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BED SPRINGS i . ... . . tqtAL aj7d eXact J Ct 10 ALL VOL I. NO. I!. UED SPRINGS, N. C TliURSBAY, 31 AY 19, 18J2. IL1?lT?Vrri?r:IjrnaTwr ttJTl B ' Vor some reason i or other; maw the Cuieig' Sio,'1ba rjossewor of capital U enjdjlnj rrlore advantages la the ijuiMiog up of business than years B"o, while the great trusts seem to be ' l,ln in coherence aad power, and Is sorne instances are disintegrating." i j . Tei yem sjo the oyster Industry wai the Nrit stable so iree of wesdth Msry- !ol had. Ha- sjppliel ooe-thtrJ of the bivalves extei by the jieople of tb L'tiiti 1 States end Cms is. Her annual output was m?re thvi 10,000,000 bath els. T !, the Ililtimors Sao U loath t admit, it itless than 8,003,000, aad th' oyiteri are inferior ia qualitf tod art degenerating both ia ails and quantity. J.-IL I 1W U The recent publiceton of a paragraph t the effect tb.it living children of Hero rotionsry soldiers were ft io1 far be tween hs,s started a general aearch for ti'ich p-rsons iu a few .State. The ae nes of nearly a doze 3 hire bejn sent t) the 1'niU lelpbia Ledger, n l a mao y more t the New York Tribune, wliich appeari I i hire originate I the impiiry. William Wallace Lie, of Mcridee, says he believes tint nt lettt lift j surlting children of (i-rliiliouirjr Soldiers could be found in Connecticut alone. The State of Illinois U said to be the I'r.t ii the b'uioa to estaWlsh aa efficient II irr t i of Kutotnology. Tho clinch bugs with whiwli that State wm long afflicted nr. nioii'id thin public attention to eoto m.l.ry aud it has paid In many ways. , 1 I : re ii the prop'ieslet of clinch bug yean hive U?cn cxtrencly uteful, as when thl i-n:ct pn nis"d t' bti abundtnt farmer were foro-warned to plant crop it would n it fitt irk. (u this way the number of iltf-ttructive insect havn been greatly, de- ira-i- l iiii'l th;y arc now rarely Injurious f- any extent. One of tho question! which ii agitaU 'ur, just at present, state the I)e I'oti Free Press, ii whether a dr.rgist ii juitiiied in declining to till the present, ti n o( i physician which he believe to Lift- lxfii nude in ignorme-j of the din- ,tiim rh trader of the lru precri;t -T in whii li a mistake hi Icen in , k t-vthe proNr lom. The doctor hM th.it it ii the ilruist'a duty t till the pri'M rij'tion nd p-rniit th? patieutt o be killed, ciMiridm artfin, leaviot( tti-i re- Mtmitility vitl the prcicrilin,' Viyii in. The druiit are in doutL Chief WiMitrd A. Smith, of the De put met: t of Trunsjiortation of the World's Fair, Chicago, i arranging for a l ir'e nuiiihcrof intrrcitrring ethibita. i: i ' iitly he In I been paying apecial at ti ntioii to the iinrine nection. In it will l-e inodrN of the ri; of the old frigate Constitution, the lliliip of Nelson, a ir.ivrl from Spiin, the eiact copy of llif Sint i M .inn, in which Colmubui mi le In HrU T.yne, ctnoea of the 1'ire tr.i IfM of the Wet Imliei, Jiewn lr ;n .i in; tre :id propelled by twenty Eve puddles There will le ioi' leN of -ofli racing tchoouera aa the Anonci, Miy liwer, ruritan a&d Vol- ' i r. All a irt of stern wheel pauen rnoer n id freight tei-nen for rlyer nar i:tion, Mcrl-scrcw frrrjboiiU, electric pintMck-, mphtln Uun:hc), etc., will I c -h-i.vn. Then there will appear in llieir uitiinil ordo ketches and brlgan tiii", alojp Hiid barqun of the Atlantic coit in 1711, rafti, arka, bur-c, keel bonta and other crafU. The nntliQ lloute ot UoaiTiont Qtt jut b;en the scene of a curloui epiaode, chronicle the Chicago News. In obe irer to thecomaud of th. baly, uuj Uol, nu employe on aq EoIiah railway syiteni, appe.-tro 1 before a Par liimentar co-nuNiioi aj:nj time ail and garo tcitiuiony at to the Loin or h')r impoel up)n t'.io aernati of the com3y for which he worked, fhi' compaoy, with the apparent purpo.e of ' .getting rerenje aoiuehow, promptly dii charge I him. The director of the rail way werw summoned before the bar of the IIoue to explain this action, but they did not offer to reiottate Mood or make reparation to him. Tbey juU apologiwd. J bome of the member cf the Houm in- sisted that this inexpensire and simple method of settling the cue wai Insuffi cient, and argued .tht at IIod hvl lost ' hi place through the action of Parlia rnentit was the duty of the latter to en- force a re pvatioa of hU wrongi. rail suggestion was recelrcJ with disfavor. It Is not claimed tht Hool falsified ia his testimony. The apjlogy of the di rectors Is evidence of that. Taui it U that the world is confronted with the interesting spectacle of the Britieh Par liament forcing man to lose hi place) by telling the truth and then refusing to insift upon his getting justice. The august body contented itself with admin i'tcriog to the company a reprimand which wm almost jocular la Its mild nets. Mr. Hood