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ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WAKDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1882. NO. 3. VOLUME XXVII. I ~ I I " ~~ i i I t A Ballade of To!). j ti Not for the world, but all for pain, ! n I sing this song of soro dismay, i11 Wherein is neither hope nor gain, j . Nor joy that groweth day by day, ? Nor love, for love's delight the pay; j, Onlv a moan that toil muist be, 6 And sorrow, come like storms that stray, i Blown far along a frothing 8wept fiercely down a gloomy plain, j n The clouds of winter, dim and gray, Against the mountains toss in vain, & And turn, and seek that endless way n Wherein they must forever stay; 81 So toil, recurring, comes to me, And life grows like the bitter t-pray | Blown far along a frothing Bea.; I ^ ' n Ah now the lees of wino we drain I v< With hearts that are not liarlit nor gay: el No subtle warmth thrills soul or brain. We hear no glad, sweet roundelay, tt Amid the growing shadows play, d For toil claims from each life a fee: ' t( Fled Is the beauty of our May. Blown far along a frothing sea. j is i ENVOI. I J No rest we win by noble fray, j fr Only long-toiling waifs are we, i 8ad wrecks, who for death's darkness pra\^ I ^ Blown far along a frothing sea. | ? Thomas S. Collier. * A WOMAN'S MISTAKE. I?: tl Miss Mai tha Bailey?knownthrongb- h, out Boseuile simply as "Miss Martha" ?sat by one of the windows of her cozy sitting-room, putting the last stitches cj into a flannel skirt for old Mrs. Bo^Jey, q wbo suffered terribly with the rhtuma- as tism, which was not improve! by the weekly scrnbbings she gave the offices f0 in the brick block on Main street. M Miss Martha had just sewed a stout ^ horn button on the waist belt, and was about to fold the skirt np, smiling at m the thongbt of the old woman's delight when she f-hould receive the gift, when 6a the kali door op' ned without the cere mony of a preceding nock, and a neigh bor, Mrs Marsh, came in. ^ - You r>iight not to sew by twilipht ^1 M'ss xwartna, nne saia, as sue entered lu the rocm; "you'll rain your eves. But m that's not ufcat I came here to Buy; Mrs. Norcroso died an hour agn." aH The smile faded from Miss Martha's rp( faoe. and her exes grew humid. wj ' Poor woman I" she said, in her low, CQ ewf et voice. "So f-he has gone at las;. ihe really suffered a great deal." 1 "Yes, and she was glad to go. But wj she lud every attention in spite of her ?a being a stranger here. Dr. Edgecourt "c visited ber every day, and never charged a cent, I know; and all ihe neighbors 80 sent things to eat. Cancers are terrible ^ thinpe. She was a mighty patient wo- , mar! Poor scul! But now," wi>h a 61 sudden change of tone, "what's to be ve done with Eva ?" <( TT?~ ?V? _ ? ?11 Q'? D JLiao sue ui? txi aji i * "No one. She is too refinpd and pretty to do housework, even if she *ra< *} strong enough, which she isn't. She rp can't go to the poorhouse, of course. ^ and sbe hasn't a dollar?there's to be a bc subscription to pay the burial expenses." *9 Mies Martba stood smoothing the ~r flani el skirt with her white, thin hands, J? ber face wearing an expres-ion of deep ^ thought mingled with anxiety. Once she opened her lips, as if to speak, tbf n hesitated and closed thfm again. Ought {" _i_ . a i__ At.* n* t_ 1. 3 hfi Bne to ira&e mis sacrince v. nicu Beemea ~ urged tiron be*-? It would be selfish 11 not to do so. She raised her head, and tb said in a firm, Bweet voice: "The girl must come to me, since p there is no ore else to take her. I have 10 plentv for one?I can make it enongh for two by exercising economy." . "That's just like you, Mies Martha! *n I knew you'd make the offer. The girl has got a fhstrate education, and she ? can study up enouph to take a Bchool by next fall. Of couise, you won't want 0)! her round after von are married." A deep flush came into Miss Martha's *? naturally pale face, she dropped her eyes, and turned away from Mrs. Marsh, " with seme murmured excuse about making the flannel skirt she held into a bundle to be sent away. a The neighbors agreed that Eva Nor- nc cross could not have found a better home than she bad at Miss Martha's, jj1 The little cottage stood in a large gar- dc den, well-tilled with fruit trees and shrubs. In the summer it was gay with flowers of very many varieties, nc and sweet-smelling honeysuckle wanderrd over and nearly concealed the ence and front piazza. ve Miss Martb a had lived in the cottage an with old Hannah for twelve years. For three of th?se >^ars she had been en- fa cflcpd to Dr. Tom Edceconrt. whoRe be o~o o ' practice was as yet too small to enable W? him to mirry. He was a year younzer W? than Miss Martha, aad this face often ^ stung her very fceenly. She some times stood before her looking-plass cl' and attentively Btndied her face, wish- aT] ing she was twenty intread of thirty, cr and had the bloom of ten years before. T< Her hair w?s still glossy and abundant. 80 her e>es still bright; but the plump- *a' nessand bloom of early girlhood had fled forever.. M Occasionally she wondered if Tom br wonld always love her, arid tortured wl herself with imagining it a sacrifice for pe him to mnrry her. Would not a young i b< grl suit bim better ? She started like j a guilty thing when Hannah's tap at m tho dor r or call from the hall below in- re termpted theee meditations. She was re provoked with herself that she thought hi so much of departe 1 prettiness and the ar diflference between her age and Tom's, ci Yet she could not drive a^ her h< harassing doubts, nor would sue try to bt set them at rest by speaking to Tom. ca She was shy and sensitive and so was he. je and they were both very proud. wi Eva Norcrofs found her new home a very quiet but not unhappy one. She m was gentle and timid, and did not care hi fnr tVio nf oriilu r>f l-mr rvrrri nan ! or M She liked nothing better than to lie in lit H an easy-chair all day with a book or at fa some embroidery in her white pretty h< M hands, which Miss Martba was never a H weary of admiriDg. The dead mother H had indulged her child, and never taught e\ m her to make herself useful. There was d< no Deed far her to be active in the cot- Si It tage. At the outset Miss Martha had sj j|| told her that she would be r quired to T wt do nothing but 6tudy, Hannah being 3 fully competent to do the entire work b' Bag of the small establishment. M SH ''You mu6t educate yourself to teach," tc |lj Mr?. Marsh said, ore morning, as she ai jl| entered the cottape in her abrupt way, tl [pi and found Eva embroidering a cushion, si H "Ton can't live on Mi.vs Martha all your o] g life. Next, fall we will try to get you w gji into the district school at Dodd's b jgl Corner." si ?| Eva shuddered aud grew a little pale, w while the work fell from ber band. vi e?g -'I have heard that the children at b: g|| Dodd's Corner were very rough b jS| wth the last master," she said, in her ci SnJ low, soft voice. h ^ "A woman might have more influence s< MS with 'em than a man," said Mrs. Marsh o ?8 "Anyhow, it w/.n't hurt vou to try it a ni spell. Miss Martha," as that lady came e jreSS in from the kitchen, where she bad been b making "quaker" for old Mw. Green's h ^ cold, ltyon must get the doctor to give I asl Eva some strengthening medicine. f< ??& Yellow dock tea would put new life into G ^ her." h Bfj Dr. Edgecourt called that afternoon a ?88 for a moment, on his way to make a S|| professional visit and 3Iits Martha told A gpgj him what Mrs. March had said. a ??