The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, September 21, 1882, Image 1
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DZV~~~~~~~~i~ND TO LTIO OATpDUTINX o TRE GENHVR L INTERFIT OF THE COUT.
B F BRA .
PMRER 21 C82 VOL. XII. N..
931s of brashell
R.Skephens says h4
pounds more than he
d mp ot pure silver weighing
ond, was found hear Mag
a of a bottle of &iger
An Augusta, Ga., lady t<
sight of both eyes.
ship from Norfolk to Nem
eydays ago carried 20,00(
- asfrom Southwestern Virginia.
rth, Carohna hda 776 saw-mill
oth;a~pital of $1,748p217, employin
8, nds,pand the producta are wort
* II~2, 72,796. tl
The total consumption of cotton by
tCarolina mills and factories for
the year ending August 31, 1882, was
000pounde.
A panther sit feet in length was re
t)y gled In Buchanan county, Va.
d'or -it long time been a terror to
tl1b neliibdrhood.
-uring the year of 1881'ninety-six
"'.id cats were killed in St. Johns county,
and eo far this year seventy-six
ve frtten the dust.
he* average corn crop, in Tennessee is
,000,000 buele, but it will reach
1o,660,000 busels this year. The whea
crpp will reach nearl y 12, 000, 000 bushels.
Mrs. Bozeman, whose age is well au.
Aentticated to have been 1115 years, died
the Halifax county (N. C.) poor
hous'e last week. She leaves a great
great grandchild forty years old.
The-crop of sugar made in I'ouisana
during the seiason of 1881-2 amounted
to 159,874,950 pounds, equivalent to
122,982 hogsheads. The production of
olasses amounted to 9,691,104 gallon,
r 206,194 barrels. -
A teneAlabam lwpsoodyth.ls
Legislatureaprohbits1the iownersio
lw was were kidinJefferon countye
centl, ad the fa r i he dogetyfie
haean witeh duiseta h po u
poud"OO youghoeln but iht ity re
reluctant buoenag ahs opear.aTve athe
*crttp will frc nearl 12,000,000 bemply
mrs. s~otquite whsectable." wl u
- Iliftycae tounisi eri have ben15yorde
contied exaliy h county t. own.
hue prltio ek.Slents aecoming
s rtrn.dchild fortynidarbleyday
* Thenocrop fogr mae Siat oiGeor
Suga he seiason of the1-2tamoAeiutd
toa 1Department poubedin teuntho
122,98 ofghea0,00 Tuhes prouicnmake
-olahe-yel amoutequa to ,9110hallon185
which,19 aresogbe eadda
Anoaba apse y the largscr ro vrgt
erediunthe, prhiitatetenr.o
Th Blairh faiy, cofvictiomde t.hC.
lafu gilas dest Jommitted coutyide.
grtandthe omiter ofcie ther fa-ie
heantscaerny toAa iAdvere
poud" renoune wmeth tapt cile, a
- shrlct tennce One oerie atothe
manot i~ nt quite repeitaryervin
outaFifye cunties for mureri.aen
lic e aiour' wotes closea fan ta
andiuion mat coietete RoAle. io
mediine excluively t the icknty mtwn.
Thfern. tOn el t imts, bechild,
dioedrcently f ore foaniofmeca drat
ment, and fo the inumn ataer of Geor
gmaisetiatedhma byineStteto aderino
efurlD~tt to baeitie iThe nehor-b
r prosetd for,00,000fuslsmr, hichthe
naei abth ouea oie thby s1me
hich lmatter ha on. he prerddnt
naiah marsnmern crop eertgah
ere the atdofadare.anao
nThe Blaked Pfamiy, of NortheS.tern
exfu. giths ousot mit sincde.
orgifreegrandahr not mrthand her
granhaath aomiteigh sicdher fong
d0etdescapedol exeto al ua oferon
*airs ot tme sind, nage of sbohers
barls o i the Stae penrtnTha ima erig
1o0t a lifesupen ten e o uchrde wl
develoed at ittl ocklu coAr., Ito
onlmedne isgie othen sick no jmatter
wharedisealieseitngarich te care
sfeing. bOe ofth inmates a hl,
die rcnl ororchart of mtrt
men, ndth ihuamanagers and this
more han nhumnisitutin madieiao
Sefor tosav its life Teystaehould
prosete fo s iu nower andu the
ame f the hueb informsd bhe Goe
thing smckngtoh smente'fptheo
name s a msnome ral rfConplor'b
Thr is akiditof a dowedl kangrooe
res ,Its bod is abot ightincheas
lgtstreofg .r ntmoredthn6,
- marks.it Thi~es sumal osix inhels
6airsosito uppe p. eial rdis
J~'3~ oa~ ~. ira of Counoillor
- a o~ditor~ w$ do well td~refer
-~
,*a to his ~ lnasm~ich~
It oiUi state~ o~41t.
to t3~ereof am~*iIaJ tO~WOmo 16,..
ka, This sum oourt h~,ld.
