Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1877 — Page 4

THE OLD GARDEN. BT EDGAR FAWCETT. Beyond the quiet homestead’s lawn, In drowsy peace It lies ; Well from the passing gaze withdrawn, Us matted hedges rise. Through solemn firs that veil the light To reach its gate we press, Kre softly breaks upon onr sight Its halcyon loveliness! Deep-rimmed with box, the j>athn we take Through realms of plenty range, When summer’s mellowing fervors wake Perpetual charms of change; And tender sounds, not told in words, Forever haunt the breeze, A sense of epicurean birds And bacchanalian bees! * For bloom and fruit, in blended way, Here brightly gleam by turns; Beside the currant’s crimson spray The tiger-lily bums; Or roses raise their balmy lips Near purple plums ; or yet The gooseberry's rounded amber slips Among the mignonette! We sec the ancient arbor loom, That bounteous vines enwrap, And bear, within its fragrant gloom, Pale-glancing foliage flap; Or when the wind of autumn grieves Bound pomps her power shall strew, Aye watch the grajKss from tarnished leaves Hang dusty and dark-blue ! Shrewd wasps, in yonder jungle, haunt The blackberry’s beaded gloss ; High stalks of maize in vigor flaunt Orcen flags and silken floss ; And here broad apple-bougliH once more Hesperian wealth unfold, Whose dragon is the worm at eoro That revels on their gold! Now emerald melons wax immense, Or now with grandeur glows The pumpkin’s yellow corpulence in smooth rotund repose; Here, too, all homelier life occurs That household aims please, From curves of pimpledrcucumbcrs To bowers of tangled peas ! So, thronged by growths of many a grade, The calm old garden lies, Half mantled with monastic shade, Half bared to altering skies, While sleepy spells arc round it cast, That gently brood and muse— Dead songs and sunbeams of the past, And immemorial dews!

THE CRAMM WELL.

It in doubtful if Mr. Ben Bates would defend strikes, or if he were interested in the pros and cons of such questions; but, all "the same, he blessed his stars that a strike occurred on the Grand Bight and Left railway on a certain day; that the employes felt imperative need of an increase of wages; that the managers didn’t see it; and so, whether or no the end justified the means, it none the less conspired to promote his happiness. It was the afternoon train out of Hamburg, advertised to reach Nova Zambia at 0.45. Mr. Bates, being somewhat of a stranger in the State, drawn to Nova Zembla by rumors of oil wells and fortunes bubbling out of the earth, was naturally ignorant that the strikers had ■•publicly given Avarning that they should leave their trains at 4 o’clock p. m., until ho overheard a gentleman, leaving at a way-statioii, say to his friend: “You had better not attempt to go homo to-night, but put up with us; the engineers strike at 4p. m., you know.” “ Strike !” echoed the typical old lady, with her traditional bandboxes and l uiudlos to look after. “I’d like to know who they’re going to strike. Two can play at that gamo, I reckon. What are they going to strike for ?” “For higher wages, marin. If you calculated to go beyond Little Bassett, you’ll have to walk the balance,” volunteered a passenger. “Me walk! Haven’t I paid my fare through? Walk, indeed ! I’ll have the law of ’em first.” “But this train Avon’t go through tonight,”

