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TARM AND HOUSEHOLD. ~ TttaoM ka He* Hmum. "Tobacco, in its raw state, or previous to sweating in bulk," says the Americian Poultry Yard , " is very powerful in its ef fect, and will certaiuly drive vermin from the hen's nest. The whole leaves may be ' thoroughly dried so as to crumble easily, and put in the nest of the sitting hen as a lining under the eggs. W ith this precau tion she will not bo driven from her pest by venniu before the time of hatching ar rives. Tobacco to often erroneously sup posed to be difficult to cultivate. . Bpt it is really as easily raised as corn or potatoes. A. few plants only will give the poulterer plenty of leaves. A Cheap aal Effective Filter. lhe following has been advised as an inexpensive fllterfor rain and other waters for cooking and table use in small fami lies: Use a spirit or wino cask, placing it on end, with the head removed, and having a faucet at the bottom to. draw off the clear water. T6 fit for a filter, take the removed top head of- tho cask, nnd with e? small bit bore holes nil over it ; then place four clean bricks or blocks of wood on the bottom, and on these rest the perforated top. Now 1111 upon it about fourinchcsot charcoal chopjR'd into small bite tho slr.o of poas, nnd over this place ft layer of clean sand, six inches cleep. Impure water poured into the ensk on top of the sand .will become clear nnd spark ling after a little while, or ns soon n* nil -the fine particles aro worked out of the "charcoal and sand. This filter will not need renewing oftener than once in two or three months. Itenulta from Various Fertilizer*. Professor. Atwater, who has experi mented with various fertilizing sub stances on different crops, reports that the rosults gained appear to justify tho .following conclusions: The largest aver age yield for all crops is practically sc oured by tho use of {cftilizers containing ^1 the essential elements of .plant food. Hehas found nitrate of soda rarely u?c futfohen used alone; eulphato of lime frtncntly, muriate of" potash very often and} tho sulphur phosphntcs generally befibflcinl. Corn requires little nitrogen beside, what. it can draw from natural sources, whilo its yield is largely in creased under tho employment of mineral fertilii$rp. Potatrfes and turnips re spond uniformly to all the fertilizing in gredients. As soils vary in their capacity for convoying food to crops experiments are nocessary to determine the requisites of a particuW%?>il. Til Ifltiicwl of llenTr*, There is. no certain1 curc. for heaves, j but by proper feeding brokcn*windc<l horses may bo 'marie to do n good deal of service. It i^ qKiscd mainly by the use of bulky feedioipdusty hay and grilin as ?well aa cloTfggfiay. Hcvcrc exertion, such as a hard gallop after n full meal, i wiU^so break a norec'B wind. Give food ?? in a small coibpass four or five limes a day. ) 'Oats, beans; wheat, straw chaff, turnips or winrots nman good. At night a little fcaradtalkedjhay, free from dust, or clean, cured cornstalks may bo given. (.Jive water sparingly, and never use the ani mal ftffc an hour after being fed or watered. ArsenioinsqjtlS} doses will elTect a tempo rary cirire mOro or less complete. Give three grains i'day for a week, live a day for the next ?week, and continue for two ' ?weeks longer, giving ten grains a day. As the^appo tito is morbidly ravenous the ^usVbe prevented from eating the Keen a lumw^q||jroek salt and cnalk in tneiiKn] ?'?'i 7' ~ cutunt Timwr. An expert on tinU*5^' writing to nn ex change, says: /^fmber should bo cut durinfftht fall pf^no sap. When young leaves^nd fruU^re forming tho sap "is rising^ As soon, fis tho loaves are fully formed and the fruit changes color, or in the case of pWics tho cone becomes lipc, 'then ia^M'timo to commence felling, and continue doing bo until tho leaf buds ' begin to form again." Tho rising of tho sap softens tho timber, which if felled WSQh full of sap is apt to split in season ~~nig, Resinous woods, such as pine, form p the exudation of resin at their cut *ds a Aim which provonts tho escape of "p, henco it is best to strip tho bark from Ino logs as soon as felled. . In the caso ff hard woods it is best to ouarter tho ?gs through the center, as it left entire loy aro apt to split radially along tho ^iCaullarv rays. In tho case of hard woods, if tho sizo required will not ad-' mit of quartering, it is advisable to strip off tho bark and smear tho cut ends with cow manure. This, if left on for a few weeks, effectually prevents splitting. The superiority of timber cut in season over that cut outv of Beason will make ample amends for any loss of time caused by car rying out tho practice systematically. ' ?< ' Plf Fe?dliig> Professor Nilos. when experimenting in pig feeding, divided tho time' into tive . periods. For the first period, when tho pigs were the youngest, it took 8/8 pounds of meal for oho pound of growth ; in tho second period. 4.5 pounds; third, 4.22 pouhds; foUrtn, 0.24 pounds, and fifth, -4.98 pounds. From this it appears that when the pigs wero youngest ono bnsliol mado 14.78 pounds of growth; second, 18.82 pounds ; third, 18*. 27 pounds ; fourth, 10.68pounds;.flfth,. 0.58 pounds, showing that tho older tho pigs grow the moro feed ? it took to mako r pound of moat. It may be safely counted, theroforo, that ton pigs have gained eleven pounds in growth to each bushel of corn or its equivalent, or the 270 pounds havo required t wenty-four ' ?and one-half bushels of corn, valued at ^i$12.25. o* |1 .22 each, until, two months fv old. when in6st(of them will be sold for ? 