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AHD HOUSEHOLD. ?r Dairy OfWirelffl " Mr. J? A- Smith, a Western dairy matt writing of the importance of feed and proper treatment of dairy cows, gives some excellent suggestions on #4s topic. He says that dairymen are often surprised at the light weight of their milk the next morning after a cold rain-stoim, through which their $co*8 have suffered unfabled, and it is only a natural result at such treat ment. The cow does 'not eat as muoh, for trae thing; and another is, part of what she does eat goes to repair the waste of her system In withstanding the effects of the storm, and that keeps a per cent, out of the milk pall, until she has recovered from the effects of suoh exposure. It is also true that a cow, affected by short feed or painful exposure, not only loses in the quantity of her yield of milk, but in tho amount of fatty matter it contains. In a word nature has so organized the cow that she revenges herself on her owner's pocket, for cruel neglect and short feed; anda farmer might just as well try to dodge taxes and. wealth, as to escape the unwise treatment of a cow. In point of fact, when thus treated, she takes the cream first, and gives the owner what skim-milk she cannot as similate. The only way to get a profit out of her is to fill iter so full that sho runs over, and tuks th* surplus for your gold mine. Tnrnlp* m n Farm Crop. F. D. Curtis, who is a strong a Ivo cate of root-crops, thus writes to the Agriculturist: A turnip crop will fit a meadow for corn, as the to I will be. ? rotted, reariy for giving the malre a vigorous start* and the ground will bo more mellow and all the richer on ac count of the turnips. The sod should be turnod over as soon as possible after the clovcr or hay crop has been taken off. It would be well to roll the ground a^d flatten the sward to hasten its de imposition, and a few days be fore sowing time harrow it thoroughly. A dressing of: finely rotted manure should'then be spread upon the Burface and cultivated into the so l, the ground being pulverize! and m tdo ai mellow aa possible. If -wood ash?s can be pro cured they will help the crop if they are thinly jacattered on the top. A pound and n half of seed sown broad cast is ample for an acre. The seel should he cover el with a brush drag. As soon as the turnips are up tlioy "Will * be benefited by a dressing of plaster (sulphate of Hme) at the rate of two buBhtfs'to an'ficre. Good phosphate will make turnips grow, if harrowed Into the ground with the seed, using lOO poupAfl to the acre. The advan tages bf ^ crop of turnips fpr the lat ter pnrt of autumn are manifold. If thb farme* does -not wish to harvest them he oau'tujrn on his entire stock, ftndttje hungry animals that might have rdameJ over frost-bitten, barren fields'Will luxuriate in plenty. M: sg2"S hay-making which are not now, but are nevertheless useful and well worth reproducing: In cloudy weather gift is dries but slowly, and ,1s liable to be atacko-i or >used without sufficient curing, heroforo the wisdom, when praotl iblo. of cutt'ng meadows In fair feather. The precaution should also bo observed of cutting only so much ai!|Mtt(fk^, ja tan bo properly Groses dry muoji more rapidly if cut after the morning dew is off than they,will it put when the, moving is ' dono. ,Itapid drying is an absolute necessity wten tivo best quality of hay is desired; ' There is nothing that as y Srets'ih quick curing more than a good tedder; farmers who have much grass to harvest will do wjII to provide > themselves with so valuable an imple ment. ' The true art of hay-making consists in curing grass just up to the point at whioh'it .willdo to put Into the barn, and ho more, in order to nrrest the loss of sugar and starch' at tho earliest possible moment Grass quickly cured is, other things being equal, more nu tritious than grass longer exposed to shifting winds and scorching sunshine. Some farmers consider one good hay day sufficient in wlilch to txpose tho grass before being housed, while others redulro two, even three days. Some prefer to let it lie on the ground Just as, it. was left by the mower; others cute it in the windrow* and still others.euro it in the cock. Tills difference of practice in the method of curing results chiefly, from the difference existing in the curing Siualty of tfce various grassoa. Timothy,, or faatanofe cures more readily than s, while the common grasson till longer time than* the jfcftffimothy will dry suffl teone day. if the. weather be propWldtii. During the early part of the season two days are usually re quired for properly curing heavy 'I git-asi. Later, wnen thd grass is nearly ripe, It can he cured In one day. Clover contains more water than other grasses, consequently it requires a longer, time to cure it proj erly. car ing is better accomplished in the c<Ck than In the sun, for the suoculont leaves and tender b'.ossoms of clover, it expose 1 to the scorching heat, are quickly browned and lose tholr sweet ** /lous to storing in the barn, jht to be turned over and enough to dry the hay ?to the ground. ; r,as it lies scattered by the fill be injured If the dew falls Clover hay will not shed henoo when stacked out In iould l>e protected either > oovers, thatching or a /ering of wheat straw. "Tbhduld be exercised in forming the cooks, in vlow of rronther, when meadow hay Is to in ih the cocks for an indefinite First of all, do not make tho cocks too large,, and let them be ns sharp at the top as possible, with the sides nearly perpendicular, and finally provide thom with doth cap*. mats. may be removed from the car-1 in application of ox>gall or am- i * 1 Water. -'ml love mildew; rub the spot Ift-soap, then cover with a] soap and powdered chalk, ?on the grass in tho sud. iron I with choese, or for choose which is too dry y be used; when it is ud, if It seetns at alltl little cream to moisten muoh higher It Is no longer I that they shall form to Dkoiit table ,, ? -?