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BY E. B. M?EKA Te}a?h^' Column, J.-Gf, CLDTKSCALES, Editob. The Ivy Hollow 8chool, formerly taught by Mr. W. Sadler, ia now under the management of Miss Cra ft. We are glad to know that, the school prospers and that the new teacher gives entire satisfaction to the patrons. Mr. Sadler is now completing his own education at ?/}?Erskin.College, Dae West. A sensible farmer suggests the pro? priety of teaching children politeness at .-'school. He notices that very little effort on the part of the teacher makes a great improvement in th e general deportment of pupils, . The same gentleman suggests that, when excessively bashful children find it difficult to declaim, it would be well to have them stand up before the school and count teu. The suggestion is . , cot without force. Bashfulaess may be . thrown off by some simple exercise of that lind at first. Mrs. M. A. Elrod is again at her post at Grange Hall. She writes us of the death "of little Minnie King, one of her best and brightest pupils. Next to the parent, the- sympathetic teacher mourns the death of a faithful, obedient pupil. ,. - Mrs. Elrod has our thauks for a sara pie cf the earthquake sands which she brought/from Charleston. We.had seen ; 'such sands, but appreciate Mrs. Elrod's thoughtfulness none the less for that. We hope the good people around Grange Hall will continue the school after the expiration of the public school term. Few schools have teachers who have en? joyed the-systematic training such as ' Mrs. Elrod received in the schools of \ Charleston. *' Miss Allie Major is teaching at Glory. We expected something there, judging fjom the: name of the place,, and we . found it. To be brief, we were highly pleased with the entire surroundings. Miss Major is perfectly at ease in the management of a school of small boys and girls. Having 'been well drilled herself, she is prepared to give her pupils the benefit of her training. The teacher did not expect us, but we found numer? ous evidences of numerous methods suc? cessfully practiced. We read two or - three compositions that were written by the girls in the presence of their teacher. They were nicely composed, well written, and furnished evidence of superior train? ing in spelling. Miss Major has tried ' Mifls Hubbard's suggestion as to teaching , -geography, and find that it works well. The children are charmed by it. Indeed we nave found several teachers who have tried that plan, and they invariably give a favorable report of it. 1 IMTOETAJSCl OP THE COuTTTBY SCHOOL. At a large, meeting of the Boston Con? gregational Club, all those who were city born were asked to rise. Only "a very few rose to their feet, but when those were called upon to 8tand up who were country-born, it seemed as if the whole dab responded. There were present clergymen filling influential pulpits in Boston and its vicinity, lawyers, editors, ;? and prominent busines men. The two showings indicate that the history of the Boston of to-day was shaped a generation ago in the country and smaller towns from which she has drawn her men of power. .How little did those who taught these men in the Sabbath school realize how much.of a contribution they were to make to the leading city of New Eng? land !.- If they had had any conception of it, would they not have striven to do better, glorying the while in the good -work God was permitting' them to do ? Behold in the past and present a parable of the future. Sabbath-school teachers in town and country are repeating what their predecessors have done. They 'are training up men for effective Christian work in the cities. They are set over those who in time will have in their . hands the reins of power. Teachers having such privileges and responsibili? ties shonld have an anointing for their work, so that the power of God may be in their words, and the meeting of the class members be as the coming to a sanctuary.-1-P?grim Teacher, TEE PEOGEAM. A part of the cast-iron discipline of many a thriving school is the teacher's program. Sometimes the teacher im? poses it upon herself, and sometimes it is imposed upon her, a law as inexorable as those of the Medes and Persians. The question whether the teacher or the pro* gram should have the upper hand remains open, even after we have all agreed that the program is a good thing. It is a good thingln its way. Like fire, it is a good servant but a bad master. The fifteen minutes a day for this, and the half-hour twice a week for that, sounds business-like, but it is far better in theory than when reduced to stern practice. Teachers differ, and each can accomplish more in less time with her favorite branch of work than with that for which -she is less apt. Classes differ and can afford to slight the work in which they excel for that in which they fall below - the standard. Accidents occur by which certain exercises, usually the most need? ful, are omitted from the day's work. A strict adherence to the program prevents the leveling of these irregularities, and 8> the program is pronounced by many a hindrance to good work?a frustration cf system by over-system. The program, to be an efficient helper, mutst be carefully planned, and re planned as often as necessary. Here is one method of constructing a written scheme for daily work: ? Take each study separately and map it ont in a systematic arrangement of steps, covering the entire work of your grade. This can be done but roughly at a first attempt, especially if the grade is new to you. Subdivide the steps into portions, each intended to form the sub? ject of a single lesson or exercise. , If your grade includes but three or four lines of tuition, your task will be comparatively light. If it comprises many stadias, all the more necessity for this careful pre-grading of each. Add a fist of exercises under the head of mis tjeUaneous. - Y & CO. i Now copy from your several ?Bts one item from each, upon another list, which is to be your program. Begin again, taking the studies in the same order as before. Vary this rule in favor of the more difficult branches. For instance, if I twice as many lessons are to be given in i geography as in composition, take from longer list twice as oiten as from the shorter. Copy enough of these items to furnish you with about two weeks' work, and cover as much ground as possible each day. At the end of the two weeks, adjustments can bo made in favor of studies that seem to prosper less than others under the program. This plan is e'^ecially recommended for classes to whom