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W ' y* ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNERf BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1884. NO. 50. VOLUME XXVIII. :|jfl DIGNITY OR LOWLY WORK "Is not this the earpontw. the soli of Mary r?St. Mark. A lesson, Lord, those eighteen years to me; Not elsewhere I could so divinely learn That humble ta 4:s are best. howtoVr 1 veara ^fcr higher spheres where I may work more free. Blest were those patient toiling years to The>, Their secret kept within Thy lonely heai t While Thou wast trained by daily skill of art To build new world for human do-tiny. Thy Future was the Now. 'Twas from its height Thine eye read meanings in the passing day. If cross of Death east shadows on Thy way. What sun was that so darkened in his light : Oh, Nazarene, out of these toils there cam? ' That which we prize most dear?a Brother's name. ?Dr. A. .4. Lipsromh, in Harper. IX SPITE OF HIMSELF. Neither tall nor short, neither dark nor fair, with hair between blonde and brown, and eyes that left a doubt as to whether they were gray or hazel. She was just such a lititc bundle of uncertainties and contradictions us led the t imagination captive at the lir*;t glance, and offered a constant lure to anticipa- i tion. Whether she spoke or remained silent. \7hether she walked or sat. expectation! hung breathless upon her next word, her next pose. . Iler eyes, varying as seemed their hue, shone, none the less, with a candid rav that seemed the very licrht of truth, and her fresh mouth, with its milky teeth showing between the not; too-smiling lips, irresistibly suggested the sweetest uses to which lips can Input. The heavily moving steamer had i plowed through half the great Atlantic rollers, and t lie few passengers had all growu heartily tired of each other, when she suddenly appeared for the iirst time upon deck quite alone, yet calm atdsoifcentercd as the small birds that sometimes poised themselves upon spar or bulwark to gather breath for fresh flight. It was Julius Hilder who had first (lis covered her, leaning agaiust the compauionway railing, with the air of having just come up or down, he could hardly determine which, looklnar absently at the tumbling waves. Julius anil his friend, Austin Drake, were seceders from a gay party who h.id made the tour of Southern Europe together. It was Julius who had insti- i gated his companion to desert the others , and take the German steamer for New ^Y_1 J: x l .'.L A 1.. /I ..4 vneans uircui, which iuiu tuutucu ui Havre, instead of crossing by a Cunarder; and it had ail grown out of the obstinate determination 011 the part of his sister to attach her party to that of Mrs. Smollett, j Mrs. Smollett was his choicest aversion, ! apretentiQUs, intriguing woman, in whom j r the match-making instinct had been so developed by the effort to establish her i own five daughters that it could not rest j satisfied with the accomplishment of that gigantic task. She seemed to have an 1 endless supply of nieces, adopted daughters, or proteges of some sort, whom she dangled ostentatiously before the eyes of all eligible bachelors. She had improved a chance meeting with Julius to announce to him a new acquisition, a lovely youug creature, whom she was taking home with her from a Swiss Pension. "Mr. Smollett's own niece, Mr. Hilder, and quite like my Fanny at her age. | You remember Fanny? She was your; first love, I believe," she had said, with her ogling dowager smile, and Julius! had felt himself seized at once with an j insurmountable aversion to the fair young niece of Mr. Smollett. ? In the first heat of his indignation against his sister he had conceived this notable scheme of crossing by the Havre i steamer, and though it had not in its j development proved to be eminently1 amusing, he had never omitted to congratulate himself and his companion, , night and morning, upon the good sense they had displayed in adopting it. "No chattering girls or designing; dowagers," he would say as he yawned over his book or the dull game with . which they strove to believe they were amusing themselves, "gives a man time to pull himself together and take account. stock, as it were." Still, when on one of ' those aimless pilgrimages below which formed the only break in the monotony of this occupation, he had nearly run over this pretty young creature leaning against the railings, a thrill of undeni-1 able pleasure had coursed along his r ? -?- nerves and he had felt himself blushing with pleased surprise. Fortunately, the sea-tan had rendered the blush indistinct, but over the light that shot into his gray eyes, the sea-tan had no power, nor yet over the tongue , that stammered as he tried to convey his apologies for nearly upsetting her, and his offers of service in conducting her to a seat. "Thank you," she had answered' coolly, "you did not startle me, as I saw ; you coming, and 1 am not sure that I want a seat." There was no more to be said, and her I maid appearing at that moment with a bundle of parti-colored wraps, Julius J could only lift his hat again and carry out his purpose of going below. As he ' had no reason for going except that he was tired of staying on deck, and as the deck had now acquired a paramount at- j traction, he was soon back again. In the meantime the young lady had J made up her mind about the seat, and had found one for herself close against the ship's side, on the weather quarter. : It was not a pleasant location, but as she had chosen it, and had wrapped a large shawl about her in an exclusive sort of way, he saw no plausible ground for interfering. Nothing could have been more discreet and retiring than Miss Elton's behavior, but the perseverance of a man who tinds j himself bored by too much of his own j and his alter ego's society, is an incalculable force against which no woman can successfully entrench herself, and so ! it was not long before Drake found him- j self eliminated as a superfluous factor, ! from the sum of his friend's enjoyment, ' whenever Jlivs Elton appeared above deck. His success, however, was more apparent than real, for although he knew her name, and was allowed to carry her book and her shawl, and arranged her chair in the most comfortable position with reference to the wind or the sun, he had really made no great progress in her confidence. Who she was, or why she , had chosen to make the voyage in this unconventional and eccentric way, remained as great a mystery as it had been on the memorable first day. It was the close of the tenth day. dating from that of his discovery, and Julius sat beside her in that intimate fashion bred of the isolation of the sea. He had been reading to her, but the story was finished, and a silence had ensued, she appeared to be wrapped in thought, and he watching her face with half-veiled glances. "Three more days and we shall be at home," she said, rousiug herself. "You count the days," he said. "Are you eager to be there?" "No; neither eager nor reluctant. The1 voyage has been pleasant, but it will be j nice to be on shore again, too." "What, or rather who is going to make it nice? Anybody in particular!" ? I She put the question aside with a little wave of her hand. "You are curious," she said, mischiev ously. Julius bit his lip. He was curious, and >iio wtto nnt tVip. first time she had foiled him. <vYou want much to know just who and what I am," she went on. "You have made a dozen attempts to find out. Tell me why. What difference would it make to you? If I were to tell you that I am n niece of the governor of Kentucky; mind, I don't say that I am," she cautioned, as Julius made & gesture of surprise. "I say if I were to tell you so, and add that I am mistress of an independent fortune, would that enhance my value in your eyes?" Julius drummed upon the arm of his chair, and looked at her in silence. "Suppose, on the contrary," she went on, impetuously, and with a certain warmth of tone that seemed to spring from injured pride, "I were to tell you > . :* that 1 am an orphan without fortune; that I had just money enough to carry me through the conservatory at Paris, I and that 1 am hoping and expecting to ! make my living by teaching music, would that lower me in your regard?" Julius still remained silent, perhaps a little abashed by the results of his own ! temerity. ' 1 see that I have embarrassed you." she -aid. laughing. " I shall not insist upon an answer. I leave you to adopt whichever hypothesis best suits you." Sltr gathered up her shawl and book as she >|iok \ and made a motion to rise, but .iuiius laid a detaining lmud upon her arm. No, no, you inuMi't go yet," he exclaimed. and he fancied he perceived a dewiness in her eyes as she turned them towa:d him. which touched him inexpressibly. I am embarrassed, not so much by your hypothesis as by something in myself. Since you leave me to choose between these hypotheses. I will take the latter. You arc,then, an orphan without fortune, Hoping ana expecting to make your living by teaching music. I'll prove to you how little I deserve your implied reproach, I will confess what I should have concealed from the governor's niece. Miss Elton, I adore you!"' ''.Mr. Hilder!" she exclaimed, spring- ! ing to her feet, with Hashing eyes. "Well,'' he said, quietly, "you chal- ! lenged me." "You are impertinent, sir," and she swept away with dignity. She remained clos ly shut in her own 1 cabin during the remainder of the afternoon aud until quite late the next morn- j ing, when Julius, who had maintained an anxious and impatient watch'on deck, I found her in the saloon sipping a cup of j tea and nibbling a piece of toast by way ( of breakfast. I hope you have forgiven ine," he j <aid, taking a seat beside her. "But I have not," she answered, with