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'fRI-WEEKLY EDITION, WINNSBORO11.,16. C., OCTOBER 19, 180tO.I.N.16 MY OLD HO. The puimp Is broken, the ohain is rusty, And the water, once pure, Is fetid and musty; The robin that subg on the nodding spray. Grow weary of silence and flew away ; The brambles have covered the Ivy vine, And in through the shattered window twine. The stoop is broken and fallen down. And covered with moss Is the threshold brown; The storm sweeps wild through the open door. And the rank weeds spring through the broken fl. or; The roof is fallen out and in The swallows flit in the twilight dim. The apple Iree stands by the garden wall, And in its < ead tranches, knotty and tall, UlauA the aod we throw in ei-ildlh glee, To knock the apples from the tree; The tree is dead, and on the hill Tue restless feet in death are still. And in the home that once %as mine, When I was young and in my prime, There's nothing to me that seems the same But the babbling brook at the footof the lane, Which an it murmura, seems to say : You and your home are old and gray. 0. faoes fair I Oh, hearts so strong I Ye in the grave have lain so long, And yet I almost seem to hear Your met ry voioss ringing clear, Happy and glad, full of joys Were the days when we were girls and boys. Good-bye, old home I in the shadows dim I'll sadly sing my evening hymn That we sang together when we were young. And the path of life had just begun, The pal Is ended by all save me, And I with my lost ones soon shall be. Apple Blossoms. One Mouday morning In May when Mr. Castor, of the law firm of Castor & Brush, entered his office he found on his desk a bunch of fragrant white flowers with that delicate flush at the heart that makes apple blossoms so irresistible. "Apple blossoms, sir," his clerk explain ed. "I spent buniday in the country, and brought them down, thnking you might like to see some. Mr. Castor's preoccupied face lighted up with pleasure. Thank you, Mr. Clark," lie said. "Get some water, will you, John? We must keep them as fresh as we can. I shall want to take sone home to my wife to-night. There, that looks quite country like, doesn't it, ClarkI" Arranging the blossoms to advantage against the law books and failing back .a little to look at the effect. Clark smiled, and Mr. Castor went to work at his law cases. But something was the matter with him His thoughts would go wondering off to the green meadow by the side of the river where Clark told him he had broken the fragrant branch. "I wonder," he soliloquized, "whether it is anything like that meadow where pshaw I what am I thinking of ! In a case of ejectmen-vonder if I could sing 'Annie .aurie;' used to know that tune." And he hummed softly to himself : "Gave me her promise true." just as the door was thrown violently open and John Edson, the most quarrelsome man in New York, as his friends and enemies both agreed, burst in. "What's the natter now, Mr. Edson ?" asked Mr. Castor, rislig to offer his client a seat. "Matter? Matter enough, sir!i But if lie thinks I'm going to submit to the r'ib bery by his knavery he'll find himself very miuch mistaken!i My brother, sir, my own brother-think of that, sir i-is trying to chent me out of my share of our paternal property. I want you to take steps immedi aitely to stop his proceeding. He threatens to bring in a bill against the estate that will swallow up every cent-but what's that? Apple blosa.na I Where did( youi get thaose?" "Mr. Clark brought them down this morning. Sweet, though rathier otit of place in a lawyer's ofice, don't you think?" "I dIon't know,'' said Mr. Edison, thoughftally, taking tip the tumibler and smelling the fragrant things. "Where did those grow? "Up in a little country village In Con iiecticut. Clara Is fronm the country, you know, and I should think from his descrip ows andl river, you know, and all that sort of thing. But what do you want me to Ido?" "W~ait a minutte, can't you?" sakli -Mr. Edson, impatiently. Youi lawyers are al ways in a tearing huirry." Mr. Caster raisedi his eye-brows, but miadle no verba answer to his rather incon sistent remark, while Mr. Edson loaned back In his chair andl looked at the apple blossoms. .In a minute ho started up and brushed his hand across lisa eyes. "It makes mec think of 01(d times," lie said. I nearly biroko miy neck once climb. ing an old apple tree for blossoms like that to give to Lucy Bali-d, the prettiest girl In school. I fell fronm the top branich and mny * brother-I never, had but one, sir-picked me up anti carried me home. lIe was real good to mie all the long tame I was sick, too. I think he'd have died for me then, and just to think that now we should be quarreling over a few hundred dollars!t * ~ Castor, you needna't do anything about this matter-just yet, at least. I-I guess I'll go see him. And say"-rather shyly "you couldn't spare ine a little twig with a few of those blossoms on at could you?" -Mr. Castor wdlingty broke off a branch ad lsandod it to hini, but he watched Mr. 1(dihbi's departure with a comical smile on his countenance.. "Thiose apple blossoms are'doing sad work ia this oilice," he said l.aughingly to Clark. "I've lost one Monismg case through them already, and as for keepir my own mitad on anything legal it's an att impossibility. It's evident to my mu that law and flowers were never meant go together." Mr. Edson, for his