but little home work is assigned.? Teachers' Institute. Corn on the Farm. What a wonderful plant is our common corn or maize. It adapts itself to every variety of climate from Honduras to Maine and Canada. Towards the tropics it attains great size of stalk and foliage, but the yield of grain is not relatively so great as that of the dwarf varieties of New England and Canada, and this inverse ratio of stalk to grain holds good in all localities. Where climate natu? rally tends to make large stalks of coro, a diminutive stalk is not necessarily an indication of a large ear, for it may be a weakly stalk, a "runt," to borrow an ex? pression applied to animals. Where the stark, however, is vigorous, but small, the ear will be found .disproportionately large. This hint should not be disregard* ed. Seed com should be selected from rather small stalks with large ears?and manuring, planting and cultivation should all be directed to the production of large eared, small-stalked varieties. Early planting contributes to this. The young plant is retarded in its growth by cool weather, but its vigor is unim? paired. Its energy is expended in de* veloping roots instead of stalk. It may even be cut down by frost', but it springs up again, apparently with equal, if not greater vigor; shown not in size of stalk but that of ear. On all soils dry enough, plant corn therefore as early as possible. Plant in water furrow. There are objec? tions to it, but the advantages outweigh them. The young corn is liable to be drowned by water ,* and if rows are on a level, to be washed away by heavy rains* On the other hand it decreases the coot of cultivation greatly. When the young corn is below the general surface, it is so easy to cover up the young grass that comes up around it. Side the corn with a sweep running very flat, and the amount of dirt thrown in the furrow can be gauged so as to kill the grass, but not cover the cora or dirt it too heavily. The mistake is often made of "dirting" corn too heavily when young. The crop is threatened by grass and the dirt is'Iapped and piled up around the corn to kill the grass. This forces the corn to throw out a new set of roots near the surface pre? maturely. But when planted in water furrow the dirt can be thrown around it gradually and successively, without cov? ering its roots too deeply. Deep ru n u i n g turning plows are not required to cover up grass, consequently roots are not cut, and the crop is not laid by on great high beds. Danger from drought is warded off, and the liability of the soil being washed away by rains decreased. Early planted corn should always be covered very shallow; one inch of dirt upon the grain is ample. Planted deep the sun's beat cannot reach it; moreover, addi? tional dirt is liable to be washed down upon the young corn when planted in water furrow. Shallow covering is there? fore doubly important. A common practice is to put manure on each side of grain when it is planted. This makes the young corn grow off rapidly and gives it a fine appearance, but it also gives it a large stalk, with a strong impulse in the same direction during subsequent growth. This is ob jectionable. Unless the land is very poor it is better to apply no manure at first, let the corn start off at a more mod? erate gait and project its stalk upon a more modest scale. Afterwards wbe" the size of the stalk has been fixed giv it manure wherewith to make ear. Give first working early, so as to smother promptly the first crop of grass. At second working, apply manure on each side of this and it will be covered up by the dirt which falls in the furrow. The water furrow plan works finely in every direction, if properly carried out. But if corn planted in it is covered deep, and the furrow is filled up too quickly after? wards, it will prove a failure. Difference in the mode of executing it, explains why. with some it has succeeded admi? rably, with others it has failed utterly.? W. L. J., in News and Courier. Bishop's Great Feat. ? New Yobk, March 6.?Irving Bishop, mindreader, gave a public exhibition yesterday. A party gathered at the Hoffman House, and Bishop requested four gentlemen to act as a committee. They were Colonel Thomas W. Knox, Dr. Hoyt, H. 0. Bunner, of Puck, and Henry Guy Carlton, of the Word. He took a scarf pin from Mrs. Frank Leslie, which he gave to the committee and told them to take it to any place they might designate within a mile of the hotel and conceal it. The committee drove off in a carriage, and were gone about half an hour. On their return, Mr. Bishop asked one of the committee to blindfold him. This was done by tying cotton batting around his eyes. Then a black bag wsb put over his head and fastened around bis neck. The car? riage was waiting at the door and in this Bishop and the three members of the committee took seats and Bishop took the reins and drove off through a great crowd of people and vehicles, guiding the horses with remarkable dexterity, considering that he could not use his eyes. He drove almost directly to Gramercy Park Hotel, into which he turned without hesitation. He walked into a room and placed his hand on.a vase which rested upon a table, and under the vase was the scarf pin. The success of the exhibition was surprising to all. ? A base deceiver is fit for nothing but playing ball. HE KNEW IT WAS COMING A Vienna Scientist Who Has Foretold Four Earthquakes In Succession. LoNDOlr, February 26.?As usual, many theories are put forward concern? ing the recent earthquake, some of them by scientists of repute, others by charla? tans and mere notoriety Beekers. It is said that Prof. Rudolph Falb of Vienna predicted the exact time of Wednesday's shock. He had already gained some repute previously as a foreteller of seis? mic disturbances. He wrote a card to some of the Austrian newspapers several days ago, calling attention to the fact that the annular eclipse of the sun, which commenced on Tuesday evening at 6.41, Greenwich time, being central at 9.13 p. m., and ending on earth generally at 25 minutes past midnight, that is, on Wednesday morning, was likely to be accompanied with strong atmospheric and seismic disturbances. Prof. Falb is really a learned physicist and mathema? tician, and has a standing which entitles him to respect. It is related that bis first and great success was the foretelling of the destructive shock at Beiluno on June 29, 1873. Nearly the whole of Northern Italy was affected, and upward of fifty lives were lost. This event won for the Professor a highly eulogistic poem, which he