The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, January 04, 1883, Image 4
AUaraDanner.
A typical Kentucky scene was tIle annu
al bird dinner of the Sportsmen's Olub at
Eminence, Kentucky, on the 28d of Nov
ember. It is only once in a life time that
one gets to see ju't Euch an assembly of
Kentuckians enjoying themselves after
just such a Kentucky fashion. The best
element in the State, the ablest politicialus,
the best speakers, the cleverest anecdote
tellers in this or any other state were all
there, and they spent the time after the
manner of the olt days. The spot selected
for the dinner looked like a picture fron a
novel. It was about a mile back of Eimi
nence, in a shady little hollow, with groat
oak and walnut trees looking away like
setinels over the undulating field and
meadow, dotted with herds of ine cattle
and horses. Beneath one of the sentinel
oaks a dozen stmling, chattering blacks
had built an Immense fire, and healthy
were the odors that came from a certain
black cauldron of "burg3o" that boiled
and bubbled over this fire. A flue spring
of water spaikleil away through the grass
and its little stream wound its way around
among the trees. From about the fire
there came up the sound of laughter and
wild negro melody, and as each buggy
drove up the occupants were greeted with
bashful bowing and scraping by the youn
ger darkies and respectful bows by the
older onep,
The day could not have been fluer, the
sun never shone warmer, the air never felt
balmier; it was a Miy day In November,
with nothing to remind one of winter save
the changing leaves and here end tnere a
withered patch of blue grass. The crowd
was a lp.jge and a remarkably characteris
tie one. it Is doubtful if just such a
crowd as gathered about under these old
trees could -havo been collected in any
other State in the Union. Four fifths of
those present were six feet and over, and
their free and easy manners would para
lyze a more fastidious people thanu Kentuc
kians. But the most characteristic thing
on the ground is that long, broad table
with glasses spread along it here or there
in the most recklees contusion, and these
tall, overshadowing bottlos filled with 20
year old Bourbon-fit urink for a king.
Presently you will see these tall, strong
fellows clinking these glasses and draniin.
without visible eftect a buir per that would
send to grass the sturdiest, old Saxon that
ever kicked lils heels under Alfred's round
table.
Do you ace that big, muscular fellow
there leaning against this table with tWe
crowd aound him, slapping him oin the
back and lamillarly callung him "Juni?"
Well, that's'no less a personage than James
B. Beck; but, he is oil' for a frolic and a
good thne In the healthy air, and you will
presently see when any fun is started that
he enjoys it just as hugely as any one on
the ground. And you may notice that
dashing looking gentleman with lia broad
brihnied lint turned ill) on One side like a
Spanish bull fighteri and his iustachios
twirled out. to ia most prodigious length.
In spite of his fierce air he'is the hero of
the hour and no toast is drank that "Joe"
1must not, cone in for his shar. 'This gen
ial Joe makes speelies Rometimes that are
marvels of eloquence amid inspiration, and
then lie is mentioned in the iapers as the
11lo). J. 0. F. Wackburn. J ust how lie is
laughing till his face is red and bursting
with good humor. And that florid, portly
Ken tuckian, with the stuuble gray mous
tache and his hlt cocked knowingly over
his left eye, which has a comical look,
ningled with such shirewdncas as t4lls the
poorest readler of character thait he is a
born wit. When Jo. Blackburn his
slightly recovered hitusell you will hear
him allude to this gentleman of the Ilorid
face andl stubbly mnoustaiche as "Proek"'
but if you are a close observer you wdil
not needl to be told that the famouo~s author
of the Duluth speech and the Il'ennsylva
nia avenue speech st ands before you. i ou
had better Lake a good look at l'roetor
Knuott this thnie, for lie is generally so lbe
slegedl wsith crowvds that, 3011 can't conic
within ten yards of huon. That pallefaicedl
man looking about himi whm the eve ol a
p~hilosophler is the clearest, headed ian in
K5etucky-thait's lFayette llewitt, trie Au
ttitor. Dick Jones is over there to 0one
side,~ as gentlemanly, as urbane, a-s digm.i
fled as on11'li e can he, Thant partly iiani
wvithi the nose hnt shows lie will fIght if
necesairy is Col. J1. Btoddamrd Johnston,
and that neat, little fIgure by his side., tri
ano erct, is the4 Register of the Landl
Office, Ralph Sheldon. W at. I Izrin, thme
Attorney Geenra, is standing (IY there
with Jimn Morris, types of two difll'reiit
kinds of intellcct. You iiust not be siur
priset to be initroducetl to these gent lenien
by their Chrtistiian names. You won't flnd
a man in thii cotunty3 who would call sen
ator Beck anything t.t "J n" or' Capt ima
Blackburn anything but "'Joe.'' lie doni't
care a straw that, Beck is a Senator with a
national reputa' ion. lI ia the proud pos
aessor of a blue p iass farm which lie ia y
be able to show you if' S ou go to theC tolp of
the hill, and to which lie wi certainly in..
vite you if you go) (towni to thle table below
there and drink wvithi lhim. lie likes " 'Jim"'
Ilcck andi lie lhkes "J ue,"' mueed, the
sturdhy mien like everybody who dhon't iruin
counter to thir pre-jutdices.
But doubt less you have hieard eniough of
all this and wmat, to go dovner and mminigle
with tihe crowid, while thle plertume ol
fried birds anud oysters andi coflec, andl the
*chant of the negi oes coining tup from the
hollow thero beyond.
