SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN:
V M. CHENEY, Publisher.
'OL. IX.
| In oe California county (Inyo) there
were lpO red to 600 white skins.
I Capiin Meade, of the United Stated
Navy,lavs that in peace times we do not
get thi best natives in the navy, and
that n wages, however high, will
bring is the best.
Engishmen are to have "an auto
matic nilway library," which means a
case <J books fitted into railway car
riages. The books will consist of short
novels tnd stories by good writers, and
any boiks likely to tempt the weary
travclei into putting the all-important
coin "Ato the slot."
The Commercial Advertiser thinks that
the Argentine Republic has done a good
stroke of business by abolishing, on the
ground of economy, its embassy at
Switzerland. Buenos Ay res needs a
minister plenipctentiary at Berne about
as much as Coistantiuople needs an en
voy extraordinary in Iceland.
According to the Detroit Free Press, a
firm in New York can make you a great
big fire and burglar-proof safe, with a
nice landscape and your n'ame on the
door, for sl3. It is a dummy, made
out of sheet iron, aud is for the use of
people who want to set up offices and
make a spread of themselves. They
give outsiders a feeliug of confidence.
.Tohu Laurens Irby, the victorious rival
of the venerable Wade Hampton, will be
the youngest among a remarkably large
number of men under fifty years who
will sit in the next Senate. Senator
elect Irby is only thirty-six. Delegate
Dubois, elected as Senator from Idaho, is
not yet forty. Other Senators fifty years
old and under are; Walcott, forty-two;
Gray, fifty; Higgins, fifty; Spooner,
forty-seven; Aldrich, forty-nine; Petti
grew, forty-two; Daniel, forty-eight;
Allen, forty-five; Faulkner, forty-three,
and Kenna, forty-two.
Very few people realize how much the
dentist has done for mankind. To
mention one thing only, the perfection
to which the manufacture of false teeth
has been carried has practically abolished
old age—that is, old age in the sense
that I used to know it, says a writer in
the Globe-Democrat. You see none of the
helpless, mumbling old men and women
that you formerly did. This is not be
cause people do not attain the age their
parents and grandparents reached, but
because the dentist has prevented some
of the most unpleasant consequences of
advancing years. Men of seventy no
longer either look or feel old, because
they are not deprived of nourishing food
at the time when they need it most.
Estimates have been made showing that
the average length of life has been in
creased from four to six years by the
general use of false teeth, and this does
not appear in the least extravagant when
one thinks of the difference in the nutri
ment accessible to one with a fine set of
molars and one condemned to guui it
through his declining years. I ~L . L .
you I
At a recent meeting in Berflu of tW
Geographical Society, Chief Forest
Master Kessler called attention to the ex
travagant waste of timber in the United
States. Among other interesting details
Mr. Kessler spoke of the tremendous de
struction of forests in the United States
during recent decades of years. Quoting
from the tenth census, he stated that in
1880 the 25,708 saw mills then in opera
tion converted $120,000,000 worth of
raw timber stock into various kinds of
lumber, and he asserted that at the same
rate there would be no good-sized timber
left in forty years. He spoke of the
enormous waste of wood through foiest
fires, which are the result, for the most
part, of carelessness or a desire to clear
land for cultivation, and declared that
the planting of new forests, which has
of late years received some attention in
the Eastern States, cannot begin to offset
the waste of forests. He said that there
is every reason to fear that America will
soon be a country impoverished for treo
property. Mr. Kessler made the striking
comparison that, while the United States
had but eleven per cent, of its aroa
covered by forests, the empire of Ger
many has twenty-six per cent, of its
entire area so covered. Sir.'Kessler said
that the reckless destruction of forest
trees in America and the indifference
manifested by Americans in the restora
tion of forests is a menace, not alone to
the wealth of the nation, but threatens
serious deterioration both to the climatic j
conditions and the fertility of the soil. I
THE.PORT OF PLEASANT DREAMS.
I sailed In the good bark Fancy
Down the still, deep river of sleeps
From the lands of deep December
To a port that the sunbeams keep;
While the glad winds followed after,
And sang with a happy zest,
And I heard them croon o'er the infant
moon,
As it lay on the night's broad breast.
And the port of the good bark Fancy,
A port that the sunbeams keep,
Is called Pleasant Dreams; like an opal it
gleams
O'er the strange, dark river of sleep.
There, flushed with the wine of laughter,
The voyager sings queer sons.
And, borne in a car of the sunset.
