Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1877 — Page 4

THE-COUNTRY CASH. Although I am a country larn, A lofty mind I bear; I think myself as good as those Who gay apparel wear. My dress is made of homely gray, Yet Is my skin as soft As those who using choice perfumes Do scent their garments oft. At times I keep my father’s sheep, A thing that must be done ; A garland of the fairest flowers Oft shades me from the sun. And when I see them feeding by, Where grass and flowers spring, Close by a crystal fountain clear, I sit me down and sing. I lake my part in household work, 1 card, I sew, I spin, 1 milk the cows at early morn, Kintl Robin’s smile I win ; I bake and brew with sister Sue, My.brother’s hose I darn ; At harvest-time the sickle wti Id, And winkow in the barn. My ruddy cheeks with glow of health Keek neither paint nor patching ; At church I have my duty learnt, And need no constant watching. With Robin at the Whitsuntide l dance upon the green, t\hlle pipe and tabor cheer the throng, A merry set, I ween. I envy not the ladies line. With skirts that sweep the ground, Nor trained to any useful art. They’re good for nothing found. In idleness their days are spent Abroad for recreation; We country lasses hate (heir pride, And keep the country fashion. Then, do not scorn the country lass, Though she go plain aud meurily ; Who takes a country girl to wife Thai go'tti neat anil cleanly, b bi ller sped than if he wrd A lady from the city. Tor (hi re they are so idly l> n d, They're only worth our pity.

KATE’S PRINCE.

“There now, youVe bunging Unit floor again, Mint* Jenny; l dedans to goodness you children would worrit the patience out of a saint.” “ Oh, never mind, Sally,” I Raid, punting, after si facts to get into the house find—si rate I. had won, for Lit mid Cissy w< re yarda behind * “Never mind, indeed !” cried Sully, “ and there's your line cousin coming down to-day from London. I wonder what ulie will say when she sees you wing about the meadow like so many wild colts, and your arms all brown anil scratched, and the hooks oft your dress. 1 never nee such children, never.” “ I bit you like us, Sally,” I said, gelng hold of her rough, fat, red arm, and aying my cheek against it. “ 1 don't, I declare I don’t,” she cried, impetuously; and, to show her dislike, site threw her turns round me, and to |hi 'ey,'al in y nose nearly flat against the piece of hard wood she used to wear inside her dress. Sally was our housemaid, parlor-maid, and nurse-maid all in one; and it used to seem to me that site, spent all her leisure time in quarreling with the cook and snubbing us; but, for all that, one ol my principal recollections during the fever 1 had so long was waking at all times so aee Sally's red face watching by my bedside, ntid I know she did all cook’s work for six weeks as well as her own, when poor cook had shell a sad accident mid rut hand. We three -Lil, Cissy and I had a long discussion about Cousin Kate and her visit, aud we all felt what dreadful little rsgamufiins we should seem to her, foV I'm afraid we hud been running wild, I hough papa only used to laugh at it, and would come into the school-room when mamma was busy with us over our lessons whenever it was a Hue morning, and cry: “ Now then, girls, the sun si lines and the birds are calling. Out with you! I jearn lessons’when it rains.” I knew afterward why this .waft, I'apa had a horrible nervous' dread of our growing up weak and sickly, for his was a delicate family, and I had heard that oiircqusius were often very ill. “ I can guess why Cousin Kate’s coming to stay with us,” said Lil. “ I know why site’s coming,” I said. “ It's because she’s ill,” shouted Lil, for fear £ should show my knowledge lirst. “Sally will take her up new warm milk and an egg in it before she gets out of bed in the morning,” said Cissy, solemnly; “that will soou make her well.” “She shall have all the eggs Speckle lays,"said Lil, “and Jenny will take her every morning to the old garden-seat under the trees. She’s sure to get well there.” And so we did, for Cousin Katjecame that afternoon—a tall, pale girl, with a sad, weary look in her face, as she gazed wistfully from one. to the other. We three girls stood back quite in awe ol the well-dressed, fashionable-looking body,- who was so different from what we had exported, while mamma went up to welcome her, and took her iti her arms in a tender, affectionate way, saying: “ M.> dear child, we are so glad to see vihi. V-1

