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Gazette. THANK P BEARD, Publisher. BE JXJST AND PEAR NOT. : VOL. X. , KERSHAW COUNTY, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1883. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. NO. 39. Hfreljaw THE PEOPLE'S PAPER. * . rVSLMBU) AT OAMDBI, I. O. FRANK P. BEARD. Publisher tHsagg" 1 iu-jx , -i iu-?ga To Correspondent*. All communication* for t!ila |>op?r ?houW bo ?e eompontod by the nnuio of the author, no* wUjr for publication, but ?? aii 01 librae* of good Ulth on tli? part of (he writer. Write ouljr on one Ud? of tb? paper. IVj p.irtlculwljr carefClln Rtrtnj name* And date* to limo the letter* plain au4 Ul? Un?t. The Gazette" Job Printing Office 1 ? uktik* jxvpared than *ny o ?fcer oCce It town, to csocutv In the u>o*t attractive itjlw wwy <W>> tloa of Job Prtattaf , ?uch m l'aiuptiW-M, LnM^ IUII lUvubv, I -otter aud Not* 1 1 ecu U. Uw VrW^ Intern, IXxlycrv Circular*, Haivd HJIU, Widdian, VU.ttne ??U AddTMS lV4s VustneaaOard*. Labota Av. Work Jone lu Bronae, Ked, Bin# ana Black The public iuu?r reineiuL>er that the best U alwaj* the cheapest. Wo do work at Charleston Frlc*?, and guaraatoe entire satl?factlou to our p* trout. ^ I We keep conitanUjr on band the lancet etedt ca | Paper* aud Oarda la town. ? the farm. Far in the soft warm Wosl There lies an orchard nost, Where erery spring tho black caps como And build tie nsolve* a downy homo. The ?pi>lo boughs intwlne, And make a network lino, Through which tho morning vapors pas* That rise from off tho dowoy gross. And whon tho spring warmth shoot* Along tho applo root% The gnarled old bonglm grow fall of buds, That gloam and lo if in multitude*. And thon, first cold and whita, fc'oon flashing with doli^ht, Tho blossom headvoome out and blow, And mimic nuusot tinted snow. ? Edmund Gosse. TALBOT'S BOYS. Old Smally was a "no g od." No slang ev&rBult<d his ease until Zinc Barnes applied " no good," which he had picked up during a visit to tho Bay. "That's just what Smally is, boyB, I'm tolling you; 'no good,' and ? nothing elso goes; but that goos, even if he hears it. ?? But what started yer on old Smally, ZinoV" Mr. Iteddy, the hotel keeper. tohkoil, cheerfully onough. "Well, I'll just tell you, Ueddy," Zinc began, meditatively kneading Bomo plug smoking tobacco in the palm of i P his left hand with the right, " when I was down to the Bay who'd yer think I seen?" Mr. Iteddy and the crowd looked their inability to guess who, of all the people in Snn Francisco, it had been Mr. Barnes' peculiar happiness to see, and waited in perfect silence while he emptied tho tobacco from his hand Into his pipe. Carefully lighting tho latter, Zino scut forth a big ring of smoke, took a speculative squint through it, and then said, with tho satisfaction of a man who knows he has a sensation on hand, " Parson Tal bot !" ? It was something before any one spoke. Finally lleddy got his amaze ment spread mouth sudlclently closed to exclaim, " Tho o-e douce 1" " lleerd he'd gone back to the States." " Where's ho prospoetin' now ?" "Old Parson Talbot; well, yer did strike it rich, Zinc." "How's his folks? Don't yer re member them kids of his'n, and that smart little woman V" While this shower of remarks was pattering down on "Zinc, two young men who had been talking quietly in one corner of the room went over and Joined tho party at tho bar. Ono was dressed in tho rough minor's garb worn by most of the crowd ; tho other a llttlo bettor, but not out of . keeping with his surroundings. The latter, addressing Barne*, said : " You don't mind my listening, I hope ; I know Parson 'lalbot." "Any man's wolcomo to hear what Zinc Barnes says nbout Parson Talbot, stranger, for I ain't got nothing but f[ood to say of him. Parson Talbot ooks a Bight older than ho did whon he left Ilangtown in tho wintor of '56, busted. But ye asked mo, Reddy, what started mo on old Smally, and that's what I'll tell you. I ran Tight agin the parson ono morning at the Bay, but wouldn't know him, only lie braced up to me and says, holdln' out , his hand in that easy way of his, ?Ain't I Bpeakihg to Zinc Barnos?' ?Ye are, stranger,' I said, and then ho smiled in that way ye rouiembor, who ever know him, and I yelled out, ' Par son Talbot, by?.' I think I was going to say ? go.di,' but the parson didn't run no chances, soein' as how ho knew my way, and chipped in beforo I fin ished." Well, ho asked mo out to his house, sayla* I would meet the old lady, and have illnner with him that evening. I found out the parson was preachin' as a stlddy lay out. Well, I went out to his house, and it 'pears they don't pay much for proachin', even from a regular patron, in some of these districts at the Bay. He seemed to be located pretty near the edge of tho oarap, for wo wore an hour getting there in a hoss car, and hla little house didn't show no signs that he had struok It over rich. But the old lady didn't seem to mind it, for she was as chipper as ever, and how she did enjoy talking about old tlmesl Well, after dinner the pardon had to go to the meetln'-house. When tho parson wa?> gono the old lady told tho wholo story about that deal old Bmally gave the parson in (: H angtown In 1865. I never heard the Whole story before and never knew how bad old Smally played the parson. 