NANTUCKET OUT OF SEASON. In May the ood fishermen are in possession, and it was to haves view of the fishery that we drove out. Ou the wide beach under the bluff, per haps a score of narrow, sharp pointed dories were drawn tp. Four more we saw rising and falling oo the swells outside the line of breakers. “They are coming,” said our friend as he hastened down to see the operation. A horse attached to a fish cart stood on the sand where a dozen bronzed and sturdy fishermrn were watching the incoming boats, Codfish strike in here between the middle aud last of April, the pollock a little later. They are caught with hook and line, though on the south shore some trawls are set. The bait used is the long clam,which has to be brought from Tuckerbuck and Mus kegat islands, which lie to the west ward of Nantucket. Gathering them forms the business of quite a number of the toilers who build little shanties on the islands and live there fur days digging clams between tides, By the time we have learned this the fore most boat has reached the breakers, and we watch anxiously to see how the bostman would get through with- out being swamped. Both skill aud strength are required to cffect this. The oarsman balanced his boat on the swells just outside the live of breakers and waited till the biggest one of the “three brothers” came tow- ering on, when he rode trinmphantly inon ils crest, being carried far up the strand where his waiting fellows seized the boat and ran it up beyond the reach of succeeding waves. The second snd third did equally well, but the fourth miscalculated and the prow of his boat dashed into the sand and was held io the midst of the surf. In a moment the succeeding wave | pounded upon it, filled it and swepy, man, boat, fish and oars far up the beach. The man, however, gathered up the scattered cargo, and emptied the dory by turning her over, and soon had her out of the waves’ reach. Sometimes, in coming through the surf, the boats are thrown end over end. The dories contain from twenty to thirty large cod and pollock, with an occasions ugly skate or big-mouthed sculpin. The cart is backed down to the boats, the cod and pollock are thrown in and carried to the cleaning and pickling room, where, after being dressed and salted, they are dried on flakes in the sun, and marketed. Very little fresh fish is exported from the island, but-the cured fish has the high. est reputation of any in the market. Mepiéar Sciexog 18 Cina. —The Chinese have a medical literatare of a kind, but they koow nothing about even the elementary principles of an- atomy snd physiology. A Chinaman who wishes to become a doctor does not go through any training or spend money in paying a practice; he has only to purchase a pair of spectacles and gather some herbs, a few spiders and some snakes, which be places in bottles in the window of his shop. The bottles are his advertisement; they tell all who are in need of healing to come to him. His favorite prescrip. tion is a horrible pill, compounded of parts of snakes, wasps, ceotipedes. toads, and scorpions, ground small and mixed with honey. Another pill, sup- posed to be of extraordinary efficacy in cases of extreme weakness, is made of the bones of tigers. The belief in its merit is based on this strange piece of reasoning. “The tiger is very strong ; the bove is the strongest part of the animal therefore a pill of this must be pre-e.ineotly strengthening.” These facts speak eloquently as to the state of medical science in China, The lamentable consequences is an exces sive mortality. It is calculated that 33,000 die daily, sod this nomber i, of course largely increased during the epidemic, which is no uncommon visitor. The Revenue Commission. Cresson Series, Pa, August 22.~AJl the members of the Com. mission but two were present to-day, sud the work performed covered al most the entire bill under one of two phases finally to be adopted. Nearly eight hours were consumnd ju the de- Fo ant ers was considered snd adopted aftes some alterations had been made. The section taxing the bonds of corpora tions was restored 80 as to read a8 it was in the bill of 1887 which failed. A lively discussion preceeded its adoption, snd it required a count to decide ns follows : Yeas—Messrs. Graham, Connell, Smith, Boyer, Keifer, Cooper, Faunce, Niles, Leeds, snd Norris—10. Nays—Meassrs. Wol- verton, Palmer, Hevdrick, Newmey- er, Findley and