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. P.:ns had seventy-three acre under
ri; o." for its ( x position, but Caica.) will
1 1 h v i i i acre-
1 1
It. w ill b2. a i'nox nr
surnis-co.
A fJ:ina Consul in Japan, who ha
watched sailers carefully, says that Jack
is ir.'icli better ihanucred since steamers
have replaced sailing vessels. The
htf- ii.icjh j rovid - better and less monoton
ous foo l, entail k-.s hardship, and have
dulled thedventurous independent, and
: r;. : iv u::vdisfied spirit with which the
..iiii.i, :.: to ro.i'u about the world.
Lieutenant Ridgely Hunt, in his arli .
cle on "The Steamship Line? of the
"World" (the l ist of the interestio gserie
on Or-eari-Steamships) in S-rLh-ir'n, give
the foii owing information fi'int a trip
uroun 1 th; world entirely by water
4Th" traveler fro a N;.v Vock lin 1m
gone fro ii start to finish, by th-: oeeiu
highways to K nope, India, C iin, Sci
Francisco, South America, and back to
New York, nearly 2'J ) days; h as ste inv; 1
over about I'i.O J ) mile i of water, aa 1
has spent iVm. lie has learn ; I tint
there are other Ian Is aud other piaples
than his own worthy his admiration an I
htu Jy. L-L liifu take a yetr an I 1')))
for this rouu 1 i n j th-; world, an I he will
be better satislie 1 an I bjtter informed,
nil 1 appreciate mare fully that 'ging t
Pea clears ri man's he id of mi;h u ase.ii
of his wigwam.' "
The TrcaJuty o iieers at San Friaiso
h iv it j'TV d papers present? 1 thit
ioi'L by Chinamen seeking a I nissio a to
the country, as certificates of identifica
tion issued by the Chinese Government,
in co:n)liance with Section six of the M i
fetrictiou Act adopted nine years ao.
This si clioa provided that all Chin -sc,
other than laborers, to b 1 permit"' 1 to
enter the country, should show a Gov
ernment -rertilicatc properly identifying
them. Chinamen have not attempted to
avail themselves of this provision until
within the last fesv months. The port
ooiecrs suspected tint the papers ollerel
were forgeries, and have sine? acr -t
lined that such docu neiits, forge 1 an I
b arin an imitation of the imperial seal
of China, have been sold to Cainini ju
coming to this country for from '2() to
$:).
The French earned long ago an hon
orable distinction by their succes-. in the
t.c atn: ent of the blind, and tae figures
re 1 1 at the recent anu ial masting of In
S icicle d'A'itance pour les Aveuglesin
Paris fully su-tains their reputaiiou in
this respect. Tiie tw principal institu
tions of the city are the Cliuique Opthal
mologiqu; des Quinze Vingts and
IKcole Hraillc, th? former devoted to
the preservation or the restoration ol
H'ht, and the. latter to the instruction of
th" hopelessly Mind. Since its creation
ia 1SS0 the Clinique has ha I under
treatment KH, 70S patients, and the pro
portion of cures has reicael the splen
did figures of ninety-five per cent., while
the expenses ineurre I in cash cue iris
nut exceeded sevenf francs', or les than
r. The Kcole Hraillc h is an cqu illy
creditable account to give of itself. The
blind boys and giris are educate 1 in be
breadwinners, not only for thennelve,
but in rnanv cases for their parents and
relatives. While at the schojl they not
only earn enough to pay for their miin
tenance, but are aide to contribute, to a
savings batik fund which is ucc 1 to star'
them in business.
At the New Orleans K;;uiiti)i in
lSSa the only exhibit I'euasylvaui i hi I
ol any note was an enor.n vn )la2k b.;ir,
;-ta:r-d, which was killed in the Pike
Cuiuty Mountains, due bear stood over
r
d nr feet high and was eight feet lonj.
