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VOL. XII. 1UDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, FEBHUAHY 23. 1882 NO. 1. ,
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Man's Mortality.
Like a dnmast rose yon see,
Or like n Howora on n treo,
Or like the dainty flower in May,
Or like the morning to the day,
Or like the sun, or liko the shade;
Or liko the gourd, which Jonah made;
Even such is man, whose thread is spnn,
Drawn out and out, and so is done.
Tho roso withers, the blossom blnstcth,
The flower fades, the morning liaatcth,
Tho sun sots, the shadow flies,
'I ho gourd consumes, tho man he dies.
Like tin grass that's newly sprung,
Or like the talo that's new begun,
Or liko the bird that's here to-day,
Or like tho pearled dew in May,
Or like an hour, or liko a span,
Or like the singing of tho swan;
Even such is man, who lives by breath,
Is here, now there, in lilo and death.
The grasB withers, the talo is ended,
The bird is flown, the dow's ascended,
The hour is short, the span not long,
The swan's near doath, man's life is done
Like to tho bubble in tho brook,
Or in a glass much liko a look,
Or liko the nhuttle in wover's hand,
Or liko tho writing on the sand,
Or liko a thought, or liko a dream.
Or liko the gliding of the stream;
Even each is man, who lives by breath,
Is here, now there, in life and death.
The bubble' out, the look forgot,
Tho shuttle's Hung, tho writing's blot,
Tho thought is past, the dreum is gone,
The waters glide, man's life is done.
7,ike an arir.w from a bow,
Or like a swift course of water flow,
Or liku the time 'twixt flood and ebb,
Or like the epider's tender web,
Or like a race, or like a goal,
Or lii'O the dealing of a dole;
Even such U man, whose brittle stato
Is always subject unto fate.
The arrow shot, the flood soon spent,
Tim time lio time, lhe web soon rent,
Tiio race soon run, the goal soon won,
The dole soon clo;dt, man's life Boon done.
Liko to the lightning from the sky,
Or like a post that qui k doth hie,
Or liku a quaver in a ong,
Or lik ; a journey three days' long,
Or liko sn iw whm summer's come,
Or like a pear, or like a plum;
Even such is man, w ho heaps up sorrow,
Lives but tin" day, and dies to-morrow.
The lig'ttiiiog's past, the po?t must go,
Tho Bi n is i-h( rt, llift journey so,
Tlie pear dotii rot. the plum doth fall,
The buow dissolves, and to must all.
In: Duuocaii, froia-wi old Irish Manuscript.
UNCLE JEFFS FORTUNE.
' Oh, Kite, n.auitua has just, received
a letter from TTm-!o J.'fT! He's reollv
coming brolt from Australia to settle at
last. All Hie heaps of money he lias
made be has invested yes, that's the
word inverter) in some something,
I don't know what, but it will nearly
double his fortune !''
"NchtIv double it 1 Oh, Nellie,"
cried Kate, dropping her aunt's dresn
she was menrHnir. "only think. We
ore his only re'aHons 1"
" What a wlflsli little thing yon are,
Kate I" remarked Ellen Grashaw, throw
ing herself on a ccricu by her cousin in
her mother's boudoir, which the bad
rather impetuouslyt-ntered with her
good news.
How can one help being selfish
when oni is poor ?" lauphed Kate Wake
field. "It is fill very well for you,
whose father is alive and well-to-do;
but Jack and I have only ourselves to
look to. I have to turn and turn my
dresses v.u'il-I'm quite ashamed. I
stick a new bow lie re and a new bow
there, but I'm not foolish enough to
fancy people think it's a new dress.
Ah, mo, Neliio 1 I do-do so wish I was
rich!' and i he clapped ber hands onher
knee, and fuel her large gray eyes on
vacancy, as if sho were tilling the latter
with hi.r visions of wealth; probably
she was.
" What a mercenary girl you are,
cozl" said Ellen. " Yon don't think at
all about dear Uncle Tell himself only
bis money 1"
" Each of ui thinks of what most con
cerns us or what wo most want I" re
torted Kate. " IIo may help poor Jack,
who only gets ninety pounds a year. I
repeat you are rich; or your father is."'
"He .iot, Kate. You know it's as
much as mamma can do to keep us up
to our position in society. But it will
be different now, for dear Undo
Jeff says, us ha has v'o relations save
ourselves, he hopes wo' can manage to
let him live witU ns. He.cau see about
our renting a lurgei house ou bis arri
val. Mamma is delighted, and sho
says bo will be sure tokeephiscarriage;
while, if we try to be amiable, he may
keep horses for ns to ride. Only
imagine! will it not bo grand? How
the people will wonder and envy."
