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I^Tjxe Journal. i AT.BT AWDERy . Proprietor, j OIUDEN, SOUTH OABOLEf A. ( || Bb "Wait Awliile. . Wait awhiio Soon the storm will be over; 1 There's a bit of blue j In tho aky for you, ] % There's sweetness yet in the clover I | Trust and wait, Though burdens great Ilard on tho heart are pressing; For a hand of love f "Will tho cross remove, And leave in its stead a blessing. 'Neath the snow ,, No roses blow, And there no bees are humming; L c _ But they gather sweets ^ In their dark retreats j To brighten the days that are coming. W J* Dark and drear j ^ The skies appear] y Srf NYJien tho cloudy day's declining; t But tho night must fall, And cover all, 1 L -** Ere tho sun renews its shining. . i v . Best is sweet For the weary feet; ? p ^ And the soul that in faith reposes, i n* When the night comes on 1 IT 4 And the noonday sun Its gatew ay of splendor closes ^ Ne'er will miss & Its needs of bliss, at Ur grieve o'er jojb aoaung; For the earth must turn ? That our he&rta may learn i How little is lost by waiting. ? - . i A SUCCESSFUL RUSE. < i ,:I hope, my dear, you won't objeot 1 to John's folks,"' said the bride, timidly. * t "John's folks 1" repeated the tall, < black-eycd young man, who had just been "made happy,* and was now sit- ting beside^yes^F'rederif! Fane, in the t ' ^^HBIW^Rain steaming toward Owl ( Moudpftn. "Not in the least, my love, i Why should I object to' them "Oh, I don't know!" said Mrs. Fane. < "Some people do, you know. But of { course it seems hard to turn them out 1 after all these years, cud?" ? "Stop half a minute, my dear," said Mr, Fane. "I am not quite sure that I i understand you. Who are John's folks? And who, if I may take the liberty to i ask, is John ?" j ^^^TlrZ FallB-^gatsd pink, ^pd looked ( ftBLfesitatinglv down at he? lace-bor- i trajjjflrered pocket-handkerchief, $s if uncer- ; W^tain whether a tear or two-?i'oTvklnot be "Oh, I'red," said she, "what a aues- < 9 tion! Just think a minute. And of i ft course they always expected to have a IL home with me!" < Trn'mr up his c ^ lipsmt^^histiingposition, aslie remembered that Mrs. Fane's first hus- t band had been named John Quincy ] Adams Larkius. "les, I comprehend. Are there many of 'em, my dear ?' 1 "Well," hesitated Lilias, again color- ? iritr HTiera'a .TnVn'R Rtfinfftther?a dear old gentleman, but a little peculiar, j He's an escaped Mormon?" Mr. Fane. Pnfe Mormon," exclaimed the bride. If* "Enjoined jhe community, and then he duHR3|a^ them as well as he thought he ran away and 1 married John's mother. "Ahd"afl^r she died nothing could induce him to leave ^ the scenes endeared by her presence." " Ah 1" said Fano. "A sentimental old party.'*' ^ " He's very agreeable," added Lilias, " if only you let him have his own way ^ in everything." 1 "Do yon know, my dear, tbafcisa characteristic which I have observed in others?'gravely remarked Mr. Fane. " Then there's Aunt Grace," went on Lilias. " She's an excellent house|:eepfir-rin fact, she is cleaning nearly the time. It does get a little nnf comfortable now and then; but it's Aunt Grace's way, so I put up with it. And John's two sisters?Dorcas and Keturah?are water-cure people. They like the place because there is a cascade at the back and a river close by." "Ah r said Mr. Fane. "And Uousin Jjerdmand?tnat s ail! k added Lilias, with a sigh of relief. "That's all, eh?" said the bride^kg?t5om. "Oousin Ferdinand is very agreeable," said Lilias. " He's waiting." " Waiting ?" echoed Mr. Fane. " For the millenium," explained Lilias. " He's been waiting these many |^k years." l^k " Oh 1" said Mr. Fane. " He's crazy, Iwh?" " We}-1," confessed Lilias, "he is a little peculiar, but we're used to it and we don't notice it now." "And are these people all to live with us ?" asked Mr. Fane, a little gloomily. "If jou don't object," said Lilias, timidly. " Not in the least, my darling," said the yonng husband. " Your will ie law ( tome." ? I ? So kind of you, dear!" said Mrs i Fane, apparently much relieved. t 1 And thjMt-ttrs^train stopped at Owl ( ^^JMou5*?in station, and tLe younpr pair i r\ got out. the long drivo to Laurel 1 ^ f^jFarm?Larkin Farm it had been when t (&? / Lilias first came there, but'she adopted i \ the more euphonious name ?Mr. Fane ^ turned matters over in his mind. c ? His mother?a shrewd old prophet- i t ess of evil?had warned him that he 1 L couldn't