Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 41, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 September 1885 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 2. 1SS5.

EARLY STAGE DRIVING.

As Practiced on "the National Tarapike" frm Washington to Whaeiinj. Reminiscences of "Old Hickory" How President Polk Helped the Driver How Henry Clay Snubbed an Editor, Washington, Pa., Correspondence Globe-Democrat. Strangers en route to the Baltimore and Ohiodeiot come to a roadway running at right angles with Main street. Level, compact and chalk-like, running both east and west, it invariably attracts attention, and upon inquiring of a native it is learned that this. is the jrreat National turnpike, which forty years ago was as well known, probably more to, comparatively, than the Pennsylvania Bail road system to-day. (ioingeast the first '"lis town" encountered was Browns ville, on the banks of the Mononjrahela, and the home of Blaine's parents and the states man's birthplace. Continuing eastward the road is almost continuous with Uraddock's; line of march from Cumberland to old Fort IHi'iuesne, recalling that disastrous encounter with the French and Indian; the death of Braddock, and the herdships of a retreat acros. the mountains. The site of old Fort Kecessit y lies a short distance beyond Uniontown, the next way station beyond Brownsville. At Cumberland the Baltimore turnpike began, and over it the traveler continued his journey to the capital, and still farther eastern joints. Turning westward from this place the first point of importance reached was Wheeling, Va., (in those days.) Here one had the choice of continuing his stage ride to Columbus thence to Cincinnati, reaching his limit at Indianapolis; or he could board an Ohio Biver steamboat and enjoy the luxuries of a cosy berth, 'extra" meals and the society of the ioker s-liarp, who was then in all" his plory. Statesmen and merchants traveling irom the then developed South and West to the larre cities of the Kat. were all whirled over the national turnpike and in ' Little" Washington they found a pleasant resting place. Presidents Monroe, .lodn CJnincy AJam Jackson. Harrison. Polk and Tavlor ' .stopped ever" here, as did Henry Clay, Calhoun, Crittenden. Bel! and othersof hardly less praruineiice than the chief rulers of the land. EARLY &TU.E K HE-. At various times four companies were engaged in staging. They were the Nationl Line, Cm od Intent. June Bug and the Pioneer. Of the few remaining drivers, none recollect how the "June Bug" Line received its name. Belays were established at a distance of from ten to twelve miles and there are Mime records of quick changing that would make a modern .lehn green with envy. An old driver still boast of harnessing lu four horses in four minutes and of changing teams before the stage ceased rocking. Ponderous trunks were strictly forbidden, each passenger being limited toVitty pounds of baggage and there was careful "weighing in those days. Kach stage's complement consisted in not more than nine passengers. As many as fourteen coaches have traveled together, and with their hundred odd passengers must have created a sensation along the route. If their was a mail coach among them, the "toot" "toot"' of the driver's horn added to the gayety of the scene. And vrhen a wayside inn was reached and the weary and dust-tained lassengers disembarked for refreshments. with joyful recognitions, uncorking of bottle, etc.. was there. The steam engine has robbed traveling of its romance. It is easy to associate staging with slow traveling. .Jsiuh was not the case. In those days a through mail coach left Whee ling at r, a." m., and just 24 hours later dashed into Cumberland, Md., having traversed a distance of 123 miles. Occasionally there were delay, but these were not jerniisable uion the completion of the Baltimore and Ohio road to Cumberland. A ay mail coach whick both tlejosited and received mail at all Mations. left Wheeling at 7 a. m. each day. JH?spite its extra duties, it managed to overtake the through mail W-fore entering Cumberlandan unheard feat. Ohio stoamboatsLave arrived at Wheeling as late as 1 a. m., with passengers booked for the train to leave Cumberland at H o'clock the next morninir. One hundred and thirty-two miles up hill and down hill, lording rivers and crossing mountain?, but connection niiht Ik-made; and it was, though at a heavy cost to the company. SOME '.T THUS-. Such fast trips, however, could only be indulged in by the wealthier class. The Mage drivers were ambitious. A true test of the ir mettle wa the delivery of the President's ines-ace. The letting of contracts by the, Post Otlice Department hinged on tiiese deliveries, and if the drivers failed to make gKil time it meant the cancellation of t lie c ontract with his empl yes and the transfer to a rival company. !ave ior Ion, a noted Iriver. once carried the President's message from this point to Wheeling, a distance of thirty-two miles in two hours and twenty minutes. lie changed teams three" times