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VOL. XXXV.
SALEM, N. C, THUESDAY, JULY 28, 1887.
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It is nn interesting fact that every
tnembcr of the recent General Assembly
or the Presbyterian L'hurch south, wno
served ia the war was strongly in favor
of union with the Northern Church.
There are now over-!, 000 Young Men's
Christian Associatiogf'Sn this country,
w ith a membership of l-iQOOO, expending
for Christian work $783,T50fr. . The ag
gregate of property in buildings, libra
ries, etc., is, over $3,000,000..
.' Thc New York. Chinese mission h&
between 4,000 and 5,000 Celestials in its
Sunday schools. About sixty hav2 joined
the various churches. The first Sunday
school for these people was f 6 -jaded n
Ne w York eighteen years ago. ,!
I't-onic who want land can be acom
modated for awhile yet. There are still
1, 000, 000 acres of public land in Colora
do, 12,000,000 in Arizona, 30,8)0,000 in
California, 49,000,000"in Dakota-, 7,000,
000 in Florida, 44,000,000 in T,daho,-7,-000,000
in Minncsota,41,000,000 inUtah,
: 20,000,000 in Washington Territory, and
some millions of acres inbthcr States and
Territories.
VOICES OF THE BELLS.
I heard the bells at dawn of day,
Beyond the hills, far blue, '
'The world is fair," they seemed to say,
"And everywhere the flowers of May
Are blossoming for you." .
Blithe bells of morn 1 My pulses thrill,
For in my heart I hear them still.
I heard the bells above my head '
Clang out at noon again ;
i And "Work, work, work!" they harshly said,
"The dewy hours of raorn have fled,
; Toil on, O sons of men!"
Discordant bells, that sorely fret
I. The weary soul with cares beset.
I heard the bells at eventide
The vesper hour chime low;
The day was dme, and side by side
The weary toilers far and wide
All homeward seemed to go.
Sweet vesper bells, your tone is best,
Morn ned,toil done, and God confessed.
Gussie FackirdDu Bois, in Current.
-DENIS.
A STORY FROM TFIE FRENCH.
James II. JIacdonald, the new Lieutenant-Governor
of Michigan,- has ah in
come of $10,000 a year ok an investment
which cost him less than $350. When
Captain Moore discovered the Colby
mine in the great Gogebic'iron range he
Bold a third interest to Macdonald for a
few dollars. The land is nowVworked by"
a company which pays a royalty of forty
cents a ton. The royalty for the present
year amounts to $120,00,a third of which
goes to Licut.-Governor Macdonald.
A singular phenomenon was lately wit
nessed near Greenville, Ala. A whirl
wind about fifteen feet wide passed over
a pond, forcing the water up for about
two of two and a half feet its entire
width,then twisting itinti(a pillar about
a font in diameter. This stenvwas per
pendicular for about six feet,' when it
gradually widened until a height oi
about sixty or seventy feet was attained.
The wafer then fell in V spray. Those
who witnessed it say shat the whirlwind
formed a huge goblet of the water, and
it was one of the prettiest sights they evei
6a w.
The agricultural Department has issued
& report to show that 10,000,000 acres ol
forests are used yearly in this country foi
fuel and lumber. ,Fires, it is calcu
lated destroy about 10,000,000 acre
more. The forest area of this country is
less than 4 50, 000, 000 acres. At this rate
we will in a quarter of a century have no
forests.:. Whatever' relief may come in
the future from a change in the fuel
;ucstion the demand for timber will in
u ?ae ;as the country increases inpopula
t ion. The whole thing seems to point to
arboriculture on a large scale systemati
cally, and in no long time cither.
Monsieur Marambot opened the letter
his. servant Denis brought him, and
smiled. ' v
Denis, who had been in his employ for
twenty years a" little,; jolly, thickset
man, who was constantly referred to,
through all the country round, as the
very model of a valet queried :
"Monsieur is happy? Monsieur has re
ceived some good news?"
Monsieur Marambot was not rich." He
was a bachelor, and had been a village
druggist for many years. He .now lived
on the small revenue made with great dif
ficulty by selling-medicines to the coun
try people. He answered :
"i'es, my boy. Old Malois does not
want to go into court, and to-morrow I
will get my money. Five thousand francs
win nelp an old uacneior along pretty
well."
And M. Marambot rubbed his hands
together. He was a man of rather re
signed character. not particularly joval
incapable of anything like sustained ef
fort, and quite indifferent about his own
affairs.
He might easily have made a better
living by taking advantage of the death
of certain f ellowdruggists, who had
stores well-situated in large centres, to
take one of the vacant , businesses and so
assure himself of a lucrative custom. But
the trouble of moving, and the thought
of all the other things he would have to
do, always prevented it, and after think
ing over the matter for a day or. two, he
would merely say :
"Ahlbah? j Next time I'll really think
about it. , One loses nothing by waiting,
anyhow. Perhaps I'll get a still better
chance." i
Denis, on the contrary, was always
urging his master to attempt something.
came tc him, and so intense a fear took
possession of him that he shut his eyes
so as not to see anything. " At the end of
a few nrutes his terror calmed, and he
began; He had not died from
the blov ; uefore he had some chance
of living. , l;e felt ' weak very weak,
but had no violent pain, though he felt a
soreness at various points of his Doay,
as of severe pinching. He also felt very
chilly, and wet, and compressed, as if he
naa been tightly swathed with bandages.
He thought the humiditv must be blood.
and a shudder passed through him at the
mougni oi an mac rea nuia wnicn nau.
issued from hi? own veins in such, quan
tity as to w .is bed. ; The idea of hav
ing to see th awful sight again, com
pletely upset, im, and he shut his eyes
as tightly as ; i could, as if afraid they
might open in spite of him.
What had become of Dcnis$ He must
have run away.