Rides oft with the elfln throngs
Up, up through the rosy cloudland,
Where the round little mistmen stay,
To the stars abloom in the cool, soft gloom
Of gardens far away.
There are none too poor for a voyage
To this port that is centuries old;
Where hunger e'er finds a banquet,
And poverty revels in gold;
Where, robed in the garb of morning,
The earth in new beauty glows.
And the amulet of the summer
Is worn on the heart of the rose.
Oft from the fields of sorrow,
To the brink of the river of sleep,
Wan toilers come, and, restful.
They sail on its waters deep;
Till clear through the gates of sundown
The past, like a beacon beams,
And love, sweet mariner, anchors
In tte port of Pleasant Dreams.
—lngram Crockett, in frank Leslie's.
THE PIONEER'S"FAMILY.
I was a boy only oiglit years old when
my father moved into the hill country of
Western Minnesota. He was known to
all the pioneers about as "Big Dave,"
and to the Indians as the "Iron Man."
He was sis feet tall, weighed 210 pounds,
and, at forty years of age, was perhaps
the strongest man in tho United States,
and certainly one of the most fearless of
men. Mother was above the average in
height, and weight, and, if she lacked
father's strength, -was not behind him in
nerve and courage. She could shoot a
rifle, skin a deer, set a bear trap, or pad- j
die a canoe, and, as a family, we were
able to take care of ourselves.
Wc had been settled about six months
when father set a trap for a bear which
had been prowling around. I went out
with him next day to visit the spot, and
we found the bear had been caught, but
that the Indians had killed him, and
taken both the carcass and tho trap. All
along the border at that time there was
peace, but the red man was jealous and
sulky, and whenever he could harrass or
damage a settler he was pretty apt to do
so. Many of them had visited our cabm,
but none of them knew anything about
father except that he was a big man.
There was an Indian village four miles
away, and the fellows who got the bear
showed their contempt for father by
dragging the body over the snow and i
leaving a plain trail for him to follow.
Father was justly indignant, and we at
once took up the trail for the village. I
had a light shotgun, while he had a rifle,
hatchet and hunting knife. We followed
the trail right into the village, and there
found the meat being cut up, while the
pelt aud trap were near by.
"Where is the thief who stole my
bear?" shouted father, as we came to a
halt within four feet of the crowd around
the meat.
No one answered.
"I say he is a thief!" continued father,
" and ijjjou will point him out to me,
Ms ears! Let that meat alone!
.. I me!"
A dozen of the bucks began to growl
and murmur, and father handed" me his
rifle, threw down his knifo and hatchet
and cried out:
"There was more than one thief! I
saw by the tracks in the snow that there
were four. Are they squaws or men!
If they are men let them lay aside their
knives and come out here. I will take
the four at once!"
This declaration was hailed with a
shout, and in less than a minute the four
who had stolen the bear came to the
front. They were all stout and supple
young men, and every Indian in the vil
lage gathered around to see the fun. It
was fully expected that he would get a'
good drubbing, and the four advanced
with mischief in their eyes.
"You just keep out of the way and
don't get frightened," said father to me,
and just then the four rushed in on him
from four sides.
For an instant he was hidden from sight
and there was a great hurrahing, but the
next thing we saw was the body of an In
dian sailing in the air, and a second roll
ing over and over backward, and then
father gave the crowd an exhibition of
his strength. lie grasped an Indian in
each hand and played with them as easily
as you can handle broomsticks. lie
circled them about, bumped them to
gether, and finally gave (them a fling,
which rolled both of them into the ice
cold waters of the creek.
"Have you six men here?" demanded
my father, as he turned to the chief. "If
so, let them couie forward and seek to
put me down. If they can accomplish it
I will go home and say no more."
There was a general flutter of excite
meut, and as the chief named six of his
best men each stepped forward with a
whoop. Father was smiling and con
fideat as he if at on hia hands, and he
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1891.
told me that I need have no fears. At a
given signal the six Indians made a rush.
They got hold of arms and legs and body,
but with a mighty wrench father shook
them off and then took the aggressive.
There was neither striking nor kicking
in the struggle, but the way he did twist
those redskins about made the crowd
dizzy. In two minutes he was victor,
aud the chief came forward and shook
his hand, and then and there gave him
the title of"The Man of Iron." Ever
thereafter the Indians held him in tho
greatest awe and respect, and any one of
them invited to eat at our table felt high
ly honored. I got a title at the same
time father did. If I was scared while
in the village I was at least determined
not to betray the fact, and so it happened
that they dubbed me "The-Boy-Who-
Stood-Fast."
