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BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1879. NO. 8. VOLUME XXV.
' ' ' ??t rnjD I What; it Menim. i , ,i
Who?
Who is the sweetest baby
That ever said " A-goo ?"
Who is the dearest baby,
With eyes so soft and blue?
Who is the prettiest baby ?
I think I know. Do you ?
Who has the softest golden
Little rings of hair ?
Who has the rosiest cheeks and
The smoothest lorehead fair?
Who has the sweetest kisses,
Enough ol them and to spare?
Who ha9 the cunningest fingers,
And who the pinkest of toes ?
Who has a mouth like a rosebud,
And who the daintiest nose ?
And who is as sweet altogether
As the very sweetest rose ?
Who has the prettiest dimples,
fc Dancing in .chin and cheek ?
*"* And who is learning the dearest
Of all dear names to speak ?
r And whose blue eyes are learning
Mamma's dear eyes to seek ?
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r Ah! surely, there's only one answer
To the questions asked you here;
Only one true, glad answer,
Awaiting the mother's ear.
t Who is the prince ol babies T
Why, ot course, my baby dear!
?Mary D. Brine, in the Independent, j
IMPROMPTU FIREWORKS.
i
"Are you my Uncle Robert?" said a
sweet, cnildish voice. And stopping
the cheerlul whistle that always ae- j
eompanied his work, :md looking up
from the plane that was loudly lisping as
it. ranidlv skimmed alone the board he '
was planing, Richard Foster saw, stand- j
ing in the doorway of his workshop?a
.bright June sunbeam resting on her i
pretty head?a little fair-haired girl.
Lost in astonishment, he did not an- j
swer the child, but gazed at her with
wide-opened eyes. She had appeared
so suddenly and quietly, and, moreover, ;
she was so unlike the round-faced, rosy-,
cheeked, white-haired, chubby little j
^ ones of his native village?so lair, so |
fragile, with a str:inge, yearning look in
her large violet-blue eyes, and a tint of j
purest gold on the long flowing hair i
that fell about her small delicate face? |
that she seemed to belong to an entirely ;
different race.
"Are you my Uncle Robert?"she repeated,
coming a step or two into the |
shop.
"No, I'm not,* baby; I wish I
were," answered the cheery young fellow,
recovering from his surnrise; lor he ,
dearly loved children, ana this, child !
touched some chord in his heart that had
never been touched before.
"My name's not 'Babyit's Eva,"
' said the child, shaking the black hair
from her face, and regarding him with a
seriotis look. " And mamma's name is
Eva too.11- And then, with a little sigh: ;
" I fought perhaps you was him."
- "What made you think so, baby?I
raaan Eva?" asked the young man, with
a pleafeant smile, tossing his plane aside, i
ana flftting down on a huge block of
that stood near.
,rYou?look like him"?speaking with
quaint preciseness. " He went away I
when I was a very little girl?I'm 'most
five now?but I 'member him. He had
a face^'like you, a nice laughing face; 1
but"?glancing at the shirt sleeves? !
" he wore a coat, and he used to give
me candies for kisses?two candies for '
one kiss; and mamma cries because he .
does not come back and take us away :
witfi him.".
'-** J J WaII "nv*lmi/1 ort/1 lntiff ?n
lilt UlilUCI UCll iuuu iuu^ u? ,
^ the-eottage adjoining. The young cur- j
penfcer mechanically rose to his feet, and
then deliberately sat down again, as he
said, with a tender look in his honest
brown eyes, " I'm sorry mamma cries." '
"Xes, she cries "?in a lowered voice,
and, completely won by the kind look, ;
coming to,his side, and putting her mite
of'a hand confidingly in his?"because
papa has gone up there" (pointing to ,
the sky).: " I don't 'member him; 'twas
long, long, long ago; and Uncle Robert
dofiVeotfie back; and she's a beggar!"
?Ms? remark evidently quoted, '
. with a dramatic little gesture.
Aeaiikilwrelinner bell rang violently,
j J WiU you tell me where you live, !
Eva?" asked Dick, paying no attention
to the summons; but before the child i
could reply a stout, buxom, black-eyed
girl flew into the room from the rear '
aoor, and a slight, graceful, fair-haired
woman came in at the other.
. "Dick, why on earth don't you come
to dinner?" almost yelled the buxom
girl; and, "Eva, mv darling, what are
you doing here?"cried the pretty
woman.
"I fought he was my Uncle Robert,"
said the child, smiling at the young
workman as she dropped his hand and
went toward her mother.
"He?" exclaimed the pretty woman,
scarcely glancing; at him. "Why, he"
?with a light laugh, and a slight inflection
of scorn, or something very like
it, in her voice?"he's a carpenter."
And catching the child in her arms,
she disappeared as suddenly as she had
w arrived.
Goodness gracious sakes alive!" said
Dick's brown-faf-ed, red-cheeked sister,
with ran- inflection but a whole
volume of scom in her voice. "A carpenter.
indeed! si A nd what is she?"
. " What is she?" repeated Dick.
" Oh, come along to dinner. Dick, and
donlt bother. I'm hungry, if you ain't?"
giving him a by no means gentle pull.
"Stop a moment, Lib?" jerking away
from her?" that's a good girl, and tell
me all about it."
"All about it? Pshaw! you men are
all ajftfe! All about her, you mean.
Do you think she's pretty?"
"Well, all about her, then," said
Dick, utterly ignoring the question.
vMrtfhpr'll be hormitiff mad. and the
Vitftuahil be stone-col(T but I'sposc I'd
better hurry and tell you what I know
at once, or you'll be pestering the life
out of me till I do. She's a widow?
'Mrs. Leonard Deraing, M. I>.,' that is,
Mr.'Leonard Bemingwas ' M. D.;' and
sh? came here two days ago to live in
the Brack cottage round the corner, with
her aunt, old Mrs. Pauldinc, who is always
talking o/' better days,' and boasting
tffcet J&e*e kfever has been a mechanic
in TiCTTat iniy.-3 V'nd yet she's as poor as
jwi-hureh mouse, and no one knows how
she manages to liveu"
"Go oh. Lib"?as she stops to take
breath.
" Th^-goo^j-Uie bell again!"?turn^
ing toward tfcetloor. i
" You shall not stir a step until you
finish your story,',' says Dick, detaining
hW with firm but gentle force.
'Oh, Richard Foster, what a tease
yc*rrf*ei and only yesterday you was
?inin ?.:(?nssin. nnd savinchow WO
tppgiies ci^T run on, and?eh!"
(WKk shrill ifci'rewn) "what a pinch,
you txjfttfeOtffcjnhiifflfr Wei], her husband
'wr? a'doctor, and went off to some
p^Efjjbr pJiBET when they'd been married
a year or so, and caught the yellow fever,
and died, and left her nothing but his
'M. D.* And she's as poor as old lady
Paulding and just as proud; and, oh,
Dick, the funniest thing?she's filled one
of hei* aunt's windows with wax flowers
for sale, just ns though any one in this
place would buy wax flowers! Come
along."
"Lib, I think wax flowers are beautiful"?he
had Clever thought of them in
his life before, and ' t fact knew nothing
' about them?44 and ; wish you'd set'the
other folks a good < sample and buy a lot
of them frofti?Mr- . Deming for our parlor
mantel," and he thrust a bill into her
hand.
44 Die k Foster, are you%razy? Wax
^ flowefs, 'ftnd mother wanting a new
rook stove this minute!?the old one's
falling into pieces?and I haven't?"
'44 A stitch to your back," savs Dick,
smiling. 44 You" never have. But buy
: the flowers, Lib, dear, and mother shall ?
have a new stove and you a new dress c
1 before the week's out. 111 work nights." \
" But, Dick?" t
But Dick had rushed away at a fourth t
and most furious ringing of the bell, and
i she was fain to follow without another c
; word. r
i Day after day Dick Foster set his shop
door wide open, and replenished the \
: prrtty bonbon box that was hidden li
! away behind some tools on a shelf in the n
corner, in hopes that he might some day
- ? 1>nnA A?Am lno nn/1 n
JilKnr mr? ii\/m mo nvta .?n^* vj
i see the fair-haired child standing before o
him. But day after day went "by, and "
June merged into July, and she came no li
more.
