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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DRUGGISTS.
G ret Micro, X. C.
. A-waye Lt on hand a complct line of
tollable Drmgt Medicine, Paints,
f ,ILS, VARNISHES AND PEEFU1XEBT,
f rrrrytlimj mUf fmmd i
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I -jwciau. anjikiag ia or lia
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GIVi: THEiC A CALL!
BOOTS, f.
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coNCEamxia crabs.
CRUSTACEA IK EVERY STYLE
... - ' , , ..,1.
M4 aa4j Os SeaTks AlitnM
of Crab and IJuir AbodcJhm
Mr. Jos. J. Grindall, of this city,
who baa idren . mnch attAntion tn
tbestadrof the crab, ons cf thi
great staples 'ot'the . Chesanekk
delirered a Terr Intertatinir lectnm
at Broadway Institute." on Thorn -
day evening the 14th Inst, noon
that subject, in which he gare much
Established-ill 1821'.
"d beretofbrBlWrnish tbea
uuu.ne, ana wnicn win prove or
loterest to every naturalist.- We
J ' . ' 1 .
wrrc amonest ine nrst
animals that sprung into existence
in the far back period when tbe
life giving principle of the Al
m!W
rf tS
JivJ
nrst brooded upon tbe face
deep, and swarmed tbe oceans with
its progeny, hundreds of ages, be
fore man was created to contem
plate them.
. Countless myriads bad lived and
died before tbe human tongue could
give them a name, but there is not
now a language spoken on the earth
that does not afford a term to destg.
natn them. '
Their different genera are far
more numerous than the types and
tribes ol the human race, and the
individuals of the different species
simply defy the power of arithmetic
to number them. The have existed
through a period of time ' far more
extended than that measured by
the generations of man, and are at
this moment, as-living 'creatures'
and fossil remains, "
ONLY LESS JTCStEBOrS TTIAJt TIT
SANDS OP THE SEAS
which gave them birth :. and their
shells, together with, those of other
crostacea and mo! asks, now not
only bestrew tbe depths of ocean
from pole to pole, but are. embed,
ded everywhere in tbe towering
mountains and grassy valleys of
the solid earth, and furnish the
material called marble, from which
we erect tbe monumental shaft over
the remains of our friends and
kindred, vainly aspiring, and striv
iog by heaping death upon death,
to make at least, their memory im
mortal. The crab is an order of a
class of articulated animals. Tbe
term refers to tbe division of their
limbs Into articles or sections by
exterior joints. Marine artiealated
animals which are covered with a
crust or shell are marshalled under
the bead Crustacea, in allusion to
that covering. . , .
Tbe division Crustacea ia again
divided into two general classes
The first of these is what is termed
by Cuvier the mala cos traca. Of
this there are several orders, the
first four ot which embraces the
genus cancer, or crab proper. Un
der this head our crab is known aa
a decaped, or
TEN FOOTED KALACOSTSACJE.
There are many species of crabs
present a variety of beautiful col
orings quite as striking and re
markable as any that are traced up
on tbe conchs, the birds or tbe
flowers, developed in those favored
regions. But their shells are not
transported as curiosities because
they are so fragile, and easy to
crumble under the action of the
atmosphere. Tbe animal Is far too
numerous, and its families too di
versified upon land and sea, to ad
mit of uny restriction upon the
general law of variety in which
nature seems so to delight, and step
by step it covers every stage of
demarcation between the extremes
of beauty and the most besstial
ugliness. It , will-range in size,
when completely adult from tbe
dimensions of a small field bean to
tbe enormous size of tkre and a
kalf feet across tbe shell (a speci
men of tbe cancer pagnrus of that
size being now on exhibition in the
Britlidi Museum, and the probable
weight of three hundred pounds.
THE SHAPE OF CTtABS.
In reference to shapes, tbtre are
quadrilateral crabs, globular crabs,
oblong crabs, spberiodlcal crabs,
diamond crabs, triangular crabs,
and crabs of almost every conceiv
able variety of profile.
There are a swimming crabs, ran-1
ning era os, crawucg craos, ourrow- I
if a I
ing crabs and climbing crabs.
There are no flying crabs that I
am aware of bnt considering that
one variety bad attained, without
wings, to the slopes of towering
mountains and the topmost branches
of the trees which crown them, if
the Darwinian theory could hold
water and crabs too there was
uo telling what might not happen
in the process of crustacean evolu
tion. THEIR ABODES
are found everywhere, from the
lesser depths of tbe sea, outward
and upward, to the declivitous
slopes of the highest mountains.
