The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, January 25, 1883, Image 4
Major. H. 0.' Harklns, late risht.of
? way-man for the Tide Water Pipe Line
S ACompny, rently~had an adventure in
- Lawrenoe county, Pennsylvania whien
he wW not forget until some days go
aroutgd, at least. What befell Major
larkins while in, that vicinity is as here.
in related. The Major's business called
him to Coaltown,-a village, as most of
thereaders of the Guardian are aware, -
which is situated in Neshannock town
ship, about four miles north of this city.
The Major started on foot to transact
th2s business, and while proceeding
along the road alfout two miles from
Now Castle, lie wms somewhat startled
by hearing a ihgular Duzzli,g sound to
his rear. He turned, and, to his great
astonishment, saw a large golden eaglo
approaching him rapidly in the roadway.
The birc\byd1ts actions, clearly showed
that its intentions were anything but of
a friendly nature. The Major was un
armed, and as the eagle bore down on
him, still cbitting the buzzing sound,
he began to think that his situation was
far from a pleasant one. When the bird
got near him, and ita formidable look
ing beak and talons showed that it was
able to reduce the average man to mince
moat, the Major, in sheer desperation
proceeded to kick with all the strength
of' his lower limbs, This action, instead
of frightening his featherod aissailant,
only seemed to increase its ire, for the
eagle proceeded to insert its beak in one
of his legs, following up this warlike
demonstration by using its talons with
great energy and bloody execution in
the same neighborhood. After a brief,
though desperate strugg)o, the Major
succeededin txtricating himself from the
clutches of the huge bird. His blood
was up, and while his anger was at
white heat at the thought of the scratch
es and contusions ho had received in the
affray, he resolved to be tho aggressive
party in the fight. He retreated a few
paces, and seized a dead branch of a
tree, which was conveniently lying near
by. Armcd in this mnnner lie swooped
(town on tho caglo. The bird was over
flowing with pluck, and resolutely stood
its ground. A sharp fight ensued in
which the man used his club, and the
bird of freedom its talons and beak.
For twenty minutes d(id they battle in
this way,.the Major having somewhat
the worst of the fight. He might have
abandoned the contest had not he been
reinforced by a strango dog. The ca
nine pitched into the fight wita great
gusto, but the eaglo's beak and claws
seemed to be everywhere, and the hair,
hide and flesh fairly flow from the dog's
back, and that animal, with his l ail be
tween his legs, was about to seek an
ignominious flight for soni place where
he cauld lick his wounds in peace, when
a boy and another dog caio upon tile
gory field. Th . attacking party, now
nmbermng four, adtvaned in a body
upon the eagle, and another desperate
fight took p~lace. The recent reinforce
-. ments however, were toto muchl for the
plucky eagle, ann it was finially exhaus
ted in its contest uigainst otids, andit was
downed, fighting to the last. The Ma
jor and the boy tied the eagle's feet to
gether and fastened its beak so that it
could i.e longer use it. Th'e Major,
bleetding from :nany wounds received im
the fray, then started with his captive
for the Fountain flouse, this city, at
which place he was stop~ping. While
en route lie met a woman in a wagon
who informed him that the cagle was
the property of a young mani who re
sided about11 four mniles from Now Oas
tIe, antd that it had been sont him as a
p~resenlt from an uncle who lived in the
WVest. She expressed a wilinguess to
return the eagle lo its owner, itiand Iie
was allowed to do so.
flail Arp aft ndsl eet, l'tuttoc e.
For sonme time past I have been antici
pating a big frolic for nie and the child-en,
- btr my sweet potfatoes were very fine, andt
so the other day we got an early breakfast
and set in for the day. 1t took the plow
bcy an hour or so to clean off the vines
for a start, and I helped himn with a four
prong lice when the plow got too fuil to
carry. '1lhe~n mae andl the three little boys
undertook to pick tip as fast as the plow
turnmd 'em out. I was to gIve a quarter
to the chapl wvho fountd the buimest potato,
which I soon found was badI pl)Iicy for it
made 'em ruan over anti skip a good muany
hittle ones andl ii kept me buiy picking upl
what they had left. Tl'uo frolic was Splen.i
did for half a (lay and I enjoyedi seeing the
big ones roll uip to iho suiriace almost as
much as I did when a boy, but after'. din
ne r I didn't feel nxuch like going back,
but i had to go, and I went and stuck to
it until might und wo bunched 'em in little
piles and covered 'emi up with the vines,
and the next diay we went at it agai, but
Ididn't go wIth the same alacrity, and t4mc
boys got tired of hunting for the biggest
one and one of 'em took the headache and
"4' laid dlown in the shade, anid I thought he
might have tuverworked hinmself andi~ sent
him to the hoUse to rest, and in fifteen
minutes he was setting the (log on a cat up
a tree and having a bulty me. We onmly
counted an 8 (lay andt a ha1t to clese out
the job, and we worked hard iand fauth.
ful, and it tooR us three whole (lays, and~
Inever saw the like of p~otatnes on an sco
2 of giroumnd, andl towards the heel of the
last day, which was yesterday, I was so
tired of teeing 'emi roil uout and 1>ieking
'nm up 1 wouldn't, have (lug another patch
if anybody had give tt to nye. Trho last
day's digging was among the yarns, and
the milky gluc that run tint of 'emt got so
thick on my hand? I had to soak and
- rub and serape 'em for an hour to get it
off, and It ain't ali off yet, and miy hiigers
- looked huke they used to when I had been
hulling walnuts all day Saturday. But I
believe In potatoes and take comfort In
having plenty of 'em during the winter,
and I have always felt a feeling of pr'do
and o.,ntidence In our sunny hBouth, be
cause we could r-se to perfectioni four
'A things that the Yankees can't, anti these
- are cotton and cowpe and hlernuda grass
- and' potatoes. .When our tarmers learn
bOW to raise these thinge to perfectton, we
can defy the world and the flesh, anti
mighty nigh keep the old devil at a rcs
pectable distance.
