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VOL. VIII. KIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1878. NO. 38.
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i. Churn Slowly.
little maid la the morning inn
Stood merrily singing and churning
" Oh, how I wish this butter mi done,
Then off to the fields I'd be turning !"
Bo she hurried the dasher up and down
Till the farmer called, with a half made
frown,
" Churn slowly I
' Don't ply the dasher, ao fast, my dear,
It'a not ao good for the butter,
And will make your arms ache, too, I fear
And put you all In a flutter
For this is a rule, wherever we turn,
Don't be in haste whenever you oburn
Churn slowly 1
" If you'd see your butter oome nice and sweet
Don't churn with a nervous Jerking,
But ply the dasher slowly and neat
You'll hardly know that you're working ;
And when the Intter has oome, you'll say,
Yes, this is surely the very best way '
Churn slowly !"
Now, little folks, do you think that yon
A lesson can find in bntter?
Don't be in a baste, whatever you do,
Or get yourself in a flutter ;
And while yon stand at life's great churn,
Let the farmer's words to you return,
' Churn slowly !"
ftarah Keabks Hunt.
OUR TRAMP.
Our tramp came to us footsore and
dust-beciiumied one evening last June,
Perhaps it was the title 01 " madam "
prefixed to his petition for something to
eat and a chance to sleep on the hay
mow, which moved Mrs. X to ao-
quieeco somehow against my own
judgment or it might hare been the
weariness visible in nis air ana speech.
Be this as it may, he was inducted kitch
enward, with instructions to wipe his
feet carefully, where 1 judge his per
romances with knito and fork: gave
rise to Bridget s remark the next morn
Jng, that hed breed a famine m any
community inside of a week I
"What can you do, Jim?" I asked
of him the next moraing, as, embolden
ed by a breakfast, he begged for a 10b,
"4 'most anything, sir, that's hard
work," was his answer. " Them as goes
to sea for a livin , gen Jy speakin', can
turn their hands to all sorts."
" There's the strawberry-bed to be
weeded, John," suggested Mrs. X
seemingly interested in the wanderer,
who, barring the loss of two front teeth,
aud hair suggestive of brick-dust in its
hue, was not a bad-looking fellow.
I do not assert that Mra. "V
'gentle will is law in our family, but 1
11 nd it more conducive to harmony to
i an in wiLu ner suggestions with as
much dignity as possible ; so, with an
air of indifference, I acquiesced, and
Jim proceeded to his task, which, being
accomplished with celerity and neatness,
my wife conducted him to the flower
garden the pride of her wn heart,
and, as far as keeping the same free
from weeds is concerned, the detestation
of my own.
" Ain't they han'snm, mum ?" said
Jim, kneeling and turning with his
rough forefinger the modest face of an
.rjogiisn uaisy outward. " Minds me
of that ere young lady on the verandy
this raornin , as must be your twin-sister?"
.
His reference to a resemblance be
tween Nellie and herself was not at all
displeasing to Mrs. X , who is five
years older than her sister, although
she effected incredulity at the double
barreled compliment.
" He has a rough sense of refinement,
quite uncommon for one in his station
of life," she said to me afterward, by
which I knew the leaven of flattery was
working ; and when, the next day, she
decided that we had better keep him
till the gardening season was over "It
will save you so much hard work, John,"
she remaiked, en parenthese)! knew
that Jim, our tiamp, had found favor in
her eyes.
"Shall you ever go to sea again,
Jim ? " asked Mrs. X , as wemade a
family group on the piazza in the cool
of a summer's evening, while Jim loiter
ed near by, picking up the garden-tools,
and whistling softly to himself.
" Yes'm,"was the answer, somewhat
constrained withal.
"You must liRve met with some
strange adventures in your life," said
Nellie, who was just crossing the
threshold of an age when all things are
touched with the glamour of romance ;
moreover, anything pertaining to the
sea bad of late been full of interest to
her ever since the dashing Captain
Hanson had made her acquaintance at
Hastings, where she had spent part of
me summer.
I had lately learned, through the me
dium of Mrs. X , that Captain Han
son was daily expected to favor Lev-
bridge with his presence, ostensibly to
see one of his ship's owners possibly
and probably to renew his acquaintance
wim my preuy Bister-1U-1HW.
"Well, mum." answered Jim. who I
have left sitting uneasily on the handle
of the wheelbarrow, "adventures is
mostly in sea-yarns, as is writ for the
story-papers ; but 1 vo had Borne con
siderable hard pulls, what with bein'
wrecked four times the las' time losin'
of as good a chist of clo's as a feller
would want, to eaynothin' of bein in a
open boat 'leven days me, the mate an'
four men with never bit or sup the
blessed time. We waa picked up,"
continued Jim, "by a blasted beg
, your pardon, mum, for swearin' pack
et ship, boun from Liverpool to New
York. 01' Beansole was the cap'n
mebbe you've heerd of him, sir?"
this to me.