in this distance. Bill Kohle, stilt living, though blind and tili furthe r aMiieud with a cancer on the face, c laims to have made the best time mi record, lie claims to having driven from Wheeling to I lagerst own, Md., is" mile in fifteen and a half hour. Highwaymen were scarcity. This may I accounted for by the fac t that Coaches seldom travel singly; mail coaches never. The robler's only c hance was to cut the rear "boots" of the Mage and allow the baggage to drop on the radwav. This was attended with considerable risk, however. A dark night, a sleepy Iriver and a rough piece of roadway were the necessary adjuncts. Ste-aling cautiously np behind the coach it was the work of a moment to cut the leathern lioots, the platform of which was suspended by iron chains from the roof of the coach. A rough piece of roadway drowned the noise? of the falling Luggage. But these cases were few and far letween. In 1.5'-I coaching began to decline. J n that year the Baltimare and Ohio was completed to Wheeling, and thereafter stages to and from Cumterhirid were propelled by two horses, instead of four. Now it has dwindled down to an aged-looking" hack, which plies daily between here and Brownsville, twenty-four miles east. The iron horse nters both places, and this relic of olden lays contents itself with a local traffic The log-trot of tn-ilav is a miserable contract to the eitiick time thirty-rive and forty years ?go. Then drivers' orders were to make the time or kill the horses. Teams were driven ten miles at a full run. If a horse dro cd lie was iiuickly tinharn ss-d, and if unable t travel further was drawn aside and the journey was resumed. REMISISC ESCKS OK ,lul.l HICKORY." As previously noted this was one of the principal slopping places on the line. Half a dozen Presidents atid dozens of statesmen lionorcd this town with their presence. President Monroe arrived here May 1, 117, ' iut two months after his inauguration. JNIonroe was accompanied by Iiis nids. Cien. P.rown. Maj. Worth and Oen. McComb. A reception was tende red the President. In the same month, eight year later, Iafayette, accompanied by lus son. passed through. The distinguished Krenc hnmn was tendered a reception by the Free MaMns and others. President Andrew Jackson stopieI here iuite frequently. If on the Sabbath he would attend the FiM Presbyterian Church. A M. Ianil, r., now living on the outskirts of town, or.ee accompanied the Oenera Ito church. The members of the congregation Jiad pictured to themselves a stern anl Jiaughtv looking old warrior. But in this

they were disappointed. "Old Hickory'' wore a countenance appropirate to the occasion, and in him the clergyman found his most attentive listener. Of all the wavstations none pleased Jackson more taa:i Sara Hughes, which was located six and onefourth miles east of here. On one occasion Jackson remained with Hughe an entire night, and became k pleased with his hoit that he afterwards sent him to Tennessee to manage the "Hermitage" farm. He was toon recalled, "however, owing to a dispute, the nature of which has been lost in history. On one occasion, during 'Jackson's visit to Hughes' hotel, a local military cantain. clad in a gaudy uniform with epaulettes, sword, etc., strutted in the room where Jackson sat. and with great dignity said: "Mr. Gen. Jackson. I'm Capt. Simon, of the militia." The Oeneral, with a contemptous look, surveyed the visitor from foot to head, and when their eyes met, the gallant militia captain broke anil ran for cover. P!:lIPKNTS Coi.K AM TAY I.Ol:. James K. Polk went through in February, ltö, on his way to be inaugurated. On this occasion the houses of Iemocrat were decorated with "poke"" bushes, the party emlkfsia.i f tlirv s, n i sr. o t .-we AI I . s-t i -t-l-ll k I 1 ä(L'

I Uit iii ii iiic campaign. twicii ?i t etui nine;; beyond the town theotl-wheel horse dropped from sheer exhaustion. The President-elect was the lirst to alight and assist in unharnessing the poor beast, and in drawing it to the side of the road. The journey was then resumed with three horses, until the next relay station was reached. Of the Mexican war hero Zach. Tavlor, aged Washingtonians have the most pleasant recollections. The noted Jack Bay less drove the coach that drew Taylor into Bankintown, a mile west of here, when Taylor was en route to his inaugiuation. The Bankin House was the Whig resort of those days. At this hotel a committee of Washingtonians awaited Taylor to escort him to town. Jack Bayless. who was a Hem ocrat. was too shrewd for them, however, and drove Taylor in spanking style up to McHaniel's House, a Oemocratie resort. There Taylor remained an hour before the committee discovered him, although there were not over a dozen houses in the hamlet. Taylor seemed to enjoy the discomfiture of the committe e very much. He said he was exhausted by receptions, and the fatigue probably hastened his death, four mouths later on. On this tneaioii "he shook hands with his left hand. In coming to Wheeling on the boat he had been jotie I ' m the crowd ana