.. BABYHOOD. ' '
IlelfjTi-ho! Ilnfovhouii: Toll mo whore you
HnpriT.
r.cl'n imlillf horn agnln, for we lmvo
gone nn!rny;
Tuke llilx rnm-r hnnd of lulno and him
me ly the (liiKor
T.nok to tlie lotus lnnda of the fur awey,
Turn Imrk tlio lnovca of llfi'! rtnn't rend l!u
uttirv
lt'i 11 ml tbe plctnrea nnd funny nil l!i;
rent i
W cnn nil the written pngog with n
lirlehtcr Klnry
thnn old Time, the atory-tollir, nt hl
ocst.
Turn to tlio brook, where the honeysuckle
tlpi'liw;
OVr lin vane of perfume, spill It on tho
And the ht-e nnd humming bird In ecutnay
nre Ripping , ,
From the fnlry flngoni of tho blooming
liiciiHt trees.
Turn to the Inne, where we used to "teeter
totter," I'rlntltitf little foot pnlma In the yellow
Laughing "at the lar.y cattle wading In the
water, . ,
Where the ripples dimple round the but
tercups ot gold;
Where the dusky turtle Ilea basking In tho
grevel
nf the minnv sandbar In the middle tide,
And tho ghostly ilragon-lly pauses In Ills
travel .
To rest like a blossom where the water
Illy died.
nclgh-ho! nnbyhood! Tell me where you
linger. . . ,
Let's toddle home again, for we have
con astray:
Take this eager hand of mine and lead mo
ly the Anger
Paek to the lotus lands of the far away.
Jumca Whlteomb Itlley, In the Inquirer.
A BIG BUCK.
Cnto roused us with the dawn, nnd
wo went out to si tlio log. fed, pre
punitory for tlio nioruliiK hunt. It
wns lndood a msijinltltvnt i:ick.
"Spot," tho slro nud loader of this
noblo Kroup, wns of a pure white body,
with a Bluglo black spot In tho centra
of the forehead from which ho took
his name. He wns a most powerful
unimnl nnd nblo to cope with the larg
est buck alone. Ho wns a stnshound,
carefully crossed upon tho short-logged
and long bodied foxhound.
"Music," the dam, was a foxhound
of the "true Spnrtnn breed," with a
voice like a distant alarm bell, while
the organ of old "Spot" was as sonor
ous as the loom of "old ocean" against
hollow cliffs.
But among them all my eye Instant
ly detected a magnificent creature a
block and tan hound, that to mo
seemed absolutely perfect as a speci
men of canine symmetry. Hla coat
was as flno as the most glossy silk;
from his head, which was pointed like
a serpent's, his line, broad and thin
ears, with their great swelling veins,
dependod more than an Inch below the
tip of his nose. Ills neck like a young
stag's; his cheat, barrel ribbed and
deep as a panther's; his loins, an clean
as a greyhound's, with a broad, strong
back; limbs that seemed to have been
hammered by some wondrous skill out
of fine steel; and such a vote! bugles,
clarions, cymbals, bells, winds, waters,
echoes, mingled, clashing, rolling, roar
ing, in one tide of rushing sound; alto
gethar they were nothing to that voice.
"No where, nor nothing!" as Jack ex
claimed, "to the voice of 'Black Terror
and 'Smile, ' as he named a beautiful
tnn slut of smaller size, which, stood
besldo this noble animal.
The whole kennel was fed upon bread
exclusively during tho hunting season,
and were never permitted to touch any
meat except what they themselves
killed. Tills kept them in flue bottom
and wind for running and made them
very savage.
A delicious breakfast Is rapidly dis
patched, the horn Is sounded and we
are off for our stands In the deep for
est. Cato, who "drives," turns to the loft
at the corner of the plantation, follow
ed by the whole pack, while wo follow
a bridle path loading straight abend
Into the depths of tho forest.
Iu a half mile I am stationed Just
on the verge of the "old bank," as it is
culled, of the river, with the deep for
est, through which Cnto is driving on
my left, and on my right, after a sheer
descent of twenty feet, a tremendous
swamp, which was now dry, except
where traversed by deep lagoons tilled
with quicksands. Jack rode ou a inllo
further to his stand. My instructions
were not to let tho hounds pass my
stand if I missed the deer, which would
attempt to get by me Into the almost
Impenetrable swamps, where, If the
dogs followed him, they would be lost
for the remainder of the day.