'1" laws measured fourteen inches in
i" iL,rt!i and seven inches in width.. It
ii-d more than 50 J pounds anil wa
tu..- bijrjt bear ever killed in Ptum?ly
v r:.i i. rie county now iuteu is to shed
niore hvi,,r on the Keystone State by
phuing on exhibition at the World's
- Fa'r in Chicago one of the greatest; spec
n 0f Milestone ever quirrieJ. The
-tone Pike Couuty intends to s!ut' to
t ie world in Chicago was quarried eight
years ago in the Pond Eddy region. In
ii::! oadiug it at Stair.viy it slipped from
the ringing and smashed a man aad two
horses to death. It has lain where it
fell ever since, bat was purchased a few
days ago by William Sanford, who paid
?.00,. for the slab. It nuisures tventy
fcix feet in length and eighteen feet wide,
and weighs tvyeuty-three taas. It h tea
iu-.hei thick. U is to h9 paihhefl at n
QUIET WAYS ARE BEST.
What the use of worrying,
Of hurrying;
. And scurrying.
Everybo.lv hurrying,
And breaking up their rest!
AVhen everyone H teaching u,
Preaching and lieseeohing us.
To settle down and end the fus?,
For quiet ways are lest.
The rain that trickles down in showerj
A blessing brings to thirsty flowers;
Sweet fra jrane-s from eacii trimming cup
The genti- z -ohyrs gather up.
There's ruin in the tempest's path;
There's ruin ia the voire of wrath;
And they alone are hlest
v ho early learned to dominate
Theiu-elvea. their violent abate.
And prove y their serene estate.
That ijuift ways are Ijest.
Nothing's gained by worrying.
By "hurrying
Ani scurrying.
With fretting and with flurrying
The temper's often lost:
And in pursuit of some small prize
We rush ahead and are not wise,
And Had the uu wonted exercise
A fearful price has cost.
Tis better far to join the throng,
That do their duty right along;
Reluctant they to raise a fuss,
Or make them selves ridiculous.
Caioi and serene in heart and nerve,
Their strength is always in reserve
And nobly stands each test;
And every day and all about
By scenes wit hiu and scenes without,
v e can disejrivwith ne'er a doubt,
That quiet ways are best.
The EcutujeJist.
A SAILOR'S STORY.
"We had touched at St. Helena to leave
detachment of soldiers and some
store:, ami had let t that historic spot
several days behind u, when the brig
caught lire and we ha I to abandon her.
There was no hope of saving her from
the first, and we congratulated ourselves
on having a smooth s-a and time to pro
vision the boats andret the oeoole otf.
'
One hour after noon on the 12th day
of February, 18152, the brig Gull, bound
from Liverpool to the Cape of Gojd
Hope, end having forty-eight s mis
aboard, burned to the water's edge and
V
sank, leaving us H5 miles oil the Afri
cau coast. With the other boats I shall
have uothing to do, for never a or.e was
afterwards hoard of. In the boat to
which I was assigned there were nine
people four of us belonging to the
erew and the other live passengers. Of
these three were young Englishmen, go
ing out to the ('ape to try farming, and
the other tyo were women. They were
aunt and niece, and just why they took
passage on the brig or whether
they were going beyond the Cape, I
can't tell you. Jieiug only a plain sail
roman, I knew nothing about the pas
sengers, except as I picked up a word
here and there. The aunt was nearly
fifty years old and the niece not over
twenty, and if there was ever a hand
somer girl afloat m an English ship I
never had the luck to see lor. tj
There was some confusion, as a matter
of course, wheu we took to the boats,
but we got away fro n the brig in good
shape, with no one lost or hurt and
with water ad provisions enough to do
us for a week. We were in charge ot
the boatswain, and but for a terrible ac
cident I know we should have pulled
through without mishap or suffering.
He was an oldish man, a good sailor,
and he had authority over all in the
boat.
When the boats, got together it was
found that the Captain had the only
compass. He ordered that we were to
hold up to the east ami to keep together,
and when we headed away for the Afri
can coa-t the long-boat was leadiujr and
the rest of us were strung out m line.
Had the weather been fair our mishap
would have been nothing to talk about;
but at midnight that night, while we
were followiug the long boat by the
lantern hung aloft, a fierce aud sudden
squall came out of the east aul almost
pioved our destruction. U was followed
by a gale which soon kickea ud a tre
mendous sea, and we got over a drag and
lay bead to it all that night and all next
day uutil an hour before sundown. Dur
ing all th 'se long hours we had to keep
bailing to prevent beiug swamped, and
by daylight it was impossible to see a
cable's length away for the 'dying drift.
