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BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1878. NO. 20. VOLUME XXVI. %
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In Harvest Time.
I sat one morning in a little lane,
Under a canopy of bramble leaves ;
I wstched tho reapers on the heavy wain
Pile high. A.ith cheerful toil, the golden
sheaves.
The eager little children f-tcorl around,
With tiny harvest-gleanings of the corn
Under their arnie. sbcafwise. with poppies
bound,
Their mimic labor ell the merry morn
I watched the slow-drawn, bounteous load depart.
Tho children following down tho shady lane;
And, left alone, I asked my empty heart,
" Where are the gathered sheaves of ripened
grain V
Why comes no sound of harvest joy to thee?"
But my dumb heart no answer had for me.
" Heart," said I further, " there was good
seed sowu
Deep in thy furrows ere last winter's snow,
And in the springtime tender airs were blown
Across thee, and (rod gave thee summer's
plow;
Where is thy harvest of good things and true,
Tee fruit of this thy grouud which God hath
tilled,
The crown of wotk appointed thee to do,
Ihe sheaves wherewith His garner should be
filled ?
Where is the harvest j . tiiy reapinrr ?o"g,
Tny blameless over houcsi i-poi!?
Thy deep conteutiuf-nt natinried an ' strong.
Thy worthy resting after worthy toil ?
He who gave eeediimo would thy harvest see."
Yet still my heart no answer made to me.
But ere the autumn seedtime came agaiu,
God smote th? furrows of my silent heart?
The plowshares of strong sorrows and sharp
pain
Delved deeply, striking to tho inmost part
Wherein full soon the good seed gently fell,
The which my heart received, ?epentant,
grave,
And brought to fruit in season duly?well?
And God the increase of that harvest gave
What though in weariness my sheaves were
bound
With faded flowers of happiness and love,
What though within my heart no song was
found,
A reaper's joy in harvesting to prove?
An angel lighted on the new-reaped sod,
Antl ham the blessed first-fruits un to God !
Two ImDortant Papers.
"I don't know what I shall do with
thnt 'ere boy," said Farmer Long to his
wife, as they sat by the tiro that winter
morning. "He's more harnm-skarum
than that State's reform-school boy
was."
' Well, father, have patience with him
for the sake of his folks. I think there's
something in Jim that will surprise you
one of these days."
"Idunno whether he'll surprise me
enny more'n he has or not. Last spring
he made b'l'eve he knowed all 'bout
foiling down sap, 'nd surprised me by
burnin'the bottom uv the sap-pan eont
*nd settin' the sap-house on tire. Last
summer he broke more tools in hayiu'
time than all the rest nv us together.
And dear me! Yeou'd orter seen him
dig pertoters last fall! I'll venter he omt
every third one in tew?et 'em ez
ef he was splittin' rock-maple logs. 'Nd
neow he's broke my best three tined
pitchfork in some way, a feedin' the cat tie.
He's only sixteen y'r old. Ef he
does this in the green tree, what in
nater *11 he do in the dry ?"
After these remarks about the boy he
had taken to keep until he was of age,
the farmer started for the barn. He
was bending over the great meal-chest,
just inside the barn door, as a laudem
team was turning around the corner of
the barn. This team consisted of a wild
yearling steer and the boy, Jim Fowler.
The "team" was on the "dead" run.
The youth had hold of the steer's tail
unfK lito hcnrl ami IiaIiI nlnff. fi milk
ing-stool in his rignt.
Mr. Long was unaware of danger,
and when something struck him, and
immediately he fouud himself on his
back in the meal-chest, his first thought
was of an earthquake or a tornado or
some other dread outbreak of forces. He
emerged from the chest just in time to
see his lime-backed steer pass on into
the stable and Jim Fowler arise halfstunned
from the floor.
" Yeou young scamp 1" he thundered,
" yeou'll murder somebody yet?er?er
I shall, if yeou don't stop yer dumbed
work."
The boy did not laugh at the millerlike
appearance of the man. His own
face was white as the farmer's as he
said :
" I'm awful sorry, Mr. Long."
'Idunno whether yer be er not,"
replied the latter. " But I'll tell yer
neou 'nd here, Jim Fowler, what's what.
When yer father died yeou hadn't a relative
left."
' No, sir, they wan't none left," broke
in the youth ; and the tears filled his
eye*.
" I promised him a little afore he
died, I'd take care on ye nntil yeou was
old enough ter take care tiv ye'self; 'nd
do well by ye?give ye a common school
eddication 'nd so on. 'Nd I mean ter
do it if yer conduct don't become onbarable.
But yeou must be more stiddy
'nd man-like 'nd not plague me ter
J3 ? i.1- 1 ? TV'w/v Uoa.
ueaku Ufcy jei rtroivieoBucBa. u joucai i
" Yea, I'm goin' to try, Mr. Long."
"That's the sorter talk. I want ye
ter go ter school an' git ter be ez smart
ez Jennie is, ef ye can. Yeon er tew
years older'n she is 'nd y'aint nowhere
side her."
" I know it. I aint nowhere side by
her."
Jennie, the farmer's daughter, wa3 a
bright girl; and as pretty as a pink.
Jim did not wonder that her father and
mother were proud of lur ; or that thev
felt there was a vast difference between
him and her. He thought there was
himself; and he believed she did, for
one day of the last summer, when he
stumbled on her flower-bed, fche spoke
sharply at him and. if he had not misunderstood
her, called him a " beggar.'
He was careless and stupid ; if she
hait said as much, he would have
thought it justifiable uuder the circumstances.
But for her to speak in that
way?as if his misfortune was his fault
?made him almost hate her. He did
not answtr back, but the look he gave
her kept her from ever repeating the
taunt; and also from forgetting that she
had once made it.
Yet he continued to be the same careless
" Jim " up to this winter morning.
But; when Mr. Long had administered
bis reproof and returned to the house tc
i 1- At- 1 t .ii,IT-.
Drusa Hid Iilfiti ixulu uio uiymcs, tut
youth fell into c profonud meditation,
out of which he came^ with this ejacula
tiou :
Til do it!"
When the next term of school began
thero were two scholars from Farrae;
Long's.
Jennie and Jim.
They went togethe: ; but they eepa
rated when they got t here, for Jennii
was in a higher department than Jin
could enter. This was the first tern
the latter had ever begun with a deter
mination to learn. That he was now s<
determined is proved by the answer hi
gave to his teacher on the first day o
school, when she asked liim, amoof
other things, what he wanted to do; i
was this': "I want ter git ter k?ow e;
much ez Jennie Long does."
How did he come out? Well, hi
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; .
i went to school every terra for th:
j years. He studied evenings, and nil 1
time when not at work, daring vacatio
By incessant devotion to his bo<
thvough those three years, he was a
to master all the text-books used in t]
institution. For the last two terms
his course, he was a member of Jenni
classes. He graduated when she di
and, in most of their joint studios, v
I marked several points above her.
How did Jim think he came ot
Going home with Jennie that last di
after school had closed, he repeated 1
words Mr. Long had spoken three ye
before : " Y'aint nowhere side uv her
i aud thought they were truer now tb
ever.
Had tbo "want ter git ter kno^
i which he began, given place to
! " want" less likely to be satisfied ?
If Jennie had been aware that her o
views concerning the result of th
i rivalry?if it was such?coincided w
Jim's, she probably wonld not ha
1 expressed herself as she did to 1:
i mother, that evening, when they t
were alone. "I suppose," said si
" he thinks he's done a wonderful thin
but I don't. If I had studied a
j studied and studied as he has, I shov
have been far ahead of the great?gr<
' ?giant. But of course I don't carc
fig about it, mamma."
Whether Jennie's remarks ind;eat
a happy frame of mind or not, might
b question. But without question a
used a happy word when she spoke
i Jim as a giant, for he was a migl
I youth. Jennie was really petite, S
knew it; but it did not trouble her tl
those girls who were familiar with L
called her " Little Jennie Long."
