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AGRICULTURAL -p" -
U Farmers will alw J 80
long as they allow others .to do their
thinking. -, ,if
Slovenly -work doesoV pay. See
" then that the work of the plough and
hoe is done thoroughly. ,. . .
In finishing up the cultivation of
fields leave the land as level as possible,
as it wirffacilitate the gatherings of( the
crops, i, U -i;
two Ant hrood of erubs from the
X U V SJ.OV - w
. uotato beetle have made their appear
ance, and now is the j time to apply
Paiis jrreen. Mix with plaster till it
has a ereenish appearance.;
Mr. E- E. Hyde, of Staflord, Ct.
savB- " Mv Devon cow Gem made 215
' pounds of butter in a trial of 95 days.
From a cross with a shorthorn I have
had a cow which madej 19 pounds of
butter per week." I; K . h ;
To work, to compare and, experiment
without fixed . opinions or prejudice.
And with the single object' Of discover-,
ing a portion of the truthi is the only
safe way to establish correct principles.
in agriculture. i ,
Captain Tom Sewejl, Of Lincoln,
Neb., is the possessor! of a thorough
bred Jersey hsifer, whkchj was calved
April 27, 1879, and on the 27th of May,
1880, she dropped her first calf, being
one day less than 13 months bid.
Mr. Jacob K remer, of the Mansion
House, at Watsontown, has a hog of
the Poland China breed that measures
six feet two inches from the tip of the
nose to the tail, eight feet In girth, and
weighs 925 pounds. j
V. R. McCready's imported Jersey
cow Reception, in seven days (five
weeks after ct lving) yielded 19J pounds
of unsalted butter. Her feed was one
quart of dry meal night and morning,
and feed from a dry pasture.
Hog cholera has broken out in a
malignant form among the swine in
the vicinity of Oconomowoc, Wis. . A
large raiser of hogs In Summit lost
nearly one hundred fine; animals in
less than three weeks' by thia epi
demic. 1 ' ': : I ' '
Two parts quicklime, three- parts
soot, ami one part eoarse refuse salts,
used as a top dressing, is said to be
destruction to (he cut worm. Refuse
salt alone, at the rate Of 500 pounds to
the acre, iu the fall-will; destroy-the
worm. I
Horses hate, solitude, and are made,
savage by being kept alone, v Goats
ought always to be?kepfi in large stables,
because they will face fire, and horses
will follow them out, though they
would not go by themselves. , ..Vt
V The production of wheat and barley
in" the United States Jwithin the last
Hfteeu years has trebled; corn, cotton
and tobacco have doubled J oats have
increased 140,000,000 bushels ; potatoes
nearly doubled, and hay has increased
' more than one-third. .
, The successful farmer does not at-
tempt too much. He concentrates,
and the more he does, .this the greater
, are his gains. He' does not expect
,'. large crops from his lands without
' liberal manuring. He recognizes the
necessity of constant study and watch
. fulness.
We have often been assured that
three pints of liquid daily was as much
as a healthy person should drink if he
desired to continue in health, but we
have seen a laboring man who would
drink ten times that, amount, even if
he had to go a quarter of a mile for
-. every drink. , 1 1 .r ' '. , ,
To make a thorough good keeping
butter is not a generally known, or at
least a practiced art, but if a few can
do it and make a butter that will
actually keep a year, and still retain its
flavor and aroma unimpaired, it is a
convincing proof that, other things be
ing equal, all may do it.
Exports have rapidly increased, as
we are all aware, in the past few years.
. The total exports of j cereals in 1868
were 139,000,000, and 189,000,000 bushels
in 1878. ! In 1868 ' 3 per oent. of the
whole product was exported, and 11 per
cent, in 1878. The exportations of live
stock have increased ten-fold in the
last two years.
In agriculture, as in everything else,
absolute doctrines - are . unfortunate.
However specious the arguments for
their defence may be, however plausi-
ble and positive their advocates may
appear, they must be distrusted, es
pecially if they lead to the contradic
tion of facts which hare been settled
by the experience of ages. '
k In the wheat berry the epidermis,
seedskin, ginten. 'ceh layer and germ
form about 18 per cenk of the entire
weight. The remainder, or 82 per cent.
, is the largest percentage of flour that
can ever bepbtaixted by the most per
fect machinery: Ifwe Include -the
germ, which some millers say is bene
ficial to the flour, though deteriorating
its color, several per cent, must be added
to the above. .
An acre of good pasturage will afford
sustenance for from five to eight sheep,
keeping them in good condition. But
on "account of herbage taken and the
closer feeding of the sheep it is believed
that three acres of good pasturage will
maintain one cow, and in addition, five
or six sheep, the sheep choosing plants,
the cows would reject and feeding closer
upon May-weeds and grasses not eaten
by the cow.
There is much refuse fat from the
kitchen that can be turned to good ac
count by feeding to the hens. Of course,
where soap is made it will be used in
- that way, but it is a question whether
nt is not much easier and more profita
ble to buy soap and make the hens lay
by feeding them with fat. Everything
that is not wanted for drippings for
- cooking purposes should ; be, boiled up
( with the vegetables for the fowls.
:' ' The cultivation of; cotton", which was
tried in Calfornia some 'time ago, but
abandoned In 1877, is iiow being revived
. oil -a large scale under promise of a per
manent home market. A thousand
acres aye I already been planted in cot-
tori: It is claimed that the climate, by
reason of its even temperatureis em-
lnently fitted for cotton culture, and
that the staple raised; will be of greater
. nneness and length of fibre.' ; N
T akb Good C abb of thb Hoksbb.
- ? There is no animal on the farm lhat is
so likely to be neglected as the horse.
The horse of the city truckman, or of
the expressman,' the driving bone and
the saddle horse are well cared for, but
. the farm hone is too often irregularly
fed, and, so far as cleaning i oonoarned,
regularly and systematically neglected.
