AgTlcuKnrnl Miscellany.
' Ohio owns 100,000,000 worth of live
rook.
There we 200 acres In hops within a
radius of five miles of Sacrament, Cal.
Ortj 1,000,000 pounds of Colorado
wheat hare already been shipped from
Denver.
It is estimated that the present cotton
crop of the South will not amount to
more than half the ordinary yield.
Hay chopped ready for feeding is
now pressed into bales in Maine and
shipped to the Boston market.
Diehl wheat seems to be giving satis
faction in Michigan. Thirty to forty-
five bushels per acre ore reported in
some sections.
Borneo has a tree the nut 'of which
yields vegetable tallow. The trade in
the artiole promises to become one of
great importance.
It is estimated that of the present
great c:op of fruit throughout the
United lates, more apples have been
josh Dy i :ung and waste than an aver
age crop would amounted to.
An epidemic resembling the horse
disease has attacked the deer in the
woods of Michigan. Many of them have
been found dead, with their throats
badly swollen and every indications
having the horse maladv.
A lot of Texas cattle were recently
driven into Appanoose countv. Iowa.
for pasturage, and now the native cattle
in the vicinity of Moulton. in that
ounty, are dying off at a rapid rate
with the Texas onttle fever.
A hen has unfortunately been killed
in Boston which might in time have
attained the power of laying golden
eggs. A solid nugget of the precious
metal was found in her insides, weigh
ing four penyweights and in shape
very like an egg.
Walnut stumps have become an article
of merchandise and many of them are
very valuable. The curly grain of the
roots is used for veneering, and some
stumps are worth 150 nfter being prop
erly worked into shape.
A late writer lays down this as an
axiom in drainage : It is not judicious
to spend money in draining land that
needs draining, so long as we can hbo
jfche money to good advantage in the
better cultivation of other good land
that does not need draining.
Breeding fine stock successfully is a
specialty which requires study and ex
perience. It is a science that but few
farmers are able to comprehend. To bo
a competent judge of fine stock nature
must bestow the talent, and that gift
muRt be cultivated and educated.
Paschal Morris says he once saved
the life of a $600 short-horned bull,
sick with hoven, by placing a wisp of
twisted hay in his month and tying it
p tightly behind the horns. Tho work
ing of the jaws to get rid of this encum
brance liberates the gas in the stomach,
and relief is immediate.
Making beet sugar has not been suc
cessful jn Indiana this year. The season
was so wet that tho product was ex
tremely light.
To prepare vegetable oysters, parboil
it? scrape off the outside, and cut it in
shoes. Make a batter with powdered
cracker, beaten eggs and salt ; dip each
slice in, and fry both sides brewu.
Water Cake. Dry three pounds of
fine flour, and rub it into a pound of
sifted sugar, one pound of butter, and
one ounce of caraway seed. Make it
into a paste with three-quarters of a
pint of boiling new milk, roll very thin,
and cut into the size you choose ; punch
full of holes, and bake on tin plates in
a tool oven.
To Make Preserved Ginger of Lettuce
Btalks. Put the onantitv of lettuce
ottUH mat yon wibu to preserve in salt
and water for four or five days, chang
ing it every day ; make a syrup of one
pound 01 sutrar, one pint of water,
quarter of a pound of ginger, with the
peet oi lemon, rue wnite oi an egg ;
boil till clear, which must be done three
times a week for three weeks ; wipe the
staiKB quite dry, and pour the syrup
over, boiling. This preserve, if well
tied down in jars and kept in a dry
place, will keep for lour or hve years,
Cold Slaw. Mince very finely a small
cabbage : put it into a china bowl, and
prepare for a nice dressing. Take half
a pint of the best white vinesrar. mix
with a quarter of a pound of butter cut
in bits and rubbed in flour, a little salt
and cayenne. Stir all this together and
boil in a small sauce-pan. As soon as
it boils, stir in the yolks of four well
beaten eggs, and take it immediately off
the fire. Pour it boiling hot over the
cabbage, and mix it with a spoon. Let
it become cold before sending to table.
TheU. S. Agricultural Bureau. The
report of the Agricultural Bureau, just
published, shows that the corn crop of
this year is an unusual large one. It is
manifest that the corn crop is as large
as that of 1870. and when the returns are
all in, a crop of one thousand one hun
dred million bushels will be indicated,
in quality somewhat below the average.
The season has been unpropitious for
cotton, but not less favorable than that
of last season. The total product as in
dicated by the first week in November
is made verynearly 3,450,000commereial
bales of 465 pounds. In potatoes the
returns point to a decrease of five per
cent, from the product of last year,
amounting to six millions of bushels.
There has been a small increase in the
hay crop, which will probably reach 24,
000,000 tons.
Home Made Ycant. Daisy Eye-
bnght, in the Country uentteman re
commends the following: Boil two hand-
fuls of hops, tied in a small bag, in six
quarts of water, slice thin six large pota
toes, and boil them with the hops; when
they are soft skim them out and mash
perfectly fine: add to them one and a
half pints of wheat flour stirred to a
smooth batter with cold water; turn over
the whole the boiling hop liquor, first
taking out the bag and squeezing it dry;
then hang it aside to use another time,
IOT it will make two batches of yeast,
Stir into this mixture two tablespoonfnls
f susrar. one of (ringer and one of salt.
When milk-warm, add a teacupful of
yeast, eet in a warm place to rise, and it
will be ready to put into a jug by the
next morning. Keep in a cool cellar or
iee-house. and it will last good for
trix weeks or more. Always shake the
juar before using any of its contents. A
teacupiui oi tnis yeast wm iua mxro'
loaves of bread and a pan of rolls.
Trinity Church Robbed.
Trinity Church of New York was
robbed by a daring burglar. The com
munion service, used during Sunday
service, is valned at over $20,000, anil
many of its pieces were scut to the
ehuroh by crowned heads in Europe.
This is evidently what the thief was
after.
On the south side of the chancel aro
two vestry rooms, each having a large
window. I'ach window is protected by
three lieht sashes. The windows are
about throe feet above the ground, nnd
the snow reached up nearly to the sills.