part, went down his brother's office and entered with a litt hesitation. The brother, a man older th: Edson, with one of those stern, self-r pressed faces which says as plainly as wor could, "I've had a hard life and I doi care a cent about you. I'll have what can get whether you suffer or not," starti as Edson came in. H is eyes rested an I stant longingly on the apple blossoms; b the next moment he drew back, askii coldly, "Did you wish to see me?" "Yes, George," answered Edsoii, finge hig the flowers awkwardly, "I came to o about that matter-that-that proport you know. It's a pity we should quar about It and-and-well, I don't car You're the oldest and had the hardest rc to hoe always, and I guess'hkely there w fully my share spent on me when I was college; and see here, old fellow I'll < whatever you say if you'll speak to yo lawyer and send him up to my ofilce." There was a moment's silence, and ti young Edson, looking down, saw b brother put his hand to his throat as if I were choking. The next moment the old spoke almost as awkwardly as his broth had done. "It wasn't the money I'eared for, but but I wanted the old place. 1-well, I hi some associations with it." The young brother started. Associationi What associations of pleasure could Geori have with the pla-el There was non could be none except those -with Luc Baird, who had been for one short year li own wife, now laid away in Greonwoo le sprang forward, "George, did you ca for her? You could have won her if y< had tried, and you know it. She cared f me first because I was your brother. D -do you mean. to say you have gave i the chance of winning her for me?" For a minute or two the Edsons migi as well have been a couple of Frenchmt meeting after a long separation. The old was the first to recover himself. "There, there, John," he said, in exact tho same way he used tq speak when the were boys together, "I've been hard, b' you see I 'never' had a wife to seften mi and I intended to pay you for your share ( the property at first but-well, 'it's no u talking it over. Of course you didn't knoi but I kept thinking you might have know if you wanted to. But there, never min that now. Did you know that Midlan bonds are going up? I'll make a goo thing out of them yet." "I can't stay," answered Edeon, openi the door, "but I'll see you again. Con up to dinner with me, won't you?" "I will," answered the brother, hearti; and with a cordial hand-shake they par od. The younger brother went straight hon and put the precious branch of apple blo soms, which had been a divining-rod him showing where the richest treasure ( a brother's love lay hidden, into a glass ai set It where he could see It often. TI older as ie turned to his desk again sa three petals lying on the floor. He hesit ted a moment, and then stooped and qic: ly gathered them up, laying them reveren ly in his pocket-book. Praying on a Race Tiack. In the~ late hurdle race at Bright< Bench, (loney Island, one of the horsi named L. L. was mounted b~y a lad name [Kearns, who had worked around the stabli for a few weeks. He had never ridden but one hurdle race previous to yesterda3 When he reached the backstretch L. I was thirta in the race. Leaping a hurd his feet caught in the top and he went ov( in a somersault, Kearns striking his lhes first on the track and the horse falling < him. Trho horses following dashed ov, the hurdle, while a chorus of ''Ohisi" aro from the crowd on the other side of ti track The horse soon rose and walke away, but his rider lay motionless in tI dirt. Mlany thought lie was (lead, and string of jockeys, stable boys and idle starts~d across the field towards this boy. the line towered the tall form of you1 Father Dougherty. With the natural 1o1 of his countrymen for Ijorse-racing he he been watching the equihe contests. Wh< the Father camne 'to where the boy Ia; with his bloody face turned to the sky ai his lilac and red colors covered with dim lie saw.thathe boy was inseansible and a) p~arently dyig. -Requesting the jockey stable boys and others to. kneel down ti reverend father offered up a prayer for tI boy, annointing him and performing oth services of his Church for thme dtying. TI scene was strikingly knpressive. .Hors men and riders who had never knelt praye before obeyed the request of U1 Father, their bronzed, earnest and ha faes softening in sympat hy for the crush4 jockey. All this was unknown to t: crowd on the quarter-stretch and grar stand. Bhortiy afterward a jockey r turned to the crow ded stretch and remarki to a companion: "I guess Keairns will dl for they all kneek d on thme track am prayedi for him over there.'' Novel Use. of the Telephone. It is well known that if a long dry tu open at both ends be held over a jet burning hydrogen a musical soutui is pm duced, the pitch and quality of which Va with the length, thickness and diameter the tube. It has been p reposed, to ads such a tube to a safety lamp undergroui in the mines and to place it near a t phone In comtnuiceation with aitother the manager'hoflee on thie surface. T alteration of the sound due to a greater hess adpniitufe of gases with .th9 sIr of t mine would warn tlhe papagm of the sti of the atmosphere In th'n 1enkinda. g Tile el. e The eel, like the catfish, lives in th id mud on the river bottoms, and man to methods are adopted to capture the slipper wriggling follow. The bob is inerely to bunch of common