Some are entirely aquate in their
habits, some appear to be amphib
ious, the land crabs of the migra
tory sort returning to the sea at
intervals, where their young are
hatched in the more favorable
humidity of the immediate coast.
Among those which are dwellers in
the deep, the larger varieties, in
eluding the cancer pagnrus (the
crab of the English Channel,) in
habit tho greater, aa well as the
lesser depths, whilst tbe smaller
kinds, including in tbe North A
merican waters the bracbynra, or
abort tailed diviaiona, (which term
is used to distinguish them from
tbe macro arua, or long tailed lob.
ater like varieties,) and every fami
ly of tbe callinectes hastatns, which
f
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si ('t;-u
I Kofv
.ir est. ;
J-vjfU Ol
iVrte tera"8ppue4 to octr Cbes
- h . i
bike crao, cooflae tbems6ke'to
ttxv Kjaiiower wivtera upon me com.
I all nics of criW be said" to
l' l't' I'l" - " 1 ' '
BSCf wo CASS
sMthotfgb' some
uriabs.
fas. "They, win,' In general
o JZp rTf
tack
iwi Ktm v vw,
other
ttad do nbt object rto feeding upon
the- dead a 1 t o o a g b the sab-
leet may be far adranced' In
I putrefaction. 1 If with then
I not1 fish.. It will' be flesh
I neither 44 fish, flesh, nor fowl
1 most delicate fruits and re
I especially of the tropical climates
fomlsb then, a diet,'or rather.they
i j -cem.wou.u, .s
I w tne tops or ice nignest trees ana
; .n7h .h - nn ThU UrT.r
I - . .
endowment may be , the compensa
tion tot tbe long fasts which nature
baa fltted.and accident often obliges
tt to endure,5 :' -,ri
' ' Although ? air crabs' are perfect
gourmands : and ' supplied with a
multiplication of jaws, some of
them Iocs tea in -the most , srhguiar
situations, tbe Jamaica land1, crab,
with bis natural Instinct for food
and these 1 extraordinary means ot
masticating ithas been jenown to
arrive in England, after a six week's
voyage without a'. morsel to eat on
the passage as cbeerful as could be
expected and much' mo re lively than
agreeablei " "J V " '
This latter variety and its kind
red species' are most destructive
enemy to the -sugar plantation of,
ten' catting - down . whole : fields of
cane 'and feeding upon its, snccu
lent JnloeS, They are too "numerous
and vicious td become a, ptey to
dogs; and bogs though' 'efficient
upon hard ground even : with rat-
tletnakcs, would sink into helpless-
a a , " , . .
neas tnemseives in tneir swampy
habiUtions ; and showers ; of bird-
shot bave been tried -1n rain, rat-'
Uing with a merry sound from their
imDervious shells, ther simnlv de-
signing to turn
V Clattering thUriroa taath '
And taring wid withaUny 9jt
aid wondering, perhaps, what Idiot
it was who don't know better than
to try to tickle a crab who is always
seriouslyiocliped and never known
to smile at anything.
Of the climb fog crab, Mr. Dar-
win as examined . and; reported a
. m . - .
species wnicn is most remaraaoie.
a lv m ucvucvi auu siuci vtAUJi-afiuM
to tne top 01 tne nignest trees is
enabled,' by Its powerful claws, to
break through the ' bard glazed ex
terior covering of tbe ; fall ripe co
coanut, to strip its tough and com
pacted fibres from the interior shell,
to pierce that by clearing away the
softer matted which closes the, eye
with which tbe stem connects, and
finally; after imbibing the milky
juice, to extract and 'feed upon the
fruit by the aid of an additional
pair of :
'H a i - a
LONO AND
DELICATE
PINCERS
rosriRiOR I
occupying the place of the swim-
Tbe Malays and Polynesian Island
ers frequently rob their nests under
the roots of decayed trees, of great
I quantities of this cocoa-fibre, which
baa now become an important ar
ticle of commerce.
. The edible crabs in. England and
America are all decapeds, and be
long to tbe brachyural, or short
tailed division; and like the whole
cancer family are supplied with a
doable set of organs.
; Being of a fierce and pugnacious
disposition nature; has provided
them with tbe faculty of suddenly
shedding their claws to eeedpe from
danger, and also with that of their
reproduction, opto a certain period
in the space of abont ninety
days when lost voluntarily or
otherwise. ' One writer says that
j t I'l.'CJ. '. "
THE CBAB HAS NO BRAIN, ,
his instincts being guided by gang
lions of highly sensitive nerves. .
