The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, August 24, 1882, Image 1
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DEVO'ED TO roLlrIGn, MORAL11Y, FDUC.VIIJN AN) TO TilE GENER-L INI'ERlS'r OF TIlE COUNIstY.
By D. F. BRADLEY & C0- PICKENS, S. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1882. VOL I. N
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
ARAxi BEy and his adherents have
been proclaimed rebels by the Sultan of
Turkey.
IT will be remembered that Vennor
Said w" would have "a year without a
lsummuer.
TEXAs will have 50.000,000 bushels of
corn to sell this year. Last year the
State bad to import.
POTATOs are being offvrod in Illinois
Yor twenty-five cents a )ushol for fa
delivery, with no takers.
Mn. GLADSTONE looks upon Do Les
sEps as a private indi- "'ual, out Do Los
seps doesn't, not by any m.1oans.
Monic than four t'nies the average an
nMil destruction of life by lightning has
tilroady oc.!urred in the United States
this season.
(1-onao ScovtrnE propcses to cOrn
menee action in court against Dr. Hicks
t the pasIses-sion of what there is of
Guitean's body.
Ti Decnver TribmHc invites the Malley
boys to include Denver in their summer
jaunt. It significantly adds that there
are several tre(s with convenient limbs,
closj to town.
A'r TuLE Indian agency, Pine Ridge,
Dakota, the Indians offer a roward of
050 for the apprehension of any person
who sells, trades, or gives to any Indian
or half-breod intoxicating liquors.
Tim Detroit Free Press figures up that
tber-o have )een 167 deaths from tetanus
ti year, caused by the toy pistol, and
suggests that next Fourth of July arse
nic be used as a less fatal substitute.
A cOTEMPORARY thoughtfully obseoves
that " each place thinks its own river
and harbor appropriation all right, but
that in other places it is a steal." S, it
is in all matters where finances benefit
self.
EravEN schooloys in Gen'3seo valked
to Niagara Falls, August 4, 1832, and
agreed t.) meet there again, if living, in
fifty years. Seven of them kept the
promise, coming with their wives and
children on the 4th juit past.
TnE Trustees of the Loveland Camp.
meeting have decided to sell the i1ar
rison cottage in dispultO and to give the
Re v. Harrison $200 of the proeed~s. Of
course, this is ini ad~ditioni to the $100 a
week lhe received for his services.
Tiii extensive war prepalrations in
Russia evidlently has seome significa nce.
If it detracts the attention of Nihilists
from the Czair, there will be a probab) 1
ity of the co)roniation tak ig place. The
Czar no dlonht looks up~on the projet
with favor.
A WVmmn paper, apologizjing for
Mormon polygamy, t houg htfully re
miarks that the system dtoes not throwv
the burden of supporting a husbandl
upon one woman. That is the best ar
gunment that has been~ advanced in favor
of lpolygamy.
T1 ExAS, which is said to have 500,000
acres of school la:id, rapidly appreciat
ing in value, and wvorth probably $100,
'100,000, is expected to have in the not
'listant future aschool funid of $250,000 -
000, aL s;un greater thanL: the combined
school fund of all the Stat-as.
Tui fleral b)usines is one of the best,
most p~rosperous and i'ost rapidly in
creasing of any in the country. In Newv
York $10,000,000 is niow expended for
flowers annually, and~ asi much :as $5
given for a single rosebud. The town
hans gone flower mad, and no) one can eat
or dlanic or marry or (ie without a
shower of flowvers, and this craze is
spreadinig.
A win-rea:i for the Newv York 1Hera/d
was talking with as few fellowv jo)urnlist s
the oth< r dlay, anId saidl: "'Not long ago
Mr. Coninery, our mnanaging edito.', was
Ii nn moned as a witness in court. Mr
Bennett called him and said: 'You will
he nasked wvhat position you occupy here.
Sayv that you are a clerk. I am the edi
tOr~ of the /Irrld, and the only editor.'"
li. : mnemberis of the Garibaldi fa mily
hmve erected over thme tomb of the Glen
eralI a large grenmite monolith, weighing
funir tonms. ThIe tomb) is watcheod day
anid unighit. Thle decision na to the final
ue ing place is left to Parliament, which
meneuis to the Janiiculum. Dunring the
first few days after the death of Gari
baldi, 12,000 telegrams ieachecd the
family.
A n~.riuu to obey the scriptural in.
jnnction, "' Obey your husbands, " had a
sad ending in Chiengo. Paul Tollner
took his young wife to one side, in their
h ome, and calm[ly inquired : "' Wil you
obey me af ter this ?' '1The wife replied
e'vas ively, u~hierenponi he shot her dead,
anmd theni stepp~jing into anl adjo~iig
r om. shot. h imsel f thlronazhb the h eairt
Th'Iey hadt~ b'n nmriedc~ two years andI
hadk onue chl. 1
Anv)~ieFs fronm Saguia, Cubau, rep~ort
thme dherf ruction of the ~orn) crop), owing
to the extremO dronthi. The Presi (Ei
of the Centra'il Roard of Agriculture of
thie iS'elmblic of Columbia, writes the
Captainu General, warning him to tako
effective measures to prevent the larvmn
and loensts devastating that Republie
from being inItrodlued inlto Cuba by
vessels carrying cattle to the Island. It
is recommended that cattle on vessels be
fed with hay only. It is thought that
the locusts will soon invade the United
States after reaching Cuba.