1 tell you, gentlemen, old Smally's no good. It seems that tho parson had saved nearly 120,000 out of 411 the rloh strikes he had made, and was goin' back to tho States with it an 4 settle down, for he was I awfully dead set on bringln' up those 1 two boys of his baok East, and oddlca tlng them where he went to school himself. Weil, It was just then that Bmally, who was not old then, ran across the parson, and roped him Into a quartz claim. I reckon the claim was good enough and worth what they paid for it, which took all the parson had I and some of Smally's coin, too. They ?v struck it pretty rich One day, and had a big offer to sell right away. That Just suited the parson, for he was aching | to get aboard the steamer for the States. Smally worked the sale, and to do It got some kind of a paper from the parson, who knew no more . about business than a Plujte About whisky poker. Smally got (he money and sloped. ,'Thoy brought him back, you remember, Ueddy, but When they Jome to law about it It, turned out the parson had signed a paper agon which ho had no show in court.. They hhad to let him go, and any man who lwas in Ilangtown then know# he saved his neck gettin' out of sight quicker4!* he had before. Well, the patron was kinder hroken-heattod. Be didn't left); thAt wan't his kind; but he oped quiet IV away, all the llfo gone [ of his voice,- and hardly thocour to dig up stakes and inevo, 'cent that little wife , of hlfc? golrf, j Mr. 'arrtr Barnes suddenly asked, for young miner smldcnly left tfte ? surrouftdltfg Zlno. HoWftrd wai !y 'at tt?e door before answering, If, "Yes, good-night.* Wlien the had closed before him Koddy, ad slog Barnes, said: "-dues* he i't like your picture of old Smally." " Who is he?" Barnes asked, looking 1 at the door which hud just closed on Howard. s " He <nme hero ab?ut a month ago, just a<ler you - 1. f t for th* Bay, aa' struck up u great frieudsbip for old Small y. IIo's cabining with the old man now, and h:is charge of the tunnel the old man is runniu' t> tap the Jedge of his claim. lie's no gooJ." " Well, I ain't sorry Tie kn>W8 what ? kind of a pard ho has," Burn.:s said. 1 *' Oiil Smally's no goo<l, and it goes if ho hoavs it, whirl! I guess he will," and ' t lie prospeot of soma pistol practice 1 with old Smally which this reflection I suggfvjte 1 causo.1 Mr. Barnes to refill ! his pips with much carp. " Friend of yours?" he suddenly asked of Mr. White, the young man who had first spoken. "Nso; I -Qply ;met him a few days ago. I've beim asking hiui about old Smally'a claim, which I was thinking of bonding or buying," the young man answered ; a remark which instantly caused him to bo regarded with intense interest by overy man in the room, nearly every one of whom had a claim ho was willing either to bond or sell. In a few minutes White left the saloon, after wishing every one a pleasant "good-night." When ho walked out into the dark stroot he stoppod a moment, as if assur ing himself thut none of his ]&t$ com pauions were watching his movements* 1 hen lie wall*?d qulckJy on for a short distance, overtaking Howard, to whom he said, with a quiet 1 mgh : " If any incentive wai needed, I think Mr. Zino Barnes' story supplied it. Frank " *' Bather," was Frank's short, dry rejoinder. They walked on for a while in silence, and then White said: " Do you really think I ought to offer the old rascal #100, Frank? It happens^ to be just about all I have left. It's been rather expensive work, posing its a capitalist here for a week. The whole hundred, Frank?" " I tell you yes, Henry," Frank re plied, with some impatience. " You do not know what any influence the sight of gold has on the miserly old reprobate. Those precious f.ve twenty dollar gold pioces will turn his head nearly; Follow the programme I've laid out and the game will win." "All right, my dear boy; but if it don t, we walk back to San Francisco, or borrow from this ruddy Beddy. Here wo are." As lie spoke they reached a cabin. Entering, they More met by old Smally, whose closely sot eyes and un commonly long, smooth upper lip gavo him a most unlovely appearance. He greeted White with a cringing attempt at cheerfulness and received from that young man such a grip of the hand as caused his eyes to water and his Ion* lip to twitch with pain. " I have con cluded to close witli the terms you pro posed through Howard, and have brought the ncces?ary papers," White said, briskly, ?ft*r releasing the old man s cramped fingers. " Oh, the morning will do, Mr. White ; the morning will do quite as well," old Smally said, his cunning suggesting some show of reluctance. " Excuse me, but the morning will not do. "i ou must sign the papers to night or the trado is off, and I will ac cept another favorable offor I have from Mr. Barnes." " Well, if you insist upon it, I've no objection to signing to-night. But you know that somo littio coin, just as a guaranteo of good faith, you know, generally passes at such a transaction as this." White threw fivo twenties on the table with tho remark : "That's all the gold I happen to have in my pockets." Old Smally's eyes gleamed as he clutched the gold, and droned over and over, "such a transaction as this, such a transaction as this." White and Howard glanced at each other significantly. When White spoke again, old Smally started like a dis covered thief; and hastily buried the gold in a pocket. " Well, here are tho paporB," White said. Ho laid on the table a carefully drawn form of inefhoranduin of sale, by tho terms of which old Smally bound himself to deed a certain miningclaim, duly described, to White, for tho sum of $20,000. Then, after taking a receipt for his Ave twenties, and pocketing both papers, White left the cabin, These formalities compiled with the strictly observed, though unwritten, law of that class .of mining-camp transac tions. An hour later the young men met at the mouth of the tunnel. "Is the dear man asleep, Frank?" asked White. "Yes, the sweet creature is in gen tle repose, his lovely head resting on your five twenties, already sewn up in his pillow." Tho two men then threw ofT their ooats, and by the light of two lanterns reversed the usual order of mining, for five or six heurs carrying ore Into tho tunnel instead of out ot The ore they carried in they took from numerous small piles scattered about, but where it had carefully been hidden in the thtok