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JV T he Gazette Job Printing Office la bsttbb j?re pared than an; other otBce Is town, to execute la the moat ittncllmtylNtmrilMrriD' tlon of Job Printing. such u 1'aiuphWis, IwfcH 1)111 Hodi. Uttar Ml Not* llMdi, Law Brief*, I'oatera, Dodger*, Circular*. Hand Bins, WtUd'.uf, VlS.tlDx aad AddrauCardJ, VuslueM Canla, Isabels, Av. Work lone la Bronse, Kod, Blue ana Black. The public must rauteoiber that the beat I* alwsys the cboapcat. We do work at Charleston Prices, and guarantor entire satisfaction to our patrons. We keep constantly on hand the largest stock c* P?i?ra ,?.IIVi<lilnln?n. The Yalcatlme. At a eoantertichly laden ^ - T * With 8t. Valentine's choice sonnet* Stand* ( very charming maiden . Ia tho shus^iest qfl bonnets ; Her love-locks and her trefeses Appear a halo golden, Wliilo the Btyle in whioh the dresses la extremely quaint and olden. f-ho inspects tho glowing treasures, Silken, fringed and eutin banners, And wane theit ardent measures / In the graoofuleet of manners. Now and then a saucy Ortpid < < Pianos this bewitching critio, But tho vorses aro too stupid For o taste so analytic. O'er forgot-mo-note and rpsee hike a butterfly she wavers, Till tho honey one dis6loe*s J^WOkt^da^iee^ fljwor^ . Wi$fctl.l* nostar Loveisjntoyi her, iWh*fc<4la^int>oe8e?*iq?& . ; And. lie tompta heu'aud to da*** |jer To the following confession. " If I had the brush of Watteao, And the wisdom of thf sages, v - I could paint a worthy n*>$tb t V> J On this loveliest of pages! ' But no trner heart is beating -j Than tho heart which beatsfor yon, love; Bo I sond a simple greeting, . Apd I sign myself yo'nr Trae-love." Bntisflcd with her selection, f As the olork she re-imt>ura4% For theTjggAjve of affection In a Cqn&ciouH 'W*y i|* blushfa, ' ? ? - " - doatiuation. t: I . hero wondor,' ity seal Is broken* ? } 1 ^hiddeqander S" it $hi* Render token* 'hbnhis heart disoovers /'alenMhe'Vown morning? ? f, BIS ?**? M#6f( I, E$B rt ijJr _ V wwL^,. .. old Acropolis ftt.nV ^ uwv, v. uivu unu ' bpld InAlto atmoapliere; and close at hand tho mpldpring tOmb, ' of Thomistoeli's? all coifltfifud ttf arouse such poetic fanclcs in my mind that I forgot for "the moment t|?e prosaic business upon which 1 had come, "the screaming engine of tho busy little railway which carries tho traveler from tho Pi nous to Athens, soon re minded me, however, thwt .l was ac credited with a mission from a London Greek tlrm to their friends In the AtUtf city'; and I was soon whirling over tho sa?rod ground *fc'vv ??* Where IliBtory givesto overy roodapagc ! '* We passed tho monuments of those doughty champions of tho War of Independence, Karalskakls add Miauits, and many other objects of ? interest ; Jnd after a ride of three or -fo^fr miles found my self -at my dostinatldri. After the first few days I ^oHftinly had a very pleasant time of iV*W few hours' work each day acting only as a stimulus to in^ varied pleasures j an^ having exaifiin'od tho AorOjjolls,' and lunched by the fallen pillar of Jupiter, seated myself in the ruinb 6f the Pnyx-^ whence Demosthenes declaimed, apd Pericles evolved his plahs?I looked around, like Alexander, for * mote worlds to conquer. I thereupon suited my genial but | Kyrlo Antonio PerioU t^acopoulos? Who, 4 to him a toxt-boojj^ Bocratos as famll Tommy and II schoolboy, was i sweep? upon tho ~my^f ^ where HpHMPV The mountain* look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on tho sen. For one might as well go to. Egypt without visiting tho Pyramids, or to llotftp without entering St. Peter's, as to "do" Greece and leave Marathon unexplored* And when my host tfied dissuade, me by assuring me that a reek gentidman s ear hau been sent a >rtnljfnt before by tho brigands to his )stUf?to iH'lativcs. to hurry the nego tiations ier hia . ransom, it so roused my blood that I vowed I would go if I ;fetttrn?d as Oh>so cropped as an Eng lish- terrier* iway We started ? myself and Them Istocles* the son of my host, a sallow, unshaven youth, dirtier than his futher^iti panted upon two high-spirited ( donkeys, our revolvers weUAfltyed' and our commissariat well stocked, :V'v-: " Adlos, kyrio j" shouted my long ? named host as we cantered off. ? V' K^vof fear," 1 replied, waving my revolver defiantly, and feeling that 1 1 should be greatly disapp<?intod if the | rascals?did not show themselves. On we wont, enjoying the toenery Mid MoJdlrig a hybrid conversation? ho in broken English, and 1 In sadly mutilated Creek? until in the excite mont ot the ride and tho glorious pafto* T^fa 'condthntly unfolding Itself to our view, I entirely forgot that there were such Mings as brigands in oxlstenee. ? v "Now, *aid I to Themistoolos, after a ride of some hours, during which my appetite became' unpleasantly sharp?nod,'"let us look about for a spot where we can blvouao In comfort" We soon found a'deli^htful plaoe, shelter <k1 all round, save where through Ismail opening we obtained a view of a ( harming landscape. Dismounting, and allowing our animals to refresh . themselves on the grass, wo soon made v havoo of the good things Ve had brought, t was laying fopon my back smoking a cigarette after the meal, gstittg dreamily at theftltie firmament: and being tg ]aiy^>0,rttj0, hiul oalled "if as the ifellow gone to. slesp^'f thought I, still indisposed to turn< my I head, "Themlstoolesl" But Themlstocles heard me not i and when I raised myself upon my elbow, , 1 saw him standing, as if struok dumb and motionless with