It was bad enough for the men. but those
two poor .wom'eu might as welt have been
dead. They lay on the bottom of the
boat, covered up as best we could do it,
and. when the gale at lau broke I hardly
exited to ihd. tbam Thty e??1.
I ilisu-b. ad the hour as-l
ne hfvU out th VWtto
By night the wind had died flat away
and the sea was fast going down. The
worst was over, and we could, now shake
ourselves and utter congratulations. The
passengers had been terrildy sick, and
each of them had given himself up as
lost, but now that things had mended
we could almost be said to be a jovial
crowd. While the boatswain got one ot
the. men to singing to increase our cour
age, he whispered to mo that he was full
of anxiety. We had two water-kegs, but
they were leaky and ha i lost much of
their contents. We had. sheltered the
ship's bread as much as we could, but a
good half of it had been spoiled. You
might figure that we had dropped to
three days' supply, and that w;tsu't the
worst of it. That gale must have drift
ed us at least a hundred miles farther ofl
the coast. -
The boatswain talked these matters
over with me because he kic'.v me. to be,
begging your pardon, a sober, steady
lad who could look the worst in the face
and help to meet it. We were not to sa,y
anything to the test until next day. . As
there was n wind to move u;, and as
everybody was badly use 1 up, it was de
cided that we lay to as we were for the
night. It had come nine o'clock or
later and some of the nun were asleep,
mddenly phtched overboard. Wc were
itill pitching briskly about, and perhaps
it was a sharp dive of . the boat which
-ent him to his death. If he rose to the
-urface' he did not call out. He simply
..cut right out. oT sight and never evi-n
railed out as ho was going.
Little or nothing was said that night
is to who should command the boat, but
uorning hail hardly dawned wheu there
was a row about it; lleing a lad not yet
mt of my apprenticeship,! was of course
when the boatswain went forward and
stood on the thwart with his arms around
the mast to steady himself. I think he
was looking about to see if he could find
anything of the other boats. Just how
;t happened no one could tell, though
three of us lwid our eyes on him when he
aut ot tne question, buteacA of the three
other sailors was determined to act as
captain. From words they came tg
blows, and another horror fell upon us.
The three young men were drawn iuto
the quarrel, an I the six had a savage
tight with such wcapous as could be laid
hold of. It was a dead calm, with the
sea quieted dovn, and a couple of great
sharks were lying off our port quarter.
No one had seen them, nor did any one
see them until two of the youug men
were knocked overboard. It wasn't tea
seconds before both were .seized and
drawn under. The horrible climax to
he row c oled the men off at one,1.
One ot the sailors had beeu stabbed in
the back, another badly hurt about the
head, and the third young Englishman
had his right arm "broken Nor was this
the full extent of the calamity, la their
tight they had knocked the water kegs
about, and lost us nearly all their con
tents, and a goo 1 share of our bread had
been ground up under their shoes.
The sailor who had beeu stabbed took
command of thy boat, and when things
had settled U own breakfast was served
out. We had not to exceed two gallons
of water and a do:;-n biscuit, and the day'
was hot aud witiio it a breath of air
stirring. The water ought to have beeu
doled out drop by drop; but no sooner
was it seen what a small quantity was
left than Davidson, the one in command,
declared that each should have his share
on the spat. '"Their injuries had made
the men terribly thirty, but the vater
was fairly divide! aud each oae drauk
his portion. After that the sailors lay
down aud went I sleep, and the young
Haglishm o, whose name was He;. ue,
came over to us and wc tried to do some
thing for his arm. You can guess that
it was little we could do, however, and
he was soon suffering terrible pain.
The aunt I now heard called Mrs.
Morton, while the grown girl was ad
dressed by her maiden name, Edith.
Before noon the aunt took very sick, and
we were terrified at our helplessness.
She was soon in a high fever and raving,
and wc hadn't even a drop of water to
give her. Hearne was also mad l'romx
thirst, aud feeling that the sailors had
brought destruction upia u- all he would
have killed the three while
they
slept
had I not restrained him.
Davidson was the first to wake up.
His wound had begun to iatiime aad his
throat was dry, and he held the water
keglupia hops to find, a last drop.
