Bloomington Progress, Volume 15, Number 16, Bloomington, Monroe County, 3 August 1881 — Page 1

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Ves, ltte bur-, co fivrtfeaat when nwBM UfcAfrr. Old Fain er Rough wa grim mtlgTBT, Ar;d drove his m u about

With " tt -re! " or - there !" and R woaM

V lien nine went wrong, no doubt. Vot k most le done by net of Bun, And at in ardor, too, !lnn tin farm, or else be d atom ' fin evervthinai looked t,tan, A nlraeuit word waa aaldom beard From klnu " It ia enough Ttora day to day their kttu to pay." Said turly Faruser Rough, I'o keep m raiiMaBweUaatooie In order I have found Vp n a at-nw with (trap and heme Tfcey nut bo olirn ground." 'T' " he wrought, and thus ha broafht men lienm frora the soil, IteUevi'.m ttiH nwa worked with win Whom pruM d d not Kpoil. B'il l Mid grave, thrgbatrongaad orne, wat'i tiioovB firm and fciarfh, T he laborer craw and the women, too Who worked for Fatnuir Rough. - When CMuck cane, with fraetind lane, And rwept hie (cods away. WVn ijnoth eitb and ka caVwealth Brought oh an aril day., Tlicn fanner bough, tkVffrim aud (rwM, Oave nuirjr a btrci r a roan To think that he, aiad ! anon! U Iett frlnndlaaa at d alone. Bat Farmer Sro-voti, who; in hla youth, lne iiewenta 1M1 teamed Of tools we I oiJeii, front then who toiled Fori iruaOV-iuion earned. I-c -pole tlnnJ a dr. ud I .'pad them eft With .-ouneia wire and trje:

And r-'e Tegrudred to those who ill inland law l!be which waa their due.

WtTW tflfl flnndl alt M-j Mijfa

Away, and he waa left In -rry pBgh an in one ni Of uni ,ne land bereft; Friend docked around, in arwf profound. And jave aufeeranUal aad;And Fntmer Smooth arid "In fuodaoota. Who glvca ia well repaid !" '

Nature drawa cloee tone on aemnar ewe, liow whi3pering her secret-, in onr ear; B t warm iireafc'i steal::!; oTer thcek and brow; . She wui i a gracious presence, elttirte; urar SirW ni? w.:h w.t nersuaeioa to junke known Hit i'iri! and gladnefl- Jytiia at her heart; Ihri Hug in every ubcr w.th Hln life, CM wa eh eorowi.tlHma discordant, la parC As lorora slowly waikitKr "math the Mara Spoak no: from very fultae-e of deUg-ht, So. nature hu-hrig cwry ruder eond. Wows m ia whisper?, hrocga the sunuacr's night A trout of rosea n the dusky gloom, nd voung birdii twitterin; la ins earjr dawn, Far r& the murtnur of a water-fad. And ghoeily abad wi ttic'ttriai: eu the lawu. The poet knows thetr meaning in bja heart, B ft, whe:i he trier. t- iel it, liitda no word, Thta wnire aal lamrna W for ail, Seedinointcrp uU r; it la U..: LlrdV, By which he apraks ia ne tliroch every aanse, B ildina; ooaunanioti with iu. day and night, Brtng'ng U9 alow.y, and by w.T wtknown. From on ot.r darkneai info nf j aad nghf. -Prxnett Gardner.

A West TexasJIovekturFa Foot of na, my nraeb partner, Alfred Dinsm-e, and myself, ana a young German bonae-cazpenter juimed Wert Anapach, and a colored boy called " Grant," ua set not that day few a load of honey. A load of honey Till Bound oddly, i periiapa. to reader-t East, lat that is the ; fy e get it here. Wild honey, rich toreaol it, is laiil np by the native bees. The settlers often have'resort to a "beetree" vhen their stock of sugar and molasses rm iowr. lite honey ia drained from the comb and pat away in jaxa ; and the wax makes excellent candles. Twelve or thirteen miles np north of ear location, in tbe canon of Xiipan creek (head quarters d Wichita river), there ia a " teie's nest" which has supplied ns and the familieH of three other stockmen for the last four yearaV Tins isrtonnous bee-hive is in the cli3 on the north side of the eaooat, frantiDsouih. The entrance to it is np some forty feet above the creek-hed, where there is korizsntal crack eight or ten inches wide, running along tlie face of the precipice for 400 or SOU feet Tbia cavck opens back into recesses in the shattered trapp behind ; and here tbe beei, colony on colony, hare their nests and have laid np honey for many years. By going round and operating from the top of the cliff, we have at odd times dislodraxl conroilerable portions of the rook with blasts of gunpowder and erowbios sufficient to secure many hogsheads of comb. Btall deeper down, in great pits and holes, there seems to be a vastdepotjit of old, thick, black, csndied honey, which has been drained from the tier of comb above, year afteryear. Iiower down the face of fits cliff, the fconey, especieJly oa very hot days, weeps imd oozes out at little eracks and scams the fisHnred sandstone so much, so that the creek banlcis there completely honey-soaked, and the water loir a mile 01 two below will at times be perceptibly sweetened. Much, of tiiis escaping honey the bees themselves carry back np the face of the clirtOn -a pleartane Jane day the canon and high above it, the air, will be darkened by the incoming and outgoing clouds of bees, millions on millions of them, along the whole length of the

crevicti. The ordinary drowsy ham of hive is here intensified to a deep, solemn roar, distantly andihle a mile below. To go honey gathering there on

summer any migttc us a peruoos Duainesa. We have al:n.y$ made onr raids on the nest daring the cold weather, generally on some chilly day tcward Ghnstmag when the bees are lying torpid and a winter silenea has faQea upon this vnole va-rt apiufv.

Jt was one af the last days of Kovember, and when we st U't 'd that morning

m ireauter -jras qnne warm, aimosi "muggy," with thin, bluish fog rising from toe prairie, which had lately been burned over and lay coal-black under foot. But we had not gone more than eight or ten miles when a "norther' otmo down on as in fall blast The first we

saw of it was a sudden whirling of the fog over the tops of a belt of mezquita oat to oar left. Then came a puff of

cold air as damp and chilling as whan in summer one steps into a cellar. A minute later, this monitery whiff

was loiiowea oy a aecona pun, a perxeos

gust, which sent our hats whirling, and upset the hogsheads off the apringboard. Tbs norther wsb dpon ns !