decision. "Which have I offended?the gov- j ernor's niece or the orphan music ' teacher?" he asked, with a saucy.smilc. j Both. It was a daring impertiucncc : to the one, aud a piece of insolence toward the other." "Well. I don't see what I'm to do about ; it. It isn't the sort of thin? von can ex- j pect a man to take back." "No," she said, looking absently into ' her cup, then suddenly realizing that this ! was not just what she should have said, j she hurried to add, amid a confusion of , blushes: "That is. of course, you must I take it back; at least you musn't say I anything more about it." "Never?" . "Never." "But that's impossible." "Mr. lliider." j ' Miss Elton." i'l think we've had enoueh of this. It was lav fault. I ain willing to admit that. It was wretched taste on my part, and I have suffered all sorts of things in consequence." She waved her hand toward her cabin as she spoke, indicating that it 1 was thus her hours of retirement were i spent. '-Let me go back to the first question." she continued. "You asked mc whether there was anybody to make it pleasant for me on shore. There was | no reasou but my own perversity why I i should not have answered at once. No, nobody that I am at all sure will care to make it pleasant for me. I h&yc a dear , old uncle who has always been very good to me: but when he hears how naughty I have been I don't know what he will say | to me,*' aud she puckered up her white forehead into an expression of coinpunc- j tious perplexity. "Well, he said, after waiting some time for her to resume, "is that all?" j "That answers vour question, does it! not?" "My question as orieinaHy put?yes, I: believe it does: but it has been so ampli- j tied that you can hardly expect me to be | satisfied with that meagre answer." ** A t T flnn't linflfitvt.ft.inl_" '""r?v?. - ? . 'Those two ingenious hypotheses, for j instance?were they both pure fiction, or j which was the true statement?" ' Roth pure inventions," she returned, laughing and blushing a^ain. "I am not i that briliiant creature, a governor's niece, ' nor yet that more useful and respectable j one, a teacher of music. The governor's j niece was just a bit of satire. I traveled i a few weeks once in a company with such j a person, and the constant iteration with j which she dwelt upon her title, and the ! amount of respect it seemed to inspire in i the minds of those who heard it, gave me | the impression that it was the highest j rank au unmarried woman could attain i in America. I think the impression must j be well founded, too, as I noticed it produced quite an effect upon you." "Not the effect you imagine. 1 was startled for a moment, I confess, but simply because of a slight coincidence." "A coincidence! Do you know her?" I and a hot blush and a look of consterna- j tion sat together upon the fresh young face of Miss Elton. "Never saw her; but there was a plot | to make me cross the ocean with such a person and a lot of other women, which 1 I defeated by running away." "Oh! you ran away?" she breathed the i words out in a startled, half-whisper. ( "Yes, they went in a Cunarder, and { my friend Drake and I slipped off and ; took the steamer at Havre." ?* ? ? "? - ? J Mie luOKeu Ul aim wnu wiueiy opeueu eves for a moment, during which he de- ; cided for the fiftieth time that the eyes were brown and not deep gray, as he had decided the other fifty times. "Why did you run away?" she asked, I after h inonieut's amused consideration. | "Well, you see I was with my sister and two or throe others; just a nice little party, all the ladies married, so a fellow I didn't have to be always on parade. We had a jolly, comfortable time until we goi to Paris on our way home, and there sister took it into her head to join a ] woman who had been roaming around j the continent with a lot of girls on an j extensive husband hunt?one of those women who never look at a siiigle inan i without picturing hiin to herself walking ! up the aisle with a white tie, with half a ; dozen groomsmen at his back, and who ( has always just the girl on hand who will walk up the other aisle in white satiu and meet him demurely at the alter. I had no fancy for being cooped up on a steamer with such an experienced old angler." "And the governor's niece was one of the girls?" "Some governor's niece, so I heard, j Now, what is the naughty thing you've been doing! Lome, confidence for confidence." For sole answer, however, Miss Elton i i i?... icancu UiUJV 111 UCl vital I anu Ky, lunch immoderately. Julius looked at her for some moments, then catching the infection, began to laugh, too, much to the edification of the waiters, who were beginning their preparations for dinner. *I hnve no doubt it's awfully fnnnv." he added, as she wiped the tears from her cheeks, "but I could enjoy it more if I knew just the point of view from which you see it."' "Perhaps you could." she replied, demurely, checking an impulse to laugh again. "We seem to be in the way; suppose we move." "Come on deck.'- he exclaimed, rising with alacrity, and olleriug his arm." "Thank you, no. I <Tou't feel quite equal to the deck this morning." i She made him a ceremonious obeisance, and her cabin door had closed behind her before he had fully realized her purpose, j She did not reappear during the day. It was their last day at sea. and Julius was in despair. The jetties' light was in sight when he retired, and when he awoke in the morning tho smooth gliding moI tion of the ship announced that they were | in the river. lie was in no hasto to uce j the low shores of the Mississippi, in fact I he felt at the moment that he hated them; yet he sprang up, dres>ed with dispatch and mounted to the deck. Everybody was there but the one he sought. He stood near the companion way, watching furtively and starting at every step. She did not come, neither was she at the breakfast table. The hours glided by, the city rose into view, passengers came on deck with satchels and umbrellas,prepared forgoing ashore, but still that particular cabin-door remained closed. They were at the wharf, the staging was run out, and a dozen or more citizens rushed across with that strange eagerness oo inexplicable to the voyager, whose eagerness impels him in the opposite direction. Julius, still maintaining his watch at the companion way, felt himself gently put ; aside by a tall, gray-haired gentleman, ' in a crown coat, who went with careful ' haste down the brass steps. He heard a little cry, and peeping through a skyliglit he saw Miss Elton in the arms of the gray-haired gentleman, her head pressed against the bown coat, and her eyes upturned to meet his spectacled grze. "Her uncle!'' he muttered, peevishly; 1 "who the deuce is he, anyhow?" He moved discontentedly to the side j and looked at the people hurrying ashore, i "Hello, Julius! Going to spend the night aboard?" cried Drake, coming up with a duly chalked valise in each hand. "Oh. Mr. Ililder," exclaimed another and more musical voice. "Wait, uncle, ; I must introduce you; Mr. Hilder has been very kind to me." "What, Julius! Why, my dear boy, I how d'ye? My wife wrote me you were coming over with her." His hand was grasped with a hearty pressure, and he ; found himself gazing into the spectacled eyes of Mr. Smollett. "Oh, stupidest of stupids!" ho ex- ! ' claimed, as he thrust slippers and brushes | into his valise in the privacy of his cabin, j I Bagged by the Smollett ogress after all, ! ! by Jupiter!" he added, as he gave a last j ! twist to his fair mustache before the j i misty mirrors.?j\~cw Orleans Times-Dem ocrai. I " ? 1 i Pitch Springs. :: In different parts of the world we tind , j the phenomenon of a kind of natural unc- : I tuous und inflammable substance oozing i from the earth, which, under the various j 1 names of natural pitch, earth pitch, naph- r j tha, petroleum (or rock oil), is very well 11 known as to its general properties. The 1 i naphtha is the purest state of this sub- i stance, which by a certain exposure to the i air somewhat changes its quality, and be- 1 i comus petroleum; and finally, after still : 1 longer exposure, becomes what we call : 1 bitumen. ' s These phenomena are found in various : i parts of the world, but that which we ] briefly mention is in one of the is'ands of 1 the Ionian Confederation. This natural j exudation is found in the southern part i of Zante, near the coast, and has been 1 described by several modern travelers. ] It is always a matter of curiosity to de- t termine how long such natural phenoine- i na have been in operation, and in this i instance we know that the pitch springs ; of Ziiute were as productive 2,300 years ago as tbey are now. Herodotus, in his I travels, visited this spot, of which he : gives the following account in his fourth book : "In Zacynthus I saw pitch brought up out of the water of a pond. I ludeed, there are several of these ponds, i but the largest of ihera is about seventy ? feet square, and twelve feet deep. The i mode of procuring the pitch is the fol- g lowing: They take a pole, and push it i into the water with a myrtle branch at 1 ^ the end, and on pulling it up they find the pitch adhering to it, which in smell is like asphaltus, but of a better quality , A ool_ ! IIItin I lie cumuiuu iic ui?.u. <uvai v.. | lect this pitch in a kind of vator recepta- ; r cle which they have dug near the pond, j and when the quantity is considerable r they put it in lar^e jars or barrels. If j any pitch drops from the branch into the j pona, it goes under the ground and ap- ! pears again in the sea, which isabout half ' a mile from the pond." This pitch rises naturally to the sur- j # face, beioEr specifically lighter than wa- j * ter. Herodotus appears merely to be I describing the mode of procuring it in i greater quantities