“ None of your quizzing, young saucebox ! Haven't I been over this ’ere road every year since my hair took to falliug oil', to buy a new Avig, dating from the time Eben put the Gabrielle front to the old house ? Ami I’ve never kuowed them not to git to Nova Zembla when they’d oughter ” But just then the train stopped, and so did the old lady. It Avas 4 o’clock exactly. “ I suppose there’s an inn at hand?” asked Mr. Bates of a native bystander, whom he found loafing upon the platform. “ Devil a bit ! Little Bassett’s run to oil, stranger.” “ We’re not expected to put up in an oil-well?” “ You might faro worse. There’s the Traveler’s Haven, but the landlord lie had it carted oif for to bore for oil in the old cellar; it’s on Avheelg yet, a piece up the lane there. Mayb{!> they’d take you iu; I duuno.” * Mr. Bates strolled up the pretty lane and into the Traveler’s Haven— Avliicli had, perhaps, caught the spirit of gaddiug from its guests— and interrupted a slovenly Avoman in the act of scolding. “Didn’t I toll you, miss, I’d cut the ears oil your head if you cracked another dish iLJili ? Hoav are you going to pay lor it ? Who do you suppose’d put up with your goings on if 1 Avas to turn you adrift? Nobody iu Little Bassett ’d give you house-room for a week.” “1 am so sorry,” was the soft answer. “I’ll he more careful again.” “Aud high time, too—you that I snatched out of the almshouse, so to speak, and did for ever since you was 4. What would you have (been but for me? Aud a pretty return you make, abreaking all the crockery helter-skelter ! O—h! Good-day, sir. Lodgings ?” Avith a decided change of tone. “Bosy dear, slat yourself, and get the gentleman a room ready; and you might wring the neck of the cropple-croAvn hen Avliilo you’re about it. I dare say lie’s hungry.”

“Yob,” said Rosy, lifting a pair of appealing eyes to tho stranger’s. “ No, no,” cried Ben, heroically, “don’t kill anything forme. Tea and toast is a supper for a King. ” It pained him to add another straw to the burdens this dejected girl was already carrying —this girl in the garments and position of a menial, yet who bore herself like one of gentle blood. “You see,” apologized Mr. Cramm, the landlord, when lie came in, “we ain't had time to settle, owing to the Newell. Tavern-keeping don’t pay in Little Bassett, but ile does. Maybe you was thinking of buying, eh ?” Ben was thinking of it, he explained, but Little Bassett had not been his destination. “Maybe you was guided here by Providence.” “ Perhaps so,” said Ben. “ Pity you hadn’t been round a month ago, afore Deacon Davis parted with his place. He got down-hearted, and sold out for a good figger; but it turned out the article handsomely afterward, and the deacon’s that mad he could jump into a bramble-bush. Put sometimes, you see, it’s all a poor fellow can do to sell out when he ain’t got capital to work it. ‘ The destruction of the poor is their poverty,’ so tho Seriptur tells us.” “Yes?” said Ben, his eyes following Rosy on her way from the milking-shed with two foaming pails. Ben could hardly have told why he staid on in Little Bassett from day to day-; whether the neighborhood of such oil as must have burned in Aladdin’s wonderful lamp or tho subtle persuasions of Landlord Cramm k< pt him spell-bound in the rustic village, with its pretty river trickling to the sea, and its background of spicy woods, where the tinkle of cow-bells seemed like music blown from fairy-land. At least he did not put the question to himself. He had been making a tour of the different oil wells one afternoon, and, coming home through tho Bassett woods, he fell in with Rosy. “ After flowers ?” asked Ben. “Isn’t it growing dark ? Hadn’t you better turn back with me ?” “I must find Jetty first,” replied Rosy. “ And who may Jetty be ?” “Jetty is the cow ; she Strays away

and gets lost in the woods. Last year I couldn’t find her till after 9 one night.” “And you were here alone at that hour?” “It was bright moonlight.” “ And supposing there had been no moon ?” “ I must have staid till I found her, moon or no moon. Hark! did I hear her bell?” “ Perhaps we may find her sooner together. May Igo with you ?” “Yes, I suppose you may.” They strolled on, the young moon casting weird shadows and peopling the wood with fantastic shapes; and sometimes they forgot why they were there, and sometimes a frightened bird brushed the dew from the tangle, or the faint melody of a bell stirred the silence and" quickened their steps. It was after 8 when they drove old Jetty home, and Ben had been surprised more than once by the speech that fell from Rosy’s pretty lips. She knew the old poets, whom young ladies of the period disdain to cultivate. She was at home with Scott, and familiar with the tenets of the elder theologians. “You told me that you had never been to school,” said Ben, “bat somebody has taught you. There is no royal road to knowledge.” “ Yes; Parson Psalter’s wife taught me to read and writo, and she gave me little presents for learning verses by heart. She used to borrow me of Mrs. Gramm to read to her when her dear old eyes failed. Yes, and when she died she left mo all her hooks.”

