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HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher- NlLi DESPEEANDT3M. Two Dollars uer Annum.
VOL.. MDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA. THURSDAY, JAKtJAIlY 27, 1881. NO 49.
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Lore in All.
Name tho loaves on all the trees j
Nnme tlie waves on nil the sea?,
All tho flowers by till that blow,
All the myriad tints that glow,
Wir.ds that wambr through the grove
And you name tho name ol lovej
Love there is in summer sky,
As in light ol n iiii'cn'a eye.
Listen to the countless soundi
In the wind that giily bounds
0 er the meads wi.ere, on the wind,
Bright bets hum Bud linnets sing;
Put ol nondrop, chat ol stream,
01 their son sweet love's the theme;
Love thero is where ipp'iyr .kips,
As lu brcuih ol maiden's lips.
In the est mil I evering glows;
Angel fingers lull the rose;
Silvery dews l)egin to tn.ll ;
Crimson shades to shadow all;
Holy nature veils her lace;
Earth is lost in heaven's emhrnco
Love is in an hour like this,
As in guiklcta iua:deu' kiss.
Go where, through the voiceless nigh',
Trips 1 ii i r I, nun's siiver light;
lb or ol i nture'd pulse that boat,
Like I ho lima I ol unseen leot;
See lioin out iliu Inmbenl noith
SI imuicrii g arrows shooting forth;
I.ove is in h metf or's siuit,
As in tl.i nil ot midden's heart.
I.ovc.N Hie essence ot all things;
'X is Iroiu luve that beauty spring-;
'IV us by luve, creation first
li.to gioiirus beim: but si ;
Vei'o.t in maiden's lorin so luir,
I do nor-hip thee in her.
Spirit sw. et all tl-c rbvc
Love is God, tince God is love.
Chamba ' Journal.
MY VALENTINE.
Valen tine's day, and lam silting in the
hav-window cf my fiont room in the
little semi-detached hou-e which is cow
my lu me The little maid has laid tho
breakfast tilings, but it is curly, and 1
sit m t lie br.ist liiiir sofa in tbe window,
looking out for the p slnnin.
N t that bis cfiming this mornine lias
any romantic iMcnst lor me. Those
days ol romance are past and gone.
I am now arrived at the sober age of
lliim-tive, tod it is time to have done
with such folly. And jet., as T sit here,
nnd 'he postman delays his riming, my
mind wmidirs back to other Vii'i mine'i
it.iss long auo. w hen it wis a matter ol
such t'ei p iiitet st to me.
One tourei r th ol February in particu
lar I r tin mlitr, ten let me st e, t-ixtec u
-nrs Hi'O it vias Ilmv fie ye ,is fly !
dtid how t-bott time it sienis! These
few brigln veins ol u woman's li;e seem
to go i'V nittic. nnd when tlity are gone
what rcn.vrt-? A ' va s lit oiie tiu.e 01
(.th'T an cehiT-jf sense lliit they an
8' ne. and s.irutlim s. alas! tbe kt owl
edge that she is doom, d to lonelines
for tlie yars to conic I felt that at
on' time ume.f, but I am used to it
nnw.
At tl irtj.five these romantic, regret
should be fere with. And especially
when one bvis the lile of a daily gover
ness (as I bive dm - lor some jears
pi.si) tbe re.-ilties of ii'e press too con
st mi iy ard too unp! spr.t y on tee's
rn'i d to leave room lor day drearus.
But on tbe fourteenth of F -binary
jtir-t. referred to ny governess life ban
not yet I egun. 1 had then as lair a
futute before mr as most vounc girls ol
im ( quaint! re, with qiril chances ol
fin d vi rtnirons ard h:.ppy marline'',
nnd a life of indi penrienee. At that
time I was on a visit to senie old
friends, the Coven; rys.
The famiiy consisted of father, moth
er rd two daughters rite, hearty,
good-Jcokinii girls, tall, strong and high
spirited. Jn that re-prct r theracon
trust to rtijsrlf. for I was small, qiiet
mannered, and ( is T was painfully eon
scious) rather plain in appet.rance. They
saw nenty of company, for their father.
'Squire Coventry as bo was called, kept
a most hospitable house; and, especially
duting the winter, the bouse wasccn
tinvaily fl led with young people and
arousemt nt ol all kinds was tLe order of
tin' day.
In most of these omusemrnts I took a
part, nnd ihousih I h.d neither health
roranimul spirits tqual to my young
frit mis, tlnir kn fit.t sa and hiui'tiiie..-s
made everything pl-atant. Tboy had a
most especial fondness f r practical
joking (I mean a harmless kind), par
ticularly the young'r one, Kate, who
was ably assisted in this line by her
cousin, Charles Braintree. who con
stantly foimed one of the party.
Kate and Charley were in every kind
ol escapade companions in mirth, and
frequently companions in misfortune,
when tlie evil effects t f their joking
came home to their own door.
While I wa? at tbe Covcntrys we at
tended a village church close by. where,
tbe rector being absent, there cfliciated
at tbe time a curate who had lately
come to tbe place. He wasa tall, slight
man, ra'.her sood-:ooking; but he had a
painiuily-stiited.self coLsuious manner,
which quite did away with the prepos
sessing ill'ect of Lis appearance. I at
first attributed it to conceit, afterward,
when I knew hint better, to shyness.