may find a way aa best he can to convert a smiling apology into brc.d and butter. ' PITT Y PAT AX 6 TIPPYTOX in Amy i tLy rone and fo- Pvtljjl i I TiyrU; Y(K(printa op and 1owb the kali, Maytblog artterd oo tbm floor, 71ogr-mrk aloof tho vatl Tell-tal ttraki apo th door fly tti rwtiii yon nhall kmon nttrpat and Tippyt'j. flow tLej ri'4 at thoir playl A ad, a dox'n tim a ilay. Ia IIimt tru.p tlmaotlioK breafl- Only lnttTH lal will de, And Inat bntter mnA rd InrtiM thick with nr, tout Keirrr yet have I aaid: "So, fitlypal anl Tiplt-it!" 4ui-tiiu- tttre are gri-fM to aonthe HoroHime mft!'d trvwa to emooth; Kr -I ninrti fxrrt to My Tipr.f nI rittpat H.m-tiiii- intTmit their play With an iutrnM-iiie "pat; fi' ! h, ti ! to inirr-l l'itypat ami Tlppybicl Oh. t! thonaaitil worrying thiof F.rery day rnrrent bring I ! IlaixU to M-mb and hair to Lnuh, S-arh f"T pUythiiirii gooe am La Many a innriunring to hnh, SlaDy a little Immp to it l'ittrHit and Tippj toe I And whn day in at an end. ari little ibid to niendi i I.tiile friN ka are atrauKely torn Little htiea (rreat hole rereal, Ijltl li me, hut one 1ay worn, Itii.lely yawn at Ih heelt Vho lnt von cnnld work anrh oA, I'itlrpat and Tipptie! But when rnne thl thonght to in 4 "Soino there are that childlemi be, Hlvalin to their little bvl, Willi a love I cannot epeak. Teinlrly I atroke their head, Foil lit kinaearh velvet hek, r.. hlp thowe ho ! not know A f'llt vpal or Tippytoe! On the floor. alouK the hall Itn.l.'lr trt'd iiu the wall. Thre are proof iu every kind f the La toe they have wrought. And upon my heart yoo'd find Jut pi'h tradvinarki, If yoU Bought Oh. how glad 1 am 'tia en. llitypat ant Tippyt.l IKiigene Field, in Chicago Newt, SARAH. tlT f.ITT C. l.iu.ir. fliRAH Moi.YNrrx orn!MMj the hall ot her mint houj In Chelator and .tood lrif.s..ntey f.r a momftit at the lu-nd f tli nld-frixhtotietl talrcno. Hei hand moved n little nervoualy on the itniiifltMii, nrni tn line hetween hei lelicjite dark brow toonM, "ir it were only over with oi needn't Ik nt all, h' ivfloctnl. Jim Ih.'io vn no way to AVold the tin plena. nt tnk abend of her. nnd ac "ordinulv Snrali pa-M-vl Mown tin ta!r utul Into the ho itare parlor over- lookij.ir tiie uaMen. in about hall un hour old Mm. ThorjH In her room upatnirt lieani tne rront iloor elo.e and u quick step down the garden painwav. rroMenuv raran rnme iwtek The old ladv wns popped Up in immi aim turned a pair or Very luiaht. riwir fyi's ii oii ner-niece A sue en- a . :cicii tlie room. "Well," Mr-4. Thoriw exclAlraed with iniputieiM-o. "Sit right down in. i tell me all nii uit it. Ami don I nldltfe me to ank t0 mnnv ute9toiia You Liiow how I bnte to liave'tc Tilnj nn tiling out of you." Sarah laiiKhed. " 1 II do mv lie!t a - a k a ii in i-oiiy. ne atirwereo. ainma (low;. In tlie window and hoklntr wlti- puitle lnlulgenie at,?lie old lady. "J Mllt..e I nilt IKln nt the teffln iiiiiij. I found Mr. Morion. of course in theparlrr nud he fairly jumped at I ho liu-unes question. llumpli. wli.it i lie v ? "Maid that he would hot think ot Mituiliiiitf you while you were ill but that it vn very itnHrtatit for him to know when he conM take ttofl'cssion .f the ho.i-c. He intends putting un i tie raciory ut once; ne says. lie ob served that Mr. lietHham had ex dalne I how fond we were of the old house and nil that, but of course we could hardly ex -cot him to be sent!- mental in a liusinc.a matter. ' Did he talk like that right to your face, Sarah Molvneui V Aunt -I can t say well It didn't found quite oloM ; but those wen- lilt wrls. " Who tloe-s he favor in Jocks -tho Turuers.I guesH." Mr-.Thorpe leaned luu k ami c.c,i her eye a moment. rMoiirt ir tl;e hikrh cheek bones and prominent r.oesof the Turners float ing lefore her. Sarah thought, of them too, hnrily in contrast with tlie looks of her recent guest. : He's not a bit like the Turners." she said, presentlv. "I don't know the Morisons much,"he avldcsl. "Let me fee - lie ia not very tall rather slight but Kdts strong and 'has a 'l..or. .K.. .I..I f . I' iiirniiiiirii lini r la. v. " Handsimc ?" Mrs, ThorroS etes opened for an Instant. Oh. no not at all oh no, not toe least bit handsome ; but he has a uuick. brlirht sort of look." " So he a gvlog to put up a factory -dear,dear-I did think but well n of txiurso the protiertT his since your Uncle Exra left It to him by will I never thought ijtra u do It. Al ways took for granted he meant It should be mine outright and artei letting me live here forty year," " I said something or the kind to Mr. Morlson. lie's coming back this evening. " " What for: he Isn't swing to bulk! to-night, U he ? ' Ob, now He want to aeo the ira. den Terr particularly." , ' well, you make It near I want the plants. " When the objectionable guest ban paid his second Tlsitsarah came back to