Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1879 — Page 3

The Rensselaer Union, RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

TWO WAYS OE SEEING. " The bloMomu fall, the pretty epring-floweni lair gram i" ready for the mowing; The grub him swallowed up tM butterfly, And everything that isn't gone la going! The tiny apples cluster on the bough; The bees have gone to work instead of humming: The seed is up where lately ran the plow. And everything that hasn t come is coming! »• Humbird* have ceased- their merry spring- tide N<> a> nioro the blackbird on the tree-top whistles; The frogs no longer croak at close ol day. And thorns are where the down was on the thistles.” The birds don't think they have the time to sine: The blackbird has to feed his wife and babies : T • Yog'll see what Bummer's ,making out of Spring— ' Thu woods and fields and trees are full of may-be's. Courage! Lookup! The spirit of the spring Should long outbut and overlive the letter; Change means advance, in almoct everything, And good don’t die—it only turns to bettor. —Margaret Vandegrift, in St. Nicholas. SWEET-BRIER. Rose, with a fragrance diffused, Of crushed gums and spicery bruised. Through petal and stem and leaf— Thou art as the presence of one * Through deep glens of Paradise gone. Far beyond reach of my grief. Thy soft lamp illumines the dell; The gray granite smiles in thy spell. Pink torch of the brown pasture's gloom. Thy lithe boughs, that gracefully sway, Thv delicate odors, to-aay Restore me her womanly bloom. Wild buds awoke under her hand; Rare blossoms would rise ind expand In the heaven of her eyes’ blessed blue; And her heart and her being were flowers That lit up the desolate hours An<f, storm-beaten, lovelier grew. Spirit, that modest earth sweet. Across barren hillsides my feet Go seeking thee, missing thee still; Yet thy love in my life doth remain A perfume that piercesto pain— A memory, a pathos, a thrill. _ If a blossom from heaven could lean, A rose-bush, a glory of green, Trailing over the blank wall of death. I think it would bring back to me A waft of fresh woodlands, and thee— Sweet-Brier, her soul in thy breath! —Lucy Larcom.in Sunday Afternoon.

GRANDMA’S FIRST BEAU.

“Grandma, old Mrs. Lennox sayS you were real pretty when you were young,” said Lena Lawrence, as.she sat by the side of the still comely old lady. “ Much eideeged to Miss Lennox,” said grandma, with a pleasant laugh, for she was a happy, genial old lady. “I b’lieve I was considered pretty good-lookin’ some fifty years ago.” “ And she said you had lots of beaux. Did you?” “Well, I had my share, child. I reckon,” ancLthe faint red in her old cheek grew brighter, “a many and a many before I ever-saw your grandpa. My first beau —O dear me, how well I remember!” And grandma burst into a hearty laugh that almost brought the tears to her eyes. *.* Please tell us all about it?” demanded three or four young voices. “ Well, I s’pose I can if I try. There was a pretty, fair boy lived in the next farm-house to ours, ’bout a mile away. His name was Jedediah. He was ’ bout seventeen when he first aspired to the honor of my company. “ I wasn’t much above sixteen myself, jest out of long aprons, and like girls now-a-days, I s’pose, thought lots more about the beauy than I’d ought to. “One awfully cold night in January, all the family was settin’ in the treat kitchen, paring apples, when a nock came to the door. Father got up and opened it, when in came Jedediah, all bundled up, with the exception of his nose, which was a peaked one. Father invited him in, an’ he soon perched himself on a high chair, and began unwindin’ his comforter. That comforter must ’a’ been yards long. I thought he never would stop. Then he set there ten minutes without speakin’ a word, till by-and-by he burst out with: ‘“I say, Hanner, Elk Waters is goin’ to hev a little party to-night, and he wanted me to ax you.’. “ * I’d like ter go,’says I, looking sideways over to mother, for the little boys was giggling— ‘ if mother says so.’ You see, girls and boys in them days didn’t go off without asking. “‘IPs awful cold,’ says mother, * ain’t it, Jedediah?’ “ ‘ Well, not so very, goin’ through the woods.’ “ * Bear seen in them woods,’ said father, his blue eye twinklin', ‘ and not so long ago, neither.’ “‘Let’em come!’ said Jeddy; we called him ‘Jeddy’ for short. ‘1 wasn’t born in the backwoods to be scared of a bear.’ “‘Well,’ said father, quite soberlike, ‘ if you do meet one, don’t let it run off with my Hanner.’ “ ‘ And mind you bring her home ’fore ’leven,’ said mother. *1 don’t ’prove of girls of sixteen staying out all night to frolics. Now, Hanner, wrap up proper warm, it’s a desp’rit cold wind.’ “Well, I -put on my new caliker, with a black silk apron, worked In herrin’rbone with pink silk, slicked my hair, and was down stairs in quick time. I never felt so grand in my life as I did a-hangin’ on Jeday’s arm. it makes me laugh to think of it, and how I asked him if his ma was well in such a patronizing way. Of course there was fences to git over, and he let me fall at the very fust one. “Dear me! how frightened the fellow was! Why, he stood there like a spook, and let me pick myself up, and then said; over and over, ‘Oh, ain’t you hurt? Arc you hurt bad? Take nold of my arm closer;’ and I snuggled up to his jacket again, trying hard not to limp, for I did lame my ankle a little. But when I got to the old farmhouse I forgot all about it All the girls and boys were there for miles about, and the first thing I heard was—- “ ‘ Oh, Hanner’s got a beau!” and I frfltkindcr provoked, and kinder glad. Well, we played ‘ The Weevily Wheat,” and “ ‘ Here elands a younc couple. J’ined heart and hand,' an’ ‘Hunt .the Slipper,’ and lots o’ Simes that youngsters, don’t think of ese times. We weren’t dressed to kill, with sashes a yard wide under our armpits, could run, and jump, and laugh/ Why, I’ve seen a young feller who had maybe been ordered to redeem a pawn after a game of • button,' chase a girl all over au’ out, and round a house half a-dozeu times, afore he'd gft ft kiss. You’d say now-a-days,.. sich doin’s were undignified, an’ all that, but I know that girls in my day weren’t half as forward an’ knowin’ as they are now. "Wtajl, ’bout ’leven, we started for

