment of a good round i f
mm, and tho three women earned a \
?reat reputation for piety by their de- \
rout exterior. They then took Vripaief {
tud Anosof to loilge with them, aud the {
'ormer went abaut the country celebrat- ; c
ng their praises, while Anosof pretend- I <
- * * ? ?^i.1- XL. I *
Hi to DC OUUOWCd wiui uiu guu ui j i
propbccy. Anosof played his part so ! <
Ivell that his confederates were able to [ (
;ollect a large sum of money for build- j i
ng a convent and ft hospital, ono of ' f
;heir firsti, victims being a nun. Their ]
loings at length Attracted the attention i
)f the police, ftnd iu the course of tho <
;rial more than eighty witnesses were
jailed to prove the charges. Yet so
strong was tho general belief in their i
<ftnctity that the evidence, conclusive as <
it was, failed to convince many, and they i
ire looked upon ?b martyrs. i
Bljah's Advice to an Aggrieved Wife
A little woman with a tear trembling
on the end of her nose entered the parlor,
sank into the red rocking-chair and
timidly asked:
"Mr. Joy, can I trnst yon ?"
"Madam, you can I" he promptly replied.
"I don't like to hear a man
praise himself, but I believe I can go to
any grocery in Detroit and got trusted
for one dozen clothes pins without having
to leave any security whatever. J
now have in my possession thirty-five
cents which were handed mo by a street
car driver to buy him some tinted notepaper,
and if I embezzle one cent of it
I hope to be bald headed all my days !
Yes, madam you cau trust me,"
"I?I was married about three years
ago," began the woman after considerable
hesitation.
"Don't doubt it in the least, madam,
and I suppose it was a case of love ?"
"It seemed so. My husband seemed
to think everything of me, and I know
I almost worshipped him. Wo were
very, very happy until a year ago."
"Yes, I suppose so, madam. As
Miltoa says:
" Do called mo his birdio?his angel?
[ thought him the dearest oa earth ;
knd we'll dance all night 'till broad daylight,
ind?and? and so forth."
"A few months ago," she softly continued,
"ho began finding fault because
[ did not use raoro big words in talking,
md said that my grammar was perfectly
iwful. Not a day passes that he does
lot upbraid mo and sometimes I even
ivifih 1 were dead."
"Madam, does he find any fault Tyith
pour cooking ?"
"No, not anv."
"And in making the bod'Jrou don't
?et the foot the highest ?"
"Oh, no."
"And never finds buttons off his
ihirts?never comes home to meals and
Inds tho stove cold, and you gossiping
)ver the gate ?"
"He never has to wait one minute for
my of his meals, sir."
"Your husband had no fault to find
'or a year or two?didn't seem to notice
pour lack of big words while the honeynoon
lasted ?"
"No."
"Verv well, madam, your husband's
:oat is too big to fit him in tlie tack,
iut I think wo can put another on bim.
tfow, tben, will you do as I tell vou
o?'
"Ob, sir, I couldn't poison bim?
;ouldu't do such a thing !" sbo es;laimed.
"Pizen, madam 1 Do I resemble a
iend ? Do I seem like a murderer ? I
lon't want you to kill bim, but I want
x> help you win back his love and get
lis nosb down where it used to be.
What time do you have supper
"At Rix, sir."
"Well, you go borne from here and
ipset two or three chairs in the sitting oom,
toss the broom out doors, scatter
;he contents of the work-basket around
;he house, and make things look as if
;here had been a tramp-mooting held
;here; put in just half enough toi, burn
pour biscuit, and for sauco cut up the
lardest peaches you can fiod in market,
is he comes homo have an old dress on
ind your hair down, and tho minute he
inters the house you must remark that
the loveliness of the^evening seems to
percolate the entire catastrope of the
aygienic influence.' Big words, you
lee?grammar till bis hair stands up! If
n t !i-K xl-- i.^11 U:
ae Illias lauifc wuu ihb Bumper luu uim
;hat tbo encumbrance appears to elucilato
the tarantula, and if that doesn't
etch him yoa can coutinue to affiliate
vith the pabulistic enigma. Give him
)ig words and bad biscuits?XXX
grammar and sloppy tea, and I'll bet
ive hundred bag-puddings agin a penly
whistle that ho'll get up from that
able with his nose as low down as tho
nercury iu January."
