HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher.
NIL. DESPERANDDM.
Two Dollars per Annum.
VOL. X.
11IDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1881.
NO 47.
i I
f
Farewell.
The boat wont drilling, drifting, over the
sleeping sea,
And the man that I loved the doarest sat in
the boat TviJj mo.
The Bl aJow ol coming parting bnngover the
great gray swell,
And the winds that Swept acrota it sobbed on
farewell, farewell.
The boat went drilling, drilting, in the linger
ing noi thorn niglit,
And the inco Unit I loved the dearest paled
with the paling light.
We strove to join light laughter; we strove to
wake a jest;
But the voice that I loved the dearest rang
sadly 'mid the rest.
The boat went drifiing, drifting, while the dull
skies lowered down,
And the "rapged rims ot thunder'' gave the
reeky head n crown.
The boat went drilling, drilting, while to tho
darkening sky,
For "the man that I loved the dearest the
prayer ro9e silently.
Oh, true, strong hand I touch no more; bravo
- smile Jmay rot toe;
Will the Go J who governs time and tide bring
him lick to ray lile and mo?
. All the Year Round.
-JANET'S FORTUNE.
The old Manor House at Wbitebrook
stood out prim and dark .qeainpt the clear
cold wintry day. Its long narrow win
dows and -closed oaken doors looked
stern nnd 'orbiddinz, ns if the proud
spirit of the house would frown back all
outsiders.- The-leafless brnnchesof the
elms on either fide of the Ion? svpnu
tossed their bare arms in the chilly
brec z nnd moaned over the fallen for
tune of the owner of th'i Manor, and the
very wind itrlf seemed to f-ieh mourn
fully ns it soU2hrd round the corners
cf the house, and down the tall twisted
chimney.
In Hie ricture gallery old portraits
looked gr'mly at each other in the dim
lieht, and seemed to fbake their hmds
and mutmur: " Has it come to this?"
In the bare chambers fluttering
threads of tapestry and heavy velvei
moth-eaten furniture v ns all that was
left ot the former grandeur of the house,
and the ghosts ot the ancient owners
seemed to linger in eve ry dark corner.
In a large, shabbtly-furnii-hed room,
before a b?ig,t wood fire, Kttayount
girl. The flickering: light ft 11 upon lu r
small oval face, with its surrounding
halo of eoirien hair, nnd player) lnvin.)j
about the white hands nnd. slender fig
ure. Slie ai. t in a huae old armchair.her
cheek rcgtiiiir upon one hand, and lur
gry eyes hxed upon the r-riylit fl.-imes.
S ip sfi n. A out of plaee in that dark
somber room, from the wallt : f which
armed kniyhts and berufl. d whit.;
bra'deri couriiers looked down upon hot
from out their heavy frames as it ii
wonder at her dainty presence. The
fltmes fl i'ldfd nnd danced, castii
stranae si nrfnws upon the walls; te
wind sighed mournfully in the wdi
chinircy but Janet Warden was buried
in In r own -thou .'his, and was not to hi
disturbed fn m them. Surely they wen
pleasant ones, for a sniile piaved upon
her lips, and a Mush ros? to her chee k
every now and lh'-n, as 'he sa1: then
gazing into the lenpine flames. At Inr t.
however, she roused herself, and ri&ini
from, her chair, stood for a lew minutes
irreirlntelv.. her Lands clasping each
other tightly. Then, with n light step.
shp, left the room, and crossing the cold
dark ball paused before a door. O e-n-ingjt.plip
entered a room smaller than
that, wjiich she l ad left, and darker, for
the wo'i fire burnt low, and there W!:.
no lamp qn the table, which was strewn
with books and papers. In an armchair
betomt he fire sat a rran who seemed to
be nsli ijp. for his head leant against the
back 61 the chair and his eves were
cloaeejL
Father !"'
The eyes slowly opened, and Mr.
vyarrien raised his. head.
""Ah; JTiiet! When did you come
home, dearr"" he said, looking fondly at
the.blooniingface bent over him.
. ,-Aa hertir ai'o, father -Mr. Wood
drVive'm'e home."
There was a little hesitancy about the
last speech, and Janet drew a low seat
to her fatlR'r's fide, and taking his left
hand, cire?scd ii softly.
"So Mi. Wood drove you home,
Janet? Very kind uf him wasn't it P
Hu's a fine fellow I alwavs liked him."
Janet still caressed the hand she
held, and Mr. Warden spoke again :
"I hope, my dear, you went creased as
you should be."
"Oh, yes, father, dear. You know, if
I do not dress like theGrejs aud the
Nortons, I can always afford to look
like a lady."
. Mr. Warden nodded his head gravely,
and Janet pressed her lips to his hand.
'Father, dear, she enid, in a low
voice that trembled, " I have something
totellyou." s
"To teiime, Janet? Let me hear it.
dear. I hope ycu are in no trouble cf
any kind.''
And Mr( Warden looked eraver
-Oa, no. lather. Mr. Wood" and
Janet s face grew crimson in the flicker
ing firel.ght "he asked me oh, lather
to be his wife,"
. Janel hid her face on the broad hand
ciasped in hers, and there was silence in
the durkfroorn.
