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The Yalcatlme.
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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,
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hero wondor,'
ity seal Is broken* ? } 1
^hiddeqander S"
it $hi* Render token*
'hbnhis heart disoovers
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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