Tfcey wire ai 4r boa ud. h$ uttsrel
4! it 4aml m iHlrkl SltstUg
uff tyfiea liia vm ti r?M itili ifclfl.
The aunt was still raring an l aick unto
death, while Hearne had crawled Into the
bow of the boat to suffer alone and Usi
leace." The sailors had sat up, cursed
their luck and lain dowu again, and I
had gone among them and taken all their
knives and concealed them in the stern
sheets.
About 9 o'clock the audi suak into a
stupor, and all of in slept for soai time.
We were finally awakene 1 by Davidsun
getting up an J hoarsely calling for water.
In his tor.nent he caught sight of Hearaa
ia the bows, and he rushed forward and
seized him. 1 ran to pull him off, but
before I could reach" him both had gone
overboard.. They went down grappled
toother, and though I stood with the j
.f awu ,.i-t S
them again. The two other sailors sat
up, asked me what ha 1 happened, and !
then fell back and slumbered as soundly j
as before. I
Morning came to find the aunt dead,
and, fearful of what would happen wheu
the sailors awoke, I prevailed upon the
girl to let me lift the body over the rail.
She protested at first, but when I told
her my reasons she turned away and I
committed the body to the deep, r It was
sunrise when the sailors awoke. AVith a
leader those men would have suffered and
endured for a week and made no com
plaint. They no sooner saw that the
calm still continued thau they began
cursing aud threatening and they lookel
at the girl with such wolfish eye that
she cowered in terror. Presently they
went forward and sat down close together
and talked iu whispers, and the girl crept
over to me and said:
"I kuow what they are planning.
They inteud lo kill me!"
I gave her one of the knives and told
her 1 would protect her to the last. If I
hadn't had the knives I think she would
have been so terrified that she would have
gone overboard. The men talked for an
hu or so and then lay down and 3lept
again. I made sure this time there was
no weapon they corlld get hold of, ana
the day, up to 4 o'clock, dragged
without incident.
I was half mad with huuger and thirst
by that time, and I knew the poor girl
wms if anything worse off. We talked
in low tones of the good things we had
eaten add the springs we had drunk froiu,
and we kept our heads constantly wet
with the salt water to alleviate our thirsi
as far as it could. At 4 o'clock or soon
after the men awoke and called to me.
They wanted to kill the girl and drink
her blood and eat her flesh. I reasoned
with them aud told two or three deliber
ate falsehoods, and finally prevailed up
on them to wait another day. I felt they
would do so, aud slept soundly that
night. The sun came up next morning
the same ball of fire, and auy sailor could
have told that the calm would last an
other day. What happened along to
wards noon I can never distinctly re
member, for I had little reason left. I
remember of hearing the men cursing
and demanding the girl, and of their
vuuiu2 aft. There must, have been n
fight, but 1 remeroler none of ttuLfletails.
It is like trying to recall a dream of years
ago. What I can remember back to was
waking up in the cabin of the German
steamer Bergen very ill aad very weak.
She had picked up our boat the day be
fore. In it were two living skeletons
the girl and I. We were alone, and
there were two bloodstained knives on
the bottom of the boat to deepen the
mystery. The girl pulled through as
well as myself, but there was no after
romance. She thanked me over aud over
again whh tears in her eyes, but there
was no love. She was a lady bred and
born, and I only a poor sailor lad. Xete
1 't IVoflu.
. The rapidj, th? startling growth of the
debt of Canada, states the New England
Majazlne, which has increase from
$7,209,742 in 1870, to 233,000,00,)
iuTSOQ, with a population almoit at a
standstill and a stagnant trade, has struck
calm, impartial observers with the idea
that there has been something wrong in
the government of a peaceful young
State of enormous extent and great nat
ural resources Of course, a large por
tion Of this debt was incurred for the
construction of railways, improvement qP
canals, and similar political and commer
cial works; but the results or returns do
not compensate lor the vastness of the
new debt, with ita oppressive load of in
terest. They freely comment upon the
.'set that while the Uo!t4 Sutei have
rfiautri ttlr 4rtt fro 39 to $19.50
iip Ml tm Hi U WT.
f ARM AND HOUSEHOLD. ...'top. To mke the lower part, of the
vine product well the pinching back
farm coNVEXiEXi f. Ubould beruorc severe on the higher
The saving in. time from baring a shoots, as the whole natural tendency ol
good, easily swung gate in place of a I the sap is toward these. Amrii Cut
pair of bars is worth a good deal in the ; tiraton
course ol a season, if the fence has to
be opened aud tl riven through daily.