ground-worms, ku le upon a string with a needle. Eel-spearhi is also a favorite pastime with many, hi in as it requires wading in mud and water I e- hunt out his habitation, it is withal dih d agreeable and dirty. The eel Is very toni clous of life. and can be kept for man days after being caught. Ills home under the stumps, in the tollows, in mu d banks, around the bridge and whar n- pilings, and under bunches of long rivex ut grass. The usual method employed I take the eel is with the iloat, or "cork line. The line-of hemp-is from eIgi to twelve feet long, with small hook an r- sinker of lead. The float may be either < e wood, cork or quill. The hook should I three inches above the sinker, the latte '1 lying on the bottom. The float shoul be adjusted in such a manner, after tli e* depth of water has been ascertained, a w that It will swim in a perpendicular pos se tion on the surface. Worms are acknow i ledged to be the best bait bor float-linci and it should be firmly fastened on tl hook, as the peculiar shape of the mout ir of the eel enables it to strip the worm froi the hook by sacking. The bite of the e te is a succession of gentle nibbles, and it i difficult to tell at times that you hav hooked one. ie Fine wire may le substituted for th or hemp line, and It is peculiarly adapted t 3r eel fishing. Every boy knows from experi once, the difliculties and troubles Ie he encountered by having the line slimed an twisted and tied into countless ami intr d cate knots by the contortions of his ca: tive. It requires care to keep the wir from kinking by repeated winding and un winding, but t, helps to release the hool ,e from the month and obviates the annoyanc Dr of having to stop fishing to wasi the line c y unravel knots. The cork may be held in po3i is tion on the wire by inserting a small piece o stick between the hole In the cork an wire, or the cork may be entirely dispense re with, at the option of the angler. Anothe u method, and one frequently practiced i: >r our local waters, is the "eel-pot,' althoug d it affords no real amusement beyond th P setting and taking up. An old demijohn after having the particles of glass remove from the willow casing, is tied in somi it convenient spot over night. A string, wit) n a few worms or a piece of meat tied to it 3Is inserted in the mouth. The eel passe into the mouth and once in lie becomes prisoner. Wlen it is taken ip in thi y morning, you are frequently rewarded fe y your pains by securing six or eight ecla t 'rho most effective method of skinning a eel is to roll it violently ia the sand. Thi loosens the skin; then, with a knife, mak an incision near the head, grasping thi 1e head in the left hand, seize the skin wit F, the right one, and pull hard but regularly n and it will come off without difficulty. d d uinappropriate HymnS. d Hymn singing is not always appropriat to occasions, and leaders often mako"singu lar selections. A minister preached g soleinn sermon on the judgment, and gav ie out at the close That awful day will surely come which the choir sang to the livtly ai " Coronation," "Brother,' said the preache to the chorister in the vestibule, "'wh didn't you sing Yankee Doodle?''' ke 'At an immersion baptism on the bank e - a river, as bach candidate, male or female o emerged dripping from the water, th people interjected the favorite revivalis chorus; They look like men In uniform, Le They iooa like men of war. w At a protracted meeting one of th y hardest families n the neighborhod-b name Ransom-were persuaded to go t Cthe front as subjects for prayer. The rt 1.joicing people shouted lustly mn prospec of half a dozen much needed converaions The year of jublite is one; iteturn ye ransomed sinner.,, home." This made old R'ansom mad, lie too it as a personal insult, got uip from hi knees and took lis bedraggled better hal n by the arm, saying aloud:-" Comne on, 014 woman, they dent want the like of us here conic on, boys andgals," and led the who! stribe out of church in iammng dudgeoni A ,n English leaders set the ad vent hymn, "Clhi I *the Lordl is Rtisen To-day-Hlallelujah!" t< ' the TIyrolese waltz, andl a Southern camn Smeeting Christian stung, "When 1 Cal *r lRead My Title Clear," to the inistr< dmelody "Wait for the Wagon and We') n All take a Rtide!" e Deep In the Earth. d The Crystal 11111 cave, Pa., is situate a on ne iestone ridge which separates th m valley (if the Pocono from Cherry valle3 n in lru's township, on the south side c the ridge, three miles west of that p~lac an rdgfle ml from the Water Gap. Thi drdeon which it is located begins on thi Delaware river, and runs west for twenty rfive miles, emibracing such eminences s "Shawnee H1ill," "Fox Hill," "(Orysta Hill,", end others. The cave is elevate about eight hundred feet above W y iv Slevel, at what is known as Mosler's knot and from it a most picturesque view can bi obtained, Lately Mr. TI. Duncan Panel r president of the T'annlte company has bt come interestedl in the cave, and lia ha several mcen pilo3ed for some time in ci Scavating It, and some very interesting dp coveries ieve been made. Rtecently, Di rd Leidy, of the Acadeniy of Natural 8cienece dof Philadelphia, and Dr. TI. C. Porter, t m Lafayette college, Easton, arrlvedi an made researches in the cave, so far as .has been explored. The entrance was ai d first almost completely hiden by deposil of clay and aninial and vegetablo