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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. Not Too natk Bay* Uie cow must be vrell fed. It is not enough to feed a cow all the hay the can eat. Generally it it not advlsible to feed a milch eow on all tho hay sho can eat. Hav to difficult to digest, and if as much Is fed m the cow can cat the digostivo organ* will be burdened to aueh an ex tent that the animal cannot digest enough nutriment to enable her to yiold as large a flow of milk as she otherwiso could. In regard to this matter, Professor L. D. Arnold says ; "The alow and imperfect manner in which common hay digests is an objection to using it. to tho extent many dairymen do as the main food for the dairy. It is often the boast that cows tare all the hay they can eat, and it is a boast' that dooa not speak well for the largest returns. Hay will not allow of tho beat return# in milk pro duction. Dried grass will do very well; but common nay would require an amount ' burdensome for a cow to carry, an amount beyond the capacity of her stomach, to yield tho material for a good flow of milk without drawing on her storo of flesh to produce it. The more I study the food of milch cows, the more I am inclined to limit the quan tity of hay to the smallest amount which will afford a comfortable distention of tho stomach, and make up the rest of the ration with food richer and more rapidly digested. It is the best way to get I urge and paying returns." It is not advisable to give a cow ull tho hay she will cat oven when sho is fed with prain to a considerable extent? . She will take in more food than her digestive organs can properly digest and a portion will bo wasted. By feeding only enough hay to produce a comfortable distention of the digestive organs, the remaining diges tive power can bo expended on more easily digested food, and thus enable the cow to yield a larger flow of milk. If tho hay used is early cut or "dried grass, " it will bo permissible to feed it more freely than late cut hay. ? .Vasm chutttU Ploughman. Farm And Garden Notn* Barley water will stop diarrhoea in calvea if the disease has not become too deeply seated. Band* 6n apple trees must bo promptly attended to every week or they will sim ply beoomo breeding places for moths. The cherry tree makes a pleosant ehado, and the wonder is why farmers do not grow cherry trees more generally in placo of shade trees. > Theonly treatment to bo prescribed for nervous horses is kindness and quiet v handling. If beaten or spoken t o roughly they becomo more excited and nervous than ever. ?<. The want of pure and fresh wator accounts in many instances for the luck of eggs during tho winter season. Fowls require a constant supply of water, and without it Will not lay. A method of packing butter in some district* of England consists in forming tho butter into long rolls, wrapping theao in muslin and immersing in brino. Tho muslin is held in place by some stitches, the ends being tied. You may over-feed tho old stock, but you can never over-feed the young and growing chickens. If not pushed at this Mason they will becomo stunted, and when once this happens no amount of after feeding will make them flno biids. A frost-proof vegetable houso is dc soribed as mado with walls fifteen inches thipk, doublo boarded, the' spaco botweon tho "boards being filled with sawdust. The ceiling is also boarded, with about ten inches of sawdust between tho boards. An oil' recommended for belting con list* of nino parta of linseed oil una four parte of litharge, ground in wator. These, boiled to a plostio consistency, then lique fied by an addition of turpentine, furnish an oil which, it is claimed, possesses many admirable qualities. A New York correspondent tolls how he packs pork. Ho uses for tho purpose tubs largo at tho bottom and tapering at the top. The pork is put. down cogo ways in layers as solid as possible. Properly packed tho meat will not riso In the tubs, being hold down by the slant of tho flideB. t . According to Professor Levi Btock bridgo, the moisturo constantly boing givon oft by tho soil is condensed at night by tho cooler air, and so forms dew. This la contrary to tho old idea j that dew falls from tho air, or is tho molstuto of tho air condensed by tho cold, damp earth. J. H. Bailey, Jr., recommends in the AfMrlcan Cultivator that goldon russet apples be buried in much tho same way that potatoes are burled, using plenty of styraw*. > They will keen, ho says, till April, when they will do plump, fresh and crisp, and worth tho highest pride, while If Kept in tho cellar, unioss it is an exceptionally good ono, thoy will wither and become almost worthless by spring. A writer in Qardtning llluttraUd finds broken pieces of bones of value for use In draining pots. Tho plants suck tho fertilising quality out of the bones, and make a more vigorous growth than plants drained with broken crockery. The ex periments have boon continuod for three years, and so marked has been tho super iority in the growth of tho plants .in the pots supplied with bones, that tho gar dener could tell at onco wnlch thoy wore, before examining them, by tho luxuriant growth. Bir J. B. Lowes, tho groat English ?