fear, staving upon the t>penipn *vlnstiaptixe)yl leaped up and clutched my revolver f but be fore I took a step the cause of Themis tocles* fear became apparent; and three shaggy forms behind three blun derbusses aimed direct at me, made me fully a war 9 that I was in presence of those scourges of Groece, the brig ands 1 But ohK'what1, * metamor phosis I Where were the natty green mckets wjth silver buttops,.the plumed hats, anjl the fout< ensemble of the brigamls of my youths o( the operas and the picture-books ? Three ragged, disreputable-looking figures, clad in greasy ftheep-skins and dirty clothes, unkempt, unshaven, took the place of those tinseled heroes. With stern gestures and muttered threats they ordered us to -follow them. My first .thought was resistance ; but when I ShowedpthS slightest feigns, the three bell-mouthed muskeiS wire bent to ward me, and ! felt that. tho odds Wjprq too many; and determining to await events, grimly submitted to be led down the mountain by our unsavory guidep. At last, after 'Wntfjng, through ra vlnfee aud lfollowa, across gjens and over ipountain-paths Innumerable, this most unpleasant journey ended by our guides callipg a. Jja t as we gaiiiod the summit of an eminence surrounded by trees and tall robks, forming an extra ordinary natural fortress. Beneath our feet. iti a deep ravine, with seem ingly but one outlet, and excellently skeltered byi overhanging fo'liage, was the camp-df the brigandsj-and here we *>und the r&t<>f the aKa&gyrufflans? 4th the> exception bf O^e %ho stood ''tel-enjoyitfg their siest* with _ y ^ ^ j jjoon brought the i to their Ifaet; And, rushing up "lyed , a dozen of . ?pns pf the hu man race .as could well be found. pU^asses by their bridles, they <ott?c*ptpr>v and led us down tWlng roughly as ?unt, brought us into fit the band, excellentl" eyes bent aeursory Jted,1 amid fit the brigands a il? exclaipaed a in; ?' they agabonds, oreek; ore craft qhuthl" an i, To say. that my heart leaped to my mouth at hearing such unexpected words, and finding myself in the com pany of my own countrymen, would no more than describe the choering sensa tion that thrilled through me. What cheer, mates r' 1 cried in the darkness. Answering exclamations of astonishment greeted my words; and in a foffr minutes our stories were told; and 1 learned that my new-found friends were the captain and super cargo of a ship then lying in fthe port of the Piraeus, who, seeking a 'like ob ject, had met with a similar fate to my own. "And now," said Captain Jack Jen kins, " how are we to get out cf this scrape? < If I had Tim and Joe and Black Tufa, each with a cutlass and a barking-iron here, wo'd soon make a passage, I'd warrantl" ? "That's all very we)l," said Will Johnson, the supercargd; ?? but we hayen't. vjf ,r<J but tije .opportunity given me, I'd gpArante<v--" ; Whatevejr. the supercargo was about to saV Was cut short by the advent of two shock-heads at the little opening of out prison, and two harsh voices calling uflM-as my guide, Themistocles, informed us -to partake of a feast; for we learned afterward that the qhief, in ppmrtiempratlon of having made such a good haul, had decided to allow lis,, his prisoners, to partake of the g<ueral festivity. But as a prelimin ary. we had to undergo an examination as to our capability of paying the an ticipated ransoms. First, we were re lieved of our watches and rings, the captain using language rather strong fbr translation to these pages, to the great amuseihent of his tormentors, who, with similar gesticulations to his, endeavored to imitate the sound of the captain's words, which of course only added to his wrath and their hilarity. " You uncombed, dirty-faced vaga bonds 1" he shouted, "if I had a few pf you aboard the Annie Martin, I'd twist your ugly heads over the yard arm In the twinkling of a jiffy 1" Of course they only laughed the louder at his impotent rage; and I thought it quite as well that they did not understand the language in which he gave it vent. The operation of stripping us of our valuables gave jne an opportunity to observe the appearance of my com Knl?>ns. Captain Jenkins was the au Ideal of an English seaman. In age about thirty-five, of a large and ro bust built, a face broad, manly and boarded, and limbs such as would de light a sculptor to copy. His height was nearly six feet; and he had an air of command about him which wAs doubtless bred of his occupation. The supercargo, Will Johnson, was per haps ten years younger; nearly as tall as his friend, strong and active; and take us altogether? for I am of no mean stature myself~wd were three men Who, under any circumstances, would be no disgrace to our country; and If any opportunity should arise for' an attempt at an escape, I felt certain that we should give as , good an ao* count of ourselves as any scratch three,! here or there. Having satisfied themselves of the value of my late father's watch, which I parted from with some emotion, antl of the captain's gold chronometer, as well as the supercargo's watch and diamond ring, we were interrogated through Theinlstocles, as to our means, For tifywlf .the nahne of the firm I wa k tray el Iti tf ? f Of acted With a tailsmanlo eff^ u^h them, and^I was Ifomedi attfaree hundred p&indn! Aiithls rirM, Wlh*) captain* freedom wall Valued} while the unfortunate, supercargo? whose business they per sisted in confounding Wi^h that of owner^faho cargo unanimously voted to be worth t\jjce onr ransom. Having arranged, thl?, matter to their