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BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1879. NO. 6. VOLUME ^V. - - |
The Mowing.
The olock has jtruck six,
And the morning is fair;
While the east m red splendor is glowing
There's a dew on the grass, and a song in
air?
Let as up and be off to the mowing.
Wtraldst know why I wait
Ere the sunlight has crept
O'er the fields where the daisies are growii
Why all night I've kept my own vigils, i
^ slept?
Tis to-day is the (lay ol the mowing.
This day and this hour
Maud has promised to tell
What the blush on her chock was h
showing. i\
II she waits at the lane, I'm to know all
wdl,
And there'll be a good time at the mowinj
Maud's mother has said,
And I'll never deny,
That a girl's heart there can bo no knowii
Alt T AS WA A IITTA arirl 1 iHitlint* fl
VU) JL VOID UV/W IV U??J BUU 4 KUtlVl "VIIUU U
If Mand does not come to the mowing.
What ia it I see ?
Tifl a sheen of brown hair
la the lane where the poppies arc blowing
Thank God! it ia Maud?she is waiting i
there,
And there'll be a good time at the mowing
Six years have passed by,
And I freely declare
That I scarcely have noticed their going;
weet Mand is my wife, with her sheer
brown hair,
A ni) ytta V?o A o rwwl timn of tV?f? mAUMnff
?S. H. M. Byert, in Harper't Aljgazi
UjL ABOUT LEAD VILL]
t Succinct History of the Wonderful TSt
Mini 11K Town.
The mining districts of our great W<
are famous for cities that, mushrooi
like, have grown up almost in a nigh
Leadville, m Colorado, is one of t
most remarkable of these urban miraeh
Two years ago the place was not in exii
ence. On the 1st of August, 1877, the
were six buildings upon the present sil
On the first of January, 1878, the popu)
tion was estimated at 300. A year bit
the town organization was perfected, ai
Leadville now presents the amazii
spectacle of a town containing 20,000 i
habitants, located in the heart of
mountainous district where a few mont
ago there was naught but barren so
tudes. / . -? The
first discovery of carbon.-ite or
was made on the south side of Californ
Gulch, about one and a half miles abo
Leadville, in 1876, in what is now knov
as the Rock mine. The ore was foui
in great abuiflance, but of low grad
carrying a large percentage of lead wi
a comparatively small amount of silvc
Soon after this, prospecting began in
line running north, and resulted in t!
discovery of the Adelaide, Camp Bi
and Iron mines, together with the Wo
stone in Strayhorse Gulch. Otheriuin
were also opened from time to time, u
til the district became one of the mc
actively worked in the whole countr
Leadville's earliest settler was oi
Mr. Harris, whose first experiences <
the now populous town were of a d
pressing kina. A contemporary tells u
"Two y*ars ago, the 9th of May, the
came to JLeadviiie a man wun a smrc <
his back and fifteen cents in his pock<
He came on foot, by the way of Mo
quito Pass, and slept the first night
Leadville behind a log. On this nig
. ^ two years ago the lonely footman foui
r a few piles of brush, a lot of stumps ai
f half-burned trees, but not a lium?
| besides himself slept that night in wh
is now known as the city of Leadvill
It was as lonely as a wilderness
stunted mountain pines shot up from
cold barren soil, between ugly bowlde
and craggy rocks, could well be m:ul
The name of that lonely traveler wl
slept that night in this loneljr wilderne
was Mr. George Albert Harris. He w
the first settler. His wife was the fir
white woman in Leadville."
The first public-house in Leadville w
begun on the 15th of June, 1877, and w
finished and thrown open to the pub)
of the Fourth of Julv, nineteen da;
later. The builder was Mr. Harris, wh
as the founder of the town, was also i
great public benefactor. He perform!
all the labor, of constructing his ne
house of entertainment, from trie found
tion to the roof. The dimensions of tl
building were ten feet in width by twel1
in length, the height a story and a ha!
The first floor served as aining-roor
office, kitchen, baggage-room, parlor, r
ception-room, etc., and the second, i
attic, was used principally for lodgii
purposes. It offered accommodation f
eight sleepers at a time. For the co
venience of guests the day was divid<
into three sleeping periods of eigl
hours each. In this way the first hot
in Leadville afforded sleeping accomm
' ' " * * f
nations ior tweniy-iour euesi?, uiviut
into three companies, each of which o
cupied the attic for the time mentione
The name of this hotel was The Cit
*nd its site is now covered by the Grar
Hotel, on Chestnut street. Mr. Han
kept this hotel until the Fourth
July, 1878, when he opened the Gran
which had been built around and ov
the little City. The Grand was kept 1
Mr. Harris until the 14th of last Decer
ber, when he sold it to Messrs. Walsh
Co., the present proprietors, for $14,12
cash. Tliissura was the net result
* Mr. Harris1s first eighteen months' ha]
lab?r in Leadviile, beginning on a caf
talof fifteen cents.
Not long afro a reporter of the Lea
yrvr>V/?7o \fi* Worria trrv
V liiv V/?W W/??V?'V T 1J1W-U vJ>i 4 W " *
the view of learning all tlmt heiuig
about the early settlement of Leadvil!
From his account much of the forego:]
information has been obtained. In i
ply to a pertinent question in reeard
the men who had made fortunes by d:
covering mines, Mr. Harris answered
loilows:' "Oh, yes, I know them a
There was August Rische; he came fro
Fairplay, and was the worst played-o
man I ever met. He was a shoemali
* by trade, but never did anything abo
this camp but dig for carbonates. E
entire wealth consisted of pick and spa
and a faithful old dog, the latter bei
his only companion. The two lived I
gether in a dug-out about a mile up Ca
fornia Gulch. The dog and August wt
sure to show up us often as once a we
for bacon, etc. Although hard up,
^ seemed to have friends. It was bu
few days before he made the discovc
of the Little Pittsburgh that I was ta]
ing with him, and he said it was migfc
thin forage. He yrould keep digging 1
he struck it. ifit took till the enaof tin
He did, and today is worth, at the lei
calculation, $300,000. But he is the sai
old Aug. Tom Hook was another shi
m?vker. He to# came in camp de
broke. He sold out a little too soon, a
if now obliged to live on the interest
$150,000 worth of government bon
And there was Pete Finnerty, who d
J T TT
covered xne IjIimu mint', xiuca
in camp with a mule team, paid for a
wholly his own. He kept a little boa:
ing-house in a log shanty near the gui
during the winter of 1877. But thii
went slow with him, and he went <
prospecting. It was about seven men1
ago that he struck t' c Little Chief, a
is worth to-day abo c half a million,
round numftjers. 1 le Dillon boys w
prospecting partne tofFinnerty. T1
are not worth to-ciay but a little o'
$ 100,000 each. Hallock and Cooper c
covered the Carbonate mine in Octoh
1877. They were laborers, and had 1
come'accustomed to a rough life. N<
they are worth $300,000 each. A n
byjthe namerof Woods?an old mil
from Lake Superior?discovered the I
mine. In fact, he wae^the man vi
made the first discovery of carbonates in '
this camp. But he aid not know the
value of nis discovery, and sold out to '
Leiter, of Chicago, for $50,000."
The progress of Leadville prior to De
tho cember 1, 1878, was surprising, but its '
wonderful advance in every possible di- '
rection since that date is simply amazing. '
j It seemed then that the city might pos- (
I sibly reach a population of ten or twelve
i thousand in a twelvemonth, but no one \
afrj I could have foretold that within four J
30r months, and those the most unfavorable 1
of the year, the number of its inhabit- '
ants would be augmented by at least (
four thousand. A steadily increasing (
stream of fortune-hunters poured in (
through all the avenues of approach, 1
defying the storms of winter, and adding 1
all their capital, enterprise and energy to J
the restless activities of the camp. The ia
rapid growth and the increasing pros- t
perity of Leadville naturally gave birth *
to active speculation. During Decern- (
berand January merchants command- A
ing large capital, in their eagerness to se- r
i cure eligible locations, paid large pi*ices s
for lots on upper Chestnut street and ?