He seldom came to the house, although
the Covtutrys quiekly inirie his ac
quaintance, and pressed him to do so,
but invitations ol all kinds he refused.
During my tUv, however, he gradual
ly acquired the habit ot walking home
with us from church, our road lying
partly in the same direction; ho would
pait with us at tlie park-gates, with the
stillest of bows, refusing all entreaties
to enter, and proceed to his lodgings
in the village.
By degrees his vitits to the house be
came more in q'tent, and of course the
change was attributed to me. X could
not help beiotuingcousi iouslhat during
these Sunday walks hi-- place was gen
erally at my ti e und I buttered much
from the sly looks tnd mu teied remarks
of which 1 was the tubjeet. Our con
versation on these occasions was of the
piimmestand most demure. Sometimes,
alter a silent walk ol two or three min
utes, a leeble n quest to cart y my prayer
book, and that yielded to, a lew remarks
on the weather, and so on, and we were
already at our journey's end ; neverthe
less this was sutlicient looi for mischief
lovinjt friends to found a joke upon.
As to Mr. B rill himself, he was
" lair game." His conscious, conceited,
and yet awkward and bashlul manner,
made him, 1 must confess, a most tempt
ing subject; and while he had quickness
enough to see that la some.. way or
other he was ridiculed, his Fense of
hUTicr was so dull that he could never
comprehend the Joke. All this com
bined to make hiiu undergo torture
when in mv friends' society, and I verily
believe he flerl to mo (quite, sedate and
harmless as I was) as a reluge from
their sallies. Whether that were so or
no I know rot, but by degrees I became
quite used to his society, and from tol
erating I got to like it and to miss him
when he did not come; and when the
jokes raged, I invariably took his part.
Valentine's day drew nrar, nnd of
course Kate Coventry was full of
business. There were valentine of all
kinds to be dispatched and expected
In return. Numerous "hoaxes" de
signed f.ir particular friends, and the
plots and schemes ns to places of post
age r.nd disguise of hand writing, were
tiu.v wonderful.
" What lun it would be to send a val
entine to Mr. Bargilll" exclaimed
Charley. "What would he do wiih it P
Put it into the fir, I expect, and never
let any one 'icarof it. Ha would feel it
an insult:"
" Mr. R o-gill!" exclaimed Kate, sud
denly 1 oking up from her wcrs of di
rrct'ngand stampingenvelopcs. "Why,
of course, he ehail have one. How
stupid ol me to forgetl It's important,
though. 1 must take time to think ol
it. Of course we know who the sender
w 11 be!"
She glanced at me as she said this.
" Kate, please do not," I said, im
ploringly, blushing up to the roots of
my hair, for I knew that I was doomed
- Do not what f" replied Kale. "Oh!
by-the-bye, Ethel, you re sure to receive
some this sear one at least."
' Yes," btoke in Clu rley. " Directed
in a very stiff, upright baud. Now, who
would think that tuch a very modest,
retiring person won id write such a very
decidi d band P You know who I mean,
Bliss Vane 1"
Sj the remarks flew round, and 1
knew that remonstrance was vain, and
tout Mr. baniill and myself were to be
two ol the victims on Valentine's day.
Not only that, but 1 greatly feaied that
they intended searing either a valen
tine to me in his name, or, far worse,
one from me to him.
For some reason this latter idea was
torture to me. Ob course what I re
ceived myself was a matter of little
consequence. I should know whom to
thank lor it; but if I only could know
how they meant to make use of my un
lonu .ate nuin; in playing their j.ikes
upon him.
o time woie on, and I comforted
myje.l by thinking that Mr. B-irgiil.
i-i mj what might, would believe thai 1
nail sent him a valentine, more espe
cially such a one as 1 bared they would
sc t d him.
' It will be ns Charley said," I
bouglf. " He will most likely put it
in the tire, and no one will bea tfliitthe
wiser."
And then I caught myself wondering
whether it would make him shy ol our
omptiny, and whether he would cease
the waiks Irom church, etc. And 1
must allow that he idea vexed me.
' How very tiresome they arel" I said
toinysu!. "And what bad taste it is
o play these j-keson people," forgetting
'or t tie mouitnt how often I had my
,elf bttna patty to jukes of the kind.
At Jast Valentine's morning came.
There was n uuh excitement round the
treaklitst table when the post-bag, lull
to bursting, was banded in.
1 watted patiently lor my share of its
uoii ems. They were three. First, a
letter Horn home in n y mother's writ
tig; 8c.;ndiy, a large doiument, ci
I'ected in the stiff, Upright hand I had
been icd to expect; thirdly, a letter di
iCJ.ed iu a bami-vriting perfectly un
Known to n c. I opeLei tLo second
ii e;it:oned first.
"Now. Ethel, lei us hear!" assailcJ
a c on over) side.
"Tiiat s the writing! I knew it would
coue!" shouted Charley.
"Tii'ink y;'U, I am much obligel to
you ail!" I reoiied. "Ilia admirtbly
written; but this one is much better
done" ns I spoke I lie'.d up the third
iLCatiorcl, writ e.i in lUp unknown
hand " That lare one is too elaborate.
Mr. Birgill, 1 am suic, would never
ic.id such a flowery composition as
that. Now, this is sober, and to the
point."