-? ? P>| FOE TE1 FA1B SIX* I A r^M^'^^tbT'nsUonal capital says: Everybody in Washing ton has been curious for months to catch a glimpse of the Chinese minis ter's young wife, but the C&e#{j|l custom of excluding the ladies from tht(public gazft^wMed catlon of the general desire The old diplomat htawlf, ?ith bis petUooats and parasol, is frequently seen upon the avenue, walking with a shambling gait (he rarely rides), and all of his rearetaries and male attendant* ,ve familiar personage) to those who'sperid mjich time out of 4<>qr* A even in gi ago the minister left the lega like a boy, and as he dressed very little different to the ministers fpd others of the legation, a 'Casual glance would certainly le;ul the spectator to conclude thelltt'eB.tranger was of tho male Bex. Pretty soon the minister's companion put out a foot? one of the daintiest imaginable?and the truth began to dawn upon the other passenger* in the car. The min ister's wifo was before them. The Utile lqdy looked nbout her curiously, as If she was enjoying a great treat in being permitted .to get out of doors and look about1 her.- * She wore plain black or very dark purple silk The males wear awarths of linen about the ankle*, but in iter case the loose pan talets extended down to the shoes. The yoke of her gown, or frock, differed from that of her husband in beidg shirred like a " Mother llub bayi.'J ller hair was very long and black, ancl was drawn up into a roll and]pinned at'the back of her head witp turquoise jewels. Nothing else was worn upon her head. At Seventh stroot the pair alighted and greatly en joyed the walk down to Pennsylvania avepue, gazing into shop windows on tho way, the minister's \yife looking witty tho wonder of a child at the Sights around her. Thoy strolled leRtyrely along, as if out for tho day, and,though they snid little the curious eyes of passers-by, as they turned to look at tho wife, evidently annoyed tho husband considerably!' - : * MW Jy* ? .. % Nnvrnnnri Notea for Women. When an.oQlcer came to arrest the thieving boys of a Wisconsin woman she fainted and died. ? T 10 waiters a"; the Thousand island Park hotel are girls *noptly. from the OsWego normal school. The ltuRsian woman has loud ways andia loud, unpleasant voice. She al most invariably smokos. ? Mrs. Hendricks and Mrs. McDonald aro fcald to bo better politicians).than* tlieik* respective husbands. 4 Aj Western la-lyhafc beetf beht to an insane asylum because she thinks she has n bird sltigfng infelde dt her. A few establishments where women matt ?tcp to have their boots cleaned andipollshed may be found in New Yorjf. I I^elen Taylor.ajtepdajUflhtM.of, John fctuirt Mill, is fho'ilr^t woman elected to the presidency ofr; attending com mittee on the London school board. Mrs. IIenry~W?rd Heecher does not bea* hor years so lightly a* her huspand, and she is described as looking bont, wripkled, broken and old. A roward of $7rhas boen offered by ?95. -^^anta Constitution for the Woman who has learned the art of pulling the street car bell at the right 4K Two Chicago girls tested their abil ity to hold tlieir bfeatlh < t)no could (ftotjbegln breathing again wljen she wish el 1<V ami was with < difflcultyre" fiusqltated. JSliss Leo, daughter of the late Wll Jiiam r. Lee, of New York, who last winter was declared tlio prettiest un> married woman in ltome, has been betrothed to Mr. Dehiion, 'rf wealthy Lonjtlon banker. ... Miss Llllafd did riot die in Cincin nati, though the doctors said that she oould not possibly recover, and she re gards the restoration of her health as a miracle. Therol'oro, she is about to open a hospital in which prayer will tako tlie placb of medicine. Airs. M^yira Bradwell, of tho Chtcago Neu:8, says utt exchange, is one of the Intellectual apd physical steam engines of that city. 8ho is oditor and proprietor of tho Legal News, an able lawyer, a good wife, a model mother, a smendld housekeeper, possesses social qualities of a verjr high otder rtrfd does I more work evory day of her life than twenty Ordfnrtry Chicago lawyers. J wo itbs of wiTSSm. Too much reserve m ikes usmiaer Able. Pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives. . He that doeth no Injury fears no injury. ^ love of money Is a great enemy to Honesty. Ojliefirst great work is that yourself may to yourself ba true. dope softens sorrow, brightens plain surroundings^ and eases a hard lot. Trust not to the omnipotence of. gOM, nor say unto it, 14 Thou art my conlldonce. Jfjatth is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe. 1' ; ' > A man can always conquer his pas sions if he pleases; but he cannot al ways pleaso to conquer his passions. #??When a high-minded man takes na'hs to atone for his injustice, his kindness of heart shows in the best an4 purest light. , Hab ts are the daughters of aetion, but they nurse their mothers, an I give birth to daughters after her imago, mo^e lovely and prosperous. liet a man have a fervent love for whfrt Is mire and just arid honorablo, let him have a corJial abhorrence of whfct is sensual, mean, tricky and un generous, he will not go far wrong. How to Remove a Tight Rtag. A novel method of effecting tho re moval of a ring whloh has become