home, and we’d got so well acquainted that we talked lots more than when wo came. “ ‘Aint it dark?’ said I, as we entered the thick woods. ‘Nothin’ would tempt me to go through here alone. Do you s’pose there’s been any bears here lately?” “ • Course not,’ says Jedediah. ‘lf there were, you needn’t be 'fraid ’long o’ me,’ and' he held my arm so close that all my fears vanished. What was there to alarm one under the protection of such a great strong, manly, fearless fellow? How I did look up to him! “ • I aint afraid of nothin,’ he went on. • None o’ the boys ever could scare me. No matter what comes—any kind Gt If drtttef--Fd" pYdtect<sU,“lianfief dear. I jest wish there tt>as a bear here! Jes, a real live black bear! I’d show you owl could defend you!’ “ This was getting romantic, wasn’t it, now ? I felt so grateful that I tried to think of something to say to express my gratitude, when ho gave a start and a cry: “ • What’s that?’

“I pulled the wrappings from-my face, and there, moving from the trees to the left, was a great black somethin’, coming straight toward uS,' “Oh, Jedediah, I’m afraid,’ said I, my teeth beginning to chatter, there is a bear! Oh, dear! what shall 1 do?” “ ‘Jest hurry up,’ ses he, and I felt his arm tremble. ‘We’ll hev to be gittin out of this mighty quick,’ and I found he meant it, for I couldn’t hardly begin to keep up with him. The way ne run was something Wonderful for so brave a youth, but the quicker we went, the quicker came that dreadful bear. At last my valiant protector cried out: “ ‘ Let go, Hanner, let go!’ — tTT dh, Jedediah,’ I gasped, ‘don’t run away from me;’ and I just hung on tighter, * while he ran, draggin’ me along. Pretty soon he pushed me, but I wouldn’t let go. “ ‘ Let go of my arm, 1 say! There’s no need of both of us being devoured; let go, 1 say!’ and with that he gave a savage pull at my arm, and away he went, leaving me all alone. “ Well, dear, I couldn’t begin to tell you what I suffered. I can almost realize it this minnit, for all I could think of was howling wolves and horrid bears and everything that was terrible. I knew that black thing, whatever it was, was close upon me, for I could hear it breathe. Of course I had not stopped running when my brave prelector left me, but my strength kind’r give out; faint like, and thought there wasn’tmuch light, the atmosphere turned blacker. Closer and closer the thing came.

“ There was a great clump of trees on one side; if I could make that, and steal behind it, the ‘ bear’ might pass on. I did gain it, and waited, sick with fear. I wonder my hair didn’t turn white, as Lord Byron’s did, poor young feller.” “It wasn’t Lord Byron’s, grandma; it was the “Prisoner of Chilion’s;” Lord Byron only wrote about it.” “O, did he? well, it’s all right whichever way. I clung hold of the trees, trembling all over, and the thing did go past. Gals, 1 did hope it would ketch Jedediah, and eat him all up, I was so angry and mortified and frightened. Well, pretty soon I stole out. The ‘bear’ had gone deeper into the woods, but I knew where I was, on the open road leading to the house, which was only about half a mile away. I suppose the sound of my feet attracted the critter, for I soon found out that it was after me agen, and then there was a race.

