EXllYA. PARSONS, Jr., Editor Rnd Pnbllslier.
ELK COUNTY-THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Two Dollar per, Annum.
VOLUME III.
RIDGAVAY, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1873.
NUMBER 9.
VNCLE SAy
ST WILL, it, -
8omc men wc T ,
Borne werr f "'"' for great things.
Some it If ' "orn lor small)
Why th ' not recorded
But Uacle Bainr J? were born e.t nlli
cal WB oerWa he had a legitimate
8rj' "T.o'jrn with a talent,
Swi'orlP'ndland,'
a nd" -n spoon of silver,
Butllflnle 8' nie with a different brand)
vl mmy came holding an argument In
each hand.
Arguments sprouted within him.
And twinked in his little eye)
He lay and calmly debated
a j When average babies cry,
And seemed to be pondering gravely whether to
live or to die.
But prejudiced on that question
He grew from dav to Ihv.
And finally he concluded'
And
and so one
'Twas better for him to stey)
Into life's discussion he reasoned and
reasoned Ills way.
Through childhood, through youth, Into
manhood m
Argued nnd argued he)
Anil lie married a simple maiden,
Though scarcely in love was she )
But he reasoned the matter so clearly, she hardly
could help but agree.
And though at first she was blooming,
And the new firm started strong.
And though Uncle Sammy loved her,
c. , , And tried to help her along,
She faded away in silence, and 'twos evident
something was wrong.
Now Uncle 8ammy was faithful,
And various remedies tried)
He gave her the doctor's prescriptions.
Anil ti1i.ii t it ,,f 1 ; l .' . i . . '
But logio and medicine tailed him.
waj ouv Ull'U.
He laid her away In the church-yard,
Ho haggard and crushed and wnn
And reared her a contly tombstone
. , With all of her vil tiles on )
And ought to have added, "A victim of argu
ments pro and con."
For many a year Uncle Sammy
Fired uijay at his logical forte:
Discussion was his occupation,
And altercation his sport)
He argued himself out of churches, he argued
himself into court.
But alas for his pence and quiet,
One day, when he went it blind,
And followed his singulnr fancy,
And slighted his logical mind,
And married a ponderous widow Unit wasn't of
the arguing kind!
Her sentiments all were settled,
Her habits were planted and grown,
Her heart was a starved little creature
That followed a will of her own )
And she raised a high hand Willi Sammy, and
proceeded to play it alone.
Then Sammy he charged down Uon her
. With all of his strength and his wit,
And many a dextrous encounter,
And many a fair shoulder-hit)
But vain were his blows and his blowing: he
never could budge her a bit.
He laid down his premises round her,
He scraped at her with his saws;
He rained great facts upon her.
Anil reuil her the miirriuirf Intra,
But the harder he tried to convince her, the harder
uiiu uuruer sue was.
She brought home all her preachers,
As many as ever she could
With sentimi nts terribly settled,
And appetites horribly good
Who sat with him long at his table, and ex
plained to him where he stood.
And Sammy warn not long- In learning
To i'uliuw Hie awino- ot'livr ifown,
!?,' r"I-' lieJilllhl.ll In ITHl'-hlnu
Ine phase ol ner snuu- and her frown)
And she, with the bestof assertion, soon trumped
all his arguments down.
And so, with his life-aspirations
Thus suddenly brought to a check
And so, with the foot of his victor
Unceasingly, pressing his neck
He wrote on his face, "I'm a victim," and
drifted a logical wreck.
And farmers, whom he had argHed
To corners tight and fast,
Would wink at each other und chuckle,
And grin at him as lie passed,
As to Bay, "lly ambitious old fellow, your whip
pletree's straightened at lust. "
Old Uncle Sammy one morning
Lay down on lus comfortless bed,
And Death and he had a discussion,
And Death came out ahead:
And the fact Unit suk failed to start him was only
uccause lie was uuuu.
The neighbors laid out their old neighbor,
With homely but tenderest art)
And some of the oldest ones faltered,
And tearfully stood apart;
For the crusty old man hud often unguardedly
shown them bis heart.
But on his face an expression
Of quizzical study lay,
As it he were sounding the angel
Who traveled with him that day.
And laying the pipes down slyly for an argument
on uie way .
And one new-fashioned old lady
f elt caueu upon to suggest
That the angel might take Uncle Sammy,
And give him a good night's rest,
And then introduce him to Solomon, and tell him
to do his best.
Harper1! Weekly.
LOT'S WIFE.
Thrkk of us held Joint possession of a
" claim" in one of the rural districts ot
the placer-mining country. At first we
had excellent success; the sand seemed
rich with dust, and several small nuggets
of the pure ore attested our risi.ig for
tunes. In a 6hort time, however, the yield
began to diminish; somehow it didu't
seem to "pan out" well. Our scanty
washings of dust grew scan tier every day.
mere was lime cuaneu 101 luiimiire in
the life we led. We worked hard in the
" diggings" all day, taking our cold snuck
at noon : and morning and evening "took
turns" in our culinary duties, and the
keeping of our little sliauty. Upon wash
ing days "few and far between" alter
wrestling mightily with soiled garments
and creek water, augmenting considerably
therein the alluvial depoflt, wo were wont
to lounge in triune council, smoking our
pipes of peace, and viewing complacently
our renovated apparel, dripping and sway
ing upon the tops of the neighboring
brush.
The surrounding "claims," with the
exception of one adjoining, had been
worked out and abandoned long ago; but
with a pertinacity born of necessity, we
had duug to ours. We had put in every
thing we had, here; and it must be a hard
struggle which should cause us to throw
it all up, and leave empty-handed. The
boys in the next claim were either "harder
up" or more easily discouraged than we,
for after trying in vain to sell out. thev
abandoned their claim and left the mines
entirely all but one man, who. for some
reason best known to himself, decided to
remain Denina.
