Fit ;'"crri nr-M? ' ' " ! KVI HV WJ-HM Ml', BY W I v. ItKXX, err icr. u robisson a boxke'jj-s mhldiko JXM STRICT, HOSES? A, FA. TKBMS, 2.00 A YKA H. poiiod lii.m ,r,M) months. 'orrospondor,',.,. solicited from lt ,,. "f Hi.. country. No notio will .fak I'of anonymous coniim.nieal.io.,H. dlvt " " ttatc-t of A I is .- ' r "lie llli'lll I ' -" threeiHiioli ' one yer - 'hi .i i Two irr1 m Hnir One " r.n i 1 1 10 l notices t r(iihlisl(..I rfe. M:irnnirn prid dentil liolieix;, s;i!iti4. Al! for y :ri v advertisem. nli lifted ((Hurler! v. 'lininiHry Hdverfi IiitiIh miit lie lor in ndvmiee. Job sv'ii'k, ("ah on T) 'li ei v. VOL. X. NO. 10. TIONESTAj PA., .TAX. !), 1878. PEE ANNUM. el f: ...in the Tlu VuUj r llio Snow. But roou ill soft ftira died, and from between Thoeant RtiJ mirth a Mrini wind blow full koen For many a dsy, aid from ths steely !.y Tlieaun di'f"ptivo let his arrows 1'y Oil lmnk n 1 11 brake, and without bout to fall En 'gRlnnt tlin pard.-n'H fd-'rirol mnt'iieni Ao'l ol WFhil it Mw, Ml o io biiKht m.,ra It lulled an hi o tho Hp emh:i.; th r.i ; Tho Arid-fare hiok'-red ftt ihe rudely !m, And lend the flnche chirruped in iho tn4 ; Wide high o'er hi bin, thin rnhinma broke irom tho tall chi nro v-t.io th.i rn AH tiling shone cri'pRi,.! c.'1, ii sea, JictH-ei'ii Jh i i ... f f.i, l jioith i-jfj j;rad'.iH"y A great gray w.mlly cloud, tliht somv and i VohimiiiiioUK, tiU fro a the It bunted out tns an era cveMti's mmr. And wrapt the glmitly garden, tree J low r, lu it,lhirlt M.U oUnifi.. XL, a f,oiH fc, l,;:.h' To earth kIo.v spirting adnw l tho sky,''' TkefirHtgra.it, fedhiiry hiiw fl-diea mult their Till a 1 the K''"de i chni,-ed from lU-k t . Kry, tsvm gray ia wane, j i;ca rs From the fell north and growled anl And rmmd the ho'i", andoaoli n, wHivtf Mm1. A (lis night foil grsw tr;,n;;er thmi the liiM, TiU, r. ti,s preat v1ih!ch ijKther'ed i( r vh:u, lu Rome fur bar anear th nliinit; wc, . (tanibol in thuolvr, i.i'.o (hi w Around thiti likn tli5 .I'm-'!-.! roi), Aud ht.;h to lieaveu tl.o rh-etisd fimin-wi DO Clint Btron wind r.hioi;-.; tti Of falling ioir w!!cd t'..-' 1 ! Tunil:lluo: k, til r.t !r! ) i'i . Hour' i-,i!m Rnd c'ta'-, and .!,.,-.. And w ''h lfVdlicanii mriijply (.,.; On - f; .nD.,'V.5liO t'ii.t h.y j.. OW flnl fin I H(.Vjdi.l!iil nvl dnilii from lir piiHfiirHj, pljn poi?.-..! n fUmti at her foot ami hnrk.l it fisll ul tUa (r.. tare. Ho had innt pnnro.l m.l r;:!--e 1 1 -'el; r,f tlio ln frr-t t' yirw bin hv ''' ' r " k liim ni-on t! 1 W I 1 . I i i h v t!t ir, M'fn f KI'OII!!. ft!!, t-lo iviK-sii i?,.i t i-.... .- f trikr-. Is r Tiu- I m n i, ., tt'ie ' : i !i r nrii'ifi .! li'T j es Hiul fi'W I'd;;-. ! brfori firr. Tho J"""" tho h 1 : ." t n with a H')vt i p,-iH : !." jeniied "i'!p.tlt Ri"'(t t ( d v. .. r i t t( licr cliot'k, 1so Iiif;lif,l m. i ri'r poiiwto,,.. m.l forgot to lHk trMfu'ir t')vnr,iH the mountains, nn lie h ri.i tirs.l her uoh; n( ,ftPn fwo r,.-.,':,,, 1 f iro, ()ll ll.lj kL0 V:! S plrt mill (l.-tll ' ) whon Frnnel c.iru" iUi iili(i"-'y. f :,e .,..!,.. . . . m'"',i, ujr n lew iiioineiits ftl it r In ;. .'n t'.eir (l,-ho. " 1 H V lii'V r, ? i. ' - .tin UlL-t tl.U H hnil ui'r h'r!i' life." " I mi: - '"VI" en i.oiv.I.'hs'r 11.3 t.i. k i nt hioi. H!if pout" den ir;. , " i ':. t !" i.: wietoi's,, T"-t;ii; :;.it I iov.i "iriiunt L' ! ? : .i von inn K' 1 1 her I -j o .r;: v in ft SI! 1- "y.i.': " " 'hv, te1 ln, lc nno '7 M I think 1 1 1 wtffT." Th;d .vnnall. ,', l.M:io ird-"i,1 ot to nmWsijui.l l,im. J :,.', fii(H Kre hn' jfo iuruy,l tvfliil;j hrr at !.. !. : .rl. ..ily. I "li-'M, Jivde, von ..! n't need r " fvj uniu t i nni t ) tore', yon. J I H!var.- thiit. Mieii n wi vt-ovl ! J'-'i-irn ic (ii-lTt. c.i'Ci'k. 'liievr. Wi-ne'.i iwoj!" iii nvfr o d. j '.,-.( ti it ui An r.5-!.t. A pretty Bll-1 (iefin;'!:.,h(l -W'i.low, liYiiiflf in Jncifiou, JI ;,!.', tart at .S.ua tip'i l.tnt- Pinm.wr linn.h-(in ami in- i-ii-k i;;H...n..!i t- inu.l ( ! ven Het iirnfed -R oll thn ri-,),; t it!i at to return f 1 !1 f!! r tl . i ... ' I r- r;ni( vin. a.