Her < onquest
VnHn thy wit, uiH talk of whnt*oi
Light, mirth-provoking matter thon wait
find:
I laugh, and awn that thou, with amall an
dasvor,
Haat won my mind.
By silent if thon wilt—thine ex o* expressing
Thy thought* and tooling, hit thorn up to
mine
Than quickly thon ahalt hoar mo, love, <*xn
loaning
My heart i* thino.
And lot that brilliant glance hoooma hut
tender-
Return mo heart for heart—than lake the
whole
Of all that yet i* left rue to •urrandar
Thou haat my aoul.
Now, when the three aretaat in thy poaaeaaion.
And thon haat paid me liack their worth,
and mora,
111 tall thee all whetxxxt I've made thee oeion
Waa thine Ivlhrr.
lrvin HuttfU, m Stnbnn
The Faimer's Wooing.
The ,tni*ie not, lis! in thesTixiw, the bnttsmip*
*w* sleeping.
And just M-nw ih river **ng the lunnet-s *
their reaping.
TTpon the hills. ►> blue tni tar. the maple
leaves were -hi>wmg
Tb en suit wiiiteheauli in the hrvere that from
the sea was Mowing.
A little mart caiue through the Inn.! with song
and rippling laughter;
The buttercups made way lor hei. the daisies
• nodded alter.
A strong young tanner saa hei pause lawnde
the parting river;
She drew a lily Iron; its depth with golden
heart *-quiver.
•Thou art more lair than Idiea are, ' sai 1 he,
with head uplifted.
And threw a poppy, s- the stream toward the
maiden drifted.
She set the flow <>is m her hair—the red and
w hite ttxgetl or.
A cloud giew ~-k l- li'.-e the Sim and rainy
was the iMw i-i r.
He .-erne unm tie river then, llna tarmer,
troiu his mowing;
He minded not t! nOc> depth he cared not
lor its flow ::,g
•lkh, ivr' w.id in -• il g!> anting sun and
elmslHwi -slea oVrUitn its.
Th. rivet ala nag %*u!th m*y r*kll un|Mkvd.
unljuxi Uiwuf.t ID,
Bui u i % fti Uhivl lhunJT rt Iht* hp ntul oloudf
wul rauu tifif,
1M ih cmn io v.* ir Ima no £wr
4*y km,
Attvl M Oft* llth l • k tMßtii* milK ou
*om* b- n\fr.
Tbr.r bhumc Ihp lutltrcuj > urn! xiai4it all
a-quixir,
Wkil* some one drew a lily Iron, "ne stream
so hiithely flowing.
And plucked a |->p[tnat ntnid the
w heet was grow iug ,
The maiden set them . uer hair—' -e re-1 ami
while together—
With many a '.ui ■ a tmr or two • t glances
a at the weather.
They |as*c'. beumth tl.e ch.|a - si. i le—the
tanner and the maiden—
Where arvhe- , ro>-oi above th.-tr hn. is. with
snowy bl.as.tuu Ux.it n.
And in that place id hl> calm ti.v binding
words were spoken;
He in his heart ~;e on tlie truth, sic on her
ham! the token.
The years wen! j, . ...t some were bright and
some were cMide! over.
But ever stood he a! . .-. -u.le- he was no lair
.lay lover.
fiction Trantcripi.
JACQUEMINOT T.0.-ES.
It all came about in this way. Of
Course it w:t,< wicker!, ami outrageous,
and ungrat. "ul, and :i.i that, but then it
wa* -r> sutirh n that she really did not
know what had happened. And t''en.
why in the world should the professor
obj.-et to Adrian, in whom there was
neither spot nor flaw ? The man selfishly
wanted to keep the chiei himself, anil
after him the deluge! Yes, it came
about in this way. lie had adored her
so king. At first at -uch an awlui dis
tanee —"the desire of the moth tor rite
star." her unc.<- Redmond used to eall it I
in his evii. way; but anotlter person ;
might have said it was the pure and
anient passion ot a young soul for its
counterpart. And certainly that ex
quisite being. s i fair, so frail, half hu
man, half seraphic, was only the coun
terpart of this fiery, turbulent boy. so j
rtroiig. and so tender, too. for all the ,
vein mence of his impulses. st> noble and
so lofty in his ideals. Of course no ,
young girl of Ella's age <v>uld have j
looked at his face, could have heard his
voice, and not have felt a strange attrac
tion. for his beauty was as extraoniinary
as the sweetness of hi* tones.
"Beauty'-" growled the uflele Red- j
mond. when some one said so. "He
looks like the child of an organ-grinder.
Doubt ess filcneil by some pa
drone from some peasant."
"And what of that?" said the aunt
Redmond, fully in favor of the affair.
"Some people might prefer to be chil
dren of Roman peasants, with all their
Roman history and ancestry behind
them, rather than to be children of par- :
venus here."
" Tooral-loorai!" was the reply—a
customary one in such case.
But little did Ella care whether those
long black lashes darkaned the eyes of
Roman or Saxon—they were Adrian's
eyes, her lover's, the only eyes that hail
ever looked into hers, and the light of
the world was in them. It was not
his beauty, after all. that touched her
heart; it was his personality—himself.
As for Adrian, he had seen the girl
coming into church, had no t her at col- j
lege festivals, had watched her walking
in the gardens. He knew her name, anil
often strolled under her windows; once,
indeed, he sent a band there to breathe
out music in the soft dead dark of the
night, and Uncle Redmond growled [
something about throwing the Revised
Statutes at their heads, till the aunt pro
pitiated him by Wondering if the sere
nade were on account of his great work
on the Civil Code. But all this was at
a distance. He had not dared approach
her; had not dared speak to her; hail
not dreamed of following her.
But one sunset, in crossing a public
square, witii the shadows of trees dark
ening the walks almost to twilight, he
saw her moving hurriedly along just be
fore him. themselves the only people to
be seen in the square. "She does not
touch the earth, she floats, lie said.
But as he thought it. a drunken crea
ture started from tliesliadows and reeled
up leering into her face, wnile she
shrank back with a slig.it sudden <-ry.
' AY ith a bound Adrian was there; his
arm fell, and the offender assuredly
touched the earth, whatever Ella did.
Then he bent with bare head before her
half an instant, stood aside for her to
pass on. and followed again, only at a
respectful distance.
She was coming down the steps
from the president's reception when
be next saw her. her uncle wait
ing for her beloW—her aunt seldom go
ing out in the college society . President
Rex always gave rather gorgeous recep
tions. though, so far as flowers and
music went; he feasted the spiritual
part, at any rat' 1 , and for the rest, )**t
weak tea and lemonade go as far as they
would. Flowering plants lined the
passages and stairways; and as in her
early gauzes she descended all alone
into the dark, she looked to him, as
cending. like the spirit of the floweis
aud of the music behind her. She held
a spray of white roses in her hand- She
never knew what made her—she thought
of it afterward, shocked and horrified at
herself, at her want of maidenliness and
modesty, and her face reddened, and her
tears started in the lonely niglit—but
she held out the spray of white roses,
and gave it to him with an enchanting
smile, and went down as he went up.
And he— he also never knew what
brazen IKO ness, what wild daring, pos
sessed him when he stepped to her side
as she walked home from church next
dav, and said: "May I give you my
name in exchange fur yur rose? And
although he had hut in oduced himself,
be somehow took to h< irt the literal in
terpretation of her woi Is, and in a wild,
eager, silent way, considering himself
engaged to her from that moment,
whether she were eugaged to him or
not; and grown bold thenceforth, he al
ways called her in his thoughts his
Rose. One day, speaking with her—for
after that they often met—he called her
FHKD. KURTZ* Kditor and 1 > rojrintor.
VOLUME XII.
so aloud, and alio vvu iu no wise
startled; it came so naturally. a if *hc
had known, of course, that the sun was
going tit ri*e, .tnd this was the tir-t run
gleam xf dawn. A*et following it came
itttlc alternations of iov and terror
"Perhaps he would not have dared to
eall nte *o," she thought, in her slnune
faccd humiliation. " it 1 hud not heen so
forxvard, Perhaps no doe* not respect
nte. alter ail." And then, in spin of
the trouble, her heart would IHIUIUI with
gladness ti think that she had given
hint the spray, to think he had railed
her his ROM*
It was winter as they eauie to that,
and the skaters were making merry. She
tiad come down to the lake with iter un
cle. who was a famous *katr; had
bound on her skates, and sliii away with
him; had left him to tighten a strap.
I had lost hiiu. and had beer, found bv
Adrian, and together they had gilded
sway; and then the late afternoon red
• dental into sun>et and purpled into txvi
t light, and they were skating up the
stream, and leaving all theories :uid fires
ami dashing forms behind them. How
soli and fresh was the vigorous air! how
rich the violet ot the gathering night!
