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ESAcSE 186 o C., OEMB WNSB0I T RI- FILYEDITION. StcIrdngwt ri Clue om uor'hs . IF LITTLE BY LITTLE. One step and then another, And the longest walk iS ended: One stitch and then ariother, And the largest rent is nendel: One brick upon another, And the highest wafl is made; One flake upon another, And the deepest snow is laid. So the little -oral workers, By their slow but constant motii. Have built those pretty islands In the distant dark-ilue ocean: And the nolest endertakings Man's wisdom hath conceived, By oft-repeated efforts Have been patiently achieved. Thea do not look disheartened O'er the work yon have to do. And say that suct a mighty task You never can get through; And just endeavor lay by day 0 Another point to gain, Anti soon the mountain which yon feared Will. prove to he a plain. Rolne was not huiled in a day, The ancient proverb teaches: And nature, by her trees and fowers, The same sweet sermon preache. Think not of far off duties, But of duties which are near, And having once began to work. Resolve to persevere. A DUEL OR A WEDDIN.". I am an ardent admirer of female beau', and ought to have been an art ist or a sculptor, but I am neither. I was book-keeper for Brown & Co., wholesale dealers in hides and tallow. Henry Bower, a young man of very lively disposition, was employed in the same office. We boarded and roomed together. One night Henry and I attended one of the lyceum lectures in W. We had hardly been in the hall five minutes be fore my attention was fixed upon one of the ladies in the front seat. She was a little to the right of me, but as she was talking very earnestly to the lady next to her, her face was turned towards us ; and, susceptible as I am, I could not but be impressed by the beauty of it. Indeed, I could not withdraw my gaze from the beautiful young lady before me. She had golden hair, and her bluest of eves swam full of love and sweetness. Her nose was small and straight, and she had just the prettiest dimple among the blushes or either cheek. And then, such a mouth ! What red lips, teetll of pearl, flashing between the roses Her forehead was smooth and broad, and her neck, I saw, as the fur cape drooped low on her shoulders, was as white as alabas ter and smooth as marble. In brief, I did hear a word of the lecture. awed ,,.whout my seeing *fiu-strager. But 7\iit my friend, Mrs. Segara, in M. -She is a widow of forty, and is the mo callea M-4t2rs" had tried to bring about a marriage be tween Clara and myself, and I believe I was not much opposed to the match. Clara was a good girl everybody said ; a very pretty brunette, with flashing black hair and eyes, but her form was short, thick and dowdyish. I admire a hand some form quite as much as a hand some face. I might have married her I really think I should, but for a little affair that hippened at U. The morning I started for M . Bowers accompanied me to the depot. While I was buying my ticket, I noticed another gentleman come into the waiting-room. 'My first thoughts was that it was my shadow that I saw before me. He was about my height, had a light complex ion like mine, and eves of grizzly-gray, and one of them turned in just like mine. He had on a tall silk hat, tipped on one side of his sandy locks, and so did I ;and furthermore, he carred in his band a carp)et-b:.g, with a tag marked "3. MeD." tied to the straps. So did I. I looked at him, -nd he returned the compliment. "I say, sir,"~ said the stranger, look ing down at the carpet-bag I held, and examining the tag, "aire you John Mc Dougal, or am I ?" "My name is McDougali. I hope you are an honest man, for, you see, if you should happen to rob a bank, forge a note, pick a pocket, or cut somebody's jugular. I might have to suffer, perhaps swing for it. I can give you reference as to my character," I answered. "Yes, that's very good. But Mr. Mc Dougal,which way are you going to go?" "Down. I have just bought my ticket." "Then I'm going up. I don't think - we'd best tra~Ltgeter.2'1iere's the train starting now, Good-bye, Mr. Mc Dougal, I wish you success, and for my sake don't spoil your character." To get to M., which, by the way, is a rather out-of-the-way place, a small, one-horse town, with one tavern, two churches and a poor-house, I had to leave the cars at T., and then take a pri vate conveyance to M., five miles dis tant. I could have gone by the stage, but that only leaves U., once a day, at five o'clcck in the morning. So when the cars stopped at U., I took my carpet-bag in my hand, and got out upon the platform. There was quite a large number of people at the station, but I took no no tice of any of them, except a tall, braw ny man, in a brown overcoat and slouch ed hat, who started for me as soon as I stepped off the cars. I was about to move away when the slouched hat laid his hand heavily on my shoulder. "You are a villain !" "I repeat it. Youre a villain !" "'A miserable scamp," said a corpu lent gentleman, coming forwa.zd and scrowling fiercely. Now, I felt that I was a match for the latter, but as to the other one, I did not doubt but he might work me up into shoe-strings in less than three min -'Vil you pie