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ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER.! ? . ^ BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1883. NO. 34. VOLUME XXVII. ,J Close to the love and the longing, Near to the mother's breast; Wild with laughter and daring, Looking askance at me, He stumble^ across through the shadows To re?t at his father's knee. Baby, my dainty darling, Stepping so brave and bright With flutter of lace and ribbon Out cf my arms to-night. Helped in thy pretty ambition With tenderness blessed to see, Sheltered, upheld and protected? How will tf>? last step be ? See, we are all beside you Urging and beckoning on, Watching lest aught yon Till the safe ~-'"r ?oal is won> Guides- .ne faltering footsteps lhat tremble and fear to fallHow will it be, my darling, With the last sad step of all ? Nay ! Shall I dare to question, Knowing that One more fond Than all our tenderest loving Will guide the weak feet beyond 1 And knowing beside, my dearest, That whenever the summons, 'twill bo Eut a stumbling step through the shadow^ Then rest?at the Father's knee 1 ?TVide Awake. "ETHAN OF THE HILLS." The pioneer guide and explorer of the "White Mountains, more particularly Mt. "Washington, was so remarkable a man, physically and mentally, that I think the readers of the Companion will be interested in hearing of some of the exploits and feats of strength which lie is said to have performed. Ethan Allen Crawford?after whom fl e famous Crawford house at the 'Notch" is named?was horn at Guildhall, Yt., in the year 1792. "While he was still a mere lad. his father, Abel Crawford, removed to the White Mountains and settled in the Notch. Here, amid the rougli experiences of pioneer life, the boy grew up to manhood, and it was, indeed, an upward growth, for at the age of twenty-one he stood over seven feet high in his stockings?and was, withal, very finely proportioned and muscular. He early gained the name of "the "White Mountain giant," and the old stage drivers and guides tell to tourists of the present day i-.stances of his strength and endu once which border on the marvelous. In the early times saleratus, for correcting the acidity of bread, was ob tained from potash made by boiling down the lye of wood Jishes in large i iron kettles. The kettles were pon- I derous affairs, weighing from four to . six hundred pounds each. One day, !; Ethan, in company with two or three other settlers, was taking one of these 1 large kettles to a new boiling place across Amonoosuc river, a few miles t above the Notch?now called the I Crawford Notch. The stream was at ' that point barely fordable, and no s r^ady means of getting their heavy ^ kettle over it occurred to any of the \ party. After some minutes had been fc lost in talk on the part of the others, Ethan cut the matter short by sud- ^ denly raising the kettle off theground, placing it over his head and walking 11 through the river with it, much as if s it had been a bushel basket. 1 In 1819 Ethan cut the first path a through the dense spruce and fir 1 woods to the summit of Mt. "Washing- 1 on. At that date there were ten or n twelve visitors a year; but the news 1 iiiia int'it* \\ us a pain 10 i111' suiimui soon increased the number. Some A shelter being needed at the summit, A Ethan built a "tip-lop" house of r stones, where were kept blankets and s a supply of fowl. In this rude struc- 1 ture lie set up a sheet of lead whereon visitors could cut their names. * In July, 1820, the distinguished J party which named the " Presidential s Range" (Mts."\Vashington, Adams, Jef- * f erson and Madison) made their famous 1 ascent under Ethan's guidance. They } passed a night at Ethan's tip-top house and had a fine time; and it is s related that one of the number, a very stout man, Ethan was obliged to carry c down from the mountain on his back. c The first party of ladies ascended ( Mt. Washington in the summer of 1821. * They were accompanied by gentlemen and had Ethan for their guide. Scarcely had they, after much fatigue, J arrived at the stone cabin, when a 1 storm burst upon them which confined ( them within the hut for three days. But though short of provisions, they ( weathered the tempest and were re- ( paid by a magnificent view from the 1 summit when the storm had passed. J From this time forward ladies occasionally ascended the mountains; and I one, a young lady named Lizzie Bourne, J perished almost within call of the Tiptop house. And on another occasion ] Ethan was obliged to bring home on ( his broad shoulders a young lady who had sprained her ankle while courageously toiling toward the summit. 1 How different the case of these early ' climbers from that of the thousands I who are now annually carried to the s summit, sitting comfortably in the cars of the mountain railroad! But these were merely Ethan's sum- : mer recreations. In winter he hunted and embarked in various lumbering ' operations for the support of his young ' family and aged parents. This whole ; region then abounded in game?deer, bears, panthers and lynxes. It is related that one d?y as Ethan 1 was coming up uie roau inrougn trie Notch from the Willey house?this 1 wjis before the time of the " great 1 slide" in 1826?the barking of his dog drew his attention to a large birch tree, where, far up among the ; branches, ho caught sight of a large lynx glaring down upon him. Al- 1 though he had a gun, he determined to capture the animal, and at once began to climb the tree. Seeing its enemy coming up through the foliage, t'?e creature began to growl and hiss and te work its claws, which were fully an inch in length. Nothing daunted, however, Ethan cut a long branch from whicn he twisted a withe. Fixing a slip-noose at one end of the withe he thrust it up, and when the animal turned partially to look down at the dog at the foot of the tree he succeeded in getting the noose over its head. Then with one jerk lie flung the creature to the ground, where the dog instantly feet upon it and a terrible struggle began. It would have fared ill with the dog if Ethan had not come promptly to his assistance with a club. ,, It was said that the skin of that lynx, when stretched on the barn door to dry, measured six feet in length. It was Ethan's ambition to keep a small menagerie of wild animals, such animals as were common in the mountains, for the amusement of his summer visitors. In the fall of the year 1829 he caught a good-sized and very handsome black bear in a trap, and after a very lively tussle succeeded in . tying up the animal's mouth with a Tvithe, Then, having also fastened a The * Irst Stop. To-night as the tender gloaming, Was sinking in evening's gloom, And only the glow of the firelight Brightened the dark'ning room, I laughed with tlie gay heart-gladness That only to mothers is known. For the beautiful brown-eyed baby Tcok his first step alone ! Hurriedly running to meet him Came trooping the household band Joyous, loving and eager To reach him a helping hand, To watch him with silent rapture, / To chce.- him with happy noise, AT - Ki.l? r ? -i 1 i - ?