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TIONESTA, PA., OCT. 6, 1880.
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. The New Arrival.
MA.
A olmriuing little tiddy Wdy hit oi mother's
bliss;
A tiny toddlej, sweat a flow'rs oi spring;
A precious popsy wopey gives Its mammy,
den, a kiss;
- A pretty darling itsy wiUyng !
" Tk.
So that's the little iollow T H'm I A healthy,
looking chap.
Another mouth to food, as sure as late !
No, wile, I don't oansHor that his coming's a
mishap, .
But still I oould have done with leas than
eight.
Bit OTHER.
My cyo! Is that the baby? What a jolly
little pnp I
- But 1 say, ma, wherever Is its nose T
And I say lather, by-und-byo, when he gots
more grown up,
IIo'll wear my worn-out jnckots, I suppoie.'
UNCLE.
Anolhor T Well, thank goo Jnoss, I Km not a
What! Don't I think him pretty T No, I
don't.
To keep him Irom the workhouse you must
do the best you can ;
Dou't think that I'll assist you lor I won't 1
DOCTOtt.
How are we getting on to-day T I trust we
soon shall mend.
We mustn't think we're strong Just yet, you
know,
We'd better take a eomething whioh this after
noon I'll send,
And let me seo hum ! ha ! ah yes jas
so.
NUHBB.
He's lovely, that he is, mum ! See them
sturd iittlelegs !
He's tw toe the size ct Mrs. Smithert's third;
And when he ooines a-outting of his little
toQsey-pegs,
Hti'll bea uia'i, he will, upoa my word.
NEIGHBOR. '
Oij.yes,' dea-, be looks healthy, but you
mustn't trust to that
I do not with, of ooarso, your hopes to
- dash.
But when I see a tender babe, so ruddy, strong
; and tat, "
I Look, dear, on bis taoe 1 Is that a rash T
. Hk. (da oapo). vt
A ohorming little tiddy iddy bit oi mother's
bliss;
A tiny toddles, sweet as flow'rs of sprint i
A precious popsy wopsy rive its mammy,
den, a kiss;
pretty darling itsy wiUy ting !
chips7theoIrpenter.
"Chips," whom I knew for months
by no oilier nme, was ship's tiarpenteT
ot the whaler Gazelle, of New Bedford.
11a vnfl aront.if.al vonrfl rtA a I v fool
high, and as strong as a tree, lie was
tho favorite of tho ship-r-andno wondor.
Ho was tender and gentle, perhaps be
cause ha .was strong; he was peaceful,
because he was powerful. And the soft
word which turneth away wrath, with
the gentle hand to. soothe a sufferer, are
often needed in the whale fisheries.
r . e . i r . i i . . . i. .
iviosii oi me loruiuut'. uanus oi tue
Gazelle were rough Portuguese lads,
from tho Western islands, on their first
voyage. They were treated with coarse
contempt by the few American seamen
and by tho officers.
The only man who was kind and pa
tient with the rude boys was Chips;
and he was never tired of showing them
or teaching them something of what he
knew, 'lie was one of those unselfish
fellows who did not believe in keeping
lr r arlati crc ti f homat.lvoo Tl a ! a ,i
never been to sea before, but during the
first two years of this voyage he had
attended to so many things besides his
own easv work, that he was considered
as one of the best and coolest whalesmen
aboard.
Although exempt from standing
watch, he had insisted on doing the
duty from the first day out. At night,
if the weather was good, he would sit
on the main hatch in trie center of a
ring of the Portuguese lads, and with
wonderful patienc i teach them to make
snlices and kuots and to speak English,
lie never tired of doing this or any
other kindly thing for them. In the day
time ii there was work for him at his
trade he sti 1 had them around him, ex
plaining everything as be sawed or
planed, as if he wished to make them as
good carpenters as he was himself.