Jim knew that he was of great statu
! for his age; and was a little sensitive
\ that point. I don't think he fanci
being called "Big Jim." And it m
have been his aversion to that nai
that accounted partly for his blushi
; so deeply one morning of his last teri
: ?i _ L.a a -1 i. i. ^i.
wnen no uau uiKeu rns seat m me upt
' ing of school. Some mischievons yon
| had written a stanza on the blackboa
j ?which was on the wall that faced t
seats?and written it in such a lar
hand that every scholar could read
from where he sat. This is a copy
the lofty verse that the teacher hasten
to erase as soon as she discovered wl]
the scholars were laughing at:
" Bat ono dares write?what everyone knowf
That Beveral ?ittle fellers fret,
j Because a chance they never get
To walk and talk with Jenuie Long.
; Who hinders them ? Big Jim?the strong,
j He comes with her: and with her goes ;
I And thinks eho wants him to, I s'pose."
! When Jim's eyes caught that, his fa
! turned very red, as red as?Jennie's.
The youth that wrote that poe
! "dared" to write it; but ho did n
j dare to make himselt known.
, Of course it was nothing but " boj
| play," but Jim felt that he was ne
j enough to being a man to look at it frc
i a man's Btand-point. And looking at
j in that light, he thought it proper to t<
I Jenuie that night when they went hoc
i that he was very sorry that some mei
fellow had annoyed her in such a wa
; that he would find out the puppy w]
: wrote the stuff and give him a aoui
I thrashing.
But Jennie, to the surprise of Jii
j could not see wherein she had been i
jured to an extent that demanded ai
such course as he proposed to take. Ai
she dissuaded him from his sanguina
purpose. Not easily, however, but 1
arguments made in an earnest rnannc
1 and urged more and more strongly, u
I til ho was conquered.
Without meaning it. perhaps, Jeanc
j said some things, before they reach
{ her father's door, that were calculate
| to mislead Jim, as to the place he occ
i piod in her thoughts. It was nothii
positively encouraging; but somethii
j that came nearer to being that than an
| thing she had ever before said to hii
; Of course it must have been uuinte
| tional, for nothing in that line w
repeated during their walks to aud frc
j school the remainder of the terra. Ai
: when the term closed, as was said befoj
Jiui felt that she was farther from hi
; than ever. He saw with the clearness
| vision that is characteristic of yow
men in his state of mind, the hopelei
ness of any attempt to make himself !i
equal in any respect, and theu acted
i a youth in his circumstauce3 usual
does. He intended to remain with M
Long until he was of age, for he knew
could be of great service to the farm
in the two years that intervened betwe
the present and that time. And ;
; wished to repay the latter for his kit
ness to him.
For the tirst few months of those t1
years, he was apparently quite seif-p<
sessed in his association with Jenn
But that is all that can be 6aid to 1
credit. He broke down?utterly si
cumbed?before six months had passe
proposed; and?told Jennie he did c
blame her for not caring for him, a
hoped she would forgive him for off*
ing such a poor creature as himself
I one like her; that he could not help
j that he felt he must know what he w
to her, and now he did know.
Jim had discovered Jennie the eveni
when he asked that question, sitting
a bench under the great maple, back
the house. There she left him, a
went into the house ; and there foi
long time he rem vuied after she 1>
gone, sitting in her place, with a oeni
tion at his heart unlike anything he h
ever before experienced. Not content
! fn lof. " xr??ll finnncli" nlone. he li
gone from the negative comfort of cc
jectnre into the positive pain of c<
tainty.
The noxt morning he entered up
hie labors with less encouragement th
Jacob did upon his, alter Laban's seco
promise. Less by as much as a refu:
j is less than a promise.
And Jennie? If her night's re=?t h
i been less sweet and refreshing th
usual, she showed no signs of it. S
appeared to bo merrier than she h
been for somo time. Early in the d
when she and her mother wore engag
in the labors of the household, she si
prised the latter very much by a " s<
son" of laughing ? a seasou of \t
I violent laughing.
"Jennie!" exclaimed Mrs. Long,
I last, dropping into a chair, " What d<
j ail yon ? "
j " Why, mamma, it's the funni
| thing?I've been proposed to."
j "Proponed to I By whom ? "
j "By Jim.''
! " By oar Jim, Jennie? "
j " Our Jim, mamma."
"The foolish boy ! Of course you t<
him, kindly, that you both were 1
young to think of marriage. Yc
father was twenty-six. and I was twen
i two when we were married. What <
); you tell him, Jennie ?"
, ! "I told him?no! "
| " That was right; only I?I hope j
did not hnrt his feelings any more tt
was necessary. I trust he will fori
, all about it soon "?
r| " What, mamma? "
j " I mean, Jennie, that I hope lie v
| see how foolish he liaB been, and fori
-! all about you before he goes away."
a " Oh, certainly I?I hope he wil
1 j will forget?and?see how it is, bef<
1 | then. He's poor, you know?very, ]
- I told him so. I wauted to?help?L
3 forget, as you say, and so I Faid in c
0 I married, in the oourse of twenty
f twenty-five years, I should proba
? wed a very rich man ; then I should
t be any trouble to my?hus?husbai
s but that I shouldn't do for a poor n
at all"
aj "Well, Jennie, I do sincerely w
ree that be may Boon care as little for yon
fcho you do for him."
us. i As the months passed away, Mi
>ks ' Long, watching Jim, concluded that ]
ble | had not suffered much by the reje.cti<
lint i he had recc-ived. Tlio kind-hearted w
t of ' man was glad to think it was so. Co
e's i sidering all things, the less attrnctii
id ;' her daughter had for the young fello
ras the better.
Jennie, also, hopiDg as we rtiay su
it ? pose that Jim, for the sake of his pea
l7> of mind, would outgrow his affection f
:he her, after a littlo while, decided that 1
had. She was very glad of it. And y
there was a tinge of melancholy in t]
ian discovery. She was glad for his sal;
because he had suffered so; but it was
" abstractly considered?a very solen
a j thought that so strong an attachme
' ? lirtA/1 Wnf tliaf alio TTAII
| WU3 BU BllUl It'llVC7U. 1W? u?v f?ww
wp i have had it last longer in this particul
eir j case?oh, no; but there might come
ith i time when she should want to kuow th
ivo I the one who had so great a rogard f
ier : her was to have it forever. But wh
wo j was she to expect ? Was Jim a fa
' sample of mankind in this respect ?
g; If Farmer Long had been an obser
Qd | ing man, during these days he cou
dd have seen coming into Jim's face som
?at ; thing that could not have failed to r
> fl I mind him of the time when the youtl:
: mother and Mrs. Long wero girls, ai
?d j the best-looking ones in the villag
bo I The father's strength had come in
be | Jim's body and limbs, but he was g?
of I ting his mother's face by installment
ity ! These were to be his possessions wh<
be j he was of age.
iat I As his twenty-first year drew toward i
ier close, he could not tell whether to be git
or sorry for it. His reason told him to f
ir0 and forget?he had not forgotten, yc
011 see?in the excitement of businep* om
eti where, his disappointment. But th:
a.y heart of his kept forever ans wering " sU
ne another year." He was in this state
aS mind the day before he was twenty-on
m I . n? j; J.u?4. .1 ,
' ; Alter UiUUOI luau uujr lie ncui nuu uu> \
j the bench under the great maple. E
i Went there that lie might bo alone to d
i j cide whether he would follow the dictat
"e | of his reason or give way to Ihe longinj
I of his heart. Reason at last curried tl
I day. He arose from his seat, and sa
?* : aloud, and decisively: "I shall go."
ecJ was settled. He had told the family a
iat ! aloug that he should go away when 1
j became of age. He was glad they kne
' it and had become reconciled to (perhaj
! wished) it. Ho was set upon lookic
1 straight ahead now, and determined m
to look back.
i And he did look straight ahead?looi
he stared, for just a second or two, at
ce j then went head, straight and fast. U
the slightly-ascending meadow Jenu
! , was ruuning *o\vard the house; and m
0 far behiud her was the four-year-ol
, J lime-back, pursuing. It was fortuna:
8 for Jennie Long then that Jim was nea
ar and that he was " big " and strong ar
v? brave. Jim was bent on getting betwe?
