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VOL. XXI. NO. 28.
ni-irr. a bosc Ml M Ukra 01 aaoaymou
Bavannah 1 now the largest cotton
;ort In the United Btatci, and Norfolk
econd,
Bol-a Lockwood sayt that woman 1)
improving Intellectually thirteen per
eat, faster than man.
Twonty-two thousand Norwegian!, it
i estimated, will leave their homes
his year to lottlo in the United States.
There are e'ght mission ships now
mising in the North Sea, each a com
itiation of church, chapel, temperance
' all and disponsary.
Alaska cost the United States 17,000,
(')', and the Fur Seal Company has
riily paid our Oovornment over
'. 000,000 for the privilegei it enjoys of
tang souls from the Territorial waters.
The new Duchess of Marlborough has
t out to ma'e Blomhelm Castle spick
Ml span, and was astounded the othir
.y to find Ihnttho mending of its roof
i a trustworthy manner would cost just
",000 of her good American dollars.
Tt is tolerably clear now, says the New
k Sun, that the English harvest will
Ml lms than 53, 00-), 000 bushel",
ropean crops are fiftoen per cent.
lor the avorago, but India, Australia
I Africa givj a good surplus. Prices
advanced one to two cents a
hoi.
I'he Washington correspondent of the
v York HVrW says: "A movement
!i foot among Southern capitalists to
to a good grade of Knglish colonists,
o.ithern capitalist told me that ho he
'd to a syndicate which was offering
mf-nts to English manufacturers
no io tho ut J s'rMs of the South
their entire plants. - special in
rent? aro to bo offered to cotton
iicrs."
i is reported as the greateit water
n year the Georgians have had in a
In, A Savannah paper reports the
r of carloads shipped from the
Kt 7035, 1 ho average number of
i per carload is 1100, making
7,(300,000 melons already shipped,
imate for thJ rcmaiudor of the
i 3 ), 000, making the total crop,
home consumption, 7,83,000
,tUo total valuo of which Is placed
.'.'0,000.
tain Vangele, la an interview at
'. Belgium, stated that he be
! that he himself was the mysterious
io Pasha" reported by the- natives
ng in the Bahr-el-Ghazel Province
w'rica. The Captain has just re
nd from the Congo country, and
i that at the brginniug of the yenr
had conllicts with tho natives iu the
Uborhood of that province. Captain
gelo't description would answer to
of the "White Pasha." ,
ilia report that two German bankers
(bout to purchase the Island of Ilerm
renting a sensation in Paris. The al
.1 bankers are said to be German
n! officers In disguise, whose design
,o familiarize themselves, by thoatffo?
al pilots, with certaiu channels and
orreots, a knowledge which would be
I i in monso value in the event of a war
l.ctweea France and Germany. The
Island of Ilerm lies, two and a half miles
from Germany in the English Channel.
The Electrical ItetUie quotes Professor
Asa Grey as saying that there is ground
for the belief prevalent in Europe that
lightning, strike! the Lombard y poplar
io preference tn Other trees. lie says an
old fashioned I.ombardy poplar, by its
height, its complete covering of twigs
and small branches ntt'i by its sappy
wood, makes a capital lightning rod and
a cheap one. To make it surer the tree
should stand in moist ground or near
water, for wet ground is a good con
ductor and dry a poor one. It is recom
mended to plaut a I.ombardy poplar near
the house and another near the barn.
A large part of the Bra ilian empire is
ready for republicanism, declares the
American Cultivator. Dnm Pedro, the
present Kmporor, has been a father to
his people. He has been largely in
fluential in abolishing slavery, and for
the good he has done the em r ire wilt
not be disturbed in his day. But he
will have no successor. After his death
republicanism will be the natural order
of things. Brazil has enormous re
source and a territory that may possibly
be subdivided into a uumber of govern
ments. In time South America will be
gathered under a federative system, like
that of the United Statu.
Pays the Detroit Fr:4 Pre: "The
EnglUh consumption of wheat per year
is 200,000,000 bushels. The annual
production of wheat in England will
average from 75,000,000 to 80,000,000
bushel. This year it wil'. not be more
than 60,000,000 bashele. It is an ill
win that blows no one some good. The
American farmers in the Northwest have
long suffered the hardships that follow a
low price in wheat Nearly all the mar
gin of profit has been consume 1 in ele-.
valor and transportation charges. If
the English, wheat crop this year really
ma a! the estimate that have been
wade it will be a season of revoking for
the American wheat grower."
THE HOME-BOUND HOST.
The sound of a host advanciug,
Tramp! tramp! tramp!
Under the windy flicker
And flare of the evening lamp,
Under the steady whiteness
Of the clear eleetrio light,
Th sound of an army marching
Is In the street to night.
Not to the clamor of bugles,
Nor the stormy beat of drums,
Dot to the battle's tooxin,
The juhilant army come.
