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BY HUGH WILSON ANI) H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1882. NO. 10. VOLUME XXVII.
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No loving message sends.
The old dear friends?!
One passes daily, and oue wears a mask;
.Another long estranged cares not to ask
' W>.ere causeless anper ende.
The dear old friends.
Bo many and so loud in days of youth !
Alas that Faith can be divorced from Truti),
When love in severance ends.
The old o!d friends 1
They hover rot:u?i me still in evening shades;
80re y tboy shall return when sunlight fades,
And life oa God dc(>:nds.
? It'. J. Lintniu
t-ASMUN KtPtArS ITSELF.
I, Robert Ogden, at twenty-four, was
tolerably good-looking youth, with a
position in "Wells & Banker's wholesale
store as bookkeeper at a salary of
seventy-five doliara per month. Nothing
very brilliant Hbout all this, to b? i
eure; but 1 think I should have felt I
Tery well satis Bed with my lot in life .
had I never indulged in dreams of sud- !
den wer.ith? in other words, if I had ;
never beard of my rich Aunt Mahala.
Now unfortunately? or fortunately, just j
as vnu pWsc to consider it?I had not ;
only heard of her, but she was the
oriels to which our family listened on
'Jl occasions. She was a spinster of |
the pevereFt type, but she was the possessor
of two hundred thousand dollars
in good securities, and this, as you may
imagine, covered a oultitude of defects, j
When I wa3 *>ix years old and my !
cousins, Bert %nd Jim Osgood, were j
about the sajnae age, Aunt Mahala an- I
nouncod her lutention of settincr one of I
as tip in bx?.sines? to the extent of half !
her fortune when he, the lucky boy,!
should become twenty-five years of j
sge. Whichever one of us beet suited 1
3er in general behavior and in the ;
choice of a wife should be the favored i
T>ne, she declared. On that day my |
trouble commenced. Of course the!
choice of a wife had not yet entered my
youthful imagination, but as I grew
into boyhood I manifested a natural
desire to have as good a time as other
boys, and this was entirely contrary to
/.unt Mahal a'a strict idea of propriety.
" The idea of your letting that boy
go off with a lot of other young loafers
to ride down hill till 10 o'clock ?t j
night!" Bhe would pay to my mother, j
*nd for that winter, at least, my fan was
spoiled, or else prooured tinder the i
greatest difficulties. Ob, I hated Aunt
3Cah<ila in those days, and wished her
a thousand miles away !
When I was old enough to realize the j
immense help her money would be to '
me, I did, for a time, try to please her; j
bnt her whims and her almost constant I
interference provoked me beyond the |
bounds of endurance.
"Lether keep her money!" I de- j
claimed wrathfaliy to my mother, who j
always expostulating against my !
impatience. "If Jim and Bert want to
get down on their knees tc her they
can do so, but I am resolved lo be
independent"
Now all tbia sounded very fine and I
felt every word of it; at the same time j
one hundred thousand dollars was a
nioo num. and nothing wonld have j
suited me batter than to have it at my !
disposal. I
?Vben T obtained a situation at Wells
& Banker's, Annt Mahala for the first
?iime acknowledged herself pleased.
" I like to see young men get into i
'"* liness," she paid, emphatically.
There's nothing more disgusting than j
to see a young sprig like yourself saun- j
tering around wirh a cane and a cigar,
trying to make folks think he's a man !
when he don't know any more than a
baby."
Strangely enongh, she advised all her
nephews to get married.
" Men are poor, miserable creatures
wnleas they have a sensible woman to
Hook after them and keep them from
making fools of themselves," she said
to me.
I did not contradict this sweeping |
assertion, but I might just as well have
done so, for she took up her last remark
exaotly as if I had.
"Yep* fools?perfect fools! They i
alway* will be, for they always have !
been."
'* Was that thfl reason von never r
married one of them ?" I ventured to
ask, although I knew that my chance !
for Ibe cne hundred thousand would
?i7?k a trifle thejeby.
"None of your impudence, joung i
man I L refused better fellows than you j
before I was sixteen years old, because
they didn't know anything."
This was very flattering, but I modestly
refrained from making any reply
whatever, and Aunt Mabala went on:
" The worst of it is the women don't
know anything nowadays-a shiitless,
lazy set, with no more common sense
than a peacock. Why, when I was a
young?"
But I reoollected a pressing engage_
ment. and left the room.
It was about this time that I met Bay
Ansdell. She was an only child, and j
although her father was not wealthy he j
was in possession of a good income; so
Rftv rirautAri handHomelv. went in the !
best society and had every wish grati- J
fled. Sbe was not a beauty, strictly
speaking, but she bad a fresh, piquant>
fac? that was more attractive than mere
regularity of features, and she knew
how to make herself irresistibly charmng
to her friends. Gay, stylish and
1Dolined to flirt I found her, but beneath
it all sbe was pure and true and
womanly,, and I loved her as I had
never even, dreamed of loving any
woman.
I plucked up oourage at last and told ]
her so, although I knew sbe could do
1 1J. 1 1
uener tto lar aa muucj won uuuvomcu,
unless, indeed, Aunt Mabala decided in ;
my favor, which at present seemed very
unlikely. And now that Ray had promised
to be mine, and I was looking for- |
ward to onr marriage, I longed for the
one hnndred thousand more than ever.
It would enable me to plaoe my darling
in as good a home as 1 should take her
from, and I could cot endure the
thought of anything less. I did not
want to take any advantage of Jim and i
Bert, however. Once I ventured to
broach the snbject to my aunt, and proposed
that she should divide the money j
equally among the three of us; bnt 1
was promptly told to mind my own
affairs, and not trouble myself about
money which would never trouble me.
Bert happened to be the one to inform
Aunt Mabala of my engagement to
Ray Ansdell.
"I tell you she's stylish!'' I heard
him say in conclasion, and with malicious
intent, I was sure, for the word
"stylish" always goaded the old lady
into' a furious humoi.
"Stylish!" she snorted; excuse the
verb, but no other one expresses her
tone. ' Of course that's all he wants,
then! ABy little fool who can mince
along find look like a fashion plate will
do for him ; no brains, no common sense
?but never mind, if she's only styiish ! *
At this juncture I waiked into the
room, and Bert, who did not know of
my proximity, looked a little crestfallen,
and soon took his departure.
" So Bert was kind enough to inform
you of my engagement," I remarked.
"Oh, yes! It was nothing to me, of
oourse! He cnly happened to mention
it
This in her most sarcastic tone of
voice, and I knew she was offended
because I had not made a confidante of
her.
" It is only a few days sinoe it was all
settled, and I was awaiting an opportunity
to inform you of it," I said,
anxious to conciliate her, if possible.
" Don't trouble yourself to make
excuses, young man. Of course no one
expected-you to think of your poor old
aunt at such a time as tbis. She has
nothing in oommon with lofty young
gentlemen nor giggling little flirts,
either."
m *
uui t-riends,
Th? old old fricn Is!
8om?ch*ngcd; sorao buried; eome gono out of
sight;
Some enemies, am) in this world's swift fleht
No time to m&ko amends.
The old old friends?
Vhere are they ? Three are lying in one grave
And one from the far-off world on the daily
wave
1 "Aunt Mahala, please 'loc't p9
judgment upon Ray ^usdell until y<
have seen her and become acquaint
I with her,,; I bagged, feeling the occ
| ?ioa to be too importunt to lose n
tprnnAr
j " Well, briDg her aronnd," she co
descended to eav. "I confess I'd li!
! to see the girl who is fool enough
! want to throw herself a^vay on von."
It wcnld never do to slight this coui
, eous invitation, so I explained to Ri
soon afterward that an eccentrio o
' annt of mine desired to see her. Ri
j expiessed her willingness to go and p*
! her a visit.
i "I dfarly like eccentric people," el
! declared, enthusiastically,
i I preatly doabted her liking Am
1 Mahala, bat I would not discourage h<
! by saying so.
! " I will come for you early Saturds
: afternoon.'' I said, as I kissed her goo<
' bye at the door. "And, darling, yo
must not mind if my aunt makes p<
i culinr remarks; it is her way."
"Oh, no! And I shall make h<
I like me, in spite of your forebodings t
I the contrary."
"Now, Ray, I never said?"
"No you never said so," interrupte
Ray, "but you looked it all the tim<
You imagine your Aunt Mahala and
won't get on together ; well, we sha!
see."