Harrison avenue. This gave impulse
to a real estate mania which soon affect- '>
ed the whole camp. Lots held at only J
350 to $100 last fall suddenly jumped to '
$1,000, $2,000 and even $4,000 each. c
Many sales were made at these figures. v
r. Real estate throughout the town felt the s
no | influence, and buying and selling be- j;
came the order ol ttie day. neai estate agents
are now almost as numerous as v
lawyers. Lot jumping, or, more proper- c
1y, lot squatting, outside the placer- '
claim limits, became a regular occupa- v
tion with many small operators. Long
streets of foundations an <1 skeleton frames ^
' o j sprang up in a night. The whole slope o
lying between upper Chestnut street *
proper and Fryer hill is now covered s
ne with foundations, frames and buildings tv
in all stages of growth. It became
tacitly understood that the actual con- c
struction of a building should give an j1
E undisputed title to a lot. This gave iro-,,''
petus to cabin-building, and log-houses >
sprang up like Jonah's gourd. As fast
as completed they were sold or rented at c
:w most remunerative figures. Meantime t
the utmost building activity prevailed ^
in every other direction. The only ?
limit was the supply of lumber, which, '<
n* as the demand intensified, jumped from *
?25 to ?30, thence to $40, and finally to 11
'ie 350 per thousand. As a necessity, hewn P
>s- logs were substituted for boards in the s
walls of many pretentious buildings, d
re even on business streets. East, west, s
-e- and north the town spread like a prairie
rv* tire. - 0
At present Leadville is fully equipped 11
id -with all the social, educational ana re- n
ligious advantages that can be found '
n- anywhere in a town of its size. It has
R three daily newspapers, one good school v
hs building, two cliurch edifices, Metho- ?
h- dist, Presbyterian, Baptist, Episcopal j.1
and Catholic organizations, a city hall fj
f3 and jail, a fire company, two theaters, 1
,ft fourteen hotels, ten restaurants, five :l
ve general merchants, four dry goods, ten r
clothing, eleven grocery, three drug, :l
j>d four jewelry, six boot and shoe, one
le, commission, three fruit and confection- J;
th ery, two furniture, five feed and grain, ?'
T. two hardware and two book and I
a stationery merchants, twelve meat mar- ><
''6 kets, three si<m painters, two bath- v
rd houses, six barber shops, three bakeries,
If- ten blacksmith shops, one machine v
es shnn. three wsuroii sIiods. one auction t'
n* house, one luirness shop, thirty-two :i
'St lawyers, twelve physicians, two dentists, ti
y- one photographer, three banks, one *!
ae knitting factory, six steam sawmills, '
one planing mill, one shingle and lath t(
e* mill, five smeltine-works (including one c
s ' each at Malta ana Adelaide), and three Sl
re sampling-works. There is the usual
number "of saloons and gambling hells. ^
it. :ind even dance-houses, to rob the un- 1
s-. wary of money and health and honor. &
fD The simple enumeration of business ^
?t houses conveys but a faint idea of the ?
*d volume of business transacted. Many ?
Jd of the merchants carry stocks which si
^n would be considered preposterously ?
at large in towns ol similar size at the 11
e- East. 11
of And Leadvilie's future progress prom- M
a ises to be as brilliant as its past. Be- tl
rs fore long it will eryoythe* luxuries of :l
e- pure water and gas. The water-works s]
io fire so far completed that the mains tl
ss have been laid, the hydrants put i n place P
as nlong several streets, and the water let tl
st in. Gas has been authorized hy a nearly <
unanimous vote of the citizens, and an V
as efficient lire department, with one hook h
as and ladder and two hose companies, has t<
ic been organized. Leadville's present tel- ?
ys egraph facilities are to be doubled by the tl
o. use of a duplex machine. A two-wire b
ts line from Pueblo is in process of con- r
?d struction, and was to have been com- b
w pleted by the first of June. The growth I
a- of the postoffice is an index of the rapid n
progress of the town. One year ago the b
fG f>eailville postoffice occupied a seven-bv- f<
nine corner in a small building on Chest- k
n, nut street. In the single delivery win- ''
?- dow stood a call-bell, at whose warning t'
sr some clerk would enter from an ad- j'
ig joining store to wait on the expectant h
or citizen. There was no money-order de- }'
n" partment. To-day the office occupies h
-d one of the largest rooms in the city, and s;
lit requires the unremitting attention of ti
el ten clerks. It has its separated ladies', L
o- stamp, and money-order departments, s;
-'d Long lines of men may be seen at all u
<5* hours of the day standing at the four t'
d- general delivery windows, impatiently v
y. "waiting their turn." And all this
id has* been accomplished within two o
'is yea*rs. As one of the.citizens of Lead- t
of ville writes: It is simply magical, this
d, creation of a city in the heart of the s
er Rocky mountains, two miles above the v
sea, in a twelvemonth.?Harper's Weekly. ''
Q- n
& t
!0, Bismarck as an Orator. <?
of "Hush! Bismarck is speaking!" With t
rd these words you are ushered into the s
>i- Reichstag. And it is so. Before even :>
, hearing a word you can tell by the'as- c
d- pect of the Chamber that it is tne chan- t
th cellor who is speaking. With their (
ht bodies stretched out and ears wide open, s
le. everybody leans forward to listen. The '
ac j pencils of the short-hand writers fly over 1
e- the paper with tlie rapidity 01 ngntnmg '
to and you hold vour breath involuntarily !
is- that you may near better. From below s
as is heard a feeble voice?one of those (
11. feeble voices which, by its nervous tone, 1
>m , suggests excess of intellectual work The i
ut j words come by jerks, each sentence being [
:er i laboriously formed. The orator is some- i
ut I times hurried, sometimes hesitating in i
lis | his speech. He recalls each sentence. ?
de | twists it and turns it about, until he has j t
ng ; eliminated all the points which an ad- 11
to- Versary might attack. It is then only j i
li- that he abandons it to the House. In is
;re listening to him you experience a strange i
ek excitement, for while this strong man t
he continues his speech you are momentari- i
ta ly feeling that he will suddenly stop shore <
sry in the middle of his discourse. Not that, ]
Ik- ideas are likely to be wanting, but one ,'
itv fears lest the weakly voice which issues j
ill | so laboriously from the chancellor's ro- 11
ie. | bust frame may (ail in the midst of a per- ;:
wt, oration without the possibility in the (s
mp I r\f n!r>lr5r>r? nn flm V?tY?lron tlirfV)H>J ' 1
j Vi v... ~~. | (
| The chancellor himself looks ill at east 11
:ad | while speaking, his thin white hands ; 1
nd fidgeting now with one, now with an- ; 1
of | other of the buttons ot his modest dark j!
r|s. j blue cuirassier's uniform. Then _ they 11
u?- carcn ieverisiuy at wie lung puui-us au j
me ; much talked about; seel; refuge on the I <
nd table, and at last rest on the glass of water 11
rd- which stands on thetribune. You might |.
Ich fancy that it was only this resting place j
lgs tliat was wanting, for presently his j
jut speech gi*ows firmer, more severe; words ;
ths flow from his lips with greater clearness; '
.nd his thick eyebrows are lowered still more !
in upon the gray eyes which seem to pene-1
ere trate the ranks of the deputies. It is now
ley evident that the orator is approaching j
rer the end of his speech; the sentences be- j
lis- come shorter and more vigorous. And
>er. then the chancellor draws himself up to
be- his full height; the voice, so weak at j
ow first, gains a clear, hard ring, and liu .
lan throws his last sentence like a bomb into
aer the midst of the chamber, resuming his
ron seat amid the loud applause of his friends,
'ho -^Berlin Tagblatt,
TWENTY-TWO DATS ON A WREC
rhe Pitiful Story of the Sole SnrvlT
of the Crew.
The San Francisco AUa Bays: Vi
xirino Lopez, the sole survivor of t
wTeck of the Ellen J. McKinnon, te
;he following narrative of the liardshi
mdured. lie says: "Six days after a
sailed from San Francisco we were ove
;aken by a gale which was of such vi
ence tnat it strained the vessel ve:
nuch and caused her to lurch so lieavi
;hat I thought several times she wou
;apsize On the morning of the six
lay I was at the wheel from two to foi
)'clock. The captain, whose name
lever learned, came along and orden
;he first mate, O'Brien, to reef the sail
o heave to and keep her head well o:
rhis was done, and then the mate toe
lie wheel from me and lashed it ar
Old nit' CU Still SUWIU UJ. Abuuuuu -v
>'clock I was still standing at my pos
vith the wheel lashed, when the vesst
i flat-bottomed one, sheered, and befo
he could right again she was struck t
i wave aft and keeled right over. 1
hat time, O'Brien,!the mate, George at
Tohnny, ol the] port watch (I don'l kno
hem by any other names), the one I b
ongcd to, were Ion the deck. Th<
lung to the rigging. I hung to tl
vheel, and noticed that the forwai
cuttle had floated away, and I kne
hat the water must have run into tl
orecastle and prevented the men wt
?ere asleep there from making their e
ape. The sliding scuttle on the cabi
lad not been removed, so I made m
ray forward and pulled it away, an
ailed to the captain to com<> ou
lanuel, the second mate, first came ot
if the cabin, and was immediately fo
nwed by the captain, who was in h
hirt and drawers. He asked who;
yatch it was, and O'Brien repliec
Mine,' and she upset. The captai
lambered to the siae of the vessel an
tunc there. The sea was running vei
ligli at the time, and one wave, wine
eemed to be much higher than any
lad seen before, caught the captain an
arried him away. I heard him hallc
wice, but it was impossible to rend<
iim any assistance. That was the la
saw of him. Then I took a rope an
istened it around my waist, attach in
lie other end to the vessel. The oth<
,ien did the same. We remained in thf
osition waiting for daylight, which
eemed to me would never come. A
aybreak approached the wind caime
omewhat, and the sea went down.