by bringing it up t from the bottom, where it possibly might ! collect for sometime before it rises. The 1 c ponds are described a? being now of ^ smaller dimensions than those which ; Herodotus states, and also nearer the sea. In an island so subject to the disturbances of earthquakes, it is possible that many physical changes may have ' taken place since the Greek traveler saw 8 the pitch fished up from the ponds of 1 Zante. " i Result of Fast Living. | j The recent death, in rapid succession, I of three or four prominent Americans, ' f from fast living, calls attention to this ' Mi.il opnmc trv hp fTfnvinor in OUT midst. The New York millionaire, found ' , dead in his hotel, left a note, saying he ; had suicided because he could not sleep. . A Massachusetts millionaire is stricken ! with apoplexy, and dies on the public j streets. A Wisconsin railway superin- | J tendnt is stricken with paralysis, and dies ' at once. The Chicago lleralcl is authority ) t for the statement that it has been learned j from the friends of these men that their a sudden deaths were caused by a violation 1 of the laws of health, in their mad rush t for gold, or in their gratification of am- ; t bition. The conditions were not the same in l each case, but the results were. One de-'t voted so much of his time day and night ; j to scheming and planning and toiling, j i that he finally lost the ability to sleep, ! -j and, driven to the verge of lunacy, ended ! his life a suicide. Another, by luxurious ; j living, late hours, irregular habits and i 1; business perplexities, so undermined his ! c health as to shorten his years by a third. [ u The other, harrassed by unprofitable out- j t side speculations and burdened with the responsibilities of an important position, J sank under the self-imposed weight wniie 4 yet in what should have been the prime j ^ of life. | Eminent students have said that hard : work kills no man before his time. It is worry, mental strain, irregular habits, I indulgences and undue excesses, resorted j to for stimulant, either during or immedi- ! ately after severe brain work, that sap i the fountains of humanity, and send the ! victim to an early grave. What Americans need is less of hurry and strife, less ! impetuosity in business, less of reckless j living, less of late hours and irregular j habits; more coolness in business, more' hi lidavs and hours of rest, more sleep ! before midnight, more observance of the laws of health. i Nature does all she can, and some- I times surprises even the most flagrant violators of her laws. The vcrdict of j suicide of times has a far deeper meaning : than emotional insanity. If men would j learn better how to live and cease their j mad struggle and scramble for wealth, j the world would grow happier, people I would live lunger, and the crime of i suicide would become a thing of the past j llone.?lioomcrainj. Kissing In Englnnd. j 1 Kissing in England was certainly | ( known and practiced in the sixteenth * and seventeenth centuries and practiced j 1 with an easy familiarity which shows that; ? the custom was general. Indeed, so gen- 1 eral was the use of the kiss that it was * as usual as the how. A gentleman taking 1 ' a lady to her seat from the dance invari-! 1 ably kissed her. and if he had not would I have been voted :i very badly bred fellow, j 1 I IIow much older English kisses were j 1 ; is not very clear. SutHee it to say that! 1 ' the custom has outlived to our clay, j 1 though fashionable and general games, | ] : in which kissing formed a prominent | part, are now becoming rarer than theji 1 > were a quarter of a century ago. i | 1 XIC JKL'nuuic ui ivisaua is v/unuu^. I . There is a story retailed in the "Broad j < ! Stone of Honor'' of an English knight j I riding through France to the Field of 1 i the Cloth of Uold. His horse cast a shoe' 1 ! at a certain village, and the Seigneui I ) ; whereof had departed to the same ren- J i dezvous, but the Seigneur's lady hospita-1 i ! bly entertained the traveler. She came I ! out of her castle attended by twelve dam- i i sets fair to see; "and," said the uaine, ' "forasmuch as ye have in England such j ! a custom as that a mar. may kiss a wo-1 i ! man, therefore I will that ye kiss me, and i : ye shall also kiss all these my maidens," ; which tiling the knight straightway did i i [ and rejoiced greatly thereat. j | The quaintness of the last phrase un- j i I doubtedlv indicates the young man'i i j feelings at the salute with considerable ' exactitude. I In Africa and other parts of the world i outside the circle f civilization kissing i is as yet an unknown art. i An African traveler once offered a kisj j under favorable circumstances to a young < lady of king Murabo Jumbo's court, but she recoiied in great alarm, observing that she was "not yet worthy to be eaten." j i Things which could never have made' , a mau liappy develop a power to make | him strong. Strength, and not huppi. | ness, or rather only that happiness whick comes by strength, is the end of human ; living. And with that test and standard , the best order and beauty reappear. FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Tenting Seed*. Before garden or field seeds arc sown in quantities it is a good plan to test them. They will often be found to be worthless or only partially good, and much time and vexation may be saved by testing before the planting is done. To test seeds, do not plant them. Not infrequently the conditions of the soil and its temperature prevent good seeds from germinating, and this is especially true when ttiev are put in uoxc9 in me house. Without a gieenhouse or hot bed a regular temperature and an even amount of moisture cannot easily be secured. A good plan is to place seeds be- j tween damp pieces of flannel, and keep them as nearly uniform in temperature as possible. The speds can be examined any number of times, and the process is cleanly and convenient. If seeds were tested, much vexution and doubt in many i ways might be spared. It might often , be found that good seeds fail to germi- J uate when planted out, and the causes of the failure discovered.?Cultivator. Beat Place for Manure. Where does the immure do the most | good? This is a very important question for farmers. Fashions change in farm practice as Veil as in other things. There are always innovators and persons, like the ancient people, who are always looking for something new. Thus in regard i to manure. Some years ago farmers ilways plowed it under. They believed I that "the plant's food should he put as near to its mouths as possibie, seeing that the mouths could not go out of the 3oil for their food. And so they put it lown in the soil where the roots natur-1 illy seek to go. But those who wanted i some new idea for a change said: " We , will put the manure on the surface," and j they did, and have reported wonderful success. But some farmers who are not ipt to change when they have a good j nethod, go on plowing iu the manure ! For all sown or planted crops, and get it J is near to the seed as possible. For grass ands or fall sown grain in the spring, op dressing alone is possible; but for all ! planted crops it seems natural and reason- 1 ible that the manure should be put just ' vhere the roots can find it, ana that is mder the surface.?New York Times. j Farm and Garden Note*. Sod soil is good for potatoes. Cut young grass for sitting hens. A light, dry soil for watermelons. Plant early sweet corn pretty thick. j The blackberry succeeds on old wood 1 oil. Tomato plants in melon hills drives iway bugs. Barley is the best food for fattening roung geese. Put hen manure in the corn hill and he potato hill. Feed young calves three times a day at ' egular intervals. It costs as much to raise a weed as to ! aise a bean stalk. For early onions put out a few sets- \ ilake the ground very fine. The new, pale asparagus is not with-' lut delicacy, but it has no striking flavor, j A clcan clover sod plowed about four j nches deep will raise a big crop of com. | Don't forget that a good field of clover ! s one of the best things you can have on \ he farm. A good coat of unleached ashes will in:rease the wheat crop from twenty-five to ' hirty-five per cent. Ventilation in the dairy should be I lone at night or early in the morning, vhen the air is the coolest. Whatever is new should be tested ou a j mall scale, and only when found ad van- ' ageous adopted in a wider field. A poultry fancier savs that barrenness j it iD 1IU^UW?IV?J VUIt0VW ?