Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1879 — Page 4

GOING DOWN TO MAINE; OR, THE KISS DEFERRED. Two little coneine once there were— Mery Ann end Mery Jane: The first one lived in Boston town, The second down in Maine. (But ns lhe town of Boston stood So very fer from Maine, The cousins yet hed never met. Which ceused them much pein.) And Jene she wrote e little note; “ Deer cousin ’’—thus wrote she—- “ Deer Cousin Ann, I've mede a plan That you should visit me; For you ere the one, the Ann unknown, I've dways longed to see. They say that you have eyes deep blue, And a face all lily fair, While round your face, with many a grace, Doth curl your golden hair. Now I, they say, have eyes of gray, And the puggiast little nose, A little round chin with a dimple in, And cheeks as red as a rose. L t me tell you this, that I'm saving a kiss, And a dear, good hugging, too. For the cousin so fair with the golden hair, And the ejes so brightly blue. So pray, dear Ann, come if you can, and bring your dolly, dear: My dollies all, both great and small, Will make her welcome here. And we'll sit up stairs in our little low chairs, And dress them all so gay; And we'll hunt for flowers <n the woods for hours, And I know such a pretty play t ” Wrote Ann to Jane: “ I’d come to Maine And play with you. I’m sure; Twould lie so good, if I only could, But my pa he’s too poor. When bis ship get home, then I may come. He says, for that will bring All it can hold of silver and gold. And clothes, and everything.” The years flew on; young maidens grown Were Marys Ann and Jane; Still dwelt the first in Boston town, The second down in Vaiun. (But as the town of Boston stood 80 very far from Maine, The cousins yet had never met. Which caused them muclapain.) And now Jane wrote a perfumed note. All in a perfumed cover; And thus it ran: “Do come, dear Ann, Do come, and bring your lover. I've a lover, too, so tender and true— Ohl gallant youth is he. Ou a moonlight night, when the moon shines bright. How charming it will be To pleasantly walk and pleasantly talk, Or for you two and we Together to roam whete the white waves foam, All down by the sounding sea! * Wrote Ann to Jane: “ TTiat visit to Maine Must longer yet delay, My exmsin dear: for soon draws near My happy wedding day,” More years had flown; much older grown Were Marys Ann and Jane; Htill dwelt the first in Boston town, The second down in Maine. (But as the town of Boston stood 8 j very far from Maine, The cousins yet had never met, "Which caused them much pain.) And once again took Jane her pen; “ Dear cousin,*’ now wrote she, “ Won’t you come down from Boston town, And bring your family? Brlug all your girls, with their golden curls, And their eyes so heavenly blue; Bring all your boys, with all their noise, And bring that husband, too. I've a pretty band that around me stand— Six girls—my heart's delight! They’re as lovely a set as ever you met, And al] remarkably bright. There’s a kiss—don’t you know?—that since long ago I have been keeping warm for you, deart Or have you forgot that first little note I scribbled and sent you from here? ” Thus Ann did reply: “ Alas ! how can I Hot forth on my travels, dear Jane? I’ve too many to take, yet none can forsake, Ho sadly at home must remain. If your kiss is warm still, pray keep ft until You see me come jaunting that way. I’ve a loving kiss, too, that’s been saving for you Tills many and many a day.” Time onward ran; now Jane and Ann Were old and feeble grown: Life’s rapid years, ’mid smiles and tears; Had swiftly o'er them flown. Thin locks of gray were stroked away From the worn and wrinkled brow; Their forms were bent, their years wore spent, They were aged women now— Lone, widowed w >inen now. One, young folks all did “ Aunt Ann” Call The other one. “ Aunt Jane; ” Htill dwelt the first in Boston town, The second down in Maine. (But as the town of Boston stood Ho very far from Maine, The cousins yet had never met. Which caused theiu much pain.) Sudden one day-one winter’s day— Aunt inn said, “I must go To Oou-in Jane, who lives in Maine, In spite of ice and snow.” “Why. grandmother dear! This time o’the year? Oh. what a foolish tiling! You are far too old to g® in the cold; We pray you wait till spring. Mbon tile skies are clear, and flowers appear, And birds begin to slug ” “ Children,” said she, “don't hinder mo. When smiling spring comes on, The flowers mav bloom around my tomb, Amt I be dead and gone. I’m old. 'tis true; my days are f nv; There li s a reason plain Against deJay. If short my stay, I must away to Maine. And lot these eyes, these mortal eyes Behold my Cousin Jane.” As Aunt Jane sits and quietly knits, r Thinking her childhood o’er, The latch is stirred, and next is heard A tapping at the door. “ Codie in.” she said an I raised her head Jo see who might appear. An aged dame, who walked quite lame, Hahl, Cousin, lam here! I'm here, dear Jane; I’vo come to Maine lo take that kiss, you know— The ki»B, my dear, kept for me hero Since that long, long ago I ” I “ surprise Aunt Jane she cries: M Why, Ann, can this be you? Where and oh where is the golden hair? Are these those eyes of blue?” And where.” Ann said, “ are your roses fled, And’your chubby cheeks, I pray* Tliis, I suppose, was the little pug nose; But the dimples, where are they? Are the dollies up stairs, in the small, low chairs, DroHßcd out ho fine and gay? Shal! we gather flowers in the' woodland bowers? Shall we play that pretty play? , ove r- too. bo tender and true Who walk* d by the light ot the moon; And the little baud that around thee did stand— Are they gone, all gone so soon?” • turned their eyes t? the darkening skies And the desolate scene below, Where the wintry sun was sinking down Behind the waste of snow, H1 ’ olte } vi,h fears of ’tlieir childhood’s years And hopes of Jong ago. Thus sitting there, long talked the pair Of those they loved that day; How some were dead, and some were wed And others fur away; How some had proved true, and of erring ones who Hud sadly gone astray; Of the brides they hail dressed with many a jest Th°ugh with many a secret sigh; Of the fair and the brave they had lain in the grave*— . Too fair, too brave, to die I Slow fades away the winter’s day, Its last faint gleam is gone: Shadows deep now o’er them creep But still the.tale goes on; The smiles and tears of buried years Are smiled and wept again; And marriage bells and funeral knells Are mingled in one strain. And thus, at last, a lifetime passed, The cousins met In Maine. —Harper't lazar.