A itHtor musie summons
And thrills along the line,
Though each for himself may hear it,
And make to the next no lign.
The patter of tiny footfall
That run to an open door,
- The mother's tender alnging.
Hor step on the nursery floor,
The boyihh shout of welcome,
The girlish ripple of glee,
At the click in the guarded portal
Of the home-bouu 1 father' key.
This is the army's music:
Cheerily call good night
The merry voice of th comrade
As he pones out of sight
Into the heart of th household
When the day' long work is dona.
And wife and bairns are waiting
With a kiss for tho dearest one.
Under the windy flicker
And flare of th evening lamp
I hear a host advanciug -,
With steady and resolute tramp
A host of the strong and geutle,
A throng of the brave and true,
Dear little wive and mothers,
Hastening home to youl
Margaret S. Sangtter, in B tzar.
THE ENCHANTED VIOLIN.
TRANSI.ATKl) FROM TUB FRENCH,
Vlasin Doroschetika had this peculi
arity, that ho went always with his gaie
bent upon tho curth, though he had
really no other motive for lowering his
eyes than because it was his custom to
do so. He was poor, it is true, but
poverty is not an infamous thing, as
every knows, remaps it was because
tho young girls did not lovchiin as much
as possible, for wheu have you ever seen
madcaps act otherwise than thought
lessly )
Vlasin Doroschcnka was a handsome
boy, yes, even the handsomest boy in
Sotwinka, his features energetic and
grave, his complexion ot brown amber.
his hair thick and black, cut short upon
the brow, forming n whole to which two
eyes, profound -and dreamy, enve tome
thine that was singularly ire u tie and
sympathetic. The young girls, those
pretty mockers, seeing him always remain
silent aud pensive instead of singing and
duncinjr like the others, the younar tirls.
I say, having formed their own opinion
of lasin, did not willingly follow the
same road as he.
Nevertheless, if he showed himself so
little communicative and lowerod his
gar.e with uch persistency, it was to
lend a more attentive ear. not to that
which was being faid to him, but to
that which was iiassins withiu him. and
the melody which he heard there, veiled
and mysterious, was au enigma to which
he as yet was unab e to 11 ud the key,
lie did not comprehend it any more
than he csmprehenued the conduct of
lioie, the daughter of the rich UeUor,
who seemed to detest him if anything
more than her companions, and lifted
her lip with a little disdainful move
ment wheuever she encountered the poor
uoy.
Was it to study and penetrate this
charming sphinx that Vlasin concealed
himself so frequently behind a tree stump
to see her pass, and never took his eyes
from ber whenever she was in seeing
distance r
, Cne evening Doreschenka wastraveri
ins the village; the moon was up and
striping with shadows the road that site
whitened with her ravs, tipping with
silver the corallas of the sleeping dowers
and the margins of the well. All at
once he perceived a human figure, tali.
gaunt, and which seemed to be striving
to hide ittself in the prickly hedge. At
the same time he heard a tremblinsr
voice that stammered out prayers and
supplications. Vlasin approached and
recognized the old Abisch, a man much
re-pectd and loved in the couutry-sido
because of his double talent of violinist
and chiromancer. They said, even, lie
was something oi a sorcerer, but a sor
ccrer only iu the amiable acceptance of
the word.
"What is the matter with you
Abisch :" the younz man demanded.
"What is the matter What is the
matter with me?" cried the unhappy art
ist in a despairing voice; "do you not
see for yourself that ferocious doer with
my cap in his teeth, end who wishes to
tear me to pieces!" And looking closely
Vlasin did indeed discover a tiny little
pug clog which had stopped before
Abisch and played with his property as
gayly as any other young and inexpe
rienced animal would have done, tlo
chased him away, however, simply t6 re
assure the old man, who decided then,
but not till then, to quit his refuge all
white witn blossoms and sweet with
perfumes.
"I owe you my life, Vlasin I" cried
the good mau with effusion: "I shall
never forget it, I swear it!" and he
walked away rapidly.
r'ome time after this he came upon
Doroscbeoka alone upon the steppe,
seated upon a hillock dreaming.
"What is the matter with you, Vlasin?"
demanded the violinist in turn.
"What is the matter with met" re
peated Doroschenka, "God knows it,
doubtless, but I am ignorant of it All
the same, little important as it is, I
should like to know why every one dis
likes me, and why the young girls turn
away from me as if I bad the evil eye:"
"Isitsof" replied Abisch, "eh bien!
then I am go ng to give you a confidant
for your troubles, a friend to whom you
can open your heart and who will re
spond tike an angel when you ask hiin
questions."
"And it is V
"This, Doroschenka, this;" and open
ing bis talas the good Abisch drew forth
from its folds a violin far from appear
ing new, and at the same time pressed
into hit bauds the bow.
"Ah, thank you," said Vlusin, disap
pointed, "I am unuble to make it serve
me."