That is the -way these freezing galea always come here ; sometimes they don't even give one time to get on ono's greatcoat and mittens. How cold thev are.

and how they cnt through a body ! In

bail an hour the mercury will Jail forty

ana mty degrees. Often rain, sleet, and sometimes snow, come with it.

No one tries to lo anything daring norther here. Ton cannot evtm get a blacksmith to shoe tout horse- while a

norther is Wowing, and it often blows

three days at a bout. -TWiA fciTln Ank n-. an A lraan m 0Ma.t

fire. going. . Too wfll not see a person

stirring oat anywhere, no old settler at

least, even m the vwage.

When the norther struck m, we set out to go back home ; but, astlie canon was now no verr great distance ahead, we drove on anoT got into that at a place about two miles below the "gr-oatbeea-nest.

The cliffs here broke the fores of tike

cale, and selecting a spot where a bur

Tick of drift stuff had beeij lodgod against the rocks by floods, we built a roaring fire, and Daw a died, partly of the half-hossheada and Bpring-boards and

partly of drift-wood and brntA. Here ws made onrselver comfortable, gave the moles then- corn, and had no thoughts of going np on the jwairie for honey, or anything else, While the gate held. The ji-3 on the w-1a egninat whioh we L-frf. our fire waa ti::'.y or sevetity feet tiigk, but, aa X bm xuni-.Himi aibovv,

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was here all along much fissured and cracked, showing crevices and orannies where the broken strata had worked apart, about three aud four feet it wul.h. The drift-rock which norved us f c-r wiodpila burned well, the blaze mounting half way np the cliff and casting a warm glow back into onr shed. Here, throughout Cue rest of tlu day an 1 evening, whilo the gnats hnwlod across the canon from out over the pratrie to the north'ard, we lay at onr cafe and told stoii-s, going aouud asleep at last, trapped up is our buffalo skins. Sons? hours must have paasecl, for onr big fire had burned down low, when I was roused bjr a scratching, raking noise on the rocks in front of oo - shed. Before I was yet half awake, omiitliing tt was so dark I conld not tell what, but orue hcitvy animal I felt sure came down tho rocks and fell partly into the open front of onr shed and right on Ji'ispach's, the German's, extended feet and ankles. With that Wert jumped to got up and we til arose, fumbling for our guns.

But before Ansa or I or any of ns h.id gained onr legs, down came the shed, the half-hogsheads we had brought for

onr honey, oai tilted-np spring-board

wagou, trusit and all. Who had the modt to do with knock

ing it down, 1 nm aare I don't know. It was a free scrabble. One of the holfhogsheoud tipped over in such a way as to completely shut Grant, the colored hoy. under it all but his shrinks : and.

as the core wheels of the sprit g-l;onrd

lay partly across U:o bottom oc the hogs

head, ho wah caught fast

The uoisr he nindo was an nothing

compared wi th the racket tho German was making, for th other half-hogshead had fidlen partly over him, and lie whs kicking at an unknown wild

beast whose growhi mixed with his shouta.

' Arose, rare bees von ?" we heard

him calling oat in reproachful tones.

The moment wo had extricated our

selves from the brash and stakes, Dins-

inore and X sprang to oar feet and tried to take in the situation.

It was too dark to sea much. The

brash was snapping and the half-hogshead bobbing np and down ; and just then a savago. growling head of some

animal was thrust repeatedly out be-

cwui ine spoKes ot one 01 the hind wheels of the capsized springboard.

Ansa, who had seized noon the camn-

os, let it drive at the growler's head, ills first stroke knocked two spokes out of the wheel. At the next plunge

me animal came hood and shoulders through the gap. But I had secured

one of the guns, and at this juncture, by

good iuck, auot it d:od.

A'most with the report, Wert, who had.

be;n making frantic efforts to get out throurrh the brush on the back side.

ecrambled to his' feet, shouting :

- auaries, pe carettu vare you snoots ! Whole dozen dem puck-shots go puzz py my ear."

"It's a bear," said All peepimr be

tween the spokes of tiie wheel; but

before we had time to haul oat the car-

s, or even get Grant from under the

hogshead tnb, another bear came sliding

down the rooks with a scratch and a

growl and fell sprawling into the ashes and still-glowing embers of the fire.

A. pariecr smotner ol ashen ana coals flew np. It must have been a warm lighting for the old chap's feat.

lie whirled round with a low yelp and

leaped oat over some logs at the lower end of our shed. I - jest had time to cock my left barrel and. fire as his hind

tegs disappeared over the logs. We heard him give a growl when the shot

struck him, bnt had no time to look for

mm or even see wnere no west to, lor

Wert nad set np a great outcry. " Qccek, Anse I qneek. Charles, mit

your goon ! In de holler up se rock t Do'n von hears him vow ? Anoder one's

coming down V Surely enougti, there was Another looking oaf of a great fUsure, up twen-

ty-nve or thirty feet, growling and making as if to descend 1 I could plainly see its head, aud, a moment after, it turned to come down tail first.

Zhonst yon hark, pays !" exclaimed ;

Wert. Only hear dem sing V

If there had been a whole menagerie

shnt up back among those rocka it conld hardly hove made more music growling, whining, roaring and yowing ! "There's an awful big den back in there ! and it's b'ilingovar full of "em 1"

.Every minute or two a heed would

pop out in Eight from the crevice. The

firing and the noise had tarred them

np. It looked as if the animals had

climbed np to this den over ths heap of drift-wood which our fire hoc. burned up. The smoke and fire flumiag up to

tne monta 01 the hole had Kn.pt tnem in during the first part of the mght : or

else, they had all been comfortably

asleep m there, passing the norther. Bat now they all evidently wanted to come out hungry, perhaps. During the forenoon we got logs and stuff from the drift-ricks lower down.

wtnen we set up in sucu a way that we conld climb to tbe entrance of tbe den. All being quiet there now. All climbed

up to reconnoitre the brutes.

