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[The Beaufort jjg|f Republican. AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLTTICS, LITERATURE, AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. OUR MOTTO IS-TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR. ? _ ? _ I VOL. II. XO. 40. BEAUFORT, S.' C., THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1872. . IKWJJ * - The locksmith's Story. ILLUSTRATED BY D. SCATTER GOOD. Ir Well, uo! Mv wife ain't dead, sir, but I've lost her all the same; She left me voluntarily, and neither was to l blame. It's rather a queer story, and I think you will agree? p^^^hen you hear the oircumstances?'twas rather rough on me. Shr was a soldier's widow. He was killed at Malvern Hill: And when I married her the seemed to sorrow for him st'll; But I br ught her here to Kansas. I never want to see V better wife than Mary was, for five bright years to me! mB^The change of scene brought cheerfulness, and ' soon a rosy glow Of happiness warmed Mary's cheeks and melted all 1 heir snow. I think she loved me some?I'm bound to think that of her, sir, And as for in' T can't begin to tell how I loved her! 1'hrce > uiz ugo the baby came, our humble home to bless; el then I reckon I was nigh to perfect happiness ; * ' i'was hers-'twas mine?but I've no language to explain to you Mow that littl" girl's weak fingers our hearts together drew! Once we watched it through a fever, and with each gasping breath, Dumb with an awful, worldless woe, we waited for its death ; Vnd though I'm not a pious man, our souls together there For Heaven to spare our darling went up in voiceless prayer. tnd when the doctor said 'twould live, our joy what words could tell? riasot-d in each other's arms, our grateful tears together fell. Sometimes, vi.u see. tho shadow fell across our litt.e nest. But it only made the sunshine seem a doublywelcome guest. W rk c :me to me a plenty, and I kept the anvil ringing, ' Early and late you'd find me there a hammering and singing; J/.ve nerved my arm to labor, and tuned my tongue to song. And though my singing wasn't sweet, it was almighty strong < >ne day a one-armed strauger stopped to have nit nail a shoe, \nd while 1 was at work we passed a compliment or two. 1 asked him how he lost his arm. He said 'twas shot away At Malvern Hill. At Malvern Hill! Did you know Hubert May ?" " J'niit'f* vesaid lie. "You, you!" I gasped, g wi.li horrid doubt; " If \ or,' e a linn, j*ist follow nie : we'll try thin mystery out." With -tizzy stt ps I led liim to Mary. God 'Twas tru"! The i the bitterest pangs of misery unspeakable 1 knew. Froz 11 with deadly horror, she stared with ey? s of stone, Vnu from : r quivering lips there broke one wi.d despairing moan. ' 1* .a he the hnshand of her youth, now risen from the dead, Hut ali too ate-and with that bitter cry her sensis tied. 1A%! \n 'S . h f ,H 'M \ Wliar . uld lx'd>ne? He was reported dead. () his return H< strove in vain some tidings of his absent wife to learn. I is v ell that he vas innocent! Else V<ihave l illed him too. So ! a I he never would have riz till Gabriel's trumpet blew! * was agreed that Marv then between us sin iil?] decide, A d e?:e by her decision would sacredly abide. No s i: rat the judgment seat, waiting eternal dwoni. < on ! suffer what I did while waiting sentence in that room. Hi.ul and breathless there we stood, with m-rvt - a? tens* as steel, ! Whi Mux's eyes sought each white face, in pit' mis ..ppoal. <",nd! CouUl not woman's dnty he less hardly reconciled [* h< r lawful husband and the father of her child. \h, iiow my heart was chilled to ice when she knelt down and said. j " Forgive nie, John! He is my husband 1 Here! A i?e! not dead !" 1 raised her tenderly and tried to tell her she j was right, but somehow in my aching breast the prisoned words stuck tight! " But, John. I can't leave baby" "What! wife ,n^ and child?" cried I; Pre "Must I yield all? Ah, cruel! Better that I r Bbonld die. * ra Think of the long, sad. lonely honrs waiting in 0f > gloom for me? No wife to cheer me with her love?no babe to the climb my knee 1 natj And yet yon are her mother, and the sacred Pe,1( mother love mor Is still the purest, tenderest tie that heaven ever wove. t,on Take her, but promise, Mary?for that will mor bring no shame? My little cirl shall bear, and learn to lisp her sevc father's name P cora It may be, in the life to come, I'll meet my tion child and wife ; But yonder, bv mv cottage gate, we parted for this life; ' wha One long