liau had ins lett hand smashed. He was so plainly dressed that hi fellowpassengers did not susjKK-t that he was the newly-elected Pre-idcnt, else he would have enaped such rough usage. Taylorcompletely terrified the children when ho patted them on the head with his long and skinny hands. His hair which "stood up like spikes." as an old driver put it. cotributed to the terror. l'io!i reaching town Tavlor was escorted to the old Mansion House, where a banquet had j been arranged, lhe table was laden with the best the country afforded and was fit for a king, as Taylor'oxpressed it. Still there was a shade of disappointment on his face, and after glanc ing nervously around for a few infinites, blurted out: "But there's one thing missing, and that is 'fiftch' (side meati and eggs." Such a simple request coming from the foremost man of the land startled the plain country people, but Zach' wants wore soon supplied. He confined himself exclusively to the bacon and eggs and all delicacies were left untouched. HENRY C LAY S WAYs. From an old driver named Billy Xoble. stili living, though blind, the writer obtained some interesting reminiscences of Henrv Clay. On one of his trips to Washington from his Kentucky home. Clay reached Cincinnati only to lind the Ohio Biver froen from hank to hank. To reach Wheeling by the river was out of the question. The slower and less pleasant mole of transoration by the stage was Iiis only alternative. In this way he reached Iincaster. O where the roads being found impassable, a stop over was netctsary. The great Whig chieftain's presence was required at the Capitol, however, anil go through without delay he must. A iter considerable parleying, a young Oerman, named .shafer, was secured to drive 'lay to Wheeling. The trip was accomplished, and the young Iriver was presented with a . bank note, then quite a large sum in tle hack woods districts. It was the foundation of a fortune. By a neat investment, Harry Clay's SCiO note increased and multiplied, and to-day Shafer is still living at an advanced age, possessing the largest farm property in the county. That experience of Clay's was mud, however to a little advemure which ! he had near Brownsville, in ISÜ. The j driver on this occasion was old John Xoble I (uncle to Billy). As the stage was proceed- j ing rapidly down the hill to the bridge acro-s the Monongahela Biver. the wheels en- j countered a rut and Clay was thrown i through a window, literally standing him I ujion his head in the mud. Clay's re j marks on being extricated from his unstates- : manlike osition are not on record. They wire, no doubt, forcible and to the Miint. It made a name for John Xoble. however. In ! the eyes of the stable boys at the relays he was regarded a a he ro. Clay's dignity once completely crushed a local newspaper man. A short time before his death, in the company of his wife, he was proceeding to Washington and had stopped over here for dinner. On emerging from the dining room on his way to the coach, with his wife leaning on his arm, a double line of townspeople, fathered along the walk leading to the road, was encountered. Clay I -owed considerately to his tidmircrs. and when about to enter the coach was touched ujoii the shoulder and greeted with the following introduction. shoiittd in dtstscrate tones: "Seth T. Herd, of the Commonwealth." Turning, Clay replied in an equally high pitch : "I know your c ommonwealth, but I'll be dangedit I know you.' Aged Washingtonians are still laughing over the editor's set-back. Once Clay was compelled to stop over night at the old Mansion House. There was a hurried gathering of Whigs in the dining-room, which was also utilized as a meeting place for the local democratic club. An invitation was extended to Clay to address the meeting and it was accepted." At the apiointed time Clay did not appear. The assembled Whigs were lxmml to have? a specc h, however, and for that purpose captured an obscure Kentucky Congressman w ho accompanied Clay. It was a iexr substitute;. Upstairs Clay's room was crowded with democrats, who had bolted and barred the door so that escape was impessihle. Thi'V then engaged Clay in conversation, until ho became m interested that the party l disgusted Whigs: down stairs were entirely lorgnten. LIBBY'S EX-COMMISSARY. lie Kind m Sister nnd a Ist Friend Tlirunti Hit Tribut to CiriinU O.mkw.ia. 111., August '29. ''apt a in Jackson Warner, ex-cointubsnry of I.lbby Pri-on. who now resides lu re, frlvi-s to tlie press a roiiuiiitlc story of how his tribute to the memory of tietiend tinint, published some time Mnee, discovered his whereKlxttits to a long !st sister ml itlso to an old Omo friend. Captain Wurncr says that nbont the time of thecntnuicucc-ineiit of the war his sister went ith her luislmnd, Kev. i:. V. Priest, as a missionary to Africa, inee when brother and lister have hn1 no communication u na one r me otlier until his dispatch disclosed to Mrs. Priest tlie whereatH.nis of her brother. Imring the war Kev lr. C K. M:t!hall had a commission from the Confederacy