growth of sagobrush near the mouth of the tunnel. " This Ought to make a good veneer ing, Howard remarked, as they carried In the ore. "I worked hard enough packing it un here from old Smith's seloct dump. * At last, each, holding a lantern, they stood near the face of the tunnel, and carefully surveyed their work. The face, and for several feet, the sides and crown of # the tunnel were thickly studded with pieoc.4 of rich free gold quart*, firmly set Into every crevice and crack, and loose broken piles of the fame glittering ore lay on the floor of tffe tunnel near the face, as though blown down by the last blast. * It will do," Mow^rtrsaid, finally. "Now go homo and prepare to be sur prised soon after daylight." He had not long to wait. Already the stars were vanquished by the ros? clad couriers of his light, sent forward by tho conquering sun to where AlonV the line of the western horizon a vivid green was darting up from be twien the great, grand domes of the Sierra', darting up to meet the rioher hues of the eastern sky, and add its brightness to the gaudy carnival of color wjil.h ushered In that mountain day. The tun came and warmed Into life the little camp of Small/s Spur. Threads of smoke *wound out from cabin stovepipes; frowsy miners broko thothin ice on the s'ores of water In pails and buckets,' and performed a fresco tiilet <n front of cabin doors, or sliced the miiversal bacon wherewl.h tlio matutkiai meal was to be flavored. The Smaty cabin, of all that dotted tha hollow at the fOjt of the spur, a'.one showed no signs of life. Old Smally still slept, his gold-lined pillow giving color to Ills dreams. Suddenly lie awoke with a star. lxl cry; hugged the pillow In his shaking arms, and glared in con-fus d, unreasoning torror at Howard, who Btood beforo him, dishevele J, jwnting, and apparently i laboring under the most Intense excite- j ment. , ' . _ I ?? What is it, man ! Can't you speak ? Does AVhite refuse to pay? Refuse to give me the $20,000 f I'll have It from him, I tell you 1" ^hriektd the old ; man, jumping from Ills bed and feebly , stamping tho lloor. " Why don't you j Bpeak? 1 toll you he must pay 1 I'll , tear it from his" hoart, but I'll have it!'' I anil the wretched old miser fell back ? upon tho bed in an impotent rage, I rocking the gold-llnod pillow and ' moaning. Howard let him recover somewhat before ho Bald in a low tone, speaking slowly: "Wish rather that he will; refuse to pay." " What !" cried tho old man, jump ing up again. " Have we struck it?" "Go up and see for yourself what the last blast the men lired last even ing after we left has thrown down." ; ??They Btruck it rich' and told him, 1 and ho came here and cheated me into j signing the papers. It's -a fraud ! I . won't bo bound by it 1 It's a fraud, I tell you 1" Cursing and crying, old Smally hur ried on some clothes and went with Howard to the tunnel. When the light of tho lantern fell on the glitter ing masses of oro ho almost sobbed out "No, no, no! he can't have It I See 1 the face is almost solid gold 1" In liia rago and terror and despair his insane luft cheated his eyes, and tho tiny specks of free gold danced before his uncertain sight a thousand fold magnified " It's all a cheat I a fraud I The miners told him and ho has swindled me- This is all mine 1 1 It's worth a million, a million 1 He can't have It 1" Howard did not Interrupt his rav ings, but silently returned withhini to the cabin. Thero old Smally finally became rational enough to bog Howard to go nnd see what could be done with Whits. He returned in about an hour from his mission and simply said: "Whito may have been told about this, but he does not appreciate liie strike as you do. ne agrees to re turn the memorandum for a bonus of $20,000. "Twenty thousand dollars!" cried the old man. "That is all I have ? just all I have. It Is in tho bank in San Francisco. I'll not give it; I'll fight this out." "I)o you think Zinc Barnes and tho rest of 'the men would stand by you?" Howard asked. "It seems that Barnes saw an old acquaintance of yours, Par Bon Talbot, down at the Bay, and has been talking about him. . There was something about twenty thousand in that story, too, and if this goes the same way you might not faro bo well. Besido, you say tho mini is worth a million." At the mention of Parson Talbot's name old Smally, after a quick, fright ened look at Howard, buried his face in his hands and thus rooked himself and moaned and trembled miserably: "A million ? twenty thousand, lie must not have it. I must buy him off. A million, a million, a million!" He became perfectly quiet after a long while, and then, at laBt, without a word, muttering no more, ho cut open the pillow, took out a pocketbook and from that a draft for $20,000. Not even trembling he indorsed it, and gave it to Howard, saying: " When AVhite gives you back that memorandum give him this; it's pay ablo in gold at Well's-Fargo's bank in San Francisco. Co. I'm too weak now to talk to him. Twenty thousand? a million!" An hour after the stage rolled down the steep grade from the Spur, Zlno Barnes took old Smally a letter and tho memorandum. ?The letter read thus : We leu ve l>y 1 he ntntro, to. bear yonr kind regard* and $20,000 draft to the panon, oar father. F bank Howabd Tamh>t, flBNBT WlUT* Tat, dot. " It strikes me, Frank," Henry re marked as the old stage jolted along the Carson road, " it strikes me father won't have to ubo this to 1 eddlcate his kids.' " "No, "ki the light of rocent events, wo do no? appear to be In great need of an education. I guess we'll let father use it to take mother back to the States." ? S an Francisoo Call. ( A Pemsle Uwyor la i R?i?. A curious sccno ooourrcd recently In the Milwaukee municipal court? a tri bunal which, -wo presume, correspond* to a police court with us. It seems that Mlirt Kate Kane, a " lady lawyer," Is a member of its bar, in full practice, and "on several occasions hai exhausted the patience o t the $ourt by methods of procedure not in harmony wlth.tho rulings of the. Judge." Not content with exhausting the judge's patience, however, sho imp'nroetitly resorted to a new method of displaying her dls* satisfaction with his rulings by throw ing things at him. 8he first tried to shy an inkstand at him, and, failing in this attempt, she dashed a glass of water in his faro. The trouble arope out of the Judge's refusal to assign her as counsel to a prisoner who wisHbd to have the benefit of her professional services. The court fined Miss Kane $60 for contompt, which, however, did not quiet her, for "she spoke hor mind freely \o the Judge, using anything hut gentle expreeSlons.'