<Vfutjiii Kate threw her.arms round inammAa neck and burst jjito a lit of sobbing, hiding her face from our sight. We did not nee any more .of Coupin Kate that day, but our young interest was deeply excited, und somehow, perhaps f“sh ivd by dark hints .dropped by Bally, who was a blighted dower, having been c losHed in a love affair with the horsekn per at a neighboring farm, we girls got to think of our cousin’s illness as a Kind of mystery connected in some way, how we did not know, with the heart. Our awe of the sweet, gentle cousin fell off the very next day, when we took possession of her, and led her round our dear old country homo, with its wilderness of an orchard, great garden shrubberies and pleasant meadow.lb r coming seemed to mark an epoch in our young lives, for, seeing how weak and delicate she was, we used to vie one "ith tin' other in being quiet and gentle, waiting upon her iu the most unnecessary way, like slaves, and always ready to rush off most willing messengers to forestall any little wants she expressed. Tina eamo natural to us ; but on my part it was increased by a few word's whiclp I heard pass between papa and mamma, mamma saying that she did not think poor Kate would ever grow strong again, but slowly wither away. 1 gave a great gulp as L heard these words, and then burst out scJbbiug violently. “bm here, Jenny ! ’ said mamma. “ Well, my dear, as you have heard what we said, it must be your secret, too. Never let your poor cousin know what we think, and never behave to her as if you thought she could not recover.” 1 promised readily, ami at .11 the possession of that secret seemed to make me more womanly than my sisters, ami I redoubled my tenderness to the suffering girl. J.’he invalid was J 9—a great age in our estimation—and l used to look up to her with veneration, gazing iu her soft, sweet lace ..and wistful eyes, wondering why she was so ill, ami what was the great sorrow that had conic upon her like a blight upon one of the rosea round ouy porch. Cousin Kate came to ns iu the spring and the months flew by till it was the height of summer ; ami many and many a night had I turned my face to the. wall, so that Lil should not know, and cried silently till my pillow was wet. For I knew so well that Kate was weaker, much weaker than when slio came ; a walk across the lawn to the old gardenseat in til© shade being as much now us she could bear. “Cousin Kate,” I said, one day when we were alone, Lil and Cissy having rushed off to get some flowers, ‘‘couldn’t any doctor make you well ? Bhe looked at me with a wild, strange gaze which almost startled me before she replied, and then in a way that made my heart beat she sobbed out: “ Only one—only one P’ and then, as if to herself, in alow Whisper, she added,

“ and before he can come I shall be dead —dead !” She did not know I heard her last words, and I sat chilled and frightened, gazing at iicr till my sisters came back, when, as we frequently did, we sat down about her; Lil got upon the seat, Cissy sat on the grass with her head against one of Kate’s hands, which hung listlessly from the corner where she leaned, and I threw myself on the grass at her feet, so as to look up in her gentle face, which had now become calm with its old, weary look. “Cousin Kate,” said Lil, “ tell us another story.” “No, no,” I said, “don’t ask; she isn’t so well to-day.” “ Yes,” she said, quietly, raising her head and looking at me, “lam better to-day.” “Tell ns one, then,” cried Cissy, eagerly, “one you’ve never told us before.” There was silence then for a few minutes, and as I gazed up in Kate’s face I saw her eyes close and a sort of spasm twitch her lips; but the next minute she was quite calm, and then, with the leaves whispering round tis and the twittering of the birds coming now and again from the distance, she said, in a low, sweet, musical voice: “Once upon a time in the days of long ago, when people were very, very happy on this earth, there lived it prinee who was young, ami handsome, and true. Nearly every one loved him, he was so manly, and yet so gentle.” “ And he loved it beautiful princess,” prut in Cissy. t saw the spasm cross Cousin Kate’s face again, but it was calm directly after, and she went on. “No, dear,” she said, “he did not love a beautiful princess, but a poor, simple girl who loved him, too, with all her heart, and they were so, so happy. When the flowers blossomed they seemed to blossom only for them, and the birds sang their sweetest songs for them in the sunshine.” “Yes, and they were married and lived happy ever after,” cried Cissy. “ Co on.” There was once more that piteous look upon Cousin Kate’s face, seen only by me; but it passed off, and she went on. “ No, Cissy, they were not, for the poor, handsome young prince had enemies:—cruel, bitter enemies—who slandered him aud said that lie had made false keys, and opened the treasure-chest of a great man, and stolen away his gold and precious stones.” “Oh! ” whispered Cissy, now deeply interested. “Aud,” continued Kate, “they took the poor prince, and there was a great trial, and, though he declared he was innocent, the wicked people who slandered him aud bore false witness against him prevailed ;.and the great Judge said lie was to be east into prison, and wear heavy chains, and be kept, there for twenty-one long years.” “ Oh!” cried Lil. “Yes,” Siiid Cissy, “I know, and then the simple young girl, who loved him, went and unlocked the prison gates, and struck oil' lbs chains and set him free.” “No- no,’’cried Cousin Kate, and her voice altered terribly, so that I was alarmed, though I could do nothing but gaze up in the wild face before nte, for now a change came over it. “ No,” she cried, “ the poor girl could do nothing but sit and weep, and feel her broken heart beat beat- -beat, in. its own prison, wearing itself out till -till she died, and— Oh, Frank! Frank! what have we done that we should sutler this?” I leaped up to throw my arms round her, while my sisters shrank away alarmed; for cousin Kate turned from us with a bitter wail, buried her face in her hands, and threw herself half over the arm of the old garden seat, sobbing iu a wild, hysterical wail, such as I had never seen. “ Kate, dear Cousin Kate,” 1 sobbed; but even as I spoke there was a hasty step on the gravel, the bushes were dashed aside, and the shadow of a tall man was cast over us. “Kate—darling!” he cried, catching her in his arms, as I xvas thrust rudely aside, “1 am innocent aud free.” She did not hear him, for she gave a faint gasp and sank back insensible. We three girls were almost stunned ; but we saw the tall, thin, pale-looking stranger hastily lift poor Kate from the seat, and literally run wit h her to the house, while we followed more slowly. As we reached the porch it was to meet pupa running out, and iu a very short time he returned with the doctor. But this doctor was the wrong cue ; the right one had come to us at the garden-seat, and it was his words that brought dear Cousin Kate back to life, aud, iu the course of a few months, to health. For Frank Roberts was reinstated in the Government offices from which he fell, in a higher post—-one which gave him the confidence of the higher officials—while tlio man through whose treachery Frank had suffered a year and a half before died confessing that lie had been the guilty party alone. Oh ! those liappy days when the roses were coming back day 1 iy day into Cousin Kate's cheek, and when Frank, who was down at the old place every Saturday to stay till Monday, used to be sent to play and romp with us girls. I can hardly believe that thirty years have glided by since Mien; but so it is, and to this day we call dear old gray-whiskered Frank “ Kate’s Prinee.”— (JassclVtt.

