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ABBEVILLE PRESS AND B ANNE ijj BY IIUGH WILSON AND H. T. WAHDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1881. NO. 8. VOLUME XXVI. "M "What is Fame Fame ? I? it to visit Kurope, Study art .1 while in IJome, Paint, perhaps, a dozen pictures, Get your name up and come home ; Tlun to have tL:' neighbors a>k you When they see yonr masterpiece, "Does the kii.. -k of painting pictured Take much time ami elbow grease V And is it to writes poem Glowing with poe'icttr.-, Full of pa??ion, and tiie longing After something better, higher, Some time read it to the neighbors, And then, feeling like a fool, Here oik- ?j\. "I wrote s-;ich wrso Very oftm while in school." Fame ? It i- tr? ]?. rj> on paintiisjc. Keep on writing it inclined. Till the world that lies beyond you Your position has defined. Is it labor, till your pictures Arc exchanged for so much gold ; Till your poems, like potatoes, In the market can be sold. After you wave climbed the ladder, From the lowest round, Then the neighbors pat your shoulder, Aud your fullsomc praises sound. After having, with your talent, Learned the money-making art, Then they say, " We always loved you; Always said that you were smart." ? I'uul Carson. DOLLY'S DESTINY " I shouldn't lie surprised any da? Dolly, to see David "Wigein tying hi horse :\t your gate,'' said Mr. Bloun roguishly, gathering up the reins. " Nonsen?e, brother! Anything th , matter with his own hitching-post ?" rt torted Miss Dolly, turning in the doo] way. Mr. Blonut laughed. Everybody fe] bound to laugh at Miss Dolly's cris savings that had kept her friends in goo humor these forty years. " And when David does call on yon, nrjpsiTipd Mr. Blount, more serioush "I do hope, Dolly, you'll give him chance to (' > his errand. That'll be n more than fair, and the man won't b <,asy until he has freed his mind." " W hat n;ischief are you the forerun ner of now. James Blount?" cried Mis Dolly, facing about like a soldier o: drill. " "What upon earth have I to d with David's errands ?" " Well, his wife* has been dead a yea or more," wad Mr. Blount, suggestively shutting one eye and squinting wit! the other dov.n the length of his whijj stalk, "auil lately he has been askinj about you. You can put that and tlia together to suit yourself." "Fiddlestick !" said Miss Dolly, enei getically. " I shan't say have him or don't hav him?though there isn't a likelier mai living than David?but I do say, Dolh you ought to give him a hearing," an< having convinced himself beyond a rea sonable doubt that the whip was right Mr. Blount tickh:.l his sleepy horse wit] it and drove away. " Oh, my sorrows!" ejaculated Mis Dolly, closing the door with an afflicte< countenance, and sitting down so quiet ly for once that a photographer migh have copied her then and there. No that he could have done her justice, fo her expression was too quick and varie< to be caught by any trick of chemicals and without it Miss Doily's physiogno my would have been rather character less but for her Roman nose. Thi organ gave tone to her face. JBy wlncl I would not be understood literally a saying that she talked through a nasa whine. I mean simply in a metaphori cal sense this bold feature spoke loudl; of energy. And Miss Dolly had abun dant need of energy ? else why th< nose? Every two years during he childhood she had been tiptoed intotbi east bedroom to see a new baby, till, a her mother's death, five little brother fell to her charge to be coaxed an< scolded into manhood. "You can't bring up those boys,' groaned a dolorous aunt. " They'll rui square over you, Dorthv Almeda." "Let them run over me so long as i does not hurt'em !" laughed Miss Dolly skewing her flaxen hair with a goose quill and tying a calico apron over he calico longskirt, preparatory to "bring ing up" said youths. From that day forward she wen cheerily on, making the best of every thing, though it must be confessed sh often had odds and ends to work with as those do have who are born with i faculty. Somehow she found time fo all her duties except matrimony. I tnat were a uuiy, it was one sue woujan and couldn't attend to while her fathe and the children needed her. I)iveri young men thought this a great pity among them "Wigpjin. "Don't be sill; David!" said Dolly, when he hinted a much to 1 er ; whereupon David went of and married Olive Searle, the plaines girl in the parish. This happened twenty years ago, anc David was again wifeless, and agaii the curreut of his thoughts turned to ward Dolly, who still lived at the oh homestead at the foot of Bryant's Falls Her father had died some months be fore. Of the boys James and Ezeku . had settled on neighboring farms, anc the remaining three had gone West David's benevolent heart warmed witl compassion as he remembered Dolly'i lonely condition, and he felt that i would be exceedingly kind in him t< offer her a home, especially as he ownec as good a place as you'd find on th< river, while the Blount cottage was fall ing into decay. He wouldn't let he; former refusal tell against her, for as h< locked back he couldn't really see hov she could have married any one at tha period. She ought to be rewarded fo' the devotion she had shown to th< family; and, for his part, he felt mag nanimous enough to give her a seconc chance to accept him. Such was tlx worthy widower's state of mind whei he asked James Blount, with mocl i _.v it 1,1 ?r xxumiiiLj, wiieiuei it wuuivi ue ui mi * use for him to try and make a bargaii with Dolly. "That's more than I can tell," Mr Blount had answered. "Dolly's a pu7 zle. you'll have to find her out yourself. Mr. Wiggin smiled in complacent an ticipation of acceptance, indeed, if i might not 6eem like reproach to th memory of his lost Olive, I should sa; the kind-hearted man rejoiced in thi opportunity of making Miss Dolly' happiness. Benevolence was in hi face, benevolence was in his spirit, a he sallied forth at an early day to ac quaint her with her good fortune. Th broken harrow which he had strappei into his wagon, to give the neighbor as a plausible one for his trip to th falls, was by no means typical of met tal laceration to its owner. His feelin: as he approached Miss Dolly's mos.< grown cottage was purely one of thanli fulness that it was in his power to pre vide her a better home Not that h was grateful to his dead wife for lea-* ing a vacancy there. Mr. Wiggin ha mourned faithfully for Olive a year an a day. Miss Dolly wa3 out in the garde gathering catnip. She had built a chi Are under the tea-kettle and the whisked off to pick an armful of tb pungent leaves while the water ws boiling. There she was, stoopin beneath the eaves of a log-cabin, wearin a big sunbonnet, and humming a livel tune, when Mr. Wiggin drove up. "Come, ray love, haste away," piped Miss Dolly, cheerily, snappin away briskly at the stalks. " Cut short the hours of thy delay, Fly like a youthful?" " 'Fly like a youthful?'" struck in wheezy bass. The sunbonnet tipped back like cartbody. " Sakes alive!" cried Miss Dolly, m in the words of the hymn, as Mr. Wi| gin strode toward her on his slight! rheumatic legs. " I didn't mean to put you out," 1 laughed, shaking hands heartily; "bit seemed kind 'o nateral to take pa with you in Invitation.'" " You always had a way of falling in the moBt unheard of time, I remei bered," retorted Miss Dolly, saucil V' , 1 recovering herself and going on gatliei ing catnip. " You used to say I kept good time only too much of it," pursued Mr. Wig gin with a sudden inspiration; "but tell yon what, Dolly, time never di drag with me more than it does thes day.s." " It is a dull seasoD," said Miss Dolh with exasperating simplicity. "I sttj jio.se the grasshoppers have eaten mos of your wheat?haven't they?so it'J hardly pay for reaping?" " Just so," asserted Mr. Wipgin, di: comlited. Ho had not traveled fiv miles in the heat to discuss the state c tho crops. " Walk in and sit down, won't you? said Dolly, with reluctant hospitality Her apron was crammed to its ntmos capacity. She devoutly wished it ha been larger. " Well, yes I don't care if I do," ar swered Mr. Wiggin, after a hypocriticji show of hesitancy. " I had a little busi ness further on at the blacksmith's. N hurry, though, as I know of," and h turned to let down the bars for Mis Dolly, who meanwhile slipped throug the fence, catnip and all. " Bless m heart! I don't see but you are as smai as you ever was," said he, admiringly as he puffed along in her wake. "Stil you must get into years, Dolly, as we] as I?no offense, I hope?and I wa wondering whether or no it wasn't lone some for you to live alone here a woma so ?" i <i Al. T "" uii, jl never ww uuuui iuu iuucouiu kind," responded Miss