^/faffl York /even ing Pout. In Geneva there is a soslntv for the protection of plants on the plains and mountains of Switzerland against the destruction with which they are threatened by the dealers, who seek tfieih oft account of their rarity and beauty. ; ,.V Flush times?When the young man proposes. V s f '? l ? ? ' . ? FOR TIJV FAIR SKX. , / , m Tk? Or4?r ?> Wad ?!*??. Happy couplu who celebrate their wedding days may like to wake a note of tho following list. At tho end W the first year they must koap ^Jiolr cotton wedding ; at the second, tho paper woclding. In three years comes tho leather, at five the woolen, at seven tho woolen, at ten tho tin, at twelve the silk or fine linen, at fifteen tho crystal, at twenty* tho china, at twenty-five the silYor. All gifts received should be of the material suitable to tho character of each anni versary, and thus in later yean the presents grow moro costly. At the end of thirty years is the pearl wed ding, then comes tho golden at tho half century ; and tho sixtieth anniversary ? rarely roached? Is tho diamond. ? London Graphic. ^ \ Fashion Notes. v lied in all shades is much wornA Shoes to match dresses grow in favor. Tho simpler the hairdressing the better. Trains aro only fashionable for mar ried ladles. Bronze and carnation pink is a pretty combination. Creaiu white cashmeres made qulto plain are worn. The preferred gloves are in cool ehades of gray and tan, chamois and buff. Japanese curta'ns are vory prptty and light and suitable for summer wear. Scarlet and white matting Is now the most fashionable carpeting for bed rooms. The exaggerated stylos of the court of Marie Antoinette are very popular in Paris. The tarte for mahogany red, terra cotta and brick-colored gloves is on the' wane. Yokes of children's dressei aro square or round, high or deep, accord ing to fancy. . ^ Broad sash ribbons, with larg* fruit designs, looking as if hand-painted, are extensively worn. Olive shades combine well with the new shades of strawberry, terra cotta and shrimp pink. Vests are popular for summer dresses. They aro generally of the trimming material. A new table covi'r is embroidered in a design of frogs in all attitudes and at all angles skipping over It. Oval mirrors are placed over the mantel, and flanked on either side by tall, old-fashioned candlesticks. Children's white caps have flaring rufllos of embroidery like a Mothor" Hubbard bonnet. They are becoming to little faces. Tennis drosses are embroidered across the front in floss silk or worsted, in sunflowers, poppies, buttercups or other bright flowers. The latest style for bureau covers and tidies consists in the introduction of colored designs either in the bor derings or centers. These colored de signs aro either oval or Bquare, and are surrounded by a- pattern to be worked in silks, filoselles or crewels to match them in colors. Cashmere gauze is a dainty new fabric for summer dresses. It is all silk, as thin as the finest muslin, and la drapodover silk or satin, just a*? grena dines are made. It comes In the palm leaf pattorns, and in cdlois like the Ifl dia shawls, that have subdued tones of olive, dull blue, red and dark purple. Cashmero co!o.*ed silk laces are im ported for its trimmings. It Is very costly, and therefore will not be com monly used. Belted dress 6?, with low-necked full bodies and straight gathered skirts, are fashionable for little girls three or four yoars of age. They are madb of pink or blue gingham or percale, or the Adrianople red cottons, and trimmed with embroidory done In whito on tho colored fabric. A white muslin belted waist, with high ne k and full long sleeve*, Is worn under theso little elresses to protect the neck and arms. A small embroidered sun bonnet of white linen, or of the dress ?;oods, is worn with these quaint old ashioneel frocks. Origin of Fencluf, From the first Invention of tho sword down to tho period when the fifteenth oentury was drawing to a close, this weapon had always been used as an arm of offense. The per son using It thrust or hewed It into tho body of his antagonist whenever he had a chance, and the only defense Against it was a stout armor or an in terposed shield. It is not to be sup posed that an ancient warrior, or ono belonging to tho e*> *r middle agee, never thrust aside ..rind with his own a stroke of b^ wnemy's sword; but this method of defense was not 'depended upon In those davs; the breast-plate, the helmet or the buckler was expected to shield the soldier while he watt endeavoring to get his own sword into some unprotected portion of the bodV of his antagonist. But about the time of Ferdinand and Is* Jbella of Spain the science of fencing Wfci Invented. This new system pf jAghtlng gave an entirely he# use to the sword. It now became a weapon iof defense an well1 as offense. Long, 'slender rapiers, sharpened only at the 'point, were the swords used In fencing. 