1, used to take nine tailors to make
a san. Now one good tailor, a shoe.
askrand a babrcan make what is
e.I110 society man,
014 Esta' wloa tlog 1tm.
"Sptialdng about paying taxes," said a
man who had perhaps ben performing
that pleasant dutv, "reminds me of an old
fellow, a sort of hermit, who lived' where
I did in a small town Ia New faImpsbire,
and it he wasn't the out-and-outest ohap
for avoiding the demands of the State,then
I'm mistaken."
"Why dIdn't they soil him out P'
"Because they couldn't uet hoid of the
property. - No, it wasn't air castles, and
he didn't live in a balloon, but on solid
property, and every time the tax.collector
came around in New Hampshire, Ezra
and his property were in lassachueetts."
"Oh, I see. fie had the State line on
wheels, and shoved it about to suit."
"Not exactly, but he had his property
fixed so that he could shift it anywhere
ho wanted. It was nothing more or less
than a floating island made up of bog and
stuff, and for a good many years it blew
about the pond, until finally the old chap
put up a h'it on it, kept a cow, chickens
and ducks, and had a regular floating
farm. But one day he heard the assessor
was coming, so he cast off the moorings
that lie had rigged to the island, and be
fore the next day the wind had carried
him over the State line that ran through
the pond Into Massachusetts, and when titie
collector went out in a skiff the old bog
skipper, as they called him, actually
threatened to have him arrested for trying
to collect taxes of a neighbor State. lie
anchored the island on the Massachusetts
side until the selectmen got after him there
and for several years he dodged back and
forth, and didn't pay a cent en his four
acres. But finally they put up a job on
him, and two assessors, one from each
State, went out in skiff, the Island being
anchored in the unddle ot the lake. The
old man said he was ready to'pay, only ie
wanted it just right, ss he lived in both
States-the house was in one State and
the barn in the other. The colhectors got
so mixed tp trying to straighten it,'tnat
they had to take it into court. Anyway,
I don't think the old man's taxes are
square yet."
"A similar case might happen at another
place in New EGngland," said one of the
group of listeners. "On Lake Mlenomen
auk there is an island that tor a long time
wias called the mysterioui islanmi. It be
longed to the town of Winclieden. Mass.,
contained about six acres,anm was covered
With trees about thirty feet or more high.
Sonie of the people declared they had seen
tte island move years ago, but they weie
generally lauched at, until one morning
they found it gone, and now it Is, or was
a short time ag ) over the State line in
haw Hampshire, nearly three miles fromi
where it at first stood. It was originally
bog held together by roots, a([ the water
had gradually undermined It until a good
sharp breeze took the trees as sails and
away it went.
"aiany lakes have suiilar islands, even
in streams fllected by tide. ''hey are
found anchored by roots, rising and fall
ing with the water, and swinging by their
vegetable cables. Sonic of tile European
lakes have such islands that are list d for
pastuuage, and they often carry the islund
population to great distances.
''Dtrinw the great, flood in tle Missis
sippi in 1874 vast floating islands were
formed in the river and carried far out
into the Gulf stream. One that a vessel
rain into three hundred miles ]rom the
delta was over an acre in extent and popu
lated with a great varieiy of snakes, frog.',
and turtles, besides a numnbur of land ani
muals that had souijht protecition there from
the i ising waters, onily to be swept, cut to
sea. The geographicil distribution of
life, it will be seen, depenids iiuch uiponi
these float. ' ihod-a fact proved by
coinpairiing ib ',abitants of is'ands miles
apar'. Sevei I year ago a large snlake
was picketd up oft the Bermiuda islandis
cinging to a tioating islad that without
dlonut haid comeu fromt the Amaz n. Milles
of cordage lloat, out of' the great rivers in
the samie way cat ry nig seeds ia ndl even
aninials f ar around the circuit of thu At
lantic. The same is true of the Ganges.
Great rafts, popuIlated withI animals, troom
the iiterior, have been found by vessels
over 200 miles fromi the niouthi of the
river.
"Thie great miass o1 seaweed, occupying
an nirea of many thousandt Iquare imines in
the Atlantic, better known as the Bargasso
seis a vast island inhabited by a launa
entirely dlifferent from that of the suc
rounding waters, and all the animals are
In somne way pecu.laurly audapted or- mloth
fiedl to their surrounding.. aimnilar tracts
occur in various paris (f ihe world, otten
so thick that the pa~ssage 01 vessels tnrough
theni is seriously imipededt.''
"WeVlJ, I declare,''said the first speaker.
"'(lin old Ezra's floating farm wasni' such
a very singuilar ting al ter all: but I reckon
hie iniade an origun~d use of it."
Friau inuotihern Ilaly.
Whlile in an out.ol.the-way part of
Southern Italy, a morning's ramble to the
landing place, where the boats (dischargedi
ilheir fish, was a constant0 source of interest.
and amutsemeni: and when (lie nets were
shauken to free thiem from seaweed, curious
marime treasures were oftent exp~osedi to
view. Returning to the ipriitive muarket
close to the beach, consisting of a few
large tubs tIdled with sea- waler. in which
(lie live tish were kept, anid heaps of small
fish in bamkets, of the most, brillant colors
-blue, green and( crimison-(on the ground
might be seenx a suin-lish,, over 100 pounds
in weint, shaped lhke a hiall-moon, of a
?Iuhi gray, ox- cyed, with long pointul (do1
sal andi abdominal fIns projecting on either
slide, liie boys testing Its lioriy jaws withi
a stick, wich it bit viciously, although
out o1 the water some tinme. Close at hand
wete several triangular elongated inussei
shells with the fish,about a yard in length.