It is difficult to obtain a mrea man
brought, up on the farm, who thinks
there is any necessity lor taking special
oare of a horse. Some horses upon the
farm are rarely, if ever, properly
cleaned, and yet the condition and user
fulness jyf the farm norse qeuppa- w
much upon tne manner m win
onn for as an v other horse. vnen
The Romance of Crebillon Pert.r
' i .; . i ' f
t n.-Htino' -nlava. and beins tha a-
sedate - of playere CwhilWn 4rough
upon himself the grave displeasure o
his father.! The old greffler of Dijon
descended fronty4ong liof lnnkeq
U fU likeimifii olhtt daHcnl
bied hlmselr by taktofethe naM 6f hia
..... . m J 1 -1
DroDertv : and he felt ma u was aomg
brougb ti( u, ... .tJ h. L Lfc"!"' JJ
ought not to be allowed to stand over
night with the dust drying upon him.
A good cleaning is half a rest, and yet
how often we seethe farm horse brought
out in the morning covered with the
accumulated filth of the. night still
clinging to him. Under uch condi
tions ahorse. is not much more than
half a horsei Often, too, he is Irregu
larly fed and. indiscreetly watered. A
horse at work should have waiter five
or six times a day. If he does not drink
more . than two or three quarts at a
time 'all the better. A hoise .that is
kept from water till he will drink two
or three pailfuls will be very likely to
have his digestive organs and bowels
seriously deranged. j -
To keep a horse in good ".working
condition he should be -fed regularly,
.whether at work or idle, in thei stable.
He will last many years longer than if,
when at work, he is heavily fed, and
when'idle neglected." "A.-horse1 on the
farm should always be cleaned at least
once a day. and when hard at. work
both night and, morning. Ifjnot'at
work a good : grooming once a day
would be sufficient, and when idle good
hay might be substituted for grain at
the noonday meal, but when at work
grain should be given, as he would ob
tain more nutrition in half an hour
from grain than iu many hours from
hay. A hired man who is worthy of
his hire will take pride in ministering
to the comfort and improving; the ap
pearance of the animals be drives.
Forest Leaves for Hottbeds.
Forest leaves are excellent to riix with
hotbed material, and, where practica
ble, should be saved for this purpose.
They do not' heat so rapidly as stable
manure, and in this have an advantage
as tempering Its violence, making it
last longer and maintaining j a more
regular heat. They are excellent
materials to put round cold frames to
protect half-hardy plants. A board is
offence
be a writer" of plays.
only began . here. , Crebillon cane o
know a cerflain drugglst,Tri Whose shop
he often jspeat the best part of his day,
not,' as might be supposed by admirers
of his genjusvalchemy In btrtlnpleasant
flirOng wittfthe druggist's dangbAer
a lovely girl still in. her teens. He
sank! deeply in love and proposed to
the druggist's daughter the pretty
Charlotte Peaget, 'who as it proved,
was not insensible to the blue eye of
the poet, so much admired by the
ladies of .that day. (Tbe eur-Ptaget
was greatly flattered at seeing his child
courted by the young dramatist; all
was soon settled, and his satisfaction
was oomnlete. A far different view of
things . was taken by .the old greffler
of Dijon. He was as furious as the out
raged father of the. stagey What !
druggist's daughter! ;Not content with
bringing disgrace on the family name
bv' becoming, a playwright, he must
needs marry a plebian! There was
no soothing the old man. Tohisson's
letter announcing the intended mar
riage he replied that he would never
The marriage proved, a singularly
happy one, though the troubles that
accompanied it were aometimea very
great. The young people lived at first
in an obscure' lodging, but; not too
small to shelter Creblllon's ready-made
family of cats and dogs; for he always
had a passion for animals,- ana would
pick up such stray ones as he met with
during bis walk,. The gentle Char
lotte, when these became intolerably
numerous, would quietly remonstrate
with him ; but, respecting him for his
failing, would let him indulge It with
out much . ado. Meantime Crebillon
had entered on a career of greater suc
cess ; his V Electre 'i.met .with, a favor
able reception, and his reputation had
become established,when one day an old
gentleman calfed at his modest abode
- Moderately ..thick: wheel of" bras
nifty be eat chemically bj drawing
line with a solution of mercury. in
nitric add. The brass become aa brlbj
tls as glass on the 'place -where the line
4 drawn and Is easily, broken off, T'
The conversion or Dagaase, taugar
cane) into paper stack at home la aw
trading cenaiderabl attention In Lou
isiana, where there are produced 200,.
000 hogsheads of sugar a year, and the
cane for each'hogshead will yield, on
ton of paper fibre. "
A seormd specimen of the archssop-
teryx is on deposit in the Geological
Museum at Berlin, with the expecta
tion that it will be purchased. It was
bought from Its former owner for
15,000 by Herr Siemens, of Berlin, to
prevent its being brought to this country-
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The Chemiker Zeitwg says that there
Filial Piety.
is every reason to feax that natural
put up the height of the frame boards ?al:?2vand wa
and about a foot or more from them,
and the leaves filled in between. If
the plants aresoniewhat tender the
bottom of jhe frame may be filled in a
few feet with the' leaves. Much heat is
thrown off during the decomposition
of the leaves, which, though not enough
to keep out a severe -frost yet modifies j
somewhat the temperature. Theee
leaves, after tney nave been two or
three years decaying, make admirable
sun ior porting 'ana nowersi in stent
eral. ' ":t:.. " P"
The Great Southern Comet.4
i An interesting paper has been pub
lished by Professor Klinkerfues, of
Gottingen, on the great comet discov
ered by Dr. Gould, at Cordoba, last
February, and its supposed previous
appearances. Its object is to point out
that the probable indentityl of this
comet with those seen in 1843 and 1668
need not be rejected because it does not
appear to have been seen, although so
conspicuous an object, between those
years. So nearly does It approach the
sun (within, indeed, about lOOjOOO miles
of its surface) that .the resistance to its
motion when at perihelion is likely to
be sufficient to produce a very consid
erable diminution in its periodic time,
the case being, in fact, one of resistance
from the sun's atmosphere itself, and
not merely, as has been conjectured in
the case of Encke's comet, from an
ethereal medium presumed to exist
within the orbits of at least some of the
planets. Hence there is nothing ex
travagant in the supposition Ithat the
resistance of the part of the corona
within which the comet passes (many
of the prominences which, under the
old name of red flames played so im
portant a part in the history of the solar
eclipses, extend to more than double
the distance from the sun 'si surface
witldn which the comet comes at peri
helion) may be quite sufficient to di
minish its period of' revolution from
5 years to 37 years. j
Carrying this view still further back.