There were no other occupied "claims"
within a space of three miles ; and our
nearest point of obtaining supplies being
a day's journey out, one can easily imag
ine that in our isolated situation the ain
of a comrade was not a merely nominal
consideration.
Tomkins, the new-comer, or "Lot," as
he was familiarly called, was a character.
Originally a New Hampshire man, and
shiftless as only a degenerate scion from
the thrifty New England stock can be, he
had emigrated from the "land of steady
habits," llrst to the West, and from thence
to our American " El Dorado." Fated
to disappointment he had drifted about
hither and thither, led by one freak and
another, until finally he bad settled down
in the mines. Lot was a famous story-
tailor ti Knn nrltn r In lprronrlurv Inrfl. find
rich In store of quaint olu-time ballads. In
the beginning of his life with us, he might
have been often heard hilariously chant
ing In a high-pitched nasal tene :
' The sand with gold dust Is thick,
Ho, boys, hoi
Pick np lumps as big as br'ck,
Of Callforny gold!"
Humorous, tsy, and with a strong dash
of egotism, combined with persistent good
nature and lively credulity such was
Lot, as we first knew him at the mines.
Eventually, however, his enthusiasm died
out; for, as Lot himself feelingly ex
pressed it : "The darn thing was een-a-most
gin eoutl"
As I have before stated, for some rea
son best known to himself, Lot had con
sidered it expedient to remain behind, at
the time his partners abandoned his claim.
Our explanation of this was.that to his easy
disposition it seemed less difficult to "bear
the ills he had" than to subject himself
to theexertlon of seeking those he "knew
not of." Subsequently,', however, consid
erable additional light was thrown on the
subject.
One afternoon It might have been
three weeks after the- exodus of Lot's
partners one of our neighbors, engaged
in mining three miles further up the
gulch, reined into camp on his way back
from the city, where he had been to de
posit his dust In the Miner's bank, and
get out a lot of supplies.
" Halloo 1 George I Chris! Here are
letters for you 1" he cried, tossing us the
welcome missives.
Lot, loitering up, with quizzical smile,
perpetrated his standing joke :
" Wall, saay, ye ain't got nothin' fur
me, now, ain't ye?"
" No, I guess not," returned the other,
with a peculiar twinkle beneath his bushy
eyebrows ? " but thar's a woman an' four
small children en the way, asking fur just
sich a looking feller as you."
Lot's jocularity vanished in an Instant ;
his jaw dropped, and with visible agita
tion he blurted out :
" Come, naow. none of yer foolin' I Ye
don't pull that on with me !"
"Fooling? Nary time I It's sober
truth."
A sickly pallor swept over the man's
countenance, nnd he seemed to shrink
within himself until dwarfed much below
his usual dim'nutive stature.
"What? what's that yeou say?" he
stammered wildly.
" I say a woman an' four small children
ar' coming this way, searching for a hus
band nnd father."
" How fur behind ?" gasped the anxious
Lot, whose legs were fast getting tremu
lous under him.
"Oh, a matter of three mile, or there
abouts!" and with a nod and knowing
glance, and "JNo turtner news, boys!"
to us, the little mule, answering the spur
of his rider, struck into a brisk gallop,
which speedily carried them both out ol
sight.
There we stood, inquiringly facing Lot.
He gulped awhile ; but finally out with
it:
"The fact is, boys I'm married!"
And with this lucid explanation, Lot,
with rapid and somewhat unsteady step,
disappeared within his cabin.
Afer a few seconds, he hastily emerged,
bearing in his hands a pack of thumbed
and greasy cards, a set of dice, several
worn " dime novels," and an old " Com
lqiie Songster."
" I iriicss. boys. I shan't need these anv
longer," lie snifl. fluent., v.u,if.iii .1
tcrnaiviy stanuiiig on one 1001, huu men
shifting his weight to the other ; " so I
thought I'd clean 'em eout. Some wim-
men tolK is perticKener, ye snow.
Chris took the articles, ana onered to
keep them for him.
" wai, it ye ve a minu to. j. a De mucn
obleeged to ye. It mought be possible
barely possible, ye know they'd come
linndv some time." And Lot. his neck
just bending to receive the yoke, looked
torwaru witn vague expectancy to a uitu
chance of future release.
Pitying the poos fellow's evident dis
comliture, we refrained from joking or
nuestioning lilm. and impatiently awaited
those "coming events" which had so un
mistakably "cast their shadows before."
Just at sundown, a novel train was seen
wending its way toward the camp. Lot
stood in the door of his cabin, while we,
drawn together a little in the background,
watched for developments. In advance
rode a figure in female apparel, perched
unon the back of a gaunt pack-norse, a
child, iust past the threshold of infancy
clasped by one arm, and another, also of
tender years, sitting astride the pillion,
its limited embrace aspiring to encircle
the maternal waist. A trille in the rear
came a rouah mountaineer, in the capacity
of guide, sandwiched between two chil
dren of a larger growth, the elder of
whom could not have exceeded the age of
ten years. A monstrous dog of the St.
Bernard breed formed, successively, flank
and rear.
Checking the beast within a few rods of
us, the woman gave a keen, scrutinizing
glance around, which rested at last fixedly
upon the countenance of Lot.
"That's him!" she exclaimed, in a
strong, decided, though not unmusical
voice, nodding signilicantly to the guide.
"We'll stop.'r
Clasping" the Infant tightly, and loosing
the arms of the other from about her
waist, down she slid, lithe as a young
girl; and in a twinkling had the three
children on their feet, and the young
est transferred to the arms of the ten-year-old.
