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?? " ? 1 ' 1 ,,. ? " y- r .. r <? * -7? ' "' ' ( " * ' '**' ^t- .' / #A,.' . ... . 1' ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER ? L =_=___=^_=_____=___=_^' I i BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1879. NO. 15. VOLUME JpV. ? / /frfe ' -/Jj The Old Gristmill. By Willow brook, beneath the hill, Stands quaint and gray the old gristmill. Spring mosses on its steep rool grow, Where broad their shade the willows throw. The pond near by is clear and deep, And around its brink the aiders sweep; The lily pads spread gay and green, The lilies white and gold between; While grinds the mill with rumbling sound, The water-wheel turns round and round. Among the reeds the muskrat dives, And swiit "the swallow homeward flies;" The robin sits in cedar* Dear, Where Willow brook runs swilt and clear; The children by the school-house play. Where slumberous snadows softly stay, And warm and low the summer breeze Is whispering through the willow leaves; While grinds the mill with rumbling sound, The water-wheel turns round and round. ***" The crows now wing their southern way; The squirrels in the nut ti-ees play; With merry shouts the schoolboys run; The mountains blush 'neath autumn's Ptin, Their grain they bring adown the hill, The farmers, to the old gristmill; And faint from lar o'er hill and dale Falls on the ear the thresher's flail; While grinds the mill with rumbling sound, rhe water-wheel turns round and round. Long years have come and passed away; The mill with ace is taunt and jrray; The roof gaps wide to rain and sun; With cobwebs thick the walls are hung. The pond is overgrown with weeds; The marsh-wren builds among the reeds; The night winds through the willows moon; The school-house gone, the children grown; The farmers sleep where wild flowers grow, Who brought their groin so long ago, When ground the mill with rumbling sound, And the water-wheel turned round and round ?Christian Union. A MASQUERADE. " She is far from fascinating," declared Lucia, as she and her sister discussed the events of the flay, a few weeks after * Miss Lovll's appearance at the Orchard Farm. "'An aquiline nose, is a defect in any wcuian's face; it looks strongminded." " And that black silk dress of hers has been turned, too. I saw the old stitches," Jawned Essie. " What do you think ol er singing ?" 44 Guy seems to hang upon her numhfirs." " She's a novelty." Fascinating or otherwise, the gentlemen at the house seemed to rally about Miss Ix>vell, to the no small discomfiture < of the Misses Thornton. Her very in- : difference lent a charm; and even the i turned silk failed to disgust them, or the fact that she was suspected of earning her own living. There was a picnic to ; the recesses of the Pine Woods one day, when other expedients for killing time I had been nearly exhausted, planned ; and carried out by Miss Lucia and her I sister. i "And where is our charming Miss Novell ?" asked Duchene, an attache of f one of the legations, whom Lucia had i contrived to attach to ner party. 441 don't know," returned- Lucia. 44 Is not Miss Lovell here ?" demanded " Guy,44 and why is she not ?" 44 Don't annihilate us, Guy! What is * Hecuba to you ?" 441 will return for Miss Lovell," said 1 Puchene, not comprehending the situa- ' tion. 441 will fetch her myself," threatened | k Guy, hurrying awav. But he did not L return. Miss Lovell had no mind to ac- J cept an invitation at the eleventh hour; 1 she was busy sketching. Would she not give him a lesson in the art? And 1 whether or no,there he stayed beside her ' till the sunset dyed the sea with the hues of a shell, ^so end of banter followed when the party returned from the ' woods. "This is the way Mr. Thornton does ' his picnicking?" questioned Duchene. 1 44 Don't you know," addressing Miss Lovell, "that they used to burn women ' for witchcraft?" i4 Neither did the men escape." 'THpcp Thr?rnf/ins are a nrmid fani- ' ily," he pursued. "They think thein- 1 selves the cream of society, and the rest 1 of the world but skim-milk." 44 Arid I represent bonny-clabber, perhaps." 44 They are a *.?ughty racc; whoever is not born with a silver spoon in his mouth is beneath notice?except for amusement." 14 Y ou seem to have studied the Thom- : tons." 44 They interest me with their contempt for work; I wonder nobody asks if the. malt that lay in the house that Jack built was not furnished by their grandfather's brewery." 44 You are too bitter, Mr. Duchene? bitter as beer. And Mr. Thornton, does he share their c-ontempt?" 441 have not heard; out he is a Thornton." "Miss Lucia thinks your lecture is long. She is in doubt about the text. I believe you engaged her tor this waltz?" ** They were having some informal danc lDZin uie pariors Luui-iugiu. One evening in August, Mi?9 Lovell, having spent a dull day in-doors, threw open ner blinds, and felt it a waste of the season to remain under a roof. The universe seemed too narrow to hoid her, and throwingon acloak which enveloped her, folding a black veil across her yellow hair, and fastening the hood of her wrap beneath her chin, she stole out. Presently, as she sat in the shadow of a great rock, a boat put in, and DucJjone helped Miss Lucia ashore and strolled away, while Guy planted an oar in the sanu, and Essie crouched beside him. 44 You will take cold," said Guy. 44 We must go in." 4 You wouldn't be in such haste if I were Miss Lovell. I don't know where you get your plebeian tastes. Everybody Is laughing at your devotion." "Let those laugh who win," returned Guy. liLe roi tfamuse." Miss Lovell had left her seat at mention of her name, and loitered along the beach, stooping tp gather a shell or bit of anrnp wreck as she went. 44 What old wi^ch is that?"asked Essie as she passed them. " It looks like a fisherwoman gathering drift to boil her pot:' but having decoyed Essie in-doors, he flew back to the sand. " The step betrays the goddess," overtaking her. I hoped to pass for a fisherwoman." " You! To complete the disguise, let me take you out in my boat," "With all mv heart." >>lLe roi s'amuse" she reflected; " but he allows another to share his amusement." And directly they were floating through a drift of stars, mingling jest and sentiment; slipping past the lighthouse, beyond the spits of sand, with breakers creaming about them, till the be.-.ch lights were but sparks against the darkness. past stretches of meadows, and the lonesome wharves of the town. "Mr. Thornton," she cried, waking from the spell, as steeples and chimneys stood revealed, "what is this?" MTh:< is Bagdad. Our boat has been propelltd by afrites. I am the necromancer wh&has annihilated time and space. Shall we keep on up the river; and join . the caravans for Aleppo and Damascus ?" " Do let us return it must be so late. There are no lights i.i your Bagdad." "The Caliph pro'.ibits them after 9 p. M. Besides, gas: ad kerosene haven't come to light yet. My dear Miss Lovell, the tide is against and the wind is not with us. Even a necromancer may err. You have made it dangerously pleasant. ^ I did not dream of the hour. Halloo, there!" he shouted, under the bow of a brig. " I will give any man his price who will help me row back to the beach." And presently two stout sailors swung themselves into the boat. When Mi Lovell and Mr. Thornton walh^d up the Orchard Farm, the sun was rising. " Oh, Guy," cried Essie, coming fc ward,14 we nave been so alarmed! T] servant said your room had not been o cupied, and?" "You were beginning to wonder black would become you, eh?" "' Lc roi amuse? " she said, signi: r* 1 .1 l. j canny. uuj s uiuw unini'ucu. " You are mistaken," he returned. Miss Lovell Jiad a nervous headach and did not appear again till twiligi.t. "It has been the longest day in tl year," he said, " in spite of the cale: dar." " You were up so early." " You are down so late. Come un these yellow sands." A dense fog wj blowing in shore. " Speaking of lov Miss Lovell," he said, after a doze topics lxad been lightly touched ar abandoned,44 do you think it is of sue a slow growth that if one should coi fess he loved you after a few weeks' ii timacy you would doubt him?" 441 don't know." 44 Miss Lovell. will you take me fc better or worse?" "Mr. Thornton!" " You do love me, you do care lor me, boldly; and Guy's arm was about to ii close her, liia lips were bent to her cheel when a voice out of the fog asked, " Is private theatricals ? Have we intrude behind the scenes?" as Lucia and Pi chtne drew nearer. " Cousin Guy, thei are letters for you and a telegram at tl house;'1 and while he went for the ma in the convoy of his cousin and h( escort, Miss Lovell escaped to her roon The telegram proved an urgent sun mons, and