Pike County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 47, Petersburg, Pike County, 4 April 1884 — Page 4

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gone back " ” -F° a meadow all bright' in the gay summer noon, day when ho came down the narrow green track, id they met at the white gate, a year gone next June. Sweet the scent of the ruddy clover! Would that evening’s work were over! r> Steady! hold steady! Ah! how the lights sway! me best of the farce is the end of the play. They are clapping her now as she raises the ball: A hiss! Did he start? But the smoke comes . betweon, ■fftd the crowd hear the shot, and the crowd see her fall, But the curtain rings down for the last final scene. Ah, close in his arms she is lying, She smiles as he kisses her, dying. ^The New William Tell” iB the name of the play, A capital farce, as the newspapers say. —dir William Taylor, in raU MM Gazette.

“LOONEY SAL.” None of the inhabitants of the little town could tell why she was called “Looney Sal.” It could not have been -because of any mortal defect, for none such'was apparent in her. She was born in one of the low board huts of Shippenville, which stood on the swahipy, outskirts of Hoboken, and excelled the other rattletraps in evidences of senile decay. These were inhabited by the lowest of low wretches, all vaga- ; bonds by trade or profession, as you will. No one asked her who her parents were, and had such an inquiry been made no one could have answered it, “Granny Smith’s Den,” a low rumhole, could hardly be called Sal’s home -^it was more of a place where she was allowed to exist in compensation fordhe fruits of her skill at petty larceny, the inevitables-Whenever she visited any of V3 the mercantile establishments. * At night she edified the gatherings at .Granny Smith’s by songs and dances, and the words of the former were usually indecent paraphrases of the popular songs of the day. Her wakeful nights could not but produce extreme sleepiness during the day, and it was no rare occurrence to see Sal stretched in slumber on the open meadow for many hours during the afternoon. These odd habits, associated - with the girl’s other peculiarities, made her an object of curiosity as well as of dread to the school children. The ) younger ones, in; obedience to their parents’ commands made a wide circuit about the open space in which Sal spent her forenoons. The older ones were attracted to the spot—perhaps conscious of approaching independence, perhaps only because of the curious sight of the black-locked, .dark-eyed girl as she lay stretched upon her “seej s:uv ’ and genth- rocked it up and down, as she hummed some weird song. \\ henever the boys came near enough to be noticed by her she frightened them off with tierce grimaces, which eeemed to pursue them in their flight to _the sound ;of almost maniacal laughter. She had no friends or playmates. What girl would have selected her as companion, she who associated onl with those who shone as disreputaiJl among the outcasts of Shippenville Furthermore, her pugilistic prowess wa as dreaded by the boys as was her scur silous language by the girls. Sometimes, but, rarely, a boy wh< Taunted his bravery could be induce) into coming within her reach, but thei it was only through the process know< to children as “daring.” These effort: at a display of courage invariably pro duced a very subdued boy, whose faci and garments could hardly be consid ered ornamental. The “big boy” of the academy, Dlcl Alien, had “licked” all of his class mates but two or three, and Sal hac conquered them. The other boy: “dared ’ Dick to engage in combat will Sal, hjit lie, promp? cti by a species o manliness, declined to fight a girl. Oi being greeted with the inharmoniou: chant of “Iraki cat,” “/raid cat,” h( astounded his companions by a proposi lion to secure the girl’s friendship with m half an hour. The dtaubts and dep Tecations which his playmates utterec stimulated him to proceed at once tc Sal ssunny spot. Of course his “chum,’ Will Barry, went with him. “Fellows, you could just see that lit went ’cause he was dared,” said Tom Slevers when he recounted his observa tions, taken from behind a large rock. “Will Barey played sharp; he just kepi behind Dick, anil Dick he marched rio'hi up to Looney Sal’s see-saw, and if°he did stand off—well, so far that she couldn’t biff him in the eye—Dick ht said. Hello, Sal.’ And what do yon think Sal did? I expected to see D ck fnauled—just chewed up. An’ all you fellows know I’m Dick’s friend—” “Oli, come now, Tom, give it to us straight, ’ one of the boys interrupted the juvenile modern Minnesinger; “tell tis what she did.” nothing,” answered Tom. ‘She just stopped her see-saw, looked tip at X)ick just as if he was a eat or something; then she lay down agin, and anil working her see saw she went on eingin : ‘See saw, buck.a-me raw, folderol, dolderol, diedaw.’ Say. fellows that girl kin sing. Golly, it just—” J “Oh Tom, yon’re just foolin’,” his comrades cried; ‘tell us all about it” “Well, ain’t I tellin’ yet? She just went on see-sawin’ and singin’ just as if there wasn't no Dick nor-no Will. Then Will lie gave Dick a shove to keep him from weakenin’, and then Dick he sings out again: ‘Helloh, Sal.’ Then Sal, she took no notice of ’em aga’n. Then Will, he said: ‘Call her Loony Sal, why don’t ye?’ and then—” Tom was not required to continue the tale. All of the scholars had seen the boys running,, followed by Sal; they had observed her gleaming eyes; they had seen her agile body, fly after them over stile and stone; and had seen them approach the school, pass over the threshold, rush up-stairs into the classroom, and there, before the very eyes of the teacher, she threw her offenders to the floor, and with each blow of her little clenched fist she kissed: “Who yer call looney? Who yer call loot eh?"’