I had just read it, i nd was surprised
to find only a short, simple, earnest
offer ot marriage not much like a
valentine, i xcept that the writer slight
ly r.f rrtd to the character of the day
i' s a kind of apology for addressing ma.
It was signed only "J. H.'
"1 see," I said. "You thought by
sending me two that I should certainly
becaught by one of them. Tins last
one b certainly the best, borne of your
work, I suspect, Connie. It is not in
Katie's style."
Constance protested her innocence;
but in vain. Indeed, a general chorus
disclaimer was raised round the table;
but I simply ignored it, put the two
valentines in my pocket, und began to
rend my mother'd letter. This was of
another kind. My father was seriously
ill. My mother wanted me home
directly ; and the next day found me on
my homeward journey, repressed at the
thought ot my lather's illness, aud full
ot regrets at leaving my friends
Then began a season of calamity and
trial. My la'.htr died, after a fortnight's
illness, leaving myself, a brother and
sister almost unprovided lor.
The following year my sister, who
had been engaged lor so die. trine, was
matried. My mother died soon after
ward, and 1 was left alone almost ab
solutely alone, my brother having gone
abroad to seek his fortune, and I chose
rather to seek an independence for my
self than to accept kindness lrom sister,
who was not in till dent circumstances
Thus began my governess lile, which,
I am thankful to say, has been such a
succt ss that i am i ow able to live in
comfort ano to put by a mite for a rainy
day. I have not soeut much in travel
ing, though my kind friends, the Cov
entry's, sent me many invitations. Per
haps I am a little proud, for I think I
could not mix in their society with just
the same pleasure as in lormer days.
However, they are unchanged to me.aud
always wili be, 1 feel sure.
The clock had jast struck nine. What
a time I have sat here ruminating ou
past time! and tLe postman is not come
yt t- valentine s aay- mat is the reason
of the rtelav. no douot.
Here he comes around the corner, but
what a time he stops at each dooi 1 The
five little dwellings to be visited before
be sets here will ake, 1 should think.
another iiuarter of an hour, at this rate
ofeoine. Weill you will not be detained
long here, my man. Sarah shall bring
the breakfast.
Another ten minutes; he is here!
Sarah puts two letters into my band,
and, strange coincidence! one of them
is in the handwriting of my old friend,
Constance Coventry.
Constance Baintree she is now; she
married Charley two years after my last
visit. And hrig'it, merry Kate is dead I
My second letter, being evidently a
business one, claims mv first attention
Tt is from tbe mother of my eldest pupil.
She is going abroad, and wishes my
cbarpe to accompany her. My three
other pupils are at present in scarlet
fever My hand" will be empty ! What
shall I do? Look for temporary em
ployment? I should like to take a holi
day, but know of nowhere to go just
now.
Now for Constance:
" We have just come home from
nbroad," she writes, ' and are settling
in our new home, though it is a
wretched time of year. I do want you
so much to come and see me. Perhaps
my reasons are partly selfish, for he
will not see company yet, and I am
dreadfully dull and lonely, but I know
that will be no rriwback to you."
Sbetl.en goes on to say a good deal
that is kind, and adds in a postscript:
' I said we were alone, but I forgot tc
mention that an old friend, or rather ac
quaintance, is with us whom I dare say
you will remember in by-gone days
Mr. Bargill! We came upon him at
Busle, when Charley was dangerously
ill, and his kindness I shall never for
get. I am so sorry that I ever laughed
at or teased him, dear Ethel: he saved
mv husband's life! D i come."
That is all. And what a strange sup
plement to my meditations of the past
liour. How the old familiar names re
call the old days. I am at Barfield
again, young and happy as of old! Con
stance's invitation is a tempting one. I
should like to see her a earn in'her new
home; and Mr Bargill t I Bmile as I
remember tbe valentines, and I think
on the whole I should like to sec him
arain, too! It is decided. I will go
.;nd sit down and writ" to that effect.
Three days later, at five o'elock on a
cold winter's evening, I am driven up
the avenue at Braintree, trying hard,
through the dusk and the drifting sleet,
to catch a glimpse of my friend's new
home. A double row of stately lime
trees on each side of the drive is all that
I can see, and ss we draw nearer Ioer
coivea fine old E.izabe ban house nearly
covered with ivy and creepers. It has
been the home ot thi Braintrecs for
manv generations, and has just descended
to Charley from an uncle.
A bright light streamed forth when
the floor was opened, and Constance
stood in the hall ready to receive me
with open arms. In a second I was in
a cozy little room with a bright tire,
where lav her husband, looking not
much older, but pale and delicate from
h-s recent illness.
Const aLce led me to my room, and on
leavir g me, said
' We have just a lew friends comin?
to-night, dear; you won't mindP 111
jcud you my maid, ' ana without wait
ing fbr an answer, she was gone.
I did "mind," but there was no help
lor it. Constance was always fond of
s iciety. I dressed mysr as well as mv
limittd wardrobe would allow, and she
presently returned and escorted, me to
the d rawing-room, w h re about tourteen
persons were assembled ; but among
them all n t one face was f tmiliar to me
savo that of my host.
I quietly i nsconced myself in a win
dow recess, where I was partly bidden
Hy curtain. My eyes wandered for a
moment rather anxiously over the group
in a vain hope that I might discover
Mr. B.trgill, but in vain. No one was
t;i, own to me there.
