HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publishes
NILi DESPEPANDtM.
Two Dollars per Annum.
VOL. XI.
HIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THUKSDAY, MAY 19, 1881.
NO. 13.
1
Along a Slope of Grass.
Alons a Blopo of grass Bhe came;
Ami as elio walked, a virgin eliame
tit up licr fnco'B snow with flame.
Full slight and small she was, and bent
Iter lillio nook shyly, as she went,
Iu some ehild-likc bewilderment.
Gold was the color of hor hair;
Tlic color of her eyes was vair;
The Bun shouc on her everywhere.
Oh fair she was as hawthorn flowers!
It seemed the flush of the syiriug hours
Lay on livr cheeks, and summer showers
Had V'nihed her in a sweet content
A virginal faint ravixhmcnt
Of peace; for with her came a scent
Of flowers piml.fil with a childish liau?
In sua'C f'li'vutton fairyland.
Where a'.l arow tho sweet years stand.
And all the creatures of tho wood
(Vo.it from their leafy solitude,
An 1 wcn lu iiii,' around her stood,
The fawns ciune to her, unafraid,
And on her band their muzzles laid;
And Muttering buds ilew down and stayed,
Jvlin Faynv.
AN INVITATION TO BREAKFAST.
' Walk out to my bouse, tiu.il have
breakfast with me some morning."
Such was the invitation given to me
one day by Mr. Robertson, a genial,
middle-agr il solicitor to -whom I was
articled, in the thriving town of Abboy
ton. Now, I had only been articled for
a few weeks ; and what I had seen of
Mr. Robertson in business, made me
wish to know him and his in their
private life ; hence I was much delight
ed to have this opportunity of gratify
ing my wish. A few days afterward,
waking up and finding a glorious sum
mer sua streaming into my room, I
speedily decided that this was just the
kind of morning on which I should ac
cept the invitation to breakfast at Ab
bey Grove ; and in a few minutes I was
on my way thither.
Abbey Grove was situated about two
miles j'imiii the town, and consisted of a
small cluster of villas, built in a prettily
situated spot, which, generations ago,
had formed part of the grounds of an
old abbey. The only remains of this
ancient building, however, were a few
yards of crumbling wall, with here and
there vestiges of what at one time had
been traeeiied windows; these, with
numerous mounds of stones and ma
sonry, were nil that was now left to tell
of w bat hud been there centuries ago.
Most, of these mounds were now cov
ered with grass and shrubs and trees,
and thus formed a delightfully secluded
retreat, which the inhabitants of Abbey
Grove villus enjoyed iu common.
The invigorating charms of an early
walk on a summer's morning need no
description. The pure air, the genial
sun, the twittering birds, the spnrkling
dew, and soft low breeze, all tend to ex
hilarate one's spirits and to make the
day pleasnnter and happier throughout.
All these experiences were mine on the
' day I write of. As I approached Abbey
Grove and saw the houses peeping from
out the surrounding trees, I commenced
wondering as to what kind of a residence
would be occupied by Mr. Robertson,
how it would be furnished, what kind
of people his wife and family would be
like, and the kindred things that you
speculate upon when going to visit a
house for tho iirst time. Last, but by
no means least, as my walk continued,
I wondered what kinil of a breakfast
thero would be to apjiease the appetite
stimulated by the breeze.
I walked down the short avenue lead
ing to the houses, and then began to
wonder which of the half-dozen villas
I was bound for. This small com
munity dispensed with numbers to their
houses, nor did they even distinguish
them by the ambitious and ridiculous
names which you see stuck up on most
suburban residences. No; nothing savor
ing co of the town for this group of
country residents; they all called their
several houses by the common name of
Abbey Grove; and the stranger had to
take his chance of having to go to each
of the houses in turn, before he found
the particular one he sought. Fortune
favored me, however, by sending across
my path a traveling directory in the
shapo of the local milkman; and in re
spouse to my inquiry as to which house
was Mr. Robertson's, I received the
straightforward reply: " This 'ere one
as I've jist come from, sir." Walking
up tho path I found the door invitingly
open, and tho housemaid putting the
finishing touches on the bell-handle.
"Muster is not down yet, sir," she
replied to my inquiry as to whether he
was at Lome, which, considering the time
of day, really appeared an absurd ques
tion to ask tho girl; but we get accus
tomed to use stereotyped phrases under
ome circumstances.
' Oh, then, I will come in and wait,"
I replied.
" What name shall I say, sir?" asked
the giil.
" Just tell him Mr. Brooks has called,
and ho will understand."