_ As she struck them the other scholars jumped upon their seats to get a better view of the one-sided encounter, perhaps. They did not hear what the. teacher said as he stooped over the Btfu filers and tore the girl from her passive, bewildered opponents. A dead silence reigned as he held the girl and gravely asked: “What have you done to the girl, you boys?” And then—so the class supposed—he certainly must have whispered some severe threat to the wild girl. For what else could have so suddenly calmed her passionate rage? Sal, when he directed the question to the boys, raised her face to tills with a curious mixture of searching doubt and astonishment, and when feetnid: “dome nfth mo. girl,” she

returned to the class-worn and resumed his lessons, but his manner, ever kind as it was, seemed to ha re added to it an incomprehensible gravity, which appeared even sadness. Ssl did not go back to her hut.but walked to the Track of the school and sat down on a block of stone. The day passed, yet she barely moved. None of the children stopped to seewKSt had become of her; she heard them leave school, but did not stir. Evening came, a chilly raw evening. Sal drew her knees close to her body, wound her bare, bruised arms about them and crouched there a frowsy, uncanny creature. “Teacher says fonpve them fellers and don’t steal. He don't cuss me nor he don’t call me Looney Sal, nnther. He sez Saiirey—Sairey- ha, ha, ha! Me Sa rey. Ha, ha, ha—” Her laughter was intem pted by the coarse croak of Granny Smith a voice, which asked: “Air ye crazy Sal?” Granny Sinith° was an industrions person. While her s oul-and-body destroying work at night would have more than justified her sleeping all day, she stole hours from her rest during which she stole all else that came within her reach, as she feigned to travel about in the guise of :» rag-picker and beggar. Her way home this day led behind the school-house- a belated “kept in” child might be there; it ccnld be knocked down, and robbed of a slate, if nothing else.

"n nat air ye doin' mere.'"' “Nawthin’,” said Sal. Her defiant tone awakened the hag’s ire. Her bony hands grasped and struck the girl, wliiiie her hoarse, gutteral voice accompanied each Blow with brief remarks, of which only the following will bear transcription: “Wag#bone! Too lazy to dance, iis-yer? Ill learn ye, curse yer!” _Slie helped Sal on to the shanty; kicks and blows and curses were the means employed. But they were of no avail; though the boisterous, drunken audience called for Sal, she refused to dance; and instead of her songs they heard heavy blows which fell upon a human body, but not a plaint was uttered. The assemblage were too low to even attempt a defense of the child. Several days thereafter Sal’s sea saw stood idle, and the store-keepers of Hoboken did not have" to bewail the loss of any of their merchandise. Sal was not seen anywhere, and no one inquired about her. The children as they went to school gave a glance at the seia-saw. Sal was not on it; nor the next! day either. It wou Id be fun, aye, quite brave to destroy the waif s only pleasure,, The boy’s who wrecked the see-saw did not feel quite magi}- when they did it, but they had heard their parents say, it were well to eradicate the miscreants of Shippenville, to destroy every vestige of the settlement: And then this boys who made fire-ivood of Sal’s see-saw, all of them bore marks of blows inflicted by her. Revenge is sweet. : - The scholars were assembled in the large class-room and sang their reverential morning hymn. The song ceased suddenly as a little, browned face appeared at one of the windows. A little tattered figure sat oik the sill. “It’s Looney Sal!” the children screamed. Mr. Shepherd quietly approached the windovv and lifted the sash, anil at the same time the quaint little body disappeared. Sal slid down the lightning rod, which was within reach, and stood on the ground below. She looked anxiously up at the window she had so hurriedly left. The tsacher evidently did not see her. He had hardly drawn in his head when she again climbed to the window. This time she need not press her face against the pane; the sash had not been closed. Her shadow fell upon the teacher’s desk, but he appeared not to observe it. Sal cast a dubious glance at him, and then to sustain her anger threw a handful of small stores on the floor, “Is that you, Sarah?” His tone expressed neither reproof nor surprise; it was a simple greeting. Sal might have expected this. She tent through the open window and laughed rudely. “I wur here before.” “Is that so?” He looked upon her as if her conduct were eminently proper. “Did you wish to come ip?” he asked, invitingly. Sal stare! at him. Her defiant expression gave place to one of surprise. “What—mer’ The teacher nodded. “fp thar?” • “Certainly, if you wish to.” She sprang through the window. “'join’ to sing?” she asked, impudently. The teacher nodded and continued to turn the leaves of his book without looking at her. “Page thirty-eight,” he called to the boy;!, and then handed the open book to the little guest. “Will you sit down and sing with us?” , °

v* iuuu, uoarse laugnter was lier only answer. As sihe laughed she stniek her brown fists on her knees and rocked her body to and fro. As suddenly she ceased to laugh when she noticed the stern expression on the teacher’s face. She hung her head, twisted her tinkers about and scratched the floor with her feet :in almost embarrassed manner. ‘‘Lan’t read,” she exclaimed, suddenly, as she looked into the teacher's face. He placed his hand on her bedraOTed, unkempt head. “That makes no difference, child; sonne of ns here are not good readers_ that is why I read each verse of the hymn before we sing it.” * She silently accepted the little stool that was offt-red her, and sat ever so still , with downcast eyes as if she would not interrupt the full, deep voice of the man who sang. And then the room rcRounded with the clear voices of the children, as they were lifted in tuneful prayer. Sal did not stir. When the song subsided the sudden stillness seemed to awaken Sal as if from a dream. The teacher thought her cheek was moist. . “Is there anything the matter with you, child?” She shook her head, quietly returned the book to hiin, and approached the door. “Kin I go out here?” ' He opened the door. “Hid yon like our song, Sarah?” The habitually aggre ssive face looked piteous, and her great dark eyes glimmered. They were su Tused w'ith tears. She rapidly brushed the back of her hand over her eyes and ejaculated: “Them fellers busted my see-saw. I snm here to bust them." Ah harsh as her words were they conveyed an explanation for her presence in which the child—perhaps unconjciously—expressed re;n-et for her evil intention.