IWIUJ OF THE DAY.
PEIfADnuraIA claims to have 5,000
laudanum drinkers.
PATENTS for car couplers are issued at
4he average of one a day.
A SOUTHERN paper 'calls courage the
teniporary paralysis of discr9tion.
BofoN, Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwau.
kee and Louisvills, are all holding expo
al1tOne1.
IT Is stated that the free ice distrib
uted by New York philanthropists has
caused much sickness.
IT is stated that the State coffers of
Italy now contain 550,000,000 of coin
laid up toward the abolition of the forced
paper currency.
AN ILLINOIS woman gave a tramp a
bogus quarter to get rid of him, and he
made it c6st her an arrest and fifty dol
lars in cash before he was satisfied.
I. 8
Tir Postmaster General has decided
that a stamp cut in pieces and thereafter
affixed to mail matter is not good, though.
the stamp has never been canceled.
THEi South will make 7,000,000 gallons
of cotton ieed oil this year, and you will
buy some of it put up in nice shape and
labeled olive oil from Italy.
- LisZT, the great composer, is always
surrounded by women, who cling to him
like lovesick maidens. He kisses both
hands and cheek whenever he takes a
fancy.
OwING to the oppOsition of the rela
tives of the late Charles Dickens, the
coilection of his earlier plays and poems,
announced for publication in London, is
to be suppressed.
IT is related that a young gentlenr su
connected with the English Foreign
Office the otherduy went to a telegraph
office and asked to see the original of a
telegram which had arrived from Egypt.
MousE, who invented the telegraph,
and Bell, the inventor of the telephone. I
both had deal mute wives, which leads
a wag to observe: "Just see what a
man can do when everything is quiet."
THE richest man in Mexico is an Irish
man named Patricio Milmo, who owns a I
400,000 acre farm, and is reputed to be
worth $10,000,000. When he went to
Mexico he had not a dollar. He got his
start by a fortunate marriage.
CzARi ALExAN~DER III. evidently ex
pects to survive his coronation. He is
adding to the seventeen palaces of his
father a new one at Peterhoff, overlook- I
ing the Gulf of Finland. Its founda
tions are to be completed this fall at ae
cost ef $300,000.
ETnENNE, the well known French au
thority on the subject, has issued his
estimates of the harvests of the world for
1882. His report is, on the whole, do- e
cidedly favorable, indicating no serious
deficiency in crops in any quarter of the
world, and a general abundance through
out Europe and America.
THEs MorriSon priesthood has been cir
culating a secret circular in Utah, giving
instructions to their people directlyr
opposite to the law rulings of the Comn
missioners. One of the circulars has
been unearthed. They also decide to
have three Bishops sit with the Precinct
Registrars and oversee registration. The 1
Gentiles are much incensed at the inter- I
forence.
A REPORT is current that 300 of Gari.1
baldi's old comrades have banded them
selves together with the determination
of taking his body from its present rest
ing place, and of causing it to be I
cremated according to the desire 1
expressed in his will. Whether the
report, which is believed iu.Italy, be true
or not is not yet knowa ; out it has been
thought advisable that a guard should be
placed near his grave.
EMOnY THomS sent to Mary Brown,
at Jackson, Michigan, slilk for a dress as
a present. He wished to marry her and
she was inclined to consent ; but when
she learned that the silk was part of the
booty of a burglary, she becamhe thie
principal witness against the wooer, and
he was sent to prison for seven years.
But they have become reconcile d, and a
few days ago the prison chaplain joined
them in wedlock.
TuE well kinown German newspaper,
Aigemeine Zeitun , of Augsbt~g, was
orgnll t at Tubingen, en the
year 1798, by the great publisher Corta,
and two of its earliest contributors were
Goethe and Schiller. Ameong the foreign
correspondente have figured some of the
most gifted and eminent Germans of og~r
age. Heinrich Heine..f~or instance, was
for several years its representative in
Paris.
Tmonrow WEED, in a rece',it letter on
civil service reform, complains that the
"academies and colleges contribute a
.very large contingent to the army of of
fice sekes." Mr. Weed expresses the
belief that theis is too much "liberal ~
education" in this country, which pro
des idtenlbss and office beggars-menL
whd reottoo ofeeing as a meausF
of-livingsand h get to Iting-havul
. THn mother-in-law of ths late Wathan
iel Adams, her daughter, her daughter's
laughter, her daughter's daughter's
laughter, and her daughter's daughter's
daughter's daughter are all living at his
late residence in the Boxbury district of
Boston, Massachusetts. Thus there are
aive generations of women in continuous
line living under the same roof, they
being Mrs. Hendley, Mrs. Adams, Mrs.