The savoiry smiell that was wim'ted fioma
the hollosv wshere the ejauldnm,, hibu~ 1t on~I
bubbledl at the foot of the old oak tr-ee
grew stroiiger andi stronger ais the' suni api
proached nearer tihe mernb an P resenitly
there was a bustle a little below where lhei
* - cooking was going on, a long table was
fixed up, coveredl wIth a d(liniig white
cloth, anud in a very short space of time
was groamnlg under thme weight or goMd
things that were puit, on it. Birds of all
and oysters fied and oysters stewed; ten
siesam and elicial tylbe; greate rund
ofbread-veythm was on that big style
which is so esrentiahly Kentuicklan. Col.
Barbour's eyes fairly shone as lie saw so
many birds and thoutghit, how in days gone
by lie hiad trod hili and dlal, gun on shonl
der, Iunting them. TIhere was a keen
app~etito in the biucoy air, an invItIng look
- in the heaps ot snugly cooked browvn birds
in the game, ini the bread, in the cleanhi
ness, and above all, in the jolly hieartedl
crowvd. But all thming.s must haive an (ndl,
andl there dId at last come a time when
those around the board could ent, no more.
- PFrom this tuiie on till three o'clock the
fun went on merrily, and ai jollier, happier
merrier crowd could iiot be found in the
longest walk in tihe longest (lay In the
year.
Then the crowd slowly dispersed, some
going on east bound tin n and some1 o-n
wot, bound traums. They all iuitedI, how
ever, in saying that, a pleasanter or haippier
day they hind never spenlt.
Lrs''s uips and dowvns: Uncle Nod
lost a dollar the other day and when lhe
went home lie called up is eldest son.
"Como hieah, boy, and set down. Dis
anm a queer worl', any way, boy; jis' w 'en
yo' think yo' am layin' on feathers an'
walkin' on rosos--slap I an' dar ye' is,
flat in de mud, playin' a tattoo wid yo
hanols on nex to nufmiut'.
A Igauio ttertr
Far away in the South Pac,fio oceari
stretching from the coast of Asia for
thousands of miles to the east, there ex
teads a vast serles of archipelagoes and
Island groups, partly, without doubt, the
remains of a former continent now sub
merged beneath the waves.
In the far east, forintog. as it werei the
outpost of the South Sea group, is a soli.
tary volcanic tslapd called Easter island.
It is 1,800 miles east of Pitcairn, the next
Island in the series, and, with tile ex
ception of Sat. a y Gontez, a small rock
without inhabitants or vegetation, there
is no lana bet wecn it and Solth America,
which lies more than 2,000 iils to the
east. Easter Island is only eleven miles
long by four broad; yet in thi simiall
space is crowded perhaps the most won.
derful and mysterious collection of ae
mains of a pre-historic people -to be found
on the earth. At the southwest end are
nearly a hutdred houses, built of stone,
with walls five feet in thickness. The
manide ot the walls is lined with upright
slabs of stone, painted in black, white and
redi, with figures of animals and birds,
and with other designs The houses are
roofed an with overlapping slabs of stone.
In some of the houses numbers of uilvalve
shells have been found. .Near these won
derful ruins the rocks are carved into
fantastic shapes or faces, most of the
sculptures being now almost overgrown
with bush and underwood. The present
inhabitants know nothing whatever of
these houses, which, existing as they do
in such large nutbers, seem to point in
ovitably to a former race of natives of lita
higher civilization.
We can understand that a former race
may have erected tihe houses Paid carved
the sculptures mentioned above. wonde fiul
as they are compared with the huts of the
existing natives. W hut follows is, however,
more difficult or explanatiou. On nearly
every promontory are erected huge stone
platforms, facing the ci, and presenting
a front sometimes of nearly three hundred
feet long and from twenty to thirty feet
high. The stones composing these plat
forms are often six feet long, and are fItted
together with ceinent. 'Ihe top of the
platform is generally about thirty feet
broad ; and the Structures being built on
sloping ground, the wall facing the interior
of the island Is only about a yard high.
Another terraco, one hundred feet broad,
is levelled laudwards, and ends also in at
wah of stone. On these iimense platforis
are great pedestals of stone, on which once
stood gigantic statuos, which, honever,
are nowe all thrown down and partially
mutilated, with the exception of those on
the plaitforn near the crater of Otouli,
which are still erect. Some of theso ii
ages were thirty-seven feet high, but the
averago height was about sixteen or
seventeen feet, other statues being much
smaller. The heads of these sculptured
images are flat, and were formerly cap)l)ei
by crowis of red tufa, a Stone that is
found only at a crater called Terano flau,
near which have been foundi a number oi
crowns ready for removal to the statues.
The faces are square and are said to be of
a disdainful expression, the lips thin, and
the eye sockets remarkably dee), perhaps
to auimit of the insertion of eye-balls of
obsidian, whic' is also found on the
i3land.
Captain Cook, who during his second
voyage visited Elaster island, remarks that
the Shade of one of these statues was
tuflicient to shelter all his party-nearly
thirty persons. lie believed them to be
burying places for certain tribes or famihaeet
Hnt whatever may have been the original
initenition or the sculptors, the presti
na tves hana have had nothing to dio wvuhl
the e!xecutioni of these wvondetrfuil mon1u1
nientas. They possess, however, small
wooden cairvedl figures, but totally differ
ent ini features from the stone inmaies.
We arc forced to the coniclnsin that the
houses, pliat forms and statues arc all relics
of a remote alge. 'The natives have a tra
dation that they foi mnerly inugratett to their
preseiit, ab'ode I rm one of the islandls ini
the Lowv Archlipe'lago; b~ut this throws
litile haght ton the subiject. llow, in any
aige, couid a peole(, I uraisehet oiily with a
siti nechisel-lor i'olynesians are aI ill ini
lim stone opohhauve. earyed. suc at i
by huandrds andi~ built such enormious
ptlatforms Amid tie dhalculty is im
inensely increased by3 the smiall size and
cotmlete ischait ion of tihe island. At
present Easter Islandi remains tihe greatest
aiyst(ery of the Pacill--one of the great
mysteries of thle woril.