Qn Sunday, when every one brought
his letters and Pictures on deck, Chips
showed the only signs of sadness we
ever saw. He was the only one on
board except myself who had neither
pictures or letters, neither face nor
, word to remind him of home.
. When the ship touched at some port
with a postoilioe and every one ran for
letters. Chips remained aboard he
, knew there was none for him. Jn one
-of tho boys' albums he found a picture
of an old w hite-haired woman the lad's
mother and every Sunday afternoon he
asked for that album, and always gave
- it back when he had turned and looked
at that picture.
The ship had been two years out when
I first saw Chips. Through strange and
unhappy circumstances I was afloat on
the Indian ocean, in a small boat, when
this New Bedford whaler hove in sight,
and ran toward mo. The first man to
spring out in the mizzen chains, to help
ine aboard, was strong-handed Chios,
. with tears of sympathy in his eyes. On
deck the captain met me with open hand
and heart, and for eight months I sailed
with the whalemen, and took part m the
jrood and ill that befell them.
"1 Chips and I were friend from tho in-
Uut our hands struck. Shaking hands
is one of the best tests of character.
Some peoplo snake your hand so
politely that you foci they would care
mighty little about shaking your ac
quaintance; sqme men slip their hands
into yours and make you feel as if you
were squeezing a fish: some people's
hands are so thick, and fat, and cold,
that you might as well erasp the fingers
of a leather dummy. Most people, and
nice peoplehake hands as a preliminary
to conversation ; but now and then one's
hand strikes into sympathetic palm,
the fingers take full bold, the thumbs
interlock and close and when that
friendly grasp is over, there is nota word
to be said it spoke all friendly greeting
in its own gcod language. Just such a
kindly and grim grip did Chips give me
the first time we met.
When I boarded the whaler I was in
a had way for clothes; all that belonged
to me in the world were the fer branded
rags that I had worn in the boat.
Sailors are used to such things ; and
they know the remedy. Every one
came forward with his little offering.
One brought a hat, another a jacket, an
othcr a pair of sea boots, a jackknife, a
cake of tobacco and so on, until I had a
bunk full of marine necessities.
Chips had least to give of all, for he
had shipped without a regular outfit.
But when he saw all that had been
given, smi'ing at thorough boys as each
ono handed his offering, ne drew me off
to his own cubby hole, and hauled round
his own chest. Out on his bed came
the contents ; and in a minute there was
a fair division of all it contained flan
nels, shirts, stockings and everything to
a handkerchief.
"These are yours and these are mine,"
said Chips; "and I'll make you a chest
to-morrow."
That's the sort of a man he was in
everything.- No wonder the boys loved
him, and that the one word spoken in
the best tones of the ship was the name
of the kind-hearted, manly Chips.
He was as brave as he was kind.
When whales were chased Chips went
down in a boat, and there was no coolor
head among them when the fragile shell
was to be laid broadside to a monster
nearly as long as the ship. Once when
the boat was Btove in by a sweep of the
awful flukes in the death flurry, one of
the boys was crushed by the blow and
driven senseless under the water. When
Chips came to the surface, he counted
the heads and missed one, and down in
the bloody brine he went, among the
sharks, and fished up the sinking body.
He was a mighty swimmer, and with
only an qar to cling to, be held the
senseless man out ot water until res
cued. . -
But, to the story. The Gazelle bad
been cruising for three months a few
hundred miles off the coast of Western
Australia the great penal colony of
England and during that time had not
fallen in with a single sperm whale. -
One . raw afternoon, with a harsh
breeze and a rising sea, at last we heard
the long, sing-song cry from the mast
head: "He dIows! ther-re bl-o-owsl"
Four times at regular intervals of about
forty seconds the cry was repeated, and
then we knew it was a sperm whale.
lt",was about five o'clocx in tho even
ing when the first cry was beard, and
the sun went down at 6 :30, with scarcely
five minutes of twilight. As a rule, on
board of American whalers, when
whales are seen late in the evening, the
boats are not sent down unless circum
stances, such as weatner, moonlight,
and so on, are very favorable. In most
cases the course ot the whales and the
speed of their travel are carefully noted.