" I don't know how any one can hel
loving you," I cried, snatohing a doze
kisses from the bright, roguish faoe s
close to mine.
Saturday, immediately after lunol;
eon, I informed Aun* Mahala that
should bring Ray Ansdell to see her tho
afternoon.
"Ansdell?Ansdell," she mused. "
used to know a man by that name
good while ago ? a poor, shiftiest
drinking fellow. What did you say he
other name was?"
"Rachel," I replied, thankful that i
was an old-fashioned name, for Ann
Mahala persisted in liking anything am
everything dating fifty years back.
Then why don't you call her Eache
instead of that silly nickname? Bu
then I suppose it wonld not be stylisl
enough for her ladyBhip."
I kept my temper with an effort, am
tried to say calmly:
" Auntie, I hope you will say nothin)
to Miss Ansdell about your fortune o
your intentions regarding it. Shi
promised to marry me believing me t(
be a poor man with my way to make ii
the world, and as she will probabl:
have to live with me as suoh I don'
wans you to say auyuimg iu jtcubo ca.pectations
which may never bb realized."
"Don't be alarmed " said Aunt Mahala,
grimly, "It's not likely I'd b<
bragging of my money to a little chi'
like her, who don't know the value of t
dollar except to fritter it away on candj
and ribbons. By tbe way, I shonlc
think it would be quite a come down foi
the young lady to set up housekeeping
on a salary of seventy-five dollars t
month," sneered the old lady, in j
manner tbat made my blood boil.
"You will please be mere respectful
in speaking of her and to her," I retorted.
"I don't expect you to like
her. If I brought down an angel oui
of heaven you would say she didn'1
know anything ; but if von do not treal
Ray Ansdell decently I will never forgive
yon, and when I have a home o
my own you shall never enter it. Nov
mark my words."
"You insufferable puppy!" ehoutec
Aunt Mahala, furiously. "You lool
well talking about angels out o
heaven! You look a grtat deal mor<
like mating with an angel out of tlx
other plaoe, with your smoking ant
swearing and your disrespectful man
ner? "
Here she choked for breath and I es
caped from the room. I reflected tha
I had been exceedingly foolish to los.
my temper when talking with Annt Ma
hala, for when this happened she neve
failed to set the better of me: she cei
tainly bad done so now, and this fac
would pot her into something as near!
resembling good humor as she ever a]
lowed herself to indulge, consequent!
now was the auspicious time to presen
Bay.
I hurried at once to her home an
found her waiting for me.
"You don't say a word about m
new suit," she said, as soon as w
started. "It just came home from th
dressmaker's, and it is quite too stylis;
for anything."
My heart sank; Aunt Mahala woul
hate the dress and its owner, I thought
as I looked down at it. It was a plain
full skirt of some silky material, with
queer, gathered waist, and puffs at th
top of the sleeves; nothing fancy abou
it, but if it was stylish, its fate wa
sealed as far as Aunt Mahala was cor
L'ClUCUi
"Rob, something troubles you thi
afternoon," exclaimed far-sighted Raj
"Do I look so very hideous, and ai
you -sure that Aunt Mahala won't lik
me?"
" You are charming, my pet; but
was thinking how miserably poor I an
Ray, have you ever reflected that wit
my salary I cannot provide all tb
luxuries to which you have been accui
tomed in your own home ?"
" Rob, have you ever reflected thi
so long as I have you I don't care
penny for luxuries or anything else?"
But when you are deprived of thei
you may miss them more than yo
imagine, my dear Ray," Iurged.
" If you keep on talking in this ridii
ulous way I shall think you are becoco
ing tired of me, and in that case thei
is no use going to Bee your Aunt Me
hala," exclaimed Ray, stopping sho;
and pulling her arm from mine.
"There, there, Ray I I won't sa
another word; we'll take each other f<
better or worse,- and I'll work?oh, bo
I will work to make a fitting home f<
you I"
We had arrived at the house by th
time and I led the way at once to m
Aunt Mabala's room. The old lad
OI-AOO oa mo anil CtQ*7.ar\ ?fPQrl 11
at Bay.
' Where did you get that dress!
she demanded, without paying the lea:
attention to my formal introduction.
" Madame Guthbert made it for me
answered Ray. manifesting no surprif
at my aunt's abrupt question.
"It's the first decent dreas I've see
on a girl in fifty long years! Why, chili
1 had one made nearly like it when
was a girl; and a bead <vork bag, too
exclaimed my aunt, snatching at tl
dainty morsel of glistening steel whic
Ray held in her hands. ' Just such
one as I had given me on my eig!
teenth birthday I I used to carry
wherever l went, but one day I was 01
in a boat with a lot of young people ar
some one dropped it overboard, at
that was the last of it. I can't und;
stand bow you happen to be carryir
one so near like it in these days," Am
Mahala said, in a dazed kind of way.
"This was Grandmamma Ansdell
when she was young," Rny explaine
brightly. " It's exactly like the fus
iocable ones now, and mamma said
might have it for mine, I'm knittii
lace," she went on, as my aunt co
tinned to gaze at her like one in a dreai
" so I thought I'd brinfc it along ai
work while we talked."
" To be sure, my dear I Sit rig
here by me," said Aunt Mahala, drawi
out the easiest chair and seating Ray
it.
All this time I had stood by, so 6
tounded by the old lady's amiabili
th.tl hardly, comprehended what w
being said. Had she suddenly lost h
mind, or was Ray bewitohing her?
They were soon deep in th6 mysteri
of lace-making, and Aunt Main
brought out piece after piece of la
yellow with age.
"All my own work when I was
girl," she said; and Ray pronounc
them lovely, and asked to copy some
the patterns.
Never had I seen Aunt Mahala in sn
a mood as this, and I could only
thankful and hope for it to last.
"Rob, the poor old goose, does
i seem to appreciate lace work," E
i said, with a side-long glance at me.
"That's so," replied "Aunt Maha
; evidently agreeing on the goose qu<
; tion. " And he can go about his bu
ness, if he has any."
I left, and only returned in time
iss fafee dinner wilh them, rightly jud^inj
that they would get along as well with
ont me.
!a" " Yonr annt has given me the lovelieB
27 hand-embroiderod handkerchief ?" Ra;
informed me. "And she is going ti
n* teach me to do the eame kind of em
broidery. Oh, I've had a delightfu
t? afternoon I" the went od, turning t(
Annt Mahala, "and I shall come agaii
l* very soon."
*7 "Robert," said my aunt, as Ray wai
Id tying on her quaint poke bonnet to g<
*7 home, ' Rachel looks very much as j
*7 did at her age."
This was the worst insult of all, but J
10 bore it without u murmur, and Ray exclaimed,
impulsively:
^ " I hope I shall look as nice as yor
5r when I get to be your age!"
I actually thought I saw tears in Aunl
V Mahala's eyes, when Ray threw lie)
arms around her neck and kissed hei
u good-night, and her voice certainly trem^
9* bled ns she said:
"Good-night, my dear child. God
bless and keep you! '
0 " Rob, has your Aunt Mahala any
property?" inquired Ray, soou after we
commenced our homeward walk.
d " Yes, I believe she has some," I answered,
hypocritically.
1 " Then I am sure she intends giving
some of it to you. She asked me how I
expected to get along as the wifo of a
P poor man, and I said I should be very
D economical. I told her we were going
0 to work together and make money; that
I should do most of my own work, and
all that She chuckled and nodded her
1 head, and kept saying, 4 We shall see?
^ we shall see!' and I couldn't help
it. 1
HUtJ iUOttUb lu uu auuiovmug av>
I yon. I hope she will, Rob, for your
a sake. I don't like to think of yonr
'? toiling behind that desk to make a bare
r living for us."
Then I told her all abont the one
t hnndred thousand which I had not the
t slightest doubt would now be mine.
S " And all because you are the dearest,
sweetest, most sensible woman in
'1 the whole world!" I declared,
t "No," contradicted Ray, "it's because
b fashion, like history, repeats itself. If
the old sty'es had not become new I
3 shouldn't have had my dress made in
this delightful, old-fashioned way, nor
I should I have been carrying Grandr
mamma Ansdell's work bag, nor should
0 I have been knitting lace such as yonr
3 Aunt Mahala made so long ago; and
1 vou know very well, Rob, that it was
T all this which pleased the dear old lady."