Guy w;is obliged to leave b the earliest stage next morning. As Mis Lovell, unaware of this fact, was aslee at that hour, he slipped a note of explar ation and asservation under her door j he passed down; but the wind blowin through her open window swept it bac into the hall, and w\ien Essie tripped b to breakfast it lav in her path. "Mis Lovell," she read, "and Cousin Guy handwriting," and she carried it to lu room, lighted a taper and let it shrivel i the flame. That evening, as Miss Ivove lingered on the veranda. Miss Essi brushed by her and turned, "You ar not, perhaps, aware," she said, in undei tone, " that Mr. Thornton is already er gaged?has been engaged for years. H has not told you, of course?what'mu ever tells such things when he amuse himself ?" ' Yes ?" rejoined Miss Lovell, " and am engaged to marry myself?sincesom time." "A bonne bouche to write Guy, thought Essie; "I will put it in a post script as an afterthought." It was nc strange if Miss Lovell became sadly dis turbed at Guy's departure without word, and at his sul sequent silence. Sh i-ould not question his cousins; and a lay after day passed without a syllabi in explanation, she decided that he ha been merely passing the time, as peopl will at the beach; that it was no tru iffection, but a will-o'-the-wisp whicv she had mistaken for a reality. Guy, i liis turn, was both hurt and angry tha <he paid no heed to his farewell note DUt he had no time to upbraid her, ant :hen came Essie's postscript. Another letter arrived for Guy in th iame mail?a letter from the woman t whom he had been engaged for years: 41 My Dear Mr. Thornton " (it ran ?"Your last letter was received ii Vlay. I returned from Europe early ii June, but did not notify ycu, because lave been revolvinir a certain matte n my mind. I feel t aat it will be im possible for us to fuln ! the enga^emen which was brought about oy ou parents. It is out of the question tha ^ou, who knew me as \ mere chili ;even years ago?have we met once ii that time??can love me. liu used t< >ay that my straight nose was my onl; jeauty, and I? was thrown foin a car iage while abroad, and it is row ai iquiline feature?not bad for an aqui line, either. I am confident you wouli jjicrifice yourself rather than to disobc lie dead, who have mortgaged us to eaci ither.so to speak; and 1 feel obliged t< nkotliH initiative and declare nnr en ^ajrcment null and void. I have fittei inyselt for teaching and have sevorn pupils; and during the enjoyment of m grandfather's estate I have saved etiou.irl lV>r a rainy day. Do not attempt to se me or to change my resolve, which i unchangeable. Sincerely, "Juliette L. Cavendish." Guy had not been a deliberate villaii in this transaction. Miss Lovell ha< won his heart before he dreamed of dan ner; and as for Juliette Cavendish, sli was a hobbledehoy schoolgirl of thirteei when he saw her seven years beforeshy, nervous and awkward, with eli locks of tow-colored hair. Her grand father and Guy's father had been swor friends, in spite of the disparity in years ana u naa oeen u.eir uouoy to unite til family fortunes. If Guy and Juliett failed* to marry they forfeited their in heritance. Happily for Guy, he had rt reived a legacy from his mother's f'amil unencumbered by ugly conditions; bu lie had always supposed he should canout his father's will and marry Mis Cavendish finally, and they had kept u an irregular correspondence daring he sojourn in Europe. . " A strange affair," bethought. 44 Ca: she have fallen in love? I feel to blam . is if I ought to have taken pains to lov her. A snarl always ensues when th dead dictate to the living." At le:ist h w:is free to marry Miss Lovell; but ha not Miss Essie just notified him of he long engagement? He hastened to writ Miss Lovell a letter full of bitter n nroaehes and angry love; but she ha hiddenadieu to the Orchard Farm be fore it arrived there, and had left no ar dress, having abandoned hope at th same date; and the poor love-letter, wit .ill its angry protestations, was laid o t lie shelf, and Guy was obliged to own i his heart that he had been deceived an misled. At about this time he began t wonder what manner of woman Mis Cavendish might be; if she had really iover; and if not. what had prempte the sacrifice. - What but a noble sir cerlty ? After nil, why should he hesital lo fulfill his father's will, and unite tli fortunes of Cavendish and Thornton Might she not be taught to love him ? II was wise enough to know that his ju count with love was not closed becaus one woman had proved untrue. As si had giver no address, he called first upc lier lawyer as the most likely person I know her whereabouts. "Miss Cavendish," said that gentl man, " was at the seashore quite latel; by the doctor's orders?a slight difficult of the throat. Had some crotchet aboi famine her daily bread, and has be( practicing her voice too steadily. Wi men who can afford to be idle a always hankering for a vocation, H relatives made such an ado about a Ca endish working that she has cut adri from them, They made her life a bu den. You'd better call in the evenini she has pupils all day. She's in earne about not marrying, perhaps you knov Perhaps she'll change her mind wh< she sees you," laughed Mr. Small. "O by-the-way," he called after Guy, "I' growing absent-minded?it's age; dor grow old, sir; it's a bad habit. "] spare the feelings of her high and migh relatives, Miss Cavendish has assum< her mother's maiden name, Lovell?w for Miss Juliette Lovell." 44 Miss Lovell!" gasped Guy. 4,Wh does she mean by keeping up such masnuerade with me?" 44You had better go and ask her." And Guy obeyed. 441 was at the beach for my health Miss Cavendish explained, later, aft some preliminaries had passed. 441 cou not afford to lose ray voice, but I nev dreamed of meeting you there. Aftf ward I thought perhapsvou might gro to like me, if nobody obliged you to < so. I had taken my mother's name, n to deceive you, but because my fathe: family felt annoyed whf-n I entered t ranks of the laborers. I must oitli ss marry you or work. When you aske to me to take you for better or worse, was afraid it was pity instead of lov< r- because people were eool to me alter ou tie journey to Bagdad, and I hadn't time t c- confess my secret. I went down ne* morning to surprise you with it, but yo if had left without a word. I suppose you had been amusing yourself, as you fi- cousins said; that you could never hav loved me under any circumstances; am then I decided you should never krici\ e, that Miss Lovell was Miss Cavendisn disguised by seven years of Europe am le an aquiline nose. So I wrote that lette ti- of dismissal, if you please." " And. jiftpr all. we lnsfi nur heart, :ind keep our commandments, my dea to Juliette! What will Cousin Essie sa; is when she hears that Miss Lovell and e, have been destined for each other fron ;n the beginning.? Harper's Bazar. id h i- How a Brave Lad Killed a Panther. a While Mr. W. H. HUgins, livinj about two and a half miles from Re )r novo, on the dividing lidge betweei Paddy's and Drury's runs, wasworkinj in his field making hay, he saw an ani ? nial in a distant part 01 the. field makinj v off with a hen. He thought it a fox :tnd called the attention of his soi it George, a lad of fourteen, to it. Georgi is fond of hunting, and getting his gui i. lie started off for the fox, accompaniet e by his five-year-old brother and t ie hound. They had not been gone lonf il when Mr. Higgins heard several con>r tinuous yells of the most terrible kind i. The animal had been treed by the do? i- and its half-human shrieks rent the aii y with terrible distinctness, like the shril ss agonized voice of a woman in dire dis p tress. The excited father and his fieic i- hands at once made for the point whence is came these foreboding sounds, and en g they had reached the spot they mel k George dragging a huge female panthei y measuring five feet one inch In lengtli ;s and standing two feet high. The boyt 's had followed the dog to a big tree, up sr which the panther had gone aboul n sixty-five feet. When the eldest lad 11 saw the animal, crouched and glaring ie above, he felt that it was either to be e a dead panther or a death struggle be> tween it and himself and little brother, i- He was a good shot generally, but here e was to be the severest test his young eye n and nerves had ever been put to, ana one ss that might well have tried an oldei and stouter hunter. He drew the bead I ->nd 0rod, feelingas he did so, he says, af e if he had been lifted clear off his feet, (1 But there was the hungry brute yet, 1 crouching on the limb, its eyes fairly fi1 'r to burst in their malignant glare. Bang went the gun of our brave young hunter, > just as the panther