'1HE jury wh acute th Maller
b)oys and Blanche Douglass of the muir
der of Jonnie Oramier, held a grand re.
union the other day, visiting Savini
Rock, where the girl's dead body was
found, 'and other scenes. The re.-union,
was marked with hilarity and story tell..
ing. Meantime, Blanche Douglaiss is
enjoying herself with fashionable peope
ait watnring places. wherea she wao .na
A GLANOE at the naval register shows
that with a total force of 12,000 men,
iucluding inarines, we have twelve Rear
Admirals. twenty-two Commodores,
sixty Captains, 110 Commanders, 315
Lieutenants, 180 Masters, 400 Ensigns,
while the Naval Academy is prepared
to add from year to year largely to the
number of the latter. This is certainly
a large enough staff of officers to com
mand as great a navy as we shall pos
sibly ever need, and it is quite natural
that a movement, such as that recently
inaugurated by Senator Miller, of Oali
fornia, should be made to reduce
the number of officers to make it in
somo measure proportionate to the
number of seamen an4 marines.
OF AL the English correspondents at
Alexandria, it is to be said that they
have shared the perils they have de
scribed. Afloat they have shown them
selves realy to face shot and shell, and
ashore the knives of Arabi's assassins,
not to tpeak of mobs and explosions.
They have done their work under a cli
mate of great heat, and have done a
great deal of it. Altogether, they have
been a credit to their profession, and
the profession seems in no particular
hurry to take credit to itself or award
die measure to the brave and brilliant
men -who lift journalism a step higher by
their devotion and capacity and courage.
rhe public looks on in wonder at the
quantity of readable matter turned out
each morning for its eager pernsal.
Farmers and Faun Help.
As there are "hooks and books"
meaning good and bad ones-so there
aro "men and men." Some tarmers
uverr have any trouble w:tl their help
and thle famin work moves as steadily
aid with as little friction as clock-work;
otiers are incessantly in trouble and
er\ lninig go on. 'e are ac
quainted vith men vho are laborers by
the month or year on the farm, and who
make their emupioyers' interest their
own. They work as well when the
' boss" is away as when he is niear,
a1nd, in everything they do, they consid
er how they would act if in theillmplov
el s poSition. T[here are others, also,
who labor simply for tle mony they re
eeive; they have no interest in the work,
but list(i with a keen ear for the dinner
horn tand watch with eager eye for the
Se1tng of tle sun. To (1o the worl:
somehow -- not necessarily well-is tihe
pwillip le which governs t'hem.
The farmer wlho is p irti-ular as to
wh .m he ernploys; who Jas the bargain
well under:tood, Who pays well, PaYS
wV1iIly and pays promptly; who ap
preciates good service and fairly Liills
his part of the agreement, need have
little fear of being trou)led by his help.
i'or. such em ployers there is alwvays sonme
o)ne to oil'r se:-vi(e; such emphloyers are
souigh~t by ''hired mlen."' and in nine
ea:ses out of teln, satisfaction is mutual.
But I, il unfotuniately, niot all emloyers
Ire timls careful as to wvhom they hire
or how they treat their help. 'They se
lect fromi th "w'rough senfIi'"c laes, from
bramnps and those whlo niever have hadl a
steadly situnatioll, siimp)ly because they
:ai hire thenm for twenty -five etsls
per haf though.a i realit y, t hevy foriv
i afdolrpr dhay less in re'turnfo
wervices. The uisual result is that the~
farmerwi has to oversee all his wyork per1
sonal ly, look after the imp)lemecnts wvhen
not. mi use, go here and wo there to give
listruictions, andI thtus Tf)se largely his
)wn1 t imle which. with intelliget, in
lust rious help, could 1)e elsewhtere more
prolit ably emlo1yedl. In fact, each is
mienit ont gett ingu the most possible from
the other, nteithter having the welfare ot
t he ot hier at. heart. Sneh a contdition of
things is neither agreeable 1nor profita
ble.
We are awvare that thte same difl'er
alnees are liable to arise b~etween em
players and emtployed int ot her occup~a
tions, butt the~ etl'eets are more striking'
and1( mlore noticeable on) the fartm thtan in
thei work-shop) or Store wvhere theu roui
tine of dutly is nmore easily m arked andl
the labor is moire mechanical in its na.
ture. *Farm work can never 1be reduiced
to such exactness in (detail that theo
workman can perform it satisfactorily
unless he is thtoroughly interested in it,
aind im hearty sympathy wvith his em
plover. So miuchi for the hired hand,
and on the other hand, to keep this in
terest abire, there rmust be on the p)art
c~f the employer the ap proval andl appre
eiation of wyork faithfully (lone.
But there is something more in this
Lthan the bare fa--ts of wvork well (1011
rund wvell remunlleratedl. T1here is a gen
onme satisfaction on the part of both em
ployer and employe, and the resultaunt
haippmeflss which accrues to the men
themselvyes and to their respective fami
bies is a thiung to he sought for anid prized.
But when the menCl are continually at
"'loggerheadls,"' their families feel the
reactive infinence, and etveni society is,
i a degree, all'ected adIversely b~y it.
Whatever, then, will br'ng about mutu
11 contentmient and good will among
rarmers and thteir help should be fos
ered, and while "'hi red men '' are falli
ble, the farmer should remlemb~er that it
is harrrely in his power to make th~eir
rniiutm relations agreeable. -Rural New
Yorker.