Wolcott, Mrs. Colby, and little Miss
Colby. Mrs. Hendley is ninety-five
years of age, and the infant a few weeks
only.
Tims is the way that Miss Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps characterizes the State of
Miaine in her novel, "Doctor Zay," in
the Atlantic: ."We allers do hev every
bhing wus here than other folks," said a
passenger on the Bangor mail coach.
"Freeze and prohibition, mud and fu
3ion. We have got one of the constitu
Lious that takes things,likemy boy. He's
bad the measles, 'n the chickenpox, and
he mumps, and the nettle rash, and fell
in love with his schoolmarm, 'n got re
ligion, and lost the prize for elocootin'
ill in one darned year."
Tis story of strange practice is told
>f a Kansas lawyer: The law requires
that a person must be twenty-one years
)ld before he can pre-empt land. When
)no comeas to ask if he can evade this
aw and have his boys, who lack some
rears of being twenty-one, "prove up"
aomo land, the attorney smiles serenely
md says: "Of course: certainly; it is
he easiest thing in the world!" And
vhen the time comes to make out the
apers the attorney marks with a piece
>f chalk on the floor, "twenty-one years
>ld." He places the afflant on the floor
tanding on these words, and has him
twear that ha is 4'over twenty-one years
Ad."
Watch Newly-Planted Trees.
The present season has been all that
ould be desired for trees and plants
t. 'ast, spring. It has been cool and
vet, excellent for the development of
oliage. The moist weather giU Lng
Lundait foliage has develoued plenty
)f root, but this root like that of any
>lant. in saturated soil is superticial. It
he season had )eeln less wet, the root
rrowth would have been less, but it
vould have been deeper. The ten days
vithout rain in this vicinity during the
ast of July, caused greater distress to
.orn and garden crops than would have
>een the case from three weeks of
Irought in an ordinarily dry season.
[rees planted last spr:ng and not
vatered showed unmistakaTle signs of
tit'ering. "Those who understood their
isifess prevented this, by giving the
oil a good soaking once a week.
The difliculty with those p)lanters w ho
arve not studied the nature of the
ilant s they cuiltivat e is that they seldom
ive water enough. Theiy water often
nioue-h, somietimes too often, but1 sup~er
ieiaI)y. 10 is dissipated by the first
tin, aind scarelyv reaches t he roots at
11. Let us illustrate in this way: The
rater ini a 20ond that is one foot deep
aas the same number of sup~erficial feet
or evapborat ion, as the pondl four or
nore feet deep. So it is with super
icial watering. T12he inch or -two of
urlface moistened is soon (dried out,
he roots having receivedl almost no
o id from the watering'.
In the case of continual superficial
vateringos the disability to the tree is
niensitlied; the roots extendl nearer and
iceri~i the surface rather than d1own
yard. The aut umn finds the tree with
Ci its roots near the surface, and the
iex t season, if a dry one, often kills it
mtright. In fact the secondI season is
onsidleredl to he0 the most critical in the
ife of a recently planted tree if it be
letieient in rain. Hence the planter of
>rnamnental trees and shrubs wvill see
he necessity of careful wvatchuing of
)ianted trees, especially such as have
wot made fair leaf growth, for ac'cordiing
o the amount of leai growth so wvill he
he root, for it is wvell knowvn that there
s no root growth until the leaves
xpanlhd; andl, hence, aga'n, the reason
vlhy an evergreen may be plantied at any
eason)f, nnd for the reason thamt the
eaves are always more or. less active.
n fact deciduous trees may be most
uccessfully planted when in leaf if only
he leaves be kept from wilting. So
0iso it is well known that a tree wvith
>lenty of top will make roots faster
han a tree cut nearly or quite to a bare
Scienco then, in tree planting, is to
ice first, that they never suiff'er for
vant of mo'sture at the roots; and .eee
md, that the roots be 11indCed to strike
leep s quickly as possib)le.-Prairie
'armer.
VANITY OF HIoI[WAYMEN.-A Galves
v'estoni lady wams readmng a 'Jtwspapelr ac
'out of a stage robbery that recently
loo~k plaice west of San Antonio and was
vetry inidigniant on reading that besides
robinig the passengers they had opened
the maul and1( read the letters, among
them, possibly, a letter the'lady herself
had( w'ritteri to a friend. "You needn't
be alarmied." remarked the lady's hus
b~and, "I dare say they did not read a
wVord( in any of those letters, as those fel
lrn a don't knowv B. from bull's foot."
"Why, then, did they make out that
they read them ?" "Oh, the~y made out
they could read so as to make a favorable
impression on the passengers."---GaS
t'cst(on News.
