ROMANCE.
Oh! lin wixn ft tnnld of a lntirrulri!; rvr,
And she lived in a pirret cold nnd liiirri, .
And he was a threadbare whiskered bum,
And he lived lu a cellar damp and low.
But the rooy boy of the cherub wing
Hath many a slin.lt for his slender string,
And the youth below and the maid above
Were touched by flumlng darts of love.
And she would wake from her troubled sleep,
O'er his tender billet-doux to weep ;
Or stand like a statue cold and fair
And gaze on a lock of his bright-red bair.
And be who was late so tail and prond,
With his step so firm and his laugh so loud,
Ills bread grew long and bis face grew thin,
And be pined in solitude over his gin.
But one soft night In the month of June,
As she lay in the light of a cloudless moon,
A Tolce came floating soft and clear,
To the startled maiden's listening ear.
Oh, then from her creaking couch she sprung,
And her tangled tresses back she flung,
She looked from the window far below,
And he stood beneath her whiskered beau 1
She did not start with a foolish frown,
But packed her trunk and scampered down,
And there was her lover, tall and true,
In his threadbare coat of its brightest blue.
The star that roso In the evening shade,
Looked sadly down on a weeping mnld ;
The sun that came in its morning pride,
Bhed golden light on a laughing bride.
A TAJJIHER ADVENTURE.
Many of the survivors of the past sen
eration remember a particularly cold
Winter at the beginning of the present
century. Especially m Western New
York was the rigor of this season felt
with extraorditary severity.
' Numerous farmers were so isolated
and shut off from each other that they
passed long weeks without seeing each
other's faces, while those who had not
the means of sustaining life around them,
ran no little risk of meeting a death
from starvation.
The brute creation suffered no less
than did the settlers, and, emboldened
by hunger, the wolves came in droves
from the woods, ana swarmed aDout tne
barns and houses, where they trotted
restlessly back and forth during the
night, awaiting for a chance at the sheep
or swine confined therein. The hiber
nating animals, in that strange coma
when the functions of life are held in
suspense, stood the trying season better
than anything else.
When spring came, cold and stinging,
the bears and panthers seemed to feel an
unusual fierceness, and ere the sultry
summer was at hand, more than one un
fortunate farmer had been killed and
torn by the ravenous brutes.
On the outskirts of an immense tract
of woodland, in Western New York,
dwelt a half-breed known among the
settlers as " Kuppy." He had Iroquois
and French blood in him, but in nature
partook more of the American than the
Caucasian race. He was somewhat of a
hermit in character, living in a rude
cabin constructed by his own hands, and
seldom was seen among the settlers ex
cept when in want ot powder or ball,
He was taciturn and uncommunicative,
although there seemed nothing morose
or vindictive in nis composition.
During the winter months, when rang
ing the forest, he wore a beautifully em
broidered blanket, made in the style pe
culiar to the Indians, while his leggins,
moccasins, flaming black eyes and
swarthy skin, gave him the appearance
of a perfect Indian. In warm or mild
weather he wore civilized pants and
moccasins, with a large slouched hat,
and with no covering at all for the up
per portion of his body, liis hair, which
was long and luxuriant, was generally
gathered in a knot behind. He usually
went armed with a long, formidable
looking rifle, an immense ax or toma
hawk, and a tearful-looking knite long,
keen and guttering.
Ruppy, as we have stated, was a her
mit in his tastes, resolutely refusing all
companionship, except so far as his
wants compelled him to meet and min
gle with the whites. He was equally
unsocial toward the aborigines. It was
known that when a war-party of Sene
cas encamped pear his hovel, he quietly
took his departure in the woods, and
was not seen again until they had with
drawn.
This strange being, so solitary in his
tastes and habits, was never known to
receive any being into anything like
friendship or confidence until he had re
sided in this lonely place lor something
like ten years. At this time, young lid.
ward Inman, a lad about a dozen years
of age, and who had known Ruppy ever
since his earliest childhood, was hunting
alone in the woods, when, unexpectedly
to himself, he came upon the home of
the half-breed.
He had never seen it before, yet from
the descriptions which he had so often
beard, be recognized it at once.
All was silent and motionless, and he
hesitated some moments, debating
whether be had better withdraw or ad
vance and enter. He was about to do
the former, for fear of offending the sin
gular being, when something like a groan
caught his ear, and sent a shiver of ter
ror from his bead to his feet.