But another ' asserts that be has
brains enough to be a pretty good
surgeon, . having . been observed
whilst in the aquarium, where he
had 'lost a' part 6f a section of a
claw, to bite off that section back
to tbe next joint, conscious that the
new member must there begin Its
developement.
' Being of a highly carnivorous
and voracious nature, they are sup-1
a a . a -a .i. Ji I
piiea wun a aou Die moato. naving i
a tort ui uciiuie leeiu uu tue oui
J. Jl.lLI. . . .1 L1 -.!. . a
side, called maxilliary mandables;
and besides these another .aid. to
digestion is provided in the lower
part of tbe stomach, at the mouth
of what might, be called the .great
colon, in tbe shape of a third set of I
grinders. The outer set closes up
on tbe interior, mouth, which, in an
old Chesapeake channeller, contains
two teeth as broad and hard, and
quite as long, as any human dent.
They are set fronting each other
and operate latterally as they do in
all invertebrate animals.
Tbe eyes of crabs stand . on mov
able peduncles to afford a greater
extent of vision and contain a mul
titude of facets, each with its sepa-
rate nerve and Donil. embracing
I'll, t .
l r . 1 f if - i . a -j(a. v"
1 fm
1 ,fr,.T ,d ht hr--'hr?rM
i . i i . . . 1 1 . . vi ,jr i
1 '. : . t - , r it -.. ... .. ,.i ,-, J .f -iff f cr.rt it f .11
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thousands of objects in as many period is not more than three-eights
directions. , of an inch, across the shell. All
Tbe ordinary English crab is gen- these changes take place at very
erally about a foot across the shell, short intervals aad occupy proba
and a 1 Ornish a. good breakfast lor bly not more than a lunar mpntb.
any reasonable Englishman. The These transformations axe corn
California crabs, tbe cancer magis- tnon to both . sexes,: bat there is
ter and product as, are not so large another peculiar to thelemale. - -as
the English crab, bat are mnch . Whenn tbe post megalops stage,
larger than oar own... -...- the apron I encloses: thb Abdomen
Oar channeller i crab was doubt- and folds in upon the breast, it as
less so designated by our ancestors sames pyramidical shape which
u. '...ti .v.. ru .. v. w. i. ...;! V HmA a it ia
r...! yy.
frttn Pncriiah rJiannai rrah than
the vonner and smaller members
of tbe family. I
aid juco-J.
I J
.IRA'
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.11. 71 l-,7Nl i II I 1 l UilJ f.il
oa this lie of tlie--North Atlantic
is dirided Into several -classes
the genus callinectes, oars being
known . ts toe callinectes; "bastatas,
A woa eye, beti
xemarXADie oinerenca to tne com
. ...
MBknwiua.vi-iikvi
i t.i . .V- Ill r .
i?.f?vedetfUdUIa
WAV 14 WVUlii I 1.. li ' K
ffaona has determined, with
J?il! uVTi
r,?.2Sil
Manufacturer, of liquors are not
the somber
ot nt? to h-.o ooo nm frnmr,
from' a
I :;fiiv;" ' V ' 7. in ' V
P". tbey ripen and dis
. chftr,ft ,h. vonDof.
;:it(isafcproDaoie mac our Dine
V. i . .1 . '
crab , endures longer, than three
years, but it is -claimed for the Ly
mulus Polyphemus. commonly
hvwx b tvivvv4n,
WILL LTVB Hfty tears.
. Orastaceans Ingeneral Will'Vield
from their Shells -npotr anafysis,
froni afTtr tAWT trrAnt. fh
carbonati aad Dhosnhate of lime.
and so abundant-is the king crab
in the Delaware Bay, At certain sea
sons, that a manufactory-of fertil
izers there .loch ted consumes some
fifty tons of them yeariyj . - - -
Ia the. progress of our 'blue crab
to maturity it undergoes several
transformations of its shape. "' :
In its first animal stage, , just af
ter escaping from tbe egg it lis what
is caned tne .tf oea; and la
scarcely
larger. than the twenty-fourth of an
the form of an diminutive abrimp
None of . these .has ever vet been
photographed. . The first observed
I T
was picked under the microeeope
from a newly. .ripened ' egg by pr5
feasor aLSmithYal. College,
on . of ..the . mokt ':rfltinirnlahli
Kfi-M.f. inhn-fM. k. 1- ,
bad a - condition to i be properly
Mrn K aMM,4 n '
in tr.f nnmfw-- wt, vtki
the eminent head of our Academy
or Hcieaces. rt lost braidAnt on
tbe passage from Chinco league.