Dolly, briskh ; seating h?r guest in the patchwork i cushioned rocking-chair, "and, fortha 7 matter, hardly a day passes withou iy some of James' folks running in." j ; " Yes, I know; but if vou was t> ' ; change your situation wouldn't you en 0 joy life betti r, think ?" j. i Miss Dolly fidgeted at the green pape r. curtains and intimated that her liappi I ness would be complete if the grass \t hoppers would stop feeding on he p garden sauce. d i " That's just it" continued Mr. Wig i gin, eagerly; " you seem to need a mai ? I to look out for your farming interests r ; now don't you, Dolly! a man tha will be ready and willing to do for you 0 and make you comfortable V" e "I don't know," said Miss Dolly dryly. " The year father died I die t. have Silas Potter, and he is the mos a ; faithful creature living ; but what witl a ! the extra cooking and washing I had t< 0 i do for him my work was about double ' and wlieu mud-time came I was glai r i enough to send him off and hire by tin . | day. I made up my mind that mer ? : folks cost more than they come to." "1 guess we don't understand on< g: another, Dolly," said Mr. Wiggin | i slightly disconcerted at this unflatter | ing view of his sex. "I wasn't speak .. ] ing of hiring help, Dolly. Naturally i you would get tired of that. It's wor e ! ryin' to a woman. But if you was tc q i have a companion now?one that coulc ; give you a good home, with wood and j1 water under cover?" . j " Shoo ! shoo!" cried Miss Dolly, flying out after an inquiring chicken or the doorstep. Mr. Wiggin drew his red handker s j chief from his hat to wipe his glowinc 1 face. Certainly he had not felt the _ heat so bad through haying. t; "How's your health nowadays?" t asked Dolly, frisking back with a lool r ! of resolute unconsciousness. jl "Very good; remarkably good! 1 i j don't know where vou will find a mar 11 with a tougher constitution than I have - : got.' g "All!" and Dolly blushed like a -j sumac in October. g , "Yes, I'm well," pursued Mr. WigI gin, perseveringly, "and I'm tolerable . j well-to-do, with nothing to hinder mj r marrying again, provided I can see a .; woman to my mind." 3 I "There's iho deacon's widow," sugr j gested Miss Dolly, officiously; " she'g 3 pious, economical ?" II " She's left with means enough to earn s ! her through handsomely," interrupted Ij Mr. Wiggin, quickly. "Now, I'd rathei ' have a wit'e to provide for?one thai ? ; needed a home. In fact, Dolly, I have j my eye on a little woman I want this minute." t He had both eyes on her for thai matter, and Miss Dolly was forced tc | recognize the situation, whether she acr ; cepted it or not." .. | " I've managed to sweeten my tea sc far, David, without calling upon mj 11 neighbors," chirruped she, stooping tc . ' lay straight the braided mat, "and ] 9 ; might as well keep on. I don't feel il j a tax as some people would. But there's ^ j Martha Dunning, she's having a hard r j time to get along. Why don't you take f ; her, David ? Slie'd appreciate such a I: nice home as yours." r j "It would seem as if most any woman s ' might," said Mr. Wiggin, in an injured | tone; " all finished off complete, painted r | outside and in?" s " She'd be delighted with it, I'm sure y ; t f it," broke in Miss Dolly, with an aii + : of conviction, as she darted into the 1 kitchen to lift the boiling kettle from j the crane. j i " But yoti don't mean that yon won't . | marry me, Dolly," pleaded Mr. Wipgin, j! anxiously following her to the door. t ; "I have been dotin' on seein' you at ,11 the head of things at my house." j ! " Martha is a grand manager," said j i Miss Dolly, coolly. "David needn't i think he can buy me with a new set oi j buildings !" she added, mentally, snap5 ping down the lid of the pug-nosed teat pot. "I never did have the name oi being croping." j "I tell you, Dolly, I won't have 3 Martlm; I don't like iier turn!" cried Mr. Wiggin, testily balancing himseli r on the threshold, yet not daring to step i over it. "v Miss Dolly gave her undivided attent tion to wringing the hearth. r " You know you was alwavs the a woman of my choice, Dolly," pursued I Mr. Wiggin, as tenderly as he could i consistentlv with the distance between a Aim ??uc uuiu jvuug j "Pshaw!" snapped Dolly, scorching ? her wing, "that's beyond the memorj 5. of man." 3 Mr. Wiggin's position was becoming painful. Miss Dolly was not to bo won by the attractions of wealth and position, nor even by tender allusions oi ? the past. He would appeal to her kind. ness of heart. t "I used to believe you had some feelc ing, Dolly," said he, tremulously ; "but r. you don't seem to have any for rue s Here I am left alone in the world s children all paired off, 'thout'sMatilda s and she'll go before the snow flies s house empty?" "I suppose you can have a home witl e any of your boys, and welcome," put ii j Miss Dolly, still fluttering about thi B chimney like a swallow. e ; " Yes, if it comes to worst, I suppose 1 j. I can," assented Mr. Wiggin, mournfully ? 1 anything but consoled by this reflection 5. " It would break me up terribly, though you may depend, to give up my placi )m that I set so much by and crowd on m; e children." No respond save the clattering of th d tongs. "And it's dreadful melancholy busi ness for a man at my time of life to draj n along without a partner. I'm gottinj ? too old, Dolly," and Mr. Wiggin brushei q his sleeve across hi* eyes as a ferrule e ' schoolboy might have done. " Yes, I'r ig j getting to be old, Dolly, and it stand ' to reason that I haven't many years t 5 { live ; but I did hope that we might g y down hill together, Dolly, you chirpii ; me up with that spry way of your'n tho j I alwavs took to, and I carryn' the hei of? 6 | Here Miss Dolly gave a little snif nothing worth mentioning only for th i effect it produced on Mr. Wiggin. ( "Can't you make up your mind to lmv a me, Miss Dolly?" pleaded Mr. Wiggii i " I don't see how I am going to stand : j if you can't." . j " Then Miss Martha wouldn't suit, said Miss Dolly, archly. " What shame now, when she needs propert ~ so much!" "Hang the property? I'd mortgag the whole of it rather than not get you! ! cried Mr. Wiggin, with a vehemem that quite closed her mouth. . 1 And so at last he had MissDollv. at n-1 Spell pea soup with three letters y, I S-O-U?pea eoup.?Boston Tr anscrij -1 SCIENTIFIC NOTES, i ?, j "When in Africa M. d'Abaddie wit 1 nessed lightning without any thunder I He contends that in this instance tin il1 ordinary explanations of so-callei e i " heat lightning" as the mere reflectior j of a storm below the horizon is not ap r, ; plicable, because it was a thin fog occu > pying a narrow valley which was audit denly illuminated by sheet lightning. LI Sir William Armstrong, at Craigside near Newcastle, England, has utilized i brook to run a dynamo-electric machin< e ; by means of a turbine water-wheel, am ' so manages to secure electricity enougl t | to keep thirty-seven Swan lamps in i " j state of incandescence in his house Ii | this case the motive power costs noth :t i ing, and electric lighting in this way i: d an exceptional luxury. Color-blindness as a cause of disaster: lj is now tolerably well recognized bj . those intrusted with the safety of pas l" j sengers on land or by water. Sounds 0 i however, as well as colors, are employee e ! as signals, and the inability to distin |s | guish the former may prove as fatal a: a lack of sensibility to the latter. Some J times, too, persons having excellen eyes have very poor ears, and the con j trary is also true. But perhaps tin gravest source of catastrophes, espe cially in railroad travel, is tho tendenc; |s of engineers to what may be called ab sence of mind, especially when thos< a men manage their locomotives fo: months and years over the same monoi e onous track. ' Long ago it was customary for tin men employed at railway stations t( t convert unoccupied spaces of grounc near the stations into flower beds. Tin 0 taste and skill displayed incited peopl< in the neighborhood to try what thei also might do with the unsightly ant r unused pieces of rocky ground neai . their dwellings. In a short time th( . country all round the stations underr went a sort of transformation, and t study of botany, in which book knowl . edge and actual practice went hand it j hand, was greatly promoted. In othei countries likewise on a few of the great ? lines of railroad there are some stations that present magnificent displays oi floriculture, which are a grateful relief to the eye of the weary traveler and d j source of elevating enjoyment to those t who produced them. ^ The Telegraph in Arctic Exploration. It is suggested by Mr. James Gamble, 1 general superintendent Western Union 3 Telegraph Company at San Francisco, ^ that profitable use might be made oi the electric telegraph in Arctic explora? tion. His plan would be to use light -I 1 ?