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THE RAILROAD MAGNATE. STORIES OF TIIE I?ATE WM. H. TANDEKBILT. ' \ '* His Early IJfe find bin Career an a Stated Inland Farmer. A *^hen \Vm. II. Vanclerbilt left school he was a clcrk in a ship chandler's store kept by some distant relative. The small salary he received did not suit him, and when eighteen years of age lie entered the otlice of old Daniel Drew, the firm name being Drew, Hobinson & Co., at the yearly salary of sfclfiO. He wa< a bright boy. The second year it was doubled: the third year it was $1,000. His employers had confidence in him, and he deserved it. He was oitcreu tue position, then made vacant, as a partner in the firm, bul his delicate constitution necessitated his leaving the office, and his father bought for him an unimproved farm of seventy-five acres near New Dorp, Statcn Island. Prior to this, before he was twenty, he married the daughter of the Rev. Dr. Kissam, a New York clergyman, and fortunately in his wife he found a model Christian woman and mother. Between the Commodore's home life and that of William the broadest contrast may be drawn in favor of the latter. William II. Vanderbilt never proved the quality of his brain and heart more thoroughly than when he picked out Miss Kissam as the head of his family. Ilis father's imperious will, in home life as well as in business, made every one?wife and children as well as clerks and servants?step aside at the arbitrary command of this cold, distrustful man, who probably believed all he did was just and equitable, although he was a law to himself in his judgments. With the will of Peler the Great he crushed everything in his way. All must be for him, all must be by him. Bv this William learned a lesson. Pcrcciving the superior nature of liis wife, he made her the absolute mistress of his house and their rftpidly increasing family. Although his father was worth millions, William, being a young clerk on $1,000. boarded in East Broadway at the rate of $16 per week. His wife moved with him to New Dorp, and they undertook the cultivation of the Staten Island farm. Seventyfive acres of barrens and wastes were to be subdued, and needed something more than endurance, thrift and untiring labor. With industry and earnestness of purpose young Vanderbilt considerably improved his property, and knowing that he could do but little more without money he determined to obtain from his father a loan of a few thousand dollars. He had, however, such a dread of his father, and was so apprehensive that whatever he would suggest would be scoffed at, that he invoked the assistance of a friend, who requested the Commodore to lend him $5,000 or $0,000. The answer was a refusal. William then mortgaged his farm for ?G,000. There was but little intercourse between the families at that time, and for nearly six months the two men met on an averatre not oftener than once a month. Some one told the Commodore that William had been compelled to borrow money to get along on. Without saying a word to William the Commoflnrp niiintlv wonf rlnu-n 4/\ "Mnw ^w.w .j-.v/ V.J ? WMW ?V .t M ivr X/Ul made his own observations, sent for William and took him out driving, when the following conversation, according to William's report, occurred: Said the Commodore, "William, you don't amount to a row of pins, anyway. You won't never be able to do anything but bring disgrace upon yourself, your family, and everybody conneoted with you. I've made up my mind to have nothing more to do with you." The young man was stunned. He could not understand what was the reason of his father's displeasure. "Didn't you mortgage your form for $0,000?" inquired the old man, angrily. "I did. I had to do it. The farm required considerable investment, and I had no money. My object in life has always been to please you, and I am profoundly grieved to see that I am unable to do so. I can assure you of one thing, and that is, not one cent ot this money was devoted to mjT personal comfort. The transaction is perfectly businesslike. I engaged to pay the mortgage off at a certain date. I shall do so. I cannot sec that I have done anything to be ashamed of." The drive lasted half an hour longer, during which not one word was said by either party; but on the next morning the son received a check for $0,000, with the peremptory order to pay the mortgage off "right away." From this time, and possibly in consequence of this affair, Commodore Vanuerbilt treated his son with some little contidcnce, and admitted him to the outer door of its intimacy. William meantime continued operations upon his farm, and in the course of a few years he had grounded himself n the respect and esteem of his neighbors, and though at the start he was a young, inexperienced city clerk, he beame not only a first-class practical 'umer^but added to his property,- acre by acre, until it amounted to 350, and afforded him a generous living and a 'ict annual profit of $12,000C Later in life, when the Commodor^ made his famous trip to St. Petersburg on the steam yacht North Star, William nrae wnllf 1 nrt with him An /lonl/ ! >* ,, wv. .......