The Kershaw gazette. (Camden, Kershaw Co., S.C.) 1873-1887, July 12, 1883, Image 1
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Unci*
MIDSUMMER WORDS.
. ?
Oh what can they want of a midsummer
verve,
In tho flash of tho midsummer splendor?
For tho Empress of Iud shall I pull out iny
purse.
And offer a penny to lend hor?
Who cares fur n song whon tho birds aro
a -win)/,
Or a fancy of words when tho least little
thing
Hath message ro wondrous and tender?
The trees aro all plumed with their leafag0
superb,
And tho rose and tho lily are budding;
And wild, happy life, without hindrance or
curb,
Through tho woodland is creeping and
scudding;
The clover is purple, tho air is like mead,
With odor escaped from the opulent weoJ
And over the pitsluro-xides flooding.
Every note is atuno, oveiy breath is a boon;
'Tis poem enough to be living;
Why fumble for phrase while magnificent
June
Her matchless reoltql ii giving?
Why not to the mu>*io and picturiug come,
And jast with tho manifest marvel sit dumb
In silenced delight of receiving?
Ah, listen 1 beoauF.e tho ' groat Word of tho
Lord
That was bom in tho world to begin it,
Makes answoring word in ourselves to ac
cord, .
And was put thoro on purpose to win it.
And the fullness would smothor tie, only for
this:
t We can cry to each othor, " How lovely it is !
And how blessod it is to bo in it 1"
?Mrs. A.D. 2\ Whitney, in WidoAwuke.
A LTJCXY MISTAKE.
AN ENGLISH FARMISIl's STORY,
rnirt m ^ (l ,ny f<ltl,er to mo, one
to tffirmb0r nftornoon as wo stood
&? zrjfX
__ and 'ityXti To" XuVw" Wo
houndr on Saturday L icS hl
another chance of getting il?" ,mV0
iu-n\!m j ' stalwart, weather
browned, grjiy-hairod old sire n? h?
walKlSff itfrk' ?U hRt .nn<? t00k h*8 tl,ick
warning stick from the stand urennrn.
LSMl8 :bout tho
S i ?;,"1 ;""n?r *?<>? j?"
"vir, ior tho time of which T ?.ngir
' anJ the f?nner
nau not then learned to live acc<miinr?
o the laws of a fashion uasS t?
It l^C^mo ",nd occl'pation, or t,o ane
? lord MvTtiCX,) iro of hls Innd
y father was an old fashioned
>eomau, who tilled tho ground which
him?rin^gnUldfHther llu(l tllled before
? him, and oven had ho lived in those
days, when men of hi* typo weZ
Ipned ways ? k011t t0 '"<= oW""""'
<lnrk,or with X? ? "
ferent n.oonlijrht. We , ,
isolated at the Mistletoe fann; for we
wove seven mi'os from Wort l lnutr n
?Ur ??rt8t town, and ton m'lS &
raiCay'iuuon1;11' MyVhir S??$
and only8|itfyr sheep. ^ ^Ker'o wasnot
. f_ve*? V,IIft?? m ftr; th0 laborers lived
In cottngos scattered over tho estate
?mi i? t?o depth of wintm. whth t hero
was snow, or when tho floi'd-. wcrooat
wo wero of* n a week at a i 2i
- ^?^VeemS,r0U, 1)Mla,! 2d
was absolutely necessary whon our
outirm?wn8nf com,1,unication with the
the distant W<13 by road' an(1 whon
j? iffrz. ,vz 6?,ltr?:
22* 1 wn?, Kol"g to drive? Fly-by!
night, was thenamo wo afterward gave
" ? yoxm? 0110 ?f our own
breeding, clover as a oat and docilo ns
? dog From her infancy she was mv
-? wiXtledTft !V0U,<I ?ome t() mo wh(,n I
Whistled to her, cat out of mv i>nnH
and my pockot; and when tho timn
came for bafcking her and breaking her
there wag nothing to ho done ihl
had perfect confidence and trust in S*
,n m"; the ont b?
the fireside could not be more onntZ
, or more easy to control. If onlvEin
?***} Jn *',ftt h horse can, }jy Jc/n(i
treatment and constant assooiatfon ho
niade as tame and afSSSe m 1
household pet, thoro would be fewer
&???"?* baok
She was a world- too trood fnr ).<>*
?uUM he?iublAt0niy ' 88 I,<K,h?f
ruior the stable and proceodod to nut
flqnnre dog
% j.! turned up behind ami
Color, which wai a dingy gray. Tho
hftn!! ,lnftre WIW my hunter when the
hounds were within reach and mi
father would lot me go: and who cur
?"? after twent
*Jil<w of harness the day before an &
?ho were one of the squiro's
were out only onoo a wort an4
As we trotted quietly down thn
Stl S^??W' h,H K^ncing or Hf
SSat "If BO' y?u cau put
hSt *nd bave your tol
i Hftvf va * or tImrt oan lioip'
i Y y?ur Wft(ch oh yon V
tloft? f8^MwpriBed Atthoquw,.
''J'ott'd better glvoit to me," said
huJl ?aBtK?t n* h,s arm 0V0r the
yesterday, at the
; ?S=
Son.' "" 01,1 mo " M'ny try
'l.lA"dro.dW^.W"ntA lunei lnt? U?
ft OuXkTrS of^ihaUff V the
? !?: ? Ufl ?' 4,10 ^ttle town, and the
I v^ery, brilliant if tried by
B toodern standard** Boarvir/i
h- ' : '' y . ' >
enough in the windows. Past the
blacksmith's forge, with the great
bellows roaring and the sparks Hying
from the glowing cinders ; psst^ the
butcher'*, with u goodly display of;
some of our best beef ; past the grocer's,
where the half-dozen children who
were flattening their noses against the
[ panes turned to 1 >ok at us ; and so,
| clattering over the uneven cobbles of
the pavement, to the saddler's shop.