Deadly Weapons.
A detective frighitenedl a young man
nearly to death yesterday. TIhe young
man wasH struidlingl on t he corner when
thle (detective tapphedl him on the shoul
decr andl saidl: "' I shall have to arrest
you for carrying deadly weapons." The
young manti tuirned pale, and his lips
quiivered, an~d lhe stammered out that he
never carriedl a revolver or a knife in
hris life. ''Yes.'' said the detective,
" that may be0 all right, but look at
your shoes." The young man lookedi
at his pointed, toOt h-picked-toed shoes,
And( asked what was the matter withi
them. Then the detective told him the'
shoes were so sharp at the toes that if
he should1get mad and kick a man lie
wuld split hi IUwide open. Then the
[leeCtive winked, andi said: '"You may'
go this time, but don'tle itoccur ain.
Pek's Milwma.ke 0..
MY LOVE.
Mv lovo's worth all thie world to me;
1er walk to others' (danace isi ligiht.
Whon sse cories b.y, the sunl rides high,
AndI wheira she's pitt, 'tis night.
Her gentle voice, that hids "good-(lay."
I miusic that illy soul loves best;
I1er deep-set oyes, hor low replies'
The dreans that Itunt my rest.
He' presence, like fresh inorning showers,
Gives to sill tiings refreshing grace
If she lut stoop, sweet btis tiat droop
Gaze uII) into her face.
That May- liay face-whIere not hing lives
rhat is sot bright, for long togetler
Tlotights (oino asil go, like wins that blow
fhe clouis inl golden weather.
Life's passlsig shuoles have sstreely cliil'd
Ihe ghsmlivsSs of her spirit's light
0 wIset she's Iy, the sui sees it - higl
And when sli's paist, 'tis siighit!
-i. Aidle.
Incrasilng the Corn Crop.
Till within the past few years little
anxinty has been felt in Vany part of tho
country about the supply of corn. There
was a general imlpression that it could
be raised with considerable profit in
in nearly every Slate and territory. In
ioet of the States esnugh was raised to
supply the local demand. In some
states it was a le iding crop, and it was
that its profitable production could be
greatly extended in others, where the
attention of farmers was mainly dovoted
to the growing of cotton, tobacco, and
the small grains. There was se-arcely
any demand fur it for exportation, and
its employment for making ghucose and
starch waq not known. It was used to
a considerable extent as food for human
beings, and was very generally employ
ed for fattening hogs in sections where
it was extensively grown. Itwas rarely
fed to other horses than those engagedgp
in work on the farm, and was still more
rarely fed to cows. There was n fresh
beef or mutton sent abroad, and there
was only a limited denand for highly
fattened meat at home. As -t conse
quence, shoe) and steers were gener
ally fattened on grass, with the aid of a
few roots. In niostof the Western States
corn was a drug in the markets. With
poor facilities for transportation, con
paratively little of it was sent to Eas
tern cities. Corn was often so cheap
and plenty that it was burned for fuel.
Farmers preferred to raise small grains
for the market, for the reasons that
their price was higher and they would
stand transiportation better. In parts
of the country where corn was very pro
ductive it was generally thought that
the business of raising it was greatly
overdone.
A short time has been suicint to
produce great changes in relation to
corn. Yts uses ha've multiplied an1d
increased, it is now employed to make
starch and glucose, as well as to make
alcohol, whisky, highwines and vinegar.
Considerable quantities of it are con
verted into malt. In all the great dairy
districts it is extensively employed for
feeding milch cows. There is a grow
ing demand for fancy fattened beef and
mutton for exp'ort andi home eonsump
tion. To fatten steers and sheep as the
market requires it is found necessary to
feed corn in large quantities. Vast
quantities of it are now Sent to almost
every country in Europe this side of
Russia for the same purpose. American
corn is used to feed both beef and dairy
cattle in Denmark. It is also usedt to
feed the coach and dray horses in most
of the large cities in Great Britain and
France. Now, while the us~es for corn
have Increased and multiplied in a most
remarkable manner, its cultivation has
riot extended in any considerable extent
nto any new sections of the country,
ind has not greatly increased in foreign
sountries. The entire country from
Puget Sound to the Gulf of California is
>pened up to settlement, but no corn is
raised except in a very few favored
localities. Dakota and Montana are
rast being peopled with farmers, vet
scarcely any corn is or can be produced
there. Few of what are called the new
States and Territories produce much
corn. They are deficient in warmth or
moisture, or in both. Corn was never
a profitable crop to raise in the Southern
States, and as the soil becomes
exhausted of its fertility its prodluction
becomes still more dhflcult. People
have finally become convinced that the
extent of country adapted to the
profitable production of corn is quite
limited. It is embraced in a strip of
country about twvo hundred miles wide,
and terminating about a hundred miles
west of the Missouri River.
.If the amount of corn in the country
is to be largely increased it must be (lone
by imp~roved methods of cultivation in
the places where it succeeds best. Much
of the land in the Western States that is
capable of, producing the larg est crops
of corn is in no condition to do so d ur
mng seasons as wet as the present one.