| The young man sat down by Eva and u Egg took her hand in bis. Miss Martba s |H watched him closely, wonder ng if he gra noticed how jound and white was the p S?H wrist on which he pressed his finger. t m " She is not sick," be said, "all the t needs is fte-h air and exercise;" and J gjgpfl then h<* proposed that the should wrap c Sjgfi np and get into his sleigh at the door, t sffi and drive with him to the house of his j Bp] patient, two miles away. i SSg| "Can't you fio too, Martha?" he asked. " We will crowd you iu some- 3 jggB where." f Ebb *'I do not care to go," she said ; and ; i Kb Tom thought ber manner rather c< Id ] BBS and depressing. He did not urge the e matter, for he was easily wounded, and t B^^^^yiyer asked her a second time to grant j wia not a demonwtra- i ire lover, perhaps became Miss Martin ev?r encouraged caresses. She did Ot thiDk it modest or womanly to do o, yet she often caught herself wishing l it Tom would be more affectionate, 'hey had been engage! for three je.irs. ut had seen comparatively little of ich other, owing to Tom's studies and ocr patients?of which there were ia;>v?and they had never grown faliliar, as is the case with most lovers. Miss Martha watched the conple drive v. ay. Tom ben*: to arrange the bnfMo loro closely about his companion, and iid Kometh'ng which made them both tngh, and Miss Martha turned quickly om the window uith a pain at hor tart. The girlish face framed in the eecy wool of the black hcod was so i3ry lovely ! Would he mark the differQce, and regret?" She took up her work and began to irn down a hem ; but she could not rive away the haunting thoughts which >rmented her. "Three years !" she murmured. " It a long engagement; and I have heard said that muii are not patient waiters, wonder if he has ever wished to be eo again ?" The ride proved of much benefit to va, who was brighter aDd gayer for lys after. Seeing tins, Tom took nor ith him frequently, never thinking iat he was causing his betrothed pain y so doing. He came oftener than rer to the cottage, playing chess and ibbage with Eva at the center-tabl? ia ie evening, while Miss Martha sat with er sewing, and wished 6ho were Eva's je. "Do you think I will stand any lanco of getting the school at Dodd'R orner next fall, Dr. Edgecoart ?" iked Ev* one evening. " You surely don't think of applying ?r it '"cried Tom. " Why, the children e little heathens. They throw ink j jttles and spit balls at the teacher, : id swear like troopt rs. No, no, we j ust not let you go there." "Imust work for mysell," tne girl [ id. " I cannot consent to remain de- < indent on any one." " Wait till next fall comes before you ;gin to worry," Tom said. " It is only arch now, and something better may rn up for us all in the next six ontlis " Eva, as was her custom, left the room soon as the pame of chess was over. >m always had a few minutes alone j ith his betrothed before leaving the ttage. "I am so tired of boarding," he said iien, after some unimportant convertion, he rose to po " I wish I had a >me," and he pighed. Now was Miss Martha's chance to pay ! mething te der and cheerful; but the I ?rJs refused to form themselves on 1 \t hpi. She was very shy, and lately i e ana iom naa eeemea 10 De arunDg | ry far apart. Tom locked at her a moment as if ex- j ctingher to speak; but as she did not j > so, he turned almost angrily from j sr, a dark red flush of wounded pride rt-ing his frank, fair face. Ee wished > had not uttered that longing for a >me. Oh, I forgot to tell you," he said, j he leached the hall door, " that my ' otl er Arnold is coming to Roseville j morrow. He has some affection of' e head and wants to put himself un- ' ?r my care for a month or two. He j ill leave his Jaw business entirely in j s partner's hands. Poor Arnold ! He ; ts other than physical troubles! aere's an old saying that women are at. e bottom of all mil-chief, and men aro :ch fools pome times ! Go^d-night, j art ha;" and the hall door closed | ndly. For tome minutes Miss Martha stood aere he had left her, one hand bearg rather heavily on the small hall ble. Could he only have known what j ress f-he laid npon his careless/words I le mechanically repeated over and or the last sentence he had nttered, j id remembered the bitterness of his j ne. Then she walked slowly into the aall parlor again, and dropped on her i lee 3 by an easy-chair, burying her | e in the soft cushions. "I am do longer youog," she said, in I hoar-e voice. " He sees his mistake, j >w that Eva is here to point out a imparison. And yet how can I give m up I How can I offer hiro his fiee>m? Cocld 1 live on without the hope at I held so close to my heart for ree years? But I must decide. Not | >w. I will wait, just a little while, to j s snre he has ceased to love me." Eva noticed that Miss Martha was 1 ry pale and distrpit the following day, | vl was Tint, lnnkinc her hpsfc when i mold Edgeeourt came with Tom to | il. She bad never seen this brother | fore, but be was so like Tom in every ; ly that she liked him at once. He is, however, more a man of the world an Tom, and while Tom's face wore a ok of frank good nature, Arnold's was craded by an expression of melancholy d discontent. This Miss Martha asibed to those secret troubles of which >m had spoken, and she wondered if me woman had jilted the handbome wyer. Several weeks passed by, and Miss artha was no looeer her former ight, cheerful 6elf. She did not know bat it was to be without that sharp lin at heart, and the estrangement ;tween herself and Tom seemed to ow greater every day. fle withdrew 01 e and more into himself, and she ade no effort to restore the pleasant i.ations between them Sh9 watched m closely, and Baw that he seemed moved and distressed at Arnold's derlo/1 nHnnt.inna tr* "P.vn.. Oru*A shft >ard him remonstrate with his brother, it Eva's name was the only word she .right diatinctlv. She thought Tom alone, and atraid thit the girl's heart onld be won from himself. "It must come,'* Miss Martha would nrmur to herself. "I most offcrhim ? freedom. "Why cannot I be brave id do it at once? He loves Eva, but ) is not fre<* to win her, and Arnold's tentions pain and trouble him. But )w cau 1 give him up ? I will wait jast little longer." Thas from day to day she put off the ril hoar in which she was to see her jarest hopes crumble to dead ashes. be shuddered whoa she thought of ending the rebt of her life without om's love. One evening the two young men came v invitation to the cottage to supper, iss Martha sent them into th? garden i smoke, while she, with Eva's assistice, was busy la3ine^he table with le best damask and china. Presently, le went into the parlor to get from the id cabinet which stood between the iDdows some silver spoons which h*d elouged to her grandmother. The intters were closed, but the windows ere open, and the low murmur -of oices came to her or-rs. She knew the rothers were just outside on the rustic ench, and she was about to clo^e tne ibinet and speak to them wLen she eard Tom's voice uttering words which ;emed to fall ou her heart like drops f molten lead. "It is a great mistake for a man to Dgage himself to a woman older than itnself. He is sura to repent soon or ite. I was a fool, and now that E love Iva with all my heart, as I have con?ssed to you, I wish the other was in ruinea. And what am I to do? My onor binds me to her?confound it 11!" Miss Martba did not wait to hear irnold's answer. She walked slowly nd falteringly from the room, and went pstairs to the spare chamber, where he locked herself in. The young men wondered why sap>er was so late, but just as their paience was entirely exhausted, Eva came o call them, add then went in to find tlisR Martha already seated at the h?ad ?f the small table laid for four. She oade no excuse for delay, and the sup>er was eo excellent that the young men orgot all about their vexation. The evening passed very quietly, Miss tfartha evidently making an tffort to be snterUiniDg; and seeing this, Tom and Arnold left, very early, the latter, as tfiss Martha noticed, having hardly ipoken to Eva since supper. She thought ;his was out of respect for his brother'c feelings, which had pj lately been repealed to him. * Th > next day Tom was surprised in his office by the appearance of old Hannah, who quietly laid a letter on his desk and went out again. The young doctor's face grew very 8< white as he read whac Miss Martha had ^ Wrl tun WIHinnt aTiilanatmn nl- or- C cuse,sherequ sted that their eng*pe- n moat might be at an end; and said that as it would be better that they should * not meet for a while at least, she was ? *oing to an aunt's in another town, to stay several month3. Eva would re- ? main at the cottape with old Hannah. * For some time Tom sat gazing at the t] letter, as if turned to stone. Then he ^ touched a lighted match to it, and watched it burn away to ashes. a " That is over," he eaid aloud. "I 11 have been expecting it. I have seen it a in her face, and yet I had not the cour- ? age to ask her about it." ***** p It was a sultry July day, the railroad 5j journey dusty and fatiguing, and Miss -Martha was very glad to step out of the ^ cars at Roseville. She walked slowly ^ up the dusty road leading to her cot- ^ tage. It was nearly three months since n she had left home, and during that time R she bad neither written nor received .a single letter. She had not given Eva her address, and no one knew where she I naa gone, one naa wi(>nea to cat ner _ self loose from the past, hopincr to forget it, bnt she had not forgotten, and f( her heat t bad not lost its dnli pain. t] Recollections of Tom stnng her as she C| saw tne familiar streets and stores. Per- C) haps he and Eva were married. a, " You don't mean to say that's you ^ Mi*s Martha," cried a familiar voioe, a and Mips Martha paused beneath the i shade of a spreading elm as Mrs. Marsh n I came hurrying toward her. Well, you've c. j c^me too lare. Love laughs at look- ^ | smiths, you know. Ifc'sall ever?Eva's (< gone oft' with him, and they're married ^ by this time, I haven't a doubt. ^ Miss Martha staggered back and put her hand over her eyes. The shock it w was to her to hear uf Tom's marriage a] showed her, to her mortification, that all oj hope had not been crashed from her oj heart, as t-he had thought. 