sprang. It seemed, !l said the lad, as though the animal e sprang out from the tree about twenty's five feet, then came straight down, light? ing on the doe about sixteen feet from d the boys. The young hunter again e thought he had jnissed. Clubbing his e trun he advanced upon the brute to strike fl it, but it rolled over dead before he " could do so. Examination proved that his first shot had struck about four j inches back of the heart, the last one in ^ the heart. It was bravely and well done, and but for the steady nerve anel e true aim of the lad he and his little 0 brother would doubtless have fallen victims to the animal's ravenous hun) ger.?Lockhavcn (Pa.) Democrat. ? J Exciting Times in Warsaw. r Edward King writes as follows fAm . Warsaw, Russia, to the Boston Journal: t It can hardly be said that " order reigns r in Warsaw" at present. If the accounts urUiAti lintrn i>oooluir] fis'itri ? W111V/11 JKVVC XV(W/ULVl UUIO VI l,J 1IUUi j I'oland are true, there must be imrai1 rent danger of a revolution there. Great 0 numbers oi political prisoners have been y made by the Russian government during . t lie recent stirring times, and most oi a them are confined in the citadel atWar. saw. The other day, one of them, a boy 1 (if eighteen, who had been imprisoned y :is a socialist, finding that he was almost i suffocating from lack of good air iu his 0 cell, approached the grated window and . ?-limbea up to put his face against the 1 ventilator in the ceiling. A sentinel ,) seeing him in this position at the winy <!<>w, fired at him and killed him inii stantly. As soon as the other political e prisoners heard of the fate of tlieir uns fortunate comrade they raised a frightful tumult, and demanded that the body be given un to them that they a might hold funeral rites over it in the courtyard of tiie citadel. This demand was summarily refused, and the leaders ~ of the movement were informed that ' i K,i rvlnnn/1 !?> /lnnn?nAfio 5f o*iir q I ll*Jjy v> uuivi ui: piaV/VU in uuu^wiia it auj* i iiing further was heard from them. [ _ This so exasperated the multitude of " prisoners in the citadel that they flew ^ into open revolt, broke up the iron beds . wrenched bars from out the windows, p lore bricks from out the chimnies, and e a certain number of them took refuge iy their cells, defied the authorities to approach them, while others engaged in " open conflict. The commander of the ^ military forces at the fortress had his Y head broken, and a large number of jjj gendarmes were badly wounded. It is p reported that tu^o hundred prisoners j. were put in irons after this affair, The Russians will undoubtedly inflict severe n measures upon all the Poles now, and e we may hear of new demonstrations bj e t lie latter. The recent silence in the e ?\orthern lands is very ominous. It is e like that dread calm which precedes f (j storm. r ""mm" ???? e A Water Velocipede. d Prof. K. P. Harrington, of this city says the Detroit P at, has invented j_ completed and tried satisfactorily a ma(? chine which is certainly a novelty in tin h way of locomotion. In appearance on f n side view it presents considerable re d semblance to a bicycle, but it is intendec (1 Id run on the water instead of on land 0 The wheel is four feet in diameter an( iS seven inches through. Near the outei jt rim are sixteen paadles similar to thosi d used on the paddle-wheel of a steamer x. The interior of the wheel is supplie( ;e with air chambers for buoyancy urn [e with water chambers lor balance. Tin [p saddle is placed further back and lowe; [e than in the improved land bicycle B. Treadles for the feet are provided, am 5(! these are connected with a gearing at ie tached to a crank turned by hana, s< ,n that in propelling the machine eithe 0 t he hands or feet, or both together ma; be used. The buoyancy of the wheel i e. about 400 pounds. Running back of til yt wheel are shafts, connecting, not :ia ii ly the bicycle with a smaller wheel, bu it with two artificial fish of cedar restini >n <>n the water side by side. These fis) a- serve the same purpose in balancing th re machine as the small wheel does in th er bicycle and also serve as a rudde yr. to guide the direction of the machine [ft The whole weight of this novel ap r- paratus is about seventy pounds. Mi Harrington has tried it successfully an st finds no difficult* in propelling it or i: t? keeping it balanced in the water, thoug] ?n its possibilities as regards speed have no h,, ct been fairly tested. m 1't A Remarkable Counterfeit. ty The Sub-Treasury department at Ne\ 2d Orleans have come across a counterfei 3k silver auarter, a remarkable featur about which is, that it is intrinsicall at more valuable than the genuine quartt a dollar. According to Mr. Davis, th coiner at the mint, to whom it was ser to he assayed, it weigns ma grains, o 135 above legal weight, and contains lift ," millimes of silver above standard, an er also three millimes of gold, which silvt Id coins do not contain, except in rare ir er stances. Mr. James Albrecht, the ai ;r- sayer, reports that its lineness is 9? w thousandths silver,an \ three thousandtl rto gold. The only defect about the piece ot in the engraving of the words, " In Gc r's we trust." The word " America" is n li(! brcviated to " Aniea," in the wor ier "United States of America." d FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSKHOI ; Starting Fralt Orohardi. ir J. Fitz, of Keswick, Va., writes 0 follows to the agricultural editor oft! t New York World: It is the season u make observations as to what trees v d should select when the time arrives f r planting- them out. The mistakes mai e bv farmers and others in the selecti< d of their fruit trees are so apparent and v discouraging that we feel it incumbe i, on us to make a few remarks on the'su d ject, notwithstanding we may have her r tofore said something about tnis comm< error. s If farmers would plant varieties ju r suited to their soil and location, what i y increase of production would be reanz* 1 to benefit both the cultivator and tl a country. Many of us have fruit trees o cupying valuable ground that are e t.irpiv wnrfhlftss. ftlfliouffh cood in the proper places. We see line descriptioi in the books and catalogues, and. i making out lists to plant, trees are oft< ? selected without reference to their orig * or the soil and location they - requir 1 In this way losses and disappointmen I are brought about, and are the certai result. * It is entirely in the power of plante: * to remedy this by proper selection, whic 1 they may always do if they but chooi 5 to make the effort. It is but very litt } trouble to look into the neighborir I nrr>harHs diirinc friintescipncfi and sf i what trees are vigorous and note the I bearing qualities. With this, and froi - qhe information the owners can giv there need be no mistake. We plant tc ? many sorts. Select a few of the ver best that will constitute asuccession < 1 summer, fall and winter sorts. If f( market a few of each variety is bett< I than many; for family use w6 may ha\ J a greater variety, but in a great man i sorts you will be sure to get some tlw t are worthless. It is true a lot of barren or " shy-beai t ing" trees may be changed when youn i ana thrifty by top-grafting to sorts tlu ? are productive, but this requires tim< ; and many farmers could not be made t I see this or would not give themselves tli j trouble to make the change, and so til i trees remain more of a nuisance tha anything else, and their owner takes u . the mistaken notion that there is n ! special advantage in fruit culture. Wit > such trees there must be a partial failur< ! however proper may be the generr management of the orchard. The dil [ ference between trees properly selecte i and those that are not is so obvious thr , any observer with half an eye can so . the disadvantages attending such sele< ; tions. The fruiting seasonls the propc ; time for observation. A little good judf [ ment. and the advice of the orchardis :us we have already remarked, will er [ ulile any one to avoid improper trees an . enable him to select the best, both as t . quality and bearing, and thus the valu l and bearing capacity of his orchard wi l be increased or secured in ratio with tli i pains he takes in this direction. Those having the misfortune of a frost > location should be especially careful < v 1 et they plant. In their case th ! 1 aidy sorts aloneshould be selected. 