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I If f' THE WEEKLY 0SB CHOI TIMES. . S?vot<{(t to ^jjniiinltur^ Horticulture gom^tiq tftconomjj, 'j^liit ^^ralurn,^ |}oliti<[8, a?4 thq Current 31 fits of the Jaj. NOT FROZEN OUT! Plenty of Good Fruit ?AT? S. W. PORTER'S. :o: I IIAVE just returned from market wbere I purchased and am now daily receiving the liandsomest SPRING STOCK 1 II A 1 II A3 bVI.ll UbJE.1V YOUR PRIVILEGE TO SELECT FROM. :o: DRESS GOODS. ?ALL TDKLatest Novelties of the Season. CONSISTING OF Print*, JflUKlillH, French Luwiin, Pique*. Linens, AND ALL YOU CAN ASK FOR JiV THIS LINK. ALL THE NEWEST DESIGNS IN Parasols, Hosiery, moves, Ruchings, Fringes, Ties, Laces, i Buttons, Trimmings, &c., &c. HATS, BOOTS, CAPS. SHOES. OUR MILLINERY, la this Department we excel oar former ef forts. We have all tho Novelties ami Shades of Trimmings. And they have been selected by our Mra. VillMOil, in person, who is possessed of that rare faculty of pleasing all who call on her. These goods have all been selected with an eye single to the wants and tastes of our patrons. Ladies Shculd Call AND SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL a o o i> 8 . Groceries ! Groceries ! ! Cheap ! Cheap! Cheap! Crookory I Crockery I I Everything in these lines can be found upon our shelves. 1 CALL AND SEE. S. "W. Porter. April 16 15 tf_ ! Announcement Extraordinary! | I TAKE pleasure in informing my friends and the public generally that 1 have a lull stock 1 of tho very best quality of FAMILY GHOCERIES, CONSISTING OF Flour, Meal, Bacon, \ Bard, , Hams, Sugar, Coffoo, i MolaHHas," i ? , Pepper, < Spico, ^ Ginger, Stareh, i w Soda, Picklos, i Canned Goods In Great Variety, Soap, < ('HiHlles, i CrackerM, t'lieese. 1 Seed Irish I'otuioCH j Of tlie Fined <iti;i lit it's. , Nails, | Powder, Shot, Caps, Prize Cigars, Fine ('hewing and Smoking Tobaccos. ( Also, in rear of my Grocery Store I have n | first class Itar Itooill, where you will find ; the very best of ( Brandies, . Winos, Whiskies, Rum, ( Gin, i Porter, i Alo and . Lager Beer. Give mc a call ami be convinced that I have | (lie best and cheapest stock in Town. J. W. VINSON. Jan. 30 4 tf 1 GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS, ' KEEPS' Dress Shirts and Collars, tlie cheap c . est and best in the market. Keep's Shirts, t laundried, $1. Very superior Under-shirts, Drawers, Noekv, Handkerchiefs, Scarfs, Ac., Ac. ( HICK & Mcl.UHK. ' Oct 10 41 tf I Pennsylvania Demooratio Convention. Haukisimko. April 29.?The Democratic Convention was called to order at half-past U. The special Committee on Credentials shortly appeared and made a report through Mr. Dill.? The committee reported that a decision had been arrived at unanimously in each case, aud in care of a contest in Philadelphia, each delegation is to be admitted to a seat ib this Convention, and each delegate cast one-half of one vote through its Chairman. The report was then adopted and the roll of delegates called. At the conclusion of the roll call R. E. Moneghan nominated A. H. Dill for temporary Chairman. He was unanimously elected. After the appciulment of the Committees ou Resolutions nod Organization, and before proceeding with the regular order of work R. E. Moneghnn was nominated and unanimously elected pcrmauent President. Moneghan said that four years ago he had been similarly honored by tho Convention which assembled at Lancaster. Tilden and Hendricks were prevented by a stupendous fraud from occupying the positions they were elected to, but the great Democratic party, true to its history nnd principles, couselcd peace rather titan confusion, and aro waiting until November next, wheu tho people of the United States will approve their course by electing Democratic candidates, when they shall and they must be inaugurated. The future is a bright one for the Democracy, aud gives a brilliant promise of happy results. The Committco on Resolutions reported as follows : Resolved, 1st. That we, the Democratic party of Pennsylvania, in Cou/eution assembled, renew our vows of fidelity to the fundamental principles proclaimed and practiced by the illustrious men who settled our free institutions and founded the Democratic parly to protect aud preserve them. 2d. That the just powers of the Federal Union, the rights of the States aud the liberties of the people are vital parts of one harmonious system, and to save each part in whole constitutional vigor is to "save the life of the nation." 3d. That the Democratic party maintains, as ii ever nns m.