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Care of Domestic Animah. The present cold weather calls upon the owners of domestic animals to give them extra attention. To begin with, there should be no 'cracks in the barn." A man of order and ingenuity will find a remedy for such defects. In extremely cold weather the animals should be cared for earlier in the morn ing than usual. Curry and brush the horses a lit tie longeriind don 't f ailto card the cows. Cattle ought to have access to the sunshine, which they naturally seek if they have the chance. Horses do better if they are exercised daily, but they need good care after it. It is com mon to see a man tie his horse to a post, toss an old robe over his back, and then leave him for an hour or longer. In a few minutes the animal becomes restless, and in moving about the robe is thrown under foot. Every owner of a horse ought to own a good blanket that can be fastened arouud the breast of the animal, where protec tion is needed most. Act upon this precaution, and tie the horse so that he will not face the wind, and he will be .-aved much discom fort and perhaps much more serious trouble. Pigs are often allowed to suffer in winter, as well as in summer. 1 do not know why, unless it is because they are pigs. Give them a comfortable pen with plenty of bedding and a yard to run in, and sec how clean a pig can keep itself. Prejudice ought not to make this somewhat repulsive animal an object of neglect. Chickens need especial care in very cold weather. Give them food and water early in the morning. As soon as the water in the drinking vessels is frozen over, empty and till again. Feed grain a variety of it and raw meat. A large bone with the meat left on it will answer. Put an ear or two of corn with the shelled, to afford exercise for the chickens. Chickens like to pick for themselves, but in winter must be fur nished with the material fordoing so. All who own animals should pay them a visit just before retiring at night, to see 'that they are comfort able. Do not enter a barn while smoking a pipe or cigar. If necessary to carry a lantern, hang it m a sate place while re-arranging bedding, etc. Every member of a family ladies as Avell as gentlemen ought to know how to fead and care for the animals kept. Thev ofuen suffer through inattention on the part of persons hired to take charge of them. Look well to the live stock; it will pay in dollars and ceats, besides cultivating feelings of kindness and humanity. Treatment of a Tender-Footed Horse. J. E. R., Lamartine, Pa., asks what ails his mare aud a remedy for the ail ment. She is lame in the lore feet, and sets them out in front with the toe down and the heel up. If she cannot be cured, he inquires whether her con dition would injuriously affect her off spiing. She has had three very fine colts and will be eight years old in the Axs. The peculiar way of holding the foot here mentioned, which is known as pointing, does not indicate, as is generally believed, any single disease. It simply shows that there is pain in the back part of the foot. The most common causes of this are corns and navicular diseases. A careful ex.imit;aiion of the foot, by slightly paring out the angle between trie bars and hoof wall aud producing a certain amount of pressure on this part with pincers, should de cide if corns are the cause of the trou ble. If both feet are affected, as we understand from the above, aud corns are found, it is probable that side bones also exist. Disease of the na vicular bone is more likely to cause the lameness; but it is t fcen a difficult mat ter for a person without experience to decide whether this is the case. In bad cases there is tenderness in the deep part of the hollow above the heels; ten derness is also shown on striking the middle of the sole with a small ham mer, and there is usually considerable contraction of the back part of the hoof J j.uio is u. vciy uusausiaciury uisease 10 treat, and without seeing the animal we could not advise a treatment. In case of corns and sideboues, have the animal shod to that the sh e will not bear on the affected hits: do not allow much paring of the sole, bars or frog in shoeing; have the shoes changed often enough to prevent the horn of the sensitive heels from crow ing in contact with them. If there is much tenderness, Doultice and use hoof ointments and afterward apply a blis ter above the hoof but not in the hollow behind the pastern. It is best not to breed from lame ani mals, but lamenesses are not always transmitted; this depends greatly on the conformation of the anim it and the use to which it is put. Rural A'cto Yorker. It Does Not Pay to Cut Corn Fodder Every hour saved, even in winter, is" an hour gained, the product of which may be added to t he profit side of the balance sheet. Whan onrn-fnrlilAr in properly cured, there is no more need of running n inrougti the hay-cutter, than for rowen hay to be so treated, as is shown by the experience of many prac tical farmers. One experimenter found that his cows ate all but ten per cent, of the whole stalks, while they ate no more when the stalks were cut fine. These stalks were from the regular corn field, but had been harvested and cured in sucn excellent condition that the cows were ted on them and corn meal and bran, receiving no hay, without re ducing the milk yield. The corn-stalk oris were run throush the hav-nut tor and then spread behind the cows for ueuumg, so that thus no long stalks got juio nie manure, while nine-tenths o the labor of cutting riiPetnU.