1 L will not pay to cultivate trees from whic [ fruit is not obtained, or that bear onl I once in three or four years or at long ii , tcrvals. <>rape Layers, From my experience in raisin layers I would say, when the summf pruning is done, save the best lowt branches. Do not shorten them if the grow fifteen feet in length. Do nc shorten them in the fall trimming, es ctpt to clip off a few of the tender buc that crew late and are liable to b winter-killed. In the spring, before tli ' buds have swollen perceptibly, mak the ground fine and mellow whree tli vine is to be laid, and where it will hav ' the most sun, or al least will have: ; some portion of the day. Lay the vir ; on the surface of the ground, and faste it there by pins or stones. Let it be i this position until the buds have grow two to four inches. Now carefully rais the vine, and make a trench an inch an a half to two inches in depth under il Place the vine in this trench and faste it there, then more than fill it with goo loam. A little fertilizer with the loai will do no harm. In this way it is eas to raise a good two to four foot vin from almost every joint. This is a muc better way than to cover the vine whe first laid down, as some advise. Tli vine then cannot be covered to a suffi cient depth to root well without losin many of the buds, The last year's vin is far preferable to one older. Th prominent fruiting buds on the old vir are all dead, and it is far less liable t grow than a new vine, and if it does sen forth shoots they will come from sma . dormant bud.s that lie about the mai dead bud. They grow like a sprout, an m>r. like a main bud of a new vim After the leaves have fallen, sever th branches from the parent vine, and car< fully take up the layers, and divid them into as many parts :is there ai 1 strong new vines.?E. 0. L., in Ayricu urist. Health ninti). j. An application of cold, wet, commo ; whitening placed on immediately is a 1 invaluable remedy for a burn. | Those who have hard, calloused spol ; on the hand can rid themselves of tliei [ by holding the spot over the grindstor , for a moment or two. . Bleeding of a wound in a man or be:? j can be stopped by a mixture of wliej L Hour and common salt, in equal part boundjon with a cloth. A good wash for the leeth is made li putting equal parts of borax and can phor gum into a bottle of water and le , ting it stand for a short time befoi i using. For inflammatory rheumatism tal half an ounce of pulverized saltpeter, pi in half an ounce of sweet oil, bathe tl parts affected, and a sound cure wi speedily be effected. To keep the hands soft, mix honey, a mond meal and olive oil into a past* U9e after washing with soap. Casti soap is bestJor use, as it will cure a ci or scratch and prevents any spots. To cure sore throat, wrap flann around the throat, keep out of draugh and sudden changes ot atmosphere, ar every half hour take a pinch of chlorii of potash, place it on the tonpic ar allow it to dissolve in the moutn. Gentian root is said to be a tobacco ai 3 tidote. Buy two ounces or more of ge r tian root, coarsely ground. Take ; f much of it after each meal, or oftener,: s amounts to a common quid of *'finc-cut e Chew it slowly and swallow the juic 1 Continue this a few weeks, and you w: conquer the insatiable appetite for t 5 bacco from which thousands struggle I be free, but give up in despair, e " e An Appeal for the Watermalon. r Some people entertain an idea th ' watermelons are unwholesome. Y hose same persons, perhaps, will stu ' themselves in hot weather with hot hi cl euit, ham, beef, rancid butter and fri j1 bacon, a diet suited to the latitude II Lapland. If the fruits of theearth ar of the tree, in this Southern climat were consumed more liberally the would be less sickness. If the Southe citizen would jump from the frying-p: into a watermelon patch, he would y less liable to catch the yellow fever. ? all the fruits oi the earth there is no e more wholesome than a good wat( y melon. It is composed of nothing mo T than water. This water acts as a cent e diuretic, without leaving any acid urx it fi.? ofnmo/.h ma ia fV?n In Ot.n r diuretics. A good tiling in yellow fev Y imes. The crcole of Louisiana lives tc d marvelous age. He lives so long that :r forgets his age. But he lives prim pally on the fruits and vegetables tli grow around him, and he is especial ,0 fond of a good wa ermelon.?Mempl !8 Avalanchc. is >d The fact has been demonstrated b careful observation that it takes at lei d five adults properly to escort one chi under twelve years to the circus. iD MEXICAN CHITALRY. i ( A Jarocho Dsnclng Party?How the Belle 1 as of the Occasion Danced, and how her I be Admirers Hung Challenges to Morta ] to Combat upon her Shoulders?The Duel j ve with which the Dance Ended. j ?r A correspondent of the New York ! le Evening Post wiites from Vera Cruz, 1 311 Mexico, as follows: It was two o'clock 1 s<? in the afternoon?so said the shadows of { nt t.hfinalm trees?when three or four musi- ' cians began tuning up their jazacanas and l e" bandolins near the estrade. The tropical 1 )n sun was shining down in all its dazzling j brilliancy upon the flower-wreathed 1 9t booth, tne wattled huts, the jjayly ca- I parisoned horses, the velvet-attired men 6 and bare-armed women?upon all the * ie glaring contrasts of squalid poverty and ' c" bedizened bravery. In our own cold 8 ?" clime Teiysichore awaits the coming of ' ir night, witn its accessories of waxen ?s floors, brilliant gaslight and sensuous per- 8 fumes; but in the Mexican lowlands J rn the Jarocho dances in the broad glare of 1 in day, with a passionate excitement as in- * f' tense as the beams of the fiery luminary c r9 above him. c in At the first rude notes of the guitars I flio mon rlnaprteH t.lifl drinkinc stalls. C r.s while from every hut in the village troops J 11 of young girls came tripping toward tne * ?e sylvan oallroom. The floor was filled f ]e with the female dancers, who, in the first ? stages of the fandango, alone figure upon :ef it; the men being by a singular custom a ,r mere spectators of the women's perform- a 31 ance. The musicians, seated upon the 8 e? ground close to the estrade, strummed 'P energetically UDon their instruments; 8 J' occasionally supplementing the music 1 " with their voices in a kind of rude im- P ,r provisation, pointed with coarse allusions l ;r which elsewhere would have emptied the T 0 floor in a moment, but here only served P y to increase the excitement. The dancing e lt went on in an energetic way, much aug- 8 mented by the shouts and plaudits of e r" the spectators; each of whom had some 8 2 especial favorite to encourage. Many of u ^ the dances executed were strictly national r " in character, while others were Spanish 0 0 ? the vulero, manola and zupaleador be- v e ing plainly recognizable. And one could a ie not help admiring the dexterous manner n in which these beautiful and supple wo- " P men carried a tumbler of water upon J .? their heads, without spilling a drop, 11 I1 while dancing with the greatest,vigor, or Sl the facility with which they unfastened T J:1 the siiken knots upon their satin shoes in n ? the difficult bomba, without using their ? hands. There were, too, quadrilles and 81 lt contradances of various kinds, with an ? [e occasional pas seul by some expert dancer. P My Mephistophelian old fnend of the ^ T morning ride gave in a dance known as e: j>" la mrola an imitation of the writhings f ^ ana contortions of a malefactor dying by " |T the garrote?the Mexican method of ? " capital punishment. The dance was dis- 81 0 gusiing in its details and execution, yet c was gi-eeted with loud vivas by the " Jarochos, for whom a public execution * e possesses iiTesistible attractions. 0 The musicians, who had changed their P y time with every dance, or at the popular . call, now struck up the lively prclcncza. L? By this time the estrade was filled witli dancers, and the cxcitement among the ? 