'"When light again dawned, and
ould once more see about me, I too
ly sheath-knife, and, after runniri
long the side ot the vessel, cut awa
lie main and forward rigging an
iraces. This allowed the masts to swa
nth the motion of the vessel, and in
hort the mainmast snapped off and fe
lto the sea, and, some time after, tl:
>rward mast also went by the boart
'his lightened the vessel considerabl;
nd allowed her to get into a more uj
ight position, lying after this at a
ngle of about forty-tive degrees, whic
llowed us more deck-room, at least s
liat we could, with care, move arourn
lv this time the pangs of hunger an
i a. ?? "J wl??1o m\r nnmnor
mrsi came uh, iiuu, ? MiK. nxj
rns were giving way to despair, an
fere not making any efforts to hel
liemselves, I thought of procuring pr<
isions if possible. I made my way t
lie cabin, and found a key of whisk
nd a box of fruit, and also a bag of pc
itoes. These I secured, and lasne
liem to the forward part of the wrecl
V'e took the mainjib and made a sort <
int of it, and five of us got under th;
over?the first and secona mate and tw
nilors, besides myself.
" As the day wore on the wind moc
rated, and wc floated with the tid<
'he provisions which I had secured
10k charge of, and dealt out sparing^
Ye kept watch and watch, in the hor
f seeing a sail, but every night as dart
ess came on the despairing cry ot4 N
lil in sisfht'was uttered. At the en
f the third day the second mate die<
nd we pitched him overboard. I ha
lanaged to secure a small cask of syru]
fhich I gave to the men mixed wit
lie liquor. That night I fell asleej
nd slept more soundly than at any tin;
ince the wreck, and on awaking I foun
:iat the men had gone to the liquor an
rovisions that we had and unlashe
lem and let them fall overboard, thi
?aving us without anything to ea
Vith a pole I managed to get into tl.
old an'1 draw up another sack of pot?
ies. V* e ate them raw. and subsiste
n them alone to the ninth day aft*
lie wreck. On that day I could see tli
odies of the dead men in the forecast!
ight under us. My companions wer
ecoming weary., ana I knew that unlei
got some food for them they woul
ot long survive; so I had to do tli
est I could. I fished in the foreast
n* some cans of fruits and meats
new to be there. I got a piece <
on and made a hook and lashed it t
lie end of a pole, and commenced fisl
ig. I got hold of something an
auled it up, and found it was tl
odv of one of the other watch. II
ad* evidently been jammed betwee
ome boxes, which hud held him s
ight that he could not get out. I pi
lie hook down again and hauled up
iick of potatoes, and after that I brougl
p a box of butter. This was all I ha
o cat. Fresh water, we naa none, an
/ere forced to drink salt water.
" From this I cannot give any accour
f the days, sis I could not keep track <
hem. "We came in sight of a large nun
>er of birds and sea-gulls, whidi wei
wimraing by, and with a piece of woe
vhich I hurled at them I killed one. .
ioated toward the wreck, and I took
ip and greedily suckcd the blood, an
hen tore the flesh in pieces and ga\
ach of my companions a small piece,
hen made a hook and baited it wit
ome of the flesh, and with that mai
ged to cateh some lish, which I a
agerly, and it tasted to me as if it wi
he finest turkey. > One of the me:
ieorge, was becoming very faint, and
aw he was going to die. I told him 1
nust try to keep up, but he replied til
le did not think he would live vei
ong. I asked him if he thought he Wi
:oing to God, and he said 4 Yes.' I tin
aid: 4 George, when you get to whe
iod is, tell Ilim to send us some watei
le told me lie would, and then begg<
no not totnrow mmuvuruuiiruua ou<_
is he died. lie became insensible, ar
n a short time died. I let his body r
nain under the cover one whole da
md then put it in the sea I belie1
hat lie kept his promise, for soon aft
le .died a small squall came on and tl
ain fell in torrents. I held out n
lou'wester until it was full, and trea
ired the water. The other man lanpi
he water from the side of the vesselju
is dogs do. The first mate had becor
razy from the effects of drinking sr
.vater, and he died soon after Georp
That left me and Johnny on the wreel
Johnny was getting very weak, and
ihought I would make one more effc
ind see if I could not get some pi
!erves, in order to sustain his lil
With a piece of iron I cut away a he
in the deck, and fished where I km
[ reserves had been stored in the hoi
but I was unable to get any at a
Sometime after that Johnny aied.
must have been about ten o'clock
r.;?hf t i-nnt- him with me until tv
s'clock in tiie morning, and then roll
tiim over into the sea.
"Then I was left alone on the vess<
T said to myself: 'Now my turn is coi
ing, and I am left a'one; butasmynai
is written on my arm in India ink, 1
lash myself to the vessel, and if ever t
vessel is picked up I shall be knowi
I had become so weak that I coi
scarcely stand; my tongue had becoi
parchea and dried, my hps were swoll
and my body emaciated so that the
was nothing but the skin to cover t
ribs. It was afternoon, and I though
would take a last look from under t
cover. It was then I caught sight o
vessel which was tacking about a
going from the wreck. I tried to hall<
or I did halloo, but my voice waa r
heard. As I paw the vessel going aw
K. from rue my heart seemed to cease beating,
and I thought that the last hope
or was gone; but I managed to get strength
enough to raise my sou'wester and shake ii
.c~ it over my head. Some one on the vesie
sel seemed to get the signal, for the ves'J3
sel hove to, and then I saw the small
Ps bpat come toward the wreck. This is n
ve 1 the last I recollect, five days afterir"
ward, as I was informed by the captain CI
?" of the Otago, I came to my senses, when u
fy he told me that my signal had been no- p,
g ticed and he put off three men to rescue
me, but they came back saying it was u
tla too rough to approach the wreck; that ^
u? he then called for three other volunteers, H
* and the first mate and two other seamen P
went and took me off the -wreck. He
told me that from that time until I came Sj
- . .1 ? _ i i. LI
" to 1 was constantly raving auuui uemu ,
in Monterey. I don't know what I dia
"J say, for I have no recollection of any- p
thing whatever. Calculating the time V
I?' from the day the vessel capsized to the fl(
!l? day the Otago picked me up, I was 0
rc twenty-two days floating on the wreck, P1
'y and, according to then captain'sZstate- C(*ji
ment, the schooner must have drifted RJ
about 100 miles west from the point "t
w where she capsized. The Otago landed
e" me at Port Townsend, where I was P,1
-y taken into the hospital and received the "
J? best treatment, and at the expiration of w
"d six weeks was sufficiently restored to P1
w leave for San Francisco, and on my way P(
ie down I received great care and attention A.
10 fmm tho nonfnin nnH officers of the Citv .
s" of Chester."
in Lopes is a Portuguese, forty-six years I S:
iy of aire and unmarried.
id ,
^ The Bashful Poet and the Knowing g?
1_ Yo'nng Newspaper Man. tv
Anybody could tell what he had. Ev|e
ery man in the sanctum knew him in a [:l
minute. The timid knock at the door {1!
gave him clear away at the very start. h(
" No man or woman ever knocks at a
7 sanctum door unless he comes on that se
h fatal errand. Tlien he came inside and re
J took off liis hat and bowed all round the ?s
d room, when overy man on the staff }n
10 roared out, in terrible chorus, " Come '1(
in!" Then he asked for the editor, and j"
3fc when the underlings, with a fine mine"
ling of truth and grammar, pointed to m
? the youngest and the newest man in the se
->r office and yelled, "That's him!" he
.lt walked up to the young gentleman do
signated, and before he could unroll his }"
manuscript we knew the s-ubject of it, J?(
d and a deep groan echoed around the 'e
T room. 51
1 ?Dnotpu vnnnnr rrnin ?" asked the b(
, ?. V"-" J ) J o ,
K editor.
