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■ •*» ^ ; • (f; HERALD THE VOL. IV. DARLINGTON, S. O. 5 ,' FRIDAY * JUNE 22, 189 L MTfLE MISS BRA 0. lias Brag has much to *ay he rich little lady from over the way; I the ri< h little lady puts out a lip iil she looks at her own white, dainty slip And wishes that t'e could wear a gown A* pretty as gingham of faded brown 1 Str little Miss Brag she lays much stress !Ol the privileges of a gingham dress— “Aha, Oho!” AS Hch little lady from over the way Has beautiful dolls in vast array; TAR she envies the raggedy home-made doll She hears our little Miss Brag extol. For the raggedy doll can fear no hurt From wet, or heat, or tumble, or dirt! Her nose is inked, aqd her mouth Is, too, And one eye’s black and the other’s blue— "Aha, Oho I” The rich little lady goes out to ride With footmen standing up outside, Yet wishes that sometimes, after dark •fler father would trundle her in the park:-- That, sometimes, her mother would sing the things Little Miss Brag!says her mother sings When through the attic window streams. The moonlight full of golden dreams— “Aha, Oho! ” Tes, little Mias Brag has much to say To the rich little lady from over the way; And yet who knows but from her heart Often the bitter sighs upstart— Uprise to lose their burn and sting In the grace of the tongue that loves to sing’ Praise of the treasures all its own ! So I’ve come to love that treble tone— “Aha, Oho!” —[Engene Field, in Chicago Record. me OH laii’s siui. BY MARY KYLE DALLAS. “When I was a girl,’’ said the old lady—sire was a very, very old lady, eighty-five or more, they said, “things were not as they are now, and the post office, here in America, was not managed as it is to-day. Getting a letter was a serious tiling, and send ing one mere so. I've reason to know that. i “I lived in the country with my aunt and uncle—not my real uncle, for he was my aunt's second hus band, and she only an aunt by mar riage—but I had no other kin and was glad to have home folk. I had, beside, a cousin by courtesy. His name was Thomas, and that was about all I knew of him for years— he came in and wenf out without taking any notice of me. His father used to talk about him before mo, finding fault with his idleness. Once I heard him say: “ ‘The boy has not the making of a man in him, Cynthia. You wait on him and spoil him, and one day you’ll regret it.’ “Then aunt asked uncle if he wished her to be hard on the only son out of three. “‘Not hard,’ he answered; ‘only Tom ought to be taught that he will have to see to himself—we have ^ nothing to leave him. If I should die before you, he ought to be able to support you—and he takes to nothing.’ “Tom, by this time, was a young fellow of nineteen, and I was fifteen. Three years later he had no more idea of settling to any business than he had had before, and I had cpme into a fortune. It was not a large one, but it was enough to make me comfortable for life, and I was glad to stop washing dishes and doing the Ironing, and ask my aunt to make me a boarder, since I could pay her well. “She was pleased, and that day I left my little garret-room under the eaves, and had a large room on the second floor given me. “Besides paying my board, I hired a servant for the housework, and my aunt thought that very generous. Hitherto I had worn her made-over gowns. Now I sent for M'ss Crab tree, the dressmaker, and had plenty of dresses made, giving Aunt Cynthia a rich black silk and a broche shawl. She made a great fuss over them, and I was not surprised that my cousin Tom should begin to be very pleasant to me, for the first time in my life. “I thought it was because he saw I had kind feelings and was grateful for what had been done for me when I was a little orphan. It was a new thing to be made so much of as I was now, and I enjoyed it. Even when Cousin Tom began to make love to me I never guessed that it was be cause I had money, as I know it was now. “ ‘Will you marry me, Cousin Belief he said one day, and my an swer was: 'Tom, I feel as if I did not love you the right way, we are too much like brother and sister. ’ ‘ ‘But he teased me and teased me, until I told him that he might ask me again at the end of the year. “ ‘But you must build no hope or that,’ I said, ‘for I think I shall feel just as I do now.’ “And ptiw Aunt Cynthia began to praiss b*r boy to me, f d to say how glad she shouM be if he had chosen some one she loved. “It might be that I would have yielded to this pressure, but that something shortly happened to turn the wholr current of my life. , It can be told in a few word;. I met Ar thur Lorrimer at the house of a friend. He devoted himself to me that even ing, and he saw me home, and I un derstood from what he said that he was in love with mo. Cousin Tom was furious tha+ i had accepted other escort. We bad a scene that very night. Tom was very rough and brutal. *■ eHp - “ ‘You have no right to accept an other man’s attention^,’ he said. ‘You are engaged to me.’ “Of course this was false, and I told my aunt what I had really said to him.. She only cried, and told me that I hi'.d eo feeling for her poor boy, who loved me so well. “1 might have believed that he lov ed me, and felt myself guilty, but that a little later, coming down stairs to find my gloves, which I had drop ped, and stepping softly, fori thought the whole house was asleep, I saw Aunt Cynthia and her son still sitting beside the grate. “‘I don’t care a rtti for the girl herself,’ Tom was spying, T know many a one I admire more, but l like her money, an«Lit would into my pockets without any trouble. I hate work, And it secmed'such a soft thing to get a rich wife.| “ You shall have the child,’ said the mother. ‘I can keep that jacka napes away. Fine clothes and city ways have caught her fancy, that is all. Besides, now do you know the man means anything. “ ‘By his looks,’ said Tom, ‘I kept wondering what lie saw in her pale little face to roll his eyes for. Why, I think she is very nearly plain.’ “I went up stairs without my gloves, but my heart was very light. I could have no pity for a fortune- hunter, and the words I had heard made me happy. “To cut a long story short, lest I bore you, it was not long before I was engaged to Mr. Lorrimer. My aunt hod permitted his visits, and told me that she hoped I would not leave her until I was married. I knew that the money I contributed to the house hold was valuable, and agreed to stay. Tom I seldom saw nowadays; when I did, ho was sulky. “I hud known all along that my be trothed husband was going to Balti more for a few months before our marriage, but when the time came, it was very hard to part, and when he was gone I was very sad and lonely. As I told you, in those days the malls were very slow — there were no steam cars. “For a long time I was not alarmed, but at last a terror beyond words fell upon me, and I expected nothing but to receive tidings of ill ness or death. What came to me, how jver, was this: “A paper in which was marked in pencil a notice of the marriage of Arthur Lorrimer to Augusta, daugh ter of Everliegh Turner, Esq., and a note in an unknown hand. “ ‘Madam’—it read—‘As one of Mr. Lorrlmer’s closest friends, I am charged with a message to you. You will see that he is married to his love with whom he quarreled two years ago. That love will have its way, is the only excuse he can offer. He prays that you may be happy, and begs you will forgive him. ^ “ ‘A. Avpletom.’ ” “I did not faint, I did not weep, when I received this letter, but I felt the shock in every nerve. My cousin had brought the mail from the post- office, and as I sat gazing into the fire he touched mo on the arm. “ ‘Cousin Belle,’ he said, ‘I read the paper on my way home. See now what a false lieart you have been trusting in, and setting aside a love that would have lasted you for life.’ “ ‘Do not utter falsehood, Cousin Tom,’ I said. ‘You care nothing for mo; you want my money, for I heard you tell your mother so. But I will marry you and show this deceiver that I am not pining for him. Only remember, I do not love you anymore than you do me; and I will never give you even a kiss.’ “ ‘Oh, Belle, 1 do love you! I said what I did out of pique!’ cried Tom, ‘and I am sorry you heard me. W'e shall be a very happy couple yet.’ “ ‘Never!’ I said. “ ‘I’ll write to this fellow,’ said Tom. ‘Pretend we have not hoard the news, and tell him you’ve found out you like me the best, and want to be off with me.’ “ ‘Yes,’ I said, ‘you may do that, I hate you both; but tell any lie you like.’ , And ho ran away. “Silting in the room where I stood was a looking-glass which reflected a portion of the kitchien. As I hap pened to turn my eyes that way, I saw my aunt standing near the open fire reading a letter. As she read, she seemed to watch and listen. “In those days we used both black Ink and red for correspondence, and Arthur had a fancy for red. This letter was written in that color. The writing, too, looked at that distance like his, and the secrecy of Aunt Cynthia’s manner awakened my sus picions. I took n step forward, and she flung it into the fire, and I saw her run out at the garden door. The next instant I was in the kitchen. “The paper had not blazed up at once, for it had fluttered behind the back log. I caught up the tongs and brought it safely out. It was scorch ed and yellow, but I knew I could read It; and running to my room, bolted myself in and examined the paper. “It was a letter from Arthur, and from I learned that he had written many times, and having received no reply, had grown so anxious that he had resolved to come back again. “ I am greatly Irritated to-day,’ he said. ’Some rascal has thought it a good joke to publish a false marriage with an unknown, probably imagina ry lady. It.is unlikely that you will ever see a Baltimore paper, but, I can not help troubling about that, too. However, we shall meet in a few days. The stage should arrive at next Thursday.’ “I saw It all—my cousin had play ed a deep trick. The advertisement was his work, and he had forged the letter, but I was evister at last. "As for my auut, '•mol crea ture had destroyed the letters *.*r which she knew I was longinp—she would willingly have broken my heart in order that her son might have my money. “I believe from what I saw that she had not been able to finish the letter, and was not aware how soon Arthur would arrive, for this day was Thursday, I remember, and night was coming on. “I- went down to ten as though nothing had happened. My cousin took my hand and kissed it, my aunt advanced and kissed my cheek. “ ‘Here are true hearts,’ said she, ‘and we will compensate you for what false ones have made yon suffer.’ I<t -‘■“‘Marry fo-morrow, my darl ing,’ said Tom, ‘and I can write to that man, not that we are engaged, but that you are my wife.’ “‘A good idea,” said I; and just then I heard the rumbling of wheels. A vehicle stopped before the house, and some one rapped heavily with the knocker upon the outer door. “ ‘It is he!’ I cried, and in a mo ment more I was clasped in Arthur’s arms. “Ask me no questions,' I cried, ‘but take me away from these terri ble people who would stop at no crime in order to win what little wealth is mine.’ “That very night old Parson Part ridge married us, and I left the town with my husband. At my prayer, he forbore to punish Tom, and we have never seen any of those people since, and have lived happily for years amoogst my husband’s kinsfolk here In Baltimore.”—[Family Story Paper. THE SEA OTTER. His Furtha Costliest in ths World-- Shot from Darrieks. Just at the present the SeaOtter is the favorite of the millionairess, and his fur is the costliest in the world. I wonder if any of the wearers of this beautiful fur—so costly that the price of one set would feed a hungry family for two whole years—ever stop to find out how the first wearer was born on a bed of kelp, floating out in the open sea, on the icy cold waters of the Pacific, and literally “rocked iu the cradle of the deep;” how he was brought up on the heaving billows, and, when bedtime came, found a soft resting place on his mother’s breast, while she floated upon her back and clasped him with her paws as he slept; how the only land he ever saw was the rugged, rock-bound shores of Alaska or Washington. Now and then,when the ocean was very rough, and before the hunters were so bad, he used to crawl out upon a rock and lie there, while the roar of the breakers boomed in his ears and the breakers dashed over him In torrents. But then, it is probable that not one woman out of every five hundred takes the trouble to learn the life history of the crea ture whose furry coat she wears. The Sea Otter is the largest of the Marten family, and is very unlike the family after which the family is named. It has a thick, clumsy body which, with the round, blunt head, is from three and a half to four feet in length. Unlike those of all other otters, the tail is short and stumpy, being about one-fifth the length of the head and body. As if to increase its value, and hasten its destruction, the skin is much larger than the body, like a misfit coat, and lies loose ly upon it In