“ Screaming at the top of my voice, ‘Father! help! murder!’ I flew on, and on flew the critter behind me. Pretty soon, I saw the light of the house. The front door was open, and father and mother were coming out, and I screamed louder and ran faster, my voice growing more and more hysterical, till at last I fell into father’s arms, gasping: “ ‘ The bear! the bear!’ “I guess I didn’t really sense anything till daylight. They were all frightened half to death, and old fat Doctor Bailey was standin’ over me, and mother rubbin’ my hands and cryin’, and father walkin’ the floor, and, O dear! but it was dreadful/ “ ‘ Where is it—the bear?’ I asked; weakly. ‘ Did it hurt father? did he shoot it?’ “ ‘ The bear, dear, was only Pet, your black pony,’ said my mother, soothingly. 1 turned my face to the wall: Had 1 undergone all that anguish for poor innocent Pet? I felt as if I never wanted to see anybody again. I remembered now that Jedediah had left the bars down where the pasture communicated with the woods, because his hands were so cold, the coward! and our pet pony, who would follow any of the family, had been straying round there, and got over; then she recognized me. “Father was very angry with Jedediah, and, in fact, when the story got round, folks laughed at him sq that he had to leave the place, for, no matter where ho went, somebody was sure to ask hjm: “ ‘Seen any boars lately, Jedediah?’ “And that was my first experience with beaux and bears.”— Youth's Companion. |

Hair-Dressing.

There is great variety and individuality of tastes shown in the styles of hairdressing, yet three kinds of coiffure most generally prevail. First among these is the chatelaine of two loops, w’hich is so becoming to slender oval faces. This is made of two very thick braids, plaited each in three tresses, and, after being tied very high, allowed to fall in two loops behind. This is accompanied by a waved bang on the forehead usually, though some ladies find a straight' bang, like a fringe, more easy to manage in the hot days of midsummer. A cluster qf three to five small puffs or else two long loops of hair are placed at the top Of the chatelaine. To make this coiffure more dressy a serpentine knot of hair is used instead of the puffs that have been worn so long. This is made of a small switch of hair simply tied in a loose knot, and worn directly on top of the head. For variety’s sake a bow of hair may be made of this switch, or else a gay Alsacian bpw of ribbon may be used. Ladies with full round faces use the high coiffure. The back hair is combed straight up from the nape of the neck, that aoont-the temples is carried back to-meet it, and the whole is massed in two or three long puffs, or in a serpentine knot, into whicn a comb, or dagger, on trident of tortoise-shell or silver, or gold, is thrust so that both ends show. The"front.hair shows the parting down tothe-fore head, and falls in little orevecceur half rings on the sides, or else it is parted on the left side, and thrown up in Pompadpui fashion in the middle. Gold-headed pins are worn stuck in dark coiffures to the

extent of six or eight There are also many side combs worn; when these are of gold, with beads for heading, they are as often stuck in the front of the dark puffs as in the sides; when of shell, they arc worn on the sides to keep the hair back. A great deal of bandoline is used to paste down the curves and locks about the temples. Invisible nets are also vbry useful for both the front and the back haifl The third fashion is the simple classic coiffure, with the Greek coil very low at the back, while the froht is plainly parted, and perhaps slightly waved, or else the hair just above tno forehead and temples is allowed to fall in short curves. The low coil is first braided in a plait of three tresses. This requires" Very little halt;" but the headshould be finely shaped, as this severe style discloses its entire outline. Ladies with blonde hair use dark tortoise-shell pins in star or Marguerite shape, while the silver ornaments are preferred by brunettes. Flowers, so elaborately worn on ball dresses, are very slightly represented in the cotlure. A small bouquet is stuck on one side, or perhaps on top just in front of the puffs, and a trifle toward the left. If the flowers are artificial, they are sometimes set in a rosette.df>lace; but this must be carefully done, or it will look too much like a cap. The silk turbans arc no longer worn, or at least they are laid aside until winter. Natural flowers are more worn than artificial ones, and each young girl adopts a flower, and introduces it into every toilette with which she wears flowers. Daisies are worn by many; mignonette in large clusters accompanies every costume worn by a pretty blonde; and pansies are chosen by a refined who delights in ecru, mauva and mastic gray dresses. — Harper's Bazar.

The Matrimonial Venture of a Boston Young Lady.

On June 28, a gentleman doing business at Benton, Cal., was married at the Ormsby House to a handsome and charming young lady from Boston. A prominent Government official who was recently visiting this city was on the train with the young lady, and from him the following was gleaned: She was very attractive, possessing a great fund of -refined humor and fascinating conversational faculties: everything denoted her to be an admirable young lady. She stated that she came from Boston, and had no hesitancy about informing those who asked respecting her destination, that she expected to meet a gentleman friend at Wadsworth, with whom she would proceed to Carson. Her m anners were so captivating that everybody on the train paid her great attention, but one thing seemed to puzzle her fellow-paSsen-gers, and that was a large, bright red rose fastened on to the left side of her hat, which was far from harmonizing with the remainder of her modest and tasteful attire. When the train reached Wadsworth a gentleman* boarded it. He .was neatly attired, with one exception, and that was a flaming, red silk handkerchief enveloping his neck. The young lady from Boston cordially greeted the gentleman, as if they had been life-long friends. The odd coincident features in the attire of both the lady and gentlemen set the passengers on the train to conjecturing as to what they signified, and one gentleman, who had been specially kind and attentive to the young lady, was taken into her confidence, to whom she revealed the fact that the gentleman with the red handkerchief was to be her husband. Neither the lady nor gentleman had ever met before, in fact, had not even exchanged pictures, but corresponded with each other for a long time, until their apparent intellectual attainments had formed a bond of affection which resulted in their marriage. It was stipulated that the gentleman should meet his affianced at Wadsworth, and, to enable them to recognize each other, the lady was to wear the red rose in her hat, and he to clothe his neck in a similarly colored silk handkerchief. This bit of romance soon made the rounds of the whole train, and, there being no question as to the high respectability of the couple, they were the recipients of the warmest congratulations and expressions of best wishes from the other ladies and gentlemen on the cars. Mr. B. and Miss G. were united in marriage by the rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church here. The newly-wedded couple remained in the city several days, and are now liying at Benton. Carson (Nev.) Appeal.