'brooding purposes. We find tho cost of X, feeding tno aow one year is $1 1.8ft. To ?u should bo added $12.25 for feeding ? Jib* pigs until two months old, making $28.01 accost of feod for litter, or $2.80 . each at w&aft tag timo. Ono may determi nc the worth of his ten acres of ground used as a pasture and count the Interest ns well as first cost of ttock, all tho outlay in hired holp And attending to stock. Theii 6ne-f ventiethof this footingshould be added ? tho estimate of expenses of feed to ascertain tho cost of each litter. Tho ohances aro that ho will find his pigs have cost him hist almut what they arc worth for feeding as stock hogs, and further, that unless he advertises judi eiottsly through the papers /caching . > /armors and stockmen ho will have his pigs left on his hands to fatten for the market. To bo sure, they will be good feeders and find ready salo at tho stock tards. yet improved pigs, such as hRvo been nero conBldcrod, if f>roperlv adver tised, will sell at nn advance of from fifty ' to 100 per cent above tho cost of pro duction and give trt the breeder a much larger profit than could bo realized by their sale ss porkers. HtnwhoM MlHl*. A littlo celery added to soup given it n good flavor. Buckwheat cakos taste bettor if a f spoonful of sugar and Hit egg are added to the batter. Rolled sweet potatoes taste much better if put in a not oven ten minutes before nerving. To brighten the eyes for a ball or party', a vorj harmless device is to e?t r half hour before leaving homo a lump of sugar on ^hich Is ten drops of lologno. This generally proves offectlvo. , Steel knives which are not in daily use may be kept from rusting If they are dipped in a strong solution of soda ?one part of water to four of soda; then wlpq dry, roll In flannel, and Keep in dry t'HwA. * To any one so unfortunate r\s to be v obliged to move Tt may be of valuo to ~ V fruit may be trans ported without fear o I loss, If Um rflass cad# are securely packed in sawdust. This must be rery Qralj prc?eil down so that the cans really cannot move, or be moved by the jarring of the wagon or car. .j Hob riothes-Pins are Made. Clothes-pins now come principally from Maine, whcrrf the requisite lumber is abun dant. A Bangor paper describes the way they are made in one of tho lare cr factor ies, at Vanceboro. The wood used is mainly white birch and bccch. The logs are cut and hauled to tho Bhorcs, of the lake or tho streams emptying into it, whence they are floated down to the mill. As fast a9 required, they are hauled into tho "mill bv a wind lass and chain worked by eteam power, and sawed into lengtM of sixteen or twenty-two inches, --the lormfr to bo made into pins, and the latter into boards for the boxes required in packing. The six teen-inch lengths arc next Hawed into boa I'd j of tho requisite thickness by a shingle machine, then- into strips of tho proper sizo by a gang of twelve circular saws, and finally into five-inch lengths by a gang of three sawf. The logs haft now boon cut up into blocks about five inches long and three fourths of an inch square. Fulling, a* they leave tho Raw*, on an elevator belt, they are curried into an upper story, and. returning lo the first floor, are deposited in troughs whence they are fed to tne turning lathes, of which there arc several, each being ' 1 -?ble of turning eighty pins a minute, i uey are then passed to the slotting machines, in which a peculiar arrnngemeut of knive s inserted in a cir cular suw gives the slot the proper tlange, after which they arc automatically carried by elevator belts to the drving bins on the second floor, where they are subjected to a high -temperature, f;eneraterl by steampipes. until thorough y seaxuied. There are several of these bins, the largest of which has a capacity of one hundred boxes, or seventy-two thousand pins, jind the smaller ones fifty boxes. The pins are now roa<ly for polishing and. packing. The polishing is accom plished by means of perforated cylinders or drums, each capable of holding forty bushels, in which tho pins are plnc/d, and kept constantly revolving until they become a'< smooth as if polished by hand with the finest sandpaper. A few minutes before 1 1) is process is completed a small amount of tallow is thrown in the drums with the pins, after which a few more revolutions give them a beautiful, glossy appearance. These polishing drums are suspended directly over the packing counter on the first floor of the mill, and being thus immediately beneath the ceil ing of the floor above arc readily filled through scuttles from the drying pins on the second floor, and as easily emptied on the counter below, where the pins arc sorted into first and second grades, and packed in boxes of flvu gross each. The sorting and packing are done by girls. Two hundred and fifty box^s arc packed in a day. ? The market for clothes pins is not con fined to any special locality, but is found nearly all over tho world. Ten thousand boxes have been shipped to Melbourne, Australia, within four months. Ten firms in London carry a stock of 10,000 boxes each, and two firms in Boston carry a like amount.- Ma?trry. Good Thanksgiving Story. A correspondent of the Chrittinn H '?>??& tells this Btory: One of tho Talker's recent articles, alluding to an ancient proclamation, reminded me of an amusing incident that occurred in Massa chusetts some sixty years ago. Egre mont, in old Berkshire county, is a toler- > ably level town, with a sandy soil, and famous for its quantity of woodchueks ? so much so, that tho town was humor ously called " Chuckery." In those days the Thanksgiving proclamation was an institution of great import, printed with large type on a large sneet, and sent to each county sheriff, and by him a copy . given to cach minister, to be read in Sublic on the Babbuth preceding the day esignated as the great day of the year. In, this document was one j phrase always tho same, i. o. , to render thanks for the success and prosperity .of our manufacturers, commerce and agri culture. Tho sheriff, being a wag, took the copy for Egreraont, and erased tho word agriculture and substituted "ChuQkorv," and ananged to have it handed to the minister as ho passed into tho " meeting-house." At the proper time in the order of the exercise, with great pomp and dignity, with a full voice and solemn demeanor, the minister an nounced : " A, proclamation from the f governor of the commonwealth ! " When ie reached the three ph rases, "manu factures," "commerce and "Chuck ery," there was a general "snickering' through tho house, at which the minister, abashed, adjusted his glass, nmd brought tho paper closer to his eyes, and raising his voice exclaimed In nlmost h shout: " 'Tin Chuckery, as true aR you live! ' Muscular Logman. We had stopped near a camp of log men, nnd thev paid us a visit. Antony them was a big, brawny fellow, who was evidently full of conceit, and who, wc were quietly told, had been bragging nil the season of his powers sh a boxer. It was Sunday evening, and he was dressed as a heavy swell, cloth trousers, silvci watch, a "biled" shirt, etc. When the loggers saw the boxing gloves they wanted their heavy man to spar. Guile ras, tho best heavy weight nt Harvard and the Crlhb club, was willing to set to with him. Hut tho big follow "didn't fool well to-day;" he. would only smile in a superior way. At last we. got afloat and shoved off. Then tho big fellow jumped up and ran out on some logs in the river and bared his orms to the shoulder. "Look nt that!" he shouted, as hn biceps crept up to his shoulder like a ont. At that moment ho sli|>pr.rt off the. !