1 "Then we'll call it Providence work
ing in our behalf, and be thankful ior
evermore," I said.
" And you will do something for your
" cousins, who will be terribly disap5
pointed," pleaded tender-hearted Ray.
t "Certainly," I replied. "I always
intended to help them if the money
r came to me "
I The next day Aunt Mahala informed
" me that I might get into any branch of
> business that I desired, and Bhe would
1 furnish the money.
1 " You have some business tact," she
said, condescendingly, "and with such a
I wife as Rachel Ansdell, you can't go far
wrong."
) I thanked her heartily, and kissed her
t to emphasize my thanks, at which she
t was greatly incensed, and told me not to
t make a fool of myself.
i Bert came over that same morning.
' I fancied he was a little anxious to know
J how Aunt Mahala liked Kay. She did
not keep him long in suspense, but
1 sounded her praises until he appeared
< to grow tired of listening;
f " Wait until you see the girl have
8 my eye on," he saidt lightly.
b " You couldn't find one like Kachel
i Ansdell if you hunted the world over.
Why, never shall iorget how I felt
when she walked in here yesterday.
She looked like some dear old pioture
t stepped down out of a frame. It
e brought back.the days of my youth?it
- did, indeed 1" declared Aunt Mahala,
r verging on the poetical.
The old lady has never lost her good
t opinion of Ray, but always looks upon
7 her with especial favor. She is losing
- Bome of her sharpness of tongue and
7 temper, too. I think she is ashamed to
t indulge before Ray, who is good nature
and sunshine itself. If she keeps on
i improving 6he will be quite a lovable
old lady, but however that may be, Rav
y and can never forget how much we
e owe her.
h The Blackberry Trade.
j Southern New Jersey supplies a large
i proportion of the blackberries that reach
'' the markets of New York, as well at
? those of Philadelphia. In the township
of Hammonton alone there are more
than 1,200 acres of blackberry bushes,
k8 When in full bloom theblaokberry fields
are almost as white as a Southern cotton
field in November. The long rows ol
I dark green plants with their wealth oj
, white blossoms are an enchanting sight
," to the lover of the beautiful. The soii
e in which thev thrive best is a ligbl
sandy loam, almost pure sand. Thej
j are cultivated witn "the greatest care
j not a weed or blade of grass being per
k mitted to interfere with their growth
e The slightest undulating, almost leve
. fields, are inclosed by well kept anc
3~ dipped hedges or arbor vitse, spruce
fir, hemlock and other ornamental ever
a green shrnbs.
Otner frnits?strawberries, raspberries,
grapes, peaches, apples and pears?
are also grown in this fertile ancl generous
soil, bat the main crop is th(
j blackberry. Abont 20,000 bntihels ol
blaokberries were shipped from Hammonton
last year, and it was a shorl
^ crop. It is estimated by the besl
^ informed residents of the township thai
there will be this year, in the height oi
the season, fifteen oar loads shipped
j every day, The crop is " pitched " foi
w 110,000 bushels or more. If th(
3r weather is favorable it will bo made.
If sufficient pickers can be brought
from Philadelphia and New York it will
ha cathered. To shio these berries
will cost in freight about $80 per car,
i* Most of this crop will come to Nes
y York, to be thence distributed throughput
out the country.
3t The picking is done mostly by Italians?men,
women and ohildren?whc
? are bronght at a trifling expense fron
' Philadelphia, lodged in rougb. quar
tero on the farms, paid from two cents
,n to two cents and a half a quart, anc
3 permitted to do their own cooking
11- ?i. _ * j mi ii..
j mosuy out 01 uoorn. jLiietse wcm iui
j. prices last year. It will probably be lesi
16 this year if the crop is abundant. A
family of three or four berry pickers can
' at the rates quoted, frequently mak<
l . moro than 85 a day. The best handi
ji pick from seventy "five to one hmdrec
qnarfs, and the others between lort;
l(j and fifty quarts with ease. The cost o
1(j living while in the country is a men
r_ trifle. The berry picking season is thi
summer festival time of the poor Italiai
families of Philadelphia.
The Last Kiss.
jj' A San Francisco man who was work
j ing a soapstone mine in the interior o
3_ the State was recently visited by hi
nK wife and child. They were all threi
D. returning to their cabin, a shcrt dis
1(j tance fiom the mine, when the wife
telling him to go on with the child
turned to go back to the tunnel for
shovel she wanted. As she started sh
turned around and sa.d: "Kiss m
first." Her husband complied. Sn
reached the entrance of the tanne
when the rocks and earth gave waj
y burying the unfortunate woman, an
88 causing her instant death,
.er ____
es A strange freak of liplitning occurre
ila in the ho lse of Daniel Gay, Rocking
ce ham, N. G. Mrs. Gay heard a sound r<
sembling the bursting of a gun cap i
a an adjoining room; and on looking int
ed the room was astonished to see a blaz
of of fire asoending from the floor net
where two children were seated. Th
ch blaze apparently ascended tc the roc
be and went out. About an hour afterwar
Mrs. Gay returned to the dining-roon
n't when a ball of fire nearly as large as
iay child's head came in the direction <
her and seemed to strike her in ti
la, breast, then burst in three or moi
is- streams of fire, the fire quickly goin
si- out. Mrs. Gay was considerably stunne<
and it was several hours before she ri
to covered from the shock.
11 THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
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|
| Salt lor Grain Croi-fl.
t, ! The Massachusetts Agricultural socir
cty coccludes tlmt salt as a manure bus
3 the property of hastening the maturing
. of all grain crops; that wheat on salted
1 land will ripen six to ten days earli?r
r, than on unsalted land, all other condi2
j tions being equal; that it increases tlie
yield from twenty five to fifty per cent!
3 that it stiffens the straw and prevents
5 rnst and smut; that it chech s, if it does
[ not entirely prevent, the ravages of the
chinch bug. The qnantity used may be
[ from one hundred and fifi;y to three
. hundred pounds per aero, but the
greater qnantity is the better.
Drilling Small Heedi.
t Many persons, in the absence of a
> drilling machine, and for small planta
tions, drop the eeedB of carrots, tur.
nip?, etc., by hand, which is slow and
! laborious, as they do not think it worth
while to buy a machine for use one day
in the year. A more rapid and even
mode than through tho fingers is to
i nail a tin cup to the lower end of a
wooden rod the size of a walking stick,
. and making one or two perflations
through the bottom of the cup just
large enough to let the seed through,
walk 6lowly along the trenoh, shakiile
the seed into it. which is then covered
i with a steel rake. Planting mav be i
done quite rapidly in this way and more
evenly than wholly by hand. The cup
need not necessarily be conical at the
bottom, and, in fact, should have some
flat bottom, so that the seeds may nlide
over it and thus pass out when shaken.
A wooden rabe with 6hort, thick teeth
at the right distances, will make the
trenches rapidly.? Country Gentleman.
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To Remove Taraaltes.
J. S. Latimer, of Abingdon, 111., in
the Breeder's Gnz-tte, says: "Takecommon
bar or soft soap; place in a pan
containing a little water; then heat un- '
til melted down; then add carbolic acid
orystals (carbolic acid crystals can be
had of a druggist in one pound bottles
nt BAVAnt.v.fivfl cents each), at least one !
ounce of acid to each, ponnd of eoap
used; there is no danger if nsed stronger.
To reduce the crystals to a flnid state
remove the cork from the bottle, place
in water and heat the water, when it
may be easily poured out and mixed
with the soap. When cool a strong suds
made with this soap will bo sure death
to all insects that live on domestic
animals. It will cnro mange, barn itch,
and all cutaneous diseases, and makes a
cheap and effectual sheep dip. When
cattle are hide-bound, or the hair does
not appear healthy, a wai.h of the suds
will prove a benefit, as it is cleansing
and healing in cases of sores. It is
valuable in the poultry house. It is a
good and sure disinfectant; is cheap,
eafe and effectual, and will be found
useful for a great variety of purposes.
If your readers will try this they will
want nothing better."
Inncct Remedies.
As timely to the advent of the insect
corps we present the following remedies,
most of which wo have tried and
fnnnd effioacious
For the striped cucumber buff, bo
destructive to melon, squash and cucumber
vines, light sprinkling daily of fine
soot from the fireplace and hand picking.