Lot waited in an apparently dejected
mood, while she settled with the guide
from her own pocset, with business-like
rlisnateh. Then she led her little brood.
followed closely by the dog, up to the
At w.frvl KAf'o nohln
"Well, Lot, we've come."
"I see vou have. Marier!"
And the door closed upon Lot and his
family.
On the ensuing morning we were aoie
to arrive at a more correct estimate of the
new comer, who early introduced nerseit
to us as "Lot's wire." one was 01 iair
complexion, short in stature, and very
slim about the waist. Her thin flaxen
hair was drawn smoothly back ironi a
prominent forehead, and fastened in a
tight button-like knot at the back of her
neck, .uesiiess oiue eyes, a simrp uose,
thin cheeks, and a firm, large mouth, fill
ed with even, white teeth, completed the
list of her personal characteristics. Ener
gy, decision, business, was written on
every lineament 01 ma muo woman b
countenance spoke in every restless move
of her "lissome" body.
In the-first three sentences she spoke a
contract was matured, to the effect that
we, furnishing the wherewith, 6nouia
thenceforward look to her to "keen the
not boiling," at the average rate of
"twenty-live cents a head" per diem
Lot's children were miniature repro
ductions of the mother ; and were under a
control little short of automatical. Even
Lion, the great St. Bernard, seemed to
know his place, and .performed various
useful duties, under the judicious eye ol
his mistress and ruling spirit.
" Never had much o.iluion of dogs, any
way," she said, rather apologetically, one
morning, as distributing our breakfast,
she glanctd at Lion and tiie infant, rolling
and gamboling together in the deep, warm
sand. " Never could bear one, uutll Lion
there, then onlv a hali'-irrown nun, saved
my first baby. He, j ust a weeny, toddling
thing, got out of the door, and down to old, with a dilapidated chair, as a rest, MISCELLANEOUS PARAGRAPHS,
thfi r.rmk! and the first thlnir I saw was stood behind his father's rifle.
the dog, bringing him out, strangled and The she-bear and her cubs were grit to Alabama corn Is up and ready to bo
dripping In his mouth. 1 wouldn't part the backbone. noed.
with that dog for his weight In gold ! ' " Who are you?" she cried, eloquently CoLUMncs County, Ga., is hunting an
v natever loot's inmost mind or secre; gesturing to mo crowu wi i w unoccu- escaped tiger.
rrnininorn. his nnturnrri lltn hnro nvlilnnrp I nlnil nnnil. tnai luKe mo uuxuii'ss ni uie . a , j jt u.i.i
r- - - , . r . . , i . i i . - ..,n h..,r. i I.UK1UA crows live iiuuuruu uubhuio 01
nf m.rlarl vaunlnHnn tAnraril lha cMii nf A Im irhtu ImIa vnt r flWn nftll MR. find RPllrl I . . .
r ? i . . iTiu... .....v j -, " swcei potatoes to tne acre.
I1U1I1U1 Utlll VUIUUU3 I11UUJ5LIJ'. XI J lUUlO I ItllU DUUIO 11C IlllO ,...v. ...w .mo
presence, witnout a prayer ior mercy r
Which would be the better, you or him?
Leave him to us this night, and as surely
as there Is a heaven aoove us, in tne morn
no judicial magnate ever clothed himself
in dignity and reticence more severe than
characterized Jot under the new admin
ifitration, at whose head stood his brisk ing you shall come in without hindrance? own
little wile. lou can guard tne caum. .mere is no
To us, the advent of Lot's wife marked danger he will escape yeu 1"
the commencement of a new era ; whole- There was a murmur among the 41 vigl-
some food, a tidy cabin, and, above all, Iantes." Their task was a harder one
no more darning of socks, or washing- than they were prepared to execute ; and
days. The wilderness had begun to bios- perhaps a thought of wives and children
An Indianapolis hen thinks two cpzs a
day something to crow about.
Why is a newspaper like a wife? Be
cause every man ought to have one of his
som. We even attained to, now and then,
the luxury of a " bilcd shirt." We were
opening up a new and richer vein in our
claim, and prosperity and contentment
smucd upon us.
It was an evil dav that dawned upon
our camp in the gulch, when one of the
boys, ten miles above us, turned In on his
way to the city, almost prostrate from a
sudden attack of mountain fever, and
with money to pay a note which had be
come due on a quartz mill. He wanted
to know if any of us were going in, as he
could make it worth our while to do the
errand for him, he remaining at our cabin
until the messenger's return. As it hap
pened, wo were not intending to go for
several days, our stocK ot supplies on
hand being considerable, and not having
enough dust to pay for carrying it to the
oanK.
Lot's wife, however, on learning the
state of affairs, was observed to commu
nicate some instructions to the ten-year-old,
who immediately "lit out" in the di
rection of his father's claim. A few mo
ments, and Lot himself came in. He was
willing to accomodate, and would go to
the city. His claim wasn't paying him
much ; and he might as well look about a
little. All of which familiar terms might
have been translated to mean that his wife
was not at all averse to earning the
"something;" before intimated, which
should "make it worth his while." None
of us questioned Lot's honesty, and we
made haste to get him off as soon as pos-
sio:e.
if ..-.n nf,n- i t r.,i l r f.A .... r : ,i
il ithq line, uiiiiiaii vi wic dioitiii vmj ,
when he was seen riding furiously toward
the camp, looking neither riffht nor left.
bating neither breath nor speed, until, op
posite his own threshold, he leaped to the
ground, dashed inside the cabin, and
slammed to the door.
at, home moved them a little to this un
wonted leniency. A brisk conference, and
the leader said :
"Have your way. Make the mostot
your time. We'll not disturb you until
morning."
x ou are not deceiving mo v sue saia,
watching the while with eyes which
seemed to pierce like sharp steel points.
A hoarse murmur ran tnrougn tne
crowd.
