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VI.x.PI(E NS, S. (',, 7'IItH SIAY. J ULV 2 1.NO 3 '1'IlOU(GII'l'S FlOR TllE M NT01. SON LirE i MIAON\ti1h t+l'/:G;FTIONS 11nO31 What W%Vork the l.ooid luruierm Hsii h el in tihe Mouth of .1uly--.tn~lIntert"sil,p ILr:I4e14 Fromt an Intelligent Vriar. (W. L. Jones in the June "tCultir. or.'') Summer crops still require dili;;ent cultivation. )roughlt and heat ire to L fought as best we may, grass and weeds arc to be kept (owi, and ti Im mation in the soil of available phnt food to be promoted to the fullest extent.. Ono of the greatest antidotes againist drought is an abundance of humus in the soil. A farmer cannot stop now to sut',plly this in a ficld where there is a growing crop; it must be looked after in his general plans, embracing proper rotltiois, and resting of land, or during winter, whhn leaves, pine and other straw may I. hauled out and scattered upl,o'i it. But good growth of peavines sulllies a lirst quality humus for old land and peas may be planted for such purpose during this and next month. If seed are plen tv, they may be broadcast at the rate of one and a half bushel. per acre; if seed are scarce, plant in drills two and half to three feet apart, either sting peas thin ly in furrow or dropping live or six inl hills lifteen inceis itart. Cultivatio:. will induce so much imore vigoions growth that the drill(d pe is will niktt about ais mucl vins is tih broadcast. Where vines is the object alimost. any variety will answer, the olbl-fahisionied cow or clay pea beilg one of the becst. For this work, in mii i -smuliner, one his to catch the seasons; start plougl after a rr in as soon i as pract ical,ie, and drop peas in every third or fourtlh furow whent one intends to drill Ibreaking land and planting seed will thuis go on to gether. Our cxlirience is that peas must not be llaiitt( dee1 to clue II well; and narrow scooters are the 1best ordinary plows for tl is work. Probaly a deep cutting harrow, like t he dise, with a seeding attaclmltelid, night he m:ade to do this work very rapidly mn grotund not too hard. Let us always keep an eye out for means of accomplishing work rapidly; economy dem:nis it, and the rapid drying of the soil in smtunm'r imlakes it a very great necessity. Time under such cireumstances is liiost valuable; an opportu ity lost may never be recoivert d. But let us go back to the cultivattion of cli,ps. Mluchl of the corn" receives its last working this montllh. 1 et this lie thoroug'i, in the sense of stirrintg every inch of the surfaee, but let it be only tit surface. I)eep plowing of cirmn after jointing fairly b egiils, is utnduthiedly injurious. SotIetlia'es a 1,reiul( l rai'a fall ill part wards oif the tanagie, but only in part; it cannot wholly conltiract the hurt; the htcel-screiti is the Ibest single 1)low for htying by cori; 111prcily set it leaves the surface applroxitmaltelv 1ev(". A wheel cultivator nm:ty b itugl to run shallow enough, and will th(n a:isw er v iy w ell. If the crop h:s. it e tn j nlici ously cultivated up1) to this titue, 1o( ' hoe work will lie reiquired; if needed, how ever, give it. Let the lud be left per fet.ly clean unless it is tit"cidd to soW peas . I the corn-an old iiil excell("nt practice. Ics will interfere less with the corn than gmuss o lweeds, aind the latter are sure to coie sooner or later. But if the cori is laid by perfectly clean it will he pretty thorughily lmlatired lie fore grass and weeds cani get luch foot hold. Last, year we sowed :oja 1 eamls, or Japanpeas,is they ue ob ald (n bottmlr on1 the I tht of Julv, anid they maiture'd befiore frost andu Ilm'de ian excellent cro1p. As it does not 1111, it does not interfer'e with fodder imllinig. Cotton neceds rapid surface culltivaltioni also, especially during the fir.st hal' oif the month. A steady andl rapid gr'owth is now dlesirablo to Iiay the foirmidationm for frmiting next mnitIi. Get good weed by the first of August and then let the pilant take on fruit; fretiuent (cultivationi promuotes rapid growth; k eep the plou1lghus therefore conlstantitly movaing, let no crust form, let no grass get a toot-hold, let hieel-scraipe rim very shallow and flat keelp them shiarlp sio as to (cut oft May. pOps, briei's, etc. Get only those scrapes that are bent in tIhe imiddle, so as to fo rm a cuff to ilt on the pliw-foot, and allow the wings to rm Iat. A narrow bar of steel simply ben'it iin a curve, with a hle in the mile to receive thle heel biolt, is wholly unfit for tIh' work now in hand; it throws tiio mutch dirt, and leaves beds too) highi fori hilly land. It imiay suit v'ery well for' the level, sandy lands toward the coast. punt thle scrp)e on the back of the pilowv1 f. , no(t inl front of it, as long asi thle cottiin will bear it without laumi g its limbs i or' hulls broken oif; ruan two furrmows to each row. A t.wenty-inch scraple will cleain (lit a middle thlorouighly with two furlrowvs. Later in theii selason a wider' in may 1 be v1i run (once ini each witllle. Ii hue i'or hias beeui properly idone upi to this timie little more oIf it wuihli e needehd, but1 ai