For the Fair Sex. — Long wrinkled gloves are now worn inside the sleeve instead of being drawn up on the outside. The large flat collars of Irish point have taken the place of the Mother Hubbards, except for small girls, Ivory-white Canten crape for a basque, train and lambrequin flounces,and a skirt of terry velvet make an exquisite ecom- bination for dinner dresses. There is a variety in the battlemented basque bodies. They are cut a little longer and the form of a tulip petal, rounded and pointed in the centre. Draperies across the hips remain very large ; back draperies do not descend very low on the dress skirt, especially when there are flounces all around the skirt, Japonica, prawn and strawberry pink are the pale shades to be used to com- bine with all the dark fashionable reds, such as scarlet, garnet, strawberry and terra cotta, The fashionable for rage is for which black hats and white dresses, fants; and will be worn with STOCK INES, In hosiery, the new cream, fine Bal- briggan and Lisle thread, as delicate and become almost as costly as silk, are to ith iti fashionable for wearing w all colored shoes and light dresses. Dress sleeves are fitted very closely to the arm; they are high on the shoulder and short at the seldom embroidery are worn outside the sleeve. wrist: linen cuffs are used, because white cuffs oi The Jersey tunic is a short overdress of Jersey webbing trimmed with sou- tache. It may made polonaise to wear with the skirts of dresses after their basques have become shabby, A simple and graceful overskirt has a be useful as a deep, round, apron front that reaches to the foot of the underskirt. thick, full plaits are laid at each side of the apron, and the back has two full breadths of the material to be draped in soft folds. Jersey cashmere isa new French all- | wool fabric which is intended for suits made in the Jersey style; and is well adapted to its purpose. It is firm, not elastic, like stockinet, but soft, and de- lightful to the touch. t is made the newest of the fine shades of colors topaz, terra cotta, bronze and the like, Several in a — i Forests and Haiistones The utility of forests as a safeguard against avalanches and a hindrance freshets and snowdrifts has often pointed out, but it has never suggested that Suselrumas 3 i Ore forests are a preserva- tion against hailst« however, is the opinion of is chief forester of Canton Aargau, Swit- ti He Savs thal wii 1 erland. re there ; forests there are no hailst support of markable which he and many others ally vouch. In the south of there is a little chain of meuntains known as the Lindenberge, Lin- denberge are about 20 kilometres long, of an average height, above sea level, of some 800 feet, and completely covered with wood. About twenty years ago the forest was divided in two places by | wide gaps, with the consequence that | the valleysat the foot of the mountains | were soon afterward visited with fre- | quent hailstorms. The hail-charged ! clouds were seen to traverse the gaps. In 1868 the wider of the two open spaces | was closed by a plantation of firs, and | since 1571 no hailstorm has crossed the forest. In explanation of this phenom- enon Herr Riniker suggests that, as | hail-clouds are saturated with positive | electricity and trees conduct from the earth negative electricity, the meeting | of the two currents develops sufficient heat to prevest the complete congelation of the clouds and even to thaw the hail- stones contained in them—for the clouds of this description pass very near the earth-—and so convert the frozen parti- cles into rain. If further observation should confirm the accuracy of Herr Reiniker’s conclusons in this regard, the importance of forests in countries where hailstorms are frequent will be greatly increased, Fis this theory he adduces are of on - Aargau fact. for the accuracy can pel The ns — Rules on Tree Planting, 1st. Dig for large trees a hole four to five feet in diameter; two feet or 1 ore deep, according to soil. 2d. Deposit in the bottom of the hole any stones, rocks or the like, fora good bottom drainage and fill in with loam, to the depth the tree is to stand. Sods reversed or washings from the side of a road is rich and good for the retention of moisture, 8d. Set the tree in position and see that the roots are free from buises ; cover the roots with fine soil and settle well by watering while planting. The tree should be headed in with elip pran- ers or knife, equal to the disturbance caused by removal ; and giving a form to start with, 4th, Secure the tree firmly with big stones after the work is completed ; HYMN TO THE NIGHT. No — Sweep through her marble halls ; From the celestial walls. I folt her presence, by its spell of might { Stoop o'er me from above, : The calm, majestic presence of the night. As of the one I love. I heard the sounds of sorrow and delight, The manifold, soft chimes ; That fill the haunted chambers of the night, Like some old poet's rhymes. From the cool cistern of the midnight air My spirit drank repose; The fountain of perpetual peace flows there, From those deep cisterns flows. O holy night! from thee I learn to bear W hat man has borne before; Thou lay'st thy finger on the lips of care, And they complain no more. Peace! Peace! Orestos-like