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?? ? ? FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. *?? Given a mare that la a fair milker, that is not overworked or abused In* any way, und her colt ought to look fat and slick while suckling. It is often said "That's a nice colt/' of animals which, when a vear or two old, are pronounced "misera ble ucrubs." Especial care should be given them at weaning time and soon If after, especially if they are weaned late in the season. It is hard treatment, to take a colt which has been having its dam'a milk and good gTass, and when cold weather comes on deprive it of the milk and force it to depend on unaccus tomed dry food. II is better to wean them while still on grass, ii of reasona ble age, aocustoming them o grain at - the same time, if this has not been done before, aa_it should be wherever this is practical** Oats we count the best food for colts ; but com may bo mixod with this without injury. A hep' 'hful colt j will Withstand a good deal of pc 1- treat ment without scorning the worse for it, but this is not a sufficient reason for ex< posiug them. Colts and young horses can bo kept in fair condition in winter, - oftentimes without eheltor ; but it is usually cheapor and every way hotter ] to giro them good shcltor, saving a part pf thefood otnerwiso necessary. ? Dvced er$> Gazette. Do Not Wafcto Iloiioi. Tho bonos of fish, bones of fowls, tho large aud small pioccs of bones which are purchased with beefsteak and mut ton, constitute tho very best food for ' fruit trees and grapo vines, if tho frag ments are only placed whore the roots can lay hold of them. Instead of allow r ing pieces of bones to be cast into the .. back-yard, as food for stray dogs and strango cats, domcstics should bo direct ed to deposit everything of tho sort in a small tuo provided with a lid. As soon as only a low pounds havo accumulated, wo take tho tub to some grapo viuo or fruit treo. dig a hole tlireo or moro feet long, a foot or two wide, and not loss than u foot dcop, into which tho bones aro dumped, spread over the bottom of tho excavation, aud covered with tho soil. The moro tho fragments can bo spread around tho hotter. But they should be buried so deep that a plow or spodo will not reach them. Tho roots of growing vines or fruit trees will soon find tho valuable mino of rich fertility, and will feed on tho elements thnt will greatly promote tho growth of healthy wood, ana tho development of fuir and luscious ^ fruit. Many horticulturists and farmers ?<f purchaso bone-dust, costing not less than -^k|wo cents a pound, simply to enrich the ?^Spil Wound and beneath thiir trees ,??d jvines. Fragments of bones aro "" "* as valuable as ground lthough their elements of fertility not bo found availablo in so Bliort a as if tho largo pioces were* reduced all atoms. Nevertheless, if largo ,buried thrco or four foot from a o, tho countlo s number ol the ond of oots will soon dis "o up, and appropriate ovory par , "When cast out of tho kitchen 'doorjpbonos are likolv to bo a nuisance; r "whereua, if proporly buried, thoy bccomo \ Hourco of valuable fertility. Lot every petsop*who owns a grapo vino or fruit '.roes 4a ve all tho bones that pass through tho kitchen, and burv thoin where such worthless material will bo turned to some profit. ? Western Farmer. m Ox V??kc?. Thoro are a great many principles and points to bo considered in a yoke. A short rulo for making a yoke is to tako away What wood is not needed thoro. This is not so easy as it sounds. Yokes for all R but winter use, should bo from thirty to yij^thirty-six inches between tho bows. The Popart resting on tho neck should bo $ smooth, ana tho most sensiblo rulo I can give for the form for a largo yoko would bp- to take a*qir *<; with eighteen .inches radius (thrco fc?t :u diamotor) marffcifcy: tho under sido of tho neck "Vtjiy that.' '*womo old yoko-makcrs used to cufc-*6ut a little notch just largo enough . to fit on tho nock, but with that stylo, if tho oxon do not go exactly ovon, thoso ends that drop down or the "breast", be tween tho oxen will hit tho'r nock or shoulders. Then I would leavO tho top of tho flock and end so near straight that ?ho . end will bo ouo and one-half inches -thicker than on tho ncck. Thon X would mako tho part resting on tho nock about as convex crosswiso as it is concave the other way, or as flat ns it can bo and havo no sharp corners to rub in. If tho yoko is largo onough to havo a bow ton inchos wido tho nock Bhould bo ton inches tho other way. A. tvldo. flat boating is what makes it easy. The depth of tho Btaplo is a vory important matter. To plough, harrow and haul on a drag, tho yoko should havo but vCry little broast and a short staplo to bring tho point of draught high. For working ahead of other teams tho yoko should be deep and tho staplo long. Iti short and in truth, a yoko that Is hung right for a cart is not lit for a drag. It took me a long timo to soo tho wnolo philosophy of this, but I eoo it now. Howovor, I will not s\ip poso othors aro no stupid, and let the ex planation go. I havo not given full directions for a gf?bn hand to make a yoke, biit havo thrown out some hints for old hands fa laugh at. To One of tho old soliool my voices are strange looking objoots, but they work oasy and stay where thoy are wanted. ? Mirror and Farmer. t'onipnNHIoii Ol tho Soil. Boll consists of an organic and an inor ganio or minoral part. Tho first is do rivod from tSfej roots and stems of docayod plants, manure and tho remains of ani mals; tho latter from tho waste of the rooks. ' '? Bandy and poor olay soils aro most de ficient in organic matter, though, fertile soils not always plentifully provttlod Tho inorganic or mineral portion of the soil includes many substances which oxisrin different proportions in different soils. Band, olay and limo represont ' more than ninoty per cent, of the sub stance of most soils, and as one or tho other, of thoso prevail the soli Is calca reous, olayey or sandy. The most active constituents ? of the soli, snch as phos , pliorio acid and the