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twrr ??- ? a '? ' r ^ x 4 - 1 - ..." 1 1 ' 1 1 " 1 1 ' ' - mlKmrnu, , ^ ^ ^ V ?%yid J. Carter, A Family Newsoaoer : For the Promotion of the PoliticH * ftooial. \crrica.tural ami Commercial Interests. Terms SI.50 a Year. ^ K.lltoran.l Proprietor. ^ A c r ,.r? V./ .^;rr w ....?,. ' Payable in Advance. . VOLUME XXXII. '' LANCASTER. S. C.. WK))NESI)AT!MORNING, .IAN. 9. 1884. NUMBER 48 I i - | i'OCtV!). TOO UX\ LOO D03 I Na livillc Anieriean 1 \ O.i the second Saturday uight in - epteiiiber Wash Lawrence, who lives unong t lie classic hills of ViliegHr H 'II listrict, gave a dance. All the coL >red people in the neighborhood were uvitctl to attend, and did so. John \ ilgore, colored, was the tiddler of the 'veiling, nod charged a nickle a cor> ler before lie would play. The first our hud tuken their pluces ; each man tad paid his nickle, anil the music Tin.* .1 ! -n " ?"? .w..w?...K tine, which tliey nil sang as thev ancctl : 'house yo' pardners, time's flying, Take yn' places on tie flo' ; ion't yo' heal' dut fiddle eryin' "Nickcrdemii* Khhernto!" "lute yo' pardnerv, bow perlitely, Dill's de motion through en' through wing ileni corner's step up lightly, linil ( oluiuby ! linlluloo! uh' fo' forHiird, keeper diggiti', Now yoii^HUHnhny l>aek ag'ili, .'either mind yo' ragged riggih', JSo's t don't show He naked skin. <uwd\! nee dat IVtel'Mlater, How iie how hti heinpu arouti', lead lo.ik liken peeled perlnter? Mirk ex. glnx* ii|m>ii de crown. .NclifH change, en keep er acootin', ('rims right oher, now now Hwing, lo!,| iltni head* up liighrahitin,' look iii'uniiHk'ii, dal'n de tiling, lunay ! look at Winnie Joeter, I'nt KM I fling* a KMipio toe , rack yu' heel* dar, Ton;, en meet her, lluw e? Miiile, ? n?' >> uit mi." aluiuc all ! Now, don't g.t lazy, Fly nipii' on tai yo* nliirt, lamp ilem leet hut don't go era/.y Flee mnuohody oho git hurt. 'iihller got hi* mout yrnlo ope'm, 11 ill in' down ii?t nuieic tight, "fotli, dey Mttin' Hotter Hloplu,' look like tuiillmti'iitH in de night, .11 oa-ehny ! I o'ar to graclou*, Never need the like Iwfii' ; ?icg*r? Hho'iy dance ou'daclotiH Md'rin drnith an* oInhIIh', {thinly klngtloui ! look at Mary, Huff eve* ohjtiiii' like de moon, pu.i.'i *11? nt'dyi'lw ? I?** ' OfcT/ |" ^ j I Inl'a d? way to hang* de chime, k'oiiteitad* 1 Now, dat cooiee handy, limit ju' M'?t' cn take u rot hoiUimenh v\ ill pan de <andy I'o tie uu'* dcV love tie beat." .Mtiarrk * Five EtfK* for Three. 1 low {(? divide five eggs bctwoeu J itr?-e people is a problem which might 1 ?irly puzzlo a philosopher, hut the ruction! geniu* of I'rincu ltismarck sol\til thnt, hi it tins many other itliculties which have proved too | uiich far profound thinkers. Tho nly wonder is thnt, as he made the | lout discovery ?> many as thirteen , oars ago, it should oi.ly now have j et'ii given to the world in the pages | f the ]>rulm-}\? Heme. It appears l hat it was on the evening of CraveU tte, after a day when the I'rince, like verybody else, had nothing elac to j at, and wn? hungry ? hungrier, we j asv presume, than anybody. He had, mwt vcr, ihe good fortune to seouie ivo eggs for and the generosity o share tliein with two of his ootutauioiM. Hut foreseeing tho mailionatical t!irt:cu!ty which would ariae if 10 were to attempt ail c<p:a! division, le took the precaution to rut two of j lie live himself first, and then dashed I df to his comrades, and with a great j ihowr of magnanimity made a fair dis ] iribuliuu nf tig remniniug three, keepng to himself all knowledge of the ; ju that lie hud so conveniently got rid of. A rapacious statesman would have kept all the eggs, and a Quixotic -talesman would have kept only one ' ..I* kK.m itut it i, t'rinnA Kiyi'tu r,,L 'i ! peculiar distinction to combine ??! i uloun attention to the interests of nuin- 1 her one with en effective display of unselfishness. He Liu divided conn* | irifi ere now on the principle on which he dealt with the five eggs.? / Vow thr /'at/ If nil CnztUc. j Skkatok Vwr'n I'mai ami f.vni j UtTTI.p?Senator Vest's only Faille win that fought at Lexington. Mo.' '1 he attacking p-?rty were driven back, ; and in a few minutea Veal rode up to ; where (ieneral Trice and atntf were ; standing, dismounted, turned over hia 1 horse and weapons to an orderly, ami, witli an imprcMieeneaa all his own, declared that "the man wh<? ?wv? (#eo. I Vest has never bccu in a battle is a <i ? d liar, and the man who nays that George Vent will ever be found in another is a d d fooj."