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HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher.
NIL DESPEEANDUM.
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VOL. VII.
EIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PAi, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1878.
NO. 48.
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A Picture.
Tiro little souls, a boy and a girl,
Wandering on to the foot of tbe bill.
Bushos of green and blossoms of pearl
Laugh at themselves in the roadside rill.
Crossing the lane a gorgeous Jay,
Bathed in tbe light of a flattering ray,
Jauntily chatters, "Some day, some day !"
Two sweet sonls, a man and a maid,
(Beechen branches twisted above.)
Ticking the daises which sprinkle a glade,
And trying their luck at a game of love ;
"This year!" " Next year !" What do they
say?
And out of the beeches the curious jay
Feeps and chuckles, " Some day, Borne day !"
Two old sonls, and the end of the day
Follows them home to the end of the hill ;
One late gleam which has wandered astray
Breaks from a copse and dimples the rill.
Autumn leaves are strewing the way,
And hoarse from tho larch tho hungry jay
Shouts out to the night, "Some day, some day !"
Two poor souls, in the dead of the night,
Side by side, lie stiffened and still ;
And the winter's moon just softens her light,
As it solemnly rests at the foot of the hill.
llemembering tho bees and tho buds and the
May,
The summer gold and tho autumn gray,
And the warm gi'.en lane where the bootleB
P'ay,
In the crisp cold night the Bhivering jay
Croaks out of his dream, "Some dav, some
day !"
THE STAIN OF PARENTAGE.
In the woods foriniug what remains
of the forest of Ardennes, about ft mile
from a small village called Solenthel, a
narrow path lends to a high spot ence
occupied by charcoal burners, but now
abandoned. It was a gloomy place.
The ground for about ou acre was block,
xvhere charcoal had bceu burned and
Btored, whils a small fringe of green
gross stretched itself forward from the
road, nud commenced regaining the lest
ground. In the center was a deep hole,
o be entered only on one side by a path'
of narrow dimensions. In this was a
small hut, of wretched aspect, one of
the millions in France, where glitter
and glory hide misery worse than that
of Ireland in her worst days, where
Bouna ana snow conceal trom ns lo,U(R,
)00 of paupers. This hut had no win
dow. It was curved iu shape and close
ly resembled a wigwam of the poorest
class. It consisted of three poles stuck
in the ground, meeting at the top, these
tied together, and then, of course, thatch
and mud. A hole was left in the top for
the smoke to pass through. The floor
was of mud. In one corner was a pile
of straw, which, with two chairs and a
table, formed the whole of the furniture.
It was occupied by two women and a
larg dog. At the moment when our
narrative commences only one was at
Lome. She was about fifty, poorly bnt
not meanly clad. She was c'leau, neat and
tidy, and she plied her needle with un
ceasing energy. She was sewing for a
livelihood.
A short distance off, on the edge of
the wood, another woman, or rather a
young girl, dressed in the same manner,
was picking up wood and laying it in an
outeprrad cloth on the ground. She, too,
plied her work industrionsly, for until
sufficient fuel had been collected she
could not cook their humble dinner.
Presently she seemed satisfied with what
he had done, and was about to proceed,
"when two horsemen issued from tho
wood and camo along, walking their
horses slowly. Ono was a young man,
about five-and-twenty, rosy-cheeked,
handsome and full of health ;' the other
was ten years older, and evidently an
habitue of tho boulevards and the cafes
of Paris. His pale face, made paler by
tho thin black mustache and jet black
hair, his hollow, sunken eyes, spoke of
the man of late hours and pleasures.
His face was cold and repulsive, wh';Ie
that of the other was open and frank.
" What a wretched occupation for so
pretty a girl." said the young man, rid
ing quickly on, so as to speak first ;
" surely, ma chcre, you might put your
taper fingers to a better use. Here's
will buy you firewood for months."
And ho cast a double Napoleon at her
feet.
The girl raised her angelic face to his
sadly, reproachfully. She was about
eighteen. Her white skin, her blue
eyes, her curly, golden hair, her simple,
child like manner, was something he
had never seen before. Her expression
was timid, and yet proud, and looking
into her eyes, the young man was not
surprised at ths reply he received.
"Monsieur, I have done nothing to
give you a right to insult me. What
you have done may have been meant
kindly, bnt I ask alms of no one."
"Pardon, mademoiselle," exclaimed
the other, confused and stammering.
" I meant no insult. Pardon me, made
moiselle, I pray you. I thought you
poor, and my impulse was to aid you."
" Thank you, monsieur, for the first
kind word I have heard these fifteen
years, except from my own mother,"
said the young girl. " But go your way,
or else the whole country will shun you
toe."
"Begone, wretch 1" exclaimed the
other, riding up and raising his whip
nienaoingly ; " begone, viper, and dare
not speak to an honest man. "
The young man listened in amaze
ment. " I did not speak to monsieur ; mon
sieur spoke to me," said the girl gently,
with, however, a smile of pity and con
tempt. "Raise your accursed lips to me
again," cried the other furiously, "and
I will scourge you with my whip.
