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^ ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER I BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 16, 1883. NO. 48. VOLUME XXVII. f|l| THE OLDEST FRIEND. Ob, Life, my Life! 'tis many si year since we Took hands together, and came through the morn, i When thou and Day and I were newly I born? I And fair the future looked, and glad nnd ft free, K A year as long as whole Etornity, 3 And full of roses with no stinging thorn( q And full of joys that could not be outH worn; H And time was measureless for thee and me. Long have we fared together, thou and I; B Thou hast grown dearer, as old friends ^ must grow; r Small wonder if I dread to siy gooa-oyo When our long pact is ovor, and I go To enter strange, new worlds beyond the sky With Death, thy rival, to whom none saith " No." ?Louise C. Moult on, in Harper. j THE PASSENGEit'S-STORY. The night mail upon the Cumberland Valley railroad had reached the heavy up-grade a few miles beyond Kanakia station, when it became evi| (lent to the passengers that something | - had gone decidedly wrong. The speed L. of the train sensibly slackened ; there HMk . came a series of tremendous jolts, accompanied by a curious and unpleas[-Jiill* ant whirring sound; followed in turn kgjfr by a complete stoppage. A dozen * heads weri thrust inquisitively out of | the car windows, and as many voices I insisted on knowing all about it immeI diately. In these days of magnificent collisions and holocausts, the traveling B public exhibits an astonishing amount of interest in railway concerns, to the B great scorn and indignation of all ofii rials connected. "You have nothing to fear," said the conductor, who passed through the car, superb in gold buttons and official dignity. "We have struck an up-grade where an "oil train stopped an hour or>a nilflil ilfwl tVlP <I^U. l lie mitno uic vnvu UMM V?.v drivers don't take hold. "We sliall get the sand running in half a minute." It was doul tless clear enough to those who understood such matters, lut to ine his explanation was mere jargon. As somebody said of Coleridge's commentary upon his poem, "Christabel," I wished "he would explain his explanation." The gentleman who occupied the ^ seat immediately in front of me, a fine, middle-aged person, with an erect, military air, seemed to have no difficulty in making out the state of affairs. lie smiled, and was preparing to settle himself comfortably in his seat again, when I tapped him upon the shoulder and said: "Excuse me, sir, but what has occurred? The conductor's explanation ' \ is Chinese to me. What does he mean by the trarks being oil'.'d ?" The gentleman turned about and faced me. 'It is a simple matter," he said, (courteously, "to those who have an I idea of railroad affairs. The power of i an engine depends upon the friction of j the drivers on the tracks?taking hold,' as it is called. If there is oil upon the | rails, especially upon an up-grade, there | is 110 friction, consequently the wheels 1 i simply spin around upon the tracks without moving the train." "Ah," said I. " I comprehend." "I could illustrate the case l>y an event which occurred to me upon this very spot some years a<?o. I have always thought it a remarkable incident, and perhaps you may find it so. The circumstance I refer to," he continued. " took place during the war. I was at the time an adjutant upon General Thomas' s-taff during the exciting and momentous c ampaign in the mountains of Tennessee, it you reinemuer, mere ] wero many times when it was feared I that our hour had come. Our commu-1 nications were repeatedly cut oft and our whole command in danger of instant destruction. It was at one of those crises that the event I am going to relate occurred. " "We were at this time intrenched upon a spur of the hills around Chattanooga^ whither we had been driven hy the desperate courage of the ConI federates. Ourmtnhad fought bravely and well, but they were exhausted with long msirches and constant action. Our stores had run low, and but one lin? of pnmmnnic.ition was left ODen to us?that of the railroad into the ! eastern part of the State. By a bril- J liant fiank movement the Confederates succeeded ia throwing a line across this one highway ; and there we were, hemmed in like a woodchuck in his burrow. Starvation or surrender stared us in the face. One or the other of these alternatives we must accept in a few days at most, unless fti>me unexpected change took place very speedily. " It is, perhaps, difficult for us to comprehend the feelings of a commander, hitherto successful, and with ? the fate, perhaps, of a nation depending upon his action, place I in such a nns'.tion as our general then was. I i * 0 saw his face grow hourly more pale and despairing, his step slower and more feeble, and his whoie air that of a man whose heart and spirit were breaking under the strain. But Thomas was not the man to yield until every resource had been pounded to the 1 ottom. And there was one resource yet left?a desperate and almost hopeless one, it is true. " Forty miles to the eastward of us lay Stockton's command of nearly thirty thousand men, serenely unconscious of our danger an 1 their own. Several days before Stockton had been direct d to occupy a pass in the mountains on the left, and to hold it until 3 further orders. ut course, unaware I of the predicament of the main army, 9 he would make no movement to. our I relief. Communications were now cut B off, and it seemed a matter of utter impossibility to re-open them through t}ie heavy fine of Confederates which lay across the railroad. Thomas, how^ ever, determined to try it, and I was selected for the dangerous, but honorable, duty ot the attempt. " We ha l r asjn to suppose that th * enemy had not destroyed the railroad, aud that if we were not captured at the outset we might g. t an engine through to Kanakia station, wlier.* Stockton lay. "At 10:30 my orders were given me, and I mounted the engine, which was either to carry me to my death or to save the army. It was not a powerful Tnaphind lint it WJiq t.ho l)PSt !lt OUT (1:8 posal, and in good order, fortunately. One of our men, who had been an engineer, undertook to manage the engine, and another to fire it Both were ccol, tried men, but as we stepped into the cab togeth- r, I saw them shake hands with their comrades and bid them farewell. Evidently neither of them expected to get through alive. " 'Put in a couple of extra tallowcans, John,'said the engines. 4 We are going in to make time, and I expect the old machine will heat up finely.' " The cans were stowed away in the caboose, the engineer opened the throttle-valve, and amid an impressive silence in the crowd surrounding the starting point we moved slowly away. About two miles distant lay the first battery which the enemy had thrown up to command the road; beyond that were several more, to say nothing of the picket lines scattered along the tracks. So you will perceive we were to run a pretty warm gaunt* let. " We had proceeded but a very short distance when there was a flash and i report from the shrubbery skirting the 1 road, and a bullet crushed through the window of the cab. An outpost had I already discovered us, and had given I ns a foretaste, of what we were to exI pect further on. II ?4 Let her out!' I said to the enI ft /? gineer. 'There is no use in trying to I I hide ourselves. Speed is our only fiance now.' ^ S ' v ' "VV*. ! them so you couldn't stir them an 1 inch.' I " 1 did as directed. The garment ! fell across the track, and exactly where the forward trucks could strike it. Present!}* there was a heavy jolting sound behind us and a shrill escape of steam. I Caught,'cried the engineer. 'If it has only wedged into the piston bar they may work all night before they get it out.' Some accident had certainly hapupiml to our enemies, for all sounds of 4,4 Very good, sir!' replied the enj gineer, opening the valve jis he spoke, j The engine bounded like a spurred ; horse. On we went, swaying from side to side, until it seemed a> if we ! must jump the track. Meanwhile, our ! friends along the road were not idle. I Bullet after bullet whistled by us; but | fortunately, what with the darkness and the rapidity of our motion, none : of them reached us. I 41 We had now arrived in sight of the first battery. By the lights moving . ' hurriedly along the parapet, it was ! obvious that our approach was expectI ed. As we passed abreast of the battery, it gave us its lir.