her aunt' room looking rery muct (Ilacouraged. ' Well, what now ? ' oemanded tin old lalv with acorn. He aaya we can't hare the garden disturbed. Aunt Pollr." said Harah. ttlnff down delectedJy. "i took him down to the arbor, and we had a rery nice talk at first. I rtallj al most liked him. We besnn , about country life, and he told ine. how much be hal ion get 1 for a real conn try home d ylu-n Something .like this h- nid-tlien be akesl who took rare of the garden, and I told him I was your gardener, and how much we both loved the flower. I showed him the tree planted when I was a baby, and thee the rosebush for my tenth birthday ; and he snld that he whould think we'd hate to leave it all then I explained yoti wanted the plant, but he said oh hot It was all wirt of the proirty.'1 . "Turner ftraight througjl and tbrr.ugh." dhclnretl ilk old lavlr. " Grasping all thy ctin. get. I will have the plants, thbugh ;I gies4 111 had tiothing to Kiiy to theui." " I could scarcely bq civil after that," pursued Sarah, her face .flush ing In the dusk. "I changed the bud': ject, nnd asked hlrn how nearly 116 was rein bil to the Turners; but be said it was very distant, lie told me where he lived ns a loy. It seemi iis father boil a patter In some coun try village Haul -I think ho called It, and he was a .very vl-donnryi nn- Fractlcal. enthil,i.ilir kirid of niarJ. gue-s he didn't prbVide mltch for the family. Anywny Mr. MjrHson says he stnrtel out young 111 life td 2tve his own future, and he has been quite succo.-sfulr-.nly h Intends to le thoroughly sohesnys, if possible." " lly way of my garden. Humph!" " He Mys he enJoyR cfbstncles. He likes something Id conhncr, I loid him I had no fancy for battlefield: he said a skirmish wad as good ai success to him. Ob, Aunt, by the war, do I look like the Turners ?" " Well some," said the old lady, reluctantly. Sarah crossed the room, and In the faint light regarded her race attentively in the long narrow mirror. It was a thin clear-cut frier, rather shadowy as to What might of might not. be Its owner's strong or weak points; the face of a girl to whom evetits or emcrgencle- were un known. Life had written almost nothing upon It that cave It churm. and the eves were a Very pretty hazel with Mack lushes and delicate brow 14 Th.. IfnfMohl Tnrn.f. " the ol ladv. as Sarah sit down acaln v MWaa m -J V. rv a-'Ut'' J lou tlo look sotiie l.ke them. hy? " uii. .Mr. Morisonsaid 1 had u Turn er look." the girl Answered. " He tr.ed to make out we are cousins. " Well von nie--twlce removed His mother s -our coUsIn 1 think." " I must ak him. He'll be hack In the morning, he says." Well. 1 declare to gracious the man means to foree niB out of this tied, I believe. Sarah, you nnist sneak up and not let him lmosc- upon yon." Alfout ejewn o clm'k the next morn ing verv unusual sounds floated up to the old lady frni the parlor where .Mr. -Morion wns ugalu lnter'icw- in Sarah. Nunc one was plaving on the old phmo; then a mans vope, a clear line ieuAr, oould be heard. The eoug uui one the old lady remember ed In her youth -" Phyllis Is mv only love - and her WitheiedrheeK Hushed wltli plensure. " Surah." sheVald. dirertlv her niece Appeared. did vou ank that Voting man to sine? I want you should inoitire If lie knows unttier ilee like tha. Satnh s eye were very sort and bright. 'v Ai.nt. she said, eagerly, "would it look Indd if I-Ang a duet with Mr. Mori-on ? He s coining back this afternoon. " What ll you sing? You don't know wl:At you'i-e talking nliou!, Sarah." I)oes he think the t.inno's his? uemnndcil the old lauV with A suddtQ ... .... return of .eveiitv. Sarah looked uJseruble. He sv it h. Aunt." she admitted There was an ominous silence: then Mr. I horie closed Jier ey aunin. " Well, it trait K7.ra-i,,"headmlt:Hl. ! was with in ingle I feelings that she listened that afternoon to the ringing from l low. jjove of music tomiellel her to enjoy keenly the wnv In whieli Sntali ntnl the audacious Mi. Motiti xang " I would thnt my love' and "Oh, wert llioij in the ittidd blast." While resentment ngaint what she felt an unjust will Jeprivitig her nnd her niece of her heii-hed home, made hT consldei evervthing done or said by. Mr. Monson tdije-t ion Able, yet f'Unehow she found heref looking frwnrl eagerly to her n iece'n net rert of their lillbiddeu guest. " He is going to ! married voon. Aunt Poll v," Sarah related. "Per haps that is why he is in such n hurry about the house. He'- lcen. tellinp Uie uleuit the y.auig lady." "Well, umii my soul. S-ems tc me he' verv frce-.vlth hi confidences. Man led ? Whnt'd he say about her ?" Oh, I d..n t know exa-tly." said Sai ah: " he sold she was the kind of girl I'd get along quickly with; It eenis, ever so long ngo, he made np his mind never to marry nuy one but her. " Well, and were