Believing that there was need of help,
he walked hastily forward, and knocked
timidly at what was intended to be a
door. It was not until he bad twice re.
peated the summons, that the response
came, in a harsh, husky voice :
Come in !"
Shoving aside the slabs and Bkins, he
stepped in and looked about him. It
required a moment or two for his eyes to
become accustomed to the semi-dark'
ness, but when tbey did he saw Ruppy
stretched upon his bed of skins, in a
burning fever. His eyes shone with
delirious brightness, while his cheeks
and the surface of his body were all
aflame with the consuming fire. He
rolled from side to side in his pain,moan
ing and helpless.
The boy walked to where he was ly
ing, and placing his cool hand upon the
hot ana throbbing brow, saia in his
kindliest voice :
M Ruppy, you are sick ; can I do any
thing tor you t
- Water ! water !" he gasped, making
a feeble attempt to rise.
Edward did not stop to consider that
in those days it would have ruined any
Dhvsician had he allowed a fever patient
a mouthful of the refreshing fluid, and
that all beads older than his own would
have nronounced it fatal to allow such
thing. He saw that the poor half-breed
was. in dira extremity, and catching up
his slouched hat whioh lay near, he
dashed out. and made all haste to a run
ning brook, where he filled its crown with
water.
It leaked somewhat, but then he had
fully a pint, which was eagerly grasped
in the trembling bands of the unerer,
and swallowed with a feverish haste
which cannot be described.
" More more 1" ho muttered, as he
ell back exhausted.
" You shall have it 1" exclaimed the
tying boy, as he hurried away to the
brook again.
lie brought back a larger quantity
than before, which waa swallowed with
no less eagerness, when Ruppy was sat
isfied. His dark eyes looked the grati
tude which he could not speak, and the
boy experienced the pleasure ot knowing
that he had done a kindness to a needy
fellow creature.
Fortunately, Edward in his ignorance
did the very best thing possible under
the circumstances. The patient was
wrapped up in his skins and furs, and
shortly after fell into a refreshing sleep,
during which, when the boy placed his
hand upon his brow, he found that it
was covered with perspiration. The fe
ver was broken and the half-breed was
convalescent.
To shorten this part of our narrative,
our young friend remained with Ruppy
for a couple of days, by which time he
was perfectly recovered, lie was nuea
with an Indian's eratitude for the kind'
ness shown him, and when bis young
acquaintance took his departure, he car
ried several presents, in the shape of
toys, and in return gave tne promise to
come back as soon as possible ana ac
company him on a hunt.
Edward did not wait long to avail
himself of this invitation ; but before a
week had come round, he presented him
self at the door of Ruppv's wiewam, ao
coutred for a hunt. The half-breed re
ceived him with undisguised pleasure,
" The woods are full of game," said he,
his fine eye sparkling, while he little
dreamed that be was about to engage in
the most momentous bunt of bisyite..
What Bhall we shoot r inquired feci
ward. "There are plenty of deer and
bear."
" They are not worth our powder and
ball," replied the half-breed, with the
dignity and pride which is sometimes
seen in the Indian under similar circum
stances.
" And what are noble game, if they
are not ?" inquired our hero, in no little
surprise.
" We will bunt the panther : he is
brave animal, and will fight. I have
enough food, and do not need the deer,
and the bear is a coward unless you get
him in a corner ; but the panther will
not run from the white or red man.
J ust as you say," laughed the young
hunter; " they are not so plenty as other
animals, but I suppose you know where
to look for them.'
" Ruppy will show you such hunting
as you have never seen, waB the signih
cant reply.
A tew minutes later the two issued
from the lodge, and, talking a northern
direction, which led them toward the
heart of this vast wilderness, they started
out upon the panther-hunt. Kuppy
strode through the forest like a genuine
Indian, taking long loping strides, which
necessitated almost a run upon the part
of the young hunter to keep pace with,
More than once, as tbey journeyed in
this manner, they caught sight of a bear
that lumbered awkwardly out of their
way, or the frightened antelope, which
bounded oft with the speed ot the wind,
It was a strong temptation to Edward,
but the half-breed shook his head. That
was not the game . for which he
searching.
A halt hour later they reached a large
hill, the top of which was almost clear
of undergrowth. Standing here, they
gazed down into a dense-looking portion
of the wood, which from their stand
point seemed almost impenetrable.
" There we shall nnd panthers, said
Ruppy j " we shall now find game worth
hunting."
" JJo you see any signs ot them r
" No, but I know they are there. I
have been through that section many a
time, and never without encountering
one of those fierce brutes."