^iontlflc and practical farmer, reasons from experiments in this style: " To ob tain maximum orops of grain the proper * court* ^pursuo is to pfoccdo thetn with a crop i of leguminous plant*? that is, peas, clover, vetches, tto., to whloh the minerals should bo applied, and this en able* these plants to mako an unusual growth, tohloh renders theni capable of storing up a large amount of ammonia? - more than 1* necessary for tho grain crop that follows? and tho latter, by this ao tlvo stimulant, is rendered capable of ob all the minerals required from and the docaying vegetation for ium crOps." A good place to sow rye. say* the JV#u> JOngUtnd Farmer . is on land that has been In corn the past season. Clear off tho corn, plow the land, manure or fertilize, )f nocesssry, and sow on from one and a half to three or four bushels of seed, ac cording to the character of tho orop de sired. If for fodder only, thick seeding Is best, but If grafts Is to be grown with the rye, or if the main crop is for seed, thinner sowing i* to be proforred. Next spring, when the rye Is Just beginning to run np and is making stems, it will be, read ? to begin to cut. and fed ; and when the fiat mows are empty and the pastures H?wTj rjclli green sod will be ?le to all kind* of stock as one can give them, and will be eap food, too. Either pickles or catsup should be *aten Celery Is good for headacho and Is an TAriN. -Pour clenn boiling water i the fabric and it will remote tea ee stains. Itwaoanw*. ?Saturate a woolen rag and rub your teakettle with it; It *111 make it a* bright as Cauliflower tastes well with sauce msde slump of melted butter, a llttlo water and ?* tesspoonsful of flour d smoothly and cooked.^' ? i . ite, fine and fat. lull of fat. When , it is no good, months oldt if older than two months, the meat bo come# bard. A. retr pretty tidy is made by sewing stripe of valenclennee insertion togetl^; until you have the dedbred site for a tidy 5 line this with ribbon of different oolora and it may be of different widths; finish with a lace edge. The ribbons need not be entirely fresh, but most be ironed smooth. Another way to make a hand some tidy at small expense, Is to got an oblong or square of satin, oovor half of it diagonally with lace insertion sewed to gether, trim with a pretty edge, and on the corner of the satin which i* not covered by lace work a spray of flowers. Food of the Ancients. Tho voung were admitted along with tbo old to 'the public tables; and, al though it was understood that the con venation should bo of a kind to elevate tho youthful mind, it was not meant that tho talk to which thoy might listen should bo mado common gossip. "Noth ing spoken hero must ever go out there," tho old men would nay to their juniors, pointing to tho door. By all accounts the early Greeks were vegetarians, and wore strictly temperate. They were sat isfied with tho simplest fruits, and their drink was water. Even when agricul [ ture had made some progress among ! them, and barley bread could be had, tho richer people preferred the old conditions I of living. Tho barley bread must have ! been a great boon to tho poor among the primitive Greeks, seeing that they were ! driven at times to dino on grasshoppers and leaves. Much the same conditions prevailed among tho Romans, who only on festive occasions partook of animal food, their ordinary repast consisting wholly of milk, herbs and root?. There came u time, however, when the Romans went to the opposite extreme, and when the whole empire used to be searched, as it were, to furnish dclicacios or novelties for tho table. Tho Yorkshire pie of the past was notable for tho vnriety of its contents, but it was simplicity itself com pared with the "Trojun horso" of a fash ionable Roman banquet. This "dish" was a whole boar, disemboweled and filled with small animals and birds. Occasionally tho "removes'' wore brought in like a pyramid, tho dishes boing built up from a bnsoboard as tho table. There was not only extravagance but great waste at theso entertainments. Some of the accounts that havo como down to us read as though the object of tho |host was to prepare, not for epicures, but for gluttons. In one instance twelve guests met to feast. on eight boars, and boars at the timo wero costly. Tho name of Lucul lus has become a proverb in connection with feasting; but in justice to hire it must bo said that ho was not with out method in the feasts he gave. He spent money freely for good living, but he was sensible onough to have a scale of probable costs to go hy; and eventually, to save himself and his servants troublo. he gave a distinct name to each room in liis house, and the purveyors could al ways tell by the room selected for a feast 1 to what expense they were to go. Somo extraordinary mixtures were prepared for epicures. Thus, Vitollus, in a silver plat ter used to blend tho livers of gilt-heads, the brains of pheasant? and poacocks, tho tongues of phenicopters and the milts of lampreys. This preparation would at least be edible, whicn is more than can bo said for the dissolved pearls Caligula and Clodius gave to their guests. It is related of ApicuB, that in addition to a considerable income ho laid asiue ninety millions of sesterceB in hard cash for no other purpose but to be devoted to luxu rious living; and he succeeded so well that he was afraid, when ho found he had only ten millions left, that ho would bo starved to death, and so ho poisoned himself. ? Leah Mercury. A Trap for the Unwary. A Now York correspondent, describes the methods in vogue at a mock auction sale in tho metropolis. ThiB trap, he says, is adroitly set across the way from tho good and gone Peter Cooper's insti tute, where rural visitors to tho oity abound, and where they might reasonably expcct to find nothing wrong. There is the usual imitation of a bankrupt jewelry store, with the red flng of nn auctioneer hanging outside, and a gang of stool-pig eons making pretended bids within. Tho form of a swindle followed is the old one of puttingup a really valuable gold watch, guaranteeing its quality, and knocking it down to a pal at ten to fifteen dollars. Tho dupe kccb that the articlo is worth a great (leal more than that, and, when ono that looks tho same is offered, he eagoriy buys it at a similar prico, without noting that the nuetioncor has in this caso said nothing about the valuo. Ho, therefore, becomes the owner of a brass watch, for which he has paid a ridiculous price, and he is made to beliovo that he has no redress. As o fact, however, a complaint at the mayor's offico would result in some dorolict under official being compelled to do his duty by closing tne shop. I dropped in, tho other day, and watched tho operation of fooling a countryman. A watch was knocked down to him, and ho started for tho cashier's desk to loso his money. 