Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1878 — Page 3

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The Vote on the Silver Bill.

The vote in the National House of Representatives on the question aa to whether the Silverhill should be passed over the President’s veto was as follows; * a YEAS. ? Aiken. Finley, Phelps, Aldrich, Forney, Phillipa, Atkins. Fort, i PoUuu? Baker (Ind.), Foster. Pound, Banning, Franklin, Price, Bayne, Fuller, Pridemoro, Ben, Garth, Rainey, Benedict.. Giddings, Randolph, Bicknell, Glover, Bea, Blackburn, Go kIo, Reagan. Bland, Gunter, Rico (Onio), Blount, Hamilton, Riddle, Boone, Hanna. Robbins, Bouck, Marrin (Ga.), Roberta, Boyd, Harris (Va.), Robertson. Bragg, Harrison, Robinson (Ind.), Brentano, Hartridge, Ryan, Brewer, Hartsell, Sampson, Bridges, Haskell, Bapp, Bright, Hatcher, Hayler, Brogden, Hayes, Scales, Browne, Hazelton, Hexton, Buckner, Henderson, Bballcnbergcr, Bundy, Henry, Shelley, Burchard, Hewitt (Ala.), Singleton, Burdick, Herbert, Blemons, Sutler, Hooker, Smalls, aldwell (Ky.). House, Smith (Go.), Sidwell (Tenj.Hnbbeß, Sparks, Ikins, Hunter, Springer, andler, Hunton, Steele, ■non, Humphrey, Stephens, Carlisle, Ittner, Stone (Mich.), Caswell, Jones (Ain.), Stone (Iowa), Chalmers, Jones (Ohio), Strait, Clarke (Ky.X Keightley. Thompson, Clark (Mo.), Kelley, Thornburgh. Clark (Iowa), Kenno, Throckmorton, Clymer, Knapp, Tipton, 1_ _ Cobb, Knott, Townsend (O.), Cole, Landers, Townsend (N.Y.) Conger, lAtlirop, Townshend (111.) Cook. Ligon, Tucker, Oox(OA Luttrell, ■- Turner, CoxiN.X.), Lynde, Turney, Cravens, Mackey, Vance, Crittenden. Manning, Van Vorhes, Culberson, Marsh Waddell, Cummings, May ham, Walker, Cutler, McGowan, / Walsh, Danford, McKenzie, Welch. Davidson, McKinley, White (Pa.), Davis (N. C.), McMahon, White (Ind.), Deering, Metcalfe, Whiith»me,=S Dibrell, Mills, Wigginton. Dickey, Mitchell, Williams (Wia.), Dunnell,. Money, Williams (Ala.), Durham, Monroe, Williams (.Ore.), Eden, Morgan, Willis (Ky.), Elam, Muldrow, Willets, Ellis, Neal,. Wilson, Errett, Oliver, Wren, Evans (Ind.), Page, Wright, Evins (8. C.), Patterson (N.Y.)Yatcs, Ewing, Patterson (CoL), Young—l 94. Felton. NAYS. Bacon. Frye, O’Neill, Bagley, Garfield, . Overton, Baker (N.Y.), Gibson, Potter, Ballou, Hale, Powers, Banks, Hardenberg, Pugh, Beebe, Harmer, Reed, Bisbee, Harris (Mass.), RicetMass.). Blair, Hart. Robiiwon(Maes.) Bliss, Hendee, Robs, Briggs, Hewitt (N. Y.), Schleicher, Cain, Hiscock, Sinnickron, (lamp, Hungerford, Smith (Pa.), Campbell, James, Starin, Chittenden, Jones (N. H.), Stenger, Claflin, Joyce, Stewart, Covert, Ketcham, Vecder, Crapo, Ijipham, Ward, Davis (Cal.), Undaey, Warner, Denison, Lookwood, Watson. Dwight, Loring, Wlliiams(Mich.) Eames. McCook, Williams (N. Y.), Eickoff, Morse, Williams (Del.), Ellsworth. Muller, Willis (N. Y.), Field, Norcross. Wood—73. Freeman, The yeas and nays in the Senate were as follows; -- L Allison, Grover, Maxey, Bailey, Harris, Mcmmon, Beck, Hereford, Morgan, Bruec, Hill, Paddock, Chaffee. Howe, Patterson, Cockrell, Ingalls, Plumb, Coke, Johnston, Saulsbury, Conover, Jones (Fla.), Saunders, Davis (111.), Jones (Nov.), Spencer, Davis (W. Va.), Kellogg, Teller, Dennis, Kirkwood, Thurman. Dorsey, MoOreery, Voorhees, Eustis, McDonald, Wallace, Ferry, McMillan, Windom, Garland, Matthews, Withers—46. Gordon. NAYS. Barnum, Hamlin, Morrill, Bavard, Hoar, Randolph, Blaine, Kernan, Rollins, Butler. Lamar. Rugent, Conkling, McPherson, Wadleigh, Dawes, Mitchell, White—l 9. Eaton, 'Tiss-sss. As it reunited a two-thirds vote to pass the bill, the pairs, to be equal, were two advocates of the measure with one opponent, and they were announced as follows: Oglesby and Ransom, who would have voted in the affirmative, with Anthony, who Would have voted in the negative; Cameron (Wis.) and Booth, who would have voted in the affirmative, with Bumside, who would have > voted in the negative: Cameron (Penn.) and Armstrong, who would have voted in the affirmative, with Edmunds, who would have voted in the negative. Christianev and Sharon were absent. The President pro tempore, in announcing the vote, said: “Two-thirds of the Senate having voted in its favor, the bill is passed, and has become a law.”