In one of the tubs were cutleilah, really
beautiful mz their transparency, floating
gently on the surface. Tlhe other t~ut,
were fillied witht~ otopni, lively and1( full
grown, their long arnis felhng ten'lerhy
over tine cidies, sonie writhmng horribly,
andI others quietly reposing, their arni
coiled at, their sides, exposing the dread
suckcrs in every fold, the body in sthape
and color resembling a large, rough co(c0a
nt, with evil, protruding, observant eyes,
looking straight, to (lie front, at ttie samne
(imie vigoroubly discharginig water lroii
(lie pair of blow- p'ipes like a steami pump~J
dhurling their short and (itilck respirations.
When a parcihaser arrives anrd mxakes a
selectioii, tie vendor adroitly seizes the
fish by the neck, the arms twiusting in all
directions, it is dropped into the scales,
and, If appro' ed of, (no salesmuaii gives it
a twist, almiost turnhing it, insuile out, kill
ing or disabling it, in a moment. Tlhe
octopus is eaten with gusto in Southerni
Ital); but to sec a mess of chopped full
grown octopus served with tomato sauce
is really trying.
When very small thie octoptis is used as
a garni~h for fish, and when fried crisp it
might be muistakon for macaroni. Tneo oc
(opus has a strong beak like a parrot, and
is especially fondi of crabs, it is often
caught by tying crabs to a strIng and drop
ping them on the clear uravel h'ottomi
where ihey are quickly &eIzedl by the
octopus, who holds on steadily; meanwhile
he is steadily drawn into the boat. They
are also found atangled in net.
HM A6T ON FaMs.-Farailre are won
to tink that miasm is mostly confined t<
oIttR and large tillages, and that countr
air it pute and farm houses neceisary
healthful; but whoever has carefully in
spected the premises of the average farme
has found abundant occasion for the lov
fevers which are the scourge of the coun,
try as well as the city. In the first place,
all farmers should'look well to their cel:
Jars. In too many of them will be founc
rotten apples, cabbages, turip, onions
etc. In some will be found old brIae,witl
pieces of decayed meat, sending forth tui
odor, when the cover of the barrel is takei
off, vile enough to wrench the stomach of
a pig. In pthers there will be musty oldei
barrels, possibly vinegar casks, In whicli
the vinegar has passed the putrefactive
stage, aiseminating the spores of decay
and death, not only through the uppew
part of the Louse, but even escaping
through the cellar windows and polluting
the outdoor air.
Decaying wood generates one of tht
most subtle of poisons, because the odor
is not particularly offensive, totten tiin,
her in the cellars and mouldy wood oi
chips In the wood house till the air witi
spores. which. breathed by a person In the
full vigor of health, may be thrown oft
with impunity; but Inhaled by one whose
blood is low may find a congenial seed bed
and generate disease. Under the eider
and vInegar barrels, and around potatc
bins, may often be found old timbers and
boards that are full of dry rot, ready t(
propagate itself wherever the rotted parti
cles way find a lodgment. In the well,
ala) rotten wood Is a subtle poison, mort
dangerous than a decomposing toad. a
the latter makes his presence known,while
lew tastes are so keen as to detect the prese
once of decaying wood.
Probably the most prolifle sonrce of
disease around our larm houses is the cess
pool into which pas the kitchen antj
chamber slops. In the cities and largi
villages these are carried off in the sewers,
but seldom does a farm house have any
systui of sewerage. The slops are tor
often thrown out of the kitchen door, ant
Jett to generate vile odors on the surface ol
the ground. To keep the air of the collat
and around the honi . pure and sweet, wi
have never lound anything more econoni
cal, pleasant and efficacious than a fre<
eprinkling, ts occasiou may deiand, ol
dry, air-siaked lime. Chiarido of Ihm it
a greater abtorbent of vile o(tors, but thi
itself is otrensive to most oltactory nerves,
and Is also quito expensive. Comioi
lime is cheap, and It scattered freely in ti
cellar and wherever there are impurities
will render the air sweet and wholesome,
even in the nliost decomlpos.ing dog dtays.
IT is ot nCCecssary in this ago of th<
world for the farmer to risc in the middh
of tihe night and begin his work. Tbih
getting up so early in the morning is :
rtlic of barbarisn. It has made hundredi
of thousands of young curse the bwiness.
There is no need of getting tip at three oi
four ('clock in the winter morning. Tit
taritier who persists In dragiging his wit(
and cilkiren from their beds ought to b(
vielted by a iiionary. It Is timeenougl
to iise alter the sun has set thie exaiple.
For what purpose do goun get up? To feetd
the catth? Why not leed them more the
night boorm? It is a waste or lire. Ill
the Wki timies they used to get up about i
o'clock in the irorning, and gone to wor
long before the suu had risen with "'heal.
lng upon his wmng,"' antd as a just punish
mient, they all hatd the ague; as they oughi
to have it now. Th'ie inn who cannut get
a living luponi liliuots soil without rising
befure dayiighmt oughat to starve. Eight
hours a day as enough for any farmer tc
wordt except, in harvet timie. When yoti
rise at four' atel inork till dark, what it
ide worth? (Oi what n' e iall the 11:
pbrovedi machinery unless it tenits to give
the farmer a lit tie inure iure? WVhat it
harvesting niow, coiinredt with what ii
was in the old tue? Tlnk o1 the days a]
reapitig, of cradling, of 'akmng and bini:iing
amnd mowing. Think ot' thrneshinig witi
lie hlail and winnuwing with tihe witnd.
Andi now thinit of the reapers and mutiowera
tihe binders and~ threshing machine u, the
')lows antI culvators, upon which the(
tarmer rIdes protected from the sun. If
withi all these advantages, .vou cannot gel
a living wvithout rising in tihe tmiddic of th(
night, go Iuto somec other business. Toil
should net rob yomr faily ol sleep. Sleeg
is the bes', miedicine in the world, There
is no such thitg as healthu without sleep.
sleep until you are thior')ughly res ed ant
restored. When you wor'k, work. and
when you get through take0 a good, long
and rot reshiing sleep.