HOIST BY HIS OWN PETARD.

A few weeks ago some workmen engaged in removing an old mansion on the corner of California and Mason streets were considerably puzzled at finding a number of copper wires connecting the bath-room with a room above. The owners of the property were equally puzzled, having never before known of their existence. The wires were removed and nothing more thought of the matter. This recalls to my mind an incident which many will now remember. On the 14th of July, 1862, a Prof. Croftly was found dead in the bathroom I have just mentioned. Croftly was well known among scientific men as a professor of chemistry, and, besides, had a large circle of acquaintance in this city. He was supposed at the time to have committed suicide, and his death furnished a three days’ sensation for the press. The accounts in four leading newspapers materially conflicted, which made the matter all the more interesting to the public. All agreed, however, with a singular unanimity of opinion, that he was dead. Even the Call, while not positively admitting his demise in the article, virtuidly conceded it in the head lines. Croftly, when found, was lying in the bath, covered with wounds of a curious nature that no one could explain how they came to be inflicted. They were deep, ragged and gaping, and there was no instrument found in the room with which they might have been made. Even the detectives who visited the scene of Croftly’s death shook their heads and were at sea. Those who dispovered the body found the door sepurely fastened from the jftpjde, and

were obliged to buret it open. The room had no other means of egress or ingress. “Suicide!” remarked one of the reporters. “ How came those wounds on the neck ? ” asked a detective. “Who else was here?” responded a journalist. And neither man had anythin g more to say. A post mortem revealed nothing new, except that the physicians found a state of the blood which they could not satisfactorily account for. “He was frozen,” said a young physician, whose opinion seemed to have its foundation only in surmise. “You seem to have forgotten that this is July,” remarked an elderly gentleman connected with a university. The newspapers vied with each other in building up ingenious theories accounting for the affair, the Coroner’s jury found a verdict of suicide, for want of anything better, and the remains were buried. The reader who desires to get a more detailed account of the affair—as related at the time—can do so by referring to the files of any of the city papers of that date. In fact, I would produce them here, did space permit. The main thing, however, is to clear up the mystery of Croftly’s remark able death. He came to the coast in 1860, and was reputed to be a man of sufficient means to live handsomely on the interest of his money. He stopped a while at the Oriental Hotel, and there met Edward Deau, a young man who, like himself, was a gentleman of leisure. The two became intimate, and finally, tired of hotel life, they determined to seek quarters which would be more congenial and home like. They found these quarters at the residence of Richard Armstrong, a mutual acquaintance, who lived in very desirable quarters on the corner of Mason and California streets. Before the costly habitations of Stanford, Crocker, and other millionaires sprung into existence, Armstrong’s house came very near being called a mansion. Armstrong rented Croftly and Dean three elegant rooms, partly because he liked the men personally, and partly because he was running on a pretty close margin financially. The two found their new quarters as attractive as men of taste could wish. Armstrong was a widower, and the three men had some rare old times together evenings. His cellar was stocked with excellent wines, and his library with books of the very rarest vintage of literature.