The proprietor himself, a sta'd and
portly person, conscious of the im
' >ortanco which attaches to his position
n a country town, came out and nodded
a greeting.
"A cold night, Mr. Tom," said lie,
with a shiver, as the wind took his
apron. "I'm not quite ready for yon.
Your father didn't come in yesterday,
so I thought you wouldn't want the
saddle till next week."
" I want it for Saturday," said I,
: leaning sideways out of the trap. "The
hounds are at thd coppice, and the lit
tle mare and I aro going. Can you do
it for me if I put up?"
The saddler thought a moment.
" Aye, I enn do that," lie said, at
length. "Will you call in between
eight and nine, and it shall be ready
for you."
I agreed, shook up the mare, and, a
I few yards further down, turned in
through the narrow gateway of the
Angel into the dim, deserted inn yard.
From a half-optn doorway came a
stream of light. A figure issued fortli
in answer to my summons.
" Good- evening, Mr. Tom," said this
person, approaching and patting the
mare's neck.
"Hallo, Jack 1 is that you?' said I,
as i drew the reins through my fingers
and alighted, recognizing, as I did so,
Mr. Jack Plover, to whom was in
trssted the important duty of convoy
ing tho queen's mall hags from Worth
ington to the railway town. *? You'll
have to wrap up warm to-night."
" Ay 1 bitter cold, that it is," an
swered Jack, und ing tho traces.
" But law bless me ! I'm used to It.
If only I'd got as good a thing between
my shafts as you have hero, I'd think
nothing of a seven teen- mile drive, 1
do assure you, sir."
" Your old pony isn't to be despised,
either," said I, holding up tlTC shaft
while Jack drew tho mare out. "A
now pair of forelegs and sound bel
lows would improve -him, but except
for that?"
" Well, ho isn't quite a racer, I do
confess," said Jack, leading tho mare
in through the open doorway and put
ting her in a vacant stall. " But he's
good enough for his work. I start
early and we take it easy. You won't
have tho collar oft, sir V"
"No," I said.. "I am off again in
an hour or so."
I crossed the yard, passed through a
swing door and found myself In the
warm, cheerful bar, where tho bright
light made mo wink after tho darkness
outside, and tho lingo fore sent a leap
ing. ruddy glare on the reel curtains,
and a reflection that danced merrily on
the trim rows of bottles and glasses.
The barmaid, buxoin and fresh-colored,
smiled a welcome.
There was only ono other occupant
of tho bar, a stranger to me. lie was
a man apparently verging on forty,
buttoned up in a shabby great coat
and with his hat so slouched ovor his
eyes that his features wer;i hard to bo
discerned. To tho salutation which I j
gave him on entering ho made no re
ply, but with arms folded gazed fix
edly on the floor.
Suddenly tho man with tho slouched
hat look el up. loft, and, addrossing
nobody in particular, inquired in a
harsh, rough voice, with a queer burr
in it:
"What time does tho post go out
here?"
" At 8 o'clock," replied tho barmaid,
looking at her interrogator with no
particular favor. " That Is the driver
of the mail-cart who has just left."
"So I judged," replied the man, ris
ing, ana putting Borne money on the
tablo. "Is that right? Good-night to
you."
And with a heavy, slouohlng gait
he strode to the door and wat gone.
After tea In tho half-lit coffee-room,
and a pipo in tho bar, with the bar
maid to tell me tho gossip, I started at
about half-past eight, callod at tho
sftddler'B, put my saddlo under tho
Beat, and set out for home. As we
passed tho blacksmith's forgo at tho
end of tho street thore was a pony
being shod, and Mr. Jack Plover, in a
big great coat, was looking on at tho
process.
" Cast a shoe, Mr. Tom, and had to
turn back?' he callod out, as I passed
by.
Out Into the country, looking doubly
black and dismal by contrast with the]
ohoerful light and warmth that wol
were leaving behind, with the slant
ing rain driving full in one's face, so
that it dazzled the sight; with gray
piles of cloud hurrying overhead; with
a vail of mist and darkness blehding
hurdle and hedge-row, lield and troo
into a vague, indistinct, gray mass.
Now we are olimbing a hill, and anon
wo are on the top, and the rain and
tho wind beat savagely upon us, and
tho prospect on either hand Is dreary
enough. Now steadily down on the
shedding ground, with a tight rein and
a carefttl look out for loose stones; for
this Is a steep descent, and ono false
step may take twenty Bounds off the
little ttferft'* value. The banks are
high, at all events, so thoro is somo
?holtet, and down at tho bottom thoro
are tlrees on either hand.
It wart pitch dark In this hollow, but
I let the mare Out at the bottom of tho
hill and gave her her head. Suddenly,
with a loti4 snort, she swerved vio
lently, fan the wheel of the trap on to
aheap of wayside atones, put there to
mend the road, and in a second we
'Mre over. ^
I went out; of course, and tho driv
ing box, the saddle and a debris of
miscellaneous Articles after me. I
landed partly oh my shoulder, partly
on my head, and was up again In a
moment, although a bit dazed. The
moment I gained my feet I was seized
by the collar, and a harsh voloe ex
claimed ? not to me, but to some cne
else: v,
"Hold his head down ? hold his
head down I"
A dusky form sprang to the mare a
head and kept her from attempting to
lis?. A third Arm knelt on the trap,
love I" exclaimed this lastfrt-l
low, in an angry tone, " wo've got the
wrong roan I"
44 What?" said he who had hold of
Sn'tttJlr D" 5,0,1 u"*m 10 "*y 11
With a volley of oaths the other re
pHedinthe negative. The roan who
bad hold of roe released me and joined
the other. Thoy whispered together
for a few seconds. Then the first one
canio back to roe and said, with a flno
pretense of indifference :
44 Nasty accident, sir ! But it might
have been worse. It's lucky vq were
at liand to help you."