^ n.ainhinn OlCCl Y> 11 C r>t*y KJ. ?A\J MVi^niug ! about twenty pounds to the mile. The . wire, coiled on reels, could bo hauled ; on sledges, either by men or dogs, over . the snow or ice, paying it out as the ad> vance exploring party went along. By I this means the party would keep in con[ stant communication with their base of supplies. They would have no cause ( for uneasiness Sbout getting lost or be[ yond the means of rescue, as they would be able at any moment to call for aid. . "With this feeling of the certainty of rer lief in case of accident, they would not J hesitate to push their explorations to a distance far beyond what would be > considered safe in the absence of means ; of telegraphic communication with the j main body. And should any accident ;! happen to the advance party of explo! j rers, or should they require a further ,' quantity of supplies, the line of wire i would serve to guide those going to the , rescue straight to the spot where the ! explorers were camped. It would also . serve as a guide for their return, mate, I rially lessening the chances of danger r j to life and loss of the party. Having l i established a base of supplies at some central point, there would be nothing to . prevent several exploring parties being ( sent out at the same time in different directions, they reporting each night to r the central station the progress and I observations made during the day. Directed in this way the practica; bility of one route over another > could, from the telegraphic reports i sent in, be determined upon, and much time that would otherwise be ; wasted in vain endeavors to make way , over barriers of ice, be saved. As hard . frozen gronnd, dry snow or ice is a perfect insulator, no poles to string the I Tviva wmilil lin ronnirril Tf. rvml/1 lio r i paiil out on the snow or ice by the party ,; as they went along. The generally ac; j ceptcd theory of those familiar with the ; Arctic regions is that the ice is seldom j more than five or six feet in thickness, [ so that by borinp: through it with a com> mon drill or through the frozen ground, i there would bo no difliculty in obtaining a good ground connection to com[ plete the electric current. It would not , j be necessary to carry any battery material. One main battery at the central station would be all that is required, i For a distance of 100 to 150 miles tel ephones could be used, dispensing with i practical telegraph operators. Still, it , might be advisable to have some of the party possessed of a practical knowledge ; of telegraphy. At twenty pounds to mile 100 miles of wire would only weigh 2,000 T* .1 ; puuuus. XI UUU1U UC WUUUU VJL1 lCOlO 1JU size easy to handle. The cost of steel j wire of that guage is about twenty cents ; a pound, so that tho total expense, in" eluding cost of reels, winding, etc., j would not exceed 81,000. * Louisiana Yellow Tine. j A correspondent of the Picni/une, 11 says: "The building of railway lines that will center at Alexandria is likely ; to make this city a lumber manufactur, ing point. The pine section of the State j lies north of Alexandria in the parishes . | of Grant, Winn, Jackson, Bienville, etc.; while the Sabine River and its tributa11 ries furni3h outlets for floating logs to [ j Alexandria. Some partios from the [ northwest who have ample capital are ! now engaged in selecting public lands | along the Saline, preparatory to develop; ] ing the lumber trade and transferring * I capital from Michigan to Louisiana. The j demand for lumber in the American ; markets exceeds the supply. Prices have [ a strong upward turn, and, unlike cotton, . theie is no danger of an oversupply. f We wish these parties success in their . undertaking. Jay Gould and associates are running . a trial line for a road from Alexandria ; northward via Monroe. A trial lino is , also being surveyed under the same ;! management from Camden, Ark., direct , j to Alexandria. The surveyors on the ;! latter line entered the Slate near the I northwest corner of Union parish. The ] ! lino passes near Vernon, in Jackson ji j parish, and from this point to Alexan31 dria it will pass through a level, pine section. Should the direct route from [ Camden to Alexandria be adopted, mit merous sawmills will spring up along . the line above Alexandria. g I 11 Cured Ilini. r | "When I was a boy of about nine, c ; servant of my father's put a pipe intc 0 I my mouth, assuring me that to smoke ! would make a man of me. I puffed _ j away most vigorously, and perserved _ : till I became sick and fell on tho floor. * 1 I have never smoked since. In mucl |! the same way I was cured of hero wor jj | ship. When I was a college youth ] Q I ventured one day to call on a man ol s j some eminence to whom I had been in 0 I troduced. He received me with sniilef 0 < and compliments, and ao I left hi! | presence 1 was reody to proclaim him th< lt | most gentlemanly man I had ever mel rj. with ; but after 1 went out I lingered ai the door a moment to determine whethe: f I should call on another great mai g who lived near, and I overheard th< polite gentleman I had left call his ser ,e vant to administer to him the mos j terrible scolding I had ever listened t< jj in my life for letting in that stupid, im pudent stripling. This cured mo o ? hero worship and of interviewing grea a men. Since that date I have at time gone to a distinguished man's lious< " with letters of introduction, and turnei ,e at the door for fear of what might com< A California millionaire, who ha :e rented one of the bost cottages at fashionable seaside resort, Tras only few years ago a street car conductor i; San Francisco.. Did he make nil thi 1 < money on the road ? SUNDAY HEADING. . Ill llie Di'Krrf Willi Cod. . t In these days of lmrry and bustle we } : find ourselves face to face with a ter1 rible danger; and it is this? no time to 1 Lie alone with God. The world, in these - last days, is running fast; we live in - : what is called "the age of progress - and "You know we must keep pace with the times." So the world says, j But this spirit of the world has not [ confined itself to the world. It is alas! i i to be found among the saints of God. I ' And what is the result? The result is j ?no time to be alone with God; and t this is immediately followed by no inj ! clination to be alone with God. And .: what next ? Surely the question does 5 not need an answer. Can there be any j condition more deplorable than the ? I condition of a child of God who has no * ; inclination to be alone with his Father? [ j This " desert life," as many may call " i it, is of an importance and cannot be j ; over-valued. And, as if with a trumpet, | we would sound it in the ears of " I brethren. Let us turn to the pages of _ i God's own book; for we can turn noi | where else if we are seeking light on I this or any other subject. On scanning " j its precious pages, we find that the men r>( find?find's miolitv men?were those ~ j who had been in " the school of God," [ > as it has been called ; and His school I | was simply thus : "In the desert alone " ! with Himself." It was there they pot _ | their teaching. Far removed from the " j din and bustle of the haunts of men? distant alike from human eyo and ear? - there they met alone with God; there ' they were equipped for the battle. And I when the time came that they stood } forth in public service for God, their i faces were not ashamed?nay, they had 7 faces as lions; they were bold and fear' [ less, yea, and victorious for God; for r j the battle had been won already in the ) j desert alone with Him.?London Chris ' tian, i i RfllSloun News nnd Note*. i i A house-going pastor makes aclmrch j going people. The Church of England possesses pe' | cuniary means that would be fairly ^ j represented by 81,000,000,000. The sum of $500,000 is to be raised x: in Liverpool, England, for the purpose ' j of building fifteen new Episcopal ! churches in that city. i On the issue of the Kevised New ! Testament in London, the dense crowds ; at the distribution offices were so eager i that traffic in the streets was almost (| stopped. At the close of the week over 11 3,000,000 copies had been sold. The . i revision does not meet with anything ! [ like the favor in England that it does in | i this country. . i The Reformed Dutch church has, it ; appears, from official reports, 507 | churches, 553 ministers, 43,978 families, 80,572 communicants and 30,499 non baptized communicants. During the year 2,730 were received on confession, . and 1,9G7 by certificate. The total amount of contributions was81,090,857 Four hundred and