Professor Klinkerfues contends that it
is probable the same comet may be
identieal with one seen and described
by Aristotle in the year B. C. 371, when
the philosopher was only thirteen
years old and still living in his birth
place, Stagira. He considers it likely
that whilst the period of Revolution
from B. C. 371 to A. D. 1668 was 2,039
years, it was diminished by the resist
ance of the sun's atmosphere, first to
175 and then to 37 years : and further,
that it has at the late passage through
permelion been decreased to 27 yean,
so that, if this view be correct, another
return of the comet may be expected
in the autumn of 1897.
received by the wife. -SDharfette, not
knowing who he was, answered his in
quiries with so much sw set noes o
manherfihotigh tEesreroftett tude(
that' she-woir thatxungr"a heart.
After somewhat puzzling her with his
observations on her menage, andsufflc
ien Uy manifeeting his surprise and
disgust at the presence of so many cats
and dogs he at last revealed him
self and the purpose of his visit. He
was thei3cTgreMerofJ)Qn. As old
age had crept oh;him he had begun to
regret hs harshness, and now came to
forgive and forget Crebillon, and Char
lotte accompanied the did' man back to
TJHjon where the father, really proud of
his illustrious son 'introduced him to his
fellow-citizens as the successor to Ra
cine. The young couple stayed with
him several months indeed, until
Crebillon had. almost once more lost
his fathei's favor, owing to his extrav
agant habits.
Crebillon, on his return to Paris,
moved into splendid apartments near
the Luxembourg ; it is supposed that
he wished the world to believe he had
inherited a great fortune on his father's
death. This . more extravaeant life.
however, did not last long, for on the
failure pf -his play'" Xerxes " he was
compelled to return to his old lodging
in the Place Maubert. It is told that
in their day of splendor Charlotteoften
said with a sigh how happy they were
in their first little lodeinsr: and then
Crebillon would kiss her, and reply In
gentle tones they might yet return to
it, and that, perhaps, before . long.
They did so not to resume their past
happiness, for the shadow of death fol
lowed them to the door. , A presenti
ment that she should not live long took
hold of Charlotte's mind. She ex
pressed this to her husband, who en
deavored to sooth her, but the only re
ply was, " If you are near me at the
end I shall fancy I am falling asleep."
Herhoreaeritunentwas not ill-founded.
One evening, on Crebillon's return
home, she flung herself into his arms,
saying, f I shall leave you forever to
night," and In a few. hours her spirit
was Kane. Crebillon never recovered
from the blow. He shut himself up
for the rest of his days, his only selaee
being a son which his wife had left
him in the cradle when she did.
vanilla will be superseded by: the art!
flcial product obtained by the oxidation
of oonlferins, and that consequently
certain countries of the Continent will
be enriched at the expense of Mauri
tius and Trinidad.
An alloy of rhodium and lead, lately
exhibited before the French Academy
of Sciences, has the curious . property
of exploding .on exposure to heat, aa
In being held before a gas flame. IU
composition is one-third rhodium and
two thirds lead, fused together In a
criiicibl e at a h lgh tern perature. . .
. Gelotte.l the name of the most valua
ble constituent of the substance known
in commerce as, China moss. It baa
the property of absorbing and solidify
ing into a colorless 'and diaphanous
Jelly five hundred times IU weight In
water, and- U capable .of forming ten
times as much jelly by weight as the
best animal geUtlne.
The Cummontoealth, of Richmond,
.Va., publishes the following warning
to tobaooo usera : A roan named Weak
ley died a few days airx-e in Culpepper
county, age 105 years. It Is supposed
his death was hastened by the uxe of
tobacco, to which he was addicted fot a
period eommencing shortly after, the
conclusion of the Revolutionary war.
The Paris QmsHtutionalisi has betn
calculating the average cost of soldiers
in, the various European countries.
The annual cost of each soldier in the
English army is $700. The soldiers of
Austria-Hungary cwt $255 each a year.
Those of France and Germany $215
each a year. The Italian soldier costs
a trifle less than $200 and the Russiaa
little over $190. The maintenance of
the army cost annually to each head
ef the population 6s.'6d. In Italy, 7a.
4d. in Russia, 8s. 6dln Germany, 12k
4d. in France and 12s. 6d. In Great
Britain.
Soundings of the Niagara River be
low the falls have been taken by a
party of United SUtes engineers. A
line, cast out as near to the falls as
they could be approached In a small
boat and near to the shore gave 83 feet.
' A belief exists amo&f th';CbJnss
that if a father , or mother be seiiouly
ill, the most effective way of curios;
them Is for one of their own -children
to cut a pleceof flesh ootof his own arm
or leg and administer a broth made of
the flesh U question to the suffering
parent. This bat times don, but with
sufficient rarity to Insure, aa a rule, the
matter being reported to the throne fbr
some mark of the Emperor's appoval.
