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HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher.
NIL DESPERANDUM.
Two Dollars per Annum.
VOL. IV.
MDGrAVAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THUHSDAY, FEHUUABY 4, 187').
XO. 50.
Of hog.
Vim may sing of your dog, your bottom do;;,
Or of any dog that you please
1 t" for the dog, the wise old dog,
'Hint knowingly takes his eawe,
And. nagging his tail outside the ring,
Kcopiug always his bone in Bight,
Cares not a pin, in his wise old head.
For eitlior dog in the fight.
Not his is the bone they are fighting for,
And why should any dog Bail in,
With nothing to gain, but a certain chance
To lone bis own precious skin ?
There may be a few, perhaps, who f Hit
To spc it in quite this light ;
lint when the fur Hies, I bad rather be
The outside dog in the figlit.
1 know there are dogs, most generous dogs.
Who think it quite the thing
To tako the part of the bottom dog.
And go yelping into the ring.
1 care not a piowhat the world may say
In regard to the wrong or right ;
My money goes, as well as my song,
For the dog that keeps out of the light.
oiii 'mi
THE POSY OF SANDY GULCH.
They culled the place Sandy Gulch; it
was hard to understand why, for it was
lull of rocks, apparently. There was
not sand enough visible to scour a pan
but then, pans in Sandy Gulch were not
scoured.' There was a deeply bronzed
and heavily bearded set of men, heavy
drinkers all; and there were no women,
at least until Phoebe arrived. Slim Jim
was the autocrat of the place; he kept
the Xew Orleans Saloon. Liquors were
dispensed in the front room, and faro in
the rear.
I'lunbe lived " a smart piece " above
it, in a rough place, half canvas and
half logn. What old Langsdale had
bronirht hT there for 110 one could im
agine; she had been the only woman on
the ship when they made their weary
six-months' voyage from New York, anil
now she was t lie only woman in Sandv
Gulch.
Pluebe was twenty most girls are
pretty at twenty, if they are ever going
to be pretty; Pluebe had hazel eyes, and
rounded, rose-pink cheeks, and the
prettiest pouting mouth in the world.
Ihe bandy Gulchers thought her a god-
dess, and adored her accordingly.
Old Langsdale took the best of care of
his daughter. When he moved his
claim he moved his cabin, too; and al-
ways kept near enough for Phoebe to
hear the sound of his pick. When the
diggings gave out iu one place, the
cabin was "toted" to where they had
not given out. He never lacked help iu
moving his cabin there were always
plenty of Sandy Gulchers anxious to
lend a hand; they even quarreled about
it, and Lnngsdulo obliged them to take
turns. You see, they called it " helping
Pluebe."
There were not many loafers iu camp;
the people had come there to make a
fortune, end could not afford to loaf; but
there were u few, a couple of Mexicans
" Greasers," the miners called them-and
two or three of the stamp of Slim Jim.
They were always busy enough at
night; in the daytime they hung round
the New Orleans S doon, and they would
have liked to have visited Pluebe, but
old Langsdale would not have it. He
borrowed a pot of black paint and a
brush, and painted over his door,
" Notice! Xo Louesis Wanted."
He thought that this would do, but '
one day he came homo and found Apo-!
uoca mere. I'neene was sitting 011 an
empty butter keg, tho rose-pink in her
round checks deepened a little, ami the
pouting mouth was as smiling as you
please.
. Old Langsdale was mad; he called
Apodoca out, and pointed to the notice
on tho door. Apodoca planted his feet
firmly 011 the ground, placed his arms
akimbo, and gazed intently at tho letter-:,
ing for some time; then, turning to
Langsdale, he said, iu his politest ac
cents :
" No sabbee."
" You no read I" interrupted Langs
dale. " Me no sabbee read Inglis," replied ;
Apodoca, taking his sombrero from the
bush by the door which caught the hats
of most of Phusbe's visitors; once in a
while a hat was taken inside, if it chanced
to be new, mid kicked under the table for
safe keeping.
" Well," said Langsdale, "I'll read it
lor yer: ' Notice ." "he said this
thuuderiug tones, which increased
iu i
in !
volume as he went on" No loafers
wanted. That means, Git ! You sabbee
that V "
" Si, Seuor," replied Apodoca, with a
sardonic smile, as, after a most profound
bow to Phoebe, he placed his sombrero
ou his head, and walked sere-nely away.
" 1 11 liorsewnip tnat fool, el I ketch
him yere agin, " said Langsdale, frown-! John felt melancholy; he was dead
nig at Pluebe. I broke, and liad come to the conclusion
" Why, papa, don't blame me," said
the, tossing her head; "I couldu't tell
him to clear out."
" You needn't have been so dreadful
sweet and smiling, though ! he replied.
I just gave mm
pouted Phojbo: " I
a pleasant word,
can't be cross to ;
people, and Jose was
very polite, I'm
sure.