"Paidon me, it ia unnecessary that
you tbould. Kuovf fcow to play it."
Unnecessary! then is the violin en
chanted!" said the young man, still un
decided. The old musician shrugged
his shoulders, smiled and. turningaway,
disappeared undor cover of the herbage
ol the steppe, liko a bird that regains in
haste tho shelter of its leafy covert.
Jjoroschcnkn remained alone witn nis
pain and bis violin, in the plain immense
and solitnry, contemplating with the
Btrnnjret anil most inexplicable senti
ments the mysterious present of his old
friend. At Inst he took courage and
lifted it to his shoulder.
Why should I not," he said to him
self; "nobody can hear me nobody
but God and perhaps it is not a crimo
to render upon tho wood that he has
created harmonious sounds that will
chant His praises.
The steppe, green and undulating, un
rolled before him as far as the eve could
reach, the spirit of the Spring was in
his soul, the bees bu.cd by hundreds in
a sort of pious murmuring, while above
him sounded the clear song of the birds,
losing itself in the blue air; the light
warm and go'den. Vlasin rose up and,
throwing a glance about him, drew the
chords across the bow, and listened. It
seemed to him a if tho who'e world
had hushed itself to pay attention.
Soon the notes, undecided and hes
itating at first, came fast and pressing;
it was like the vanishing of an evil
charm under which he, DoroschenUn,
nntil then had been bound nnd fastened.
He perceived it himself, this wealth of
dormant melody that was in him, and
which he made to pass into tho sonorcus,
echoing body of tho instrument in his
his hands. He comprehended nothing
of th s miracle that had happened to
him he who had received lessons from
no one.
No matter; he remarked thereWs
midst of that nature so suddenly rebdra
in him playing, singing, in tho full joy
of the liberty that possessed Mm the
liberty of the eag'e, king of the air; of
tho Cossack, king of the desert.
In the village or at work it was with .
the solicitude of a miser that ho hid his
treasure from the eyes of all, bnt-when
he found .himself alone again in tho shad
ows of the forest or in the immensity of
the plain, when no ere saw him, no ear
heard him, he opened his long overcoat
of thick cloth, took tho instrument that
he carried upon his heart and played.
. It was thus that upright one evening,
under a heaven pure and studded with
stars, he drew from the harmonious
chords notes of inexpressible sweetness
and melaucholy. All noises were hu-hed
about him; the inserts that wavered al
ways abovo that emerald sea troubled
not even by the whirring of a wing the
silence Impressive and sublime. Vlasin
dreamed as he jplayed, and, dreaming,
saw before him the 'shades of heroes
whose corpses had once lain thick as
leaves upon th s toil in those deadly
struggles between the Tartars and the
Ottomans.
Then tho steppe began to talk to him,
and the wind that passed across the
long grasses to bring him the echo of a
plaintive voice, and soon the words of
an old song (a nearly forgotten song by
llmielui.ki, tho Cossack), that floated
in the air all sweet with perfume. The
voice approached always, and suddenly
a charming head emerged from the green
waves. A fairy of the steppe, perhaps,
her eyes, dark and soft, expressing pro
found astonishment; her face of ravish
ing beauty; her breast covered with
strings of coral and sequins of gold. A
fairy of the steppe.' By no means, for
the hair that was imprisoned under the
silken kerchief was brown not blonde,
like ripening wheat and she carried
upon her giy-co!ored robe a soukmauna
of cloth blue as the heavens.
The heart of Vlasin bounded in hit
breast, while Dodena, motionless three
steps from him, plucked a flower, then
another, then still a third, striving to
conceal her trouble.
' "It is thou, then, who pi ay est so
well," she said at last. But Vlasin,
without replying a single word, recom
menced his melodies, diiecting his
steps toward the depths of the steppe,
the enchanted violin, showing itself
truly worthy of its namo; the young
girl, fascinated by those ardent and
passionate strains, following by his side
with a lingering, hesitating step, then
with one more assured, until presently
she place! her hand upon the arm of
Doroschenka, and when he raised his
voice ami tang she sang also and with
him adua, you would have said, of the
brazen bourdon and the silver bell.
They walked for a long time, happy
ns a pair of birds up in a bouh, and
thereafter returned to meet again every
evening, but without ever giving each
other a rendezvous. lasin now con
ducted himself very differently from in
the past. He carried h i head high, no
longer lowered his eye in traversing the
streets, and-when he played the young
girls, charmed as Dodena had been,
clustered nt his hecK He noticed them
not, however, but went with no o: her
thought than to rejoin her who awaited
him under the humid and vague light of
the stars in the midst of the steppe
which undulated black and murmuring
as the sea.
