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. W ?" ' ~"r T '* "* 11BM, (UBDElfijUlU HOUSEHOLD, Keeping t'?vr? Willi 1'roNt, A noted New Ycrk dairyman has this season adopted the plan ofi* nboeight cents p?r cow. the " wit^u^xtraration of middlings promotes an extra seoretlon, and lastly, the manure saved during the summer will return the cost of the purchased grain, for it will be ample to well manure several acres of1 wheat Independent cf all this he thinks thai* In the more perfect masti cation of the food, and the gain he gets, pays for the grain and even more. It saves going for the cows in the morn ing and, unless the farmer has a night | pasture, it raves a double tramping of the field each twenty-four hours tbat gives the grass a b.tt r obanoe. It] would seem that if the matter was reversed and the cows turned, during the very hot Season, t > pasture at night, the flies, scalding sun, eta? would be avoided, tod the ojw afford ed an undisturbed occasion to "ensil age'! a couple of hundred pounds of green grass?. Either way would be better during July or August than to suppose that the cow ean c:\re for her self and give three galluns of m'lk per day. While in the winter at her time of rest, feeding with hay alone, and standing inside a fenoe twelve hours out of the twenty-four, regardless of the weather, is tl>e fashion with some farmers to '^toughen" their cows into extra mnkerj. If one does not grow green soiling crops for the cows, try one season after the " flush" of feed is gone, of giving each cow a grain ra tion, and with those that respond best with increased messes add to it in such cases, and see where the limit of profit is reached. I Para* ud Garden Not*?. Clean out the granary every year or it Will breed weevil in the old grain. * Hens will not lay freely when in fested with lice. Keep them In clean quarters with plenty of clean water. Give the horses that are working hard an occasional pail of water in wh^ch a large handful of oatmeal has been stirred. Ptentigg crops for honey is receiv ing attention from all large apiarists to supply the lack of honey that oOmee between the blooming of the fruit tre& and of the white clover. Xouoannot put wood-ashes to ,a worse vse than to apply thern to grow ing corn. Thdy check the growth and turn it yellow. Use them in the po& tato '.field, working them Into the jgrojiqd in the early stages of oaltlva rrofessor Comstock, who has been qxperimenting with an electric light in an orchard, caught with this bril-1 Hunt luro numerous moth*, lut while' ho collected 1,000'Bpecles he did not! catch a single specimen of the codling moths. , DO not feed animals that | asture in orchards late at night or early In the morning, in order to encourage them to make early forays for fallen fruit. Ry destroylng wormy specimens they are of great benefit to tho orchards. 1 . /"I -- ? * r ? ..vt-j liinuu Hume growth, say after the wheat harvest on clover sown in the spring. Ho thinks the : plaster facts directly on tho leaf on which it is sprinkled. I A correspondent advises for tho de struction or ants in gardens and green houses, when boiling water cannot be poured in their haunts, to place picked bones about These will Boon be cov ered with the- ants, which may be de stroyed with hot water. Allowing trees to grow in an open situation, with- a wide spread of branches from the base up, gives ' the tree great vital foroe but makes knotty lumber, but in growing timber it is moit desirable if freo from knots, and tl^Js must beattaine lby close planting. Provide shader for the cows in pas ture during .the extreme hot weather. V tenip9rWy shade .might bo fnade by 5 some poles In the ground and <g the top with branches and hnbs or trees, or straw could be uftift'find' afterward left on the field as a mulch. ^ .?* leMdr Cook, of the Miohigan lltuvat oollege, who is authority pertaining to bees, says: their keeper, and are! IMble to sting a stranger, because ter is mora nervous, and so jerk# his head and makes other qulok mo tions which are offensive to the bees a?iaure V>iheetquiok reproof.* >? i An Indianapolis (Ind.*) fruitgrower says; 4llHWt year I put twelve moles In my strawberry pat h of five acres ipt oatch the grubs, and they did the wwfc/vl never h*d?a dozen plants airing the summer, either by >j?6r moles, ,.I know somo peo- j it care for moles oh their farms, them In my strawberry - ' ' * * V ?' '? ?n farmer, who ? has tried as a manure for wheat re jf effect of an application of bran to the acre as equal to ilxture of hone dust, guano, MMA*fcShes, and tlu? differ is drops that received with those tfot so t*w?*Y?ry gr?a*. poor economy to bum straw. makes an excellent mtfloh - --(lit trees - and b&ry 'bedding and liy fre M^Wirffireefrf^h day and cleaned whenever necessary. Ink Ht a ins.?Ink stains on mahog any may be removed by touohlng the stains with a feather wet in a solution of niter and water. As soon as the ?*>pear rub tho pi4c? at once lh wet in cold water. It the I then remain, repeat, making on stronser. : To FfUBsasM Bi/ack Lac*.?Lay it on a dean table, sponge It all over with a weak aolution of bora*, about S?reo teaepoonful, or lest, to a pint warm water. Uaa a piece of old black silk, or black kid glove is better tosponge wltt?> WW IH<tl >ver a pleco of black silk or cloth and 4mQmt0*w*(2 * ?