has reprinted in his "Gedan ken und Studren ?ber Vulcanis mus" (Studies of Volcanic Agency). Very shortly afterwards be gave warning of the probabilities of an eruption of the Etna, which followed at the time antici? pated in 1874. Applying the same theory to tidal waves, Falb has calcula? ted that 4,000 years before Christ there must haye been a great flood, supposed by some to coincide with the Biblical deluge, and he predicts the repetition of a like phenomenon in the year A. D. 6400. A writer in the London Telegraph, evidently of scientific attainments, says there is no difficulty in understanding the principles upon which Falb's fore? casts are made. There is no mystic con? nections between an eclipse and an earth? quake, but all depends upon the simple law of gravity. The moon every day attracts a huge tidal wave to one side of the earth. Why should not a power much greater exert a mighty influence 'on the crust of the earth ? This crust is at the most a few hundred miles in thickness, resting on a fluid, semi-fluid, or molten interior. What, then, must be the strength, the rigidity of this solid arch to resist the strain, which the sun and moon bring to bear upon it? Math? ematicians have shown that it must be far more unyielding than the hardest steel. Hence the theory which was first put forward by Prof. Perrey, of Dijon, that when this pull of the heavenly bodies reaches or approaches its maxi*, mum at certain times, the eaith's solid crust doest not yield and faker under the overpowering strain. Herr Falb has amplified this theory, and, by taking account of the exact moment when the attractions were the greatest, he has been able to indicate when and where earthquakes were probable. Just such a moment was that during the annular eclipse on Tuesday and Wed? nesday. While the interesting, phenom? enon lasted, the sun was for the most part obscured by the moon coming between it and the earth, leaving only a ring of light (hence the name "Annu? lar"). Therefore, from those places where the eclipse was seen a line might have been drawn through the moon's centre straight to the sun ; or, in other words, their pull or attraction on the earth was exerted nearly at its maxi? mum ; not quite, however, for it so hap? pened that the moon was a little further from the earth than is sometimes the case. If, instead of being in apogee, she bad been ju perigee; and assuming that Prof. Falb's theory points to the true cause, the disasters on the Riviera might have been still more terrible. The writer in the Telegraph points out that when the Charleston earthquake took place the moon was in the position to produce the greatest strain. M. Camille Flammarion, a popular French^ scientific writer, has also advanced a theory, which, however, is not altogether original. He places the focus of the disturbance between Nice and Genoa, and asserts that steam was generated by the water getting in among the heated internal rocks. He refers also to the annular eclipse spoken of by Prof. Falb, the earth, moon and sun hav? ing been in the same straight line. He ventures on the opinion that unusual pressure might have been brought to bear on the steam in the hot rocks of the earth's interior. Still another opinion advanced is that this last disturbance was caused by the fact that Vesuvius has been choked up since 1876, and that what has long served as a sort of stop-cock for the internal overflow was thus made useless. The propounder of this theory recommends the cleaning out of the crater of Vesu? vius by means of large quantities of mel? inite, the new French explosive.?New York World. A Whiskey License. Hamlin, W. Va., February 26.?A whiskey license was granted in this county and took effect last Monday. On Wednesday the town was full of roughs, many of whom became intoxicated, upon which fighting began and was indulged in by fifteen or twenty persons, who used all kinds of weapons imaginable. When the fight was over it was found that many men had been badly injured. One Jake Chapman was killed and several more will die. ? Sam Smith, a sixteen year old boy living at CateB Fork, Ky., had a slight misunderstanding on the Sth with a neighbor named Steve Hammond and shot him dead. Smith then went to Hammond's house with a determination to kill the entire family. He fired three shots at Mrs. Hammond, all of them tak? ing effect, inflicting mortal injuries. The shooting was kept up until the son and daughter fell dangerously wounded and it is doubtful if they recover. Smith then fled and* has not yet been cap? tured. NDEKSON, S. G., TI Experimental Stations. Agricultural experimental stations are now demanded by many of those engaged in tilling the soil, and Congress is asked to make an annual appropriation of upwards of half a million of dollars for carrying them on. They are to be attached to the agricultural colleges, under the direction of their trustees, according to the bill now before Con? gress, and they are to conduct original researches or verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals, the diseases to which they are severally sub? ject, with the remedies for the Bame, the chemical compositions of useful plants at their different stages of growth, the comparative advantages of rotative crop ping, as pursued under a varying series of crops, the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation within the isother? mal limits represented by the cli? mate of the several stations and their vicinity, the analysis of soils and water, the chemical composition of manures, natural or artificial, with experiments designed to test their com? parative effects on crops of grasses and forage .plants, the composition and digestibility of the different kin " of food for domestic animals, the scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese, and such other researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States as may in each case be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States. The experimental stations are to pub? lish bulletins at least once in every three months, one copy of which shall be sent to each newspaper in the State in which they are respectively located and to such individuals actually engaged in farming as may request the same, and as far as the means of the station will permit. Such bulletins or reports aud the annual reports of said stations shall be trans? mitted in the mails of the United States free of charge for postage. The stations in each State are to receive $15,000, provided they maintain a farm of at least twenty-five