The Governor of Hunan recently re
ported a case In which a " graduate
named Tso ws singularly dlsO ngulahed
for filial piety. When very young, his
mother became seriously IlL" and be
lieving that heaven would prolong bis
mother's life by shortening hU (quite
a Chinese belief), he refused food, and
spent a night in supplicating it to that
effect. ' His mother recovered, but
some years later, In 1873, sae was at
tacked with a fatal dlseane, which' he
tried to counteract by booking ber some
broth made out of his own fleaii cut
from the maacle of hU arm. Unfortu
nately, not only did the mother die,
but the' brave' son never recovered
from bis self-Inflicted wound, and be
died In the following year from IU ef
fect. The Emperor decreed, him
handsome morfoment.
The Dragon Fly.
A ttSEPl'L AMP I'NAtTBRClATKO
INSECT.
One of the most beautiful and benefi
cial InsecU of, Jthe summer season, and
one whose service are lat appreciated
by the agricultaralLtt, U theeouitnon
dragon fly. There are many varieties,
comprising an extensive and beautiful
group of large-slsed Insects, rivalling
our butterflies In gracefulness of form
and brilliancy, of coloring, while they
excel them In rapidity. of flight. .Vari
ous popular uaines have been givea.
them ' In different countries. The
French call them "DemoUellea, the
Germans"Gauxe FlW'and "Virgins of
the Water,? while among the KuglUh
they are known aa "Dragon ' Flies,"
"Horse Btingers," and "Devil's Darn
ing Needles." The first of the EnglUh
name Is very appropriate to the char
acter of the fly, for, among other in
sectM.lt fully earns lu title of "Dragon.
It Is not a "horse sting r," however
can neither bite, sting nor poison, anJ
as a "devil's darning needle" doe not
sew up the. mouths of those children
who are given to romaacing. They
are perfectly harmless to man, and can
be handled without danger. -
The dragon fly belongs to the order
"Neuroptera" and the family "Libel
lulida?." They have six legs aad four
wings. In - average upeclmens the
body atUlas the length of an lush and
a half or two inches. They are almoat
universally dressed In thegayettt colors
The body U variously banded with
under his ear It U atlU the soaaU of
hU face. : '
Jl getter up of dubs--Thslbook "oaa
nser. A brings down of eluhe The
poUosman. .- j -. . '
W presume It If because tha coral U
kind of Cab that it makes tha beat
red earring. . .
A fix parade, ilk a rainy, day, Is
good for a show of hose, they, say.
Waterloo 0& w.
Boston aspire to become the foun
tain of American literature as It U ef
baked beans.
An electrical girl has bean discovered
In Canada. 'Bhe ought to marry a good
conductor. - 1 ' -
Well, you'll own tnat ah ha a
pretty foot, wont you r' "Yea, 111 ad
mlt that. But then It never mad
half as much of aa Impression on m
a the old man's.'
Moses was undoubtedly a stock pec
ulator, for he began hU career among
the "bull" ruahea.
Of course everybody knows of a male
and female aex, but the papers that
come to thU office1 are the Newa-X."
We alway bar our suspicions of a
man who Invariably takes hU soda
from the other side of the fountain.
Quinry Modern Argo,
We are orring a rbromo now to the
woman who doesn't think her baby
nicer than any other womau's baby.
SteubenvilU Herald.
A correspondent asks if a postmaster
must be well eduoaUd. ' Certainly, sir;
be must assuredly be a man of tetters. -
Rhmebeck Ouxttte, ..'::
" II ow dare you iwm before me?"
aaked a man of his mm recently. " How
did Iknow you wanted torus first?"
said the spoiled urchin. '
A Telas dog ate up eight doUars
worth of postage stem pa and was mailed
to that other clime. Br. He was evi
dently a mall dog, but not posted.
Fast young men do Dot uke uj all
their Unit at the pawnbrokers. 'Many
of the watches are never redeemed.
" Pair o die lost," said aa under
taker, when two persons died and his
rival got both funerals. SteJet40
Jltmtd.
A CallfomU maa tunaslsd under a
neighbor's well and stole the bottom
and all the water, j " .
. Do caU slog chuvrh music? Punt
chants they do. ,
An auctioneer was endeavoring to
sell a fowling-piece, and railing to get
a bid, a bystander who had read the
i papers said, " Blow lo the muul and
It will go off." - .. ,
A rich New Yorker Is so fearful that
hU daughter may marry a coachman,
lhat he has taken her and started for
China. . But he must remember there
Is a Cbeh-ln-Chlna, too.
" Raising rcnU," remarked the land-
wlli.bssssa by Um record that (Mr
ultimate soceese U almost a foragoae'
concioaion,' 'They hare yet t gaxnaa
to pUy. th Providence $0 and tat
Cleveland IL Th three victorias orrr
the Worcester daring th week brings
th Cleveland within on game of la
Providsnos, while th nia from Troy
U making a rapid adranc toward se
curing a more .prominent position.
Between now and the end of th season
th only Interest win be In the fix Vt
between the ProTidence, Cleveland and
Troy for second place, Worcester's and
Boston's Indifferent pUy leaving then
entirely out of the contest. Th record
up to August 13th, U: ,
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TRAP 6HOOT1NO.
cUtec or the rajrrnf c uc rxrns'
TocawAxr-tT.
CC i IWMtbtfrvvltdom.:
-Osm'lrn asid tU rWi.t
eal dxl 4e tahabttanu Uckkrx.in
am payln" aitorsther
shun t ifjMpiier aiun. Ijar". .
groan v oespsir wbeo If. hot - .
growl dhrpUsshtr hea U t eUl If
U rain somebody ralsm a row, so" it
It's dry somebody els. has a b ,
sck wtd de powers ahore. Elery r-j
headed, one-boss white maa-
got de Ideah la bU-WTdu de U.o
am Uwa to ed him Umg jVst d
o weddsr h waats, no waaUer 'l.--U
rest ef d ktntry. Deolet&anp.u
bottom, Ubin apdarby wjcsWnJ ,.
r Wt fifteen cents wwrf at ri.,
truck back of hi. Wr. an .
hoi or cold or sreC cr dry beaaa ,
UUd dat ho fsrglU dat any oddt
lu his kealry has m out an va, ...
pUnted a "Uter. Mo, dan fifty , r.
ago I come to decoocluihua dat I u.u.
pl up wld sueb ed. let as de 1,.
glui me, no matter whed-lrr It Lr... . .