It is covered v. th water in the early
spring, and can not be plowed till it is
too late to plant without incurring the
rianger of an early frost in the fall. By
[iraining it with tiles it can be made t'o
produce more corn than any land in the
3ountry. It is naturally rich in mineral
and organic matter, andl its only dlefect
is its imability to p~art with the moisture
that accnmulates during the winter anid
early spring. The drains will not ontly
riarry off this water, but will extend the
g~rowing season several weeks. Experi
rnents made in the counties of this State
show that the average yield of corn is
nereased one-fourtn by puItting dlown
rain-tile. T1he cultivationi of thIm crop
"-also rendered more easy and the or
linary risks are avoitier ini a great,
measure. lImprovedl meth1od1s of p~re
marin g the soil, of putting in the seedl,
tud of cultivating the growing crop
vrill do muiich towardI inlcreasinlg
3roduction. Generally the farmers of r
'ennsylvania, and others of the l1&ern t
tates produce msore corn to the acre
han the farmers do in tihe most feruile
>f the Western States. TJhecy have a
nuch poorer soil, but t hey prepasre it
>etter, pay more attention to manurinig,
md employ the hand-hoe in Corm secthon
vith the horse-cultivatoir isn working the
lelds. It is not only possible but prac- t
ieal to produce eighty bushels of con
o the acre on mucha of the landl in the t
Vest where only forty Is ordinarily liar
!ested-l~Ciao '1'imes.r
MRs. EMMA P. EwING, an authority }
ru culinary science, Hays that bad cook.. I
iig has made America a nation of dys
Dentica. inebriates and criminals.
From Death to Life.
A reporter for the Mail and E rpress
was walking in the vicinity of the Fulton
Ferry a few days ago, in the company
of one of the oflicers att ach( to the life.
saving service. Theic was a rush of
pcople to the Fulton Market sil), and
the officer and the reporter joined the
crow d to see the excitement. "It was
nohing," one of the spectators said,
io nog to go away; 'only . boy
d(ow ne d!" The life saving officer, how.
ever, seemed to take a different View of
the drowning of a boy, and he huitrriedly
e!lbwed his way througIh tihe crowd till
he w as at thc watcr's edge, with t he re
porter at his elbow. Thrue of the fish.
gc scho00rers Were tied up t this
of tlie )icr side by side, and on the (leck
of the third lay a naked boy aplparently
deact. Half a dozen market men and
fishet men stood by, saying t hat I he boy
was deal and that that, was allt there was
of it. The life-saving officer sprang
aboard t he nearest schooner, an was
immediately stop.ed by a )olicemian
who was on guaid-for the boy had
been out of the water for some tini)'.
" Stan(d back," said the life-saver, "I
am a physician," and, followf'ed by the
rcl)orter, he was soon on the d(eek on
which the drowned boy lay.
The officer-physician felt the boy's
skin, felt for his pulse, drew i one of
his eyelids and looked at the pupil, and
askett the bystanders how long the boy
had been out of the wiger.
"You can't get no job here unless you
are an undertaker," said one of the
men. "'I1o was stuck in the mud most
tel n min utes, and lie's been layin' here
ten minules more; so, if vou fetches
him to life, it'll be a little riusurrection,
and don't you forget it."
The oflicer paid no attention to the
man's opinions, but devoted his whole
time to the boy in a way that seemed to
imdicate some hope of saving the life
that was apparently crone. The boy
could not. have been coioder or more ap
parently lifeless if lie had been dead for
a week.
The ollicer ol)ened the boy's mouth,
an operation that required some force,
and found it full of mud. Pulling tle
lower jaw down as far as possible,he in
troduced one of his finirers and care
fully but <quickly c!eaned it out. There
was enough mud in the mouth to choke
the boy if he had not beg iin the water
at all. The otlicer w isked off his
coat, rolled it up into a pillow, and laid
it on the deCk. With the assistance of
two or three bystanders, he turned the
boy over on his face and laid him so
that the coat-pillow was directly under
his stomach. Taking the boy's two
ankles in ene of his hands and giving
them to onn of the mien to hold up so
that the patient's feet were several feet
higher than his head, the officer pressed
carefully but firmly in the region of the
small of his back, and immediately a
stream of water gulihed out of the boy's
mouth. It had been all this time in the
lungs, waiting only for pr-oper- treat
ment to help it out. The boy was then,
after a minute or two of this exercise,
tmrned1 over on huis back again, and the
officer knelt over him. Putting one
hand on the b)oy's right side and the
other on his left, just over what are
known as "the short ribs," the oflicer
gave them a powerful compression, and
then suddenly let go. '[hle instzant lie
took off his hands t he ribs spi-ane back
to their natural position, and a A'raught
of air rushed into the lungs. T Ihis was
repeated a dozen times or more, but
still the boy wae, to all appearance, a
corpse.
"Oh, give us a rest on that,'' said
another of the men. "The boy's dead,
atnd that settles it. Can't you let a
drowned boy alone!"
TJhe assertion that the boy was deadI
~eemued to be only too true, lie looked
like a piece of marble ; and the reporter
suggested that it was not worth while to
muake any further efforts.
"W~hy,"' said the officer, "1 haven't
begun yet. The boy may live and he
may not. But lie's going to have a fair
ehance for his life, anyhow. Stand back
a little, all of you, and give him a little
more air."
.JDiscontinuing for a moment the arti
ficial breathing process, the officer took
one of the boy's hands between his ownl
andl began to slap it vigorously, at the
same time setting three of the bystand
ers at work on the other' hand andI t wo
feet. The reporter relieved the oflicer
at the slapping business, andl the latter
re sumed the rib)-squeezing priocess, com
pressing the boy's frame till he must
hatve (rled for mercy if lie had been
coniscious. WithI four men slappinig his
hatnds and feet, andl ani expert tr'y ing to)
start his breat hing, the boy must have
been unreasonable, i ndeed~, had( lie beeni
[issatisfied. But he still lay as dlead1 as
it stick, and, happily unconscious.