The Peacock Hall of Delhi.

The next building is the ‘‘Hall of Audience,” and is so beautiful in design that I shall not attempt a description, but, rather, quote from Beresford’s “Delhi:” “ Peculiarly set apart for the reception of nobility is a quadrangle of moderate dimensions. The building is a very beautiful pavilion of white marble, supported on pillars of the same material, the whole of which, with the connecting arches, is richly ornamented with flowers of inlaid mosaic works of different-colored stones and gilding. It is raised on a terrace four feet nigh, the floor of which is composed of flags of white marble. Between each of the front row of pillars is a balustrade of marble chastely carved in several designs of perforated work. The top of the building is ornamented with four marble pavilions with gilt cupolas. The ceiling of the pavilion was originally completely covered with filigree work/’ but, in 1799, the Mahrattas, after a capture of the city, took the silver down and melted it, the valne of the same being estimated at nearly a mil’ion dollars. “In-the cornice at each end of the interior hall is sculptured in letters of gold, in the Persian language: ‘lf there is a paradise on earth, it is tote? ” “In this hall was the famous peacock throne, so called from its having the figures of two peacocks standing behind it, their tails being expanded, and the whole so inlaid with sapphires, rubies, emeralds, pearls and ither precious stones of appropriate colors, as to represent life. The throne itself is six feet long by four feet broad. It stood on six massive feet, which, with the body, were of solid gold, inlaid with rubies, emeralds" and diamonds. It was surmounted by a canopy of gold supported by twelve pillars, all richly emblazoned with costly gems, and a fringe of pearls ornamented the borders of the canopy. Between the -two peacocks stood the figureofa parrot, of the ordinary size, said to have been carved out of a single emerald. On either side of the throne stood a chatta, or umbrella, one of the Oriential emblems of royalty. They were made of crimson velvet, -richly embroidered and fringed with pearls. The handles were eight feet long, of solid gold, and studded with diamonds. The cost of this superb work; of art has been variously stateci at sums varying from £1,000.000 to £6.000,000. It was plannee! and executed under the supervision of the same Austin de Bourdeaux.” The peacock throne, with nearly all the treasures in the city, were taken away by $ Persian conqueror in 1780,

An Americas mind can scarcely realise BMh bonndlasa extravagance, ■ but my Indi An experience has caused me to look with cool indifference upon rows and.’HtriiMp of jewels tha| would excite' niy Jaqy friends to. a frantic pitch of .I admiration. 12 lA dhi Cor. Worcester (Mass.) Spy.