44 1 don't know about that," I re
plied, with no small acrimonj% " for
my horse shied at one of you. She
nov(r did it in her life before. You'll
oblige me by helping to get her out."
jn a twinkling we had the harness
undone, and the roore, with a flounder
and a stagger, was on hor feet, and she
shook herself in a disgusted fashion.
I he mon said nothing, but obeyed my I
directions. Luckily, nothing was
broken ; the mare had rubbed a little
n air off her, as we 1 as I could tell, but
her knoes were all right. In seven or
eight minutes from the time we went
over, so quickly did it a'l happen, I
was in my seat again ready to start.
My assailants, or assistants, which
ever thoy were, mado no opposition,
and seemed only anxious to get rid of
me; they dispatched mo without a
w ord, and I was a mile on my road
before I fully realized what had hap.
T8 18 always the case in an
accident, 1 could only recall what took
place immediately before and immedi
ately after, and for that very reason
the words uttered by the men were
moro vivldly impressed on my memory.
What did they mean?
It flashed into my mind like a revela
tion. They had been mislead by the
shape of my trap, which, as I have
said, was u are behind, and lookod
like a mail-cart, while the darkness
was too great in their placo of ambus
cado for them to see the color. The
time of my arrival was about that of
the mail, had not Jack Plover been
obliged to turn hack; and the careful
pa^o which I had come down the hill
accorded very well with the StMdyl
movement:? of Jack's nag.
-Ul-? voice? I had heard itsome
^cra jjirely-^ho man in the Angel
{2J? R8kod? whon the mail
iert. 1 hero was no doubt of the men's
purpose.
t a u, t0. , l,r?vent ? How to warn
Jack in time? There was no road
back but the one by which I had come,
unless I made a detour of soveral
miles. Neither was there a house near
whence to gtt assistance. I pulled ui>
and thought it out. A bruise on my.
right arm sugg >stod soin( thing. I had
fallen on my left side, and this bruise !
was caused by the saddle tumbling !
after me. I made up my mind at one e.
luming in through the first gate I
came to, I drove over the turf to a
corner of the field where thero was a
group of trees. Hero I took the mare
out ; put the trap under the elms, and
turned the cushions ; took off all the
harness but the bridle, and saddled
her Luckily the bridle had no
blinkers. I wound the long reins
round and round my arm, mounted and,
thanking Providence for my knowl
edge of tho country, rode at the nearest
fence. There was a fair.t moonlight
to help, but it was teiribly dark. My
heart was in my mouth as we went at
tho fenc?, which was a big upstanding
one, but I knew thore was no ditch on
the taking-off p.de, and I gave tho
little mare the word at the right mo
ment.. Sno jumped eloan from undor
me, an 1 landed me on tho crupper I
shall never fcrgot that leap I If there
had been any one to seo it, I could
have sold her almost for her weight in
gold. 0
We were half way across the next
field beforo I had rogained my seat
properly, and then the mad exhilara
tion of tho thing took possession of
both of us. Thero was a flight of
hurdles next which we took in our
stride. Then a bank and a close
cropped hedge that stood up, black as
Lrebus, against the gray of tho night
which wo jumped as though it wero
twice its height. Thon a flock of
frightonod sheep went scurrying awav
into the dnrknew.
11 waa all turf, and, for the first
time, I blessed the poverty of tho land
that made it worthless to plow. A
dozen fences negotiated in tho same
mad fashion brought us into a flold'
that skirted tho high road, nnd hero
we were pounded. Thero was a big
bullfinch into tho road, wl:h a deep
drop. To go on parallel with tho road
was impossible, for thero was a made
up bank with a cropped hodgo, full of
stakes, and a deep drain, as I knew
ran on either sido. I rode up and down
by tho bullfinoh in despair. Was all
my troublo to bo in vain ?
At last I made tip my mind, and
rod?, not too fast, at the groat, tower
Ing, straggling hedgo. I put my arm
across my face, shut rnyoyos, into It wo
wont, and out of it, wjth a scramble
Jnu 1* under, w? came ? soparately.
J ho bullfinch brushed mo nearly out of
tho saddle, and tho roaroand I dropped
sido by side into tho road, but both of
us on our legs. Before I had tlmo t>
remount I heard the sound of approach
ing wheels and a mnn whistling mer
rily.
4* Pull up, Jack I" I called out.
Jaok h whistle ceased, and a moro a
tonlshed countenanco I nevor beheld
than tho ono which looked down from
tho mail cart.
41 What the dickens? ?" he began.
Then I explained.
44 Well," ho said at the end of it,
without a word of con mendatlon for
roe. " That is a good pony of yours.
What shall wo drt ?",
44 I'll tell you,- I said, for my blood
was up with the oxcitemont of the
night. " Drlvo back to Worthington,
get Rogers, tho con table, and a p!stol
a piece, and let them try again."
44 Done with you," said Jack, turn
ing round, " You rido on ahoad and
nnd Kogers, I'll wait for you by the
old toll-bar."
In half an hour tho constablo and I
were seated, very uneomforably, on the
back or tho mail cart, and driving along
as fast as Jack's pony could be Induced
to go. Our only fear was lest the fel
lows should have got tired of waiting,
for it was quite an hour and a haft
later than tho tlmo when the mall
ahould have passed thom. Down the
lull we went, our hearts thumping
awav with excitement, not to mention
the difficulty of holding on. and Jack
performing "My Petty Jane I' with ex- 1
qulslte variations.
Well, to cut ir.y story short, wo gof
one of them. The constable, In his ea
gerness, jumped down directly the first
man hr.d seized the horse's head, and
the other two fellows made off. Wt
got the right gentleman, though- tlu
identical fellow who had betn in the
] Angel bar, and whose voico I had r?.
cognized. lie was tried at the assizes,
| nnd two other convictions being proved
against lilro, he was sentenced to seven
1 years' penal servitude,
******
I went out with the hounds on Snt
i urday, and my little mare was the lie
I rulno of the hour. The squire himself
? came up to me, and, after compliment,
log us both on our achievement, said :
" What do you call her?"
j " Well, squire," I replied, " wt
1 haven't given her a name yet."