After about~ five minutes of this t reaL
ment, very much to the surprise of the
market men andl the reporter, and
treat ly to the delight of the life-saving'
>llicer, the bo(y gave a 5ligh!lt gasp for
>reat h.
,Just at this moment of triumih the
>olicemiani on gutard1 cal led :ieron thle
leeks: "'Say, youa'd bet tei' let thaut boy
done. lie's dead~ eniough."'
"' Never mindm wha2t they have to say,
hey don't know what t hey're tlkingr
hout.,"' said the olicer'. ''Get mec a
class of briandy."'
Ile redouled'( his artificial bireat hmiig
reat ment, and1( one of the fishi ng ailhors
vent (down into the cabin and( soon r'e
urnedt with a tumbler nieai'ly fuill of not
'cry inviting-looking brandy. TI lhe y
neaniwhile gasped( againa; had I wi tched
,little ini the legs ; had rolledl his hiead
o one side, and at leng.t~h had drawn a
:00(d-sized breath. Tihe minute lie
orenthbed the oflieer picked up the glass
f brandy andl poured the liquiid dfown
lie boy's throat.
"Now, get me two or three blankets,
a quick ats you can,'' said ho, and at
he same time hie Unrolled his coat andl
u~d it over' the boy. Tihe p'otient con
moed t~o show more signs of life. ie
oon drew short b)ut regular breaths,andt
aisedl one hand to his head. U~nder
he influence of thme wa m ibrandy* in
us stomach and the fre Ih air in his
ungs, lie opened one of hi ('eyes.
''lie is all right now,"s.iid the oflicer,
:ettinmg up with difliculty and straight..
ening the "kinks" out or his back.
"Wrap him un well in these blankets
and put him ~in a berth. Be sure you
make his ha nd< and feet wai m. I f you
have a eenple of empty bottles till them
with warm water, C,)rk them up well,
and put them against his feet. In ten
or fifteen minutes give him another glass
of brandy. lie will bo able to talk to
you inside of an hour and tell you where
lIe lives. But he will probably be too
weak to walk home; some of you will
have to carry him. Come, old fellow
(to the reporter), let us go. There is
nothing more for us to do."-N. Y.
Mfail amd Krporess.
A Curious Snuff-Box.
Shortly after the breakin out of the
French Revolution, its allvoentes do
nounced our Premier as "an enemy%, to
the human race;" that mati. "so easy
to live with," who sang the song about
himself, called "Billy Pitt, the Tory."
hlis Secretary on1e (lay told hiim that a
foreigner, who spoke En gilish tolerably
well, had t wice or tlrie asked to see
him; bulotnot looking like a proper ap
pllicant., had beni sent away, the great
lan's tnime being too pIeciois for him
to admit every st.ger whilo, on frivo
lols pretexts, m.rlit seek t grat i fy an
idle utriosit'y.. This person, however,
had said he shohil return in an hour;
the Secret ary, therefore, tiluoht it his
dhuty to in foimu Mr11. Pitt, of such int en
tion, and ask his futrther orders in the
alair.
" Have the goodliess," said the Min
ister, "to open the top left-hiuid drawer
in that cabinet, and briiir ie its con
tents."
These were a pair of pisto!s, auld a
morocco case: Opent Iig Ih latIer he pro.
(Ilced a suil'if-box, in wNhtichi was set a
portrait.
" Is that like our visitor?" asked
Pit.t.
- It is the mn1, Sir," :Isweredl tihe
Secret arv.
" La, I have expected hi m for some
days! He is senit over to as- inate
Me; so, IhenI Ie calls agi 1 l him be
"Sir!" exclaimed tle attached re
tainer, " will you ox pose to (1,-) aner your
life on wlicl so tn1eh <h-pentds.
"' There will Ie no dangtier, I thank
you; but ynou may be within call, if you
please."
Accordinugly the Freihlmuiiani , oil Iis
retr11nti, was uishered into thle room
wlere Willi:ini Pitt sat ahmne-a loaled
pistol in onie had. the miniature in thui
othier.
"11Mnsieuir "Mehle do la1 Toulche,"
said Pitt, calmly, "you see I am ir.
every w:iv prepalred for you, thanks to
an iet emCilployed by tihis Gove rnmei( t.
Attempt iyi lile, andi your own instant
hy pays the forfeit. In an1y case, I shall
have you secured. and given ver to the
law,'
The fintndel assassii stood paralved
a1d dumbl at this cool reception.
"Bt,' (onti tiued Pitt, "there is an
other alternative -personal safety and -1i
hiighi re w:i rds arei~ ni yCour p)ower. Sell
your serv ices to G reat Britain: nm:uke
your nu k et of wha :te ver seer t in for
liiatio ou t canl pro).ure, t hat rmuyguardl
ius aga:iin-t. thle miachuintions011 o1 youIr
(coutry-; he, ini fact, one of thle niecssa1
ry evils which policy force's uts to Use in
deosperaite caises; do( w ha~t Uno hono rale
ma~n couhi do0 to save yourself from
sp ee1'y deat th; y~our coniscienice is st aintedl
by 1 prosedC murd ICer. (Comlv per~iforce,
wvithI fliu-e condoit ions, aind v'oum shia'l be
as liber'ally pahI as you mus't, by aull par
ties, be jtustly dlesp i ed."
