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TIONESTA, PA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1887. $1 50 PER ANNUM The State of California has 38,000,000 acres of unoccupied land. The great scarcity of water is what now trouble the Californians moro than the Chinese question. Medical co-educntion has been decided a failure at Berlin, and henceforth women are not to be admitted as hospital' stu dents, or even allowed to attend the reg ular medical lectures. 7 ' General Miles says that we have in this ; untry material for the finest hVht ev. J' (: ' l - - a ' : y7 J" in tlie world. In the event of a war vo could recruit upon the plains 50,000 cowboys, who would make, with very little drill, matchless cavalrymen, far superior to the Cossacks in the Russian acrvico. During tho season of 1886 the United States Fish Commission has distributed over 00,000.000 young shad in the vari ous strenms and waters of the country, at an expense of less than $20,000. As less than 0,000,000 shad are' taken for the market in a season, fifteen young fish are put into the water for every old one removed. It is intended to construct a large tower in London ia commemoration of the Jubilee year of Queen Victoria's reign. The tower is to be 440 feet high at the extreme top, from which may bo icen eight or nine counties. It will over look every other structure yet built in London. It is proposed to erect this structure at tho top of Oxford street, whero the ground lies high. On the 27th of next June the Gate City Guard, of Atlanta, Ga., accom panied by a number of their Southern friends and acquaintances, will leave Atlanta, and on the 2d of July embark for Europe on board ono of the Antwerp steamers, of the Red Star Line, sailing from Now York. Tho Gate City Guard is said to be tho crack military battalion of the South, and tho principal object of the voyage is for recreation and sight seeing in the various cities of Europe, after which the Guard will return home, expecting to reach Atlanta by the 1st of 'September. ' Although, not yet out of the experi mental stage, electric street railways are rapidly gaining ground in public favor. OJiieaga, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Min neapolis, Toronto and other cities al leady have clec'.ric'stroct railways in suc cessful and profitable operation. About a dozen new roads are in course of con traction, and a score or two more are .ejected. Montgomery, Ala., will bo o first city in the world to have a com plete electric street railway system. In New' York it is expected that a new and powerful Daft electric motor will soon bo making trips on tho Ninth Avenue Ele vated Road, hauling a train of four or five cars. 'Numerous instances have been re corded of late in the medical journals," says Srienre, "of the complete reunion of portions of fingers which had been cut oil from tho hand, in some cases by the knife, and in others by the axe. In one case a man, in cutting kindlings for the morning fire, accidentally cut off the end of his thumb. He hud gono from the place some twenty feet, when he returned, picked up the end, wiped it and replaced it, binding it in its original place as near ly as possible; Tho wound united; and tho finger is now as good as ever, save that its sensibility is somewhat dimin ished. In another case a boy chopped off the ends of threo fingers. Ho was seen by a physician three or four hours after the accident. The ends of tho fin gers had boon found in tho snow, and wero brought to him. lie attached them, and two of tho threo united." "The Manufacturer and Builler thinks that the man who is working to socure a small piece of property substitutes a new and distinct ambition for a remote and vague one. Day dreams about large estates and princely incomes may be very amusing, but they are not half so profit, able as a vision of a lot lOOxvJOO, with a snug little dwelling house upon it. With this before him, a man will rise early and retire late, turning his hand cheerfully to any and every kind of work. He will have a motive for rigorous economy which will make it a pleasure. He will have the vision of the last payment be fore him as a perpetual motive to mode ration in passions, economy in expenses, abstinence from expensive pleasures and from expensive companions. Thus it . will come to pass that a judicious debt, incurred at the beginning of a journey man's or laborer's career, will become his good genius, watching over him, in citing him to all industry and to self government. Every laboring man ought to own his