*J u I ack of green foocl than anything else. liaise Hubbard or Marblehead squashes j or fattening cattle. Also for makimr; 'pumpkin" pies, if you are a pie-biter. Scald the milk for calves having the 1 'scours," says the Prairie Fanner. It j ihecks the complaint gradually and does i 10 harm to digestion. The scarlet runner bean makes a shade j in the south side of chicken yards. It j las pretty flowers. The beans are good j ? eat, but are not to our taste. Professor Stockbridge says that the ivera^e growth of wood on an acre of and between New England and the Poomac is a cord aud a half a year for i hirty years after it is once cut over. Don't throw away the young beets you lave thinned out. Instead of throwing hem on the ground to wilt throw them nto a nan of cold water, and afterward >oil them, roots t\nd tops, for greens. I'hey are delicious. The Gardener's Monthly says that a i ittle windmill, such as some boys can [ nake with a jack knife, will keep birds j mt of a cherrv tree in case a tiny bell is | .ttached to it. It is better than a stuffed j at or an imitation hawk. A Jerseyman threw a lot of old mack;rel under a peach tree. It was aftervard the only tree that bore any fruit, le said the lish flesh did the business. Je was somewhat correct. But we be- I ieve the salt had more to do with it. The strawoerry worm attacks the ripe I jerries, leaving only a small hole, about i he one-sixteenth of an inch iu diameter, | o show his entrance, and feeds on the | nside of the berry. The one an ooserver j ound had formed a cavity tho size of a ! ?ima bean. i Have plenty of grapes for the children j )ne New York physician prescribes them j is a tonic in nervous diseases. There is n some parts of Europe what is called j he grape cure. A New York musician 1 :urecl himself of drinking ardent spirits ' >y eating many grapes daily. Strawberries require an open soil, ^eaves from the woods are good. Do not i vork the soil with the hoe too close to he plant. The strawberry plant may be . rigorous, but it is a delicate plant that . leeds as much coaxine as a wallflower at k ball. It ueed> it, all the same, and n ay ( leceive von unless you are tenderly polite o it. The care with which the straw stack ias been used up for bedding or feed, or >therwise disposed of, is an indication of he kind of farming pursued. A large, j mused straw stack at this season is a iigu of poor management. It is better 0 sell the straw than leave it in the yard :o be removed in a hurry just before hreshing time, so as to get it out of the vay. Deep working of growing corn, savs :he Kansas Farmer, is not good. It itars away roots that are needed to hurry :he growth of the corn. And it tends to ;iasten evaporation. If ground i9 well \ prepared for planting the shallowest i working which will keep the surface | loose aud destroy weeds is the best. It : is a mistake to run the teeth or shovels j iway down where the roots ought to be jnjoying absolute freedom. The best remedy suggested against the sheep gad, or bot fly yet known, is to place small logs in the sheep pasture, having holes bored in them about eitjht inches apart and three kiches deep, with 1 two-inch auger, and to keep salt constantly in the bottoms of these holes and 3inear their edges about twice a week with pine tar. The sheep, in trying to get the salt, will smear their noses with the tar, the odor of which will drive the Hies away. A practical farmer who burns both coal [ind wood in different stoves makes a practice of mixing the ashes and applying all on his young orchard in the 3pnng. lit* believes that the potash ot the wood ashes is effective in small quan- ! tities, and that its addition to the coal ashes makes the latter m ch more absorptive of ammonia or nitric acid from the atmosphere. At any rate, he finds goo-l results from the mixture, and his you ^ orchard is usually thrifty and productive. Household Recipes and Hints. An excellent corn soup is made by { adding a can of corn to a quart of beef: 3tock. Season with butter, pepper and ! salt.?New York Post. Excellent dressing for chopped cabbage is made by heating a small cup of vinegar with a lump of butter or a wellbeaten egg; salt and pepper to suit your taste. Pour while hot over the cabbage. A very little cream of tartar in the frosting for a cake will hasten the hardening process. If the knife is often < ' (lipped into water while spreading the \ frosting, it will give a gloss or polish ,J greatly to be desired. If you have a cold roast of beef and no gravy left, cut pieces of the fat oil, with 1 some little, browned, outside pieces; put them in a saucepan over a hot tire, and ; you will soon have a foundation for very good gravy, considering that it is not i from the fresh roast. .V delicious side dish is made of apples' and i9 called apple omelet. Peel and stew, stir in a large lump of butter, a lit- j tie sugar, and four well-beaten eggs; add | ^ lint: bread crumbs and fry in hot lard, on ! a griddle, dropping from a spoon. If j you have no stale bread use flour or ' ^ cracker crumbs. j j If your old stand or small taDie neeas i ^ upholstering to make it look respectable, try this way of doing it: Cover the top i ' with dark, double-faced Canton flannel, . then sew or tack a deep fringe around the edge. This can be bought in all colors and widths, and the wider or ' deeper it is the prettier. ' Home-made sausages to be boiled and cut in thin slices for tea or for breakfast, are made of two parts of beef and one J 1 part of pork. Chop them very fine, and ! j season with black and red pepper, salt, a J ' little sage, and summer savory, if you ( please. Put this into small bags made 1 of stout cotton cloth, boil, and then j s haug in a dry, cool closet until you wish 1 to use. 1 Lemon butter to fill tarts with is made of one cup of white sugar, three eggs, butter the size of half an egg, the juice 1 and rind of one large lemon. Put this, j 1 after beating it well, into a bright basin and set into a pan of boiling water. Stir ; it constantly until it is thick. Small 1 cakes are nice if split and put together with this jelly. It is also very nice us a filling for a layer cake. An excellent entree is made of cabbage which has been boiled until it is tender. . i Drain it. Let it become perfectly cold, > i then drain a second time; then chop it, i t and mix it with one tablespoonful oi j 1 butter, two well-beaten eggs, pepper and ( j salt to your taste, and half a teacupful ' t of cream or milk. Use cream if possible, j Stir all well. Then bake brown in a ! i pudding dish. Serve hot in the dish in ! t which it is baked. The dish should be i ^ buttered, so that thfc cabbage will not j c stick to it. ! ( Very good soup can be made of dried i i peas. Put them in cold water, in the ! j proportion of one pint of peas to two I 1 quarts of water. In the morning put ; 1 them in the soup kettle with a quarter of j t a pound of salt pork or bacon, or better i i still, put a few slices of each in. The j soup should simmer gently from 7 j 1 o'clock in the morning until dinner time, i ;j:_? 1 _1 _1 ?1, 1,??? Gaoo^r. i - |>I"OVlUlIlg 1 II (JIUUH ID lllU UUUl. UVdOuu B the soup with pepper and salt, a lump of j j butter. It may be thickened slightly I t with flour; stir the flour smooth in a little cold milk. 1 ? j i How Cans are Cast. I The largest gun ever constructed in b this country was cast recently at the t South Boston Iron works in fulfillment s of a contract with the eovemment. In c the advance foundry of the works is a c large pit, which is always used when a guns of any size are to be cast. This pit i t is about forty feet deep arid a dozen feel i t wide, built in a circular form, the out ' j side being of lar<;e iion plates riveted ' together, and as there is only a depth of about twelve feet to the level these plates ; I 111 V C IU UC UUUliUl CU UUTTIi IU ivttp IAAUUA in position and to withstand the pressure ; of the water. Next to the iron plates is i a brick wall twelve inches through, and i inside of this a thick layer of cement und t sand. This pit, to be made available j for this work, had to be made deeper a and a number of other alterations made. ' ^ Into this had been placed for the casting, termed a flask or circular r mold, which is made in sections, and ; f consists of an exterior body of iron with j E a layer of sand and cement on the inside ! ^ about six inches thick, which is covered with a compositon of blacking. In the ' interior of the flask, which was about ! ? four feet in diameter, was placed the core, consisting of a long wrought-iron flue, around which is placed a layer of | 1 rope, and over this a thickness of sand i and cement. Into the interior of this | y core during the casting cold water is run r in by a pipe down one side and forced I 1 out boiling hot on the other side. Near j s the pit are situated three furnaces, each I c of which contained abut thirty-six tons : of iron, which at 4 o'clock in the after- t noon, after having been subjected to an intense heat for twelve hours, had been | reduced to a molten mass. Connected i with each of the furnace9 were long troughs for the conveyance of the hot j metal to a large iron tank a few feet from 1 the pit. known as the pool or mixer, and from which two short troughs ran into { the flask. At a few minutes past 4 o'clock it was ! t announced that everything was in readi- ' ness. Superintendent Asbrand and Fore- i i man Woods took their positions near the I a pit, and the begrimed workmen with ladles : c in hand arranged themselves on each side I i of the troughs and near the flask. Each ^ one was silently and patiently waiting ] when, at 4:24 o'clock, the foreman sung t out: "Let her go," and immediately [ f from each furnace came a stream of mol- ! c ton iron which threw out thousands of | fl siiarks in every direction. The hot mass i ran into tne flask with a seething noise, j At the end of twenty-four minutes the ' 8 flask was filled to the brim, and those in { a charge announced that as far as it has ' \ gone the casting had been very satisfac- v torv. Wliile the iron was cooling the j stream of cold water was kept running through the core and a wooden tire was ' kept burning outside and all around the : p flask. The corc was removed as soon as j the iron was cooled sufficiently. When \ t completed the gun will be about thirty leet in length, of twelve-inch rifle, j l weighing 212.000 pounds, and worth j j $28,000, about half the sum that a steel i gun would have cost. It is calculated t to be able to throw a projectile six miles. ! l " Broaching Cargo." a "Broaching cargo," says the New k York 7 t//i?.i,is a technic al sea term, which c means tu steal something from the cargo, c As it would be very difficult for a dis- ii honest sailor to land the proceeds of his , c burglaries on the high seas, he usually c confines his depredations to such articles | j as he can consume during the voyage. | t On a vessel loaded with machinery, co;il, ! e guano, or some other heavy material, the captain has little to fear from the