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HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor ' and , Publ!eh9r
NXXi DESPERANDUM,
Two Dollars per Annum.
VOL. IX.
11IDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1879.
NO. 26.
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: Deserted Filth Avenue.
By early candle light I wandor lorth
Upon Filth avenue and the adjoining street.
How eilent, how' deserted are these mnrble
hnllg,
The homes of wealth and luxury
Scarce the glimmer ot a chamber light is seen,
The parlors nil funorally closed,
The folks are out of town,
The basements only show some signs ot life,
As Ann and Bridget, lelt to keep the house,
There loiter at hour oi early eve,
To breathe fresh nir and gossip
With Roundsman No. 7,682.
A cat with stealthy tread
Steals o'er the way,
Intent on theft or commune with some other
cat.
Ha! Who are these?
So stealthily peeping lorth
As though in tear ot'ioe outside in ambush,
Or sitting well ensconced within the hall,
In dresses dark and somber.
- These ? T'is is the family,
Who lor strong reason
Have stayed in town this season,
Who timidly at night unbar the door
Closed in the day, and in deserted outward
look
Contemporaneous with the rest.
I turn away my head.
I know their pain.
They wish not to be seen ol men.
They're theoretically out ot town.
I will not e'en spy out their number.
This is true charity.
A'ew York Graphic.
The Little Old Woman and
Cows.
Her
A STOKY KKOM OVEK THE SEAS.
Oudennrde is a town in the Nether
lands; perhaps the guide hooks sru-ll it
Audcnnrde, hut long ago, when she lived
there, the country was known :vs Flan
ders, and the name of the town began
with O. They were times of trouble
then on account of the wars. The men
were nearly all oil" for soldiers whether
they wanted to iro or not ; and the towns,
which all had high walls round thein
for defence, fell lir.it into the hands of
one army and then of the other, and
kfigjitmg was tire (Miiet business.
J Ills woman, w nnsu iniiiic wa j. uuo-
killa, lived .just off the road between
f)udenardo and Ghent, which were
twelve miles apart: but she belonged to
he lormer place, though she lived a
(good way outside, and never went there
linow; lor not only. did sue ieei too old
for the walk, but the town had a garri
son of soldiers in it. and was in danger
of being attacked i.ny day, and she had
sc- n trouble enough without going to
seek it.
She was more than sf venty years old,
and li"cd alone except for her eat. Anil
she was so poor that she had almost
nothing but two cows, and those she
would nut hare had long if the soldiers
had thought them worth driving oft";
but as 1 hey were not much more" than
skin and bone, she was left in peaceful
possession of them.
Being a pious woman, when she said
her prayers at night she never forgot to
say that the cows were a great deal to he
thankful for. On the tew pints ot miik
they gave, and a little barley bread, she
managed to live, and also to keep her
cat in good condition.
The cat his name w:is Solomon had
belonged to her son Peter. So had the
cows, which he had raised from calves
when they had a nice farmstead of their
own, and'all was prosperous with them.
Now the farm was gone, the horses
and the cattle, all but the cows. She
had only them and the cat.
Her husband was dead ; and Peter was
lost. He hud been forced into the wars,
and now for eleven years no tidings of
him had ever reached her.
But she always prayed for him as if
he was alive, and never gave over the
hope that he might come bock a mother
never does.
That was why she still lived near
Oudenarde; because if she went away,
and he should conn back, how could he
ever find her? Could lie anyway, for
her old neigh' ors were all gone, and
the war hail ch .nged everything?
She had found shelter in a little, old
hut with a thatched roof. The walls
looked ready to full down, anil the
thatch had rotted so that it let in the
rain ; but she kept it sweet and airy.
In fair weather the door always stood
wide open, showing the clean, clay floor,
a small fireplace with the dinner-pot,
which had nothing in it, hanging on the
cranej two wooden benches, a table nnd
a bed, a brass lamp, some pewter and
wooden dishes, and a crucifix and
picture of the Virgin. There was a
square window with latticed bars across
it in checkers, and on the ledge was
always a mug of flowers, and beside it in
gunny days usually sat the cat, which
was salmon-colored and immensely
large.
This was how the house looked one
September afternoon at sunset. Fttro
nilla had just milked the cows, and
both of them were safe for the night in
a little yard at the end of the house.
She stood in the door looking first at the
small quantity of milk in the wocden
'dipper she held in her hand, and then at
the cows, and saw that they were leaner
than ever. Then she gazed off upon the
dusty, dried-up fields, on whose out
skirts they had picked up their scanty
living, while she sat by watching them
with knitting-work in her 'hands; there
was almost nothing left for them; what
should she do?
Then she thought of the great meadows
along the river toward Oudenarde;
broad and green she could see them far
away this side the town. There the
grasses grew rank and high; and in this
time of fear no man cared for them, or
would dare to cut them. A force ot
' soldiers had just gone into garrison
there, the gates were kept shut and
cuarded.the inhabitants dared not stir
outside; and at any moment the men of
Ghent might march, down ana attack
them.
It was no trespass to gather grass from
the river valley.
The longer she looked, the more she
felt-that she could get some, and that she
oucht to do it.