exi u rselvs, gentlemi," I asked, trylg to smile. "Yes, I will," answered the big one. putting great stress on the "will." -'Certainly," growled the corpulent gentleman with a smile. "Come this way you rascal," said the tall one. drawing me along with him, His companlioi followc d us out back of the station, where we were out of sight and hearing of the reo6 of U. "Now," said the tall gentleman. turn ing and confronting me. "I'll introdnce myself. I am Captain Augustus Boyn ton. This gentleman is my father, John Boynton, Do you know us now?' "Well, really," I replied, wondering in my own mind what the deuce was i coming ; "really I doit know anything more about you than what you ve just told." "Hush !" said the captain, and he bent down and hissed in my ear : "I am Carrio Boynton's brother." "And I am her father," growled John Bovuton, '"Ah, really, do you say so." I could net help smiling, tl-e whole affair seem ed so ludicrous. "Give my regards to Carrie." "Ha ! you laugh at us, (ho you, vil lain," cried the captain. "Look 'ere," said he lowering his voice to a horrid whisper; "look at these." I did look, for just then he drew from the pocket of his brown overcoat a hand some case, and, opening it, displayed a pair of splended silver-mounted duelling pistols. "Take your choice." A cold tremor ran through my frame. Was I to be murdered?. "Choose quick," urged the captain. "Sir," said I, in a tremulous voice, while the cold drops of prespiration stood out on my brow, "there must be some mistake. I'm book-keeper for Brown & Co., dealers in hides and tal low. .1y father was Norton McDougal, my mother was Mary McDougal my grandfather was-" "Confound your grandfather Either marry my sister as you pr.,mised to do a month ago, or take one of these pistols and-" "0. help !" "Dry up, you whelp !" and the cap tain clapped his hand over niv mouth. "Choose," said the captain, giving me a kick with his boot. "I'll mar-marry her. "All right." And the captain smiled grimly as lie returned the pistol to the case. The elder Mr. Boynton went after the rie e^1e Au 'I had ceased to I The captain helpedbuw, -- sa zode-away. The"e eP eno people on the street, but I was warned not to shofnt, if I knew what was healthy for me. .We rode at a smart trot forabout two miles, I should think, and then the cap. tain drew rein before a large, two-story white house, that stood near the road, surrounded by a high white fence. There was a gravel walk up to the frent door, and several large cherry trees stood in the front yard. "Here we are," said the captain, get ting down, and motioning me to follow. The door opened just as we reached it, and who should fall into m .ams but the indentical young lady who had made such a strong impression upon my heart the night of the lect-re in W. "0, JIohn ! I knew you woul be true," she cried ; and the captain snick ered as lie led the way into the parlor. But once there I succeeded in com -in cing Miss Eoynten that I was not Me Dougal Her father apologized, so did the captain, and the upshot.of it all was that I consented to stop over night with them, and I am happy to state that I passed a very p!easant evening indeed. "I learned, too, that this J. McDou gal, for whom I had been tden, was a gentleman of wealth and leisure, with only one fault, and that was promising to marry every pretty woman he became acquainted with. Then I told my story, and both Mr. Boynton and the captain seemd pleased, and so did Carrie, es pecially when I offered to stand in Mc Dougal's shoes. And-wll, my dear reader, I did about a month afterwards. We had a great wedding, and Clara Segard was one of the bridesmaids, and Henry Bo wer was groomsman And I am well satisfied that McDou~gal took the up train instead of the down. Out I C'me. In the days gone by a Detroit Sheriff who had made a close shave of being elected, had the ill luck to lose a pris oner from the jail. The fellow made good his escape to the country, but the Sheriff overhauled him about eight miles out and drove him under a barn. The prisoner was captured and yet he was not. If he could not get out the Sheriff could not get in, and threats had no effect on him. In this emergency the officer called out: "Say, Jinr." "Yes." "You know I had a mighty close shave getting this office." "You did that." "Well I'm laying my pipes for a sec ond term. If I lose you I mhtas well hang up. The opposition will hold it up in letters four feet high, and hun dreds of men ini my own party will slip my name. Do you hear me?" "I do." "Well, I ask you to come out, nct ex actly as a prisoner going back to jail, but more as a patriot bound to stand by his party. Come, Jim." "I'll be hanged if I don't:" replied the prisoner. The judge was agini me, my sentence was unjust, and I hate yourj jail, but if it's going to help the party and crush the hydra-headed opposition The Snaljzje Ri' er Valli%. For two or three miles above SIohoe Falls the river flows through iummense chasms, with wails on either side hun dreds of feet high. Thxe river is fail of rapils for miles, the descent being so great. At the upper Shosho:e Falls, known as Twin or Little Fails, the river is divided by an island, and the two streams