-a-oao. Other farmers report like rt suits from similar experiments'. Of course if the corn stalks have been carelessly allowed iu ucuuuic my auu iirtu m the tkjj it pays to cut and steam theni, but the cuuing atone cannot make tin m auy more digestible or nutritious. This matter of cutting the rn.'irse ma terial whic h goes into the nianurf U im portant. Mr. Aiecui, the great I.nslis' fanner, who is very Mimful vunt arily. and wrote that instructive IM.k "How to Farm Profitably " munll th straw and coarse litter used for tabling in his stables, and finds it a profitable practice, as do many others who I ae followed his example. Tin? rteulting manure is easy tuhaiidb ling tine and inable, and niiie!weIlinnmjait,thu- decomposing more rtdily. How to Utilize Old Fruit Cans. Perhaps one of the most appropriate uses of an old fruit can that can be de vised is to make it contribute to the growth of new fruit to fill new cans. This is done in the following manner: The can is pierced with one or more pin holes, and then sunk in the earth near the roots of the strawberry or to mato, or other plants. The pin holes are to be of such size that when the can is filled with water the fluid can only escape into the ground very slowly. Thus a quart can, properly arranged, will extend its irrigation to the plant through a period of several days; the can is then refilled. Practical trials of this method of irrigation leave no doubt of its success. Plants thus watered flourish and yield the most bounteous returns throughout the longest droughts. In all warm localities, where water is scarce, the planting of old fruit cans, as here indicated, will be found profitable as a regular operation. Scientific American. Strange Effects of Girdling Grape vines. Among the experiments with the grapevine at Amherst Agricultural College, girdling has produced some rc maikable results, both in the quality of fruit and the period of development, The vines were gird ied about the first week in August, when the free acid ot the Concord grape had reached its highest state, and the grape sugar had begun to increase. Experiments were made with whole vines and with branches. Two incisions were made through the bark and cambium layers, from one-dghth to one quarter of an inch in width, and the substance be tween removed. The fruit on the gir dled vines matured fully two weeks in advance of the ungirdled vines. Pro fessor Groessmau picked fully matured fnnt from a girdled vine at his lesi dtuce fully three weeks in advance of the fruit on the ungirdled branches of the same vine. The vines that were girdled a year ago were in tine condition this season, and although in most in stances fully healed over, the girdling seemed to produce the same effect on the fruit as the first ear. Amht (Muss.) Transcrij.it. omcstic. Household Receipts. Cueaji Pancakes. Mix the yolks of two eggs, well beaten, with a pint of cream, two ounces ot sifted sugar, a little nutmeg, cinnamon ami mace. Hub the pan with a bit of butter and fry the pancakes thin. Artificial Honey. Common su gar, lour pounds; water, one pint; mix ana boil. While boiling, skim carefully; then, before taking ironi the lire, add one quarter o an ouuee oi pulverized alum. Kmove trom the tire, and while cooling stir in half an ounce of cream of tartar, and a table- spoonful of rose water. Cold Preventive. The best pre ventive oi colas is to ah your chil dren thoroughly in cold water, if Uu-y are strong enough to bear it; if not, add a little warm water, aud rub ti.e skin dry. This keeps the ports open. If they do take cold give them a warm bath as soon as possible; if that is no.. convenient, bathe the feet and bauds ana wash the body all over in warm water, then give a cup of warm tea and cover the patient in bed. Pork Chops. Take care that they are trimmed very neatly; they should be about nan an inch thick; put a try ing pan on the lire with a bit of butter; aa soon as it is hot put in your chops, turning them otten till brown all over ana done; take oue upon a plate and try it; it done season it with a Utile fiaely minced oiiiun, powdered sage and pepper and salt. Soda Biscuit. One quart flour, two heaping tablespoonfuis of lard, two cups sweet milk, one teaspoontut soda, two teaspoonfuls cream of tartar, one saltspoonful of salt. Rub the cream of tartar into the flour, sift all together; next the