“ The first of the month,” growled e old ha<r. “THo __1_, the old hag. “The kids bring the school money. Two dollars each of ’em. Makes near three hundred dollars Now's, your chance, gtend Sal up the lightnin’ rod, and base her drop the rope-ladder. Shorty Hts up an’ then —well, let’s take a drink first” Slue placed a bottle of vile whisky to her lips, and passed it to Dan, the pickpocket, the least valiant of the lot Shorty took the bottle next, and, with a “here’s luckin at ye,” would have drained it had not the old woman snatched it from him, exclaiming: “Hold on! No gittin’ drunk sforeband.” Stiif knew that she bud to take part n robbing the schoolmaster's monthly receipts. She arose rapidly and atU> glide <?f the roo».

sar.iS^sSSSF^^ “Was goin’ to skip, was yer!' 1 snowed ';, ye peacher. You’re in love with hitr is yer? clean gone, hey?*JVas "”>]n’ to ■ dc out an’ give us away, ye ■i»y? bet’s the thanks we gets for (cedin’ y , ye cat 1*11 learn ye •‘Hat’ on, Branny,” said Dan, the pickpock -it, whose libations had stimulated hie into a species of judgment; “ stop lx itin’ an’ cursin’ of her now; w hen we ; e made the riffle kill her if it suits ye;, nobody’ll care.!’ The oli hag swore that she would, and kicki d tlic girl into the street She cdntinuei to thump and kick her until tlie party nrrived at the academy; then she gave aer a rope ladder, and,' as she ordered t ae child to climb up the light-ning-rod hissed: v - > i “Git tn to the window, open it and ftsfen 1h- hooks into the sill. If ye nukes tb : littlest noise to give us away. Shorty'll be tip after yer and lie’ll cut o ut yer lights aDd his’n too. Find the | money at ' nobody won’t get hurt.” I The child’s bard face looked uneasy I iti the mi mlight In a trice she was on the sill, "had opened the window,' listened the hooks, and dropped the | ladder. Shorty was with her in a moment. 5 hey passed through the schoolI room int1 the teachers’ sleeping apartj nient. Sal did not look at the man; the ► etciteme it of the adventure made the ! theft more attractive to her than all I o thers hsd been. She found the cash- [ box and exultingly clasped it to her

u roast. “ Thoi shalt not steal—forgive those who sin i gainst thee,” murmured the teacher i j nis sleep. Shorty clapped his hand on Sal’s mouth su d stilled the cry she was about to litter. He grasped her and quickly dragged aer from the room. When they returned to the window he released her. “Yelp now, ye pup, an’ I’ll go back a a’ cut lis throat.” | Sal stc ad back as if to allow him to descend first. “Not much, ye devil— yon go first. I ain’t goin’ to leave yei here to 3 ell.” J j Sal crawled toward the ground. ; Shorty followed, the frail ladder swing- : ir g aud hreatening to break. “Hurry down, ye cat,” said Shorty, when they were about midway between the window and earth. Below stood Granny. Smith, and Dan; above her Shorty, with hiis brigl tly gleaming knife. Her time had come; she would not steal from the only being that had ever spoken a kind j word to her. Before her intent could bo under stood she had run up to Shorty, wrenched the knife from his hand, and cut one .side of the rope ladder. “Help' njiurder’ thieves!” she screamed. ! The instinct of self-preservation caused her to cling to the ladder, but the weight being thrown on one hook alone it tt>re through the wood of the sill and —a groan, a crash—and Shorty and Sal lay on the street. He shivered, seemed 0 choke and gargle. Shorty w; as before a higher Judge than ever passed sentence on him on earth. The noise had attracted a few belated wayfarers, and a moment later the schoolmaster came out with a lantern. I “What is the matter?” He saw the bodies. “Are they badly hurt?” i Some one answered: “Shippenyille thieves. Good for them. Why, here’s looney Sal—got her deserts at last.” “Oh, no; I am sure she did not intend any wrong,” said the teacher, as he lifted her little head. She looked at him with a smile, and when his expression assured her that she would be believed, gasped: “Teacher—I wouldn’t hook, n othin’—from—yer—yer is good to me—” “Don’t speak, poor child. I know yon would not.” He looked upon her sufferin';, quivering form, j “I’d ‘ike ter go ter school,” she 1 breathed. He took her in his arms and carried her into the same class-room into which she had intruded but a few days before. “Had we not better send for a surgeon?” ;>.sked one of the good-natured neighbors whom the noise had attracted. “l’oo late, my friend,” said the teacher; “the end is anproachfn"'.” j “Ain t—der—goin’—der— be — no —• singin’?1’Sal sighed. Immediately the young man’s voice, strong and * full, rose in the hymn of praise that the class bad sung the morning that Sal first vrent to sehool. She faintly sung the melody with him, and toward the end of.the song her voice grew fainter and fainter until it was reduced to a mere whisper. | “Sarah—poor child!” The young man bent over her as he anxiously called her. She opened her eves and smiled at him. “More singin’,” she gasped. He complied with her request in a choked voice. And as the glimmering dawn came in through the window thebruised 1 ttle body moved no more. In silence the teaehcr arose and reverently brushed back the matted locks from poor Sal’s little face, which smiled peacefully in death. —N. Y. Graphic. How the Duchy of Prussia Came to the Hohcnzollens.