S "Yes, sir," said the poet; "a couple I-,i
? of triolets and a sonnet on the marriage sri
" of my sister with an old college friend?' n{
y "Old college friend male or female,
* young man ?.asked the editor, severely. fr
11 " Male, sir," said the young man. "i
'e He said "sir" every time, and every m
* time he said it all the young gentlemen di
7' of the staff, save tl?e young gentleman
5" who personated the governor, snickered. ?'
J1 lie looked severe. al
" " Anything more, young man ?" he !.lt
.? asked. '?
"Yes, sir,"replied the infant Tennyd
son; " a kind of an idyl, an ode inscribed m
?: To My Lost Love.1" Pi
d "Love been lost very long, young fr
P man ?" asked the journalist, very criti- A
>" callv. se
? "well.it's immaterial, that is," stam- v?'
y mered the young man; '"it's indefinite? "i
it's?"
d " Ever advertised for it?" asked the
r ?? ?l- ? a tMiff fnr til
reporter, wjio vma nuuug <* ^uu
?* Slab's tombstones, but he was instantly ?J
1S frowned down. w
0 " Anything more ?" aslwd the princi- \
. pal interlocutor, " anything more, young ?1
man ?" ty
!i " Yes, sir," was the hopeful response, si;
* "a threnody in memory of my departed in
brother." cc'e
"Brother dead, young man, or only
F" gone to Sagetown ?" su
? " Dead, sir." n*
" Your own brother ?" ,
\? "No,sir. I never had a real brother; gr
d it's only imaginary." |n
? " Can't take this, then, young man," 155
" was the chilling reply. " Poetry, to find m
acceptance with the Hawkeye, must be P(
ie T-T.iT'n tn roWt-. this threnody: not ?t
jj because it is not very beautiful, lJut be- SJ
cause it is not true. Now, how much of
d do you want for these others ?" And he !.ir
|s lingered them over like a man buying in
^ mink skins. "
ie Tlie poet really didn't Know. He had er
'C never published before; he had hardly
^ dared nope to have his verses published w
5r at all. A few copies of the paper con- or
[e taining them, he was sure? in
;e " Oh, no," the editor broke in, " oh,
y no, no, sir, can't do that; we don't do fr
'? business that way; if a poem or sketch tli
d is worth publishing, it is worth paying A
ie for Would lifteen dollars pay you for fr
l? these ?"
A, The poet blushed to the floor with sn
" gratitude, and the young journalist
0 grandly wrote out an order and handed G
it to the poet. b?
a "Take that to the court-house," he ci
\e said, " and the auditor's clerk will give P<
'e you the money." ie
'n | The poet bowed and withdrew, and si
with great merriment tiie journalists "
burned his poems and resumed their cc
'J work. to
That wasn't the funny part of it, how- sc
'9 ever. The next day the simple-minded ?
d poet presented his order to the clerk W
ilcsignjited. And it was so that the a<
l? clerk owed the paper eighteen dollars for
" subscription and advertising, and lie ol
1_ promptly cashed the order ana turned it si
r? in when his bill was presented, and the in
L? manager just charged it to the salary ac- se
count of the smart young journalist who pi
^ signed the order, and the happiest man a
;.nd the maddest man in America w
are living in Burlington. One of to
} them is a happy, green, unsophis11
ticated young machine-poet, and the al
other is a wide-awake, up-to-snuff, p!
know-the-world, get-up-and-dust young w
is irtiimaliat-. whr? is jilreadv a riv.il of dl
n> Horace Greeiey in some of the verbal ai
1 departments of journalism.?Burlington
l<r Ilawkcye. e<
at ? ? le
^ A Desperate Struggle for I ile.
;n Mr. William Butler, an employe at
re Stoddard's rake factory, in Dayton, Ohio, fo,
li:is had a narrow escape from a horrible C1
?d death. As he stood on a ladder shifting sj
?n a bolt from a pulley, a set-screw in the jr
id shaft caught in his clothes, and began to 0|
e- wind them up. The shaft is within two a]
y, feet of the ceiling of the room and is ten [x
p-e feet from the floor. As the clothes
or wound up, pulling him to the shaft, he n
\x braced his feet against the wall with all C1
iy his power, and held himself there until w
?s- his clothes tore off liira. The collar-band jr
2d of his shirt was so strong that it very C1
st near choked him before it tore. He was C(
oe drawn so close that the shaft rasped the tj
ilt skin from his breast. When the clothes jg
-e. tore off he dropped to the floor. He never j,
ic; littered a cry, and none of the other men ^
I in the shop knew of his danger until the ^
irt struggle was over, though he w:is sepa
e- rated irom tnem dy oniy a unn ihhuu
fe. partition. He was carried to his home ^
ile and his numerous bruises dressed. The e,
iw shook to his nervous system left him as p
d, weak as an infant. Jj
ll, ? ti
it A good story is told in Edinburgh ci
at about that genial Grecian, Professor a
Blae.kie. One day, shortly before the p
e? dose of tlie late session, tne professor o
being through some cause prevented si
from locturing, there was posted on the h
Greek class-room door a notice to this p
ne pffect: "Professor Blackie regrets he is
" unable to-day to meet his classes." A si
he waggish student, spying this, scraped "V
n out the initial letter of the last word of b
dd the sentence, and made it nppear as if t(
the professor was retretfui at his inabil- a
en ity to meet those fair specimens of hu- d
>r<? I fomiliorlv l-nnwn nilNifln tbft
~ | MIUUIVJ inmiiimy ?-?' ? ?
lie college quadrangle as the " lasses." But 1
H who can joke with Blackie? The keen- n
he eyed old man, noticing the prank that ii
f a had been played on him, quietly erased a
nd another letter, and left the following t< ii
50, be read by whom it might concern: p
lot Profeasor Blackie regreta he is unable t
ay ! Q>day to meet hie asfcil" t
SUGAR BEET CULTURE.
nterc?tin? Information about this New
Industry for Farmer*.
The agricultural editor of the Balti
lore American says: The increased deland
for seed of the sugar beet shows
lat this industry has taken a strong hold
pon the farmers of this country, and the
robahilities are that the capital neces- j
fnr flip mannfant.urin? of sucar will !
b forthcoming by the time the Tanners I
ill have raised the necessary supply of
le raw material. We see it announced
laL already some fourteen companies
ave been formed in the States and
anadafor the manufacture ofsugar, and
le demand for the seed has been so great
lat although several tons of tha seed
ere import?d early in the spring from
ermany, by Mr. E. T. Gennert, tor or2rs
for New Brunswick, Delaware and
tlicr parties, other firms had also imDrted
of German and French seed very
jnsiderable quantities for this years
lanting. Yet, as we learn from the
oston Cultivator, with this large aggreite
of seed, the demand was not satis2d,
large supplies being still required.
rell-known seed merchants of Boston,
4-^. nvwl oAnn cnltroH t.llO !
CTtJ HppilCU tU uuu ouvii oviivv* vi.v
roblem, through the aid of their Eurojan
correspondents. On the fourth of
pril they cabled t? France lorthree tons
: beet seed, which was immediately I,
lipped, arriving in this country May {
h. This lot was secured for the Maine |
eet Sugar Company. Again, April j
1th, the Boston seed merchants cabled
r an additional lot of three tons of beet
ed. which arrived May 12th, or in
eenty-four days from the date of the i
der. This last importation was for
rmers in the Connecticut valley, who
ive manifested a deep interest in sugar
;et culture this year.
Thus it will be seen that many tons of |
ed have been planted this year, and the ,
suit will be watched with great intert
by American farmers. Heretofore the ,
iportations of beet seed by the seed *
juses have been on a limitecf scale, and
most exclusively lor use in raising (
?ets as cattle food. Another year the
arket will be well supplied with beet <
ed for the sugar industry. ,
Letters lately received from successful
let growers in France, while speaking
)pefully of the prospects of the sugar (
Jet industry here, yet state that they ,
ar disappointment among American ,
* * ? ^ 1 o t*rra I 1
OWCrS II Lilt! JjiiiuUIV^VJ ui giuiTiu^ itugv j
?ets (as is reported to have been follow- i
I in certain sections) generally prevails. 1
irge roots are not as rich in sugar as
nail ones. French growers advise that 1
)t less than eight to ten roots be grown <
?on a square yard, and that roots of (
om two to three pounds each will yield ;
le most sugar and prove the most reunerative
to those concerned in the in- t
istry. Small roots lessen the extract- <
g expenses by reason of the less amount i
water in their composition. Good i
ithority asserts that six pounds of fresh ]
id genuine sugar beet seed is sufficient
r seeding an acre of land.