To open tho sashes was easy. The
windows swing on pivots, which enter
small apertures on each side of the wood
work, They are opened and closed by
moan's of cords fastened to the upper
part of their edges, and running to
small iron pulleys lasteneu insitie, a
short distance above the upper sill, and
thence down nearly to the floor. When
the window is closed the cord is pulled
down and tied to a small catch between
the sill and the floor.
The burglar scaled the picket fence in
Rector street, about sixty feet west of
Broadway, lie had previously placed a
large stone on tho top of the inside
stone wall on which the fence rests,
so once on the fence he could step down
without getting caught on the sharp
edges of the pickets. He landed near
the tomb of Alexander Hamilton, and
took a semi-circuitous route in a north
westerly direction toward tho chancel.
The distance was about 250 feet. With
an eight-inch dagger he pried open the
weak Boshes, and then went to work at
the window of the middle vestry room.
Turning his back toward the heavy
wood work, he forced the windows
slightly-inward, making a smaller aper
ture. The cord's elasticity assisted him.
He then cut the eord and entered.
Drawing a dark lantern from beneath
his coat, he took a rapid survey oi uie
room.
Inside were half a dozen desls
with drawers, all of which were loeked.
The walls are nearly covered with mar
ble tablet, commemorative of the greot
men of the country. Under the window
opening into the rear or these rooms
stood a box used to hold the loose earth
when vaults are opened for interments,
and by standing on this box it was easy
to force the window open. Once inside
the burglar hod his own way. Desks
were turned upside down, their drawers
forced open, aud doors broken oil, while
their contents; consisting of books and
letters; were scattered over the floor.
The burglar examined almost every
thing, even to the letters from the
English royal family and many of the
nobility. He secured the contents of
the contribution boxes, which Dr.
Ogilby says probably contained fifty to
sixty dollars. He then retraced his
steps, going south ot the liarnuton
tomb, and escaped into Keetor street,
over the fence at the point where he had
entered.
The footprints in the snow north of
the tomb were regular and of large size,
while those south of the tomb were
irregular and had a trail, indicating
that the burglar had been frightened,
and rau toward the street. Among the
stuff scattered on the floor the dagger
was found, as was also a very large
pocket knife, open and ready for instant
use. Sexton August, who generally
sleeps in this room, was absent at the
time. Since the robbery of St. Paul's
Churoh, four years ago, the church
plate has been kept in the bank vault.
Among the communion plate were
several pieces from the Prince of Wales
and Frince Arthur. hen these royal
youths were in this couutry they attend
ed divine worship at this church, and
were eafu proocutcii -with elegant gold
bound Bjbles. In return, they each
sent to the church some silver plate.
Among the papers, which the burglars
scattered over the floor, are letters from
the- most distinguished Episcopal
Bishops and ministers in this country
and in England. They were highly
prized.
The Ruby and Sapphire.
Tho recent diamond swindle having
attracted much attention throughout
the whole world, the following abstract
of a paper rend by J. Lawrence Smith,
at the last meeting of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science, will bo read with interest :
" The writer exhibited somo speci
mens which ho received from Montana.
In referring to the density of rubies, he
remarked that a pint of these stones
would make two pints with their con
stituents. Tho linest rubies and sap
phires came from Asia'and South Amer
ica. Many of these gems were to bo
found in our own country, the God of
nature having blessed us with every
thing needful and usefnl. Tho speaker
had bestowed much attention upon the
subject of which ho was speaking, hav
ing explored Asia Minor, the Grecian
archipelago, and the East Indies for
specimens of tho gems. Four months
ago he, received a package from Trout
River, Montana, and discovered that
the contents of tho package were true
sapphires and Oriental emeralds. They
were small, did not possess tho right
color, but nevertheless were gems.
Montana was rich with them. The gems
from there wero perfectly transparent.
The Arizona diamonds wero the color
less sapphire or rubv. If these were
cnt and polished, it would puzzle a jew
eler to tell the difference between them
and the real diamond. Tho Arizono
gems were hard, and would cnt any
stone but diamond. The feet that they
were so hard often led to tho error ol
confounding them with diamonds. The
professor had hoped to receive a poek
age of gems from San Francisco, from
thjc newly-discovered fields, in time for
this meeting, but hod failed to do so.
The new discoveries were similar to the
gems which he submitted for the inspec
tion of tle association. The Montana
gems' lacked valne in the particular that
they lacked color. They would have
half the value of diamonds if tho green
color was more intense. Rubies and
sapphires beyond a certain size exceed
ed the dimond in value, for the reason
that diamonds never get beyond tlia
size. Valuable corundum had been
found in North Carolina, but most of it
had been only half gems. Some were
very pure, and are now being cut in
Boston and set in jewelry. Tho gem'
from New Jersey lack transparency.
The ruby most prized was that in which
the faintest tint of blue intermingled
withe the red. In sapphires the intense
blue color is most appreciated. In con
cluding his remarks, Mr. Smith remark
ed that America had all the metals ol
the globe.
" Prof. Kerr, in alluding to the loca
tion in which rubies had been discov
ered in North Carolina, said they
were found -principally in Cherokee
and Macon Counties. Several mines
were being worked in these counties,
aud hod already yielded several tuns.
A man in Philadelphia owned a ruby
which came, from North Carolina, anil
which weighed a pound. Another Phil
adelphia gtntlernau had in his possession
a crystal of corundum which weighed
315 pounds. The North Carolina gems
were only iound in connection with the
unique beds of trysolite. These bedf
extend from the old North State into
Virginia, a distance of 100 miles."
The Snow-Storms of the Pint.
Collision of a Comet with the Earth.
The Illinois Stavtt Zeitvnff thinks
that Prof. Plantamonr was, after all,
right in his calculations about the
comet ; he only erred in the time as
signed to the catastrophe, which hap
pened about a hundred days later than
predicted. According to the testimony
of a nuibei;of German astronomers the
anticipated collision took place on the
27th tilt., when they observed no less
than 50.000 meteors, all believed to be
the ruins of Bicla's comet. A comet
has actually come into contact with our
planet, or rather into its outer atmos
phere, aud the former got, as it deserved,
decidedly the worst of it.
Among all the high flyers in our solar
system, says the Jmcr-Uceau, there is,
perhaps, none better known to our
celestial police then the so-called Biela's
comet. Revolving at nearly the same
distance from the sun as the earth it
was long expected that the two might
some time collide, and a close watch
was consequently kept on the motions
of the comet. 1 many in l4b, some
astronomical detectives were started to
discover that the comet had parted into
two pieces, which continued to circle
on in the same orbit, but 200,000 miles
distant from one another.