" What a lot of suitors you'll have,
Nellie ! Who ktows but that Sir Hugh
Stafford when ho comes as they say
he will next month to reside for tho
winter at Beechholiu may not be one of
them 1"
A briput flush rose to the cousin's
cheeK, though sho exclaimed, "What
nonsense, Kato I" for tho fact was Ellen
Giasbaw was very pretty, and such a
union had not only entered her head,
but also her mother's one of those
worldly minded women who render
their lives wretched by a constant light
to keep their heads higher than their
neighbor, and to make live hundred a
year pass for a thousand. Mrs. Gra
shaw, indeed, wa3 already secretly busy
in devising means for new dresses to
make Ellen look her best, and to givo
one or two parties, ostensibly in the
baronet's honor really to " throw the
young people together."
"Papa," proceeded Nellie, "used to
call Uncle Jeff the fool of the family
a mud speculator. 1 only wish in that
case papa bad changed places with
him"
When will be be here, Nell? Does
he sayr
" no start tho second mail after his
letter, therefore Le will bo here in a
fortnight. There's mamma culling!"
the added, springing up,
Mr. Orasbaw was a tolerably well-to-do
merchant, who would have had a
safer balance at his banker's had not his
inclinations in regard to appearances
tended in the Fame direction as his
wife's. Horace had to make a position
in the world and Nell to be settled.
The two oiher members of the family
were Kate and her brother Jack (em
ployed in a bank). When they had been
left orphans Mrs. Grashaw had con
sented to receive them into the family,
as tlipir keep would be a mere nothing,
considering one must have good din
ners because of the servants' tattling;
while what Kate could pay out of her
small income of sixty pounds a year
5 besides making herself useful) and
aek out of his salary would go into her
own private puree and afford ninny
toilet luxuries. Besides she knew, as
Nell did too, that society, who was ig
nornut of any payment being made,
spoke highly of their kindness to their
poor relations.
Their solo other relation was Uncle
Jeff a restless, sanguine spirit, who
had been always going to make a for
tune, and who had at last in Australia
done so. He had gone there when Nell
and Kite were children, so all they
knew of biin was that be was very kind
and was ever sending pleasant letters
and handsome presents to his little
nieces and nephews. When Nell
danced in her joy from tLe room, Kate,
at work ou her aunt's? drf6s, thought of
these presents, arid it is to be feared
mentally commented on Uncle Jeffs
coming homo in a very mercenary
fashion.
"Supposing, as Jack and I are or
phans, ho were to adopt ns?" Bhe pon
ders. " At any rate, if be be ro rich
he will hardly let his sister's children
remain so poor. If he does not do
something for Jack, I I shall bate
him !"
Undo Jeff I Before two days were
over everybody in Monkbourno know
about him, of bis immense wealth, and
how be was to live with tho Crash a ws,
who were his only relations. Mr. Gra
shaw dropped into tho estate agent's to
inquire casually what mansions or small
elites were to let in the neighborhood.
Horace talked of Uncle Jeff at bis club
until the members were sick of Uncle
Jeff. Mrp. Grashaw and tho girls
mude visits and received them on pur
pii.se to Jet Monkbourne society know
ill idmut him.
" The train will le the 1:80, no doubt
that he'll arrive by," remorked Mr.
Grashaw on the day of Uncle Jeff's
coming, as be contemplated the recher
che luncheon prepared. "I hope, my
love, there is nothing to make a hitch
in his welcome?"
Jt. was a moment of. great excitement.
Xtliio l'.itted eveiywhere; Horace
ior.ngf d about, assuming indifference;
Kato sat at the diawing room window,
rer; retting her bright, bonnie Jack, who
r,s so worked bo could not get a holi
lay. Suddenly, as a cab stopped at
tho door, sho pprang up and ran with
the rest.
" He has come ! Uncle Jeff has come!"
she exclaimed.
"Gracious! Why, ho must have
got up at dawn!'' ejaculated Mrs.
Grashaw. " Where aro Neil and Hor
ace ?"
A fluttering bevy they proceeded into
the ball to receive tho lucky speculator.
The page bad alieady thrown wide the
door, and coming up tho step tliey saw
a tall, thin, gray-haired man, with
stooped shoulders and a sad, careworn
visage.
" Welcome to England ! Welcome
home, Jell'!" cried the merchant,
wringing his band. " Pear me, bow
deliphted I am ! I congratuLte you,
brother I"
Tho welcomes and congratulations
were echoed all around. They clustered
about him like 1'ees round honey. Hor
ace took his hat, Kate his walking-stick.
"Ah, Decree ! " exclaimed Uncle Jeff,
in a feeble voice, as he slightly waved
his hands, "let mo sit down some
where, please. I have much to tell
ycul"
They had all got into the dining-
room now. lhe softest chair was
pushed forward by Horace; Kate gave a
shako to the cushions; Ellen brought a
foot stool. Uncle Jeff dropped down
wearily.