salt, then the lard, well rubbed into the flour (quickly and lightly); lastly, pour in the milk; work out the dough rapidly, kneading with as few strokes as possible; tiie dough should be soft; it the flour stiffens it too much add more milk; ro:i lightly half an inch thick; bake quickly. French Rolls. In kneading dough for the day's baking, after adding and working in the sponge, set aside enough for a loaf of tea-rolls, work into this a heaping tablespoonful ol lard or butter, ana let it stand in a tolerably cool place, out of all draught, for four hours; knead again and let it stand three hours more; make into rolls; roll wut very lightly pieces of the dough into round cakes and fold these not quite in the center, like turnoveis; let it raise for an hour, bake steadil half an hour, or less if the oven i quick. Chicken Pie. Cut up your chicken; parboil it; season it in the pot; take up the meat, put in a flour thickening, and scald the gravy; make the crusi of sour milk made sweet with soda; put in a piece of butter or lard the size of an egg; cream is preferable to the sour milk, if you have it. Take a large tin pan, line it with the crust, put in your meat, and pour in jour gravy from the pot; make it nearly full, cover it over the crust, and leave the vent; bake it in a moderate oven two hours, or two and a halt'. INHERITANCE OF DISEASE. The predisposition to certain dis eases, like gout or insanity, of en de veloped after maturity, is transmissi ble; and also the liability to die about a certain age. The famous Turgots for more than a ceutury rarely exceeded fifty years of age; and insanity often appears after the meridian of life in several successive generations of a family. The remarkable, faithfulness of reproduction in the majority of cases is a fact somewhat parallel to the growth and maintenance ofan organistn,where in, witli the constant succession of cells, each of brief existence, sol stuntial identity is kept up. There do not seem to lie very marked dilforencvs in bales; yet from the same food one will become a man of must..' arid ener.iv. another ot nerve and brain, and a third a rt ly man of ease-loving habits. All the original wvu!.aii.U of each tiny hu man nucleus pick o;it from a common nourishment eleincu'.. like themselves, rejecting the nt. "Your ntc huhand, nindiinc.'' Ivjmo her l iwyi r " V,.s, I know he was always lul,. ,,t o'rdfhts, .t nw that he's !eul d nt let in iiphmid him," tid l.ii chariU'.h widow. rnnwrcus. When does rainbecome too familiar with a lady? When it begins to patter on her back. We care nothing for "Thomas Concerts." We can hear one on the back woodshed any night without pay ing a cent. Washington Post. A Boston man who bought one thousand Havana cigars, upon being asked what they were for, replied that they were tickets to a course of lectures to be given by his wife. "What makes dogs mad?" asks an exchange. Roys. It makes a dog mad as a wet hen the minute he sees a boy with a tin can in one hand and a string in the other, looking for something to tie them to. Haickeye. Curate (visiting a poor cabman down with bronchitis) "Have you been in the habit of going to church?" Poor Cabby (faintly) "Can't say I hev, sir; but" (eagerly) "I've druv a good many parties there, sir!" Punch. The Pies All Right. The Satur day Evening Gazette says "pumpkin p;es are healthy and good." We art glad there is no serious illness prevail in sr among them, and if they are good thev will be happy. Boston Commer cial Bulletin. Grace Greenwood relates, as an in stance of the extravagance of New England humor, that when a young farmer's wife made her first boy's pants precisely as simple before as behind, the farmer exclaimed : "Goodness! he WDn't know whether he's going to school or coming home.'' Two friends were talking over their troubles one day. Said one, wh was sued ou all sides, "I'm just smoth ered in law, and it's killing me." "Ah, unfortunate fellow-sufferer," replied the other, "it's mother-in-law that's killing me, too." And as they shook sympathetic hands they went behind a green screen for meditation with a piece of lemon in it. Young man, devoted to and ex pressly manufactured for, society, clasp ing his head in agony, "Ah, by Jove, how my headaches! Awfully, by Jove." Sympathizing friend, student in Wil son's dental room: "Oh, you'd better have it pulled;" then, after a thought ful pause "or filled." Patient moves away with an injured air, and the young dentist smiles alter him more thoughtfully than ever. Hacktye. He was a quaint old fisherman. One day along toward dusk he was fishing in a trout stream, and as he swung his fly over the water, it was suddenly snapped by a large bat. The strange looking thing dangled and fl ipped its wings at the end of the line. The fisherman's companion called out: i'Say, Sam, got anything?" "Ye as," looking at the bat on the hook. "What is it?" "I dunno, unless it is a cheru bim! " A good-natured looking young man of 