So saying the girl showed me into a
snug little breakfast-room, where tho
sunbeams and the fresh morning air
seemed to be vying with each other as
to which should have possession of the
room, with such friendly rivalry were
they streaming through two wide
French windows, which opened upon a
tastefully arranged lawn and flower-beds
outside. While noticing these things
the housemaid had gone upstairs to an
nounce me, when something like the
following dialogue ensued:
" Please, ma'am, Mr. Brooks is down
stairs." " Mr. Brooks ! Who is he ?" was the
response, in a muffled feiuale voice.
" I don't know, ma'am," the maid re
plied. " I've never seen him here be
fore. But he's a young gentleman, and
says he'll wait till master comes down."
" Whoever can he be, and what can
he want, bothering here, at this time of
day ? " continued the muffled voice; and
thereupon the door was shut.
Now, this was not exactly pleasant to
me;, but when I reflected that most
probably Mrs. Robertson would be un
acquainted with her husband's invitation
to me, I thought it best not to be
offended; so I commenced examining
the pictures on the walls. They were
not very interesting, and I soon con
cluded my inspection, and looked round
for something else to occupy the mo
ments, which began to hang rather
heavily. The newspaper of the pre
vious day was upon a small table by the
window, so I took that up, just to pass
away the time, and I was soon listlessly
perusing the advertisements. I had not
been sitting thus above a minute or
two, when I heard a slight rustling, as
of a lady's dress; simultaneously caine
three or four light footsteps through
the window into the room; and before I
?ould look up from my paper, or rise
from my seat, a musical voice accosted
me with " Good-morning, uncle; here is
your buttonhole bouquet."
I started up in no little surprise at
this greeting, which was evidently not
intended for me ; and there stood before
me a fairy-like maiden of some sixteen
summers, her brown hair falling loosely
from a daintily-shaped head ; her cheeks
aglow with the healthy morning air she
had been enjoying, and deepened, too,
by a rosy blush, when she discovered
her greeting had been unwittingly ad
dressed to a stranger. Sho was stand
ing before me, holding out tho little
knot of flowers destined for her uncle's
button-hole how I envied her uncle !
a very picture of health and life and
happiness and beauty. Her expression
of unstrained enjoyment had changed
iu a moment to one of embarrassment
and dismay, mingled with a gleam of
amusement in her bright eyes as the
humor of the awkward situation we
were in broke upon her. An instan
taneous mutual agreement seemed to
flash between us. We both broke into
a merry littlo laugh ; and I have ofteu
wandered what would have happened if
we had not adopted this course, if, for
instance, the young lady had passed on
with a dignitied coldness, and simple
apologies and bows had passed between
us 1 Our sudden introduction was,
however, not destined to have this sud
den ending- In a few moments wo
were chatting away like old friends. I
fancied my fairy seemed to be actually
pleased when I announced that I was
going to stay to breakfast ; and I had
almost summoned up courage to ask her
to present me in reality with the flowers
she had undesignedly offered to me,
when the entrance of the servant with
the completing dishes for the breakfast
table served as an excuse for her to
leave the room.
She had scarcely gone through the
dnor, when I heard again the greeting,
"Good-morning, uncle," followed this
time by an unmistakable sound, which
ma.le mo long more than ever to be that
girl's uncle ! The door opened once
more. I stepped forward to meet my
employer, but suddenly paused, as a
tall gentleman entered the room whom
had never seen before in my life.
He stood looking inquiringly at me
ufter a sharp " Good-morning." I was
too embarrassed to make any response.
My first thought Was : " He is some
visitor ;" but in a few moments the
awful truth dawned across my mind,
that this was in reality the owner of the
house I was in, aud that by some means
or other I had got into the wrong one.
The situation was tremendous. I am
naturally a cool character ; but I was so
taken by surprise and chagrin, that I
could only mutter some confused
apology about having been invited to
breakfast by Mr. Robertson ; that I had
been directed to this house by some
miserable misunderstanding ; that I
humbly apologized for my intrusion,
and hoped he would pardon it. So
speaking I made a lrantic dash at my
hat.maddened at my stupidity, at the
loss of my breakfast, and still more at
tho thought of never seeing or speaking
again to that charming little lady, who,
iu less than five minutes, I had found I
was absurdly in love with 1
I said a hurried "good-morning,"
and was trying to make a ghastly at
tempt at a smile as I left the room
when, would you believe it ? that tall,
dark man burst out into a loud laugh.
I felt ready to knock him down. I
knew how my stupidity would be gayly
discussed at that breakfast-table, before
her, and I felt my discomfiture and
humiliation deeply; but this open mer
riment an my expense maddened me.
A strange calm sucoeeded this storm.