"Mr. Joy, I'll try it 1" she exolaimod
is she rose up.
"Never known to fail?money rounded
if it doesn't work," he replied.
Her eyes sparkled, a flush came to
ler cheeks, and she went out saying :
"The etymology of the diaphragm
liscovers a conclusive antiquarian tendmcy
to disruption."
Bijah loaned back, rubbed the down
iff a Crawford peach, and growled :
"Yes, that's so, and if sho onlv folows
my advice that husband will dream
o-night, that he's a grammar and that
our dictionaries are runniug him acrots
ots to tho river. I've been right thar!"
-Detroit Free Press.
Health Preservative.
The eminent hygienic reformer, Edwin
Jhadwick, cites facts to prove that skinleanliness,
frequent ablutions of tho
rhole person, is a powerful preservative
.gainst all infectious and contagious
liseases. He asserts that in children's
nstitutions the death-rate and cases of
ickness have been reduced one-third by
eguiar iieau'tu-iuuLuuiubiuuo wnu tcpiu
rater. Medical mr-n of experience, who
erve amid plagues and the most terrible
pidemics givo themselves regular heado-foot
ablutions twice a day. Mr. Chadrick
adds: " If I had again to serve as a
nember of a general board, and had to
exercise authority in providing defences
.gaiust epidemics, I wo"l<l propose
cgulations for the immediate and geneal
' rubbing' of the population, and
lave it seen to as sedulously as vaccina* |
ion for }?rotection against small-pox." |
Co show the influence of skin cleanliness
>n the assimilation of food, Mr. Chadrick
relates the following incident:
"A friend of mine," he writes, "in
lommand of a brigade in Spain, was
lemmed in. and his men were put on
ory short rations. To amuse them?it
)eiiig summer time?heencouraged ti.em
o bathe daily iu a river close by, and he
emarked, as a result he had not expected,
hat his men were in as good strength as
he unwashed soldiers on their full
ations." Similar results are observable
n the inmates of a well kept prisons.
The Origin or Sexes.
Aristophanes, the funny man of classic
Greece, gives the following myth: Onca
ipou a time man ha l three sexes and a
louble nature; besides this, he was rer-n_
1
eciiy ruULUI, kuu Ui*u il/ujl u.hju.i auu
our feet, ouo head with two faces lookup
opposite ways, set on a single neck.
kVhen these creatures pleased, the.y
sould wali: as we do now, but if they
vantoil to go faster they would roll over
vith their four legs in the air, like a
umbler turning somersaults; and their
)rii!e and strength were sucb that they
uade war upon the gods. Jupiter reieuted
their insolence, but hardly liked
o kill them with thuuder-bolts, as the
fods would then lose their sacrifices.
Vt last he hit upon a plan. "I will cut
hem in two," he said, "so that they will
valk on two legs instead of four. They
vill then be only half as insolent, but
;wice as numerous, and we shall get
;wice as many sacrifices." This was
lone, and the two halves are continually
joing about looking for one another. If
,vo mortals (says Aristophanes, with a
iomic air of apprehension) are not
obedient to the gods, there is danger
hat wo shall be split up again, and
shall have to go about in basso-relievo,
fimiruo vtnfli nnltr a unQA
ixvu mum> **4.v,...j ??.. ? -wwV,
which yen may see sculptured on our
solumns.
" It's a poor rule that won't work both
ways " is supposed to have originated
with the schoolboy who took the rule
iwav from hie teacher and knocked him
:lowu with it.
FARM, (MHI)EN AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Harvester*.
Tho harvest comes, and all our fields
Are weighted down with splendor;
Tho seasons have been more than fair,
And nature moro than tender.
If other lands havo bled in war,
In labor ours was peaceful;
And not a harvest yield for years
Has been more grandly blissful.
And now the harvesters are out
Before the snu is shining,
With ready hearts and bare arms strong;
No rest till its declining.