Manufactured Ice In Augusta.

The Arctic Ice Company arc now turning out between ten and twelve thousand pounds of ice per day, which they are under contract to deliver at half a cent a pound. The process employed by the company is said to be the cheapest known to science at the present day. The cost of manufacturing ice here is only eighty-live cents a ton, or about four cent's and a quarter a hundred pounds. As it is sold in bulk at ten dollars a ton the margin of profit is nine dollars and fifteen cents on each two thousand pounds. This is ahead of California gold mining. The ice comes out in huge oblong blocks, thirty-two inches in length and twelve inches square. There is space in the freezing chest (so to speak) for fohr hundred and eighty of these blocks, amounting in weight to thirty thousand pounds. As it requires sev-enty-two hours, however, from the time the water is poured into the cans until it is /turned out again in solid form, of the quantity is produced daily. It is the intention of the company to double the capacity of the works in a very short time. The blocks in the new chest will be only six inches thick, and as they will freeze much more rapidly than those of double the, thickness the daily production will be correspondingly great. The process by which the freezing is accomplished requires about fifty pounds of liquid ammopia to be stored in a very strong iron cylinder, and this is connected with a coil of pipes immersed in a tank of strong brine; into this brine galvanized iron cans holding pure water are placed, and these cans are of the size of the blocks of ice which are formed. The liquid ammonia is allowed to flow through these coils, and iV gradually becomes gaseous, and in becoming sd abstracts from the water so much heat that it speedily freezes. A powerful steam pump forces the gaseous ammonia back into the iron cylinder again, thus liberating great heat, which is disposed of by cold water dropping uptfn the 1 coils of pipes through which the on its way to the condenser. Tne process is a continuous "one, andif thopumps and-eoilsdo uot, leak there is no loss, and the operations may go on so long aS the machinery lasts. ((?«.)' Chronicle. x • ■■■ ♦-

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Cooking soda, dissolved in water to saturation, is said tq be as fatal to potato bugs as Paris green. —lt may bo worth while just at this season, to remind ladies that glass jars will not break when hot preserves are poured into them, if a wet cloth is folded thickly around them at the bottom. —Mildew.—Moisten the mildewed spot with clear water, then rub over it a thick coating of eastile soap. Scrape chalk with the soap, mixing and rubbing with the emJ of the finger, Then wasTi it off. Sometimes one coating suffices, but generally several arc necessary. —Cure for Hiccough—Under this title Dr. Grelict, of Vichy, states that he has never failed in immediately relieving hiccough—i. e., not dependent upon any appreciable morbid condition, by administering a lump of sugar saturated with vinegar.— Revue Medicale. —Collect some soot from a chimney or stove where wood is used for fuel, put into an old pitcher and put hot water upon it. When cool use it to water your plants every few days. The effect upon plants is wonderful in producing a rapid growth of thrifty shoots, with large, thick leaves. —Lemon Ice.—One pint of rich lemonade with a little grated rind of a lemon in it. It must be very sweet as it loses much in freezing. Add the whites of three eggs cut to a stiff froth. Freeze like ice cream. The juices of any fruit, with sugar and water added, may be prepared Tn the way. —The Science of Health says: “If farmers would avoid suddenly cooling the body after great exertion, if they would be careful not to go with wet clothing and wet feet, and if they would not overeat when in that exhausted condition, and bathe daily, using much friction, they would have little or no rheumatism.”

—Persons who have a feeling of chillness after leaving a cold bath in the morning, especially when the temperature of the atmosphere is low, will avoid that disagreeable sensation if they use a bath-sheet instead of a towel, so that the whole body may be covered during drying, and the wet skin kept from exposure to the cold air. —The thriftiest calves should be closely watched when turned to pasture, lest they be attacked with “black quarter.” This is the effect of too rank and watery food, which impairs digestion. An ounce of Epsom salts may be given with advantage to each calf when turned out, as a precaution against this frequent danger.— lowa State Register. —Gooseberry Jelly.—Pick the fruit before quite ripe; put into a dish and place in a kettle of hot water; cover closely and boil until the fruit is tender. Strain the same as currant jelly and to each pint of juice allow a pound of sugar; boil twenty minutes; tuYn into jelly cups and set in the sun for several days or until stiff. Protect from insects and dew. —To stiffen and iron silk, dilute ammonia with jdcohol, sponge on the ’right side and iron at once on the wrong. Or, eut into shreds an old kid. glove, as near the color of your silk as possible; pour over a pint of water and boil until reduced to half the quantity; strain; add a tablespoonful of alcohol and sponge and iron as above. Sponging with flax-seed water will also give a gloss and stiffness to an old silk.