many folds. For this reason the stretched pelt is always much wider and longer than the ani mal that wore it. The coat of the full-grown Sea Otter is very dense, very fine, and its color is shimmering, lustrous black. Ever since the earliest discovery of the Sea Otter by the Russians, Its fur has been eagerly sought by them, and the cash prices of skins have always been' so high that there is not, in the whole United States, a museum rich enough to afford a good series of specimens. Mr. Charles H. Townsend, the naturalist of the United States Fish Commission, writes me that in 1891 the price of the best skins had reached $100each, and their value has been since in creasing. On the northwest coast of the State of Washington, where Sea Otters are still found along a thirty- mile strip of coast (from Gray’s Har bor, half-way to Cape Flattery), they are shot by hunters from tall “der ricks” from thirty to forty foet high, erected in the surf half-way between high tide and low tide, and the hunter who kills four Otters in a year considers his work successful. Owing to the persistent hunting that has been going on ever since Alaska came Into our possession,ithe Sea Otter is rapidly following the buffalo to the State of Extermina tion. The favorite food of the Sea Otter is not fish, as one might suppose from the habits of the common Otter, but clams, crabs, mussels, and sea-urchins. Its molar teeth are of necessity very strong, for the grind ing up of this rough fare, and the muscles of the jaws are proportion ately powerful.—[St. Nicholas. Tha Doctor’s Rovongo. A man in Dexter, Me., who thought it a fine thing to stop a doctor who was hurrying by, to ask him some trivial question, didn’t see half so much fun in It when his door bell rang violently at 2 a. in. the next morning, and when, after hurrying on his clothes and hastening down, ho found the physician prepared to answer t he query, and any more ha might have to propound.—[Lewiston (Me.) Journal. The British Mint coins twenty-Hra tans of .'Atomies every year. =3C THE JOKER'S MIDGET. » JESTS ARD t*RNS BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Hla ldaa--A DNpmI Failara—Haw TOO MUCH TO ASK. •*- He—Will you love me if I give up all my bad habits? She (protestingly )—But, George, how could you expect me to love a perfect stranger?—[Tid-Bits. Ha Eaaapad.^lNuldR't. Rapaat-* Of Cauraa, Eta^Cte. KMDEA. Little Tomnft’wji'apa, did you ever see a cyclone tnkt Mowed everything up in the air; and honee, and houses and thiagpr upside down? I’apa—Well, oft; Tommy, although I’ve heard oloften. Little Tommy^RFoll. fr jbfrk it’d be rather tiresome to live so long and never see anything. —[Philadelphia Life. A DISMAL FAILURE. Kane—Hobson’s son made a failure of his college career. Lane—Why, I thought he was the valedictorian of his class. Kane—Oh, yes; but he has abso lutely no record in athletics. HOW HE ESCAPED. URREASOXABLE. “You have told that secret which I revealed to you yesterday?” “I confess I have.” "That was mean.” “Come, now, be reasonable. If you couldn’t keep a secret concerning yourself, how could you expect me to keep it?”—[New York Press. PERPETUAL MOTION. “Hwge byfMwk»*w hae-divecvepcl the perpetual motion secret at last.” “Well, he’ll find it won’t go. But what is it?” "The tramp joke.”—[Chicago In ter-Ocean. REQUIRES GENIUS. “Ah,” remarked the great musi cian, as he walked the floor with his howling offspring in his arms; “itis much easier to compose a grand opera than a wakeful baby.” Dashaway—What luck did you have in Texas? Billboard (the tragedian)—I played to full houses. Dushaway—That’s great luck, old man. Billboard—Yes. They were so full that they couldn’t shoot straight.— [Life. WOULDN’T REPEAT. “I am going to spgnd a week up at the Barker’s in Riverdale,” said Borely. “8o Barker told-me,” said Cyni- cus. “What did he say?” “Well, really, Borely, I don’t like to say. I never use profane lan guage.”—[Life. OF COURSE. She—Why do they put an eagle on gold pieces, George? He—Because gold is money and money flies, my dear. A MYSTERY SOLVED. Mr. Hungry Higgings had finished eating his “handout” and was perus ing the paper it had been wrapped in. “By gee,” he said, “this accounts for it." “Accounts for what?” asked Mr. Weary Watkins. “W’y, they is a doctor says in this paper that after a man has had the grip he never gits plum over it. It leaves him kinder tired, an’ in need of stimulants all the time, the doctor says. I bet I had it myself when I was a little baby.”