con stricted abound a swollen finger, or in other similar situation, consists simply lit entolSpIng the Rioted [(tetnbor, after the manner of a circular Mdage, in a Wrtfcth of ?At fndfc rub her braid, such as ladles make use of to keep tHelr hats on the top of th*ir heads. This should bo accurately up plled?begmnlng, not olono to the rlnfr, but at the tip of the finger, and leaving no Intervals between tho suc cewilvo turns, so as to exert it* elastic force gradually, and gently upon the tissues undorneath. when the hind 'XLrXkZ aBs; a few mlnutee the swelling will beper ceptlhly diminished. Tne braid is then taken off and immediately reap plied In the same manner, when, after i another five minutes, the finger, if " rapidly uncovered, will be smell Xfortte rlhg to be removed enough H sJ at the pKeeu. to judge the people by any standard oo nmon to the civilized race& Some thngmust be allowed for the habits of Orientals, who, for generations papt, have known the worst barbari tu s. Something, too, must be allowed'' M( hMirawan or Buddhist, has had in sti led into him from'' T1 a extraordinary pi tine current all o' enlightened Western power, are h and^fflRIflKBffi^tith th. Tyraias foiuid that By ordinary '.hods or execution tfiey could in ;e no terror. A man accepted )th complacently as his fate, which, if it did not oone later, mlgat just as well c<ftniAxAe?. ^ He did not consider that a year or two in the long oycles of eternity made much difference one way or another. Ilia mind projected far;beyond the three-score years and' ten! allotted to man by the Psalmist. Therefore, their tyrannical rulers, in order to gfttyKi) themselves feared and fell, were compelled to superadd tor tures to the penalty of daifthi & $ ? ?j The practice of sutfeft, bi* widow burning, is a striking example of the fearlessness of tuQ^Hindoo lor death. Fojty years ago a y'oung woman, whose husband had died, would joyfully mount tho pyre and fire the wood her self so that sho might the sooner re joiij her lord in paradise. The liolo cai^tof Chittoreis one of'the most remarkable deeds of female resolution and courage ever reeorded. Whon the Mogul Invaders entered Rajpootana, thej liajpoot warriors were defeated! IJMn threo hundred Rajpoot ladles solemnly vowed that they would never fall} into the pOfesessloft of any Mo hammedan. They proceeded to the tall tower of < hittoro, which stands a blackened but venerated mark to this triumph, au4, defiance, and set the towef oVflre; perisMhg thus gallantly before the'eyed of the astonished Mo hammedan warriors. I was talking oncp with an old Anglo-Indian resident crufcUlxional had often seen in Man dtUiy and the number of deaths which would be ordered occasionally to please thejwhim of a tyrant or perhaps to do honor to such a brute as the so-called white elephant. lie replied that he llval in a native state of Iiindostan many years ago, when it was cus tomary to put persons to death with 'accompaniments oL the most revolting cru slty. (Suffocation by crowding muses of human boings in a small dungeon, as was done in tin famous cas) of tho Black llqle of Calcutta,was cor imon enough, out ingenuity of the mott diabolical description was called into requisition to produce death and torture. Tin a)? parts of India tho cactus, or prickly pear bush, is common. It Is very thick, and literally covered with thorny spines. Years ago, before tho British becamo predominant In Iiindo stan, maharajahs and rajahs dis covered in tho cactus an excellcrvt?dnr. strument of death and torture. $&}& ping their victim naked, they would -cast him clear into tho middle of a clump of cactus, and leave tilm'ttfere. 1 Yofc would think ho could easily scramble out and escape. Impossible. The moment he was cast into the fatal' bed, the spines or thorns entered him in thousand directions, and every ef for ho made ta free himself only tank hln deeper into the relentless cactus i clu op. Meanwhile the blazing stin' bea ? down upon the miserable wretoh, whose groans and screams are passed unl eeded by overy soul "who hears them. Paralysis eventually sets In. Another Hindoo mode of punish ment mentioned by my old Anglo-In dlah friend was oqually horrible. You aro'probably acquainted with the fact thai tho bambco plant grows with wonderful rapidity in a tropical cli mato. That fact did not escape the not|ce of II indoo tyrants. Sharpening a bamboo shoot, and planting it in the earth with tho sharp end upward, they wonld order the victim to be led to It. Looking around, he would see no in strument of death near by, and feel re lieved, perhaps, that his life was to be npared. His torturers would congrat ulate him, and ask him to be seated on the earth. He would obey. They wohld place his body immediately abcjye the concealed bamboo shoot and then tie him down by stakes so that he could not move. As night wore on thej victim would realize hla fate. >.He would find that slowly, hut with terrl , bio'certainty, the bamboo -vas growing up ,into his body. He was generally lefi to his fate, Growing at the rate of two or three inches a n'ght the sha rp-pointed shoot would finally put an fend to his sufferings by penetrating a vital part. But before that took place what an eternity of agony the wretch must havo passed through I It is impossible to conceive whut the suf ferings of suoh a wretch must have bean, with that banlboo shoot slowly and inexorably growing through his Hvtng body. Fortunately, before the en*l cftme, complete insanity generally obscured the consclousneea of the suf ferer, ? ? Death by being trampled under foot by elephants