-t compliment in the >hape of a round shot, followed by | a storm of grape. Here, again, the j darkness and our speed saved us. Several of the grapeshot glanced oil the frame of the engine without doing | any damage, however. 44 4 Give her some more fire, John,' J said tin engineer, grimly. 4It' they j j happen to knock a hole in us with one j ; of them 1 its of iron, you won't do no i more tinner, mv bov, I can tell you J i that.' j 44 By this time we had passed out of j i range of the first battery, an 1 were under the guns of two more. These j I works had been constructed to com | mand the junction of our road with ! j another running south. There wjk> ' also a station at this point, and as we ; i whirled by I saw an engine standing upon a siding with steam up. I caught ! sight of a number of men running to! ward it, as well as others busy with a ! car which stood near it. What they , I were at I could not make out. for we ! . passed them like a Hash of lightning.! j At this moment, too. the batteries, | : which had probably received tele-! j graphic notice of our approach, opened ' j lire upon us, and for a moment the air si em ed to be alive with shrieking i ! iron. | 44 4 More fire, John,' cried the en-j i gineer; 'ram her full to the doors, or j j it's all up with in.' "The fireman stooped to obey, but! at that moment a shell struck upon J the caboose anil burst within three teet | of us. It was a ten-inch monster, and how any of us escaped alive I fail to I see. As it was when the smoke and dust cleared away, I found the top of the cab gone, a portion of the caboose j torn olT and the fireman lying in a heap on the lloor, with his arm broken. " I'm knocke 1 out, \Villiam,' he groaned, 'and whose to fire her for the rest of tlie trip V "'I will,' said I; 'I think I can manage it.' ' After placing the poor fellow in as comfortable position as possible, I seized the shovel and began my new I duties. " By this time we had passed out of ! range of the batteries, which now and then, however, sent a sullen shot in | our direction, as a parting evidence of their good-will. " We are safe,' I said, with a sigh of relief; 'that was their last line cf works. The road is clear before us.' *" I hope so, sir,' responded the engineer. ' How's your fire, John ?' "'Very bad, William,' groaned the fireman ; 'but that ain't the worst of it. We ain't through with the trouble yet.' "4 What do you mean r i asKea. 'The scouts say that there are no troops beyond us except our own at Kanakia station.' " But they're following us,' replied the fireman. 'They are after us hot and heavy.' " I looked at the engineer, under the impression that the poor fireman was in a delirium with his injury. He's right, captain,' said the engineer, listening intently. 'Sure as fate they have pulled out that engine we saw at the junction, and are chasing us.' " ' But there is no possibility of their overtaking us,' I replied. " I don't know about that,' he said, giavelv. 'That engine is a heavy one, 1 and I have seen her make a good fifty miles with a train behind her. This one is a light machine, and I can'tI promise more than forty at most, lie- ; side, they have the advantage of us in the fact that they have a car at. tached and we are running alone.' "' I should suppose that our lightness 1.1,1 Krt rnilwir in mir fftvnr tlinn MUUiU UC i lit VU4 HVT'/A i otherwise,' 1 responded. "'Got something to balance her,' grunted the fireman, sententiously. j '"John is right,' explained the j engineer. 4 You see, sir, if an engine j j has no weight behind her she is apt to J jump and pound the rails, and, if you j put her at her full speed, to get off the track altogether. So, while that engine behind us can do her lev.el best, we can't even let out to torty miles without danger of a smash-up.' "Meanwhile our own little machine was not idle. I had kept the furnace j at a white heat. The steam, pent up j I in the ooiler, groaned and wheezed like 1 the breathing of an imprisoned giant. ! The wheels spun around upon the' ! tracks, crashing from side to side, j ; until there were moments when even ! the engineer peered with a startled eye j out of the si'ie window at the coinpli' cated mechanism below. As we passed i over a 1 >ng trestle bridge across a wid | marsh, I saw, emerging from the sha li ows at the other end, the black form of the pursuing engine, followed by the car, through whose lighted windows a crowd of armed men were visible. Ilere we had a momentary advantage, for. desperate as our enemies might be, J j their engineer dared not carry his j weighty engine over the light frame-. ' work as rapidly as we had gone. It! i was but a trilling gain, however, for ' once on the solid road-bed again the 1 ! monster came on at a re.louble 1 speed. , "4 More lire, captain,' muttered the j engineer, at this moment, 'on Ibis i grade we must do our best, or it will be all over in five minutes.' "1 opened me lurnac.Mioor ani ! begun shoveling in the coal. Upon ' the instant there was a Hash and report from the cab windows of the purj suing engine, arid a rifle-hall smashed | the clock in our cab, within an inch of J the engineer's head. " The llame gives them a line i J mark,' observed the engineer, calmly, j j 'That ball was meant for me, and but | for the swaying of the engine it would ! have hit, too.' " I completed my t;isk as speedily as I possible and closed the furnace-door. We were now in darkness again, and J if a ball reached us it must be by acei j dent. Our enemies made no further : attempt, however; confident, doubt- j less, of running us down very shortly.. And well they might be. We had ten I miles yet to run before reaching a point where they would themselves be in danger of capture or destruction from our own division at Kanakia. t* i /!<? i i i'UUllg nit; 1<13?, irn IIIIIC.1 HH1 mm v?>. ! creased the distance one-half, and run; ning as]we now were, it would be ;U1 | up with us in live miles more. " Is there nothing we can do:' I ! asked, anxiously. "' Pitch something on the track,' said the fireman i'roin Ins corner. Maybe you can catch their wheels. Try one of the fire-bars.' j ' It's a good idea, .John,' replied the , engineer, 'perhaps you had better I make the experiment, captain.' I " I seized one of the heavy bars, a I piece of metal as thick as a crow-bar ' and ten feet long, a id clambering I over the coal in the f-alioose, leaned ; down and dropped the bar as nearly as j I could across the track. Heaven l'or! give me! but with what interest I I waited for sjme crash or outcry which ! should signal the destruction of our | pursuers. In a moment more there i was a sharp clang along the rails bej hind us, and a crackling among the I bushes lining the road. | " .She has kicked it off,' said the en> | gineer. * Try my heavy overcoat. . I've known a p'e:e of cloth like that ' to get among the wheels and jam pursuit rapidly di< d away and we began to breathe freer. We had now reached a point within live miles of Kanakia, in two or three more we should be within the line of our outposts. At this moment I saw the engineer lean forward and listen again intently. " ' What is it?' I asked. "'After us again,' he answered, quietly. 'The coat merely retarded them a little. There they are !' " I could now plainly perceive the black figure of the engine, emitting white clouds of steam into the pale night sky, whirling swiftly around a curve not sixty rods behind. Angered with the delay, and knowing that if we were to be c.iptured at all, it must be within the next ten minutes, they were coming on more rapidly than ever. We were at the foot of this very up-grade- where we now are. It extends for nearly three miles beyond Kanakia, and is one of the heaviest in the country. It was at this point that our fate was to be decided From the moment we ran upon it our light <ngme began to lose ground hopelessly. Our pursuers were now so near that we could plainly observe the movement* of those in the engintcab by the light, of their gauge lamp. The platform of the car was crowded with men, cocking their muskets and making ready for an exterminating volley. " 'Oh, for five minutes more!' T groaned. 