acres, and out of the first annual appropriation $3,000 may be expended for the erection or repair of buildings. Agricultural experiments, as Repre? sentative Hatch remarks in his report, are not a new thing. They are as old as the tillage of the soil. Until recently the existing state of agriculture was almost exclusively a result of centuries of crude experimention. But it is only since the theories of Liebig were organ? ized into working institutions (the exper? iment stations) that experiments have been so conducted as to furnish a helpful and' authoritative rule of practice. A scientific experiment is made not for the purpose of seeking or sustaining a theory, but of learning a fact. It must be con? ducted, as far as possible, under ascer? tained or controllable conditions, and where that is not possible, intelligent allowance for the variation must be made and stated. Each step must be accurate? ly observed and verified, and this process must be repeated under identical condi? tions, times enough to eliminate every form of error The logical process is like that in support of a legal proposition. The ground must be cleared and the foundation laid. Each advance in the argument must rest securely on that which precedes. No link in the chain must be omitted. The appropriate evidence must be marshaled in support of each point. The irresistible conclu? sion follows. Compared with such a process, the ordinary field experiment is as the bungling of an apprentice to the finished work of the traiued artisan. The work being done by European stations is equally needed in the United States, and is already begun in obedience to an imperative public demand. The decay of agriculture in the older States, the deterioration of soils in the first set? tled group of new States, the rapid absorption of public lands, and the increasing competition of Bussia and India in the food markets of the world have stroDgly arrested public attention. The conviction has become general that waste must be checked and productive? ness increased. The growth of intelli? gent interest in this and similar subjects among the agricultural community within a few years past is one of the most striking and hopeful signs of the times. The increase of knowledge on the scientific questions involved in farm? ing, and the growing demand for trust? worthy information, are altogether unprecedented, and every effort to supply the demand seems only to stimulate, rather than to satisfy it. Agricultural societies, boards of agriculture and other organizations have long given important aid ;in this direction, but the agency which has improved so beneficial abroad has within the last ten years received a remarkable impulse in our own country. ?American Cultivator. Startling Discovery. Raleigh, N. C, March 5.?J. GJ Winner, the well known watchmaker of Wilmington, reports a remarkable dis? covery. In taking observations of the sun in his business of regulating and ad? justing chronometers for masters of ves? sels arriving at Wilmington, he found on the 3d lost, that the mean solar time was 10 minutes 10 6-10 seconds slower than it was on the 35th of February, when observations were last taken. Winner is satisfied that his instruments were in perfect order and his calculations correct, and was particular in having the latter verified by competent parties. Yesterday he telegraphed the result of his observa? tions to the national observatory. If Winner is correct in bis observations and calculations, this loss of time shows that the earth has been retarded in its revolutions in six days?from the 25th to March 3?ten minutes and ten and six tenths seconds. This loss of time makes a difference of over a hundred and fifty-two miles in calculating longitude. ? A Woman in Wolf Pit township, N. C, angry at her husband, threw the poker at him as he sat holding their baby in bis arms, and it hit the little one on the head and killed it. DJRSDAY MORNIN( An Inquiry as to Fertilizers. Mb. Editob.?You will do some of us a [kindness, if yon will publish in the Spartan your candid opinion as to the good that we can get out of commercial fertilizers. Do you really believs that they will pay us? Some of uo have doubts about the matter. What do you think? Plowman. This seems to be a fair question fairly asked, and demand that the clearest information be given. No kind of ma? nures will pay the farmer even for haul? ing to the field unless thorough cultiva? tion follows. Heavy manuring of soils that will hold manure and be improved thereby will always pay, unless the coat is too much. One cannot afford to pay out two dollars to receive the benefit of one. An intelligent use of any eort of manure implies increased productions and improved soil. The latter can only come by deep plowing and thorough pul? verization. Ten dollars worth of manure to the acre on hard clay lands, plowed about three inches deep, would be a doubtful investment. The quantity and kind of manure must always be adapted to land and crops. Brains are about as necessary as muscle and manure. Now to the main question. The com? mercial manure, mostly purchased in this county, is Acid Phosphate. Take that as a standard. The dealers now ask 260 pounds of good middling cotton for a ton. This at 8} cents would amount to $22.10. Now, Plowman desires to know whether he can make enough cotton by the use of this fertilizer to pay for it and pay for his labor in hauling and distrib? uting it. If he does that and nothing more, he only comes out even, and if any one makes auy money out of the transac? tion it is not'the farmer. Should his production be increased so as to double the amount necessary to pay his expen? ses, then he would be making something clear. Plowman and some of his neigh? bors should test this matter for them? selves. Use the commercial fertilizer on one acre and nothing on the next and weigh the cotton that comes from each acre. Or use the compost both with and without the phosphate, and ascertain what is the difference in yield. Bear in mind that the use of commercial manures, or home-made manure either, requires clean and timely cultivation. Manured land, half-worked, or cleaned out late in the year, will make a poor crop and will not pay. It is our candid opinion that a careful and judicious use of these commercial manures will pay. The profit will not be very great but it will be sure. But if you haul out the manure and scatter it at random on poorly prepared land and postpone the cultivation of the crop until the grass and weeds take up the plant food, you