11 8Dectators. increased by frequent pota- v y tions at the drinking booths, waxed a 1_ more and more intense: seemine to cen- 81 ter about the figure of a young jnrl who 0 had but lately appeared on the scene. c' ? She was a .magnificent creature, this 0 daughter of the South, of graceful mien 81 and dazzling beauty. V As the dance went on the crowd about -j* the estrade resolved itself into two fac- ' |8 tions, each led by a richly-dressed Jaro- ? ,e cho, both of whom were evidently nspir- ^ [e unts for the hand of the bewitching j e Circe. It was apparent at a glance that ? |e the adherents of both parties were anie mated not so much by admiration for 5 jt their leader as by the hope that some ie contest might grow out of thejealous 1 n rivaly waged between them. To this R n end their words all tended. " Jesus has n 110 chance," shouted one. "Jose is her Ie man," returned another. The musicians. ~ d urged on by the spirit of evil, or ani- * t mated by the hope ol a quarrel arising n between the opposing factions, strummed V (j their guitars witlj redoubled vigor, and ^ n filled the air with an infernal discord. y The women dancing upon the estrade " e chattered among themselves, evidently ? jealous of the attention paid to Circe, i n who, proud and palpitating, clearly felt " e the power which made her th?. beauty ?' [_ (jueen of the fiesta. Tne rival lovers, [ ? from their places on opposite sides of J [fi the estrade, scowled ominously,, and 2 e spoke slightingly of each other's bravery J] ie and courage. Their adherents caught up J 0 the refrain until taunts and jeers were * ,j freely bandied between them. It was f, jj apparent that the storm was about to J: n buret, when suddenly the music stopped, j d and there came a cry of Chammara y ' ; machelc! (Sash and sword.) At the ^ e sound the men exchanged looks of evi- ? dent satisfaction, while the women left l'e the estrade and took up positions among ? e the spectators. All left but Circe. That I. superb, self-contained figure stood upon the hard stamped floor like a living Venus of flushed bronze; her complexion n heightened by the dance, her black eyes ft n gleaming like a foal. Her tiny feet still 0 kept in motion though the dance had y t ceased, seeming to await impatiently the a ^ beginning of the new measure. It soon p . came. o As the musicians struck the first low o wailing notes of the measure a shout of y universal applause greeted the fair t lt dancer. Tne curtain was rolling up on { 5> a new scene; comedy was about to give a place to tragedy, and pit, boxes and galiy lery welcomed the change. Slowly the l- bandolins sounded the measures of the j t- dance, and with tranquil, almost hesi- ! :e tating steps, the young gir] interpreted i the rhythm and time with her tiny feet, i ce Gradually the chords quickened and be- 1 jt I'nme livelier, and the slow moving 1 ie Circe merged into a radiant Terpsichore, l 11 Her eyes, hitherto bent timidly upon the 1 floor,"were now proudly raised and 1 ]. swept the crowd with half coquettish, J 2; hall inquiring glances. They seemed to j le say, "Are there none brave enough to : jt risk being my partner?" j A young fellow thus interpreting the j el questioning look, and, perhaps, eager to j ts snow his courage, quickly advanced to i i(l the estrade, ana, uncovering, presented i le his gay sombrero with its garniture of ,d silver and lace for the acceptance of the bewitching dancer. Receiving it with a 1 -'? *\.tnninn nn l'notont In 1 Pl_ HUJllU, VVIIUUUI 1U1 (Ml lUOVttUU AAA n tlie evolutions in which she was engaged. ^ she placed it coquettishly upon her head [us at such a slant as to show advantageously the magnificent pile of purple black hair beneath it. A prolonged ill viva greeted this act so gracefully done, o- while the pleased gallant, who had thus t0 been conceded the floor, placed himself opposite to her and joined in the dance. Bearing much general resemblance to the quadrille, the dance was more sugat gestive, portraying the different phases Pt' of love, court-ship and coquetry, in a ft- manner tooclear to be mistaken. Itconi?j_ tinued for a time, when, at the cry of -.1 " Chammara!" by the spectators, the nf young gallant, bowing gracefully to the u| girl, retired to give place to the second ( aspirant in the person of Don Jose. 1 ,'rp Placing himself opposite Circe, the new i rn partner went through the same series of < [in evolutions as his predecessor, ending by 1 unwinding the crimson China crape i sjish from his waist, which he fastened i ne into a rosette and hung from one of the j !r. shoulders of the girl. T!?is act, after < Tg the custom of the .Jarochos, constituted j !]e a challenge to all comers, while by per' mitting it to remain the girl signified 1 ? * ^ l.:? ??x* i ...j e_ uer acceptance 01 jiiiu uuui suuu uiuc i e as .another should present a better claim. < It could only be answered in one way? i by the knife. feUpon the excited crowd a dead silence ] ".1 11; but tlie experience of many such ] II scenes told the musicians that the tune 1 ? had come for warlike notes, and the ] jazacanas and bandolins %vere twanged ] with greater discord than ever. Circe j by danced on as if nothing had occurred to < ,^'t interrupt her Terpsichorean enjoyment. ] j](] Some singers improvised couplets cal- < culated to deepen the jealousy of the < rivals. From the crowd arose the )f " Machete! mac/icfe /" and in pror response Don Jesus sprang into the ;raae and with a graceful how presen limself to the girl. A slight nod t lim that he too was welcome to lonor of bestowing his favors, a Irawing his long, glittering blade fr ts sheath, he suspended it by its bow Durple ribbons from the right shoul )f the girl, already carrying the sast lis rival upon her left. A new pas leux now began, carried on as befc hough with many extemporized va] ions. Though not a word was spo] ;he dancers seemed to converse in a 1 juage perfectly understood by the lelves and those ar6und. It wai lingular spectacle to see this young i jeautiful girl dancing with the Hash t iword of her lovers suspended from ! >are shoulders. Suddenly a strident voice in the cro houted " Bornbaand the dance \ it an end. The musicians, anxious he safety ot their instruments, hastei iwajr. The women, too, now that lancing was over, took themselves < ?f harm's way. The two factions, oc >ying opposite sides of the estrade, cla ired for the fight, and the couplet )on Jesus in Tionor of his mistress' ection was repeated in cLorus by riends. Don Jose answered by say: hat the heart of Circe belonged onlj lim and found no room for a vaeabc nd falst friend. His rival replied nother recitative, inquiring if he 1 ufficient courage to meet him in a f i^li t. Don Jose answered that he woi ladly meet anywhere this base lntrua his corrupter of iaamen's hearts. Cir roud and radiantfstood in the centei lie estrade awaiting the final ceremc rith a tranquility which went far rove her indifference to the claim ither aspirant. But the pledges w< till to be redeemed, and with a practi ye to the business features of the pi lie waited with extended hand. 1 sual fee for each pledge is a silver h eal, but the three gallants, advanci ne after another, fiHed both her har nth silver coins, amid the murmurs pplause which such prodigality exciti The estrade was now cleared for 1 glit which, among the Jarochos, ii itably follows the slightest breach onor. The sylvan temple, so la.ely 1 UCI1C Ui tlilU ^itocuib, ITW v\ erted into a gladitorial arena. Into lidst Don Jesus advanced, and fi racing a rude circle in the hard bi rod of the floor, planted his knife in enter. Don Jose promptly followed a laced his long blade close beside that is rival, while both courteously unc< red. A polite altercation then ensu s to who should first place his hat up is head, each claiming an honor whit ranted by either, would make him t UDerior in point of courtesy. The di ulty was, however, deciaed by be ontestants covering at the same tin he spectators were then relegated to 1 utsiae of the estrade, the combatai laced face to face, and the signal giv( As I have said, among the Jarocl: iie smallest point of honor, the mi rivial remark, often furnishes the cat f a bloody and lasting quarrel. Th ...j_ J- i :UUB, LLIUI CUVCl, UU liUb nivu ? eath of the principals, but descend mguinary legacy to the nearest relati' ften continuing until entire families 1 ome extinct, or the slayer atones by Bering of blood money. But, genera leaking, the quarrels between jeak ivais at a party are satisfactorily i lsted by a little blood-letting, the loi joking moie to the honor of his ant) nist than to his life. A wounded ha i the greatest stain upon the reputati f a Jarocho: the loss of life even is 1 eemed such a disgrace. Occasional owever, the contest is one of life eath, and such it seemed to be in t! istance. The combatants stood each with ! )ng blade grasped in his right hai nd with his left hand and arm wrapp 1 the folds of his manga by way liield. At the word the combat begs lie *)arocnus Know iiuuung ui suichw :ncing, and rely wholly upon stvenf nd agility of body. The blows w iriously given, but were far from d( ?rous. On both sides it was only a ser f quick thrusts and clumsy parries, udden lunges and hasty retreats. Th )ng knives struck one another with a n illic clang, or cut the air with a mourn uugli. But there was a ferocity and < jrmination about the men which resull 1 much bloodshed and mutual hacking esli. They swayed to and fro upon I oor, the tumultuous crowd closing ab< tiem as they were successively displac 'hus it continued for ten minutes wh rounded and bleeding, both men cam* lie floor and were carried off by th lore intimate followers The rest of 1 arochos crowded about the drinki tails, and as they swallowed d< raughts ol Catalan brandy congr latea themselves on having had so spli id a fiesta as would furnish the subject onvorsution for weeks to come. The Wheat and Corn Product. The following is a statement showi lie annual wheat and corn product f the United States for the past sixfc ears, together with the annual expo nd home consumption for the sa eriod. These figures are correct, bei fficially reported from the Departmi f Agriculture. The estimate for t ear is calculated from the reports of i ended correspondence throughout I Jnited States, and is probably ascorr a estimates of this nature can be mai WHEAT. Home Year. Production. Export*. Consump 863.. 