hand-clasp from Mary, and my dream j. of love was done! One long embrace from my baby, and happiness the was gone 1 u: , 1 __ y 1 An Ingenious Swindle. ^ A fellow has been arrested in New York for an ingenious swindle. He sent litho- su^ graphed circulars all over the country, in r which lie said : t?u1 T wish to sell you the enclosed note, which T received in payment ol a bill of leather that I sold when I was in that ^ business. I failed about three months since, and lost everything I bad except resl] this note. 1 am to be examined bv my pvj creditors in ten days. I will have to swear t to whether I have anything left or not. kne It they find I have not sold this note I pQp will have to turn it over to them. I can- j not say whether they know anything ^ about this note or not; if they ask me, I t want to swear that I sold it to a man who ' I Out' lives out West; my lawyer says that they <t -p| have no right to ask me the person's name j that I sold it to, or how much I received ,ars for it, but they have a right to ask me m;s.( what I have done with the money. Now, ' nuts what I wish to do is this. You hold this ^ note until about a week before it falls ^ due, tlien put it in the bank for collection. ajy(>! They will not charge you more than $5 j for collecting it; then you send me ?800, ^ju> and I will give you the balance for your strouble, which is Slfid. Don't mention yy. anvtbing about this note to any one. 1 * * pnin don't wish any one to know who holds it ? until after it is paid, then I don't care. j * ?l t o : curing rae war, wouu 1 was ai opuug- cQr_ tield, a friend of mine mentioned vonr (jpfT( r.anu to me, and from what he said I know cont that you will be honest in this matter. 1 acco am afraid to let any one who lives in this t State hold it, for fear that some of my u creditors might lincl out who has it?then they eould attach the note; but when it wjt| is held in any other State my lawyer says w they can't do anything about it. Hoping 20t that you will attend to this for me, I am, C()jn with much respect, "Thomas 1). Tjiokp. S< "737 Broadway, New York City. An < " P. S.?Send me $5, which amount I in P will <pend. then when I am examined 1 of a - an swear that I expended all ?.f the money I)ur that 1 received for the note, if they ask was inc anything about it. I will give you a in b receipt tor the $5. T. D. T. two "To Mr. A. J. Brooks." she The promissory note is sent with the the circular. It i? printed on poor paper and she ha< on the left hand side what appeals to spar be a 50 cent internal revenue stamp; who around the figure in small letters are the e<l t words " 50 cent stamp is requited by law not on this note to make it valid." Any sigai number ot people took the bait and sent muc the $>">. and all will say it served them <]eat just right. ,nes kill Country Newspapers.? Few people y . appreciate the value of the village papers ^ which gather up the news of a county and ^ advocate the interests of a locality. And tew understand the amount of ability required to edit such a paper, where one w^j man nm>t be editor, publisher, printer, j book-keeper and all. Imagine how much C()U, the intelligence ot the country would stif y fer by the blotting out of the country newspapers, which treat the immediate interests f the people and thus come into immediate contact with their minds. The true c? untry editor understands that ^ his paper thrives by being intensely local; that it is not by learned editorials on tariff j and income tax. but by articles in favor s| j of the new railroad, by description of the ^ new factory, by advocacy of the new bridge, that he must succeed. People look at this column notonlv for the latest r wh( general news, but for a mention ot every ... . bee i interesting tact, ot every curious matter . .. .... a ta of gossip in Ins own country. And tnusi tin- paper becomes the reflector of the r ^ current events and the public sentiment of liis section. Nothing is toosmall to be 'I:u* itemized if only it is of interest. A conn- co,n try editor advertised the other day that mor he would insert a list of the names of all j,lt the people who had joined the churches J ,u in the county in a recent revival. Which itu" showed that he understood his business. He proposed to chronicle every event of wa* interest occnring in his jurisdiction. Every intelligent family should give a cordial support to the local newspaper. It is one of the great educational iuflu- aftc euces. | feed to t The ruius of Fort Sumter will shortly His be