--There has been discovered in the
sandstone. rock at the Nevada State
Prison what is conaldered a great
"find." It is the marks of the sandaled
toot of a human being, and-the marks of
the track of a mammoth in the same
piece of sandstone, or upon the same
level, showing that man and mammoth
lved nhot only in the same age, but in
the same year, and, perhaps, in the
game day. These marks w * found in
the saodstono q uarry at. a d th of fif.
teen feet, on which issup to have
liocon, at tihe time the r s were made,
tihe borddf-of a lakT where 'mao
wo.t 4abing ad the gnammotb 4ig*,
Good Morning, Professor.
In thisfavored land the Professor Ir
running the Colonel a pretty close race,
and the Colonel may just as Well inder
stand that he has to hump himself or
he'll get shut out at the didtance pole.
Just after the close of the war the Col.
onel took such a start. that the most
Banguine friends of the Pro1essor admit
ted that he neer could (atchl up. But
the Professor is one of the immortal few
that were not born to die, and while the
Republic lasts he will be on deck. Seed
time and harvest may fail, summer may
cease and the winter may not. endure.
moining antld even time may pass away,
but thelPro 'essor will be here, This is
the country for him, and while it is deli
itely settled by the last "ensus that the
Colonel is dyin'g out, and that there is
now but one Colonel to every tHrty
Seven of population, the Profesor 'is
on the inerense ai(n holds all that he
gains.
The title is most honorable, atIl at
one tinie it represeited oiilv Ithe h):o:d
est scholarship, the pro'om'lest le arn
ing. It representedl lolr years of . ard,
patient study of tuen : and book- and
things. It meant toughit. It men t
brains. it meant wis ho:I. It imeant
standing in the world of intellect. It
was a title hard to win and sparingly
bestowed. Now -
A new barbr comes to town and
Opens I tonsorial ,ar0ors one roo)
and twio chairs- lie is Prof. Seraper. A
mun goes around the country tradn
hiors.-s and selling a core for rinr- bon'e
-Prof. Siaille, the eminent veterinaryN
surgeon; because where a physiciani who
miliste's to human utler aig, wth all
the learning and skill IIe colleges can
give him, is onteit :nd lponml to be
called dot or, the tra' clin "!2 'lhos: dloe
Lor" is always and everwher. '- Pro
fessor. " A man hiir,'s a iial :'nd teach
(s peoplc to hin:-e-P lrof. Li It o A
lHe' may not he able to imike oi l* s own ,%
:lls, an id spelIs scho ishe wIith se'ven
let ters, but .le Is IP'o eor. A circus
emploe goets 11) inl : ha;ll'oon -Prof.
a a ,I lit tiltrilv- "U'r11iniitti. A r tr (
priz. 1;-1146'r opteis a \- * i, l-*B'.111j aii{
boxing school .rof. Briir. ini traict or
of II .ini -ceiinv - ::ntI( 1:iu -a'ar devel
opienit. A inanl tak-1 h rii e and
ma~ke.t~i' Wm-u lriiuhi.. oyv in thev tar
ret out of '. b fort., at hhun
reth y:trils 1:of. ( o'--, i e 1 a er t lie
eoulltrY. fast ai t ie inmil ner
boy comiois iiorth anot brlak lio h e- fOr a
liviig - 'riol. Toce'hik. A ii:n11 swimls
furt her t ban v Wter IIm-m' - Prv-S..oir.
A mani ents cornsK :ii I -i-es houiins for
a livinIg - Irof-s:. he walt; thrce
hours without resting -Pro essor: phiys
the tiddle and impa't s to others the se
crots of the diabolical art-Professor;
walks a slack rope stretched across the
street-Professor; goes without cating
twenty dtvs--Professor; rides four
horses bareba;k--Professor; s ings in the
choir-Professor; teaches a brass band
-Professor; eures warts-Professor;
plays billiards for a living--Professor;
traims dogs -- Professor; perfo rmus soe
elever tricks of sleight of i:hnd-Profes
sor; (does anything in t he w~orld exepJt
teach, and knows less of books andl
schools than he dlacs of H-eaven--Pro
fessor.
The Colonel differs widelv from the
Professor in that no reason'is ever as
signedi for his being. A man is simply
called "'Colonel,'" (it her be rnse lhe wa's
a Lieutenant ini thle army or never was
in the army, it' is immaterial, lie is
just Colonel, that.'s all. Puit the Pro
fessor claims his title by reason of his
"pr~ossion,"' whether it be the ('01.
bhing of shoes or training of dlogs. And
as occulpations mi~eese mi variety so the
Pr.ofesor increases ini niumber.
There is nonor in the huonotrab~le o1(d
title still, to the scholars who have
tarnled it well andI wear it with dignity.
And it is a shame thait the title whic-h
belong~s ex\clusivecly to t'.ieir word shouild
have its livery worn in the circus, the
rat;apit and1( the .st ables. Let us boveyott
the bogus Professor as anU act of simple
justice to the Professor whiom we all es
The Modern Caucus.