I hnd not long to wait, for I could
just begin to hear my heart beat In
the restored silence, nnd a neighboring
squirrel had only just commenced bark
lUjg at me, when a low and distant
bay, followed by a faint whoop, showed
that a trull had been struck. Gradual
ly tho sounds gathered as voice after
voice Joined In. until at last the thun
der bass of old Sixt boomed out and
old Music followed with a blast, and
now ihe elasniiig ciangor of Black Ter
ror's tongue htl off tlio bursting sym
phony and the forest rang to reverber
ations, which startled tlie heart Into
my very throat
Peal on peal and now a sudden si
lence iny blood Is running like mill
tails through' the swollen veins nnd
the arteries throb almost to bursting!
Crash! there it goes again! Heavens!
what music! How tho leaves Mutter
and the trees sway to my vision!
Whoop! In a smothered gasp. If I
could only yell! Here they come! I
wouder the forest Isn't levelled before
tho mighty roll of sound! Ha! lost
again! No, it Is only mullled as they
go down some valley! Now they rise
again! ye gods! If I could only give
one ytill. How it deafens! ihev must
be right upon mo! they will be running
over mo, dogs, deer and all! I am no
Aetnoon! Oh, hurricane and thunder
claps hist! here he conies, nnd out
bounded within ten feet of me a tre
mendous buck, with his mighty ant
lers Uko forest trees, thrown back up
on his rump! He has paused an lu
stanr. Crack! away with one prodigious
bound, he clears tho twenty feet of
bunk and is crushing through tho
swamp.
What a roar! Here they are! bristles
up, tongues out. Black Terror ten
paces ahead, Spot next, then Music
and all the rest In a crowd, looking
savage as harried wolves. You might
ua well talk of stopping tho Mississippi
they have swelled blood. What a
terrible burst! Black Terror's leap Is
as long as the buck's. Old Spot roars
again. They are out of sight! That's
Jack's yell! Hark! his horse's feet al
ready! He Is coming, furious because
I did not stop the buck.
And furious he was sure enough! I
began to ox.clulm at tho top of my
vo!co before ho enme In slht, but it
wax of no use. He comes ilnttering
up nnd nearly rides mo down.
"Why tho deuce didn't you stop that
door? Are the dogs goneV Black Ter
ror will never stop. Confusion, man!
were you a.' lrepV"
"ile wim ua big as nn elephant, Jack.
Here's ph r.ty of blood." said I, trying
t appeiii1 cool nnd pointing to tho
! i::-.)i'.ii(l Willi my gun; "he's done for."
...tek sprang to tho ground and ex
amined tho signs. "Oh, thunder! you've
shot him too far back and through tho
loins; ho will take to tho river. What
a track! It must bo tho 'big buck.' I
shall lose r.lack Terror. Come nhend
and let's cut htm off before he gets
I hero If wo kill our horses!" And
away he dashed through the wood.
1 followed as fast as possible, and
such n ride ns thnt was! Through vino
matted thickets, over dead trees, leap
ing nt breakneck speed tho wide la
irooiis away, away we clattered, ftwim
ln t hit m eh the donso swamp like wild
men possessed of demons.
At length we burst upon open ground
and .lack gave a yell that would have
waked tlio dead. "Too late! tot) Into!
the P.lg Buck, by old Bell Mouth! he'll
take the river."
Jack's yell had slightly startled the
buck, which was making for the river
along the bank of a wide lagoon. Ho
ti::iiitl f'harp and attempted to leap
the lagoon; lie disappears on we rush
nt mad peod but Jack knows what
he is about, and his horse, too while
my mare leaps. Plump wo laud In the
middle of the lagoon, followed by a
roar of laughter from Jack.
"Next time, shoot further forward,
If you plenso, old boy!"
But it was no Joking matter for mo
we li.nl landed in a qulcksnnd. I
looked iii- und with nn expression of
terror nt Jack, for 1 felv my mare sink
ing under me.
"Catch that limb above you," shout
ed he, "and tie your bridle to it or you
will both go under."
There was no time for mincing mat
tors. I let go my gun, which sunk out
of sight forever. Rising In my saddle,
with n desperate effort I reached the
stout limb of a bending cottonw'ood
tree, which I dragged down, nnd to
which I managed to secure my bridle
by a strong knot I succeeded llnally
by tlio aid of the Cottonwood In reach
ing the bank, nud by this time, when
I bxiked back, I found that my poor
mare had sunk nearly up to her eyes.