used to be a common pun ishtnent in tho Kant, and there are parts of It yot which still employ that meanH of destruct'on. A cha'n id wound around the elephant's h'nd leg and the victim's body. Then theftle* pliant Is hounded on to his clumsy amble by torches dashed in his face or flreraokers exploded beneath his body* Wildly, furiously, he plunges along, dragging the prisoner with him, at ry lurch breaking a hone In the vio l's body, crushing his face to the and, or tearing tho flesh from the es. A few hours of this ?sometimes less time,because thetormented animal, feeling the obstacle at its heels, turns rotlnd and either puts Its foot through the man or pounds h'm to a Jelly with itsfyrunk?suffices to kill the victim, who expires wide the plaudits tf spectators are still mingling In tho atmosphere with h!s last agonizing breath. Hero, in Burmah, such a {mnlshment has baen often seen of ate, but, In the arena of the Gaekwar of Baroda, in the presidency of Bom bay, theto is scarcely a stone left tin spattered by the blood of poor crushed i and mangled Mahrattas and Gtt/er atteee whose death at ono time?not so very long ago- furnished a Hindoo 1 holiday. Tnank Clotl I such atrocities I have now pa-sed away In British Hindostan, and t efore many years they may have eveh become obsolete i In oonervattve countries like Inde pendent Burmah, Siani, Annam, China, Coras and the Islands of Niphon, Dudley ingtoa's column. All the qhambars iind most of the object* In the oMnu have been named, and genera'ly from tholr resemblance to natural or arti ficial object* Trom the vestibule ve an^{4png narrow passage called the , Vegetable garden, from its display of ' vegetable forms, very good imitations of potatoes, carrots and the like. We then enter the theatre, a great audi fcnco ftiUJ,apdthouc?tothe fish mar ket IleOTia&gflSbng |h* walls as If " - ? j,i? o the e |e per(cc?ei'ijyitl?# trickling moisture, which gives a slimy flshy look to the objects. There is the Ellin ramble, fantasti cally ornamented, six hundred feet long and three hundred in breadth, anil beyond that Pluto's chasm, a rift live hundred feet long, ten broad, and Beventy deep, a dLve into subterranean gloom. * From this po'.nt vvonders open on every side, In the distance is seen suspendol ina'r, projected on tho dark ness.a white spector. We pass oh to a miniature lake, where, the formation Of crystals is still going on, to tho bridal chamber; with its dollcately veiled stalactites and stalagmites, and its long trailing arms of alabaster; to the .Giants' hall, with columns of Egyptian masslvenessand sculpturings of Grocian fineness. And we hero pass near other objects^Diana's bath, ritania'a ye l, and the Saracen's tent, the latter a1 perfect representation of the foMs of a coni( al tent, with the curtains drawn aside in front. Else where is a throne with a hanging canopy. The3e objects require no aid of thoi. imagination to make them out Some of the most?. striking ef fects are of hanging shawls, scarfs and lambrequins, in graceful foils, and some or them witu .borders striped in colors. Illumined by placing candies behludthem the illusion is beautiful. One of thagreat sights is tho Cathe dral, a vast, lofty apartment with gi gantio columns and profuse roof orna mentation. At one end is tho stone organ, with its row of regular pipes. "When these are struck they produce musical notes. Striking them in irr< g ul^, succession with a stick, the guide jtlhys *Days of Abso ?cc" without missing a note, and a lively quickstep with only the loss of a note or two. There are elsewhere hollow, resound ing shafts and thin, upright masses of alabaster, which sound like drum i when struck. In ono place is a vast fallen column, fifty l'cet Ion? and four teen feet thick. It onco hung sus pended with its great comj anions, and the place in the roof whenco it broko off is still visible. It has lain prostrate so many ages that a atulagmlto column has slowly grown up from tho drip on one end of it. Drooping near it is an angel's wing of alabaster whiteness, ten feet high and seven broad, taper ing liko a wing, and finished on the sur face with feather-like sculpture. Everywhere ono sees massos of gi gantic, glittering columns, tho Tower of Babel, the leaning Tower of Pisa, the Sultana, the double column, a frozen cascado, and a hundred won ders. Thero is a very good imita ptlanav^f ap elephant's head and tCunk^thaclong neck and head of a camel, with the drooping lip. Through flhejt^lldw column it is said an ascent can be m&de to a chamber sixty feet above. Near this the eyo is arrested by the retreating form of an alabaster lady, in party toilet, ller head is hid by tho jamb of tho doorway, but, says truly a visitor, the rounded shoulders, | delicate urms, shapely waist and long flowing skirt and train, profusely ornanunted, aro all there. It has f 'been named " Cinderella Leaving the Ball." Bsyond this, by way of the Bridge of Sighs, one comes to Skeleton Gulch. At tho bottom of tills, in a narrow trench, are several human bones more or less imbedded in the calcareous drip. I made out clearly an arm bone. From the amount of drip over these bones they have proba blv lain here 200 years. Nobody knows who left the skeleton hero or hisobjoct in leaving it here, but tho notion gains ground that these are tho bones of a character much heard of since tho war. a fossil politician. One of the minor curiosities in the floor of one chamber is a bird's nest containing three small whito birds' eggs, pebbles roundel by the action of water. The guld&, who is a man of troth, sWore that nest and