alkalies, occur in small quantities as do tho less important constituents, magnesia, chlorine and sul phuric add. BiUoa 6*lsts in difforcnt? proportions in difToront soils, pnd chiefly in an Insoluble form} fortllo soils contain it in a soluble form. It is in the form ot soluble sili cates that silica does its work as plant food. Its use in the form of sand con sists in its influence on the texture' of the Sand. Alumina gives sftbstanca and stiffness of texture to tho soil. In combination with silica it Is olay. Tho larger the per cent, of slumlna in the soil the more difficult is Ha cultivation. Phosphoric aoid is contained in all good soils, but only in small quantities v as compared with other constituents. It loaui.? j)iw r ?rm ofr*4S, A pound of ralduaVan alcoaUMit ad dition to a bread-pudding. Hie bread should be firrt toasted and then finely grated. Tomatoes chopped with an equal quan tity of celery and mixed with nioe *alad dressing is an agreeable and easily pre Soda bfdcuit should never be worked. Mix as qukskly as possible, mold into form and put into a hot oven. If worked they will be heavy. An economical and really delicious way to flavor a cake which is to have icing over the top is to grate part of tho peel of an orange or lemon over the cake before putting tho icing on. Gold jewelry may be cleaned and be made very bright in this way: Line a small tin cup with soft paper, fill with nice suds, put the jewelry in (one piece at a time of course), shake it about well, rinse with clear wator, and dry with a picce of chatryfa skin. FACTS FOB THE CURIOUS. Tubal Cain is represented as tho firet bhek/'nith. In Japan, when a man cuts down a troa ho pliu'vS \nothor one to take its place. In tho earliest history of slavery in Amorica mole slaves woro sold at prices ranging frt >1 # 100 to $125. Tho C\atrr mill was probably invented in Asia. Tho oldest description is of one near tho temp!o o' Mithiidntca. Napoleon crowned himself while at Milau with Charlemagne's iron crown. It is now in t* a possession of King Hum bert. J. W. Poc, living near Midway, Ky., has a muscovey duck which 1ms mudo its nest in a fork of a tree llfty feet high, to which alio flics regularly, depositing an egg every day. A music teacher in North Carolina who was giving a lesson on tho piano discov ered something wrong with the sound, and on raising tho top found a largo snako coiled up on tho striugs. Washington county, Ky., claims tho longest-bearded man on record, lie is a merchant at Winchester, is six feet tajl, and when standing erect his beard hangs several inches below his knees. Tho money current in Tonquin is mado of tho poorest kind of tin. The coins aro perforated and generally strung on ? thread; For a dollar one receives more of them than can easily bo carried. Tho heaviest gun is tho 100-ton gun in use in Europe. The projectile is 2,000 xmnds, tho weight of the charge depend ng upou tho kind of powder used, aver aging about two hundred pounds. Pro jectiles aro thrown from six to eight miles. Tho queen of Great Hritain's namo is Victoria Alexandrina. 8ho has no other. Royal families do not have family names as other peoblo do, nor do they chaugo their names upon marriage. Sho is do scondod from tho aucient family ot Guolph, and belongs to tho reigning houBo of Hanover, but nor namo ia noithor Guelph nor Hanover. Tho mechanical forco that is exerted at each pulsation of the heart amounts to a pressure of thirteen pounds upon the en tire charge of blood that has to bo pressed onward through tho branching network of blood vessels. This gives an exertion of foro that would be adequate in another form of application to lift 120 tons ono foot high every twentyrfour hours. " Eyes of vair," the old phrase used by English poets, is a curious result ol imonotic spelling. Vair is tho spotted ur made by tho skin of the gray squirrel ; vorro is tho French word for glass. The poots evidently meant what Chaucer wroto, "Eyre as grey as glass," but they wroto vair and hence tho counterpart of tho mistako about Cinderella's slipper, which fras of "vair," not "verro." Courtship of Flphes. ?'Ever Bco.ft fish make love?" asked a Now York. naturalist of a reporter. "Well, hero's a chanco," he continued, pointing to a small square tank. "In there arc some sticklebacks that were sent to me some timo ago, and for quite a while they havo been working at their nests. "Build nests? 1 should say so. The stickloback can build as good a nest as a robin. I'vo been watching the honey moon business for about a woek. I Urst noticed the male began to change his color, becoming a bright red, and soon ho began to collect small sticks and ieces of fiber of various kinds; these ho cgan to mold into regular form, and then passed around them with a quiver ing motion, that was to glue the material together." "Wlioro did the gluo come from?" asked the reporter. "It comos from a special gland," was tho reply. "It is in fact tho plaster, and by thcao invisible cords the nest was held in shape. Kvory once in awhile tho fish would dash into tho nest, and finally a hole was formed, bo that tho noat is as as you seo it now ? an Oval about throe inchcs across, with A hole through tho conter. Tho material is mostly t broads that I put in for tho fish to ubo. Now just watch tho Uttlo follow." Taking a largo hand magnifier, IN stickleback was soon brought into viow, looking as largo as a trout. IIo was en gaged In a desporate chaso aftor a co quettish fomalo that dodged hcio ond thoro in fruitless offorts to avoid him. and in a fow moments she wag cornered near tho ijost and roluotantly pas?ed into thfo homo proparod for her. " That's tho end of the courtship and wedded bliss," said tho naturalist. ' -Th* malo , proparcs tho houso, drives th* fomalo in, and when sho has laid ths eggs takes her placo until tlioy ar? hatched, and, indeed, until the young flBhfcs are ablo to attend to themstlvos." Tho fish had already undertaken it* duties and was stationed over the newly laid eggs, aerating thorn with ita fin*, occasionally rushing out to a' ack th? intruder. "IIo