-ii.l. i.'l h r -i a ! fr ie n .rrcwfi " It !m ehi'iy heri, and Into. He v.T,'li-.l fcil,jt'y t Lor fide l R'i'l J't.t I 6!U ri-'i. of ii ii. r iiir,'.Hnir.r.s;tv K"rub -l l.v I1.,, v.,.. I , 1 j fheerr jittio bird i;;rit Mepio'l t" f.vo no j !-'-V"ee--- Jlhoijt jf, Liie roaa ffrnv nnrrower. i";" troa hH!?.-hos met nbove their lipa.ln f-1 niuiiiuiy grew lower, i v-iimd put c . t i-l fi'nl !lt f 1 th. iii,! iiei,1 of fe:i I nwtr i.'. '.I ui .tir. A Life for a Life, r.eHnxle DoJge was blue. It was Ati,;nt wen titer tlieru whm no nir ptir riti.r from ,ue nri.l noon until the next. RU.l thoiiiKo tri l.: . .l ni!ilunoiit,i) nil day lous in ii,e pureheil clauses, rtniinps ' thnt v. as the misou that IJertro.lo wai l'erhnps it wns thnt na i-he iu!keil Grove i Tnnjt, e'ny hy hy, mnl phw tin , fluiiviDer s iimtisl eo:ii;..ei em iu the roJ npi'les buruiug umoug tho gruv-greer. IxMiliH, tho l.Ry-liohls Ht ftere.i!rth, the pun do tanselled eiiin, and ye'hm- whent, that, tdi-i felt ho!- hfo t ho nirah-i-n. H!je 'Ul't Jet t'J0 fcii'OQier wmo n-el wane ao.ro.SH hor-piu-niv exisfeiieo. Tho pre vious winter .di lui.1 Hni-.l, " I f.H-1 bound now. WJien nununer eomes, I will Bhuko olf tUis iuoriiou ud mlf-ru , tc- Iny." ' ' -,, let the suiunier vv::s jvii..;j'v pwciiif (iul Kho WH8 Hill a divaul. The hour never Benod to come whieb ealleii her to exerf.on. We!!, '"Jove's join.-' dream " nie but .. ; it m h well' perhiips. ' (iruver's Tract and her iaruihovino lifo M-ua net dull an nh had enwied it. would he wheu nut) returned froia her mountain tour a year before ; only at times the out-door nonuda and ' the leisurely growing - ,s (i nature ep rePed Ler. In u.o inter the kad . been gay, looking &t tho simnet nerosa the Btiow, watcLuig th cbick-a-dees, and "earclung the wootls for purple nerer- 10.. la Bj.iiig iuri louy touika b Lite ' pent ofLi'io hud been full of joyful faucie.s aud golden realities ; she loved tlie Kweet oonntry bight and seeuts more than ever Iwfore in her life. liutin August; eomethinf? Eoemed to oppress her. The Bky burn'od too blue, the M'oods wore to calmly content iu their greenneHH, the duvs clom;d too beautifully in their ripo bple.ndor, as she Vu4Rd the Trnct at Hunset, coming from tho pofc-olllce coming ah-viys eni'dy-hauded. Yes, Bomethin ns wrongs and when Bho realized it fully eheHaid? "I" nm idleI am hteepej in idivueBS. I li'ive been doinj nothing for a yenr. Now I will have some work, and iJio-k i way go to the post-ohlee. 1 care too ii. .i o lor those letters." "Whatever tlione letters might bo, there eime no more or them. A certain gay tourist drifting about the world, forgot to write them at Im.t; perhaps .bestrode Wi-s pretty, uut on travehug everywhere it--u uiHuy pretty inovs. liertrode's cheek grew thin and white, lier Uiutlmr khw that tdio strngglenl to ? ""over s Trm-t. Never m. lhra iriorn ; .;( h-.-'!) lever t!mu J'enai i Could. At f -nahopsft Iom.' h, ,;,;.!( "fjK'd :', Jh-Ttrudo." ! In buwed, ntid he y.' ''ie ov. r t ' le bill in t' n irm gi-ny twili'.-!,;, njvm'ii.r Ids cr.iel I'.do 8i lovers i.iiiO n::.:. d then" fuie.'i before, i i. 'on ;i aiHWiOTdf lint tliiVH tle, r-.-iifh v, ef cnL .' re it 1 :.d p'e e iuo.I.j v.in l,. u took Ditrtombly i.i ' f fever. f..he PDlu ivd wearis5inlr,'but ::!o cot: Id bo d-mo for Lor. It'wasa idicv lever which i).t burn out its e -nrse. She whm thirst v continnally, and Pnddeijly.in the. no', id' of her snflor- xie:,,ti, 6 spring which hd supplied her Wl he d Id n'l'ii wann hiki iiractwri to tier levered bps. "If I only had soma ice, mother !" she inotinad. "I know, dear,' but there is no ice in less than twenty miles. " Too ill to express her misery, the poor, fevered fill fo!i p sleep, to dream oi cue om yeiiow (..rover Trnct fdge fitraiuinqt way over the heavy sandy road to NortLboro', the only palace where there wns an ico-houe ther to roeure for her a great green bioek of the refreshing