Before long, as was to be expected,
the rumor began to circulate that
Doroschenka had a magio violin with
which he bewitched the hearts of the
beauties young and old. lint one buu
day, as the girls and boys were united
at the steps of the church after the
benedictions were over, and the parent
grouped about them, amusing then
selves with their diversions, Vlasin
came from tho temple hit instrument in
his hand. Hardly had he placed hi
foot upon tho threshold when a dozen
voices began to cry in threatening
tones:
"To the water with the sorcerer! To
the water, an 1 in with him!" and the
hot heads threw themselves toward him
to do as they were bid. Vlasin did not
stir, but tranquilly ruised his bow aud
played. They stopped to listen, aud as
the sounds grow marked, the cadence
louder and more encatrins. bov ami
girls began todauce, aud soon the parents
. i ....
themselves, unable to resist that delicious
music, joined their children and even
rivaled them in the ardor nnd zeal with
which they whirled and pirouetted.
Doroschenka had nothing more to fear
fiom his fellow-citizens, and one day,
not long after this, when the old Betzkor
betook himself to tho house of a pricbt
and implored divine assistance to de
liver his daughter Dodeqa from the
spell laid upn her by that rascally
Doroschenka. the priest only smiled and
book hU head.
"Thou art fool?!), BeUkor," said he;
'for my part, I tco not the slightest
sorccry'in the whole affair, aud if there
is it is very natural sorcery, which you
icrhnps are now too old to comprehend,
nit which is nevertheless no offense to
God."
"But what shall I dof What shall I
do?" still cried the old Bct.kor. .
"Do? A very simple thing give him
Dodena to wife. Is ho not the bravest
nnd handsomest boy in Sotwinka? And
if I say this to you, you will be able to
believe it with closed eyes, for after God,
if there is any one upon the face of the
earth able to sound the hearts of men
and womon, it is truly, it seems to me,
the minister of God."
The old Bctzkor washy no means con
vinced, but as in the end his sighs and
lamentations brought about no change
in the situation he was forced to give up
the argument and yield the game.
Now Dodena is the wife of Vlasin, and
when they take themselves to the steppe,
and when tho enchnntcd violin vibratos,
harmonious and penetrating, and the
voices of tho married lovers mount
unitedly toward the heavens blue and
pure, there is not in the world a couple
whose felicity is deeper or more complete.
Nets York ilercwy.
Primitive African Telephone System.
A part of Reclus's map showing the
tribes who live in the Cameroon district,
West Africa, is shaded to show exactly
what portion of the country is the home
of the four or five little tribes who have
perfected an ingenious and practical
telephone system that distinguishes them
frcm all the other natives of Africa.
Everywhere among the blacks of Africa
the big drum or tam-tam is used in war
and on festive occasions, hut it it only
these Cameroon natives who have dis
covered how useful the tam-tam may be
made as a rapid promulgator of news
ovuy mun.tain and plain.
Of course, the news is telephoned by
drumming on tho tam-tam, l ut the
sounds produced are not signals. Ac
cording to the New York Sun they repre
sent syllables and words and so grow
into sentences like the ticks of a tele
graph instrument. It is a very ingenious
invention, and do?crvcs to rank with any
of our own devices for the rapid trans
mission of nes that : were in voguo
before tho electric telegraph superseded
them. Tho force and rapidity with
which the instrument is beaten are ele
ments in the interpretation of the idea to
bo expressed, and syllables and words
aro also formed by combinations of
strokes, something like the Morse alpha
bet. It is a complicated system, and
speaks highly for the intelligence of the
people who devised it.
The system is a secret that it confided
to only about 200 of the natives. Though
five or six of the white residents and ex
plorers in that region have told all they
know nbout the tam-tam telephone, its
language is as yet wholly unintelligible
to them, as tho secret is carefully
guarded. Only a few women have been
instructed in the art,atid no slave is per
mitted to acquire it.
Jt is the duty of every operator to be
ready, if need be, when he hears the
tam-tam to repeat tho message, which is
taken up in turn by operators further in
land. In this way any news may bo com
municated for a distance of forty or fifty
miles in a few hours. Thus the chiefs
correspond with ono another, nnd no
important news happens that is not
promptly telephoned ill over the dis
trict. Whoti a ship arrives at the mouth
of the Cameroon itiver the tam tam may
be heard beating far up tho side of the
neighboring mountains, and the news is
repeated from drummer to drummer
until it reaches tho furthest confines of
the district. If a white party proposes
to visit some chief in the interior the
tam-tam carries the news to him that
white visitors are coming almost before
they have staitcd on their journey. Thus
our benighted African brother has taught
himself a way to annihilate space and to
transmit his thoughts on the wings of the
wind.
American and European llerong.