"Oh, George!" he exclaimed, alrnort
Eiteonsly, " how can I ever tell you
ow a hundred times 1 have wished
tl'at I bad never written yoa that let
termuch has happened since. I am "
tho gray head dropped ou the with
ered hands "ruinedr
Had the listeners suddenly been con
fronted by tho face of Medusa they
could not have been more aghast more
silent. They were horrified paralyzed.
The llrst thought of Mr. Grashaw, in
deed of all, was that they hud been
grossly taken in.
" What do you meart, Jen.' demanded
the merchant.
"That tho speculation in which I
foolishly invested my all, George, was
but a bubble. It burst a week before
I started for home. It has rained hun
dreds."
" Home! I wonder if he thinks thin
is tns home?" reflected the merchant.
" Circumstances alter cases."
" Whatever will Monkbourne say?"
thought tho wife. "We 6hall be a per
fect laughing stock. To have a pauper
instead of a millionaire on our hands!"
Horace and Nell looked at each other
helplessly.
Kato felt inclined to cry. Then she
filled a glass with water and handed it
to Uncle Jeff.
"Ho very officious that girl is!"
thought her aunt.
"1 always said yoa were the idiot of
the family. Jeff," remarked the mer
chant, huffishJy. "There, we may, I
suppose, have luncheon; then you can
tell us about it.
"Well?" inquired Jack Wakefield,
eagerly, on Kate waylayiDg him as he
was creeping upstairs to change his
coat after returning irom tue oince,
has he come?"
" Yes. Jack, and, oh I it's so terrible I
Ho isn't rich at all he is a beggar. The
speculation was was a babble, he says,
and he has been ruined."
" Poor old Uncle Jeff 1" exclaimed
Jack, svninathetioally.
" You dear dear, darling boy !"
oriod Kate, throwing her arms about
his neck; "that's the first kind word
any one has said for him here. Oh !
Jack Tack, I fear Aunt and Uncle
Grashaw will make a great difference
to him."
"Why, he wouldn't have lost bis
money "if he could have helped it.
Where is he ?"
And Jack, no longer thinking of his
office coat, walked into the d awing
room and warmly greeting the old man,
remarked, heartily:
' We.i-ome heme, Uncle Jefft Kate
his told me all. I'm so sorry, 'pon my
word 1 am; but never mind; hotter
luck next time."
" neaven bless yon, my dear boy
thank you." rejoined Uncle Jeff, grato
fully; for already ho was awakening to
his position. And such a pleased, radi
ntit expression came over his features,
that, liko a flash, an idea sprung up in
Mrs. Grashaw's head that Undo Joff
was pretending poverty to test their
Bll'octh n.
But her husband soon negatived that.
There was no pretense; but hard, bona
lido, imphicablo ruin.
Monkbourne did laugh and sneer.
That might have been some excuse for
the Graslmws; but before a fortnight
was ever Undo Jeff found himself so
much in the way that, hurt, pained, he
announced his intention of leaving, and
no one asked him to remain.
That evening, however, Jack came
into his room on the third floor with
Kate, and the two made a proposition.
To let Uuclo Jeff in his greit trouble go
and live alone was more thun terrible to
these silly young people; it was im
possible. Would Uncle Jeff li'te them
to put all their tiny incomes together
and take a little cottage just outside
tho town and livo in it? Kate would
be the most economical of housekeepers.
Uncle Jeff sat aghast.
" And you would do this for me, my
children ?" he exclaimed. " You would
give up your fine life and the fine gnests
here at George's to to "
" Be quite as happy elsewhere,"
said Kate, kissing him. "You mustn't
refuse, uncle; I will not hear of it 1 You
can't tell how merry we three people
will be together I"
" I don't doubt that in mv case, my
love," answered Uncle Jeff, looking
into her bright face and grasping Jack's
hand.
" Then it's agreed, uncle?" remarked
Jack.
" Heaven bless yon, children, how
cau I say no?"
So it was settled. The Grashaws were
at first indignant, but later rejoiced in
he ground it gave them to break with
heir poor relations, especially with
thoseungrateful Wakefields.
liat there they wero wrong. Urah
lo bad been tho cause. All tho real
gilts and benefits Jack and Kato had
received from any one had been from
Uncle Jeff, who had never asked or
wanted a return.
In a fortnight the cottage Jack had
had bis eye on received its tenants. It
was very small, but very pretty. From
morning to night Kato flitted about it,
seeing to this, then that, inventing
nice little surprises into which Uncle
Jeff heartily entered for "dear old
Jack's dinner-tea" or "high tea," as
the laughingly termed it. She no
longer thought of taming her dresses
to often nor " sticking a new bow here
uud a new bow there ;" but in her dark
stuff dresses she looked happier, hand
somer, then sho ever had at the Gra
shaws'. " It's quito like setting up house
keeping lor ono's self!" she laughed
menilv.
