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Iwr, i ." . ,1- -- - 1. - K : b]fTeD To r0Lin10, MORALITY, 19DUCATION AND TO Till VVX2RAL INTEIREST OF THE COUNTY yD. F. BRADLEY & o PICKENS, S. Ct THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1882 , 2.VOL XI NO 52 as rised $250, dg a cotton factory. A bog owned by a man U1*srt2 ?etetburg, Vs., weighs 1,800 pdd Louiana proposes to enter etesv ly in the raising and manufacture 4 jute At fenrys, N. C., a vein of mweei schaum of extremely fine quality hi been discovered. Vicksburg's new cotton compresswit a storage capacity of 50,000 bales, ready for business. At a sale af public lands at Austh Tex., 60,000 acres were sold at flit cents, a mn named Forsyth taking i all. The State Land Office at Tallahasse has now eight clerks employed. Thre did the work before the boom reache the State. A man near Newnan, Ga., bas beei working an illeged gold mine fort, years and has never made a cent. H is still confident that "there's million in It."' The huge rattle snake recently kille in Sumter county, Fla., has been for warded to the Smithsonian Institute, The snake ineasured eight feet and two inches in length. Raleigh News and ObEerver; North Carolina has 178 varieties of minerals 25 more than any other State can show up. There are 112 varities of woods, and again we are in the lead. It is intended organizing the "Ben Hill Monumental Association" in Geor gia, the object of the association being to collect funds to erect a monument 'at Atlanta in memory of Hon. B. E. Hill. An old silver watch, once the prperty of Aaron Burr, and an autograph of Thomas F.Tefferson, were purchased in Richmqnd, Va., recently, by ex-Gov ernor llandolph for the New Jersey. Historical Society. The enterprising Texan who started u goose ranehe near Taylor has given up his project. The geese, 400 in all, died, failing to find sustenance enough in the grass on which it was thought they would thrive. The chestnut tree recently felled at Salis-burg, N. C., measures nine feet in diameter, and a lady and gentleman can 'walk through it without getting near so close together as they do at a lawn par ty. The rings on the tree indicate that it is 400 years old. * ~ "Pa,'what is a pessimist, and( what 1s -an optimist ?" "A pessimist, my Eon is one who 'takes the surplus kittens. just after they are born, and chiloro forms them. The optimist is one who lets the kittens grow up, to live a wretched, starving life ; to be tortured continually by boys and other thought less aninials, and to be finally kied - with brickbats and left to rot on the * street." Great war ships are costly even in + ~ England, where ship buildingr is less ex pensive than in this country. The Bit ish ironclad Inflexible cost $4,000, 000, but she is the most formidable war ves elever constructed. She has a tonnage -of '11,406 tons, 8,000 horse-power en gines, and an armor ranging from six teen to twenty-four inches in thickness She carries four eighty-one ton guns, which propel 1,700 pound shot a dii tance of nine miles. At the receut Forestry Convention at Miontreal it was shown that in Canada the annual production of pine lumber is 2,000,000,000 feet, requiring the trees et 1,000,000 acres, and that at this rate the pine forests will not hold out over fifty years, and not that long if the present vaste in cutting continues and fires arealowed to ravage the pine re gion. )r. Loring, our Commissioner of Agricuture, made an address to the conveition, showing that the pine for 'sta inthe United States would in Tex as befxhausted in 300 years; Florida, thirtig~ears ; Alabama, seventy years ; Missis~ ppi, 150 years ; Minnesota ten years ;, iichigan, seven years ; Wiscon sin, ti nty years; North Carolina, fifty 4 ~ years Louisiana, 540 years; Georgia, seven i-five years ; Pennsylvania, five -years Arkansas, 320 years ; California, '200 ye8s; South Carolina, twenty-seven years QMaine, fif teen years. The bulk of the pine lumber supply is in the Soutlfrn States, and from Dr. Loring's state 4ent it is very evident that it is a great ublic duty to prevent the present reckl as waste of timber, and to rehabil itate tasted areas by forest planting. Aretie Coal. Ti- existence of coal in the Arcticre gion ad the nature of its composition, cons~ ute one of the most remarkable disc erics in modern, geology. T'his coal pam, it appears, is fouind in the side if a narrow mountain gorge, the previling rock of the surroundmg dis tric14eing a shingly claystone of very irre l1ar arrangement, but mainly dip pin ~o the westward, and, so far as as certi 0(d, devoid of fossils, though the *veg tion presents no less than sixty spo s of plants. The coal has a bright, i appearance, is somewhat of a pit chara cter, and very brittle. On an sis, it cannot be distinguished from bit inous coal of exceeding good qua' Ity nd Is found to belong to the true egi niferous period. It contains some six -five per cent. of coke; andl those w are acquainted with the various (eo fields of England trace a strong ire. so lance between the Arctic and the E Jish.