The conntry in question lies along' the coast of the Baltic, east of the river Vistula. The natives—the Prussians, or Po-Russians— were Slavs by race, heathen by religion, fisherman and hunters by occupation; and they were ever ready to fight, and fight bravely, for their religion, their homes and their independence. But the chnrch could not tolerate their religion, and sought to carry them the Gospel of Peace on the point of the sword. With the sword the barbarians resisted; and more than one pious expedition marched into fatal disaster. At length it was determined to call ir the Teutonic Knights—-ar order of chivalry founded during the Crusades, and in the early part of the thir{jsepth century settled without employ- ■ nient at Venice. Those zealous adventurers responded with eagerness to the appeal. They received a grant of the country from the Pope anu the Emperor, set about the conquest with energy and method, and eventually subdued the natives under their authority and that of the church. For two centuries they governed well. The country was prosperous, and the knights, though a privileged caste, adverse to labor, set at least an example of temperance and equity. But luxury and idleness bewan finally to work their efiects, and by the fifteenth century the knights lad lost their habits of sobriety, their sense of justice, their valor and skill in battlB. In wars with Poland they vi’eye repeatedly unsuccessful, and paid for their defeats by the loss of territory. Ihe post of Grand Master of the order v ent begging all over Europe. It had ceased to be a post of honor or of power. Bat early in the sixteenth century the choice fell upon Albert of Hohenz diem, of the Nuremberg bmncli of the family, and he accepted, with the resolution to restore the wasted fortunes of the colony. The task was difficult. J he princes of the Empire, to whom Albert applied for help, gave only advice. Martin Lather, whmn he consult-5-1. gave advice, and on that he acted, lie adopted the Reformation, secularused the order, and created the Buchv of Prussia, he himself hieing Duke, and a vassal of the republic of Poland. With this revolution begins the chain of circumstances which led to the acquisition of the dueby bv Albert’s kinsmen of ! Brandenburg. It will suffice to s;iy that in 1569 the right of succession u» the inchy, on the failure of direct heirs of Albert, bad teen secured to the 1“ lectors of Brandenburg by treat)’ with Poland, that m 1618 tuis contingency nrrived, and*John tdgismond, who had ii farther claim based on his marriage " itb a granddaughter of Albert became I 'uko ©f Prussia.—Hebert Tulfk. in IJtmr# Magcuwe.

==s Among the waste materials on Um farm there are few, if any, that art richer in one of the. most important elements of plant food than bones, when maile soluble in water. Just how to do this in the cheapest and at tbi same time the best manner is a question that is frequently asked by th« farmer, and is so often answered bj those who hare no prtctical knowledge of the matter, that the farmer is frequently misled, and spends so mod time to no purpose that he becomes dis conraged and sells the waste hones o? the farm at a very low price, or neglect! altogether to pick them up. Some advise composting with hot stable manure, claiming that the heat will soften the bones so they will crumble and become soluble; others claim il composted with ashes the hardest none; will soften. The fact is, manure will decompose only the soft bones, and ashes will not soften any bones unless the ashes be wet. The potash in the' ashes when extended with water, will is time penetrate and soften the hardest bones. _ It should ever be kept in mind that it is not the ashes that softens th< bone, but the material that comes from the ashes; therefore when ashes are resorted to for this pniqmse, particular effort should be made to extract the potash from the ashes, and save it in a manner to bte brought; in direct contact with the bone. To compost bones with ashes in the open air in a conical heap will not accomplish tiie object desired, because the water wjll not be retained in the ashes long enorgh to cover the bones with lye sufficient to soften them. To be reasonably sure of success the work should be done under cover, sc that just the right quantity of water can be applied to make the lye strong enough to remove the glnten from the bones. Some water-tight tank should be used, and the bones should be packed at the bottom, so they will be covered by the lye, but in pac king the bones all of the open spaces should be filled with ashes, so that there shall be no waste room to be filled by the lye; because il there be too much waste room the lye will not reach the upper portion of the bones without diluting it with water so much that it will not be strong enough to accomplish the object desired. Aftei the bones are thus packed they should be covered with ashes as deep as are the bones; then water should be applied very gradually in a manner as when ashes are set to leach. It requires quite as much judgment to make lye to dissolve bone as it does to make if for soap. It will require several mouths, and sometimes a whole year, to soften the bones in this way; the time depend:ng on the strength of the lye and the hardness of the bones. If t aken ont too soon the bard bones can be thrown out to be put in the next lot. Some recommend suiphuric acid, but jo soften large bones w:ta this material is not practicable, and those who recommend it sire mere theorists. Bone that is ground may be reduced with acid and made soluble, but even this k a work that requires practice and skill to do it in a satisfactory manner. The common farmer would fail muchoftener than he would succeed, and would sometimes get a sticky material that would be but little if any better than the raw bone. ™ The simplest and cheapest way to reduce bones to make them available for plant food is to burn them; but to do ttil» is a great loss of valuable plant food, as it consumes all of the nitrogen; yet the ashes is very rich in phosphate,tp’ng about eighty per cent. It also cot tains sixteen per cent, of carbonate of lime, two or three per cent, ol phosphate of magnesia, sods and potash. All of these substances are indispensable to vegetable growth. Th« process of burning bones is so simple that some contend! that when only^mall Quantities are to.be reduced it in-the 8est way, even though the nitrogen be lost. It would certfiinly be better to burn themkhan to sell them for a halt a cent, or even a cent a pound. It is very poor policy for the farmer to sell the bones from the fs.rm; in fact, when he can buy at less then a eent a pound he had better buy what he can, though he have to resort to burning them to make them available for plant food; but, as this is a wasteful process, the ashes shoiikt be resorted to when they can be readily obtained. In some portions of the State small establishments have been erected, to steam and grind bones. By extracting the grease and gelatin the bones are easily ground; this leaves in the bone about one-hall of the nitrogen; the Other half may be saved by composting the liquid with dtT muck. Some of the owners ol these mills are willing to steam and grind bones for a fair consideration. When such mills can be found within a reasonable distance, this is th'e best way to get a small, c*r even a large, lot of bones, worked up into plant food. The time will probably come when these small mills wilUbe found all over the country, the same as mills to grind corn; then the farmer will be able to get waste bones changed into a very valnacle manure. Ground steamed bone is not a very quick acting fertiliser unless it be treated with ;icidr but it is very lasting, and at the same time will produce good crops the first year. When applied to laud that is seeded down to grass, if a ton to the acre: of this fertilizer be applied, it will carry out good crops for some years, if assisted with a light top dressing of manure occasionally. Large bones applied to the soil are ot but little advantage, to the crops for many years after applied, therefore they should he carefully gathered up and reduced by some process, to make them more immediately available for'plant Food. This is being dono more generally than ever before, but even now there are large quantities of bones that are allowed to be wasted, many farmers not f et realizing their real value -Massarhusetls Ploughman.