eggs were found exactly as we saw them. When he asked me If 1 did not believe it, I told him I believed anything he said so long as I was underground with him and he wai the only man present who knew the way out/ I understood the guide to say that the lowest point we descended in the cave is 2f'0 feet below the entrance. I have nothing more to say of it except that I believe it is the most highly ornamented, fantastic, bewllderlngly beautiful friece of work known to man that nature has anywhere executed unaided. Bdt then we know very little more about the earth beneath us than about heaven above. Mmallpox mil Cream of T?rt?r< . Dr. A. W. Cain, who lives in Ches ter county, not far from Christiana, sayi he recently made a very interest ing experiment, .the result of which seems confirmatory of tho theory of the famous English physician who first promulgated tho efllcacy of cream of tartar as a jmallpox antidote. Tho doctor yery naturally conceived that if the drinking cream of tartar dissolved in water would almost immediately give relief to a person afflicted with smallpox, it would also dissipate the effects of vacoinatlon which had thor oughly taken. 80 procuring some vaccine virus from Dr. Plank, of Christiana, Dr. Cain vaocinate.l him self and wife, iloth vaccinations took finely. When tho swellings were at their height, and their arms sorest, eaoh drank a pint of wator in which one ounce of or<am of tartar had been dissolved. In a Tew hours the swell ing and soreness ha'l cntlroly disap peared.?T.aniaslcr, (Venn.) Inquirer. The famous packet liner Croat West ern, now sailing between. Ssn Frnn clsco and other raclflo ports, Is already twice as old as ship* usually get to bo. She first sallel from New Y?rk to Liverpool forty years ago, and re mained in the /.tfantic (lent twenty nine years. Tooleanse brass-catch your 00k agent, hold him under the pump and sponge him with a bar of sand. soap. To destroy weeds?introduce your widow to a bachelor, and let nature take lie course.?Marathon In Uptnd* UFE OR HARTOCKBT SHOALS, Wk?N ik* IWi Ar* C*?(ki Ukl HapHT ? l*rf#P*ri ?fik? Vak*4 BtitM?naUa? WUfc Tiawh. A writer Id the New York Sun his an interesting account of the visits Mid by the city's fishing fleets in Nan- , tuoket shoals, and the way in which flsh are caught. After describing the fishing smacks used on the cruise, and the manner of reaohing Nantucket shoals, the. writer continues interest* ingly as follows: As the tallow on the'lead announce) that we have struck the off-shore Srounds the vessd heives to, and tho Bh lines two to a man, ore thrown ovtr. Ali ports of fish are taken up? Gunners, skates, dog flsh, star flsh, winkle) and the like, and wayhap n little black rock or M ground keeper," as the sailors term them, Tluio pa ses, and it is evident that the school cod for which we are in search are not here. A shift Is made. Likely enough then at the first cast of a hook a jerk is felt, nnA the fisher pulls his lino hand over hand, till in a moment a handsome gray-ba ked and white bellied thirty-pound school cod is lying on tl e deck. All hands rush lo the'r line.", clan shells are thrown over with bits of bait t > toll the fish, and the fun logins. The fish bite fiercely. As fast as ono lino Is unloadod tho other is found fa0, and the fish chase their Impaled compnnli ns to tho very surface of the water. One forgets the fog and the cold in the excitement of the hour. The tide has now turned, nnd is bearing us away to the north, and we are taking the flsh with us. Fingers soon grow sore from contact with tho lines, and hard words are plentifully bestowed upon the straggling flsh as they resist the-efforts of tende.' hands to pull them from the bottom. Thus the fishing goes on uninterrupted for hours, until at length an unusual swish of the water is hear 1 under the loo, and suddenly there shoots out of the fog and across our bow a mammoth ocean steamer, looming up in the mists like a moving mountain. She passes so near to us as to affright the most hardened of the crow. A slight change in. her course and she would have crashed over our little vessel as though It was but a feather. As she vanished in thethlckenlif& gloom of approaching darkness fishing is suspended, the ves sel is run into shoaler water and an chored, and all hands but tho cook be gin the work of stowing away tho day's catch. Tho fish are headed, gutted and washed, and after hours of hard labor aro snuggly packed In tiers in pounded ice. Then after a delicious Bupper of hot broad and coffee nnd delicately browned fresh chJ tongues, tho crew, save the watch, find their berths worn out with labor. Six hour.* of slumber and the day's work is ro peated, often with the most discour aging results. Sometimes In the height of thick fishing the biting will sudrionly cease, and the old heads know that a halibut Is about. A good halibut will bring frojn $10 to $yO, but special pains aro required In hooking, playing and land ing him. Liberal baits of menhaden aro substituted for tho clams, for the cod are frightened away by tho ap proach of the monster fiat flsh. Sud u rly " zip, zip," sings out one of tho llnies, nnd the flsh runs away with the hook. The skillful angler knows bet ter than to "snub" him too quickly, else ho'll tear out. A halibut Is very ganwy. He can be playod almost to the surface, when he will make a soun'd, and the lino whizzes through the soro creases in your hands till he gets tire I of ritpning. At length he is brought to the surface, and a 'man 'on'either Bide of hls> captor seizes the halibut's hehd with large gaff hooks, and