---. Y. Sun. A jeweler has long dunned a lady of ashion for the amount of his big bill b in vain. When he rings the bell t footman says politely but firmly : ' ir. the Countess only ream on TOPICS OF THE DAY. t ITALi has postponed specie payment till next April. * COwanUATa bonds are beginning to B look up again. TsxAs cotton is promising, but twen ty-five days late. News from across the big pond says a Sarah Bernhardt is seriously ill. IT WAS James Gordon Bennett him self who interviewed the Sultan for the Now York Herald. THE Czar is afraid of his crown. The coronation, we are now informed, will not occur until next May. IT Is estimated that there has been no less than 50,000 watermelons shipped north daily from Atlanta, Ga. IT is a fact that while at Saratoga Oscar Wilde registored "oscar wilde, london." Small potatoes, that. PORTLAND, Oregon, is reputed to bc. the wealthiest city in the United States in proportion to her population. GUITEAU'S skeleton is now in tho Na tional Army Medical Museum, Wash ington, but not on public exhibition. * i TrE progress of Dakota is indieated by the fact that she now has more daily papers than any one of the Souther;, States. WHILE General Swaim is still of opin ion that the confinement of Sergeant Mason is illegal, the confinement goes on, and in time the sentence will be served out. PAUL BOYNTON, the swimmer, figures up that he has saved seventy-two persons from drowning in his day, and the largest reward ever offered him was a silver plated watch worth about $3. DECREASE of the public debt for August $16,000,000. During the next two months the Government will dis burse $41,500,000 in payment of called bonds, interest on the public debt and pensions. HENRY WARID BEECiERI says that if he was a newspapeV man he wouldn't be lieve in anything or anybody that had an ax to grind. Yes, Henry, and there are lots of things that newspaper men don't take much stock in. IT MAY be creditable to tne Washing ton police that mor'e instances of insults to womenn are detec ted there than in any other city of equal size in the country, but at the same time it does not speakI very well for our statesmen. THE Jewish Afesenger rebukes the Hebrews for leaving their religion in the city when they go to the summer resorts, and says : "We have yet to learn of a single instance of public worship on the Jewish Sabbath at any country place." - Puch credits Anna Dickinson with this statement: " Well, yes, I was~ something of a free trader, but if that horrid creature Langtry is coiming over here, I am going in for protection. Oh, I wish we women had the makig of the tariff." Srx inches of rain fell all over North western Texas during the recent heavy storm, and it is estimated that 25,000 sheep, besides horses, cattle, mules, and sixty to seventy-five persons were swept away. About fifty houses are gone in Laredo. Ray. GEORGE C. MILN is preaching at Watkins Glen, where he will soon have an opportunity of meeting Herbert Spencer,the man whose writings, he says, first led him to disblieve in the Churcii and finally to renounce the Christian faith altogether. THE cook at the White House dm-ing die illness of~ President Garfield, wants to know why her name has been omitted from the list of employes who are to re ceive extra compensation. This is a re mnarkable oversight, perhaps due to the (!ook's lack of cheek. " I oprEN ci'oss the street to avoid meeting a man," says Mr. Beecher, "not because I have anything against him, but simply I do not feel liko speaking to him. I suppose all men are this way." It may be, but the question is, is this the right spirit for a Christian to manifest. THEs wearing of jcwelry is going out of fashion in England. It is regarded as vulgar to be seen with a display of jewels, unless it be on great occasions. Bare arms and throats are the rule in fashionable society, the wearing of ban gles, bracelets, and chains being left to those who do not follow the newest styles. ___ A COTEMPOftARY significantly asks: Hfow does it happen that the British in Egypt get regularly beaten in the after-' noon papers, and come up all right and getting on in the papers~ of next morning? flow conies it that the afternoon papers are so destructive to the British? By what line do they get their news? Those who haye access to both morn ing and evening papera may have often noticed this irregularity. IN Merchantlle, N. J., a Magistrate fined a boy $1 for swearing. This fur nishes a basis for calculation to a brother of CoL. Sellers, who lives in Camden. He reckons that in Camden County there are 70,000 people, half of whom swear. That would be $35,000 for an oath apiece. Each fellow swears fifty times a day. That makes $1,759.000 daily income, 012,250,000 per week, and, counting twenty-six good working days to the month, $318,500,000 each month. Tm Khedive has prescribed a treat ment of officers who come back to him from Arabi, which is calculated