maattei jbut now it has been opened so that tl1 mouth is about sixteen feet square. Tri bottom of the cavern was found to be co1 "'ed with a thick deposit of clay, eon ti top of which was a deposit, varying I depth, of a dark substance, and on this be an incrustation of limo which has falle of from the roof of the cave. It is the depos o- of rich, dark material that pa.rticularly ii ry terests the scientists, and to this D~r. Louil of and Dr. Porter gave their attention. The pt found many indications of the presence I 1(1 the cave at one time or another of mat; 0- animals, some of which wore doubtle In brought there by a nimals of prey, ats dae others used it for their dens. Among Ii or bones of animals found were the jaw-boni ao of theo raccoon, skunk, weasel, beave ,to equirrel, p'rcupino, woodchuck, for, wilh cat elk, (leer, and bisn;n the shells of tu or more turtles, the bones of wild turkey, and the vetebrw of snakes In large quanti 0 ties. Other bones will doubtless reveal the Y presence -of other animals. The mot in Steresting specimen found, however, were a the head and teeth of a gigantic beaver t ((ustoroides Ohioensla) and a large pec. g cary (Dicotylic compressus), neither of It which has ever been found before In Penn 0 sylvania. Besides these were found bones I- which had been burned and split-evident. I- ly the work of the aborigines, who sought V the marrow in the bones. Indian relies is were also found, among theim being polished d bone necedls and bodkins, sea-shells, -and fragments of quartz, which had been used - as ornaments. A flint spear-head was 0 picked up far back In the cave, imbedded in the clay. How it came there Is a mys t tery, unless some Indian, entering the cave i and finding a wild beast there, attacked it, f and this spear, hurled at the animal, miss C ing its aim, sped far back Into the recesses r and there renoined until found by the scientists. No other traces of any kind e which would indicate that the portion of D the cave in which the spear-head was found - had been visited by man or beast were dis covered, and hence the theory as to how it came in the lonely spot. Dr. Leidy has 0 taken his specimens along with him, and 11 will make a report of his discovery to the scientific world in duo time. As yet the lower deposit has not been removed, and 5 it is thought it will reveal more interesting ( facts for the scientists than the middle layer. The cave has been explored to a 1 depth of one hundred and fifty feet, and D one can with ease walk the first one hund red feet. After that stooping is required at times. The indications are that the part thus explored is only a hallway, from which entrances can be made, after the - earth and deposits have been removed, to a larger and more remote chambers, which - already appeared at different points. The top of the cave is a limestone arch, which 3 reuiects many brilliant colors when the r light of the torches flash upon it. Exeumted on His wedding Day. r On the 22d of August a melancholy nar I riage ceremny was celebrattd in the prin I cipal jail of Madrid. Some uays previous 3 ly a young man named Alvarez Oliva and , his mistress, with whom lie had lived for j several years, were tried for murder by the 3 criminal tribunals in the Palacio de Justiz, and having been proved guilty, were sen tenced, the former to death by the garote, i the latter to ten years' imprisonment with hard labor. Shortly after the condemna a tion they craved permission of the authori r ties to be united in matrimony ere the dread sentence of the law should be carried into 1 effect, in order that their only child, a little a girl five years old, should be legithnized. T Their petition was granted, and the jail 3 chaplain pronounced the blessing of the i church upon their union on the morning of the day appointed for Alvarez's execution. Having duly exchanged rings and pro nounced vows of mutual fidelity "till death should part them," they took an eternal and affectionate leave of one another, after 3 which the bride was removed to the scene - of her future punishment, and the bride a groom was conducted to the condemned ) cell, where, having confessed his sins and received absolution, lie was pinioned and conveyed to the scaffold. A few minutes r later lie had ceased to live. Surely no r gzimuer expiation of a capital offense has ever been suffered by the most atrocious of criminals than to be inexorably strangled f on his wedding morning by the public exe cutioner. t That 81pan New Unhreita If all the flustered grandpas and grand mas knew how much they contribute to the humor of common life and the keen enjoy. ment of children lby the fun they innocnt Sly miake while hunting for their epectacles while they are all the time perched on their heads, they would often be quIte reconciled to such mistakes. A victim of the same dhescrip~tionI was a good old lady who had just, finished her shopping in one of the C~ Boston dry goods stores. "There!'' she cried, In an excltedl voice, S"I should like to know what's becomie of that ambrill 1 sot it uip agin the counter when f conie in, and afore I couldl turn Sround it's gone-and it was only on a Mon day that, I gin four and six for't." S "What kind of an umb~relia was it, mna'am?" asked the polite clerk in his blandest tones. "A spick and span niow gingham, young mn" wsthe response, "with an iv'ry Ihandle on't and a--" "Like the one in your hand, ma'am, for "Sakes alive?"' she exclaimed. And one might have thought she saw a serpent Irather than her own "'spiek and span D ginghiami," with "av'ry handle" clutched ,fast, in her hand. S~he colored up like a f druggnst's wvindow, and went off amidst s uiniLtelligible excuses. She never felt so 13 flustered ha all her (lays, as she told Jemnima & Ann when she got home. Wetittng tue Rtupes. j r When the iniunense obelisk, which stands in the Square of St. Peters at Rome, a was to be erected, it was found that its ,elevation required the most powerful mach -inery and the highest skill in engineering. 