The cottage was situate at tho other
hide of the town to that wlierin was
lhe GraFhawo' bouse, so Kate rarely
met them; but she heard of them and
their doings from one or two of those
mutual friends who, admiring the part
tue brother and sister had played, kept
np their acquaintance, l'rom ono of
these she learned how Sir Hugh Staf
ford bad arrived at Beechholm from his
world-wonderings, and had been feted
accordingly by all the elite of Monk
bourne, the Grashaws among the num
ber.
" There will be rare pulling caps for
the baronet among the mothers with
marriageable daughters 1" laughed the
old lady, Kate's informant; " and entro
nous, my dear, your aunt, Mrs. Gra
bhaw, will not be behindhand."
Kate, seated in the little parlor at
work, found subjects for long trains of
thought out of this. She wondered if
Nellie would win the baronet? Sho was
pretty enough. Then would not aunt
hold her head high!
Her cogitations were arrested by the
sound of voices. Looking from the
window she saw that Uncle Jeff had
halted at the gate, apparently to tako
leave of a friend a gentleman of
about thirty, with a pleusant, intelli
gent face, but such was Kate's mental
remark more mauly than handsome.
"Uncle back and no teal' she ex
claimed, springing up. "Time flies
when one is thinking 1 Why, undo is
bringing his friend in ! If it's to tea,
he must tako what I have got I"
Then the door opened, and Uncle
Jeff entered with the stranger, who Kate
saw had exceedingly fine brown eyes.
"My darling," said Uncle Jefl, "I
have met an old friend. Pardon me if I
put you out at all, but I could not refrain
from bringing him home to introduce
him to my young benefactors."
" Benefactors, Uncle Jeff I Oh, pray,
sir, do not believe that," smiled Kate,
blushing. "Ours is rather a mutual aid
society."
" I think I should like to join it,"
smiled the stranger, and those brown
eyes dwelt very admiringly on the
young girl's face. "May I ?"
"I fear it is impossible," she re
joined. "It's limited in number ai in
capi'ttl." Then she looked at Uncle
Jeff.
" I beg your pardon, Kate, but I for
got the introduction. My dear, this is
Sir Hugh Stafford."
" Whose place would now long have
been filled by another," said the
baronet, bowing, " but for your unole,
Miss Wakefield, who, while I was in
Australia years ago, saved my life, at
the risk of his own, from a rascally
bushranger' '
" I never knew then," laughed Uncle
Jeff, "that the young rj garibaldi.
attired digger was to blossom into an
English baronet."
" Neither did I for certain ; but next
miil my cousin's death reached me."
" You'll stnv, Sir nugh. to tea?"
Kate had been overwhelmed upon
hearing who was Uncle Jeff's fripnd.
Now she felt ready to sink on the floor
at the invitation given, especially when
tho baronet see-opted it.
" That' is," ho added, turning to her,
" if Miss Wakeileld will not find me de
trop, but will accept me as an honorary
member of your society ?"
What waB that in his voice, his man
ner, that put Kato at once at her ease
and made her quite sinoere in saying
she should bo delightod ? Whatever it
was she never felt less nervous in pre
paring the evening meal, and never did
it go off bettor. The conversation nover
flagged, and tho baronet seoniod as if
lie had known them for years. Then
Jack camo in, and tie hours slipped
nway, until nearly 10 i'olock, when Sir
Hugh took his leave, asking Jack to
walk part of tho way with him to smdko
a cigar.
When Jack returned ho was radiant.
Sir Hugh had fonn out how he had
been studying, and how he had passed
some examinations wih eclat, and had
promised to procure him a place under
government.
" Oh, dear," thought Kate, smiling,
as sho retired to rest " What would
Aunt Grashaw say?"
What would sho, and what did sho,
and what did all Monkbourne say, when
it was known how constant a guest Sir
Hugh was at the cottage? Of course it
was as a pat ron. The laronet was gene
rous and pitied Jeff vanted to make
him u retnrn for that Australian affair.
But Kato, though fhe called bcrstlf
silly, foolish, vain, ctuld not help fan
cying that there was another reason for
Sir Hugh's coming ; and sho was right.
One evoning, when th baronet had had
them to dine at Beechholm, and she had
stepped on to the terrace, waiting for
the gentlemen to come from the dining
room, ho joined her alone. He was a
mau that dinner-dress became. Kate
thought particularly no this eveuing.
"Admiring the view, Miss Wakefield?"
he asked.
" Yes ; it is worthy admiration 1" sho
smilsd. "It is beautiful I How proud
you must bo to say, 'I'm monarch of
all I survey !' "
Abruptly he had drawn nearer, her
hand was imprisoned in his ; his brown
eyes were looking, it seemed, into her
very soul, as he said :
" Miss Wakefield Kate--1 hve come
to yon here to ask if you will share that
pride ? If yon, whom I so honor you,
tho only woman I ever loved or cau
love will bo mv wife?"