'It is horrible to be trapped or kiltod in sight of friends and safety.' '"Ves/muttered the engineer; 'there is no hope now. When they fire there won't be much left of us. And they will, too, in half a moment.' " I've an idea,' said the fireman, arising .stiffly from his corner. 'I can't light and I can't fire the machine, but I've one arm left, and that'll do to hold her steady while you and William puts a spoke in their wheel.' '"But how,' cried the engineer. 'Speak quick, John ; moments are gold now.' * ' Where are the tallow-cans we put aboard ?' asked the fireman. "'Bravo, John, just the thing !' exclaimed the engineer, as if perceiving a meaning in the other's words which escaped me utterly. 'Captain, those dispatches are safe, and you owe it to John; for I should never have thought of it in a lifetime.' " By this time the fireman was standing at the valves, and the engineer had found the tallow-cans, two brass vessels, each holding a gallon or more, with long-curved spouts. One of these he gave to me. while he kept the other himself, and we scrambled over the coal to the rear of the tender. I had not the remotest idea of what we were going to accomplish, but there was no time to lose in explanation. " ' N'ow,' said my companion, in an excited tone, ' lean over, and pour your tallow carefully upon the track as we sro alonjr. Don't waste a drop, and don't leave a foot of rail unoiled.' " I obeyed him in silence, and soon the tracks for a long distance beliind us wer shining with the thick, greasy fluid. When the contents of the can were exhausted, the engineer said, as he arose from his position, ' 1 think we have fixed them. John, old man, you can case her up a triile. We needn't smash the machine trying to got away. We shall have no more trouble to-night.* " I looked back and saw that our pursuers had just reached the oiled section of the track. Their own momentum carried them forward some distance; then there was a harsh, whirring sound, and a furious escape of steam. All was plain to me now. On the up-grade the driver, finding no resistance on the oiled tracks, simply whirled around, without bearing the engine onward a foot. It was as helpless as a hamstrung elephant. "At this moment a shot was fired in the road before us, and a hoarse voice commanded us to halt. Well aware that we were now among friends, our engine was stopped and the facts explained to the otlicer in command of the detachment. - * " mere is nine inure u? rejuti-. uui pursuers and their engine were neatly captured. Stockton's division made a forward movement and relieved Thomas and his army from their perilous position. As for myself and my brave companions, we wen; not furgotten, and I am glad to say that the inventive John, whose timely suggestions had saved our engine, and perhaps our army, left the service with the rank of captain in the engineer corps." Having finished his story, and our train at the same time beginning to move on, my interesting companion wrapped himself up in his cloak and was so:m asleep. t iwIamr*it 1 1IU AIIUUII1U1I ArvAituiiv*. O. Owing to a singular practice of adoption, it is rare t<? see a child above six or seven years residing with its parents. It is considered a compliment for a "married man, after a visit, to ask his host for one of his children. Indeed, the soi disant father may, on a similar occasion, pass th* child on further without, referring to the real parent. To prevent improp r flirtations auiong the lads and lassies, they paint tin* suspected parties, one red, the other white; of course they cannot mutually embrace without partially exchanging color. Marriage is forbidden among near relatives. Relationships are tnuvd in both lines, and the system with reference to either sex i. i?it ti,? record fails after ih liiciiiu in, >***/ -?_ . three generations. Children are named before they are born, after some friend of the parent: there being no distinction of sex in these titles. Much ceremony is practiced in the burial of the dead; infants being deposited under the hearth of the hut where they died, and adults upon a mat-ban,' or platform, in the jungle, or in a grave. Temporary migrations in either case follow death, in order to allow the spirit of the deceased full range around the old haunts. After a proper tim;; the dead are exhumed, their bones cleaned and made into jewelry and mementos. The belief in spirits is evident from the ceremonies accompanying interments. Friends", at meeting, stare at each i other until the younger speaks; rela 1- , 1..Tfn, tive.s embrace ana nowi iimcmmi;. ^ ! each particular kind of meeting there is a special form of salutation, in which tears form the chief ingredient. Fire-making is unknown ; but the modes of preserving the lire furnished ! by the active volcano of one. of the ! islands are very ingenious. Many misi statements have been made concerning their former ignorance of fire.?Scij en re. The cultivation of the olive in Calij fornia promises to be a great success, i The trees begin bearing in three years, S and continue to yield for centurie j Some of the olive trees ars already j eight years old, and produces 250 bush! els of fruit to the acre, representing $1,200 in oil. One of our esteemed contemporaries comes to us with a stirring leader, a column and a half long, on "Yeast." j It must have been written by a rising young journalist,,?Troy Timet. THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. Snlt for Wood*. An experience'! gardener says: Salt is sometimes applied to gravel walks and roads in a liquid state, or in the form of strong brine used quite hot, or as near the boiling point as possible. This is said to be very effectual in preventing the growth of weeds. Sundry other solutions are also recommended for the purpose; but I know of nothing more effectual than a liberal dressing of dry salt, sufficient to whiten the entire surface of the gravel. A slight sprinkling is of little use, and may even increase rather [ than'diminish the evil which it isinI tended to cure. In applying such a dressing as has just been recommended, it i-; of course necessary to exercise caution, in order to prevent the salt coming in contact with the grass, box or other plants, which may form an edging to tho road or walk operated on. In my garden last year i some walks which were salted early in the season have been free from weeds all summer. Trontnicnt of a Pnaluro. The first thing to Vie done with a | paai/uii; uilujiiiji'iv\i wiui aiuiio la tu remove this incumbrance. If there is a low spot, a ditch should bo dug there with an outlet to carry off the water and the stone gathered into it and covered a toot deep. Large rocks should be buried where they lie. Then the surface can be improved by harrowing, fresh seeding, and the use of plaster, superphosphate of lime, nitrate of soda, or other useful fertilizers. Permanent pasture is very desirable and easily attainable if the right means are used. The chief of these is the seed. A mixture of grasses is necessary. and the varieties chosen should ' e those having running roots and coming to maturity in succession. Meadow fescue, tall oat-gnisses, fowl meadow-grass, orchard-grass, timothy, and red-top will altogether make a thick, permanent sod, and if a little white clover is added it might be an advantage. Four pounds of each would be enough to the acre,?New 1 orlc Times. Milk Cow* Need Stnblea. If the stable is not so close as to make the cows uncomfortable, and is well ventilated and kept clean, and as good food given as that obtained by grazing, the same cows will give more milk in a se:ison if kept up than they would if running at large, unless tlio grazing is done under unusually favorable conditions. Cows in milkrequire but little exercise to maintain good health. What they get beyond this requirement when grazing, which is generally considerable, tends to diminish their milk. Exposure to hot sunshine, to storms, and to annoyance by ilies, tends to depreciate both quantity and quality, and to give a balance in favor of stabling. The more traveling cows do, the more cheesy matter do they develop in their milk, while to support- the increased respiration occasioned by theincriased exercise, more fat is burned up and less appears in the milk. The quieter they remain, the richer their milk in butter. Upon the varying conditions which may accompany the two modes of feeding, will depend the preference in richness and quality of milk. It is believed to be generally on the side of housing when properly attended to.? Live Stock Journal. Fertility lncrca*e?I by Rotation"When the farm annually yields to its full capacity there is extracted Irom the soil thuse elements that principally constitute its riches or fertility, and unless the soil is led with matter containing those elements of fertility it will in the course of time fail to repay for the labor and capital required in its cultivation. Most farmers are aware of that fact and u.?