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J. 1 ; On the CltnnncNBont. '
" Whnt ! Frwl, you here T I didn't see
. You come aboard nt Dorer. 1
. , met tho IJior n Inst week they said '
.' I'hnt yoh-were coming over( "
But didn't sny how soon."? ! ; A .!''
- "Oh, yes,
I .1.- r ., . !"
x otiiiiu uy iiiu inuiuitic;
And wlmt a rush there were lor berths !
'Twas almost like a panic. j . j.imx
I'm mighty glnd to most yon, Willi -Y
Whore are you going?" ; i
- . " IVris." r
" GKjod ! so am I. Tve got to meet ?v
. My cousin, Charley Harris,
To-morrow. He and I have planned
A liulo trip together 1
Through fewitzeriand on foot; I hopn
W'll have some docoht weather." ; '
." Take enre tiioro ! hold your hat : it blows."
JYesj ,hcw this steamer tosses !
I'm never soasiok: Charlie is,
Ihough, every tiiuo ho crosses.
Who s with you, Willt"
" I'm traveling with
My shter and my mother:
They're both below. I came on deck:
It's close onouglf to smother
Down there. These chaps don't care a snap
For vent illation, hung 'ora !
'Where dil you stop in London? We
Were stopping at the Langhaiu."
"You were? Why, so was I. Hut then
I only got there Sunday
At breuklast tiuio, iukI went away
The afternoon of Monday i ;
tAnd yet within lliat short sojourn
I lost niy heart couiiletuly:
Such stylo ! such eyes ! such rosy chooks !
. Such lips that smiled so sweetly f
. I only saw hor twice, and then
Dou't laugh 'twns nt a distance; "
But, Will, my b'jy, 1 tell you what, ; rf
In all my blest existence
I no!er before set eyes upon
) A girl so really splendid.
But, pshaw ! I couldn't stay, and so
My short-live! visions ended.
I don't suppose sliu'll ever know
- How I, a stranger, love her," '
. " Who was sbe, Fred ?''
' " Ah ! that's just it:
I couldn't, e'en discover
Her numo, or anything at all
About her, Broken-he u ted,
I saw it wasn't any use
To try; so off I started,
And here I am, disconsolate."
" All lor an unknown charmer ?
Yonr'ro soft, my b .'. Lot's stroll abalt:
The sea is growingcahner;
Or lovwar.l, i! yon iik'i. Tho view
May make your ieeiiugs rally.
We're drawing near to Franco, iu hull
An hour ahull ho at Calais. .
See ! there's the town, and, ust this side
The port with shipping in it;
And, there, beyond, you sea tho spires,
And"
" Hero, Will, stop a minute.
By Jove ! look there ! that girl in gray,
With red t!owers in her bonnet !
I do declare I yes it's she:
I'd take my oath upon it.
What luck! 1! I had only known !
How can it bo I missed her?
Look ! In, re s ie conies !"
"Why, Fred, you lool !
That girl in gray's my sister !"
Geo. L. Cvllin, in Lipiiincutt.
FOUND ON THE TRACK.
Wot nnl di-p.iry. It is midwinter: the
sceno is Kirklinjtton, on the London and
Northwestern the time 10.45; ju.st after
tho night nisdl hns lhished through with
out stoppin.tr. hound for Liverpool and
the North. Therailwayoflioials points
men, signalmen, porters, platelayers
nre colloctin preparatory to going oft'
duty for the niulit.
"Where's Dan?" asks one of the
crowd upon the platform.
"I saw him in the hut just nfter the
10.45 went through. Can't have, come
to tiny harm, surely."
"No; he said he'd seen something
drop from the train, and ho went down
tho lino to pick it up."
And Dan had picked up something.
It was a basket h common white
wicker basket with aiid fastened down
by a string. What did it contain?
Refreshments? Dirty clothes? What?
A baby! a child half a dozen weeks
old, no more; a pink aiid white piece of
human china as fragile us Dresden and
as delicately fashioned and tinted as bis
cuit or Itosi? I'ompadour.
"Where did you come across it?"
asked one.
"Lying on the line, just where it fell,
rerhaps it didn't fall; perhaps it was
chucked out. What matter? I've got
it and got to look after it ; that's enough
for me. Some day maybe I'll corue
across them as owns it, und then they
shall pay me and take it back."
"Is there nothing about him? Turn
him over."
The little mite's linen was white and
of lino material, but he lay upon an old
shawl and a few bits of dirty flannel.
All they'fcfnnd was a dilapidated purse
a common snaplock bag-purse of faded
brown leather. Inside was a brass
thimble, a pawn ticket and the half of a
Bank of England note for 100.
"What good's half a bank note to
you?"
" Hal( a loafs better than no bread."
"Yes; but you can eat one, but you
can't pas the other. Won't you catch
it from Tour wife ! How'll you face her,
Dan? What'llshosay?"