Dinner was announced. The party
paired off. As 1 sat wonde;ing who my
partner was to be, Censtnnce touched
i hearm ot a portlv-lookmg man who sat
with his back to me, engaged in earnest
conversation. He rose at once, and she
kd him up to me.
" An old friend, Ethel. Mr. Bargill,
lou remember Miss VaneP"
Was it possible? Was the fine-looking
man before me tbe "shy curate" of
former days? No need to ask if he
remembered me. H-j gave a start, and
colored visibly, when she uttered my
name, and then I saw plainly the resem
blance which I had failed to detect at
drst. Ha recognized me at once, too
1 saw that, and it was no small pleasure
to think that time's ravages had not
altered me in his eyes, at least beyond
recognition.
I went into tro dining-room on his
arm, and after tin first low tcatc-ices
our conversion icver flagged. I ihoa
fiiscoveiod hw in mind as well as in
body be had developed and improve);
or ratter, having gained in assurance
and manliness, those qualities which I
imngitei be always had possessed were
suffered to come to the surface, while
thtt siitfness of manner which we h id
called conceit, and whhh I now felt sure
hadproioided from shyness, had van
ished altogether.
When I returned to the drawing-
room, i no longer uit myteir aiono in
the company. I talked iudiilerentlv to
my next neighbor, hardly conscious
who or what she might be, m eye
meanwbile watching the door with
anxiety, until at last the hum ol voices
outsile told that the gentlemen were
coming.
There was a vacant seat beside me.
Would he take it? Yes, he was evi
dently coming toward mo. My heart
throbbed loudly when, down upon the
chair I had guarded sat a lat old coun
try 'squire who began to make himself
agreeable to my next neighbor. I felt
mortified and disappointed, and soon
afterward took an opportunity of retir
ing to my old seat in the window.
I had not sat there many minutes
when the curtain was drawn aside, and
Mr. ii rgili placing a chair lor himself
in my recess, sat down beside me.
"Mr. barsill." criPd out Constance s
little girl, running up to us, "just look
at my valentine! Isn't it a beauty? I
have had such a lot, but this is the pret
tiest oi mem all, ana l cmnot nnd out
who sent it. Do you know? I believe
it was you. Now. wasn't it? Tell the
truth."
"No, Carrie it was not I."
" 1 believe it was, though," she per
sisted. " I'm sure it wad"
"No, Carrie, Indeed," he answered,
while a grave smili hovered round his
mouth, '' I never sent but one valentine
iu all my life, and that"
" Well, and that?"
" That one was never answered."
He looked at me, though be was
speaking to her, and instantly I remem
bered my two valentines ot long ago,
that one in particular which was Lever
accounted for, and which I bad troubled
myself so little about. In my own
mind I bad never doubted that it had
been sent me by mischievous youug
friends.
t remembered now how strongly they
had denied it; and, as I the ught of its
contents, I reflected, what if it really
had come from him P had lain all these
years unheeded and unnoticed? and
now!
My cheeks burnt crimson as I turned
my head away, and my contusion must
have hern evident to him.
Katie had flown awav to exhibit ber
treasures in another part of the room.
I heard a low vob't beside me:
" Mis Vane Ethel, will you answer
itnowP"
I did answer it, and in a way that I
have never since regretted.
When my friend Constance came to
visit me in my bedroom that night, I
had a secret to cou tide to b' r, and was
kissed and congratulated to my heart's
content. .. -
"But ohl Constance," I exclaimed,
when she allowed me a pause, "how
could you not te I me that (bat second
valentine came from him, or that it did
not come from yon? How could you
let me believe otherwise!"
" My precicus child, did I tot tell
you." she answered, lauvhing, "a hun
dred times overP and why were you so
obstinately peisuaded to the contrary?
Why, the signature should have been
enough! But never mind, 'all's wel.
that ends well.' and this is just the very
thing I should have wished "
" Yes," I said, sofe'y, " I believe it is
well; a d though I shall only be a poor
curate's wile, I shall be the happiest
"A poor curate's wife," broke in Con
stance. "Why, don't sou know that
Charley has given Mr Bargill the rich
living of Braintree, two miles lrom
here, and I shah have you near me
aiwavs P Oh! it is delichtlul. So vou
thought you were marrying a 'poor
turaie,- am you r
The lovely rectoiy of Braintree has
long been my home, and the "shy
curate" the best aud most devoted ol
husbands. Little does the title apply
to him n w! Balovedand respected by
his parishioners, and known far beyond
uis own little circle for conspicuous
talents, my home is all and more than I
could wish; and as the fourteenth ot
February again approaches, recalling
the happiest event of my life, with wh t
different feelinas do 1 greet it from
when, ten years ago, I sat in my lonely
lodgings, thinking sadly of " my Valen
tine's days " of the past.,
Wigwum and ills Uute.