Then she lcarnl hew his fancy had
been won for tho brother ana sister on
learning Uncle Jeffs story of his return
home ; how ho had been enrions to tee
them, and bow be bad lovod Kate from
tho very evening that he did.
"You will not refuse me, dear!" he
whispered, in conclusion.
She lifted her eyes to his, and as he
dratr her to his heart Kate, trem
bling and happy, did not resist.
It was a great surprise and disap
pointment to most at. Monkbourne, par
ticularly to Mrs. Grashaw, who, how
ever, was condescending enough to for-
eive Kate, aud let Sellie act as chief
bridemaid.
Years have passed ; children's happy
voices mako musical the oir of Beech-
holm, aud rise up to L'icle Jeff's ears,
often summoning him to tho window,
lie is still " poor, ruined Uncle Jeff ;''
bat he doesn't feel so, for he declares
that Sir Hash an-i Lady Stafford's
behavior towatd him oiukes him ex
perience a sensation iu if he wero lather
conferring a favor than receiving ono.
One of the Aborigines.
Louis WHtzt-au, an Indian, who was
born in 177(5, is living at Lake George,
in his one hunrded and i-ixth your. He
is in his second childhood in many re
spects. His health is good, he has a
good appetite, and Le enjoys his pipe
in tmo Indian fashion, lie was born
at St. Francis, now known as Picrre-
villo, Canada. For his bravery and su
perior qualifications s a warrior he
wa3 commissioned by Queen Victoria,
dnring the second year of her roigr
the first or grand chief of the Banga
wois tribe of Indians in Canada. The
commission was given at Quebec. It is
on parchment, and is now iu possession
or one of the chief s daughters, Mrs,
Susan Camp, with whom he lives. He
has two daughters and one sou living.
Mrs. Sophia Paul, iu her eighty-second
year, is the eldest daughter of the
three. Among the descendants of Mrs.
Paul tho fifth generation is represented
by a young man nearly twenty years of
age. Tho old chief used to receive
yearly from the British government a
large quantity of clothing and ammuni
tion. His children left Canada several
years ago and settled in this State. The
aged warrior became infirm, and his
dauguters took h.ni to their Lome. A
yearly pension oi 25 has lately been
ussiuned to him by the Dominion oi
Canada. There is un effort in progress
by an officer of the dominion to secure
back pay due Watzeuu. The old man
stays in tho house most of the time. He
s quite cheerful and chudlise.
The escape of Colonel Tom Buford
from '.he gallows, after his deliberate
murder oi Judge Elliott, has been con
demned in the KAitncky legislatiuo,
and a foroaal expression of dissent with
the verdict was all but scoured. A re
solution to erect a monument to Elliott
was introduoed, and the preamble as
serted that h i had been "shot down
and murdered i t the sight of the Capi
tol by the ruthles band of an assassin,
who escaped just punishment under
the guise of the recently popular plea
of insanity."
A farmer who is doing justice to his
profession should know in February
just what crop each field on his farm is
to bear during the coming season. He
should plau further thau this, and by
f olio win ar a well selected system of ro
tation of crops know what this and
that field is to be devoted to for half
dozen years to como. There is a rela
tion which one crop bear to another
that all should understand.
FOR THE FARM ASD HOME.
Trnlnlm n lldler.
A Tinifnl blin .Irl ha trninnil fLQ Rnnn AR
l is weaned. Sho should then be
haltered and made used to be tied up
and bandied and led by the halter. She
should be carded and brushed, and her
udder and teats handled frequently
until she becomes used to it. A month
or two before she calves she should be
tied up and brushed, and the udler
rubbed and the teats pulled ; taught
to lift the leg and keep it out of
the way of tho milker, and generally
disciplined. All this should be done
gradually and gently, and the young
animal made to understand that there
is nothing to fear by always exercising
kindness to her. When she drops her
calf no stranger should attend her, but
one she knows well, and she will come
to her duties as easily as an old cow.
A newly-calved heifer should always be
tied when the is milked, as she may be
very nervous and not to be depended
upon until her disposition is shown.
Farm Journal.
Vnluo ol manure.
Dr. Lawes, of Bothampstead, Eng
land, found in the course of his experi
ments in wheat growing that a certain
field would produce fifteen bushels of
wheat annually per acre without the
application of any manure whatever.
The application of a small amount of
nitrogen enabled him to double the
crop, showing that for the time being,
at least, nitrogen was in less supply
than the other required elements. But
he also found, that it he added the
nitrogen in the form of stable manure,
he was applying it at an expense of
four or five times as great as if he ap
plied it in tho form of sulphate of am
monia. The lesson to be learned by
such experiments is that there Is no best
manure or fertilizer for all soils, nor is
the same manure certain to be the best
for a given soil in all years. Tho soil is
constantly changing under cultivation
and cropping and the most intelligent
system of manuring is tho one which
supplios just what the present crop re
quires in order to reach a maximum
growth. Selling beets and potatoes
soon exhausts a soil of its potash, and
therefore potash must bo applied freely
or some other crop grown that will re
quire less.