1 whispered a few words of explanation in his ear. He thereupon escaped as quickly as his legs could carry him out. Tho scoundrel? glared at me savngoly, nnd the auotioncer announced, that, in consequcnco of tho low priccs, ho would adjourn tho sale. The doors wero shut, but on returning an hour later, business was going on as bofore. I took a stand directly in front of tho counter, and in two minutes there wan a second adjournment. I have sinco repeated my visit three times, and always with the samo effoct. It is excellent diversion und perfoctly safe. Those fellows are not going to deliberately get into trouble by assaulting anybody, and on these oc casions thoy have not even tried to soare me away by abuse or threats. Perhaps they take me for an agent of the Crosby society, which somotimoa prosecutes such swindlorft. ' ' Orasplng the Situation. " Your conduct has been such for a month paat," tald an employer to his clerk, *"thaVirt iustloe to my business I am forced to discharge you. Do you appreciate your situation?" " I do," replied the clerk, "and would be glad to retain it." "I do not mean that. Do you grasp the situation in which you havo placed yourself through noglccting your work!" " It begins to look," said the unhappj clerk, " as though there wouldn't be any aituation to grasp." "You still misunderstand me. You have been unmindful of the duties im posed upon you, and in consequence I am compelled to let you go. Are you prepared to accept the situation?" "Oh, yes," said tho clerk, brightening up. ' 1 I'll accept any situation." "Well, get to work," growled the mail of busfnesa. ? Philadelphia Call. A Salmon for a Senator. When United States Senator Beck, of Kentucky, visited his old homo in Scot land, in 1875, while strolling through tho fields ho met an old schoolmate. "You don't remember mo, Donald?" he said to him. "No," iatd Donald, "I don't know your face. But I caught a six pound salmon to day in the frith, and whenever I have done that before some thing has happened. I don't knowjrou by sight, but you're eithor John McPher son, who left us thirty yean ago, or you're Jim Beok. Now, which la lit" " Sure enough," cried tho Senator, Mlt'i Jim Beok." " Weol, Jamto, they tell me that tho Americans are going to elevate you to the Houso of Pcors. ?s it so? Come along home, then, and we'll eat the flsh. An Amorican lord it good enough for a Scotch salmon." J HUMOROUS SKETCHES. F?miim ?! SIIbiL At the doec of a conoert In Bradford, while a voung gentleman wu struggling with his iut, ct&a, ovwooat, opera fUewe, aiid his young lady's fan, all of which he wu trying to retain in hie Up, a suspicious-looking black bottle from the overcoat pocket fell on the floor with a loud thud. "There 1" he exclaimed to his companion, "I shall lose my ooogh medicine." This was presence of mind. ? Ban FrcnoUco Post. A? di? pa?>tg?sy>?i*?. Photographer ? Chin a little higher, please. There, that Is better. Look at that nail. Philadelphia Call reporter ? Which one! Photographer ? That big nail near those two little ones. Your head is turned again. Press it back against the support. There, that is better. I am all ready now. Keep perfectly quiet and assume a cheerful expression. Reporter ? Beg pardon, but I forgot to ask what are you going to charge me for these photographs. Photographer ? Seventeen dollars. Now, look pleasant. Good for Evil* "Mrs. .Crimsonbeak is a very consci entious lady," remarked Mrs. Yca^jt to a friend, the other day. "How so?" asked the lady addressed!, a little surprised. "She always returns good for evil," was Mrs. Yeast's reply. "Docs she," exclaimed her friend, somewhat tartly, from whom Mrs. Crim sonbeak had evidently borrowed. "Well, if sho does return good for evil it is about the only thing she does return 1" ? Yonlert 8(g(*?man. Ailonlthlni a Conductor. " The last time I wont to Boston, " confided a thin, consumptive-looking traveler on the Eastern roaa to a fellow passenger, " the conductor grew monot onous. lie insisted on examining my ticket at every station and grew restless as wo passed watering troughs. This time," the traveler continued, as he looked anxiously toward the car door, "we play a change of programme ana the boxes nro all taken." As the con ductor entered with a pompous " tickets, please, " the stranger quietly presented a single trip ticket for the next station. The next timo he entered tho unknown handed him a mileago ticket, following it later with a sportsman's ticket for La brador. As tho conductor was passing him on the next round the traveler passed an emigrant's ' ticket lor Puget Sound into his hand and then tried to get him manded the astonished conductor. "Must havo been another party," quietly replied the traveler, burying himself in the last Ilarncr'B. Again "tickets, please," echoed through tho car, and tho stranger confronted tho conductor with rv "Florida for the winter" excursion via tho Richmond boats. "See herc,'i said the enraged official. "What does this mean ? I have punched tickets for ' you for all points of the globe. Haven't got a child's ticket to Patagonia or a Iiong Kong show excur sion, havo you? It you give mo any more tickots to punch I'll punch your head.' "Yes," roplied tho director, with painful dignity. I usually travel on this," presenting a director's pass, "but wo understand that passengers on your train get lame in the armt showing their ticket*, and havo no timo to take in the scenery ; so I am instructed to notify you that there is a good vacancy on the night freight unless we hear of improvement," and tho director returned to Puck and tho frightoned conductor passod two tramps one hundred miles, not daring to call for tickets. ? New Haven ltcytiter. Llme-KIln Club Proceeding. odvodinf1,,h^a'iW<?k lh,i club h"? re ?