'lThiousands assemibled to witness the achiev - mient, and ha order to prevent any in erfer .sance with the work, tihe Pope issued a ,special bull, inflicting a heavy penalt~y ,, upon any one who should speck before to .f engineer anniounced the great work wvas I accomplished andI all danger was over. t Slowly the massive colunn rose, as round t and round the windlasses were whirled. s The cr.,wd p~ressedi in, gazing with silent , admiration. It is near to its place-a few e feet more-now a few incheos only, and It, e will stand~ for ages. hBnt suddenly it stops. -'The strain uipom the ropes has been greater c than the enghieer expected-they relax. n They refutso to carry the mass anyfarher la nay even to told it where it is. It sways n with threatening motion. The crowd ha ,t paralyzed with awe-the engineer is be. i- audd himself. It is a fearful moment. Bunt y ,hark I a. cry. An English sailor, watchimg y .the scene, and ini hi excitement,forgetting n the dreadful bull, shou's aloud. "Wet y the ropes.""That lawvlees order was Instant. us ly obeyed. Water was dashed upon the d cables. At once they became strong andl e taut again, and soon the column, which us threatened to crush the crowd below, ws e, firmly fastened In its place. It Is needless I- to add that the sailor was pardoned and re o warded lnscead of being ptunished. A Castlilan Romance. San Francisco society Is just now honored by the presence of a lady whose history is of more than ordinary interest. She Is no table, not only on account of being the wife of the celebrated American artist, I. Humphry Moore; but for her beauty, Intel ligence and high family connections. A brief sketch of her life cannot but prove interesting: Isabella do Cistue was born in Saragossa some twenty years ago, of purely Castilian parents. 11er father was Col. Cistue, one of the sons of Baron de lia Menglelia, who belonged to one of the most aristocratic families of Spain, and hergrand mother held the high position of a lady of honor to the beautiful and powerful Queen Maria Louisa, so fondly remembered by the Spaniards. She is also a cousin by marriage to the ex-Queen Isabella, two of her cousiis having married the two brothers of the royal personage. Senorita de Cistne was sent*at an early age to the College of Loretto, in Madrid, where she received a finished and brilliut education, graduating before she was sixteen years of age, becon. ing proficient in three languages and a tho rough insatressof the piano, harp and guitar. When Isabella was but a girl five years old she met a girl of her own age who was deaf and dumb, bftt who was well learned in the mute language. The two children formed a strong attachment for each other, and Isa bella begged that she might be taught to converse with her little friend. About this time her eldest brother came home from college on a long vacation, bringing with him a friend of his, a handsoa'ie young Spaniard of about seventeen years of age, with the title of narqnls. This young nobleman was also (leaf and dumb, and from him the young Isabella learned to converse with her fingers and subsequently became the constant friend and protactor, in her childish way, of her dumb little playmate. Time passed on; the herobie grew to be a lovely young lady of the true Moorish type of beauty. Her coal black hair, beautiful flashing black eyes, and clear, rich olive complexion became a thene for the poet and the painter in Grenada, where she resided after having left school in Madrid. A favorite walk of hers was thruogh the Garden of the Alhiambra, where many an hour was passed, chaperoned by sonic of her family, but, generally by hei grandmother, then no longer the handsome maid of honor. One day, as the two ladies were walkIng in a secluded but most beautifully romantic spot of the garden, they suddenly caine upon a gentleman of about twenty-four years of age, of medium height, rather florld complexion, large, soft and si'eaking blue eyes, light auburn hair and delicately shaped mustache. Ile was sketching what aftes wards became a fine work of art, known as "View of Grenada." Upon the approach of the ladies the artist arose and handed to the dazzling young Spanish beauty her handker chief, which had fallen from her hand. Their eyes met, she passed on and the artist restimed his work. Upon several subsequent days they accidently iuct. The artist was less attentive to his work, and a Spanish no bleman who had been a sultnr for the hand of the young Senorita, received less encour agement. About a month after the first meeting in the garden, while the artist was pacing up and down in his studio, a genth - man friend named Do Costillo called upon him. To him the artist unbosomied himself. le declared lie could do no more work until lie had