173,677,900 41,468,400 132,209, 864.. 160,695,800 22,959,800 137,736, 865.. 148,552,800 16,494,300 132,058, 866.. 151,909,960 12,646,900 129,358, 867.. 212,441,400 20,323.000 186,118, ana <>ox nsr, finn 5Q.717.200 194.319 869.. '260,146,900 53,900.700 206,246, 870.. 235,084,700 52,574,100 183,310, 871.. 230,722,400 38,995,700 191,726, 872.. 249,997,100 52,014,700 197,982, 873.. 281,254700 91,510,400 189,744, 874.. 309,102,700 72,912,800 236,189, 875.. 292,136,000 74,750,600 217,385, 876.. 289,356,500 57,140,900 232,206, 877.. 364,194,100 92,141,600 272,052, 878.. 420,122,400 145,122,000 275,000, 879.. *480,000,000 CORN. 863.. 397,839,200 5,146,190 392,639, 864.. 530,452,400 3,610,400 526,831, 865.. 704,427,8 0 14,465,700 689,962, 866.. 867,946,200 16,026,900 851,919, 867.. 768,320,000 12,493,500 755,826, 868.. 906,527,000 8,286,600 898,240, 869.. 874,320.000 2,140,400 872,179, 870.. 1,094,255,000 10,676,800 1,083,578, 871.. 991,838,000 35,727,000 956,171, . < >?,? Tin nnn jn l Ofin 1 flS0 .IRA O/'Z** 19jUUU 1U, LU~Xf*4\J\J A)VVMfvv? 873.. 932,274,000 35,985,000 896,288 874.. 859,148,500 30,025,000 820,123 875.. 1,321,069,000 50,910,500 1,270,158 876.. 1,283,827,000 72,652,600 1,211,174 .877.. 1,342,558,000 87,192,100 1,255,365 ,878..*1,388,218,700 Estimated. A Crane with a Wooden Leg. In London?in St. James1 park?th mce lived a crane. By some accid ic broke one of his long legs, am rind doctor who saw him in pain cu )ff above the knee. The bird got w DUt how was he to get about in world? lie couldn't use a crutch, a nan with one leg can, nor had he i friends to wheel him about in an inva ;hair, as some sick people have wl ;hey can't walk. - * t--i.ii l don't Know wiuit mupuui uuu wu lave done; but a soldier, who knew h X) do a good many tilings, saw crane's trouble, took pity on him, i went to work to help liim. lie mad wooden leg, with a joint for a knee, i tie managed to fasten it to the-poor ci pie. so that lie could walk about i take care of himself. It was nc pretty leg, like his other, but it was i tul, and he was satisfied with it. Fc long time this wooden-legged bird 1 Dne of the sights of the park, and v proudly he bore himself before crowds of curious boys and girls v same to see him.?St. Nicholas. cry THE DEATH OF J. WILKES BOOT! npt pa. , . Story of the Man who Commanded Booth* Capture?Boston Corbett'a Sh ? Dlatrlbntins the Reward. the nd, A reporter of the New Orleans Pic om vune has recently interviewed Capta r of Edward P. Doherty, who command der the detachment that captured Booth a . ~c Wov-rv->lH ofVor fhA oQqoqqinntinn nf "Pri* de dent Lincoln, and that officer's story >re, the pursuit and its result appears in t :ia- Picayune of August 18. The story of t ten surrender of Harrold and the snooti: an- of Booth in a barn near Bowling Gre >m- is told as follows: i a "After Garrett had designated the ( rod rection of the barn, Captain Doher rod said to Sergeant Boston Corbett,' Di her mount your men, detail a few to wat the house, and bring the remaind wd here.' Captain Doherty then surround ?as the barn with his men, and, going to t for front door, placed a lighted candi ieu wmcn ne naa neia in ms iianu ior sol the time, near the front entrance of tl aut barn and in the vicinity of a large crai cu- or opening. Unlocking the door, Ca im- tain Doherty called upon those in tl of barn to come out and surrender, but i af- I answer was made to this and subseaue his frequent and loud demands of a' li! ing character. Captain Doherty then pass< ' to around among his sentinels who su ind rounded the barn, when he was i in formed that whispering and the movii iad of hay had been heard from the insid air " Captain Doherty then said: * If y< nld don't come out I'll set fire to the buil er, ing and burn you out.' As there wa31 ce, answer even to this. Captain Doher 'of ordered Corporal Newgarten to pi iny some shavings and nay in the openii to and set fire to it. While he was pilii of it up a voice said to the corporal: 4 ere you come back there I'll put a bull cal through you.' Captain Doherty, wl lay was standing near Newgarten, th< "he quietly ordered him to desist, and d alf terrained to wait till daylight befo ng making any further demonstrations, ids " At this time quite a long convere of tion occurred between Captain Doher ed. and J. Wilkes Booth. The former, aft ;he hearing the threat of the latter, calli ae- again lor a surrender, when Booth r of plied: 4 Who do'you take us for ?' Ca ;he tain Doherty responded: 4 It don't mal >n- any difference who I take you for. I' its going to arrest you.' Then Bootn sai< rst 'Boys, fetch me a stretcher; anoth eat stain in our glorious banner.' ito " Wolbinu ornnnd flip Vrnvn and t .nd turning near the door, Captain Doher of heard whispered conversation betwe< >v- Booth and Harrold from the- insid led Booth then said aloud: 'lam ci ippli on and alone, give me a chance for my lif draw your men up at twenty-five pac ;he and I will come out.' ffi- ' Captain Doherty replied: ' I didr ?th come here to fight, but to capture yo ie. I have fifty men here and can do it.' ;he "In the meantime Harrold had a nts proached the door, when Captain D :n. herty said to him, 'Let me see yoi 10s lianas,1 when Harrold put both han ost out through the door, and Captain D lse herty seizing them, handed Harro ese over to the corporal at the door, .he '4 While this coversation was going o I a and as Captain Doherty was in the act ve, taking Harrold out of the front door, tl be- barn nad been fired in the rear. Tl an flames burst suddenly lortn. Boot lly who had left his position in the barn >us the right of the opening referred id- above, near the candle, took a posith rer in the center of the barn facing tl ig- door, and raising his carbine, pointed nd in the direction of Harrold ana Capta on Doherty, when Sergeant Corbett, wl lot was stationed at one of the openings ly. the barn to the left of Booth, observii or the movement, leveled a large-siz his Colt's revolver at Booth and fired, i tending to hit h'm in the arm for t liis purpose of disabling him, but the bi id, entered his neck, about one inch fro >ed the same point that Booth shot Prei of dent Lincoln. in. "On hearing the shot, and being ifie the time ignorant of the movement ?th intention of Booth. Captain Dohei ere supposed that he had shot himself ratli than surrender, when the officers rush ies into the barn, and by the light of t <?f burning buiiding, saw Booth with t eir carbine between his legs, one of 1 ne- crutches having dropped, and Booth ful the act of falling forward, when Capta ie- Doherty caught him with both ari Led around the body and carried him 01 tof side of the barn and laid him down, b the the heat becoming too intense, Capta >ut Dohertv ordered him removed under t ed. veranda of the Gairett mansion, en, " Soldiers were then dispatched ' to different directions for doctors, but on eir one. Dr. Urquart, could be found, the arriving about.6 a. m., and after probii ing the wound, pronounced it fatal, the bi Jep having ranged upward, cutting a vil at- part. en- jYom tlie time that Booth was sh< '01 five o'clock, to the time he expired, t\ hours later, he spoke but once, and th was to Capt. Dolierty, shortly before s o'clock, wlien he said to him. 'Hand in? Capt. Dolierty lifted ud his hands, wh j0n Booth looked at them lor an instai ,eil and, shaking his head, exclaimed: * Us lrts less, useless. A short time after this me became unconscious, and so remain ing until he expired. snt "Capt. Dolierty, after wrapping t ?- _ hndv of Booth in his saddle blank< ex_ sewed the blanket together with his ov tlie hands, and, having placed the body on ect C!irt wJ'ich was obtained from an o . negro residing about two miles disftu proceeded with the body and t prisoner, Harrold, to Belle Plain, whf the Ide was awaiting tlie return of t ^ command, which arrived at 6 p. j qqq when the Ide proceeded to Washingtc 500 where the bodv of Booth and t 500 prisoner, Harrold, were turned over 400 the officers of the United States iron-cl: 400 monitor Montauk, Captain Doherty ha 200 ing received orders from the depurtme 600 commander so to do. This was at thr 700 o'clock on the morning of the twent 400 seventh. 