to wash out their treason, but not to encourage others to return; it is to have them keel. hauled by the frigate Seanda. Keel hauling is to pass a line under the ship, hitch the victim to one end, let him down on one side, haul him under the ship and up on the other side, making no haste in the hauling. It is intended to fetch the keelbauled to the next to the last gasp. IT WIL be remembered that General Sherman, not many years since, visited the scene of the present hostilities in Egypt, is perfectly familiar with the theater of operations, and during our civil war had a great deal of experience in flank movements. He said that Wolseley showed great nerve in taking the sacred bull by the horns.so to speak. without waiting for the result of nego tiations at Constantinople. "Ah, he is a great soldier, that Wolseley," said the General. "A great soldier. Tlie English people will pay him well, and he knows it." The General was evidently thinking of the difference between the pay of a General in the army of the United States and a successful General in the English army, with his titles and their substantial ?100,000 attachments. He says Wolseley's recent movement on Ismailia wa.s equal to anything of a sim ilar character undertaken by the first Napoleon. Chasing a Lion in South Africa. During the night lions have beer4 prowhngr l aboit (and keelpc)ing up a hid eous roaring, so I hurry away in front. with the lros)ect of meeting one stroll img home in the grray light, of the early hours. The air is raw and cold, so I miarch at the double-quick and reckless' ly thrust. Imv hands to the bottom of my p)ockets inl the h1ap)y colsciolsnes.- f not being in Regent street. Mv two u;ual attendants in iy hunt ing (\)edit ion have considerably shrivel up, and have (levelopied ill ashy comllexion un pleasant to behold, an d tlhe slink arond1) shivering wvith the cold aid doubtless elvying ime my pockets. We soon1 get, ai conisiderable dis taniee ahead of the caravani, and begin to keep) a sharp) look out for gae Several herds are described at a (listan11ce but, not caring to go far out of t he war, We leave these unm~aolestedl. Mat terS, however, (do not becc miore prom is ing, and we begini to concludte t he(re is to he 1no sport this mnorning. .Just as that thought shapes itself downi siniksi the guide in a crouching piosition1, wvhile he excitedly whisper-: "'A lion! a lion"' Instinctively we follow his examphlle. After a huirriedl glanice at myW ri le I cautiously raise my head. Lo'okiner in the direction indieice by the oiide I am11 mfortitied at steeing a line lion1 leisurely b~oundinug away thu~rugh the long grass. Risin~g ('rectI I fire in-e eipiitaitely. The lion, uniharmned, simiply~ pauses for a mioment ary stare awil thlen continues its course. ( rinding out ani ex pression of intense vexation1, and' yielding to thle impulse of thle mioment I rush after the an imtal in h(ot.hlast e. My servants, less eager and more wise t ha'n I, remain where t hey wvere. It niever occurs to mec that I have onilv thle r mlainingr eartridge of my~ doubhl-barrcel rifle for a possible encounter with t he enemy. T1he movements of the lion can onily lbe tra'fced by thle shiakinmg of thle gra: ss, andi( with eye inltently Ixed oin that I (dash onl pell-miel'., t ripping, st umbllingil andl gaspin~g for breath, whuile my hieort palpitates withI thle excitemient of thle chase. We ttms keep up t he race for about 300 yards, when all at once thle shaking of thle grass ceases, rem indain g me that I nuist procee. withimuch mo re caution lest I r'ushu albruplhy inito thle fervent embraces of his leoine hiigh. ness --a consummnation most (devout lv to be dlepreciated, seeing I have no amibi tion for the world's repriobation1 andh a wvarning epitaph, Moving on v ery stealthily for some( t imei I sumhlenily eme(rge into an open space, and as stud (denly halt translixedl; for t here sI:tas the lion at a distance of a lit tle more than fifteen yardls, withi its side toward me,. and evidently awvaiting~ my ap proach. The miomnentary shock gives place instantly to a st range feeling of ex ultation. With sneh a splenid oppor101 tunity for a shot. I am sure of my gamie! Mentally, as by a Ilash, I pict iu-e miy self exhiibitig the trophdieis of thle encounter to- an admiirinig troop of friends. I level my gun, and hang! it goes: To my in finit e nmort if icnt ioni, and, ats I think, againist fill the laws of reason, there is neit her the graind deat h sp~rinlg nor the last t rauwie roar. Uni Woundied and undaunte, there stands my dlangerous antagronist, "staring upon the hunter!"' It 'takes one or t. wo seconds to let the grim realities of t lie situation daiwnl upon0 my imaginat ion. Only too evidenmtly are tie tables t~iuned upon mue. I havte no ammunritionl, andl I daure not flee. To '"fix'' him with my eye unfortunately (does not occur to mue as. practicale. 0On the contrary, I have a very distinct consciousness that he has "fixedl" me, and. that. I should not be ungrateful for some convenient tree from wvhieh I might try the fasci nation of the human gaze. 