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The PLANTERS LOAN anu SAYINGS . . BAKE, 3 AUGUSTA, GA., I Organized 1870. Oldest Saving Bank In Eastern Georgia. Largest Savins* Capital in City. Pays Interest and Compounds every 6 months. THOS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EP?EF1ELI), S. C., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 22. 18? YOL. LXIII. NO. 25. THE CLOR! 0 the glo?? ef *he war time-the glitter oC t the fctths 1 "When, the boys aro on parade-paradel Tb* ?lashing of the battle Its deafening roar and rattle. And then-the life-blood dripping from i the blade! And, under drooping flags That bullets tend to rags, The lone graves in the barren meadows madel ( I ON A?IRCI ANY men can- tell stories of thrill ing escapes and of salvations wrought so mar vellously that on? wonders if the day of miracles has indeed passed, but I dotibt if any mr.n Was ever saved /rom a horribl? and painful death in str?nget manner that was I twenty-two years ago, when I was em ployed as under-timekceper at Wheat ly & Sons' great saw mills, in the Wcatniinstor Bridge road. My adventure sprang so directly out of au incident connected with my do rnest* <> life that I may perhaps be pp . ?lo??d for referring to the incident ?? vuestion. It was as follows; "When I first came to the sawmills I lodged with a fellow employe named Maxwell. He waa a tall* powerfully built, dark feilow, possessed of a cur ions mauner which made many of ns call him mad, though I believe none of us ever thought him really ius?ne. When in a good humor he Was the best of companions, and r.fter a time ho and I became great friends. Our friendship would doubtless have continued had it not been for the in tervention of that breaker of so many friendships betwoen man aud mau-a woman? Ella Langley was the sweetest girl I had ?ver looked upou, and when X firat saw uer face I louged to make Uer my wife. I confided my purpose ono evening to Maxwell as we sat smoking our pipes at our lodging, aud he sprang np as though I had shot him. "Curse you, Graham/' he said, in a hoarse tone, the old mad look blazing in his gray eyes; "I mean to marry that girl myself? Keep away from her, doyoa hear?'* I could n<?fe help laughing. "Your behavior is extraordinary," I said, "and your remark still more so. Haven't I as much right as you to Miss Langley?" . "Eight or no right," he said, in a doggett tone, "yon had bettor mind wfcat I say. We have been good friends, Graham; but-, Heaven help yon if you make Elia Langley your wife. If I cannot have her myself, I _will care that you .d.Q.UQtLeithor. ^Inave heard," I replied quietly, "of the story of the dog in the manger, but I uever thought you were that kind of animal, Maxwell. Come, let rt3 shake hand*, as pals should do,and forget this nonsense. . Wc both have equal chances, as I understand it, and lot the best man win." He held out his hand, sulkily, and muttered that ho had no desire to quarrel, but that ho was very jealous und bated tho idea of having a rival. Putting down his late outbreak to some mad impulse which he could not con trol, I dismissed the iucident from my mind and soon forgot all about it. Tc make a long story short, I may say that shortly afterward I asked Ella Langley to marry me, and she consented. We were wed within a short space, and Maxwell congratu lated me along with the others, I won dering at his magnanimity. Little did I guess the hideous vengeance which was already developing in his brain; otherwise I doubt if I should have gone my way with my bride as joyfully as I went it then. The- weeks passed ttneventfully enough, and brought us to thc August bank holiday. On that day the entire factory was closed, the only person on the premises being myself. I had to look after tho building until G o'clock p. m.. when the night watch man would come on duly. I went my rounds methodically on arrival, and as I returned to tho yard office, where my report book was kept, I heard a ring at the gate bell. Going to thc gate, I fouud, to my surprise, that the visitor was my late fellow lodger. Roger Maxwell. "Holloa, old man!" he said, "I've just come to get my watch, which I was duffer enough to leave in my locker ia the shop yesterday. Sha'n't be a minute." U Although he spoke in a calm man ner, and seemed friendly, I did not like the look in his eyes. Somehow or other I began to fear that the mad ness which Ave had always attributed to him was now taking hold of him iu real earnest; but, of course, I could make no reasonable objection to his fetching his watch. I therefore ad mitted him, and bidding him "look sharp," I returned to my stool in the yard office. The day was exceedingly hot, and very soon my head dropped forward on my book, and I dozed oft' into a vague, restless slumber. Dream fol lowed dream in fitful succession, and suddenly thc face of Maxwell seemed to como into my vision. His visage was black with hate, and something seemed to tell me that he was about to seek my life. I was meditating flight, when I awoke with a curious feeling in my throat, to find tho man whom I had seen in the dream bend ing over mo in reality, his lingers twisting themselves around my neck. I struggled fiercely, but the strug gle was an unequal one, for he was in finitely my superior in size aud strength,"" and then the fierceness of madness redoubled hts vigor. Five minutes later I lay on the floor of the yard office bound and helpless. To