will fail to derive any profit. If you use nothing but commercial manure you will be apt to fall behind, one year with another. He who makes and saves most manure about his lot is best able to pur? chase acid phosphate. The day will soon come when farmers will begin to purchase commercial fertilizers for cash. All will not do that, but some of them will. Then they will be able to test the matter, for they will get their phosphate at a reduced price. The manufacturer or agent will have to take no risks at all and he will sell for a small profit. That is the true system of using manure of any sort. If the crop is abundant you will feel very happy, if it is short, it will all be yours.?Sparlanburg Spartan. How to tell the Age of Any Person. When the writer was a good deal youn? ger than he is now, and attended school he possessed what was termed an "age card/' which created considerable inter? est among his schoolmates of both sexes. It was a perplexing problem at that time how six rows of figures could be so arranged as to produce by so simple a rule an accurate answer. The Hartford Daily Times recently published the table above referred to under the above new heading, and as a good deal of amuse? ment may be derived from it by young people, we copy the following magic table of figures. Just hand this table to a young lady and request her to tell you in which col? umn or columns her age is contained, and add together the figures at the top of | the columns in which her age is found and you have the great secret. Thus, suppose her age to be 17, you will find that number in the first and fifth col? umns, and you have her correct age: 1 2 4 8 16 32 3 3 5 9 17 33 5 6 6 10 18 34 7 7 7 11 19 35 9 10 12 12 20 36 11 11 13 13 21 37 13 14 14 14 22 38 15 15 15 15 23 39 17 18 20 24 24 40 19 19 21 25 25 41 21 22 22 26 26 42 23 23 23 27 27 43 25 26 28 28 28 44 27 27 29 . 29 29 45 29 30 30 30 30 46 81 31 31 31 31 47 33 34 36 40 48 48 35 35 37 41 49 49 37 38 38 42 50 50 39 39 39 43 51 51 41 42 44 44 52 52 43 43 45 45 53 53 45 46 46 46 54 54 47 47 47 47 55 55 . 49 50 52 56 56 56 51 51 53 57 57 57 53 54 54 58 58 58 55 55 55 59 59 59 57 58 60 60 60 60 59 59 61 61 61 61 61 62 62 62 62 62 63 63 63 63 6?. 63 ? Utica, Clark county, a few nilles South of Lexington, Ind., numbers among its inhabitants probably the small eat baby in the world. It was born on Friday to the wife of Raymond Ferguson, a farmer, and it weighB just sixteen ounces. It is well formed and in very good health. The arms of the little B.ranger are just three inches long, while its.legB measure four inches. Dr. Wil? liams, the attending physician, says it will survive if nothing unforeseen hap? pens. The mother and father of the midget each weigh over one hundred and fifty pounds and are iu the best of health. 3, MAKCH 17, 1887. A Millionaire's Idea of Happiness. A New York reporter recently caught Jay Gould in a chatty mood, and drew out some delightful points. The worn and weary millionaire said: "The poor man ought to be the hap? piest man," said the millionaire. "Wealth brings cares without compensa? tion. A man gets rich and then he's a slave. Very mistaken ideas exist on this subject. At, I often recur to the days when I was a boy up in Delaware Coun? ty. I was a pretty happy lad. There wasn't much wear and tear in life then. How good it would feel just to go out and drive the cattle home from pasture once more I And how delicious it would be to stoop down by the old cow again to do the morning's milking, and just squirt a stream of her fresh, hoi; milk in be? tween my lips as I used to do! That was nectar. That's what gave an appe? tite for breakfast. "A boy on a farm ought to be one of the happiest beings alive," he added. "He may leave to go out in the busier world, and he may make more money elsewhere and in other ways, but he'll never be a jot happier anywhere or any? how?not a jot; it isn't in him." The miserable man paused a moment and then continued : "After all, what does any man, how? ever rich he may be, get in this world except his board and his clothes, and a place to live ? Why, as it is, I am kept on the drive now from early in the morn? ing till late at night, without any let-up, day in and day oat. The money I've made has ^nslaved me. With financial success, cares and responsibilities and trials unnumbered go close together; and there's no escaping the embarrass? ments and troubles. A rich man onght to be judged pretty generously. He has a good deal more to contend with than people who aren't rich generally sup? pose." The reporter was tempted to suggest that Mr. Gould was still young enough to get rid of a big share of his burden? some wealth and return to his happy farm life, but the poor man seemed to feel his wretchedness so keenly that the scribe did not have the heart to say any? thing. We must make allowances for this sort of talk, but Jay Gould would not talk this way unless there was some? thing in it. Yaiae of Salti. Salt in the whitewash will make it stick better. Wash the mica of the stove doors with salt and vinegar. Brass work can be kept beautifully bright by occasionally rubbing with salt and vinegar. To clean willow furniture, uae salt and water. Apply it with a nail brueb, scrub well and dry thoroughly. If, after having a tooth pulled, the mouth is filled with salt and water, it will allay all the danger of having a hemorhage. Salt as a tooth powder is better than almost anything that can be bought. It keeps the teeth brilliantly white and the gums hard and rosy. To wash si k handkerchiefs, soak them first in cold salt and water for ten min? utes, or longer, then wf.sh out in the same'water and iron immediately. Carpets may be greatly brightened by first sweeping thoroughly and then going over them with a clean cloth and clear Bait and water. Use a cupful of coarse salt to a large basin of water. Nothing is better for a sore throat than a gargle of salt and water. It may be used as often as desired, and if a little is swallowed each time it is used it will cleanse the throat and allay the irritation. Salt, in doses of one to four teaspoon fuls in half a pint to a pint of tepid water, is an emetic always on hand. This is also the antidote to be used after poisoning from nitrate of silver while waiting for the doctor to come. If the feet are tender or painful after long walking or standing, great relief can be bad by bathing them in salt and water. A handful of salt to a gallon of water is the right proportion. Have the water as hot as can comfortably be bore. Immerse tho feet, and