Hats—Good, Bad, and Indifferent.

A correspondent at Washington gossips about the tiles worn by the President and his Cabinet iu this free style : “Hayes wears during week days an old black soft felt hat of what is known as the army style. Lt looks like it has done service enough to be turned in. On Sunday he redeems himself by wearing a very fashionable black silk h;d, which he bought in Cincinnati just before he came here to he inaugurated. 11 improves' his looks greatly. Evarts wears during the warm days a small white straw hat alternated with nHirown straw. Key wears the worst looking dicer ever seen. He bought it when he came here to fill Andy Johnson’s seat in the Senate. There arc many objections to Kcy’s.beavcr ; firstly, it is three sizes too small for him, and sits ou the top of his iron-gray bristles ; and secondly, it has not been in style for four years. It is a horrid looking affair, though Key feels happy while wearing it, reared back on his ears. Key can safely sing that comic ballad entitled, ‘I am the man with the shocking bad hat.’ Sherman wears a calico hat which is made upon a light steel frame, and a brown straw which is well ventilated on the sides. Both are what are known as cheap hats. Sehurz has one straw hat which has done him service for two summers, and recently purchased a better-looking one, which he wears when walking—which is very seldom. Mr. McCrary wants a new beaver hat very bad. Ilis present one is in a terribly bad condition. I t needs to be blocked very much, lie has made the same beaver do service for receptions, funerals, etc., fur the past four years. I recognized Ids hat as the one worn by him iu the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Mr. Hcvens, the Attorney Cent ral, is more careful. He, when in full dress, wears a handsome and stylish silk hat, on which there is a wide hand of crape. At other times he wears a soft, felt hat, which looks well on him. Ho is very prim in - his entire dress. Secretary Thompson makes a specialty in dress, and of course he wears a beaver to suit. He takes great pains in having his hat look nice, and always succeeds.”

The emigration to this country from Russia, last year, amounted to 5,959 individuals—nearly 3,000 more than the previous year.

AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

The Little Brown Seed In the Furrow. A little brown seed in the furrow Lay still In its gloomy bed, While violets blue, and lilies white Were whispering overhead. They whispered of glories strange and rare, Of glittering dew and floating air, Of beauty and rapture every where— And the seed heard all they said. Poor little brown seed in the farrow '. So close to the lilies’ feet. So far away from the great, glad day. Where life seemed aH complete! In her heart she treasured every word. And she longed for the blessing of which she heard, For the light that shone, and the airs that stirred In that laud, so wondrous sweet! The little brown seed in the furrow Was thrilled with a strange unrest; A warm new hope beat tremblingly In the tiny, heaving breast; With her two small hands clasped close in p She lifted them np in the darkness there ; Up, up through (he. sod, toward sun and air Iter folded hands she pressed. Oh little brown seed in the furrow. At last you have pierced the mold! And, quivering with a life intense, Your beautiful leaves unfold, Like wings outspread for upward flight; Aud slowly, slowly, in dew and light, A sweet bud opens—till, in Gods sight, You wrar a crown of gold ' —lda If. Bctiham, in St. Sic ho lan fur July.