fifty missionaries : in London last year made 3,143,801 vis, its, distributed 17,509 Bibles and portions of Scripture, and 4,004,612 tracts, ' received 2,188 new communicants, restored to communion 304, reclaimed j 2,508 drunkards, rescued 500 fallen i women, induced 5,740 to attend public worship and sent 3,563 children to school. The Presbyterian assembly of Wales I reports 118,251 members against 58,813 in 1851, with upward of 100,000 adherents and 163,373 Sunday scholars, i The denomination -has to-day 1,334 i chapels and preaching stations, and 957 i ministers ordained and non ordained. As many as 7,300 people wero received into membership last year. The income ! was ?157,348. i It is stated as part of the results of , the revival in Indianapolis that at the j close of eleven weeks the total of coni versions is 2,200, and that 650 have j risen for prayers. In Roberts Park i church the conversions havo reached I 1,089, and 3,600 have been at the altar. | Sixteen churches arc now open for meeti ings, and many say that the revival has j but just begun. Importance of Thoroughness. j One of the most useful lessons a boy j can learn, whether on tho l'arm or elsei where, is to do well whatever he undertakes. There is a growing tendency in all departments of labor to slight the work, to get along with as little manual labor as possible. Every progressive person welcomes the substitution of the use of machinery whenever it is possible for human labor, but whenever 1 manual labor must be employed we i would insist upon its being well done. ; "We would also insist upon any machine | used to facilitate work being so adjusted . as to be the best of its kind, and capable of being run with the smallest possible expenditure of power. Aids in farm work are seldom autoI matic ; the use of animals, or of machij nery, demands individual thought, skill and careful attention to detail. Even j in the employment of a horse or an ox ; it is important that the teamster or 1 plowman should so drive the team or attach it to the plow that the power shall be economized to the best advantage. Careless indifference is an offset to the best mechanical appliance. The j economic value of cart or wagon may be j lessened materially by neglect in oiling : the axles. In a hundred ways may ; careful thought and study add to the power of team or machine. It is never too early in the life of a boy to form habits of care-taking and thoroughness. There is an enormous purj plus power stored in the strong, active, healthy boy, and if directed in proper | channels it is capableof becoming an effij cient force on the farm. A reckless boy I will almost certainly become a reckless j man. Caution and thoughful consideration of matters in hand increase by cnl| tivation, hence the importance of inculj eating correct principles in the youth ful mind. mi _ 1 i. r ? me pracucin euui-uuuu ui u uu^v were J better confined to a few subjects, thorongbly mastered, than a superficial knowledge of a multitude of facts. To . do a few things well is of more importj ance to youth or man than to perform all work slightingly. Proper attention to little things, a place for everything and everything in its place, are impor! tant items in farm economy. Many 1 boys and hired men have a provoking 1 way of carelessly throwing down tools I and implements where last used, and II when subsequently wanted not knowing or remembering where to look for them. Beside the damage to the tools from ex! posure, the loss of time in hunting them 1 j up is very considerable. Xo Need to Drown. Dr. Henry MacCorinac, of Belfast, IreI land, writes that it is not at all neeesi 1 sary or inevitable that a person knowing > nothing of the art of swimming should s be drowned if ho depends simply and I entirely on the powers for self-preserva[ tion with which nature has endowed him. Tho pith of the Doctor's remarks i j is contained in the following paragraph : -1 "When one of the inferior animals takes [ the water, falls, or is thrown in, it in[ stantly begins to walk as it does when , out of the water. But when a man who ?; cannot "swim" falls into the water, he 3 j makes a few spasmodic struggles, throws i ! up his arms, and drowns. Tho brute, b j on the other hand, treads water, remains t on the surface, and is virtually insubr 1 mergeable. In order then to escape i drowning it is onlv necessary to do as i j the brute does, an3 that is to tread or - | walk the water. The brute has no adII vantage in regard of his relative weight, j in respect of the water, over man ; and - j yet the man perishes while the brute f | lives. Nevertheless, any man, any wot man, any child, who can walk on the s j land may also walk in the water just as 0 ! readily as the animal does, and that 1 ' without any prior instructions or drill) | ing whatever. Throw a dog into the ; water, and he treads or walks the water s | instantly, and there is no imaginable a reason why a human being under like a circumstances should not do as the dog n does. Tho brute, indeed, walks in the s water instinctively, whereas man has to be told." | FARM, GARDEN AN1) HOUSEHOLD. ] ^ The I.omn or Aminonln. The loss of ammonia in manures is a ' question frequently discussed. The 1 experiment of Dr. Voelcker with fresh 1 i horse manure, gathered from the stables ' j before being mixed with the heaps, ; will, no doubt, interest and surprise < j many. In one experiment the amount < | of ammonia, which was drawn out by i ! long-continued boiling, amounted to 1 j 6.(5 pounds per ton, which, at twenty < l cents per pound, would amount to $1.32 1 j per ton The loss, however, on the ' (laud would not amount to a quantity anything like this, for in such case the f j ammonia was extracted with boiling < water. A second experiment, with a 1 I sample of hot, fermenting horse manure, < j emitting a strong and pungent odor, j i lost in like manner less than two pounds i I per ton, or 39 2-10 cents in value. As | the excrement, even as hot as this is, ! : ! soon cooled when spread upon the j , 1 ground, and as the fresh earth absorbs j } j the ammonia very rapidly, these experi-' , I men ts would indicate a loss in practice L of too small a value to be taken into ac-1 ] i count, when the convenience of time is : ; taken into consideration. A large j I moinn'fr nf nnr farmprn nxfi frf>nUftntlv I ~? ? 1 ./ I i deterred from drawing out manure at times when the hauling would cost very ' little, on account of the teams standing . i idle in the barns, for fear of loss by ex- j posure, but so small a loss should nc\er be considered when a question of convenience arises. Grnftcrn. Grafting is an operation that had bet; ter bo done too late than too early. | The best time is when the buds on the j stock are swelling, and if necewary shall I be continued until the trees tire in fnll ; ! bloom. At this season the bark slips j readi'.y, and much care will be required l when sawing off a limb not to make a bad. wound by pteling down. This i can I e prevented in great part by cutting through the bark with a strong knife all round the limb where the saw is to go. Buds should be left upon the stock until the union of the graft is insured, which will be known by the buds j j ol! the graft starting into growth. After . this rub off the buds upon the stock. J The growth of the graft will need some : i attention ; should but a single bud start, < I and push upward very rapidly, a long | slender shoot will be produced, easily : j blown about by the wind and thereby i j loosened from the stock. All such will i require checking by pinching off the top j so that lateral branches may be formed. : i There seems to be a strong desire to < : give the trees the second place on the ! i land, and put some other crop first, i i Those who do not care enough for an or- i ! chard to devote the land to it, should 1 i not plant one. Young trees, not yet in 1 bearing, are not injured by having some ] hoed crop between them. But when j the trees begin to bear a fair crop they ; i deserve and should have all the soil, i 1 A clover crop to be fed offby pigs is the ] j best thing for the orchard and for the < pigs. This will enrich the soil, as the 1 only thingis in the shape of flesh, while 1 i a large amount of vegetable matter in < | clover roots and manure has accumu- ] ' lated.?Am. Agriculturis' 1 y Fur in nml (<nr<|pn Note*. | Heliotropes need moisture and heat , to strike root, but potted in a sandy ( soil, with a glass tumbler placed over ? them, they will root quickly in May or ( any summer month. ( If old fuchsias are cut down th jy will ] send out quantities of fresh shoots; but < if you desire to keep them in goocl form, I cut off the old branches and pinch in i the new ones, and