At last Mr. Warden laid his other
hand upon his daughter's drooping head
and said, huskily ;J 'And what was your
answer, Janet ?"
" Oil, fath r I was so surprised 'o
-so troubled, that I-I said Yes," and
Janet burst into tears.
Again Mr. Warden stroked the droop
ing head, and said, quietly. "And and
do vou love hiro, Janet?"
i not answer at once per
haps her tears prevented her then she
raised her arms and threw them round
her father s neck.
" Oh so much, father so verv verv
much-very much! Is it wrong? Oil,
no, I m sure you will not -ay s ."
J dear'"ii Mr. Warden, "it is
at Jast j nnd I would rather it should be
llnZ5 ?d tban any other man I
. enild. lie must, know
him this??' ptDnUe88' you told
"Oh father, ho knowg-every one
does, that we are roor, and-t nd that I
have nothing. But he says"- ftd
Janet s leatures brightened through her
tears "that be does not cure for my
money that he is glad I have not any,
and and he's coming to see you to-morrow,
father."
Mr. Warden smiled gravely and patted
Janet's white hand us she placed it
caressingly on his shoulder. Then he
said, slowly;
"Coming to see me, is lie? Well,
dear, 1 muut talx about it to him. Now
you must go to bed it must be late, and
I want to think. Good-night, my dear
good-night."
Janet pressed her lips to her father's
wrinkled forehead with more tenderness
than usual. She, who wns accustomed
to his quiet, studious manner, knew that
he had been shaken by what she had
told him, nnd that ho wished to be
alone, so she crept away to her cham
ber, flitting thioush the dark passages
and echoing ffallerir.3 like some fair
spirit, and fell to sleep on iier pillows,
the image of life, youth and hope, in the
midst of decaying ago and forgotten
grandeur.
It was the week before Janet's mar
riage, and in the old picture-gallery,
standing where the sunlight fell upon
them, were Janet nnd her betrothed.
Hither her father often came at night,
candle in hand, to gaze on those who
had gone before him. drawing aside the
vail that covered the face of his ill
starred brother Georee.
The portraits on the walls looked
down upon them as if scandalized at
what they saw, for Henry was standing
with his arm round Junet's waist, at d
the eirl had raised her fair face to the
handsome one above her.
One old painting in particular of Sir
George Warden. Janet's great grand
father, seemed to frown darkly at the
audaeious couple who dared to intrude
upon tlie privacy cf himself nnd his
companions thus while on the other
side ot tl e gallery a lair young girl, in
laceei bod.ee and powdered Liiir, Feemed
hy the swee t smile upon her painlul
face to sympathize with the lovers.
"My der.rest Janet," said Mr. Wood,
" I really cannot permit you to tals like
this. Long before 1 knew you or had
-e en your lace I had heard of White
brook Manor and its m ister and mis
tress. My mother has oitcn told me of
the friendship that had existed t etween
my grandfather and your mother, and I
have ween her lament over the change
hrougltt about In the Warden family.
But, Janet, 1 saw you and then then
vou know what happened. I vow,
Janet, if you were worth thirty thou
sand dollars a year, your face would
seem no fairer, your heart no purer, in
my siiiht. Wil;yoi not, can you not,
helieve me when I repeat I love you for
yourself, and that your weteht in gold
would not enhance your va:ue in my
c p;t)ion, whatever it may in other
people's P"
" It is so good, so kind of you to say
io, Henry !" said Janet, tearfully. " And
believe what you say, indeed I do;
out but my father is so grieved when
ie thinks he has to give you a portioc-ei-a
wife that it makes me grieve, teo."
"Then giieve no more, mv darling:
or it you do, I will what, shall I
hreatcn you with? Ah, I know. I'll
run away with you, and thin you shall
have no grand wedding, as my mother
Insists upon."
Janet laughed.
"Oil, IL nry, as if I cared for that!
Bat what was it you wished me to ted
vou last night? You slid be(ere you
.vent away you would come this morn
ing to hear."
Henry Wood drew her toward the
broad window-seat near them, and Lis
face grew grnve-r.
" Janet, dear, I want you to tell me
how ye.uv grandfather managed to lo e
his fortune as he did, nnd how your
father iws never been abie to retrieve it.
Are von vexed at my questioning?"
" Oh, Henry, no ! But it is so sad so
very sad ! However, I will tell you as
well as 1 can. Listen, then. You know
for years, owinz to the reckless way in
which my great-grandfather spent his
money, the estate became involved, and
when his eldest son came to be master
of the manor he found himself in great
diffleu ties.
" However, he worked well and hard,
stinting himself to give his children a
good education and pay off tho mort
gages, r-o that, at last, the estate was
iree. But all this time the house had
been becoming very mu 'h as it is now,
and then fresh troubles came.