Ml chllUUltt oT rheumatics, ma' it .
agreai bururnoamy mlud. luir.i
ji- ss U r4nea,keepindeu)eiitMi;.
la a-l rrpslra' I Vn' kius ur.iU
it elmanarks an' dmn
The four day spurt at the PsMltnc
(ion Club's ground. Belle toe htstlou,
Pa closed on Friday with twolalsrest
lng eon tests, uo each at bail and pigeoa
shooting. The attendance was ful,
and the result for several of the prU
was ult exciting. . t
Pa stim iUcxl'u1 (iaot,- x us, Bl le-'
vue. Philadelphia, Aural 12. 14).-
Bsil shooting; balls each; is jaid'!'i
sl ..
The Parts Opera in the Lett
Century.
lu the 4d Part. )frs Huu.
eaMed la the meaorat4e j rar
IImsv were firs difrVrettt kind utU,
U bat ore 4 which was IndWled It
ulte a ingufr butoeoclslure. 'K1
Ue-lrums, (1ccbiUr, aod
eauisisea id i nnt SO-l
the situation of the ocrupsnu,i..i
rist, amok target balls; 1st prlte, Uu In the latervenlag the axiMJUbt 4 ti
ll. M: C shells; &1 prise, SS puoad of . sonncu modal kMi. Beside il-. tl,. (.
shot sod t pounds of powder; 9d prUe, were the Lalroajr and tLe ru i
one year's subscription to vf ad tier. Prires were not then what Mm
Stream; 4th prlte, e pounds of ILatard f are nww, and yet the Opera a a s lu
poa der.
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Ureger w first priae, UreeawTd
seeund, Hufraer third and Junes fuvirth
prixe: ' -- -" i
tjevunl niatrh. Pigeon aborting.
Prises, 12 pounds powder to first; Ut
U. M.?.eartrtdf tosseoad; tSpuunda
shot and t fiounds of powder to third.
, wry w hlh Wl few uU afford. 11.
j books for the senJrl? barJu4 1.
g dlsrovered andtheircitrnUsit4tJl
' T t The tJur de d4senl hsd ketUeJtti.,,
. vltlcb es4 bun neerly h4i
The Dor dXirWas
) r-ai
tnid JoKU-.
i then his tais wss tss the grand Ih
j The PrincMs de lAmbailehad cr.h
postolasbst, muicb abe.bad lu
with Madsaa de (ienUs lLry
hare bee an Itl-sweted ewuptel sr1 . 1
it oust- bet l-VU a ytar. The ju.
paid tld), -and Use twn Atatvs-t...
I - ty . i m . .
vt rsin ug spsrs arraareti m
tbeo the qoastioti of djoice, anl -1.
ootrtUitod taru. Tb free Ust ss. u-4
quite suspenrtrtl, not It was mtn:;,
Island rules. .
rich ahadsa of blue, green and yellow.
Farther down the stream the line told ! "d wi"g gT A n heauti-
offlOO feet, and at the Inclined railway mI Iridescent and metallic reflections.
192 feet. The averag depth of the I The substanoe of the wlngslsadeiicaU
swift drift, where the river suddenly network, covered by a thin, transpar-
em memorane, combining great
sxrengin witn ugninena, wnion ena-
becomes narrow with a velocity too
great to be measured, was 1S3 feet
Immediately below the bridge, where
the whirlpool rapids set in, the depth
was computed to be 210 feet.
On the slopes of Amethyst Moun
tain, from 2,000 to 3,000 feet above the
river valley, In the Yellowstone Park,
are exposed at different levels atlnter
vals through the entire height a series of
sillclfled trees, many rooted In the po
sition in which they grew, and from
twenty to thirty feet in height. Borne
lying down are oi great aiae, the frag
menu measuring eighty-two feet in
diameter, and comparable to the giant
Bequolas. The series of sandatonea
and conglomerates In which the tree
are Imbedded are more than 5,000 feet
thick, forming a vertical mile fossil
foreeU, the woody structure wall pre
served ; but where cavities have been
formed In the trunks of the rotting
wood they are lined with crystals of
amethyst and quarts.
Mrs. Langtby is no longer called
the Jersey Lilly ; society has given her
another pet name" The j Amber
Witch." She is said to be lovelier than
ever, and is gazed at in public'as if she
were a queen or a puma donna. At
the Atalanta fete, where she wore a
gown of old-gold satin, trimmed with
shaded poppies, one old lady seated her
self opposite the Amber Witch' sUll
and deliberately taking out hier opera
glasses stared at the famous beauty for
an hour. ' j
The summer boarding-house keeper
should not undertake to give her guests
the same kind of food which they get
in the city, for 'she has neither the
butcher nor th cook who can -supply
her wanta. People who go I Into the
country expect great, smoking, boun
cing pot-plea; with plenty Of juice
and with bulbs of crust light as a
feather. You cannot give them steaks
and chops; roasts' and aaladai such
they can get in the, city, if they live in
A. r . . m ' .
suy Burt ui way at su. x ney want a
change, v The landlady In tha country
never tailed, except with the most in
corrigible grumblers, who knew noth
ing about cookery, when she furnished
plenty of bread and milk, popples, suc
cotash, berry puddings, stewed fruits
fruit piss and corn bread and griddle
oaks.
Popular Science.