Jennie and that mad brute, and he coul
3 not ?top to find weapons. He rushe
Q past her, and at that moment her strengl
gave way and she fell. If Jim had mac
7' ' a mismove?but he did not. With grei
11 j dexterity he seized the animal by tl
1( s horns as it came up, and putting fort
i all his strength drew its head with sue
n' j force and suddenness to one side as 1
D" ; throw it down. Then springing 1
^ 1 Tnnnifl Vio/1 firiuon nnrl otnrwi ni
able to move, from fright, he cangl
Jp' her iu his arms and bore her to a pla(
^ of safety over the -wall.
!r' When Jennie could speak, she turne
u" to Jim and asked: "What if you be
been killed?'
111 " O, there would have been a beggf
! less, that's all," said he, and be walke
' away.
u j An hour later Jim, in a deep reveri
j was sitting under the old maple. E
j heard the rustling of a dress, the soun
' of approaching feet, un 1 then Jennie
gontlecall, "Jim?"
n" | He arose and looked at her.
a3 1 " Jim, do you?hate me ? "
"No, worse tliau that?for ma."
. I "Worse? Then voa?don't?feel tc
:e' , ward mS as?as, you did once? "
lc? i "No, for I love vou more."
ot i "Truly, Jim?"
Qs"! "Truly."
" Well, then," you may read what
? | have written on this paper; bnt don
,,H ' open it till I get a long way off."
[ ! She handed him the paper and turne
I and walked in the directiou of the hous<
Jim was not long in opening that not<
" and reading :
[ie "Dear Jim:
j. D.m't go away. Jennie."
Nor did the writer of it get a "Ion
wo ' way " off before he overtook hep.
i ttti t._s ..~a 1 iv
JS" I >v 1IC1X O Xill uuu U CJJU1D ciiiviDU IL
ie. house together, a little later, Farm*
lis Long looked at them sharply for a m<
ie- ment, and then, aa if what he saw wa
ranted him, he arose and also hande
iot Jim a paper, saying as he did so :
d "I fl'hd like ter have yeou look th
jr- ere dockerment over'n Bee ef it is ke
to rect. I don't want no mistake 'bout i
it; The place that jmei mine wea iur sale'
as I've hot it. This <.re'p the deed on't."
And so it was. And that " docke
Dg ment " was ^nade to run to James Fowl*
on I and hisb^irs.?Springfield Republican
nd i
j Effect of Electricity ou Vegetutlon.
ja- | Probably every one who bas entere
ad ! a wood or forest has noticed the stunte
ed ! or scraggy growth of the underwooi
ad and the cause of that peculiar conditio
in- ; has always been attributed to the fa
jr- j that the shrubs or smaller trees wei
, 1 overshadowed by the foliage of the larg<
on | ones and deprived of the light an
an I air necessary to their full developmen
nd ! A French paper says : M. Grandeai
sal 1 professor of the Eeole Forestiere, stat<
| that his researches on the subject le
ad | him to the conclusions that, although
an : certain effect whs to be attributed \
he : that cause, it was not sufficient to a
ad i count for the great depreciation in tl
ay j vegetation. After long reflection 1
ed ! came to the conclusion that the larj
lr- ; trees acted as cundnctois of clectricit;
sa- i and thus deprived the nndergrowth <
:ry j an element necessary to their full d
! velopment. In order to teBt his viev
at I he tried a series of experiments c
jos various plants, but we need only ref
to one, which, although not the mo
est striking, will fully elucidate the print
pie he advances, the means he employ<
and the results obtained. In Apr
1877, he ton's two tobacco plants, ea<
weighing thvee and a half grammes, ai
having four leaves. They were bo
aid planted in boxes containing mold
too identical quality, and placed side I
mr side in a position favorable to the
ty- growth. But olo of them had placi
lid over it a cage, consisting of four iron ro
one meter fifly centimeters high, joim
at the top and covered with wire gauz
'on which permitted the free circulation
lau air, light and water, but completely pi
[jet tected the plant from the action of i
mospherio electricity. They were n
interfered with until the middle
rill August, when the results obtained we
get as follows : The plant in the open t
had attained a height of three feet fl
1? inches, while the other was only fo
are inohes; the former weighed 2
[? grammes and the latter 140 gramme
lim when dried, their respective weigl
asa were thirty grammes and fifteen anc
or half grammes. Similar experimei
bly made with maize and wheat gave pi
[n't cisoly analogous results, so that ]
id ; Grandeau has come to the conclUsi
lau that the electricity of the atmosphc
is equally necessary to vegetation
ish sunlight, air and water.
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as THE DOCTORS PUZZLED. j
'S. WtrnriKP Eil>rrlrnrr of n .linn In Whoiie ?
he Mtoinnrh nn Unknown Animal Exlnterf i
3jj for Fifteen Yearn. J
o- | In a big bottle in bis house at 994 1
n- j New Market street, says the Philadel- i i
3n j ph.'ft Times, Frederick Markoe lias ! *
w, ! something preserved in alcohol. A few j c
| days ago the something, instead of being \ i
p-1 in the big bottle, was in Frederick Mar- j t
ce koe, aud the occurreuces that led to its ! 8
or cbauge of residence have made the peo- ; a
be pie up in the sixteenth ward excited and ! 1
et talkative. Fifteen years ago, during the j t
tie war, Frederick Markoe was in the army a
:e, rod fought during the Peninsula cam- '
? paign under McClellan. Upon several ! t
in occasions, when marching through I *
nt marshes, and when burning with thirst, | 5
M Mtirkofi ran to the muddv pools of water j I
ar that abounded about the line of march, ! i
a and, kneeling at the brink, drank deep- c
at ly of the slimy contents. After the war n
or had ended and the army had been dis- i
at banded, Markoe returned to his Phila- 1
ir ! delphia home, and for the first time in ! I
| his life experienced symptoms of a s
v- ohronic disease. At frequent intervals J
Id a large lump would make its appearance
e- in the region of his stomach, and in the
e- center of the uncomfortable mass he
t's could feel something twisting and turnid
ing. Heretofore he had been a remark- J
e. ably sound sleeper, but now his family ''
to was awakened at night by noises in his I
:t- bed-chamber, and upon entering it they 8
s. would find Markoe fiat upon the floor, v
3D and, thongli Btill asleep, wriggling over a
the carpet with the aid of nothing but ?
ts his handB. When awakened ho would 1
l(j express surprise that he was not lying ^
jo in bed, and could offer no explanation T
)U of his strange conduct. Before enter- c
e_ in? the army he at times accompanied to J
afc the Delaware wharves on Saturday
nights companions Jwho wished to take a 8
0f dive into the river, but ho could not a
e. swim, and no inducement could prevail I 0
) upon him to enter the water. About the I u
[e time, however, that the other strange I D
0. symptoms developed themselves in him, j v
e3 he went to the wharf, one Saturday j F
night, with some friends, and declared i j1
ie j that he thought he could swim as well j11
ij I as any of them. He plunged into the : c
It i water, and, to bis friends' amazement, ?
ii i swam vii?oronslv and srracefully about, J1
ie surpassing all of them in rapidity and 8
w endurance. It was noticed, however, {a
and commented upon, that he did not :c
,g use the ordinary stroke of ordinary peo- ! c
pie, there being a peculiar wriggling j ?
motion perceptible in his body. When J;
y asked where he had acquired such a j
^ peculiar style, Markoe positively de- J ?
clared that never before in hiB life had j
" : he swam, and that he had jnst felt that' ?