When "on a course" a school qf sperm
whales will move at the rate of about
six miles an hour; when "feeding"
they keep on the same "ground," not
moving more than a few miles a day.
When seen late in the evening, the ship
is steered during the night according to
the observation, and often finds "the
school in sight in the morning, when
the boats are 83nt down.
This course was not followed on the
evening in question. It was not a
school we saw, but a "lone whale," and
one of extraordinary size. The night
promised to be a rough one, and the
whale's motions were strangely irreg
ular, as if he had lost himself in an un
known sea.
There i3 something solemn and myste
rious in the sight of "lone whales," and
marvelous superstitions are current
among whalemen respecting them.
Thoueh spending year after year on the
great waters, whalers become more im
pressionable to supernatural things than
other seamen, and long observations of
the shoals or schools of the vast crea
tures they pursue tends to till them with
amazement and awe when they meet
with a solitary leviathan who has aban
doned all fellowship with his kind, who
lives by his own law lonely, mighty
and terrible.
Soon atter the cry from aloft, we saw
the whale from the deck, only a short
distance from the ship, and we might
have Been him long before had not his
white, bushlike spout been lost in the
angry whiteness that wasjast spreading
over the sea. -
For a moment all byes were fastened
on the long body, like a great black
tube, over which the waves washed.
Every face was wonder-stricken at the
immense size ot tue wnaie.
Captain Clifford had been examining
him through a glass, which he handed
in turn to each of his olhcers.
" What do you say, Mr. HussevP" he
inquired of the first mate, who glanced
at tue Bun ana unswerea :
Go down, sir; wecandoitP"
" Mr. Joseph?" and the captain turned
to the second mate, an old Portuguese
of .extraordinary size, and perhaps the
most famous wnaleniui alive.
" Go down, sir, if we want to get the
fellow; we ll never see nim again."
The two other officers were younger
men, and of the same mind. There was
no time lost in further consultation.
"Swing the boats 1" shouted the old
man.
The lines and irons bad already been
thrown in by the crews. A "heave,
oh!" aid a straining sound, and in one
minute tho four boats struck tho water,
and the men were sealed un the thwarts
with the font; tars out.
The sun was low and large and red,
and the whole western sea and sky were
magnificent in crimson and gold and
black. The picture was one of the finest
ever saw. xne rising sea was jet
black, except where it was bloody; a
broad road of crimson shimmered from
the ship to the sun ; the long body of the
whale, even blacker than the sea, w k
plainly seen in the ruddy glare ; and life
was added to the immense scene by the
four white specks the whaleboats
closing to a point as they drew near the
motionless monster.
It was not until the boats bad left the
ship ttiat we realized how threatening
was tne weatner. livery moment tne
seas came wilder and heavier against the
vessel. Unly now and again, as tuey
were lifted on a sea. could we catch sight
of the brave little boats. The breeze grew
stronger at every moment, and, before
the first boat neared the whale, was
whistling through the rigging in the
wild way that tells of a coming gale.
The captain regretted the lowering of
tue boats, ana soon signaled tnem to re
turn. But the men were excited, and
refused to see the signal. Filled to the
gunwale, the seas Fashing over them
every moment, on they went where only
i l r i r . i i i i .
a luiug bo nearly perieci as a wuateuouc
could keep afloat. As the first boat
swung round to run down to leeward of
the whale, the red sun stood fairly on
the black field of ocean
Talk about the bravery of soldiers in
battle, or of men ashore in any enter
prise you please; what is it to the brav
ery of such a deed as tbisP A thousand
miles from land, six men in a little
twenty-eight foot sheli coolly going
down in a stormy sea to do battle with
tho mightiest created animal! It is the
extreme of human coolness and courage,
because it is tne extreme ot danger.