At the sugar convention held at El- i
Votit Ynvlr in Mav a nilirihpr nf
ii it, nun A. viit) ?u ?.-j , ? ? ?
'ominent agriculturists were present i
om different sections of the country,
mong others, Mr. Englehardt prented
an exhaustive report on the cultiition
of the beet, in which he presented
ie following views: i
" The German beet growers cultivate j
ost extensively the white Silesian beet, <
ie so-called ' Ashard beet,' but not to : j
te exclusion of the Audinburg variety, |
hich requires the richest soil. The 1
ilmorine beet, a French variety, is cul- <
vated for its large percentage of sugar i
it usually worKea before it freezes, (
nee it looses considerable of its sugar <
the pits- A good suear beet should j
intain at least twelve per cent, of sugar
ipable of crystallization, but a very
na.ll per centage of saline substances; j
id while the latter have no injurious i
feet on the formation of sugar in the
owing beets, they are vej7 objectionable j
the process of separating and crystal- ;
ing the sugar, increasing the yield in ;
olasses and the manufacturing ex- i
;nses. Nitrogenous substances on the ,
her liand exert their influences in the <
owing beets. They reduce the yield
sugar, and we find, therefore, the
nountof sugar in the beet eorrespondgto
the amount of nitrogenous subances.
The more of the latter are prosit
the less of the former we will find.
For seed beets we must select healthy, I .
ell-shaped beet roots, of from one and i
le-half to two pounds weight, show- ;
g the most rings of leafmarfes. More- ,
rer. seed beets must never be taken
nm the first product of the soil, and
iey should be grown by themselves, i
n acre of seed oeets usually produce
nm 12,000 to 25,000 pounds of seeds.
I find it stated that a mellow, deep, i
.ndy loam, provided it possesses a free
id permeable subsoil?a soil named by
erman agriculturists a rich, first-class
irley soil?is best adapted to beet-root
llture. Whenever the subsoil is not
?rfcetly free we must remedy this de- j
ctby a proper drainage. The soil
lould be deep and loose, more limey
lan sandy, rich in humus or'well-de>mposed
organic matter. Stony soils
10 coarse, gravelly soils, or thin surface
>;ia urStli trrnvnl n.siihsnil. or. finallv.
soil with too much undecaycd vegetale
matter, are considered not well
iapted to beet raising. In regard to
ayish soils I may state that they are
yectionable during a rainy summer,
nee they produce watery beets, wantg
in saccharine matter, while in a dry
iason they become hard and so comict
as to interfere very materially with
proper development of the roots,
liich is more the case when from time
i time the heavy showers occur."
We now send from this country annuly
sixty to eighty millions of dollars to
ly for sugar, syrup and molasses, all of
nich can be saved by the general introiictionofthe
manufacture of the beet
id sorghum sugar.
The effect of beet root culture on the
moral prosperity of a country may be
arned from the following facts:
" An inquiry by the French governient
in 1850, for the purpose of ascerlining
if an increased production of
eets would cause a proportionate de ease
in that of cereals and meat,
lowed that the district of Valenciennes
i 1813 produced about twenty bushels
f wheat per acre. In 1833 it produced
bout thirty bushels. Before beet cullre
was established the entire producon
of wheat wjis 710,000 bushels. It
ise in 1833 to 1,492,000 bushels?an inrease
of over fifty per cent. In 1822 the
hole district fed400 oxen; nine years
iter, in 1831, it fattened 10,784, or an in;ease
of over twenty-five to one. Acirding
to another official document of
le French government, of 1873, there exits
in the north of France a certain numer
of districts which have obtained the
laximum of agricultural production,
hus in favorable seasons these localies
produce an average to the acre of
>rty bushels of wheat, forty-five tons of
eefand350to 400 bushels of potatoes,
tc. What causes this prodigious proserity
? In some parts it is due to the
se of Flemish manure, which sigricullrists
from the North have utilized for
enturies; in others where human feces
re n"t collected it is entirely due to the
roduction of beets. It has been repeated i
n all sidfs and it cannot be too much J
lid of the cultivation of beets that it
as contributed much to agricultural
rogress."
The same is true in regard to the beet
nfrinrm?mv on/1 Rftlfriilm
Ut'<IL UIOUIVW 'U VIVtrnnMJ i?uu^vi^.u.?i.
vhile we in Amcrica produce eleven
ushels of wheat per acre, they produce,
a say the least, double, and so it is with
lmost every other crop of farm prouce.
The Portland (Me.) Transcript says:
'he experiment which a company is j
laking in the production of beet sugar J
5 one of general importance. Last year,
s our readers are well aware, the experment
was tried on a small scale and
roved satisfactory. The farmers along
lie lines of the railroads found that the
nets at the prices paid would pay
moderately, and the company at Por
land found no difficulty in making goo
sugar from them. This year the con
pany has entered upon the enterprk
with vigor. Fairly in the seasorf a suff
cient number of acres of the root wei
arranged for to run the works at Porl
land to their fullest capacity. Seed ho
been planted in three States,* Maine, Nei
Hampshire and Massachusetts. It i
stated that the return of the business ws
so promising that a better price for th
rvinfnr?o I ?o noirl fliio iroor fhon 1 a a1
Those who have ^ven most attention t
the matter in Maine are confident of sue
cess, and confidently predict that th
production of beet sugar is an industr
which will eive agriculture in New Enc
land a new impetus and open a new fiel
for profitable investment.
TIMELY TOPICS.
A remarkable; occurrence with refei
ence to the photographing of a churci
weathercock at Tenby is reported by th
London Lancct. At the time nothin
was observed by the artist but the objec
upon which he was engaged; but on th
development of the plate the outline of
boat, with colors flying fore and aft, wa
distinctly visible about two-thirds u
the spire?in a reverse position. Til
photograph was taken at quarter pas
six, and about that time the gunboat
were launched at Pembroke dock. It i
thought that it is a mirage of one of th
gunboats soon after launching.
Pittsburgh is one of the blackest c
cities by reason of the smoke from it
manufactories, but a plan is being teste'
that promises to make it clean. Th
proposition is to wash the smoke, an<
the way of doing it thus described
"The washing is done by passing th
smoke through the spray caused by pad
dlewheels revolving in a tank of wate
holding soda ash in solution. The tan!
and wheels are placed in the flue, be
twcen the furnace and chimney, and
the wheels being made to revolve in th
direction of the chimney, the draught i
increased." The smoke after being thu
treated will not soil a white handkei
chief.
A rich widow, lacking only two year
of half a cestury and dressing her hai
six times a day, in Elizabethtown, Ky.
fell in love with a youth of nineteen wu
liad been working on her farm. He
two step-sons ordered him to leave th
town, and threatened to use a shotgu
if ho should ever attempt to return
riie widow took the lad to town, put
chased for him a new suit of clothes am
charged him to get a license. The youn
man did as he wjis told, and when the
-?-? ' ? ?i *a liim Katyio orv
WUI C Ulilli ICU 911C c<ungu mm uvuiu <?n
asked her step-sons what they meant t
do about it. The answer which th
3tep-sons made is not recorded; but i
they are allowed to remain in tha
liouse harmony is not likely to prevail
Dr. Schmidt of the New Orlean
Charity Hospital has had numerous op
portunities for investigating the natur
i)f the yellow fever poison. He takes
decided stand against the germ theorj
Maiming it to be a disease depending
like bmail-pox, scarlet fever and measles
upon a specilic poison of animal origin
[i product of the diseased human or
nanism itself. The fact that in the cas
i)f putrefaction the poison increases ii
intensity with each individual througl
whom it passes explains the fatality c
the disease, which increases as the epi
domic advances. The prevention of th
disease involves the interesting questio:
r>f quarantine, and the perfect isolatio
af the first cases would appear to be th
most important samuiiy measure.
The New York Graphic affirms thn
from March 21 to September 21 there i
about one-quarter more hekt dispense
by the sun at the North Pole than at an
given point on the Arctic circle, inaj
much as the sun shines constantly dui
ing the six months at the Pole at a
average altitude of lli} degrees,while an
given point on the circle, with the sam
daily average altitude of the sun, woul
be one-quarter of the whole time in til
night shadow of the earth, not receivin
but losing heat. While, other thing
being equal, the North Pole is, of coursi
the very coldest spot on the earth dui
ing the northern winter, there is no les
doubt that during the acme of the nortl
ern summer it may be the warmest spo
at least, within the north forty-five d<
grees of northern latitude.