house. The first duty of the workingman should be to convert his earnings into real estaW." HOW OFTKW. How many Hps have uttered one sweet word, Ever the sweetest word in any tongue t How many listening hearts have wildly stirred, While burning blushes to the soft cheeks sprung, And dear eyes, deepening with a light di vine, Were lifted up, as thine are now to mine! How oft the night, with silence and perfume, Has hushed the world, that heart might speak to heart, And made in each dim haunt of leafy gloom A trysting place whore love might meet and part, And kisses fall unseen on lips and brow As on thine, sweet, my kisses linger nowl Charles L. Hildreth. THE POSTMISTRESS. BY 8IBELLA B. EDOCOME. "Muffins and crumpets made to or der." Thus ran the written notice, penned, too, in characters nearly ap proaching half-text, stuck up in one of the few principal shops facing the main street. The unimportant village of "Lammer- ton'' lav somewhat far ttrtran tmm .nn " - " "J ..Will J town, and therefore did a fair amount of mjuuv going Dusiness on its own ac count. Foremost nf nil pository, or store, rented by Janet Lisle, " ovm obuwuuery. newspa pers, the ITlftfTft7lT.nq nt tria rletr if ordered in time, besides a variety of use ful ,1 j . J .. . u uuu auu cuus. one was also the vil lage postmistress, and carried out the du ties of her office with a marked regard to promptitude. In each of these pursuits, however, she was aided by her pretty and winsome niece, Elsio Falconbrideo. In all realitv F.Iain w.i ... j i j -" uiuia uiiobicsa of the postal department than Janet .oio uciBcii. ii, was sne who ordinarily undertook the A is v v uaii tiV(C-t , day letter-bag, bestowing upon eachmis- " deviously me due oiticial stamp mark. "Janet Lisle's right hand, in fact," as everyone said. She, too, it was who made the muffins and crumpets muffirs and crumpets which were so pop ular in the village that no one ever dreamt of having a tea party without also having "mu tins and crumpets" to match. "Oblige me with a two-cent stamp, Miss Falconbridge, won't you?" and a somewhat elderly man at that moment stared her in tho face -this necessarily, however through the gap made in tho wire network marking off the space al lotted to the postoffice department. She handed him what he required. "And a registered envelope, also," he said. , Again she had fulfilled his request. "Thank you," and wiihout more ado he doposjjed a twenty-dollar note within the same. "All right." ho soliloquized, as old gentlemen are eo fond of doing. "Come, that's done, at any rate, " Ho added, in self-congratulatory fashion. Then came aloud, questioningly : "In the letter-box? or shall I leave it with you?" "You can leave it here, sir," au swered Elsie, quietly. Others were now coming in fast, de manding this and that, and in adopting a calm exterior lay her only chance of af tending rightly to each petitioner. Janet Lisle also was unusually busy that afternoon. Miss Veal, the richest old lady in the parish, gave a large tea party that very evening, and muffins and crumpets wero accorliugly being sent off in startlingly large quantities. "Is there any letter waiting for me to day, please?" asked a somewhat timid voice a fewminutes later on. "No, Miss Josephine, nothing'." am 8orry- Disappointing is it Tho two speakers seemed fully to com prehend each other. There existed, ap parently, a sort of pleasant sympathy be tween them. Both were pretty. Both looked good, and also thoroughly in tarnest. Only, that the assistant postmistress appeared full of brightness and life, and the girl now facing her wore the aspect of being tired of life already. "Yes, very. I nm sorry too." "Thank you. You are always kind. I will look in again to-morrow, if my doing so will not trouble you too much." "Not at all. Miss Josephine." The last named was already moving away to make room for some one else. Elsie Falconbridge had, however, not yet completed her business with the late lawyer's daughter. "Auntie," she whispered, "take my place here for a moment." Janet Lisle nodded in assent "Do come in here an instant with me, won't youi" and Elsie signed that Miss Josephine should accompany her into tne coy back parlor, where all was now in readiness for tea. "The fact is. Miss Josephine, I've done the most stupid thing imaginable to-day made a mis take, and prepared nearly twice the num ber of crumpets that will be wanted by anybody. Isn't it absurd of me? You won't mmd--no, I'm sure you won't, Miss Josephine helping me out of mv trouble?" J "But how?" came, hesitatingly, in