But both ot them, ' however, agree
that there is no material difference
between it and the Zoea of the can
cer irroratus, av decaped of the New
- -- -- m
l$pgland coasts, of which the fol
j lowing, was exhibited as a correct
i nrawlDaT- t
in a very short time, transforms it
into what is -called the megalops
stage,in which It is somewhat larger
than the Ecea and its legs are seen
protruding laterally ' and its ab
domen projecting posteriorly from
the shell. The following was ex
hibited as a correct drawing of the
megalops, kindly furnished 'by
Professor Smith, of Tale :
At another moulting it increases
!n size and enters upon tbe third
stage the post megalops In which
the abdomen is enclosed ;inr what is
called the apron, and folded closely
upon the breast or belly," and the
shell ia extended laterally, present
ing somewhat of theeliptical shape
of the adolt. The following was
exhibited as a drawing of the post
metralons. received
from tbe same
source :
Neither of these latter two stages
had ever before been exhibited to
the public. ,i
At the next moultinff. it assumes
the perfect shape of the adult, which
ia familiar to all. and at that early
"Fr.";".y,7Xn7. 1
.i ifn-.nerie At this period
it assumes by moulting a semi- cir-
cular form, and tbe animal becomes
if i
.toll - Hai.'l iiA.tuV."tsUji.
li. -. u-i ui: u t Mvt.
A..KA
ft- I .A 1 f
what old fishermeu jcall a " sow."
. . ti . ... .i .."
of I
b w m - . m mm v a mm
l fin1 k.m - - - nr ii
i The mal is ;d!.t!ngt,ished -rrbm -SJ etVbV
th rmi Wa Anw; fix- "v "oneriff; to ber collected distress
of segments 1 or joints In
Mtj Vj bUD UUUIWl
" w Mwy v ii . -xj. uiu'
- -era on the feAdirf xiiY 4h0VA
wuirna mft A M n-Tl na'-t nt WIft.
bat onfoleMahdih-nf fKmii
hy a lowef tfrtiii
I Ry,.l0W.Mmjrar6 -than What
that 1 rxa hmntrh
erly spring' am lifted from thei
.
of Lynn hay en bay. ,
"ir: .tLv"'. - ' . .
wnen tne process of . moulting is
that in from . five
to six minutes be is able to make
feeble efforts at self-defence. '
There is no natural or sentimental
affection in the' nature of a crab.
but thaJmales do not destroy the
iiemaie maiscnminately, sated Or
hungry or pleased, but only occa-
fIL7' .and lot w.ilDOUfc somo in"
1.5121 't.r
The frequency of. moulting ,can-
Bobe educed to an uniform rule,
as It is necessarily; to a great extent
arbitrary with individuals , depepd-1
ing BOTnewnai on circumstances.
It may take plape at aby time . dar
ing their summer life, and even dur
ing the earlier stages of their hiber
nation, but occurs, most generally
during tbe last quarter of the moon.
The process itself is nothing short
of a natural wonder. For. some
days previous to its accomplish
ment a thin, integument begins to
iorm between the shell and the in-
r J??? W and th.e pete cover-
In.. 01 minutest . parts. f.Ane
wh?le mncaar system becomes
I wa fapu - anI 1 a a. .
CX J T 1 .,""J ' . .
Pa.bIe of 5 compression . without
!DJU 10 ita tlnt?kz .ere. h;8
not the 6386 . W0Q,d be impossible
""' the animal to withdraw itself en
lf "oniy as ic aoes, ana . ex-
l. A -. a f 1 ' 9 m. '
"KH WUQ UeW 31111
delicate integument complete from'
lthe1irltoorJ commg;; Pttticn-
"JL wUw. --,
wntcn are
much larger between
than at the
joints and could not
otherwiser be
dragged, without injury, through
the narrower portions.
When the process is finally com
pleted be is called a soft 'crab; 'but
he doubtless recognizes in himself
A WEAK AND NERVOUS INVALID
But it is well for the breed of
crabs and the business of crabbers,
that be : recovers with a rapidity
more wonderful than tne process
which reduced him to helplessness.
Alter from five to eight minutes tbe
vita) powers are in full aclivity,
and in about twelve hours the next
tide finds him feeling never better
in his life, with a shell about the
consistency of thin writing paper.
In abont twelve hours more bis
shell becomes as bard as what is
called "buckram17 still yielding
and cracking under slight pressure.