—[Indianapolis Journal. A LEGAL QUESTION. Kitty—She says they’re engaged, and he says they are not. Now, what do you think of that? Tom—I think it will take a jury to decide.—[Puck. HER STANDING UNIMPAIRED. A REASONABLE INFERENCE. “How’s the college doing now?” “Splendid.” “Quite full?” “1 reckon so; boys got their month ly remittances last night.”—[Atlan ta Constitution. A SUFFICIENT REASON. Mr. Dolley—Miss Flypp, why do you suppose it Tit that there is no marrying nor giving in marriage in heaven? Miss Flypp (promptly)—No men there.—[Judge. SAYING AND DOING. Cora—Why did she leave the room when she was in the middle of her argument about the cruelty of killing song birds? Merritt—She went to show the ser vant how to drop a live lobster into boiling water.—[Truth. WHERE SHE WANTED IT. He—Pshaw, I could kiss you right under your mother’s nose. She—I should very much prefer, Harry, that you kiss me under my cwn.—[Truth. A DECIDED DIFFERENCE. Minnie—Here is a eonundrum for you. What is the difference between you and crushed sugar? Mamie—I didn't suppose there was any. Minnie—Oh, yes, there is. One is mashed to powder and the other is powdered to mash.—[Jndiauapolis Journal. WANTED TO BE THERE. Taper—I should like two weeks’ vacation to attend the wedding of a very dear friend. Mr. Gingham—It must be a very dear friend, indeed, to make you want that much time. Who is it? * Taper—Well, sir, after the ceremony she will be my wife.—[Vogue. ON STRIKE FOR PRINCIPLE. Mr. Hungry Higgins looked over the fence and saw a sight that nearly paralyzed him. He looked again. Yes, it was too true. Mr. Dismal Dawson was sawing wood. “What does this mean?” asked Hungry. Mr. Dawson saw he was caught. So he straightened up and assumed an air of righteous indignation. “It means dis,” said he. “De boye didn’t treat mo right in dividin’ up the beer las’ night, an’ Fm out on strike, see?”—[Indianapolis Jokrnal. AND MANY OF THEM. English Capitalist—You build your railroads all with the same gauge in this country now, do you not? American Railroad Magnate—Oh, yes! “What is the gauge?” "Mortgage.” SUPREME INDEPENDENCE. Young Lady—I am tired of living on my relatives, and want to be in dependent. Employment Agent—I might get you a place in a store. “That won’t do. I’d be under some one’s orders continually. I want to be independent of everything and every body.” ‘Ah, I see. I’ll get you a place as •ook.”—[New York Weekly. AN UNUSUAL REQUEST. Clerk—I want my photograph taken, but it must be as unlike me as possible. Photographer—An unusual' re quest. May 1 ask the reason. Clerk—I’ll tell you In confidence. You see the photograph is for my employer’s daughter, and if hg saw it and recognized me he’d discharge me forthwith.—Fliegende Blaetter. Lillie—Why did you speak to that horrid fellow in the street car? Weren’t you afraid it would affect your standing? Millie—Not a bit; he never offered a girl a seat in his life.—[Kate Field’s Washington. JOYS OF A RAILWAY EMPLOYE. The Nervous Woman—How long did you say it was before the train leaves? Station Agent—One hour and a half, ma’am. The Nervous Woman—Are you sure? Station Agent—Yes, ma’am. The Nervous Woman—That would make it safe for me to go out for a short time, wouldn’t it! Station Agent—Certainly. The Nervous Woman—You are pos itive? Station Agent—Yes, ma’am. How far did you wish to go? The Nervou* Woman—I want to go over to that news stand on the other side of the street and get a paper. But if I lose the train I’ll re port you, now mind.—[Chicago Re cord. SAD CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY. Nino—Was papa in, Clarence? Clarence—Yes, but very busy. But he made an appointment to meet me. Nina—Dear pupa! And how did he act towards you, Clarence? Clarence—Nicest kind! I went to his office, and said to him that he doubtless knew the reason why I had been calling nt his house so regularly for a long time, and that now L had come to say that it only needed a word from him to happily settle everything. He said he was sorry, but he was too busy to attend to it then, and told mo to come around Tues day. Nina—Oh, Clarence! Ho took you for the man with the gas bill.