ieo slie coveted. "It will be se nice!" she mnrmumi in her sleep. My throat is parched, aud it wilt e . ! mydi ink so deb'ctouslyt" A crieket-k-,ng io tlie he.de.l wall :o:d woke her. Hae iic-ard the fit go trnudli'r over tho hid. ' " Has it come, mother '(" i.he a,ke . What, dear? y;u are droa.niltg. Wake up, and drink some of this niee ieed lemonade." "lee, mother! Where did you get it V " I'Ynnel has been to Northboro for it. Ile,s very l,md to you, I.ertie, dear." "it's refreshing, ilow long have I been asleep, mother '!" "All th-: iifternoon, and I really think yon look better, Gertie." llertrodo turned on her pillow tmd fell asleep .ar'.u. la tho raornir,'r shA uni i, l.,mi . : 1 n,;i to iii - eif-rti nm, rT t s- Tho motion stortle l the bovse or no'-lit have been twav.ged by the per-ir -r-ii:g sprays. He leaped HnddeidV l'r w.ivd, and Uertrodo whs f!uo,- f r, on the ciuri,ie and down the sleep" 1 nnk into the river. ! Manned by the shock, tde j a eorp-se. "if she hud r i O-.-rA l's face, then, idie wo;d I oered, even taongh Bi-e bcHe I fche knew his love. lie drew in the , . t Ting j.miselt lrt-in tee o.'iru.e-e. Da.-Ltug ('.own tlienieep dei iivity, ,e threw himself into the ri vev. Tho fide was m rapid. Ahftudv iho Cgure of the drowning girl, La if eiib inerged, was fiontin.' iuto the middle of the onrreuf. There were strong, fierce rapids n quarter of a mile below, find ,a ve w -ii--ve.l that ii cisd water grew dr, roid all other i the tide ;-,vpt them both toward it i as i. rn , lover, who had won t.er h-oel b.-for she went b 2!iiridop:n, lint, it -wss not so cany to be;f with th el.l love as j hft 1 l:een (,n -with tho unr, The Jaek iLVMVi. -....Ill W113 W.i.J, tt.l i:.'l::.!il ueniniii;.- i.ey V' ln nrrftsd, pit, pi)d VOW- lii? ti.iO ui. should iitsrry him or Le ri-ni: in ft widow. l"f rers frooi ,ffleksm to ,?-r;:k; the F-v.io from N-.rf.Jk to j more f llo-ri by every pi'n ihq 1.:..?, Pinl warini r 1 y by day, imtd tliM Tot:d Rii'ljii wprn titen.wiu.i wilii T' ?' "' ceei.n'-t'.in ; t'lird ren1t , t'i-dit of wid-iw fr-nt her home aiel j.ri.!,,,!,! shW iniivv: fit !'!! imoro. The fo'rr.r "erne t fs we.ro perfect, with one excel i0"- N alJcwaiiee was made for tho wen iier, !! h son'ni em o1', the rains po 'ired (Sown and tho Hoods fl I - r y m . Ilnt. f ' ' "t t 4 -- v... -1.1 fci j i i v rid Li. Virginia. The Ltdy rciicbed thetryftfrep; poiut forty-eight hours behind tim", and in ft id e of mental end. nervous e"'3Lp. lie w not tluoe, to meet Ler; she ticmbled, highed, te!egispl!sl, criod, wait-vl two days, ar.d f.naliy resolved to return to Mississipji. Mue took the hot, 1 prup.rietfir into her confldonoe, and filer r, -tt'dng her aeeou.ut, sbu-ted for l!.e Oanid-a rU lion ; bnt, ss she was stepping from tho platform, lo I a mnidy i, "ore. It w:is the gerdlenum ffot.i Norfolk, who had liecTtteiirinr Ids i-air and looking for her iu every trnin from ti'ie .S.iuth, exoept the one by whieh i he Lad come. They were v,i;o ried that. ,'lnn,n jif vf J' rr, V.o 'ft ('hiTrfli pn, went dowa the bay that night. Ouo of the first purchsM-s which they will make on fJ,'"g to L jUHekcoping will bo an FA 11", a xi) iruiNrji'didj. i.t not, well. The yr ops were -"V Uiouljabo I-nfj leveled, s. fcdie re lished only the drinks. -prta a growing irnt'tblenoss. But she . woiKoa on unceasingly at her new em , ployment of .teaehicg the district school f of Grover's Tract, fc5he devoted herself to tke children. Their parents snid they , had never 1 lore learned so fust. Jier f trode smiled only faintly ut their praise. ()ue day, coming homo from school through the woods, she. flung her-if down among the ferns and dry grasses. " It is dust aud ashes 1" she cried. The sky gleamed blue through green boughs overhead, and a bird sang cheer ily m a neighboring bush. bhe lay there until she folt the dew falling. As ahe rose i;r, something rustled at her Bide. She looked down ; a great rattle 'Buake was slipping through the grass, going from Lor, apparently unaware of her presence. LWumited, immovablo, . yet full of horror, she stood and watched ' the creature. Tor a moment it glided eteaddy on, its course so direct, its an- pcarance so boUie and deadly, that she fe,t . spellbound ss she regarded it. ' Huddenly, w:tb a thrill of horror, the naw the lrptiie'a aim; it was n 'king ireetly fuf tt shady spot, w litre fir man hiy uloep boiioutli .the trees. One i-i :; -er.t more woiihl bo b0 ).,!.. to pre- I a i )i me'iis very llowau be iher?" "d Lim; ;oe. 1 Let!.