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gq .f gr ri 1 * A # >* f ? A* ?? . ? ' ? ? l",T r * - ??% V.HB4 1 ? rrrr: FEANK P BEARD, Publisher. VOL. X. BE ?TIJ?1ii?A.3SrD FEAR NOT. ' ' *" " * ' ">l *^3 ? r 1 : P ?% \ ?-???* y q iflili "T" , CA-MDEN, KERSHAW S. C., -THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1883. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. NO. 17. gets^m THE V f tlic author, u<j( ucccs Wlly Im> wiUll?a,1<,n' 1,111 a& nu oVl(lcn^? of Rf^Vl laltli ou tlie%v ? \TWteo*ly#n otio ?.idoof <^oT%rarfl?rhr dwcful yyiTliu came* and dates to l'.uvotlie Tetter* plain and dl? Maot. U " ? > <? ^?^PEARD. Publisher. ??iYi ct i ifirtu'V ,) fiWDKll.X. Vi mmsxmz# * 'Of '4 ' 1 *7 f\ g' r" * -s The Gazette. Job Printing' Office Is nr.TTEK prepared than any other o Am la torn, loesK-ute In llwuwtt >UractlT?njlwwwx twatp Don of Job Printing. ?uch as rampbtoU, LwAeC^ Hill Heads, Letter aud Note llwxlt. l*w Briefly Posters IKnlKrrs, UivuUrt, Haud BUb>. .YTuWlnff, VU.tlus xvd AJanwCVUs Pusiueu Cards. Labels, 4v. Work done In Bronze, Red, Blue ana Black. The public must remember that tho txwt Ualwtjs the cheapest. We tlo work at Charleston Trlcej, and guarantor eutir? sails! avilou Unour patrons. We keep constantly on hand th? Urjeat stock e? Papers and Cards In town. ^ 2 JUMP J?6T10wTnfet In1 Cold lay the midnight, oold and black On sleeping earth and son; The moot "paujeA otv Mor.eaHil track, ' And the stars crept out to see, A*, bowed with ago, and bontand blear. The Old Year fook way Across Earth's liltle ntmoephere Toward the slow-iuoviug day. A eouud of rovol smote and rang In joyous, morry din. "The New Year come*," glad voices sanjj " Aviso and let him in." Sadly the Old Yc,tt paused; n sigh Broke from hi* bravo old heart. " The world cares not that I must die, And smiles to see mo part. "When 1 was young it wolcomod me With gifts and song and praise. Ilnvo I not served it faithfully Theso many months and days? " Why should men joy to see me go? I, thoir old, loving friend, Departing, grioved and sad and slow, With none to watoh my end?" But ns tho Old Year spoko, a sound Of voices low and sweet Struck on his oar, a:id, peering round, He stayed his lagging foot. Two lovers leaned them sido by side, On cither cheek a tear, And with a strong, sad voice, ono criod: "Good-bye, good-bye, Old year! "Oood-bjo, Oh kindly friend and true, Who wovo our lives in one. Other good yeara imy como; but you Are still our dearest ono." Then smiled the Old Ypar, as ho went, #.j His misty eyes shone bright, V And, .fearless-how and quite content, He fared into tho night. And when he met the Now-born Year, All rosy, blithe and gay, He ohocrod him with a father's cheer *, Andepod him on his way. 44 Heaven go with thee, fair son, and keepj J^nd this thr guerdon be, ,y That at thy end sdme oyos may weep ^ As they wept 'or me." ^ . .. ? ? Siunti Ooolidgf, ;?) , ? I * ?' Nan, the Factory CJlrl. ?> * >> / ? "r >t/& . c ' ' NJ^V YEAU .THE FIRST. I wonkier jloes vQod ewe for *118? They tell ua-I^e is kindand good, that He notott} ?von the SbarrowVfall and "are we mure than mapy spar rows?" Yet they hoed us nut., they pass by. on the, other sido, and still they say thoy serve 1 11m, Old Joshua Marston cut us to-day another ?ten per cent. It is not tho ten per cent; so much, tlmt tells, it is tho " another." It was a meager enough pittanco be fore?it is beggarly now. Yet to-mor row?to-morrow is Now Year ? old Joshua Marston will go to church and, sitting in his comfortable pew, will pray. We can pray, too, they tell us. We have no time- for praying, except , Give us this day our daily bread," and sometimes lie docs not even grant, us that. 1 am growing hard, I fear, and skeptical ? I am losing faith. II obi n is dying ! 1 know it is true, yet I sit an$ write straight on and not a tear drop stains the page. * I am only twenty, l>ut I ha\'$loerned already that there are somti. things worse .than death. Hobin/will not be hungry where lm is going. either will he be cold. And yet this jrooiti is very small? only nine by twelve:,! could wish to-night, that it was only six by two. Robin, my brother, take me. JL jwmld better bear tho mystery ther-.1 than fi^co the one hero, for the prob lem of living Is harder to solve than the problem of dying. Eleven o'clock I My lamp is burn ing yet ; it is a reckless waste of oil ? but to-night I am reckless myself. There is only one hour more. I will sit up and watch the old year out and the new year in. . It will not be a now year to me ; the old year goes right on ? only the shadows that enwrap it are darker and the weight of misery it leaves Is heavier ; another ten per cent. 1 Did that mean so muoh to you, Joshua Marston? You> with youfr millions; had you not 6not)gj)i? / Must you again rob the wjd*>v *aftd orphan? for It is nothing less 1 Tl wonder, Joshua Marston, if tho mint?te*.,tfere to-mor row to preach from tho text, "Woo to him that covetetl^ an evil covctousness to his house, that he may set his nest on Jiigh, thi^hojxnay bo delivered from, the power of ev il, Thou haSt con sulted shamfc to thy hojiso by cutting off many people, and hast sinned ?gainst thy soul. For the BtonoshfUl. cry ouf of the wall and the bcaty out of the timber shall answer it"? -I won der if you would sit as quiet in your peSt and pray V He will n6t breach rrfitft ttfot text, ttowovcr; -fife will tell the infinite goodness of God to man (what goodness could ho tell of man to man I wonder h find you will listen approvingly, and rido homo afterward in yotir comfortable sleigh in a frame of Mind rioiflforlablo indeW; fcnd? Ice of medicines too high. 3 Lbrothe^my dartlrig, my *-it Ik Wiftfcodto Wish you to stay; ap<l jfl, to oome home at night, weary ,* falht? to cotAo home, after toiling all day among those looms, with the never-ondlngiwhirr of machinery, and only tho shuttlh flying hack and forth ? to see- -to cOmo home and Hnd ? silence, darkness ? no little face, no patient smile, no weak, tender voice? Robin 1 Robin I Only a factory girl I What business 1 with feeling? Only a factory Jfirl, toiUng from early morning till ate at night, weaving Into the fabric not only tho threads from the shuttle, but the'eords of my own life as well ? 