1 how great the glow of the wind-shaken
stars' Now it was no longer hand in
hand that they went, hut his arm was
alniut her; they swept *ut on long curves
I together, and moved as if the pulses of
one heart impelled theiu ; am 4 now they
l turned the oorner of a bluff; now. far
out of sight of aii the world, they
• paused, and there, in the wintry dark,
they were folded heart to heart and
mouth to mouth. If the snows had
fallen around them there and clothed
tils m with a garment of death, if the ice
! had parted under their feet and plunged
them into the drowning waters, they
would hardly have asked any more.
Their passion wrapper! them, so like De
lators's robe of tlstue. troiu all the trosti
j nesx of death, that the coming of eter
-1 nity upon them in cadi other's arm
would nave seemed but it.- sacramental
! sea!. And suddenly a rude, hoarse cry
. nroke iu upon the sphere where they
were resting—the great rough voice of
Professor Redmond, and Ella was
snatched from Adrian's grasp, and a
dozen stinging words were whirled at
: him. and tlic uncle had carried her off as
the wind carries off a feather
' Adrian skated back alone. 11 --corned
! to .nove till the professor's In utting
; thi ice could t>e heard no more. W lit re
had all that splendor of the night gone?
It was the darkness and coldness of des
olation now. He took a terrible grind
at mathematics that night, and the next
day presented himself before the profes
sor and asked of him the promise of his
niece in marriage, only to receive in re
turn the flattest and ourt-*t and most
insulting of orders never to darken those
doors again.
"For all that," said Adrian, stoutly,
" I shall marry my wife."
1 iie professor looked at him and hurst
, into a turious. roaring laugh. " Tooral
loorai!" sang the professor. "Begone!"
he thundered.
The winter wore awav at last, and if
the professor kept, the Rose from her
lo\ er. he could not keep the color from
tin velvtt cheek if he were near, the
g.' w from the darkling eyes if she wen*
there, thesniile, forgetiui of ail the n-t
of • nation, on the lips of both. He
began to hate Adrian. He would have
bin glad to mark him out of existence,
if marks could have done it—out of his '
in. cge existence at any rate; but the
boy gave him no chance. He deserved
no reprimand, and none could IK- tor
tured into shape for him. He studied a*
a i lachine works. He covered himself
with iaurels—all the more he would
rnt er they had been roses.
"AVho is the beggar?" the professor
gri xvied, one spring day, when they met
him in the square again, and. the bare
hcaded silent reverence ended, he had
pa.--ed on without greeting. " AVho is
Uo beggar?" growled the uncle Red
mond, "to whom you choose to give a
giarice when I forbid it —I. who stand
in xour deaii father's shoes? A fishing
merchant's son, indei-d! One might
suppose that, reirnii as you have Ix-en,
the very thought of sue'i connection
would smefii U< heaven."
" He never touches fish," said Ella,
ft-' : ng obliged to answer, although if
be bad Ds n ati-lit rnian on the Bndor
con A, it would have made no difference
with her. "He never sees tht-m. He
sit- at a desk in a counting-room, mile*
aw ,y from tlie warehouses, and his
clei lis write in books all day. And
Ad ian will do so too."
' He is rich. then. I suppose?"
"Is lie?" she asked, innocently. " I
nt x r thought, imbed."
" He is not rich enough to have you."
j wa the reply.
' Y'es. untie, he sureiv will," said the
timid thing, solemnly, with her heart in
' li'-t mouth, but ready to die for h-r faith.
Tien something in Greek exploded,
' iou i ami angry, from the professor's
! throat; and he never again let hi* ward
out of his sight when she had crossed
; the threshold. L >ve laughs at lock
i stub lis without doubt; but this lock
sm :h was very skillful. It was almost
roicsummer, and not one word had
A'irian heard from tlie lips of his Rose,
j and letter after letter had been returned
|to liim unopened. But his ardor was
unchanged: his love burned with the
same white flame, although there were
1 oni v smiles and glances to feed the fire.
And now at last the college life was
drawing to a elose, and Adrian was the
cbi.es poet. Perhaps ids passion iiatl
wa-ined genius into life; there had
never ieen such a poem uttered there
before; but no other poet had had thost
tender yearning eyes before him with
the tears suspended in them, that face
so like a flower in the fresh dew. " More
or.' in-grindirtjr." growled the professor.
Tlie lovers met in the press, for one in
stant, not long afterxvard. as that por
tion of tlie exercises ended. And wlnn
he left her side a great bunch of red
ros:-s was in her hand, the most delicious
dev/y roses, whose ;>erfunieswept around
her [jke an atmosphere. But the pro
fessor had relieved guard. His lynx eye
caught sight of a white gleam among
th roses. He took them suddenly out
oflter hand, abstracted a little note, and
gav tlie flowers iwp k to her. Then he
slipped the note into his coat pocket.
It is a pity the professor did not read
that note before next day. This is what
was written there;
•' Mr ROSF..— If your affection for ME is
all it was, ie all that my adoring love for
you would claim, you will hold these
ro#,*s in your hand to-niirht as vou enter
the reception-rooms of Rex. If at any
time in the course of thenight, when the
hand is playing the L-indler waltz, or
when it is playing ' Little Buttercup,'
you lift these sweet red roses to vour
i wee tor face, and bury your face tlure
for one long moment. I shall know that
you can no longer endure this tyranny
that partz us. My horse* will await us
at the gate, and when you are nry wife,
neither professor, nor unt ie, nor any one
on earth can part what God has joined
together."
But he didn't read it. There was not
the moment just then; somebody or
something occupied his time exclusively:
and when lie might have read it, he hatl
changed his coat, tind could not find it.
Being a little lame, and feeling obliged
to attend the reception of the college
president, unwilling to lose a moment of
his watcu, which lie could not easily
delegate, he ordered a carriage and pair
to take him to old Rex's gate, and
stumped up the stair with his precious
prize before him.
Was ever anything lovelier than this
vision in the doorway, witii the shaggy
old Professor Redmond behind her? So
ethereally fair—the corn-silk hair, the
eyes like starry bluets; it was the im
personation of girlhood and of innocence.
With a huge cluster of creamy white
roses pinned in her belt just over her
heart, in their center a red one blooming
like th live sweet secret thought beating
in the heart beneath, and in her ola
pearl colored draperies, she would have
seemed ready to melt back into the
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
"j
outer twilight world, liki- the spirit o
the evening star itself, but for the grca
bunch ot rsl jacquemiuol rosea in he
hand AY hat did she know i*f he
lover's wish? Nothing He had gtvci
these ro< s to her; lie would la 1 here ; o
course she wore his flowers.
The old President Hex had as good at
eve foi beauty as any undergraduate o
them all; and although the young elaa
day poet was nveiving nil ovation. In
left him iu order to welcome this pcrfec
creature who had just come to his par
lor- out ot fairy-land.
.lust then the hand wa- softly playin?
the l.andier waltzes; old Rex >va.- over
powering her with his flattering speech
the mu-ic was enchanting; there sUhk
. Adrian IK fore with his eyes shining ful
upon her, although acr.s the room
she could not tw ar it all. A Iwntlv sh
lifted that hunch of roses, and huriei 1
! her fata* in all that hlaze of color aiu
delirium of fragrance.
I'he next moment Adrian- ipped frou
the room. She looked for him present
Iv, hut he was gone. And arillOUgl
they staid hut an hour, it seemed to hei
an endless period before she stad a!
last up*in the step in the dark and per
finned summer night, with the wreteln d
tear-of disappointment getting leave tv
on rflow upou the roses that she held s,
near her face. Her uncle came limning
along behind her. " Professor Red
mond's carriage !" called a servant.
" Here!" shouted a reply. Then n
hand was helping her up the step, a whip
was cracking, horses were plunging,
her uncle was yelling into the universe,
Adrian's arms were about her, she was
resting on his breast, and they were
dashing madly away. " You are here,
you are mine," he was murmuring Le
tw.-nliit- kisses, "never to leave ine
again You exchange one jailer for an
other."
Before she well knew what had occurred,
what it meant, -he was standing in a
cler . ymnn's study : papers of some sort
wet being scanned; a kind, silver-hair*
■ ml lady was giving her a glass of water;
Words were being hurriedly uttered, to
> whi -h it she replied she did not know it.
1 Somebody put into her band a little slip
j that he called a marriage certificate;
somebody sjK>ke to her by another name
Adrians name; the kind lady bail
kis-'il her. and she was out in the dark,
sw—t summer night again; was in the
carriage whirling away, and Adri in was
holding her, and railing her his wife.
" Are we married?" she gasped. "Am
1 truly your wite?" and then she hurst
into a flood of tears. •• And I've nothing
hu 'his gauze gown!" she cri-d.
" And your Jacqueminot ruses," said
i he
S I'tliat was the way it a!! happened.
