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WORKING A CEDAR MINE. RECOVERING SUBMERGED TREES PROM ANEW JERBE5T SWAMP. A Forest of Big Cedars That Foil Ages /igo-Metliods of Their Recovery?Their Uses. A Donnisvillo (N. J.) letter to the New York Sun says: The fallen and submerged cedar forests of this part of New Jersey, which were disco. ored first bemuafli tlin UonniavillA cwumno cntfnwf?. five years ago. still atTord employment to scores of people in their excavation, and are a source of constant interest to geologists. There are standing at the present day no such immense specimens of the cedar anywhere in the country as are found embedded deep in tho muck of the Dennisville swamps. Some of tho trees that have beeu uncovered are six fcot in diameter, and trees four feet through are common. Although ages must havo passed ?inco these great forests foil and became covered many feit beneath the surface, such trees as fell, according to the general theory, while yet living trees, are as sound to-day as thuy were the day thoy were uprooted. These trees arecalied windfalls, as it is thought they were tmn up by the roots during some terrible gale of an unknown past. ucuers arc jouna in cue muck which are called break-downs, ai they were evidently dead trees whon they fell, and have been held by the action of the mud ;and water in the swamp in the sam' Ktage of decay they were ir wb~-. ooey Sell. The cedar forests, it is thought, grew in a fresh-water lake or swamp, the action of which was neccs^ary to their existence. According to Mr. Clarence Deming and Dr. .Maurice Bcaselv, ?miuent geological authorities of south em New Jersi-y, the sei cither broke in on the swampj or the land subsided, and the salt water rcac :ed the trees. This destroyed the life of many of thvm. and in time the great windfall came and leve od the forest. Tho trees now lie beneath the soft soil at various depths, -and ever since 1812 the logs have been mined and arc an fmportaut factor in the i/.nni ? :..i ^ * a- ' ' ivv.ui iAiujuii;iv;iui lutciuaio oi ooum jcr^y. The cedars are cut up iuto s-hinglea nud staves, and the longevity of article; 'made from tne woorl is shown iu shingles, tubs, and pails which were made ovei seventy years ago, and which show nc signs of decay yet. Tho working of a "cedar mine" is exceedingly simple. The log digger en ters the swamp and prods in tho soft soi! with a long, sharp iron rod. The tre.'s lie so thickly beneath the surface that the rod cannot bo pushed far into the muck before it strikes a log. That done, "the miner toon informs himself ns to the length of the trunk, and then chips off a piece which his rod brings up. By tho smell of this chip the logger can tell whether he has struck a break-down or -a windfall, and, if it is the latter, he proceeds at once to raise the log. lie works a saw similar to those uced by ice -cutters, down through the mud and saws Ihe log in two as near the roots as necessary. The top is next sawed off, and ithen tho big cedar stick i? ready to be released from its resting plac . A ditch is dug down to the log, the trunk is looseued, and it rises up with the water to the surface of the ditch. A curious ;? * J<S iiui/iucu ttuuub bilQSO lOgS WtlCD they come to tho surfaco, and that is that they invariably turn over with their bottom sides up. The log is sawed into proper lengths for shingles or staves, which are sp it and worked into shape entirely by hand. These cedar shingles command a price,much higher than pine or chestnut shingles. These ancient cedars are of the white variety, and have the same strong, aromatic fragrance when cut that the common red cedar has. The wood is of a delicate flesh color. One of t.h? mreforioo I ?J ?-? is that none of the trees is ever found to be -water-lodged in tne slightest degree. It is impossible to tell how many layers <ieep the3e cedars lie in tho swamp, but it is certain that there are several layers, And that with all the work that has been done in the swamp for seventy years the first layer h is not yet be. n remove'!. At some places in the marsh the soil has sunk for several feet and become dry, and there tho fallen cedars may b; seon lying one on top of another in great heaps. No tree has been removed from the Dennisville swamp from ? greater depth than three feet, but they have been found at a greater depth outside the limits of the swamp, showing not oniy the correctness of the deep-layer theory,butthe great extentof the ancient forest outside of the swamp urear Near the shores