badly woirkeid crop at the st art will call for a great deal of wiork at the end. On former occasions we have polinited out the beneficial results fromu freiponitt surface Mtirrinigs oif Iihe soil; we biriefly recall them again. A thini hiyer oif hut vermied soil is onei of the very biest mlches to be had. It is the oi;ly ohe practicable on a laige scale'. It pr'ev'ents th a escapo of uroistuire, dries oil' rapidly itself aft.r being st irred, but effectuially cuts off' the asieont of mnoisture froml bc neaith through itself inito the air. I )cep stirring of the soil miues it r i rapidly. Hlence the pr'acticei of pilowihng ,bottoms lands ini thie spriing to get theum dry enough to lant. Moistutre fr< mn ie low cannot ascendl rapidly thiirouagh pul - yer-ze<d eart.h whilst tho, freo cnmlatiomn of air m such ear'thi cause's the wae in it to go off inito, the aitmiosphier.e very rapidily, wiith ai thin layer of pulve-nd~i soil at thel suirfauce, the mnolstuu' suhpply comes upl fromi below all thme rolot' of plamnts, those5 necar tIhe surface as well as those deeper downt. A surface layer of puluv emried earth not only serves as a coniseirvator of maoisture'( in times of (drought, 1buit prevents9 the soil below from becoua inig excessively heated; it keeps out the hieat, as a wal filled with sawdust excludies it from an ice house; the mode of aOctioni is tile same imn bothi. Eix(esive, heating of thme soil 12 not only injiou to th root of plants, but a high temperaturo evapor attes the moisture in it rapidly. Any ex eess of temperaturo above that which plants need is doubly injurious to them, directly by impairing their vitality, and indirectly by depriving them of needed moisture. One need never fear keeping the soil too cool in .July and there is equally little danger of its ever being too wet. Tlie last beneficial result from stirring the surface, which will be mentioned now, is the admission of air into the soil. The presence of air is indispensable to the health of roots amid their proper working. Plants languish in wet soils because water slhut.s oil' air from their roots. A tight, hard crust at the surface does the same thing toi a considerable degree. In addition to promoting the health and proper working of roots, the presenee of air in the soil is essential to nit,rifieation, the process 1by which the iunavailale nitrogen of the soil is clung ed into that which is availalble. Also to those chaingcs in the minerals in the soil by which their valuable contents are brought within the reach of plants. rom very n my points of view, there re, frequent surface stirrings of the so)il are shown to be benefIcial, to say nothing of the killing of grass and weeds. We repeat, therefore, keep the plows imoving with all diligence. In addition to peas, already consider s't as ai hluliu:s supplying ero), late forage crops of all kinds sihouldl now claim attention. I )rilled corn may still be sown. Taking it all in all, this is perhiwp the best forage crop we have. The later sowings of it should not be altogether as thick as the earlier, as the cool weather of autumn is not so favora ble for maturing and developing starch mid sugar as the warn weather of mid sunlmmer; the late grown plants should have more light and air. Make drills at le:st three feet apart and sow seed so that there shall be a stalk every four to six inches in the row. Cultivate well and cut when ears begin to form. Corn does not develop its fullit nutritive value before thhat period. From a desire to minify the stalk, the mlistuke is iimade sometimes f sowing too thickly, and the result is inlierfect development and forage nt relish(d by stock because it is not really niutiitious. All have doubtless noticed that stock are not fond of young corn plants, those, for instance, that are re moved iin thinning a crop. Sorglun does not develope its sweetness until the seeds are formed, and the same is true with corn. Jlarly imber cane planted from the lst to the 15th of this month will he ready to cut by frost, and piled in bulk can be kept green and succulent for a couple of imonths. It makes better forage inl its green state than whlen cured and drv. l0'or mnilei and c"ws it. may be made to cover the mouths of Ociob)er, November and December, and as it is easily raised, . supply for that purpose should be found on every farm. We have fed it to hrses also, but they do not rclish it as much as mules, nor does it agree with them as well if 'ed exclusively. A little of it, mixed with other forage is well relished and doubtless healthy food. Of a uimih'r of varieties tried by us the past season, the amber is decidedly the lbst as a forage plant. It is one of the swe'test, and' the stalks beinig small are ("asily cit ill, and more realily masticated by animals. Give it a trial, if you have nut (llie so. (ierman millet may still be sown on good la.id. l.ike all rapidly mat-uring erOps, it makes" heavy demands on the soil, and this should he met 1by heavy mmaintirg. But, it sometimes helps one to till out a aihort supply of forage when a long drought or other circumstance al lows only a short time to do it