- " Wasn't it he," I asked, as a dim re
membrance of the name brought to
mind a newspaper narration of cruelties
on shipboard, which somehow died out
very suddenly, "who was heavily fined
for brutality toward some of the emi
' 'grant passengers ? "
" Wofs a fine, that the owners steps
np an pays," said Jim, in scorn, " to
lettin a woman die on deck from the
wet an' cold? An' why didn't they
bring np some of his other cruelties
Bhootin' men off in the topg'l yard dri
via' em overboard in the Mersey or
breakin' a rib or an arm wi' an iron 'be-layin'-pin?"
t Oh, come now, Jim," said I, " you
don't mean that there are men on ship
board to-day who are snob brutes as all
that r Why, the law would"
' The law I " repeated Jim. " La w'i
for cap'n an' owners, not for ns sailors.
though they did manage to!thove the
petty officers of the Jack Frost, Jr., into
prison, a few years ago, arter they'd
killed two or three men aboard on the
passage though I mind it was said that
the cap'n and mate 'scaped punishment
by happenin' to both die sing'lar,
wasn't it? just afore the ship was
hauled into dock.
"But suoh men are the exception.
x ii ere are plenty oi Kind-hearted men
who go as captains now-a-days,
urged after a short pause
" Indeed there are 1" suddenly broke
in JVU88 JNeUie, with energy. "Char
that is, a captain whom I know," she
said, interrupting herself suddenly,
says that the trouble is with the men
that they are a drunken, reckless lot
of"
"Nellie," said Mrs. X , reprov
ingly.
" Well, I don't care I" said the willful
girl. "Only I beg Jims pardon;
didn't mean such men as he is."
" It's all right, mum," returned Jim,
quietly. " 'Taint to be expected that
the likes o one o you young women.
wi' a heart like one o' them ere big
J pan lilies, knows of men s badness
aboard ship why should you I"
" But are there no captains who are
kind to their men V asked Mrs. X
in some perplexity; and Miss Nellie was
heard by me to say, under her breath.
that she knew one, at least.
"Bless you, yes'm." said Jim
" there's lots of 'em; on'y it hasn't been
my lnck to sail with 'em. There's
cap'ns sails out o' New York to dav, as
I hear don't allow swearin' from ' men
nor officers; gives 'em good grub, watch
an watch, an has em in the cabin of
Sunday for prayers. Though," he
added, "where there s one o' them,
there s a dozen that's either fiends
themselves, else they're that careless
an tney let the oincers do jest as they
happen to feel. I don't mind tellin'
you," he continned, seemingly betrayed
into an unwonted confidence, " that my
business ashore is mostly to run foul of
a cert'n man as I'm sure to meet sooner
or later. I know he s roun' these parts,
An when he an' I does meet," said Jim
rising and striking a brawny, clinched
fist into the hollow of the other hand.
apparently forgetful of everything but
some remembered wrongs, "there'll be
a hard reckonin I
i mink, said Mrs. A. . rising.
with as mnoh dignity as is consistent
with a height of five feet four. " that
we have heard quite enough. Come,
nenie l
Whereupon the twain fthe latter a lit
tle unwillingly, fancied) entered
the bouse, manifestly to the discomfi
ture of the sailor.
"There they go." he said, drorjrjino-
uib ueaa ana speaaing in a rather sad
3 ji - r i ... . - ' . . '
voice, " a tbinkin how I'm on v a low.
r vengeful critter, with no feelin' mor'n
rhe ship's dog 1 But, sir, s'posin' a man
sutuid call the mother that bore von bv
'lie wust name as is in this here lan?
widge of ourn, not o'ny once, but a doz-
.;n times a day, accordin' as he's mad or
not, wot wud you do, sir? How far
wud you forgive a man as had vou
strung up to the roain-riggin' for a full
uonr by the two thumbs, an' all for that
i begged of him to send me up to stow
i r'val in a gale, 'stead of a little chap
ab was a stowaway, an' no more fit to go
than a girl baby ?" again asked Jim.
colore 1 could frame a suitable an
swer, which should combine prudence
with the usual forms of good advice,
always proffered and seldom heeded in
such cases, Jim had taken himself off.
I saw no more of him until the follow
ing morning, when he abrurjtlv in.
formed me that it was ti be his last day;
no persuasion or inducement of mine
being sufficient to turn him from his
purpose.
Clad in a nair of volnminnna mrot-nllii
and a dilapidated felt hat, I was assist
ing at me turnng oi a nower-bed in
front or the houso ; aud while awaiting
the return of Jim with the wheelbarrow,
I was accosted by an elegantly-dressed
and gentlemanly-looking vounar man.
who, accosting me by the rather familiar
ime oi "oiu cnap." demanded in a
somewhat peremptory tone, to know
where Mrs. X hung out."
With an inward chuckle. I mildlv
designated the house behind me as the
residence in question, and asked if he
wished to see Mrs. X .
" What's that to you ?" was the rather
unexpected answer, in a tone and with a
manner that savored rather of coarse
ness, but which contrasted strongly with
the suavity of manner with which he
greeted Miss Nellie, who just then ap
peared on the scone with both hands
full of flowers.