0 "I?I exi ected it," she stammered. t, "Well, it's more than any one else ^ did. He weut off soon after you left, :r and no one thought to see him again. ^ But back be came again yesterday and cj eloped with Eva late last evening. Ob, it was wicked; it was scandalous; and the whole story is all over town. I wonder now if you know about Miss -i Somerb\?" "No," said Miss Martha, whit? to the lips. te; "Well, it seems as if be was engaged ^ to this Miss Somerby, a rich old maid. She is mad enough at being jilted. ej Somebody telegraphed to her father, tj. and ho was here this morning to ascer- j tain the facts of the case." "WhatI Tom engaged?" cried Martha, j in amazement. e? "Who said anything about Tom? You must be wandering in your mind. It is Arnold Edgeoourt I am talking i about," ? Without another word, without the slightest escnse, Miss Martha broke g* away from the hand of the friendly gossip, and almost ran down the street. When nearly at her own gate the ^ rnshed blindly against somebody, aud looking up with a hunied excuse, saw -Tom. ... |? "Mattha," be gasped,forgetting for tiie I moment in his excitement the pulf be- ^ tween them. " You have heard it all; j, I t ee it ia your face. Come right in; , you look really ill. I did not know you , cared so much for Eva. Bat the scan- ' dal will die out, and I know Arnold jL will be good to her. He sent me a S telegram saying they wero married at . Brierly early this morning. He was to marry Miss Bomerby next month, but he never loved her; he was tempted by her enormous wealth. By this time they had reached the cottage and gone into the little dark- ened parlor, where the shutters had been carefully closed by old Hannah to ?. keep out dust and flies. "Tom," faid Miss Martha, laying her hand on his sleeve; "can you ever for give me ? I see everything very plainly , now. It was not you I heard say a man was a fool t<? engage himself to a cu woman oldt r than himself. Your voice m and Arnold's are so much alike, and I CTI did not know of hie engagement." ca Then she told him all she had heard when she had gone to the old cabin rV the spoons the evening of the supper. "Martha," Ffid Tom, in his iuanly way, 411 never loved any woman but you. I did not know you were older than I, for you never spoke of your age, Gr and it would have made no difference to me anyhow. I thought of Eva only a a child, and knowing of his engage ?r meat, of which ho had forbidden me to ,c onaaL- if. A tar footn/l run BOA llifl attfiTl. tion* to her, for I saw that &he was | 1( learning to love him. That evening in j Wl the garden I gave him a long lecture, I and pointed out to him the harm he j ? was doing the girl. He promised j to see her no more; but thongh 01 he wenc home a few days ^ later, he corresponded with her and ended by eloping with her yester- *c day eveaing. I did not imagine for an . instant that you thought me in love with ? Eva, We both laborel under a mistake, Martha. I noticed your growing coldness, and thought yuu were becom- m inc wearv of vour enaatcement to a poor w village doctor. You did not seem to 81 care for lovemaking or caresses, and I j51 could not, of coarse, wish to force my ^ affection upon jon." "I was wrong, Tom, for I do love you AI dearly," and then, as lie took her in bis V arms and pressed her to his heart, kissing repeatedly the soft cheek on which 01 there was now no lack of color, t-he 01 added softly, "and oar engagement ?? need not be of longer duration, Tom. 11 Yon hesitated to marry me while I bad 8! so little and you nothing ; but jou will ?' not hesitate now that I am rich. Yes'"? i.8 as ho glanced at her black areas?"my aunt is dead, and she left me forty thou- . sand dollars. I have suffered enough 11 for my mistake, and what is mine is j. yours, dear Tom." And l'om's tender kiss gave cheerful 8 ; assent to all she said. A Sagacious Donkey. Tn nrv r-iorf of tVin trnrlfl nrnhflKlv ia ^ the patient animal, which is too often treated with cruelty, bo well cared for as si in Spain. In this country the donkey e: and the mule are petted and become d : great favorites, and among the peasantry they are almost looked upon as mem- n bers oi the household. As showing the h ! wonderful influence which kind treat- p ; ment will exerc se, especially on the j dcnkev; we art told that a Spanish peas- j j, j ant who possessed one was io the habit I j( ! of journeying from his home to the city ^ of Madrid for tue purpose of conveying milk to the customers whom he supplied . there; and every morning he and his r1 donkey with laden panniers went their accastomed round. One da?, however, 8 the peasant became iil, and having no one to tend, was in rather a serious c d 1- mma; whereupon his wife suggested F that the donkey should be dispatched 8 alone. Accordingly the panniers were t : filled aa usual wiih the cans of milk; a J piece of paper was attached, requesting 1 i customers to measure their own milk a and return the cans, and the donkey t started off. Tn a short time the faith- e ful creature returned with the empty cans, having duly petformed his errand; j and not only did it continue to do so f for several days, but its master after- j ward learned that it did not merely go i the usual round, and trust to the customers coming out to it in the road, } but had the sagacity to go up to their ? i doors and ring their bells (which in ? j Spain often pull downward) with its { 1 mouth. I Much eloquence has been expended 1 i upon the mineral wealth of California, ] | but, after all, her goldon grain is her \ 11 real wealth. According to official fig' j tires the gold and silver mines of that 1 State during ten years, commencing i with 1871, produced $186,506,249, but 1 ' the wheat fields during the same period ' i produced 278,908,000 bushels, the < ? market value of which amounted to 1 8818,231,086. Wheat, .nd not gold, ia i king in California. THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. Sowing Garden Seeds. Joseph Harris, of Rochester, gives omo good directions about sowing arden seeds. He says they Bhould be over6d only deep enough to beep joist,, and that small seeds, such as of ntuce, radish, drummond phlox, aster, erbena and pansy, need not be covered eeper than a sheet of writing paper is iiick. If pressed into the soil and kept ioisl they need not be covered at all. 'etunia 6eeds are easily covered so deep hat they will not grow, while peas rill grow if covered two or bree inches deep. We may dd to the above that for outdoor plantag it is a good rule to cover seeds to depth of three to five times tneir dimeter and no more, so that large Beeds ike corn and peas, will be many times eeper than the minute seeds of the ortulaca. All must have the three equisites of warmth, moisture and air but not light), and if buried too deep tie air will be excluded Peter Henerson finds great benefit in covering be seed; after pressing it into the soil, rith a thin coat of finely pulverized loss, evenly sifted on and watered with fine hose. Ringbone In n Cult. Ringbone consists in an excessive rowth of bone or enlargement of the jint around the coronet. It may grow )r some time before it interferes with ae movement of the joint so as to auee lameness, but lameness willocuur ertainly in time if the disease is not rrested. At first the swelling is soft, ut in time becomes hard And bony, and t last incloses the joint, uniting the no pastern bones and preventing ail lovement between them. When ocarring in a young colt it probaly originates from constitutional jndency, or from inherited faulty nu ition or other disease. Blistering is le most effective treatment, but before lis is used, the use of iodine ointment ould be judicious, as in so young an aimal it might produce the absorptiou E the exnded matter and the removal f the trouble. Apply common iodine intment well rubbed into the part wice a day for several weeks; if this oes not result in a cure apply