-e barn-yard manure and commercial fertilizers in order to supply the deficiency. AVe have within our power, however, the means by which the soil can be recuperated and restored to fertility, anil every prudent farmer takes advantage of such opportunities in order to bring his farm to the highest degree of productiveness. The practice of a rotation of crops is essential to good farming, and it is by sucli system that I the most fertile sections have been I kept to their standard condition. How rotation accomplishes so desirable a result is not a hard matter to solve, for plants, like animals, differ in their methods of growth and feeding capacities. "When a Held is occupied by clover, the crop, when plowed under or fed to stock on the farm and again returned in the shape of manure, adds additional matter to the soil. "When fed to animals, only a portion returns, but when the whole crop goes under, the quantity is very large. Hut, j as :i crop of clover is sometimes too I valuable for the plow, we still have the advantage of knowing that the I sods and roots are very enriching, i Clover is a lime and potash plant, requiring but little applied nitrogen to I ito irrnwfli* :inil vet,. liv shading : numv ivo^iv.iv.., .....x. ^ r, the seil, and through its power of ! utilizing the nitrogenous materials of j the soil and atmosphere, it returns j more nitrogen to the soil than those crops that depend largely on that substance. Xor does it take from thesoil j a disproportionate quantity of phosphoric acid, which is another advanI tage in its favor. As clover I takes from the soil lime and potj ash principally, it leaves the ground, : when removed, in good condition for some crop that prefers nitrogen and I phosphoric acid. Experience has i taught farmers tii.at wheat or corn is i capable of filling a place in the rota; tion, and such system is general on j well cultivated farms, wheat, clover I and corn following in successive I firilnr In some sections the practice is a i lioeil crop, that is, in aldition to the | use dt'the cultivator, tin; hoe is passed i through the corntielil, which more j thoroughly eradicates weeds. It calls I for iimr- labor 0:1 tlie corn, but saves it on the weeds. The rotation is not, however, complete without a root crop j o ' some kind, and this, joined with the j bindi ng of sheep, as is done in England, will bring an almost barren field in the course of a few years to a fertile condition. Our system of rotation is | too narrow and should take in other I crops that are profitable, in order that the elements of plant-fcod should be distributed as evenly as possible when removed by crops. PAnother advantage in rotation is that all soils contain fertility to a certain degree. Even iq the best of soils ther-3 are dormant or insoluble substands valuable in composition, and when they are not being appropriated by an occupying crop are gradually being reduced and rendered soluble as plant-Iood loruie succeeumg nun, nun thus rotation not only prevents the loss of particular substances in excess but converts the locked-up elements of the soil into free and assimilable matter, In this country no system of rotation is complete without clover; in Eng land it must contain the cultivation ol root crops and sheep pasturage. That we may learn a valuable lesson by com bining both practices it becomes th< '7uty of every farmer to make experi ments, even if only on small locations ?Practical Farmer. lleeioest Jelly Cake Kolls.?Four eggs beat whites aod yolks separately ; on< teacupful whire sugar, one tcacupfu sifted (lour, one teaspoonful cream tar ter, one-half teaspoonful sodadissolvet in a very little hot water ; flavor witl the juice of one lemon ; biat all we) together; spread quarter of an incl thick in a square tin ; bake quickly then turn bottom side up, spread witl . jelly, and roll up while hot; this re eeipt makes three rolls. Flummery,?Boil one pint of mil'i i with one and a half ounces of sugai ! and a bit of vanilla; as soon as il boils add one ounce of corn lloui which has been mixed with a little j cold milk, ami stir with a wooder | spoon until the corn Hour is wel i cooked. Then take the pan off tin lire and add four or five whites of eggs beaten to a stiff froth ; pour the mix ! ture into a mold and serve with cus tard or fruit syrup. To be eulen cold I Potato Pudding.?Melt a table i spoonful of butter, and add it to a pinl i of cold mashed potato, with a palatabh l seasoning of salt, pepper and cayenne | beat the eggs to a froth, gradually mi> { with them half a pint of milk and stii I the mixture into the mashed potatoes 1 put these ingredients at once into , j buttered earthen baking dish, plac; ! the pudding thus made in a very hoi j oven and let it brown; serve it hot ir i the dish in which it is baked as * ' vegetable. Asi'AHAGrs Soup.?Cut the top; from about thirty heads of asparagus, about half an inch long, and boil the rest; cut off all the tender portions am. rub through a fieve, adding a little i salt; warm three pints of soup stock i add a small lump of butter and a teaspoonful of Hour previously cooked b\ heating the butter and slowly stirring in the llower; then add the asparagus pulp. Boil slowly a quarter of at hour, stirring in two or three tablespoonfuls of cream; color the soup witl a teaspoonful of prepared spinach | made by pounding the spinach well | adding a few drops of water, squeezing j the juice through a cloth and puttins i it over a good fire. As soon as i! looks curdy, take it off and strain the liquor through a sieve. What remain; on the sieve is to be used for coloring the soup. Just before serving the souf add the asparagus tops which have been separately boiled. j Scalps Worth Two Hundred Dollars, The Mexicans and the Indians of the Chihuahua region vie with each othei in savagery. The whites are as read} as the reds to scalp their enemies. A few months ago a party of ranchmer set out for the mountains in search ol Apaches, and came upon a band headed : by a son of old Victorio. Battle was waged for several days. At last the Mexicans wer<j victorious, and witli eight scalps, several squaws and some ponies began their homeward march, One of the most important captures tli.if /if .? \fuvii?in wnmnn whf had been carried away a year previous by the Apaches. The reception of this party in Chihuahua was witnessed by a member of the Boston Herald's staff, They got word from the mayor that on Sunday he would receive them in the plaza. At the appointed hour quiet was disturbed by a clanging of the bells in the cathedral towers, and vast crowds rushed pell-mell toward the square. Behind a band of music came thirty horsemen, who were the victorious ranchmen. Each carried the ritles aid revolvers he had used, and hanging to the saddles were the other arms that had been employed in the battles with the Apaches. Eight men on foot held long poles* from J which dangled tin; scalps of as many j hated Apaches. "When the peoplesaw these they became frantic with delight, Bravos resounded on all sides, women waved their handkerchiefs, and the long line of excited gazers rocked to and fro with enthusiasm, and applauded until they were exhausted. But hardly had" the scalp bearer.