In the year 1852 the piece was sighted
once more, but the distance between
them had extended to over a million
aud a half miles. When again due, in
1859. the unfavorable position of our
earth prevented an observation, and in
18G5 all telesoopes swept tho bkies for
them in vain. The result is, two as
sumptions : First, that the comet has
entirely broken up, and its particles now
roam through spaco in a demoralized
and reckless condition ; second, that the
great meteorical shower observed on the
27th ult., in Europe, was caused by the
friction of these partioles when passing
through our outer atmosphere.
Mrs. Breton, in her cook-book, says
To make nice breakfast cakes take one
pound of flour, one-half teaspoon tartar
ic acid, one-half teaspoon salt, one-half
teaspoon soda, and one and one-half
large cups of milk, one ounce of lifted
loaf sugar, two eggs. Make them as you
would soda bread, with the addition of
sugar and eggs. Mix flour, tartaric acid
and salt well together, taking care that
the two latter are reduced to finest pow
der, and Btir in the sifted sugar. Dis
solve tho sugar in the milk, add the
egg, which should be well whisked,
' . fit. i: . : i i. it - jVa
into a light dough. Divide into small
cakes, plaoe in the oven immediately,
A California judge recently went to
San Francisco to seek relief from a sin
crukir malady which had baffled the
skill of the physicians in his own town
Among the great suow-storms of the
past few were jaore extended in theii
range or more disastrous to life and
property than that of January 17, 18(i7.
It lasted nearly twenty-five Lours, and
was accompanied by a furious gale and
very cold weather. It extended os fur
west as the Plains and was bounded ou
the south by tho Ohio and Potomoe,
although some of its effects reached to
Hamilton Roads. Another severe storm
occurred on tho 20th. Wrecks weir
piled up along the coast and scores of
lives were lost. Many persons were
bewildered in the snow nnd quite n
number were frozen to death, especially
in New England. Among these was
Commodore G. S. Bluke, who got be
wildered in going to his home in the
suburbs of Boston and took refuge in o
hut. He never recovered from the
shock of the exposure.
From two to four feet of snow fell
throughout the Middle States. Four
feet was the reported depth in Pitts
burg, and as it was ranch drifted, the
consequence was the interruption of
communication between the cities and
country for several days. Many people
were barricaded in their homes. Steam
boats were kept in port, rail-cars were
snow-kouud, and mails were delayed in
a remarkable manner. Ihero was no
regular communication by rail between
New York and Boston for four days.
The records of the past contain ac
counts of many similar storms ; but the
most striking facts concerninor them
were naturally observed in New Eng
land. The storm of January 19, 185", stop
ped all the railroads of New England.
The Stonington load was not opened
until Jannary 27. TrainB did not com
mence running between Hartford and
Providence until the same day. In
some parts of Connecticut the thermom
eter was 30 degrees below zero.
In the storm of Deoemiier 28, 1853,
tho snov began fidling at eleven o'clock
Wednesday morning and continued till
four a'clock Thursday afternoon. The
snow was drifted as laigh as the tops of
the ears. A train of three locomotives
started fwm a neighboring town tward
Boston and wow embedded in a drift at
the end of the seventh mile. The next
day a train of three locomotives occu
pied from morning till night in accom
plishing five miles.
The great snow-storm of January 15,
1831 was a stupendous one. The snow
was drifted in some places in the cities
to the depth of fifteen feet. The churches
were generally closed on the following
Sunday ; partly because the snow was
piled so high against the doors that they
coald not be opened.
In February, 1829, so heavy a snow fell
that many persons engaged in festivities
COIumeuiOrHllvo Ul uonuuiyivju o uji lu
Vngnrles of a Blind Man.
I am to be introduced to a remarkable
character, whom I wish Charles Dick
en's had happened to fall in with. Let
this feeblo pen recall what it may of his
specialities. See, we near him. led now
by his daughter, (for he is blind,) to
sit for an hour in the cloisters. Ho is
in conversation wifli tiimself conversa
tion interspersed with short scornful
laughs, upon the one master-subject of
his thought. I have been forewarned
as to his little peenlinritv. at least, his
special peculiarity of all, which is that
all his thoughts run perpetually upon
the devil. It is concerning that fallen
angel that he holds those sarcastic
soliloquies, talking, if not to him, at any
rate of him. So for granted docs he
take it, that the subject of his own
thoughts is also certainly and always the
subject of yours, that he never thinks it
necessary to go beyond pronouns, nor
to specify by any name the lost spirit
who is his perpetual theme. It is always
"lie." or "His." So 1 am prepared
when, upon my brother's accosting him
he plunges into the subject without ex
planation or preface. At present he
seems in a somewhat sympathetic vein.
" They runs him 'down shocking.
shocking, everywhere. Why. there ain't
a murder or a theft committed, but they
lays it all at his door. I suppose, sir,
he eggs em on. that s it. 1 hey runs
him down where you come from, sir,
suppose ?"
"Oh, yes! but here's a gentleman
wants to talk to you; he has just come
from a long way off."
" Well, what sort of a hnraotcr do
they give him down there t 1 dare any
they runs him there? Ahab served him
well. sir. Jeremiah used to run him
Yon clergymen all give him a very bad
character; bnt what wituld yon do with
out him ? Your work would all be
gone 1"
At another time he would change over
from the position of apologist, and " run
him," himself; partly on personal
grounds, partly as a political econO'
mist.
" Shouldn't bo blind, shouldn't b
lame, if it wasn't for him. Shouldn
want prisons, shonldd't have to keep all
these soldiers; Bee what a lot he costs
us 1"
He rather startled my sister one sultry
ninimrr day, when she accosted him in
passing ""Very hot. Billy I" "Ah!" he
rejoined, " but what must it be thure I"
J5illvs knowledge of the JJibio was
something very marvelous. When h
lid turn lor awhile irom nis favorite
hero, the conversation was all of divers
"Scripture characters, in a world of which
tho old man seemed really to live. This
was the more curious, inasmuch as he
was blind. I suppose his intimato ac
luaintanee with them came, or was kept
up. in this way. He never missed either
momiug r afternoon prayers at th
-Impel. Yon might see him shuftlin
in, doubtless looking with special zest
lo n chapter which should intromit?