; he could support himself iu the water j
[j as well as any one else. No amount of ?
argument or banter ever induced him to to
depart from his original tale. Another 8
l(j thing peculiar about Markoe at this a
time was the fact that while his appe- T
^ tite became really ravenous yet his i1
frame became more spare. What he ate *j
seemed to do him but little good. His
je family became alarmed and sent for a 5!
doctor. Markoe told the physician ! *
e about the lively lump in his stomach, j *
k the peculiarities of hia appetite and his j 81
^ continued ill-health. He was told that! M
he had a severe attack of dyspepsia, and j11
i. for this disorder he was treated. Medi- IP
' cine, however, failed to relieve him of j 'j
j his troubles, and for thirteen years the 81
,e peculiar symptoms that first made their | d
appearance after the close of the war j e
have continued in their original aggra- ; ?!
Xioforl oliona nnil /Inm'nor thfth loilC time I.
irl wwv* ?o o ? | i:
the bed-chamber scene has been re-en- 11
ir acted many times, and Markoe displayed P
, a strong desire to be in the water. In ?
the liope of regaining his health, he n
went to Cape May with the intention of j 0
^' remaining a week or two. The first day . P
^ of his visit, while bathing in the surf, ' ^
? a breaker took him unawares, threw him j ?
' upon his back and forced him to swal- ;
i low a quantity of salt water. He in- j
j stantly became very sick, vomiting
i and retching severely, but a swig of
branuy somewhat restored his stomach's "
tone. Directly afterward, in speaking (
to a friend of the occurrence, Markoe "
said that while sick he had distinctly 11
felt a, movement in his throat as though j11
j i something was trying to crawl up and &
.j had dropped back at every effort. The ?
friend suggested that possibly there was I ?
^ something in Markoe's stomach that j
' should not be there, and that it would j
' be an excellent ideu to take another '
* draught of salt water and see if he could ;11
not rid himself of the foreign matter. |11
Markoe said he would follow the advice. P
That night he did not awaken his bed- "
ig companion by crawling over the floor, j a
The following morning he again went in I ^
to bathing and purposely swallowed some |
Jr salt water. Again he was taken sick. \
> He declared that he suffered bo much
r- that he was determined to return home
id and see his physician. Ho came back j d
to Philadelphia and sent for Dr. Mor- It
is ton, who administered medicine to him. w
r- For fifteen hours his sickness, accom- t
t. panied by very frequent vomiting, con- ai
n tinned. At the end of that time a largo f<
object left his month, agd Markoe j a
r- said he felt very much better. When j h
3r the doctor came ho carefully examined b
i. the object and at onco pronounced it to ' p
be a large water lizard. It was four i tl
and three-fourths inches in length and ; tl
as thick as a man's forefinger. ! h
"You see," said the doctor, "this is | li
d a fresh-water lizard, and the salt water n
id killed it. You couldn't expect a freHh- > fi
1, water lizard to live in salt water. That's j a
>n nonsense." e
ct " What I want to know," said Markoe, I -n
? ?i-- i--j i i?i.i? ttthk i ?
ti W11U IIH'I UCCU luuiviuy lit L1IO Uiiujj nivu LI
3r eyes wide open, " is, how did that thing j tl
id get into me ?" j tl
t. Tbe doctor, in order to reply to this, , v
i, examined Markoo closely as to all the j
28 happenings of years past, and finally ii
:d came across the drinking of marsh water j S
a daring the Peninsula campaign. | ^
to "That's it," said the doctoi, triumph- j n
c- antly. "We've hit it, now. You swal- ; I
ie lowed that lizard when it was smaller ii
le ! than a pin, in the marsh water. For , o
je ; fifteen years it has been growing inside j c
y, I of you and fattening upon what you . t
of should have fattened on." it
e "And that," said Mrs. Markoe, "ox- a
fs plains your big appetite and the lump ; n
m in your stomach and your crawling on 11
er the floor." ! s
st " And my swimming so well without j e
si- a lesson," said Markoe; "but still I'n
3d don't think thp,t thing is a lizard." i
LI, "I'll consult high authority," said the ! v
;h doctor, and so the thing was placed in a ' t
id bottle containing alcohol and taken away j t
th to the University of Pennsylvania. The ' r
of professors there said that nothing of the j
)y j kind had ever been seen or beard of by I \
:ir tliem before. The flamntaatthejb'ranmin
3d Institute were also nonplussed,and could
ds not give the tiling a name, but they all
ed agreed thai it was onything but a lizard. I
e, So Dr. Mc rton took it up to New Market j
of street aga;n, intending, however, as j
o- soon as possible to have Dr. Leidy pass j
it- upon its identity. Markoe's neighbors ;
n- heard of his remarkable experience and I
of were incredulous until they had flocked -J
ire to his house and gazed upon the bottle's j
u'r contents. As the result, the doctor said, :
ve of the dead body lying in Markoe's j
ur stomach for the two days after the first
73 drink of salt water, and communicating
s ; the poison arising from decomposition
its to his blood, be was thrown into a bil- '
I a ions fever that kept him abed, and from
its which he is just now recovering,
re- Seen the other day in the big bottle,
SI. Markoe'B late impassible companion preon
sented truly a remarkable sight. It is
ire suspended in the aloohol with a cord
as drawn around what might be termed its
neck. Its tail, pointed and rounded, ,
vas broken off and was lying on the
jottom of the bottle. The creature is J
ilmost six inches in length. Its body j
8 ronnd, smooth and of a very light
>rown color?approaching a dnn. The !
lead is not clearly defined, but eyes, I
nouth aud nose can be discerned upon i
i clone examination. It is difficult to |
lescrihe the appearance of the head, but i
t cau bost be compared to a cross beween
that of an impish-looking baby j
ind of a terrier dog. Feet it has none, :
md in no respect does it resemble a ;
izard. It cannot be compared to any- j
hiag known to ordinary mortals here- j
.bouts.
The queerest part of the story remains i
o be told. The other night, after going j
vith a few friends up the river to Pea ,
Jhore. Mr. Markoe, only after considera- j
>le entreaty on the part of his coropan- !
ons, entered the water and found to his
imazement that he conld not swim. His
ippetite, however, has resumed its
lormal condition, the uncomfortable
amp has left his stomaoh, and he says ,
le has never enjoyed such good health |
ince beforo he entered the army, fifteen j
rears ago. . |
?
Prlmilive Modes of Striking Fire.
In early ages, "when wild in woods
he noble savage ran," compliance with
he request, " Will you give me a light,
(lease'/ " involved, if the camp fires had
[one out, a spell of unremitting hard
pork, considerable manual dexterity,
ndan unstinted application of " elbow !
grease." The primitive mode of strik g
fire was by rubbing one piece of dry !
rood upon another until incandescence
?as induced. A tribe of South Amerian
savages improved upon the dry 1
rood friction process. They discovered
hat they could * generate showers of
parks by the sharp abrasive contact of
certain kind of pyrites upon siliceous .
r flinty stones. The sparks directed ;
ipon a quantity of dry, reacjily-inflani- '
aable fibrous material obtained a flame, ,
rith comparatively little trouble beyond i
rocuring and preparing materials. In i(
he matter of "striking a light," the J
luman family remained in a state of j
omparative barbnrism till a period ' 1
;lmost within the recollection of many '
aniors of'' the oldest inhabitant." Our I
randmothers kept the kitchen fire i1
Krrlif oil ninrVlf. V(T r?1tt/?incr ft hlnnk of I '
-v X O ? ; .
oal upon it, and packing it with Hiuall :
oal or ashes, so as to allow it to smold- i
r only till the morning. The first |
rinmph of " applied science" in i
' striking a light" lay in the discovery j
f the oombined capabilities of burned j
men, or tinder, flint and steel, and |
rimstone-tipped wood matches, or 1
'spunks," as they were sometimes
ailed. The tinder was usually a domesic
production, the tinder-boxes and
teels, or " frizzies," were made at Birlingham
and Wolverhampton, England,
rhere a considerable business was done
a these articles. The flint was had j
rom where it could bo picked up, and j
tie manufacturers and vendors of the '
latches were chiefly poor old women.
'he steel was of the form of the letter !