The New York Hcbrty Leader, dii
cussing the pernicious litelature that to
often linds its way into the hands c
children, thinks that parents should r<
ceive censure for some of the harm tin
is done, and says: " They should hav
had an eye upon the books and new;
papers their children were reading. The
should have done this quietly, witbot
any attempt at restraint, but very e:
fectually. Open opposition sometime
has a bad influence. But if parents wi
remove evil papers and books, an
quietly substitute those that are gooc
they will generally And no trouble wit
the reading of their children. In thes
days there is an abundance of good liter;
ture available, and it can be bougl:
r.lmnnlv Thorn is nn fixp.lisfi for a cllll
having to go outside of his own horn
in search of reading matter. Food fc
the mind is quite as necessary as food fc
the body, uid it is as much the duty <
parents to provide the former as the la
ter. Then there will be no temptatioi
and no harm can be done to the youtl
ful mind."
Hints on Archcry.
Hundreds and thousands of youn
ladies in Detroit have set up a target an
drawn the bow, and dozens ana scon
of doctors have pulled down their sigr
and moved to Toledo since this health
out-door amusement was inauguratet
Here unci there an arcjier or an arcnei
ess obtains printed rules and instructior
to guide the came, but the great majorit
string up the bow, hang up the targi
and whang away without intelligent!
The following rules will apply to all an
every locality:
Don't attempt to hold the bow in hot
hands when you shoot.
If yotf shoot over the tai get Tower i
If you shoot under it have it elevated.
When vou miss the target and plow
furrow along a boy's scalp tally two, or
for the scalp and one for the boy.
Either close both eyes or keep bot
open when you shoot. Some favor or
method some the oilier, but odds is tl
difference as long as your father employ
a glazier by the month.
Don't attempt a curve shot. Tl
arrow is as apt to come down on tl
baby's head as elsewhere.
Some girls squint up one eye and linn
out their tongue when they pull the bov
This is not absolutely necessary to a lie
shot, though it does look romantic.
There is no particular distance to 1
observed, but the nearer the target vo
stand the more chance Vou have of hi
ting some one across the street in tl
eye..
A center shot is caJed a "duffer:
missin" the target is termed a "lor
handhitting the liorse-barn is know
as a "phoopee;" missing the barn an
shooting your aunt's spectacles off hi
nose is called a "Tom-tom;" shootir
across a young man's shouider is know
as "snuffles:" sitting down and shoo
ing backwards over your head is know
as "bluffing the game," and holding
spy-glass up to get a line shot is calk
" mashing the mark."?Detroit Fr<
Press.
A conccited student in Brown Unive
sity once told Dr. Francis Wayland, tl
president, that he thought it would 1
easy to make proverbs like those of So
omon. The reply of Dr. Wayland wi
simply, " Make a few."
Penaacola. Fla., Is boasting of ripe fi/
seven and a half inches in ciroumfereno
t- He Went Shooting.
d At this period of the year the i
l- boy is permeated with a violent i
|e tion to go gunning. In the aut
l- when the trees are robed in scarle
'e gold, and everything is hazy and p
the small boy has the samp amb
13 But it is sweeter now to him to in
* in shooting, inasmuch as it is unla
18 This, of course, intensifies it.
13 Mr. Barton lias a boy, and his
e most name is John. He would r
k- go gunning than be president of an i
? ance company. He determined
last Saturday, and made all the r
0 sary preparations for a good day's :
y In order that his father couldn't
>- him home to do odd jobs aroun*
d place, he determined to arise uefon
one else should awake.
He woke up on Saturday mornii
five o'clock and commenced to dress
self as noiselessly as possible. Aft
had got his things on, he moved thr
, the hallway on tip-toe, His sho
carried in his hand to avoid makin/
sound. Finally, he worked his
down .the creaky steps and reachei
? closet in the hall. This was the ars
I The old Queen Anne musket lay b(
,e some rolls of oilcloth and zinc and s
pipes. It was an awful task to erad
? it without crea ting considerable ra
P Every time he would lift it an inch
stovepipes would show sympton
* rolling around and falling.
* At length he had if out, and his
S
lillliy ajJttllVJLCU. rv 1LI1 u^ll^uv. AAV .
cd over to the window, got out 1
thief, and put on his shoes. Th<
dodged behind tree, and crawled i
* behind the stone wall until he was
f a respectable distance from the h
p He was about as happy a boy as i
f be found when he became satisfied
. he was free to do as he pleased fo
* balance of the day.
" Ah, won't dad be wild," he
" menced, as he skipped along towai
7 woods, with a merry twinkle in his
* " won't dad be wild when he gets U]
I finds I'm gone, and he can't blow n
' either, because be didn't tell me to
I home."
j* The latter reflection braced Jol
; uj) with the hope that nothing w*u
said to him, as he had not been gui!
disobedience.
He was now two miles from 1]
and it must be seven o'clock, brea
time, and Johnny thought of th<
'' coffee and biscuits with a wat
? mouth.
At this moment a robin lit on i
? close by him. In an instant, the mi
was leveled at it, and when he p
, the trigger he first became aware o
j fact that the piece was not los
? Down went his hand into his po
? and up it came empty. He had fo
? ten his ammunition. The look
" came over him would bother a cam<
? catch and embalm. He was two i
r from home, and his prospects of ge
f any breakfast were decidedly slim,
j despondency walked up into his fno
placed its colors in his soul as lie si
marched home. On his arrival h
ceived a soul-withering rebuke !o'
' matutinal actions, and then he was
? pelled, on a cold breakfast, to aisii
, father in planting potatoes, lie
* mentally sick all day, and shoul.l
j* shooting surreptitiously again it is
' reasonable to conclude that lie will
',1 ammunition along, even if he loi i>ei
~ gun.?New York Star.
n
li Sermons by Telephone.
f Invalids can remain in their
- rooms and hear their favorite mini)
e sermon?by telephone. In a chur
n Richmond, Va., a transmitter wasp
n upon one of the pillars of the puip
e most entirely hidden from sign
small insulated wire ran down insid
pulpit rail and across the angle
t stair, up the wainscotting ana i
s under the top rail out through a g
d hole in the window frame, and tc
y top of the parsonage, passing <
!- through the ventilator into the cna
> of the invalid young lady where ii
n attached to the ordinary hand telep
y Imperceptibly to all around the
e instrument did its work, conveyi
d the ear of the patient sufferer the s<
e of the well-known voice in the pull
S the first time in long years. Of e
;s the reverend doctor was anxioas d
?. the morning sermon, as his thougli
> verted to the distant listener, to
S3 if she heard, and his pleasure m;
i- imagined when he learned that tli
t, vice, sermon, prayers, hymns, orga
-- singing had been audible to the p
for whose comfort the arrangemen
been planned.
3- A telephone has beer placed i
o Congregational church at Mans
f 0'iio, the wires leading to the hou
J- several aged and invalid persons. A
it temporary in descrilnng it says i
e mounts a floral decomtion on the
5- in front of the open platform, when
y hardly seen. The speaker pays i
it tention whatever to it, yet every
f- uttered in the auditorium is easily
s in the rooms of the dwellings Mrliic
h wires reach. The first message fro
d minister was from Scripture:
I. word is nigh unto thee;" " His
h runneth very swiftly."
le _
ft Sabbath ,'Singing at Seaside II
d Tea over and the week-day macl:
10 cleared away from the parlors and
,r zas in all the houses, the piano is op
r the Cannina Sacra pot out, and 1
" hour or two the whole villnge is
with the sober strains of "Haml
and " Mear," or the lilting inspirat:
"Hold the Fort" and "Pull fo
Shore." As music it doesn't touc
highest artistic mark, certainly, bul
soothing and sympathetic. Thoug
missed and stalwart young swells
? for six days a week know little m
f but " Conosci il suol" or " Madam
38 got," feel the gentle infection, and
13 who came to sneer remain to
y Quaint, isn't it, to sec young Bicep<
* arrived with all his blushing Sprm
r" honors thick upon him, roaring
IS like a sturdy, red-faced, six-foot su
'J dove, and rasping his manly larynx
Jt an intractable chromatic, as "he
over the book with sweet Nelly i
" the daintiest little devotee who eve
, ried a poor fellow's thoughts sky wn
11 the wings of earthly sentiment?
there is nothing like proximity. I
t< won't be the worse for a little vie:
devotion; and if Nelly can make
a available in "convertible" (or c
10 bonds, why shouldn't she? So n<
, your scoftun#, you icsthethic hen
n If you don't like the music or the
1(; of it, light your cigarette and t
ie stroll down the promenade. By the
fS you get back the sjnging will be
and tllC crowueil in liiui
ie same tide of unsanctified gossif
1C flirtation as on ordinary cvonii
Charles Carroll, in Ilarjicr's May
>S _____
IT.