Lttugsdalo muttered something about !
breaking his head," and went into the I John looked up, a trifle surprised,
cabin for his dinner. Phoebe went iu ; " Hullo, Apodoca, that you r"
aft -r him. When he had gone into the ' Apodoca responded that it was nil
rear room, which was his room, par r.c- doubtedly himself, and invited John to a
cellcnm:, slio softly closed the door be-' game of curds. John looked at his
laud lain. The front room was her own; :
it contained ner lieu, imr wardrobe, and j
her trinkets; the latter were all presents, i
And all of linn ml Thnv t.,wwl in u I
row on a rough board shelf " speci-;
mmiu " '..). ..,,...111 i.. TV,..
nuuiu uao UUKIU xu-sici II IUO -U.t-All.Ull JUlldl Ullll, RUU lint Jin
ladies' eyes shine. reputation as an honost man had uot
When a Sandy Gulcher found a uug- , been improved since he left Sandy
got which was remarkable for purity or ; Gulch. So John tipped back a little
boauty, ha set it aside for " Posy " more iu his chair, and said he couldn't;
they all liked to call the blooming , had promised Langsdale and the Posy to
maul their "Posy." The consequence ' ride home with them from Van Duzeu's
was that Miss Pluebe hail several thou- j that night.
sand dollars on her rough shelf, nnd Apodoca smiled serenely, aud said:
went barefooted and huruheadetl, and " One little game; it takes but few
wore a calico gown. She hud no fear of ; minutes."
uny one robbing her. thouih there weie i "Come. -John." wii.l the I),m-(,iv " T'm
scamps ill the camp who would have cut ;
u in in s throat Kir a t?nth of the wealth '
winch riiWsuuggeUwpreeiill; ,nt
-., tn.f . ft... i.i ;.. o . -i.. sti i i
in nmiiiy union mud
u,.v IU...IJU iirj nifcy :
tut Ij attend tho grand i
Bar, although she was ,
left her tnnkcts I
undisturbed on the shelf, and found
them there undisturbed on her return.
J When she hud shut the door affcr lier
father, rhoabe took from her pocket a
new specimen n particularly fine one,
' nnd very valuable; it was a present just
; received from Jose Apodoca. It had
' probably been won in the rear room at
' Slim Jim's, but that did not trouble
i Pluebe. When she first came to Cnli
, fornia she had been shocked at a huudred
I things which she now looked upon with
indifference. She ndmired her nugget, somehow, and he and Apodoca played
not for its value, but because it was i alone. Slim Jim looked on con
pretty; perhaps becauso in her heart ! tempttlously. comuiiseratinclv. " Con-
there was a soft place for the handsome
Mexican. She despised him fo: .his lazi-
ness, and yet-sho put it on the shelf
with a sigh. "T'll tell papa," she
thought to herself, " when he feels
kinder toward Jose.'
Yet, in spite of old Langsdiile's em
phatic translation of the " Inglis" over
his door. Apodoca came atraiu.
Phoebe ' couldn't be cross to people,"
id smiled and chatted, rose-pink deep-
ied in her cheeks, light brightened in
ami
eneil
her eyes, until Jose was more enthralled
and bewildered than ever. Hut, for all '
her pleasantness, Pluebe was a dutiful i
daughter, and not only impressed lier !
adorer with the necessity of departing 1
oeiore ner intner came home for his dm
uer, but likewise besought him not to j
come again, unless to her evening recep- ;
tion. The Posy and her father seldom i
entertained less than twenty in an even- !
ing. Every one in the camp would hnv !
been there if the cabin had been biororer:
as it was, half the callers had to content j " Gome here I" said the Posy, impeii
themselves with standing outside, and "'isly. Bald Pete came, obediently, as
catching now and then a word or u smile became a faithful subject. " What are
from the goddess through the door- .the stakes ( John's got huthing to play
way. The New Orleans Saloon did not yith. When did Jose get back '. Who
begin to have such attractions for them; ' winning ;"
and the evening before the Posy went to Bald Pete answered all the questions,
Bootjack Bar, and held a grand' farewell but the one about the stakes he evaded,
reception, in her ball dress, with slums ; "he made him tell how John had
and stockings on. the saloon was wholly
: deserted, and Slim Jim himself closed no.
and went with the crowd to old Luiurs-
dale's cabin.
But Jose intimated, in mellifluous if
adulterated Spanish Spanish flowed like ,
oil from Posy's ready tongue that he 1
could not speak more than two words to
her in the evening, and besides (with a 1
smile and a jerk of his thumb toward
I Slim Jim's), his business engagements;
prevented his coining in the evening;
, and, still besides that, lie must there meet
a certain hated John, who was supposed
to be the choice of her heart, as lie cer-
tainly was of her father's.
! Pluebe pouted and made a face at the
! mention of John: he would have been a'
grand catch for pretty Pluebe Langsdale
iu the little down-east town where she
had been brought up but the goddess
of Sandy Gulch could afford to be scornful.
Jose, however, Was inclined to question ,lce- Jn inside lier room, she took
the sincerity of her acorn; she, in turn. ! ,lrom k1i" the ""W wlm'h lw1
protested vigorously, and, iu the midst i ,HT"- ? lVat lt from 'To'' BU;'. "topping
of the discussion, old Langsdale walked j oui"iae tll;l00. threw it with all
in unsuspiciously. Casting one look full 1,e . flitolh ' ' thick underbrush,
of anger and disgust at his daughter, the j hlRV'ni,'?1 : "There, b ood-thirsty vd
old man, who had the strength of a giant, ,h,iV , ,lll," went back, took the
seized Anodooi lv the t,.,l,wH ,l rHt " hit nuggets gathering up the
half lifted, half kicked hiiu out. veiling.