In forty-eight hours 4tHastatus is
himself again," with a shell as hard
and an appetite as ' keen as ever,
and going for a good square meal,
which is all that be requires to ex
cite in him an 'admiration of tbe
ways of Providence.
Just previous to bis withdrawal
from the shell it opens along tbe
back at the basal segment of the
abdomen, and under Bide of the
frontal shell, in a line which can be
clearly traced, even in the hard
state, and when be retires the 'Shall
closes again from the front,' and to
the common observer appears to be
still a perfect crab.
It has been aptly said that in
this process the crab swallows his
own stomach, and in very truth
some such physological legerdemain
must be tbe initial stage of exuvia
tion. A close examination ot the
empty shell will show that be has
left a sort of cuticle of every organ
in his body, whether lying longitu
dinally, laterally, or vertically, or
whether large or microscopically
small, including the stomacb, and
tbe grinders which it contains at
the bottom, and has literally escap
ed "by the skin of his teeth.n
Important to Drummers.
The State Treasurer, J. M. Worth,
Esq., has issued the following, cir
cular containing important infor
mation to Drummers :
The following section of "An
Act to raise revenue," ratified
March 10th, 1877, is published for
the information of persons to whom
it applies, and of Sheriffs and oth
er officers of the counties ot tbe
State who have authority to prose
cute for penalties under its provi
sions : 1,
'Section 24 Schedule B. Every
person acting as a drummer in" his
own behalf, ar as agent for any oth
er person, who shall sell or attempt
to sell goods, wares or merchandise
not of his own manufacture, or any
spirituous, vinous or malt liquors,
with or without samples, except ag
ricultural implements or fruit trees,
and seeds of all kinds intended for
the improvement of agriculture,
shall, before soliciting orders or
making any such sale, obtain a li
cense to sell one year, from the
Public Treasurer, by paying said
Treasurer an annual tax of fifty
dollars, but shall not befliable to be
taxed by any county because of his
sales. But any dealer shall pay,
when such articles are sold by tbe
retail in thia State, the aame taxes
thereon as are now required by law
to be naid by merchants of - every
class dotocr business in this State,
tax to be paid to the Sheriff ot
the county. Any person violating
the provisions
of
this paragraph
shall be fined
not
exceeding fifty
oTer iuo crao, remains irpm.two to accompaoine it
. i i. . .
. paAoti BMic ui tats omce to
inertia, but so rapid'is the process for it. whmh
of revitalizatlon
I U3c :f eijj
, '- -7 i T-r .... i -m
dotlare or, imprisoned not exceeding
""y utttjs, uuu bubji iorxei.
aou
pay besides two hnndred dollars
,o.fotherwjse,'.: one-half . of -which
shall be accounted for as other tax.
es, tne other half to the nse of the
former and the Sheriff eoually
-'If hiu wu.
i unit lr a mm awii . .
' . -- r. ... . "-.T"
i:rfctolornwwe8 nnaer
-ecuon' -
The.; exemptions of the section
I ? enlarew, and arts aak fol-
t'lows : Ooodii war V.r tnw.in.
7 - .
sold or a
himself or
implements or
i l ... W I.UU IWUtvlCiUliUI V
agricalture.
exemPt.;
A' license with the new sections
will be issued
every party applying
mnst be in the oosses.
niou 01 tne party wnne prosecuting p ."" tuouBura aouars a year sir, if you want a good -milk cow
his business,' either for himself, or lndaco Grant to accept the presi- you must put in , her mouth," and
as agent,' so as1 to secure his protec- , e?cy tbe institution, courteous-! many years' has convinced me that
tion. The licenses will operate one 'J but firmly refused to have . Bab- good feeding makes good cows for
year from their date. , ; 9 at any price. , The Manhattan milk and batter. - Some cows are
A license cau be. used, by only jmPyV tbe' Marine .Bank, the wojthless for uiilk; and every farm
one person at. one time. Every wba11 s National,' and the Bank er should keep onlys such cows as
person or house employing more f Ne w York. .made similar 'offers, are good milkers ,in quantity and
than one agent at the same time, Dat Messenger Babcock was the quality as there is a great difference
must procure a license for each stumbling-block. .Grant, however, In quality as quantity.- Two gal
agent, and a person cannot act for woad not badge an 'inch j and at Ions of milk from a good butter
more than one house under one li- ,ast th "Bnlldoizers and Carpetbag- cow will turn out at least one poundl
cease., gers Nationality a bold stroke, of rich, nice butter, when it will
, 1 have cause to believe that many jecured his services on the follow- take three gallons of ordinary milk "
persons have been, and are still, ing terms. - ' f - to make one pound. Therefore be
allowed to travel unmolested Sa'ary, $75,000 a year, and ' half carefurto keep only such cows as
through the State in the prosecu- the net profits of the bank, .with give good, rich milk and pleuty of 1
tion ot their business withont hav- wbispey and cigars ad lib. The it. Most farmers keep too many
ing obtained tbe license. president to have theprivilege of milk cows, when a smaller number 7
It is enjoined on the sheriffs and aPPjuting all tbe officers and clerks well kept, will be much more profit-
Other authorized ' officers to . use
proper diligence and legal measures
in preventing a violation of this
law. , :1 J ohn M. Wobth.