The soldier faces one peril the bullet.
The whaleman, in such a dase as this,
has three mighty enemies to fight tho
sea, the gale and the whale.
We saw the harpooner of each boat
stand up as they came within heaving
distance and send in his two irons. All
the boats were last before the monster
seemedtofeelthe first bio w. Then came
the tight, the cruel and unnatural figut
between vast power and keen sfeul.
The black water was churned white as
tho flukes struck out in rage and agony.
The sun disappeared and the gale
screamed wilder in the rigging. We
could no longer see the boats from the
ship. The few men on board clewed up
the light sail and took a reef in the top
sails, and by this time the night was
dark as pitch, and the gale had whipped
and howled itself into a nurricane.
It was fearful to think of the four
small boats out in such a sea as was
then running. We on the ship had to
cling to the rail of the rigging; the ter
rific strength of the waves swept the
heavy vessel about like a cork. I saw
the captain's face a moment as he passed
the binnacle lamps, and ft was abso
lutely deformed with grief and terror
not for himself, brave old sailor, but for
his boys in the boats.
"Who's at the wheel?" be shouted.
" Send a steady man to the wheel.
Ay, ay, Birr' answered, in the dark
a deep, quiet voice; "ive got tne
wheel."
That was Chips, and I walked aft .to
be near him. Just then a long hail
came through the darkness, and we saw
the flash ot a boat's lantern on the lee
quarter. In a minute more a line was
flung aboard, and we soon had one
crew safe on deck. It was the mate's
boat.
Where are the others P" was the first
question.
i tat to tne wuaie," was tue answer.
"and there are no lanterns on the boat."
une ot tne men trom:tue boat relieved
Chips at the wheel, and be went for
ward to rig lanterns at the fore and
main tops. When this was done we
stood together on the forecastle, looking
and listening for tne boats, .suddenly
be turned to me and said :
We're going to lose some one to
night. While I was at the wheel it
seemed to me as it something whispered
in ray ear that we're going to lose one
man to-night."
I salt that ne was growing as super
stitious as old Kanaka Joe, and he an
swered: " I can't help it. It did seem that I
heard that whisper, and so plain was it
that I nearly dropped tin wheel in ter
ror." Another shout from the sea cut off
further talk, and we soon had two more
boats at the davits. 1 he absent one was
Mr. Joseph's, and wo knew that through
thick and thin be would hold on to the
whale. It was hours before we found
him, and when we did he refused to cut
his line from the carcass. The captain
cried to him that we could not hold the
whale in such a Bea, but the whaleman
cried back:
"He's a bundred-an' fiftv barreler.
and if you don't take the line aboard,
we'll stick to him in the boat!"
Soon after, as the gale was moderat
ing, the line was taken in, passing
through a strong iron brace screwed on
to the starboard rail just forward of the
gangway amidships, from which it wa3
taken back and made fast to the wind
lass bits at the foot of the mainmast.
It was a new line of stout manilti
hemp, and its strength was put to a
fearful test. A hundred fathoms astern
of the ship it held the monster's carcass:
and as the vessel rolled heavily to the
sea the strain on the line was terrific.
Standing toward of it I laid my band
on the line as the strain came, and I
felt it stretch and contract like a rope of
mum ruuoer.
Mr. Joseph's boat had come alongside,
and the captain, standing on the star
board rail, was shouting to him through
a trumpet. Tho line from the whale
passing irom astern to the brace forward
and back to the bits amidships, made an
acute angle, inside of which the cap
tain was standing. I saw and noticed
also, in the dark, a tall man, who
seemed to be leaning against the line.
" I hope he is forward of it," I said to
myself as I we.it -on with what I was
about.