Th'le ruims oif Ponaipe, however, are
scarcely imore eaisily' exlained thant those
we hiave been describiing. Poinaipe is one
of the Caroline .isilandsl, and is about four
teen nimles long by twelve in width. On
t-ho bana of a creek im the Metalamien
harbor standits a massive wall three hunidred
feet in length and about thirty-tlve feet
high. It is built of basalt, the stonies
being in somei causes t wenty-five feet long,
On passing through a gateway ini this wall
a cou~rt, enielosedi by walls thiirty feet high,
is reiachied. Th'ii court is now almost
hidtten~i ini parts by ituxurinant vegetation ;
buit on inivestigation a terrace eight feet
high and twelvo broad is found to run
ranna i the ineide of the encelosing wallh.
I/Iw walls runing noath and south divide
the courit into three paits, in the centre of
each of' which is a closedl chambaier roof'ed
over withi basaltic colunms.
The labor of building there structures
mnet, have been enormious, for there are no0
basatic rocks within ten amIes, with an
a iantervn ing cout'ry thIck ly woodedl anIl
precipitous. Such an exhibit is evidlently
teat ii ely out, of the power of the present
savaige inhablitanits. TIhc theory that the
buildings were the w~o'k of 'ipaniish butcca
neer's is also unteniable. Theii past history
of the South Seats is veiled in deep ob
eurity. Could we but gain an mnaight
imto the remote past of this quatrter ot tl'e
globbe, perhaps a picture could he rerealedl
by) lihe sidec of wich the tales ot Monte
zluima and the Incas of Pern wouli sink
into lnsigaiihhcaance.
' ikrow in Omn,.
Tlheret is a grocer in a certain asmatll towo
in this State who hiss always been called
tihe stinugiest man in MIchIgan, and~ many
utories are afloat about his tbreakag crack
ers in t wo and taking out piiches of flour
to make exar-t weight. It, seems, however,
that lie hias been harshly inudged. A few
(lays ago lie a.ad a lot o~f cranberries dis
played att the door, andt a ladly pt(icatrian
halted andt asked:
"Are those fresh C'
"hlow much a quart ?"
"T'wenty cenits, miadam.''
''Thuat's tea cemnts -for a pint11, five cenuts
for a gull, two and a half fo.' halif a gill,
one andi three-"'
'Do you wanmt a quart ?'
"'Oh, no. I was reading thait corns
couldi be cieed by hinihnmg on a split cran
berry. I have two corns and 0ono bery
wOuIld answer for both. i'll give you a
cent, for a sIgle berry."
"Very well--take at along. 110o(d 0111
Let's see--let's see- yes, I cani (10 it. I'll
throw In an extra berry, madam, and (10
both1 up in a parcel. I am hound to please
my cusomnrs it I dlon't matke a cent."
--A mass by the Pope costs $200land
sometimes more,
A NUMBRi of the leading farmers of Ly.
cowing county, Pa,, are lookltug toward
the org4nization (f a company having for
its ooject the improvement of tarin live
stock. Thie is a very wise step, anid we
hope to hear of the successful organization
of the company. A company of farmers
with this Object in view, properly organ
zed and wisely directed, cannot fall to
prove dirt ctly remunerative, vot only to
the siock-holders, but to every live-stock
owner In the corAmunity ia which it con
ducts its operations. Individual effort Is
not equal to the task of making the uug
versal Improvement In - our farm stock
which the best Interests of the farmers do
mand, but theio is scarcely a township,
certainly not a county in the country in
which there could not be formed a com
bination of enterprise and capital, drawn
entirely from the farmers, with strengkih
to accomplish speedily this much to be
dosired end, To be able to chronicle the
advent of such an organization In every
county in the land, would be to chronilee
a long step in the real advancement of
agricultural interests.
UAnDENINO.-A thoughtful writer re
commnduls to every man, especially in the
autumn of his life, to take to srardening, if
he has not already experienced its pleas
ures. Of all oecupations in the world it
is the one which best combines repoze ant
acavlty. It is not idleness, it Is not stag
nation, and yet it Is perfect quietudo. Like
all things mortal it has its failures and its
disappointments, and there are some
things hard to understand, But It is never
without its rowards, and perhaps if there
were nothing but successful ct.ltivation,
the aggregate enjoyment would be less.
It is better for the occasional shadows that
come ovor the scene. The discipline, too,
is most salutary. It trios our patience
and it triks our faith.
Loss BY SHEEP TiK.-It Is rare to find
a flock of sheep that is not annoyed by
these pests; and the sheep are constantly
nibbling in their lleeces to allay the irrita
tion caused by them, Yet, sheep-owners
(to not seem to realize their losses. .Lambs
have been known to be so pestered with
ticks after the sheep have been sheared
and the ticks, deprived of shelter,have left
them, and gathered upon the lambs, that
have have died in consequence. And yet
there Is an effective remedy, viz: Dipping
the lambs early in the season,or both lambs
and sheep later. 'lio most effectivo dip is
an infusion of tobacco and sulphur.
A CoNNICOTrouT farmer, having worked
his horses for throo years without Ehoes,
declares in favor of leaving them off. Ile
says they work better, are more sure-loot
ed, arnd far less liable to lameness than
shed, and ho is well satisfied that for ordi
nary work his horses' eet as nature made
them are all-suflicient. The roads where
he lives are rough hilly and stony, but the
solo becoies so hard and callous as to be
non-sensitivO to small stones, and the an1t
mals Pre thus fur less liable to stumble. To
prevent the hoots froi chipping the toas
should be kept slightly rounded by a
coarse file.
THERE is more money to be made by
breeding and maturing finely-bred horses
for use than in training and racing them.