-passed before there came the squawd that had been taken. The minute thise bare-headed, dirty, hard-faced women were seen, the cheering and the waving began again, while the boys pressed hard against the guards to strike at the wives of those who had killed and tortured their people. Some of the prisoners held in their arms, and ' securely bound to Hat, rough boards, ! their nursing babies, while the Mexii cans struck at them. Every wail from I an infant was hailed with joy by the j friends of the victors. The mayor j mailt: a congratulatory speech. The j correspondent asked the consul of the I'nited States what the city did with the captive women. " They are sent to the fort at Vera Cruz for life," he replied. "The children are given to whoever wants them to bring them up as servants. The scalps? Why, the government buys them. Every one brings $200." Peter Cooper's Liberality. During the winters of 1874-"?, 1875-G, and 1870-7, the sufferings of thu. po;>r ''n New York from privation, ct>ld and want of employment were unprecedented in the history of the metropolis. Every day during these long winters, from 3 o'clock in the afternoon until i:.in "\r?. i?.>op fWmnr s.it. in liis U 1U1.X . Wi V.'WJ.V. ? or library on Lexington avenue, and no one, however shabby in dress, was refused admission. On the table be' fore liiin were piled hundreds of newly | coined half-dollars and pilei of onei dollar greenbacks, and these piles were ; replenished every hour by the servant in attendance. His rule was to give ' every applicant half a dollar in any i event, and if the case seemed to be a specially urgent one the douceur was doubled, with a request either to write ;i history of the case, have it authenticated by some clergyman or other authority, and send it in for further consideration. As early as 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon crowds of povertystricken people ? nun and women of every nationality and position I in lilc?.nigut ueen seen gamerou m ! front of the Lexington avenue resi! donee, and the amount expended often ! amounted to $'200 in a single day, irrespective of the special cases that were | more carefully inquired into, and in i which special aid was given. Most ot I the applicant:- were strangers, and I many, of course, were downright frauds. But the old man proceeded ' upon the principle that it is better to | lit* deceived by many than to deny one deserving sulTorer. lie could afford, 1 he used to say, to give half a dollar to j anybody who asked for it, irrespective j of the merits of the applicant, and | time did not permit him to inquire toe : minutely into the circumstances. His i heaviest week during any season ag ! gregated $1,000; it was considerable money to spend on mendicants; but,as the old man said, the ministers woul< take care of those who belonged te their denominations, and some one must take care of those who wer< | neither Episcopalians nor Methodists I I)./u.l,vfnr!nno nr*r f'ilthnlifiG T t. WJ1I I lUOI'J ttl UiMO UU1 \/?nuv;itvg? * w ? those who h;ul no religious affiliation! who were most liable to suffer withou any resource or remedy; and it was fo; this class that he kept up his distribu tiun of half dollars. Boys Will Bo Boys. j A boy will tramp two hundred an< I forty miles in one day on si rabbit bun 1 j and be limber in the evening; when, i j you ask liitn to cross the street am :; borrow Jones' two-inch auger, he wil | be .as stiff as a meat block. And h i ! will go swimming all day and stay ii ;! the water three hours at a time, am -! splash and dive, and paddle and pull ' and next morning he will feel that ai ! unmeasured insult has been offerei " him when he is tclil by his mother t wash his face. And he'll wande around a dry creek bed all the eveninj piling up a pebble fort, and nearly di when his big sister wants him to pic up a basket of chips for the parlo , j stove. And he'll spend the bigges 3 part of his time, in trying ta corner 1 stray mule or a barebacked horse fo - a ride, and feel that all life's charm I have fiad when it conies his turn t i drive the cows home. And he'll tun 1 a ten-acre lot upside down for te: l inches of angle worms, and wish fo ; the voiceless tomb when the garde: i demands attention. THE BAD BOY AND THE BABY ; THE TROUBLE THE NEW ARRIVAL HAS CAUSED. Howtlm Had ftoy'n I'n <Jot a Ortitt for tlie , Infunt'n Simteniincp--iri? Ne^r Situation its Teller in a Liver? Ntn.ble? I "Well, how is the baby?" asked the , grocery man of the bad boy, as he came into the grocery smelling very "horsey," and sat down on the chair with the back gone, and looked very tired. " Oh, dickens take the baby. Everybody .asks me about the baby as though . n was mine, x uoa i p;iy uu <ii/ieuwuu ; to the blame thing, except to notice ; the foolishness going on around the ! Jiouse. Say, I guess that baby will . grow up to be a fire engine. The J nurse coupled tlie baby on to a section , of rubber hose that runs down into a | bottle of milk, and it began to get up : J steam and pretty soon the milk began j ( to disappear, ju->t like the water does when a lire engine couples on to ;i hy, drant. Pa calls the baby 'Old Number Two.' I am ' Number One,' and if , pa had a hook and ladder truck and a ' j hose cart and a lire gong, he would . imagine he was chief engineer of the jlire department. Hub the baby kicks | Dn this milk wagon milk, and howls , like a dog that's got lost. The doctor r told pa the best thing he could do was [ ,to get a goat, but pa said sincc we J t fnishiated him into the Masons with ] tlio goat, he wouldn't have a goat ' around no how. The doc tulu pa the j other kind of a goat, I think it was a ' Samantha goat lie said, wouldn't kick J with its head, and pa sent me up into \ the Polack settlement to see if I could j ! borrow a milk goat for a few weeks. [ I got a woman to lend us her ' goat till the baby got big enough \ to chew beef, for a dollar a week, and ; paid a dollar in advance, and pa went up with me in the evening to help me get the goat. Well, it was the blamtdest mistake you ever see. There was two goats so near alike that you couldn't tell which was the goat we ! leased, and the other goat was the ' chum of our goat, but it belonged to a ' Nirish woman. We got a bed cord hitched against the Irish goat, and \ that goat didn't recognize the lease, I :inti when we tried to ierlc it along it I reared right up and made things lively 1 for pa. I don't know what there is ! about a goat that makes it get so 1 spunky, but that goat seemed to have ! a grudge against pa from the first. If there were any places on pa's manly 1 form that the goat did not explore, > with its head, pa don't know where 1 the places arc. Oh, it lammed him, and 1 when I la fled pa got mad. I told him ' every man ought to furnish his goats, when he had a baby, and I let go of 1 the rope and started off, and pa said ' he knew how it was, I wanted Jiim to get killed. It wasn't that, but ! I saw the Irish woman that owned the - goat coming around the corner of the 1 house with a cistern pole. Just as pa : was getting the goat out of the gate the 1 goat got cross ways of the gate, and pa yanked and doubled the goat right up, ' and I thought he broke the goat's 1 neck, and the woman thought so too, for she jabbed pa with the cistern pole ; just below the belt, and she tried to get a hold on pa's hair, but he had her thoro Vn u'fimnn fiin flip :idvnn tage of pa in that way. 'cause ma has tried it. Well, pa explained it to the woman, and she let pa oft' if he ! would pay her two dollars for damages 1 to her goat, and he paid it, and then Ave took the nanny goat, and it went right along with us. The baby 1 hasn't done anything but blat since the nurse coupled it onto the goat 1 hydrant. I had to take all my playthings out of the basement to keep t ic goat from eating them. I guess the ! milk will taste of powder and singed hair now. The goat got to eating some Roman candles me and my claim had laid away in the coal bin, and chewed them around the furnace, and the powder leaked out and a coal fell out of the furnace on the hearth, and * - ^ i ? /-v ^:?I J'OU U II Uldu lost'e |iiiium tucmicn gin and the goat. You see pa can't milk nothing but a milk wagon, and he got the hired girl to milk the goat, and they were just hunting around the basement for the gout, with a tin cup, when the fireworks went off,- Well, t'iere was balls of green and red. and blue fire,and spilled powder blazed up, and the goat just looked astonished, anil looked on .as though it was sorry so 1 much good fodder was sp >iled, and when its hair began to burn the goat gave one snort ami went between pa and the hired girl like it was shot out of a cannon, and it knocked pa over a washboiler into a coal-bin, and the hired girl in among the kindling wood, and she crossed herself and repeated the catekisni, and the goat jumped up on top of the brick furnace, and they couldn't get it down. I heard the celebration, and went down anil took pa by the pants and pulled him out of the coal-bin, and he said he would surrender, and plead guilty of being the biggest fool in Milwaukee. I pulled the kindling wood off the hired girl, and then she got mad, and said she would milk that goat or die. Oh, that girl has got sand. She used to work in the glass factory. Well, sir, it was a sight worth two shillings admission to see that hired girl get up on a step-ladder to milk that goat on top of the furnace, with pa sitting on a barrel of potatoes, bossing the job. They are going to fix a gang-plank to get the goat down off the furnace. The baby kicked on the milk last night. 