I'rcpnrins t'nlibn e lor Fowls.
A correppondent oi the Poultry Hid
Min and iiVcorrf gives the following
mode of saving "and preparing green
food, especially cabbago leaves, for
fowls in winter: It seems necessary
for and benelical to chickens to feed at
all times on some green food. During
summer it is quite easy to supply their
wants, and our pets can get all they re
quire if they are allowed free range, but
it is necessary for us to provide for tho
hard winter months. A cheap aud prac
tical way to obtain green food during
winter is the following method: Take
all the outside leaves of cabbage, which
are generally thrown away as useless,
aud put them in layers with common
common rock salt, in either, for that
purpose, earthen pits or clean barrels;
stamp as solid as possible, cover it up
well and let it ferment, in a very
short time a veritable sour cabbage is
obtained which will keep thronrch win
ter and will prove, as an addition to
their regular food, viry valuable to our
pets. Tho cal)ba?o can ba given raw,
but it is prelerable to feed it cooked, in.
a lukewarm condition. The chicken
eat it with great rtlish and thrive w m
derfully, as it does not only add to t ieir
good condition during the hard and
cold winter mouths, but induces them
to commence laying early aud continue
diligently. Experience bus shown iu
Germany the merits of feeding sour
cabbage, and I can only advise the
readers of your valuable journal to f-ivo
it a fair trial, as it is not connected
with any great outlay of either labor or
expense, and 1 am certain that it will
give satisfaction to all.
Tomato I'uliurr.
The chief requisites, says Joseph
Harris, in growing good tomatoes are :
First, good seed of a good variety;
second, good stocky plants, and third,
good warm, dry soil and good cultiva
tion. Tho best crop of tomatoes I ever
raised was treated in tho following
manner: Seed sown in hotbed in
March, in rows throe inches apart and
four or five seeds to the inch. When
two inches hich the plants were . ro-
moved to another hotbed and set out in
rows five inches apart and the plants
three iuches apart in the rows. As
soon as the plants began to crowd each
otiier they wero transplanted into pots
and placed in tho hotbed, tho pots
being plunged into the soil level with
tho surface. This last point should not
be overlooked. It gives the roots of
tho plants the needed "bottom heat,"
and the heat is much more uniform
than if the pots ute simply placed on
tho top of the soil in the hotbed The
plants were allowed plenty of air and
soon were hardened off. The last week
in May the plants were set out in the
open ground, in rows three and a bulf
feet apart each way. The land was mel
low aud moderately rich, we made
good-sized holes with a spade whero
the plants were to be set out, and then
with a rake or hoe filled these holes with
fine warm surface soil and put a table-
spoonful of superphosphate in each
hole, and worked it thoroughly into
the soil with a hoe. Give the plants a
thorough watering before removing
them from the pots. Set the plants
deep, or say till the first leaves are on
a level with the surface, i'ress the
loose, mellow soil firmly around the
ball of earth and roots. Keep the
ground very loose and mellow on the
surface by the constant use of the culti
vator and hoe. If you have no hotbed
start tho plants in a box of light soil in
the kitchen window. When tho plants
begin to crowd each other in the box
transplant, into other boxes, and when
they are well crown harden them off by
leaving the boxes out of doors during
the day in fine weather. Good plants
may be raised by sowing the seed out
of doors early in the spring. Select a
sheltered spot with a southern expo
sure; work into the soil some dry, sifted
coal ashes. Sow the seed in drills, iif
tesn inches apart. . For rauing young
tomato plants in this way the soil can
not be too rich. But the land where
the crop is to be grown need only be in
(rood averapro condition, except that it
should be made very fine and mellow.
Fnrnt nnd t.nrrien Nnlrn.
Rubbing wet horses and other ani
mals dry is very useful not only to save
heat, but also to save cold taking.
Fat hens rarely lay. If hens are fed
so much or so often that they begin to
faten rapidly, they will soon stop
hying.
Parsnips and salsify are not injured
by freezing, and may remain in the
ground and be dug as wanted, or dur
ing a midwinter thaw.
English feeders often add ten pounds
of linseed oil cake per day to the usual
rations of meal, roots and hay, in finish
ing off well-grown bullocks.
It is said that an acre of grass will
make 200 pounds of beef; while an acre
of corn that requires continuous labor,
at double the cost, will do but little
more.
Sheltering all animals from cold
weather, from chilling winds which by
their rapid motion carry off heat more
rapidly, is the way to save food and to
save waste of flesh.