One evening a hack drove up to the door, and a woman, clad in wraps, bounded up the steps with astonishing vigor and agility, like most Western girls who are blessed with good health and animal spirits. She dashed into the hall in a style that sent a perceptible tremor through the house, and fell into old Armstrong’s arms. A fusilade of kisses followed. It was his daughter Alice. Next morning the usual formalities of introduction were gone through, and Mins Armstrong became one of the fixtures of the place. A few days before her arrival Prof. Croftly had suggested the idea of living somewhat nearer the center of the city. After Miss Armstrong entered the house, however, no further allusion was made to the proposed removal. The piofessor began to pay Miss Armstrong the most devout attention, and, as a matter of course, she fell madly in love with young Dean. It is generally conceded that one of the most effective ways of wooing a woman is to let some other man do it. The woman tires of the indefatigable lover, and the man who treats her with indifference is soon preferred. Some men learn this by experience; Dean discovered it by accident. He presently began to turn his knowledge to excellent account, and a bitter rivalry sprung up between the two men. Croftly soon realized that he was not the favorite, and never for the life of him could ascertain how a woman could form an attachment for a man who hadn’t the remotest idea of chemistry. He forgot that he was somewhat old, and that some women dislike-to cast their bridal wreaths upon the snow. He finally determined to put his rival out of the way, and set about laying his plans. After a couple of weeks’ deliberation he concluded to murder Dean, and do it so neatly and scientifically that discovery would be next to impossible. One day I was in his room—being an occasional visitor—and observed him busily engaged in chemical experiments. Said he: “Did you ever realize that the conditions which result in congelation might be produced chemically?” I confessed that I had never given the subject much thought. “Of course you understand that sudden evaporation causes cold.” I knew nothing of the kind at the time, but nodded assent rather than acknowledge my ignorance. “I can produce ice instantaneously,” he continued. “This is my assistant,” pointing to an electric battery. “With a current of, say, 100 omes of electricity, I can accelerate enough evaporation to freeze instantly 100 gallons of water.” Here the professor took a basin of water and poured in a small quantity of the colorless liquid. “This is ammonia,” said he. “But this”—here he added about as much of the other liquid—is something else.” “What is it?” “No one knows but myself.” I deemed it impertinent to question him further. He then attached the wires of his battery to the water. “When I make the connecting current the water will become ice.” I watched, much interested, and he laid his hand on a piece of metal which was part of the apparatus, and the turning of which caused the currents to connect. He turned the brass piece, and instantly a cloud of vapor rose from the surface of the water. Crystals shot from the sides of the basin with astonishing rapidity, and there was a sharp, crackling sound as the water expanding in it caused a strain upon the basin which pressed out the sides. “ With 500 omes,” continued the professor, “ I could freeze 500 cubic feet of water.” I left the house much impressed with the discovery made by the professor, and a few days afterward learned of his death. The public considered it a case of suicide. I made a careful examination of the premises, and came to a different conclusion. It was the hand of Alice Armstrong that killed Prof. Croftly. Let us go back a little. After the professor realized what could be done with his new appliance of electricity, he determined to utilize it in the murder of Dean. He hit upon the grand idea of freezing him in the bath. “ She will not love him cold,” he said, and began to arrange his plans. Dean was fond of the bath. He retired at midnight, and always took a bath just before. The bath-room of Armstrong’s house was an exceptionally good one. It was situated but a short distance from the suit occupied by the professor and Dean. The tank was of marble, eight feet wide, ten feet long and six feet deep, capable of holding 480 cubic feet of water. Croftly connected the bath with his own room by means of wires. One entered the bath by the waste-pipe. He reached this by digging in the garden under the pretext of planting flowers. The wire ran down the side of the house and into the ground, Jt was concealed from ob-.