1 guess beside tasting of powder and burnt hair, the milk was too warm on account of the furnace. I'a has got to grow a new lot of hair on that guat, cr the woman won't lake it ba'*k. She don't want no hald goat. Well, they can run the baby and goat to suit themselves, 'cause I have resigned. I have gone into business. Don't you smell .anything that would ; lead you to surmise that I had gone into business? Xo drug store this 1 time," and the boy got up and put his ! thumbs into the armholes of his vest > and looked proud. 1 " Oh, I don't know as I smell any> thing, except the faint odor of a horse 1 blanket. What you gone into, any> way?" and the grocery man put the 1 wrapping paper under the counter, and put the red chalk in his pocket, so s the bov couldn't write any sign to hang 5 up outside. 1 "You hit it the lir.st time. I have > accepted a situation of teller in a livery 5 stable," said the boy, as he searched 3 around for the barrel of cat sugar, . which had been removed. i "Teller in a livery stable! Well, * that is a new one on me. What is a t teller in a livery stable?" and the gro' eery man looked pleased. ;ind pointed - the boy to a barrel of seven-cent sugar. 41 Don't you know what a teller is in a livery stable? It is the same as a 1 teller in a bank. I have to grcaso the t harness, oil the buggie.s, and curry f off the horses, and when a man comes T 1 4 in to nire a iioim- i n?i>^ i<> ? >?? 1 to the saloon and tell the livery man. c That's what a teller is. L like the 3 teller part of it, but greasing the har1 ness is a little tuo rich for my blood, but the livery man says if 1 stick to it l 1 will be governor s >me day, 'cause 1 most all the great men have begun 0 life taking care of horses. J t all der pends on my girl whether I stick or B not. If she likes the smell of horses I < shall be a statesman, but if she objects 1 to it, and sticks up her nose, 1 shall not r yearn to be governor, at the expense of t rriy girl. It beats all, don't it, that a wimmin settle every great question, i Everybody does everything to please s wimmin, and if they kick on anything 0 that settles it. But I nuist go and d umpire that game between pa and the d hired girl and the goat. Say, can't 1 you come over and see the" baby? a 'Taint bigger than a small satchel," and the boy waited till the grocery man went to draw some vinegar, when lie slipped out and put up a sign written on a shingle with white chalk, "Yellow sand wanted for maple sugar." ?Peck's Sun. a Villages lu China, Villages, not badly built by any means, occur at intervals of a mile or more apart all along the roads of China. Very good brick?much about the same size, shape and material as those made in this country?compose the walls of the better houses, while for the poorer order of edifices mud is used. The brick walls in China are excellent?better than the cheap brick walls in America, and but little inferior to our best preserved brick. "When villages are constructed of mud there is a striking resemblance to the villages of Egypt .The houses haveno outside windows and but one opening, which is the door. The openings for lights are upon inner courts or Kvk yards, and are without glass. Tne eaves arc made to project, so as to keep out the ruin, awl in doing so exclude much light as well. Blinds made of slats are sometimes used, and thin, light pappr pasted over the slats serves to keep out some of. the cold air and let in a little light. The houses are invariably one story high, and at the bottom of this custom is a superstition that higher houses would interfere with the spirits of the air (" Fung Chui") and offend them, thus bringing disaster upon the house i or village. In fr ?nt of each door, and ! at a distance of eight or ten feet, stands a detached wall, fifteen feet long and as high as the eaves of the house, concealing the door from any person standing in front of it. This is for the purpose of defending the house and family from the malignant "Fung J Chui" or spirits, which are popularly I ! believed to fly only in straight lines and to be incapable of turning a corn?r. It follows that when traversing the ' air in search of a certain house when they come in contact with the wall they are thrown off at an angle, and thus baffled of their purpose, and fly in a tangent through infinite space and are lost. A Chinese village lias but little in common with those of this country, either in detail or in general appearance. While the villages of America, copied from English prototypeare peculiar from their detached andseparwSfli /?orrlnna onrl frniQQ nlllf.Q ilLC UU11U, ttun jj(uuuM uum g.f.....,, those of China arc compact, huddled together, and present from a distance tlie aspect of a mere dead wall. One peculiar aspect of all Chinese cities and villages is the absence of all steeples, spires or pinnacles of any kind. While Mahominedan countries have the mosque, with its dashing domes and graceful minarets, and European and American centers of population are marked by lofty towers and spires China is almost absolutely without any of these striking architectural points. The result is great monotony and dullness of aspect. The Day on Which Congross Opens. In very early times, when March 4 was supposed to be the last day to which Congress could extend itself in the odd year with propriety, it would J occasionally be found hard" at work ai ! the 3d passed into the 4th. As the 4th I of March is the day for the inauguration of the executive department of the government of the United States, that date has become the first in this nation. It was fixed upon in 1788 by the action of the Continental Congress, i which, on September 18, adopted the following resolve, preceded by a preamble which set forth in order the reasons for the action of that Congress i at that time, "That the first Wednesi clay in January next be the day for apj pointing electors in the several States i which before the said day shall have I i ratified the said constitution; that the first Wednesday in February next be | the day for the electors to assemble in ! their respective States, and vote for a j President, and that the first Wednesj day in March next be the time, and the j present seat of Congress (New York) j the place, for commencing the proceedj ings under the said constitution." The j first Wednesday in March, 1788, fell on j March 4, hencc the precedence of j j that day in our history under the con! stitution. It was not till the 30th I i of April, 178't, however, that Wash- j ! ington became P esident, owing to various circumstances, but in 1793, when he entered upon his second presidcnI tial term, he was inagurated on j March 4. Were 1S83 an inaugural i year, the ceremonies would have been j postponed to March 5, as March 4 fell \ on Sunday Next year will be the 1 ? *?i 1. i ,..:n s\r\ 'Tmac. 1 IPUJ) yCiir, <U1U iUitl Ullt ? ui ur; \jil i uwI day; and the next presidential term i on Wednesday, March 4, 1885. Our ! century of Presidents will be coinj pleted on March 4, 1889; and the i President to complete it will be chosen ! in 1883-9, if we shall insist that the work must be done by a newly-chosen | President. Properly, we should say, the man who shall go out in 1889 will j be the completing chief magistrate of