The Cultivator and Country Gentle
man says: It is important to sow
barley as early in the spring as the
ground can be reduced to good
mellow condition. On such soils
as will admit fall plowing without
their becoming compacted again bv the
agency of rains and melting snows
some advantage is derived from the
operation, but it will be found best
more commonly to depend on thorough
undcrdraining on soils that have not
natural drainage, and early spring
plowing. The time at which the seed
may be sown will of course vary with
soil and latitudes.
Reel dps.
Potatoes with White Satjce. Slice
some cold boiled potatoes, put them in
a saucepan with a pieco of butter, add a
little hot water, pepper and fait and
minced parsley. As soon as they are
quite hot stir in, off the fire, the yolk
of un egg beaten up with the juice of a
lemon and strained.
Tomato Catsup.- -One bushel of good,
ripo tomatoes, one-half gallon of good
vinegar ; also fresh ground spices,
quarter pound of allspice, two ounces
of cloves, three tablespoonfuls of black
pepper, six large onions or two headf
of garlio, one pint and a half of salt
four large red peppers; boil for a length
of time and strain through a sieve and
add the vinegar last ; boil until it is
thick enough.
Indian Cons Pudding. Pour a qiar
of boiling milk in half a pint of Indian
meal, stirring it all the time. To this
add a teaspoonful of suit. Beat up
three or four egg?, and when the batter
is nearly cold stir them into it. Put
tho pudding into a cloth or tin mold,
and boil for two hours. Serve with
cream, butter, syrup or any other sauce
yon please. Maple syrup or golden
syrup is very nice.
Potato Salad. Boil six medium
sizid potatoes ; peel and cut in thin
slices; pour over them whilst hot half
a cup of boiling stock, and cover with a
plate. Wnen cool add a dressing oi
four t ables popnfnls of oil, two of vino
gui, one salthpoonful of minced onions,
one 'of salt and half a oue of pepper.
Mix thoroughly, and serve either plain
as it is or trim around the edge with
tieldsal id or watercress which has been
dressed with oil, vinegar and suit.
Crp Cakes. Cup cakes baked in gem
pans look nice in the basket, und if
made from the following recipes are
not too rich for the children to i at ;
ta-o eggs, Jialf a cup of butter, one cup
of milli, one cup of sugar, two teaspoon
f nl a of baking powdor, about two cups
of flour, a teaspoonful of lemon ;
greaEe the tins with butter, then put
iu a half a tab'ispoonful of tl.e dough
in each tin ; on the top put a very thin
slice of citron, and ono large raisin;
cover this witu another half tablespoon
ful of dough ; possibly a trifle more
may be needed to leave the fruit exactly
in tue middle oi tue case.
Source of the Mississippi.
The new-found source of the Mis
sksipi i is a sparkling little gem of a
lake, (situated above and bevond Lake
Itaska. It nestles among tho pines of
an unfrequented aud wild region of
Minnesota, many miles from the nearest
white settlement, and just on the divid
ing ridge which forms the great water
shed of Nonh America. Within a few
miles of it ran be found lakes and
streams whose waters are tribu'ary to
tho Red river of the North and the
Yellowstone, thus reaching the sea
thousands cf miles from the mouth cf
the mighty Mississippi, which flows in
a trickling brook from Lake Glazier,
Ttiis lake, discovered to bo the source of
the greatest river in the world by Cap
tuiuWillard Glazier on the 22-1 of July,
isai, is auoui u mile and a half in
greatest diameter, and would be nearly
rouud in suape but lor a single prom
ontory, wnose rocky snores itive it in
outline the shape of a heart. The
waters of the lake are exceedingly
clear and pure, coming from springs,
some being at the bottom, but the
three most prominent riso a few mites
buck in low, wet land, and flow into
the lake in little rills. Ou tho very
point of the promontory is a spring
whose waters are as cold as ice, and at
which C-iptain Glazier's weary party
Bluked their thirst while exploring the
shores of tho new lake. So louely is
the' retiou around the lake that for
fourteen days not oven a red-skin was
seen, and wearied by the hardships of
this rough country, yet with a feeling
'of having added something to geo
graphical knowledge, Captain Glazier
aud his party were glad indeed to
come into contact again with their fel
low-creatures. Dubuque (la.) Herald,
The Michigan forest fires last year
dtistroye-1 property to the amount of
Sf'J.iHU.uuu, including eight churches,
twenty-eight school-houses, 130 stores.
ana 1,117 dwelling-houses.
SUSD1Y READING.
Time.
it is very remarkable that God who
Kiveth plenteonsly to all creatures ho
bath scattered thp firmament with itars,
as a man sows corn in his fields, in a
multitude bigger than the capacitiea
of human order; he hath made so much
variety of creatures, and gives us meafc
and drinks, although any one of both
kinds would have served our needs; and
so in all instances of nature yet in
the distribution of our timet God
seems to be utraight-handed, and gives
it to us, not as nature gives us rivers,
enough to drown us, but drop by drop,
minute after minute; so that we never
can have two minntes together, but ho
ttkes one away when he gives us
another. This should teach us to value
our time since God so values it, and by
his so small distribution of it, tells us
it is the most precious thing we have.