—Steamed Pudding.—Put two tablespoonfuls of sour cream into a pint basin; then fill up with rich buttermilk; add a little salt, a teaspoonful of salaratus, and flour to mix soft; roll out and spread with the preserves left from yesterday’s tea. Place an a buttered tin and steam one hour and a half. Eat with a sauce of butter, sugar and boiling water, thickeneu with corn starch and flavored with nutmeg.

Currant Culture.

The currant-worm has discouraged the culture of one of the most productive and healthful of our fruits to such an extent that those who have continued its cultivation are reaping rich harvests. Many farmers have given up their currant-bushes to be ravaged by the worm without the faintest attempt to fight the little enemy. The consequence is that the price has quadrupled within a few years, and in some villages it is almost 1 impossible to purchase enough of this fruit to make currant jelly, or even a pitcher of refreshing shrub. The market gardeners have kept the cities better supplied, and are getting good pay for their perseverance, as currants that formerly commanded oply four or five cents per quart on the string are now eagerly sought for at fifteen to twenty cents. As no fruit, not even apples, is more easily raised, as the acid of none gives a better tone to billious stomachs, and as the money returns of none are more compensating, we desire to call the attention of farmers to the renewed cultivation of currants. The worm (Ahaxis ribeana') has done comparatively little damage the present season, and if he should put in an appearance again he is not such a formidable top as to render it necessary for farmers to yield the ground to him. Poppet him well with powdered hellebore, and fie retreats more speedily than did the enenjy before Bragg’s grapeshot. There is no drcat loss without some small gain, and the loss of currant bushes in farmers’ gardens for a few years will be compensated, and possibly bo more than made good, by the culture of better berries and improved mode of Cultivating them.' The currants in tjie old gardens were small and sour, just as good tor medicine and jelljdhs -the White Dutch, but as a relish for the tea-table very inferior. We thought they were good, and ate them with great gusto directly from the bushes, and when well sweetened with maple molasses, they made- bread and butter taste better than cake. These little sour currants were the standard sweetmeat of our youth, from early in July till September, and then what remained on the bushes were picked and dried in the sun, to be stewed in the spring when apples failed. As we were brought up on currants, we may be pardoned for a little enthusiasm for their cultivation, and especially since we have substituted the red and white Dutch and cherry Varieties for the little sour fellows of our boyhood. With the Cid mode of cultivating currants, the wonder is that they grew as large as they did. The bushes were planted next to the fence that surrounded the garden, and all the cultivation they received was from having potato tops ami other rubbish throw n among them. If our hoe struck a stone there was no such convenient place to throw the stohe as under the currant bushes, and

thither went also the sticks and every* thing that defiled the garden proper. In spite of this maltreatment the bushes bore bountifully. Possibly the stones and refuse acted as a mulch. It was, however, difficult to pick the fruit and to keep the weeds* out of the bushes. The fence was a favorite resort of birds, and here they dropped the seeds of raspberries and blackberries, the shoots from which loomed up above the currant bushes and often rasped the hands of the currant-pick-ers. But this was fun in comparison with the pricks of nettles which insidiously sprang up among the bushes. Long since we learned to do away with garden fences and to cultivate currants, as everything else in rows, so that the work could mainly be done by. horse power, and the fruit could have at least an equal chance with the briers and nettles. With good culture the o)d bushes will almost double the size and quantity of fruit, but it is better to plant the improved varieties. The currant will grow in any soil where corn grows. The fruit is best, however, in a rich, sandy loam, kept well pulverized and free from weeds. No fruit responds more gratefully to generous treatment. Not only are the berries large and more abundant when grown in a congenial soil and well cultivated, but the juice is richer and better flavored, while the seeds diminish in number and size. It is one of the peculiarities of fruit-growing that high cultivation increases the pulp and lessens the seeds. Wood-ashes make the best fertilizer for the currant. Professor Emmon’s analysis of the currant shows it to be rich in soda, the phosphates and potash, and these are all supplied by wood ashes. If ashes are not to be had, mulch the bushes with leaves or leaf mold from the forest. We are certain that currants pay for good cultivation, just as surely as do strawberries or pears and apples. Some recommend that the currant should be grown tree-shape, that is with a single stem from the roots, with branches a foot or more from the ground. Such is not our experience. The natural growth is busy, and we get more fruit when the sap is permitted to ascend through many stems. It is a constant fight with suckers when we undertake to grow currant-trees instead of bushes, and though it is possible to conquer the suckers, it is a victory without spoils. The berries may measure more severally but not collectively. The propagation of the currant is so simple and easy that no farmer need go to a nurseryman for his stock, if he only has a kind neighbor who is a currant-grow-er. The best mode of propagating is by slips or cuttings. The slips, a foot long may be cut in the fall and planted immediately where they are desired to grow permanently, or thickly in some good dry soil, where they can be left till spring. In either case one or two buds should be left just at the surface of the ground, and as soon as severe cold weather comes on the cuttings should be covered with coarse straw, manure or a mulch of leaves to be removed early in the spring. The permanent planting should be attended to as soon as the ground can be stirred, as the currant pushes its buds early. It is just about as well to make and set the cuttings in the spring, if only the work is done in season. If any one has a few bushes of his own, he can multiply them indefinitely by transplanting suckers. We trust farmers will give currant-culture its due share of attention, as we are confident they vyill find comfort and cash for their labor.—N. Y. Times.