"My Uncle Marmadukc died of con
sumption, and Aunt Jane ran away to
be married she died a long time ago, I
know, for her husband treated her very
cruelly. Then Uncle George was very
wild, ar,d spent a i-reat deal of money,
till at last grandpapa said he should
have no more; and then for some years
poor grandmamma's mind had become
weaker nnd weaker with all these
troubles; shfiO.ouM not bear them so well
as grand paua. Well, one night when they
were all sitting in the oak parlor (my
father was abroad, you know), Uncle
George came in quite suddenly for he
had been in Lomion and whispered to
grandmamma. She was more fond of
h;m than any of the others, you know,
and so no one was surprised when she
got up and went out' with him. Bat
everybody was horrified a few minutes
Rfterward to hear a dreadful scream, and
rushiD out they found grandmamma
insensible on the floor in the hall.
"Uncle George seemed half mad, for he
disappeared from the house In the midst
of all the confusion. They took grand
mamma to her room; but, though she
recovered lrom the swoon, she never re
covered her senses, and they were
eibliged to watch her day and night.
Sue talked incessantly of her George.
aud rum and duels, and said things no
one could understand.
One night her nurse f 1 asleep, and,
awakening in the middle of the night,
found her patient gone. She rushed out
of the room, and found grandmamma at
the bottom of the oak staircase in a
kind of swexm. She was taken back to
htr bed, but she never spoke ngain, and
died two days alterward. Curiously
enough, on looking for her dressing-case
tome days afterward, my grandfather
could not find ii. Search was made
everywhere, but in vain. My father
stiid it was a great pity, for it contained
most valuable jewels given to gran
ii.'iui ma by her mother and grand
mother. ' Well, ail these troubles broke grand
papa's heart, and he died. My father
theu married mamma who, you know,
whs as peKir as he was and I was born.
But thing9 never prospered with him.
He lost, lost always lost and when
nuruuia died he gave up struggling.
1'oor father 1" said Janet, her eyes tilling
with tears. "I fancy mamma's death
broke his heart, lienry. lie shut uim
teif up then, and has been what you see
him, kind and loving to me, but always
determined to shun the world, you and
your mother being the only visitors he
has ever received."
Henry Wood kissed hla betrothed ten
derly. " It is a very sad story, my love
I see it all now. But we will banish
it. Stay, though what became of the
scapegrace, George?'1
"He shot himself two months a'ter
grandmamma's death he never came
to the manor afterward and I fancy it
must have been grief and remorse that
made him put an end to his life. Isn't
it dreadful?"
" Dreadful indeed! Your father seems
to have been your grandfather's only
good and filial child."
"Yes he and Aunt Alice, who died
eiht or nine years ago. She tever
married, yem know but she would not
live with us. She said that she was
sure the Manor House had lost all good
luck, and she could not live in it to see
its ruin."
"Ah!" said Henry, rising from his
seat and shaking his head. " Janet,
dear, you have quito given me the hor
rors! Now, for a change, let us take a
walk round the gallery, and you shall
tell whose are all "these venerable por
traits." They sauntered slowly along, Janet
pointing out each ancestor as they passed
the portraits, her lover making his com
ments upon it.
"Janet, I can trace a likeness in this
face to yours," he said, as they stood op
posite the fair young girl with the pow
dered hair and laced bodice. "You have
her eyes and smile."
" Do you think so? Ah, no, she is so
pretty!"
"And pray what are you?" was the
retort.
" She is my great-aunt, Lady Leigh,"
said Janet, without answering him.
" She died very young, I believe."
" And who is this ferocious old gen
tleman?" asked Henry, looking nt a
vci j trim painting in h suit rf armor
with drawn sword iu hand. " He looks
savage enough to swallow the whole lot
of his relations. Janet."
" Doesn't he? That's Sir Marmaduke
Warden; he was quite as ferocious as he
look, I bolieve. Nurse Grantly used
to teli me a dreadful story about him.
His only daughter wa3 very beautiful,
and she wished to marry a gentleman
for whose family Sir Marmaduke had a
great hatred. Well, this gentleman
persuaded Sybil Warien to run away
with him. As she was descending from
tho window of herroom by aladder, her
lather was in the west parlor and heard
her lover's voice. He rushed out with
his pistols, and, oh, Henry! in a lury he
raised his aim and lired. Sybil received
the shot in her side."
"Old wretch!" exclaimed Henry
Wood, indignantly. "If 1 had been
Sybil's lover, I would have"
And, without completing the sentence,
the young man struck the hilt of the
heavy, silver-mounted whip ho hnd in
his hand upon the armed bre ist of the
knkbt.
The blow was scarcely struck when
the picture swayed, Henry having barely
time to spring aside and drag Janet with
him as it fell, with a frightful crash,
amid dense clouds of dust.
"Heavens!" cried Mr. Wood, as the
echoes died away, and Janet still clung
o his arm. " What a noise and smother!
I'ah! J am half choked. My dear Janet,
don't tremble so. There is no harm
done."
' O'j, Henry ! Look!" cried Janet, ns
the cloud of dust gradually cleared
nwav. "There is a door behind the
picture! What can it be?"
There was. indeed, a small door, with
an old-fashioned handle, which had
been completely concealed by the fallen
portrait.
Henry sprang forward and endeavored
to open it.
"Janet, this is the entrance to some
secret passage, no doubt. How the door
sticks r Ha! at last."