?f-'roni ihe J'jft 0 i I Curiosities of the Hone)' Hue. ! I do not intend, iiT thin article, tu I notice all the curiosities of the honey | bee. This would require toe iruch I space in your valuable paper, ev. < if they should appear in a very condenned form. It is a curious thing that one bee. that in the queen, should bo the only mother in such an immense family. It haa been estimated, and no doubt correctly, that * well filled hive Contain* about forty thousnnd inhabitants. Oh, my! W hut H family, nod what a houseful! of children, ai:d nil from the | same mother. But there is another | curiosity in this connection that is win thy\?f consideration. I nr.eau the brevity of life in this numerous family. 1 Take, for instance, The drone, that 'gentleman of leisure;' i Who Uvea onlv lit the will tiud p.eaaure Of the worker bee, With him lifo is very precarious. Ju*t let the untimely frost, the blast ing or die scorching drouth stop the i fl ire of nectei in the flowers, and very I aocui von will ?ea the faithful workers j bringing hundreds of these laiy, well- I fed, helpless fellows cut of the "door which the carpenter made," and introducing them to the charities of a big world, and oil' they go in every ( direction to die, and you could not j induce one of them to go bach again. | Why? Because only a few of thrni j were ever needed, and now none of'I them are needed. Besides this, tliev j have no weapon of deforce, and tliev h knrtW *thi?, and although tliev have lived without stint 011 the choicest | , 1 nectaf gathered from the Hweetest j flowers, they a!so know that their day |. of doom ha? come, so off they goto) die in sonic form. Then, as for the worker bee?, their , lives arc vcrv oriel. r.xc<?pl ill queen- ' lest swarms, those reared in autuin i ; * ill nil be <len<l in nine ru<>uth?, while |, thoae reared in ri:e spring will be gone f iu three month* : those reared in the | most busy time will be likely to die in ' s f"**? :"V *y~*r - -V V y ii fearful mortality ! )ne wouhl sup- , ? pone that it would produce great t luouruiuf* ; but from appearances tlure , j is not a bit ot it. Again, a perron | would suppose that the entire family , would loon become extinct. And so j it would, were it not for this wmudmut i matr >n, the 8 >v?,reign lady of ti.e jrive, whu when her liuunnli'ilil is well filled, ami nil arc doit ''.eir level he*', furnishes her family daily with the astnn- ! ishing mi mi ht r of three thousand living recruits. And also to prolong the existence of this wonderful ipieemh in, this rpieeu lsdy usually lives from three to five years. Well, there are other curiosities i connected with her. For instance: ' Just remove her from the hive and I, see what a consternation is immediate , ly producer! among the workers. They will r ~t around outside und inside of j the hive, anil front one to the other, j fly off a little and back agaiu to the . i hive, as much as to say : "Do you ' j know while our mother has gooo *" , Then, after this search has gone on for ' a number of hours, they go to work to i raise another. To do this they enlarge the cells around a number of fresh hatched larva- t from worker ?gg<*, of course^ ami feed to them, in great ! aoun'iaiice, ?nu is railed royai J?*iiy, i ii??tend of taking about *evt iiU'Hi Ja\r to pruritic from this Urv?