own satisfaction, if not to our?, we were told to Mt'do'Vh': Atfd enjoy ourselves with what appetite we could ipuster. The anell of therdsat lfltnb^nri tho freshly baked meal-cake^ ''however, soon aroused pleasant sensations, .and dimmed for a time the memory of our griefs; more especially as, under the apparent certainty of obtaining Ms "booty, the chief condescended to be quite patronizing toward us, carving the jolptt Kimsatf -for us,and delicately handing |on tho pojnf of a dagg# our several portions. ( After we haa satis fled our hunger with more solid viands, we were regaled With ylrted Jfrupts as dessert; and a largo jar or U peculiar sherry-colored but bad-tasting wine of a reeinotfs flavor? which Themistocles described as the common wine of the country ? jvas brought in and set down in the midst of us. This we told them we could hot drink; &nd the chief very generously ordered us a couple of bot tles from his own particular s'ore, doubtless the proceeds of ^a raid upon some well-to-do householder. "Will Johnson, after a time, managed to Ingratiate himself in the favor of our shaggy host and his friends by his genial happy manner aitf frank bear ing, favoring the company with many remarks, which, translated fiy Themis tocles, evidently pleased them. "When, too, by, sleight-of-hand ? in which ho was an auepti ? he jierfortned some simple tricks, and gave them a music hall song with a rollicking chorus, and wound up with a hornpipe, accom panied by the captain with a pocket comb and a piece of paper, the general enthusiasm knew no bounds, and the beetle-"browed vagabonds laughed till the tears rolled down their cheeks. Will now became on such excellent terms with them all thai he proceeded to take some freedoms with them.;.and when he snatched tho horn from the cup-bearer, and installed himqelf in that official's place, ladling the jwlne out of the wide-mouthed jar and end ing it round to the company, his triumph was complete. " For heaven's sake 1" said he. as he passed Us, 14 don't take any of this stuff, and don't driak much: of your own." " Never fear," said Jenkins, making a wry face, " one taste is sufficient." And so Will went round with 'the cup, making a comical remark to this one, and a grimace at that, until -the chief ? evidently fearing from their hilarity that they were taking too much ? ordered them to desist from drinking and return to their several duties., Mean while, we wero spnt baok into our dungeon, syith a sentiriel stationed at the opening' . ^ "Not a word," whLspered. wjUl, as we settled down in our prison. "Here's something, captain," he continued, " that belongs to you." ' * "Why," said the captain, in reply, as Will handed him the article men tioned; "this is a stopper out of rty medicino chest." . - "To be sure it is Jack," returned Will ; "and I must apologize for the liberty of taking your laudanum phial; but my back-tooth was so painful on board the ship last night that I got up and took it, and luckily forgot to return it this morning. You must debit me with the bottle and its con tents, for I dropped them both into the vagabonds' wine-jar 1" " What !" wo all exclaimed in a breath. . >3 " "Now, stop your clappers I" ^con tinued the supercargo ? "Jack, you know I'm not bad at sleight-of-hand tricks. Well, in the first place, having contrived to secrete the bottle while the blackguards were Relieving me of my valuables, and then having attained the position of waiter, What 'was easier than to wriggle the bottle, down, my sleeve, whip out tho stopper, and drop the lot into their swipes ; giving the bottle a crack and stirring the Jauda num up every time I dipped the horn Into it 1" *A'.T<r "Bravo, Willi" cried the captain, seizing his hand and giving it a hearty shake. "If that's the case, we're safe; for the blackfacod rascals won't wake up for a dozen hours I'll be bound. There 1 our guard has dropped off al ready 1" ?' And sure enough, the drowsy ruf fian had planted himself rigli{ across the opening and \\na snoring loudly. " Now for it I" cried tho impetuous Jack Jenkins, rising. "Hold hard!" said Will. "Let them get well off." . . / So, settling ourselves down for half ?n hour, we talked tho matter over.' At the end of this time wo sent the trembling Themlstocles to see how things were outside; and after peeping oVer the prostrate ftehttnel he gave us to understand that all were sleeping except three, and they were retiring to' the farther end of the ravine, and would in a minute be out of sight. " Capital !'? said Will, with sup, pressed excitement. " Now, each take a pistol and a cutlass from tho fellows, and follow me." One After another we stepped across the sleeping brigand at the entrance,,; Will relieving him of his pistol, dirk and blunderouss, while the captain and I stood by ready to give him his quietus at the slightest sign of his Wak ing. Then the four of us, gliding like ghosts, assisted ourselves to whatever weapons w<S could tnost easily lay hands upon; and as Themlstocles was not of much use for fighting, we gave him the bag containing our valuables* ? -Whlel) wo found by the side of the pleeplng oHlof? ittprtHI spare pistols, to ehrry. Picking, cfor way Without speaking a word, we advanced * ? offll&ravjne, and a ruflhCaud eaeh slndliitrfout his man ijutt elUtofilug hiH rll|t> by the barrel avoided the no time to observe us, we wero upon thorn, atortniw wA*stock? deseghfod upon thwe shook heads with sttoh force that!' tWnof thfe fellows dropped like ftttohos. The stook of