a fresh growth wiLl < soon push out. i The theory that a variety of potato is < | limited to about fourteen years is not 1 i new, as some suppose, but may be found < mentioned on page fifty-seven of the < ! " Transactions of the London Horticul- i , tural Society," as far back as 1807. ? Give each fruit tree in the garden at ' I least a few shovelfuls of manure, and if ' the same treatment is extended to the ' ' orchard, a good return will be made. ' The wr.y to obtain abundant crops of i fruit every year is to manure the trees 1 j yearly. _ ] C\na r\t tVia hnaf romodioa fnf ilia PHI". j rant and gooseberry worm is to sprinkle"!" I tho bashes with a strong solution of ! copperas water, using a gallon of water t to a quarter of a pound of copperas, ! and applying it from a watering-pot, a i single application killing the worms as i ' 'dead a* a door-nail." j Grease is fats.l to all insect life. In! gects breathe by means of mall porest ; on their sides. Grease or oil that comes in contact with tbe insects closes the j pores and stops the breathing. Mercurial ointment kills as much by the lard in it as by the mercury?that is, so far as the "v ermin are concerned, but not as to tha animals that lick it oft from , their bodies, so that almost any oily or greasy application will be destruc; tive to insect vermin that infest animals, if it is applied where it will do j the most good. i After reading all that has been written by tho best authorities on the subject of deep tind shallow plowing < | the farmer must still be guided by his j 1 own judgment. ]n some soils it would 1 be minous to plow deep. Where I there is a rich soil four or live inches ] i deep, immediately underlaid with the t same depth of sand or gravel, to plow I deep would be to exchange a good soil i ! for a poor one. In all soils of this kind i go down gradually, and enrich as you t ! go. For all grasses except clover, ] wheat, barley and oats, the richest soil I must be on tho top to give the best re- 1 ! suits. ] llonnrliold Hints. f Cut hot bread or cake with a hot i knife aud it will not be clammy. I Camphor placed in drawers or trunks ' will prevent mice from doing them any * injury. i Sour milk removes iron rust from (. . white goods. 1 To make silk which has been wrinkled i appear exactlv like new, sponge it on the surface with a weak solution of gum t ; nrabic or white glue, and iron on the ] : wrong side. When cooking fipinaoh, substitute a t little piece of bacDn for the salt pork [ usually cooked with it to season it. The f nicest way to servo it is to put it in in- j dividual vegetable dishes, and put a bit i of the bacon in each dish. Hard boiled t eggs, sliced when cold, are also liked ] with the greens. i Cream of tartar rubbed upon soiled 1 white kid gloves cleans them well. 1 | Try pure benzine to remove stains from haircloth furniture. 1 i Kcclpp*. | ! ArrLE Fritters.?Sift one pound of 1 flour into a pan; istir in as much new milk as will make it a stiff batter, and one large spoonful of good yeast and a little salt; set it to rise; when risen ; grate the rind of two lemons carefully, and two well-beaten eggs; mix these well into the batter, then set it to rise ! again until wanted for dessert; then have ready about eight or nine tart 1 apples, pared and sliced half an inch in , j thickness; then dip each slice of apple ' , I into this risen batter, and drop them ! | into boiling lard, of which there must j j ! be plenty in the pan; as they brown on i | : one side turn them and brown the j other, and lay them in a hot colander } ' to drain; as they are laid on the hot dish , : for table sift over each layer ground , j cinnamon and loaf sngar. They are ] I very nice. If a small quantity is desired , | use only half a pound of flour. Por k and Kidney Puddino.?For u ; i quart basin mix a quarter of a pound of 1 ! suet, finely shred, with one pound of 1 j flour, make it into a paste with a git] ] i and a half water. Roll it out and 1 | beat it in order to break up any lumps i of suet; lino a greased basin with the ; ' paste, reserving sufficient to make a 1 J cover to the pudding. Cut thick slices < from the chump end of a foreloin of i j pork, put a layer at the bottom of the i bauin, sprinkle pepper and salt over, 1 I then a layer of sausage meat and a layer j j of mutton or pork kidneys cut in quar- 1 terB, and so on until the basin is nearly i I full. About one pound and a half of i pork, one pound of sausage meat and ;hree kidneys will be enough for a quart basin. Pour in as much stock, water or i^ravy made from the hones of the pork n as the basin will hold; put on the lid i d af paste and, having tied the pudding i Dver with a cloth, boil it for two hours. : w Fou Baked Hominy Giiits.?Take one j p luart milk, one cupful homing two ' 2ggs, and a little salt; salt the milk | 1< ind boil, then stir in hominy and boil j tl ?or twenty minutes ; set aside and fully j jool; beat eggs to a stiff froth, and \ e iihen beat them well and hard into the j ^ iiominy ; bake half an hour. j Nice Lemon Beer.?Slice two good ; u'zed lemons, put with them one pound j ^ Df sugar, over these pour one gallon of I ^ boiling water, and when about milk S a tvarm add one-third cup of yeast. Let n it stand over night and it is ready for use. ^ Rice Snowballs.?Aoil six ounces of i s rice in one quart of milk, with sugar j( ind a flavoring of almonds, until the j, rice is tender, adding a little more milk ' should it dry away too much. When the rice is soft put it into teacups and let it remain until cool, then turn the ; T rice out into a deep glass dish, pour over I * it one pint custard, and on the top of i v ?och ball place a bright-colored piece of i c jelly. Lemon peel or vanilla may be j a u?ed instead of almonds, but the flavor- j a ingof tbe custard must correspond with ; 0 tbat of tbe rice. ? i r The Levees of the Mississippi. j a In Louisiana tbe levee system is of a comparative antiquity, having had its s beginning in the earlier years of the j fl eighteenth century, and the embank-1 ments long ago came under the juris-' diction of local and State government! and assumed the dignity of public: works. In Mississippi and Arkansas, ; c however, the reclamation of the swamp i E was an enterprise of much more modern c date, having its origin almost within ' J memory of persons now living, and at j first?and, indeed, for a long time?it i c wa3 exploited solely by individual effort, j The earlier settlements on the river ! between Memphis and Vicksburg? j generally wood-yards with small appur ; t tenant corn-fields?were made upon un- j usually high spots, which, although ii really formed by antecedent inundation, obtained, absurdly enough, the reputa- e tion cf being "above overflow," because, B for a number of years, they had not been ! 0 actually submerged. They were prized ! ] accordingly, and the corn-fields of the | C wood-choppers were gradually trans- j a formed into cotton plantations, at first, i t Df course, of very limited dimensions. J t Similar elevated spots were sought out ? ind subjected to culture, and, before j iny leveeing operations had been at-: }< tempted, the river bank on both sides j a tvas dotted with settlements of pioneer j fi planters, who sought to utilize the j e fertile soil by cultivation. A very few ; t] rears, however, sufficed to demonstrate ! 8 :he fallacy of the "above-overflow"; j pretension ; the planter's mind relin- j 0 }uishcd the delusion that land should i g je high,?it was sufficient that it should j 0 bo ./n/ ?nrul t.Vm r>rnni*ietnrs deemed it 1 ! expedient to fortify against their com- ^ non enemy. The water-marks left by a :he flood upon trees, stumps, and fences 0 ivere as plain as paint; these indicated j n ;he level of the water and supplied the ; ? vant of engineering science. A make- ft shift levee of primitive style was con-! t] jtructed, very near the river bank, be-; g :anse less land was thereby thrown out, : c md because the ground is always j p Highest upon the margin of the river, j ^ doping thence inland. As the planta- j a ;ions increased in number and approxi-; t] nated each other, the principle of co-! i< operation appeared; levees were built j S1 icross unoccupied lands until there were j d lisconnected strings ten, twelve, or | p ifteen miles long. The construction tl )f these was far from satisfactory. The I g jperatives were generally the plantation ! j legroes. At that time the Irish ditchers j si ind levee builders had scarcely made i ^ ;heir appearance in the country. The j t] colored people are not usnally distin- i g juished for their skill in the use of the I t] spade, and cannot at all compete with I C( i-- n:i ! 