rush over the precipice . and fall int o the pool 172 jeet below, As viewed from the bluffs, hundreds of feet abive, the sight is grand, and from below there is still more to aanire and to awe thC visitor. Some four or five miles down the river and we come to the great falls, where the entire river descends in one sheet 210 feet. We remember roaming around Niagara Falls, the rapids and other ilac~sot Diterest for Tr,.jZ once, and with all that there is to admire and excite our wonder, there is as mitch if not more, to interest the visitor to this portion of Snake River, and should this place be connected by railway with the outside world this w.ill become a great resort for travelers. Some thirty or forty miles down stream is Solomon Falls, ex tending quite a distance. The greatest of these falls is only about twenty feet, but time forms a d the great nuibcr of the falls and cascades m-ade it very beau tiful. But a short distance above these fafls is the most remarkable sight we have ever seen. In the high bluffs along there issue numerous great springs, the waters of which fall over the rocks and are lashed to silvery streams and spray in their descent. The first of these pours over a cliff in a semi-circular form and fPlls over 250 feet. As seen from the opposite side of the river it is very beau tiful. Further down the river it is a much grander siglt. A stream of water equal to that of a river pours out of the bank and falls over the rocks in silvery streams of almiost every conceivable shape and form, while the spaces be tween are lined with green moss and shrubsso that it presents an appearance of an immens3 grotto. These falls cover a space of over 100 feet in height and several hundred feet in width. Further down the stream for over one mile other similar springs issue, and each possesses its own features of beauty. Where this vast body of water comes from is a ques tion that will probably never be solved. Lost River enters the Snake River Val ley at a point up stream over 100 miles distant, and there sinks out of sight in the lava. Other streams along the west ern and northern borders of this vast lava plain for a distauce of nearly 200 miles come i.. from the mountains and sink. These united streams would pro bably furnish as much waer as >ours lion to assume that the source of supply comes from any particular stream. Our Gernnan Guest-A. The following is a list of the desend ents of Baron Steuben of Revolitionary fatuo, now the guest of the Nation at York1own : Arndt von Steuben, aged fifty-six, colonel of the Seventy-ninth In fantry, stationed at Hildesheim, and chief of the mission. Fritz von Steuben, aged forty-five, captain of the Fourth Royal Guard Infantry, stationled at Spandau, brother of the Colonel. Kuno von Steuben, aged twenty- six,lieutenant of the Thid.y-ninth Infantry, stationed at Duesseldor-f, a son of Colonel Steu ben. Berndt von Steuben, aged twenty four, lietuenant and adjutant of the Twenty-third Line. stationed at Rastadt, another of the Colonel's sons. Anton von Steub-en, aged4 twenty-three, lieu tenant in the Seventy-ninth Infantry, still another of the Colonel's sons, and stationed with his father at Hildesheimi. Richard von Steuben, aged fifty-four, royal chief forrester and captain of the Landwehr national militia, from Falsen berg. Eugen von Steuben, captain in Ninety-eight Infantry, from Branden burg, his brother. With the exception of Berndt and Anton von Steuben,young men of twenty-three and twenty- four, they are all married. speeemless. Where was it somebody wa telling the Jester about the good old preacher somewhere down in Ohio, who loved his pipe and cigar far better than he did the man who always keeps awake through the hymns and goes to sleep during the sermon? One day the com mittee of brethren came to remonstrate with the parson for about the hundredth, time, beseeching and commanding him to abandonthewicked and filthy habit of can give us one passage of Scripture, one line from the Bible that justifies you in the use of tobacco, we will let you smoke in peace and never approach you on the subj3ect again." "H'm," said the old man, "you mean that, do you?" "Indeed, we do mean it, and we will a~ide by what we say," said the com mittee. "Then," said the p~arson, brightening up, "how does Revelation xxn, 11L strike you-aHe which is filthy, let him be fil thy still'?" And they turned away and were speechless. Push, Behind. In the seventeenth century they had in Paris a queer little vehicle made to carry but one person. It wr.s not drawn by a horse, but by a man. One evening, when it was raining terribly. Poisson the youngem, a famous con:cdian, hired one of these carriages to take him to the theatre. But the man-horse went so slow that Poisson began to fearhle would be late. "Why don't you go faster ?" he asked. "I can't unless I have some one to push behind," said the poor devil. "Well, well, it must be done, I sup pose," said Poisson, and, leaving his seat, lie pushed with all his might all the way to the theatre. He reached there on time, to be sure, but as muddy and wet as if he had just been picked he =N tei M Ir-lans there is te it 1 Nhe white Amiong the & ininll)e Ind. T sa i singular traditiou regardi - . - na'is origiu and superiqit of whom when the Great Sypiit m after mak Lbe also made thrCe men, att argin Of were fair complexioned, andAi ot a~pgin big them he led them to thi s le, , to came out: a small lake, and bade th!, ud The second and wash. One obeyed. anad , hich time purer and fairer than - , hadtbe before; had b.e hesitated a momeut, during athed he the water, agtated lby the fir. - third did come muddied, and when be! ie black came out copper-colored; thi h not leap until the water be.