"Git..( git!" at the top of his voice
The Mexican, however, was not to be
kicked out of anywhere by anybody
with impunity, and, drawing his short,
shaii) knife, without which a Sandy ;
Gulcher would have been uurecogniza- ;
ble, he made a furious bound toward the
old man, with his knife upraised, and a
murderous rage distorting Ins handsome
fu?e; But Pluebe was there before him; ,
8e'zmK llu urm with, her little brown
lmnd, the rose-pink all faded out of her
flltttlrH anil lini fivna itM.ln jtiwtn it'i lt 4-n
ror, she cried: " Don't strike don't
strike!" catching her breath in a terrified
sob. Flinging his knife into the chap- 1
arral, he caught the terrified goddess in .
his turns, pressed a burning kiss his
first and last on the round warm cheek '
and fled, and Sandy Gulch knew him no ;
more. He knew that Phoebe and her
guardians would never forgive his draw-
ing a knife xn old Langsdale, and ho nn-
armed. A man who would resent nnv-
thing from the Posy's father was not to
be tolerated in Sandy Gulch.
Time went by, and the goddess still
reigned without 'a rival in her kingdom;
and poor John still sued
at her feet,
though getting hopeless.
His univer
lis uiiiver-
las proiul
ivaiied nini
sity education, his talents.
family, his manly beauty, ull a
nothing in his desire to gather tor him
self tho blooming Posy; and then, he
did have wretched luck. He ofteu said.
with a gloomy smile, that when his pick
went in, gold went out nt the other
end.
One night, John sat in the rear room,
tipped back in his chair with his heels
ou the window-sill. The Posy held no
reception that evening; she had started
at daybreak, accompanied by her futher,
for a visit over to Van Duzeus. Aside
from the unwonted absence of the Posy,
that his chum was not worth as iniicl
his pick; and then, although old Langs
dale had invited him to ride over to Van
Duzeu'e and help escort the Posv home
I that llio-ht. vet he conbl not lmt let the
remembrance of Phoebe's fool manner
rankle in hi -u: I. more than the pros-
pect of his felicity i .;Yd it.
Jiw.ua nwhrn, Seuor John, said a
musical voice.
watch; in ten or fifteen minutes he iuiut !
be starting lor an Uiusen s. It had j
been the Posy's sovereign desire to leave I
tlwre ulioiit. ten o'el.ieL un.l u 1,.,mU I
by moonlight; moreover, he knew that 1
41... r..:.,.. l. ...! i.: i i . i ....
in gtod luck to-night; vou und I aguiust
KlipWi - y Jak amV"."
" Tm dead broUe'Tiitid John.
.... ... . . . . .
ri lend; I have plenty goid-diisi. ,
Se," and J drew out a baa;. WUiel
looked comfoit.iblv plumu. He insisted l
oa lending John au ounce, aud the game
ixg. On the first deal Apodoca and I
Jack were winners, and the former
volunteered to treat. John begun to get
interested in the game, then excited,
then absorbed. lie called for more
drinks, ho borrowed more gold-dust, he
forgot the Posy and her moonlight
ride. His brain seemed tube on lire;'
now ho won, now ho lost. His losings
were the grenter, for he must always bor
row more dust from the " Greaser's "
bag, so comfortably full. Slippery Jack
and the Doctor slipped out of the 'game,
; founded fool !" he said to Bald fete
, John's former partner" ho never had
, 110 luck; oughter know it."
I Meanwhile, the Posy rode home over
I the mountain trail, in the silver moon-
light, 111 a very bad temper. Her father
1 rode bef ore her; where was "that John,"
! who ought to have been only too happy
to nave the Honor 01 ruling behind her f
I Whe had intended to be so pleasant to
I him, too ! When they passed the New
1 Orleans Sulqon, it was brilliantly lighted;
it was
always bnllmnted lightly, all
night,
" Ask
what time it is, papa," said
rhoebe.
Langsdale asked
stood by the door,
answered.
Bald Pete, who
" Two o'clock," he
' What are they so still in there lor f"
asked Pluebe, accustomed to hear the
most uproarious noises in the saloon.
"Apodoca and John are playing,
1 replied Bald Pete.
: borrowed gold dust until Jose would
1,,nd no more ;
that lie had risked his
claim and lost;
his watch, his pick, the
very clothes upon
clean gone crazv,"
his back
He's
said Bald
Pete-
clean outern his wits."
" What's he playing for now'
the Posy.
Bald Pete hesitated, and tried
to evade the question, in vain.
said I
again
"If you don't tell me," said she
''11
' K" nprj" in and ask em.
: " Wall," said Pete, peering up in tin-
1 darkness to get a look at the Posy's
round, pretty face, " he's staked liis
chances ter git you again the dust he's
; borrowed of Jose."
" And who's winning ;"
"I'm bound to say as Jose's winniu',"
said Pete, sorrowfully. "Johu never
had no luck at keards.""
Pluebe whipped up llobiu a little, and
followed her father up to the cabin in
eor111,1H of her apron, that none might
roll out slipped out of the door, and
ran at full speed down to the saloon,
the silver moonlight shining upon her
as she went. Buhl Pete stood at
door.
" My eye !" he cried, when he saw-
the j
1
the !
