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YOL. XXXVII. CAMDEN, S. C., JUNE 26, 1879. NO. 49. ?
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Lcl Hygoues ho lljrgones.
Lot bygone* bo bygones; il bygones were
clouded
Itv auplit tluit occasioned a pang ol regret,
Oh, let them in darkest oblivion be shrouded;
"Tis wise and 'tis kind to turpi vo and forget.
Let bygones be bygones, und good lie extinct
e?l
From ill over which it is a lolly to fret;
The wisest ol mortals have foolishly acted?
The kindest arc those who forgive and
forget.
Let bygones he bygones; oh, cherish no longer
The thought that the sun of affection has
set;
Kcli|?ed for a moment, its rays will be stronger
If you, like a Christian, forgive and forget.
Let bygones be bygones; your heart will be
lighter
When kindness ol yours with reception has
met;
The flame ol your love will he purer and
brighter
If, God-like, you strive to forgive and lorget.
Let bygones ho bygones; oh, purge out the
leaven
i ?r uiul in* nn exumnlc to set
To others, who, craving the mercy of heaven,
Arc sadly too slow to forgive ami lorgct.
Let hygones he bygones; remember how
deeply
To Heaven's forbearance we all are in ilebt;
They value (toil's infinite goodness tooohcaply
To hee.l not the j>reco|.t, " Forgive an?l forget."
- ChumOers' Journal.
My Strange FeI!ow-Passenger.
"Yes," said tIm? old doctor, assenting
to a icmnrk I had just made. " I've
had a good many strange experiences in
my lime, and i think I may call mine
rather an eventful life.
" Forty; years ago last June," he resumed,
after a moment of thoughtful
silence, " 1 graduated with high honors,
and received a hospital appointment,
which wottld furnish me with employment
tor the n.'\t live years, and enable
?- -? ..I. . ii-il know led.'.* o!
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medieim* before setting up for myself.
" My iliit; < did nut begin. however,
before" I lie lirst <?t August, ami as I was
a little worn out by the heat and by
hard study. 1 was glad to hi' able to
spend the intervening six weeks with
my mother iu the eoutitry.
'I left Ihii'a.lelphia one day at noon,
by the sing .hat was to convey uie to
the lo.vn win're she lived. We were to
travel until late ia the evening, when we
wen- to <iop for :he rfiglit at a little pub- i
lie house hi: t!: r><ad. resuming our
journey by lite mail-coach at fi\ the!
- n^xt morning.
i "There w : tw ?< 'her pa-song*.i> !?
sides myself, a young man who had
Sfcured the hox-seat which 1 liati expected
to get, and a lady who sat inside
wifli me.
* We drove along merrily enough, in
grind humor with ourselves and each
tfther, and had plaeed a I tout a mile hettroen
us and the town, when, as I
looked out of tin* window, I saw, standins:
I iv the roadside, a man with a carpet
bag in one hand, who was beckoning
to the driver with the other. We presently
on in*1 tip with him.
' Inside or outside, sir?' asked the
driver, as lie dismounted.
'"Inside; inside, of course,' was the
reply, a little irascibly. I thought, as the
new-coiner placed liis feet upon the step.
' Yer pay in advance, sir, hoggin' yer
pardon.' reminded the driver, detaining
him and touching his hat.
"The old gentleman?he was elderly,
and to all appearance a gentleman?
seemed further irritated by the delay.
He asked the amount, however, paid it
at once, and took his seat beside me, be
stowin.ii liis earpot-bag under his foot,
and ovineing groat satisfaction as wo
startotl again.
" I ha?l feared wo wore to have a disagrooahlo
addition to our party, judging
front lir>t impressions: lmt when, aftora
while, tlio man joined in oonvorsation
with us. wo found him remarkably intelligent
and affable.
" Before lie had talked a great while
I diseoverod lie had led rather a nomadie
life. Europe, South America, Ivtst
India. soomo<l equally familiar to him.
Without being garrulous, he had so
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lift' iii many lands, that he contrived to
entertain us most delightfully.
" I judged lie was traveling on important
business, he seemed so jealous of
any attention. When we stopped to allow
the ' box-seat " passenger to alight,
and again at three o'clock, when wo
halted for dinner, I noticed lie became
restless and anxious.
" At dinner, his manner was eonstrained.
He ate little, and talked jess,
consulted his "watch frequently, and
finally excused himself before we had
half finished the meal, and left the room.
" When we resumed our seats in the
stage, we found him there before us.
Hf was seated in liis old place, witIi liis
head drawn hack in an uncomfortable
corner, effectually shielding him from
observation. Indeed, I had handed the
lady in before she discovered him, and
she gave a little cry of surprise.
"I hope I haven't startled you,
madam,' he said. ' I had no appetite
for dinner, so I thought I might :is well
wait here as in the house.'
"'These delays are rather annoying
when one is anxious to get on,' 1 remarked.
*"Yes, sir; yes,' he replied with a
liirht sich. ' It is highly important, too,
that I should lose no time on the way.'
"He then changed the subject. with ]
tWrease of a man of the world, and our i
conversation became general, lie was
certainly very pleasant. After live
o'clock, when the 'lady inside1 as the
driver called her. left us to ourselves,
our tctc-a-tetc was especially agreeable.
".lust at dark, we drew up in front of
the little inn which was to furnish us
with our night's lodging
"The proprietor came out to meet us.
and with many apologies regretted that
lie h:ul hut one spare room to offer us.
"There was :i wed dim: in thcncighliorhood
tint evcninsr. and a party from
town had driven down early in the afternoon
and enquired nil his apartments except
this one chamber.