*?? Carolina SnVa" ff SftE vertebra, of a ma.todon-'o," Re play ful animals which lived, roamed and ?ow b5^ b^aSST about flfty ycar8 be" ArSPedCOthat Judg?y^ngob?and Walk urday night meeting, and the relir ^ once engaged their attention Judl Congo squinted up his ie/t li!"* hiH m9ut^ and declared that the mastodon who lost thU oS^'^f". corner^" Waij^ ;?c ?"a ugT?on iZcUZ,%%ZZ fiT Ca,mD?u?b0Ut th?t when Windy White' Ssstsarssu'SsI off?bofbu^ ?ftd r ^ STwSP Jija finfeh?dnhi?sd 1ond ^Vaydown Bol>ee hid p??k1?n,hl^n<?ri,rUBhln8 flt- th0 cwu.ttlS'A'V1 natur' om ? mighty curus thing. I>e alveragc man will irit mnrf klmw? hTlcr ?vt" ">'? tunthin* h 00 ance to fln' out dan fur S" ftT? P?9ted about. What Judge Congo doan' know 'bout m iI2I Jlons would mako a book as b g wTone' W0|ry two men to git up a ??lt TTf? J??or4"ce fur do basis. If Jf. bl? *5 /rom do ^oginnin', an1' astjap" ? 1 b?ftt facks n,n? whloh k^fc! ^ ftn bJ8?trJ ?n do' club ? i k"oc? do^n sonso an' argymont ^udgo Congo wouldn't take an inrh nor an ounce off do sire an' weight oi dftt mastodon, though h* Sf H r "mik Arm Tr? Wl(Un 8'000 ? ' .v Around Green wouldn't hr> nvo one sldo of no slch story bokaso n "Nt tho donh ^ot ri!K S .J ?nA8Uro h,m wid a two JSiJSA ?f?SS!-S entenco of din Cha'r am to do effect dat wi<j?6" hftU ,,Rynllno of 18- 50 bT)n8tbe flrtt t^e that either of ihallf mArir u d b60n CA,,od to the ' Wafl ?*poctc<l that thev vould l>o dismissed with a reprimand inahf" ?0'ithor<,foro' fo11 ,,k(1 a heavy frnK^vJVdg0 ConH? bis eves fh?n ?tt ? i? .*0,,th 'or ft moment and Jen fell back in a faint, while broth? ??ln.gMpC? for broftth- mad,, an awful effort to smile, and leaned ovoTo* i wood.box and cried like a weary ehiM until tho current of his thoughts J1 1 changcd by some ono dropping a cold colfa" HP ',0Wn bch^nd ^ Cf>at f.?rrIMruW?LP?udc',,rcd to bo or "Ub,rnct,nff two hours to He had got six months' sickness, a broken law VJrt f.nrty days In tho cooler for disputimr 0? matters of which ho was e rX cnorant but firmly and had now ceased the practice. Ho then went his round and the f olio wing candidates won elected : Hard Times Smith, SanuarilU Taylor, Standard Jonas, Abraham 'Scott, Professor Therefore Black, Trostes Bul lock, Caravan Johnson sad Old Man Hunt. ? Detroit Fr*? Prtu. la Sumatra. ' In a full assembly of the court on a high occasion, the foremost places in front of an open dancing space would be occupied by the penyimbangs of various orders, with thoee of less rank to right and left; facing them sat the women of higher rank, and behind stood the general public. - Lining the open spaoe in front of the penyimbangs squatted the boedjangs, or unmarried youths, facing tho young maidens in like position in front of the peeresses. The sight is a gay one. All aro in their beBt attire, the general crowd in whatever garments pleaso their fancy best, but generally of the gayest colors of coats and neadcloths, and sarongs suspended by large silver and gold buckled belts, with ivory and gold handled krisses stuck in tho waist ; the women ? for those that stand around have all been married ? more somberly, wearing tho matrimonial symbol, the soelong, a necklet of massive silver or gold rings strung, except for ? little picce in front, immovably on a cyl inder of the same metal, and the thick, 6tud-like earrings, the only ornaments that their severe laws permit to those who ' have known the bonds of wedlock. Here and there among tho crowd a crownless, boot-shaped hat, made of cardboard and bound round with a gold plate, indicates that the wearer is a childless wife. The young unmarried men are simply attirod in a sarong of bright color, supported by a belt fastened by a buckle of greater or loss value, suitable to his rank, with the corresponding number of krisses stuok in it, and with a headcloth tied abouf, his temples in tho fashson of his district, but from the waist upward naked ? a cus tom which one sees also at the ceremoni ous court of tho sultan of Djokokerta, in Java. The center of attraction is the long line of maidenhood, glittering in silver and gold of native workmanship. Tho hair of each girl neatly arranged and odoriforous from abun dance of cocoanut and cajeput oil, is tied in a knot behind, and transfixed by a liigh-backod comb overlaid with gold plates; her head is crowned with a oor onct (siggar) of gold, of form and mag nificence according to her pangkat; a shawl, worn sashwise, hangs from the shoulder to tho ground, while from above the middle hangs a rich sarong, or petti coat of home-grown and spun silk, inter woven with gold thread, and decorated with hundreds of small coins of the Dutch mint, which jingle pleasingly as sho dances. Above this tho body is girt with a silk slcndang. Tho arms and shoulders are bare, except for the nu merous gold or silver collars and necklets and bracelets of patterns peculiar to her marga, with whicn she is londed. Often these collars are entirely composed of the large dollar pieces of Spain, Holland and Moxico, and not rarely English half crowns. Of the highest born maidens, the arms from tho wrist to the elbow are almost con cealed by the display of pure "bar baric gold," for they may wear as many bracelets as they chooRe, while their sis ters, less fortunate in the matter of blood and rank, must conform to tho regula tion number corresponding to their de gree. The breast is overlaid with cres cent-shapcd gold plates, suspended in tiers; the waist is girded by a bolt of one of the precious metals, secured by an elaborately carved buckle of tho same material. The rather bony fingers are encircled with many rings, and even the nails are lengthened by additions of oil ver into talon-like claws, so that alto S ether the Lampong maiden presents a azzling appoaranee in the dim uncertain light ? especially when it is behind her ? of a lamp-lit Balai. Tho cost of such a costume presents no mean sum? it is no rare thing for a girl to have as much as ?100 worth of ornaments about her per son at a festival. ? London Field. A Soup-Bubble I'nrty. As