23, accompanied by a modest -appearing young woman of about the same age, evidently his wife and just made -o, yesterday called upon a Griswold street insurance agent to see about in suring her life. After some preliminary conversation the agent inquired what sum thev had in mind. "I want her insured for at least a million dollars!" promptly replied the husband, as he reached over and patted her on the head. The agent figured up the premium and stated the amount. The wife turned pale as death, and the husband lost a pound of flesh a minute. "But take a smaller sum, say five or ten thousand dollars," suggested the agent. "Not a cent less'n a million!'' ex claimed the husband. "If she ain't worth that she ain't worth nothing, and as I can't chalk up for a million we'll go." And go they did, stopping neither for argument or good wishes. Free Press. "SEVENTEEN IN ALL." four companies held in ciieck. A correspondent of the New York Ue-ald, who was a witness of the re cent battle with the Che'ennes, at Bluff Station, near Fort R ibinson, XeHraska, thus telegraphs: The fol lowing is correct and impartial as to the main facts as w itnessed, and will be corroborated by the rank and file participants: After the trail had been repeatedly lost and the Indians allowed to escape, it was taken up again by the Sioux Indian sout, Woman's Dress, and his half-breed associate, John Changrot, yesterday morning, and steadily fol lowed. Six soldiers accompanied Woman's Dress, aud they were sent back to thn command along the trail, as it indicated that the position of the Indians was being approached. Two messengers were sent back, stating . hat the fugitives were near at hand. Suddenly, as Woman's Dress was riding along with Changrot and watch ing the trail closer than before, be was tired on by a keen marksman, who had him as well as the remainder of the escort under range, and wounded in the arm. At the same time a private, II. A. Debloise, Company II, Third Cavalry, was tumbled from his saddle, and the mule ridden by Changrot was shot through the neck and fell as if paralyzed. Changrot attempted to pull his pistol as soon as he could dis entangle his feet from the stirrups to lire on the hitherto concealed Indians, who charged to capture the arms of the dismounted soldier and his horse, which stood grazing a tew paces dis tant. Another close bullet carried away the stock of Changrot ' pistol and rendered it useless. Ho laid down and crawled toward the disabled sol dier, Debloise, to get his rille, but tound the fire too severe. Captain II. VY. WetwU was jut be yond the rising ground to the rear, with companies A, K, F and II. and hearing the firing, at well as hin ting Woman's Die-ss retiring, he pilloped. over the crtst and to a point com manding hre the wounded olliT lav and within range of a sweeping fire carefully deli en d by the C.iev Mines. Captain WesseU iromediAtely gave the command to Serg.-ant James fasrgeit Turner, Comauy A. Third Cavalry, to dismount, aud diretd him to open fire atone on the Indians, minsr, "Try to savtihat mart," mean ing H-blotse. Company II moved to the rtif lit and Company K to the left, while A company w.i nvYed to the trom to command the miti.n of Hie Indian. Thi was a out ten oV. k. The d.iv was I.MT tintl pleHMtlt. It tint decided t hold thi urmitid tint tl Company F. which w.m htuk tout ten miles with the wagons, could be brought up as a reinforcement, which was effected about half-past 2 P.M. It was then decided between Captain Wessels, commanding Company II, and Lieutenant Chase, Company A, to charge the Indians, who still an swered the desultory fire kept up on them at 200 yards range. The posi tion of the Indians was in an oblong hole about thirty feet long, ten or twelve feet wide and five feet deep, with ridges in jt here and there, where the invested Indians had dug out some holes, so as to get down low from the range of our fire, and to alternately step up on the ridges to deliver theirs in return. This was within a few feet of the edge of a high bank which broke off abruptly from the dry bed of a branch of Indian creek, thirty feet below, and about forty miles from Fort Robinson and three miles from Bluff Station on the Hat Creek road. As soon as the charge was provided for the companies on the ground were deployed in skirmish line, at three and four paces distance, maing a semi circle so as to bring the right and left of the line respectively toward the edge of the steep creek bank. Part of Company P was sent to strengthen Company II, and part of it put where another company had been. Parts of companies II and F were sent up the bed of the creek from the east, and Company E from the west side of the Indians' position. When Company A closed in the front, from the northerly side, they got up nearer than the rest of the troops and immediately lost two men, Sergeant Taggart Farrier, and Private Nelson. This was within fifty yards of the pit. A steady advance and fire