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rtATBS, OF 8VB8ORJPT10N.-r?qW Sh\LXJiti ann Vtvft ?jur? par anuura, in *5rl*c9. . Two DofXAsI ul' ot"v of year. HETMTY-FIV? CEJCTB for ?Ix tuontbs. ? , , . Subscriptions ate not taken for ft leas forlod th?n xl* month*. . " " j? , BATB* OF ADVHRTI8INQ.-On? Dollar per1 square ol one inch for the Ant Insertion,?nd V?fty Cants per square for subsequent lnscrtionsless than tiireo mouths. Ko advertisements couuleless (Usu a bouaro. ... Ubers!coutracts wlllbe made withtho^wUhJne fco advertise for. tb reo, als or t weiro months. Ad vertising by contract must be confined to tho ltn modlato business of tho firm or Individual contrae Obiuiaiy Notices exceeding five lines, Tributes 'Of itespcot, and all personal communication or matters of individual interest, will be chaifV for 'at advertising rates. Announcements of wartages nnd deaths, and notices of? religious character, aro respectfully solicited, and wilt bo Inserted yatla FARMING AND THE SCIENCE*! I Editor Anderson Inidlujencer : Several indications have recoutly Up come prominent to show that the 8tudjy of thc Sciences is becoming a necessify foriour people, especially those of theijp who have a more intimate connection with farming. - I I wish to have a familiar talk s Uli my brother farmers, and show them, if i can,- how perfectly dependent ever,/| farmer is upon tho knowledge of tin1 Sciences by Bo.uebody who can make that kncwlcdge known ; and how impos-l aiblo it is for fanning to make progresa) without tho knowledgo in somebody of) the lawa whl ifc a kind Creator has pro vided for the benofit of his creature*. To ahow iu a familiar way how com pletely dependent mankind is for their livinj . on somebody knowing and ex plaining the Sciences, I assort this, and defy contradiction, that a man who does not use that knowledgo derived from those Jaws bf God called Sciences, cannot perform ono single act, except talking, that a horse cannot do. Ho can without science draw his breath and eat euch fruit as God has made grow wild. Thin being a fact, I am anxious to dull the edge of that prejudice which many good farmers have even of talking on the subject of the Sciences, by making it so plnin that any one who can read will understand mo. First, then, what is the meaning of the word Scionce? The word itself sim ply meatis "to know." But it has been further applied to a collection of the lending truths relating to any of the laws of God, properly arranged and sys tematized. Thus: Tho leading truths relating to that law of God which treats of the internal structure I of the earth, its various conten tn, ita various elements, put there for food for plants and trees, all arranged and systematized, ia called the Science of Geometry. Tho leading truths of that law which treats of the properties of mineral substances, all ar ranged and systematized, is called the Science of Mineralogy. Tho leading truths relating to that law which treats of all mattera calculated by figures, and of whatever can be measured and num bered, all arranged and systematized, is called tho Science of - Mathematics. Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, &c, are branches of this. .. The Science of Chem istry has for ita object to discover the nature and properties of all bodies, which is done by decomposition and combination. By it tho elements of food which ?ny plant has taken, from tho soil can be exactly ascertained, and by it tbe soil can be analized, and whatever food it has. for plants can be also discovered. It would seem that every farmer must see how important this knowledge of this Science would be to farmers. Men who have studied the lawa relating to Geometry and Chemistry tell usthf>.?Gou bas placed in the Boil fourteen elements or ingredients for food for plants. Now, if a farmer can bo told what the corn he plants takes up by Us roots, and also ex t.ctly what the soil ho plants tho corn in has of the . food the corn wants, then when he knows what tho soil lacks,.ho will know what to apply. Hydrology is the Science which ar rangea and systematizes all the proper ties and laws which are contained in and govern water. Mechanics is that soienco which investigates tho forces by which al. bodies aro to bo kept still or put in motion, and put in a particular form or ahapo. Tho .powers which it uses are the Idver, pulley, screw,'axle, inclined plano and wedge. Botany ia tho science which treats of the structure of planta, the function of their parts, the latitude in which they grow, and their classifica tion and names. Metallurgy io more of an art than a science, and comprehends tho whole procesa of separating the ore from other matten?, and smelting and re fining the meta). Natural History ar ranges and systematizes a description of the earth and all its productions, and in cludes Zoology, Botany, Geology, Miner alogy and uah culturo* The foregoing contains a description ?,of those Sciences.which have a more in timate bearing on the advancement ol Scientific Agriculture, and by which all farmlntr - ohnratlnni? ara ^owlaJ on, in many cases the farmer not being aware of it, as I,Will now proceed to illustrate ; Snpp'csf a beginner to commence farm ing. Hojmust havo laud, and that clear ed aud fenced, a horse and plow ready ? for "fork/ Now, think how many of these Schncesi must be known by somebody before the plow can be started. To make . the irani God han modo a law there should bo placed in the earth the oro of iron ; s raiacrsiegbt then first finds the ore; then chemistry must find the composl tion ipt will make a crucible to statu beat enough to melt the ore ; tho metal .* lufgiA must bo at hand to smelt and separate the oro from earthy and othei mattera; then mathematica must ahovi how?the machinery must be made to beal it ?ito bara ; then the scionce <5f me chuica muet Bhow how to ahape lt intx "a inWahare, and mathematica muai a*in how lo make the atock to suit th< pjpw. Hero, then, somebody must knott tils whole array of' sciences before J r&w can be made and started to work ? ad still more of them must be koowr, ?fore a fence or a house can .be built flion get your eora aeed and start U ?,_? . u/i.ere at? y .vi i tn nat tn groin fn the ground or on top ? Ask the geo! LrM ?ud ue t,lu y?a that aU lho cl* /menu which God has made for food fa f plants are placed in the soil. Thet I there ia another law that talla os tba f God na? given to eeod a vitality tba / when placed in tho ground and bavt J moisture and heat? will aend o0* wt '(A TK.S OP SUBSCRIPTION.-rt* DOLLAR d Firrr OKSTS n?r annum. In adranee. 1*0 DOLLARS at eua of ye*?. 8*VBsm?FiVK.O:s?T8 for ?Ix months. Subscriptions aro not taken for u lew period than nix mouth*. HATES OF AD*'KltT]SIXO.-l)nt Dollar per !i|da oui on? ?lieu fur the lirst insertion,and Kitty Cunt* per ?uuare for subsequent insertlouslessthat titree mouin*. No -J vert ?M incutscounted le?