j this nation, as will regard the first : century of the nation's constitutional l life. It will be soon enough to discuss j the matter almost six years hence. I Possibly April :jl), 1889. the hundreth 1 anniversary of Washington's first | inauguration as President of the j i United States, would be selected as j j the most lilting day on which to have I a national celebration of the beginning of our career as a people with a fixed government of limited powers, and | with the principles of liberty admitted in every way?save where the colored i race were concerned.?Huston Traveller ? Hunting in a Curious Mask. A Loiorauo iilini.'l iiiia iuvculuu a i i duck-hunting outfit which discounts | the California man's cow. He stripped | the hide from a bullock and mounted | it on a wire skeleton, which looked as i natural as a living animal. lie cut away the stomach of his wire bullock for his body, and made two holes through the shoulders to take sight : through. When he wants a duck ! shoot he drops his skeleton over his ; head and starts out for the tulies. He can walk right into a llock of ducks without startling them, and has on one or two occasions returned home with his hiding-place full of teal caught with his hands. He never fails to kill all he wants. j TVlicre Deep: st Solitude is Found. A sensible young lady ma le the fed- i I lowing request to her friends: " Do ; i i ... Kif fl?i? rmnlinnr ; not iav mu um>?i -,? brook's side, lest babbling lovers wake me from mv dreams, nor in the beautiful cemeteries in the valleys, lest sight seers conning over epitaphs distract me; but let my last sleep be under the counter of the mi r.-hant and j the business man generally who ' never advertiser There is th | peace which passeth all understanding, j and a deep sleep on which neither the j buoyant footfall of youth nor the j weary shullle and drag of old age will! ever intrude." Growth of the Republic. | It is interesting to contemplate the growth of the great republic in popu- j ! lation since the year 1790. It is as follows: Census of 1700 3,029,214 I Census of 1S(J0 5.3>i,48:l Census of 1810 7,2W,S',1 i Census of lw20..; 9,033,822 Census of 1N50 12,SCR,01*0 Census of 1H10 17,0(5!>,45J Census of 1850 28,191,87(5 Censnu of 18C0 31,441,321 Census of 1S70 38,568,371 j , Census of 1880 /50,l.r>f>,783 j Everything is sweet to the swee J singing poet. A Western warbler ha been attracted by tho freckles on the fai-e of a pretty girl. He calls them brown-eyed daises slumbering in a field of cream." IN JUDGE LTNCH'S HANDS. A. FEONTIEE LYNCHING SCS2TS VIVIDLY DESCRIBED. Tnktng the Murderer from flirt Cell and Hanging Hiin Over a I>Iinl j Shaft?TUo Vigilantes' Warning. Did you ever see a lynching? A genuine Joaquin Miller sensation, stripped of its unreal mountains, impossible trees and unimaginable rocks, and done out in the bare browns and reds of a sullen spring morning in the barren, desolate gorges of the Kockies? Just follow the crowd as it gathers at the postoflice, and at last, in silence and seriousness, moves slowly over the hill to the ja'l. Everybody knows there is death in the air. The "solid citizens" stand at the doors of their respective saloons and s -e the "mob " go by, a mob in which are their sons and brothers. A drunken justice of the pea^e, old 'Squire O'Marn, who tried to kill himself hist week, braces blearily up in a doorway, and calmly, even smilingly, reg.irds the men who are about to take the law into their own hands. They mount the hill and surround the palisades which fence in the pen where three murderers and i^any thieves and " bums " are confined. One corner of the jail is honored by a double row of slabs along its side s, and around this corner cluster.inost of the men,according to their preconcerted plan, while the ringleaders go around to the wicket to interview Jailer Fish. They know the answer they will get, for Jim Fish is true as steel, and tells them they'll grt his prisoners after they've gotten the best of lnm, and not before. It's a dangerous game, but the vigilantes play to win at all hazards. Convinced of the firmness of Fish's purpose, they leave him, gather once more around "Murderer's Corner," and in a moment the crackling of tiny, creeping fiames is heard, heavy smoke stifles the wretched prisoners, and their cries and shouts form a terrible accompaniment for th:? short, sharp blows of deftly wielded axes cutting into Jim Murphy's cell. In ten minutes he is out writhing, terror-stricken in the grasp of a half dozen men, some of whom, possibly, asked him only hist week for a " job." The jailer is forced to busy himself in releasing his other prisoners, and has no time to check the mob even if he could. But can this wretched, dwarfed carrot-haired, sandv-bearded and alto gether villainous-looking ruffian be the clapper, blavk-browed gambler, whose broadcloth was wont to be no blacker and smoother than his own locks? The transformation has indeed come, and the king of Secret Gulch stands revealed as the tramp who killed the Frenchman on Cut-Throat Flat. How curiously the boys stare at hiin as they hurry him along to the old shaft on the hill where once stood the windlass and hoist of the Mory mine, out of which Jim Murphy swindled the widow of its discoverer. The splendid new works yonder cannot help their miserable owner n nv, for it is at the mouth of the deserted shaft that he meets his fate. The windlass chain still holds the bucket over the sullen water forty feet below, and a 200pound weight is easily and quickly slipped into the bucket without Murphy's seeing it. "Have you got anything to say before you die?" says Big Bill, and for a moment all is silence. The murderer'c coat, hat and boots have been stripped ! from him for the llrst time since he went to prison, three weeks ago. His small, greenish eyes look eagerly about for a chance to escape, but two sixshooters stare him in the face. He vents a volley of oaths and imprecations, but begs no mercy, makes no denial. ' Jim Murphy, alias California Reddy," says Lig Bill, " the vigilantes of Secret Gulch condemn you to instant death. You know why, and it's no use to take up time telling you." Half a dozen hands bind the still struggling wretch to the bucket, in which he is forcibly seated. Years ago he went down this shaft at night, Secretl.y. when it belonged to John Rowand's widow, to see what it had at the bottom; and the next day lie bought its riches from the widow for a | song. Now he is to go down it again, in broad daylight, but never to come back. The chain is wound up, and low, over the yawning shaft and its black bottom of water, hangs the wretch, botween earth and heaven, an >bject to gods and men. At a signal ;he handles of the windlass are reeased from the hands that hold them, ind, with the rapidity of lightning, the bucket, with its shrieking human freight, shoots downward to the very bottom, striking the water with a loud splash, but never staying its headlong course until the very bedrock below is reached. After ten minutes the dripping, distorted, slimy body is hoisted to the surface and the remainder of the vigilantes' sentence carried out. The remains of the gambler king of Secret Gulch, at this writing, hang from the big telegraph pole in the Placer mines. Xobody is lik'ly to cut it down soon, for on its breast is pinned a notice, which reads as follows: "To all the thugs, thieves, cutthroats, horse-thieves and disreputable loafers of Secret Gulch: You are lierei...ci-v lumen t.n Ip.ivr the camn. anii warned by the example of Jim Murphy. We mean business, and shall execute the commands of 3-7-77." Six hours have elapsed since the posting or this notice, which now adorns the church door and the saloon screen alike. The trails down the gulches and southward to Idaho are already lined with swift-fleeing men, some of whom have diamonds and broadcloth, but no hats.?Correspondence Pliikultlphi i Press. Cities Warmer tlian the Country. Those who happen to live at a little distance from the heart of a city, says (Science, must frequently have noticed a lack of accord between the readings of their own standard thermometers and the published observations of the signal service observer of th;?ir locality. The rt ason of the discord is plain, viz., the perturbing action of the heat which the city omits; arm, nowevei gratifying it may be to the outsider tc lind himself superior to the government observes, it is very little to tin ere lit of the weather bureau that this particular source of error was not long since recogniztd and avoided. Tin remarks of Professor Whitney on this subject, as applied to observations made at London, are pertinent and convincing. He says: " It is a well-known fact that cities are considerably warmer than tlu more thinly-inhabited country, other wise under similar climatic conditions Statistics prove this to be true: ami there could bt? no doubt that such would be the effect of an immense aggregation of population within a limited space, even if there were nr statistics hearing on this question Many millions of tons of coal ar< burned in and about London during every year, and the whole ma>s <>i brick of which the city is built i: heated during the entire winter, am more <>r less in the summer, many d? grees above the natural temperature.' An editor of a Minnesota paper i: huniimr one of his compositors with ; shotgun. The e litor attempted t< publish a story healed "The 1'hanton Bride," and the compositor set it up "The Pontoon 15ri Ig.