re sponse. Then came ah 1 so bravely, for it is ever difficult to tell the plain truth in such matters "I can't. It's quite impossible. We have no money. Don't you understand?" "Absurd!" was the interruption. "Why, it's a favor I'm asking of you; don't you see? I knew you would be in to-day, for certain, and would befriend me. It's only that I want you, if you don't mind the trouble, to carry home a dozen or so to your sweet mother. Many's the dozen she has ordered from us in the past, when, perhups, we haven't been able to supply bur. One can't forget that fact, you know, in a hurry, bo tb e they are, Mias ' Josephine, all hot and ready-buttered, for I don't think you would know how to do it yourself. You had better go out this way, by the side door, and then no one will be the wiser for the favor you've done me." For one brief instant her worn, pale faced companion had bent down im pulsively and laid her own soft cheek against Elsie's, and tho next, wholly un able to speak, she had disappeared. "A rather heavier mail-bag to-night than usual, wasn't it, Elsie?" "Yes, aunt. Thank you for doing it up for me. At any rate, the registered letters did not occupy you a long while." "No, child." Meanwhile Elsie had been engaged in fienning a dozen words or more upon a arge sheet of letter-paper, and the fol lowing morning, side by side with the well-known "muffin and crumpet" state ment, appeared tho following: , "A you u lady, clever and well-educated, desires at once a good mornine or daily en gagement as governess. Terms moderate. KxceDent references. Apply for partlculai-s within." . Miss Josephine had, in a most inex plicable way, won the woman's en tire sympathy, and also the admiration of Elsie. And yet the latter never seemed to forget the difference in station that she considered still existed between her favorite and herself. She only knew that the lawyer's daughter was a very model of sweet patience, and that she and ail at home were as poor as any church mouse. "Oh, my 1" exclaimed little Bob Travers that morning, as the letters wero brought in. "What shoals of letters 1 What a lot of governesses we shall have, mother! I do declare if it won't be just like an evening party." "lioia your tongue, Jiobr urged his father, peremptorily "Leave the room." Letters of importance had to be dis cussed, most of them bearing reference to what Bob had termed the "evening pany. Some applicantsdeclariug they were ex perienced, because middle-aged. Others asserted that they were young, and there fore generally regarded as having an at tractive way with children; which latter statement was yet worse. The last-described young ladies would perhaps prove attractive in other ways, and fall desperately in love with the quiet bach elor Uncle Fred. No, that wouldn't do at all, and in a decided lit of ill-humor Bob's father threw the entire batch of letters into the fire. As usual, when perturbed in mind. "mother" turned the current of conver sation by addressing Uncle Fred. "I wish, when passing Janet Lisle's to-day, you would ask for our maga zines." All was hurry-skurry, as usua', threo or four hours later on in the post-office. A variety of small packages required im mediate weighing; and it was at this very juncture that Uncle Fred placed his foot upon the threshold. Something had, however, just caught his eye, and without more ado he beat a hasty retreat not, however, to a great distance off. "The very thing!" ho ejaculated. "There! We have been hunting about all this while and to what purpose? 'Particulars within.' Eh? Why, I'll go in at once and inquire." Uncle Fred was a widower, and had, therefore, mado his home of late years with his sister Polly's family. Anytning, he thought, was better than living alone. He was rich, too, and a highly culti vated man, with a pecuiiar faculty also for engaging in the performance of kindly actions. Like the rest of the family, however, he had only lately come into the neighborhood. "Will you excuse my troubling you about the notice in the window?" Elsie started visibly an instant. Yes, of course. This was not the first occasion upon which she had seen that certainly striking face. Yesterday, of course, when he had sent off the registered let ter. But Elsie was instantly all attention. Yes; sho could tell him all he required to knoiv and did so; and even as she spoke, Elsie's eyes sparkled brightly and lovingly. She was doing now what it rejoiced her true woman's heart to ven ture upon trying to help her favorite. "And Miss Falconbridge thought that tho young lady in