It was caused by some words uttered by
my tormentor. "You really must for
give me; I could not refrain from laugh
ing. My name is Robinson. Your
friend Mr. Robertson lives in one of the
other houses. We frequently get par
cels and letters, and even callers coming
to the wrong house; but in all my ex
perience we have never had so amusing
a mistake so early in the day as this
one."
Now this explanation toned down my
anger considerably; but the words
which followed were like balm to my
troubled heart. " Mr. Robertson will
have finished breakfast by now. I can
not think of allowing you to go. Do
me the favor of remaining here and
breakfasting with us this morning." So
saying ho took my hat out of my hand
and led me into the room again. Of
cours? it did not need much persuasion
to make me stop. Two minutes before
I had been ready to knock this man
over; I now thought him the most kind
and considerate fellow in the world.
Of course the breakfast was delight
ful. I found Mr. Robinson and his
wife sensible, genial, kind-hearted peo
ple. I found their niece . even more
sensible, more genial and more kind
hearted than they were; and when,
after breakfast, I accompanied her and
Mr. Robinson into their pretty flower
garden, I received from her a rosebud
for my buttonhole, which I kept for
some years afterward. When saying
good-bye I was perplexed by thinking
how I should manage to see her again;
it must be contrived somehow I men
tally resolved. Upon returning ti town
I lost no time in explaining "the sit
uation" to my worthy employer, Mr.
Robertson, who rallied me good-naturedly
upon the mistake, and upon what
the consequences might be ! Next week
I was invited to a picnio at Mr. Robin
son's, and went not only to it, but like
wise to Mr. Robinson's house again and
again before his niece returned to her
home.
Four years have passed since that in
vitation to breakfast was given me; and
that "fairylike girl" is now my wife.
The local milKman, bless him, got a
handsome " tip" upon our wedding day.
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
Lessons In Love IMnklnn.
Don't love too many at once.
Don't do your spooning in public.
Recollect that a wedding-ring on
your finger is worth a good many of them
in your mind.
Try to find ort by some means
whether your intended knows how to
cam a decent living for two.
Bo reasonable; don't, expect a man
working for $8 a week to furnish you
with reserved seats at the opera every
other night.
Don't be afraid to show the man of
your choice that you love him pro
vided, of course, ho loves you. Love
is a double-sided sort of concern, and
both have a part to play.
Don't try to bring too many suitors to
your feet. They have feet as well as
you have, and you may see one pair of
feet walking off from you some day you
would be very glad to call back.
Keep your temper, if your expect your
other-half-in-law to keep his. If he
doesn't suit you give him ticket-of leave.
If he does suit you don't expect him to
put up with your humors.
Deal carefully with bashful lovers ;
lead them gradually to the point (of
proposal, of course), but don't let them
suspect what you are at, or they might
faint ou your hands, or go crazy on the
spot.
It is said lovers' quarrels always end
with kisses. This is partly true ; but if
you are not careful those little spats
you indulge in may end in the kisses
von covet being given to some other
givl !
If it is possible, try to suit your sis
ters, cousins, aunts, grandfathers, neigh
bors, friends and acquaintances when
you happen to fall in love. ' If yon can't
suit them all, don't worry, for the thing
has never been done yet.
If you use powder, don't give your
self away. For instance, it would be
well to spread a handkerchief over the
shoulder of his broadcloth before you
lean thereon. He will be too green,
depend on it, to suspect the reason. If
hi.j mustache happens to look a little
powdery, there aue several ways in which
it could be brushed off.
Don't imagine that a husband can
live as a lover does on kisses and
moonlight. He will come home to his
meals hungry as a bear, and any little
knowledge of cookery you can pick up
during courtship is about the best pro
vision you can make for future happi-
UC:,S.
Remember that nature has put every
man under the necessity of having a
mo her, and that the latter is not in any
way to blame if sho is regarded as the
bitter part of a sugar-coated matrimo
nial pi J. If yon feel in duly bound to be
hrr sworn enemy postpone this duty
till you know something about her.
Don't seek adviee iu love affairs from
an old maid who has been crossed in
love, a bachelor who has been jilted, a
woman who married her husband's
pocketbook, or a man who happens to
tie henpecked. Don't confide in your
girl friends; to keep a secret in a love
affair would kill them. Don't consult
your minister; he'll have the marriage
fee iu view. If you go to your family
physician he will say your liver is
ull'eeted in place of your heart. If you
must get instructions from somebody
why not ask your mother how she used
to manage things with you father? True
love didn't run any smoother in old
times than it does to-day, and, since she
knows how it is herself, we can't think
just now of any better way to advise
you.