We mean from the farmer's standpoint,
lie must be alive to the progress of breed
ing, and prFocure the blood that tells, but
It Is not. necessary that lie should make it
tell. When he inspires :oinfldenice in his
stud,and can sell green youngsters at $200
or $500, he is on tie high road to wealth;
hst when he unidertakeus to win) races hie
goes in the other diretioni. The race
trackc is in the hands of sportinig mn ntow
iadaiys, and they laugh at comnpetition,even
irom blu te-grass farmiers.
Kase &rooK OFF THE~ IEig,DB iN WETr
WEATnER. - Pasturing ground in wet
weather mankes it solid andi cloddy and in
poor condition to furniish nutriment to
plants and to suistain their life. It takes
very little '.ramping or muddy ground to
miake clods and mnuch labor to pl~nvvxize
these same clods anti get the ground into
sitable ordter again Buit the evil in not
to be0 measure .1 by exp~endliture of labor
alone--the loss of fertility to the soli Shiouli
be' taken into account; for it is niot thei
amiotunt in air available form. We can
make our farmis less 1cr-tile by allowing the
stock to tramrp thicm when muddtv.
P'OTAss' is a fertilizing element whose
restor-ation to the soil Is Iindispensabihle, and1
it is carried off by crops in coinsiderable
proportions. The restitution becomes t lie
inore imperative when plants of tne legni
mninous family, such as clover, disappear,
to be replaced by moss. Unwashed wood
asbe~e, coiital .mng six to eight per cent. of
potash, and three to four phlosphoric acid,
often produico marvellous effects; the mnos
disappears, and the clover andl similar
plauts take its place.
.1w you want to iransformi a wildl heifer
mnto a wvell b~ehaved and well trained cow,
you muist be patient and exhibit no tempher.
Never stiike her ; she mnuist', first of all,
gct vcquiaintedi with you and learn that
yott will nor hurt hecr. Shle mus~t lean
not to feai 3 oii. If, in winter, it is
best to milk in the stable, make a~
tIn tues anmd as few alarming mioti
possibile ;handle her vci-y genily.
Giva rich foods like clover, oats, be. ...
peas aind liinsecd cake. Tihe stomach qi
a horse is small and should be replenished
oftetn. llegularity is an important point.
ligestioun iil be heclped andl thme general
health imiproved by' giving a few cuti
swedes diiy.
EXPRRIimNuED fenoce-huilders and others
who use woodi in the rough for posts, ties,
etc., ute in the opinion that timber cut
in summer, while the hark wvill yet pe0e1
fircely, is niuch more durable tihan thant
relied dutrinig winter. There is less of so
bible sal) in the trunk andt liinb~s to absorb '
moisture, ferment, ane induco dlecay.
IN raising hogs, no matter what the
breed, It is always beat, to keep a record ci
thme timne at which each sow is bred, in or
dfer that suitable prov-ision may be nmade
for her andl the pigs. rh Th priott of gres
tation in swine is 112 dlays, with but lit
tIe variation.
* KA NSAS holds1 its i epuitatin for large ro
turns to the toiler, with tite extraordinary
average yield of 19.5. Thie counitmy niorth
of the Ohio river, mn the great wheat
bolt., averages nearly 16 bushels. Ken.
tucky andiu Aissouri promnise about 14 butIh
e, and Caifiornia 13 bushels.
'fT corn Crop emf TIOXas this year is es
timated at 140.000,000 bushels. The
valuie of the agricultural productts of that
State is $94,071,98.
Oixi hiundredi andh fifty to 400 bushels
of strawberr!es may be raised from one0
acre of land,
COMisoN salt Is a special manure for
asparagus beds when used with rIch barn
yiar~h compost.
Tuta best of the Jerseys are being
umnouht to this contr...
PLICASANT REiMEDY FOR TOOTHAeHE.
Dr. T. 0. Osborn, in the Medical Brief,
itates that his cook came to him with
%swollen cheek, asking for something
to relove the toothache with which she
had been suf-eriug ll might. 'He was
:U the polit of asl iding her to a dentist
when it oecurred to him that there was
in the house a vial of compound tiic.
Lure of beizoin. "After cleaning the
locayed tooth," he says, "I saturated a
pledget of cotton lint with the tincture,
And packed It well into the cavity, hop
ing this would suffloo for the time, and
told her to como back in two or three
hours if she was not relieved, I was
turning away, when she said it might 4
uot be nocessary, perhaps, as tho pain I
was already gone. Supposing hoi- faith 1
had a largo share in the relief, I would I
aot allow myself to think that the med- I
3ino had anything to do with the ouro I
any more than so much hot water would I
have had. But when I arrived at my 4
Aflico two other patients were awaiting
me with the same affliotion, and I do. I
ornined, by way of experiment, to use I
tho same remedy. To my agreeable
surprise, both patience declared them
solves inimetiately relieved, and bogged
a vial of the tincture for future use.
During the winter a number of similar
mases applied, and were instautly re
lieved, with the same treatmont, all ex
pressing much satisfaction with the
remedy. In Decomber I told my drug
gist of the discovery, and recomnonded
him to sell it to any person applying for
'toothache drops,' This, ho rop'orts, lie
has done, and that every one scoms d
lighted with the medicine." The reader
should remember that benzoin is a re
5inous substance obtained from the
Stfyrax bcnzoin, a tree of the Epst In
hois, having a fragrant odor and an
aromatic taste. It should not be con
'ounded witi bonzolo, benzine or any
prcparation from petroleum. -
WoOhRN IN WINTEP.-SO far an it is
possiblo it is a good plan to discard all
woolen table spreads, and lanibrequins
!rom the sleeping rooms, particularly t
In winter; they catch the dust, and re
tami it and cause a great deal of useless
labor besidos being decidedly unwhole
iome. With the many boautiful fabrics
ow to be obtained, in linen and cotton$
Lhero is no need of a room having a
,hilly and choorless look, if this sugges
ion of using cotton or linen for woolen
is carried out. Very pretty table covers
iro mado of drab linen or cream colored;
Dhey may be ornamiented by etchings in
Wo corners, or may have a border all
bhe way round, or protty designs are
worked in scarlot, in outlino stitch,
which will brighton the cover sufilciently.
lho mantel lambrequins should match,
mid the small amount of care required
to keop them froo from dust will be
appreciated by the occupant of the room,
particularly if she does her own work.