* than a lauare. I l'ieral contract K oil I be made with thote wishing to advertise for three, six or twelve mouths. Ad versing Uy contract must be svnnncd to the Im M ciliate bull tiri? o f t hu firm or individual contr?e Uti*. .lb tusry Notices exceeding fire linc, Tributes of Rot poet i and nil pcrsuual communication* or initiera of individual interest, will l>? charged for at advertising rates. Announcement* of marriage* and 'tenth*, and notices of a religious character, aro r. i ?.. t r? 111 >- solicited, and will be Inserted gratis. BURIED IN A COAL MINE. ?.They Arc AU Alive -Prayers, Hymns mid Mule Meat. JVum the AVu? York HeraM, The following is an account of tho caving in of H portion of the Lehigh und Wilkesbarro Colliery, Pennsylvania, on tlie 23d nit., in which seven minen were buried alive, hut who were, by herculean ?Horts by their friends, rescued safe aim .sound at the end of six days: WlLKESBARRB, PA., April 28, 1879. Since Wednesday morning, when thc imprisonment of thc miners look place '.i consequence of a fall of several acres of roofing, up to tho moment the fiunl stroke was niado this morning for their release, the populace of the Wyoming Valley has been kept on the tiptoe of ex pectation, but aa thc hours sped by and the proclamation of meccas was delayed day after day tho mt st sanguine spirits gave way to a sense of despondency. Last night word came that the minc was Hooding despite the constant use of the Inimps ; also that the presence of gas in urge bodies was apparent, and the knowledge that tho mino had been on fire on Thursday ut the went cud of the fall created a melancholy impression. Last night during the long and tedious boura the friends of the seven men kept their vigils upon the surface, near the new outrance to thc minc. Thc Herald repor ter passed arouud the camp fires it about threo o'clock, un hour before daylight. The numbers present were not great at that hour, but lhere were hearts burdened ?villi great sorrow. WATCHING RELATIVA The sire bowed down with years, sat close to a few half-burned faggots, whose dying ember? cost a sickly glow upon the solver head. His chin rested upon his breast and his hands were clasped about bis knees. From his trembling lips came now and then a low moan, a deep drawn sigh. Ile paid no heed to his surround ing. Tho forms that lay stretched out upon tho green award about him had no interest for him. Now and then he would cast n glance toward the mouth of thc pit, where wearied but hopeful watchers kept an ear open for tidings of cheer. But be slept not. He had two sous in the underground dung-i-n. His heart was bursting with unutterable emo tions. Near him wits tho father of an only BOO and he also was entombed. Reasou threatened to vacate its throne. "Barney ! where are ye, Harney ? My (Jod, sparc my child!" The bosses wore anathema tized for what he felt was an unpardona ble sin in letting men enter a miuo that hud boen pronounced so dangerous. BROTHERS AND BISTERS. A sister and sumo companions were huddled together at a short distance in tho back ground. The tearstaincd cheeks and swollen eyelids told a story more impressive than the pene" the most gifted writer could describe. A brother sat silently at the thrcshhold of what to oven him seemed to be a sepulchre. They might be found, but the fearful impression that they had met and suc cumbed to the overpowering influence of the angel of death was burning into his very heart. DEATH DEFERRED. The night shift was down. They had expected to make tho ' breich into the lower gangway which waa Leing driven by the men previous to their imprison ment by mi'might, but that hour carno and passed, and the knells of receding iiours wero repented, and still no joyous messenger came. The gray streaks of dawn fired the eastern sky nud ihr* sun came over the hilltops nnd gilded the western horizon, but it brought no cheer to the hearts of the mourners. At length at half-past seven o'clock thc shift rame up with the news that bul a few more inches of thc r ial block remained to bo pierced. Thc crowd was growing now. A hundred warm hearts throbbed quickly al this information. An hour passed. People were coming on foot and by every vehicle that could be pressed intoservice. Representatives of the best society, gen tlemen with their families and miners and laborers in their dusky suits. Tho throng was very large, but orderly. Conversation was conducted in a low tone of voice. "THEY ARC AU, ALIVE." It was just four minutes to line o'clock when strong knocks in rapt'? succession were heard upon thc trap door that leads to the dismal abyss. The utmost silence prevailed. Men with bated breath awaited thc opening of the mouth of the messenger. It might bo a voice freigh ted willi excessive joy; it might be weighted down with tho bitterest woe. Tho familiar head garb of a miner ap peared Rt the hole, it was L'HUIO? Lewis und ho cried out, "They are all alive 1" Never have the rock-ribbed hills of Sugar Notch echoed with joy os they di J in response to this intelligence. Huzzah after huzzah was wafted out on the at mosphere, and the peoplo in the valley came out of their houses and gazed up lo the place wbero thc devoted men had been laboring upward nf six days in suc cession without stoppage for the rescue of their fellow men. Speedy messengers were despatched to Ashley for physicians and restoratives. Miss Riley, sister of ono of the rescued men, fainted. While men raised their VO?CCH in exultation, women cried with joy and thanked God for the blessing. Old Mr. Green, upward of seventy years of age, started off at once for his home with the glad tidings. Despite his old ago aud infirmities no houud?u OVer the h?ia with it slep us light as a youth's. There was rejoicing nil around, and all gave expression to their feelings nnd congratulated ono an other upon the result of t eir protracted search. "HERE THEY COME." Hardly had thc cheers died away be fore nuolhcr rap waa heard at the trap door, and another miner came out with tho shout upon his tongue, "Hero they como I" Twa? true, one alter another of the impriaoncd mun was helped through the trap. Aa fast BB they carno up they fell into the banda of friends with unal loyed pleasure. Tho meeting was one of those scenes that cannot bo faithfully portrayed. To tho friends who lia?? v.ait td so long for their return it terned as if tho dead had risen. The rescued felt then, if never before, the blessings of friends und thc gloriousness of God's sunlight. They were all strong and healthy notwithstanding their long im prisonment. They had beard tho efforts of their comrades on Thursday while blunting ibo block of coal, and on that day killed the mule, and prepared some nf il to bo e?ten. Tho air in the minc wa* good, and thc men were enabled to conk their molo meat by a fire. When they came up they brought some pieces ol' thu meat and thc stones upon which il was cooked. In inv last dispatch to the Herald I foreshadowed nprobabilii; of the finding of the entombed miner* as early a? Mon day. They wore actually reached this morning, about eight o'clock. Tho sto ries of their trials are most interesting. This afternoon tho /fernltl correspondent called upon Patrick and John Green. Patrick was resting himself in n chair, will) his feet un the rounds and Iiis buck against the walli with a Saturday's Her- ; aid in hin hands. John WAS hilting in a chair also. About them were several friends, who had called to express con gratulations over the fortunato end of last week's terrible explosion. The res cued men welcomed ? our correspondent, and said that they would give any infor mation they had. Tho interview was conducted mostly with John Green. A VIVID DESCRIPTION. "When did you first know of the fall and who told you first " "It was Wednesday morning, at about two o'clock, I sboula think, w.icn Johu Clark, the doortender, came running hack and told us ot the failing roof, lt was, you may well imagine, startling intelligence. We did not hesitate long what to do. Grabbing what was next to us we iimdc a, hasty exit from tho heading and ran back through the gang way for haifa mile I suppose. Here we met the fall. It seemed as if the whole thing from tho surface had como down. It looked pretty blue. Then wo tried another way. We thought of several routes, but every time wo found tho way closed up. We finally concluded that if we could get to the foot of the malnway which loads from the Fulton gangway up thc Davis gangway perhaps wo could get out. We feared that we could not pet to the foot, but wo did, and felt