As the young lady blushed charming
ly, and murmured her surprise at meet
ing Captain Hanson, that gentleman,
not at all disconcerted by his' introduc
tion to myself, which immediately fol
lowed, expressed, with great ease and
fluency, his unadulterated satisfaction
and surprise at the meeting, as though
it had been on the banks of the Nile.
Completely ignoring my own presence,
as the two stood by the gate, the creak
ing of the wheelbarrow was heard, and
in another moment Master Jim came
bearing down upon us, the wheel just
grazing the doeskin-clad leg of the gal
lant captain, who, turning, remarked,
with languid reproach in his tone :
"My good fellow, pray be a little
more'
Captain Hanson, to the best of y
knowledge, Las never finished his ex
postulation. With an oath, the sailer dropped the
barrow and sprang forward, exclaiming:
"I knew I'd run foul of you 1 " but
too late to lay violent hands upon Cap
tain Hanson, who, catching a glanoe of
the sailor's face, muttered an inarticu
late remark, and, turning down the
drive-way, ran like the startled fawn,
closely pursued by the avenger, leaving
Miss Nellie and myself gazing blankly
at each other,
"Oh, John, he'll kill him indeed he
will I " said the girl, with white face and
clasped hands, as she watched the pair
disappearing over me Drow of the little
hill whioh led to the town.
" Yon needn't be alarmed vnnns-
lady," was my confident reply. " Cap
tain Hanson has the lead, so to apeak,
by at least three lengths, and is gaining
all the time."
But to this day I have never learned
satisfactorily concerning the result of
the race, for neither Captain Hanson or
Jim has ever returned to tell the tale.
When last seen, as per report of old
itogers, ex-manner, now mail carrier,
"they were headin' for Philadelphy.
with ev'ry thing set, the clipper" by
whioh I understood Mr. Rogers to refer
to Captain Hanson "bein two knots
akead. an' workin' to win'ard all the
time."
For aught I know, they kept on until
they readied the Atlantio ; and it is
quite doubtful whether Miss Nellie, now
engaged to be married to the son of our
neighbor Jones, will soon hear the last
joke against her runaway lover,
But, being somewhat a methodical
man, 1 have estimated the cash value of
our experiment somewhat as follows :
Rervices of Jim for ten days. 9 15 00
Old clothes left behind 60
Satisfaction at having saved my sister-in-law
from a possible mar
riage with a brute 10,000.00
Total $10,015.50
I would remark, in conclusion, that
my wife takes all the credit of the invest
ment. franic 11. vonverse,
A Whole Family murdered.
One of the most cruel murders ever
perpetrated occurred at Yinoennes, Ind.,
one night, not long ago. The farm
where the murder occurred is situated
about four miles east of the city and
about 200 yards from the Evansville
railroad. A dense forest of scrub oak is
near the house on two sides, north and
west, the land on the south and east
being cultivated. The house is a quaint
old structure, and was occupied by John
D. Vacelot, with his family a wife and
two sons. These were the victims.
Pierre Provost, the hired man, who was
arrested lived also in the house. The
house consists of three rooms.
The two boys Frank, sixteen years.
and John, fourteen years old were
found in bed in one room. Their heads
were horribly mangled by repeated
blows from an axe. in the door con.
necting this room with one occupied by
vaoeiotand his wife, lay the old man,
covered with cuts and bruises, there
being nine gashes on his head and three
on his arms and breast. lie was evi
dently coming into the room to see what
was the matter when he was attacked,
On the bed lay his wife, with her head
horribly mutilated and ner throat cut.
iho jugular vein being severed. Three
axes were found smeared with blood,
only one, however, showing marks of
use. jfrovost claimed to have escaped
(urongu a window, but examination
mIiows the window fastened down and
cobwebs across on the outside. He also
stated that a blow was struck at him
with an axe he jumped out The sill of
the window shows a blow from an axe.
but an indentation on the low rail of the
window-sash shows conclusively that the
mow was struck with the window closed.
The sight in the house was sickening
aud horrible in tho extreme. The floor
was covered with blood : the walls and
ceiling were spattered with it, and the
oeu-ciothes were literally soaked in
blow. Vacelot was an old Frenchman
of quiet ways, and well known as an up
right, honest farmer. He was fifty-five
years old, and his wife was about fifty,
io c.mse was assigned for the deed, save
that Vacelot had just received about
$100 as the proceeds of a sale of cattle,
wuicu was supposed to be in his house.
John Burroughs on " Cow."