An aiged citizen wvho wras one of the
early settlers, was seen coming out on to
the sidewalk in front of a pilace where a
caucus was betinlg held(, a few iiighits he
fore election, on his ear. Hie seemed to
be prop~elted by some unseen power,
and as he got up an~d p)ickedI UP his hat
out of the gutter, brushed the mud off
his sleeve and wip~ed the blood off his
nose, a friend went up to him and
asked what was the matter. The old
man said, "Weoll, I hain't attended a
caucus in thirty year, but my nephew
wanted me to go to-night, and wtheni I
proposed that the meeting he opened
with prayer, I think the stove fell over
on me. A fellow saidl, '0, give us a
rest,' and I don't know ho0w I got out
here, but I did. Why, in '49 they used
to open political meetings with prayer,
andl close 'em the same way. This can
cus opened with a knock down and I
s'pose it will close with a riot. Hello,
there is another man riding down stairs
without any saddle, and I s'pose he pro
posed some old-fasioned custom. Sy
do you think my oye will be b!aek ? I
told the old lady I was goin' to meetin'
and I wouldn't ike to have her think I
had lost my temper and struck the sex
ton. Well, that's the last politics for
me." The old man, however, got a
policeman to go with him while ho voted
on election day.-Milwaukee Sun.
--A young lady visiting at the resi
donce of Charles Ketchum, Westport,
Conn., went into the kitchen the other
day to procure some sugar. It so hap
pened that she found a great marny ants
in the sugar-box, and she had consider
ab)le to say about the "horrid black
things" as she called them, and hoped
the houes would soon be rid of them. A
colored coachman who sat at a table
evidently thought that her remarks were
intended for him, for he went out
to the barn, where there was a pot of
black paint, and, taking the brush back
into the kitchen, drew it across the
young lady's forehead. Mr. Ketchum
was sent for, and, as soon as he learned
the particulars of the affair, he paid the
coachman's wages to date, end tave
him just five minutes In whih to ev
*0 prmiss,--Bofor 10s5,
A Very Rich Newsboy.
Boston, New York, Philadelphix,
Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, San
Francisco and Kansas City morning pa.
pors I"
This cry has been heard on the streets
of Denver for years. It is uttered by a
s(Iuare-built, smooth-faced, matter of
fact looking man, whose voice has struck
a certain pitch which has increased in
force with long practice.
His name is Mykins, and lie is without
a doubt the richeit newsboy in the
United States. Mykins has discovered
no gold mines; he Is no bonanza king.
He has made his money by selling pa
pers at ten cents apiece and blacking
boot s at ten cents per shine. lie in
vested his noney in property in Denver
and loaned it out on good security, and
he is worth to-day from $10,000 to $50,
000. A queer fellow is Mykins. Night
and day he hawks his papers on the
street. He knows just where a paper
can be sold. le is at the depots at the
right hours; he knows just when to go
to the hotels, and he can spot a stranger
on the street, and sell him a paper,
while one is wondering what place he
came from.
"Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Lonis, San
Francisco and Kansas City morning
papers!" There the cry is heard where
many people are gathered together, and
there many dimes are raked in.
One day Mykins passed. "Do you
see that newsbo3 "" said a gentleman to
the man of news. "He is worth $50,
000."
" How does he make itP"
" He came here a few years ago and
commenced selling Eastern papers and
blacking boots. lie averaged $10 per
day at the former busines.-s and no in
considerable amount from the latter.
le invested his money and now owns
several fine residences on Lawrence
and Fourteenth streets, two or three of
those Grant houses on Walter street,
some fine property un California street,
and besides has any anount of no-noy
loaned out at interest. He is a rustler,
and will still black your boots for a
dime-at least he would a few months
ago."
Trhe speaker led the way to the: news
boy's stand. An old coal box neair the
corner of sixteenth and Larimer straots,
with a boot blacking chair and appa
ratus at one end of it, making the place
of business of a man who was worth
enough to make him comfortab'e for a
lifetime.
"Why don't you interview Mykins?"
But this was easier said than done.
Mykins is cvidently a man of sterling
business principles. One dime realized
from the sale of one paper is evidently
more to him than an hour's conversa
tion with the most interesting gentleman
im the world.
He did not desire to tell anything
about his business.
Yes, he sold a good many pIpers.
bometimes lie had a boy to help him.
Hie had been herie several years--yes.
Most of these patpers are shipped
through to Myk ins direct. They cost himi
from two to four cents, lie sells them
for tenl cents a number. lie p~refers to
peddlle themn On the street, anid dloubtleSs
h as found that the most profitable man-1
ner of conducting his business, lie
knows the value of his Lrade, and that
small businesses are often more pro lia
ble than large ones. By careful atten
tion he has worked up a line of custom-.
ers to wvhom lhe del! lers papers at fifty
cents pern week.