Ihere was a pretty largo Assure which opened np between and over great detached mouses of rock for eighteen or twenty feet In back of these, lower down, there seemed to be a big black hole, evidently .a considerable cavern. I now climbed up and together wo peeked about for some time. When we looked down into the dark hola there would be low growling. Three or four hoars were spent We found that it was no use trying to shoot them in the dork. There wss a cave back in there as large as a hall a great irregular cavity, emitting a very strong bearish stench. In the afternoon we assailed them on a now tack. Wert and Grant split up lot of wood which, with their assistance, we carried np our log ladder, half a cord of it at least and then pitched it into the cavern, A brand was then fetched np, and we soon had a bonfire going which lighted up the whole inside of the den. From where we stood up in the fissure, the beor-i conld now be en ronohing behind tim black bowlders end in the far corners of the cave, snaring uneasily at the fire, I counted live, and Alf scon made out two others.

To shoot game thus cornered up may be deemed an unsportsmanlike method of banting, but my friend and myself were troubled by no finch scruples. An hour later we hauled seven bears

dead ones out of that cave, which.

added to those alreatr secured, mode ten

carcasses 1 Thev were remarkably fat bears, too.

with but one exception. Their flesh

hd a noticeably sweet taste, which we attributed to their getting so much honey hereabouts. Youth' t Compaq

ton.

AGRICULTURAL.

BAD temper defeats nkQl oi ihe MtwMOllt

Thb Fbexok Wheat Crop. It is well to keep up our self respect ns American farmers, but overrating onr performances is not the bit way to do it There has

, been much brag over our wheat produc- : tion, yet Dr. Loring's address to tho ! National Agricultural Association allows tlAt the wheat crop of Franco old I France "not lareror than tho biggest

Sta' in the Union, equals our own." Our wheat, it may be remembered, is largely grown by depleting virgin toil, while the wheat of France is necessarily taken by culture from loud used for ages to agricultural processes. The one is like butchering droves of bisons for meat, compared with the slow and kindly process of herdsman mid shepherds. We need not thank the orators who misrepresent tho quality of our prosperity. Tho same bogus statesmanship which ran ns into a debt that only a war conld settle, will blind us, if it' can, to what we owe the soil we waste. Beeakino Coms. After being properly halter-broken in all kindness and strength, your colt needs to chew the bit 4id learn the curb of the people's will, as a rising politician needs to. This lesson must be learned so thoroughly as never to be forgotten. Not of an indignity, mind you, bnt in connection with joyful oats aud tid-biis of grass, apples, berries and any sweet tiling the animal may be fond of, with liberties and the society of faithfid and just men. A colt requires months, and a statesman may well have years of this sort of thing before much but good behavior is expected of kirn. Let the colt be led at the tail of a cart behind his mother, and among friends, as business occasions offer. There is rood in hitehinor him

onco in a while- to a springy birch Toriger

than he wants to stand. I'atience comes by a tuatle with the impossible and a reasonable hope of dinner time. Lending in harness, by an accustomed hand, is a good primary rood lesson for a oolt, teaching him how to stop and back or

turn and start naudsomeiy. Uue master of. horse that I know wonld always ac

custom his colts to a loose whiffle-tree,

wrapped in rags at their-breechiug.

before ever trying a regular hitch to shafts or pole. Some day the colt mnet

be harnessed and driven till he is nreu preferable beside his mother or a trusty

companion, where his chief business is bis exercise, aud a daily lesson of a short duration should bo continued for u fort

night at a stretch. In old times, the

old-style farmer would plow, harrow and bush his rye and buckwheat ground under the head of breaking oolts, and no time produced more trusty horses for all work. Some course of this kind, with variations, may do in places now.

Sources of Disease ox tee Farm.

Since the time the song of "The Old

Oaken Bucket was written, and perhaps for centuries before, people have believed that the open well as found in tbe vicinity of most farm-houses supplied water "the purest and sweetest that nature can yield." It is true-that nearly all nature's springs and many wells afford excellent water for drinking and culinary purposes. But it is also true that a very large proportion of the

water consumed in this country is very

bod. It would not be tolerated for sup

plying the inhabitants of a large city. In some cases it is taken from streams that contain all sorts of vegetable and

animal impurities. In very many instances the water that falls from the roofs of buildings is conveyed through

amy irougus into wooden cisterns, where it is stored for the use of the family. It contains all the impurities of the

air as well as those on the roof, in tho troughs, aud in the cistern itself. What

is worse, it is constantly accumulating impurities in the place where it is stored. It becomes worse the longer it is kept No filter, however good, can remove all the foreign sulwtauces it contains. It has a disagreeable color, flavor, and

smell. One long accustomed to the use of the water may not notice them, but

uiey ore apparent to persons who have been in the habit of using water that is

comparatively pure. Most wells that afford excellent drinking water are so carelessly managed that' they become reservoirs of all kinds of filth. Vegeta

ble matter of various sorts flows into

them and becomes decomposed. Small animals and various sorts of vermin fall

in tho wells and die, and ns their decom

position is slow, their presence is not

uoticed for many mouths. When a farm well is cleaned ont, the beholder is generally nauseated at the masses of corruption lie sees taken from it Many wells are so situated that the filth of the barn

yard, the pig-sty, end even the privy finds its way to them. The liquid from these places must flow somewhere, and

as the well is the nearest outlet for drain

age, it passes into it through the porous soil. Sometimes surface water, after heavy rains, flows into wells.