# _ kuit in .Tin Cans.?Tbe fruit put up in tin vans should "be taken oat when tho can is opened for use. If allowed to remain after the can is opened the action of acid juices upon the tin When exposed to the alt may form acetate of tin, which is poisonous. Pour the fruit out into glass or earth enware dishes and the danger of poisoning is avoided. i A Rust Preventive.?To preserve bright grates or Are irons from rust, mako a strong paste of fre3h lime and water, and with a flna brush smear it as thickly as possible all over the polished surface retiring preserva tion. By this simple means all the grates and fire-irons in an empty house may be kept for months,'"free from harm without further care or attention. Sad Scenes in Crowded New York. In the alleyway of a tenement in New York a baby nestled in the arms of a young girl. Its face was covered with red spots which the doctor said were duo to deficient nutrition. In the top of No. ? a child was sprawled out on a bed too weak to brush awav the Hies which ?assailed It., A climb over the roof took the doctor into No. ?. A baby was convulsed with a cough. The doctor put his ear to its heart and after a critical examination said it had a touch of bronchitis. Like a dead child a little one lay among the bedclothlng in the front room On the same floor. _lt3 hands were thrown over its head and it moved uneas ly. On the top floor of the'eaine tenement a child had boen sick for eight davs and no doctor had been called to see it. Sewing-machines rattle from morn ing until night in the towering tene ment at No. -- Essex street. Hun dreds of Poles live in the building and earn a living by making clothing They work, cook, eat and sloep in the same rooms, which are often fur from cleanly. The children pant in the com fined rooms and pine for want of at tention. In one room four men bent over the work on their machines, two women took irons, from the fire and pressed the finished clothing, while children cried on the floor. The men, women and children wero sullow, and lieat from tho stove made the atmos phere sickening. The people tolled unceasingly for - tho pittance which they earned to keep body and soul to gether, and had aa:time to And out the business of the intruders. Nor did they look up when' accosted. On an upper floor a wrinkled hag crooned over a crying child. A woman sat on the ledg>) on the roof of No. ? rock ing a child in her arms. A littje wind was stirring there and it wa* grateful to the little o/ie; .^Below was a stone paved court, upon which stagnant water stooge in pp?le. b?y Who had lost his fett drew himself over tho r. of In boxes fitted to his legs below the knees. "The Chinese have got a bad smell in their place down below," said he, "but this house is all right." ?New York Times. Bare Old Books of Great Valuo. A Kew York correspondent of tho j Boston JferaUl writes: I heard an old New York bibliophile say tne other day that ho could* make a good living by buying books at one shop and soil ing tliemifct another. <>A man has to know a good deal to be thoroughly posted In rare books without turning to reference catalogues, etc., which are dot always on hand. A little- book stood on a shelf in a bookseller's shop marked $3.50.,? One day a clerk, in reading over an English catalogue, saw mention .of a book that drew his attention to this volume. He went to the shelf, blew tho dust off of it, and marked it $25 instead of $8.50. It was the original edition of tho poems of two brothers, Alfrod and Arthur Ten nyson. He put}, the \>ook in a con spicuous place atta it sola at once. No ooner Wft.t -it sold fojr 125 than some ne canjo m arid offefed #150 for it. ow, if the bibliophile, of whom 1 poke, had soen that book lie would avo bought it when it was marked 8.50, but he would have known all i ibout it at a glance. Just see what a roflt he would have made 1 One day man came into a bookseller's In this ity ahd, carefully untying a parcol ho arrled under his arm, displayed an Slliott Bible in perfect condition. He ranted tlyk bookseller to sell it for him n commission, and fixed upon $750 n the price. Th? bookseller examined t and founl ft mswlb<kl by John JCUiott in hia o\yn hand, a presentation copy id his friend John Shepherd. It had all the three dedications, and was 'bound in calf by BaTclifTo. A cus tomer came in tfhd the bookseller offered him the book at the owners ; price. He seemed more or less doubt ; Jul about its 4Hllientftity**-our Ameri can collectors are not always experts, bnt wBen he^aw old EUlott's signa ture and the slgt^a&u^os of all the dif ferent owiftM down to the present time, he paid the prioe and carried it off. It was fealty worth *$2,000 or more, for it oontained a combination of valuwftf dttrlhhtM i that it takes eleven Bibles In the Lenox library to cover. ? ?4'r Treat mdht of BatiMrokc. A Wrl^r in the New York Herald vouchee for the unfailing effftaoy of the following, treatment in oases of sunstroke: ? , Drag the body Into the nearest shade; place It In a Hitttnfr Position against a wall, a tree or anything that will be a support for the back; Icoaen the collar of the shit$ ?or dress; throw Ice-cold wat r over the head copiously} give ? pretty stiff dose of Hie essence of Jamaloa glnger^sfcvari ^ounceor more ?