900 "In reference to the different stal 400 ments that Booth was never captur 6oo nor killed, and that he is alive to-da 500 Captain Doherty says that it is the she( 400 est nonsense in the world, as, in the fii Slace. Captain Doherty knew J. Willi ooth personally, and was in his coi pany at the National Hotel in Washin -u""* t-nrn mnntlis nrevinilfl to t ;;; um uuuuii ltwv IUVU?~ ,? _ assassination. In the second place, 3QQ the post-mortem examination, held < 500 the twenty-seventh of April, Booth w 400 fully identified by Dr. May, his atten GOO ing physician, who had performed i 200 operation upon his neck, and by M 000 Dawson, proprietor of the Nation 800 Hotel, where he boarded during his re 200 deuce in Washington, and also by oth 500 weh-known citizens, to the full satisfy tion of the government. " In the third place, after the body 00 Booth was buriea in a cell in the penitc tiary at the Arsenal at Washington, t re Mains were delivered over to his r atives four years later, upon applicati to President Johnson, and they nown ere in the family vault near Baltimore, M< ent thus provine that the members of hiso\ 1 a family recognize the fact that the bo t it lying there is the last mortal remains ell, J. Wilkes Booth. the "Harrold was tried, convicted a s a hanged witli Payne, Atzerot and M iny SurrattinJuly. 1865. lid- "A total reward of $ 150,000 was offer :ien by the government, the city of Was ington. and the city of Baltimore. T uld reward of $100,000 offered by the G( ow eminent was paid, but those offered the the cities of Washington and Baltinn .r.,1 urnmrpnndi'itnd. Cart. Dohertv enter e a suit in the United States District Coi xnd for the District of Columbia to recoi *ip- the $20,000 offered by the city of Wai xnd ington, but the suit was decided agaii it a his claim, the court holding that t ise- city of Washington had no authority ?r a law to offer the reward. wis " Capt. Doherty appealed the case ery the Supreme Court of the United Stat the where it is now pending, and fr< /ho whence a decision is expected to reached this year. In the case of t - . .... EI. claim aeainst the city of Baltimor which offered $30,000 for the arrest ( the assassin, Capt. Doherty did not si *: to recover, the mayor and alderme telling him point blank that they wou] not pay it, as the reward was offered ui ?- der a previous administration. Th in claim has now lapsed by limitation, ed " Of the $100,000 offered by the goveri nd ment, $75,000 was paid on the basis < si- prize-money in the navy. The commar of consisted of twenty-six enlisted mei he two citizens! (detectives) and one con he missioned officer. The commission aj Qg pointed to distribute the money consiste en of Judge Advocate-General Holt an Gen. E. D. Townsend, AdjutanWienen li- of the army, who awarded to Captai ty Doherty $75,000; to each of the citize is- detectives, $4,000; to Sergt. Boston Coi ch bett and Sergt. Wandell, $2,200 each, tb er commission deciding that the fact of Coi ed bett having shot Booth did not entitl be him to more than the non-commissione [e, officer of the same rank who was als oe present at the capture. he . " Gen. Laiayette C. Baker, chief dete< ck tive of the War Department, was held t p. be the'same'as an admiral, who detach? he & ship and orders it to another squadror io In transitu,that ship captures aprizi nt and Capt. Doherty being in the positio ke as captain of the ship, received two-twee f it - 1-1- A- 1-11- i.L 2d neiiis 01 tue wnoie amount, wiiue tu admiral, who in this case waa Get n- Baker, received one-twentieth, or $3, ig 750. The remainder of $75,000 waa dii e. tributed prorata among the men. ' )u " Capt. Doherty was informed fror d- high authority that 'a wheelbarrow fa io of claims' were put in for this rewarc ty almost every detective in the Unite je States representing that he was entitle ig to a share. The adjustment of this maj ie of claims occupied the members of th If commission a little over a year befoi et they could determine who were entitle io to the reward." m ere Mrs. Utt'g Fight with an Eagle. a. A recent letter from Honesdale, Pa. ty to the New York Sun, says: Parts c er Preston township, thirty miles from thi ?d place, are yet as wild as they were whe e_ the Indians inhabited the region. Som p_ of the highest elevations in Pennsyl {e vania are in Preston. These are rock m peaks, abounding in deep ravines an j. caverns. In this wild territory ther Cr are seventeen large lakes, some of ther on the very crests of the mountains (j. more than 2,000 feet above the sea These lakes are full of fish, and ar 3n favorite resorts of enormous fish hawks 'e_ which find abundant food in the bass 3d pickerel and perch that they catch. Ther e. are also many eagles, and they subsis J bv robbinz the hawks when theyris hiden with"fish from the lakes. The in ft accessible crags and ravines afford ther u> secure resting and hatching places, an here eagles still rear their young. Speci p. mens measuring over seven feet fror o_ tip to tip have been shot near the lake! jr Fishermen often see fierce battles b< is tween the hawk and the eagle, and ofte 0. both eagle and hawk are brought dow Id by the sportsman's rifle. At times th eagies extend their foraging expeditior n> to the farming country south and nort of of the wilderness. In the spring the tie annoy the farmers, for they sweep dow tie boldly upon the sheep pastures and carr hf off lambs and poultry. to / A farmer named Utt, who lives nea to one of the lakes in Preston township, hs 5n a two-year-old gamecock, that was pr< [ie ocnted to his wife, and she has taken 3t liking to the fowl. One day, while h< in husband was absent in Deposit, Mr tio Utt heard a commotion among tb in chickens in the barnyard, and, on rui ng ning out, found her game rooster gallan ea b* fighting with what she supposed wt n- a very large hawk,'which was trying t he fasten its- talons in the chicken. Tt ill two birds were so aeepiy engagea in u combat that Mrs. Utt's shouts did n< 3j, frighten the enemy away. She picke up a stick and ran into the barnyard, an at struck the intruder. This did not aj or parently alarm it. Then she seized it b ty the neck with both hands, and for th !er hrst time saw it was an eagle. Th ed powerful bird buried its claws deep i he Mrs. Utt's arm. She did not dare let g he her hold, although the eagle was teai 113 ing her flesh dreadfully. She tightene in her grasp on its throat, and then thre1 ,in herself heavily to the ground upon'i ns In tiiis way she kept it down, and choke it- it to death. The flesh of Mrs- Utt's an ut was torn to the bone in places. Th ,in eagle measured nearly five feet from ti he to tip. in ly The Rattlesnake. 'ie It has been observed by some natura ists that if we withhold water froi UJ snakes when about to 6hed their ep 'al dermis, they are thereby prevented froi divesting themselves entirely of theol >t, skin. I alwavs kept a small bird's batl vo ing-cup, filled with clean water once at day, in the case containing my crotalui ix The first skin he cast off, in July, wa s.' entire and without a blemish. At.tu en second change, however, about the las it, of September, I removed the cup on e- night, intending to replace it snortl he afterward, but I forgot to do so. Th ed next morning I found portions of loos skin all over the floor of the case, an he much more hanging in shreds froi st. various parts of the body of the snakt Other parts seemed not to be detache i a yet. I had not supposed that the ophid 1" ian was quite ready for a change. H it, was over two months in divesting him he self of his torn trousers. Was it duet !i'e the fact that water had been withheld ? he the last time? Both chances occurre 4-? in the night, and I failed to observe th !n> interesting process of divestment. T he test the question of so-called blindnes to occuring during the time when the pup ad is covered by a whitish film or thin men v_ brane becoming detached, and occluc nt ing the sight of the eye, I placed som ee very active mice repeatedly in the cas< y~ during the period of chance of epidei mis. The ophidian attacked the mic ie- in quick turn, without ever missing hi ed first victim. On other occasions, how ,y, ever, when his sight was unobstructec ?r- I have seen him 9trike at it and miss th st mark repeatedly. After making a fe\ :es misses he would then strike about wit n- intensified fury. The snake never at g- without first striking his victim. H he did not eat more than two mice at at meal, and sometimes an hour lapsed be on fore eating 4;he second one. He neve as killed his prey wantonly; on the cor d- trary, he permitted mice to keep his con [in pany