" linn. If " he were " run m a scr
noii, it seemed rather to excite his
"hampionsbip for "him," but still there
evidently wnsnfascination in the subject
which made it a delight to hear "him"
" run" than not treated of at all. The
iiost remarkable thing was Hint Billy
knew perfectly, though blind, the pro
oer lessen for every day, matins and
?ven-song, in the Christian year. And
nore than this, he was determined that
'he right lesson, and no other, should
be rend. Thus, one day, in full chnpel,
in unhappy canon went to the lectern
md began to read. Forthwith, Billy
diuftles over to him nnd pulls his sur-
nlice. It's the w rong lesson, sir. Ihe
noor man tried to go on, but Billy per
severed, until there was nothing left but
to return to tho desk nnd look, where
upou the mentor was seen to bo right.
The old man was also a great critic on
sermons. Few things offended him
more thna to have tho proper subject of
the day or season ignored.
" Mr. Moss came and preached here,
preached on Advent Sunday a sermon
it for Christmas. Quito wrong. Just
tho snme on tho Epiphany. Why
"ouldu't ho preach ou the subject of the
llflV?"
He evidently disliked what has been
called " stale bread."
"You'll soon hnvo a man here, sir, to
preach ; if I had as many gninens as
I've heard him preach old sermons, I'd
sit you dowu to the finest dinner you
ever ate in your life."
Enough of thee. Billy! May the hour
nnd tho duv arrive to thee when evil an
gels and nights' shadows shall together
flee from eyes and mind; and a galaxy of
white, serious-eyed, Bweet angels greet
thy recovered vision. The Country
Parnon.
Hatching Salmon,
The inquiries of Mr. Livingston Stone,
made under the direction of Professor
Baird, United States Commissioner of
Fish and Fisheries, in relation to the
salmon of California, have revealed a
very remarkable difference in the eggs
of that species as compared with those
of the true Nalmo mlar of the Hinstern
States. Tho most noticeable foct is
thoir relatively small number, the for
mer having 700 to the pound instead of
,1HH). The eggs are, of course, appre
ciably larger than those of the Atlantic,
coast, being almost equal in size to a
common whortleberry. Uwing proimmy
to tho higher temperature of tho water,
or to other cbubcs, the development itt
much mora rapid, since the eye spotn
are visible in the eggs within nineteen
days after impregnation, tid they begin
to hatch in twenty-fonr doys afterward,
making a total of only forty-three days
ns the period of incubation.
The hatching water varied in tempera
ture from 55 to 05 and even 70 every
day, so that it is difficult to say what
is the average temperature for the hatch
ing period; hut .Air. ritono estimates
this nt 58 to 60. Fourteen hours out
of the twenty-four namely, from six
o'clock p. m. to eight o clock n. m. the
water averaged nearly 55.
The eggs after spawning were treated
according to the dry method of im
pregnation, aud the experiments were
successful in nearly every instance.
Another curious Inct noticed by Jlr.
Stone was tho entire absence of female
grilse, all, of the great number observed
on the M'Cloud River, being males:
and indeed he remarks thot he lias never
seen a female grilse elsewhere, although
persons assured hiin that they had had
a different experience.
Power of Memory.
Dr. Johnson, it is said, never forgot
anything he had seen, heard, or rend.
Biirl Clarendon, Gibbon, Locke,
Tilotsin, wero all distinguished for
strength of memory. When Blinding to
this subject, Sir William Hamilton ob
serves : For iatelleetuol power of the
highest order, none were distinguished
above Grotius and Pascal ; and Grotius
and Pascal forgot nothing they had ever
rend or Wmught. Leibnitz and Euler
were not less celebrated for their intelli
gence than for their memory ; and both
could repeat tho whole nf the "?3neid."
Donellus knew tho "Coqms Juris" by
hpnrt : nnd vet he was one of the pro-
foundest and most original speculators
in jurisprudence. Ben .Ton son teVs ns
that ho could repent nil that ho had ever
written, nnd wholo books that he had
ever rend. Themi'stocles could call by
their nnnies tho twenty thousand citi
zens of Athens. Cyrus is reported to
hnvo known the nnmo of every soldier
iu his army. Hortensius (after Cicero,
the greatest orator of Rome), after sit
ting a wholo day ot a public sole, cor
rectly enunciated from memory all the
thaigs sold, their prices, nnd the names
of their purchasers. ISiobuhr. tho his
torian, wns no less distinguished for his
momnrv than for his aeutcuess. In his
vouth ho was employed in Denmark
Pnvf, of n book of accounts hnving been
destroyed, he restored it by nn effort of
memory.
No Prrnott enn tniio inyra "'"
their bntiM" rt wt. W"?"' mmrtT7hl ZZ
mcntii, nnd tlie vital niRnni i - .
of rrpir. it..,lli.. f.tn
...rivia or Fry. 1 v:
iies.. S.. Erm-Miions f l!c Stomach, Und Limb
:.. a nut II. ijumuih i"."-i . -----
H,..nt. Ititlamtnalii.il i.f tlie I. imps l'
of tin Kidneys, -i
the repotM
il l n Imiiilrrd oilier pamliii yirinmi.
Iti thefts complaints
pro
Ihifl'alo Hunters Froen to Death.
From parties just arrived fiym South
western Kansas, we learn that the
weather has been severe beyond endur
ance, and the. suffering among the hunt
ers beggars description. A farmer who
arrived in Wichita, Report having over
taken a teem loaded with buffalo skins,
and on the wagon, stiff with the cold,
sat the driver, permitting the team t
wander at will over tho prairies, one
entirelv nimble to help himsulf. lit
told the farmer he was frozen and com
pelled to remain iu the position he was,
md at tho same beckoned will his hoot1
to the wagon-box, thus calling attention
lo the contents of the bed. Upon look
i.ig over the side of the box a torribh
"ight wn before him. There lyingsidr
by side were two hunters frozn stiff ir
death, and as tho wagon jolted over thr
rough plain, they knocked together like
two great icicles.