A ProTokeJ Lecturer. There are some persons and some newspapers whom nothing delights more than a chance to revile Kev. Joseph Cook, of Boston; and these persons and papers will n6 doubt revel in glee at the reports of the “assault and battery” by that distinguished le‘ turor upon one Price, of Keene, N. H. It has not been proved yet that there was any assault; but -there are considerations that go to show that if there was it was entirely justifiable. 6 Every one know the#alue of the last five minutes of sHcep in the morning, and that an ord nnry man would rather lose two hours of his rest before midnight than the smallest portion of that precious last nap. Now it appears that Mr. Cook had been traveling, and was very tired when he reached Keene. Upon his arrival he was set upon by the aforesaid Price, who extorted from him a promise to attend a prayer meeting before the lecture. Mr. Cook then retired to his room, with just fifteen minutes to rest before the time at which he had promised to go to the meeting above mentioned, hut when only eight minutes of the fift een had passed, there came a rapping at his chamber door, and the importunate Price appeared"' Such - “previousmess” certainly was exceedingly annoying, and in our judgment Mr. Cook was entirley justified in leading Mr. Price into the hall by the coat collar and informing him that he did not propose to be disturbed. Most men would hare felt like throwing a bootjack at the intruder. Be was fortunate in getting off so easily.—if. P. Mail and Express —A piece of soft sponge tied upon ■ smooth stick is very convenient to tut lit groping tine otr'tf e gfiddla.

—A general movetu )n( in favor of tree planting is ndvist d by those who bavehtudied the subjoc t of forests. _ shells should be crushed before feeding them to ,tfce fowls, for when fed whole it is ap , to teach them the bad habit of eatlig their eggs.— Chicago Journal. —It is said by onf» who ought to know that cold tea is a good fertilizer for house plants, and tb at occasionally it is a good plan to put some teagrounds or leaves in ti e eartharound the plant roots.— Troy 1 'imes. —American women have nevei adopted much the continental fashion of dispensing with mite tr collar roqnd the throat in dark dres es, in the hope that contrast would enhance the whiteness of the throat; and they do well. Nothing can compensate the loss of soft texture near the skih.—Boston Post. —A hog will live in a lwx that be can crawl into to get ont of the snow, but a hog or any other animal that just lives is an expensive sort of a boarder for a man to keep. Six to seven months is long enough to make a 'mice piece of pork from any well-bred, weaned pig, and he who takes a year for it is pretty sure to throw away three or four months" feeding material.—Coleman’s Rural World. —You can not fail to have good brown bread if you follow this rale: Take one pint each of graham and wheat flour, make a stiff batter with warm water, put in a piece of butter the size of a marble, and one teaspoonful of molasses, a piece of a yeast cake about the size of a hickory nut, or one large teaspoonful of yeast, a pinch of salt: mix with a spoon; do not try to knead it; heat your bread tins, butter them and put the soonge in; when veiy light bake in a moderate oven. It usually requires a little more time for the brown bread to rise than for white.—N. Y. Post. —Every farmer who does h:s work as thoroughly as an ordinary business man in any other line, is as certain to secure a competence as the snn is to shine. _ Farming is a noble business, but it is the only calling we know that will support a laggard in spite of his lad ness. A living is so certain and sure that the best of us sometimes fall into a loose way of conducting onr affairs that allows our substance to steal away from ns in an alimost imperceptible way, and w% never know where the leakage is. This is the advantage of keeping books on the farm as elsewhere, and it is the only way to ke.-p ujj with the procession. — Farming