in. A farmer caught with empty harns on the lirst of August might still 1il1 them with (ier'tmn millet. Cut just as theo seeds arie foi'iing, it mmakes one of the strong est and miost nutritious forages we have. Ik-cusre it i. so good, animnals aire some( timies ov'er-fed with it to their' injury and a bad reputationi is then unjuistly 'given the millet. Clover aind pieavinles are liable to the same charge. .It is nioneii too eiiily t.o comimen(e p)re parinig land for turnips. There is no lietter prteh n ration1 than cow-lpenning and plowing the land at intervals of two or three weeks, In the absence of ('attile huoadcast manur'e andl plow ii. in w~heti breakinig the land. L ot nmnure, well ro(tted, is suitable, aiii1 for turnips is much'l imnproved1 by a liberal iaddition of acni p hosiphat e. Any form of 1)1hosphiate is. good foir tiiinipis. But piotaish mund mitrogein are also neededl by this gross feeding pilanit, and may b1 suppi1liied by kainet iand cotton seedl meal. Veiry fine uilth is ialimost as imipor'tant for this r'op) its manure; therefore repecatedl plowvings anid hai'rowiings itie rectommienided. Se leet rather sandy soil for this cropl. 33e gun sowinigs of ruitabagias aLfter' the mid dle of the month, and( conitinue at iintcir vamls, whenever the soil is moist amd in good comndition, to the middle of August or' Irist of September-. thme latest sowmngs of eartily maituriing varLiieties like red top and1( flt Dutch. If land is well broken att lirst and( harrowed afteir every' riain, it will remain mol(ist enough to bring up seed'u even in loing spells of dry wealther. 'Ihiose who begin earuly and1 mru right ime(thInods g'eerally sucee in gettmig goiod stands wvhen the weather is veiry iixafavorabl1 e. T'hose who wait to [lie last. minute, andu begin priepairationi wheni th1 mcIin i ti it foriplantag arives, arie very apt. to fail iinless the weather is uniusuial ly inmvoi'abl'. ThIe iabovue irimarks app~ly with equal foi'c'e to preparaimIt ionis foir ('lover' andl gr'ass to be sown in Septelcmbher. They should be'giin by the last of the month and foh low the saiume courise martmked1 out for [uip 1s. I .ihIera1t ma inurinmg amid ine tilth mre the toi mainm points. All oif these planitr; havme snimil seeds, amid thme little del'i('nte seedlinmgs de'imnd food eaisily found, and ia line Se'd-hed to fix thleimselve's ini. Sweet p otto slipjs or vinmos amay he' lpmt out all thr oumgh this imnthi. ThIe oild-fashmionied yellow yam imight nit do muchi set out after thle 1 0th, 1but the( more recently imitrtoduced vaieitie's of then St. Domiingo typie will imake' a fair (!ioph of tubers, amnd of decidledly letter <i [y than thiose stated' early in th le sprinig. ["or thme liater plantings pieces of 'v ime atie pireferaible to '"drawers' or ''slips.'' It is good prac.tice to start a pattch oif pota toes ('arly in the season, fr'om which s'mes may be cut for tIhe latemr amid maini cmrop. 'lhm is uthle practice in all locali ties where the potato is* as'( mi abunlmdan tly and( in greatAti-aifseii. A piece of vin to ina ln,1 sloping in the ground, n itl the up)t) bud only above the surfa-e, will grol cquite as readily as at roo,ed slip. L< every one ptt in a full crop of potatoes work will not be so p)i ng now anii the grain fields will furnish suitable ,n abundant land for the purpose. A 50011 Its the IllIers are of f:air size, begii at once to feed to stock of all kinds. horses, cows, hogs, etc. 'Ihe mistake i generally made of waiting till frost of tiggimg tilme to begin feeding tlheni am' then i many are lost before they are con 11umed. Our true poliev is to feed tlle stock on the farm with nany diffleren thintgs, each in its season. The old styli of feeding on corn and fodder all th year is not suited to oar prt"'sentt environ ment-it is too expellwir . Neither is i healthiest >r best for aninials. We fe( our stock for some time ou green rye then follov~d with red clover, and wil begin soon on forage corn. A part ratiot of dry forage is always giN en with these and the stock kee) in a rcmnarkally healthy, thriving condition. A sick ami nal we rarely or never have. Now that the hcatviest press of work i over, bacrbcle.c anad s"'-dial gathering are inl order. More than others, farmaler need the healthy, invigorating in fluellce; of such occasions. No one is so wisc that he may not learn from others. \lee and discuss matters pertaining :c yon calling. Visit each other's farms, and with friendly criticisms call attetion to mistakes made and suggest improve ments. Attend every club Imeeting; h< must he a dull man that cannot learn something there. The farmers in severa States have been aroused recently touch ing their relations to the State and t other callings. 