I had no. taken six steps from the
gpot whtn sometuiDg strange occurred
The ship steadied as if the wind had
ceased. There .was no sound greater
than the storm: but, instead, there
seemed to fall suddenly a stillness. I
ran amidships and grasped lor the line
in the dark. It was gone! A rush to the
rail, and all was clear. The strain had I
torn out the brace. The mighty pull of
the whale astern bad jerked tho line
straight, like the cord of a gigantic bow,
and the captain, who had been standing
on the rail, was struck by the flying
rope and thrown senseless far into the
sea.
All this bad been seen by the men in
the boat before any one on board had
realized the affair. In less than a minute
the crv of "Saved 1" reached us from Mr.
Joseph, and, in a shorter time than can
be imagined by a landsman, tne boat
was hanging from the davits, and the
injured commander was being cared for
in his" cabin.
Rum and hard rubbing are the potent
remedies on a whaler, and by dint of
these the captain opened his eyes in a
quarter of an hour. He had been
stunned, but not seriously injured.
He was amazed at first at seeing the
mate and myself standing over him with
the rum bottle. But without a word
he realized the situation.
" How is the weather P" he asked.
"The wind has gone down," Baid Mr.
Joseph. " We're under foresail jib and
reefed topsails, and running rigut away
Irom the whale."
" GoneP" said the old man. ,
"Gone!" answered Mr. Joseph, rue
fully. "Stanchion dragged, and the
line parted, and $8000 went without an
owner."
'Tell Chios to see to that broken rail,"
said the captain, closing his eyes drows
ily.
"Ay, ay, sir!" said tne old second
mate, us he stamped on deck.
I heard him stop at tne aiter-natcu,
where the boat-steerers an.d the carpen
ter lived, and call "Chips!" two or
three times. At last there was an an
swer in another voice not Chips ; then
a round of hurried feet on deck, a shout
down the forecastle, and a shout back
in answer. There was no Chips mere.
Two minutes after a heavy foot came
aft to the cabin stairs, and Mr. Joseph,
with white face entered.
1 knew what he had to tell. I kne w
now just as if I bad seen it all who
the tall man was wnom l Had seen lean
ing against the line.
Xne captain iooxea a; tne second
mate.
"Chips is gone, sir," said the old
sailor, with a tremor in bis rougu voice ;
" Chips was knocked over by the line,
and we've gone four knots since it
parted. I've put her about, and we re
running down again."
There was a dead silence. We all
knew the search was hopeless. No man
could swim in such a sea, and we bad a
thought, though no one spoke it, that
brave Chips had been Killed by tne line
before he touched the water.
All night t?e beat about the place
where we thoaght it bad occurred. The
wind and sea fell, and the moon came
out in great beauty to help our sad
search. Every man on board stayed
on deck till the sun rose, and then we
looked far and vainly over the heed
less swell of the sea.
Chips was dead. Tue rough Portu
guese lads found it hard to believe that
the kind heart and strong hand of their
friend had gone forever. We all knew
that the best man in the Bhip was taken
away.
Two years atterward, wnen I lound
mTOell in Boston, I took from my sacred
things a letter which I had found in
Chips' chest. It was addressed to a
woman, witu tue name and number oi a
Cambridge Btreet. I found the place a
small frame house, with lots of Chips'
handiwork around it. His mother met
me at the door, a white-haired woman.
She seemed to have been waiting and
watching for somebody. A few words
told the hopeless story. The letter was
for her. and he read it over thj letter
of hor only boy. asking forgiveness for
bis one great and only disobedience
and as she read, the white head bent
lower and lower, till it met tne thin
hands: and I turned and left the little
room I bad darkened, with all its poor
ornaments, useless now, and, as I walked
toward Boston. I could not help think
iag that God's ways are often wofullv
far from being our ways.
John Boyle o keilly.
Sympathy as a Softener of Law
Tlrcy allow very wide scope to sym
pathy, as a sottner of law, in ranee
The case of the Countess de Tilly, re
cently tried in a Parisian court, was em
bellished by an outpouring of popular
feeling such as would scarce nave been
possible in other places. The countess
was tried for having disfigured the face
of a young laundress who had become
the favorite of the count, her husband.