The gentleman who brought the news
to Wichita had his handsW badly frozer
ns to make amputation necessary shortly
nfter his arrival. He was unable togivr
tho names of any of tho unfortunate
party. We also learn from Thr. Wirhitr.
Rmcon, that a party of fonr went int
camp ou Moot s ureeK, muos rron
timber, who have undoubtedly pensiieo.
At a house 1Z nines west oi lciiuit. i
men arrived during the night of the 2:id
all frozen. Some of them will lost, theii
feet, others their hands and fingers.
The road between Wichita and the buf
falo range is strewn with buffalo hide!
and meat, abandoned by their owners to
save themselves and teams.
Highland Customs.
Among the Scotch Highlanders many
ceremonies are observed which are con
sidered to have lastnig force throughout
the year. The weather for the year if
augured from tho flight of clouds or
New Year's Day. The house and itf
contents aro sprinkled with water aud
fumigated witu smoKe oi ournmg jtuii
per as a prevention of disease. Through
out all Scotland, indeed, thedoyismort
marked than in England, probably bo
cause Christmas was decreed ns a Poim1
delusion by tho stem old Colvnnists ttir
the season craves somo festival. J lit
wassal ceremonial was prevalent till e
very few years ago, aud a peculiar cus
tom called "nrst-iooting is winery on
served to this day. Parties, generally
of men only, supply themselves abund
antly vnih whisky and visit tlie nouses--of
their friends as early as possible on
the first morning of the year, offering
the compliments of the season. He who
first enters any house is called tug nrs
foot, and a tradition connects him with
a pleasant prophecy with the oldest mar
riageable daughter of the household.
Much rivalry then there is among those
who would each be for a year foremost
in the graces of some local belle.
.lust tl;m '- Jlittrrn.Ve hesrd
seedy-looking individual with an alarm
ingly red nose remark to a nroxiier sook
r'that. he had "just had his bitters,
but he did not mind taking another nip."
His remark suggested a train of rofloc
'ion. How wns it, wo asked ourselves,
Mint the word " bitters " hnj grown to
bo a synonym for gin, Wlffskey, rum.
md other alcoholic stimulants, to which
it was applied indiscriminately. Bitt
ers, we reasoned, suggested the idea of
a healthful tonic, not of a poisonous
itimulnnt; something invigorating to
the system, not an alcoholic irritant,
full of fusel oil, producing present in
toxication and ultimate insanity, idiocy,
or premature death. Moreover, our
Men of bitters was totally irreconcila
ble with "gin cocktails," "mm pun
ches," and " brandy smashes," which,
wo ore informed, nre sweetened with
ugar and rendered doubly injurious
with essences colored by means of min
iiil poison. This wns bitter-sweet
with a vengeance. Wo mentioned this
nroblem to a friend. He solved it by
exclaiming; "Why, don't yon know
Mint most of these bitters advertised
is remedies ore only drams in disguise.
Topers know it, if yu do not. I must
make one exception, however," he add-
-.1. " nnd Mint's Dr. Walker's California
Vinegar Bitters; there isn't n pnrtiele of
ilcohol or fermented liquor in it, nnd it
is the best vegetable tonic and altera
tive in America. Com.
Pints nnd rpmrtHnf filthy rnlnn hnl iliHoliat Ros.
Wliprn iIcioh it nil cmno 1Ynm ? Tho nmooti'
iipmlirnno linitiK the rlmmhprs of tho mice Ri:l
s littlp t'lniiiln Ht-o (UHpnHC'l. ho Hint thev tint
'rom tlip lilund its liquid aud PXtviMirP to tlionir
linnt'pM it into prirrmition. Tins life-untinl wbp
'o tmild up Mm si-stein, hut it is nxtrnctotl ai d
),n HVHtpni is wpnkenod hv tlie Iiihh. To euro,
'ain IIohIi nnl strength 1 iy uwiiie Dr. l'ierro'r
'loldpu Stpdicnl Discovery, -winch alfo aotr
dirpctly nron these plands. porrpctinj them.
Mso spi1v Dr. Hrl'o'b Catarrh liemedv with Dr.
'iprcn's Nanal Donclio. tlio only method of
encliittp the miner cavities whoro tho diM-harer
iccnmnlatet nnd comes from. Tlie Instnimpn'
md two medicines sold for $2 by all Dmg--ists.
. 21.
ire l ne miN'i'i'K1 .'..' i -i ... . , .......
it h n no equal, ami "" """' ,v,:l I',"1."
c " itn merit, thin a l -null.v a.lver.t.emcnt .
Fi.r Ffi.ii.le Co....I..H.t. ' you... it c 1.1.
in.irm-t or i.,slr, at the .l iwn of womanhood, or tli.
ni I Jil.-. ihcKe l oni: lliltcn. di-play. o .lccl. d an
'"flnctKO lii.it a ni.irke.l improvement oon p.rccp-
r tnflammiitnr.v nn.l C l.ronlc -...nHi...
nml Hunt, liilitms Kim'tl;"
"!",,,. vm. i..-.f ii Moo'i,
ind HU.lil-r. tlu-.r llitn-rt ln'-c no 'I '"'-. s"1" "
arc .in-vd I.V Viliali d
odm.-'-il liv ilomtiL-jmv' t ri i"l" ' ' " it .
T.irv II r n irti1lti IMt.-Hi.llve nn wll
-. . : 1... .1 nUnr ItiMIt )f ti IIUIT
i,a pnwvmlnKcnt i:.V;i-vi..B CnBciion or 1.W
.' . I r: -.1 o..nt.and ill ltiuunit
ll.ltlim ot IIIO l.ivn .imi o.w.. ,
Di.r-.IW1. .
For M;lll li .Hi'um-, r.rii'.iioii, '."
Rlicm, Itlnu-iuv. S t . Timpip, ru.iu.e-.
mill '.--, I'.iii-V.otur.. .-.i.i.u-i.t , -
In!i, Sc-iii. lM-iil"r.iliousol the Slun. Hmn.m
tnd Di -v. "I I ! ''. ivli.nev.-r nine ..
o. in.r llv i'.ii- up .1 -ul f-.irrieil out ol the f-yMfin in a
,l,ri timr 111" It f llti-w Hitte-
;ii.tii:
PK ill'
V. II. It. 1rU('AI.I " .'..
A-'ls., .Tu l'i.uu:i.ico ami New Yolk.