serration by a little bush. • The other was connected with the pipe which furnished the water. He bored a hole in the wall and found the pipe, as he expected, running in the rear of the room close to the floor. He then increased the jars of his battery, and raised its strength to 500 omes. No suspicion was excited by this, as he had been for. months before making electrical experiments. His apparatus was fixed on a stand near the wall, and the wires from it connected with those leading to the bath. When the apparatus was removed its wires could be pulled away from the others, and no trace would be left of previous connection. On the night of the 3d of July all was in readiness. Croftly laid his plans with nicety and deliberation. Dean always took a bath before retiring, which was about midnight. In the morning Croftly had purchased two seats at the Metropolitan Theater and given them to Armstrong, who took his daughter to the play. By 8 o’clock everything was quiet in the house. Croftly knew that he was safe from interruption until 11 o’clock, and perhaps later. He now began to work in earnest. He filled the tank with water, and then tested his wires over and over again. Everything was in splendid working order. He calculated that he could imbed his rival in ice about midnight, and then turn on hot water. In the morning there would be no trace left of the freezing. He rubbed his hands with delight, and then poured in the chemical proportions, wherein lay the secret of his discovery. Having done this, he went baek to his room and laid the two connecting wires of his apparatus side by side upon the instrument. It was now 9 o’clock. He turned the gas up to a full blaze to disperse the shadows, took an easy chair and determined to read until Dean’s return. The silence of the house became unbearable, and the sultriness of the apartment more and more oppressive. His excitement began to tell upon him, and he was no longer cool. The man who is about to kill suffers more pangs than he who knows he is about to die. Croftly paced up and down the apartment, and then a strange fascination drew him toward the bath. He entered the room again and stood gazing into the motionless water in the tank, and murmured to himself: “Four hundred and eighty cubic feet, 500 omes.” There was a gas jet above the tank, and its faint glow was reflected in the water. To Croftly the atmosphere seemed to have been generated in a blast-furnace. The water looked cool and refreshing. There was yet more than an hour. Croftly turned the catch of the door from force of habit, and, throwing off his clothes, plunged in. He could find no disagreeable trace of the chemicals, and once more he felt the delightful sensation of being cool. It was so agreeable that he began to reflect in his mind whether he would not continue the bath and postpone the murder. Suddenly the hall-door was slammed, and he heard the voice of Miss Armstrong talking with her father. The pair had indeed returned, having left the theater because they did not care to be bored with Mrs. Bowers’ hackneyed rendering of “ Queen Elizabeth.” Passing along the hall they saw the professor’s door open and the gas in full blast. Armstrong hated to see anything go to waste, and told his daughter to go in and lower the gas, as the room was unoccupied. Miss Armstrong went in as directed, and her father passed up stairs. While alone, the girl could not resist the temptation to pull a little note from her bosom and read it again. She had received it that morning, and had already perused it about twenty times. It read: Dear Alice: Will you be my wife? Yours, Edward Dean. Dean was a young man who, when he had anything to say, said it at once, and stopped on reaching the point. She pored over the letter about five minutes, and then, returning it to its place, looked about her. Her eye presently fell on the instrument connected with Croftly’s battery. She took up one of the wires, and was about to lay it on the other and see if there would be a shock, when her courage failed her and she dripped it across its mate. A spark flashed out, which startled her. She drew back, lowered the gas, and went to bed. At the instant the wires were connected Croftly was in the center of the bath. A shock and terrible chill passed through his frame, and he felt a cloud of vapor rising from the surface of the water and sweeping into his face. Myriads of spear-like crystals shot out from the edge of the tank and converged toward him like so many shafts of death. He realized his situation and dashed to reach the steps; as he did so, he threw himself against the jagged edges of a sheet of ice half an inch thick. There was a frightful gash in his side from which the blood was streaming. He struggled madly amid the ice, and every throe brought fresh wounds. His limbs moved no longer in water; they were enveloped in slush. The ice closed about him like a vise. He was dead. After the evaporation of the chemicals the electricity had no longer any effect, and the heat of the room began to tell upon the ice. The mass melted, and by 4 o’clock in the morning the corpse of Croftly was floating upon the surface of the bath. He was not missed until 9 o’clock the next morning, when Dean burst open the door and found him as described. The rest is known. The jury gave a verdict of suicide, and Miss Armstrong and Edward Dean were married on the 22d of the same month.— San Franciso Argonaut.