" She'll say I done quite right," replied
Dan, stoutly. " She's a good sort, God
bless her." ' ' ' -
" So are you, Dan ; that's a fact. God
bless you, too," said more than one
rough voice in softened accents..- Per
haps the' child'll bring you luck after
all."- - '
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' Winter-tide again six years later, but
this season is wet and slushy . Once
more we are at Kirklinton, a long strag
gling village, which might have sluai-
, ered on in obscurity forever had not the
Northwestern line been carried close by
itjto give it a place in Bradshaw and a
! certain importance as a junction and cen
ter for goods traffic. But the activity
was all about the station. All the per
manent oiliciuls had houses and cottages
there in the village JJvod'only the field
laborer wbd worked nt the neighbor
ing entate, or somntiibp lent their band
for ajobof navvyingon the line.. These
Eoor folk had a graeomc lifo of It, a hard
alul-to month -Btrturfrlft for' bare exis
tence against perpetual privation, nc-
A new parson Harold Treffry had
como lately to ICirklington. He was an
earnest, energetic young man, who had'
won his spurs in the East: End parish,,
ann naa now accepted tnn country liv
ing because it seemed to open up a new
field of usefulness. He had plunged
bravely into the midst of hiswor; he
was forever going up and. down among
his parishioners, solaeing and comforN
ing, preaching manful endurance and
trustfulness to all t r -'$
lie is now paying a round of parochial
visits, accompanied by an old college
chum, who is spending some days with
him.
" Yonder," said Treffry, pointing to a
thin thread of smoke which rose from
some gaunt trees into the sullen wintry
sir, "yonder is the- house "if, indeed, it
deserves so grapd- a name the hovel,
rather, of one whose case is tho hardest
of all the hard ones in my unhappy cure.
This man is a mere hedger :nnd ditcher,
one who works-for -any master, most
often for the railway, but who is never
certain of a job all the year round. He
litis a swarm of young children, and he
li:is just lost his wife. He is absolutely
prostrated; aghast, probably, at the
future before him, and his utter inca
pacity to do his duty by his motherless
little ones. Jack!" said the parson,
stopping short suddenly, and looking
straight into his companions face, "I
wonder whether you could rouse him?
If you could only get him to make a sign ;
to cry or laugh or take the smallest in
terest iu common affairs. Jack, I be
lieve you're the very man. You might
get at him through the children P that
marvelous hanky-panky of yours, those
surprising tricks; a child takes to vou
naturally at once. Try and make friends
with these. Perhaps, when the father
sees them interested and amused, he may
warm a little, speak, perhaps, approve,
perhaps smile, and in the end give in.
Jack, will you try?" - - -
Jack Newbiggin was by profession a
conveyancer, but nature "had intended
him for a new lloudin, or a Wizard of
the North. He was more than half a
professional by the time he was full
grown. In addition to the quick eye and
the facile wrist, he had the rarer .gifts of
suave manner and the face of brass.
They entered tho miserable dwelling
together. The children eight of them
were skirmishing all over the floor.
They were quite unmanageable, and be
yond tho control of the eldest sister, who
was busied in setting out t he table for the
mid-day meal; one other child, of six or
seven, a bright-eyed, exceedingly beauti
ful boy, the least were not nature's va
garies well known likely to be born
among and belong to such surroundings,
stood between the legs of the man him
self, who liad his back to the visitors
and was crouching low over the scanty
tire. ' '
' The man turned his head for a mo
ment, gave a blank stare, than an imper
ceptible nod, nnd once more ho glowered
down upon the lire.
" Here, little ones, do you see this em
tio nan? he's a conjuror. Know what a
conjuror is. Tommy?" cried the parson,
catching up a mite of four or live fiom
the floor. " No, not you ; nor you, Sarah ;
nor you. Jacky " and ho ran through all
their names. .. , .
They had now ceased their gambols,
and were staring hard at their visitors
the moment was propitious; Jack New
biggin began. lie had fortunately tilled
lits pockets with nuts, oranges, and cakes
before leaving the parsonage, so lie had
half his apparatus ready to hand.
The pretty boy had very soon left the
father at the fire, and had come over to
join in the fun, going back, however, to
exhibit his share of the spoil and describe
voluminously what had occurred. This
and the reunited shouts of laughter
seemed to produce some impression on
Mm. Presently he looked over his
shoulder, and said but without auiiutv
tion .,
"It be very good of you, sir, surely;
very good for to take so kindly to the
littfo chicksi It does them good to laugh
a bit, and it ain't much as they've had to
make 'em lately."
" It is eood for all of us. now and
again, I take it," said Jack, desisting,
and going toward him t lie children
gradually collecting in a far-off corner
and comparing notes.
' Vii rtQti'f. l.illfrli nt, f iTAiii. Iin-.t
heavy; if you do, it can be only a
sham."
While he was speaking he had taken
the Jlible from the shelf, and resuming
his seat, began to turn the leaves slowly
over.
" I'm an untaught, rough countryman,
sir, but I have heard tell that these
strange things you do are only tricks;
ain't it so?"
Here w:is, indeed, a hopeful symptom !
lie was roused, then, to take some in
terest in what had occurred.
"All tricks, of course; it all comes of
long practice," said Jack, as he proceeded
to explain some of the simple processes,
hoping to. enchain the man's attention.
" That's what I thought, sir, or I'd
have given you a job to do. I've been
in want of a real conjuror many a long
day, and nothing less'll do. - See here,
sir," he said, as he took a small, carefully-paper
from between the leaves of
the Bible; "do you see this?"
It was half a Bank of England note for
100.
"Now, sir, could any conjuror help
me lo the other hall?"