|aa hajf-ghws water. Keep up thelWpll^itlort of Wkter after tho gin ger hits been given, but moderately, and need not be itfe-coid. Let, tho pa tient have plenty of air around him, Aid In An hour's time h.o will get up and walk home or to a streetcar. This b all the treatment necessary, and It Is based on <^>mmon sense. Tho op pression -OH the brain caused l>y the beat Is relieved by the cold water, and 'tt)a Jjlood is sent from the head to tho body.. Tiie ginger (If not obtainable Immediately brandy wl 1 ? answer, though the essence of ginger is the stimulating thetoasHnta and sending fresh blood back t^TOe bra! rf. Thenumberof addresses o^scion-1 tints, including amateurs, living in. the' United States and Canada, the fat Naturalist estimates at abcut 6,600; in Great llrltain about, 8.000; In Germany, 1,800 (probably the number sliou'.d be doubled pr trebled); In Austro-Hungary, 1,000, while there are about 2,000 French addresses. A di rectory of the scientific societi** of the totted States and Canada Is added; tbev number about 5?0. "V FOR THE FAIR SEX. iOia|rwtii?WM? On a Hlgli Bridge oar the other day the passengers were afforded an opnor tunity of looking :upon a picture of ex penditure without taste* In contrast with one of taste with little outlay of money. A lady entered the car who had manifestly fallen a victim to the crushed strawberry fever, a strawberry parasol, . neath whose foltTs glinted flashes of gold as bright as the sun's rays which streamed in through the . half-open windows. ? A strawberry hat with strawberry plumes capped the ruddy climax, and all in keeping with the face of the panting, perspiring lady, which was' aglow with a fierceness of color of which crushed strawberry gives but the faintest intimation. The glowing attire and the evident discom fort of the. rublound wearer had its natural sympathetic effect upon her fellow-passengers. The car soon grew hotter, and a hue of strawberry seemed to pervade the scene, while the coun tenance of the lady gradually lapsed into an almost alarming tint of terra cotta. Presently the car door opened and two ladies, carrying tiny lunch bas kets, came in, who were evidently on a little pleasure trip lor tho day. At a sight of these two there was at once a noticeable change in the tempera ture of the car and an expression of relief and pleasure seemed to llalit up every countenance. One of the ladles, the younger of the two, wore a crisp, fresh French lawn of white, dotted with small, pale mauve flowers. Over her shoulders was a dainty little shoulder cape of tho same, edged with lace and fastened in front with a knot of velvet ribbons, matching those which held the simple but exceedingly graceful drapiDgs of her skirt. Upon heir head slip wore a broad-brimmed hat, trlmm-d with lace and a small cluster of violets. Her hands were encased in a pair of trim fitting white lisle thread gloves, and th-j earried a I parasol of plain white i>ongee. Tho other lady wore a dress of pale nun's gray linen, braided in white. Her gypsy hat wai of gray straw, trimmed with gray lace and a clust r of pink crushed roses. CI ray gloves and a gray pongee para-:ol, line 1 with pink, com pleted this plain but most tasteful dress. Thirty dollars would cov?r the entire expense of the combed toilets of'these two?a sum winth lady' num l>er ono posbil ly gave w>r her straw berry bonnet, or the making of her costly dress.?New York JSoth'iiff Post. PnMtitori Note*. Scotch ginghams are trimmed etleu-' tlvely with Russian lace. Black, white or eoru are tho leading shades in Mllans and chips. ' Very fine Lima lacd is now claimed as stylish for millinery purposes. Fruit and vigetables are producing charming effects as bonnet garniture. Real pinei and con -s are among tlie novelties for det orating small bonnets. Gold and silver laces in torchon de signs remain acceptable garnitures for bonnets. Camlets in broken checks, twee ls, camel's-har and new plaid cloths with a bird, cat or dragon in each square, are made up in 1 ng traveling cloaks that cover the dress, and are only fast ened < nco at the throat by long ribbons tied in a bow. MSome charming white muslin toilets are nearly covered with ombrolderod flounces of different widths. F< r one skirt there is a flounce sufllclently wide fdr an overskirt; others have -a auc cession of narrower ones. These are trimmed with lace and a quantity of ribbon. The imported white mull dresses have an excess of ribbon and lace trimming upon them like heaps of drifted snow. The basque ha* a pointed front and square back, a great deal of drapery behind and,'in several models, panels at each side made en itrely of fluffy lace. Now yaohtlng costumes are of dark green flannel, with eoru kid for tho vest and collar. Terra cotta serge 'dresses have a whlto sailor collar, with gilt anchors,and navy blue serge dresses nave iuanyvrows of White braid, with white anchors on the collar, which is deep enough to.servd as a cape. Morning gowns for tho house are made in Mother Hubbard style of pink, buff or blue percale, with the yoke, round collar and square cuifs of cream white Irish point embroidery. The straight skirt has a deep hem, with a hunch of tucks above it, and Is but toned down the front with linen thread buttons. ^ .? . . Haw Dr. Mary Walker Looks. Picture tn youf mind a form of small stature dressed in black, Prince Albert O0at ,ar\d fllJk tllo, , with panta kjpns (hat flt np better than those of Alexander H,' Stephens; a delloate little-Cane carried awkwardly in tlie i hhnd; small, wrinkled face, 6yee atop small and almost lu&terless, and half that looks as though it Was Chopped off rather than clipped by the tonsorlal artist?and you . have Dr. Mary Walker. ? The wrinkled faoe and crow'a feet about ihe eyes shows that the doctor is not 40 young as she used to be, but no sighs of grayness are noticeable i>?. hnr hair.Iter mission at present seems to be Ih the direction of securing for herself