. . , State Creasurer.
; Tbe Origin of Man.
(Not from Darwin.)
. One of the delightful days of last
week a young lady, well known in
the exclusive first circles of Saxf
Francisco society for unrivaled per
sonal charms and elegance of ac
complishments, was driven aroand
to make a cougraulatory call upon
a married lady friend who was hap
pily convalecing from that occasion
al sacred event in the lives of wed-
ed ladies, which, far from being a
sickness, is the perfect culmination
of : their health. She was shown in
to the parlor, and for the few min
utes required to arrange for tbe re
ception in that room where mother
and child were doing as well as
could be expected, was left with no
other to entertain her than the only
son and heir of tbe bouse, Master
Charles, then in his fourth year.
But Charlie was fully equal to the
situation, and promises to grow up
into an ornament of society that
will never be abashed by beauty,
however brilliant, into the painful
negative of 'no conversation." Af
ter some unessential preliminary re
marks, Master Charles approached
nearer the visitor and, lowering his
tone into the confidential, asked :
"Miss , oo dot a baby V
. Tbe young lady gave one swift
glance around to assure herself
there was no other bearer of this
pertinent question, and replied:
"No, Cbariie, dear, I have not.9
"And did oo never have a baby V
In spite of the youth of her eager
interlocutor her handsome ; eyes
dropped before his ingenuous gaze,
and ber pretty face flushed as she
replied :
No, Charlie, I never did. Is
not this a beautiful day Y
"And ain't oo never doin to bave
no baby V persisted Charlie declin
ing to enter on tbe tempting con
versational sidetrack of the weath
er. ' ' '
"My boy, I can't tell. Tell me
all tbe names of whom those are the
photographs.'7
"And don't oo want a baby f
"Why, Charlie, what a close
qnestioner you Sre. If you are not
careful you will grow into one oi
those newspaper interviewers, and
then what will your poor mamma
think of you 1 77
"Because," continued Charlie, ut
terly refusing to be switched off,
"I know where oo tan det one.
The doctor brought my mamma
one, and he keepth them in hith of
fitb. You 'juth do down Ellith
threetto Martet threet and den oo
do down Martet threet to Tarney
threet, end den oo do down Tarney
threet ever tho far, and den oo do
up a lot of tbairth and thath where
heteeps'em. And they're awful
cheap, too. My papa hathn't paid
for my mamma's baby yet, but heth
doin' to."
"Well, Charlie, I'm surief I'm
much obliged to you for your full
directions, and I'll know just where
to go."
"Oh Mith , oo needn't do.
I'll tell my papa just ath thoon atb
ever be turns home that oo want a
baby and he'll det one for oo, and
j .
mmmmmm
That young lady seized that lit
tle boy by bis two shoulders, and,
lean ine: over so as to look foil into i
his eyes, she said, with an i repres
siveness lent by sudden terror :
"See here, Charlie, listen to me.
T don't want any baby yet, and if
you ever say anything abont it to
your papa, I '11 never like you any
more at all, at all, never, never,
never. Now, will you promise f
"Well, if oo don't want a baby I
won't ; but I t'ot everybody liked to
have babietb. I do."
-. The interview was here terminat
ed by tbe entrance of a servant to
usher tbe visitor into tbe presence
of the convalescent lady-fia Fran
cisco paper.
Teas should be planted at inter
vals of a few weeks till mid sum
mer, to insure fresh supplies for the
table. Keep clean and hoe fre
quently.
II .71 II
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Grant aa a Bank President.-
M i L'i. i ' ?.
Ti :!.-W&-1?(n!l&W- PW?
'rn i. i
to
tTTrAOTED-Einpiojment- by pn - ai
t un ionnein.' ont of Arki
Mart Totitiein: ant 'a.
Objection 'to niAnair S. RuiW..: lilibu.