M. Gautier sUtes that the tanning
of Chinese gall is chemically distinct
from that found in Aleppo galls.' -
The, Lancet suggesU the Health Cure
as a remedy for adversity. -
Equal quantities (wt.) of glue and
tannic aeid, with water enough to dis
solve the glue, will make a perfectly
Insoluble cement, ''
An almost perfect house has been
lately disentombed at Pompeii. It is
probably the beat preserved of all the
Roman dwellings hitherto discovered.
The Chilian Times announces the
completion of the Canal de la Merced,
wmcn nas been twenty-five years In
construction and has cost about 1400,-
000.
The Auckland Evening Star report
the discovery of pearls in Oakley creek,
New Zealand, of unusual form and
color, and of more than ordinary bril
liancy.- ? r .,' ' ;" ""' i i i
A .Louisiana correspondent of the
Scientific American reports success In
growing potatoes on top of the ground
in rows two feet apart covered with
sawdust six to twelve Inches thick.
Five to tlx million' leeches, costing
1.500,000 francs, were used in the hos
pitals of Paris yearly from 1829 to 1838,
and 187,000 pounds pf blood were drawn
annually or 1,496,000 'founds in the
eight year. : O i .1 ii V , ! I
It is aaid that , one bushel of sugar
beets -mixed with nine bushels of in.
pies make a cider richer and of superior
flavor to that made from apples alone,
and which, can be readllv eohvertH
inte vinegar. : . r - f
Recently 1,250,000 America 'oysters
were laid down on the eosst of LJtUs
Velt, . from Qravenehoved to Polk
hoved, and a company has been formed
7 own i5,w,000 more on the
S34imsswig-MoUtaln eosst. .
A Trifle ioe-. Wixbucpon. Bhe
(whispering): Huahl Take it, darling!
Your own bart will teach you to find
out IU use. He: Kind, thoughtful
girl ! Any dainty U welcome In camp,
and . She : Not a word. Papa U
waking. Good-bye I (And she was
gone.) And when he found she had
given him a cat in th basket, hewaxed
wroth, for alas I his heart did not
teach him that when In camp be should
hide a billet under iu collar, and let it
loose, whereupon Tom would make his
way straight back to his mistress all
as they do in Holland, where the cat
is the lovers postman. Wy Folk.
The Empress Eugenie's return to
England was welcomed In a kindly
fashion. Princess Beatrice boarded the
steamer off Yarmouth from the yacht
Alberta; and remained-with th Em
press until th'ey reached Southampton.
A British knight presented a boquet to
Eugenie accompanied by some ex
tremely, poor verses written by hi
daughter; and the ex-Empress In a
very pretty and graceful fashion
thanked for their courtesy all the steam
ship bfrfdaU who Ead attended her
upon her journey. .
Kara Claxtox , the salamander act
ress, Is booked to appear, at various
points In Maine just before the Septem
ber election. Things are In so combus-
U ble-a. condition in that State at this
particular time that it looks Ilka tempt
ing. Providence for Kate to go walUlng
about there.
. Miss Oribwold, the young Ameri
can; who Is studying singing in the
Parts Conservatoire, and who feeling
last year that she deserved a first prixe
refused to take the' Inferior " honor
awarded her, ha Just received that
coveted flrrt prise. The quarrel was
smoothed over, as the Conservatoire, It
is hinted, did not care to lose so prom
hung a puplL Miss Oriswold Is said to
be a niece of Bret Harte, and her voice
and her face are described aa beautiful.
She U said, too, to have an elegant and
noble presence, matching the dramatic
expression of her tones.
" ' asSSSSSSSSM ( , t f
Nax Dow, the great toniperanee
prophet of Maine, refuses to kneel
down and worship the M Idol son" any
longer. He Is mad because th Blain
peopl mobbed .Ida osnveuUon at Ao-
gusts.
ble it to fly and dart upon IU prey
with the greatest rapidity. The long
tail, or "needle," undoubtedly, acts as
a rudder U iu steady flight. Th Urge
head I provided with two enormous
compound eyes, composed of many
thousand facets, and their great power
of vision U still further laereased by
three simple eyes, or ocelli, on the up
per portion of the head. The mouth U
quite a formidable structure. The up
per lip U broad and conceal powerful
toothed mandibles, and there are other
organ of th mouth armed with strong
teeth which enable It to rend and mas
ticate IU food.
The natural Urm of life of th dragon
fly Im about one year. Most of IU exis
tence is pawed In the water In. the con
dition of larva or pupa, and it InhabtU
the air only three or four weeka. When
about to complete IU final transforma
tion, the pupa climbs up some suitable
place near the aurfaoe of the water, at
taches Itself firmly to some object, aad
In a short time the skin opens along
the back, and from th rent there soon
appears the perfect dragon fly, who, af
ter drying his . isoUl wings, trusU
his untried pinions with the fullest
confidence to th new element, in
which he Uvea but a few short summer
days.
Tennyson beautifully describe th
changes In the "Two Voices :"
To-daj I asw is rcoa tj
Coon from U walls wssr ss dUl Us.
An laasr Isxpslsa rent Lbs veU
Of hU old bosk ; from nss4 to tall
Cams ost clssr pistes of aspphlrs snail.
He dried his wlno ; Use gsast thsy (res' ,
Throoch crofts sad psatsres wet with dew
Allvlncasshofttghtberiew.' '
During IU exUtence of three or four
weeks above the waters IU whole life
U a oontlnaed good to man. It hawks
over pooU and fields and th rough gar
dens, decimating swarms of mosqui
toes, (Ilea, gnaU and other baneful in
sects. . Their rapid flight and enormous
range of vision enable them to capture
these Insects with ease. They destroy
multitudes of moths and millers whose
Urvss are injurious to vegetation, while
they do not injure any product of th
agriculturalist themselves. A few of
them shut Into a house, would very
soon rid it of files, bugs and mosqui
toes. Thsy are perfectly harmless, aad
can be handled with Impunity, and are
an Interesting subject for study .as there
till remains much to be learned of
their nataral history. Th dragon fly
is widely distributed over all parts of
the globe, but few, however exceed la
else or. beauty those of our own
country. -
ItBfoosa .