1 elongated and reversed, the narrower
talk being the handle; the broader, j
rhich had a serrated outer edge, was ;
sed for striking the piece of flint, and 11
roducing the sparks that ignited the :(
inder, which in turn lighted the brim-1
tone-tipped match. The lighted tin- (
er, when it had served its purpose, was !
xtinguished by a close fitting inner j
over that was pressed down upon it. |
'he flint and steel were also U3ed for ! ^
ghting match-papsr?thick porous j
aper that ha 1 been dipped in a solution j ,
f saltpeter and afterward dried. The !'
latch-paper was held close to the piece j
f flint with its edce at the ooint of im- i
act with the steel. It ignited readily j
nd burned freely, but without flame, j r
.madou, or German tinder, and "touch- !
'uod," beiDg woody tissuo in a certain ! j
tage of decay, were sometimes used in , ^
jg same way as match-paper. j
The methods of initiating lire, as has i '
een seen, were, up to this point, by ! 1
iido mechanical expedients. It is only i *
uring the last half century that science j J
iay be said to have been applied to the j
lonufacture of matches. One of the '(
arliest novelties was the " instautaue- I '
as lighting box," which coutained a j ]
ottle charged with sulphuric acid and i j
brous asbestos. The tipped match was j j
it into the bottle, and caught fire in its !?
antact with the acid. The revolution I
1 match-making, and the origin of the ;
latch manufacture, as a large and im- i j
ortant industry, may be said to date *
om the introduction of phosphorus as *
u ingniting agent applied in various ; 1
ays. i}
t
A Strange Shark.
t saw a shark of a strange sort one j
ov erlwm wn Wi?rn ft thousand miles from 1
J " ? I ,
ind. It had fallen a dead calm. There i
ras not a sign of a breeze any where be- ' r
iveen the north and south poles, so far , t
8 we could tell. It was just the day : j
)r turtle, and, sure enough, we sighted j (
brace of them sleeping on the Burface j ^
alf a mile off. The starboard quarter- 1
oat was lowered, and we went off and ; j
icked them up. After that, wo caught i
aree more, but a breeze springing up j
ae boat was called in. When we were I
oistingit up on the davits, it got a f
ttle jammed, and, through theclumsi- j 1
ess of the man who was minding the ,?
ills, it also caught under the chaunels | j
nd got a little strained. Well, the i *
vening was as glorious a night as ever ;1
ran seen in the North Atlantic, the \c
aoon at the full lighting up the sails j <
bat loomed like great ghosts against 1
lie stars, and the bark jogging along 1 *
rith a six-knot breeze just abeam. j(
The captain's wife was on deck, look- ,?
3g over the rail and enjoying the scene. : j
iuddenly Bhe called the officer of the '
ratch and asked him if that was a shark ;(
nder the quarter following tho chip., 11
leBaid it looked "mighty like a shark |*
a fact, he though it was some big fish !c
r other.' 1 looked over the side, and !f
ertainiy there was somethiug there (
hat looked like a fish eighteen or
wentv feet long, following the vessel
s sharks often do, and vaguely seen ;(
lear the surface in the light of tho moon, j *
?he captain, who was bolow, was now i*
ummoned. On looking over, he un - j(
quivocally pronounced it to be a shark, j <
nd a rouser at that, and called for a ; ]
m -i ii. - ?j
larpoon. xo quiut mo uuiioty m mr> .
rife, he stood in-board as he balanced ' J
he murderous weapon to hurl it into j 1
he quivering flesh of the bloodthirsty I <
aonster. 11
"All ready!" said ho to the men who j1
Fere at the line attached to tho harpoon, . i
o haul in the fish. " All ready, sir!" 1
hey replied, taking a firmer grasp of j 1
he line, as the harpoon vas plunged i <
rith accurate aim into the shark. " I've ! J
fot him I" cried tho captain, with en- j 1
husiasm. and the men pulled with a <
dm, and fell flat on their backs as 1,be 11
ine came home perfectly slack. They J i
lad not got him after all, and thin wan j
he reason?because there was no shark i
here to catch. It was nothing but the | i
hadow of the quarter-boat which had j i
ntif nWoe fnrUa fVlof. flftv W h 1^11 if I 1
vas hoisted up, yon remember, it had
jeen strained, and that made a email <
eak in two places on each aide of the i
)ilge near the stern, and throngh these i
loles the water in the boat dripped
Irop by drop in the boat's 6hadow, just i
ibont where the gills of the fish wonkl
iave been, which only made the shadow
leem more life-likp. They did not get
>ver laughing in the forecastle about
ihat shark for some days.?Applet oris
Journal.
TIMELY TOPICS. o
? o
A New Bedford (Mass.) minister has p
preached 8,000 sermens. He is nearly o<
ninety years old. tl
Boya under sixteen who smoke in the d
streein of Ooblentz, Saarlouis and Tre- r<
ves are fined or imprisoned. tl
? b;
The Chinese in Nevada are becoming vi
as good stock gamblers as any "Meli- tl
Ann " membp.rn nf thfl frp.ternitv. tl
The Cincinnati Commercial 8ay8 :
4' Last year a family of seven persons, a
living near Wilmington, Ohio, by aotual n:
count consumed 1,165 pies. This is a cj
fact and can be substantiated." k
In the "Court News " of an English w
paper recently appeared this remarkable a
item: " The queen drove two cows yes- ti
terday to visit the king and queen of l?
Denmark at the Lisburne House." For b
" two cows," read " through Oowes." g<
8
Miss Roe, of Dublin, had a wedding- hi
cake eight feet high and weighing 300 hi
pounds. It was ornamented with the p<
arms of the Roe and Gordon families d<
and six bannerets with arms and mono- p]
grams, and strewn with orange blossoms tb
and myrtle. la
ft
The celebrated "Keeley motor,"
which all the scientific journals havo st
pronounced a fraud from the beginning, hi
is now pretty well ascertained to be
driven by compressed air, secretly introduced
into strong iron tubes, which O
are thus "sensitized" before the ma- P(
shine is shown. H
di
Foreign journals state that the total
number of "recompenses " of all sorts
to be accorded to the exhibitors in the
Paris exhibition is definitely fixed at
29,500. They will comprise 2,600 gold "1
medals, 6,400 silver, 10,000 bronze, 10,- ^
J\J\J UUIiUlUUlD XiJUUUJ'JUO, J.UO JJUIMV/VA
ot exhibitors is 53,005. ? ^
A Persian poptilaoe is not like a Enro- ^
pean one. In Europe a monarch return
iug to his people after a lengthy voyage e"
would be received by loud acclamations ca
af joy and welcome, but when the shah
recently landed in his own dominions,
an bis' return from his European tour,
the people of the towns through which
ae passed merely bowed down their re
[leads in Bilenoe. I an
| na
Frank Harrington, of Springfield, ?l
Ohio, eloped with the pretty daughter mi
of Colonel Doltz. One of the first per- 8*(
jons they met on the traiu was Elder B?
Knight, the yonng man's former pastor ~(
in Maysville. Frank told the elder that ! ^
lie was looking for a clergyman to marry
aim, and the clergyman volunteered to | a*'
3o the job then and there. So, when e(3
;he conductor came along, he was pulled Pa
into the seat as a witness, and while the j*fl
irain was speeding thirty-five mil?s an be
a our, the two were made one.
j Li
In a case of robbery tried at Aberdeen, j
Scotland, recently, the prosecutor identi- : a
3ed a XI note by the following couplet j P*
vhich had been written by a previous j10
jwner on the back of it: j ??
Thin camo to me in time of need ! J11
And weut awav with railway speed. ,
-1 ] of
An exchange states that Hachette & ed
Ho., Paris, is the largest publishing an
aouse in the world. It employs five
.housand persons, turns ont a book a wc
lay, and does a bnsiness of $3,000,000 a ab
year. . Lc
hii
A cable dispatch recently sent from rel
Auburn, N. Y., to Australia, consisted | Tc
of thirty-three words, and cost 361.98.!??
rhe course of the message was as fol- i .
ows : From Auburn to New York; to lu*
heart's Content, N. F.; to Vujencia;:
to London ; through Germany, Kuseia, j "
3iberia, to Vladiwoodstock, a point on |
the coast of Mantchooria; thence j
through the Japan Sea to Nagaski, on J
:>ne of the Japan islands ; through the j eo]
fellow Sea to Shanghae, China ; thence j ?
lown the coast of China through the i .