" Call her 'Little Fly-by-night,'"
said he.
And that's how she got lior name.
Chinese DalQtle*,
According to Pallas, the natives of
the coast of Belgium onco considered
the muscular proboscis of the sea-mouse
ns a delicacy, and to-day the spinculus
is eaten by I l?e Chinese, many of whom
make a direct living by collecting them
i for the market, and probably no nation
in the world has such facilities for the
I compilation of a novel cook book. Tory
few animals escape them, and innum
erable articles that are rejected by other
peoples And market there. For the one
item of sharks' fins thoy pay tho natives
of Southern India and the adjacent
islands over $100, 10D yearly. These
dainties, that are in point of fact, from
being all muscle, the toughest part of
the animal, boiled and pounded into
Boup, find acceptance mainly among the
lower elates, and to the man from the
West are more pleasing to the eye than
to the stomach, which rulo holds good
when applied to the average Chines
"spread." The dinner table is profuse
in its decoration of flowers, and if the
host is a man of wealth or a merchant,
the walls of the room are also often
completely covered with rare flower.*
and plnnts; but to offset this are the
viands. Here is a savory dish of stewed
pigeon. We are about to parlake, but,
in the language of a friend with sport
ing proclivities, the dish has been
handicapped by a sauce ma !e up of a
fungus that grows upon certa'n cater
pillars. It attacks tho living larva, and
after it has intercd the ground tho
fungus i- hoots up in a long stem, is
plucked, and forthwith made into n
condiment. Another curious Chin-oso
delicacy Is pickled eggs that have beon
buried for years thnt their flavor may,
like wine, bo improved. A similar
custom prevails at Manila, w hero ducks'
eggs are brooded until the young is
fi rmed, and then are boiled" and sold
in special stalls, as are oyster.* here.
This, in point of fact, is no wor^e than
the "high" hare and venison affected
by our epicures of today, a little of
which go s a gieat way when the wind
is fair, n;>r the sportive cheese esteemed
by many. The lattrr would, without
question, digu-t Chinamen, to some of,
whom the act of eating a raw live
oyster is a deed of the greatest \*alor.
Ol'ti n at the Chinese banquets the
women fare badly, receiving only tho
seeds of watermelons. Seveial kinds
of seawee.l form delicacies for these
poopie, and many of tho poorer classes
obtain a living by collecting it for ship
ment and homo consumption. Various
star 3shes are also much esteemed, but
tho choicest member of this class is tho
long, hideous, worm-like sea cucumber.
The trade in tl.eie animals is a lucra
tive one, and carried on in different
parts of tho world, the bulk of the
merchandise, however, finding, its way
to China. In tho Ladrono islands
another species is cstoomed, while yet
another Is the famous delicacy of tho
Chlneso. The Malays have hundreds
nnd oven thousands of junks In this
business. Tho vessols drift rJong over
the flats, and the animals are speared
by tho flshormon or divod for, and as
soon as a load is secured th y are taken
to tho nearest shore, where large sheds
are erected and hollers placed filled
with boiling Kilt water. After 1 oiling
a fow minutes the animal is taken out,
cut open and cleaned, and tossed into
a second caldron and soaked with
mimosa lark ; after this they aro laid
in tho sun, dried and finally stowed
away in the hold of tho vessel. The
price for tropang cured in the Chlneso
market is about $7 for a picul or 125
pounds. The Chlneso aro woll-known
lovers of tho squid, and even In Kan
Francisco the uncanny creatures are
to be Been hanging in the markets for
tho dolectation of John. The meat of
the octopus, however, is not unpleas- J
ant, being white like chicken or frog
meat, but lacking in flrmnos*. ? New I
York JCvcniiif/ Post.
Htinday la New York.
A recent number of the New York
Tribune contains an article showing
how Sunday Is passed in the great city
of New York, with its population now
numbering a million and a quarter of
people.
Tno church membership Is glvon at
nearly one-half the population, or 000.
000 mehibers, of which 600, 000 aro by
estimate credited to the lloman Catho
lics, but of .tills there Is no actual en
rollment; there are 100, M00 enrolled
members among tho Protestant
ohurches. The Catholics have 11 0
churches, the Protestants, 310; total,
f>00 chnrohef. Tho 1' rot est ants have
865 Sunday-schools and 110,000 schol
ars attend. Catholic Sunday-schools
not given.
As to Sunday amusements in sum
mer, abaut 76,000 jiersons leave the city
for excursions into tho country and the
seashore*. Tho Oormans, of whom
there are about 250,000 in tho city,
visit tho beer gardens In large numbers.
Central park rocelvos lOO.Of 0 visitors
on Sunday. Only one or two libraries
are open on this dav, at which tho at
tendance is about 2,000. As for drunk- 1
enness nnd other crimes, there is a
trifling lot ii|> on ftunday; the averagn
number of dally arrests is 193; the
average for Sunday is 182, Monday,
227. On Sunday evenings thero aro a
few conceit halls and beer song places
open, visited, in tho aggfogate, by j
1 about ten thousand persons.
"This world is a barber .shop," sayi
Sniitbs. "for we all shave one another.'
/
FARM, (JARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. 1
Ferdlui Tor tbr Dairy.