TnEi a r.AOK W ALMT.--The usal mode
of propagating the black walnut is b
planting thme nuts. For ibis purpose the
best nuts should be selectedl, andl, wathout
allowing themi to become (try, should be
placedi ini 11a era of mioist, sandi and kept in
a cool plaice until early mn spnring;theni they
shoul be sown or planted, so as to be
covered about two menehis in (depthi. If the
ints ae planted vwhere the trees are to
standi, It is said, the best and( tallest trees
are obtamined, but if first ratsedl in dursery
rows and trnLsplantted, they will come
sooner ituto bearing.
A c~Oni'PulamENT of tihe Biaeksmith
atnd Whleeiwrigit, says: ''l'he best remne
dy I have eveer i oundl for horses clicking or
striking their hind shoes against the for
ward ones Is to pitlt on hIgh toe calks and
low htels on the hiud shoes. If tng broth.
cr smiths air elnersiuts Concerninig this
rteedy, I mudvise themi to tty it aind b~e
convinced.
lix carul abtout, permnitttng cattle to
(rink from ditchets, or 1mrm poos In wIch
thyare accustomedi to' stand, or' In which
their dlr(ppings are deposited. Stuch im
pure wvattr is not, onuly liauble to injuie the
the health ol' the tlck, titt is also a fear
luii cause of ilualarial antd 'yphold fever
aaonig those who use imilk prodluct trom
cows thus waitercetd
FAIIM LADt'I.-l~ader a well piatimed
s-ystem, i t woulom not be meeressary to make
any marked inerease of working force on
the average imi i atiny staron of the year
if full aivantagc isa takeni of the improved
laain ahineiy innit can now be read~ily
obtainmed ltir a variety of purposes. In the
cases where it is not possible to secure an
exact uniformity ini the distributioni of hie
bor It will be best to amake as close an a
proximat ion to it as possible.
IMA~N dairymen practice milking their
cows steaily without allowing the anul
11nals to go dry. Thecy feed heavily on
corn necal andl oil cake until the milk fath.
when the cow Is replacedl by a fresh one.
A dlairymian who keeps one hundred and~
and ilty cows saya such a practice is mio:e
p~rofitable than to lose the time between
their goinig diry and coing.
CHAReOAt. pulverized and mixed with
water is highly reconmmened~ for relieving
cattle suffering from any derangement of
the stomach, such as bloat, hovon, etc.
Iii Kansas one shepherd and a dog do
the work for 3,000 head of sheop duafog
the snmmer season.
7'7
IPrAiNmvzom Ad~e Note.--i a
W tng-PAU thre large onions, and
t tlm a 6900 or two of fat baoon
cut up Into small pieces; the .onions
must be fried a dark brown, but take
care not to burn them; when they are a
nic9 4olor, tel0 the pan from the fire,
ad' stir into it a teaspoonful of carry
pwdei, four tablespoonfuls of peas.
Hour, and half a teaspoonful of salt; stir
these well together, and continue stir
ring until the mixture becomes smooth;
moisten it from time to time with a
little hot water or stock, and go on in
this way uutil the frying-pan will hold
no more; then turn the contents into a
stowpan, adding in all about three pints
of stock, including that which has al
ready been put in. Chop up two large
apples, add them to the soup, and let
.all boil well togethek until the apples
have disappeared or melted into the
soup. This will require occasional stir
ring while boning; should it become too
thick, add a little more stock, and boil
up once more, if not thick enough, go
on boiling until it has been reduced to
the proper consistency; it shout be
thick enough to stick to the spoon.
E ARTHENWANE IN Cooxix.-The fla
vor of food baked or boiled in earthen.
ware is Laid by those who have made
the experiment to be far superior to
that of vegetable or animal food cooked
in the same way in iron vessels for the
reason that iron is a conductor of heat.,
while earthenware is a non-conductor;
consequently, Jod cooked in the latter
is rarely ever burned, the degree (-f
heat not varying perceptibly during the
process of cooking, thus preserving the
flavo of What Is cooked as well as uni
formity throughout the substance of the
meat, vegetables or grains, until the pro
cess -f cooking is completed. ' So carth
enwa.e takes the premium, as it deserves
to, and those who have found out how
much better they can do their cooking
in these vessels than in ironware, give
pots and kettles a cold shoulder olten.
POoKET -BOOES.-Warm one quart of
now milk, add one cup of butter or lard
four tablespoons of sugar, and two woll'
beaten eggs; stir in flour oLough to
make a moderately stiff spongo, a(d a
small cup of yeast, and set in a warm
place to rise, which will take three or
four hours; then mix in flour enough to
make a soft dough, and let rise again.
When well risen, dissolvo a lump of
seda size of a bean in a spoon of milk,
work it into the dough, and roll into
sheets QUe-half inc iu thickness; sproad
with thin layer of butter, cut into
squares, and fold over, pocket-book
shape; put on tins or in pans to riso for
'a little while, when they will be fit for
the oven. In summer the sponge can
be made up in the morning, and riso in
time to make for tea. In1 cool weather
it is best to set it over night.
LIMITS BUiJED IN BLEEPING ItOOMS.
-It is well to remember that a burning
lamp, gas or other, is taking oxygou
from the air of a sleeping room, and
adding to the stale and exhausted con
dition of the air. People who are afraid
to sleep in a room with growing plants,
and who yet composedly shut them
selves up until morning with a low
burning gais-light. shiould listen to Pro
fessaor Goodalo, of Mssachusetts, wvho
says that it, take~ aulbout 500 plants to
gave out as much carbonate acid as one
tapor does-in other wvords, one burning
0 u,dlle reducu. the froshness of the air
as muah as aesmall g roon-houso in one's
bed room.