1 have not oven soon better days, p never shall -here. ? ? Where will it end? Why. hero! 1 piece of machinery broke noWn-^-it had run for years and years, and whs very old. Joshua Marston j look#d'^t,lt and said: "Can't* be waedi longer; throw it asido and get another ;v , ana that is what ho will say when one of hip human machines shall chance to break down, too. . % ?'* Robin is calling. Yes, little brother, I am taming. I went. I saw not the hand that meant death alone, but de liverance also. mp." And I bent down and caught him in my arms aad kissed him. Oh, my ItobijB <JF jT '3 X* .3k One ? two-^-I listened, holding Robin tightly ; would God take him away ? thre*? four? ftve ? Robin's arms were claaped aroup<l;jny n^ok ? six ? seven ? eight ? nine? ho is growing very still ?ton ? eleven ? twelve I Robin's eyes un -lose? he iookp up into my face and amiles? * tTiiJpjr-ajfew Year, Kan," ho whispers, faintly, and then ? I lay him gently down not return the I wish, for ho could not hear me, and bis New Ye^r had begun? in heaven, j TUB SECOND. Nine o'clock ? the last night of tho olu year. You aro all alone to night. Nan. Ah, no ? not quite; there Is One besides who faileth riot, One'of whom it was said,- "He trod tho wino-press alone " ou tread it, too, but you have Him to help. The little book Is lying in your lap, the struggling candlelight falls on your face, tho long lashes that hide* the dark eyes aro wet. Littlo Nan you havn been crying. There aro tears dimming your eyes now as they rest upon the open page ? "Joshua Marston 's nephew came home < from Europe to-day." Well, what of j that? Jack Marston ? handsome, bravo ; Jack Marston, who owns half the mill where you work? a factory hand. Nan, what is he to you? And again, "Jack Marston is tho noblest man 1 ever ?a^t\ "What business have von I to think' hlrtt noble? Nan, Nan, "re- | member you Are but a factory girl and he a millionaire ! '^T^-day I wertt to visit Robin's grave; I sat down* beside the littlo mound and ' ?1 was -eo lonely and wretched? j burled my face In the grass and cried, i I did. not hear footsteps, did not know 1 any one was near until I heard some- 1 body say i'Miss Nan," and looking up i 1 sa w ? Jack Matston. He started j wheij I had been crying, but he , did not go away;' instead, he came nearer and, bonding 'down, read the ?simple Inscription on. the stone: ?j* Ifc>BW? aged five." *? I am fcorry, MMb Nun," h?said. -It sounded so odd to hear a s) ?mpa- 1 thizing yojee, I tried hard to keep back " Wbst was the matter?" asked Jack Marston, after a pause. V ** 1 did not hbod what l said, did not think 4t all, but raised my head and answered:. ?^Poverty." Jack'Marston gave a great start. ".Uncle Joshua ? " he uskod, stopped; but I finished tho sentonce for him: I "Had just paid his hands their ! week's wages. What did it matter to him that the dor-tor's bill was twice as i largo 1" I spoko bitterly, but Jack Marst.m looked very sad. " I am very sorry," he said, simply. Looking at him, I remembered that this man was his uncle, and sprang up. ! "Please forgive me," I said. " I I did not think ? " " I do not think you are the one to ? be forgiven," he answered, quietly. Ho walked out with ino afterward, I all the way home. He only said "good night" at parting, but no one ever said it ! to me like that ltefore, nor looked at I mo half so Icindiy. 1 think ho is the noblest man on earth I Ah, Nan, you aro forgetting --you have forgotten ? that yon are a factory girl ! You are remembering only that you are a woman. Ten o'clock 1 Turn over another leaf, Nan. Read on : Ho is very kind to me- Jack Mars ton ? but in a very quiet way. I think if all factory owners were as good it would not seem so hard to work in a mill, and ? our wages have been raised. I wonder what it all means. I am bewildered and cannot make it out. AJLr. Jack been so kind and I have boen so happy, and now? I heard .Delia Lane talking to some of the girls to-day. Oh, sho was talking about him ? him and me. (I ? I ? ft made me very angry that she should say such things of him. ?yVhy are people so cruel? Ho has been Very / kind? " flirting." Delia Lnnet 4 hate you I What, she says of mo I do not care, but^ShO Shall never havo another ?<&g^fctO say anything of him, for I Wfll'iidt lot him bo even kind. , I came home by the river road t<? night. It was vory long, longer it seemed than it usod to be, but no one eyer somes- that way. Turn again, ifah-^another leaf: To-night, coming home, very tirod, lonely ? (the ri vac. road is .so long) ? Aomebody said "Miss Nan," and, look ing! saw Jack- Marston. I believe, for a moment, I was glad to see" him. 1 "May I walk the rest of tho way with you?" he asked. I was going to siry "Yes," for 1 was very lonesome, but then I remembered what Delia had wald. " Please," T said, very much con fused. VOh, Mr. Marston, no ? please don't." For just one moment he looked at me, then he raisod his hat. " Kxcuse me," hesaldf " (Jood oven Ing." And then he wriS gone. I felt llko crying ? I am not sure buL' I did ary a little ? but I know he mofm only simple kindness, and ?hey shall not oall him "a llir? beMuse of that. I havo seen him again, hut ho was very grave. I am afraid he Is angry. Why do you panne noW,Nan? ? turn on: To-day Delia Lane told me some thing. Bueh a pretty lad v called and IhquTred fot Mr. JfccJc. 