They sing their songs, and gather in
The honest earth's profusion,
And shout to Want and Misery,
"Hero's to you both, confusion!"
Long era the jovial harvesters
Come in for supper thirsting,
Those stalwart arms and hands expert
Have filled the barn to bursting;
And piled around tho teeming barn
Huge stacks that blush with clover,
And trimmed their sides and thatched their
tops
With straw and "riders" over.
If we can call a blessing down
For any living creature,
Be it upon the Harvester,
Tho Treasurer of Naturo.
?New York Mail.
Farm and Garden Notes*
Destroy tomato worms.
Mulch newly-planted trees.
Eradicate weeds by band picking.
Cucumbers of slow growth are bitter.
Provide good pare water for live
Sprinkle air-slaked lime on turnips to
destroy the "turnip flea."
The temperature of a stable should be
sixty-five degrees, and free from moisture.
It is assorted that tomatoes as food
for cows improve both the quantity and
quality of the milk, and give the cream
and butter a rich golden color.
It is said in the N. E. Farmer, that!
Water may bo drawn on a stoneboat or
cart with very little if any sloping over,
by simply laying on tho water a round
board, about two inches less in diameter
than the inside of the vessel.
Top dressing mowing fields as soon as
poBsiblo after tho hay is removed is attended
with excolleut results. The stubble
and roots are protected from excessive
drying by the hot sun, and the
grass is stimulated to a vigorous growth.
For some sorts of vegetables, as lettuce,
cress, radishes and onions, the
Chinese system of keeping the soil continuously
wet is the best that can be
adopted. It produces a crispiness in
tho vegetables that is obtained only
when there has been no check in the
growth.
Professor Lazenby, "after numerous
experiments and very careful trials,"
commends the following as "safe, cheap
and effective applications " for the cabbage
worm?using either two or three
times during the season: 1. A pound of
whale-oil soap in about six gallons of
water. 2. A few quarts of tar in a barrel
of water.
It is a foreign journal which makes
the novel announcement that if a livo
crab is placed in a heap of infested I
grain so that it cau't get out, the vermin
will enter its shell; and if removed
twenty-four hours later it will bo found
to contain worms instead of crab-flesh.
Throw it in the firo and enter another
animated trap, and another, till the
grain is cleared.
Household Hints.
To Renovate Black Memno.?Rip
the dress apart; then noak the goods in
warm soapsuds two hours; dissolve one
ounce of extract of logwood in a bowl of
warm water; add sufficient warm water
to cover the goods, which is to be taken
from the suds without wringing; let the
dress stand in the logwood water all
night; in the morning rinse in several
waters without wringing in the last
water; add one pint of sweet milx; iron
while damp; it will look like new.
To Bijow Oct a Kerosene Lamp.?
Raise the flame until it just does not
smoke, and then blow sharply across the
top of the chimney. The light will be |
instantly extinguished. The philosophy !
of the actiou is simple and interesting.
? xl.~
.blowing over me lop ui iuo jtuuip wunta
a rarefication of the air which the air of
the chimney rushes up to all, thus being
lifted, as it were, away from the flame,
which of course must cease to bum.
Blowing down into the chimney is thus
avoided.
Polish for Floors.?One pound of
beeswax, one quart of benzine?the
beeswnx melted soft, to which add the
benzine; put them over a range or stove,
the fire closely covered, as benzine is
highly inflammable; stir together till
well mixed. These are the proportions,
the quantity must depend upon the
space to be covered. Apply to the floor,
first making it clean, and ruo in
thoroughly. It shows the grain of the
wood, and makes a permanent polish,
growing better by use and rubbing in.
It is free of dust, aud clean, and is not I
laborious to take care of, twice a year
rubbing, and sweeping, so to say, with
broom in a flannel cover.
I
All the Fish You Catch.
Charles Hallock, editor of the Forest
and Stream, has a very humane and
thoughtful article on this subject. Not
ouly because it is humane, but because
it j n nC
It improves tu? quuuty auu uivui ui tuo
fish, lie urges upou all anglers the duty
of killing their fisli as they catch them.