an inorease of the pension which a grateful republlo awarded ? her some time ago for her labors upon toe battlefields of the late war. She Is k frequent visitor at, the 'different' department^ in some cause or other, and when some poor Official pro tests audibly against her,, calling early and often, principally oftefr ihe is always ready with a Mo ture upon the courtesies and ameni ties of official lite With all torf^Woesrf fo r male Attire, Hhn does to the overcoat., Should y4u on the street some cold day W from enters any 6lttee or kioro sho never fails to remoVe her tan hat and sha*J. Many a time J have aeen her in the crowds of men thatse&d in their cattis to members* of the Hou?4 disdaining to wait in the ladles' rcception-rodtn, site removes Tier hat all the same. Mdoctor went into a carpet store jfter day and 4?ked t<> flee ? ?ftlek of cafpfcts. ^Tlte'cl*rk 'rolledialmost everything Uiat Kadi jreeeivted for many weeks, but the tor could flttd nothing to please nsthetio tante, and she finally excused herself by saying th^ she had moroly called to-vinsiHwt tire good* tot a slek tfihe th?t gag "Ihm Wen . rTfi? tkm* Tart ness won't work any longer;" but the doctor moved out of sight as calmly as does tho setting sun and said nothing. ?Washington IMUr. The United States has $l,f>59,000,OQO oaah in the country, of which $1,28,1, 000,000 is engaged in carrying on our buMln?M. C?ri 9t the Hair. When not the consequence of old age, bakliw Is a disease, eajrs a doctor, and it la a far more terrible enemy to overcome than white hair. No healthy person should begin to be bald till after fifty years of age, ahdyeta general lamentation arises of young people, barely in their twenties# .losing their hair. Here, therefore,??uist be some defect of constitution,' setae disease* of the hair, that should not exist,?Head aches, and Indeed almost every kind of Buffering, whether of the mind or body, frequently cause the hair to fall. Too much study or thought or applicar tlon of any kind will nave a similar effect. Women are less subject to baldness than their brothers. Man works more with bis brains, generally speaking, than woman, lie also in dulges in drink or other excesses more. than women, and, as a rule, keeps his head coveted m ore than women do. An Italian proverb says' that hats kill hair. Hygienic precautions may do much toward maintaining the hair thl-'k. I knew of a man who kept his hair thick, almost black, by never wearing a hat all his life. At eighty he mar ried a third wife, and had a third fam ily of children. You must not expect, however, that your hair will never fall, even in health, nor need you b3 dismayed when you see your hair come off when brushing or combing. Hair falls at certain seasons, as dead leaves from trees, to make room for new ones to grow. If, however, you sec too many come off, and the fall con tinued too long, then cut the hair as you would cut a faded plant ; it will grow stronger, richer afterward. If people cut their hair regularly, hair dresses would have littlo to do, and wig-make s would bo ruined. Fre quent washing in cold Bait water is also recommended to prevent the hair from falling, an1 da:ly friction i? good. Interesting llistorlo.fl Notes. Pitt became prime minister at ?,ho age of twenty-three. The first copper farthings were coined by Charles II. in l(56r). The first leoture on phrdnolopy was given in Vienna by (,'ael in 179J. Texai was settled by the French in 1687. They were soon after expelled. The field on which the battle of Cann o was fought is s till called Campo di Sangue, the field of blood. Constantino began the building of the Vatican, Home. It became the residence of the popes after the return from Avignon in 1377. Waller'8 plot wa? ma le and dis covered in 1043. Its intention wa< to disarm London and admit the loyalists. Waller betiayed his companions and was pardoned. The Arabs learned from the Chinese how to make fireworks, and improved on what they had learned, so that in time they carried cannon, matchlocks and shells back to the Celestial em pire. In Hoy, one of the Orkney Islands, there is a curious figure of stone nearly 800 feet high, which is so nearly in the shape of the human body that it is known far and near a? the Old Man of Hoy. The obelisk of St. Peters, which stands in front of the church at Home, is 182 feet in height and weighs 360 tons. Pliny says that the ship wh eh brought it from Heliopolis was almost as long as the left side of tho port of Ostla. The English manors are as old as the Saxon times. Thoy woro formerly called laronies and aro still lordships. Each lord was empowered to hold a i court, at which misdomeanors were | punished, and disputes between tenants settled. Until tho twelfth century chimneys were unknown in England, and even then they were made tho subject of Jegislation, as windows woro at a later day. Manor houses, castles and re ligious houses were permitted to havo but a chimney apiece.