-iniainou, mai lue military aroauu ought to be in all things subordinate to the civil authorities. It denies as it has denied the right of the Federal administration to keep on foot at the general expense a standing army to invudc the States for political purposes and without regard to constitutional restrictions to control the people at the polls, to protect and encourage fraudulent counts of the votes, or inaugurate candidates rejected by a majority. 4lk. That the right to a free ballot is a right preservative of all rights, the only means of peacefully redrcssiug grievances and reforming abuses. The presence at the polls of a regular military force and of a force of hireling officials claming power to arrest and imprison cilizcus without warrant or hearing, destroys nil freedom of elections and upturns the very foundations of self-government. We call upon all good citizens to aid us in preserving our institutions from destruction by these imperial methods of supervising the right of suffrage and coercing the popular will in keeping the way to the ballot-box open and free as it was to our fathers, in removing the army to a safe distance when the people assemble to gaily expressed by their votes. 5th. That Rutherford 11. Hayes, having been placed in power against the well-known aud lc gully expressed will of the people, is representative of a conspiracy only, and his claim of right to surround the ballot-boxes with troops and deputy marshals to intimidate and obstruct electors, nud his unprecedented use of the veto to maintain this insult, is a menace to the country. Gth. That the Democratic party, as of old, favors the constitutional currency of cold and silver, and of puper convertible into coin. 7th. That wc arc opposed to a system of subsidies by the general government, and to appropriations of public moneys, or credit to any object but the public service. 8th. That the Democratic party renews its expression of sympathy with labor and its promise of protection to its right9. 9th. That wc look with alarm upon the pretentions of the great transportation companies, and until they accept the Constitution of 1873 in good faith they should remain objects of the utmost vigilance and jealousy by both the Legislature and the people. The 10th resolution relates to local affairs. 11th. That the great fraud of 1870-77 by which, upon a false count of the electoral votes of three States the candidate defeated at the polls wasscated in the Presidential chair, was the most deadly blow ever aimed at our system of representative government. The necessity of rebuking that great wrong imposes a more sacred duty upon the people of the Union than ever addressed the consciences of a nation of free men. A Dangkhoub Power.?Kellogg is an apple of discord among the Democratic senators in Washington. Some are in favor of kicking him out summarily, while others, among whom ore Bayard, Hampton and Gordon, hold that he should be left undisturbed. He was seated on a prima facie title, and afterwards the Senate seated birr on the merits of lh? esse Alilien??K -"fill e was not elected senator any more than llnyes was cliosen President, still the Electoral commission cured all defects in thelattcr's litle, and !>y the same train of reasoning the vote of the Senate made Kellogg senator, just as Butler was seated. At the time at which this contest was progressing and parties were claiming thnt if L'orbin was admitted the Democrats would kick liiin out, the News and Herald raised the point that a vote on the merits might he conclusive.? I'o hold that the Senate has the right to vote on iny member's scat as often as it pleases, is to jive the majority a dangerous power. Although Kellogg is a deeply dyed villain, and though his tirst title to the sent is utterly worthless, it is much better to ullow him to remniu a few years longer tlinn to set up any such dangerous precedent ns is proposed by ousting him now on a majority vote. He should be expelled ; but this requires a two-thirds vote, which cannot be secured. It is hard on Louisiana, we admit, but lie matter cannot be helped.? Winntboro News. A [,IOM flltVATVS A Til V ATni/1 * r M? 3JTKMBNT.?One of the features of the play at the New National Theatre, in JMiiltdelphia, is the appearance of the lion Nero >n the stage, where lie is held by three chains that are invisible to the audience.? After appearing in his part on Monday afternoon he was replaced in his cage, but he vas aroused into sudden fury hy a large dog /entering near his cage, lie bounded igainst the bars and snapped one in two ; a second was broken (lie next minute, but his <ccpcr wound a chain about his neck and prevented his escaping from the cage. At ,he snapping of the first bar the performers in the stage were thrown into confusion.? They rushed into the streets in their stage soslumes ; others rushed to the windows and tailed for help, while some ran iuto tho body >f the