Let us go forward, then, for it is
near noon.
" Hold ! do you go down the hill, and
enter the thicket near that large sugar
maple, which you see can yonder, while 1
will off toward the red oak, and we will
then come toward each other. See that
your rifle is ready, for it is the only
thing that has much effect on these crea
tures." This programme was oarried out, and
when the two hunters entered the wood
they were fully a quarter of a mile from
each other, idward Inman plunged
into the densest portion, walking care
fully ahead, and keeping a bright look
out for the game which had brought
them hither. Innumerable squirrels
were skun ying up the trees and darting
from one limb to another, while the air
was full of birds.
The boy had passed about a half of
the intervening distance, when a low
groaning growl caught his ear, and
looking up, he saw an enormous panther,
squatted on the immense limb of a
colossal oak, glaring down upon him
with an expression which showed un
mistakably that he was making ready to
spring down upon his head.
There was no time to be lost, and,
stepping back a few paces, Edward
leveled his rifle at the head of the brute.
At the very instant of discharging his
gun, the panther's body left its perch,
shooting down through the limbs like a
meteor. The young hunter had been
expecting this, and at the instant the
rine cracked, be made a spring backward,
the brute striking heavily at his feet,
and immediately afterward making a
huge curveting spring in the air, ac
companied by a terrific growling and
snarling. Instead of springing upon the
half-paralyzed boy, the brute gyrated
about witn the most extraordinary evo
lutions, not offering to touch him.
It was not till several moments had
elapsed that our hero discovered that
his rifle-ball, instead of killing the ani
ma'I, as he intended, had struck him in
such a manner as to blind him. His
frenzied leaps were made by the animal
in his furiouB search for him who had in
flicted all this injury. As soon as the
boy understood the situation, he retired
several yards, carefully reloaded his rifle,
and then, taking a sure aim, sent the
bullet through the heart of the panthtr,
which instantly fell dead.
At this instant, when the young hunter
was exulting over his triumph, a shout
for help from Ruppy reach his ear. It
sounded urgent and close at hand, and
not stopping to reload his gun, he dash
ed through the thicket as fast as possible.
A few minutes brought him to the scene
of conflict In a sort of clearing lay a
dead panther, while within a few feet
was stretched Ruppy, supporting his
body with his left hand, wbile with his
right he grasped the panther by the
throat. He waa entirely unarmed, his
ax lying at hi feet, his slouched hat
several yards away, while his rifle was no
where to be seen. .
As the boy stood for a moment trans
fixed by the fearful scene, he caught
sight of the long, bloody knife of the
half-breed lying in the grass. Catching
up the weapon, he dashed forward ana
buried it to tb hilt in the neck of the
brute, which, after a few farious strug
gles, was thrown off the prostrate body
of Ruppy, who, bloody and weak, rose to
his feet.
" You seem to come to me when I am
trouble," said the half-breed, with a
smile. " If you had staid away longer,
it would have been too late.
" How happens it that you are in this
fix? inquired the boy, in some surprise.
" I struck my rifle against a tree and
broke the lock, and had to fight these
two alone, and that is rather a hard
thing for a man to do."
They made their way home, where it
was several days before he recovered.
This adventure had the effect of cement
ing more closely the friendship between
the two. It remainea unbroken until
many years later, when the half-breed
auietlv folded his arms and took his
long, last sleep.
Is the World Round or Flatl
About a vear aso. an eccentric philos
opher of London, England, named John
Hampden, having convinced himself be.
yond all peradventure that the world
was flat, not round, as commonly sup.
posed, undertook the arduous missionary
work of converting mankind to his way
of belief. Not making much progress
by following the ordinary methods of
private preaching, he resorted to the ex
pedient of offering a bet upon the sub
ject. He made a publio announcement,
ottering to stake $ i,bW) against f 2,000,
to be put up by any scientiho man, that
he could prove that the earth was Hat,
and not round, as was generally believed,
No one appears to have taken immed
iate notice of this absurd offer, where
upon Hampden came out with another
announcement, in which he boldly de
clared that scientific men knew they
were guilty of an imposition in pro
pounding the round theory, and that, in
consequence they were afraid to take up
his challenge, and stake $z,ouu as be pro,
posed.
But the challenge having come to the
notice of Mr. Alfred liussel Wallace, a
gentleman of high reputation, and a
member of several scientific societies, he
accepted the conditions, and put up his
2,000. This amount, together with a
similar sum put up by Hampden, was
deposited, subject to the order of the
referee, Mr. Walsh, editor of the Field
newspaper, who was to pay over the
15,000 to the winning man.