to supervise the cariug for the hick and wi'mrul' 'n the state of Mississippi. The doctor was a kind hearted old gelitlemuii and between himself and 1'nde Jack there grrw astroiigattiichinent. The vie bitttdes of war and reconstruction drifted this Jonathan and Jhivld atwtrt and they lnoiirnet each other as lead. lr. Marshal! reatl I iifle Juck' tribute to eeneral Circuit's memory In the New York aers, and straightway wrote him a very pathe tic letter from Knrcka Spring. - rk., v lu re h-? w ns sojourning with aa invalid. The old ex -commissary rejoices from having eeii heard from by his sister aud his old friend. An Aged llire Thief Sntenrd. I M'FrKN if.n K, Kas., August '-". JohnjBrooks. aaed eiithtv-two years, was sentenced to two years In the Penitentiary in the Criminal Court yesterOav. Hrook pleaded ffiiiltv to Mealing a horse in Kansas City, and said that he had fallen in with a fang of hor-e thieve whie h infests this Mute, nwaand the Indian Territorv, and under their lire lions did the work. IK is a native ot Cayuga, N. V.

WASHINGTON LETTER.

Oar Illustrate i Weekly Letter From National Capital. tie Lilwriaand the Colonization ltuildiag The ITesident of Liberia College The Speaker of the Liberia n Ilnnse nuel the Chief Justice. W.vsjtixoTos, August '2 "Colonization IJuilding" is the legend on a dingy, weatherworn sign on a solid foutstory building fronting on Pennsylvania avenue, not far from the Capitol. It is the home of the African Colonization Society, which has been for nearly seventy years quietly colonizing colored people in Africa, and is still doinar so. It has made Liberia what it is. a free State w ith a initiation of half a million or more, all blacks, and all enjoying- the advantage Of schools, church organizations, civilization and. per fact, social equality. The building belongs to this Colonization Society. and its second Moor is devoted to the workings of the association, for it goes steadily on with its work year after year, just as much since the black man became a citizen here as before. "There is just as great an anxiety among the colored people to get to Liberia as there ever was,' said Mr. Coppi tiger, the Secretary of the Society and the I.iberian Consul to the I'nied States, as he sat in his rooms talking to yourcorresiondent. About him on the walls hung portraits of the founders of the colonization Society, and also photographs of the im , " :. , i! i ..i.-'Ui ii....';,i. Ii .". V-i-vA 'ill. .Cr. -'SEEV. K. AV. HI.VPEX. principal men in the Republic of Liberia, its Jevislature. its Supreme Court, the Pre'rident of its college, who is sjoken of as the most highly educated man in the world, and others. "We have no photograph of the present President of the llepublic." said lr. Coppi nger, as he glanc ed along the line of photographs of blac k men which ran along the wall. "lie is a native of Liberia and is proving a wise and able President.'' "How many people has Liberia now. Mr. Coppinerer?" "That is prettv hard to answer, for the boundaries of Liberia are not well defined in the interior. It stretches along the coast some ioo miles, ami far back into the intelior, and includes in its territory a good many of the native tribes there." "Ilow do these natives conduct themselves toward the Liberians and their habits of civilization?"' "In a manner highly satisfactory. Those who are brought inte contact with them see the advantages of civilization and education. and are juite willing and in many cases anxious to take advantage of the opportunity to adopt these customs. Some of the chiefs of the tribes in and near Liberia are encouraging the ir jK'Ople to ailopt thecustoms of civilized life, and are sending their children to the schools in Liberia." "There are scluxds there, then'.'" "Oh. yes. and good eine. The general system of government there in based ujion that of this country, and the sc hools are good. There are higher institutionsof learning the most important among them being the college, over which Hew Kdward IJlyden presides. He is a native of St. Thomas", of pure negro blood, and the most finely educated colored man living. He was partly educated in his native island, and c ame here to complete his education, but finding difficulties and predjudiccs to encounter went to Kurope where he attended the best institutions of learning. 1 Ic is a fine scholar, a line orator aud an able man." "How many colored people have been sent from this country to Liberia?'' "Alxiut l(;.'x.". most of them natives of this country. IVsidcs these, there some fi.boo natives of Africa who are sent there from captured slave vessels timing slavery days, so that t ll IKK Jl STICK OK slT'RKMK t oCUT. there have Wen over l!,noi sent there in all. Of course these have multiplied so that t!