Defective DraikA'JK. Soma surface

or open and underground drains are

usually constructed on farms for the purpose of rendering soil more suitable for tho production of crops. Bnt it is extremely rare to find any drainage system

undertaken with a view ol sanitary advantages. The water that flows from fields improved for cultivation is often allowed to accumulate in pools within a short distance of the house. There is nothing rgsembling a sewer in connection with the house or the lot on which it stands. The water from the sink as that in which the family washing is done, and all that employed iu culinary

operations, generally find its way to the j

soil aixmt the house. This soil becomes saturated with filth. It becomes full of the seeds of disease, whioh are ready to germinate as soon as the conditions are favorable. During the heat of summer, deadly vapors arise from it which are likely to pervade every room in the dwelling occupied by the family. In every direction are pools from whioh water only passes by the process of evaporation. There are also sluggish streams that have no perceptible current, except when the water is high All these ore nurseries of malaria. Tirs I'anrnr of Cottntrt Air. The parity of the air iu the country, like that of the water, is generally greatly overestimated. Many of the bad odors are disguised by the perfumes of apple and clover blossoms and numerous wild flowers. The vilest odors are constantly arising from manure heaps, from the yards of barns and stables, and the

mdosures were swine and poultry ore kept Animals and fowls that die on farms, in the highways, or on land that is not inclosed frequently remain lor weeks without being buried, for the reason that there is no person employed to look after and dispose of them. Many vegetables like cabbages, potatoes, and fruits are left to decompose on the ground. The cellars under most farm-houses are man

ufacturers of poisonous vapors which ascend through the doors and cracks, and entei' every room in the dwelling. Country boo gs&eraliy have oo other moam

of ventilation than that arTbrded by the doors and windows, wh'e the sir in them is rendered foul by the vapors thp.t arise frora the wash-boiler and the dishes that are being cooked on the stove. Not one farm-house in a thousand contains a bath-room, supplied with hot and cold water. Oooupatiov axb Labor. Most kinds of labor, as they arogenerally ooudunted on farms and in farm houses, are not conducive to health. The work required in the field during summer is very hard, aud is attended by almost constant exposure to the heat of the summer. During the oeofiou of haying and harvesting nil work requires hurry and a certain

amount of confusion. Tne rest that ! farmers receive is chiefly at the time I

when they can not work" out of doors. They enjoy it at so long a period at s time than it ceases to be enjoyable. They long for spring to come, as it affords occupation for tho mind and hands. As to females who live on farms, they have no practical appreciation of rest. Their employment is dradgery. They have no rmusemonts, and fow social opportunities. The food consumed in farm nouses is not generally conducive to health. Its quality is poor, and it is poorly cooked. It lacks in variety. It is largely composed of salt and smoked meats and dried fish. Most formers have nothing but an apology for a vegetable or fruit garden. An ico-houso or a fish-pond on a farm is very rarely found. The sanitary condition of forms should receive more attention, especially whoa the settlers have the means to make suitable improvements. There should be drainage for health as well as for profit The water supply should bo improved by the introduction of meaus for bringing 'it from springs and lakes, and carry it where it is wanted in every house. More pains should be taken for disposing of manure, dead animals, and decomposing vegetation. The matter of ventilating dwellings and cellars should leceive more attention. When regard is paid to all these things the death-rate in the country will be lessened, and tho general health of the people improved.

FEELIXO THE EARTH MOVE.

HOUSEHOLD HELPS.

From Detroit Free Press Household. BROiTjiiD Steak. Never put salt on a steak until after it is cooked. After trimming on each side equally, dress to tasta with sweet fresh' butter, pepper and sali, and add, ii preferred, teaspojuful of lemon jui.ee. Shredded Codfish. Mix it for fishballs or cakes aud it is excellent; use it with egg sauce and milk audit will make a dainty dish, or combine it with beaten egg, adding a spoonful of flour and frizzle in a little butter and it will make a savory uiid nonrishing kind of omelette. Sliced Smoked Beef. Mince it fine and sprinkle it into a salad, or mix it also with potatoes and egg for a cake, or nso it with a spoonful of flour and eggs for an omelette, or heat it by steam through and eat it with a can of warmed up peas or a dish of stewed onions and potatoes. Lf-mon Pudding, One lemon grated, rind and pulp, one cup of sugar, one cup of water or sweet milk, four eggs, three tablespxmfuls of melted butter, two tablesponfuls of flour. Lino a deep dish with pastry crusts, pour the custard iu, bake thirty minutes, feat the whites of three or four eggs to a Htiff froth, sweeten, spread over the top of the pudding, and let it brown slightly. ToCsokRioe. To cook rioe so that the grains will be whole and tender, wash ii in cold water until the water looks c lear, then cook it rapidly in boiling water for fifteen minutes, after which drain and place the covered saucepan on the book of the stove to steam until the grains crack open and are tender, which will be about fifteen minutes longer. Breakfast Herring. Place the herring over a steamer and heat them well through, touch thorn up with a little butter and have a dish of well steamed potatoes ready,' and it will make a meal. Chop the herring very fine, mix with mashed .potatoes and a beaten up egg, and fry in a little butter, and it will make a nice potato cake.

Potato Cbo jobttes. Take six boiled '

potatoes, pass them through a sieve; odd to them three tablespoonfnls of ham grated or minced finely, a little grated nutmeg, pepper and salt to taste, and some chopped parsley; work into this mixtuio the yolks of three or four eggs, then fiisoion it into the shape of balls, roil them in bread-crumbs, and fry in hot laid, and serve with fried parsley.

Ltoknatse Potatoes. Boil the potatoes with their jackets on and allow thei to coo in order to have them solid. Peel and ctit into slices about a quarter of an inch t uck, slice an ordinary sized onion for La dozen potatoes. As soon as a tables; loonfui of butter has melted in the pan, and the onion begun to cob put in tho slices of potatoes. Stir them a littla Season with salt and pepper. Fry tl.e potatoes until they are a golden brown, and then chop up a tablespoonfW t paisley and sprinkle it over tt tn just before taking them out Potato Saxad. Take some cold boiled pot&tces and slice very thin; add to them three hard-boiled eggs, also sliced thin; shop one small, fresh onion. In fa glass bowl or salad-dish put a layer oi potatces, then a layer of eggs, and spriuliJo over them a little chopped onion, salt and peppor. For dressiug, take the yolk of a raw egg and stir into it half a teaspoonful of made mustard. Beat into it, drop by drop, three tablespoonfuls of sweet cream; add one tablespoonfuls of st rong vinegar and tho white of tho egg beaten to a stiff froth. If needed for supper make at noontime. Flake of cold boiled salmon, cod or halibut, substituted for the eggs, or added w'4h them will improve Uiulad. True Politeness. " Evil is wrought by want of thought, as wtill as by wont of heart," wrote Thomas Hood. Well, life is a thing to be lived carefully, day by day, realizing that it coma but onco. There will never be too much thought for others or too little living in self. The courtesy of Gen. Stonewall Jackson, who never entered tho room of his wife without knocking, was the key to a polished and beautiful character. True politeness is a tender though tfulnesa of othem. What wonder that the Savior was called by old Thomas Dekher, wio lived in 1641, " The first true gentleman that ever breathed,"