I now looked around, nnd saw Jack
busy enough betwecu beating off the
dogs and attempting to secure the
buck, wideh hnd stuck fust nlso in tlie
quicksand. Ho succeeded lu throwing
a rope about his horns, and when tho
"driver" came up we dragged It out at
our leisure, after having rescued my
poor celeste, wuich from banging so
long by her headstall had grown quite
black In the face.
The buck was a prodigious animal,
and had several times before been
chased by Jack, when It always took
to the river and had thus lost him sev
eral '.no hounds. Romance. '
Frenrh Art In Manipulating ritutter.
It Is stated that French builders, who
have carried the art of hardening plas
ter to whore It is used for flooring,
cither In place of wood or tile, em
ploy for this purpose six parts of good
quality of plaster Intimately mixed
with one part of freshly slaked white
lime finely sifted. The mixture as thus
composed is laid down In as quick time
as possible, care being taken that the
trowel is not ustd upon tlie surface
for too long a time. After this the
floor Is allowed to become dry and Is
subsequently saturated In a most thor
ough manner with sulphate of iron or
zinc, the iron giving the strongest, sur
face, its resistance to breaking being
found to bo twenty times the strength
of ordinary plaster. It appears that
with sulphate of zinc tho floor remains
white, while when Iron Is used It bit
comes the color of rusted Iron. But if
linseed oil, boiled with lithnrge, be ap
plied to tho surface It becomes of an
attractive mahogany color, this being
especially the case if a coat of copul
varnish is added.
Their Descent.
Swinburne Is a descendant of Celtic
nnd Scandinavian stock. Tennyson
seems to have been equally of Danish
and Planlagenet ancestry, with a slight
mixture of Kronen blood. William Mor
ris is a descendant of Welsh and Anglo
Danish stock. Robert Browning's
great-grandfather, who was of Welsh
Saxon origin, married a Creole, while
the poet's mother was of Oerman and
Scotch parentage. Rosettl is 25 per
cent. English, and northern blood
mingles with his Italian ancestry. The
commingling of races in the literary
geniuses of France is more remark
ublo still. The grandmother of the
senior Dumas was a black woman of
St. Domingo. Flaubert hud Iroquois
blood In his veins. The fathor of Vic
tor Hugo came of the Hermans of Lor
raine, while his mother was descended
from the Bretons. Greek, French and
Italian blood exists in Zola. His father
was nn Italian mathematician. Ibsen
Is of German and Scandinavian nn
eery intermixed with Scotch.
Royalty's Cigars.
When f wns In Tlnvnnn T bow two
orders of Il.tMil) cigars each thnt hud
been nintle up ror the Czar of Rusula
and the Prince of Wales. The hlgh
elass foroleaioi' smnkoa r1irnia nl-wMit
double the size that the American does.
1 ho cigars made for tho Czar and the
Princo of Wales were six Inches long
and cost $t npieco lu Havana. The
labor of making each cigar cost o
cents, nud on account of the great
enro necessary In tho selection the
wrappers cost 15 cents apiece. The
wrappers were the finest leaves from
tho Vuelta Aba go district, a small sec
tion of property which produces the
finest tobacco In tho, world. Pittsburg
Dispatch.
A Cigarette Fiend. '
George E. Mills, a young man, has
Just been committed to nn Insane nsy
luin at St. Louis as a clgarotte maniac.
He repeatedly threatened to kill his
father, mother and sister and had
made two attempts to commit suicide.
His mother says of his Incarceration:
"My poor demented son begged trite
ously not to bo taken to tlio asylum,
but I felt tlmt It was a duty I owed
him and ourselves, and now he Is in
good hands, whero, thank Clod, he can
not get cigarettes to make him crazier."
Not Affected by Hard Ttm.s.
The gay and festive trnln robber Is
still plying his trade In the Southwest.
He has felt little of the hardships of
tho panic and tho repeal of the silver
i bill does not affect him. Baltimore
; World.
POULTRY FOR MARKET. .
Dlreeiloiia n to (lie llrt Method of
I'neklng.
All poultry slumld bit thoroughly
pooled and dried bcloro packing, pre
paratory for shipment to market. For
packing the fowl lirovldc boxes, as
no. 1.
Ihev are ureatly preferable to barrels.