Ben was more than ever interested in the subject of oil as the days went by. He listened to the enthusiastic raptures of Little Bassett, aud was persuaded that this was the tide which leads on to fortune. So lie staid on and on, learning the minutiae of this method of coining money, helping Bosy carry her brimming pails to the dairy, or bring the butter—for Mrs. Cramm was not one to allow milk to sour ou her hands, whatever the prospect which the oil well afforded. Ben had inherited a certain sum of money from a distant cousin, who, Avith his child, had disappeared from the sight of men years ago ; now jie informed Mr. Gramm he Avished to invest it in oil. “I’ll tell you what I’ll do by ye,” said that disinterested soul. “ I’ve took a mighty liking to you, and so has Miss Cramm ; there’s my well, I’m a thundering poor man, Mr. Bates, and I’m working it at a disadvantage. I’m awfully in debt, to tell the truth. I’m mortgaged up to my chin, and I don’t hev no peace for fear of a keeper in the house,.and a-being brought to disgrace afore my neighbors—and these womenfolks to look after. Noav, mark my word, somebody’s got to make a fortune out of that ’ere well, and I’d rather it ’d be you, Mr. Bates, than anybody, as it won’t be Jim Gramm ; if you’ve got the means you couldn’t do better than to take this ’ere elephant off my hands.” “ Thanks,” said Ben. “ I’ll think about it. Whereupon the merits of the Cramm Avell were so adroitly celebrated that Ben began not only to think, but to talk about it. One eveuing, a week later, Avlien Ben went to his room, a folded slip of paper under his candlestick attracted his attention. Thinkiug it might be a delicate fashion of Landlord Cramm to present his bills iu this way, he opened and read, Mu. Bates— Do not buy the “Cramm well.” You will be sorry if you do. A Kind Friend. Mr. Bates smiled broadly. He would show it to Mr. Cramm at breakfast, and have a laugh over the device of some rival striker; but morning brought wiser counsel. Was it not a woman’s hand! Perhaps Bosy’s; aud, if so, might it not deserve attention ? When he Avent forth to smoke, after breakfast, he encountered Bosy in the garden patch, picking peas for dinner. “ All, here is my‘kind friend,”’ he hazarded, holding out his hand. Bosy started and blushed. “ How came you to send me that warning, Bosy ?” he pursued. “ What do you know about the Cramm well ?” “I?” she asked, Avith ill-feigned surprise. “ What made you think I sent it ?” “Did you not?” Bosy hung her head, and tears filled her eyes. “Was it very wicked in me?” she asked. ‘‘ I could uot bear you should be beggared by them. You are the only one avlio lias ever been kind to me since dear Mrs. Psalter died. What coidd I do ? At least you Avon’t Avuste your money for naught.” “ But what evil do you know of the Cramm Avell? Why should I not purchase ?’’ “ Oil, you see, Mr. Bates, when they found it a mistake, a false strike, why—they—they doctored it! They brought oil on the sly, and brought the pump Avith it, don’t you see ? I heard them talking of it between themselves after I was in bed at night; it was Mrs. Cramm’s idea ; the walls are thin, and I couldn’t sleep, I was so tired. If you buy it, they mean to pack off before you can find out that the Avell’s a humbug. And I thought, maybe, you had notliiug but the money you would put iuto it, and 1 couldn’t stand by and sec you swindled, and not say a word.” “ I thank you; but, my dear girl,your Avarning comes too late. I have already bought the Cramm well.” “ But you will make them take it bach? You will go to law about it? ” “ I think not.” Mr. Bates Avas in a quandary. If lie took tlie IaAV in liis hands, ljfffy would be called upon for her testimony, and would not the fact that she had preferred the interest of a stranger to that of her adopted parents tell against this simple child, even though she had acted rightly in the matter? Furthermore, avouul it not cast her adrift upon the world, and was he prepared to offer her a local habitation and a name ?

