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, CA-MDEN, KERSHAW S. C., -THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1883.
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^ 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,
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Nan, the Factory CJlrl.
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' 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,
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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."