,1 'Brit --what- was he, Marambot, now
going to do?; To get , up, and call for
help? 'Why.' if he were to make the
leasts movement, all his wounds would
certainly break open again, and he would
die from loss of blood. ,
All of a sudden he heard his bedroom
pushed open; His heart almost stopped
That was certainly Denis coming back
to finish, him. He tried to hold his
breath so that the murderer would think
he was really dead that the lob was
thoroughly done.
He felt the sheet pulled off then felt
some one feeling bis abdomen. A sharp
pain near hi3 hip made him start. Now
he felt somebody washing his wound
very gently with cold water. There
fore, the crime must have been discov
ered, and they were attending to his
wounds: he was being nursed. A wild
joy came on) him ; but through a linger-
in a sense of prudence, he tried not to
More and more confused, the druggist
answered:
"Whv. yes but I never denounced
him never said a word about it I swear
I never said a word He served me very
well ever since."
The officer severely replied :
'I note down vour statement. Justice
will take full cognizance of this new fact,
which was not known to us before, Mon
sieur Marambot. I was simply ordered to
arrest your servant for stealing two ducks
from Monsieur Duhamel; we have wit
nesses to prove the theft. Sorry, Monsieur
Marambot; I shall testify to what you
have just said." .
Then turning to the gendarmes, ne
said:
"Take him along."
They took Denis along.
The attorney for the defendant entered
a plea of insanity using the two differ
ent charges to make a case lor his client.
II Yr&r clearly that the thelt ot the
two-ducks must have been performed in
the same mental condition which caused
the eight knife-stabs to have been in
flicted upon M. Marambot. He made i
BUDGET OF FUN.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Car
humorous sketches from
various sources:
He Was Disappointed A Tough's
Mistake Guessed It the First
Time The Boll Was Mas
ter There Etc, Etc
like
Hotel Clerk 'WelL how do you
New York?" . i
Western Guest "Too slow 1"!
Hotel Clcik "Too slow! Merciful
heavens 1 what did you expect to see
here?" I . :
; Western Guest "A lynching every ten
minutes. I was informed that this was
a humping town. I tell yo,u, stranger,
Phi disappointed. You" 'just want to
cemo West if you want to see civilization
at its' height." Tid-BUs.
of Linen.
Once a year, even the most frugal
housewife should replenish, her linen
closet, and add to her store at least the
furnishing of one bed and a dozen tow
els. ' In this way the stock is not allowed
to run out.
Old sheets may be cut up into crib
sheets, and the soft linen rags laid away
for use in case of illness.
A sense of satisfaction .accompanies
the putting to rights of the linen closet,
and, even when an old chest has to serve
as a receptacle Tor house linen, the re
filling and repacking of chest or box is
work that should be done.
n
It was supposed that the death of the
late Captain Eads would end the Te
hauntepec ship-railway project, of which
he was the originator. It seems, not.
The stockholders in the enterprise,
twenty-five or thirty of whdrri, repre
senting $1.,000,000 of stock, reside at
Tittsburg, nave determined to continue
the work, and have selected one of their
number, Colonel James B. Andrews, to
take charge of it. He is a brother-in-law
of the deceased engineer, and said to
be entirely competent to carry on the en
terprise. The stockholders have aban
doned the idea of asking for a Govern
ment loan, and will prosecute the work
on its merits. " ; . -
Columbia college, New York, has its
first: lady "bachelor" in the person of
Miss Mary Parsons llankcy, who has re
ceived her decree, after having pur
sued athomc the college course of study.
She has shown remarkable capacity for
absorbing knowledge, and her . studies
included eight languages, and various
sciences, or altogether thirty distinct
.subjects. But this is not all, says the
Tribune, quoting- a friend of the lady :
"She is an excellent draughtsman, skil
ful with the pencil and the brush, and a
musician of pood ' taste and execution.
As to housewifery, she has, I believev
shown President Barnard something, arid
If the proof of the pudding be in the
eating I do not think he had cause to
complain, but that is a very small part of
her excellence in that department; in
fact, I have-never known "a better
example of a finely-proportioned and
well-rounded education for a woman,
and that woman a lady, than Mary pos
sesses.
The Troy Titnts thinks that believers
In the unlucky number thirteen will find
a confirmation of the theory in a recent
. accident which befell a New York Cen
tral train at the metropolis. It' says:
"There were thirteen cars inline and on
board thirteen undertakers, who were re
turning home from a convention held ai;
Syracuse. Belief in the sinister character
is widespread, many intelligent people
A feel ing an awe of it which they would not
willingly acknowledges It haT been said
that President Garfield had an undue fear
of the number, but rumor may have mis
represented him. He is reported to have
especially disliked to sit in a company of
a dozen and one at table. On the other
hand, seven is the lucky number, because,
for instance, a human beins sheds his
"teeth at seven, becomes a youth at twice
seven, a man at three times seven and
reaches the- grand climacteric at nine
times seven. But who doubts that acci
dents Jiave befallen railroad trains con
sisting of seven cars, or to human beings
in other ways identified with the number
f f y en Great iff eirpergtition ! j .r
' . I ' -V, '::.
Naturally energetic, he would declare :
' "Oh I as for me, u 1 just had the cap
ital to start with. I would have made a
fortune. Only a thousand francs,and '
I'd make my way soon enough."
, M. Marambot smiled without replying,
went into his little garden, and walked
up and down with his hands behind him,
in a revery.
Denis, all day long, sang ballads and
country songs as if he were in an un
commonly good humor. He even showed
unusual activity; for he cleaned all the
window panes in the house, singing at;
the top of his voice while he wiped the
glass.
Astonished' at his zeal, M. Marambot
said to him several times, -with a smile :
"If you keep on working like that,
my boy, you will have nothing to do to
morrow." Next morning, about nine o'clock, the
Eostmaster handed Denis four letters for
is master, one of which was very heavy.