-: tld! tflilei ieed "il'id cool, which her mother ore pared. One day she said : " How in it tha that ice lasis so?" " Why Fennel goes to Northboro' for a -fresh pie every other da v. Tho weather is s . w.- i f'.at. it, ,..' f-.st '' - ' ::..t it's hay-lug time. en i-;. sircu t 'ile goes at night after eight o'clock. I dfn't see how lm can do it when he woiksin ti, j-;,.,) v: .i he is ready to drop." 3 " J hen why do you n.k Lim, n " (JH:'liiess, child ! I never a.dv I guesT didn't ! It's his own ner never dret uied of aski;)" Lim." Hem-ode, bolstrtni up in bed, sut silent awhihi. "Fenntl'tivevkind," she .id at last; "but 1 don't Cke to tax people so. Mother, if I iuj better to-morrow, coji't 1 ride out V " IVrhaps co." io-morrow IJertrode was feverish again. Nothing panned Ler parched lips but a yellow peach, a rareripe, that was a wonder to the neighborhood. " here did it come from, mother ?" " Fennel brought it." . The next morning when she awoke, a gubt of spicy coolness whiffed into her face. "What is that?" she cried, starting lip. Jiit a pitcher of spray from the sentb-oaks of the lowLuids, their teuder pendant acorns swinging among the glossy leaves branches of bay berry, sweet fern, and a handful of checker berry mixed with sweet swamp helio trope, aud wild asters, all drinnin;? with morning dew. O, mother, brina- it closer! Where did you get it?" placing her thin, white nunos among the cool, eweet foliage. " Fennel left it at the door this morn ing, lie thought it would please yon." " It doe pleunO me." No one but Fennel knuw hmi- tJ. Lke 1 f .'"grant green leaves amj swamp L e 1 i i , . . . HI. e , (iruWul, and she told IWucil b wd.eu t..imiiw him. To prove it she let lum ilriw Lim her out and find her lo-s again uiiieng tho (h-lds. As the ! Id nuw P, (., ).,., .,,( ),,. ,pP(1.. Fennel Goui;l exiende.l every resonreo of bisly end heart in that struggle for life and love. Hhe floated on khi be fore him in the flowing water until the great beads of a pony and pain stood upon hn forehead, lint one fortunate stroke. ami he caught her scarf. He struggled bnek to land and fell exhnu'ded upon the bank. For a mo ment he lay there, panting; then rising, he lifted liei trode into the carriage, and carried home the life he had sjvud. . livening t-ame. r md was ut home pacing thought . y the floor of Lis l.ttle c. or, her. It was twilight, and the Kv-nc rt toe ripe apple m lue orchard li'led the una room., lie did not notice either, but he wns roused snd.Jenlv by a knooi at his door. Jt was' little Wiily Dodgewiih a note. lie opened it . It b re t iie-e wonls : " I onni 1 eume Loiiii Willi Willy, 1 wft"t to pe '-u, " T' -d was rdl, but Lo knew wlio sent it. He went oat of doors with the child. H'Lliiig t.he boy's hand, ho walked the licids lie Jiad wslkel a month before with his heart bitter as rue. The crickets wvie siroiiug among the (riasses. A strange lightness possessed Lim, and yet Le kept nutUuir down his heart i-nt uanajf to Lope. 