: "How did you come by It?" Jack
asked at once.
" I'll tell you, sir, short as I can make
it. Conjuror or no conjuror, you've got
a kindly heart, and I'm main sure that
you'll help me if you can." (
Dan then described how he had picked
up the basket from the 10.45 Liverpool
express. '.
" There was the linen : I've kept it.
See here; ail marked quite pretty and
proper, with lace around the edges, as
though its mother loved to make the
little one smart."
Jack examined Jthe linen ; it bore a
monogram and crest. The first he made
out to mean IT. L. M. ; and the crest was
plainly two hammers crossed, and the
motto, " I strike" not a common cre6t
nnd ho never remembered to have seen
it hefore. ...., .
"And this was all?"
"'Copt the banknote. That was in a
poor old purse, with a pawn ticket and
a thimble. I kept them all." 1
Like a true detective, Jack examined
every, article minutely ...The purse bore
the name of Hester Gorrigan, in rude
letifra inside, and the pawnticket was
made out in the same name.
" I cannot give you much hope that I
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shah itlcceedv but I 'will do my" best.
Will you trust me with the note for a
UmerVr .t. ,. - t . y . ,yitf
"Surely,-sir, with tho greatest 01
pleasure. If you could but find the other
naif, it would give Harry that's what
we call him such p. grand start in life;
schooling and the price of binding him
to some honestArade."
" Jack sbookthe man's tiand find prom'
Ised to do his best, and left the cottage.
laf .7 .:..., -
, When Jack Newbiggin (jotack to the
parsonage hd found that Ins host had ac
cepted an Invitation for them both to
dine at the ?!'Big Housej" ns it was
called, the country seat of the squire of
the parish. . . , .
They were cordially received at the
"Big House.' Jack was handed over
forth ith to hit old friends, who figura
tively rushed into his arms. They were
Iiondon acquaintances, no more; of the
Sort We meet here and there and every
where during the season, who are for
us, and we for them, as much as for the
South Sea Islanders, but whom we greet
with rapturous effusion when we meet
them in a strange place. - Jack knew the
lady whom he escorted into dinner as a
gossipy dame, who, when his back was
turned, made ns much sport of him as of
her other friends.' '
" I have been fighting your battles all
day," began Mrs. Sitwell.
"Was it necessary? I should have
thought myself too insignificant."
. "They were talking at lunch of your
wonderful knack in conjuring, and some
one said that the skill might prove in
convenient when you played cards, for
instance." -
"A charitable imputation! With
whom did it originate?" ' ,
" Sir Lewis Mallaby."
".Please, point him out to ma.?' ,
lVerwws shown a grave, scowling face
upon the right of the hostess a face like
a mask, its surface rough and wrinkled,
through which the eyes shone out wit!)
baleful light, like corpse-cnudles in; a
seputcher. ' ' " " '' -
. "Pleasant creature! I'd rather not
meet him alone on a dark nighty" . r f ,
"He. has a terrible character,5 cer
tainly. Turned his wife out of doors
because she would not give him an heir.
It is this want of children to inherit his
title and estates which preys" upon bis
mind, they say, nnd makes him so
morose and melancholy.", '
: Jack let his companion chattel' on. It
wns hi 9 habit to get all the information
possible about nny company in which he
found himself for his own purposes as a
clairvoyant; and when Mrs. Sitwel
Hugged, he plied her with questions, and
lnl her on from one person to nnother,
-making mental notes to serve him here
after. It is thus by careful and labori
ous preparation that mnny of the strangd
and seemingly mysterious feats of the
clairvoyant conjurer are performed!
' When the whole party wns assembled
in tho drawing-room after dinner, a
chorus of voices, headed by that of the
hostess, summoned Jack to his work.
There appeared to be only one dissenti
ent, Sir Lewis Mallaby, who ' not only
'di not trouble himself to back up the,
Invitation, but When the performance
was actually begun was at no pains to
conceal his contempt and disgust.
- The conjuror made the conventional
plum-pudding in a hat, fired wedding
rings into quartern loves, did till manner
of card tricks, knife tricks, pistol
tricks, and juffgled on conscientiously
right through his repertoire. There was
never- a smile on Sir Lewis' face; he
sneered unmistakably. Finally, with
an ostentation that savored of rudeness,
ho took out his watch, a great gold re
peater, looked at it, and unmistakably
yawned. , , . ,,
Jack hungered for that watch directly
he saw it. Perhaps through it ho might
make its owner uncomfortable, if only
for a moment. But how to get it into
his hands? He asked for a watch a
dczn were offered. No; none of these
would do. It must be a. gold watch, a
.repeater. Sir Lewis Mallaby's was the
only one in the room, and he at first dis
tinctly refused to. lend it. But so marry
entreaties were addressed to him, the
hostess' leading the attack, that he could
not .n common courtesy continue to re
fusc:" With something like a'growl he
took his watch off the chain und handed
it to Jack Newbiggin.
A curious old-fashioned watch it was,
which would have gladdened the heart
of a watch collector; all jeweled and
enameled, adorned with crest and in
scriution an heirloom, which had pro
bably been in the Mallaby family for
years. .Tack looked it over ouriously,
meditatively, then suddenly raising his
eyes he stared intently into Sir Lewis
Mallaby's lace, and almost as "quickly
dropped them again.