painted a picture of the young lady whose appearance had so strangely affected him. Then taking Do Costello's arm they went out and waii(lered to the Alhambra gardens. There he again saw the object of his infatuation. She was conversing in th (leaf and dumb laiguago with the Spanish marquis who had taught her the hand manual years back when she was a child. Do Costello, knowing the marquis, intro duced him to the artist, and the marquis then presentedi his companione, who were Isabella and her grandmother. Much to Isabella&'s surprise, she diiscovered that the handsomie young artist was deaf and~ duamb. And then she found greater happiness m the use of the duimb language thain she had ever before experienced. At his earniest solieita tion she sat for a portrait, which she now has in her possession, and though titled suitors sought her hand, and she was eveni invitedi to become miaidi of honor to the then reigning Queen Isabella, she cheerfully renounced all this poump and brilliancy and~ bestowed her heart and hand on the (leaf andi dumb Amierican artist. HI. Hlumphry Moore is well knownm in San Francisco, where lie livedi fronm early cildhood up to 1865t, at which time lis father,.*who will be renmemnberedi in the firm of M~oore & Folg~er, died. lHe was twenity-onie years of age wheni lis mother, who is now living ini this city, accompamiedi hini to Europe, where for three years lhe labored hard at his pro fession, in the studio of time greatest figure painiter in France-Geromne. It was while in Grenada that lie met with Fortuny, whose style of work is followed by him. Mr. Moore's name was forcibly brought to the minds of lis California friends some two years since when lie sent to this coast on exhibition lisa celebrated work, "Ainiah, the Eastern Dancing Girl." Mrs. Moore is devoted to her husband and proud of his talents. She is his constant companion in his studio, and day after (lay, in witer and summer, whatever else mnty clalim her at. tention, from 4 until 61 o'clock she devotes to a study of his canvass and the work of her husband's brush (luring the day. In San Francisco, as well as all over the world where they have traveled, the iateresting and happy couple have been received in the very best andi most brilliant society, and~ they will long be remembered after they have 1)1( Cahfornia adieu. 8Sciencoe at, Dinnerm. Nratur: (describes and lillustrates asIm pie experimient involving the elementary principie of the centre of gravity which us capalhe of evoking roars of laughter at a dinner talble If a dish of snipe has been served up, the head with its long beak may be fixed lai a cork ; and thon two forks becing thrust into the sides of the cork and a needie having been fixed into the lower end of It, the cork can be balanced upon a coin laid on the top of a wine bottle, and can be spun slowly around while the snipe's head nods at the various members of the company In turn, and finally stops opposite one of them. By makiug a slit at the bottom of this cork, putting in a silver Quiarter, and bahancoing this upon the point of a needle which ' rises out of another cork in the neck of the bottle the appsrently imiposelb B feat of spinning a a t wenty-five cent piece on the point of a needle can be performed with thme greatest A Tiger'. Playthamg. "Well, my boy, if you want a tiger you've come to the right place, for th1I8 and the bit round Fort Perovski are alnost, the only spots on the whole river where there are any left; indeed, I might say the only spots In all Central Asia, except the great jungle of the ll. two days' Journey north of this." So spoke Col. Pet roff (the Russian con. mandant of the little outpost of Tchinaz,ou the Upper Syr-Daria), to his excited junior officer, Lieut. Galkin, who had made up his mind that the first duty of every right minded officer was to shoot a tiger single handed, and that life would be a blank to him till lie had done so. "And what's the beat way to get at them?" asked the young man, with a flash o0 excitement on his handsome face. "Well, if you're so anxious to make their acquaintance."said the veteran, eind Ing at the lad's eagerness, "there are sev eral ways of doing it. First and foremost, you can just follow the beast's trail till you come upon him, and then shoot him down; but that's rather dangerous, and not very certain either, for the trail's apt to get blurred In among those big reeds." "Well?" "Well, secondly, you can drift along the bank in a,bnat, and fire at 'ei as they come down to drink: but that's not always certain, because, If there's a moon, they see you and run away, and if there's not, you can't see thern at all. Thirdly, there's the cage." "The cage ?" "Yes; you shut yourself up in ai iron cage among the reeds, with a big bit of horse-nfeshi beside it by way of balt, and when the tiger scents the meat, and comes after tit, you fire at him." "Capital 1" shouted (alkin, with a loud laugh; "that's quite a new idea. The cage be it by all means." "Well, I wouldn't begin with that, if I were you, my boy," said the Colonel, gravely, "for it's a risky business at best. A tiger-hunt's very good fun so long as it's you who are hunting the tiger: but when the tiger takes to hunting you, it alters the case a good deal." However, Galkin was not to be moved, and daybreak next morning found him in his cage among the huge reeds (tall enough to overtop a six-foot