I breathe the prayer! Descend with broad-winged flight ; The welcome, the thrice prayed-for, the most fair, The best-loved night. ~—LONGEELLOW, a RESUME OF THE TOBACCO MARKET. PHILADELPHIA. So far as selling goods 18 concerned, dullness remains lers of manufactured hard tobacco, and were it not for the compulsory necessity to requisite for handlers assort and i arrange stock preparatory to inventor- ing the same, in accordance with regu- of the f Mav, we lations Grovernment, on the fst Oo are quite sure el would have their time occupied in read- the news of the day. (evertheless, a number of our large i i, seeking orders for any brand dingl i $ a rx 1 ser fia Dai TS En jobbing houses are Keeping salesmen on the ro: which they are able to understan 3 specify definite figures for the month of May, much of it is coarse, short and flea- bitten, Between 400 and 500 cases of old tobacco were sold last week on private terms. It is understood that holders are a little stiffer in their demands, now that their stock is growing less than they were earlier in the season,— Intel- ligencer, Dayron, Onio,—The ragged, last end of the tobacco season is here; the wind-up of three months’ rush among the buyers. The sheds are empty and the warehouses full, Farm- ers and dealers are more than satisfied with the business done, The '82 crop has been profitable to farmers. ‘What there is unsold by farmers here in the Miami district is held by them on speculation ; there are probably 6000 or 8000 cases of it.- Miasispunra, Ohio. — Interest and activity in this market are well main- tained, though the fact that fine crops are scattered and the principal dealers | well supplied has a tendency to depress prices, Journal, There is a brisk demand for old { or sweated, goods which dught 81 Seed 1a such crops of the merit, premptly. Fine crops of "82 Seed leaf are very fine, vet very large growths command » | and the cause here, I’ fourth of are robabl the YET as Pi nnsviy » balance will go Zin but it will 3 1 Tas rags . of the shipped | (rerman is in hands of I: will be used in thei i The with crop of and, disappear Yar § daily placing upon } 2 to be shipped next month as early as possible at prices allowing fair margins, nt It 18 very evide nary favorable outlook, that a large amount of manufactured tobacco will be handled next month in this market, and jobbers must be busy ; buf, whether this condition will hold for any length of time is a question which, just now, is causing inquiry and quiet consideration, leading to conclusions frought with doubtful and questionable issues, and, much as the Tobacco trade so far is imbedded on a solid rock pecuniarily, we hope they will weigh caref ¢ the circumstance before they venture too far into deep water. Fine nse in cuts are being sold for immedi- 3 $ moderaie ntit quantities, willie nave been giv next to adorn their ' shelves wit) of every des rip- tion of granulated or cut and dry to- bacco, Clo Ans quantity, books are full, so much so that trouble is anticipated in filling the same promptly as parties desire. Work fold in limited Are while being manufacturers’ order- as tivity. Snuff manufacturers are running over with orders from May delivery. result, double set of hands are required. Seep LEAFY.—A casual visit among the cigar leaf dealers the past week, does not indicate the activity hoped for at this season of the year, They say selected stock, especially in wrappers of every grade, while binders and fillers cannot be surpaseed in quality, all of “Nevertheless, cigar manufactnrers, while they hold as a general thing light stock, still hold back, and as they say, desire to see how trade will open next month before acting or laying in a large supply of stock. A short season longer and something pooming or destructive will be known. Sumatra leaf is handled in very mod- erate quantities at the advance, while Havana fillers loom wup in demand; Vuelta holds the fort and weekly makes new admirers ; Havana wrappers are fast becoming something of the past, LANCASTER, PA.—Quite a number of buyers are yet driving through the country and buying freely at prices ranging from 8 and 2 up to 18, 6 and 2, according to quality. They complain, however, that goods such as they want are getling scarce, and although there isu good deal of leaf yet in the hands of farmers, most of it is low grade and much absolutely trashy, It is estimated that fully three-fourths of the crop of 1862 has been taken, and there will be no difficulty in cleaning up the balance if farmers will sell for what their goods are worth, There continues to be great diversity of opinion as to the condition of the crop. Some buyers say their purchases are equal to anything ever secured in eave the rest to nature and time, this county, while others complain that DANVILLE, hiya! $305 well maintained ; alt the demand has The prospe plants for the coming crops are Va.—The hown an | are very large up with the supply. RICHMOND, ket the past week has in dark goods, and sales have been ac and prices firm. up by the manufacturers, | change are scarce and higher. The sug held s RCA in bright wrappers and old fillen ST. J.ouvts, Mo. { been large and prices have Te be lf oo} ‘ tory. The stock of old tol fast ¥ Trice gatigfantary tn ASL AL Prices SaliSiaclorny ™ § ¥ ¥ . § . 