Fashion Note..
Rows of feather stitch are set between
the machine stitching on the backs of
gloves.
The name pagoda is applied to the
sleeves which are wide and turn back at
the wrist.
An effort to bring back the laced shoe
ha been made, bui, buttons still remain
in favor.
Waistcoats are still worn with basques.
Tho style is too pretty to be hastily
abandoned.
Tubular sashes of knit worsted, end
ing in tassels, are to be worn by children
this summer.
Waists are now cut of crosswise ma
terial that they may be tight enough
without wrinkling.
Little shoulder capes are all the wrap
that will be needed with woolen dresses
this summer.
Two deep plaitings and an apron over
skirt lorm the skirt of Paris dresses in
tended for every-day use.
Tho outside garments worn with
morning, costumes are longer than those
which accompany carriage dress.
Pointed waists are easily converted
into well-fitting basques bj the addition
of deep straight pieces.
Some short skirts instead of being
kilt plaited on the edge are shirred and
then tucked to make a flounce.
Blue-white lace is coming in again,
but it is so much less becoming than
cream-white that its adoption will be
slow.
Sarah Bernhardt' s fashion of wearing
a coke bonnet will be generally follow.
ed in this country this summer.
An elastic is put into the tops of some
01 tne new undressed ma gloves, ana
frills of lace are also rewn upon them.
Garnet grapes with jet leaves veined
; l i is i 1 1 i l i
wim goiu mane up me Boinewuai too
brilliant design of one of the beaded
laces.
Girdlaa Tininfal in front. aMwnfn unfli
surplice waists. The back of the dress
is maae perfectly plain ana Has no belt
lit all
TILE FARM ASD HOUSEHOLD.
Heeding to ttrnt..
Before sowing grass seed the farmer
should make certain of having a good
seed-bed. More mistakes are made con
cerning the preparation of land for grass
than for any other crop. It is no un
common thing to see a farmer simply
running over a plot, where potatoes
were grown the previous year, with a
cultivator, then following with a harrow.
We have seen extreme cases where even
the harrow was omitted, the seed sown
immediately after the cultivator then
simply bushing in the seed, leaving it
to make its way as best it can. Others
will use a one-horse plow to turn under
the corn butts, getting in the seed with
as little labor as possible. In our ex
perience the best practice is to plow a
good deep furrow, followed by a
thorough harrowing, ami after sowing
to busli the seed in and use tho roller
faithfully. When timothy and redtop
are sown it is best to use a bushel of red
top, a peck or eleven pounds of timo
thy, also adding six pounds of red
clover, which amounts to a very liberal
seeding and should yield a fair crop of
hay about the first of September.
American Cultivator.
Feedlnt liar from the tnck.
A correspondent of the Country Gen
tleman writes: A careful observer is
frequently surprised at the wanton
wastefulness of many farmers. Such
wastes occur more noticeably in the
manner of feeding, perhaps, than in any
other branch of farm work. For this
reason I would like to refer to what ap
pears to me a shiftless practice that of
ff eding hay from the stack upon the
meadow. Farmers are generally careful
to save ine entire crop ot Lay. 1-jven
after hay is pitched from the windrow
or hay-cock, the horse rake is put in
motion, and the Takings are cared for.
Thus there is a neatly finished job, and
the hay is all saved. But there is not
the same general care in feeding. If it
pays to be so very careful to save the
hay when we are making it, here is no
reason why we should not be very care
ful to avoid wastefulness in feeding it.
It always seemed to me that the feed
ing of hay upon the ground involves a
great waste. If one feeds out of doors
it would be well to provide boxes or
racks. There are those in this section
who have comfortable barns, and yet
they persist in feeding upon the
meadows. There is less waste of food
and manure when cattle are fed in well-
arranged stables; there is less exposure
and better health. The tramping of
ground in tho warm, open weather
which frequently occurs in our winter
seasons, robs the soil of much vitality.
luese points are severally opposed to
tho practice of feeding upon the mead
ows in winter.
Drond Wheels (or Fnrm Wagons.
The surface over which loads are
ilrawn upon the farm is soft as a rule.
and a wheel with a broad tiro will not
sink so far as a narrow one. A load of
manure or hay can be drawn across
plowed or other mellow giound upon a
wagon which has tires four inches wide
when it would be impossible to do so
with the old narrow wheels, often less
than two inches wide. The usually
heavy, muddy, country roads of early
spring are much more passable with the
wide wheels than tho narrow ones; and
even upon smooth, hard roads the dif
ference in tho draft is so slight as to be
no argument against the use of wide
tires. Most of the teaming upon the farm
is upon soft ground, and the light draft
of broad tired wagons should make them
preferable, because they are a saving of
animal strength. One of the first things
that strikes an intelligent European in
coining to this country is the very frail
look of our vehicles, especially the
narrow wheels. While these may be
desirable in road wagons, those for farm
use may well be with broad tires. Con
tractors for road work always use broad
tired carts, as they find them most
profitable. American Agriculturist.