In April of the next year I cut my foot
while chopping and was laid up for sev
eral weeks. This was during the sugar
making season, and father and mother
were necessarily iu the bush a good
share of the time. Our cabin had but
one room below, and my bed was in a
far corner. The path from the sugar
bush came up at the rear of the house.
One warm, pleasant day about the end of
the month, and about mid-afternoon, I
was aroused from a light sleep by hear
ing some one open the door. I lay fac
ing it, and I saw a strange white man
enter and look around. He was a rough,
evil-looking man, and I knew that he
was a stranger in tho neighborhood. I
suppose that he believed us all in the
bush, for he leaned his rifle against the
logs and walked over to a chest iu which
father kept his papers and which was
the storehouse for articles of personal
wear which we never used.
A report had got abroad that father
had brought money into the country to
buy land. While this was untrue, it
had found believers, and this desperado
had come to rob us. I had not yet been
out of bed. Father had his rifle at the
sugar camp, whjje my shotgun hung on
its hooks ten feet away. I could do
nothing to drive the man away, and if I
betrayed my presence he might kill me.
I therefore lay quiet, hoping that some
thing might bring father up.
The chest had a spring lock, and the
key was hanging on the chimney. Tho
stranger did not even look for it, but set
about breaking open the chest with his
hunting knife. Iu his efforts lie broke
the blade square off about two inches
back from the point. He was cursing
and growling and still at work when 1
heard mother's footsteps outside. I was
close to the logs, and in turning the
corner of the house the path led over a
rocky surface. I knew she'd walk right
in on the man, and I realized that he
might kill her, but I suddenly became so
weak that I could not lift a finger nor
raise my voice.
The door was a bit ajar, and mother
pushed it open and walked in. She had
come up to dress my foot. As she en
tered the man rose up with a curse, and
for twenty seconds the two stood look
ing each other in the face. Then moth
er suspected what sort of a fellow he was
and what he was there for, and she
sprang at him. He had the broken
hunting knife in his hand, and I saw
him lunge at her. As he did so she
struck him with her open hand fair on
the nose—a woman's awkard blow, but a
powerful one—and he yelled righ*- out
as he went down. She had one hand iu
his hair and the other clutching his
throat in no time, and then came bump!
bump! bump! as she knocked his head
on the puncheon floor. It wasn't over
three minutes from the time she entered
the door until she had him tied hand
and foot, and it was only after that op
eration that she looked over to me and
asked:
"Harry, are you awake?"
Well, we had the fellow snug and fast.
The blow mother gave him almost
smashed his nose, and he bled like a
stuck hog. She choked him until he
was black in the face, and it was about
ten minutes before he fully recovered
his senses. Then how he did goon!
He writhed and twisted, raved and
cursed, and mother had to threaten to
put coals to his flesh to calm him down.
She carried me to a chair, got a rest for
my foot, and then left mo to watch
while she went after father. I saf there
with my shotgun in my hands, and three
different times I cocked it and made
ready to fire on the fellow, who was de
termined not to be held. When father
came up the man changed his tactics,
and became as humble as a dog. lie
tried to make us believe that he thought
our cabin the homo of his uncle, and
that he was after a deed which his uncle
was illegally holding.
Every border neighborhood made its
own laws in those days. Father called
in a couple of neighbors to consult over
the case, and as a result the fellow was
taken out, tied to a tree and then
switched on the bare back until his cries
for mercy could be heard a mile away.
His weapons were retained and he was
set free to take the trail for a settlement
fifteen miles away. It was expected that
he would return some day for revenge,
but he never did.
In those early days the country was
full of game, and wolves, bears, panthers
and wild cats were numerous. The
panthers were our greatest foes, as they
sought to kill everything in the line of
live stock, and we lost several head by
them. On one occasion when our pony
was running loose in the woods with a
bell on his neck, I went to look him up.
I found him two miles from home,
j Guided by the bell, I discovered him on
the further tide of a glade or opening,
about ten rods a«ross. I had just come
to the edge of the glade, and had opened
mv mouth to call the pony when a
panther sprang on his back trom the
limb of a tree. His spring almost
knocked the pony down, but he was a
stout little fellow, and he got his feet
and came dashing straight at me. The
panther was fairly on his back, but the
motion gave him enough to do to hang
on. The pony dashed for a big beech
with low spreading lims, and at two
jumps he was relieved of his burden and
the panther rolled to the ground within
four feet of me, screaming out in a way
to lift my heels oil the ground. I ex
pected to be attacked, and on this oo
cosion had no weapon with roe. The
beast had got more than enough, how
ever. One of his eyes were put out, his
shoulder broken, aud he must have been
badly bruised ur>. He rolled around for
a while, screaming in pain and anger,
and then slunk off without having seen
me.