'fThus for a little space, which to me seemed hours, We stand face to face. The lion seemsl uncertain what to do, but finally re solves to treat me with contempt. TIurning with dignity, he gives one or two powerful bounds and disappears in the jungle, while I, limp and be d1*gled, return to my mien.--Good Curious Corea. A tall gentleman of military physique attracted the attention of a Leader com missioner yesterday aA he watched the ebb and flow at the Union Depot. Upon inquiry it was learned that the warlike .gentleman was Commodore R. W. Schu feldt, of the United States Navy, who was en route to his home in the East. Commodore Schufeldt was sent to China and Corea by the Government on an im portant and diplomatic mission, and reached this country but a few days since, having accomplished the service he was detailed to perform. Corca is a mountainous kingdom of Eastern Asia, The King is a vassal of the Chinese Em pire, yet within his own country he is an absolute monarch. His name is so holy that no one is permitted to speak it, and it is rated high treason to touch his body with any weapon of iron. Tieng taong-tai-vang permitted himself to die of an abscess in the year 1880 rather than permit his doctor to use a lance on: him. Every horseman that passes the palace of the King is compelled to dis mount, and those who enter his presence must needs prostrate themselves before the throne. There are eight provinces in the Kingdom, and each is presided over by a Governor. The Coroan language is Turanian in its nature, but the educated classes have discarded it for Chinese. Buddhism is the official religion, and sacrifices of pigs, goats and sheep are offered to the gotis for all purposes upon the least provocation. Plurality of wives is not tolerated, but harems are in high fashion, and one of these arrangements Is attached to the palace of the King. Children fare well among the people, and strong affection for their off spring is one of the redeeming traits of the Corean people. Paper is the only thing of any consequence manufactured in the country, but trade there is entire ly undeveloped. In 1867 several Ameri can vessels were burned by the natives and Commodore Schufeldt was sent by the Government to remonstrate with the Corean authorities, but he failed and returned. Admiral Rodgers in 1-870 en deavored to enter Corea, and also failed, and the country still remains a sealed mystery to the civilized world. The Japs have got so far, however, as to be allowed to station a permanent Miiiister at the Corean capital, while three of the ports are open to Japanese trade, but further they dare not go. Commodore Schufeldt's second mis sion to Corea was to open that country to the world, and he was successful in doing so through the intervention of the Chinese Government. The mineral re sources of Corea are Faid to be great, gold, silver, copper, iron ore and coal being reported to be among its hidden treasures. TheCoreawomen arenot con sidered of much importance by the males, and among the upper classes the mar. riage of a widow is considered disgrace ful, and the production of the union, if there be any, is looked upon as being illegitimate. Widowers are, of conurse, free to wed a dozen times if they are s<o mnclined. There is another custom which Americans will have to remedy whein they move over, andl that is the cuiltiva tion of snakes. The average Coreani dotes on reptiles, and views thenm with the most profound respect and awe. Cleveland Leader. A Concert in India, We were once misguided enough to inquire of some native oflicials in India what instruments of music their town possessed, and were waited upon next day, in consequlence, by all the music ians of the place. First came a group of nine women who sang some wild and p laintive strains in unison in a minor key ; one of them kept time by occasionally snapp)ing her fingers, wvhile another performed a rude accomp~ ani ment on a small barrel-shaped drum, the ends of which were covered with goatskin. The head-dress of seome of these singers was peculiar, and consistedl of folds of calico over tile head and round the throat, rather like the drap ery of some orders of nuns, andl similar to that given by p~ainters to St. Anna, and other holy women of the Bible. The grouping of these people, ns they sat close together on~ the ground, wats ex tremely picturesque ; and listening to the sad sweetness of thleir strainls, 0one couldl easily inmagine such to have been the appIearance and thle melody of the daughters of Jerusalem as they lai mented by the waters of Babylon. The singing endedl, a man was seen to rise ini the backgrond, lifting ani enor mous brazen trumpe~t nearly as long ats himself, on which he blew two most ter rific blasts, excruciating in English ears. These sounids -were prolonged, anid seemedl to inik downi through a long wailing discord mnexp~resslibly p)ainfl to listen to, bult