removed, and a new fort constructed I fo on the site. kicl v Dean Richmond's Forethougl is an instance of the shrewdne: j Dean Richmond, reaching fr prescience, the opinion of Wi rcy, as expressed to me. touc liminary proceedings in New ird to the Presidential electioi r not be inappropriately pro< connection. " If I had listen* ice of Mr. Richmond, instead c n my own judgment,'' said the old statesman, " I should hi sident of the United States ir nklin Pierce. The undivided lew York would, as things t Convention, have given me t on. Richmond foresaw the :y which there arose, and hen* e strenuously that the Stare i should appoint the delegates e instead of remitting the cboi ral Congressional districts. M posed two-third* of the State i, and there wa* nothing incc h the usages of the party or ui it he recommended. Still I w *- U f cliAilIrl Vl OTT* U m G I, MIUW x OUVU.U uu< v %* U.v (Toleration. Tie persisted, a: arauments had areat force, I r< declined his proposition. II t a division among tiie delegate fatal to me; that in order t Dort from other States I mi id the undivided vote of Ne lloardsley and Dickinson woul nomination, and with effect, t I could not carry my ow reas, if our delegation acted a such nretences could be sot i ilts vindicated the sagacity bmond. In laet, his foresight tion were rarely at fault, w a safer adviser or a mote ft tician." incoln. Greeley, and Kichmoi ed in a handsome coach wfc been brought out on the Cent I: chatting in a free and easy his is something like, Deon," ss ' but why don't you have made in this way ? The >rablc old things are nothin ance." ;'We adopt improvei 7 are invented,"' was the rep changes have to be gradual; vr "d to throw aside substantial < cost a g eat deal of money, ai road with those that are tnor , merely for the comfort of pa enever we build new ones, w ite all available improvements. Oh, that's no excuse,'' was C indor. ll The people confer n orationsspeciai and extraordin; and I tell you they will ;ent unless von give them 1 nijdations to be had. Why d on this kind of car at once ?" Why don't we, sure enough i't 3 ou start your infernal old 1 three hundred thousand subsc Horace, I think Richmond lit vou there," quietly remarked ENE AT A TniAL OF A COMM exciting scene occurred the o aris during the trial by court I lOi.inon tiinncfl A llirimtinp ingtlie fighting in Paris this seen in the streets, her hands lood, and boasting that she h; soldiers. On the entry of th was taken prisoner and placed wall to be shot, butonhersuj lnid tended the wounded, the ed her life. On the trial, ai i was charged with her detent' hat her mind was deranged, man," she exclaimed, " and nst the words. 1 have siiHV h in prison, and demand to b< h ! hut your turn will come a i of Versailles were too cow; me, but you will be shot lil e la Commune!" At those w lie rushed on her, and the gu atertere for her portection, ai her away, still'crying out, ' limine! A basles Versailaiss lout her bonnet or shawl, wl 1 torn from her in the struggl t eventually condemned hern s' hard labor. The woman v mdit back, and on hearing her ; 1. she again burst out in a kery. 41 The cowards, thev ;! Hah! I am 35, and in s 1 shall be only 55, and still j ething. But it. is only a in ;h at; a change ot Gocernmer 1 he out at once, and that wil ;. Vive la Commune!" or no Dunn*.?The boy Dun >se trial for manslaughter tl i so much excitement in New ir representative of the voun iotham. He was sent to the 1 uge on the complaint of his si been previously sent there iplaint of his father. His ov >y shows hitn to be, if not rule ast in the fair road to become c while attending school sta{; slier in the knee because hec > self as being punished nnju>i sent to Sing Sing for one ing his keeper in the House of wo New York Assemblyraf king do^ 11 State street, in r the passage of the charter b said one of them, "asiflc >e kicked for voting for the c friend replied, " That's just el myself ; let us go up this a % each other." it. Texas Cattle Drovert. ss of the At Firebaugh's, says a correspondent, I equontly fell at once from California to Texas, jj illiam L. Who drives wild cattle must himself be Q hing the wild, I suppose. I found myself in the t] Ycrk, in evening, in a large room, used as a store ^ i of 1852, and shop, where eighteen or twenty vac- a Juced in queros or cattle-herders sat about an open b ed to the fire, and smoked, and chewed, and swore, ^ )f acting and spat, with great gravity and decorum. r, ! far see- Some were Americans, from Missouri for