The bug will be found secreted under
the clods, etc., near the vines in the i
daytime, and may be crushed between
the fingers. Fresh gas-house lime!
scattered around the hillH helps to keep !
them off. It should not be pub upon i
the plants.
For the little flea beetle on cabbage
and tobacco plants use soot as above,
or fish brine sprinkled over the plants.
Also plaster and phosphato.
For the cabbage worm or larvoe of the
cabbage butterfly, soot, cayenne pepper,
copperas water, salt, plaster and
incessant hand pi-king. Also a ruthless
n nn fViu Vint.farflinn rPJii? riant, in
fearfully on the increase in oar midst
and calls for stringent preventive or
exterminating measures.
For the Colorado beetle, another-very
' troublesome insect, London purple,
Paris green, both with caution and
afttr every rain. Cease!ass hand picking
is often the best remedy:
1 For the squash bug hand picking and ,
crashing.
For the out worm, lime, salt, thorough |
drainage, swine.
, For the tobacco fly, cobalt, turke)8,
, hand picking, night fires. The latter
, might be made very effective in cases of
, hurtful inaeots that fly at night.?Rural
, Messenger.
| Trnkulng Tomato Plant*.
There is no doubt that a greater
[ quantity of desirable fruit is obtained
f when the branches of each tomato plaut
i are elevated on brush or frames, as the
[ fruit is by thin means exposed to sun
i and air; oftentimes only one stake is
r employed ; any arrangement that brings
( about the required exposure and keeps
. the fruit from the ground will serve a
, good purpose.
i The maturity of the first fruit that
I sets may b9 greatly accelerated by
, pinching off the> extremities of the tops
nd the snrrnnn ding shoots that appear.
A good rule is to stop side shoots at the
. first blossom.
A nrwAl method of training the tomaLo
. plant appeared in a report of the Maine
Pomological society: Stakes seven or
eight feet long were inserted in the
ground the last of May, three feet apart,
in a warm, sheltered location, and
, strong tomato planA were procured,
whioh had been started
under glass and contained one or two
blossom buds. These were planted
near the stakes. The plant was then
tied to the stake with listing, and all
the side branches which had pashed at
the axillar or angles formed by the
separation of the leaves, were pinched
or cnt out with scissors, so as to compel
, the plant to grow on a single stem; and
r every weefc dnrmg ttie season tnese
. branches were removed, and the stems,
from time to time, were tit d to the
. stake. When a sufficient number of
> clusters had been formed, the remainder
i were removed, so as to concentrate the
. whole energies of the plant to the
3 growth and ripening of the remaining
I tomatoes; and the heaviest branches
, were supported by tying them to the
5 stake3. It was claimed for this method
3 that the ripening of the fruit was not
l only hastened but its flavor improved
, and size increased.?New York World.
^ bnm> oml (inrilrn KotCN.
I No- system of farming is complete
j that dispenses with clover as a rotation
f crop.
3 It is the wise farmer who plants no
a more than he can thoroughly till and
j care for.
Melons, cucumbers and squashes are
cultivated in the same manner, but
they should never be planted near each
other.
* In highly-bred and liberally-fed
* animals the teeth are produced earlier
9 than in those living und# the reverse
0 conditions.
Sow mangels, sugar beets, carrots
and parsnips as early as possible, and
' fit the land thoroughly before putting
* in the seed.
e
e One acre of land well prepared and
e well tilled produces more than two
>1 which receive only the same amount
of labor used on one.
d One pound of oilcake, says a distinguished
French chemist, is equal to
three pounds of cornmeal, nine pounds
of bran or ten pounds of hay.
^ For an apple orohard select ground
that will raise a good lusty crop of po3"
tatoes. The soil should be well pulvern
ized. Such ground will never be too
0 moist.
20
ir When cauliflowers do not head well
e the blooms, if fine though small, may
jf be thrown into the picklo jar. Into
3 the same jar may be put the green
j seeds of nasturtiane, but they should
a not be left until they aro hard, dry and
5f woody.
ie It is important to spread manure
e evenly and at once when drawn, so that
g the entire surface of the field gets the
1, benefit. If some paits are poorer apply
5. more manure, but equally even. Then
the growth will all come alike, and no
t
| full crop can be grown without. Always
: apply a brush-drag or harrow to
j even it.
A farmer says: "Four years ago my
j lmrn was fearfully infested with ratB.
I They were so numerous that I feared
I having my whole crop destroyed by
| them after it was housed; but after
harvesting tsvo ncres of wild peppermint
that grew in a field of wheat it
drove the rats from my premises. I
have not been troubled with them
since, while mj neighbors have any
I nnonfifv nf lliom in fhoir Vvnili^in era."
IjUMUUillJ w* VUVU AM WMVA* MMH'MMqwi
Professor J. H. Oomstock na.ya thathe
oyster-shell bark louse, whioh infests
the bark of apple trees and int
jures their growth, may be destroyed
by thoroughly wetting all the infested
parts of the tre?3 with a solution of
soap made with one pound of toap in
one gallon of water; or with a solution
made of half a pound of strong lye in
a gallon of water. Those solutions are
applied by means of a garden syringe
or force-pump.
When.you give medicine for chioken
cholera be careful that tne water the
fowls drink is pure. We give a plenty
of green food, chopped and made palatable
by mixing with other edibles.
If you see a thick-skinned fruit on the
ground break it, so that the biid may
get at its best part, or at least be
tempted to try it. The Poultry World
preficriues equal parts 01 peppermint,
laudanum, and camphor?five to ten
drops of the mixture every day.
In growing heifer calves for the dairy
the important thing to accomplish is to
grow the frame and muscular Bystem
without laying out much fat. It is a
rangey, well-developed animal, with a :
vigorous digestion, that is wanted in
the milch cow. The profitable milch
cow must be a large eater, and make
the best use of her food in order to
produce u large yield of milk. In
rearing the heifer, then, she BhoulS be
so fed as to give her a full development
of ber vital organs, and this will necessarily
bring her digestive organs into
special aotivity.
Recipe*.
Tomatoe Pie ?Peel ripe tomatoes
and slice; sprinkle over them a little
salt and let them stand a few minutes;
pour off the juice and add sugar, half a
cup of cream, one egg, nutmag and
cover with a rich paste and bake in a
moderate oven over half an hour.
Bbiad.?A kind of bread which is
very popular at the South, and in some
parts of the North also, is made in this
way: Two cups of Indian meal, one cup
of cold boiled rice, three well-beaten
eggs, one tablespoonful of melted butter,
two cnps and a half of milk, one
teaspoonfal of salt, a pinch of soda.
Mix the ingredients thoroughly, putting
the rice in last of all; bake in a hot
oven, in a round, shallow pan. The top
should be a dark brown.
Chili Sauoe.?Twelve large, ripe tomatoes,
four ripe or three green peppers,
two onions, two tablespoonf ils
salt, two of sugar, one of cinnamon,
three cups vinegar; peel tomatoes and
onions, chop (separately) very fine, add
the peppers (chopped) with the other
ingredients, aid boil one and a half
hours. Bottle, and it will keep a lcng
time. Stone jugs are better than glass
cans. One quart of oanned tomatoes
may be used instead of the ripe ones.
This Ohili sauce is excellent and much
better and more healthful than catsup.
Old-fashioned Loai Caxe.?Take
three quarts of sifted (and well heaped}
flour, a pint of soft butter, one quart ol'
sugar, five gills of new milk, half a pint
of yeast, three eggs, two pounds oi!
raisins, a teaspoonful of soda, a gill ol!
brandy or wine, two teaspoons cinnamon
and two of nutmeg. Scald the milk,
cool to blood-warm, add the yeast, then
tbe flour, to which all the butter and
hall the sugar have been added ; then
mix together and let rise nntil light.
It is better to set this sponge over
night, and in the morning add the other
ingredients (flour tbe raisins) and let
rise again. When light, fill the baking*
pans and let rise again. Bake in a
moderate oven. This recipe makes
three large loaves, and is a standard
economical loaf-cake.
lloD*ehald (Hut*.
Lime sprinkled in fireplaces dnring
summer months is healthy.
To clean black cloth dissolve one
onnce of bicarbonate of ammonia in
one qnart warm water. With this
liqnid rub the cloth, using a piece of
flannel or black cloth for the pfirpose.
