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. VOLUME XXXII. '' LANCASTER. S. C.. WK))NESI)AT!MORNING, .IAN. 9. 1884. NUMBER 48
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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
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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
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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.
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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.