Mr. Wig warn is a farmer, and recently
one of those agents that infest the coun
try came along and lucked off upon him
an automatic gate. The gate was so
arranged that the weight of a person
approaching it would cause it to rise,
and when they had passed under H,
down it would come. This gate was
painted red, and the day alter it was
put in position, a cross bull, owned by
Mr. Wigwam, discovered it. A bun
somehow has a ruoied aulipathy for
that hue, and this animal no sooner dis
covered the gate than it niaoe a rush to
gore it. Ot course, as the bull ap
proached the gate, his weight caused ii
to rise, and he passed under it, and his
fnilure to bit aLyhing solid, seemed to
affect him about as it does a man to go
up a dark stairway, and when he h.ut
reached the top, think there is one stair
more, lid step for it, and bring his foot
d.wn so bard that it makes the sole
tingle as it slapped by a shingle, and
leaves the print of the oooton tLe ll jor
When the bull recovered a little and
looked back and saw the gate, whuh
had com do n, in its original posicon.
he couion't quile understand jow he got
past it, and what had happened, and lie
stooci and thrashed himself with his tail
and thought of it for a minute, and then
tried it again. Sameresuit. Builmore
puzzled man ever and awful mid. An
other trial. Bullonly succeeds ihro ling
his nose into the erou d. Bail abaosi
delirious wiih rage. Wigwam, who is
watching him from the home, in same
condition with laughter. The buli
evidei.t.y made up his mind to hit that
gale or uie in tuu attempt, and he tiied
the thing seven more times, and yet the
uate stood there, every time, when he
looked back. Then having wrenched
himself and scrape i tho hide off his
nose, and got quite out of breath, the
animal became discouraged and drew
aside and merely watched the gate.
But Wigwaui hadn't had enough ol
the fun. Ha took a mirror, and went
ut and climbed upon the gate and
caught the sunlight on the mirror, and
flashed it in the buil s eyes to madden
him. It did. The bull rushed once
more at the gate. Wigwam expected
the gate to rise up with him and let the
bull pass. Bat his weight held it down.
The bull hit the gate square, Wigwam
was knocked forty feel, and got his eyes
and mouth full ol dirt, and was badly
skun. The mirror was shattered. And
the bull caught both horns and one loot
in the gate, which broke from its fasten
ings, and he went madly c.reering
about wan it, struggling to release him
self, and VVigwa'.u didn't dare go to his
rescue, and was loo much hurt to do
anything, anyway, and unally the buli,
alter tearing up everything in reach.
threw himself and broke his neck.
Loss, $3dO.
Wiuwuni lays all the blame on the
gate agent, which, perhapb. is natural.
Boiton Pott
Mugular Discovery or a Diamond.
Mr. Jaddus O igaien. Oi Kent couutv.
and Mr. Michael V Cuuhlin. oi New
castle, N. B., have gone to England,
principally to dispose ot a diamond, or
a supposed diamond, which was lound
bv Air. (jouaniin anions the stones at
the ballast xbarf, Newcastle. The sup.
position is hat it was brought out Irom
the E tst Indies in ballast. The prize is
oval shaped, weighs thirty-bve carats,
has appaiently very little outer crust,
and is colorless and not distinguisLahle
from water. It is traosprent, and if it
is a citmond of good quality, is very
valuable, it is sua tney were ottered
$5 0 for tbe article in tbe North, but
r-fised. Tue arrangement by which
Mr Gonaien became half owner in this
gem is to the effect that he pays the ex
penses ot the trip to England, by which
it is exwected to tffVet a saie. Mr.
Gogalm also takes about 100 pearls,
gathe ed in tue moriu trom oysters and
black clams, the latter, v hen lound in
waters used for steam driving, olten
containing pearls which find a ready
sate at a high price. A few of these are
quite large, an t should be worth con
siderablj. Mwt (. B ) Times.
In Cuba there is a little Insect, tbe
nigua, which enters the human skin,
and, building a nest underneath, depos
its its eggs . It is so small a - to require
a miorosoope to detect it- They cuuse
intense itching, and, of course, prison
the flush where they enter.
FARM, HARDEN AND IIOUSF.ROLD.
he Via Patnr.
Wf always have tbe best SUcress witli
breeding sows when they are allowed to
feed on grass. This is the only food they
require until the young pigs are a week
or two old. when milk or meal of some
sort may be gi en to them to increase
tlie flow of milk i thry require it. Sows
thus manneed are iiever ugly and never
d' stroy their pigs. Why? Because they
are in a natural and healthy condition
The grass Also increases the flow ol
milk and is, quite often, sullloient foil
for a sow while rearing her youtg.
Young pigs soon learn to eat the grass,
which in alike natural and healthful for
them. We never have a case of scours
or thumps among young pigs when run
nine in pasture. The gr-iss serves to
counteract the fleet of corn, and many
pigeon grass can be fed beavilv with
this food without the injury which it
would do them if confined and
deprived of grass Our experience has
convinced us that no farm is complete
without a pig pa ture. Clover is the
bst of all tbe grasses for this purpose,
and next to it we prefer orchard grass
for the reason that it starts up promptly
alter beine eaten off.is the earliest in the
spring and is relished by the pigs. It is
t.ot necessary to have a specia' field for
the pig pasture, but they may be al
lowed to run in any lot if properly in
closed . There should be water in the
field and plmty ot grass. A patch of
sweet corn sowed in drills will be found
convenient to supplement a short pas
ture in the late summer. There should
also be another patch of turnips or
other rots into which the pigs may
be turned for fall breeding With the
three auxiliaries of pasture, sweet corn
stalks and a root patch, the cost of rear
ing and feeding pigs may b reduced to
less than one-baif ot their expense when
tl ey are confined and fed in pens, to
say notnins about their better condition
for lood. Rural Hew Yorker.
It o pld Churning Undesirable.