After t.he application of this solution,
clean the cloth well with clear water,
dry and iron it, brushing the cloth from
time to time in the direction of the
fiber.
To isoften bard water, add half a
pound of the best quick lime, dissolved
in water to everv hundred gallons.
Smaller proportions may be more conveniently
managed, and if allowed to
stand a short time the lime will have
united with the carbonate of lime and
been deposited at the bottom of the
receptacle. Another way is to put a
gallon of lye into a barrelful of water.
flnlw'nPH and other colored fabrics
j can, before washing, be advantageously
j soaked for a time in a pail of water to
which a spoonllnl of oxgall has been
added. It helps keep the color. A
teacup of lye to a pail of water will
improve the color of blaok goods when
necessary to wauh them: and vinegar in
the ringing water of pink or green will
brighten those colors, as will soda for
purple and blue.
Odd Happenings.
In Elberton, Ga., during a recent
rain, a large turtle fell from the oluuds
into the fitreets.
In Grant county, Kentucky, a horso
?? ? ~ I iI?a ?"? ri rl aiv nri/1 r\ irt/1 f
Watt ULLttJU ujr a ixiau. uups uitu ui
hydrophobia. Over twenty-five dogs
I feasted on the carcass, went mad and
j had to be killed.
The liquor drank in Louisiana costs
! $17,000,000?$2,000,000 more than its
combined cotton, sugar and rice crop.
Virginia drinks up her entire wheat
crop annually.
A toper of Carson, Nev., boasts that
he has not once went to bed sober since
1854, and that in that time there was
not a single day in which he did net
take fifty drinks of whisky.
The ball that put out Peter Vandemark's
eye came out at his shoulder a
few days ngo. It was sent by a Confederate
Bbarpshooter in the late war,
bnt was supposed to have glanced off.
He has enjoyed good health since then.
S. H. Bobbins,, of Greenville. Ohio,
aged twen.t\-nino years, previous to the
Uth of April last was perfectly white.
Since then he has been turning black,
and is now the color of a full-blooded
negro. His disease is said to be melanosis.
The most astonished man the clerk
of the O'Brien county (Iowa) court ever
saw was one who applied for a marriage
licenRe and nearly went crazy when he
found that just twenty-four hours before
another follow had secured a license to
marry the same girl.
When Charles Waltera, of Helen Fornace,
Pa., was struck by lightning it ran
down his body, cutting open his coat,
tronsers and one boot, as if done with a
knife. The beech tree under which he
was standing gave no evidence of the
bolt.
Alter a Smith county (Va.) well digger
dug 300 feet down he went through
with a plunge into a subterranean lake,
the distance between the eairth and the
water being Beveral feet. A small boat
was let down and he sailed over five
miles, when he found the outlet to be a
spring in the side of a hill.
As Mrs. Sophia Mervine, of West
Philadelphia, was replacing the spout
of the tin leader that ran down outside
of her house lightning knooked it from
her hand. The bolt then paBsed into
the water of the receiving barrel, completely
deluging her with water. The
most Bingular part of the whole ooourrenoe
is that neither the woman nor the
house was injured in the least.
"The ocean's roar V Of course the
ocean's roar. You wouldn't have it
cooked, would you ?
FISHING FOB GREENBACKS.
How a Too InsrenlouH IJnnk Janitor Condueled
Systematic Prcalntion?Directors
l'uzzlert, Dc ectlvpH Bullied?Tbe 1'Inn Discovered
by Accident.
As far back as January last tha National
bank of Elizabeth, N J., of
which Mr. John Kenn is president, sent
for ex-Chief of Police John Keron and
instructed him to discover if he could
who had been systematically robbing
the bank since the previous July. Chief
Keron worked hard on the case and
associated with himself the present
chief of police, William D. Jenkins.
The only conclusion the two could arrive
at after most thorough sifting was
that the robberies were committed by
some one connected with the institution.
The bank being a solid one, and not in
tho slightest way incommoded by the
Iops of the money stolen, the officers
and direotors weri much disturbed
at the po-sibility of such
things happening, notwithstanding
every precaution, and nothing seemed
to be left them to do but quietly dismiss
the clerks upon suspicion. These
two young men were Edward Sherwood,
the paying teller of the bank, and
Joseph McGuire, the bookkeeper. Mr.
Sherwood was an estimable and very
pjpular young man, who, thrown on
the world when a mere boy, had worked
his way up from office boy in the bank
to the place he then held. Mr. McGuire
was brother to James McGuire, who
was then and is still the cashier of the
DanK. xne two youag mun woraeu
almost side by side, and in the temporary
absence of Sherwood MoQniie
for the time being alwayB took his
place. They were on the most friendly
terms, and thongh between them stood
the dark mystery as to who was robbing
the money drawer, neither was over
known to throw a donbt upon the
other's character.
Mr. Sherwood had, of course, from
his position as paying teller, charge of
the moneys of the bank for each day's
business, and these moneys were placed
as they were received in a large drawer
beside the paying teller's window, and
this drawer, for the o erk's convenience,
was separated into several compartments,
beginning with one for one
dollar bills and running up progressively
to fifties and hundreds. It was
from this drawer that the money was
stolen?always in fifties and twenties?
and the robbery was always committed
daring banking honrs. At no other
time was there money in this drawer,
and at no time dnring the day was
either Sherwood or MoGuire absent
from that portion of the office. The
two young men protested that they
conld not explain how the money was
abstraoted, and declared their innocence
of all knowledge of it Sherwood
was under bonds for a
considerable amount to secure the
bank, and after the first occasion he
failed in being able to balance his accounts
for the day he notified the
cashier of that fact, expressing his own
wonder at the occurrence. The cashier
could make no better hand of the acoonnt.
This was ou the 18th of July,
1881, and the first money that mysteriously
disappeared from the drawer was
8200. Sherwood's bondsmen promptly
made the loss good and expressed their
willingness to stand by the young fellow,
believing him not to be guilty. On
September iy, 1881, it was found at the
close of the day that he was 8340 short;
on November 28, 1881, he was 8320
short; on January 9, this year, he was
-l a, aloh j t - 1 o 1
Buuri/Oiou, aiiu on jauuurj xu uo waa
f hort 8480. His bondsmen made all the
lostie') good,
lb was at this jnncture that cz-Obief
of Police Eeron was called in and the
private life of Sherwood and McGuire
was watched and scanned with close3t
scrutiny. Keron. and Jenkins knew
every dollar that the two bank clorka
had in their possession, how much they
spent of it, and where and with whom,
and, in a word, " kneff as much about
them as thf-y did themselves." But
they failed to find a flaw in the daily
lives of the two young men, and so reported
to the directors of the bank who
had employed them. Then a change
was made by the bank management, and
FLT n/ln i i*n mna a nntinrt
iu.ly\^uuu TT no lldUCHCilOU VU VUO A r>
teller's desk and Sherwood to the bookkeeper's.
This arrangement was only
to last for a few weeks, however, nntil a
reasonable time was given both to find
other employment and in order that
the two should not leave at the same
time. Strangely enongh, not a dollar
was taken from the money drawer while
McGuire was paying teller. The robbery
was then in a very complicated
condition. Mr. Oharles Halsey, who
was then a member of the common
council of the town, was made paving
teller. And then, from January 16 to
June 10, there was not a ruffle on the
bank directors' faces. Everything had
now quieted down, they thought, and
not very much harm had been done.
But again the mysterious agency was
j at work, and on June 10 $350 wae
spirited away, and nobody could even
begin to form a suspicion as to how it
had been done. Not a vestige of the
track of a thief was left behind. Watchful
energy was redoubled. There wa?
nothing new to be seen around, and
everything was again quiet as it had
; been for several months.
On Monday afternoon last, however,
a very strange scene occurred in th?
bank and ex-Chief Keron and Ghlei
Jenkins were summoned. It happened
in this way: Mr. Halsey was attending
customers at the paying tellers desk,
when suddenly his attention was called
to a slight noise as if somebody waf
knocking lightly on tJaecounter outside,
and thinking it might be the child oi
the gentleman in front of him he looked
over to see, but there was no child there.