T.lunltavi-
. . i . . ui.
lonl, a be placed IiU foot against the ' w
broader portion of th tramp's 'paaU
and assisted him out of doors. Water
loo O&eerver.
7Z TT iT r VT: . l ' Thirty 4wo author. ... .
Condltfons-J Iv. Urd each by Rhcsl. ,
. '! n1 another; Fa'rart a third: lo
ts rX ait. ! has treated the others rather htrLl.
' I and they are now nobodies.
; Only eight muskal critics were rs
abed, but a lady and 'genlletnsn h-t
j free aJoiUsloo "ub account of the ii.
convenience they suffered frotn tt.
National Sports.
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Wit of the NaUonal Preat.
The bee is th hum-bleat creature.
A full hand hired man on a drunk.
A monarch of the salt Th ahertflr.
A promising young maa br chary of
hU promises. '
A patriotic cltixen' calls hU frisky
dog A-merry-cur. ,
Breach of contrast Tweed trowrrs
which shriak.
Beware of dried apple; they lire not
wisely, but too swell. ' . ?
- A spring opening the keyhole of a
watch. Jmnresisasfc Republican, r
- Th way to meet a man of doubtful
credit U to take no note of him.
. Wealthy peopl are Judged by their
good will. Oouxmda JBmfrprUm.
Who a man get his nose knocked
Iarkln, formerly of the Troy, U now
pltchtsg for the Albany. t
The Pacific Icmgue, of Han Fram U-
co, Cai., h- about run IU course. An
early dlsbandment 1 expected.
Devlin U considered by the Ban Fran
cisco press to be the most skillful pitcher
that has ever appeared in that city.
MeVey.of th defunct Bay City Club
of Ban Francisco, ha decided, It L said,
to give up playing hall and turn his at
tention to farming.
Jim White has not been as yet of
much benefit to the Cincinnati nine.
He bad three errors at right field In a
recent game' against the Boston.
Murnan has retired frotn the manag-s-ment
of the Natlck (Mas.) Club, and
b think seriously of leaving the pro
fession altogether.
Flint, of the Chicago, has been taken
from be Mad the bat, owing to sore
hands, and placed in right field. Wil
liamson baa been filling the position.
Sullivan, the crack first t seunsii of
the Worcester nine, did not accompany
the club on IU Western tour, having
been sent, to the city hospital In Wor
cester. . Blelaakl, formerly of the Chicago,
and one of the prominent members of
the Capitol City Club, of Washington,
D. C, has permanently retired from
the profession
The return game between the Yousg
America and Rfverton, Clubs, pUyed
at Btenton, resulted In another victory
for the Young America by a score of IS
to 8. . .
The Dubuque (Iowa) Club has dis
banded. Eden has gone to Indianapo
lis; Kent and O'Connor bars signed
with a Tepcka (Kansas) nine, and Troy
and Callahan have goo to New York.
Th Lone Btars, of New Orleans,
struck Cincinnati recently a financial
wreck. A benefit game waa afterward
arranged for them, and enough mooey
wa secured to send them home.
Alcott, a pUyer who received hi
education In Philadelphia, and who ha
filled tb pitcher position qulU prom
inently for a number of years. Is now
pitching for a nine In Blag ham ton, N.
Y.
Tbe.Worce.ter Club -will be la the
League next year. : Richmond, who
started out as the phenomenal pitcher,
but who has gloriously failed, is node
ddsd whether to play any longer thU
season.
The Worcester nine on their way to
Cleveland stopped at Akron, Ohio, and
shut out th Akron player by a score
of 16 to , Btotey's home run, Irwin's
drive for three bags, and two-base hiU
by Irwin, Bennett, Creamar and Wood
being among the twenty safe hiU made
by the Worcester. ' '
Manager Cam me yer, of th Union
Ground, Brooklyn, U organlilng a
picked team oT professional to repre
sent Brooklyn during the remainder of
the seasorv The nine will be knowo
as the Union of Brooklyn, aad arrangw
menU are being made for a series of
matches. , . a. , ,V.
QUford,UXmanagrof th National
of Washington, an hi retirement waa
presented by the players with a hanoV
some testimonial In which they ex
pressed Lb sir hearty appreciation of his
services as a manager, and recorded
their esteem and aCsctsao fbr him as a
thorough genUemaa la priests rJfs.
Th championship season U gradual
ly drawing to a doss, and, -Vpg a
ary liberal estimate against the Chl-
oagofajamln the
T
1
K a. iurw
C. lUglsr 1 1 1 1 e IIS
A.ruva iiiu tje
T. P. tireger won th first prixe, Dei
iher second, Budlh third prise, and
Ruffner and Jones divided fourth
prise.
Opera House being neit done.
prima-doonao&ly gt4fl,7ia)rsr.si..l
i the chief dancer IIuu that daiw.
j was' Yrstris. These figures are n.t.1.-.;
j enough, and yet the cksw of a bnll..i
; iwiB exhibited but Ior recei4
KV,ot of wbJrb everythlBK 1. i
to be paid. Mr. Oye's treasury
is no doubt mar saUeisstory.
Strange Edition of the Scrip
tures Recently Exhibited
in London.
A Tight Squeeze.
' "From grave to gay" to tberiM ,.t
life and newspapers as well--.. .