The wax flowers had been bought a }
few clays after Dick had so suddenly r
discovered how much he admired them, t
and wonderful imitations of nature they p
proved to be, but, alas! wanting nature's s
wonderful fragrance; and they stood between
the china dog and cat that Dick i.
remembered from his earliest boyhood, v
on the hich, old-fashioned wooden man- b
tel in the low-ceilinged sunny parlor. j "
Lib had come back from purchasing
them with a quiek s'ep and a snap in her fi
black eyes, and had immediately?as fi
Dick knew she would the moment he h
caught sight of her?rushed into the p
shop to?as she was wont to express it- it
"free her mind." u
"There, I hope you are satisfied," she a
began, with a toss of her head, putting w
the vase of lilies and roses into his hand; a
" but I think you'd better saved your k
money. Not but what they're pretty h
enough, and I don't see how she makes n
cm; l couian c. jbui or an me stucK-u^ a
things I ever saw. she's the worst, a
'Your little girl thinks your brother
looks like my brother,' says I, trying to p
make myself aoreeable: 4 does her' 4I'm o
sure I don't "know; I didn't look at L
him. My brother is a very handsome w
man, and an artist. We were a family p
of artists, although my share of talent it
took a very lowly form,' says she, hand- ing
me the vase-^-she called it a 4 varse.'
Good-afternoon.'" t(
To all of which Dick replied not a
word, but turned away and sawed like
rr.ad, which so offended Miss Elizabeth
Foster that she never referred to the B
pretty widow again until the afternoon \\
of the 3d of July, when, with a gleam of
mischief in her face, she burst out at the h
supper table: 44Oh, Dick, I've a nies- ai
sage for you. I met44 Miss Eva," as the E
little servant-girl calls her. They say a
that girl serves Mrs. Deming for "love; ?
wish I could get people to serve me for d
that. 4 Please tell the?the shavings | r<
man,1 said Miss Eva, 'that I wanted to d
come again, but mamma won't let me.' E
And, oh, Dick, if they haven't put fireworks
for sale in the other parior win- 44
dow! Wax flowers and fireworks! m
? . i* -a. r. 31 . ] ,i
/VIn l 11 lining r , I u
But, judging from Dick's clouded brow j
and closely set lips, Dick thought it any- j ir
thing but funny; and Lib, wisely j a
dropping the subject, devoted herself to : ir
mother's soft gingerbread with undivided
attention.
And the cloud still lingered on the fe
carpenter's brow as he, pail in hand,
just after supper, bent his steps toward j??
the old weH that stood a few feet beyond j ft
the brick cottage. He had developed an j
extraordinary fondness for the water of ai
this well; it seemed as though nothing c<
else could quench his thirst, albeit until ri
a few weeks ago he had been perfectly h
satisfied with the cold as ice, clear as
crystal water drawn from the well in y
his mother's garden. ai
As he drew near the isolated cottage si
he saw the fireworks in the window, and gi
his heart came up in his throat. " So ir
poor, so proud, so lovely," he thought, h
" I'll buy them all to-morrow." And at
this moment the pretty woman stepped tl
out on the old-fashioned porch, and Dick c<
turned and fled. J w
But a few hours after Dick was again I tl
?;?i ?in. _ 4.?_:io? I
StJIWU Willi ih HT111UIC tllll^t i\ tllilSC I CI
that he was firmly convinced could only I
he assuaged by a draught from the brick ' n
(cottage well, and again, pail in hand, he \ h
set out, this time to reach the place of j p<
destination and begin slowly to return, tl
It w;is ten o'clock. In the cottage all o:
was silence and darkness. Dick paused
as he reached it, and leaned against the e<
maple in front of the door and gazed at b
the shutterless windows where*the wax j tl
flowers and fireworks entreated. "Come I
buy me." And as he gazed, smash went p
a pane of glass, and a blue light shot
past him and fell with a prolonged I
hiss upon the ground. Then in quick a:
succession came another and another, p
Then fizz! bane! pop! pop! fizz! bang! k
and the pyrotechnic articles were shooting
about in every direction, and the E
white muslin curtains were in flames.- I *1
In a moment the strong young fellow j c
had burst open the door, thrown the | li
pail*ot water upon the crackling fire-1
works, torn down the blazing curtains ' ci
and stamped out the fire. And in | s1
! unotluT moment some one in a Ion;/ 1
white robe, her golden hair silvered by L
: the moonlight, came flying out of tne l>
; room just beyond, ana, llinjjing her /,
i arms About him, cried: "Oil! dear
i brother Robert, you have come back at
last. But?but"?looking about her in !
a bewildered manner?"what h:is hap- a
penpd?" 1)
I " I'm not brother Robert," said Dick; b
1 hut he didn't loosen the clinging arms, b
' as it behooved him to do when he made si
| the declaration. " I'm?the?the shav- i <
I ings man, and your window has been on I y
. fire. Fortunately, I was passing?" Rut ,
' he got no further, for the white-robed i \
' figure uttered a little shriek, and tied j C
with precipitancy a* old Mrs. Pauid- I
ing entered t lie room from the other ! "
door, her best bonnet perched on her j 'I
: head and her night-cap dangling by its ,
. strings around her neck, a silver teapot , 1
in one hand and her favorite cat, grasped j
i by the throat, in the other, on a queer | n
little run, totally unlike her usual digni- j j"
fied tread.
To her did Dick explain the cause of . s
the wet carpet and the smoke-begrimed ] ?
walls, and, amid her profuse thanks for ' 1
his timely help, was taking his leave, J Jj
when Mrs. Deming, lamp in hand, again >
1 made her appearance?tills time in suit- ]
I able evening dress.
"Oh, aunt, what an escape!" she be- !
gan, setting the iamp on the table; "and
to think I never awoke until the very
last, I was so tired; and Eva has slept
through it all. We might have been
burned in our beds." And then, turning
to Dick, she said, her sweet voice trem.
bling in spite of her great effort to main- I
: tain her composure. " I beg your pardon
for the absurd mistake I made: but I
was so bewildered, and only half awake,
and I'd been dreaming of my brother,
whom you"?looking him full in the
face?"resemble very much." And
: breaking off suddenly, her voice trem;
bling still more, " IIow can we ever 2
I thank you. Mr. ?"
"Dick Foster, the carpenter," said
Dick, with as much dignity as though he
! had said " doctor " or " artist." c
"?Mr. Foster," her lips quivering and c
] her fair cheeks flushing red, ar.d she 1
i held out to him her dainty hand. ]
I Dick flushed as rosy red as she, but i
! made no movement toward her. His (
right hand hanging listlessly at his side,
liis hat held in his left, lie stood in j
silence as though uncertain what to do.
" Do you refuse to shake hands "with j
me?" she asked, a look of pained sur- i
prise flitting across her lovely face.
"Why, God bless us! "he can't," :
I screamed the old lady; " his poor hand
j is dreadfully burned." And she hastened f
: away in search of old linen and sweet 1
! oil. 1
j And it was?his working hand?ter:
ribly burned; but when Dick went home i
| that night he scarcely felt the pain for '
tlio memory of two violet eyes shining 1
through tears, and a sweet voice saying, i
"Oh, I'm so very, very sorry?so very, i
very sorry!" j
The next morning Mrs. Foster had i
just cleared away the breakfast things,
I and gone into the sitting-room where i
; Dick sat, installed in the only easy chair i
j the house .possessed, his rignt hand en- .
; velnped in'bandages, a book in his left, i
and the vase of wax flowers on the
i table before him, when there came a
jentle knock; at the street door. The
jood mother, opening it, beheld a pretty
)lue-eyed woman, holding a pretty
)lue-eyed little girl, standing upon the
hreshold.
"Oh, it's you, Mrs. Deming," said the
ild lady, bridling and fluttering her cap
ibbons. " Good morning, ma'am."
"Your son," said the young widow,
ritli a hesitation strangely foreign to
icr, "is he better? Has he suffered
ouch through the night?"
"His sufferings can be of no conscience
to you, ma'am," returned the
Id lady, sharply, in spite of a warning
'Mother!" from the room she had just
eft. " He's only a mechanic, ma'am."
"He's a noble fellow!" exclaimed
ilrs. Deming, seizing the wrinkled, toiloughened
hand that was raised as
hougli to wave tier away; "ana, 011:
lease don't be cross to me. I haven't
lept all night thinking of him."
Mrs. Foster's face began to relax, and
lie stern look completely faded sway
jhen little Eva. looking up with pure,
eautiful, beseeching eyes, entreated,
Don't be cross to poor mamma."
" Well, I suppose the fire warn't your
lult," she saia; "though how them
reworks exploded passes my compreension.
There must have been some
owerful carelessness somewhere; and
;'s my opinion that folks that doesn't
nderstand things should let'em alone;
nd his hand's very bad indeed; and he
ron't be able to work for a month, just
s he had the most industrious fit I ever
now a mm 10 nave?uiougu a iazy uov
e never was?and was earning lots of
loney. And his hand'll have to be
ressed night and morning, and take
bout an hour each time?"