Two Alligator Yarns.

Last spring a large ox went into the waters of Lake Jackson, near Tallahassee, to drink. An alligator fastened to the fore leg of the animal, crushing the bone. The ox struggled to the shore, dragging his antagonist with him. At this time the shore was black with alligators, attracted by the smell of blood, and some crawled upon the bank. The ox fought valiantly, tossing one of the monsters high in the air, from which fall he lay on the ground stunned a considerable time. But the wounded ox again got in the water, and a mammoth alligator closed on his nose and dragged him under. Not long ago a Florida paper told a story of the charming of an alligator by a rattlesnake. The latter, upon discovering the former, attracted attention by sounding an alarm. The alligator turned his head several times, as if he wanted to get away, but as often faced the snake again. “Toward the end of half an hour,” says the paper, “with fixed eyes the alligator moved slowly toward his terrible enemy, until within striking distance, when the snake curled himself more compactly and struck the alligator. For a moment the alligator shook tremendously, and then, as if by magic, made a semi-circle backward, and brought his tail down on the would-be assassin with fatal result.” On several occasions captured alligators and rattlesnakes have been put in an inclosure to fight for the benefit of spectators, and in a majority of cases the snake has been victorious, having succeeded in striking his fangs into the alligator’s open mouth. New York World. The peanut crop of North Carolina is short 40,000 bushels.

FARM NOTES.