Mykins is unmarried, lie looks like
the hard-heaudedl business man that he
is. IHis face is bronzed by exlposure to
the sun and rain. Is features are
sharj). IHis voice is as harsh and pierc
mng asyears of continuedI exertion in one
strain can make it.
"' Some (lay,'' continued the first,
speaker, who start ed the tr'aini (f
thought about Mykins, '"I should think
he wouldl want to retire from the boot
tlack ing and news business and live on
his riches."
Perhaps he may.--liencr TIribine.
A Change of Mlml.
SThere is a certain man in this town
whom I'm going to lick unitil he won't
be out of hed for six months afte'r, and
I want to know wvhat it will cost me?''
So saidl a mian who entered a Gris
w~oldl street law' oflice yesterdlar, andl it
was plaini to b~e seen thilathis (lander was
way upl.
''Let's see ?" mused the lawyer. "'Ill
defend you for $1(i. If you lick him in
a fi rsteclass mannier your tine wvill be
[about $25). Then there will be a few
dollars costs, sa,y enough to ma~ke t lie
wvhole thing foot up $40. I think that
I can safely prnomisC thait it wvon't cost
Vou over that.'"
"Forly dollars! Forty dollars for
licking a nman! WVhy, 1 can't go that!'"
"' CelI, puli1 his- niose, then. The last
case I ha-1 0: that sort t he fine was only
$15. 'hiat will reduce the gross suni to
thirty."
"'I want to tear h im all to pices, but
I can't. afford to pay like that for' the
fun. How much would it c< 4t to spit
on him?''
"' Well, that's an a- sault, y'ou knowv,
but t he fine noghlt not h~e over te dI ool
lars. I guess $-?5 wvoukl see you
through."'
"Landls! how 1 dlo want to crush that
man! Sup po';e I knrock his hat ol?"
"Wel!. ab out $20 wVo'.d cover that."'
"'I :an hiardlhy hold myself, but 820
s prety steep. Can't '[ call him a
liar.''
" Oh, yo1. I think $15 would cover
that."
"Well, i'll see about it. I'm either
going to call him a liar or else tell every
b odly tha nt ho is no gentleman, or else
giv e him an awful pounding. PIl see
you again."
" yfee is $5," observed the law
yer.
"What for?"
"For my advice."
The pu~lverizer gitred at him for half
a minute, and then Ilaid dlow .4; "Vy."
and started slowly out with tI remark:
"FIm going straighfrto that athan and
beg his pardon, and tell him that I'm
the biggest fool in Detroitt Thank
heaven that you didn't go ut one0 claw
Onl me!"---Detroi t w
BALLADE OF A COQURTTE.
She weat's a most bewitehing han;
Gold curls iiato captive in a mot;
Her dresses with prdelvion haig;
Her hat observes the stylish aet;
She ha a poodlte for it pet.
And drives a dah4111.( dra-r ar'l pony!
I kviow it., though w've never- int
I've seen her picture by Sarony.
Ier phrases are all fraught with slang,
The very kttest she0 eii get ;
She sings the songs that Patlence simg,
Can whistle airs from "Olivetto,"
And, in the waltz, perhaps, might lot
Yousqueeze her hand,%with goni- ill stony:
I know it, thoucli we've never met
I've seen her picture by Sarony.
Iler heart lias; never felt love's pang,
Nor knowi a inomIntitary fret ;
Wnt never wound,4 hir with hiv finn;
Sli likes to rit l'aipa it debt;
She'll smnoke n Hleider eigaretto
.'1b rosa with a favored cronv:
I know it.. t hoIigl we've never' iot
I've seen her piceture by Sarony.
ElNV1O Y.
1'rliicoO-, bewIre thisi gav cojuet t a
Mhie lais no tliotights of nintriAnony:
I know it, thomh we've 'iever itet
I've Mseet h-1 tet.ire bv StroM. -
-Frank ). Shernamn, rI Centi'y Magarinse.
The New Methods of Farming.
The time when the manuring of the
land and the feeding of live-stock had
to be done without any guide but ex
perience is coming to an end, and very
lortunately so, since the old farming is
becoming unprofitable on all worn soils.
The science of fertilization and the sci
ince of feeding had their birth just as
the old-time farming was declared not
to "pay." As natilr's bounty seemed
to be exhausted, and the earth to refuse
her increase all along the castern edge
Df our continent as well as in Europe,
the invest.(gations of science revealed
the fact that there wero other manures
besides those of the farm-yard. It re
vealed also the fact that by a proper ad
mixture of the old and the use of sono
new footi materials, domestic animals
might, be reared far more economically
and satisfactorily than before. An'd
this latter work has been also very
greatly helped by the al)plicaItion of
science to the breedinr of these aniimals,
by which breeds are now produceed
which are especially adapted to ea:-h
distinct purpose for which such animals
are desired.