“I hope you’ll get rich as mud,” said Mistress Cramm, on the following day, “ and remember them as set you on the road-to fortune, Mr. Bates. Jim and me thinks of trying Californy for my asthmy.” “ Will your daughter go with you?” asked Ben. “Rosy? She ain’t no daughter of mine, though, land knows I’ve been a mother to her. You see, its nigh lifteen years ago since a gentleman put up to the Traveler’s Haven with a little gal about four. He had no baggage to mention, had lost his trunk on the road, but guessed it would turn up. ** He was a proper, nice-looking man, with eye-glass-es like yours, Mr. Bates; and it appears lie got up early and went out, aud whether he went into the river for a bath, or a-purpose, nobody knew; but there he was drownded, and the little gal that couldn’t tell nothing but that her name was Rosy left on our hands without a change to her back. Nobody could find out who they was; there wasn’t no clew amongst their things, and no marks on their clothes; and so we’ve had to do for her ever since, and there’s no end to what she owes us.” “ Fifteen years ago; a gentleman and child named Rosy,” mused Ben. “ Fifteen years ago this blessed month. Jim he pawned the gentleman’s watch to buy Rosy clothes; but there was an odd sort of seal on tho chain. Maybe you’d like to see it ?” “ I should like to borrow it for a while,” said Ben, after examining it closely. ‘ You may have it for a trifle, if you’ve took a fancy to it. We’ve spent enough on ( Rosy to buy a dpgen such.” “I’ll give yqq your price,” said Ben; and just tl]eg ijim Cramm was brought in with broken leg—and they didn’t go fcg Mrs. Jim’s asthma. Jf W| a year since those events occurred,

Retribution has overtaken Mr. and Mrs. Cramm. “ I want to tell you a story,” Ben said to Rosy, the other day. “ I once had a distant cousin who disappeared mysteriously with his little daughter after having started upon a journey. He was advertised for by his distant relatives, and sought for in vain. The child was 4 years old at the time. Her name was Rosy. She had blue eyes and auburn hair like yours. By the supposed death of these two I came into possession of a certain sum of money, which, having accumulated during my minority, enabled me to buy the Cramm well, as you know. Contrary to our expectations, yours and mine, Rosy, the well has netted its owner a fortune, since it was not a false strike, as Mr. Cramm supposed. But I find Jam not the owner.” ' “ You not the owner!” cried Rosy. “Then who is?” “ You, Rosy; you are the owner of the Cramm well.” “I ? What do yon mean ? I the OAvner of the well ?” “ Yon have heard the story of your introduction at the Traveler’s Haven, and your father’s tragic end ? The seal upon liis chain was of curious workmanship. Mrs. Cramm had preserved it, and when she allowed me to take it I carried it to my father, and the missing link was snpElied. It proved the sac-simile of one e had given my cousin, even to the monogram J. B.—John Bates. Is it not plain that your father and my cousin are one, and that the Cramm well belongs to you, his daughter, Rosy?” “I suppose it must be true, if you think so,” said Rosy. “But yon must let me divide with you; you must keep the well.” ‘‘On one condition, Rosy. That you give yourself with it.” And Rosy did not quarrel with the condition.— Harper's Bazar.

Dead Letters.