' Hut ifjyou two gentlemen don't obeet
sharing the same room for a couple
of hours?you'll have to rise early to
take the mail coach?I think I can make
you very comfortable. There are two
clean beds in the room, and?'
"'I'm sure I'll not object.' I interrupted.
turning to my fellow-traveler.
" He hesitated an instant, and then
I said, 4 Well, sir, I'm agreed if v<?u art*!
! then, with an almost solemn tone, 4 Re [
' member, sir. the proposal eaine Irotn ,
you. and if fate should?'
44The astonishment expressed, no;
S doubt, upon mv faee at this peculiar ad- !
; dress, caused him to stop. Then he j
I laughed pleasantly, and resuming his
usual manner, said, 4 Excuse me, hut j
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I III \ Ilium, JUM IllM) , ?V> WUU}MU|
I alVnirs very important to me that I'm
I afraid my attention sometimes wanders.
You are very kind to oiler me half of
| your room. 1 aeeept with many thanks.'
| And we passed into thelavcrn, where a
[ good supper was await ii g us.
"There were no oth? guests at the j
table. 'All gone to the wedding,'the
landlord said.
" We did not regret in the least having
j the house to ourselves, and supper being j
eoneluded, we went to the wide front
I poreh, where we spent the evening in ;
pleasant talk.
" I gave my eompaniona sketch of my j
life for the past three or tour years. lie ;
reciprocated by telling me about his j
family?his wife, and his lovely daugh- {
ter, who was very dear to hill).
"' She is a good girl, and a very pretty
girl, too; everybody says so. Stay?I've
her miniature in my carpet-bag, and my ;
wife's too. 1*11 show tlieni to you.'
" He rose from his seat, whjn a sud-1
den thought seemed to strike him, and
lie resumed his chair, saying, 'I'd forgotten.
They have taken my carpet-bag
no stairs to the room. You can see them i
at bedtime.'
"About eleven, wo rose to go to our |
room. My companion preceded me. I j
sought tlie landlord to ask that I should
be called at half-past four, so that I I
nii^ht dress and breakfast at my leisure, j
before taking the coach again.
" I lingered, chatting, for ten minutes j
or so with mine host.' When at last I 1
entered the bed-chambei. I found my
room-mate had made good use of his
time, and was already in bed, with the
coverlet drawn up to his very ears, as if
ii had been December instead of June.
Making 110 comment, however, I was
soon occupying the see >nd couch, which
stood in a recess in the inner extremity
of the room, on one side of the great fireplace.
" I did not sleep well. T had a teasing
dream, which recurred again and again.
It seemed to me that some one was moving
about the room with eyes fixed on
me. Once I thought this figure approached
my bed, "and a hand touched
mi*.
" 1 routed with .1 start. When my eyes
lifvanic accustomed to the darkness, I
w the old gentleman looking out of
the window hy his bedside.
" He said he had been disturbed, and
he supposed the wedding guests were
ju<t returning. (?av voiees outside, presently
followed by footsteps ascending the
<!airs, and mutual . good-nights exchanged,
corroborated this conjecture.
"Soon all became quiet, and I again
feii asleep, and was again disturbed,
riiistime I was sure that there were
stealthy feet creeping around the room,
.1 el that a hoarse voice was liuitbring.
1 listened, and distinctly heard the
words. ' The will of Fate." I called out:
" Who is there?"
"Xo answer followed. The muttering
ceased. I heard the feet creeping
awav toward the other bed. I could
not stand the suspense, and sprang up
and lighted tin- candle* in an instant.
' There was no person in the room but
the old gentleman, who was sitting up
in hod, looking start led.
" ' Did you hear that noise? Were you
walking about?" I asked.
"'Walking about?"' ho replied. 'I
am only just this moment awake. I
heard you call out. and I roused to see
what, was the matter.'
"'I'm sure I heard footsteps and
voices, too. in this room!"
" ' Voices in the room! You're surely !
mistaken.'
" 'I'm >ioi mistaken!' I repeated, testi- !
lv. 'Why, I could even distinguish
words. Something was said about the i
t * will of Fate."'
" Hi' laughed con fused ly a- he replied, ;
* I'm afraid I've been talking in my j
sleep again. My friends say I'm ad- ,
dieted to that had habit, and 1 suppose I
say all sorts of things. I think it is ]
very likely you heard me; and as to the j
footst ps, perhaps our friends next door
have heen restless.'
" I listened, but could hear no sound.
"This explanation did not satisfy me. I
I looked at my watch. It was just two :
o'clock.
"'It is very strange, hut those steps'
were in this room,' I said. ' I will let
the candle burn for the rest of the night.
It will he daylight, now. in an hour and j
a half, and I. for one, shall he glad to j,
see it. If I believed in ghosts, I should
think this room was haunted.' I lay
down again, determined, if possible,
not to go to sleep.
"The noises were not .repeated. Silence
pervaded the house, unbroken,
except by the breathing of the old gen- ; (
tleman, who, it was evident, was now !
sleeping soundly, lie was not frightened
: that was certain. | (
"I mused on these things for some',
time. Those strange words, 'the will
of fate.' what did they mean? Just then
it occurred tome that my fellow-passen- j j
ger had used such an expression the
evening before, when I first offered to j i
share my room with him. ' lie must have 11
been talking in his sleep, after all. I'm
a fool to think so much about it.'
" I tossed and tumbled, and again
consulted my watch. I.