- mi ordinary , worker e^o. in about twelve day* the) , will have a queen, n bee that ditf'rr* in i sue anil appearance altogether, with : even a different sting, with all the organs ami functions of female life;! and, instead of ilyiug m perhaps ni>mi thirty day* of old age, nho may poa- i ?ib!y live for live yearn Ami all this j difference in effected by the copious ^feeding of thin royal jelly t)h! a..n- | droua, curious niyatery ! which die- ! ploys thu infinite wisdom ami coi.. aummaie alii'l of Him who created all things viaiblc and invisible.?Dr. Wil , liama, in Cnnadinn t'arni'r. ? Krcreation doe* not mean idleness, ami it may mean labor. A wise mr.n will ao nrrai go bin laborn that each succeeding oac will be ? > totally dif feronl from ths last that it will serve ** a recreation for it. I'hyaical exertion may f*!Ju? mental, and then give pliice to it again. A man equally : wiae iu all other hygienic measure* who could nicely adjua'. the labors of 1 mind am) body in their true proper- ' lion might hope to attain old age with all his mertlaf faculties fresh and vigorous to I lie l ist. Social LiTc in Japftti. In tlio course of a lecture on "Japan ami 11n People," delivered in IWton, Profenaor 1?. S. Mo'se said that a uion conspicuous feature of their intercoara# with each other was thoir politeness. No harsh words nre ever heard, 110 eagerness for *clfUh advantage, no indifference or forgetfulnew of tho feelings of othera. They do nut snluto hy shaking hands, hut by bowing, unusual consideration of cordiality being ex pressed br profounder hows, or more numerous repetition thereof. The rich people dress their children in tho iiiiihI inferior uiipinuht injr them to school, in order that tho i feelings of the poor children, who can get no other, may not be hurt by any i contrast. There is no profanity it) ihrir language. A trifling mishap or ofTeuae is n<>t unfrequenlly met among our people with a vol ley of oaths; but | a Japanese, wlion wrought up in bis ' feelings to the highest pitch, never ut- 1 ters any stronger expression than what 1 in our language would he the ex-| elnniHtioi', "How vexatious!" They | keep their angry passions under control i yet they do not lark fierceness, but make excellent soldiers. Their kind i ncss to animals is extraordinary. The j nonge of v\ J I birds are constantly hearil in the gardens oft he great cities Birds i>f pat-sage slight in the ponds and public groom!* ofTokio, sod wild deer mine do en from tho mountains and ' go about freely and unharmed j in the streets of densely populated I places. Toe driver of a vehicle vrill turn out of his course in the public highway that he may not injure a dug hat is sleeping in the middle of the itrcet. A. Blind Inventor. James I<. Judge, an inventor of Mi! waukie,although totally blind, issn | xptrt player nt either chess or check ] :rs. All il.ii squares <f <ha play hoard 1 ?eii g iitindM red in chess, he is told to ' hat s<|ii.sre l?is u^pnnp/i uii?u, ami md opponent's moves he is able to teti I he exact squire occti|>icd hy tiny | larticular piece ??r pawn on the board. | lis manner of playing checkers is; ibool the same. 1 he gome of card." . u Vi fuvnrit.1 .inn w i I ti lilin nufl ill ?l i ie :s an adept. '!'!?? cards lie lines are j narked mi;h hde* mule by pi??, so j is t<? render thctn distinguishable by lie sense of touch. When his oppo- j tent call* out thu name of the card he j mis led, the blind mail known just I a hat one to play. Not only this, but i0 is aide, in H<>nie game*, after the j bauds are partially played, to tei! just i a hat cards his opponent holds, nU j [hough the latter may have dealt. ' riiia lie is able to do hv kipping track j if the cards that have been played, his j memory being wonderfully retentive. > A. TJZ.1 n With Two Zfoaos This morning an elderly gentleman i slighted from the Southern hound ex* | proas train, and lie was soon the j observed nf all observer*. The man bud ' <*o distinct no?M, one of the It uwan ityle of architecture hc-iug long and < having a very prominent "bridge;" j the other smaller small, and is j what is called a''pug" or "snub."' It wus ascertained *>y h reporter that the man i.i ? well fixnd rancher near Iiro. i ! Shtiata county, and hi* name i? Thoiuait 1*. Turpen. Mr. Turpen it u native of Ohio, and bus hem in .Shafta county since JH~>2, and made his siako liter*, Ho Kkid that when he wm a young man he was naturally mortified by having tw > ii'-***, aa th?