We cannot imagine a farmer who can
not better afford boami and hinge for
gates than to waste his time in busy
seasons letting down aind puttiug up
bars. He can easily manage to do the
work hi times when nothing can be done
! out of doors. It is such labors as this
j that add to to the value of farms at
?
I-J-"' pene, and give
tr:tvel''rs throu-h rurd dbtri u a 1,W
ant tlat the farmer's life is not so
bad after alt.
Fcod nor MU cii cows.
Tiie Iowa agrieultutal exeriment Ma- j
tion is located at Ames, ami bulletin j
thirteen is largely devoied to experiments :
in feeding for milk. As ws are more
numerous in Iowa than in any other '
State, it is dutiable to find oul what
feeds produced on the soil are cheapest 1
and best iu the dairy. One of the c oa-
elusions arrived at was that corn fodder :
is superior to sorghum cane. The cows
grow" tired of corp. ensilage, but t'hey
never got off feed on the root ration
with about double the amount of clover'
hay. (hie f the best known of milk
prodticiiig feeds is clover hay. During
the root periods of the tes twice as nun h
hay was consumed as wlien corn or c ine
ensilage was fed. The mo-t etlici. nt dry
matter was in the root ration, but how
much of it was due to the extra amount
of clover was no! determined. The
periment will be continued. These sta- . " UVt in.s.
tions where practical truths are demon- ! Lemon Snaps Due t up of sugar, one
strated for the benefit of the agricultural i half cup of butter, two egg, one' tea
community clothe farming with dignity ; spoonful of soda. Dissolve soda iu One
aud eliminate from the bmin-ss many of teaspoonful of milk and add enough flour
the elements of chance which haudi- ! lo make very thin. . lloll very thin.
(dapped the efforts ot our fathers. j llreukfast Bacon Dip thin slices of
! o aeon iu grate l bread crumba, put in a
raisino I'oTAToKs. j frying-pan with parsley and pepper and
An inquirer asked for a brief state- ; cook until a light brown" dust before
luent of the best ino.Jc of planting and j dinning, pour a teacupful of sweet cream
raising the potato crop, according to ap- j into ihc grav.
proved course of management, since so J .Tried Hipc Tomatoes Choose firm,
much attention has been given toobtaiu- i :m.; th tomatoes and cut in slices about
ing large returns. These results have ! half .o. inch thick. Lay them iu a dih
been secured by different appliauir' j of cot nm- d uad over each slice with
various localities, and under (liffeiWrkhf- j the i!, patting it to make it adhere,
fiuences and unlike soils. But for prae- Fry m plenty of hot lard, drain, sprinkle
j tical farm treatment we would advise in
substance the following course: Select
a piece of deep, rich soil- naturally so,
or which has been made ho artificially a
year before by barji nature. If the soil
has been distinctly I lenetited bv auy of
the commercial fertilizer, apply these
and mix thoroughly before planting aud
pulverize well. Piow furrows three
feet apart; cut the potatoes to two 'or
three eyes each; drop these a foot ajiart;
cover them four inches deep; pass over
the rows once a week with a light oi
slant-tooth harrow, keeping the ground
perfectly "clean till the plants are half
foot high, and after th:l with a cultiva
tor between the rows, seeping an inch
or two of the surface ip a tine mellow
condition, not hilled or ridged, but flat
With this treatment we have raised oc
casionally four hundred bushels- to th
acre, and oftener from tw.t three hud
died. Vo'tnlnj limthtnun.
IMM'NIMt OUAI'K VINKS.
The only summer pruning grape vines
need is to shorten the growth by punch
ing off the ends of growing hoot about
midsummer. This throws "the sp back
on the remaining vine and thickens it.
Part of the sap also goes to the fruit
thus making the buuehes larger and has-
teaing their ripeuing. If this piucaing
of the ends of ahcots is done too eirU
it may start the buds at the base of leave -
into growth. It will inevitably cause
laterals to grow more vigorously, and
after reaching the third leif they su jjld
also be pinched back. In thi way th
growth ripens much farther than it
would.
