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VOL. X.
, KERSHAW COUNTY, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1883.
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NO. 39.
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entire satl?factlou to our p* trout. ^
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? 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. ^
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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.