"No! no! Fair playl"
For a moment the woman's strength
seemed to fail, and she leaned heavily
against the casement ; another, and she
disappeared within, the taitntui dog lol
lowing, protectingly, close behind.
The men DivouacKeu arouna tne cauin,
disposing themselves for the nisrht. two
or three appointed sentinels keeping vigi
lant watch. The other memDors ot the
camp, unable to sleep, had kept wakeful
vieil. uslner our little Influence and knowl
edge of the accused s inoffensive dispo-
HlllUn lO IlltllUl;, 11 yuooiuic, inn Jll-JU-
dice which we found greater tlian the real
weight of evidence anamsc mm.
I:i an affrav. two men had been stabbed
one seriously, one futally; and Lot's
hand held a bloody knifet Innocent men
have been hanged, even after full judicial
trial, under circumstantial evidence iar
less convincing than this.
As the night wore away, I restlessly
paced the camp. An occasional sound
came from the guarded cabin, but other
wise all was still-
Once, about midnight, after a prolonged
scratching at the door, it was opened to
let out the dog. A stream ot light Hashed
out; but I caught no glimpse of those
within. The dog. poor iciiow, as tnougn
his canine spirit seemed to comprehend
the fatal danger impending over those he
loved, with drooping head and pendent
We had scarce time to wonder at tills tail, slunk through tBe open space.
strange and unusual proceeding, when
there swarmed upon us a party of men
armed, and stern, members ot a vigilance
committee.
Their errand was soon made known ;
they were in pursuit of the unhappy Lot.
A party instantly surrounded his cabin.
Then the whole of the unfortunate aflair
came out. Lot's spirit, released from its
accustomed restraint, had rebounded like
a balloon that has thrown over its ballast.
"Marier's" last words were useless as the
wind against this sudden and overwhelm
ing elation, born of renewed liberty. His
journey furnished him golden opportu
nity, tnougn unci, ior uie renewal oi muse
harmless indulgences of lato so religiously
foregone.
A cnanco acquaintance, met jwst m mu
frieildfv tlnnleln theTiearenl siiiSCSf. -A,
exchange ol goouieiiowsnip eveuiuany
resulted in many more, iflider the com
bined influence of which, no Rothschild
ever felt richer than did Lot with the
trust-nionev in his hand.
What occurred thereafter, passed to Lot
like a troubled dream. There was a vague
remembrance of all hands at the bar, a
Good Lion! Poor fellow! Come here!"
I called.
He lifted his head at the sound of my
voice, raised his muzzle mournfully in the
air, then drooping it again, went on, soon
disappearing in the adjacent chaparral.
At tne nrsc mint streaK oi ciav uie -vig
ilantes" bestirred themselves, and in
knots discussed the grave business before
tliem. The excitement ot tne past nignt
had worn away, and in these calmer mo
ments not one of those most eager for
duty then, but wished himself relieved
iroiu tne painiui respunsiuuuy ucvoiving
unon him.
There was yet no sign of life about the
cabin.
Never. I think, did the solemnity of the
occasion appeal more forcibly to the hearts
vigiunu" iney were conn
nrwnnlil bo found gililtv. with vuiuni
subdued, and quiet mien,they awaited tne
action of their leader, who humanely
postponed, to the last possible moment,
lila nllli'inl summons.
Just as the sun's disk appeared aDOve
the horizon, three of the committee ad
vancing knocked upon the door. With
scuffle, a pistol-shot or two: and then the eyes red and swollen with weeping, Lot's
mad raee home, a trust betrayed, the wife opened it wide,
stain of blood on his hands, and the "Vigi- With a sickening sensation I f.iil to de-
lantes" close upon his heels. scribe, I awaited what was to follow. A
They were sure enough of him now 12 suggestive rope lay where it had been
men to one, ar.d he trapped nice a prairie- thrown, at the loot ot a neigiiDonng tree
dog in his hole.
Liot.', the huge St. Bernard, came smell
ing at the garments of the invaders, look
ing up with large inquiring eyes. Hall
unconsciouslv.the leader patted the rough
head carressinglv. is it rubbed against
his hand. The dog, friendly to the friend
lv, reared upon lus hind legs and placed
liis fore-paws on the leader's shoulders
f-tanding a hail head tauer man tne man
himself.
Meanwhile, neither sound nor light
eamo from Lot's cabin, lilon. goin;
over, puihed at the door with a' low
whine. Speedily following, the leader.
with three of his men, knocked lor admit
tance. Straightway in the door appeared Lot's
wne.
"Gentlemen, what will you have?"
" We have business with your husband,
madam. Will you ask him to step out
sider'
" Mv husband Is not able to attend to
business to-nieht."
"But our business is Important, and
cannot wait. If he does not come out, we
must come in."
With a shudder I recalled the many times
T.ot had sat under the shadow ol it
brandies, his children playing about his
knees
Chris and George had followed at the
heels of the other party
A resounding slap upon the shoulder
nearly sent me reeling to the earth
A young woman's conundrum Who
Is our favorite ltoman hero? Answer :
Mariug.
A riiYsiciAN says mosquitoes have In
their veins some of the best blood in the
country.
Mexico is said to be like the earth, be
cause it has a revolution every twenty
four hours.
You'rk a fool if you're a walker In a
pond, you're a philosopher if you popder
in your walk.
A'DESroTic Delaware judge fined a law
yer one dollar for merely eailinir him "a
bloated old rhinoceros."
A Danbury man was much relieved to
find that the terra Credit Mobilier was not
a name for hog cholera.
Prof. Mudgb says that, as Kansas be
comes more thickly settled, many fossil
ized elephants will be dug up.
A New Hampshire woman who re
mained a spinster until she was sixty, has
just buried her fourth husband.