grenadier with his cap on), through which, as they sway ed in the morning breeze, lie caught a pass ing glimpse, every now and then, of the broad, shining river, and the little tumble down mud hovels and .clustering trees on the opposite shore. The most trying part of an exciting ad venture is the waiting for it to begin, and so our hero found it; but, luckily, lie had not long to wait. The Central Asian tiger hats a keen scent for prey of any kind, and the warning crackle of the reeds was speedily fohowed by the gliding out of a huge gaunt yellow body, straight toward Galkin's ambush. D spite his perilous poi ition(for the ca, e wasaprettyoldone, and its rusty bars seeietu hardly to he trusted against the rush of a full-gr')wn tiger), Galkin could scarcely help laughing at this curlous reversal of menagerie rules-the man in the cage, and the wild beast walking round it to look at hini. But he was not the man to let either the joke or the danger unsteady his hand. He aimed carefully at the vital spot behind the fore-shoulder, and let fly. j The huge beast leaped high Into the air, rolled over oii its back, and, after a few convulsive kicks, lay (lead before himi. Hurrah! Up sprung Galkin, quite forget ting the cage in his exeitement, and lilt his head such a bump against the bare that for a moment hardly knew where lie was. The shout was answerea by a long snarl ing cry, and out from the reeds broke a second tiger, evidently a young one, al though quite big enough to have finished our iruend wvith one bite. (Galkin felt for his cartridge-pouch, to reload for a second shot, wheu), 1ol no pouch was to be founzd. And now, to his (disniay, lie perceived that it hind been off when lie jumped up, and~ was lyingc outside the cage, where it had rolled over a slight descent of the land qjidte out of his reach. Here was a pretty piece of business. But, if the hunter was iat a nonplis, the tiger himself seemed to be iio less so. This cross-barred miachine, with a motionuless humnan flgure inside of it. (for Glalkin, fiading himiself dlefenseless, refmalned ats still as a statue), was a compllete puzzle to him, lie had never seen anything of the kind before. It might be a trap. Who could tell ?" On the whole, lie ap~peaired to thinuk that his wisest way was to begin with the horse-flesh, which lie soon dis p~osed of-a somuewhat disagreeale hint to Gaikin of what might shortly befali imb. Breakfast over, thu tiger-kitten seemed to wax frohucksome. lie heapwd up against the cage, and put lis fore-paws on the top) of it, bringing his face so near Glalkin's that the poor iLieutenant alnost felt the hot, rank breath. Suppose the bar.-4 were to give way I" But what, d d iiappen was almost as bad. Overbalanced by the beast's weight, the cage rolled over, andi the unlucky oflcer along with it; while the tiger, delighted with the sport, and evidently thinking the whole affair a toy meant for his own special amusement, patted it about with his hunge paws li a cat playing with a mouse, tumbling it over once or twice, and bumuphing poor (Jalkin ulgalnst the bars till he was pretty weil bruised. All at once there camie a tremendous crash, as a thick clumpl of reeds gave way, and splash down into the river went, cage, Gaikin and alnl I Fortunately for our hero, there was a miud-bank close to the shore, so that the water only came up to his bolt; bub even so, to sit waist~deep in a cold river for nt indefinite time, wIth a tiger mounting guard over him, was anything but a ilea sant prospect. Morever, the tiger, which was sitandmug 0on the bank above, with a face of groat aisgust at the loss of its toy, seemct(d strongly inclined to leap dlownt after It; in whichl case the sportsman would be roiled over in deep water, and~ dIrowned at once. ,Just, at, that moment came the sharp crack of a rile. Trhe tiger fell "headlong into 1.0 ,ive,r while (Gahkin,kooking up,saw a boat coiming toward lham, pulied by two Trartars, behind whom appeared the grin ning face of his friend, the Colonel. "I hope you like your day's sport, my boy,'' chuckled the old goldier,as lie opened the cage and pulled out lis half-drowned comradie. "I was up stream, looking to see if 1 could find any game worth firing at,, when I heard the crack of your pIece, and I came along to see what had happen Cd; and, on the whole, I think it's jnst as well ( did." Flah Manures. As With other manures, so with fesh manure, there is a choice of soils to which it may be best applied. The soils from which higbet results might be expected from applying t,,h guano, are those defl. clent In nitrogen and phosphoric acid, autt in which the stimulating effect of the de composition of fish may render other ma terials available for plant food. Boils that have been treated repeatedly with fish guano, phosphates and the various forms of bone manure, are often overstocked with these elements, and are deficient in potash; while it is also true that many soils are naturally poor in pbtash. Of coutse it will at once be seen that to apply fish manure"t to such lands and neglect to apply the other necessary elements wanting in the fish, would be to lose not only both money and time but very likely the crop. But here the rule that would obtain in the use of fish manures, is that which would alo obtain with any other klud of fertilizer in the hands of a careful farmer, and that ia that the deficlences of a given