"jMonsieur ia perhaps a coward," said
the gentle girl, stung to anger for onoe,
turning at the same time to face his in
sults. " What 1 you dare answer me," and he
raised his hand again.
" Nay, Edward, you would not hit a
woman ?"
" A woman I Do yon call Madeleine
de Pierrepont. the child of the assassin
of my uncle Dubois, a woman? Bay,
rather a fiend," Bcreamed tbe usually
calm dandy.
"Madeleine de Pierrepont," replied
the other, .staggering bo that his friend
bad to turn his assistance to him.
" Madeleine de Pierrepont ? And this is
Madeleine de Pierrepont I Truly," he
muttered, aB he remounted his horse,
" she is not a woman."
The other imitated him, and they rode
off, leaving the young girl to weep alone.
In a few minutes, however, she wiped
her eyes, and then, fearful she might
be suspected of appropriating the gold
piece, she took it np, wrapped it in a
piece of paper, with the intention of re
turning it to its owner. She then lifted
up her bundle uand walked slowly to
wards the hut.
" Tell me the story of this girl," said
the young man, gravely.
The other told it :' " Fifteen years
before, the father of Madeleine de Pier
repont and a Monsieur Dubois, a rich
S-oprietor, had been intimate friends,
e Pierrepont was comfortably off,
from the fact of his having several oc
cupations. He was collector of the rent
of a rich member of his noble familv:
i he was tax-gatherer ond adjoint to the
aiatre. The Maire waa M. Dubois, a
rich man, but somewhat of a miser. It
appeared that ono afternoon Dubois
asked Pierrepont to walk over to a small
town at some distance to receive with
him a large remittance, with which he
had to pay a body of workmen employed
on -public works, and other expenses in
curred in the building of a church and
schoolroom. Dubois felt safer with a
companion. It was afterwards proved that
they received the money, dined togeth
er at the Soleil d'Or, drank rather more
than they were used to, and then, de
spite every representation, Bet out to
walk home, though De Pierrepont
wished to hire a gig. Next morning the
body of Dubois was found about a hun
dred yards beyond the house of De
Pierrepont, which was at the foot of a
hill that led wp to the village. All his
money was gone as well as his watch and
rings.
"A search took place iustautly.and De
Pierrepont as his companion, was visited
by the police ageut. De Pierrepont de
posed that Dubois, on reaching his
house, bade him go in. for that he could
go the hill safely nlone ; but still he re
quested him to 1 eep a bag of 1,000
francs in silver, because it was so heavy,
until the morning. This 1,000 francs
he gave np to the police. Of 10,000
iraucs m notes ho solemnly declared he
knew nothing. On this he was arrested
as the assassin, tried, found guilty and
sent to the galleys for life. His wife
solemnly declared that she heard Dubois
wish hsr husband good-night, and say,
laughingly: "I'll send a cart for the
silver in the morning." But instead of
benefiting him in the eyes of the world
she became his accomplice. To avoid
being hooted at in the streets, hhe left
the village, and every penny being spent
ere her husband's trial was'over, she ob
tained reluctant permission to dwell in
the charcoal-burners' dofterted hut. But
all shunned her and her child as they
would lepers, and to live she was obliged
to walk nine miles in search of work of
tho coaraest description. Leave ;he
country she would not, because sho was
born there, and she felt convinced that
her husband would be ultimately par
doned." " And you join, Edward, in the in
famous persecution. Supposing the
father guilty (which to me is not clearly
proved and you know I am a lawyer),
why should this poor child suffer for
the sins of her father? Why, the sav
ages of North America, where I have
jnst come from, are more civilized than
you. I see in this heroic couple subjects
of wonder and admiration, but not of
hate. Poor creatures ! Fifteen years
of misery have not satisfied you all, but
jou must still treat them as outcasts.
"My dear Arthur ; you have just come
from America, where it appears to me
you pick up very singular notions. For
my part the wife and daughter of an
assBassin, and the assassin of my uncle,
are detestable wretches whom I must
hate," said the other in his usual cool
way. His fit of anger was passed.
"Injustice, infamous injustice! I
think I see her meek face now, looking
at me so proudly ond yet so sweetly. I
never saw anything so lovely in my iife."
" Why, the man's in love !" exclaimed
Edward Dubois, the heir to the mur
dered man's property.
" Half; and what's more, Edward, do
you knew I'd marry that girl to-morrow
if she'd have me, but I know she would i
not."
"By my faith," said Edward, "you
amaze me ; ou i I am not easily amazed. ,
Of course you are joking."
" Time will show. But now, my dear
follow, adieu ; you follow that path iu
search of pleasure, I this on business."
" Adieu, a demain."