1I/+' hfcir ex actly matched the little strip of sun shine that iWlt across my mom, and her etfcs urellke tl^o littlo spoek of sky that I see through my window. "Hhfl Is going to marry Jack Mars ton," said Delia Lann \ " they are engaged now.** I)ld you see the lovely Everything sprtn Mou/id for a mttHtefft and 'shmetblng snappod in some machinery had : broken. . . " i , Then tiVpnt on Weaving. Who will get that.elot^ ] wonder? Ah, they will never know .the bitterness I wove 'into it. > ' Only * factory girl ! What right Have l With a heart, and how dare I love him? And yet-? and Vet ? Oh Jack! A little cry and a woman sobbing. Toor little Nan- -poor, poor Nan ! And over in th* great mil^ in the little office-room, with hLj he*l lying upon the ucsk, wearied with his paper and accounts, Jack Marston was sleeping a simile fixed upon ""his handsome mouth. Cora? * Is it her face that comes into your droit m ; the girl sky ? tho.gol/c*J,l*ir ?)'es like the ,is a face from w,1teh two eyes look forth, and Cora's eyea could never wear that look of pati<*it sor ibk ? but perhaps Cora? Tho lips pft-t "Nan j" ^eel)Cr niurmurs one word, Firo! Fire I ThAfaris the clanging of bells and rushing of feet and^ta 90*90 of the engines rattling over the stones and voices crying, "The mill is on flro Mareton'a miU L*; Wak* wakm. Jack Mijwton J >Vhy wifTyou sloen still ?vMthjust that smile uponA'ourifps ? Over at the little window a woman stands, looking out upon the sky that glows with a lurid light. " Oh, God !" She heard Jack Marston say tUat night: "1 will stay in tho mill u&ti) 12, Pierson. I am going to look over somo papers." Pieison is miles awny, and it is only 10 o'clock. Three minutes later a woman rushes into the throng, the rod light falls upon her face, deathlike in its pallor. She catches a man near by the arms. "Jerry," she gasns; and tho man turning, cries, ?? Xan I" 1 hero is a look in tho man'a eves even now that shows how mufch the girl is to him, and a sound in his voice that shows how dear is the name he utters. " Save him !" cries Nhn. - ?? no is in there- -Jack Marston I" She bus forgotten "tvorything but that he is the fnan she /eves. Into the eves of tho one beside her creeps a pain ? intense, despairing. '?Save him!" cries Nan, again. " Jerry, save liiin !" He loves this woman, and sho bids him savo the only one wl? holds what he had hoped to win. Jerry Dougall turns away, and for a moment an evil light, lurid as the baleful flames, glows in his eyes. The next moment fco is roused. Nan has rushed past him, through tho crowd, right into tho burning build ing. For ono moment. Je*rv stands mute then staggers against a tree, with a faco from which all Jiglit seems to have fled, and with eyes that, looking see riot. ? And through the blinding smoko that rolls in billows alx^it her. and al most in tho midst of Hie flames that stretch ? nt their flery arlns to encircle her, goes Nan. She has forgotten Cora, she has for gotten all the world ; she remembers only that Jack Marston is in that build ing, and that she. loyes him. She knows every nook and comer of the place ; but before she reachra the office sho stops and, with a wildly-beating heart, calls. A voieo answers through the smoke, " Xan." It is Jack, and, fol lowing tho sound, she goes right to him. In leaving tho oflTre And endeav oring to escape he. tad stumbled against an iron bar, and lies now, a heavy cross-piece from somm macliino'rv fallen across his arm, pinioned anil powerless. Yet no looks up at her, as sho enters, with a smile. She scarcely heeds it, though? tho bar is heavy, but love given her almost tho strength of a Samson. And she pushes it aside at length, and Jack Marston staggered to his for:t.' "Nan," ho cries, holding out his hand& but sho grasps him by the arm. " Come, there not* a moment to lose, she cries, and rushes toward tho door. The stairway is on flre. For a moment l>oth stand silent. Chpn Jack draws her toward him. ^Conio into the ofllce,? he says. .Nan is pale and trembling, but there is no traco of fear in the. steady light of her eyes. Sho watches tho flamefj creeping nearer and nearer, tho forked tongues flashing out here and there through tho denso smoko like flashes of lightning n a sky of Egyptian darknfes.f Look ing up she moot* Jack's eyes, ..and in them sees a light that drives from her all thought of flames or <teath. Ho draws her very clone to hi *nd she looks up into- his faco. "Are you rendy to die, Jack?" she aak^ Above tho memory of flames SM'horrrif above tho memory of the awftflnoss of that time, she will over rsmeipber tiie light that shone In Jack Mwstoh's eyes and tho happiness that rang in his votoo as lie answers, " With you, yes." A bonding, a touching of lip8, and KJ"11. fb/wh.w growing Idnrker and darker, hiding Jack's face? a blank. " Nan I" Sho hears ids voico as sho opens her eyes. She sees hfei face bend ing over her, and little by little it all comes back. But they are not in tho midst of flre ? whofe ? where are they? Sho sees a face as a fteuro glides away ? a faco with bluo eyes that sho rornombors well, and then it ail comes back to l, or, and what sho had forgot ten before ? Cora. And sho shrinks away from Jack and covers her faco with her hands You have no right," she says Tho puzzled look upon Jack's f?nn suddenly clears. "nid you think* Nan " bo aftW "that it was Cora?" T& She nods her head, hut does hot speak. " " Cora is my unclo's ward," saysr Jack, "and she Is to marry my cousin." I heh. coming closer, he bonds his head, "Xan, my little girl," ho skys, softly. "I havo loved you from tho first. Nan is struggling hard to bo mlm and quiet, "How came wo hero?" nhe whis pers. " Jerry saved us," says Jack. " And Jerry ?" " Is safe '' ' Yes, Jerry is safo- safo from trials and temptations safe from the misery that would bo his could he soe these two now. Ah, yes, safo I ' N?m, say/j Jack, " I want you to say after mo what I tell you." There was no answer, " Jack." Nan looks up. 44 Jack," she says, very softly. " 1" ? a little longer pause, and In tho waiting the great Dell begids to ri^if L\ ' ? ' ? * (] Ti said Jack. ' - ? There is no answer. One? *ttro ? three. 