t| ive been Texas?the persons called " Pikes" in this t] istead of State; some were Mexicans, who came in c support with jingling spurs, and with riding trow- v rued in sera made of calf skin with the hair left he nomi- on, which gave them quite a startling and g contin- disgusting satyr-like look. There is noth- ^ ce urged ing picturesque about the Pike, lie is a g Conven creature for use and not for ornament. ^ to Balti As I sat among these men, after supper, T ce to the began to think I should have to take some g y friends care not to be spit on ; but the accuracy, t) Conven- neatness, and precision of their aim pres- t] insistent eritly assured me. One fellow, lounging q nisual in on the Counter behind me, spat over my e as averse hat; a vigorous cross-fire was kept up by w linrit V <)f /-.f ar>rnco HiO fnns of in V shops v l/M V UtllV.1 ?Vi V" V vvvw ? J www^w p id while a scattered but uuintermitting rain fell w ductaut- upon the center of the floor, and occasion c urged ally the fire received a douche; but I p ;s would believe I mav safely say that no accident ^ o secure occurred in the whole course of the even- 0 ist com- jug. It happened that Mr. Miller, the 0 w York, great cattle man himself, was present that jr Id oppose evening. He is a German by birth, short, alleging aj(1t in his movements, neatly dressed, ^ n State; an(j ^vitli a good nose, a low forehead, but is a unit, a remarkably expressive countenance. lie ^ lp. The busied himself with instructions to his ^ of Dean foreman, smoking meanwhile, and I was ^ and pen- amuscd to see that when once he got up w I never yrom his chair, a vacquero slipped into it Q] ir-soeing _and as there were more people than j chairs, after wandering about the room ^ rid were for a wh lc, exposed to a battery of tobac- ft] iich had C0-juice, the owner of half a million acres ^ ral Rail- finally squatted down in the wood box, at m manner, fbe side of the fire, and prudently took lid Gree- care not to get up again until he went off all your t0 bed. His men give him a good name common for liberality and kindness to them, and to g but a ajj vvorkingmcn ; and I believe there is no nents as doubt that he is an uncommonly able busi- ^ ly, ''but ness man ]je began life poor, in Califor- ^ e cannot njaj ]ess tban jy years ago, and has made :ars that bis fortune " in cattle." ,i id stock e ex Den- What he Proposes to Do tn Cuba, m ' y ?The Daily Morning Chnniele contains al ssengeth ftU accom,t 0f what is proposed to be m m incur- done under the lead of General Ryan, ? who left on the steamer Fanny for Cuba. Jreelev's The plan of operation is stated to be : lu ' On disembarking General Ryan will pon you ^rgt rally the Coast Guard, and ira- bi arv priv- mediately dispatch fleet couriers to the rint- hp Intpvinr nf Hip ill Mild to annoilllCft to the best I trusted Cubans, already aware of the Ir> ,* i approaching Army of Liberation, his ol ' j arrival ; and will with all expedition get V( together the largest force he can for j ? Why the purpose of protecting the landing ' Tribune of two expeditions which follow him ribers without delay. Three steamers put to 01 sea the same day, each one having the g( >s lather destination, but the Fanny will Mr. Lin- reach the rendezvous some little time in advance of the others. The entire force amounts to fully 1,200 men, and le (:NIST all of them are completely armed and th . . equipped. General Ryan will remain lCr a- on the coast, and expects to have, with-martial jn forty-eight hours of his landing, at Chiffon, least five thousand true Cubans rallied ar woman standard, and ready armed to w __, make a fight, if necessary, for the pro- ^ " (Ci' ( tection of the disembarkation of men id killed from the two other steamers. More ex- m e troops peditions are to follow the one already bi against s^rted, and strong hopes are entertain- h< . ed that the great object will be acinH 18 complished between now and the Presii troops dental election. i officer th ?]ea(].! Having Some Fun.?The return of the L|J ' Derby races is always accompanied by 1 Hln fun and frolic, but the London News Is protest: gives an incident of this year's return 1 I which lirmnilv enmhin s fnn and frolic T ;i cu iuu ?rr- v ; e put to w ^ l.vm'h haw. On the evening of the V( races the occupants of a four-horse drag fj lso; the were amusing themselves as they apurdly to proached home by pelting pedestrians ' ;e dogs! with flour, peas, and other missiles, re or s the They pulled nP iR ii10 Clapham road for th refreshments, leaving