-" ?> ' ??it M??II v??* |.Ul< !(??/' ter smoking, as was his constant habit. Abruptly stopping in his walk, the Commodore said, "I wish you would give up that smoking of yours; I'll give you |10,000 if you'll do it." "You need not give me any money," said William, as. he threw the cigar overboard. "Your wish is sufficient, father." ' Estimated wealth is as a rule a very different thing from actual possession, and although Mr. Vanderbilt is credited witty saying that his income last yeai was $20,000,000, and although there if ' , _ a. widnonrnuil rrnoain thnf V>!o ? j/ vnuu uiq liiU^l/l I/1WC sre valued at no less than $240,000,000, beyond the general starting point thai Uis father left him $125,000,000, nothing definite can be known until the will is recorded. The ordinary household expenses oi r??';s Sir, Vanderbilt were $100,000 * year, o* Fn 1884 he gave a ball tnat cost $40,000. He loved horses and was a good judge % of. horseflesh. Ho sold Maud 8. foi $40,000. Although his fortune shrunk last year materially through a big do ( cline in Btocks and through business do pression the recent bull movement of the past few months brought it uj again. His income was calculatcd as follows 1 , ?$2,374,000 a year from goveinmeni bonds; $0,394,000 from railroad stocks and bonds; $570,005 from miscellaneous securities: total, over $10,000,000 r ' year, or $28,000 a day, $1,200 an houi j!j ' $19.75 a minute. He made 110 ostenta ^ ! tious display of his wealth and was ' ; charitable, although in this he had tc j ! be quiet or he would have been ovei n run by impostors. lie was shrewder it t ; business than many supposed he was ^ 1 he knew enough to sell 250,000 shares n of New York Central live years ago a' 1 120 and buy governments at par. j ! The Vanderbilt mausoleum is in tli( 1 Moravian Cemetery at New Dorp, S. I. it. consists ot eight sets ot small vaults, jj with nine chambers to efch set, to hold v 1 altogether seventy-two bodies. Tlu t vaults are solid Quincy granite, and th< ^ foundation walls reach fifteen feet be low ground. When finished a greal ^ tower will rise up, and from it will ex- v tend, high in mid air, two towers 01 t "lanterns." Light will be admitted j, through glass ten inches thick, protected by massive iron bars. Three hollow ^ Gothic columns ornament the facade o! ^ the tomb. The figures and designs in- K side the tomb arc cut in Indiana lime- y stone. The design over the vault where Commodore . Vanderbilt and family will (-j lie, represents the Creation. Other carv- ^ ings represent Paradise, Moses deliver- a ing the Ten Commandments, King Solomon and the Queen of Sliebn, the Vir- n ?ri nMary and the Infant .Icsus, the Cru- j citixion and the Ascension. The innei j, chamber will contain an altar and re- n redos. a The tomb is set directly into a hill, j and it will be embanked with earth, in _ which trees will be planted. lieneatli it is a double concrete floor. The csti- j mated entire cost is $225,000. c ? c THE LIME-KILN CLUB. * t Rro. Gardner AduiiiiiMtcrx ti Severe Itcbiilit s to a. Member. r 6 [From the Detroit Free Tress.] 41I can't sec dat Prof. Trespass John- t son am in de hall to-night,''said lirolhci Gardner as he looked up and down. 0 "De fack am, I didn't V.actly 'spcct lie t would be. Sartin* events hev occurred f to render his absence a necessity. De c Seckretary will turn to his name on de s roll an' scratch it oil, an' write across it c in red ink de word 'expelled.'" K When tlie Secretary had carried out t] the request the President continued: "Up to a y'ar ago Prof. .Johnson was c an active, respected member of dis elub. He was not only a Avorker in our cause, n but lie was industrious as a man. If he t couldn't get work at a dollar an' a half i a day he got it fur a dollar. If he i couldn't hev roast duck fur Sunday lie a put up wid a beef-bone soup. His t family had plenty to cat an' to