-re are many more than thi m;mbcr then now, counting the decendats of those sent fniu here. Tliey have all the institutions of civilization and good government, their Congress, Cabinet, Courts and Supreme Court, civic, municipal gove-rnim-nts, olice, business facilities, etc.. se that those who go there now do not go to the new and uncomfortable surroundings that characterized the earlier days of Liberia.'' "Are the re many ging now?" "A couple of ship loads a year. We have sent one ship load this year, und are to send another this fall. We "semi all we can get money to send. The number is emly limited to our means." "Arc there many applications, then, for the privilege of going?" "Yes, thousands of them. You wou'.d be? surprised to see the number of applications we get for piortunities to p to Liberia." "Where do-they come from'.'"' "All parts of the country, but principally from the South. Of course, then- is the reason for this that there are more black jcoile in that section, and, besides, it is generally the case that the colored icojle who are in the Xorth are doing better than in the South. The calls for help e-ome from all parts of the isouth, but especially from the colored jeople of South Carolina. Most of these appeals, too, seem to come from a better and more intelligent class of colored icople, and many of them are very urgent. The twenty years' experiment of the white and colored people living in the same communities on a footing of attempted equality has satisfied many of both races that it will never be a success in the full sense of the word. The thinking colored people want a home where they and theirs will be received as the eiual of those with whom they daily associat:-. Hence they lok. to Liberia, the black man's coun

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try. We have only the means to send a hundred a year. "We" might send a thousand times that many if we had the monev to d Kl." "What are the requirement for thjse whom you do take?" "We- select the best, to far as we are able to judge, the intelligent." determined and strong men and women. We explain to

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Sl'KAKKt: OK TIIK HOI SK. them what they will have to undergo in the way of privations for of course there are some yet and urge them not to go unless they are willing to accept these without murmur. Then we furnish them passage from New York to Liberia, give ten acres of land after they get there, or a town lot, and allow them iiöo fur rations and shelter on their arrival, requiring each before leawng New York to contribute Ji for a part of thee exjienses. We send them over in a sailing vessel, and happily have never had, in the seventy years we have been sending them, any disasters." "Io you have much dissatisfaction among them after their arrival there?" "Very little. They are usually contented and prosierous. All who are inclined to work may find employment here, and as the land is extremely productive, yielding two c rops a year, a ten acre farm will produce a good living and more." The Colonization Society, which has been in existence nearly seventy years and has done all that has been done up to the present tinu in sending colored people to Liberia. is especially anxious to send a large number of colored people to that country just now. as they believe that the arrival of U.(XH) new people in that country would forever settle the vexed boundaiy question now disturbing its (Jovernntent and jeople. They are making strong ell'orts to obtain a large sum for this purpose, and it is not impossible that they will appeal to Congeess for a loan or donation of sd,ooo.ntio for this purpose. This plan has been recommended by the Committee on Immigration, and it may be presented to Congress at the coming session. THE ST. LOUrS MYSTERY. "WALTER H. I.F.XflX-JIVVWILL, M. l," AI.I.KoKO Mt RPEIIKK OK C . AliTllt K I'I'.EI.I.KR. The mystery attending the identity of the man held by the authorities of St. Ixmis on the charge of committing murder, is intensified by the chatter of the accused man, who carries the accusation made against him very lightly, though there is nothing of his known I ast or in his c haracter as it has revealed itself since his imprisonment, to warrant the belief that he is a courageous man. On the contrary he seems to be a poor creature, vain and frivolous, and an adventurer giving himself various uames. Hence the belief is becoming general that he has a complete defense, which he will produce at the trial, showing his alleged victim to be still alive. To support this theory it is told, aniongother tilings, that a few days after the body was found in the Southern Hotel, at St. Imis, a young man answering the description of Preller appeared at the town of Kllston. Missouri, organized a singing class, remained a month, and then left without collet ting his fees, lief ore he left he gave a high hat to: colored man which has the initials "C. A. 1." inside of the sweat band. Preller was both a musician and a vocalist. Maxwell has accounted for the disappearance of Preller in such contradictory ways that what he says is of no value to clear up the mystery. The story of "the alleged crime causing the sensation of the day is told in a few words. On the inorningof April ltlastthe employes of the Southern