It was ;n connection with a panther
that I saw my father perforin a feat
which is recorded in pioneer histories.
One day in October he and I were out
hunting. I had lagged behind to pluck
some wild grapes, and, coming to a
spring on a hillside, father knelt down
to quench his thirst. He was hardly
down when a large male panther sprang
on him from a limb about ten feet above
the ground. The yells of surprise father
gave reached my ears and I hastened my
footsteps. I came up to find him bat
tling barehanded with the beast. I had
my gun, but, for fear of killing father,
was obliged to stand by as a spectator.
Father had leaned his riflo against a tree,
but, owing to the activity of the panther,
could not reach it. He had a hunting
knife in his belt, but declared afterward
that he totally forgot its presence. The
panther snarled and father shouted, and
they seemed to be whirling in a circle
most of the time. The real situation was
this: The panther aimed to spring and
pull father down, but father ducked aud
dodged, aud at every opportunity got in
a kick or a blow. Had the beast re
mained quiet three seconds I could have
put a bullet into him, but he was mov
ing about like greased lightning. Once
father caught him by the tail and flung
him ten feet away, but he gathered him
self up and was back before I could fire.
My presence was known, and pretty soon
father called out;
"Don't fire! Get mv gun and stand
off a bit and be ready for this fellow's
mate when she comes!"
I carried out this order, and there
fore did not see the finish of the fight.
Father got the panther by the back of
the neck and the tail, and carrying hei
to a rock thirty feet away he beat her on
the stone until she was dead. The mate
did not show up. The combat lasted
fully twenty minutes, and father's home
spun suit was cut to pieces, as if with a
knife. Ho had thirty -eight claw marks
on his body, each of which drew blood,
but none of them was serious, and he was
not laid up for even a day.— New York
Sun.
Sonoma's Scveu Moons.
There have been many explanations
offered in times past as to why the name
of Sonoma was given to this valley by
the native tribe of Indians, who, upon
the advent of the white man over 100
years ago, peopled this section of the
country by thousands. Of course we all
know that Sonoma valley in aborigiuec
means "Valley of the Moon," but just
why that name was bestowed upon it is
another question, and one, too, which
we believe has never been satisfactorily
answered. Recently, in talking to an
aged Indiau who has resided on the old
Nick Carrigan ranch for ninny years,
and who was an old man when General
Vallejo settled in Sonoma fifty years ago,
and must now be something over 100
years of age, lie stated the reason the
valley was called Sonoma was because it
had "heep muchee moon," (translated
into good English, many moons). Fur
ther inquiry developed the fact that be
tween the town of Sonoma and the Bella
Vista vineyards, a distance of four or
five miles, the moon, when it is full, can
ba seen by the traveler to rise seven
timc3 in succession over the mountains
in the east, owing to their peculiar for
mation. This phenomenon has b«en wit
nessed by many old residents in the
early evening at the rising of the full
moon. This, no doubt, has been ob
served by the Indians, and hence the
name, "Valley of the Moon."— Sonoma
(Cal.) Index-Tribune.
A Pet Wasp.
We have heard of training almost
everything, but we were surprised when
we read in the Christian at Work some
time ago of a lady taming u wasp. She
found one on her window which ap
peared to be dead, but it was only
chilled by the frost, and when she took
it upon a piece of paper and put it by
the tire, as soon as it became warm it
flew to the window again, where it
I stayid all day. The next morning it
was again chilled, so it could not move,
and she put it near the stove agiun.
where it did as it had done the day be
fore. So she continued to do every
morning for some days. But one day
she was surprised to find that it flew up
on her shoulder instead of goiug to the
window. She put her linger near its
head and it crawled upon it. From that
time she began to feed it with pieces of
apple, pear, aud after that it would fly
to the lady mauy times during tin; day,
and the two became great friends.—
Chicago Ledger.
Terms—Sl.2s in Advance; $1.50 after Three Months.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Germany makes hollow cast-iron
bricks.
Twenty-one electrical clocks are run
ning at Marshalltown, lowa.
Small drills can be tempered by heat
ing over a small gas jet, then dipping in
water or oil.
There are now 15,000 electric motors
in use in the United States distributed
among 200 industries.