When she had made up her mind she
lelt easier, ana ner lace showed it. It
was a good face: brown, because ulie
had,beenout ot doors so much, Crinkled:
in a row oi lurrows clear across -lier
forehead, ana wrinkled about her eyes
and chin, but it was kind and patient. '
She tied a dark handkerchief over her
clean white cap, and tucked her small
cheeked shawl closer about her neck and
crossed it on her bosom outside of her
brown woolen frown, then she nut a
strong cord into her pocket which bIic
wore hanging from her belt, nnd took
her staff Jrom behind the door, and set
out; but just before she crossed the
threshold she looked down at Solomon,
who sat there, and said, " Solomon, you
keep house till I get back. It won't be
before midnight." Women who live
alone with cats are apt to confide things
to them.
It was a lonesome walk, and a weary
one for a woman of her years, but the
thought of her poor cows kept her up.
The night was beautiful, the air was
mild, and the starlight so clear that she
could easily find her way, and yet it was
not bright enough to betray her to any
one wlio might be wandering about,
which indeed was a very unlikely
thing to happen, for everybody, except a
few stray cottagers like hersilf, was safe
within the walls of the town; nnd ns
for the enemy, they were twelve miles
off in Ghent.
Besides its own strong defences Oude
narde was further protected by great
ditches, deep and broad, along the mead
ows, so that it was considered safe from
attack on that side. When Petronilla
reached the outermost of these ditches
she was much surprised to find that
there was no water in it, but being
anxious to gather her bundle of grass,
she fell to work, pulling it up by long
handfuls, until she had secured as much
as she could carry, and had just tied it
with the cord, when a strange thing hap
pened, and she soon learned something
very important about the ditch.
Though her hearing was not as good
as it once had been, she was sure that
two or three persons vere talking not
far away, and that they were coming
nearer. She instantly pulled off her cap
that its snowy whiteness might not at
tract attention, niullled herself to the
eyes in her kerchief, and crouched low
among the tufts of reeds.
And none too soon, for men began to
p:iss close by her, carrying long ladder j,
which nearly swayed against her, so
near were they. She dared not stir, and
could not raise her eyes to see higher
than their knees; but as the feet went by
her face, one pair after another, she
counted ; and there were four hundred
men.
What was the meaning of it she gath
ered quickly enough, for the leaders talk
ed over their plans almost over her head.
They were foes, the men of Ghent,
come at, midnight after long marching
to surprise Oudenarde.
They said that most of the garrison
and the great oflicers were away, feeling
that all was safe they had sent Fpies
who found this out and that the town
was carelessly guarded, and what was
worse, that the inhabitants had drawn
the water out of the ditches to get the
fish, and along these channels the enemy
could now approach even to the walls.
and by means of their scaling-ladders
climb over.
As soon as the men had all gone by,
Petronilla. though shaking with terror.
hurried ns fast as her feet could hobble
by a short path she knew to the walls,
just where the emptied ditch would give
them a place of advantage.
The sentry was going his rounds, and
finding all was well, would soon have
passed out of hearing, but she began to
moan and cry as if in distress, nnd hear
ing her, he came back and asked her what
was the matter.
Then in a quavering voice she told her
storv, which lie knew not what to think
of; being only a poor sentinel obeying
orders, what should lie think when an
old woman started up before him at
midnight begging him to alarm the gar
rison, when the commander had felt
secure enough to leave everything just
as 1 1 was r
But he was humane, so he treated her
kindlr, nnd asked her to stop and rest
herself, but she said :
"No; if I don't hurry away I shall be
a dead woman."
When she had gone, the thought came
to him how true and kind her voice
was, and what an honest woman she
seemed.
"bhe made me think of my poor
mother, who has been dead these many
rears. I fear."
Because of this, he said he would go
and look oft' from the highest place nnd
watch and listen, which he did; but not
a sound broke the stillness except the
cry ot a nignt-oira on tne meadow;
nothing was stirring, even the old wo
man was nowhere to be seen.
Indeed, she had made haste to get
back to the place where she saw the
men. who remained as she had left
them, all but four, who were just being
sent onward with orders lrom then-
leader not to speak, not to cough or
fneeze, hardly even to breathe, but to go
ns near the walls as possible without
startling the watchman, reconnoiter,
and briu 2 back word. -
This they did ; and Petronilla waited
to hear the report in dread and sorrow.
for she was sure there was not a light
burning in all the town nnd that the
people were sound asleep in their beds.
never dreaming of danger; and when
the spies returned, their words only
milled to her misery.
TM.ow A ill rrt af)P zn tminll na i lt.rltta.1
candle, they said, and they believed that
the sentinel had been his rounds and had
gone to bed ; and now it was proposed to
prepare tor a start, enter tne aitcn and
move onto the walls.
Then poor tired old Petronilla started
again, and appeared once more to the
astonished .watchman, who was still
keeping a sharp lookout, and told him
all she had just heard, and that it was
the last he would see of her that night.
" But," sire said, " if evil does come to
the town and you escape, mv hut can
Bhelter you from harm. It is the first
on the road to Ghent."