ntot unfrequently to be heard in that district of the Punjab. Tfhe effort of blowing the trumpet is conlsiderable, and we were gladl to make this an excuse for hearing no more of it, and submitted with the b~est grace we could to a performance of tom-tomi, wvhile two more men exercisedl their lungs upon horrid little trumpets of a smaller size. Wheni these were dhis missed we had a kind of duet all on one note from two men, one of whom beat a small drum open at one end, like a very Ideep tamb~ourine, while ainothier played1 upon something like a four-stringed banjo. Tlhe lowdr part of this instru ment was made of a gouird, and tw.o of the strings were paissed through blue1 ghess b~eads, while thme other two were raised by cowries of (different sizes ; thme banj wasfurther adorned b y the green adgllbl from sonie English cot ton-reel or piece of calico, stuck onm the stem by way of ornament. Perhaps tis concert was an unusual amount of native music for English peo Iple to hear at once, but no onie can b long in India without meeting with some of it. -Temrple Bar. -A newly-married lowa farmer, whose blissful slumbiers were dispelled by the tin horns and horse fiddles of a "charivari"' party, put to disastrous flight the disturbers of his peace by overturning among them hamlf a (dozenl bee-hives. The proverbial industry of the pugnacious insects provedl more ef fectual than shot-guns or hot water. Chicoaqo Journal. JESSIE IN THE LANE. The fields are clover-laden, The bees are on the wing, As Jessie, loveliest maiden, Goes gayly sauntering Adown the breezy lane. 'Tho merry birds around her sing, Nor warble they in vain, For Jessie's heart is tuned to song, As through the lane she moves along. She loves the purple clover, The drone of hurrying bees, The songs that float above her, The blossom-scented breeze That ruffs her sunny hair; For Jessie's maiden heart's at ease, Untouched by love's sweet care And finds dear Mother Nature yields' A thousand Joys in wood and fields. And now among the grasses, Along the verdurous way, Sweet Jessie slowly passes, And all the green array Scans keenly, if perchance A mystic four-leaved clover spray Reward her eager glance. In vain I not e'en her magic eyes Can lure to view the fateful prize! But see I one comes to greet her, In sober homespun clad. Why grows the prospect sweeter? And why, with smile so glad, Lights up her glowing face? Wor he is but a rustie lad, And sho-a queen in grace! Ah, that's a secret who can tell? ut Jessie likes her laddio well. Now side by side I gether They saunter down the lane. How lovely is the weather! How fair the bloomy plain, Swept by the summer air! And Jessie, ere they turn again, Knows why they seem so fair; For, looking for a four-leaved clover, Her maiden heart has found-a lover, ________ --Harver's Weeklu. Agrienitural Economies. The profit of the future is to come in avoidance of wastes of the farm. As the country grows older, land dearer and immigration heavier, competition waxes fiercer in all agricultural production. A ruinous share of the hay is lost lirst in citting when ripned to woodiness or dried to hardened st ems; then in giving it out to sustain life and aniial heat rather I han for fat, and flesh. Corn is also thrown away bY insuilicient or in judicious feeding. Thero is enormous loss inl keepinig a poor cow that yields three hiund1re 1d yallens of milk per an. num inste-d of one that priodltes six hunit1dred at about the same cost. One may bring the owner inl debt, while the other atfords a han-one profit on ex pelse of keep. A cow that gives milk only from April to Novemher, and runs (iry when forage is costly and milk is dear, shotld have a few months' extra feedini, and go to the buitcher as soon as possible. 'hat a cow is dry formore than six weeks is the fault of 'the owN ier in not procurinwr "the survival of the it test," an-d aa'1. perhaps in not sup. plying aimple aid steeuleiti foodi at all easionts, wlhile the milk habit of thc younig tow t., formuing. 'Ihe loss in milk an1d 1)cat by irregullar feeding and V Chan;e from freshi 'astures to a straNN slack and coarse hay (iring an in'lei. ent seasont, is an irrep:iable wast< which is proe'ted into the succeedint smumer Viitout regard to the abund anc~e of its p asturie. Thie losses from niegl igence, or wan of skill in thle preparaitioni for market, the imanipulation or mamnufa'lure faon raw~ material, is enormous. Milk 0' th( same <iual ity, of the samte cost, mnakes butter at lifteeni cents andl at half a dol. tar per poutndl. Mi xedl fruits sell in market att half the value of assortedl samples neatly put uip. T1hie pig prod. itets of ar famuous Massachiusettsq farm are dIi-posed1 of in Newv York City at twe'n Oy-t brecents per pound1(, while simia gosfrom thet average farnm commiiaml but t hirtmeen cenits. Skill, taste, neat , ness and( a well-earnled repuItat ion for rel iable excel leine get the hiighiest re wards - ive better dtividends thtan the capital and labor represent ed in the rtiodulct Oin whii'h they are e'xpendbed. iht(re is. solidl moneiiy ini tese initangrible v~ralable. Buit the w~aste~s that may be0 avoidled are num iterouis inl every depart mnut. < f agr1 iIultral pract ice', and3( enni no t. lbe hi nited at in a pa ragraph. TIhey are itllust rated in the d if'eritng costs an'd selling prices of the pr'iouctsof adjoin .ng farmis ini every nieighiborhJood of the 'and.