question might be fully relied upon in her guidance of little children?" he aked. "Oh, dear me!. Yes most certainly." "You can give me her address?" Elsie noted it down quickly upon a slip of paper. IJefore the end of that certainly event ful day, Miss Josephine was engaged as daily governess in tho family of L'ucle Fred's sister, at the moderate salary of two hundred dollars a year. Some months have passed away since then. Kind Uncle Fred, that he ever is, has just appeared in the large, old-fashioned hall, and is assisting -'.Miss Jose phine" in putting on her cloak previous to taking her departure for home. lie, and "Sister Polly" also, are both made of good stuff, and folks say, and Heaven bless them for it! only wish to make her feel at home with them. And for the reason, therefore, it seems that Uncle Fred not only, on this spec ial evening, escorts her to the hall-door, bnt also a short distance on the road to ward home. As he says, the evening is so lovely, and the balmy outer air will do him good. She is telling him why, she does not exactly know something about their troubles at home since 'dear father" died. "In fact, you know," went on "Miss Josephine," quite simply, "he had not even a penny left in the house. It was too dreadful, sir." She paused a moment; then went on, in the least degree nervously : "Shall I tell you what I did i" "Yes." "I advertised, then, in tho country pa per don't be shocked, please. At any rate, I did it for tho best whether right or wrong, I don't quite know." "Go on." "I merely said, then, that a widow and her daughters all born to better things, as it had seemed were suddenly thrown into the lowest depths of poverty and asked for help." Uncle Fred gave a sort of slight ner vous start at this moment, but "Miss Jo sephine'' did not notice it. She was thinking only at that instant of the ter rible struggle which had urged her to take such a step as that which she was now describing. "And the result?" he asked, quietly. "What was itf" "No answer came," Rhe returned, gravely, but earnestly. "Possibly those who read the words did not believe in their truth; or possibly some did so who were not in a position to aid us." "I see," and Uncle Fred spoke now, 89 if dreamily. "There! I must leave you, Miss Josephine. Very sorry for it very sorry, indeed. Have just suddenly remembered something. You'll excuse my running away thus abruptly ; won't you? Will be a trifle more courteous next time. Horribly hard-hearted of the people; wasn't it, Miss Josephine?" And thus talking glibly as if, too, he did not exactly know what ho was saying Uncle Fred lifted his hat and disappeared. The following Thursday morning, just as "Miss Josephine" was starting for her usual daily occupation, a letter was placed in her hand by the postman; after reading which, that young lady marched deliberately upstairs again, removed her hat and cloak, cha-ed away with her pock handkerchief a great many tears inai ior some reason or other would in sist upon pouring down her cheeks, and then set to work ty to re read the follow ing words : "Dear Miss Josepink: Pardon mvahmnt: leave-taking yesterday; but I will now ex plain. Returning home expressly by way of the post-olliee, I did a small stroke of busi ness there on my own account. miss iMsie r alconbrldge was out, having gone to spend the evening with the widowed, and alasl now childless mother, of her once, and so lately too, sailor lover. We have, however, already spoken together you and I of this unlooked-for event, and also ol the brave way in which Miss Elsie bears the heavy blow. "But I would now speak of something else so selfish are we all In this world, you see. 1 persuaded the good dame, Janet Les lie, to assist me in something which was puzzling me not a little, "I heard last evening, for the first time, of course and also from your own lips, most strange to say that a twenty-dollar note, which I had sent you in answer to your ad vertisement asking for aid, never reached you. It had not, I now find, miscarried in the ordinary way that letters do occasionally go astray; but it was as impossible, you will presently see, that itshould ever have reached your abode, as the residence of one of the ancient patriarchs. "The letter containing the amount named was, it appears, although placed in a regis terei envelope for which I duly paid, never dispatched; and in the hurry-skurry of the moment it was never entered, either, in the official book. The fault was, of course, my own, quite as much as that of any oneelse; but every oue was asking hurried