throw the water over the legs as far aa the knees with the hands. When the water becomes too cool, rob briskly with a flesh towel. This method, if used night and morning, will cure neuralgia of the feet.?Good Housekeeping. Tery Glad to see William. W. J. Cooper left his wife on his farm in Yell County, Ark., in 1863, and joined the Confede -ate army. Shortly after he was captured by the Union men and sent to Illinois, but he escaped and returned to Yell County to see his wife. She had left the farm about two months after her husband joined the army, and gone no one knew where. Cooper then became a tramp, and he has since visited most every country on this continent. One day last week he wandered into Shiloh, Ark., whore he was surprised by seeing his wife standing on the steps of one of the houses beckoning him to come to her. Subsequently he learned that his wife had ventured upon the sea of matrimony three times since she left the farm in Yell County. The first two hus? bands died, and she secured a divorce from the third. She was very glad to see William, -? ? A young white man named John Adcock, living three miles from Pickens Court House, found in his garden while working there some of the plant variously known as "wild parsley,","fool's parsley" and hemlock. He ate part of one of the roots and went into the house. In a short time he complained of burning in his stomach and dryness of his mouth and throat, A messenger was sent to Pickens for Dr. Bramlett, who hurried to the patient as quickly as possiple, but when he got to the house young Adcock was dead.?Greenville News. ? John Jarret says that if the Lord had told Adam on the day that he breathed the breath of life into him, that He would give him a salary of $25,000 a year for taking care of the garden, and Adam had kept his job and drawn his salary regularly every year until now, he would not have drawn as large a sum as William H. Vandcrbilt left at his death, Art Thon tlie Man. There ia an old story of a certain min? ister who, in arranging his toilet for his parochial calls, found a button gone from his shirt collar, and all at once the good man's patience left him. He fretted and scolded, and said undignified and unkind things, until the tired wife burst into tears and escaped to her room. The hours of the afternoon wore away, during which the parson called upon old brother Jones, who was all bowed down with rheumatism and found him patient and ever cheerful; upon young brother Hall, wasting away with consumption, and found him anxious to go and be with Christ; upon good old grandmother Smith, in her poor miserable hovel of a home, and found her singing one of the good old hymns, as happy as a bird; upon young Mrs. Brown, who had a few weeks before bnried her only child, and found her trustful and sereno in the view of God's love which had come to her through affliction. The Minister went home filled with what he had seen, and when evening came, and be wf s seated in his easy chair, his good wife near him busy with her needles, be could not help saying, "What a wonderful thing grace is 1 How much it will do 1 There is noth? ing beyond its power 1 Wonderful! Won? derful ! It can do all things." Then the little wife said, "Yes it is wonderful, indeed ; but there is one thing the grace of God does not seem to have the power to do." "Ah, what can that be?" said the husband. "Why, it does not seem to have power to control a minister's temper when a shirt button is gone." This was a new version of the doctrine of grace to the parson, but it was such a version as many another religious man needs to remember. There is many a man who can stand up before a multitude and "confess Christ," who can be most meek when insulted in some public place; who can rub his hands and bless God for the power of religion; but who is too weak to keep his temper at home. The value of art is in the fineness of the work; the perfection of music in the littlj accura? cies. So the beauty and power of our religion are Been when we manifes': grace in little things. As it takes greater skill to engrave the Lord's prayer on a five cent piece than upon a broad steel plate, so it takes more grace to live a good Christian at home than in pub':ic? Gol? den Rule. Woman's Wondrous Pluck. A case of extraordinary pluck upon the part of a woman occurred at the Jef? ferson Medical College, Philadelphia, recently. The lady applied to have a tumor removed from her arm. The physicians decided to have the operation performed in the presence of the students and when the hour for the clinic arrived the lady was invited into the amphithea? tre. The doctors told her that they would have to administer ether, as the operation would prove so very painful. She refused to allow this to be done, and then the physicians tried to induce her to take a glass of brandy, which she likewise refused. They next offered her a glass of trine, but the lady simply waved it away, saying that she wonld be able to undergo the operation. The doctors consulted for a moment and decided to take the woman at her word and go ahead. They bared her arm to the shoulder, laid her on her side and then buried the knife in the flesh, cut a big gash over six inches in length, pulled the bleeding pieces apart, removed the tumor, scraped the bone and then sewed the parts together. During all this time the patient never 'moved. Not a cry escaped her, and as she gritted her teeth her face became as white as a sheet. The physicians and students looked on with amazement at the plucky woman, and marveled how she could endure the terrible suffering without a whimper. After the operation was concluded, Dr. Brinton, turning to to the 600 students, said: There is not a man among you who could have stood this operation as heroically as this woman. A Story About Old Bullion. Mr. Murphy, a veteran stenographer of the senate, has sold me a story about Thomas H. Benton I bad never heard before. There has always been a dispute whether congress should adjourn at mid? night of the 3d of March or at noon on the 4th. The latter idea has prevailed, although for many years there .was a struggle over it each year. Mr. Benton was one of those who insisted that the session expired wit h the calendar day at midnight on the 3d of March, and he used regularly to raise the point. One year when Orr, of South Carolina, was in the chair Mr. Benton arose at midnight to a point of order, and declared that in his opinion the legal existence of the senate bad expired. Orr asked if the senator from Missouri insisted upon his point of order that he was not longer a senator, Benton's term expiring that day. Mr. Benton responded that he did. "Then," cried Orr, "the sergeant-at arms will remove the gentleman from the floor, as by bis own confession he is not entitled to it." The sally was greeted with laughter, and Mr. Benton responded that with the permission of the senator from South Carolina he would claim his privilege as an ex-member of the senate and remain. Had Never Seen Her Papa Married. The Rev. Dr.