Seasonable Hints. [From the Rural New Yorker.) Plans made in the two past month are now ready for execution, in whole or in part. The sun is getting higher, and his rays more penetrating. Thia stimulates activity in all out-door work. The melting snow and lengthening days of March infuse life into every human being if he has a spark of vitality left in him. Select Trees and Plants—Almost every farm would be more valuable if it contained a few more fruit trees and grape vines of certain desirable varieties. For a choice of varieties, consult the reports of fruit growers in your immediate vicinity. Every farm, even every village lot, should have some grape vines. How many there are without this luxury. There is a sort of mystery about grape vines, which troubles beginners and often keeps them from planting. Select Garden Seeds. —Procure seeds early from a reliable source if you have not saved a full supply. Plan the garden and have everything ready, on the approaching spring, for manual labor. Sow clover seed, and, to insure a good catch, put on a fine-toothed harrow. This may seem to injure the wheat, but shut up your eyes and go ahead. Leave a strip without harrowing and you will be convinced it pays to harrow wheat in the spring. Pruning Apple Trees. —This may be done on warm days. There are often good rules for pruning trees, some of which the fanner is likely to ignore. In severe climates, do not try to make the head very open like an inverted umbrella. Thin out small limbs around the outside of the top rather than near the center or about the large limbs. Trim moderately every year, and not heavily once in three or more years. Make it a rule to cut off no limbs over an inch in diameter. Cellars. —Sort over the fruit and vegetables, and carry out everything which is decayed. The odor of rotted vegetables penetrates the cracks of the floor and the carpet above, and carries disease and sickness to the people who dwell there. It is customary to have a cellar under the house, but there are objections to such a custom. Ventilate the cellar when the air is cool and dry, and close it in the warmest part of the day, and on all wet, warm days. Give the walls a good heavy coat of whitewash. The Health.—The warm days of spring, mixed with sudden cold snaps and raw winds, are the most trying part of the year to the health of farmers. The appetite should not be stimulated. Winter clothing should not be given up. In sloppy weather, the feet need especial care. Cold, wet feet are the cause of many ills. In some way, keep the feet warm and dry. It will often be well to change the stockings during the day for a pair that are dry. Warm weather relaxes the system, and man and teams feel less able to do hard work than in steady cold weather. A Change of Business. —Just now pork is low and sheep are looking better. We have heard numerous inquiries for sheep,, and know of men who are bound to get rid of their hogs at any price. There are many farmers who always buy at the highest price in the dearest times and sell off when there is a depression. Pork will not always be so low. It is a good time to buy improved swine and give them a good chance. It is probably a good time to sell part of the sheep if they will bring an extra price. The farmer generally does the best who keeps the even tenor of his way, paying little regard to the “ ups-and-downs ” of certain articles or lines of business. Live Stock. —The sight of bare ground and the approach of milder weather, and the long, monotonous diet of dry feed make all kinds of stock long for a change. If allowed, they will work for hours on an old meadow or pasture where there is the least chance for a taste of green grass. They should be kept from these fields, as they tread them full of holes, damage the grass, lose their appetite, and get nothing which is valuable to them. Let off the surface-water and keep the yards dry, if possible. In such times never feed on the ground, but in stalls or racks. The changing weather of spring “ between hay and grass ” is a critical one for most kinds of animals. Several well-littered box-stalls are convenient, and almost a necessity for brood mares and cows in calf. Such animals should be well fed, though not highly fed. They need a little oil-cake, bran, shorts or roots to keep them in the best condition.

HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY.