Blessed is he whose youth was passed
upon the farm, and if it was a dairv
farm his memories will be all the more
fragrant. The driving of the cows to
and from the pasture, every day and
every season for years how much of
summer and of nature he got into him
on these journeys I What rambles and
excursions did this errand furnish the
excuse for ! The birds and birds' nests.
the berries, the squirrels, the wood
chucks, the beech woods with their
treasures into which the cows loved so to
wander and to browse, the fragrant
wintergreens and a hundred nameless
adventures all strung upon that brief
journey of half a mile to and from the
remote postures. Sometimes one cow
or two will bo missing when the herd is
brought home at night ; then to hunt
them up is another adventure. Mv
grandfather went out one night to look
up an absentee from the yard, when he
heard something in the brush and out
stepped a bear into the path before him.
Every Sunday morning the cows must
be salted. The farm-boy takes a pail
with three or four quarts of coarse salt
and, followed by the eager herd, goes to
the field and deposits the salt in hand-
fuls upou smooth stones and rocks
and upon clean places on the turf. If
you want to know how good salt is, see
cow eat it. Hhe gives the true saline
smack. How she dwells upon it and
gnaws the sward and lioks the stones
where it has been deposited I The cow
is the most delightful feeder among ani
mals. It makes one'a mouth water to
see her eat pumpkins, and to see her at
a pile of apples is distracting. How she
sweerts off the delectable grass I The
sound of her grazing is appetizing ; the
grass betrays all its sweetness and sue
oulency in parting under her sickle.
'f arm lAfe tn jsew xore, tn acrto-
ner.
Largest Orchard In the World.
A correspondent of the Country Gen
tleman, says : The largest orchard in
the world is doubtless that owned and
worked very successfully by Mr. Kobert
McKinstry, of Hudson.Oolambia county,
N. Y. Mr. MoKinstry'a orchard is
procuring for him a world-wide reputa
tion, and he has many visitors. Like
all fruit-growers, and others of kin to
that profession, he is kindly and liberal
ly disposed, and has no secrets t" re
serve from others who love fruit-grow
ing, and to talk of iruiu visitors axe,
therefore, made welcome, ana dm or
chard is open to inspection by all who
are interested in bis labors. The or
chard is situated on the east bank oi ine
Hudson river, on high rolling table
land, and oooupiea 800 acres, and con
tains more than 24,000 apple trees, 1,700
pears, ,000 cherries, 600 reache8, 200
plums, 200 crabs, 1,600 vines, 6,000 our
ranU and 200 chestnut.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Hints Hone Keeping.
The wide stall is a luxury, and ought
to be six or even ten feet wide, if room
can be spared. Loose boxes are impor
tant for horses of great value; in such
stalls they can get perfect repose by
changing their position, recover from the
fatigue of a hard day's drive, and be
ready for their task the next day. The
food best adapted to the horse is oats
and hay of the best quality, occasionally
varied with a bran mash, with turnips or
carrots as an alternative. The growth
and development of bone and muscle de
pend greatly on the food they eat. It is
important to select Buoh as contains all
the elements needed to form the bone
and muscle of the horse. . It is self-evi
dent that the nutritive matter supplied
by inoiooa must oe equal to the exhaus
tion or natural waste of the body to
&eep up conaiuou.
The horse that is about to be driven
on a journey needs hardening by exer
cise preparing by sweating out the
body to purify and increase the circula
tion of the blood, and also by hand
rubbing the legs to make them firm and
elastio a preparation in some degree
corresponding with that attained by a
horse that is daily driven on the road for
ordinary work. For one week from the
start they need daily exercise, commenc
ing with eight or ten miles and gradually
increasing to twenty per day. This ex
ercise, with appropriate food, will harden
their muscles, strengthen their limbs,
and prepare them to perform their tasks
without giving out on the road, material
ly ueouning in nesu, or seriously t'X'
hausting their physical powers.
If we perform long drives with horses
accustomed to short work only, the sud
den transition from indolence to great
exertion will relax their muscles, weaken
their joints, depress their spirits and
break down their constitution. The lead
ing cause of so many valuable horses be
ing spoiled by long drives is being short
of work. They are not prepared for
such severe exertions. Condition will pre
pare their work cheerfully, last out with
sound limbs, and preserve their conbtitu
tional vigor for future usefulness.
Ex.
Protection to Youna Trees (rem Borers and
Urubs.
We tried an experiment last year on
cabbage plants which satisfies us that the
same thing may be carried out on
larger scale with trees. It is to wind
loosely the lower part of the body from
ciose to root to a loot above with paper,
besmearing the ontsile of paper with a
thin coat of gas tar, thiuning it by tnix-
: l i .. l.i . a
lug luuiuuguijr wuu water, ur it uuiu-
ing is put on paper, it answers a good
purpose it newspaper is. u'-a!, as worms
and grubs have no liking for the ink,
We put out two or three hundred cab
bage plants last spring wound with
newspaper, and, notwithstanding a good
many grubs were in the ground and oth
er plants were cut off, not a cabbage
was cut on, and now as wo pull them
we find the paper all around the trunk,
Pnonll fvAna noa tMia! rtrt rv tarexr .
vivo uutsi jj is iutivu i uoyiwi
ally when young, from the grub, and if
started well and grubs kept away for
only first two or three years they will
live and yield beautiful crops for many
years, while if grub is allowed to work
in them when young they are sickly and
spindling and soon die. When they are
set out and before paper is put around
them, scrape the bark well aud destroy
all grubs. These are plainly detected
by the gnni exuding from the bark in
places. After planting out the trees
scatter around them a spoonful of salt
and if you have them a quart of wood
ashes, being careful not to hill up
against tne oouy. jpruit ueootder.