Stus'rrrvrs von Burra.-A lady who
is a famous housekeeper recommends
an economical plan for making cakes
without butter, which may be of use to
our readers who have a dread of -'mar
garine," Take a piece of fat pork, melt
it down and strain it through a piece of
coarse thin muslin. Set it aside until
it isi cold. Jt is then white and firm and
may be usedi like butter in any kind of
cake. In p)oundc-eake she assures uia it
is delicious,
hlotLssB POUND~ CAxE.--Take one
cup of sugar and one cup of butter and
bieaat to a cream; add three-quarters cup
of molasses; two eggs well beaten; one
cup of sweet milk; one teaspooniful of
best soda, dissolved in the milk; into
four cups of tartar. Stir all togethier,
then add~ a teaeupfuall of raisins, woll
dredged with flour; a teacupful of cur
rants, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon;
01n4 of cloves, and a wineglass of old
brandy if you choose. This will make
two round leaven.
RAmnTs. -Eabbits, which are in the
beat condition In midwinter, may be
fricasseed like chicken, in white or
brown sauce. To make a pie, first stew
till tender and make like chicken p~ie.
To roast, stuff with a dressing made of
bread-crumbs, chopped salt pork, thyme,
onion, pepper and salt; sew up; slices
of salt pork, add a little water in the
pan and baste often, S3erved with
mashed potatoes and currant jelly.
hlAYONNAIsE OF (JAUL'FLOWhR.-put
some cauliflowers into just enough boil
ing water to cover them; add a little
salt and butter to the water. When
cooked, lot them become co1(d; then sea
son them with a marinade of a little salt
and pepper, and one spoonful of oil.
Let them remain for an hour, When
ready to serve pile them on a dish to a
point, then mask them with a-mayon
niaise sauce.
Sumx WOnus. -Au Italian has discoy
cIed that the hatching of silk worm eggs
may be hastened by friction. The pro
cess consists essentialy in brushing the
eggs vigorously for ten or twelve min
utes with a moderately hard brush,
made preferably of coarse grass. In
less than fifteen days the eggs thus
treatedl will hatch out, with a product
as huealthy as that obtamned in the usual
way.
TinE WARMING Foons.-.Buckwheat
amdi .Indian meal are the two blankets
of the breakfast table. Either as mush
er griddle enkes, these have more
warmth in them, as food, than wheat
bread.,
BUnwisn STorrns.-To preserve ca
outchouc stoppers and tubing they
should be kept in a cosed jar, in which
a vessel containing petroleum Is placed.
Catoutchouc stoppers which have become
hard may be softened by exposura to
the vapor of carbon bisuhphido.
YEAST. -Good yeast can ho kept mi
excellent conditionm if it is twice 'well
washed with ice-cold hard spring water
and then dried and well pressed. This
mass is afterward to be wolf mixed with
malt dust and stored in closed jars in
ice cellars
To destroy black-heads, wash the'faco
thoroughly at night with top id water
and rub briskly with a Turkish towel;
then apply a mixture of cue onc of
liquor of pottassa and two onnces o
cologine.
The coach roAd is a harrow 91d roa
where two earts'domn Mrdly pM onh!
another, with Ja1'h' banke and sharp.
turns, and it *. hauiuntd. There is a
spectral coach that is said 'to frequent
ts appalling -land. Who the restless
spirit may be, none can tell, or how a
long he has been traveling about In Jils!
weird conveyance, but'that he has been
long a wanderer in his, coach, which
ever and anon appears among us, none
would be so;persevere'a to .question.
Indeed, the phantom coach travels far
and wide through Norfolk, and stops at t
people's houses in the dead of night.
An unseen hand lets down the steps,
the horses clamp th*eir bits and snQrt,
the carriage door is- slammed, and the
thing moves oil: but when people pro- b
pare to let in the unexpected visitor
with .kindly weicoino-lol there is noth
iug. The coach has gone,-There are a
dozen living men who most positively
alfirm that they have had a visit from
the coab. On one occasion, my in
formant., who lived in a lonely old
farm-house, saw the 1ash of coach
1mps, and heard the champing of the
bits. He opened his bedroom window I
and called out, but, receiving no an- t
swer, lie wont down to the front door. c
The night was calm and still, the stars E
were sbi'ing; but thora was neither a
voice, nor any that auswered, nor any E
that regarded. a
No harm scns to come to such as e
receive these nocturnal visits, but it is I
the prevalent belief that the occupant I
of the coach is condomped to walk like 0
the Wanderiug Jew. Presumably he I
wiould prefer to ride on in his chariot t
uudisturud. But no. He is turned
out to pace'tlie oarth, which preodvent
uro ho li polluted with some ghastly t
crime, mtz walk he must until the
coach cones to pick him up at some
appointed spt. Then it is thought
that he has another term of "vehicular
traffic." A coachy Sisyphus, condemned
to everlasting alterations of being drop
ped and picked up again by an infe.nal
chariot, with snoxting horses and flash
ing lamps, must have a very, very hard
time of it. This dreadful equipage
seems to have som connection with an
old house, the traces of which were ob
literated when the railroad invaded us.
it is a curious feature of the story
that the high-road along which the
mail used to travel in the good old
times, passed at som distance from
the haunted way, which a certainly
called the coact-road some generations
back, an--l I have a suspicion that the
fact that no phantom having been seen t
of late on the coach-road itself-though a
they tell me it has been seen by "scores t
of 'oU" elseweore--may be accounted a
for; it is a maatt.r of history that soup
thirty years ago the presout Lord Da&c,
ley orovo a carriago and tour along the
coach-road, and, to tho amazomont and
perplexity of mankind, did not perish
in the attempt. SiIco theU the gnostly t
Automedon. ahaMied at being so 4naum
festly outdano, hats retired from this
part of the scene of his formner clia
rioteering,
k b.airin ruoi44,m.