will do this," said the owner, until the flBh aro hatched ltd able to take oare of themselves; thon \<. will tear down the nest." "I)o all fishes havo a courtship?" artcd the reporter* Yes, but they of course difTor. Tho courtship of the whaler which, howovor, m o not fishes, !? a grand sijctaolo, tho huge creaturos showing their devotion in a hundred ways. Old bull whalos havo often taken vessels for thoir w i ve ?, n n< I again for rivals, and dnshod at thorn. Peon System of Mexico. Tho Moxlcans, esiiecially tho less fa- ' vdred classos, aro invotorato gamblt<*<, who risk nearly ovcry cent tlioy can tfot in gamos of chance. This failing reside in many of thom becoming virtually Serfs. A man borrows a small sum? say three or four dollars- with which ho tries bit luck at tho gaming tablo. He loosos and Is unable to repay tho monoy. He is arrnlgned, tho dobt is proved, and bo is sentcncod to work for tho lender till the amount of his obligation is paid. By tho timo ho has llquldntod. tho orig inal debt, ho had contracted three or four others, and belongs to ids creditor almost as muoh as tho creditor's horso or cow. His death does not cancel his debts; his wifo or his children must labor till the money is roturned. This is Mud to be the reason why peons do not run away After contracting debts. Two Questions aim! oil wns Oter. "Have jrou got quail on toast ?" asked a seedy-looking piuty as lio entered a Market street restaurnnt the other day. VHavo yon got an oaglo on silver t" asked the popnstor. And tho conference sdjourjncd sino die. ?Am /<V?rtrt*v> /'oit. ? y ? ?>'. The aggregate Income of the English trades unions represented In the tat *HB hot-water cubb. > *???*? ?r?eBl*eBee WUeh It Hm i^S5f~,U 0ri*1*' ??* H*w It of bl?od heat Fo WoSS^FSSShdt^ ?smsbb?sems^ bio American contribution to medicine. # ?nco jt seems to be used at random from the directions of its distinguished introducer, I have thought that the origin and proper uso of hot water, should be come history. The practico dates back to 1858, when Dr. James IJ. Salisbury, of this city, con cluded a scries of experiments on feeding animals to ascertain the relations of food as a cause and cure of disease. Besido ?wine he experimented on men. Theso ne took in companies of six healthy labor Cl?i ^,acod W&or military discipline, which he enforced himself. JIo also ato and drank as they did. s The i men were kept on single articles of food, coffee and water. Among theso articles woro beans, beef, bread, chicken, crackers, ii^h, lobster, mutton, potatoes, rice, turkey, oatmeal. Tho blood, otc. of the animalH woro carefully examined | microscopically and chemically daily without any preeouceived idea to develop, but simply to ascertain facts and develop ideas from those facts. In this ' manner ho \\ent through the wholo rango of food to show tho permanent value when lived on exclusively and singly. Among other things lie found that tho fermentations of food, and the product of these fermen tations, were tho chief primary factors in producing tho diseases which ariso from unhealthy alimentation. With tho idea of removing these diseases by re moving their causes, lie employed hot water in order to wash out the acids and fermentation vegetations (yensts) from the stomach and intestines. " At first he tried cold water on his men 10 remove these products of fermentation, hut the cold water caused distress, pain and colic, so he increased tho tempera ture of t' -J water. Lukewarm water made thotn sick at the stomach. The teinpeta turo of the water was increased to hot? 1 10 degrees t o 1 50 degrees. This was well borne, una afforded a feeling of agreeable ?in i thousands since testify to. 1 he hot water washes down the slime yeast and bile through its normal chan nels, washes out tho liver and kidneys, and tho bile is eliminated through the bowels and not through tho blood, via the kidneys. It. was somo time before times of administration, and proper number of ounces of hot water, and the proper number of ouuccs to be drank at meals could be settled in order to obtain the best results. The water must be hot, not cold or lukewarm. By hot water is meant a temperature of 110 degrees to 100 de grees, Pahrenheit, such as is com ?in?>n j liked in the use of tea and coffee. 1 Ins is to excite downward peristalsis of the alimentary canal. . Cold water de presses. as it requires animal heat to Imng it up to the temperature of the economy, and there is also a loss of nerve force in this proceeding. Lukewarm water excites upward vomiting, as is well known. In cases of diarrhea, the hotter the better. In -cases of hemorrhages, tho temperature should be at blood lidat. Ice water is disallowed in all eases, sick or well. The quantity of hot water varies usually from half to one pint or one pint and a half at one drinking. The time of taking hot water arc one hour to two hours before each meal, and ualf an hour beforo retiring to bed. At I first Dr. Salisbury tried tho time of half an hour before meals, but this was apt to bo followed by vomiting. One hour to two hours allows the hot water time enough to get out of tho stomach before the food enters or sleep comes, and thus avoids vomiting. Four times a day gives an amount of hot water sullicicnt. Should tho patient bo thirsty between meals, hot water can be taken any time between two hours after a meal and ono hour before the next meal. This is to avoid diluting fhe food in the stomach with water. In drinking the hot wafer it should bo flipped, and not drunk ho fast as to dis tend tho stomach and make if. fee1 un comfortable. From fifteen to thirty minuteg may bo consumed during tho drinking of the hot water. A periou of six months is generally re quired to wash out the liver and intes tines thoroughly. As it promotes health, the procedure can be practiced by peoplo in health throughout life, and tho bene- I tits- of cleanliness inside bo enjoyed. Tho drag and friction on human oxistenco from the effects of fermentation, foulness and indigcstiblo food, when removed gives a wonderful elasticity and buov uncy. J In caso