questions at the moment, and my letter yours, rather paid the penalty. Then, os fate would have it, it landed itself otherwise than in the le gitimate post bag, and dropped, how is best known to itself, behind a drawer that is rarely opened. "Forgive the details, however. Janet Lisle had only discovered the thus hldden-away missive half an hour before I appeared upon the scene nArk tbecoincidence and was in a state of no little consternation. ' Picture also my own dismay. "The mystcrv. however, is now solved. "I will not again tender the amount for your acceptance, as there certainly seems to be something unfortunate attending its ca reer beside which, on my part, I am going w asK a ravor rrom yourself. "Will you. I ask, become my wife? and also kindly acknowledge promptly the re ceipt of this letter, or I shall be compelled to take it for granted that my second commu nication has shared the fate of my first. Uncle Fred." "Miss Josephine," like a wise woman, answered the letter just received by re turn of post. , The years have flown since then, and matters go on much as usual in that small township of Lammerton. But there are changes, nevertheless. Janet Lisle knows her place no more in the coy little postollice. Sho has al ready gone homo long since to rest and sweet Klsie Falconbridge is now tho mis tress of everything. Her hair, however, though still beau tiful, is in these days white white as the driven snow; and the abiding ex pression upon her still handsome face is that ef ono who has passed through a mighty and also terrible sea of trouble, and borne the trial only as a true hero ine could. She knows, Rhe says, that God has or dered all, and that she shall see her sailor lover again one day in heaven. But there is still one person in tho world whom she loves dearly, and that is the happy, truo-hcarti d wife of "Uncle Fred." "I owe all every bit. in fact of my happiness to you. sweetest Elsie," as Jo sephine says. "It all dates from the day don't you remember? when you gave me muffins nnd crumpets" "And also dt patched my registered letter so carefully," remarks Uncle Fred, quaintly. Frank l.e.ilie,. The number of fruit trees in California is given as follows: Apple, 2,700,010; peach, 1,200,000; pear, .r.00,0U0; plum and prune, 000,000; cherry, 400,000; apricot, 400,000; orange, 1, BOO, 000; lime and lemon .000,0110. It is estimated that there are 70,000 acref of grape vines. It Will Never Return. The waves roll back on the de olate sbore. The bhips rt'turn over the sa, Ami tbt child returns to its futber'e door. Ami the cattle win 1 home I rum the Ira. The leaves return with the spring-time bloom, Aud thu light returns with the day But tlie eu-h thu eamlidute siut on his boom i goua forever aud aye! Lvnn Ume. LIFE AMONG THE WENDS. REMNANTS OF AN ANCIENT NA TION IN NORTII GERMAJiT. Both Roups Tilling the Fields Mak ing Their Own Clothing nnd Far. nitnrc Weddings and Funerals. The Wends are tho remnant, number ing altogether 140,000, of an ancient Slavonic nation, surviving in a few dis trict ot North Oermany, partly in I.usa tia, a providence of tho Kingdon of Bax ony, and partly of the Prussian province of Brandenburg, especially in the tpree wald, forty or fifty miles southeast of Berlin. The tjpreewald is a level region of woodlands and marsh-meadows, in tersected by many winding branches of the river Spree, which are traversed in punts; and a Berlin correspondent, who with a companion enjoyed a few weeks' sojourn in that district has furnished us with sketches of the people. They are industrious, frugal and comparatively wealthy peasants, retaining their national costume, manners, habits and language; but were friendly and hospitable to their visitors, and could speak German, which is taught in the schools. Around Burg, one of the largest villages, the Raupen or farmhouses are substantial build ings, whitewashed and thatched, the roofs having often high ga bles, ornamented with crossed and carved beams, and there is sometimes a wooden gallery outside the house. Formerly a carved figure of a horse's head, which had some mythological significance in half-pagan times, was a frequent decoration of the roof-beams. On tho grass-plot in front, where the homespun linen is spread for bleaching, a large fir tree is usually growing; tho river close by is crossed by a raised foot bridge with stepladder at each end, and with a single hand-rail, while the punts are tied up at the landing place. The little garden is bright with red peonies and w'hite guelder roses. Some hamlets are built on small