44 Nan" ? four ? Ave ? six. Thor* is a pause of the bell almost as If iL^rere t waiting, too. Seven. Nan liftk hei 1 hcatl. , , . ' V* ?' Love ? you," she sayB, softly 'Jtup i plying the last word herself. I\ J Eight ? nine? ten ? eleven ? twelve ! "The New Year has begun," qries ! lack, with a great hajjplnpss thrlttliig through his voice, and looking up with a smile upon his lips. Nan knows ^hat tho old year has passed away foreycr, and that tho new year l\as begun In deed. And it .is Jack who says, m little Robin spoko before, 44 A happy New Yeiir. Nan." Hearing tho Lead. An old sailor who has spent his'life since boyhood in tho United Styles navy and fmJrchftnt marine service was discussing the many disasters which have happened V>f late to both steam and sailing vessels. " Mark ye, la<J," he si\\d, as he re filled his pipe and proceeded to blow a cloud, " they Mostly happen because the hand lead or deep sea lead and line ain't hove properly. There ain't one sailor in tea. as can heave the lead properly or that knows the marks and deeps, and can sing the song as it is always sung by sailors who can heave tho lead properly." . " What's tho song?" i " Well, <fye . see, tfpu'vph.fcar^ ^fcilors at tho capstan bars getting the anchor apeak or swaying up the yards. Well, 1 it ain't that kind of singing, but a soirt of .peculiar musical drone. Thepllpts know it well. It is prolonged, -ana if ! they waited for the end to Tpnve^fc'sy would often go jwhoro * bcfrrfO'jtia^aH finished. But they know what's cohv 1 ing, and it's 'Stand by for stays, Te*dy I about, hard a lee,' before the leadsman I in the fore cIumusJihs got to tho warn ing, ? By the mark three." " Heaving the lead is hard work, and requires great skill and long prac j.tico la the navy it is true thatjnen Be found whb erc fafr IjetiUr at this important part of a seaman's duty than in the merchant service. The reason is that by an order of tho navy department every man-of-war, when on shyrt poindings, where the head I ltgirl isv' necessary, is obliged to keep a man in tho chains on both sides of the ship night and day, and no ques tion of the necessity of sucli service is entered into, .In a merchant vessel, on t-Ho contrary, the hand' lea<l3a ke\ dom, if ever,, hove, except 4 when>. in foggy weather, the pilot requires it. This applies to steamers also." ?' How do you heave the lead, and how can you tell how much bottom you lmvo under you?" The old sailor's pipe had -gone out, but, after firing up and freshening tho nip, ho continued : " There are certain designations on a hand lead lino termed by seamen marks and deeps. The lino is usually twenty fathoms, and tho lead weighs five to nino pounds. A deep sea-lead weighs from twenty-five to forty pounds. Tho first two fathoms are called deeps, and aro not usually marked, except When vessels habitually come into shoal water. The third fathom is marked generally by threo leather tags. Tho fourth .fathom is a deep, and not m^kejd, * vAt' tho fifth fathom is a white flannel or linen rag. The sixth fathom is a deep, and the soventll pa<t a red mark qf burtting, flannel or Calico. Tho tfglith and ninth fathoms aro deeps, and tho tenth i? marked by a . piepe of leather- with a hole* in it. The eleventh is marked with one tag of leather or knot, the twelfth with two tags of leather, and the thirteenth with three tags of leather, but the fourteenth is a deep and always was. The fifteenth fathom is a mark with a whito rag of 'arty material, a piece of your shirt, perhaps. Tho next four fatnoms aro all deeps. Tho twentieth fathon^to a n)?rk with a piece of leather with two holes dug out, or a rone wove in with two knots. Beyond this ridthing but a deep sea lead, with a ship hovo to, can give a captain or a pilot/any correct idea of the water he has under him. In o)den times, be foro tho days of flteamers, vessels had to bo far bqtter postod as to their dis tance front- sboro than the .tnodern steamer,. S hp, can get off shore binder almost any circhlristiincbJi, bht <;he sail ing vessel darod riot venture often to cofno within less than twonty miles of a loe shore. To know all those marks, tell by the lead, which has a llttlo tal low at its end id thatch , thelsrtnd or irjdd over which you maybe passing, what kind of a bottom youhavo under you, and to hoavo tho lead properly, above all things is indeed the task of a skilled soaman." ? New York Suru Egg-Kntlnar Chinamen. Tho Chinamen who II vp In Philadel phia and adjoining, hafv^ flevcl ouod an tmorraotyt appetite to* ogg?, and tho old idea that the average al rrtond-eyed Utuhdryiriafl fi*Om the Celea tial empiro lives on sixtWrt "tataf'hti of rice per day, assisted down their throats med, ^ - h,n# elw for weeks. Ah I?eo, wYio fbnnerly lived in WfHadftlpHiJk, Kfrf hit arijlstant in the laundry l?jusirit4s In Weat Ches ted, hn^e Iwn known- to eat 240 eggs in. a week, an iWfcrag;* 6f seYettteen a day. iMm ( Uunamen say t|ntt' eggs at : fifteen to twenty tonta a down nro I cheaper than' anything, else they can | huy, and almost as eheaj^ A?f rice. Tho death Is announced of Mtv Rarn ingham, an JlngJttrtimfin who rose from the position of a day lal>orer to ho t he | possessor of works turning out 70,000 tons of rails a year, and the employer ? of 2,000 hands. I there (resort ts tiie assort, a out k to a Other; olony ?ghty >king. FAR*, GARUEN AND HOUSEHOLD, j v.