Only twenty minutes of three! Oh,
that morning would come!' !,
' I glanced across the room, and fancied
for an instant that 1 saw my com- ,
nanion's eyes wide open, watching me;
out when I sat tip in bed to satisfy myself
about it, he seemed to be sound
asleep. i
" Hy this time, I began to he ashamed
of myself. The house was so quiet it
| seemed absurd to he keeping vigil,
j Nature began to assert her claims, too,
i and settling back on my nillow again, 1
j presently lost consciousness.
" When I awoke again, it was broad j
daylight. My fellow-traveler was already
dressed, and stood with liis back .
| to 1110 l>y the open window near the ;
dressing-table. I was about to say.
' (iood morning." when 1 heard him
( mutter to himself-?
" It's the will of fate. There's no re- '
j sistinsr it. I rail on you all to witness' |
?extending one hand, as if appealing to j
an assembled company?' I am only an
unthinking agent in this matter. 11 is
blood be on fate's head, not niinc.f I've j
""' ".I ?%? Iiito joimmoo nti) I*i?? lifiiifiil to !
| riui.^u u in in i cv.i ? iv\ ? tuMi *. in wwuiu i\? :
obey orders.'
"Filled with a vague alarm, I started
into a sitting posture, the better to catch
i tin' import of his words. At that nioj
im lit he turned gazed at me an instant, ;
then advanced toward me. There was a j
pistol in his hand.
" He approached with the pistol leveled
at me, his ejes burning like coals '
<>f lire. Otherwise his manner w:is quiet,
:im1 his voice low and muffled.
'"('iime, sir,' he said, shortly,'prepare
for death! Fate, whom 1 serve,
commands me to siay you at the rising
of the sun. You have just five minutes
in whi (1 to make your peace with
Heaven : then you must die!1
"Tin ] istol was what was then called
a 'pepper-box,1 the prototype of the
whole modern arsenal of revolving
weapons. As he held it toward me, I
could distinctly see the balls at the end
of the chambers; and I realized that the
man who held the weapon of death was !
a maniac. If I made the least movement
toward the door, my young life would
be the forfeit.
"Whatshould I do?" #
" Like a flash of lieht came the
thought: 'The landlord will be* coming
presently to rouse you Try to keep
your wits about you, unci gain a little
time.'
"'Are you praying?" said the madman.
" 4 I'm thinking,' I replied, as quietly
as I couhi, fixing my eyes unon bis livid
countenance, 'that is very harsh treatment
to oiler a man who has done |
nothing worse to you than to give you a
share of his room.'
"Can't help it, sir; must obey orders.1
"'Ihiyou know,1 I said, trying to
control my voice, 'that you've deceived
me? You didn't tell me, yesterday,
about your being an agent of Fate, or I
should have been better prepared; but
you allowed me to believe you to be a
gentleman, traveling on ordinary business
or for pleasure; so I offered you a
iical in my room: and in return, you take
my life! To say the least, you have not
behaved like a gentleman.1
"lie looked a little troubled. 'Deceived
is nstrong word, sir,1 he began.
"*I can call it nothing else.1 I returned,
still speaking :is quietly as 1
could; and what is more, sir, when a
> ? i ! ?.
Ulan deceives im.- :umui um- iiiiuj;, 1 in
very apt to distrust any other statement
he 'may make to me. I doubt, now,
whether you were ever in the East at
all; 1 doubt whether you wen* ever married;
I doubt if you have a daughter.
Why. I remember how you said, last
evening, you'd show me her miniature;
but you didn't produec it. I don't believe
now you've sueii a thing in your
possession.1
' 'I have ! I swear I have it herein
my carpet-bag I1 he said, letting his hand
wliieh held the revolver fall to his side
in his earnestness.
"'Well,1 said T, nonehaiantly. Til
believe you when I see the picture, not
before.1
" He laid the pistol down on the foot
of my bed, and strode across the room.
You may believe I lost no time in securing
the weapon.
"Just then footsteps sounded in the
passage outside. Ihe landlord w:is
coining at last. T sprang to the door,
and pointed the pistol at my late wouldbe
executioner, who bad turned,' and
w as looking at his empty hands in consternation.
* You stir' another' step,11 cried, ' it
will be your last step!11
" I then opened the door and admitted
the astonished host, who looked perfectly
aghast as I tried to explain to him
what had occurred. I was excited almost
to frenzy, while my companion,
well-dressed, bland and self-possessed,
expressed the greatest amazement at my
story, which lie dejjied in every particular.
"'Just look at liis appearance,1 he
said. ' Contrast his manner with mine,
and tell me which of us looks like the
mailman. You heard him outside, just
now, landlord, threaten to shoot me.
lie lias the pistol in his hand now. Is
i' likely that, if it belonged to me. I
would give it into his possession? The
man is perfectly insane?has been acting
like a lunatic ever since he awakened
tbis morning.1
At tins unexpected turn 01 atiairs,
I was so nonplussed that, in an excited
manner, I endeavored to show the deceit
of the fellow, moving the pistol in
my excited .Gesticulations.
"'Help, help! Murder, murder!'
screamed the man, in apparent terror.
"'Help, help! Murder, murder!'
echoed the wretched landlord, who
clutched at the other's arm, and dminted
him toward the door, vociferating,
'Help!' There's a crazy man up stairs!'
" 1 don't know how I should have convinced
the landlord of my sanity if unexpected
help had not arrived soon after,
in the shape of two stout, burly keepers
from an insane asylum in Philadelphia,
who pounced at once upon the old gentleman
as their legitimate property, and
handcuffed him in the twinkling of an
eye.
"They had most opportunely arrived
by the mail-coach during the altercation
up stairs.