An Italian savant claims that injecting
a current of electricity through milk de
lays its souring for several days.
Utilizing scrap steel rod by welding it
and drawing it into fence wire is one of
the recent successes of electric welding.
Those lands, which in Continental
Europe are devoted to the grape and
produce the best and most costly wine
arc remarkable for the great amount of
phosphoric acid they contain.
The most astonishing novelty in Paris
is a calculating machine, invented by M.
Bolle, of Lc Mans. By simply turning
a wheel it adds, multiplies or divides
any number of figures up to lines of fif
teen, and with amazing rapidity.
Chief Engineer Inch of the United
States Navy, has recently made a valu
able discovery in the shape of a compo
sition that will prevent the adherence of
corals, barnacles, or other destructive
fauna or flora to sea-going vessels.
Au Italian claims to have invented a
life-saving belt that a traveler cau wear
continually on shipboard, and which
will instantly expand if the person falls
into the water, and will hold him upon
the water's surface for forty-eight hours.
Some practical improvements have re
cently been made in diving apparatus.
Instead of the heavy electric hand lamp
hitherto used, light but powerful glow
lamps are now affixed to the top of the
helmet, leaving the hands of the diver
free.
A traveling testing room, or ambu
lance laboratory, been in successful
use for several months-for repairing tho
cables of one of the electric lighting
companies of Paris. It is fitted with a
batte.y and testing instruments, and
carries two persons.
In North America the phalangida;,
variously known as harvest spiders,
harvest men, daddy-long-legs, etc., in
cludes but twenty-two known species.
France has a list of fifty-nine of this
family, and those of othar European
countries are proportionately large.
France is said to be the only country
which has made careful experiments
with carrier pigeons on war vessels. II
now has a pigeou service connecting the
fleet and the shore, while Germany,
Austria, Rusaia, Italy, Spain and Portu
gal each has a military pigeon service.
In a car wheel foundry in Detroit,
Mich., a very ingenious system for han
dling the molten metal from the cupola)
to the flasks, and carrying the wheels to
and from the soaking pits has been in
troduced. The work is done by ma
chinery entirely, a series of overhead
trolleys moved by a wire rope connection
carrying the ladles, flasks »nd wheels.
The foundry has a capacity of 400 cai
wheels per day, and about 130 tons of
metal can be handled in six hours by
. the new system.
Six Hundred Feet of Frost!
For mauy years scientists have been
perplexed over the phenomenon of a
certain well at Yakutsk, Siberia. Ai
long ago as IS2B a Russian merchant be
gan to sink this noted well, and oftet
working on it for three years, gave it up
is a bad job, having at that time sunk it
lo a depth of thirty feet without getting
through the frozen - id. I T " "
municated these fat
Academy of Sciences, Wuj st.u» men u
take charge of the digging operation at
the wonderful well. These scientific
gentlemen toiled away at their work foi
several years, but at last abandoned il
when a depth of 382 feet was reached,
with the earth still frozen as hard as
a rock. In 1844 the academy had the
| temperature of the soil at the sides of the
j well taken at various depths. From the
data thus obtained they came to the
startling conclusion that the ground was
frozen to a depth exceeding 600 feet.
Although it is known to meteorolo
gists that the pole of the lowest known
temperature is in that region of Siberia,
it is conceded that not even that rigorous
climate could force frost to such a great
depth below the surface. After figuring
on the subject for over a quartor of a
century geologists have come to the con
clusion that the great frozen valley of
the Lena River was deposited, frozen
just as it is found to-day, during the
great grinding up era of the glacial
epoch.— St. Loui* Republic.
Cut. Off the Fair Patient's Wig.
There is a story told of a young physi
cian of this city, who was connected at
one time with the Emergency Hospital.
It has caused many a smile at his expense.
He had not beeu long stationed at the
hospital when a womau was brought iu
suffering from a severe scalp wound.
The blood was welling out in great jets
and was fast dyeing her golden curls a
rusty red, and the doctor was engaged iu
hastily clipping her hair, when his pa
tient exclaimed, "Oh, doctor, don't!''
Thinking he might have hurt her, he
said: "Oh, nevermind; that's all right."
"No, it's not," responded the lady with
some warmth, "for you are cutting my
wig." And so he was.— Wathxnglon Po*t.
NO. 17.
WHEN THE NEW WEARS OFF.
He was a youth, and she, a maid,
Both happy young and gay,
They loved—and life to them was fair
As one continuous May.
The croakers saw this happiness,
And said, "Ah, love H blind;
Your're happy now, but care will coma,
When the new wears off, you'll find."