-North America has a fine array of
herons. Not less than a round do.en of
tpeciet make up the list, while in Europe
only two are at all common, the lew
other species mentioned being only visit
ors, more or less rure. The heron ol
Northern Europe the bird embalmed in
song and ttory as the noblest quarry at
which king or piince could 11 y his falcons
the bird which it were death, in
medi eval times, for villaius to harm is
still carefully protected in Englund. It
is closely reluted to our "great blue"
heron but is not so large nor to hand
some, and, presumably, less courageous
than the latter. The large herons are
everywhere shy and wary birds. The
great bulk and imposing carriage make
them a conspicuous target for gunners,
and their hereditary suspicion is intensi
fied by personal experience of the treach
ery of man until they show an eagerness
to vacate the neighborhood at his ap
proach that e.'1'ectuu.lly precludes all at
attempts at close - observation. The
smaller kinds, on the contrary, manifest
but little timidity, nnd were they not
persecuted would snou familiarie them
selves with the doings of civilization.
American Mnyaiinf.
Electricity as an Anesthetic.
Mayor Hewitt, of New York, says the
Mail and .'.t, ;(, was not far astray in
his assertions made before the Electric
Convention the other day at the Hotel
Brunswick, when he said that electricity
was only iu its iufancy. A lady who
went through tho trying ordeal is re
sponsible for saying that a dentist in this
city has successfully introduced ele
tricity as a substitute for gas. the went
to him the othor day to have a tooth
pulled, and as she feared to take gas an
ticipated martyrdom. 'W dentist asked
her if she would not tryTlectiicity, and
bis explanation satisfied her of its pain
lessness ana saiety. i no dentist had
a
! small battery with which he charged ber.
1 amI when he placed the forceps to the
! tooth to be pulled, the instrument acted
! as conductor of the electric fluid, which
41 4 t .1. - 1IM l . l J
flowed from the tooth. When he pulled
she felt no pain, the electricity seeming
to neutralise it, and the operation wai
performed as easily as if gas hud beeu
adiiiioi'tered. The patient beside felt
exhilarated and strengthened by the
operation. There teems to be no longei
any leasun why the tilling and pulling of
teeth should be accompauied with sucb
fearful dread and subsequent agojy.
Beriuh Wilkins will continue to livi
iu Washington after his. carter iu Con
' erest is ended,
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
A Pineapple Pudding.
Cut a fine ripe pineapple in slices and
boil it lor ten minutes in a pint of white
sugar syrup, then remove the fruit and
press it through a sieve. Add to tho
syrup in which the pineapple w as boiled
an ounce of gelatine which has been
soaked in cold water for twenty minutes,
nnd ttir over the fire until the gelatine
is entirely dissolved, then atrain tho
tyrup through a piece of muslin, and
when rather cool ttir it Into the fruit
pulp. You can decorate the inside of a
mold with fruit if you desire. The fruit
used for decoration should be dipped
into melted gelatine, then it will adhere
firmly to the mold. Pour in tho pine
apple, etc., and imbed the mold in ice
until required. If the decorating is
done tastefully the pudding will form
an elegant-looking dish. When more
convenient, canned pineapple may I e
used instead of fresh, and will answer
the purpose very nicely. A'tv Yorh
Aeu$.
Bauer Kraut.
If our readers, says the lrairie Farmer,
will follow these directions they will
have excellent kraut: Select good solid
heads, trim oil the outside leaves, get a
sharp cutter, with the knives set line.
Cut, and till a washtub, sprinkle over the
cab base mit enough salt to season lor
cooking; with the hands work the salt
through the mass, until all is saitco.
Have a barrel ready and when a tm lull
is salted, turn in; with a fiat pounder,
pound carefully until the juice rises
over the top. Make a depression in the
center and with a cup dip out all the
juice. It is this juice that emits tho
odor so offensive to many persons:
Proceed in this way until the barrel is
full. Cover the top with large cabbage
leaves and set in the cellar. It will be
necessary to put a light stone weight on
top of the leaves. In a week it will fer
ment, then remove tho leaves, spread
a cloth over tho cabbage under the
weight, which should bo removed once
a week, washed aud replaced. This
will keep mould from collecting. The
brine must always cover the cabbage; if
at any time it docs not, water mu-.t be
added.
The Fcrlls or Damp Iteds.
A respectable proportion of the deaths
that occur during the winter season are
cither directly or indirectly duo to
sleeping in damp beds. As a mutter of
fact, this peril is of the greatest, and it is
ever present with us. The experienced
traveler rarely hazards the risk of sleep
ing between sheets which ate nearly
sure to he damp, until they have been
aired under his personal supervision nt a
fire in his bedroom. If.this be impracti
cable, ho wraps his cloak around him or
pulls out the sheets and sleeps between
the blankets, a disagreeable, but often
prudent, expedient. The direct mis
chief may result from tho contact of an
imperfectly heated body with sheets
which retain moisture. The body heat is
not sufficient to raise the temperature of
the sheets to a sate point, and tho result
must be disastrous in the extreme if, as
is sure to happen, the skin is cooled by
contact with a surface colder than itself,
and steadily abstracting heat all the
night through. Country people in
particular are specially culpable in this
matter. A "spare" room is reserved for
guests. For weeks it may remain un
occupied, unaired and unwarmed. A visi
tor arrives. Unconscious of the fa!o that
awaits him he calmly passes the evening
in social enjoyment. Later he is shown
to tho "spare" room for tho night. The
atmosphere of the apartment has the
chill and damp of the tomb, and the
sheets of the bed aro veritable winding
sheets shrouds, in fact. He is fortunate
if he escapes with nothing more than a
"cold." Thero is no excuse for the
neglect of proper precaution to insure
dry beds. Cultivator.