'Ihe farmiiom-o dir was open find F.ertrode was sitting in tho porch. I atMe Willy went into the house, i'euuel sat down on tile step. " What d you want, Bertrode ?" "I will ted you by and by.". The twilight grew more dim they talked of unimportant things, until they could not see each others' faces. The crickets ws re shighig hundreds of gones m tne grasses by the roadside. The dew fell and woke the sweetness of the road side icrus. A long tame jj&ssod, an.l at h, nel aire. o, JU'ifroJe. Will you' "Is it time to tell me now?" The moon came up, and showed Le'r face pale and Lu- bjis tremulous, but she Hood up by his cido and r.ptjko firm ly. "I want to nsk y,ei not to go away, Fennel. Oon'tgo. " There seemed more to be said, but she could not say it. Her voice died on her lips, aud tho eogor light iu Fennel ( ionhl's eyes fade.). "1 cauuot aUi.y, Hertnsle: don't 1 troubled to pity me. I Jood-by, an.; God keep you. dear, forever 1" He stooped to kiss her head. Her arms were around his neck. " My love, my love," she cried," don't leave me. I want yon; you make me huppy; and I have never, never loved auy but yon, true heart ! Take my life you have saved it und spare ine the one yon risked in my salvation. 1 will try to make it happy, but iudeed, in deed, Feunel, I am not worthy of you J" Heart to heart, at last; Heaven's ang'wla blens them 1 IJird aud Human Mature, What is that legend of Mrs. Fiidl's poem nbout the bird iu the brain? Jfirda are pen-haps the mot.t humau of crea ture, and I should not be surprised if told we till carry nvure 1cm of them in our hearts and brains. I Lave seen the hawk looking out of the human, face many a time, and I think I Lave seen the eagle ; I credit those who say they have seen the owl. Are.not the bnzzarda "d unclean birds terribly suggestive? T ie song-birds were surely all' brooded aud hatched in the humaii heart. They sre typieaioi its mgiu-ht aspirations, and and nearly the whole gamut of humffn passion and emotion is expressed mord or less in their varied songs. Among our own birds, there w the r.ong of the hermit-thrush for devonfness and re ligions setenity, that of the wood-thresh for the musing, melodious thoughts of twilight, the tong-spiiirow's for dimple faith and trust, the bobolink's for Inhu-ity and glee, the mourning-dove's for -h poles sorrow,' the vireo'sfor all day and every-day cmtentment, end the nootnrn of the mocking-bird for love. Then there are the plaintive oingerg, the soaring, ecstatic singers, the confident singers, the gushing aud voluble sing ers, aud the half-voiced, inarticulate singers. The note of the pewee is a human sigh, the piping of the chickadee unspeakable tenderness and fidelity. There is pride in the sons: of thetaiiaaer. and vanity in that of the cat-bird. There is something distinctly lownau about the have thoughts that follow the migrating fowls northward and southward, anil that go with the sea-birds into the desert of the ocean, lonely tud tin less as they. I sympathize with the watchful cro'w perched yonder on that tree, or walking about the ilelds, I, I hurry out-doo s when I hear ihe clarion of the wild grinder ; his comrade ni mv heart fiends I 11 r . , . t-ttt Onii. O'nii u i i tjtuiiiM tit 'Si j-ibner'n Magazine. " VmfilnhW Appl Wrchiird. We reeer.fJy visited in Ciyngi conntv, N. Y., tho fii.e i'pjd" orchard of G. Imii lon, in the son thorn, purl of themrdy. On approaching it from a distance, the deep ereen color of thi foliage wns ob fvived, indie tiye of thrift v growth, sr.d on entering it we found tiie tivfs bend ing under the loads of fine fa if-, fruit, idthorjg'u orchards generally are nearly barren. The tre are twenty-two v ars old ; were -hudod thirty-six'fert s'part, nn 1 the braneliei have now extended iw.vly po ss to met. The ground being most !y shaded by the trees', no crop is cultivated herid h their nhad snd the gr.ii s which LassTirupgnp is kept grazed Willi sheep. When the twsj were and they grew vigorously j,0M );tg ( A re:;.;hbor advised a new course of t-. t-!.":"-:ie:.t, including a thinninn: of the densft Leails by pruning. They were trimmed early in the spring, or tlOnr..v,j ,,,,( irnm 8b0Te) not" trimmed up from Ik-1ow, as is too often done. iitn.o i i,iiO giotiu.t Mooitb luetn was top-drefiised with j ard manure. The toji-dressinT i'i repeated every two yerii, iu:d the pruning is performed au liuaily, by the removal of the young pproids which may have sprung up '''?' ,6 V Vrnnmi: w9 pei formed, aud whiei, if allowed to remain, would give thick tops again. The orchard soon j began to bear heavily of fine Lugo ap ples. On visiting it this yenr early in t- -pt-mber, we found the branches betidinq; under their loads of frrrt, al though orchards generally through 'the country are bearing but little, and some are ennieiy barren. 