'T'hey are tunwilling to be ignored or imposed on longer. W( hail it as a good omen-i as an evidenc of awakened thought. Let farners fee and realize that their vocation is just a: honorable, just its enniol ing and elevat mng as any other; that it calls for just a: much brains, just as much learning an ilowledge, if not more than any other and let them resolve that they will i longer hear the heavier portil of th< llie hurtlhens whilst the elcoltnlcllt an1d honors are mIlono olized by others. FOn iMS WIFF*. SAKE. Ie.len P'orter l.e I'nrdlel by 're,siden (l e"io nnl. The President has pardoned R. Portei Lee, now confined in the Buflltlo peni tentiary for embiezzlement. The follow iig is the President's memorandum il reg.ard to this case: 'i'his convict was sentenced inl No vem lr, 18M2, at a term of the Circuit Cour of the United States held tyracuse, ii the Nortllhenl District of N.w York, t< be confined in the pentitenitiary at the (ity of liuflilo for the term of ten years upon a conviction for emlezzlin'g tl funds of the First National Bank a Buflido while lie was President thereof While this is a statutory ofiense, an' somewlhat technical in its ellaraeter, (11t public are so mulcll interested in th aecurity of our banking institutions, an such strict faith and care should he de lmlanded of those having themt in charge that 1. al much disinclined to extenc clemency to those properly found guilt of ofilenses like that on which this lni onier was convicted. I. an entirel familiar with this ease, and knew th prisoner a long time before his colvi< tion. His sentence was generally rt garded at the time as a very severv ome Leing the full extent of the law. Wit the commutation allowed in the State < New York for good conduet inl prion he has served a sentence of five veal and it is entirely certain in my mind tit whatever good is ever to be wrougl: upon himi individually has already bee accomplished. At the time of his convict io n his wit -' nioblde, coulrageouis, and0 devoted we malln-and( live 1ina1 li hlren were thI sad sufferers for his crimie, anid exactei the syhllft hiy of thei entire co limmit y By h'er patient, hard hlbor to suppo'r(I her children, and never failing trust anm hiope ini the dalrke.s days, this wife ha demonstratedl that shle at least is entitlet to elemen(cy. I am glad to lbe al e F restorc to heCr her husbland, and1( to 11 satisfied at the samec time thalt the cnd of justice are fully anisweredl. (An10vEIn Cfr.1:vE,AD. Thle Origin, of .lu3 Th'le origini of juigs dateIs bacnk tol all tiquiity. Yet we have all dliscovered th the jug, whose appearance is the mi that liather einiat.ic period. ThI e his tory oIf "'Tho Little Blrowni Jug" is qulit as5 anicienit as5 moist pleople care to go lbac to inivestigate, Lately there lhas Ibeeni great breeze raised over a jug eallhe "T'he P~ehlow Vase.'' Jn artistie cii (lies, its sale for eighteen thlouisted dol lars will mark an era. Yet to mos)t1 lpec pule ill this world there are mianly thiing be'tter, "hby a jugfull." Th'Ile jug is a moi0 siniguilai utenisil. A palil, gobilet orI a jal may be rinIsed1, and youl ('ion satisfy *yonl self by optical proof that. thle t,hing i clceani; but a jug hlas a little hole in th~ top) and( thle initerior is all dlarknetss. N eye penletrates it, no (eye (can 1no ve eve it~s surface. Youi can cleani it only 1b, putt,ing water into it, shlakinlg it up1 an1 pourinig it out. If the walter' (comes oul clean, y'ou judge you haive succeeded punrifymng the jug. ini this tIle jugi lke the human heart; 1no miortal eye en look inito the r'ecesses, anld youI canl 0311 judge of its piurity bly whiat colles oIl of it. A fox who was1 piassinig through thi forest 011e dayk hii".rd a great ilisput11 among the hlares, anid lie turned aslidle find several of them engaged ill hai knocks aroundli a 1hurrow. "What's alhl th is roiw abloi?"' demanilIl (1d Reynhardh, as lie fell ationg thieini. "Wh y, sir,'' repldied one of the hiare our fiathIer is deadl, and1 we enni't agree II to who shlall posse(ss his hiurriow." "But it's large eniough for all of youl. ''5( it is; but that settles a questio (If fact iinteatd (If pinlciple." 'Well, i'll take fact. and you cani kee posssioni (If thle hurr11ow. the' ol homesteatd, the lawyer comlues t i,wli thie farlm. Prie.ident D)an, huas this pais(ed tIle s a muilliars bill, :and if you w,ill take tI ad(1vise (If a111ma1 of experience you0 will ii nmx a Veto. w 1IilN TiE i1 IN EI'S. t ---- --- ''III EXI'EIltII:N('la (IF A 11U1s1+:1II1) OF MOT+l ll :It\1 11IES. What 'T'hev IUndern e-nt Iluring Ilattle.-.A Strlk- 1 inR: Story of the Confederate War. t (From the 1'hila,lclphia Tims.) It was in July, 1863, a time of so much interest to all Virginians, when - the tide of I>attle ebbed anti flowed like an angry flood over our love ly valley, leaving desolation and sor" row in its path. Our home, knowi as r Fountain lock, was about one nilo front the Potomac River, directly on the turn p eike btween Sleiderdstown and Kear- ( neyville, a point on the Baltimore and < Ohio Railroad. July 10 wits an unusuially quiet (lay. No Federal soldiers were to be seen rid ing over the com;itry. Consequently our fears Were aroudsetd knowing, its we did, from experience that a calm ilways came before a storm. The next morning we found that our fears were not ground less, for a large force under General (Iregg had crossed the Potomae and some were encamped on the turnpike and some on1 the road leading to Mar tiiisburg. UNwl"LCOMIN'i( VISITOnS. S.tragglers, mostly