— [Browning’s Monthly. MERELY AN OPINION. He was a rugged, bluff man, repre senting a Western region in Congress and incidentally enjoying the hospi tality of the capital. One evening, at a dance, ho was seated next to his hostess, when his eye fell upon a small, wizened individual, who wore several decorations and ribbons. The attention of the M. C. was instantly attracted and he inquired who the personage was. “Oh, that’s Lord DeVoid!” re turned his hostess; “a member of one of the noblest families of Eng land. I think the patent of nobility was conferred upon them by Henry VII.” “Henery Seventh!” repeated the honest Representative, slowly, lost in thought. Then he suddenly turned to the ladr of the house. “Don’t you think,” he asked, sol emnly and confidentially, "judgin’ by this here specimen, that the pat ent is pretty near expired now?”— [Puck. Egypt’s Smelling Festival. On Monday next, when the annual custom termed “Shemm en Neseem” (or the Smelting of the Zephyr) will be observed, all Government offices will be closed and the day will be ob served as a general holiday through out the country. Onions will be in great demand, for early on Monday morning many persons, especially women, in accordance with ".n an cient Egyytian custom, dating from time immemorial,break an onion and smell it. There will also be a whole sale migration into the country for the purpose of "smelling the air,” which is believed by the natives of Egypt to have a wonderfully beneficial effect on that day.—[Egyptian Gazette. FARM AND GARDEN, PLANT BERTS AS COW FEED. Sugar beets are worth more to feed to cows for milk and butter than the prices which the sugar-beet factories offer for them for making sugar. So it is not necessary that a farmer should be located near a beet-root sugar factory in order to make beet growing pay. If he has the right kind of cows bo can make more money feeding beets to them than he can sell them for in any other way. The same is true of moat of the grain products of the farm.—Boston Cultivator. THE PELLICLE OF THE BUTTER GLOBULE. The claim made in a communication from Dr. Hopkins, of Vermont, that he was opposed to the alleged existence of any pellicle on the butter globules as long ago as 1860, is cheerfully recognized. This opposition has long been common among physicians and physiologists, who know of milk as a simple emulsion, while those who have favored it have been persons who based belief on a very common mis take made by inexperienced micro- scopists, who ignored the effects of the refraction of light from glistening ob jects, thus viewed, and in this way imagined the supposed pellicle. Dr. Hoskins claims that when he made the discovery there was no such thing in 1860, when he published the fact. But hard work has been done since then to change the prevalent popular belief to the contrary.—New York Times. FATTENING PIGS ON WHEAT. Where maize con be grown to per fection it will probably continue to be one of the chief food materials for fattening swine, but in colder climates other foods must be grown for this purpose. H. T. French, of the Ore gon Station, has continued the experi ment of feeding wheat to pigs, and the results are especially interesting to farmers, who find the market price of wheat about the same as that of corn. In the rate of grain produced, the results compare favorably with those obtained from feeding corn. Chopped wheat proved to be better than chopped oats, and there was 131 pounds of gain for each bushel of wheat consumed. The quality of the meat was all that could be desired in fat. pork. There was a good thickness of fat, and, at the same time, a good distribution of lean meat. The pigs were eleven months old when slaugh tered. The pigs were not in pasture at any time, bat were in pens connect ed with small yorJs. They were fed twice each day, at eight in the morn ing, and at five in the evening. Each ration was weighed ont, and allowed to soak until the time for the next feed. A handful of salt was added to eaoh feeding, and charcoal was given to them twice a week. The breed was a cross of the Polaud-China and Berk shire, with the Berkshire points pre dominating. —American Agriculturist. SEED GRAIN. Seed grain, whether barley, oats, wheat or flax, should be selected with great oare. The Idaho Station advo cates testing the grain before sowing. This can be done by the farmer, it says, and requires but o fuw days. The seed may be sown in a box of soil and the box kept in a warm exposure. The soil mnst be kept