<>p nnd disappeared In the deep water, stnrched shirt, watch, cloth trousers and nil; and the hills roared in concert with the logmen and canoe men as he flound ered out and crept, dflppiqg, to tin shore.- Outing. Why Papn Slid Ont. "Our cat haw wandered off again." Mr. nnd Mrs. Ponpormon, with theii little daughter Ethel, were seated at the crowded dinner table the other evening, when tho landlady made the above re mark. One of the bonrders said "Mrs Jones, if you will put grense on your cat's feet It will stay home." "Grease?" asked Mrs. Jones. " Yes." Toward the close of the menl little Ethel Poppormnn nnoko out loud enough for nil to hear: " Mamma, won't you put some grenso on papa's feet, so he'll May homo nights?" Mr. Popt >ormnn didn't wait for n second piece of pie, - -Ntto York Journal. Hotter Liar than Fisher. "I caught those to-day," snid Mr. Pop tiormnn, as he emptied on the table a arge basket of crabs. " Isn't that a splendid lot?" "Yes, indeed," snid Mrs. Poppormnn ; " whore did you get them?" " Well, business was dull this nfter noon, so I went down to Htnten Island and cnuuht them on tho end of tho pior. I gonornlly do havn good luck when I go fishing." "You're n smart fisherman, you nro." "Why, donr?" 41 Hecauso thono orabs nro red. You're a smart tlnhorman to catch boiled crabs. It's iny opinion, Mr. Poppormnn, that you can lio hotter than you onn fish." ? N?xr> Yotk Journal. ' THAWIMITIN8 DAT, CvImu Tmotm u u Ike OH^a ?! flw rwlnd* \ writer, learned in the early history of $ew England, suggests that, if In cr MN Mother were alive, he could tell u* how Thanksgiving day originated. Is it not a little curious that a holiday which does not date back but a trifle over two and a half centuries should give historians so much trouble to ascer tain its origin t One tradition under takes to aocount for Thanksgiving day in this way : In the oarly days oi ths Nerr England settlements the people were somewhere gathered together to consider the propriety of appointing a day of fasting ana prayer, in view' of the many sorrows and calamities by which thay were th'on encompassed, One brothor, more chcorful-bearted than the rest, ventured to suggest the propriety of counting up the many bles.-ings which had | fallen to t"hrir lot. and impressed his thought so deeply on the minds of th?"" present that they concluded to appoint a any of thanksgiving, instead of a day of j fasting. A writer in the .Vagtitiht of ' American I fit 'wry does not credit this 1 tradition. He mivs: When we go hack to the century before Butler (the author 1 of "Uudibras," who speaks of "Thanks- ( giving day among the churches"), it is found to be tilled up with fasts and thanksgivingsj especially during the , time of Elizabeth, as the publications of the Parker aoeiety prove. Under Eliza Iwth it was expressly ordered that on tnanksgiving days no servile labor should be performed, and severe penalties were , attached to the violation of this order, j The New England worthies adopted the j pritteiplu. The early settlers brought I with them a traditional respect for days of thanksgiving. Nevertheless, false , notions on this subject abound, and Thanksgiving day i* popularly supposed t to have been established first at ( Plymouth, and continued without inter ruption from the landing until now; while a supplementary theory declares that the so called originators of the f<???ti- j vnl intended thereby to suppress ( hrist mas. In the first place, however, it must be stated that the earliest service of this kind was held by the Church of England men, the Popham colonists, who. August 0, 1007, old stvlc, landed upon Monhe- j gan, near the Kennebec, and, under the ? shadow of a high cross, listened to a sermon by Chaplain Seymour, also "gyving tiod thanks for our happy ? meetinge and satTc aryvall into the con- | try,'1 At Plymouth, in 1021, the autumn | after the arrival, a notable thanksgiving was held. The brief account/* present a i joyous picture. As is learned from ] VVinslow, the harvest being gathered, the governor "*cnt four men on fowling, j that so we might, after a speedy manner, j rejoice together," and tne traditional 1 turkey was added to the abundant veni- I son. The people gave themselves up to | recreation, and the gieat chief, Mnssa- j soit, was feasted for tli- e days with his j ninety swarthy retainers. Possibly, on this first Plymouth Thanksgiving, there was more carousing than we sup fiose, while there is not the slightest ndication of any religious observance. In 1022 there is no mention of thanks giving, but in 1028 a day was kept; not, however, in the autumn, as a harvest fes tival, but in July, upon the arrival of some provisions. After this nothing is heard of thankgiving at Plymouth for ; nearly half a century. So far os the ; colonial records go, they indicate that j the day did not find a revival until 1008, I when there was some kind of a thanks- j giving. Again, Juno 27, 1080, there ' was a thanksgiving for the accession of William and Mary. In 101)0 an autumnal | thanksgiving was held, and the next i year Plymouth colony wos merged into ! Massachusetts, and so passes out of the story. If any festival can be said to have been established' it was established in imitation of the old customs across the sea. Distinct religious societies, how ever, may have kept occasional thanks givings, as the people at Barnstable ob served thanksgiving December 22, 1030, 1 and December 11, 1030. In the Massachusetts colony the first thanksgiving was held at Boston, July | 8, 1030, it being a special occasion, i having no reference to harvests. Again, ! in February, 1031, fherc was a thankB j giving, as already noticed. In the Octo- I ber fallowing a thanksgiving was held foi the safe arrival of " Mrs. Winthrop and lior children." In these appoint ments