first rate until we found, as we wert up hill, that it was closed. It was on Wednes day when it fell in. We had no time piece with us and could only guess the time. Every minute seemed an hour. We would get sleepy and then we thought it might bu the regular sleeping hour. Well, we tried to dig out thc maiuway. We dug and dug on our hands and knees for hours, and perhaps had got through fifty feet of it, but there seemed to be uo ena to it ana we were becoming exhausted. To add to this, in our weakened condi tion, was the fact that tho roof kept fall ing all around us. We did the best we could by propping, but it came down alt tho time, and wo wero in the danger of getting caught in the place and crush ed to death. We held consultations, and the only conclusion we could arrive at for a long time was that wo were lost. Then we would hear a noise and balloo, but soon discovered that instead of friends coming to find us that it was tho fal'ing of the roof and perhaps tho dropping of water. We found au old vest near the branches of the road where the air was good, where we stayed. Tho air was good then until about an hour before we were found this morning, when il became light and clear, because of a broken down air conductor. When we were found we were putting up the brac ing so ns to conduct tho air again in its regular channel. We had safety lamps to prospect about tho mines with, and could have built a fire. Where we stayed we were not troubled with gas at all, although we knew it had accumulated in some places. Wa heard noises when tho miners began to work upon the coal. Again and again we heard it, and it sounded like an explosion, and then we made up our mind that tho men were trying to find us. Wo could also hear the men at work in the old slope and wo ! rapped io them. Our courage stiffened ' up and we felt first rate. Then the noise stopped and we diu not hear them for a long time. We got disheartened again. We thought, may be, they had become discouraged and had given us up. It was pretty tough to believe, but what else could we do. We knew they had been working for us, and when we didn't hear them any more we had to believe that something was tho mfttter and that they were giving up. On Friday I felt the worst. I had not though; before thia that T was going to die, but it came over me that day. We all thought before this that we were lost, but it did not seem to bo so bad to me aa on Friday. When I began to think about it I tell you thc tears wero not far from my eyes." THE BRAVEST OF THE LOT. "How did tho door boy, Johnny Clark stand it?" "He was the best of the lot. He's i brave, good-hearted boy. Wc all felt well of Johnny. He's as good a man ai any of us. Ho never whimpered, onlj whenjhe'd think of his mother his spirit) wouldgettlown and he'd feel bad. Itel you it's a pretty hard place to bo in, anc most anybody would feel glum undei such circumstances." ALL THE FOOD GONE. We ate up all our food on Tueadaj night, expecting, of course, to get ou breakfast at homo in the morning, bu it was a long time till that morning All day Wednesday wo worked and triei every way to get out and didn't third much ol eating, but on Thursday we be gan to get pretty ? angry. KILLING THE MULE. "What was to be done, was the ques lion. We held a consultation and i was unanimously agreed that the rn ul must supply our food. We had tied th old fellow up, for he was gettin hungry, too, and eating the prop And timbers. Besides, when a mul gets mad he will attack a man. We le tho poor old fellow out and I knocke him down with a hammer, and Iii ll Kinney, his driver, cut his neck with a axe. We did not skin the carcass all t once, but peeled it off as we required i We had no salt, but it WAS a Godsen that wc had tho mule. Wo would hav starved if he had not been there, an they cat horse meat in France, yo know. Tho water was first rate. ] came to us through tho roof, and it wr as pure a? we could ask it. By a fire w cooked the mule meat in our dinne buckets. This morning, when we coul hear no blasting, wo thought it was Sur day and the men had stopped workin; but we found out since that it was b< cause thoy dared not fire for fear of se ting the goa on fire and burning u They did not como out where wo expo ted they would strike, and it frightenc us, because wo knew where they touche it was full of gas. If we had not lcftoi regii'iiti" stopping piuco in the old brea to go and fix up thc broken down airwi they would have had a hard time findir us. PRAYER MEETINGS. "Yea, wo had prayer meetings. Son prnyed and some sang hymns. Wo hi plenty of time to think of such things, only slept about three hours, I guess, a tho time." "Did yon Bee any rats?" "Well, I should say so. They starti cut of the mine when the roof fell, b many were caught. Then they sm< our rare steaks and cweet joints of nm meat, and surrounded us in drov? Why, nome of iiiem Wci? tia uig aa uogs believe. I never SAW such big rats in i my life. It was quito a boarding houi For feather beds wo had the soft sido a plank. Such meat was never bett relished. Wo wero hungry, you w bear in mind. Our air came di rec! from the fan, and it was our salvatir How inspiringly wc felt when wcthoug of tho fortune of good air. Without we could not have stood Itali. So loner it lasted wo might have hope of holdi out." "To what do you attribute this acci dent ?" ''Well, of my own knowledge, I can't ?ay what was tho.causc." "Do you know the pillars have been robbed behind you ?" "No, I cati't say PO. I have not been working there, but from what I know of Hoskins & Tiffany I have ni .vays consid ered them pretty good men. 1 don't think they would take desperate chances with tho men. Of course, I did not know that thc pillars were robbed." AN INVESTIGATION. "Do you know that tho miners pro pose to subscribe to a fund for the pur pose of seeing that a full investigation is made of this matter and the blame laid where it should bc put ?" "No ; I have not heard of it.'' Many Voices-Wo have heard of it and we v.Yl subscribo our share at any time. The miners outside don't want to get caught themselves for sombody's carelessness. "Hud any of you messages to leave to your friends?" "No ; I think not." "Who did you sec first to-day ?" "We thought we heard somebody talk ing. We had been fooled so many times before when we hallooed, but wc thought we would try it once again, and wo cried halloo, and then we heard Mr. Smith s^y to Nick.; Rapson, 'Wc have found them and they are alive.' He came right out to us ; and wasn't we glad. Wo then went back and put out our fire and closed our boarding house for the season. Tho ruts will have a feast from thc old mule ; they aro in sole possession now." WILLIAM KENNEY'!! STORY. The Herald reporter found William Kenney at his homo in Sugar Notch at a late hour, surrounded by a numerous crowd of By m pat!?? tic associates. He was in good spirits generally, notwith standing a griping pain he complained of, consequent upon too much indulgence iu agood supper. He was the driver boy whom Dennis Gallagher, the last miner who left the mine, had wained to leave the mine. He relates the story as fol lows : As I was coming out ulong the lower level gangway, about 500 yards from tho facing where the men were driving with six loaded cars, I was stopped by Mar tin Lee and l'at Devany, who hud gone out to clear the track of a fall that had occurred before. This was about two o'clock Weduesday morning. I went ahead and saw tluit the track was ob structed by about twenty carloads of roofing. I walked back and met Dennis Gallagher and Bill Reece and another mau. Gallagher told tho doortendcr to "run back and tell the gangway men to come out, that the mine was caving in." I told the men for a "cod" to kneel down and say their prayers, that they were all gone up. They frightened me and I have been scared worse siuce. I turned buck and took the mule where it was solid. Then 1 went back to where we kept our dinner puils, some way out ol the gangway. The men came up to me, We agreed that wo'ed better hurry up and get out. and made hoste and run While ?ve were running toward the slope it wus fnlling before us and behind us, sc we turned back. Oue said, 'What art we going to do?' One of the Greer boys said there must be an opening ot the back brunch, and we started for tba' place. We found that that was full anc we retraced our steps back to the mail gangway and tried to root our waj through the fall. We hooked our wa] through thut ubout fifteen yards, unt gnve it up. Little pieces were falling al around us. Then Ned Price hollerec out to us to go and kill the mule. NO LAUGHING. "You hadjto laugh ut that, didn'tyou?' "There was no laughing then, I tell you Then me and Johnny Green and Char ley Hawkins und Johnny Clark went I kill the mule while Barney Riley, Edwan "rice and Pal Green went for oii. Joni Green Btruck the mule with a humme and I cut his head oil' with an axe. The: we cut a leg off and cut out a piece uni fried it. It was savory that way, und s we boiled a piece. We ute it with goo relish, ^hile we were eating we praye to God that we might get out. Then w went on u buck bench and luid down o an old door. We hud a, little camp meei ing there. We first tried to fry with on lump, but that wouldn't go, so we starte a fire with a very lilli j wood, for fear tin it would injure the men that might t trying to get us out. PRAYERS ANSWERED. "On Thursduy, just after we hud eutc the first mule meut and hud declared wus good, us if in answer to our pruycr we heard a ahot fired. Then we hem other Bounds, and we sometimes thougl it wau thc full of the roof, and we all gi down and prayed that it was thc resci ing men. Charley Hawkins sung sou hrrcpn. Ag?'" we tried to mal our way through the lower gangway, bi had to give thut up agaiu and como hui aguin. Saturday night wo all felt in goc cheer, but on Sunday there was no shoe ing, and we gave up all for lost. Chu ley Hawkins, the cook, then reduci our rations so that our food would In longer. Between ten and cloven o'cloi on Sunday night we heard another sin We laid down und slept until this mor ing, when Huwkins went to try the g und ho found the gus was coining on t and tho nir wns getting worse. Then i went ulong the gangway to where t cavo had broken down, un old breakii to look for tho course of the first air. "WB AS! 8AYKD." "Riley started to do something to t uir passage when we heard a voice, a we gave u jolly yell for we knew it w help ; and the answer came back, and knew we were Buvcd. Then the rescui men came and saw what we were doi and how we lived. We had our mule ini on cooking. Wo put out our fire, a brought the pail with tho meat in it to the opening. I learn that Charl Parrish wanted to take it home w him." A PRESENT TO THE MEN. Mr. Parrish presented each ono of I seven rescued men with $100, jokingly marking, "this is for your good sense killing the mule." KI.OW ANO CAREFUL WORK EOlt PE OF GAH EXPLOSION. Yesterday the rescuing party succeet in drilling a hole through to the lo\ purt of the mine, thus showiug that was only necessary to drive a few I further to effect an opening into gangwny. Thc work was then nccessi ly performed slowly and carefully, there were indications of firo dat which necessitated the driving and c ting of the coal with thc pick alo Mine Superintendent Smith was thof to enter the gangway. He found a \ tiou of tho men cooking a breakfast mule steaks. Thc remainder of the j ty were engaged in changing tho dil timi nf a?, mr course. Very little said, but the entire party used all pn hie despatch in getting ont of the mi reaching thc surface shortly after i o'clock. The crowd which had a- - bled was very enthusiastic and renou ly cheered the rt?cued mc;i mid tl plucky deliverers. The men were then sent to their homes. Dunne; Saturday and Sunday they could hear the rescuing pi.rty firing blasts, and when the blast ing ceased they believed tho work had been stopped and they wore abandoned to their fate. They sky they could have subsisted at least two weeks longer, bad it boon necessary, upon their supply of mule meat. Dieu I NU TWELVE HUNDRED FEET. Too much praise cannot be awarded to tho brav<3 men who accomplished the great work of driving and timbering a i passage way of 1,200 feet through rock ? and slate and coal in thc space of four i days and nights, to the bosses directing work and to the engineering skill dis played in locating and directing thc open ings. The men stood thc long imprison ment very well. The boy upon reach ing tho surface leaped over tho enclosure nt thc mouth uf the opening and ran rap idly homeward. A BENEFIT ENTERTAINMENT. A concert for tho benefit of tho men will bo given at Music Hall to-morrow. Charles Hawkins, one of their number, will relate thc storv of their captivity. Tho total receipts will be given to them, ns all expenses have been paid. Thc Last of Johu Patterson. Our esteemed contemporary, the Times, published tho other day a remarkable Statement about Honest John Patterson, of Juniata county, l'a., who tarried in South Carolina as long as there was good stealing in that State. The Time* says thal Honest John signalized his last days in the character of a mock Senator, by uniting with six others, morally like him self, in stealing from thc United States the greater part of $17,000. We consider the story remarkable, not to say unde serving of trust, because wo can hardly believe that Honest John would stoop tb a larceny of such contemptible propor tions. It seems altogether unworthy of his well earned reputation, and the pub lic will he slow to credit it, unless sus tained by clear and conclusive evidence. It appears, then, that tho Senate or dered an inquiry us to thc condition of things in the Indian Territory, and the alleged fraudulent issue of bonds by cer tain land-grant railroads there. It was long previously known that Mr. Patter ton could never return to the State of South Carolina, on account ot" certain un plensaut proceedings in thc Courts ; and he was probably made Chairman of the Committee o:i Territories by his sympa thetic associates in order that he might make tho acquaintance of some of thc inhabitants ol those distant parts, and prepnre himself a refuge somewhere to ward thc setting sun. At all events, when the order was passed, it found John in position uud eager for work. Ho had been so frequently investigated himself that the Senute had a right to presume that he fully understood the business. As to the fraudulent bonds, Honest John had enjoyed a remarkable and instruc tive experience during his brief sojourn in South Carolina. It was probably owing to these considerations more than to tho heat of the weather or distance to be travelled, that the other members of the Committee left the whole mutter to Honest John, relying upon his well known character und abilities for a proper result. And now Patterson set to work iu earnest. Realizing that bis sham Sena torial career was rapidly drawing to a close, he determined to get in his harvest while the Bun was hot. He made his dutiful son clerk of the Committee, and paid him only tho paltry sum of $1,300 for that dreadful trip in a palace car all the way to Dennison, Texas, and back, occupying,' with harassing stops for sight seeing, nearly an entire month. He also took with him a deputy Sergeant-at-ArniB and four Washington bummers for com pany, makiug a select party of seven. They must, however, have been in tho last stages of starvation