The girl was handsome, and vain
enough of her conquest to tantalize the
countess by boasting that madam
would not live long, and that upon her
death she herself would succeed to the
title. Madame lost patience one day,
and discharged a bottle of vitriol full In
her tormentor's face, destroying one eye
and reducing the pretty features to a
mas3 of wrinkled sears. When the case
came to trial the public took part. The
jurors were publicly and passionately
admonished, and entreated to acquit
her. The newspapers were unanimous
in her behalf. Her counsel shed tears
while making his argument, which was
based on wholly sympathetic grounds.
The public prosecutor made merely a
fierfunctory request for conviction, and
mmediatelv added a plea for leniency.
The iudge instructed the jury in her
favor, amid the uninterrupted cheers of
the spectators ; and tho jurv at once re
turned their verdict ot acquittal, 'amid,
as the account says " .periect storm o
a p p lause." Chicuyo Time i.
Women, it is said, are more thorough
in what they undertake than men are.
Even in the matter ot conversation we
have the evidence of her striving to the
very uttertuott lonkert Mawman.
k TERRIBLE FATE.
tlow a Blind Man and a Crlppl Kayted
meuiiiTiniinn xnei tncir ueain.
At the mine known as " Filer's Slope."
near Scran ton. Pa., a painful accident
resulted in the instant death of a miner
named Felix Slavin, and his assistant,
John Dougherty, in the chamber where
they were at work. They were ngaged
Jn taking down a " skin." or loose piece
of coal, when a huge boulder, known in
mining parlance as " a black sulphur
clod," weighing about three tons, de
scended upon them from the roof, killing
both instantly, and crushing them to
gether into a shapeless mass. A miner
named Finnerty, working in an adjoining
chamber, bad been in a few minutes be
fore the accident and warned Slavin and
Dougherty of their danger, but they re
plied that the loose end was onlyj" a little
neu." and would not hurt anybody.
When Finnerty heard the crash he knew
what happened, and ran to where the
accident occurred. To his horror he
saw the miner and his assistant crushed
by the "clod," their feet sticking out
from under it and still moving. He
called to his comrades, and a gang of
men speedily congregated at the cham-
uer huu engKeu m iue worn oi remov
ing the boulder from the bodies. They
found this a task occupying several
hours. When it was finally accom
plished, and Slavin and Dougherty were
exposed to view, they presented a hor
rible picture. Their beads were crushed
together, and they were disfigured be
yond recognition. Strong miners, ac
customed to fearful accidents under
ground, were compelled to turn aside
and shudder as they contemplated the
ghastly sight.
A peculiar feature brought to
light by this grim occurrence, and one
that seems almost incredible, is the fact
that Slavin, the miner, had been totally
blind from boyhood. Scarcely any other
calling requires the exercise ot such
1 ' Vl . . 1 - 1 1
Keeu ttigub, yet luia unuappy man gropen
his way for years amid danger, and,
trusting to the skill of his bands and the
eyes of his assistant, plied bis perilous
vocation uncomplainingly. . His early
days were spent in the mines of Eng
land, where be learned the business and
lost his eyes. He was quite expert in the
use of the drill, and when bis assistant
once placed it accurately on the spot
wnere the hole was to be drilled for the
olast, Slavin, without deviating a hair's
breadth, made the bole at the proper
angle, and then superintended how it
should be fired. He had been a miner
thirty years without the use of his eyes,
and managed to get along in a way that
was altogether wonderiul to contem
plate. He left a wife and three children
wholly unprovided for. His companion
Douebertv.- who shared hit fate, was
also hi? companion in misery, having
been a cripple from childhood. He was
physically weak- and decrepit, and in
reality was nothing more than the eyes
for olavins skill and brawny arms.