one does not find tho thanksgiving I that we know to-day, nor can there be I detected any fell designs against Christ- I mas. In 1033, on June 5, there w as a , thanksgiving for the victories in the Pala- i tinatc, and in October another for the I harvest. In 1037 there was a thanks- ] giving for victory over the Poquots, and ' in 1088 for the arrival of ships and for I tho harvest. Tho thanksgiving days I from 1034 to 1084 numbered about ? twenty-one, or less than one in every two I years. The celebration of 1070 had special reference to tho victory over King j Philip, though thcro woro those in i Church's expedition who had "much doubt then, nnd afterward seriously in- j quired whether burning their enemies j alive could be consistent with humanity | and tho benevolent principles of tho gospel." Thnt of 1001 was for " stop ping the bottles of heaven" and restrain ing tho "excessive raigtoB." Erom thiH period until the Revolution a .thanksgiving of some kind occurred ] nearly every year, and even twice in the I name year, as in 1742, as is learned from 1 the manuscript records at the State house in this city. Somo of these dates were appointed by the royal governors, while, again, they were *^rr'n,f,d by tho king or queen, or by the home b ard of trade. The people were ordered t< give thanks when an heir to the throne v as expected, and when the royal stranger arrived Mas sachusetts tried to bo thankful again. In some of tho other colonies occa sional thanksgivings were held. In Con necticut fast, days frequently followed tho festivals ?>f gOO<l oheer, pos?uhly for hygienic reasons! The early hutch soem to have had singular Ideas regarding thanksgiving day. In 1044 tho New Yorkers marched to Green wich, Conn., and shot or burned alive 500 or 000 Indians, including women and children. They then marched , hack to New York and sat. down to a thanksgiving dinner. At the Close, of ' tho Revolution a tendency to make thanks | giving day a regular institution in New j York was apparent, and Governor .lay issued a proclamation for November II, j 1705. Down to Governor Clinton's time i the observance of the. day was more or j less broken. The politicians brought oh- i joction to both Clinton and Jay in the ! matter of their appointment of a day of ! thanksgiving, accusing those governors | of trying fo " flatter religious prejudice," I an objection frequently heard nowaday I among extreme radicals. Tho beginning j of the movement which has resulted in the nationalizing of an ancient. English J practice is here traced. It Is difficult to say just how much truth there is in tho popular traditions regarding the origin of thanksgiving. That thanksgiving day is not a Yankee notion is, however, pretty clear. - /fohton Herald. A Coll wllh n II ii hi nn llenil. There \v nn shown nt n fnir in Missouri recently ii living curiosity from Mont tjomoiy countv, flint Htnte, nnd exhibited >y two cUi/.cns of thnt county. A colt ] with n humnn hend, n most extraordinary j fronk of nnturc, thn hnmnn enst seeming to rnn nn fur buck nsfhc foreshoulder, when the linen of the colt set in The ! location of the eyes nnd cms nnd the heud WftB decidedly humnn. A Mormon t<um?lc is luting huilt in Logftn, Utah, which will cost when com ploled $41*, 000. ?? Joint" One Hundred and fl?T?nty one | Ttafat Mr v ? , A gentleman tells the Cleveland Lender j t^Vn which la repeated in his own lan- j guuge : 1 wish to relate to you a ludicrous little episode which took place in a drawing- j room car between Ikwtonaud New York. I Beside myself and wife there were four j ladies and a five-year-old boy, whoso name J was John, all evidently traveling to gether, and an old gentleman who sat* opposite the ladies, wearing a broad brimmed peaked felt hat, a brown wig and very gray whiskers. He had takon off his boots and encased his feet in slippers, and ensconscod himsolf in one of the big chairs of tho car, evidently determined to make himself comfortable while he whiled away th? time delving into a magazine. John was evidently a sort of a boyish nuisance. Ho Kept mov ing about like a perjMJtual motion ma- | chine. His mother was" a small, lean i woman. with a thin face, Ions, peaked ! nose, a pointed projecting chin and gray j eyes sunk deej ly in her little head, i Her voice waj of IV.e" most j piercing, squeaking kind that culd pos- [ sibly be imagined. Every tim* lv t boy j was engaged in tonic mischievous opera tion. t he mother v ould reprimand him by j screaming out in her horribly shrill voice, j in a falsetto note, "John!" That ear pierc ing sound caused tho old gent'eman to j give a jump n<- though he h.wl heard the ] sudden blast of a locomotive whistle clo-?o | ?by. Pretty soon John w ould be impaling j some {Mrs on the window and the terrific i sound would l>e heard again. calling. "John !"an<l theold gentleman would give another stait it; the midM of his reading After another interval John would lake a J round fool cushion and roll il along; the aisle, like a nine pin ball, and i< went whack again.-t the leg of the old gentle man, and simult meou-lv came the round j of "John!" in the high falsetto voice of i the mother. an<r the gentleman gavel aim her tremendous start. This call ing of "John" in that unearthly j shrill tone wa* kept up every little I whil" till the train reached Springfield. Here theold gi lttleman pulled on his boot *, stowed away his slippers, gathered his traps together, and proceeded to get off the car. As he was pat-sing the mother and "John" n his way out, he stopped, looked at her in a.dignified man ner, showed her a piece of paper covered with tally marks, and said, in iv calm but loud voice, "Madam, you have screamed out 'John ' j 1 1 v t one hundred and seven ty-one times!" and with a bow threw tho paper 011 her lap and left the car. The woman gazed at him till he dissappeared with her mouth wonderingly open and in a momentarily dazed condition. Finally she. came to and furiously vented her spite on. John by taking him across her knees and giving him a tcrritic spanking in spite of his yells. The whole sceno was so ridiculous and ludicrous that a'l of the passengers, including the ladies of the party who were traveling with the mother of "John, "gave way to a paroxysm of laughter, in spite of poor John's tears at being made to suffer for thn old gentle man's sarcasm. Smoking