blisterig ointment. Let the colt rest and eep it in ?. stable without much exer;se, with plenty of soft litter under it. Experiments with Ennllnge. The nineteenth bulletin of the New ?reey experiment station contains some ew and important facts in regard to isilage. Analyses have been made of le green fodder as put into the silo I dried fodder made in the ordinary :annerfiom the same corn, and of the isilage; it is shown thereby that in le prccess of field-curing each ton !?he green fodder food lost, besides le water that evaporated, eightyx pounds of ita dry substance, while ich pound put into the bilo ios' ninety sands, and this fell, as has bitherto sen supposed, on the comparatively leap carbo-hydrates. Thus the ob' ction to ensilage of corn fodder,, made f 8om6 writers, that it involves a jrious loss of fodder substanco by the rmentation, is left with little to stand 1; a loss of only ninety pounds in | 000 and of only four pounds more ; ian is lost when the fodder is fieldired, may easily be balanced by a aall part of the advantages so widely aimed for ensilage by most of icse who have tried the process, iperiments at tho station in feeding ied fodder and ensilage showed that lien the former is cut and crushed in a oper manner (and doubtless at no eater expense for this preparation an is laid out in cutting the green dder before it goes into the silo) it is ,ten as readily and with as little waste fViA anailfloari /?nrn. Wif-h milnh ws, in some trials, the ensilage gave greater yield of milk than did the >ld-cured fodder, bnt the difference in vor of ensila2e wag by no means bo cat as some have made it out to be by eir own experience.?Evangelist. Roots for Cattle. Joseph Harris, of Moreton farm, 10 has had great success in root iltnrct, says: The cultivation of angels is precisely the same as the iltivation of beets. Any one who n grow beets in the garden can grow angels in the field. Make the land :h and sow early in the spring in rows out thirty inches apart. If the rather is dry roll the land after drilling the seed and the work is done. Afrward all there is to be done is to thin it the plants ten to fifteen inches tart and keep clean by running a )ree hoe frequently between the rows, id hand-hoeing once or twice, as may > necessary. Harvest before severe ost. I pit nearly all my mangels and ?ets in the field where grown, just as 3 do potatoes, except that it is not jcessary to put on quite so much raw and dirt. I select, if possible, a y, sandy knoll, plow out a pit three : four feet wide and as long as you ish. Twist or cut off the leaves from ie mangels, not too olose, and put the iots in the pit, packing them up or cording " them so as to make ihe roof eep enough to shed rain. And here t me ti 11 j ou a secret, which, had I aown years ago, would have been uoh money in my pocket. If you ill scatter a quantity of dry, light til in among the beets in the it?say enouKh to fill up the space be yeen the beets?you will find that ie beets do not get warm in the pit, id will come out fresh and nice in the jring. Do not be afraid to throw a Dzen good shovelfuls of soil to each irtlcadof beets. And before putting a a coat of straw I throw on a layer of mdy oil all over the heap of beeta an ichor two thick. Put on a layer of raw about six inches thick and then x inches of dirt, and this ii all that i necessary till very cold weather,when pnton another layer of stray or horBe tter and cover it with dirt. In cover ig the heaps with dirt I plow round ad round the heap with a plow, irowiug the dirt toward the heap. This reatly lessens the labor. Farm find uaruon r^oten. Orchard grass is very early in growth od furnishes good hay. It starts out resh immediately after each mowing. It is now claimed that potash, in the bape of ashes, or the potash salts, is icellent for grapevines if the fruit iB efective in color. Fowls seldom tire of milk. They lay eat too much grain or meat for ealth, but milk in any form is both alatable and healthy. The best time to prune fruit trees is a J ace, when the sap is active and the Baves will protect the sores made by he saw from the heat of the sun. Plump and very salable chickens can >e procured by crossing a bantam rooser on ordinary common hens. They ,re not large, but of good quality. Fight weeds with the harrow and ultivator. The more those two imdements are used the loss weeds we hall have and the more fertile shall bo he land. An intelligent farmer Bays that the eaves and stalks from an acre of corn ire worth ns much to feed to stock as bo hay which could be raised upon the lame amount of imd. All plants must havo nitrogen supplied to them. It is not taken direot rom the atmosphere by any plant, but t is obtained from the nitrates and amnonia salts in the soil. Newly-weaned pigs require five or six neals in the twenty-four hours. In ibout ten days one may be omitted; in mother week a second, and then they jhould do with three regular meals. Many mistakes occur in gardening :hrough planting all kinds of seeds at aearly the same time, without regard to iheir natural habits or time of maturity. Vegetables, like field crops, should be planted at different times. Too much attention cannot be paid to the cleanliness and ventilation of siables and pens. To insure the health and somfoit of animals they must be kept 3ry and warm, and have plenty of light as well as pure air and pure water. There is no wisdom in working a thirty-acre field year after year to get five bushels of wheat or ten of corn to the acre, when with the same expense for fertilizers you could raise fifteen bushels of wheat or thirty of corn to the acre. Corn cobs are very valuable, especially after they are reduced to ashes. They contain a great proportion of potash?about twenty-five per cent.?and the ashes can be either used for making sos?p by leaching tnem cvr spread on the soil. Oobs furnish a quick, hot fire. The solid excrements of the cow contain more moisture than the solid excrements of horses, sheep and pigs, and less nitrogen than horse dung It enters slowly into fermentation, and, therefore, is of a colder natnre than horse dung. The action of cow dnng on vegetation is slower bnt more lasting than that of horse manure. Remedies for diseases of sheep are many, but few are effectual. This is owing to the fondness of sheep for companionship. Disease oice introduced into a flock spreads rapidly, and sick sheep as a general thing never get well. Farmers who wish to be succesfnl with sh^p should guard th-am against exposure and contagion. Grass cut a week after it is out of blossom, will produce hay that contains about foity pounds in a hundred available for food ; the fatty matter will be pal?, making light colored butter. It will take a cow six hours to digest a meal of such hay. Early cut hay, on the other hand, will contain about fiftyfive pounds of food material in every one hundred, which will be in better proportion and better color, and will requ're but four hours for digestion. To choose a good cow: A crumply horn is a good indication; a full eve auotber. Her head should be small and short. Avoid a Roman nose, which indicates tbin milk and little of it. See that she is di3bed in the face?sunk between the eyes. Notice that she is what stock men call a good handler? skin soft and loote, like the skin on a dog. Deep from the loin to the udder, and a very slim tail. A cow with these marks never fails to be a good milker. IlcclpeM. Snow Potatoes.?Boil some potatoes until they are quite done, but not broken; let them Btand a moment to flour and then rub them through a colander on to a very hot dish. Serve immediately. Baeley Soup.?Pat the soup meat in a stewpan and just cover with water, nff fVm ae*.,m oa if. ricpq \VanVi about a half pound of barloy, put with the meat, together with a small onion chopped fine. Add pepper and salt and a little more water, letting all cook until the barley is done. Any vegetable you prefer may be added. Spongb Cake.?A successful sponge cake is made after this recipe: One pint of sugar, one pint of flour, seven eggs?the whites and yolks beaten separately?half a teaspoonful of baking powder, a little pinch of salt, one teaspoonful and a half of lemon extract; stir the flour in a little at a time, put the whiteB of the eggs in last, beating them thoroughly in. Bako in a long, narrow tin ; line it with white paper, the side3 as well as the bottom. You are then Bure to have ao trouble about taking it from the tin. ?r tt7 ?... ? iuurrxr<o.? yt aim um: ijuaiu ui ixjuja., ? piece of butter half the size of an eg?, beat up