when Honest John picked them up, for their voracity, as exhibited by the vouchers, was some thing tremendous. They ate in less than a mouth about $/>,00o worth of solid pro visions, and this fact probably explains their enormous weight and the startliug cost of transporting them. It is known that they travelled ou free passes, as such high-toned persons generally do, uud yet Honest John and his deputy Sergeant-at Arins found it necessary to disburse au additional $5,000 or thereabouts for "fares." Honest John also appropriated $300 in cash, of which no account what ever is rendered, but it uiust have been used to enable him to appear with Sena torial dignity among the Indians. Altogether, Patterson spout $17,000 out of the contingent fund of the Senate, and, considering thc opportunity and the temptation, thc country ought to be very thankful that it was no more. When Honest John was in his prime, when he looked upon the prostrate State of South Carolina and chuckled audibly over the ftrospect of "five years' good stealing still eft in her," ho would have scorned such paltry pickings as these, especially where they bad to be divided nmoug six of his hungry followers. So passes John Patterson. Ho was almost the Inst of the carpet-baggers. Now, if Mr. Kellogg would only steal the furniture out of his committee room, and go packing od'to Illinois, where he came from, or follow Patterson toward the setting ?un, we should bo clear of tho whole nice, thank heaven, and tako heart. It U strange how naturally thc thieves disappear from public life with the disappearance of the bayonet from the nolls.-New York Sun. A CUKIOSITY FOE THE CUII.DREN. On the mantelpiece of my grandmother's best parlor, among other marvels, wai an npplo in n vial and it quite filled up the bottle. Childish wondermentconstanlly was, "How could it havo got there?" Hy stealth I climbed a chair to see if the bottlo would unscrew, or if thero had been a joint in tho glass throughout the vial. I was satisfied by careful observa tion that neither of these theories could bo supported; and tho apple remained to to me an e?IgtiiM and a mystery. One day, walking in the garden I saw it nil. There, on u tree, was a vial tied ; and within it a tiny npplo which was growing within tho crystal. The apple was nut into the bottle while it was little, ana it grew thero. Moro than thirty years ago we tried this experiment with a cucum ber. We laid a bottle on tho ground by a bill of cucumbers, and placed a tiny cucumber in the bottle tosco what would be the result. It grew till it filled the bottle when we cut it from thc stem, and then filled the bottle with alcohol and corked it up tight. Wo have it now, all us fresh, with tho littlu pickers on it, as it was when first corked up. A Hum REPUTATION.- For years tho firm of Steele & Price have deservedly had a high reputation for tho excellence of their Dr. Price's Cream Haking Pow der and Special Flavoring Kxtracts. They have now added a lino of strictly Unique Perfumes, rivalling in excel lence the porfumcs of this or any other country. _ - Thc average price of milch cows in tho United rjlatcs is $20.41. COL. ALSTON'S M UK ?LUE It FOI'S ll GUILTY. Cox l ound Guilty of Murder ami tile Drntii Penalty Abated to Life Imprison meut. ATLANTA, Muy 7, 1879. The jury in the Cox ease were out ali night and came in at noon to-day to be recharged in full. At a quarter to 4 p. tn. they came in and announced that they had agreed upon a verdict. It wan detained to correct an informality and waa then read as follows: "We, the jury, find the prisoner guilty, and recommend that he bo punished by imprisonment for life." Cox received "thc verdict with calmness and stoicism, having evidently nerved himself for tho worst. His wife, on hearing thc words no fatal to her hopes, sat Tor a moment trembling and then rushed for the open window near by for thc purpose of throwing herself to tho ground below. She was wild with grief. As she reached the wiudow she was caught by Cox who held her fast. She threw her arms around his neck and clung to him, wildly exclaiming, "Oh ! my ({od 1 oh! my poor darling." Her shrieks were heart-rending and thc occu pants of the crowded room could not re strain their tears of pity. Cox used all his power to calm her, and finally soothed her grief until only her deep moans broke upon the solemn atillncps. Judge Hillyer sentenced Cox to "be confined in tfio penitentiary, or such other placo as tho Governor may direct, at hard labor, for and during his natural life." General Gartrell gave notice that the defenso would make a motion for a new trial, and praying a writ of tuper ecdais. The execution of sentence was thereupon stayed twenty days. This f?enalty is virtually tho extremo of tho aw in this State, as a law passed with Alston's aid, at the last session of the Legislature, giving juries tho right to recommend thc life imprisonment in all cases of murder, as they seo lit, in effect abolishes the death penalty. Cox is tho first man convicted of monler who re ceives the benefit of that law. Thc ver dict is received with general approval. Ten in South Cnrolitin. Editor Columbia Rcgittcr: That the cultivation of ten in this Stato is both practicable and profitable there can bu no doubt. The fact has been proven most incontrovertibly. I am pressed with COOvictiOQ tuiit lou reluctance of our people lo embark (except sporadical ly) in this enterprise arises more from the want of practical information than indisposition. Your writer appends a few remarks in relation thereto. Proba bly few readers are aware that there is annually imported into the United States $20,000,000 worth of tea, and as thuds lo be paid for in coin it can readily bc seen what a harvest of gold thu producers reap, and what an enormous sum is taken out of this country each year. The lati tudes of the chief tea districts of China and Japan correspond geographically with that of South Carolina, the eoil, temperature, &c, are about the same, and by reference to the observation of Dr. Merriweathcr, of Columbia, Colonel James H. Rion, of Winnsboro, Wm. Summers, cf Pomnria, and others, il will be seen that this climate is as favorable to its propagation aud culture as tho heart of the Pekiu province. The plant is hardy and vigorous, withstanding the extremo heat of 102 degrees and the frig id degrees of f*2 with equal immunity from hurt or im4 .lirmentof health. Easy of cultivation, perennial, more and more prolific each succeeding year, lhere is no reas, n why we should not turn ourattcn tion to this most valuable product. A little calculation will show tho prof its which may bo derived from an acre of 2,000 plants. In the first place, howev er, the plants (obtained at tho depart- | ment in Washington) require shading the first year, but afterwards shade their own roots. The second year they are trimmed from the top to obtain a good bush. The third year thc aero of 2,000 plants yield 187 pounds; the fourth year 312 pounds; tho fifth year 500 pounds, and the sixth year 750 pounds of dry tea. This tea finding a ready sr.'.o, will bring from 50c. to $1.75 per pound. Where caa tho farmer make so much? Certain ly not on cotton. Three crops aro gath ered each year, between the months of March and September. A family of four Sentons could gather the firat crop in two nys, and the same number could pick tho two other crops in three days. These {lickings, corning at a time not to inter fere with the other crops, could bo cured by a family of the above number with no more trouble than would be paid to their "garden patch." The best tea is never shipped to us, nor is it sent out of the country in which it is grown, but brings iand such tea can be grown hero) from ,5 to $14 n pound on the spot. Though not a horny-handed tiller of tho soil, your writer is in full accord and sympa thy with anything which will aid in building up tho wealth and influence of South Carolina, and he will bo glad to refer to this subject again, if it prove of sufficient interest to our farmer?. The foregoing remarks, it must be remember ed, arc not chimercial, but are based on facts which admit of no dispute, and are collated from actual experiments. THEA VIRIDIS. Wno Ans GENTRY?