From the annual report of Mr. Edgar J. Dallas, Superintendent of the DeadLetter Office, some interesting statistics are gained to show the amount of carelessness that exists among letter-writers in this country. The whole number of dead letters received at the Dead-Letter Office during the year ending June, 1877, was 3,234,800, which is 349,944 less than the number received the previous year. Of these 2,604,833 were merely letters of no special importance, about half of which were returned to the writers, or forwarded to the persons for whom they were intended. This is a reduction of about 200,000 from the number received the previous year. There were 121,165 letters received, which were properly addressed, but on which the sender bad neglected to place a stamp. The number of letters returned to the United States from foreign countries was 160,599, the persons to whom they were addressed not having called for them Avithin ninety days, the time allowed. The number of letters sent to the Dead-Letter Office containing money was 42,746; and the aggregate amount contained in them was $51,957.41. This is a reduction from the previous year, when there were received 35,612 letters, containing currency to the amount of $54,721. Last year oAvners were found for 20,884 letters, inclosing $37,952. The year previous the proportion was about the same. The money is held in tho Dead-Letter Office for one year, to the credit of tlie Avriter, but at tlie expiration of that time it goes into the United States treasury. Nearly $1,400,000 was found in 12,9,41 letters, in the shape of drafts, certificates of deposits, bonds, and other paper representing money. Of these, 11,608 letters, with inclosures valued at $1,204,405, Avere returned to their owners. There were 261,356 letters that came in containing jewelry and other articles of intrinsic value. Of these, 141,126 were delivered to their Avriters Avith the inclosures. Over 27,000 letters were found to contain photographs, and over 38,000' contained postage stamps. A great portion of these were returned either to tlie writer or the person ad-dressed.—-11 ashington Cor. Chicago Intcr-Occan.

He Quit Right There.

Some months since a fond Detroit father imagined that his only son, a young man of 20, was going into consumption/ A doctor was consulted, and he advised that tho son be put through a course of gymnastic training. The young man seemed to like the idea, and fer two or three months he was in daily attendance at a gymnasium. Then he began to grow careless, and finally quit it altogether. The father thought he could see signs of failing health again, and, to induce his son to go back to rings, bars and gloves once more, he fitted up a private gymnasium in the barn, and began a course of exercise himself. The other morning he remembered that he used to be a boxer in his young days, and he remarked that he’d give his son a few lessons. He was balancing himself on his heel and feeling out with both hands, when something hit him, and half a minute afterward he dimly realized that some one was bending over him aud saying: “ Father, dear father ! are you dead?” He sat up, looked around, and hoarsely inquired: “Jim, what on earth happened?” “ Why, father, I got in a love-tap on your nasal—just a little feeler, to see if you were solid on your pins.” “ Didn’t you strike as hard as you could ?” “ No—not half—not a quarter. It was what the boys call ‘ feeling for claret. ’ Your nose will spring back into position in less than half a day.” The father got up, let the gloves fall from his hands, and, as he caught the trapeze to steady his Jogs, lie said: “Jim, your mother and I thought you were going into consumption, and Dr. ——, he backed us up in it. That’s why I sent you to learn gymnasti s. Jim, I’m a fool, your Another is an awful good woman, and if we can get the doctor up here long enough to let you feel for his claret, I don’t care 1 >w soon I dio !” —Detroit Ft cc Prcm.

A Ferocious Horse.

A Petroleum (Cal.) paper says: “Last night the ‘Man-eater,’ a valuable but savage stallion that was brought here from the East some time since, heavily ironed, with shackles on his feet, on account of his well-known ferocious nature, got loose and escaped from liis stable. At ft o’clock this morning a man by the name of Kenny was sent out to look for the horse, and two hours after he Avas discovered dead in the race-track, where he hail been killed by the stallion while trying to catch him. The body of the man wae frightfully mutilated, his breast being bitten and torn in the most shocking manner, and his upper extremities were greatly scarred and disfigured by the hoofs of the fierce animal, that, after throwing him down, had evidently jumped and trodden upon him, crushing in his chest, and attacking him Avith his teeth. The wicked and dangerous Maneater, that seems to be appropriately named, Avas subsequently captured "by two Mexican vaqueros, and is now securely lodged in his stable. ”

Colored Men Declining Jury Duty.