A Itnt-rroof Corn-Crib.
A correspondent of the Practical
Former gives the following directions
for making that most necessary of farm
buildings, a rat-proof corn-crib: Build
a good substantial house, twelve feet
wide, eight feet high and as long as you
want it. This will give you two cribs,
one on either side. Put your building
on stone pillars, one foot above ground.
Side up with lath 2 1-2x1 inches of hard
wood (I used oak), putting them on up
ana aown, oemg careiui to nave mem
just half an iach apart. The cables.
and any part or building that does not
come :d contact, with the corn, can be
sided i'p with common pine boards; for
bottoms 0i cribs, laths lengthwise, one
half inch apart; balance of floor between
cribs lay tight, of pine boards. My
building has a string of ties between
the sill and plate to nail to, and cross
ties to hold the building together,
Every eight feet on these ties spike a
good strong studding or narrow plank
across them lengthwise of the building
as far from plate as you want the width
of top of crib; then set up studding
irom noor, as many as will be sum
ciently strong for crib; mortice the end
in floor, gain the top into the horizontal
studding about three-quarters of
an inch, then lath the inside of
the crib with any kind of lath,
just close enough to keep in the
oorn, commencing ten inches from the
floor to leave room for the corn to come
down into the trough, putting these lath
on lengthwise, men put a common
sized door in the end, between the cribs.
You can put a lock on the door, and all
is secure (I did not lock mine and gained
something by it, as I found a stray mit
ten in the crib on a cold morning). To
get the corn in the crib make door
above the plate the size vou want them.
the same as dormer windows, and hang
me aoors on ana u wm be completed.
If any one wishes to have a cranarv.
they can use one side of the building
for that purpose and the other for crib.
The size of my cribs is three feet in the
clear at bottom and five feet at top, but
i am wen satisnea tney might be much
wider and still tne corn would cure well
Any one wanting wider cribs can build
tha house wide enough to suit. I have
used this crib for about ten years and
can recommend it as an entire success
The secret of tflis crib is putting the
lath on up and down ; this gives no place
for the rats to stand on to cut holes, and
the building being one foot above
ground they cannot reach the bottom.
We are infested with swarms of gray
rats and there is not a building on the
farm from which we can keep them out
except tho corn crib. Wo keep com
over a year until the new crop is gath
ered in perfect safety.
It eel pen.
VeaIi Stew. Cut four pounds of veal
into strips three inches long and one
inch thick; peel twelve large potatoes
and cut them into slices one inch thick;
spread a layer of veal on the bottom of
the pot, sprinkle in a little salt and pep
per, then a layer of potatoes, then a
layer of veal seasoned as before. Use
up the veal thus: over the last layer of
veal put a layer of slices of salt pork,
and over the whole a layer of potatoes.
Pour in water till it rises an inch over
the whole; cover it close, heat it fifteen
minutes and simmer it an hour.
RAsrnEiutY Jam. To every quart of
ripe raspberries allow a pound of the best
loaf-sugar. Put sugar and berries into
a pau and let them stand two or three
hours; then boil them in a porcelain
kettle, taking off the scum carefully.
When no more scum rises mash them
and boil them to smooth marmalade.
When cold put them in glass tumblers.
Chocolate Pi-dping. Soak a half
pound of gelatine with a little cold
water; put it in a pan with a quarter
pound grated chocolate, one ounce sugar
and one pint of milk; stir till it boils.
Break the yolks of four eggs in a basin;
stir with a wooden spoon. When the
chocolate boils allow it to stand one
minute, then pour it on the yolks, return
to the pan and stir till it thickens, not
etting it boil; pour into a wet mold.
Wedding Cake. One pound and on
coffee cup of flour, one pound of brown
sugar, one and one-eighth pounds of
butter, one-half pound of candied cit
ron, tour pounds of currants, lour
pounds of stoned and chopped raisins,
nine eggs, one tablespoonful each of
ground cloves, cinnamon, mace and
nutmeg. Fruit should be rolled iu flour
before stirring in.
Farina Jkliv. Boil one quart of new
milk; while boiling sprinkle in slowly
a quarter of a pound of farina. Continue
the boiling from half an hour to a whole
hour, season with five ounces of sugar
and a teaspoonful of vanilla. When
done turn into a mold and placo it ou
ice to stiffen. Servo it with whipped
cream.