1IIt3 UlUClU lUli* tJUiiio y cui.i Lj-njxtj ituo ^ ugh water, carrying dismay to the planter's heart; some years there was ,ow water, inspiring confidence and security; occasionally there was no 'water" at all?the river did not get out P if its banks, and was therefore held in k jontempt. In 1844, however, the Mississippi, having apparently lost all i61 patience with this persistent intrusion j e iipon its domains, ".spread itself," to use | 81 i vulgarism singulnrly descriptive of; tl :he operation, and treated its unbidftfcn j ^ quests to a first-class ''big overflow^ M 1"* I'l"' "^ mln'/ili 1.n.1 Yis\f 1\aAn caan j?iu xmc ui n iiiuu iiuu uuu utv/u ocuu | ? jince 1828. The river rose early and 1 u vent down late; it overflowed the j svhole country, and filled up the entire j ^ jwamp ; ruined all the levees, great and : 7 small; remained at or near high-water , tl nark week after week and month after : h nonth until late in July, and did not j 7 finally retire within its hanks until j 0 learly the middle of August.?Scribner's; 0 Magazine. I ^ ? s Woodcock Telegraphy. s On a number of occasions I have j ? ilosely observed the woodcock's sys- j j' ;em of telegraphy. The bird's mandi-1 ? jles are furnished with extremely tensi- j ive nerves, so arranged that when the n point of the bill rests upon the ground j5, :ho slightest sounds are conveyed to its 1 j1 Drain. Standing upon the water-satur- ] ? ited earth of a spouty bog, our bird :11 lttersa faint, keen cry, scarcely audible I P it two rods' distance, then immediately i " ets fall his head till the tip of his bill ! " ;ouches the ground, and listens atten- j v lively. If his mate hears him she < a eplies, puts her bill on the ground, and j .c istens in turn. So the love messages!11 ?o back and forth as long as the birds ! ^ -lave anything to say. This sort of j1 ;hing usually happens in the soft twi-1 " ights from May to the middle of August, ? ihough occasionally I have seen and , leard it in the broad light of a summer a Inr Tn .Time. TRfiS. I made the follow- ! ng note : "To-day sketched a wood-, a ;ock in the listening attitude. Shall: ;ry to get further studies." Five years later I succeeded in getting ! :hree more sketches and last year (1880) a [ got four more. Many of these and I tindred sketches have been obtained at :he end of indescribable care and labor 6, rhe woodcock is so shy, so attentive, so tl sensitive, that the least sound will cause j h t to skulk and hide?a thing it does 1 c svith even greater cunning and success . c :han the quail. The only way in which j a [ have been able to get near enough to a ihe bird to sketch its natural attitude r lias been to crawl on the wet ground s through tangled weeds and shrubs until t [ reached a hiding place on the border 1 c of its feeding range, and there patiently ; "] itid silently watch for its coming. This ' t I have done over and over again for days 1 c together before getting sight of the v bird.?Chicago Tribune. ( n ? . c Inconvcnience of Life in India. , s People in the tropics are supposed to 1 g pet accustomed to centipedes, snakes, a und the like for bedfellows, and byaud- j o bye think little about them ; but most of; s us would prefer to take our night.'s rest! i; in the temperate zones. A recent writer ! o gives us an idea of the experience one j u may have when trying to get his natural j v sleep in variously populated India: ; 1* What would some of your readers ! i* think, while lying quietly in bed beneath i a the inevitable mosquito net, if they were ; u to see gazing intently from the ceiling ! o right above a long, green lizard and a tl centipede, challenging each other to n mortal combat; the centipede loses his p hold, drops down on the net, and whips I under the bed ; you involuntarily shut s your mouth quickly and turn over on o your face, wondering whether or not he n went down your throat or under the it bed; you next closely scrutinize the . horizon line of the mattress, and not? being gifted with power to see but one ^ spot at a time, you pivot around on tl your knees with a pillow upraised ready G to smash him the moment you see his n Bye peering over the edge?but he comes Your attention is next called to a half- i hundred lai'ge black bugs, which are I indulging in a game of lawn tennis on ! the tloor, when in steps a bandicoot, a 1 tl rat as big as a "yeller dog," and devours \ 8i this whilom girden party. i - SCIENTIFIC NOTES. A spot on the stm seen with the Sli aked eye in 1843 was 77,000 miles in to ea iameter. In Zinc, if beaten ont into thin leaves, the s -ill take fire readily from a common Nc aner. unim The internal nucleus of the earth can mou jse little heat outwardly, by reason of Cc le bad conductivity of the rocks. to w< All living beings are made of cells, soutl ach of which is too small to be seen A1 y the naked eye. The living cell is a conti ttle closed sac filled with liquid. aqua At the rate at which coral reefs are jn nown to increase, the total age of ing j aose surrounding Florida is calculated jDg i 1 135,000, and that of some human rernins found in them at 10,000 years. Attentive examination has proved dead bat when the waves of the sea strike a sink hingle (pebble) beach at the rate of his e 2ss than seven per minute the shingle qj i disappearing, but when the beat is 0j e ine or over an accumulative action nv :?es on. a l)U In the roasting of coffee Dr. O. thro iornheimer finds three principal prod-: at tb icts?solid fatty acids, caffeine, and jt affeol, a heavy oil which turns ye low conE iter having been exposed to the air, tjiat nd whjch is the vehicle of the peculiar ^ rom^Sf coffee. ox> ( Japanese cement is made by mixinft for i lowdered rice with a little cold water, man ,nd then gradually adding boiling te rater nntil the desired consistency is (arm cquired, care being taken to keep it cons tirred. Lastly, boil for one minute in nnm clean saucepan. This cement is very 500 1 trong and nearly colorless. wer'( The principal vegetable substances matl ised in the adulteration of coffee "~o ^ hicory, beet-root, carrot, figs, corn, ^he ( oalt, etc. A simple method of testing (n ^ offee for a mixture of chicory is to tjjer haka it with water. If pure it remains 8Uj,j loating for an hour together, whereas ( hicory sinks. four Portugal. The Portugal of the geography and _ he library had long before charmed our 111 magination, and we find her, on more ntimate acquaintance, showing fascinatQg hints of her romantic history. Heir- ;,? . ss alike of the Roman and the Saracen, . he has old heirlooms from both sides f the house to interest the antiquary. 1 ""hfi hnll-rins' is nil tlinfc is left of the dinl Joliseum, but Moorish fountains and ^ ntiqne glazed tiles that match those'of ? be Albambra are only single jewels in he unbroken parure handed down from he Moslem. ?b0, A tiny country, occnpying, like the .or dand of England, a mere spot upon the . tlas, we remembered that in the ^ea fteenth century her possessions stretch- . f3 d, as those of England do now, over all 11 be world. While Columbus was pur- was, uing his studies, Prince Henry the fmn' favigator established his observatory ne n the lonely shores of Algarve, and ] athered the young nobles to his school Ij1' f navigation. Through the century a"~ bat followed, the bread cast upon the w aters poured back to Portugal. The wea .zores, Madeira- and the golden sands WflS f Guinea were made her own ; Bartololeu Diaz doubled the Cape of Good yas' [ope. Vasco da Gam a discovered India, .,T lugellan made the first vovage around Wl. u ? ,, , -r^ * ? r? . rain. le world, ana .Brazil was nmue a rorru- y?> -ue.se colony. As in Egypt, after the J onquerors the building dynasty, so in 'ortupal, Dorn Manuel "the fortunate p'as! uilt bis pyramids in Belem, Alcobaco nd Batalha, scattering the wealth of ?3 lie newly acquired colonies with reck . ;ss, improvident hand, as who should ??'8 ly, "After us the deluge." And t' e "a eluge came?a flood of bigotry and *1 ersecution, which speedily swept away Pe"' lie prosperity of the country. Portual's fall may be traced directly to the esuits, for they brought in the Inqui- "i ition, which hunted the Jews, the bill' ankers of the country, from the land ; Fult ley preached the crusade that led Dom "( ebastian, the Regretted, to his disas- steal :ous expedition into Africa, and left the bloo ountry an easy prey to the Spaniard, clan' hile the Dutch seized their colonies. sam< M The Small Boy. . The small boy of the period is re- ?o arded with suspicious eyes by all manind. The singular fatality which at- rajg ?nds him, leading him into endless |jj00 srapes andtdifficulties, instead of awakning sympathy for his misfortunes, gtjcj, nhitJftts him tn taunts and ieers. He is be butt of tbe professional paragrapher, ^ ho, screening himself in a cowardly am| ray behind tbe great fact tbat tbe small man otv does not or cannot read, makes him ^feii target for his heartless gibes. Is it ^ s< tio smSH boy's fault tbat he is small ? Pould he"UQt, ifJie could, add a cubit, ^je ea two, to his statist? Is it bis fault vestj hat be is a boy, and that, being one, can , e perforce looks with scorn " oif'-fchSv.