w'ar, an1 t when rent day cum around he had de c cash ready for his landloid. t ".list about twelve months back some i white man told de Professor dat he had just as good a right to a pianer, gold watch an' span of horses as a rich man. t He was told dat de aristocracy war a coinin' money out of his labor. He was ^ made to believe dat do pusson who \ wouldn't pay two dollars to hev a kit- i f chen ceilin' whitewashed was an oppres- r sor. It was pounded into him dat if he r sot on dc fence all summer an' talked j ] agin dc blue blood of dis kentry, some- s body would furnish him roast turkey all f winter. f "Many of you saw how he was affect- < ed. lie began to hate honest work. t His mouf began to grow bigger. While < his cloze growed seedy his importance s increased daily. "When his wood pile j grew low he cussed Vaiulerbiit. When t his flour bar'l was empty he reviled Jay ] Gould. When his children becum rag- ( ged he ripped at capital. When his i wife becum b'arfut he swore at de aris- t tocracv. When his landlord bounced < him for non-payment- of rent he howled 1 an' raved about oppressors an' tyrants. j 4,I)e climax cum las' nitc. I heard t dat he had bin boastin'dat de rich must < divide wid him, an' concluded to watch my hen coop. About 'leben o'clock de ? Professor showed up. I had twenty-two \ choice hens. He had none. He was ] gwine to divide wid me an' take 'leben. j My frena, I can't 'zaetly discribc what ( happened arter 1 got my paws on him, ] but I know he went awav enmtv hniwlnfl * ! limpin*, sore an' in de hands of an officer. i I lie am no longer a member of dis club. < i If dar am any odder member wid social- t j istic ideas now would be a good time i < fur him to make a grab fur his hat an" < back down sta'rs." ( A deep silence followed. No one moved. \ It Had A Pig In Its Mouth. j < THE B4DL.Y-8CAIIED GERMAN THOUGHT IT , WAS NONE OK HIS BUSINESS ANYHOW. 1 A few days ago the editor of the lie- , publican, of McConnellsburcr, Pa., met ] a well dressed and badly-scared young ] German on one of the mountains near , town, who told a story about meeting a , panther with a pig in his mouth on the i turnpike, a mile away. The excited j young man said: , ''I vos shust comcn along der moun- , tain ven aer snumpcd from der bush, | down dcr punk, von great big ting, mit von pig in de mout. MeinGot, I knowt ] not vot it vos. It vas shust like von , pig pull tog, unt it climpt up der tree < 1 to von pig lim, unt begin to make der pones of dcr pig crack like plases. t Mein Got, I knowt not vot it vos. Den ] I tell some mens as vos choppen wood, ] unt dy say shust show us vare it ish unt j ve vill vix it mit de axes; but ven dey , see it dcy said it vos von panther, unt ( ven dey hert de pones cracken, unt der ; ! growls ov de ting, doy git shust so bad ] ' scart as I vos, and sed (ley didn't want i 1 noting to do mit it. It vos none ov | 1 mine pisness how m ch pig pones it , crackt, so I git out ov de schrape mit < ; my own." ] The incident was related in town, and caused much laughter. With shot-guns and rifles a large crowd went to the mountain, vwhere the panther was killed. i Akr angkmknts are making to establish in California a colony of 240 families ' fxom Alsace. JURE FOR HYDROPHOBIA. 1>R. PASTEUR'H NOTED REMEDf. 1 'be French Cbcinlnt's Method of Treating The Ulte of n. Mad I)og. i A Paris correspondent says, I have ust. visited the great Dr. Pusteur. who, uringthe past fortnight has announced, he discovery of what he believes to be 11 antidote for the bite of a mad dog. Ic is not an old man, being probably ot over 55 years of age. His well rimmed chin whiskers are slightly grey >ut his hair is still quite dark. He is ot over five feet seven inches hi^h, but * rather stoutly built. One leg is stilt. Ic speaks no English. His speech is low and distinct and his bearing is unssuming and modest. "When I entered lis oflice I found it filled with patients /ho had come from all parts of Europe o be treated by him for bites of mad logs. His assistants were busily en;agcd treating ugly-looking wounds on he legs, arms, and bodies of patients ihilc lie stood by and superintended he work. * His treatment is wholly by uoculation. "I do not yet know any remedy for he patient after the disease has maniested itself," said Dr. Pasteur. "All ny luscovurics, so iar, relate oniy to >reventing hydrophobia after persons Lave been bitten. That antidote 1 have liscovercd, for of the twenty persons hat I have treated not one has shown nv svmptons of