8heep, -which are turned in c.;rly in tSpring, ami .continued t'il the growi-jg frtut bcad3 the Lrauthes down withiu their reach, keep the orchard nfiriv fre from the eoddlino. moth. We found very few specimens iuu sted. As the trees shade most of the ground, grass is allowed to grow, and is kept grazed short till affcer midsummer nsuallv till about the middle of Au gust. The droppings of the sheep assist in enriching the ground. The orchard contains about 120 tr , and sixty Sr seventy sheep a-e pastured' in it. The best sorts are the Baldwin and Pdiode Island Greening, The Northern Spy succeeds well Fall Pippins were observed with heavy crops. The llox bury Uusset is unproStrdile. The Fall Orange bears fine cro; , which sell as well aa any, and would be selected an a profitable sort, were it not, the crop i needs picking when other early autumn work is pressing. To show tlie effect of good treatment Mr. Landon showed us I tent? of Interest. A rat is a CLinnmaTl's turkey. ILii s-hes are nmde in California vf compromised ra w hide. Fine rnbiea have be-u dis-.!ovvi e- -southwest of Gunnison, Utah. About folly di;T rent trades are i.pi Heuit-d iu lue buiidl.jg of a fdiip. Using the national flag for novel t is ing purjioses is fined iu England. The jKipulatiou of France 4jn the Lo .r day of last year wan Sti .)05,788 : IV ri . 2,110,3 I'd. The best brushes iu the world m-f made in America, but the bristiw fire imported chiefly from Germany ami IlnsHa. A little fnur-yeiir-old boy inquired (VttJfltW.ilrt tLrt pl trl.nl r..-. thnRf ft-.trifra TlT-i ir.rl orzi IV V-M drops of sun?" One Kentucky farmer appr yearly product of mw aero ei 5 s ' : to the purchase of n ailing rn-acr foi himself aiid family. A boy. up in (kiiccticnt who. r. away from home because the old man switched him, remarked that "Lis en durance could no father go." "The !ook trade is affected, I sup pose, by the general depression. Wind kind of books feel it most?" "-Pocket -liooks," was the laconic V-ply. - Our modest young men will breathe easier when some ingenious chap invent a turkey-carving contrivance that works with a crank like an apple purer. "My dream of life is o'er," murium I Mr, Jiiin, aa he stretched himself out on the-sofa for an after-dinner nap. " Fa!.--songster," exclaimed Lis wife, aborl live ininut.es later, "your dream of Li is'n' ore," aiul she .fastened a clothcn t'in on Lis nose to" stop the dread:'' ! noise. Why is a Limp chimney like a Chicago savings bank ? No one appeals 'aide to answer this. Danljiir; heir. That's a mere snare. Ifa too easy. 1. BeenuM they're sure .to break. 2. Because a soot is apt to grow ont tif them. Ik Because they can't stand a strong draft.- o. Be ctutse there is something wiek".ed at thv !ottom bf them. 0. Because they're hollow. 7. Because they've benzine to bnst, 8. But there! there! we're weary, we're a-weary, wenre sad and sore perplexed ; let our answer to your inery be continued in onrfiext. 7Vo7o. J i nil f tin. ' . . J C, 1 . 1 ... 1.... 1 ' I. "A. 1 ... 