>!,> mite liiir-x.n-'t'u uaugniur And four brown romping boys. Leaving the sheltering arms Thnt f.lin Kill liim strong withe about its neck, he undertook to load it home, a distance of | three 01 four miles through thick j woods. Not relishing the halter Bruin i would grasp the small trees with both paws and hold on, roaring as loudly as lie could from his muflled jaws. Ethan would jerk him loose, but the hear would lay hold of another tree: and thus the struggle was kept 1 up. At last, getting out of patience, ! the giant seized the animal and shouldered it. This feat accomplished, he \ strode on through the forest with the 1 hear on his back. Of course the beast j objected to this treatment, and at length j getting Ids muzzle off, he entered into i a serious engagement with Ids bearer. In the scuttle which ensued Ethan's clothes were made to suiter; and his anger being fully aroused, he laid hold of the bear bv the nape of its neck j and one of his hind legs, and raising j the creature high over his head (lung I nun down on a rock with such xorco as to kill him. Not ver\ iong after, while returning from a trip up the mountain with two young gentleman tourists, anothei^bear, a smaller one, was capture saw the animal in the patliafrrod, and chased it to a trt^^wfuch Ethan climbed. After a laughable sen 111 e he succeeded in tying up the bear's mouth with pocket handkerchiefs, and then carried it home on his back. A trough for water and a "swing-pole" were obtained for the bear's use, and the animal was kept for some years. This was the first of the scores of bears since kept its "pets" at the White . Mountain hotels. At about this time Ethan one morning found a large deer in one of his ! snares. It was a buck, with handsome j j antlers and in line condition, as its , glossy skin indicated at first sight, j That he might add it to his "show," i. Ethan again had recourse to withes, of ^ which he made a strong halter. But j j the buck, wild with fright, was not 11 vaoii^y iiiciiia^cu. na 11 (in Liu icajia aim bounds taxed all of Ethan's great , strength, and the task of leading it home occupied the entire day. But the exploit which gained Ethan , most renown, and made his name ' famous for the time through Vermont and New Hampshire, was his affair ^ with a noted bully anil pugilist whom we will call McLean*. It occurred at " one tff the annual May "trainings" ^ or " musters," which I think was that year held at Lancaster, N. IT. All the ^ "militia" companies, from both sides of the Connecticut river, met here for review and for a sham light. As was 1 usual at such gatherings, there was }uite too much tippling, and a great 0 Jeal of rough sport. McLeary, who for some years had been noted as a , boxer and rough-and-tumble fighter, i ivas there in his glory. Going the rounds of the various encampments lie openly challenged any one to light j lirn. * , As McLeary was a "Vermonter," ( ;he New Hampshire companies were s nclined to resent his challenge, on F. :he score of State pride. Several com- 1 Danies put forth their best man and ^ natched him against McLeary. But 8 he bully, who was a thick, brawny, leavy-listed man, made short work 1 vith them all. The fellow had a fist c ike a sledge-hammer; and the 11 )lows of his antagonists seemed f ,o make no impression upon him. , Vt noon he was sitting on a stone j. n the center of a ring which had been ' ormed around him, puffed with pride. 0 K'fause he had already nearly killed , our men who had ventured to stand ip against him. Ethan chanced to be at Lancaster ^ hat day?partly on business and f, >artly to see the " muster" and " sham- ^ ight" perhaps. While the bully was ^ itting in the ring, some of the New e] lampshire men beset Ethan to fight (,< lim?as they said, for the honor of the p State. f( jjui x 111 nui a ngumig inciiiy baiu y( Sthan And tliis was eminently true of him, ^ ind greatly to his credit. Though so ^ trong, he was one of the gentlestlatured of men, kind to everybody, n md very fond of children. Xeverthe- C( ess the militia men pleaded and al- s. nost insisted that he should stand up ^ igainst McLearv, for the honor of New ? Hampshire. " Honor!" said Ethan, "what honor vould there be in pounding a man j, vho never did me any harm ? I've ^ lotbing against Mr. McLearv. Be- n ides, I never struck a man in niv 1 ife!" * tl " But he's a brute! lie's a terrible jg ellow, and he should be taken down! ^ Ie's nearly mauled four New Ilamp- ^ hire men to death this morning!" a hey argued. "Just come and look at c] lim, and if liis insolence don't anger r( 'ou, we don't know what will!" 0 ' Well, there is no reason why I j, Wouldn't go and see him," said Ethan, j, So he went along with them, and j, :oming up to the ring entered it with- ^ >ut thought, and in his great, pon- 0 lerous, good-humored way, addressed (| he bully: h " They say you're a terrible fellow, r: tfr. McLearv, and I thought I would 0 ust come round to see you?out of / juriosity?nothing more," and he )ffered to shake hands. U..f Af,.T ?nr.' o I|.n? Jill L -LJUUi * , ill AUTll^ \l\, lined the offered hand. "All that 11 :omes into tl'is Yre ring comes in ter ight," said he, getting up off the stone 0 md rolling up his sleeves. "But I only came here to look at j rou. friend," said Ethan. " I'm not a ighting man." " But you've come inter my ring," c etorted McLearv, " and now you've ;ot to light, or I'll kick ye out||on't. 1 50 look out fer yerself!" "No man ever kicked me yet," i: replied Ethan, good-naturedly. " I lon't think you better try it; but if ^ fou do, you must look out for your- ^ self." Without further ado the bully 'squared oft" and struck a fu blow | it Crawford. ] But the blow scarcely reached his lofty head, and the next moment, with ;>ne sweep of his powerful right arm, ,s Ethan brought the " Hat of his hand " c ivith such force against the pugilist's J ?ar that he measured his length upon the ground. "If you are foolish enough to come * at me like that I shail be obliged to cuff ye harder next time," said Ethan. c But McLearv had no idea of giving ( up so easily. Springing to his feet, he agi'in rushed at Crawford, when I anotner tremenuous " cuii on me other ear landed him llat on the ground j at a distance of several yards. 3 "Take my advice now and keep your distance," said Ethan. v f MeLeary was no sooner on his legs t again, however, than changing his ( tactics he charged on his tall opponent '< with his head, to butt him like a ram. As he rushed forward, ( Ethan "reached out" with his riulit ; hand, and seizing the bully by the < neck tucked him under his left aim, i and then turning ran witli him out ot the ring and along the road. I It is said that the triant carried - MeLeary for fully twenty roils, and \ then laid liiin on his back in the road, j and that the cheers and shouts which followed might have been heard lor miles. The bully made no attempt to j renew the contest, nor did he ret urn to his ring. And although he had not , sought the very doubtful honor, Ethan ( from that time forth was the acknowledged champion of both States. J ? Youth's Companion. Bridal robes almost covered with flowers are worn in Paris. The stom- ; acher and the panels of the skirt are formed of little blossoms, they fringe the apron and they are massed among the drapery, and sometimes they peep from beneath the plaiting which borders i the tr<oin, and lie upon the sweeper. FOK TIIE LADIES. AticiPnt Tricks of th<> Toilet. Mrs. Palmer, in her " IIome-Life in the Bible," says: The use of cosmetics in connection with the hath prevailed among the wealthy wo .,ien of a very remote period. At the magnificent court of Ahaseurus, in the seventh year of his reign, the following elaborate processes of "purification" were prescribed for the maidens destined for the king's harem: Being gathered together unto Shushan * * * to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women," they abode in the" women's house" and " so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with sweet odors, and with other things for the purifying of the women" (Esth., ii., 8, 12). The song of songs is rich in figurative allusions to these " sweet odors," its last rapturous note echoing from "the mountains of spices;" " myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of tlx* merchant-'I " '-mMhir;-. with Spiki-ii.ud arxf saffron: calamus and cinnamon. with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices;" " my hands dropped mvrrh, and my fingers sweet-smelling myrrh;" "his cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers; bis lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh;" the "mandrakes" and the " pleasant fruits." It is most interesting to learn, in connection with another couplet of this exquisite song, " My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the ; vineyards of En-gedi," that Kn-gedi is . the one only place in Palestine where camphor still grows. This plant is , better known by its Arabian name henna ; it is a tall