Propagation by I'utllnire.
Many things can be propagated easv
ly and rapidly by cuttings. This is ap
plicable to many trees, shrubs, vines.
plants and flowers. And in cold climates
it is best to save the cuttings in the
fall. The best time to save cuttings
is in the fall after the leaves have
fallen. Bury them in a dry place iu the
ground. A sandy soil is the best.
Such trees as tho willow, catalpa, Lom
bard.? poplar, mulberry, Cottonwood
and many other kinds con be multiplied
rapidly in this way. Ho also can goose
berries, currants, grapes, snow balls,
roses and many - of the ornamental
shrubs. Now is the time to look to this
matter. They may not. like the hog or
the ox, bring money directly to the
pockets, but such things by care add
argely to the value of real estate, and
still more largely to the great sum of
human happiness. As soon as the
leaves drop, select cuttings of various
things. If one has them not. probablv
a neighbor has, and to one who shows a
spirit to take care of them, they are
generally freely given. Then burytiU
spring in the grouud where the water
will not stand, and set out in the spring.
Iowa Register,
The Value of Houp,
There are hundreds of families in
comfortable circumstances who never
have soup at dinner (which without
soup is always a failure), unless it be a
sort of ragout, the product of what
farmers call a boiled dinner. They are
not aware how easy it is to prepare or
dinary soup, and how cheap it is, too.
It can be made of almost anything, and
a pot of water placed on the stove may
be the recipient of divers odds and ends
4f meat and vegetables to excellent ad
vantage. After these have been boiled
a few hours there will be found in tha
pot a very good soup, wholesome, nour
ishing, appetizing, and its cost will be
nominal. If the experiment were tried,
many families would be surprised and
pleased at the result. They would have
a much better dinner for almost noth
ing than they have hitherto had any
idea of, and once accustomed to soup
they could not be persuaded to relin
quish it. A simple soup benefits at
once health, appetite and the purse.
' What news to-day ?" said a merchant
to his friend, lately. "What news I"
responded the other. " Nothing, only
things grow better people are setting
on their legs again." " On their legs !"
said the first. "I don't see how you
can make that out" " Why, yea, 're
plied the other; "folks that used to
ride are obliged to walk now ; is not
that getting on their legs again V'
NOSES MADE TO ORDER.
A Peep lntea.Pa.rU "Baals" Farter?-
Aaalllae Ornament an Hhart Natlre.
I sympathies with people who have
nose, observes a Paris correspondent of
the Baltimore iSvn, 1 have one myself,
Consequently, when passing through
the Citie du Betiro, in that region of the
Bne BoiBsy d'Anglaas kuown to every
American visiting Paris, I was rather
drawn toward the sign near the photog'
rapher's, whioh says, " Noses made to
order." we see art brought to the aid
of nature in the shape of wigs, teeth and
a few other matters and things I need
not particularize, and we never shou
" thou deceitful one ' nt the dear iu
dnlger therein. The art of being ngreea
ble and looking so is au esthetioal social
accomplishment. Bo in I go to see the
nose machinist. He smiles all over,
and at once sees ho has a good customer,
I rather, in a nasal way, pooh-pooh him.
uowing and scraping, and squeezing
his hands like a polite ogre, he ap
proaohes and pertly says : " An aqui
line will suit you, sir." I disdain to re-
ulv. bnt take rm his tmotocrarjh book of
restored or reformed noses. May the
sanctity of all privacy pardon me, but
the nrst photograph 1 Bee is labeled
Mr. , Baltimore, U. S. A." Well
there is a nasal balm in this Oilcad of
the Citie du Betiro, and at once I feci at
home. "Pray, sir," I boldly asked,
" what is your process T With a seieu
tifio silence, a " mighty mute manner.'
as John Randolph, of Roanoke, used to
say, the nose dealer places his hand on
my forehead and pats it affectionately
like rroiessor t owier, the phrenologist,
" Good frontal cuticle, space large, hair
falling down in freedom ; you can afford
to have a real Boman, sir I " But tell
me how?" " Well, sir, we cut an angle
of the frontal cuticle, that is to say, an
angle upside down of the forehead skin.
and bring it from the apex over the
nose, and by applying this lotion, that
salve, these unguents and that plaster,
and these bandages, and these washes.
and the following rules of friction, and
this prescription of diet, and these rules
oi exercise, in three months you are
another man with another nose," Yes,
l quietly think, there can be no possi
b e doubt about that, whatever sort the
other man and other nose may be.
"Anything else, monsieur?" I ask.