expect to marry a rich young r. R widow, who was pretty and attraotiye i K into the bargain, without some quid i pro quo of annoyance or trouble to bal- i jB" ance his bliss. And here it was, the first thing, i gjBjfot the ghost of tho dear, departed i z. i gipHfe ^?2^g| jarkiEsWMUPWWt^^m^^f'^^ lave endured?but fivesr^HBilWp luests fastened to the old farm like impets to a rock, barnacles to the hull )f a ship! And Lilias evidently expected him to adopt them into his arieoions, and tolerate their various eccen.ricities, even as she had done, Lilias vas such a pretty, dove-eyed, confiding ittle thing I She should not bo tor nented, at all events, he resolved, [f John's folks" were to be met and jonquered in eingle combat, he wonld lo it alone. And so he looked down with a smile ra her innocent face, and replied pleafantly to her timidly-hazarded observaions, studiously veiling the current :? his thoughts; for, as they neared the )ld home, Lilias was' evidently growng nervous. It was a fine old brick house, as Mr. Fune could see in the cold December noonlight, surrounded with alternate rows of leafless maples and evergreens, ,vith lights gleaming in all the windows, ind "John's folks " were all assembled it the door to welcome the new maried couple. First and foremost stood :he " escaped Mormon "?a tall, vener * ?- -n ! luiG genuemen, wisn a nuwmg ucmu \nd a suit of pepper-and-salt, with red lecktie and turnover collar. " Welcome, my children, welcome ?" ;aid this venerable relic of the past, vith an air as patronizing as if the whole house belonged to him. "I {ball use my every effort to make your jtay at Laural Farm agreeable. You're i little late "?glancing reproachfully it the clock?"and I am afraid the oast fowls will jbe spoiled. It always lisagrees with me to eat overdone poultry; but, of course, this will not lappen again." " Oh, po, indeed, papa I" said Lilias, jagerly. Aunt Grace stood in the background -a grim, bony female?with her face ;ied up in her handkerchief, and a iress of badly dyed merino stuff made n a most outlandish fashion. " You'll have to sleep in the garret jhamber to-night, Lilias," she said, jloomily. "I've had yours whitewashed and cleaned, and it ain't dry ret." " But it was calcimined only last fall, Aunt Grace !" said Lilias, piteously. "I can't help that," said Aunt Grace, with a sniffle. 44 Cleanliness is next to godliness, and I ain't one to live in the iirt. You wouldn't ask me or your step-pa to turn out of our rooms, would you ?" " 'Oh, no, no I' cried Lilias, eagerly. ^ Dorcas and Keturah sat knitting on si thef~si^e^Ctho fire, evidently in a rery ill humorT^^p^^^ 44 Wo was invited toteS^N^Iiss Dea:on Plumbago's to-night," 'ttSjS* the ilder sister. 41 But Keturah thought we'<r*oujfbr ;o stay and welcome you fust," said Dorcas. 44 And the train's late, and we shan't 3e in time to go there now," moodily idded Keturah. 44 But some folks don't care how they nconvenience other folks," 6aid Dorcas, is she extended a flabby, mittened rand to her new cousin-in-law without ooking at him. " I am very sorry," pleaded Lilias, vith a troubled face. " Well, then, Grace," said the mil enium man?a stout, rubicund little 'ellow, with a red nose and hair as vhite as silver?" let us have supper icrved at once. What are we waiting or ?" And Mr. and Mrs. Fane were compelled to seat themselves without loss f time at the table, without an oppor,unity to remove the dust of travel or o refresh themselves after their jourley. Mr. Fane had indeed ventured to lay something about towels and fresh vater, but Lilias whispered : " Never mind just now, dear. Pa villbesoput out, and Grace and Ke tirah like punctuality. For this once, lo oblige me ?" Mr. Fane looked around in some surprise. Here w^re he and Lilias, the ightful owners of the house, placed in he position of second-rate guests of no jreat importance one way 01 the other, yhile "pa," Aunt Grace, the resentful isters and the millenium reigned supreme, and Lilias hardly dared to express an opinion of her own in their presence. But he made no comment, to, Lilias' rreat relief, and endured evervf.hinw vith the serenity of an Aristotle. Early the next morning he descended nto the cellar where Aunt Grace was ikimming milk, and looked sharply ibont him. " My dear Annt Grace," said^ he, jheerfully, " will it inconvenience you f I use some of these shelves for my jhemicals ?" " four?what ?" said Aunt