%" and it went ii the paper that way. .Several sub j scribers read tho story, on the supposi tion that it was something about ; pontoon bridge, and they stopped tin paper.?Peek's Suit. Many sheriffs of North Carolina re ceive less than $300 annually in fees. A SONG FROM THE SUDS. . Queen of my tab, I merrily sin? While the white foam rises high; I And sturdily wash, and rinse and wring, And fasten the clothes to dry; -HSj Then out in the free fresh air they swing, Under the summer sky. * HgH I wish we could wash from our hearts and souls ?"^|B The stains of the week away; . SR||5fl And jet water and air by their magio make Ourselves as poor as they: Then on the earth there would be, indeed, A glorious washing day. Along the path of a useful life Will heart's-ease ever bloom; . 1 "laSSM i The busy mind has no time to think Of sorrow, or care, or gloom, | And anxious thoughts may be swept away, As we busily wield a broom. I am glad the task to me is given /||RH To labor day by day, For it brings me health, and strength, and hope, . And I cheerfully learn to say, 'Head, you may think, Heart, you may iMgajSr'jf feel, But Hand, yon shall work away!" ?Miss AlcotL HK'SaBjjE HUM R OF THE DAY. The greatest composer?Sleep. Checkers is looked upon as a square game. * The best tiling out is believed to be a "'^^8 conflagration. The garment of a gho3t must be a ; spirit 'rapper. Should music he sold by the chord? Drum music might be sold by the '''IjjaB P?und. frnm The briefless young lawyer must wear his old clothes until he can win H B a suit in court. Every time a man in England snores loud nervous people take it for an explosion of dynamite. We never knew a person to eat , l ordinary lumber, but wo bave known them to dine on shipboard. Alma Tadema, the Portfolio says, has "masterly veracity." What an 'v^SB editor he would make!?Troy Times. An exchange says: "Hay smell* ;; the sweetest after it is cut." In that 3SI respect Limburger cheese cannot com* J pete with hay. * "You said, Mrs. Jones, your um- Jfl brella had a straight handle?" "I thought it did, but since it vanished I am quite certain it ended with a hook." "Ella is better looking," remarked 4j| Mrs. Brown, with a smirk, " but Lucjr 'M will get married first." " Yes," chimed ; 1 in her husband, "gimme Luci-fer 'I mifntiM owrv time." liiUVVUVW V I He rang the door-bell of a banker. |5j The servant tells him "Monsieur does ; not receive to-day." "That makes nothing to me. My racket is to know 3|j if he will give anything." - ,;;|ja " Can you tell me," asked Twistem, "the difference between my cook, this morning, and a passenger on a new Kj railroad ? One was bakin' stt&d and the other was shaken bad." The newspapers often print the " last words " of men, but never those of women. The latter would take up B too much roam and crowd out all the advertisements.?Norristoum Herald, "I'msorry to keep you waiting for your money," said the bank teller to > Smithers, "but here's the money all in B yellow boys." "Never mind," said' Smithers, "I see'tis worth the wait in . ! gokl" ' * A paper announced jur its cumuuu* a forthcoming story entitled "The -ffiSB Prettiest Girl in tlie Town." Ahundred young ladies sent postal cards and warned the editor not to use their " Is anybody waiting on you T said } ' a polite dry goods clerk to a younsr J , lady from the country. "Yes, sir," replied the blushing damsel; " that's my fellow outside; he wouldn't come " Esquimaux are said to be able to Ja ?ee objects at a much greater distance Hkfl than American^" and as they are nearer, and can see better, and H -^fla cannot discover tlie North pole sttelir, ing up out of an open polar sea,"$|^$^^S looks like foolish business for Ana^ ^gS Y^?Jg| cans to look for it. The Ore of Diphtheria. ' A California physician writes: Doij^ .J^j ing a prolonged residence in the terior of China I became acquaiatt^.^Stt^M with the fact that the Chinese pi** " ...gi reliance during epidemics of diphtheria von the internal use of the fresh juica /; .-v^M of limes, and the fruit itself, wfcioh tiiey consume in enormous quantities, B | in every conceivable form?as lemoft- . I ale, with native spirits, cut in slkML, H etc., during attacks of the dreadfoi?*2|^^^B disease, with apparently most succeat- " 98 ful results, it hardly ever failing to-pl affect a cure. The Chinese consider a specific, and will, in case of need, da anything to obtain a supply. Since I have come back to California, ^ as also in Louisiana, 1 have used limes and their juicos in my practice as a ! physician with most succe3siui resuits in cases of diphth - ia.even in the most desperate casts. ,r; soon sis I take charge of a case c. 1 ^hiheria, I order limes to be admin!c... freely as possible, in any man;, or patient ijy? can be prevailed upon to tak<> them, especially in the form of hot }<?. made, ! sweetened wi ll white sugar uoney, or cut in slu es with pourer -d white sugar. Beside lime '"^ce ( vhich I suppose acts by imp*rtii. - an excess of oxygen to the circulatior. and thereby prevents formation cS: vibriones, etc., and so has almost a specific effect on disease), 1 prescribe whatever drug may be indicated to relieve symptoms ;ts they develop, and impart strength by appropriate stimulants and nourish! nmrif IJICU u. They Settled. Two men were wrangling in front ' ! of the City Ilnll the other day, when j one of them calie.l uut: ' "I tell you 1 don't owe you no $5 !" JI "I say you do ! ' 11 " And" I won't pay it!"' I " Then I'll sue you!" ; j At this point a pedestrian Iialted and ' j inquired of the < n:1: ' i lirt vnn honestlv owe him?" ' j " Xot a penny, sir!" I j "And will you sue him for $5?" lie 1 !' asked of the other. J 1 "I will1 I "(Jive him seven dollars,'' continued m | the pedestrian t ; the debt >r?"give *i him seven and be glad to. It' he sues fl 5 he's sure of a verdict, an I your ex ' penses will roach, at least ten dollars. Give him seven and be tl.aikful that ' i you are beating two lawyers, a justice i i and a constable, six jurymen and two ' i witnesses out of their fees." J1 A satisfactory settlement was made on the spot.?Free Prtss. i mm _? Swallowed a To.'peJo. )' Little Johnny IJotts found a garter- ~ ,! snake in the parks the other day and > j he brought it home and hid it in the r piano. When his sister's young man . . f opened the instrument mat evening ^ to play "For (loudness Sake" he 1 thought he had 'em and yelled like a . Piute on the war-path. They wouldn't ' believe in .Johnny's innocence some* how. and 'his father said that af 0* j dinner he'd attend to his case. When i the family sat down to table Johnny > solemnly entered the room in his stock- jL 1 ing f.'et'iin I carrying a pillow, which ' , he plac id on his chair before sitting 1 down. " What new im nkey shino is . that ?" growled o'.d Bott*. ".Ss-s-h, . pa." said Johnny, anxiously; "J was i playing fireworks with Billy Simpson ij this afternoon and I swallowed a tor- /I pedo." " Did, eh?" "Ye?, and if any- iw j thing should-1 uch me kinder hard I J - might go off and all burst up."?-San . Francisco Post. im