-y marred hia otherwise g<??.d There i<j , nearly enough ?j at e in the center of I hie fine for a mec to grow where it really he longs, lot ween the other iwo. Mr. Turpen is in nil excellent Con- ' ditioii to " onell a mice." lie hIwh)! find* much d.lfu-uUy in Inokirg afi< r hie four nostril* when ho has a o. Id in (lie head, other* i*e his cxtia snout gives him no trouble. The gentleman inherited hi* big nose from hie father, a'.d the smaller one from his mother.? Jiuttf i (\il > /.'cfnrd. IVl >k..n >?t ... ... I .1 ? ?? ii j hiv invii ir ? nunc in?i j ir|ni|? tcr??" Well, we nopp<>*e it's becausa they would tell all lhey knew before* '.he paper came mil. and then no eus would want to read it. ? Jourualieta ur? ootilo men ; they alwayi go in for the write.? Lift. ? A weekly newripaper ir. New York, edited t>r a woman, is called Man. This, however, ii not tho ??nlv m.in cdilcd bv a worn An .. ??J ? A <*iunt Pyllinw. " tr^v jA A chorus of discordant st/cams from the throats of hnlf a humfrod pHrrrtt* fcrceted a New York ?S'u?? reporter who Walked into the bird dealers rooms in Konnevslt street. When its had hecome accustomed to the raibing sounds sufficiently to hear, the ^proprietor said: "I will show you the largest snake iu captivity. Snakes h\^?>Jv?wa are usually disappointing to licTioy who hus read the cheerful lalv.? of ana cnndaH ttint swallow nothing smaller man a cow, nut here is a r?n>-itth>n in snakes." *l2ik? lie unlocked the hasp 'mj h?avy box two and h lialt" by fou^T. et largo and a foot deep, and raised tbe cover. There wan ihc snake in w^.at sailors might call two Finnish ctXt, one on top of the other, covering nearly the whole of the bottom of tffrjiox. A? the light shone into the hi:* the snake raised its head, which was a* large n? a man's opeu hand, a 1Mb moved it uhont uneasily, while a black forked tongue darted out towar-jPlhe spectators. Its body was blctk. tuoltled with white and olive green .spots. The little, round black eyes seemed to look steadily into the eyes of-^TC keeper and the reporter at the sain* time and nothing could withdraw th?pr gat" till tiie lid * a* etmt ?!o*fn. "It i* ili it iv I ft t l?>ug, si* i ightfvii inolim in fircuinff tncejft .[ li? largest part,'' tuid the proprietor * It aa* captured about eighty nuJ > Utck of j Calcutta. It it a genub> pvthnu. We have another one of ?ihe fauif I kind about eighteen feet Iflgg, that if probably fciCond laP^Kt in ttjfl ' The largest rn.Rku'.d ktl?8 and MraHow a ruau. It Whl kilijfr borseF^ "iaw are these fdluwa ^jfctungl?" }W%Tu<tll tneah ueta. *?euallvia' t Urge net oigtogjjf flbai to'> find foilc^Hp. The ftmHH Rr$%pce jump* around in franti<N^Lft->rl^ito c ;.v \ t,T,F,. h.iuda and CArried to (he And adflNj to some sliip captain. ' python %JP l| mptr. $25 to $50 for.inr ordinary nniemui snake. That mailer one will hritij | $150, hut thu big <P* xill tell f'>r 9$C0. 1 am g'-inJ to South AmerinNfa** to get to no-Id' the ratef^ snake*. They are mid Jo tneauaroj frun fifty to seventy five f?-t iu length. | None hna erer been captufed. Tbe'Sffundate Was pbryad. Benjamin Tappan, hettdr known r? \)>ii nen i a}) pur., r<l unw, was on* ; of tlift wittiest men who ha# cv<1 r sat in llio United Suites S?nut", and he labored under an ohlitpiifr t.f vision greater than that of Governor Butler. On ono occArtiun, whilo hojtding court in an interior town in Ohio, ilia county jail of which wan constructed of logs, as he was passing sentenci upon the usual number convicted of petty oftenem ag:iiu-t the law, b>j inebriated individual in the cuetomnry crowd of aprctatora ?ang out. "That'j right. give it to hiro, oM gimlet eye." "Who k that ?" sternly. demanded the court, his cloister eye indignantly tl n *b i i> k fire. "It's tho old lore. Judge," exclait*.ed the offender against "the pence no<l dignity of the >ilate." "Jfr. Sheriff," promptly responded the dignitary with the italic eye, "take that ?U horse to the cUSIt, lock him tip, nod keep him without hay, oat?, or drink for Iwenly four hour*," which u??od;iv?j v?ss forthwith obeyed. Throw op Vonr Cliln The w li de secret if m.ndirg and Oulkiiijj r.>Ot c ?n?ir'* ill keeping the chili well away from y.iur breiW This throws the head upward and backward, and the shoulders niJ until roily settle backward ami to their true position. Th-.so *h - stoop io waikii.g generally look siraijrht ahead, upon tin-c .me le vel with your eyes, or if you are inclined to stoop, uolil that tendency is overcome, look luilicr above thau below the ivvel. 