Reel pea.
Muffins. One egg, one cup of sugar,
one-third cup butter, ime-hilf cup milk,
salt, apices, one tcaspoonful baking
powder and flour to make batter. . Baku
in a hot oven.
Bkrad Pi DPiNO. - Take ono pint ol
bread crumbs soaked in one quart of
sweet milk, one-half cup white sugar,
two eggs beaten thoroughly, one cup of
raisins, heaping teaspoonful of butter,
salt to suit the taste; ttir well together
and bake.
Indun Pi,rn Podding. Three quar
ters of a pound of bread crumbs, six
jmnces of Indian meal, three 'or four
tpplos (chopped small), halt pound of
raisins, quarter pound of sugar, three
ouncos of candied peel, a little nutmeg
(gratcdi, and finely shred lemon peel;
mix with just enough water to keep it
together. Boil three or four hours.
Codkirh wim Eons. Put one cup of
picked fih into one quart of cold water,
heat slowly, when hot (not boiling)
pour off water, remove fish to another
dish, put into skillet one pint of rich
milk, thicken with one tablespoonful of
flour, add fish, piece of butter size of a
walnut, when gravy again boils add one
or two eggs, ttir briskly, and serve at
once.
Spiced Beef. For a round weighing
twelity pounds rub with a dessertspoon
ful of saltpeter on both tides and let it
remain over night Then take a souii
plateful of salt, a tablespoonful of ground
cloves, one of allspice and one of cayenne
pepper. Bub the beef every day with e
tublespoouful of it until it is used, and
turn it each day. Boil in nearly enough
water to cover it.
I'aknip FniTrKiii-. Three large pars
nips, boiled till soft, which will require
about two hours; scrape and mash tiuo,
picking out all strings and lumps; add
two beaten eggs two tablespoonful ol
new milk nnd two of sifted flour, an
eveu teaspoonful of salt and quaiter of a
teaspoonful of pepper; mix thoroughly ;
muke into small cakes, four them and fry
brown in butter or oil; eat with butter.
Potato Gkmp. A good way to make
potato gems is to work one cup of cold
mashed potato smooth into one cupful
of sweet milk, rttir in one cupful of
corn meal, or enough to make a batter
which will drop easily from a spoon,
with a'pinchof salt, and add ouo well
beaten egg. Beat briskly three or four
minutes, then pu iuto well buttered
bem paus aud bake twenty mm
bilf an hour with a steady but
1 hot fire.
lime. V. Gerard, the author, U a Scotch
womuu bora of French parenU, and it
j warned tu an Austrian oHicer,
A CELEBRATED CALF CASE
AN ANIMAL WHICH HAS BEEN" IN
COUBT9 FOURTEEN YEARS.
Bitter Legal Controversy Over Five
Alleged Stolen Calves Farmers
Knlnpfi by the Controversy.
A recent letter from Det Moines, Iowa,
to tho New York S in, aays that the cele
brated Jones county calf caso is before
Judge Linehan at Waterloo.
The writer continues. It is a case
with a history. It had its origin four
teen years ago, has been tried in several
district courts, been heard in the 8u
picme Court two or three time, and now
comes up for adjudication one more.
In i tho case was started in Jones
county by a farmers' society. A man
named I otter, of Greene county, traveled
through that section buying young stock.
Among the rest fivo cal e were bought
of one Johnson, who has been the prom
inent figure in tho litigation which his
consumed so much time. The c.ilvct
which were sold wero nfterward identi
fied as belonging to farmers in tho
vicinity. At a meeting of tho Jones
County Anti-llorse-Thicf society held
soon afterward, it was determined to
charge Johnson with tho theft of the
animals, nnd suit was accordingly en
tered. In December of 1874 he was in
dicted by the tirnnd Jury in session in
Jones county, but tho Court set the in
dictment aside. In February of tho fol
lowing yenr he was again indicted by
tho Grand Jury, and on this indictment
he was twice tried, taking change of
venue tondjoiningcountics. In the first
trial the jury disagreed, ono man re
maining firm in favor of conviction.
But in the second trial, which occurred
in 18?ti, he was acquitted.
Soon after Johnson's acquittal he be
gan suit against farmors named Miller
and Forcmnn, and six other prominent
members of thesociety, claiming $10,001)
damages for malicious prosecution.