" It seemed that the old gentleman had
formerly been an actor (I could well believe
it), but was possessed with a homicidal
mania, and had been pronounced
incurable. As soon as his escape from
the asylum was discovered, it at once
occurred to the keepers to impure for him
at the different conch offices in the city.
" No such person being booked as a
passenger, they were thrown off the
track, and were searching the city and
its environs, when they were put upon
the right track by a countryman who
had seen him waiting on the roadside to
take the stage.
"They had .just time to send of)'two
men by the mail-coach, which left Philadelphia
at ten, and which arrived at
the inn just in time to rescue me from a
distressing dilemma.
" I low the maniac obtained possession
rif a loaded revolver they could not eon
|(vtur<\ and he obstinately refused to I
tell.
However, as you may imagine, I did j
not eoiieorn myself a great deal with that
i|iiestion. 1 hurried on with niv clothes,
ate what breakfast I could, and left the
house by that blessed mail-coach at six
o'clock, thankful enough that I was able
to pursue my journey uninjured.?
Youth's Companion.
Probably the oldest timber in the
world which has been subjected to the
use of man is that which is found in the
ancient temples of Egypt. It is found
as dowel-pins in connection with stonework
which is known to be at least 1,001)
years old. Those dowels appear to be
of tamarisk, or ehittim-wood. of which
the ark i* said to have been constructed,
a sacred tree in Kgypt.and now very
rarely found in the valley of the Nile.
A San Francisco genius named How- j
l.iii.l Ilk invented a machine thai will
tell to within :i small amount th?* ;
tity of irohl :i person lins ahout liilll. j
lie spoilt -SH.OOrt ill experimenting, silld is 1
now so poor that the ma<-hinc will not j
act within :t mile of his own pocket.
FAUX, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Cnrrot Culture. i
The carrot prefers a light, sandy loam 1
of medium fertility. A good coat of i
manure, applied to the soil the previous i
year, will prove of advantage; hut if it *
is manured the same season it should be '
with guano after theerop is up.
As a (taki?kn Chop.?For garden cul- :
ture the earliest crop should he sown as I
soon as the ground is lit to work. Lute
crops for winter uso can he sown any
time before the middle of June. The
seed should be soaked a couple of days
in water; and immediately afterward :
mixed with a small quantity of ashes or
plaster. This will prevent the seed from
.,.1 li.iritwr tMirnilier :ind it can then lie
sown more evenly. Sow in rows fifteen
inches apart and rover the seed with 1
al r>ut half an inch of soil. Later, the
young plants should he thinned to three
inches apart in row. Cultivate
diligently, and remove all weeds from
the rows. The carrot eroo is one of
those crops that are irrevocably (lamaged
if the weeds are allowed to get the
start. The Early Ilorn and Atringham
are among the best.varieties for cooking
purposes. For winter use, carrots are
most conveniently kept in a cellar,
packed in dry sand.
Asa Fiki.dCkoi\?But the carrot is
more extensively cultivated as a field
crop for food for cattle and horses. For
this purpose the Long Orange and Large
White Ik'lgian are tiic best. In good
soil these may attain a size of twelve
inches long and three inches thick, and !
give a yield offiom 1.200 to 1,100 bushels
to the acre. The land, which though
light must not suffer from lack of mots- ,
ture. should he thoroughly pulverized (
by deep plowing and repeated harrow- ,
ing. Soak the seed and mix it with
ashes or plaster as before, and sow it
from the middle of May to the first of
-tiimi in viiws twn feet, anart with a
seed-drill, taking care that it does not
clog in the hopper. I loot lie crop as soon (
as the rows can he seen, and when a (
couple of inches- hi-yi^ln.' plants should
he thinned to six or seven inches apart.
After this, the horse-cultivator should .
go through the plat at least once a fortnight,
as" long as the crop is growing.
In the fall, when the roots are taken up,
they should he allowed to dry in the sun
for a couple of days auer the tops are cut
off. before they are put up for winter '
use. They may he -.oral in a cellar,
out-of-doors, or in pits, like potatoes and J
turnips, hut having a greater tendency J
to decay than these, v.... n put together
in large iiuantities, tln^ljould be placed
in small heaps only.
A ?rop of carrots i somewhat more !
expensive to raise than a.cropof turnips, '
hut for winter and spring feed, both for 1
horses and cattle,. th-r are said to be J
better than any other -oet crop. Fed in 1
moderate quantities, they strengthen the \
digestive organs of t!ie animals and help
to a?imilate other fooil (atcn in connec- 1
tion with them. Experienced dairymen 1
lia\e maintained that carrots, fed to :
ic eh cows, not only Tease tho llow 1
of milk. i>ui* that ilieV imparl a flavor to
i :ii. :i.... i.. r....,,, *
Ill*' lillJK J* I Ill I l? I 1 I ' ' I ililt II will ? u
turage, Mini tliat tin- butter from cows 1
fcil on the Orange vari? tics acquires a ^
olor like sumnier butter. The follow- !
ing analysis gives the composition of '
"carrots:
Water 87.0 (
Aliiuinen anil casein O.G /
Sugar 5.4
|-.at 1.2 '
( inn 1.0
Wooilv illicr 3.3
Ash..". 1.0 I
100.00 i
?Rural New Yorker.
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House-top <>'nr?l?-iiltin.