Tliose of our readers who are inter -
estedin thedairy will find the following, j
from tho Farmer's Hume Jourm I, to ]
contain many practical suggestions |
Worthy of their consideration: In 1880
Massachusetts producoi 0,559,201
pounds of buttti, 2,255,878 pounds of j
cheese and 15,254,057 gallons of milk
Bold, being excie.lul in this product!
only by New York an I Ohio. At the ,
foundation of this vast industry lies !
not oalygood breeding, but also" good !
fo iling. The animal organization do- i
voted to this business is extremely deli- !
catfi and may bo permanently injured
by an injudic'ous use of food, as it
often is by accident and disease. This
the farmer should never forget. The
great rul > to be ( bserved in the rear
ing of dairy stock is not to interfere
with tho delicate organization by the
food furnished In early lifo even.' The
system of a heifer can be so injured by
food as to disorganize her glandular
system exactly as the system of a cow
can he forc.il in'o dis ased a tion by J
excessive or Inflammatory fo d. A cow ?
that carries a superabundance of
fat seldom makes a good milker, !
and the wholesale statement so
oft*n made that what produces fat '
will produce m'lk and vice versa is '
shown to be wholly unfounded by a
comparison of tho effects of rowen '
hay, biewtrs' grains, fine feed and
green food, with eornmcal and oil- 1
eake. It is useless moreover, to force'
a cow to early maturity. A dairy eow :
never roiches perfection until she has j
become fully developed, and this must
be dune deliberately and with a view to
endurance rather than precocity. Her
peculiar pow? rs mature slowly, and dc
jxnd very much in the strength of her 1
constitution. In establishing a da'ry !
herd, therefore, early maturity with j
Its accompanying evils is to b.^ i
avo:dod, nor should the young animal
be so fed as to develop tho bony strue- 1
ture or the fat-producing organs at the
expanse of th<! muscular system and of
that delicate organization engaged in
the production of milk. In fearing
animals for tho dairy care should bo
taken that the young are not so fed as
Ito develop a tendoncy to great size !
el her in frame or in adip.iso tissue.!
I would not advocate a deficiency j
of ? food for young dairy stock,
but I would argue " against
an excess of artiel s of a highly ttium
lating quality. Avoiding, therefore,
linseid meal or cottonseed meal and
evon corn meal in excess, heifer calves,
heifers and cows can best be fed on
oatmeal, fine feed, roots, rowen and
chopped feed properly prepared. The
business of feeding his herd overye
farnur must learn for himself with dis
regard to thrift and economy. Ani
mals In constantly good condition c >n
HUme less f mil thnn thoso that are no!;
and of this the w ise f armer must judge,
remembering that good she'.ter is as
important at goo I feed. It is poor
economy to let a cow get into a low
condition either in spring or autumn.
In feeding for the dairy I have found
that the best winter food is good hay
with a supply morning and evening of
corn fodder, chopped and mixed with
fin? feed and cornmeal, saturated with
hot water and allowed to stand well
covered twelve hours, l'ropare the
morning feed in the evening and tho
evening feed in tho morning. A daily
supply of roots, Swedes or mangolds is
very conducive to tho health of tho
cow. Kind treatment is especially ac
ceptable to her and especially profitable
to her owners.
Knrin mid Harden Noton.
Bumble-bees fertilize the blossoms
of the red clover.
Raise somo variety of popcorn with
very small kernels for tho young
chicken?.
Small chickens can bo mado useful
in a garden at insect-catching as long
as they do not scratch nowly planted
ground.
Professor Arnold admits that
brewers' grains will stimulate a lnrge
flow of milk, but f-ays there is no butter
In them.
Remember to sprinkle tho eggs of a
sitting hen with sulphur. Every louse
will bo killed by tho time she leaves
her nef>t.
A successful orchardist says that if
he were to live his life over again he
would trim h s trees highor and pasture
ids orchards with sheep, in place of
plowing or mulching.
W. 1>. l'hilbrick belie via that in
general it doos moro harm than good
to srak seeds previous to sowing thorn,
and, if d< no at all, a good deal of Judg
ment must 1)6 used to provent mis
chief.
If it becomes necessary to resort to
artificial feeding of lambs, care should
bo taken not to give them milk which
Is too rich. That of Jersey cows
should be diluted with a Uttlo warm
wator.
Every pound of clover seed sown on
Jand is worth a load of manhre; land
laid down with clover is better than
money in bank, drawing more intoro t
than any bank can pay, and compound
ing tho interest of tor. or.
Mr. J. A. Woodward and other re
cent writers urgo harrowiyg potatoes,
going in all directions over and over
the field lust boforo tho plants come
up. This seemingly harsh treatment
givos olean, mellow soil for tho young
oroi), nips in the bud innumerable com
p< ting werdi and onables the farmor
to moro readily kfep ahead of them all
through tho season, and con; -antly
promotes Increase of markotab!o
tuber*.
I)r. Sturtevnnt, director of tho State
agricultural experiment station at
Geneva, says of the potato: So far
as tho. experience of ono year can de
termine, wo feel warranted in assert
ing that all tho data we possess go to
show that the character of tho seed
used is an important determining
factor of the crop gained; that singlo
eyes liavo yielded bettor results than
wholo potatoes used as seed, and that
the form of cutting seems more Influ
ential than the size of tho cutting.
"Did yon ever try planting peas in
hills?" asks tho editor of tK? AmerUan
Vvltitator : " MAke ft large hill, rich
with well-rotted compost or fertiliser,
then take a nail Keg Or something
about that size And press It into the
gtound 10 *s U make a good deep
circle upon the liill ; sow your peas in
that click' nnd plant a large pea-brush
In the center. You can grow as many
peas to the aero In this way as In the
drll's. They are convenient for the
pickers and they have a neat and tasty
look In the garden, which is no small
item, espe ially whin you are trying a
new method."
In answer to various inqu'rios lot me
say that I have for live years cured
warts very easily cn all animals, no
matter where located, by applying butyr
of antimony with a feather two or three
times, at intervals of two or tlucodays.
If the warts am dry scaled I scrape
them lightly at first. It simply dries
the wart to* hardness, when it drops off
without leaving soreness or irritation.