was kept up until within ten yards. Capt. Wessels said to the troops be fore the movement commenced : "We have lost enough men now waiting for these Indians, and we must charge them." lie looked to ward Lieut. Chase, who promptly said: "Captain, I should like to have Com pany A to charge with you. We must get Company F where you are to cover your advance." Immediately Company A fell back uuder orders and threw oil' their coats ami gum shoes, going round by Com pany E, which was distributed along the ravine ou the turn of the creek. Company A went up on the north bank of the creek, under the position of the Indians, ai;d Company II, with a part of Company F, were sent be low. During this time the pickets were posted so as to keep the Indian? down." Company A gave way on the left so as to join Company II, which made the detour around the left of the pit in a westerly direction. Company F, under Lieutenants Hardee and Baxter, took up the position vacafrd by Conipauy A, while II and F de tachments moved up to the east and rear of the besieged. Captain Lawson struck down from the west and rear, swinging out so as to join them in the charge, which was to be signalled by a yell from Lieutenant Chase. Company A moved up too near, and, as above stated, lost in a short time three killed. These were somewhat rashly sacrificed through impatience. The movement was merely a steady advance, and closiug in on the enemy as it began. The men rapidly pressing together grew thick about the pit; and it is a wonder more soldiers were not killed by the Indians. It was certaiuly providential that the ammunition of the reds gave out. The men would go up to the edge of the hole and fire down at an angle and then fall back to reload. Tiie smoke of the firing actu ally gre'W so great that the soldiers had to pause until it cleared away to see where the pit was. At one time the Indians ceased tiring and commenced singing, it was thought that they weie either all wounded or wanted to surrender. An order was given to cease the firing, which had grown so oppressive from an apparent want of opposition and the conviction that it was superfluous, like beating a dead carcass. During the lull Captain Wessels called on the Cheyennes still reinaiD iug to surrender, and said some words in Sioux, such as "Wtfshte," but im mediately the unsubdued Cheyennes opened fire. Captain Wessels and Ser geant Reed, of Company II, Third Cavalry, were wounded by the volley. In the case of Captain Wessels the ball penetrated the forehead at the left side, passing under the scalp and making a painful but not serious wound; his hat and garments were also pierced in many places. The firing again commenced, and in half an hour all was owr. The edge of the pit was literally riddled from the shower of bullets rained upon it. Captain Wessels participated in the firing with the troops. Just before the final resistance of the Cheyennes three of them, the last alive, jumped out of the pit and faced the troops undaunted. One had a pistol and two had knives, which they brandished like warriors while rushing at the troops. One sprang to jump down the embankment, but was speed ily riddled with balls, as were the other two. Lieutenant Chase led the charge of his company, in the centre of his men, gave a cheer and inspired them. When Captain Wessels was wounded and fell back fainting Cap tain Lawson kept saying: "(Jive it to them, boys; don't leave one of theni." Private Margetave, Company FM a Russian, was conspicuous for his cool ness and bravery. He kept up a steady advance, firing right at the In dians. Corporal Crouse. Company A, was also etlective in his execution. Sergeant Ambrose, - Company I', de serves mention. I'nivcrsal testimony is borne to the gallant conduct of C.t tain Wessels and Lieutenants Cliae and II.irdei All the privates K-havrd bravely. When the stnok cleared away the pit presented a singular and hrrib!e apju'arance. Huddled together in piles wen the twenty-three Iniliesof the slain. Araon; tiie nine still snr ivu)Wcr two ruing Indian girl, agsl fourteen and lli'teeii. covered with dust and under the Itodir of young bukfi who had fallen lifeUns ujsin them an-l at tirt concealed th'in. They wire saved by disrguu in under the side of the hole. Oile is named Hlamhe. and uel to writ h'r name while inipritoni d here with her people. Th ai'peaiance of tiie pit was mm though it had been tilled with saml lav. Lieutenant ha iniiiHliattly ordered a c inMiiv t fall hi, and ent a d tail into the deathlv chant to pa out lbi I "flies. Among hem were found three unhurt snd five wounde I li males and one bock woutded. The carase wtr taken .t ra pidly, and f ni'td to Im couiit!!y r dud with bulku. Ti.ey wrr laid down side by side, and looked like horrid phantoms or defaced mummies. A few were stripped, but most of them had on clothing in the language of one of the soldiers handling them, "regular store clothes. " A number of blankets and a soldier's overcoat