about forty quests were oxpccted, forty pipes were decorated, each with a ribbon bow and streamer*? five pipes with one color, and flva with another, and bo on till eight colors were appor tioned. Besides tnese decorations, tnere were forty rosettes, five of a color, which were distributed among the guests by a little girl. The girl then cullcd out a color, and the five blowers who woro it took their placcs around tho bowl. Sho next named a color for umpires, and they also took their places at the right and left of tho circlo, where each could sco plainly. It was tho aim of each blower to mnke tho largest bubble. Each was allowed fivo minutes nt first for practice, but had the privilege of de voting all of thin timo to ono bubble. But when ono of their umpires called "Timo!" all were obliged to go on with tho ono thing then begun. Some by blowftig too nard exploded their bub bles, but could not begin another lifter tho word "Time" haa been spoken. Others were so careful that their bubblea were small. The umpires, of course, awarded tho prizo to tho ono making the largest bubble that exploded last. Afterward, the grand trial for the oliief prize was announced ; and the fortunate winner of tho minor nrl/.es? one from each group ? surrounded the bowl and prepared for tho content. Groat interest was felt in the trial. Among so many of the best blowers, the rivalry was very oloso; but, after a merry struggle, the champion was at last decided upon, and was made the happy rccipiont of the grand prize, which was dolivored to him with a flowery speech. Between tho dances, some quiet coa tests were tried by a fow players, to seo which could make a bubble that would outlast the othors, using their own judg ment an to si/.o. Another party found much amusement by competing to seo which player could touch tne coiling first with a bubble, un der tho samo regulations as before. But tho bubble must remain unbroken ; none would count which simply touched there and broko by tho contact. ? St. Nuts Turned to Mold. The A merienn Journal of For/utry re cordn an instance of handsomo profits re ceived for ten acres purchased ten years ago in Logan Valley, Neb., and planted with black walnuts by Colonol Van. lie gave $1.25 per aero for tho land, and af ter it was handsomely covered with a dense growth of thrifty black walnuts, ten years old, he sold the ten ncrcn for $11,000. Tho timo will certainly come when all this timber will be wanted at an advanced and handsome price, and there is nothing for which there will Imj more extensive demand than the best large second growth selected timber. Judging from tho ways In which our native forests are disappearing, tho mAr ket will not bo glutton. A lllff Ear of Corn. Liberty, Mnss., has grown a cereal curiosity In tho slinpo of an ear of corn coven Inches lon^, perfectly shaped and dnvolopod, containing about eight, hun dred grains, which is nurrounded by fivo other ears, growing out of and firmly attached to tho main ear at. its base, and extending inore than half way tho length of tho main oar, altogether containing more than ono thousand fivo hundred grains of corn. For the first time since the Invention of printing, a German book has ro?\chcd its ono thousandth edition. Ceptared by IiUau. There arrived la St. Louis a abort time uo a sum wbo c lei me to be fourth chief of the greet Sioux tribe. His da me is Sebastian Book, and he wu bore in Ho hensohleo, Prussia, January 9, 1828, be ing now nearly sixty-one years of age. According to his story, for over seven long years he was a captive among the Indiana. la 1875 he was with a gold hunting party in the Black Hills. On July 18 three thousand Sioux Indians under Sitting Bull swoopod down upon them and captured the entire camp. They confiscated the gold the colonists had boarded together and took every thing of value tney were possessed of. The captives were then blindfolded, strapped to ponies and driven away. Beck's family, consisting of his wife, two daughters? ono eighteen and the other sixteen years of ace? xud a son twelve years old, were with him and were also taken oil. For seveu days and eijjht nights the old man was thus kept bliudfolded, and whs furnished with neither food nor water. When he pleaded with his can tors to relieve his wants they would reply by punching him in the side and kicking hjm. When they finally did come to a hah he was nearly dead from exhaustion and almost crazy. The bandago was taken from his eyes and he looked around, but his wife and children were nowhere to be seen. That day ho was made to run the gauntlet. He passed through the ten times suc cessfully, but dropped bleeding and ex hausted to the ground, moro dead than alive. Tho rawhides had torn deep gashes in tho flesh, from which the blooa Sowed copiously. The Indians came up to him and r Uted him and pronouncod him "heap brave," big brave" and "good Injun. ' 1 It was some time beforo no recovered from tho effects of his initiation into the Sioux triblo. Five of the party failed to pass through the ranks the re quired number of times, and were lashed to death. The remaining twenty, after having been duly made Indians, wero required to select brides for themselves ana become Indians. Beck fortunately got a chiefs daughter for a squaw. He soon became a regular bravo, though ho was watched constantly during the seven years. About throe months ago, with the aid of his wife, ho made his escape and reached Standing Rock Agency, on the Missouri river. Thore ho received help from General Miles, and reached Fort Lara mie, W. T.f a company of cavalry escort ing him. There ho loft his wife, who returned to her father. Beck saj'B that he never heard from his family, and that tho other white captives were scattered over the plains years ago. Personal Charncterlsties of Whlttler. At seventy-six years and over one tan bo said to have the beauty only of ago, striking as that is in Mr. Whittier's cast-, with tho dark eyo and the full