DM not Understand Journalism. I recollect sitting at a table in London besido the editor of a leading journal : He said; " I am in distress; I have lost one of my regular writers." I did not know about journalism at tho time, so I remarked : " I suppose you will have to get another." He replied : " Get anothorl I will have to get three, and I will bs surprised if at the end of a rear one of these three writers does as we'll est tbe writer ItovelMiVV-tfoMrH SmlfA,

Arroant r Borne nrloiile or file Wloel hy a fhllohuplirr an the Bt& (New York Stta.1 "Would you like to feel the motion of the earth whirling on its axis just as you feel the motion of a buggy by the air driven against your face?"' The man who asked this singular question looked both sane and serious, As he spoke he touched with his finger a small globe, which, with the slight impulse thus communicated, began to revolve smoothly and swiftly within a brass ring and a broad wooden zone, on which were pictured the odd-looking figures that represent the twelve signs of tho zodiac Tho green painted oceans und the variously tinted continents on the little globe blended into a confused jiunblo of color with the motion. Europe and America, tbe Atlantic and the Pacific lost their outlines. Greenland made a dark circle about the pole like a streak on a boy's top. "You know the earth is whirling like that many times faster than that,'' said the philosopher, "and if the atmosphere did not partake of the same motion there would be a constant hurricane blowing at the rate of a thousand miles an hour. Most persons accept the explanation that tho atmosphere revolves as fast as the solid ground without inquiring any further, aud so they lose sight of one of the most startling lacts in nature. Just step up here." The reporter followed the philosopher to the ilut roof of the house. "Don't yba feel that?" asked the philosopher, putting his hand to his cheek. "I feel a wind from the northeast," replied the reporter. "Well, .that's it, then," said the philosopher. "As tho surface of the earth revolves eastward, it meets a current of air flawing from the north, which has not yet acquired a velocity of rotation equal to that of the ground it passes over. So objects on the earth are driven by the earth's motion through air that is moving more slowly to the eastward than they are. The result is that the wind which started to blow from the poles toward tho equator, instead of moving straight from north to south appears to come from the northeast. The reason of this will be plain the minute you look at a revolving globe. You see that close to the poles the revolution of the surface is very much slower than at the equator, just as a point on the hub of a wheel moves more slowly than a point on the tire. "You must not, however, suppose that every wind from the northeast is tho result of this curious law. In fact, in thfc latitude it is very difficult to say when the true wind of revolution, if I may sc speak of it, is felt, because there are so many local causes that govern the direction ef the wiud. Nevertheless, whenever a current of air starts from the far north toward the equator, this phenomenon will be experienced in all the places it passes over, although it is very often obscured by the changes of direction caused by ranges of mountains, great valleys and local temperatures. Bnt the curious fact remains that we can feel in the wiud tho whirling of oar globe about its axes. In the tropics this phenomenon mauifests itself perfectly in the famous trade winds. In fact the west and southwest winds that prevail here a largo part of the year are the returning trade winds. Iu this case the air, moving from the equator, where the revolution is fastest toward the poles where it is slowest, has, as it advances, a westward motion greater than that of the surfaco over which it passes. So marked ia tho prevalence of this wind that sailors call it 'down hill' from here to England on account of the easy sailing with the wind. So, you see, that, although the winds alone would never enable ns to detect the fact that the earth revolves, yet now that the fact is known, we see in them one of its most striking results." Theory of Meteorites. One of the oldest theories, and the one that is, perhaps, most consistent with known facts and laws, is that meteorites are bodies moving round the snn which occasionally enter onr atmosphere, and are either frittered into dust or reach the earth as aerolites. In other words, they are abnormally large fragments of comets. Small fragments are dissipated in the higher regions of the air by the intense beat produced by friction, and give rise to tho phenomenon of shooting stare Larger pieces appear as fire-balls, and very large masses fall through the air in a state of combustion, which is not, however, sufficiently intense to consume their volume bitfore reaching the ground. This idea of a celestial origin seems to have originated among the Greeks, Plutarch says : "Falling stars are, according to the opinion of some physicists, not eruptions of the ethereal fire extinguished in tho air immediately after its ignition, nor yet an inflammatory combustion of the air, which is dissolved in large quantities in the upper regions of the space ; but these meteors are rather a fall of celestial bodies, which in consequence of a certain intermission in the rotary force, and by the impulse of some irregular movement, ha.ve bean hurled down not only to the inhabited portions of t he earth, but also beyond it mto the great ocean, where we cannot find them." The views of Diogenes of Appollonia are expressed thus : " Stars that are invisible, and consequently have no name, move in space together with those that Me visible. Thee invisible stars frequently fall to the earth, and are extinguished, as the stony star which fell burning at iEIgos Potemos." Chladni, as the result of his investigations, advanced the opinion that meteors are bodies

movmg in space, oeing miner accuiuulations of matter originally created, or fragments separated from a large mass of a similar nature Sir H. Davy offered the same explanation in the " Philosophical Transactions " for 1317. These views, or rather a modification of them suited to our increased knowledge of coamical ways and means, have their modern advocate in Prof. H, A. Newton, of Yale College. TinaUiy' Alagatine. What Frightens People. What we don't know is what frightens us. Hold ers can brave tho known terrors of tho bat tle-field. Sailors dare the known perils of ocean storm, of shipwreck and of collisions with icebergs. But Hokliein who have dared tho danger J of a hundred battlefields have been terrified at the apprehension of a ghost and dnrod not sleep in a house reputed to lw a haunted lioiiiio. The brave sailor, who will stand by the ship and do hit- duty iu battle aud in storm without flinching, is terrified by some superstition of ou unknown terror, tho unlucky ship, or the beginiugof a voyage upon Friday, and. nothing jsn feature Jum against

the vaguo evil. Tho old fathers of New England were brave men in defending their homes from the Indians and the French, but when it was rumorod that many among their own people luvl made covenants with the devii, when hysterics was believed to bo brought upon the subjects by those who Lad made this alliance with the powers of darkness, it sent terror to tho heart which made these good and past-meaning men as cruel as death. Science has explained the phenomena, where Ihey have not been proved as fraud, and with the knowledge of natural laws aud the objects of nature the terror lias been very greatly diminished. Knowledge is the antidote to fear, but the sad fact remains that only a part of the people iu the most enlightened community have knowledge even of the rudimentary sort which enables them to see that this is a universe of law and not. oi mysterious terrors. Tho peojile who do know are not generally aware of how much of t he old-time superstition of the days of witchcraft remains. Newburyport Herald.