Around the Farm. Experience teaches us Mutt the locust cannot stand long-continued wet, cold weather in spring .--Kansan Advance. As early as the middle of June, sometimes before, wo have practiced opening the liay harvest, and find when feeding that the earliest cut is preferred to the later by all the stock.— Ohio Farmer. A horticulturist furnishes the following recipe to preserve, all kinds of grain from the ravages of cut-worms, birds, etc. : One pound sulphate of iron, one ounce aloes; dissolve in water heated to 90 or 95 degrees, and poutover one bushel of grain. —<thin Farmer. Tiie relative feeding value of mangolds and swedes depends entirely upon the soil and prevailing climate cf a district-. In the South of England, warm soils, mangolds are superior in feeding qualities; in the northern counties, anti on cold soils, especially where a good deal of rail) falls during autumn, swedes are decidedly inferior to mangolds.—Prof. Vovlckei'r Letters. Tumors on Cows.—The usual cause of swellings bn the knees and thighs of cows is lying upon an uneven hard substance. Jersey cows are more subject to itHlian others, probably from the fact that the skin is liner and more delicate t han others. Remove the cause, and in most oases the tumors will disappear; bathing and friction will perhaps hasten the absorption.— Massac husetbi Plowman. The best time to cut wheat is when it is in the dough state. The straw at this stage is yellow at the ground, and all the’remainder is still green, but is followed by a speedy cbgngo to yellow throughout the whole length as it approaches maturity. A huge proportion of the wheat of the country is permitted to become too ripe before harvesting to secure the best results.— Journal oj Afjrieultnre. A Scare-Crow. A good way to keep crows from corn-fields is to string ten or fifteen kernels of corn on a long horse hair (from the tail), and a crow will swallow one of them, and the note of alarm wi 11 be sounded, and it will be impossible for him to dislodge the grain, and in a short time he will cut his own throat by scratching at the corn and hair ; and, in consequence of the noise the crow makes, all of liis companions will leave the field and not pull up auy more corn that season. White Holland Turkeys.—This variety of turkeys is becoming more popular as the public becomes better acquainted with their excellent table qualities and beauty; for certainly it large, clean, healthy white turkey is as beautiful a fowl as anyone could wish to see. They are pure white in plumage, with pink legs, and of good size, though not so large its the bronze, and yet large enough for market,; and we are told are os hardy, aud stand our severe changes of temperature iu winter better than any other variety. The feathers are r early equal to geese feathers for sale, and will bring almost ns much if carefully selected, and the large feathers stripped.— Poultry Journal and Record. Watering Gardens.—When the warm, sunny days come aud our gardens look dry and parched, we are so strongly tempted to use the watering pot that we frequently yield, and so injure the pi ants that we are striving to benefit. If we attempt to water our flower-beds at all, we must do it thoroughly. Wait until after sunset, and then pour on water until it seems ready to run off. Let this soak into the ground and then water again. Finally, spread freshly-cut grass over the beds; this covering will tend to keep the ground' soft and moist. The usual method of sprinkling the flower beds slightly only tends to make the surface of the ground bard and dry, thus excluding air and moisture.— Western - tf/ricutturint. About the House. Washing Carpets. —Housekeepers may lie glad to know that a table-spoon-ful of ammonia in one gallon of warm water will restore the color of carpets. Lamp Smoke.—To prevent tlic smoking of a lamp, soak the wick in strong vinegar aud dry it well before using it. It will then burn clear and pleasant, and give much satisfaction for the trouble of preparing it. How to Wash Lace.—To wash lace aud make it look as good as new, dissolvesome salts of tartar in hot water, and allow the Jiice to lie in it for an hour or so, then take it qut, squeeze it dry, aud the cleaning is complete. How to Use /Land.—Lard for pastry maybe used as hard as it can bo cut with a knife, and will make far better paste than if let stand to warm. 11 needs only to be cut through the flour—not rubbed. To Take Wrinkles .Out of Silk.— ls silk sjarrftupr handkerchiefs have become wrinkled, moisten, not wet them, evenly with a sponge dipped in a weak solution of glue; then pin the article, smoothly and tightly stretched, upon a screen or a mattress. Cold Meats.—Cut any sort of cold mea t in thin slices, and place in a baking disli, seasoning with salt, pepper and summer savory or thyme; add a lit tle of the meat gravy and tomatoes to more than cover; thickening with bread or cracker crumb; 1) ke in the oven. To Boil Potatoes.- Let, the potatoes be of a size ; do not put them in the pot until the water boils; when done, pour off the water and remove the cover until all the steam is gone ; then scatter on half it teaspoonful of salt, aud cover the pot with a towel. By adopting this plan watery potatoes will be mealy. Boiling Beets.—With many housewives there is a great deal of boiling of beet-root in case it should lose its color, aud minute directions are generally given in all cookery hooks as to washing the roots carefully, sons to avoid all abrasion of the skin. That beet-roots should be washed absolutely clean before being put into the pot is, of course, very necessary; but the most simple way to avoid spoiling the color is to drop the roots into boiling water.

Indoor Safety in a Thunder-Storm.

Mr. Latimer Clark, the eminent electrician, gives the following useful hints as to the safest position people can occupy during a thunder-storm : A person reclining on a sofa or bed at a distance from the walls of the room can scarcely suffer injury, even in a house struck by lightning, but a most absolute security is obtained by lying on an iron or brass bedstead of the form knowu as the Arp.?

bian bedstead, in which the head is surmounted by an iron erection supporting the curtains. A person lying or sleeping within such a bedstead could not possibly receive any direct injury from lightning, even if the house were to be demolished, as his bedstead forms the most complete lightning-protector which could be well devised.

PERSONS AND THINGS.