An incident occurred in the Circuit Court last Monday that excited some surprise. A goodly number of colored men had been drawn to serve on the petit jury this week, and they appeared in the box aud answered to their names. After tho court had heard excuses from those who could not well serve, one colored man rose up and stated that he did not believe he ought to sit as a juror, because he kneAV nothing about such service. Several (lid the same, and they were exon sed. (MUs.) {tepublioan. • .

AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Around the Farm. A fakmeb writes to the Elmira Farmers’ Club that alcohol is a safe and sure cure for lice on animals, injuring neither hair nor skin, and it is seldom put to so noble a use. * Skimmed milk, or sour milk, or milk in any condition, is a most excellent drink for poultry. It is meat and drink both. Some of' the finest chickens we ever saw were raised upon the free use of milk with their food. Hens lay as Avell, or l>etter, when furnished -with this, than upon any known article offered them.— Utica Herald. Although peach-growing is not a very encouraging business to engage in, yet I believe that a few trees planted each year Avill repay for the care and attention bestowed. Old peach-trees are of no particular value except for fuel, and not specially valuable for even that; and they should be cut down, and new ones planted in their places.— Chicago Tribune. In all systems of manuring one sac should be borne in mind, that manure should be placed in as close proximity as possible to the plants it is to nourish, since in all cases of decomposition the disengaged substance enters into new combinations at the very instant it is tliroAvn off, much more rapidly than it does at any subsequent period.—Massachusetts Ploioman. This matter of windows in stables is one of vastly more importance than some farmers think. Animals, no more than vegetables,' can thrive in the dark. Our long Avinters are sufficiently trying to the constitutions of our farm-stock, under the best circumstances, and an animal upon which the sun scarcely shines at all for five or six months will come out in the spring in a bad state of health, even though the feed, and tlie ventilation, and tlie temperature have been all right. The sun is the great life-giver.— Vermont Chronicle.

Fertilizing Laavns. —A first-rate topdressing for laAvns is rich, well-rotted mold, mixed Avith superphosphate, guano, or bone-dust, salt, and plaster. Barn-yard manure would be good if it were not for the large quantity of seeds of weeds it contains. Salt will not hurt grass, except in large quantities. The quantities of the manures per acre may be: Of the superphosphate, guano, or bone-dust, 300 pounds; of salt, 100 pounds; of plaster, about a bushel and a half. The lawn-mowings should be left on the surface and not raked off, as is usual.— Toronto Globe.

The cheapest meat for the farmer is mutton. It may .safely be said to cost nothing, as the fleece from a sheep of a good breed Avill amply pay for its keeping. Then, for additional profit, there are a lamb or two, tlie pelt of the animal if killed at home, tlie excellent manure from its droppings, and the riddance of tho pastures from weeds, to which sheep are destructive foes. With the exception of poultry, mutton is also tho most convenient meat for the farmer. A sheep is easily killed and dressed by a single hand in an hour, and in the warmest weather it can readily be disposed of before it spoils. Science and experience both declare it’s tho healthiest kind of meat, and a foolish prejudice alone prefers pork, which, whether fresh or salt, is the unhealthiest of them all. When people gain more Avisdom, farmers will keep more sheep.— Moore's Rural.