three of their ^ ard had num])er fn caro f(,r the horses, and these id drag- proceeded with their sport. Unfortu'Vive la natelv they threw flour on the wife of a hi ( "' and ilway porter, who immediately called at .on the crowd to storm the drag. No iich had sooner than done, and in an instant ^ e. I lie , the funny gentlemen were pulled from a > twenty | their seats, carried to a liorse-trougli, m vas then soundly ducked, rolled in the mud, and o>( then sprinkled with their own flour. As ^ sentence S()0n p0SSibje they and their comrades tone ot drove rapidly away amid the jeers and r do not lioots of the crowd. g< twenty good for ^AY 0F ^CTORS-?The following are said \\ nttor to to be the weekly salaries paid to the late 0i it and I company at Wallack's Theatre, New York, ^ 1 not he Tohn Brougham, $200; Charles Mathews, ' ^ S500; John Gilbert, ?100; J. II. .Stoddard, $75; Mr. Polk, $50; Miss Plessy j a) ! Mordaunt, $100; Mrs. Sefton, S75; Miss (], n, a < ut j|0jcn Tracy, ?60. The nightly expenses et , . were about S700: the receipts averaged i ni York is! ' fo oi , ! $1,000. It should he underslood that I tr rough |j ^ J only the selected few in theatres receive a such sums. The bulk of actors and ac- j fi ter. lie . , A . i11 tresses receive from $5 to $25 a week. i iw on the _ j IM >n testi- : Canadian inventor has lately obtained sperado, a patent for an ingenious process by which | ^ )ne- I tools, after being first fashioned of wrought j' >bed his jron^ may be converted into steel. This : nsidered js accomplished by immersing the articles j '.v- in a bath of molten cast-iron, free from; year for ?ulphur and phosphoric, and charged with Refuge. Carbon to its utmost capacity. The size of the implement and the degree of hard?n were ne5S required govern the time it is to re- ^ Albany, . . , ' l' jl (i j main in the bath. gl leserved ^ barter." Take away from mank nd their vanity tc the way and their ambition, and there would be g< 11 ey and but few claiming to be heroes and pa- r< Iriots. |Tl $ How Gunpowder is Made. How do you think you would like to ve. fearing every moment to be blown p; not daring to speak loud, to jar any bing, for fear of starting an explosion 'hich would send you in an instant to nother world ? You don't think it would e very pleasant ? Well, it isn't; yet hunreds of men live in just that state, work, eceive pay, and live, year after year, in be very sight of death, as it were; all that be world may have gunpowder. You an easily guess that these men go about ery quietly, and rarely laugh. You know that gunpowder is very danerousin a gun, or near a fire, but peraps you don't know that it is equally danerous all throagh the process of making. l powder mill is a fearful place to visit, nd strangers are very seldom allowed to - Ti ? U.,:U t..~ 0 IIHO C/Iie. ?"t?J ttl C uunt mi 111/in hi*/ awn, in the woods, and each branch of he work is done in a seperate building, 'hese houses are quite a distance from ach other, so that if one blows up, it ron't blow up the rest. Then the lower arts of the buildin g are made very strong, diile the roofs are very lightly set on, so it explodes, only the roof will suffer. !ut in spite of every care, sometimes a ho'e settlement of the powder mills goes ft' almost in an instant, and every vestige f the work of years will be swept away 1 a few seconds. But though you feel like holding your reath to look at it, it is really a very insisting process to see. It is made, peraps you know, of charcoal, saltpetre and rimstone. Each of these article is preared in a house by itself; and the house here they are mixed is the first terrible ne. In this building is an immense million?, rolling round and round in an iron ed. In this bed, and under the stone, :e put the three fearful ingredients of anpowder. There they are thoroughly lixed and ground together. This is a very dangerous operation, beluseif the stone coines in contact with s iron bed it is very apt to strike fire, id the merest suspicion of a spark would ;t off the whole. The materials are | )read three or four inches thick in the 2fl; the wheel, which goes by water ower, is started, and every man leaves le place. The door is shut, and the lachinery left to do its terrible work one. When it has run long enough the iill is stopped, and the men come back, he operation leaves the powder in hard imps or cakes. The next house is where these cakes are *oken into grains, and, of course, is quite i dangerous as the last one. But the en can't go away from