of the Delaware, nearly eight miles from Dennisville, white cedar log* have been exhumed from a depth of twelve feet. At f nno ? _ _ vmj'v juwjf, vnuiilj UlllL'S | distant,drillers of an artesian well struck | one of the tioo3 when the drill was almost ninety feet in the earth, it was lying in nn alluvial deposit similar to the Dennisville marsh. Another log was found at Caps May twenty feet below the surface, and a third at a depth of seventy feet. These logs were all of enormous ai o. What it is in the amber-colored swamp water and fed muck at Dennisville that preserves thesi tree * so that 1 after a lapse of centuries their fiber is as clean and smooth a* it was when the 1 green branches of the cedars were w.iving over the swamp is a mystery that scientific men have as yet been unable to 1 *olve. ] . . j Origin of "Boots and Sad Sirs." Three or fenr years ago I accidentally j learned while at some French inanmuvres ( that the cavalry trumpet sound called "boots and saddles" had not, as was sup 3 ' posea any connection whatever with |( boots. The true origin of the sentence ! is-the old Norman expression, " out at 1 la m11?" {L 4'put on the saddle"), from 1 ' Bouter"?to pnt on, affix. Equally by accident, at the German manoeuvres just i firil hcd I have ascertained the origin of > our word of command, "double march." c We have in military matters copicd much i from the Germans, especially during fho ? fife of Frederick the Great, toward the clone of whoso reign our dri'.l b:gan to t assume substance and uniformity, well, t to this day, when a German officer wishes t hinmnn tn nrncowl at n ? ? ?11 x , ? XV x < uu IIO VAII8 Olll! I "Marsch, mrschl" the two word* being i ottered quickly. Thus, "Double march*' Is a most literal translation of an old- t established German word of command. [ ?London Timm. ; c FARM AND GARDEN. A Tidy Doorynrd. A tidy dooryard, if it is cleun and bordered only by grcou grass smoothly cut with a lawn mower, is a certificate of respectability for the owner. And every farmer may have this without money and without price if ho will only work for it. The lront yard may be plowed and harrowed smoothly and sown with timothy or other grass and pay in the p odu.e lor the mower and the weekly mowing. The fresh young grass will keep a yard full of hens?if nothinir more?contented and happy unci busy lnying eggs. Thus far only the neat yard will be a means of grace, so to speak, to the farmer, for it will lead him to further efforts at improvement., lie will soon bo seen bringing in shade trees and plantiug them in groups here and there and cutting oift flower borders and beds, and his wife and daughters will catch the infection and be helping him with seeds anil shrubs, and by and by that dooryard will be a pattern and an example to the neighbors, who will follow it,to the general improvement of the neighborhood?JS'eio York 2'haei. Cun ants. Fall is the time to sat out new currant sprouts. E. P. Hoe writes: Currants aie but half appreciated by tho world. Peo Els rush around in July in search of ealth. I.et me recommond tho c. rrant curc. If any one is languid, depressed in spirits,inclined to headaches,and generally "out of sorts," let him finish his breakfast daily for a month with a di-h of freshly picked currants, lie will soon almost doubt his own identity and nny even think ihat he .id- becoming a good man. He will be more gallant to his wife, Kiuuer 10 ni8 cnildren, friendlier to his neighbors,and more open handed (o every good cause. Work will soon seem play, and play fun. In brief the. trtiih o.' tho ancient pan will bo ve.litied: "Tlmt tho power 'ive a good iifedepunds largely upon tLo liver.'1 Out upon the nonsense ot taking medicine and nostrums during tho currant teason. Let it be taught at the theological seminaries that the currant is a "means of grace." It is a corrective, and that is what average Immunity most needs, They are fast growers; every cutting of young wood six inches long will make a new plant in a single season. And thoy will ihrivo almoBt anywhere. 