Hotel, St. lx)uis, were horrified by finding the terribly mutilated and decaying body of a man jammed into a trunk. Police investigation at once commenced. It was found that on March ;1 "Walte r 11. Innox-Maxwell. M. 1," and C. Arthur Preller, both of Ijondnn. Ivigland, registered at the hotel anil occupied room HI together. On Laster Sunday "Maxwell" purchased some chloroform, and after April 0 was not seen again in St. Iajims. Neither was Preller. Light days later a corpse was found in the trunk, with nothing to indicate he cause of the tragedy, but the following, which whs written on a piece of paper and pasted on the trunk just above the victim's Lead: "So erish all traitors to the great cause." It was at once lielieved that "Maxwell," for jKilitical or oilier causes, chloroformed Preller on Sunday evening. Apm ö, and then cut the 1km.1v so aa to get it into the trunk. "Maxwell" went immediately to San rrancisco where he took the steamer to New Zealand. A cablegram was sent to Auckland ordering his arrest. On April '2-1 the Coroner's Jury in St. Louis found a verdict that Preller came to his death at the hands of "Walter 11. Lennox-Maxwell." On May t "Maxwell" landed at Auckland. New Zealand, and was at once arrested on the order of Consul (iamble. Extradition papers were issued at St. Louis May (i, and on May :tl Petee tives Tracy and liadgcr left for Auckland to bring back the accused to the scene of his alleged crime. Sinc e his arrival he has been imprisoned awaiting trial. Many ersons believe that he packed the corpse a it was found, having previously bought it for the purjKjse. Sometime ago the discovery was made by M. Ch. Montigny, by means of a beautiful instrument called the scintillometer, that blue largely predominates in the twinkling of the stars, when there is much water in the atmosphere, and that the preponderance of green or violet is indicative of great dryness. A late series of tables by this Brussels savant indicates that he has hit upon a law by which a wet or elry season may be predicted with great certainty.

ALL AROUND THE HOUSE

Julia Coleman's Discourse Cora, Upoi Green .-show in; the Maujr Palatable Dishes to be Made From that Abundant Article Strini Keans, Creamed Potatoes, etc. Julia Coleman thus discourses on green com : Green corn soon deteriorates after it is gathered. If possible, it should be eaten on the same day in which it is picked. 15y the second day it inevitably loses much of its flavor. If any is to he kept over twentyfour hours, it is better to shave it off and cook it: that is if there be ice to keep it on, for when cooked it sours readily. Green corn is al-o frequently picked quite too young for profit or pleasure. It leaves a little watery sweetness in the mouth without richness or flavor. It should at least have attained its full size of kernel. Poasting it on the cob is the primitive method of cooking it; and this makes a very fine dish, provided it is well done and not burned. The sc orched portions are indigestible, it can be roasted by placing itproperly husked and silked on a gridiron over a bed of coals, and turning very frequently. Another method is to open "the husks, silk the ear, replace the husks closely, and then bury the ears thus protec ted in hot wood ashes. In either case, do not over do it. Green corn is often injured by too much cooking. After it is thoroughly scalded, further cooking only renders it harder and more indigestible. Polling on the cob is the simplest war of cooking it; and, all things considered, "it is the bist. Use but little water, and cover the boiler closely. Cook from ten to fifteen minutes for youiig and tender corn, while twenty minutes ought to cook sufficiently any sweet corn that is fit to be eaten green. Cookin in a steamer requires a little more time. Serve in a covered dish, or cover close with a towel. Succotash. For this dish the beans should be cooked first until nearly done then an equal quantity or more of green corn be added and cooked fifteen or twenty minutes longer. This is also improved by having seme of the corn grated. It gives" a richer iuiee which should till the grains even full. This grating, as it is called, nny be done in several ways, of which real grating is among tue most troubles jme. It the grater is used, it is best only to score ti e surface of the ear with it, and then to press out the kernels with a blunt knife, pressing closely and carfully enough to get out even the chits, leaving much of the hull on the cob. An ingenious little instrument has been devised for this use called the "Yankee Corn Cutter." It scores the kernels down and presses out their contents at the. same time. A similar result may be secured by the use of a knife, but this little device saves time; and the latter item is of r.o small account since "grated green corn," as we still call it, is available for a great variety of dishes. One of its best uses is in green corn puddings, or rather custards, for they very much resemble the latter; and, indeed, the juice of grated green corn can be used instead