A Bm which iS not ai constant use
should never be kept "madoe up."
When a guest is expected the roon
should be thoroughly aircd and warmed,
mnd the bed made up with freshly aired
Jight cotton or woolen bedding and an
3xtra blanket left within easy reach.
'ho bed shoutd be placed so that the
ornng light will not shino directly
into one's face upon awakening, or if
bhat in impossible, the wiaidow opposite
bhe bed should be closely curtained.
Everything necessary for a careful toilet
should be provided, especially a bath
Lub and plenty of coarse towels. A
soft fur or wool rug upon which tot
standi while diressing, and one or two
easy chairs arc comforts wich will be
appreciatedt
A NEw Dvin.--Tho younfg growth of
the poplar tree yields a dye which may
be extracted tas follows: 'The young1
Lwigs andl branches arc bruised andh
boiled f or twenty minutes witd a solu1
Lion of alum, 10 pounds of wood requir- I
tug 1 poundt of aliin, in 3 gallons of
wvater. The solution is Itered hot and
allowett to cool, and. after standing some
Lnne, is again illtoied from a resinous
leposit. On exposure to air and light
~t develops a rich good color, and may
Lie used directly for dlyoemg oianige amal
yellow shados upon all classies of goods.
LEMON PRsRYB.-Put into a sauoc- I
vanu one pound of sugar, quarter pound l
f butter, six eggs, leaving out the I
whites of two, and the juice nun grated(
cmnda of three lomons. Lot theso boil
until they beomo as thick as hoiiov, r
stirring all the while. Pour the muif- 1
~uro into small jars and tie paper wet in
ho white of an egg over thein, and keep
ni a dry, cool piace.
SATIN can be reovated in tho sarne
vay that velvet often is--that is, by la
akiig a het iron, placimg a hot iron
>Yer it, and holdmng the satin in the
toam, the wrong side nearer the heat.v
)f ceotuse, when the satin is worn oil a
his does no good, bnt when it is cruish-- 1
ad or wrinkled the effect i.- surprisingly c
soud.
A sWoS dish, which will bo no0w to C
any cooks, in made by slicing very
'in some onions and green tomatoes,
bout equal proportions, and frying ~
'n together julst as you fry onions 5
...i. Salt themi well, and if there Is
mny daniger of their being greasy, drain
>efore servymg.
FCnNou1 CAiUE.-Four eggs, two cup- g
uils sugar, a half cupful bultter, a cup- IJ
uul milk, threeC large cupfuls 11lour in a
vhich is sifted two tOalspoonfulls of a
ream tart.ar and a teaspoonful of soda; p
Add lemon. l
Uoims.- Two cupfuls sugar, a cup.
ul butter or nice drippings, two eggs,t
Scupful sour milk, a teaspoonful soda-;
lavor with cinnamon, nutmeg and a
ow caraway seeds, ilour to roll; bake ~
a a quick oven, but do not scorohL
hem,.
ARNE JhrE,-lloat two yolks of ji
ggs in half a pinlt of milk, ont one and
half slices of stale bread, pour'over si
he slices the mixture, and let them n
tep one hour; fry in butter a light tl
>rown. Eat with jolly or lemon froth ti
ance. s,
CATJIDNmA CJEAM. --Two ounes of
asphlorry jam., two onnces of red our
ant jam, sifted lear sugar, the whitos C
.f two eggs. P'ut all into a bowi, and ~
>eat with a spoo2 for three quarters of ~
4n hour'. 'This is a mixture that is '
av'eh used in Scotland as a delicacy. r
I
A Tnrrrnn saleratus rubbed on with *
lie finger or' a bit of lineni, will remnovo a
.taiis from (cups) and other' articles of j
abhowar'o. It will also remove spots y
rem miarbleize1 oilolothus, and many
taims from tinware,t
TEA CAKE-Ono egg; one cupful I
aoh of sugar and sour milk, a ha'lf cup- I
ul shortening, a teaspoonfuil 8oda11u il
wo cupfuls flour. Use dark spico anad '
ad a half-cupful raisins.:f
A wxIaT of mustart 50eed puit in a bar-5
cl of cider will preserve it sweet for t
over'al months. I
The Double Iesele.
A dreadful night-0, a dreadfti night I"
iuuriured the young wife with -a shudder,
is screening the paue with her band from
be bright firehght she attempted, but in
rain, to penetrate the storm and darkness
without.' "God grant he may dear," and
with this heartfelt petition she turned from
he window, seated herself and took up
ier knitting.
Cheerful, homelike was the aspect of
hat humble apartment. Near the fire,
Nhose brisk blaze filled the room. with a
'uddy glow, sang the waiting tea-kettle;
vhile a aeatly spread supper table oc
ipled the centre of the floor,
Slowly and distinctly the tall clock at
he back part of the room told the- hour
)f e&igt. The young woman put aside
,er task, and once more went to the
vmdow. The tempest had not in the
east abated, but raged with the fury of a
housand uncaged lions, and seemeu still
nereasing, Fearfull indeed was that eve
ilug's elemental waafare over that bleak
dananilan plain I
'Yet he comes not-my husband.Merci
ul heaven befriend me I" Tears gathered
a the eyes of the gentle, devoted wife.