With a vigorous tug he pulled it open,
and they both peered eagerly into a low,
dar.'c passage.
" I wil' go and explore," said He-nry.
"Do not come, Janet, lest you"
" Oh, I must ctme, too, Henry. Do
let me."
Who could resist her pretty pleading
face ? Certainly not Henry ; so the two
entered the passage, stooping lest they
should strike their heads, Henry goina
tii'st, with Janet holding his hand.
Suddenly he stumbled, and stooping
down, cried :
" Here's a box, or something, Janet;
let us go back o the light and see what
it is."
Back they went, and found that the
box was evidently an old desk or a
dressing-ease; it had been once very
handsome, and was locked.
"By Jove!" cried Harry, excitedly,
"this is an adventure. I must break
the Iock, Jjnet."
He raised his heavy whip, and with
one blow shattered the lock. The lid
sprang open, and Janet utterei a cry.
" Oil, Henry ! Henry ! this must
be poor grandmamma's lost dressing
case." O.d-f :sbioned bracelets, heavy gold
chains, Jgold-jeweled diamond earrings
and brooches lay before tho astonished
eyes of the lovers, and Janet balf
liuu'hed, half-cried, ns she said:
" Henry, this is a fortune; these jew
els must be valuable "
"Yes." replied Henry Wood. "I
think your father had better know of
our discovery. On the whole, I fancy
that blow of mine did some good to the
old knight. At all events he returned
good for evil bs lulling at our leot in that
kind manner, and revealing to us such
hidden treasures."
Janet flew away to her father's study,
and, having greatly disturbed him by a
very incoherent tale, dragged the be
wildered Mr. Warden eft' to tho old
gallery.
" There, father, dear!" she cried, as he
stood gazing in amaz?ment at the
jewelry scattered on the floor "We
have found your fortune."
Mr. Wareien smiled laintly.
" Not mine, my dear. These jewels
would alt have been yours, I expect, and
your mother s before you. How came
they there?"
" Don't you think grandmamma may
have hidden them?" said Janet.
"Ah, well, yes; I expect the did.
Poor mother! What made her oimmit
so strange an ac ? Yes, this was a favor
ite bracelet of hers, I remember. Ah,
well, dear, they ure yours ; do with ' hem
what you will "
He pressed his lips sadly to Janet's
forehead, and, turning, left t'le gallery.
" Oh, Henry, crfed Janet, the tears
in her gray eyes, "you will not now
have an entirely portionless wife!"
"No," grumbled Henry. "And,
therefore, I think the best thing to be
done Is to hide these wonderful chains
and things away again, or you will
grow so fond or mem that 1 6liau not
get a glance in my direction.''
What Janet's answer was we shall not
say; but one thing we know, and that
is, that tne jewels were sent to L.ondon,
the old diamond brooches sold, and
several thousand pounds came into Mr.
Warden's empty pockets. The other
jewelry was reset by order ot Henry
Wood, and presented again to Janet;
and on her wedding-day the diamonds
that sparkled in her ears, and rivaled
the brightness of hpr eyes, had once
been hidden in the box that contained
Janet's fortune. ...
What Diphtheria Is.
Dr. James M. Kerr, of Pittsburg, has
published an article, on the cause and
cure of diphtheria whiesh is attracting
wide attention. He declares that the
disease is. not a result, of sewer-gas. He
says it is local in its first stage, and con
stitutional in the next, as a result of
blcxid poisoning, and recommends treat
ment of a simple nnd effective kind. So
effective is this treatment, that out of
forty cases he has lost but one, and
that one through the negligence of
the patient's attendants in regard
to diet. The false membrane to the
throat attendant upon the disease
can be removed by local appli
cations. For this a rather powerful
lotion of hydrochloric acid and glycerine
is recommended. But the moment the
membrame forms the patient is threat
ened with another and far more dan
gerous malady. While th is process is
going on in the tonsils a virulent poison
is distilled in the neighborhood, a very
small portion of which, if it passes into
the stomach, produces acute gastritis
and thus poisons the b'ood. The system
becomes much depressed, the action of
the heart nnd brain is lowered, ordina
rily to the verge and sometimes to the
worst condition of paralysis, nnd
the patient dies, n't, as is sup
posed, from asphyxia, but from the
presence of virulent poison in tho
blood. After removing the fnlso mem
brane Dr. Kerr puts into tho stomach a
simple chemical preparation, containing
magnesia, to combine and neutralize the
dipththeretic poisons and gently remove
them through the proper channels.
Meantime he supports the patient with
nutricious, non-irritant food until the
crisis arrives, when wine, or, if neces
sary, whisky nnd brandy are copiously
used to aid in tlu-owing off the clutch
that threatens to choke the life out of
the heart and brain. This of the dis
ease in its commonest form. Malignant
diphtheria is incurable.
A reporter of the Engle has inter
viewed a number of eminent Brooklyn
physicians, and is glad to learn that
something like unanimity has at
length begun to prevail as to the main
characteristics of the disorder. He finis
that the sewer-gns theory- has been
abandoned. The dangerous pr.eumonia
attending the dispone is attributed to
blood poisoning. Tlio system is inocu
lated by some specific virus, whether
bacteria or something else, whose ten
dency is to promote putrefaction of the
tissues, they do noi profess to know.