'Armed with one of these, a gallant knight or high-toned courier, who chose the new method of combat, dis dained the use of, armor; the strokes Jof his opponent were warded off by his own light weapon, and whichever Uf the two contestants was enabled to idlsarm the other, or deliver a thrust which could not be parried, oould drive the sharp point of nls rapier Into the body of Ills opponent if he felt so In- 1 clined. The rapier, which was adopted to combat two persons, and not for general warfare, soon became the weapon of the duelist; and as duels used to be as common as lawsuits are now, It was thought n^Kssary that a Wn Should know how to fence, and ,thus protect the life and honor of him self, nltf family and his friends. < A deer child?A fawn. I Keeping Warm lu Arctic Iteylonu I reached home on the 18th, the cold eat weathe; 1 experienced on tho trip b.'lng on the 13th, when, al>out two hours l>efore sunrise, tho ther mometer indicated Qfty-t'iroe degrees Fahrenheit. That day 1 male a Journey of twonty-flve miles, riding most of the way on the sledge, and at no time during that day did I foel un comfortable, tho highest tlio ther mometer reached being fifty degrees | Fahrenheit, and I might hero say tuat I really enjoyod the Wlio'.e trip, '* .it,- I tribute this oiniost wholly to t.ho Esquimaux reindeer clothing and cun- ; J tint living in a enow igloo liko cno ? natives, where tahiperatur?? Is t never above frrenn.T and generally ten to flfteen dogrees below that point. 1 do not believe- and my beJio* ?.?< con firmed by the writUyj account? of others? that any arctic voyagers, I housed In warm ships as their baso and ] clad In tho usual arctic suits of ex- i plorers, could stand such 11 journey , without more or 1 hs materiid discom fort. Once ou'y did I lcaru tho lesion . of caution. 1 look off my right mltte* ' in attempting t> got a shot uf. a parsing 1 ! reindeer, tho wind blowing sillily in my face, and tho thermometer thirty- j seven degrees Fahrenheit, when the persistent refusal of tho f ozen gun- j lock to work porfo.tly kepi my hand oxposod inr.cn longer than 1 had In- | tondol When I attempted to j Uso it again it seemed paralyzed, find, looking at tt, 1 noticed that the skin was an wlUto marble. Toolooah, who wivs beside mo,>notlccd it at the same time, and with an Innuit exclamation of sur prise, hastily dolling bo Mi his mittens, graspoa it between his warm hands, and then held It against his warmer body undor his coo-le-tah, or 1 Esquimaux coat. It soon resumed Its | functions, and although 1 felt for 1 some time as though I was holding on | to a hornet's nest, I experienced no j more serious results than a couple of ugly-looking blisters whore the iron of | the gun had come in contact with tho bare hand. The reindeer escaped. As; the reindeer clotliieg is the warmo t in the Arctic so it makes the warmewt ! bedding, two large skins made into a | long 00 til n-1 ike bag, or saov, tho ha'.r side In, being a sutllcieut protection in tho coldest weather whon in a propor ly constructed iglqo; ; When the tirst severe cold came at North Hudson Bay I was sleeping under a blanket and two fino Buffalo r djes, whic h I found, as the thermometer sank be- ' low thirty degrees to forty degrees Fahrenheit, to be inmh.uuate to securo comfort, until 'I -procured a reindeer slfeeping-bag, weighing not half as mjuch, after which cold nights were no Integer dreaded. Thp fobe of thu American bison seen)* under the lc 1st provocation to beoome damp, and thon freezes as stiff as a piece of sole leather. Once spoiled in this manner, it is dif ficult to dry it and restore it to its farmer pliability in tho lower temperature of an Igloo. The furs of tho beaver and muskrat I frund to be equally unsuit able In our mode of ll{p, and I bellovi that all tho other furs of the temperate zone would have tharrd the same opinion if tested in the same practical way. ? Lieutenant tichwdtka, in Forest and Stream. The Sun and Vegetable Life. ?rom nn acorn weighing only a few grains a tree will grow, for a hundred years or more, not only throwing off many pounds of leavos every year, but itself weighing several tons. If nn orange twig is put in a largo box of earth, and that earth wdghed, when the twig becomes a treo boaring lus cious fruit, there will be very nearly the same quantity of earth. From careful experiments mado by different scientific mon, it is an ascertained fact that a very large part of tha growth of a tree is derived from the sun, from the air, and from the water, and n very little from the earlh ; and nota bly all vegetation become* sickly, un less it is freely expose:! to the sun shine. Wood 'and coal aru but con densed sunshine, which contains throo important elements, all equally essen tial to both vegetable and auimal life ? magnesia Is Important to any of the tissues. Thus it is the more persons are out of door.* the more healthy they are, and tho longer they live. Evory human being ought to have an hour or two of sunshino at noon jn the wintor, and in tho early forenoon in the sum mer. Not 1'arlUl to Weeds. A very nobby swell from tho city was passing a few days in the coun try and made himself generally obnox ious by his hlghfafutin manner.*. One morning he wanted to go out Into a field where a number or cattle wore standing around, but before he started he said to the old lady of the house : " Aw, madame, can I gaw out into that pahsuAhf" ?.? " Yes, in course you can ; them cattle won't eat weeds."