She told him this because he had
civil, pleasant way, which made her
think of her dear boV. Peter.
And now the man, fully alarmed, went
round to the gate that was threatened,
where he found the soldiers of the guard
crowaea about a aim light playing dice,
with three or four flasks of wine beside
them; they weie his superiors in rank,
so he addessed them ns "Gentlemen!"
and asked if their gates nud barriers
were all secure, because an old woman
had been to him and told him that a band
of men were on their way to take tho
town.
"Oh, ho!" they cried, "our gates are
fast enough. A bad night to the old
woman who has come tit such an hour
to alarm us! Probably she saw some
cows and calves that had come untied
and she fancied thev were men oi Ghent
i coming Here. 4. hey nave no such inten
tions."
Meantime, Petronilla, leaving her
bundle of grass where it lay, wearily and
sadly plodded home that she might be
take herself to bed while she was able to
get there; and the cows went without
any supper.
While she lay awake, for sleep sho
could not, the terrible thing she feared
came to pass. The guard, careless at
their post, who scorned her message,
were surprised nt their (tame. The four
hundred had come over the walls by
their, scaling-ladders and gained the
market place, where they were heard
shouting :
"Ghent! Ghent!"
The startled peoplo sprung in horror
from their beds, only to see that it was
too late to save their town, even if their
own lives were secure.
It was nn awlul niclit of fighting and
pillaging; and the sight which the next
morning's sun looked upon wa9 of
streets full of armed men, houses broken
open, confusion nnd destruction nnd
death everywhere; and out tiirotign tne
now onen nates a multitude of women
nnd children, in th" clothes they slept
barefoot and half-naked, fleeing lor
heir lives before the men of Ghent, who
were driving them as if they had been
cattle ; nnd the poor fugitives, glad to
escape on any terms, went running off
on every road except the one to the
enemy's city; and in the end found
eluge in other towns, wnere me nus-
ands and fathers ot some 01 mem niter-
ward joined them, but the most were
the same ns if they were widowed and
plumed.
There was only one person who dared
nVe the road to Ghent, nnd he crossed
out to it over the fatal meadow, but left
t ns soon its he saw at one side t he lean
ing cottage, with the little cow-pen be
side it. where Petronilla lived. The
sentinel had escaped, with his outer gar
ment torn away and a gasli across his
boulder: but 'io had kept safe sewed
within his leathern doublet a pouch of
gold which he had laid by for his old
mother's support, if ever he should come
back to Oudenarde.
Since he came he had heard that she
lad been some years missing from the
irmstend. which had been ruined by
the wars, nnd that surely she must be
dead.
lie thought that perhaps he would
give this gray-haired woman some of it
now for his mother's sake. How anxi
ous she had seemed, what a faithful
soul she was to do so much, how old she
was to have walked so far, and how
kind her invitation had been!
This was her hut, then! flow poor it
was. And those two cows looKing over
he fence and lowing mournfully how
can and starved they were! The house-
door was open, nnd a cat came, out,
salmon-co'.ored. Where had he seen
such a cat of that queer color? She
erowled and put up her back and started
in, then slopped and looked around in
istnay as he called "Solomon! Solo
mon : it is my very cat. ooiomon :
Then something else happened, for a
voice cried from the bed within :
"Oh, Peter!"
Yes ; Petronilla, sleeping late after her
night 8 adventure, dreamed 01 tne senti
nel: and Peter's words awoke her. As
sure as she was Petronilla, he was Peter.
W hat more is there to be told ? Why,
that they both agreed that it was best
to get away trom uudcijarne as last as
their feet could carry them. The house
might serve as shelter to sonfo poor fugi
tive. 1 lie dinner-pot tuey wouiu leave
wi:h somebody who had wherewithal to
buy a dinner to cook in it. And the
few possession ot the departing house
keeper should .ie lelt lor ner successor,
But Solomon they took with them in a
air: and the two sorry-looking cows
they drove before them to a more fertile
as well as peaceful land "because,"
said Peter, "if it had not been for the
cows, we never should have found each
other. Youth's Comjxmion.
The Solan Goose.
The hardy birds, constructed by na-
hire to battle with the elements, have a
beaut entirely their own widely dif
ferent, indeed, from the colored sd lend ors
of the tropical birds: but theirs is a
beau I y of ornament rather than of
strength and perfect power. The solan
goose, or gannet, is a wonder among the
llvinir kind.
Mr. Frank Buckland 1ms been experi
menting unon the anatomical construc
tion of the gannet. and says it possesses
in its body the most perfect aeronautic
machinery that can be conceived. There
is a communication between the lungs.
the feathers and the hollow bones of the
birds, by means of which it is able to in
flute itself like a balloon.
The gannet on which Mr. Buckland
experimented measured nine "inches
across tho chest, but when inflated it
measured fourteen inelirs. By suddenly
pressing the inflated body, the dead bird
immediately gave out tne loud call of
the bird when alive, the sound bein
produced bv means of the air passing
through the voice-box nt the bottom of
tho windpipe. The gannet can instan
taneously extrude all this air fromjits
tings, bones and leathers; ana tins en
ables it to drop down from a height upon
its nrcv in the sea with amazing rapidity.