Any one who has pruned grap vis.es
in spring knows that nine-tenths of the
previous seasou's growth has to w cut
out. It is far .more important to hvi
he wood of good size and its 1ml wei".
developed than to gro a lot of rubbish
to be cut away the next vavi3. Uvea
when it is desired to train a viae up s
high trellis or over a building, the tram-
jng for this purpose shouid be extern d..
averasiori4 uf ytir Iu thU way, a
the root nculm ttrepgih aai etteaJ.
farther, it can supper: a crop of fruit is
all ptrti of the Tiae, hit tad cf rugate;
up high with birt iHik, o: r 202-
hmliii imu Willi 4 ii;?if iu ' ti?
FAKM AJTT GARDEN XOTKS.
I Sow turnips on bare spots.
' Push the warfare on weeds.
What are roi going to take to the '
j fair!
S , It don't pay lo be cross during harvest
" time.
j Most crops arc bed harvested when
ripe the weed crop should bj h irrete 1
green, the greener the better.
i Some think a level teaspvvjful of th
: best .vhite Mtgar adde i to a ound of hut
tt-r improves the flavor of it greatly,
!es milk cnne from the barn covered
with specks of !iUU aa 1 dirt droppe 1
daring milking, fro -a the poorly be ldr 1
aud uniruhv i c vs?
H ne co tit rotation to this. end, the
as - that can be m i lc of manure is tc
apply it to gro ing clover, an 1 then hit
the clVver fee 1 all other crops,
If i,v conveniences five minute' work
,.au be saved ca -3i time the milking &nC
ice ling iXIne it will a mount to six full
d.ivs of tcuh'vars ea"h iu a year.
By not pasturing tin' clover after th
lirsl crop is cut either a first yield of hay,
a profitable crop of seed, or a gooi
.row tu to plow under can be secured.
Sheep properly jiasturcd on laud and
fed wheu necessary will gradually build
j aj, the fertility much better and at a less
;ost than with almost any other class of
stock.
with salt and pepper and place on a large
liat dish, made hot. Keep in the oven
until all ;! doic and mtvo very hot.
lb --.;! 1 Steak Phuc a thick, tender
steal, mi a wcll-grcaeed gridiron and 6et
over h t coals; when done on ouc side,
turn. Have ready a dish with melted
; butter, lay the steak, without pressing
j jr. on the dish, baste and return to the
; uridine:. Wh"ii done, place
again on
; the dM:, seiv.u with butter, salt an I
; pep; ei and gam.sdi with fried poUtoc.
-
Tireless Nations.
According to Pliny, lire was a long
.hue unknown o some of the ancient
Egyptian tribes, and when a celebrated
istronomet made them acquainted with
.hat f em jit aad ho .v to produce it,
:bey were wild with delight. The Per
sian", Pbo uiciaus, Greek and several
Dther nations acknowledge that their an
ces tors 'were once without th? comforts
which Ire bestows; Ohc Chinese. confess ,
! became of their progenitors. Pom pan
ion. Mola, Piutarch and other ancient
.vritrr speak of nations which, at the
time when they wrr tc, knew not the use
of fire, or had just recently learned it.
The inhabitants of the Marian Island,
which wcie discovered In 1551, had no
idea of fire or its um i. Their astonish-
ment knew no bcunds when i)4ey saw it
applied to wood; raot of thorn takingit
t to ! nnne kind of animal which the
tailors had brought with them, and
which must U' fed 0:1 v.od. Ifotlon
Tr tuft i)i .
A Sp?edy Yacht,
Herrehoff, of frau leac?, R. I., has
turned out another wonder, axi l it js
f to say that there i nothing ua Iir
h steam that for peAjaa touch W. JJ,
Hearst's new yacht, So. O i a re
cent trial with only 15 p in D of rte vm
t half what . she' ciu cirry hs
made nine miles iu twentv-sevea min-
utes, aud her builder, a vll as the ea-
gineers aad guetsi'ia- board, aj that
bne y g.j for thirty or- more miles an
hour. The Cashing at her bt
made twtQtr-eveu misti. The Hearst
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