1 taiocers are said to ho "at Stra.gLt as an arrow" er.d the rcaa> ft ia because ] they are obliged to loof-up*urd so | much. It is simply impos* Lie to I sloop in walking if put will heed and i practice 4|Me rule. Yqd| will notice tUi Hn>uB<tM*?o !<! <- * (H'i | rf'Xm fch'n uca^ta hrcirt tut! ppi-itc.l AHA hunt Chimin')*. Chimneys ucui so natural to us that we forget that there was a lime when they were unknown. They were invented nhout the same time with clocks anil watches. No house in ancient Home or Athena had them. The (1 reeks nrtd Unmans healed their rooms with hot coals in a dish, or by tines underneath the tloor. The amokn passed out hv the door* and windows. i.. r t ? - - in jcmgiHiin, in the turn* ot ttie conqueror (106G) the fire va? built on u clay floor or in a hole or pit in the largest room of Lhu house. The smoke pnaaed through an opening in the roof. At night jt "eover was placed over l-he coals. Kverybody was hy law obliged to cover up his fire when the bell rang at a certain hour, lu French this whs couvn feu, and hence tho word "curfew" bell. Chimneys began to be used generally in England in the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth No one knows who invented then), or when they first came into use. We find them firat in J Italy. In Venice they appear not to be uncommon as early as 1347. In 13C3 they had long been in use at I'adua. They were at first built very wide and large, that they could be easily cleamd. The wide chimneypieces of some of our older homes ure very curiou*. Hut as time pasted on chimney* were made taller, narrow, and olten < r. ? ked. \\ hen they had to he cleaned it va? customer/ to end boys up into thcie t) remove '.be soot and ashes. It was then the saddest stories wire told t^Theliltie sweeps who were forced to < n:H|y> the iny^uw fines, and come llf/Hii tin. bleeding Hi .3 vered with Soot. These poor Aa lures, who were qRen not more tlv seven or eight ve*rv old, were HeTwTtuiie* ?uff>catid if. tho foul chintio ys il:e> attempted j When they reached the: top re. expected to look out and i cud shout. No hoy would ever a 'himney sweep from choice, 1111 As bv tne fritr of a whipThe cruelty of the mastrrwas fearful. ? . < ..i.ii.h t rn rrj'Vl U3*? passed away. II;- pi nee i?? taken I?y a patent bft?o?n ami u colored operator, bliimntjs arc built t?y.> un.l three hundfed feet high. In Birmingham, Kngifnd.ont fell do rut . > ! .1 Ihi^i iI^tt^pRfi wounding thirty l^^urtv workmen and others. 'in the days before chimney* were invented men lived in cloud* cf smoke. The wulls cf the finest palaces in uucieut Koine were soon covered with soot it ml filth. It impossible to keep tlieni clean. The mosaic* and tint pniticngs on tlic walla toon became dixcolurtd In iLe earths of Knglnnd Mini I'rnnce it an* still noise Here the huge fire hinted in the center of the grcut hall. Tiie .-nmke covered the roof with black drapery, und the savage knights and S'piircs were for cod either to endure the cold or to live ami nrcatlie in an uir (but wa- hangeron* to sight, health, and lifo itaeif.? Harper's ) ouiii/ I'-mjile. Avoid Wiinklf.H A wrinkle, onco niaje, in indelible; it has come to stay. Tbero is no eucb tbir^ mm wiping out wrinkles. In men they are often houornble cvidenco of hard mental labor; in women they are usually evidence of coming age, although care and fluttering have much to do with them. Sometimes fair f..re* heads are prematurely wrinkled from a uervon* habit of elevating the eyebrows, and from a to.# great ami too c<>ustant pressure of the pillow one or both side* of ihe head while sleeping. And ju?t here cornea a fact worth remembering. If the forehead has esca e.l wrink ee, crow's feet are prematurely seen nhout tho corners of the ay*s. We all sue the crew's feet in n;?n and women whose brows are II.I...lb mill VllUlli# 1 .l.tlna rt?u uru the reaitll of sleeping on the ri^ht an<i left bitlrH. The |>re*??iiio upon the temple altd cheek leaves wrinkle* Ht the c< rio rn hmI underneath the eye* which disappear in a lew bourn, but finally Income to fixed that neither boors nor ablution* will abate them. A Frenchman ha* ma le a paper Lflkkch h perfectly ii.conibuatihle, hu<1 I spring poeta *!? > wi*h to make their L^fork ah-olu'elv ii will in veal in [it. The limit) and Habit. Kvery hahit ha?