4 Wood Aslics. Wood ashes contain, in a greater or less degree,, all the more essential elements or substances which form the food of plants, except ammonia, or rather all those which are not abundantly supplied | Dy tnc atmosphere. The most abundant of these are potash nnd earthy phosphates. The quantity of these, however, is very variable in the ashes of different plants. Those produced by beech wood contain about one-fifth part of phosphates, while those of oak yield sca.c;;ly any phosphates. The powerful effect of wood ashes in promoting tho growth of clover of every kiud is well known. In Germany often no oth r manure is used for grasH lands, and by those t icy are kept in the highest state of productiveness. Considering how indispensable they are to keep up tho fertility of the , soil, they should be taken as much care j of as money, for they are certainly most valuable. < The following table contain? a state- j raent of the quantity of potash contained , in some of the common tree* and plants: 10,(K)0 ports of Oak 15 " " '* Kim 31) " " " Beech 12 < .< .. Vine 55 , " 14 " Poplar 7 i .. Thistle 55 ' " " Beans 1 Tho ashes produced from the leaves of , trees contain much more potash thau ] those of the twigs and. branches and < those of the latter more thau those of t the trunk of the tree; while the ashes of \ the two latter contain the most phos- t phate and carbonate of lime. The quan- } tity of potash in the leaves varies very \ much with the season of tho year, being ( greatest in the spring and least in the { autumn. I In some parts of England, it is the practice to burn the stubble for the sake of the benefit affordod to the succeeding crop by the ashes, and it is a very com- \ mon practice upon tho Continent. Con- B eidering the value of straw for litter, this must be a practice of very doubtful ] wiedom; and where the stubble is not f cut for litter, it must, when .plowed l down, ultimately afford to the laml nil I 1 that the ashes "contain, and something s more.? Cultirator. i . ^ Farm and Garden Notes. j Feed fallen fruit to the pigs and de- r stroy inscct eggs. c The compost heap, if properly con- 1 structcd and protected, is the farmer's t bonanza. c There appears to be an increase of I swine in the Territories and on the Pa- c, cific c<;a*t. " Tlie returns of the number of hogs for j j, fattening indicate about six per cent, r.- I _ duction in numbers. ? Keep a barrel of lye convenient, and r into it drop all refuse bones. By and by ti you will have an excellent fertilizer. fa D. G. Briggs, of Maine, prefers, of his a rxpericnee in the matter, a silo built of I wood to one built of etone or cement. Fresh air-laked lime thrown nhrmf C the vicinity of pip-styes and other places C likely to emit disagreeable odors, will ?, pay for the trouble. Soft-wooded plants should be placed 0 dearest the light in the window garden, _ ind the hard or smooth-leaved plants >ccupy the background. The Americfin Cultivator tells its read- 0 in to save all tho feathers from chickcns y ind other fowls. Use the best for pillows, etc., and put the others, which are I? ich in ammonia, in the m^nurq heap. E On many farms the pigs must be kept n close pens all the summer. Such pigs ihbuld have green food delivered to tnem laily. Of course some grairi is needed g, n addition to the green food. Milk is tlso good. . A J. A. Price, Scranton, Penn., advises ^ he employment of coal waste, reduced o fine dust, in agriculture, lie says that u, he application of this coal powder to and darkens this soil, produces porosity jj ?d stimulates plant life. Out out old raspberry canes immoditely after fruiting. The raspberry plant << oves shelter and coolness. The young aoes should'be fully shaded by luxury I v/ > ?? > ' I ' ' : " '''** , v,, ant loavo*. honce their natural sprawling condition is the best during tho hot sea- i son. | Most amateur forists Uso too largo pot* for their plants. Geranium*, heliotropes and many other kinds bloom bet- J ter when somewhat pot-bound. When large pots are given them they make a great growth of brandies find givo fewer flowers. Turn the plants in the windows around ' occasionally, so that all sides may havo an equal share. of the light and sun. ; Plants naturally grow toward tho light, | and if not turned soon acquire that bont, loan-to appearance so often seen with pi' nts in the window. I Dr. ."abe/. 