- ta(i with mud, and he came ot lai own color. Then the Great before Ickages, pit-y 7 r his nsw I the blak man the first e hold of each of the packa0esi', - . the felt the weight, chose the hDe D -. next copper-colored man chose the heaviest, leaving the white W mrtges were lightest. When the packa ie' contain opened, the first was found t c r.ments of spades, hoes and all the inph" 59 unting, labor; the second unwrapped ",us ; the fishmg, and warlike apparal , ink and third gave the white man pens t mind thirdgave min paper,the e,'gines of the huma1. the means of mutual, mental s ment. the social link of hum. Superi foundation of the white ran'? ority. ___________ V A New Craze { archaic, . -.onment There are indieations of a new . e testhetic and dyspeptic d'ev chs as which may affect not only our and our bosoms, but our stor is well. Somebody in England bills of covcred, and will shortly pu. at date series of cooking receipts and e Queen fare of the fifteenth century. is about two centuries befor erly Anne; and whoever would be ; utter ia serving a dinner, accor.. back the correct date and style, must' 'wooden two hundred years or so, in th room farnishing, and sulistitute . bowls and pewter platters for 'ke in the And, as to the forks, not evenu n till palace in England were they kn the the sixteenth century. Bluff H never s had much-married, who died in 1547, d the used a fork. The great Queen B- baby several presented to her, but us -were article only on state occasions, pr when the foreign Ambassadors present who had brought her the ove - thetic" article, as a gift fit for a dS, reign. Righ breeding, in those gers consisted in skill in so using the is that the hand should not be sm quite to the wrists. This accom the way, might be usef nFc ea r inserzeant . f It was fit and proper that the 'epre sentatives of the Steuben family s could be invited to participate in the ork town ceremoiial, The Baron Sti b was one of the foreign officers who to the assistance of our Revoluti " fathers, and who remained an Anm ria citizen to the-*close of his life. H.i4 waa indeed a great acquisition. Train e d in the mariial school of Frederick the d jrest he had won his laurels at Praguea Rossbach, and ha'd risen to be an t 6Adauh taut General in the King's st erj came to us at a dark peroid of t war and his first services were re dere~ amid the wintry want of Vafl g Ho drilled our troops as he of ~ y .cou1 have drilled them. He was a thor ough disciplinariani, and his ma ual fo: the army was approved by Con yes 1779. He was an accomplished of great knowledge and experie ce, an sometimes, it is said, the clum ~ ess C his men sorely tried hhs temr knowledge of the English land - ws limited, and the tradition ist. r that h swore very freely at the troops b ~in Ge: man and French. Once, partic le,t'rly e: asperated, he called out to his :'Y nez, mon ami Walker, ,sacrez d at erie of dese badaude-je n'en p .r, j P -I can curse dem no more." to was member of the court-martial wei and doomed Major Andre in g a in the same year he had comm a ift1 troops in Virginia, and did go ' f rk making matters uncomfortable dit Ainold, who was in corn the British forces. Subseq ' was attached to Lafayette' and took part in the siege df Major Ebceeior Denny, a Revolution, writing at IV September 15, 1781, The guards attend the gr an early hour, where the ways found *vaiting, wit aids on horseback. There T ercised and put through van 1tbe tions and military experimien - ght hours-many officers and spe' phl~ th sent ; excellent school this./ 'ketJ hol' the duty of the parade corn : flek guards are told off; offic i.?" We posts ; wheel by platoons to't~ . .Tlis ele fine corps of music detailed '"Nevery duty, which strikes up; 1i re eze march off, saluting the Bare :u en and officer of the day, as they p taw~ of in can here imagine the Baron ip ment, his vigizant eyes watec ~ ' riuch movement, and his voluble tor r- iave rating in mingled French, Ge -nVir English every sign of ignoran ry for dolence and of clumsiness. a8 high] rate command, he did not nrinl 1790 1 distinction ; indeed, he did 'j00, and is much chance, for his opera - . ted himi tJ ginia were brief, and were ai 8 gave il tunate. Congress, howeve, tr'ans- 1i< estimate upon his service; ~ aids, be it voted him a life annuitff ind he sa; he had a plenty of land is roa by different States. Newi' pee- de: him 16,000 acres near Ui erred a good deal of it~ Some of it he himself imq~ lived until 1794. 