from Col. Gregg's regimiie.d, began to swarm all over the place. Numerous and ouh-ageous were the depredations they committed. Ilear- t ing a thumping at the back of the house it we went m1 and found two mtenl in the 1 patntry. "What are you doing here?" said iy mother, with dignity. One of thenm nudently alswered: "'Oh we just cmie to see wthat sort of style you lived inl," ai l added, mockingly: "I'll I take that Ihatm, if yol please.'' Tiurnin a itround, she fonl he had already donlc so. lie thOn reached over and said: "I.'ll take these pr , wives, too.' ''No," site saidl, "1 don't think y%oul will."' , I'd like to know who is al'e h1--- will preventt me,'' lie answered. "I will,'' she sai(1, very qtuietly, ani, leaning forward, she put out her haitnd and gave a little push, t which sent it to the floor with a crash. He loked startled for a moment, but <puciikly recovered anid sneceredi: '"Oil, thlit's your style, is it?" "Yes, aid von walk out of this house. It is Ia pity 'yolu had no mIther to teach you not to h>rctk n1to houses and steal." This reference to his mother seemed to rouse him and he said: ''F have a mother, and as good a om Its you, if you ale 11 right go(d loking womnmi. " Nevertheless le walk ed very ineekly out. ASKIXG Foi A Gi'AIlII. No great were the ravager coinmitted that iy young s::ter 1110d i rcunsil, i,om maltinore went into town to ask for a iguard. When the comlanllllt Wats lai( before General Gregg, lie tiurled to all thleer and said, '"T'll C'olonel Gregg that I have heard nothing but oiplaiits of his regiment this morlning, and if lneeds be he must take one-half of his nen to, keelp the othertt 1hlf illordetr." '' to doubt if the order wts ever delivered. lWhile he was spiking a courier came inl and reported a lriigike froin f nettol. lihe girls auixiounsly to be at holme, asked for In escort, for tic sotliers hadl been very inipertilient to thiem on their way imto town. An escort was readily grante(Il antd altholugh ourl' holse was near the out-posts he cam)e a1l1 the way to the door and there received my mlother's tlhtiks ftor his courtiiesy. She' also iaiskedtl to give, 1but up oll lier r'emin diing him flit. hei kn ew n ot. what it daiv nimighit bingi folrt htile gave it: ''Major Gaston, ot Gmeneral Greg' statl'" Noiie but thlos w ho ha1ve steen anud felt it enn 1reailize~ our feelings ats we saw the enlemny atdvance in such tr<der and rlnmbers, kniowing' its we didt thait toily ai few miles furter n tey ereto meet ouir forces, amoniig wh omi weire mian y friends near and1( de'ar. Sooni ia few striay shots were heard, thlen the drumn bet' and all strag glers were drlawn in it al1 qit .reigned for ai littlet wh ilt'. iilwni caic the whiirr' aind shriiek of thle shells as. they passedt otf' thle inniliie ballds its the Iy eut the leaves iroml the hedge atrouiitll' mdooir. All of consisted of my mothie', heri two daulght teis, her' miece, her two little grandchil-* dr'eii, whose iiotthier' was iln I altimore; aI netgrot wmanIlii iand a terrior-sticen tm A Fou 11 To mit Im:Mlimiim. - All t hat evening the bIatt le raigetd, The a - l"ederal wounltdetd wer'e broutmtgh t from th I i Sfield andit haitd upon11 the lawnt 1befo re andh t. under the prlotectioni oif the hotulse unltil they coulid he taikein awaIy, stome few~ in - mblace,othters (on hiorst's orm til St't' st et'es. I sh all nlever'I forgt t the sight of ii. whiite liorise, his whtlte for1(e< 1uariter' stiaiw'd withi Ithe liIe-llod,t of himii whom r wias lyig deitI across hi51 s Iback. Theic binig nlever einsetd limt il late in fte I mlghlt. Ourit house wIts kept closed and1 11perfect ly dark. 'The troopstm luu 1 no1 time11 s to iandt fro m thn spinhg, wonider where t lie wtolent of thl e house were. All niight we waitedt in the darknless, each with at it eai', it few itatchies andt a piece of eb ocobitte itn11 ou pockts . Tlhlese hiad beein kt~ fo aii' t imte of nieed aind we thouitght that. titint hiitd eonwi. It. was truly a iiighit of hoirrors. ily two or Striee o'clot'k alhl the Fedealsil h ad gonie I sartp ring toft thit ste'l shitdi horses(' of thiw Northierni avaliry. Daityilit fomindt mle - witht a pale f* ate andi( hotllow C\yts, but heaty xiilitttIte forP thit C'onf'teerates whoiti itrole im h>i say that thety wouild lie bactk a to [ur, akfast. (Ouri fr'it'nds fi'rm town, alarmied f'or' ouri safety, camne abnos10t as Seting a soldier' iand beiniganxious tt ki now wuho of our11 friendts hadl com1e aked himl to what r'egiment hie bielongt'd, to the great amulls(eent oif all armumtil, fmi I proived to be (Gentral iF. L ee h iiself. \mlong th e fiirst <tt'stions askedl was who' was1 ml eoltmian of the forces opposnted o mis. W)Je i Genert'i(ial ILee was ftohl timt it was (Genieral (Gregg lie iinstaintly t.aid: "I weintier it he knew I was ini conltttnandh tIln t his sidle?'' and1 I gatheired that tey liatd been either claislmites or friends be ore the war. Oh, tlle ('otra;st ilt weel i"o days divided I y only a single night! L'hte day before terror lutd glool pre raile1d and to-day the house Illied with oy and gladness. We had little or lothing to give thteii to eat, all having >en taket fromi us thel day befttre aiit he garden trampled by the troops. 