Posy.
"Are they playing yet" she whis
pered. He nodded assent. She took his hand
and clung to it like a child, drawinghim
into the room after her. Jose looked up
wheu she came in. aud started: John
! w!w n''r' t(M' nlJtl let. the cards drop from
11W na!ll, -N'v'r "d em, John,"
H,,e 111 H(,,lw ". voice that he hardly
lai-d her, ' I'm going to pay Jose for
yollr "''bt; and she emptied the nug-
K'ts ul)on tno table, between the two
P"to18 wliioli lay there, one upon each
"J"0' reuil.v to the hand of each player.
W.'.le put '"T lm'.18 al'"n'l John's arm,
'"'"'"K to it.RS f hived it, and tried
'u "aa mm uwaj.
Apouocn nung ms curds upon tho
floor, and, quick us a flush, Phoebe
heard the crack ot las pistol once, I
twice ! John fell back against the wall j
, with a groan, the room was full of smoke
' and the smell ol burnt powder; then '
inhere as iieavy tlllul an,i Apodoe-a !
Mf between the wall and the table, I
; (leail wjtuont gronn or ft worJ. the j
. Pistol, clenched last in lus stiffened
i hand, went into the grave with him.
: And two days after, with all the incon
! sisteney of a woman, the Posy searched
the chaparral, far and near, to find the
, nugget which she had scornfully thrown
away, and which, for all her searching,
she never found.
, Johu was all very well she did love
. him, and would marry him, but his
; wound had been nothing; Apodoca's
aim, so fatally sure the second, had
missed the first time, and John had
: escaped with a mere flesh-wound. But
i Jose " poor fellow !" his love cost him
I his life, and even spoiled goddesses have
tender women's hearts !
A Rich Mini's Possesions.
The following estimate? of the estate
of the late Ciq tain E'oer B. Ward, of
Detroit, have been supplied by one of
his exeenteirs, who regards them as
somewhat below rather than above tho
real value of the property :
Wyandotte iron interest
I.eeland intcieflH ,
Kihcr iiiteret
Milwaukee iron work
Chicago iron worka , . . . .
jmi.nuu '
lnoono
5ti.(KX) i
1 Htm I
ijuoo'nyjj i
'2oooo0 I
l jii.uoo !
Lu'ii.iKton hiteresTs
Lauds in Michigan and other States
Steamboat and vessel property
t'Uryhtal City ulaiw works....".
i , j.iwu .
fciUriiw'i;
neai estate in wetroit
75U,000
'''e '
Arizona copper iateret . . .
luu DUO
!
Total 3,3o(i,000 I
By Captain Ward's will, which is au
elaborate and business-like document.
j the entire property is left to his family
nnd personal friends, there being no
public bequests.
Inoenioi's. One of the most ingen
ious advertisements issued at San Fran
cisco, during lost summer, wart the
following
" lee, lee, ee,
If you want 'it pure and
. . . t
.1
At a reasonable pr , ice. '
Follow no new elev
But send to
I'or 1 have the lurgest and bet stock i
ever put up in thin city,"
The Pnlliolngj of Diphtheria.
A physician says A lady writes us,
asking several questions upon this sub-
iect. She says the disease is quite preva
ent in her locality. Her first question
is, "Are 'diphtheria' and 'putrid sore
throat ' the same ?" Second, "If death
is caused from choking apnma or an
inability to get breath ?"
To her first question I answer " Yes."
I know the laity (and some not ovor-well-posted
doctors, too,) make a dis
tinction from simply aelifference in the
severity of the complaint in two or more
crises; calling the more violent cases of
! d,lr!.,tl,w rtnd sore throat.
I "i? ih.,lHe J8 ft l'titutuniBl
j Tlm thr'.at is only one place out of 1
1,1 t friv us a local nP
one.
many
appear
ance. It attacks all mucous surfaces
ear, eye, mouth, nose, oesophagus, stom
ach, rectum, vagina, etc. indifferently.
It may be in any two or three of thepe
locidities iu the same person at once. It
also shows itself on any abraded surface
of an afflicted individual.
The most general seat, however, is 011
the fauces (throat); yet cases are on rec
ord where, although evident iu other
parts of the same patient, there was no
throat complaint.
Locally, then, the expression " of the
disease is but an inflammation of the
mucous membrane with an exudation of
an organozolete ( fibrinous) lymph. This
shortly " organizes " (consolidates) to the
leaden or ashen -colored membrane that
; is pathognomonic of the complaint. This
I membrane you find wherever the iiifiam
I matory process is set up, and it can be
: readily pulled off, leaving the raw snr
! face beneath. Sometimes it gets to be
; very thick. It is the abundance of this
membrane in the trachea and bronchial
tulies that causes death by "strangula
tion ;" it prevents the passage of air me
chanically. To answer her second question : In
some cases it is; in others it is not.
Sometimes death occurs within forty
eight hours, and before tliis exudation'is
poured out from the inflamed surface
anywhere. Again, when the disease does
not attack tho larynx or trachea, "chok
ing to death " is impossible. Death, in
1 majority ol cases in children, does,
! however, occur as she indicates. In
nder persons death by asthenia fa
I gradual wasting of the power of - life) is
; mil as common.
j The disease is one of excessive vomit
I ing frequently, and loathing of food ;
1 hence, uuless you are careful, your pa
; tieut verily starves to death. Again,
some deaths are from nervous lesions a
I paralysis somewhere as for instance! of
! the nerve of organic life to the heart.