M. Marambot at once. Jacked himself up
in his room, and remained there until
late in the afternoon. He then entrust
ed his servant with four letters for the
post. One or them was addressed to M.
Malois ; it was, no doubt, an acknowl
edgement of money received.
Denis asked his master no questions;
he. seemed to be that day as melancholy
and sullen as he had been merry the
evening before.
Nisht came. M. Marambot went to
bed at his usual hour, and slept. !
He was awakened bj a singular noise.
He sat up at once in his bed and listened.
But all at once his bedroom door opened,
and Denis appeared on the scene, holding
a candle in one hand and a kitchen-knife
in the other; his eyes wild and fixed; his
lips compressed as if under the influence
of some terrible emotion, and his face so
pale that he looked like a ghost.
Monsieur Marambot, at first stricken
dumb with astonishment, concluded that
Denis was walking in his sleep, and he
got up to intercept him, when Denis
suddenly blew out the light and made a
rush for the bed. His master instinct
ively put out his hands to save himself
from the shock of the encounter, which
flung him upon his back, and then he
tried to seize the hands of, the domestic,
who seemed to have become demented,
and who was striking jit him with-llhis
might.
The first blow of the knife struck him
in the shoulder; the second blow he re
ceived in his forehead, the third in his
chest. He struggled frantically, putting
oujt his hands in the dark, and kicking
out with his feet, shouting: '
"Denis! Denis! are jou mad? Den
is! What are you doing? Denis!"
But Denis, panting with his efforts,
still f kept striking, became more and
more furious ; sometimes a kick or a
blow would Sine him back, but he - al
ways rushed on again, wildly. Monsieur
Marambot received two more wounds
one in the leer and one in the abdomen
But a sudden thought came -to him, and
he screamed out:
"Stop, Denis, stop! I have not yet
cot mv monev !" '
The man at once stopped striking.
Monsieur Marambot could hear - him
panting in the dark.
M. Marambot spoke again
"I have not yet got a cent. M. Malois
has cone back on his word ; the case is
going before the courts; that is why
you took those letters to the post. You
had better read the letters lying on my
desk."
And. with a supreme effort, he man
nrrpd tn tret hold of the matches on the
ifthlA and to strike a lieht.
Wo wn covered with blood. Jets of
it had sDattered the wall. The sheets,
the bed-curtains everything was red,
Denis, also bloody from head to foot,
was standinff in the middle of the room
When he saw all this, Monsieur Mar
ambot thought it was all over with him,
and became unconscious..
He came to himself again at daylight.
It took him some little time'to collect his
senses to understand to remember.
But suddenly the recollection of the at-
tept &a4 ft? eeas&Ugn 9; 141 irow&i
show that he was consaious, and he half
opened one eye, only one, witb ever so
many precautions, v
He recognized Denis standing beside
him-Dcnis himself! Good Lord! He
shuts his eves again forthwith.
Denis ! VV hat on earth was he doing
What did he: want? What f rightful pro
lect was he now endeavoring to accom
plish? !
What was he doing? Why, he was ,
washing him simply to hide all traces of
the crime. And now, perhaps, he would
bury him ten feet deep in the garden, so
that nobody could ever find him. Or
else, perhaps, in the cellar under the
piace where the bottles of choice wine
were kept.
And M. Marambot began to tremble so
much that every limb shook.
He thought: "It is all up with me
all up with me!" He shut his eye not
to see the last blow of the knife coming.
It did not come. Denis was now lifting
him, and binding his wounds with some
linen. Then he begin to bind the wound
in the leg, very carefully, as he had
learned to do when his master was a
druggist.
There could be no more doubt in the
mind of any one who knew the business.
The servanti after having tried to kill
him, was now trjingjo save him. .
Then, in a clying voice, M. Marambot
jrave him this piece of practical counsel :
"The washing and dressing ought to
be done with carbolic acid and diluted
with soap and water."
Denis answered: ,
"That's what I'm doing, monsieur."
M. Marambot opened both his eyes.
There was no trace of blood now, either
in the bed or on the wall, or in the room
or upon the person of the assassin,' The
wounded man was lying upon clean white
sheets.
The two men looked at one another,
i Finally M. Marambot said, very gently
I "You have committed a crime."
Denis replied :
"I am trying to make reparation for it,
monsieur. If you "jpromise not to de
nounce me, I will continue to serve you
as faithfully as in the past."
Well, it was not the most propitious
time to argue with his servant. , M. Mar
ambot, as he closed his eyes again artic
ulated: "I swear to you that I will never de
nounce you." . ; .
Denis saved his master. He passed
whole nights i and days without sleep,
never leaving the patient's room a mo
ment preparing lotions, mixing medi
cines, giving doses,; feeling his masters
pulse, counting it anxiously managing
the case with the. skill of a professional
nurse and the devotion of a son.
Everv minute or two he would asked
"Well, monsieur, how do you feel now?"
Monsieur Marambot would reply, fee
bly : 4 'A little better, my boy, thank you."
And often, when the, wounaea man
awoke in the night, be would see his
r.urse weeninir silentlv. as he sat in his
arm-chair by the bed, and wiping his
eyes. f
Never in his uie naa me oiu uruggist
been so well cared for so much petted
and caressed. At first he said to him
self, "Just so soon as I get well, I'll
get rid of the rascal." But when he was
fully convalescent he kept putting off the
man's dismissal from day to day.
He thought to himself that no other
person would ever show him so much at
tention or bestow npou him 60 - much
rare. Ho had a hold on the man now
could control him by fear and even he
told him that he had made a will and de
posited it with a notary, in which will
was a statement denouncing .ucnis in caso
anything should occur.