1\hlile rations that, had been sent friii he camp were being prepared we gath red around the piano to e'ntertaiin ourI lests with llu11sic anld to decliver.1 to eneral .J. 1. I. Stuart. sone iivie thint indl been in our kein)lg for -ev("n-:1 nonths, Sent to him by anil ahniring riend in Baltirnore. "'-oldlier 1Ioy iineteein Years ()hl'' and 'enny Jia ens, Oh,'' were sling with at hearty good v.ill. ltmprrnpI11tu verscl to the latter ir were composed by nt'arl"ly ill pre:;ent. icner'al Stutart's ontributti<m, writtenl ,it the back of a p)icce of ntilsie, was the ollowing: STi'AltT's I.\an'l I'rl'. To the bonnie lass, ?liss Lottie, Our adoatiin's du', She soothes Jur hearts in tiines of woe W\ith nuisic soft andt( tru('. Mlay she rule her' hemal of n ineteen, 'The galhint IBrigadiir, Who, though lie vanquish lmen11, I wieei Her'1 own c'Omu111ind llulst fear. To' our1 Jolly frienld, !-'itr. Lee, A health hefore' wtc go, Ile hias a heart ill ful of glee, A strong armi for the 1',u'. May his triuni h is long colntiniie And MTiss Lottic always nowlill)\ The ntumber of his regiinett And smiles (ni him bstow. Latter inl the daty at Baltimore Amelricanl als gottenl hold of h)v some ,ucans, m,,ll bte portico ranl1 wtitli me(rrimnit as; thet ccouniit of the bittic i'ali at I'cJir:tl Ia oint of view wau, n-:l ou, anld its ill enracy wioudered at and ciu 1n, t 1 J n1 by aall. .1 hcanl (ilneral 1.t'c savy Well, 1 iive not betn in a 'olttl ltlhcc inee the war b)egau th:u tha t light viai ; in's 1 tf lnes-ieistida." .t was 'ind.i ii hlrd fought light, th'iugh it las h:l lit small inenttittnl ill iie Antls of ih \'ar."' 1t wa. here thlmt Colt,ncl .I>)c ke, ,f the First ' irginia (atvalrv (f.ll, tua 1rt' ,w s killeI. \\'h' ln we ci,ti ratuined 'olonI \lra Ii;alhn his p,rtt uotinl, he saitl, feclinglv: tit i t vet! lot yet! too lately laive 1 'pid Imly ela ribule to por Deiaki,.. hut this was no blidin' llu plaei for lithier atrniy. \\'llcu the j'etlerajL; Ncrc. iei'u across heiL it"cril Xe ii cl t'iat(s etired bIneond the railroad, ilii so it vas wVith it uiiil 1)1ts uin etlil dowi )ver te'ilh 'Iled ilt! lti'tI, iit li,iecatllc ts it nowi is, al thing o-f the 11w(11(rr tHnly. si 1 1. a :N i'ii iit>li l-:n: tii i rl r i shlieplhrlslt n, \'W. l.' tti.: 1 1.--1-\\:t:-:r 1i , . Of fr.s-w ater ccl ; as alpu-tfrtm1 1111i i ir niglity toe sitt ill - ti llg -el, tlii.' si: lrc hrees .aietic ilitii wIhe s iba nste. -'e (ilmeu ' o:talls, S ' ig il, t t td ('il, a tIhe sii . () tli wIl ', c t:l, ,1iar"1-nlost'(1 ecl I:; 1)otlt tihe 1:u,'tst fi;ll ind ihi e l)st catial lltii ti, l; i stllt' lic ill le silig-eel as 1\ lav {ili i .s l,t-rio It at,i r'ie snig, howlev r, in i te l i its m -. inle , ilts nii t tilt- Nii t \:lt iii tiit. ahlar])-nosed ll 'tf 1e it rcltlt,lu, il' c' -r. lttil neiorcu h:u 1ii:Xii ltctII l Ilii Vi'111.ii itt sillll - illll' ll a"! io t in' t-lli:l'1 lit1ails li l'llt'l si I 'ii . (i 'l 1 I n' u t tl halt unas taken In thet 1;4huy lo ar ron li h ei tst<r, niiii-d th:ity four ioll,111111 i i .iii ai. t in t r ilI, a,lnt o ia girthl of litwenty-tit inu lwcs. I n t h1 'r iel, Ili t i n J'en t, Wi i at yi I ttl"thi >Ounlids an lcll t mea iu'c fivu' fe(t l in'' nihes. larrell spu'alhs of )l:till,;ig -vi it alnb ridge the pn-r vl" skcins 10* t\\ thhudt1ul ihed logetlhr it ift pnnl:;; asta1nes, thog o ithte'o b n('g anh-iii aso i poctryphl r eyexetoa n A1.1L ABOUT SENATORS. tie:\ 1010% WTi I'I,EI rv OF H1.itit. AND bI i-;.\\ T WVill lil 111A LI) HHAD8. tI nntrw i fling andi >itaiinorv Old-IKnators hot nrt" 71 M'"ilnr nit4 eiantorw Who Are Irntl ->~"n nlurin I lirthluitn . (1. trr t) t h' 1%'uiallpWIta'timne.) W1A"V:Iix4roN, .July 1l.--W'hite locks initd,l betl: mntong Uiiited States Sena. t4s arc not always indientive of age. I:tke, for instance, Heimator Edmtunds. It is beard is gn"Ikv---ahnost to whiteness -- and not in the Senate Cttanthier is there iother head more bald than his, yet the the ycars that lie can chronicle are hut lifty-eight. Voorhees, of the samne age, hats not at bald spot oil his leatd and his head antd his heaLvy, brown hair is but ightly tinged with gray-a fine specimen >f physical manhood is this ''tall syca iore of the Wabash." Coke and Alli :0>1, each numub ering fifty-seven years, tre t wo other extrernes. In the absence ,f hair and color of heard the former WaIrs I striking resemblance to Ed nicls. Ile hatter has a heavy growth tf h:tir over Iis entire head, as has also be other Senator from Iowa, Wilson, of ,;url age, but whose hair is gray and tands straight up like stubble in a grain leld. Butler, at. 5), from his thin gray iair and whiter moustache looks nearly s othl ats (oneger at 68. Nine persons bmt of tenl wotld say that 13lackbnrn, at IT, presents its ohl nit il,l,earanee as b-ltrg;, at M.Cockll, whose years 1iii il,c"r a lialf century, lits one, looks SIle tin ye-ar's older thn ILtgan, while a fact he is nine Vears yoluiger, the air Intl ltild of the former being a 1 graV, the hair antd inoustaehe of - 1itter bIe ing coitaratively as black s tilt- lnitntge of the raven. (inly tifty-three years of this world's ifhis PhleI'btr1;sn setil, yet frolmt his Iitbnin,g locks, hollowed cheeks and eebl' gait he wou-hil ttiekly he ttkten to be bight or tt"n yea's older than eck, ho is cleven yt"ar's his senior, hut. who, u alrtntce, at least, is ats iUttseular as it b\. ( )in I';eek's heai, which is cov r1bel with i a kiii; coitt of brown hair, no it a bre :;pot 1s large its it dime ann It seei. A 'li iINAitil SIINitAII . Wit b bin oe s'at of McPherson site the nililiolltirte Seiitor I'tyne, who )hats 'Mi di Itltl it exactly tilre-iutritrs of a -ill ur ani who i, therefore t wenty-twe b:Ir:s bbtler tlinti this New .Jersey Senta t"r; im1tt the tviera,e Visitor would be tlon-" att to thinik there are two years5' litl-te' ii Ithir Itgts ttitn tw iety-two. I b thb s .blrltlsrt bbf Morrill, the oldest lt ir in the I Cthcar, were less ent, b w'ob11 it,b1bIr younger thin the "lish Ib Ir ,chiir," h.ui sbury, wlotie recotl . i t V Irs In t sixly-eighlt, andl theref, brb ight1 yearis less t1111i those of the Ver Ibtlit It"iititor. ,Juln s, of Arkitnsits, is bilt fort --ix itnl constfteintly in the brile <of life, hit his h n1id is <iite r:.\, u hilt tih li hir tn his head, which f1t ItIing gray, is its thin its a wheat. il I b:ibl Iy t tobght. ivarts, at tyiht lttthough his litir is darkly r:y l h", nt a sigin of IhIlless, whil'e 'i Jill t ollltr Nb-\w York 'eniator, II, i", ! ni:l t-wventy y earst' his junlior, shlows I L" of ttbbp hi inl tliltougtlis line silken nuir. hbcrtn:ti, it 'ixty-thrlev, atlthouigh ,Iuah: iinl;, by 11Inire inl Vitatlity, 1a w\41ilbp t"re' td tltbti , n t it lbitld spot u.ine bib. liu-ough his irol-glrty hair. atihon, it lilty iiu appears older than Iil>a I : at hitynib Vest at lifty-live as 'bl as 'ugh att sixty-live. Sitwyer is I -nun-iiib, yetI Itfe 4 bl>ts wbiibl take Ai tht uanat ioni bbf atges shobws that in |In. hirtib' there'4 Is u oiltie, Seiiator K\ennial, whi'ste agbe is :8 imil who is thtetr bib: t lb yobiie't't1 iin tb'r4of thle uppler bnih il Conbl gn.441s.5 lii the forIties thitre lbe lb ilbni Se'iiitbbi-', lIiddllberger.i, thte '1 i mtI lb bitb'wr, 1:; Ahb'lri, -4A; , I5 b bi ray :ab1 ,Jiines, ofl Arkansas-, 1" ' i r i'bbn, 4. bIhe lifties claina b r bl'ing~ thu itys vten ii I very'b~ yeariti l'owenb ., Uilth-r, olh, I tile andl 'litll , of 4 ( )rbg<m; oft 5I, liair, Cocek ni, 411 i''ill l huteweulhtl; of '5l, C l,; tiar ri:bn intabbt an Jonis, ( ofiliui Florida;5 of I , (ibbnerotin', G itibn itilXtuld McPhsn ,i til, Iti mh l''rye;b b' of i(55,4 Aest an 'Ik aint W ilsbbn, ofI lowab, arel 57 yeiar: \'Ibli's, 9; bbf (h-tbrgel, Illawleyi3, Hoarii ti Alibnbtb, bb9. The tshixte l)bast oft 'Abunty-thribe Sbenaitrs, Lobgani, M'1cM'il I ii IIei isb lumni bling" ;o; Ma[xey', Vatn >1tanillnS I i ua t ''tl lan 2, theb littler's I rbbwni, I IttisIit1 n Pugh, 1.5; P4ikeb, 661; Salsbury41 i, 48; Daiwes and auw yetr, 69. I lb h csvtent lt's there' tile but t wo iPena-t Ir 'ayn Vibhemb't;g 75 antd Morn;' 76. I et wenn'i tue 'y Ioungest Seinator, Kenna, iuibn i best, Mlrrill, th ere are-, thverefore, thirty eight ,yearsi, MIorill hbeing exactly ISi.N.\OitI \{ 1 nii 111T11)A yg, i bf inith~it obf ( )ettberhi has given birth 1tegretetst itnmnher o)f Senators, h l ni hain i g t bitn born1 tllhrein. Mlarchi ui .\pril havte joined't hanuds wbith DJe bbnit Iirs. 14 bihruary, Maty andu Septemt heren 41he credtbb itd w1ith six etach; Au 'ust aind Novyembler, four'; Jianuary, I ub' andl Juily, thiree ('eh. T[his esti ibnide is' 441 thet supplosition1 tht Senaitoi I ogan was borni Fe'bruaI'try 9, 1826, all in il t won or1 thrtiee elyehloped'tiis. lii Ibi ha ilntvr lieen tflhicially rectorded ii hi' bingressional D)irtectory. Nimt 'bnahtbr appelbb1ar nob.t to) knowb tI te montti lIn and4 \'iii WVyck, kntowing the mtonth knowb' nolt Ithe day. I)blpjh, tof Oregon 1111l Wil-ton, of Maryland, were born o1 thei samte dayLVi the amn monh Qt bcr 19, although seven years apart. The birthdays of Vest and Blair occur on the same day of the same month, December 6, as do also those of Ingalls and Sauls bury, December 29. Logan and Man dorson were each born February 9. There are no two Senators of exactly the same ago, considered by years. FORR.ION-BOnN SjiNATOIs. Five Senators can nevcr become Preai dents, as they are foreign-born, Beck having been born in Scotland; Jones, of Nevada, in England; Fair, Sowell and Jones. of Florida, in Ireland. New York has given birth to more of the present Senators than any other State, the number being eight; Kentucky, Ohio and Virginia call boast of six each, Virginia and West Virginia being con sidered in this estimate as one; Massa chusetts and Pennsylvania, five each, wvitl the remainder scattering. Fourteen have been born in New England. Only four States west of the Mississippi I ndiania, ;lissouri, lowa and Minnesota -have given birt.h to Senators. Not a Senator has been horn in the western half of the United States. Out of a total of seventy-six Senators thirty-four have been born in the States they represent. All of the New