To Tell the Age of Fowls. —ls a hen’s spur is hard, and tlie scales on the legs rough, she is old, whether you see her head or not, but her head will corroborate your observation. If the underbill is so stiff’ that you cannot bend it doAvn, and the comb thick and rough, leave her, no matter how fat and plump, for some one less particular. A young hen has only the rudiments of spurs; the scales on tho legs are smooth, glossy and fresh colored, whatever the color may be; the claws tender and short, the nails sharp, the underbill soft and the comb thin and smooth.... An old hen turkey has rough scales on the legs, callosities on the soles of the feet, and long, strong claws; a young one the reverse of all those marks. When the feathers are on the old turkey-cock has a long tuft or beard; a young one but a sprouting one; and Avlien tliey are off the smooth scales on the legs decide the point, beside the difference in size of tlie Avattles of the neck, and in the elastic shoot upon the nose.... An old goose, when alive, is knoAvn by the rough legs, the strength of the wing, particularly of the pinions, the thickness and strength of the bill, and the fineness of the feathers ; and, Avhen plucked, by the legs, the tenderness of the skin under the Avings, by the pinions and the bill and the coarseness of the skin.... Ducks are distinguished by tlje same means, but there is this difference—that a duckling’s bill is much longer in proportion to the breadth of its head than the old duck’s. .... A young pigeon is discovered by its pale color, smooth scales, tender, collapsed feet, and the yellow, long down interspersed among its feathers, A pigeon that can fly has always red-col-ored legs and no down, and is then too old for use as a squab. —Rural New Yorker.

About tlie House. Aunt Nancie’s Corn Bread. —Two cups of sweet milk and one of sour; liree cups of meal and one of flour; onelialf cup of molasses; one teaspooniul of soda and one of salt, and steam two and one-lialf hours. Nitric Acid eor Hoarseness. —Dr. W. Handsel Griffiths says that a few drops of nitric acid in a glass of SAveetened water, taken a couple of times daily, will be found an excellent remedy for the hoarseness of singers. Egg Butter. —One quart of good clear molasses; four eggs well beaten; stir briskly together and then place over the fire and stir until thick as desired; lift from the fire and flavor with vanilla, lemon, or whatever is best liked. Nice for tea. Pickled Beets.— Boil, and when tender remove the skins and slice; take equal parts of . vinegar and sugar, Avitli one teaspoonfui each of ground cloves and cinnamon, tied in a cloth, to each quart of vinegar, and pour boiling over the beets. To Pickle Red Cabbage. — Wash very clean; remove the coarse leaves and cut into shreds; put into a jar and cover Avith hot brine; when cold, renew the brine, and when again cold, drain. Allow one cup of white sugar to every gallon of vinegar; tie into a cloth whatever spice you choose, and when just boiling throw over the cabbage. Pickled Onions.— Peel small onions and throw into a pan of boiling salt water; set them over the fire and allow them to simmer ten minutes; remove them to a cloth to dry, and then put carefully into glass jars. Boil some vinegar with ginger and Avhole pepper and, when cold, pour over the onions. Farmers’ Fruit Cake. —Soak three teacupfuls of dried apples over night in warm water; chop slightly in the morning, then simmer two hours in two cups of molasses; add tAvo avcll- beaten eggs; one cup of sugar; one cup of sweet milk; one-half cup of butter; one desertspoonful of soda; flour enough to make rather a stiff batter; flavor with spice to suit the taste. Bake in a moderately quick oven; this will make two cakes. Canning Corn. —Cut the corn from the cobs, and scrape the cobs enough to get off all of it; select a large cob to pack the corn in the jars, and cut the butt off square. Have a funnel to fit into the neck of the jar, and fill Avith corn, packing it solid with the cob. Set the jars, with tops partly screwed up, into a boiler having a grate in the bottom, or some-

thing to keep the jars from direct contact with the bottom. Fill the boiler with cold water to the shoulders of the jars, bring to a boil, and keep it boiling three hours; take up and screw up tops tight. In an hour screw up again, and set away in a cool, dark place. *

A MYSTERY IN LAW.