When, after a three days' struggle with
the Rsws, the ravines, the precipices of
the l'ass of Hemuedli, during which guns,
wagons, tents, even much ammunition had
to be abandoned, Skobeleff's tired column
emergedi on the valley of Tiundza and came
facc to face with Vessel Pasha's army,
which ha~d just victoriously driven back
Hiadetsky's and attrzky's ccluumei, General
8kobeleff rode along the ulue iuforming his a
men that thure was no retreat--all that I
wvas left t) themi was den'h, glory, or
alter a pause--shaine. ' Death or glory!" [
was the cry, wvith loud huzzas for their C
loved and devoted leader, and right nobly C
did they vindicate their choice. Mlany
instances of hits consumatel courage and 0
ecolness in dainger arc already well known E
to readers in Western Europe. Let mie
add one or two. On the day befois the E
assauilt on the Green tiill redoubt at Picv- 0
a, .1 was with him on a vine covered g
rid1 which commnanded a view of the il
Turkish position. Skabeleff was making a
pr~ parat ions for the assault. tic had from a
personal inspection made a plan of the r
surroundling groundM, and was, quite In b
view of the enemy, miakinst a series of "'
sketches of the exact points and of the '
ground leading tj them, which were to be d
the objects of attack by occt oi his batal- i'
ions. The Trurks opened lire; at first the
shells were t:hort; then they flew overhead It
but suddenly two shrieked unpleasantly a
near. One burst within a few yards of a
wnere Saobeleff was sittinig on a camp a
utool drawing, and lhe and the paper were 0
covered with the friable soll of the vine- LI
yard. Without a word or a wince he d
simply shook the soil off the paper and a
finished the preparation of his plans, or
dering his staff, when he observed that 0
the fire continued exact, to find cover un
der a sloping banik some twenty yards off. y
At the battle of 8enova-and I refer to P
this cngrgemuent frtquently because the tI
aetails of it are almo.t wholly unknown in i
England-Skobeleff, mounted on hiu white a
charger, went out alone to reconnoiter the "
TIurkish position. Of course lie was the a
mark for a pretty hot fusillade from both a
infantry and artillery. Suddenly a shell Ii
appeared to striiie the ground raghit be- a
neath his charwter and exploded. Tihous- E
anda thought that his temerity had at last "~
bro'ught the death lie seemed to court. P
But when the smoke cleared .away the m
white charger was observed plunging gal- "'
lamtly onward, and his rider, unharmed, h
Boon afterward, rejoined his own troops. 1
Skobeleff told me that when the shell ex- r
ploded he was almost suffocated with the
iuiphurous smoke, and that for a moment t
Lae actually believed his hour had conic. ai
'1 he plunging of his horse, as it were, Is
iwoke him from the shock, and( lie was (I
ible to finsh his survey unnerged It a
wouldi be wearisome to mulitipiy instances
)f li s epes or his during.
New Orders. p
The Synod of the Catholic Church (I
f this country held its sittings in St.
I'atrick's Cathedral, New York, and Eg
whose dlelib~eration~s came to a close on
the 9th of last month, issued decrees o
which art' now in the hands of the d
printer and will be published about the b
Liiddlo ot this month, Tney arc not to
do sent to Romie for ratihication, as has
beon supp~osed, for they relate to mat- c
kers of morals and not of faith, and
bherefore (10 not require Roman reifica' hi
Jlon. Those most iutoresting to the ol
public are a decree forbidding priests ,y
to attend drainatio or operatic per- et
[ormances in theatres, one forbihkling
liorical attendance at race courses and y
ano making the wearing of the rabba V4
r Roman collar obiigatory upon priests. le
I'here is also a decree prohibitnig the se
150 of flowers at funerals, except .in the e
asao of young ohildreni, wvheie they a
nay be appropriately usedl as typifying m
~he innooencoe and purity of the ucad. yj
one of the deerei deal wih the tc
Some tioie 161o00 WiHam atontau,
oreman of the -Gunnell- minG, (oletad6
tarted out tot Sabbath's spoftiatid tedthed
lammoth'Par; rathier 'early. BSepre he
ad gone flfty yards . he lieard P lght
LOIS to hils left, and, qulokIy tutamg
round, he diicovered a lark feba Vo'il
nd and a.well-grown cub. - She :eemed
o be hesitating for tle . momenu whi9t
o give fight or not,. The mother.oftli
ub were not ove; twenty yards froai th
iunter,and-his decIsod was. naade' up a'
flash- He would kill the old :6' and.
ake the chances of the yoqnger ruaning
way. is rifl wqp *t his .shoulder in an,
hant, but as his finger, toched the trig.
ro the bear made a lunge at him and the
iall Went wide of its niark, missing. the,
i w infuriated animal entirely.,. He threw
ls gun aside and jerked from its sheath a
rng hunting knife. Unfortunately for
im 'the bear caught the hand'in whibh the
nife was clutdhed as it was oier with
im; but the hear saemed anxious to get
ecr victim around the neok and give him
death hug, so she Yeltased. the hand and
ot her paws on both shoulders. Parenteau
loing all that he could to keep out of her
=brace. In the meantime, lie was apply
ug the knife with all the desperation of a
man who knew tilat he was ii the very
lutches of a terrible death. The bear
;ave him a terrible slap in the facd, lacer
tiag the flesh and almost blinding him.