- As late as the r?ign of Henry VIII. no fireplace was allowed at the University of Oxford. Wonderful Salt Springs. A Now Mexican scribe buttonholed Surveyor-General Atkinson yosterday and inquired how ho and Senator Logan spent the time during thsir re cent trip to tho American valley. " Oh 1" said he, "wo put in the time very agreeably," and he went on to re late several interesting narratives. ?? Twenty miles northwest of Moore & Casey's ranch are located the won derful, salt springs, and, after going on a hunt south and bagging a deer and some wild turkeys, the party dedlde I upon visiting these springs. Here is a salt basin about one mile in - diame ter,and the waters ebb and flow a< regularly as do tho tides of the ocean. When the*tide goes but the edge of tho basin shows salt instead of 0and. - In the midst of the lake are three coni cul-shaped mountains 100 feet in height ny 100 fpdt In diameter, whioh are apparently* composed entirely of cinder, such as is left in any ordinftfy grate after the coal is burnt. One of these forms an island in tho middle of i the basin, but tho otl\ors are so situ ated as to be accessible wheh tho.tide is out. Fortunately this was the case when the visitors were there, and actuated by adeeire to see all tho won ders, th(-y ell tubed tO'the top of ono of these mountains.- It was found* to* be hollow?jUst aslfart tontffehse" funnel hud been thrust into the top ?and at the bottom, about oh a l6VeI with fhe water in tho wain basin outside, ..was a spring whim they discovered was J possessed Of several peculiar feature*. The party scrambled down inside the taount&in and reached the spring. The water was found to be very strongly ? Impregnated with ft alt, and it* density ? so great that a person'in bathing would And it impossible to' sliik, or even stand up in it,'01f do other than float upon its surface. Tho depth of the spring is unknown, and thjs, too,' like tne water in t!ie basin, ebbs and flows with i the tide." ?' The general thinks that by tho usd of a siphon hundreds of barrels of salt coiod be (Obtained from this spring dally. These springy consist of a part of about 200 acres wnlch have been reserved from entry or sale by the government as sallno lands.?nanta F? New Mexican. iL*-? An Old Man'#'Darling. It is a curious speotaolo to nee Oeotge Francis Train, dark a? an In dian, his ourly hair gray and grl/fcly, lOlllng on a bench near the central I flowed beds In Madison square, sur rounded by a group of pfrattllng chil dren, sitting by him, climbing on him, or playing abortt him. At flrHt the little ones ftre shy of hltn, as there is something leohine in his aspect; but he seelms to draw them toward him irresistibly, and soon establishes an entente oordiale which is mutually enjoyed. He wears a nuit of white linen, with a small-sized bouquet in his lappel buttonhole, and takes his seat bareheaded In the morning and remains throughout the day, until late In the evening.?-New York Morning Journal* _ the peoplo of this country consume1 95,000,000 gallons of beer last year at I ft oo* of 1350.000,000. MB, AHD BB&8P00PE5DYKE,. llw TmmKrBwrtau la a Hn|lh??i. "Mv dear," exclaimed' Mr. Spoopeo dyke, bouncing into hU wife's room and interrupting that lady in the purely feminine enjoyment of unpack ing. "My dear, there's no use trying to get along in the oountry without a sailboat, and I have bought a nice I ono. Come along, and I'll show you how it works." ?"Ai&t that nice!" giggled Mrs. Spoopendyke, who stocd in mortal terror of the water, and was afraid of any thing shaped like a boat "Are you going to sail it on the pond ? * "At ilrst I thought I'd sail it down cellar," growled Mr. Spoopendyke, "but the landlord was afraid it might upset the milk; then I thought I'd try the garret, but there's too much wind up there; so I believe I'll stick to the river. Hurry up now, and 111 show you the biggest boat in thirteen coun ties." "If it is as big as that it must have cost a good ilea'," murmured Mrs. Spoopendyke, somewhat reassured by the size of the boat. "I'm very glad you got a large boat, though, of course, the expense?" "What d'ye think I've been buy ing?" demanded Mr. Spoop?ndyko, with a Hush d face; "got some kind of a notion that I've invo-ted my wealth in a salt marsh, with telegraph poles for masts, haven't ye? Think I've been laying out money in a town site, don't ye? Well, I haven't, and 1 I haven't bt en buying a rural district with a rudder to it. It's a boat, I toll y0?a sailboat?and it won't cuitye up here to make a f rmal call; so if you're going to see it, you want to go whero it is. Coming?" and Mr. Spoopendvke pegged off with his hat pulled down over his ears anil the expression of a veteran tar on his visage. " Yes, dear," replied Mrs. Spoopen-1 dyke, fluttering after him. "Say, dear, I'll stand ou the shore and watch you sail the thing." ??You won't do anything of the kind," retorted Mr. Spoopendyke. "I bought tlmt boat for your pleasure as much as mine, and you're going to sail in it. When I want you to stand on the shore and watvh anything, I'll hire a man to drown himself. "" Now look at that boat. Isn't she a daisy ? See how she sets on the water." " What are all those clothes-lines hanging down from that stick for?" asked Mrs. Spoopendyke, surveying the yacht critically. "To play Copenhagen with," roared Mr. Spoopendyke, who was not at all anxious to bo examined on the tech nical points of his now acquisition. " \ ou take hold of those ropes and I slap your hands, and then wo kisB. Sou into it now ? Does the art of nav-, igation begin to appeal to your under standing? Now, you get in and I'll make sail," and Mr. Spoopendvko handed his wife into the cock-pit and legan to tug away at his halliards. " Why didn't you have a sail mad ? when the brat was buit?' inquired Mrs. (Spoopendyke, ly way of en couraging her husband's labors with pleasant conversation. Uecauso the man was sick," snarled Mr. Spoopendyke, glancing at the head of the mast to see what was wrong. " Come up here, will ye?" he grunte.l, as lie grabbed the hallia-.ds