IACIDFNTS AND ACCIDENTS.

—A sick man in Newport, R. L, in a sudden outburst of gratitude, told his female nurse that he would marry her if she would send for a minister. »She sent forthwith, but before the clergyman got there the sick man had changed his mind and was very obstinate. —A Massachusetts flpldier, who was severely wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, and who applied years ago for liis back-pay and a pension, being reduced to starvation, lately stole some bread and inilk to appease his hunger, was detected and sent to the State I 'lirni for a year. A few (jays afterward jtapera came, giving him a pension and $1,400 back pay. —An Indiana deaf-mute returned home from Lafayette recently, in the night. His deaf-mute wife, not expecting him to be back before the next day, was not on the look-out for him, and the poor fellow, after hammering with might affd " maju at the door for ever so long, was at length foroed to Aiake the door-step his bed and remain out all night. — Louisville Courier-Jour-nal- ' ■ I ■ Seventy hours without food or drink was the recent experience or a tramp who stole a ride on a freight train from Hannibal, Mo-» to Toledo, Ohio. He hid himself in a car of wheat, and when he tried to get out' he found the door sealed. His last thought, as he became unconscious, was that he was to be dumped into the Vast caverns of the Wabash elevators, which, indeed, would be a death as unique as that of Clarence, who is popularly supposed to have been drowned in a Malmsey butt. — Exchange. Heffern wanted to go to Brazil with a party of workmen from Philadelphia. His wife implored him not to leave her, and his friends advised him to the same effect, but nothing could change his purpose. He went aboard the steamer, resisting the final appeals. A friend invited him to go ashore and take a part ing drink. He assented, and was purposely detained in a bar-room until the vessel had saHod. He was very angry then, but lie is glad now, because the steamer was the .Metropolis, which was wrecked on the North Carolina Coast. —The most remarkable railway accident on record happened not long ago on the Northwestern Road, between London and Liverpool. A gentleman and his wife were traveling in a compartment alone, when, the train going at the rate of sixty miles an hour, an iron rail projecting from a car on a side-track cut into the carriage and took the head of the lady clear off, and rolled it into the husband’s lap. He subsequently sued the company for damages, and created great surprise in court by giving his age at thirty-six years, although his hair Was snowwhite. It-had .been turned from jetblack by the horror of that event. —John Gumbinger, accompanied by a lady, registered at the Lindell House, in St. Louis, the other night. They ate supper, and were assigned to a room. About five o’clock the next afternoon the room was entered, and the bodies of the man and worn an fAdiiU ng on the bed; the woman had been shot in the left temple, and the man in the right. The pistol which had done the work was in the man’s hand. The man was identified as John Gumbinger, aged twenty-seven, a bartender for Henry Leiter, a wealthy saloon-keeper and Brewer. The woman was'Maggie Leiter, aged nineteen, daughter of Gumbinger’s employer. The father had forbidden marriage between the parties.

Searching for a Lost Inheritance.

The clerks in the archive-rooms of the State Department and the Departments of Justice, and outsiders whose business called them to those rooms, have been accustomed, during the past two or three months, to see an old, gray-haired, handsome gentleman, attired in black of somewhat old-fash-ioned cut, enter those rooms almost daily. Under permission, of the clerk ih charge, and often with the assistance of some subordinate who is not at the time otherwise employed, he turns over ‘and examines old and musty documents, smelling with the mold of many years, in search of something, evidently of m'U6h importance to him. It is noticeable that everything in the form of a box is subjected to the utmost scrutiny by the “Aged Hunter,” as the clerks have dubbed him. He turrsover and handles every document in every box which he comes across in the old lumber department, and then replaces them with another careful examination. What he is looking for is known to but a few clerks, who nave been inquisitive enough to make inquiries. The old gentleman never volunteers any information concerning himself, but, when asked, never refused to tell his story with a good-natured smile, evidently pleased that any one should be interested in a matter which has become, it might! be said, almost the object of his life- “ , The other day, after he had completed a two hours' fruitless search in the Department of Justice, he put his coat on and sat down by one of the tables for a moment’s rest. I took a ehair by him and entered into a general conversation. Bringing the talk gradually to the object of his search, I finally asked: “Why are you always searching among these dirty alcoves, and what are you hunting for?” “ A box,” was the reply. Noting my surprise and incredulity, he hastened to add: “ Yes, a box, primarily—for that is the only direct clue I have in my hunt —but* really, some old papers.. If you have time I will tell you why I am hunting fpr those papers.” I replied that I would be very glad to listen to him. After warning me that he would make a .somewhat 'long tale of it, he began. I repeat what he said as correctly as it is possible for one to remember it:, “lam from Pennsylvania, and my name Is Charles Wickes. -I am one of the twenty living descendants of Capt. Alexander Wickes, of Revolutionary fame. We have a claim against the Government which is clearly established, but certain papers which form, the only missing chain in the evidence of thy 'justness of that claim are miss-1 ing, and these papers I am searching | for. But to go back and begin at the beginning The olaim is for compen-1 sauon for services rendered in 1776 and . 1777 to the Colonies b)- Wickes as a kaval CoamMlder 1775. before the J ’ . . .t - ■ ■ .