Good Coffee. —Warm three tablespoonfuls of coffee in the tin coffee-pot, which must be dry; when well heated, pour on a pint of boiling water; stir with a wooden ladle for three minutes without boiling; then add a pint and a half of boiling water, and set the whole back on the stove to steep for ten minutes. Oat Meal.—To each cup of coarse oat meal have four of cold water and one teaspoonful of salt; put this in an earthen saucepan and let it simmer slowly for one hour; stir it often, as it burns very easily. Should an early breakfast be required, this can be cooked the day before and warmed over, as it cannot be cooked quickly. To Wash a Flannel Skirt.—A flannel skirt, embroidered with blue (or other colors), to set the color should be soaked for ten minutes in a pail of cold water containing a teaspoonful of sugar of lead. Then wash it in tepid water made soft with borax. Use very little soap —it hardens the wool. Rinse well, shake well and hang where it will dry quickly. Non-Explosive Lead.—Many mechanics have been sorely tried when pouring lead around a damp or wet joint to find it explode, blow out or scatter, from the effects of steam generated by the heat of the lead. The whole trouble may be stopped by putting a piece of resin, the size of the end of a man’s thumb, into the ladle and allowing it to melt before pouring. Knotted Mats. Make a frame as large as you want your mat (I took an old slate frame); put small tacks around the frame at intervals of half an inch; then wind zephyr across the frame and around each tack; you will need thirty threads around each tack; then tie in squares with strong thread and cut all but two threads, allowing the others to drop in knots; draw out the tacks and tie in fringe. Indestructible Writing Ink.-An ink that cannot be erased even with acids is obtained by the following process. To good gall ink, add a strong solution of fine soluble Prussian blue in distilled water. This addition makes the ink, which was previously proof against alkalies, equally proof against acids, and forms a writing fluid which cannot be erased without destruction to the paper. The ink writes a greenish blue, but afterward turns black. Magic Lantern Slides.—Excellent slides can be made by any photographer, at very light cost, and they show up in strong resemblance to steel engravings. In painted slides transparent colors only are used, such as lakes, sap green, ultramarine, verdigris, gamboge, asphaltum, etc., mixed in oil and tempered with light-colored white

damar-varnish. Draw on the paper the design desired, and stick it on the glass with mucilage; then with a fine pencil put the outlines on the opposite side of the glass with the proper colors; then shade nr fill up with black or Vandyke brown, as you may deem best. The outline must be done very neatly, as the least defect is greatly magnified on the screen. Boiled Apples. —A friend who knows about good things to eat writes us that, “About the nicest morsel that ever tickled the palate is a boiled apple —not boiled like a potato, nor steamed like a pudding, but as follows: Place a layer of fair-skinned Baldwins—or any nice variety—in the stewpan, with about a quarter of an inch of water. Throw on about one-half cup sugar to six good-sized apples, and boil until the apples are thoroughly cooked and the sirup nearly thick enough for jelly. After one trial, no one would, few any have fairskinned aoples peeled. The skins contain a very large share of the pictous —jelly-making—substances, and impart a flavor impossible to obtain otherwise.” He also says that “A wise housekeeper instead of throwing away the skins and cores of sound pie-apples, would use them for jelly. A tumblerful of the richest sort can thus be obtained from a dozen apples. Boil the skins, etc., a few minutes, and strain. Add a little sugar to the liquid, and boil until right to turn into the tumbler.”

An Asparagus Bed.

He who lives in the country and has no asparagus bed has at least one heavy sin of omission on his conscience for which he never can give an adequate excuse. If the man who does “not provide for his own house is worse than an infidel,” he that will not “bother” with an asparagus bed is anything but orthodox, and yet can not call himself a rationalist. Some are under the delusion that an asparagus bed is an abstruse garden problem and an expensive luxury. Far from it. The plants of Conover's Colossal (the best variety) can be obtained of any seedsman at slight cost. I have one large bed that yields almost a daily supply from the middle of April till late in June, and I shall make another bed next spring in this simple way: As early in April as the ground is dry enough—the sooner the better —I shall choose some warm, early, but deep soil, enrich it well, and then on one side of the plot open a furrow or trench eight inches deep. Down this furrow I shall scatter a heavy coat of rotten compost, and then run a plow or pointed hoe through it again. By this process the earth and compost are mingled, and the furrow rendered about six inches deep. Along its side, one foot apart, I will place one-year-old plants, spreading out the roots, and taking care to keep the crown or top of the plant five inches below the surface when level; then half fill the furrow over the plants, and when the young shoots are well up, fill the furrow even. I shall make the furrows two feet apart, and, after planting as much space as I wish, the bed is made for the next fifty years. In my father’s garden there was a good bed over fifty years old. The young shoots should not be cut for the first two years, and only sparingly the third year, on the same principle that we do not put young colts at work. The asparagus is a marine plant, and dustings of salt sufficient to kill the weeds will promote its growth.— E. P. Roe, in Harper's Magazine for April.