Grace, Iropping her cream spoon in amazenent. " I intend to use this cellar as a labjratory," said Mr. Fane; "and as lomo of the chemicals are explosive? ' " I?I had better move the pans out ,o the spiing-house," gasped Aunt 3race. " But Dorcas and Ketorah are rery timid, and?" " In that case," said Mr. Fane, "periaps they had better remove themselves ;o the spring-house, too. I really canir>t CLviof wrifVinnt. afcndinn " ?.7 WW...?. Aunt Graoe sat down and thonght it >ver. Was She, after having lived for rixtyodd years in peace and quietness, to be blown up like a torpedo at last ? Chere was Cousin Yort:e out West. It vould not, perhaps, be such a oomforttble home as this, but there would bo 10 chemicals. Mr. Bogle, the recreant Mormon, vos cozily reading the paper by the iro when his stepson's sucoessor little." "Move I" said Mr. Bogle, dropping his glasses. "Where? and what for?" "I am endeavoring to attach electric wires here," said Mr. Fane. "I am getting np a small battery to assist in my chemical experiments." "Chemical experiments! Here I" cried the ex-Mormon. "Bat I disilke chemistry, and I don't approve of electricity. In my opinion it is a trifling with the gifts of Providence." "Electro-chemistry is a wonderful agent," serenely remarked the bridegroom. "I am thinking of charging all the boards of the floor with electricity, in order to observe tho effect produced by the footsteps of different members of the family." "Sir," cried Mr. Bogle, involuntarily lifting his feet up on the round of his chair. "I will not tolerate it! I?I am not a lamp, to be lighted by electricity, nor a battery, to be?charged 1" "My dear sir," smiled the bridegroom, "in less than threo days I shall have made a convert of you." "Never 1" roared Mr. Lai-kins' step father. In the meantime Cousin Ferdinand was dubiously eyeing a pair of superb bloodhounds which were chained up in the stable. "I don't like dogs," said Cousin Ferdinand ; "and I always U3ed this particular stall for my pony Grub." "I have ordered Grub to be changed into the stall beyond," said Mr. Fane. "And you need not be afraid of Star and Planet; they ore chained carefully." "Bat suppose they should break their chains ?" croaked Cousin Ferdinand. "In that case your life would not be worth five minutes' purchase," said Fane. "But my wife and I are very fond of the dogs ; they know us." " I'll leave the house I" roarel Cousin Ferdinand, retreating as far as the barnyard fence would permit him. "I won't be made a martyr to hydrophobia I" "Pray rooonsider your do termination," said Mr. Fane, politely. But Cousin Ferdinand was away like a shot. Lilias camo to her husband that evening, with flashed cheeks and brilliant eyes, "Fred," she cried, "they're going 1" " Who are going, pet ?" ho asked. "John's folks?to-morrow morning.' "Impossible!" said Mr. F*ue, 'tragically. "How should wo ever live without them ?" " Every one o< them," whispered Lilias; " and, oh, I am so glad! Because they had lived here so long that they had become exacting and cross. I djdn't observe it so much - in the old eST^hnik we shall be so much happier by ourselves. You see, Aunt Grace and the girls are afraid of your chemicals, and pa don't like electricity and Cousin Ferdinand has a horror of dogs." " I am very sorry," said Mr. Fane solemnly. " Fred," cried the bride, looking up with a sudden light in her eyes, "you have done it on purpose !"' " Done what ?" said the bridegroom, innocently. "Wasn't I always an amal 1 :..i. ~o A ?.i ItJur UiiCLLiI L UUU CiCUlIXUlAii . ?XUK,l U1U not Star end Planot my inseparable companions wherever I go ? How can I help it, if my tastes are antipathetic to those of your deceased husband's relatives ?" Bat Lilias shook her head and laughed. " Fred," said she, "I have penetrated your mystery. But I shall not scold you, for it is so nice to have the house all to ourselves!'' " So you will not mourn hopelessly for 'John's'folks?1" 6aid Fred, mis chievously. "No," said Mrs. Fane, "I do not think I shall." For it was as she had said?"John's folks" had become chronic ; and people are always glad to bo relieved of a chronio ailment. The Staying Power of wind. "Why, you don't call this windy, do yon?" asked Judge Jones. " Whilo I was down in Cheyenne yesterday I saw an empty flour barrel stuck *np against the side of a brick house, with nothing to hold it in that position but the wind. It had been up there live