this?they are diged to attend to it every moment; and >u may be sure no laugh or joke is ever ?ard within its walls. Every one who >es in has to take off his boots and put 1 rubbers, because one grain of the danjrous powder, crushed by the boot, would rr.l,?rlo t)>a whnlA in ?n inafftnf. .. The floor of this house is covered with ather, and is made perfectly black with ie dust of the gunpowder. It contains a t of sieves, each one smaller than the last, irough which the powder is sifted ; and 1 immense ground and laboring mill, here it is ground up, while the men lovel it in with wooden shovels. The achinery makes a great deal of noise, it the men are silent, as in the other )usos. The reckless crashing of the achinery even seems to give greater ->rror, and one is very glad to get out of tat house. The glazing house comes next. Glazing done by mixing black lead with the iwder, to give it a black and shiny look, lie powder is put into barrels, which re>lve for several hours. That polishes te grains by their rubbing together, he black lead is put with them, and they ivolve several hours more. Of course le dust flies from all these operations, ul the workmen, silent like the rest, look ke very black negroes, working in the iackest of powder, in a room whose walls id floors are blacker than the rest, if :>ssible. It has a very singular look to stranger, and added to the terrible silence akes one feel as if the whole world had >ne into mourning. Often, the gun uwder, revolving so rapidly in the bards, gets very hot; so this, too. is a danjrous operation. The storing houses is the next on the st, and there the gunpowder is heated i wooden trays. From there it goes to le packing house, and is put up io barrels, egs and canisters. Safely through all these houses, it goes liS\ncm ( Inn 1 1 L' L* U IU LIJC awv/i f iiv/ucv. v?iv ivv<M ...?v rawing a lung breath to see the fearful ,uff safely packed away out of the hands [ men in this very curious house. You've heard of things being as dry as powder bouse, but you wouldn't think us house is very dry. It is almost emedded in water. The roof is one big ink k^pt full of water. Did you ever ear of a water-roof before? Instead of eps to go in, there are shallow tanks of ater, through which every one must alk to the door. In none of these powder houses is any ght ever allowed exoent sunlight. The ages are good; the day's work is short, iding at three or four o'clock ; but the ien have a serious look, that makes one link every moment ol the danger, and ad to get away. Though curiosity may take h man once > visit a powder mill, be bus no desire to o the second time; and he fee's ail the ?st of bis life that for once ha bas been ery near death. The Sisters. There be three sisters sweet, 1 But various in mind? by One daring, yet discreet, * True, humble and resigned ser She standfcth, where would others fall, ' And trusteth God for all in all. ma wo another, bright of mien, r And jubilant with life ; She spyeth the unseen, * Q Beyond all earthly strife. Who hath this fair vivacious maid, Hath sunshine in the darkest shade. th* The last is all divine? ^ The greatest and the best. 810 0 world ! were she but thine, i Thou were supremely bleat. COT Rut whoso hath these sisters three, liq Hath Faith, and Hope, and Charity. the < Is Farmhouse Notes. tor To Make Hard Water Soft.?Tnkean ounce of fresh lime and stir it well in a bucket of water, and as soon as it settles, thi the water will be soft and fit for use, as it will drive all impurities to the bottom, fir River water, when muddy, is better to ovt drink by this process. a i fore To Fry Fresh Fish.?Have the fish j101 well scalded, washed and drained ; cut . slashes in the sides of each ; season them with salt and pepper, and roll them in Pn corn flour ; have in your frying pan hot ^,a lard or bacon drippings ; dip them in egg before rolling them in corn flour, to keep them from breaking. Gargling the throat with tepid water ?] will often afford relief from a troublesome ecc cough. The ordinary cough mixtures? ^U] troches, lozenges and other nostrums? when injudiciously used,load the stomach em and seriously interfere with digestion, ^a( thus indirectly increasing the evil which wjt they were desigued to cure. ^ The Plaster Problem.?If some ^ scientific farmer wishes to distinguish "J himself, let him solve the riddle of gyp- gre sum. In hundreds of cases a bushel of obs plaster on an acre of clover has doubled the the yield. Scores have applied it with as no perceptible gain. Inland it