lightly two eggs, Bift three teacrips of flour into a pan, half a teaspoon of talt; pnnr the milk slowly on the flour beatiDg all the while; add the eggs and half a teacup of baker's yeast, set to rise, and when perfectly light bake in rings on a griddle. More Sour if necessary can be added to make the batter of a right consistency. Iloaiichold Hints. Oil stains in marble may be removed by applying common clay saturated with benzine. The polish does not always return but the Btain is removed by this Drocess.? To wash calicos, put wheat bran in a bag, boil and take hall the water to wash in, else no soap. This will cleanse them without fading and stiffen them without starch. Iron the wrong side and they will look like new. If the stove is cracked a good cement is made for it as follows: Wood ashes and salt in equal proportions, reduced to a paste with cold water, and filled in the cracks when the stove is cool. It will soou harden. A very easy way to poach eggs is to get boiling water in your muffin tins and set them on the hottest; part of the stove; break the eggs in the saucer, then drop one in each tin; in two or three minutes they will be done, and can be taken up one at a time in pood shape with the help of a small strainer; season with butter, pepper and salt. To get rid of the buffalo or carpet moth, says an exchange, wet a folded sheet or other cloth, lay it over the place near the edge of the carpet, and use several hot irons, moving them about from time to time so as to send the Rteam down through the carpet and into all the cracks of th* floor, and it will kill tlie motlifl. "When properly tried it has been effective. The Cow Was Treated Like a Lady, A man came into the office on Thursday with a black eye, a strip of courtplaster across his cbeek, one arm it? a sling, and, ob he leaned on a crntch vnJ wiped the perspiration away from fctv/and a lamp on his forehfad with a red cotton handkerchief, ho asked if the editor was ia. Being answerod in the nffirmative, he said: "Well, I want to stop my paper;" and he sat down on the edge of a ohair as though it might hurt it. " Scratch my name right off. You are responsible for my condition." " Oan it be possible?" we inquired. "Yes." said ho. "I'm a farmer, and keep cows. I recently read an artiole in your paper about a dairymen's con| vention. where one of the mottoes over the door was, 'Treat your cow as yon would a lady;' and the article said it was contended by our best dairymen that a cow treated in a po.ito, gentlemanly manner, as though she was a companion, would give twice as much milk. The plan seemed feasible to me. I bad been a hard man with my stock, and thought maybe that was one reason my cows always dried up when butter was forty cents a pound, and gave plenty of milk when butter was only fifteen oents a pound. I decided to adopt your plan and treat a cow ns I would a lady. 1 had a brindle cow that never had beeo very much mashed on me, and I decided tocommoice on her; and the next morniog after I read your fiendish paper, I put on my Sunday suit and a white pluc? hat I bought the year Greely ran for President, and we't to the btrn to milk. I noticed the old cow seemed to be bashful aDd frightened, but, taking off my hat and bowing politely, I said: ' Madame, excnee the seeming impropriety of the request, but will you do me ihe favor to hoist ? At the same time I tapped her gently on the flank with my plug hat; patting the tin pale under her I sat down on the milking-stool." "Did she hoist?'' said we, rather anxious to know how the advice oi President Smith, of Sheboygan, the great dairyman, worked. "Did the hoist! Well, look at me, and see if you think she hoisted. The cow raised right up, and kicked m with all four feet, switched me with hei tail, and hooked me with her horns at once ; and when I got up out of the bedding in the stall, and dug my hat ont of the manger, and the milkingstool from under me, and began to maul that cow, I forgot all about the treatment of horned cattle. "Why, she fairly galloped over ^ie, and I nevei want to read your paper again." We tried to explain to him that the advice did not apply to brindle cows al all; but he hobbled out the maddest man that ever asked a cow to hoist ic diplomatic laneuaffo ?Chicaqo Tribune, There is a complaint from England that leather is found in American sausages. Good gracious, do they thini we can Btop to take the collars off the dogi? SIX DAYS WITH B4UUANDS. An Italian Official'^ C'PtSre. Release and Strang)! Experience*. Thb reappearance of brigandage in the distant neighborood of Palermo, Sicily, so eoon after the recent rejoice ings has painfully impressed the inhabitants. The particular* of the treatment of the ex-Svndio, Sigior Notarbartolo, by the btigands have become known since bis return. Ah boon as his companions had been disarmed by the pretended patrol the ex-Syndic per ceivea I11H miscaiie. nis capture were dressed in new Bersaglierf nnforms, spoke the jargon of soldiers, and bad a thoroughly military appearance, rendering it likely tbat they had all once served in the army. When SiRnor Notarbartolo saw the state of affairs he at once told his captors in a decided manner that all threats or bad language toward him wonld be of no avail, and sncb was the effect of his superiority of character that during the whole term of his detention the brigands treated him with deference and respect. His companions had been sent awav with ?. letter to his familr. aDDris ing them of what had occurred, and that a ransom of 7o,000f. was demanded. The brigands first took Signor Notarbartolo into the woods, and then to a grotto, or rather deep ravine, in the mountain, where he was detained for sir. days. The cavern was constantly guarded by two of the brigands, who had changed their uniforms for the torn dress of peasants. The light penetrated this ravine for only a few hours of the day, and during that time the prisoner <ould read a number of the R*vuc des Deux Mondfs, which he happened to have with him. This was his only amusement. He was not allowed to Bmoke during tne day, lest' in so doing he should betray the place of his concealment. The brigands called the ravine their best palace, paying that they bad others in places more difficult of access, but that they had chosen this as it was more comfortable for ''his excellence." Dnr ing the first evening they conversed frankly about their afifairs, recounting their exploits, and then begged their prisoner to excuse them if it annoyed him, but they did not know how to talk about anything but their own affaire. At the end of the six dayB (during which, in accordance with the petitions of the family and a high f auctionary, the brigands had by order of the Minister Depretis, been left unmolisted) the sum of 50,000f. was conveyed to them, with which they expressed themselves content, telling their prisoner that he would be immediately released. The latter then asked for bis watch, saying that it was a keepsake very dear to him. With characteristic courtesy it was immediately restored to its proper owner; not, however, before one 01 tne Driganas naaeyeu me cuain with great envy, exclaiming that it was very tasteful and beautiful. The exSyndio immediately declared with vivacity that all efforts to deprive him of it wonld be useless; on which the brigand who had taken a fanoy to it declared that his wish to have it was quite disinterested, and that he would gladly pay for it. At this time the band had assumed very good cloth clothes, had rings on their fingers and gold chains to their watches. Signor Notarbartolo was received in Palermd with great demonstrations of joy., the street in whieh he lives being illuminated by the inhabitants. Measures for arresting tho malefactors were then immediately taken, the district around Termini, where they are supposed to ba still hiding, being surrounded by military.? London News. Trays. Man has been called a tool-making animal, and t,he first tool was probably a trap. I do not believe that onr primogenitors were carnivorous. Long before they began to covet flesh they probably hankered after eggs and milk, and had to devise means for catching the creatures to supply these. They bad no need of elaborate contrivances. Experience makes savages the best hunters, and it alone can explain their success in capturin? animals whose cunning defies the beat inventions of the amateur sportsman. With the simplest of all imaginable traps?an elastic stick with a noose - the Patagonian nomads catch hares, foxes, wolves and the shyest of all American quadrupeds, tue