Declaration of Independence, he fitted out a vessel of his own at Philadelphia, manned her and started on a cruise. Coasting off the Indies he captured an English vessel with a valuable canto, and successfully brought her into Philadelphia through the British blockade. His energy, youth—being only about twen-ty-seven years of age—and siiooeflHful privateering commended him to the Colonial authorities. While the Colonies were represented at Paris by Arthur Lee, Silas Deane and Benjiunjn Franklin, he took his vessel Id that city and received from them authority to prey upon English commerce,' with directions to send all his prises to Nantes. He captured several prizes, and so pleased the Colonial representatives by his daring and skill that they gave him command of a snail squadron of. three vessels to cruise in high waters. ‘He divided his force, and by cruising on the west coast of Ireland, in the Irish Sea and in St. George’s Channel, carried terror to the hearts of all interested in English commerce. His prizes he sent, as per instructions, to Nantes. Their number was fifty. They were sold there by an agent of the Colonial Government, but neither Capt. Wickes nor his heirs have ever received a cent of the prize-money due him. The agent who sold the vessels was Thomas Morris, the half-brother of Robert Morris, the great financier of the Revolution. Repeated representations were made to Lee, Deane and Franklin that he was untrustworthy, but he was allowed to continue in his place out of favor to Robert Morris, who was loth to be convinced of the bad character of his halfbrother. He was finally convinced, and by letter sternly reproved him. Soon after this Thomas Morris, the agent, died, and the French Government, acting under local laws, assumed control of all the moneys, papers and accounts of sales left by him. Subsequently they were, through the Colonial representative at Paris, transmitted to Robert Morris at Philadelphia. Before their transmission Wickes had started on his return to this country. He never reached his destination. His vessel was foundered in a bay off Newfoundland. She was a total loss, and of the crew the cook alone escaped to tell the tale. “ The Colonial Congress repeatedly asked Robert Morris to give an account of the sales of the captures at Nantes by his brother Thomas, and he not complying a resolution was passed severely censuring him. In 1806 the great financier died a bankrupt, all his effects being placed in the hands of the Marshal of Philadelphia, John Hall. In the inventory of his assets mention is made of a box containing papers not belonging to the estate. The box was brought to Washington and contained, we suppose, a history of the various acts of Thomas Morris and a record of the sales. This Lox, if the papers still remain in it, or the papers if they have been removed, is the object of my search. If successful we can then go before Congress with a complete history of the whole case and plead our cause to be righted. “I have here,” drawing forth a long list, “ the names of all the vessels captured by Wickes, the names of their Commanders and a general schedule of their cargoes. The case is analogous to that of John Paul Jones, with the exception that the former received his authority for cruising and capturing from Congress, while Wickes received it from the Colonial representatives at Paris. Such is the story and the reason why lam digging down among the archives of the Government. lam looking for my inheritance. Good day.” The old gentleman arose, and, after shaking hands, left the Department.. I have taken the pains to find out where he stays. He boards in one of the nicest private houses, in a fashionable portion of the city, and is apparently by no means bad off. so far as this world’s goods are concerned. He is not the least bit crazy, and it is, therefore, strange that he should be devoting his time to searching for that which he has but the slightest chance of finding, and which if he did find would be of little service to him. Perhaps he does it under the conviction that he is righting himself and relatives. He evidently finds his fruitless search an absolute strange.— Washington Cor. St. Louis Post.