days. Yes, sir. The wind hadn't let up enough during that time to let it drop." An old and well-dressed gentleman who had been standing near, and had hoard the judge's statement, replied : "Pardon me, sir, but I cannot believe that. I have lived in Cheyenne twelvo years and I have neverknown the wind to hold an empty barrel against the side of a house longer than four days." This started a general conversation on the subject of Wyoming winds in general and Cheyenne winds in particular, and a man who looked as though he might be a liar frcm somewhere near Red Buttes or Sherman, said that sometime last spring, while in Cheyenne, the wind blew the sign oil a dry goods store and carried it across the street and up against a harness shop, and held it there for throe weeks. Just then the train came thundering in and the wind question was adjourned.?Larimic Boomerang. Tewflk, the young rnler of Egypt, is particularly fond of poets and theologians, and keeps his court full of them. He is weak, timid and pious, and in clined to religious mysticism. The best description wo liavo over heard of a slow man "was that he was too slow to get out of his own way. ' 5 - -1 HOUSEHOLD. H lu Fowl*. owls probably pro coeds froET deflcioht or unclean das Ling ] arrangements. Fowls must have dust i baths, and a pound of Bulphur now and I then "mixed with tho rubble or sand is ; excellent for keeping feathers in good < order. A few grains of carbonate of 1 potassa in water twice daily and the < application of petroleum ointment will i produce a cure. Proper food in also i necessary for the preserration of plu- i mage. Food without husk, as Indian i corn or soaked bread, if given exclu- 1 sively, will bring on loss of feathers; ] barky, buckwheat, barley meal and shorts should be added. If tho skin is bare and shows no growth of feothers, rub in oil and turpentine in pioportion i of three to one till the feathers com- i meneo a new growth. Fending Young Colin. Young colts require grain the first year cf their lives at least, says the ' Empire State Agriculturist. They need the most nutritious food when weaned from their mothers' milk. The use of 1 cereals will prevent checking the growth of young animals arising from tho sudden change of food. If they are stinted in food at this juncture, they may never recover from its effects. Extra food and oare in growing young stock will be more than paid for in early maturity and their futuro growth and development. Well-fed stock look robust and hcftlthy. They put'on an even developmentof carcase, and therefore become more perfect in form than ill-fed stock. Beautiful form is a measure of value. Tho starvling looks sickly and emaciated, worn out with hunger before ho is matured. They grow one end one year and the other the next year, and are therefore out of all proportion. They have not had sufficient food to supply tho natural waste of the body and to replenish the blood with living matter, to be deposited in the remotest parts of the body to nourish and invigorate its growth into full matured form. Colts half starved when young grow up with lank bodies, long legs, narrow cl eats and deformed quarters. Farm nnct Garden Notes. Cattle undergoing a fattening process as well as those kept for tho production of milk, should enjoy the utmost possible amount of rest. All violent exercise must be guarded against, as it greatly decreases the decomposition of fat. This much should bo settled with all farmers, that they raise all they can with the least possible expense, which they never can M by slighting their work. Fields mould never be halfftiiltivated to save the exnense of doing "never^SSS^^^m^when^ a larg^ qnantity promises better paying results. The value of all manufactured fertilizers depends upon their solubility, and these manures should all be appropriated by the growing crops. To expect any such fertilizing matter to remain in the ground for another year is to presume that fertilizers are not properly manufactured. Bone dust, however, will remain in the soil several years. Tho porches on which fowls are now perching so much ol their iimo should be scraped and should be washed with kerosene. Tho whole house should have an occasional dose of whitewashing. Ono winter the wall and ceiling of an old room fell in, and we placed now and then a cake of the old .plaster on the sides of the hen-house. It gave the birds a good deal of exercise while