As a rule the best butter is produced
by using a moderate motion in churn
ing. The operation at the commence
ment should always be slow, in order
that the cream shall be well mixed to
getl er. After tLis the motion may be
faster, but its rate of speed should be
made uniform and adapted to the con
struction of the churn. The objection
to very fa t churning is that the larger
butter globules come first and are gather
ed into lumps before '.he smaller ones are
chur..ed ; hence a loss in quantity if the
churning is stopped at this point, and ii
continued under a very rnpid motion th"
butter globules that come liist are liable
to be injured. We have never seen any
of the so-called " three-minute churns "
that uniformly made good butter by
churning in this short time. Of course
there is a tiitferene.e in creams; th
from tLo milk of Jcsoy cows will ordi
narily churn mote quickly than creim
lrom the milk of common cows. But
unrlcr an circumstances ve.'y rapid
motion leads to do injury to the cream,
and especially is this the case when tbe
butter tozins to come. In churning, the
object sought should be to have ail the
cream churned alike and in about the
sare time, and when the butter appears
in a grnnular lorm the churning should
cease. Ot course we shall not pretenl
to sav that inventions and processes for
churning very quickly cannot be broug t
out, and which will make uniformly u
first-class butter; we can only say i'
there be such a chun. one that is made
to do its work, for instance, in thret
minutes, and can in that time product
the best butter we have not yet seen it
- Daii yman.
The IMftereuce.
From actual experiments mide it is
demonstrated beyond a doubt that the
minding of grain adds one-third to it
valus lor feeding purposes This is a
matter of a good deal of importance to
the agricultural community, and, ui
fact, to all classes who have animals to
feed. As fir as dollars are concerned,
nerhnps it is not of eo much moment in
the Northwest, where grain is so cheap
and so pli nty, as it is in other portions
of the couutry, where less grain is
raised, but it is worthy of the consider
ation of those who have not full bins ol
oats and corn. Since the introduction
of chi ap fee J-mills, it is the province oi
every farmer to own one, witti which
all grain intended for the stock on the
farm could be ground.
Iteclue.
Good White Bread. Ha.f a pint of
nice light bread sponge, one heaping
tablespoon ful if sugar, stir in graham
aoure.iough to make a still batter; let
it rise, then stir it down and put it into
'hebukinif tins, let it rise aiiain. then
hake a little longer than white bread.
Use good veast but no soda in this
bread.
Cheap. Good Sponge Cake. Whisk
together four eggs, a larire cupful ol
powdeted su?ar, add lemons to taste;
also three tablespoonluls of water, hall
a largo cupful o; Ho r, with two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder in it.
ihoroughly but lightly mix, adding
more water it required. Bake this in
buttered tins or fancy molds.
Barley Soup Boil one pint of pearl
oaney in one quart oi stock till it is re
duced to a pulp, pass it through a sievj
and add as uiucu more stock as will be
required to mako ot the consistency of
cream; put the soup on the fire; when
it buns stir into it, on the hre, the yolk
of an egg beaten up with a gill of tresh
butter, and serve with small dice ol
bread fried in butter.
Irish Fotatj Fie. One pound
mashed potatoes rubbed through a
colander; one half pound butter,
creamed with sugar; six eggs, whin
and yolks separately; one lemon,
squeezed into tlie pota'oes while hot;
one cupful of milk one teaspoonful ot
nutmeg, and the fame of mace; two
cupsiui waits suear: bake in onen
shells of paste; to ba eaten cold. Com
mon netibt m tue Uomew l Ulirion.
A Mad Stone.
There are mauy persons in the West
who believe in the cm tive powers ol
the mad stone. A , nan who was bitten
by a mad pig near Ticumseh, Nh.,
tPMirelpd all tliA val fit Njnunnuh Hf
to irv the f .ruons mad s one owned ov
oia uocie joun jjteison. Lie stone im
mediatetr adhered to the wound, which
is s.tid to be proof positive that the
patient's blood was poison d, and re
mained clinging to the sore trom early
moinini un il sundown, wh m it dropped
(II. Lb : patient departed feeling that
hp hud been nnruH TTnr.ln .Trwhn KTa.a...
has owned bia mad atnnn ninen iftjn
and has u ed it in over a hundred onses
where men have been bittun. Heavers
turn it never tailed to woik cure.
II US AS TREES.
How the Bheel Ilfltbbcra of India Escape
From Their Pursuer.
All those fed fiufllcient interest
in the subject to iad or notice the
facts must nt ttcues bb etrucK who
amazement at the wondwnj resem
blance ot certain insects and other ani
mals to vegetable xnd inanimate object.9.
so exact ts this resemblance in seme in
stances as to deceive the most experi
enced. Wallace, the reat naturalist.
was very anxious to sreuro a specimen
of a certain brilliant butterfly, but whs
unabl" lor some time io capture one on
account of the creMur-.-'s sudden unac
countable nnd mysterious disappear-
Rcce. Ile finally discovered that tbe
outside of this insect's wings was an
xact represent. .n of a leaf. Vvben
the butterfly alighted upon a shrub und
:iosed its wings it completely deceived
vrn this experienced scientist. Some
species of lobsters found at Bermuda so
losely resemble submarine stones, even
to the coating of sea weeds, thht I have
passed by an aquarium containing them
supposing the tank to be
uninhabited. The common katydid.