The best milking cow which I own I
purchased out of a drove of beef cattlo
on ao-'ount of her superiority in having
all the excellent milking points, and
the discovery that her teats were liter
ary covered wiUi pointed warts, which
I had no doubt was the reus n why she
had been fattened and sold. ? Coirc ?
spotKhncc Country ( hntl-man .
I I OIIMt'llollI Hints.
To Fit a Key. ? Hold the end of
tiie k(y to a (lame until it is the rough
ly smoked, introduce it carefully into
the keyhol?\ press it firmly against tho
opposing wards of the !o::k. withdraw
it, and the indentation on tin* smoked
part of tho key will show exactly
where to file.
Milk and Coffee Stains. ? In
woolen and mixed fabrics these stains
may be thus removed: Moisten the
spots with a brush dipped in a mix
ture of one part glycerine, nine parts
of water and one-half part aqua am
monia. Let it remain twelve hours,
occasionally renewing the moistening.
Then press between cloth and rub with
a clean rag. (Try the mixture on a
pi co of tho garment first, and if it
hurts the color omit the ammonia).
Silk garments should bo thus moistened
six or eight hours only. Tlun rub with
a clean cloth and remove tho remain
ing substance with a knife. Brush
with clean water and dry between
cle.ths. A thin solution of gum arabic
and a warm iron aj plied on the wrong
side will resture finish. ? ?S chntific
American
Cleaning Carpets. ?In all our
own experiments we have found noth
ing so safe and s rviceable as bran
slightly moistene 1? only very slightly
? jU>t sutlicient to hold the particles
together. In this case it is not neces- |
sary to stop and clean tho broom every
few minutes. Sweeping the carpet
after the bran has been sprinkled over
it not only cleans tho carpet and
gathors all tho dirt into the bran, but
keeps tho broom clean at the same
time. If too much dampened, aside
from injuring the carpet, it makes the
work harder, because the bran becomes
very heavy if very damp. Tho bran
should bo sifted evenly over tho floor,
and then tho room swept as usual. Tho
bran scours and cleanses the whole
fabric, very little dust i* made while
sweeping with it, and scarcely any set
tles on furniture, pictures, etc., after
the work is accompl s >ed, because
every particle of dirt, thread, bits of
paper or lint is gathered up into tho
mass of?bran that is being moved over
the* floor, and so thoroughly incorpo
rated with it that it will not be easily
separated. Carpets swept in this way
retain very little dust, as will be plain
ly demonstrated whenever they are
taken up to bo shaken. ? Domestic
Monthly.
How Animals Shake Their Skins.
In lowor animals is found a peculiar
muscle which rejoices i i tho name of
tho panniculus carnouis. When we
seo a lively porpoise disporting itself
in the waves, rolling head over li els,
and otherwise exhibiting that propensi
ty of aquatic gambols which is a charac
teristic of Its race, we may cre.lit the
muBClo just named with a full shareof
work in producing the movements of
tho lithe, fish-like frame. It would not
he incorrect to describe tho body of
tho porpoise as heing literally swathed
In this great muscle, so thoroughly ele
[ voloped are its proportions in that ani
' mal. When that modest but bristly
I quadruped, the hedgehog, contrives in
a moment of surprlso to roll head and
tall together, and to present an lm
pregnable surfaco to the gaze of his
enemy, human or canln ?, as t lie case
may be, we must credit his "pannicu
lus with tho work of suddenly trans
forming him from an actlvo quadruped
Into an inaniinrtte ball of spines. A
dissection of a hedgehog would show
\n that the great skln-musclj can
be split into nine pairs of rnusclas, and
that < no of these pairs represents tho
"scalp-musclo-* of humanity. Or again,
when wo seo tho horse " shaking his
coat," or tho retrlovor dog which has
just left tho sea, Bonding tho water
from off his skin in the effective fashion
of his race, wo aro simply witnessing
tho action of tho " panniculus" muscles
in another phase of its action
Ascending now to humanity, how,
let us inquire, is tho "panniculus" de
veloped in man, nnd what are the func
tions it can ho shown to possess ? ah
o\ir previous studies will have led us
to oxpect tho "panniculus" of man
exists, firstly. In a condition which
may truly be describe. I as "rudimen
tary" when cotnparod with its develop
ment in lower life. Tho "scalp-mus
cle" has just been no'.ed to represent
part of tho "panniculus," which in
man thus beco ncs split up Into separ
ate and detarhed portion'. Another
part of the great "skin-muscle" of the
hedgehog Is found In the muscle which
In human anatomy receives the name
of tho platysina. This latter muscle
exists as a broad sheet of llhors, lyln#
just beneath tho skin on each side of
tho nock. In man it serves to wrinkle
the skin of the neck, anl nlse> alels in
depressing tho lowor jaw. In other
parts of mAn's ho ly traces of the divi
sion of tho "panniculus" aro also to
be found. In tho pfoportlem of about
three per cent. In upward e>f 600 bodies
oxntflned. Professor Turner tells us
that a muscle of man's trunk, usually
regarded by anatomists as e>f ordinary
type, is really a fragment of tho great
" sKln-muscle." -^Longmaria.
" Let us pursue the subject a little
further," said the medical students at
the bedside of a dying patient. 80 the
next night iliey went and stole the
body from the cemetery.- Salem But t
beanu ?> '
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
lllntaoii Home PrrurutloiiH.
I Old-fashionod picture and mirror
j frames in gilt, from tho fact that they
| consist of considerable ornamentation,
j are ditllcult to re-gild and never pay
for the expense of so doing. The bet- |
ter way is to givo thorn a coat of i
, hronzo paint and so modernize them at
| less cost and greater satisfaction.
Wall pockets of excellent efTcct may !
? ho made by making a bark ground of
? eciu, a deep blue or brown, and then
; pasting tho various devices cut from
disused Japanese fans and the like, in
oriental st\le thereupon A handsome j
J whisp-broom holder or a scrap basket 1
may be formed of the same materials.