( k; ow that by this time th>- professor
ha- forgiven it ali; he can't do without
her. But the aunt Redmond hail a sorry
time of it for one week. " I don't bla.ue
hiiu it all," declares Adrian. " I'd have
do. ■ the same in his place. I wouldn't
ha\ • given her to the tuvh:uigel Michael,
i let done the son of a fishing merchant,
if t 1 r merchant were ten times a million
air. . and the son t n times near* r a pro
i fes- >rship himself."
The professor has had the little latal
note glazed and frauusl and hung up in
his den, hut he has never yet Is-en able
iga n to endure with equanimity the
sight of Jacqueminot rosi-s.—Warper's
Ztl ,r
.
How Coffee is Raised.
I ffee i- a p.ant of Turkish origin or
dis ivery. Many years ago some person
wi;n a speculative turn of inind began
exj • rinn nting with the se-ds of tin
plant, which were discovered to be
glow ing in gri-at profusion in Southern
Ab -sinia. in the district of Kofi's, from
which the name Coffee. The plant also
grows well in many place- in AVcstcm
Africa. It thrivi-s only in warm situs
tion-upon the SIOJM-S of hills and in.j.
not :etentive of rain. Its
no carried on in nearly all the tropica!
countries, cspia-ially in Brazil, Java.
C > on. Sumatra, tin* Isle of Reunion,
along the western const of India. Arabia,
Ah --inia. AAYst Indies, t'entrai Amer
ica. Venezuela, (luiana. I'.-ru, Bolivia
an.! a few of the Pacific islands.
T ie coffee plant roaches a height vary
ing .rotn eight to thirty feet. The trunk
> covered witii a grayish bark, some
thi' z like heacfi. White floorer* put out
in thick clusters around the branches,
then comes the fruit, the -eed or the
b. r \ in like clusters. The plant is
u.-u illy kept down by pruning, so that it
do, - not rise more than five f<*et in
height. Thi< increases the productive
ne- and adds to tlie convenience in gath
ering tlie berries. The slender, pliable
branches spread out and l nd down like
thu-c of apple trees. Th * plants are
mi- ,1 from the seed in nurseries, ami
xx*ii• n a yearold are transplanted and set
out in rows. In three year* the young
plants iH'gin to yield fruit, but tliey are
no expected to do their bint until live
yea - old. when they may lie counted
upon a* valuable, and for the next t went v
yea'-, with proper care, give fruit. Tlie
plait itself is an evergreen, with the
ieax s always fiesh. At certain season*
the blossoms expensively appear, scat
ter- I among the leaves like snow; hut
tin are hardly ever absent from the
tr, •• itself, xvliicli may be said to be a per
petual li-amr. So it is that the coffee
pin* t is putting forth blossoms while the
fruit itself is coming to maturity, as
tho-e berries which ripen are gathered
almost any and every season of the year,
though the great harvests ore gathered
at intervals of twiee or throe times a
year.
The fruit itself when ripe resembles a
cherry, the fleshy portion surrounding
the seed lieing very sweet and palatable.
It is at first red and then d:rk purple,
the bright red showing in such contrast
to tlie green as to make the fields ltstk
very beautiful. Every one of these cher
ries or fruit* contain two seeds, their flat
sides being opposed to iicli other in the
center of the meat or pulp, and are sep
arated by a thin layer of something re
scmhling tissue paper, but which is a
very tough membrane, and which not
oniv separates the seeds, but still wraps
around them to hold them elose together
1 h<- fruit is picked as ar" ( berries and
dried, when the pulp itself becomes a
pod. which must be removed fxefore tlie
seeds are ready for market. In some
countries the fruit is packed by hand at
intervals during the seasons of harvest.
In Arabia and some portious of Biaz.il
it is allowed to remain on tlie trees till
thomugly ripe, when t lie trees are shaken
and the fruit falls upon cloths spread
upon the ground. Tlie twos ods inside
tin pulp are male and female, the male
seeds when planted produt ing more
trees, while the female seeds bring forth
nothing.
In' Brazil and some portion# of India
the curing and preparing of coffee for
market is performed by spreading tlie
fruit to the thickness of several inches
tin smooth beds or surfaces under the
heat of the sun. so that fermentation aet*
in and the entire mass become* anything
but pleasant to taste or smell. After a
time the fermentation ceases, the moist
ure disappears, when the dried fruit is
shoveled or passed between wooden roll
ers. and sometimes pounded us clothes
arc pounded in a barrel, with wooden
pestles, until the pulp is broken, after
which it is entirely washed away. Next
come* the separating of the tough mem
brane so that the seeds can be separated,
wliieli i* done by passing the seeds lie
twcen heavy rollers which tear and
prick and pull this membrane to pieces,
so that it neeomes as chaff, which is re
moved by winnowing, us wheat is
cleaned by running it through a fanning
mill.
The fastest run on record of a steamer
WHS that of the Durban, from Table Bay,
Cane of Good Hope, to England; 6,00 ft
miles in eighteen days, sixteen hours, of
actual steaming, an average of 13.1
knots an hour. It is far easier to run
3.000 miles in nine days than 6,000 in
eighteen days, because ot the extra
weight of ooals that must be carried
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO,, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER !>. 1870.
A Milt Rare.
A French writir -a>- 1 remeiubei
particularly a certain -till race, t>u>- o
the oddest races that I ever saw Sn
men and four wutueu were "etitered.'
a* the horsey men would say. Al Ar
cachun the women share the exercise:
of the men. There were then on tin
bench of Kyrac ten tchaukaa. In tin
patois of the Landed, which one tuiglil
be iruipted to coulouud with the Japan
,--c or t'liir.ese idioms, a tchanka is H
person mounteil on stills, and *•-
tchanka mean- to mount on stilts Thr-<
ten tciiaiikas bad all the same Imdiliotia
costume, \x about distinction of sex, thai
is to say. a iwret on tlie head, a maiitli
ol wool over the shoulders, a buttoned
doublet, bare feet, and tin* leg* enveloped
in a coinauo or fletve, tixeii by red gar
Ui - i'b, ir -u.t* raise.l ilu in live or *ix
feel from the ground A pole served
them as a third iniiiit of support. Seen
trotn a distance tliey liaikcd like gigantic
grasshoppers. The tchanka. however,
is seen to pertcc'ion on the bare laud*,
motionless sunt fixed like a solitary tri
angle at sunset, or else xx hen he ~-aiis
against a pine tree, silently knitting
stocking* and guarding a black and lean
flock. Mern aud mute iu the tuulsl ol
the crowd, which was examining them
with curiosity, their thought* were con
centrated solely on ttie race that they
xx ere alniut to dispute. The price xx as
not much. The victor won twenty
francs. But twenty francs in the eyes
of the tchanka represents a fortune.
So,in, at a signal gi?< nby the president
of the fete, they a.i ten sprea.i over the
beach, howling and yelling. If it had
tail been for their immense stride-,
wliicii pass imagination, you might
have thought that you were present at
an Arabian fantasia. Their evolutions
wer,- tlie same, accomplished with the
: same rapidity, in condition* which
touched upon the impossible, and ou
ground where the stilt sunk in a loot at
each step. Their mantle* streaming in
! the wind, like those of Arabian cava
i liers. they ran and pivoted round is
■ deftly as if they had been on f,K)t. I'he
women were by no means inferior to tlie
men; one ol them, in fact, came iu
-. •nd, and tliey were only to be di--
tiuguished by their more piercing cries.
1 hi- race was tallowed by some private
exercises performed by the ti bank.is ill
orxler to provoke the generosity of the
-tM-etator*. They jutnied, they -at doxxn
| ami rose up again, and they picked up a
they ran pieci-* of money thai were
; thrown to them. The spectacle XX'as not
j the ii-ost extraordinary . Bouncing for
ward at lull p.* d. the man waa sud
denly gei'ti to stop, tlie sliita bent, fell, a*
it wore, to pieces, then something was
seen moving between tlitsv pii- ,** of
xx o KI, like the laaly of a spiiter in the
mid' eof it- long leg*. The whoi<pcr
form in-'-e was : done with iigiitning
rapidity, the stilts r\,sc again, and th>
man reappeared on the top of them and
nwutned his course.
A t'enteaartan'* Exentfnl Life.