A grave charge has been made against
a young lady of Augusta, Ga. She is ac
cused of stealing flowers from a ceme
tery.
1 he extensive condensed milk lactones
in Switzerland use 20,000 quarts of milk
dally, and four-fifths of tl,e product is ex
ported to England.
A house is never perfectly furnished
for enjoyment unless there Is a child in it
rising three years old, and a kitten rising
six weeks. Southey.
New England farmers believe that the
immense abundance of maple sugar this
season will compensate lOr the severe
Winter they have suffered.
By carefully computed estimates it is
ascertained that England is now as fully
supplied with breatistuffs as she ever was
at this season of the year.
A fashionable New York gentleman
thinks that if ladies would only use their
powder-puffs more sparingly, men would
get through the season with only one
dress-coat.
A FAsniONAiii.B young lady of Phila
delphia dropped one of her false eyebrows
in a church pew, and badly frightened a
young man next to her, who thought it
was ms moustacne.
An aged negress in Delaware is said to
have turned white recently. Exchange-.
l es, sue married a ieiiow named w nite.
and then turned him out of doors three
weeks after the event.
A cultivatko showman propounds the
following conundrum : Q. What trans
formation takes place in an infuriated ele
phant when he charges upon a crowd ot
people? A. He becomes a turner in
ivory. '
Wealth has now all the respect paid
to it which is due only to virtue and
talent, but we can see what estimate God
places upon it, since He often bestows it
unqn the meanest aud most unworthy ot
Did our readers ever near tnnr to..w
lady acquaintances ask each other :
"What's your politics?" and then giggle?
The question has a hidden meaning. or
explanation apply to the first lady you
know wno wears a large Dustie.
No man. when he violates the truth,
can tell of what sin he Is guilty ; where
his falsehood will penetrate, and what
misery it will create. It may culminate,
it may kill, it may embitter, it may impov
erish. What evil it may prove you can
not tell.
In a Chicago court of fusticc they tried,
the other day, to decide how much weight
constituted a load ior a horse. The ques
tion is just as easy to decide and no
easier as how mucn a man can nit, or
how much a man can do. It depends
upon the horse slightly.
and
Vinncolinlil nffi.nHrtna nnil Irtves
"By the great Moses, that little woman's are graceful things, they are graceful in
brick 1" the noor. The ties that bind the wealthy
nllFi 1 I. i i- "II, .'.111 I I.. I A . . - ,
and the proud to home may he iorged on
earth, but those which link the poor
man to his numDie neartn are oi me
true metal, and bear the stamp of heaven.
A New England farmer sent to an or-
lcngth of time, and I ain't half satisfied.
1 don't want to raise a fuss, but "
"Whit's the matter, John?" inquired
half a dozen voices: "what do you mean;
have wo done anything to hurt your feelings?"
i es. you have, an; ail ot vou nave
hurt my feelings, and I've got just this
to say aoout it: hero's every gal in the
room been kissed nigh a dozen times
apiece, and here's my wife, who I consid
er as likely as any of 'em, has not had a
single one to-night, and I just tell you,
now, if she don't get as many kisses the
balance of the time as any gal In the
room, the man that slights her has got
me to light, tliat'sa'l. Now go ahead with
your plays."
Beet Sugar.
Now that the sufileet of beet sugar Is
engrossing the attention of so many tann
ers, everything from which information
can be gained on this point, is of interest.
We extract the following from a lecture
delivered before the Oakland, Cal., Farm
ers' Club, by Prof. Partz :
in the year 1747, juargrai, a iseriin
apothecary, discovered in a plantgrowing
wild on the snores oi tne mediterranean,
a certain amount of sugar Identical with
cane sugar. He communicated the fact to
the Berlin Academy and recommended
the cultivation of the plant for the extrac
tion of sugar from it : but at that period
chemistry was just struggling forth out
of alchemy and the time for the realization
of such a plan had not yet dawned. Since
then from that wild plant has been devel
oped the present sugar beet, and out of
that little discovery by Margraf. has
grown one of the greatest industries of
the present day. an industry which has
spread all over Central Europe and is evi
dently destined also to spread over a large
portion of this continent.
in K73 Acnard, another i'russian, re
vived Margraf 's project. Ho carried on a
series of experiments in raising beets and
making sugar on nis tarm at nauisdon,
near Berlin, and aided by the government,
he founded in 179U upon the domain ot
Cunern in Silesia the first beet sugar fac
tory, in UirJ no presented several loaves
of beet sugar to the king of Prussia;
however, the enterprise not being remu
nerative and giving too little promise ot
becoming so, was aDanooned.
Alter Acnard had puDiisiied in uvi his
first report of makiug sugar from beets,
the English government, frightened at
the prospect of a competition with the
cane-sugar of the West India colonies,
offered him a large sum of money to ac
knowledge publicly that he had Deen mis
taken in the results of his trials ; but he
indignantly retused the oner. The state
ments ot tne amount oi sugar oouuneu d v
Achard vary between one and three per
cent.
The heet Rutrnr nroiect assumed a differ
ent aspect when, by Napoleon's decree of
the 2lt ot .November, lsus, the harbors ot
the European continent were closed
against the products of British colonies,
while England In return, prevented the
products of oilier colonies from entering
continental harbors. The price of sugar
rose in Germany to over one thaler per
pound, and there, as well as in France,
tiuct ausrar factories sprunff up and did a
lucrative business, although the yield of
sugar scarcely reached three per cent. It
is now In France from seven to eight, in
Gemanv and llussia from eight to nine
per cent. A suga"rv working 600 tons of
bent In s campaign was then thought
men's working ' over oo3f
attention was paid to the agricultural
part of tho business, especially to the
raising of the right kind of beets, since
experience had taught that beets were
wanted which were rich in sugar and poor
in salts.