Curious and Interesting Suit Growing Out of a Mysterious Robbery. [Mt. Vernon (Ill.) Cor. St. Louis Republican.] Within a few days there will come up for trial in the Circuit Court here a curiously interesting case, being the suit of the Mt. Vernon -National Bank against the Adams Express Company, for SB,OOO, which plaintiffs claim to have delivered in June last to defendants, for transmission to the Third National Bank of St. Louis. Wliat has become of this money is unknown to all save the person who stole it The history of this case, as far as developed, is as follows: On the 11th of June the cashier of the Mt. Vernon National Bank counted out $6,000 in greenbacks and $2,000 in national-bank currency, and, placing the whole in one package, braced on each side by a piece of heavy pasteboard, securely tied the same with strong twine, the ends and sides of the bills being, it is said, fully exposed to view. The package was then passed over to Noah Johnson, the President of the bank, and Jeremiah Taylor, a Director, who placed upon it an additional wrapper, tied it with more and stronger twine, and then sealed it. Not satisfied with this, the bank officers named gave it a second wrapper, thicker and stronger than the first, and put on njnre twine and sealing wax. In this apparently-secure shape the package was returned to the cashier, Mr. C. D. Ham, who at once addressed it to the Third National Bank at St. Louis. It was then passed back to Mr. Taylor, the Director above named, who took it to the depot and delivered it to Mr. John T. Saunders, express agent, taking a receipt for the same. When the westward-bound train reached Moufifc Vernon, about half an hour from the time of this transaction, the express agent delivered the package to the express messenger, who in turn gave his receipt therefor. From this point the mystery commences. It being after banking hours when the train reached St. LouiH, the package could not be delivered until 9 next day. It seems, indeed, that it was not until the afternoon of the following day that the Third National Bank received it, and that it was theu placed in their safe and not opened until the next day, the 13tli. It was this last proceeding that disclosed the most ingenious robbery recorded in many a day. The money was found to have disappeared, and in its stead had been placed a lot of brown wrap-ping-paper cut the sizo of bank bills, interlaced all through with tissue paper, the whole being made to resemble the size and shape of the original package as sent to the bank in this city. The pasteboards were, however, gone, and the package tied with different twine from that used by the Mount Vernon Bank. The inside wrapper was also gone, though the outside one, with the address in the handwriting of the cashier of the Mount Vernon Bank, had apparently been undisturbed, it requiring considerable scrutiny to detect any tampering with the seals. This is the most remarkable feature of the affair, and shows the most- consummate skill of the hands employed in it. There are numerous theories advanced on the subject, but no good purpose could be served by making newspaper mention of these on the eve.of the trial, in which the whole matter will be sifted to the bottom. The Mount Vernon Bank sues for $<3,000 stolen funds and for $4,000 in the way of damages. A number of prominent lawyers of Missouri and Illinois are engaged, and the trial promises to be one of great interest.

A Dangerous Wife to Joke With.

The Fort Worth (Tex.) Democrat says: “ Marshal Courtright, of this town, thought of joking his wife. Arriving at home at a late hour he entered the front gate, carefully closing it. Cautiously groping his way thither, what was his surprise to see the right hand of his wife lying on the sill of the window. On her fingers she had two gold rings, one of which he proceeded to take off. It being rather loose, ho experienced but little trouble, aud succeeded iu the operation without waking her up. The remaining ring was a much tighter fit, and, in his effort to extricate it, his wife awoke, finding her hand grasped from without by some one whom she at once concluded was a robber. Quickly pulling her hand away, she was about to scream, but, thinking of a convenifent six-shooter under her pillow, she again placed her ‘jeweled hand’ on the sill, which was grasped by the supposed burglar, and with the other she quietly reached for the pistol, and, rising suddenly, brought it to bear on her husband ; but for his presence of mind in quickly calling her she would have shot him dead. Mrs. Courtright displayed great presence of mind, fortitude and courage, and the Marshal should be proud of possessing a wife so fearless and brave. His narrow escape has completely cured him of any further desire to play the role of midnight robber.”

Preliminary Signs of Revolution in France.

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The misdirection of the Bile.

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It is a Well-Known Fact

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