A Wall Built of Statues.

Two striking instances of the wanton destruction of works of art after the fall of the Empire have been obtained in the last few days. A few yards from the so-called Temple of Minerva Medica, in Rome, a wall was discovered built with statues. Seven have already been put together, as I mentioned in my last letter. Not far from the same place we are exploring a foundation wall, eight feet square, built with same materials. The upper strata contain slabs of marble stripped from pavements and from w alls, steps, lintels, thresholds, etc. The middle strata contain columns, pedestals, capitals, all split into fragments. Finally, at the bottom of the wall, statues begin to appear of exquisite workmanship, together with busts, henna), bas-reliefs, etc. The stratification of these marbles shows that at the time when the foundation wall was being constructed there was in the neighborhood a shrine, a temple, a fountain, or some such monument, in good preservation and profusely ornamented. The masons first took advantage ofwhatever was movable without difficulty, and accordingly we find the statues at the bottom of the trench. Then they put their hands on what was half movable, and this is the reason why columns, capitals, etc., are found in the middle strata. A further want of materials obliged them to attack at last the building itself, its steps, thresholds, etc.— The Athenaum.

At Half-Way, a station between Auburn and Syracuse, N. are f >er ‘ ry fish ponds, where brook trout, salmon trout and California trout are raised for market. The Water in the ponds is pumped from clear mountain streams. All the eggs are packed in moss. The fish are fed upon the lights or lungs of animals, as this kind of meat does not sink to the bottom, and these trout feed from the surface. When food is thrown to them they show as much eagerness as a flock of chickens, rushing pell-mell over each other, throwing the water up in little sprays, and flinging it about until one who objects to being' showered steps back. Mihnows arid small brook trout are also thrown to them, which are taken down Jonah-like at one swallow. The large fish are kept apart-from the small ones, even of the same Kind, else they will continually illustrate the old adage “ the big fish feed upon the little ones.”

—Jack Singleton, colored, was arraigned in Charleston, S. C., on the charge of beating his wife. It being proven to the satisfaction of the court that Jacob had exOTcised his authority with no indication of malice or ill-Wili, Justice Chisholm dismissed the case, holding that a husband had the right to chastise the wife for net'correction. “X>*ug:h mid Grow Fat.” Thfi ancient bit ot advice is well enough for “spare" people, but how about those that are akfady too fall Wtiat Is to become of them! Bft still, and I’ll tell you. After many experiments, extending through months of patient investigation and toil, the celebrated analytical chemist, J. C. Allan, has perfected and given to the world Allan’s Anti-Fat. Thus far In several hundred cases this great remedy has never failed to reduce a corpulent person from three to six pounds per week. It is perfectly harmless and positively efficient. Sold by drugglkta. ' Housekeefehr prefer C. Gilbert’s Starches. Ch«w Jackson’s Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.

61sei the composition of one of the moot popular propnetory medicine*—we ■ peak of Dr. F. Wllhoft’* Aotl-Periodic or Fever and Ague Tonic—has been published and accompanies every bottle, the sales of this greatest sj>ecifl<!>Jcr the cure of Chill* and Fever, Dumb Chills and hypertrophied Spleen have doubled; and the leading physician* prescribe It in tluir practice phen the usual remedies fall All Druggists sell It.

STOMACH 1L bitter 5 It Is passive suicide to permit the health to be undermined, the constitution broken, and the lease o’ life shortened, by nervous complaints, constipation, biliousness, Indigestion, headache, or intermittent and remittent fevers, when It is a fact established by unquestioned evidence that the Bitters will prevent and remove these evils. All the symptoms of lassitude and general debility speedily vanish when tills Invlgorant is given a trial. Tor sale by all Druggists and respectable Dealers centrally. 9 Our XSth Descriptive Ulus- Oh trated Price List for Fall of ■ ■ 1879 will be sent to any ad- ■ ■ dress upon receipt of NINE CENTS. It contains prices of over 10,000 articles with over 1,000 Illustrations. NO PEBSON who contemplate* the purchase of any article for personal or family use, should fail to send for a copy. We sell most every class of goods known to thecivillzed world. We sell all our goods at wholesale prices direct to the consumer (no middle men). 9 The only house in America Ah who make tills their special ■ ■ business. One of these valua- B 2 ble Price Lists and Reference Rooks is Indispensable. Ad- vM dress. Montgomery Ward & ■ I Co., 227 & 229 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. The only 25 Cent AGUE REMEDY IN THE WORLD.