moist. Another and easier way is to float a piece of thick sheet cotton on water. The grain to be tested is placed on the cotton an 1 is covered with a similar shoot. On removing the cover the grain is exposed to view, and the sprouted grain can be quickly counted. A good germinator or seed tester i ean be made oat of a coal-oil can, a block of wood and two pieces of cloth. Cut one of the sides out of the can. Place the block of wood within the can, allowing it to rest on the bottom. The block should be two inches thick, about as wide as the con and three- fourths as long. Pour one to one and one-half inches of water in the can. Stretch one of the ends of the cloth to dip in tne water. The other piece of cloth is used for a c/vr; ;.nd is pnt on in the same way. T!"* - seeds to be tested are put between the folds of cloth. Capillary attraction keeps the cloth damp. Keep clean and fresh water in the germinator and set in a warm place. To prevent smut use one pound of “blue-stone” to four gallons of water. Allow the grain to remain in contact with the liquid for live minutes. Never sow seed that is foul with seed of weeds and other grains. The wild oats must be got out of the way. A great help iu this direction is to de stroy as much of the wild oat seed as possible. Every seed sown brings forth nearly a hundred more. —New York World. IMPROVED PEACH ORCHARDS. Every spring a large number of peach orchards are planted in differ ent parts of the country, and uenrly all are arranged in the old way of set ting them in squares or in rows both ways for horse culture, and training them up to a head five feet high ou a bare stem at that bight. As many farmers and orchardists are now car rying ont their plans for spring plant ing, a few practical suggestions may be of use. The tendency of all peach tree growth ia in running up and out hori zontally into bare polea and arms, which gradually reduce the value of the trees and lessen the excellence of the fruit. The duration of the trees is lessened, and they perish much sooner than under a better treatment. First of all, the superiority of broad cast cultivation should be appreciated, as compared with only narrow strips or circles of cultivated ground. The roots of both young and old peach trees extend from the foot of the trees to a distance of at least equal to NO. 29. the height of the trees. This we hare proved by experiments, showing that the trees, ten and twelve feet high, send out roots thirteen feet in length and are increased in growth by manure placed at that distance. It is there fore of little comparative importance whether the narrow spot at the base of the tree receives manure or not. There could be, therefore, but little objection to the side branches extend ing nearly to the ground. There arc several reasons for such low headed trees. The annual prun ing or catting back is more easily per formed, much of it being done while the operator stands on the ground. The thinning, which all heavy-bearing tre’es fehouW receive, is more easily done. The fruit may be more easily gathered. There will be but little ground that may not be subjected to horse cultivation, for the shade of tho foliage above will prevent much growth of weeds closely around the item and a light and broad harrow will stir nearly all the soil by passing under. Planters who wish to adopt the low headed, compact training, should not purchase trees more than a year old, or which have heads already formed several feet high; but procure one- yoar trees from the bud, or else, those which have already been trained with in a few inches of the ground.—Coun try Gentleman. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. ’ The Senate. 123d Day.—The tobacco schedule of tht Tariff Mil was disposed of and the agricul tural schedule taken up. 124th Day.—The agricultural schedule of the Tariff bill was discussed. Mr. Hoar spoke In favor of ths (iovernment re linquishing Its elalna against the Sanford es tate. 12f th Day.—The Hoar resolution as to re linquishing the Government claims against the Stanford estate was. after discussion, laid on the table—yeas. 24 ; nays. 19. The Tariff bill was then taken up. Eight para graphs ot the agricultural schedule wers disposed of. 126th Day.