A Question of Damages.

Some lawyers take very practical views of cases in which they are retained. In a certain town in Missouri ’Squire G—- was defending a charge of malpractice. A colored man was suing for damages, his wife having died shortly after an operation for the removal of cancer. When it came ’Squire G ’s turn to cross-examine the plaintiff, he asked : “ Mr. Wilson, how old was your wife when she died?” “ About 45, sir.” “ Been in feeble health a long time, had she not, Mr. Wilson, and cost you a great deal for medicine and help?” “ Zes, sir.” “ You have married again, have you not?” “ Yes, sir.” “ How old is your present wife?” “ About 35, sir.” “Is she stout and healthy, Mr. Wilson?” “ Yes, sir.” “ Then, Mr. Wilson, will you please state to this jury how you aye damaged in the case? ” Mr. Wilson had evidently never taken this view of tne matter, and could make no answer. The good and true men thought he had made rather a good thing by his bereavement, and brought in a verdict for the defendant.—Harper's Magazine for April. Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, notwithstanding her 71 years, has long, dark, and abundant hair, falling below her waist. She says that an aunt lived to the age of 115, and she proposes to imitate her example.

On Our Most Distant Frontiers,

As in our busiest and most populous cities of the seaboard and interior, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is pre-eminently popular. Wherever civilization plants its foot on this continent, thither the great tonic soon finds its way. Nor is this surprising, for it is the medicine of all others best adapted to the wants of the Western emigrant, be he miner or agriculturist It is an incomparable remedy for the diseases to which ho is most subject, and which are liable to be brought on by a change of climate, hardship, exposure, unaccustomed air and diet, and miasmatic atmosphere and water. Among these are disorders of the stomach and bowels, rheumatic ailments, and malarious fevers, for all of which Hot tatter’s Bitters is a certain specific. A course of the Bitters before departing for the new field of labor, or on arriving, will have the eff< ct of preventing the evils for which it is such a signal remedy.

New Saw Machine.

For many years farmers have felt the need of some improvement on tho old and laborious two-handed cross-cut saw, for sawing up bodies of trees into any length desired for sawlogs, staves, rails, stove-wood, etc. This longneeded improvement has at last been invented by W. W. Giles, of Cincinnati, 0., who, by the way, is one of the greatest of American inventors. We see from our exchanges that the editor of the Ohio Farmer, also the editor of tbe A. C. Jievietc, of Cincinnati, called on Mr. Giles personally to see the marvelous saw machine. They both- pronounced it a machine of great merit. The curiosity of these gentlemen was not -satisfied upon seeing others operate the machine, but they both tried it tnemseives on a largo log, and they report that one man operates it with ease, and saws much more rnpidiy than two men could with the ordinary cross-cut saw. The secret of running this machine so easily is explained by the fact that the weight of the operator doos Lilly one-hall of the labor. It is easi y mo?ed or carried about by one man, and has all tbe points of durability and practical utility wanted in such an implement. A very large demand for these machines is already established, and all who see them are delighted with their superior labor-saving principles. Many people ate constantly calling on Mr Giles to see tbe machine and lest its merits for their friends in the country. Our attention wa? Called to one man in Colorado, woo wrote to Samuel Cary, of Cincinnati (and, by the way, one of the most di tinvuished statesmen of Ohio), asking b‘m to caLLand see Mr. Giles and bis saw machine, and write what he thought of it. Mr.Cajy promptly went to see the machine, and pronounced it a good machine, and concluded to buy two of them himself. Mr- Giles is said to bo very wealthy, being a real estate owner of over S2OO,(HM), and his confidence in the great merit ot his invention is shown fiom tbe fact that he guarantees every machine to give satisfaction.

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