beard, where black lines still appear among the i silver, while his form is as straight and his step as firm and clastic as ever. Hut tho poet's youthful beauty is reported to have beon extraordinary, very tall, ercct, and well knit, with fine features, dark skin, and a flashing, deep-set black cyo, he could not have looked tho Quaker to any extent; and, in fact, we think ho is moro of a Quaker in habit and afToction than anything else. He has himself recognized that "Over restless wines of 6ong His birthright garb hung loose;" nnd even though ho clings to the form of tho sect in many respccts, using tho plain language generally, and tells somewhere why ho prefers tho silence of the meeting for worship rather than any solitude of wood or wild where nature speaks to him with a thousand volccs and catchcs him with a thousand hands, yet he dresses so noarly like men of the world in cut and color that only practiced eyes could do- ' tect tho slight difference in tho shape of his coat, and his feelings about such mat ters arc entirely liberal! "When his little nieco wanted tho scarlet capo that other children wore, and there was objection in the house os account of Quaker cus tom, Mr. Whittier insisted that Bhe should be gratified, although, sooth to say, poet as ho is, he himself cannot tell rod from fjrecn till sunlight falls upon it. Onco, ndecd, the library firo, of which ho is so fond, having damaged the border of tho wall-paper, he matched tho pattern and triumphantly replaced it before detec tion, only to learn that ho had substitu ted for the green vine ono of bright autumnal crimson. Yot so strong is the poet's imagination that this defect of vision is nowhoro evident in his work, al though ono might gather thoro that while, us ho savs, "his evo was beauty's power less shaclo," yot lf^ht and shado please him moro than variety nnd depth of huo. ?Harper'' ? May/nine. Valuable for Tea-Drinkers. It is well known that tho greon tea affects the norves much tnore than tho black tea, which is bolioved to rise from the different mode of preparation. For making green tea tho leaves are put over the flro and partially dried directly tlicy aro pickod, but with black tea the leaves aro put into a basket and then ex nosed to tho influenco of tho atmosphore tor twenty or thirty hours, during which tiino a slight fermentation takes ploco, and the color of the leaf changes from green to n brown or chocolate huo (this is easily seen by tho infusion of tho dried loaf of black and greon tea: tho loaf aft or infusion will show tho differ ent colors named}; thov are then put over tho flro ana finished. In this country about 215,000,000 pounds are delivered yearly, of which about 40,000, 000 aro oxportcd, but the proportions aro about 207,000,000 of blaok and 7,000,000 of green, Oolong, nnd Japan. While in America the black tea imported is about 3,250,000, tho greon teas (inoluding Oolong and uncolorod Japan tea, whicn possesses nearly tho samo properties as areen) amount to 68,000,000. Would not this excessivo use of green account for tho opinion of tho American doctors as to the effect of tea on tho nervous system? I doubt very much if a pound of black tea, boiled down in tho samo way as tho young hyson mentioned, would poison cither rabbits or cats with tho samo dose. Thcro is no doubt the fermentation of tho leaves of black tea reduces tho amount of the active principal "thoine" that you lind in arcen. ' A not nor thing, in preparing ten for the 1 able, bolting water Is put on the leaf iinrl an infusion mado which is at once l>nrtakon of. But whoovor would think of boiling tea to drink? By so doing \ oil extract from the stalk and woody liber of tho leaf an acid decoction that no ono would find pleasure in taking, nnd from which woody part would be most likely extracted the poisonous qualities mentioned. In tea-drinking European countrios, as (Germany, Russia, etc.. scarcely any green is usod, ana doubtless the great increase in the con sumption in this country arises from the almost universal use of blaek tea, green being only used in mixing with it to im part a flavor, and while of late yearn the consumption ot black tea has largely in creased, that of green has remained stationary, which clearly shown the taste in this country ia entirely different from that in America. May wo long contlnuo In this countTy to enjoy " tho cup which cheers but not inebriates." ? Pall- Malt flatetto. " Young man" writes to learn what multum In par ?o means. ''Young man," did you ever tall toseo your best girl and have her criel father moot you at the door and with one crushing glance say "Oof' "Well, that is multum in parvo, and it /s about all you want 1 ?Middle lownfTrm?cripl. FOR FEMININE READERS I The rtnuclnl Md j of lt> la St. Louis, Miss Lizzie Keifer, find ? lug tLat Will 8. Frazcr had broken his engagement with her, brought him be fore a justice on a suit to recover $17 cash which she had lent him so that ho might camr on the courtship in n high toned and liberal maimer. If the court ship was to como to naught, then she wanted her $17, and the justice, who was not blind, awarded it to her. In Cleveland, Miss Mollie Nelson com plained of John Norris for the embezzle ment of $15. Mr. Norris and Miss Nel son were botrothod, and she gave him $16 with which not only to rent a room but also to furnish it in a style becoming their station in life. The wedding day had arrived; so had the guests; so hod the minister; so had Mr. Norris; so had : the marri.'igo feast; so had tlu: time for Mr. Norris to take his dejxjrture. And . thus, while the bride and her maids were 1 putting the last exquisite touches upon the bridal toilet, Mr. Norris siippul out , aud never catne back. Justice O'Ncil t granted the warrant and the minions of j the law are on tho track of Mr. Norris, i and will pursue him to tho uttermost parts of the earth. Fiuhlon !