The mode adopted for settling the
Question was planned by Hampden, the
advocate of the flat theory, and the ex
periment appears to have been conducted
in all respects as he desired. The ground
selected was a six mile level on the Bed
ford canal. Three long poles of equal
length were provided, and planted at
equal depths, and at distances of three
miles apart. A telescope was then em
ployed, through which it was clearly
and unmistakably perceived that the
central pole was five feet above the level
line of the telescope, which at once
proved that the earth was not flat but
round. Mr. Hampden expressed himself
satisfied that he had lost the bet, and
the money was accordingly paid over by
the referee to the winner, Mr. Wallace.
The experiment and the telescope
were level, but not so the bead of Hamp
den. He that's convinced against his
will, is of the same opinion still. It
was not long before Hampden woke up
to the mortifying conclusion that he
had made a blunder, or that in some
way he had been befogged. His reason
told him that the earth was still flat,
not round, as that lying telescope and
those fibbing poles had affirmed. He
concluded, also, that Wallace was a
thimble rigger, a pickpocket, a liar, and
a swindler, and went about proclaiming
these libels in the most unblushing
manner. This so annoyed Wallace that
he brought suit for libel against Hamp
j j il. i . i. i i,: :
aeu, aiiu luw jury laieiy uituuicu mux iu
$3,000 damages, making a sum total of
$5,500 cash paid out on account of his
theory that the earth is flat. Poor
Hampden is indeed a martyr to science.
Loss of a Curious Document.
The burning of the archiepiscopal
palace at Bourges following so close on
the conflagration at jm ancy naturally in
spires great alarm tor other buildings.
The palace at Bourges, built in Louis
XIV. style, was of no architectural value
in itself, but it contained works of art
and manuscripts of inestimable price.
The most remarkable document in the
bishop's collection was, without doubt,
the order for the execution of Jesus
Christ, which was the personal property
of the family Ue .La Tour d Auvergue.
The order runs thus :
"Jesus of Nazareth, of the Jewish
tribe of Juda, convicted of imposture
and rebellion against the divine author
ity of Tiberius Augustus, Emperor of
tne itomans, having ior mis sacrilege
been condemned to die on the cross by
sentence of the judge, Pontius Pilate,
on the prosecution of our Lord, Herod,
lieutenant of the Emperor in- Judea,
shall be taken to-morrow morning, the
23d day of the ides of March, to the
usual place of punishment, under the es
cort of a company of the Fra-'torian
guard. The so-called King of the Jews
shall be taken out by the btrunean gate,
All the publio officers and the subjects of
the Emperor are directed to lend their
aid to the execution of this sentence.
(Signed) Capel, Jerusalem, 22d day of
the ides of March, year ot Rome, ibo.
The Cosmopolitan.
Styles of Handwriting.
The names on the registers of the Sar
atoga hotels, says the baratoguin, are
quite a study. By careful attention it
will be noticed that on an average, per
sons hailing from various sections of the
country diner in the style of penman
ship. New Yorkers are the best pen
men ; Pbiladelphians affect the back
slope a good deal ; Kostonians write a
Declaration of Independence hand, not
very legible ; Southerners don't swing so
careless a quill generally as their north
ern brethren ; Chicagoans apparently
try to see how gracefully and uniutel
ligibly they can pen weir autographs ;
l : 1 ..: 4 ., .t artA Waaler, man
wuiia vjiuuiuiiouaui. " ""
wen orally, writa a cood deal as thev
build cities, in a hurry : Albanians and
Trmatia arA amnnv iha rinnrftftf. wrifflrs.
but thev excel the West Trojans, whose
stvle is barelv above " his mark" : those
from the smaller towns take more pains
and separate their letters according to
rule, and then spoil their work by a
flourish or an insane capital, like a mile
post in their name : Cubans and Span-
lards write a delicate hand, similar to a
lady s, but not clear always to the com- himself and his medicines as really de
mon Yankee Derception. Canadians and served. Thus it happens that the selfish-
Europea'ng adhere to the old-fashioned
style, and take it tor granted that every-
body should know how to make "Brown"
out of " bmith,"
A Model for American lontli.
A Lona Branoh correspondent writes :
As I rode up from the depot to the hotel
recently, 1 was attracted by a manly
young tellow of about twenty-t irni wno
sat next to me in the stage. 11? was
handsome, with a hazel eye and fresh
complexion, was well and neatly dressed,
and had especially a silver-toned voice.