I Again, tho blood (which is normally sup
I plied withfibrine) has the fibrine notably
j increased; so much so that it clots iu the
heart, thus causing death,
j It is by 110 means so frequent a dis
j ease as is supposed. .Oil er throat iu
I llammations are very frequently called
diphtheria, either through a careless
I diagnosis or an uulaudable motive of the
. attendant. Babies always have "croup,"
! you know, yet I venture my life that not
j one in a hundred ever had any sneh dis
1 ease. Babies with croup are sick, and
! not generally nine hundred and ninety
J nine out of a thousand get well. So with
j diphtheria, yet cases sometimes are very
; mild.
I give 110 treatment, as it is a disease
that only a physician should take hold of.
In Kc4inir of the Birds.
George T. Fish, of Rochester, chair-
! man of the committee 011 ornithology,
j presented to tho Western New York
i Horticultural Society 11 well-considered
statement touching the usefulness of our
j feathered friends. A French naturalist
, ascertained by careful investigation that
a single insect might in five generations
become the progenitor of five thousand
millions of descendants. With these
appalling figures before us we are
, forced to the conclusion that were the
j birds destroyed a desolation would result,
; compared with whbh the grasshopper
plague of the West would smli mto in
significance. The vocal melody of birds
would give place to tho constant buzzing,
scraping, hissing sound of insects, not
long, however, to be endured, for
tho destruction of vegetation must ine-
vitably be followed by the destruction
of
si
in
annual life. It is evident God ele-
signed that the birds should hold the
insects in check. Can we afford to elis-
peuse with even a part of their assist
ance because it costs us something in
fruit i We ure willing to pay money for
fertilizers and for labor. We even pay
m?n for destroying insects, and regard
it as a profitable investment. It is un
reasonable to demand that the entire
work of the bird sliall be gratuitous.
While the committee would advise the
protection of birds as a class, they think
experience has shown that the pugna
cious character of the English sparrow
renders hiiu an uudesirable settler.
Our domestic birds, more peaceably dis
posed, incline to leave him the whole
field, and his introduction to this coun
try is probably no improvement on na
ture's plan. It would seem to be better
to encourage by every means au income
of emr native tribes.
A Singular Discovery.
Mr. Brunei', a perfectly reliable gentle-
nuiu, whose home isatAugelos, California, '
is authority for the following. Wliile lie
"u,t hired man was herding his stock 1
about six miles from the South Grove" ;
iu tliis county, they noticed a small hole i
"'"'"t a f"t i" diameter and smoothed '
offi ,ns if done with a mason's trowel, j
'i'heir curiosity being urousod, they ex- !
uniined it and dropped a roe'k into it, '
winch seemed to full a few feet and lodge ; i
the next eltort was more successful, and
H,p v.ielf nftuv fullino ..i.oi'.1.s.K1 ,i;a.
- -- .a ... ..,.,.... ,..,.., vi i',
tance seemed to stiike.and caused, a deaf-
ening, crashing noise perfectly indescrib-
HblH' 11 seemed to them that in com-
: parison tiiuuder would oe a nuiaby and
i the roar of artiUery a murmur. The
j men lost no time iu getting away from
j the place, but iu a short time, the noise
, liaving partially subsided, they returned
to it ; they wore, however, perfectly
! (satisfied without trying any more experi-
merits. Mr. Bruuer ventures no theory
about this, but only states the facta.
; Now.will some of our learned gentlemen !
explain this natural ciuiobity (
Tha New H.vn Jnnruai mv it .
Massachusetts from one hakimr establish- i
ment in that city, j
EXPERIMENTS WITH HITTER.
What han brrn ArroinpUnlird In Ueruinny
and What .lnre In Kxpertrd.
A new breed of cattle has been pro
duced in Germany, and a correspohdent
of the Wfjrhl who visited th stables of
a noted breeder, writes as follows : M.
Van Koppenael went on to state that the
object he set out with was to produce a
hybrid of the genus Bos that would be
superior to the improved ox in health, in
speed, in milking qualities and in beef
ing qualities a hybrid that would bo
able to reproduce its kind and be con
stant iu its adherence to the type from
which it originated. His first experi
ment was that of crossing a Shropshire
cow with a bull of the South African
buffalo, and was suggested by a simi
larity in the arrangement of the bonis
of the two animals. The product was a
sterile monster of hideous proportions.
He next attempted a hybrid between the
Brahminy bull and a Dutch cow, the
product again being sterile and worth
less. The same result came from cross
ing the domestic animal with tho Indian
buffalo, the gayal, the yak and thn
American bison. By a lucky accident,
however, he discovered flint, a cross be
tween the bison and the Brahmin cow
was fertile, and this led him to experi
ments in the right direction, winch
finally had results of tho happiest sort.
The result of the experiments was a
bull weighing 1,01)0 pounds and a cow
weighing 1,000.