they wero picking at it, and the ones that did the most picking were the best foedcrs and layers. IIouRCbold Illntft. To Restore a Faded Carpet.?Dip 1.1. ? irk ftit-An/w ooH oii/l roofrir 1/LIcJ I'UipCb 111 UUUU^ dhjw aim nMw*? Blae factory cotton or silk handkerchiefs will not fade if dipped in salt water while they are new. Paste for Paper.?To ten parts by weight of gnm arabic add three parts of sugar, in order to prevent the gum from cracking; then add water until the desired consistency is obtaiued. If a very strong paste is required, add a quantity of flour equal in weight to the gum, without boiling the moisture. The paste improves in strength when it "begins to ferment. To Clean Black Materials.?Take the article you wish to clean, on the side you intend to make up as the right side; brush well all the dust out of it ; then take a piece of black flannel or an old black woolen stocking (it must always be black); dip it into cold coffee, and sponge well the material all over alike; then fold up each piece or breadth nice and even, and let it remain for three or four hours. Iron on the wrong side, and the old, dusty, shabby diess will look just as fresh and bright as new. I have tried this receipt on black silk, paramtas, lusters and merinos, and consider it the best I have used. It neither streaks, deadens the gloss, nor rots the materials. The Largest Cow, Probably tho largest cow in the world is owned by Martin^rfltakes, of Grayville, White county^H. She is seven years old and weigli^HoO pounds, 17 1-2 hands high, 10 1-^Ht long from the i * n 171 ft I CI1C1 CI tHO HUSO LU i^^HLiiuun, JL I I-axcUU | from tlio nose to t^Knd of the tail, eight feet nine im|^Uround the girth, twenty-six inche^^Hnd the forearm, and thirty-one ^^BBronnd the hips, She has been e^M in four States? Illinois, India^^^Hsouri and Tennessee. She is^^^Hand red, mostly the latter, wcll^^Hd, and a perfect beauty. ' WD - LADIES' DEPARTMENT. --7? ] Saahea. .. Suthes of every defccrij-tion, Fays a f Sew York paper, are worn by tha "1 uillion, from the tiny infant in arms to ;ho silver-haired matron of mature ^o: years. In the latter case the sash is ^ iraped low on the left side of the skirt. This fashion is a conspicuous feature tro >n some of the most elegant imported Pr( jostumes. In dresses designed for se<; more youthful wearers, and where the jorsage is pointed behind, the broad ^r sash is sot directly under it, giving the an' [jack of the toumure the bouffant ap- on pearance now so much sought for. Pli Short Ilnlr Attain in Fnahlou. he Short hair is again in fashion, and in ntJ spite of all that can bo or has been Pr< said to the contrary, ladies are sacri- P*1 ficing all that remains of their "crowning glory" which is left from the ravages 111 of bandoline, heated slate pencils and crimping pins, to the Moloch of the p" present fashion. These short, rippling in locks are to the last degree charming on U8 Soma heads, bat to many ladies it is far us from becoming, as it giyes them a mas- co culine appearance not at all prepossessing; and even the pretty, round, losy- |01 faced girls who turn themselves into 111 bewitching little Cupids by this style of ^ coiffure must remember that they will 18 T1 be obliged to resort to the inevitable Derbv hat for a head covering, as bon- j ^ nets, hats and the stylish little French 01 toqnes cannot very well be kept secure ro without some foundation to which they ^ may be fastened.?New York Evening mi Pal. c1' to Fatblon Fancies. 013 White is the favorite festival color. ag Cable plush, tfith a cord between 1 plush stripes, is a novelty. The Marguerite corsage, with round half-low neck, is worn, by young ladies. ^ Polonaises are fashionable, but must ac matoh the skirt with which they are ta worn. ro Jockey-costumes, consisting of a long su coat basque and plain velvet skirt, are p] considered very stylish. w' Bonnets, muffs, pelerines, dress trim- tb mings, and fans made of peacock 01 feathers are much favored. ly JPalo pink and silver are very fashion- cc ably combined in toilets designed for young ladies' danoing parties. 01 The Parisian hair-drossers complain ^ of a growing disposition in ladies to dress their own hair, dispense with professional coiffeurs, and wear no- false fj! tresses. . al Long-haired India cashmere, just be- ^ cause it is uncommon and unpreten- m tious, is need alongside of the richest y silk, velvet and plush cloaking fabrics ? for wraps of high ceremony. T ~&Tnofig tffemOruiu'Lu ?