Looking at me as a tailor does when he
contracts to make a six-foot man a suit
of clothes at a boy's price, the voluble
" we " adds : " Yes, to a man of power
ful physique, like you, sir, we command
dumb belts, shoulder-boards, gymnastic
exercises, toe consuming of snsar nnd
water only by way of drink (it imports
brilliancy to the eyes, and a good nose
ana bad eyes are a failure), and the lib
eral eating of flesh-giving food, and
then sir, what a pleasing personnel !'
"And the cost of such a nose a Ro
man, a full Roman ?'' " Only 8400,
sir." x bow and retire with my own
nose, and mentally embrace all the suf
ferers that ever came out of tho Citie
dn Retiro, and heartily shake hands with
ou the cork-legged men. condoliner with
tuem tnat they are not completely of the
same nesu and blood with myself and
other deformed oues, and I mentally
kick out the powders, Columbian balms,
bandolines, ingenious paddings, fearful
ly and wonderfully made, and deter
mine to go through life as I am, but
never omitting to note on noses to
order, as well as other matters, orderly
and disorderly.
The Author or KrandTather's t'lock.
"Grandfather's Clock " is one of three
songs published early in 1876, but which
did not reach the " Whoa Emma " peri
od of universal popularity until within
the past few months. Its author, Henry
C. Work, a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
has written several' other songs whose
irominenoe at one time will be remem
ered by many. The Church Union
presents a sketch of Mr. Work, from
which we make the following extracts :
Henry C. Work, now a resident of
Brooklyn, N. Y., was born October 1,
1832, in Middletown. Conn., and is the
son of Alanson Work, who, with Messrs.
Burr and Thompson, was in 1811 con
demned to twelve years' servitude in
the Mississippi state penitentiary for
assisting fugitive slaves across the Mis
sissippi river. At the beginninsr of the
war he was a poor printer. He wrote
ningdom Coming," the great temper
ance song " Come Home, Father ;' '
also "Marching Throuerh Georgia"
"Wake. Nicodemus." "Babvlon in
Fallen," and others relatinar to the war.
which had large sales. He was no long
er the poor printer. He was a success
ful man. He traveled in Europe, he
explored this continent, and wheu he
left Chicago, in 1867, he was worth a
small fortune. At that time he came to
Vineland, N. J., bonght (in company
with his brother) two or three hundred
acres of land in that unique rural city,
built two houses, and for a time engag
ed heartily in the preliminary arrange
ments for establishing a great form. His
possessions and his comforts were swept
away, one by one, till finally there was
but a solitary blessing left to cheer him
that blessing being his young daugh
ter, Nellie Louisa. He never drank a
drop of liquor in his life, never used to
bacco and never took God's name in
vain., ,
An Old Relic.
The following remarkable Ii'kI of arti
cles found in a servant's drawer was
published in a New York paper more
than thirty years ago :
Two aprons, a stocking, a brush and a comb,
lwoa m woiio siring, ana a ary marrow
bone.
A darter, two walnuts, a reel of black eoltnn.
An old silver spoon that bad long been for
gotten. A bodkin, a fruit knife," a glass rolling-pin,
A bottle containing a wee drop of gin.
A lot of onrl'papera, an old pair of stays,
A traot telling sinners to mend their bad ways.
A paper of tea put there on the sly,
Her mistress' bustle f I cannot tell why).
A thimble, some needles, an old book of songs,
Three clothes-pegs, a slipper, to the house
hold belongs.
The claw of a lobster bnt recently boiled,
new cnuuuria uananeronier, never Deen
soiled.
A letter from a lover away in strange lands,
A Dot Of BOOSe-proase for china nn thA li.nHu .
Borne buttons, a pencil, a bit of bath brick,
a. smau looung-giaaa, ana a broken toothpick.
A handle of rags, and a fortune-telling book,
Were the things that were found in the drawer
OIlMOOOk.
Was It Animal Mngnetlun t
I had at one time a fine flock of white
turkeys, which were always sby, though
much petted by the family because of
their great beauty. There was a cover
ed gallery between the dining-room and
kitchen, with broad folding-doors at
each end, iu which we were in the habit
of sitting to read, sew, as women will,
and where was a cradle for the baby.
Our turkeys would sometimes stalk
rapidly through this gallery as a sort
of short cut on their way to the poultry
yard.
One day I was sitting here, the baby
in the cradle asleep, when in strutted a
tall heu-turkey, and instead of hurrying
through as was the habit, she stopped iu
front of the cradle, stretched out her
long neck and began a sort of guttural
cry, and stood motionless. Presently
another and another entered, and were
each transfixed iu tho same way. I
arose and approached them, but not one
stirred aside, as was their habit when
any oue came near them. I noticed
their eyes all had a strained, unnatural
look, their wings drooped, as if relaxed;
they all kept their necks craned out in a
stiff, constrained manner.
At first I thought of the Bleeping
child, but they were used to it and never
took notice of its presence. Looking in
the direction of their eyes I beheld a
large snake of the adder kiud, wiih its
body partially coiled, head erect, and
tongue oscillating, while to mo its color,
ordinarily of a dirty black, with orange
rosettes, seemed remarkably brilliant.