" Oh, then I can be of use," cried the
retty widow, a bright smile breaking
ver her face. " I am a capital nurse,
-et me come every day and dress the
rounded hand. Your time, I know, is
recious; and it is the least I can do, for
, w:is in my service?I mean my aunt's
-that it was wounded."
"Well, that's clever, and I'm obliged
> you; but me and Lib?
" Mother!" from the parlor.
"Well. Richard ?"
" I shall beonly too glad to accept Mrs.
eming's kind offer;" and Mrs. Deming
rent in.
Three weeks had gone by, and the
and was nearly well. " I never saw
nything heal so quickly," foliloquized
?ick, one pleasant, fragrant morning, in
tone that implied that he wished it
wouldn't. " She can't come here but a
ay or two longer, bless her!?I don't
;ally nerd her now, though I pretend 1
i>?and then I'll be notliiDg to her but
lick the carpenter again."
"Dick," cliirped a bird-like voice,
mamma's got a letter from Uncle Robrt.
I run in to tell you," and little Eva
anced into the room.
" Great heavens!" thought Dick, turn- j
lg pale, "he's coming to take her j
way;" and a moment alter Mrs. Dem- ;
ig came in with the letter in her^hand.
"Are you worse this morningp" she
;ked, anxiously, looking at the young j
How's pale face. j
" Yes, much worse," he answered,
ryly. "Eva tells me you hav*a letter
om your brother."
" I have?at last. And he's in Paris,
nd does not expect to return to this
juntry for many years. He has marked
a beautiful French girl, and, I fear,
as almost forgotten me."
" Your brother married and forgotten
ou?" burst in Lib, poking her head in
t the door. "Well, that's nothing!
range. Brothers will marry and foret
sisters till the end of timeand calllgto
Eva to come and see the newly
atched chickens, away she went a^ain.
"And personally I resembled him,
lat is, I suppose, as much :is a mechanic
juld resemble an artist," said Dick,
ritha feeble attempt at sarcasm; " but
lere the resemblance must end. I never
luld have forgotten you."
And then they are both silent for a few j
lomcnts, Dick breaking the silence at j
ist. " I am very sorry for your disap-1
ointment. You had hoped to leave !
lis humdrum place, where there is no
ne you could care for."
"No one I eould care lor," she repeat3,
slowly. "I am not so sure of that;
ut I am sure of one thing, Richard, and
T .1 4.
lilt 1$ LI Kit 1 UUIIUlUlxu JUUi aj uij'diij >?
have learned to love this pretty, quiet
lace?"
"You have?" shouted Diek. "Oh, if
were not a poor carpenter?if I were an
rtist, a physician, a lawyer, anything
rofessional?I'd ask you to try and
;arn to love me, and stay here forever."
"Try to learn to love you! Why,
lick, you dear, splendid, darling old
oose don't you know I've love(f you
rer since the night qf the impromtu
re-works?,'
"My blessed darling!" cried Diek,
ntching. her in his arms and kissing her
weet lips.
"Goodness gracious sakes alive!" said
rib, appearing at the door again. " My
rother's going to be married too."?
Inrper^s Weekly.
The Twa Brigs " or Ayr.
The town divides itself on the sides of
river, which is spanned bythe"twa
rigs" celebrated in one of the poems
y Burns. In the dialogue that occurs
etween the two structures the new on
iceringly asks the old:
Will your poor narrow footpath of a street,
fliere twa wheelbarrows tremble when they
meet,
'our ruin'd, formless bulk o' stane au' lime,
lutnpare wi' bonnie brigs o' modern time?"
And the old one answers:
Conceited gowk! pulFd up wi'windy pride!
'his mony a year I've stood the flood an' tide;
Liid though wi crazy eild I'm s:iir forlairn,
'11 be a brig when y?'re a shapeless cairn!"
There was prophecy in the air that
light when the poet, impelled by all-diecting
fate, wandered by the Wallace
ower on High street to where the tidewollen
Frith was sullenly dashing
.long the shore, and the new " brig" was
ndeed a 44 shapeless cairn " last autumn,
virile the old one was still bearing its
>urden of traffic. The former becoming
nsecure. had been closed and partly deQolished;
the latter, narrow and incomoodious,
looked like a solid natural
ock thrown across the stream. There
s a sun-dial in the middle of the <Md
tridge, and the cobble stones ot the
>avement are interlocked with the coicsion
of hornblende in granite. Eastvard
the river becomes shallow, and
bams upon the rocks with which the
jottoin is strewn: the banks are green
it no great distance above the bridge;
ind below, a mixed fleet of fishing boats,
)arks and smaller craft is moored to the
vharves, that extend to the breakwater,
>ver which the water of the Frith flies
n southwesterly gales.?Harper's Magaint.
Beating the Boat.
The other day one of the ferry-boat
aptains found 'aboard of his craft a
adaverous - looking chap who had
seaten his way to and fro so often that
mtiencew.is no longer a virtue. When
t was found that he had no ticket the
:aptain roared out:
"What did I tell you the last time I
massed you over?" .
"You said you'd throw me into the
.lvur next imiu l trieu iu uuui ui^ w?j
icross," was the calm reply.
"And now?!" yelled the captain,
is he started to pull off his coat.
"And now you won't. You are a
;ood-hearted man and I don't want you
:o get into trouble on my account. I
svill go overboard on my own hook."
He stepped to the gangway and made
i dive before any one could prevent.
Hie boat was stopped, life-preservers
thrown out, and, after hard work, the
man was hauled aboard. The captain
seized him,braced him against the cabin,
find, shaking his fist under the beat's
nose, exclaimed:
" Look-a-here, you miserable, sinful
man, I've been put to ten dollars trouble
trying to collect your five-cent fare!
After this it is understood that you are
always to ride free, and if you offer to
pay fare I'll lick you!"?Detroit Frr*
Press.
The Water Perambulator. Mh
When Cooley read the accounts of A
Paul Boyton's exploit in swimming the froi
English Channel, it struck him that he acci
could improve a little on Boyton's life- Mo!
preserver. He said he had invented an a hi
apparatus with which a man could walk use'
on the surface of the water, and with a fool
little practice glide over it with the stri
velocity with which a good skater skims moi
over the ice. So he invited a party of app
us down to the river one day to see him pra;
operate the machine. At the appointed jerl
time he appeared with something that che
looked like a small gunboat under each on 1
arm. Then he strapped one on each cess
foot, and we saw that the article was sho
about four feet long, and shaped like a ofb
snallow scow. uic-i
As lie prepared to lower himself over at 1
the edge of the wharf, he asked us to opci
designate the point on the other side of stat
the river at which we wished him to qui1
land. He said it was immaterial to him clos
whether he went one mile or six, up est
stream or down stream, because lie was
could just hop along over that river like and
a swallow. His general idea was to was
produce a revolution in navigation, and clos
to make men independent of steamers vict
and other vessels when they desired to as i
travel upon the water with rapidity. whi
Then he dropped into the stream with tain
his scows, and s'teadied himself by hold- size
ing on to the side of the wharf until he as a
was ready to start. At last he said the all i
experiment would begin, and he struck to ?
out with his left foot. The front end of and
that particular scow scuttled under the his
water, and as he tried to save himself app
with his right foot, the end of that scow The
also dipped down, and Cooley tumbled, tain
The next minute he was hanging head lie t
downward in the river,'with nothing thei
visible to the spectators but the bottoms ers,
of two four-foot gunboats. The patent roui
apparatus simply kept all the rest of him not!
under water. Then a couple of men imn
paddled out to him in a skill and hauled sick
aim in. Then we unbuckled his scows, snal
tnnl- nfFhis r.lotlies. ana rolled him over box
a vinegar barrel to work the water out den'
of him. In about an hour he came to, witl
and, uttering a groan, he Said: eled
" Where am I?" * and
We explained to him, and he asked: witl
" What drowned me?" der,
We told him that he was injured by ting
an attempt to revolutionize navigation, the
and he demanded: mor
" How'd T trv to do it?" the
We reminded him that he had started and
' for a skim up the river witli a frigate in li
tied to each foot, and then he jiskod: the
"Where the dcuce are them ma- b;icl
I chines?" thei
We showed them to him, and, calling Bi
Ben Martin to him, he said, faintly: pro<
"Ben, I wish you'd cuss them things liad
I for me. Cuss 'em vigorous, and then the
j split 'cm up into kiniin' wood for the heai
! poor. I'm too weak to do justice to the viol
subject." him
T'hen we took him home, and he,was ing
in bed for a fortnight. He says now that sity
; all he wants to live for is to "see Boyton the1
! some day go chuck to the bottom, caln
' Then he 11 he perfectly happy.?Max obse
| Adlcr. and
I ? roUi
Lake George Rattlesnakes.