" Yes. You breakfast with me at the
little inn, you know."
" Agreed, my philosopher. Adieu."
And Edward Dubois galloped down a
narrow path leading to the chateau of a
certain Count de Jesson, who that day
gave a grand dinner and evening party.
As soon as Arthur saw that he was out of
sight he turned his horse's step and gal
loped hard toward the charcoal-burner's
hut.
When Madeleine returned to the hut
and began making a fire, she told her
mother what had passed and showed her
thi gold piece. They were used to this
kind of treatment, and the mother did
not feel it much now. The scorn of fif
teen years had made her despise the
world. But Modaleine seemed hurt.
" I do not care," she exclaimed aloud,
at last, " for what young Monsier Du
bois said: but I am vexed that the good
looking stranger should have said that I
was not a woman."
" You are not a woman, but an angel,"
exolaimed Arthur, solemnly. He had
approached on foot and had'heard a por
tiot of their conversation.
The mother and daughter stood still
in dumb amazement.
"You seem surprised, madam," said
the young man, addressing the mother.
"You will be still more bo when I add
that I have returned with the deliberate
intention of imploring you to give me
your daughter's hand in marriage; not
now, instantly, but when you know me
better."
" Monsieur I" exclaimed the mother,
indignantly, " this a too much. Go.
The felon's daughter is still too good
formsnlt."
"Madam," said Arthur, respectfully,
" perhaps your astonishment will cease
when I add that your husband is inno-
cent, and that I have come sixteen thou
sand miles to prove it."
" You are speaking seriously ?"
gasped the poor woman.
" On my soul and conscience," said
Arthur solemnly.
" Oh joy 1 oh joy I" shrieked the girl,
clasping the stranger round the neck;
" the savior has come at last."
" Be calm, my dear young lady, nud
I will tell you my story in a few words.
You will then understand my motives in
coming here. I scarcely expected t
find you here at Solenthrl, but at last
determined to try. I came yesterday
night, and I soon heard of your heroic
resignation and courage. Be seated,
dear girl, and listen to tidings that will
be joyful indeed to your filial heart."
Madeleine blushing, her color going
and coming, obeyed, and seated herself
on a log near the young stranger.
"lama young Frenchman, and about
seven years ago I immigrated to Peru in
search of fortune. I started as a lawyer
and found business plentiful enough.
I knew many Frenchmen in the place,
but a merchant of the name of Gaillord
was my most intimate friend. He was
twice my oge, grave, even sullen and
saturnine ; but lie had quaint ways, was
very charitable, aDd I liked him. Be
sides, the others were married, had fami
lies, and he was alone. We used to meet
of an evening at a cafe, play piquet,
and then walk home together, He was
rich and lived iu great style, but not in
any way up to his income People won
dered he never married ; but he said he
had beeu married, and was not inclined
to try the experiment again. He looked
with alarm at the prospect of my set
tling in life, and did all he could to
reserve unto himself eiie bachelor friend.
" About a year ago he fell ill, and the
doctor at once intimated to him that he
would urt recover. Apart from the dis
ease it, was a general break-up of nature.
"When he louud there was no hope
he sent for me.
" ' Versan,' said he, ' listen to a dying
man, ami interrupt me not. lou see ou
this bed an assassin, a thief, a murderer.
Fourteen years ago, sitting in a hotel, I
saw two men dining, one of whom had
just received sixteen or seventeen thou
sand francs. A dreadful thought enme
into my head. I was not poor, but I
was wicked. 1 followed these two men.
They walked ou their way to Solenthel
together. I dared not attack both, and
once or twice I thought of giving up my
fearful design. But at the house of one
Do Pierrepont they parted, and my vic
tim, Dubois, advanced alone
" I was monster enough to think that
heaven gave him up to me. I bounded
after him ; I gave myself no time for
thought ; I stabbed 'him iu the neck ;
killed him; took his money and fled. I
spare you my thoughts and my fifteen
years of suffering. I fled my country ;
t became a merchant rich respected;
but I have never had one happy moment.
Not only had I murdered him, but
Pierrepont was suspected, and sentenced
for my crime, only not to death, because
the jury hesitated. I thus ruined an
honest man, and sent his family to beg
their bread 1'
" ne paused. I spoke not ; too ab
sorbed in my horror.
" De Versan, listen to me, my friend.
Do not turn against me. I have left
you my sole heir.'
" Never will I ' ,
' Hark ; you must and you will.
Take my property, and think when you
enjoy it with pity on its guilty present
owner, and I will make a pnblio confes
sion, pay the heirs of Dubois their
10.000 francs, and, by proving my own
guilt, obtain the pardon of the innocent
De Pierrepont. Refuse and I will die
impenitent, for my only friend will have
deserted me.'
" I accepted."
"And may heaven bless you!" said
the weeping and sobbing mother, while
Madeleine laid her head in her mother's
lap.