A really serious eflort is being made i
to establish house-top gardening in our t
city, says a New Yorik letter. All the 1
sanitary objections which have been :
made to it at one time or another have 1
been easily waved aside by our skillful \
inventors in styles of roofing. Having \
<< ( 11 these blossoming upper surfaces I
arranged in Kuropo with many pleasant 1
consequences, it is impossible not to look
forward to the possibility of their ?
general uses with eagerness. It is pro- I
posed to have one part of the roof \
glassed over, and the other nart covered <
with a wire netting to keep tne misehiev- 1
ous sparrow from despoiling the tender '1
vegetation, and also to prevent a heedless t
foot from treading upon nothing at all 1
over the eaves. A summer evening, I
with easy garden chairs, tea-trays, with c
glasses and unmentionable delicacies of j t
cooling liquids standing in readiness c
upon them, are said to be as certain a e
luxury awaiting the future New Yorker <
as is a new moon once a month or a s
ViMil.it* /m.iii in ? il/Wi.n v/nnv
Of course, tin' garden sununil to a
Imnie will protect scuttles down which
the burglar lately finds an easy and un- s
disturbed opportunity to enter a house. ! >
Incredible as it may appear, in our own j \
block nine hup' trunks were lifted up 11
through this necessary aperture to a I 1
neighboring roof. where every article of <
value in a whole family wardrobe for j t
summer uses was removed unnoticed j 1
and carried away, nobody has yet I |
learned where, and the trunks twCir- a
selves were lelt to he returned to the
attic, to be again refilled with costly t
marketable lineries for future roof1 \
burglars. j e
A Itcli.shfor Farm Stork.
-f.? ; 1 ?l r..i.
1 IIP importance 01 an occasion,-ii reusn
of salt ami wood ashes for all kinds of ji
stork, says the New York World, cannot 1
he too highly appreciated. The most :i
convenient form in which these materials , s
are oil"'red, according to feeders of wide i
experience, is in asrnid mass, which ad- ' i
mits of diligent licking on the part of i c
the animal without gaining more of the 1
mixture than is desirable. In order to r
mix those ingredients so that a solid mass j
may he formed, take salt and pure wood <|
ashes in the proportion of pound for
pound, with water sufficient to hold the 1
mixture together. To preserve the mix- <
lure in a solid state place it in troughs i
or hoxos sheltered sufficiently to keep c
rain and snow from reaching it and con- i [
verting it into an alkaline pickle. These I t
irmiL'hs with their tempting rontents | :i
I novo olli ci cut as bails for alluring animals.
turned out on long runs during 1
the day, home at night. i
When cattle chew leather, wood and a
old hones, romomhor that it indieat.es a s
laok of phosphate of lime in their food, j 1
which is required to supply hone ma-'s
tcria!. A tea spoon fill of hone meal \ a
given daily with their grain will eorreet j 1
the l ahit and supply the deficiency a
whieh induces it. If the disposition to s
eat I tones is indulged in when eows are j \
on grass, the delieieney evidently exists i I
in tiie soil, and the pasture will he : 1
greatly Ix-nclitcd hy a top dressing of j s
bone dust. Two or three hundred \
pounds to the acre, sown broadcast,' will ' I
repay attending expenses in a hotter i <
yield and quality of milk and butter. ' t
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Ltnvtain Cookery.
An English writer, speaking of tlie
culinary uses for leaves, says that one of
the most useful and harmless of all
leaves for flavoring is that of the common
syringa. When cucumbers are
scarce these are a perfect substitute in
salads, where that flavor is desired.
Again the young leaves of the cucumber
itself have a wonderful similarity in
taste to tliat fruit. Carrot tops may be
used, and a prodigious waste is suffered
in not using the external leaves and
blanched footstalks of the celery plant,
The young leaves of the gooseberry
added to bottled fruit give a fresher
flavor and a greener color to pies and
tarts. The leaves of the flowering currant
give a sort of intermediate flavor
between black currants and red. Orange,
citron and lemon leaves impart a flavor- |
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combined, and somewhat different from
hotli. A few loaves added to pies, or
Ixtilod in the milk, used to bake with
rice, or formed into crusts 01 paste, impart
an admirable " bouquet." An infusion
can be made of either the green or
dry leaves, and a tea or tablespoonful
used. Peach leaves give the flavor of
bitter almonds.
Mulching Trees'.
During warm weather the mulching
of young trees is a decided advantage to
their growth, particularly the first season
after planting. Many young trees
have, after planting, started out well,
and :is soon as the warm dry season
came, withered up and died, whereas if
they liad been mulched they would have
prospered finely. Mulching is done by j
placing a layer of coarse manure from
three to six inches deep, extending one
ill IWIUrri 1UUIH I 111 I iUIMIIILI ih/II vimai
tin* roots. This protects the earth about
the roots against drying or baking with
wind and sun, retains to it the requisite
moisture and obviates all occasion for a
practice generally of injurious effects?
the watering of newly-planted trees. In
case it is not convenient to get manure,
cut down grass, weeds, etc., and put
iibout, the trees, placing Hat stones or
hoards on top to keep it from blowing
away.?Exchange.
Exciting Scenes at a Hotel Fire.
Some of the exciting scenes which
took place during the fatal lire at
Ha'gerstown, Md., are described in the
columns of the New York Herald: The
fire broke out in the front pa^tof tlir
Washington Hotel under the stairway on
[lie second lloor, and when discovered it
liad gained considerable headway. A
commercial traveler was first awakened
)V the smoke and he gave the alarm.