In Mexico. While waiting for coffee, and after ward during pnuses in the conversation, says a correspondent, writing from Mex ico, the gentlemen of tho family ? and not infrequently tho ladies also ? settle grace fully back in their chairs and enjoy a cigarctte or two. I learned a lesson at my very first dinner in Mexico. It was at a hotel tabic, and a stranger Mexican seated boside me, who happened to finish his dinner first, innocently lighted his cigar for the usual table smoke, which I, in the depth of my ignorance, regarded as a personal insult, and indignantly left the table. Since that day I havcbecomo " learned in the ways of tho Egyptians," and cannot only tolerate the national cus tom with equanimity, but (1>c not horri fied, oh, fastidious friends!) occasionally take a dinner cigarette myself ! When one is in Home it is well to do as the Iiomans do. These tiny "Mexican cigarettes, rolled up in corn-husks or tissue paper, are not at all like the strong-smelling things we have in the United States. v These arc not much larger than straws, the husk is sweet to the taste, and they have a dcli catc fragrance which is very pleasant. In Mexico everybody smokes at all times and in all places at the theatre, in the ballroom, everywhere. In making formal calls or more extended visit.s politeness demands an immediate and frequent ex change of cigarettes and " light" ? with many courteous words, as "after you, senora " (referring to the match) ? pre cisely as our ancestors were wont to proffer tfnd accept the civilties of thd snuff box. Every Mexican lady's pocket is supplied with match-box and cigarette holder of more or less elegance, and the ; dainty fingers of many a fair young 1 scnorita are discolored like polished j bronze at the tips from much cigarette rolling. IIonscH In Washington. A Wellington letter to the Louisville Courier- Journal nays; Mr. Seward once gave the following j>icce of advice to a gentlemnn who was just stepping out of otlice here, and who proposed to settle in Washington and practice law. Said Mr. Seward: " Don't do it unless you aro willing to become a nobody. Never give uj> your citizenship in your State, especially as you cannot acquire it. in Washington. It- is right that thero should be no citizenship here, for tho government pays half the expense of tho city and district, and local government would make the system complex and un satisfactory, and, as there ih no citizen ship in the district, every man can retain the privilege of voting in his State." "Hut," urged tho gentleman, " tho winters of New England are. long and severe, and neither I nor my family Imvo any health there, but ate well in Wash ington." To this Mr, Seward answered; " Then spend three or four winter months there, but keep your residence at your old home. If you build here you and your family will live hero from October to June, and travel during the summer season, and your neighbors and old friends will resent the affront you have put upon them by your neglect to return to your former homo, ho that, if you should seek fresh honors from them, they will refuse to support you. an?l you will be regarded as an alien." A Singing Iteaeh. There is a sinking bench at Manchester, Mass , and this is what a writer in M'icnrr, says of it: " Hands were taken from tho w> r ailed ' singing beach' on the coast of Massachusetts, near Manchester on the Sea. and subjected to microscopical ex amination. In this beach, the felspathic rocks aro intersected by numerous dykes of igneous rocks, among which porphy ritio diorito i? noticeable. Tho phe nomenon which gives riso to the name of tho beach is confined to tho portion of sand lying between the water-line and the loose sand above the reach of ordin ary high tide. Portions emit the sound; but closely contiguous areas fail to do so, or answer feebly. The sounding sand is nenr tho surface, at the depth of one or two f eet, it ceases, perhaps because of moisture The sound is produced by pressure, and may be likened to a sub dued crushing ; it is of low intensity and pitch, is not metallic nor crackling. It occurs when the sand is pressed In ordinary walking, increases with sudden tressure of the foot upon the sand, and s perceptible upon mere stirring by the hand, or even plunging one finger and removing it suddenly. It can l>o intensi fiod by dragging wood over the beach. A Troy man bears the imprint of a horse shoe plainly and perfectly outlined upon his hip. lie does not think it a birthmark, he thinks it came from fo?>b' ing around a mule. ftiirlinytoMe^lret FOR FEMININE READERS.! fVntale Doctors In India. The plan for eroploving female doctors In India, one of the few thoroughly sen sible plans recently started by philanthro pists, seems likely to be a success. A sum of i'4,000 has been tuised in Bombay to guarantee salaries for two or three years to English ladiex, and ?'20,000 to sturt a native hospital for women ; whilo in Mad ras, four ladies liavo been admitted to Sractice by the local modical oollcge. no of these is that remarkable woman, Mrs. Scharliel?, who went to Kngland to perfect her mcdical education, and dis? tancod all competitors at the London uni versity. Lastly, Mr. River! Thompson, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, in a .ninute full of clear sense and sympathy or native suffering, has over ridden the opposition of the council of the nedical college, and ordeied the admission of fe male students, if qualified by general ed ucation. The number of entrances is cer tain to be large nud in a few yenvs each of ti e three president ie-, Till have n staff of female doctors thoroughly familiar w ith 'he language and in tued to the cli mate They will reduce the sum of human mi.e'y far more than a dofpn orders nd mitting l.idies with an English veneer on them to positions for which th?y are hope lessly disqualified. T>-e appropriate arrangements of th" hair is a most important c onsideration. The majority blindly follow a prevailing back hair; that of the French fashion of a twist -crown to the top of the head, and the low knot at the bark. This must be managed according to one's own style, but the front hair that adds to or detracts from the expression and general style yields u variety of devices in all fashionable shades of hair applicable to all faces and nil complexion*. The very