"An hour later, in presence of the
French and EDgliHh consuls four Eng
lishmen and four Frenchmen, two priests
and the alcade Gaillard, or rather Mes
nard, made his solemn confession, which
was signed by all present, sealed, and
oue of two copies gived to me. That
copy is now in the hand of the minister
of justice, and here," drawing forth a
letter, is a copy of your father s free
pardon."
A wild shriek from both wemen was
his reply.
" And now, Madeline," said he, tak
ing the girl's hand, " before I have the
chance of rivals may I renew my request
for your hand ond heart ?"
" Monsieur, no man on earth can ever
do for me what yon have done. In an
hour I have lived years of joy ; that joy
I owe to you. Give me my father, ana
the lovo of my whole life, if you value
it, shall be your reward."
This sudden resolution of the young
girl, so natural under the circumstan
ces, was approved of heartily by the
niether. Next morning there sat in a
small inn in Solenthel, waiting for
Dreaiuast, a man, not out, but bowed by
years of woe. gray-haired and pale. On
each side of him sat a woman one his
wife, the other his daughter. They had
been talking for hours, and were not
yet wearied. A young man sat opposite,
his face beaming with delight. Several
times the waiter had announced break
fast, but the young man had always
bade him be quiet aud wait still awhile.
At length a hurried step was heard,
and the young Edward Dubois entered.
He started as if bit by a snake, and
would have left the room.
"Stop!" said Arthur, sternly, as he
caught him by the writt. "Rather
kneel and ask for pardon than fly. Read
this, man," and he put in his hand the
printed bill proclaiming the injustice of
Pierrepont's sentence, his free pardon,
and containing the certified confession
of Mesnard.
Edward Dubois read it in silence.
When he had finished he turned aad
grasped the convict's hand.
"No apology ean make up for my
conduct," he said, " but what I can do I
will. This bill will satisfy the whole
country."
"Monsieur," replied De Pierrepont,
in husky tones, "you did but as the
world did. Appearances were against
me and all condemned me."
" Edward, my friend," said Arthur,
"you see the danger of judging from
appearances. Had De Pierrepont been
truly guilty, his wife and child should
have been pitied, not scorned. As it is,
a vile prejudice has made these two
women for fifteen years outcasts and
pariahs."
Edward made no reply, as the break
fast came in. He, like all the county
round, was horrified now they found
how unjust they had been ; and never
was wedding more tumultuously hailed
and feted than that of Arthur de Versan
and Madeleine de Pierrepont. Still I
have not heard that one man, women or
child in the forest of Ardennes has been
cured of the evil habit of judging always
from appearances, and visiting on the
innocent the sins of the guilty.
Dogs and Dog-Sledges or the North.
We take the following description of
dogs ond dog-Bledges, used iu the far
North, from the letter of a Winnepeg
(Manitobo) correspondent to the New
York Evening Post f But here comes
the winter vehicle of the North. The
Hudson's Bay dog-sledge consists of a
board, usually not more than half on
inch thick, twenty to twenty-four inches
wide, ten feet long, and turned up at the
front end two and a half feet, on which
is built a box of very light wooden
framework, so covered with parchment
or dressed skins as to resemble the front
of a shoe. A sufficient spoce is left behind
behind for the traveler's baggage, or upon
which the driver may occasionally stand
when tired of running. Generally speak
ing, such passenger sledges are attended
by two drivers, oue going before the
dogs to guide them, the ther following
the sledge to steady it aud keep it from
upsetting. The freight dog-sledge is
simply two thin oak or birch-wood boards
lashed together with deer-skin thongs;
turned up slightly iu front, like a Nor
wegian snowshoe, it runs over hard
snow or ice with great ease; its length is
about nine feet, its breadth sixteen
inches. Along the outer edges runs a
leather lashing, through tho loops of
which a long leather lino is passed to
hold in place whatever mny be put upon
it. From the front, close' to the tnrned
up part, the traces for draught pre at
tached, s
Dogs in the North are harnessed iu a
number of ways. The Esquimaux run
their dogs abreai-t. On-the coast of
Hudson's Bay they are harnessed by
many separate lines into a band or pack ;
while iu Manitoba and the Saskatchewan
they are driven tandem.' The number
constituting a train is generally four,
though three ond even two ore used.
The train of dogs are attached to the
sledge by means of two long traces, be
tween which the animals stand in lino,
the head of one dog being about a foot
behind the tail of the dog in front of
him. Each One is fastened to the traces
by a round collar of moose-skin, which
slips over the head and ears, and rests
upon the swell of the neoV:. This-oollar
buckles on each side of the traces,
which are kept in position by a back
band of leather, buckled under the dog's
ribs or stomach. The back band is gen
erally decorated with little bells, as is
also the collar, and many ribbons, porcu
pine quills, fox tails and beads upon it.