The Secreta:iry used to) repea:t hiis illuis
triouts maister's wo'rds, wvhiich we re, as
nearly as possible, to the foregoing ef
fect.
Thle clever miservaunt joy fully accepted
hese termis, antd for uo v vears e-in-ned
the bribe~ s of a syv in our'bhalifI .
No do4ublt a snull-hox waLs the safest,
umed iumn for the~ w aLrniigortria
fancy be ('as freq uent Iv :alorned sucht a
ihig: hil, hd te nina urei bee sta
aN a loe!ket, wvhoever .-aw it musitt hiave
bee sutre thai~t it (depic'td Csome real in
dividumal. --/. omtitn Noity.
Rich Find in a Trunk.
A young fellow who was one of the
I"reserve" was ordered to Rouen last
Iyear to se'rve the usual fourteen days.
HeI had no trunk. His funds wvere low.
He asked a maiden aunt to lend him a
trunk. She had nothing but an old
fashioned porfmnanteaui, which was so
Iqueer hie refused to take it. Hie could,
however, find( no0 other, and, ashamed as
lie was to be seen in snch company, there
was no help for it, shoulder it he was
obliged to (10. Offered1 employment ini
Roueni, hie made(1 it his home. Thle trunk
lay hidhden atnd forgotton m1 a dark closet,
un11l (neidy while rtminmaging he~ Camfo
upon it. Hie dletermiuned to send it backc
to his auntt. As he empJtiedl it lie fomndo
it had a doub11l ottom ; lie opened this
d 'ouble bottoum ; lie found in it $1fi,000.
h.e carried theml~ to thme banik and found
the mfonley good. He capl ered for joy, nmot
only with his legs but with his tongune:
so news of the dliscovery reach ia
his aunt's ears, and sheo said the moniev
bhlngedl to her, and she foumnd the j ui;
(ealer who hind sold her tie trtuik ; 1 o
willinigly becanie her wvitniess to this fact,
i1st aidded : "' Zat dirunlk ces my righid4
and( zat mionuish Ces mine." So they have
all gone to law. --Pars (/rrspondencc
New Orleans P'icayiune.
-A cutrious freak of lightning occur
red at the house of Alexander Avery,
('ent rev ille, Ala. None of the inmates
were killed, but the shoes of each were
d es troy0ed. Tihie str'oke fell on Miss Josio
Avery's neck, andh pafssinlg (down the
Ibody threw t he shoe firom the foot wvithi
terrific force, a great distance. TJhe
shoes on thle feet. of her mother were cut
to pieces, while Mr . Logani, a gue.-, had
his shoestrings torn comnphetely out, the
sole of one shoe wrenebhed off, and a
hole torn in the othier.-fi---Chimo Trib
In sentenirig a colored man who was
convicted of stealing a pair of pants, an
Austin Judge took occasion to say :" I
hope youi are sorry for stealing those
pants. ' " I was sorry, Judge, (10 samo
Iday I tuck (lom ar pants. I was sorry at
not flidinig nutfin in the pockets ceptin'
a kcar ticket.." The most singular
thing about the poverty-stricken p ants
was that they (lid not belong to a Texas
newsaaer man.-Austin Sifuinna
Fw Young Pig Feeding.
Few persons really know how to feed
YoUlj 1igs aright. They enerally
verFO the 0matter and give tiem too
aiuch at a time. 'hey muss and wal
'ow in the feed left in the trough, so
that it is unfit for them, and when hun
ger forces them to cat it. it makes them
sick. The owner, seeing feed in the
trough; either adds more to it, or waits
till it is eaten. In either ease he does
wrong. Before feeding the second time
the tIough should dways be washed or
swept out clean. Pigs should never be
made to eat food in whit I they have
ramped with their dirty feet. This
leads to the remark that their feet. should
not be dirty. The pen should be so
zonstructed that the feeding place-the
trough-should be sufficiently elevated
so tilat tie juices in the pen will not
nasty up" this part, and there should
be 1)eddiilg enough in the pen to enable
the pigs to keep their feet and their en
tire bolies clean, wlien this is done the
trough Vill not be so dirty and the pig
will (10 better. We have often cattionied
tgainisti giving young pitr t letrty
foo(d, as it is imjurious to thiei; so is
dirty food. The former produces de
rangement of the stomach and bowels,
leamding to diarrhea, and if cotiinued to
ilflamination of the bowels, and the lat
ler to nausea, loss of appetite and per
iaps the same results. In either case
the pigs do not thrive. Another mis
take which must be guarded against is
feeding swill or milk too sour.
WNheni wheat or rye branl is mixed
viti the swill, ferientation is ,very
rapid, especially ill hot we.t her, and
the swill will reach a colditioll unfit
for food before the owner is aware of it,
unless he mixes only a suflicient. quanti
tV at a timle for one or two feedinrs
ahead. Fermlentation in a swill harrel
whiere sour miilk is mixed with the coi
tents is aetively going oil all the time.