-N. Y. Tribune. Straw in the Manger. It is not at all diflicult to rot dlown a stiraw pile, and by so dloinig to geritinato aind kill most of the weed seeds con t:line(d therein; b~y mlaking~ the stack very lat , so as to catch much water, it r'ot~s rapidly and3( 5( soon as 4t gets on1ce torouighily w~etted, t~y repiling, it soon hte~Ia t i u1 d eca s. J ut te at tack or pile' of st raw att best. ctins car' Onl and( silien int quanlhtitie's, .11ul these are thte most ennui on and1 I~~ li'ast valuale toOf all Ithe (elments of pltant, food. The quiant ity of potash, nit rrgen and' phos ph oie acid is very smalh in~l(eedI, and~ there is no miet hod by wh ichi tis p)ile of st r~nv enni in) any waly be c'htanged( into( lunte 'oltainling alily mnor(' of tht(se va:li:lble etitlnents th:mi we're in the st ack origlintl ly. If we tread1 this pit( dlownt it wi I ll ly 1be a pile0 of' wet straw, and( if we l ot it ever' so thoroughly, it rot ted( striaw, and , at becst , little bettler than so muc(h swamtp muck. It is on)ly by Ithe use of straw as n atbsorb~ent , and1( as a coarser' food for fatteninug aimt:the, alui3 by using wiithI it . muchl r'.('h food, suich ats corni, bran, oil or cot t nii-seed' mieali, etc., t hat. we enni (chanige it into mianuire thIat. shall reially be0 very' vahtinble to use, ando thait iii argly increase the cr'op's where ulsed1. lairCrgo ep' of grain) year afte'r y1eari, .l and sell the most valuiable partlt, and b~y anly metd ho itrin thre stra'w into manureil' that. shiallI keepu up te fertility oif t he soi: if we manure only withI straw, we mnust expe(ct to growv only :,traw upon the bol. It is unfortuniate for B. A. R. , 01' any~(i other1 man, to lbe so situlatedh that hte c Inniot affordl to raise stock to eant. up andt tread dlown thle str'aw, andt to be' ted richer'i foods, so as to make a full511) suply of ioh mnanur'e. With any systemj of farm'ninga we 1now have, the land41Ti mut , soor(i' 0or later, become ex. hauisted alnd cease to yieldl prolitable crops5 if we fail to return to the soil the es'ential elemenlts of plant food removedl in sneh ('rons.-Cor._N. Y. TIribtrun -Jordan Perkins was plowing with mule near' Eufaula, Ala., and, when irl the act of turning the animal at the en< of a furrow, madej a by striking it when It kicked him on the chin, shiat terinig it and his te.th, and cutting hi, tongnn nearly off. Migration of Seals. Of the different sorts of North-Atlantio seals, all but two are migratory-that is to say, the whole body of them move from north to south each autumn, and back from south to north each spring. Upon this important fact the great fleets of fishermen depend for their success. The annual southward journey of the restless harp-seal furnishes a vivid pio ture of these great rigrations which are so prominent a feature of polar history. Keeping just ahead of the "making" of the ice, or final freezing up of the fords and bays, at the approach' of winter they leave Greenland, and begin their passage southward along the coast of Labrador, freely entering all the gulfs and bays. They appear first in small detachments of half a dozen to a score or more of individuals ; these are soon followed by larger companies, until in a few days they form one continuous pro Cession, filling the sea as far as the eye can reach. Floating with the Arctic current, their progress is extremely rapid, and in but one short week the whole multitude has passed. Arriving at the Straits of Belleisle, some enter the gulf, but the great body move on ward along the eastern coast of New foundland, and thence outward to the Grand Banks, where they arrive about Christmas. Here they rest for a month and then they.turn northward, slowly strugglig against the strong current that aided them so much in their south ward journey, until they reach the great ice fields stretching from the Labrador shore far eastward-a broad continent of ice. During the first half of March, on these great floating fields of ice, are born thousands of baby seals-only one in each family, to be sure, but with plenty of play-fellows close by-all in soft woolly dress, white, or white with a beautiful golden luster. The New foundlanders call them "white coats." In a few weeks, however, they lose this soft covering, and a gray, coarse fur takes its Place. In this uniform they bear the name of "ragged jackets ;" and it is not until two or three years later that the f till colors of the adult are gained, with the black crescentic or harp-like marks on the back which give them the name of "harps." The squealing and barking at one of these