soil are best ascertained by actual trial, not only with different manures, but with various crops. The best form of fish manures is the dry giound fish guano, free from oil. The water and oil left in the "scrap" as the fish comes from the press, add weight and bulk without In any degree improving its value. But experience has proved that the coarse fish-scrap, as it comes from the oil facto ries, cannot be uniformly spread; is not easily diffused by the molture of the soil; Is acted upon by a few roots of growing plants, and becomes slowly available to the roots that do find it. The divided dry fish is, however, easily spread, is diffused by rains, and is thus made accessible to a large number of roots, and can be ab sorbed by them when they reach it. Per haps one of the best methods of using the fish-ecrap oy farmers, is to use it in a com post with muck, good manure, ashes, lime and vegetable refuse, fermenting the whole mass by tie use of urine. There is a higher and more practical conslderation connec Led with this subject to which we havenot alluded, but which is of vast Importance to the agriculture of New England, and it is one which it is the main object of this article to enforce; and that is the greater use of fish manures by our own farmers. At present its principal use is by tihe nianu facturers of phosphates and other forms of commercial fertilizers, by whom it is used for supplying the nitrogen and phosphoric acid to their manures. It is also sent in bulk by the cargo to enrich the lands of France andi Holland. Is it too much to expect that at no distant day, some effort may be made successful for furnishing their fish-scraps in same portable, concen. trated form to ot own farmers? To this end we hope to see some earnest concerted action put in operation at once. Torpedo Balloonst. A scIentific gentleman warns the country and the Government, of a new and terrible engine of war that may possibly come into use and against which Now Yorx would lil utterly defenceless. It is the torpedo bal loon. A vessel lying out of reach --. f any of tihe forts, could take advantage of favor ing breezes to set adrift, without acronauts, small balloons, each carrying fifty pounds of nitro-glycerine, the explosive to be dropped by a well known and cheap me. ch.mical contrivance at such time as may be determined upon after the distance and the velocity of the wind have been esti mated. It will readily be seen that a ves sel barely in sight of land, and after only the rudest calculations could not send out any such fiendish missiles without doing great dmiage to life and property some where within the great area covered by. New York, Brooklyn and Jersey, lty. It is poor comfort to think that other large cities of 'the world sae equ-ily exposed to muchi terrors, and even London and Pan., are not far enough from the seaboard to es.. cape harm. A general agreement between civilized Powers, such as was made re garding explosive bullets, should promptly nlip this danger in the bud, but until this is done the safety of Now York, Boston, savannah, Oharloston and othmer seaboard cities should be secured against suich dan gers by the strengthening of our navy to ain extent that would allow a strong force to p~atrol tihe waters outsidle our important seap~orts, keeping dhangerous vi'sitors at a distance or dIsposing of them at sight. At, present, our naval force Is so smill and scattered that the most, insignllcant Power that owns agsingle war ship amid chose t,, be ugly, could, in a few hotirs, destroy prop~erty costing as muehi as fifty newv naval vessels would. Btmni,aonmburn', 0onuatruun. Simpsonsburg Is not noted for his activ ity; quite time contrary. At the etub time other evening lie got up energy sufficient. to propoundi a conumdrum. Said lie: "Boys, why anm I like a torpedo?" After havIng recovered from the sheck produced by tsimpsonsburg's uinwonted activity the guesses flowed in quick succession. Jones thought it was because a torpedo is fuill of~ empty noise; but that was not right, Simp sonburg said. Neither was Robinson's guess, that it was because a torpedo doesn't say anything when it speaks. mitlh' tripd to work out a pun on torpedo, torpi oh, but failed miserably. Everybody- began to look sick. Then Brown tried. He said it was because a torpedo wias not. godfor anything till its neck wa4stod.Simp. sonburg shook his hea4 m$~tunething like anmmatlan. One t i$b y said it was because it was a iN fe " 'hen either went off, and aaothmer ventured the as in an undertone, that It was a blaq~I ance. Finally Simpsonburg bh4~I vulge; lie could containhme ger. lie said it was because he I4ti of snap. The boys yewned lari6idy every one of them acknowledged to Siuip sonburg that he should never have guesset it, which pleased Silmpsonburg mightily I winking a-hotogr-aphs. Winking photographs ate said to 1be pro duced in the following manner : One nega ' tive is taken with the sitter's eyes open, another without change of position wit the eyes shut. The two negatives- are printed on opposite sides of the paper, registered very exactly. .lohd before a flickering lamp or other variable soultce of light, the comined ,photographs show rapid alterattons of closed and open eyes the effect being that of rapid winking.4 -~Horse raeiu on Joston~ Common was comnplineid of in 1769. -Bears were very numerous witii i two miles otflBoston in 17J15,