As fermentation changes the character
of feed, the farmer often feeds his
young pigs just exactly that which is
almo-t if not absolutely p) oisoous,
vhile he is Supposing all of the tiie lie
is givig thitemi t he most. healthful and
nutritious kinds of food. For instance,
he puts skim milk into his swill I arrel,
so much of it that it is not fed out as
it is simply sour and lopperd, and it re
mais there until it uilergoes the
other forms of fermentation, n 1111(h e
(oies either acetous or putrea*tive,
either condition renlering it unit for
food. A swill barrel, to put it in plain
language, so sour that its contents are
cither % ine(rar or alcohol, or so stiinkin?
that put retaetion is (' i(lelt, is not the10
proper iedium for healtiy pigs. The
deleteriouis etlects of k :d food may
be counteracted somewthat. by feeding
charcoal freely, which pigs, with a
knowing instinct., will always devour
greedily. " A lit tle and often," is the
rule of all successful pig raisers; a lit
Ie" im I neais jist I'hat the pig will eat
witbout leaving the trough, amiol when it
is first taken from the sow, it. could ba
mleasured ini a gill euip; as it grows older
aiid larger, the rat ion shoul growv with
mlereased size and( aippetite. "'Often"
mean s. when t he pig is youn~g, not less
thaii six times a day and when older not
less than four, uint iilie growing age is
over andh the fat tenin g season beginis,
whien a pig will eat three timies in ai (lay
alil the foodl it can dligest.
Ti do0 juhst right, the milk skimmed in
fti o~iirng should1( all lie fed by iiht
time the same dlay, t hat is. sk.immied or
sour milk should all be fed within t welve
hours aifter skiuin~ig, aiid birani ixCed
in it silud also be fed wvithtin t welve
hiours. lIn hot. weat her six hiouirs w~ouild
bec better. To manage t his business
prop e rly thIiere should bi11Ie two swill bar
rels, arole mix tuires be madle accordingly,
one lbeing fed as thle other is emtiedi.
F.D urtis, in Ru ral Newu Tork.er.
ThIngs Learned by ExperIence.
If your eoal fire is low throwv on a Ia
lelspooniful of salt, aind it will hellp it
ver~y mnuchi. A little giniger puit into)
sauaisage meat impiroves thle flavor. Ini
icing cake dip the knife frequently in
cold water. 1.1 boiling mfeauts tor soup~s
use cold water to extraet the juice. If
t hle meat is wanted for itself alone, phmge'
in 1hoiliig wateri at onice. You cant get a
bottle or barrel of oil off anty earpiet or
woolen stuff by applying dry limekwhatt
plentifully and faithfully ; neverpu
water to such a grease spo' t e'r liequid o
aniy kindi. Broil siteak without saiting;
salit draws the juice ini cooking ; it is de
sirale to kdeip these in if poss1ilte cook
over' a Ihot fire, turnig fre~enetly sear
inlg Onl b)oth sides ; placie oin ai p hit ter,
Isalt anid pwpper to taste. Beef hutvineg a
teneneucy to be tough ennl be iuale very
paltabe b stwig ver'y genitly fo r
two hours, pepper and salt, taking out
abiiout a pinit of litiuidl w'heni done, and1(
Jetting the resft b oil inito the mnent .
I rowni the meat ini the podt. A fter taking
upl irmke ai gravy oft the pint oif higiil
saved. A sniuil piece of chiarcoaul ini thie
poit with Iboiling cabbamge remioves the
smell. (lean oilcloth with milk and
wvater ; a brush and1( sohap will ruin thuem.
Tumbnl ers that have had mail k in them
sihou111ldiever lie put1 ini hot water. A
spiooniful oif stewed( toaitoes( ini the gravy
of either roasted or fried imen'ts is a'n
imphroveimnt. '[le skini of a boiled egg
is the muost efihencious remiedy thant can
wve, ando app~lly it to) the part alff(elted.
It will drlaw off the mait ter and1( relieve
the soreniess in) ai fewv hours.
- An Iiliois farmer gives an East erni
writer for the Newv E'ngland~ I lometead
the follow inmg directions for e urin g
galled shioulder~s in hlorses, amnd say~s
hat. it is iinfallible. Take ol leather
and lbuirn it to a crisp; rub the ashes oni
lhe galled part ; a few applicat ions will
effec, a perfet cure. A new wvork
horse put to the plow t his spring re
eniveti se:verad severe galls on both
shouldlers. A few applications of thme
burnt heathe1r made them as sound1( as if
never inju red, andi nio scar is niow seen.
--A cenlsus of the mnarriage'able
prin~es of Europe appears to have been
taken. .The age for marriage of a
prince ie, it seemna, from 21 to 4I: feor a
princess, from 18 to 28. '[here are thir
ty-eight mnarriageabl~e princes, and only
trenty-four mahirriageable prinesse4.
Germany furnishes the chief s Ipply.
I'hero are twenty Germ tn prinlee4 now
in the market, including King I['d wig
of flavat ia, the most eligibe aheo
in Europe.. tlelallr
T= name e
language is Rain. the
Gruscr 'gan to-writo
ane Fall of the Roman Em n
don in 1772. f
Ix Moscow the plague in
the Turki4h army carried off
tims in a month.
DUBING the fourteenth and fif
centuries in France guilty animal
fered death on the gallows.
PzAoos were carefully reared in the
island of Samos, and sold at such high
prices that Varo says they fetohed yearly
X2,000.
Tim Franklin Arctic expedition sailed
from Greenhithe, England, May 2,
1845. The last heard from them were
dispatches sent from the Whalefish
islands dated July 12, 1S45.
Tz English language has a greater
number of words than the French.