generally wh works better than on the sea-coast. If Pai salt in the air is given as the reason, some yoi farmer 300 miles from the ocean will sav that he always mixes salt with plaster and its action is increased and made certain ^ by it. A writer in the Ohio\Fnnner tells of 1 us that it absorbs ammonia. Unless we the know when there is ammonia in the air for it to absorb, that statement does not help the matter. A chemist analyzing P the ash of a crop would find little or no siui sulphate of lime. His inference would we be that it cannot furnish plant food; but j sometimes it makes crops grow wonder- ^ fully. Who can tell the fanners of the "ur country why it fails when it fails, and liar u 4" '-"" lUo Tulion it nrnmntps vefrp- rrmr II" w IL UjJCIOlvo "Uvu .. J - -Otable growth? cou Cows.?In the N. E. Fanner we find stai an account of an experiment m ide by a rjgi member of the Essex, M;iss., Agricultu- t ral Society, which was substantially as follows : Four cows were selected from en* his herd when his pastures were parched aga with excessive drouth. Two of them seal were fed night and morning, with green to f corn-stalks, as much as they would eat. The other two were fed with English hay ?* of medium quality, as much as they dril would eat, all going in the same pasture mol during the day. Their milk was care- as , fully measured. After about two weeks their feed was changed ; those that had as been fed on corn were fed with hay, and nee those that had been fed on hay were fed The with corn for about two weeks longer, t? and the milk careiully measured. The . result was nearly the same. There was ??" no perceptible difference in the quantity ^ of milk produced when fed on green corn rig! fodder or English hay. He came to the jncj conclusion, therefore, that it is much more profitable feeding on green com ac 1 - - - ' -- ?l i. i??0 to fodder tlian on nay, as uuusus muuu ic^o. He adds, however, that corn fodder it i should not be used until it has nearly ]adi reached its growth, in the blossom, as it t[)r( then possesses more nutriment than when cut earlier. It should not be sowed '??' too thick, or grow in the shade. pa* mat c Fight Between Two Chinamen. pell A fight at Virginia, Montana, between i,av two Chinamen named Man (feeandChing (jr Ho, is thus described by the Montanian: dis' "Throwing aside their outer garments, emj and each armed with a huge knife and 0W1 an ugly looking hatchet, they faced each Wri other for the fray?the women meantime jn ( viewing the preparations with unconcern. roa For a moment they stared at each other rub like wild beasts over disputed prey, and Ab< then sprang forward with uplifted weap- lnjl ons. In the first onslaught Ilo's nimble- jia8 ness of foot saved him, for stepping quick- i ]eai ly to one side, the hatchet of Mun Gee wir cleft nothing but air, and Ho buried the mai blade of hia tomahawk in the cheek of his ing unwieldy adversary. Withdrawing it he stei stepped back into position. Howling five vengeance, and with a torrent of blood is Jj gushing trom his frightful wound. Gee win rushed upon his man, and with a dexter- jng ous blow, which would have been fatal He had it reached its mark, laid a three-cor }lir(; nered piece of Ho's ear on the floor, and mil, received in return an ugly gash in the tho right shoulder from Ho's knife. Gee was tho now bleeding freely, and with the ebbing whi of the crimson tide oozed his strength and an ; discretion. He fought wildly, while his eve wily antagonist rained his hatchet blows the: fast and sure, cutting Gee in a terrible i8 <] manner about the face, hands and neck, ^tat At last, as Gee endeavored to grapple ino| ^ /i An/l/,no?? no. ?1 . fns opponent, ne rcucivcu a ucqucuci u?* me dor the right ear from Ho's hatchet. Ho, 0f j, fearing arrest, fled. About this time the ft 8, police arrived upon the .scene. Gee was jiav put in his bed and a physician summoned. r08^ Although horribly mutilated Gee may possibly recover. The wound in the neck ^ is not deep, and the jugular vein was fist mi?s?d. The section of. bis left ear is the only relic the authorities have of Ho, and ^ even that will be relinquished to the med-. bod cal faculty on application." % Brevitiw. __ ' [n Brussels, the milk:carts are prilled dogs. ' Feminary" is the latest for female j, ninary. 