* n "tffeJc** ?r Fo%| A few years ago inquiries about | "chicken cholera , came onlv from tho Southern and Western Slates. Of late- *w? have .hack, JtUeiw fjryip tho Eastwn Sfcftttv Xqvf Eng land "When domestic amma's alo otf suddenly, bv a rapidly fatal disease, it is the custom to call it " cholera." Tliis was tho case with tlic so-called hog-cholera, which has been shown to be a complication of diseases, readily tracoablo to neglect and bad manage ment. From what we have heard of chicken cholera it appears to be a Erotest against improper feeding and ousing, rather than any well-dellned disease, such as roup, etc. Fowls are often in poor condition on account of the vermin they are obliged to support, or they may be in impaired health from continuous feeding' on corn alone. When in this weakened state a sudden change in tho weather may induce diarrhea or a cold, which attacks tho flock so' generally that the disease appears to be epidemic. And being generally and rapidly fatpl it is called " cholera," and ' thfe owner of 'such a 1 flock at once writes us for a remedy ' for "chicken cholera." A recent letter, | from a friend in Massachusetts, is tho type of man y otlidrs 'received of late. Tliis informed us that some of the fowls M>4frle?ra tfcAfcfcVof the flock, 1 go off and mope by themselves, refuse ; to eat, and, as a general thing, those ' so affected soon died. The writer .as sumed this to bo cholera. Ouf roply was essentially as follows : Separate at once, the sick birds from the well. If tho poultry-house has not recently been put in order, remove all the fowls until it can be fumigated, l?v burning sulphur, and then whitewashed in every part of the interior with lime wash, to each pailful of which half a ; pound of crude carbolic acid has been added. Mix some lard and kerosene, and with a tag or swab rub all the roosts. Throw out all the old straw : from the nest boxen, and grease with ; the lard and kerosene tlfe insides of these. Renew the dust boxes, using : fine road dust, or flne-ly-sifted coal : ashes, mixing some flowers of sulphur with the dust. Empty and thoroughly wash the water ^ essels or drinking I fountains. When the fowls are rc turned to the house, alter their feed. Corn, which is often tho only food, ? should be given but once a day, and preferably at night. Give boiled po tatoesand meal mashed together; wheat j screenings and an occasional feed of | barley Qr ry^. Above all, have [ ?Beeh vegetables. Cabbages which have j been boiled, or cabbage stumps, should ! be. placed whelW flhq ljird 9 can. help : themselves; Mr ttfesfe are not athand, give tho outer leaves of good cabbages, rutabagas, mangels or other roots, not forgetting fresh 1 scraps from the kitchen Lastly, add some preparation of iron to the drink j ing water. This may be tho tincture j of tho chloride oi iron, always kept : at the drug 'stores, but an equally use ful, and much cheaper form of iron, is that known in England as "Douglas* Mixture." Place in a stone jug one gallon of water, add four ounces of sulphate of iron ("copperas") and half an ounce of sulphuric acid (oil of vitriol). When the sulphate of iron is dissolved the mixture is ready for use. A teaspoonful of this is he added to each pint of tho drinking water. The tincture of chloride of iron, men tioned because it may be had at onco, may be added, to the water in suflleiont quantity ttf g(v* it a d|s>jncd4aste. As to the sickly fowls, keep them apart, giving, warmer quarters in cold weather. Furnish a variety of food, including warm mashedi potatoes, with a" dash of Cayonne pepper, and alio j iron in the water. Some have advised doses of calomel or bluo pill, but wo doubt if anything beyond good nursing and the change* of diet we have ad vised will be of much service. ? Amtrl can Agriculturist. Farm unit N?r<l*n Notes. Grapes exposed to the sunlight con tain tliree and three-fourths per cent less acid than those which have re mained in darkness. Tons of thousands of poultry oWnorc have no idea as to how much corn ? fair-sized fowl eats in a year, so care less are their habits as to accuracy The amount is about one and a hall bushels. But it is best that it. should not all bo given as corn. NVhetft in the grain, or in the form of bran, is ex cellent. Almost anything they like if good for a change.; ,S J jf < ( In huskAi){ Iwctraftt Ursoft'out, all the pooi1 earn rtnd soft; nubbins, I'ut bnly sound' com Ih the crib. Give th< nubbins to thq tflgp. , It will Dot do tc fetot such' fowl to horses ; they need good sound grain. Fowling green corn to pigrt and fatting hogs should bt begun judiciously. l)?Ti t overfeed, For the best re?