Some days before the accident George
Filer, one of the owners of the mine.
conscious of the danger these two men
were daring, gave them notico that be
could not employ them any longer; but
tuey pieaaed pitcousiy to be retained.
saying it was the only way they could
think ot making a living, and so Mr.
D iler permitted them to remain. Toe
black sulphur clod by which these two
men were killed is a good deal like lead
in appearanco and weight.
A Humorist's Ancestors.
How much happier were our ances
tors than ourselves. Why, I was tell
ing my son this morning about his
ancestors, and I just envied them.
When they awoke at sunrise, they just
kicked off the bearskin, dipped them
selves into the creek, if there was a
creek handy, and didn't if there wasn't,
hung a wolfskin over their shoulders,
and they were dressed for the dav.
This was long ago, because wejuome of
a very oiu iamiiy. our iamuy records
show that our direct anceors had the
handsomest cave in their range of moun
tains, and a stranger couldn t get up in
the night for a drink of water without
falling over a skull. And they never
had to do a stroke of work. All day
long the gentlemen hunted, not so much
for sport as for meat. And the ladies
stayed at home and talked gossip and
chewed wolf-skins to mako them soft
and pliable for children's winter doth
ing. A man didn't go roaring ar.d
swearing around his room in the morn
ing, in thsse good old times, with his
eves full of soap, groping for the towel
There was no such thing as soap, and
they bad no use for towels. And they
never worried about sala;ios and the
price of commodities. When they want
ed anything they stole it, and when they
couldn't steal it, in a sublime spirit of
contentment, they went without it.
And politics never worried them either.
The man with the biggest clu'j and
longest arm was president by a unani
inous vote every time, and the man who
objected to the election was promptly
sold to the Oaio medical students in the
interest of science, Those were the days
when a man could run for president on
his shape. They were god men, these
ancestors of mine, in their day. I am
not ashamed of them, because I have
no reason for thinking they were
ashamed of me, and it they can stand it
lean. I hey were more reliable than I
am. They prayed oftener and made
more uoise uuuut n, nuu luey una moie
gods than they had words in their luu
guage. They fought a little, stole some.
and lied a great deal, and swore every
time they thought of it, but they never
played croquet, and were proof against
the vanity of roller skates. There were
some good things about them after all.
The best thing I know about them is
their distance, their remote antiquity
I revere the rare good sense which
prompted them to live and get through
with it and die, about three or four
thousand years before their more fastid
ious descendants wanted the stage for
their briei hour. u. v. isuraeiie.
New York city lias school accommo
dations for 124,353 pupils, the averagn
attendance is 108, 558, and the teacher'
ian aggregate ,joj,vou.19.
FIRM, GARDEN LSD HOUSEHOLD.
Stable VenlUatlon.
Too much attention cannot be paid to
the matter so all important to the health
of domestic animals, and to those per
sons who have the care of them. The
necessity of making animals comfort
able in their yards, stables, stalls or pens
of giving them an abundance of pure
air, keeping them clean, dry and warm,
of giving them the light and the warm
sunshine, of locating the barns properly.
so that a southerly and pleasant ex- "
posure may be bad, so that the cold
north winds mav be warded off and the
sloping and dry yard may be enjoyed
by them the importance of all these
matters is not sulucientiy considered
nor properly appreciated by the farmers.
The close packing together in low.
damp, dark places ot horses, cattle and .
swine is in effect just as pestilential
among these animals as similar con
ditions are among human beings. From
the excessive development of the
breathing apparatus in the cow and
horse, the activity of the cutaneous
function, the accumulation of animal
substances and the evolutions of gases
from excreta, it should be seen that at
mospheric contaminations are con
stantly going on in all stables, and that
pure and abundant air food is conse
quently withdrawn from the stabled
animals, unless unusual care be taken
and great discretion practiced in the
construction ot t'neir abodes. In the
best regulated stables, cleanliness and
an abundance of pure air, light and
warmth alone can insure tne heaitn,
comfort and useful life of our farm
stock. American Cultivator.