* its basis in phyical ( change. The more we use a muscle i or a nerve, the greater will be the flow : of blood to it?unh*?a wu over use and exhaust it; nud exhaustion always tends in the direction of death. Thus the fuller fed muscle or nerve is enlarged and strengthened, and is supplied with a larger amount of force Mint 11 frix-r I'i.ij ( quently repeated and long continued . acts tn becomu habitutil. It can be , < seen from this natural law that v. ben j I ono unduly indulges bis appetite, > i propensities nod passions, physical , 1 ; changes are-vlhctcl which g;tn?ral!y j ' j control the man against I.ts judgment 1 and bis consumer. | 1 It is the same with moral acts. The i brain of the niun who yields to envy, j 1 jealousy, hate, op avarice becomes so ! ? changed that lie is at length fairly en- j 1 j slaved and eiubruted by these feelings. I So, too, the man who is constantly J | repeating acts of kindness, not only' I finds it easy to perform thetu, even at I the expense c f ease an 1 self-denial, ' but derives Ins highest htippiu.-ss fn m J so d ling. j Of two men, not greatly unlike at | in, miu nut) Hccuiir.iluie his mi.lions ; 1 only to glutii over th-on ; the other to | i expend theui iu world wide bonovo- < leneo. In the cane of the miser, the i nervous energy id absorhed in n><re i | gain, while the other powers shrivel i i and the w li^fc soul l?ti*oin< * fearfully ' endwarfed. klu Ihe case of '.lie phi- j i lunlliropiat, < o the contrary, nl! the i power? ar.? en litrge.l by their mutual ; i reaction, and in with George Pcahody, J < his schemes uf benevolence bcoorue as ' , grand and varied us his business ! | enterprises. * j The aarue is true in all other cases I All enslaving passions degrade hy a'< j physical lav. us true and as inevitable ! i ; as that of gravitation ; and all noble I I impulses, generous affections and right ! i doing enlarge and fix the character in ' go daeas as truly ud M inevitably, eoiVAectiou between the tpiuil and toe bruin may be, it certainly cxiitc. Tho j two touch at every point, and every ' volition, every motion, ami every act ' nf the first stamps itself indelibly ou { 1 t In second, with a constnnt Wndeucy to it fixedness ofchuracUr at one pole or at thu other.? 1 ou'A'a ('ontpanioit. 1 ' flow Htnunas are KuU'.mI. A" evi ryhody knows who has eaten I i\ liai aon, the luscious fruit is needle*?. ! The plants are propagated froiu other plauls, so thst the stock in not likely to run out. The plant requires fori1 vigorous growth a deep, rich Boil, abundantly watered. With these conditions present there is said to he no risk f<r a cr .p in hot regions, where j 1 alonii tha fruit is produced. NineM mouths after a cutting lias been plau* { ' ted a purple bud appears in the centre ' I , of the unfolding leaves that shoots out j 1 from the licud of the parent stem. ( 1 Tin* stein on which the hud appears | J grown rapidly above the main j i Ah the bud increases in weight the ! i | stent bends downward by a graceful j ' curve, on the extremity of which litis I | bud continues to grow still ; the purple blossom? falling off. little shoots appear as the embryo fruit. F.ach fruit hits a vellow blossom at its out ward extremity. At the end of three or four months the fruit has grown to maturity, and in picked long enough | before it is "dead ripe" to pre?i rvf it ! in marketable condition, h r in t!n?ro> ' * of the parent stock other roots appear, , which are tiin m:d out or left to grow, s the cultivator may deem best. A i single stick, liter. re, hears oti'y one | bunch or crop as its life'a work. Hpnniards have a r> !i?i ns reverenos : fill" flu- linnu i ? tiul iiiuimf it t . t - fi ' >.' O" fruit of which Adam pur took. The fruit It am long hern regarded us extremely nutritious. It in reeniu- | mended above all others fur invalid* who aro unable to swallow hartler food. } An estimate by llumholt claim* that \ 44,000 pounds of banana* cuii be pro* ' diiced on the fciil that would be re- j 1 quired for 1,000 