there nnv of thoe obstacles he talks oIhoU ;" snlfTeil th- tdl lad i. " Oh, ye. lUit he says there's juite a tu, h of rotnanco in the whole flttir. He s a very wML masterful sort of person. Aunt I can quite understand what he means when he ays heen joys overcoming difficulties. He isn't the sort of t-er-on anv one could trifle with easily." I guess I will when I get Around. What with the garden, and the tia no and the dear knows what all 1 11 te grateful If he leaves us the clothes to our imcks. What ele U you talk about?" . Oh. a great many thincs. Books some. He fond of German -and. oh. l meant to u-u yon. he s coming to morrow morning and going to read a little Oerman with me." WelL Sarah, you Just see here. Let that young man know you've something to do. besides fool around with hlrn.- I know; be wants to force me up. . Ill see Dr. Barker. I true. before that Tom Morlson gets me out r the nouae." llh limit ft'a Intl t...,.A I. wants, he says, to familiarize himself wlUi the t lace. " Well he's got all the Ume there Is after we're gooe. I want you should be very distant with him aad, Sarah, , I guess you'd better not begin aar German readings." During Mr. Morlson next visit Sarah appeared in her aunt's room with a very anxious expression. " Aunt I'ollr." rhe said, with aa effort at composure, Mr. Moriaoa'a brourht the Oerman books, and I don't know what to say about I " Well, go on," said the old lady. iuppiS yott'ye fori oVU way, and perhaps he'i h yoa some." . She lay very still when she was ilode-oictlmea with her eyes open, but generally kelp-teg thfrn closed aa pictures from the past. -aial tisfTn-j of What might be ahead of her, floated through her brain, and the peculiar cruelty of her brother's will smote tier heart afresh. When she had teen left A widow fortr years ago, fcxra Turner had promptly hade her stay on In the bono which had seen thebappt veart of bef married life, and whfcVh;td beett endarevl td bef brd handled (lUTer'nt aidcldtlOn : wHed the sorrows ft Had wltrfetsc-i Njri.e?riitex! the place ilm6'St.a.il .ten- flerly ai Its ertcxis tit Joy, whfle fr the tlnie she had Ltoiigbt her fi Orphan' niece SafaH horre; n hew. irom ttlo trf. terest was given her life; .ret .one In separably uoiiuu up wim .uie on e Old mansion. Kzra s will fell . (Ike 4 hunderbolt upon the oll lady and ler niece. Indeed, thete was little question but that It caused the weak turn which confined her to her room; and as she lav there n6w, faintly con fccloul of the Voice from below, ftfmt-thlng like A wish never to leave the old hiTrrte &av for & final festidg blace brddgct a HCt tnoUture' fnta her ees. It seemed a long time before Mr. Morlson went away. When the door had closed upon him at last Mrs. Thorpe, alert for every sound, heard SahaH lingering on the stairs. Pres ently the girl appeared. Hf rhk v Well," aetndndijd the old lady "what now? what new thing's he' going to claim?" Sarah' color now swept all her face.- "Oh, Aunt Polly," idiesald, "it's all as queer as queer can be. Oh, If yoirll only let me. Flense oh, Aunt Polly. It seems Mr. Mnrison tnAle his mind tip right away, the very first day, he Says nnd he never wanted anything so much before "Sarah Molyneux," Said the old lady, fitting Upright, "what alls you? Speak EbglhdV' "Oh; he'laSked me is marfy him, Aunt Polly' said Sarah; 41 that's It; and he says I mustn't say no he made all that up about- going to be married or rather, he says ne was bound to make me say yes. ' Mrs. Thorpe remained rigid In the same attitude for a moment without speaking. Sarah flushed and paled nnd flushed agatu. " What'd you tell him ? nt lastde rnanded the old lady, with on Accent of line Bcorn. She was Very proud of Sarah eondiiest. She knew nil ntKMit young Morisoh, nnd was well tware how highly he was esteemed. "Oh -he says its fettled' Ob served Sarah; "and of courre he Ka only going on, he says, to try me about thefactory and the garden' and the piano; he suys, ble?s your heart he wouldn't take a thing lielonglug to you more'n heM steal." "Only my girl," said Mrs.Thorte, (rlmly, Ilut wh-n Srfthnt to kiss ier there was the kind of tendernes-i In the old woman's embrace thAt the girl remembered only when she was a little child. Independent. The Coldaess of Lake Superior. Iake Superior is a capricious monster, demanding skilled seamanship and the H of powerful and stanch boats, the majority of which are comparable with tho vrsae's in our Atlantic coasting trade. 