1 i her tel's in tho Rural New YA.A'er that animal manure makes strong grape vines, but not mu h fruit, i and tend to induce rot and mildew. (?n ' the other hand, potash and superphosphate havo quite the opposite efTcct, producing a largo amount of fruit of superior quality. i The ficus elastica is a p'aut exceedingly well adapted to window culture, j because of it a thick leaves of leathery texture, which resist the dry air and dust. They can he ?leaned easily by wiping them with a spango or cloth. One such plant well grown is worth a do en in erior plants. The damage of causing potatoes to rot \ by large applications of fresh manure is ' largely ob /mtod by drawing it on the land intended for potatoes the fall bo- j fore. Tito manure is al?o distributed through the soil, so that the same quantity d >ei more good thau woull its appli at ion in this spring. If signsof rain-are numerous farmers are always in a hurry to get seed in the ground, so that rains may bring it up. But a heavy rain always 'orms a crust over land with any clay in it, and it is j always bettor to defer sowing until after | if. \,n"< < "" it * - J it mu ui iiirce uayv waiting i< leuiirod to f,ct tho land in tillable cond it ion On no account should wheat be sown while tho soil is hot and dry. Wait for rain, even if the waiting delays tending one or two weeks beyond the accustomed time. If one wants a perpetual bloomer and something which will make a brilliant show, and isn't very particular about delicacy, he can scarcely do better than to try the double petunias. Our 1 orists send out some quite as double as roses, in nil shades of magenta and crimson, and most are blotched and striped w.th white, and some ha o elegantly fr.nged edges which give them a fantastic appcarauce. The double kinds aro not as vigorous growers as the single ones, nor as profuse bloomers, but they re.juire no more enre. and will he favorites with those who do not like "particular' plants. Fewer improvements have been made in harvesting and husking corn than in any other farm operations. It may be because fewer are possible. In the oldfashioned way each 6tulk is taken in tho hand, but not lifted. This makes slow work, but rotha.'d, except ou the hands. If we put stalks separately through any Irinrl o ? .l -1- -** - - ' vt uMtuiu ?iiu uu 11 rupiuiy, it makes hurdiT work still. Probiblythe improvement mr?st needed is in the corn itself. Borne of the Dent varieties of 1 corn open their husks so as to le^en the 1 labor of hUsking. This tendency may be increased by priper selection of feed. Cultivated corn does not require closoly fitting hnbks as a protection, as wild com 1 might do. i On mauy sxibjects the expression of very positive views is generally in in- ' I'orse proportion to knowledge. This is [ specially true in discussing the com- ( parative hardiness of fruits. Men who 3 know that a certain vari. ty supposed to J !>e iron-clnd is really tender, because it ivas killed on their grounds, while loss ] liardv varieties escaped, should expluin 1 ;he relative positions of the trees. Often 1 i difference of a few feet, giving one 1 ;ree the benefit of a shel cring bank of 1 mow, will save it, whi'o a supposed lardy variety, not having this advan- 1 -age, will be killed. Not even an oak | an escape winter killing if exposed in I J i place where the frost extends down to \ ; ne lowest roots. ' * A Sumptuous Sniokin? Room. < A. Russian millionaire has recently hud ^ >uilt for him in St: Pete sburg a most I sumptuous smoking room, which is tho c istonishment of all the Northern cap tal. J its richni consists not so much in its urniture, whit h is a model of simplicity, * jut in its walls. These are literally ^ ined with European bank notes. In- ? tead of th j mass of white ceiling which * 'orms tho desperation of disciples of ? iVilliam Norris is seen a profusion of " Australian notes most artistically grouped ound a blue ten-Horin note. Charming It-signs composed of French, Engli.-h, } talian and Russian bank notei adorn he walls. This c.irious room has re- & solved many famous visitors from all n luiuujoi tne compass. Among others a * elebrated Hungarian painter was intro- n luccd. He glanccd up at the eccentric nillionairc and said with a smile: 4,Sir, F t is a pity you have already thus dis- p >osed of your money, for, for the same mount, I would willingly have deco- H ated your walls?perhaps more artisically, indeed, than is now tho ca^e? 11 ?y covering them with paintings, even jj s Michael Ansrelo did for his Holiness 'ope Julius II." [T Original Draft of aii Ancient Chestnut. , K h, Mai y ha 1 a little lamb, regarding whose { T cuticular, h? fluff exterior wa? whtta ?nd i~ ?? maou All JL J ea h particular. each occasion when the lass was seen per- Y ambulating, his little quadruped likewise was there a TJ gallivating. A ne day it d d accompany her to the knowle Ige dispensary, yj rhich to every rule and precedent was recklessly contrary. rj| nmetliately where upon the pedigogue superior xasperatxi did eject the lamb from the interior. Qj hen Mary on beholding such performance arbitrary | tiff used her eves with saline drops from