*olc?. Bronze slippers are again fashionab'c. Colored tullo is revived for full dresses. ' Tcrtoise shell hair-pin ? are set with crystals. Soft, wide ribbons are the newest bon- j net ties. Grays of all shades arc in fashion; I browns are again popular. New veils are in scarf sliapo, two yards j long, with chenille woven into each end. Black satin slippers with Louis XV. heels arc fashionable for house and even ing wear. Humming birds, mounted on quivering wire, attached to a hairpin, flutter in tin- ! hair with striking cflcet. The flowers most in favor for I all | dresses are lilies of the valley, forget -mo no Is, hedge roses and monthly roses. Immense quantities of roses are sold in New York and Boston. Hundreds of acres of glass are devoted to their cult i- ' vation. Sleeves are still high on the shoulders, but without the extreme exaggeration that characterized them in this respect a year ago. SwanBdown trimmings on house dresses are now applied to tho inside of collars and cuffs, giving tho idea that the gar ment is filled with tho fur. Caps of pleated lace, puffs of tulle and gauze and of beaded net arc added to the sleeves of half high corsages to givo the high-shouldered epaulette effect. Young Indies with artistic fancies em broider the top of the crowns of their cloth bonnets with wool in grnss, water lily, reed and other esthetic designs. Birds and butterflies of the most tropi cal appearance arc placed flat on the corsages and draperies of many gauzy and tinsel-embroidered ball dresses. The Ellen Terry s'ipper has made its nppearancc in New York. It is cut very low, and its black satin surface is em broidered in jet and gold beads, and is lined with gold ' "i. A pretty way to brighten a* black silk dress is to add to it a collar of black vel vet and a waist-coat made of a bright silk handkerchief, which may be gathered at the waist or allowed to fall in a puJT. Bronze shoes arc coming into fashion again for evening wear. Tncy have 6hori pointed toes and moderately high French heels, the toes decorated with fine em broidery of minute cut beads of gold, sil ver, steel or jet. Black velvet is more in vogue than ever for full-dress toilets for elderly la dies. Both plain and brocaded velvets are much used ; but when the latter is employed, it is now but seldom inter mixed with other materials. A London model for a walking co.O tumo has the skirt made entirely of band of sinoke-bluo cloth sowed on horizon tally, the edges cut in scale* which over I lap one another. A simple polonaise ? with wide bandB of brown trimming, ii worn with this. The skirts most in wear are narrow and drawn tightly across the body in front. These with double and triple puflings continue to be used. The drapings of skirts are taken back to leave the apron free. Tliis style is much more becoming than a profusion of puflings placed on the sides nnd fronts of dresses. An Inland that will Become Fnmous Describing the three islands in New York harbor ? Governor's, Ellia and Bedloe's islands? the 'Jrifmne says of the latter; Bedloo's island is a pretty place, and is at present the object of consider able interest on account of the statue, of "Liberty Enlightening the World," which is to be placed on it. Bedloe's island is rocky, byt has sufficient soil to promoto a luxurious vegetation. Its value and raro beauty were early seen, and Isaac Bedloe, a merchant of New York became owner of it. He held it all his life, occupying it as a residence. When ho (lied in 1072 ho loft it to his heirs. They disposed of it after some years, and it became tho property of Ar chibald Kennedy (afterward tho Earl of Cassillis), who was at that tiino tho commander of tho British naval sta tion in this harbor. Captain Kennedy built a flno house, and turning tho whole island into a garden, made his summer residenco there. While he was the owner it was called Kennedy's island, but recov ered its originul name when tho revolu tion came on. The State sequestered it and rctainod it until 1800, when it was transferred to tho United States govern ment. Theso three islands, when ceded by tho State to tho National government, had tho condition affixed that process could be served from tho courts of New York on them all. While under tho United States government Bedloe's island was used as a powder magazine and store house for tho army. Several years ngo Congress determined to turn it over to the citizens of Now York city for the pur pose of erecting tho pedestal of tho great statue upon it, but only lately was it placed in the hands of the committee. At present the foundations for the pedestal are being laid. Neatly Put. Ono evening recently Mr. George R. bims, tho dramatist, bought a box at tho Drury-Lano theatre, London, to wit ness Mr. Augustus Harris' performance in 4 'A Sailor and His Lass." Boon nftcr the risoof the curtain a messenger arrived from the stage with the following letter . "Dear Bims; I return you ^our money. I can't think of letting you pay to sof me act. Yours, Augustus Harris." G. It. S., appreciating the compliment, fioeketed tho money, and scribbled the ollowing acknowledgment while the messenger waited : I paid to we Augustus ac-t, And he returned my L. ?. d. , I>et erttlcB sninr? It Is a fact Augus.us noted well t<i mo. Strange Coincidence. "How stupid I am1" said Birdie Mc Hennenin, languidly, evocuting at tho same time quite a rcspcctnblo yawn act.. "That's true," remarked Gus DeHmith, rather impulsively. "Sir I" exelaimed Birdie, "you nro Impertinent. " " But you yourself just now asserted chat you were stupid." " I only said so without thinking," said Birdie, petulantly. "Y M, ana un to the time you spoke I had only thought so without saying it." ? Tm m 8\fUno?. NEW ARRIVALS At W. C. GERALD'8 OLD CORNER STORE. I hvr?b?t returned iron mark*!, wb?r* I pur?bM*3|b luiij^wt Of ?n Kinds oT O oods, At tha yrj lowwt mkI I intend to fir* n* euton ?n Tha fwnaflt of oar low pi U*d panhMNi Mj (took oonaiata of Fall and Winter Dry Goods, Notions, Hoaiery, $lo. Boots aid Shoes. Ootbtns, Hats, fcc. i i