? Drummer. '? ' . ? Tkt Sailor and Ike Shark. A Bailor who had fallen overboard and Was speedily Interviewed by a Shark, cried out to his enemy, " Have pity on a man who is down! " 44 My friend," replied the Shark! " a man who keeps himself above watet Is of no use to me. Now id my timet " Moral: ? The man who falls over, board in business oan expect no favor* of tho sheriff.? Fre? Prm. A new baby recently arrived In th? family of a Louisville journalist, and papa was excessively proud over the event. Turning to the old black nurse, " Aunty," said he, stroking th? little pate, "this ln>y scorns to have a journalistic head." "Oh," crlcd th< untutored old Aunty, soothingly; "never you mind 'bout dat? datll come all right in time." ? Louitvill* Courier- Journal. In Japan lkst year 2,228,214 tele graph messages Were dispatched, ninety-eight per cent, of which wen In the native tongue. At Londdn public dinners it hai ceased to be in order to rise to an} toast except that of the queen. The remains of a forest, three acrci in extent, have been found ten feel below the surftfce o t the ground. FARM, GARDFX AND UOUSEHULD. Hv>r I Ualio ChIvm. As scon a* practicable after the calf has sucked its dam once it is separated from her aud so placed that they see each other no more for thrte or four weeks. I now milk the cow and teach the calf todrink, which is accomplished in from ono to threj times feeding, by taking, its neck between my knees and wetting my lingers in the milk and placing two of them in its mouth. When it begins to suck them I lead its head by tjiem into the milk. I would not by any any means destroy its conll dence in me. I feed it two quarts of fresh warm milk the ilrst week; two quarts of fresh milk and one quart of warm skim-milk the second week; two quarts of fresh milk and two quarts of Bkim-milk the third week; ono quart of fresh and threo quarts of skim-milk the fourth week, and after that four quarts or rnoro of skim-milk, always warming the milk in cold weather, as cold milk given to a young calf will cause it to scour. My calves eat sour milk and do as well on it as on sweet milk. I usually wean them from milk at four months old. At threo or four weeks old I turn my calves with tho cows, and have yet to have one suck its dam if they have not seen ono another during that time. As soon possible I teach them to eat dry wheat bran, considering this moro wholesome for them than any other kind of grain, and giving them such quantity as I think good for them ? say a small handful at llrst, and increas ing to ono or two quarts at a feed. During the summer, when bran is low, 1 buy about two or. threo hundred i rounds for each calf I expect to winter. [ also prepare a shed ^or the'r pro tection during tho 'winter, allowing about cmo hundred square feet for (We calves. This shed may be made very cheaply by setting posts ten feet apart, covering with poles and stacking around and over old refuse hay. Dur ing winter feed two to throo quarts of oran to each calf each day, and all tho good, bright hay and oat straw they will eat, letting them havo also a liberal allowance of nice corn fodder. I claim tho following advantages for this plan: 1. It is lrss trouble to milk tho cow and feed the calf than to let the calf tack some and then milk tho cow. 2. It is less trouble to wean tho calf. 8. A greater profit is realized from tho butter and calf than when tho calf takes the now milk. 4. Tho calf gets accustomed to feeding <n gra?s and shifting for itself, so that it does better when deprived of milk. 5. The calf is less liable to blackleg than when fed on corn or other heavy grain. 6. It is the most, economical way of raising a calf ? i. less for tho money it is worth. ? Correspondent Kama* Far mer, Poultry Nolo*. Gravel for fowls, to promote digcs tion, must always he accessible. ]Jarloy should never be fed to chick ens unless tho hulls and beards are first removed. liens will keep In goneral good health If fod about twice a woek with raw onions. Haw apples aro also good, and may bo fod in all cases of constipation. Feed your poultry on raw onions, chopped fine, mixed with other food, about once evory other day. . It is bet ter than a dozen cures for as many different diseases. Andalusian fowls are a variety of the Spanish, and are good layers. They do prettv well in a confined space, and are good table birds. They are of tho non-sitting class. Dr. Preterre, of New York, who has attaned some success with artificial hatohing of eggs, secures' moisture for the eggs by putting a green cabbage leaf into the machine every day. With a liitlu care early chicks can bo as successfully reared as tho later ones/, and tho increaso in size, and the fact of their early maturity will moro than recompense you for your trouble. Fowls do not like to scratch in their own manure. Advantage may bo taken of this fact to keep them from scratching up seeds sown in tho garden. If the droppings of tho hen-roost aro scattered over fresldy-plantod beds tho hens will scratch elsewhere. According to tho "Complete Poultry Book," there is no remedy for paralysis in fowls. It is caused by "ovorstiinu lating diet." Young cockerels aro sometimes attacked vr 1th " leg-weak ness," which oan be cured by feeding no corn or fattening food, and giving thfree to eight grains of citrate of iron to the affected bird. Neyer put hens into an old houso without giving it a thorough cleaning and whitewashing; and above all, fur nish it with clean, new nests. Never put lard or any kind of grease on a hen while sitting, if you wish the eggs to hatch. Do not buy a strango hen and expeot her to make horsolf at home and continue sitting as though no change had been made. Remedy for tho gapes: Shut up the chicken in a box with somo shav ings dipped in spirits of turpentine, when the flavor arising from tho ox tended surface producos, in most eases, as equally beneficial a result as dipping a feather in turpentine and pulling out the worm, which must be done with dexterity. Oreosoto used in the same manner has been found extraordinarily efllcaolous. It Is overy man's duty to avoid a hon war by yarding his hens wlienover there is a possibility of Injuring his neighbors' proporty. The ooet of a hen yard large enough for twenty-flvo hens need not bo very much. A very good fence can be made of small posts set eight