Vlr^L Middlekauffand a servant girl were
soon aroused from their beds and they
an through the house kicking at'the
loore of the sleeping-rooms and crying
'I'ire!" As the news of the contlagraion
spread there wastjie greatest excitelient
among the inmates, who rushed
ibout in all directions to make* their
scape from the rapidly hurning'build....
cay of 'V^ho.-e i
m the third and fourth lh.ors had been
lit oil' by the lire, and those on the
second lloor found it dangerous to escape
n that direction. Mrs. Middlckaull'did
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n valuable service in saving im? uves 01
In1 inmates. Three times she visited
lie upper Hours, and was prevented at a
lan^emus moment from goini; on the
burtli mission. She also conducted the
ruests to the rear building of the hotel,
iVlion many made their escape down the
dairway. .Many others were not so
ordinate. Some jumped from the winlows,
sustaining injuries, and others
v-re seriously burned in their ellbrts to
ret to the outside. Thomas Troxell
vas specially warned ot the tire, but lie
ippeared to be indill'erent, showing no
lisposition to hurry when lie received
lie news. A few hours after the lire his
iody was found in a mangled condition
md burned beyond recognition. The
iody lay among the rubbish of the stair
vay of the ladies' entrance. Troxell,
vho was in llairerstown attending court,
lad evidently tried to make his escape
>y the front way.
s. II. Horsey, :i young man. rescued
ilrs. Talterson and child from the third
loor at the peril of his life. The stairvay
was enveloped in Humes, and ho
Ijished forward, receiving a number of
turns about the head during his ascent.
The woman and child were uninjured,
heir rescuer removing them from the
tuilding by the back way. While the
ire was in progress a bundle of bedlothing
was found in an alley adjoining
he burning hotel. Investigation disposed
a man who had wrapped the
lothing about him and jumped from
me of the upper stories. lie was not
eriously hurt.
Did he Get a 44 Raise."
Xo barber knoweth whom he may
have, and the man who rushes into a
a - 1 1 I. .
Imp anil ill'ops into a narocr-cnair,
vitliout seeing who occupies the next
lviir to the rightror left may get hailly
ell, as a case proved yesterday. A solid
dd citizen in the wholesale trade was
aking it easy, his face covered with
at her, when in came a young man who j
luiii; oIF his coat, bounced into a chair,
ind called out:
"Hurry up, now. for I must tret hack
o t lie store before old Illank does or he
vill raise Ned! Hang him. lie won't
ven give a man time to die!"
The solid citizen turned his face to
dance at the other, and the harbor
iot iced a reddening of his face.
"(loitig on a vacation this summer?"
iskedthe barber who was preparing to
have the young man.
"Vacation! I low the deuce can 1
ret away from old lllank? And if I I
mild he pays such a stingy, eontempti- j
de salary that I couldn't afford even a '
ide on the ferryboat!"
" Why don't you ask him for a raise?"
|Ueried the barber.
"Why don't I ask for lite hand of
lis freckle-nosed daughter. He'd discharge
me in a minute, though he's makng
money and can afford it. If the
dd hyena would have a stroke of apoilexy
the junior partner might do some
Illllfr, l?lir fUl'll CIKIIi.s ;inv ;i_) > in r iu ... i
t hundred years ohl.M
Conversation ceaseil heio. the solid j
nan got out of his chair, took a brush11
it and sat down, and when the clerk
irose from his chair and turned around
now-balis would have looked black
icside Ins face, lie iried to bow and
peak, but something wouldn't let him.
mil U'llt'll III" Siaricii IK jmi mi um rum
ir In-Ill i! (nils iiii and collar down. I It*
vas still struggling with it when the
olid man rose up, looked around and
valki'd out. saying never a word. The
larhers wet the young man's head and '
lehl cologne to his nose, hut lie walked !
ideways when lie went out and there I
vas an uncertain wobble to his knees,
n applying for the vacant position to- j
lay state what shop you shave at.?J derail
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TIMELY TOPICS.
In many parts of Germany the roads
are lined along the entire distance with
rows of poplars, or of apple trees, tin1
branches of which latter i>end liencath
the weight of fruit. A line of three
shillings is the penalty for plucking the
fruit, consequently it is permitted to
ripen, and the owners of the community
reap the benefit of the foresight in planting
shade trees at once beautiful and
prontauie.
Horse races wore introduced into the
Grecian panics 618 years B. C.,and 152
years later, or B. C. 4U6, a race called
j the "Calpe," for mares only, was also
I introduced into their sports. The date
of the introduction of racing in England
is unknown. In this country the first
racing is believed to have taken place
almost simultaneously in both Virginia
and Maryland, about the year 1750; hut
the first race for a public stake was on
Long Island, in 1818. against time, by a
horse called " Boston Blue," for 81.000.
The value of California's products is
given in these figures from the San
Francisco Journal of Commerce: "We
have a wheat crop which will reach at
least twenty millions of centals. We
will have a wool crop of forty-five to
I fifty million pounds. Our vintage will
yield not less than eight million
gallons of wine and brandy. Ten million
centals of barley will be raised, and
two million centals of corn. The south
will yield four million pounds of honey.
Our gold and silver yield will not fall
short of twenty million dollars. Our
fruit and raisin crop will sell for at least
three millions of dollars. Quicksilver,
coal and copper will yield moderately,
[ if not in their wonted abundance."
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Peculiar and infrequent crimes are
brought to light occasionally in the New
York police courts. A woman was recently
sentenced to twenty days' imprisonment
for unmercifully flogging her
twelve-year-old niece, and the child was
given over to the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children. On the
same day, in another court, a woman
received four months in the penitentiary
for throwing kerosene over her husband's
body, lighting a match and then trying
to set fire to tlie oil. Husband and wife
had not lived happily together for years.