it is desirablo to mako it pal atable and medlcato tho hot water, aro matic spirits of ammonia, clovor blos soms, ginger, lemon juice, sago, salt or magnesia are sometimes added. Whoro there are intonso thirst and drynoss, a pinch of chlorido of calcium or nitrate of potash may bo added to allay tho thirst and leave a moistened film over tho parched and dry mucous membrano sur faces. When there is diarrhea, cinamon, ginger and pepper may bo boiled in tho hot water and the quantity lessoned. For constipation a teaspoon ful of sulphatoof magnesia may lxf used in tho hot water. Tho effects of drinking hot water, as indicated, aro: Tho improved toolings of the patient. Tho sweat starts frcoly after drinking, giving a truo bath from tho confer of tho body to tho periphery. Tho skin becomes healthy in feel and ap pearanco. Tho digestion i" eorrespond ingly improved. All thirst am. dry mucous moinbrano disappears in a 'ew days, and a moist condition of tho muc >us membrane skin takes placo. Ico wator in hot weather is not cravod ; and those who have drank ico water freely aro cured of the propensity. Inebrioty has a deadly foe in this uso of hot wator. Tho gas that sometimes oructatcs after drinking hot water is not formed by the hot water, but was pro?icnt before. Tho amount of gas contained in tho alimen tary cannl is largor than most ftro awaro of, and yet it is not excessive, as it takoa somo tlmo to oruct a gallon of gas from th** stomach, This timo Can bo tested by submerging a gallon jug filled with air under water and observing how long it will bo in #111 Ing with water. Homo physicians have ad vised against hot Water on thd ground that it would burn tho covering off tho stomach. If this is so, then a denuda tion or the lining of tho stomach for , y,mvs " compatible with a s ate ; oaciwlto perfect health with no *lg>. of illnofti for tliat period of timo, and H n.?o compatible with the numerous cures that hv*? occurred under tho uso of not water as a foundation during tho m.fct twenty, flye years. Again, tho same physicians drink tea and couco at tho smno torn pot a In res, and this act bellos their warning and shows their inconsist ence and want of consideration beforo apeak ing.? Dr. Cutler in J London Lancet. Mnrcnani. " IToxv did you liko my dlsconrao this morning!" ns'/cd Purson Coodonongh of Deacon Lightweight, tho village grocer, nn t.hcy wrtiked homo from church last Sunday morning. "Too long, brother, too long," replied (ho frank dcaconj '*Ibollovo in having cvorylhittg short." "I'm,!' I'vo noticod that in your weight*, dcncon," said tho sarcastic par ion ?Blateman. Field ddsicH have boon colored by plac ing their cut stoma in aniHno violet ink. They rofuaodto absorb any color from black ink. Peonies have bcon colored as they grow by applying various dye? In solution to the ground in which they Girl Lift U India. On the da j of her marriage ?ho is pot in a palanquin, shot up tight, and car* tied to the house of her hus&and. Hith erto she has been the spoiled pet of her mother; now she is to De the little slave of her mother-in-law, upou whom she is to wait, whose oommanas she is to im plicitly obey, and who teaches her what she Is to do to please her husband ? what dishes he likes best and how to cook them. If the mother-in-law la kind, the will allow the girl to go home once in a while to visit her mother. Of her husband she sees little or noth ing. She is of no more account to him than a littl* cat or dog would be. There is seldom or never any love between them; and no matter how cruelly she may bo treated, she can never complain to her husband of anything his mother may do, for ho would never take his wife's part. ' Her husband sends to her daily the por tion of food that is to bo cooked for tier, himself and the children. "When it is prepared she places it on one forgo brass I platter, and it is sent to her husband's , room. He eats what ho wishes, and then 1 thu platter is sent back, with what is left, 1 for her and her children. They sit to- ) gother on the ground and eat" the re- j mainder, having neither knives, forks nor spoons. While she is young she is never , allowed to go anywhere. The little girls aro married as young as 1 three years of age; and should the l>oy i to whom such a child is married dio the ) next day she is called a widow, and is \ from henceforth doomed to jxjrpetual j widowhood -"-she can never marry again. Asa widow she must never wear any l jewelry, never dress her hair, never sleep I on a bed, nothing but a piece of matting 1 spread on the hard brick floor, and some- i tunes, in fact, not oven that between j her and the cold bricks; and, no matter , how cold tho night might be, she must ' have no other covering tuan the thin gar- | ment she has worn in the day. She must eat but one meal a day, and J that of the coarsest kind of food; pnd | onco in two weeks she must fast twenty- 1 four hours. Then not a bit of food, nor ? a drop of water or medicine must pass her lips, not even if she were dying. She must never sit down nor speak in the presence of her mother-in-law, unless they command her to do so. Her food must be cooked nnd eaten apart from the other women's. She is a disgraced, a degraded woman. She may never even look on at any of the marriage ceremonies or festi vals. It would be an evil omen for hei to do so. She may have been a high caste Brahminic woman ; but on her be coming a widow, any, even the lowest servant, may order her to do what they do rot like to do. No woman in the i house must ever speak ono word of love i or pity to her, for it is supposed that if a j woman shows tho slightest commisera- ' tion to a widow she will immediately bo come one herself. It is estimated that there are 80,000 widows in India under six years of age. ? Commercial Travelers* Magazine. ' Tho Varieties of Laughter. There is tho hearty laugh, says th< Brooklyn JCagle, tho convulslvo laugh, tlu oxplosivo laugh, tho he-he-laugh, and tho?uproarous, almost tumblo-out-of-the chair laugh. There was tho laugh ol | Prince Hal, who was said to laugh " till | his faco is like a wet cloak ? ill laid up.