1 he lake is a veritable womb of storuis. Tbey develop quickly there, and evcu more speedily the water takea on a furious rhnracter. It is always co'J, and the at tnoaphere above and far around it ia kt pt ol a'l summer. I hare been told, but cannot verify the statement, that the temperature of the water in the open lako never rises above 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Aa a rule, the men who sail spoil it cannot ewim. The lake offers no inducement to learn the art, an I, alas! those who are eipert swimmers oould nu keep alive for auy great length of time in the icy water. When 1 was making in. juiries upou this point, I found, as one lmot always d, some who disputed hat tlie majority agreed opm. 1 even found an old gentleman, a professional man of beyond seventy years of age, who aaid that for several yeaia be had visited the lake each summer-time, and that he bad made it a practice to bstho in its waters nearly every day. It was chilly, he admitted, and he did not stay in very long. Hut many sailors, among ihem some ship and steamship captains, confirmed my belief that few Iake Superior senmrn have learned to swim, aud that the coldness of the water quick ly numbs those who fall into it. I asked u captain how lng he auppoeed a man might battle for life, or cling to a spar in the lake. He answered, very sensibly, it seemed to me. that some men could en dure the cold longer than others, and that the more flesh and fat a mm poseeed, the longer he could keep alii e. 'Jtut," he added, "the only mtn I ever aw fall overboard went down like a ahot before we could get to bim. I always supposed be took a cramp." The bodies of the drowned are said not to rise to tbw surface. Tbey are re frigerated, and the decomposition which causes the ascent of human bodies in tber waters does not lake place. If woe interesting coavtribwtion to my notes is true, and there bo depths to which 6 a bee do not deecend. it is possible that avail y a hapless sailor-snaa and voyager lies as he died, a eentary back perhaps. and will ever thus remain, lifelike and natural, wader the darkening veil of tb-ec srtnereJd depths Harper' a Magaxioe. We'll Leave It te Wehster." I u arrnlna with an Enarliakmaa tko other day," said a New Yorker recently. "over the proaanriatioa of a word.atei finally I aatd. 'Well lenve U to UVUter.' What If vow dor cried tU Knglbmaa. nkai's only owe man's opinion I've henrsl that yon Americans refer etery. tViag to n dictionary.' Sarpriaed I asked what was the rwstoea ia ilagiand. aad be bJd awe that Oif.wd and Cambridge wrtw tke accepted referees. Neither anal of learniag takes prrcavUoce of the iwkrr. Unt over alt thar aathoritioa. nod if two en can prove respectively tkir claiaord nronannatkucia to law eatartjoood r tko two anitersitiea. both are rigkt. New York Tlsawa. EXT MIL P1RK aqUIBRELS The BlreV e( ire Few Ae eoeit sf the Ursy 5atcra'efT. Central Park Is the 'great squirrel centrf.-rf t iri aa ewe aw i T.-f the of the fitt t-ountrv. Probablr more lli peents are found :re iu this fAiMic iHema- to the square acre ure-frround than in their moat fefvOT- Ite haunts among the wild ntlt groves. savs a writer In Uarir'i ll etkly. Their exact number has never been accurately ascertained, but Irregular attempts to lake their census have resulted m the rrniArkaiiie aisciosure a popiiJaticm running" tip into Um Theirrar' duirrei colony Increasi raniaiv every year.- r larrre ana flvel d6" they.bex)nie' Ifif earir rr hCd htfriting for foo! that ther wi often finr'roAh laHiira' th ,tH ffiark.- and almost beg for ool 1!H tut U ihrowrito ihem, they will. opptoVJf withfn ralf a dozen feet to get It. athl then run awny to m?e ttee to nibble During their breeding season InSy are very wary and shy. They seldom approach their neta directly, but nin Op fielirhboflrtg trees, aud Jurop-from branch (J braofli ftntll they have ctfrriplefely hewlidercl those below. Their antics at stich tttofjt Are" ot great Interest id all pedestrians. When the young ones arc' flftt able 9 tun about, the 1'iirk l run or small tamille wandering over the fields in fearch of nuts. Ak ttfJe time the common gray squir rel rrre so abundant In thw Kutern Stntt-s that they were fo-flskjered a ct)urge by trie farmers and neavy premiums weie offere'd for tlielr de- .tiuction. They leM roved grnln :ropsus well as fruit orchanls: but gunners and pportsmen have long since n-dticvd their numbers, so that ll Is rarely one Muds it large colony la a r woods.' It Is doubtful If many bin Is could breed in the park owing . to the presence of so many euulf re, for the rodents Arc nsionuteIy fond of eggs. They will not only eat the eggs In tne tests, but they will often destroy the young birds themselves, making it almost linjKjssllde for a brood to reach maturity. Although the park Is the great le'sort for song-birds, it Is stiango fact that comjaratlvt ly few of them net there, although they would not be dhtutbed by the eople who visltlhe pluco. It Is, very prob able that thete Is H.ine onnectita belwH'H the presence, of hn gray squitrels in the pulk flud. tho noted atseu-e of mdny buds' ne.tst The gray sdulrrelsiiie