cry for assistance was useless, for the door to the office was shut, and even had it been open, no cry of miue could have reached the street. My position was indeed appalling. Here was I, unable to move hand or foot, and at the mercy of a fierce maniac, for I knew ; now that he was indeed mad, and that his reason, which long had been wavering, had tied altogether. Making, however, n | miihty effort to be oahu, I said, a? j Quietly as I could: [_0F WAR. - O the glory of the war time-tho rolling of the drums When the boys are on parado-parade! But O the mussing faces The phantoms-ia their places .The red rubi oa the soldiers* broken blade! And still beneath drooped flags By bullets rent to rugs, Tho lone graves ia the barren meadows madel -Frank L. Stanton, JLARSAW| "What is the meaning of this, Maxwell? What are you going to 'do with me?" His laugh-, low and-demoniacal, told me that I might expect little mercy. When his fiendish mirth Was exhaust ed, he said With a sneer: "You will know my meaning and what I intend to do with you soon enough. Long before the afernoon is out you will hav? ceased to live." "What injury have I done you?" I pleaded, though I feared that my words would avail little; "what in jury have I done you that you should seek my life?" He knelt down beside me^ his mouth so close that I felt his breath on my face, and said, hoarsely: "You know well enough, hut I will tell you all th? same. You stole from me the thing I loved best in the world-the woman I longed to make my wife. You took my Ella from me, and I am going.to take your life from you in return. You stole Ella, who wa3 as precious to me as exist ence itself; it is but just that your life should pay the penalty of the theft," "it was no theft," I said. "She loved me and she did not love you. We had equal chances, and I Avon. Such things happen every day." "Aye," ho returned, with a look which made me shudder, "aud men go mad for love.every day, and some times tnose men kill their successful rivals. But I v ill waste no more with you. Prepare for the end." I saw that any further argument was useless. I gave myself up for lost and said to him: "Very well, Maxwell. Since you wish to rnrder the mau AVIIO was once your friend, -do so. But for Heaven's sake, lut my death be quick and mer ciful." He laughed again. "No," J.e cried, "your death shall not be quick and merciful. It shall bo slow in coming and horrible wheu it comes. Shall I tell you what I am going to do with you? I am going to fasten yon, hound as you now are, to the longest beam in tire mill and set you on the saw. Then I am going be low to get up steam, and yon can guess thc rest I cJoulate that it will take start the belting, aud you will thus have two hours to lie and think of your puuishment. Come, I think I have won tho game after all, Mr. Jack Graham." His words struck a terrible anguish into my soul. To die at all, when one is young and full of life and love, is lutter enc ugh, but to die the awful death which the maniac meant to deal out to me was too horrible to contem plate. I could only lie there motion less and pray with all my strength that some miracle might be wrought, and that even at the eleventh hour my lifo might bc spared. For although I clung to existence I was not afraid to die, but tho thought of Ella was pre eminent in my brain; Ella, whom I loved more than life itself, and who would be heart-broken wheu she learned of my awful cud. Maxwell stood gazing at me for some moments in gloomy silence. Then picking me-up os easily as one might lift a child, ho carried me to the shop which contained the big saw, called by tho men "Big Jack," in consequence of its great size, and bound me, with deft fingers, to the beam, some six yards long, which lay on the slab ready to be sawn asunder. He then attached to the beam the pulley by which the wood would bo drawn automatically toward the saw directly the machinery was set in motion, and, with a short, cruel laugh, left me to myself and to my thoughts. They were horrible enough. Now that death seemed to mc au absolute certainty, I wa? not much perturbed in my mind about myself, but I thought of my wife, and the memory of her sweet face, which never more would look into mine, filled me with keen anguish. I cried out several times for help, but I knew only too well that the cry was useless. The shop in which I was lyiug was midway between the boiler house aud the street, and some GOO yards from either, as the factory was a big one. I might have been at the North Pole, so completely isolated was I then from all human help. I commended my soul to God as I lay there bound and helpless. I asked Him in His infinite mercy to protect my wife when I bad passed from earth, and to comfort her in her great sor row. Then I asked forgiveness for the sins I had committed, and wheu the prayer was ended, I felt a certain resignation which was deeply com forting. The maniac had indeed devised a horrible vengeance when he had hit upon the idea of binding me to the saw and leaving me while he fired the boiler, for daring that time I was able to lie and contemplate my end, and in spito of tho resignation of which I have spoken, my feelings were bit ter enough. I think in those awful moments I must have aged by many years. Even at * Iiis remote time, the horror of that day comes back to me and fills me with terror, bringing the sweat to my brow. Sometimes I awake iu the night from n. ghastly dream, in which Ifancy myself once again bound on that saw; aud I thank God with all toy heart and with trembling lips thai, after all, it is only a dream. After a little space Maxwell came back. "I have built thc fire down below," he said, hoarsely, "and you can cal culate, from your own knowledge of such things, how long death will be in coming. And now I shall switch on the belt to the saw." With absolute calmness, as though he were going through the merest detail of workshop routine^ he fetOop?