* [ There is tho incipient laugh, which ii not a laugh but a smile. The late Charles Backus, the minstrel, who, it will be ro membered. had a very largo, mouth, wai onco having his photograph taken. Tlu operator told him to look pleasant, tc smile a little. The famous minstrel gavt ap elaborato smile. "Oh, that wil) never do!" Baid the photographer, "it's too wide for tho instrument.' Spoaking of a Western actress tho report ei wrote : "Her smiles opened out like tlu Yosomito valley in a May morning.' When Miss Marie Wilton, the Enghst aotress, played Hester Grazebrook in the " Unequal Match," her laugh was said tr bo of tno character "that lirst as It wor< looked out of the eye to see if tho coast was clear, then steals down into a pretty dimple of the chock and rides there ir an eddy for the while; then waltzes at the corners of tho mouth like a thing ol lifo; then bursts its bonds of beauty and tills tho air for a moment with a showei of silver-tongued echoes find then steals back to its lair in tho heart to watck again for its proy." How different front tho kind of laugh of Prince Hoaro, o friond of Ilaydon, the painter. This gentleman was a delicate, feoblo-looking man, with a timid expression of face, and when he laughed heartilj he almost seemed to be crying. It runs in familion, sometimes, to distort tho countenance in laughter. Mr. Labr>u chero speaks of a family who lanoli e great deal, and who always shut tlioij oyes when thoy do so. It is funny at th* dinner-tablo, when something witty is said, to look around nnd seo the same distortion in overy face. There is not an oyo left in tho family. A trio of sisters is spoken of who show half an inch ol palo pink guma when thoy laugh. In their presence, liko Wendell Holmos, on? " never dares to bo as funny as ono ran,'* for fear of seeing this applauding triple of gums. A laugh is sometimes only a sneer. DiogenoB, of tub notoriety, saw a good deal of this kind of laughter. Some ono said to hlra: " Many people laugh at you." "But I." ho quickly replied, "am not laughed down." A Itomarkablo Horse. A caso interesting to naturalists is re ported from South Africa. At tho Cradook races a lino stallion bolted from tho course, to tho disgust of its backers, who had madr it. first favorito. It was not followed immediately, for our colonial brethren are used to think tliov can catch any liorso when thoy feet inclined. Tho animal was Inst scon, still galloping, on tho high road nine miles away ;l>ut tho owner could not track it boyond that. Twenty-two days afterward a farmer found it closo by, tied up to a thorn bush, in deep covor. It had bolted, with a saddle and bridle; tho latter trailing, had got caught, and, in its struggles, tho animal had fixed its head closo to tiie bough. That it had gono twenty-two 'days without water, beneath a Bouth African bud, with no better food than tho twigs and branches it could roach, is certain. Yet tho horso kept such strength that its finder led it to tho dwelling, at sorno distance, and when tho owner caino, three days afterward, ho would not havo hesitated to rido it back to Oradock, if necessary. This story, as it is told, inakos ono of the most curious on record of itsaorts. lloth mils were Paid. A good story is told of tho woll-known enginoor, William A. Bweot, of Syracuse. Casually meeting a prominent lawyer ono day, a brief conversation ensued, in the courso of which Mr. Bwoot happened to ask "tho judge'' what ho thought of sonio question they were discussing, without renlly meaning to ask legal ad vico in tho usual way. Boon aftorward , Mr. Bweot fcceived a "*1)111 from tho j mlgo "forlogal advice, $1,000," which j 10 paid promptly Without a word of complaint. Timo passed on, and one day tho judge who was also heavily interested In salt manufacture, needed somo mechanical advice about some machinery, Which was not running satisfactorily, and asked Mr. Bweot to look at tho machines and toll him what wasneeded. Mr. Bweotlookcd them over for two or three hours, and in* dicated tho causo of tho trouble. When he wont homo he promptly made out a bill againbt the judge, for "mechanical advloo, $1,500," and tho bill was duly paid, furnishing probably ono of tho fow instances on record in which mechanics ever got ahead of tho law. ? American Martini* ? f CHINESE BARBER SHOP. ' r ir . jWfoy v . '.Y ,\ . -k ?** !??-!?? of (hi c?l?*(lnl Queue. Twelve or mow celestials reclined on bunks or pallets m?do on the floor in a small room adjoining tho Chineso laundry on Tenth fttroet iust above Arch last night. In the centre of t':o dingy apartment an old and almost supcranusted Chinaman sat on a low stool holding in his lap the head of a fellow-countryman whoso Dody ?ras stretched upon the" floor. The sge<L man grasped in his right hand a lonK, slender steel blade, whilo in his left ho hcld^ a sponge saturated with soap suds. Having lathered with great caro the head ' which he held in his lap ho began, seem logly with tho utmost caution, tho work of shaving off a growth of hair, apparently four or five days old, which surrounded tho tonsure, or what is known in tho vernacular as tho pig tail. After his scalp had been shaved as carefully as a civilized man's faco could bo at a barber shop, tho heathen oj>eratcd ujwn arose and shulfled arouud tho room, each Chinaman in turn running his hand over the shaven part of his head and express ing either by a grunt or word his satis faction ^ or dissatisfaction of the job. A\ hen he had nearly made the rounds one of the Mongolians, dressed like an American and who appeared to be particularly fastidious, carefully ex amined tho newly-shaved skin and aftei having run his hand over it several times jumped up, uttering a dissatisfied grunt, and walked toward the light, pulling after him the man whoso head he wat examining. Everybody gathered around under a lamp that hung by a string from a bamboo cross-piece. After a multi tude of gestures tho barber was called forward and shown a very small spot upon which a few hairs hai\ been over looked. He thereupon again took