3 There is a prospect I Al pleostiie COMING Week, rather irre ar an lower of i sii. We quote ge at 43 viv] gual poorer grades com- i mon lugs, at 34 to 44; good lu to 54 ; common leaf, at 5 to 6; Jeaf, at 64 to 8B: good leaf, at 8} to fine leaf, at 10 to 114. offering. ! reduced Selections, for demand } | must recede until a point is reached that demands will be stimulated, and | export grades will move with a slow { and halting step until this point reached, i hopped out to enliven the scene, W is the ‘‘gay and festive cusa?’’ ( some speculator start a fly report? will make talk anyhow, { Evaerton, Wis, The ware- houses at this point have been ex- tremely busy this week receiving from the growers, and the town wears a lively appearance. Several buyers are riding, taking contracts where can do so at moderate figures, generally lower than previously paid. The best crops held by farmers who are anxious to sell have in a measure been picked up, leaving the poorer grades, which must find a market at lower prices. There is, however, a great deal of gilt-edged tobacco remain. ng in first hands, men who are able to hold until they obtain their price. But there is no marked improvement in the market, nor is there likely to be while there is so large a per cent. of damaged leaf in the ceuntry. Tom. Cromer, Jr., reports the sale of a dozen crops of Spanish, running at figures like 10 and 4¢ ; 7¢ round and 10c round with fillers excluded ; broad leaf at 5, 3 and le, and 6c round. These are about the rulirg figures paid by other dealers, — Thbaceo Reporter, Coxxrcricur VaLLey.--The mar ket remains very quiet, A goodly number of dealers have been drag- fing through the mud searching for such stray lots as can be secured at the present low figures. When they can find a farmer pinched for money ere ant 1 they offer him 6 or 7¢ per pound for his crop, not over one-half its real value, and too often they succeed in getting the crop by persistently decerying its value, But, oh, how speedily the tune is changed when they own it! There is no sense or propriety in the farmer selling his crops at Kller prices, In Pennsylvania the crop has nearly all passed out of the growers’ hands. It is not probable that any advance in price will be offered by the buyers at present, as it is probable that more than one-half the crop of 1882 is sold, perhaps even three-fifths of it. And now the dealer or packer is interested in keeping up the price, or will be as soon as the grower, who i8 holding for the sweat, is ready to sell, Those who have good crops will do well to insist on a fair price, but those holding poor lots must of see the propriety of closing out upon reasonable offers, Sales have been here and there stoall lots, At Hinsdale, N. H., 8, Dox sold 2 of Havana at 7e through, Our correspond- Course of little acres low | ent writes: The plant beds are being | prepared, About the same quantity i i At Nort ton, at d¢ in will Dé sel as last Lifield VEAr. lost f Reed 100 Of Medd, t about 1 3 tons each April 16 and give wort : 4 ali they are rices at which they are hel above their real value raised and sold al worth of their "82 crops, and we izgrest that when they are offer- not hold for a cent or two, and then COs Lhe weed] tole CULTIVATION OF TOBACCO, The chief object of the planter is to seed goes into the ground to the time If the seed if checked, irreparable mischief will result, Here is the first step after sowing : Keep the beds moist—not part of the time, but constantly. This is imper- ative, it is packed. Here is the way an experienced plant- er treats sod ground. The sod for the area of fst planting is turned under late—about ten days before planting. is then applied, followed immediately by two harrowings and cross harrowing, The ground is crossed with a sled of four runners, and low, flat hills made, Cut-worms will feed on the sods thus turned under, Mr. J. J. Swartzel, one of our best growers, will sow the Zimmer's Spanish about the middle of this month. He will sow soaked seed three sowings for four acres, six to eight days apart. Make your tobacco fields rich. Don't depend on what you think about it—be sure—put on manure. The heavy rains of last summer leached the soil. Get manure—bonestly if you can--but get manure. Edgerton ( Wis.) Reporter, HOW TO GROW DOMESTIC HAVANA, WHAT SEED TO SOW, The chief aim of every tobacco grower should be to provide himself with good, pure tobaceo seed, known to be such from experience, and meantime best adapted to the climate in which it is to be grown. When the grower learns from trial and test which variety of Ha- vans tobacco succeeds best and when that especial variety attains its proper size in respect: to the leaf, and when it shall possess all the necessary character. istics deemed of value to render it as neatly perfect as may be in growth, color, gloss, ete., then a large quantity of the seed from select plants should be saved for future use, sinoe it has been ascertained that tobacco seed carefully preserved will grow though it be twen-. ty-five years old. It may take a little longer for the seed to germinate, yet it will do so the same as fresh seed with the exception named, | It is a fact we have got to constantly bear in mind that if we