1 ".I an old tree of tho Fall Qrauge, which ' rrauio, wi.icn it mu, nj, r, we estimated Bixfy years old, from its f""un rare tmssibh lo .1 . . appearance and si'.e of the triud: A ,Z? to ,L'.lroJi, I1',1" ,,MnI ls a. ,:, few years a'ro it began to die r.i.a :-s of New ('H5m!n. tho mhahit.infs m wh. about to be nt down. lmcci- ie' C(,tluir7 endeavor to keep up the fal ( i t 'i;he I'drd.of PuradiM. The Jardin d'Acciimabdiou, V ls, L. just received somo living siH.'imens Singular Case tr lleredilj. Dr. Kkzoli knew a young girl who had a lonpr, thfck lock of perfectly white hair on the forehead, the rcbt of the Lair being a yery pronounced black. This anomaly hud been congenital and hereditary iu the girl's family for two centuries. Whenever it -existed iu a parent, several of the children were c.irtaiu to present it. The genealogical tree of the family could l traced back for six generations, including about forty-live persons, more than half of whom presented the white tuft. - - UeJi- I-iy l. .. Tlie compositor who snt Up ".lO.fXHi" to lead "I.OiMI" mi; Id hav.i prevoiiUd !.'' f'd.d .' bv ii lo i '.e fonitSi Hie-hf An Awful Crbae. At Ijawrenceville, Oldo, ono night re contly, Joseph Kucnier was shot by Lin thii tenj.yenr old s-nj at the innf ir'ation of bin mother. 'The husband and wife had lived unhappily for aome time, and on tlie night yj our.- lion the f.dher had gone to' t:.;.' village, bud while absent Mrs. Kiinzie?;. prevaded on the boy to ioau the pun and lay in wait for Lis lather, liie boy obeyed, uuj, conceal mt' nimseit tc-nmd a woooi o h. wuitd for au Lour, and when Lis father came into tho yard shot Lim through the back, iliis done, he went into the house, when the mother took the gun from him and laid it by the side of her husband, who, still alive, was oryiuK for iieip. nne men returuoa to the house and went to IxhI with her boy, but neither being able ta sleep, subsequently arose and cooked supper, which they ate. All through the night they heard moans aud appeals for help from the father, who was still alive, but puid no heed to them. In the morning a neigh bor came to the house to employ Knnz ler, and found him lying on the" ground in a iool of blod, although. stiill alive, while the woman wu some dudaiyu away unoonotruedly engaged in her, do mestic work. When asked concerning -her husband bhe replied that he had shot himself. Subsequently tlie coro ner was summoued from Lawrenceburg and the investigation showed that the man could not have killed himself. Suspicion was directed to the woman aud her boy. The latter when separated from his mother, oonfeuoed that he had done the deed at her command,'' saying that she bad len urging Lim to do it for ayrar j.flt. He also told how they spoit the night iu the hearing of the eric f his lulhw vi-i i... ii,.. ......... i . j. t . ' - ...i-i I .inir in i l.n,, i.t --.I,. 1 , i . i ..no n i . t v i o io renovate it. i no dead limbs, including about half the top, were cut out, sud the ground was wen top-dressed with manure. In two years, sixteen aud a half dollars worth of fruit was taken from it. It is now bearing a larso crop of fruit In the "apple orchards throuch the country there is usually a year of a ou. jounce ana a year ot scarcity m al ternate tseasons. Mr. Laudou'a orchard tcaiH niost profufoly in the veara of Bcarciry prouaoiy because tiie treat ment which first gave heavy crops happened to lie in one of thoxe veitr A few years ago his crop sold for five hw.1r-I dollars ; tlie year previous to the last he received six hundred dollars. He expect his sales this year to be about four bundled dollars. The orch ard stands on a ridge, where it appears to Lave good natural drainage ; the soil is not deep, and the roots thus coming near the surface arc more benefited by the top-dressing than they would if on deeper s-nts and extending to a greater Orttl. u.., .w,n... 4 , 1 ... t . : . ... same conntv crow on dooo auils. snd n.- lessa.'locbid by either cultivation or top dressing. i'uuntrji "(Untiemaa. Tm T-!l the ae uf Fowls. If a hen's spur is Lard and the so!e,s on the legs are rouii she is old, wheth er you see her head or not, but her lies, will eorrolxira'e your observation. If the under bill is so still' that you i-uuuot. ten t it down and the comb thick and rough leave her, no matter how.fat and plump, for some one lean particular. A young lorn bus only the rudiments of spurs; the scales on the legs are smooth, glossy and frer.h eidw;vd. whuUvt r the color may be, the claw s louder and short; tlie nails Bhajp, the nud. t bill soft and the comb thin und Ktnnoih, Au old turkey has rough scsl.