The mode of treatment, therefore, has
become more nearly uniform. The
parts first and most tangibly nff-Ctcd,
namely, the throat, fauces and nares,
are locally treated, either by external
application or by wa3hes laid on with a
nruah, to destroy the false membrane.
How the poison is introduced from the
throat into the system, if, indeed, it is,
there is a difference of opinion ; but onp
of the best authorities interviewed. Dr.
Guilds, who had great experience in the
matter, gives it as his opinion that Dr.
Kerr has hit upon an accurate solution
of the process, and that the course ol
treatment recommpnded by him seems
very plausible. It differs in essentials in
ri i way from that suggested by the
Brooklyn doctors, namely, to chee:k t'.c
membraneous growth with strong
antiseptics, to administer antidotes to
the poison in the stomach and : emove it
naturally, nnd by tonics and stimulants
to fortifv the system nnd assist it to
throw off the poison that has already
found its way into the circulation.
A Dead Letter Incident.
A very amusing incident recently oe
curred at the dead letter tfflee. A lady
ordered a set ot Ulsa tenu lrom a
dentist in Harrisburg, Pa., and directel
them to be sent by mail. She waited
several weeks for their arrival, and, as
they did not come, she wrote to the
dentist to know the cause of the delay
He informed her that he had mailed
them soon af'er they were ordered, ns
instructed. The lady went to the dead
letter office to inquire if anything had
been heard of a package addressed to her
As she was very modest, she did not
like to eivr the name of the article eon
tained in the park ge. But upon being
informed that in order to recover the
lost package she must descri e its con
tents, she did as requested; and imagine
her surprise when Superintendent Lei
las handed her a mutila'ed box contain
ing the fragments of what were oaee a
set of teeth. The pouch in which the
package was mailed had been run over
bv a train ol cars, which separated
every tooth from the plate. Waifwiul'jn
Herald.
A Hood Country for Fnl Men;
The Spartans of o d showed no mercy
to fat humanitv, luey paid much at
tention to the rearing ol men. They
took charge of the firmness p.nd loose
ness of men's flesh, and regulated the
degree of fatness to which it was lawful
in a free state to any citizen to extend
his body. Those who dared to gror too
soft or too tat tor military exercise and
the service of Spurta were soundly
whipped. In one particular instance,
that ot Nauchis, the son of Polybius,
the offender was brought before the
Ephori and a meeting of the whole peo
ple ot Sparta, at which his unlawful fat
ness was exposed, and he was threaten'
ed with perpetual banishment if he did
not bring his body within the regular
Spartan compass ana give up uis culpa
ble mode of living, which was declared
unworthy ot a Spartan
Quite a Curiosity,
A man in McDonald county. Mis
souii, has a natural kaleidoscope. It is
a dark green stone, nearly transparent,
about the size oi a turkey's egg and
nearly that shape and somewhat rough.
By holding it to the light and looking
through it magnificent views ot tcenery
can bo obtained Indians chasing buf
falo, moving caravans of camels, fields
ot waving grass, mountain scenery.
cities and villages, vast stretches of
prairie, etc. It was found in Buffalo
creek, near the home of iu owner.
TIMELY TOPICS.
The sa'artes ol the officials nnd em
ployees of tho government in Washing
ton amount to more than $6,000 000 per
annum. The regular payment ot $500,
000 per month ou7ht to make local trade
in Washington lively.
Malarial diseases have never been so
general and so fatal in this country as
they have during the past f jw months.
Diphtheria, tvphoid fever, scarlet fever
and other serious maladies, directly or
indirectly attributable to malarious
causps, have been fearfully prevalent in
the East and the West for some months.
Writes a New York correspondent;
" Malaria is becoming the terror of New
York and all the surroundings. In the
city the poison comes from defective
sewerage, while the country suffers from
railway embankments and other impedi
ments to free outflow."
A dairying company of London has
lately established a laboratory at which
samples ot milk received from farmers
are subjected to chemical analysis.
Prizes have been offered by the com
pany, which are to be given to those
farmers whose milk supply stands high
est in quality during a stated period of
time. The samples ot milk are care
fully examined by the company's an
alyst, whose analysis and reports will
decide the competition for the prizes.
It is expected that much valuable infor
mation respecting methods for pro
ducing the richest possible milk will be
secured in this way.
1 Secretnry Schurz," says the Wash-
nston correspondent of the Hartford
(Conn.) Times, "as soon ns he retires
lrom the cabinet, will publish a book.
He has been engaged on it, at intervals,
for several years. It will be a sort of
politico historical novel, in whicu he
Will IJJ il tG It! lUiU J k UIO HViuio uiJ Tl ijuv
he thinks about son e oublic men jnd
public questions. This book will be
iinaymton' liKe, tnougu ic win narniy
create such a sensation as Disraeli s.
Still, if Mr. Schurz will tell all he
knows nbout public matters, his novel
will kick up a terrible row in some quar-
ers at leas;, and would ne very inter
esting reading to many about here."