of milk i many ways. Green Corn Custards. Fora peach custard. leel and shred fine one cup full of the richest and sweetest peaches, perfectly ripe; to these add one cup of grated green corn in its prime, and one cup of water. Sweeten to the taste. It" the corn and the peaches are both the best of their kind, they will make a very fine dish without sugar, though most ta-t s2 would require jnrhaps two spoonsful. Mix thoroughly, and place in a nappy. No fruit pudoings should be baked in tin. For ornament cut the red cheeks of the peaches carefully peeled, and lay them in fanciful strips on the surface of the pudding. Then bake from twenty to thirty minutes, according to the heat but do not brown the surface. Serve cold. Sweetened cream may be served with it, but it is good enough without any sauce. When the green corn is young, it may need the addition of one spoonful of corn starch to thicken the custard sufficiently. When it is in its prime the proportions first given will be correct; but as it becomes older, a little less of the corn will be required. Several kinds of fruit make delicious custards in a similar manner; tomatoes especially, the more solid sorts; apples, grated, the richest that can be found at this season; sweet plums peeled, pitted, and sliced fine; sweet grains, and the pulps of the darkskinned grapes; .Using in each case about the same' proportions. The more juicy tomatoes may be used in proportions of one part corn to two parts tomatoes ami no water. Very soon fruits are not acceptable. Verv dark fruits, like huckleberries, blackberries, and black raplicrries, do not sufficiently harmonize in color with the green corn to make a presentable dish. Green Corn Gems, Muffins and Mush. Green corn makes with the various grains many excellent dishes. One part grated green corns wit h two or three parts water, and then thickened withjwheat-mcal a little stiller than when made without green corn, produces tender and delicious gems. The pulp and chits left when the milk is prosed out, also works finely into the butter biscuit. Very nice muffins can be made with one part grateei corn, one part wate r, ami two parts oat-meal or wheat-meal; or it may be naked in a covered spider, like the oat-meal breakfast cake, (iriddle cakes, liiscnit, and o' her dishes, can be readilv contrived by the ingenious cook; the details of actual dishes made thus are too long for our present limits. Green Corn Cream and Milk. Add one part water to grated green corn in its prime, strain through a sieve or a cloth, and you have a fluid of the color and consistency of sweet cream, and which can be used as such in several ways. Two parts water to one part ;rcen corn 'yields a milk which is also variously useful." It will not produce dishes exactly like those made with cow's milk, because it is not cow's milk, but it can often be very satisfactorily used in its place by those who can not or do not wish to use cow's milk. Thercream. sweetened, makes a line dressing for cut peaches and other fruit, with the decided advantage of not curdling r turning soon on standing. Indeed, it improves decidedly by standing half an hour or st). Green Corn, white sauce. Place the milk in a saucepan, and when nearly boiling, stir carefully until it actually boils; then add the wheat-meal, thickening to taste, and boil five minutes. It makes an excellent dressing for iotatocs, caulifieiwer. and other vegetables, where white sauce is commonly used. String Deans. String, wash, and cut into half-inch pities tender bean pods; boil gently in verv little water, and when quite tender, fill them even full with green corn cream, and remove from the fire immediately without boiling the cream. Salt, if desired, and serve warm. Creamed potatoes. Pipe potatoes that are to lie mashed are very much improved by the addition of green corn cream: and if care is taken to beat them finely and evenly it makes an agreeable dish, better, to my fancy, than when milk is added in the usual fashion. The shaved or grated green corn mixed with mashed potatoes and thickened with wheat-meal, makes good scones. Pake in a covered spider. Cold green corn may be used in this way. If boiled on the cob, shave it oil' finely and moisten with a little of the cream, and mix with the potato. Green Corn Soup. Vse about half-a-pint of grated green corn to one epiart of soup. The latter may be either a meat or a vegetable soup. Green corn is one of the few things which, like split peas, makes a exeedleut soup mostly by itself. A good

vegetable soup can be made of onehalf pint each of onions, cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, and one gill of celery, cooked one-and-a-half hours, and one pintöf grated green corn cooked twenty minutes. This makes two quarts of soup, "if parsley be used instead. of the celery, put that iii with tiie corn. Green corn also makes an excellent addition to chicken soup. Asa thickening for stewed tomatoes, we shall refer to it again as occasion demands. CURIOUS, USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC.