Some years ago, one of these birds was
flying over l'enzance, in uornwau, wiwn,
seeinir some mlchards lying on a nr
plank, in a place for curing those fish, it
darted itseif down with so much violence
is io stick its bill quite through an inch
anil a quarter plank, and kill itself on
tlie spot. Tho bones of the bird's neck
aie of amazing strength, and as hard ns
an iron rod. The heai is joined to the
atlas by a beautiful ball-and-socket.
A Tame Humming Bird.
Some time ago a lady living at Cin
cinnati heard a bird called as if in pain.
in the van I outside the door, nnd upon
investigation found a young humming
bird 111 the talons 01 tne iamuy cat. one
promptly rescued the tiny fellow and
found it to be a little hurt, though
enough to warrant her taking an interest
its convalescence. She took it into the
kept it till the next day, when
on taking it to the door to let it go, the
bird flew 11 n into a tree and refused to
go farther uway. finally returning to her
hand. Charmed with the confidence
displayed by the "pretty creature, the
lady took it fully in charge, and since
then has fed and cared for it ns for any
other feathered pet. The bird is of a
beautiful russet gold in color, seems to
know ha henefaetress. and has charm
ingly coquettish ways. It permits its
mistress to handle it without exhibiting
fear, and seems to enjoy being stroked
and petted. When it gets hungry it
makes a plaintive call, and is then fed
trom a iresii peiunnt. juiv wuw n
of the honey
that is the natural food of the bird of
freedom. The bird enjoys its aieals with
,1 calls for about twenty of
them daily. - It is very saldom-.thut one
of these il'ainty birds is caught, and still
i-.ii-.jIv ta one
Kepi uuvr, in My
nothing of becoming a pi t, as is the case
with the one spoken 01.
A Zuln Artist.
M. Ennnda writes to the Art Inter'
diange from Zululand as follows: I
will give you the history 01 one. Zulu
artist that I knew. His iinmo was
Taonuota. TPlease strike the roof ot
your mouth twice with your tongue,
making a noise like a small hammer and
then you wiil get the pronunciation of
his name. lie fled to Natal with his
wife, to escape the sentence of death
which Cetywayo had passed on him for
being suspected of witchcraft, lie spent
his time in carving wooden nnd ivory
spoons, snuff-boxes of many varieties,
made of vegetable ivory, etc., and also
from reeds, all painted and figured.
Bead work ho excelled in also modern
pillows with filigree carving, wooden
milkpails, ivory and bone perspiration
scrapers with a snuff-spoon at one end
nnd bone combs that looked like three
fined forks. With these forks they
dress tho hair in fantastic designs.
When an ox is killed the ribs are taken
care of to make, these useful articles. I
must tell vou before 1 forget that Unon-
qota was also a noted poet and sang his
own compositions ns lie carved or painted
thesnuft'-boxes and musical reeds, lie
could draw very well considering he
never had a lesson, and 111s silhouettes
were made with the spearred hot, burn-
rut the figures very evenly black though
they were hideous repreientations. I
regret not having a lew copies tor the
cud nnd saucer nainters of New York to
copy, for they would have admired them
hugely. 1
T his Zulu artist was indeed a very
original character. He often paid us a
visit to see the sewing machine, nnd
would solemnly exclaim, "The white
man will soon find the medicine to cure
death." lie tried to imitate some of our
things, and showed much taste for pic
tures. His pottery was more graceful
and the ornamentations looked lifelike.
Bv his great industry in art he soon ac
quired a large fortune, namely, three
wives and a kraal tun 01 cattle, calves
and goats; but he did not retire from
business; he would peddlfl his armlets
nnd leglets, necklaces, spoons, spears,
etc., far and wide over tho country. At
last he had filled an earthen pot full of
English wmey, and he thought he could
e-eiite' he Zulu country unknown, to
buy nio'-e cattle, to buy more wives, to
be a grenier aristocrat, when he un
expectedly met one of Cetywayo's police
men who was wat"hin3 for runaways to
Natal, and a spear ,uo weL aimed felled
linn to the ground.
A Shoemaker's Rich Strike.
A wedding occurred recently in Chi
ago which recalls strikingly some of the
ncidents in the "Arabian wights.
The Chicago Times, speaking of this
ceremony, says: it was Between two
favorites ot lortune Whose sudden re
nioral from poverty to opulence has few
parallels in fiction and far fewer in real
ife. The bridegroom is fir. August
Hische, who was a year and a lialf ago
a poor man, obtaining A meagre living
by working at his trade as a shoemaker.