I was surprised at what M. Van Kop
penael told me of the milking qualities
of his new hybrid. The cows which he
showed me were yielding an average
per capita of 12,000 pounds of milk per
annum, aud this milk is so rich in
butvraceous properties that its average
yieio. 01 oiiLirer is one pouuci 111 lime, thus
equaling the finest strums of Jersey cat- ; "troy the codling worms, the society
tie. ' ; would do it for him. Every man did his
" Have these precious animals no I duty, and the past year the fruit was
fault i" I asked. ' greatly improved. The codling moth
"They have," replied M. Van Kop- : came to us as one of the benefits of our
penael, " a very grave fault. They are ' foreign commerce a fact- which illus
very impatient of confinement. I shall ; trates the importance of entomological
have to breed this out of them before I j knowledge, when we consider how much
can venture to think them perfect, and I i we have lost by not knowing these ene
do not know how to do it, unless I in- mies and suppressing them wheu they
troduce another cross of the Jinn Judi- ; were few. Jf we had killed them all
cum by breeding the Trisnbramak to that. ' during the first two or three years of
Another thing, I have not room here. I ) their sojourn, at an expense of $1,000
need your Western prairies or your blue-, apiece, we should have made money
grass regions to give my herds a lair j by it.
chance, but I am too old to immigrate. It gives frightful interest to those de
Those who come after nie will develop predations when we consider that the
the experiment, and bring out its full repeated destruction and failure of the
results. After the Jinn rommnitun has I young fruit will lead to shy bearing and
been made reasonably perfect, a e'loseaiul 1 sterility from the force of habit. Ani-
tnorongn system ot 111 and 111 breeding ;
will be needed to mature nnd round oft
all the excellence of the new animal,
That is what I muy not hope to ! which drop their immature fruit from
achieve." the sting of insects will soon utterly fail
Aftenshowiug me much more of his to perfect their frhit even if insect do
menagerie and much nnd curious talk ' not trouble them. With trees, as with
which I need not repeat here, I returned ' us all, good habits are quite indispensa
to the house with M. Van Koppenael. I ble to usefulness. This codling nuis
At lunch I had the opportunity to taste ' ance, like certain devils in Scripture,
the rich golden butter and cheese made don't yield to mild treatment. You can't
from the milk of Htm cotiipnxilHK, or the 1 frighten them with scarecrows, nor coax
Van Koppenael cow, as it ought to be thom with sweets, but you must fight
called. j them by auy and all methods known in
M. Van Koppenael informed me that civilized and uncivilized warfare,
it was the success ef his friend Van ; The Colorado potato beetle is now a
Mons, the great horticulturist of Ghent, ' subject of great anxiety in our States,
in producing the new hybid fruits of i Next in importance to wheat, the potato
such superior quality that set him upon j demands our best endeavors for its pro
attempting to improve the race of cat- j toction and preservation. So great has
tie. The known delie-aey of constitution ! been the destruction of this household
ami tendency to sterility of the best
strains of snort horns made him think of
going back to the wild blood, just as j
Mr. Goodrich did with the pot it o. He
tells me that its remarkable fecundity is
one of the most valuable traits of tho
Jlon coiiixjnitKit, Every cow that he has
bred so far has fetched him twin calves. !
I think it probable that iu a vear or
two at least M. Van Koppenael will ; be short, and this and several other in- famine stricken people of Asia Minor
transfer a portion of his improved stock j sect posts have a more congenial climate ' urgently request the English and Ameri
to Kentucky. He was very particular in I at the West, where they originated, than 1 Cll Presa to let it be known that their
111s inquiries unout the nine gras conn-
try, aud was charmed with tho glowing
description which I gave him of those !
grand pastures and grassy open woods I
mnfrninVelit with treiu nf i !
growth.
Editors' Work.
The Cincinnati Gazette has a sensible
and timely article ou the editorial sanc
tum and its visitors, from which we
make the following extract :
Not all who visit editorial rooms are
intruders or bores, but a great many are,
and these are so numerous that all" visi
tors ure looked upon with some ilegree
of suspicion until their business becomes
known. It is never pleasant to be in
terrupted in editorial work. It has a
tendency to make men cross. There is
a pressure upon editors. They work
nearly all the time under a pressure.
Often their ideas do not flow freely, and
when they are not pleasing themselves
they are not iu a mood to spend much
time upon those who interrupt them.
We suppose it is safe to say that three
fourths of those that call to see " the
editor" havo no business properly with
that individual. Often they do not
know him personally, and in order to
find him they interrupt half a dozen men,
who have important work to do, and only
a limited time to do it iu. Then, if they
receive short answers, thev feel uccrieveii.
and talk about impolite treatment. The
editorial rooms of a newspaper establish-
ment are private, and ure only to be
visited, except as a matter "of favor, by
those who have business with the editor.
I'he best way, if people have something
to say to the editor, is to write that
something down and send it to him.
.riitt il fc.f tun.
both sides, ami
.nine times out
-rviews.
lias would save time ou
answer a better purpose
of ten, than personal mt
' Discliargliisj " a Servaut.