^ -pi oung of his species who belong to the gather sex ? Mankind and womaukind f the grown-up sort are leagued against im. >Sball he be denied the right of u C0I elf-defense? What wonder if he occa- ^,jji ionallv avenges himself? His life is j,jagi ne of hardships and disappointments. Is : not lie who must run all the houseold errands ? Is it not he who, far j, rom ever owning a new suit or clothes, lust be forever taking, in lieu thereof, ?ess! ast-off suits which his elder brothers 001 ave out-grown V Is it any wonder that on, ? e hates them with a whole heart's loath- re.." 2g? Is it to be wondered that, pur- W1,', osely and with a certain degree of tu;.j lalice, ho rends and tears them in his c oisterous sports?that he grows up . \ ritli a deep-rooted aversion to women ? s tailors ? Thus are sown the seeds of V rime, and the small boy grows to man- . t. ood at war with all "grown-ups," and ,, ith a determination thereafter to set as j 1 larked an example of extravagance as is enforced wearing of second-hand railent has been oue of economy. True, ho small boy has his faults?exasjierting ones, too ; but we are inclined to , liink the little citizen is more sinned l, . . . dele; gainst than sinning. suw , Utilizing ltorses in France, The utilization of horses not fit to eat iug ] nil too old to be of working service, in the l 'ranee, is said to be as follows: sive It is first shorn of its hair, which dog, erves to stuff cushions and saddles; by n lien it is slaughtered and skinned ; tho oofs serve to make combs. Next the arcass is placed in a cylinder and ooked by steam at a pressure of three j tmospheres ; a cock is opened, which I . ^ er llows the steam to be run off; then the i a emaius are cut up, the leg bones are i ' j old to make knife handles, etc., and he courser, the ribs, the head, etc., are ' ouverted into animal black and glue. ' ?he first are calcined in cylinders, and mo*( he vapors when condensed form the j. , hief source of carbonate of ammonia, . .' rhich constitutes the base of nearly all r mmoniacal salts. There is an animal ^ dl yielded which makes a capital in- , eeticido and. a vermifuge. To make ' ;lue the bones are dissolved in muriatic ? cid, which takes away the phosphate f e. f lime ; the soft residue retaining the as , hape of the bone is dissolved in boil- F?8 1 ng water, cast into squares, and dried , n nets. Tho phosphate of lime, acted un' ipon by sulphuric acid and calcined jno,n ?ith carbon, produces phosphorus for e 1 ucifer matches. The remaining flesh ?asfsi 3 distilled to obtaiu tho carbonato of lns i mmonia ; the resulting mass is pounded ron] p with potash, then mixed with ?r,? Id nails and iron of every description ; in ? lie whole is calcined and yields mag- *a,n.( , ificent yellow crystals?prussiate of ^ otash, with which tissues are dyed a 'russian blue, and irou transferred into ^rnr teel; it also forms the basis of cyanide f potassium aud prnssic acid, tho two lost terriblo poisons known in diem- "i (try. ness, ' deoli Mrs. Millas, whose beautiful face has jntT? ecome familiar through the picture of <.{ io "Huguenot Lovers" was one of the ?q Irey sisters of Perth, who were com- <1-5 louly called the "fair maids of Perth." ??j he was a slender, blonde-haired girl, vour ut is now described as fat, fair and ' < 1 jrty, the mother of grown daughters. ?<"5 - ? writi It is estimated that 75,000 woman in eing] tie b'lty New York support them- "'5 slves?and many of them their families "I -by their own exertions. ??<; "N ODDITIES. larks generally turn on their 8i .t. animals the arms and legs ar< ;ame length. ) creature below the back-bo: ials ever breathes through th. ipper lodes generally r-m from ( est, and lead louta nom north li. 1 the gold in the world could lined in a room twenty-four i re and sixteen feet high, the library of Hatfield is an am jedigree of Queen Elizabeth, t: ler ancestry back to Adam, the crab is often interrupted like the ppider, pretend to , and will watch an opportunity himself into the eand, keeping o yes above. eaniug small water pipes by me els is Hind to be an English lity. The eel is sent through v nch of rags fastened to a string ugh its tail, and soon wriggles ie other end. is one of the curious circumstar lected with the English laugu while the living animals are cal inglo-Saxon names, the flesh of ;alf, sheep and pig, when prepa the table, has in each case a 1 name. i 1875 120,000 bnffalo hides v ed in Pennsylvania. This num itituted only a small part of iber of animals destroyed, whicl 000. A thousand pounds of bul j picked out from the skins ted hair. serious difference of opinion a: color of Satan appears at one t ave threatened the church of Ja] e being several opinions on ect. The infallible mikado set difficulty by declaring him to be colors at once. History of Glass. t the year G76 D., "Messeni ; sent out," according to Bede, f .rmouth, England, to Gaul, Frai etch makers of glass (artifice 0 were at this time unknown in I , that they might glaze the wind lie church, with the cloisters ng-rooms." Bede adds that "I ht the English nation their ha ;, which was well adapted for inc the lanterns of the church and vesselo required for various us ut this time, Archbishop Wilfre t "filled with glass" the window cathedral, previously "open to :lier," and "such glass," says < permitted the sun to shine throu) 1 which it may be inferred that g made that was impenetrable to 3 rays. It was recorded, in i ion with this cathedral, that "g aishment was excited, and supe } agency suspected, when the m stars were seen through a mate :h excluded the inclemency of her." Still, the adoption of g slow; for in 1214 Robert de Lii abbot of Peterborough, emplc 3 "in beautifying thirty of the 1 i of his monastery, previously stu straw to keep out the wind and for some generations later estic windows of England were ished with glass, but lattice. W 3 windows were first introdu were not fixtures, but were regai ovable chattels. In 1599 Lord G lie common pleas, adjudged ss annexed to window frames j, or in any other manner, could smoved, for without glass it wa: ect house." Lost His Books, 5ay, John, can you pay me ?" asked a soap and starch man on street laundryman. ^au't payee any billee. Slumbl lee my blooks. Melican man lo< ks no payee. Baisee row. 't find 'clounts. Chinamen a je." What do you mean, you walle hen ? Going to pay that bill 9 de no payee. Me allee time li ,rd of Edleclation. Allee t s hello, splend money and 1< ks. You fiude blooks me payee Yhere'll I find your books, old cl s? You pay up, or I'll bou i'ou no bouncee me. You clo\i liar! You makee me mad, Ch firee you out Joss dlam qu can man splend money, makee i ilf, and hiree man to stealee blc iauian allee wame. Me deflau] justceup. You gettee clomittee erlate. Chinaman allee same AJ man. Ki ya!" ley arc an imitative race, the Ln,~l?lt-tJ^yi they don't thoroug rstand the A^iiffcan. methods aess. An individual caiits^o u porate body can, and the ChnUN iind it out some day.?lirool e. Wolves, iave seen wolves show more b< in the pursuit of dogs?their favo , according to my experience?t my other occasion. Setters ; evers are frequently snapped in a hundred yards of the sportsn in broad daylight, when shooting t forest; and wolves will prowl roi villages at night, and come ri small towi.s alter howling pupp peasants seldom show fear of th an old woman I knew ran out 01 ie lightest of garments, on a bitt< night, only armed with a piec ud a stick with which she strucl ting loudly to drive off three mai w o howled under her wind her they had come in the hope: ng her dogs outside. Some wal hmi'HTOr Lnnuf thpir pn^mies. ad themselves most bravely ; ai a big mongrel Newfoundland I red honorable scam gained in sani lights with wolves. One fine m< [ met a young wolf trotting d< jigh road in such a peaceful, inof manner that 1 took him for a la and so lost my chance of a ? ot getting behind covert in ti Eating in the West Indies, range as it may seem at first sij vbody in tho West Indies eats i 3 meals. The climate is so hot i must take food freely to make osees, and the appetite has to ulated by a great variety of dis ell as by the copious use of tl insidious capsicums, and the > delicious little red and ye] peppers. A few of these temp s are placed in the salt-cellai y meal, and, with the bright tro{: ers