THERMALINE

A safe and reliable substitute for Quinine. The best known remedy for all diseases caused by Malarial Poisoning, being a preventive as well as a certain cure for FEVER and AGUE,

CHILLS&FEVER

Dumb Ague, Ague Cake, Fevers, Kidney Disease, Liver and Bowel Complaints, Dyspepsia and General Debility ; the best general. Tonic for Debilitated Systems. Price, 25 cents per box. Sold by all Druggists in this town. Mailed on receipt of price by DUNDAS DICK & CO., 35 Wooster Street, New York. Explanatory book mailed FREE on application. ADVERTISERS DESIRINS TO REACH THE READERS OF THIS STATE CAN DO BO nr THI Cheapest and Best Manner BT ADDBKBSINO K. E. PRATT, 77 Jt 70 Jarkson St., ChlcurK hdronstTscbooWkeW gn«:ck»us new building Sept. 17. ror cinu an*, aitdrist Mis* Kirkland or Mra. Adams 275 Huron 80

P AGENTS WANTED FOR THE ICTORIAL HISTORY’” 18 WORLD It contains line historical engravings and large double column pages.and Is the most complete History of the World ever pUidished. It sells at sight, send fur specimen pages and extra terms to A Kents, and see why It sells faster than any other book. •“ Address, HATIOMI. PUBLISHING CO., Chicago. UL UEhl l*f iilTCfl at Tampa. Florida mtn WAN I EU toworkon Itallroad. Parties desirous of purcliashiK la>ts In Mtslora. Polk County. Florida, should not wait unUI the Company advance U>e price again. Lots at present Three and Four dollars e re*. „ 5 acres. Improved, at Clear Water *1.850 18 acres on Tampa Hay*l.2oo 5U acres on Tampa Bay *2oC Bearing Orange Grove In Sumpter County*l2.ooo 5 and 10 acre Orange Tract polk County. *3O per acre, land, from *1.25 tn *I.OOO per acre, for sale. Apply to WM. VAN FLEET. South Florida Land and Emigration Office. 148 LaSalle St. Chicago. Agents LEATHERCOLLAR..PADB Paris Klvlng eny. tire satisfaction t ln eurlng Sore < sNjBHTJy Necks A preventX/ xyaf Ing Galls anil for V ton? which there is an FA V S Increasing <lew WLr maud. F<> K HALF-by all IIARNENN ami SAOOf.IIRY MOL'NKN. COLORADOIsss Gold <t Hllver Wlillitx Co., at *1.25 per share: full paid arid nonassessable. For particulars write at once to E. 8. HUNT, Set.. 110 Dearborn St. Chicago, 111. HAH IV H M A W W MEDICAL COLLEGE ADD HOSPITAL gins octolter 1. 1879. For catalogues, address T. N, 110 VNE. M. IP., 817 Wabash Avenue, Chlcrgo, 111. RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE, ■I CHICAOO, ILIn sJsdou b"glns .Sept 29. 187 IL send tor .Imnrul. for P»»l Urnrtuatr. or for Knrtnu Cowrae Announcement, to J AMEN M. ETIIKHIIAWB, Neereliwy, Chicago. S»"Mentlon this paper. AGENTS. READ THIS. We pill pay Agents a Salary of MOO per month and exiM-nscs. or allow a large commission, to sell our new anil wonderful inventions, uuvtn icluU '«• •«»■Sampie ftps. Address SHERMAN & CO., Marshall.