mountain vicuna. Von Tschudi made the acquaintance of a Chilian farmer who had passed several years in tbe Andes before he succeeded in capturing a live vicuna. He had imitated the traps of . the Indians, their method of fixing them in tbe sand in the river-banke, their precaution in obliterating the traces cf their footsteps, but all in vain, till an Indian renegade revealed the ooorof?that thfi vicnnaR in variably select their drinking-plaoes where there is an audible ripple in tbe current of the river?perhaps for the same reason 'ihat cows prefer a brook to a bond, and a running spring to a sluggish creek. The murmuring of the stream seemed to euggeat the idea of purer and cooler water ; and where tbe current was slow the Indians contrived to produce a ripple by an artificial obstruction. Nearly every animal has some peculiarity or other that may be utilized for its capture. Minks have a queer fashion for rummaging a pile of dry leaves, and the wild tnrkty can be taken in an open trap, because, for some reason, the idea of going backward never suggests itself to his mind. A Kentucky "turkey-pen", is nimply a ditch with a roof of logs and ending in a cul-de-sac, but open at the other end. To this opening the turkeys are allured by "sprinklings" of corn or cranberries, and, entering the ditch where the bait is scattered more liberally, they follow it till they reach the ne pins ultra end ; and it is a decided faot that such half-captives will poke around their pen for weeks without discovering the means of exit. The female puma has a marvelous talent for hiding her lair, bnt the trepper knows enough if he discovers a place where she has torn her prey, for to that place she will return again and again, even after the carcass has been gnawed into a smooth skeleton. Jack als, too, are fond of revisiting the Bcenes of t;heir former revels ; some animals wonld seem to bo endowed with the gift that supported Cardinal deRatz in his exile?the faculty of luxuriating on recollections." In Europe where new preserves have often to be shocked with game-birds, hundreds of partridges are sometimes caught alive by the following iiimple device : Near the haunts of the game a brush-edge with an opening here aud there is set across a field, and on either side of the transit-holes tho trapper fastens a wire nooso. No bait is needed ; partridges never fly over a hedge if they can crawl through, their motive being probably their general reluctance to betray their whereabouts by taking wing in an open field. Hunted conies, as well as rats and mice, are likewise almost sure to make for tho next hole, incurring any risks for tho sake of momentary concealment. In chasing a rat about a room, much trouble can be saved by twisting an old newspaper in the f jrm of a sugar-loaf bag ! and placing it ou the floor alongside the wall, If the outlaw can be induced to 1 approach it from tho open tide, he will dash in with a squeak of delight and 1 can be captured beforehe d.scovers that ' his harbor of refuge has been biock1 aded.?Lippincott < (Jucer Mouey. i The inhabitants ot the Solomon ; islands havo a curious system of decimal currency. A c.^coanut seems to be 1 the unit. But the circulating medium consists of strings of white and red shell ) beads, dogs' teeth and porpoise teeth. One fitting of white monoy is equivalent to ten cocoanuts, or ono flat stick ! of tobacco. Ten strings of white money ; make one string of red money, or one ; dog's tooth; teu dog's teeth make one i "isa" (or fifty porpoise teeth), and ten , isas are equivalent to one ''good quality wife." Sd that a wife in good noI ciety is worth ten thousand cocoanuts i - ; New embroidered lace fichus of black > net glitter with a dense covering of fine* out jet buglti and pendente. 4 r ' / " A WATCH WOItfi BY JESSE JAtlES. How It was Token from lu Owner-? Ita Rcitornl. There wan recently on exhibition in f( St. Louis the watch worn by the late Jes-e James for nearly eight yet is and . taken by him from i?s owner, Hon. John A. Bnrbank, of Bichmond, Ind., at Malvern Junction, Ark. After the notorious robber's death the watoh was h fonnd among his effects and returned n to its owner. The story of the robbery c as told by Governor Bnrbank is as. fol lows: u "fn the spring of 18741 was going to e Hot Springs, Ark. At tbat time persons going to the Springs left the railroad at Mdlvern Junction and traveled b acros the country by Btage. We J reaohed Malvern in the morning and d left there early in the forenoon. There were fifteen or siateen persons going over, one lady and the rest j, gentlemen. Most of the passengers, a some ten or twelve, were placed in a . six-horse stage coach. I and a gentle- a man named Taylor, from Connecticut, and a sick man whose name I do not know, were in a hack together, while P the lady occupied a third hack by her- e self. The distance to Hot Springs was about twenty miles. The staee coach led the way, our hack followed and the P lady came last. The road was rou^h a and we made rather slow progress, the vehicles being several hundred c yards apart. Between 3 and 0 4 o'clock in the after- 4 noon, when we were within about five ? miles of Hot Springe, and jost after crossing a little stream where the horses ^ were watered, five men on horseback roda up from the front and passed s us to the rear. They were all well o mounted; two or three had on long s overcoats and perhaps one or two had s shotguns, bui there was nothing bus- n ricious or remarkable in their aDDear- t ance. I thought there might boa shooting-match or something of that kind in J the neighborhood. t "In a very short time the same men 8 rode back again past our hack to the c front. We paid no particular attention t to this. In a few minutes we heard x great fchoutii-g, cursing, etc , and lnoking out saw the coach had been stopped c a short distance ahead of us. We drove v up as fast as we could, supposing that v a sheriff's posse bad stopped the coach | to make an arrest or something of that j sort. The coach was stopped while E ascending a little hill, and where the s road was quite narrow. When we got there we found it surrounded c by five men- on horseback, the j same who had passed ns, all heavily v armed and with revolvers leveled .. at the coacb. One had a Win- ! cheater riflo and the other four each _ had a seven-shooter in his hand and ^ two in his belt, making twenty-one shots in sight to each man. When we got up tbey ordered us all to get out * and form in line. I was at the head of J the line. As it turned out there was " but one weapon in our patty, and this s a small pocket pistol. Another was in T a hand bag, but was unavailable. When c we were in line Jesse James, the cap- c tain of the gang, said 'hands up.' "We put up our hands. Then one of tbe men I dismounted,and while the other four kept 1 us covered with their rovolvers he went s throngh us. Coming to me first he ^ said, Til take what you've got.' Ob- * setving my diamond pin, he went for it ? without ceremony. While doing that ? he discovered my watoh chain, a very * neavy one, wmcn a wore anuer mj vent, and jerking it out threw it over my ? head and then pulled oat the watoh. He then went in my pantaloons pocket t and got my pockelbook, which oon- t tained about $60 The diamond pin < was worth from $250 to 8300, and the 1 watch and ohain $5u0. All this time we i were covered by the revolvers, and being i unarmed had no choice but to submit l Oar hands were still up. I had on a i heavy seal ring, and the fellow said: c You'd better put your gloves on or I'll ] take that ring.' 1 put my hands down ] long enough to put my gloves on, and he kindly overlooked the ring. When { he got through with me he took the c next in order, ana bo on tnrongn tne c line. From my Connecticut frienl they x got an old-fashioned watch, which was t an heirloom in tne family, and $500 in \ money. He offered a big random lor c the watch, but they refused to nego- a tiate. Fiom the rest they only got t small amounts. When they got through c with us Jesse James called out to the E driver: 'Throw down that mail bag.' j The driver made no motion at first, r and James leveled his pistol at him and j said again: 'Throw down that mail j bag.' The driver obeyed. The pouch was cat ODen. the contents poured out on the ground, and the man who was on foot uegan to E fumble over the mail. Ho first tore open a Jprge official envelope, which had nothing but official papers in it. See- ^ ing there was no money, Jes>e James . called from his horse, ' Fnt that letter 1 back,' and the man obeyed without a 1 