y. elands called lactarvmary, nd all the pupils grew thereat tumultuously r# hilarious , nd tne.ulated on the m.w with l Jectures various. What makes the tomb love Mary ol" the n holar* asked the teacher. < a paused a moment, then he tried to diag> , nose the < feature, J 3b, pecus amorem Mary habet omnia tern- M porum." t2 rhankx. teacher dear," the scholars cried, * ana awe crept darkly o'er 'em. ?Tid-Bita. SELECT SITTINGS. British scientists say they have found proofs in Welsh eaves that men existed 240,000 years ago. It is affirmed that more than $00,000 worth of coal is stolen from coal trains in this country annually. If the Chinese nation were to pass before an observer in single tile, thn nrn cession would never ce.ise, for anew gcnearation would ho coming on the stage as fast as the procession moved. Rev. Fanshawe Bingham, of Bristol. England, has in his possession a watch made in and said to be the first watch made in England. It oncc belonged to Queen Elizabeth, aud has only one hand. The Romans had a class of educated slaves, who were employed by their mas- j ters in different occupations requiring a ; certain amount of literary acquirements i and skill, su'-h as transcribing and bind- i ing books, writing letters and acting as | librarians. Many people are probably not awaro of the fact that New York had an Iri h . Catholic Governor in 1(58:1, and for some years after. This was Thomas Dongan, the younger son of Sir John Dongan, an Irish Baronet, and a nephew to lticlmrd Talbott, Ifarl of Tyrconnel. A curi jus export of New Zealand is a peculiar fundus which grows on the trees in some sections, and which is Bold only in China, whore the demand is rapidly increaing. Its uses do not seem to be well understood, but English officials have reported tl.at it is employed as a blood-purifying medicine, as food in soups, aud as a dye. Turing the civil war 212,00^ Union sold era were ? apturcd by the Confederates, and the Northerners captured 48t>. 100 Confederates. The number ol ! Union troops who died while prisoners I was 251,72), or a little more than one in j seven of all captured. The number ol Confederates who died while prisoner* was 2,5,784, or very nearly one in eighteen. The Pcnnsyivnn'a Railroad is owned by ll?,34U shareholders in lots of from | one lifty-dollar share up. The New York Central Railroad is owned by 10,818 - ' < ' ... - I oiiuiLuumais, in wnom auouc one-third nrj women or executors of estates. Th? Werrimac Manufacturing Company fcotton) of Lowell is owned by 2,.>00 shareholders. of whom lorty-two per cent, are holders of one share, twenty one pei cent, of two, and ten per cent, of thret shares. Twenty-seven per cent, nrc holders of o er three shares, and not le?8 than thirty-eight per cent, of the whole stock is held by trustees, guardians and executors of charitable, religious, educational and financial institutions. I Indians Receiving Government Ration?. Writing about the issuance of govern- j ment rations to the Cheyenne Indians, a Pierre (Dakota) letter to the St. Paul : Pioneer l're<a says: During the slaughtering the bucl s and j Bquaws hang about the hou?e, watching I eagerly for the first sign of the bones and j onai to bo thrown out. AY hen this is dona the bucks sei/e it, nnd cracking the bones with their little tomahawks, devour the raw marrow, a great dainty with them. The s.juaws pick up andcarry away any bit of refuse meat which may bo thrown out, the whole to entei into tho composition of some mysterious compound unknown by any civilized na- , tion of the jilobe. I very scon had anough of the sights at the slaughter pens and strolled up to the age it's office. . lustead of the ideal of my early days, I round a lazy set of dirty Indians, ( wrapped in great blankets, faces painted , n all colors of the rainbow, squatting iround on the ground, waiting for the . vakapominee or issue from the governnent. \ The squaws wero dres>ed in garments j n ide in a style never before seen, and ' lerhaps novcr to be seen again. A straight 1 ?ag, a hole cut in one enu for the head o pass through, while tho sleeves are ] itiched to the corners of tho bag, forms i he wearing apparel of the dusky maid- < ins of the Sioux nation. Around the t vrists aro coils of brass wire, while de- i )endant from the ears arc huge bunches *i ii_ ? - - ii siious naa quius. Around the waist ( t leathern bolt, thickly studded with f )rusg-headed tuck?, nnd you hive the 1 out easemble of a Sioux s.juaw, whether c oun<j or old. The issue being completed j nd