\ilts, fattening swine should be brought to full feed with ! quite af( rhUcA fJ'V0/**?! An English, paper in discussing di , arrhoa in lambs, suggests that a simple relaxation of the ! owels, produced by f roeh grass, a change of pasture, and an alloWhncA of good linseed rake 01 ether dry fo<Sd to ill ptfrbably be suffl ciont restorative. If not,' take of pro pared chalk ono ounce, powdered gin ger, two drachms, powdered opium half a drachm, pepporinint water half a pint, and give two tablespobhfuls of I cordial twico a day. The Iloston Journal of (lommsrc.r ! recommends as a cheap and reliable sulwtituto for commercial fertilizers i such aq sunef phosphates, etc., fjie fob I lowing cofliUrWldn^ 1iz;r Tii?o one j barrel of pure, raw, finely ground bonoa, and ono barrel of the l>est/ wood ashes*, mix them on a floor, and Add \ gradually three pailfuls of water, mix Fng thoroughly with the hoei Ose in small quantities in about the pumo , manner as the supherphosphatcs. If | tho ashes cannot'be procured, dissolve ' twelve pounds of potash in ten gal ' Ions of hot water, and with this solu ' tlon saturate the bone thoroughly; a \ barrel of dry peat or Rood loam, with i out stones, may bo added. Tho mixture should not be sticky, neither too moist nor too dry, i In applying it avoid di rect contact with the see*:; for in stance, when applied in the hill scatter a little earth over it before dropping I the oeed. Avery curly visible effect should not be anticipated, but the , good results will manifest themselves as the season advances. n?awh?l<l Hint*. Never boil nice white goods. They should be scalded only. Linseed oil and charcoal oil is an ex- ' cellent remedy for scald or burn. To iron embroidery nicely press It on tho wrong sido between two flan nels. To remove stains from table linen hold up tho soiled spot and pour through it boiling hot water. The quality and julcos of meats are far better preserved if the meat is wiped w.th a towel instead of washed. In purchasing honey avoid that which has white specks, as they de stroy the flavor of any comb in which they aro found. To clean diamonds nicely, wash in soapsuds, rinse in alcohol and dry in sawdust ; then brush with a soft brush and polish with flne tissue paper. An excellent shampoo is made of salts of tartar, white castile Boap, bay rum and lukewarm water. The salts will remove all dandruff, tho soap will soften the hair and clean It thoroughly, and the bay rum will prevent taking oold. BUCKWHEAT CAKES. n?*Tk?jr JIM When ?hr Proprt ?... rr;n.T-^e.A .T'-~New F"^d w In dating, as in everything elso, the vast majority of people are governed more by the season than by anv actual, arbitrary condition of appetite! Take for instance, buckwheat flour. The item " buckwheat cakes," says the 1 nnW V* Wo/ld' never seen on the bill of fare of any restaurant in New i or* in summer, and the cakes aroj never seen on the table of a private family m hot weather. In most of the restaufants, as a matter of form the ?,0. , " buckwheat cakes ? is put on I the hill of fare about the middle of October or the beginning of Novem ber. Their sale, however, never 1 amounts to anything until cold winter weather sets in, while wheat, rice and oatmeal cakes are sold and eaten tbe 1 year round. i With a view to ascertaining definitely I something about the restaurant trade in buckwheat cakes, now that the buckwheat season is about to begin a 1 reporter of the World visited several of I tbo downtown restaurants early this 1 season and questioned theu proprietors I and managers on the subject. His ! instructions were to And out the extent of tho consumption, whether thero are ' any now invention* in griddle cakes, : and tho actual ingrodionts of the J material furnished in some restaurants ? as "pure maple syrup." :*| Regarding the first item ? theambu. of buckwheat cakes sold and eaten I the result was not satisfactory, for the reason that in many places where grid- ' die-cakes of different kinds were sold ! buckwheat hat! not yet been added to j the list, whilo in places where they had been placed on tho bill of fare it was said that tho sales had not yet been very extensive. At one place in Broad I street the manager said that as yet the orders for buckwheat cakes had not j been very brisk aikf would not be until cold weather Het in. When tho season opened ho expected to sell 200 j or 800 plates a day, varying according I to the state of the weather. The ! colder it is tho more buckwheat cakes i are called for. Speaking of tho quan tity of the cakes furnished at this place ' tho manager said: -1 am not prepared i to say how generally tho practice may ! prevail in New York restaurants of i producing real genuine old-fashioned ! buckwheat cakes such as our grand- ! mothers used to mako, but 1 am pro- ! pared to say that the cakes made here are made in tho same way and are the 1 real, genuine, simon-pure article, and 1 no mistake. In tho first place, i' buy my buckwheat in Sullivan coun- i ty, where I also have a farm * wi ? Whif "I * they r0,ft0 the ; best buckwheat grown , in this country ; and I know the flour ispuro i and genuine. Then 1 have the. hitter I oyer night vM*h ytfst ?nd stood l?y to "rise' until morning. in the 1 morning all that it is neccssarv to do ! is to rttir fh a little moro flour, stir IA a' ?little soda to sweeten it, and you have I a light, spongy batter which will bnke into cakes wiiich will almost "melt in tho mouth," as the saying is. If tho "run of the cakes does not oxeeed the previous night's calculation, enough batter will ho leftover at night to form the yoiut basis for the noxt day's sup ply, and if so, so much the better. Our (grandmothers used to "put tho batter pan brewing," as soon as tho product of tho first "threshing" of buckwheat was obtained in the fall, and never aJI6\t it to Inxxano exhausted until the last "threHhing" was exhausted. The 1 onger tho batter lasts without renew- 1 i.g entirely, the better the cakes will bo While, however, it is possible to do this in a private family of a i/iven number of persons, it may not always ho possible to do It in a place like this because it frequently happens that our customers seem to get up a corner on cakes and clean us out complete ly before we know it. Now, the dif ference between tho old-fashioned buckwheat cakr*. sm.