This , precaution seemed to assure mm
against anv further attempt on his life;
and then he began to ask himself whether
it would not be better to keep the man
anyhow, as he could thuskeep a better
watch over his iuture actions.
He found it as impossible to make up
his mind about this matter, as he had
found it formerly impossible to decide
whether to open a drug store or not
"Well, there's time enough to thins
about that." he would say to himself.
Meanwhile Denis continued to snow
himself to be a perfect domestic. M.
Marambot got well. He kept Denis.
f . . j.
But one morning, just as ne naa nn-
ished breakfast, he suddenly heard a
great noise in the kitchen. He ran
thither, and saw Denis struggling in the
crasD of two gendarmes.
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One 01 tne omcers oegan w m.e uu
in a note-oooK.
As soon as he saw his master, the ser
viint sobbed out :
"You denounced me monsieur! after
all vour promises! That is not right,
You broke your word of honor, M. Ma
ramhot ! that was not right ! that was
not riffht?" "
Monsieur Marambot, utterly astounded,
and greatly pained at being suspected,
lifted ud his nana, ana saia:
"I swear to you, before God, my boy,
that I never denounced you. I have not
vpn rot the faintest idea how these police
men ever heard of the attempt to murder
me!"'
The one who was taking notes, gave a
atari: j
"What! you say he tried tojnurder
you, l mmmW' - .
verv hne analysis or an tne dinereni
phases of this mental aberration, which,
he felt sure, .he said, would yield to a
few week's judicious medical Ireatment
in a good private asylum. He spoke en
thusiastically of the continuous, self-de
votion of this honest servant the un
ceasing care he had bestowed upon the
emplover he had wounded in a moment
. - - .
of mental aberration.
Monsieur . Marambot, painfully im
pressed by the awful recollection of that
1 A . !i xl . : .: m
Ul trill, leit 111c icais use iu uis tjca.
The shrewd lawyer noticed it spread
out his arms with a great gesture, waved
the long black sleeves of his robe like
bats' wings,, and vociferated in a sonorous
tone : ,
"Look! look! look! gentlemen of the
jury! look at those tears! What more
need I now say in behalf of my client!
What argument, what discourse, what rea
soning could weigh against the evidence
of those tears of his own master ? Those
tears plead louder than my voice they
plead louder than the voice of the law
they cry out for pardon for the madness
of a moment! Tney impolore; they ab
solve; they bless r'
He held his peace, and sat down.
Turning to Marambot, whose testi
mony had been all in favor of Denis, the
Judge asked:
But in any event, sir even aamit
r that vou believe this man to be in
sane I cannot understand your reason
for keeping him in your employ. He
was, under all circumstances, dangerous."
Marambot replied, wiping his eyes;
"What else could I do, your Honor?
it is so hard to find servants nowadays.
I might have found worse."
Denis was acquitted and sent to an
insane asylum, at his master's expense.
New Orleans 2 imes-lfemocrat.
A Tough's Mistake.
"I haven't a fair show," said a tough
whom & policeman in the northern part
of the city was ordering to move on. "I
can't fight you in your official capacity.
If you were only a citizen for a few min-.
utes!" I
"Consider me a citizen," replied the
officer, as he laid down his baton and re
moved his badge.
An internal of forty second's elapsed,
and as the tough hitched nearer the
fence to get a brace for his back he
wearily observed: I
"Say! there is some mistake! I guess
I got the capacities mixed up!"; Detroit
Free Frets.
Guessed it the First Time.
Mrs. De Porque has a daughter who is
now sufficiently advanced in years to be a
source of . considerable' worry to her
mamma. Billy Bliven who has a way o-
expressing himself in an exceedingly
blunt and sometimes embarrassing man
ner, was calling there the other evening
and reciting his plans for the summer.
ICS, 1 am going ous muu mo ibb.cs,
fishing," said Billy. "I always go fish
ing in the summer.
"Mamma and I are going to the sea
shore," said Miss De Porque.
"Indeed," said Billy, abstractedly,
"are you going fishing, too?" Merchants
Traveler. '
Rhubarb How to Prepare It.
Cut the stems into pieces an inch in
length, after scraping off any of the
outer skin that is the least tough. Allow
a half .pound of white sugar to a pound
of the rhubarb, and, adding a half pint
of water, put them all together over the
fire, in a small, porcelain-iinea Jtettic,
and let them stew until - tender. A fla
voring of lemon rind and juice, is a
great improvement to rhubarb, and ren
ders it almost equal to green gooseber
ries stewed. In order to preserve the
green color, keep the lid of the kettle on
during stewing.
Rhubarb Tart: Cut the stalks in
lengths of two inches, and take off the
thin skin. If you have a hot hearth lay
them in a dish, and cover with a thin
syrup of sugar and water, made in the
proportion ot a hall pouna oi sugar to a
half pint of water; cover the dish closely,
and let it simmer very slowly an hour;
block-tin sauce-pan may also be used for
the purpose. Having prepared some nice
puff-paste fill some patty-pans with it,
bake, and when cool, place on china
dishes, and fill with the stewed rhubarb,
Do not forget to stew with the rhubarb
some shredded lemon peel, and add when
done a little of the juice of the lemon
also. American Agriculturist.
Something Abont Trousers.
Trousers came into use
wear with the French revolution. The
gentlemen, the supporters of royalty an I
sound - constitutional principles, - wore
breeches. The term "sans culottes"
sufficiently explained - what were ' not
- . , ...
worn by the masses who forced constitu
tional reform into revolution. By an
apparent contradiction of purpose and
principle the "sans culottes," who de
nounced every one who wore breeches,
finally went beyond their opponents and
wore twice as much cloth around their
legs; in a word, adopted the modern
trousers, and made them the badge of a
party as well known as a class.