An InUrestlog eoUectfon of Bible, j VCUm aod Maulli ",
.t lk ,. . . . . ! the miller who sometime bad nvt
fits. In which be alway lnin.-i
hhnself to be th Lord judging !
world. On these ocensfons be
ptrfi a psper crown, ssorod s pi. .-i
mesi bscs with grant dignity and '--.'i
his nstghbors in mtcemmUm. Tbe j.
one were always judged, snd ll
wer the millers of hU vicinity. 1 1
first on anmrnoaed was Hans t hiui!t
"Hans fichmldt, stand oop. Han. i
1 teen your piahness la dat
vorldr "I vas a miller, O Lwi :
-Yas yua a Joost man T' Veil, eu it
vatar vash low, and the pUhnm
pad,0 Lort,I sutuetimssdake s ltJ
extra dolss." -Veli, Hans, you .I..H
go ofer niit I gvtes, already yet." Wi
so ha fleet" salon all were tried ax4 iu.
medUUty senteneed logo oer U. i!.
goats. LastofsllthemlIWtrie-1l.it..-self
la the foil wing style : "Jacob M il
Ur, stand uop. Jaoub, vat ae -u
4shnessIadatodrrrorld "laa
the reign of Queen Eliiahsth - f1"" "V
I snppianted by the prnsent ' Jr' "VrtL O.
-j A t.-T- , ven de eater vas a U1 kr ai.-l
recently exhibited In London,
which comprised coplea of all the edi
tions that, because of peculiar errors of
tbe printers, or from som other reason,
have been known by strange aainea.
Among the Bibles on exhibition were
the following:
TA QuUnUrg JSiW. The earliest
book known. Priatad from movable
metal types, U the Latin Bible Issued
by Gutenberg, at Meta, A. D. ItSQ, -
TLe Bug 2U. Wa so railed from
IU rendering of Paalma xd. 6: ."Afraid
of Bug by Nlgbt." Our present ver
sion reads, Terror by NIghLw A. D.
1I.
The ifreerAe JBiWs. The Oeneva
version I that popularly known aa th
Breeches Bible, from IU renderlag of
GeuesU Ui.7: (making themselvea
breeches out of fig leaves.) This traa
UUoaof the Scriptures the result ol
th labor of tha English exiles at
Geneva was the English family Bible
during
and till
authorised version of KlaavJame I
J Hoe wmicrs HiUr.Vrocn a re
markable typographical error which
occur In Matthew v,t. "Blessed are
the Place-makers,- Instead of Penoe
makera. A. D. liCi
Ike TmucU Frueu iu render
ing f Jeremiah vlll, SS: "Is there no
Trends (Instead of Balsa) la Gtlead ? "
A. D. 1468. i
The JZoesn Ur. From the same
Text, bat translated Ron! a In the
Duual vertiosi. A. D. 190a.
The He and SXe Bite. Tram the
rrspectlr renderiags of Ruth 111, ii
ooe reading that "She west Into the
rily." The other has It that "He
went, - A. D. 1611.:'
The irScaed Ue.Trom the fart
that the negative has been left oat of
the seventh eoenrosadsaent
xx. 14.) For which tha prtater
fined X300. A.D.131.
pishueaei vas bad, I snmedinie tlak--s4ue
Isedi exdra (k4"-; lit, . 1a-h
I all de vile give dose exdra doles I
dor. (After s k9K suse) "V II
Jacub Miller,' yon esn ir fer nui J-
bep but It vas von tight
About th year ls33 a very old
Uetnan csllodoa a welt-knowu (in
Parisian music publishers and ofTni
for sale a oUIectloa of forty bst4.l
songs, of which 'be stated he ws H
ole asthor. , One of the partners k-t-i
through them and recsrnlfd a -.
hegianlng "Aliens, KnfanU de U I
Ui. "re you aware," be a-kJ.
ssXirkmlly, of the old gUeuaa.
this aong has been pnUisbeU l-1-t '
that It Is railed La MarsriUW.' su.i
ll.l If. . ..rf. 1. T ! - -
icxoao , M n,,, hi , . .
..Iwt. . . ft. I
t v,rui sw tvmmfvx as I isie.
square and half an Inch thick, was J xwnli lL ,UUtnenl tm. " '
published at Absrdeeex. A. D.iTO. iihla ' U-
th. beadnn. of the ioth chapter ofiS7" ff1 Hurre,.r
Luke, which read aa "The Parable of f T W wer reported,
the lnegar," Instead at the Vineyard, tf V
A. D. 1117. ... .1 nxJord- 1 Iht estixnaJe H
tx- n-i-i. ,." w -T. 1 : ' s admitted that tke nana ber wss uu-
- - - 'toanwMiaT
Cotton Mather that la a BlU priatad
prior to 1702, a Uundrrlngtypografer
mad King David exclaim that " prin
Un (instead of Prlocss)'
.persecuted
hlmwlthoeitavauaa. Bee Paaim exit,
. Tke MurxUrrtkU-Qocmll4 from
an error la tbe sixteenth versa ef the
Epistle of Jade, tb word arderers''
aelng used, lastead of mrBanrsTa.'
A. D. ll. - . . ,
Tke Qxxton Memorial iftois. W hotly
printed and bound la U houra, but only
100 copies struck off. . A. D. 177,
The extosMtve wooieo mills everted
by theJspansss Oeesrnaoent nt TokU
ar being fitted op with auachtnsry ob
Utned from Germane. mmA (Wn
rental ping games, It J workmen are salvaged.
derraled. When wr take Into
aideratlon thb vast fhain of Ukes ab-1
the miles of navigable river wltbts
Mlaacnota, It to not. aurprislag that
this btsle should become the summer
reaort of the great West, aod that lb--eande
of locuista ahouid yaariy fln-l
their way here seeking rest and rerte.
Uoo along the cool and shady shore of
these watery rvrnj ArW Chr. 1
diamjtie Journal. . ;
Jewel boxes of fine woods or red
oorocco areenotrived In all manner of
Ingenkwa waya, and the morechote
varieties ar provided with one or more
drawers. In which especially
artictea easy be cemessied.
Favorite deed gna are mlalaturecheOs
of drawao or aacrilotrsa, parUcnLuly
the latter.
eti
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