"This is far too valuable," he said,
courteously, "too much of a treasure to
be risked in any conjuring trick; an
ordinary modern watch 1 might replace,
but not a work of art like this."
And he handed it hack to Sir Lewis,
who received it with ill-concealed satis
faction. He was as much pleased, pro
bably, at Jack's expression of possible
failure in the proposed trick as at the re
covery of his property.
Another watch, however, was pounded
up into a jelly, and brought out whole
from a cabinet in an adjoining room;
nnd this trick successfully accomplished,
Jack Newbiggin, who was now com
pletely on his metal, passed on to higher
flights. He had spent tho vacation of j
tho year previous in France as tho pupil 1
of a wizard of European fame, and had
mastered many of the strange feats which
are usually attributed to clairvoyance.
There is something especially uncanny
about these tri 'ks, and Jack's reputation
rapidly increased with this new exhibi
tion of his powers. Thanks to his cross
examination of Mrs. Sitwell at dinner,
he wiis in possession of many facts con
nected with the company, although
mostly strangers to him; and some of
his hits were so palpably happy that he
raised shouts of surprise, followed by
that terrified hush which not uncom
monly succeeds the display of seemingly
supernatural powers.
" Oh, but this is too preposterous," Sir
Lewis Mallaby was heard to say quite
angrily. The continued applause pro
foundly disgusted him. '.'This is the
merest charlatanism. It. must ba put
an end to. It i the commonest impos
ture.. These are things which he has
toadied up in. advance. Let him be
tried with something which upon the
face of it he cannot have learned before
hand by artificial means." . '
.-Try him, Sir Lewis, try him your
self cried several voices. " " " .
I scarcely like to lend myself to such
folly, to encourage so pitiable an exhibj-
lBuVhe eemedito be conscious: that
fun her protest would tell in J ack's favor.
" I will admit that you have consider
able power in this strange branch ot
ni' i'n i 1 i" i' : r i . ' t . 1 1 r
necromancy if you will answer a few
questions of mine." - -t n . i
1 " Proceed." said Jack, gravely, meeU
ing his eyes firmly and without HincbingJ
I' "Tell me what is most on my mind at
this present moment." ' .-.
i "The want of a male heir," Jack re
plied, promptly, and thanked Kin.-Sit j
well in his heart. i -i ' .'.t
' " Peliaw! ' You - have learned from
Burke that I have no children," said Sir
Iewls, boldly ; but he was a little taken
aback.! " Anything elseP" : , , i
r '' The mmory of a harsh doed you
now strive in vain to redeem." ...,-.
t. -'This borders upon impertinence,"
said Sir lewis, with a hot flush on his
cheek and passion in his eyes. -"But
let us leave abstractions and try tangi
ble realities. Can you tell me what I
have in, this pocket?". He touched the
left breast of his tail-coat. . . , , ,
't V A pocketbook." ... , .c
' Bah I " Every one carries a pocket
book in Ids pocket.!'.-,..
'But do you?" asked several of the
bystanders, all of whom .we're growing
deeply interested in this strange duel. ,
Sir Lewis Mallaby" confessed that he
did, and produced it an ordinary mo
rocco leather purse and pocketbook all
in one. '
"Are you prepared to go on?" said
the baronet haughtily to Jack.
" Certainly."
" What does this ' pocketbook con
tain?" -
, " Evidence." ' '
The contest between them was now to
the death. '
"Evidence of what?" .'
' " Of facts that must sooner or later
come to light. You have in that pock
etbook links in a long chain of circum
stances which, however carefully con
cealed or anxiously dreaded, time in its
inexorable course must bring eventually
to light. There is - no bond, says the
Spanish proverb, which is not some day
fulfilled ; no debt that in the long run is
not paid." ......
-" What ridiculous nonsense! I give
you my word this pocketbook contains
nothing absolute.y' nothing but a
Bank of England note for ono hundred
pounds."
"Stay!" cried Jack Newbiggin, facing
him abruptly and speaking in a voice of
thunder. "It is not so you know it
it is only the half!" i .
And as he spoke he took the crumpled
paper from tho hands of the really stu
pefied baronet. It was exhibited for in
spection the half of a Bank of England
note for 100. ;
There was niueii applause at this
harmless and successful denouement of
what threatened at one stage to lead to
altercation, perhaps to a quarrel. But
Jack Newbiggin was not satisfied.
"As yon have dared me lo do my
worst," said Jack, " listen now to what
I havo to say. Not only did I know
that was only the' half of a note, but I
know where the other half is to be
found." - 1 - -' -
" So much the bettfer for me," said the
baronet, with an effort to appear humor
ous. ,
" That otlwr half Was given to shall I
My. Sir Lewisl" -v .- iV;,--
Sir Lewis nodded indifferently.
" It was given to one Hester Gorrigan,
an Irish nurse, six years ago." It was
the price of a deed of which yon "
"Silence! Say no more," cried Sir
Tyewis, in horror. " I see you know all.
I swear I have had no peaee since I was
tempted so sorely, and so weakly fell.
But I am prepared to make all the resti
tution and reparation in my power un
less, unhappily, unless it bo already too
late."