Nepoleon, who was too thin at one
neriod of his life" and too stout at
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another to Iook his best in smaii cioines.
nevertheless wore them on state occasions
after he had set up a throne and gone
into the emperor business. His army
the first that wore trousers, and
trousers made progress in general adop
tion step bv step with the march oi the
French army. The r rencn trousers ana
neat gaiter were seen in Fgypt, and in
Spain, in Italy, in uermany, in
Poland, and in Russia, on the
banks of the Tagus and those of the
Vistula. People thought that the manner
in which a great conquering nation clad
its legs was the model, and when the
trousers wearers marched over the
wearers of pigtails and knee breeches at
Jena and Auerstadt a decision was given
from which the world did not care to
appeal. The world is usually easily con
vinced of the wisdom of the victor. Eng
land stood out the longest against trousers,
but finally she yielded, and her army
marched to Waterloo wearing the univer
sal leg funnels. .
Our grandfathers generally fell in "with
the ways of the world, though Federalists
here and there would not yield. There
is a story of a clergyman who, greeted
: V. T. .nnli n-.ii.i-r . 4T7rvco- nrr vmi.
Willi L11C lUUgll j - j j
. n. 1 J ,1 - 1 ill An. .M VAn
priestr respoiiueu.-
Democrat? now ao you unowim a
priest?" "By your dress. How do
you know I'm a Democrat?" "By your
address." Doubtless tne clergyman wore
knee-breeches, while the admirer of Jeffer
son and "dangerous French principles,
clothed his legs with trousers. Atlanta
Constitution. .
The Ball Was Master There.
A formidable band of bailiffs visited
recently one of the largest farms in the
district of North Wales now disturbed
by the tithe war. On presenting them
selves at the door of the house the bail
iffs inquired from the servant if her mas
ter washome. "No, he is not," answered
the servant. "Is your mistress in?"
"Yes, she is. Do you want to see her!"
Upon this the mistress of the house, a
spiart, sprightly woman, made her ap
pearance. "Is the master in!" again in-
for general I quired the bailiffs. "O, yes, sure," was
the ready reply; "would you like me to
send him to you!" "If you please,
mwtusi," answered the bailiffs. - "Will
you go into the yard and he will be with
you directly."
The larmer s wiie men cioseaiaeirooi
door and passed through the back to the
farm buildings and unloosed tne-ouii,
which came roaring into the yard whew
the bailiffs were awaiting the master. 1
"There, that is the master here," called
out the dame, as the. representatives ol
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners beat a
hasty retreat, mounting the gate and
fence with the greatest alacrity. oc.
James's Gazette.
Useful Hints.
Tissue or printing paper is the best
thing for polishing glass or. tinware.
If gilt frames, when new, are covered
with a coat of white varnish, all specks
can be washed off with water without
harm.
In beating cake, beat from the bottom
of the mixing -bowl with a wood spoon,
bringing it up high with each stroke, and
as soon as the ingredients are fairly and
smoothly mixed, stop beating or your
cake will be tough.
Bing to your children, if you can turn
a tune. It is worth your while to culti
vate your voice now, if you never did it
before. Nowhere else perhaps not even
in heaven -will you have sudi loving and
generous audience.
- It is a great mistake to clean brass ar
ticles with acid, aa they very soon be
come dull after such treatment. Sweet
oil and putty powder, lollowed by soap
and water, is one of the best mediums
for brightening brass and copper.
Fine wood cabinets should be wiped
out with a soft cloth: the corners espe
cially may be brushed with a small hair 4 consume,
whisk. If the surface has been polished stings are
and has grown dull with age or use,
verv little linseed on on a wooien ra;
Hoses Id Bdlgafia.
Tttiliraria. the little' rnnntrr in TaforM
which we hear so much about of late, is I
a veritable rose garden in itself. In no '
part of the world has the cultivation at
the rose come so near perfection as in
this small State, and although the soil
and atmosphere of the country have
much to do with the success of the work,
the native inhabitants have made such a
long and careful study of the plant and
its needs that they have created wonders
out of their fields of blooming roses. As
is well known, the flowers are grown j
there for the purpose of extracting the
precious aroma known as "Otto ol Hose, i
but this circumstance does not detract in 1
the least from the appearance of the roses. I
The bushes require considerable care and J
attention, and they are seldom allowed
to attain a height of over six feet.
In the great rose gardens, where the
flowers are raised for manufacturing the
Otto of Rose," the bushes are seldom
grafted or budded.. The roots forming '.
the bushes of a young rose garden are '
taken from the old bushes and carefully ,
buried with plenty of manure, where they
send up young shoots. These reach their
full growth in about five years, and for
fifteen years will yield large crops of
roses. When an old bed begins to fail
the bushes are cut . away and new shoots
allowed to spring up, or the whole field
plowed up and roots from anotherbed set
out in their place. A successful rose- J
grower keeps several rose gardens at all '
times in diScrent stages ol development,
so that when one garden begins to be un
productive another one is about ready to J
come in. The roses blossom in the latter
iart of May, when all the neighborhood .
is employed in picking them and getting
them to the distillery.
In addition to the great industry of
extracting the precious aroma from the
roses, the inhabitants of Bulgaria make
quite a business of exporting rose slips
and roots to different countries. The
facility with which the roses grow in the
fertile valleys of that country makes it
a profitable business to raise the bushes
for market. The cuttings for buds are j
sent hundreds of miles packed in long
THE BABY.
The little tot'ring baby feet,
f With faltering steps and slow.
With pattering echoes soft and sweet
j Into my heart they go;
Tbey alao go in grimy piara,
In muddy pools and dusty ways.
Then through the houss in trackful mass -j
They wander to and fro.
The baby bands that clasp my mcx
With touches dear to me.