4. that the undefined duties of ins office might give rise to dissatisfaction and oc casion embarrassmenit. Hamilton was apprehensive that " a fondness for power and importance, natural to every man, might lead him to wish for more exten sive prerogatives in his department than it would be for the good of the service to grant." Yet Hamilton considered the Baron "a valuable man," and thought that he ought to be treated "with all the deference which good policy might warrant." At times Steuben was very much discontented, and almost resolved to quit the service. He was part-cularly hampered by Lee and Mifflin, or he 'iought so; but the aOC4 o e Island. uc undoubtedly owel the -. of Baron Steuben to Frecaic in fluces. He came to this country partly through the persuasion Of St. Gerimlain. Perhaps, as a soldier, le was ready for service in any ionorable cause but he likedI the 11nited States well enoug to remain in them for the rest Sh lif e v us the benefit of Is great Lnowledge and military ex perience; and it is paying to his mem or no doubtful compliment to say that he was precisely the man wanted at the moment when he lent us his sword. Blockaded by Buffaloes. The passengers on a recent train from the Yellowstone had an experience ex ceedingly rare. When about two miles from Sentinel Butte, the dividing line between Montana and Dakota, a herd of sixteen buffalo were seen a short dis tance ahead within easy rifle range. There were several soldiers on board with army rifles, and numerous small revolvers were also pointed toward the excited bison. A perfect volley of lead was poured into the herd, but to no effect. They bounded away over the divide, and were soon lost to sight. The passengers had no sooner begun the discussion of what they had seen in years gone by when a dang - I' . from the locomotive brought eyv ge to the lookout. A herd of twenfym6r thirty buffalo were making directly for the train, and fearing the engine would strike them and be thrown from the track, the air-brakes were set and the train brought nearly to a standstill, while the buffalo crossed the track a few feet ahead. Every gun was again level ed. Such exeitement can not be de scribed. Bullets flew in every direction, some striking the ground as near as ten feet from - ain, others, raisin thp uO a mi01 th ' oved - con tinuea to pour from the gus of the ex cited passengers. Finally the smoke cleared away, and the buffalo could be seen about half a 'mile away, trotting along as unconcerned as though they had never seen a railroad train. The disgusted passengers drew in their weapons, and spent the rest of the day arguing as to the probable amount ol lead that a buffalo will carry before hE will weaken. Pictures of railroad trains passing through herds of buffalo are nu merons, but the actual experience is onE of which the passengers may feel proud. They were probably but straggling bands from the main herd, which 1i forty or fifty miles north of the track From Sentinel Butte east to Pleasan Valley (Dickinson) at least 500 antelop .were seen, which is )ut a daily occur -rence. Verily, the Nothern Pacific i the spor tsman's paradise. DacusC Blades All old work has disappeared (fro! Damascus) and anything really good i s brass, steel or silk is as rare as it valuable. The manufacture of th peculiar heavy silks of shot colors hi now died out, not being able to survi .the competition of third-rate goods fro .- European looms. The Damascus swor a blade has passed into the category, a things we often read about, but seldo a see, and the brass-workers seem to ha d lost their cunning. Their pgesent pr eO ductions are rude in the extreme, and Sno artistic merit whatever. At first e- may be a matter of surprise that mc of relies of past excellence should not cox 1e io the market, but this must be a counted forby the supposition that thE n, are foreign agents always on the wat e to buy for Cairene trade. In no otl .,way can we explain the notorious f that, while a year or two of residence addt-asen.s will not be likely to prodi 00SJ es and h ba t are al so p , gcnainin te taza is disappoij 21cnt, perha itlthtis temnptit . xet Pehps, some Iledoni -i e massive silver necklace whic i r lr of its resemblance to a, dwhichin spi ; baye seen worn by an a g collar, y s with good effect. As aie, bweoma Sbarbaric ornaments dorae noeve, [Europeans since theyso n to eco advantage on ther szhw onlrsfu For a bright kefla Ie wntfu an rs. face and eye, a andt one Arb'so different a clumsy ever braele okso on a white arm som s tote brae lonks fellahah's brown thesae n. st E OnTursa~, Octot 13thacio1 scene Was witnessed inr , uresiost ibbey, London Bein thefestofiStr ~dward, the Confesseor the feasti owere he remain of that Kingheereapeposiere on that amnivesary thrwnr Oenosie e public. From 0A. rf nt opeit e afternoon numibers of B- ni Cateoin s, priests, laymen and aoadie wereto- a seen praying around the shrie ofr toe PE t. Some had pry rmes ofthec aries in their han aer books wersv.p ity most earnest indei all eev i-~i~ Stock feediig is peculiarly adapted tO compensate for the fertility carried of! in fruit crops, and fruit culture and stock fedimg may profitably be joined together. This is especially true of the larger fruits, such as apples, pears, peaches, plums, cherries, etc. These fruits, after being properly planted and the trees grown beyond