pounds of potatoes, ' i and that the area that would he required to ruis" wheat enough for one I 1 man would produce enough banauas 1 to feed twentv live men. j j Indian storv tellers V(iv often give i their narrations entirely in sign Ian* ' ! gnage, and the laughter of their beari j? r* w ill often be the only audible i ouinl t'.r an b -nr. rare of Tools and Implements. Oiioi.f the heaviest taxes to which farmers are subjected is the purchase and repairing < 1* agricultural implements, and in many instances this tax undoubtedly increased from carelessness ir. allowing plows, harrows, and other implements to he exposed to the weather when not in use. There arc a few simple rules in regard to the care of implements, which in most cases can be easily observed. In the first place, every person having many implements dwtVgld have a house of sufficient 9i*? to i 'o^nnodate all their working tools ml i ifc lements, and It should be a *, fixed ^ pMrcmant that whenever a tool is-Vol 11 Uco it should be plaeed u it. j^ipropriato position iu the toolhouse, ami before beiug put away it diould he carefully examined, to see whether it is broken or damaged in my manner, and, if so, it should be marked for repair the first leisure moment. No tool should be put away ^ u a dirty condition. A very few minutes will be required to clean it, which will prevent the rusting of the. roil, a? well as damage to the wood* T.nk. All the polished parts of an mpleniont. ox the share, mold board ind coulter of the plow, and the blades ;f ax'-s, mattock, spades, mowing* nachices, etc., should bo o'led to prevent rutting ; they will then be in rpmlineM for use nt any moment. Every wooden part of an implement thould ho nainted nt lentt once a year, and ev> "t* >ce a year fur thoee that are much 4avd in the field. Kaiuy lays can be appropriated for such work ; V good mineral paint' ia the hest for these purposes, Paint lot only preserves the wood from decay, lout from cracking, ami consequent ?a*y breakage. Economy, comfort iml appearance, all demand care in .ho keeping of machinery of any kind jsed in farming and field operations. - I'rartiral fanner. 1 A milur""recently pasa}<l over tue line of the Northern Pacific on an accommodation trstin to measure tha employees at stations for uniforms. In order to t>xpeditn mutters lie sent the following dispatch to all agents : "Take ?;fl" everything but your pantaloons and shirt, and be on the platform alien the train arrives to be ineustred for uniform." Arriviag at o:ic of the new stations, he jumped from the train, tape line in hand, and shouted Tor the agent. Iu response to his call a hnudseme young lady slept ped forward, accompanied by a burly ?ia footer, who announced that the lady was the agent and he was her brother, and demanded an explanation of his dispatch. The tailor explained ss best lie could, and hoarding the train telegraphed from the next station : "How many agents have yeu got that don't wear shirts and pauts, sud where are they located ? Answer rpiick." Consistency is about as scarce in the wyrld as in a dog kennel. 1 ou of but one wise man, and nil that ho knew was?that he knew nothing. An charity covers a multitude of sin* before ' iod, ?o ilooa politeness before i r.ty). It Js strange how often we think lightly of Ac; t;ift ? wo have and wish for those ti^kt i'rovidcticc has denied. 1'-' says that if men could only hear thcrr own fun? rnl .sermons and read their own headstones, there would be no hv.ng in the world with them at all. Kind looks, k\ud werds, kiud act* and warm hand shakes ?these are secondary ntt-ana of grace when men are in trouble, and are lighting these un?ee:i battles. Remember that yon grow older every day; if you have bad habits, they grow older too ; end tho older both grow together the harder they are to separate. The iiiaMoe of tho weakest is not to bo despised. We should remember that venom supplies the want of strength, and that the lion may perish by the puncture of the asp. As our intellectual fo*d makes our I in in da whet they arc, coarse or refined barbaric or cultured, disciplined or wild and nriotous, so our spiritual companionship makes our snirits what ; .hey are.