Gigantic Locomotives.
Ten iron giants for the Pennsylvania
Railroad company will be built this
summer at Altoona. They will be much
larger and more powerful than ordinary
passenger engines, and are to be built
for the particular purpose of making up
time on portions of the road where
there are long stops. On tho fast run
between New York and Philadelphia,
for instance, the time allowed is so
short that when thero are unusual stops
letting oil' and getting on passengers the
ordinary engines cannot make it up.
Hence a monster locomotive, known on
the road as "No. 10," has been built as
an experiment and tried on different
trains to see what can be done. The
result has been satisfactory, but there
are many improvements hat suggest
themselves which will be carried out in
the construction of the other heavy en
gines that are to follow. In the slang
of the railroad yard No. 10 is known as
' Long-legged loco." This comes from
the driving wheels she rides upon.
which stand six feet and six inches
abovo the rails, or higher than a tall
man with a silk hat on. She has two
pairs of drivers forged for her by Herr
hrupp. the famous cannon maker. In
this is supposed to have born solved the
highest aim that can bo sought in a
locomotive to pull tho heaviest trains
over all grades against stiff winds and
with the least possible liability toward
hot boxes or low steam on the quickest
schedule time. Her engineer says:
one goes line a mm and rides like a
rocking-chair." Ever since it has been
running this engine has been making a
milo in fifty-seven seconds on up grade
with a long train in tow without getting
heated. She makes move than a mile
a minute and " keeps cool." Of course
there is a great consumption of fuel. In
180 miles 12,000 pounds of coal are used
up. 'lhe water tank contains 3,000 gal
lons, iOO more than is usually earned.
Everything else is on a proportionately
large scale. Only the delay in getting
boilers sufficiently large has prevented
the completion ot two others of nearly
the same pattern. 7 lulaaelpiHa Junes,
Curious Habits.
Great men often fall into curious
habits, which they find it impossible to
conquer. Augustus Mare, one of the
ripest scholars in the English pulpit.
and a refined gentleman, when he had
ended a train of hard thinking, would
spin around on his heel a few seconds
and then resume work again.
Neander, the famous church historian,
could not lecture to his students unless
he had a goosequill to pull to pieces as
he talked, and it was necessary to sup
ply a second quill when the first was
completely stripped.
William Wilberforce became so ab
sorbed in conversation in evening com
panies as wholly to forget himself. He
would lift himself from his chair in his
earnestness, move forward a little, and
gradually approach perilously near to the
edge. It was a tradition in fashionable
English circles that he had fallen several
times to the floor. But in families
where he was loved it was the custom
to station one of the older children be
hind his chair to move it forward as he
moved and guard him against peril
Some who afterward became leaders in
English society retained among the
pleasantest memories of their childhood
the recollection of the services rendered
of this brilliant and eloquent converser.
For children, a nearly infallible peptio
corrective is a last-day passed ia cheer
ful out-door exercise.
The King of South American Cnafnf.
It was not until I had been within its
direct influence that I learned that
Tequendama was a potentiality in the
United States of Colombia.. Our own
Niagara fills its unmatched picture in
this brond world no more despotically
then Tequendama does its own in South
America. It may be as well to admit
here that, while observing the latter fall,
I was far from being at my ease. Tho
fact is, men never manage, whatever
they may combine to say, to stand wholly
at ease in tho presence of a great catar
act. In the midst of an unrest so mighty
and so ceaseless no spectator can him
self be entirely ot rest.
I he sublimity of Tequendama is in
its depth, as that of Niagara is in its
width and immensity of volume. A full
from a great height is Tedueudama
not a clear fall, however, because the
Salto itself is divided into two wcll-
dotined leaps. One, the minor leap, is
a small fall striking on a ledge, which
its volume conceals, twenty-seven loot
eight inches below tho bed of tho Bo
gota, the river which feeds the cataract.
The other, the greater leap, starts in
foam from tho ledge with what seems
no longer rushing water save for the
jets of spray that now and then spit
out only to fall back after a while, like
well-trained skirmishers, into the main
body. Outside of suc'a erratic move
ments, Tequendama ends by broadening
into a strong, glistening mass, the
lower descent of which is lost in tho
mist that never leaves it, winter or sum
mer. After rebounding from the ledge,
it dashes itself forward and downward
to commit that solitary form of suicide,
which, in all the annals of men, finds no
detractor.