again. "There, confound ye! I knew I'd fit h ye !" and ho walked aft to ex amine the trim of his mainvail. "llow does that set ?' " It seems to bo a little full in the back breadth, 'commented Mrs. Spoo pendyke, holding on to the coaming with both hands. * " If you cut a gore urar that top stick it would be straight en" " I suppose so," muttered Mr. Sp o pondyke, giving another haul at his peak halliards. " f I put a bustle on it, I imagine it would take the wrin kles out. .Now, l'il get up that jib, und mind, don t you touch anything." Mr. Spoopenkyke set his jib an 1 pushed off. As his sail Ailed the boat rieelod ovor, to the manifest cunsterna tion of Mrs. Spoopendyke. "What makes the tiling tip so?" sho asked, scrambling up to wind ward, and grasping Mr. Spoopendyke by the collar. " Let down the center-board !" yelled Mr. Spoopendyke, suddenly romem boring tho instructions ho had received when he 1 ought the boat. " Let go that centor-board, quic k !" "I haven't got it!" squealed Mrs. Spoopendyke. "I haven't seen it! We must have left it ashoro! Oh, my 1" Tho last exclamation was ad dressed to a half-hundred weight of water slopping over tho lee coaming. "Haul away on that jib s'.eeti" roared Mr. Spoopendyke, who found lie was going ashore on the other 1 ank of. the river, r^ l'ull her in as quick as ye can I Let go of that I" he con I tinned, as he saw his wife clutching c onvulsively at the peak hall arc! cloat. "Let go the measly thing, will ye, and haul the jib sheet !".. ? p.- " *-turnips iniB IB what he .-means," she soliloquized, as, slie hit on the jib halliard, and let it gob? the run. "Now, wq are sailing tatter* dear. If it lu^dn't been for mo w* would have tipped over!" i That's it I" yelled Mr. Spoopendyko, struggling out from under the canvas. "Tftat'e navigation I You struck it from the shoulder flrftt clip ! All you l\?'AA4 ? ?* ? ' 1 I only need ?..V MifVMauvi 111 CSV Villi 1 All yon vyaiit no^ i8 aquicf of tobaccd and a hitch to voUr weechos to be aCundrd steamer I Oot ihrou^n? 'Anything olie yon wai^to, do to* this measly boat? If you nacl a compass in your ear and a\|leck-loAd pf idiots, youM only need a custonvfitfiHO inspector and a H<4l ?ate.pilot to be H floating fdtr >t!c fttyMHn'l*' And Mr. Spoopendyke i hailed a passing rotoboat aftd was towed aslioso ignornlniously. I " I don't care," muttered Mfj* Spoop endyke. as she bCMitribltd up the dock and followeclhor lord to thq hoteL " I don't cure. . Imay not know as much about A boat fid he btit if it hfrln't been for me ne would haVe been drowned like the dogs in AtKguiU An other time vto fto Aaillng, we'll1 bring the boat to our room, and wrap the jib sheet around us, unless it is top hot* and in that caso we'll sell the M&t Ami bti?Jw And Mrs. Spoopendyko toilgd tip tjiq stops of the porch t^ tell the ladle* what a delightful sail shohad enjoyed and how much Mr. Spoofioftdyke knew about managing his new ship.^-I>rake'* Trawlers* Mafftti'ti". L A Kalo of Jlajr. Mrs. W? In a character in a certain country village. A few day? a#o she mot a lad driving * fine loa 1 of hay to market. She stopped htm, inqulrod the quality and prfco of thn hay and, after ttuoh deliberation, ordered the boy to drivA his horses into her yard. The place was rather strait for tfco wagon to enter, but he Anally man aged to drive in, and prepared to un load. Looking up to the lad, who, pitchfork in hand, was about to toss off the hay, she said, with great simplicity: "Yon mAy give me about enough for a hen's newt j I've been wanting it for some time." B?w KM tUoTM An liie, Of the millions of persons who wear gloves, how few ever give the subject of their manufacture a passing thought. The best skins generally come from Middle and Southeastern France. Fino seasons improve tho Quality of the skins greatly, as tho animals are kopt in the open air. It wet weather it is necessary to keep the kids .housed. The confinement, if lengthy, causes J heating, and produces fever spots on the skins. The animals on the Tyrol mountains- furnish good leather for men's wear. South American kids, be ng more or lets wild, their coats become scratched and torn by contact with bushes, briers, et *., are not de sirable. The pelt as taken from the animal is dried ; then, through a series of It'ls, i the hair and grease are re noved and tho skin cb an-B t thoroughly. A ino-t ditlicult stage of the bu-hv-ss is tan- 1 ning and dyeing the leatiu rs ; so much skill being requisite t > obtain the dc- ! sired sluules and coh r>. This is ae complishod with t it > best mu*cc?.s in France, as the French posMss ti e art of leather dyeiug to a degree not vet attained by other rations. In order afterward to make the shin soft, full and flexible, it is fed with?actuallv absorbing quite a quantity of?i | re paration of wheat, Hour and eg<; volks. Subsequently the pa.tsaiound the neck and shoulders where the skin is thick est are shaved with a sharp knife to render it uniform in thickness through out. Tho leather fully prepared is care fully examined for imperfection*; per fect skins are regained, imperfect ones laid aside. Tho cutting of material for kid gloves can only he done by hand, each piece b ing carefully measured, in order to allow the proper stretching space. The stamping, ! which comprises cutting out the form of the glove, is done by m.i hinery rapidly, as three pair are usually ; "stamped" at one time. From the cutter they pass to the embroiderer, thenc" to the sewer, then to the bnt tonhole maker, afterward to the fin isher, who binds the wrist, and finally to tho person whose business it is to pair and press them. The long moits quetaire gloves generally < o sume the entire skin of one kid. These are or dinary gloves, ten different sizes for ladies?f>.