Orange wine is made in Florida. London boasts of 81,000 paupers. England refuses to abolish capital punishment. Canada is now sending beef and beer to England. A Catholic priest is building a church in Deadwood. Large linen cuffs are fastened with a gold pin instead of sleeve buttons. Newsboys began in America in 1848, with a speech of Daniel Webster’s. The area under wheat in Groat Britain was 22 per cent, less in 1876 than in 1860. A Maine man, while fishing recently, raised a bag of old silver coin out of the river. Two women have been appointed plionographers to the Supreme Court of Maine. It is estimated that 2,000,000 of buffalo hides are awaiting shipment from the trading points west of Dallas, Tex. The Mayor of New London, Conn., ordered the police to kill all unmuzzled dogs. His own pet was the first one brought. The State of Kentucky pays a dollar for a fox’s scalp, and this year nearly all the taxes in Adair county have been paid with scalps. The Count of Abrial, whose father was a peer of France under Charles X., and whose grandfather was Senator under Napoleon, is head waiter at a Paris case. His daughter is cashier. Statistics show 2,019 manufacturing establishments in Rhode Island, with .$50,000,000 aggregate capital, and employing 56,450 hands, who receive annual wages of $23,707,513. Emperor William of Germany has ordered a life-size portrait of himself for presentation to Minister Wasliburne, in recognition of his services in behalf of Germans iu Paris during the FrancoGerman war. Col. Sellers, otherwise -T. T. Raymond, passed the Treasury Department iu Washington, the other day, and said mildly: “There’s millions iki it!”—and immediately added, reflectively, “ there’s millions after it.” Ruof. Robertson of the Scotch Free Church, was suspended because ho wrote that certain passages in the Pentateuch were not written by Moses—i. e., that Moses did not write the account of his own death‘%nd burial. Ait Jaw, a Chinaman in San Francisco, was held by one of his countrymen while another cut off liis arm with a heavy cleaver. This was in retaliation for a refusal to pay a debt. Ah Jaw received prompt surgical attention, and will recover. The Marquis Mantegazza, condemned to imprisonment for having forged the signature of Victor Emanuel, is now undergoing liis sentence at the prison of San Giorgio, near Lucca, He asked not to have his head shaved, but the favor could not be granted. Benaiah Gibbs, the fashionable tailor of Montreal, lately died mid loi'l an immense fortune, his picture-gallery alone being valued at $150,090. Eighty of his best pictures, a building ami a lot of laud, and SB,OOO have been (bequeathed by him to found a public art gallery. The price of a Chinaman’s head Inis been fixed in San Francisco by the Mongolians themselves. One was arrested recently for carrying concealed weapons, and pleaded in court that, as he knew secret enemies had offered SSOO for his head, he felt justified in preserving it. Mr. Monroe, Green, who is employed by the State at the Hudson river fish hatching-places, Juts so far this season secured more-than' 3,000,000 shad eggs, and has turned ],030,000 young shad into tlic Hudson river, 90 per - cent, of which he thinks will reach maturity. It is said that the late General-Ad-miral Ward of China, wl to was a native of Salem, Mass., bequeathed his fortune of $10,000,000 to his Salem relations ; but, as he was a Chinese subject, the money went back to the source from whence it came, although liis father spent eleven years iu China in a vain effort to bring the officials to terms.

Mr. Thomas Biiassey, eldest son of the great railway contractor who left each of Lis three children upward of $10,000,000, contrived to get leave of absence from his Parliamentary duties, and make a tour in his steam -yacht around the world in forty-six weeks. Mr. Brassey passed the examination for a certificate of seamanship some time ago. By connecting the New Mexico and Arizona telegraph systems near Santa Fe, New Mexico, recently, the only continuous southern line across the continent was formed. The next step proposed is to connect the military line of Texas with that of Arizona and New Mexico by running 250 miles of wire down the Bio Grande from Messilla to Fort Stockton. One of Sherman’s soldiers cut a painting from its frame in one of the Itliett family mansions in South Carolina, and sold it in Philadelphia for ten dollars. Neither he nor the purchaser knew that it was more than two centuries old, and was valued high among the thousands. It has just been discovered in Cincinnati, aud probably the rightful owner will get it back. A TRIFLE. They loved and laughed, they kissed and chaffed, They threw the, happy hours away ; That’s the way the world goes round— That’s the story of Yesterday. They talk of late, and calculate, Aud keep accounts, and measure, and weigh; That’s the way the world goes round— That’s the story of To-day. They’ll see on high in yonder sky The Hod whose power destroyeth sorrow ; That ’s the way the world goes round— That’s the, story of To-morrow. — Belgravia. The violent hatred of Chinamen on the Pacific coast, expressed in numerous murders, nearly put a stop to their coming; but of late they are arriving by the shipload. Four thousand landed iu Ban Francisco in three weeks. Most of these were Tartars, of which class of the' Mongolian race only a few hundred had previously come to this country. They are darker than Chinamen proper, and are said to be more vicious. At Monaco recently an Englishman named Walker lost $15,000 —the last of his money—by gambling, and the next day lie thing himself headlong from a steep rock and was almost instantly killed. His wife and only child were staying at the time with friends in Munich. Walker’s total losses amounted to $75,000. Ho had amassed a considerable fortune iu the cutlery trade at Sheffield. Eugland, and squandered it all at gaming tables in various parts of the Continent. Before the drought of 1864 Los Angeles county, Cal., was renowned for the number of her cattle. They literally covered a thousand lulls, and it was sometimes dangerous for anybody but a vaquero to go out of town any considerable distance. During 1864 hundreds of thousands of hides of horned cattle were sent out of the county. These pelts were stripped from cattle that had died of starvation, and they were called murrain hides. The disappearance of these cattle inaugurated the era of farming in Los Angeles. It was a blessing in disguise, and most of the thousand productive faims of which the county now boasts owe their existence f.o that drought,

SPIRITUALISM.