my rifle glanced ioff the . hard head of my antagohW. and crushed against the rock. With a stifled 'cry he turned; but in an instant my hand was ujx>n his throat, and the IJoundMtea'ttf tfh galletv whlls with JU?afctt?W <*i trnwrtfo B ,*4fo?bed his head against the wa l-lik^fock; and after a struggle ? in which he wounded mo with his dagger ? he fell from my grasp, apparently ilfetess. > "Now, 8H:d the captain, "where aro tho donkeys ? ?Come, Greekyt" he cried to Themiatocles; " b?ur a hand;" and looking around we espied oyr four animals just as.wejeft UtfVJ*. buj with a brigand nitting by then* MlcKv was an unlooked-for recontre! lie was fully a hundred yards off, and to get at him wo should have to cross a small (plateau. i " Leave him tome!" cricd Jenkins, of the rilles. " Hang it!" impatiently muttered Jenkins, " we shuli be trapped again, after all," and without further parley tho impetuous fellow started ofT, run ning on the tips of^his toes, witha drawn cutl;i& : in "one - hfuid< Jhid a, pistoF In thVotnor. ' Just aS he was wlfmn afe\v yards of the brigand the latter turned round, and seeing how matters stood made for his ri^e, which was leaning against a tree a fow feet off; but a re volver hurled deftly by Will Johnson ? for we had all followed? catohing him diroetly in tho face,1 so effectually stopped his* progress that ho .fell stunned to the ground. " You persist in doingall the worJt,'' said Jenkins, as we came ftp to him.. " But quick, lads; off ' we go jr and inr I a moment we were on our asses, and,1 under the guidance of our Greek com panion, were making with breakneck speed f*>r Athens. Up hill, down dale, on wo v/ent for a couple of .hours with out stopping or meeting a human be ing; then, juftt' as we were about to cross the Bummlt of a mountain at which wo had arrived, a harmless looking peasant wished us " good-day," and was about 'to pass on. > f ' . . ; "Seize him I" cried Themistocles; "he's a scout-" ; '? - v ^ So seize him we did, tot caution's sake; and us there were no trees near, we tied his hands and legs-together, and left him begging foi mercy. But there was no mercy in us, more especially as Themistocles explained lhafc there was such a curious and mysterious connection between the brigands and villagers that it was by no means un likelye? had we allowed tyim to go free ? he would have hied to the nearest village and roused a Bwarm of serai brigand^ a\K|4t> tfij. ? (' ?* V Having traveled Tor fobr li ours, and as our asses could scarcely get along for fatigue, we called a halt; and after resting ourselvds and watering our animals we continued our joutney un -ULJato^t night, wo reached ..Athens, Spund the hospitable btmjrd of our host, we soon forgot our^troufiles, I - Gfiainlers' Journa,!, ? < [< ' F ADT8 FOR TR E CURIOUS. A London physician says the Eng? llsli sparrow is subject to smallpox and canfeaailt apre Thoro is a weekly fcalr lri -iMrtl of toads, which are brought in casks filled with damp moss. One hundred* good toads aro worth from sixty to seventy shillings. They are bought for gar dens. (J ,v * iWhen /Captain Cook, ftrpt visited Tahafci- ^hfcrrotiVfcs-wetfe hslrig Aalls of wood, bone, shell and stone. When they saw iron nailB.they funci^ttiem to be shoots of some very harn tloOd, and. desirous pf securing such a valu able eoipropdity, they planted t^iem in their garden?. . Millardet, a Swiss mechanician, ex tunes on the piano with all thd mo tions of natural life, the eyes folldw fng'.the fl&onjfcmonja 'qf the lingers "on tiiq key/, the tummo of vfliieB s j>ro ducqd thenoteq. . v 1 ";'v [v ? ? The great sandstone anvil of the mouHd builders is in possession ? of the Cincinnati Society .of Natural History, It was found about two miles ab6ve Ironton, Mo., by1 Dr.- Hi H? Hill, ? suo cessful collector of American relfou This anvil is 66m poked -of Very sharp grit, contains over 100 depressions, weighs about 500 pounds and' meas ures eight f?et eight, inches at its great est circumference. , * ' *Tu 'Hin period of -incubation or time re quired in which birds sit on their eggs befbre the young are hatched varies in different species as follows: Hum jtalng blid, l2rda\sj canary bhriL 14 to 18; plg<N*n 14; Q^nVo^ik^Wo22| turkey, 2f*to 80 2?fo 29; mm itho .?tflr, Wi coimt o: ?to onp . shoot'' tho^ ah aV*f 'VUm ocHMtini tine) to othet^, the approach ? game, and M #jj$ range of his gnn^? '!>< or'thcfPtltno.' The flutist was a figure Ave feet high, gladding on a pedestal, within whtohvrer.fi nine pairs of bel tiqn various arrangements o# valves, tubes, levers and wheel*, is, said lio have pro duced music little Inferior to the per formance of a Aktllefl flute-player. ' The piper was constrtfctod much on the same principle. The bellows of his instrument required a fifty -six pound weight to produeothe highest note. A* the fatigue MMftfe the pipes nsuall V plying J ? , -1A' of the acta,' the 'mimic pip"-, impervious silks to weariness and shortness of breath, is accredited with having eXcelled/f* liv ing one. In the clearness of thsnVtes. PABH, ANDHOESEHOLU. ? V .1 retain ?>*? K*r? lm PI**. ? , In feeding corn cars to pips it has l>ce| found best to soak orHsoil them j thOTo'u^hly. Wtierf potatoes' wte fed , \o pigs with corn in the e^r,'* !arg> iaving.wULbe made by cooking them tcgct^.