Seie-ntific study a)plied to farming,
though yet il its infane'-, lits done
noble work in solving its most. dilielult
proble-a, and has much more than no
comlplished the proverbial feat of miak
ing two spears of grass or grain grow
wiuere one grew before. The immens
an1d constantly growing use of Vom
imercial tertilizers all over i the civilized
world attests what science has dlone in
that direction, which is yet but a drop
in the bucket to what we shall see Tho
wonderful improvemuent in every specius
of live stock is. to the eye.s of every
middle-aged farmer, a Constant sulbjoet
of sirlprise. The. fat oxln, the( -trint
or fast horses, tle detep-wooled sheep.
tile round and tilkv swine, the milk
yieldinhg cows with thi-it- great. recordls
of buttter and1( cheise, are as mutch a
cause of wonder and at mark of the proo
ress of this new age as arec thle muechm
ical (discoveries, the steam engine, thle
iron steamship, the railway. the elec
t re telegraph, electrie light anhd elect ric
motors, the mowingo mach inc and the
si-wing-miachinue, and all the other won
dersof the time.
I iut as the old-time stage-driver can
not, without miuch instruction, become
a locomotive engineer, nor the old-time
p)ostmatster become t lie skilled t elegraph
er without trainiing, so nmeitmr can
the wor-k of the farm now be suecessfuil
13y conduIctedl wit hout the possession of
linore knowvledge than was attainable by
our- fathier. }ariniig is rapidly beOcomi
inig a skilled proftession, sulc-es~s in
wvhiich will regjuire a liberal training,
eqiv-alent to, t houg-h not the0 same as,
that n hich ha~s hieretofore been gi venl in
what are cal led the learned professbins.
As muc-h and aIs varied~ knowledge is
nowv about to be apll)~ied to the pr'odutc
tioni of farm crops5 iand their profitlel
use and disposal, ias ever went to make
the best lawyer, minister or (dOctor' of
medic ie.
It is hardl to reaLl/.e, at first, what all
t his really means. It is no wonder that
so many old1 farmers have thrown scorn
upon01 h ook-farining."' The history of.
the world from the time of Adam re-.
veals the tiller of the soil as always an
uinlearned man. "T'he times of' t his
ignorance "' Godl providedl for bv stor
ing uip in thle prinmeval soil a f'und of
fertility which shoul la-t until man
kind grew Out of its infancv But now
the time has (come for all rdin to( openl
their ears and learn, b~y thle study of
God's works and1( ways in nature, to
provide for their own wants.
T[his then is what we must dio: wce
must s-Itudy nature, and in (doinhi thmis
the farmer hecromes an educmate, and!
maty become a learned manl --as learn'ied
as Solomon, w~h~o was said to ha~ve
known all thle plait s in his dlay--- andl
more learned, for we must not oily
know ;of plansI atnd aiuiis, but.
we mutlt learn the laws of t heir life aind
g rowthi; and not only that, we muist
have skill to aplyl those laws pracI(t ical
ly, andl make both plants and animals
giowV aecor-ding to our will, so as to
gn~ c us suistenaince and1 wealth.
In short, the iday is now at hansi in
which thle farmer is to be raisedl through
kn rowledge, not from labor, but fromu
uininite-lligent dtrndgery t o int elligent pro
(dlition, ando a master.hipj over* nature
in lie pbic of his oht slaverv to nature.
Uraer.,t :nding nature's foricea, we are
to dirot. t h lem, inisteadl of being directed
by them. \' more than the subtlety
of Jacob), we are to mld~ the cattle to
our will andi profit. W ith more than the
wisdom otfl ' p oin, we feed and nourish
as well as sttUS . pln'nts of the field.
Atab the umiddle ag' and older farmers
of thle time r'oising themselves to these
gr'eat fae' . antd taking themn in iln thejir
lull signi ionee?' If so, they will be
found .iiding amtl favoring every means
to lit, the gr-wvng generva' ion tor thleiM
mm av anil wvonder'ful inheritance. -N. Y
((; atnin'.
-At the pr'esent rate of consumption
it is etstimiatedl that the sulply of white
pino timiber in the United States will be
exhausted in twelve years.
A CEtoAO physician - perhaps an~
alarmist-olaims that the winter chiolera~
in~ that city is a forernnerO~ o aellr.
W00WS* avst WouE,
sat of 0
-Little do
fashion 9AS
Way, 01 MOO.
In the
Herald. ~
-Anxiet.r
1o. you have '
here by n
Rollo, siter
ting: "Me Is
now; me's tire.4
-PreparI for
honest drivet
ho, e. Wilt uo,
Y -~ he w0! les
Th he will 4t'Iw
man who boogl
Journal.