islands, the shores of which are protected by stakes and beams at the water's edge. Thd Wendish men and women are seen working in their own fields, each peasant owning, Eerhaps, twenty acres, cultivated y the labor of himself and his family. Being so thrifty, buying scarcely anything except ceries, mffking their own clotlunj wooden furniture, they save a gooi and and L deal of money. Every year the family will salt down or cure two sheep and two pigs for winter consumption; four or five stall-fed cows provide their milk and butter; there is poultry in the yard and fruit and vegetables in the garden. Wood is obtaiued from the forest that belongs to tho local community, and peat is tound in abundance. Their crops and cattle are chiedy for their own con sumption. They grow their own liar, which is spun by the girls in merry win ter evening parties, finishing with song and dance; nnd some of their homespun wool is exchanged at the ncighboiing town for wool dyed of bright colors, from which they weave the stud of their splendid holiday and Sunday dresses. " A Wendish young lady wears a scarlet petticoat edged with black, with yellow seams up the plaits, a wide, clean apron, a black velvet corslet, across which is folded a bright handkerchief of yellow and red pattern, and a starched whito head dress of imposing shape. The wedding of a bride who had a dowry of $20,000 thalers was a grand affair; the women appeared in bright silk head dresses with tremendous stiif ruffs of the Elizabethan style around their faces, lace neckerchiefs, velvet bodices and gorgeous silk aprons over the heavy skirts of em broidered cloth. The bride wore a myrtle wreath around her head, and car ried her lace veil in her hands on leaving tho church. Tho Wendish household is comfortable; there is a lare tiled stove in the sitting-room, with a settee around it, and a beuch goes all around the room ; in the window, behind white curtains, are pots of flowers; the bedroom is snug and tho huge fcuther bed is only tyosoft, but the bed linen is clean aud fresh; large chests are filled with clothes for all occasions, neatly folded and scented with lavender. Different dresses, skirts, scarves and caps are worn by a Wendish lady at church, at the Communion ser vice, at a wedding or festival and in private life ; sho will have, perhaps, fif teen to eighteen dresses, each worth fifty to sixty thalors, but they lust her life time. In going to a funeral, tho women, over their black garments, put on long white shrouds, looking like ghosts; a boat filled with such mourners was rowed silently down the river, and with a bereaved mother intently ga.ing on her little child's colli ti, decked with a black cross and wreaths of white (lowers. These simple Wendish folk who live so peacefully not far from tho great capital of Prussia will probably bo Germanized before many years more have passed, and their picturesque peculiarities will no louger be cen on the banks of tho Spree. The West Point Military A adeiny. Tho corps of cadets at the West Point Military Academy consists of one from each Congressional district, one from each Territory, one from the District of Columbia, and ten from the United States at large. With the exception of the lat ter, who are selected by the President, the cadets are chosen appointees of the members of t'ougress of the districts where vacancies occur.Tlicy are appointed one year in advance of their admission to the academy, and appointees must be between the ages of seventeen and twenty-two years. Candidates are examined under regulations to be prescribed from time to time by tho Secretary of War, and must be versed in reading, writing, arithmetic, and have a knowledge of the elements of English grammar, of de scriptive geography and of the history of the I nited Slates. By applying to the Secretary of War, Washington, D.U., further information van be obtained. Uos'oh Cultivator. DEVOTION. Just as the hiU-crownod lake reflects the sky That o'er it bends shines blue when it Is blue. Is gray when dim and hoary clouds float by. And bright when sunset limns a gorgeous hue Tlie tapostriosof eve with crimson dye, And gleams when night's soft dusky hands renew The heaven's star-studded diadem on high, Whose million jewels glisten clear and true; So is reflected in a maiden's eyo, Through Irishe? lng or drooping eyelids shy. Each changing mood of him whom she loves best; Whether in sorrow dim or gladness bright, , Love shines with constant and devoted light Terough her soul's windows, ever self-con-1 fessed! Jo7nv M. Cameron. HUMOR