in their nat ural haunts iu Ihis central orth'U of the city. Isng berore tfie park was laid out, this whole upper sect ion A Manhattan Inland wis the homo and resort of the squirrels and bird They were then only dhluibed by the hunters, but their nuiiiUrs In this way were kept down. Whn the park wus laid out, a few oi l couples remained in it, and llnally the city grew around the plaj-e o that they rould not retieat further north. They were then hemmed In on every ride; but as protection wus exteeded to them by tho Park Board Their num bers rapidly Increased, until to-day the colony is about the largest In this country. The rH leu ts arc great additions to tho park, and their presence is al ways to Le desired. They give an interest to the scene cveu In mid winter, and It would be a gri st loss to have them sacrificed toany prejudiced notion. They do little or no domnco to the trees, and theic are no fruits or gtain Ibdds forthem to de-troy. r. The Hhlte Wat of China: One of the most curious products of I'hiim is insect was, of which 1 ,r3'.,?sl pounds, worth lt'.0 laigold. were shippe I fiom Ichang on th, Yang-taW river ia Inx.1. It is a product of the western part of the province of Se-Chaen, in central China, whrr the) wai insect Hourishos beat and finds its food most abiinuant Karlv in -the spring numer pus brown, pea-aliapea ecalee appear on the bark of tho houghs and twigs of the Chinese ei erg. ecu tree. 1 hey obtain a tras of small animals, like 'Hour, whose movement arc almoat imperceptible. The female wat insects develop the S'-nles nud deposit their eggs in them an I the males excrete the , substance known ns whiTc wav. which Is supposed to be intended by nature to protect the scale. 'I he wax ie pread over 4 he whole branch to the depth of a quarter of an inch. When the deceit apiH;ars to be complete the branciits are cut off and as much of the wax as possible la removed by bond. Tie rest t secured' by boil ing the branche, which destroys the settles and Ian a. The wax la put into boiling water, where it melt a, and. riaintr to tlie surface, is skimmel oft and put inte uk lds. Tie white wai Is a substance of great utility in China. It inelto olr at a high temperature and is used chiefly to cover candles made of animal an 1 'tegetable tallow to prevent too rapid eoabustion. It is used also as sizing for paper and cotton goods, a glare for silk, and a poliab for furniture. Minister lenby and Mr. Hoeie, the Brit ish omsnlar agent ia Se-Choea, says that tke proportwms of this iodaatry are eoormoos. immenae quantities of the was hare been hipped from other ports f the Yang-taw river, aal eon. of It la seat across the mountains to Caaton. Minister Den by has seen thousands of Munds of it in large roaad cakes stored away In n aiagle room. The iatrodno ttou of foreign kronen, which la aow nsed irry hugely in China, Is having a discouraging influence on tke ratkenag of white wax. The iedestry, therefore, ia oof thriving aa it did oooe. and the de cluao la aaotber exnaap! of the grwat change which the entrance of foreign ers into China are making la many braacbee of native trade, Ckicaqre Times. - nttn st woac. Mr. Stokes What eonrse are yo tak ing at fsdlege? Charlie Kakrab -Oh. I n a "Special Sladrnt." Mr. Stokee- W hat stndiee do ye Lae? Charlie IfaJah- BaaebeJI aad Old Tes ta men t Hie ory. with three cats a week an the LiaWy. Pack. FAEtf AK0 flAUDtX. f exovaa at roa saxxr. Many sheep-faUeoeesr give their aheep clover hay, and It is a good food for theaf.- Dot It ought to be remtfflbrrwd it contains a Urge percentage of nitro genous food matter. TTtf eV not say this to prevent theea using that rtorwr hsT but to remind them that whea they j Increase & quantity they lacrease the quaatity of altrogfxf soppUed, aad aa allowance for this should be alade whon arranging the amount of com or cake. Except for this, clover bay is ooe of the beat recti Sera as well as best foods that tan be given to sheep. As a cseaas ot lowering the quality of the blood, Epeotn salt are a null aperient. New York World VEosrrAVt.cs ixo rmvrr roa aroatta. TrV rjaaoy farmeTi weglect to supply their 6 serf UfctowKb aa suitable va riety of vegetables add fnwL By a small outlay of money and labor every farmer cxn keep his table supplied with A sue ceesioo of fresh vegetables through the -whole season. Sptriccto planted as soon ss the weather is suitable Will furnish the floest greens before other vegetabUe corns on. but If it had been planted id the fail ft would have come Into its use thhr aoBth, trader ordinary cooditioca. Then radliWCiv rettuce, nxxmbers, to matoes, peas,' be rweet core, summer squashes, beets, melons end turban squashes will famish a welcome nod wholesome addition to tke farmer's fare throughout the season. If, la addition to these there are