shrub, whose white unci yellow flowers grow in clusters, ? like our familiar lilac. The Eastern ; women are still fond of wearing these < fragrant blossoms in their hair or their ( bosoms; but it is as an ancient dye < :liat the plant has come into special j lotice. The dried leaves of the henna j ivere crushed and made into a paste < ivith water, and applied to the palms ] >f the hands, to the nails of lingers < ind toes, and to the hair, if the discovery of gray threads should be unwel ome. It was used by the men to dye he he<ul and beard, and even applied y iometinies to color the mane and tail j if a favorite horse. The antiquity of c his custom is demonstrated by its fre- j [iient mention by writers of a very , arly period, and even more conclu- j ively by the fact that the nails of ^ ome Egyptian mummies (especially 1 hose of women) still retain the stain , if the dye. I Painting the eyelids and eyebrows kith kohl was another Eiistern fashion not yet extinct) of equal popularity. I "lie large, languishing black eye, haded with long, dark lashes, has 1 oubtless always been the distinguishng feature of beauty in the dusky ' aughters of the East; and it is not * urprising that they have tenaciously etiiined a practice supposed to enhance ;s size and brightness. The black j; owder called kohl was made of several ubstances; stibium of antimony, with inc and oil; or burnt almond shells * lixed with liban, a sort of frankinense, also burnt; another sort was lade of powder of lead ore, and was v onsic ered not only ornamental, but r eneiicial, bvreiison of certain me- c icinal properties. This kohl was j ept in boxes or vials of wood, stone ; r pottery, having several compart- 1 lents, and often highly ornamented. t was applied with a small stick of rood, ivory or silver, which was (* rst wet in rosewater, dipped into * lie black powder and drawn careally along the edges of the eyelids, oth upper and under. In the same r1! av the arch of the eyebrow was dark- , ned and elongated. This practice of * re-painting must have been in great ^ opularity as early as the time of Job; , ?r Keren-happuch, the name of the * oungest of his three beautiful daugh- 0 *rs, signifies "a horn for paint;" that e i, "a bottle for kohl." It was es- e >emed a great mark of beauty that v le eyebrows should meet over the 11 ose in the form of a bow, and it was c Jinmon to imitate nature in this re- " ;?ect by the use of the kohl; but this ad to be removed in seasons of lourning, and if the hair actually grew ^ lere, it must be plucked out. In the toilet of that rare Jewish eautv of the apocryphal story, Judith, ? le widow of Manasses?which was l( lade in the highest interests of re- ? gion an<i patriotism, as expounueu in 41 le day of that historical fiction?there *{ < so full a recapitulation of tlie sev- e ral customs in connection with omen's dress, that it seems appropri- 1] te to introduce the description in * losing the subject. The narrative '' pads tlius: "She put oil the garments f her widowhood, and washed her ody all over w ith water, and anointed ^ erself with precious ointment, and 1 raided the hair of her head and put a t ire upon it, and put on her garments 1 f gladness. * * * She took san- ) als upon her feet, and put about her 1 er bracelets and her chains and her e ings and her earrings and all her 1 rnaments, and decked herself bravely." Jud. x., 3, 4). FfiHhion Notes. ? Elaborate lace ribbon fichus are ( .mch worn. i Birds of various kinds are used to t rnament muffs. t Bonnets with cloth crowns and felt t rims are much worn. 1 Laced shoes are worn, but buttoned * nes are more popular. 1 Hand screens are just now a popu- ! ar subject for decoration. 1 A jersey waist is a valuable item j n a lady's wardrobe effects. . Tight-fitting black velvet collars \ vith two rows of lace inside are worn j vith colored dresses in Paris. 1 Double ruffs or ruches are the most > >opular neckwear for full and demi- i oilet for indoors, but they are not ? nanageable for outdoor costume. i The newest wraps are padded on the i houlders, or rather on the upper part 1 if the sleeve. This is done to give the ] vearer an appearance of greater leight. ( Newer styles of underclothing in- ?' lude corset covers, etc., with adjust- * ib[e shoulder straps that can be taken ' >ff when worn with low evening ; iresses. ; An attempt to revive the use of >aper curtains is now in progress in 1 'sew York. They are cheap and easily lusted, but otherwise they are very ob- [ ectionaoie. J Tan is the favorite color for evening ] gloves when the rule of matching the lress anil gloves is disregarded. Tan ] :olor harmonizes with white, black and 1 dl colors. j Braided bonnets are made of strips )f velvet, strips of plush, of chenille ind of camel's hair to match the colors , >f the cloths now so fashionable for j .walking suits. j Some ladies always wear the same , lowers, no matter at what cost, the 1 ntire year. Others always employ ;he same perfumery. A favorite lower and a favorite odor is the j violet. j Very line cotton stocking are worn ; nside those of woolen, not on the car- \ lriver's principle of keeping the , warmth in by the cotton stocking, and the cold out by the woolen, but to , protect the wearer's skin from irritation. All walking suits are made short enough to swing clear of mud and slush, and cloth dresses are the height of style. The cheaper fashion makes these of thin cloth, trimmed with chicoree ruches of the material; but the more elegant style is of fine cloth, in qualities heavy enough for cold weather, tailor-made and finished by bands of fur. SCIENTIFIC NOTES. Perhaps it would be well to bear te mind that until the results of the lain transits of Venus (those of 1874 and 1882) are fully worked out the distance of the earth from the sun is believed to be 93,300,000 miles. Mr. lion tledgo held lately at a scientific meeting that the paper trade was probably the one which turned to immediate use more waste products than any other. In it was utilized cotton, llax, hemp and jute waste, and old ropes and canvas rags. In fact, the paper manufacturer could turn to nrofi table nurnose anv vegetable liber. A patent has been taken out in Germany for an engine, the piston of which is driven backward and forward by small charges of gunpowder supplied at each end by an automatic arrangement. The ignition is effected by the motion of the piston, which draws in a llame of gas or spirit, the access being regulated by side valves, -.vh:"h also open outlets l'or the escape of the gases of combustion. !l\j test the eflect of rarelieif air <iu the animal system, l>r?. .J.G^ppartaad A. Fraenkel have experimented on a dog by inclosing the animal in a box from which the air could be /radiially withdrawn while the results were being watched through n glass window in the box. No effect seemed to be produced until the pressure was reduced to half an atmosphere, when the animal became restless and his respiration grew deeper and faster; at ajittle further rarefaction the movements became uncertain and giddy; at a third of an atmosphere the animal fell into a deep sleep, which, it was found, could be suffered to last for six or seven hours without proving fatal; but at a little more than a fifth r>f an atmosphere, paroxysms of difficult breathing and convulsions soon jauseu ueam. ^vcruniiuis are auecieu in this way during balloon ascents, but the symptoms occur before the air becomes nearly so rarefied, which is quite ikely due to the action of the cold encountered by balloonists. The Boot. The obstinate survival of the human >oot, says a New York paper, has long jeen a subject of amazement to the student of social customs. Even in he summer, when the thermometer is unong the nineties, and Manitoba is lending hot waves in all directions, housands of comparatively intelligent nen wear boots that heat their feet md legs cruelly and unnecessarily. L'hey wear boots merely because pre;ious generations of men living under leculiar conditions found boots useful. L'liis is the dullest and most