Although tho sugar beet will grow in
almost any soil, a deep, sandy loam Is
best suited to it3 nature. In fact, good
grain land is also good beet land. In a
country where the summers are hot and
dry, a stronger and more retentive soil is
required than where they are cooler and
more humid. Soil charged with mineral
salts must be avoided, for they are eager
ly absorbed by the beets and are a hin
drance to tho extraction of the sugar.
It is tit for cultivation nearly all over the
United States, so far as the soil permits.
Concerning Door-Mats.
The English Poisoner. .
In a late paper I read the trial and con
viction of the woman Cotton, who, I sup
pose, has poisoned twenty persons some
nusDands ana many cnuaren oi ner own
among them under circumstances ottho
most serene and complacent selfishness.
It Is dlfllcult to imagine that this woman
should bo a fellow-creatuie, and almost
makes one wonder whether some of us
are not devils already. With respect to
this modern Brinvilliers. her case seems
t contradict a very striking remark that
I once heard made by Mr. Delane, tho
editor of tho TVwim, and one who by his
social position must needs bo as well ac
quainted with our aristocracy as most
men. He said that more murders were
committed quiet puttings away of fath
ers and elder brothers in the few acres
on which stand our most fashionable
squares than 4n any similar area in Eng
land, because the position of tho inhabi
tants places them above the reach of a
coroner's inquest. The obsequious fami
ly physician sees the necessity of avoid
ing "exposure," and of "shielding a no
ble house from scandal ;" and giving the
fullest benefit of his doubts to the case in
?uestion, he signs his ccrtilicate of " died
rom natural causes." This may perhaps
be the case; but certainly it seems that
the very poverty of a household may also
exempt what occurs in it from public in
quiry, since Mary Ann Cotton has been
at her deadly work for these twenty years
with perfect impunity. There was no
pretense of jealousy, hate, or passion to
account for any of her crimes ; they were
all committed because the victim was
more or less a burden to her, or was In
sured for a few pounds in a benefit club.
She is described as comely, quiet-looking,
and almost lady-like, yet very resolute
mucn tne sort or person mat one wottui
picture one of Miss Nightingale's yallant
band of hospital heroines to be. God
help tho man or child, however, who
trusted to her tender mercies !
She who had seen so many little chil
dren die in agonies, and tended them from
first to last with her cruel, careful hands.
wnfl va n ri tnlfl ' p YPPfltti vol V nffpe.rprl ' '
by her own sentence, and protested
against it in her quiet, sullen way. Quite
otherwise did a certain lively young rep
robate behave on his conviction at the
Central Criminal Court last week, who,
by his careless abandon and close Imitation
of "the Artful Dodger," won more of my
sympathies than 1 care to own to. l le
was "sentenced, notwithstanding all his
gifts, to seven years' penal servitude ; and
alter he had heard his doom pronounced
made this astounding proposition to the
udge, " 1-iOOK nere, my lord, i n toss
vou, double or quits, whether it snail ue
fourteen yean or nothing .'" London Cor.
Harper a Isazar,
Iris reported from Philadelphia that
the nnhle. little bov who. during the late
nnniillintr winter, stole three hundred and
ten door-mats, and with the proceeds
thereof maintained his infirm and irre-
Whatls it. Chris?" I asked in aston
lshnient : for his lively tone was anything
but appropriate for the occasion.
"Come and see l ' anu seizing me Dy uie
arm, he commenced dragging me toward
LiOtSCADin. utiun nuvllim flip II tldV thllt WHS "Smart. l.l.l ..,,.,1,.. lo .( nn.cmil eni-klncr
A sudden revelation came to me. Lot " " -r; -,-r -nramn, indu - K.
. better so r . ' t:" !.." i". Ti! ii,
In calling attention to his case, we uesire
less to advertise his individual worth than
to remark that his theory of life is by no
means unique. Indeed, ir, appears to us
ter of the room ; while Lot's wife, stern
had committed suicide! Well, better so
than the hangman's noose !
Entering the cabin prison, a singular int..ndent wrote back that unfortunately
spectacle presented itselt. 1 he commit- tllt,y oniy human boys In that institu-
tee &IOOU 111 a uismaitu piuuji m wii- tlOn.
trious, clean, pious, intelligent, good-look
ing, reserved, and mouesi. 'A ne super-
and resolute no longer, bent over the
huge dismantled carcass of poor Lion.
Gone was the nerve, the passion and
power, which had, tne ingnc previous,
supported and lilted ner above her sex
I . . . . r. nnnt.i.fa nnrl . r . i ....
JiViuBUlii cum jcauuwa, aun ccij-
body knows that some are full and plump,
while others have little or nothing in
them ; but everybody docs not know that
before the retailer gets nis peanuts iney
are separated, tho full from the empty,
"Gentlemen, you cannot see my hus- PP" ' ' L "Vi " t?"' are separated, t ie iu i irom t ic i empty d 8ell t, lr preferred Btock at a pre-
band to-night!" Her voice was firm, " "? " rX,.;7S .An J oy, means oi a uui, u ouu uw... mium) putting tie money into tne coiiin-
that American society, just now, has re
solved itself into a vast organization to
encourage the lilting ot door-mats ior oen
evolent. nurnoses.
Eminent business men who lend their
names to strengthen a rotten speculation,
and sell their preferred stock at a pre
de-
even, decisive ; perhaps a trifle more
eisive than usual.
The dog, crouching at her feet, gave a
low growl.
" Woman, we have no time to bandy
words! Let us Pass?"
The dog rose partly up, with a menac
ing growl. The woman behind him
seemed to rise and expand in the white
heat of passion that possessed her. Her
voice was high and shrill :
"And 1 say you shall not pass! you that
come, 12 armed men, with murder in your
hearts, to take an innocent man out from
the midst of his helpless children. I swear
that you shall not touch a hair of his head
to-night!"