theatre, causing a general alarm here! Order was soon restored, but the right was intense for a short time. Olkom Ana aiu.ve-*-What it isaxp What it is Not.?When Oleomargarine was first manufactured wo described the process, but that was some years ago. Recent inquiries make it necessary to say somethiug more about it. Prepared beef suet, the membranes, etc., removed, is churned with milk to give it the flavor of butter, is colored and salted?that is what it is?beefr.i M*wi i..i. lib. h?ii? it an* pi vu iv ivvn ?uu wwiv jia? vuiivi * * has not the mechanical texture of or the chemical composition of, and is in no respect, butter. So far as it is sold as butter it is a miserable fraud. The makers claim that it is as good as any butter and much better than a large shore of the butter sold. That is a point with which we have nothing to do. It is not butter, as that is a product of the cow, obtained through the medium of the milk, and contains several constituents that the fat of the cow does not and which can not be added. Several of the States have passed laws directing that all the packages of Oleomargarine shall be distinctly marked with tho word in letters of a given size. This is well, so far as it goes, but docs not prevent tlie retailer from serving it as butter. As oleomargarine on n tin niniln ni n m noli loco oooi I Kan Knt tnr nan be produced, the uule of it as butter is injurious to the dairy interest, and every dairyman and every farmer is interested in preventing its sale as butter, and to this end a petition is being circulated for signatures asking Congress by a general law to place restrictions upon its manufacture and sale. But the capitalists who have money invested in the manufacture of Olcomargariue aro not idle. They have invited the Committee on Agriculture of Congress to visit their factory ; they have also invited a number of prominent chemists to do the same ; their guests have been stcamboated and dined and we suppose wined, all after tho approved fashion. Wo do not know what the effect will be upon the Congressmen, but we are very sure that the chemists will say, as they might have said before?'-Gentlemen, your stuff is not injurious, it is as healthy as beef-fat need be, we see no objections if people wish beef-fat with their bread, why they should not buy yours, but it is not butter and no amount of steamboat or banquet can make us say that it is."?We soe no reason why colored and salted beef-fat or colored and salted hog's lard, or purified and Baited palm oil should not be eaten if one's taste runs that way, but they should not be sold as butter or given out to one who asks for butter, and the penalty to one who does it should be most severe. We notice of late a disposition to change the name of the stuff to Butteriue?no, gentlemen ! you chose your own name at the be ginning, oleomargarine is quae a preily name and as distinct from butler as the stuff itself, and we do not wish a name that may lead to the coafouadiuc of two very distinct articles. Butler can .nana on its own itoerits, wnn its Own name ; let your stuff do the same, and may there be laws enough to make you do it.?Amerl icon Agriculturist. . Imperialism and Grantism.?Auiericnus, like Englishmen, have been told that it is high time for them to depart froui the traditions of the past. We have been laughed at bceause we respected the unwrittcu law which prohibits a third term of the Presidency to the same person. The friends of General Grant imagine aud proclaim a crisis which demands that the Americans should gi?c up their aucicut prejudices aud put the "stroug man" again in the executive chair. We deny that such a crisis does exist. And if it were upon us, Gcueral Grant would not be the mau to meet it. Whatever his success as general, he was a comparative failure as President. The cry about the "crisis" and a "strong man wanted" is raised, as wo all know, by the contractors aud jobbers and political hacks who fattened for two terms on the n -.1 * vuuupiiuu ui uranii a uuiuiii isirai ion, mill who waut a third term (and uu 3 to follow) of power and plunder under I .s approving rule. The objects of the Grant movement arc more ignoble than those of British imperialism. Beaeousfi ;ld wants an extension of power, but not plunder. The Grant men are after both. Different in some respects, the British Tories and the adulators of General Grant ure alike in oue particular. In their tendencies they are hostile to some of the most venerable usages and traditions of England and the United States respectively. They are disposed to set aside barriers of custom and precedent which the wisdom of our ancestors had interposed against ambitious and unscrupulous men.? It will be well for