inexcustble kind of conservatism. < The boot was originally an outside irticle of dress, In earlier days Euope was terribly muddy, and trousers i md stockings were cost 1 v. The male i European, therefore, wore hoots with noritiously long legs. By this means le protected his lower garments from tiud and kept his l'eet comparatively ; [ry. With the progress of civilization he mud of Europe dried up. i Weather bureaus were established i rhicli continually prophesied areas of < ain and frequent local showers. Of , ourse, these never made their appear- nee, and one necessary ingredient was \ herefore wanting. Street pavements ; ecame common, and street sweepers j ecasionally swept them clean. In , hese circumstances boots ceased to be ] ither necessary or useful, but the con- . ervative European mind was unable , oabandon them. Instead of wearing boots outside of < heir trousers, the Europeans drew , heir trousers over their bootlegs. ' 'his was an open confession that boots ] fere useless, and that all the wants of , lie human foot could be met by shoes. ( 'h? bootleg survived merely because , f the stupid conservatism of its wear- , rs; and should the climate of Europe , ver become so hot that overcoats rould lose their reason for being, we light expect to see the respectable onservative wearing his overcoat uncr his shirt. \ In the civilized parts of this country j lie bout is worn for the same reason j liat it is worn on the other side of the t itlantic. In the far "West, where rat- ] lesnakes abound and where paved ( treets are unknown, the boot fulfills j :s normal purpose and is worn outside < f the trousers. Elsewhere, however, ; is merely an illustration of human ully, and there is not the slightest exuse for its existence. < It has been maintained with much 1 lausibility that the black-silk hat is ( lie highest development of human liocv. This is probably true, for the < lack hat has not the excuse of ever lavingj been useful or justifiable, j Vhile in behalf of the boot it can be 1 irged th;it it (?nce had its uses, its reention in civilized communities is at east as preposterous as the eontinua rearing of the black lint, anil the day : s coming when both will be discarded, ixcept by professional idiots and tramps ; ost to all self-respect. Curious Stories About llearse H# rses. A Cleveland (Ohio) undertaker said oa reporter: "Horses t,o be thormghly at home in our business must Hi raised to it. Whatever business hey are engaged in before we get hem leaves its impress upon them and he habits then formed are never >roken. "We used to have an old army lorse into which the sound of a mgle would seem to infuse new ife. lie was being driven in 'rout of a hearse one day when an irtillery company was maneuvering in ;he street. A loud bugle blast caused ;he old soldier to prick his ears, and as lie call began to sound, away lie went. In less time than it takes to tell it the iorse w;ts light up in the light, as he supposed, and the hearse was drawn up between two cannons. It was a strange sight and created considerable merriment. The bugle stopped blowing and the old fellow w;is induced, though reluctantly, to pursue his more peaceful calling. " We, had another horse which had Dnco participated in races, coming iway with several prizes. One day a Herman in our employ was driving liim down Ki'Hi'l avenue, attached to \ hearse. It w?t> excellent sleighing ind many high-steppers were out. Presently a whole drove of horses ame Hying down the avenue. A.s they p;issed the hearse the :>ld race-horse, evidently tliinking it time to go, cut loose and away lie flew at the head of the crowd. In vain the German pulled the reins; he could not stop the horse until the rest topped. lie then came home with a proud air, which seemed to say that lie was conscious of his power." The above statement was coupled with a report of the death of two spirited animals engaged in drawing the funeral car of the lamented (iarfield. They both died the same day, and were taken away from the undertaker's stable in one wagon. One of the largest coffee plantations in Brazil is the Fazenda Santa Catharina, 100 miles from Itio .Janeiro, belonging to Baron de Monteiro. It covers an area of more than twenty square miles, contains 1,700,000 bearing trees and employs six hundred slaves, who art; subjected to the most rigid discipline, and, in fact, as much like machines as it is possible for human beings to become. They are well taken care of, however, and the baron maintains a private hospital with a resident physician and assistants for the sick. " Xo, sir," said the passenger to the ship's doctor, " I am not seasick, but I'm deucedly disgusted with the motion of the vessel."?Boston PosU HEALTH HINTS. A French physician recommends the treatment of hums with oil of turpentine, covering the place with ginned gold heater's skin. To get clear of flesh worms, wash your face in warm water and tlien rub with a coarse towel. This will destroy the llesh worms, which are nothing more than congealed fat. In a memoir read before the medical i society of Florence Dr. Bellini recommended starch as an antidote for poisons in general. In cases of acute poisoning an emetic should be given before the antidote is administered. A method of preventing pitting in smallpox is given in the Gazette (Its Hopitau.v. A mask is made of very pliable linen cloth, leaving apertures for the (-yes, nose and mouth, and the inside of this is smeared with a certain liniment prepared in either of the three following ways : One of these consists of carbolic acid, four to ten parts, forty parts olive oil and sixty parts prepared chalk; another, live parts carbolic acid and forty parts each of olive oil and pure starch; and a third, two parts thymol, forty af linseed oil and sixty of chalk in powder. T?i?< mask should be renewed every tweh'n hours, and compresses impregnated with one of these mixtures may also be placed on the hands and on any > parts of the face which the mask does , not directly touch.?Dr. Foote's Health , Monthly. A Model City. Pullman City, which I visited last ; Sunday, writes a Chicago correspond- ! ent, is soon to have a formal dedication, when the theatre and library are to be ( thrown open. It is probably the only model city in the world, and has cost ( $0,000,000, which already pays six per . cent, on every element of it. There ! are 3,500 acres of land, costing $8,000; the town proper is built on 500 acres, all that by law could be an appurtenance of a manufacturing company. It is in idea a car manufactory sur- J rounded by a city for the operatives, and for an ideal mechanical ] life, the whole to pay, to be free ' of disease, and to exalt the con- ' dition of men. At one end are the great brick shops, turning out fifteen j cars a day, with a mighty tower of ( brick 200 feet high to distribute the j sewerage, while the heat, etc., are (lis- ( pensed by the great engine which drove the machinery at the Centennial ^ exhibition. At the center and other end are the plaza and town, all of ; brick, with nearly 10,000 inhabitants, half a mile from Lake Michigan. A* ' artificial lake conies into the plaza, on ! which are the arcade, hotel (called Florence, for Air. Pullman's daughter), serpentine Gothic church, market 1 house, railway station and Pullman j railway to girt the greater lake of : Calumet, which Air. Pullman says will be the manufacturing center of the , Western world and greatest lake port. In this little city, where the Duke of ! Weimar might have brought Schiller and Goethe to live, the houses rent c from $11 a month to $G0, the latter for 1 the merchants. Every lease can be 1 broken at two weeks'notice on either 1 side. There is no other political gov- | smment but the Pullman corporation, ivhich is George M. Pullman. Yet ' there is not the least interference with 11 iny inhabitant, though not a town lot ! is sold, not even to the Catholic church, J which is building just over the town j line. The scavenger matter is fed to i drove of GOO hogs, wliieh the cor- H mrnt.inn kfnt till a nrivate ioecu- ( i - ?X" " x t a ator leased that feature. A ' school for mechanic.il arts is to be naintaineil and a school for design. ,n The arcade is 250 feet long by ^ 150, contains a library of 10,000 vol.itnes, and a theatre hardly equaled in ^ degance in America, which seats 1,000 ? jersons. Here an artist and author iVtuld feel as much at home as a mc hanic. Outlying property has gon6 ip from $200 an acre to $300 a lot The inoti ve was to trausform the sleep- ^ ng car company from a dependent to 0 i creative corporation, which shall t juild anything and be beyond the } each of jealousy, covetousness or 1 utnors, On the stone terrace before r lie shops stands the Detroit, the oldest Pullman car. "When it was built no c ;ar in America L.ad cost above $4,000; t low there are Pullman cars that cost 11 $0,000. 