the risk of pos sible injury, will be benefited if the orchards are pastured by young stock, and especially with calves or sheep. Calves and sheep are fond of fruit, and wormy, early fallen fruit will be eaten before the insects escape to the earth, to burrow till the next sea-son. We , Coiliown many old orchards, the fruit )heese h had become worthless from the SOr - of the culio, to be.en tirely renov taC(, elilent fruit, after three years pasturage of calves. One large apple raiser, who markets many thousand barrels per year, and pastures calves, sheep and pigs in different orchards, informed us that the increased quantity and quality of fruit would much more than pay for all the food the seanimals would consume if it were pu chased; besides, he finds the growth upon this stock~ a large item of profit. He said he had one year pur chased ten calves, two months old, and placed them in a ten-acre apple orchard, which was under the plow, for the pur pose of promoting the health and growth of the trees, and did not furnish much pasture. He therefore fed each calf one quart of oats and two quarts of mid dlings per day for four months, begin ning the first of June, and in October sold them for stock calves, at a profit of $75 on the lot, over and above the cost of calves and food. They were estimated to weigh on an average 500 pounds per head. These calves picked up all the wormy fruit as fast as it fell, and their growth was most rapid after the defec tive fruit began to fall. We k-now one dairyman owning a large orchard, who, instead of pasturing calves, turns his cows into his largc ap. ple orchard as soon as the defective fruit begins to fall. To prevent them from reaching apples upon the lower limbs or from injuring the trees, he has devised a convenient method of tying the head down to the level of the position in which they ordinary hold the head when not grazing, A leather clasp three inches wile is buckled around the foreleg with an inch ring sewed upon one side, and a rope tied about the horns of proper length with a snap in the lower end to snapn.jo the ring on the leg MIL?IS doegndt Nequirej -0-v her ad 'r position, prevents . r ching for fruit, and it can be unsnapped in a moment. He finds cows the best for consunmg this wormy fruit, especially if there is con siderable of it; and as his principal stock is dairy cows,he saves the expense and the trouble of keeping young stock or calves, and thus can devote all the keep of his farm to dairying. He keeps no other stock except horses and hogs. He thinks that dairying and fruit cul ture are peculiarly adapted to each other, for the labcr of dairying and fruit culture do not at all conflict. The apple crop especially, comes to market in the fall, when the dairy is at its lowest de. mand for labor. Pigs arc well adapted to stone fruits, as they will eat ihzir fruit while calves will not. Sheep are also good stock foi -old orchards, as they eat almost any kind of fruit, and their droppings are a! excellent fertilizer for fruit trees. Larg< orchards may also furnish much greei Ssoiling food for stock, and thus bring aconsidet able pofit outside of fruit. If th< farm is nearly all devoted. to fruit, stoci e may yet be profit:' >; for after using a] ethe food grown ul .n the farm purenase' sfood may be used with a profit on th n growth, beside the manure produced IStock feedineg is the cheapest method c Sproducing the compensating fertility fc the frut carried off year by year. An it matters not how large or how sma: emay be the orcharding, some branch ofstock feeding should be carried en i iauxiliary to fruit farming. As grass: re king, tlie whole 'business may be sun remed up in four words-..grass, fruit at Sstock. re M~usia. h Miusical instruments which arethoug er to throw important light on the histo: .tof musichv been found in the ro) Inpalace at Potsdam. Three early Sil Le man imos, discovered there by ~n e~or.Federc ~ 1 are coisofa, the iltUents invent is-~ thuhtoi td. Iaan, and this fa fsoruilera 2. ipose of the claims~ a piafor Anoher as the inventor of ti: 6 iso believer bPiano, also found ther< Ausburfie one ofSti's, Mozart' chords, One of uhibichIs Sdati16 haps silver keys, have turned udated 1766 as Fplace. Mlr. Hipkg upt ite ameu them for Grove~s Dgicto r bu and the' "Enccloet of Music" ahu or s3 the o heridan's sta, found tion among the nui arettuy o npc treme Western frontiery Posts of the ex. foothills al- re ' Away uP in the a station-ke. who lhved h aeuo tainjmF four sta!is for -~i i a but con banproktcmm als, and a com. iatment par! by ten feet and sleep;ng .hae o, ouside nh in size- Over I ' e l d e S t a r v a i n h u e e ha ra c e r le tte rs , a nd grain, sevety' 1n,000ie from ba en miles from wt rmwo p ~ ihes from wa.