; gdtoIJiswjrork Ca.ton
ii
is was no secret that Bx - Presf
J J." .r
I .."r waerii8er,'ana
iuiBa,wiy a uyeiy. competition
I usued among the directors of., the
;ffloos oauxe to secure bis invald.
I able Services. The Fonrth VaffAnol
I - ..i.vuw
I w w nrsr in, tne. field,-' with an
I h salary of t25,000 a year,
I WIJf a box of. , Re in as . Victorias
waiBKey a monm. ttrant ertertain-
una proposal ravorapiy,oit would
Ani0 AakAM.a a. t. ! 7 ...
lam appointment ,on
Condition t b t-Baboock fihnnM
I 06 engaged, as .messenger, u The di
atir60,1018 were willing to give way,
I UUfc owcanoiaers, while they
I were nt particular to an extra ten
I ana babcock to be engaged as mes-
I ger-in-chief. ; There was tremen-
uuua excitement o n wail
on Wall street.
and especially T i n the Clearing
House, when it was known that
Grant had really . condescended to
accept such a position. Governor
Ro hereon at once proclaimed a pub
lic holiday, and special thanksgiv
ing services were held in all church
es for the same reason. , The direc
tors of the other banks, the presi-"
dency of which Grant had refused.
could ill conceal their iealonsv of
the lacky Bulldozers' & Carpet-baggers',
which now had transferred to
it the best acoants in tbe city, in
cluding those of Henry Clews, Jay
Cooke, Da ncan, Sherman & Oo.
and the Boston, Hartford & Erie
Railway. y
The following ' are the principal
officers under the new regime :
'President.
Ulysses S. Grant.
Cashier
Ex-Secretary Belknap. .
Receiving Teller.
J. Madison Wells.
Paying Teller,
Governor Chamberlain.
Messenger-tn- Chief.
General Babcock.
.
Scene. The Bank President's Of
fice. 4 Grant. Belknap.
President Grant (lighting a c t-
oar and vorina over i abstract of the
balances). I can't understand these
thin 8. Here. Secretary of the
Treas I mean Cashier Belknap
you'll have to make the figures
come right somehow. .
Belknap. I'll try. Wbat about
those checks on the "Reporters'
and Post Traders'," which tbey
don't want to go to the Clearing
House to-morrow, when tbey ought
to be presented.
President. Present and fire
them at once ! N' man worthy of
the office of the President would,
&c, &c. Exit Belknap.
Enter Wells.
Wells. Shall I treat these checks
showing them) ot Zacb Chandler's
as cash I ;
Presidents Don't bother me.
Treat him to whiskey and let him I
help himself to greenbacks. "Let
us have peace." .Ertf Wells.'
Enter Chamberlain.
Chamberlain. William H, Tan
derbilt and Jay Gould want . to
know it you'll lend them ten dol
lars until to-morrow they have
brought a thousand shares, each,
New York Central and Union Pa-
-5f ac cos ii ri t
President. Certainly not. Have j
them arrested. "Let no guilty man ;
escape."
Exit Chamberlain.
Enter Jiabcock.,
Babcock. Mr. President 1
President. Be brief I'm sick,
Babcock. I have wo or three
notes of mine I'd like you to dis
count.
President. Discount! Qh I
Connt what you like but don't go
behind the returns.
JSxif Babcock.
Reenter Belknap.
Belknap, "Reporters' and Post
Traders'" has just closedtho
checks can't be presented until to
morrow. President (furious, shying a box
of cigars and a demijohn of whiskey
at Belknap? head) Just closed !
Go and break open that bank and
take the money out of the saf& 111
teach them to shut up at three
o'clock. Tell Babcock to ; older
GeneralRoger to march witb troops
to burn down their infernal old
ranche. (Pants for breath. Aside :)
I really think I'd rather have a
third term in the White House
than one . term here. Rushes
out in despair,
CTJETAIN.
The day laborer must strike for
hire wages. -.
Peaceful sleep is the sheet anchor
of health. ,
Better be upright with poverty
than unprincipled with plenty.
There are ten printers in the
United States Senate.
A bit of nonsenseOne that will
not check a horse.
The ?attle for the Farmer.""