succeed in growing fine Domestic Havana tobacco in this country we have got to preserve the identity of the Cuba characteristics of the plants we grow; we have got to preserve the gloss of the leaves ; we have got to grow plants infused with as mueh oil, or the aromatic principle, nicotine, as possible to render the tobaceo of value ; we have got to grow the tobacco of the right size and preserve the fine texture of the leaves and the aroma «f the | i i in a word, grow essentially a Cuba or Havana leaf fairly and { domesticated and acclimated | climate, { hard 0 strive to prevent obaceo to Fs ®OUD, we must not allow the plants become as the We will ‘eeedy . n should avoid sow ing that produce , located west of 1 proper and (rusiw commence 3 hybridizing and plants by sowing the ap- seed. The. proc 1 grow it. save a large aq sound seed from the best plants for us this way of 10O- for a series of years, and in will the growth a of Havana inestimable you perpetuale Variety of almost desirable sn] bacco, 80, raise a distinetively genuine Havana variety, in Sumatra cannot production of Domestic Havana if we too large, nor fine leaf, not and we need not fear the Sumatr: raised through Cooley labor in the In- dian ocean, May Day. The 1st of May was the chief festival of ancient times. Chaucer tells us that in England during the Middle ages, it was customary for all, even the Court to join in this carnival, The fairest maid of the village was crowned with flowers and seated in an arbor covered with haw- thorn, where she sat in state and re- ecived the youthful courtiers who sang and danced around her after the old Roman fashion of worshipping the god- dess Flora. In Henry VIII. ’s time the heads of the corporation of London went out on the high grounds of Kent to gather the May, the King and Queen Katherine of Arragon coming from the palace of Greenwich to meet them. Every town and village had its May pole on which was suspended each season wreaths of flowers, and the vil lagers danced in pretty rings nearly the whole of the day around it. The Puri- tans abolished the custom ; but it was revived after the Restoration and con. tinued down to the time of many now living. The May pole is yet continued in parts of France and Germany. Instruments of Torture. Ina tower in Nuremburg, writes @ traveler in Germany, is a room where are preserved a number of very curious instruments of torture used in Nurem- burg hundreds of years ago, before the days of jails and penitentiaries. There are thumbscrews of the most approved patterns and helinets for gossiping men and women. A singularly cheerful piece of furniture is a large, heavy wheel, on one side of which stands out a large, sharp piece of iron. In the glorious days of old an offender who had to be punished with the wheel was stripped naked and firmly bound toa plank, face downward, The piece of fron on the wheel was rolled np and and across the victim’s back till justice was satisfied or the victim was dead. Inasmuch as the spike wa long enough to get half way through the man’s body, and was always heated red hot, the victim generally died and jus- tice was entirely satisfied. It was not i it 10 as expe The only Ian Wi ived It was adjudged a magi % Ak “1 MIen i L3AT053 were ws then Was CAYS, Or HU it, bakers her was found selling his goods by false weight ure, he was placed in a cage and with his ng uously in front. After making the grand tour, he was taken, cage and all iwcked and it was thought that his lesson to the river, and again rain till again, wii was sufficient to prevent mn. ad- repetitic Prowl vn 4 NS - Lond % Perhaps some such form might be Wife were severely pu itageous in these days, beaters nished Yai times with cl LiIsHeG Yd heavy out put vi} i ouths, and exposed Y ou are shown all Kind ling blacks and gallows upon which noted villains have gone totheir reward, covered from top to bottom with pictures of the practical operations of the various instruments that filled the room. A Duelist Laughed At. while the walls are A man whose character for courage ing to conform to the silly “code of and his challenger will gain some simpleton, The centennial of the capture of Stony Point recalled an anecdote of one He was a brave man, and acquired a reputation While he was Governor, some fellow committed against his {the challenger’s) honor. The old soldier did not notice it. The man who had given public notice of his intention to *‘ call out * the Governor was much annoyed at his silent contempt. After waiting several days he sought the Governor for an ex- planation, and the following dialogue took place. * Governor Scott, you received a chal. lenge from me “ Your challange was delivered, sir,” “But I have received neither an acknowledgement nor an acoeptance of it.” “1 preswme not, sir, as I have sent neither." “But of course you intend to ae mm Ror course I do not.” “What! Not accept my challenge ? Is it possible that you, Governor Scott, Drought up in the army, decline a com- “1 do with you." “Then I have no means of satisfac. tion left but to post you up a coward. “Post me a coward I" exclaimed the Governor with a hearty laugh. ** Post. away, and you'll only post yourself se © And that was the end of it.
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