sailor. Hut when a portion of the cargo consists , r of wines, canned meals or fruits,or other i a articles in the fancy grocery line,it isdif- i t fcrent. This kind of freight is usually j \ stowed in such a manner as to render it t difficult of access.and captains frequently t instruct their officers to keep a sharp t watch on the men and to report any un- . accountable additions to the forecastle ( t bill of fare. Jack,however,considers him- . c self entitled to broach cargo when he can do so without being found out. He reasons j that it is for the interests of the ship and i consequent y of the consignees of.the't cargo to have him well fed. The deli- t cacies which he abstracts from the cargo might not have been placed there for his h benefit, but he thinks that they should y have been. If it is discovered during ' the voyage that the seamen have broached t the cargo, they are bauded over to the 1 a authorities when port is reached. Then, 1. if the offense is proved against them,they 1j are punished, but it often happens that a the broaching is not discovered until t after the seamen have left the ship and have had time to get out of the way. I The Piu as a Life Saver. t An exchange says that a Western Senator in his school days was slightly deli- ^ cient in literary composition. The 11 teacher adopted a rule requiring all the pupils to write a composition every Fri- . I day. The future Senator had been dc- ' ficient in this respect, persistently re- ' fusing to write essays. One day his 11 teucher determined to ''keep him in" 11 until he produced a composition. He " was given thirty iniuutes after school to complete the task, being permitted to select his own subject. At the end of * thirty minutes he produced the follow- ? ing: "The pin: The pin is a very useful 1 ' article. It has saved the lives of many j * men, women and children. J. A. L." , The teacher was pleased with the result, c but was anxious to know how the pin t had saved the lives of so many men, ! women and children. "Why," said lit- i tie Johnny, "by not swollerin1 'era." ' ' ANTIDOTE FOR THE BLUES. ; (TO E8MDT BBTTBS THAU A DOSB OF TUVBY 8T0BIES. i | Back Jgalnit Xiitura-Made no I>lf? | 1 ference - Clean Gone?Appearan- : < cm are Deceitful. j 1 "I understand that Spokclaud couldn't j make a living down in the bottoms," j laid a man meeting an acquaintance. i ( ' No; had to move away." "Wasn't the land good<" "First rate; but the trouble with him | 1 s laziness. He was too lazy to live in j 1 :hat country. That's no place fof a Lizy | nan, let me tell you. wny. sir, tnat iei- i low had a chill one day and was too lazy 1 i :o shake. In that country it is necessary i i for a man to shake when he has a chill, j i tt ain't right to buck against nature."? | | Arkantaw Traveler. , 1 i Made No Difference. A traveler just from the South reports J j ;he following: On one of the Southern j i railroads there is a station called "Saw- j i fer." Lately a newly-married couple j 1 joarded the train, and were very loving j ndeed. The brakeman noticed the j ( juahing groom kiss the bride about two ^ lundred times, but maintained a serene I , juiet. Finally the station in cpiestion | vas reached, and just after the whistle ; i lounded the groom gave the bride a | t oueing smack on the lip and the brake- ; nan opened the door and shouted: "Sawyer! Sawyer!" ; j "What's that!" responded the groom ' i ooking over his shoulder at the brake- i 1 nan. ! 1 " Sawyer," replied the brakeman. ! j " Well, I don't care if you did, Bhe's ! ny wife."?Merchant-Traveler. t ' ; \ Clean Gone. j c "Do you really love me, Beryl?" j A pair of soft, lustrous eyes looked up i J nquiringlv into the face of Harold Wy- j j rerne, and over the sweet, girlish face i iwept a wave of pallor, quickly followed j )y a sunny smile as she saw by the ex- j iression of Harold's face that the ques- ! ion had not been asked in seriousness, j "How you frighten me!" she said, lestling close beside him in the confiding, rustful way that is so characteristic of | woman when she is about to lay pipe for | i new bonnet. "If you had been in lamest, Harold, I believe your words vould have broken my heart"?and step)ing to the other side of the conservatory, nto which they had wandered after the ast waltz, she gazed steadfastly out into ] lie deepening gloom of a November light. C " Poor little birdling," said Harold to limself, "how madly she loves me! My j vords, even though spoken in jest, have j effected her strangely, and she steals ^ iway for an infant to conceal the tears ! t hat cannot be restrained." ! j Harold had never been arrested for ! mowing too much. He was a young j nan of singularly pure life and tight j jants, and never once had there swept ( icross the unflecked horizon of his lawn- r ennis and cicrarette existence the cold. ! t tolid fact tliat after whirling in the j c ireamy measures of a waltz even the best i , >f women love to steal a while away and j -tand unostentatiously on the tside of | t svmsIa** V? n f c mil i' i 1 hrob untrammelled in all the buoyant 1 jladncss of a temporarily removed slipper.. ? Chid I go Tribune. Appearances are Deceltfnl. Bijah's last prisoner out answered to he namo of Scott, and he was suqh a ! ienevolcct looking bald-headed old chap hat everybody expected his arrest would ! urn out to be a mistake. He smiled and j ubbed his hands together, and bowed | ind nodded and finally remarked that it j vas a fine morning. The sound of his voice acted like i 1 nagic. Four different persons came ! orward from the audience as plaintiffs i ind witnesses, and they shot off their j oices as follows: "He is the man who broke me head!" "He's the feller as give me this black iye 1" "He's a terror!" "He pulled me hair until me scalp is , oose!" J "Judge," whispered the prisoner, in a : j roice full of new maple sugar, "there's a < nistake here somewhere. I am the most j larmless individual in Detroit. I have ^ o little courage that a boy ten years old ' :ould chase me all over town." i "He's the man !" yelled the four plain- 1 iffs in chorus. 1 "Officer, did you arrest this man?" "Y?yes, I think so." "Don't yoii know you did?" 1 "I'm not exactly sure, sir. I brought 1 n a chap for cleaning out a saloon, but le didn't look like this man." ? "Prisoner, what wers you arrested v or?" j "For praying on the streets, sir," was 1 he solemn reply. No officer could be found who had aade any such arrest, and his honor was ibout to discharge Mr. Scott when Bijah J lisappeared into the corridor for a miu- j ite and returned with a haudful of i \ -L!-I it. i YUlSBkCrS. ilUi UVUbli uuu I.UI \J i Alio iumsides to disguise himself, and on 1 he bench in his cell was found a set of-' J alse teeth for his upper jaw. His sandy ' ( ije-brows had been blackened with coal, ? .nd the facial disguise was almost compete. i ^ "I shall give you three months, sir!" aid his honor, as the truth was revealed, 1 ind Mr. Scott's benevolent expression . y ranished like a streak of lightning as lie < vas led away.?Detroit Fret Press. The Student'* MKtake. t There was a very good story in the >apers of the day of a joke which was f ilayed by old Dr. Caldwell, formerly of t he university of North Carolina. ? The old doctor was a small man, and 1 ean, but as hard and angular as the most 1 rregular of pine knots. He looked as if he might be tough, ' i >ut lie did not seem strong. Neverthe- j ess, he was, among the knowing ones, j 1 eputed to be as agile as "a cat," and, in j ddition, was by no means deficient in t :nowledge of the "noble science of self- c lefense." lJeside. ne was cooi as a cu- c umber. Well, in the freshman class of , certain year was a burly mountaineer t if eighteen or nineteen. . This genius i :onceivcd a great contempt for old lit lus' 'J ihysical dimensions, and his soul was \ lorrified that one so deficient in muscle u hould be so potential in his rule. p Poor Jones?that's what we'll call him j -had no idea of moral force. At any fc ate he was not inclined to knock under, J nd be controlled despotically by a man hat he imagined he could tie and whip. , . Ie at length determined to give the gen- ,| leman a genteel thrashing some night on t he college campus, pretending to misake him for some fellow student. Shortly after, on a dark and rainy light, Jones met the doctor crossing the ampus. "Walking up to him abruptly: t "Hello, Smith, you rascal?is this ou?" si And with that he struck the old genleman a blow on the side of the face i-s hat nearly felled him. t,: Ole Bolus said nothing, but squared liraself, and at it they went. Jones' {] outh, weight and muscle made him an 'ugly customer," but after a minute or n wo the doctor s science began to tell, : < nd iu a short time he had knocked his icefy antagonist down and was astraddle lis chest, with one hand on his throat, 1 nd the other dealing vigorous cuffs on (> he side of his head. ^ "Ah! stop! I beg pardon, doctor! )r. Caldwell?a mistake?for heaven's i I ake, doctor!" groaned Jones, who ' si 1 !.<. tn lw> 11,1 ilUU^Ul 11 u r?uo ui/uuu i,\j m\* ^uwu wj, I?really thought it was Smith." The ^ loetor replied with a word and a blow lternatcly: J , "It makes no difference: for present s lurposes consiflcr me Smith." And it is said that Old Bolus gave i ones such a pounding then and there, v s probably prevented his ever making nother mistake as to personal identity, \i t least on the college campus. 