the people of the United States if they see in tho British electioa a mora) for their own guidance. Constitutional governments arc always iu danger from ''strong men." They arc always liable to be subverted and slowly changed by a false hero worship. No republic is so secure against such risks that her citizeus can afford to despise and neglect them.? That eternal vigilance which has led Englishmen to dethrone Toryism should also prompt Americans to rebuke and resist every attempt to fasten that odious system which, for want of a better word, we call Grant ism, upon this country for a third term.?nV. lr. Journal of Commerce. . Tub Unpaid Marshals.?New York, May 0.?'J lie United States marshal having notified Judge Shipuian, who is now holding the United States .District Court in this district, that he had no money with which to pay jurors and officers of the court, the judge discharged all the jurors except those engaged in the kid glove reapportionment case, remarking that no causes could be tried until Congress makes the requisite appropriation to carry on the court. Considerable dissatisfaction was expressed by the suitors at this state of affairs. - ? ? ? A Yunkoc poet thus breaks forth : "Oh ! the snoro.the beautiful snore? Killing the chamber from coiling to floor ! Over llio coverlet, under the sheet; From her wee dimpled chin to her pretty feel! Now rising aloft like a bee in June ; Now sunk to the wail ot a crncking bassoon ! Now flute-like, subsiding, then rising again, Is the beautiful snore of Kluabclh Jane !" 80ME 8CH00L HINT8. io the first place, always treat a boy as if he was a prisoner under sentence. This will make him all the more anxious to go to school. A school teacher can be an old maid or an old bachelor, or any other person who knows nothing whatever of child nature.? Tact is never required in managing children. Never attemnt to teach a minil nnvthinc - - r- ? r-r J o not down in the books. It is a groat deal better for a boy to understand that lied Tape Creek rises in the Northeastern part of nowhere and flows in a Westerly direction until it empties into old Brown's millpond, than it is for him to kuow how cottou is woven into cloth or how sugar is made. If a child infringes any of tho red-tape rules laid down for his govcrnuicut, always go on tho principle that ho is uialieioua and obstinate. A child can never do anything by accideut. The six hundred rules in force in the public schools ueed overhauling and amending. to read about as follows: llule 1. If a child drops his or her pencil on tho floor cut off his or her right ear. llule 2. If they happen to look off their books cut off their cars nnd nail them on the wall as a solemn warning to other scholars. Rule 3. If a pupil whispers during school hours make hiui hold a piece of redliitf irnn in liia iiiaiiI li !?<? cin<tc -v" i,vu ,M ,,,w "Ul,w ,JW ?IU6? * 'Oh, yes, I love my teacher dear, Who is so good to mo.' Rule 4. If a pupil misses two words in n spelling lesson too long for any man to commit to memory, he must be punished. Either unjoint his arm or scalp him. Rule 5. If a pupil fails to give the exact leugth nud breadth of the Fiji Islands scud him up stairs to the Principal to be pounded. Rule G. When a pupil fails to accomplish a certain number of examples in mathematics cut off his fingers with a hatchet. Hatchets for this purpose can be purchased at wholesale for about sixty ceuls apiece. Rule 7. Never let up on a pupil ou accouut of auy ailment. School children have no business to havo headache, to thache, sore throat, chills, hoarseuess or other complaints which grown peoplo succumb to. If any of the family are ill aud a pupil is late, hold hiui rcspousiblo for the illness aud pouud him accordingly. Rule 8. Open the school with prayer, and close it by sawing in two some lad win couldn't tell tho exports of tho Cauary Isluuds. With these few rules strictly enforced, |A n> *V/ dispositions and ill-temper, there is no rcnsou why every school in the laud shouldu't be made to turn out intulligeut, educated mcu aud wouieu by tho carload. Uses of the Lemon.?This is the way an cxchaugc siugs the praises of our favorite, the lemon, and we would williugly join in the chorus if there was one. The lemon is a native of Asia, although, it is cultivated in Italy, Portugal aud the south of France. In Europe, however, it seldom exceeds the dimensions of the smallest tree, while in its native state it grows to over DO feet in height. Every part of this tree is valuable iu medicine, though we rarely employ auy of it but its fruit, that is, the lcuiou itself. Aud every oue kuows how to employ this as iu lemonade : To squeeze the juice iuto I cold water, this is the shortest way, or to