'J ?-?? I An Egyptian Funeral. The following, from the Nineteenth j I'cntury, onveys an accurate idea of I ;he observance of obsequies in the * jriental city of Alexandria: One of the first things that attracted :>ur attention in one of the quiet side ^ streets was a lugubrious process- '' ion, followed by a great company of blue-robed women uttering aery which I can only describe as "clucking," it was so exactly the note of a ioyous lien announcing a newly-laid egg. The similarity was so extraordinary that we went close up to tliem to make sure that it was really not some curious procession of poultry, when we per- !l ceived that it was a funeral, the un- f1 coffined corpse, wrapped in white 1 linen and laid on a bier, being carried head-foremost, and preceded by a iong string of men with disheveled beards, t who were chanting a solemn dirge. 3 These almost without exception, were j blind of one or both eyes?a fact for / which we could only account by iniag- t ining they might be thc^Muezzins hired as mourners, blind men being always preferred to iill that sacred office, inasmuch as their morning and evening ascents of the minarets to call n the faithful to worship would give too good occasion for prying into their neighbor's domestic life in the courtyard or on the flat roof. Thf? women are also hired to how and make lamentation, anil throw dust , on their heads. At the funeral of a rich man from sixty to a hundred of these hired mourners are present, wailing and heating their hreasts. In cases of real grief it is customary for women of whatever rank to sit unveiled in the dust. The dead is laid in thi.' grave with the face turned toward Mecca, and the survivors offer up prayers for the forgiveness and peace of the departed. The lament and wailing are renewed every Thursday | and Friday following until forty days are fulfilled, the, tomb being strewn with green leaves and alms given to the poor. At the funerals of the wealthy raw meat is often given to the needy The Egyptians believed the soul to be not only immortal, but a portion of the divine essence that after death and judgment, was, if found unsullied by the habitation of the fiesh, again united to the Deity, of which it was an emanation; hence they worshiped their dead with divine honors, that is, they made oblations to them similar to the ordinary oblations in honor of the gods; and they hailed them with the hallowed name of Osiris. In addition to such public rites, private commemorations were constantly made ny priests on altars set up lor me pur pose in the buildings where mummies 1 were kept till they were consigned to the tonii). They consisted of libations ' and of offerings, including flowers and fruit. In the interval between embalmment and burial, social feasts were likewise held in honor of the dead, at which the guests, relatives 1 and friends of the deceased were decked with flowers. An old lady in the country had a dandy from the city to dine with her on a certain occasion. For dessert there happened to he an enormous apple pie. " La, ma'am !" said he, " how do you manage to handle such a pie ?" " Easy enough," was the reply, " we make the crust up in a wheelbarrow, wheel it under the apple tree, and then shake the fruit down into it," WISE WORDS. The first and worst of all faults is to cheat one's self. Experience is the name men give to their follies or their sorrows. There is no sweeter repose than that which is purchased by labor. "It is a fact worth remembering, that it docs not take half as long to make a wound as to heal one." A man's first care should he to avoid the reproachcs of his own heart; his next, to cscape the censures of the world. rnu_ s a:? i. ?I,1 1 lit' IlIIJJUUfUL UlilU, lllincta I?11Jiant, seldom wins, because he destroys his own chances of success by not waiting for the harvest. All those things which are now held to be of the greatest antiquity, were, at one time, new; and what we to-day hold up by example, will rank hereafter as a precedent. Witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping off a broken string, but a word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain. It is a seed which, even when dropped by chance, springs up ;ts a flower. Candor is often nothing but another name for rudeness or Jflalice. Cold words will break fine heart, as winter's frost does a crystal vase. Those who have no patience of their own, forget what demand they make on that of others. Let us cherish sympathy. By at- ] tention and exercise it may bo im- ^ proved in c\ery man. It prepares the mind for receiving the impressions of ^ virtue; and without it there can be 1 no true politeness. Nothing is more 1 odious than that insensibility which wraps a man up in himself and his ; own concerns, and prevents his being moved with either the joys or the sor- ' rmre fit' iinnthpr The Sing-ins- Fnh. In some parts of the world there is a superstition that fish can be attracted to the surface of the water by music, and it is no uncommon spectacle to see an Indian standing in the bow of his ranoe with spear poised, while his companion?usually a child?elicits a few plaintive notes from a reed at intervals. Such a notion is of course absurd, : iince fish give very few signs of hearing proper, and are only affected by ; lounds of such violence that, commu- < Seating their vibration to the water, they can be appreciated by common , sensibility, just as a person who is . ' stone deaf " can perceive and experijnce a disagreeable sensation on the , report of a cannon near at hand. Tame ' Ish confined in an aquarium may not m olnrtnn/1 of tlio in/wt. hntstprfilis Movements or moderately loud noises dose to them; but, if the glass be thin, ihe slightest tap will cause them to lash away. It is curious that ? ;he so-called " singing fish " of the Indian ocean and Spanish Main is yet < jnknown to naturalists?that is to say, ' ,he fish itself may be known and no 1 loubt is, but the particular species i ,vhich emits the remarkable sounds haw ] lot been identified, nor has the precise ' node of their production been discov- 1 ;red, though many hypotheses have 1 )een framed. 1 have heard them on everal occasions on still sights, lying ( it anchor off Greytown?a rhythmical, ' nonotonous, but not unmusical twang- ( ng, like the strokes of a jewaharp, f aintlv heard on deck, but loudly audi- I de in the hold, especially of an iron 1 hip, and proceeding apparently from 1 lirectly underneath her keel. Black 1 ailors attribute a supernatural origin 1 0 these tinklings and declare that they 1 ire caused by seamen who have found * 1 watery grave trying to get back into J he vessel. I believe that nothing ' i-nnlrl induce a black to co below * vlien this harmonious hammering is icard.?All the Year Round. An Arithmetical Curiosity. To find the day of the week for any late within the first thirty centuries if the Christian era: From the numler indicating the year drop all to the eft of the tens. To this result add ts fourth part (regardless of any renainder), the day of the month, in[ex of the month and index ?f the entury. Divide thu sum by 7, and he remainder will bo the day of the veek, counting Sunday 1, Monday 2, ruesday 3, Wednesday 4, Thursday 5, "riday 6 and Saturday 0. TABLE OF INDICES FOB MONTHS. anuury 3 May 4 September 1 'ebruary G June 0 October 3 larch 6 July '2 November l> tpril 2 August...f? December 1 Vnr loan trofir flto imlippq fnr Jan lary and February woukl each be one 338 tlian in the above table. TABLE OF ISiDIOKfi FOU CENTUBIK8 0 Index for 8.1), 18, 22, 21, 30. 