Early Cabbages. Some cabbage-growers sow the seed for early plants in the fall and when the plants are large enough transplant theip to cold frames in which tliey aro wintered. For several reasons I consider spring sowing the best, and it will recommend itself to the farmer who will not care to attend to the plants during the winter. In spring sowing the seed may be sown in boxes in the house, in a cold frame or in a hot-bed. The last plan is best. To start the plants in the house till a shallow box with line, rich garden mold to the depth of six inches. In this sow the seed and cover lightly. Keep the soil moist. If the middle of the day is warm set the box in the sunshine by some window. I have grown cabbage plants in this way for several years and have found it to be a good plan when only a small number were to be started. But when any considerable number is to be raised, and I am not certain bat that when only a small number is to be started, it is" better to make a hot-bed. I find that it is a general impression among farmers that the construction of a hot bed is troublesomo and expensive. This is a false notion. The expense, cash, is for a sash and a few panes of glass. All the work can be done in half a day by one man. The best form of the hot-bed Is made by digging a hole two feet deep and of the same width and lepgth as the frame. This hole ia filled tviw horse manure. The manure should bo hauled a few days before and put in a heap near the pit, and forked over each day. After a iew days the manure is put in the pit and the frame set on. This should be twelve inches high in the rear and eight inches high in front with the side pieces properly sloped. It can be made of old, waste boards. Fill garden mold in the frame to the depth i>f four or five inche;, and put on the sash. The back of the frame should be toward the north and the front toward the south that the rays of the sun may strike the glass more nearly vertically, and that the higher back may ward off the cold winds that coc;e from the north. For a few days the heat will be too great to allow of the pi anting of the seeds, and the sash should be raised a couple of inches. After the heat has moderated to sixty or seventy degrees the seed may be sown. Shade the sash till the plants appear above the surface. Close the sash at night. Give water as needed and keep the soil from gettino too hard by occasional light stirrings b<? tween the rows, which she aid be about six inches apart. Instead of digging a pit- some make He frame higher and pat manure on op of the ground. This plan saves the labor of digging the pit bnt; the hot-bed hus made is not quite so good. It will require more frequent waterings than he other. A cold frame is simply a hot-bed ninns the manure. The latter gets its reat from the fermentation of the mamre; the former from the sun only, rhe cold frame must be covered with rarpets or cloths at night to prevent the teat from escaping. Care must be taken to harden the hot red plants before they are transplanted o the open ground. This may be done >y gradually removing the sash from he hot-bed during the day; or by first ransplanting to a cold frame.

Cabbage is a hardy plant and may be put in the open ground as soon as tbe frost is out and the ground is dry. if a cold snap should come, cover slightly with some convenient material.'' Of course this applies to plants which have been hardened. Snch plants will not be injured by even eight or'ten degrees of frost. Whenever oats can be sown ground. A sandy soil is necessaiy. It is always dryest and can be stirred earliest in the spring. The cabbage does best on a sandy foam, with a sandy or gravelly subsoil ct ming rather near the surface. Such soil wal drain well naturally, especially if on high and rolling lands, bnt even then it is best to underdrain. Heavy, wet, clayey soils should be avoided, as should also poor ones. Cabbage requires a rich soil. Kach year tbe ground for cabbage should be covered with tine stable manure (a mixture of equal parts from the cow and horse stables is the best) to the depth of two inches, and then plowed under. Then pulverize the ground well. If the ground is plowed in the fall! ii is better, as the frost pulverizes the ground and destroys many eggs and larvae which are thrown upon the surface, if any quantity are to te raised it is best to plant about fifteen inches apart in rows far enough apart to admit of cultivation Mfith a one-horse cultivator. But if only enough are to be raised for the consumption of tbe farmer's family they nbe pat only fifteen inches apart way, as the cultivation can best be done with a hoc. Ten days after setting out the plants should lie hoed, and therea'ter boed or cultivated frequently until maturity. No plant is more grateful for cultivation than the cab—U. BUM, in ftoiri? F<*rm«r, planted in the open

Comic Chimpanzees. The keejxc ofthe chimpanzees at the zoological HUe^ placed a doll baby in their"cage^Bs*other day. It was clothed in a red dress that attracted the attention of the animals in a moment. At first they stool at a respectful distance and hoo-hooed at it to show that they had not fallen in love with it at first sight. Th n they began to stamp on the floor to scare it away. Finding this unavailing, the big one dashed up to within a foot of the passive baby, stamping and chattering, but finding that the strange thin; ilid npt tudge, she turned tail and fled. '1 he 1 ttle one was not to be outdone, although she was evidently greatly in fear of it, and so' she held her blanket up in front of her while she appro cVe ■, but she did not go far. After awhile the big one was big enough to go quite near, so that with a st aw s. e could tickle the newcomer under the chin. The doll ne er stirred. The end of the s'raw was examined and smelt by the two animals, and nothing ha: mful 1 eing found they ventured to touch her. They then scampered to the trip of the case.