Are toe same bands that smash and wrack
The inkstand fool to see;
They pound the mirror with a cane,
They rend the manuscript in twain.
Widespread destruction tey ordain
In wasteful jubilee.
The dreamy, murtn'ring baby voice
That coos its little tune.
That makes my listening heart rejoice
Like birds in leafy Jane,
Can wake at midnight dark and still.
And all the air with bowling Mil. .
That splits the ear with echoes thrill
Like cornets out of tone.
Burdette, in Brooklyn Eaytt.
PITH km POINT.
Half a dozen dresses do not make a '
woman, but they often break a man.
Chieayot2faiLif
A man without brains frequently ha
the most imposing headstone when he is
dead. Picayune.
There is a great difference between a
rausket and a domestic, "it musket, for
instance, never kicks until it goes off. .
Statesman.
Fond mother with baby "He does
look so like his father, doesn't her 31 r.
B. "Yes, but I shouldn't mind that, as
long as he is healthy. " New York Sum.
When Freedom from her mountain height
First looked from shore to shore,
Bbe never dreamed a lady's hat .
Would cost an X or more. 1
Danscill Breeze 1
An exchange states that the male wasp
docs not sting. This is gratifying to
grass and surrounded with straw disposed I know, especially after the female has left
innitnnllT. R..t the nartirulsr rose. venomed splinter in, one s anatomy.
from which the Otto of Rose is made, I Sifltngs.
therosa moschata, cannot be grown with Strange that man should have been
much success in any other part of Europe. ' given two ears and one tongue, when, as
A tfam rvta ViavA rwn marl m f rnupn tl to everybody knows, he would rather talk;
cultivate it in the south of. France, but ' all day than listen five minntes.. Boston
Transcript.
I A Frenchman
have discovered
in London claims to
a certain root which
allays hunger and thirst,
refers to the root of all
He probably
evil. Boston
all such experiments have proved a
failure. The slips and roots of the
bushes are sent to different parts of
Europe, where the rose is grown in some
of the principnl public gardens. The 1
aroma is so sweet that it will scent up the 1 Transcript.
whole room if kept in doors, and will Qne swallow," pathetically but not
even impregnate the outside atmosphere 1 originally, remarks an exchange, "docs
nf a frnrden with its rcnctiating odor. ' .i. . .mmir " Tmc Hut several
- e fc. ULTfc a. -
ttcks Magazine. I swallows may bring about a fail. 1'eoni
Transcript,
Why Do Bees and Wasps Sting!
Their weapons often serve to protect
them from their enemies, but with bees,
especially the honey or hive bees, at the
approach of winter, the drones or males
are no longer of any use, and are killed
off by the tings of the workers, to save
the stores of honey they would otherwise
With many oi the wasps their
food preservers. The large
a .a
a wasps which matte their noies in tne
,g ground, and some bees, like the carpen-
mv b used to eo over lL - ter bees, which cut circu'ar holes in
Do not hang a canary bird over five
ieet from the floor. This gives an average
Knarrla nr ntVier wnnd rlpimsit n fffClB
v. " , 1 op.
He Meant No Offence.
"Say! you!" he called as he stood on
the postoffice steps.
A very solid man halted in his tracks
until the other came up.
"Calling to me?" he queried.
"Yes. sir. Do you notice my hair!
It's a sort of grizzly-gray which makes i
me look ten years older than I really
am."
"What have I got to do with your
hair, sir!" demanded the other.
"I happened to stand beside you in tho
postoffice,' and no "
"Suppose you did stand beside me in
the postoffice !"
"I saw that vou were a man of about
Bit ty years old, but as you had "
i"Suppose l am sixty i"
"But as vou had dyed your hair you
didn't look a day over forty-five. What
I Want is the name of the dye you use,
Ybu will excuse me. but! "
llle was excused. He knew he was by
trie wav the other raised his cane and
jumped at him and offered to mop the
street with him for two cents Detroit
ihee Press.
temperature and a purity of air. When
ventilating a room see that the bird is not
in a draught. When hung out of doors
have a part of the cage in the shade, so
that the bird may have a retreat, if he
chooses to take it, from the sun.
Flies are a great nuisance but a puri
fier. They use up all the little particles
of filth, and render many apartments
comparatively healthful which without
them would be unfit to live in. So in
shutting out flies great care should be
taken to still secure the best oi ventila
tion, and preserve everything in the most
perfect neatness.
To keep cut flowers fresh, in the even
ing lav them in a shallow pan or bowl
with their stems in a very utile water,
and cover the receptacle with a damp
towel, one just wrung out of water. In
the morning the flowers can be arranged
in vases for the day. The stems can be
cut from day to day. Flowers treated
in this manner can be kept from one to
two weeks, and sometimes even longer.
a. .1a 1
one oi these noies, piace ioou lor we
grub that will hatch from this egg to
feed upon, and when this grub has made
its growth, it- goe3 into the chrysalis
state, and in time comes out a perfect
. , T..A
Dee, or wasp, as u may oe. nuv, you
will ask, "what has this to do with the
sting?" A great deal. If the caterpillar
or other insect, intended as food for the
young bee or wasp, were dead, when
stored away, it would decay and be use
less. The effect of the poison of the
sting is to keep it in a semi-torpid exis
tence, alive, but still dormant, and thus
preserve the food in a proper condition
to be eaten by the grub of the bee or
wasp. In this respect we can see that the
sting plays a very useful part, but when
the sting is employed upon ourselves, we
fail to see what good end is accomplished.
Even when a bee-keeper is doing his best
for the comfort and welfare of his bees,
they will often turn upon and sting him,
most needlessly and painfully. American
Agriculturist.