Its Birth, Development and Decay—The Table-Tippings, Spirit-Rappings, Writing Mediums, Cabinet Materializations, Etc. [From the Milwaukee Sentinel.] The death of Robert Dale Owen recalls public attention to a subject now apparently fast dying out of the public mind. We allude to what is known as Spiritualism. Within the past year it has almost been lost sight of entirely, a fact which is gratifying to most sensible people. Its history is peculiar and interesting, and the story of its birth, development and decay contains much food for thought. A belief in spiritual intervention in human affairs has always obtained among all races, and, so far as may be now seen, always will. But the peculiar form of it known of late years had its origin in the table-tippings and spirit-rappings of twenty-five years ago. In the beginning the new doctrine raged chiefly among the very ignorant, or half-educated classes of America and Europe. In a little while everyone was table-tipping, and the spirits had no rest. But this was unsatisfactory to all but the blindest believers ; it was too easy. Open frauds were practiced and exposures were frequent. Spirit-rapping became unfashionable, ami, of course, sank into oblivion. A lull was followed by a fresh outbreak, aud the trance medium came to the surface. Marvelous were their manglings of the language they used in uttering communications from the other world. These usually spoke under the influence of some particular spirit, Indian chieftains and American statesmen preferred. A fact that tended to bring the speaking mediums into disrepute was that the grammar of great spirits was so bad. The craftier interpreters stuck to Indian chiefs, for their language, as everyone knows, was always monosyllabic, and their nouns and verbs were not expected to agree. The writing mediums followed, but their reign was brief. Many of the most promising apostles were barred because they couldn’t write, and among those who could there was wont to be a painful likeness between the orthographical idiosyncracies of the spirit and the medium. While this didn’t shake the faith of the more ardent believers, it had a tendency to cast obloquy upon the movement, and prevented proselytes. Within ten years a wonderful improvement in the machinery of spiritual communication has taken place. The cabinet was introduced, and from it came the most wonderful proofs of the truth of the new doctrine, and also the seeds of its downfall. Wo all remstpiber the furore that was created by the first “ materializations” reported. It seemed impossible that Such wonderful things as hands and faces could be exhibited at a small and somber opening in a cabinet at the farther end of a very dimly lighted room, when it was known that the only person inside the cabinet was more or less securely tied to a chair. Then bells were rung and musical instruments sounded by the same mysterious agency. Could anything more be wished? The only other requisite, of course, was credulity, and this was usually plenty enough. There were skeptical persons who wished to investigate, but they were usually warned off ou the ground that the spirits would not bear watching, and that faith was necessary to their encouragement. But the scientific unbelievers forced their way into the dark circle ; they invaded the sacred cabinet; they lifted the veil of darkness, and with the aid of printer’s ink, lampblack and sudden lights they showed what a fraud the materializing medium' was. It is a perfectly safe assertion that not a single one of these charlatans who achieved notoriety escaped exposure. The most advanced of all, the famous Katie Kiug, was most fully shown to be a fraud. With her downfall the whole fabric of Spiritualism in America collapsed as far as the general public is concerned. There are still in every community little knots of people who adhere to the belief iu mediums, but they are rapidly growing fewer. Robert Dale Owen was one of the men of education and position who was carried away by this form of delusion and did much to spread it. In common with many others, lie was taken in by Katie King, but lie had the manliness as soon as he found that lie had been deceived to acknowledge it publicly. Viewed simply as a wide-spread, popular delusion, the subject possesses much interest, and is a fruitful subject of thought for the student of sociology. Its decadence can only be regarded as a benefit, for it unquestionably had a bad effect on weak minds, and its free-love phase had a bad effect on society.

Curious Steamboat.

A JitLle steamboat lias just arrived at New York from Baltimore which was propelled the entire distance between the two cities without wheel or screw. She is called the Alpha, and in outward appearance resembles the tug-boats which ply in the harbor. Her length is forty-three feet. She is supplied with a sixteen-horse power tubular boiler, which drives a pump. From the pump to the stern and bow of the vessel are two lines of pipe which strike the water about three feet below the surface. The pump drives through each pipe a two and a half inch stream, which enters the water"through a seven-eighth inch nozzle. With sixty pounds of steam tbe pump make 180 strokes a minute, each stroke driving a slrcaminto the outer body of water. The invention is the result of many years of study, and it is asserted that it can be applied to ocean steamships with success. In moving through the water there is no ripplo astern, and but slight displacement perceptible except at the bow. By shutting oil the discharge from the stern pipes and forcing the water through the bow pipes the boat is backed, and by using one bow and one stern pipe she can be turned in her own length. The propelling power can also be used to steer the boat, the nozzles being used alternately as levers on the principle■ of the oar. The boat consumes but a quarter of a ton of coal per day, and is considered to be well adapted fpr use on the canals.

The Value of a Dollar.

A silver dollar represents a day’s work for a laborer. It is given to a boy ; lie has no idea of what it lias cost or what it is worth. Tie would be as likely to give a dollar as a dime for a top or any other toy. But if the l>oy has learned to earn the dimes and dollars by the sweat of his face ho knows the difference. Hard work is to him a measure of values that can never be rubbed out of his mind. Let him learn by experience that a hundred dollars represents a hundred weary days’ labor, and it seems a great sum of money; a thousand dollars is a fortune, and ten thousand is almost inconceivable, for it is far more than lie ever expects to possess. When he has earned a dollar, he thinks twice before he spends it. He wants to invest it so as to get the full value of a day's work for it.. It is a great wrong to society and to a boy to bring him up to man’s estate without this knowledge. A fortune at 21 without it is almost inevitably thrown away. With it and a little capital to start on, he will make his own fortune better than anyone can make it for him. —7/ unt's Merchants' Magazine.