-J"tr and only twev, t< :e decorated wt iewlso h omc 'blications. Ovrte re u rm )eb al letters a foinlor inside, in char-- h ctenotice, "Wante d in another F i for generi -anice rk Yong ms The many people who have dmired the free, bold, yet grarefulhauawntifr of President Garfield, as displayed in hundreds of fac similies, will be glad to learn that his original autographs ar6 quite as fine as any copies of them ever made. General Arthur writes a large, care less, heavy hand, with no particular in clination. It looks p:ecisely as if the writer could not spare the time neces sary to execute it. There is strength in the writing, however, and both tlese signatures compare favorably with the inflated, shapeless, balloon capitals of General Grant, or the' little cramped hand of President Hayes, which likewise appear among the rest. Secretary Robert T. Liucoln, by the wa' writes a hand strikingly like that of ax-President Hayes. Attorne3 General ffacVeagh's signatures resembles some of those affixed to the declaration-that is, it is large, bold, antique and distin guished-looking. Kirkwood and Win lom are neat and legible penmen. Post aster General James writes prettily, with several graceful little flourishes. Secretary Blaine's hand is !arge, bold and distinct, all letter i and words being connected throughout. If ever a signature could be received as indicative of the character of its own erit is that of Roscoe Conkling-"grafnd gloomly and peculiar." It stands out in the relief of the blackest ink from the paper. Scarcely two letters at the same angle, with intricate and grotesque aourishe's everywhere it certainly gives expression to the mental ramifications: of the unknown, so far as they can be guessed at. It seems to say: "My mas ter writes like no one else; I stand alone among the signatures." Directly below, as is fitting, appears the respectable and business-like chirography of Thomas C. Platt,which is above invidious criticism. Colonel George Bliss signs his name in a bold, dashing running hand, eve ry stroke of which is clearly cut, without a particle of affectation, General Joun A bogan incribes his name in a series of coarse, black,upright characters. Senator Pendleton's style is somewhat similar, though the letters are better joined and better formed. The Hon. Thomas F. Bayard's hand is a study. Plain, neat and angular, it re sembles the bold, English manner of writing so much affected by ladies. General Joseph R. Hawley's elegant and graceful autograph is familiar from,.its appearance on innumerable diplo' as and'ther documentsisa' d W 4 - - ;... - . e~zanaes -r oushand. General William, Mahone, the great Virginia readjuster, is the possessor of what may be termed a lateral handwrit ing, if handwriting is a proper term to apply to a sea of broad horizontal dashes extending from one side of the paper to the other, with here and there a slight ripple of short, upward stems. Hannibal Hamlin apparently wastes as little time, ink and paper as possible in signing his name, yet there is no need of a second glance at the writing in order to inter pret it. Senator George F. Hoar, ol Massacliuseets, writes, quite as plainly, but in a pinched s-rt of a hand, like that of a New England "school marmn," who set copies to her pupib prettily, in the style of former days. Wade Hampton vails his ferocious per sonality behind a pretty lady's hand which some of his fair constituents migh envy. Don Cameron appears to have en tirely forgotten that one of the object of writing at all is to convey ideas to the human mind, as not even the profoun< hand writer expert who figures in s< many courts, could confront the scran described as Ifis signature without a fe' Sing of awe. Ex-Senator B. K. Bruce places o record one of the most dainty and micr< scopic round hands imaginable. f William Pitt K~ellogg simply writes h: r name like other people, and not unlil a I them in any marked degree. Ba lToombs' signature is an old-style rour >fiand, as much behind the age as t1 S - -jews of that venerable fire-eater. Je Us Davis has a characterless way of allo & ing little sharp letters to straggle up ai Ld down hill, rather in accordance with tl imaginary curved line of beauty thr with the straight line commonly regal ed as the line of beauty mnost appropi bit ate to chirographiy. General Beaur 7 gard's signature is as distinguished a: -a Frenchy asshis three magnificent nam ar- ,which he gives at full length. [r Ex-Treasurer Spinner, whose aui >s hi hats bcrn as eagerly sought for 'fany oa apo ft g i t taoe luxunal hisn iet .of greebacks; wries frc itl qote t 102(inFlrida acore ltt nte h chief interest of Which: et ierebj n a curious manner th sra ha difeen an between his ordna tue Thew~, land hs remarkable signa none Tof atter, however, has log noeo t nique perfection A nad Case. A more sh'ockioScac,"elin ed the Iidigna~1g ol lace," neveraim held" The simple .ac ,~ that eve e had surprised Julia's lacr ias that ohe er aproeitnhi ead upon Julia's shoeld-9 lady asoei to Whicn the young rs. faowfa nh visible resistance. f~s p arofet an ery strict notions dlaughter of mine should at I ermitting such liberty almospabree of iy blood to think of. aowdomost rez ain it, Julia?" Julia suffr hdo Paout ex coo~l off a lfttle and fthsner parent untenance as undaunted n thtifthe a gj onze gladiator on tl as tathece ughtily says: "3Iotl~ yoed manthece ink and mean inj-stier you erenth of king love at all.n1ustic.,iedwre' i Pain in nmy chest anad ceWomlI ndig m Inng d he w m -Liszt is sick with dropsy at Wei mar. -The water ini Great Salt Lake is twenty-five per cent Salt. -Paper is being made