the disease." "There was a card published by the :reat novelist 'Ouida' a few days ago. )r. Pasteur, in wliicfti she said that she tad personally known of six cases of aninals and persons bitten bj* mad dogs, nd with 110 treatment whatever not one leveloped into hydrophobia, llow do on explain that?" I asked. "That is quite possible," replied the Doctor. "Statistics show that 80 out if 100 persons who are bitten do not be:omc mad. I do not claim my cxperincnts to be conclusive, although 1 have reated these twenty cases of persons and evcral hundred cases of dogs and abbits and other animals, and not one o treated has been affected." " How long does it take forthe disease o manifest itself?" "Usually the victim shows symptoms f hydrophobia within six months after he bite, but sometimes it is three or our years. After that time I would :onsider the danger past. The first yinptons are paralysis. It is a disease ?f the nerves not of the blood, and pcrons of a nervous disposition arc the nost susceptible to it if bitten." "Does fear enter largely into the hances leading to it?" "Fear may weaken the nervous force md so make the person more susceptible 0 the effects after having been bitten, >ut fear cannot produce hydrophobia, t never conies spontaneously, but lways through a bite, or at least 1 i. i-i- _ _ " i - r * * urougu mv sunvii 01 an unun:u Having he disease. If you have a slight scratch in your skin and a mad dog shouldSick hat scratch, you might get liydropho)ia." "What is your method?" was asked. "I began my experiments in 1882, in his way," replied Dr. Pasteur. "I took t portion of the spinal cord of a dog vhich had died of hydrophobia, and vith that I inoculated a rabbit in the irst incmbranse of the brain. It went nad in fifteen days. Then with a jortion of the spinal cord of this rabbit ' inoculated another rabbit in the same vay and it went mad in thirteen days, md so on. I continued inoculations rom rabbit to rabbit, finding the strength >f t he viru9 increase each time until the linetieth time produced hydrophobia in >nly seven days. I then took a very jmall portion of the spinal cord of this linetieth rabbit, and which contained ;he greatest virulence yet obtained, and [ suspended these bits of virus in impty bottles in which the air was kept /cry dry by means of potash on the bottom of the bottle. After several days' jxposure in a dry, cold temperature the firus loses all its strength. The time required for this loss depends upon the li/e of the piece and the dryness and ;oldncss of the air. Then of this virus vhich has lost its strength I take a imall porton dissolved in sterile bouillon, and with a pravaz syringe I inoeu iilu iiiu umiiuu. iLiicn ciay i inoculate t again with virus, just a little stronger sacli time, until at last the system has become so accustomed to the poison :hat I can use the virus which had not >een dried at all, and which would proluce hydrophobia in seven days if the system has not been so treated to it by legrees. I have treated one hundred logs in this way, and not one has become mad." "Is there more hydrophobia in France than in other countries?" "No; there is just as much in America in some parts as in France. It docs not iepcnd much on climate, for it never ionics spontaneously." Dr. Pasteur then conductcd me to the basement, where in cages he has hundreds of rabbits, some of which have been inoculated and some have not. All had been bitten by animals having hyJronliobia. Those which he did not inDcnlate he watched for the symptoms of the disease. wliirh in rabbits liRimllv manifest itself in eleven days, they being more susceptible to it than any other animal. He also haa several (logs, but these were not shown. In our company now was a boy who had been terribly bitten by a mad dog ibout three months ago, and who is now under treatment. He comes to the Doctor's office every day. Tho boy is nboutlO years old. He is greatly petted by the kind-hearted scientist, for he is r< ally a young hero. The boy's little brother was attacked by tho mad dog, and this brave fellow rushed between them, and thfi dYvnr nnirprl hold nf his left thumb. He tiien took his right band and endeavoured to wrench the beast's jaws apart, but the animal was too strong for him. Then hq pulled oft one of his shoes with his free hand and beat the dog over he head with the beel of the shoe until he killed him. His hands were fearfully lacerated, and Dr. Pasteur had little hopes of saving him at first, but as time passes his hopes are increasing. The boy has been awarded a medal for his bravery by the Government. Sooth Carolina Is the only state which allows bo divorce. 