PK.U KKS.
Ti,i:.n nil i-n I'.iitu Vinci;ai: ltiv-
l:ivij:omm mat evi-i
lie sinl.il '.
I WAI.K.KK. 1
l)tu:4it iiud t
,(tvj...
MOTHERS! MOTHERS!
MOTHERS!
n..'l f,!l , -rro MR5. WlNST.nW
'""THIKO SYRUP TOR CHILDREN TEET&
INS.
Thin vuliinMo pri'rrntton lias nprain !!"
NKVKR-l'M'I.INO BlllKSB IN TIUirSAMHi Of
CASKS.
It not onlv ri lieve tho rhtM rom rSn, lml iuvll -ot
at. the s'tonuu h and howelB. corroi t acidity. a
jivi'i tone nnd rpptity to the whole ytem. It will
.ilBo Instantly r lieve
Griping of the Bowel" and Wind Colic.
We l.c-ltivr it the UK ST nnd BI7RKST KFMKPY IX
TI1K Wnlll.ll. in all cn. if nYSr.Ml.lt AM'
IHAIlltllKA IN CUII.III1KN, whether arltiuK Ironi
teething or ur.v other rntiKe.
llepeud upon it, mothers, It will (five rest to your
selves and
Belief snd Heal'A to Your In'ant!.
Be 6tire find eall for
"Mrs. Winslow's Soothn? Byrnp,
Il..viii(r 'ho fiie-Rimile of ! h i IH .t l'I.BM
on the outside wrapper. .
Sold fcy Eruggiata throughout the WorW.
Lockk'sNattonai. MoxTtit.Y is a Magattine of
'1 nacres rmlililied hv T.oelto A .Tough. Toledo
Ohio. Sir. I.oako (NnHy) writeH for even
Number, avoidinp tiolitien. Itend his ' Amhi
'ioiiN Yoimif Mini," in tho January Numbor. Tc
'ret it. ank your newndpnlpr. or nond 10 cents tc
Fuliti!'liern! Uy the year PI. 0. Hend for apo--inl
eitvular to iirentH. Kent froo. An Ajront
wanted at every lJoHt-oftioe.
TVusovors lltTv.x. Vrrf. " Anifhon's De!1-
matioii" iiiM'antlv eurOH Heo StiiieH. Ynp Htinct
mil JIuHitiito lliteF. It nentraline tho poisor
md remove tho Vain and Swelling in a few
nonienH. V will lio eounllv pfTeetual in neti-
'rnliini; and extractint; tho Toion from the
Uites of all Venomous Innerta or Heritiles. No
ouo traveling in tho woodH nhould bo without it.
A quirk hh a l!flli of lit,'htniiiK dopn CniHTA-mino-H
KxcKi.Hinu TtAin Dye act noon tlto hair,
whinkern and mouHtnelieH : no eihomoloon tintH,
but tho lmreHt. Haven or tho mont exquisite
llrnwns will bo evolved.
1 ikiii l'A Y
10", MI N AMI Wt'MKN.
A Neglected f'ongh, Vld, or Horo Throat.
whieli niiidtt bo cheeked by a mnqilo remedy,
'ike. Hhown's llmiNi'HiAi. Titocnr.H, if allowed
'o roprecH may terminate seriously.
Sui t liheis wanted for
THK CMMSTIAN IMKM.HiEM'KK.
TIIU C'HKIS'l'IAN INTrXLldiENTEK.
$3 00 per Annum In Advnnee, Uicludlnn
The Gi.kaxkhs" a heiiuliful rhromo, (17 1-SxilS 11
Send for I'lreulur nnd Specimen epy.
JAMES ANTHONY IT.0UDE.
ltev. Win. (irmistou, n. 1
Rev. John Hall, V. P.,
T. Adnlphus Trollops
And other eminent persons write for
THE (illilSTI.VN I NTKLLKJ ENCEH.
(1 Xew ( huri h St., eor. rultnn, New York.
THE CHKISTIAN lNTEI.UUES(T.n
theao Farms! Free Homes!
o 'th- iTae of in.- 1 N II 'N UACIFIC HAll.ltliAII.
'J.omi.imo A. rrs i f the lust FariuliiK and Jliuerul
Lam's In Alllerlea.
.(l(i Aeres In Nohrnska.lu the Platte alley
aow for s-ile.
Mild Climate. Fertile Soil.
For Oraln Orow-lnir and Stork Itaisiiii; unsurpassed
bv anv In the rutted flutes.
ClIKAl'KH IN 1'l H K, more fnvornl lc terms (."veil,
md more eouveiitent to market thau uuu he foimd
"Isewhere.
FREE Homesteads for Actual Settler.
Th best loeutious for C'oloiiiis Kolulen entlllml
to a Homeslend of HO Ai res.
Send for tlie New Tieserlptire rampmei, win urw
nps. published In Kiiultaii, Herman, Mvrmmi, mul
ish, mailed free everj-wliere.
itaure ss 1 ' '
linnd Com'r r. r. H. II. Co.,
I nnalia, eli.
ed np in halls and had to remain in them
for days. JV'. Y. Paper.
The symptoms of the disease were very jny throughout tlie country were snow-
pecuiiar. xuo nine uuj;er ti mo ngiu
hand was first affected, turning green at
the tip, and causing such intense pain
that the sufferer was unable to sleep
without the aid of narcotics. The same
rfnaooountable phenomenon appeared
and disappeared successively from one
after another of each of the other fingers
on the left hand, passing afterward into
the second toe of the left foot, and fi
nally seating itself in the extremity of
- . , - . .I. i.f. i i
the miaoie nnger oi ins ieit unuu, ai
Picked lp Considerably.
Capt. Richard King hns on his ranch
at Santa Gertrudes, about thirty-five
miles west of Corpus Christi, Texas,
50,0(10 head of homed cattle, 10,000
head of horses and mules, 22,000 sheep.
and 8,000 goats, lie branded last year
and sent overland to Kansas
15.000.
ways accompanied in its eccetrio re- 5tooo head of beeves, all of his own
movals bv distressing sensations which marV and brand. Mr. King went to
rendered everything like rest or repose Texas a poor cabin boy on a vessel
not Mperinduoed by drugs impossible. Estimate his wealth.