A Boston Mystery.

Mary Ella Harrington, a Boston schoolgirl, went to visit a friend in Newton, and her family never saw her afterward. Her movements after she parted from the Newton friend could not be traced. A few days after her disappearance her mother received this note, written in a masculine hand: “I send you this so that you needn’t worry for me. I have found a friend, and lam never coming home guy more, at least for a good long

while. My friend is writing this for me because I have burned my hand.” The police searched thoroughly for the girl, but did not find her. This was last fall, and public interest in the case was thoroughly aroused. Her body was found in the river at Lowell, the other day, and the truth seems to be that she was murdered by the man who sent the note, whoever he is.

Science in War.

The present Rnsso-Turkish war cannot well be less interesting than those that have so recently preceded it, and we may especially point out two directions in which fresh examples of scientific warfare will probably manifest themselves—in connection, namely, with the cavalry pioneer and the Whitehead torpedo. Both of these will probably be seen in warfare for the first time, and before many days are past we may hear of their doings in action. The cavalry pioneer must not be confounded with the Prussian uhlan, who played so conspicuous a part in the last war. The übiquitous uhlan, terrible as he was, did not work the injury which some of the Cossacks will have it in their power to inflict if accoutered as pioneers. These arc selected from the smartest and most daring troopers, lightly armed and well mounted. In a belt round their waists they carry a few pounds of guncotton or dynamite, and with this liigli-ly-destruotive explosive they may work incalculable harm. A small charge of guncotton placed simply upon a rail and fired with a fuse sufliees to blow several feet of the iron to a distance of many yards, thus rendering the railway unserviceable on the instant. A treoper may dismount, place a charge at the base of a telegraph pole, fire it, and be in his saddle again within seconds. Wires may thus bo cut and communication stopped in the heart of an enemy’s country by fearless riders, who have but to draw rein for an instant to effect the mischief, while lines of railway in the neighborhood are entirely at their mercy. Even light bridges and well-built stockades may be thrown down by the violent detonation of compressed guncotton, and forest roads considerably obstructed by trees thrown across,which are never so rapidly felled as when a small charge of this explosive is fired at their roots. The influence of the Whitehead torpedo, of which we have heard sq much of late, will likewise be felt for the first time during the present war. An implement so ingenious in its character that, as Lord Charles Beresford the other day happily remarked, it can do almost anything but talk, is in the possession of both belligerents, and will doubtless bo heard of before long on the Danube and in the Black sea. These torpedoes are manufactured atFiume on the Mediterranean, and, like Krupp guns, are to be purchased by anyone who chooses to pay for them. —Scientific American.

The Sultan’s Jewels.

The chief attraction of the Seraglio is the treasury. Here, in a chamber by no means large, is gathered treasure such as one reads of in tales of the genii. The actual value of these stores is almost beyond conception. Each Sultan seeks to exceed his predecessor in the richness of hie additions to the collection, and the result is a dazzling but not very impressive array of theatrical-looking properties that might just ns well be made of glass and tinsel—-the effect upon the spectator would be as pleasing. Imagine to ‘yourself a carpet crusted with pearls, many of them as largo as sparrow eggs; a throne ol gold, frosted with pearls; draperies for the horses ridden by the Sultan, embroidered with pearls and rubies; a cradle coated with precious stones; inlaid armor, jeweled helmets, sword-hilts—one of these is decorated with fifteen diamonds, each one as large as the top of a man’s thumb; coffee trays of ebony, with a double row of enormous diamonds, set close together; pipe stems, sword-belts, caskets, and bushels of necklaces of the most splendid description, heaped together in glass showcases, and flashing like fire-flies in the dark. The most costly article in the treasury is a toilet table of lapis-lazuli mid other valuable material, richly inlaid with precious stones of every description. The pillars that support the mirror are set with diamonds; the stem “and claws of the table are covered with diamonds, emeralds, rubies, carbuncles, etc..; along the edge of the table hangs a deep fringe of diamonds, with immense solitaire tassels. The whole is a gorgeous—bore. Multitudes of attendants are stationed tlirough the apartment, and you may be sure that you are never left, for a second unobserved by these watcjiful guardians of the treasure-house. — Letter from, Constantinople.

Turkish Surgery.

A correspondent iu the Turkish camp at Sliumla writes : “I was in-eseiit today in the doctor’s private tent while he saw his morning’s patients, and a curious experience it was. Two noncommissioned officers stood at the entrance by the sentries and ushered iu man after man for about two hours. The doctor, seated on a medicine-chest just inside, felt pulses and prescribed with the regularity of a clock ticking. Two native doctor’s assistants, who squattqd behind, handed a pill or gave a draught as directed. Now and then, when an unmistakable case of fever was discovered, the man was told to go into hospital, but the majority were dosed there and then. One man came up with toothache. At a signal given, up jumped one of the Turkish doctors, seized a pair of blacksmith’s pincers, and, going behind the fellow, threw his left arm round his neck as if he were .about to strangle him. In an instant a capital double tooth, as sound as a young elephant’s sucking tusk, was lying on the earth on the other side of the tent. The patient, who had never winked, mildly suggested that the wrong one might have been drawn, as he felt the offender at work still. ‘ Haide, haide!’ ‘Be off, be off!’ said the operator, pushing him out of the tent with his pincers. Then, calmly resuming his seat on the floor, he lit up a fresh cigarette and politely handed the live charcoal in the tongs to me.”