^%^rid(i^iuLaa?mttin , tho potatoes is the eighteen to twenty pet- cent, ?fr starch they contain; when these are fed Taw tho starch oeila are not broken, nor are the granules burst, Etndso a largo portion of ihemr pass through tho Dowels undigested "When cookcd the starch cells' atyi granules burst open in a similar maiiiher to the grains of popped corn, andtheri th'eyffojj oome digestible, but the w.holecon^clfa* not be swallowed do quickly as meal, In the shape of soft boiled mU9h 'Would bo, and is better masticated aM miiki with 8|4fv$,beto|,e it janteijB tjie stomach." For the Consideration of Farmer* Conrad Wilson in recent artioles tfti tho American dairy presents sev&al points of Interest fprthe consideration of practical farmers, with a view to in creasing tho value of the dairy as a source of food. He calls attention to tho total number of milch cows as given in tho last census report for the rate of increase will give tho prpsent decade an average of 15,000,000. As suming the annual yield of milk'from J these cows to average 5,000 pounds each, which in Mr. j\Vil?on,'8 opinion is a result entirely attainable, this would give a total of more than 37,000,000 tons of milk per year. Mr. Wilson estimates tho total an nual yield of corn stover in its various forms v at not less than 120,000,000 tons, and assumes thatjif this entire product were converted into milk under right conditions of feeding it would amount to EX), 000, 000 tons per year. In a word he considers the stalk crop lias a larger influence on the increased sup ply of milk, butter and cheese than is generally credifetf tb it.V AfTitorthe question of ^breeds, iMr. <Wllsoif Vdoes not hesitate to pronounce the Hol steins as outranking all others in milk and the Jerseys no less Supreme in re gard to butter, atjd compares a few of &h? beAt yeSjgy ratwyt produOtt^ns in substantiation of the statement; In milk yields of JHolsteins an aggn g ite of 157,817 poinds of milk for ten cows is given, diT An average of 15,731 lounds a vear for each. Heading the ist is 18,004 pounds, tho record for tho Imported cow Aaggia, of Syracuse, N. Y. Ai) aggregate of 56,977 pounds a yefyfrfotfvjive -ep./rs of other breeds is given, or ah average of 11,400 potinds per year for each cow. In butter yields an aggregate of pounds per cow. In comparison with these figures Is an aggregate of 2,367 pounds of butter for Ave cows of dif ferent breeds, making an average of 473 pounds per cow. . The rate of pro duction employed are claimed to be the best known for tho various breeds un der consideration. The percentage of butter found in>the milk of different cows varies materially, according to tho breed, the quality of food, etc., ranging from four quarts of mUk to twelve or more for one pound of butter. Many successful examples are given by Mr. Wilson of milk yield per day, of the products of two-year-old heifers, re markable. instances pf duration of the milking period, the Imtter yield per week, etip., to prove tho possibilities of t ho American dairy, as well as to show the te&l prdgrcks made by somo pedigree is a Very essential elen^ajtin theyiuuoof pows, Mr.. Wil son believes it no Jfeastrue that grade anifnalaln a well-managed dairy can be made.asarule, #uite as productive as thoroughbreds, and often, more so. He Mjif; ??Yet this does not at? all imply tli At the latter Oaft be dispensed with, for cahnot have a good quality of graced Mthbufc a good Bftairt o* Wood to start from., While it ft coflecded {hat pedigree Is ohe.ot.the faotors In tho value of a pood cow it lsjaot by any mefcnii tho only factor. Maximum re sults iA' the dairy are not the sole out come of any single condition. Tfyoy depend pot ryUfdf dh thtf capacity and breed or the cow,' but also and equally do ,tho inteHijgtfnco and good' mknage fnent of the owner, and what is equally true but seldom considered, oven the Sew ris itself t6a large extent tUopnxJupt .of human skill." ' > ' ? a. 'in rr Porwi Ml CJurHrn Not??, . ' It. H reported thtyt cabbage setd will 1>?; the coming Bpring, 'sobe wfiro of old afld worthless BCCd. If. in folly to k?M p utock .until very old. Fatten your cattle and Bheep while in their prime it you are looking for.Droflt# -N'^7 . . <>, Farmed jieaif cftles should not try to I'oiupcto witii interior farmers iu raising grain And grass. Thoir " strong c&kW^:yeget,b,e" and A good authority dftyft . that the host ration for a.ctfw-in full milk Is 100 jHufts of eornmeal by weight; eighty In setting quince hushes, put thorn about tfw^ye feet apart. Thin distanco jflvesrbom lot Working betweon them with a team. It la a good plan to plant *ftta? n064qfOp between the rows of bushel, , Avoid planting an orchard in sod ground. Thoroughly plow And pul verize the ground before planting the trees, fftme say manure richly, then plant 1 a crop of' potatoes, and after removing these sow the gronnd to rye In October and in April sow red clover. It pays to start well. ?At thUWon'df the year foot-rot In slioep can be cured with, comparative etwe by paring away all loose and ills ? eased parts of. the hoofs, then placing the foot In ? Strong solution of sul phate of oopper (blue vitriol). Some put powdered blue vitriol on the af fected parts After dipping the foot in the solution, and then bind the foot with a cloth, A. J. Downing, who wai one of the best horticulturists America has ever ' known, raid: If I were to preach a 1 Bermon on horticulture I should take ! as my text, M Stir tho soil." Frequent and deep stirring will enable one to 1 grow fine vegetables on comparatively poor and slightly manured soil, while without it one fails to gain the proper advantage, even from the richest and i finest soil. Colts should not be permitted to ; stand on a plank, cement, paved or any ' hard floor the first year, as these are liable to Injuriously affect the feet and legs. Unless the ^ard where the colt | runs in tho winter has a sandy or fine, dry gravelly sett, If should be kept well : littered, so as to keep their*, feet dry. ! Mud or soft', Lettish ground is apt to : mako tender hoofs, no matter how well bred the polt may be. . * The secreMn profitable winter feed- i ing of pigs is to keep the p'eo'dry and well bedded: Feed liberally, 'but do j not stuff with meal* Koep mo' tnore pigs than you can fairly, supply with milk. If other feed Is abundant ^wo pigs may be kept growing satisfactorily on the skim-milk 6 f one'dbw, ..but jr the milk is the main reliance, one pig to a cow is enough, and the cow needs to be weU fed and have a good flow of milk' at thai. y!4 ? ! M? - A ' Subscriber r ' The thick svMlleii Fcabs on fowls' logs aro caused. by mit.es or small insocts known as scab mites un-Ier the sealpsj Tqko a quart of warm Tjvater and goap and make* a suds, put in a tabjespoonftil 'of kero sene oil and wa?h and soak the legs of the fowls thoroughly; then paint them over with clear kerosene^ oil mixed with an equal quantity of linseed oil. In a short time the scales will fall off and the legs will beoome clean and fresh. There is as much economy in keep ing fowls as in any other doinestio ani mal. Any family h&Ving a yard .or garden may, with fifteen pr twenty hens, have fowls to kill fn thrftiH worth $15 or $20, If purchased in market, l?y killing Off theodckwatottad old stoek, anil have $20 worth of eggs for family use or to sell. Tho expense of keeping a dozen fowls, where they have tho wastes and scraps of the kitchen, is nothing compared to the value of their productions. A writer in the Rural New Yorker says : I began to tlirow my young pigs handfuls of green stuff, but they took a bite and trampled the rest under foot, so I adopted a " pig's pot," and into ??thftr*- east- pig '-weed; iamb's quarter, refuse of lettuce, tops of par snips, carrots, thistles, etc. I produced a good cup of tea three times a day, and as my hops ^v^rek shuLyy^m ac count of my Mbp4 f V*vf %uem for dinner the tealeftve** tfhidh formed a j we|pon\e gruunpteas. J^flpd.my green | teiLvsklm^jnilK a^d ?dQrnm*al porrhlgo maV? a'comfoHabletatiPn, and perhaps it would be well in winter time to make grefrn teaout of cut hay for the same purpose. ? . ! The German town Telegraph knows of no hotter way to preserve cabbages through tho winter than that which it has recommended for a number of yeprs. It is to plant or set them up in rows as they grow^that is with the roots down? fill in with soil protty freely, then ma'ke a covering by plant ing two posts where there Is a fence to rest on, or four Vvhero there is not, al lowing for a pitch to carry pff tho water; lay bttan polos opposite th$ way of the pitch and cover with corn fodder or straw or boards. In using through the wintei avoid as much as possible tho sun side, and closo up again. Wo havo not found that setting tho cabbage upside down in the rows, as many do, of any advantage, >vnd wo have kept ours for twenty seasons in the way mentioned in a sound, .perfect condition into the spring, And could even Up to the first pf May if desirable ' 1 ? . ? s Recipe* Baked Indian &<jddinq.? A oupful of Indian meal? pour In h(>t water to soften; add a quart of milk, two eggs, a teaspoon ful each of wait and ginger, a half cupful of mola??e?; bake two hours. ... , ? ... V1?? - 8oAi.i.tfPE? POTAfOBS.-? Two cups of mashed potatoes, two tableapoon fulfl of cream or milk, and one of melted butter; salt and pepper to taste. Stir the potatoes, butter and cream together, adding one raw egg. If tho potatoes seem too moist, beat in a few fine broad crumbs. Hake in a hot oven for ten minutes, taking care to have the top n rloh brown. * .*?>,< . GuANDMOTHfcn's APPIiB PlE.~L.ine a deep pie-plate with plain paste. Pare sour apples greenings are best ?and cut in very thin slices. Allow one cup of sugar and a quarter of n grated nutmeg mixed with it. Fill the pie-dish heaping full of the sliccd MM IftMm' Ar MM between tne layers. It will require not less thtfiji Six goCd-simV apples. Wet ihe edg6S of the pie With cold ' Water; lay on the cover and press dowri securely that no juico may escape. Hake three- quartern of hSi horn, or even less, it the appleH become tender. It Is Important that the apples should be well done, but not overdone. Ho pie In whloh the apples are stewed before hand can compare with this in flavor. / Kick Pudding Without K!?os.-~ At, certain seasons of the year it is pleasant and profitable to know how to cook palatable dishes without using eggs. Here Is an excellent rule for making rice pudding without eggs. Wash a coffcecupful of rice in two or three waters, then let it soak all night In one quart of now milk. In tho morning wld a little salt, alarges|?oon ful of butter, a little ground cinnauio/i and grated nutmeg. Put in the pud ding-dish and get in the oven, allowing ampietime, say two hours, for it to cook. Htlr it frequently, hut without removing from the oven. When it is beginning to bubble add a quarter of a pound of stoned raisins. 