The creature was in high exoitement of
some kind.
No sooner did I move the cradle than
its whole aspect changed, and it was a
common, sluggish adder which elnnk
aside to escape. TJ.e turkeys all jump
ed into the air with a ridiculous antic of
delight, aud ran or rather flew out of the
place.
Now, leaving all but the first turkey
out of the question, what was it that
arrested her ? It is possible that all but
the first were actuated by imitation wheu
they first paused on their way; but the
whole eight or ten turkeys fell at once
iuto a semicircle around the reptile, and
the actiou of all was prcoisely alike, and
like the first.
Was it terror that caused them to
halt? Did the reptile magnetize the
first one, and was it a case of fascina
tion ? Are fascination and magnetism
identical, and are they a paralysis of the
nervous system, for the time being,
from whatever cause? A remarkable
degree of mental aotion, imagination,
and observation were evolved in this
case.
I have before me a natural drum, the
withered vertebra of a rattlesnake,
which was killed by a neighbor of mine,
a woman of some skill in handling a
rifle, which may further illustrate the
subject. Her house was built on the
side of a hill, making it one story in the
rear and two in the front, where was an
( pen area, free for tho poultry of the
farm-house, and covered with low grass,
plantain, etc. ; a Bunny spot, sheltered
f i'om the cold of the north windsjby a
voody hill, whose trees quite embower
ed the cottage.
One day the was attracted to the win
dow by a low plaint from her poultry,
which seemed to be all hurrying in one
direction. Looking down she raw them
ranging in a semi-circle, with all their
heads bent in one direction. There
were at least twenty or thirty silly crea
tures all looking the fame way, and in
tent upon the same object. Leaning
from tke window, she beheld a mon
strous rattlesnake coiled iu a pile, with
Uil vibrating in a soft, gentle motion,
which just btirred the music of the rat
tles, and the head keeping time; tongue
rou aud quivering, and the motion of
the neck swaying from side to side.
sweeping in the whole array of stupefied
chlckendom.
watching alL this some time, with no
change on the part of snuke or poultry,
she went to the back of the house, took
down her husband's rifle, and fired at
tue neaa oi the creature, killing him at
once. The spell was broken, and the
poultry sprang away with tke same
ridiculous kind of jump and fly I had
observed in my turkeys, as if relieved
from a spell.
Now. what broueht all these hens and
chickens to range themselves in this
dangerous companionship around this
nucannie monster y Was it sympathy ?
Was it imitation ? Was the magnetism
extended to a distance in its action !
Why should the snake so lonir continne
his insidious movement? It was evi
dently not hunger that actuated him, or
he would have seized his prey and made
his exit. Did he enjoy his awe-struck
auditory, and was he fond of the dm.
play of his power. Elizabeth (Jakes
A Faithful Companion.
Mr. fitanlev. in bin BTiWIi'finn t.Vii-nnnVi
Afrioa, took five dogs with him, but no
one of them survived the journey. The
last oue of them, a noble brill. fine nnli.
ed " Bull," traveled over 1,500 miles.
ana uieu at lengtu irom sheer exhaus
tion. He was faithful to the last.
" Though he had often HtncrrmraA anil
moaned, he made strenuous efforts to
keep up, but at last, lying down in the
. i . i . . i . i . i -I . i ,
paiu, us mmuuveiy uemoinou me weak
ness of bodv that had vnnitprixl Vic
will, and soon after died, his eyes to the
mot luuauug lorwaru aiong the track he
had so bravely tried to follow."
"Bull's" crief vua almnof. l,,.on
when he lost his last companion, Jack, a
JWM""i wv6i aacv4 u a V1U1UUB COW,
" Grave and deliberate from years and
Iodd: travel, he walked
two or three times, examining it care-
uiaj, tkux uicu wivuiwu iu me witu HIS
honest eyes wide open, as if to ask:
What has caused this I' RMwivinv inn
answer, he went and sat down with his
back to me, solemn and sad, as though
he were ruminating desnonriincrlvnn tL
evils which beset dog and mau alike in
this harsh and wicked world.
Condor hnntAra smvAmlvvalAnmiiil
" . 1 1 . . W.WMAW
bv inhabitants of the South American
sierras, as the birds commit great havoc
among the herds. Waiting till the
mother of a calf ia at
her offspring, they wili swoop down and
bu-ulb we young ammai to tne ground,
luwueaiaieiy ripping out lta tongue to
Drevent it from raininor anv alarm Tn
few minutes nothing but the skeleton is
leu, ( i
The Snow-Blrd.
When the leaves are shed,
And the branob.es bare,
When the snows are deep,
And the flowers asleep,
And the autumn dead,
And the skies are o'er us bent
Gray and gloomy, since she went,
And the sifting snow is drifting
Through the air j
Then, 'mid snow-drifts white,
Though the trees are bare,
Comes the'snow-bird bold,
In the winter's cold s
Quick, and round, and bright,
Light he steps across the snow,
Cares he not for winds that blow,
Though the sifting snow be drifting
Through the air.