Iron bars and steel are elongated by magnetization, the latter not so much as the lormer, but nickel bars are shortened. Men of science now entertain the opinion that the art of making artificial stone is prehistoric, and that the Pyramids were built of that material. A caoie car having a succession ot large and small wheels inside the car over which the cable j 'asses, thus distiensimr with the grip and much of the cable wear, has been invented by a San Franciscan. P.y means of a horizontal pendulum seismograph some interesting facts coiuerning the Japanese earthquake of October 1-". lsst, were obtained. The movement of the ground from one side to the other was 4.:; centimetres. The most violent motions were over in about ten seconds. Many insects sew together the edges of a leaf, and make a cave to protect them from the cold or from enemies. . In tropical countries, the chrysalis goes through its transformation beetween two leaves, so that a tree may be full of half-grown butterflies, and noone looking at it would be the wiser. The lirst remains of a man ever found in a fossil condition were recently discovered near the City of Mexico. The scientists find it impossible to name geological age of the remains, and it is not likely that those who wish to amplify the antiquity of the human race will be gratified. The c ases of the skull of Ca 1 vcras and the bones found at Natchez forbid any ositive assumption as to the recent discovery. The Inyo County (Cal.) llegister describe? a natural soap found in that section. In its variegated red and white colors it looks almost identically like Castüe soap. For use on the hands for removing dirt, grease, or even printing ink. and for bathing purposes, it is more effective and quite as ph-as-ant in the application a any artificial soap in use. It has been dug into but a foot or two in depth. All OlliO hotailist ha beeil making estimates of the number of seeds found upon t single plant of several of the most obnoxious weeds grown in that State. In the shepherd's purse he found that the number of seeds in each sillicle or seed vessel varied from is to 04 average alout 2", and l,öoO sillicb-s were counted uion a medium sized plant, making the total number of seeds per plant :'7..-oo. Computing in the same manner, be estimates the dandelion to contain P10s seed.-; in each plant: wild pepper grass, ls.400: ft'heat thief, 7,000: the common thistle, cywib; camomile, l",0i0; butter weed. S.."s7; rag weed, common purslane. .'ss,sihi; common plantain. jliJon; burdock. .'5,s1h;s. Throw Away Trusses. A vast experiene e in the treatment of Puiture or Hernia, with a view to its radical cure, has enabled the socialists having charge of this important department of practice at the invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo. X. Y., to perfect such an improved method of treatment as to result in the speedy and perfect cure of every case undertaken, so tha; trusses and all artificial supports can be entirely discarded. This they accomplish with liltie or no oain. without the knife, without dependence upon trusses (which never cure) and without clanger. Only a few daj-s' residence at the institution is necessary. Notwithstanding the great number of ruptures treated in the three years past, many of them of immense size and of such a character that no other plan of treatment could possibly have succeeded, every case to which this perfected system of treatment has been thoroughly applied, has been pen'eetly cured, and the proprietors of the institution in which these unparalleled results have been attained, therefore fell warranted iu offering to guarantee a perfect and permanent cure in every case undertaken. The suc cess attained by this comparatively new method, whic h has been perfected only after much study, observation and experience, is spoken of as absolutely unparalleled, for no other specialists treating this common malady, so far as we know, can make any claim to curing every case, nor do we know of any one else willing to back up such claims by a positive guarantee of a cure in every case undertaken. There is, then, no longer any need of wearing clumsy, awkward, dialing, old trusses, which, at best, give only partial relief, which never cure, but which often indict great injury, and induce inflammation and strangulation, from which thousands annually die. There is no safety in depending upon any kind of truss, though, no doubt, every man who has suffered the agonies of strangulated hernia, and died, thought himself safe. 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