latest and most important invention in perfect naturalness is the " La Grande," which is made on a patent spring divided in the middle gracefully, falling apart and showing the naturni parting. This is in either loose w aves or curls in gray, white, or all other shades of hair. The new "Baby" bang is a wave of light fluffy little curls about the brow with the addition of a long straight switch be hind. This is seen in fashionable colors of hair, and notwithstanding its name, is also made of gray and of white hair. The " Double Coquette" is light and loose in rings on top. The almost invis ible web ie woven of natural hair. The " Langtry," the "Fatti" and other waves of last year are still worn by those for whom they seem especially adapted as regards expression. Tho revival of clusters of short, thick curls at the back of the head ie talked of as a fiossibillty in something of the Madame tecamier etyle, or simply worn in a cluster of two or three curls on ono side of the Grecian twist or long looped hair. ? Neto York Tribune. Very deep wine color is a fashionable ?hade. Spanish lace scarfs are only worn now in the house. Habit skirts are fashionable to wear with walking-dresses. The best titting jerseys are those with a seani down the back. 8ide-_plaitcd skirts, from the waist down, arc very fashionable. The coat sleeve remains popular. It is still set high on the shoulder, aud tits the arm closely. The most elegant bridal dresses aro made of rich material, and arc without elaborate trimmings. Embroidered and beaded leather passementerie is seen upon many of tho imported dresses, The importers say t hot ''stripes are good " this season; translated into femi nine parlance, this means that they will be worn to excess. All shades of brown and tan are the fashionable colors for gloves. Those made with a velvet cull promise to be much worn as the season advances. English round hats aro distinguished by their high crowns, short back and flaring fronts. The fashionable garni ture for these ie velvet bands and feathers. The extreme fashion in handkerchiefs is represented by sheer linen ones beauti fully embroidered hy hand and all white. A novelty is a combination of embroidery and lace and cambric. rh? Coiffure, Fnsliion \olc)i A Noted Driver on Driving. John Splan, who begun his carccr on tho turf seventeen years ago, when he < was seventeen years old, and haw handled many of the best horses in the. country, including tho famous Ranis, is as ready and sliclc a talker as he. is a driver. "Yes, sir, a good driver is as essential bp | a good horse. I don't know as a good ! man could do much with a stick of a j horse, but I've seen many a horso de- i feated that, would have won if its driver had known his business. Just what makes a good driver you can't tell. "You see, a driver has got to do more than sit behind a horse. Ho must look out lor the shoeing, must get the. horse's head just right, must study his horse, j know how ho ought to be fed, harnessed i and nil that. Thoro arc a hundred things | beside the mere driving that he mus have his eye on and be studying. Horses ? are just as different as people. Home are f nervous, fretting and stewing all the I time and others are so cool that a cy- j clone wouldn't make them jump. Now, i you (ce if a man that was used to driving ; onoof the nervous kind took hold of a ' la r.j horso ho'd like as not break him all I up. ' There's one thing a driver must I have, and that's a cool head. He must \ not be all down when he doesn't win, or ! way \ip when ho dotife, but just take it an It. comes and go it. I've se?n men on the track with money up on their horses who were as worked up about it as an old lady that, had got to hftvo her tooth pulled out. That won't do. I don't take any stock in cordials to give a man the necessary courage. A good night's sleep is tho nest thing that any man can take before a race. Of course, we bet on the races. That's what we are in terested in ; it's part of our business. I don't think horsemon gamble much out side. They put in their money on a , horse just as a man buys a barrel of flour and expects to get more than he gave for . if. The public think there's ft good deal f mure crooked work thnn there really is. ? I dv n't know a driver, And I've slept, j with most of 'em, * 'no would pull his employer's horse to v, in money himself. It wouldn't pay. Driving is a profession j now, and a man who has paid $r?,000 or j $ 10,000 for a piece of property hunts till he finds n good man to take eare of it, and then pays him handsomely. Most owners have all tho money they want and ' are anxious only that their horses win.'' A Dominie's Slip of Tongue. When a dominie gets to amplifying n Quotation from the Bible, he should 1>?' a little careful about, looking to see where | he is coming out. The Heverend J. W. j Main, of Philadelphia, knows how this is , himself He was preaching, in Pittsburg i last Hunday night, and was t"iling what a nice place heaven is. After cnurner I at ing the things not to be found there, the reverend gentleman said "There is no darkness tnere, no clouds, no sickness, no graves, no funerals, no preachers At tnis point a smile ran over the audi eaee, wnlch the sjwaker perceivlYig, and seeing the necessity of an explanation, he interpolated the remark ; "I mean there'* no preaching there-^fLThe amendment j waa accepteo. htepr* m. COWBOYS. The Sort of Life the Wild Herder* Lead in Their Own Prairie*. "I was a cow-boy myself for five years before I bought a ranch," ?aid W. G Gates, of Toxas, to a reporter, " and made somo lucky ventures iu cattle, and 1 know them and like them. The cow-boy's dress is usually a shirt, a pair of Mexi can cloth jMiuta, with a l>olt around the waist, in which is carried a couplo of pistols, generally improved fcmith ?t Wesson's, a broad, white sombrero, a pair of heavy top-boots, into which his Ei\nts aro stuffed, and a rifle swung ov?i is back. They aro in the saddle nfteen hours out of tho twenty -four, and are I the ftnost horsemen in tho world. The ' stories told of their marksmanship are not exaggerated. I have seen them snuff I a candln at fifty and soventy-flve yards with a rille and think nothing of it. The | quiclvnes* v i'h which th"y draw and tire 1 i- something wonderful. I snw Black I J?hn Adair", a notorious character who ! roams about the