There are also in English a greater
number of ways to express thoughts
than in French.
TnH expression " commencement ex
ercises " is applied to the concluding
exercises of a college term, from the
fact that they mark the "commence
ment" of the graduate's independent
life.
Tim invention of glass is commonly
attributed to the Phconicians. Very an
cient discoveries of glass in Egypt have
somewhat shaken this attribution. and
it will remain uncertain until ftirther
discoveries settle the question.
THE phrase " suited to a T " is said to
be derived from the so-called T-square,
an instrument used by architects and
mechanical draughtrimen in drawing
plans. As the T-square is often used to
test the accuracy with which lines and
angles have been drawn, it is altogether
probable that the expression orignated
in this fact.
TrE word "vendetta " (vengeance)
originated, it is said, in Corsica, where
the practice was formerly general, and
still prev ils in remote parts of the
island. Tle custom, one writer re
marks grimly, flouri3hes among the
Bedouins. Traces of it are found some
times among the Montenegrins, Alban
ians Druses and Circassians; and, in
deed, it may be said that the custom
prevailed at one time or another among
every tribe and nation. Whenever a
person was murdered, the practice
among those holding to this custom was
to avenge the death; and that duty was
imposed upon the son, brother or near
est kinsman, who forthwith sought pri
vate vengeance upon him who shed the
blood of the relative. As the adn'inis
tration of justice became a more and
more settledl soc;ial institution, the cus
temn disappeared, although Corsica still
clings to it in its most cruel form, and
on that island it plays a most important
part in a social life.
The Library at Abbotsford.
Thle library is thle ha~ndsomest apart
ment at AI)bbotsfordl. It is Ii.ty feet in
length 1hy1 thiy ini breadth, n'nd( hazs an
immense.ii~ bay-windlow that a'lords a
charingi ggIlmpse of thle Tweed. Thie
ceiling is carvedi after designis from Mel
rose Abbeyv. T[here are t. wenty thou
sandi( volumes here and in the study.
Th ook-case~s were made under Sir
Walter's dlirectin, by his owvn work
mlen. Somei of themit con:a'ni rare and
curious old boo iks and MSS. that are
enrefully guard, d under lock and key.
llere', on the wall, is the portrait of Sir
Walters eldest son, whlo wa~s Colonel
of thle Fifteethl lussars. Hie wvent out
to Mad~ras inl I 8m, andt wVas a v'ery pOp..
ulhir and eflicient oficer; but lie soon
fell aL victi if o the fatal clina' e of India
and( ( died on thme return voyage to En
glandf, wither lie had beeni ordeed on
account of hiis health. 11ere, too, is the
bust of Sir Water at the age of forty
nine, by ('hiatrey. There are chairs
exquisitecly wrouight, from thle llorghese
Palace at Romue, thle gift of tie Pope a
silver uirn upon01 a stand of p)Orph yry,
from Lord Byron; and an eb~ony cabi
net and set of chairs presanted by lino
George IV. In a glass case, shiehled7
from the~ touch of proE alne lingers, are
the purse~ of lRob Roy; the brooch of' his
wifeo; a note - book ini green andl gold,
once t ho prop~erty of Napoleon 1.; and
a gold e n ui -lho . also g~veni by K ing'
( eorge IV. W hen this royal friend was
Itegent!, lie invited Scott to (ine wihh
him ini London, a~ldressing him famil
iarly as "' Walt er," and showvering upon
hijim ev'idences of his esteem; when he
su1crceded to thle thbronte. one of the first
acts of the kingly prerogative was to
create himii a lia onett.--M. Nicholas.
Catching a Crab.
A San Francisco correspondent
writes: They tell a story of a would-be
funny broker, whol( last season adopted
a most fiendish methodl of getting even
with one of the chronic flirts who are
said to' make the piazzas here lively later
in the seasoin. IIe obtained half a dlozen
ienergetic cralbs from the fishing beach,
Iand, watching for an opportunity when
ino one was' ini a particuilar' tank, except
the inconstant fair object of his ven
geance, he dropped in the crustaceans
(way up term for crab). The young
lady continuuedi her n atatorial exercises
(jam up for paddling) a few minutes
longer, whlen she 'suddlenly uttered a
blood-curdling shriek, and was helped
uip the ladder with a crab hanging on
her pink little too. She had several
consecutive epileptic fits while the ma
rine corn doctor was being removed.
Tlhe Mephistophelean glee of the broker,
however, gave him away, and1 for fear
of some counter trick he decided to bathe
early in the morning thereafter. A few
(lays after that the bath-house keeper
was startled by some terrific oells, and,
hastily entering the tank house, he
behieldl the broker floundering out with
a big, jagged-toothed spring rat-trap
clenchied on his heel.
"Who the dlickens put this horrible
thinr in the water?" roared the broker.
" I did, sir," sweetly replied the crab
bed young lady aforementioned, step
ping out of a bath-room. "I put it
there to catch those horrid crabs, you
know."
The broker wvent home on a crutch.
-On her wedding day, an Indiana
girl wrote something, sealed it in an en
velope, and gave it to an intimate friend.
"lf I am alive six months from now,"
she saidl, "give this~ back to me un
op~enedl. If I am (lead road it." On the
day t hat the half year expired the bride
comminitted suicide, and the inelosure
was found to be a statement that she
exp~ected no joy from the marriage, but
wai- willing to give It a trial before de..
ciding to take her own life.--8g. Louis
C(lonew