Yankee civilization, as reviewed by an The 51-hour per week system is about
Indian. A Piute brave loafing around o be adopted largely in the Scotch iron
OarsOn City, Nevada, is the owner of a trade, but the workmen are dissatisfied
dog which he ha named. " Yankee," witk the manner in wnich some of the
and thus explains his reasons therefore: employers proposed to work the system,
White man all time big talk ; fcet heap whioh would, it is represented, divest
mad ; all time run around ; want to fignt; the reduction oi me uours oi ia
hean d m fool : Mm ( Yankee) all same all the aiHrantages it possessed of
One mill Two Story Men.
All fact coliBctors. who have no aim
beyond their facts, are one story men,
Two storv men compare, reason, srener-
ulize, using the labors of the fact col
lectors as well ns their own. Three
storv men idealise, imagine, predict,
their best illumination comes from
above, through the skylight. There are
minds with largo ground floors tlint can
stare an infinite amount ol knowledge
somo librarians, for instance, who know
enough of books to help other people
without being able to make much use
of their own knowledge, have intellects
of tins class. Your emit working law
ver has two spacious stories ; his mind
is clear because his mental floors are
large, and he has room to arrange his
thoughts so that he can get at them
fncts below, principles above, and all in
ordered series. Poets are often narnow
below, incapable of clear statement, and
with small power of consecutive reason
nig, but full of light, if sometimes rath
bare of furniture, in the attics. Poet
at tlw Jhrnltfast Table.
Population 'of 'the " Olohe In
elaborate paper by Bchin & TA'ogner,
published in Petermann's Miftheiunyrn,
we have tho result of a careful inquiry
into the present population of the globe,
tlie summation of their result being as
follows" .- Europe, 301,600,000 ; Asia,
794,900,000; Australia, and Polynesia,
4,3(55,000 ; Africa, 11(2,520,000 ; America,
84,524,000"; or a total of 1,377,KH),00.
These figures are derived froim the esti
mates or statistics of population for the
vears 1809. 1870. and 1871. In the
enumeration of tlie population of towns,
London stands at the head, with 3. !,
0;K) ; next Su-tchoo, in China, 2,000,000,;
Paris. 1.R35.OO0: Pekin. 1.681.000:
Jeddo, 1,554,000; Canton, 1,230,000;
Constantinople, 1,075,000 ; Siang-tau,
Pliinn. 1.000.000: Tchanz - tchoufoo.
China, 1,000,000; New York, 942,202;
Vienna, 833,855 ; lierlin, H2o,3Btf.
0 l
cial and intellectual kind.
labor of
a bo-
Anotlier Year (one.
The year 1872 is gone. Tho old cal-
endor is torn down nnd a clean one set
up, which shall hang its few hundred
days and give way in turn to nnother
when we are all a year older. The old
almanac finds it wny, with other rubbish,
into the bnrrel in the attic, and its old
jokes come in between new covers. The
old diary lion become a history, the old
day-nook a curiosity, and tne old man
nn" older man. It is n new year, with n
pleasant power of change over onr lives
and in our homes, too, with many oi
ns ; but in the homes of the very poor,
which are no homes, the new year is not
new, the same old story eaddeniug in
repetition and beginning in 187.1 with
the sufferiug nnd want of an evil winter.
Most meet nnd timely then is it thnt nt
of his abundance the good citizen make
plentious offering in chanty, and ope n
thus as far as may be a credit side on
his yearly noeount with henven. " ' He
that giveth to the poor,-" quoted the
reverend Dow, '"lendeth to the Lord."'
Do not forget the adage, and prnctiee it
the present year. It will do good.
A Word About rroof-Refldinir.
Every column of a newspaper eontaius
from ten to twenty thousand distinct
pieces of metal, according to the paper
and the tppe. Ihe displacement oi n
single ue makes an error. Is it ay
wonder that errors occur ? In the large
offices professional proof-readers are
kept whose practiced eyes, pnssing
twice over every line of proof, detect
... . . i i
most oi the errors ; a ooy is ninu aejn
tor that purpose at the sarae time read
ing tlie copy aloud.
Still mistakes are frequently occur
ring after comtng from such hands, and
probably no book or newspaper was ever
published without errors that might be
detected by the merest novice. In book
printing it is estimated that proof-read
ing costs half as muoh as composition.
CHAT iT .EIVTCrB
Ts extended In the world to place beforft Hip pnblie
i lwtor Couijti or Lunff Ilemedy tluin ALUSN'S
M'NO liAI.SAM
VFUTI.T TT TtATn KO EnTTAT.,
CONSUMrTIVTIS, KEADI
Would von H-nro that distressing CouhIi. and
hrluw bnek tha healthy vltfor rill latelT planted in
vour cheek? If yon would, do not delay; fir, ere
you are avre, it will be too lnte.
AI.I.ES'B LFKfl HAI.SA1I
Tt your hope. Ts has bepn tried by thousands stten
ns voti. Ii" have been cured ; many. In their irrntl-
nde. have left their names to us. that snfferlDfif hu
manity enn rend their evidences and believe. Don't
experiineel with new nnd untried inlxtnres yon
'-an not nfford it but try at once this invnlnable
irtlclo. 11 Is warranted lo break up the most trou
blesome Couch in n few hours If not of too lonff
.uudius'. It is wnrrRnted to (rive entire satlsfae-
tioo In .ill crises of I. unit and Throat difficulties. As
ro yxpeetonint, It has no equal.
UNSOLICITED EVIDENCE OP ITS S1EBITS.
HEAD TUB FOLLOWING:
WHAT WELL-KNOWN DnTOOISTS SAI ABOUT
ALLEN'S LUNO BALSAM.
Si'ntNFtl:t,D. TFNIt. Sept. 11. 1711.
OeiitlPinon: JMilti us six doren Al.l.KV's LrNCl Bal
aam at once. We have uot n bottle left In onr store.
Tt hs more reputation than imy Couirh medicine
we have ever solij. nnri we novo been in tne drua
business tweny-s-ven years: we mean Just what
we say alwnit the Malsam. Ve-y truly vont-s.
IIVRD t TANKBR.