from sugar canes, after the sugar is extracted. -The coronation of the Czar will take place in April next. -Seven thousand 31orwomen are di vided among 3,000 Mormen. -Balsam tuiu, combined with craoA sote, are new German remedies for con sumption. -The French Government encourages smoking by its prisomers, and, it is said, the profits are great. -The leaves from the trees in the Paris boulevards and gardens are dried and used for stuing mattresses. -All the Whit Mountain hotels are closed, after what b2 a prosperous season. -A memorial window to Lord Bea consfield has been dedicated in Hukhen den Church. -On Hospital Saturday nearly 1,000 ladies sat in the London streets in charge of the collecting boxes. --The President of the French Re-; public receives a salary of $200,000.per 4 annum. -There is land enough in Texas to give four acres to every man, woman, and child in the United States. -Pensylvania is said to supply nearly one-half the eggs that New York cats. -A leading Chicago builder calculates that 2,000,000 brick are being laid every day in Chicago. -Large deposits of gold have been found in the bed of the Little River, Blount County, Tenn. -Four barrels of water of the Great Salt Lake will leave, after evaporation, nearly a barrel of salt. -The annual production in the* United States for several years past has been about 7,000,000,000 pins. -The total area planted with tobacco in the United States is 638,841 acres, producing 472,661,159 pounds. -Six valuable marble quarries are now giving employment to many hands in Hawkins County, Tenn. -A new street raIway company in Chicago will charge only three cents for fare and expects to make money at that. -The Crown Prince of- Prussia has reached his fiftieth year. His birthday was celebrated with much splend'or. -The well-known popular tree plan ed by Marie Antoinette in the garden of the Petit Trianon at Versailles has been, blown dowi. -Japan has enacted-a code-of crmi nal procedure and a pe on the Code Napoleon French jurist. -Senator Davis keeps4 of the finestin I1inois. - Mrs. Brney Wiliams the actress. lost g10;00ff~ Vorth of property-cos tumes, manuscript, etc-in the Ite storage-house fire in New York -In 1659 Nantucket Island was deed ed by Thomas Mayhew to ten purchas ers, for thirty pounds and two beaver hats. -Arkansas has more coal than Great Britain. At least three other States in the Union have-Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois. -Senator David Davis is the most ex tensive land owner in Central Ilhinois, his wealth being set down at $2,000,000. His yearly taxes amount to $27,000. - Somebody estimates that the recent' heavy frosts "did $1,000,000 worth of damage in the territory within ten miles of Boston. -The completion of the canal around Mussel Shoalb,which will happen withmn two years, ' will render the Tennessee navigable from Paducah to Knoxville, a ~distance of 500 miles. -A London journal records that the annual poisoning of children by the eat ing of toadstools has begun, and that Snow there are cases of their dying from I the use of homemade wine. > -Four hundred Hungarian fanilies, 1 with a capital of some $-400 each, have Snotified the American Vice Consul at 1Pesth of their desire to find homes in this country. -Of 106 ministers of the Northern4 Presbyterian Church who died last year 2 were over 90 years old, 19 were be Stween 80 and 90, 35 were between 70 eand 80 and 50 were under 70. b -The King of Bavaria has made Mr. d Lothar von Faber, proprietor of the fa mous pencil factory of "A. W. Faber," eat Stein, near Nuremnberg, a hereditary baronet. --The first American fhg usedby citi dzeus of California is still in existence, ie The people made it themselves, and had mn to buy a seaman's shirt in order to get d- the blue. -. -The revision of the war treasure of the German empire will shortly be made. This treasure, which is said to amount dto 120.000,000 marks in-gold coin, is de s, posit. al in the ulius Tower at Spandam. --Records show that in 13 Septembers 0- in the pqst3Ly.ears ao rain fell in San as Francisco. The rain in the remaning hg '(7njra ranged from 02. of an ce inch tQ-1. inches Stnscomplet Store a.st c.of.. [a the smallest dletailsan equipmets t three yer ore 3,000 sick for e ed in timnest, pee stores are liutouch --=Prsien Bai'. rveo - Jittle hillock overlokn's gh irver, y foiuteen miles froz nheOio rve miar-ked only by a pli sonn lai, id' mrn view by weeds and oer neany id -Mde than 3000 woten rebbloy. in the rala ofieoens ely receive a salary of $1 o $3stra.Te The majority of theae the w0 amont Wives or dafighte~ of aec ohe wio male emuployes on h dirnt oadtiv . -A brakeman who los hire rods. hng cars on the ro Mosths2 brought suit for sron 000 ai road,has that the Cars were of 'o hegon >eecn given e ic fthe fact had -Christine Nilssoni tor- i~ 0 >r each of her One hundrecoeieS1,000 ns counny next dsoncrsi ~enry B. A bhey I).on ilanager a1velng and ho0tel exo pay all her vm2 n:-hal of eilenss,.besides 1000. Oze,-ireceipt.* after ed Si)p~ to be the Outcome :e w ers ags viitto the Italian :e tof asaimoniaid to be the pros Prices atric an1 ne between ienoa,the only brotho Quenma, duk -ite of Italy. e fQenMr