Great care is taken in turning out a
train of dogs iu good style. Beads, bells
and embroidery are freely used to be
dizen the poor brutes. A most comical
effect is produced by this finery placed
on the person of a dog new to the har
ness, when he is invariably the picture
of fear; and the ludicrous effect is in
tensified when the victim happens to be
young in years, and still retains the
peculiar expression of puppyhood. It
is safe to assert that, in the North, the
whole canine race haul a sledge during
the winter months. There is no excep
tion of age, sex or condition; from the
miserable mongrel to the thoroughbred
Esquimaux, all are destined to howl
under the driver's lash, to tug wildly at
the moose-skin collar, to haul until they
con haul no more, and then to die.
Railway Foreclosures.
Eighty-four roads, with a completed
mileage of 7,721 miles, or one-tenth of
the entire railway 6ystem of the United
States, and representimg an apparent in
vestment of $100,000,000, also about
one-tenth of the total railway capital of
the country, have in two years been
sold under forclosure, and 'have been
" scaled down " to perhaps something
like fifty per cent, of their original valu
ation. During the past year, proceed
ings have been commenced against forty
four roads with a mileage of over 5,500
miles, and it is safe to estimate that as
a result of the two years work, at least
one hundred roads are soon to bo sold,
with an aggregate mileage of some
12,000 miles, and representing some
thing like 8000,000,000. This fearful
array does not by any means include all
the roads already doomed to foreclosure,
but still when these have passed through
the ordeal and, like their predecessors,
started anew on the basis ot real values.
the awful era of foreclosures, it is safe
to say, will be practically over, and cap
ital, even though invested in railways,
will again receive some return. Chicayo
Railway Age.
A Shower of Alligators.
TIlA Ailron Ifi H T,yr, ,-.-o .
Dr. J. L. Smith, of SibVerton Township,
while opening np a new turpentine farm,
noticed something fall in tl
and commence to crawl toward the tent
where he was sitting. On examining
the object he found it to be un alligator.
In the course of a few moments a second
one made its appearance. This so ex
cited the curiosity of the doctor that ho
looked around to sen if ba Arm 1,1 Aia.
cover any more, and found six others
Hiiniu uib space oi W yards. The
animals were all quite lively, and about
twelve inrlips in lnnirth ' ha nUn
whereon they fell ia situated on high
bhuuv gi-ounu sdoui six miles north of
the navsiiinAh iiw.i - Tli
- - .uw auiiuaia hid
supposed to have been taken up in a
waier-Bpoui in s ome aisiaat locality, and
dropped in the region where they were
found.
Nothing can be more absurd than the
idea " looking guilty " proves guilt. An
honest man charged with crime is much
more likely to blush at the accusation
than the real offender, who is generally
prepared for the event, and has histface
"ready made." The very though of
being suspeoted of anything oriiniiiikl
will bring the blood to an innocent manf
uneeas ume nines out oi ten. -
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Farm unit Uardnn Notes.
There are some things it never pays
to doctor. If you have a sick fruit tree
of any kind dig it up nt once, and in so
doing dig a big hole ready for a thrifty
tree next spring.
It is the opinion of an intelligent
dairyman that there is a difference of
two quarts of milk a day between a cow
comfortably housed and the same one
exposed to the cold for half the day, as
we see them.
The English feed for fattening sheep
consists of cotton seed and turnips. They
claim that it will put on the most fat, is
the safest food, makes the beBt mutton
at a less cost, and produces the best and
strongest manure.
If you want to keep your hogs, horses,
cattle ond sheep healthy, give them salt
regularly. There is nobetter vermifuge
than salt. Much of the so-called hog
cholera is due to intestinal worms. Plen
ty of salt would prevent the accumula
tion of these worms. All animals desire
salt, showing that it is a want of their
nature, and undoubtedly for wise pur
poses. Cohnan's Rural World.
A correspondent in the Cincinnati
Orange Bulletin makes this important
statement : I am now milking seven
farrow cows, to which I feed one bushel
of corn per day and one shock of fodder;
and we sell butter enough to pay sixty
cents per bushel for the corn and hava
all the butter we want to use in a family
of four. Besides we have the milk for
the pigs. This is better than selling
com at twenty-five cents a bushel.
A farmer at home should be found,
And otten looking at his ground
Inspecting fields, repairing fence
For dollars come by saving pence.
Clear the soil from moles aud slugs,
Prune the trees, keep off the fcuge
Then fruit and melons, rich and fair,
Will recompense for all your care.
Put a tablespoonful of sulphur in the
nest as soon as hens or turkeys are set.
Tho heat of the fowls causes the fumes
of the sulphur to penetrate every part
of their bodies, every louse is killed,
and, as all nits are hatched within ten
days, when the mother leaves the nest
with her brood, she is perfectly free
from nits or lice.
Drainage, plenty of manure, and
heavy dressing of coal ashes, with fre
quent stirring, is the very best treatment
for all soils of a close, heavy texture. It
is by snch simple means that wo have
converted a comparatively barren soil
into a high degree of fertility aud pro
duction. Cottage, Gardener.