'Whom the gods destroy they first ,ke mad." Yes, and when some men uld dye they first get madder. The difference between a country and ity greenhorn is that one would like to ow everything, and the other things can tell him. [t may appear anomalous, but, neverdess, is a fact, that of all the trades > pugilists are almost the only profesnals who have not gone " on a strike. ^n affectionate wife in Ohio has rerered a verdict of 87,000 agaiDst a uor dealer under the new law, " for i loss of her husband's society for ee years." scene in a German omnibus : Conduo, to housemaid, "Now, my dearere shall I let you out ?" Houseid : " Corner of Bockman street, rd story." A woman in Kansas City, made a e in the stove, put her bread in the ;n, and then made a half-hour visit to leighbor, When she returned the ?ad was burne d. Later?So was the lse. .Vhen Sir David Baird was tafcen soner in India, the news of the event s brought to his mother. They told e old lady that her son had been en prisoner, and chained to another n. " Oh.'* said she, " wae's me for i man that's chained to him." There is a story of a grocer who is so motnical that he sends home the adles his customers buy, and when y arrive at the houses has the boy pty the paper bags and bring them ;k with the strings they were tied np h. That's what you call a careful >cer. Inxious parent in the rural district? ohu, I suppose the students learn a at deal of astronomy at the Harvard lervatory ?" Innocent son?"Well, observatory isn't quite so convenient one of the Athenaeums in Boston, ere we see new stars every week I" rent?" Bless me ! what advantage* i boys do have !" j Vomen in College.?A correspondent the San Francisco Bulletin indulges in following account of some of the things y do at Yassar College, and of the sort ;irls that do them : There is a gymnan attached to Vassar. Into this also entered, took our seats in a small galr, and witnessed the evolutions of a idred young women, armed with bil d cues, and dres?ed in short gray nds and red sashes. They marched, nter-rnarched, clapped their bands, nped, struck out straight from the it shoulder, straight from the left, tied, twisted, got mixed upon an apptrly inextricable whirl, got mixed out in, and aimed their billiard cues at uis ted in the gallery. Said my companion ne: "Those are not a healthy Poking of girls," and they were not, and their 1-mistress, who stood directing their lions from a sort of pulpit in front, was poor in flesh and sallow in complexion any of her company. I think they ded more exercise in the open air. y should be mounted occasionally on a jcking" Mexican mustang, and turned e on the beautiful and expansive grounds Ta&sar College. That would bring the it sort of color to their cheeks, and te their sluggish livers to more healthy on. There is a riding school attached the establishment, and when I entered three or four sedate looking young es were cantering around the ring on ee or four sedate appearing horses, who ced as if their entire lives bad been ;ed in the study of the higher mathe:ies. team Road Wagons.?Carriages proled by locomotives on ordinary roads e long been in use in certain parts of >at Britain, and the question is being rnssed there as to the feasibility of ploying tliern more frequently. The ner of one of these road-steamers, tes the London Times from Aberdeen lefence of the system. He has had a d-steamer, provided with patent ludiaber tires, running regularly between erdeen and his flour-mill, some three 1 \ es distant, for the last three years. It to pass through narrow streets in L-inor thA town, and alonir narrow and * " ~ " I KJ uiing country roads, with a gradient in ny places of one in eight or ten, pullan ordinary gross weight (including imei) of some fifteen tons, and making i or six journeys per day. The speed rnited by law, hut there is no difficulty atever on the open high road of inaka speed of eight or ten miles per hour, computes that his road-steamer has >ady made 2,092 journeys of three es each, having thus travelled over eight usand miles, and carried about forty usand tons gross weight. During the [>le three years he has not met with accident, nor heard of any^coinplaints; n the horses becoming accustomed to ir iron brother after a little time. It ifficult to imagine what might be the e of things if each man had his loco;ive tearing along the highways or even suburbs of our crowded cities, instead lis span of horses; but in isolated cases ?ems to work?at leant it appears to e done so in that of the Aberdeen oor >ondent. w Irishman named Craven and two eis left London for America to seek ir fortune. They arrived in New k, and seemed to bo then, aa they [ been during the voyage, in good lily and mental health. But within