Commence your packing by placing n
layer of rye. straw, that bns been thor
onirhly cleaned from dust, ou tho bottom
of the box. Bend the betid of the first
fowl under It ns shown In our Illus
tration (Fig. 1), and then lay It lu the
left bund corner, with tho head against
the end of tho box, with tho back up,
'out Inuo to till this row in the same
manner tinlll completed: then begin
I ho second row tho snmo way, letting
the bend of the bird puss up between
the rump of tho two adjoining ones,
no. I.
which will make It complete and solid
(see illustration. Fig. ). In pneklug
the hist row, reverse tho order, plac
ing tho lntid against tho end of tho
box, letting tho feet pass under each
other. Lastly, fill tight with straw, so
that the poultry cannot move. This
gives a ilrmness In packing that will
prevent moving during transportation.
Cure should be taken to huve the box
filled full.
To Double the Uunntlty nt Manure.
Provide a good supply of black
swamp mold or loam from tho woods,
within easy roach of your stable, and
place n layer of this, one foot thick,
under each horse, with litter as usual
on top of the Jonm or mold. Remove
tlio droppings of tho animals every
day, but let the loam remain for two
weeks, thou remove it mixing it with
other manure, niid replace with fresh
mold. By this simple means any farm
er can double not only the quantity
but also the quality of his manure,
and never feel himself one penny the
poorer by the trouble or expense in
curred, while tho fertilizing value of
the ingredients absorbed nnd saved by
the loam cnn scarcely bo estimated.
Joslah Qulney, jr., has been very suc
cessful In keeping cattle In stables the
year through, and feeding them by
means of soiling. The amount of ma
nure thus made has enabled him to
Improve the fertility of a poor farm
of 1D0 acres, so that In 20 years the
hay crop had Increased from 0 to Hi HI
tons. The cattle are kept in a well
nrranged stable, nnd nre let out Into
the yard nn hour or two mornings
uud afternoons, but they generally ap
pear glad to return to their quarters.
By this process, one ncro enables him
to support throe or four cows. They
nre fed on grass, green oats, corn fod
der, barley, etc., which are sown at
intervals through tho spring and sum
mer months, to bo cut ns required;
but ho remarks thnt his most valuable
crop Is his manure crop. Each cow
produces three and a half cords of
solid, and three cord of liquid manure,
or six nnd a half cords In nil. Five to
eight miles from Boston, such manure
Is worth from $5 to $8 a cord. From
this estimate, he has come to- the con
clusion thut a cow's manure may bo
made as valuable as her milk.
Ilome-Mnde Superphonplinte.
A Western journal remarks that al
most every former has upon his own
promises one of tho best superphos
phate manures known. Tho elements
ure found in the old bones, scattered
carelessly over yard, garden ami farm,
nnd common wood ushes, generally al
lowed to go to waste. If the bones
are gatheml, placod under shWter,
thoroughly mixed with three or four
times their bulk of nshes, kept moist
with water enough to make a good
lye nnd occasionally stirred and mixed,
they will, In u few months, become so
tender and friable that they may be
pounded Into powder, ami in this state
they form a valuable manure, better
than the average of the commercial
fertilizers that seem so expensive.
The ashes, of course, should be mixed
with the bones. Tho fertilizer thus
made should be applied by the handful
In tho hill of corn, and Us effects may
bo early seen in tho deep, rich green
of the growing plant. Tills may seem
like small business -to a farmer who
has but little spare time, but it Is by
just such economy that our best farm's
become so profitable, uud It Is by lack
of such economy thnt so many farms
fail to yield even a comfortable living.
1'onltry Manure,
Fifty fowls will make, iu their roost
ing house alone, ten hundredweight
per annum of the best manure lu tin
world. Hence fifty fowls will make
more Ihuii enough manure for an acre
of land, seven hundredweight of guano
being tho usual quantity applied per
acre, and poultry manure being even
richer than gunuo In ammonia and fer
tilizing sails. No other stock will give
nn oqunl return in this way; and these
figures demand curoful attention from
tlio larg.t farmer. The manure, "before
using, should be mixed with twice lu
bulk of Mirth, nnd then allowed to
stand lu a heap, covered with a few
Inches of earth, till decomposed
throughout, when It makes tho very
best mauuro which can be had.
f sJte Bang-up
? lack AwnTsi.ru K'n.
sky. Klegunt ilk
rnhouldrrnnd sli-evo
llnliiK. Fancy iilnld
liodv lining. loop
rnlvot toiler, linw
mlffo. Color nbso-
lutoly Kunrnnteeil
a twnntyUollnr Coat
anywhere clio.