1?Inex for 1, 8, 14. 2?Index for 0, 7, 15,17, 21, 25, 2fl. 3?Index for fi, 151. 4?Index for 5,12, lfi, 20, 24, 28. 5?Index for 4, 11,19, 22, 37. G?Index for 3,1, 0. To find the index of the century for ny given year, lind in the table the lumber dropped from the year, and its ndex will be the index required. KX AMPLE. Required upon what day of the week he Declaration of Independence was igned, July 4, 1776. )rop 17. and we have 7G ] idd its fourth part M) idd the dny of the month 4 , Ldd index of the month 2 idd index of the century 2 Sum -:--7 7)103 14 ] nd 5 remaining, or Thursday, answer. ( """"" ( How Literary Men Are Paid. i Dickens left $400,000 personalty and i real estate valued at $100,000. Lord j jytton's personalty was sworn under ( <400,000, but he was a man of private ( brtune. His works, however, un- . loubtedly in one w ay or another netted { "200,000, of which his plays probably ook a large share. Xo English writer ^ las as yet approached .Scott, who for j everal years netted from $:]">,000 to , >45,000 a year. For " Woodstock" ilone he got $40,000, the same amount j laid rto (Jeorge Eliot for "Middle- j uarch." The highest price paid to Lord ftir .inv lit" In'u i.!ir1ir?r iwivuls \v:i< tll.OOl), Imt probably after "My Novel" ic got much more. Successful novel vriting pays better than liistory, un- _ ess the history becomes a text-hook; *' hen it is verv valuable. Thus great n ,| liins have been made out of such un>rctentious publications as " Little Vrthur's" and "Mrs. Markham's His- (1 ories of Kngland," the first being the ( listoric pabulum of infantile Kngland * tnd the second that of young ladies' ' schools and schoolrooms. Lord Mac- ' inlay received at one stroke a check c. "or ^100,000 from the Longmans for lis history, and his estate (he, too, ^ eft about $100,000) has probably lenelited considerably by sales since; r >ut this is quite an exceptional case of I i remunerative history outside of text- J nook history. In France the position t >f author is much more favorable, bv 5 ill accounts, than anywhere else, and 1 Victor Hugo, Alphonse Daudet and i several others are really rich men.? New York Times. 1 Knew IT ?as nunui. An old man would not believe he 1 could bear his wife talk a distance of ; live miles by telephone. His better half was in a country store several miles away, where there was a telephone, and the skeptic was also in a place where there was a similar instrument, and on being told how to operate it, he walked boldly up and shouted: "Hello, Sarah!" At that instant lightning struck the telephone wire and knocked the man down, and as he scrambled to his feet he excitedly cried, "That's Sarah, every time!" THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. Have a Plan in Farming. The great fault with American farmers is a constant desire for change. The farm is rarely thought of as the home which the children are to occupy during a lifetime, and then leave to their heirs. There is too much changing with the crops?first one thing and then another, the result of which is a shifting that is profitless, For a few years it may be that sheep-raising is the leading feature of the farm, soon to be followed by rearing a breed of cattle, or cultivating hops, tobacco or even rhubarb. The general management of a farm should he planned once for all, it only being subject to those changes that an improvement in agricultural methods suggest. The work of a farm should go on regularly from year to year, so that even in midwinter the farmer may make his arrangements and complete his scheme of work for me wnoie season, ?ne man who is trying to sell his farm has his heart in soma other locality or business, and he who is ready to devote his energies to some new crop or method is seldom on the highway to success. It is well to try that which is new, but not by giving u]) the old and well-tried methods.?Agriculturist. "N Poultry iV??/? ? Many of the alllictions that beset OUT-, poultry yards proceed simply from neglect and lack of attention. The first one or two litters of eggs laid by pullets are not so serviceable, 30 sure, or so profitable for hatching as their later product. The necessity of giving the fowls a constant supply of water cannot be too highly recommended. Some fanciers imagine that in winter it is not required. A meat diet is essential to the wellbeing of all fowls during the cold weather, when worms and insects are. not to be found by the birds. However, an exclusive meat diet is as bad, if not worse, than giving them none, as it is conducive to disease or sickness. An unlimited amount of. water is said to be injurious to the welfare of young ducks. They are easily raised, much more so than chickens or turkeys, and are said by some to be more profitable. When young they should be kept in pens with dry soil floor that can be easily cleaned. All the water they require is best supplied by burying a pan in the ground, laying a piece of board across, so that the ducks can stick their heads in and fish out the food that is put in the water.?Poultry Monthly. WIdc-Tlred Wnffon*. We think, says the Live Stock Journal, the time is not far distant when all farmers will have broad tires an their wagons. Larger loads can be iiauled with broad wheels, and if the meadows are soft these wheels do not jink into the sod and cut it up as the present narrow tires will do. All the large manufacturers of wagons are prepared at present to rurnish these kvide tire wheels for their wagons, which, of course, must cost something ?xtra, but are well wortli the differ?ncc in the price. "Wagons, to he lurable, should be made out of wellseasoned wood and should be second jrowth timber. The best manufac;urers keep manufactured stock of ivagon material on hand from two to ive years ahead of what they need for present uses. Persons purchasing .vagons will lind it to their interest ;o look into the details of the manufac;ure of the wagon they intend to my, for if it is well made of thoroughly seasoned and well-dried timber, and he paint of a good quality, the wagon should last, by being housed when not n use, a farmer's lifetime. All orlinary use of a wagon upon the farm iocs not require one wiui ii immune arger than three and a half inches, nit if the wagon is to be used for haulng stones when it is very apt to be >verloaded?even two or three tons >eing put on?a heavier wagjn would ie needed. A wagon would be injured nore by two or three days of this leavy hauling than by years of good isage. In many sections carts with ;road tires are used for hauling out nanure and for general light work iround the place. Some farmers make i practice of hauling out their manure o a pile in the field and then using arts to spread it over the surface. Fnrin nml (iarden Notes. Hasping the hoofs of horses when ihod is greatly abused. It weakens ind softens the horn and causes racks. Nails dipped in oil will be more :asily driven into hard wood, and a .mailer proportion will break, than without it. Two dairymen in Maryland have leinonstrated that the use of steamed 'ood was preferable by at least twentyivc per cent. v n r'urt.is believes that fanners ?an afford to sell a portion of tlieir lay, and then purchase grain to feed with their straw, making a profit by ;he exchange. To remove warts on horses, take a piece of concentrated lye as large as a walnut, put it into a bottle with rain water enough to dissolve it, and apply with a feather. Do not allow a single bone to lit? wasting about your farm or yard. [Jury them at the roots of grapevines ir fruit trees. Dead dogs, cats or diickens should be utilized in the same way. Waldo F. Drown says: "From careiil observation in my own feeding, 1 'stimate the fodder from an acre