Dora Read Qoodnlc, in Scribntr.
Ileras of Interest.
France levies a tax on cats.
The bedouins eat locusts fried in but
ter. A well-known country The oil re
gions. Salted rats are actually exported from
India to China as an article of food 1
They have at the university of Ley
den an oyster shell which weighs 130
pounds.
Winter clothing is desirable, but in
slippery weather every man should wear
his fall suit.
Any man pays too much for his whis
tle who has to wet it fifteen or twenty
times a day.
In China the agricultural laborer is
a sort of aristocrat. Public opinion puts
him above the mechauic.
For of all sad words that ever were were writ
ten, The saddest are these, " I got the mitten."
Edenburg Herald.
There is an oak tree in Texas, upou
which have boon grafted sprigs of pine,
holly, dogwood, elm, neb, walnut, ap-
Ele and peach. The sprigs have all
udded and give promise of thrift.
Mont Blanc has a cold in its head,
but Etua fires up if you even hint that
there is an eruption at its mouth. This
is a mountainous statement, but it comes
from tho steep and rugged path of truth.
Friend (to practical joker) : " Hello I
where are you going ?" Joker (solemn
ly) : " Going to eat some dead fish."
Friend (horror-struck) : " Dead flh I"
Joker (still more solemnly) : " Do yon
eat it alive?" (Exit.)
What we know of stellar distances
makes our system Eeem like a group of
islands in a vast sea, far removed from
other lauds. Neptune is 2,775,000,000
miles from the sun; and the nearest star
is more than 7,000 times as far 1
A young man sends us a long essay on
"The True Aim of Journalism." We
haven't read the article, but suppose
the author, like almost every one else,
prefers the Smith & Wesson, navy size,
No. 44 caliber, to any other pistol. In
this locality, especially, is the aim of
the journalist of the greatest importance,
and the mau whose hand shakes and
who can't hit an outraged community's
third vest button three times out of five
has no business trying to run a paper in
California. San Francisco Naws-Let-
ter.
Don't point your gun at yourself.
Don't point your gun at any one else.
Don't carry your gun so that its range
includes all your hunting companions.
uon't try to llnd out whether your gun
is loaded or not by shutting one eye and
looking down the barrel with the other.
Don't use your gun for a walking-stick.
Don't climb over a fence and pull your
gun through muzzle foremost. Don t
throw yonr gun into a boat bo that the
trigger will catch iu the scat and the
charge be deposited in your stomach.
Don't use your gun for a sledge-hammer.
Don't cany your gun full-cocked. Don't
carry your gun with the hammer down.
Don't be a fool. Don't you forget it.
Forest and Stream.
Burlington Hawk-Eyetcuis,
" You're an gnawful thing," as the
bone said to the dog. "You're two
jawful for anything," the dog said to
the bone.
Some weeks ago the telegraph "fatal
ly wounded " Sitting Bull, but the old
man hasn't heard anything about it him
self yet.
" Chained in the market place he stood,"
Nor knew his heart one throb of fear ;
Bnt no one either could or would
Buy a nice, two-year-old red steer.
Did you ever notice tho innocent but
very practical' ease and celerity with
which a cat. when it sees a DhilanthroniHt
coming down the street, places itself on
the more inaccessible side of the tree
box?
Wfl AflTl't fiaSA TC llTf Hi 1 YTTvl I fill VI1 1.1 Via
v w v " " J VUW vaiv DUUUIU UJ
so hard on rats because they desert a
sinking snip. Does it never occnr to
rtftnrtla to think linw nwfnllv fViA DinVinn
shin would en hfti'lc nn tha rota if tV .
would only stand by it ?
"What is tho bftTift nf lionnfirD" ,.1.
Harrier's liazar. Ah.
-a f -w v uvu vu
such a tender theme, dear heaven knows
now much we have suffered from it.
Sometimes wo almost wish we had been
born plain-featured but rich, but it is
iiaru xor a man to ngut the fates.
" Prisoner at the bar," said the judge,
" ia there anything yon wish to say be
fore sentence is passed upon you?"
The prisoner looked wistfully toward
the door, and remarked that nn would
like to say "good-evening," if it would
be agreeable to the company. But they
wouldn't let him.
Science has led the world into an at
mosphere of intelligence and discovery
that is fairly startling, education has de
veloped the human mind to a point but
little removed from perfection, but the
world has not vet advanced to that stage
of progress when the average man can
toll when the sitting-room carpetAias
been turned the other side up.
" Now then," growled old Mr. Bosby
shell, when he was about ready to start
down town, "what fool moved that
hat ?' A little search in silence ; then,
" What idiot touched that hat, I'd like
to know ?" Silence and search. " Some
empty-headed ninny has got my hat
again." Sees it sticking on top of hi
cane, where he leaned it np in the
corner. Dead eiler.ee ,