Those who have the appliances should
remember that they can have radishes
and young lettuce early iu February, by
sowing in hot beds at this time, should
tho winter not be terribly cold. Every
good gardener, however, should by this
time, if the weather permits, have his
compost-heap prepared for next spring's
use. There is always something to do
about a well-cared-for garden ; and where
there is no outdoor work to attend to,
there is always something to make or
repair in the shop for there should be
a small work-shop attached to every gar
den. Germantown Telegraph.
Forest leaves are excellent to mix with
hot-bed material, and where practicable
should be saved for this purpose. They
do not heat so rapidly as stable manure,
and in this have an advantage as tem
pering its violence.making it last longer,
and maintaining a more regular heat.
They are excellent material to put
round cold frames to protect half hardy
plants. A board is put up the heigh't
of the frame-boards, and about a foot
or more from them, and the leaves
filled in between. If the plants are
somewhat tender, the bottom of the
frames may be filled in a few feet with
the leaves. Much heat is thrown ofl
during tho decomposition of the leaves,
which, though not enough to keep out a
severe frost, yet modifies somowhat the
temperature. These leaves, ofter they
have been two or three years decaying,
make admirable stuff for potting and
flowers in general. Gardener's Month
ly. Winter Dairying.
It was plain that this subject is fast
taking possession of the mind of the pro
gressive dairyman. Those who are en
gaged in milk production for cities and
villages are obliged to keep np a gener
ous and healthy flow of milk through
the winter. This has stimulated experi
ments in regard to winter feeding beyond
the mere keeping of the animal through
the winter for summer use. It is found
that, by providing comfortable and clean
ly stables no stable ean be really com
fortable unless it is cleanly and feeding
generously, cows can be made to profita
bly convert a surplus of hay, meal, and
roots above what is required for their
sustenance into milk; ond it is found
that by providing a proper dairy house,
in which an even temperature of the de
sired degree can bo maintained, regard
less of the temperature or changes of the
weather outside, butter aud cheese of
excellent quality can be made in winter
as well as in summer. Furthermore, it
is also found that freshly-made butter
made in a clean dairy bonne, disconnected
from the kitchen and sitting room, and
free from foreign odors and taints is not
only more relishable, but will find a
readier market and command better
prices, than butter having the flavor of
age Bnd the package, however well made
and kept. Besides, the tastes of consum
ers are becoming cultivated and demand
a better article than they did years ago ;
and there is a loud call for sweet, new
made butter the year rouud. This de
mand our live dairymen are going to
successfully supply, and avoid the aunual
and injurious accumulation of stale
packages at the great market centres.
From Poverty to Riches.
A singular aui romantic piece of good
luck has befallen a poor young man,
aged eighteen, named Augustus Kable
mann, a bill clerk in a wholesale drug
house in St. Louis, working for $3 per
week. A few days ago he received ad
vices from San Francisco that a batch
elor uncle. Henry Kablemann. of whose
exiatanoe the youth knew nothing, had
died, leaving him a fortune of $300,000.
Young Kablemann was incredulous, but
upon inquiry, he learned that the news
of the good fortune was true, and he loft
tor California to take possession of the
wealth left him. He was accompanied
Dy a legal menu, wno goes along to see
mat ms legal rights ere properly ep-
13
BEN HOLLADAY'S NOSE.
Ben's Hide Across the Plains -Ills Nose
Itches find a Kind Hirmiaor Scratches It.
Vhile traveling in - a Washington
train recently with a number of acquaint
ances, old Ben Holladay, the California
stage-coach proprietor, jbocame unusu
ally communicative. He climbed the
Rocky mountains, waded through the
Great Salt Lake, jumped across tho
Black Canon of the Colorado, danoed in
the Death valley, cooked grizzlies in the
Yellowstone geysers, scudded down the
Shoshone Falls, and told a score of Btor
ies so thrilling that the hair of his
hearers arose in protest. One of his
j arns was both Btartling and amusing.
"One night," said he, "long before
the Pacific Railroad was built, I was
bouncing over the plains in oue of my
overland coaches. My wife was with
me. She was sick, and" lay asleep ou the
bottom of the stage on a bed of buffalo
skins. The night was fearfully dark,
and a drizzling rain was falling. Mrs.
Holladay and myself were the only pas
sengers. Several stages had been rob
bed within two months, and the driver
was ripping along as though a gang of
prairie wolves were after him. Sud
denly the horses wore thrown on their
haunches, aud the stage slopped. -I
was heaved forward, but quickly re
covered, aud found myself gazing ot the
muzzles of a donble-borielled shotgun.
By the dim light of the stage lamps the
barrels looked as big as nail kegs.