Jhina Sea to Saigon, Siarn ; to Singa- j , ;
pore, Malay; thence to Batavia, on the ' jv
joast of Java ; thence to St. Darwin, on i '
;he northern coast of Australia, and to ; Pe
^*7- \Z
A monument haa recently been erect:d
in one of the Edinburgh cemeteries !
jy Miss Burdette-Coutts, of London, to F
;he memory of a faithful dog. It ap- , .
5ears that this dog followed his master's .a.
lody to the grave, and after seeing it
nterred, took his position by the Bide of j.
he grave, and could not be persuaded '
;o leave it. For fourteen years he re- ..
nained in the churchyard, his favorite j '
esting-place being the foot of his mas- ,
er's grave. Food was furnished him by lf
he members of the family, and one :
norning he was found there lying dead, , .
ind his history being well known he was '
juried by his master's side. Miss j"
Uoutt's, on hearing of his singular his- ,
ory, ordered the erection of a monument
>ver his remains closely resembling the . f
aithful animal. ;
tio
ch(
' * ' JJ 1_
Ui tne eignt nunarea persons suuueury an
mbmerged in the river Thames by the th<
Princess Alice disaster, scarcely a dozen fch<
laved their lives by swimming. The 80#
eason is that at that place the river is wa
ittle better than a mass of sewage. It I Cal
egularly carries away the liqnid refuse
)f the city of London, and at the instant
>f the collision there was being poured
nto it near the fatal spot the contents of ]
wo great cesspools. The immediate thi
jflect of immersing a person in sewage, j ma
lay the chemists, is asphyxia, and the , Jn
sight hundred excursionists must have bo!
become numb, and incapable of any \ aei
jffort. The bodies, when recovered, had j Hp
mdergoue strange changes. Identitica- |
ion was difficult. Clothing had changed j juf
solor, and the decomposition had been i Nc
iwift. Everything pointed to the action i evi
>f some powerful chemical substance. | mc
. ! i*
The present German parliament is ! n j
:omposed of one field-marshal, one lieu- i 30!
seuant-general, one colonel, one ambas- do
iador, seven ministers, eleven presidents pa
jf governments, seven councilors of gov- I ]
jrumenc, forty-one judges, five crown j sai
prosecutors, tweuty - four barristers, . fat
ihree directors of provinces, fifteen | mi
landrathe (directors of circles), thirteen ; H(
professors, eight burgomasters, four j ge
:lirectors of gymnasiums (schools pre* j ia^
paratory for the universities), five phy- , to
sicians, thirty-four officers of various i we
ranks, twenty-four clergymen, twenty- j TI:
six persons living on their iucomes or ! sh
Ll- 1 Art 1 orlorl I T?r
lllt'Jr il'MUUCDj XVU jnuuvvt v , x 4
thirteen authors and journalists, thirty- j it-z
four manufacturers and merchants, one ! bn
bookseller, one turner, ono brewer, and j at
sne photographer. Among the members I lib
ire one duke, eight princes, twenty- j ba
seven counts, and 126 petty nobles. tr(
! po
The " telegastrograph " is a hypothet- I sh
ical invention of startling novelty. By pa
its aid people can eat and drink at several j pe
miles' distance from food and beverages fo:
?at leant they can enjoy whatever deli- po
jacies are served, and even become ex- hii
hilarated with stimulants. The modus "I
operandi is supposed to be something as hi:
follows: A dainty dish is placed in a re- he
oeptacle connected with a powerful bat- an
tery. Wires are attached, corresponding ha
to tho number of guests invited, and of ha
sufficient length to reach their respec- fo
tive abodes. At the appointed dinner ee
hour each guest places the wire in his h
month, and immediately the full flavor (C
f the dish is transmitted to him. More7er,
a sense of repletion is experienced
roportionate to the quantity of food
ansumect?or rather the length of time
le wires are held in the mouth. But,
n fortunately, as soon as the wires are
isconLected from the battery, the feast
imains only a pleasant memory, and
le guest is as hungry as before the
anquet, and as thirsty fls ever. Whether
iands and wines are consumed or not in
lis process is notoa record. Such is
le inventor's dream.
Modern playwrights on the watch for
new sensation could hardly ask one
tore dramatic or more dire than the
itastrophe that happened at sea not
mg ago, on the African coast. Two
ozen boats full of Greek sponge fishers
ere getting water at Mandrouka, when
party of Arabs tried to make them pay
ihnto nt mnnfir and fnnd fnr the nrivi
ige. They were driven off after a
loody fray, with their ammunition
)ne; but just then a contraband
iller of powder came on the scene with
8 vessel, The fishermen hurried to
im, and got his promise not to sell
jwder to the Arabs till after their own
iparture next morning. He gave the
edge, but then, reflecting what a good
ling he had lost, broke hiB word, and
nded a few barrels at midnight. The
ikermen rushed aboard his vessel,
>luble with reproaches, and, it is said,
ruck him. The enraged trader drew
s revolver and fired into his powder
irrels, when a terrible explosion tore
shreds the vessel and all on board,
f the seventy Greek fishermen that so
srished, fifty-five were from the Isle of
alkis; the others were mostly Rhoans
and sailers from Oalymnos.
;n. Jackson Takes the Responsibility.
The following anecdote is from a posumous
paper by Robert Dale Owen,
Scribncr'8 Magazine:
It is well known that Jackson, on hit)
cession as president, appointed Martin
in Buren secretary of State, and that
r. Van Buren, in April, 1831, resigned
at office. Thereupon Jackson appointhim
minister to England, and it borne
necessary to supply liia place in
e cabinet.
At that time there was in the United
ates Senate, from Louisiana, Edward
ivingston, a gentleman who had alady
won an enviable reputation as
thor of the code which still bears his
,me?a work which has had its inlence
on the jurisprudence of succeedor
times. Livingston at that time
Dod very high, not only as jurist, but
statesman; his name had come up,
Diig with many others, and he had
sen spoken of us one eminently fitted
r secretary of State. It so happened,
30, that the Senate -was then nearly
ually divided between the two existing
rties, Whig and Democratic; it need
,rdly be added th.it the president had
en elected by the latter party.
Now, when rumors became rife that
vingston might bo finally selected by
ckson as cabinet officer, a small depution
of the Democratic leaders and
srsonal friends of the president, unwillg
to face the general directly, called
i Mr. Tristto talk the matter over with
m. They began by adverting to the
3t that barely a Democratic majority
two could at that time bo safely counton
in the Senate; that if Livingston,
influential Democrat, was appointed
cretary of State, one of these votes
>uld be lost; and that if (as was proble
i? the then state of parting in
)Uisiana) a Whig was appointed to take
i place, it would result in a tie. They
presented that such a contingency
>uld very seriously embarrass the presint,
perhaps in tiie way of thwarting
3 policy, more certainly by endanger;
the confirmation of his appoint>nts.
And they finally begged Mr.
ist to take an early opportunity of
pressing to the general their earnest
aire, both for his own sake and that of
3 party, that he would give to such
asiderations their due weight before
iling Livingston from his place in the
nate._ _
Mr. Trist at first demurred to me unrtaking
of this task, alleging his belief
it it would be fruitless; but was finally
rsuaded to reconsider his lefueal. Acrdingly
one evening when Jackson,
er a hard day's work, was seated in his
n-chair, his head sunk on his breast
d his attitude betokening repose and
3ection, Trist?with great reluctance,
wever, and after suitable apology?
d before him the fears and wishes of
i friends. At the first broaching of
} subject (so Trist informed me), the
1 man drew himself bolt upright, acrding
to his military wont, fixed his
jroughly awakened eyes full on the
Baker, and, as the latter went on with
i report, the flash from those stern
es sufficiently indicated in advanceone
so familiar with his manner as
i sesretary was?the probable result.