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DR. CLARK Iniiin Blui Syrup. LABORATORY, 77 W. 3d St, New York City. , un or mor cirr. ' I S te [TBADZ-M4HI-] The Best Remedy Known to Man! Dr. Clark Johnson having associated himself with Mr. Edwin Eastman, an escaped captive, long a Slav* to Wakametkla, the medicine man of the Comanche*. I* now prepared to lend hl* aid In the Introduction of the wonderful remedy of that tribe. . .... The eiperlence of Mr. Eastman being similar to that es Mrs. Chas. Jone* and son, of Washington Oountr, lowa, an account of whose sufferings were UirUllngly narrated In the New York Herald of Dec. 15th, 1878, the facts of which are so widely known, and so nearly parallel, that but little mention of Mr. Eastman’s experience* will be given here. They are, however, published In a neat volume of 300 pages, entitled “Seven and Nine Years Among the Comanche* and Apaches.” of which mention will be made hereafter. Suffice It to *ay that for several year* Mr. Eastman, while a captive, was compelled to gather the roots, gum*, barks, herbs and berries of which Wakametkla*, medicine waa made, and is still prepared to provide the s*mb materials for the successful Introduction of the medicins to the world; and assure* the public that the remedy la the same now as when Wakametkla compelled Mm to make It. wMbf / a*. eg % Wakametkla, the Medicine Man. Nothing has been added to the medicine and nothing has been taken away. It Is without doubt the Bzsr Pvkifikk of the Blood and Rbnkwzb of the Sistsm ever known to man. This Syrup possesses varied propertiesItaeU upon the 14ver. It act* upon the Kidney*. It regulate* the Bowel*. It purine* the Blood. It quiets the Nervous System. It promote* Digestion. It Nourishes, Strengthen* and Invigorates. It carrle* off the old blood and makeo New- _ . It open* the pore* of the skin, ana induce* Healthy Perspiration. It neutralises the hereditary taint or poison in the blood, which generates Scrofula. Erysipelas and all manner of skin diseases and Internal humors. There are no spirits employed In Its manufacture, and It can be taken by the most delicate babe, or by the aged and feeble, car* only being required in attention to direction* 5 $ a 5 tlw 4 s 7 \ i\> * J

Edwin Eastman in Indian Costume. SkTEK ANDNINK YkAM AMON9 TB* COMAN<M» AN> apachrs. A neat volume of 300 pages, being a simple statement of ths horrible facts connected with the sad massacre of a helpless family, and the captivity, tortures and ulUmate escape of Its two surviving members. For sale by CTir agents generally. Price, M.OO. The Incidents of the massacre, briefly narrated, ate distributed by agents, fkkk of charge. Mr. Eastman, lielng almost constantly at the Week, engaged In gathering and curing the materials of wblck Uie medicine Is composed, the sole business management devolves upon Dr. Johnson, and the remedy baa been called, and Is known as Dr. Clark Johnson’s INDIAN BLOOD PURIFIER. Price of Large Bottle* ... <I.OO Price of Small Bottle* ... - .50 Bead the voluntary testimonials of persons who-have licen cured by the use of Dr. Clark Johnson’s India* Blood Syrup In your own vicinity. TESTIMONtALS OF CURES. / Byspepsla and IndlgestToa. * FUNOBriLLa, Pulaski Co.. Ind., March ft, HTS, Dear Sir—l was troubled for live ar six yean with Dyspeiola and Indigestion and Sour Stomach. X wag ■nable to find relief under the care of physicians. >M thought I would try your Indin* Blood Byrr**. The effect was marvelous, fw 1 am entirely free trona Drspepsla. and eat most any food without experiencing w Fain « bournes, of the Stomachy Scrofulous Sore Eyes Cured. SriNCKR, Owen County, Ind. Dear Sir-Some time ago. my daughter, live years « age, took your Indian Blood N.vrwp for Scrofnlous Sore Eyre, which she was afflicted with from birth, and the medicine miraculously cured her. Her eyeg are now as clear as crystal. I fool It my duty to glva this tesU-nony, so that afflicted humanity may profit by fay experience. JAMES H. DALIS.

z Derived Very Great Relief. Crown Point. Lake County, Ind. . Dattr Sir—l bad been troubled with Catarrh lot soma too. using all kinds of medicine, without success, till I Bled your well known Indian Blood Syrup, from Which I derived very great relief. MBS. FRANK fULLKIA, More Good than Any Other Medicine. Michioan Citt, Laporte County, Ind. Fkad. Boflnger, of Kloepfer A Co., says: “ Your remedy has done my wife more good than any other medlclat abeever took.” Saves Doctors’ Bills. SAt.Tnxovn.iJt, Washington Co., Ind.. May 22,1R75. lienr Sir— I have wen using tho Indian Blnoffi Byrup In my family for tho past live years, and U has always elven general satisfaction, especially hi the case of my wile, who has used It fur General Debility. It B tho greatest blood purifier known to tho world. It has saved me a doctor’s bill of not less than tlve hundred dollars. M<®. I’HH‘pa Cures Cough of Six Years' Standing!! 1 Lagro, Wabash County. Ind,, December, IR7O. DtarSir-I will teU you what the Indian Blo«d Bvrnp has done for me. For six yeais I was troubled with a distressing Cough which seemed to bld deflanC* Do medicine. One half of a botUo cured me I now weigh 178; my ago 18. F. XL SLHAFE& An Excellent Medicine. Vatjiraiso, Porter County, Ind. March M, 1879. Dear Sir-1 was afflicted with Dlxih eas, and after the nrnof your Indian Blood Nvre pj Scrofhla, Indigestion and General Debility. Tifton, rtpion County. Ind. indfgeauun jML&T Scrofiiraj ' MU.ROT, Rush County, ML ———‘ Neuralgia anti indigestion. QpiNcr, Owen Comity, Ind. x »fty UxMJU|>. limf2MUmgla”« f ng K ai'most l Bl<M>«?Nyv»»i>, which 1 did. andmsraSMNUMHV MM. l «ouhl not be without It. M v ■