Gosh Over Engineers. Says an engineer in a communication in tho Detroit Free Prcsr. So much has been said of the dauntless courage and self-sacrificing heroism of loccmotive engineers, as displayed during the few seconds intervening between the discovery of immediate impending danger and the actual occurrence, that it has become the snbjeot of much annoyance to our profession. During my experience of over ten years of slow aud fast trains, on various prominent lines, there has never been, to my knowledge, one accident where the presence of an engineer ou his engine, after certain acts have been per-

1 formed (unless as a precaution to per

sonal sat ety), was not the higfat of toolhardiness, aud this in justice to all concerned in the general result. On a passenger train, after the air brakes are applied, the engine reversed and the sand lever open, the presence of a whole cab full of cool-headed, experienced engineers would not alter the result one single bit Now, as to the "eagle eyed hero" who has so many lives at his mercy in times when mortal danger stares his train in the face, what is the man there for if not to use every possible exertion to avert impending calamity. Is it not the intenion of his superiors that he shall take the train safely to its destination, and "in passing over Ids run to use every precaution for ssfety? We are familiar with anduse daily methods for safety unknown to the public and not definitely provided for in the regulations of the company. An engineer who would abandon his engine at the first sight of danger without having first -jsed "he means at his command to lessen the result would (except in very exceptional cases) be hooted ont of the country. From the very earliest apprenticeship of an engineerman it is daily brought to his notice that the cor-' rect and proper thing to do in all cases where a sudden stop is required, is to reverse and open the throttle, using sand to keep the wheels from slipping, and in his usual work on local freight trains he has it continually in use before him, while doing switching, etc. Thus long before he becomes o passenger engineer it is second nature to him to adopt this method when occasion demands. IuaJdi-

! tion to this means ell passenger trains are 1 provided with air brakes and their application becomes from frequent usage j quite as mechanical under all cfa'cum- ' stanoes as in the previous mentioned : means provided. It taken much less time than those uninitiated can imagine ! to accomplish all that is possible for an ' engineer to do to stop his train; ft very few seconds suffice, and nearly always he has ample time to jump and savo himself from quite probable injury. We who ore daily liable to be subjected to the i-equirenienm know the uselessness of ' running unnecessary risks, and how few

are t he thanks we receiere trom our employers when (and they are the ones we are the most concerned in keeping on the right side of), perchance, one of our nnmber, by an error of judgment, suffers personal in juiry. If the truth wre known, it is now quite freely accepted as a fact, that after the U3ual means to fctop liavij been made, that many a good man has gone to his death by reason of being sei&ld with a sort of paralysis, and being rendered helpless for the time being by the thought of the terrible calamnity to follow. It is oustomary to tell the fireman to jump, aud, as he can in nowise assist ia these emergencies, he asutlly escapes unhurt.

Portuguese Shepherds. On the hill-side, under the oak trom, we see a child tending her flock and spinning with distasf and spiudle. Such a sight is very common; little girls have much to do with domestic animalis; they ruu fearlessly between the loug horns of tho great tawny oxcu, aud guide shorn iu tho way they should go with a shower of blows on their long-suffering foreheads and muzzles. They milk tho goats and herd the swine, and grow lithe andstroug of limb and nut-brown of face in the warm sun. The herdsmen and shepherdesses beguile their lonely watch with the peculiar antiphonal songs of the country, winch often display remarkable wit inropartea on the part of the improvisatores, as well as a ready talent for rhyming. Thuso songs are composed as well in Spain as in Portugal. One shepherd challenges another to a tonruameutin verse, and begins by singing a stanza which is tosrve as a key-note to the whole production, as well in the kind of measure to be used as in tune. Ia one of these lyrical ballads, which, so far as I know, has never crept into print, a man begiuii a song: half in banter, half in earnest : It li better to lore a dog than to lore a woman, . For a piece of gold a woman will lea re- yu to grtai, But the affection of a dog ia endless." A woman, who perhaps has had some exiierience of the improvidence as well as of tho voracity of mankind, replies, in ready caricature of tho other: " Ii ii better to feed a dog than to feed a man, For with a pl'xe ot meat a iH will leiira you iu peace. But the hunger of a man wIU laat forever." And the keen, sharp-shooting is kopt np through a long range of topics, tho ball tossed back and forward from one ski! If ill composer to another, and when

I improvisation fails, traditional badinage

is rememDcroa ana sung wnn equal gnnto. L. W. Champney, in Harper's Magazine.