-The other evening ai a little dinner party up town, ono of tho guests, the younger brother of an English nobleman, expressed with commendable freedom his opinion of America and its people, "i (io not alto gether like the country," said tho young gentleman, "for one reason-because you have no gentry here." "What do you mean by gentry ?" asked another of the company. "Well, you know," replied the Englishman, "Well-oh, gentry are those who never do any work themselves and whoso father before them never did any." "Ah !" exclaimed his interlocu tor, "then we havo plenty of gentry in America, but we don't call them gentry ; wu call them tramos." A laugh went round thn table, jin*! tho voling Unodish man turned his conversation into another channel.- Graphic. A REMA UK ABLE COUNTERFEIT.-The United States Secret Servico officials have como into possession of a most re markable counterfeit. It is a counterfeit $20 United Stales legal-tender note, nnd is calculated to deceive persons accustom ed to handling notes of that d?nomination. What makes it more remarkable "s the fact that the work on the noto was ex ecuted with a pen and ink. All the intricate figures and curves, all the heads, the seal, tho fine engraving work, and even the fiber in tho paper, aro al most perfectly counterfeited ny pen and ink. Tho signature cf John Allison, formerly Register of tho Treasury, it almost exact, while thatof John C. New, formerly Treasurer, is perfect. Thc whole bill, back and faco, is a wonder ful piece of per. work. Thc bill was detec ted at the sub-Treasury in New Orleans A neighbor informs us that his wife never knew a quiet night until tho doc tor prescribed l)r. Hull's Haby Syrup foi ber lillie ono. DESTRUCTIVE DYNAMITE. A Cuumlu City st ut lu o ns If hy no Kurth quake. STRATFORD, ONTARIO, May 5. This rooming thc whole town wa?sha ken as il'by tito shock of un earthquake. Windows were blown in, and even the sidewalk upon which people were walk ing was shaken so ns to causo pedes trians to full. The cause was soon made apparent. A cur laden with dynamite had exploded at the Grand Trunk freight yard. Tho wreck make by tho explosion beggars description. Underneath the dynamite car a bolo several feet deep hud been scooped out. The end of the brick freight ?lied and a portion of its roof were blown down. Several frame build ings were levelled to the ground, and long lines of freight cars lying in thc yard wero utterly wrecked. The busi ness part of tho town was nenrly a milo from the scene of the explosion, but it shared in thc disaster. Valuable plato glass windows were blown in, frames and all. Thc damage done to proporty is valued at many thousand dollars. Two railway employees wero walking in the yard-Frank Lcmnine, of Montreal, and Thos. D?lau, of Stratford-who were blown into fragments, tho foot of one of them being found 200 yards off. Others were injured, but tho whole ex tent of thc disaster cannot bo known for some time yet. LATER.-Tho damage done by tho ex plosion is much greater than was expec ted. Tho houses around tho freight shod wero nearly all wooden buildings, and several were blown into minuto frag ments. Some fifty cara wero blown up into splinters and ns many more were damaged. Mr. Flynn, tho checker, is among the badly injured. A frngmeut of iron weighing over a pound was driv en through tho windows of tho Crown Hotel, haifa mile distant. Tho shock was felt in all tho neighboring towns and it was supposed to bo nu earthquake. The enr upon whi :h thc explosion oc curred was freighted nt Montreal lor Amherstburg, and contained thirty packages, which wero entered as blast ing powder. They were on account of Vanderbilt, to bc used in blasting nt the Detroit tunnel. When tho explosion occurred the cats.were being shunted in tho yard. Tho damage will exceed $25,000. Oeorgo Hawkins, a car dealer, had both his eyes put out by splinters and is not expected to live. James Humphreys is badly cut about thc head mid fife, hut niny recover. Alfred Lamb was badly injured. AN ENGINEER'S NEED OF NERVE. Unquestionably tho bravest men in America are those who can stand upon the foot-boards of the locomotives which draw the fast express trains. Hut few persons are aware of it, but on the lead ing railways, where connections must bo made if possible, only engineers known to be brave and oaring are given engines or express trains, and as soon as an en gineer shows thc least timidity about running fast ho is taken from his engine and given one on a freight train to run. Two such cases have occurred recently on Indianapolis roads. Railroad officers state that the first sign that an engineer is bet oming timid is that ho will bo five to ten minutes lute, possibly a half hour, for some days or nights in succession. Ile is then called to an account, and un less bis reasons are convincing another engineer is given his engine to run for a few times, and should ho bring the train in promptly on time, the first-named en gineer gets a freight train engine to run until he braces up. It is stated, how ever, that after on engineer allows his timidity to get a fair bold bc seldom so far overcomes it os to have tho bravery to siep on to an express train engine and run it at the speed necessary to make the time. Quito recently an engineer of one of the roads running west from hero got an impression that some accident wn? tn happen to him, and one night, when run ning a fast express, ho constantly lost time. At the firstrtatioii where the train stopped thc conductor berated him for running so slow. The engineer actually shed tears, and owned that fears had overcome him, and that he dnro not run fast, and at his own request an engineer of n freight train which stood nt this meeting point was given the train to run through that night, tho conductor tele graphing the train-master, asking that the request bc granted. Tho timid en gineer has since run a freight on tho road.-Indianapolis Journal. A RECITATION IN HISTORY.-It was our pleasure some tim*' ago to hear a class recite on a plan quite new to us. It was a class in history. The lcs?on was read in nn ordinary reading class, thc reader standing. When t!<n min reading mndo a mistake, the one next below, on correcting it, took bis nlnco; Tho read ing finished, tho bnrdest words were given to thc class to bo spelled, and all misspelling noticed and corrected by a pupil gave him the next higher place. Tho teacher did not notico any mistakes, but left them all to bo corrected by the pupils. The questions were asked by the pupils, beginning nt thc foot of thc class. If thc pupil questioned could not answer his pince was taken by the questioner, on giving a correct answer. Tue pupils did all the work except giving out words tc bo spelled. It was wei! and quickly dono. What class would like to try it? -Ex. AN ANCIENT NATION.-At tho de parture of the children of Israel from Egypt, China was seven hundred yean old ; and when Isaiah prophesied of her she had existed fifteen centuries. She hos seen thc rise and decline of nil thc great nations of antiquity. Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome nave long since followed each other to thc dust; but China still remains, a solitary and wonderful monument of patriarchal times. Then look at the population ol tho country, roughly estimated nt foin hundred millions-ten times thc popula tion of tho United States, more than thir teen times thc pnnnlntinn of Great Brit tain and Ireland. Every third person that lives and breathes upon this earth and beneath these heavens is a Chinese every third grave that is dug is for n Chinese.-Re?. Sylvester Whitehead. SUNLESS LONDON.-Tho records ol registered sunshine nt tho Royal Ob servatory, Greenwich, only extend as fin back os February, 1877. It will not bi without interest to noto a few facts fron the records of sunshine since that dato Both in 1877 and 1878 Juno was the sun niest month, tho number of hours of re corded sunshine being respectively 2?7.1 and 183.4. After Juno tho monthlj i amount of sunshine declined steadily it , each year to 27.0 and 16.3 hours respee i lively, in December, 1877 and 1878. Ir , January, 1878, tho hours of registcret ! sunshine were 35.0 and in February 3.2.9 whereas in January of this yenr only 14.1 hours of MiiiMjiu? wero measured, th? . smallest monthly amount on record During January last only eight of th< thirty-one day? was any sunshino rc - corded; indeed during the fourteen day r ending ?r>ih February no sunshino wa rcgistcicd.-London Lancet, Thc Hospitality of Kansas. Tbo persecuted colored people whom tbe murderous Ku Klux have driven out of Louisiana and Mississippi arc not wel comed with much enthusiasm by tho Kansan:!, lu fact, they are r*ot welcomed at all. In some cl tics they are endured ii s au evil, until they eau bo chipped to some other point, while in other places every means short of actual force has been employed to keep them away. Tho story I hat tue militia were called out to keep steamboats loaded with colored immigrants from landing is undoubtedly an exaggeration, but the most stringent measures have neon adopted to keep tho exodusters off ?he sacred soil of Kansas. At Wyandotte tho feeling seems to bo tho strongest. Several hundred penni less negroes-men, women and children -were dumped Upon that town, and the citizens were put to great expense to kcop their unwelcome visitors from starv ing. Others followed and there was a rumor that solfiih cities wore paying steamboat captains to unload on Wynu dotte. Tho City Council passed ordi nances forbidding captains to laud their living freight under penalty of a a heavy fine, and at a public meeting tho committee on resolutions reported in favor of appointing acommittcc of public safety with unlimited power, and declared that tho peoplo would resist "peaceably if we can, forcibly if wo must, the landing of any moro o? tho refugees on our shores." At Leavenworth the colored man and brother was equally unwelcome and the people of that city made great haste to get rid of him. There comes a wail from A tehii on that there aro three hun dred refugees there who aro utterly des titute, and who cannot obtain employ ment becauso of tho limited demand for labor. Tho leading newspapor of the State-tho Leavenworth Times-tolls tho negroes tho people of Kansas will grow tired of giving after awhile; that if a col ored man in tho South can gather up money to pay his way to Kansas, and have enough left to support his family for ono year after ho gets there it would advise hun to come, but if he is not able to command that much money he had better wait. He might just as well stay at homo and suffer, os to go "out west and suffer among strangers. This is good ad? !".e, but is given too late to ben efit tho ?ve or six thousand dupes of Radicalism who have sought Kansas as a land of plenty, but have found only suffering and destitution, ??nu Imvu bcon passed from placo to place with tho rap idity of a bad shilling. The hospitality of Kansas is not peculiar. It is tue hos pitality of every State. When immi grants come who aro able to support themselves they aro welcome, hut when they come with tho expectation of being supported by others they receive anything but a cordial greeting.-Augusta Chroni cle omi Constitutionalist. EQUALITY OF ARMS.-After tho de-1 cline of chivalry, when duels wero no longer fought iu the lists, or in the pres ence of judges of tho field, but in lonely and sequestered places, inequality of arms were not regarded, however great might bo the superiority of ono side. "Thou hast both a sword and a dagger," said Quolus to Au tragues, as they wero about to fight, "and I have only a sword." "The more tho folly," was the anewer, "to leave thy dagger at home ; we carno hero to fight, not to adjust weapons." Tho duel accordingly went forward, and QueluB was slain ; his left hand (in which ho Bhould have had his dagger) boingshockinglycut inattempting to par ry his antagonists blows with that weap on. The challenged person, hnving a right to choose his weapons, often en deavored to devise ouch ns simula givo him n decidedly unfair advantage. Bran tome records with applause the ingenui ty of a littlo man who being challenged by a tall Gabcon, mado choice of a gor get, so constructed that his gigantic "ad versary could not stoop his neck so as to aim his blows right. Another had two swords forged of a temper so extremely brittle that unless used with particular caution, and in a manner he daily exer cised himself, tho blade must necessarily fly in pie see. Roth these ingenious per sons killed their man with very little risk or trou hie, and with no less applause, it would seem, than if they had fought without any rule ; such was the degener ate spirit of tho times. - Extract from Gen. Lee's '.nomorinl day speech in Atlanta: Once more tho scene is changed, and this time the tramp of phantom cavalry is heard. So solid, so stiff, so spectral, as in column of fours, foot to foot, with cold hands clasping rigid sabres, they rido noiselessly. At their head proudly steps thc splendid black horse of their leader, with arched neck and proud bearing, for ho carries on his back the prince of cavaliers-the boldest and thc bravest of all the brave troopers. Notice tho heavy Mexican spurs that jinglo upon tho long riding boots, the French .-abre swinging BO quietly by his side, tho "fighting-jacket" buttoned back, tho drooping hat and black feather, tiie strong figure and big, brown beard, the piercing, laughing, blue eye-for before you rides dashing J. E. li. Stuart, tho commander of the \ Confederate cavalry of the army of Northern Virginia. Tho soldier who > rodo round McClellan's army on tho Richmond lines to bl a zo tho way for Jackson. The man who went behind Pope at Catletts and who rode from Chambereburg, Pennsylvania, to Lees , burs, Virginia, u distance ot ninety miles . in thirty-six boura. Can I tell you of , his behavior on tho night at Fredericks , burg, or at Chancellorsville, whore an eye witness asserts ho could not get rid ', of the idea that "Harry of Navarre" I *s present, except that Stuart's Slumo was black, for everywhere, like invarre, ho was in front and the men \ followed "the feather," and when riding . at tho head of and in command of Jack son's veterans his ringing voice could be heard high, high above tho thunder of artillery ana the ceaseless roar of ? musketry, singing "Old Joe Hooker must . come out of the wilderness." ' Judge Houk, who is the only Repub lican member of Congress from Tennes see, says that n'.iety per cent, of tho col ored voters in bil district vote tho Radi f cal ticket, and asks why should it not bo ? so in tho adjacent State of Georgia? We r can tell tho honorable gentleman. It is > because ninety per cent, of the few black 1 voters in the mountainous district of the . Judge aro either in the employ of Kadi ' cals or surrounded by Radical influences. . The facts aro the other way in Georgia. L Let the negro alone and he is almost cer ' tain to vote with the man who feeds him. REWARD OF MEBIT.