Even while ho was speaking his face
turned ghastly pale, his lips were cov
ered with a fine white foam, he mado one
or two convulsive attempts to steady
hiniM-lf, then with a wild, ten-ilied look
around, he fell heavily to the floor."
It wtis a paralytic seizure. They took
him up stairs nnd tended him; but the
case was desperate from the first. Only
just before the end did he so far recover
the power of speech as to be able to make
full confession of what had occurred.
Sir Lewis had been a younger son;
the eldest inherited the family title, but
died early, ' leaving his widow to give
him a posthumous hoir, tho title remain
ing in abeyance until time showed
whether the infant was a boy or girl. It
proved to bo a boy. whereupon lewis
Mallably, who had the earliest intima
tion of the fact, put into execution a ne
farious project which he had carefully
concocted in advance. A girl was ob
tained from a foundling hospital and
substituted by Lady Mallaby's nurse,
who was in Lewis' pay, for the newly
born son and heir. This son and heir
was handed over to another accomplice,
Hester Gorrigan, who wns bribed with
100, half down in the shape of a half
note, tho other half to be paid when she
announced her safe arrival in Texas
with the stolen child, Mrs. .Gorrigan
had an unquenchable thirst, and in Tier
transit between Ixindon and Liverpool
allowed her precious charge to slip out
of her hands, with tho consequences we
know.
It was the watch borrowed' fi-ohiJfjF
Lewis Mallably which first aroused
Jack's suspicions. It bore the strange
crest two hammers crossed, with the
motto "I Strike "which was marked
upon the linen of the child that Dan
Blockit picked up atKirklington station.
Tho initial of tho name Mallaby coin
cided with the monogram II.-' L. M.
Jack drew his conclusions, and made a
bold shot, which hit the mark, as we
havo seen.
Ixiwis Mallaby's confession soon rein
stated the rightful heir, and Dan Blockit,
in after years, had no reason to regret
the generosity which prompted him to
give the little foundlirg the shelter of his
rude home.
Words of Wisdom.
Knowledge is more than equivalent to
force.
What cannot be required is not to De
regretted; f f ' T r j I M
D good with what thou hast,' or it
will do thee no good.
You cannot dream yourself into a
character; you must hammer aad forge
yourself one. - .
Modesty is to worth what shadows are
n a painting; she gives to it strength
and relief. e : -v . i ) .
There are many men whose tongues
might govern multitudes if they could
govern their tongues. ) , i -, ; i , . , ,
If a man have love in his heart, he
may talk in broken language, but it will
be eloquence to those who listen. ! '
Don't despise the small talents; they
are needed as well as the great ones.- A
candle iisometimps as useful as the sun.
The diamond fallen into the dirt is not
the least precious, and the dust raised by
high winds to heaven is not the le6s
vile.
FARM, G1RDEN, AND HOUSEHOLD.
''' ' V' The teph to Cover Serttt. ' ''
Rulei are often laid down ' by wi-iters
as guides for farmers when planting the
seeds of their various . farm - crops, as
thouirh any rule could be depended unon
'under all circumstances, When the fact is
every one must use judgment in this as
in every other operation on the farm.
We have before us an account of an ex
periment made by some ono in sowing
wheat at different depths from one-lourth
of an inch to three or more inches deep,
also in leaving it unon the surface. That
sown from one-fourth to three-fourths of
an inch cam tip soonest nnd grow best,
while that left on the surface,' and that
covered thiee and a half inches deep,
was two weeks in getting started. The
writer would, therefore, recommend
covering grain not less than one-half
inch, nor more than one Inch deep to- se
cure the. quickest germination and the
most vigorous grewth, which would he
a good depth whenever the soil is in the
best condition for planting, that is, when
it is jubV perceptibly moist throughout,
from the surface downward. But there
nre times, during severe droughts, when
there is so little moisture in the top soil
that seeds planted less than an inch deep
might lie for wcekB without germinating,
while if covered two or three inches
deep, they would find moisture enough
to sprout them. ' Much may be done to
insure germination by stirring the soil
deeply just before sowing, to bring up
moist soil from the bottom, and by roll
ing the surface tifter sowing with a heavy
iron roller to compact the soil and render
it capable of taking up moisture from
below by capillary attraction, but after
all it is usually good economy, in dry
weather, to sow seed, grain especially,
quite liberally, and endeavor to work it
well down into the soil with a cultivator,
disk harrow, or something of the kind.
The smoothing harrow may then follow
to level the surface, after which the land
should be l'olled smooth and as hard ns
the nature and condition of the soil will
allow.
Some farmers delay sowing grass or
grain in autumn when the weather is
dry, and wait for rain, but we always
prefer to put in the seed as soon as the
ground can bo prepared, after the season
of sowing has arrived, and then trus'tthe
future for rain to sprout it, and suitable
weather for its growth. If one could
plant no more seeds than would grow to
maturity, a great saving would be made
ina term of years, but still we believe il
is usually a better plan to seed liberally
and allow something for uncertainties
I ban to stint tho quantity. In tho early
spring when the ground is usually quite
moist, shallow covering and even surface
seeding may be advisable, but in mid
summer deeper covering is demanded.
;Vc' England Farmer.
Carelessness as Source of Income.