An Alaska Romance.

According to the Cleveland (Ohio) Leader, the following story from the Portland (Me.) Transcript has the advantage of being founded on fact; “A young man who was in Alaska some four years ago fell in love with the only young lady on the island, a girl of fifteen, who was possessed of extraordinary beauty; and whose hair fell below her knees. But he was unable to communicate the * old, old story’ to her, for she did not understand a word of English, nor did he speak Russian. In his dilemma the arrival of the priest on his once-in-two-years’ visit was a godsend. And to him made known his love. The priest, knowing the young man to be possessed of a high character and a fair fortune, thought it was a lucky chance for the young lady to escape from a life of such isolation, and he willingly persuaded the girl’s mother (her father was dead) to consent to the match. But the young lady herself was hard to be persuaded. She argiied that she had never spoken to the young man who expressed such a desire to be her husband, and had only seen him twice, and he had been bn the island only forty-eight days; but her objections were over-ruled, and the marriage took place. After living in Alaska for several months, the young man brought his bride to his home in Cleveland, Ohio. She was astonished at the fashions she saw, and declared that nothing would induce her to wear herhair otherwise than flowing as she had always worn it. But before twentyfour hours had passed her mother-in-law had persuaded her to try the effect of braids around her broad and shapely head; and now she dresses as much in the fashions as any lady in Cleveland. Last year her husbandT went to Alaska .again and brought home the young sis ter, who is, eleven years of age, and promises to be as beautiful as tjieplder. The mother, bereft ofbotlt her children, still clings taker home on one of the islands of Alaska.”- . < The State of Connecticut has passed a notv law, a law that is designed, according to the Boston Globe, to crush out hydrophobia and diminish the number of sinall boys. It has been anqounced there that the sum of fl will be paid for the tail and ears of a dog, ana forthwith the war has commenced. Big dogs and little dogs. Spitz, mongrel, mastiff am! terrier, are all alike, hushing their notes of joy or distress in a ppeedy death. - < ntf, '—3 * Snoring is now politely described as indulging in sheet rausje.