Macremo lambrequins, table covers,
' etc, of the pure white aro being re
i moved from the parlor to the bed
. chamber and sitting-room, as thoso
i ma le c f the colored < ord are found to
i harmonizo better with tho furniture
covering and give out a richer effect.
"Wine color and olive green are tho
best.
For picture frames metal, in gold*
silver and copper bronze, is rapidly su
p reeding the various combinations in
tho dark woods which have so long
held swav, and to s-ome extent those in
gilt also. As a mounting they are ex
trcmely rich and harmonize well with
engraving , water-color drawings and
photograph ?>.
A pretty clock-stand inavbe made In
taking a round, sqra: ? or half round
block of wood and covering it with
plush or velvet. A small braid at tho
top over edging tl e has -, and finished
with fringes, com pleti s the design. A
medallion, or other d-vice hand-paintod
or embroidered o'i the front istheonly
decoration needed.
An elegant and withal striking form
of cover for small tables, or for chair j
or sofa scarfs may b:- made by embroid- !
ering a monogram in the center. Old !
blue pi ?'h or other fabric, with the de
vice worked in gold or yellow thread, is'
exceedingly effe tive. 'A band of yel
low, or still better, a fr.nge of golden
hue gives to t he edge an appropriate
finish.
Pretty toilet lx>xcs may be made as
follows: Cover tho outside with tho
wall-paper which is made to represent
embossed leather, making it fast with
strong paste, then lino with s lk, satin
or muslin, according to means and
taste. The above paper is heavy and,
iurablo and so closely imitates leather
that it can only bo told by the touch,
tnd may be wiped with a damp cloth
without injury. It is extensively used'
in paper-hanging, and a small quantity
may be purchased for a small sum.
Ahnost all mpntel lambrequins
vvhetl.er of plush, velvet'T other mater
ial.arenow arranged in panels. For par
lors, peacock-blue forth ? ground of tho
panels, wkich are either hand-painted,
embroidered or threaded with gold, is, I
much used, and it, also appears in the !
borders, while for brdehambers ciel
blue is more frequently chosen. Tho'
former is invariably edged with heavy
fringe, in which the chief colors em-'
ployed in the body of tho drapery aro
combined. The latter is usually finished ;
with ball fringe in blue and white.
Peaeo k blue, at ono time so exten- ,
lively employed in dress, now appears
in nearly every form of tapestry and
fabric, decorations, and is rapidly gain
ing in favor. Window and mantel
Jraperies, partierres, and carpet bor-.
lers, art: all brightened by a touch of'
this color woven in with the deeper or
more somber hues of tho general do
ngas. The effect produced by a trac-1
ing, if nothing more, of tho vivid, in
describable green-blno <f the vainest
)f all created creatures, is striking and
rich without an approach to the glar
ngj and is approved by all persons of
idvanced and cultivated tastoH.
I'nxlilon Note*.
llralding is popular.
After all there, is ho more popular
color than black.
Garden hats are, many of them,
bizarre and oc entric.
Plack silk sto kings are again to bo
worn with white drosse<.
New salt-cellars aro in design a
miniature Urooklyn bridgo.
All the now shades arc found In tho
Parisienm s with satin borders for
veiling.
Striped, checktd, shot and repped
jilks are much worn ; so is velveteen
and volvot brocaded grenadine.
Little girl's deep co'lars aro com
posed of shirred scrim with deep Irish
point. Cuffs aro worn to match.
Gray foule, combined with whito in
?mall quantities, is the dress of tho
fashionablo woman at present in Paris.
Viola Kosotta Is tho namo of a new
and very popular dross material which
closely resembles tho old-fashioned al
paca. It comes in all tho newest
shades.
On tho left sido of the square neck
of a beautiful evening dress of shell
pink ottoman silk aro six bows of
black velvet r.bbon placed closo to
gether.
Checked India silks aro used for the
mob crowns of breakfast caps, with
plaited lace brims. These wash as
well as the laeo with which they aro
combined.
Hmall straw bonnets of dark green,
or red, aro bound with vol vet, and the
brim Is covered with rows of small
grcon buds. A ro e aigrette mado of
several pmall roses with stiff white
feathers in the center is on the top of
tho crown, and f< r strings there aro
two pairs of narrow rose colored velvet
ribbon and ono pair <f dark gre< n
velvet, only half an inch wido.
Every artlele of wear, as the spring
a4vances, seems to increase in size, ex
cept, perhaps, tho beot. Maids are
getting larger, crlnolettes threaten rui
incnaao of dimensions, hats take on
more circumference, and tho flower
pattorns on brocaded silks, satins and
sateens aro some of them large onoNigh
to cover the back of any ordinary sized
woman.
An Iowa chemist recently discovered
an exploslvo believed to bo nineteen
times as powerful as dynamite, but,
according to the truthful sc entist of
the lloston Post, the secret, of its com
position was fostat the time of Its dis
covery, together with the chemist and
mrw?t. of t.he trlnss In town.
The Gazette
Job Printing Office
It pkttkm prepared th*n *nj other offloj ta town,
to execute In the most attractive sty lea every deacrli*
tlou of Job Printing, such u Pamphlets,
Bill Heads, letter and Note Head*. Law OrWfi,
l'wtem, r>od*ens Circulars, Huid Bill*. Wl Win*,
Visiting a?d Address Ufd-s Business Card*. Llfci^
JU.
Work loue lu llrouie, Bed, Blue aoa Black
The public must remember that the bestlsalnsr*
the cheapect.
We do work at Charleston Price*. and guarantor
entire satisfaction to our patrons.
Wo keep constantly on baud the largest steeft a*
Papers siul Cards In towu.
THE EAST RIVER BRIDOR
Triumphed monument of human skill !
Conceived with daring, yet in vrlsdom
plnu'd.