and pantaloons, with some bed covers, were among the rubbish, while in the centre was a good stock of half-dried beef, three feet high and twTo wide. Some cattle had been killed by them near by, belonging to the Whitcomb branch. Carpenters were detailed to make a traverse to carry the wounded to the wagons. The dead bodies of the three soldiers wrere packed on their horses, and Corporal Houk and Private John D.movan, of Company A, were sent into Fort Robinson for ambu lances and to bear the news of to-days operations. The fighting had lasted about half an hour. A few half-starved bucks, seventeen in all, had held four com panies in check and killed three of their number, which added to the seven before mortally wounded by them, would make more than half the force of the enemv. The unfortunate blunder in not placing bars on their prison windows, in placing an insuf ficient guard over them in Fort Rob inson and the absence of trained ar tillery upon their line of escape has been sadly paid for in the loss of good men. REAL CARE AND SHAM. Thafcsturdy son of the English church, the Bishop of Manchester, recently, in the course of a public speech, made some sharp remarks on the frivolity of so cial life, and read the following letter from a young woman to illustrate : We breakfast about 10. Breakfast occupies the best part of an hour, du ring which we read our letters, and my mother expects me to write her notes of iuvitation, or to reply to such. Then I have to go into the conserva tory and feed the canaries and parrots, and cut off the dead leaves and faded flowers from the plants. Then it is time to dress for lunch, and at 2 o'clock we lunch. At 3 my mother likes me to go with her when she makes her calls, and we then come home to a 5 o'clock tea, when some friends drop in. After that we get ready to take our drive in the park, and then we go home to dinner, and after dinner we go to the theatre or the opera, and when we get home I am so elreadf ully tired that I don't know what to do. This is an exaggerated picture, of course, or at least, however true of English society girls, coulel hardly be asserted of any considerable portion of this community. Yet the m cares, or what are magnified into cares, of some people can hardly be of greater im portance than feeding the canaries and parrots and cutting off dead leaves and faded flowers. There is a fatal facility in multiplying cares about nothing, until we seem to be absorbed aud completely taken up with vanities and nothings. The more Complex civilization gets, the more burdensome it becomes, until we are fain to run away in any direction from the tread-mill which we have built for ourselves. Take for instance t le single item of the supply of food to our human necessities. Plenty is the first essential; then we must have va riety and delicacy, then fine ware from which to eat and an experienced ser vant to care for it as well as to prepare the meals; other refinements are grad ually added, until the performance of satisfying huuger amid plenty, be comes a feat of organization, co-operation, and execution, not at all interior in dilliculty to the original problem of procuring the raw material of food it self. It finally comes to this, that there is more distress over the failure of the domestic to scrub the silver or brush up the crumbs, than there would ouee have been over the ab sence of the elinuer entirely. Perhaps it is still truer of apparel that the de mands of fashion impjse on this gen eration more labor and vexation than the weaving and home manufacture of garments did upon the celebrated grandmothers. This tendency of civilization to complicate rather than simplify our lives should be resisted at every turn. Let us be sure that these modern "conveniences" are not traps to im pose some new and embarrassing fetters quite different from the opportunity for enlarging life which is anticipated from them. Keep the necessities of lite well within bounds and find some thing outside of them, of a more en nobliug character, for all the leisure which can be made. It is very easy to till up leisure with "fancy work" and "loafing" and imagine oneself tired from mere absence of exhilarat ing mental effort or personal experi ence outside of the moot ordinary sel fish ways of life. It is sometimes a good moral dis cipline to think over one's burdens, separate the real and the necessary from the fictitious aud the needlessly assumed. The value of the practice goes beyond personal life into public atl'iirs. The difficulties of public problems arise more from manufac tured obstacles to improvement and reform than from real ones, however real the former may sometimes be made to appear. Sjningfi ld llcpub lican. THE MISTLETOE. In this'country the growth of mistle toe is limited in ht I v to Virginia and further South. In England that phut flourishes chi fly in (iloucestershire, Worcestershire and I onshire. where it grows ou the apple trees, and i sel