--n' w ut fear, and they returned to the inspection, which was mostly confined to sitfcng in ront of it and making faces at it. The keeper tied the figure to a swinging r. pe. The big one dragged it by the hem of the garment to a bo; in wh ch they sleep. 1 hey placed it inside and at once executed a war dance on the top. The 1 t.le one stopped her noisy sister with a vicious cuff and drew out the untoriunate. Then, sitting on the floor, she held it in her arms as if it had been a n al baby of her own. ‘After mak ng evident fnn'of this soft-hearted-ness, the* other pulled the doll a way and deliberately sat on its head, striking the body with the palm of hev hands. Wh le she was endeavoring to rega n the plaything the dress did not long remain intact. After this they hauled the body about the cage, up the tree and on to the cros -beam and then threw it Jto -the ground C'ne piece of the dress they used or a n -ckt e, and another was turned into a head-dres-, wit 1 whi :h one of them adorned herself before the mirror in the . orner of the cage.—Philadelphia Call.

What a Mother Will Do For Her Baby. _ No roan can tell. There is a beauti’nl story told of Hannah La vond. who was helping the harvesters father hay one hot day in Scotland. She had laid her babe tinder a tree. While >be was 1 n-y at work there was a Hotter of wings in the air and a golden eagle seized the baby by its swaddling band and bore it ah ft to the eyrie on top of the almost inaccessible mountain crai**. All ran for the i lifl's. which were ten mi es distant. None dared mount the cliff, it towe.ed alo t among the clouds. No human foot had e er trod there. There were sailors who had gom^up the mast in sto -ms and tempe ts but they shuttle ed as they Ipoked at the dizzy he’ght alo e them. 1 he n.oth-r, Hannah Lamond, looked tor awhile in silence and spied the eagle way a’oft in his eyrie Leaping up the di i bed the cliff where no mortal bad ever teen be'ore, and selling her 1 abe while the angry eagle was tnreatening by flapp’ng his wings about her, she strapped it to her back and des ended fro:n the dizzy height, jumping from craig to cra g, now < atching hold of this root, then of that, unt.l she reached a spot whe e there were a f oat and some k ds “Now. I’ll follow the goat ” she said; ‘she’ll know the safest way down.” And she was led by theaniroal down to the pla e. If a woman will do that for her child, what won’t a ward politician do to get into the School Beard, where bis vote is at a premium—or into the < ity Council, where paying jobs lie around.’—Cincinnati Enquirer. Mathematical Prodigies. A mathematical wonder at Falls Village is Kobert Wilcox Jr., aged about twenty-one. Wilcox's a young man of ordinary intelligence, and has a com-mon-school edn ation, but in mathematics has develop, cflfemarkable ability to add, subtract and divide mentally. It is said that he is not a >Ie to s tive complex problems, but in le s than a minute can give correct answers to such questions as the following: Given a locomotive driving-wheel five feet four inches in diameter: how many revolutions would the wheel make in going six miles? Or, how many seconds nas a man lived who has attained the age of thirty-seven years live months and t ree days, supposing the months had each th.rty Ua;s?—Hartford Tw.es. —Ten years ago a gentleman in California planted a eucalyptus tree in his front yard, which did' not grow very rapidly until about three years ago, when it took a start and is now a tine tree. When cleaning his well recently he found the bottom of it matted.with roots, which proved to be those of the eucalyptus, which stands fully fifty feet away. The well is lined with b ici, set in cement, through which the roots had to break a passage to get to the water. So thirsty are they that they will penetrate the hardest ground to great depths to get a drink.—San Crancisco Call. —“Beware of him who hates dogs,” is a warning used whenever any one urges the adoption of effective measures for prote ting valuable property from injury, and yet more valuable lives from premature and horrible endings, or ventures to denounce the folly of fostering the cause of such injury or deaths. Are there not'%ri£cr reasons for saying, “Beware of him who loves dogs,” for is he not usually for the selfish gratification of his liking for the dog ready to violate the rights of his fellow men and endanger their property, comfort, and lives?—Chicaoo Tribune.

TJ1E MARKETS. <a NEW YORK. March 31, 1884. CATTLE—Exports.» 7 CO ®« 7 25 COTTON—Middling...;.. U*« 11* FLOUR—Good to Choice. 3 65 .» 8 SO WHEAT-No. 3 Ked. 1 (B*® 1 05'i CORN—No. 3. Wili-6 W* OATS-Wttstern Mixed. 38 « 33 PORK—New Mess.17 5J ® 17 75 ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling. ® 1114 BEEVES—Exports. 6 25 ® 6 60 Fair to Good.:. 5 65 ® 5 83 HOGS—Common toSeleot.... 5 40 SHEEP—Fair to Choice. 4 75 FLOUR-XXX to Choice. 3 65 WHEAT-No.i Winter...;.... No. 3 “ 9614® CORN-No. 2 Mixed.. 47*® OATS-No.2..... 33*® RYE-No. 2. 50 @ TOBACCO—Lugs. 6 75 ® Mdttinm Leaf. 0 00 @ HAY—Choice Timothy. 15 00 ® BUTTEK-Choice Dairy....... 28 ® EGGS—Choice. 16 @ PORK—Now Mess.. 17 90 ® BACON-Clear Rib. O LARD—Prime Steam. tt CHICAGO. CATTLE—Exports. 6 15 ® HOGS—Good to choice. 6 60 ® SHEEP—Good to choice. 5 75 FLOUR-Wiuter.... 4 75 Spring...... 4 25 WHEAT—No. 2 Spring. 88* No. 3 Red. 96 i CORN-No. 2;. 6114® OATS-No. 2. 2914® ® FORK-New Mess. 17 80 ® 17 86 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Native Steers. 5 06 HOGS—Sales at. 6 76 WHEAT-No. 2..'.. CORN—No. 2 mixed. 43 OATS-No. 3. NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR-HIgh Grades. 5 25 CORN-White... OATS—Western. , — HAY—Choice. 17 12*1 PORK-Mess. BACON-Clear Rib. CIOTTON—Middling.... LOUISVILLE WHEAT—No. 3 Red.... CORN—No. 2 Mixed. OATS-Mixed Western. 1*0RK—Mess. ... BACON-Clear Bib.Cxf-ssJ OOTTON-JI W4Un*. • -.,.. iVT. 106 ® 37 « 18 00 a io • JO*