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Turn a barrel over a pie-plant bill and pile fresh horse manure over and around the barrel, aud in a month you can have fresh, crisp pie-plant. —Corn Muffins.—One quart wheat flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder; add to it one cupful yellow meal; cream together one cupful butter, one cupful sugar; three eggs; add one pint milk; stir well; then add flour and meal; bake in muffin rings; hot oven. —Fremont Cake.—Two cups of sugar, one cup of shortening, one-half lard and one-half butter; three eggs, one teaspoonfuf °f saleratus dissolved in one cup of sour milk, three cups rather full of sifted flour, one cup of chopped raisins, and nutmeg. —Fruit Cake.—One and one-half pints of milk, one cup of cream, two cups of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one-half pint of molasses, one and one-half cup of hop yeast; add flour to make a thick batter, and let rise all night. In the morning add one cup of butter, six cups of sugar, five eggs, one tablespoonnil of soda, and seven pounds of raisins; spice to taste; stir to a thick batter; put into tins and let rise again; bake as you would bread. —Veal Cake.—Cut slices of cold roast veal and boiled ham, very thin—there should be as many again slices of veal as of ham; cut three or four hard-boiled eggs into slices; chop a few sprigs of parsley fine; batter a mold, and put in alternate layers of veal, ham, eggs and parsley—seasoning each layer with pepper and salt; fillup with good stock, and bake in a brisk oven about onehalf hour; when cold, turn out and garnish with parsley. This is nice for tea. —To Dye Scarlet.—One and one-half ounces of muriate of tin; one ounce of cochineal; one ounce of cream-of-tar-tar. To one pound of cloth or yarn allow three gallons of water; when blood-warm, add one ounce of cream-of-tartar; increase the heat a little and add one teaspoonful of the pulverized cochineal and three-fourths of an ounce of muriate of tin; wet the goods in warm water; put into the dye and boil one hour, turning often; take out and rinse in cold water; then add the remaining cochineal and tin liquid to three gallons of warm water; put in the goods and proceed as before. —Notwithstanding the general hard times and failure of the crops, there are farmers in the West who are making money. Said a wealthy farmer to the writer, a few days ago: “If our people don’t go to work and do something, the German farmers are going to own this country.” He is a man who works, and has made his money by working, and knows the truth of the assertion. Our own German neighbors are either out of debt or rapidly paying what they owe. They practice industry, frugality and economy. They sell the best they have, eat what they can’t sell, aud feed the rest to the pigs. They pay their notes when they are due. Their children are not found loafing in the villages and around depots, but are at work or at school. Let us take a lesson from them, and hard times will begin to— Tribune —The farmers who “lifted” the mortgages from their land during the flush times caused by the War were the fortunate ones; while those who went into debt have generally failed. In view of the prosperity of the farming class during the past year, it is well to remember this experience. A combination of causes has produced fair prices, in conjunction with an immense crop. But the Rural World reminds the farmers that “the European War will not last always; that next year perhaps there will be a larger crop in Great Britain than has been produced hf fifty years; that but a very small portion of our crops may be wanted abroad, and that in consequence the very lowest prices may prevail for all our farm crops.” To be forewarned is to be forearmed. Farmers, therefore, who take in money for their crops this year had better pay their debts. Instead of incurring new debts, pay off the old ones. Tn an independent condition, The farm will always make an industrious farmer a good living, Resolve to owe no man a cent. Pay as you go, and peace of mind that the debtor cannoi enjoy will be yours- Jour-. nal.

Asparagus Raising.

Some of the following hints, gathered from a variety of treatises, may prove interesting or useful: (rood, choice seed should be selected in sowing, either for the purpose of obtaining roots or for stocking a bed where it is sown. Seed stocking has the advantage that by this process there is no check through removal, and no chance of mutilating the roots. In stocking a bed with roots, crowns should be chosen of one year’s growth, ordwo years’ at the outside, and care should be taken that they are not exposed: too long to the air in transplanting. They should not be placed too close to one another, as is frequently the case. The roots should be planted when they have sprouted about one inch, and not before they are in a state of activity, as. in the latter case, they frequently rot from lying in the earth. The roots should not be planted too deep, as the increased effort togain the surface is an additional tax on the strength of the plant and the tender heads become frayed. The longdrumsticks of French and English white asparagus are not produced by planting the roots deep, but by earthing to the height of several inches when the sprouts are shooting. The system of manuring should be judicious and generous. The application of alternate dressings of salt and manure is perhaps the best method to pursue. It is not necessary to apply a heavy coat of manure before the winter, nor even to cover up the beds or fill in the alleys with leaves, as the asparagus is a hardy plant, but a good dressing should be given to the beds in the spring before the crop commences. Salt should be applied at the rate of two pounds to the square yard. Seaweed is an excellent manure for asparagus, and should be applied whenever obtainable. alley s should not be overplanted with other vegetables/ and only with those kinds whose roots do h»t extend deep beneath the, surface. The plants should be carefully watered during the summer months, especially if the season be dry, and the beds may with advantage be covered with the short grass swept up from the lawn. It should be remembered that few plants arc so easily damaged by wind, and that the stools suffer when the stalks are broken. No bed smaller than one rod, or 272 square, should be appropriated v to the growth of asparagus, sw that is the minimum extent of ground calculated to produce a fair-sized dish, all the heads of which are cut the same day. Finally, in cutting the shoots, an asparagus knife should always be used, as if cut with a