A fairy wob, by wand of thought, and Mill
As wcnvca the silent spider, strand by
strand,
h'o deft nud silently uprear'd, until
Complete in strength and beauty, thon
dost stand
Clasping with giant arms Rud hooks of steoj
The river-sunder'd land.
l'roud monument of man's will, uot less
grand,
O'er ocean's fiercely rasing tide:*, su
preme ?
Within whose whelming rush, thy firm feet
stand,
As though daring thetn to combat, and
mom
To bid dotlnnce, while from either hand,
Unharm'd, uloft, thou benr'id i\ living
Btream,
Incessant to and fro, from land to land.
Nor aught of donger dream.
So s'.and in strength and beauty, through all
days
Of human generations yet to come;
Sos-ife along thy firm, smooth, silent ways
Hear myriads to and from their island
homo:
Ro in mut*1 eloquence proclaim the praise
Of t! o e who rear'd thee, heeding not tho
l.u:n
Of sland'ring tongues. Nor let thos'J who
p?,:e
I'ron thy bo.iuty, who may hither couie,
Thy chieftain's name forge', with equal
pin so,
Now resting in his silent home.
- ;;< c. //. />?. n ctibruiuf, n. o.
i 111' HOK0US.
I'p in arms ? Tho midnight \ aby.
A summer trip- C . er the croquet
i wicket.? -Marathon hn/fjx H'leal.
> Tin' musirian. like the to k, makes
his brc;ul out ol' his do. ? Jits'ou Tran
script.
A philosophical sou of Erin was
overheard remarking to a friend:
" Have a pood time while you live, for
vou're a long while dead." ? Neto York
l.ij'c.
Wo hav ' read of solders that
8b owed gnv.t eoolness under lire, ltis
easier, we hhould suppose, to. keep o >ol
um'.er lire than over it. ? L'invinna'i
}? aturduy Xiyh*.
Ti e war department recently adver
tised for proposals to furnish that do
part ment with S.OW scrubbing V r usheJ.
It is very evident that tho soldiers have
'.'aught an Indian and want to clean
I him.
??Oh, dear!" sighed Mrs. 1'., with a
I toothache. "Why can't pe.plo bo
horn without teeth?" "If you will
reflect a moment, my dear, replied
Mr. l'? "you will be convinced that
such is the fact." ? Jturllngton Freo
l'ra>n.
The invention of the harness is sad
lied on Kret thus, king of Athens, who
li vo l 3UU or 400 years 1). C. The
cl targe is not likely to btlirup much
iliscusfl >n at this late day? especially
is there are. very few traces f old
Kro:thus left . -Nor rintown Herald.
WHAT MAN I/OVKfl.
Man lovtH tho picturo funov pninta,
Sinn loves religion nnd tho saint*,
Mnn lovoa tho benuteoHHUinl the fair,
Man lovos i'h-alu ?>verywhoie;
Man love* I ho work ot nature's hand,
Man Ioum the charm of sea nnd land:
Mnn loves the roses on the wall,
Man loves his dinner mo.it of all.
? Cincinnati Drummer.
" Here you, didn't you read tho sign
-? It i< against the rule to smoke in
theso cars'?" "Yea, I rend your
blamed old sign, nnd I havo not broken
vour rule yet. I'm smoking in tho
lingular number in Ibis ono car just
now. When I smoke in 'theso cars'
then it will bo time for you to talk."?
S iff in y 8.
A gentleman, who is no longer
young and who was never handsjme
I 'aid to a youngster tho other day, be
? ft re his parents: "Well, baby, roallj,
what do you think of m*?" As the
| ch 'Id did'not reply, the gent oman con
tinued: "You do not wish to tell m?.
Why iv t?" "Becnuso 1 know if I
should te, 1 you I should be whipped."
Identification: l ank cashier? "You
must have somebody to identify you. '
Stranger ? '? Understand all that;
brought this gentian an with mo for
i that purpose." lhink cashior ? "Hut
I don't know him." Stranger? "Of
I course not, but I shall mako you Uc
i attainted. Hermit mo to Introduce
! you to my friend, Mr. Smith. There
you are. Now, Smith, introduce me
to your friend, please." ? Jioston Trnn
v rift.
A Notched Htlek ?s a Reeoipt.
Sir John Lubbock Ifi the Nlntlemth
Century makes a statement which is
hard to real /.e. Down to tho year
1824 tho English government gave, to
tho taxpayer a notched stick as a
receipt. Tho old exchequer tallies wero
willow rods about five f?et long, which
wero notched at certain int rvals, eaoh
notch being - unders'ood to mean to
many pounds, shillings and pence, or
fractions thereof. When the amounts
were thus notelnd, the stick was split,
one part being kept by tho taxpayer
and the otlmr by Urn government.
Imm^ns^ nuint>? rs of it O'O old tfillif?
were st .we 1 away in ih ; vaults of the
old house of n innions, and It. Is said that
they were probably tho cause of the
fire whi h destroyed it.
Not Much.
"There," Mild a man. putting 11*
finders to his lips t<? repress a bad word,
? I hi re, 1 lik?d to have forgotten my
RP" W('11,'Uun?wer d his wif , tartly,
"you wouWpl havo forgot n u< h if
you had." I/ruin m< r.
The last census shows that thoYmm
her of foreigners living In Paris is
vi ry considerable. Therj a"C 4 2 31
Belgians, Ml ,11*0 Oermun*, 21,0f>7 Ital
ians, 20,810 Swiss, l?>,78(> I'ngllsh,
9,250 Dutch, .r?,927 Americans, 7>,7M
Hussinns, 4,l.i8i Austrian*, and 8,(>lt'
Spaniards. The Co/man co'.onv in
Purls has greatly inereastd ?lnco 137(1.
t consisted at that time of only 19,024
souls.
Ih ilway cons', ruction in t :e t'n't d
States for the yea* 1S80 Is ? *timat?0
ns no*, likily (o oxce d ^ ,0 X) ml oa
against 11. (HO miles I, i t yh".