1 i. ' 1 -? . y "v A ROMANTIC STORY. Cardinal IH'Clonkfiy'ii Enrly i.?ve, who wm 1 tlie Mere or u Queen. In the death of Mrs. Parmclia Crane, aged i)3, Chicago has lost n most remark- ! able character. She was bora at Truro, j Mass., and at the age of 15 married Mr. . Charles Adams, a distant connection of John Quincy Adams, ller husband was 1 captain and part owner of the Ploughboy, a sailing vessel running between 1 Boston and Baltimore. In those days a 1 trip of such a character was considered J a risky undertaking, and much anxiety was felt for the safety of voyagers. At . the age of 19 she was taken to Baltimore by her husband and placed in care of an old family friend, while he was to make 1 another trip to Boston and back. While on the way a terrible gale sprang up, during which the Plou^liboy with its captain and all hands went to the bottom. At the house in which she resided in Baltimore were qui e a number of young people who were fond of plea sure, ana wno made the House resound with their merrymaking. Iler great sorrow at the fate she felt had befallen her husband moved licr to seek a quieter abode, and the place selected for her by her husband's friend was none other than the residence of the mother of Cardinal McCloskcv, who lived a retired widowed life with her son. The cardinal was then preparing for the priesthood. The two women became endeared to each oilier, and the young student, it is said, looked with favoring eves upon the youthful widow. IJcing one of the most studious of young men, his attentions to Mrs. Adams were marked by u quiet but most sincere regard. So far am nc lorget lor the moment his theological prospects that he proposed for the hand or 'ie widow in marriage. In speaking 01 tne nlTair in after time Mrs. Crane used to comment upon the depth of devotion the young student evinced for her. She not being of the san:e faith, he intimated that their dilTerencc in the matter of religion need be no bar, as in the event of her consent he would arrange that matter satisfactorily. "So," the old lady would say, "through my declination of his proposal the Catholic Church gained one of its most notable dignitaries." She did not marry for seven years after the denth of Capt. Adams, and then wedded Mr. Joseph Crane, of Quincy. Mass. In 18o2 the family came to Illinois and settled on n farm at Plato in Kane county. Iler second liasband, though an old man at the time, went on the call to arms in the Eighth Heavy Artillery,and during a campaign through Kentucky in 1802 died at Howling Green ?he being (54 years of age. The widow came to Chicago and lias lived for the past 28 years with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smith, at No. 292 Fulton street. She had been siek for about ten weeks before her death, but to the end retaihed full use of all her faculties. Her end was exceedingly peaceful, the spirit leaving body with scarcely a perceptible Uutter. Her death calls to mind the fact that she was a niece of Queen Fanny Young Kekelaokalani, of the Sandwich Islands, Queen Fanny being the mother of Queen Emma, who died some years ago. Her uncle, John Young, who was a seafaring man, ran away from home when young and took to a sailor's life. On one voyage the ship was wrecked and the crew made their way in boats to one of the islands. Knowing the man-eating tendency of the inhabitants. Young hid himself in a hogshead that had floated ashore, and thus saved himself from the fate of his companions, who were sacrificed to ths appetite of the natives. He was discovered soon, however, and his discoverer was the future Queen Fanny, then a member of tho king's household. Young afterward married her and was raised to the position of the king's adadviser. Through Young's influence Christianity was encouraged, he being the first that was able to do anything in the direction of civilizing the people, lie built the first house on the island, the ruins of which are still sacredly preserved. It was made of cocoa wood and dobcy, with the aid of a boat hatchet saved from the wreck and a wooden trowel, and was whitewashed with lime made from coral fished out of the sea by the natives. Young's life was so full of jood works for the people that to this day they will raise their cups or kneel in front of his tomb. There are many interesting relics in the possession of the family on Fulton