I spoko to him first, because I was at
tracted by his modesty.
" Yes," said he, in reply to an intro
ductory question in regard to the hotels,
(the weather being entirely beyond ar
gument.) "it has turned out a pretty
good season, I believe. I have Deen
here several seasons, and have seen none
better."
"You spend all your summer vaca
tions here '("
" No." reflectively. " not vacations. I
usually pass the summer here."
Evidently he was a rich young blood,
and with his good looks and modesty an
excellent model for the American youth.
" Stopping at the Hotel r
He was bowing to a sweet looking
girl just then, and did not immediately
answer. Bhe was smiling back with a
delightful grace, showing mouthful of
rich pearls. .Evidently be knew the
rood society of the Branch. .
"JNo, no, be replied, when he bad
ceased bowing and comprehended my
question. " No, I stop at at at a cot
teg6" . :..
ine fellow, this, stopping at his own
cottage, and independent enough to ride
upon an omnibus. He interested me
greatly as we went along, evidently
knowing everything about the place.
"There's Judge s cottage; band
some, isn't it f There's the handsomest
pair of steppers at the Branch, those
grays just turning in at the Continental."
iiure ue was aitracieu oj me repeaieu
bows of two gorgeous dames who where
passing us slowly in their open carriage,
and who opened two huge mouths and a
couple of batteries of ready-made teeth
upon him.' He bowed quite gracefully
to them and went on with his pleasant
descriptions. At the hotel we parted,
and 1 lost him ; but I thought in this
wise of him : Talk of the degeneracy of
the American youth. Look at this young
fellow. Handsome, polished, pleasant
tempered, elegant in his manners, rich,
modest, sensible. He visits this water
ing place,. evidently not to suffocate in
the hotels and follow the old winter
routine of dissipation and flirtation. He
would certainly not seek them in his
own quiet cottage. He comes for the
more rational joys of sea air and sea
bathing, to be, perhaps, near the girl he
loves and hopes (and I may say deserves)
to win. Happy fellow ! True model he
for the youth of this glorious republic 1
In order to see one ot the lions 1 wtnt
over to the cottage whero the tiger is
let loose, just a step or two lroui the
West End, and as I went into the back
room, among the rattling of chips at the
faro table and the clinkling of the little
ball in the pool of the roulette table, I
heard that silvery-toned voice again:
" Walk in and have some supper, gen
tlemen just ready 18, red. Ah, how
de do met you on the stage I remem
ber. Have Bupper ? No 1 Then take a
drink 21, black. Excuse me busi
ness, you know. Charley, pass the cigars
to this gentleman.
There he was my model of American
youth. I passed out without patroniz
ing the establishment.
Ancient Landmarks lu Massachusetts.
A Western visitor to Salem, Massa
chusetts, writes back home to his paper
an interesting account of his observa
tions. The old " witch house," a quaint
dwelling erected in 1632, inhabited for a
time by lioger Williams, and afterwards
the building in which the court which
condemned the Salem witches to death
held its sessions, he found still in exis
tence, and the apartment used nearly
two hundred years since as the court
room now occupied as a drug store,
From the scene of the old tribunal the
visitor next bent his steps to " gallows
hill," where the witches were hanged on
a tree and their bodies then buried at
the foot of the gibbet. Irish squatters
be found in full possession, having built
their cabins and colonized their child
ren, pigs, and goats "above the un
marked graves of Salem's unburied re
proach." Yet another grave, the rest
ing-place not of a witch but of an old.
time beauty who loved not wisely but
too well, claimed our tourist s attention,
Years ago Elizabeth Whitman, daughter
of a Connecticut clergyman and known
in the Salem retreat to which she had
fled to hide her shame as " the beautiful
strange lady," was ruined by a son of
.President lid wards, of xale (Jollege,
bhe is buried at balem, and some pain,
ful antiquary has left on record as the
inscription he deciphered years since on
her tombs : " Her departure was on the
25th of July, a. D. 1788, in the 37th
I year of her age, and thetears of strangers
watered her grave.
The Virtue of Medicine.