-To be mas
duct is the hig
young woraun w
propriety too sooae
matrimonial aspir
dress and act like
better.--Burlingtop
-"Any chlldretil
of a gentleman seeki
Cherry street. "Ys
talking, then;' *wat
children." "But mihi
enough- to kill," mildl
gentleman, as he tn
Waterbury Amecem
-A gentleman in
out the other day with., A
and his baby sister,
hesitated and remarked t
it was going to rain. Lii
did not like '.hIs, gpd said *b
that it wouldn't rains :-,,
will you bet P" asked hiunnele
said Georgie, thinkipft um
bet 25 conts." **Pu U
said his uncle. But
baby Grace discovered -
rain, and drawing attqn
said gravely: "1 Bak
oo umbrellar."-Dettoit
-A Conundrum: "I1
prettyone Canst tell =41'
nelon is like unto a b
voice of the noble Sir
the sound of his words, t
his well-beloved niee, rahl
loan orbs (blue eyes) from tho
work that lay entangled la
like fingers. "Nay, e lord,"
nwered in her piccoloost 1pnes'
me an easier one." Ike a*
river chafing its rugged sbores, or'a
cano getting read for a
greatt limpid laugh it rgh t
anatomy of Sir (raland e replied
"Biecause, me dear nieg, It ne
readt until it is ope
script. opn"-eq4
USEFUL AND SUOGESTiU
-The real old harvest apple
grandfather's days is to be ~o
more.
--The farmer who leaves lfI
rot in the fields all winter Is us
one wvho finds most fault withr$.~
dition of the country.-N. YE ilergk4id
--The Gardencr's Monthh/y sayw:".
the laundry folk on over'. wash da~'
pu the boiling-hot do ~ a bu~
the roots of peach trees.
stroy the insidious little'fun
p~rodulces the 'yellows' and Othek'dle
cases, and finish the lairvie oftn'ects 4
which are injurious to the trceea?' ~
--Red ants are said to liena
ter even than sugar; for thise roeo
the rod ants are troublesome in-i'
or store-room, set a plate well gt'ea 4
with lardi in the room. It will'soon
covered with them, and you can di
of them: put the plate back,- and
on doing so until they are extrna
-N. Y Post.
--Marble Cake: (Light.) QOe
sugark, half a cup eaoh -of but~or a
mkwhites of three eggs, two
flour, one and a half teaspoonful of
ing powder. (D~ark.) Ialt a cup eah
ofbrowrvvsugatrandl molasses, ongdotith
cupeah f uterand milk,. twc, ps ~
of flour:, the yelks of three egsa 6
and a half teaispoonfl of baklg pc
-A correspondent of theQe
er suppllies that, paper with the (4110 -'
mng on the subjlect of potato.roi~t'
"'ttried an e xperiment with' poatp
this autunm. as seed was searoe.
cuttingosof pot ato tops and pla*ste ein1
mn the wet weather, and the. 'took root
and bore a better crop than tne originsl
root. Some of the seed potatoes wpigi
crowing strong befort le the,.
slipped off' the superledtaot
planted them, with very g4 sred
and' any one with a smnan' Su of a~'
Beed1 may largely in'creae f, b&tIW 4
simple mlethodl." .'
--One objection to a largo farz~ o
sufhetient capavsty to meet the wa eo
a great farmer, is that it cone~
aih the crops and all the manure o A*
point. in harvest tir4 short h~u
hay and1( grainx saLves valtiablet *,.
when manure is to be drawa. she
tances to the lieldls from the,h4j
better to divide ori h~u'efarins gad la
two or mnore separate goint., of odulcetl
traltion) in dIistributtionel. and therebs y
great coat, to team woli2[, An4___
is very wise to divide tbfheI
as to niot have them aill 1)b
These are trenleral 0o -&
The -Mate's 7in
One evening, when Ilhpto
n iIld and whirling, I aske& 1.W
coiming on to blow. "NoIge ot
said he; "bum-by the moop wllbp.
and scoff away that 'ore lce~C
His intonation set phra~e 's3 'we~.
in quotation mnarks as $laitr as ttf ,
I put a query in each eye d~
went on. -
"There was Dutch cappen on~
his mate come to in in the~
where ho sot takin'his schnapp af'eS
'Cappen, it's a getthP' thuo t an' .
kin 'd aqually; hedn't we's' good's sh
sall ' 'Gimnmy my ahnamock,'. *j
opppen. So he looks at it a ap6
says he, 'The moon's 'due in T
.in hour, an' she'll scoff away'
clare agin.' So the mat6 h'
b~um-hy down he come agifi
'Cappen, this 'ere's~ the sal
fullest mnoon't ever you did
scoff'd away the main
. shie's to work on the
(Iuess yott'd better look ini '
agin. an' fin' out whenm this. an'
So the cappen thought iJf was
to go on deck. I scadigJ
Dutch cappens be.
----The largest theatertse
.house in I aris. It oUvce ' e
'4te fF~n.IsOE
acres of ground. Its eubjo~