word. They found no money in the mail and soon stopped opening the < letters. The.y then broke open the ex- ? pre <8 trunk and found two packages of greenbacks, amounting to about ?500. i All the time the sick man and the Jady i remained in their seats. When the man who went through us looked inside the j back and reported a sick man, James 11 called ont, ' Wo don't disturb sick men!' and when they came to the ludyhesaid, 4 We don't disturb ladies?sit still raadame.' While this was going on one of tho mounted men rode around the ooach once or twice and examined one of the * wheel horses very closely. It was a fine sorrel horse. Af-er eyeing the hoit-e all over he called out to the driver, who was still holding the lines, 'Get down and unLarness that off horse. The driver was si >w about mo ring, and the fellow leveled his pistol at bim and said : ' I say, pet down and unharness that off horse.' The driver did as he was ordered. When the horse was un harnested the robber dismounted and. placing his own siddle and bridle on the Hta.e-hoise loda him up the road a few hundieJ yards and back at a rapid gait. Coming back to tha coach he said: 4 You can nitch np that other horse,' and the J driver pioceeded to do so. Tiiat was 1 an Arkansas horse trade. I forgot to 1 say that the man who went through ns j took t fancy to my fur overcoat, and told me to haul it off, but Jesse James ' heard him and said: 'No you don't ; that, would lead to our detection sure.' All this occupied abont half an hour. I When the robbers got through they told us we could go, and they rode off ' together. We afterward heard of them 1 in the direction of Texts. They I looked like sturdy young farmers I and woro not masked beyond wearing slouch hats well pulled * down, and Jesse James had a woolen 1 comforter wound round the lower part ' of his face. During the entire per- { formance they affected a kind of polite- ' ness with all their roughness, and tried ' to create the impression that ihey were ' gentlemanly highwaymen. After they left we gathered up the mail aud scattered baggage and continued on to Hot 1 Springs. The news of the robbery created intenpe excitement there and : the whole population turned out to pursue the robbers, but nothing over came of it." Governor Burbank lias placed the watch with the Eugene Jaccard Jewelry company for exhibition, and it will doubtless be inspected by hundreds of curious ones. A replevin bond had to be given the officers at. St Josephs, as Airs. James threatened to sue for its recovery. It is not likely that she will though. The watch i3 in perfect running order and sIiowb good treatment 10m its quoDdam possessor. Glace silks, which always make up into bright and stylish dresses, aro to ! be much worn this summer. Some of the now patterns have a ehene natin strip , brightened with tiny bouquets of Mold flowers. Sit in aud Pekin r^ps are also in fushion once more. Two other revivals ure tatfetai and spun silk. The latter makes very usi-ful and pretty walking costumes for young girls anil children. Can a shepherd's nrook be termed a j iram rod. j FOR THE LADIES. News and Notea for Women. Ruches ontrivdl raffles or plaitinga or dress trimmings. Mrs. L G Goburn, a lady of San intonio, Texas, has 40,000 silk worms t work in her yard. Dr. Anna Warren, of Emporia, Kas., as a practice of $5,000 a year, besides lining interests, that Hill give her a ompet^noe in old age. Miss Eala Marsh is secretary of an exh an are for woman's work, recently stablished in Detroit, which has met uth decided success. Mrs. Dr. Tyler Wilcox presented a allot at the polls of the West Joplin liseouri school election, but the judges eclined to receive the vote. Miss Lizzie Sarvent, the younger anghter 1> the minister to Germany, arena8 10 pursue ner nieaicai siuaiee hi German university. She is already a uaiifled physician, having been graduted at the Pacific Medical college. The progress of women toward complete parity with men iu all the relaions of business is illustrated by the sfahlishmtnt of an advertising agency t Boston, Blaisdell & Foster; and the iroprietors are Misses L. A. Blaisdell nd E. F. Foster. Mr. W. E. Kollook, of Madison, Wisonsin, has four daughters. The two Idest are well-educated physicians; he third is a successful and popular ainister of a church in a Chicago suiurb, and the fourth is a successful ientist at Chicago. Several ladies are employed on the laff of com paters id the astronomical bservatory of Harvard college. It ie aid that women have shown them* elves specially competent in the ordiiary reductions of observations in more han one European observatory. Mrs. H. F. Crocker and Mrs. H. A, ohns were appointed as police matrons o look alter women prisoners in police tatiuns and courts, through the action if the First Brooklyn Woman's Chrisian Temperance Union, which fur lishes the money for the purpose. In Wisconsin a committee of womer lonsisting of Mrs. Emma 0. Bascom, rife oi President Bascom, of Wiecousir iniversity, Mrs. B. L. Delapaine anc Irs. Helen B. Olin have undertaken t< ntroduce suffrage literature into the lewspapers of that State as far as pos ible. At the last eleotion held in the citj if Cheyenne, Wyominpr Territory, .,434 votes were polled, 510 of wbicl: ?ere voted by the women. This pro jortion'confirms the recent statemenl if Governor Hoyt that women vote ii >roportion as largely as the men ii JPrnminor. Judge Brady has common sense to sup>ort him, even if be lacks legal precelent, in holding that a wife has aright o sue her husband for damages from ,seault and battery. The record ol rife-tkating and wife murder in this sity has become intolerably long and >ffensive.?Christian Union. A lady, Miss E. U. Keely, is the projrietor of a large establishment for tin uanufttctnre of Bteam boilers, fixture! tnd machinery in Williamsport, Pa rhe receipts of her business exceec >2 000 per month, and she sells hei ;oods in all carts of the oountry, Easl ind West. She was once bookkeepei or the firm which carried on the works jut it faikd; the business was sold ant ihe became the purchaser. Miss Alice Fletcher Bpofee to a dis mguished and very much intereatec miiience in tbe parlors of the Foundr jhurch, Washington, recently, 01 ler life among the Indians, and th< neasnres which a regard for their wel are and the general public intereste equire in their treatment. The meet ng was held under the auspices of ar issociation of ladies interested in th< ndian question, of whioh Mrs. Genera lawley is president. The " New Century Olub," of Phila lelphia, one of the largest, is also od< >f the most conservative of women i irganizitions. One of its standing ules has hitherto been that the ques ion of woman suffrage could not b< jroached in its meetings. By genera lonsent.this rule was set aside, recently ind the tabooed topio was the forma itie of the paper read by Mrs. Turner >ne of tbe founders of the club. A t?nr\r\ in. -o finr> ttqd ma/^a Kt? Vi a rtnr 'ovvuu lunu ? hutuu n?o utnuo ktj uh t jeDtlemen discuss the paper. Th< needing is reported by the correspond Dg secretary as one of the most interest ng ever held by the society. * Fanhlon Notes. Ficelle or twine lace is nsed alike 01 lilk and on cotton dresses. * It is said that dark bine canvas shoei vill be much worn this bummer. Long cnrled hair in tbe back is agaii n iashion for little girl*, but the curl nust be large, loose and few. Velvet loops and large Alsatian bowi )f velvet will be much used to trim evei rammer b <nnets of delicate straw. Black Sicilienne combined with blacl relvet or moire Frmeais is nsed for th< nost costly and elegant costumes. Large Watteau lans are now paintec n floral designs, matching thoee seei lpon dress fabrics of foulard or sateen Ruchings which show pinked on id^es are again in fashion, but fringed uchin^s are most delicate and effective The Mother Hubbard and Kat< ireenawav styles for little eirls' over Iresses and cloaks grow more in favo: !verj day. New cloths for walking dresses an notled, and the costume is made up ii Mousquetaire style, with collar an< :uffs of white cloth. The long, tight redingote worn ove: i silk or wool skirt having no trimmin, jut a plaited flouace at tne bottom, i: nuch worn by leading society women The full draperies, paniers and bouf 'ante tournures, which there is an effor :o make fashionable, are very unbeco'm ng to all except very tall and slende: iromen. The old-fashionpd ca'echo or Holigo ander of forty years ago is revived. I s a silfc bonnet or hood shirred 01 vhalebone or splits of ulternate lonj ind short lengths, so as to give th sonnet the appearance of a half openei 'olding gigtop. Arctic Exploration. Arctic exploration is not a new thing ft begins with Sebastian Cabot, wh iiscovtred Newfoundland and lande< it Labrador. Henry Hudson f und an< jave his name to the great bay which i one of the most striking features o British America. There a mutinou jrew put him in an open boat with i few faithful adherents and left him t< bis fate. Vitus Behring, the Danisl Bxplorer, who found that Kamschatki :lid not connect with Japan, sacceede< one hundred years ago in puehini his ship throngh the straits tha bears his name ; but his ves.