It is amazing to consider the extent to
which losses are incurred on the one
hand, and sales and occupation afforded,
on tho other hand, by the inexcusable
carelessness of people who know better
and ought to do better. The fastening
of a well-bucket is deranged, or a hoop
is Joose, but .tho.ihouglitless .man or
woman never notices the trouble until
the bucket is dropped in the well or the
bottom is out. Then t'uie is lost, the
family is inconvenienced, and perhaps
a neighbor gets a job of work nnd the
ptiy. The gate-latch is out of order; no
attention is paid to it; the hogs or co-vs
get in ; the yard is rooted up ; the shrub
bery is destroyed; the gardenir Is em
ployed, and tho nurseryman has an"
order. A tire is loose on the wheel ; the
wood is swiftly wearing away, a little
caro would set the matter right; no pains
arc taken ; away on the road a wheel is
crushed, and the wheelwright has some
employment. A shingle is out of place
m the roof; one nail would mend the
trouble; that nail isn't driven; the rain
steals In, nnd soon the plasterer is paid
to use trowel and brush. A bridlo rein
is weak; a bit is worn;-nobody thinks
of examining either; a horse is drawn to
one side, or a horse runs away ; a vehicle
is broken; a carriage-maker or black
smith is profited, and perhaps a surgeon
has a profitable professional engage
ment. The water of a well is impure; those
who use it complain, no proper steps are
taken; the family have serious sickness;
the druggist sells his medicines, and the
doctor gets his fees. In tho same way the
cellar is foul ; the mephitic gases escape
through the floors; the blood is poisoned;
the fever rages, some Buffer; some die;
the physician has a . harvest, and even
the undertaker and sexton find employ
ment. A stove-chimney is in a danger
ous condition : dcodIc have eves to see.
but don't use lheni ; tho fire soon doei
its dreadful work, and carpenters unil
mercnanis nave a goou time, so ot
many very many things.
Are you innocent of such . oegleet?
There are far better and cheaper ways
to give work and profit to others. By
taking care of what you have, you may
become able to add other and more val
uable things which you desire. There
Is true economy in proper attention, to
small as well as great things. Kural
New Yorker. ' ' , 5 " . ;''
,: Firm Butter Without Icoi ' ' '. '
' From W. P. . Hazzard's treatise on
but tor and butter-making, we extract the
following: In families or where the
dairy is small, a good plan to have but
ter cool and firm without ice is by' the
process of evaporation as practiced in
India and other warm climates. A cheap
plan is to get a very large-sized porous
earthen flower-pot'vith an extra large
saucer. Half fill the saucer with water,
set it in a trivet or light stand such as
is used for holding hot irons will do;
upon this set your butter: over tho
whole invert the llower pot, letting the
top rim of it rest in and be covered by
the water; then close the hole, in the
botton with a cork; then dash water
over the flower pot, and reoeat the tro-
cess several times a day, or whenever it
looks dry. If get in a cool place, or
where the wind can blow upon it, it will
readily evonorato the water from the
pot, and the butter will be firm and cool
as if from an ice-house. ' . " , ,
' . For Cabbaa Worms.
.The following is recommended bv
Philip Osborne, of Girard, Pa. as sure
t.l....l. ...11 .IIT..I..
iioklu ou mo cuuuagu worms. j.hko
one part slack lime, ona part plaster, one
part wood ashes and one part salt. Mix
well together. Sjjrinkla a little on the
center, and no matter if over the . entire
surface. Four quarts of the coniposii
tion will save one hundred cabbages
about a handful to five plants. I applied
it to mine this morning while. t light
dew was on. and it was gratifying to see
the worms tumble off to rise no move.
Last year J saved all my cabbage that J
applied It to, , Have no fears of tills com
position injuring your cabbage. It will
all work out, with, the growth of the
plant and ' the salt will make tho h'Juds
bolid."
TIMELY TOPICS.
, Georgia is nbout to erect a monument
to Sergeant William Jasper, of South
('arolina, who fell in the assault on
Savannah, October5 9, 1779. .This is the
hero who leaped from the pnrapet of
Fort Moultrie and regained the flag
tohleh had been shot away by a ball
from the British fleet. On another oc
casion, aided by a single companion,- ho
captured a British guard of ten soldiers
and rescued twelve American captives.
'-Wild Bill," the frontiersman, who in
his day was as notorious as Kit Carson,
and .who was killed three years ago, hns
tiirrted to stone from scalp to toe. His
remains, which were buried nt Dead
wood, in the Black Hills. Were taaen
from the grave for re-interinent at an
other place, when they were found to
have become petrified. The features arc
as natural hs life, save that a ivhiteness
overspreading all gives to the face tho
appearance of chiseled marble.
The following statistics will prove in
teresting to those who raise either dogs
or sheep: In 1H60 Massachusetts had
114,000 sheep and 112.000 dogs, and it is
believed that the present number of
sheep in that Slate is actually below
55,000, while there are good reasons for
believing that it ban more than two,
perhaps nearly three dogs to every sheep
kept in tho State. During the year 1875,
11.489 dogs killed 1,673 sheep; and in
1878, there were 10,000 dogs taxed, nnd
sheep killed by them to the value of
The cotton crop in the South this year
will correspond well with the enormous
crops of wheat and corn in the West and
Northwest. .The report of the executive
committee of the National Cotton Ex
change, jnst received, says that "dur
ing the last five years cotton-culture in
tho United States has outstripped the
most sanguine expectations; that the
problem of free labor has been virtually
solved, and that the South must be re
garded as tho future reliance of the cotton
manufacturers of both America and Eu
rope." .