Foote—6, The tax on capital stock was raised from 3 to 4 mills, and the tax on gross receipts was raised to 12 mills on traffic wholly within the State. As thus amended the bill is the same as the one report ed by the Atlantic City committee. Any perjury on the part of officers of corporations or limited partnerships in making returns is made subject to a panalty of $500 fine and seven years imprisonment. Conspiracy between assessors and officers of corporations is subject to a paoalty of $1000 fine and three years imprisonment. Cor porations will be required hereafter to make anual reports to the Auditor. General of any changes of officers. Section 24 requires all corporations and limited partnerships to pay a tax on surplus profits undivided among the stockholders in addition to a tax on dividends or appraised value of stock. To-morrow the features of the bill as proposed by Attorney Geveral Pal. mer's amendment—the taxing of cor- porations on a property valuation, using bonds and stock as a basis, in- stead of taxation on dividends aod appraised value of stock—will be dis cussed and a section framed in bar- mony therewith. ~The great event of the sesson among farmers, manufacturers, stockraisers snd fruit growers is the Intersiate Pic- nic Exhibition at Williams’ Grove, Pennsylvania, which opens August 20th and continues during the entire week, The number of applications for exhibi- tion space, the number of tents rented and the mass of mail matter daily re- ceived at the General Manager's office give abundant proof of the popularity of this meeting snd its unequalled suc- cess, Improvements are being made, new buildings are being erected and the grounds beautified and made still more | attractive, A French Duel That was a sensational duel fought in Paris in 1815, between the Bona partists Colonel Barbier-Dufal sod a young captain of the Royal Guard. The two adversaries were put a coach together so that only nto the { right arm of each was loft free, snd io each right hand was placed a long, keen dagger. Then the doors of ih | coach were closed, and before being | opened again it was, accordiog wi the | terms of the duel, driven deliberately three times around the Place Carrou- sel. ll he seccouds sat on the box, in the coachman’s place, When the doors were opened the young captain was feund dead, pierc- ed by many deep wounds. Color el Dufal was in little better plight, baviog received three terrible thrusts in the breast, and his whole left cheek baviog been torn off by the teeth of his aversary. Nevertheless, the tough old colone) got well, and even before he was cured fought two more duels, one with Col. de St. Morys, and the other with Gen. Montlegier, ineach case gravely woundiog his man and himself escap- ing unharmed. BIRDS THAT HELP THE FARMER The material is largely in hand in the newly organized division of econo: mie ornithology of the department of agriculture for a series of bulleting upon the relations of several common species of birds in this country to ag- ricultare. Dr. C. H. Merriam, the head of the division, places the Eng- lish sparrow as chief of the pests which threaten destruction to the north is found 10 be helpful to grain growers, as it lives upon field insects but in the south its ravages in the rice fields mre estimated to cost the planters from $3,000,000 to 4 000,000 annually. Dr, Merriam says that ornithologists are convinced that the services of hawks and owls sre of great value to farmers. Not more than three out of npward of thirty different species prey upon domestic fowl, and even these more than re munerate the farmer by killing field mice, The other species live entirely upon field mice, grasshoppers, beetles and other vermin which are great de stroyers of grain. The crow has re- ceived considerable attention from the dootor and his correspoudent, but the evidence in hand is not sufficient to warrant a verdict. So far as it goes it creates impression in its favor. It is a corn thief to be sure, but its pil. ferings may be guarded agaiust, while on the other hand it destroys some kind of field vermin in great numbers, to say nothing of its work as a scaveo ger. - Creaxixag CHmMyNEYS.