sum marily jerks him in on deck, where a " muddling" cfub Is vigorously-applied to his brain and his throat is cut. Some of these flsh are very large and Btrong, weighing over SOO pounds. Hand lining, as It is termed, is not the only means employed by tho cod fishermen in capturing the!r prey. Trails are extensively used, particu larly in tho winter. On some grounds theflbh will take a still ba t, while they will decline that from a bobbing haiid line. Trawls wero for years op pose I by the old hunkers in the busi ness, but now they are extensively used all along the coa t, especially in shoal water, where the school flsh come In for spawning purposes. A Cod trawl is made of much lighter mate rial than is employed for catching hali but. A cod trawl consists of a " run ner,** or main line, 400 or BOO fathoms loAg, of the size of a lead pencil, to which, at u distance of a few feet apart, are "ganged" hooks small enough to be easily swallowed by the flsh. Kach hook has a line two feet long. Trawls are colled away in tubs for use, each hook being baited and laid in the center, so that the tub when filled locks more like a tub of oord with a pile of fat sea clams In the center than a deadly flsh trap. When set the trawl Is simply stretchod out over the fish ing ground, with an anchor at either end and large buoys attached to the anchors. A smack frequently carries from 25,000 to 85,000 hooks arranged In this manner. The amount of ground coyered by them .and th6 Meat num beir of hooks which tho six men com posing the smack's crew oan tend show tho advantage of the trawling system over hand lines. Then, too, some or all of the hook* can be set in tfyemorn t Ihg and hauled in before a gale springs up, so that a handsome fare of flsh may sometlmos be taken in a few hours, although the vess?l may almost Immediately after be driven off tho ground by the storm. The men handle the trawls with great dexterity. The smack is an ohored, and the Ashing wherries put out-Ailed with the "gear" to be " wet/' Bach boat Is managed by a man who rows oft from the vessol till he is lost to vie# In the ever-present fog. The spinning tide, another ever present feature of Nantucket shoals, soon carries him Weil; astern of the smaok, and then he. casts over his trawl buoy and let* down the head an chor, taking care to he.ve his sheath knife ready In case of accident*, for the fouling df the trawl, which Is fly ing out of the boat as she is borne away on the tide, would upset the light, craft as quickly as a (lash of lightning. The fisherman throws the trawl out With , his right hand, lining his thumb and forefinger or a stlok. Ills strong arm keepA a shower of line and batted hooks in the air all the time until the bottoms of the tubs are reaclud. whfn he throws over his foot .anchot, td which hh boat is also moored, and then calmly seating him self in the stern, two mifos from the smaok in the cheerless fog, he unwinds a heavy halibut line with a ten-pound sinker, and whiles away the time In the hope of taking one or two of theso fish, it is In still, lonely and exposed positions, when cold winds and seeth ing tides make the flsh' rman's life one of drearint as, attendc d with oonstant danger, that tobacco cornea to his so?ace. All the fishermen chew and smoke without stint. By-and-bye the tide slackens and turns off at right angles, preparatory to running with its tocus tomed violence in the opposite direo Woo. A blast from a horn or a shot' from a gun on board the smack warns the fisherman tliat It la slack water j and time to haul on thetrawL lie! heaves up his anchor, and works with a will, coiling away his trawl as ho takes it In. Then, no matter how cold the day Is, nothing but warmth of body is felt, for the mind is bent i wholly on what the drawing of tho \ lottery will* bring forth. {Sometimes ! the hooks, as far as the eyo can see under water, come up laden with hand- j Bome cod, haddock, pollock, and occa- ' slonally a halibut. Every hook gene rally has something, for it is poor bot tom indeed that cannot furnish even f a conger eel, a "kriss konnero" or a dogQsli. Beautiful sponges and shells come t> the surface, together with all the varied brie a bras of the bottom of the sea, for a trawl is a perfect si av enger, picking up rocks and delaying work, so that the tide begins to run strongly.aga'n, and thu boat man has to cut lo ?so and pull for his life to reaclt tl?o smack. A horu is kept blowing on tho vessel till all tin boats have returned from their momng's work. Then dinner is eaten, gears aro ro-balte;l, fish aro dressed, and tho "set" in tho afternoon is re peated. Boats are occasionally lost- in this tlshing, and men who have inssed tlieir smacks have been picked up by merchant vessels far out to sea. Tho work goo* on unceasingly until a faro of fisli is caught, and then comes th?