Jcrem Taylor.
Reunions Ncnn nnd Xotm.
Camp-meetings are only just being in
troduced among the Methodists of Aus
tralia. Messrs. Whittle and McGranahan are
still engaged in revival work in San
Francisco, and are meeting with signal
success.
The Southern Methodist church has
885 local preachers, 608 churches, and
82,170 communicants in Texas. The
additions the past year were 13,269 and
the losses 5,619, leaving a net gain of
7,620.
Dr. Charles S. Robinson has received
into the Memorial Presbyterian church,
of New Yorfc. during his eleven years'
pastorate, 606 members, and nearly
$500,000 has been raised for various
purposes.
The First Baptist church, of Minne
apolis, Minn., was organized March 5,
1853, in a cabin on tho open prairie,
with ten members. Since then six
more Baptist churches have been formed
y offshoots from it, and it now con
ducts two large missions, which are
lmost ready to become independent
societies.
A Terrible Mislnke.
Tho condensed milk upon which Mrs
Murphy fed her baby was kppt at night
upon the window-sill in the nursery,
bereilecool air, drawing in under the
opened sash, would envelop the can.
One night when the baby was unusually
troublesome, ilr. Murphy, faithful and
olf-sacrinciug father and husband, said
bat ho would go to the nursery and
mix tho m lit for the hungry little
sufferer. The nursery was quito dork,
but Mr. Murphy had often performed
ttio frervico nerote, and no knew just
where to put his hand on the bottle and
spocu and the other things. It hap
pened, however, that on open can of
baking powder btood npon the wiudow
sill, near to the can of condened milk,
nd Mr. Murphy, getting hold of it,
put two spoonfuls of the powder into the
bottle, filled the bottle with hot water,
put ou the rubber top and went back to
the bedroom.
When the baby bad taken three or
four swallows of the mixture it pushed
tho bottle away and begun to behave in
most extraordinary manner. After
yelling with that vehemence that is
always astonishing wheu tho nzi of a
baby is considered, it turned a couple
of m mirsaults rolled ever and over,
lutched the sides of the crib and con
ducted itself generally in such a fashion
us to fill Mr. and Mrs.' Murphy with
intense alarm.
" What on earth can bo the ' matter
with Alexander?'' asked Mr. Murphy,
taking tho bottle frcm bis wife, as she
turned her attention wh- Uy to the child.
lie acts as if be had convulsions,
said Mrs. Murphy.
Mr. Muiviiy suggested a spice plas
ter hs a possible alleviation of the
child's pain; uud Mrs. Murphy was
just remarking that a spice plaster was
far too trivial a remedy for sucti spasms,
when Mr. Murphy observed the color of
the mixture in tho bottle. He removed
the top, and standing behind Mrs.
Murphy applied the bottle to his nose.
At once be proceeded to the nursery
and striking a light discovered the
nature of the mistake he bad made.
Qiickly he threw the can of baking
powder out of the window, emptied
and washed the bottle, tilled it with
milk aud returned to tho bedroom with
the evidences of his crime, as ho im
agined, all removed.
Jn an hour or two tho baby grew
quieter, and Mr. Murphy went to bed,
remorseful, but glad that he had had
so much presence of mind. Mis. Mur
phy sat up all night with the injured
Alexander iu her arms. Mr. Murphy
came down to breakfast, feeling, upon
the whole, rather easy in bis mind.
Mrs. Murphy greeted him with a fierce
look in her eyes.
" You wanted to murdtr your child,
did you V 6he asked, with intenso feel
ing.
"Murder my child, iiatlmg?" asked
Mr. Murphy, with an affectation of sur
prise, wniie ms Lead began beating
fuiionsly. "Why, what do you mean?"
' You threw away tho baking pow
der and cleaned the bottle," said Mrs.
Murphy, with a bitter sneer, " but you
forgot the spoon! I found some baking
powder iu the spoon! IIu! bo"! Be
sure your sin will find you out! If Al
exander hud died you would have been
a murderei! A red-banded murderer!
And then Mrs. Murphy burst into
tears and new upstairs. Mr. MurpUy
went down town without his breakfast
aud with a strong determination to re
frain hereafter from providing noctur
nal nutriment for Alexander. Oar Con
tinent. The custom of employing artirts to
puint the outsi le of houses with arlis'io
designs, which formerly prevailed not
only in the south of Europe, but also
largelv in Germany, has lately been re
vived in Munich. - Two houses recently
treated in this manner are exciting
much admiration from the beauty of
their decoration.
Members of Congress receive an
ewance of $150 for atationery,