<? ?hc? Bwitoheith? be?d bil to th? sh?f?; .o) the Every now and again he wO?ld 'take ? long glance at, me, as though revelling j?. my silent agony". Poor fellow! At this late date I eau even look back and pity him, for how ke-m must have been the tortures o? his mind, which drovo his poor, weak brain from its throne, and left him a fierce and bloodthirsty homicidal ma: Iliac'. "Goodby, Graham," he said, speak ing between his teeth. "Goodby. and take my curse with you where you are going." He rushed from the shop and ] never saw him agf'?. It is no exag?ration to say that the minutes passed like hours. Ai length, after what seemed to me tc h?v? beeii more like a week than some couple of hours, I heard a slighl vibration, the floor began, to tremble, the ^- r r?.g groaned and squeaked, and th . I knew, knew only too well, that the end was near. Tho engine had started and the machinery was setting to work. In five minutes' time the section of the beam to which I was bound would bo caught in the merciless teeth of the gigantic saw, and then, goodby to life. The beam being some six yards long, and I being attached to the end furthest from the saw, there were ?Om? four yards now standing between me and destruction. I knew that the saw was a moderately quick onej for I had Often watched it in an idle mo-1 ment, little dreaming of what the fu ture was to bring forth for me in con nection witb this apparatus, and I calculated that five minutes at least must elapse before I was caught by the revolving saw; I wonder if any human beingj no matter how great his imaginative power, can realize, even dimly, ruy feelings as I lay staring up at the ceiling while the beam was slowly, but surely, drawn by the automatic pulley nearer and nearer to the saw. And still the machinery whirled and whistled, still the belting groaned, still the wheels flew round, bringing me nearer and nearer to death. For a few moments fancy played strange tricks with me, aud the clear ness of my brain vanished. I thought that I was dead and had passed to some wondrous island, where Ella i was beside me. Then I awoke, aud the horrible reality came back to me with a sickening pang. For the ma- { chinery still whirred and whistled, the belting still groaned and the wheels flew round, bringing me closer and closer to the end. Now I was a yard from the saw, now only two feet, and soon, very soon, I must ' reckon in inches. Nearer and nearer still, the huge saw revolving Uko some fierco monster, its teeth shining in the warm suulight, waiting to taste my blood. Nearer! God help me, nearer still! Twelve inches, eleven inches, ten inches, and still the beam crept on. .1 was parched and choked ; my, eyes Teemed foTiurn witiir''a'''reanoUDerce? ness. I tried to cry out, but breath failed me. Nearer and nearer still! On, on, on, went the beam, and even as I gave myself up for lost, and felt the wind produced by the saw on j my temples, I heard a tremendous j noise, followed by a piercing cry ol j human agony. Then unconsciousness ; came, and I knew no more. When I recovered, I found myself on the floor, of the shop. My bonds had been unfastened, and several peo pie were beside me. One of them, whom I took to bo a doctor, inquired kindly how I felt. "Much better," I returned, as I : swallowed thc brandy which he held toward me; "very much better. But now toll me, please, what has hap pened, and how it comes about that I have been rescued." "You will have to tell us afterward," he said, pleasantly, "how it came, about that you were bound to that saw. By Jove, yon had a very nar- ! row squeak. You see, the boiler j burst, and the machinery stopped just iu time." I understood all in a moment. The maniac, forgetful of all else save his , desire for vengeance, had doubtless forgotten to open the safety valve, with the result that thc boiler plates had become overheated, and the ex plosion had occurred. I looked up at tho belting and saw that it hung limp and inert. "Ah, yes," said the doctor, notic ing my glance, "the shock of the ex plosion no doubt threw the belt off the shaft; but if you look at your shoes, my friend, you will see what a narrow squeak you have had." I looked at my boots and found that the heels had actually been cut by the saw, so that had not the boiler exploded at that moment, I must surely have gone out to one of the most horrible death.0 aat the mind of mau can concp;- -Tit-Bits. Smallest Watch in tho "World. What is said to bo the smallest watch in the world is on exhibition in a shop-window in Berlin. It is the latest triumph in the art of watchmak- j ing-that art that has made such won- ! derful progress within the past decade, j The lilliputian timepiece was made in ! Geneva. Its diameter is less than half au inch; its thickness is little ! more than a tenth of an inch. Tho en- ? tire works of the tiny watch comprise j ninety-five individual pieces. After I having been wound up/with'the diminu- i tive key the watch will run for twenty- j eight hours. The most delicate tools i and measuring instruments were made j specially for its construction. The ! preliminary work ia the making of j the watch was very expensive, and the Belling price is ?250.