hit place on the stool, old Clnnainan again assumed his recumbent position, and th< job was completed to the satisfaction oi all. When the last man was getting shaved ho fell into a doze, his head bobbins suddenly to one side. As it did so tin razor slipped and cut off several hain from the sleciK'r's queue. The barber, at he witucsscd the accident, uttered ar exclamation of astonishment, jumped ur and then, falling upon his knees, .is sumed a supplicating air. One woulc have supposed from the expression of hit face that lie had mortally offended 01 terribly injured his customer, for which act ho was asking pardon. Tho doziut Chinaman had also awakened and put ting his hand to his head uttered a plain tive howl and was at once surrounded b\ everybody present. Each man exam ined his head with consternation pic tured on his face. To a Timet repoitci who was present to witness tho Chinese shaving process, the owner of the laundry, who speak; English glibly, explained tho cause o: the sudden commotion. He said, sub etantially, that the one who was doint the shaving had cut off several liuirs o: the unfortunate man's pig tail ? one o: Uio greatest calamities that could lmv< happened to the latter. It was the belie: of every Chinaman, he exclaimed, tlia lor each hair cut or torn from his queue he should bo kept one year out of tin Flowery Kingdom, whence he expectec to go when ho died. As this particultv man had lost by careful count four liaira ho would bo compelled to roam in outei darkness after death for four ycarsv Tho reporter's informant also explained that many other superstitions and cus toins were connected with the pigtail. He said that one Chinaman could not of fern greater insult to another than to paj him a visit with lus hair wrapped arounc lus head, aiui it was always considered extremely polite and a mark of court esj to plait the queue afresh just before male ing a call. In his pigeon Epglish tin knight of the flatiron said he would n< more think of paying a visit to one of hit countrymen without shaving his head than one of the young men of Philadel phia would think of cn'ling on a lad\ iriend with an unshaven face. In reply to a question as to which were the most general superstitions connected with the queue, lie replied that there were so many he could not remombei them all. ^ 1 he Chinese manner of goinu 111 mourning for the loss of a friend oi relative, he sard, was by wearing in the plaits of tho hair different colored rib bons, invariably of a bright hue. If by accident one of these pieces of ribbons Ahou'd become misplaced and fall from tho hair of tho mourning Chinaman, it would render him extremely sad, as the omen was ahvavs believed to indicato that tho departed and the mourner would then never meet again in the other world, llo know n ( Irnainan in 8a n Francisco, who, whilo in mourning for a wife ho had loved dearly, found two pieces of his mourning ribbon had fallen from his hair to the floor. The discovery so worried him that ho became morose and Anally committed suicide from its effect. '' Melican, ho puttee black on hat, Unnnnian puttee libbons in hail " ho chuckled. Ho was asked, in as, earnest a voice as tho reporter could command, If there was no hopo for his luckless countryman who had just lost the four hairs from his qiiouo. His reply was to tho effect ttint there was nono unless tho loser, by pav ing a large sum, could induco ouo of his brethren to cut off tho same number of hairs from his own head, thereby divert ing to himsolf tho wrath of the gods. Nevertheless it would be next to impos sible to find anyono to agrco to such torms, no matter how largo tho sum might be. ~Ph Uadclph ia Time.*. A Caso of Arrested Mental Develop ment. rho physicians of this county, says an Kr!o (l'onn.) letter to tho Now York World , are greatly interested, in 11 ro mnrkablo ease of arrested mental devel opment. In the Krio county almshouse thoro is a girl sixteen years old with tho mind of a child two months old, and who nurses tho same jh a bubo. Sho was ad mitted to tho institution about two years ago, but to spare tho feelings of tho fam ily no ono has been permitted to sec her.4 A few weoks ago tho mother died, and tho restiictiou being removed Superin tendent Drown permitted your corre spondent to Bee the babe-woman. Her namo is Kli/<ft Isomer, and sho was born in Venango township. Whon two months old tho child had hn attaok of brain fever. It recovered its physical health, but all. mental progress was ar rested. Elian grew and developed into a splendid girl, l>nt had to be treated as a baby. Iter mother had to Cftrry her in arms until sho becftmo too heavy, and sinco then sho has been in bed. Hho has a splendid sot of teeth, beautiful clear cut features, and luxuriant growth of hair. I)r. l/ovett. tho surgeon in charge, says she may live to be an old women of eighty, All tho orguns nro healthy. Tho skin is beautiful and almost transparent. The BU|>crflcial veins can bn traced through the skin. The reporter jingled a bunch of keys before the young lady's eyos and she evinced the delight 01 nn infant, ending by crying and biting her Angers. To-day a party of physicians went to in spect the case, Thoy ngreo that it i? most rcmarknblo. A f<ong Distance. Rome ono has taken tho trouble to find out how far a farmer must walk to put in and tond forty norN of corn. To plow the ground with a sixtoenth-inoli tnreo horse plow, ho travel* 8/JO miles; to har row the ground thoroughly before plant ing, he will have to travel 100 miles; to oultivato tho painn, ho travola fifty miles; to oultivato it three timoyb<4 will havo to travol 800 inllo# ? making a total of 800 miles, beside tho gathoifcg. Tho oyster is full grown iA about fiv? FOB FEMININE READERS Rrato AVllhoui r?atl??at . Don't try to get a has bead, But strive e*ch day to be A pore and noble woman, Come wealth or poverty. Be clean in heart and person, , Ignore not hou sehold lore ; Be modest, helpful, cheerful- - No man can a&k for more. A good and filial daughter Will make a faithful wife: A man is blest and happy "With such to share hi* life. How Royal Stable* Sleep. Tho lately born infauto of Spain, Mary Ysabcl, sleeps, wakes and crics in a cmdlo shaped liko a conch-shull, and lined with tho palest of pink satin. Her tiny form is covered with point d' Alcncon lace, especially made from a pattern designed by the Queen of Spain's mother, in which the arms of Spain and Austria arc gracefully-blended. She lia? a couvrepicu and tiny nillov , on both of which the lilies of the 1 louse of Bourbon and tho Y of her pretty name, Ysabcl. arc faced and interlaced. The other new royal baby, the young hereditary Prince of Sweden, has a much less delicate cradle, as becomes a hardy young Norse mau. It is shaped like a swan, the wings coming up, if wished, and shelter ing the little Prince, and it is well pro vidccK with down-stutTcd accessories. ? Florence, {Italy) Time.'