As she snoke. drawing with dextrous
hand a "Colt's navy" from the folds of
her dress, sne neid it at mil cock, Dear
lng straight upon the leader's heart. Not
a man auionr them but was touched at the
sight of this dauntless devotion; yet
amotion must not prevent the discharge ol
duty,
usual, there was yet a something touching
in her weakness; perhaps because it was
so foreign to Iter nature,
Lifting her woe-begone countenance as
1 approached, sne excianneu, broken
lv:
'I d a most ratner uieu man a aone it;
but there wasn't no other way I"
Hardly had the news ot the escape
spread through the camp, when a horse
man, riding at DreaK-necu speeu, came, iu
the midst of a cloud oi dust, flying up the
trail. In his hand he bore a white signal.
which he persistently waved as he had
advanced. Dashing "into camp, he threw
himself breathlessly into the midst of the
"Vigilantes."
"Where's the man you were going to
hang?"
Escaped."
Thank God ! for he didn't do It ! 'Fris
co Bill has confessed the deed !"
Then the cheers that rang out might
almost have rent the heavens in twain ;
but Lot's wife, alone with her sleeping
prices.
"Gentlemen of the jury," said a judge
In summing up, "in this case counsel on
hn ;h sides are lninuuent anu liicreuiuiu:
the witnesses on both sides are Indecent
liiiiiaii-hov. urn followim the footsteps oi
the filial little boy. Traders who sell dis
honest good6, and who live cleanly and
hniiil churches: voung woincnwbo, with
out love, marry for money or a position
A Cure for Girdled Trees.
Since the winter of 1SG7 and 18GS, there
have been none more favorable for field
mice, saj's the A'ew York TYibune, than the
one just ended, uvcr a wide range ol
country tho ground was covered with a
heavy body of snow in December. This
as added to oy irequent storms, anu it
remained during the entire Bcason. In
closely planted orchards, the snow was
piled in places several leet in thickness
ior eignt or nine weeks, and altorded lust
the conditions most propitious for these
active pests.
Under such circumstances it will be
strange if, on disappearance of nature's
iker thousands ot irun trees are not
in or near praSVjV.a. -iVJTJ"
the bark has been gnawed all around and
six to twelve inches in width, are sure to
die within a year unless prompt measures
are taken to make connection between
the bark above and that below the wound.
The prescriptions which have been pub
lished from time to time are as numerous
as flies in mldsunmer, and most of them
as unsatisfactory. Where only a third or
a half of the circle has been made, leaving
a connecting strip, then, by covering the
bare part with a coating of cow droppings
and yellow clay, the young bark will
grow over the wound much sooner than
if left exposed. Where there is no sucli
connection, nowever, tne uest anu most
simple method of forming one and the
mtJihod that never fails is to insert scions
(one, two, or three, as the case may re
quire), bridging over the barked part.
The metnod is simpieanu rapiu.aim inosi
any one can do the job without dilllculty.
.iil&e Hie Kiuua ui inn, jem o v. ...... v.
wood, from young healthy trees, cut them
the right length, bevel each on the same
side at both ends. Then, with a budding
knife, make an Incision in the bark of the
tree above and below tho injured part,
and carefully press the scion in place.
Cover over where tne incision was iuaue
with grafting wax, and then wind around
the stem ot tne tree, at potn enus oi me
scions, some narrow strips of bass mat
ting, widen will Keep inein nrmiy in
place. For trees from which the bark has
only been gnawed half or two-thirds the
way round, one or two scions win oo
sulllcient ; but when there is no connec
tion left, it will be found advisable, par
ticularly on a large sized tree, to put in
three scions.
onrl Inerprlihle: and the plaintiff and de- or ease, and never forget morning prayers
funilsinr. hiith stum! auch acknowledged nnr the claims of Sundav-school. nay, who
rogues, that it is to me utterly indiiierent help indigent parents and iorwara me
n.i.iti wow vrtn nivo a vArfUpt. t nroanonta nt fmr and needy sisters : cler
gymen who, though God-fearing men
which way you give a verdict
The last dog story : A New Hampshire
canine being repeatedly baffled in the at
tempt to catch a wooucnucK in a long
drain, as it made i-s exit at the other end
as the dog followed tnrougn, Drougnt a
"But this man has committed murder- children, crouched in mournful silence
the gravest crime known in the eyes of
the faw. Public safety demands that
we deal with him according to the let
ter ef the law," expostulated the leader,
more moved than he cared to acknowledge.
A superb scorn overspread the woman s
features. Bending to touch the dog with
over the form of her poor, dumb sacrifice
silent and faithful even unto death.
Lakeside Monthly,
scruple net to till their pews by charla
tanrv. Riirl raise church funds bv world'
ly and unsanctitied means; that
whole greedv public which hankers
iv.v-..f ,i cinHrvM.,,1 i,im ur : tho for money and gets it how it may.
" 8" K " iihpiI to itself Tv the self-assurance
oiuer enu oi mcuuuu. ud uieu iuyv - ----- . ,i,f,,
i ,v....i. .i .t , ..,o I thut the hasp Ktnre shall be spent i nly for
caught humane and useful ends each and all or
phrase, 'Ihe army swore terribly at v -hliflMon . The belief that the
Et r?"' iSw er?" Meanders w eTd justifies the means is the worm at the
,! l.io TrW onrl tronprnl rllsre. TOOt Ol tne S0CUU tree,
DUblCl, B 1" " "
The carelessness
post-
Pickles. according to Dr. Hall, are
good foji those who crave them. He rea
sons that often the system needs an acid
that acids Dromote the secretion of bile.
arunt anarv onrl fricrlinor with Una rfrawn and that when a person craves something
F J. . V: , 1 . , . V It I, .lll frt. o wmotn for
threateningly oacK irom nis iormiaaDie sour m is unuuo uu"u, ii .aiivUj1v.
teeth. Then boldly throwing open the fever, or biliousness, or indigesUon. It
cabin door, she pointed with upraised Is the vinegar that does the good, lhere-
flnger. still holding the deadly weapon lore 11 is necessary mat piemen uouiu oo
tne army mat u curseu mm wim uu iia r - nrtlin .ti ,w nhit
strengtn. . , - well-intentioned people are
aimed full at the leader's heart. A scath
ing contempt rang in her words :
"Does that man look like a cut-throat?