'Throw up your hands, and don't stir,
shouted the owner in a gruff voico. Up
went my handd and I began to commune
with myself. The fellow then coolly
asked for my money. I saw that he did
not know who I was, and I was afraid
that my sick wife might awake and call
me by name. My coat was buttoned
over my bosom, but hardly high enough
to hide a magnificent emerald that cost
me over 8,000 a few weeks before in
San Francisco. I hardly breathed
through fear that the light, might strike
the stone, and its sparkling brilliancy
attract the attention of the robber. I
had about $40,000 in a money licit close
to the skin, and several hundred dollars
in my pocket."
" Suddenly my friend shouted ' Come,
shell out, quick.'
" I passed out the few hundreds loose
in my pockets, ond handed him my gold
watch and cl.ain. They were hefty. I
think tho chain alone would weigh five
pounds nt least.
" 'There, said I, there's every cent
I've got. Take it, and let me go on.
My wife is very sick, and I don't know
what would happen to her if she knew
what was going on.'
" ' Keep your hands up,' was the re
ply, while a second robber received the
watch and money. Then a search was
made for the express company's box, but
the double-barrelled shot gun did not
move. Its muzzles were within a foot
of my nose. For my life I did not dare
to stir. My noso began to itch. The
stiff hairs of my moustache got up, one
after another and tickled it until the
sensation was intolerable. I could stand
it no longer.
" ' Stranger,' I cried, I must scratch
my nose. It itches so that I am al
most crazy.'
'"Move your hands,' he shouted,
'and I'll blow a hole through your head
big enough for a jack rabbit to jump
through.' I appealed once more. 'Well,'
he answered, ' keep your hands still, and
I'll scratch it for you. I hate to see a
partner suffer.' "
"Did he soratchit?" asked one of
Ben's interested listeners.
" Sure," said Mr. Holladay.
"How?" asked the breathless lis
tener. " With the muzzle of the cocked gun,"
said the great overlander. " He rubbed
the muzzle around my moustache aud
raked it over the end of my nose until I
thanked him ond said that it itched no
longer."
The robbers soon afterward took
their leave, with many apologies, and
Ben continued his journey to the Mis
souri with his big emerald and $10,000.
The Soldiers of Moneiicgro.
In a recently-published account of the
Montenegrin army, some details are
given of extraordinary marches which
have been made by its soldiers during
the present war with Tnrkey. Before
the battle of Bntschidol the force en
gaged had marched for fourteen hours
across country, over hill and dale, hav
ing moreover, been previously under
arms for six hours. Ou this occasion
the men had not a mouthful of food from
daybreak until midnight; the day was
iutensely hot, the country traversed was
mountainous and difficult, aui yet not a
man was left behind. 'When marching
from place to place the Montenegrins
never follow the roads, but move
straight across coutry. Although heav
ily laden, the men easily climb the
steepest rocks or descend the most pre
cipitous slopes. Besides their weapons
they carry invariably a ''torba" and a
"strnka." Their arms consist usually
of a rifle, a ontlaes, and a revolver or a
brace of pistols. The "torba," or bread
bag, contains generally an enormous
loaf of bread, biscait, a flask aud a re
serve of cartridges. The ammunition
for immediate use, as well as money and
any other small articles, are carried in
the belt. The "sttuka" is a large, heavy
plaid, which serves as a cloak, a rug or
a covering. When it rains and the army
is halted the soldier wraps up his head
in his "struka," rolls it around his body,
puts his gun iu its leather case, and lies
down and sleeps, heedless of the weather.
Oiigiu or Nail Terms.
Many people are puzzled to under
stand what the terms "fourpenuy,"
" sixpenny," " tenpenny " mean as ap
plied to nails, "Fourpenny" means
four pounds to the thousand nails; or
"sixpenny " six pounds to the thousand,
and so on. It is an old English term
and meant, at first, " ten pound " nails
(the thousand being understood); but
tho old Englishman clipped it to " ten -pun;"
and from that to "tenpunny;"
and from thut it degenerated until
" penny " was substituted for " pounds."
So when VOll AhIt for fnnmprmv moila
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now-a-days, you want those a thousand
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tuiuu mil ntugu WUt puUUUH. YV UtU
a thousand nails weigh less than one
pound, they are called tacks, Irads,
etc., and are reckoned by ounces.
Items of Interest.
Worth, the great Parisian milliner,
employs 1,200 assistants.
Two widowers, in Perry county, Tex. ,
married each other's daughter.
What is the nearest thing to a cat
looking out of a window ? The window.
A florist on Fifth avenue, New York,
has a sacred palm tree over five hundred
years old.
The man who promised to get hie
boys some new skates this winter, hat
since concluded to "let 'em slide."
A crusty bachelor's objection to ladies
with beautiful teeth is that nine out ol
ten of them would laugh at a funeral.
A mau would never lose his character
provided he could fasten it to a jack
knife with a cracked handle ond broken
blades.