'hen -iWpe repeated her whisperings, and
n imagination the wife behold the sturdy
orm of her beloved nobly breasting the
storm, and step by step nearing his home
n safety. Already she seeimed pouring
or him the fragrant, steaming beverage,
vid listened to his expressions of thankful
ies9 for surrounding blessings. About
ion1 of that (lay he had left home on foot
utending to transact business lin a village
Ive miles distant and return at nightfall.
At that time no signs of an immediate
i!orm were apparent, but as the day drew
iear its close the clouds began to gather
hick and heavy, and the snow to fall In
1)uge, feathery flakes. Faster and faster
t descended, till all the air seemed filled
)y one mighty avalanche. Three hours
iad passed, and the storm-god in all his
errible fury was yet abroad.
A' length calmness could be maintalued
5y the waiting wife no longer. ilope and
rust had tied within her bosom.
Vainly did she endeavor to persuade
herself into the belief thtt the fierceness of
he storm had prevented her husband from
caving the village- she would not be do -
>eivod. He would never- voluntarily
ibandon her thus to loneliness and awful
incertainty. 1No, the assurance was all too
undoubted, that the cold and the tempest
tad overpowered hhu on his way, and he
kad sunk amid the drifting snows to pei
sh.
Suddenly she paused, while every fea
uro speaks desperate resolve. See, sho
mrriedly envelopes herself in cloak and
iood, and now with firm steps moves to
va.d the door. Upon what Is she deter
nined? 6urely she will not expose that
rail form to the strife that rages without I
But yes; she lifts the latch, a'id uncloses
he door. On the instant a furious blast
irove a portion of the snow, which had
ceumulated against the panels, to the op
>osite side of the room, Unable to com
iete with its rape,the agonized wife shrank
ack, and applying her whole strength to
he door forced it again to its place, be
ween herself and the rough element with
ilt.
She waited but a mo.ent, however, the
iext she had rushed forth, closed the door
ehintd her,and was piiinging wildly down
he siow-fil led path
' he storm was over, the clonda were
leginning to break, and let down the rays
f tue inoon, whose broad disk had just
ien above the huorizo~n. But while the
now had ceased to fall, the cold had
rown more intense, and the wrath of the
vmnd was noluhing spent..
Onward toiled the solhtary female
tirough the blinding, suffocating snow,
rhichm was constantly Deing hurled against
ier; and ever and anion a blast, fiercer
han thme others, compelled her to halt for
,moment aud bury her lace in the folds
f her cloak.
It was a dreary waste over which she
Lad to pass; no cottage window sent forth
cheering gleam; only a snow-covered
lain andi barren trees in the distance
oukt be seen.
And now, when iicarly a milu lay bc
woutn 'cI unu nome, tne wife felt herself
xhaustcd and benuimbed by cold to a de
ree that she could proceed no further.
Lhe sharip winds piercedt her garments as
f they hiad beeni but a role of mnuushn, and
mut to the torture every fibre of her frame.
Ier limbs refusedi longer to obey her wi,
icr breath was gone, her very heart's
>hood seemed turned to ice She tottered
nd fell, and the same blast that bore her
own wrapped her in a shroud of snow.
Bpt exerling herself to thme utmost, she
080 to he r feet again, for her last glance
ad rested on a dark object a short dlistanice
n advance, and the possibility of it being
im she thought nerved her to make one
nore effect. Fixing her eyes upon the ob
ect whlichi had attracted her attentioni,shec
truggledi for ward, amid reached 11. just as
ier remlnanit of strength was expended.
it was rndeed her husband 1 H~e had
3intended wiih the elenuents,untml chilled,
wearued, and1( almost breathless, he had
uunk downi ini the path in order to recover
iimselt for a further effort. li'o thought
f perishming ha~d passe d the strong man's
aindi; but nou sooner (did mauscular action
ease than the lethargy wvhich, but for
!miely breaking, wouldi have ended in
ot,th, was upon him. All sense of suffer
g fled, gay colors floated before his sight.,
nud the soundl of the engry blast seemed
wveetest inusic.
llow long lie hiad remained thus he
new not, wheii suddeinly the voice of his
life exclaimed, ''Thank God, we (lie to
ether I " sounded faintly in his ears; and
ito same instani lhe felt her proistrate form
ud encircling( arms. Thlese quickly
roused thlem to a sense warmedt the cor.
ealing life currnt, and sent it, lighuininni
ke through its chaniiels.
'rho knowledge of the danger--the cr
uin death-to which his idolized con
anion was exposed, and from which lbe
lone could save her, at once rahedi himself
bove the power of fatigue and cold.
tarting to huis feet, he folded her insensi.
Ie form to Is bosom and bore at towar d
ier home, as if she had been tihe inerest
aiat.
TIhie blast to him was but a Zephyr. the
xowdrifts but unresistuing air, le pamed'(
ot until the cottage was reached, whe're
to wife was presently restored to anima
on, and~ bothm to hafppiness. Each had(
uved the other fromi a feariul death.
T'he celebri tid Gobelin Factory was
rigmnally intended fir dyeing, and Giles
udi John GJobehn, the most noted dyera of
mat time, were its founders. These two
sen appear to have become famous by
:ason of their having introduced into
'arus a ecoebrated scarlet. 'Their work
hops) were estaiblishedl on the banks oif a
malt stream called thu3 LBievre, near to
'aris. Like miany enterprises regardled b~y
bie people of that time as eccentric, thcse
rorkshops received a nickname, and under
lie appellation of the "Globelin Folly"
hey continued till 1667, whoa the whole
'roperty and~ plant were purchased by the
ting at the suggestion of Colbert, The
rorks were then converted into a royal
actory for ail kinds of artistic articles of
amnimg, such as sculpture. designing and
spestry weaving. The era of the Gobehn
upostries then besan, and they rapidly ac
uired deserved celebrhty
The.imnble. Wed of te Fralres.