**&(!i dWioihg pin are the deep rolling collar and high pr Elizabethan ruff; the former made of nc heavy brocade velvet or satin, the lat- If ter of wide lace of somo rich pattern, ar plaited up exceedingly full inside the tb rolling collar. re Some of the new Bernhardt gloves tL which reach,far above the elbow, and CI are especially designed to be worn with ^ short-sleeved evening toilets, are Br finished at tho tops with insertion ar bands of costly point or duchessc lace fo three inches wide, and above this a vuf- tl fle ox the same lace, put on with little at or no fullness. This gives a soft and th delicate look to that portion of tho gi glove which generally has an unfinished tb look, especially in the Danish glove pi that is left unbound at the top. ct ? at How a Catamount wat hilled. "I don't mind telling how X did it," said John 0. Smith, who recently shot a.catamount near Frenchtowu, J., tl weighing twenty-six pounds, "fou tl see, my barn is only a short distance tl from a stretch of woods which lies be- ta tween here and Stockton. Tho other a] morning I went into the barn to get a hi robe for the wagon. My shotgun rested bi against the wall in tho harness-room. c< Just as I went in for the robe, I saw a P1 head at the back window, which wasn't flan ordinary head. Grabbing my gun, I bi started around the barn. The animal tl got to the corner before I did, and 8? jumped out at me. I had no time to di shoot, for the catamount?that's what ta it was?had its claws on me before I if could do anything. I yelled like a p< trooper, and, reversing my gun, struck it the critter on the head with the butt. g< The catamount was stunned for the w: moment, and sort of let go its hold, pi giving mo a ehanco to move back a few oi yards and bring the gun to my shoulder, tc Just then my wife appeared on the tb scene, and I yelled to her to run and tb bring out o pail of hot water?the hot- si test she had. Then I fired, and hit the cuss square between the eyes. It ought to have settled him, but it didn't. It only him mad, and he crouched down to jump on me. I dodged, and got in or another blow on the animal's head, laying him on his back, but not killing him, ce My wife had then returned' with a pail of boiling hot water, and she threw it at the catamount. Part of it scalded the animal, but the most of it Btruck me, and took the skin clean off of one & of my legs, from the knee down. I danced around with paiD, and the cata- a* mount raised up as though he meant to tb show ffght again. I gave him another ca blow on the head, which settled him. This is the first day I've been out S'J since." ns Since the law against the German socialists was promulgated in 1878 the ^ German authorities have suppressed 758 socialist newspapers and other publics tions. 01 fo We have more power than will, and | ne it is often by way of excuse in ourselves J it that we fancy things are impossible. < he \ i , > How Plate-Glass is Made. :t is not very well known that nearly ^ Via vOafa-rrlaan an unmmnil nnmulftTfl manufactured on the other aide of 1 j ocean and imported here, though the } me business is protected by a duty o ) per cent. The manufacture of plate- r. ,33 was in Europe originally conlled by the royal families and the ] jcess of its manufacture was a royal sret. At the present day the most . : illful workmen in the factories of ance and Belgium eam $5,000 a year, d consequently have no reason for ligrating. As a rule the artisans that come here are inferior workmen, ate-glass is manufactured too hastily re. The art is a fine one, and the most'patience and skill is needed to oduce the finest article. The largest j ito-glass ever exhibited in this go untry was that seen at the Centennial 1876. Its dimensions were twentyo feet by ten feet six inches. It was w f1l mufactured in France. This plate tu its entirety never had any practical ?j e, and was afterward cut up and ed. The largest plate made in this untry was nine feet in length. The nrocess of manufacture is very ag and tediotis. The glass is melted large clay pots holding about a ousand pounds of liquid each, -which subjected to a very intense heat, le most advanced manufacturers use w e "Siemens" gas-burner, for the use ^ which in this country a very large ^ yalty is charged. The preparation of ^ e pots is most important. They are ade of German or "Stourbridge" ay, and