the rations stowed away, the entire C ribe "folded their tenta and silently tole away to the camps amomg the B ills. . t ? j Rales for Society. \ Tou ask me for rules ot society, 1 The following wene given to me. C ilas! though tbey souud pretty simple, 8 I fail in each one of the three. j, 'he first is the shortest, but hardest: Forget yoursilf? dress, looks and all, Tot wishing you're stouter or thinner, u Less dark, or less fair, or less tall: Jj 'orget, though your dress mav be snabby; Forift't. too. tnn CO of vnnr fioiw 1 _ -, * o~ " J j y, 'orgetting. in short, all about you, 11 Hemember all else who are there. tl [ule two in: Think alwayi of others, 4 And when you are thinking be sure v 0 try and discover thair best (joints. Don't dwell on the faults they should core. 1 only you look aud endeavor You always may find something good. f, he most disagreeable is never Too utterly horrid and rude. emember this one has had trouble, That other one may have feeble health, u bis man has been soured by poverty, tl Another no less so by wealth, a( bosj two are just the exceptions, , For out of the people you meet ou'll find only one who is sour rt In proportion to ten who are sweet. Ol unk altvnys the best things about them, ai It will not be hard if you try? Qi rid then you can alway say truly . "in t h s thing he's better than I." In le third rule Is: Make them all happy; Look around to see who is left out; leer up the shy girl in the corner, Arnute the old man with the gout. ike care of that pa!e-lookin re Aud mind that she's not inlhe draught, to it don't let her see what you re doing, at If needs be, with love mix some craft. UK po:mc*8 now to tbe statesman, Converse with another on trade, 8U Jk of home and friends to tbe lonely boy, an A.nd of flowers and woods to the maid. tri ever you talk of people, v0 Remember the rule says: "All," id you must not be entertaining one P8 A.t the ooet of another's fall. TO your mission to make all bappy, va And neve? to drop a speeh at could <*rry sorrow to any heart th wherever your words might reaoh. ter all it's the Bible maxim m( rhat puts It shortest and beet: a < e kind, be courteous, be full of krreV no ifou may safety leave tbe rest. ?New York Observer. 7 # >TJ*YS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN. Everybody wears bracelets now. Black silk hosiery remains fashionable. Wraps aro either quite short or very long. Green, blue and "suede" aro a favorite combination. Lace pins arc made to resemble tiny violins or guitars. House drCSSI'S mnilf* nf Wfntw.K / ?...*. mere continue in favor. Kensington embroidery is simulated in many of tho new fabrics. The tendency to tight-lacing again is becoming painfully evident. Imported wraps, like imported dresses, sho.v many rich combinations. Juive sleeves of the dress material have close-fitting sleeves of lace b?ncath. Some bodices have several crests of contrasting colors opening one over the other. The-majority of hired girls in Canada earn but a month, so says a Canadian authority. Cray gloves with broad embroidery of blac k silk on the back are worn with black toilets. An < hio woman went to bed one night, and woke up next morning to find licr jaw dislocated. Epaulets and "ropes'' of beads, or delicate passementerie, are ueed upon woolen dresses. Tailor suits arc made in striped, also checked goods, with h:?bit basques and drapery lull at the back. Minnie Wilson, a rosy-chcekcd maid of fifteen, drives the st:ige between Mil uur ana immune, in Dakota. In 1840 there were only seven o cupations open to women in the United States; now there are three hundred or more. There are at present over one hundred Indian girls under the guardianship oJ the Lincoln Institute, near Wayne, Penn. Entirely new and very graceful ar^ flower pins that represent bunches 01 sprays of flowers with long flexible stems. Ottoman and tweed are used for autumn wraps, and are trimmed with ribbon or velvet about the sleeves and collar. liodiccs of velvet have panels cut in one with them and form an exceedingly handsome combination with striped wool skirts and drapery. Dr. Mary F. Tliotna*, of Richmond, Ind., and Lr. Hannah Longshore cf Philadelphia arc sisters and wore the pioneer women physicians of this country. Miss Mollie (iarfield, who is living with l.er mother in Cleveland, has grown to be a handsome younir woman, and is taller liy j-everal incho* than liOi- mother. One of the most successful breeders of line horses in Colorado is Mrs. Annie D. Clopper. Her yearly sales are attended