For the Harried Hungry. Many tired men who have eaten Ktt. during business hours, and who havo a few minutes to spare before ths boat or train starts, try to find temporary reliof and acquire dyspepsia by hastily ealiug ferry pie and drinking ferry beer or lemonade. A physician recommends that in Inch an emergency the famishing mid thirsty man should tako a few small raw clams' with rod pepper, the juice of tu i clains not being wasted, fftw York Pott

A (jreat Financial AcMerement. It is only eighteen weeks since Gen. Garfield was inaugurated Pr esident, and yet during that brief period his administration has been able to arrange for a saving of more than fifteen nillioM annually in the interest on the public debt This saving has. been accomplished mainly by the conversion the outstanding 6 per cents, and opt r cents, into call-bonds beariag oiJy 8 aer cent interest In addition to this, howaver, provision has been made f r the payment of S94.70o,TO of tho high-interest

bonds out of the surplus revenue to ap-

ply on account ot the sinking tuna. The total saving pes annum is $15,441,164 This achievement would be a great credit to the new admi uist ation under any circumstances, but its merit is materially enhanced by the fo t that it follows an abortive attempt ot the recent

Democratic Congress to carry out some similar measure. When Congress assembled last winter there was little for it to do except to pass th i regular appropriation bills and agre- upon a fair and practicable refunding net The consideration .of the appropriation bills consumed but little time, for no Congress over allowed a bulget to slip through so easily. Bnt the refunding measure, though it was known to be of v.itul importance, was postponed from day to day, and failed to rc ceive earnes1. attention until after tho holiday vacation. When it was finally approached the Democratic majority was governed more by a desire to make party capital out ot it than to reduce the burden oi th dsbt The demagogues in CongToss bolieved it would be popular to embarrafs the national banks by coercing :he:r to subscribe for low-interest bra ds, which, as subsequent eventa have pi oved, were to be eagerly sought by the public. The refunding bill which passud the House provided for an experimental rate of interest (3 per cent), and contained the obnoxious provision in regard to the banks. The Senate ramoi ed in part the glaring injustice of the bi'J, but the Democratic majority in tho House remained obstinate, and preferred to adjourn without any provisii n in regard to refunding rather than surrender its war upon the banks. In much the same spirit the Democratic majority in the Senate refused its luiaenl to a fair apportionment bill bezausis it did not unit the purposes ol ti e Democratic Leaders. President Garfield und Secretary Windom were confronted at tho outset with this embarrassment, whin! i many people believe tho Democrats des ired to put upon the incoming administration. They were equal to the eniergt-ncy, however, aud assumed the respousi oility of negotiating a renewal of the 'oan upon such terms and corahtkms as were bound to disarm criticism from any quarter. An

extension of the old liondi at the rate of 8 per cent, interest, terminable at the option of the Government was oflered

to holders wuo mig n; ippiy wumn a given time, and the applications were srreatly in excess of the limit that had

been placed upon renetvals. The project has proved to be t great success, and not merely redounds to the credit of Garfield's adniirmtration, but reflects

noon the narrow party t pint shown by

the Democrat, who mii jht have worn this feather in their own cap. Chicago

Tribune. Ohio.

Tho trouble wilh the C'hio Democracy has already commenced, aad the party

is like a house divided ai-ainst i'self, be

side being founded v.pon tho sand. The

nomination of Book wall ?i: as the caudi

date for Governor is vei y distasteful to

tho old rock-rooted, mos i-eovered Bour

bona, for several masons, ., each

one of which will lo w him main-

votes. He was a .epublicau up

to 1872. when ho "Grwleyizetl, and

has never been formally" baptized into

the Democratic church. Then tho con-

vention that nominated him did not "go its length" in favor of free trade, but spoke of the "encouragement of pro

ductive industries," which is a sop to the protectionists, anil Congressman

Frank Hurd and his ass wiate free-traders are as mod. a oan lvi, Nexf, Book waiter is a mononolist. . bloated bond-

holderand opposed to thi prohibitory liquor laws, so that tho crv of anti-monop

oly is of no avail wil h s ich a candidate at the head of the tiiket Ohio has

got to be a large nana: acturing State, in iron next as large ai Pennsylvania, and "a tariff for revenue only " is not a

popular political motto to write on ai

banner except wnn tne ota nnnners m

the democratic party, uno jjooxwaiier is suspected on all iianc s. The honest

men of tho part v feel scandalized be

cause their candidate for Governor opened his "bor'l " and literally bought the nomination. 8o mi ny persons and papers allege. He is rich mdctmdoit.and the boys seem tohuve cor rectly "sized his pile." So between tori! ' and free trade, monopoly and nnti-moi opoly, prohibition aud free whis'ty, he Democratic pwty of Ohio wil l be li te tho troubled . .i. - . ... nmA ,i:f

sea tuia mil, nutiiu; ii uuu Tn the mean time, the x nited Republi

cans, with tboir excellent ticket, will

sweep the State ukti a praino on fire, and ro-elect Gov. Foslsee by a largolyincrcased majority. ? fcoffo Journal,

Nominating a liank Account. The Democrats of Ohio have nominated an unknown name, n empty record, and a flush pocketbook as their candidate for Governor. Wh in tbe Duke of Newcastle designated th dull and imbecile Sir John 1 tot in so i as leader of

tho House of Common?, the elder Pitt i exclaimed1: ".Why, his ijrraco might as ! well send his bootjaok to lead us. The j Ohio Democrats have ohosen, not a , bootjack, but a ba'ik noeount, to lead j them. f'hiini1rlnf!n Prpxa. i Hose and Fiice. j A somewhat einf;ulai fact has been ' observed with reference ' o the shape of . the nose, or rathor. the sotting of it in

the face, so to speak, To lie strictly correct, from the ar ist's point of view, the nose should be aseursttely in the middle of tho face, and at right angles with a line from the pupil of me oye to that of the other. As a natter of fact, it ia rarely or never found thus placed; it is almost invariably a little out of "the square," and the foo! of its beiug so ia often that which lends a pecular expression and piquancy to the face. A medical writer points oan tin t there are anatomical reasons why a flight deviation from the true ccntiol l.uo may be expected, and that tho uos$ which is thus accurately straight tetwten tho two evna

may, after ttij, lie xi mde-l pit nb-nr-i.-r ' one; the o: y al')l.iiJj .. ami or 1 reetorgan 1 ring, in nttV tb.it ulu.-h tUun j deviates a lado v tlu sut or left.

11)1 A3 A NEWS.