Little "All Right," the first of the
boy performers brought to this country
from Japan, is now living in his native
land, a cripple.
It is calculated that if all the insects
of the world were piled in oue mass the
heap would be greater than of all tho
beasts and birds.
A Cedar Key, Miss., man advertises
for sale a curiosity in the shape of a pig
with four ears; five toes on one foot; no
holes in the ears, and now three months
old.
A cloth made from the down of birds
is coming greatly into favor in Paris.
It is waterproof, and estimated to be five
times lighter and three times warmer
thau wool.
There is an old German proverb to
the effect that a great war leaves the
country with three armies an army of
cripples, au army of mourners and on
Briny of thieves.
Au English clergyman says that the
chattering of the South African opes is
a longuoge, and that if he could livo
long enough with them he could leam
to understand it.
Mr. Henry Stanley is to receive a
gold medal from the King of Italy; and
this will be its legend: "To the in
trepid explorer of Equatorial Africa,
Stanley; given by Victor Emmanuel."
They were at a dinner party, and he
remarked that he supposed she was fond
of ethnology. She said she was, but she
was not very well, and the doctor had
told her not to eat anything for dessert
except oranges.
"Sing Sing," shouted the brakemau,
as a Hudson river train slowed up to the
station. " Five years for refreshments,"
yelled a passenger with short hair and
bracelets, as ho rose to leave the car in
charge of a deputy sheriff.
The amount of tho fund for tho relief
of the widows bereft by the Custer fight
has been rendered; it shows a total re
ceipt of 814,068, of which 7,477 was
distributed to the widows of officers, and
!j5,773 to those of enlisted men.
The Pope has accumulated a fund of
t!,000,000, which is held by Toctonia
ond Home French and Brussels bankers,
for the pay of ex-pontiflcial soldiers
and officials, and divers other purposes
incidental to the papal interests.
Mrs. Dolby, of New Orleans, locked
her bc.by, livo months old, up in a room
with a pet terrier, and when she returned
found that the dog had almost eaten off
the little one's foot, which was so badly
mangled that it had to be amputatdd.
Senefelder, the inventor of lithogra
phy, has just had a monument unveiled
to his memory. Too poor to get the
means of printing his own works, he
sought some cheaper mode of multiply
ing copies, and by a happy accident
invented lithography.
A family in Springfield, which was
disturbed by an untimely ringing of the
deor bell the other evening, at first sup
posed it was done by unruly boys, but
after a while discovered their dog with
the bell-pull in his month, and ringing
to bo let in out of the cold.
to a cow.
Why, cow, how canst thou be so satisfied !
So well content with nil things here below,
So unobtrusive and so sleepy-eyed,
Bo meek, so lazy and so awful slow !
Dost thou not know that everything is mixed
That naught is as it should be on this earth,
That grievously the world needs to be fixed,
That nothing we can gain is any worth,
Thnt timos are hard, that life is full of care,
Of sin and tronblo and ontwar -Jness,
That l-.vu is a folly, friendship but a Bnare ?
Part, cow, this is no time for laziness !
The cud thou chewext is not what it seems !
(let np and moo ! Tear round and quit thy
dreams. Jiavid h. J'rumljit.
A Tree that Bore Bears.
The St. Louis Republican says : We
have received a communication' from a
correspondent of Pendleton, Umatilla
county, Oregon, recording a recent ex
ploit of Mr. John McCracken, an Illi
noisan, who is now herding sheep in the
wilds " where rolls the Oregon." Mc
Cracken left his sheep one day for a ram
ble in the Blue Mountain, with bis trusty
gun on his shoulder. He had not gone
far when he was faced by a very largo
gray she-bear. The bear was so " unac
quainted with man that she made for
McCracken without hesitation, but soou
reconsidered her motion when she
discovered that the man didn't scare.
McCracken cracked away at her. She
retraced her steps aud commenced climb
ing a tree near by. Another shot bronght
her down all iu a heap at the foot of the
tree. Mcuracken reloaded and orept up
softly to see if the bear was quite dead.
He heard a noise overhead, looked up
and saw another big bear coming lum
bering down the tree for business. He
waited for a dead shot ond fired both
barrels for a sure thing.' The second
bear came down with accelerated velocity
and fell all in a heap at the foot of the
tree. Another noise overhead. Eyes up.
Another big bear was scratching bark,
coming down to see what was the matter
with the others. McCracken had no
more loads had no time to load and he
ran away from under that bear-bearing
tree. He made rapid tracks to camp, .
and reloading, mounted his horse and
rode back to the slaughter of bears.
Tbe other fellow was still around, and
having ascertained the fate of his fellows
and observing the reinforcement of the
enemy he took to the tree, McCracken
drew a bead on him, fired and the third
bear fell all in a heap at the foot of the
tree. There were no more bears to come
down, but there were three dead bears
lying all ia a heap ud.er that bear-bare
ingtree,
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