w stern port of 'h* ! Ptato, shoot i man I've time* before hi? victim fell. Wh* n th y "samiMCfl him they found that the fl v s'"ot? lnd en 1 terrl his breast in a spme hardl1 lirc^r tlv-n a dollar, and a'l th" l'v l< i l pasvd through his heart. The mm ? nd thrown n gla^s of whisky at Ad im*' head. i ' These men hive n strange kind of j system of ethics among themselves On'? j will always tnk" the part of another, inn j row. A man who irets whipped i- held | in about the same light tis a man would 1 be h' ld who would d> fault with hi* cm- [ plover's money. I saw one of them with j n notched knife. There were fifteen notches, and each notch represented h dead mnn. He was but twenty-eight yean j old. They are paid about f'iO a month, i and as t h< y generally work far from tho haunts of men, they have no opportunity to spend much of this money. When they come to town they usually conic in crowds, and with plenty of money. Then woe to the man that insults or cheats them. They usually yet drunk on such occasions, and. among their other meth ods of amusing themselves, they have a way of shooting the corks off bottles and other little eccentricities of that kind. " Like all Americans on the border Oi civilization, they have a strong sense of humor and of sentiment. No matter how drunk a cow-boy is, he is always ready to appreciate a joke: and a wo man never has to appeal to him in vain for protection. It is true, if he fancies her particularly, he may express his de votion in nn uncouth way; but 1 have seen some exhibitions of rare delicacy among them. I knew one of these men who gave almost a year's salary to help a 'poor Massachusetts girl who had strand ed iu a frontier town, without friends or clothes or money, to get her back to her friends. Of course, these men have their leaders, their heroes. These are the men who can drink more whisky, shoot faster and surer, risk their lives more reckless ly, bo first in at a dance and at n death, be more chivalrous, more generous than the common herd. But tho cow-boy is fast losing caste. Tho law is becoming supremo. The great ranches pre being divided up, towns arc becoming more numerous and the police more elncient. The cow-boy. like tho Forty-niner, will soon be a thing of the past. "I remember one instance that may give you some conception of the queer characters tou meet among these people. Fifteen years ago I w as work ing for a big rancher, forty miles west of Fort Worth, named Jonathan Andrews. He had about 20.000 acres of land well stocked. There were about seventy-five of us herding the cattle. None of these men were particularly noticeable, except one. lie went by tho name of 'Gentle man Joe.' lie was a tall, lank, black haired fellow, with a pale face and as wild a pair of black eyes as I ever saw. If ever t hero wa.i undying, fierce, burn ing passion in a man's eyes it was in his. I never looked at him without shudder ing. IIo cared absolutely nothing what ever for money, and gave it away, or threw it away as fast as he got it. He drank deeply at times, but was never quarrclsomo. All the men like 1 him nnd feared him, and though he was never known to shoot a man. he was of that peculiar class that you knew by intuition it would not do to meddle with. He talked well when he did talk, which was rare, and never swore. It was to this and the fatt that he was unvaryingly po lite in all his intercourse with the rest, of the boys that he owed his nicknamo. I found him one day with a worn old book in his hand, and looking over his shoulder I saw it was 'King Lear.' He and I became more intimate after that, ar.d although he told me nothing of hi" pu?t history, I caught from an odd word that dropped here and there that he was college-bred, and used to good society and better days. " One night a party was made up to go into Fort Worth. I was forced into tho crowd, much against my will, for I knew that it would end in a wild drunk. ' Gentleman Joe' went with us. Wo rode into town, some twenty-five of us, and the first place we ran into was a saloon. All the party were, soon hilari ous, except 'Gentleman Joe' and myself. He drank deeply, but it didn't appear to affect him. lie. and I were standing at one end of the bar talking, when a littlo mite of a r 1 eame in, and after looking about timidly ran un to a big swagger ing man named Red McGuire, a noted gambler and desperado in that section, and said something to him in a low voico. McGuire answered with an oath and went on wilh his drinking A lounger near by whispered that 'Hod's woman was after him again.' The little child was persistent and pulled at MeGuiro's coat tails. He turned about at Inst and struck the. child in the face. The blow sent the little one reeling across th* room. Her head hit the wall, and she fell senseless to the lloor, A do/.eti hands were laid on their pistols, but Joo was quicker than the rest. He gave ono spring, laid Ids hand heavily on MeGuiro's shoulder, and stood over him for an instant with a bloodless face, and his bi^, wild oyes almost starting from their sockets, Then he said, rather quietly, I thought: ' What did you strike that girl for ?' McGuire shook Joe's hand off his big shoulder, and, starting to bis feet, stared insolently at him. " I don't see that it's any of your btisl nes?, ' " We all knew what would eonie. and it came quick enough I don't know who ffot liis gun out first, but I think MeOuire .did. Both reports sounded to Set her, and both men fell back stone oad. McGuire was shot, through the brain When we went to wash tlui blood from the little hole over Joe's heart, we found a black silken packet. The bullet had passed through and through it We opened it reverentially, and there wn? a womnn's picture with an ugly, blnrk h'>|o disfiguring the face. Bound around it with a faded blue ribbon was a lock of sunny golden hair and a letter, a short letter, worn with much thumbing and hloi ? d with many teardrop" The letter rar "'Dearest husband : God forgive me, I know you never will Think better of me I abvavs loved John tho best." " I n llio Pnrlor. " [>id you romn hnrc to ?<?