A staetling story is told by the vera
cious Western inan of a party of Eng.
L.sh tourists who were out on the plains
on a shooting excursion). They had
been out the greator part of the day
without meeting withi any game, and
were repeating for the hundredth time
that their luck was "beastly," when one
of them noticed a large animal some
distance away, which was approaching
them in a leisurely but apparently in.
quisitive manner, for it paused ocans
ionally as if to study them. The Eng
lishman pointeot the animal out to his
companions, and they agreed among
themselves that it must be a bison,
though its movements were difforent
from thoft of any four-legged creature
they had over seen before. However,
the'y did not make much of that faot, as
a breeze that had sprung up had raist d
considerable dust and mado it imp)ssi
ble t,) see very clearly.
It was so evident that the bison-if
such it were-was attracted by curiosity,
that one of the hunters determined to
beguilo it by a device he had heard
spoken of as very successful 'with the
antelope. Accordigly he lay upon his
back and hIiolted bin heels in the air,
whije the crack shot of the party pre
par(d to shot when the proper time
came. The creature was so far away
and approached so slowly that the do
coy grew tired and haid to be relieved.
It was so evident that they were draw
ing the creature toward them, however,
that each in turn cheerfully and oven
onthusiastically kicked himself tired.
The breeze ha'd grown momentarily
stronger, and thiough it was fortunately
blowing toward thorn, it created so auch
dust that it was not easy to got good
aim. However, the animal had in
Crensed its pace and with an occasional
bound into the air was rapidly approach
ing thorn. It was impossible to mal;o
out which was his he-ad and which his
side, so the apl)ointed huntor, with as
Dareful aim as the strange character of
the game rendered possible, fired.
The animal had beeni h1it, for they
*ould see the fur fly, but it paid no at
tention to the shot, unless it was to
bound into the air and increase its speed
to munch that in a fow momente it was
ioar enough to be easily distinguished.
It Was an uncouth monster of iuge pro
?ortions, and progressed not in the
sIual way, but by a series of prodigiona
caps. rho hunters were greatly
Itartled by the appearance of this un
nown animal, but they realized that
,hoy mast lose no tili in shooting it
iey hoped to keep it from them. They
ill fired at onee ; but whotier wounded
)r not, the monster only 'ped the swift -
r. They paused in amazement for a
nomont, but were roused into sudden
rctivity when one of their numiber
shouted that a w hole herd of the monm
tore M as upjoni them. True enough all
>ver the plain thbey camne with frightful
'apitty, mu~mkinmg such tremendous leaps
hat there seemed as many in the air as
mn the ground. TVhe hunters lingered
10 longer, but with the haste of terror
brow everything fro~n them, and ran
o r-uch purpos.e that they distanced
heir puvaueri and fouuid shelter late in
he afternoon in1 the town from wvhich
hey started. TJhieir story created a1
7reat sensation, but not of preiseCly the
:imd they hi id expected. The next
Lorning it waIs found that the touIrist4.
and leit for San Francisco.
Tihe story, if not truo, at least servos
cell to illustrate the peculiar habit of
he great tumbl weed. This strluig
rowth, which thd.ongs te the pig woO d
imily, is vi ry atbund-unt in the great,
Lrkarts valley, and varies ini size
iom th largest specimeni showvn
o one foot or less in diameter. It
rowa upon01 a diproport ioniately. sinali
tern, which, however, is of suflicient
toutness to sustaiin the inass until it
as r~.~ipad and dried, whent a slight
:ust of wind will suiflice to blew it over
ud snap the brittdo standard1.
It now rolls ov'er mind over at evure
'ref of wind, and being both ligh t and
lastic wdll perform) a series of bounda
ser any 'rmped ing~ bowlders or bushes,
nia high wind the fantastic spectaclo
reduced l-y a number of these balls of
'arying szes can easily be0 imaginied,
Lnd as the Engilih tourist with his
toro of wvondier adjectives and odd ex..
letive. is the stock bu tof the Westewn
ian, it is not stranige thalt lie should bet
~rouight into service ;to illustrate thle
ost striking featnre of the tumble
'ced.
A'.ide from its spectaculair phaso, this
abit of the tumble weed may be viewed
ri an even more interesting light, Mau
ec everytbing from the standpoiu~t or
tility to himself, and hie may not con~
reend the nlecessity for the existenceo
.the tumble weed at all ; but in cvcel
ineited thing there seems to be inhier
i a contimual ell'ort, to propogato its
ind. Exani>ies of the working of this
pirit cam11t, be0 nccssary, for oven in
io cities, the troes-the aihlnthus, for
xamplo, with its wingedl coeds--give
videnee of it. Th t an tastic and seen -
ugly sensoless wiling, rolling, .andI
Onnding. of the tumn ble weed, when un
ersod, thll thle story of a unique plan
>r distributing seed.
The breakfast we take hii wmtier ih
etermin ef liciency for work -in the
ay, and will so lulhuence our whole being
)r that, period 0f time that, no altermeal
in correct it. The breakfast mn winter
u1181 cintain iloere nitrot.eeousfodg n
I summer, it in absolutely needled. You
Iust storo h a'. to furnieh material for ab
irptton and for maintainig vitality; addt
thi D$8itiogenella food sOmuething tha
!Ill disentgago heat from tile blood and
(Oep Up temperature, (and( yout may dlefy
ie colest day, Your facQ mnay feel Ii,
rur hands may foel it, but yur body whu
l mpervious8 to it, and go on dlisengaghtig
ust inward heat which can alone stanti
~amst the lowecred temperature without.
this first meal has been properly atte,.
tdok we ma~y presume that vital nctiorn
in be malIitained in fall force for five
mrs at least tefre it nedsrel... ~ g
Mionael A8glo and J)ul s II.