Shall we Throw Physic to the Docs '"
a spicy article by E. P. Buffett, in
Livpincotts Magazine for beptember
contains the following :
.Nothing is more probable or natural
than that we should overestimate the
virtue of medicine. We do it because
we wi3h to do it We all expect to be
sick, and we wish to believe that when
we become so we can be cured. Many
of us will indulge in violations of the
known laws ot health, and we wish to
believe that the punishment for such
violations can be averted. We all wish
to ha ve faith in the skill of our physician
and will pardon a great amount of as
sumption of authority and wisdom on
his part. It never excites our jealousy
to hear him extravagantly praised. We
like to see biin sport a fine turn-out,and
often make hi in a pet in our households,
Wo will not harbor a suspicion that he
is capable of a mistake or that his iudg
merit may be at fault. Some, it is true,
iu health profess to believe the doctor
humbug, but when "sickness comes the
most swaggering heretio is suddenly con
verted, summons the physician, and
swallows the nauseous potion with all
the alacrity of the lifelong believer,
Then it happens, in a medical point of
I ... 4 1
view, that
I
" Wben the devil gets sick, the devil a monk
I wOUlll DC,
although it is equally true that
" When the devil gets well, the devil a wouk
19 uu
The physician very naturally, too, al
lows his powers and the virtue of his
drugs to be overestimated, because it is
flattering to his vanity, and he soon be-
gins to accept the undue appreciation of
ness of the patient and the selfishness of
tne physician alike tend to prouuee an
extravagant estimate of the necessity
ana virtue or medication,
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Ploughing Under Clover. In 18C1
I ploughed up a field of clover and
planted corn. In 18G5, planted corn
again, and used the cultivator very iree
ly both years to kill the weeds. In 18C0
sowed barley, followed by wheat, and
seeded down into clover in the spring.
In 1867, mowed the clover for hay, and
the second crop for seed. In 1S68, mowed
it again for hay. After the hay was off,
we ploughed half the field, and allowed
the other half to produce a second crop
of clover. It was a wet season and the
second crop of clover grew splendidly.
I think it would have made a ton of hay
per acre. This clover we ploughed under.
The next spring (1871) the whole field
was cultivated, but not ploughed, and
sown with barley. I could see no differ
ence in the growth of barley on the part
of ploughing immediately after hay
harvest, and that when the clover was
allowed to grow and then plowed under.
After the barley, the field was ploughed
and sown to winter wheat. So far, 1 can
see no difference in the color or growth
nf the wheat.
There was no more labor expended on
the one part of the field than on the
other. The only difference was, that one
was ploughed before the clover com'
menced to grow, and the other after the
clover had attained its growth. The pre
sumption is, that notwithstanding the
fact that a large growth of clover was
ploughed under, there was no more ni
trogen or otner piant-iooa in tne sou on
one part of the field than on the other.
The plant-food organized in the clover
was simply taken out of the soil, and
was merely returned when ploughed un
der. Had the part of the field ploughed
immediately after the harvest been har
rowed, cultivated, and then ploughed
again in the fall, and otherwise exposed
to the decomposing influence of the at
mostphere, I believe more plant-food
would have been developed from the
soil than on the part where the clover
was allowed to grow. This probably
would not be the case in poor, sandy
land, but I have no doubt that clay
loams which abounded in latent plant
food would become richer from being
worked and exposed to the atmosphere
than from the mere growth of clover ; if
there is any evidence to the contrary, i
would like to have it produced.
1 believe in clover. JNo man has writ
ten more in its favor as a reuovating
crop. We cannot grow too much ot it.
Hut it should all be consumed on the
farm, and in addition, the clay-land far
mer should " fall tallow as much land
as he can. I am satisfied, though I ad
mit the evidence is not conclusive, that
fall-fallowing is more in accordance
with the facts ot scientino farming than
the practice of ploughing under clover.
J. Harris, in American Agriculturist.
How to Destroy Insects in Your
Orchards. The address of J. W. Rob
son, before the Joe Daviess County (111.)
Horticultural Society has some excellent
points relating to orchard culture, and
especially the depredation ot insects,
and he recommends every orchardist to
observe these few details every season:
I. Encourage the black-cap tit-mousa
and the hairy woodpecker, which de
stroy the insect in the pupa state.
" 2. Light small bonfires in the or
chard, on dark nights, after the sun has
set. This will destroy the moth.
"3. Pick up wormy fruit as soon as it
falls; run it right through the cider
mill, or throw it to the hogs to be eaten.
4. Strips of woolen cloth, tied around
the trunks when the trees are in bloom,
and examined twice a week, will destroy
those that have escaped and crawled
there for shelter. They will be found
generally in a transformation state, be
tween worm and pupa.