-, a prominent Ne?/ York clergyman relates with much gusto the following story about himself. The present Mrs. Dr.-, by the way, is not the wife of the doctor's youth, nor yet of his early manhood, but is the lady of his third choice, and as a conse? quence the doctor's set of olive branches spring from diverse material ancestry. "Such a condition of affairs," sayB the doctor, as a raconteur, "might at times become embarrassing except for the thorough amiability of all concerned. I confess, however, to a slightly disconcert? ed feeling when shortly before my third marriage I was approached by one of my daughters, a girl of 9, and one who called my second wife mother, with 'Papa, will you let me go to see you married? I have never been at any of your wed? dings.' "?-Harpen' Monthly. VOLUM Fire Hundred Years Hence. The New York Star finds in a recent remarkable address of Dr. Werner Siemens, before the Congress of natu? ralists at Berlin, strong support of theories which have been looked upon heretofore as dreams with which scien? tific men would have nothing to do, and, "coming from such a man," it says, the picture which is presented of life five hundred years from now "cannot be dis? missed with a smile as too frantic for serious consideration." Dr. Siemens is certainly not a dreamer, or not a dreamer only. He is one of an illustrious family whose members have been an honor to science; be has devoted his life to practical as well as intellectual pursuits; and for years has been the leading spirit in an immense manufac? turer's establishment. His prognostica? tions, therefore, are interesting to his contemporaries, however little interest they may have in the very remote con* dition of things in the future which is held up to their view. Reasoning from the history of the past Dr. Siemens believes that the great incentives which help man to harness the forces of nature will be more frequent and more rapid in maturing than they have been in the past. Within a hun? dred years we have brought into use the steam engine, the locomotive, the tele* graph, the photograph, the perfecting press, the telephone and the electric dynamo, whose possibilities are simply fabulous. Having achieved so much in the last hundred years, Dr. Siemens believes that -we ought to do far more than this in the next hundred years, and give to mankind fully, a score of inven? tions as valuable as those just mentioned. He regards each of these great inventions as ?'o many tools with which the man of the future?or of the present, for that matter?may work. Having more knowledge than our predecessors, and a wonderful set of tools of which they knew nothing, there is no reason why we should not achieve greater things than they. Arguing from this view'of the matter. Dr. Siemens has no hesitation in saying that the workmen of the year 2500 will be able to provide himself with food, clothing and shelter at an expenditure of [ labor measured in minates, where to day i\ is measured in hours ; that is to say, instead of working ten hoars a day to obtain the necessaries and some of the luxuries of life, he will work ten minutes a day. These genii of iron and steel which science is to furnish him will do fiir more than those dreamed of in the ''Arabian Nights;" they will work night and day with a power far beyond that of the steam engine of the present, and with an intelligence of which we at pres? ent have no conception. They will till the ground, plant the crops, reap the harvests, carry enormous loads to and fro across the world, and do all this at a cost infinitely small. Machinery will do in hours the labor which now requires years from thousands of men. Dr. Siemens, looking over the field, sees no product necessary to tberphysical comfort of man which the wonderful machinery of the future will not be equal to making automatically. In that fai-off day the power aod the machines will be owned by the State, and the citizens will share in the wonderful benefits to be derived from their use. When man needs bat a few moments of actual labor a day to supply his needs, he will be able to de? vote the greater part of hib existence to recreation and the cultivation of the arts. Incidentally Dr. Siemens touches upon the very interesting problem of making food artificially, combining the elements of food from the raw material at band, without waiting for nature to do the work in her slow manner. As a corol? lary of this theory will come the conden? sation of food to such a degree tftat the man of the future will swallow a pill once or twice a day, and the words breakfast, dinner and supper will become mere etymological curiosities, and forks and spoons will be relegated to museums, along with stone arrow-heads and prehis? toric implements. Of course, there are weak spots in this theory, which every one will find for himself. It might be argued, for in? stance, that when the work of the world comes to be relegated entirely to ma? chinery, mankind will be kept as busy as ever, making the machines, repairing them, and keeping them in order. * And, even if it be claimed that this work, too, will be performed by machinery, that only involves more- machines, and the problem begins to partake of the difficulties of the infinite. Moreover, when one or two pills shall take the place of tables groaning with viands, there will be no use in working at all, as is shown in the experience of the inhabitants of tropical conntries, where the "pills" grow on trees already, and are as large as cocoanats and bananas, and where, having these, the happy natives lefern to dispense even with houses and clothes, Another difficulty will present itself readily to every thoughtful mind. The machines and pills that are to accomplish so much will be valuable, very valuable ; and, unless human nature changes very materially in the next five hundred years, somebody will have the exclusive right, from the State, to make and use, or sell these things. The rest of the communi* ty, then, will have to work themselves half to death to make the money to buy what is to keep them from working, so that they will be so much better off than we, their ancestors, after all. Now, while there will be, undoubtedly, progress along many lines, and to great distance in some directions, there will be no end of work. We have sought oat many cunning inventions already, and they have only multiplied our needs and opened so manj more avenues of labor, ll.st aud recreation do not lie that way. The gratification of our desires does not put them to sleep. The more we have, the more we want; the more our grand? children will have, the more they will want?and labor is the price of every good thing. The curse and the blessing are curiously and closely inwrought together, and neither we, nor those who are to come after us, will ever be able to separate them, strive as we may. E XXII.