Many anglers do this habitually, but
all do not. We subjoin an extract from
Mr. Hallock's article:
As boys, we were taught that fish had
no feeling, aud we believed that what
might bo cruelty to a dog was harmless
pastime as respects fish. But autopsy
aud science have proved our belief an
error, and wo discover that contortious
and gaspings are evidences of pain and
distress, though wo assume that their
nervous system is comparatively of a
low order. That fishes have iutelligence
and can be taught, that they have memory,
that they have diserimiuatiou aud
discernment, and that they possess the
five senses, each to a great or small degree;
that they aro to a limited extent
sentient and Veasoniug creaturej?all
these have become evident. If it is
ordained to us that we are to derive sport
from the prolonged apprehensions of the
fish while hooked (uot from his bodily
paiu, for the mere prick of the hook
gives him little, aud often none at all),
l.if no lior>/lla !,*?? miirpifn]It !ifhr*r
bis torment begins, and it begins nftor
bo is withdrawn from bis native element.
If he is small, tnlce him around tho body
and considerately rap the tip of his head
upon a stono or the thwart of the boat;
if large, rap his head with a heavy stick;
or, what is more genteel and to tho
point, pierce the cervical column at the
base of the brain with a euarp knife.
This produces paralysis and almost immediate
death. Ic leaves tho corpse in
a shapely and seemly condition. Admiration
of its unbattered beauty is
added to the pleasure of capture, and
your fish remains a proper subject for
the market or studio. Brother anglers !
learn to be humaue.
Items of Interest.
A cannibal?one who loves his fellow- |
men. .<$
The folly of soma is a fond of wit for i
others.
"Do fish talk? Certainly; out in
Colorado Pile's Peak."
Tbo boy with the big watch said time
hung heavy on his hands. og
A volume that always brings a^tear to
the eyes. ? A volume of smoke.
Honor and shamo from no condition ri?;
Act well your part and then go advertise.
' ' 1 1J - wn'/rt nmoatr 4v\ a etrf% tviTl- . ;
now HUUUXU U vrnc OJ/-41H ? < gkiuuv* _
ling linsband? "My dear, I love, you I
still."
The potato crop for the United States '?
for the past five years has averaged 145,?
000,000 bushels. . t
John Hancock's gravo in the old '
Granary burying ground, Boston, has .
no scone to mark it.
Swinging is said by the doctors to be
goo 1 exercise for the health, but many a
poor wretch has come to his life by it.
They say thine eyee, like snnny ekiee, ^ '
The chiof attraction form.
I fee no sunshine in those eyes,
They take me all by storm.
What is the difference between an
apothecary and a farmer who reads and
knows more than his neighbors? Ans:
One is a pharmaceutist and the other is
the 'cutist farmer.
A -farmer found a potato-bug on hifl J _
dinner-table, the other day, and thus to 'M
the bug he ejaculated : "Good heavens!
have you got to have your potatoes
cooked this year?"
Railroads carry 3:000,000 passengers
safely where they kill one, but the
trouble is to know when the 3,000,000 *
have been counted up and the killing is
to begin.?Detroit Free Press.
In England when the corn and wheat I
nsed to be threshed by means of the . I
flail, and the grains were consequently I
subjected to the ravages of mioe, a fame ' I
owl was as common inthe barn as a' cat J
Ill tUC liUUDC.
I Portugal has but one university.
| Coimbra, fonnded in 1290. It has |
seventy instructors and 1,100 students,
j There are 2,450 elementary iel^Dpls, and.,
parents whose children cannot read end*
[ write by fifteen, lose their political jj
j right*.
Josh Billings, in a zoological moment,
writes: "The peculiarity of the fly ia
tuat he returns to tho same spot; but it
is the character of the mosquito that he
returns to another spot. Thus be differs.
from tijo leopard, which does not change
his spots."
The editor of the New York Advocate
Walter H. Shupe, Lias filed a petition to
be declared a bankrupt. His liabilities M
are roportecVat $69,528.58 and nis assets j*"
$387. His principal creditor is Andrew /
Luke, of 111 Fulton St., to whom he
owes $47,000 on two separate claims.? \
Newspaper Reporter.