The width of Tequendama depends.
of course, upon the breadth of the Bo
gota as it fronts the cliff. The measure
of the Bogota is the full measure of the
fall, and that measure seems very limit
ed in comparison with the far vaster
proportions of tho gulf itself. Any
muscular man on so much solid surface
might easily cross it at a dozen jumps
within half that distance of tho cataract.
Its depth is mighty. If not the great
est, it suffices to make Tequendama one
of the deepest among the talis ol the
earth Ruckon Foss in Norway, 800
feet, and Lulca, in Sweden, 0(H) feet,
alcne probably surpassing it. The pub
lished accounts, as a rule, place it at 000
feet, although the real descent, varying
between Humboldt's estimate, by drop
ping, of f85 feet, and Baron Gros's by
measure, of 479 feet, is doubtless nearer
500 feet. Even at this last figure, Te
quendama isnuore than three times as
deep as Niagara, which is said to touch
bottom at 100 feet. Tho bed of tho
chasm is 102 feet lower than the foot of
tho fall itself. Kern York Mail.
How to Preserve the Teeth.
The following directions for the care
of tho teeth hiivo been issued by the
medical committee of the National
Dental hospital, London:
(1.) The teeth should bo cleaned at
least once a day, the best time being
night the last thing. For this purpose
use a soft brush, on which take a little
soap, and then some prepared chalk,
brushing up and down and across.
Thero is rarely any objection to the
friction causing the gum to bleed
slightlv.
(2.) Avoid all rough usage of the
teeth, such as cracking nuts, biting
thread, etc., as by so doing even good,
sound teeth may bo injured.
( J.) hen decay is hist observed ad
vice should bo sought. It is the stop
ping in a small holo that is of the
greatest service, though not unfre
quentlv a largo filling preserves the
teetti for years.
I I.) It is ot the greatest importance
that children from four years aud up
ward should have their teeth frequently
examined by the dental surgeon, to see
that tho first set, particularly tho back
teeth, are not decaying too early, and to
have the opportunity of timely treat
ment for the regulation and preservation
of the second set.
(5.) Children should be taught to
rinse the mouth night and morning, and
to begin the use of the tooth-brush early
(likewise the toothpick).
(0.) With regard to the food of chil
dren, to those who are old enough
whole meal, bread, porridge and milk
should bo given. This is much more
wholesome and substantial food than
white bread.
(7.) If tho foregoing instructions were
carried out, comparatively few teeth
would have to be extracted.
(.'old Mining iu California.
Part of the town of Sonora, Tuo
lumne county, Cal., is built on a kill.
Several gold bearing quartz veins run
through this kill. These for thirty years
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pusi nave ucen woriteu ai various limes,
afterward abandoned and then taken up
and worked again. Sometimes they
yielded richly, and again not at all.
They were of the character known as
" pocket veins." As many as ten years
have elapsed when not a pick has been
struck on " Sonora Hill." Years ago the
writer took up, and for a season worked,
a portion oi the hill without success.
Within the last two years out of this
same portion $300,000 have been taken,
of which $200,000 was " all in a bunch."
This fact may give an idea of the uncer
tain character of gold mining as it ex
ists to-day in California. This find has
made no noise outside of its own lo
cality. Had it happened in a new Ter
ritory it would have been published
from one end of the country to the
other. Such deposits still exist through'
out the entire gold-bearing region of
California. But no one need rush
thither in the hope of finding them. It
is simply hunting the proverbial needle
in the haystack. Men may spend their
lives in such search, and perhaps when
they have worked through barren quartz
to within a foot of the " pocket," death
or discouragement may overtake them,
and after a lapse of time the next adven
turer may reap the reward which should
have been theirs. There is a great
amount of gold under the soil in Call
fomia, but it's very difficult to say just
Motto of the good collector Nevei
put off until to-morrow what can be
dunned to-day.
E1V YORK'S 1KUIT SHirs.
SoiliftMnnr About llief'nraoe of Fruit that
i'mae to I lie Itlcironoll.
A IjTew York reporter in quest of in
formation about the business done in the
importation of fruit obtained some in
teresting facts from Major Bostwick, in
spector of customs at Burling slip. The
consumption of fruit in New York is
said to be greater than in any other city
in the world. The imports at Burling
slip have increased 300 per cent, in the
last twelve years, and now there are an
nually received about two and one-half
millions of bunches of bananas, thirty
two million oranges, ten million cocoa
nuts and about three million pineapples.
Last year 199 cargoes of fruit were land
ed there, and this business is crowded
into about five months, from March to
the end of July. Major Bostwick says
that he has seen twenty-one vessels in
at one timo.