-e was wrecked, and he diei on a desolate island. Captain Cool reached these straits thirty-three year afterward, but was forced b ick by th< ice to die on the Sandwich Islands Ross and Parry made a few discoveries but at a terrible expense of suffering ant ri'-k of life. The story of Sir Joh] Franklin is a familiar household talehow he set out in the Erebus and th Terror with 138 picked men, and al eprished; and eight expeditions w_r sent ont to lind and relieve him atgrea cost, but no returns. The Grinnell ex pedition, sent ont by Henry Grinnel and George Peabody in 1853, under th heroic Kane, was more fortunate thau it predecessors, aDd brought back the a< counts of the Open Polar sea whic have stimulated the ambition and curi osity of hundreds of navigators sinct Bu', though Kane lived to return, h died of the eflects of the exposure. Si Hugh Willoughbv and his crew starve to death, and Barentz, tho Dutch to plorer, perished in the name way. The* are only a small fraction of tha huma sacrifices to that Arctic idol whose ic altars are covered with the debris c wrecked ships and the bbached bone of brave and devoted men, eent up int the jaw? of de*tru?tion to diwover uotl ing, Picking Berrlt 8. Away to the hillside on swift little feet, * Trot quick through the meadows in eliadow and sun; Broad brims and deep crowns over brows tha aro sweet, And round rosy checks that are dimpling with fun. And home from the hillside on slow little feet? , With baskets as heavy as faces are bright; A nd who will be first the dear mother to greet And see her surprise and her look of do light , But she never will dream, by the berries they bring, Of the millions they left where the sweet berries grow, Away on the bills where the merry birds sing, And the brook dances down to the valley below. ?Margartt SangsUr. IIUMOR 0* THE DAY. Underground work?An earthquake How to keep house?Refuse to pl%ce . a mortgage on it. The strongest man is rarely strong i enough to hold his tongue at the right time. 1 "Hard-up" a?ks: "How can I turn 1 an honest penny ?" Sappose yo i try putting the other side up ? Krapp, the cannon maker, now em 1 ploys 13 000 men, and jet complains j that he is behind his orders. He is safer behind his orders than in front of ' his cannon. " Yo,u are as full of airs as a music box," is what a young man said to a 1 girl who refused to let him see her home. " That may be," was the reply, 1 " but I don't go with a crank." 8ECO>n>-HAND OIBLS. . [ "I want one servant girl," lie said, ! " One maid, to order, so to speak." The employment agent scratched his head, And told the man to call next woek. I Next week he came as per request? , The clerk could famish no such grade, Bnt qnickly put hi- min i at rest, By giving mm one ready maid. " Lend me five dollars, Joe?" ' Oan't do it; in fact, 1 am just g?>in^ over to k try and borrow five from the doctor." " Well, then, you might as well make [ it ten and I'll take five of it. It will L make it easiei to pay, you know, if it is , divided up between us." 5 Professor to classical student: " If . Atlas supported the world, who sup. ported Atlas?" Student: ''The qaear tion, sir, has often been asked,but never, , so far as I am aware, satisfactorily answered. I have always been of the opinion that Atlas must have married a rich wife, and got his support from her father." Letters for Modern Occasions.' In order to fill a want long felt, the following improvements on the old style of epistolary correspondence are suggested, as meeting more satisfactorily the requirements of the later day and following the changes experienced by society. LETTEB FBOM A GENTLEMAN OFFERDK} makuiaok. Deab Miss Tillie Tuff: 5 8tock, notes and securities $100,000 l Brown stoLe house 65,000 , Furniture 25 000 I Country seat 40,000 Horses, harness and carriages 30,000 ? Cash on hand 10,000 r Total $270,000 i Your a, veiy trnlv, I Tom Wealthy. favorable beply. Deab Mb. V\ ealthy?Provided you are 1 willing to settle ail the property and f one-half the money ou me before mar1 riage. Tillie Ttjfp. " unfavobable beply. Deab Mb. Wealthy?Your candied 1 date 1 cannot be. Tillie Tuff. note to the old man asking his daugh1 teb s hand. ? Hon. Sam. Tuff-Please chain the dog to-night. Yours, truly, Tom Wealthy. " favobable beply to foreijoeno. Deab Tom?Have sold the dog and bought a pair of slippers. Yours, \ Sam Tuff. } unfavobable reply. 1 Mb. T. Wealthy?They are No. It's, with box toes, and the gate has been j newly varnished. Yours, Sam Tuff. , inviting a young lady to a picnic. L Deab Maby?l'Qe fatricK L?uny ; Obowder Club will hash at Barren ; Island, Thursday. Want to go 'long t Jimmy Mubphy. accepting. Mb. J. Mubphy?You bet I Maby Donohue. ricusttG. Deab Jimmy?Thursday is the mistress' day out. Can't go. 3 Maby Donohue. to an editor. 1 Deab Sib?Please stop my paper. 8 A Phool. A DAUGHTEB TBAVELTNG FOB HEB HEALTH TO HEB FATHEB. 1 Deab Papa?1 amjuuttoosplendidly awful well for anything, only I'm z broke. Pleaae'remit at once, 3 Stella. TTN'FAVOBABLE BE8POXSE. ' Deab Stella ?Am gl*d yon are bet1 ter. Inclo-ed please tind railroad paas and a reliable time table. Yours, t 0. B. Dammit. I FBOM a YOtTN'O MAN TO A FEIEN'D. Deab Ike?Pieaae fcend me tun dols lars per bearer. Will pay it back - Saturday. Yours, Steve. r INEVITABLE BEfc'PONSE. Deab Steve?Havu't got it. Yours, s Ike. 1 /ihitttd i t. T.rrmn?t> aV.t. f\no. act. va. UCi;i?iUaiJ AJ&JA&JU* * VJU nuu VW4?V?' <>/ * Dear tjin?Am very Bh^rfc anl would like tuat little amount before dark to* r day. Yours, A. Tailob. ? ? Brooklyn Eagle, 3 i. From a Russian It Jlruad Carriage. Tbe following is frnm Galenga's t "Summer Tour Through Rassia:' A dtrnd flat, hardly broken ac intervals by r a wave of the ground, bv some lung, low ridge or small scrubby knoll; in . terminable, monotonous nuuuiauui uuu j primeval forest, but mere young birch 1 and fir stunted and ragged, with here 2 and there a rough clearing, a patch of e coarse pasture. Anon, creat rve fields, j stretching beyond man's ken, checkered here and there by more or less abortive attempts at wheat, barley or potato crops; the ground, as a rule, without , hedge, fence or wall ? nobody's q or everybody's ground ? open to 3 the inroad of cattle; a sandy, salty, to' j all appearance irreclaimable, soil; a B backward, slovenly cultivation; the f cattle neither well bred ncr well fed; 3 everywhere a sense of loneliner-s; only a at vast distances log houses and barns, 3 mostly untenanted; horses, cows, slisep, 2 turkeys and geese in flocks, unattended; a and, further off, straggling towns and j villages, with high-domed churches and , tall factory chimneys; and near the t stations great piles of wood, solidly j ranged in rows of logs of different size j and various colors, as high as houses, j and not without some architectural pre* 3 tensions, and some artistic attempt at j quaint, tasteful patterns. | From Scaffold to scaffold. I A dreadful murder is reported from i the Boulevard d Enfer in Paris. A new - building is now going up there, and on e a scaffolding seven stories high wore 1 engaged several workmen, one of them" e an Italian named San :ali. S.iugaltand ,t another of the men quarreled and finally came to blows, being tueu sepail rated by their companions. Bat soon e alter the separation Sangali soized a 8 mallet and struck his adversary on tie head with it. It chanced that the man h was then standing near the edge of the _ scaffolding, so that in sinkiog under the j ! blow ho fell over the side and plunged e j headlong to the pavement beneath, ir i dying soon after ho struck the titoues. d I Sangali narrowly esciped being hurled c | off the scaffoldinc after him by the men o | who remained. One of tt em, how. ver, a : had the coolness uud strength to c*rry y i him down the ladders into the street >f j and then deliver him over to the p dice. 'S ! ?? u | One of the features of a Roman earnii. i val is a riderless hor*c*W? down the crowded Cono.