One denizen of this region cannot be
spoken of without a degree of respect ^iffi
combined with aversion. It is the rat- onei
tlesnake. lie flies the haunts of men, 0VP1
and is gradually disappearing from that an(^
vicinage; but, like inferior races of man, for ,
which, before they altogether vanish be- sam
fore an advancing civilization, cling des- out
perately to a few strongholds, so this C!igt
reptile yet retains certain positions ])e e
around the lake, which are infested in a tjon
way that demands caution on the part of p0jt
the tourist, It is not uncommon to see t|ia^
these snakes swimming in the lake, pass- 0f j
ing from cove to cove or isle to isle. tjie
Leaning over a boat one calm day, I saw gjgn
one swimming unaer me stem, ne ^
raised liis head when lie saw me, and the |irol
expression of his face was neither amiable
nor assuring as he darted his heaa |ur;
spitefully forward. I hit him with a on j
stick, when he dived and disappeared. on t
Tongue Mountain and Shelving Rock an(j
are most infested at present. An old xiie
man and woman who occupy a solitary .lira;
cabin on the former have long made a \vh(
business of catching rattlesnakes and pen1
supplying the market. The demand is tjir{
much larger than one would suppose on piul
the part of showmen and naturalists, mas
and also from the people of the neighbor- ;nt0
hood, who have the notion that rattle- vvjti
snake oil is an infallible remedy for the ^m(
rheumatism. Doubtless this superali- unn
tion?for it is nothing else?arose in the tate
same way as the belief in former days in jy jr
a newt's eye, a baby's finger, a sliver t0 Si
from the finger-nail of a mummy, or the jng
baboon's blood?objects remote or difficult
to obtain. The quotation for good
healthy rattlesnakes at Lake George
averages one dollar apiece, caught and The
delivered. Those who do|pot mind the "
trifling annoyance of being oitten by one pres
are allowed the free range of the rattle- coui
snake preserve^. and may catch them for the;
nothing.?Harper's Magazine. edit
? gre:
? . chei
The Dnnon Canal. l)ett
M. I)e Lesscp's announcement that the ous
Darien canal will be much easier work reac
than the Suez, and that the total cost The
ought not to exceed ?50,000,000, will it i:
doubtless be gratifying to all who are oeei
interested in the Aspinwall-Panama in t
route. Whether Vasco Nunez de Bal- rapi
boa, the first explorer who crossed the its
Isthmus to the Pacific, did or did not self
propose the canal scheme to Charles V., half
it was undoubtedly familiar to the men Nev
of that age, and might possibly have been pap
achieved by Cortez, but for the disas- Hue
terous issue of his Honduras expedition, itse
Curiously enough, tjie proposed route is ter,
almost identical with that followed 200 "
years ago by Morgan's buccaneers, wno, is n
after unheard-of sufferings among the gres
swamps and thorn-jungles of the in- can
terior, reached Panama on the ninth the
day, defeating the Spaniards, and dis- mof
persing, with lighted torches, the wild ing.
cattle driven against them by the latter, tenc
They returned with a vast booty, most the
of which, however, was lost in theft' moi
subsequent shipwreck. Morgan was af- bar,
terward knighted and made governor of so-c
the West Indies by Charles II., his first moi
act being to hang all his old comrades as sire:
apiratical thieves." The
_ , him
and
A Button in n Letter. can
A lady in Troy, N. Y., has a common w.l!
military button which has something of cdl'
?i lncfnru llni'innr tho lnfn wnr fT C, V6f
Corace, of Jefferson county, a Union sol- ere'
dicr, was, with a number of comrades, |'ar
taken captive and confined in Libhy pri- [eiu
son. Some time after he managed to 100
change his suit of blue and sent it home ^
to his wife. About two years later one licl{
of the brass buttons which had adorned
the coat was used as a plaything by a
child of the soldier.
The lower part of the button unexpectedly
became detached, and revealed p
in the hollow space a quantity of paper estj
which was very neatly packed. An onc
examination of the button s mysterious c]ie,
contents disclosed a letter consisting of the
five pages, each sheet being about three jn j
inches wide and five inches long. The j!U}i
missive was addressed to Mrs. Comep. aiuj
and contained an account of her bus- par
band's captivity and also related to Unc
family matters. The letter and button f]na
are still in a state of preservation, and tha
are highly prized by the lady who sue- ;ng
ceeded in obtaining them. rCp
? Th<
tllCi
Pearls Jrom Emerson. tlie
What is a weed??A plant whose vir- qua
tues have not yet been discovered. ha\
Them is not a nronertv in nature but " N
a mind is born to seek and lind it out. plei
War is the extension of a gun-barrel. "C
Cant is useful to provoke common A i
sense. the
The flower of civilization is the fin- Thi
; ished man; the man of sense, of accom- suit
j plishment, of social power?the gentl< - atei
I man. par
Here (in the United States) is all man- tak
' kind in lii> sMrt-nl-'evcs. lov
acles of a Mohammedan Sheikh.
l New York Sun correspondent writes
n Damascus, giving the following 1
Duntof "miracles" performed by a 1
hammedan sheikh or priest: Taking *
andful of skewers similar to those *
d for cooking purposes, cach about a t
; long, lie called the wildest half- 4
pped disciple to him, and opening his {
iitli, muttering tne wnne wiui great
arent intensity of concentration a
yer or invocation, he with a sudden *
: forced the point clean through the I
sk so that it could be seen projecting c
;he other side. He repeated the pro" '
i with the other cheek, the man *
wing no sign of pain and not a drop I
looa flowing from the wound. He T
1 went to his son, who calmly gazed *
lim with his large swimming .eyes, 1
tied his mouth ana received a similar *
) through the cheek without the f
per of an eyeiid. I was watching him c
lely and could not observe the slight- 1
muscular ccntraction. The point c
) clearly projecting through the skin, 1
deception was impossible, as there 1
i every opportunity afforded for the s
lest inspection. Leaving the two 1
;ims witli their mouths thus trussed, *
t were, the ahiekh took a square box, f
ich, when opened, was found to con- 1
i several live scorpions of unusual *
. Taking up one of these, as large f
n ordinary land crab, he handed it, .
ivriggling, darting its tail in its efforts J
iting, to a man who came forward, 9
calmly but rapidly dropped it into ?
. 1- 1 : I
LXIOU111 ZWU ClUL'UllCU it nuu gicnu arent
relish, eating it completely up. 1
n we saw a much larger box, coning
serpents of various sizes. These
umed out upon tliQ floor, dominating
n after the manner of serpent charmand
allowing them to twine and curl
tid him. In this, of course, there was
ling marvelous, nor indeed in what
lediately followed, though it was
ening to behold. Drawing a live
m about two feet lone out ot the
, he held it up by the tail, when sadly
a tall man, afflicted apparently
li St. Vitus1 dance, with hairdishev,
rushed forward with a loud cry,
with foaming lips seized the snake
li both hands, tore it violently asunand
plunged its bloody and palpitaend
into nis mouth. This seemed
signal for a general scramble. In a
nent three or four men were tearing
writhing fragments with their teeth,
with eager greediness devoured them
irge mouthfuls until not a particle of
snake remained. They then drew
i with seeming reluctance, wiping
r bloody lips with their hands.
ufc the excitement seemed to have
luced a sort of tit in the man who
first seized the snake, from which \
sheikh restored him by clasping his
i with both hands and pressing it
ently, while he again concentrated
iself on incantations, the veins startnut.
nn his forehead with the inten
of his efforts. In a few moments
dervish had become comparatively
u, though lor the rest of the time I
:rved that he continued to twitch
jerk convulsively, while his eyes
sd wildly.
Meantime the man and boy who had
1 pierced watched the proceedings
:i the utmost unconcern. As it was
cult to believe that to remain with
s cheeks skewered did not at all
its produce a feeling of discomfort,
as they must have been standing
at least a quarter of an hour in the
e attitude, I told the sheikh to pull
the skewers. Tim he did, in each
preceding the sharp pull with which
xtracted them by an earnest invoca.