tie was one ot the pieneers ui Jeaaniie
and had the good fortune to " strike it
rich." lie was the discoverer ot the lit
tle Pittsburg mine, lie is now the part
ner of Governor Tubor and the owner
of fourteen or fifteen mines, somes of
which arc among tne best silver mines
in the country. Among them are the
Saxon. Nevada. Hard Cash. Penfold,
Bed Hogers and Alaska. He is forty-five
vears. The bride was Miss Minnie
Iunirhuhn. twenty-four years old. Till
a few weeks ag she supported herself
v sewing in the establishment of Glauz
& Pciiolat, furners. 1 he engagement
occurred a few weeks ago. Mr. lust he
met Miss Iunirhuhn at Glauz & Perio-
lat's and proposed at once. 1 he time of
the wedding was not decided on. how-
over, till Monday, when it was deter-
niiied to have it the following evening
The wedding occurred at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. V. r . l'eriolat, INo. 14 l'ark
avenue, x lie ceremony was solemnized
at 7.30 o'clock by the liev. T. N. Morri
son. Jr.. of tie Church of the Epinhanv
.Mr. and Mrs. lunghuhn. the parents ot
the bride, and Mr. and Mrs. l'eriolat
stood up with the bridal couple. The
bride was attired in a pearl-colored silk
and brocaded satin, cut a la pnncesse,
with li loin snuare train, trimmed with
orange blossoms, one wore diamond
soltaire ear-rings nnd diamond pin nnd
bracelets. After the ceremony a supper
of the most sumptuous character was
served. Tlie bridal pair go iocw I ork
Washington and Baltimore, and then re
turn bv way of this city to Denver.
where they will reside. Mv. Bische has
u.st paid sl-J.OOO lor a turnishcd house in
Denver, to which he win take 111s oricie,
Mr. Rische's present to the bride con
sisted of a watch nnd chain and Dia
mond joivelry to the value of S7,800. and
11)0,000 in government bonds, home ot
the finest presents were sent by Mr
Rische's Denver friends, nnd did not ar
rive in time for the wedding.
Through China.
We uassed through by-roads and fields
of millet ten feet high, and could not see
across the country unless where the har
vest -was cut. The stooks of the large
millet looked like wigwams. We heard
sad tidings of the .amine: yet here there
was abundance, so much that this one
province could supply all the famine-
stricken. A measure of millet will sup
port a Chinaman for a month ; but there
is no enterprise about getting the millet
to the hungry, and the port was soon to
be closed by the winter. There was al
ways some one on tlie road, though the
houses and villages were few. Now it
was the po'tman. white mail-ban slung
across his shoulders, his hands swinging
vehemently as he went. Ihen it was
travelers on horseback, armed with
formidable spears with which to frighten.
not to fight, tho robbers that infest the
roads of the roads, peasants were trudg
ing to market, n farmer was going over
his land. Figures in white came near
the road to watch us pass, and we knew
it was a family in mourning. Some
ladies crossed by a path over the fields
toDav a visit to a neighbor's house;
servant followed them, and they stole
shy looks at the foreigners. Here the
reapers were at work ; and if it was the
large millet, they cut down only one stalk
nt a time, and then pound them labor
iouslv in eiirantic sheaves. A watch
man, staff in hand, was patrolling the
fields to guard his master's grain against
the inroads of the poor, then we saw
threshing-floor the hard, beaten circuit
01 ground, tne ears witn only
short straw spread over them, and
white and lazy mule dragging a stone
round and round. Sometimes the grain
was lashed, but never thrashed with the
nail. Where roads met there was al
most always a small shrine of mud.
few feet high, raised to some local cod,
a shabby superstition that contracted
j tie comfortable look and intelli-
1 gence or tne people. tfooo Worati
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Orchard nnd Warden Notei.
It is better to ton-dress an old nusture
well set with grass than plow it up and
reseed it.
Plant a few fruit trees of every variety
every year and your orchard will never
be nil old.
Dig the early crop of potatoes as soon
as the vines die down. Burn the vines,
thev may contain the potato-rot
fungus.
The best purpose to which coal ashes
can be applied in town or country is in
making garden walks. If well laid
down no weeds or crass will crow, and
by use they become ns solid and more
in-able than bricks.
I.et no one nick fruit who has no
thought for the life of the tree and the
seasons that are to follow. We have
seen orchards that looked after the pick
ing: as if a hail-storm had visited it. the
limbs were so torn and broken.
The success of a fruit grower depends
pon solid reputation for honesty. Let
very package he as represented and like
very other of its grade. This will in
sure thi commence of the commission
merchants, the esteem of the consumers,
ready sale of the fruit and an inward
satisfaction.
Farmers that have a supply of old
nee rails will find them Just the thing
to place next their tomato plants to keep
in truit oil the ground. 1'lace the short
pieces crosswise nnd the long ones on
top (lengthwise) each side the plants,
and you have tho cheapest, if not the
best, support of the kind to be found.
The Chinese are said to preserve
ones for a very considerable period
y cutting a circular piece out of a ripe
umpkin or gourd, making an aperture
irge enough to admit the hand. The
nterior is then thoroughly cleaned out,
he ripe grapes are placed inside nnd the
cover replaced and pressed in firmly.
he whole is then kept in a cool place.