They married,and then their life grew riah
With calmer, riper joy;
They were as man and wife more fond
Than when as girl and boy.
Their "friends" could not endure the sight
And said, with worldly wit,
"It will not be so bright and fine
When the new wears off a bit."
Ah, well the new wore off, of course,
And then, what did they find?
An oldness which was better far,
For love is not so blind
As selfish care, and loving hearts
New joys will always meet,
So, when the new wears off. they'll finj
Old love the more complete.
—ilyrtle K. Cherryman, in Free Press.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Give no quarter—Men who don't tip.
Always worn out—Rubber overshoes.
A suit for damages—The small boy's.
"What do you do for a living?"
"Breathe I"— Life.
A young man shouldn't strike hi?
moustache when it's down.
If a courting match is not declared off
it must end in a tie.— Picayune.
'Tis a painful affliction, I fear.
When farmers have corn in the ear.
—Jxuloe.
Married people, it is said, live longer
thau single ones. It seems longer, any
way, to many.— Boston Traveller.
It is always good to look on the best
side of things; but if you are buying
thetn it is safer to look on both sides.
As down the wall the convict slid.
When he for freedom made a break,
He murmured —in the shadow hid—
"Excuse the liberty I take!''
Patient—"Jehosapbat? You've drawn
the wrong tooth." Dentist—"Well, it
will cost you only two dollars for an arti
ficial one."— Afunsey's Weekly.
For all the doctor* long have tried
Not one of them has found out yet
The point of death exact and true-
But what about the bayonet?
—Philadelphia Times.
"Just iee that trombono player. His
face is red as a beet from blowing hard."
"Yes; he certainly ought to know what
is meant by strains of music."— Boston
Herald.
"Did you tip the waiter?" asked a
diner in the House restaurant of a new
comer. "No; but I felt as if I'd like to
tip him over and then step on him."—
Washington Post.
THE FINISHING TOUCHES.
He went o'er his speech-
Some two hours after, *
And putin parentheses
(Hear!) (Cheers) and (Lau o -).
Ordinarily we are not in favor ol oh
taw, but here comes a chap who
produced an instrument which looks
.i piano, but hidden away in the ins.
ire six violins, two 'cellos and a coup,
sf violas.— Pittsburgh Chronicle.
Mrs. A.—"How do you like our new
neighbor?" Mrs. B.—"I never met such
itn ignorant woman as she is. She can't
talk about anything but paintings, books
and music. She doesn't know a word
jf gossip about anybody."— Manhattan.
Teacher (in geography class) —"How
many inhabitants has Alaska?" Pupil—
"About 35,000." What proportion of
;hese are white?" "About one-seventh."
"Of what color are the remainder?"
(After some hesitation) "Don't know.
IT-v never wash."— Chicago Tribune.
Vestern man who was touring
.ui ,'h the East, in passing a meadow,
aeard the driver say: "Abandon the di
rect progression to the straight thither
.vard, and deviate by inclinatory and
iberrant dostrogyration into a dextral
Ecidence." It was an amateur B >ston
;armer saying, "Gee, Buck," to Lis yoke
jf oxen.— Farm, Field and Stocknuin.
Miss Wellalong—"What a spiteful lit
tle thing that Miss Youngly is! Why,
would you believe it, Mr. Candor, she
told me the other day that I was begin
ning to look old. Now, you don't think
nuy one would take me for being old, do
you Mr. Candor?" Mr. Candor—"Well,
sne might just for a moment, but cer
tainly not after he had heard you talk."
—Boston Courier.
The World Supplies England's Herbage
English farmers .ransack the world for
herbage plants. Italy has yielded a
variety of rye-grass long naturalized and
universally prized in our country. From
the far-off shores of New Zealand are
brought large quantities of the seed of
the Uactvlis glomerata or cocksfoot grass;
aud timothy gr.iss seed or meadow cats
tail, as well as the seeds of the fescues,
come iu thousands of bags from America.
Alsike, a hybrid clover, is imported from
Canada and Sweden; white and red
clover seed from Austria and France.—
Boston Cultivator.
A Large Clock.
One of the largest clocks in the world
is the great Parliment House clock,
usually called the Westminster clock,
in London. The dials are 22.2 feet in
diameter. The depth of the well for the
weights is 17-1 feet. Weight of the
minute hand, two cwt.; leugth, fourteen
leet; glass used iu dials, twenty-four tons.
The large bell is heard ten miles off; the
•mall one* four or flv«.