<? my ?isfrr.'' " Yea, my lift If man." " Well, you cnn't tor her to ni^ht."' ' ? Why not ?" " 'Cnusf! ?!io'm nifk " Whnt's tin- rnntlor?" "Our l>i|i flo<_' run <i|T with h> r now tooth thin Afternoon mihI h)io oiinl I i 1 1 < I Vin fin v where M ***** Thoro it* n Mnn<lin<{ rewind of $2,000 in Nehrnftkft for tin- <lisfovei y in llint Htftte of n pitying vein of eonl NEW ARRIVALS! AT w. O. GERALD'S OLD CORNKR STORK. I hara hu< returned from market, wbara I purcbM4Jf* beary^atook of til Kind* of Q- ood?, j At the t?*7 lowtot Prioea, and I Intend to r\v? my oaatomera the benefit of mr low piioed puretu*e?. My atock oobeiata of Fall arid Winter Dry Goods. Notions, Hosiery, Sto. rba bMt make and lateet atylea of Boot: and Sboes. ClotMii, Hats, &c. GROCERIES ! In Grocerioe I bare i? 6n- a tlock a? cjn Yt ??fro tn town. HARDWARE! K >r Plantation, Qai deu and Hnueohcld uao. 1 till lm? ot HadJWry and Harneja. In fat't, 1 h??o got almuat anything ton can caU lor, ?o>1 atu determined to aall CHEAP FOR CASH. 0*11 before you bev elaewhere. Basgtng and tira alwaya on ka?d. Hirhe?t prico* yaul for ( uton In o*sh. W. C. GEIIALD, At o>? Old Corner Stom. Remodeled and Newly Furnished, LATHAM MOIJSK, OAMDENi S. C. Transient Board $2.00 Pe< Day. Amplo aooommodatlona. Tables aupplie witb tija oeat the market aflordo. Every ad tentlnn paid to the comfort of iroeetp. * Connected with tho House Is a flrst-olai?a BAR, which It orderly kept. Hack to aud from tlio depot. Faro 25 cenle ???ch WHY. Fi ed and Liver? 8'able on rr>nva'?. B. ft. LATHAM, l'RorniKTQR. \V. CI.YBURN, General Insurance Agent Anil Cotton Buyer. Removed tohlaold ttaid atOlvburn's Block IVill pay tho hipheat price for Ooilon and bu. cvre froely th*n ever before. ?r Mt country frieuda will pl?M0 r*ve lie a r#L'. aug!7-th PRICES REDUCED. ROBERT D WHITE, MARBLE I GRANITE WUKKS. PLAN8 FURNISHc.il>, 'doot.ng Stree', oor. Fl"rU>?ol<'<> A'lov nugl8-yl. CHARLKMTO-;. ^ . A. R. THOMLINSON Manufacturer of HARNESS, of Every Description. SADDLES, BRIDLES. Eta MoC. SADDLES, NF.W ASP OLFV Importer of Fnglleh Raddlf-, S:p<>1 Bits, Bpure. ItlrniM, Iit<\ Faotory and Hfileeroom lfl7 Meeting Rt , Bept 1-ly. CT1 ABLER 1'ON, 8. C. jyjETAIA IRON, RAGS, ROPE, COTTON RIDES, 8KINS, wool,, WAX, FUPf* ALL KINDS OF F APP.B HTOClv Ac. par We tiro paying the H iK\i^ot ("Vh Prior-' M'.V'Ef OOLI^MTTII '. poyr., angl8-l* P. () Po* l"> J O. ROUJNGHS, wurr ru* Stationary and Portable Steam Elite Brown Cotton Ginw Wlnnehlp Cotton Gin With Feeders alid Condensers Talbot A Bow Moxajmb Imoikm, Bxiior* vk Wood Kxvnra*. Bom Oottok Pim, 8oaoruuj> Oorro* Pun, Figure Cottok Paws, COEX AND WHKAT Mll-JJi, Saw Miul?, 8HArn?o axf Pnxin, A t. till of nackinery. Bo suro to oaM n-rl -oe in v pnces be lor* purchasing anv kind ! -luehinery. J C. ROJ, LINOS, ? Cash > km. 8 C. WugoDS and HARNESS, ESTC. The nnderslgued respectfully call* atten 'i^u to the Urge stock ol 1, 3, 8 and I horse "agous, einglo and donble buggies, open and ?up buggies, wagon ami buggy harness, etc., which lie now has on hand, and which tie is fi-llio^ a* living price*? so low as to (insure Urge en It #. Handling tbo heavy stock 1 <V\ I can nfT'?rd to eoll at a small profit. HEPAIRING In all its branohes proMptly and satisfactory J executed by couipotcnt workmen HORSE SHOEING A speotalty. Qivomeacall. M. A. MF.TT8. sep7-lyr ULD (1053) ESTABLISHED Charleston ice-House, ALVA, GAGE & CO., M>rket. cor Church ot . Chat leaton, S. C3. Ltnpcifcr? and Shippers, Wholesale and Retell *>wilt're in I O E . fee packed for tlio country & specialty. I'V* liy tho car-load at epecial rate*. 'Waver ly House, On AHLKHTOK, 8. C* GEORGE T. ALPORD, .... Hutftr 12 and ta.50 per Day. This favorite Family Houho, under its nen management, is rooommeuded for tho excel lence of it* cuisine and home-liko comfort*. I'* airy and well vontUatcd motns have ins! Loon mwly oarpeted and elegantly furnished. m. *, mni. r a. o-?ar>?. OHAFBB & O'BRIEN, Wholesale Q-ro'oer* 805 Ba?t Bay St, Charleston, %? C. I Af jenU for Kxtou'a Fremlnm T r rxt ?m en. : ? ItU. T. BERWICK !,l>'i.Vi(K, DENTIST, Graduate of tho Baltimoro College of Dental Surgery. OFFIC'H? Dl'.Tt A I.B HOI NR. <? Entrance cii Ci'oad fi!r<*;t.. WULBEEN k PIEPER, Wholesale Grocers And Doalere In Provision's, Liquors, Tobacco &o. <67 and 100 KANT HA r. an* 19-1 y OFlAHIiEBTON, A. O FOrMDHY, 60x214 Foeu MACHINE f MOP, ,V)i2.10 Foot. norT,ER 8HOP, 40x150 Feet. O E O R G E JR. LOMBARD <fe OO. Foundry, Machine nn<l Boiler* Works, - Greorg^a. BUILDERS OF Engines and Boilors, Bnw MiM*, GrM Mills, and all kinds of Mill maobr nory of the late?,t impioved stylos. fcduft'ng, H?ns<r*. I'uilevs, OeariiiK and Journal Boxes. Wo bavo a largo assorlmont of P.iMcins, Btig;ir Holler* ah<I Oin Ocftring. DEALERS IS Engine and Mill Sno,dt<H, < Iroultr Sa \r, Filo*, Oummors, Swages, Globe 01>Qck and SiiMv Vh1v*m, Whistl.-?, Oaiu;<-t). H eun Pip- hi: 1 Fitting*. Babbct metal from 1? tp 40 ronts. Bfcilinjr, Lacing, Rubber, Hemp, i o?ps*"ne au?i Asbestos Packing, Oil; and Ojl Gups. Wroncbos T hf.uiy W'heols, oto. ? AGENTS FOIl Double Tnrbino Wh"l, K"itiog'o Universal Injectors, the boat made. Bradfoid M;ll Co'a. Portable Mills. Nordyke <V Marmon Oo.'s Plantation Oo~n an? Food Mill". Atlas Engine Works and Erie City Iron Works, Portable and Stationery Rnginee. Kunklo's Pop Safety Valves. Oloud Greek Mill Hooks. tor Iron and Brass Casllngn, and all kinds of Repa rs promptly done. We out every day, and are working about one mind red liin'Ji CGNGAREE IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. i m i ? k < t \ K I > CIRGOUii SAW KILLS. BIMPIvF., CMTB\r AVI) DUIUHI.K, W% ?M the eelftbriited Friot'nn F- ;vl on >? 1 1 our Si* Mill*. W? n*? the rtnrf beat material In their oonHtrnotion, iu>d'ptn< n?.tb??r nor eii>wi*e to rmv der them m near perfect kh ponfliblf. W^i warrnnt nil our work to bo well maul* and of good material. Wo would like if von w.i-w.l <v>wpnro tho following Mguraa with thoe? of other mannlafllnrorn and boo if wo do not, hoII jou a t>cttor and Inrgot taw Mill.at same Bgnron: PRIOHfl, Wo, 1 Mm, with M Inohfta.Raw, Ifi feet carriage fSTB 1 " M BH *? 18 " inn ??a " ?? 40 " 20 " "1 M ?' 84 " 20 " ?? 8 ? ?? 40 *? 20 " ?? 1 ?? ?? 48 " 24 ?? 4 " " 50 " 24 " "4 " " 52 " 24 " Rxtrn Carriage, $,'1.00 per f<ot.. The abor" mMU o ?>?>? 1> I > m .'n I . ... DrvMr JOHN' A f ,KX \ NIU'.H I* '.i roto WILSON, OHILDS & 80., PHILADELPHIA WAGON WORTM. noo 00 82ft 00 850.00 875 00 400 00 425 00 MAWDFAornnRn 01 am, imni ov Plantation, Cttty, Freight, Bnaineaa, Zhopraaa aid SPRING WAGONS, TOUJOUR, DHATH.dAHTri, Ti MiiKli WHBKUkl AND WHKKM*ABIK)Wa