-Westminster j Gazette. Why She Did Not Weep. An emotional preacher in England observed one Sunday that the whole of his congregation, with the excep tion of one little girl, who sat quite alone, was in tears. He thereupon j directed all his power toward the j child, drawing such touching pictures that the congregation grew more aud more overcome, sobbing and crying, but the child still stared at him dry eyed, and at length he wa? obliged tc give it up and end his sermon. Meet ing the child outside he upbraider! her for her hard-heartedness, ami I asked her why she did not weep. "It is not that I'm hard-hearted,' the child responded, "hut I belong t< I another parish."-Chicago News. ma THE BALTIC:BL?CK ?EA (CANAU die Czar's Vast Engineering Fr?Jec?o*n Outlet For Russia's Ships'. Thc Siberian Railroad is-not' nnly vase project which Russia ht hand for the development of her,, sources. The young Czar ?is and; tious, and has set his hand to a'" which will do much to revolution! the trade of the western half of dominions. I allude to the projt for uniting the waters of the Bait with those of the Black Sea by means of a canai A glance at the map ff western Russia will show that head waters of the Dwina flowing i the Baltic; and those of the Dniej flowing iuto the Euxine, apprq.fl within measurable distance bf other. It is proposed to unite th er and the configuration of the land ren. ders this quite possible. The Baltic end of the canal will; at Riga, and its course will be up tKjs river as far as the city of Dnnaburg; From Dnnabnrg artificial excavations will bc made for 125 miles as farS' Lepel on the Beresina/ and as Be sina is ou the Dnieper,- ther? i? tl a complete waterway to Kherson the Black Sea. The entire dislan? from Riga to Kherson will be abq^l J.000 miles. The beds of the Dwii Beresina and Dnieper will be dee ened so that the surface breadth^ the canal will be 216J feet and bottom breadth 116*. The depth." water in average seasons will Iwenty-eight feet, so that shipf?3|f heavy draught will find no difficulty in steaming along the whole le?gtl? of the canal. I hear that all the prelra I? inary surveys have been finished, and that the work can be oommenced-joa the spring of this year. - S The Russian engineers compute that the entire cost of the undertak ing will not exceed $25,000,'0Q0, ar 1 that the time required for its court tion will be under ten years. Bot from the commercial and strateg point of view, the Baltic-Black Se Canal will be of the first importance Seventeen towns and cities of consi erable population will be tenoned.-; the canal and brought into direct' communication with the Bet. chief of these are Kieff, Kremeutcht Dunaberg, Ekaterinslav, Ales drovsk and Nikopol, all of the immense grain emporiums. Gre therefore, and the other staple proi nets of southern and central Base will be shipped from these distrw to the north and west of Europe .^L one-half the time ana* at less one-half the present cost. But it is, perhaps, from the stratej ical point of view that Russia wi! reap the finest benefit from the cor pletion of this vast undertaking, the present time the Russian "RU Sea fleet is locked up; warship can pass throug' neiles without the const or without raising a sto poware which signed Paris. With1 the Ba' . . Canal in workiugjwde; ships in lue harbors'of Nicolaieff could reac' four days, or the Bait 1 sent down to the Er same time. It is saiu inuu mo is carefully going into every particu lar himself, and is determined to make his canal a success.-New York Ob server. Where Marriage Is a Lottery. A cynic or a sage once remarked that marriage is a lottery. In the Province of Smolensk, in Russia, this aphorism has been reduced to a quar terly fact, for each three months there is held the mostremarkale lottery ever devised. Husbands and wives are chosen by the chance drawiugof a lottery ticket. The tickets cost one ruble each. There is only one prize to he drawn, and it consists of the entire sum yielded by the salo of the tickets, amounting to 5000 rubles, together with a lady described as of noble biood. The tickets are sold only to males, aud the lucky winner of the prize will have to marry the damsel if he take? the 5,000 rubles. If, however, he be already married, he is at liberty to turn over the money and the lady to any friend whom he may wish to put in for such a good thing. If the winner should be willing to marry but is not found to be to the damsel's taste, then they are to bo excused from matrimony and permit ted to divide the rubles. It is not hard to imagine a condi tion of affairs where the lady in the case refuses her chosen lord and pre fers to take the cash, deciding that 2500 rubles is more to be desired than a moro or less doubtful happiness with a husband of whom she knows nothing.-Cincinnati Commercial-Tri bune. Uow a Mountain Was Named. There are two mountains in New Hampshir > bearing tho namo Kear sarge. C n e of these is in Warner, in Merrimac Courcy; i?e other near North Conway. There is a fanciful tradition that the Warner mountain got its name from a hunter, Hezekiah Sargent, who is said to have been the first man to discover it. Sweetser doubts the ex istence of any such hunter, and traced the name back to 1725, aperiod preceding the alleged appearance of Mr. Sargent on the scene. G. V. Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy dur ing the Civil War, and the best possi ble authority on the subject, wrote years ago: "When we selected the namo for the Kearsarge, sloop-of-war, in which the gallant Winslow sunk the Alabama, we had no thought whatever of the Kearsarge in Merrimac County." -Boston Trauscript. Paper Hanging by Machine. Paper hanging by machine is the latest achievement, says the Werk statt. The arraugemeut used for this purpose is provided with a rod upon which the roll of paper is placed. A paste receptacle with a brushing ar rangement is attached in such a man ner that the paste is applied auto matically on th*? back of the paper. The eud of the wall paper is fixed at the bottom of the wall, and the im plement rises on the Avail and only needs to be set by one workman. Whilo the wall paper unrolls, and, provided with paste, is held against the wall, an elastic roller follows on the outside which presses it firmly to the wall. When the Avail paper has reached thc lop, the workman pulls-a cord, whereby it is cut off from the remainder ou tho roll? Peas on Poor Land. Land that is too poor for auy'othcr kfnd of crop may be profitably sown with peas, patting in with the seed enough lime, phosphate and potash to make the grain. This on very poor land is a better first crop than clover; as the pea grain is large and will pro duce ? strong enough stalk to live, while the young clover is so small that it may easily be killed out before it gets root hold in the soil. It is bard to get a clover catch ou poor soilywhile peas will grow, no matter how poor the soil may be. Salt of Little Value For Onions. Very few practical onion growers use suit as a fertilizer, Those who have tried it claim that little or no effect was observod from the applica tion. At least the benefit is so small that it is found impracticable to use it. Professor Roberts, of Cornell Uni versity, says: "From 300 to 400 pounds of salt evenly distributed per acre sometimes materially improves the crop. At other times no beneficial results ar9 seen. There is no evidence that it would be more likely to improve onions than the cereals. Tho full action of salt ap plied to land is not very well known. It assists the soil in conserving moist ure and in securing moisture from the air. Au application of equal parts of salt and gypsum, 200 to 300 pounds per acre, is often beneficial, especial ly on dry soils. Since the onion thrives best on a moist soil, it is more ' than likely that a reasonable applica tion of salt to the onion laud would be beneficial." George W.'Hallock, of Long Island, has not .applied salt to onions, but found that n piece of ground usually devoted lo onions after being flooded by au exceptionally high tide, would not- grow onions the same season. He therefore concludes that salt is not beneficial aud may bc a detriment. The Ohio Experiment Station applied salt to onions with no observed result except possibly an increase of soil moisture. It seems, therefore, uuwiso to apply salt as a fertilizer for onions. D"vo* " . nev and time to other :?i v. and gives little or no inila, wuno the other condition she is strong, hearty and active and full of rich blood. Milk is au elaboration from the blood, and the blood is made from tho food. Because :t cow is allowed to go dry is no reason why she should be allowed to run down in condition. She needs to be kept gaining iu or der to bear the strain of calf-bearing and starling to milk-giving again. Yet under thc impression that it is ecouomy many farmers begin stinting the ration as soon as the cow begins to dry up. If she can bc kept alive until grass makes a sufficient growth to furnish pasturage the saving in food made is considered so much gaiu, and she will come to herself in a little while after pasturage gets good. The good dairy cow ought to give milk eleven months out of the j.ir, and the one month she is resting she ought to he gaining in condition every day. Profitable dairying ia not good luck. It is the result of select ing and using good cows and giving them good feed anil care, and all a cow loses while she is thy must be made up again, and it must bo made from food supplied to her, and costs double what it should cost to keep her thrifty. During the next two months a little oxtra care should bo given to keep the dairy cows thrifty, so that they may be in good condition for calving and milk-giving. - Dairy World. Larger Ouartcrs for Poultry. Very many new poultry-houses are being built all i brough this section. They are usually made to face the south, and are well lighted, double boarded, with paper between,aud have dirt floors. One sometimes secs fifty or seventy five hens put into a house no larger than 10x20 feet. Under such condi tions tue lieus may possibly thrive and lay some eggs if well cared for. Larger quarters, however, will usually give much better results-enough belter to pay tho increased cost of building larger. Theben is naturally very ac tive, and seems to like to scratch just for the fun of the thing. This is espe cially true of jmllots that have been well cared for and arc six or seven months old. Unless they have some thing to scratch and considerable room to do it in they will stand about after eating, first on ono leg and then the other, with one eye closed, looking as if their friends were all dead, and saying as plainly as possibly,-"Please give us a job. " Every one knows that it is the busy hustler with red comb and bright eyes, the one that is up early and late, just making business hum, that lays thc eggs and pays for herself and her food, too, in six or eight weeks. Fourteen pullets were placed in n room 13x20 feet about December 1, and very soon began laying from foin to eight eggs a day, averaging six al the present time. This is not a large showing, perhaps, hut fairly good foi zero weather. Forty pullets in an other building with plenty of elbon room average sixteen eggs a day, Land and lumber being quite cbenp ir Western .Massachusetts, it certainly will not pay to deprive poor biddy o her favorito occupation.