Frederick Bndenstedt. a leadins Gor-
man poot, who visited the United Stites
ast year, has been lecturing in uermany
upon the impressions received by hita
iu his tour of America. He says that
the American citizsn, while loving his
country at large, has little or none of
the local patriotism that abounds in
other lands. He compares the Ameri
can people to a victorious army march
ing rapidly forward oa the road ot
progress, with every sense alert and
every energy at command. In the future
he tumk3 America win accompnsi great
things in the domain of creative art.
Yoiira Americans are working well and
giving tokens ot great pnmisein me
ancient art centers ol Europe.
Though ocean cables nre of recent
origin, such have been the improve
ment in construction and general facil
ities that the cost has been greatly re
duced. The Shimans Brothers, of Lon
don, have contracted with Jay Gould's
company for tue laying ot two tele
uraph'C caoics lrom the west coast or
Cornwall to Whitehead. Nova Scotia,
touching the island of Gable. They are
to bo under the control of a company ol
citizens of the United States and work
in connection with the American Union
lines. The capital stock of the Anglo
American company amounts to 35 000,.
iimi : that of the French company to 15.
000,(100. Rnd that of the Direct Cible
company to 10,00", OdO.
First Stock in the United Mates.
The following account of the first im
portation of stock into the United S'ates
is taken from the columns of the Irih
Farmer's Gazette. In 1610 four cows nnd
a hull weie after a long j'.na dangerous
passage by sailing vessel landed iu
Virginia from Ireland. These were the
urst domestic cattle seen in America
In 1625 eighteen ewes and two rams
were introduced as a novelty into New
York bv the Dutch West India company.
The first horses landed in any part of
North America were carried over ti
Florida by Oabeeea de Vaca in 1527;
ttiev all DPrisbed. The wild horses found
on tho Dlains of Texas and the Western
prairie are probably descendants oi tue
line Spai.ish horse3 abandoned by De
Sjto. In 1625 nart ot the trade of the
Dutch West India company was the
carrying of horses lrom tianocrs to
New York, and that year six mares ana
a horso were safely transported
from France to America. The London
company wpro the nrst exporters oi
fwiue from Britain to America; and in
the vear 121 they carried on their ves
eels no let.s than eichty-four, which.
were all, on landing, allowed to roam
at larse. and feed and fatten on the
mast, which was very abundant in the
woods. 'Ttiey increased eo tast that in
16;7 the colony was in danger et being
overrun with them: out tne Indians
acquiring a taste for fresh pork, and the
novelty ot hunting nog3, tuat caiamuy
wii averted. So important was it con
sidered that the cattle, horses
and sheen introduced into the infant
eolonv should be preserved and allowed
to increase, that the governor issu"d an
nrrier nrohlbltlDff the Killing OI dO'
mcstic animals of any kind, on pain of
i eiitb. to the principal, and to tue uiaer,
abettor or accessory. In 1739 horned
cattle, horses nnd sheep had increased
to 30 000. In 1679 there were 40,000,000
sheep, 3i),(HO,C0l) cattle, of which over
IS 000,000 were milch cows, 15,000,100
horses, 2,000.000 mules and 30,000,000
swine in the UnitcdStatcs.
riliat One Thousand Ewes Brought.
Judge Davenport, of Montana Ter
ritory, purchased 1,000 ewes, which cost
him about $3,000, He put these in
charge ol a young man who was to take
them on t j a range, take all the care of
them, pay all the expenses of the band,
and to receive as his share ne-half ef
the wool produced, and one-half of the
increase ot the flock. At the end of four
vcars a settlement was to be made, and
Judge Divenport was then to receive
back 1,000 of the best ewes which the
band contained. When the settlement
was made Judge Davenport had received
tor his share of the proceeds of the wool
$ft 5 0, and for bis share of the increase
8,0 0. The profits on the investment
of ijS3,000 for four years were $14,600, or
120) per cent, per annum.
Most people take dinner as a nutter
of course, but to the wea thy it is a
matter oi courses.
Finn, GARDE AND HOUSEHOLD.
Farm anil Uarden IVolei.
Give your stock plenty of bedding.
Keen farm accounts during the year
1881.
Industry and economy lead to pros
perity.
Good Bhelter for slock is cheaper than
fodder.
Don't fail to institute improvement!
this year.
Always give the soil the first meal.
If it is well fed with manure it will feed
all else plants, animals and men.
Add a little wood ashes to the flower
pots of favorites, and see how quickly
it will nourish and improve the growth.
Cornstalks contain more potash than
any other fodder ftu to cows.
The comb of a fowl is n sure indica
tion of the slate of its health. If it loses
its brieht. rich color it is diseased in
some way, and as the disease approaches
its worst stages the comb turns black.
A oiece of beef is much more tender
and juicy when the animal has been fed
on roots than beef made where no roots
are fd.
A large per cent, of food given to pigs
is wasted when uncooked, Pi?s will
not assimilate raw food like older ani
mals, and tliev can only be fed economi
cally by first cooking their feed.
All feeders who have studied the
habits of the animals they feed, have
discerned that they take special note of
time, nnd are disappointed if the time is
delayed only a fuw minutes.