A Biotntosp nursery shipped a consignment of roses to Jamaica. A iiioNEss with the Van Jnburg show died from sunstroke at Gonncraville. During the heated term many hones were killed by tho sun in Harrison county. There are more fruit-buyere in Trimble county than wore ever jhere iu any one season. The old settlers of Madison, Hamilton and Tipton counties will renne at Arcadia, Aug. 18. ' John Grkenwood, a wall-to-do farmer of Daviess county, was firfally injured by a runaway team. ( . : Dowp Richardson, a Tfranklin unty farmer, was run down and killed by a locomotive at LaiueL ' j Spontaneous combustion tensed the destruction by fire of Wilson' saw-mill at Ossian, Wolls county. Loss, f8,000. Jambs Haxk, of Elwood, Madison county, was ran over and lolled by a passenger train, his body being horribly mangled, '-,f The Ohio Falls Car Company, of Jefferson ville, have n contmofe far leaking 300 cars for the Chicago Air-Lin iiailrcao. Company. i" . Boffin Lrrrxii, a young' man of Fairmount, Grant county, (lied of lockjaw, caused from- being shotwliiie oat hunting by a companion! " At Greenwood, Johnson county, a widow who keeps a toll-house shot a' burglar and killed him. Thevheighbors are about to raise asabrxziptnon for her. John Deckabd died in the Logansport jail, the immediate cause of his death being a dose of morphine, taken with suicidal intent It wa:the result of a loug course of dissipation. Thb Madison Courier says that the ship-yard company at that .point have letters from all quarters desiring contracts, and if there was room at the yard twice tho amount of work could bo ob tained and executed. Dante ii Maze, his wife and two children, living near Columbus, Bartholomew conn try, were bitten by a cat, supposed to be mad, before they were up, a few mornings ago. A loadstone was applied to the wounds. , . . r. Miss Mary Jktt, living near Columbus, Bartholomew county, was thrown from a horse a few days since, tearing the socio sciatic ligament loose from the hip, rendering her left leg paralyzed. Her condition is extremely, critical. As lire 3-year-old son of W. B. Britton, of Livonia, Wafihingtop county, w is playing with some neighboring children, they tipped over- an oldfashioned corner-cupboard, aad crushed the Utile fellow ao badly that; "he soon expired. CiiAE Slttbb, editor of a paper at Greentown, Howard - county, while standing at a desk last month, had every vestige of clothing torn from his body by lightning, and was so paralyzed that he conld not move a muscle He has completely recovered' from tho stroke. A S9BN8ATIOM hos beim created at No;.-tk Vernon, Jennings county, by the di-ov-ery that Gorgo W. Harrington and the wife of Jesse Jennings have eloped, t. iking with them the two youngest children of Mrs. Jennings. Harrington leaves a wife and nearly a dozen children, some of whom are married. About 100 Iwrence county farm ore, who claim that for years the mill -lam across White river at Lawrencepon, in that county, has damaged their crops by causing the water to back up over their fields, visited that place the other night and- tore down a large part of ., the c'lum. The result will be almost endless li ligation. During a severo thunderstorm at Evan 8 ville a telegmph operator named Hengseler was struck by lightning a;d killed. He was sitting at: his table, and it is supjrosed his foot rested on a ground-wire which was coiled 'up under the table. The fluid entered1 his body near the heart, and came out of his left heel, killing him instantly. A XirtT&E child of Mr. Davis Meyers, of Veedersburg, f'ountam cdunt.y, wa& bitten by a rattlesnake whUe.pla.ying iu the yard. It died the following morning after suffering great agony, the limb which was bitten httviiig swollen to several times its natural nze. '"This is the second cliild Mi. Meyers hasioet ra tho last fow weeks by snake bite. . Ms. VaiiENtine, of Franoesville, Palaski county, is a great lmh'ter. Each year he employs several men in shoot, ing birds, and oy a process of basing keeps bis, .game in good condition until such time as there is good demand for them. Last spring Ire estrmkfes ho had 18,000 birds in his refrigerator, and. it m -only a short time siDOe he shipped them. The $200,000 in bonds issued and indorsed by the city of Jefferson vOle to aid ni tbe construction cfFa bridgo across the Ohio at that point, were recently canceled ami destroyed by th'i trustees ia the presence ol the Goiinoil Fiuance "Committee, tho Mayor and city officers. The failure of Loutevflle capitalists to interest themselves in the matter occasions the failure, Msa Lavina Avert, of Greenville, Floyd county, eomrjittod suicide by cutting her throat Mrs. Avery- had bom ill for some weeks, and was 'frequently despondent Her father committed suicide by jumping into the Atlantic while co-nine- to this country from England.

and her mother commttedTuicide by jumping into the river with her daughter in her arms on the. arrival of the steamer at New Albany. Alexander Fox was serving a twoyear sentence in the State Prison South for forgery, when he made the acquaintance of Mr. Isaacs, the superintendent of the Goldman Boot and Shoe Company. Fox got into tho confidonce of Mr. Goldman, proprietor, and as soon as his term of imprisonment expired, he was employed as shipping clerk. Every thing went lovely til recently,, when Fox jumped the town. It waa anwovereJ.' that he l ad forged checks for revere small amounts, and sold cases of boot and shoes which the company knew nothing of. David W. CtoDXtdirs, of Harrison county, killed a remarkable snake on his farm. We quote from the Oorydoa Democrat : The snake was threw feet and fonr inches in length, and about two and one-half inches thick. Ha belly was golden yellow, and its beads were the same color. Itebody waa a beautiful brown, dappled with, gold-colored spots or specks, with about sixteen yellow stri;ies across its back. But what ia tho mos' remarkable is, the snake had two heads and teeth bout halt un inch in l ength. There wat. on head on each end of the snake. Tan new Mnmrjipal Laboratory of Paris for testing food and all articled having a bearing ou health, is already accomplishing good rewrite. A huge nam ber of samples of wine haveieen found to be adulterated. Watered milk has been so often found that a pahio among the milk-men has resulted.' French chocolate has been found to be adulterated with a great variety of substances. The laboratory iu charge of an able chemist with competent assistants. The articles examined are those sent in by the inhabitants of the oity, and whenever adulterations are dtaravered, the matter is iromivliately placed in th hands of the polke for investigation and prosecution. A department of the laboratory ia specially fitted up for the examination of pork for trichina, "Pat," said a joker, "why don't yon get yov . cars ei.piHl ? They are much too ti'ivr tor a jnaii. ' "And yours," ra phvd lut, "O lght tob leijgthltB.! the aru too short for siy-tea," 1