Ho had occasion to open the monej
drawer just then, and to his astonishment
he heard therein a feeble noise
ana sometiung line a rustle or a note,
He cloBed the drawer quickly, coming
to the conclusion that a mouse bad gone
into it. When he disposed of the business
he had in hand he began to think
I the mouse might gnaw at some of the
not es. He opened the drawer quickly and
a very thin line snapped before his
eyes, and he beheld lying on a twentydollar
note, which seemei partly r ised
up from the others, a small piece oi
lead, about an ounce in weight. Examination
showed that on one face ol
the lead was a coating of gutta percha
and over this again was a coating ol
shoemaker's wax in a soft and pliable
condition. The cashier was scmmoned,
the directors were notified, and the twc
detectives, Keron and Jenkins, were
soon on the spot. The cash was counted
in the money drawer and it was found
that that little piece of lead had that
morning carried away to some place un
known thirteen bills, or 8260 in all. ExChief
Keron then followed the thin
fishing line, and found that it had been
run through two screw rings, or what
Bailors call "deadeyes," one intheundei
surface of the counter and another be
bind tho rear of tho drawer. There waE
a space between the top ol
the money drawer and the counter,
concealed, of course, in front. In
t he floor there ;ras an old gaspipe hole,
left there after some alterations in the
nrrrangement of the offioe furniture.
This was in such a position relative tc
l.he cash drawer, that lines reeved
thruogh both the screw rings could be
fio worked as to drop in the lead by one
movement and carry it out again by a
reverse one, a bill being attached, oi
course, during the latter movement. II
was plain that tho work was done from
underneath tho ofiice, and to this place
nobody had access but tho janitor,
George Washington Bennett, alias
Aokerman. Through the flooring here
was also found another hole, carefullj
dug out from the ceiling, with a space
cleared away between the ceiling and
the flooring above through which the
lino could pass.
The two police officials at once concluded
to arrest the janitor. Thej
waited until after tho bank was closed
and then quietly took him into the
directors' room, where at first ho stoutlj
denied bis guilt, but after an hour'*
talk Bennett confessed that he was
guilty and explained how he had bm
long eluded detection. A searching inquiry
revealed that ho had earliar in
' the day hidden away $832, $260 ol
which he had stolen that day before tiie
line snapped. This money has been recovered.
The prisoner admitted that
he felt " all was np with him'' when lie
found that tho line was brokeD. He
told the officers that with tho stolen
money he had bought u jacht for
86w, a Rnn for $4u, an interest in
a lishing business for S100, and sr.me
Hociety emblems, including a gold ring
He denied that he hud hud an fcceom- j
plioe, and explained the long lapses between
the dates of some of the robberits
by saying he never took any money
except when what he had already stolen
was spent. The prisoner received no compensation
for his services as janitor of
the bank beyond the free nEe of his
apartments. Daring the war he served
in the navy nnder the name of Ackerman,
but in Newark he has always been
known as George W. Bennett. Though
a painter by trade, he rarely if ever
worked at that busmepp. He has a wife
and three ohildren. ?New York Herald.
SCIENTIEIC NOTES.
Seasoned wood, well saturated with
oil when put together, will not shrink in
the driest weather.
l t? 1.1.-1 - n
A xtUBBiaii {taper reports a vjar*
man has sucoeeded in producing petroleum
in a solid form.
At the distance of Neptune the solar
attraction is 900 times less than at the
distance of the earth.
The temperature required for kindling
matches varies from 150 degrees to
160 degrees Fahrenheit.
Sap is water with sugary, saline,
albuminous, mucilaginous and gummy
matters dissolved in it.
The microphone'has been successfully
used in studying the noises of volcanic
eruptions and earthquakes.
It is said that there are upward of
8,000 eteam plowing maohines now employed
in England and Scotland,
Steam at ordinary, pressure, when
sent into saline solutions, raises their
temperature considerably above its
own.
An estimate of the quantity of sedimAnf
AAwind ^AWYI V??r P.hinoDfl
uiouu VMiicu uunu *~rj VMAUVUW AIT WAD
indicates that if the deposit continues
at the piesent rate the Yellow sea will
be converted into dry land in 36,000
years. .
MM.'Grehaur and Quiquand have determined
by a series of interesting experiments
that the total weight of blood
in the system of a live mammal is between
one-twelfth and one-thirteenth of
the body weight.
A process for making gnm from Atlantic
and Paciflo alga has recently
been devised from Prance. The resulting
product is said to be useful in (the
arts, especially in the manufacture of
eather substitute.
After a cruise of a few months in the
South Pacific, a French man-of-war was
Tecently found to have specimens of
living coral growing upon her hull.
This interesting discovery has thrown
some light on the question of the
rapidity of growth of corals. The evidence
tends to show that the vessel on
passing a reef of the Gambier Islands,
against which it rubbed, had picked up
a young fungia, which adhered to the
sheathing of the ship, and grew to the
size and weight it had when observed,
a diameter of nine inches, and a weight
of two and a half pounds, in nine
weeks.
Chronic poisoning by arsenio has received
the experimental attention of
Doctors Oaillot de Poncy and Livon,
on/1 +tia raanlfa r\t fhnir nVioorvaf.inriB
may be of value to certain ladies and
cot a few medical practictioners. Small
doses were given to cats at intervals.
Under the inflaenoe of the arsenio tbey
were able to take more than the normal
quantity of food. For a time they increased
in weight, and presented every
outward evidence of good health. Byand-bye
a change occurred. The cats
had diarrhea; they lost appetite; they
became languid, and they died in an
aneemio and lean conditiorf.
TJae Heaviest Drain ever weigaea in
this country was taken from the sknll
of James H. Madden, who died recently
in Leadville. The doctor who attended
him dnring his last sickness had observed
the immensa frontal and lateral
development of his head, and determined
to weigh the brain, bnt his astonishment
was great when it brought
down the soales at 62J ounces. Clavier's
brain weighed 64i ounces?considerably
surpassing all other records?but the
brains of Napoleon, Agassiz and Webster,
though phenomenally he^ry, were
much lighter than Madden's. It is an
interesting fact that Madden was not a
naturalist, a soldier or a statesman, but
, a gambler.
Farms in the United States.
A census bulletin gives the following
1 table, showing the number of farms in
1 each State and Territory. Superin1
tendent Walker in a note says that the
1 returns of 1870 from Massachusetts
1 were undoubtedly defective. He also
' says : " The great increase in the num1
ber of farms from 1870 to 1880 in the
Northern, Western and Pacific States
' and the Territories is of course satisfactorily
explained by the rapid settlement
of those regions during the past
! decade. The great increase in the late
1 slftvp States, esneciallv in the cotton
' region, is readily accounted lot by the
> sub-division of the large plantations
| of ten and twenty years age, by r* ason
of social and industrial changes conee1
quent upon the war, and also in the
' case of Florida, Arkansas and Texas by
[ emigration.''
! Rate I
i per cent I
t of i 18S0. 1970.
! increase, !
, | 1870-1S80.
The United States..! 51 4,003,907 2,659,958
' Alabama ! 102 ! 135,864 67,SS2
! Arizona 346 767 172
. Arkansas 91 94,433 49,424
, California ; 51 35,934 23,724
' Colorado..., j 159 4,50C 1,73S
! Connecticut! 80 30,593 25,503
I Dakota 914 17,435 1,720
1 Delaware i 15 8,749 7,615
I Dlst. of Columbia... 103 435 209
Florida 129 23,43S 10,Ml
Georgia. ! 93 138,626 69,950
Idaho 355 1,835 414
f Illinois 26 255,741 202,$03
Indiana ; 20 | 194,013 161,239
' Iowa 59 135,351 116,292
! Kansas 263 | 138,561 33,202
Kentucky < 41 ' 166,453 113,424
Louisiana 70 1 43,292: 23,431
: Maine I 9 j 54.309; 59,sOO
i Maryland i 50 ' 4.1,':.-1 nT.O1*
Massachusetts I 45 I 33,406,
Michigan j 56 | 154,003) 93,7S6
i Minnesota j 99 I 92,3841 46,500
, Mississippi : 50 101,77. 63,023
Missouri | 45 215,575' 147,323
. Montana i 73 . 1,519 351
, Nebraska I 415 I 63,337, 12,301
| Nevada. | 36 1,404- 1,036
' New Hampshire, | 3 | 32,181 j 29,640
New Jersey '. ...1 12 34,307j 30,652
New Mexico j 13 5,053! 4,4S0
' New York 11 24l,05S| 216,203
I North Carolina. OS 157,009: 93,565
Ohio | 26 247,139. 195,953
1 Oregon I 114 16,2l7j 7,537
i Pennsylvania I 23 213,542' 174,041
. Rhode Island | 16 6,216 5,3i?