When they were drawn out the
its were bloodless, while, excepting
; there was an apparent induration
he cheek at the spots through which
skewers had passed, there was no
, of what had happened.
brazier full of livecharcoal was now
jght in, and fanned into flame,
en it was glowing with a blue and
d light, the sheikh, calling suddenly
Ulan several times, jumped literally
he blazing mass with his bare feet,
stood there for nearly a minute,
n getting down, the charcoal was.
in fannea into flame, and the men
) had eaten the scorpions and sorts.
and who had been skewered
>ugh the cheeks, rushed forward, 1
iged their hands into the burning s
s, and tossed the glowing embei* c
their mouths, crunching them up f
li the greatest unconcern. Mean- t
2, the smell of burned flesh became (
ristakable, whicli somewhat mili- F
s against the theory that their flesh r
npervious to fire, though I am bound ?
ny no one showed any signs of feel- "
pain. t
c
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c
Country Press as a Rising Power. r
It is not true that the ability of the
is is declining. The papers of the t
atry are better written now than <;
f ever were before. They are better a
ed. Their average courtesy is r
iter; their average morality is purer; n
r average tendency higher. They a
,er hit the wants of great, micellane- (
communities, and so they have more r
lers in proportion to population, f
* Ull f I 1
ur powur umy uu muiu umuauu, uuu i
s unmistakably greater. There has c
i no more remarkable phenomenon a
lie history of the profession than the s
id growth of the country press and I
increass in ability, in resources, in a
-respect :ind in" influence. There are c
* a dozen towns in the interior of j
v York which now have better news- <
ers. with Jarger income and more in- j
nee, than those of the metropolis i
If a third, or perhaps even a quiir- t
of a century ago. p
No! The power of the newspaper 1
ot declining. Never before was it so -\
it. Never before did it offer such a c
;er. But it is power accompanied by i
usual conditions ? greatest when 1
Jt self-respecting and least self-seek- a
There is more good young blood t
ling to this than to any of a
other professions. There is 1
e movement in it than in 1
, or pulpit, or whatever other ]
ailed learned profession you will? c
:e growth, a larger opportunity, a t
iter future. We are getting the best. !se
young men will Jeave us far bed.
They will achieve a usefulness
command a power to which we
not aspire. Very crude and narrow *
1 seem our worthiest work to the able ?
:ors of a quarter of a century hence; *
ir crJnnrlifl will hft tllft StrUCtlin* tllGV I
:t. We sha.il not rear the columns or
ve the capitals for that stately
pie. Lot us at least aspire, with
icst purpose and on a wise plan, to
ariglit its foundations."?Whitelaw
d.
Where a Flirt Missed It.
orney's Progress describes an inter
ng scene in a theater. The flirt for
e met her match. Seated in the orstra
a certain lady and gentleman;
former much enamored of the latter,
fact, desirous of winning him. The
p, however, has flirting tendencies,
indulges them with a handsome
ty in the circle. The escort is not
ibservant of this little by-play, and
.lly asks, smilingly, "Do you know
t gentieman with whom you are flirt?"
An embarrassed negative is the
lv "Then n-reusnmn for a moment.1'
5 escort immediately crosses the :
[iter, and puts a similar question to 1
other conspirator. " Sir, are you ae- 1
tinted with the lady at whom you f
re been smiling this last half hour?" 1
o." "Would you like to be?'1 i
isantlv. -Very much. surprised. I
ertainly." "Then come with me." <
moment later the escort introduces <
not altogether comfortable pair, t
sn the mild expression leaves the in- ! <
ted gentleman b face, and he says 11
*nly: "Now. sir, you may accom- I I
ly this lady home!" With a bow he j es
his leave, and the woman who j t
es him never hears his voice again, i <
Russian Tea Honses.
A large hall, wainscoted with oa
minted in rich colors, where blue an
ed predominate, and at the further en
t grand organ which is playing a choru
rom M. Lecocq's last operetta. But fo
his tune, and for the fact that some cus
omers are seated at little wooden table
irinking tea, you might fancy yourse!
n a ritualist church. A statuette of th
Virgin, fronted by a night,light alway
iickering in its bath of oil, stands i
)roximity to the yellow advertisemer
>f an English firm that exports bittc
jeer, and a glaringly-illuminated poi
rait of St. Isaac, who is, perhaps, tli
>atron saint of the landlord, faces th
)lay-bill of the Imperial Theater c
French Comedians. We are-in aMos
:ow tea-house. It differs from the new
angled cafes in having no looking-glasse
>r velvet settees. There is a pile c
:ushions in the corner near the countei
vhere the landlady sits with a spangle
liadem, neither reading or sewing, bu
ust folding her arms and smiling vaguel
ill waiters shall come and ask her fo
mall change. When a habitue of th
ea-house enters he signs himself befor
he statuette, bows to St. Isaac, perhaps
md makes for the pile of cushion:
vhere he selects his own and carries i
o the wooden bench on which he 3
joing to sit. Regular customers kee
heir private cushions at the tea-hous(
ust as Germans keep their pipes an
choppen at the brauerei. If a strange
:omes in, one of the waiters in whit
inen tunics, with red-topped knee-boots
jrings him a folded red rug to sit dow
lpon. These waiters are not alwav
lussian; in a good tea-house there wi
)e one or two Germans speaking Frencl:
>ut they all wear the miyick costum
ind have their hair clipped short. The
icver ask a Russian customer what h
vants; they bring him a small bras
amovar containing about a pint of tef
lalf a lemon and a cruet of vodki. Th
ihanre for this is five copecks.
A Russian goes to the tea-house t
Irink tea only, with a flavor of spirit
n it; if he wants other beverages, h
Irinks them at home. In summer h
akes cold tea instead of hot. an
queezes more lemons than vodki into it
hat is all the difference. He seldoE
akes sugar, and the waiter does no
>resent it unless asked for. Cigarette
ire the rule in the tea-houses, not pipe
?r cigars; and the Russian never twirl
hem himself, Spanish fashion, but buy
hem ready-made. On his sayin
' Papyros," the waiter brings him ;
>olished brass plate holding a doze:
oose cigarettes of divers dimensions an
if three colors?white, buff and pint
['he last are the most delicate in flavfli
,nd are reserved for the bonne boudu.
rhe Russian epicure begins with th
vhite ones, ana as he sits divested o
lis furred touloupa and wrapped in hi
:aftan, with his head leaning against th
vainseot, and dreamily beating time t
he music of the organ, he offers a pei
cct picture of Oriental repose. Th
vainscots are marked with rows c
;reasy black circles made by the head
>f customers. There is scarcely mor
alking than in a Turkish cafe; but off
:ials in uniform, who may have imbibe
he taste? o?the West, sometimes gotu
james of cards, and intersperse thei
>lay with squeaking interjections ex
iressive of their emotions at winnin
?r losing. Only second-rate official
jatronize the tea-houses; and if haply
>ersonage of colonel's rank strolls i
vitli his crosses on his bosom, all th
>ther customers stand up and salani
?or this reason an honorary Russia
:olonel (perhaps an upper telogrup
ilerk) when he receives a foreigner wi
generally take him off to the tea-hous(
n order In give him an idea of wha
lignities are in Russia.
The prudent reserve which Russian
ixhibil in the tea-houses does not pre
fent them from engaging very readil
ii uuiiveisuiiuii wiui mij IUIUI^IICI nrn
:hooses to introduce himself; only th
orcigner will hear from them nothin
>ut praise unstinted about everybod;
.nd everything that he may talk oi
Che doors open twenty times in an even
ngto admit itinerant sellers of food; fo
10 edibles except, biscuits are sold by th
andlord. An old woman, booted, mul
led and wrapped in a sheepskin, come
n with a basket of bard-boiled eggs
alted sardines (which taste like the ski
?f a red herring), and little rolls. Thei
:omes a girl with selvas, or apple-cakes
hen a man with slabs of raw ham o
5erman sausage; then another with
>ortable stove, which lie installs in th
liiddle of a tea-house, that he may coo!
ritters for nil who may order them
rhc waiters provide salt, wooden plal
ers and knives to the customers for
:harge of a copeck: and as the refresh
nents sold by the hawkers are ver,
:iieap, a mau may get a long supper a
10 great cost.
The tea sold in the tea-houses is ver
rood, and Russians swallow surprisin
luantities of it; three or four pints, wit!