Ee listened patiently, however, until
3 conclusion. Then, after a pause, all
said, in his usual brief and unflinchj
manner, was: "Mr. Trist, my
ends ought to know that no considerads
of that kind can influence my
Dice of a secretary of State, it is my
ty to seiecc iur tuut impunuu
3 man best fitted to fill it, and to leave
* rest to God. Tell these gentlemen
" And the very next day Livingston
h appointed to the vacaat chair in the
)inet.
Bears in Northern Kctt York.
ficars and squirrels aro more plenty
s season than they have been for
my years ; and from this fact it is adced
that an early and severe winter is
fore us. Those who have made ob vations
in nature say that the near
proach of those animals to the dwellr
of man, in early fall, is an almost
allible sign, lu the neighorbood of
irwood they are more numerous than
;r before, says the Register, and al>st
every farmer in the township of
immer has seen a bear. One followed
farmer who had honey in his buggy
3ie distance, 'and even approached the
or of the house.? Water town Destcli.
Monday afternoon Miss Cora Harter
v a black bear crossing a lot near her
tier's residence and immediately comtuicated
the fact to the household,
ir father and brother gathered father
their munitions of war, consistj
of two shot-guns, and sending Cora
summon the neighbors' assistance,
re soon joined by George and Frank
layer, when ail gave cnase to his wearip.
They soon had him treed, and
ant blazed away with an old " how,er
" and filled the bear's mouth with
ckshot; but he merely shook his head
the introduction. He thon received a
;o dose from one of the party in the
ck, which caused him to 6eek another
se. They followed him up and kept
uring shot into his carcass until he
owed signs of fatiguo, and turning
rtly round to the hunters, as if to apal
for mercy, he inadvertently lifted a
repaw. Frank took advantage of the
sition and planted a broadside from
s blunderbuss, which brought
bruin" to grass. They then fell on
m and belabored him with clubs until
i died. His weight was one hundred
d eleven and one-half pounds?the
,lf pound we allow for the lead that
,d lodged in his body. This is the
arth bear that has been seen in this
ction within a short time, and we may
>ar of other captures ere long.?Paris
)meqa county) Mirror.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOCSEHOJ
Hanflower Culture.
The great variety of valuable prop*
ties belonging to the sunflower, <
pecially to its seed, entitles it to 1
greater attention than has been award
it in this country. The snnflower h
long been extensively grown in parts
Russia for its oil, and German farmc
have lately taken up the cultivation
an extended scale. The plant gro
readily in most climates. From t
stalks of the plant the Russians man
facture a valuable potash, and the re
due of the seed after extracting the i
is made into oil-cake for feeding catt
while the leaves form part of the co:
post heap for manuring the soil. Eu
pean farmers state that no plant pi
daces such fine honey and wax, a
when the flower is in blossom be
| abound on it. The refuse of fifty bug
els of seed, after the. oil has been c
pressed, made into cakes, will produ
1,500 pounds, while the stalks, wh
burnt for alkali, will yield ten per oei
of potash. An English cattle feeder dri
the leaves of the sunflower, and bur
them to powder, claiming the latt
makes excellent fodder for milch coi
when mixed with bran. This sar
farmer has, for many years, cultivate
the sunflower for the purpose of feedii
his stook.
It is claimed that the seed is equal
linseed for fattening cattle. Sheep, pig
pigeons, rabbits, poultry of all soi
will fatten rapidly upon it, and pref
the seed to any other. It inoreases tl
quantity of eggs from poultry fed wi
it. The Chinese have it by the tho
sands of tons, and worship it The
can be no doubt that many of their sil
goods have a large portion of sunflow
fiber in them. The oil makes mo
beautiful soap, particularly softening
the hands and face. The seed^ varies:
relation of husk to kernel from fifty-oi
j to sixty per cent, of the former to for
| and fifty-nine of the latter, and the pe
centage of oil between sixteen and twe
ty-eight per cent. On the averag
however, about eighteen per cent of (
may be obtained by expression. A
cording to Boussingault, somo expej
ments gave the produce per acre
seed at about 1,800 pounds, the oil p
aero being slighUy over fifteen per cen
and the cake eighty per cent. Next
poppy-seed oU suuflower burns tl
longest of any in equal quantities. Tl
seeds vary in color, being either whit
gray, striped or black.
From sunflower seeds is expressed
palatable, clear and flavorless oil, tl
demand for which in Bnssia is ve
great. It ifl exported from St. Petei
burg at about fifty-two dollars p
gross ton, and ,it is said to be extensiv
ly used, like cotton-seed oil, after pni
fying, for adulterating olive or salad o:
A considerable quantity is grown
Russia for oil pressing ; the planet b
ing largely cultivated in Kiels ai
Podalia, also eastward on the black s<
lands, the stalks being used for fat
In a single town in Saratov there are
least thirty oil presses. The prodn
tion of seed in Russia ten years ago w
officially stated at nearly 40,000,01
pounds. It is not the seed only that
valuable; the stalk is also useful, sin
by treating it exactly like flax, it w
produce a fiber as fine as silk, and
larorA nnantif.iAn. Tlifl stalk mav
utilized in paper-making, thus displs
in# rags to a certain extent.
Sunflowers will grow in any corn
that may be vacant, and give all fare
a most agreeable garden-like appearanc
English cultivators give four to fi
pounds of seed as the requirement f
an acre. The seed should be drilled in
tbe gronnd ; the distance from row
row eighteen inches; plants to I
thinned out to thirty inches from pla
to plant. At this distance the numb,
of plants would be about 11,000 p
[ acre ; at eighteen inches between plan
| 25,000 per acre, and at twelve inch
from plant to plant 32,000. The pr
duce varies considerably, according
the state of the soil, the climate and tl
cultivation that is employed, but tl
average quantity of seed may be tak<
at fifty bushels per acre, and the yie
j of oil at a gallon per bushel. Evej
| single plant will produce 1,000 or mo
seeds, the main head generally yieldii
800 to 1,000 seeds, while there are ui
ually four collaterals thnt give fifty
sixty seeds each. The quantity of se<
is much increased by dwarfing tl
plants ; the best manure is sai<i to be o
mortar broke np fine. The plants ne<
to be kept free from weeds. Th<
should have sufficient interval betwe<
them for exposure to the sun, as undi
such circumstances they become larg
and more fully stored with seed.J.merican
Cultivator.
Household Hint*.
" To Remove Threats from a Bbu
sels Carpet.?Use a clean, new broor
make it wet; then shake the loose wat
from it, and rub the carpet back ai
forth well with the broom. The threat
will collect on the broom, or roll in wai
on the floor, and are easily picked up.
For Washing Silver.?Put one-ha
teaspoonful of hartshorn into the sn<
in which the silver is wushed, have tl
water hot; wash qniokly, using a sma
brush; rinse in hot water, and dry wil
a clean linen towel; then rub very di
with a chamois skin. Washed in th
manner, silver becomes very brillian
and requires no polishing with any <
the powders or whiting usually en
ployed, and the silver does not wear on
To Remove Iron Rust or Ink Spoti
?Moisten the spot and apply salts <
lemon until it disappears, and rinse wel
Salts of lemon are made of equal pari
of oxalic aud tartaric aoid, and any pei
son can make them for his*own us<
Another way is to moisten with lemo
juice, sprinkle on salt, and lay in th
sun. If ink is spilled on colored gooc
that will not bear acids, soak them in
mediately in sweet milk, boiling ho
Hot melted tallow poured through in
stains will remove them.
A Clean Floor.?The other day
went to see my friend Mrs. Oook. 81
had just finished mopping her kitche
floor. I noticed it looked very nice, an
asked how she kept it so well. 1' Why,
she said, " don't you kno* I oil it aboi
every six months?" ,;Oil!" I sai(
"how do you do that?" So then st
told me, as follower "I take a quantil
of the cheapest and least offensive c
(linseed) lean secure, and apply smootl
lv. so that it will strike equally all ove
and yet; not stand in spots on the su
face. I do this at night, after the eve
ing's work is done, and fix the pla<
ready for use again the next mornin
Of course, it would not injure the oil<
surfaco itself to track upon it at one
but grease is liable to be tracked fro
it, at first, to adjacent parte of tl
house. A new coat of oil applied on'
in six months, or even once a yea
sometimes is sufficient to keep a floor
perfect order. One may in this wi
prepare to great advantage the floor
kitchens, pantries, summer dining-room
porticoes, closets, bath-rooms and labc
ers' bedrooms."?Household.