to properly dry them from five si six mouths are required. Unless thor- ai igbly made there is liability of break- u: ;e in the fire, involving the w os . the pot and its con- a nts?a loss of about ?100. "When p ,e " batch" has been sufficiently li elted the furnace door is opened and r means of a crane the pot is elevated a id the metal cast upon a heated steel c ble. Over the molten mass a heavy w Her is drawn which produces a level f rface. When partially cooled the y ate is pushed into a "carriage" 8 bich has a surface of mortar, ft is e on rolled rapidly into annealing t] rens, where it remains until it is proper- a tempered. The glass is now what is p immonly known as " rough plate- 0 ass," and so much of it as is not suffi- n ently good in quality is subjected to ie further expense of grinding and j" jlishing and is sold for sky-lights and j tult-lights. Now the plate is fit for , inding. The methods of doing this t ,ffer somewhat in different faotories, g though the common practice is to put r 70 plates of glass together and then ove them rapidly one over the other, ery ingenious machinery is used in r ngland for the succeeding stages. < he gl^J is cast usually of a thickness J by ififl' sAfUftlsittf j, ocesses of grinding is reduced to as ^ iar one-quarter of an inch as possible. ^ the surface is free from defects id uniform when the thickness of ree eighths of an inch has been ached, the plate is finished, a3 the iickne83 isnotobjectionablo, although b le-qnarter of an inch is the standard, tl he final polishing is dono by band, w id large numbers of girls and children ri e employed in many of the factories r this purpose. It is not uncommon tl tat at this stage of the manufacture t! : accident will break into fragments e ie finished plate. The pieces are 0 ithered np and mol tol o ?er again to go c irongh the same procss. After com- t! letion of the polishing the plate is o irried to the stock-room and there e vaits its sale. n The Value of Local Papers. ? - ... 1! Every honest reflecting mind Knows mt the local newspaper adds mnch to \e general wealth and prosperity of le place, as well as increases the repu- ^ ,tion of the town abroad. It benefits ^ II who have business in the place, eninces the valne of property, besides jj sing a public convenience, even if not inducted in the interest of the ruling olitical power. Its columns are not ^ lied with brilliant editorials, still it 8 snefits you in every way. It increases a ade, it cautions against imposition, it ivesyou from loss, it warns yon of a anger, it points out different advan- ? iges and increases your profits. Now, * you want such a paper you must sup- ? ort it by advertising your business in "" ; assist in increasing its circulation by ^ itting your neighbors to subscribe " i th you for it. If you want such a * iper, you must not consider it an act ^ f charity to support it, but as a means ^ f increase your own wealth as well as lat of the place in which you live; lerefore, support it by advertising and lbscribing and paying for it.?A'etcs f3 ______ li PEARLS OF THOUGHT. i] a The good which we have done is the b ily thing which abides. p A really good man had rather be de- c lived than suspioious. If the memory of an injury is cher- ? *- ? -3 - L 2H ni (A.MnftAn Ut!U lb 10 llisu iuigumvu. One tronble sometimes makes us for- ^ st a thousand mercies. g Method and punctuality are so little p itural to men that where they eiist; S ey are commonly the effect of edu-! A ,tion or discipline. [ p Constant success shows us only one ii - ? u. i. :l I i [10 ;OI me wunu, j.ut no lb buituuuuo j. j with friends who will tell us only n it merits, eo it silences those enemies ^ :om whom alcne we can learn our de 1< cts. tl In peace patriotism really consists li ily in this?that every one sweeps be- 0( ro his own door, minds his own busi- la ss, also learns his own lesson that may be well with him in his own use. L< ? .V". r * V1 . J " . The Farmer/a Bank. . ^ /, .Tiefirmer with the nabob ranks,' And vi*h the gilded millionairee; ?or he controls substantial banks, And holds in them the safest shares. ^ lis banks are banks of loam and clay, 'J His shares are plowshares in the mold; / Hid more they break the mors Jhey pay, In dividends of green and Bis face is bronzed with summer ikies, His honest hands are hard and brown ^ But there is something in his eyes That came with light from heaven