-Henry J Vieta, Sandisiield, ftlass.,in New Tori Tribune. Farra and Gnriloii Notes, For lice on vegetation, dip in strong tobacco toa. Never use grease or tar on the bark of fruit trees. Try whitewashing for the scale and other insects. Cherry trees grow best in grass and on high land. To rici vines of striped bugs sprinkle dry cayenne pepper on the leaves at night. For growing potatoes, use a "com plete potato fertilizer," 500 to 2000 pounds per acre. Buy of any large fertilizer manufacturer. It is better io mulch the bush fruits than +o depend upon cultivation, for two reasons. First mulching is cheaper, second it retains the mois ture during a drouth better than cul tivation. To destroy cabbage worms, dilute strong beef brina oue-third with water. Sprinkle over the plants with a whisk broom. Is also a fertilizer. Not good for cucumbers, squashes or pumpkins. The chickens need no food until twenty-four or thirty-six hours out of tho shell, and after that they need but little at a time and often, gradually in creasing the periods between feeding tiniei as they grow older. Cut or pinch out suckers and super fluous twigs as fast as they come. Then in October cut back the growth; for young trees aboxt one-third. Large limbs should never be cut, but if clone, let it be with exceeding care, and the wounds painted over in the month of "May or June, just after the flow of the sap. To transplant large trees retain all the roots possible, and theu prune the top accordingly as tho roots are primed. The balance between the branches and zoots must be preserved. Then pour water into the hole as tho dirt is filled in, making mud, so that tho roots will bo per-fectly im bedded in tho earth after tho water drains off. Water frequently aud thoroughly during the summer. If there is any time when it pays to fix up fancy food for chickens, it is during thc week or ten days before they are to bo killed for market. That is the time to crowd them, and care Lion as VJUl iv mun wa? ic;, up^._ grain, and the same thing is very like ly to bc tba case with poultry fed up on fermenting or decayed swill, rotten vegetables, etc. If this has not been proven by test it is so likely to bc the case that only sweet, wholesome food should bc given for at least two weeks before killing time. THE FIRST OF THE WHEEL CRAZE. It Ilcpnn lo I ca-;; o in America ns Long Apo as the Y?i?r IS09. Frank H. VizcfeUy tells "Tho Story of tho Wheel" iu St. Nicholas. Mr. Vizctelly says: The spring of 18C9 found the wheel croze universal. Car riage-builders were led to add to their factories plants for tho manufacturing -.f velocipedes. Over one thousand jf these machines wero turned out ?very week, while orders wero pouring in by the tens of thousauds. To quote from a newspaper of about that time: "As an indication of tho extent to which tho manufacture of veloci pedes was carried on, it may be men tioned that Mr. Calvin Witty, the purchaser of tho Lallement patent, employed the resources of seven largo carnage-makers, aud kept their estab lishments busy day, and night. Ho had seventy men at work in one establishment in New York, and he also kept men actively employed in two factories in Connecticut, one in Wilmington, Del., and ono in Newark, N. J." But few people had expected that the mania for this new style of wheeled vehicles would be so great. Among tho earliest who exhibited their skill on tho velocipede in public wero the Hanlon brothers. They used a somewhat clumsy type of wheel from France. These, at bejt, were but heavy things, which were soon im proved upon by American makers. Schools for teaching learners to ride were quickly opened; and that ol Frank Pearsall, the well-known New York photographer, was perhaps thc first of these. His school was on thc corner of Broadway and Twenty-sec ond street. Together with his brother bc turned out upwards of throe hun dred well-taught riders within twe mouths. Three months later nearlj fifty bicycle-schools thrived in New York and Brooklyn. These schools vied one with the other in high-sound ing naraos. One was the "Amphicy clotheatrus," another, the "Gymnocy clidium," otc. The cost of tiritior was fifteen dollars each; but this amouut carried with it tho right to us( a velocipede and to practice in the hal, for one month. Quick Cure Tor Burn?. It is reported that a Paris physi cian has made a discovery that will be of undoubted value to electrical men who are so unfortunate as to be burned by the electric current. The Paris doctor says that a ?olution oi ono part picric acid and seventy-five parts water will euro quickly the mo3( serious burns. The pain is instantly removed, without blistering