1,1 The hero who saves life does not catch r he vulgar fancy like the hero who de- " troys it. Human sheep admire the c mtcher and chant his glory. Com para- s ively few know a hero when they see 1 lim, or even suspect that the loftics* leeds of true heroism are wrought aroun ? j * hem every day. I " India tissues of all kinds are in high ' (l avor. ; n i t NEWS OF THE WEEK. Eastern and middle State*. Unable to stand the run upon it resulting ( from its paying teller's defalcation of $85,00). the West bide oank, of New York, closed ils loors. This made tho third bank that hal failed in New York within a fortnight. Thomas P. Grin.vell, a New York million- ' lire, shot himself to death at his residence at midnight after returning home from his Jub. Two express traijis collided at Savannah, N. Y. with a terrific crash. Four men were lolled and six others injured, one or two with t probably fatal result. ? A warrant was issued by the Unite! c States commissioner in New York fur the nr- t rest of John C. Eno, the former presidont of the Second National bank, oil- the charge of c misapplying to his own use $2,120,( 00 of the i instihitinn'c mnnov .Tnmoc "H lnht president of the suspended Marine National jank, and special partner of Grant & Ward, ivas also arrested, charged with misappropriiting $1,400,000 of the institution's funtls. Ignition* of the oil stored in one of the largest tanks belonging to the Atlantic Oil Refining company at Philadelphia resulted ji a disastrous conflagration. Thirty large :anks filled with oil caught fire, and an estimated damage of $100,00 ) was inflicted. Adam Brabender, the defaulting president jf-tho Erie (Penn.) Erie County Savings banlo vas removed from his residence to the county jail for the purpose of protecting him from violence at the hands of an indignant crowd. Hex rv Ward, a resident of Philadelphia, 'Vas knocked down, jumped upon and bitten x> death by a large hog that lie owned. J oils- Carpenter, nn ex-convict of New Fork, stabbed and killed his wife, who had jbtained a divorce from him, then dangerously stabbed her sister, and wound up his jkxxlv work by inflicting serious wounds ipon himself. Six years ago he stabbed a ' pvoman in church, mistaking her for his wife, ind for that crime had only recently come 'rom prison. Three boys, aged respectively seventeen, ,welvo and eleven years, w ere drowned by the lpsctting of a raft wluchthey wen; propelling >n Beaver river, at Croghan, N. Y. Tiie loss of life among Gloucester (Mass.) Ishennen since August 1, IKSi, caused by the icavy gales on the fishing banks, has now eached a total of 234 men, the largest los3 ecordetl from that port in any year. The I lead of the past winter have left seventy j .virlmvw nnfl 1I-?4 / hil/lron Tlio riiu. I tstrous winter fisheries were first opened in 830, and since that time 447 vessels and 2,< 00 ives have been sac riticed in the fisheries centred at Gloucester. A Pittsburg (Perm.) dispatch says that lisgraceful disclosures havo oecn made con erning the alfairs of the suspended Penn jonk, and that depositors will be fortunate if hey get five per cent, of their deposits. Many ktltious deposits with capitalists have been lr.earthed, and it is charged tliat much money vas lost ill oil speculation. A deficiency of >ver $1,2/ 0,000 was discovered. The Glendower iron company, of Danville, Penn., has failed for about $!i0),000. Brooklyn real estate is valued at $291,000,. 100, an increase of $10,000,000 over last year. South and Went. FrvK persons?three men and two children? vere killed, and seven others?four women md three children?were badly injured by n wiler explosion in a sash and door factory at Dubuque, Iowa. Miu>. Augusta Edmunds, living with her i lusband and three little girls in St. Louis, got jossession of her husband's razor and cut her >wn throat and the throats of fcer three girls, ["wo of them died almost instantly. One of hem and the mother were in a critical conlition. From answers received to 3,000 inquiries sent out by the secretary of the National Milprs' association, at Milwaukee, it seems that ;his year's wheat crop in the great wheat growng States will Ik* unusually large, probably ! nuch larger than that of lKs^. The Kot Springs (Ark.) National b;uik josed its doors, and a rim on the Arkansas | SationoJ bank,, also of Hot Springs, created ; jreat excitement. j Strong's bank, a prominent financial insti" | tution at Green Bay, Wis., has suspended, j Hie Crawford County bank, of Dennison,Iowa, las also failed. Washouts along ull the'Texas railroad ines have cuused great damage. Large tracts )f land have been flooded, a great many cattle rnve been drowned, and the people compelled to flee to higher ground for safety. Ax experiment' in plowing by steam was witnessed at Fargo, Dakota, by prominent : wheat growers, and voted a success. A true j :iou engine drew eight plows, turning a soH . 'our inches thick as evenly and well as could ; X) done by horsf.-power, and at the rate of jver twenty-five acres a day. This will enable ! :he farmers to plow at a cost of not more :han ?1 per acre. i Washington. President Arthur and party, including ! secretaries Chandler and Lincoln, Postmaster- j joneral Gresham, General Sheridan, Adrni- ' nl Porter, the British, Russian, French and German ministers, Senator Hale, Miler, Call, Groome, Jones and Butler, and Representatives Cannon, Town- I ihend. Cox. Moree, Ballantiue, Talbot, Holton, i < Thouias, McAdoo and Golf, visited Annapo- 1 is and witnessed the drill of the naval cadeta ) Many of the visitors were accompanied by 1 :heir wives. 1 A sub-committee of the Hoil-? committee , >n agriculture has reported a bill to establish, igricultural experiment stations in connec:ion with the various State agricultural col- | ejres. The grand lodge of Good Templars in session ,t Washington resolved to petition Congress ' o submit a prohibitory constitutional imendment to the States. The delegates called 11 a body on President Arthur at the White louSe. Foreign. , The new city of La Plata, the new capital 1 jf the Argentmo province of Buenos Ayres, ; *outh America, has been partly inundated by i he river flowing through it Forty houses ; vere carried away, and the loss of life was I alculated at 100. At the Boca del Riachuelo, : Jie new port of Buenos Ayres, fourteen craft | >f various sizes wore wrecked. In the interior I >i the province a train for Babia Blanca was 1 lerailed, causing the death of SQJ passengei-s ( md the woundiug of 2C0 mora A Mrs. Leffley was hanged at Lincoln, > England, for poisoning her husband At the holiday games in Chatham. Canada, : ;he grand stand collapsed, and ISO jjersons ; 1*11 *?< 1/1 cnroi-fll oorimiclv Tim in inn'iic ! x)n.sisted of Lroken amis, legs, ami ribs^ and | ' ome were hurt internally. 1 France has obtained the exclusive right un ! j ler the recent treaty with China to trade on . , he Chinese frontier bordering on Tonquin. Mlle. Colcmbier, the French actress and j ( lompanion of Sarah Bernhardt during the i i atter's tour through the United States, has ! x?n sentenced to three months' imprisonment , i ind to pav a tine for writing the book "Sarah , < 3araum,'T in which her former friend wa<? ; lnmercil'ully ridiculed. When the book first , ! ipi>caml a fierce encounter took place between ; i he two actresses in Pans, and Mile. Colutn>ier was horsewhipped by Mile. Bernhardt, j Colonel Frei, the Swiss minister to the Jin ted States, has resigned. j j Advices from the Philippine islands say I hat a band of fanatics, uuder the leadeiship >i' u so-called prophet, appeared there last nonth. The troop dispersed them with a loss ?f thirty-eight killed and wounded. . j 1 The Catholic bishop of the Soudan reports hat seven Italian priests and four sisters of nercy have been massacred at El Obeid. j , Three priests were exj>osed naked to the sun or four days and died from the effects of their 1 xposure. " ! | The race for the Derby, England's annual i Teat racing event, resulted this year in a I ' lead heat between the horses Harvester and j , it. Gaticn, the favorite, Queen Adelaide, ' oming in third. Fifteen horses participated, j Hie stakes were divided. { Great damage has been caused by flood? 1 n Southwestern Spain. In one province aloiif 10!l buildings have been destroyed and 514 I f lainagetl j i NEWSY GLEANING |f The Russian army costs $1-30,000,0JO a year d maintain. ( In Mexico, wreckers of railway trains are j liot as soon as captured. In Louisiana bogesse, or sugar cans refuse, j x bc'ing converted into a valuable article of :ip_-r. A peach grower in Michigan lost 2,200 each trees by placing too much salt about lie roots. More than :5"? >,00) skunk skins were used in lis country lust season, each valued at lifty j .*:its to 61.2 J. It is est incited that the exportation of wheat ( oni South Australia in 1884, will amount to 1.0 10,000 bushels. , , A man living near Wynne station, Phillips Dtinty Texas, was recently stung to death y buffalo-gnats. No min has fallen on the line of tho Texas s 'acillr: railroad, west of tho Colorada river, ince Inst August. Moke than $">5,001,000 has lieen invested in 1 Southern manufacturing enterprises during lie last four months. Several new counties have been formed in * Kentucky on the Dakota plan, to boom townites and create olllc es. 1 The total numlier of separate farms in the ^ Jnited States is 4,000,000,and their aggregate 1 aJue is S10,000,0UU,UUJ. ^ Twenty-o.ve years ago there wero twelve _ ,'onien doctors m the United States. Now ? liere are 8.5:) and more coming. Mason coi nty, W. Va., has found the , ichest tin mine in the world, and thou- . finds are flocking to the place. Darmstadt is declared to be the dullest1 apital in the world. It has immensely wide fleets, in which a human lieing is rarely to L te seen. jThe total cut of logs in the headwaters of 1 j lie Mississipi this season is estimated at 317,i >0,0.10 feet, malcing a stock in hand of 588,- . (10,000 feet. J Tennessee has 300,00J dogs. At one dollar g i month for food alone is $3,00i),0J0 a year, t lot to spejtk of the damage thev inflict upon t lie sheep industry. ' t THE WHEAT HARVEST. )atlook for the Crop in the Wheat- ] Growing States. He Prospects Promising for a Very ? Large Yield. S. H. Seamana, of Milwaukee, secretary of he National Millers' association, has prepared , s i report on tho present condition and outlook i 2 if the wheat crop, as compared with the same f line in 1883, compiled from replies to 3,000 j t :Ircular inquiries which were sent to 1 nillers, grain-dealers and farmers. I \ Tbe returns show that this year's crop wil* i 30 unusually large, probably much larger t ,han that of 1882. Secretary Seamans says, i >y way of introduction: "I have made no ittempt to figure out the approximate results, jelieving that at this critical pnriod in its growth any estimate of the probable number )f bushels of wheat that will be grown as the :rop of 1S84 would be premature. The present jutlook, however, is certainly very promising, aken as a whole, with indications that it will ipproximate the crop of 1882 should not un"orseeu misfortune happen to its growth beween now and liarvest" Tlie comprehensive eport as summarized as follows: Minnesota.?The average spring wheat crop 'or five years has been y.