n Emperor William and His Wi
The Empress of Germany wa
Emperor William's first love, tli
u mands of royalty compelling him t<
t- up his attachment for a lovely cou
ifi It is commonly believed that the
riage has not been in all respects a 1
i" one to the parties most intimately
cerned, and that the king and quoei
n ferred living apart. The wife d<
d herself to the cultivation of art a
philanthropic works, and the liu
'g to his state duties. But they havi
n happy in their two children, an
t- emperor has never followed the
n kingly example and insulted his w
a making a public parade of his fav<
'd And certainly the devout message
ec by William from the field to his
during his last and greatest cam
gave evidence that at that distan
* - TV !.
l_ aiietinun wivssnuny. j/uiiiif;iLTnii
ie whatever differences may Tiave e:
)e have been removed, Knd the re
1- couple hjve lived happily togeth<
13 joying most of all the society of
children and grandchildren. Thf
press was sixteeen when she whs
lb riod, and Is seventeen vearo th<
e. peror's iunior.?Bpringfield Union,
FARM, GARDEN, AND HOUSEHOI
small .
imbi- .
umn, CfeLEBT Salt.?Save the root of t
fc and celery plant, dry and grate it, mixing
oetic, with one-third as mucn salt. Keep u
ition, bottle well corked, and it. is delicious J
duke soups, oysters, gravies or hashes.
Dover Cake.?Ono pound of Hot
f one of sugar: one-half pound of buttf
!?re* six eggs; a glass of sweet milk; one U
atner ap00nful 0f soda; two teaspoonfuls
nsur- cream tartar; add a little nutmeg.
ieces? Lemon Beer.?Put into a keg one g
3tart Ion of water, two sliced lemons, o
kee ' tablespoonful of ginger, a scant pint
. . " trnnil avinn and nnR half-Dint of vea:
? 'nv twonty-four hours it will be ready!
y use. If bottled, the corks must bo ti
at down*
i?jm_ Apple Fritters.?One pint of sw<
pr | " milk, six eggs, flour enough to form
ouch stiff" batter, a pinch of salt, half a ti
es he 8Poon^ul ?* saleratus, a teaspoonful
v cr(!am tartar; then slice some good so
6' * apples rather thin and mix in the batfc
i the ^ry *n ^ot 'ar^ browning them nicely
lenal ^oth sides. Sauce?a little cream a:
'hind suSar- They are nice made of raisins
tove- currant9 instead of apples. Delicious
licate ma(*e canned peaches, and the juice
a j the peaches well sweetened and pour
, tjjg over them when served, for sauce,
is of Tongue Soup.?Put a smail tong
into a stewpaa, with trimmings of ai
eyes bones of fowl or veal, and stew for fo
valk hours, removing the scum; take out t
ike a tongue, skin ana clean it, and leave it
;n he cooh put back the trimmings and t
ilong ro?t. with a carrot, a turnip, a head
quite celery and an onion, half a teaspoonf
ouse. cayenne, and stew one hour mor
:ould then strain the soup, and when cool i
that move the fat, and set it ?n to heat, wi
r ti.o a turnip and carrot cut in square?, ai
two tablespoonfuls of grated tongu
com, let it simmer slowly for an hour, ai
dthe serve boiled rice. A useful ai
, eye> cheap soup.
[>and Canned Corn.?To every six quai
le up of corn take one ounce of tartaric aci
i stay dissolved in boiling water; cut the co
from the cob, and put in sufficient wat
inny to cook; put the acid in while the co
Id be is cooking; when done seal in glass can
Ity of to prepare for the table, pour off t!
sour water and save it; put enough fre
iOme, water to the corn to cook it; for eve
kfrust quart of corn add one small tenspoonf
; hot of saleratus, and let it stand a few mi
ering utes before cooking; while cooking p
in a teaspoonful of sugar; if the co:
i tree turns yellow, too much saleratus h
usket been used; pour back some of the so
ullod water till it turns white again; seas<
f the with salt, cream, butter and peppe
ided. same as fresh corn.
cket, Sour Beef and String Beaks.
rgofe- xake six pounds of beef, the brisket
i-* * i - al - 1 a. prni.- _
Liiivt ooier, or pin Done is uie neat. lxhc p
3rato bone is the piece which is cut off fii
miles before what is known in New York
Ming the flatrbone steaks are cut.] Put tl
"is in a close stewpan with halt a peck
s and string beans, cutting the beans m thr
owly pieces;*add half a tumbler of wate
e re- season with salt and pepper and dred
r his Well with flour; when the beef is h;
com- cooked add one-third of a tumbler
3t his vinegar and a tablespoonful of brov
was sugar; stir it well, so that the ingra
He go ents are well mixed; cook for thr
only hours or more very slowly, coveri:
take well the stewpan. The art in cookij
ts the this dish, as in all boiling or stewin
is not to allow it to cook too fast. Shou
it boil too rapidly move it to a cool
portipn of the range. It should simm
sick- al1 theti 7 _ # w
The Currant Worm.
eh at Mr. M. Hays, Franklin Co., Peni
laced Grants to know how to get rid of a gard
it, al- enemy whose appearanee at work lie <3
t. A scribes as follows:
e the A green worm, size from one in
of a down, first came last season, strippii
ilong the leaves clean, and this spring tho
imlet stripped stalks were dead, root ai
> the branch. Another lot not touched Is
wmir urn nnw hv t.llPm also t
auvrix ? * vy ?? ~r r,
mber gooseberries. Tried carbolic soaD su(
t was and to-day tried slaked lime, dusting t
lione. bushes effectively; can see no differen
little aayet.
ng to Doubtless the imported currant won
mnds (Nematus ventricDsus). It was inti
lit for duced, or rather first began to attrf
ourse attention in 1857, around Rochester, !
uring Y., though there is good evidence of
its re- having been spreading further and ft
know ther West ever since, at the rate of abc
ly bo twenty-five miles a year, colonizi
e ser- wherever it goes, and frequently str
n and ping the leaves of the currant and ev
erson of the gooseberry in midsummer. T
t had parent flies have four transparent winj
the lemale being yellowish and the mi
n the black. The eggs are attached in ro
jfield, along the principal veins on the unc
scs of side of the leaves. There are from ti
. con- to three broods of the worm annual
t sur- the Inst brood passing the winter. I
table the most part, in the cocoon which t
5 it is worm spins, on or Deneatn tne suriace
io at- the ground.
word Much can be done to prevent the i
heard juries of this worm by watching for t
:li the first leaves that are riddled with hoi
m the as when the worms first hatch many
"The them remain together on a single le
word and may thus be gathered and destroy
with ease. The most satisfactory re
edv, when the worm has been allowed
. . grow, and when hand-picking becom
oteis. t00 troublesome and expensive, is to f
linery ply white hellebore. Oare should
piuz- taken to obtain a pure article, and
tened, stand to the Y/indward while dusting
for an over the bushes, so as to avoid too mu
vocal sneezing, which the inhalation of t
Durg" powder is apt to produce. A bag
ion of muslin tied to the end of a stick answ<
r the very Avell as a duster. The powder mi
.?. *1.0 linwnver. be iust as effectually syrine
t it is or sprinkled by mixing it with water
htless proportions ot one pound of the powc
, who to twenty or twenty-five gallons of wat
elody The quantity named should not cost mc
e An- than half a dollar, and will keep any <
those dinary garden clean for a season if th
sing, used in solution .? New York Tribune.
5, just Uooseberrlei and CnrrnnU.
gfield There is no reason why both tin
away very useful fruits should not be fou
eking abundantly in every garden. They i
with no trouble to raise. They grow read
looks from cuttings. Take the wood of 1;
5 , ye.ir, from six to ten inches in lengl
r car- prepare the bed or place where they s
trd on to stand permanently; force them it
But the ground not less than four inch
liceps press the dirt firmly around them, mul
1 ' ' '? l T/? _ l
irious tliem. and let tnem aione. n :i urusu
i him desired let the buds on the cuttings
>ther) main; hut if a tree or single stem
)ne of preferred,remove all the buds that woi
.then! go beneath the surface. Let them sta
spirit about three feet in the row; and if th
ike a is more than one row, let the rows
! time four feet apart.
over In the spring the dead wood of tx
h the the gooseberries and currants should
i and cut out. and the new growth should
igs.? thinned whei e there is too much, a*
tizinc. will interfere with the product. 1
best red currant is the Dutch; and
f best gooseberries are Downing's Prol
and Houghton's Seedling.?Portk
-s not Transcript.
ie de- ?
ntcss. The Serenade.