,'u*t ieyond the Moosic mountains, a
tew miiis northeast of Scnxnton. l'a . in
the village of Salem, there lives a c-n
--tenarinn wliose history n-ails like a page
plucked from one of the Leather-stock
ing romances. Abraham Johnson is
n<>xi toe years old—hale, beartv, unim
paired in intelliH't, and giflisi wtUi a re
markable memory. His family record*
• lioxvs tliat lie was imrn in tin State ol
Vermont early in the year 1773. near
Lake Champmin. Hi- father was a
Revolutionary soldier, and was ki:,,*! at
the battle of ."stillwaUT. a short time fie
for- Den. Burgoyne's surrender, tk-toher
13. E77. Abraham Johnson w.%* > ap
tain of a company of <>m-ida Indians In
l*lt. under tJen. Msttimb, wlio com
ma tided at i'lattaburg during the ale
sen,*' of I Jen. Izard. He refer* vjith
great pride to the battle of i'lattaburg,
and siiows two wound* which he n--
ceiied on one occasion. (tne <if them
is a bayonet tlirirst below tlie knee, tlie
oth< r a sword cut on the neck. He say*
thai after ),<• was -truck down by a gi
gantic "R,sl Coal," another thrust a
bay,met through his leg to as ertain if
h- xveredead. He says he bore the pun
i-hiu, nt rather than suffer th- indignity
of b< ing taken prisoner, and xva* acvord
ing x left for dead. The Indians carriisl
tlieir lileisiing and battle-scarred com- !
maniicr to their village, when he wa
nur- il and car, d for by Oneida, the
beautiful daughter of an In knn chief,
who— gentle rare sinin r, <toro,| him to
health and strength. But while she
healed his bodily wounds, she inflicted
one -till deeper on the warrior's heart,
and he fell desperately in love with her. j
Sin eventually returned bis affection. !
and they were inarriisi after peace liad
IK, II restored iietwcen tlie United States
and (Jreat Britain. They made their
lionie in Sussex county. N*. J., where
the dark-eyed daughter of the fore-t :
tau. 'it hersoldier-huKlmnd how to earn a
livelihood by basket-making. A daugh
ter xx as born to them, and they named
her Martha. She is at present known
as Mrs. Ellsworth, and lives in Madi
son township. Eaekaxvannacounty. As
years went by, Abraham Johnson'* In- ;
dinn wife l>egan to pine ior her old
home and the rude assoeiation* of lier
chi dliooii. She gradually failed in
health, and, finally, in reponse toiler re- j
peao d longings for her people, in-r hu- !
band cnrri.al her iiack to tlie Oneida*. '
where she died and was buried as be- 1
came the daughter of an Indian chief. I
Little Martha found a home and shelter
for a time with an uncle in Sussex
county, but when site grow up she
joined the Oneida Indians, and lived
among her mother's kindred, where she j
married a man with the unroniantir
nani'' of Brown. After his death she
married Ellsworth, her present husband, j
and returned to civilization. She is a
proud of her princely ancestors as if
they bore tlie proud name of the I'lanta
genets. or owned the high and haughty 1
spirit of the Tudor*. Since the loss elf
hi* Indian wife Abraham Johnson ha
remained single.
An Imlinn (lirl's Love.
I'lie Rev. Alex. AA'right, a cliapinin in
the United States army, narrates to the
readers of the Bteul>enville (Ohio) /Vr.xs a
true hut tristful romance of the late I
Princess Monica, a daughter of Spotted
Tail. This narrative i* the more inter-;
esting in that it explains the uniformly
peaceful attitude of that chief toward
the whiti"*. A short time ago Monica
visi'cd Fort Laramie, to look upon the
pnie face and tlieir manner of living.
She was shown around by a handsome
young lieutenant of a cavalry regiment, j
and. in thanking him for ids courtesy,
she acknowledged, with charming
naivete, tliat she loved him. The sur
prised and flattered officer told her thai
she must not love him, as hix heart w is
placed among the pale-face girls in an
Ohio town. Monica visited the fort on
the day following thai on which she lo*t
her freedom, and so for many weeks, in
plain, neat attire, the poor girl sat
throughout the afternoon on tlie door
step ot tlie officer*'quarter*. The great
Sioux chief, whose warriors outnum
hered those of Sitting Bull, was morti
fied nt the conduct of his best beloved
daughter and sent her to a little camp
in tlie Rocky mountains. One day n
courier arrived at the chiefs camp with
tlie tidings that Monica was dying.
Spotted Tail rode with all haste to her
side and heard her farewell injunction:
"My chief, live witii the pale-face* in
pence and bury Monica on tlie hill lie
lon* the fort." (Jeneral Mavnadicr, !
commander at the post.Colonel Bullock, !
the post trader, and Chaplain AVright j
gave the body Christian burial. The
grave is now a point of interest to travel
ers as Fort Laramie is approached on
the Cheyenne road. Gem ral Maynixdier
testifies a* to the truthfulness of the
git I'h deatli from a broken heart and to 1
the effect it has had upon the Sioux.
The British aristocracy feel the pres
sure of the times. Ixird Willoughhy
has thirteen farms on his hands and the
Duke of Portland thirty.
■
\A outlet s of Plant* and Fit wer*.
Most of tin flow, is lis*p during tin
I' night. The marigold goes to his
with the sun. Many i• I:nts are -o sen
mire that their b a*■ s < lose during tin
passage of n cloud I'lie dainleiiou om-tn
i at live or six iu the morning, and shuti
- at nine in the evening, tin- daisy opein
■ | its day's eye to meet the earlv lientns ol
the morning sun The ivy-feavid let
tina opens al eiglit in ib.- morning ami
close- forcaer at lour in the afteriuNin
The night-flowering em us turns nighl
into day. It la-gins to expand its tuagni
e-nt swis*t-sci nied blosMims in tin
twilight, it is in full hloniu at inidnight,
and i loses forever at the ilawn of day.
11l a clover lit-lit not a leaf i open until
after sunrise. There are some plants
that may Is- used as weather prophets.
Tint pimpernel spreads its lcnvea at the
end of wet weather, while the different
siM-eiea of clover contract theirs. If the
chick went droop* and its flowers are uot
i open, there is rain iu urosiwa-t. The
I crowfoot anemone foretells the coming
' ot rain by dosing its blossom*; the *ne-
I moot- mentaisa carries its th-w. rs eria-t
when the weather is tine, and drooping
! when oveicasi It will rain it the whit
low crass lets its leave* hang drooping,
if the gallium verutn swell* and exhales
; strongly, also if tin* birch s.-.-nts the air.
The seluUtlVcncaX of plants to light,
heat and moisture w as made by IJinueus
j the great iMitaiiisi, the Intsis of many
ex peri meat* and observation*. P*ultiiig
in the arrangement nailed bis "flora;
'clock " Il is a curious fad that there
an twentv h>ui varn tn -ol plants w bo-<-
b)oss,jt>!* open sUii-ewivelv at the differ
ent hours of day and night. The fl>,w
-->-rs of the water lily < lose and sink injo
the water preri-ch at suiis.-i. rise again
• to tin surface and > xpund with sunrise.
Piiity di-scribei! the loius ot the Eu
{ phr ate, which followid the same order;
and tile reverence wliicli was paid to
- the bv the Egyptians is suppose,|
bv some to )m- from tin* aasiH lalloii with
the sacred sun. Flowers and fruits of
tli. iotus an- engraved on Eastern tombs
and monuments, and ailoi u the head* of
I tin IC sculptured d'itie*. Besides the
" floral clock." ther< is a floral calendar,
in which ea. h month is marked by its
! own Kiya. flower.
It is well known that plants nlwp al
night; but their hours
matter of habit, and may la- di*turl>ed
• artificially, just as a tan-), may IK waked
j up to crow at an untimely hour by ih<-
light of a lantern V French chemist
. sulqia-uat a sensitive niaut to an exiaaal
ingiy trying -.aiursi of uiseip inc. by com
pletely changing iu hours, excising it
• to a bright light at night, and putting it
in a dark room during tin day. The
plant ap|Kar> d to IK tnueli ptutxlcd at
first It ojH-nei! anil cioal its leave* ir
n-gu.nrly, MUiietimc* niMiding in spite of
tli. artificial sun that shed its beams at
midnight, and sometimes waking up,
I from lori-e of habit, to find the . hnmlx r
! dark in spite of th time of day. Such
\ are the trammels of us,- and wont, llut,
! after an obvious struggle, the plant sub
niilted U) the change, and accepted the
1 i.iglit for the da. without any apparent
! i .. tr.s u
AA'e notice that an Italian ehemUt has
; recently made some . xts riments which
, liax > resulttd in the discovery tlial \eg--
tabh' ts-rfumes ev<rci~ a |s*itiveiy
In-aillifui influence upon the atmosphere
!>\ converting it* ox> gen into ozone, and
tl,u* incmuing it* oxidizing influent*-*,
j The essence* foUlnl to del rlop the iargi-st
; quantity ofonooc ar, tlio#>> of!In- eh< rry.
iaun-i, clover, lavender, mint, juniper,
ettion. fennel and hergamot: those that
give -mailer quantiii, - are anise, nut
:u<-g and thyme Flower* destitute of
■ jH-rfumedo not develop ozone, and Lfioae
which have bill *lighi perfume develop
it only in sin.-xll quaiiii;i<-s K< .u-oning
lnan these facte, the prof- —or nxtnii
in, nd* th,- cultivation ol flower* in
marshy district* and in all place* in
festid with animal emanations, on ac
count of the |H,wt-rfu. oxidizing influ
ence of ozone. The inhabitant* of such
region* should, he says, surround their
In,usi-> with bed* of the most odorous
flower*. There I* a mystery about |M-r
--fume It eludes tlie UP>t subtle ana.V
--- S,, tine, s., subtle, s., impondiTabie,
it has eluded our most delicate measures
and our strowp-si 1,-n-,-. If we could
come to the <•— nee of each odor we
would make an enormous stride in hy
giene and in chemistry, and n<> profession
would pnifii so much by it aa the medi
cal prnfi-s-iott if it could be conclusively
demonstrated tlial sUeh an odor priK
ce,-ded from stP h and *u> h'a eattze. a*
we ain-ady know ol sulphur, sulnliurate
hydmgen, ammonia, and belike.—ln
ifiind/i Jis Juitnutl.