8erve with nowderedsug r sprinkled over it when II is put in s^ueerfl. * Hi.1 I'S." ..imi A party of young men dined snmptu otfsly at a restaurant, and each in Msted on paying tho hill. Todechit the matter it was proposal to blind fold tho waiter, and (he first one he caught should pay tho bill. Ho hasn't caught any of them yet. FOB THE FAIR SEX. K?W| aa< N*lra f?r Women. A woman in Philadelphia who was ? fined $60 for sending her little boy out to beg promptly paid the money. > The London Times- Rays that the j women of Cyprns have finally thrown > away their veils, refusing to follow the 1 good old Eastern custom any longer. Mrs. Amelia Young, "tho favorite wife of llrigham Young," is described by one of her sex as conscientious, pious and God-fearing in the highest sense. A New Orleans washerwoman has 1 in the past fifteen years raised a fami- ' ly of fatherless children, giving them [ all good educations, purchased a hand- ) some house and has 11.0,000 laid away \ for a rainy day. Her entire possessions \ were earned' at the washtub. Mrs. Arnold, tho wife of the author of The Light of Asia," ami grandniece of Dr. (.'banning, is mentioned as an , architect of distinction. Slie superin tended the making in Londdn of the memorial wlndo\* to be'placed 'by the frimny* in tli? Chart htng Memorial j HmreK at Newport: Tli6 nt-st' lettef wrltterT by Queeu Victoria after llervwdoe?sion was one of sondolenoe to her aunt, t^ieon Ade laide. .She addressed it to"ller Majes^y< ?.lie Queen." It was suhinitV^ to.her that " l>o\u4JXU". shgjul,ii. bv..ii(i led. "I will not be tluT llrst "to remind ln*r of. her altoriW ^>6mt1oir,M M?Wthe 'reply. j Mrs. Townstt%lV of , l'endlcton, Or- ' vgon, a li^ly now, seventy-nine y^ar^of ? age, is wory>y/Of l^pvclal. mi'njion as % chain juoUa cat uL'|,-\vekV fir. ; Tbp'ycrtr ij jhe was . seven iy-llvo lhi&. amWtiouSj woman wove nearly 2,00(1 ywfda rafcj carpet, btBlde?imlWng a large number! of cows and making the buit?t' fori market. A'" ' ? r.< .u<*r j Mins Catherino L. Wolfo, theTcsriddh, ^millionaire of Gdthamyis'not'ed'fefr'toer eccentricities and -her -odd bestowals ofl charity* Kho lives .alono in .a gfeatj stone house on M:ulist>n her* maid and half a dozen rtervantsj and receives lew .visitor*/: a very devout Ep ?';opalian, andi nojQAti , ter what the weafchw may be on Sunday is as r^gulhr In church ?as'th* rector in tho pulpit. , Y '{ In ltussia much freer! interc6uj?t>, ifc permitted bttween the sexes than ,iwy allowed in Western Europe. The women in Russia, in fact, enjoy greater libertv of movement of action than the woineh of America. They may visit and be visited by the other sex without breach of propriety. llonco careers being open to them under the govern ment, they not only interest themsolvea, in social questions, but have much wider opportunities of discussing ihem than most of their Western sisters. Pnfttilnn Notes. None but slender, well-formed vomen can wear plush to advantage. Wide collarettes and turn-over cuffs f Venetian lace are much worn with inner and reception costumes. Jersey waists are more frequently ut into basques and postilions than vorn as round waiBts or jackets. Ruffs, fraises and ruches for the icck are very high, very full, and very elaborately adorued with pearls or ets. J, aco bodices over high or half high m lerwaists have short or half high looves and pnniers and back draperies if laye to match. The t?>ps of sleoves are made full m rngh to beheld in whilosewingthum nto tho arm-hole, but should not be fathered jr plaited in. Half cintures of narrow satin ribbon ire worn with Grecian house-rooes, the ong loops and ends to theso reaching learly to the foot of tho skirt In front. Tidies in some houses take tho form >f draped scarfs. Scarfs of India nuslin embroidered in bullion or lebreo thrfead are drawn up in th? niddle and fastened to tho back of ipholstered chairs in such a way that ,ho ends hang as draperies half way ;o the seat. The advantage about ihese tidies is that as they aro nocurely tosteried they do not annoy visitors by Ringing to their mantles. Two styles now predominate in the jtylish and useful tailor-made cos tumes: One, a kilted skirt, with Hun garian tunic, Jacket and bright-colored waiw" joat of the Jauntiest description; the other reproducing the old French polonaise, buttoning down the front >ver a plainly-made skirt of velvet or |)lush> Tho buttons used aro always very \.andsome, tho most expensive l>eing the Louis XV. and XtV. but tons, severally called after the mon krehs whose profiled images they bear. Valno Of Hay ssrne'. A Dakota letter has this rather sur prising statement concerning the use jf hay as fuel : The problem of what to burn, no less than wha^ to build with, is one of the first which must he solved by the settler. The Creator lias kindly furnished a fuel ursur passed m virtue, abundance and cheap ness. It is hay. The first time I Mkod a settler what ho burnt for fuel wad he told me, I said, " Why, how can you got enough to do you thiough the wl-*"r? I shouldn't think a stack \ < u' last you a week." Since then 1 hit \ ? n card many other persons make a similar remark. , The fact is, however, that it takes about the same amount of hay to run a stovo through the wintet f?s II does of coal . The grass cut for fuel is not the same as that used for feeding, but Is taken from low or marshy lands where It Is long and heavy. It is etacked, and as it is needed is mado into twists about ten or twelve inches long, wolghlng from ran fr- half to three-quarters of a pound. About 11 vo tons Is put Up for con sumption in a large stove during the winter. It makes a very hot fttovo, ftnd is preferred fcbove all other fuels for baking purposes. I have a friend who twists enough for breakfast every morning to last until the next day. lis thinks It Is the