England Senators have been born in their respec tive States, with the exception of Chase, of Rhode Island, and Ilawley, of Con necticut, the latter having made a jump from North Carolina. Only one New York Senator-Miller- was born in the Empire State, Evarts having first seen light in Boston, Mass. Both of the Senators from Maryland, from Pennsyl vania, South Carolina, North Carolina, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee were born in the States they represent. The remaining Senators that are certified representatives of the States that gave them birth are Blackburn, Cockrell, Colquitt, Eustis, Logan, Palmer and Sherman. T. C. J. TNIlE RiE~OIATlONITS. The Iiananod File, dA n inale, Tained \With ('riu(e or In anity. (iFroma the ch'caco TIribuno.) I find in a recent number of the Noti velle Revue a curiously interesting paper b)y Dr. Loimbroso on revolutions and revolutionists. In these days of popular ulpheavals it, is well to have the status of the anarchist and his associates clearly (lefinled. And, in the place, the writer discovers a close relation between revo lutions and climate. Of 192 political uprisings in Europe, the majority oc curred in Italy, Spain and (ireepo, while Ibissia, Sweieni and Norway contributed but few. Then again we find that of tlis iumber thirty-two took place in Jtune and thirty in July, while in No vember and 'January there were only twelve and fifteen, respectively. Heat, then, must be considered as an important factor in revolutions. The learned doc tor lhts also (liscovered that, however pure may be the lives of some of the r"velutiomutry leaders, the rank and file, as a rule, have had criminal antecedents, or are tainted with insanity. Thus, Jourdan, in the time of the first French revolution, who from a butcher boy e camle general, cut the throat of his form er emp)1loyer, Launey; personally di rected the pilinge, the burnings and the assasinatiots commnnittel by his troops; eauised the killing of sevenity-three ofli cials at Aviguon; and continued his career of crime until lie was himself con demned to death by the. revolutionary tribunal. Then there were Ilejeune, of the stmOe epoch, the inventor of a guil lotine, with which he first practiced on fowls, and dean d'leron of Nantes, who wore a hinmi ear on his hat like a cock ade and carried others inl his pocket, w~hich lie made the womien kiss. Quito recently in Russia robbery and assassi nation have bueen used( to sprlead the doctin les of the anlarchlists. Stelhnacher and Kammuerar killed the banker Lysart and several of his famnily to get posse9ssion of a fewv hundred fiorins. In Gecrmany Iloedel, who had thirteen years previ ously been put uinder surveillance for theft, and having no ostensible occupa tin, attemplted to take the life of the Emperor. LReinsdorfi', whlo p'lanned the N iederwald attack on th e imperial fami ly of (Germnany, was subject to criminal mnoanuia and had been found guilty of an assault on a womanl. In .Patris durinag the trouleIs ill 1883 out of thirty th ree pearsons arrnested it. wats found that th irte' n haad alreadly Ib~een condemniled for l.hieft. Alcohaol is also ana iniportant factor ina revolutfionas. The excesses of the l 'arlis coamntaana weire lairgely duo to excessave uase of stianiuants by those wvho lad been naarly starved duiring the siege. It is 'aot surprising to be0 told by thais scienitifie in<iairer thatt inisainity goes lual ill haand with revolutions. TChi events of 1871 ill Fraance sent 1,700 in sanae p)atienits to the hospitals during a preaiod of eighteen mionths, andb among the leaders of the conumatinae thaere were four hereditary lunatics and four others who h ad beena previouiisly under treat amenat for that dlisease. Certainly of these ebllitions of the polit ical caldron it may be truly said, "That wvay mnadness liesl" Manu Enters. Conscious cannibalism is by no nmeanst confied to the Feojco islands. The Rio Virgen tr'ibes of the Araneainos Indians, On the northern coast of Chili, (do not hesitate, in hard winter, to keep the pot boiling by slicing up a fewv of their su perfluous relautives; and D)r. Nachtigal is p)ositive that the cunitry north andh east of the Congo is swarming with two legged manl-caters. Th'le Dyaks oif Bor aeo, who gather skulls ats out red men01 tused to gather scalps, now anti then eat a perisonal enemy as a miatter of hygienic precaution, on the theory that tile wizard spells of the dead man's relatives can thus be3 renldered ineIfetutal. Sparodio (etses oif cannilibalisma occur ill everyr East I[ndiatn faamine. 'The ntations (of Europe alone are in that respect total abstainer, at present at least, for Roman traIditionls date back to a time when the Liestry gones of Sotuthtern Italy kept special stockyards for fattening their prisoners of war. - Dr. Orwald. [Galveston Ncwa.] Cleveland's vetoes as Mayor of Buffilo umado him Governor of New York; his vetoes as. Governor of New York made him President of the United States; his Ivetoes as President of the United States bre liable to inanre hia election . for a tecond term._ As a veto artiat Cloveland -has nn annro~