*. L-.L.. ,~:1
i piupui iiuimuj quH.uiiLjr ui vuiim, n h
lot seem an excessive evening's allow
mee for a sober man. Coffee is neve
isked for. _ In the lower kinds of house
where hand barrel-organs disnours
nusic) the tea is said to be a rebrev
rora the; leaves that have been used b
arger establishments; and here it i
ustomary to serve the tea ready flavored
vith vodki. It makes a potent bever
tge, which will send a clow all over th
>ody of an isvostchik (cabman) in coL
veather, and make him drive his sleigl
>r drosky in wild zigzags, with man;
rells. In the tea-houses' of the lowe
>rders the shrine of the Virgin stand
ust within the door, and a custome
vould no more think of taking tea with
>ut paying his devotions than he wouli
;o out into the snow without having hi
joots on. When he has well drunk h
vill make another stand at the shrin
incoming out; and if a customer cannc
emain quite steady on his legs durin
lis brief orisons, some Good Samaritan
a liolninnrlinn^l lpc
'Vlli iUW?lJ3 wuai[iuiii < ?
he unsteady brother, going out un
ihriven with so much whiskyfied teao
joard him, should come to grief throujr
lis impiety. It is a common phrase i
lussia to say of a man who has rolle
lead drunk into the snow.and got froze:
here, "He forgot to pray after his tea.
?Harper's Weekly.
Calculating Machines.
Staflel has invented an arithmcticf
nachine in which three cylinders are s
irran<red that they can work all th
iimpler rules of arithmetic, earryin
nultiplication up to millions by mil
ions; if the machine is required to solv
in impossible sum, such as subtractin
i larger number from a smaller, or di
riding a smaller sum by a greater, it rc
uses,"and rings a bell as an admonition
Colmar invented an arithmometer i:
vhicli the action is rather by plate
iliding in grooves than by rotating cyl
nders; like StafFel's it can perform add'
ion, subtraction, multiplication, ai
vision and evolution. Wertheimer, b
tncans of a metal plate with indice
lotclied teeth and holed, has contrive
in apparatus for adding and subtractin,
mms of money. Baranowski's inven
ion is for calculating wages, prices, in
?rest and other sums of money; it i
cnown lis the Ready Reckoner, and i
worked by means of a handle which re
reals figures or numerals in openings ii
i brass plate. Schott, Lalanne, Rogel
Vlaurel,Roth,Slovinsks and Sellouts hav
n like manner invented machines fo
lolving arithmetical problems. Ofthes(
nvnitoo <rrnnt. ?ul mi ratio
3V..IIL* liL/i a UAV-HV.J v,.?
imong- scientific men: Mr. Kabb/ig
liglilv extolled it. and deplored that, i
uid found a purchaser in America in
itead of England. It can eomput
nathematioal tables, calculate to sixtee
>laces of figues, and stamp on a plate c
end the result up to eight places, pre
lucing a matrix or mold, from which
:liche cast in type metal can be ob
ained suitable for printing from. ]
Iocs its work at the rate of twent.v-fiv
igures or numerals per minute, calcu
a ted, recorded and stamped in metr
-nn error either in the calculating c
he printing being almost impossible.ymrnhcra'
Journal.
r ABM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
k .
d Recipes, r
d Hobseradish Sauce?Mix a stick
is of grated horseradish with a wine-glaw
ir of cream, a teaspoonful of mustard, and A
i a pinch of salt; then stir in half a the
is urn bier of the best white vinegar. Bruise cov_
IC with n Qnnnn an H when thnrmifflilv win
U i* ?IIW4VU6UIJ ?? "I
e mixed together, serve in a turreen. figu
s Tomatoes ok the Half Shell.?
n Have toasted a few slices of bread nice b0CJ
it and brown ; butter, cut in half and place
t where it is warm. Select tomatoes ^?3
> which are smooth and not overripe; cut stre
e in two flatwise, and put, skin down, on a j1? (
e hot gridiron; serve on slices of toast '"j?
)f with Dutter, pepper and salt. A"'
[" Grape Jelly.?Take perfectly fresh
grapes, then remove the stems and put r i
!S. the berries over the fire in an earthen- jr
ware pan or porcelair-lined kettle; crush : t
vj a few berries on the bottom of the kettle co_.
J to prevent burning; let them boil up ?
lt ana remove from the fire and hang up in t
y the ielly-bag to drain; when the juice is i
ir all drained off weigh it and return to the b
e kettle and fire; boil it twenty minutes,
e skimming when necessary; then add
5, thron.nnortiipa nf o nnimn nf oiitrnr tn i
?? every Hpound of juice, and boil It till
lt thick enough to suit.
? Bread and Butter Pudding.?Butter ash
" a mold well; take any stale bread crusts Co\
^ or cake, grate or crumble it; pufa layer wh<
r of crumbs an inch thick in the mold, fall
e then strew some jam or sultana raisins, run
} then a layer of crumbs, and so on alter- Mr.
' natelytill the mold is full; then pour CUe
g very equally over it a custard made as
II follows: Beat up one egg, add a tumbler -win
or breakfast-cupful of milk to it, then a and
g tao.espoonful of sugar and a little grated bey
? nutmeg. It requires to be poured slowly i W01
g into the mold, that the crumbs may ab- shc
_ sorb the whole. Bake it about twenty on
t minutes or half an hour, according to den
g the heat of the oven. Mr.
Peach Marmalade.?Take ripe free- dor
o stone peaches. Pare, stone and quarter A y
s them; to a pound of fruit allow three- Mo]
e quarters of loaf sugar and half an ounce row
e of almonds. Blanch the almonds in intc
d scalding water, and pound them until Coj
smooth. Scaid the peaches in a very wh<
n' little warm water; masli them; mix A 1
it them with the sugar and almonds, and wh<
s put the whole into a preserving kettle. Poi
a noil it to a thick, smooth paste. Skim left
s and stir it well, and keep the kettle cov- peti
s ered as much as possible. Fifteen min- sav
g utes will be sufficient to boil them. Hel
a When cold, put up in glass jars. test
n Tea Ice-Cream.?Scald four table
d spoonfuls of Hyson tea in a pint of sweet "uu
cream?it is best to scald it either in a ? r<
% custard-kettle or in a tin pail placed *?oa
within a kettle of boiling water. When *n
e partly cool, strain it into a pint of cold cap
?f cream, bring to a scald and stir in four den
s beaten eggs and three-quarters of a pound
e of sugar. Let cool, and freeze. I have ]101'
o founa that in making water-ices, if the |iar
- sugar be not well stirred in before freez- }ns
e ing, it will sink to the bottom and give
>f the mixture a sharp, unpleasant taste. It
s is best to make a syrup of the sugar and * 01
e water by boiling, and, when cold, to add nea
i- the pure juice of the fruit.?Rural New ca"
d Yorker.
p ' In the Orchard. of t
r Watch tor insect pests. If the trees dis<
are infested with bark lice, take them at tw(
g the time the young are moving forward,
s and kill them with a wash of strong ftid
a soapsuds, in whicli a little carbolic acid ^
n is mixed. When canker worms are ine
festing the trees, syringe thoroughly a8<
i. with London purple and water. Set P*18
ci traps for codling moths', or use hay left
h bands about the limbs of the trees. wh
II Look for the first appearance of tent hsu
5. caterpillars early in the morning and Co;
Into in thp pvpninir. when thev are clus- I
tered in their nests. After they get size an<1
s they are not so gregarious. Have an old soh
!- broom along, fastened to a suitable pole; ai3(
y with this tiie worms and web may be hor
o ciisily taken away. Kill them in any sidi
e manner that may^ suggest itself. Beating infi
e on hard ground is pretty effectual. to ?
y Do not scrape trees because the bark P
f. is rough. Many people keep their trees cup
i- scraped down to the quick. They think n(>
r it looks nice. It is wrong; the bark is a*k
c for protection. If the trunk is mossy, test
it snows the tree is not doing well, and Chi
a that it wants fertilizing. Scrape the old me'
i, scales away in this instance, wash with wh
n very strong soapsuds, and cultivate and con
a manure the orchard. So if insects have so ;
; found a lodgment in the rough bark,
r scrape it away so the trunks may be easily
a washed. Do not scrane to the quick; the ^
e bark is the skin of the tree and should _
k I not be wounded. A light scraping is ^
i. good, but moss shows that the soil is too | y
wet, and probably poor. Under-drainage (lay
a and manuring will help this.
In going over your orchard, keep an "
y eye out for bad-shaped heads and abrad- n??*<
,t ing limbs. When you iindthem.jprune. SI0r
Do not wait for the regular pruning sea- sc,},
y son. There should be none such in a P011
% well-regulated orchard, Let your prun- PiLS!
li ing be as lieht as possible. The more 'Ulr
11 top, the more root; and in the West a rtay
- thick head is not objectionable. In fact, vo,(
r the thicker the better, so all parts of the (:nn
s tree get a fair amount of light. There is, An(
e as a rule, more damage done by injudi-1 Pov
v cious pruning than by no pruning at all. j mv<
v ?Prairie Farmer. j r'-n(
* I ctoyi
s Thinning Grapes. i
d one good bunch of grapes is wort h | P1 1
a half dozen poorly matured bunches.
e Much depends, of course, upon the j J:. '
rt strength of the vine and the quality ol i ,
ti the soil. A recent writer oilers some j.'
y sujrgestions: -hut
r No one can tell exactly what would j
h be a seasonable crop for a grapevine to ''
r carry without knowing something of; .