dom found on the oak. When r -ing on the latter, it was regard d as sacred by the Druids. Tin t la litional practice of kissing umW it ran mi I its cluion from Cnuicli dvorti"n; while it use in private houses is c.un m m. The practice who t Scan liua isn origin. Ilald -r, the Alio ot the Not Hi, was hated by lki. and. n ever) thing that pt ana from lire, air, earth nnd wuW-r had Utii sworn not to hurt the CeleMinl !a rile, the wn k-l spirit made an hi rw i.i u;itl i.h-.h lneti sprang, not I rm ruth, but !rom a trr. which h" cave to the Mind 1 1 x I r t test. The arrow, wed from the Uw of the.Ko dalknc-," kill-1 H.l.l. r. Itut un Wing re4rd to lite, st the urgent ol (citation: ot the other dtvini ties, the iiiiltetoe was civento tlie ptd. les of love to keep: and even f if wr. Moed Ifiirath it was kissti), to ilmw that bene forth the hough was the em Mem. lot of oVth. but of love. The plant was ca!ldb th lruid ;r-r , or "heavenly plant," lelieinir thai it dtH-nded lion ab ive, nnd would n t grow out ..Mb cuith. It hit tstn cit ed t he p e! re's Wand," in t on o n ?:ce.fu h Im 1 1 hut a brain h held in the hand, together with certain incantations, would compel the appear ance and the answer of a spirit. The mistletoe used to be cut by the chief priest with a golden hook, and received on a spotless cloth, at the time of the Druidical sacrifices; and the branches, being dipped in water, were distributed as charms against witchcraft among the people. The appearance of the pretty white wax-like berries, and the olive green leaves growing from the stem in pairs, needs no description. TESTS OF CHARACTER. Everybody who is fond of investiga ting character seeks for tests. Xow, there are tests which at first sight seem to be good, but are really worth noth ing. You may search forever, and be forever wrong, to find the crucial test of a man's character in his choice of a wife, of a house, of furniture even of his friends, or any of his many surroun dings ; for that which surrounds a man is not neccessarily sympathetic with him. Tests of this kind fail, because of the influence of circumstances, which influence you can seldom eliminate. Take, for instance, his friends. Friend ship is often the result of the merest ac cident. One cannot but have some lik ing for one's schoolfellows and college companions, whether they are especial ly suitable to one or not ; and indeed throughout life, friendship depends in a great degree upon vicinity. To fiid a certain test, you must have something that he says, or does, when freed from the influence of others, and when un controlled by circumstances. Authors are far better understood than other men, because they cannot help betray ing their real thoughts and opinions, as, when they write, they often forget who they are, with whom they live, and even what is expected of them. In mi nor matters, it, is often easy to find a good test. For example, it you want to ascertain what is to be ascertained of the character of a man from his style open his book anywhere, and you are nearly sure to discern at once the pecu liarities of his style. He never can conceal them. If a man means to do a thing, and does not do it, you have a sure test. To take writing, again, as an instance ; you can see tuat iu such a sentence a man meant to do something forcible and telling, was to produce a great eff.-ct ; but, perhaps, it is merely fine writing or bombast. You have at once a measure of the man's powers in that direction. What he blames, what he praises, are good tfsts of his char acter. What lie plays at, what he laughs at, are still better tesis. All se rious work is, to a certain extent, com pulsory ; but gamesomeness and laugh ter are, for tne most part, voluntary. The serious beaver is always buiidiug his house, but, iu that constant work of his, shows no peculiarity of beaver character. It is letter, in some respects, to be admiied by those with whom you live than to be loved by them. And this, not on account of any gratification of vanity, but because admiration is so much more tolerant than love. If you are admired by those who surround you, you have little to explain or justi ly. Tney believe in you; and this makes the wheels of Hie go smootbby with you. On course, love often in ers admiration ; but ihere are many in stances in which the two things are utterly dissevered. THE PRIME OF LIFE. Beween the ages of fort-five and six ty, a man who has properly regulated himself may be considered in the prime of lite. His matured strength of con stitution renders him almost impervi ous to an attack of disease, and experi ence has given soundness to his judg ment. His mind is resolute, firm and equal ; all his functions are in the high est order ; he assumes mastery over his business; builds np a competence on the foundation he has laid m eariy manhood, anil passes through a period of life attended by many gratifications. Having gone a year or two over sixty he arrives at a stand still. But