* welcome order to take to the bouts All hands shake out tho sails with a will, every inch of cam as is spread, the rel cs of slaughter aro scrubbod from tho decks, and tho vessel is washed from stem to stern. Tho trip to Fulton market begins, and in a few hours tho fly ng craft runs clear of tho fog and gets into civ ilized weather onco more. Making passages and the week in New York are the fishermen's halcyon days, which ho moro than pays lor when encoun tering the dangers of storm, tide, shoals and collisions on tho over-shift ing shoals of Nantucket. Drinks of All Nations. Artcient Egypt had a spe ies of wino and also a liquor called zythos, drawn ' from bariey by fermentation, resem bling beer. That tho pcoj lo did not escape from intoxication is shown by drawings which havo b?en preserved of Blaves carrying their masters home, and tho like; but the effects of the two drinks were noticed to bo different. Grecians used wino from tho earliest period, and history gives many tokens 1 that they did so to excess. But the statement that they were fond of pour- > ing snlt water into it to improve the I flavor raises a gentle suspicion that it differed from modern wiiv. The Jike inference is suggested by reading Mi.it among tlie Koaians the low-priced grades of wino sold at threepence for , ten gallons, and that the magnates ' drank it by tho gallon. But b >th tho 1 Grecians and Hoinans imported wino from Egypt. Who knows but this , may have been the chief cause of in- I temperance among them? Julius Casar's troops seem to havo carried, porhaps not tho original idea of wino nnd malt liquor, but improve 1 ways of making thorn, to Caul and Britain; and grapo culture and wino making throve in France because j natural to tho s >ll and climate, while i ale an i beer were'so suited to English ! cond tions, and wero so easily made hv . a people raising an abundaneo of . grain, that they soon became t ho na- | tional beverages in preference to the mead and Cider with which tho ancient Britons had been wont to regal* them selves. Barley is the basis of several drinks made in different parts of tho world by processes analaguus to mod ern brewing, but they aro totally dif- ; ferent In their intoxicating effects. The discoverers of America found maize in use among tin; nativo tribes in making a specie< of boer called chica; and history indicate! that the native* would have suffered less from Intemperance if thoy had clung to ' their own drink than thoy have since adopting the strong llqmfrs introduced "by the whites. There aro some unex- > E>ctedsources of these beverages. In i ngland, spruce, fir, birch, maplo and ash trees iiavo in former years been tapped and tho sap ferment.*d for a drink. The willow,poplar, sveamore and walnut are said to yield palatable bov- , (rages. Koumiss, of which dosertp tions were published during l'rosid nt , Garfield's illness, is fermented milk. I and is tho basis of what may be called the koumiss cure, administered to in- i dlvlduals at estabilsinents maintained j among the Tartars; but doctors differ | as to whether the treatment when tried ! by Amorlcans or Englishmen ofleets a radical cure or only causes a temporary j fatness. Tho drink is a favorito one among tho Tartars and Circassians, i and thoy have a legend that tho angol who succored ilagar In tho desert i showed lie.' how to make it, and tho 1 recipe has bo.-n handed down from that j time. Tho ( bin >so make liquors, and ! mischievous one * -to indulge thorn I freely In their nativo drinks would not be a hopeful exporimont?from rice, I from palm and oven from mutton, j Sako is a boer which h;U) beon long and i widely used In .Japan, and, though Strong, Is called wholesome; and tho j Japanese make othor drinks from plums, from the juice of tho plum or b'.ieh, and from tho flowers of tho motherwort nnd tho peach. Tho Uus sians delight in a quassmadofrom bar ley and ryo flour. Several varieties of grass, herbs or flowers, roots of sundry plants, tho juices of tho sugarcane, tho aloe or the cavassa, and oven of tho potato and bsot aro used among vari ous tribes or nations as tho basis of some favorite drink. To> I-Ato. Dr. fctophan, secretary of sta'o, Is , director general of tl?o Merman ti lo graph ayatem. On a recent tour of In- j apectlon he entered an ollleo just as a j dlapatoh was 1 elng received addressed I to the operator. Tho direct or g.neral , demanded to aeo It. Tho operator tremblingly handet it over, but tho j good-humored director only laughed on , reading: " Be on your guard, Stephan ? is on tho rampage, he puts his nose; into everybody's pie." Ho took his re- ! venge by dictating tho following reply: "Too late?nose is already in my i'h>." | European ftati.'tielanaaro gradtialiy ! reducing their est m .ito* of the popn- i lation of China. It used to po put at over 400,?00,000. ' Uehm and Wagner reduce the r estimate for China and (,'orda from 484,600.000 to 379,500,00 >. ? Pttaffton reduccs hin o timate l>y 7f>. 000,000, making the prosent. total M60,- 1 000,000, J)r. I tapper, missionary, ho- j Heves thiH can safoly bo reduc*' 1 another 60,000,000. Dr. Hippal^, , acting commissioner of cuttoms, thinks 250,000,00) more nearly correct than 850,000,000. Tholosses by thoTaep.ng , and Mohamme Ian rehelllons, and by tho famine and pest lenco which swopt j the provinces of <"hill. Shantung, j Bhnnsl, Bhensi and llouan, are varl- i oualy estimate I at from 01,000.000 to ! 81,000,000. , There are now in England end Walca between 800,000 and 400,000 women whopOaaett the franchae tlu*t it) to Mgr, one woman to avery aeven men, . J. CJ. ROLLINGS,! AO BIT worn Stationary and Fortable Steam EDito. Urown Cotton C3-ins Winnshlp Cotton Cin With Feeders and Condenstrs Tai.but A Sons Enoini's, Monarch K.soinu, Buhhbh & Wood Kxoikb^ Boss Cotton Tkjbm, BOHOriKLD COTTON PsM, Findijsy Cotton Pass*, 0OBN AND WU.^AT Ml LLC, Saw Mills, BHArriKO and rrLi.EY?, And *11 kinds of macklnery. Bo sure to call an I ueo toy prices before pnroh-t*ing any kind ? ?I machinery. J.. 0. ROI.LINOS, Camdkn. 8. C. Wa}?ons and Hu^gies HARNESS, ETC,? Tho undersigned respectfully calls atten. iiou to the largo stock of 1, 2, 9 and 4 horse wapiti*, ninglo and double baggies, open and ?