>,8O0,i0J bushels. In iighteen counties the acreage is about the aine as a year ago; in four five to ten per x?nt. increase, ana m two fifteen to twentyIve per cent increase. The present condition s either "very good'' or "excellent." The veather throughout the State is now favorible. Ohio.?The average winter wheat crop for ive years has been 3G,009,COO bushels. In wenty-nine counties the acreage is about the >ame as last year, in six it is ten per cent, nore, in three ten per cent l&s. and in one if teen per cent. less. In thirty-five counties :he condition is "good"' to "very promising," n one it is five per cent, below tho average, ind in one fifteen per cent, below. Compared ivitha month ago the condition is improved Ifty per cent. Missouri.?The average winter wheat crop tor five years has been 25,849,3 X) bushels. The icreage now, as compared with 1883, is resorted in twenty-one counties as about the iame; in seven, three to five per cent. more, rwo report a decrease of ten per cent., and ;hreo twenty-five to thirty per cent decrease, [n twenty-live counties tho present condition s fair to good, in fourteen very good to excellent, and in three not very good. As compared with 18 "3, the condition is about the iame in nine counties, in twenty-five better to much better, in five five per cent better, and in four, not so good. n T'na avaraffa winfflr ivlinof nrrm for five years has been :}7,4fi3,000 bushels. The icreage in sixteen counties is about the same, in three five per cent, less, in three fifteen to twenty-five per cent less, and in four five to ten per cent. more. The present condition is 500a to very good in twenty-four counties, , poor in one, and twenty-five per cent, killed in one. In eighteen counties tue outlook for the crop is average to full average, in four rixty to seventy-fivo per cent, of an average, md in two one half a crop is expected. Michigan.?The average winter wheat crop , tor five years has been 27,43-,003 bushels. In ileven counties the present acreage is about . the same as last year, in three eight to ten per cent, increase, in three fifteen to twenty per cent, decrease, and in one forty per cent, iecrease. The present condition is good to eery good in sixteen counties, in four seventyEive to eighty per cent., and in two poor. Most 3f the reports show that the outlook for the a-op is le.ter than a year ago. Wisconsin.?Tha average crop for five ' years has been IS,911,400 bushels. The spring ' wheat acreage is reported the same as last year in five counties, twenty to thirty-five per cent, increase in five, five to ten per cent, de- j irease in three and twenty-five per cent, decrease in three. The present condition of the winter wheat in all but two counties is universally good to excellent, and during the past month it has improved. Iowa. ?The average crop of wheat has been for five years 2<j,S2S,000 bushels. The spring wheat acreage in seven counties is about the | same as a year ago, in nine an increase of ten per cent., in five an increase of from twenty i to thirty per cent. The winter wheat acreage 1 Is about the same in five counties, ten per ] Mat more in one, twenty-six per cent, more i in one, and from flfteeu to twenty-five per ?nt. Ies3 in two. The present condition )f both spring and winter wheat is invariably reported good. * < .Kansas?The average wheat crop for five j years has been 23,W7,700 bushels. In nine i X)unties the acreage is now about the same I is a year ago, in two it is five per cent more, in four ten per cent, more, in five twenty per cent more, and in one twenty-five per cent < iess. The present condition is excellent New York.?The average wheat crop for i Ave years has been 10,?40,0)0 bushels. In twenty-two counties the present acreage is about the same as a year ago, in three from i five to ten per cent, less, and in ono five per j ?nt. more. In twenty counties the present condition is good, in six "very good" or splen- iid," in two "fair," and in one fifty per cent ' better than at the corresjxmding time last I year. As compared with 1St>3, it is "better" < to "much better' in nineteen counties, fifty per cent, better in three and double in two. I Illinois.?The average crop for five years ] las been 40,000,000 bushels. In thirty-nine I jounties the acreage now is about the same as ] i year ago; in six there is an increase of five 1 percent., in four of ten per cunt., aud in on?, 1 twenty-live per cent. One county sliows a decrease of twenty-five per cent., three of five per cent., and four of teu per cent. Thirtythree counties will yield an average crop, nine Due-halt' of an average, three one-quarter ol *n average, and twenty, sirty-flve to seventySlve per cent, of an average. Virginia.?'The average crop for five years D lias been 8,400,000 bushels. The present con- c lition is good, and in all but one county the Dutlook for the crop is good. a Nebraska.?The spring wheat acreage is , about the some as a year ago in five counties, twenty to twenty-five per cent, more in six, md ten per cent, less in two. In three couu- 1 tics the winter wheat acreage is fifteen to ? twenty per cent, more than a year ago, and four to fifty per cent, in two. The present condition of"both spring and winter wheat is B reported invariably 4'good" to "never better."' * Tennessee.?The present condition of wheat G Ls invariably good, and there is from ten to fifteen per cent increase in the acreage in five ii counties, and an increase of fifty per cent, in [ :wo.' The outlook for tho crop is good. in c eleven counties, splendid in two, and "best in. many years" in four. B Kentucky.- The average crop for five years ^ lias been 9,70:3,001 bushels. Tho average is ^ the same now as lust year in seven counties, ^ 3ve per cent, greater in two, ten per cent, [greater in two, twenty to twenty-five per cent, greater in three, and ten per cent, less in one. J1 The present condition is good in seven coun- " ties, excellent in four, never better in two, and ? eighty per cent, in one. ? Dakota. ?The acreage in five counties is the ? same as last year, in four twenty to twentyfive per cent, greater, in three thirty to forty c j>er cent, greater, in one double last year, an C in one three times last year. The present con ii dition is invariably reported "good" to "extra t good." P Pennsylvania.?'The acreage is about th< same as a year ago. The present condition is c very fine and 1 he outlook is generally good. e Mainland.?The aereaee is about tno same as a year ago. The condition is excellent. The j prospects for a full crop are better than a yeai j ago. I Texas.?The acreage in three counties is I ten to fifteen per cent, greater than a yeai ago, in three, twenty to thirty jx>r cent, t greater, in two, seventy-live per ceut. greater, v and in two, double that of last year. Thf present condition is good in six counties, th? y 'best ever known'' in. two, and "good, but 1 some rust,'' in one. Compared with a yeai ^ ago it is "better" to "fifty per cent, better." I Colorado.?'The sorin r" wivu acreage if \ tbout the same as last year. Sowing was a ittle later. The present condition is good. Delaware.?Tho acreage is about the same is last year. The condition is fine and has c mproved greatly within the last month. The i mtlook is good for a large crop. ( California.?All the counties except two ihow an acreage ranging from the same as ast year to an increase of twenty per cent. ,J I'iie "present condition is very healthy and ex- ^ client. One correspondent says: "From a i er.vextended inquiry the indications now are hat wo shall have the largest crop ever raised . n the State, estimated at 1,750,000 tons, or ' $,-j3J,000 bushels." MUSICAL ANirMAMAT1C, i JMus. Laxgtry is playing in San Francisco. George Sweet, the popular baritone, diet! ately in Chicago. Miss Terry will not support Irving in his all engagement in this country. Bartley Campbell's successful play, "My j 'artner," proved a failure in London. J. II. Palskr is asking managers eighty-five j. >er cent, for tho Irving combination for next icason. . Miss Lillian Olcott, a Brooklyn aspirant or Juliet's balcony, will tempt fate as a star j, loxt season. i Dion Boccicault calculates that there aro ntlio United States -,5>'2 theatres, worth r >ll.r>,0 0,000. a Howahd P. Taylor rises to remark that ho, mil not David Beiasco, wrote ".May Bios- ( om," tho latest Madison square success t S'ext. g Skj. Italo Campanni has engaged the New ifork academy of music for ik ct September j mil October to give ballets in the Italian ] ashion. 