which invariably garnish 3 in pretty specimen vases, they | neral air of pleasant esthetic rel t to the whole arrangements. Bn is a really solid and substantia , usually put off till halt-past II o'clock, the pangs of presi *er being stilled before the e uing canter by a cup of coffte in oom. With it sometimes com lva-cake, one of the best Jama: tutions, made by the negro villa; i the roughly-scraped meal of w root plant. This meal is ro a thin paste, and then baked 1. dry into round cakes about iness of a Scotch oat-meal bann< much more delicate in taste.?. in. Not Ills II and writing. Sir," said a fierce lawyer to a , "do yon, on your solemn oi ire that this is not your handv think not," was the cold reply. Joes it resemble your handwritin ies, sir, I think it don't." Jo yon swear that it don't resetr handwriting?" Well, I do." l'ou take a solemn oath that ing does not resemble yours i le letter?" fe-e-e-s, sir," ^ow how do yon know?" Janse I can't and never could **-ri Advertise. ; r-'^j| Ye men of business, step this way, des PI, aae notice what I have to say; 'Tis simply this I would advise: a of Do not forget to advertise. , Hie effort* of an honest man, its When marie according to this plan, Can scarcely fail huccm* to bring, And wealth will ho a cerlaiti thing. to flow ii it with tLe stingy knavol $1 Desirous all hi* cash to save; Ho gaius no wealth, and wins 1:0 prize, feet Because he does not advertise. Suppose the cost seems rather high, lUS- 'Twill surely pay you hy and by, rac- And all the world will noon despise The man who does Tiot advertise. Wliy should you wait ? It will.potpay; jj , So send your orders right away Straight tothissheet, where friendly eye* 2 Await to see you advertise. '?js ans This sheet, my friends, is just the thing; ^ in- Sucdesa it cannot fail t? bring. < rilh If you would bo admitted wise, put In this sheet's columns advertise 1 . Allf HUMOROUS. | tees . "Vs? grfQ According to the Waterloo' Ohtorwr- ? the l?ve h? beavy that f fcometimeiibreak " red down the gate. for- At this season of the year most every man on his way to tho barber y 7eTG shop is looking for a short cut. (ber "Tisthe last rows of pnmmert^u the the farmer said, when be finished plow- s* i is ing his corn.?Nw Y<n-k Bisntcph. lets Astronomer Proctor says the world and will last 50,000,000 years yet. That v will do. Any man who demands more a 3 to is a hog. ime Medical men say no benefit is derjylsifcSj; pan, from seasickness. It will continne to i the be fashionable, however.?New Orleans tied Picayune. ? ! all Two or three hairs properly arranged . on a plate of butter will save it louagfcy ' and njake it go farther than eight pounds " of oleomargariue.?Binghnn.ton Jiepvb^., ~om it taKes 8imi mu-Diown roees to mate oee a tablespoonful of peifume, while ten rs cents' worth of cooked onions will scent 3 a whole neighborhood. ? Detroit Free t lows Pressand " I think the goose has the advantage " ;hey of you," said the landlady to an inexndi pert boarder who was carving. " Qit. 88 - :lo3 he has mnm?in age," was the wither-* for ing retort. ies." The little ones will keep on saying | d of things. Six-year-old Mabel is induhtnvsof ously engaged ;n "cleaning out" a pre? the serve jar which her mother had just one, emptied. Fonr-jear old Bobby looks 4 ?h," at hor for a while and then blurts out: . lass " Say, sis don't yon wihh you could turn 'I the it inside out, so'b you could lick it?" con- "You sit on yonr horse like ft re^ butcher," said a pert young officer, who ra^1* happened to be of royal blood, to ?Pn veteran general, who was somewbttfif/ bent from age. " It is highly probable/!?,, the responded the old warrior, with a grim-' lass smile, "it is because ail my Jite rvey 1"e" been leading young calves to thflM yea slaughter." ^!n: Now whoa! my gallant bicycle I "ed My nickle-plated steed! and Thou'rt cleaner than an iricle, the Thou art of noble breed 1 not They talk ofFoxhall, Iroquois, hen And Luke, the Blackburn nag; ced, It's stale and ancient smff, my boy, ded A jockey's maudlin gag. Now fly, my gallant glittererl that No spoke of tliine be seen! I i by We'll sec who shall be twitterer not When halts my courser keen! j nQ ?1/mixKiUn Courier-Journal ^ s=asg WISE WORDS. ,, . He that eatel.h more than he ougMl* e& maketh more disease thap he can cure, oi a . No principle is more noble,-.as^urerfS; 0(jy is none more holy, than that of a true ' )see obedience. ^ Say No one is so blind to bis own faults ': lit e as a man who has the habit of detecting he faults of others. ;Je<l No life can be utterly miserable thsV^f or is brightened by the laughter aud 1<J76 of one little chiid. . ime ^ar(^est thing for any mail to do * )see *3 *? Pracl*ca^ly encourage one wfid : ( ? wishes to reform. Once down let Hm stay there is the penenil motto. When a ince a man la*'8' sa*vs ^e Proyerb, even body tries to run over him. r> " -ftrj A moment r work on clay tells more" ina. than an hour's labor on brick. So wori?> on hearts should be done before thet. } ll3se harden. During the first six or eighth >oks years of childlife mothers have cnief iter, sway, and this is the time to mafce the * , jni deepe&t aud most enduring impressions [eli- ou youthful mind. A wife must study never to dra^r [on- largely upon the small stock of patience ;hly in man's nature, nor to increase his 5 i of 1 obstinacy by trying loanve mm; caver, 'hat if possible, to have scenes. It is doubt- ' nan ful if a real quarrel, even if made up, .-/yn^sdoes not loosen the bond between man , atJtf-wT/ev^and sometimes, unless the affection be reiffjjinccre, lusting. >ld- Honorable Eniploymonf.""^-"^ rite There is nothing derogatory in any "a11 employment, which ministers tothe well- ^ an(' being of the race. The plowhman that UP turns the clod may be a Oincinnatus or ia?> a Washington, or he may be brother to o the clod in turns. It is every w ay creditable to handle the yard, and to measure K tape ; the only discredit consists in hav-' ies. ji)ga soul whose range of thought is as. emi short as the stick, and as narrow as the jc?*, tnnp Thorn is no clorv in the act of er^v affixing a signature by which treasures ^ e 5" of commerce are transferred, or treaties * 1 Jt? between nations latitied; the glory conrau* sists in the rectitude of the purpose that ow*' approve* the one, and the grandeur of 5 tliepbilanthropytlwthanctitiedtheother. tch- xhe time is soon coming, when, by the common consent of mankind, it will be esteemed more honorable to-have been John Pounds, putting new and beautiful . S111* souls into the ragged children of the 3rn" neighborhood while he mended their 5wn father's shoes, than to bave been set on *en" athrona ? irge Love and Literature. This was the sort of apology the.-; editor of a contemporary had to make to his readers from time to time, ' ?ht, during the three months that his head >"?ry compositor was over head aud ears in that love : For '-Fleshy brown no*e%" read up "Freshly blown roses." For "We shall be be hanged,"read "We shall be changed," hes, For "The enemy was repulsed with-*; lose great laughter," read "The enetny was still repulsed with great slaughter." For > [low "Eating a coachman," read "Beating a ting coachman." For "Small ox in a lady's -' s at pocket," read "Small box in a lady's 'ical pocket." For "The lot of horses," the read "The lot of her sex." For "With give bending step and light-house form," iue- read "With bounding step and lightsome ?ak- form." For "Sunbags flag," read "Sun- ,, 1 re- beams play" F<>r "Is the broom to J or mamuiv given," "Ts the boon to memory sing given." For "Ne'er to face a gander," arly "Ne'er to fade again." For " The bison the is no drum," read "The vision is no es a dream." it-an ?ers Durability or Timber. As showing the durability of timber, ,JClj the fact is cited that the piles of a ,art bridge built by Trojan were found, after having been driven souie sixteen hundred years, to be petrified four i aches, the rest of the wood being in its ordinary condition. The elm piles under the piers of London biidne have been in use more thau seven hundred wit- years, and are not yet materially death, caved, and, beneath tue foundation of nit- Savoy Place. London, oak, elm, bi>ech and chestni t piles and planks were found in a state of perfect preservation, g?" after having been there for six hundred and fifty years. Again, while talcing ible down the walls of Tunbridge Cattle, Kent, England, there was found in the middle of a thick stone wall a timber this curb which had been inclosed for seven n a hundred years ; and some timber on a old bridge u as discovered while digging/ for the foundations of a house at Windsor which must have been pla^e-l t'jf>re te." prinr to the year 1396.