street, among which are a photograph of Queen Emma and one of the ruins of the old Young housfc. A War Story. One day, while Mr. Griffin was showing a party of Northern men around, over a Virginia battlefield, one of them said: 4iI am reminded of an aqcidcnt that occurred here. I had charge of a gun over there in the works near Fort Morton. One Sunday, while there was no firing going on, and we were loafing about, I saw a man come over that hill by the cemetery and come dowa across this slope toward the rear of the Confederate lines. His comfortable and serene manner irritated me, and I made up my mind to see how close I could come to him, and we all chuckled at the idea of scaring the life out of him. I took good aim and landed a shot about six feet from him. You ought to have seen him git up and git. He was the scartest and most demoralized Johnny Reb you ever saw. He went on at a rate that would run a dog to death, and we roared with cheers and laughter to see him dust." "So you are the man who fired that shot, are you?" asked Griffin. 4'Yes; do you know anything about it?" "Well, yes; I think I do," was the reply. 4'I was tho follow you shot at. I was a lad coming with southing for my father, who was iA the works. I did not suppose there was a Yankee fool enough or mean enough to shoot fx cannon at one little fellow catryiAfc grub to his father. But you don't ex aggerate the scaro. I didn't grow another inch in a year." This Sacramento Bee says the Chinese fake 415,000,000 a year out of California and srnd it homo. THE CHRISTMAS DINNER. With Full InfttrnrtionH How It Ih lo be Prc? pared. Roast Tuukry.?Select a young turkey, remove all the feathers carefully, singe it over a burning newspaper on top of the stove. Then "draw" it nicely, being very careful not to break any of the internal organs; remove the crop carefully; cut the head oil, and draw the neck through the opening where the crop came out, and cut the neck olf close to the body; tie up the end of the skin ol the neck. Wipe the turkey carefulh with a cloth wrung from clean water, but do not wash it, or the flavor will be impaired. Chop stale bread for tlu stufliug, season with salt, pepper ami thyme, mix with it the inside fat of tin turkey chopped line, and moisten witl: hot water. Stull the skin of the neck and the breast and sew them up, st::ll the body and sew it up, tie the legs tc the "pope's head" and tie the wings ti the body. Put it in the dripping pan and set into the oven; fill the pan parth full of boiling water. Have the over hot to begin with and afterward not sc hot. Baste every tenor fifteen minutes. When about half (tone sprinkle sail ovei it and dredge it with flour. Turn il round occasionally so every part will Ik equally baked. A fifteen pound turkey requires between three and four hours to bake. When a fork is stuck in it. il the liquid that runs out is perfectly white and clear the bird is done, fl anv nart is likelv to scorch, nin over it i 'I u piece of buttered white paper. Whil( the turkey is baking boil the liver, neck, gizzard, sweetbread and heart till tender, chop them fine leaving out the neck, and mix with gravy, which should bt thickened with flour. I'ljum Pudding.?One cupful of buttei, sugar, milk, chopped suet, currants ant raisins; half a cupful each of cream unci candied orange peel or citron cut fine, two grated nutmegs, oi.e teaspoonfnl 01 ground cinamon, half a teaspoonfnl ol ground cloves, six eggs well beaten, Creaui the butter (that is stir it in th< mixing dish with a spoon till it is lik< cream; warm it a little first if it is verj hard), add the sugar and the othei ingredients, and thicken with brent crumbs dried and rolled very line. Pul the pudding into a tin mould, and boi four hours, renewing the water as i evaporates with boiling water. Thi: pudding can be maac two or three day: before Christmas and heated by putting it into the steamer or a kettle of boilinj. water. Satice ?A cup of sugar and half > cup of butter, the latter creamed ant mixed with sugar, add the beaten yoU of an e?rc. a little crated nutmetr ant two cups of boiling water. How to Ornament the Christmas Tree Last year in many cities and town: there appeared in certain churches anc halls Christmas-trees of marvellou: beauty. The tips of the green bough: were glittering with crystals, and re fleeted the light in many beautifu colors. Some of these trees, in additioi to the crystals, seemed laden with goldei fruit, like an orange-tree in an untimely frost or snow-storm/ Other trees wer< ornamented with hand-painted flags, o all nations. The method of covering green twig with crystals is a very simple and in expensive one. Put into a bucket i pound or more of alum, and pour a gal Ion or more of boiling water upon it Place the tree in such a position that th< tips of the boughs may remain m thi solution for some hours, perhaps ove night. Repeat the process until a: many boughs are tipped with crystals a will make the tree very beautiful. O cut oil ilie twigs, urybiuu/.u uicin, am fix them again on the boughs. The golden fruit is simply made b] gilding English walnuts. Hammer i long tack into the end of the walnut b; which to suspend it after gilding. Was! the nut with the white of an egg with i feather. Then roll it in gold leaf, o powder, until it is well gilded. O cover it with tin foil or imitation o cold leaf, as the real gold leaf is some what expensive. Acted charades are popular as diver sions, after the distribution of th Christmas presents. The popular wor< in England of late for an elaborate acte< charade is "Counter charm1' ?(count (err) (charm), the whole ending wit] an Oriental scene of a charm and counter charm. Tlic Potato Rot in Canada. There is a very serious danger thi year, say reports from Canada, that th greater part of the large crop of poto toes grown and now held in the vicinit of Montreal will be almost a total loss owing to the rot. From the time th crop was harvested the rot has gone 01 unchecked by any means that has so fa been taken. As dealers were afrai< to lay in heavy stocks, there are bu few potatoes actually held in the citj and the loss will therefore fall mainl upon the farmers, as the district afflicte< is great in potato growing. The loss unless a check comes, will be very sen ous. At Petite Cote the farmers have t buy their seed this year, and in othe districts efforts are being made t market the crop beforo it all goes Good judges state that the rot is thi year worse than it has been for fiftee years. The Cheese. When I was abroad, says a traveler, saw, or rather smelled, cheese that wa as much more odorific than JJmburgc as you can imagine. There are littl shops in Germany that sell nothing bu uucesu wiiitu it wuuiu ujuku an y\mcr can sick to atick his nose. They have story over there that Jin Englishma once went into one of these little shof and said: 4'Hi beg your pardon, you know, bi Hi'm bloody fond of cheese, you know hand Hi like it to smell strong, yo know. Hif you 'avo hany that h stronger than Limburger, Hi would lib to taste hit." The old Dutchman is represented c turning around And calling out to h: wife in another room: "Katrina, Katrina, let der cheese yal in." 1?1 FROM YE OLDEN TYME. H TRIAI, AND EXECUTION OF 0TK8. A Little story of the D?y? When They 8toad In Fcnr ol Witclien. ^HD The Boston Globe publishes the following regarding the trial and execution of Rebecca Nourse, who was sacrificed to that strange religious Molock, Salem witchcraft, in u>'.(2. The magistrate BflJ , (Hawthorne) mentioned, was an ancestor B^D of Nathaniel Hawthorne, and is no doubt the original of Colonel Pyncheon, HhH in the Scarlet Letter. The life and death of Rebecca Nourse form a sad chapter in the history of [ Salem. Tradition says that she was a beautiful woman, past middle age, hH L and respected by all who knew her, Ij^R from the time she first entered the..town l> until, i:i accordance with the tiomihir super slit ion of witchcraft, she fell a victim to her neighbor*' displeasure, and calmly went to her death on Hallows hill. fl^Hj With the promptness which character- H i/.ed her people's acts on religious subjects, four indictments were sworn out against her, aud the wife of Francis Nourse, one of the most respectable L citizens of the deluded town, waa brought into court. In her old age, cv^ripncing a full H| share of the delicate inuitics which hH| ^ the instincts of humanity required to be > IH treated with tender consideration, she"' j. was ruthlessly snatched from the midst of a loving family and made to feel the iiuiium ui u criminal s iiic iiiiu (lentil? to please the imaginative and religiously crazed people. Of her early life little c:'.n he said. She was born in Yarmouth. England, in 1021. but came to this country and settied in married state, having two sons. j For many years she was one of the leady ing sisters in the First Church, and was actively engaged in all religious work. j- How the fatal hand of suspicion settled j- on her has never been