1 : t y There aro eighty people on the sta^e in L 'The i'ulso of I^ew \ ork," Madis >n Square heatro. It requires twenty 8i>ectal siage lands to work the scenery.Master Aloc.sti's Victor Benham,known '' o favorably a few yeai*s ago as the marvel- ' ius boy pianist, will return from Kurojie next ^ all and give some concerts. It is said that he t K las improved wonderfully. H 11 Ax empty theatre is to most people one of tl he dismalest of bj wctacles. The king of Bavaria lill'ers from the rest of the world in this re- g| [H-et. At the state j>orfonnmiees in the 1 loyal fJ heatro no one?not even tho intuidant of | heso houses?is permitted to bo present; hi?? jj uajesty has the house to himself. a mm hamt" -1 Execution of a Husband Poisoner in England. Shrieking With Terror as She is V; Dragged to Her Doom. A horrible hanging occurred a few dayi ance at Lincoln, England. The victim wag klrs. Leffley, who poisoned her husband Uut all, and was duly convicted and sen- ' enced at Lincolnshire Sessions. She lad, however, acquired some money ;j >y her husband's death, and she spent f; t liberally In pressing an appeal to the borne ccretary for a commutation of sentence to mprisonment for life, or if that were refused, ;A 'or a reprieve of a few weeks. To the very ost moment Mrs. LelHey believed that a rejrieve would be granted, and she was not by my means reconciled to her fate. ? When she first saw the hangman in the pin- . oning room she shrieked with terror and '-'-a* laintea. She was restored to consciousness ind the hangman began to prepare her for the ^allows by pinioning her elbows and fixing _ i strap loosely around her skirts to be :'.-?g ightened about her ankles after she vsg lad walked to the scaffold. Mrs. Leffley ^sfg ought desperately to prevent these retrain ts and gave utterance to frightful yells, vhich were heard even outside the massive vails of the jail * On the way to the scaffold he screams of the condemned woman were ilmost maniacal, and drowned the voice at he prison chaplain who was reciting the irayers for the dying. When she was placed upon the trap she ^gjg ;ontinued to scream and incoherently avow ler innocence until the white cap was pulled . [own over her mouth and stifled her Toioe. rhen the trap fell, the woman was dropped *!3h nto the well, and in a few minutes was pro- - , lounced dead. The usual inquest was held, / ind the corpse was buried in the jail yard and vg overed with quicklima ? < * _.r r,'." * Contrary to the usual custom, no represehJRM^^' atives of the presB were admittocgBiaM o the jail-yard, and very contrt^KHH lictory stories are told by the medl-MBStijl al men and other official witnesses o<Ml9B3 he execution. All the facts as stated aboveflKMUS ire admitted by all the witnesses, but some otWaHl hem state in addition that Hang-Bp^H nan Binns was unnecessarily and? bexbar-MsyM tusly brutal in his treatment of tht^BBH rnhappy woman. According to -tbflti^BgggH tatements he knocked her down in thjMKnfl iininning-mom and choked her until bar facsHM9| vas livid in order to stop her screaming. Tbe?aflq rndon papers generally condemn the exclu-H I ion of the press, and say that this die-KgSBn jraceful scene furnishes another and qatteSSgSjl ufficient reason for the dismissal of Irunken brute, Binns, from his office of offi-HtfflR dal hungman H| SDMM1RY OF CONGRESS. Senate* The Senate concurred in the House amend-'. ment to the Senate bill extending the dur?r ::M House extended the time one year longer than, provided in the original Senate bilL Consideration of the Utah bill was begun; Mr. -SW Hoar addressed the Senate in its support.... The Mexican pensions bill was discussed. -? There was laid before the Senate the major " -3^a ity report in the Danville (Va.) investigation md the minority report in the Copiah codntr^ (Miss.) investigation....A bill was reported favorably to forfeit unearned Northern Pfr , CaSj :iflc landgrants....The Utah bill was furthe* '' considered. - >V"7>99 Mr. Cullom reported from the committal Ty<-8m on pensions to-day a bill which confers a pendon upon all persons who served three months ><r?|9 during the war and have honorable df?- *' >&* charges, and who are or shall become disabled m from any cause not the result of their own j gross carelessness, disreputable conduct ok Ww vicious habits, and shall also be dependent 4 wholly or in part upon their own labor ot : ?f| upon pecuniary assistance from others for th* ) *& means of comfortable support The Miexi. an pension bill Was further considered j. House* 4 Mr. Cox, of New York, introduced a bill to " A.J8 prohibit deposits in the navigable waters erf New York harbor....The committee on mitttary affairs was authorized to examine into ' M the management of the National Soldiers' home A bill was introduced to amend the . '"/j act authorizing the formation of National Banking associations. Consideration ot ' tlie contested election case of Wallace against r.'jS McKinley was begun?Mr. Belford, of C8I- .-7a$ orado, introduced a bill appropriating $3U),00Q : l:m for the erection of a home for disabled sol- g liers of the Confederate army at Fredericksburg, Va Referred. The House decided the Ohio contested eleo Hon r-nsf of Wallace acainst McKinle v in favor of the contestant A joint resolution war ; "fj29 passed appropriating $100,000 additional fbi - : the relief of sufferers by the Mississippi - .-J Hoods. Consideration 'of the legislative appropriation bill was begun. The amount appropri- - :?sj itcd is #20,7:^0,81 rt, being an increase of 188,- 100 over the appropriation for the cuirenl year and $'J38,e2u less than the estimates.... ,* The House passed a joint resolu- . ojffl tion for printing 400,000 copies of the report . . "AS it the commissioner of agriculture for IS84. ' ;? ....The conference report on the agricul* tural appropriation bill was adopted The ' Flouse committee on elections decided by niw ' :o one to report in favor of Chalmers in the " Mississippi Chalmers-Manning contested eleo - A lion case, ard by seven to four in favor of '>"38 Wise in the Virginia Massey-Wise case. THE NATIONAL GAME. Robert Ferguson has been engaged aa "/i nanager and second baseman of the Allegheny Arthur Cummings, the first man to pitch , curved ball, is pitching for the "W'altham Mass.) club this season. One of the ways of advertising the St />uis games is a boy attired in a player's suit n horseback carrying a banner through the treets of the city. . The boys of Brown University had a bon- * <'7*08 ire on the campus after a recent victory, and > ?5| Resident Robinson and the professors conTa tula ted them Jack Humphries, catcher for the Wash- V agtons, graduated last year from Cornell . % University, and was one of Phi Betas Kappas - .-*? hosen from the cinss of 188-1 Nearly 8,000 persons witnessed the first 'J} eason championship garfie between the New forks and the champion Bostons, in New :d fork. The former cluD won by a score of T . The first thirteen-innine game of the season *. ras between the Fort Wayne and Bay City "jJsaB earns at Fort Wayne. The first eleven-inningame between League nines was played by tho :hicagos and Bostons, resulting in a victory . . $? r the latter. 33$ The Chairman of the Republican State onunittee of Pennsylvania, whose name is ^ looper, caught for the printers' nine recently - ^ i a game against nine tobacconists. Afoul >2 ip on the nose mado him unpresentable to olitical caucuses for some time. At the close of the fourth week of the league lmmpionship campaign tho record of the ight contending clubs was as follows: . Club*. H'on. Lout. I Clubs. Won, Lett. 'rovidtnee.. 16 2 | Philadelphia. 7 13 (ostoii 16 4 I Clevchud.... 6 18 lew York... 15 4 (Chicago 6 13 luffulo 8 11 | De.rolt S J >li The twelve clubs of the American associa- i ion stood as follows at the end of the fourth vt-ek's play: Won Lout. Von Lmt v'" ???? *? o a I f/MiUvtllo ,1 ? .. a pSSI H'tru^uuiaii -w ialtimore 7 6 St LouU S . 7* Lihleiic 7 S Cincinnati a 5 ^>$3 Brooklyn S 6 Columbus a < r 'iitshur?l> 5 9 'loleio 9 11 /' Vanliington 3 8 IndiauapolLi.... It Total 38 36 Total 35 8S The Eastern League record had been hanged materially by the disbandmcnt of the ilonumental nine of Baltimore, as will be seen >y the appended rgi-ord: Club*. U'on. Loit. I Club*. H'on. Lost. 'ronton 12 S | Wilmington.... T 4 few-ark 9 7 I .Allentown 4 18 i, ** 'ir^inlo. S 4 I Harri?Otirj; 3 9 teadiiis; 8 9 | Baltimore oat In tiie college arena the record was as foljws: - , Club*. H'on. Lost. | Clubs. Won. Lost """ Inrvard 5 2 i Brown 3 3 o 1 I 1)?rt month... il 8 illiberal ....3 8 I Princeton. ^.1 PROMINENT PEOPLE | Pore Leo XIII. is in his seventy-fifth year. Dr. Tanner has not had a sick day since lis fast in 18 0. Ex-Senator McDonald, of Indiana, has >ecn married three times. The Prince of Wales, while in Paris, is ,-uarded by two special detectives. Ex-Mayor Henry L. Pierce, of Boston, s said to bo the largest buyer of fancy cattle u New England W. H. H. Murhay ("Adirondack" Moray), the once popular divine, is now keeping i restaurant iiFMoutreal. Ciiiek Justice Waite, nominally from )hio, still owns and occupies in the summer he homestead that has been in his family for fenerations at Lyme, Conn. Jl'dije Holt, who tried Fitz-John Porter, drs. Surratt, and Wirtz, is a rich and childless widower, living in handsome retirement n Washington, and spending bis days in hit ibrarv. A German journal relates that a celebrated nusical director conducted the "Funeral larch" from tho "Eroico" in black kids nd cravat, while lie wore a white tie and ray gloves during the remainder of the proramme. This gave rise to a suggestion that ii future lie conduct the "Pastoral" symlumy in knee breeches, round straw hat, ritli colored ribbons, a shepherd's crook inteud of baton; Mendelsohn's Scotch symhony in a checke<l plaid and bare knees; tuffs symphony, "In tiie Summer," in a ght linen jacket, etc. "iTaafl