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ing without reference to particular appli-
canon a is a great privilege lor a man to
be permitted to serve a lady. Practi- j
cully, however, much depends ou who j
the lady is, and iu what capacity the ser- ;
vices is rendered ; it is no great privilege
io none Mia. jveiuiug us a DUtler. ilns
lady, tho wife of a retired colonel living
near Aldershot, discharged her domestic
some mouths ago, und on his refusal to
leave without orders from the master '
colonel had told his man to take no no
tioe of the lady b commands,"
sue attempted io, aim really did, enforce that institution. Even the shavings from j without waiting or the departure of no
her liiaudate with a loaded revolver. the nolo leather have their use, und from I purcho: or, or tt-uiptiiig to disguise tin'
lor this fi-eak of the mumble creature j them the puncakes aio made. These mio.dity of the transaction, he div
the colonel has to pay fifty pounds shavings are placed upon a table before j the nioiu-y into I hive parts, of whic
damages by law awarded. It is curious I thu operatives, who aepaiaH uud care-' ui d hi t compa iion took two, g v n
and instructive to observe that thn ' fullv aoivml tl ll'lll llllt. Wit-lilt! it. khlllll I tl:11 1 fit Hill 11 'lllll.l.-V lltviw.i. ..f il.
ORCHARD AM) GARDEN.
A Chapter on rim llnv Dial rfo so much
ItainnHe.
Major Hugh T. Brooks, of Pearl
Creek, in his remarks before the West
ern New York Horticultural Society, as
sured his hearers that the bugs are hav
ing a good time generally, and that "no
body about hero " disturbed them to any
alarming extent, and we bear our ills with
patience. When we don't like tho taste
of the worm in the apple we spit him
out. When cucumbers aud melons dis
appear we expected it, aud we moralize
011 the transitory nature of earthly
things. We flare up if somebody kicks
our worthless cur, but we stand by and
without remonstrance see worms devour
our currants and our cabbage. Bugs of
old seemed to respect the Jewish arrange
ment, and conteuted themselves with a
tenth; now they frequently take the
whole, and the questiou arises, How long
can we stand it There are many dama
ges that money cannot measure. Shrub
bery, watched and nourished with ten
der care, perhaps planted by loved ones
departed, puuetured by a littlo worm and
turned to dry wood. Can you enter that
upon your ledger ?
Assuredly we need concerted effort to
overcome insect enemies. We must all
, work together. If one mau kills worms
and another breeds them, the breeder
will get the best of it, or the worst. But
where is the right to propagate nuisances?
We might as well set up pest-houses as a
worm factory; as well send out our pigs
and poultry to depredate upon our neigh
bors, as our codling moths. Our Mich-
gan mends nave met tins crisis reso-
lutely. One of their- pomoloincal asso
ciations resolved that if anv fruit-grower
negiei-te'u 10 oaiuiage 111s irees unci ue-
nuns that prematurely cast their young
from injury soon do so from force of
habit: and Ave may well infer that
trees
necessary at the West by grasshoppers
and drought that it is at present iu many
sections the dearest article of food in
the market. It has been a very profita
ble crop in Western New York, and we
cannot urge too strongly that growers
make a concerted and determined effort
for the destruction of its relentless enemy.
It is probable that its stay with us will
It is probable that its stay with us will
here.
A good kitchen garden is one of the
possibilities of rural life. In its best I
state it is a perfect fountain of cood !
tliiurra Knf .i.l.ll..i 1.-, tl.n I I
our country gardens are n, fizzle and a
fraud eu the women who coax them into
a feeble existence when they are allowed
to " go to the bugs ! Currant sprouts
cost nothing, and being persistent grow
ers we had them, and they did great ser
vice. The worm spoiled the currants,
and we meekly gave them up. Now,
this is to bear witness that white helle
bore dusted on tho bushes when the dew
is on will save the currants, and any one
who has lost his bushes should forthwith
replace them nnd take care of them.
One of two eir three tilings that weex-
pect to nnd m country gardens besides cents per pound. Ihe patrons delivered
weeds is cabbages. A green worm, about curd instead of milk. Tho second fac
an inch long, acquired a taste for cab-1 tory was built also in Mosiertown
bage and quietly took it. Sprinkle on iu 1851, and continued in operation throe
soapsuds, or salt, or dust from the road, years, and then the system came to au
ami the worm will be disgusted. Shake I end. The first faetory'nnder the present
iu the cabbage cayenne pepper, or sprin- j associated system was built by George
kle on boiling hot water, and you will j Thomas in 1867, at Cambridge. The
soon be rid of him. A moderate appli- i second factory was built by Messrs, D.
cation of hot water will not injure the H. Gibson & Co., iu liSfW, manufacturing
plant, as it has a thick, tough leaf. I the first year 27,000 pounds of cheese,
Coop a hen among your squash vines j and two years later 145,000 pounds. In
with a brood of chickens, and the chick-1 1870 there existed in the State of Ponu
ens will take care of the squash, if j sylvauia twenty-seven factories. It is es
you only plant plenty if seed. Don't ' t minted that there was produced during
fail to put boxes, ia niches by 14, rouud
I 1 , , 1 ,
! 'i' cucumbers, and 10 inches high,
j D this wh-n you plant, and then it will
none, ogiecieti gardens uon t pay;
well-cultivated ones do pay. Iu conclu-
; Kin, the major earnestly invoked deter-
mined and united effort aeraiust insect
enemies. The work is a duty every hus-
huudmnn owes to his
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! the individual who can lay his baud on
I 'lis heart, and looking you in the face
truthfully declare that ho has killed, or
gencration, and
iisly crippled, one coddling I uu",l' 'lvuw l,n"B lo ltlo" tnem
not lived in vuiu, and may I selvt'M wlt" their lKduee. He chanced
! sink into the silent tomb with a glem
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Working In Leather.