$io MEN'S THIBET SUITS
Muck or Mue, ilnglo or doublo-broastcd. Largo loti of otlior ktniln.
BROWNING, KING & CO.
warren a. rced qio-oi2
Coughs and Colds
are signs of weakness." Don't wait until you
are weaker and nearer Consumption. Begin
at once with
v.
Scott's Emulsion
of Cod-liver Oil, with hypophosphitcs of lime
and soda. It strengthens the Lungs, cures
Coughs and Colds, and builds up the system.
Physicians the world over, endorse it.
Wasting Disoasos of Cuildren are speedily cured by SCOTT'S
EMULSION. It stops waste end makes children fat and healthy.
Prepared by Soott & Bowne, N. Y. Druggists sell It.
B- F. Sharplesr, Ties.
N. U.Funk, Sec,
BLOOMSBURC
LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.
Capital Stock $30,000.
Flottel property is in the coining business centre of the
town. It includes also part of
equal in desirability for residence purposes. ,
CHOICE LOTS are offered at values that will bo doubled
in a short time.
No such opportunity can be had elsewhere to make money.
Lots secured on SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS
Majis of the town and of plotted property furnished on ap
plication.
Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. S. H oodd, Side
Agent, or any member of the Board of Directors.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
B. F. Siiaiiplkps;
C. W. Nexl A. G.
Dr.. H. W. McReynolds, N. Tj. FUNK.
5-12-6 nios.
ALEXANDER UUOTIIERS & CO.
DEALERS IN
Cigars, Tobacco, Candies, Fruits and Nuts
SOLE AGENTS FOR
Henry Mail lard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week.
p,-nny aoocs s?Eci..iiT-r-
SOLE AGENTS FOR
F.F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco
asolo agents tor tbe following brands ot Cigars-
Haary Clay, Londresj Normal, Iadian Princess, Samscn, Silver Asb
Bloomsburg Pa.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
CAM FE T, ML AT T 2 IYf
YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT
W. IL BE0WEM
2uH Door aoovo Court IIoufo.
A large lot of Window Curtains in stock.
"He that works easily works Suc
cessfully." Tis very easy to
Clean House with
STYLES
Men's-f $I5
Overcoats,
I
Chestnut St., Philada
I IIIIUUUi
C. II. Cami-heix, Trea
the factory district, and has no
J. L. Dillon.
Bsigos. Dk. I. V. Willits.
ILook Here !
Mo you wit nt a
fi&Ho ?
lio you want an
l(MJ5'Sv.'--. -o.
m
II o ytJii want a
Do you want anv kind
of a MUSICAL IN
STRUJIIilNX? Do you wxiut SHEET
MUSIC?
If so, do not sentl your mon
ey away from home, but deal
with a reliable dealer right
here, who will make things
right, if there is anything
vvronjj.
For anything i'i this line
the place to go is to
.ers.
"Ware-rooms, MainStrec ho
low Market.
THE MARKETS.
BLOOMSBURG MARKETS.
CORBICTKD WKIKLT. BITAIL PBICI8.
Butter per lb, .....$ Ss
Eggs per dozen .3
Lard per lb .14
Ham per pound .14
Pork, whole, per pound 07 to .08
Beef, quarter, per pound , , . 06 to .08
Wheat per bushel .85
Oats " " .50
Rye " " 80
Wheat flour per bbl. 4 00
Hay per ton 18 00
Potatoes per bushel .7
Turnips " .S
Onions ' " " 1
Sweet potatoes per peck 25 t0 '35
Cranberries per qt
Tallow per lb 08
Shoulder ' " "J
Side meat " " '4
Vinegar, per qt .o8
Dried apples per lb .08
Dried cherries, pitted .'5
Raspberries .'8
Cow Hides per lb .03
Steer ' " 05
CalfSkin 40 to .30
Sheep pelts, . ; .9
Shelled corn per bus -(S
Corn meal, cwt 00
Bran, " i-5
Chon " i-S
Middlings " '-2S
Chickens per lb -1
Turkeys " " 12
Geese " " 10
Ducks " " -I0
Coal.
No. 6, delivered a S
" 4 and s " 3 5
" 6 at yard.. v 2 2$
' 4 and s at yard 3 lS
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