|, as I have been ! telling you about, and those sold at some places in New York, cannot fail ' | ? "Pirated by those who have1 tested both kinds, or who can recollect 1 as far bae*. as the good oM days of | home and "honest hominy." A jrren't ' many restattranff )(ncik>rs1i?p that new fangletl abort) in afcfvn in ^tjjjnary art -prepared flour," in the manufacture I of buckwheat cakes, sod the result is! > Mi?')? ^?Vgh? P'm substance, irt^tgf^iMoas ho much srfoff leatlfer, and nofhorri rmefhbMng |i buckwheat cake than chalk resein ble? cheese. Then there are others who do even worse than that, and produce a cake tho batter for which is mixed Sftt*6 .TX ?f Ut0 A ? ^ u,<! mi c*poft as sharp as t ho sharpest tea-taster to distintruUf, fron a full-blooded "hoenake" of the palmy days of plantation life in (ieor gia and Alabama. Whv is that? Well yon see pure buckwheat flour Is worth four dollars per hundred pounds, while corn ineal is worth only one dollar per hundred pounds. ?? l?nrn adulteration" s U a paradoxical w?y of explaining it? nothing more, nothing Ions." POPULAR SCIEXCP. From statistics gathered in India it appears that cholera >s far more dead ly in the op: n th;ui in the wooded dis tricts. The greatest astronomical event f> r lS^Jj will be the s >l;.ir eclipse on t he i>'.h of iJay, li e totality of whi<h will last minute.*. I'nfortunately, the Ln" of totality lies out at sea. Vegetable albumen in its pure state Is a tiii'-k, glairy, tasteless lluid, anal ogous tot lie white of egg. It is louiul abundantly in juices of green leaves, its well :n in the tlour from wheat. Profctsor Peters docs nut agree with those who think that the gn at hmi el is identical with t !?e comet.-* 'I lv->'> and 181-3, and is losing its v< ! >< it y .md preparing to soon return an I fall into the sun. A patent has been taken out in (!? r many for an engine, th" p>t??n of which is driven ha< k\\ai\l and forward by small charges of gnrv?>.vd r sup plied at each end hy an automat i-' ar rangei-i'-nt. Th" ignition is t fie. : t>l hy the motion of the piston, which draws in a flame, of ga* <>r ^jvrit. the access being regulated hy side valves, which also cpen outlets tor the escape of the gases of combustion. M. d'Ahbad'e lias observed that the elephant hunters who fivqm nt the miasmatic districts of the s ni lan pro tect tli can selves from f.w r bv thed.iilv use of a fumigation w it h -ulphur. Ilo ha.s also Hound that near t h<* t-u'p'.iur 1 mint s there is a remarkable absence <>f miasmatic fevo-s. It has been asked: If suiptiur fumes are a prophyla-'tic against zymotic disease, may not the have a sanitary value? Rice constitutes nearly one-half ol the fobd of the pernio of .lapan. But as to food and drink climntic condi tions and industrial demands do nut a.s yet ex<t( ise their due inihvnee on t he wHlers of works on hygiene when forming their conclusions. One race may live ancl move and have a toler able us* fill existence in acertain region upon a sort of "Sustenance altogether inadequate to another race differently environed. Suppose, for instance, and to put this important question sharply and strongly, the diet of an Esquimau and an inhabitant of tho tropics were interchanged, on the strength of local sanitary statistics, would not th< chances of each speedily reaching tin , gra~o be about equal and tho Icjw of life of both be considerably shortened? WORDS OF WISDOM. . To have ideas is to gather (lowers. To think is to weave' thorn into gar lands. ; ? ?" ?*.<. ? . ; Wealth is the most dangerous Orator in political or social con troversies. Though authority he a stubborn bear, yet he is often led by the now with gold. Knowledge will always predominate over ignorance, ?s a mail governs the other animals. "While we retain the power of render ing service and conferring favors we seldom experience ingratitude. If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things they possess thero would not be much envy in the world. . ? Feelings come and g<> like light troops following the ^victory of the present; but principles, like troops of the line, are undisturbed and stand fast. A more glorious victory cannot be gained over another man than this, that when the injury began on his part the kindness should begin on ours. Itevenge is a momentary triumph, In which the satisfaction dies at oik >, and is succeeded by remorse; whereas forgiveness, which is the noblest of all revenge, -entails a perpetual pleasure. Youlli an<t ago have too little sym pathy with each other. If the young would remember they may be old, and the old would remember that they were, once young, tho world would bo hap pier. Qf riches it is not necessary u> writo the praise. Let it,' 'however, bo re membered, that ho who .ias ntonoy to sparo, has it always in his power t<> benefit others 5 and of such power a good man must always be desirous. Animals Against frortMs. The destruction of trees and shrubs and consequent bare, bleak, dry, un productive and unhealthy present con dition of the islands and districts of Greece and the regions around, once famous for their charm*. of shade, ver dure,' fertility i(nd populousn<\ss, is charged to the brow/log of goats. The new government of Cyprus is consid ering how these animals can best, be reduced or confined. Goats were int ro duced into another English Island ? Saint Helena? within a century, and the trees and shrubbery suddenly and rapidly died off so soon as they began to be numerous. The same obstacle in a different and less degree is a rock of stumbling m our attempts at forestry. A chief i> ? in of expense in many situ ations is that of fencing in the ground planted, until tho trees attain a si/.e unattackablo by cattle. For best re sults, close pointing and entire exclu sion of