1 Those two celebrated preachers. Rev.
Dr. Bacon and Rev. Henry Ward Beech- .
er, were once disputing on some religious
subject wh?n the former accused the lat
ter of using wit in his sermons. "Well,"
said Mr. Beecher, "suppose it had plca.ed
Qod to give you wit, what would -yoa
have done!" Epoch.
' HIS SECRET. -
Vhat if she knew it all I
What if she saw my heart!
What if she read my secret thoughts,
From her so far apart!
Aid would her heart be then, '
t Wratrhfd would be her life.
The future for her would have no hope
j Nothing but constant strife.
Strife with a useless love, J
Strife with a nope lens wis a,
Strife with thoughts that would drag
(down 1
Like the murderous devil fish.
What if she knew it all! I
f What if my heart should speak!
What if she knew that all I get
(Is six small dollars a weekl
SomerrilU Journal.
ber
The Living Earth.
Tn a paper published in the Indian En
gineer, an illustration is given oi tne
life that dwells in nature, the phe
nomenon of earthquakes being cited.
The peculiar terror of an earthquake lies
i .1 j j c : .
mainivm tne suuueuesa ui ji aumuatu.
Volcanic iruptions are usually preceded
by vast rumblings, or jets of steam, or
other unmistakable tokens. Hurricanes
and cyclones, in like manner, have her
alds that announce their coming, iiut
with an earthquake there are no premon
itory symptoms. The great earthquake
which took place at .Lisbon in tne year
1775 found the people engaged their or
dinary occupations. All the shocks
were over in about hve minutes, l ne
first shock lasted about six seconds. In
that brief space of time most of the
houses had been thrown down, and
thousands of men, women and children
crushed beneath the ruins. At times the
ocean lends fresh terrors to the scene.
Thus at Lisbon a wave of water over fifty
feet high rushed in among .the houses,
and covered what still remained.
In the island of Jamacia on a
similar occasion two thousand five
hundred houses were buried in three
minutes under thirty feet of water. Re
cent delicate scientific experiments have
disclosed the fact that the surface of the
land is never absolutely at rest for more
than thirty hours at a time. Thus those
great earthquakes which make epochs in
history are merely extreme cases oi iorces
that seldom sleep.
The late Dr. Chalmers said the three
essentials of happiness were: "Have
something to do, something to love, and
something to hope for."
Doing good is the only certainly happy
acQttOjattWSiiie, '
I No Money in the Boom.
"Is vour boom about over here?" asked
a stranger of a man standing on the depot
platform in a Dakota town.
- .... . . j
"W-e-I-l, answered tne nauve,aouui
fully, "Idunno; it depends on how you
look at it."
"How's that?"
, "W'j, we're boomin just as hard as
ever, but outside capitalists 'pear to
o-pttin' sorter tired. There ain't
iL.l 1-- J T .
be
much
money in that Kind o- Doomia , you
know." " .
' "What are you people doing!"
"Oh, we're just boomin', that's all,
just simply boomin'. Yesterday we or
ganized two new railroad companies an'
another Board o' Trade an' incorporated
a company for manufacturin' balloons an'
'nother for makin' paper collars, but's I
said, there ain't no money in it."
The kind that pays is about over
then?"
Well. I reckon so, for this summer.
We can plat more additions further out
. m II r
anv time there seems to be a can ior em,
. - ...
but things are so quiei in some mas are
alneadv out that we haven't the heart to
do it. " There's a good crop o' wheat
growin' on Central addition, an' a power
ful fine outlook for corn in the public
nark an' on Court House square, while
the men ' who are farmin' the college
rounds and custom house block are
kickin' 'cause they are so far from mar
ket. I reckon we II have to lay Kind 'o
low till next sruing and then discover
iron ore over in that hill." Dakota BeU.
Baying A Snit of Clothes,
Fogg was going to buy a new suit, and j
Mrs. . very Kindly oncrea to accompany
him. Arrived at the store a ..salesman
approached with his business smirk. "I
want a suit of clothes," said Fogg ab
ruptly. Mrs. F. "Something not too
expensive, you know." "Yes'm'' replied
the salesman, turning his attention to the
lady and utterly ignoring t ogg. irs. .
(examining cloth) "vo you ininK mis
will match his complexion?" .Salesman
"Admirably Couldn't suit it better."
Mrs. F. "Do you think so! How fortu
nate, I'm sure! But wont this fade!"
Salesman "Not a particle, l wore one
like it five years, and it didn't change
color in the least " Mrs. r. "Ana win
it wash!" Salesman "Perfectly." Mrs,
F. "Well, you may cut off a sample.
What else have vou?" The same cate
chism is repeated half a score of times,
and the Foggs retire; Mrs. r. radiant, as
one should be who has done a great
work, and Fogg, looking sour, sad and
discontented. Mrs. F. (on the street)
"Now. David. I'll take these home and
wash 'em out, sb's to be sure the colors
are fast, and then I'll take them over to
Mrs. Brown's and see what she says.
She's a great judge, you know. And it
she likes them, and aunt Kate thinks
they'll be becoming, and Mrs. Black says
thpv aren t too voung lor you, we win
j af I w
come again and decide." Boston
script.
The Graphophone,
This invention is the work of Mr.
Sumner Taintor, aided by Prof essor Bell,
the telephone inventor. The machine is
operated on the principle of the phono
graph. It is very simple and is free
from mechanical complication. it nas
a treadle, and it looks very much like a
.- rj' j : 1
smau sewing-macmne. x.uisuuum;u?creu
the art of recording and reproducing
sound, but his invention could not be
used because of its clumsy mechanical
arrangement, coupled with the very in
ferior and unsauslactory methods oi re
cording the sounds produced. He used a
piece of tinfoil upon which tne souna
waves were indented ana irom wiucu
they were easily obliterated. The pre
sent inventor, Mr. Taintor, saw that a
less destructible material was required,
and after considerable experiment tried
a preparation of wax and paraffine. This
is the surface now used, and it works
perfectly. He then made an entirely new
apparatus, and the result is the grapho-
rhone. a machine which win Bing a song.
report a whistle, or give the quality and
. .. . i : v.mmI mm
inueciions oi tne voice in must vwu mmt
way. The small point which is attached
to the dianhrsinn ofthe machine cuts a
minute hair line in the wax surface.