by purchasers from all parts of the West. A l;idy dentist in llaitford, Conn., cmploys some five or six assistants. Sh? e.Namines tho patient, does the filling, and leaves tho making of the teeth t.o the assistants. Bertha Wolf, a German girl living in Southwest Colorado, is announced in the Western papers as the first discoverer of i Cold in the Sau Juan mountains. She i? worth $100,000. Rose Terry Cooke says: "Never mind j whether tbev aro your own children, your stcp-children, or your children by adoption, see that they mind when they are spoken to." Mis. Jay Gould is a dignified, refined , woman of domestic tastes. She i* well j educated and a great reader. Iler , laughter Nellie, a bright young Miss of sixteen, is her constant companion. Pnlnnfl lean l_l_ 1. 1 t ?. x/iv/i.wiuwo uiu ?cijf inoiuuuilUK", out I being rather difficult to get into, the effect of a polonaise is produecd by arranging the draperies over the basque both in ;he back and front, so that one enn find no ending to it whatever. A gjrl employed in the coal mines in Belgium frays she works from five o'clock n the morning till between nine and jleven at night. She loads from sixty ;o seventy cars a day and earns two rancs, or about forty cents. Donna Cousinois the richest woman in 3hili. t he owns vast plantations, which he manage * herself. The town of Lota las seven thousand inhabitants and she >wns every house there. ller own )alatial residence there cost $1,100,>UJ. Theresa Kelly, now superintendent ol t bookbindery in Cleveland, O., during ho war entered the hospitals as a nurse. Icr services were fo valuable that she vas sont to the front and riceived a comnission as orderly sorgeunt from tho filth )liio infantry. There is no tecoid of any imilar honor accorded to a woman durag the war. Alaa for the bird9! They are still seen pon bonnets and hats. It is to be hoped, owever, mat tne charming arrangement J f ribbon or velvet bows and the time-* onored ostiich plumes will prevail, so hat there will not be tmicide among the 'little tomtits" for tho sake cf ho mate wantonly slain to disfigure the hat of ome thoughtless woman. Tho village of Ladis, in the Tyrol, ha8 >r generations observed the rule that 9 maiden-i must not tako husbands outide their own village. Nevertheless, itely Catherine Schran', regarded as le most beautiful girl in the district, ?cepted tho proposal of a suitor from a istant place. The youths of Ladis isented th s as a personal injury. Six f them seized her, tied her on a cart i id led her through the village, the h?> J 1 ! * ' >uv;i juuwdo auu uvjv9 juunu^ ana sid^* g derisive chants. Starvation In a Great City. "Thirty-seven is the number of deaths t ported in London for the year 1885 due [ atirration or privation,'" says The ] '. JaiueJ* Qcucttr. "It is lamentable; B id yet .the wonder, perhnps, is that in ] ch a city in such times the return is so b tall. The victims were of all aires and ? Mies, and included bookkeepers, fish b iwkers, chimney sweeps, infants and a tl rish beadle. It Is to be feared that the || turn is imcompletc. Doubtle-s 'star- } ti.on or privation1 caused all these ;| irty-sevon deaths; but as .certain is it f at they were responsible for a groat J iny more. It is difficult to any when a leath in the cellars of the East End xs ? t due more or less to starvation. Pri- y tion is even a wider term." I a? dreams.; f dream of days now long forever flod? A time when lifo was earnest, real and true? Before tho hope of happiness wns (load; Before life's sorrows lllled my h'.'a-fc anew With fleeting fancies?wishes novor gained? Though oft they sojm xl close to my eager erasTv. ' Ambition lurod to heights I no'er attained, ' To friends whoso hands I always faded to clasp. i J I often dreum of days that now avo bore; Of hopes that urge mo on my toilsome way; | Of stars that shine, my wayward course to cheer, Up to the realms of loupe 1-for famed day. , The more I strive the farther off it sooms? ! This goal for which I vainly dream and bop?? The sun obscure !?to me it hides its beams? j While I in doubt my rnylo.