feet apart., with three strips of boards four inches wide nailed on them two feet long, and on the top four feet, thus making a fence six foet high. Nothing is so good for tho flooring of all poultry houses as the original soil over which they are built, dug up and mixed with screoncd mortar rubble. If rats abound It is advisable to concrete the floors of roosting- places, but they must then be oovered deep in Horeened dusting material of some sort, Birds kept on concrete flooring without these precautions, however led, will not Pure water should at all times bo within reach of every fowl and chick; lut such is their perversity that if possible to find something stronger than puro winter they will vagerly drink it to the immediate danger of their lives. Shallow tin platters aro the first drinking cups, which are kept from overturning by a stono in the middle. These must be scrubbed dally with a small whisk broom, to insure cleanliness. For the older ones a com mon tin pan, weighted with a stone, is as convenient as anything. It is easily moved and cleaned. A Country Gentleman correspondent says : I finally usid a strong tea made of white oak bark, which I used intho drinking water jus a preventive. When a fowl was taken sick I used it pure, giving several teaspoonfuls at a time, four or fivo times a day. I have taken fowls so far gone that they were past eating and drinking and cured them in a few days with this simple remedy. As a disinfectant I use crudo carbolic acid, pouring it on boards in the chicken house and on the perches, coops, etc., ar anywhere that the fowls frequent. If W. will try this plan for awhile, removing all infected fowls from tho fiock, and keep the surround ings clean, 1 think he will soon got rid of the disease. Ilonarlioltl Illnt*. If the wall about the stove has been smoked by the stove, cover tho black patches with gum shellac and they will not strike through eithor paint or calcimine. One way to clean tho Inside of pots and pans is to fill them with water in which a low ounces of washing soda is dissolved and set them on the lire. Let tho water boil until the insido of tho pot looks clean. "When tho color on a fabric has boon accidentally or otherwise destroyed by acid, ammonia is applied to neutralize tho same, after which an application of chloroform will, in nearly all cases, restore the original color. Tho appli cation of ammonia is common, but thr.t of chloroform is hut little known. To dye black, boil together well one pound of logwood with half a gal lon of good vinegar. Wet your silks or woolens and put them in the pot with your dye. Do this three times and then raise them from tho pot and allow them to drip. I)o not wring them this time. Hang them out to dry, and then wash them through sev eral" clear waters till they cease to color the water. In place of any known preparation sold under tho name of "baby powder," use some fine starch. Put a few lumps in a cup and pour over it enough cold water to dissolve it. After you aro sure it is d ssolved let it stand until the starch "has all settled and tho water Is clenr ; then turn tho water off. Let the starch dry, and then powdor it and put it in a soft muslin bag, through which it will sift out. This is very healing and answer* admirably any purpos? tho powder is supposod to do. Curious Uso of Egprs. Comparatively few persons are prob ably aware of the fact that eggs are used to any extent except as an arti clo of food. Yet such is the caso, and there is an establishment in Ro chester ? one of three in the United States- which utilizes largo numbers daily. A curious reporter of the Ro chester Union re ently paid a visit to the Albumen Paper company's works. The first sight which met his eyes was an immonso bask' t of eggs. The re porter made, known his wishos to a representative of tho company, who kindly, in answer to numerous ques tions, gave all tho Information in his powor. As ahovo stated, there aro only two otli -r albumen paper factor ies in the country, one being located in Camden, N. J., and one at Philadel phia. These three firms supply the 7, (XX) photographers in tho United States with the peculiar kind of paper notessary for their businecfl. Tho manufacturing seas >n begins in tho latter part of February and continues until near tho Or t of the following December. During thli s<a<oii tho Rochester company uses on an aver age about 200 (lo/en eggs (2,100) per day, which makes a total of about 50, 000 dozen ((500,000) eggs per year, (irocers in tho surrounding towns fur nish tho greater part of tho Cggs, which must bo perfectly fresh. Homo Idea of tho oxtont of tho busi ness may bo obtained from the fact that paper sufficient to print 200,000 photographs has been prepared in one day. Tho paper psod is of the finest quality and is imported from France. Tho roporter was shown Into a room where a young lady was busily ongaged in breaking eggs and separating tho whites from the yolks. Tho whites aro proparo:l by a chemical process and then spread over tho surface of tho paper, leaving it glossy, as soon in tho photograph. Noticing that tho yolks were also carefully preserve'! tho re porter inquired if it was possible to utilize them, and was answered In tho affirmative. They are nearly all sent to Johnstown and (ilovorsvillo, whore the glovers uso thom for dressing kid. Tho skin and yolks aro placed together in a trough and tramped upon with tho foot. A finish Is thus Imparted to tho skins which is obtainable in no other way. Information was volun teered to tho effect that a largo num ber of dogskin gloves and kid shoes worn so oxtenslvoly aro nothing moro than sheep or cnlf-skln dressed and fin ished with the yolks of eggs. Aerolltofl. The largest In any museum In the United States is in the National musoum. It was found In Northern Moxico, the rnglon whoro most of the , norolltGe have been found. Its weight j Is B,000 pounds. The second largest ! Is the Oibbfl aerolite, In tho museum of . Yale college, weighing 1,(500 poun 's ; and the third In size Is also in tho National museum, its weight being 1,400 pounds. This last Is called tho "Tucson aerolite." The government also owns a heavy mass of Iron found I in iho Interior of Greenland, which for a time was believed to a monster aerolite. Several smaller aerolites are to 1)0 found in tho Smithsonian in stitution and other museums of tho oountry. A PRINTER S PROTEST. 