This line is so faint that it is scarcely I
Tran-
How Long a Watch Should Last ,
"A first-class watch should last for a
hundred years, if properly taken care of,"
mid a well-known watch-maker to a New
Tork Mail and Express man. ;
J The reason that they wear out is the
fault of the owner and not of the watch.
In the first place, a watch" should bo .
cleaned and oiled once in every eighteen
months. U this is not done the oil which'
lubricates the works will dry and the
works wear out by friction. Another mis
take is to wear a watch in an outside
pocket where It is liable to be jammed. I
ftave known more- watches ruined by
billiard playing than say thing else. In
leaning over to make a long shot the vest
pocket is frequently brought in violent
contract with the table, and this repeated
jnrring cannot fail to injure the works.
The .best watches are made to-day in
InglaBd. They are masterpieces of work
manship. I should say that the American
watch ranks next, and those manufac
tured in Switzerland third in order.
Some watches arc made to run eight days
with one winding, but they will never
become popular. Their owners almost
always forget to wind them up on the
eighth day. I know of only one or two
in this country. They are made ia
Switzerland. The usual length of 'time
modern watches are calculated to run
with one winding is from thirty to thirty
dx hours."
I Treatment of Balky Horses. (
The Farmer's Gazette (Ireland) gives
the following different ways of treating
Ijalky horses, whkh are recommended for
trial:
j First, pat the horse on the neck, examine
$im carefully, first one side, then the
ether: if vou can get him a handful of
i v i
perceptible to the naked eye, yet it serves I grass, give it to him, and speak encour-
Conveyances and Drivers in inaia-
The bandy, a cart drawn by two white
hullocks. is the common means of con
veyance in India. It is simply a broad
platform, on very high wheels, covered
with mats to keep off the rain and sun
from the traveler. .
The driver sits astride the cart-tongue,
within easy reach of his bullocks' hind
quarters. The speed and endurance of
the little draft animals enable them to
make three miles and a quarter an hour
for several hours at a stretch. The
driver keeps them going by a compli
cated system of ejaculations, slappings.
tail-twistings, toe-pokjngs, goading, and
lwngt
General Washington's Farm.
General Washington possesses 10,000
acres of land in one Doay. wnerc uo
lives; constantly employs 240 hands;
2. nlows rroinir all the year, when
the weather will permit; sowed in 1787,
ROO bushels of oats. 700 acres of wheat,
and nrenared as much corn, barley.
potatoes, beans, peas, etc. ; has near ouu
' ' .mA 1W1 with
acres in gw, mux bvfi--
turnips. Stock,140horscs,112 cows, 235
working oxen, heifers and steers, and
500 sheep. The lands about his seat are
all laid down in grass; the farms are
scattered around at the distance
of two, three, four or five miles.
which he visits every day unless tne
weather is absolutely stormy, tie is con-
f antiv mVincr various and extensive ex-
rwinmiinti tnr tne iniuiu'iiucui
He is stimulated with that
. ... . X 4 n. k! A 'ts.
riMir wtlirn aiWSVS acvuaita uiui w w
ra to mankind. In 1788 he killed 150
Eo"s, weighing 18,500 pounds, for his
familv use. exclusive of provision for his
negroes, -which was msde into bacon,
to cive a reproduction, so as to be dis
tinctly heard by the listener; of a song,
a laugh, or an ordinary speech. Inter
Ocean. ,
wwm
Fighting Crickets.
"We have cricket fighting with little
black bugs," said a Chinaman to a
Cincinnati Enquirer reporter. "It's rare
sport. The bugs are caught in hillaby
pouring water into their holes or putting
a fruit called dragon'a eye in front of the
hole. The best fighters are those that
chirp the loudest. They keep them in
i earthen nots with a little water and
some mould, and feed them on two kinds
of fish, man-yu and kut-yu. They are fed
on honey to give them strength, ana ior
two hours a lemaie is put in wuu uic
male."
"How do you fight them!"
t anli or tub called lin. and they
are matched according to size and color.
They bet very heavy on them sometimes,
. . i . ,
and when a cricKei naa won uiauj
victories he is called Shon-lip, and If it
dies they put it in a small silver coffin and
bury it. Its owner thinks this brings
good" luck, and that good fighting
crickets will be found in the neighbor
hood where the cricket is buried."
What appear to be calamities are often
agingly to him. Then jump into the
wagon, ana give me gv.
will generally obey. Second, taking the
horse out of the shaft, and turning him
around in a circle until he is giddy, will
generally start him.' Third, another way
to cure a balky horse is, plsce your hand
ver his nose and shut off his wind until
he wants to go. Fourth, then, again,
take a couple of turns of stout twine
around the fore leg", just below the knee,
tight enough for the horse to feel it; tie
in a bow knot. At the first click he will
probably go dancing off. After going a
short distance you can get out and re
move the string, to prevent injury to the
tendons. Fifth, again, you can try the
following: Take the tail of the horse
between the hind legs, and tie it by a
eord to the saddle girth. Sixth, the lat
remedy I know, is as follows: Tie a string
around the horse's ear, close to the head.
This will divert his attention, and start
him.
What She Sal..
Young - man (to messenger boy)
What aid the young lady say when you
rave berths flwerst'
i Messenger Boy "She asked the young
t jeller who was sittin' on the porch with
her if he didn t want some for a button
kolfi bouquct."-Yh Jorl Sun.
I