—A simple and effectual way to clean out chim- neys, and also to remove clinkers from stoves and furnace grates, is to is converted which rise smoke. gave the experiment a fair trial af firmed that horses +0 treated drank less io the course of the day than those watered from a bucket at stated lotervals und our owe experience coincides with theirs. Nor is there anything vrational io this, while the advantages of the systim scem self. evident. Our borses are fed ou dry and consequently food. Moreover un horse with water always before him is vever unfit work st any moment, horse watered only at tieding can never be used uni! sometime after the bucket has gone around. for the times whereas To p ck butter for long keeping, first make perfectly good butter. Then procure new white oak tubs tightly put together. Scald them thoroughly and then steep them with clean brine sod rinse them with clear water, Dust the inside with five salt and im. meuintely pack the butter io the tub burn a piece of zink about the size of | one’s hand. The soot iu the chimney | into fine white ashes, and are carried off like What chemical action takes | #4 8000 as it bas been finally worked, | Pack in u lnyer of about four inches down firmly, | leaving no air spaces. Drain «ff any | water that may be pressed out of Lhe | butter, and sprinkle a little sat ovr {at once, aud press i: {the luyer; then puck down another, sod so on until the tab is full within of of the wb [Spread over the butter a clean muslin | {8 quarter an uch thirst-produciog . SECHLER & CO. Groceries, Provisions, FOREIGN FRUITS and CONFECTIONERY. MEAT MARKF in connection. Usa. «, Granulated Bugar Bc a pound adot #1 lowest prices. 8% BUPL. Good bargains in all grades. M( AN ons Pine assortment of Coffess, both gress and roneted, Our rossted Coffees are always fresh, TOBAOCOS. ~All the new and desirable brands, All © STONEWARE 1 afl ines of all the desirable shape best quantity of Akron ware, This fe the mont factory goods ln the market, “ity FOREIGN FRUITE Oranges and lemons freshest goods to be gd We buy the fly Juciest lemons we can find They sre better and cheaper than the very low priesd goods, FRUIT JARS We huve the new Hghtoing fruit ja and Mason's porcelnin-lined sod Klnes op Jars, The Hghtuing jur is fur shend of anything yet knows CIGARS, —Bpecial attention given to our ciger trade, iva uit Wigher in price than the Mason jar, bu Wo try to sell the best 2 for Sc and Be cigars In the 1} vb ) more than the difference in price, Buy town, EhLuibg jar and you will pot regret it, We { have them in pilots, quarts sud half ons. | TEAR Young Hyson 60c, 80c, §l per ponind fenper- | inl, 80c, BOC, §1 per pound. Gunpowder te, Soc, §1 per pound, Ovlong, Sc, B0c, Bi por pound Mixed green and black, 80e, 80c, $1 por pound A vers fine nnoolorsd Japen tea, Also, s good bmrgainin Young Hyson at 40c per pound, o~Poest New Orleans i 4 Ye por gallon, MEATS «Vine sugurcured Hams, Bhoulders, Brosk fant Bacon aud dried Beef, Naked and cnn vases We guarantee erory piece of ment we sel], OUR MEAT MARKET. We have Sty Sue lambs from for our msrket ae wanted. We Kive specis stlenthon to getting fine lambs and slways try to have a fine Sock abevd Gur e netomers can depend on getting nloe lamb st all times, BECHLER & 00., GROCERS & MEAY MARKSDY, Bush House Block, Belletonte, Pa, a 'GODEY’S LADY'S BOOK FOR 1887. CHEESE. Finest full cream chose at 16 por pound. VINBGAR Pure old cider vinegar made from whole cider, One gallon of this guise is worth more than two gallons of common vibe gar place in case of the clinkers we do leloth previously somked with brine not explain, but can testify from ex- | 80d one inch larger each way thao perience as to their thorough removal | the Wp of the tub; press it down close by throwing a small piece of zink on |ly on the butier, leaving no air under the fire,— Congregationalist. |1t; and close to the «dge of the tub; BUTTERMILK AS A DRINK. —A great | COVer it with fine diy salt, pressing physician once said that if every ove | this close w the tub ail rowed, aod koew the value of buttermilk as a turo the edge of the muslin over iy; drink it would be more freely partak- | then press down the cover and tighten en of by persons who drink so exe s- | the hoops or nail it firmly; pouting sively of other beverages, and further | four bands of tin over the edge w | The tub the compare its effects upon the system, keep it tight and safe, to the cleaniog out of a cook stove should be weighed inst. before that is clogged up with ashes that has | butter is put in sand the weight, sifted through, filling every crevice | ove pound added for salt, should