Every, farmer mast keep some
cattle,' and the cost of keeping good,
cattle is not greater than sorry ones:
yet the profit 61 .the former is great
er than the : latter. ' In cattle are
three things that make them profit,
able to the farmer. First, their
milk and batter qualities ; secondly.
size forrbeet and work oxen ; third
ly, a hardy, .healthy stock, salted '
to the' climate. In a country 7 like
oars where milk and butter enter
I o largely into the consumption of
j eyeryfamilyit is astonishing that
? Uttlerattention is , given to; milk
I lftW(fin1 shlla' farm am Yi o ra miTlp
- 1 butter in summer; they let their
1 cows era dry and luvra nftlthr milt-
n hnf m In 1 , Vmi. , n.iut
they have degenerated, until many
I bu
them are worthless for milk and
- f butter: they do not pay for feed-
."ow uv MJ
ingana should not be kept.13 The
(sooner slaughtered the better, bat
fa goodcQw for milk; and butter will
not only pay for feeding but, will
I fVA '-h.t.rf.n.. flf i
i gnu uauuovius vivut ju luv out-
plus batter and milk for market or
for ase in the family. The farmer
who raises corn, wheat and hay, as
cow very cheap Vby feeding equal
qnanUties of cornmeal and wheat,
I. . .
bran and cotton seed, and with a
tmcu annnlv of hav ArfnddAr la nil
I that is necessary excent the sDrine
and summer pasture. Many years
ago a farmer, in speaking of good
milk caws, rematkad. I tell van
able. ; Then tbe farmer wants size
for beef and work oxen, fon every
farmer should keep at least , one
good yoke for farm purposes. .He
also needs a hardy stock, ' easily
kept and suited to the climate.' To
gain these desirable qualities take
our best common (or grade) cows
and cross them with the Jersey or.
other rich milk stock, and for size
cross with best milk stock of the
Durham or Short horns. You must
remember that there isJpot only a
great difference between1! our com-
mon or grade cows, but -argreatdif-V"
ference in the milk and butter
qualities as well as size among these
improved breeds. And you should
look well to the sires from whicbl.
yob breed, because manyof them
are bred for sale without reference
to these qualities. Unless the dams
and sires from which ' they are bred -are
of the best stock they will hot
be mnch better than scrubs. ' It is
said by experienced breoders, 'that '
our common or grade produce all
the best qualities of the males to'
wh ich theyare bred. Therefore -look
at all these things and yon will
soon have the best farm cattle. - -
Healthy poultry. ' v
The birds of the air are never
sick ; they die either by old age or
natural casualties. They choose
theirfood according to the season
and their actual wants. Poultry at
large upon a farm are supposed to
bave at command all they need for'
health and business (the business
of producing eggs.) But this is
not often really the case, very few
farms being able to supply the
many things needful. Lime, gravel, '
sand, good water at will, aud a full
variety of both hard and soft feed,
grain and i a sects, worms, etc., are
seldom found on any one frni.
When they are, and the shelter
from extremes of heat and cold
(trees in summer an J warm bousing
in winter) are ample,' there is . no
cholera, crop, pip, or other disease.
When a man know8what his .
farm lacks for his poultry, it is gen- ,
! erally easily supplied ; but few er?
! sons cau tell exactly what is lack-
fc... . rv lJ
i V aa 1 u a j . v. w : j'- , i u. wm
nature does not supply and which
civilization makes necessary, and
that is charcoal to keep the stomacb
sweet, to prevent indigestion aud
to maintain a constant good appe- ,
tite. : , -' - ' ,
Charcoal made of wood does not
answer the purpose ; it has no taste
of food, is noj; attiactivo to the
a t i i T) s e r
any will put an ear of ripe corn into
the fire till the grains are well
charred, and then shell off the corn
and throw it to his flock, he will see
an eagerness developed and a
healthy condition brought about
which will make a decided improve
ment. All pale combs will become
! a bright red, that busy song which
j precedes laying will be heard, a nu
i the average yield of eggs will bo
preatlv increased. -.--
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Improte the Poultry. Just now is,
a good good time for- our lady
readers to increase the value by im
proving the qaality of the poultry
We take it for granted that this is
woman's business, as the " sterner
sex'' universally!) regard it. Well,,
it is a pleasant accupation, this tak-.
ing care of chickens, turkeys, ducks
aud geese, and it can be made very
profitable, too, by judicious invest- -ments
in improved stock.
Farming is the foundation of all
the arts of civilization, the support
of commerce, the ground work of
natural wealth, tbe prop and, stay
and substratum of public morals
and national strength. :
A Fort Madison man went into
his cow stable tbe other day, and,
by mistake, mixed her upa nice
mash in a box full of saw dust in
stead of branL The cow, merely
supposing the hard times had come .
and they were all going to econo
mize meekly ate her supper, ' and
that man never discovered his mis
take until the next morning- when
he milked that, cow, and she let
down ahalf gallon of turpentine, a
quart of shoe peggs, and : a handle
of laths.
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