"5. Place a bunch of weeds or soft
hay in the crotch of the tree at the same
time, and examine frequently. You have
only to look at these dishes of beautiful
fruit, to see how this insect destroys the
appearance and lessens the market value
of the apple.
" Brother horticulturists, up and be
doing ; bear in mind that eternal vigil
ance is the price of handsome, perfect
fruit 1"
Leached Ashes as a Manure. An
agricultural journal of Germany calls
renewed attention to the great value, as
a manure, of soap-boilers leached ashes,
which, as it is well known, are prepared
by mixing wood ashes with fresh burnt
lime, and boiling or leaching the two to
gether for the purpose of obtaining a
caustic lye. Altogether the soluble salts
are removed from these ashes, the in
soluble parts remain, namely, the car
bonates, sulphates, and phosphates,
principally lime salts, accompanied, gen
erally, by a little caustio lime. H,xperi
ence has shown that there is no sub
stance equal to leached ashes of this kind
for manure, not excepting even the rich'
est guanos ; the veg'tation of the cereals
becoming broader than common by its
use, and the stalks more tubular, while
the leaves, grow of a dark bluish green,
The value of this application is seen
more particularly in meadows, where,
curiously enough, nearly all of the or
dinary grass disappears in consequence,
and instead ot it a thick vegetation ot
red clover is met with which will be re'
newed year by year for a long time
without additional supply.
Lead Foil for Bandaqes. Doctor
Burggraefe, of Oenev a, reccommends
thin lead foil bandages,in cases of wounds
and broken limbs. The sheets of lead
are kept in place by adhesive plaster,
and are said to offer the following ad
vantages : 1. The lead remains soft and
cool in contact with the wounds. 2. It
enables the physician to dispense with
lint, which is the constant occasicn of
heat and infection. 3. The sulphur com,
pounds which form prevent the deconi
position of the parts and growth of or
tranisms. 4. After the bandage is made,
the wound can be washed and refreshed
with cold water without removing it. It
would be well to have a supply of this
foil on hand in machine shops where
large numbers of workmen are employed,
A Georgia Farm. Colonel Lockett
has, in southwestern Georgia, planted
in cotton this year six thousand five
hundred acres, and in corn and small
Grain three thousand five hundred acres,
making in all ten thousand acres. It is
estimated that his cotton crop will be
worth $180,000. This is probably the
largest cotton crop made by any one
person in the cotton region. He em
ploys three hundred and sixty hands,
all blacks.
Arthur's Home Magazine for Sep
tember is up to its usual standard of excel-
leuvn. Both iu illustrations and literary cou-
teuts are highly commendable, aud are sure to
find lkvor with the ladies, especially, every,
where. (2.00 a fear. T. 8. Arthur & Boa,
fhlluuelphta.
Thk Children's Hour for September
Is a dainty little periodical, just the thing for
the little ones at borne. It is ouly $1.25 a
year. T. 6. Arthur & Sons, Philadelphia.
New York Marked.
Flour and MFAr. Western sun "Inte flours wrro
dull ami prloes lower. Hinitliern tlimra quirt, live
Hour nnd corn meal In frond ilniiauil ami nfiii. ve
oiloto: J lour w'hutii una num. niipirnno, i.w ft
AIM! 1HMIIIJ llinmin, 1,11 , iiimiih i w. "n o .-i.,ni !
H, ml hern uhlppluif Ml run, ( it SiMIO; do. pattern'
.nil Inrolljr rxinw, 7 n.J. R' tlmtr, fine nd
sum rtlnn. l.-JO ut-'j. Loru nionl, VN diem anil south
ern, a
Tinvialnvfi Pnvk wfta lower twit fnlrlr netlrn!
sales at f 13.. for meefl, 110.75 n $11 for )it-ime mean,
ami (io a (10 B0 for prime i for future delivery Mop.
temper anil uciooer, as ri.i..w pm inner
buyer' option. Beef In full iloninml ana tlroi, at
full ttrteea. lincon firm, with A aalo of city lona;
clear at 80. Cut mealn In flemaiul i ilry aall-il
ahottiuera aom at no., aim ieu it", ""win e-uoKeu
hatnaat I2H a I2HO. Lnnl deelinon Ite. anil waa ac
tive: anlea, prime oM atonm, Hejiteinber anil Octo
ber delivery, art ailC.l priuie new io arrive nt,
Ho.; city nmnltnilsts aSdn. Dreaatui hngn (lull
atnlf a7fO. minor in Illir uuiiihimi. Dime, ion
2b. i Western, 12 a 220. Cheese stonily at II a lOltc.