This case was taken upon a chango of
venue from Jones county to t'liiton.
Thcro it was twice tried, and then re
moved to Benton county on a chango of
venue, where it was once moie before
the courts. In each of the e trinls the
jury returned a verdict in rnvor of John-
sou for sums raging from t"i0J to
$7000, ond each time the trial Judge
set the verdict aside on account of al
leged errors.
Tho case was next taken to Blac'c
Hawk couuty in 1881, on another change
of venue, aud there tried." A verdict
of $.j()0u was rendered by tho jury, and
judgment entered. 1 rom this, however,
an appeal wai taken to the (supremo
Court, tho decision reversed, and the
case wai remanded back lor trial in
1W8 1.
In 1880 tho case was once more tried
In Black Hawk county, and ngn n a de
cision was rendered in favor of Johnson
for $7000. This was again appealed to
the Supremo Court, and once mora the
verdict was set aside and the c iso sent
back lor triul in 18d7. And now tho
sixth trial of the case will take place in
Waterloo after fourteen years of litiga
tion. This litigation has boon under the
consideration of thirty Grand Jurors,
and eighty-four petit jurors; it has been
presented to nine different trial Judges,
and has twico been before the Supreme
Court, five Judges sitting upon tho bench
each time. Tho court costs alone amount
to more than $500i), aud the attorneys'
fees ore much more than that amount.
All of the eighty four Jurors have de
cided in favor of Johnson, but tho courts
have uniformly set the vei diets aside on
legal grounds becauso of the close ques
tion ns to whether there was probable
causa on the pare of the members of the
society for starting prosecution.
Tho large part of a lifetime has been
spent in useless litigation over a few ani
mals, the entire valuo of which was
about $!' A number of tho farmers
engaged in the suits have become hope
lessly ruiuod, but still Johnson comet
imilingly before tho court, begins his
suits, aud readily pay for them, though
he is fast aiuKing iuto insolvency, and Is
already au elderly man. Children of
various ages, who testified when tho
litigation liist began, now lead into
court their own children, who are noarly
as old as wero thoir parents at the tiuii
they made their first bows to the courts.
Tiie farmers arc growing old ; thoir money
has leaked away through tho various
Icjjal crevices, nud found its way into
othor hands: hornet have been broken up, a
community has been made poorer in every
way, and still the case is dragged
through the tedious chinnels of the law
with but little moro chance of a settle
ment than there wus fourteen years ago.
A M.lti Deposited lu Iliiuk.
Joseph Cannon, tho youug man who
was imprisoned a few afternoons a,'o in
a vault in the unfinished building of tho
Keystone National Bank at Juniper and
Chestnut st:eets, Philadelphia, in conse
quence of a friend playfully pushing the
spr ng latch door shut whilo Cannon was
inside, was libeintcd at eight o'clock tho
next morning, after having been a pris
oner for fifteen hours. The safe was not
finished, and had no handle or knob on
the di'or. When Cannon's friend dis
covered the plight iu which he had
placed him, hn beeamo greatly alarmed
and called for help. A number of men
workod with chisels and burs for several
hours, but only succeeded iu openiug
the door about au int h, which, however,
was sufficient to admit air to the primm
er and permit food to be passed to him.
The effort to release him was then aban
doned for the uight. About eight
o'clock the next morning an expert with
a pair of tongues rcmo ed one of tho
bolts, and tho door swung open. A
crowd of people ha 1 gathered and a
hearty eheer greeted the youug man
when he stepped out of his "cell," uot
much the worse for his confinement.
Cannon admitted that he was badly
frightened when he found the door
closed on him. but said hs as comfort
able after the door was loosened and
fresh air admitted. .Via Yurk Sun.
Fate of au Afghan Liar.
Afghanistan has been much ugifa'ed
over u report of the A incut's death. The
coiumauder of tho Aiujci's army, how
ever, uuderstaudi ho to kill u luUj
report, lie ca i-e 1 tho people to assem
ble in the m.uket place aud then he
twote on the Koran that tho ttatcmeut
was untrue, aud afterward, having cap
tured two of the disseminators of this
report, had them blown from cuuuon iu
the prcseuce of aq u':uiiing and ap
pltudiujj crowd-
THE CRAY FATHEK,
A tiny girl went singing
Among the meadow flowers;
Her fattier watched hor bringlny
Her happy thoughtle hour.
8ho never saw his features.
She never knew his face.
Of all unconscious creatures
She hail th joy and grace.
Wars passed! her father brought her
A jewel for her brow;
She thought and while she thought, hr
Gray father she saw now.
But she was not o mirthful
That father now she knew;
Of grief she found old eafth full,
And she was older too.
Tlie father of that maiden,
He i old Father Time,
A parent heavy laden
With more of pross than rhyme.