- the age and strength of the vine; a pound !
tl per foot of rod may be a reasonable j '
? 1,n.,1fliv vino nn f 11r? awnurfito ! V
? UlUJi 1W1 rt 4iV4?&U*Aj v ? ,
e produce; and something may be done j
e in feeding in critical times, such as the ; jt^s
it stoning period, to enable a plant to bring , "
g tf> perfection a heavy crop. But plants ; j ':5
s will not maintain their health long if j r.j
it overdosed with stimulants, therefore, ,
- the safest plan to pursue is to find out ,
n the limit of production and not exceed J '
h it. If it be necessary to form a correct j
n estimate of the bearing power of the j _
d vine before deciding as to the numberof ; , ,
n bunches it shall he permitted to carry, | p p
" it is still more so before thinniftg out the ? .
berries, as some vines will produce ber- '
ries half as large again as those of others, *
, and that, too, independently of the skill l".?
J: brought to bear upon their cultivation. .
, The sooner grapes are thinned after it i jj .
*r can be seen which berries are taking the
p lead the better, cutting out the small
" hemes, as some of these may he imperil;
fectlyset. At any rate, those that take
3 the lead generally keep it, and asufli'
cient number of such berries should be ,Ti
left to form compact, handsome half
" bunches. With some loose bunched tion
kinds it is a good plan to reduce the pre<
_ bunches a little by cutting off their ex- "
tremities. It is not easy to say how ! and
3 large a proportion of the berries should the
be cutout; in fact, without seeing the I "d(
' vines it must be mere guess-work, but I mie
"j at least two-thirds. I "
g ~? = | qui'
What " Boom " Means.
I 44
The current word to express a pc- ><
s culiar and frequent phenomanon in | >trt,
a American politics is "boom." It is do- -
i- rived from the "W re tern idiom describing ..
n the ireshets in rivers and creeks, in .
t, those streams that are far from the ..
e stable .equilibrium of tidal waters there ?
r are very great inequalities of volume. ..
Some of them vary from six inches of i ..
n dust in a dry time to sixty feet of water | ??
e during a season of rains, and all have >
it their times when the usually thin and ..
i- shallow streams come pouring down in i t|)C
e a yellow flood, bearing fence rails and j ^ jn
n corn stacks and other signs of the inva- i ' j:
>f sion of the riparian farms, and laden | t|'e
)- with the dog-gone expletives of the set- , S(m,
a tiers and the vexations of the travelers i'
i- delayed at the fords. The stream is pow- j
!t erful while it lasts, but that is on ly for j T
e a day or two, and while it is at its heiglit I niu
i- of temporarY greatness it is called a an I
il " boom." "Lost Creek or the Dry Fork ' uinl
ir is a-booraing," is the way in which the free
- natives describe these prising: obulitions left
of nature.
iflMfiii
SAYlflU StVK?S UI Jjl T
. A
'jtrtlal Record of the Brave Deeds of
Patrick Coyne of Boaton.
Boston reporter, while strolling on
sands at South Boston Point, dis- "
ered a little boy in the water, and,
lie hastening to his relief, saw the
re of a man shoot from the stone ?
xrf and hold the almost inanimate
y partly out of water until assistance A
ved. The man was Mr. Patrick
ne, who lives at O and Eighth
ets, and in the struggle with the boy T
:ame near losing his life by having
foot caught in a crevice in tne rocks. B
er he had reached the shore the retcr,
in a conversation with him,
ued that Mr. Covne had saved scores
ives, often at the risk of his own. "
is forty-two years old, and was born
he County of Sligo, Ireland. The re1
of his services, as given from his
Election only, is as follows: ?
1 1862 he was awakened from his
p on board the schoon'er N. Ward
cries for help. He sprang into the
?r, sculled away in the direction of
sound, and rescued six men, the crew
the yacht Tornado, with Captain
nund Tarbell, whose boat had sunk
er them while attempting to come si
ore. Three months afterward Mr.
rne saved tho lives of three boys, v,
Dse sailboat had capsized. The next *
the dory of two ciam diggers was .
down by a yacht and capsized, and F?
Covne was on hand in time to res- tl]
them. The following spring, at
ig Island wharf, lie saved three men fa
)se boat had been jibed too suddenly, pi
the next August two little boys got
ond their depth at the Point, and cl
lid have drowned but for him. p<
irtly after, while four soldiers were
their way from Fort Indepen- :t
ce, their boat was overturned, and jE
Coyne, who was out gunning in his
y, saved them from a watery grave,
ear after this two young men, named ?c
Donald and Lovace, entangled their ""
boat in a chain, were overturned
> the water and were rescued by cl
Tie. Next he rescued two children in
3 had waded out beyond their depth, tt
few months later he saved four men
)se boat had been swamped off the tl
nt in a heavy sea. In July, 1871, he m
the race in which he was a com- a]
tor with his yacht Water Lily, and
ed the crew of four of the yacht ?
>e, for which he received a handsome
imonial from the Dorchester Yacht g
b. Six months afterward Mr. Coyne
Capt. Andrew Thurfein put off in
5wboat and rescued a man whose ?
thad upset off Fort Independence. h
1872 Capt. M. J. Kiley's yacht was o:
sized in a squall near Fort Indepence.
Mr. Coyne was one of the crew, p
, after being in the water over an d
ir, swam to a .boat manned by trreen it
ids, clambered on board, and saved al
companions, who were nearly existed.
Last year he saved six persons, tl
ose boat had been swamped off the u
nt. He also rescued a boy who was ^
rly strangled by having his head h
ght in the broken panel of a door;
i last year, as he was passing the yard j.
he Fourth street primary school, he ri
covered a little ,boy with bis necfc be- j
:en two iron rails of the yard fence, i,
I took him from his position by the ^
of ajackscrew.
in one occasion, as Sir. Coyne was
iding on the wharf in the moonlight,
minambulistic soldier marched down
t him, looking neither to the right nor
. The soldier reached the end of the
arf, and a step or two more would
re carried him into the water. Mr. p
^ne called,-"Halt! Right nbout face! c
ward, march! The soldier obeyed, d
[ marched back up the wharf as D
;mnly as lie came. ?Ir. Coyne has a:
) stopped a number of runaway tl
ses, either by riding or runninfealongjofthem,
or planting himself directly j
ront of them, and watching his chance e,
icize them by the bit or rein, and thus
venting the death or injury of the oc- tj
lants of the carriages. He has kept
record of his feats, and has never c
ed or received any reward, except the ~
imonial of the Dorchester 'Yacht a]
b. His only desire is the establish- t?
it of a lifeboat at City Point, with
ioh he may more safely and surely ' (
tinue the work in which* fortune has
favored him.?New York Sun. j
tr
The Power of the Printed Page. fa
he power of the printed page so far li
iscends any personal speech, in these H
s of universal reading, that any com- d<
ison would be futile. si
/"hen the strongest array of facts, the
5t cogent reasoning possible, persua- b<
i that melts into pathos, or ringing at
tences that leap electric from point to ic
it in the argument, can all be com- c(
sed in a form, and struck off by the ?
idred thousand and transmitted in one tl;
to the people of a whole State, what is
io, even tliough of a siren or saint,
hope to compete with its influence? ^
1 this power of print, wonderful as it ^
r seems, is only at the beginning; for
?ntion is already.rife with methods of _J
iering it vocal as human speech, in- (lf
it. m nhntoQTanhv. and infinite in re- hi
Auction. ?
nets are what the world wants to see ^
print, and facts are short, sturdy
tgs, just fit to put in print. Opinions *a
of value only as they hold facts in
ttion. Your moving eloquences are .
f:icts on fire. Iteration, too. and re- ?a
ition are essential. Facts which come J?