South Carolina 81 93,364! 51,3S9
Tennessee 40 165,6501 1 IS,141
I Texas I 135 174,134| 61,125
t Utah ' 93 9.452, 4.9<>S
1 Vermont 5 35,522] 33,327
Virginia I 60 ll"i,5l7 73,349
Washington ; 109 6,529; 3,127
West Virginia I 5S 62,674: 39,778
Wisconsin ; 31 134,322 102,904
i Wyoming ; 161 457 174
What " Dead Drunk" Jleaiis.
i " Dead drunk" is described by sai
vants of llie Paris Biological society to
i be a condition in which there is a prof
portion of one part of olcohol to 195
; parts of blood in the circulation.
, Should the proportion ever come to bo
! one part of alcohol to 100 of blood,
, death wonld en&ue. This might bapt
pen, and, in fact, has happtned res
peatediywhere a very large quantity of
' acoholio liqnor is swallowed at one
? time and quickly. In ordinary drinkI
ing consciousness is lost, and with it
s the power to drink moro before the
proportion of alcohol in the circulation
. inbecoea fa'_al.
Johnny, aged twelve, ran into the
' house and exclaimed, in well-feigned
astonishment: "Oh, ma! I saw u little
i baby out here with only two ear.s and
i one nose!'' "Good gracious!" exclaimod
the startled mother, in a single
breath, throwing up her hands. 11 Good
i gracious! yon don't tell me the poor
1 little dear however did it happen !"
t un THE liAUlES.
W
PT" Kewi oiid Notes for Women.
Tho bnsy fingers of women in the
United States nse up 25,000,000 spools
j of cotton thread evjry year.
j Alice A. Freeman, president of Weile&loy
collece, has been awarded the At
' degree of Ph. D., by Michigan nnii
TTOI'tl f XT 4 .
- Al
The newspapers of Oregon stand on
the pending snffr&ge amendment twen- D
ty-three in favor, Ave opposed, and fonr '
neutral.
Mrs. C. M. Raymond (Annie Louise
Oary) has given two hundred and fifty
dollars to establish a free bed in the
Maine General hospital.
Miss Helen Gladstone, daughter of i
the premier, Las acceptad the vice |
principt}lship of Newnham college, in
place of Mrs. Henry Sedgwick, who
will resign in October. te
President Andrew D. White, of Cornell
college, denies the statement that ci
the number of male students in that
university had deoreased because of the m
admission cf women. ri
Edward Pumphrey, of Indiana polis st
a young man over twenty-one years o
age, has never voted, and has vowed es
nnf fn wnffl nnfil Vi ia oiafa> on/I mnfVi at* U.
wv/v wu fwww uuvii uw uwvv* uuu auvvuw* |jf
can accompany him to the polls.
Albert Morris and Jennie Adams were k<
airily married in the olonda over To- ol
peka, Kansas; but tho balloon landed
them in a forest and they had to make p]
a honeymoon pedestrian journey of ten ^
miles to get back into civilization.
Miss Fletcher, who has spent some
time in Washington and awakened much jE
interest in her studies among the Indian
tribes, will go with the Indian girls and
yoang men who have finished their **
course at Carlisle, Pa., and are to be returned
to their respective tribes. w
Mrs. Jackson, the "H. H." of maga- .
zine literature, has been in the country
around Los Angles, Oal., for some ?
months, gathering material for descrip- n<
tive articles. One of her subjects will
be the old missions of Southern Cali- ri
fornia. She is being assisted fy two
special artists, as well as by her hus* i&
band, William S. Jackson, a wealthy
banker of Colorado. tu
How rigidly the rules of the court of ai
Queen Victoria are enforced may be in- sc
ferred from the fact that at the last. t\
levee held at the Crystal palace gentleman
tconrincr tnfflaa nt nM ldp.o a. Ann. _i
torn which, it appears, has become quite ^
in vogne again in eome oiroles in Lon- w
don, were oondneted by an official to a ^
side room, where the obnoxious decorations
were ont from their wrists before ?
they were permitted to appear in the
presence of royalty. *
Faabloa Fancies. 4
Lace is worn on everything and with ?
everything.
New French dresses are exceedingly a]
short in the ekirt. tj
Mnslin embroidery is seen upon new 0j
bonnets of Parisian make. A
Pretty morning wrappers are of white ft
nainsook or plaid mnslin in Mother o:
Hubbard style. n
Pongee never goes out of fashion. 1<
The newest dresses in this are em- J*
broidered in silk. e
Black grenadines and Spanish nets
are made up over dark colors, such as
garnet, olive, old gold, etc. , J*
TTconnVi (inofnmoH ornv mnrn hnnflFant.
while on the other hand sesthetio Sidresses
becooe more and more olinging. ~j
A new fancy for plaited skirts of fine 0
woolen dresses is to pnt wide box-plaits <j
alternating with a group of knife plaits ^
the whole length of the skirt. tl
Festooned bias soarfs of silk edged I
with lace are called Marie Antoinette t:
flounces, and are the trimmings on
French dresses for balls and parties. j
Tarkey-redcalioo dresses for children, i
made in Mother Hubbard style, and
trimmed with Medici lace, are very ?
fashionably worn for morning dresses e
at the seashore. p
One of the prettiest costumes for the
country is a shrimp pink satine with ii
ecru embroidered rnffleB, and a large r
manila hat trimmed with white roses ii
and red currants. a
English women use many old-fashioned
fabrics that have long been out &
of market in this country; these are ^
chally, mnslin de laine, painted muslins, 8
taffeta silks and the handkerchief 6
dresses. P
Moire this year very seldom forms
the whole of a oostume. It is only n
used in combination with other mate- S
rials, such as satin, foulard, taffetas, P
lawn, silk or oashmere. It quite fre- 8
quently forms the skirt or bodice alone, *
tho other portions of the toilet being of
a contrasting material, or it is frequent- If
ly employed .for facings, collar, sash, ?
pelerine, cuffs and vest in the formation e
of a new costnme or the reuovation of n
one of a past season. tj
Many summer borftiets, following Ihe 8i
style of the "Langtry" bonnets have
the crowns completely covered with g
broad lo ps of satin ribbon. One p
nrohtv orvnflAv hnnnet in this fashion is V
rvv,j o j r~~j
made of white cactus-lace straw, the t<
brim being covered with a passemen- a
terie of white pearl beads. The crown o
is covered with broad, flat loops of V
criam-white satin ribbon. Inside the te
bonnet is faced with pale lilac surah, c<
and the strings, which tie at the left b
side, are of white satin, lined with p
lilac.
The new buttons are small and great j
numbers of them are used. Steel and
brass buttons are for the military furore,
but small, round and nail-head shapes ]?
appear among the more expensive styles "
of the Jay. Enameled in colors on 0
metal these are dainty little affairs. n
j Colored glass buttons, with a satiny a(
| sheen, come in all the new evening e
I nhndnfl for trimmine nun's veilings and a:
cashmeres and are very effective under ?
gaslight. Round pearl buttons with 11
opaline tint, are a wise purchase, since *
they last indefinitely and are always ('
handsome, A high novelty in buttons J'
is in bell-shape in tinted metal, with j u
small flowers painted on the closed j ?
month of the bell. j ,
, 8;
American Millionaires.
j Before the war there were few men j e
| in the United States worth over 85,- ^
j 000,000. Most of Stewart's property I p
was acquired during and afcer the war. e
Most of the men now worth ?10,000,- | 8,
000 and upward were considered poor i e
and honest twenty-five years ago To j j
day W. H. Vanderbilt lias 865,000>000 ^
in United States bonds; and he is re- h
ported to hold some 850,000,000 in Nefl j jj
York Central and Hudson river stoak,
850,000,000 more in other railroads in i c
this and other States, and a vast amount j
of valuablo real estate in this city. His j]
property cannot amount to less than
8200,000,000, and probably is nearer 0
?300.000,000 than the former sum. He 8,
is without question the richest man on j|
the plobo to day. He could buy any of |
the R ithschiids, and still bp the richest j
man in tbe world. And unlike the rich I $
aan of England?the Dukes of Bed-j
ford, Westminster, Argyll and Buc- j
cleueh, who inherited their estates? H
Vanderbilt's property has been accumulated
in two generations, and most of it
within thirty years. The case stands g
without a parallel in history. c
It is a singular list of names that fol- t.
low that of Vanderbilt in this catalogue, g
We take each at his reput *d valuation : t
Jay Gould, 8100,000,OiH); Mackey, r
$50,000,000; Crocker, 850,000,000 ; John ?