a few roots of rhu barb A bed erf asparaguses bed of straw berries and A i oral I collection of sax! I fruita, a farmer nix live m luxury and health, such as bis occupation eogJbt to afford,lojtead of the tiresome monotony and scarcity of the good things of the farm that msnyf armers pat up with from sheer careleaaoeas, thougjtlessaets or huiness. American Fanner. faSSat atXAT fOB rANnTVaS. Some of the advantage of old fash ioned farmers' livea are not so common among farmers of to-dsy si they ones were. One of these Is hsvlog a taste of fresh meat when desired, by kitting a sheep sod perhaps chiigisg with neighbor so as to uss the mutton while It is freeb. If circumstances do not favor keeping sheep, the supply of fresh meat rosy be easily obtained by killing young poultry once a week or ofteoer, sod sometimes v&ryiog It by killing a young pig. Some farmers msy object to this last as wasteful. After all, counting the Speculative vshte of the pig after It has grown into hog, its meat does not cost any more than the dty resident pave for much poorer cuti from the butcher's shop. Aad on the fsrm the oweer of tb pig can afford to take It, for hut own. use at what It has cost him, taking his profit In the extra enjoyment he will get from eating fresh young pig rather than' salted pork from the barrel. It Is by In-! dulging la occasional laiuries of thu Vlnrl that fimwn aSowr La othera thad.' vintages of their position, and Induce their child red end others to appreciate the possibilities ot a farmer's life.' Boston Cultivator. DorxLC cttornxo or cabiaoei. One of my neighbors by manuring liberally and omitting ; the CAbbages oa every third row of hU cabbage piece, and j pUotlogtbis to svsutth at the proper, time, succeeded in raising two excellent ' crops, the same season. To succeed la this arrangement the cabbage most be ooe of the very earliest sorts, such as Early Wakefield, so that the ground may ba entirely cleared at so earl day, and the soil between the squash rows be cultivate J until it Is thoroughly light and fine. The market gardeners close by Urge cities on their thousand-dollar-sa scre Und mutt sad do raise from two to four crops annually, by aid of hotbeds to start their staff, and toe stimulus of a near tod large market Ia which they con dispose of product on a large scale, which would be worth lees if raised on an ordinary fsrm; still, farmers at large can do with profit more than they now think possib!e la i this direction. Squashes aod pes csu be raised profit ably on the same Und. I grew over 200 buabeU of greea peas and fire tons of squashes on the same piece three years. s?o. llset, csbosgei, rjr, barley ana Ilnararisa are all crops which the farm er can grow as secool crops. 'Dot when we attempt to double-crop our land there is ooe essential we must never forget we must manure accordingly, for no ooe ever succeeds 1 In cheating hU bad out of a crop. Massachusetts Ploughmta. cabbaok wrraocr tb asset Atrnso. Of all the crops raised on the farm none depends so much oa natural! rich Isad as cabbsge. The best soil if a deep, black, loose loam, well drained, such as b found ia tbf valleys of the emaller strrsn. It is p'.owei ia the fail, eight or tea inches deep, la Barrow loads. The firtt tea days of April b per time for sewing the teed. The ground is har rowed only to level it, as the action of frovt duneg winter has rod need it te the flaeocrs of shc. ft Is then marked off three feet each wij r. th a erra ssarker. With a hoe eso;h anil b drasra sip ai each CToawmarh to make a sanaH, fiat bill, a little above the graersl level. A doxra seeds sre dropped oa each aad pressed down by the foot to bring the seed La c'oae contact with the soil, ae covering being necessary. A Iay or twe before the pTtats appear above ground sre prsea twe through the rows wrta a amaa tooth cultivator as close as poaaibie with out throwing ae soil oa the hflU. This rax be easily done as the tracks of the Darker serve as a guide. The' second cnld ration b gives whea the plants are aa lech high, aad should be cross wise of the txA ptowiag. ooee La a row. The field should be thorough! cleaned of weeds by the time the pleats are twn inches high. : Dbcrvtioe, mU be exercised in thmalag toe pUata, If .n mm cut uorms sre atamarrous lae sous saouu aot be tbienel to owe ia B place until the pleats are four or five Laches high, , tart at no time should they be allowed tot crowd ooe another ia the hill. Bocael hill wilt be wholly misting. These should be reset from the thinnings J; fftlectiBg the stockiest plaaU that comej ep with good roots. The efteeer cabbage b cultivated the better win be the crop. The ground should be kept loose aad meilow to a depth of fourf or five lac boa. Twenty tlsnee b not too often to cultivate cabbage for the best re tails. Two