sod crack, sayiog that the human | be marked on the cover, It is weigh system is like the stove, and collects | ed egain when finished and the weight and gathers refuse matter that can in | then is marked over the other figures tem #0 eflectually as by dnioking but- | butter. termilk. It is also a remedy for in| _ . - digestion, soothes aud quiets the | Farresixo Steers. —Hon Column nerves, and is very somnolent to those bus Delano, of Ohio, who are troubled with sleeplessness. [ » has a wodel The Michi. It is his system to | farm pear Mt. Vernon. : tt an Farmer says medical qualities connot be overrated, # ’ and should be freely used by all’ who | buy steers two years old past, in the i . {sammer or fall of the year, snd as can get it. Every one who values | r fall of y good health should drink buttermilk | there i* a large amount of straw from avery day in warm weather an! lo | the grain grown on the farm, the tea, coffee and water alone. For the | "10€T® are winte red at the straw stack benefit of those who are not already {uotil about the middle of March: aware of it, | may add that in the | Wheo they are fed cat hay and Weal charaiog of it, the first process of di- | until grass gets a good start. During gestion is gone through, making it | the summer they get a good growth, one of the easiest and quickest things | »® stall-fed until the vext midewin. t+ digest. It makes gastric juice, and | ter and sold, vsually weighing 1,600 contains properties that really assimi- | to 1,700 pounds per head, and bring late with it, with a very little wear | from $50 to $75 per heaa more than {first cost. Stall-feediog of cattle 1s with | no way exterminate from the sys-|the difference is the net weight of the | and the seeds of destructive weeds, | | upon the digestive organs. - The telescope was an accidental The children of a Dutch, spectacle maker, named Lippershey, were playing with some of their fathers glasses before his door, setting them this way and that, aod peepiog through them in turns, for fun, when, by » certain accidental arrangement of the glasses, they were surprised to see the spire of the distant church brought to all appearance, close to their eyes. The spectacle maker was called to witness the phenomenon, and was fill. od with a strange delight with what be saw. He from this set about the construction of the telescope, and when ‘t was finished, took the instru ment to Galileo, who improved upon it, snd astonished the Doge and the nobles of Venice by one day present. ing it lo their wondering eyer to look through. liscovery, A ——— FARM NOTES, Warerino Homsms ~The present system of watering is surely capable of improvement. The prevailing idea seems to be that a horse is like a bean, only fit to be used when every particle of moisture has been extract. ed from it. Comparatively few grooms give horses as much water as will drink, simply, as it would appear, not the business here; his is meotion ed to show their methoa of convert. ing their straw and coarse feed into manure. EarLy Tusmarors- —To grow early tomatoes, says M. Milton, we must keep them growing slowly from the time the seeds vegetate until they are sct in the open ground. This done by frequent traosplanting in cold frames, always increasing the distance apart each time, being also careful that they are not set into the garden until the soul is warm enough for them to go on growing without any check; also that the position for them be sheltered, baviog a south or east exposure. WoopLaxDs.~<The first step should be to move all worthless varieties, aod to encourage the] valuable sorts to take their place. Stock should not be allowed to run in wood lots for purpose of forage; there should he a careful guard against fire; seeds should be planted in vacant places of such varieties as are most desirable; shoot of inferior varieties should be &ept down, and valuable sorts should be trimmed up so that they may grow ll, forming trunk rather than they | ranches, A cow which receives every day at morning, noon and night, an ordioary waterpailful of water, slightly warm. od and salted; in which bran has been stirred at the rate of one quart to two gallons of water, will give five per cent more milk immediately un. der the effects of this driok; and she will become #0 attached to It as 10 re- fuse to drink clear water, unless very thirsty. 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