6b, why do people form auoh ?'a and flnUh off such b's? Why do thoy make auoh o rooked oV?ud such unnatural d's? Why do they form such shocking e'a and ft with ague ftU? Their g'a and h's aro too much for any print er's wits. What a humnn eyo is without sight is an i without a dot; J's aro audi ourioiw, crookod things, w# re, tooguizo thorn not. V K otlght to stand for kindne\& but comes In well for kiok. L's and m's aco mischiovous, while n's just raiso Old Nick. O's aro rarely closed at all, and p's aro shaggy things. Q's might as well bo spider legs, aud r's inoa quito w?igs. Bomo people mako a passing s who uover cross a t; Others use the self-same strokes to form a u or v. Ws got strangely mixed; x's sd<ftn on a spree. Y is a skeloton on wiros; zounds how wo rave at z! And yet, just think what typos got from drivers of the quill ! They call us such a oaroleas set, aud scribble on at will. Well, they will scribble, and wo must rave and vainly try to please, Till thoy go back to school and learn to mako their a b c's. fn the interests of aoounoy the ab0Y0 pro test and plea is commetroMto the world of scribblers. HUMOROUS. Wo never know a person to eat ordi nary lumber; but wo have known thorn to dino on ship board. What Is tho difforenco between a dull razor and a bad boy? None; for they both need strapping. "No," said a Philadelphia belle, "no electric light for mo. It can't bo turned down low enough." A contemporary mentions a case be yond tho ordinary occulist. It is that of a young lady who, instead of a pupil, has a professor in hor eye. " What is the simplest way to keop jelly from moiling on top?" asks a boarding-house koepor. Put it on tho tablo once in a while. ? Philadelphia Neu 8. An astronomer woood a tender maid, In a soft and musical tone; " Will yo 1 meet me, Ioyo, in tho evening shade, When tho tasks of tho day aro dono?" " I'lUonmot tho appoin'e I time," sho said, " And meteor by moonlight alone." An illustration of stinginess is cited by an Arkansas editor, who knows a man who talks through his nose in order to save the wear and tear on his false teeth. ? Picayune. A man wont into a drug store the other day to buy some medicine. " Do you ko.'p tho best drugs?" "You can't get better, sir." "Too bad, no use of medicine, then ; good-day." ? (Jan. A maiden at Vassar Waa a terriblo gassor And always paraded hor loarning; Since hor pa lost his rocka Through a tumble of stookn, Sho studios the soienco of churning. ? Breakfast Tuble. A Philadelphia tiger waa bo enragod by tho sight of a dude tho other day that ho toro off tho sheet iron lining of his cage, and was in a fair way of escaping wh<n hiB keeper knocked him senseless with ab;ir of iron. Unfortu nately the dude eacapod. ? Peck's Sun. Did it ever occur to you, when you were groping around your room in tho dark and struck your nose bo violently against a half-open do r that it jarred the' whole house ? did it ever occur to you at such a moment that the heat of tho sun is Hufticient to rcduco the Pa cific ocean to steam in twenty minutes? The probabilities aro that it didn't. ? Nofristvum //< raid. "Doctor," said a fond mother, lean ing over tho bed ddo of hor son, who seemed to bo suffering greatly, "what is tho matter with him?" Tho physi cian examined tho sufferer and replied: "Ho's sick." "There," exclaimed the woman, "I know you could tell what was the matter with him. How for tunato it is that you are in tho neigh borhood!" And sh< looked at tho medical gentleman with an expression that spoke of restful confidence. ? Ar 'kumaw Trawler. WORDS OP WI8II0M:. Tho worst of slavo.4 Is ho whom pas Blon 'rules. No thoroughly occupied man was over yet miserable. To bo poor, and to Boom poor, In a Certain method never to rise. Tho first Indication of domostio happiness is the lovo of one's homo. Knavery 1b supple and can bend but honosty Is firm and upright and yields not. Ho who observer tho speaker more than tho sound of words will seldom moot with disappointments. Educate tho wholo man ? tho head, tho heart, tho body ; the head to think, tho heart to foel, tho body to aet. Lovo never reasons, but profusely gives; gives, like a thoughtless twuMgal, its all, and trembles then lost it has done too littlo. Tho mere wants of naturo, oven when naturo Is roflned by education, are few and simple; but tho wants of prldo and self love aro Insatiable. Knowledge must be earned; It can not bo passively taken. (Jnlens the mind works for Its living It will al ways remain poor; neither gifts nor legacies, neither houses nor lands, can enrich It. Hume, tho historian, has left on record his opinion that tho dlflpoeition to look on tho bright ??ldo of things, and to make the beat of everything tlist Is good Is equivalent to a largo fort.uno to Its happy possessor. It Is a good thliur and a wlso to bo ablo, with a few roooks and a littlo needlework, to give any room, how ever strango and desolate, a look of hotno ; to bo able to pursue our usual employments anywhere at a moment's notlco ; and a blessing beyond wealth, beyond beauty, or evon beyond talent, Is that cheerful tompefamont which enn rejoice In the sunshine, yet be merry in tho shade, which can delight In tho bird's singing In spring, yet solaeo itself with the heart's own muslo when winter Is at hand.