or irrita tion, and tho wound heals in four oi five days. A yellow Lint is left 0:1 fi : skin, which may bo remo vc .1 by a SJ lotion of boric acid. Tho export of Germai fire anna 1>.T way of Hamburg grala&llly increased from $1,000,000 worth ia ?V0 io fiy< times that amount in 13.1 J, HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. Baked Rhubarb. Cnt rhubarb stalks into inch pieces. Butter a deep dish, put in a layer oi rhubarb and then sprinkle heavily with sugar. Continue to alternate rhubarb and sugar until the dish is full. Bake in a moderate oven and serve with whipped cream. Watercress Sauce. Watercress sauce is made by stew ing chopped watercress in butter for ten minutes, then adding a pinch of salt, the same of pepper, the same also of mustard and a spoonful also of vinegar. Beat till quite Smooth with a wooden spoon, then add the gravy from the roasting joint. This is served in a sauce-tureen, and is a pleasant chango from ordinary gravy. A Delicious Beverage. Raspberry-vinegar is a delicious beverage mixed with iced water. Put a quart of ripe red raspberries in a bowl; pour on them a quart of good, strong vinegar-let them stand twenty four hours, strain them through a bag, put this liquid on another quart of fresh raspberries, which strain in tho same manner-and then on a third quart. Wheu this last r, pre pared, make it very sweet with pounded loaf sugar, then bottle. Escalloped Cnrrots. At this season of the year, when ont longs for something to tempt tho ap petite, try a dish of escalloped carrots, which will he found at once nutritious and palatable. Toke six small, fine grained carrots and two small white onions. Boil, together, in just water enough to keep from burning. ' Dc uot serai ?hem and do not cover them while cooking. When the onions are tender remove them, and when the carrots are done, peel and slice them. Put in a baking dish a layer of carrots, sprinkle with salt and pepper and dots of butter, and sprinkle very lightly with bread crumbs (not enough to cover the carrots, just a sprinkle) ; then more carrots, etc., till dish is full. Beat an egg in a cup of fresh milk, I salt it slightly aud pour over the car rots; spread a layer of bread crumbs on top, dot with bits of butter and bake. ' Servo in the dish in whioh ii was baked.. Any one who likes car rots will find this delicious, and it is a good dish on which to learn to like hheni.-Detroit Free Press. Orange Shortcake. Sift one quart of flour with two heap ing tablespoonfuls baking powdeiv Add one teaspoonful salt and one larg? tablespoonful of butter or pure lard. Rub the butter fine in the flour. Add one pint of milk and mix it with s '.'life into dough. Turn it on to 8 ii . ?! i.-d Wot* it a little to smooth .. .. K, .) j; nut ai cl cdt i* in. j Beat the whites ot turee c?$0o .. . froth and mix the three yolks i three tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar. Add it to the beaten whites and beat i for a few moments. Put the cake in j a long dish. Pour over the sauce and I place it for a few minutes iu a hot I oven and then serve. Household llinis. j Sharpen all kiuds of fish sauce with j lemon juice. A dash of black pepper greatly im proves vanilla ice cream. When using vanilla for flavoring add half a teaspoon of peach extract. ?Put sugar in water used for hasting meats of all kiuds: it adds n flavor, especially to veal, j Add a cup of good date vinegar tc j the water in which you boil fish, es : pecially if it is salt fish. When baking fish place on the top thin slices of salt pork; it tastes, tue fish and improves the flavor. Chocolate is greatly improved by adding a teaspoonful of strong coffee just before serving; a teaspoon of sherry also helps. If a baby has a cold in the chest, rub well with camphorated oil, cover with soft, flannel clothes soaked in olive oil, and protect the clothing with another layer of flannel. To save time and strength in the weekly ironing, remember that dish ; towels and common towels can be ironed quite well enough and in half the time if folded together once. It is reported that iu some of the i industrial schools classes in home up holstery are formed, where young . ^vomen may learn the rudiments of i this useful art, and thou go out by the day to carry on the work. In cleauing matting use a weak salt 1 ; water solution, and alway? rub : j lengthwise with the grain. If there ' j are grease spots, take boiling soap 1 : suds and the scrubbing brush, then 1 I rinse carefully with tho salt water, ? j and rub dry. ', j Tho ragged edges of a hole should not be trimmed for a darn, but weave i tho stitches over and under, so as to ! hold down each torn thread. Always \ darn with the right side of the work ' upward, so as to see that the threads are held down. Great care should be taken in warm . weather that the milkman or the cook i do not put horacio acid iu the milk that j is used by children or even grown-up I people. It is a well-known preserva tive, but uuless used very sparingly it is highly injurious to health. J All clothes woru out of doors should ; be carefully brushed before being put i : away, and black materials are im I I proved by being occasionally sponged , ; with a weak solution of ammonia in , ! water. Face veils also after being s I worn some time are better for this \ I treatment. , Home of thc Rarest Bird. , j To find the rarest bin! in existence .: you must go to tho mountains he i ween Annum and Loas, where there :?; a certain kind of peasant. Fot j many years its existence was known j only by the fact that in longest and 1 mo.