Balking *■ >ti:ulai.
It is somewhat unusual to find a court
of law engaged in determining whether
walking in the open air on Sunday fori
oxervi.se is illegal. Tlli* question, h w
--ever, arose in a ni-ently reported ea*' -
which was argu,-1 in the Supreme
t 'ourt of the State of Maine. The plain
tifl brought an action agsint the , itv ot
Portland for damage sustained by fiim
owing to the defective state of the high- '
way. lie was in charge of tlie eil> water
works, and, wishing to varv the mono
tony <f In- employment, went lor a two j
hours' walk for rei-reation one Sunday
afternoon. This was in the winter
,VJt- r setting out lie called a? an inn anil
drank a glixs- of ale. Then lie resumed
liis walk, but In-fore return in slipisxi
upon a quantity of ice which lay on a
much frequentisl sidewalk, and brok
on,- of the Inines of his riglit leg. A ;
statute in force in the State of Maine ,
prohibits "traveling on the E>ni's t
Day." The defendant* made a point ,f i
tliis. and 'likewise urged that it was il
legal to walk on Sunday for tile purpose
of pun hosing and drinking ale. No siieli
purpose, however, was proveil. Tlie
judge at the trial told the jury that
walking on Sunday for recreation was j
no; illegal, and thai although the step-j
ping aside for the ale under the cirrum- I
stan"es might be illegal, yet if the aet j
did not contribute to produce the dam
age. it would not prevent a verdict for |
the plaintiff. The jury accordingly
found f or ()„. plaintiff; whereupon the
def,'plants took exception to the ruling
an,l appealed. The Supreme Court, af
firming the proposition tliat walking on
Sunday for exercise in the open air was
not illegal, distinguishing between
walking on Sunday for the purpose of
buying ale, which would be illegal, and
ease* where the intention at starting
was merely to obtain exercise and re
creation. In the latter case a person
who drank a glass of ale and then re
sumed his walk, and therein suffered
damage from a defective highway, was
not. by tlie laws in force in Maine, pre
vented from recovering for the damage
unless he contributed to it. The appeal
Was consequently dismissed.
"
A Matter of Importance.
Tlie abnormal increase of the burden- ;
some clesses in our charitable and insane 1
institutions, ("specially of la!e years, lias 1
directed the attention of the State Board :
of < 'haritiesta the matter. The outcome j
of their in vest iualion i- the conviction
that crippled, idiotic, blind and lunatic
persons are exported from Europe to
this country, where they remain in city,
county and State a*vlunts as life-long
tenants : public expense. No one ob- i
jiH-ts to the arrival here of a!>!e-bodied j
persons, no matter how poor, for it has :
been and is our boast that we offer
hoiues and employment for the juwir
from every dime, industrious and vigor
ous citizens adding to the wealth of any
nation; hut making this country a
Botany bay for chronic invalids and our
people supporters of those whose legiti
mate claims for expensive care and -up
port for life originate thousands of miles
away is a mockery of public home char
ity too apparent to need any argument.
The New York State Board oft liarities
has done wisely in calling attention to
this growing evil, and we hope that, a
sentiment against it will be aroused that
will result in some effective means of
ai resting it.— Albany Argus
Rattlesnake* Iu Arl/oua.
Rattlesnake* aro plenty In Arizona
They ret>'h their greatest ag,- here, and
! aro more avnge than rlex*lier<- The
Arizona rattlesnake i* ripe for a fight a*
oon a* lie espies anything in the thane
of a man. Not rattling and then *ti<*ak
: ing off, like lii* namesake in some of tin
j colder latitudes, hut with head creel and
I eyes blazing lurv and defiance, he foil*
, -nd spring- at fii* enemy. Tin-*'- Ari
zona ttinkca art- ej>ecia!fy fierce when
met iii the road, never yielding the right
jof way until tln-y ar<- killed. They
' vary in color. Onr sort i aluu*t Ida, k,
; with yellow jH>t* from head to tail;
| another i* a tawny yellow ; and *tili an
other i* the colot of the > ountry ruck,
i From June- to September tin- tiierinome
, li*r on lie- plain* axer:g-* from I loto
I'JO d'-grei-s tlirougli the day, and often
a* high as ll.< at night. Snake* do not
move much through tin- day in these
months, preferring to encouce ihem
: selves under the friendly shade of a pru
jecling riH'k or an occasional bit of sage
j hruii, and await U"- going dowu of tic
'-un. Then they cotne out and stretch
tlcmsclv> in tlie cs.ll dost of the high
; way*. Thi* i*n very dangerous country
I for traveler* al night. Hones are fro
qUelltiy I'itteli on the legs, and die in
agony Tlieir live* are sometimes *aved,
I hut not often.
A few xxerk- ago, wriu** a New Y'ork
SUH correspondent, 1 saw a Mexican of
thirty year*' residence iu Arizona. My
notice wa* teti to him by a large
lump or )>ag of tl-'-h hanging irom hi*
faia-. i iiiiiuirod about it. lie had las-n
'captured by a lot of Apaclc Indian*
when a child. They fancied him tor hi* |
la-auty and lit* well-knit frame, and de- !
[ sired to keep him in tin- tribe, having
j pr<-\ iouly put il out ot his power to ro
-1 turn home by massacring his parents j
and burning tin- hou-; so tliey tojk ;
him into the mountains, where there j
w iio danger of pur-uit. There they j
caused a ratl.,-*nake to hile him on the !
i'-ti clerk. They permitted the poison j
to t ike effect to a ,eruuD extent; then j
thcx applied an antidote and saved ill* '
i life. But lie ha ever -nice carried about i
thi* unsightly reminder of lit* strange
experience.
Nowaday* tin Apache* are -alely eor
ra!<al on government reservation*, and
the rati.i -uaka i* ieft to iii* own playful
fanne*. They generally know if any one I
i* around, and make tlieir own prosenee
knon>. In some part* of the'i • rriuory
' they are so tierce ileal they will attack
* man on hor-< ba k if lie com,-* xx ithin
-inking distant- Torn Ewing. of San
Francis"!, who erected several quartz
tin,.* in Arizona, was driving along cue
,iav when his progress was !nrr< d at an
abrupt turn by a monster rait K-snnke.
ills horse besame p.tnn itri, k< n, and aa
In- xx a* unarm-d he wax forcd to turn
around and seek aasistanceol the nearest
station. Nex< ral men came out with
-hotguns, and aiter a tight, w hieh cane
n-ar proving fatal to one of them, the
renomon* reptile wa* killed. It stretched
clear across the road, a distant-" of four
teen fe. t three laches. Judging from
tin- numtxer of rattle*, hi* age could not
, have been ies* than lorty-two year*. I
do not vouch for thi* ury. but there art
in ii iu Arizona who claim to have seen
the -nak' after in- was killed. It i* one
of the tradition* of the Territory.
Snake* from five torighl fe-i in lenjttlt
are not at all uncommon. I xva* riding
along tiirougii Sat river valley at tlie.
•Ii < of a terrible hot day in July, when
I came upon an oasis in th* wilderness,
the home ola setter am' d Mark*. Il
had been so hot aii day that no work
"•uid be tlone >ut of >lar*. and it was
| only a few minute* L*fore niy appear-
I once that an Indian !sy in Mark* em
i ploy had gon- n the upper end of a
-mail Vegctohl' garden to do some nece*-
sory chores. He had been tbf" but a
moment when he cries! out in aiarni in
! the Indian tongue, " A *nake! a snake!
! .tnd jumped upon a shelving rock hard j
1 bv. Mark*grabbed iii* shotgun and ian
j through the garden jut in time to **
Yui immense rattlesnake preparing to I
*trike Uo- Liy. He jumped to one side j
j :xnd fired, blowing tue nak'•'* bead off
and *aving the boy's life. I hi* iiak<
| measured nine feet and one inch, and ,
xva* a* big a* a man'* leg.
A Remarkable Snske firm*.