Habits of the Grasses.
The maioritv of the grasses mostly
highly valued for pasture are gregarious
in habit, and seem to thrive oetter
when several species are mixed together
than when each is growing separately.
Manv interesting experiments have been
made in this direction, and all show that
for a good permanent pasture a mixture
i several species oi a simitar uaoit is
better than any one alone. There are.
it is true, exceptions to this rule, princi
pal v found in localities where some par
ticular species is especially adapted to a
certain formation or kind of soil. For
instance, the Kentucky blue grass will
on some soils take entire possession and
crowd out other kinds, while in others
it will scarcely holds its own against
timothy, red top, and similar well
known species. Some of the species are
especially valuable for hay, others for
pasture, owing to their dill erent habits
of growth. For hay the farmer wants
grass that grows moderately lull
and comes to a maturity early, and If
several are sown together they should all
mature at the same time. But in
a pasture different species should be
sown, coming on at successive periods
of flowering, in order that some one or
other ot the number my be in perfection
at almost any time during the summer
and autumn. It is by having some such
combination of a considerable number
of species that the farmer should seek
to secure a rich pasture for his stock the
season through. The roots of grasses
are almost as variable in form of growth
as the stem and leaves. (Some have long
fibrous roots that penetrate the soil to a
great depth, and these are adapted to
light, poor soils: while others, like tim
othy, are almost bulbous in form, with
a few long fibrous roots extending from
the base, the latter requiring a rich and
rather heavy soil. I he nbrous-rooted
and low-growing species usually pro
duce a close, compact sward, while the
others form at most small tufts or
bunches. Many of our valuable indi
genous species grow in bunches; hence
the verv common name.-" bunch grass "
applied indiscriminately to at least a
score of different species of prairie and
mountain grasses. In appearance grasses
are very deceptive; the most luxuriant
mav be verv noor in nutritive proper
ties, while the small, rusty looking may
be exceedingly rich. The same is true
in regard to fragrance; the sweet vernal
grass so' very much prized to give hay a
sweet flavor, is really a very inferior
species, and by itself would make very
poor fodder. The above are only a
small part of the various characteristics
and habits of grasses that might bo
named, but thev are important and
should be known and. investigated by
every farmer who is desirous of procur
ing the species best adapted to ins par
ticular soil and climate. New Yorh
Sun.
louachold Hints.
An exchange gives the following di
rections for cleaning jewelry : Mix eau
do Cologne and whiting to the consis
tency ot cream; apply it to the article,
brush it well in, and leave it to harden.
Finally brush it off, and the result will
be most satisfactory.
Tn cannin? fruit, cither nut gloss iars
into a pan of cold water, and bring the
water to Bcalding beat with the jars in
it. emptying each as it is wanted, or
wrap a dish towel out of cold water
around the jars while tilling, and you
need not fear breaking them by putting
boiled fruit in them.
If vou want good starch, mix it with
cold water; add boiling water until it
thickens, then add a dessert-spoonful of
sugar and a small piece of butter. This
makes a still and glossy nnisu equal to
that ot the laundry.
For a damp oloset or cupboard.which
is liable to cause mildew, place in it a
saucer full of quicklime, and it will not
only absorb all apparent dampness, but
sweeten and disinfect the place. Renew
the lime once a fortnight or as often as
it becomes slaked.
Remove ink stains from carpets with,
milk, and afterward wash with tine
soap, a ciean brush, and warm water.
For greasaspots use powdered magnesia,
fuller's earth, or buckwheat. Sprinklo
on the spot and let lie until the grease is
absorbed; renew the earth, magnesia,
or buckwheat until all the grease is re
moved. Time and patience will in this
way remove the worst of grease spots.-
Detroit I'ree iVs.
Twenty-five manufacturing establish
, menU are in full blt at Erie, Pa.