A French writer recommends a novel
mode of enriching and promoting the
growth e-ipocially of geraniums.
Namely, watering the plants with a
solution of 150 grains ot glue in about
two gallons of water.
Professor Roberts says that fifty bush
els ot wood ashe3 per acre increased the
yield of grass in a certain location more
than any other manure, while ground
bone improved the clover.
Expourc to cold rains is very inju
rious to fowls. A few hours under the
riaors of a storm of snow o;' sleet will
pu t'tem baclt for davs anel sometimes
wePks in laying, besides the danger of
their getting cold or becoming croupy.
Ilanzing floral decorations in pots or
baskets should be placed whers they
can nave an abundance oi light ana
sun'.'aine, and net near the stoveor reg-
ister. It the light comes from one side,
th" basket o.ight to be turned everyday.
When the orchard is young it is best
to cultivate thoroughly, an l hoed crops,
like potatoes, roots, etc., ean do grown
as a present pay for the trouble, but as
the tree3get older and shade the ground,
nothina else but fruit should oe ex
pected lrom the orchard.
Pumpl:in3 aro an excellent food for
cattle, but if fed to milk cows great care
should be exercised that tho animaU do
not ea . too many seeds, the be3t plan
bein; to rennve the seeds when cutting
tlieiu up. Tue seeds have a diuretio
effoet, thus lessening tho flw of rank.
La3t soring J. N. Marden, of Balti
more, Md., tried tue experiment ol
keeping tho trost away from 2,500 of his
pear trees by building fires around
them on severe nwhts. His orchard
contains 15,000 trees, and those treated
as above described yijlded fruit that
sold for more than $0,000, while the bal
ance ot the orchard produced compara
tively little.
Illouseliold Hints.
The following is said to be a remedy
for rhpumatism: Four ounces of salt
peter in one pint of nlcohol; shake well
and batho the parts affected; wetting
red flannel with it, lay it on. It does
not cure, but takes away the redness,
reduces the swelling, and relieves the
toi ment and agony.
Beef omelet, which ia eojd for break
fast or tea, is made of one pound oi
chopped beef, two well-beaten eggs,
thrfe soda crackers rolled tine, three or
four tablespoon fu Is of milk or cream.
Season to your taste with -pepper, salt
and Ba.e. Make this into a roll, cover
it loosely with a well-buttered cloth
and bake half nn hour in a basin with a
little water in it. When cold, cut it
into thin slices.
A little English work, "Sleep nnd
how to obtain it," says that insomnia
is not so dangerous as commonly sup
posed, for the author knows an eminent
man of letters who has suffered from it
(or many years without injury. When a
man begins to dream of his work he
may know that he is under too great a
mental strain. The author's plau of
indaeing sleep is to reckon up friends
and acquaintances whose name begins
with a certain letter.
Cabbage halad may bo made with
hard-boiled eggs chopped, or with raw
e?!.3 beaten into t e dressing; for one
small head, or half of a eood-s'zed one,
use three eggs, beat Uieni till tuey are
light, then add six tnblespoonfala of
vinegar, two tablespoonfuls of made
mustard, a piece .cf butter the size of a
valnut. Cook this dressing until it
begins to thicken; when it is cold pour
i; over the chopped cabbage. When
boiled eggs are used, chop the whites ot
the eggs with the cabbage, and after
rubbing the yolks till they are fine stir
them i-to the dressing. When the eggs
are cooked, tho restot the dressing does
not need cooking.
Venezuelan BelUKIngcra.
How these bells are rung! Surely out
of no other bells is there so much
clangor got as out of these Venezuelan
church bells. The ringer is a stalwart
fellow, who clambers up close beneath
his awful instrument, braces his feet
firmly on two cross beams, grasps with
both hands a Eort ot handle on the bot
tom of the clapper, and sets to work.
His head U in the bell, and the spot be
hind it is the only one he doesn't man
age lo sinae. He pounds on all sides
with fury; his blows are delivered with
frightlul (rapidity in a sort of rhythm to
which a very active jig-dancer could
keep step well; he exerts himself with
the tern pet. t ot sound, ot winch be is
the center, and seeks to redouble his ef
forts: onlv when exhaustion forbids the
prolongation of his wild delight does he
stop and mop his brow. His only rival
in musical action Is the tambourine man
of a minstrel trouoe, but his instrument
discounts a myriad of tambourines.
An educational exchange asks the
question: "Is one language enough?"
As a general tiling it i", nut there are
times when it isri I. w hen a man goes
to throw a scuttle of coal on the fire, for
instance, and strikes the stove two
inches below the door, and the coal flies
nine was for Sunday, he feels that one
language to express bis feelings, (s
meager ndeea.
'A Snow-FJake.
Oooe he sang ot summer,
Nothing but the iummer
Now he sine of winter,
Of winter bleak and drear;
Just becau90 there's fallen
A snow-fl.ke on his forehead,
He mnst go and fanoyj
Ti winter all the year!
T. S. Aldrieh.
HUMOROUS.
Man is naturally a teacher h alwayt
has a pupil in his eye. .