anirpals are, preferable. On most, farms pasture is at times an ut most necessity. Every rod of ground that will yield any at all must bo util i/ed. H there Js no grass tho foliage and even the stems of trees must servo, llence, with the best, of intentions for conservation, some unlucky day or pinching season occurs, when t he hith erto well niirsod plantation is browsed, fcrhken and ghfit.ly Injured, if not ruined. An Irish antiquarian has recon structed from old title deeds ami sur veys the fnc.t that Dublin once had its Tliitig, or popular assembly of Scan dinavian freeholders ; Its Thinginount, or hill on which tho assembly met., had il.i hangman's hill close by. The Hcandinavians settled Dublin in force. The lato Mr. Charles Italiday showed in his recently published book that, t he old names stood as testimony to that fact up to a comparatively late date. A distant relation ? A telegraphic, dispatch. New Year Resolr. g. Dr. -I hare resolved that I'll never smote again. _ . Sue.? And I that all my drewes shall be plain. nit.-I mean to get along without my beer. She? I will not buy a bangle all this year. He.? From lodge and club I mean this year to flj . Bur..? Ono bonnet in each month is all I'll buy. He. ? I'll not lose cash at poker now each night. Bite. ? All dry goods shops I'll banish from my sight. He.? Rilliards, and pool, and cards I'll throw aside. Siir_ ? I'll wear old frocks, and get my kid gloves dyed. He. ? I'll parties shun, and only danoe with . you. Siie.? I'll buy no jewels, ?ave n ring or two. He. ? I'll flnd come place where I can boy cheap clothes. Sh*. ? And I'll stop buying eoptly embroid ered hose. He. ? Of resolutions, doar, there's quite a stock. 8u*.? Enough, whon broke to pare bolow s block. HUM OHO US. A striking business-Boxing matches. A figure head ? The lightning calcu lator. A Kentucky stock breeder lias just failed, with l:>0 mules among his as sets. When you size up David Davis the trouble with him i> that he isn't David alter ail, lie is liuliuth. " That man is so good-natured that he would hold nil umbrella over a duck m a shower of rain," observed Jerrold once of a brother dramatist. " Yes," said the captain of the ocean steamship, "we had a very expensive trip this time. Very little sea-sick ness ; passengers ate frightfully."? Vfo.N.'o/l J'ost. The llo't! Worbt says "a porter in one of the Chicago hotels is worth #100, (KH),"' lie may be worth it. but. you bet lie doesn't get it, by a long ehalk.--//?/pA>7^'. A correspondent asks : "Do canary birds like li >h V" Well, wo ean't tell whether they do or not; but they manage to catch a little perch every day. ? -?Y< w York Commercial. The deacon's son was telling the min ister about the bees stinging his pn, and the minister inouired; "Stung your pa, did theyy ?'Well, what did your pa say Y" "Step this way a moment," said the bov," "I'd rather whisper it to you."? Funny Ft tu Aw. TJIli MODKKN HAlI.ltOAD ACCIDENT > AND ITS HfcSULTB. Mnn'n Hack Across Tsaok. Engine . Roars; Man Snores. Engino Rushed; Man Squashed. Widow Snorts, Heuks Courts. lawyer Wuops, Jury Bleeps. J udge Charges Heavy I jar gees. Jm-y Hollers Winter Krenlng Fan. There is a game known as " Mind Iteading," from which much pleasure may be drawn. Though a curious trick, this "mind-readingr <jtiite sim ple in plan.j ^u]>dqb? thai ."in a party only one pffdon is familiar with the game. Let this person fnako A few re marks about the mysterious arrange ment of the nerves or the electric power of mind, and thero announce that ho is ready to read the ralnds of all the. other present. Each person is requested to write a\vortCora sentence on a slip of paper and, to. place it in A hat, which stands on the table. The performer then takes his Hrtiit behind the hat nnd draws out one' of the papers. 'I'll Is paper he presses against i i is forehead, cov?rinji jthe slip from view with the flriiefl'of each hand, which touch each'6tlier. After anxious thought he saysi""TMto slip of paper contains" such and such a word or sentence. Then ho glances at thox sljn as if to see whether ho read It right.-* The next slip is treatod in the same way, and ho with all the Atber papers, which are placed upside down on the table near tho hat. Now, when the performer reads the first slip no one recognizes the word or sentenco then used. But that does not matter. Each person thinks that the word or sentence was written by some one else. Therein lies tho trick, which consists in Inventing a word or sentence for the first slip and glancing at its true Contents when laid on tho table behind the hat. Of course tho performer applies the real sentence on the first slii> to the second slip, the sec ond to tho third and so on to the Inst slip. When the last one has been placed on the forehead It Is concealed in the luind or dropped into a side pocket, or mixed with the rest, which rarely are examined so carefully a* to dis cover its abnenco or as to detect tho trick in rcgai d to the first slip. When the slips have been read the company pass them round in wonder at the power of the "mind-reader." Til ft N ft IV PIFTRKN P\1 7.7.1. T Draw t he squares on a sheet of paper a wl say: " I wish to fill theso rows of squares, or stalls, full of animals, which you must watch carefully in order to arrange them according to a rule I shall give you. I will put down II for horses in the first, row; C, for eows, In tho second, and I) for donkey in the third fi i i " iTj n "if i i) 1 i) ! Id c D Put the letters down rapidly as you talk, leaving one square In the third row vacant, as If by accident, fiorna looker-on will be sure to say: " Ther? is one donkey missing, when you r?v ply at once; " Then jump in yourself."