Can you all, looking inside this cabin,
tell nu that vou are afraid to spare him
to his wife and children this one last
night?"
She paused a moment, glancing swiftly
around the circle of rough faces pressing
close upon her. The tableau within show-
made ef pure vegetable vinegar.
Prof. Henry says that fifteen tons of
anthracite coal burned In the furnace of
one of our best engines, exerts an energy
equal to that 6t an able-bodied slave
working ten hours a day for thirty years
of his active life.
Three American gardeners will be
d Lot. crouching unon a low camp-stool, allowed to raise vegetables in Austrian
pale, disordered, and snaking wuu terror, sou to compete ior uie agricultural pre-
i-luKninor in Vila trail the, vounirp.sb-hnm
the two girls, firm' and fearless as their
mother", were planted at his knees; while
between mm aim ine aoor, me ten-year
mlums at the Vienna Exposition.
The police of New Haven are no longer
10 De permiiied iv carry umbrellas,
Kissing the Bride.
A stalwart young rustic, who W.'S
known as a formidable operator in a "free
vei-v dangerous. Society rests on abso
lute lutearitv and honesty. If yea becomes
. IJ L. I ! . h n
nay, ana nay yea, 11 a puono man o
private citizen may, Dy any inuireuuou,
rirrhr hurl Inat marriprl hlnnmlnor flnrl tul'ft n lota which is not truly his Own
hpaiitifni vminwivinnrrirffiri nniypirrhteen without general reprobation, we have
nn (hut. rnftd which leads to &ren-
j. r. i ft .i. I .1 l T. A, A.n , a. inn ha had 1 1 tl
wnere a number or voung loiks oi ooia eraicuaos. 110 ticm uauo von
sexes were enjoying themselves in the ily maintained without an absolute re-
..,l stLLfoclilrvnorl no urn nlovlnor aMrln olnrru-ul relinnCA on the mere WOrd OI
F.verveirlin th room had been called masters and men.' Commerce would pe
out and kissed except Mrs. B-
, the disastrously hindered if commercial od-
K.iaiite.il rmmr- K.bla afr,PAOotr1 onrl dl. I UortltinnB WPM Hrrht.lV held.
though there was not a youngster present Horace Mann used to say that the la
who was not "dying" to taste her lips, miliar maxim, " Let iusuce be done,
th heavens fall." ought to be
horriiliian hnehoiiil nhn ofrvrwl ri.rrurilln a 1 rpnrWerl. " Trft lustlce be done, Ust Uie
the party with a look of sullen Slssatis- heavens fall," since it is oidy Justice that
faction. They mistook the cause ot his keeps the eternal arch seu-poisea
And
unu-.-r. hnwnvi-r. for. Biiririenlv rnlllnrr up lustice means absolute honesty. Each of
hia sltwvea. hn atnnpil Into thn middle of us knows for himself wherein he is con-
thA rnnm. and. In a tin rif volen that at vie.tiKl of the habitual taki"g of door-mats
nnn cunm,l niijrl.-ul olluntlnn sull- I fn nnhlfl PlillH. it in fuf Ca( k C f US 10
"Gentlemen, I have been noticing how make private restitution, and to abjure his
things have been working here lor sonje pleasant peculations. pcann aw
Changing Clothing.
Hkalth and sometimes life itself is
often lost by laying aside winter clothing
too early. .Laying uanneis asiuo in mo
spring is a most pernicious practice.
They Hre as necessary in July as in Janu
ary. We can better do without woolens
next the skin in mid-wintr than In mid
summer. We do not get overheated In
winter ; we do in summer ; and the most
frequent exciting cause of coughs, colds,
and consumption is a rapid falling of the
temperature 01 tne Dooy. ah are iamu
lar with the fact that a suddeji checking
of perspiration is always dangerous ; very
little exercise causes us to perspire in
sunmer, and a very slight oraio or air
checks the perspiration ; hence, eminent
French physicians nave statea, mat corns
taken in summer excite the most incura
ble forms of consumption, white wool
en flannel is a most efficient guard against
these sudden changes, because i Keeps
the heat of the body in, while it repels
the excessive heat from without; it con
veys the water of perspiration to its out
side, wnue ine Buriace next me onm
drier. We all know that silk, cotton, and
linen next the skin get saturated witn
water, and if, for an instant, the slightest
draf t ol air gets between mo e.iu mm mo
material, there is a cnarnei-uBo cuiu
when that material touches the skin.
The rule should be to wear wnite wom
en nannei next vne bain mi uio jcar
round ; thick in winter, a iitue ininner in
April, a gauze material on uie urui. uay ui
July ; on the first of October resume
what was laid aside in July ; on the first
of December put on the thickest, extend
ing to ankles and wrists.
These rules oi cnanges are especially
necessary to all old people, to all invalids
and young children ; day laborers and all
OUt-aoor workers wouiu uu iiicaicuiaoiy
benefited by the same observances.
Hall's Journal of Health for April.
Texas Is the third State In the Union,
a a w heats-growing State. The wheat
frop of Texas was, in average per acre,
ust equal to that of California last year,