OF THE DAT. When women obtain the right to vote, there will bo a good deal more bustlo in politics than there is at present. Boston Courier. A Boston firm publishes a work en titled "A Girl's Boom." The average girl's room is two scats in a horse car. New Haven News. The fact that a man has not cut his hair for ten or twelve years need not necessarily imply that he is eccentric. He may be bald. Why does the beauteous maiden seem So wearied and so vexed f She's just found out the tale will be "Continued in our next." Merchant Traveler. "How easily a man may make a mis take that he will regret a lifetime." feel ingly observes un Ohio editor. It is in ferred that he w as recently married. Niirristoicn Herald. Passenger: "That's all the money I have." Conductor (examining a trado dollar): "1 can't take that piece." Pas senger: "Ah, well, give it to the com pany, then." Til-Bits. "Pa, have you got the hydrophobia?" "No, Bertie; what makes you asK that question?" "Well, I heard ma say to-day that you got awfully bitten when you thought sho had a fortune in her own name." Harper's Bazar.. Before marriage tho young man feels that he is profoundly unworthy of the dear girl, and she knows that he is worthy. After marriage they both change their minds she udopts his opin ion and he hers. Ghicaqi Mail Paid Mr. Henpeck to a friend: "The combined age of my wife and myself is forty years; now guess our respective ages." If your ages aggregate forty, I suppose your wife represents four aud you represent tho naught." Texas Sift iiujs, Horace Greeley said that the saddest day 6f a young man's lifle is when he comes into tho postssion of a dollar he has not honestly earned. It is prcttv i sad for him, though, when he don't come into possession of a dollar he has honest ly earned. Lynn l n,'n. 'TWILL NKVEll DIE. 'Tis heard as soon as breaks the morn And heard eaeh hour till day is o'er; 'Tis centuries since it was born And it will last for centuries more Perhaps till Gabriel blows his horn The winter order: Shut the door I Boston Courier, Sugar Tune. The recent experiments conducted by the Agricultuial Department under a new process for extracting tho juice of the sugar cane, by the process of diffusion, have resulted iuite succe-sfully. The process may be described by saying thai it extracts the juice of the cane by soak ing. It is nothing new, having been practised in Europe for many years. The juice passes from the cells of the cane into water in w hich tho cane has beca placed. By the old process the juico is crushed out by direct pressure, tho cane being passed between rollers. Experts report that tho average yield of juice ex tracted by pressuro is from fifty-six to sixty-one per cent, of the quantity con tained in tho cane, although with special enre, and by using the best mills, seven ty and even eighty per cent, has been ob tained. Generally, however, from one fourth to one-third of tho sugar is lost, and is burned w ith the bng'asse. By dif fusion, on tho other hand, a much larger ! per cent, is extracted, and tho juice is obtained tree from impurities. 1 he sub stitution of d illusion for pressure in India some years ago raised tho percentage in quantity from seventy to eighty four per cent., while tho total gain of crystalized sdgar was forty-three percent. The dif fusion process has been so perfected in i the manufacture of beet sugar that nine j ty-iive per cent, of tho juice i-i staved. bome recent experiments with Louisiana cane sugar resulted in 11! t pounds of su gar to the ton of cane, whereas, by tho old process only eighty pounds could have been produced, and this means a vast increase in the production of Louis iana cano sugar, aud a decided impetus to tho grow th of sorghum. Cultivator. A Princess in Purple. The Princess Waldcmar, of Denmark, is addicted to the use of purple. During the few days she spent in Paris she was so frequently seen in purple garments that the color has becumo suddenly fashionable here. Until tho other day it was looked upon as only suitable for old ladies, aud now it is being seeu upon voting girls and even upon children. It is the armoriat color of Denmark, aud suits the fair Princess .Marie admirably. One evening at tho I eiaet Theatre she was seen in the dress of purple plush with a gold plastron. Sho is loud of wearing a purple velvet capote with a gold aigrette, and a purple velvet mantle lined with gold. Her latest traveling mantle is made of purple cloth trimmed with gold pasiieiueutciie. J'urU Lttjor,
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