cut it iu slices aud let it soak iu cold water; or to out it in slices and then boil it.? Either way is good. Lemonade is one of tho best aud safest drinks for auy poison, whether in good health or uot. It is suitable for all stomach diseases, is cxcelleut iu sickness?all classes of jaundice, gravel, liver complaint, inflammation of the bowels and fevers. It is a specific aguinst worms aud skin complaints. The pippins crushed may also be used with water and sugar aud used as a drink. Lemon juice is the best antiscorbutic remedy known. It uot only cures the disease, but prevents it. Sailors make a daily use of it for this purposu. A physician suggests rubbing the gums daily with lemon juice to keep them in health. The bauds aud nails are also kept elcau, white, soft and supple by the daily use of the lemon instead of soap. It also prevents chilblains. Lemon is used in intermittent levers mixed with strong, hot black tea or coffee, without sugur. Neuralgia may be cured by rubbing the part affected with a lcuion. It is valuable to euro warts, and to destroy daudruff on the head, by rubbiug the roots of th3 hair with it. In fact its uses are manifold, and the more we employ it externally the better we find ourselves. natural remedies are the best, and nature is our best doctor, if we could only listen to it. Decidedly, rub your hands, head and ^uuts with it, and drink lemonade in preference to all other liquids. The Wiuiitmans.?The Wuiiitmans. have uieau record in contemporary Methodist history. Starting with the lii,shop, he has a brother, Dr. Jas. W. Wiyhtman. in the West Virginia Conference; a cousiu, Dr. J. T. Wiyhtman, in the South Carolina Conference ; a nephew, litw R. 11. Wiyhtman, in Kentucky Conference ; a sou-iulaw, Rev Mr. Unwell, a local preicher in Texas ; a nice, the wife of Rev. Dr. Griffiths, of the South Georgia Conference; another ucioc. the wife of Rev. C. F. Rcut, ono of our missionaries to China. ltkv. II. A. C. Walker, who is a brother-in-law of the i ? s - - " jji.-iioji, iias two sons hi mo tmmsiry, new. C. W'. Walker, of tho Missouri Confuroncc, and Itev. A. C. Walker, of tho South Carolina Conforouco. Wc call (bis a <juuil show""J ? Fatal Kkkp.cts ok Foul Aiii.?Charles!on, S. C.t April 2'.?. ?Four colored laborers were suffocated here this morning by foul air in a public well which they were cleaning. Three were (lead when taken out. The fourth inny recover. y-. . _ A WHITE BABY TURKS BLACK For over sixteen uiouths pa?t an up-town physiciau has been attcuding a case of disease that is so rare that the like of it has never been kuown or, at lcrst, recorded in medical works. It is a caso of real melanosis or pigmentation, where the pigment or malunin, as it is technically called, which gives color to tho hair and eyes, pervades the wholo body. A boy born of white parents and perfectly natural in tho color at his birth, turned under the disease as black as a full blooded negro. The parents live at No. 1307 Leuiou street, the father, Juhu Salter, being a mechanic. Thoy were luarriod in Dpppmhor 1K7(i. Thnv nrn Imtli nf American birth, the wif'o being of English descent Mid the husband of Irish extraction. Ten months after the uuiou of the couple there was born to theui n fine and apparently healthy boy baby. Tho iufunt thrived and promised to developo into a robust boy. It was a beautiful child, with fail hair, which grew in profusion. When two weeks old he was taken to a priest and christened. In a few days the parents became alarmed a', a remarkable change that was coming over the child. lie gradually grew dark. At first his skin became a yellow, and thcu deepened iuto a saffron hue, and then, to the torror of tho parcuts, grew darker yet. Various doctors prescribed for tho child, but the disease was not checked. Tho child grew darker and darker. The color wus uniform nil over the body, except at the joiuts, where it was a little darkor, nud at the paluis of the hands, where was lighter. The onoe fine brown hair grew stiff and jet black, nnd the eyes also grow darker, so that tho line between tho pupils and the iris could not be distinguished. In spito of medical trentmcut the boy grew worso and becamo very weak, all the time the color of bis skin deepening. At last ho became as black as a full-blooded negro. Then be was attacked by couvulsions, which grew more frcqucut and violent until they threatened tho child's life. It was in one of these that Dr. Reynolds, of Eighteenth and Poplar streets, was called iu. IIo succeeded in curing the spasms, aud then devoted his attention to tho strange disease which afflicted the child. He at once recognized it as melanosis or pigmentation, which is mentioned in the books in a general way, but there