The plague of rats in the Deccan,
Bombay, for the second season in suc
cession, is occasioning serious alarm.
These animals overspread the country
like locusts, destroy the crops almost as
thoroughly, and are even more difficult
to keep down. So grave had become the
aspect of affairs that a " llat Committee"
was appointed to inquire into the best
means of disposing of these creatures.
They have advised the people to turn
out cn masse and face the enemy, lie
wards are to be offered for dead rats, and.
in fact, tho invasion is to be treated as a
matter to be dealt with vigorously by
tho whole community. In the meantime
the question litis arisen ns to how th6
r,ats have multiplied.
On the 31st of December, 1877, there
were 58.400 postoffices in Europe, with
2i!t,517 persons employed, or one postal
establishment' for -every 0,134 inhabit
ants. These postoflices are most thickly
planted in Switzerland, and after Swit
zerland in Great Britain and Ireland.
A striking contrast to these two coun
tries is afforded by Russia and Turkey,
thcic being in the former only one post
oflice to everv 5,708, and in the latter one
to everv 1, 105 square miles. Altogether,
5.0f2.Otio,0O0 letters, papers, etc.. were
sent by post in Europe iu 1877, 3,597,
OOO.ODO' being letters or postcards, 1.522,
(lOtl.OOO newspapers, nnd 503.000,000 pat
terns and the like; and tho greatest
number of letters, papers, etc., were sent
in Great Britain and Ireland, the total
number dispatched being 1,483,075.000,
or nt the rate of 34 7 letters and 9.4 news
papers for every inh ibitant.
Increase In Lunacy.
Dr. Lu-.li, the president of the British
Medico Psychological Association, in
the course of an address delivered to the
members, drew attention to a marked
increase of Info; years in lunacy. In the
first report of the commissioners on
lunacy they state that in June, 1840,
there were in England and Wales 23,000
persons of unsound mind. The popula
tion was then nbout 17.000,000, now it is
25,000,000, and it is estimated that on the
first of January, 1879, there were 70,823
persons in England and Wale who need
ed the protection of the lunacy laws. It
appears, therefore, that while the popu
lation has increased at the rate of forty
live per cent., the number of lunntics in
detention has risen at the rate of 250 per
cent. Assuming that another thirty
three years will yield similar results,
accommodation will have to be provi led
in 1912 lor nearly a quarter of a million
of insane or imbecile persons in England
and Wales. The true solution of the
difficulty, he thought, Is to bo sought
1st. In increased family responsibility.
2d. Iu educating the popular belief in
the gravity of the disease itself. 3d. In
further State interference if possible.
4th.' In increased efforts to make the lot
of insane persons under detention as lit
tle irksome as is consistent with safety
and the conditions of their malady. Be
yond these he feared not much can be
dono or hoped for; less ought not to bo
required; and if, instead, a callous in
difference continues to prevail as to tho
extent oi insanity, grave and calamitous
results, to be discovered only when too
ln'.e to be repaired, must follow a neglect
of the accepted teachings of medical
science and experience.
A GLiss Mountain.
Another marvel recently brought to
light in the Yellowstone Park of North
America is nothing less than a mountain
of obsidian or volcanic glass. Near the
foot of Beaver Lake, a band of explorers
came upon this remarkable mountain,
which rises at that place in columnar
cliff's and rounded bosses to manv hun
dreds of feet in altitude, from hissing hot
springs at the margin of the lake. As it
was desirable ' to pass that way, the
party had to cut out a road through the
steep glassy . barricade. This they
eiutctea uy making nuge nres on tue
iflass to thoroughly heat and expand it.
and then dashing tho cold water of the
lake against the heated surface, so as to
suddenly cool and break it up by shrink
ago. Large fragments were in this way
detached ' from the solid side of ; the
mountain, then broken up small by
sledeo hammers -and picks, not. how
ever, without severe lacerations of the
hands and faces of the men from flying
simmers, iniueurana Lemon oi me
Gibbon river the-'Cxplorers also found
precipices f yellow, black and banded
ohsiljin hundred of feet high, .. The
natural glass of these localities has from
time immemorial been used by the ln
I dians to tip their spears and arrows; 1 -
it:
NO. 28.
. pr-! i , . r ' f
' I-, la the Testlbule. . ,; ?
- if - . 4-; r-t .
A little, chubby, red-lipped child, .,;-:
With dreamy eye Sleuth fringe of silken Insh,
And, working o'er its features, wonder mild,
. Like ripples kindled by the sunbeam's flush
Just at the oi trance- ol the maze called life,
floodless of all its turmoil, blare nnd strife,
Yon Is waiting, '
1 Hesitating
Not with little nerveless fist to beat Its tnp,
And in file's vestibule fo bound its sott. ligh
rap. ' . '
Say, what fclrnll be the entering Ir I
' Through hulls of right, or hulls of sin '
To right, to left, bcoide the gat j,
Attending spirits beckoning wait.
Ohi shall tho good or evil win? '
' ' 11.