ho was now fairly howling with a pain,
a the nife would sink up to the hilt at
very thrust. In the struggle Pareateau
elit his left thigh give way or leavinig its
ocket. and he know that the struggle
otild not last much longer. The pain and
ss of blood were tolling on him rapidly,
ut he determined to sell his life as dearly
a possible. Whenever an opportunity
(ered he buried his trusty knife in the
ody of the bear, who showed .pome signs
of weakening. His left knee cap also re
elved a terribly injui, and he was al
uost crazed witu plauu Finally he -saw
n opportunity to drive hie knife , home
oehind the left shoulder of his enemy, and
he loosened her hold. bihe stood over
tim for a moment, with the blood gushing
rom eighteen wounds, and then falling
ver on her side, expired. It was some
aoments before Parenteau could gather
ip strength enough to even try' to move.
le presented the appearance of having
oeen through a slaughter house. lie was
inable to pick up or carry his gun, but
inding a stick close by, he ]lobbied and
rawled - along until the saw mill was
cached, sonie two miles distant. Phil
'arenteau, a brother of the wounded man,
tas arrived from Alaiaotth Park. He
ays that his brother's injuries are much
aore serious than at first reported. The
wear got his head in her mouth and aotu
fly chewed on it for a few momuents. The
iridge of the nose was literally crushed
,ud shattered into siaall particles of bone.
L Cavity was created through which the
rails of the throat can be plaialy seen.
chere is a deep incision between the headl
,axi the termination o' the spinal columu,
,d the scalp is lacerated and shockingly
orn in i iniuer of piaces.
Thai Crown of Thornm.
At the harbor mouth of the little Not
an SeaDort stands a loftly crucifix, high
ip against the sunrise and the sunset; the
igure carved realistically enough, with
yes gazing over the sea, watching since
lame innmmemria! the outgoing ships. It
m the last pictuie on the e~ies of the fieher
men as they sail away to n3rthern lati
udes for their hard, cheerless labor of the
fewfoundland coast, and the first high
andmnark that greets those of them wvho
eturn; for the trail vessels that venture
hither, sometimes no tidings conie again,
ud on those vessels 8ailing in, often some
'cice fails to answer when the women
tream out to welcome thbenm rom the
ier-head. i'ar here there is a widow's
ress in every young wife's wedding
hest. It was well thought to set I1, there,
in who so mystically maindedi as the sai
r, ever face to face Withi the mystery anad
iajesty of naturei A good thought for
ieee simple minds to asaociate with the
ayen of. their home when they start, as
no of them 11nely expressed it, into the
reat waters to see the glory of God. 8o
stands there, and the rough sea winds
iake it, andr the sea swallows rest on the
rms of the cross, and at times the spray
uins over the three white figures at the
aoe. A little while ago they built a
~affolding around it, and I saw that they
'ere regliding the crown of thorns. To.
ty there was a great stir in the little
From the old church, a mile up the iis
nd valley, a long procession passed
ong the hillside road, and down Ste slop.
ug streets to the port. Many children,
I in white, and music and many banners
many colors, camne winding ~on b'elow
to great gray ciff1a; little boys in sailors'
re, Carrying a model ship;then the ban
sr of our Lady, borne by uhe virgins of
te towa; soumething p~athetic there also
d wrinkled faces, two of them yet
ressed in ihe Vitgin white among the
>ung girls, aiid a coarse jest in the crowd
irhaps. Tihe sea had never brought
teir lovers home, yet they lollowed,
uough their yearly prayers had littie
railed. Then then the choriaters slog.
gen old brass trumpet to gave volume
> the soud; then the priests with cross
id candle; so along to t he Calyary at the
mrbor myuth. Trney ar'e ranged round it
a w-the priests and choristers below, the
uhorinen and their banner in front, the
hite children in a wider ring, and all the.
sople of the little town around. On oi~e
de the giant ,ii if; on the other the calm
a, witn its ittle sails driftimt~ down the
tIr h:>rion. Sioue one has crowned the
air Madonna witht a crown of white
>see. A young pries Is preaching at the
'ot of the cross. A few of the boys, in
seir festive dress, have broken away,
ad, climbing the steep grass hank that
ains against the cihffs, are running races
>wn it; but theu crowd is attentive, silent;
few women crying.
Ryduui chaipe.
This edifice where worshipped the
et WVordsworth, is undergoing vari
is alterations, made necessary by the
~y rot, which Lad eaten through every
ist and plank, and the narrowness of
te pews, wvhieh almost precluded the
seibility of kneeling. The mocumbent
the parish writes to one of the Len
in newspap~ers thait it in ii ped a suita
oe chancol may be built in plaee of tahe
~esenat recess wvhiech serves for one,
d \vlii "hase often proved mfost in.
>nlvenienit wheat there has been more
an one efliciafiang clergyman." He
pce that contributions in aid of tis
>ject willi be made by the public out.
tie of Rydail. "On account of the
lebrity of thlit little plc, he says,
rs being intimately conineoted with
me of England a greatest mn, i
uture to ask you, by printing tisf
'ter, to gi~ve futrthier publicity to our
home thanw you have already done,
the hope that some of your readlers
ay be mndueed, to subscribe toward
aking *the worshipping placo of
ordsworth and Arnold 'lessn a oonkast a
the natural beauty of its surroun4 e
ga than it ha. hathnl been,"
IAA.
through her voluomes of Rimeognoee,
Ontsf a*u bLp~omat 17fe pkr.