is no case given where it had developed all through the body. This was over sixteen months ago, tho child being then sixteen mouths old. Since that time the boy has greatly improved, by degrees becoming lighter, until now he is of a light chestnut-brown color. The hair has once more become brown and soft, and the eyes have regained their natural appearance. Q' I\_ 1* - liwa liad i%.u chargo the child has been visited ly over two hundred physicians, who all agreed it was a remarkable case. Dr Reynolds was visited lust night by a Press reporter. The doctor said the case was a difficult ouo to explain, as there is so little medical literature on the subject. It is. he said, a case of what he would call true melanosis or over production of pigment.? Melanin, as the pigment giving color to the hair and oyes, aud which gives the boy's skin its dark color, is called, is thought to be produced in the brain, the nerve ccutcr of the body. Iu this caso there is a great over production. 'I first saw thaboy,' said he, 'when he was thirteen months old. lie was thon as black as any negro, but ho is now growing lighter. The change came by degrees. As the boy improved in general hoalth ho became lighter, nnd when ho relapsed in general health he grew darker again; but ou the whole ho has gradually lost his dark color aud will eventually be white.'?J'h iladelpli iu 1 *ress. ?? A Leadville Incident.?A letter to the Chicago Times says: There is one happy man iu Leudvillc to-day. The first of the week he came into town ragged, dirty and penniless, after a summer's prospecting, lie managed some way to get liquor, however; and, not feeling in the best of humor, in a fit of desperation ho wcut on a big drunk. He consequently got arrested and was fined, as drunk and disorderly, 815 and costs. Having no money to pay the line, lie was sent to the city jail, and thcuco to the chain-gang, to work it oat on the streets of Lerdville. He had served part of his time when he received a call from a party of capitalists from the Clarendon hotel. A claim iu which he owned an iutcrcst had struck it rich, nud these gcdtheuicn hud call to ofTcr him a sum of 830,000 for his share. It is needless to say that the offer was accepted. He signed papers, already prepared, then and there, and received the money, paid his fine, visited the bath house and clothing store, and slept that night at the Clarendon. The next morning, clothed nud in his right niiud, he ordered a carriage, visited the scene of his late humiliation, aud paid the fines of his former companious in misery, and sent them on their way rejoicing. He is happy, aud so are the capitalists, as they thiu/r they struck a splendid bargain; but this fact docs not yet disturb the serenity of the man who has ocuie up out of the depths and leaped, as it were, in the twinkling of au eye, from the chain-gang and pcuury to a competency for all time to come. '-Truth,' iu Ijeadvillo- is ftftpntillips llmti fiction.' Johnny wanted to go to tho circus, and his father said : "Johnny, I'd rather you'd go to school and study, and uiaybc you'll be president, soino day." Said Johnny : "Father, there's about one million boys in the Uuitcu States, isn't there?" "Yes." "And every one of them stands a chance of being President?" "Yes." "Well, dad, I'll sell out my chance for a circus ticket." Anderson (5. II. is tho model town of the ?St;itc. There is not mi habitual tippler I among the young men in the town ami only I four people died there last year. A Bear Fioiit that "ftrrsy and I" was not in.?It was found necessary yesterday to repair the polar-bear water tank at the Zoo, nod for the purpose the brown bears wcro driven into the right compartments, so that their pit could be occupied by the white specimens of the genus ursus temporarily. n .P'iL. i .< .t . v/ne 01 mo iron uoors 01 mo c mipnrsuicnt not being fully closed, resulted in one of the smnll brown bears discovering what he considcicd intruders in his family's domain. Every time oue of tho visitors passed this opening ho rammed one paw through and tried to give him a swipe. Finally tho male polar, aftor making several go as yon please laps around the pit, seemed to have definitely settled upon n plan of action.? When making the next circuit the warlike paw stuck out ne befjre. Iu a second he grasped it and dragged its owner through tho narrow openingiuto the pit. Those wbosi\w the fight say that it was terrific whilo it lasted. Tho contestants woro unevenly matched, but, neveithcless, the little brown bear stood up to the work with nduiirablo pluck. Up and down the pit they went in tho deadly struggle, the little fellow scoring tho first point by briugiug blood from the polnr's head, for which he received a