No more you hear her laughter
The flowering fields among;
Hor words forever after
Are rather said than sung.
Ktningalt Cooh, in Temj).' .Bit".
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
A stowaway The glutton.
All for protection Policemen.
Our horticultural fnthers Poppies.
A pointer on pork The pig's nose.
Oriental calendar gastronomy Eating
dates.
A call deposit Talking into a phono
graph. Man has his tips and downs Er, yes
hic-ups!
A friendly meeting Gathering of
Quakers.
'ihe Lick Observatory The postage
stamp window. '
Tho best way to get nt tho tongue of a
bell is to pen I it.
Baseball clubs that hove a "Jonah"
are easily whulcd.
Bight kiud of a girl for a restaurant
One that is "tasty."
All good swimmers arc not belligerent,
yet they striko out right nud left.
A criminal may not believe In his own
guilt, but ho is always open to convic
tion. Mnko a man your traveling companion
and you must put up with him. iV
y tine.
When an office goes out to sock a man,
It bus to pick its way through crowds.
Epoch.
This Banana Trust will be nothing
more nor less than a skin game.
Jlicte-ter Tost.'
Eome belles captivate with artless
heart; others with heartiest art. Mer
chmt I'm tier.
The lieu that hutched out a brood of
teven roosters was very proud of her
boauliful sou-set.
Speaking of pirn, tho most costly
ore the diamond pin and tho t&rrapi i.
I'tttitiurg Ciiionii-U:
Peoplo studying the language of Fin
land have quite au exciting time at the
Finnish. llcclieter 1'oat.
In Denmark, girls nre trained to agri
culture, but in this country they take
moro kiudly to husbandry.
A Philadelphia umbrelH firm hns sus
pended, with nothing laid by for the
rainy day. 1'iltt'urg Chronicle.
A fisherman will always be found
reeling a great deal when the fishing is
good. Perhaps it is the bait. Botton
i'od.
When young men and ma:dens go out
canoeing together thoir thought are
sailing to tho port of cnnoobial fe
licity. Photographer "Everything is ready,
rienso smile." F.entuckinn "Thank
you. I don't caro if I do." Areola
lie orJ.
It hurts a man just about as much to
burn him in elligy ns to have his shadow
ou a atono wall butted by a goat.
Toledo D ad:
"Yes," said Mr. Knowita:i, "that is
Latin for 'deep tea bass. Basso pro
funda was Julius C.esar't favorite fish.'
Jlsrfxr'e t:ar.
The Bee Line Railroad has 117 crooks
iu it. A bee which cuu't fly straighter
than that had bettei invent a compass.
Detroit Fr.e J'reta.
"Yes," faid Mr. Newpop, "I'm
head of tho firm down town, but when
I'm at home nights I'm floor walker
most of the time."
They tell us that "wall" is an Indian's
most couimoa expression of pleasure.
And here we've been thinking that au
Indiau'a wah-whoo i meant bloodshed.
iiinjhiuiijtvn Jtt pu1 lican.
Young Mother (displaying baby)
"Isn t he a great uoble lellow, Ala or)"
Major (anxious to ploiisc) "Yes indeed,
mmlam; why, he has got hands and feet
on him like u hired mm's." .Vi Yurk
Sun.
Tommy "You ought to sec how much
butter my step-mot her puts on my
bread." Johnny "I guess it's some of
this bogus butter, uud sho just trying it
ou you before the eat any of it herself."
Flictjcnd Jitactter.
Willie UkU the shiny muikut
fly Its iiiuzzIh, duii.tny ;
Stun, 'J tliti eul.l stel down his thro.lt lot,
Toyed with trior uiHivfully.
16wq went Imniinrr on llw caplrfc,
"l'p wunt Willie!" did you sayl
Not a hit ; tor pun not loa led
Cau not hin t a boy at play.
'J iiixe.
Brown "Have you seen Itobiuson
lecently, Dumleyl" "I bear ha has
been sick." liumley 'Yes; I saw him
this inorniuo." Browu Ho'w is hel"
Dumlcy "lly tliundnr, I forgot to ask
him. I just said How aro you, old man)
and passed on." Tio.e.
Iu the pi iu Itc youug man's fuir.-y lightly
tin ns lo thoughts of lovv;
Through the summer days h wooetb lik lha
lightsome tui'lle-dove;
Anl wlieu summer tula is over, in the genial
glow of autumn.
Home the ninidtn wi it to pojiper, Dearest
pa, at last I've caught linn.
ha :a '.
The citi.ens of Lexington were much
surprised ou Tuesday morning last to
find n placard ou the public well which
read: "Drink no water fiom this well ;
it is full of frogs, by order of the Mayor."
Mayor W. B. Lester was tought by a
lepoiter to ascertain why ho had ordered
the well tilled with frogs, but ho decliued
to answer. Le''vn (((.) KJio,