GRAIN Wheat 4 a 8c. lower and moderately ac
tive; sales at tl 80 for prlmo No. 1 Clilcairo spring,
f 1.40 for prime red winter, 11.4 for amber do., ana
f l.W a f l.0Zt lor frooa IO omuce Willie. live mwi'i
at SOo. for Western. Harley anil barley malt dull.
Oatawere a slindo firmer, uut quiet) Bales at 47a
500. for white, anil 44 a 400. for black, corn waa
steady and fairly active ; aiues at ki tuio. ior
Western lulzed, U7 a oso. for do. yellow, and OS aosc
for white.
nnTT-nw Was firmer on the foreign newa. Rales
on the spot at mSo. lor middling uplands; anil
lHkn. for low nildillttiirs. For future itellverv the
market waa slsoatroiiireri snles at 18Ho. for Sep.
tember, lsSo. for October and November, and inc.
for January.
nnnncttnui-rroffe continues firm, with a fair fle
maiul- utn. 14U a l7Jko. i Mnracalbo. 14k a 17Hc.
fold, duty paid. Klce stonily for foreign, atOH
Ho., but bignor for Carolina, with small anleB at
Statino. Molasses nun aim noTDinai. oki.
live and nrmi luir to aoou renuiuK. a nu "-
eery iratles, 10 a llci refined very firm and more
aotive; crashed, 13c ; soft white A, Who.
BUHnniES Petroleum was rather unsettled at
24Ho. for Immediate delivery; crude, 14c Naphtha
more active, with Bales at Ida 111 He. Bosln was
arm ax, 1.10 ior siraiuen. npinve mi iroimiiu
waa lower, with a moderate businesa; sales at 50H
a 61c Whiskey steady at, 93H a 4o. Tallow steady
at u it a 9Ho. Freights Arm at, e a 10)d. for gralu
by sail and steam to .Liverpool.
t.ivr STorK Market Fnt. matured cattle were
not plenty, and the best offered had a qulok sale at
a fraction advance. Common native steers and
Texans were no higher, but the scarcity of good
stock helped tne sale or lower grancs, auu aiuigeiu.
er the mnrbi't, was aahaile atronger. closing at 914
a 12c. ro. for common to choice and extra native
steers, ami 7 a tto. for common to good Texans
Sheep and lambs were mostly sold In a dull mar.
ket at 5 aoiio. 4 lb. for ordinary to pilnio sheep,
and nt.nu Llllin. for nrillnarv to choice lnmbs.
Veal calves continue tlrm at 7 a 10c. It)., with a
few selling at 10k a lOHo. Grass calves were dull
at in a ts 50 1 head, or 4 a 4tc. i lb-
uresaeu. nogssuwiy ato 11411,
A hundred diseases may proceed from
one source, a diseased or aeDiutatoa sto
mach. No human being can be healthy
when digestion is disordered. Tone the
stomach and liver and regulate the
bowels with Dr. Walker's Vegetable
Vinegar Bitters, and the work of as
similation and excretion will go bravely
on. This vital elixir conquers tno
causes of all physical irregularities. By
insuring pertect digestion ana a proper
flow of bile, it insures pure blood, a vig
orous circulation, and tne prompt dis
charge of all waste matter from the sys
tem.
The most astonishing cure of chronic
diarrhcoa we ever heard of is that of VYm,
Clark. Frankfort Mills, Waldo County,
Maine ; the facts are attested by lizra
Treat, Upton Treat, and M. A. Merrill,
either of whom might be addressed for
particulars. Mr. Clark was cured by
Johnson s Anodyne Liniment.
Hon. Joseph Farewell, Mayor of Rock
land, Me., Isaac M. Bragg, Esq., Bangor,
and Messrs. rope tiros., Macnias, Me.,
lumber merchants, fully endorsed the
Sheridan Cavalry Condition Powders, and
have given the proprietors liberty to use
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Binding School ! It Is now proposed to revive
the " Institution," and the bock nborcd nnmcd
Is preeminently fitted to make the exercises
Interesting and profitable. Mr. Emerson, the
author, is oue of our most successful book
makers, his musical works having sold to the
amount of a million copies, or more. The
book in question contains a pleasing and pro
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glees and songs, nnd a number of sacred tunes
ana untbems. ll costs nut nine more man
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that is, but $7.50 per dozen, and tho enter
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will scud a sample copy for 75 cents, post
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