Fr»«s to foil. The postmaster at North Buffalo, Fa., Ur. M. J. Greets, says Si. Jacob* OS, the peat peinemnqneror, mred him of pain* in the head, end also of frosts J feet. The be*ett?n^ sin is loafing around barrooms.— Waterloo Observer. Perhaps yon mean the besotting sla.—Oil Citf Derrick Two months ego my attention -was called to the case of a w oman afflicted with a can* cer on her shoulder at least 5 inches in circuinference, angry , painful, and giving the rstient no rest day or night for G months. obtained a supply of Swift's Specific for her. She has taken 5 bottles, and the nicer is entirely healed up, only a very small scab remaining,and her health is better than for 5 years past :*»ms t * be perfectly cured. Kiv. Jesse H. Campbell. Columbus, Ga. *.*Pf®1'3 should have more gura-shan,'* said the principal, as he reproved a young lady for chewing spruce. Don't. Give It l’p So. Obi if I bad only known that in time.” Known what ? « Known that a simple cold In the head may develop intjp chronic Catarrh.” Well, it isn't too late, for Ely’s Cream Balm will cure catarrh even after the sufferer's life has become a burden to him, and he a nuisance to his friends. It is the only radical and thoroughly s cientific catarrh cure known. Not a snuff. Not a liquid. Applied tc the nostrils with the finger. Price fifty cents. IVe know nothing, and yet it Is knowing something to know that you know nothing. The old custom requiring saleswomen in dry and fancy goods stores to stand all day long without rest or relief Is being superseded by more humane rules in many of our leading Iasi cuss houses. Lydia E. Finkhnm’s Vegetable Compound is highly pra sed by those who have not yet been freed from the old necessity for constant standing; and is a genuine blessing in every such case, as well as to the tired out housekeeper who must be on her feet all day, What sort of of stories may we find in the agricultural pagers? Cereal stories, as a general thing. ladles In America long before they reachmiddleagefrequently find themselves suffering from some of the complaints and weaknesses peculiar to their sex. For all such Kidney-Wort is a great boon. It induces a healthy action of ti e Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system, and strengthens and gives new life to all the important organs of the body. It is nature’s grt at assistant in establishing and sustaining health. Sold by all druggists.

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The kidneys art aa t purifiers of the blood. | and when their func- [ tlona are interfered with through weakness, they need toning. They become healthfully active by the psc of Jlostetter'a Stomach Bittern. wh* n tailing short of relief from other sources. This superb stf mu lat ing tonio also prevents and arrests fever and ague. constipation, liver complaint, dyspepsia. rheumatism and other aiim -iws. TJjo it with regularity. For sale by alt Druggists and Dealer* generally.

sJpsnv™ L <^ivER FAILS^> ^ Spasms, ConTul-■UtfcE^"''-sions, Falling QlOSViflE Sickness,St.Vita# *-* “ ft** Dance, AlcoholCfifiEGBESfiS Scrofula, Kings Evil, t’ gly Blood Diseases, Dyspepsia, NerTonscese, ‘ ick Headache, _ _lheumatUmJ Harms Weofowsa, Brain 'Worry, Blood Sorts, Biliousness, Costiienees, Nervous Prostration, Kidney Troubles and Irregularities. $1.50. Bample Teatmionials. "Samaritan Nervine is doing wonders. lir. J. O. SIcLeraoin, Alexander City, Alai "I feet it jny duty to recommend it.” IW! D. F. Laaghlin, Clyde, Eansacj "It cured where physicians failed.” Rev. J. A- Edie, Beaver, Fa, WCwwminw freely |HER»E ®HR EE ML S. JL ECHM ED.C0.,ST. JOSEPH* KOi Bold by All Druggists. 103D. ST0TJTE3EU3G St C0M Agent*, Chicago, HI POTASH Iodide of Potassium la one of the strongest of the mine rate used in medicine, and has produced much suffering in the world. Taken for a long time and in large doses, It dries up the gaatric juices, impairs digestion, the stomach refuses food, and the patient declines in health and weight. Persons with Blood or Skin Diseases should be careful how they take these mineral poisons, as in most Instances the effect of them is to almost permanently Impair the constitution. Swift’s Specific Is entirely a vegetable preparation, and it is eaay to convince you of its merit. I have cured permanently Blood Taint In the third generation by the use of Swift* Specific, after I had most signally failed with Mercury and Potash. , F. A. Toowb, M. D., Perry. 6a. v Our treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free to applicants. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, 6a. New Fork Office. 159 West CSd St..bet.6th and 7th Art

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