- -NO. 36 Good Girls. While wandering and lecturing in Mississippi, Bill Arp put up at si model hotel, in the town of Newton, where be -l paid his bill with supreme satisfaction. He thus talks: "I say a model country.>: hotel?the best I have ever found;Jrojr?, all the work is done by pretty daughter?, '4 and it is done merrily and neatly, and* the fare was just splendid. They are w& ashamed to help their good parents make . a living. They are smart and pretty and % well behaved. How gladly would I welcome tbem as my daughters-in-law, for I would then know ray boys were safe. Safe from want and safe frojn^ social folly." - The Carstersville philosopher is right, ; but how to get one's boy to fancy model' - girla ofthat pattern is the difficulty. ^JQ^ may be, too, that these exemplary women ; will prefer men who are not wortbyjlb??j them, and that, after marriage, they may cease to be domestic phenomena. The : chances are, however, that such girls,: * single or married, will do well. They, have had a good start and that ought to count much in the life journey. There. ; are curious and startling evolutions even .1 in best of women, as Count Tolstoi has . demonstrated. We wish for our friend Bill Arp the .*, greatest happiness in all relations of life, and that he maybe as happy, a grand? father as he has been parentally in.theis second generation. There are plenty of good, industrious right-minded and noble women,, in all \ classes, and there should be the righty man for the right woman in this world, although'Swedenborg declared that his - fitting mate had died some years boford| be was born, but awaited bim in another' land.?Augusta CJironicle. A Cunning Creditor.. ? ? ? ^/m Some years ago four merchant credi? tors from an eastern city started in the same train of cars for the purpote i'"' attaching the property of a cei debtor in an interior town. He owed each one separately, and each was sosV < picious of the object of the other, biib did: not dare say a word about it although j they were all acquainted. When they arrived at the station, which was two ?pr|i three miles from where the debtor did ,. business, they found but a solitary c*Vv to which all rushed. Three got in . and refused admittance to the fourth anc*;.theV>. cab started. The fourth ran after audj^ got upon the outside with the dnver. He asked the driver if he wanted to sell, his horse. The driver replied that be did not; that he was not worth taorev than $60, but he would not sell him for " that.' He was asked if he would is $100 for the animal. "Yes," said Jsh The fourth man quickly paid over the money, took the reins and backed the cab up so that the door could not be readily opened, jumped upon the horse's back and rode off at a quick lope, while . the insiders were gazing out of the win- . dow. He rode to a lawyer, and hfcd a . writ made out and served and his debt. secured, and got around to the hotel jnat. as the "insiders" came up puffing and blowing. The cabman soon bought bac?^ his horse for $50. The "sold men"<: offered to reimburse the ' rtunatejne, ? who had found property sufficient to pay ?; his debt, if he would not "let on" about ?' the affair at home.?Dry Goods Drummer. - , Women Raid a Saloon. Bloom?tgton, III., March T.? Ellsworth, a few miles east of Bloor ton, the active features of the liquor i sade were revived Saturday. A band thirty-eight women marched to the " lou house" of J. McQrevy and asked 1 to close up his saloon and leave the pi This he refused to do, when they i on the place. McQrevy met them at; the door with a hatchet, but was promptl knocked down by George WhitUiker. The women raided the place, rolled out ? all the liquors and spilled them in mud. The women declare that they wi clear out all gallon houses that ma) come here. ? The spiders of Japan are re] to resent the competition of telegraph thread-spinners in an original and db&ty ive manner. Spiders in Japan. FQlin the trees along the lines, these io&eel spin their webs between the earth, ? wires, the posts, the insulators and trees. When these wires become._ with dew, they constitute a good conduc? tor, and the lines are found to be in con-' nection with the earth. The only meth? od of obviating this inconvenience is by employing brooms of bamboo to brush away the webs. But, as the spiders are more active than the workmen employed in this work, the difficulty is not the less serious. ^ ? Some days ago Mr. Jesse Faber, a, farmer living near Ashvill,e disappeared and all efforts to find him were unavail? ing. On Monday morning v. me hunters were attracted to a lone spot in the woods by the howling of a dog. They at first\ took no notice of this, but afterward dog, seemingly famished with hurag< and so weak that he could hardly himself through the brush, cama them and, howling, ran off a little' then returned and repeated the perfoi ance. They followed the animal,^ came upon the dead body of Mr.' The man had evidently been murcki A gunshot wound was in his stomax His faithful dog would not leave body. ? Why should I envy the great Itnai dwelling in his mansion yonder? He f God's child, so am I. He haa the ke ing of the pictures and sculpture, 3 Jjjji delight of admiring them.. His estates , stretch away for miles, but they may en.-.' rich me more than they do him. I heir a song in his running streams he never heard, and see a grace in his woods he never saw. From the heights above hi* home my thoughts take wing to a heaven he never visited. Men call the estate his; it is God's. And if God gives me a home under the smoky skies of a factory town and sends him to a palace amo the hills it is well, and I may even more enriched by his estate than he is. B. W. Dale. ? A nugget of gold haa been, found California worth $90,000?