-s on the legs, callosities on the soles .id' the feet aud long, strong claws, a youug one the reverse of all these murks, When the feathers are on the old turkey cock has a long tuft or beard, a young one, but a sprouting one, and when they are oil', the smooth wales on the legs decide tho IKiint, benide tlie difference in size of the width s of the neck and iu the elastic shoot upon the nose. An old poose when alive is known by the rough legs, the fetrcnarth of the wiinrs particularly at the piuions, the thickness snd'strength of the bill and fineness of the feathers, and when plucked by the j legs tne tenderness of the skin under the wings, by the pinions and the bill aud the coarseness of the bkin. Ducks are distingninhed bvthesiiDib means, but there is the difference that a duckling'! bill is much longer iu propor tion to the breadth of the head than the old ducks. A young pigeon is discovered by it a i. .1... ....1 i . , - relative to these specimens leathered ' tribe, by persnad' ; ' Indian merchants to whom th them tkalf they Lave no feet, and tm.t, ; they bye' ou air and light, they h;i neither stomach, nor intcBtineK. Th,' beb'ef was emiournged by the form ghc: by tho 1'apnan naturalists or dealer prepare them for Kale, by drying bird with ita plumes after taking out I inside and tearing oil" tho leg. Jt i rarely found xcejiting in the C4ur.tri. which produce spices, and, purtieubui' in Austrulusia. New Guinea, which comprised in that part of th. world, i" the Aroo Islands near, eontjon unii.v specimens. The pineapple and liutme,: tree crow there in the midst of immenx. forests, and supply their pviucirial foihl. The l'apuans, barbarians us tliey si i derive considerable profit from the sr! of the bird, and take it with nets i sticks smeared with birjliine. In t! latbr case they take it al.'.e, but as ii . very ditllcult. to preserve, they pivf- r , use the bow and arrow. The mum:- - which thia chase is carried on ja . curious. The men climb I'lhmtly in i dark like cuts into the trees in wiTicii t bird t-leeps, pass the night in the I'm" of the braiiLiies, fend at daybicf.k t',.. at the birds while they are still an!, , with very liht arrows made from t ribs of leiivcs of the palm-tree. T! address is so marvelous that the ! , generally falls to tho (..'round n;' stunned rather than wouuded. 'i Ire t continue as lontr as they can, snd t deseond to the ground and pro.ve I the preparation and embalming f tl victims. The Malays of M'.d.'to-'-a are t chief pure'inser of the bir.Ja, whi. .. they curry to the Moliie.'ii Isles, w h -i: They are Europe. sent to India, Chin pula color, umootu scales, tender, col lapsed feet, and th yellow, long iown in Urs perse. 1 among ita feathers, A pigeon that can rl v La alwnvs iid.cd. ( ri-d legs au 1 no Jow n ioid is thou t-:. Mhat a bundle Contained. There were five of them from 1' Monumental District, and having fen to their heart's content on the variety of holiday goodaon sule, t! came tripping out of the bpaeioiii trance of one of our dry goods sis, when they espied a nicely done o puekage, upparently diopped by uue ' the many seekers utter hohd.-.V good-. A minute more and one of iheni !., ; Seized it and tiiey luiSTjing don' the street aju-culatii as to il ciutet-. "I hope it m a good-sized dress pa! tern," nays the L.q .owuer, s . llUgwd it eh re to,- 'bar of its hi : spirited uv i "If it whs mine 1 woo' rather it v , ,;M be a velvet cloak," cr. one of I! ihers, as she euvioily n. tho' pae.., 1. "Oh, I wouldn't; i r.ilhtr tt would be a new lint," m comment t f auother; snd so i!uv lated until they rein lied home, -htiiug was loosed, aud their . and disujipoiuteil eyes r--t. . Soiled tud dilujd.hib d i probaldv just t-xi ' ; i i hi. h tiie nw o - I tl n 'u, 1 t -r II :,-. u i.
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