GROCERIES ! Ib Groceries I hare m tine a stock a* o&u t? eeeu In town. HARDWARE! For Plantation, Gaidon and Household use. Full line ot Saddlery and Haruesn. In fact, I have got almost anything you can call lor, and am doformlnod to sell CHEAP FOR CASH. Call bofore you buy elaewhere. Bagging and Sita alwaya on hand. Hipheit price* paid for olton In ouh. W. C. UK1ULD, A I th* Old Corner Stoi e. Remodeled and Newly Furnished, LATHAM HOUSE, CAMDEN, S. C. Transient Board $2.00 Per Day, Amnio acoommo<lations. Tables snpplie with tno beat the market affords. Every ad u-nt'.nu p<tiJ to the oorofnrt of guosta. CV>nn-clcd wltli the Houae Is a flr?t-olans M \R, which is orderly kept. ll ick to and from the dopot. Fare 25 eenta ich way. Fied and Livery Stable on prem'aea. B. B. LATHAM. rRorniKTon. W. CLYIUIRN, General Insurance Agent And Cotton 13u.ver. rtcmoyed to his old eta td atOlvbnrn's Block CVill pay tho hiphebt price for Oottou and bo. ov>r?< freely than erer before. fjr My oountry frianda will please j.-\Te uoartl'. snijl7-tf. PRICES REDUCED. ROBERT D. WHITE. MARBLS f GRANITE "AIMS. P A N 8 FURNISHED. Mccfcns 8troc\ cor. H rlboek'n Alloy t>ngl8-vl. CUBLB8TOS. S. C a r. nioivruNsoN i Manufacturer oi HAR1TESS, of Evory Do ioi iptlon, SADDLES, BRIDLES, Etc MoC. SADDLES, NEW AND OLD. 1 Importer of English Saddlco, Sicol Bits, Bpfira. ^cirrupa, Eto I Faotorv and Bitlearoom 137 Mooting St., j Sept. My. Oil ARLIDR ION, 6. 0. I METMA j WON, BAGS, BOI-E, OO^r TON II I DCS, SKINS, WO H..WAX, FUBb ALL KINDS 01' i'APLli STOCK, Ao. e*- Wo arc paying the Hij{l>e<d O.vh Ppictv,. M'.>VEH (10I.DSMTT1I Si+SOSr,, ?ngl8-D I". O P.ox l.V J.O. ROLLINGS, UOf TOM Statioaary aid Portable Stwm Inlaw. Drown Cotton G-ins Wlnnshlp Cotton Qln With Feeder* and Condensers Talbot A Bon Kxoora's, Hotiua Sxa ana, BmmrmmA Wood Ii?m Bom Oorroa Pun, BaioniaOiiw Phh, Fixduy Oorrox Pum, OOMJt A!<I> W II KIT UlLU, Baw Milu, SaATTWO AND PUIA*T?, And all kind* of mackinery. Bo tare to oull and sie my prices before purohming any kmJ i-f machinery. J. 0. BOI.LiNO^, Camdk*. R. O. W'jIgODNllIld 1 5 14 HARNESS, ETC. The undersigned respectfully oalls atten t ton to the large sti-ck ol 1, 2, 8 and 4 horse uagons, single ?n 1 double buggies, open aud top 1>ii ^ wagon and buggy harness, etc., w liiob he now bad on band, and wbioh he Is Milling at living price* ? so low aa to ensure Urge hhIi a. Handling lbs heavy stock I do, I cju ttffurd to sell at ? small profit. REPAIRING In all its branobes promptly and aatlafaotorlly executed by oompetent workmen. HORSE SHOEING A specialty. Qivemeaoall. M. A. METT8. aep7-lyr OLD t!8 53) EBTABLIOBDD Charleston Ice-Houae, ALVA, GAGE & CO., Market, cor. Church St., Charleston, S. O. importers and Shippers, Wholesale and lie tail 'Valors in IOE. Ice packod for the oountry a npeelalty. Ice by tho car-load at epoolal ratoa. Waverly House, Gavnt^flrroyt, S. Cn GEORGE T. ALFOliD, .... Manaftr H-.toa 12 and *2.50 per Day. Thle favorito Family Houaa tukIjbj its &M mauagoment, is rcoommoudou tor tho exotJ Icueo of liflcuieino and homo-like ooraforts. Ita airy and woll ventilated rooms havolns^ bou:i n ?vly carpotod and elegantly fnrnlsnod. t. i, oHtm. r a irnK*. OH A FEE & O'BRIEN, Wholesale (3-rooer* 800 East Bay St., Charleston, t- C. AgeaK for Bxtom'a Pramlna Trsaton art. >nv !? If DR. T. BERWICK LEG IRE, DENTIST, Graduate of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. OFFICE? m:K AMI KOrNK. P.nt r;ioc.> oi* TC-ond Rtrr.-t ;~WULBERN & PIEPEft, Wholesale Crocere And Dealers in Provisions, Liquors, Tobacco &c. iOI nnd 109 KANT HA Vt ! 19- ly OriARLKBTON. B. O I ' FOUNDRY, 50*214 Foot. MACHINE KHOP, 50*250 Feet. BOILBB 8HOP, 40*120 Feel. GEORGE R. LOMBARD & <JO. Foundry, Machine and Holler* Works, <d3k.iai jeyixasrfcat., - CS-eorg;la? BUILDEUR OY Engines and Boilers, Saw Mills, Gr int MilU, ?n<l alt kinds of Mill DQtqbj' nory of flio latent inipiove 1 Htvle?. Hhifcnii, Hungers, Pnllovs, OoarliiR and Journal BoxflV Wo bave h lar>;o assortment of Pitternn, 8nt;iir Hollers and Oin Gearing. 1)EALER3 IN Engine and Mill Supples, ( iroulnr Savn, File*, Ouinniors, Swages. Glob* OliQck and Safety VkIvoh, Whistles, Gaulish, 8 eim I*. p ? and Fittings. I)abbot metal from TJ to40cmitM. lUUiti*, E'voing, Rubber, Herap, foipdirne unit Asbestos Packing, Oil, and OT Cnptt. Wroncljcs, I??>\u ;y Wheels, oto. AGENTS POll VJcl.ji-6 Double Turbine Whrd, K<>i ting's Universal Injeotors, the made. Bi arttoid M : li Co'n Portable MilU. Nordyk? A .Marmon Oo.'b Plantation Oo~n Feed Mills. All** Englno Works and Erie Oity Iron Worka, Portable and BUtionery Bnji afoty Volvos. fJlnmi rtr??.i? vr.n " - -1- - -- aim i-jrio ui?y iron Worka, Portable and SUtionory! Kunklo's Pop Safety Volvos. Olond Oreok Mill Hooks. 4B r Iron and Brass Oasllngs, and all kinds of Repars promptly done. We eaat evary day, and are working abunt one hundred hnudit CJ Cfj a w M M-l h t? i cn H s 3 s < MAKOFACTOHRJt 0? \LI. KTWDB OV Plantation, Oity, Freight, Business, Bzprtu and SPRING WAGONS, THUOTB, DRAW fJ. HT8. TIMBER WBTCTCLH AND WHl?HbT\AMI9 Wtk WILSON, GHILDS & 00., PTII LA DELPHI A WAGON WORK \ "? -tr-x ?? /* f ? /V . GGNfiAREE IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. i m i ' i ? u v p: [ > CIRCULAR SAW MILLS. BIMFI,R, CUBA P AND DUIUBI.R. W? tha ?al?brate<l Friotion r.<c*i on nil <>nr 8iw Mill*. W? naa the ??rl *t material in thoir oonatruo-.ion, n?>l ?p*re mmlu;r labor nor eturnino to r?o? 1m lh?m m nnur pnrf?ot ?h pofwible. Wo warrant all onr work to !?? wall mada A&d Of good material. Wo wonld H k? if yon would oompnr?fS?" following Qgttraa With thpaa of othor mannfaotnr?ra and if wo do not anil 70a a batter enAwrgow law Mni.at aarn? flgnroar , ^ PB101H, to. II t* M II II II Mill, with 86 fnnh*a,Baw, 16 fo?t onrrlago mm m ?? ?? n? ?? in << ?_'? rr 88 40 84 46 48 60 62 Extra Carriage, ?8.00 p?r foot, Deol-ly 1ft 20 20 20 24 24 24 Tha abofo mill* comolftc to main Imlt, JOHN ALKXANDHR, Proprieto 286 800 806 860 00 876 00 400 00 406 00