Immediately after this interval of
painting occurred that encounter of two
of the most notable men of their time
which gives a striking and humorous
page to the history of arlp, Julius II,
probably some years after his accession
to the Papacy, took the great sculptor
whose temper and character were not un
like his own, Into his employment, in
order that he might glorify himself
with a tomb worthy his own estimate
of his greatness-a mopt wise precaution
for all who share the impulse of posthu
mous vanity. The Pope and the artist
were a lit pair to meet in that great old
Rome, so full of memories; and the
warlike narrative of their friendship
and quarrels. hot on both sides, yet on
neither without a mixture of genuine
regard and liking, is full of interest and
character. Its beginning, however, wts
not of an agreeable iind. Excited by
hopes of a splendid work, not less
honorable to himself than to Pope
Julius, Michael Angelo had 'ilrsb to
betake himself for eight dreary proba
tionary months to tholmarblo country
of Carrara to chooso the blocks for his
statues, and to get them painfully con
voyed to the sea, to be sent off to Rome.
In this exile, during which it is easy to
imagine the eager anticipation of the
great 'sculptor, hieki, as it were, in the
leash, and unable to got to work, though
with such wealth of virgin material
round I im, lie had hard ado, Vasari
tolls us, to keep himself from striking
out, with those fiery vehement strokes
of his, some hugo aboaro in the white
rocks of a cave, as a memorial of hi m
self and his weary vigil. What pil
grimages we should all have mado to
that powdery waste had he left some
such vast mysterious image as the un
completed "Day" of San Lorenzo to
keep the world in mind of the long
days hi passed there among the rough
marble of those precious caverns. The
blocks which ho sent to Rome half
filled the piazza of 'i. Pietro; and as
soon as the artist was released from the
labor of collecting then, lie rushed at
his more congenial work con grandc
an ho. Stuch was the eagornoss of'both
artist and patron that a commuication,
"a bridge," as Vasari calls it, was made
between the Vatican and t!hi , It shied
in the piazza which h i :) j e rected
over the sculptor au I th. marble whieh
he attacked in a sacred fury of creation.
It is not diflicult to uiderstand how the
perpetual intrusion at any moment,
however critical, of such a visitor as
the - fiery c Id Pope, with the license
of age added to that of absolute power,
inquiring, criticising, praising and
blaming with more zeal than knowl
edge, must have gone far to drivo the
equally fiery young sculptor half fran
tic by times, when ho had to suspend
his chisel, and subdue lisa furia, and
listen to all his Holiness might choose
to say. Perhaps an impatient word
burstmng from him at some especially
unpropitious visit, which nettled Julius;
but at all events, when a new arrival of
marble, from Cairrara madeo it necessary
for the sculptor to get money from the
Pope, his Roliness was busy and could
not see him. This was repeated two
or three times, at first to his surprise,
and afterward to the furious indligna
tion of Michael Angelo, who feir, him
self as great and independent as eitherI
Prince or Pope. ''You dont know wh'io
it is to whom you refuse admittance'
a wondering by-stander said at last in
his hearing to the lackey who shut him
out. "I know him very well, but I am
here to obey my ordera," said the lma.
Michael Angelo turned away, breathing
fire and flame, and bidding the lackey
tell the Pope that if he wanted him he
must send for him, went off to his
house, where lie gave his servants
ordors to sell eveuything to the Jews,
and left ime inslautly, riding all
through the night in het haste, and
nevo: drawing bridle t=1l ho reachzed
Tuscan soil. As it p~roved, lie had taken
the only wi~so course; for he had scarcely
reached Poeggib~onsi, on the Florentine
frontier, when no less thani ilve couriers
arrived one after the other, with letters
from Julius reecalung him. But the
sculp~tor was no less proud than the Pope;
all the messenlgers could1 get from him
was a brief note of rji,6 ,l'reutlg iii.
formiing his Holiness that it was im
possible for him who had been "cac- -I
('iq/f ri!e coe ni trs, to go back I
agaim; after which he madte his way to
Florence, settling down in his old quar
ters, it would seem with all the haughty '
sadness of an injured mani.
No Exetueo.
"When I was a young man," said an i
old lawyer, "I1 spent several years in
the south, residing for a timo at Port
Gibson on the Mississippi river. A c
great deal of litigation wvas going oni e
there about that time, and it was not li
always an easy matter to obtain a jury. s
One day i was t-umrm no I to act injthat t
capacity, and repnuited to court to got e
exeznaca. Onu my name being callod, e
I informed his honor the judge that I i
was not a f'reeholdor, and'tnerefore not I
qualified to serve." "You boird at the (I
hotel, I pre'suie," said the judge. "1I f
take my meals there, but have rooms
at another Part of the town, where I
lodge." "'8o you keep baichelor's hall?
"Yes, sir." "i-ow long have you lived
in that mnnier?"1' "'Ahou~t nix month's. "
"'I think you1 Ore <iaaihited,"' gravey y
remarked the judge, "'for I have never 1'
kniowna a n.au to keep bacheloi's hall~
the length of time yonu name who had
not dirt enough mins~ room to makeo
him a frecholder., 'i'he court does not k
excuse yen."
It is reporteid diat Mr. Werderman has b
succeeded in dIspensing with the vacnuum oI
in incandescent clictric lamps 'by usmng a
crystalline silieon in placeoc o .urbon. TLne i
siliCon can be fused into bars which ma d
be heated to whitenes s in the air without e
undergoing any hne