A youth beside a church-door stands; '
Across the way the ruby wine doth loam, ''
And comrades lure with beckoning handn,
While swelling organ tones play ' Heaven's
: my homo.", i.
Behold him on the vnrge ot manhood here,
With careless heart und love ol worldly cheer,
Woiting, waiting,
' Heeitaung,
A voice within him pleading, " To tho right,"
Vet ou the lelt he sees a world ot dear delight.
Say, what Khali be the ontering here T
The orxan note persuasive, clear, .
Swell nut in eU-iiiu inspiring, grand,
And sweet, " lluaven is Father-land,"
While siren tones Buig " Wino doth choor.'
A ripe, old man, of honors lull,
Conqueror ol ologies and. fume,
From vestibule to vestibule,
Having gone iu and writ.en high his nniuo
At life's lust door lluils .-till mi enlrnnce hull,
And leeble, nerveless, infunt-liko in all,
Yet is waiting,
Hesitating
Here nt this limit vestibule to Und
Knlinn.e by death alone where pass iu all
mankind. "
Say, wb ii shall be the catering here ?
In loving faith or loathing fear?
Upon th) right, n iinsions t blis,
The shad.iwy lelt, realms all unnl..i ,
In whicn, eh, Soul, wilt thou appear?
Lovitc S. Dnor, in Portland Transcript,
ITEMS OP IXTEBKST.
A prowed thing A ship.
Cold muffins Hagamurtins.
A moving sight Old cheese.
You can't beat a porcelain'cgg.
A judge's position is a trying one.
Post. . -
Did the man who " shot at random "
hit UP
How strange it is that hot words
should produce ,a coolness.
It is reported that the Indians . ill
Florida now number only 300.
No hotel porter ever tried to smash an
elephnnt's trunk. Kew i'ork Knvs.
T!ic strength of an elephant is calcula
ted as equal to thatof l'lOmcn combined
By a now law the French postollice
undertakes the collection of small bills
in the provinces. .
The Philadelphia JYmc says that girls
who sing in hotel parlors have conspicu
ously largo mouths.
"I expend a good deal of panes at my
work," as the glazier said to the window
sash. New York Mail. .
Mr. Barry Sullivan,-the English actor,
prides himself on having placed Hamlet,
more than 2,800 times in till quarters ol
the globe.
"All's well that ends well," said a vic
tim of the toothache, ius his swollen
cheeks resumed their former size. Dan
ielsonville Sentinel.
A lad being askeir " What is Hhodo
Island celebrated for?" replied : "It is
the only one of the New England States
wbh-h is the smallest. "
Tiie official returns of tho registrars of
Ireland for the second quarter of the
year contain a l coord of the death of
persons aged respectively H'a, 107 and
117. . . ,
Two boys have been arrested in Paris
for cutting buttons from men's coats.
It was learned that they collected
dozens ii day und sold them, to pbscuro
tailors.
The flouring mill industry In the United
States employs 00,000 men m 25,000 mills,
turning out yearly OO.ooo.iK'O barrels oi
Hour, of which 4,000,00(1 are exported to
foreign countries. ; . ' .
The world's Wheat crop in 1879 is put
at 1,510,000,000, not much aliove a
bushel to every human being in tin'
world : and much wheal is consumed by
tho lower animals. . .
New Hampshire's .manufactures last
year amounted to over $00,000,000, niuon
them beiiitf 93O.588.50O worth of cotton '
goods. 1 1,709,000 of boots and shoes,-
and $9,23,ooo ot wooiens.
Of the 80,250,000 English-speaking peo
ple in the world, 17,750,000 are Episco
palians, 11000,000 are Methodists, 13,
500,000 Roman Catholics. 10,000.000 Pres
byterians. 8,000,000 Biiptists, and 7,000,
000 Congregationalists. ' ,.
Wo believe L stands for fifty, according
the Roman notation, and that is the rea
son why a young man who had just in-
lieriteil a Ulty dollar legacy won me con
sent of the girl's lather by tolling the old
man ho had just been left a bare L of
money. Keokuk tonnutuvion. ,
T-pariiinflT from physiological .sources
that carrying a pitcher of water on the
head would conduce to a graeciui poisu
of tho system, a down-town girl tried the
experiment. She hasnt paid for the
pitcher yet, ann sue is cnxiousiy liiquii
fnir for-sotwet hina to take water spots
out of her .hc.'t.ilf,-rAVu) Havm Reg
ister. . : '7: . ., ,,
" I'm sitting on this Vte, Mury," ,
' He said in accents snd, - '. s
Keraoving troui the tnokiug cUnir ,
Xhe best silk hat he had)
And while be viewed the shapeless mass,'
That erst was trim and neat, ' - i
. He murmur 4, " Would it had been felt,
- liefoie I took my seat."
- Yacoi Strvtui.
James Stewart, tw lve.yenr.old son of
James Stewart, residing, rear Willy's
Neck, Porehester county, Md , was sent
into an out-tield to make a smother, to
k-'ep the mosquitoes from1 the cattlci
Not coming -back after a reasonable time
had . elapsed the fn'hcr went. into, the
field. jtQ,eari'h for 141U- Jle -Wiis found
lying face dow-riwfi'rd on tho gronnrf dead,
his' lrfotrtlli' throat) nose'- and ears liter
ally puCkbd -with mosquitoes.