<>p Uugion, wagon and buggy harneKn, etc., whioh lie now has on baud, and which ho is lulling at livinat prices?so low at to ensuie I Urgo sal a. Handling tho heavy stock I do, ! t cat) afford to sell at a small profit. REPAIRING In all it* branches promptly and satisfactory ; oxocutod by competont workmen. IIORSE SHOEING A specialty. Qivomeaoall. M. A. MKTT8. sep7-lyr UIjD a853) BSTABIilDHBD Charleston Ice-House, ALVA, GAGE & CO., Market, cor. Church St, Charleston, S.C. importers nnd Shipper*, Wholeoalo and Retail >ealeru iu ICE. Icc pftckcd for the country a Rpedalty. Ico by tiio car-loiwl at spcolal ratoe. Waverly House, OnA?u?roN, 8. 0., GEORGE T. ALFORD. .... Manage Ratoa $2 and $2.50 per Day. Thin favorito Family JIoubo, under Ita neif maimKi iuont, is rooouimonded for tho excol Irnco of llrtcuiHino and homo-liko comfort*. It-i ivlrv and woll Tontilatod rooms havojusl hoon iiawly carpeted and olegnntly furnlahod. m m. onrii. v. ?. omm. OHAFEB A O'BRIEN, Wholesale GKroo?r? 205 East Bay St., CharlMton, %> C. Agenu for Bxtoa'aPrwnlamTronten Orae* tri. ug lt-Iy WULBERN & PIEPER, Wholesale Grocers And DeaUrt In Provisions, Liquors,Tobacco &c. 107 and 199 MCABT BAY, ang 19-ly CHARLESTON, 8. O. DR. T. HEttWICk LEG ARE, DENTIST, Graduate of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. offi( f,-di;k4LB noix k. ?' Rtitrnnco on Broad 8trect. NBJW A.'RTtWJk.Um A* W. C. OCR AID'S OLD CORNER STORK. 3V* * >*> * v-** ?' 4 l h?T? Just returned from market, where I purehaaodfa heary>tock of all 1 Kinds or Goods, At the Tea'9weeI prtoee, ud I Intend to T* \' rmM ?? beaeflt oi at low P>ioed p91 W My stock oonsisks of fall and Winter Dry Goods, Notions, Hosiery, Ao. The beet mako and lateet style* of Boots and Shoes. Clothini, Hats, tc. GROCERIES t Id Grooeriee I bare as fine a atook a* oan be sceu In town. HARDWARE! tor Plantation, Qnden and Household me. 1-ull line ot Saddlery and Harneaa. In faoL I haro got almost anything tou can call fof, tnd am determined to sell CHEAP FOR CASH. Call before you buy oleewhere. Bagging and Ties always on baud. Hirhoit prices paid for Cotton in cash. \Y. 0. GERALD, At old Corner Store. Remodeled and Newly Furnislied, LATHAM HOUSE, CAMDEN, S. C. Transient Board $2.00 Per Day. Amnio accommodations. Tables enpplie with (he Vr-tt tho market afTords. Every ad tent.on paid to the comfort of guests. Connected with tho Houso is a flrst-olasa HAH, whloh is orderlr kopt. Hack to aud from tlio depot. Fare 25 eonta each way. Feed aud Iiircry Stablo on promises. ?- S. 1). LATHAM, rRoritirroB. W. CLYBUBN, General Insurance Agent And Cotton Buyer. RrmoTod to his old staid atOlvburn's Block Will pay tho liiphoot prico for Cotton and bu. o>>to frooly than over bofore. tt- My oountry friends will please girt am a cal.'. argl7-tt. PRICE8 REDUCED. ROBERT D. WHITE, MARBLE I GRANITE WORKS. PLANS FURNI8HED. Meeting 8troo'-, cnr. Horlhock's Alloy nug!8-yl. CHARLEHT0X, S. 0. A. R. THOMLINSON Manufacturer of HARNESS, of Every Description, SADDLES, BRIDLES. Eta IVioC. SADDLES, NEW AND OLD. Importer of English otuldlon, Steel Bite, Mirn, Stirrups, Etc. Factory ana salesroom 137 Mooting St., Sept. 1-ly. CHARLESTON, 8. 0. jypTALS, IRON, RAGS, ROrK, COTTON HIDES, SKINS, WOOIj,WAX, FUBfl ALD KINDS OF I'Al'ER STOCK, Ao. $ff Wo ftro paying tho Highest Caali Pricos. MC.CES GOLDSMITH A SONS, augl8-lT. P. 0. Bo* 1"? FOUNbllV, 60x214 Foet. MACHINE SHOP, 50x250 Foot. BOILER SHOP. 40x180 Fee*. GEORGE R. LOMBARD <fc (JO. Foundry, ]Vffacliin? and Boiler Works, - Georgia, BUILDERS OP Engines and Boilers, Saw Mill*, Qrint Mills, and all kinds of Mill maehl* nary of tho latent iiupioved stylos. Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys, Gearing and Journal Boxes, Wo have a largo assortment of Patterns, Sugar Rollers and Gin Gearing. DEALERS IN Knpine and Mill Supplies, Clroular Haws, Filos, Gummers, Swages. Glob* Ohcck and Safety Valve*, Whistles, Gaucjos, 8 tim Pipo and Fitting*. Babbot metal from jA to 40 cents. Rtltin*, Laoing, Rubbor, Horap, t-oipstcne anil AsboBtos Packing, Oil. and OR Cup*. Wrenr.hos En\>.?iy Wheals, efo. AOENTS FOR Ecl,p?o Deublo Turblno Whf-d, Rolling's Universal Injootors, the beal mn<l<>. BradtnidMill Co'?. Portable Mills. Nordyke tV Marmon Oo.'s Plantation Com and Feed Mills. Alias Engino Works and Erie City Iron Works, Portable and Stationery JEnglnM. Kunklo's Pop Safety Valves. Olond Oreok Mill Rooks. Iron and Brass Oasilngs, and all kinds of Repars promptly done. Wo oast every day, and arc working about one bundrod hands GONGAREE IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, BOUTH CAROLINA, I M i' H kj V K I) CIRCULAR SAW MILLS. SIMPLE, CHEAP AND DURtBLE. We one the oelebrated Friction Pood on nil our Hiw M lis. Wn nne the raj beat material in their oonntrnotion, ami pprtre no-.thor lubor nor expense to reo- , { ier them m near perfeot ah possible. Wo wnrrnnt nil ottr work to be well made f' and of good material. We would like if yon would oompnre the following flffarea with those of other manntaotnrera andaeo if we do not soil yon a better and large* Aaw MJll.at aame flgnrea: PBIOI8. - '*?- ? - ? '1 Wo. 1 Mill, with 86 Inehee.Baw, 18 feet eerrlage I17B.0I % ??1 ?? ?? 88 ?? 18 " 385 OlM ??a M M 40 " 20 ?? sooooga *> 2 " " 84 " 20 M 820 0tf| "8 " " 40 " 20 " 850.001 ?'8 " " 48 " 24 " 876 Ot ?? 4 ?? ?? 60 " 24 " 400 Ofl| vj ?? 4 ?? " 52 ** 24 > " 426 0# Extrn (Urrinpn, $8.00 por foot. The i?Ih>y? milU ourrud. to ??? m?ln belt, |v JOHV AlilSX\ST?ER. P npHoto WILSON, CHILDS & CO., PHILADELPHIA WAGON WORKS. rrniXiAr) r iirtiiA, pa.. *1 DC H & K -i > % KAffOVAOrUBMt 0* ALL ITWHI OV Plantation, CMty, Freight, Bnaineaa, BxprtM mmd SPRTNO WAGONS, . Tltt'OK* DIUT8.CART0. TlMliEB WHET,US AND WHEBtfAlUtOW*