immense nurseries can be heard for a very long distance. When the babies are very young, the inothers leave them on the ice and go off in search of 'food, coming back frequently to look I after the little ones ; and although there are thousands of the small, white, squeal ing creatures, -which to you and me would seem precisely alike, and all arc moving about more or less, the mother never makes a mistake nor feeds any bleating baby until she has found her own. If ice happens to pack around - them, so that they can not open holes, nor get into the water, the whole army will laboriously travel by floundering leaps to the edge of the field; and they show an astounding sagacity in discern ing the proper direction, it is supposed that they can smell the water at a long distance. Sometimes great storms come, break ing the ice floes in pieces5 arnd jamming the fragments against one another, or upon the rocky headlands, .with tre mendous force. Be'sides the full-grown seals that perish in such gales, thousands of the weak babies are crushed to death or drowned, notwithstanding the daunt less courage of their mothers, in trying to get their young out of danger and Iupon the firm ice. And it is toucbing to watch a mother seal struggling to get her baby to a safe place, " either by trying to swim with it between her fore flippers, or by driving it before her and tossing ifowrd with her nose." Tho destruc tion caused by such gales is far less when they happen aft er the youngsters have learned to swim. Does it surp~rise you that seals, wvhich are constantly in the water, have to learn to swim ? WVelJ, it might stagger the seals to be told that men have to be taught to walk. The fact is, a baby seal is afraid of the water; and if some accident, or his mother's shoulder, nushes him into the surf when he is ten or a dozen days old, he screams with fright and scrambles out as fast as he can. 'The next day he tries it again, but finds him self very awkward and soon tired ; the third (lay lie does better, and before long he can dive and leap, turn somersaults (if he is a bearded seal), and vanish under the ice, literally " like a blue streak," the instant danger threatens. But lie had to learn how, to begin with, like any other animal.-Ernest Ingersoli in St. Nicholas. --Twvo childlren, named George amnrt Ilarriet Grindley, ag~ed eight and nine yeairs, reached P~hiladelpluua the othier day, havinig traveled a lne from l an chest er, IEngland. TIhei r molthe~r is a widow, living in P'hiladelphia. and has been in) this country thiree year.4. When she left old England the child ren were placed in the Chuesterfield Industrial School, at Aanchester, whore they re mainled until sent for by their mother. l'Tagi were sCeed t~o their clothing stat ing that they were to b)e forwarded by t he National Steamship line from Man chester, and giving the destination of ihe lit tle traLvelers. TIhey were intrusted to the care of the steamship ollicers, their passag~e being paid for on this side. T!he children arrivedl by the steamer S pin sound and bright.- Philadelph.ia .?Wcord. Hlow to ('atch Frogs. TI'he WVashin gton 8tar thus tells how frogs are cauight in the Potomac: The manniier of catching thiem is to dIrift about. at night. in a skill' among the swampiijs which line the Potomac and1( its cr'eeks with a bull's-eye dark lantern. When tihe frogs begin their loud, gut teral conversation with each other, the huniter ed1ges up a~s near as possible to his gamie urnd tI rows the intensely r flectedl light, from the bull I's-eye dlirect ly uplonl the frog, which appears to have the elleet of completely paralyzing him. Once thle light strikes tnem they rare immovable, and will suffer themselves to be hagged without a murmur. One expert stated to a /ar' r-epiomter that he took a do)zen from off one o1(1 rotteni log in IIlunt ing Creek, but a big moccasin snake st ruick out for himi, and ingetting~ - awvay lie lest nline of themi. The frogs i are parlticularly p lump this year,. anid their saddles tender as aquab) meat. edy for aU to -It takel a iver fa from other wat - -Said a young she examined a oat its feathers"" has been moth eteu. -A girl who sets out 1t ful in a hammock has a hand as the'man who tres tobe with a saw-log following him down -DetroU Free Pres& -Said little Edith to her dals " There, don't aniwer mbtaek. You musn't be saucy, no mat$O'how hateful I am. You must remember I am your mother!" Strange, what arious Ideas children get into their headssomtzaues -Our Continew. -A Now York paper says "the Ice pitcher is more fatal than alcohol" That depends. An Ice piteher Is a harmless tbing In Itself; but if a man were to swallow one he would no doubt wish he had taken apint of 'aloohol in stead.-Norristown Herald. -"I should like to have a coin dated the year of my birth." said a maiden lady of uncertain age to a male so quaintance. "Do you think you coult4 get one for me?" "I am afraid not, he replied. "These very old coins are only to be found in valuable colleo tions." -She was an up-town lady of culture. She stood watching a boat loaded with ice. "What is that boat loaded withi"' "Ice," was the reply. "Oh, my!" she exclare,' in surprise; "if the horrid stuff'should melt, the water would sink the boat!"