Mr John D Merton. a xvell-knoxvn |
traveling sa)<"*inan. liad orcazioo to drive j
frotn Gonneautville. Pa , to Ashtabula,
Ohio, xis Jefferson. AAi'hile driving lei
*ur<-,y along through Eaior Southeast
D- nmark. Mr Merton ticari a *tranin
sound i**uing fn>m a detisr undergroxx th
at tlie side of tin- road. The gentleman j
got out of the buggy to investigate lite
cause of the noie. L ing of a curious turn
of mind Hitching hi* horse lie cautious
ly parted tlie bush,'* and stealthily made
lii* way into the thicket lor perhaps the
distance of one hundred feet. Hero was
a spot of ground alxout twenty feet in ■
diameter, whieh was such a place as one
would imagine for a fairy s hall-rooro.
The sticks and brush were all cleared |
away iti the space, doubtless by tlie
burning of a lru*h-heap. Notwithsttuni
ing the gentleman had made his way into
the brush so quietly all sounds xx-ero
hushed at his approach save the chirping
of a melancholy cricket or the drowsy j
singing of a distant harvest fly. Mr.
Merton, not to he nonplused, sat down
upon a log in full view of thi* an na and j
awaited development*. He had hut a
short time to wait, for not more than a
minute liad passed ere a small stripisi
snake dartisi out of a hunch of gras at '
the sideof the arena and commenced run- j
ning around tit ■ spin-" in a circle. An
other snake a little larger soon followed, j
and then a raitlesnake about two feet in
length joined in what seemed to a sort
of snake jubilee; every one after that
seemed to bring a new-comer of some
kind. It was a noticeable fact that
striped snakes, milk snake*, rattlesnakes,
black snakes and water snake* ali joined
the throng in the greatest harmony, j
When perhaps seventy-five or eighty j
snake# had entered tlie space a curious
combination of purring, rattling sound*
arose at one aide of tlie circle. A glance
in that direction disclosed five large j
snake*—two rattlesnakes, a striped snake
ami two hiat'k snakes—lying stretched
upon a log. The rattlesnakes were shak
ing their rattles violently, and each of the
three remaining reptiles und a frog in its
mouth which it wa* torturing into
croaking .-uid making noises frog fastiion.
apparently for the amusement of the
snake* in the ring below. The rattles ;
and tlie crooking frog*made Hide music. ;
which furni#hcd very fair marching tirre
to the squirming mass of scrjH nt*. ami
our informant say* they kept very fair
time with the music, their heads all
swaying in unison from one side to the j
oilier. The gentleman was thunderstruck
at tlie wonderful sight, and couldm-arce- j
ly believe it was not no renin. He said
to us "Of course you will think it on |
improbable, ridiculous story, as 1 would
mysell it anyone told the some tome;
but my own eyesight is the only evidence
I want." After watching tliis scene tor
perhaps a quarter of an hour ND. Merton
thought it would lie a much safer plat e j
nut on tin- road, and sin.led to move iu ;
that direction. No sooner had lie made
a stir than tlie music ceased, ami every
serpent disappeared as if by magic. It
was a scene Mr. Merton will probably
remember to his dying 'lay, and such a j
one as no other tnan ever witnessed. In
tolling us the story. Mr. Merlon would
in voluntarily sbudutT every few minutes,
ns though the mass of reptiles was before
him. —J>Jfi rsitn (Ohio) Gazette.
An excellent invisible ink for postal
cards can he made by dilu'ing sulphuric
acid xx'itli fifty times its volume of water.
A slightly acid fluid is the result, which
docs not injure a quill pen. The
sage is developed by holding the card
over any convenient flame —that of gas
or spirits for example, or by laying it on
h it plate.
TKRMBs a Voar, in Advance.
FARM, HARDEN AND HOI tIKHULO
I ail* for Irraoi.
1 | The lieat butter that i made in France
i for exportation to England is not Railed,
1 I hut at the final washing D •imply
' j washed in a strong solution of salt in
j place of pure water.
The varieties of winter wheat possess
j lite habit of "tillering" to a far greater
extent than spring wheats, widen give*
the former a preference among grower*
; on account of its average hizh'-r yield
|pr aero.
"Ijtnr." says the late Mr. Joseph
Kay, in hi* work on tlx*- now important
question of tlie land laws ot England,
"in all <"ounlri'*s where it is held in fee
simple by individual owner*, i* the
tnost valuable and most coveted of al!
s property."
A iielt of forest tree* seven or eight
rod* in width has been known to oiut
pletely stop tlie devastating march of
the ,inch-bug in traveling from one
wheat field to another, the cool, damp
soil of such places forming an impaasa
ble barrier to tlieir progress. This i*
another argument in favor of tree bells
on prairie farm*.
In order to prevent the injuriou*
effects of late spring frost* on tbel-udsof
fruit tr'- *, German garden'-rz practice
! th> plan of digging trenches in the earth
near the roots of the trees, and filling
tlietu with block* of ice. which are
covered with tlie soil. Tliis i* done on
nights when frosts art- anticipated, and
it i* said with good results.
late experiment* made ia Germany
i on tlie cooling of milk beloro it is set for
j the crooui to rise show lliiU while there
j is no essential difference between it*
croiun-risingcapacity in tlie one instance
over the other (excepting that tlie pro
cess of souring is longer retarded in tlie
cooled tuilk). the butter mode from
cream from the ,-oolcd milk keep* far
' better than tliat inade from the un
i cooled.
I houghout some portions of France
and Germany the seed* of the common
-unfloxx t-r are coming into use as a feed
ing stuff for i-alt.c. The* are eround
and pre—ed into eake, in like manner as j
is cotton see*], and it j* said to contain
front thirteen to sixteen jn-r cent. ol fat
uid thirty-fiv- i*-nt. of proteine sub
*it noe*. Tliis placxs it fully equal, if
not'superior. to many -übstsn.-e* u*'d as
f'-aiing stuff-, while it possesses tjt
isrr-a-aliie taste to the onitnai*.
In applying night -oil to |Kar trees,
which lie d<K- on"e in two or three
tear*. Mr. Baldwin Coolidge. of Izxw
reiiee, plat* it in a series of liolf* dug
:tround tlie trees, and from four to six ,
I feet from the tree to tlie nearest edge of
tlie littles. The place is coveml after
th- niglit s,,il i* anplieil, and its effect
upon the growth of the tree i* wonder
ful
The fine l.wn at Mr. Hayes' place.
! Lexington, i* k< pt in condition by a top
dr,-siug of a-h<- once in two or throe
years, a- occasion may require. They
an- applied either in the fall or spring,
at the rate of I'm bushels of unleached
and eighty !>U*!" ls of leacloti per acre,
riiis i- g*eni oooflniiation of the gener
olly-esb, nied value ttf a-lies for grass
land-.
While ail plant* aiisoluU-ly roouiro a
' supnly of lime for tlieir growth, and
while some plants, as hcans. JH*XS, clover
and root*, need more than the cereal*,
it* action upon soil* when- applied a* a
f'Ttilizer lias is-en most uncertain and
• axntnuii tnry. Tliis ivmu* fnnu the
fact that in many in*t:ui<*e soils already
contain a full -uppiy of lime, and the
best inform, >i ch'-misu -<- m u> be reach- j
ing the conriu-ion tliat in most cases no t
application of lime t nccesaary.
The r,-uit of a little experiment in
potato growing. iy Mr. tJeorge Win.
Bond, of Boston, on ids grounds a*
Jamaica i'iain, was in favor of tlie butt j
j end o! tl,e potato for -,-,-d in*U*ad of the
-eod end —and a like result has l>een
n-a< li'-l iiy many in similar ex-
I pertinent*. Tlie s<--d from the butt end
gave a groat-r weight ol potatoes from
tin- - itu>- nuinls r of hilis—the rote per
nop- L ing alsiut "Jttn iiu-liels The vari
■ty xx a- tlie Early Ohio. Tliey were j
liarvestod Aug. li.-ifcutn# (Atib'raftr.
Mnn)fmritl of Olil ftn lurda.
Old trex s generally have a wonderful
iniount of vitality. Tlii- is clear from
the way they manage to live in tin midst i
| of ail their misfortunes, carrying oidage,
broken and leafless tops, deiui liark on
inch or so in thickness tliat should be {
lemoved, and cumbered about as they |
not anfrequently are bv a fon-st of suck- I
■ •rs. Now w, iKlieve, in many cases, it
is Is'tt'-r to utilize this vitality and help
J it. or in oilier words turn it to grosi ac- I
count, than it is to neglect it. or to put i
an end to it by cutting down the trees. |
A little time spent in clearing tlie trunk
of xvorse than cum be rous bark, sawing
awav the dead and decaying branches,
pos-ibly grafting in some instances,
thoroughly manuring the land that the
in <•* may receive abundant nourishment,
removing the suckers thai roh the tree
of it* pnper food, will lie time well
pent, and in most of these old on-hard*
will put them in such good trim a* to
giv,' them a new lease of life and many
additional years of usefulness.
The manner in which Mr. Alfred
Smith, of Monmouth. Maine, rejuven
ates his old trees is so successful, and
contains so much of encouragement for
others who have orchard* that an l "on i
tln-ir last leg-." that a briet allusion to
it ••ome* in here in good place. Mr.