One evening he came home, found her
slightly intoxicated and the two had
some words. Just as the man was retiring
his wife threw the oil over him, but was
frustrated in her diabolical attempt and
arrested.
The reported exploits of Mile. Sophie
von Herzfeld and several other, ladies
during the recent Nihilist cmcute at
Kiefl, add one more instance to the long
list of female revolutionists in Russia.
During the tumult which dethroned
Peter ITT., in lTfi.T. in favor of Catharine
n.. Countess Pashkoff rode at the head
of the Preobrajenski reginyent in male
jr?. .u'^h r.istols nt herl?addb hew
Several ladies of rank tool? part in tlic
conspiracy formed against Alexander I.
in 1821-5. Among the political prisoners
banished to Siberia by Nicholas in 1831,
was t he celebrated Princess Trubetskoi.
One of the principal leaders of the Polish
insurrection of 18G3 was accompanied
everywhere by his young wife, who
made herself conspicuous in every skirmish
by her reckless bravery. The attempt
made by Vera Sassulitch upon the
life of the ex-Minister of Police, (Jen.
TrepolV, is still fresh in everyone's memory.
and two young Indies of good family
were found among the workers of the
Nihilist printing press recently seized in
St. Petersburg.
fn the New York postofliee a force of
six men is employed solely in correcting
blunders of the people who write letters,
and the skill which these men display in
deciphering "blind*1 addresses is sur
.i-Uitnr Tim ruwtivumter fives the follow
in# list ?>f:x few of the many postolliees
in tin' Inited States bearing the same
name: TleTe are eighteen lirooklyns,
twenty Wiliiainsburgs, live Baltimore*,
ten Hangers, twelve Hostons, sixteen
Buffalo*. seventeen Burlingtons, seventeen
Charlestons. four Chieagos, eight
Cineinnatis, ten Cleveland*, twentv-Iive
Daytons, fifteen Louisville*, fifteen
Lowells, three Milwaukee*, fourteen
Xashvilles, seven Philadelphia*, fifteen
'iuineeys. twenty-two Rielunonds,
twelve St. Pauls, seven Toledos, thirty
Washington*, twenty-live Springlields,
thirteen Wilmingtons, live Omahas.
This list might he extended to more
than ioO dill'erent antl familiar names.
One Saturday afternoon recently after
the heavy mails had been dispatched, no
less than 1,000 misdirected letters were
tound in theoflice in the scattering and
supplementary mail matter.
Evading the Customs Duty.
An amusing anecdote on this subject
v.*as lately told at a public dinner by M.
Ferdinand Duval, Prefect of the Seine.
Hi.* said that the octroi men of Paris,
who levy the municipal barrier dues,
area most vigilant set of fellows, but
that, having boasted of th ir merits, lie
(the prelect) bad been caught. A friend
of his. living at St. Cloud, hail made a
small bet that lie would introduce a pig
into Paris, in his brougham, without the
octroi men detecting it. M. Duval took
the bet, and strict orders were given at
all the gates of Paris to look out for the
brougham of the friend in question.
Within less than a week, however, the
prefect received eighty centimes, amount
of duty leviable on a pig, and a request
to come and assure himself that the
Knim ciio.utc^fn 11 cmtlir.
jU.miujM ii ii.m nurii r-uw^rciuuj
in. It turned out that the piic.
killed and scalded, had been dressed up in
women's clothes, and had heen driven
into l'aris seated triumplnmtly on tlie
box beside the eoaehman.
The IMudpeon and Dapper Fans.
Some " tans " are not fans at all. The
'steel fan "is simply a bar ot metal,
shaped and painted to resemble an ordinary*
closed fan, and carried sometimes
:i.s a life preserver, sometimes i?y tue
swell mobsmen and rowdies of China, to
be used at eloso quarters, with murderous
effect. Of the same species is the
well-known "dagger fan." which consists
of an eleirant imitation in lacquer
of a common fttldinir fan. but is really a
sheath maintaining within its fair exterior
a deadly blade, short and sharp.
liken Malay Aria. Ill is ?iag!?< r inn wn>
ii%entiil by the Japanese, and its importation
into China has always been
strictly forbidden, (ireat numbers have,
however, been successfully introdueeil
into Canton. Fooehow and other lanre
maritime cities, and they are now even
manufactured by theenterprisimrnativis
of the tirst-mentioned port.?Fr/t.scr's
Mayazinc.
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ADVERTISING RATES I
Tna! 1 in. X col X co). 1 ool.
1 Week. ? 1.00 f 5 00 $ 9.00 916.00
a *' 1.76 7 60 12.26 20.00
3 " 2.50 9.CO 15.25 24.00
4 " 3 00 10.60 1810 27.60
5 " 8.60 11.75 20.50 31.00
6 ' 4.00 12 50 22.75 3+ 00
7 " 4 50 13.25 24 75 37 oO
8 " 6.00 14.00 26.00 40 00
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8 months. o.w 17.w oj.w w. *
4 " 7.60 19.00 39 60 69 00
6 " 8.60 24.00 48.00 84.00
9 " 9 50 30.00 59 00 105.00
12 " 10.25 35.00 68.00 120,00
Transient advertisements must be aooom
panied with the cash to insnro insertion.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST'
An upstart?Beginning to prosper.
Always best when rare?Family broils. /
Philadelphia is to have a school for
silk culture.
Minnesota millers are now shipping
direct to Europe.
The increase of the population of the
United States is 1.000,000 a year,
It is 3.322 miles across the continent
from Philadelphia to San Francisco.
The total amount 01 lumocr eui nun,
year is .sot down at 4,334,2ir>,000 foot.