R jckafeller, of tho Standard Oil Compaov,
S40.000.000; C. P. Huntington, t
820,000 000; D. O. Mills, 820,000,000; d
Senator Fair. 530,000,000 ; ex-Governor
Stanford, 840.000,000; Russell Sage, u
815,000,000; J. R. Keene, 815,000,000;
S.J. Tilden, 815,000,000; E. D. Mor- t
gan, 810,000,000; Samuel Sloan, 810,- ?
000,000; Commodore Garrison, 810,- ?
000.000; Cyrus W. Field, 810,000,000; "
Hugh J. Jewett, 85,000,000; Sidnf-y r
Dillon, ?5,000,000 ; David Dows, 85,- !.
000,000; J. DeNavarro, 85,000,000; 1
John W. Garrett, 85.000,000; W. W.
Astor, 85,000,000.?New York Star.
?? t
A foreign journal states that chemi- t
cally pure glycerine, when taken in 1:
large quantities, exerts a pcisonous t
effect on the system, comparable to that t
produced by alcohol. t
me icuun xouo
hen overhead the gray clouds meet,
And the air ia heavy with mist and rain,
le clambers up to the window seat,
And watches the storm through the 'yellow
pane.
, the painted window she langhs with glee,
She smiles at the clonds with aaweetdisdaia
id calls: " Now, papa, it's sunshine torn*,
A a olio ni-Miaoa Ytnr fa/?n tft tllfi VfillflW tian?.
sar child, in life should the gray clouds roll,
Heavy with grief o'er tby path amain,
ealing the sunlhht from thy soul,
God keep for thee eomewhere a yellow pane I
? Walter Learned, in St. Xichoku.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
It is a barren kind of criticism that
Us jon what a thing is not.
The way to treat a man of doubtful
edit is to take no note of him.
Why does the tight-trousers young
an practice economy by walking upght
? The answer is: Because by not
ooping he saves rent
There ought to be a great many red
\rs in the corn crop this season; it has
TCU M1ACU ttUUUU DV iUUUUi
It takes 6.000,000 miles of fence to
3bd the neighbors' cows and hens oat
! the gardens in this country.
As between the cheese press and th<
rinting press, the former is the strongit,
but the latter is the more rapid.
Perhaps the reason why the voice of
nth is so rarely heard is beca-se, livig
in a well, she is apt to have a cold.
"Does the world miss any one?" you
ik, Julia. No, it don't miss any one,
alesshe takes somebody's money along
ith him.
" Don't be discouraged, my son, but
ke heart." "Should be delighted,
ther," was the reply; "but whose
sart shall I take?"
Nothing makes so much noise as a
okety wagon with nothing in it, un
At- - 1- - !._ X- It.
88 is Do me man wno moists on ibikig
when he has nothing to say.
Sharks on the Atlantio coast are unsually
stupid this year. They grab at
i old suit stuffed with hay when a
shool ma'am is kicking the water not
ro rods off.
"Do you believe in signs T asked the
lopkeeper. "Well, yes, I used to,"
lid Fogg; "but since you plaoedin your : .
indow, "Selling for less than cost,*' "
aye weakened considerably."
At a hotel in Olasgow a gentleman,
nding that the person who acted as
aiter could not give him certain injrmation
which be wanted, put the
uestion, " Do you belong to the estabshment?"?to
which Jeames replied,
No, sir; I belong to the Free Kirk."
She was decked In flaunting jewelry,
ad as she sat occupying double room in
le car she looked the perfect picture
t self-sufficiency, selfishness and cneex.
. bluff-looking gentleman, evidently ,4
om the rural districts, halted abreast
( her seat, bat she did not deign to
love. He gave her a searching glanoe,
>oked at the rings, aod then remarked
> the nearest gentleman, "They wear
im in the snout out in Ohier!"
An old man with the palsy went out
) shoot squirrels, taking his son with
im to carry the gun. Spying a halfozen
in a tree the boy tock aim, fired
ad missed several times in succession*
'he old man took the gun in his
baking hands, put in a fearful charge
f powder and shot, fired and brought
own three. 11 There! That is the way
D'shook squirrels." "Well," answered
tie son, '*! might have done as well if
had fired all over the tree at the came
ime."
HEALTH HINTS. "
Dr. Foote's Health Monthly asserts
bat an orange eater> before breakfast
nrbs the craving for liquor and imroves
a disordered stomach.
There's despondency and degeneracy
a musty eggs. Think of their semiotteanees
cooked and eaten, and made
ato blood and coursing through the
ysteai I
Arsenic poisoning is not always to be
raced to green coloring. One oase was
ue to red wall paper, and the subtance
is found abundantly in white,
: ay, bine, mauve and brown wall
apers.
A nnmanviniljint. nf fcho T)*rttnl Ortt.
ios says that the best treatment in re
ard to offensive breath is the use of
ulrerized charcoal, two or three tableponfnls
per week, taken in a glass of
'ater before retiring for the night
The cultivation of a powerful muscuir
development does not of itself in
are health and long life. It may even
tail a certain danger. The man who
lakes an athlete of himself must coninue
one, or else drop his exeroise with
lowness and caution.
A remedy, which is recommended by
ood authority as excellent for the com-,
laints of children at this- season of the
ear, is made by boiling for six hours a
jacupiui 01 wneai noar uea cioseiy in
cloth. At the end of that time take it
at of the water, and let it dry and cool. ?$
7hen yon with to use it grate two
iblespoonfuls of i<^ mix with a little
aid milk, then stir into one pint of
oiling milk. S weeten to the taste with
owdered sugar.
How Stie Got Eren,
They tell a story of a would-be funny
roker, who last season adopted a most
endish method of Retting evea with
ne of the cfaronio flirts who are said to
lake the piazzas here lively later in the
jasop. He obtained half a dozen enrgetic
orabs from the fishing beach,
nH watahinc for an nrniortnnitv whan
o one was in a particular tank except
ae inconsistent fair object of his Teneance,
he dropped in the crustaceans
way up term for crabs). The young
idy continued her natatorial exercises
jam up term for paddling) a few
linutes longer, when she sudenly
uttered a blood-curdlin?
hriek, and was helped up the ladder
'ith a crab hanging on to her pink little
De. She had several consecutive
pileptic fits while the marine cornoctor
was being removed. The Mehistophelean
glee of the broker, ho^- 3$
ver, gave him away, and for fear of
ome counter-.trick he decided to bathe
arly in the morning thereafter. A few -1: 'r
ays after that the bath-house keeper *
'as startled by some terrific yelis, and
astily entering the tank-house he beeld
the broker floundering out with a
ig, jagged-toothed spring rat trap
leno^ed on hie heel.
"Who the deuce put thi6 horrible
tiinf? in the water?" roired the broker.
"I did, sir," sweetly replied the *
rabbed young lady aforementioned,
tepping out of a bath-room. "I put
; there to catch those horrid crabs, you
now."
The broker w^nt home on a crutch.?
an Francisco Post.
low the Two Leading: Parlies Balance.
According to the ceaaus bureau the
otal voting population of the United
Itates in 1880 waa 12,830,349. By
omparing these fiaures wi*h the elecion
returns. for 1880. we find that
619,370 votes, or cc tisiderably over
wenty-five per cent, of the voting
iopulation, took no part in the choice
f President, although the cauvass was
n unusually txeitiner one. Of the
otal popular vote the Republican canlidates
received 4 448 053, the Demoratio
candidates 4 442,035, the Green
lackers 307,306 and 12,596 were scatter
Dg. Garfield's popular vote ove
lancock was 7,018. The Republican
o?e was 48.26 per cent, of the whole,
,nd the Democratic 48 25, whioh shows
, remarkably close division of the
lopular vote between the two great
aities.?Buffalo Express.
One of the latest facts in natural hisory
which does not appear to be known
o many is that the cuckoo is in the
iabit of sounding its peculiar note at
light, unlike the great majority of birds
hat retire at decent hour* and raise
heir own young.