Snake and Insect Bites.

If stung or bitten by an insect, snake or animal, apply spirits of hartshorn very freely with a soft rag, because it is ono of the strongest alkalis, and is familiar to most persons. The substance which causes the so-called poisor. from bites or stings is, as far as is ascertained, generally acid. Hence the hartshorn antagonizes it in proportion to the promptitude with which it is applied. If no hartshorn is at hand, pour a cup of hot water on a cup of cooking soda or saleratus, or even the wood just from the stove or fire-place, because all these are strong alkalis, and hartshorn is only best because it is tlio strongest.

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Thirty years’ experience proves the Graefenberg Vegetable Pills to be the mildest and most effective medicine ever known for the complete cure of headache, biliousness, liver complaints, nervousness, fevers and diseases of digestion. Bold everywhere; price 25 cents per box. Send for aklhUifics, Graefenberg (Jo., New York,

The War Against Disease.

The war waged against disease by Hostetter’s Bitters goes bravely on. Dispatches are constantly received from the cured indicating the decisive nature of the advantages obtained by the great botanic cordial over its formidable adversary. Malarial fevers, constipation, torpidity of the liver whd kidneys, general debility, nervousness and rheumatic ailments invariably yield to this conqueror and preventive of disease. For the infirmities incident to the decline or life it is also an excellent specific. It hastens convalescence aud repairs the ravages of ill-health by facilitating the conversion of food into blood of a rich and nourishing quality. The appetite is improved bv it, aiid. in cases of nervous disease, it tranquilizes that great sensorium, the brain, far more effectually thau any mineral sedative.

Good Measure is the Watch word

of honest trade. When you buy Dooley’s Yeast Powder, for sale by all grocers, you get perfectly full weight, just as marked on the cans, and beside that an article made of the, very best and purest material, so that the strength can always be trusted. The minto Cashmere Bouquet, as applied to Toilet Soaps and Perfumery, is registered and patented as a trade-mark by Colgate & Co., New York. Purchasers, however, need hardly to be warned against infringements ; the genuine article is so universally esteemed as to have made the names Cashmere Bouquet and Colgato & Co. nearly synonymous. A few years ago no one would have thought that more than a hundred hours’ instruction in music could have been afforded for sls ; yet this is just what more than 16,000 pupils have secured at the New England Conservatory of Music. with; its seventy-five eminent Professors. Full information may be secured by addressing Dr. E. Tourjee, Boston. Hatch’s Universal Cough Syrup hikes the lead of a’l cough remedies iu our t rade. We keep many others. None receive such general commendation. Our customers will bo put off with nothing else. Wo warrant it in every ease. ’ Sam e Cross A Co., Felt’s Mills, N. Y. Sold by H. A. Hurlbut A Co., Chicago, 111. Pond’s Extract.— Large sums of money are spent by the nlllicted, to find relief from Piles. The Extract is a certain cure for Blind or Bleeding Piles. Hofmann’s Hop Pills cure the Ague at once.

THE MARKETS.

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Keep’s Shf-ts Keep’s Shirts are delivered FKF.K on receipt of price In any part of the Union—no express charges to p*»y. Samples, with full directions for Helf-irpsasiirernent, Sent. Free to any address. No stamp required. Deal directly with the Manufacturer and get Boftern Prices. Keep Manufacturing Go., 1 G.j Mercer Sf., N V soap: public The FINEST TOILET SOAP'in tlu^VVorld. Only the rbtrest vrqclnhb cibtumd in its wentnfdctnre. , for Use In the Nursery it has No C9un!. . Worth ten time* iD cost to every inotlier ami family In t lui -t* idldih. Sample box, containing li cake* of f, o/«. each, ant free to any a ! drt’M on receipt of 75 rents. Adilref* B. T. BABBITT. New York City. tor Sale by all DTugglsU, __ 6009 OLD STAND-BY. MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT. FOR MAN AND BEAST. Established 35 Yf.arb. Always cures. Always ready. Always handy. 11 as never yet failed. Thirty million* have Uett/l it. The whole world approves the glorious old Mustang - the Kent and Cheapest Liniment in existence. 25 cents a bottle. The Mustang Liniment cures when nothing else will. SOLD BY AIX MEDICINE VKNDKHS. ' NATURE'S REMEDY^Nk flilfllOJ The Cheat Btoop Purifier^^ A SOURCE OF GREAT ANXIETY. Boston, Mars., June 5, 1872. My daughter has received great benefit from the use of VF.OETrNK. Her declining health was a source of great anxiety to all of her friends. A few bottles of the Vegktink restored her health, strength and appetite. N. H. TILDFN, Insurance and Real Estate Agent, No. 49 Berirs Building. Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists. THE SUN. 1877. NEW YORK. 1877.

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