of :orn to be worth as much for feeding is the hay from the average acre of ,imothv. Visit scram is a most valuable fer ilizing material. If composted with >arnyard manure and refuse id' any ;ind its value is increased and the undeasant allluvia which arises when iscd in a raw state as a top dressing is ost. A fruit-grower placed tobacco stems tround the trunks of peach trees and i here is no sign of a borer in any of J lie trees so treated. He set the stems ( iiound the butts of the trees and tied j hem at the top. It keeps off rabbits ( is well in winter. Try it. j Many so-called cases of pear blight are [ue to other causes than blight. Quite j iften trees are said to be blighted from ( oo much manure, when, in fact, the < leavy doses of manure water would lave killed an oak or butternut as [uickly as it killed the pear. The size of the kernel of different i rarities of oats varies considerable. Yssuming, however, that medium oats equire (JljO.OOO grains to a bushel, hen three bushels to the acre would dve forty-five seeds to the square foot, iiree and a hall' bushels, fifty-two ;eeds, and four bushels to the acre ivould give sixty seeds to the square foot. A writer says that he has never failed to cure garget by the use of beans, lie feeds one pint of bean meal, mixed with other meal, for four successive [lays, and has found that quantity sufficient to cure the worst cases. He thinks if cows were fed with bean meal several times a year they would never be troubled with garget The following is stated to be a nearly correct rule for measuring torn in cribs: Having leveled the corn in the crib, measure the length, breadth and depth, and multiply them together and deduct from the product one-fifth, and you have the nubmer of bushels in the ear; for shelled corn take one-half of this. To be strictly correct, add half a bushel for every 100. A correspondent of the Breeders' QazMe is of the opinion that fat hogs in large numbers under one management is not attended always with success, as they do not seem to thrive when many are fed and kept together. The same care cannot possibly be given them as is done with only a few, as cleanliness is indispensable to the health of the animals. The use of coal ashes has not been recommended bv agricultural chemists, but practical tests show that they have more value than is popularly supposed, especially on heavy soils. Probably as good a use of them as can be made is to throw in the hen-house or the vault. They will absorb the ammonia instead of liberating it, as is the effect of wood ashes. * Parsnips are very indigestible: but many persons like the flavor in pork stews, or when chipped, battered and fried. They are, when mixed with other things, very good feed for cows and hogs, who are quite welcome to their sickly sweet flavor. The oyster plant for a flavoring is much superior to the parsnip. Those parsnips dug in the spring are best. Concerning cows and steers, the form of the feet is an indication of the nature of the place in which the animal lias been reared. In stony regions the hoof grows round and wears awav: on the contrary, in soft, moist and marshy districts the hoofs lengthen "?u2d flatten out, and the same effect is produced by confinement to the stable. The round hoof is i\T quality. Continued stall feeding ren- ' ders the feet so tender that after some years the animal can take no exercise, ; nor even comfortably travel over the pasture. The foot grows long and j thick, and the creature is entirely un- ] fitted for work Dr for driving to any distance. The roofs of houses and barns need . paint, and are as much benefited by it j jus the sides are. It is seldom done, in dieating pretty plainly that paint is ( more often put on for appearance than for utility. For the roofs of barns , paint is especially important, as it ( makes a hard surface from which dust , and chaff are washed by rains, instead . nf rflmoini'nff iinrlnr flio cliinrrlo fn * VI. UilViV* WHV u O | hasten decay. A farmer who had a low barn with nearly a flat roof found that the dust from the threshing ma- ' chine each year rotted his shingles so that they had to be replaced every seven ! or eight years. More than twenty 1 years ago he had a new roof painted ( over this barn. He has had it painted three times, and the roof is still in j good condition. j ileclpea. J Molasses Candy.?Boil a pint of J molasses until it is very brittle when laid on ice, or a cold ax, stir in very . thoroughly a teaspoonfulof pulverized , soda, pour into a plate well buttered , and as it cools around the edges push it in toward the middle so that it will ! not stiffen too much- until you can handle the whole and work it with your hands, then pull it until it is light and crisu. and draw into sticks or other 1 forms. * Indian Pudding.?One quart of J milk, two heaping tablespoonfuls of ? Indian meal, four of sugar, one of but- ? ter, three eggs, one teaspoonful of salt. Boil the milk in the double boiler. Sprinkle the meal into it, stirring all the while. Cook twelve minutes, stirring often. Beat together the eggs, salt, sugar and half a teaspoonful of ginger. Stir the butter into the meal and milk. Pour this gradually on the egg mixture. Bake slowly one hour. Fiutteus.?Here is an excellent recipe lor the foundation of all kinds of fruit fritters: Make a batter of half a pint of sweet milk, ten ounces of j Hour and two ounces of butter; ) sweeten and flavor to suit your taste. The whites of two ei/f/s well beaten are to be stirred in last, or, to make variety, you can sometimes use both the yolks and whites. Stir the chopped fruit in this batter and fry in hot lard, dropping it by spoonfuls, or you can dip the fruit in the batter and fry. The lirst time you try this weigh the ingredients; after that it will not De necessary if you are, like most cooks, good at guessing. Stuffed Potatoes.?Choose enough mediuiu-sized-potatoes for the needs of your household; see that the skins are smooth and iirm; wash them and bake them. AVhen done cut a slice off from the top, and with a silver spoon take the tender potato out; rub it perfectly smooth with cream and butter; if you have any one to help you, while you are doing this have your assistant " "beat the whites of two or three eggs ^ to a stiff froth; salt the potatoes, then ' beat in the whites of the eggs. Put ' the potato back in the skin; rub the slice ol' potato that you cut off with ! the white of the egg (there will usu- 1 ally be enough left on the dish where ' the eggs were beaten), and put on like ' a cover; set the potatoes in a baking pan, and put back in the oven for ' 1'rom ten to fifteen minutes. It is not much trouble to do this, and after a * lunch or a home supper nothing could be more pleasing. < Chicken Potpie.?Line the bottom 1 and sides of a pot with a good, rich 1 paste, reserving enough for a top crust 1 and for the square bits to be scattered through the pie. Butter the pot very i lavishly or your pastry will stick to it ? and burn. Cut up a fine large fowl i :md half a nound of ham or salt pork; i put in a layer of the latter, pepper it < and cover with pieces of the chicken t and this with the paste dumplings or f squares. If you use potatoes parboil t them before putting them into the i pie. jus the first water in which they are boiled is rank and unwholesome. ^ The potatoes should be sliced and laid l next the pastry squares; then another c layer of pork, and so on. until your i chicken is used up; cover with pastry s rolled out quite thick, and split in the c middle; heat very slowly and boil two .j hours; turn into a large dish, the lower r mist on top, and the gravy about it. t This is the old-fashioned potpie, dear r to the memory of men who were t schoolboys thirty and forty years ago. j If you are not experienced in such manufactures you had better omit the 8 lower crust; and having browned the ? tipper by putting a hot pot lid or stove ; [ over on top of the pot for some ? minutes, removing dexterously with- j >ut breaking; pour out the chicken into a dish and set the crust above it. ^ Veal, beefsteak, lamb (not mutton), tares, etc., may be substituted for the [ Tlio nnrk will salt it sufTi L ^ .??? r E. IT. "Walker, statistician of the * New York produce exchange, gives , the following estimate of the crops iir.d otlicr leading products of the United States in 1882: Wheat crop, bushels 510,000,000 Corn crop, bushels 1,800,000,000 I Out crop, bushels 480,000,000 c Barley crop, bushels 45,000,000 f Rye crop, bushels 20,000,000 ? Buckwheat crop, bushels 12,000,000 Potato crop, bushels 160,000,000 I Cotton crop, bales 6,.500,000 < Petroleum product, barrels 28,000,000 , Gold production, dollars 36,000,000 Silver production, dollars 40,000,000 J Iron produced, tons .5,000,000 i Coal mined, tons ; 70,000,000 i Railroads constructed,'miles.... 