\ to 8; thirteen different sizes for men?0$ to 9; for misses the | sizes are from 4i to G$, and for boys the cadet size.* range from OJ- to ? {. The great manufacturing center for gloves is (irenoble, in the south of France, wh >re several thousand per sons aro i ngag ?<! in the factories. This firm recently made a single purchase of 11,000 dozen skins, to lie dyed and prepared as wanted. Pig ainl dog skins exist only in imagination. What is called dogskin is really lambskin, and tho advertised dogskin gloves are made of skins that no respectable dog would ever recognize as having be 1 mged to any inhabitants of the dog world. Olive Culture in America, The olive has lately acquired for Americans a new and prac tical interest from the discovery that it can be easily and prolltably grown in California. Residents of Californ a have been accustomed to consider a small bottle of "Mission oil" for their salad as a treasure ; lor it far sur| asses in purity and sweetness any Imported oil. Hut it is only within a few years that private owners of land in Southern California have seriously considered the question whether olive culture could bo made a paying enterprise, so many possibilities cling to the broad lands and rich soil of the Col len Mate that it is not wonderful if some of them have been o\erlookel. And, though experiments in olive-growing have been male on a small scale with goo I su cess during the last twenty ye;:rs, popular interest is only ny w beginning to be awakened. In tho first placo there was tho drawback, peculiarly ! great to the American temperament, of tho slowness of growth, and irregu- i lar productiveness of tho olive in Ku rope. The old Tuscan saying is, "Plant a vineyard for yourself, an orange i grove for your children, and an olive ! orchard for your grandchildren." | As a people, wo are not foil 1 j of looking far into the future; I and beside*, judging from ourselves, we are not at all sure that our grand children will wish to live where wo ! do. But the olive is good enough to iulapt Itself to tho rapitity of American demands. It matures much earlier than in Kurope, and boars <tf tenor and more plentifully. The system of pro pagation from cuttngs, as far as can be judged at present, gives, in our rich soil, robust trees; a id thero is no nood to employ the slow process of raising them from the seed. Five years is surely not long to wait for a crop; and aftor that time, according to the best California authorities, tho trees will yield a full and in many cases an annual harvest. At a late meet ing of the State horti cultural society in San Francisco it was stated that ono olivo farm yielded $2,200 to tho acre. Theso trees boro every year, and wore situated on "adobe" hillside*, tho bottom lands beina found, as in Italy, less favorable to tho fruit. The variety Was tho "Mission olive," which has not been identified with any of the varieties now cultivated In Europe. Tho olive was'introduced into South America In lf.00, by Antonio Kihora; but the California trees sprang from needs sent fron'i San J)las In Mexico by Don ,Joseph de Calve/, with his expedition to rediscover the port of Monterey.?* t'mlury. Hon to Rid a Room of Flies. Observations made by M. llaiYord, a member of the Soeioty d' Horticulture at Limoges, show that a castor-oil plant havlbg been placed in a room infested witli files, they disappeared as by onobantmont. Wishing to lind tins cause he soon found under tho ca tor oil plant a number of dead flies, find a large numbftf of b .dies had remained clinging to thM under surface of tho leaves. It Would therefore appear that the leaves of tho rastor-oil plant 'jrWtf'OUt* an 'essential oil, or soino toxic principle which possfflsos viiry strong Insecticide qualities. Castor-oil plant# are In Franco vary in nob used as ornamental plrtbts in rooms, ns'they resist Very well variations of atmo sphere andtemperature. Asthecastor oll plant is very much grown and cul tivated In all gardens, the Journal <r Ayrtmltura points out that it would bo tvbrth while to try decorations of the leaves to destroy tho green flies and-other insocts which in summer are so destructive to plants and fruit trees. Anyhow, M. KafTord's observa tions merit that trial should bo made of the properties of the castor-oil plant both for tho destruction of flies in dwellings and of other troublesome insects.?British Medical Journal. A country subscriber writas to us asking, " I)o Hogs I'ay?" Wo are not in business at tho stock yards, but wo havo some on our subscription list that have not paid a cent in five years,? Carl Pretzel. The road to fortune is through prin tar's ink??i\ T. JBamum. J.O. ROTrTnTNOa, i ' ? xoMirr roa j Stationary and Portable Steam EuRiues. I ' Brown Cotton Gins Wlnnshlp Cotton Cln With Feeders and Condensers Talbot A Sows Ekoinb's, MOKAROH EnOIKB*, | BkjnhbbA Wood Ekoikbb, Bo?fl Oorro* P&bm, BcaonsuD Cottok Paxaa, I Kindlkt Cottok Phess, Ooa* and Wukat Miuj, i B-vvr Milxb, Bhattiho and PCIAJETB, AjhI Ml kinds of mackiuory. Do euro to call ?n<l eie my prioos before purchasing any kind of machinery. J. 0. ROLLINGS, I Gjoidks. H. C. Wagons mid liu^gien HARNESS, ETC, The undersigned respectfully o?Ue atten non to tho largo stock of 1, 2, S and 4 horse vra^ou*, einnle and double