athwart this is the viaduct called the ' turn of life," which, if crossed in safety, leads to the valley of " old age," round which the river winds, and then beyond with out boat or causeway, to effect his pas sage. The bridge is, however, con structed of fragile material, and it de pends how it is trodden whether it band or break. Gout and apoplexy are also in the vicinity to waylay the traveller, and thrust him from the pass ; but let him gird up his loins and provide him self with a fittei staff, and he may trudge on in safety and with perfect composure. To quit metaphor, "the turn of life" is a turn either into a prolonged walk or into the grave. The system and powers, having reached thir utmost expansion, now begin either to close like a flower at sunset or break down at once. One injudicious stimulant, a single fatal ex citement, may force it beyond its strength, while a careful supply ot props aud the withdrawal of all that tends to force a plant will sustain it in beauty and vigor until night has entire ly set in. INSECTS AND FLOWERS. It has long been known that flowers are necessary to insects ; but it is only within the last few jtars that it has been discovered that insects are quite as necessary to tl iwers. There are, how ever, but two or three tribes of iuects whose visits ace serviceable to tl iwers in thv way of fertiliz ition. The Lpi doptcra,or butt ct fly tnbf, are specially so ; and the moths, flying by night nnd vi-sitinvuch flower s i t4 only open at that time, arc f.unbh d w ith a trunk or proho.ci, which tuck up honey in its fluid slate; and in seekiui: it the in sevl Uvoinescovcn-d with tllei. Which it transfers tiom fl wer to fl w. t. In this w iy a titr ii s sM wi.l tVitil,?. niativ tlweis. l M.lr Is'iit attract d by the v dor ot the tl i. tu.t j Weill capttbh of itpplts utitltf til te an I Mie II, j it the lilju. i mmoii l d. What flow "1 it l tielt. I mi' s tire to lil U ho I Hti iii m It tli ate eniiMt d, ents "t I , bu! the) hi' ij nn .1 t h it urn alinr-oii Mh for Uh a'!r, s m A l t i fl rent i st lire. - A I. it. s i I ! ' n , ' lonti w Iim n el t 'I a tt i ' ' - ton tfiiti tn. ' .. And t' i j !' m it thnt nu i 1 m I r . hi ! ! N'icWtl ir I Mflrr him. S r ( mm itm . - Th" ii'-M-i ipti n t h I j r it til. t loan dm in 1 ! nn' ht .1 in it in, l4!'.', n tie i tit to f I l , I V I, st I th.- cVHs during the period ii fliMMi, i . There are 7 i.iMh'i'tlejjr.uin on the plains ot CVoiad . M itsn grazes :tl,iH head. DIMENSIONS OF HEAVEN. SOME CURIOUS FIGURES ABOUT PARA DISE. And he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlous. The length, and breadth, and theheighth of it are equal. Rev. xxi. 16. Twelve thousand furlongs, 7,920 000 feet, which being cubed, 59 ,79:j ( sq 000,tKK),000,000 cubic feet. Halt of this we will reserve for the throne of God and the court of heaven, and half the balance for streets, leaving a remaindpr ol 124,198,272,000,000,000,000 cubic feet Divide this by 4,096, the cubical feet in a room sixteen feet square and there will be 30,321,843,750,000,000 rooms. We will now suppose the world al ways did and always will contain 99j . 000,000 inhabitants, and that a genera tion lasts for 33 years, making in all 2,970,000,000, every century, and that the world will stand 100,000 years or 1,000 centuries, making in all 2,970 ' 000,000,000 inhabitants. Then suppose there were one hundred worlds equal to this in number of inhabitants and duration of years, making a total of 297,000,000,000,000 persons, and there would be more than one hur.dred rooms, sixteen feet square, for each person. "Sing me, my own," he whispered lovingly, as they both sat down on the one piano stool, "sing me, 4Oh, whisper what thou feelest.' " "I will, young man, I will," said the tremulous tones of her papa, from the direction of the door. "We will sing it as a duet, you and I; I will feel and you can whisper what it is." And then he felt for the boy with his feet, and went on, with unfeeling indifference. 'And you needn't confine yourself to a whisper, necessarily, in telling what you feel and what it feels like. Give it voice, young man, give it voice." Haickeue. A Source of much Bodily Evil. If the habit of body becomes irreeular, much evil ia inflicted on the system. The stomach becomes dyspeptic, bilious symptoms deve.op themselves, the circulation is eontamiuated, and the nerves share in the general disorder. It is of the utmost importance that the bowels should be thoroughly aud speedily regulated when they grow derelict. The corrective ageut best adapted to this purpose is Hostetters tiiomach Bitters, a wholesome, non-griping vegetable, laxative, worth all the rasping ca thartics invented since the time of Paracelsus. 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The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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March 6, 1879, edition 1
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