The juicy fruit of the West Indies in
of so perishable a nature that it in
essential to the trade that cargoes shall
bo landed and marketed as soon as they
arrive. Major Bostwick lias known a
whole cargo of pineapples, which
arrived in marketable condition, to be
spoiled in one night, when the air was
hot and humid and a thunder-storm
came on. The loss by decay last season
amounted to about twenty-five per cent,
on pineapples, something less on ba
nanas and almost forty per cent, on
oranges. The manner in which oranges
are gathered greatly affects their condi
tion. When they are beaten from the
trees with poles, so as to be broken
f rom their stems, they do not keep their
soundness nearly so long as when they
are clipped from tho stem,- leaving a
small portion adhering. The shorter
the passage the better tho condition in
which the fruit arrives. If the passage
takes seven days tho condition is first
rate; if ten days the average time the
condition is fair; if tho passage takes a
longer time tho chance of getting good
fruit is poor. For this reason the
schooners of from 100 to 180 tons regis
ter engaged in tho trade have lines
liko yachts, and skim tho water at racing
speed. But even a fast sailer, if caught
by northwesters, will sometimes be de
layed so as to lose her cr.rgo.
The red-skinned bananas come from
Baraeon, on tho northeastern coast of
Cuba; the yellow ones from the island
of Jamaica. Tho banana plant bears
but one bunch, and is killed when that
is gathered. Fresh plants are raised
from tho seed slips which are found
clustered around tho base of every
bunch. They take from six to eight
months to produce mature fruit, and
tho bunches are cut for export while
still green. Coeoannts are obtained at
tho samo ports, and the usual method
of loading vessels is to put iu first a
load of coeoannts and then a layer of
banana bunches above them. A plat
form is then put over, and on this an
other layer of banana bnnchei:'? placed.
The hatches aro kept open c3 much as
possible in order to keep the fruit cool,
and if the run takes only ten or twelve
days the bananas are lii, fur market when
thev arrive. A schooner will bring
from 20,000 to 50,000 coeoannts and
from 2,000 to 3,000 bunches of bananas
at a time.
Pineapples come from the Bahama
islands. The plant is killed with the
gat hering of the single fruit that it bears,
and is reproduced by planting seed slips,
as in the case of bananas. The ordi
nary pineapples are piled together in the
hold, and the loss from decay is often
very great. The sugarloaf pine is a
fine, juicy variety that is very perish
able, and to have it in a condition at all
marketable a good deal of the busb
must be taken with the fruit.
The oranges brought to this port in
sailing vessels come from Porto Rico.
They are stored on platforms in layers,
each about fifteen inches thick, from
300,000 to 400,000 coming in a single
cargo. Any delay on tho passage causes
great loss from decay of fruit. Orange
and coeoauut trees are perennial bear
ers, and well-established plantations
last a long time.
lhe business of fruit growing is pre
carious. I he season lor hurricanes is
ust when the banana plants are young,
and it is not a rare thing for a planta
tion to bo destroyed in a day. The
orange groves also suffer greatly from
storms at times, and are also injured
by the attacks of a fly, whose larvio im
bed themselves in the rind of t'ae fruit
and the bark of the trees. The chances
of a good pineapple crop in the Bahamas
are said to bo so precarious that some
times the negro planters working small
plantations are reduced to an exclusive
fruit diet, which is as near as one gets
to starvation there.
Burling slip is not only the landing
place of the fruit, but also a market for
its sale. There is no necessity to an
nounce arrivals. As soon as a cargo is
iu dealers cluster around it. Fruiterers,
marketmen, grocers and street peddlers
are thero, and what ono dealer will not
take another will. Fruit that is ' too
ripe to be taken by a storekeeper is
taken at a low price by a street Arab,
who Degms to cry his stoclc as soon as
he leaves the wharf, and before the day
is over it will be not only sold but
eaten. The trade is active from the
latter part of March into summer, but
wlien the peach and berry crops get
into the market the West India fruit
trade is flattened out as if by a storm of
the tropics.
The value of the green fruit imports
of New York was $4,192,831 in 1880,
paying duties amounting to $745,437.
A Bird Turned luto a Lamp.
A writer in an English paper says
that the stormy petrel possesses a
singular amount of oil, and has the
power of throwing it from the mouth
when terrified. It is said that this oil,
which is very pure, is collected in St.
Hilda by catching the bird on its egg,
where it sits very closely, and making it
disgorge the oil into a vessel. The bird
is then released and another taken. The
inhabitants of the Faroe island make a.
curious use of this bird when young
and very fat, by simply drawing a wick
through the body and lighting it at the
end which projects from tho beak. This
unique lamp will burn for a consider
able time.