^s pathway grope. j Then I have dreams of life not yet bogun, Hidden away in j ea-s?lo:?g years?to l>e, On wheels of life?whero golden threads are spun; | When toil isdouo?the weary spirit freo. This dream is oue I fain would reali re; | To prove that life is not quita all in vain, j But if it reaches far beyon 1 the skies? I Bofore deatb comei?oh, lot me dream ngaiu. ?Clint L. Lure, in the Current. HUMOR OF THE DAY. 1 TT.lf i-a I- ? ' I ~.u.i vwt ttuiu 111 UOSlOn COUS1 St3 j of' jj'f. -?Beacon. The darkest hour is when you can't find the matches. Nations oF Europe appear t) have nary a Pr:nee who is able to govern Bulgaria. ? IVas/Jiiij/itm Font. Gems of thought?Where is the winter coal coming from??Wutcrtoj O/merrer. If there is one thing that quicker than another will drive a man to drink it is thirst. ? Life. It is said that bees can predict weather. They can certainly make it hot where they arc.?Host n Pout. There is noth'ng especially murderous ! or ferocious about a gilded youth, and yet he takes life easily. ? /;anibltrr. A farmer's journal frays tomataes will ultimately be propagated from shoots. Plaqted with a gun, eh?.?Sifting . Can a man lose anything he nevci owned? "Why, certainly; j>eoplc lose railroad trains every day.?tioston Pit'. Light moves 192,000 miles por second. Sound moves 743 miles a second, and scandal travels around the world in no time.?Life' The West is said to be a great grain growing country, but it cannot raise iti K . own bread without the assistance of the jfl yeust.?Dallas Hem. jfl E. Stone Wiggins, the late earthquake fl| prophet, parts his hair in the m.d lie. Hj I 1' or all that, his head does not appear to be evenly balanced.?Qiaphic. | It i* stated that mosquitoes will not H[ ! Pting grown persons if there is a baby * j in the room. They probably realise that J the baby causes them sufflciont sulfcring. / : ?Sew JJnccn Ncics. \ , | Two clergymen once hotly disputed on | ! some knotty point of theology until it I was time to separate, when one of them I remarked: "i'ou will lind my views I very w 11 put in a certain pamphlet," 1 of which he gave the tit;e. To his sur- M prise his antagonist replied: "W'hv. T * - - ?j i" m wrote that pamphlet myself."?Tlu Churchman. After Concealed Treasure. One of the curious schemes that 11 nd a lodgment in this city is that of a stock company designed to make a specialty oi hunting up concealed treasures. Captain Hndgcwater, one of the stockholders, tells ine it is doing a good business. 1 asked him how they went to work. ? , " ho said "mo * -5 ? , ... ..?< i*1^ gmucu uy circumstances. Wc learn as much as possible about the characteristics of people who are supposed to have concealed treasure, and then work accordingly. . 1 was once called by the friends of an in- ? sane man to look after his money. II< had hidden it while supposed to be ia his right miod, and nfter .he became in* sane he could not be induccd to talk on the subject or give any clew. One day I suddenly pulled out of ray big roll of bills, and quietl^tremarked. 'We stumbled on your hidden pil? the other day^' He gave a quick glurico to the coiner of the room and shouted: 4Vou lie!' and then laughed gleefully. I had that corner searched that night and found the money. I knew i >J " * uiui wouiu not ue sausnea to stay ia any place where he could not be in sight of his treasure. Another case whero we made $2,000, was that of a wealthy man stricken with paralysis. He was about to deposit $2!', 000 when strickcn down, and the money wa? gone. Ho could not rccall a thing. All that was known was that ho was found sitting on the front hull stairs bereft of rair.d and Bpeech. We hurried everywhere, and I made up my mind that he had been . l-l_ J " * rouueu. ?e examined His person, and fonnd a bla.k and blue mark on his hip ind another on his forehead. A sliver of blue painted wood was on his clothing. We then started out to find whore the ilivor came from and where he got his narks. We found in the barn cellar a lump cart that gave us our clew, and where he had fallen we found the noney."?Neto York Nnoa. .1 A Destroyer of an Orchard Pest Robert Williamson, of Sacramento, . vho owns a large fruit ranch near Penryn, ^ n tWn ho? !?*???? J- "* ? ..... ---J 1 uwvii tuuyuuviag IQ9 wo-sputted ludybug, or scale destroyer, n the orchards of his neighborhood. . ?hey are said to be a very thorough and tficient remedy for the San Joee tcale. "ho scale lives on the tree add the lady* <ug lives on the scale. It is said that rhole orchards in ?an Jose valley have een entirely cleared of the pest that hreatcned their destruction by thta ittle bug. In one ;cue a twenty-acre rchard ha1 been abandoned to the scale. >,A 3 - - ki? vnuoi Y iug uvapmrea oi a renedj. 'he ladybug came along and attacked i\ lie scalo in that orchard ; in one year it J" ad much improved, and in two ysars 11 eery scale was annihilated, and the m \ rchard ii now as healthy and thirlty a* .ever was.?Placer (Oaf.) Herald. 9