New varieties of plants and trees may
be propagated by budding, which is, in
ict, a kind ot gratling. home trees do
ot take grafts kindly, the stone fruits
iirticularlv so, and these are usually
budded. To bud a tree a slit is made in
he bark in the desired place of the shape
1 a 1. A dormant or new bud is cut
0111 a tree, the bark nnd a thin slice of
the underwood being taken at the axil
ol a leal, where a new bud is found. Ihe
piece of bark cut off with the bud is
trimmed to fit the upper cut of the T
exactly and to lie smoothly under the
other partof the bark, which is loosened
by being raised with a oiunt, smooth in
strument. The bud with the shield of
bark is slipped under the loosened bark
I the stock, which is bound by a figure
bund use of basswood bark or linen.
That is all. The barks unite and the in
serted bud grows and becomes attached
to the wood of the stock, just ns with a
graft. Exchange. .
Health Hint.
For neonle with skin diseases a car
bolic bath should be used.
Mwavs take a bath in a warm room
nnd in tepid water, unless particularly
olmst.
I'wenty minutes in the smoke of wool
will take the pain out of the worst
wound, and repeated once or twice, it
will allay the worst ease of inflamma
tion arising from a wound we ever saw.
The prime conditions of health in a
house depend upon cleanliness, pure air
and unpolluted water, the prompt and
thorough removal of all refuse, and the
erlect exclusion ot all toul matters ans-
ng outside the house.
medical exchange says that life can
be sustained by the following when
nothingelse can betaken: Makea strong
cup of coffee, add boiling milk as usual,
only sweetening rather more; tike an
egg, beat yolk and white together thor
oughly; boil the collee, nnlk nnd sugar
together, and pour it over the beaten
egg in tlie cup you are going to serve it
111. liuslon Journal of viiemtstry.
When a finger pricks ns though there
whs a thorn 111 it, and throbs intolerably
when held downward, and vet there is
no external sign of mischief, the proba
bilities are that a felon is in prospect,
savs an exchange. Go at once to the
butcher s and procure some ot the spinal
marrow of a beef creature. Take a
piece, say about two inches in length.
nnd. having cut it open lengthwise, wrap
it around the nttected hnger, covering, ot
course, with cloth, in a lew hours
change the piece of marrow for a fresh
one, and continue to keep the finger so
encased until all pain has ceased and
there is no diseomtort when the marrow
is removed. The finger will look
strangely white anil porous, but the cure
is complete, llns remedy ought to be
come professional, it is vastly better
than the surgeon's knife, nnd more effect
tual.
Temperature lit Cultivation.
At the late meeting of the Michigan
Pomologieal Society at Muskegon, Mr.
S. B. Peck, in his address of welcome, in
his remarks on temperature and reasons
of failure in the cultivation of fruits and
tender vegetables planted in the home
stead garden, in alluding to the capacity
of different kinds of matter to receive
and '-etaiu the healoC the sun after night
fall said: As a ruie those substances
that are ihe slowest to receive heat are
the slowest to part with it. Earth and
water, ihe two kinds 01 matter we nave
most to do with, are good illustrations;
the former receives readily the heat of
the sun as soon as he appears, but parts
with this heat rapidly ns soon as he dis
appears. Water is tlie reverse, slow to
receive and to part with heat, requiring
thirty times as much neat to raise it up
to the same temperature. Our buildings,
whether of wood or brick, hold the heat
received during tho day much longer
than the bare earth, and thus influence
to preient frost in their bulks. An il
lustration of this fact came under my ob
servation at the time of a damaginir frost
early in May of 1878, that destroyed
most of the apples, grapes and berries,
and all of the peaches, plums and cher
ries in all flat open exposures near here.
while all of these fruits were a complete
success in an inclosu-e of eight to twelve
rods on which were two two-story and
two smaller buildings, with a well-filled
woodshed. The influence of these wooden
structures to retain heat extended to a
distance of 6eventy-five feet, as I I. ad
ample evidence. The same things hap
pened in a much less decree on the morn
ing of May 7th, inst. The success of
grapes seems to depend on the amount of
summer neat tney receive, jsaoeuaa
that seldom and Catawbas that never
ripen here in open field have come to
pcriecuon two years in bucccbmuh,
trained two feet distant from the build
ings above mentioned.
A Reminiscence of Niagara.
I remember when I was but a boy
that a man cot into the rapids here,
having been carried down in a boat,
which was broken to pieces. He had the
good fortune to be dashed on a rock, to
which he clung. It was at the height of
the season August, if I recollect and
he clung there for fully thirty-six hours.
Everybody streamed out of the hotels
and the village; the banks of the river,
particularly on this side, were thronged
with people anxious to do someihing to
save him. Dozens of plans were sug-
?;ested; some attempted, but they all
ailed. Thousands of dollars were of
fered to anybody who would rescue him.
The desperate situation of the man had
been leiegrapnea over the country, and
every train brought crowds of passen
gers hither to witness it with their own
eyes. He was encouraged by shouts
from the banks, but whether he could
understand anything said is doubtful.
The world is said to bo sympathetic.
It Is, or appears to be, unsympathetic,
because the ooject for which sympathy
is asked is abstract. When it is tangi
ble, visible, all is changed. There was
an exemplification. This poor wrctcli
could be seen. He was an ordinary, un
educated man; but he was a man, and
the brotherhood and sisterhood of the
race went out to him in pity and intense
eagerness to rescue him. women ot
fashion, blase club men, selfish world
lings grew pale as they watched the un
happy wretch, so vivid was their sym
pathy. Many persons sat up all night looking
across the seething, roaring waters at the
small dark figure still clinging to the
rock. The morning came; renewed
efforts were made, hut they all miss
carried. The crowd had increased: it
was immense Everybody was excited.