The Belfast (Me.) Journal tells how ' of course exorbitant; but after a proper
au enterprising woman is making money amount of haggling a fair price per hun
there : It is not of that article of diet ' died was agreed upou and the bargain
mude by our grandmothers that we are ' concluded.
to speak, but a pancake of a less disges- j The purchaser pulled out his money
ttblo nature, manufactured nt the Bui- and was about to hand it to the old
fust shoe factory. Nothing iu the shupe j countryman, when the second lounger
oi ieni uer is uilowed to go to waste m
casing with paste, end the whole patted
down compactly, When a enke is com -
Kenis of Interest.
The Canadian canals are to be deep
ened to fourteen feet.
Make out your bills and them collect
them. The first is comparatively easy
not so the last.
The Bishop of Carlisle has pronounced
himself in favor of tho administration of
the cat to wife-beaters.
The first impressions made by printers
are invariably cast aside, because tlioso
that follow tiiem arc better.
A Fall River mule spinner has to
travel nine thousand miles while on duty
during the year to earn S75.
Paris annually consumes an average of
one hundred and twenty-five pounds of
meat for each of its inhabitants.
The population of Louisiana, accord
ing to the last census, numbered 301,430
whites and 4G3,(Mi7 blacks, a colored
majority of 01,617.
The obituary notice of a much respect
ed lady concludes with " In her life
she was a pattern worthy to be followed;
and her death oh, how consoling to her
friends."
Friendship is a good deal like chil a.
It is very beautiful and durable at lm g
as it is quite whole ; but break it, and 1 11
tho cement in the world will never quite
repair the damage.
Gen. M. L. Smith, whose sudden
denth has been announced, is said to
have had his life insured for nearly ,100,
000, and just before leaving Washington
for New York took out a 8(5,000 accident
policy.
"Tho child has since died," is the
laconic remark which a paper affixes to
an account of a twelve-year-old girl who
had already mastered logic, rhetoric,
1 m -niogy, iiiiuuiy. nun 1111: iumrni n vi
mental and moral science.
The present system of penal servitude
for women in England is one of solitioy
confinement, audit is asserted that not
' one woman iu twenty undergoes im
I prisonnient of over a year's duration
1 wiMiout showing signs of temporary in
sanity.
At Trevoux, 111 France, a farmer's 1 oy
killed two young owls in a nest near (h'
house, and the tild owls watched around
for several nights, till on the fifth nigl t
au tild male owl struck the same boy in
tho face and put one ef his talons in the
boy's left eye.
A Western )a rjaiiiilla, who has
raised two families, has discovered that
children grow more between January
and July than in the other half of the
vear. lis theory is that the crowth of
i humanity is governed by th.i same laws
wiucn prevail over 1110 vegetable i;ing-
elom.
"Yes, I like, these short ilays," said
old Truepenny, tho other morning, join
ing iu the discussion; "the interest
counts up so fast. Why, when 1 come
into my place mornings, and get out my
securities, I can fairly hear them draw
interest, right through the side of tho
box.
I A New York life insurance company,
I in a recent publication giving a liiit of
I gentleman who hold policies 011 their
hves, puts down Alexander T. Stewart as
I insured for $100,000. This paper is
j authorized to state that there in not and
never has been any insurance whatever
I on Mr. Stewart's life.
j A party of juvenile fiends out in Mis
I souri tied an unpopular schoolmate to
the railroad track, when; the lito was
crushed out of him by a passing train.
These young villains, when grown up,
will probably black their faces and assist
in the administration of the laws accord
ing to the code of Judge Lynch.
The committee of relief for the
funds are exhausted, while the distress
is increasing. They state that it will be
necessary to clothe, feed and give niedi-
1 cal assistance to several hundred thou
I sand persons until next June.
The Sale of Cheese.
The president of the Pennsylvania
Dairy Association, at a lata meeting,
gave an interesting and suggestive ad
dress on " Co-operation iu the Sale of
Cheese." He commenced by alluding
to the early history of cheese-making in
this section. The first attempt at fac
tory cheese-making was made in 1819, at
Mosiertown, by Clark & Stobbins, who
made au English eluiry cheese weighing
about sixteen pounds, selling it nt throe
the past season in the counties of Crtiw-
1 11..: . 1 1 ...i r ,w.,t
j ford, Erie, aud Mercer, about 9,000,000
pounds of cheese, valued at 5fl, 200,000,
Blackmail In Naples.
A gentleman who is very fond of that
pungent little gourd known as the pep-
eroM, decided tne other day to lay in a
'.,-.1 lifiii
j 8.to,'k Vf ht'a' ?u'1 for that purpose went
I ''ow" mto VlH lower, or eastern, part of
Naples, where the trades-people from
: "P0" 811 !'ld mrtu wuo hiul ft m-'0 lot of
j ins iiivorue vegetable, ami began to ask
aooui tne price. ienw tne old man
were standing a couple of loafers. One
of these fellowK named a sum, which was
j stepped forward and took it. This do
I duoo. who hid remained uii lv
1 while this disposition was g iug o i