-t splendid pluma waa ia much re I -quest by mauoatins io- their head ? gear. A single pkiii is worth $400, j nud thc bird li; big would bo priceless, j for it HQC:\ vi ?ca iu captivity. LIFE'S MIRROR. There are loyal heartf, there r.ro spirits brave, Thero aro souls that are purennd truel Pboa give to the world the best you have Aud the best will como back to you. Sive love, and love to your life will flow A strength in your utmost need; Save faith, and a score of hearts will show Their faith in your word and deed. Sive truth, and your gifts will bo paid ia kind, And honor will honor meet: ind a smile that is sweet will surely find A smile that ls just as sweet! Give pity and sorrow to those who mourn; You will gather, in flowers again. The scatter*:.: seeds from your thought outborne, Though the sowing seemed but vain. For life Is the mirror of king and slave, ' - 'Tis just what we are, and do; Then give to the world the best you havj And the best will come back to you. -Madeline S. Bridges. -" \ HUMOR OF THE DAY. J We mayamplify a little; but, after all, Solomon said about all there was to be said.-Puck. "She makes no secret of her ignor ance." "Why should she? She couldn't keep it."-Pack. She is a mighty worthless girl who does not improve a man by marrying him.-Washington Democrat. Quisz-"How'd you tear your trous ers?" Sprocket (just returned from a country ride)-"Chainless dog."-De troit Journal. "Is your wife honest? I mean, do you ever find her short in her ac counts?" "Well, I should say not! You ought to hear her!" "Now, Bobbie," said the teacher in tho natural history class, "what is a panther?" "A man thatmakth panth," lisped Bobbie.-Boston Traveler. Mrs, Bilkins-"The new girl broke fonr plates to-day." Mr. Bilkins "Did she assign any reason for not breaking the entire set?"-Ohio S tato Journal. Mrs. Flint (skeptically)-"H'm! What kind of a job do you want?" Sel dum Fedd (with surprising candor) "Any kind of a job dat I can't git, mum."-Puck. Mr. Newtied (wrestling with bread) -"I thought you had a cooking-school diploma." Mrs. Newtied (tearfully) -"That is for cake. I never took the bread course."-Puck. Hoax-"If the driver of an ice wagon weighs 200 pounds, what does the man on the back of the wagon weigh?" Joax-"All right; I give it up." Hoax - "Ice." - Philadelphia Kecord. "I have a doctor's certificate here that I cannot sing to-night," said the prima donna. "What!" roared the manager.* "I'll give you a certificate -"At the barber's!' Full of Grand Marches and Quick steps.- Oletimer- "Is your married lifo one grand sweet song?" New lywed-"Well, since I got a baby it's more like a grand opera, with loud calls for the author every night." Puck. Blind Beggar-"This dime you've given me seems to bo off'color." Old Lady-"Impostor! What do you mean by wearing that sign and mis-" Blind Beggar-"Sign doesn't say I'm color-blind, does it?"-Philadelphia Record. "Thackeray a master of style!" re peated Chollie to the earnest pei sou. "My deah fellaw, you pawsitively don't kuow what you are saying. I've . eeu dozens of pictchaws of the old Joh my, and not one of them showed a coat that had the least approach to lit." Cincinnati Enquirer. "My wife," said the tall, lautern jawed man, "is as womanly a woman as you could find, but she can ham mer nails like lightning." "Wonder ful!" sang the chorus. "Lightning," tho tall, lantern-jawed mau continued, "seldom strikes twice in the same place."-Cincinnati Enquirer. "Dear me!" exclaimed the girl with pensive, brown eyes and ink on her fingers, "I wish I had entered school a year sooner." "What is the matter, dear?" "Things are in such an un settled state that I scarcely know what advice to give the country in my grad uation essay."-Washington Star. Little Tommy-"Papa, did you ever see a cyclone that blowed everything up in the air; cows and horses, and houses and things, upside down?" Papa-"Well, no, Tommy, although I've heard of it often." Little Tom my-"Well, I think it'd be rather tiresome to live so long and never seo anything."-Harlem Life. Now the gravediggers had become aweary of what they deemed tl ose elderly jests. "Sad dog, he," ono of them consequently took it upon him self to remark, iudicating Hamlet. "Great Dane," replied the other, boldly. This fable teaches how easily uncouth persons my jump from the frying-pan into the fire.-Detroit Journal. "Marie," he cried passionately, as he threw himself at che feet of the rich widow, "will you bo my wife?" "Yes, John," she murmured. "It means the sacrifice of my fortune, for my in come from my late husband's estate ceases at my second marriage; but my my love for you is such-" "Marie, I cannot accept the sacrifice! It is too much! I will be a brother to yon!"-London Tit-Bits. Tho Itlffhts of Newsboys. The judgment comes from the Dis trict Court at the National Capital that the sale of newspapers on the streets is a legitimate business, and that newsboys have a right to enter street cars and sell papers to.passen gers provided they behave themselves and leave the car when their easiness is finished. One newsboy was forcir bly ejected from a car in Washington some time ago and had a leg crushed by a car running on the other track. He has just obtained an award of 85000 from a jury un de" instructions te the above effect by the judge.