A tliroo cent stamp becomes a sent
stamp aftor you hare mailed your letter.
" Good buy," as the overjoyed salesman
said when the liberal customer
turned to go.
The flaming circus advertisement is
apparent once more throughout the
length and breadth of the land.
Scientific -men generally believe that
the bed of the Pacific Ocean was onec
above water, and inhabited hymen.
In the Arctic regions, when the thermometer
is below zero, say thirty degrees,
people can converse a mile apart.
An ambitious young writer having
asked, "What magazine will give me
the highest position <iuickest?" was told:
"A powder magazine, if you contribute
a fiery article."
A correspondent in a Baltimore paper
says that in a ease of terrible burning,
followed by lockjaw, which came under
his observation, the patient was cured
by the application of dog fat.
Mme. Cataeazy, wife of the Russian
Minister at Washington, during Grant's
administration, is dead. She had the
roiuitfitinn of beinrr the handsomest
women at the national capital.
" Father," said a cobbler's lad, as he
was pegging away at an old shoe, "they
say that trout bite good now." "Well,
well," replied the "old gentleman, "you
stick to your work and they won't bite
you!"
Any one who wants a printing-press
has now the chance of purchasing the
one which Napoleon carried *vith him
to Moscow, and which fell into the
hands of the Russians during his retreat.
It is now at St. Petersburg, and the
owner offers to sell it for 1,000 roubles?
about $730.
Delaware and Rhode Island are tho
sleeve buttons of the Western Hemisphere.?Xcw
York Hcrakl. And Kentucky
furnishes the studs.?Boston Post.
And New York furnishes the rings.?
Albany Argus. And Missouri the Vest.
?Chicnyo Newspaper Union. And Washington
theSchurz.
<kschasontito Trodalomtortaielmi Lapok
is the title of a little fortnightly journal
published in Kolozsvar, Hungary, whose
columns contain original articles in
French, German. English, Italian, Spanish.
Portuguese, Norse,Swedish and Magyar.
Often the poems are followed by
translations into several languages.
A T-io... j<t?am?a,
who came to'condole with him on the
unmanageableness of his two sons, who
had committed a burglary in the next
town and had been sentenced to prison:
" It is pretty rough on me to have them
both go to once, hut there is one thing
to if?when it comes night now, you
know where them hoys be."
The daily circulation of the most
popular newspaper in the City. of
Mexico, with a population of 200,000,
does not exceed 2,000 copies. All the
I in llin roniililn. iirirremttn a
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consumption of only about 800 roams a
month; a quantity that many single
mills in the United States could supply,
and yet not run a fourth of the time.
A Prince's Mistake.
Prince Peter of Oldenburg has just
had a somewhat exciting experience,
lie is at the head of the imperial Russian
colleges for girls and is very diligent in
performing his duties. lie lately decided
to see for himself whether there
| were any grounds for the numerous
! complaints of the poor food furnished at
the Smoling Convent, where 800 girls
are educated. Proceeding to the institution
just before the usual dinner hour,
I he avoided the main entrance, and
walked straight toward the kitchen.
At its door he met two soldiers carrying
a huge steaming caldron. "Halt! he
called out. " put that kettle down." The
soldiers, or course, oncyeu. " i>nng me
si spoon," iiddod the prince. The snoon
w.ms at ones' produced, but one or the
soldiers ventured to bee in a stammering
remonstrance. "Hold your tongue,
cried the prince: "take oil'the lid. I
insist on tasting it." X<? further objection
was raised, and his highness took a
large spoonful. "You call this soup!"
he exclaimed; " why, it is dirty water!"
"It is, your highness," replied the
soldier; " we have just been cleaning
out the laundry."
A "(,'ltick" and Six Kittens,
Mr. Parvin, of West I.eesport, has a
"cluck" which tenderly cares for six
> ->i-i Tl.n
KiiK'u.s auiuu iiiiw ?> * uiu.
cluck had been deprived of a brood of
young chickens, r.inl feeling the loss very
keenly she no doubt eonsid ! tlie taking
diarge of the kittei ? :: iu.-t com pen
sat ion. Tee kittens seen; :.:.-ucn to her
call, and will nestle urn..1 ner wings and
feathers like little chickens. No one is
allowed to approach, not even the cat
herself, while the hen has charge, but
she seems satisfied when the kittens occasionally
creep out and go over to the
mother cat in the next corner. This is
indeed a great curiosity. Quite a number
of persons have watched with great
interest the old lien caring for the kittens.
She "clucks" and calls them,plays with
them and scratches and endeavors to find
for them. The kittens jump about the
old hen and make a big fuss with their
two-footed, feather-tailed mammy.?
Hauling (/'<.) /:'< glc.
Delicacy of the Mint Senles.
The fine gold-weighing scales made in
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I'll]l;nIt'lplll;l lor I lie .M H v/i nnug mini,
arc marvels of mechanical invention
ami accurate workmanship. The
larger of the two has a capacity of ten
thousand ounces troy, or about six
hundred and eighty-six pounds avoirdupois.
and.when loaded to its full weight,
will show a variation of one-thousandth
part of an ounce, or the millionth part
of its weighing capacity. Another pair
of scales is the one intended tor weighing
gold only. It has hearings composed
of the linest agates, which have
been ground with wonderful precision
So delicate is this machine that it wil.
give the precise weight of a human hair,
and is susceptible to the slightest atmos
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plionc ClUUliJl'S. ^lllin'U^ ui mm.11.1
worth of precious metals will he
wciirlied annually upon these scales.?
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