ascertained, but it is known that her examination came ofT in the First Parish Church. The [ age, character and appearanee of the ! prisoner made the occasion one of un- H r usual interest. The building was ^H|| crowdcd. Hawthorne, the magistrate, t began the proceedings by addressing one j of her accusers. ^Hj (. "Has this woman ever hurt you!" "Yes" was the reply. s "What do you say to that!" (to the prisoner.) \ In a clear bxit low voice the woman ^Hj replied: . t "I can say before my Eternal Father I j am innocent, and God will clear my in- HH ^ noccncy." Then followed the investigaI tion. With the customary unrelenting character of the accusers a deaf ear was OH turned to the eloquent appeals of the wife and mother, who seemed to speak . by divine inspiration for life and liberty. So clear was her defence that no * possible ease could be made out against HI I her, but despite it all, she was kept withs in the arm of the law, and without res gard to justice sent to jail. Mr*. Nourse, - as has been said, was a very devout wo1 man, and probably the hardest blow of HI 1 all was the action of the First Church, 1 of which she was a member. The recf ords still preserved read as follows : H b "After the sacrament the elders prof pounded to the church, and it was by H| unanimous vote consented to that our s bister Nourse, being a convicted witch, H| - and condemned to die, be excommunii cated, which was accordingly done in th afternoon, she being present." Then came the day of execution, July H i 19, 1092, At an early hour the little s village was bristling with activity. r "The devil's angel on earth" was to be H 9 punished with the death she deserved, H 4-u^ ti :* :/> ?-i ' 3 unci nu tiic: JL UllLUU IllillUt'US ULIU CU 111CII1" ) r selves in holiday dress to honor the, 2 1 event. The procession to the gallows H was a long one, scores of people from H f the neighboring towns and villages tak- H a ing part. The vic'im manacled and H v guarded by the sherilt and his deputy, H i headed the line, while elose behind fol- H a lowed troops of men and women who H r laughed, deeming it rave sport to see the I r agonized faces of the terror-stricken I f family as they watched the mother and wife grow pale, and tremble as she be gan the ascent of the rocky cliff whose B - top was crowned with the instrument of e death. It is impossible in words to de- H 1 pict the scene of the execution in the I i norrible colors in which tradition has fl ) painted it. With firm steps and eyes H h upturned to heaven the gray-haired wo - man took her place .on the drop. Silently . I the hangman tied the rope before the I eager, waiting assembly; then a mo- I mentary hush passed over the crowd? I the executioner's duty done. A moment I s later all that was left to tell the story I e was the body of the aged woman swing- I i. ing gently in the summer wind. B y Seldom has woman met with a harder " fate. Her body was thrown with the I e previous victims into a hole in the crev- 1 n ice of the rocks and hastily covered with fl r earth. Then the mnssrs of spectators [1 turned homeward, leaving the bereaved I it family at the homestead uncared for and I ignored by their once firm friends. I 1 Cures for Sick Elephants. 1 l" A noted trainer of animals has been I 0 {jiving some useful information respectT mg the elephants to a London rcjxjrter. 0 Like ourselves, as they grow older their ' tempers grow worse. "I>o they like 9 physic?" "No; they hate it just as you a or I." *4Are elephants ever sick?" lSOh, jres! They often have the colic. When they begin to double up I give 'em adose of five or six gallons of rum and Cfinger," remarked this experienced gen1 tleman. "That straightens 'em out. is A.n euual quantity of boiled linseed oil sr mixed with aconite and molasses does> e for chills. Solid drugs are given it in pills. A pill eight inches in diameter i- and containing 80s. worth of quinine* a does the business for a cold, while a n pepsin pill is given when one gets off is his feed. They don't like the pills as. well as the whisky, and it's a good deal it t>f a job to get them down. The best r, way is to put a pill onthe end of a stick, u make them open their mouths, and shove is it down before they realize the situation. ;e Sometimes we cut out the'middle of a. turnip and put the drugs inside the vegis stable, but, like the bad child in tne is Sunday school book, they're very apt to roit out the core." Elephants are, in- > + k Seed, queer creatures, and very like children in many ways. '