Tears were in the woman's eyes; the
pallor gleamed through the rouge of
some of their cheeks. Can't something
be done? Must tlie poor tellow perish
belore our faces? Is there no way to
rescue him? Such questions were in
cessantly asked; but, alas! no reply
could be given.
The man had good courage and great
strength, lie clung to the rock with the
desperation of a dying soul. Io lose
his hold was to be dashed over the cataract.-
Apparatus and contrivances
arrived from Buffalo. New experiments
and new failures. Hoarse shouts still
rang across the rapids to hold on, to be
of good heart. The stoutest heart that
ever throbbed could not gripe that
rock forever. It was wonderful liow he
had endured. A fresh idea had come to
the minds of half a dozen mechanics.
They were laboring to throw out a
hawser; every muscle was strained;
every eye was bent upon their work.
Suddenly the man slipped away, lie
was exhausted; ho threw up his arms;
he dashed toward the cataract. A low
groan ns iroin one nreaiu quaked
through the throng; the thousands
shivered with terror. -A diuck object
lor a moment longer in the waters, and
then disappeared forever. There
was an agony of relief. No one moved ;
no one spoke for a while. All looked in
the direction where the figure had been
swallowed uo. Itwasth enchantment
of terror; it was the chill of tragedy dis
tinctly wrought winch froze every one
for the moment to the spot.
The old resident he has lived here
forty years says that oii nn average
about six persons are canicd over tlie
falls every year, and that four out of the
six are wholly or partly intoxicated and
lose their lives byjcarelessness or reckless
ness in rowing above tlie rapids, going
beyond the line of danger. But lor
liquor, not more than two lives, he says,
would be lost nnnually. Xiayara Falls
Ixlter to the HI Louis Ulubc-Danocrat.
Pueblo Indians in Court.
A novel scene was presented in Chief
Inst ice Prince s court at .anta 1-e, ew
Mexico, a short time since. Five of the
so called " Indians " from the Pueblo
of Lasruna were brought into court for
trial. The Pueblo Indians of New
Mexico are the only remnant still exist
ing of theciviiied aboriginal Americans,
whom Cortez found on his arrival in
Mexico, living to-day exactly as they
did 400 years ago; and those of Laguna
are especially advanced in agriculture
and mechanical arts. 1 hey are a quiet,
industrious, honest nnd law-abiding peo
ple, having their own municipal govern
ment, and seldom, if ever, coming into
the Lnited States courts. On this oc
casion about thirteen were in attendance.
five haying been indicted for driving a
laree flock of sheen into their village. It
appeared, however, on tho trial that the
sheep were trespassing, and were driven
111 bv direction ot their governor, and
with no ill intent. The Indians wore no
head covering, and all had long, jet black
hair, except two or tliree very old men,
whose hair was white as snow. The
I.ieu'.enant-Governor of the Pueblo had
a red handkerchief arranged around his
ead like a tiara; ana wore a curious
large green shell suspended from his
neck. I heir dresses were various 111
color. Several were in white ; some wore
blouses of red cotton, others ereen. and
others striped pink and white. All had
high foreheads, and intelligent faces with
prominent noses. While they have been
at peace with a'-' mankind ."or many years,
vet among th 'ir officials whom they still
annually elect is a " war chief," and he
was among those present. As their wit
nesses understood no Spanish, a vener-
ablo Pueblo was sworn ns interpreter;
and the questions, first propounded in
Encash, were translated into Spanish by
the regular court interpreter, then into
the Laguna language by the old rueblo;
and tlie answers similarly translated,
first into Spanish and then English,
making the examination a slow one.
The language is a peculiar one. ana tun
of very prolonged consonant sounds and
aspirations. 1 no wora ior "yes." lor
instance, could best, be spelled,
" Jl-h-h-h-li-ah."
The Small Boy in a Corn Bin.
Frank, a twelve-year-old son of Joe
Williams, had a new experience Satur
day. The youth was up in the new ele
vator after pigeons. Looking at the
large hopper through which the shelled
corn passed through into the car, it oc
curred to him that 11 wouia ne a pleas
ant trio to ride down with the corn. He
jumped on and was soon covered up in
the rushing grains 01 corn. i;an iiusn
man, observing that the grain had ceased
flowing, ran his hand in and felt the boy's
feet. They had to break tlie spout to re
move him. He was almost smothered
to death and black in the face. They
blew in his nostrils, worked the chest,
and chafed his hands; and they were re
warded ior their efforts by a slight pulse.
On his removal home medical aid was
summoned, and the youth will survive
his spouting experience. Eldora (.)
Ledger,
Heiuignug.
Htimgang! So the German people
Whisper when they hear the bell
Tolling lrom some gray old steeple
Death's familiar tale to tell,
When they hear tho organ dirges
Swelling out from chapel dome
And the singers chantlii surges
" Htimgang!" He is going home.