; m:ir- Young Skinner plays the guitar a
tiappy sings songs of his own composition. 1
r con- other evening he visited his lady love
n pre- Cottage Hill, and standing beneath vr
Jvotes he supposed to be the window, sang:
nd to Como, love, come,
9band The moon shines bright;
- 1 n
S UITI1 V/umoj xv>*wiMv,
d the Be my queen ol night!
usual T. . . .
ifobv List to my ky,
iritos " As Bottl>*'8,nK5
; List to me, prny,
? S(7j^ Love's gift I bring!
paicn The window above was softly opei
ce his ant^ a ^C?P ^ss voice sang:
; years Clour out, clear,
xisted The moon siines bright;
vered Gir- foo,? Kil>
Oi we'll hare a flrjht.
?r, en- n
their List to my lay,
! fm- And flon't stop to sing,
mar- Or I'll lot loose the dog,
! em- And thn shotgun bring.
i "Oil CVy Dtrricl
iD Footsteps at the Door.
As we know familiar roioes,
Every iiear and dear one's call,
he 1 Coming through the silent chamber ,
it ,< Waking echoes in the hall;
So with instinct all unerring,
Ever strengthening, more and more.
|r. We can read the varied language
!r.' Of the footsteps at the door!
^ Grandpa's ialtering tread, now hearj
With the weight of frnillnl years,
"N'Aftn'ncr vonder crolden eity?
ne . Almost through this vale of tears:
of Steadiast lent that never loitered,
St. Bravely going on Wore;
By-ond-bye we'll miss their mnsioPrecious
ioot#tep?ittho door. I
JCt Then the patter of the children,
a Happy darlings! oat and in, '*
T.fke the butterflies and sunbeams,
jjj. With no though* of ctoe or?ia!
jr. Little lect thaf need sure guiding . *
on Past the pit&IW on the shore, ;
tld Lest tbey turn aside to miaohipl: ,
.. Blessed looteteps at the door!
of Then the matron; glad toil olioery, .,7 . f_
ed Heara her good man drawing nigh ; 17
And the children hear the mother ,,
ue As her bnay footsteps fly;
^ Household mosic! We all hear it!
|je While we love it more and more,
to And we hope to welcome with it
he Angel footsteps at the door!
Of ' ?
ITEMS OF IMPREST.""^ ! .
e. '
American women eat more candy than
3(1 all the other women in the world.
e. "Sweets to the sweet." ? Chicago
1(j Journal.
ad Gen. Walker, who is to superintend
the United States census of 1880, esti ts
mate^that the population will be t?.
d, tween forty-sixandfortY-seven million*,
rn i General Ewing was private secretazy
er to President Tyler at the same tim? his
rn father, Thomas lowing, Sr, was JSecres;
tary of the Traisury. Another member
he of Congress, Whlttnorne, of Tcnneaaet,
sh was private secretary to President Polk
ry tub mosquito. ,.
ul Baz-z-z-z-zip! Buz-buz-z-z-zip!
n- Then we chase aroand the room,
nt Bark onr shins up in tho (doom . !
rn To build that insect's tomb
as With a loaded pQlow.sIip.
UT Bnt how vain is our endeavor,
More uncertain than the weather,
r. For we hit him " hardly ever" '
' ' (Forgive as), K J
And back he comes npon oar blood to sip^:
' ?Wheeling Leader.
Talk of the bravery of the sterner sgx!
Do you remember the first time yob *
r: asked her, "Will you take my aim?"
While you trembled all over like the
< narrative of a stump-tail dog and experiee
enced the sensation of having swallowed
your Adam's apple, what did she doP
' Why, she took your ann as coolly ias she
? f would eat a pickle.?Boston Transcript
of There is a story?first told at^nub^c
rn dinner of English horticulturists?of a ,
ii- gentleman who had such "floral zeal,
ee that, though he stumbled and broke u
ag leg in alighting from his carriage^ a
ng show to which he was a contributor, he
g. not only petsisted in superintending the
Id staging 01 his flowers, but afterward tier
mamea in the vicinity of the building
r for tliree hours, without consulting a
doctor, until the judges' awards were
known. 4' Here,'1 as Victor Hugo wouli
say, " was heroism enough to gfld a cen* ?
ury."' P. S.?It was a wooden leg.
en _
r" ' A Painful Scene.
cli Yesterday morning while seven oi
a~ eight old and reliable citizens were hold,Se
ing down chairs and boxes in a MickiQd
gan avenue grocerv and umurimoualy
wt agreeing that this was the greatest cquu*
he try on earth, a stranger entered and saiu:
jSj " Gentlemen, 1 suppose you are l&uiuIje
iar with politics?"
ce " We are," they replied in chorus.
" And you know all about the fundam
mental principles of liberty?11
? "We do." :;;t:
tct " Well, I'm glad on it, for I've made a
NT. bet with a feller back here as to how the
its reading of the Constitution begins. One
ir- of you just write me down the first ten
)Ut words.
ng While he felt for a stub of a pencil,
ip. every man began scratching his. head and
en cautiously eyeing his neighbor. One
lie began muttering: "Now I lay me?tn
rg. and a second said something about
ile " Resolved," and a third wrote on the
too of a cracker box: " On motion, it
|er was voted tliht?that?" There was a
)V0 great deal of coughing and sneezing and
lv nose blowing, when a boy came in and
for said that the stranger's horse had run
j,c away. He rushed out, and seven faces
0f brightened up and smiled, and seven
men. took fresh chews of tobacco and
jn. tried not to look too important when the
l,e grocer said:
ex, "The Constitution? Why, every one
of of you can repeat it by heart with your
;vf. eyes shut?of course you can."?Detroit
ed Fre* Press. i '
^ A Plague of Loensts.
lCo The Georgian town of Jelizawetpol,
near Tiflis.has suffered a plague of locusts
be | almost as bad as that which afflicted
to Egypt in the days of Moses. The insects
it invaded the town in such numbers that /
ch the merchants had to shut up their.shops,
lie ."ind walking about the street was exeeedof
ingly difficult. The Russian authorities
?vs ordered the inhabitants to make a united
iy, effort to kill the pests, but the generous
ed people refused, believing it a sin to de
in stroy a locust, until the authorities
lor threatened to punish every householder
er. who failed to deliver daily a given weight
" fk/? nnnolo worn HIipH Wlf.ll
)re 1USWW>? X UC uuiuia. iv*v ..
)r_ locusts, so that water tor drinking and *'
us washingcould only be obtained by strain-' 7^
ing. The houses swarmed with the
creatures, and many fami lies went a week *
cse without bread because their ovens were
n(j literally filled with them. They tried
ire in vain to drive the locusts away by
j]y lighting holy candles and burning Incense.
The Arminian priests regarded
jj. the plague as a visitation of God, and
irg brought from a neighboring town the
lto bones of Jacob, which they carried
es through the streets of the afflicted city
[c]j in procession, fairly wading through
1 jg masses of dead and living locusts as they
re_ marched along with the relics of the
t jg patriarch. The energetic measures taken
by the police finally abated the evil, but
ncj not until the gardens, orchards and vincere
yards had been stripped bare, an*1 th
t,e people had suffered for more tli:Mi a
week.
^ The Position of Agricnltarc.
be In his essay on "Farming," Emerson
, writes: "The glory of the farmer is
jjp thift, in the division of labors, it is his
the P^rtto create. All trade rests at last on
;gc his primitive activity. He stands close
l}Ul to nature. He obtains from the earth *
the bread and the meat. The food which
was not, he causes to be. The first
? ^ n k: .
farmer was tlie nrst man; ann nu motoric
nobility rests on possession and
,nd uee of land. Men do not like hard work,
?he but every man has an exceptional respert
on for tillage, and a feeling that this is the
hat original calling of his race?that he
himself is only excused from it by some
circumstances which made him delegate;
it for a time to other hands. If he have
not some skill which recommends him
to the farmer, some product for which
the farmer will give him corn, he must
himself return into his due place among
the planters. And the profession has in
all eyes its ancient charm, :is standing
nean stto God, the first cause." If agri"
* lAtt
letl culture reany occupies um
amongthe industries, how important it
is for the farmer to show proper respect
for his calling, by doing his work in the
best manner, by employing the best
methods, by making use of all that
science and experience teach, in orth.-r
that he may reap the greatest possible
results, and thereby compel people in
other callings to believe wliat Eairtuon
In ' ays of tbl? one.
" ' * 1 i