whose constantly-repeated notes, late in
summer, warn us of the approaching
frosts, has a repres'ntative in South
America, whose wines cot on lv resem
ble a green leaf. but. to add to the de
ception, the tips of tho wings are ragged
and discolored, having the exact appear
ance f a leaf that has been disfigured
trom tbe attacks ot caterpillars. 1 once
aDd one in my studio, and it was with
xreat difhculty tLat I could convir.ee
visitors that it was not an artificial
insect with wings made of real leaves.
in me snow-covered regions of the
North the foxes, hare3, bears and birds,
witu very lew exceotions. assume tlie
prevailing white -color ot the surround
ing objecis. Man has not been blind to
these hints. There are various tribes
of savages who successfully imitate
stumps and stones by remainirg im
movable in crouching positions so as to
name tueir pursuers.
Tnis mimicry is carried to a wonderful
degree of periection in India. Thit
strange country, as Dr. Latham says.
o: a teeming, ingenious, and indus
trious but rarely independent popula
tion. It is a country of an ancient lit
erature and ancient architecture." A
country wbeie such a society as the
murderous thugs is possible; a country
wnere robbers are educated trom child-
ood for the prolesston in which thev
akegreat priee. oocnlv boastimrot their
skill. One of our most tkilliul and
adroit bank robbers would be considered
by these India experts but a bungling
amateur.
The scientific manner in which these
robbers prepare lor their raids shows a
thorough knowledge of the dangers of
iieir caning, and tlie best guards against
he same, choosing darkness for their
forays. When their dusky bodies are
least observable thev remove their
clothes, anoint themselves with oil, and
with a single weapon, a keen-edged knife
suspended from their nek, creep and
steal like shadows noiselessly through
the darsness. If detected, their gre isy
and slippery bodies assist them in elud-
ng capture, while their razor-bladed
nite dexterouslv severs the wrist nf
any detaining hand But the most in
genious device to escape capture is that
suown by he Bheel robbers. It olten
happens that a band of these robbers are
pursued by mounted Englishmen, and
unable to reach the jungle, And
themselves about to be overtaken
upon one of thosa open plains
vhicn have been cleared bv fire.
he only shelter in sight bcini? the
blackened trunks or leafless benches of
small trees that perished in the flames.
cor men so skilled in postunne this is
shelter enough. Qcieklv divestini!
themselves of their scanty clothing,
they scatter it with their blunder in
small piles over the plain, coerin
them with their shields so that the
have the appearauce of lumps of earth
and attract no attention. This acco r-
imsluri. they tnatch uo a few sticks
throw tlieir bodies into a contorted posi
tion, anu Bianu or crouch immovable
until their unsuspicious enemies have
galloped by.
W hen all is safe thev ouiaklv nick un
their spoil and proceed upon their way.
i ue ivev. j jj. w ooas, gives an inter
esting account of these marvelous
mimics. I quote tho following:
'Before the English had heeome
used to these maneuvers, a very ludi
crous incident occurred. An officer.
with a partv of horse, was ebiisinir a
small body of Bheel robbers, and was
fast overtaking tuem. Suddenly the
rot bars r u belaud a rock or some such
obstacle, which hid them for a mo
ment, and when the so;di rs came up the
men had mysteriously disappeared.
After an unavailing search, the ofli;er
oidereu his men to dismount beside u
clump ot scorched and withered trees:
and the day being very hot, he took off
uis ueiuici ana nung it on a branch by
wuicu ue was standing. The branch in
question turned out to be tho leg of a
liheel, who burst into a stream ct
laughter, and flung the astonished
officer to the ground. The clump of
scorched trees suddenly became meta
morphosed into men, and the whole
party dispersed in different directions
betore the Englishmen could recover
lrom their surprise, carrying with them
the ofli jer'a helmet by way of trophy."
Scient fii American.
Pottery In the Halted Mates.
There are now eight hundred uotteriea
in the United States, the total products
ot which supply fifty per cent, of the
wares annually consumed, the chief
centers of the industry being Trenton,
the capital ol New Jersey, and East
Liverpool, in Ohio.
The former citv offered Deculiar
attractions to the potter, both from its
railways and canals connecting it with
tue great cities oi tne u .ioa, and its
nearness to mines cf the raw material.
West and southwest lie the coal, kaolin,
spar and quattz mines of Pennsy lvania,
Delaware and M.rjlaad, and eastward
the fire and white days of New Jersey.
The Uays of Ouio, Missouri and
Indiana, and abundance of fuel, havu
built up East Liverpool, making it the
ceramic center ol the West. For thirty
years it has been engaged in the uiauu
fuc ure ol the ordinary Rjckiugbaui and
yellow wares, furnishing the greater
portion ol the two million dollars' worth
annually produced in this country. It
was ma until 1U73 that while wareot
any d soripiion engaged the attention ot
mo Litverpoo. poLiers to-dav wuita
granites, semi-chinas and "cream
color" are manuiactured in fourteen
thriving estabiuhments. and one or two
turns are exnerimentingin china. Uar
per' MagaUtte.
Before the Day- Break.
Before the day-break shines a star
That in the day' gieat glory lades;
Too fiercely bright ts the lull 1 ght
Tlmt her pftlt-g!cauing lamp upbraids.