Htimgang ! We are all so weary,
And the willows as they wave,
1 Softly sighing, swetly dreary,
Woo ns to the tranquil grave.
When the golden pitcher's broken,
With its dregs and with its foam,
Aud the tender words are spoken,
" Htimgang!" Wo are going home.
A. J. H. Dugannt.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
There is not a single national bank in
Mississippi.
Japan has forty-three Christian
churches. Seven years ago it had none.
The manufacturing business is so dull '
in England that ten mills do not make a
cent.
When a man uses his cane to heln him
walk rapidly it becomes a hurrycane.
Lowell Uoaner.
There is an establishment in New
Haven which manufactured 22,421,772
fish-hooks last year.
The Japanese think paradise is en
closed by a high board fence; and so
does the small boy in watermelon time.
The boy who lias a love for swimmins
and a nervous mother is one of the most
unhappy beings on the face of the crth.
We hear of men sowing wild oats, but
who ever heard of a woman sewing
anything but tares? St. Louis Times
Journal. -
The Emperor Alexander, of Russia, is
devout, well intf ntioned. nnd physically
very weak. He lives simply mid is given
to long walks.
The United States half-eagie contains
116 grains of pure gold, equivalent to
$5; the British sovereign, 113 grains,
equivalent to 94.87 of United Sta'ca
money.
A young man went into a restaurant.
the other day. and, remarking that
Time is money," added that as he hud
half an hour to spare, if the proprietor
was willing he'd take it out in pie.
A Norristown man who was advised
to go to the Hot Springs for the benefit
of his health, said blamed if he was
going to do it, as it was about as much
as he could do to worry through the hot
summers. A'orristown Herald.
We are told that not one American
woman faints to-day where thirty years
ago twenty-five fainted. Boston Herald.
Nothing like variety! Ihey got tired
fainting in the same place, probably.
Men are not so easily latigued hy it.
Jloston Courier.
One of a series of Indian mounds.
twenty-five feet in diameter, has been
unearthed by the Albany (111.) scien
tists. Curiously carved drinking ves
sels of stone were discovered, and skulls
and bones, evidently belonging to nn
ancient race of mound builders, weie
found in profusion.
A British iirmv captain and two
lieutenants have been fined $1)0 each for
breaking into the bedrooms of two
other oflicers and sprinkling pepper 011
the carpets in order to make them sneeze
funnily when they returned. The com
plainant was the landlady, whose furni
ture had been damaged.
The blind pacer, Sleepy Tom, slackers
his speed toward the end of each heat
as soon as he hears the crowd yell, lor
lie thinks he has finished. This ten
dency has to be met by talking and with
the whip, nnd even then counts seriously
against his success, although he has
made the best time on record.
Immense pumping machines were or
dered by the Hungarian government of
English linns for the rebuilding of Szc
gedin, nt an expense of over $500,000;
but this money proves to have been en
tirely wasted. It has become evident,
says'tlie Szeyeai A'an.'o, that Szegedin can
be rendered' dry only by the hilling of
tlie river that caused the inundation.
For the money these enormous pumps
cost the banks of the river might have
been fortified, and future overflows to
that extent guarded against.
Here is an incident of railroad travel
in Hungary. A mail train came to a
sudden top in a tract 01 open country.
The passengers thrust their heads out of
the windows to see what had happened.
A pig had leaped from a van and was
skiiiTvinir awav. The train employees
joined in a pursuit, and the fugitive was
hotly chased for twenty minutes. Then
an returned 10 me waning irmn tu cpi
the official who had charge of the bag
gage vouchers, and the delay was pro
longed, but in vain, for him to come
back. At tho end of the journey the
passengers could not get their trunks
until next day, when the voucher man
arrived.
An Extraordinary Case.
Some twenty-three miles distant from
Kingstown, Ind., in a German settle
ment, there is a young woman, some
twenty-one years of age, daughter of
Casper Schmidt, who is to ail appear
ances quite dead, having been in that
state for nearly twelve months past. She
awi.kens, however, once every tweuty
four hours, precisely at ten o'clock nt
night, and will converse with the family
and others ior about twenty minutes,
when she will again relapse into the
comatose state, and remain so until ten
o'clock the following night, nt which
hour she revives to the minute, throw
ing out her arms and folding her hands
together, and raising up her shoulders
until tho spectators imagine that her
bones are cracking. Sho remains in
that laborious state for the space of ten
minutes, when she comes to a perfect
possession of her faculties.
A singular feature of the case is, the
young lady recollects well if any prom
ises have been made her tho previous
night, and will be very trcwul for a time
if they are not fulfilled; but if the things
are brought her sho makes useot noneot
them, as she eats and drinki little, or
nothing at all. She could never be per
suaded to attempt to eat any food but
three times during thirty-two davs. and
then put the three together she did not
eat any more than a child a year old
would take. After conversing a few
minutes this remarkable young lady will .
suddenly clasp her hands together,
throw her arms into the same manner
as when awakening, nnd will return into
the siime somnolent state as be full: until
ten o'clock the following night.