—The conference report on the hill authorizing the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad Company to construct <\ bridge across the Delaware River was agr-ei to. The Senate passed a bill dividing rail way postal clerks into seven classes, with salaries ranging from $809 tor $1800. Mr. Walsh Introduced » bill to establish in Washington a per manent expojltlon of the produots and re sources of the several Statea and Territories. Mr. Hoar Introduced a bill to release the Stanford estate from the Government’* claim. The Senate disposed ot the agri cultural schedule ot the Tariff bill. 127th Day.—Three scheduts*, filling eight een pages of the Tariff bill and relating to spirita and wines, cotton manufactures and 1 flax, hemp and jute, were disposed of. Ths flve-mlnute rule was in operation. Ths cotton schedule, covering ten pages, was disposed ot In thirty minutes. 128th Dat.—Little progress was made on the Tariff bill, the day being chiefly occupied With flve-mlnute speeches. The House. 143d Day.—The House concurred in the Senate amendments to the New York and! New Jersey Bridge bill. By a vote of 17il to 102 the House voted not to repeal the law imposing a tax ol ten per oent. upon the Is-* aues of State banka and other associations. 144th Day.—The day was devoted to con-, ■ideratlon of the Indian Appropriation bill, the discussion being over the rider to re move the supply warehouse from New Yjrk! to Chicago. No action was taken. 146th Day.—The Indian Appropriation hill was considered in Committee of th* Whole. 146th Day.—The House spent three hours In consideration of the Indian Appropriation^ bill under the flve-mlnnte rule, and passed over seven pages in that time. 147th Day.—The day was devoted to ths consideration of District of Columbia bust-' ness. 148th Day.—The Indian Appropriation bill was further considered. The Indian Commission was practically legislated out ot office by a refusal to make an appropriation for It. THE LABOR WORLD. In India agricultural laborers get five centd a day. East LivupooL,Ohlo, is to have a co-opera five factory- A bdildino trades council is to bo estab lished in Paterson, N. J. Fall Rites (Mass.) weavers' wages have lately been cut thirty per cent. Fully one-third of the female population ot France are laborers on farms. Effobts are being made to establish tru lo assemblies throughout New Jersey. It is said that 1000 Illinois manufacturers b- -'e combined to kill the eight hour law. Ofebations are being generally resumed at the Iron mines in the LnkeHuperior region, Thehe are more iron safes made In Cincin nati than In all tho cities of tho Union com bined. A seduction of twenty-live per cent, in tho earnings of Boston hatters nax gone Into effect. Afies nelormy session the bootblacks of Chi cago formed a union and elected JelToison King President. The Laborers' Union In New York City is divided into English, Gorman and Italian speaking branches. The shops in Altoona, Penn., ot tho Penn sylvania Railroad Company have been openocC for work on full time. The union wages for laborers on buildings in New York City Is thirty cents an hour, eight hours to constitute a day s work. The committee of the striking miners aban don their hope of effecting a National set tlement and call for district conferences with the operators. The Brooks Locomotive Works, Schenec tady, N. Y., have received an order for thir ty passenger locomotives and thirty locomo tives for the Central Railway ol Brazil. Delegates from France, Belgium. Eng land, Germany and Austria are expected at the coming International Congress ol Tex tile Workers, which is to be held in this country. Gbifhen and conductors on the Third avenue line. New York City, had their wages Increased to $2.60 ant $2.25 a day, respec tively. They are to make five round trips a day Instead of four and a half, as heretofore. An appeal is contemplated to be made by the Iron trades unions to the New York State Constitutional Convention for an amendment to the law which will hinder contract prison labor competing with free industry. The only ones among the textile workers of this country whose wages have not been reduced during the panic are the spinners, who have an organization comprising over ninety per cent, of tho spinners in tho United States. Count Geohoe Szibney, who claims to bo the son of a wealthy ami powerful Austrian nobleman, whoso estates were squandered by tho trustees while he was in his mlnor- Itv, In picking slate In a coal breaker at Wilkesbaire. Penn., tor sixty cents a day.