so long as his appetite was af [r. peased.?The Scicnce News. ial 3ier Hoop Snakes Rolling Up Hill. LCI)r. Alvord, County Cierk Masterso of and Mr. Leahy have just returned fror tn- a hunt on Saline Fork, Arkansas. Til lie party had stationed themselves in th el- tree platforms about Yokum Blue Licl on and were waiting for deer, which cam ?st there at dawn. Dr. Alvord suddenl 1., noticed something like a hoop com vn rolling down the hill and across the w< dy lick. It was followed by three otheri of which rolled to where it had stoppec Mr. Leahy called out, " Hoop snake; nd Watch tln-m, hoys." rs. The snakes played around for a fe' minutes.and thon. resuming their form< ed positions, standing on edge with the ill- tails in their mouths, deliberately bega be to roll up the hill. The gentlemc >v- rubbed their eyes and looked againby there they were, rolling up lull just i >re auickly and easily as they had roll( ed down. At first the party agreed not 1 irt say anything about the matter, as the rer tearoct their story would not op oenevei ill- But Colonel Stark, at whose plantatic ast they passed the next night, explained i ;he them that the hoop snake is able i in thicken itself a little in front of its poii of contact with the ground, and to ke< to this part of itself heavier than the bn es, anee; hence, as the center of gravity fal ">m in front of the base, the snake can't he be revolving in any direction in which ) ;he keeps his " wad."?Zcllville Sabre. ? . . ' . Uk 1 e, A Little While. M What is this that He eaith ? ?It is bat a little while," ^ And trouble and pain and death y. Shall vanish before His smile. 18 "A little while," and the load j. Shall drop at the pilgrim's leet, I WKara fka cfnon an/1 t>lA thffllV id Doth merge in the golden street ^ Bnt what ia this that He qpith ? >. "A little while," and the day id Of the servant that laboreth d Shall be done lorever and aye. il n Oh, the truth that is yet untold! n Oh. the songs that are yet onming! ? Oh, the suffering manilold, ' And the sorrows that have no tongue' le Oh, the helpless hands held oat, d And the wayward feet that stray In the desolate paths ol doubt j_ And the sinner's downward way! ' For a silence soon will fall J8 ( On the lips that born for speech, 3( And the needy and poor that call n J Will forever be out ol reach. 'e " For the work thatfojnnst do i. Before the coming oi death There remaineth, oh, iaithfnl lew, *" Bat a little while," He saith. q ? W. Gladdtn, in Sunday Afternoon U I ITEMS OP INTEREST. d The scales of justice are for the weigh is of the transgressor. A Mrs. Potts in Canada hu invented | odd-handled smoothing iron. Thfl lawver mav b? a man. bnt he if} a fee-male all the aame.?Lampton. A census of Kansas, just completed, shows a population of 849,978, an increase . of sixty per cent, over that of 1875, which f was returned as 628,437. 1 Counsel (to witness)?"You're a nice 8 sort of a fellow, you are I" Witness? a " Td say the same thing of you, sir, only e I'm on my oath." " Some people always look kind of. J S-ous.?Steuoenville Chronicle. The p $-o-us people are the ones we don't like. I -New York People. i The Man in the moon ir comical loon. ' And his face is all thai he shows; g Whether stately and trim, or scanty of llmb^ Is a secret thit nobody knows. ?Erie Herald. e Among the curiosities of the patent it office at Washington are the locks of e hair of all the Presidents, from WashL ington down to Pierce, inclusive, safely n inclosed in a glass frame. d Sir William Jenner, the distinguished i- English physician, has the whooMng q cough. He is sixty-four years old. The ). London Lancet says that he has left the !- city " in order that he may not spread n the disease." n Almanacs for 1880 are now being given e away at the dru<? stores. They are very ? handy for your wife to tear Trapping " paper out of when her neighber comes ? to borrow a nutmeg or a little cinnan mon.?Fond du Lac lieporter. y A St. Petersburg physician haa wrifcten an article based on exhaustive re- 4\ searches nnd experiments on staging , people, and reports singing as the antfc ' thesis of drinking spirituous,liquors, as a ,r means of promoting health. 3. The proverb, " Time heals all things,' Le has been pronounced a base lie by the old lady who laid away several pairs of. t- hose which needed heeling, and some ts months after found them worse than 0 ever, the moths having taken possession. ie ?Meriden Recorder. le Two little boys thought it good sport )t to play in a great bin or grain in an eled vator at Goshen, Ind.,'but one day they d did so when the grain was being drawn )- off through an outlet underneath, and y they were irresistibly pulled downed e smothered to death. e "What," asks a writer, Vis fiercer n than the eye of a fighting animal at > P bay?" Well, we don't now what, unlesf, maylie, it is the other eye. Or ' d ?hold up! we won't give it up yet?it's ^ the animal itself. Ask us another one. ?Burlinglon Hawkeyc. A Florida man, who owns dne hun_ dred and fifty thousand cattle, is a mis- *. ^ erly recluse, living in a shanty which p has neither fireplace nor chimney. ' He sells his surplus cattle in Cuba; he seldom sees strangers, and he hides' his 4 money in cans on his land. "There is pleasure in the pathldM wood?," 1- There is a witchery in summers kiss, 11 There is ajspell thai charms our tend'rer moods #, i- When day brings ou the twilight benefice, xi There is a richness in the morning chant- ^ d Ofbirdsjust wakenedfrq^anightsrepise, , j. There is a something in the onion plant ? That's uncongenial to t^ie ave'rage noee A i. -Wadt W&fkJL, is News from Civita Yecchia tells of a e striking act of courage performed by / it Garibaldi's daughter, a girl of twelve f e years old. While bathing, a young man ? y near, who could ni t swim, got out of his ie depth, and at his cry for help she struck ; le out bravely for him. caught him as he v d was sinking, and brought him safe to n land. x 1 All who have examined copies of d newspapers printed fifty years ago have " notea the dearth of local news in thot e columns of such papers. But when w? >" think a moment and realize that therc\ ? were no mowing machines nor steam ' * machinery in those days, the wonder at d the absence of such news ceases, and wc e speculate as to whether there was any ? encouragement in printing a newspaper ? fifty years ago, anyway .?Rome, Sentinel. The Bank of England was incorporated }" in 1649. It covers five acres of ground " and employs 900 clerks. There are no f windows on the street; light isadmitted through open courts. No mob could take the bank, therefore, without ean? non to batter the immense walls. The f clock in the center of the bank has fifty u dials attached to it. Large cisterns are ' sunk in the courts, and engines in perfect. 1 ^ 0 order are always in readiness in case of hfire- itg " Phairpst, Phlora." wrote an amor e ous youth, "jphorever dismiss your a pliears, and Duly with one whose pher>. vent pliancy is phixed on you alone. T Phriends, phamilv, phatlier?phorget [m them and think only of the pheJicity of the-phuture! Phew phellows are so phastidious as your Pherdinand, so pheign notphondness if you pheel it not. Phorego phrolic, and answer phinally, Phlora." " Oh, Pherdinand, you phool!" was phair Phlora's curt reply. Mr. W. T. Lockwood, of Leavenworth n Kansas, slept as soundly as usual one n night recently, but when, according to ie custom, his aog Flora, a pointer, was ie sent in the morning to awaken him, she i, found that her master had a bedfellow, ie Rubbing her nose over the sleeper's face y she aroused him, and as soon as she ie could attract his attention, "poinU-d " to it another part of the bed. Mr. Lockwood 3, knew something wRs wrong, and imme 1. diately sprang out, and began to look j! through the bed, when he discovered a young rattlesnake cocily coiled under w th<* cover. ?r Of General Lee's taste for rigid simplicir ity a correspondent of the Herald, of Boein ton, says: One of his inspector gener;n als. Colonel Murray, was quite advanced ? in life, ;ind some friend, wishing to conis tribute to his comfort, had presented ;d him wit ha cushioned camp-chair. Tents to had been struck, and the baggage all ;y packed in the wagons preparatory to J. starting on the day's march all except >n thecushioned clmir, in which the colonel to sat, waiting to join the general as he to parsed. A few moments later General at Lee rode up. regarded the colonel for a ? ? < ?><>" miiot.1v rfm&rJred. JiinijiniL, am* , A- 44 Colonel Murray, I would advise youf Is the next time* we start on a campaign, to lp brinjr yi>!ir center-table with you." It is ie -needless lo wiy't liat that chair was nevpr again seen at the army headquarters.