ouiarly gloomy one was told to her by
Princess Beuss, the niece of its heroine,,
Qi1eei Thorsa.i+, of j3avri*W. - . ppears
that In 20 g ,arian rpl ?py,; .bro
Iia fra tih of the .appearanoe of 4
black lady bof6rO aby 'death ;'jnt as in
the, PriS8: rpyal f16i" q wute lady
i speen.' '0t' evening' Iben Ter's
was hittldg*ith her' bt er, -oh the eve
dif her :departure for Munich when het
lady-in.'waiting came iut9 her majqsty's
room, and asked whether she was going
to give an audience . becaisp , tiugli
size,, the lady-n-wai4Wng, 444 not been
apprised of that intention, la was
waiting in the ante'oni.' The uceu,
mnch astonished, said she had no'iioli
tion of seeing any'ono that evening, as
she vqoant to start very ,early the next
mor IIng for Munich and w)shed to re
tire to rest in good time. Her majesty
then asked her brother to go aud'hee the
lady in question, and require what she
wanted. ,On entering tho ante-room he
saw the figure dressed in black, sittng*;
but as he approached, it disappeared, so
ho came back to the Queen and said,
*E8 ist schr unheindich, es muss die
Schwarzo Prau geween ecyn.' (it is
very uznoauny, but it must have ueen
the black lady.) -Thze next iporuwg at 6
o'clock the Queen started for Munich. As
she was leaving Aschaffenburg, she told
her chaplain shehad left vAzious petitions
on her writing table, which she wished
him to atteud to, and. as soon as the
carriage drove off he weint to get the
papers, and there, standing by tho
Queen's table, was agaiii the same
figure, dressed in black. That evening,
after the cattellan and his w fo had re
tired to rebt, they were surprised at
hearmig the great bell of the castle toll.
The key of the bell-tower was hanging
up as uisual'in their room; but they
noted the .hour, and at that moment
Queen Theresa.died Munich of cholera,
which seized her on her arrival in the
town at 6 o'clock pm., and carried-her
off in a few hours. A mystical anecdote
about Napleon III is given on the au
thority of Lady Bloomillold's relative,
Lord Normandy. Lie was at the Elysdo
one day, when lib saw the Eaiperor con-*
versing with Ban Giaconio. Thy bec
koned to him to approach, and then
Napoleon said that lie wais rewinding
San Giacoinuo i a curious interview they
had wun young men, with a omuinain -
bulist, He added that she preUicted
three things; "That . should be some
time in prison, thr ii reign over an eu
piXA, and lastly that I blould die a vio,
lent death" "Deux de ces choscs sont
arrivece" he said, "S'autre arrivera."
Lady Isloomfield tells among her other
picturesque tales a curious story of
Harriet Hosmer, who declared that the
spirit of her Italian servant appealed
and Spoke to her at the moment of the
girl's death in another quarter of Rome.
Rather To teanH.4t.
At a very relreshing season of revival
in one of the largo railroad centres, not
long ago, one of the pastors announced
that lie would devote an evening to the
boys connected with the roads, inviting
them all to be present, and promising
something that would be of inte~rest to
them. The night cameoaround, andl the
lads were on hand. Perhips they did
not take much stock in emotional ro.
ligion, but they were prepared to pay
respecttul attention to anything that
might bc said.
"Ring the bell !" exclaimed the
minister, plunging into his theme with
out further introduction, hoping to
please his auditors he continuedl itefr
ence to their avocation. "Toot, toot
toot I Away we go I" and lhe began to
hop up and down and stagger around
the stage. Bis imitation of car muotion~
was infectious, and the men bobbed
around on their seats.
"We are plunging along at 60 mile's
an hour I" he roared.
The audience said nothing but looked
at each other with raised eyebrow~s.
"There is nothing b'etween us and
death 1" contmnued the clergyman. "It
is ai station to wich we are all nound I
Look out I Ha I That switch wvas open I
Now we are bound to eternul perdition !
There is no help for us I We are-'
But all lie could see were assorted
izes of legs disappearing through doors
and windows. Thiere was but one maui
left in the audience, and he was scrowv
ing of an imaginary brake with all his
strength.
"My friend-," coimmenced the pas
tor.
'Jump, you dog gouec jackass I" roared
the solitary brakeman. "If we've cut
the switch and heil's ahead, you want to
jun p 1"
"iut you, my brotnuer, but you--I"
exclaimed the clergy man, hoping to im
prove the opporua.uty and impress one~
emotional soul.
"Never mind mec I" yelled the brake
man, setting his foot firmly and crouch
mng over the wheel. "Never mind me!"
I've been brakeman on this road for 21
yearn, and J.'m willig to lay off'in hell
for a little rest I Jump, you infernal
jackass, unless you're twed of prechl
meg I"
Referring to the ocasion subsequent.
Ly, the clergymnan solemnly afllrmied that
he had made his last effort at a realastic
ermnon.
Inriebtedness~ ei an E-nulIi Earl.
The Earl of Aylesford is one of those
arIstocratic young gentlemen who pos
sess a wonderful tacility for running into
debt. On the 28th of November last
his allairs came up before the Court of
Bankruptcy in London, wvhen it ap
peaired that he owed ?200,000 to the
E~agle Insurance Company, ?69,000 to
his lawyer, ?16,004) to Lord hastings,
and about ?I4,00Q0 to tradesmen. 'The
matter was brought biefore the House of
Lords and a, special act, obtaijned and
trustees ahpomtedl to take charge of the
property, amounting to ?750,000, to re
aelve the rents and raise money topa
the debts. Th'e Enar4 then started for
this country ont a short shootinx tour till
Dhristmas. Meantime an impatient
wime mnerchant lied a petitioni in bank
uptcy, alleging that his eustomner de
p'arted from the r4,ahn to dlefeint and'
lelay his creditors, and obtainedl an
>rder appolinting a receiver. 1t appeared
,bat last year the giros income of the
istates was ?25,000, but thbro was no
hing avail able for the unsecured-oredi
ors at present. Mr. Registrar liasit
lieharged tue receiver appointed under
he oition, Jui fj , robiaiity 'thin
riceohared ib w~e uierchan,
re such as to al Ibwt of his watiting a
ear for his mnoneyailthout serious
laimage to the protst and loss account.
Enn gentle hint: Youan lady (sudden
v startang)---.."My good less I" 'Young
vete~ (ate .,stayer).-Whuat's the