serrated edge the wound i* ragged and does not bleed nearly so much, whereas a clean .wound leaves the sap vessels open, "tare should be taken to pass the knife closely down the stem of the sprout, so as not to injure any heads which have not yet made their appearance above ground, and great precaution is necessary to avoid pricking the crown. Much misapprehension prevails as to leaving heads uncut in the beds. The best plan is to cut all, when the beds are in strong bearing, nntil the beginning (if Juno. The smaller sprouts need not appear at table as a vegetable to do discredit to the gardener; they should be reserved for soup or omelets. Like the potato and the vine, the asparagus has its sworn foes. The chief enemy of growers is the aspara-, gus beetle (Crocuris asparaqi), which is, however, fortunately, very intermittent and local. The larva state of the insect lasts only about ten days, during which it selects the young shoots as its food, and then buries itself in the ground. They may be captured by passing the hand down the stalk-. The French grow it in sunk trenches instead of in raised beds. The roots intended to produce the giant heads are planted very wide apart, and the plants are assiduously watered in the summer after the crop has ceased. This is the time of year wnen asparagus requires much nourishment, and this essential point is too frequently neglected. The plants are carefully stalked, to prevent the stems and branches being broken by the wind, and all decayed or delicate plants arc carefully replaced by those of a strong and vigorous growth. The earth is every year cautiously removed to the roots, and rotten manure is spread over them before they are covered up again; but as a rule the French do not muck so heavily as the English growers. The largest and earliest seeds are chosen to propagate from, and the roots are always transplanted as yearlings and carefully preserved from the air during removal. The long, blanched stems, on which the French growers pride themselves so much, are produced by-a system of earthing, and the sprout is only allowed to push one inch above the accumulated soil before cutting. In the growth of the giant asparagus much attention is devoted to each individual sprout. An opaque tube is placed over the bud, and the shoot is then allowed to rise higher above the surface than is the case with the ordinary crop, as by the exclusion of air, and especially light, the much prized blanching is secured, Whereas if clear glass tubes were used the shoot would he hastened forward, but would assume that greenness which the French think so undesirable. — N. Y. Herald.

Myths Are But Symbols of Truth.

As the scholar sees in the vain but beautiful mythologies of the ancients the embodied expressions of the hungry human soul, blindly groping after the Infinite, so the physician sees in that popular myth of the sixteenth ' century the fountain of perpetual health and youth-*-an expression of the longings of suffering humanity for a remedy that should forever prevent the incursion of disease. The wilds of Europe were ransacked for this wonderful fountain, and Ponce de Leon sought for it in the cypress-swamps and tangled everglades of our sunny Florida. Men have searched for it everywhere and anywhere but where it really is—in the human body itself. The blood is the real fountain of perpetual health and youth. When this source is corrupted, the painful and sorrow-producing effects are visible in many shapes. The multifarious forms in which it manifests itself would form subjects upon which I might write volumes. But as all the varied forms of disease which depend upon bad blood are cured, or best treated, by such medicines as take up from this fluid and excrete from the system the noxious elements, it is not of practical importance that I should describe each. For instance, medical authors describe about fifty varieties of skin disease, but as they all require for their cure very similar treatment, it is of no practical utility to know just what name to apply to a certain form of skin disease, so you know how best to cure it. Then again, I might go on and describe various kinds of scrofulous sores, fever sores, white swellings, enlarged glands, and ulcers of varying appearance; might describe how virulent poison may show itself in various forms of eruptions, ulcers, sore throat, bony tumors, etc.; but as all these various-appearing manifestations of bad blood are cured by a uniform means, I deem such a course unnecessary. Thoroughly cleanse the blood, which is the great fountain of life, and good digestion, a fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital strength, and soundness of constitution, will all return to us. For this purpose Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Purgative Pellets are pre-eminently the articles needed. They are warranted to cure tetter, salt-rheum, scald-head, St Anthony’s fire, rose rash or erysipelas, ring-worms, pimples, blotches, spots, eruptions, pustules, bolls, carbuncles, sore eyes, rough skin, scurf, scrofulous sores ana swellings, fever sores, -white swellings, tumors, old sores or swellings, affections of the skin, throat and bones, aud ulcers of the liver, stomach, kidneys and lungs.

Home, Sweet Home.

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Mothers, Mothers, Mothers.

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