Smith dis-s not despise a sucker, but fi
tlie old tne is too tar gone to patch up
profitably for some years to come, lie re
moves the old tree and makran good tnv
of tin sucker which is grafted, in many
instances, upon his grounds. god. hand- !
some trees mav bo found that have Ixcen
mad in this way. Then, in grafting j
Mr. Smith has had wonderful success in
p'newing tlie tops of old tns*s, though
departing from the generally followed !
practice* of grafting, in so doing. If lie
wishes to insert a scion in tlie side of a '
tree, lie doe* so; making an opening in I
the hark, placing in the scion and con
fining it in position, and it grows, form
ing a good limb, which hears good fruit,
as monv of hi* old trees, with tops re- ■
ncwisi in this manner, will Iw-.ar witness.
Then if a trro seems to ie lot-king in
vitality lie romove* a pqrtion of not
from some more thrifty neighbor and
graft* it into the roots o tlie tree he is j
trying to f,d better, and the n**ult is
the grafted root goes right on helping to .
supply food to the old tree. This lost |
may seem almost fabulous, but it has
been done in several cases by Mr. Smith. |
and with such results a* satisfy him it is M
better by the above methods to try and
save our old, decaying orchards, than it
is to wholly abandon them as past all
good, What Mr. Smith has accom
plished in tP-c surgery may be done by
others, of equal patience and intelligence, ;
and xx c shall be glad if this brief men
tion of his practice hut leads others to
employ similar methods in saving their
idd orchards.— Atnerinin Cultivator.
A Shocking Crime.
While the world steadily grows better,
erimes are still committed which shock
the dullest sense and lielie humanity.
Nothing is so good or so had in the past
that it may not and docs not happen
again and again. An example of this is
furnished by a most revolting murder of
one brother by another, near Peurgia,
Italy. Tonuxso iAingari, having quar
reled with his brother Sebastiano. stole
up behind him .-is he was "oniing from
mass, in a retired spot, felled him witii
an axe and then beheaded him. He
next cut him deliberately to pieces, re
moving the heart, lungs, liver and other
organs, finally fried the viscera and gave
them to his wife and children for dinner,
pretending tliat they were meat he had
nought of a butcher. They ato tlie
dreadful meal, never suspecting the
truth. Afterward, suspected and ar
rested, he acknowledged the murder
with perfect composure, and said he
would gladly repeat it if he had an op
portunity.
NUMBER 40.
Til ELI TOPIC*.
The X club is a society of nine dls
tinguiidn-d Britons—Sir John Lubbock,
Mr Herbert Spencer, Sir Joseph Hooker,
Fro to. TvndalJ, Frankland, ltu*k. llax
iey and Hurst, and Mr. William Spott
lawoodc. The invitations to the dub
meetings ore very odd. displaying mere
ly the Tetter X linked to the date of
meeting, thu* " X—9." Sometimes—
but rarely—the wives of thw member*
are permitted to* grai-e the (east, and
then the card reads: "XxYVS—9."
Frof. Huxley ond # Mr. Spottiswoode are
reported to be the life and soul of tliese
hilarious meetings, the only mem lev who
notiraafhes them in Mr.
Herbert Spencer.
One of the novelties at an Idaho fair
were exhibits made by the Indians on
the Nex Perce reservation at the Isipwai
Agency. Exquisitely pointed ar
row-heads. beaded moccasins and em
broidered scalps, does one surmise? Not
nt all. The exhibits consisted of choir#
vegetables. <-orn ol large grain and but
ter—actually gill-edged butter. This
War the Indians around Isipwoi have
harvested 40.000 bushels ot grain from
1,100 ai res, an svi-rage ol over thirty
six bushels to the acre. S, 170 acres of
laud sje cultivated by them, most of the
land being along the creek bottoms,
where there is a very rich loom. The
vegetables tills year will he slsiut as
tlire< to one of last year's tillage in
quantity and the reservation agent is
tn kled that hi* red men are sejf-sus
taining.
Th<* finit gold bullion from Alaska
recently left Sitka in the ilwimfrCali
fornia for the San Francisco mint. For
many montlis it lias been known that
gold existed throughout various por
tion* of the territory in paying quanti
ties, and various eip juration* for it have
Ina-n conducted. During the Kuaaian
occupation of Aiaaka tin' Indiana from
tin- interior frequently brought <te the
frontier trading posts ipraiaKH of purr
native gold. and the exploration* of the
country a* have aim e born mad*- have
refultni in substantiating the opinion
that toe country waa rich in pja<*er
mine* and probably in quartz mines.
Tii** planar mines are said to he extraor
dinarily rich, and certain indication*
lead to the belief that discoveries equal
to those in Australia during the earii*-r
periods of the gold excitement 'here will
ere long la* ma*ie in Aiaaka.
The disproportion between the cost of
collecting the I'nited Slates internal
revenue and the customs revenue is vepr
?;reat. Some interesting facts appear
mm a study of the amount of revenue
derived from customs and from inter
nal revenue and the oot of collecting
the am<* respectively front the year leA3
to I*7B. Thus during the closing years
of the war. when the internal revenue
service had just been organized, the cost
of collection rang*d only from O.IH to
0.9 per c**nt. for amounts increasing
from ftr.ftiO.7Ht to fKMM.4Ai.9IS. while
the cost ot th customs revenue was
from 4.09 to A.99 per cent, in collecting
from fftH.fis9.fti*.> to ftuw.3i6.lsa. Then
the cost of collecting the internal rev
enue mae as high as 5.30 per cent, in
I*7l. but fell afterward to 4.09 and 9.96
per cent, for 1*77 and l*7M the amount
collided being fll(t,(O*i.io7 and ♦ 110.-
s*l.fiat rospei-tively. Meanwhile tlie
oast of collecting toe custom* revenue
has for the last five yean ranged he
twi*m i.it and 4.96 p**r cent., while the
amonnt collected each of the two
years has been about ? 130.000.000.
Russia is at present under a Mate of
Siege (Mtu St. Petmbon to Moscow and
Warsaw, from Kieff to Kharkoff and
Od-*sa. An army of porter* about
15,(WW strong. watch the street* of the
capital, day and night, and policemen
arc set to watcli the watcher*. (ieneral
Gourko. the crouuer of the Balkans, who
is now Vic-Kroperor. is invested with
unlimited powers, in the place of the dis
heartened ('car. The very Grand Dukes
arc under his order*. Arrests among
• 'ffl.wr* of the army have been the imm<-
dialr consequence of General Gourko's
satrap rule. In several cas.-s compro
mising letters and prints were discov
ered. and execution* both ol officers,
like Lieutenant Dulirovin. and of pri
vat"-s. have followed. The gallows are
in permanent activity. But pet haps the
most significant feature—and a promis
ing one too —is the order issued, under
court-martial law. that in ali the bar
rack* a list of the soldiers' arms is to be
drawn up ant! to be handed over to the
police! This is the strongest sign of a
suspicion against the army itself: and on
the army the whole powtT of t'zardom
reposes.
In an article on the Russian advance
eastward, the CbfCffwr HmrtU estimates
that IT.Oiw Russians are evcrv year ban
ished to or sentenced to penal servitude
jin Siberia. Peasants from tbe central
and western provinces, who from vari
ous causes find life in their own hotuns
unlwarnble. quit the latter to migrate to
the 1 toraclo tieyond the Volga, where
they have been taught by the tradition*
of their forefathers that tliey will find
free land and a free life. Arrived at
their d<-tination. however, these emi
grant* only find themselves ex posed to
bitter disappointment. There is iand
•<nough touupport thousands upon thou
sands of families, but it has been for the
tno*t part bought up. often at merely
nominal prices, by official* and specula
tor*. and the emigrant, on arrival, con
sequently finds himself compelled to buy
or pay a high rent for the ground he
would cultivate. The result is that
everywhere a beginning ha* been^ made,
but fittie more lias been done. Villages
are to be found in the middle of foreets,
and here and then', in otherwise waste
and desolate districts, a settlement ha*
been made and a chapel has been built
by a party of dissenters. Beyond this,
little progress ha* been made.
i'urlon* Fart About Yellowstone
Trout.
A curious thing about tbe fish ht the
Yellowstone is related by (ieneral Whip
ple. Below the falls the trout are fine
fellow* for table use. But above the
falls the fish are wormy. It is no trick
at all for a fisherman to land 300 trout
in ten hours, provided his arm doesn't
Iteeome tired and the bait holds out; but
the fish are unfit for use after they have
been caught. No trout has ever been
caught above the fall* that did not carry
a worm somewhere under it* scales. The
general examined a large number of
trout, and every one contained the worm.
When examined it was found to be in
most cases about eight inches in length,
and resembling a piece of white tape.
This reptile, when freed from its bed in
the meat would wriggle and writhe as
if suffering from an attack of colic.