down. B; is not of the earth a clod, TOW, lrinrra ?n/l millinnftirflR he ranks. Where wood-birds sing and blossoms nod, The farmer owns the best of banks, PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. EacrJapius practiced medicine even hen an infant, which gave rise to the Dg, " M. D. is the cradle." The facetious postage-stamp clerk bo told a man that asked for two twos iat this was not an sesthetio post* lice is now looking for a new sitna* od. " ' No longer dotL the snipe Pipe; No longer doth the quail Sail; But now we like them moat On toast. Friend of the family to the boy twins* I'm afraid you little fellows don't slays agree. Ton fight each other some- , mes, don't you V Twins: "Yeth, thir, lumtimth." F. of the F.: "Ah, I lought so. Well, who whips V Twins, Mamma whips 1" One of the surest preventives of slackness is to take out your stomach id viscera, and leave them ashore ntil you return. This plan is attended ith some little inconveniences, but it's solid preventive. Cut this out and aste it in your hat. It may save your fe next summer. Question in a French journal: "When lady receives a visit from a gentleian, ought she to rise or remain seated ben the visitor enters and when he * ikes his leave ?" If the lady lives in Washington, says an American paper, he will rise without regard to Parisian biquette and accompany him as far as Lie hall, to see that he doesn't carry ofif ten-dollar ivory-handled umbrolla in lace of the dollar-and-a-half cotton ne usually carried by visiting states len. "Do von believe in Bronson Alcott's heory of resthetio eating?" asked a Jcston lad j of her Ohicago admirer. ' I don't know what Bronson Alcott's heory of aesthetic eating is," he answered, "but when I'm hungry, abrace of cutton chops, some porterhouse steak, dozen or two bnckwheat cakes, fonr oft-boiled eggs and a plabe^f hatb1 nake a meal that is (esthetic entmgh heorjrv^p reference to persona, not 3 pigs." " ' . . The Newspaper Press. The wealth of newspaper literature is urely the. possession of civilization, ut it is astonishing to contemplate he enormons number of people in the rorld to whom a newspaper mast bo-as ire as an Arizona diamond. Recently published statistics show hat while the circulation of newspapers hroughout the world aggregates the normons number of over 10,000,000,00, it only averages six and a half cpies per vear to each inhabitant of ho globe. This is assuming that only ne paper goes to each purchaser, but ince it is uo uncommon thing for one lan to buy several, the proportion f those who never buy one is greatly acreased. \ Europe publishes 19,537, while this ronderfal section of the world classed s "North America" in the statistics ollows with 12,400. The whole of isia can only show 775, a contrast the aore striking beside the benighted louth America, which runs close upon hat vast continent, with 699. Africa igs behind with only 182, the modern ettlements of Australasia in its limited rea owning 661. Dividing them into languages there re 16,500 printed in the English lan-nage, 7,350 in German, 3,850 in 'rench and 1,600 in Spanish. The anual aggregate circubtion in the United Itates is 3,000,000,000, as compared with oen nnn nnn in rtroaf. Rrifftin and Tr? md, giving ns the position of being he most voracious devourf>rs of newsiaper literature in the v?rld.?.New Tork Truth. Newspaper Statistics. From the advance sheet of a newspaper directory of the world it is earned that there are published the mmense number of 34,274 newspapers nd periodicals, with a circulation of, a round numbers, 116,000,000 copies ier issue, and the annual aggregate cirulation reaching the almost inconceivble amount of ?10,592,000,000 copies, r about six and one-half papors per ear to each inhabitant on the globe, lurope leads the van with 19,557, North .merica follows with 12,400, the two toetber making over nine-tenths of the ublications in existence; Asia has 775; nnth America, 609; Australia, 661, and .frica, 132. Of all these 16,500 are rinted in the English language, 7,350 i German, 3,850 in French and oyer ,600 in Spanish. There are 4,020 daily ewspapers, 18,274 tri-weeklies, semi eeklies and weeklies1, and 8,508 issued jss frequently. It appears that while le annual aggregate circulation of pub cations in the United States is 3,000, )0,000, that of Great Britain and Ire.nd is 2,260,000,000. 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