-N. Y. Sun. -Don't you known how hari t is for some people to get out of a room after their visit is really over? One would think they had been built in your parlor or study, and were waiting to be launched. -1/olmes. We think there is a typo graphical error in the last word of the above. It was probably a lunch, and not a launch, they were awaiting. Thore are such people.-Texas Biftings. --A Jersey man went to Mauch Chunk, Pa., to spend his vacation, and during his first night three old hens, which ha gone to roost on a tree outside his bed room window, were disturbed by a oat, and flew into the apartment. The Jersevman awakened and slashed a pil. low around until they found their way out. The next morning he.told his bost that he should come there every summer, for during the whole night he had seen but three mosquitoes.-Phila dClphia News. --An official in the Water Board of a Western city having departed this life, the city Government, who esteemed him as a faithful employe, sent his sal ary for t he remainder of the year with a letter of condolence to the widow. A friend of the latter in speaking of her loss remarked that the action of the cit had been veriy considerate, etc. "Yes, said the beretved one, "but seems' 'if they might have shut off the water for half a dlay at least, as a mark of respect for J olhn."-Boston Commenrcial Bulle tin. _____________ Some New Arithmetieal Problems. A Wisconsin school teacher had nine teen scholars and she figured up at the end of three months that she had be stowed 128 lickings on the school. Al lowing that one boy received seventeen of them, and that three of the girls escaped ent irely, howv many Jickings did each of the others receive. The average fisherman gets four nib. bles to one ite, and three bites to a fish, andI half his fish are not worth carrying home. At this rate how long will it take a fisherman to exhaust the sup ply of sheep1-hea~ds andl dog-fishiP T1he friends of a certain man chip in four cents apiece and purchase a sponge to prese'nt himii on his birth-day as em blematical of his daily life. The cer tain man lets himself loose on the donors aind damflages each one's head to the amount of !3. 47. How much is each donior out of pocketP A young man wagers fifty cents that he cani put a billiard batll into his mouth, and he wins t he bet. A surgeon charges him $7 for four hours' work in remov ing it. W hat wvas the exact gain in be ing smart? A man paZys fifty cents extra to take laughing- gas while having a tooth pulledl. The dentist could have pulled six as well as one, andl without any. further cost. Howv much did the patient lose by being so stingy of his molars? Thie cand y eaten by a school-girl costa just as much as her school-books; the peanluts she devours cost more than her singing lessons; her ice-cream costs more tlhan her F rench, and thc gas and fuel she consumes while sparking foot up twice the cost of learning her to paint landscapes on 01(d jugs and pitch. ers. Therefore, how many daughters must a man have to be rich? An Aleruuan pays a reporter $5 to write hinm a spcech favoriunw the ereo tion of a new school house, Butafter de livering &'even cents' worth of the ora tion he is informed that there is noques tion before the meeting, and he falls back aund breaks a pair of suspenders worth thirty-five cents. How much Is the great man out of ocktP Jay Gould's Time. Several weeks ago, when Jay Gould was in Little Rock, he was visited in his special car by a strange-looking, oddly dIressedl man. " Mr. Gould," said the visitor, " will you be generous enough to give me ten minutes of your time?" "Yes," said the millionaire, in a dry, last-year sort of voice. " Ten minutes, thank you, sir; write the check?" " What check?" said the millionaire, in a kind of last-month Voice. " Perhaps i'd better explain. A noted mathema tician has calculated your income to 1be $1 per second. With you, of course, time is money, face value. Now, you have given me ten minutes, amounting, you see, to $600. Have you got the money about you, or will you give me a check P" The millionaire Jooked at the man in silence. " Ill do the fair thing. Make it $500. Hanged if I don't be easy with you, make it $400-blame it, say $2(0." Mr. Gould looked long and inquiringly at the man, but didn't smile. --Arkansas Traveler.____ -Five firms -are engaged in Pitts burgh, Pa., in the sand and eobble-stone business, with an invested capital of' over $100,000, employig upwards of one hundred men. l'rom the beds of ', the rivers between 800,000 and 900,000 bushels of sand and gravel ate y'early taken. Cobbles-tones are secured about seventy-five miles up the Allegheny River._____ __ -Excitement was made in Boston by a newspaper item which said that the