7,170 . For the previous year (1881) the j agricultural department gives the fol- ( lowing statistics of the cereal produc- , tion, which may he compared with the 1 above?to which are added the value of hay, cotton and potatoes for the previous year: No. of bushels. Home value i Wheat 3X0,280,000 $453,790,382 Corn 1,104,'JIC,(XX) 759,482,170 Oats 416,481,000 103,198,970 Barley 41.161,330 33,862,513 Rye 20,704,950 19,297,415 Buckwheat (1880) 14,617,535 8,682,488 Cotton (1880) bis. 6,343,269 280,266,242 Hay (1880) tone.. 31,625,28L. f; 871,811,084 PotatoeB(1880)> b , SLOM-gl* i lVe Know In Part. We do not feel, when day is done, , Therestfnl blessing of the night; Nor welcome with the morning sun, The broad beneficence of light. We only know a day has passed With interchange of thought and toil; And that the night has stepped, at laat, Most softly on her sacred soil. Too fall this world of heart and brain, To leave as room to recognize The voices whispering from the main, Or falling from the starry skies. And so we tread the little round Of daily toil and nightly care; Our life, at best, a broken sound, Our death, at last,' a granted prayer. HUMOK OF THE DAY. ~?? N ?}& We hope we shall not be accused of exaggeration when we say we have received 1883 calendars.? Boston Bulletin. If you think nobody cares for you in this cold world, just try to learn to play the fiddle in a populous neighborhood.?Hi/tings. The earth is said to have two motions; but to a drunken man coming home at 1 o'clock at night it doubtless has more than 200.?Pittsburg Leader. " Whistlers are always good-natured," says a philosopher. Every- *; body knew that- siiic^folks that have to Jjs^ ?n^o the whistling ugly.?Boston Post. A hen that was recently killed at Beauce, Quebec, had inside her two pellets of gold, valued at $550. This is another instance of the profits to be made in poultry.?Poultry Monthly. Scales so delicate that they will weigh the thousandth part of a grain are now manufactured. We learned this interesting fact from a coal dealer, who thinks of getting a pair.?Philadelphia, News. "Why bugle trimmings are so called: " "Why are those thingp on your dress sailed bugle trimmings ?" George wanted to know. "Oh," Emily replied, lightly, "because pa blows so ['! :>ver the bill."?Haiokeye. First swell?" By Jove, Fred, that is juite the highest collar I've struck pet." Second swell?"Think so, old man? Well, I don't mind telling you; it's a little idea of my own. It's one )f dad's cuffs."?Columbia Spectator. The man with a cheap Derby hangs t on the peg; but the man with a Derby lined like a coffin, and bearir g ;he imprint of the swell hatter, always ays it down so that he who runs by nay read the legend of its maker.? Puck, Parson (to ne'er-do-well): " What's ;his I hear, Giles?that your wife lias eft you ? Ah ! this is what I"? Jiles: "She might do worse than that, ^ j\. n nrA?A t?? V nr." rarson ^sijockcuj; - uuiae; riles: "She might come back again." * ?Punch. " I wouldn't lose that roller-pin for noney," exclaimed an Oshkosh woman, jrandishing a chunk of wood that ooked as though it had a light with a iausagv chopper. " Every time I lose &j i husband I cut a notch in it."?Brookyn Eagle. A PBE8SINO HINT. Her lips were like the leaves, lie said, By autumn's crimson tinted; Some people autumn leaves preservo By pressing them, she hinted. The meaning of the gentle hint The lover did discern, And so he clasped her round the neck, And glued his lips to her'n. '! 1 .. - - I. SELECT SIfTINGS. A nine-year-old hoy at Searcy, irk., lias a heavy mustache and whiscers. The recent Arctic experience of the reannette explorers has proved that ;he most comfortable foot-wear in ; vinter consists of a cotton and woolen ; wAwn fArrftfl^nt" HJ^IV VtUlll lUgdUUi Carthage in the days of its power ;overed a district twenty-three miles n circuit, and contained a million inlabitants. It drew tribute from 300 Libyan cities, and was at one time the richest city in the world.? ~ There is still extant in the postoflice lepartment at Washington a small , 'olio ledger of not more than three juires of paper, upon which Frank- > in, when postmaster-general, kept all lis accounts for two years. The last trial for witchcraft in Belgium took place in 1815, and in 1835 ;he people of Bela, near Dantzic, beat m old woman to death, because she proved herself a sorceress by twice ? rising when they plunged her into the '; sea. At Breslau, the capital of Siberia ;he churches are exceedingly interest- ,r ng lrom sculptures in alto relievo kvhich ornament their walls, and are ine specimens of art. One at the fvathbaus represents Satan wheeling lis grandmother in a barrow. Two pieces of marble, hewn into the iliape and size of the human head, ivere recently found in a gold mine in .. "Miurnlrop pnnntv 0:1.. while the Wurk lien were sinking r, shaft. The heads ivere beneath six feet of clay, anil the ivork was skillfully executed. At the Parisian Palais d* Industrie s a landscape executed in European md foreign insects. The foreground * s composed of 45,000 caleoplera, the ; emainder of the picture being formed >f over 4,000 varieties of the insect ;ribe, which supply every tone requisite for the landscape. The comple,ion of the work occupied tiie artits * 'our years. The archaeological treasures of Paris vill shortly include a collection of old joots. It promises to be the most ^ :omplete history in leather of the bootnaker's art that the world has yet ieen. To the specimens already acini red by the museum have just been idded two famous private collections. lamely, those of M. Jacquemart and he Baron Schuter, together with a lumber of boots once worn by Veneian courtiers, purchased for the Trench government in Italy. Over a hundred years ago the inn of in English village was noted for "a haracter" called "Old Boots." His vork was to clean boots. He had a :urious face. Ilis nose, extending an ncli and a half beyond his lips, :urved downward until it met his chin, vhich ran out straight. When guests jave him a pieceof monev he received t on his chin, and held it fast there vith his nose till he put it in his noney box. He had a habit of rub>ing the tip of his nose with his chin, ir.d used to say if he let his beard rrow it would bury his nose. A Cure for Cold Feet. To cure cure cold feet the Philadel )hia Record says: People who write >r sew all day, or rather those who ake but little exercise, may warm ;heir cold feet without going to the ire. All that is necessary is to stand ;rect and very gradually lift one's self ip upon the tips of the toes, so as to put all the tendons of the foot at full strain. This is not to hop up or jump up and down, but simply to rise?the slower the better?upon tiptoe, and to remain standing on the points of the toes as long as possible, then gradually coming to the natural position. Repeat this several times, and by the amount of work the tips of the toes are made to do in sustaining the body's weight a sufficient and lively circulation is set up. Even the halffrozen car-driver can carry this plan out. It is one rule of the " Swedish movement" system; and, as motionwarmth is much better than fire-warming, persons who suffer with cold feet at night can try this plan just before retiring rtoeat, H