It is said that 3,000,000 persons in
France are afflicted with inability to
distinguish colors (Daltonism). The
number of women so afflicted, as com- *
pared with the number of men, is in the JR
j proportion of one to ten. Nine cases 3
of Daltouism out of ten may easily be /
cured in young subjects. The brat * <'
means of treatment consists in methodiI
cal exercise upon colored objects. ,V. '?
A young man named Amos Grogor,-of if
Fredericksburg, O., was instantly killed* \
by the accidental discharge of his gun*
His mother called to him to get his rifle
nn/I n rnf WHS in the VOrd. *
He got Lis gun, and to see whether
was loaded, placed his mouth over the'
muzzle, aud raised the hammer with hia
foot. His foot slipping off, the balls . ^
severed the large artery and lodged in
the base of the brain.
Mrs. Chenery, of Salem, Mass., had;'"hor
pocket-book, containing sixty-nine
dollars in bills, a silver half dollar and a
railroad ticket, and clasped with steel
clasps, struck by lightning during a '
shower. She feit the shock * and >
smelkd burning leather but did not notice
the effect till some time after, when
she opened the wallet and found, the
greenbacks burned to a crisp, the silver
coin blackened on one side and the
ticket scorch'*I.
A Spanish Prison.
The iron gates swing back; year stick
or umbrelh is taken from you; you
stumble down the dark, time-eaten, si
filthy staircase, and find in the courtyard
below the ground some twentyor
thirty of the very scum of the capital,"
herding together, smoking, singing -obscene
pongs lying stretched out on the
stones, or, worse than this, recounting
O"'1 l-i<-inofir>rr nrimM RnmA ffiW
QUU UVUOUIU^ V<1 n, - - ,. _
are reading, sor there is a regular criminal's
cheap literature current, called the
litorature of the Saladero. I never in
raj whole life have seen faces of so bad
and brutalized a type as those which
swarmed at every iron grating. The
place was terribly dirty; wet, dirt and
literature strewed the stairs and courtyard.
Thence to the sleeping-places,
vaulted chambers, half-moon aperatures
admitting a ray of light, just enough to ''
show the filthiness of the place; stonei
flagged floor, wet and reeking with dirt;
j long rows of slopping boards, eaten up
with vermin, along the walls for beds;
while only over one or two hung the
dirty rug which showed that the Bleeper
| had some covering at night; the heat
great; the smell insupportable,?Roee,
in "Among the Spanish People."
Paris Shops.
A Paris letter savs: There is a very
curious commercial feature about Paris.
I said to a Daue by birth, and a cosmopolitan
by nature, " I see no wholesale
houses here." He replied, "There are
j none," which was certainly a good reaj
son for my not having seen them. He
: added: "*My dear sir, the Frenchman
j has no idea of a rebate for a quantity.'-v
i If von are asked one franc for one bot- s
j tie of wine you will do assea i?u tauuo8ii(l
francs for ton thousand bottles, or aI
million francs for a million bottles." In
the r tail business tbey look upon trade
j with this solitary retail eye. Thirty
centimes for some little lace edging per
yard. Two hundred yards of it coald
not b<* bought a centime less per yard
j than was asked for one yard. The last
was a personal experience, whilo a looker;
on, where three women were being
struck dumb with this monstrous idea.
French manufacturers, of course, have
their agencies here, perhaps, occupy
in# a little room, but in all Paris one cannot
had a jobbing house, a big wholesale
n.imnn'rcinii house. or anything resem
I bling a stock of goods for sale at wholesale
prices. Paris is essentially in trade,
a city of shops.
I wo Cionds Act as a Focus.
The Wilmiugtop, N. C., Star says:.
"A few days since two or three men
wore coming down the river on a flat,
and had reached a point abont fonrteen
1 miles above this city, when two small
! black clouds came nearly together, with
the snu shining through tho open space,
constituting a focus of the sun's raye of
such strength and power that a white
man, who was steering the flat at the
time, and who happened to be in a posiI
tion to get the full force of the piercing
I rays, had his back and arms blistered to
| a cake, and it was found necessary to
j inn the flat ashore with all possible despatch,
when the man in question crawled
into the bushes in a shadv rlsce to cool
I off."
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