How h it we often see men of good
habits so 'poorly dressed.
Josh Billings declares that the man
who gets bit twice by tho SJtnedog is
better adapted for that kind of business
than any other.
A "slight" mistake: Jilting the girl
you thought to be poor, and afterward
discovering that she is worth a cool
$10,000. Keokuk Gale City.
They haven't settled on tho price of
board at New York's proposed million
dollar hotel, but the head steward is to
wear yellow kids and speak four lan
guages'. At Pnris, recently, M. de Lesseps was
asked about his newly-born heir. He
remarked that it was a very precocious
infant, as it already very distinctly said
" Pa-pa-na-ma!"
The scientists say that shutting the
eyes improves the hearing. This is
probably the reason why some men al
ways wink at ou when you talk poli
ties to them. Buffalo Exnrea.
The New Haven Hegister ejaculates:
What a merry sound t he scrape of the
snow shovel has upon the morning air.
Especially if you arc snug in bed and
somebody else is doing the shoveling.
A lawyer's brief ia very long,
nd Mr. White is black.
A man is dry when be ia green,
And when bo's tiht he's alack; '.
A Ore ia hot when it id coaled,
A lamp ia heavy though ila light,
A shoe is bought when it is sol'J,
A man can see when out of light.
Kan's Natural Food.
Before entering nron those points I
must premise a lew words on the main
question: What is the natural food of
umn ? As an abstract truth, the maxim
of the physiologist Ilaller is absolutely
unimpeachable ; " Our proper nutriment
shemld consist of vegetable and semi
nnimal substances which can be
enten with relish before their natural
taste hns been disguised by artificial
preparation." For even the most ap
proved mode.sT of grinding, bolting,
leavening, cooking, spicing, heating
and freezing our food nre, strictly
speaking, abuses til our digestive or
gans, it is a fallacy to suppose that
hot spices aid the process of digestion;
they irritate the stomach and cause it
to discharge t-he iug'-sta as rapidly as
possible, ns it would hasten to rid
itself of tartarized antimony or any
other poison; bu" this very precipita
tion ot the gastric functions prevents
the formation of healthy chyle. There
is an important dtfferenco between
rapid and thorough digestion . In a sim
ilar way a high temperature of our food
facilitates deglutition, but, by dis
pcusing with insalivation and the
proper use of our teeth, we make the
stomach perform the work cf our jaws
and salivary glands ; in other words, we
make our food less digestible. By
bolting our flour and extracting the nu
tritive principle ot various liquids,
wcfall into the opposite error; we try
'oas.-ist our digestive organs by per
forming mechanically a part ol tneir
proper and legitimate functions. The
health of tho human system cannot be
maintained on concentrated nutriment;
even the air we inhale contains azotic
gases hieh must be separated lrom
the lite-sustaining principle by the
action of our respiratory organs not
y any inorganic process. We cannot
breathe pure oxygen. For analogous
reasons bran flour makes better bread
than bolted flour; meat and saccharine
fruits are healthier than meat extracts
and pure glucose. In short, artificial
extracts and compounds, are, on the
whole, less wholesome than the palata
ble product of nature. In the case of
bran flour and certain fruits with a
lare percentage of wholly innutritious
matter, chemistry fails to account for
this tact, but biology suggests the
mediate cause: the normal type of our
physical constitution dates from a period
whi'n the digestive organs of oui(frugiv
orous) ancestors adapted themselves
to such food a period compared with
whoso duration the age of grist mills
ehd r,;aee dishes is but of yesterday.
P.-wl'ir Science MtVdy.
Not Eqaul to the Emergency.
He looked a bit hard un. but he bad a
pleasant face and smooth address as he
wall, ed into the oftice ot a railroad run
ning West and t?ked for the superinten
dent. Whe conducted to that omoial s
desk ho began :
" I want the favor of a pass to Buf
falo." " Can't have it." was the prompt re
ply.
" I expected that answer, and am pre
pared f Tit. I did not come herewith
a tale of woe. I have not been robbed."
"No?"
' Not a rob. I tiid not lose my money
on the street. I am not obliged to rush
home to see my wit '. I am not a con
sumptive who is anxious to get home
andelio among his friends. AH these
pleas aro old."
i es, very old and thin ."
" And jet I want a pa-s to Buffalo. I
feel that I have a right to ask it."
On what grounds?"
" This morning I saved the lifo of a
passenger on one of your transfer boats.
He was a big, red-whiskered man named
Clark. Had he gone overboard it would
iave cost vou perhaps $50,COO to settle
the claim."
Clark f Pig man with red whiskers t
Wretched man, you know not what you
did! Tbat's the man who hail already
got a claim far $20,000 agaiit us for
breaking his k'g. If you Lad only let
him gone overboard you could have
settled with his heirs for less than a
quarter of the amount. Go out go
away. You have taken thousands of
dollars out of our pockets by your med
dltKome act."
Tho beat walked out wit'iout a word,
but as ho reached the door be was heard
to grumble:
" I thought I was the best liar on the
Atlantio coast, but I might as well hanf
un from this deal." W7 &reel Dti'y
Wews.
I