AffHu read the EvMepeefrom a Tlrillrfiat whA wns
curcfl by use or the Kils.m. acl now sens i largely
I., r. Cottrell. Pruffirlst nt Marine City. Hlchliran.
writes. Sept. 12. 1K72: "lm-out of AM.tN's Lrxo
KAI..AM : send me half a uross ns soon as you onn. I
would r.ther be rut of any other medicine In my
store. The Lrin Balsam never falls to do good for
those stnicten witu a conin."
Tt is harmless to the most delicate child.
Tt contnies no oplnm In any form,
it Is sold by Medicine dealers ueuarally.
CAUTION.
Tie not deceived. Tall for ALLEN'S LUN JUL,
SAM. am take no other.
Directions accompany each bottle.
J. N. HARRIS CO., Cincinnati,
PnOPMETORS.
l'EKRT DAVIS SON, Aeneral Agents.
Providence, R. I.
Sold by all Medicine Dealers.
FOB SALI VT
JOHN F. HENRT, New Tor.
GEO. C. GOODWIN A CO., Boston.
JOHNSON, nOLAWAT 4 CO., Philadelphia.
It is weu. to get cleab of a Bad Connh or Cold
the flrit week, but tt Is safer to rid yourself of tt the
firsj forty-eight hours the proper remedy for the
purpose being Dr. Jayne's Expectorant.
Desiring to prevent explosions in
mines caused by the carelessness of to
bacco smokers, an ingenious pern in
England proposes to have tobacco
$I0to$2G
50 1;
per day. Airenta wanted
everywhere. Particulars free
A.li.itiatr Co. St. Louis, jo
5tr. James Low. Eio Frio. McMullen
county, Texas, commenced stock-raising smoke furnished in mines in the same I
iu 18u6, with ten cows and calves ; he way as gns or wnler is supplied to lip 2. OO
VALUABLE""1 three-cent stamp for
pArll u s. UUBBUS, MAIJIEB IU.
LOUIS, MO.
owned a slave whom he hired out for
one cow and calf per month. Mr. Low
attended to stocks Of cattle for one-third
of the increase, bought stocks on credit,
and paid for them bv sales of beeves,
He now has 60,000 head of stock-cattle,
5,000 head of beeves, and branded last
year lo,UUU head of calves,
houses. He would have earthenware
jars of tobneco placed on the surface of
the ground near the pit's mouth, the
smoke from which is to be inhaled
through india-rtbber tubes running in
side the mine. The approval of the
miners has not, however, been assured
lor this singular plan.
free.
EACH WEEK-AGENTS WANTED,
Business liKlttmute. Particului
J. WORTH, Bt. Louis, Mo. Box IMH1.
AOENtS and other Canvassers now at
work, can learn now to increase tneil
Income ia week (sure) without inter
feiing with their reKUlar canvassing by
addressing v. n. fituiJ, wiaibhiubi,,!. j.
BOOK!
ANY TSTATE TS ENGLAND.
Scotland, Ireland or Wales, promptly collected by
J. F.4r RUEAUFF.
Attorney at aw, Columbia, Laucaster.Co., Pa.
TO
Consumptives !
Thn advertiser, havinif been permanently rnred
fii,,.t dri-Hil disenee. ronsiimiition. by a simple
eniedy, ia anxious to make kuowu to his fellow
ufterers the means to cure. To all who desire It.
ic will scud a cony of the prescription used, (free
if etanrge,) with directions for preparing- and using
he same, which they will find a Bi'iiK Crm for Cnx
cMPTiiix. Asthma, Buoxciiitik and all Throat or
Lung PifltrulMce.
FartlCB WlBIling inrprrirniiin'ii win ini-.ni ....
reus Rev. EDWARD A. WILHIN.
VM 1'euu Bt. Wllllunifiburiih, N. T.
THEA-NECTAR
IS A PURE
with the Oreen Tea Flavor. The
hist tea Imported. For aula
everywhere. And for .Nile
wholesale only by tho Oreut
Atlantic und l'acittc Tea Co., No.
lul Fulton St., and it 4 Church
St. New York. V. O. Box, Nut
Beud for Thett-Necuu- Clrcului,
Write for Large, Illustrated, Descriptive Price List
GREQ-WKTIRiyi
. ill l,S
t:
ttfr' PITTSPMKGH.PA.
Double, mnglo.ilnrrla. Breech-Loading Hifles. Bin t
Guns Revolvers, Pistols, etc., of every kind for men
or b. ys at very row prices. Guns 3 to K0 11stols
1 to $a.
REWARD
of Blind, Bleed-
or rieeratet
Piles that I)B BINO B I'll.r,
nruirnv r:it tn cure. 11 is
prepared expressly to cure the Piles and Tlbli'S;
FiaeJOLD BY ALLDSnGGISTS.PEICE tl.
Dr. Whittier, ""EKiEK"'
Longest engaged and most successful pnynciaa
of the age. Consultation or pampmct tree, mim
write.
m non rew
kD JJ J For ay rase
' tnH. Itrhtmr.
Kewara
1ll:.HiLmi-l;lH;lilill;M'1
a.... nod for 10 cents. E. B. FOOTE, M. D.
ISO Lexington Ave., Jiew York City.
WHICH
COST
8enAddr'ee,pt '10 HT BENJAMIN, St. Lout., M' I
263 Receipts
$135
Dr. Whittier, 8H"?ICT
Longest eagaged and most stlccesshil j.nysiciani
the hub. Consultations or pamphlet free. Call o
the age.
write.
1 t 9fl per day I Agents wanted I All
aJ w of working people of either sex,
elaeses
young
or eld, make more mnuey at work for til in ineur
spare moments or sU the time than t anything else.
Partienlais free. Address . BTINSON CO. Port
land, Me.
AGFNTB Wanted. We guarantee employment for
all. either sex. at IW a day. or 82,tW) or more a
year I New works by Mis. H. B. Btowe, and others.
Superb Premiums Given Away. Money made rapidly
and eaally at work for us. Write and oe. Pai tlcu
lurs free. Wortb..igton, Duattn it Oo., Hartford, Ct.
ChOR to moo per Week made easy by any lady.
H"" 90.0OU sold In six months. The most won
derfully rapid-seUing article ever Invented for mar
ried and single ladles' use. Address, -MISS
WILLIAMS, 1" Fulleu Bt., N. X.t. O.Bex UN
and bake for twenty minutes. -
-pointing to tne oog.