So.ne think the worms breed in the fish
and then eat their way into the flesh.
Millions of these fish' die of the worms,
and float over the falls, and the gulls
can le seen hs-ding upon them almost
any minute in the day.— Chicago Timet.
A Fearful Fall Through u Bridge.
One span of the great bridge across the
Kar.' river at Lawrence, Kansas, which
is 650 feet in length, gave way one
morning recently with a terrible crash.
At the time a drove of cattle, numbering
•270 head, belonging to Philip and Jesse
Young, en route from Greenwood and
Woodson counties to Northern Missouri,
were on the bridge. One hundred and
fifty of the cattle, with two men, three
horses and a wagon, went down with
the debris into the river, eighty feet
below. One of the herders was badly
ityured about the head by the falling
timbers, while his horse was impaled on
one of the rods and nearly disemboweled.
Tbe IOSS of cattle was only six head.
The escape of greater injury and loss of
life was simply miraculous.
Don't Kin tha ate.
Now Horry, pay, 4omt l#D " *•
Bat whan fern p oa lata
I wish fan weald ha aaratal. dsat,
To botot alam that gala.
For BaMia liswas aaary aight,
And ao doao teasing Kola,
To tall ma next day what o'clock
Thay baa*d yoa ahun tha gats.
Two* naarly tan loot might, yoa know,
Bat now tis vary lata—
(Ws*vs tmlkad aboatao many thingsl)
Oh, do not slam tha gala.
For all tha nwghbora hearing It
Will any our lotars tola
I Wa'tra baaa diaoaMiag; W I bog
Ton will oat slam tha gala'
For though It to all rary tram,
! wiah that thay would wait,
To aaavMß oar offcirs antU—
Wall—jy don't atom tha goto'
At laoat not BOW. Bat by-OBd-bys,
• Whoa in "oar Immbo" I wait
Tour coming I •hall olwaya lika
To hear yoa alan the gata'
- - -
ITEMH OF ISTEKEMT.
Autumn leaven—Nov. *>.
i All the rage with thegirla— Marriage
Water runt away like money. When
1 the river la bow the hank* cave.
A white deer wot killed near Marinetta.
J Wit., recently.
. Norway hat become a great reaort for
, | ri< hEngluh people.
. j A revenue cutter—Y# clipper ol 000-
, , pom.—McGregor Newt.
I'auperitm in England hot inrreatad
n{ne percent, within the paat year,
Tha watch larki self-respect; it it al
' way* trying to run iuelf down.- lioMon
> ' /hd.
Fruit to the value of 8i.M7.W5 wot
(exported from the United Slates Uw*
'! yd-
It it estimated that 20,00a more per
mont visited Saratoga tblt oeaaon tbea
ever before.
If thoar who work in the mad
mudailla, thoar who work with the pe l
muit *• pencils.
The French government ownt ahou
half lite railroad* in France, the whoU
of which arc valued at $3,000,000,000
Ixrd Falmouth's celebrated horse
, " W heel of Fortune." uoly three yeara
j old. hat already won lor her master #95.-
HOO.
A New York bartoet derive* quite an
in omr shaving dog*. He gets front
fifty cent* to ten dollars a canine cus
toraer.
There areffo r hundred and thirty
four Chinese business houses in Son
F ranciaco, and twenty-five of theae are
druggists.
Five miners in a Nevada tunnel re
fund to atmndon a comrade who had
be- n (ircnouK by gat. and were all
suffocated.
Somebody hat discovered tboUher* it
electricity in (lowers. He liat evidently
brm interviewing a rosebush in the
dark Hotel Goaclle.
The Chinese keep grapes a long time
fresh by cutting a hole in a pumpkin,
cleaning it out. and. after filling with
ripe fruit, replacing the cover.
Toads arc told by the barrel in the
Paris market. Market gardeners pur
cliasc them for the purpose of keeping
the insect* from their vegetables.
Six misbehaving young men wet*
taken from their beds by a inob at
Wesley Chapel. Ind.. tied to a fence ia a
row and whipped almoat to death.
A tight-rqpe walker exhibiting it
VirginaCttvTxev . dropped a bwy whom
he was can-ring across a rope, and the
lad fell fifty fed, receiving fatal injuries.
tiermany hat added to ber numerous
experiment stations one to be devoted
exclusively to practical and scientific
studies and experiments on bop culti
vation and the bop plant.
The first export of applet from the
United Stale* to Europe was made ia
IMS. and thev brought six and eight
dollars a barrel. That country now re
mires 00.000 barrels of Americamnpple*
peryear.
" Fare well, my own!" sang the man
who look his sweetheart into a fashion
able restaurant, handed bet the bill of
fare and then slipped out of the bock
way and left her to settle the bill.— Salem
flunk HII.
I "WluU is your name Tasked a teacher
!of a boy. "My name is Jule." wot tht
reply; "whereupon Uie tearlier impren
slvefv said. " You should have said
•Julius, sir.'" "And now. my lad."
turning to another hoy, " what it your
• name? 1 " " Bilious, sir. v
Ob, what a thing is love'
11 oootth In mi abovn.
And Ughteih tike a dova
On mif
But some it never hits.
Kmyt to giv* then Ota,
And take away thair witn—
Oh, hum'
—Bosfea TrtuteripL
The large railroad com ponies keep at
careful a record of a locomotive and it*
pTlortnnnces as shipowner do of an
, ocean steomaliip. The Pennsylvania
railroad does not repair one if tfte coat
will exceed #3.000. The engine it then
marked as dead on the lecord. and it
either told or broken up.
The Rev 0. R. Davit, of Carton. Nov.,
and the Rev. W. R. Jenvey.of Reno,
never lost an opportunity of giving each
, other a tly dig. Mr. lavit preached at
Reno the other Sunday, and whiie taking
breakfast at Mr. Jenrey's house remark
ed: " Guess I'll take some more steak, at
1 have to preach." "Guess Til brace up
a little, too." rejoined JenTey. paasing
his plate for another section of the meat,
as 1 ve got to listen." -Bottom Journal.
The familv of Mrs. Mary F.vtin. of
Kvan-ville. ill-. ho* been afflicted by a
. singular fatslitv. five of ber children,
xll Ikivs, having lost their lives by
rioitnoe and but two of them dying at
■lome The first died from eating a bit
mil upon which rat poison had been
•prcad : the second was crushed to death
in a mill; the third was drowned; the
fourth was killed while attempting to
tioard a moving train, and tlie hfth was
] killed by the ears.
I •• Inuv to pleasure in the pathless woods.'
There to a witchery in summer'* ktos,
rbc r to a *|<eil thai charms oar lend'rw
moods
When day brings on (he twilight benefice.
Then- to a richness in the morning chant
Oi birds just sakeoed trom a night's ra-
HOBB.
rhcrv ii aomcthing in the onion plant
'that's uncongenial to the aVmge neee.
- Wmdt Whipple.
An attentive little s<n. who hod Heard
a recipe for moving nk stains from cai
pets read aloud, asked his mother the
next day. *' Mamma, have you any
milk?" " Yes, my dear: do you want
some?" " I want jttst a little, mamma,
to put on the floor. I poured your ink
on the carpet no's to "try if the milk
would take out the stain." The milk
was brought forth, but recipes are no
longer rend aloud in that family until
after the little folk%have retired for the
night.— Rome Sentinel.
Two beggars stand on a Boston corner,
one. according to the sign on his bosom,
deaf and dumb, the oilier blind, with
three children, an invalid wife and a
paralysed mother-in-law to support.
The other day the deaf and dumb stood
alone with a bunch of shoe strings
around his mvk, eyes shut tight. A
g?ntlemen dropped a nickel in the hat
and heard the deaf and dumb man ask:
" Don't you want your shoe strings?'
" How is this? I read you were deaf
and dumb!" said the gentleman. The
blind man immediately opened his eye*
and exclaimed; "why, great snakes
I've got the wrong ign on! "
Savage Hostility to the lelerraph.
It is stated as a f ct that the strongest
opposition to a telegraph line is always
manifested hjr uncivilized rues. The
great trar Australian overland line, re
cently completed, was carried for hun
dreds of miles through desert solitudes,
unharmed by the blocks; but on the
Macdonald range a band of the hostile
natives were encountered, and the elec
tricians gained a bloodless victory over
them by connecting the poll's of a pow
erful battery on the wire, and adminis
tering shocks unawares to those of the
natives who were prowling curiously
around. The mysterious power, which
seemed to them like a thunder-stroke,
inspired them with a wholesome terror
of the wire, and they gave it a wide
berth ever after. Both in Australia and
New Zealand, several of the erecting
parties have been attacked by the abori
gines and massacred. Of late, however,
i New Zealand, the Maoris have shown
different spirit, probably because of a
better management on the part of the
whites, and Maori squatters now help
build the line, which they look upon m
a triumph of their scientific abiiltW