cheapest and most sat isfactory fuel the world produces. John B. (lough has lectured 8,480 times to 8,500,000 people; but they have not come round to hear him. He haS been obliged to travel 448,000 miles, or nearly twenty times around the earth, in order to meet tho*n. Suowna*fs. Falling all th? night-timo. Falling nil the day, Crystal-winged and voiceleee On their downward way. Fulling through the darknees, Falling through the light. Covering with beauty Vale and mountain heightr Never surume! blossom Dwelt so fair aa these; Never lay like glory On the fields and trees, Ruro the airy wreathing, Deftly turned the scroll, Hmig in-woodlnnd arches, Crowning mendow kuolL Freest, chaatest'fnncies, Votive art, may be, Winter's sculptors rear to Summer's memory. ? J. V. Cheney. HUMOROUS. ? Why a pig is like a tree ? Bothtfirlv* by their root. Extraordinary foat of nature Jumping from winter to summer with out a spring. . A machine for pressing hops has recently been invented. .America is the home of tlho hop-pressed. ? Satur iltiy 4VII human things are hollow. ' Men are human things ? ergo: men are hol low. It is eontemntibl* to be hollow ? ergo: they rfttift tnemselveH as full as posAiblfc.?- Fuck. The need of the age is not only a stronger nail, but also a nail that can be (IrtWaaty , One with a .h?ad about the sjzq of a trade dollaf. ? Joiinuri. '' , . . boolc agent wandered Into a Bow cry museum the 'other dfiy'and tklked to a wax" 11 j^V'ire of General Jackson three hour*, trying to Induco him to Hubscrfbo tof a "work'ln one hundred and lifty-twb^nirftt price llf ty oentat^h? no HulncripUun taken for less,th,u^ the entire, worfc. Well," he, s^id,,^ ]ie turned to go, ."if. vou.jttidn t wufot it .why,diJn't yon say iq two houts'ajov" Jtutye. '? ' ?'Shk'l&l hltW ott*lt!vrt&il?rf1wid wilto;f! 1 Tiff hand raid hihrt lie oflterW* vMj ' And tlien nhe thought shfci'd rather not , - Accent tho tr??*0u^.i?jrcWfere^. \ "N6', noJw *Ke MfclMdi ?ifllibo-no bride, My lorein not ?ntaugitd; > . . / Bat till lifo'? eve V-M d^ply ?r>ov? ^ . O'er yvwc heart tornAttd mnfttflefl." , "Hold 6n,?f&ir maid,'' the loyer said. ? ?'?His voice ?im>Uou chokinm . . " Don'tfo^l Hioblue, I yaw to yon ? Tlmt.I was only joking." . ^ Fogg. \\\\a. at, tUfi '.vpQf a' the.' other evening,' and sat (h frpnt Qf,a young gentleman who showed hfs' Musical knowledge by' ' huihminfc" the alfs1 as they occurrM: vAt* tho' close* ofitho lirst act, Fogg:tufned around to' say, in a voice sufficiently iouiUAf) b^U?#krd by a score of others : "X-(am ^ypry much obliged tg you, sir, (or^jwlt'u conceK you liave heen giving mo"; you are very kind, but to tell 'you 'the truth, they made so much noise ot^lho stage ttfiit I dfdn't enjoy it nearly so much ns I Ought." The youngg*?tle man said nothing, but he looked :<yol umes. During tho second . With ho omittod his obligato, and : the ? stage people had to get on as best they could without iU-j-Uoston Transcript . ? -cf'-- ? . POPULAR SCIENCE, , . Glass-spinning and glass-flower manufacture are very ektensive branches of the Austrian glass, indus try. It is now so developed that a petroleum tlame give ? something morr> than 1,600 yard? of glass thread every minute, that arq, woven not oh'ly for glass cloths, 'etc., but $ls6 tiff watch chainri, b'ruah^, ct<*. ' M " ThebloOd of c'rahaand otfiet chfotar eeahs Has beeri frrovfed tyM. FredeHcq to have the samd valine AJiwrtittition and the same strong an'd bitter taat?o as thd Wnters they inhahH'i but the blood of the sea fishes is very different. It has not tho same constitution as. the water, and thus shows a marked superiority over that of crabs. In Eschersbausen, in Gerroaiiy, a farm, tho soil of which is rich in alka lies, has for twenty years been ma nured only with artificials. The Ctops have always been good, and only a falling Off in straw has been noticed when " silica " plants wore 'grown for four or five years in succession, but the original yield has been obtained when a "lime" plant had been Intro duced Into the rotation. A romarkable statement was mado recently before a scientific body in I,ondon^~the statement gtv?r^? on the authority of Mr. Vcitch. tn? well known authority on " Coniferw " ? that tho cones of many of the species on the I'aclflo coast novor open and permit tho seed to escapo unless opened by forost flro, when they fall out and roplonlsh the burned wa^te. "They hang on tho trees for irtany generations? 'even for thirty years." F. A. Ilollo KussaII, an English sani tary engineer, has come to tho con clusion that tho upper parts of build ings are by far tho most healthy, and ? that oven second stories possess de cided advantages over ground floors. He finds that tho cllmato undergoes lees variation on hills and tho tops of lofty buildings, being cooler in tho suirtmer and wanner in winter than on tho surface of tho earth. It has been observed that frost strikes tho valleys first, and that In cold weather tho thermometer on tho hill topi does not fall an low as in the valloys. A. Now Method of Squaring the flrete. Tho circle is squared at last, says a correspond' nt of tho Now York World. Tho mathematical conundrum of ages is Holved as follows : 0 I H (5 L K 1 (J A 11 U S Jl A 11 E 8 T 0 HEAT E LUSTRE ESTEEM or, In plainer English: My firnt estate In one contlmum* round, My eooond flew too near the *nn he found, My third U rareet of nil raritle*, My fourth to bring forth out of nothing!*, My fifth's the meet reward of l?ft? deed*, Mv lnat In earned hv aood men of ftU ereede