. Fashion ,\ole?. New cloaks are made of dull blue vel vet. All outside garments should fit as close ly as possible. Buckles used with straps for fastenings are fashionable. There is a return of favor to clinging dress draperies. Silk cost nines are relegated to house and carriage wear. Seal plush is immensely popular for cloaks and mantles' Silk flounces are vandyked, scalloped aud sometimes pinked. Black stockings remain the first favor ites of fashionable women. Balmoral skirts are wider, but the yoke about tho hip is invariable. Square cut corsages ar j t lie most fash ionable for morning dresses. The sabot sleeve, full its whole length, and so popular in England, is gaining favor here. Thick, sort chenille in circles makes the crown of new bonnets with velvet or feather brims, and t? ere are chenille ruches that border the fiont. Polka-dot felt is a novelty. A bonnet for street wear made of this material in French grav has a front of garnet velvet plaited, and is trimmed with a number of San-Peak birds; Jerseys continue as popular as ever, the black ones, especially, being very much worn. These latter are now invariably braided, either with black, crimson or gold-colored braid. Fichus of ficellc lace and ruby vclwet reaching from the neck to the l>elt brighten up dull-colored dresses. Full box-pleating of tho lace springs out of tho nigh standing collar of the dress, which is mudo of velvet. Basques and sleeves arc made of two materials, such as silk and velvet, of the same color oddly arranged or with utility in view; as, for instance, a cor sage will have a velvet yoke with silk below it, or the side pieces of the basque and the lower part of the sleeves will be silk and tho rest velvet, thus the parts that wear out quickly arc made of the less oxpensive and more lasting fabric. WORDS OF WISDOM. Much of tho charity that begins at home is too feeble to get out of doors. Tho most important part of every busi ness is to know what ought to be (lone. A man has generally the good or ill qualities which he attributes to mankind. Where there is much pretension much has been borrowed; nature never pre tends. If you would never have an evil deed spoken of in connection with you, don't do ono. When friends no longer reproach each other it is a sign that friendship has ceased. Penetration has an air of prophecy which flatters our vanity more than all the other qualities of the mind. As pure and fresh country air gives vigor to tho system, so do pure and fresh thoughts invigorate the mind. The proud have no friends; not in prosperity, for they know nobody ; and not in adversity, for then no one knowp them. Tho good man suffers the blow of tho wicked, as tho sandcl tree, which, felled by tho woodman's stroko, perfumes the axo that wounds it. It was said by one, "that anybody can bo bravo in battle under a good leader, but ho alono is the real hero who can be bravo whon tho battle is over." When two loving hearts are torn asun der. it is ashado bettor to be tho ono that is driven away into action tharn tho be reaved twin that petrifies at homo. I.o?t Hirers. Ono of tho most singular features in the scenery of tho Territory of Idaho is tho occurronoo of dark, rocky chasms, ? into which largo streams and creeks sud denly disappear and aro never more seen. Tlieso fissures aro old lava channels, pro duced by tho outside of tho molten mass cooling and forming a tube, which, on tho flory stream becoming exhausted, has been left empty, whilo tho roof of the lava duet, having at gomo point fallen in, presonts there tho opening into which the rivor plunges and is lost. At ono placc ?along tho banks of tho Hnako, one of theso rivers reappears, gushing from a cleft high up in thO basaltic walls, where it leaps, a cataract, into a torrent below. Where this stream has its origin, or at what point it is swallowed up, is utterly unknown, though it is believed that its sources aro a long way up in tho north country, llesldo becoming tho channels of living stroams, these lava conduits are frequently found impacted with ice masses, which never entirely molt. ? l*ub lie Opinion. The newest story from the mines in Now Mexico is from Socorro, where they t"li of a minor whose Bible fell over a precipico whilo ho was dozing. He descended into tho canon to recover the book, [and found itlyingopon'on a pieco of rich (j'uartr, that had been dislodged by tho fall. His oyo fell on the seventh chapter of Ht. Matthew. The minor reau : "Ask, and it shall be given unto yon; seek, and you shall find." He searched, and s|>eedily found a lode over two foot in width that assays ? no tho story goes $22 r> a ton. The story-teller adds that that part of the country has since been overrun by prosjwetors with Bible* in their hands. In the estimation of the thinking class, men of deeds are held in high esteem, but the unthinking prefer men of gab. It is not tho men who do, but. tho men who say, who generally attract the great est attention and, for the time being, pro duce tho greatest sensation. Hut sound and sense are two very different things, and we should bo govornod by th? foil mer and not th? latter. NEW ARRIVALS W. O. GERALD'S OLD COHNKVt STORE. i I hare hist wiuaH ttom market, wb are I parohaaadja baary*stoek