or three boelngs only are necessary, and the first b the only one that will take much time If thoroughly does and the cultivator Is .used as ' It should be. Breaking off the lowes leaves U no detriment, aad their being Irs thews should not deter the plowman from running the shaJlosv-coUlag shovel e of a horse -hoe close wp to the plants.. Cultivation should cease before the head begin to get qk!. I am aarsre that but few ewLbage growers recommend to bow the seeds' where the plants are to remain. But most of the writers on cehbage llraV where the crop b not' so often affected by hot, dry weather la Boidsummer aa It b here. The cabbage plant has a long tap rootso long that the plant caa not be renxrved without breaking Li, and) when once broken It will acver penwtral the soflso deeply as before. In l&W I had two and a half acres ef tate-jTlsi Dutch cabbage, grewa without trass planting, that yielded 11,000 nurkrUbU heads. Another acre of Just as gooe bad sru planted with the best plans, thinned out oa a Urge field. The r tame from thb acre were not over sis hundred good heads, aad the results lav. been with more or leas variation a, th same through succeeding years CM course thb plan b adrbable'or late cat bags only, as the early kinds are trans planted, aad have usually headed before dry weather commences. Aoerlcw AgriculturisU raaat aim oabox! xorxs. Dig around the rhubarb plsnU. J3e on the lookout for early farrowing ow Hake a second planting of early gar den crops. Milk aad gra, art tbs best feeds for young pigs. Trees should be set out bo fore they start to grow. No hog is quite so ravenous as a sow that b suckling pigs. At first give a sow brso and milk, sa l and then add corn meat. Keep all colonies strong. This U the secret of keeping bees for profit. Gladbiusus come true whea pro psgsted from the soul! bulbleU. There b no special advantage la setting out strawberry plants early. ' Anrof the ieadlsf brtedsof bore are good If they are given proper treatment. The only safe plsa of being sure of saving all of the pigs it to be ready fur them. The Dtwsou rose, (t b claimed, it valuable addition t9 the list of hard roses. Seeds of hsrJy flowers eight to be sown as early as the ground can be put La order. Oood pasturage of aoy kind will help the brood sows mUr tally to give a goo 1 flow of mile. The flat cover b the best for all bee hives. It costs less than the gable cover and it more convenient. Do not take the winter packing out of the second story of the bee hive till time to put La section boie. The best remedy for the cut worm is to put a piece of tia or stiff card boar J around each plant whea it b set out. Whea stock are first turned out t grass care should be taken that they have access to all of the sail aod water theywi&t. Sheep msy be rid of ticks very satlr fsctorily by feeding sulphur, which should be given la smtll quantities aa 1 not too often. ' If the acreage La meadow Is not suTl dent to furnish a fall supply of hay for winter feeding It will pay to sow miilcl or Hungarian for hay. Ia nearly all cases it will py to bar- , row the potatoes thoroughly before the plants make their appearance above ground; It will help kill out the weedi The fat ia the milk Is the m?st potent factor la determining the yield and quality of cheese, aad the quality of cheese b largely affected by thevamouat of fat coaUiped la it. Let the bees alone as much at posst- ble. Decide epoo some method aad si here to it. The doubb hive methol ii the best, aad will give the beat results, if properly carried out. If there be ae hooey ia the fields. When cattle art turned In oa clover II srHl be best to tern La for ooe or tws hours the first day, two or three the eec ond, so that they msy be somewhat ac- eoatomed to ft. Ia thb wsy the nsK of bloat msy be greatly reduced. A Rochester comralawoa mere hint, addressing the Wsatera New Toe k lior tktdtnral Association oa Toisb a EhJpplsf.'' tald that if growers wouWJ sort each roe hundred barreb down tc seveaty-flve, they would receive just at much saoary, aad eave the extra bamh aad freight. A vaieabb grain to feed fhlekeas dur lag the first three wteks of their lives it OoJdea XlUeC Vary email chicks aeed very BsaaJl seeds. Tbey eoasUetly senrck for the seeds of grass or aa small teeU. Nature b the beat teacher. 8ea3 whole seeds are the beet thing la the graic line that can be fed to very youej chickens. TaVfartever who has a Ut of marsh; bad near hb hostae where the grass b not of saach vslae for cattie feeding east do wall to eaclose it with a fence aad pu geese there. They like each feed, eat are profitable poultry whea rightly maw aged. A small yard to thecaselves aa4 feed carried to them b better thaa slies lag these to
The Comet (Red Springs, N.C.)
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