rap thut made his teeth rattle, aud knocked him about ten feet. They came together again like a flash, and quicker than thought the polar rose ou its hind legs with his enemy in his embrace. As the pressure was applied, tho boms could bo heard to crack. Presently tho hug relaxed, aDd a dying boar dropped to the pavement. The polar now for tho first time seemed to be fully curnged, and with great lenps jumped up and down on the prostrate foe, uttering deep, hoarse growls that called forth an answering chorus from nil tho animals surrounding. lie at lust held the carcass down with one paw and commenced rending the bear with bis teeth. Tho keeper, who had opened the doors, making a pus sngc-way through to tho polars' quarters, now went to work with a long, pointed rod, and succeeded in driving tho polars back to their quarters, when ho immediately let down tho doors. Tho victorious animal thirsted for more gore, and in his efforts to gratify the desire exhibited almost human intelligence. Placiug ouo paw against tho iron door, he would push on it as if raising a window. Twice it yielded partly, and, holding it in position, he would lower his head sideways and look through the opening; but when he attempted to get under it a relaxed hold would return the door to its place. Ou the last trial he raised it, and with tho assistance of tho other paw gavo it another lift, and was half way through iuto the adjoining pit before tho keeper oould driTo htm back. The door was then securely fastened to prevent a repetition of the proceeding. For the next half-hour the polar continued trying to get through, and at last gave it up us a bad job.? GYn. Commercial. .# Manures.?Thousands of dollars aro lost to the farmers annually by tho injudicious application of fertilizers. I wish to bo practical on this subject, and will point out some of the causes which prevent the farmer from receiving the full bcucfit of manures. Shallow and imperfect plowing in breaking tho land. No mauuro will pay well, uulcss the soil be deeply and thoroughly broken. Every farmer should know that manuro uurtures the crop only when in a soluble condition, and that well broken soil will ' retain moisture and facilitate tho rise and fail of it. Another cause of loss to tho farmer, is gruss and weeds. Commercial fertilizers areCvery soluble, and weeds and grass arc very hearty feeders and will steal most ol tho fertilizer, if allowed to remain any time in the crop. A farmer who applies manuro judiciously must understand tho constituents of pluut food in the substance he uses as manures; a'so the nature of the crop or plant which he cultivates. To illustrate, and also to auswer a question often asked, 'why is cottou seed not a good fertilizer for cow-peas V Cottonseed contains very little, if any, lime and potash, which is the dominant element of plant food for tho common cow-peas. Any soil deficient in lime and potash will fail to produce cowpeas. Commercial fertilizers seldom if ever pay, when used on their worn sandy laud. Why ? Because it is destitute of humuscs, but when humus abounds, it pays better than ou any other class of land, i consider sandy lund. with clay subsoil, the best iu the world for the use of fertilizers. Farmers give very little thought to tho plaut food coutuined iu tho material thoy uso as man- ? ure. If it looks dark and smells offensive, that is sufficient. Ammonia is sufficient by | itself, which is a groat mistake. I admit that ammonia is the most important plant food for making tho stalk or weed, but you must have phosphate of litne, potash, for making the giaiu or seed. 1 refer tho - - luiuiur ui mu experiments o! the Frcuch cheutist M. Villo, which I consider very satisfactory. To use commercial fertilizers on worn sandy laud, is to lose your money. You uiust restore organic matter to your soil if you would havo them pay. Woods earth, consisting of straw, leaves, and rotu n wood, will furnish humus, which is absolutely ucccssary to produce profitable crops. Wo all know that fertilizers of the present day pay well on fresh lauds. My modo of improving poor laud is by hauling straw aud leaves, and scattering broadcast and givo that a dressing of Dr. llavenels ash elem?nt sowing peas broadcast in the mouth of July. Will it pay to use fertilisers on oats? I will answer this question in may next.? CitlTiO, in Or(inyvbury Times. ?? Tiib (Jittii Vuzzlk is the latest. It con* sists in putting an average girl in front of the ribbon counter of a dry goods store, and having her find the particular shade she is after. Since dry goods stores were invented innumerable women have purchased countless ribbons, but that ouc of them ever admitted getting just what she was after itt uot recorded.