According to the internal revenue r
turns, the citizens' of the republic a
drinking less whisky and moro bee
YTTl- *_t 54 wrIiiaVi noi/1
>V Ul 1(1 nuiuu paiu a. v>
enne tax, at least?fell from 57,000,0<
gallons for the fiscal year of 1877 I
50,704,000 in 1878? a difference of nea
lv 6,300,000 gallons. For the same tim
the revenue-paying beer increased fro.
9,480,000 barrels to 9,937,000 barrelsan
increase of 457,000 barrels, or 1,871
1000 gallons.
LD A Reverie.
In the golden glint of the summer's ran?
3r_ In the crimson glow of a day nigh done?
On the banks of a stream, with its waters far
cleared
At the side of one my heart holds dear? "
as How beauteous is this life I
of
frg In the past with memories dim or brighten
In the silvery sheen of the pale moon's light?
W8 | On the snowy banks of a stream ice-boundhe
Bereft of my loved one?all sorrow around?
a- How sad, how drear?this life!
siIn
the future with promises golden bright?
le In the morn that follows the darkest night?
* Now borne on the dark stream?now nearing
:o_ the shore?
:o. To part from my loved one?ah! nevermore?
Q(J How dear?eternal life.
!68 ?
ih- Items of Interest.
x~ A sham-poo?affected contempt
The Vienna and Constantinople nilroad
will be J ,010 miles long.
eg Ancient soldiers were trained to fight
ns with either hand.
er The common school system may be
7s traced back to the year 800.
no There are over twenty thousand
ad stitches in a well-made shirt.
An operator in a spool-thread factory
will make thirteen and a half miles of
40 thread daily.
Ig In the time of Romulus, 760 B.C.,
er women were subject to capital pnnishie
ment if found drnnk.
th Beccher's first four lectures in San
q. Francisco brought him $2,300, $2,100,
re $2,500 and $2,500 again.
Ik Parlor matches don't go off any better,
er though they make m&re fuss, than those
at made over the front gate.
Blindman's buff is a game that gives
m opportunity to show human sympathy.
?e It is a fellow feeling for a fellow-creal
ture
n] Mr. John MoKeeman of Norristown,
p" Pa., has invented a wagon designed to
JjJ run without steam, water or norse0.
power, and has made application for ft
^ patent.
of The glaciers of the Himalayas far
er surpass anything hitherto known outt.
side of the polar regions, some recently
to measured being twenty or thirty miles
ae long and one to three wide.
ie " How is it, Miss, you gave your age
e, to tha census taker as only twenty-five,
when you were born the same year I
a was, and lam thirty-nine?" "AhI yon
be have lived much faster than I, sir."
r7 Oh the corn, tho horrible corn,
'6- Homing at night and aching at morn;
er Under somebody'n foot half of the time,
p. Throbbing with uiiaory almost sublime,
Painting,
Inflaming,
'/ Big as your Satin
Show me the sign of the chi-rop-o-dlrt!
e- "Anything new with you to-day?"
^ inquired a man of his friend who was
>jl suffering from inflammation of the
^ lungs. "I shonld think so," replied
at the sufferer. "What is it?" said the
j first speaker. " Pneumonia," answered
as ; the victim.
30
i9 A fisherman at Kingston. III., saw a
ce coffin floating down the river. The
ill tide took it toward the shore and he
jn pulled it in. Holes had been bored in l
f.hfl r/m nnrl inniHfl hft farmd a live babv %
1C. J abont two months old, with a nursing
| bottle half fall of milk.
er I "While the woods tarn red and russet,
a9 l And the swallow skims the weir,
| And the dernier rose of eunxmer
i Doth poetio bosoms cheer,
ve | "While w&itiug for the winter winds,
or Which through the forest bowl,
to I The barber doth bestow a wierd
fQ And highly hateful scowl
, CFpon the yon og man who has decided
00 to raise a'full beard for the winter,
ut ?New York Graphic.
sr ) Fruit culture is making rapid progress
er j ii: the United States. According to re^
! cent official statements the land approea
| priated to this branch of industry is
?* 4,500,000 acres. Upon this there flourish
1112,000.000 apple trees, 28,000,000 pear
16 ! trees, 112,270,000 peach trees and 141,10
i 200,000 grape vines. The total value of
? | the fruit crop throughout the United ?
j States is set down at 3138,216,700, an *
; amount eaual to half the value of the
re J the wheat crop of the country. Toward
I that large sum apples are held to cons
[ tribute 850,400,000; pears, $14,100,000;
peaches, 816.135,000; grapes, $2,118,x*
000; strawberries, $5,000,000, and other
g fruit, $10,432,000.
}(j The sleep of winter and that of night
' are different in those animals which are *
jq torpid for months. The bat, the hedge- gr
hog, the tawrie, the marmot, the hamer
ster, the tortoise, the toad, snakes, mol_
lnsca, spiders, bees, flies, bears,
badgers, etc., retire to their closed holes,
and, in various degrees, undergo a
temporary death for four, five, six and
seven months of the year. Theyusual'
ly roll themselves up, but bats suspend
| themselves in caves. Those who lay up
provisions use them before they become
torpid, and on reviving before they
l venture abroad. Their temperature
! lowers; their respiration is less fre|
quent and at intervals the circulation is
*8 reduced; they lose their feeling, the di10
gestive organs are inflotive and they
suffer loss of weight. The confined air
| in which they shut themselves, added
7 to the cold, is a cause of their torpidity.,
'8 Facts lead to the belief that some birds
hibernate.
of
1- -J!
i A Royal Indian*
3*
? i f1/"?nni/?AraKlo intaraaf Vioo rtf lnirt llApn
1. | aroused in the Ute Indians of Colorado,
and a few facts about their head chief,
r. Onray, who is 011 exceptional Indian,
and his manner of life, cannot fail to be
u read. The Ouray Times furnishes
l6 quite a long sketch of him, and devotes
[g considerable attention to his surround'
inga. According to the Times, Onray
k has had built fcr him at this place,
k about ten miles from the Los Piaos agency
I on the Uncompahgre river, by the govj
ernment, an adobe house thirty by forty,
16 finished in good style, with American
)n furniture and carpets. He has a farm
1(j of 300 acres inclosed and upwards of
? sixty acres under cultivation, in hay,
it vegetables and grain. The work is done
by Indians ahd retainers. His wife
takes an active interest in the farmty
work and does her full share of the outdoor
labor. He has a herd of ?00
Ij. horses and mules, some of them being
t very fine animals; in addition to the
horse stock he has some cattle and sevn.
eral bands of sheep and goats. His
33 buildings are quite extensive, consist~
j ing of a largo storehonso,four dwellings,
, stables, corrals, granaries, etc. He has
e a fine family carriage, one of the best
J j that conld be purchased, a present from
ie | Governor Ed. McOook, which, with a
ce j stylish team and Mexican driver, makes
j | a conspicuous turnout. The farm opei
rations and business enterprises of
111 I "
iy j Ouray have been rery'successful, ana
0f | prove him to be a shrewd, competent
H> business man. It is the opinion of all
,r! I who know anything about "him, that he
I desires to adopt entirely the hubita and
life of the whites and cut loose from
e- I Indian customs, but the innate love of
re j power and prominence makes him
r. j cling to his leadership or chieftainship
v- I with a tenacious gra*p. During the
X)! council it was observed by General
to | Hatch that Onray was a born leader and
r- j exhibited diplomatic talents of a high or*
e, dor in managing his unruly subjects and
m dealing with eve'ry point and question ad*
? vancea by the commission. His age is
,- forty-flye, and he has bnt one wife and ?
oliild. t ;