>ugh the eyes are more permanent,
n fixed, than those qot though the "
yet, like telegrams, they require to be t0
ated to make sure. ;SF
i aright cause the printed page in its lu
dity of reach and result is past belief. in
i with such weapons that reforms are Pc
;ed. MultiDl.v impressions and effects ni
>nie cumulative. Scatter a few scores
lese documents in the quiet by-ways A
're the wrong is being brooded over
soon there will be a neighborhood o
blaze. Feed the flame, extend the
le, spread the papers, and in a few fc
iths a good result will be accomlied.
nrj
rint is at its cheapest, and the amount ft
nvaluable publications to be had by t\
poorest fully equals his time to pe- (]i
! it. When a good paper is sent the L?i
>le year for a dollar or two, it re- -i.
es a calculating machine to fix the
imum of prices paid for every right ft;
d said in it.?B. Oratz Brown. tl
. <1
< His Idea of Bnsiness. ti
immie Harvey, aged two years and a ,
', came into the Southern Police Stai
this morning with both thumbs '5
ising against his eye-balls. ~
Don't cry," said Lieutenant Faman, tl
then everybody in the station echoed
lieutenant's words and as each h
rn't cry" fell from an earnest lip Jim- "
only bellowed the louder. jj1
What's your name, little one?" in- y
rod the lieutenant. Vi
Jimmie."
Jimmie what?"
.Tiramic Ilarvcy," an''I lives on Front w
et." ' "
Have you lost your way, Jimmie?" J1
Ves, sir." t(
IIow old are you?" s,'
Dunno." d
Who's your father?" ' .
Dunno." .
Is heiti husiness?" '/
Yes, sir." "
Wlwt does lie do?" ;s!
Why?why?lie?lie?lieksnie," was H
bubbling answer, which, beginning
tly. Muled in a downright bellow.
iinmi<' w:i< j>1:k*ed on a chair to await ril
arrival of his father, when perhaps ?
lenioiv ' business"' will he transacted, j ^
" I p
he younu" i:*dy strolls by the mur- | a
i'insrs' :i, filled with romantic thoughts r<
f'ltiries, and returning to her hotel fi
Is that seven large and three small li
k.'e: have suddenly appeared on the a
sine of hi r nosu, and she is horrified a
ond nu'iuiOf' ' n
rayed in snow-wti; e pants and vest, .
And other raiment lair to view, n,, >
I stood before my sweetheart Suehe
charming creature I love best. .
Tell me, and does my costume suit 7"
I asked that apple ol my eye,
And then the charmer made reply
Oh, yes, you do look awlul cute!"
lthough I frequently had beard
My sweetheart vent her pleasure so,
I must confess I did not know ^
he meaning ot that lav'rite word,
at presently at window side
We stood and watched the passing throng
And soon a donkey pnsscd along
mm lflrn sflila ftxtendintr wido.
d gazing at the doleful brute
My sweetheart gave a merry cry?
I quote her Ion juage with a sigh?
Oh, Charley, ain't he awful cote ?" \i
?Eugent Fitli
ITEMS OP CTTEBE&f; " *
.:' i I I f>;ik -nc>i
A scratch makes light of a match.
Hope softens sorrow, brightens plain
irroundings and eases a hard Jot.
Russian physicians cure hydrophobia
j causing the victims to inhale oxygen.
Sailors ai e never averse to getting snared.
It is always the maritime with
lem.
Three hundred members of the Moore
mily lately gathered at Nfew Philadelphia,
Ohio. V. : , >
No newspaper canvasser <Jan raise a
ub as quick as the avotage New York
ilifeman. .:,rr ;? .1
" There's a woman at the bottom of
??i UJ? ?xe*. roi
HS uie man imuu v^ucu jus mw i?i
i the well. . . ,
Delicate health is a great blessing to
ime people. It always excuses them
om doing anything for anybody.
Between 1871 and 1878, both years' inusive,
3,860,000 persons were employed
i British mines, and 9,058 of them' lost
teir lives.
The " man in the moon" is formed by
le gray plains where once, as astrono
,ers think, an ocean spread.. But it is
1 a mystery.
Mr. Henry Smart,who wrote the hymn
From Greenland's Icy Mountains,''has
iceived a pension of 8500 from the
ritish government.
Diwrnod i loni calon pob Cymro
wladgarol fy.d Gorphenaf 23,?Utica
lerald. D ojtund er sta ndabl amedw
rdo nt.?njme oeminei.
The wagon tongue presents an. examle
worthy of following. It never inulges
in scandal or bitter words. And
always precedes wheel and keeps
head of whoa.
If the man who gave us by mistake
tie lead quarter he was saving to put
ithe contribution box Sunday will call _
rc will cheerfully allow him to rectify
is error.?jStillwater Lumberman.
The Muscogee mills, at Pensacola
la., have sola to a single New York
lilroad 4,000,000 feet of lumber, to be
elivered in sixty days. This is the .
irgest summer order ever filled by a
outhern mill.
The circus poster decks the fence
In country towns remote,
And wakes a beatific sense
01 joy within the goat?
The Wm. * .
?JtVw York Stat.
The city council of Pueblo"' Col.,
assed an ordinance against carrying
oncealed weapons, and on.the following
ay most of the male residents-*peared
on the streets with revolvers
nd daggers stuck in belts, ottside ol
leir coats.
A man asked for admission to a
low for half price, as he had but one
ye. But the manager told him it
rould take him twice as long to sec
le show jvs it would anyDoay eise
ad charged liim double.?Cincinnati
liurday Night.
To render a MSS. suitable to the editor,
Iways roll it up, write on both sides of
le paper in pale red ink, and tie ift with
small rope which requires hours of
Tort to untie. It will be sure o? an
irly insertion?in the waste-basket.?
"ntao fihv/vmirlp ' ''
V???
Edward Payson Weston, the pedesi.an,
was once a newspaper man. This
tct was carefully concealed as long as
e was achieving nothing but failures.
:is great proficiency in walking was
subtless acquired by collecting Ins own
ibscriptions.?Norristovn Herald.
A curious ancient Mexican library has
jen found in the ruins of a vast palaco
; Xaye, near Chiapas, in Southern Mexo.
The writings are inscribed on terra
>tta tablets, half an inch thick, and
e supposed to be sacred records, but*
le language in which they are written
not accurately known.
Hemp first came into use in the cord;e.?New
York News. And wind inruments
in the band-age.?Borne Scn>iel.
And arithmetics in the ad-age.
Salem Sunbeam. And money in the
>in-age.? Waterloo Observer. Andcracs
in the crib-age.?Whitehall Times
nd slaves in the bond-age.?Rome Sentel.
And the trees in the foli-age.?
Ibany Argus.?And the dogs in the
lus-age.
A San Francisco man named IIownd
has invented a machine that will
11 to within a small amount the quanty
of gold a person has about him.
rlien this machine collides with an edir
it is so hard worked that the perliration
rolls off its face in big drops,
id it falls exhausted in two hours. The
ventor should build one of forty-horse
)wer for the especial use of newspaper
en,?Norristoum Herald.
Remarkable Feat In Railroading.
A St. Louis paper of a recent date eaya:
ne of the most remarkable feats ever
:complished in railroading was perirmod
to-day by the St. Louis, Iron
[ountain ana Southern in a chaneeof
luge of 700 miles of road. Heretofore
a Kflfln fivo fppt Rlnri?
IC liao utvu u? v *w?.
velve o'clock last night it has been reuced
to the standard width of four feet
gilt and a half inches. About six weeks
ro the board of directors of the Iron
fountain adopted a resolution providing
ir change of irauge, and immediately
lereafter Mr. Thomas Allen, the present
of the company, gave the oni r for
le work to be done. Active prcp.iraens
were begun at once.
Extra men were employed, and a!. th
Vtnfrnn tv> Mm r>n ovtrn. time. KvCI'V
.WJJO ... . w.. -
>comotive and every car hud to be cut
own for the new gauge, and much of
lis had to be done Beforehand. so there
rould be no interruption of business,
lie actual work of changing the track
egan last night at some points as soon
3 the midnight trains had passed. Over
^100 men were employed for the ooision.
The men were divided into
juads, and each squad was put under
le charge of a " boss." The " bosses "
rero under the direction of the roadiasters,
and the road masters were under
le direction of tl?c division siipmn?ndent,
the whole heini? under the *
jpervision of the general superintenent.
There are four divisions of the Iron
fountain railroad. The Texas division
t 145 miles in length; the Arkansas
ivision is 180 miles in length; the Mis)uri
division is l'.H> miles in lencth. and
le St. Louis division is 172 miles in
>ngth.
A number of sections were finished by
ix o'clock this morning, and by two
'clock this afternoon the whole vast
rork was accomplished. Over 600
eight cars, sixty engines and all the
:issenger coaches had been cut down
nd are ready for t!ic new gauge, and the
?guiar business of the road was interred
with only about six or seven
ours. Regular trains will start this
fternoon, and will arrive and depart
s usual. The cost of the change will
ot fail short of ?200.000.
? J