buggies* open and ?.op buggies, wogon and buggy -Iiarness, etc., which ho now has on hand, and which ho is selling at living prioes?so low aa to onsute Urge sales. Handling the heavy stock I d-.?, 1 C4U afford to sell at a small profit. REPAIRING In all its branohes promptly and satisfactory oxecutod by competent workmen. HORSE SHOEING A specialty. QlYemeaoall. M. A. METTS. I sep7-lyr OLD (1833) ESTABLIOHED i Charleston Ice-House, ALVA, GAGE & CO., j Market, cor. Church St., Charleston, S. C. i importers and Shipper#, Wliolrnalo and Retail ? >oaler* in . ICE, ice packed for the oountrv a specialty. J Ieo by the car-load at special ratoe. Waverly House, CnABuorroM, B. 0., 1 GEORGE T. ALFORD, .... Utoagtt Ratos $2 and 12.50 per Day. Tliia favorite Family Honso, under it* ne* management, is roootumonded for the excol louco of itscuitdne and home-like comfort*. 11? airy and well ventilated rooms have ]uat boon newly carpeted and elegantly furnished. m. M. OKAFBB. *. S. 0*?aXXB. OFT A FEB & O'BRIEN, Wholesale Q-rooere 205 East Bay St., CharlMton, t* C. AgenU for Baton's Framlana Traatoo Oraek ?r?. auglt-Iy WDLBEEN 4 PIEPER, Wholesale Grocers And Dealsra in Provisions, Liquors,Tobacco &c. 10? and 100 KAST BAY, ang 19-ly CHARLESTON, S. O. 7)11. T. BERWICK LEtiYRE, DENTIST, Graduate of the Baltimore Colleye of Dental Surgery. OFI'ICK-DKKALR HOI NK. Kntrnnco on Broad Street. NEW ARRKVALi A* W. O. GERALD'S OLD CORNKR STORK. I h?T? Just r?hiraed frotn purehas#d|? he?Vy>toek of K i o f At the rery loire?t kIto my customers pi icod purchases. Fall and Win Notions, The beet make Boots and Sbo I GRO Iu Groceries Ihare uceu Id town. i HARD WA For Plantation, Gaiden and Household ua?7 | rull lino ol Buldlcrjr and Harness. In fatL I 1 liato got almost anything voU 6?n. call for. j and am detornuuod to sell CHEAP FOR CASH. Call before^ou bny ?lsewhsre. Bagging And 1 ice always on band. Highest pnoes paid tor , Cutton in oash. , W. 0. GERALD, At th? Old Corner Store. Remodeled and Newly Fnrnisliei, LATHAM HOUSE, CAMDEN4, S, C. Transient Board $2.00 Per D?y, ? Ample accommodations. Tables sapplle with the best tho market affords. Krerf ad tont'.on paid to tbe comfort of gueet*. I Connected with tbe House Is a flrst-olass I BAR, whioh i? orderly kopt. Hack to and from the depot. Fare 83 cents i each May. i Feed and Llrerv Stable on promises. B. B. LATHAM, Paornirroi. \V. CLYHURN, General Insurance Agent And Cotton iluyer. Rrmorcd to his old eta id atO'vburn's Block IVill pay tbo higbett prioo for Cotton and bu. oiore freely than ever bofore. *r My oountry friends will please give mo a cal !. arj;17-tf, PRICE8 REDUCED. ROBERT D. WHITE, MARBLE ! GRANITE WORKS. PLAN8 FURNI8HED. Meeting Stroo', oor. Horlbock's Alloy augl8-yl. CHARLESTON, 8. C. A. R. THOMLINSON Manufacturer of HARNESS, of Every Deicription, SADDLES, BRIDLES. Eta ivioc. SADDLES, NEW AND OLD. 7 1 Importer of English Sftddlon, S'eel Bits, Bpure. Mtlrrupe, Etc. i Faotorv and tt.-ilosroom 137 Mooting St., j fiopt, 1-ly. CHARLESTON, 8. 0. ! jyj-ETALs, ' I IRON, RAGS, ROPE, OOTTON HIDES, SKINS, wooiswax, ruaa ; ALD KINDb OP I'APEH STOCK, Ac. tV Wo aro paying tbo Highest Cash Prices. MOSES GOLDSMITH A SONS, I &ugl8-lt. p. 0. Box 1M? j FOUNDRY, 60x214 Foot MACHINE SHOP, 50x350 Foot. BOILER SHOP, *0x130 F?e?, GEORGE R. LOMBARD & UO. Foundry, Macliino and Boiler Works, - G-eorgla. RUILDER8 OF Engines and Boilers, 8aw Mills, Grist Mills, anil all kinds of Mill UMbT nory of tho lato.t lmpiove.1 styles. Hhaftintf, llsngors, Pullevs, Gearing and Journal Boxto, Wo hnvo a larpo assortment of Patterns, Suffer Rollors and Oln Gearing DEALERS IN Engine aud Mill Supplies, Clroulsr Saws, Filos, Omnmors, Swages. Ohcok and Safntv VhIvo*, Whlstlos, Gaiii^os, 8 s im Pipn and Fittings. Rabbet metal from U to 40 con in. Retting, Laoing, Rnbbor, Hemp, h'o.vpstono and Asbestos Packing, Oil,; and Oil Cnp?. Wrcneiio*, K?i\uxy Wheels, oto. AGENTS FOR Kd.pno Doubla Turbino Whffl, ^oiting'fl Urilvorsal Injootorr, the bttf mado. Brad fold Milt Go's. Porlablo Mills. Nordyko <te Marmon Co.'s Plantation Oorn im Food Mills. Atlas Engino Works and Erie City Iron Works, Portabjo and Stationery Engine#, Kunklu's Pop Safoty YalTes. Oloud Oreok Mill Rooku. $nr Iron and Brass Castings, and all kinds of Ropa rs promptly dono. Wo oMt every day. and aro working abont one nnndrod hand* C0NGAREE IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, BODTH OABOLINA. I M I'ix O V K I ) CIRCULAR SAW MILLS. BIMPLE, CHEAP AND DURABLE.. We ??e the celebrated Friotlon Fivnioo nil our biw M llir. We tt?? the beet material in their oonstruo'ion,.anil nuitbor labor nor oxoftnpe to WMK der them m near perfeot an possible, Wu narr-nul nil our work 'to U well DMtdl ud6l good material. We would like if you would oompnftf tho following ftgnree with thoee of othor manuiaotnrera hihIhoo if wo do not soil you a better and large* t?W MiU.at same flgnren: " *jg PBIOBB. Ifo, X Mill, With M 1nohee,Baw, 1? feet enrrlago . . .W7*. ?? 1 ?? ?? Bfl ?? 18 " 880. ??9 ?? ?? 40 ?' 30 " 800 ? % ?? ?? 84 " 20 " 83ft ?? 8 ?? " 40 " 20 " 8oO, ??8 M " 48 ?* 24 " S7M ? ? 4 ?? ?? 60 " 24 M 400 0 ? ?4 ?? ?? fia ** 24 " . . 425?0 Extra Oarringe, $8.00 pnr frot. Th? abotr> mtllr >?'. >?> t . Volt. . ' " DeoX ly JOHN A!?*?*X \Nl)ER. Proprieio.t WILSON, CHIL0S & CO., '-'7, I'll I I.A 1)ELP H I A WAGON WOK.?-* i?ltx r^AXi r A pa. , ^ i 2S i d MANUfAOTL'HRlt Of \|,L KITTtt! OIT Plantation, Oity, Freight. Bnninonn, Bzpraaa SIMMMi >NS, VUUGJMi DBAIB.GABTrt. 'JUMMKH WIllMv ANJi WiUdSbnAUROI