-Tho U. S. Gov l eminent has givon not only to Dr. PriCo's 1 Cream Raking Powder, but to bia Spec ; ial Flavoring Extracts, the preference, ?> and largo quantities nre shipped to its s military posts. a - Robeson, Grant's old sea-dog, who - expended several hundred millions of s dollars in dwarfing our navy and crip it piing its efficiency, has become a Radi I pal hon iu the House of Representatives. LEGAL ADVERTISING.-W'e ar??oapejled to require cub n*yment* for adTC-itialug ordered by Executors, Administrators ?nd other fiduciaries and herewith append th? rate? for tbo ordinary notices, which will only ba Inserted whan tic money com? wt i h ?h? order : Cita'Uoiis, two insertion?, - ?- ? - ? ?.tr Estate Notice?, three insertion?, - ?.C ? Final Settlements, Aro insertions - . S.5*. ro CORRJtSPONDJBNT8.-m order to receive attention, communications must be accompanied by the true mme ?nd address of the writer. "K? Jectcd man- scripts will not be returned, unless tba necessary ?taraps aro furnished to repay the postage thereon. 99" We are not responsible for iud views and opinions of our correspondents. All communications should bc addressed to "Ed itors Intelligencer," and ill checks, drafts, money orders, dc., should be made parable to the order of E. D. MUERAT A CO.. _' Anderson, 8. C. All Boris of Paragraph*. - The world is full of men who havo sufficient talent to get married, without possessing genius enough to support a family. - A Sunday School boy, ou being asked whnt made the tower of Pisa lean, replied, "Because of the famine in tho land." - "When shall we eat?" asks a medi cal journal. Same as you drink, doctor, same aa you drink-every time anyl?ody asks you. - An Oxford (Alubama) man is so close fisted that he will nob advertiso ia tho papers, but tics his card to a pig's tail and turns the grunter loose. - It takes a pretty Bmart womau to do thc spanking, when triplets striko up an anvil chorus about midnight, and don't yo j forget it.-Owego Record. - "What grain ranks highest in your market?" a Minnesota man asked an Iowan. "Corn," repVicd the Hawkcyc, "nothing ranks ahovj a kernel." - If you were to offer $10,000 for a sewing machine that didn't take thc ''first premium" at tho Paris exposition, we don't suppose you could got ono. - 'Tis old but true: "Trying to do business without advertising is Uko wink ing nt a pretty girl in the dark-you may know what you are doing, but nobody else does." ?-Jeannette-"Ma, are you going to give mo another piece of pie? Ma "What do you want to know for?" Jean nette-"Bccauso if you ain't I want to cat this piece slowly." - An editor with rj.'re unmarried daughters was recently mau1:; justly indig nant by tho misconstruction his contcm poiaries put upon his able leader on "The demand for men." - "I know I am a perfect bear in my manners," said a young farmer to his sweetheart. "No indeed, you aro not, John; you have never hugged rae yet; you oro more sheep than bear." - "Little boy," said a woman to ahoy vho had been impndent to ber. thc other day, "have you a mother?" ,?No ; but pan wouldn't marry you if thero wasn't a house-keeper in the whole dogged land." - Ho was about to kiss her. when sud denly ho drew back in evident alarm. "Oh, George, what is it?" said Bhe anx iously. "Onions," was all tho reply ho mado as ho glided on in the moonlight. Providence Press. rn_i_i_...a _. .i . ?. - iuu'.vi-uoBHcu uiuiucra auumu give their little childen kittens to play with. It pleases the child, and then it is r.o nico to see a young kitten choked until its eyes bulge out l:ko minie balls.-Stillwater (Minn.) Gazette. - Nothing is so painful at this season of the year, as tho uiuhcartning spectaclo of a nine-year-old hen, looking through the fence at a man digging a garden, while she exercises her rugged legs anu incisive claws on the walk, just keeping ia practice until the garden is ready. - A fashionable visitor thus addressed a little girl : "How do you do, my littlo dear?" "Very well, I thank you," sho replied. Tho visitor then added, "Now, my dear, you must ask me how I do." Tho child honestly replied, "I don't want to know." - "Do hogs pay ?" askB an agricultu ral correspondent. We know of some that don't. They subscribe for a paper, read it a few weeks for nothing, and tuen send it back to the publisher inscribed "refused." Such hog? as tlip*. pay no body if tiivj can help it. - A faintly is like unto an equipage. First, tho father, the draught horse, next, the boyB, tho wheels, for they aro always running around; then tho girls, they are surrounded by fellows; the baby occu pies lue lap-board; and tho mother well, what's a wagon without a touguo, anyhow ? - Did you ever notice the poor chap that stands in tho first picture of the al manac, with the fish and sheep and scor Kions and bu?B and twins, etc., around im? Did you ever notice that ho was naked and had noluiug ia ms stornsen 7 Well, that poor fellow used to edit a paper, and take his pay ia "I'll pay my subscription next week." - "For whut am I," he said, in a con versational way to his Sunday school class of littlo boys-"What am I but a something ft' led with a little air? With out it I could uot be-would collapse in short, I'm only-" "A bladder I" was what tho good littlo boy said. Tho class adjourned sine die. - "No man shall over kiss me except my future husband," she Baid, as he was . about leaving her at tho gate. "S.tpposo I agree to be your future-" "Why, then I'll kiss you," she replied, eagerly, and she did. Her mother was informed that he had proposed, and tho old lady culled around next day to fasten matters, and before ho knew it ho was eternally hook ed. It was a mean advantage, but a bird in the hand is worth two on a front gato. -Binghampton Republican. For Better or Tforso. Tho old man Bendigo keeps a pretty sharp eye on his daughter Mary, and many a would-be lover has taken a walk after a few minutes' conversation with the hard-hearted parient. The old chap is stuck this time, however, and cards are out for a wedding. After tho lucky young man had been sparking Mary for six months, the old gentleman stepped in as usual, requested a privatetconfab, and lcd off with: "You seem like a nico young mnn.a perhaps you are in lovo with Mary T" T;Yes, i am," was the honest reply. "Haven't Baid anything to her yet, havo you?" "Well, no; but I think she reciprocates my affection." "Does, eh ? Well, let me tell you something. Her mother died a lunatic, and there is no donbt that Mary has in herited her insanity." "I'm willing to take tho chances," re plied tho loyer. "Yes, but you seo Mary bas a terrible temper. She has twice drawn a knife on rae with intent to commit murder." "I'm used to that-got a s?terju?tliko her," was the answer. "And you should know tl *.t I have sworn a solemn oath not to ^ivo Mary u cent of my property," continued tho fa ther. "Well, I'd rather start in poor and build up. There's more romance in it." Tho old man bad ono more shot in his carbine, and ho said : "Perhaps I ought to tell you that Ma ry's raothor ran away from my homo with a butcher, and that ail her rela tions died in tho poor houso. Theso things might bo thrown up in after year?, and 1 now warn you." "Mr. Bendigo," replied the lover, "I'vo heard all this Dofore, and also that you wore on trial for forgery, bsd to jump Chicago for bigamy, and served a year in State prison for cattl? stealing. I'm going to marry into yul* family to give you a decent refutation 1 Thara-no thanks-good-bye 1" Mr. Bendigo looked after tho young man with bis m?uth wido open, and when he could get his Jaws together he said : , "Somo infernal hyena ha? gone wa given mo away on my dodge 1 -