of all Kinds of Goods, A* the T?ry IowmI ftioM, and X Intend to fir# my customers Ihi benefit ?f mj low p. load purchase*. My stock ocnslst* of Fall and Winter Dry Coodti Notion*, Hosiery, Ac. The best make an 4 latest i^In of - Boots and Show, Cloftlni, Hats, k GROCERIES ! (u Qrooeriea I here M fine ft atook M o*n bo m?u la town. HARDWARE! for Plantation, Oaiden and Household uao. t'ull line ot Baddlery and Harneea. In foot, I Lin to got almost anything 700 oan oaU for, and am determined to sell CHEAP FOR CASH. Call before you bay elsewhere. Bagging and I Ties always on hMd. HLyheit prices paid for Cotton In oaoh. W. 0. GERALD, iJ ih* Old Corner Store. Remodelei ani Newly FornisM, LATHAM HOUSE, OAMDEN, S. O. Transient Board $2.00 Par Day, Ample aooommodaMona. Table* aupplle with tne beat the market affords. Erery ad '.entlon paid to the oomfort of guests. Oonneoted with the House is a flrat-olaas Bill, which la orderly kept. Haok to and from the depot. Fare 94 oonta ?aoh way. Peed and Llyery Stable on premises. B. B. LATHAM, Pbopristob. W. CLYBURN, General Inauranoe Agent Ariel Cotton Buyer. Removed to his old stead at Oly barn's Bio ok (7111 pay the highest piioe for Ootton and bu. tiore freely than aver before. ?r My oountry friends will please (rire ne a c?J/ . auglT-tl. PRICE8 REDUCED. ROBERT D. WHITE, MARBLE ? GRANITE WORKS. PLAN8 FURNI8HED. Meeting Btreet, oor. Horlbeok's Alley augl8-yl. .CHARLESTON, 8. C. A. R. THOIYELINSON Manufacturer of HARITB8B, of Every Description, SADDLES, BRIDKE1B, Bfco IWoC. SADDLES, NEW AND OLIX Importer of English Saddleo, Steel Bite, Spurs. MtlrrupB, Eto. Factory and unloHroom 137 Meeting Bt., Sept. 1-ly. CHARLESTON, g. a jypTAUJ, IRON, BAGS, BOPS, COTTON HIDES, BKINS, WOODWAX, FDRft ALD ENDS OF TAPER STOCK, Ao. 8W We are paying the Highest C&sh Prioofj. MOPES GOLDSMITH k BONO, augl8-l*. T. O. Rox ma J O. ROTbTTWQB, . ianrr worn ' x Stationary aoJ Portable Steam Eattaes. Bro^rn Cotton Gin* Wlnnshtp Cotton Cln With Feeders and Condensert ? ? Taxxtt A ?oki Rjt#m*s, Mokajmb Xxoihm, BxumaB & Wood Kxcixm. Bom Corro* Puh, 8oaonxu? Oorroir Pun, Fiirour* Ootto* Pmm, 0o*k akd Wrxat Sou, Saw Mm. a, Hrumwu awd Pvlj.et*, Aud all kind* of maoklnery. Do suro t<> ojU and see ray prioo* beforo purobtaiug mit ku.J of nuebinery. J. C. ROLLINGS, C.WiDKS. R. a VV ngoiiH and HARNESS, ETC. | The undersigned reapeotfully calla attou tlou to the large atook ol 19, 8 aud 4 horss ! wagons, alagla and double uuggloa, opou an.l top bo wagon and buggy haruesa, etc., wbloh no now haa on hand, aud whioh he is selling at living prloee ? so low aa to ensme larga aal?a. Handling tbe heavy atook 1 do, I oan afford to Mil at a small profit. j REPAIRII\a Iu all lta branohea promptly and satlsfactorilj axeouted by oompefeut workmen. j HOR8S SHOEING A speotalty. OtTemeaoall. M. A.. METTB. . MP7'17r OLD (1053) ESTABLISHED ! Charleston flce-Hofcse, ALVA, GAGE & CO., j Market, oor. Church St., Charleston, S. C. Importers and Shippers, Wholesale and Retail Coalers lu I O E . loo packed for the oountry a specialty. loe by the oar-load at fipeoial rutoa. Waverly House, OnABLarroif, 8. 0* QBOBGE T. ALFOHD, .... Kwfrt P.;.Ua 12 and 12.50 per Day. j This favorite Family Houao, under Its new 1 management, in rooonunended for the exoal j lenoe of lta oulaLne and home-like 00m for ta. I It? airy and well ventilated rooms have lust 1 been newly oarpeted and elegantly furnished. t . 1, euni. * ?. OH A FEB & O'BRIEN, Wholesale Q-roo?r? 805 East Bay St., Charleston, I C. if?atw for Xxtom'aPramlum Ti antoti 0*a<* sn. anj i? t DR. T. BERWICK LEGARE, DENTIST, Graduate of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. OFFICE? DEKALU JTIOl'MB. Kntranco on IJroad Rtrcct. WULBERN & PIEPEft, Wholesale Crooers And Dealer* In Provisions, Liquors, Tobacco &o. 107 and 100 MCA ST BA F, aug 19- ly OHARIJG8TON, B. O. FOUNDRY, 50x214 Feei MAOHINB SHOP, 60x390 Feet. BOILER SHOP, 40x190 Put. G EORGE K. LOMBARD & GO. Foundry, Machine and. Holler- W orka, '? BUILDERS OF Engisaa and Boll era, 8aw Mllla, ?rlat Mllla, and all klnda of Mill maobr nery of the latent impioved atria*. Shafting, Hangora, Pnlle.va, Gearing and Joornal Box**. Wo b rvo a large aaaortroent of Pattern*, Bngar Rollers and Ola 0?aring. DEALERS IN Engine and Mill Bappliea, Ciroaiar Raws, File*, Gummera, Bwagea. -Olob* Ok%ok and Sufoty Valve*, Whiatloa, Oangea, 8 a\m Pipe and Fitilnge. Babbot maul from Ji to 40 con t#. Bolting, Laoiiifc, Rubber, Hemp, toapatone and Aabeatoa Packing, Oil? aad Oft Cap*, Wrenohe?, Emory Wheele, eto. AGENTS FOR K*d;p?e Deubl* Turbine Wheel, Knrtlng'a Universal Injootora. (ha baa) made. BradfMd Mill Co 'a. Portable Mllla. Nordyke ft Marmon Oo.'a Plantation Com aM Feed Milla, Atlaa Enrlno Works and Erla City Iron Work a, Portable and Stationery Engine* Kunklo'a Pop Safety Valve*. Cloud Oraek Mill Roeka. tff Iron and Braaa Oaatlnga, and all klnda of Repairs promptly dono. Wo oaat ovary day, and are working about on* nundrod hand* GONG AREE IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, BOUTH OARODLNA, I M I' J< w V hi I) CIRCULAR SAW KILLS. SIMPLE, CHEAP AND DURA Tl LB. We a*e the celebrated Friction F<tod ou nil onrBiwMille. Wo nno the T*rj best material in their oonntr notion, ami epure noithor luhor nor expon?e to reo to them M near perfect ah posnible. Wo warrant nil our work to bo well made end of good material. We would ltko If you would oornpnro the following flgnrM with those of other manufacturer* and see if we do not noil you a bettor and largoi lew Miilat name flgnree: PBICKfl, Ho. 1 Mill, with 88 lnohe*,Baw, 18 feet carriage I17V.II 88 " IB " 2H5.00 ?? 40 " 20 ?? 800 00 " 84 " 20 " 825 00 ? * 40 " 20 " 880.00 ?? 48 " 24 878 00 " 60 " 24 " 400 00 " 52 " 24 ?? 425 04 Inge, ?11.00 por foot. The abore mills oonn li ? > m-nn licit. *? 1 m a - a " 8 " 8 " 4 " 4 Bxtra Oar Deol-lv " .JOHN ALEXANDER P oprMo mup- 0HILBS 1 00 PHILADELPHIA WAGON WO Rlf V# ptttt. T) r.rtri ^ I 19 A I 23 0 f ?uwAortmBit o> ill ram ov Plantation, Oity, Freight, BmIsmi, Mi>iw amd SPRING WAGONS, TtLXJtatA, MtAlH.OAWTrf, TiMMKR WHWHTiJ AND WHKHLKAttXWWa