Before ih day-break sings a bird
Thai atdls her song ere morning light;
Too loud lor her a? tbe day a ir,
The woodland's iho.i'and-longacd delight.
Ah I great the honor Is to shine"
A liflht whe:ein no trave'er erraj'
And rkih the prize to rank divine
Among the world's loud choristers.
But I would be that paler star,
And I would be thai lonelier bird;
To shine with hope, while hope's afar,
And sing ol love, vrben love' nnheard.
Tht Sptctutm-.
niLMOROlS.
The feelings of a pig are always pent
up.
Firemen, as well as other people, like
to talk ot their old flames.
One who knows says that a soft corn
is the hardest kind of a corn.
A game of bascHail is like a buckwheat
cake a great deal depends on the
batter.
The motion of a woman's jaws in
chewing four caramels nt once gives a
very poor idea of the poetry of motion.
A man who is as tiue as slel, pos
sessing an 'ron will, tome gold and a
lair proportion of brass, should he able
t et.dure the hardware of this world.
The weight of the circulating blood
in a man s about twenty pounds. But
one pound will otten cause it to circu
late if the pound is given on tbe nose.
" I know hoiv man'' days there are in
a vear three hundred and s xty-five
and a fourth." Part nt "Is that so t
Where does the fourth ctmo inP"
Pupil" Fourth of July."
A prudent; man had his portrait
painted recently. His friends complained
to him that it was much too old. "That's
what I ordered " saif be. "It will save
the expense ot another one ten years
irom now."
Gr edy grocer (to farmer's wife wbo
issuop.ying him with buite-) "This
pun1 o' bu tei is ower licht, gudewife."
Glide wife "Blame yeisel', then; I
weighed it wi' the pun' o' sugar 1 gat
frae ye yestreen."
rOET-TREE.
O.ik, Caroline ! fir yew I pine;
On, willow, will vou not, he mine?
thy hazel eyes, thy tulips red,
l'tiv ways, all larch, have turned my bead;
Ml linden shadows liy thy cato,
I eypress on my heart and wait;
Then guiu ! boech clieiished, Caroline;
We'll fly tor elms ot blisi divine.
There is a yourg msn stndying law in
a Galveston lawyer's tfiiee, and tbe
young man is not very regular in bis
habits. Yestprday the old lawyer said :
" W by didn't I see you in court, yester
day?" " Bacause I wa-n't there, I
reckon. I was confined to my room
with tbe toothache." was the response
ot the incipient Blackstone. Come,
now," said ihe lawyer, gooJ-naturedly,
stop that. You will have plenty of
time to lie afur you have passed your
examin ition and been admitted to the
bar." Oi'V slon Fews
Mr. Topnoody was ?n good humor
this morning, and con.ing into tte
kitcLen, where Mrs. 7'. was at work, he
tine w a harrel hoop over ber that be
lound in the back yard and said: " Ha!
ha! Mrs. Ttpnoody, why are you like
the wif3 of a in us clown 1" " I don't
know," snapped Mrs. T., jerking away
the hoop, "unless I'm married to a
fool." Poor Topaoody co lipsed and
lorgot the answer to Lis conundrum, all
except something about being in a liog,
and even his friends down town
couldn't recall to his mind what it was.
Sliubemiile Herald.
Fretting.
There is one sin which it seems to me
is everywhere and by everybody under
estimated, and quite too much over
looked in our valuations of character.
It is the sin of fretting. It is as common
as air, as speech ; so common that un
less il rises above its usual monotone
we do not even observe it. Watch any
ordinary coming together of people, and
see ho-v many minutes it will be before
somebody frets ihat is, makes a more
or less complaining statement of some
thing or other, which most probably,
every ono in the room, or the stage, or
the car, or the street co ner, ns it may
bn, knew before, and which most prob
ably nobody can help. Why say any
thing about itP It is cld, it is hot, it is
wet, it is dry ; somebody has broken an
appointment, ill-cooked a meal; stu
pidity or bad faith comewhere has
resulted in discomfort. There are
always plenty of things to fret about. It
is simply astonishing how much
annoyance and discomfort may be found
in the course of every day's living, even
at the simplest, if one only keeps a shnrp
eve out on that side ot things. Even
Holy Writ says we are born to trouble
as sparks fly upward, in the blackest of
smoke, there is a blue sky above, and
the less time they waste on the road the
8' oner they will reach it. Fretting is
all lime wasted on the road litlen
liUht.
Laws for the Million.
A note dated on Sunday te void.
If a note be lost or stolen it does iiot
release ths maker; he must pay it.
An iadorser of a note isexerr.pt from
liability if not served wita Brace ot its
oishonor withi,n twentj-fc-ur hours of
its non payment.
Uacb Individual in partnership is re
sponsible for the whole amount ol the
debts of the firm, except in cases of
special partnership.
K'uorancoot the law excuses noo'e.
An igreement without consideration
is void.
Signatures in lead pencil are good in
law.
A receipt for money is not legally con
clusive. Cm tracts made on Sunday cannot be
enforced.
A contract made wHt a minor is void
able. A contract made with a lunatio Is
void.
Checks or drafts must be presented
for payment without unreasonable
delay.
Tlie public debt of tbe UnitP Statas
is 8 per head; of Spam, $154; of
Franee 9136; of England, U7; of
Holltnd, U7t of taiada, $J8; of
Mexico, $30; of Switzerland, $4.
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