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,,s<1 /•v ' f - ' ^ Ep^BpGHBI ^*r '"4, -r.;T -; DEATH OR <M«K«L* It (OBHIT "r. OUT*. MHmer b tlylnR wltli Ms branny »nd b>m<n. • KM trofts ntto su'miun IHIDR on a deep gloean. over tlitf bill *n»t di""' in tbv v»e swift'y to im< ttrt- whir of tii.' <p:all. Ah ! fnmmprif leml ami i* "f1** . . Ami tin' boar frowi uiolt»> f>s> the **• mnnwr w dead «d «* lfavr* T* ̂ r^n' And soml* men* ooroe* a* M*c leaves full , frnt •p.lufil iu sweet M»v, Idf«iiua>no » drmm >fiji.MOth full of Dttmlm on earth, it did i»cm, * *^2*- k«t Sj«V «*1 **» IftddM And ove VOtnw « " He didn't come away empty-handed, ' however," remarked I; "he brought bock •am^thinpf to show for it." " Mv Lord knows the story, then ?" " Yes, but my friends here don't; ao warpose yon tell it to them/' MordecM, nothing loth, olears his throat with a huge draught of tea/and begins as follows : "You must know, then, gentlemen, that when the great Kiacr, Sekundur, had eottqncrod nil tho rmtions of tho And nt the o<»ui a d»»H,flnlni5 East, and there was none loft to stand giooin i I And I thought of tht* then, heV a youth in his prim*, I Sat yet lie may die, like the P«y dimmer tUne, 5? ind'ruj <ln?*ni o«ino to pat*, b* the §£ •: He died, like the cummer, in the qusint o.d to*"- f*s,; ' • Ah I summer i* dead and my ^"cn<? '"JJ'Ju--« t ' Death grapp.es the living «t midnight and 4*w»! Ik A' *G»y Rkie# and wl bw«**" 3; for we know th.t the summer in clothed m its pall. ; i .f>h ! »ufi linn will die, like the summer J«8*P«» And the winter will come in the d»>s that »"* laKt •'; -• " Ah 1 spring came and the summer lcdeaa, imI autumn to winter will soou be wea. 'i^S'SWw plays, like men, a rfwirf-march on «», J i Vhen ail tiling «re dying, and not at UiejrMrth, V And it breathes it* deepfcymphonK*. as on.y it can, fo the tune of W, drml i< the flottrnmi nan. j, Ah : pensive and moody are »e when it {ties, 4 >, Tla killed by a chill from Ute gray, somber akies, ^ '•' SWTOK. 111. IT THE SEARCH FOR PARADISE. A Story Told in a. Syrian Monastery." y*/ rSunrise over Jerosalein; Hie dark *' •' famparts of 'the citadel, with their blne- c"' frocked Turkish sentries, looking sternly kV ^[own uix>n tlie net-work of narrow, dirty ;V streets and tall, flat roofed, fortress-like ' ^ kouses; the huge round dome of the llosque of Omar looming like a thunder ;. ^ cloud over the deep fosse-like Valley of Jeiiot-haphat; Moiuit Ohvet, topped by 'jlhe gray wall of the Russian convent, standing boldly out against the bright •astern sky ; the Hill of Scopus, farther 4d the north, still green and beautiful as When Titus and his destroying legions Uncamped there eighteen centuries ago; yj, *nd four horsemen, in white turbans and >' * Hoiledlinen jackets, issuing from the deep #hadowy archway of the Jaffa gate. " "I say, Jack, hadn't you better Change your mind, after all ?" says one of Jay English comrades, looking anxiously . :"4$t his friend's pale face and heavy eyes. whole day's ride to Jaffa, and you ' Vere pretty bad last night, you know. Are you quite sure you can stand it ?" - "I don't know if I can," replied the ,/ •' invalid, with a dogged John Bull com- Wr~.fkession- of his lips, "but I know I will, anyhow!" Our native guide, Ibraham (Abraham) • Jlordcotu, shakes his gray head mean- Ingly, and says nothing, and away we go. 8 Onward, ever upward--past wave alter *Tave of dark, ridgy upland--past clus­ tering vineyards that line both sides of ihe road for hundreds of yards together, fanfcaliziug my comrades with the sight V ' 4f magnificent grapes, which are still far •oo unripe to be eaten--past the rocky " gorge of Abu-Gosh, with its quaint little tobber village perched like a vulture's • liest half way up a frowning cliff, till at "length the hills are left behind, and we > look down upon the beautiful plain of fcharon, where, after so many centuries Moslem neglect and misrule, the standing corn still reaches the saddle- |>ow of a horseman «*s he rideR through it *•, - But we have seen too mucli oi Puies- |ine to judge of it by the " sample show" iifdch it offers to holiday tourists. Rid- f' ing beneath these telegraphic wires, ifdong this broad post-road, one might U , - flream of civilization ; but a divergence ©f a single mile from the track will show Hie laden camel plodding through the ! ' 'Sand, the veiled woman bearing her • %>itcker °n her head from the well, the 3ialf-ciad "Fellah" tending his black, "dwarfish goats, the gaunt, fierce-eyed jBedouin rushing at full gallop along the Ijtarink of a precipice, with his striped } ^toantle streaming in the wind, and his : "^isteeii-foot lance or cane in his hand, as In the days when Abraham was still a £ Jroving shiekh on the Chaldean steppes. ? Palestine has no present--everything *; Jou 1°°^ upon is the past. Ruins y v everywhere--the ruins of Canaanite cit- '«, tea, of Roman aqueducts, of Byzantine l^rv'fxmvents, of As&b villages ; splendid L \ s monuments half buried in sand, tombs • of ancient Kings filled with dirt and rub- * - bish, spot of world wide renown tenanted by filthy savages--such are the charac­ teristic features of the Holy Land. : Such, too, they must inevitably be till jp\ mome well-constituted administration »shall replace the organized brigandage fglpt »«i the Turk. The present system is v merely a scale of graduated robbery. The Grand Yizier takes the toll from the ^•^'."Govenior General, the Governor Gen- f-. M «erai taxes the Pashas, the Pashas fleece ; their subalterns, the subalterns plunder Wore him, T»« I "^thought himself that it would be a noble deed to seek out tho hidden paradise, which so many Princes and mighty men lind sought in vain. So he inquired diligently till he found one that could guide him thither, and up­ ward he went into the heart ot the ever- lasting hills, with all his chosen warriors about him." " But, although many set out, few ar­ rived. For the way led among dark mountains and roaring torrents and grim precipices and gloomy forests, set there by God Himself, that no mortal man might ever reach the place from which man's own sin had once cast him out And many of the Frankish host fell and perished by the way, and many were swept away by the torrents, and many more were devoured by the mon­ strous beasts that haunted the passage. But forward went Sekundur, needing nothing; for he was one who cared not how other men fared, if he did but make good his own purpose. " At last he saw above him, between two great rocks, a gate bright as the eyes of the Caliph Ali, and he thought that this could be no other than the en- i trance of paradise. So up he clam­ bered and smote upon the gate with his sword hilt, saying: " Open to Sekundur Reml, the lord of the whole earth 1" " There is no place here for such as thee," answered a terrible voice from within " This is the garden of God, and none may enter it with bloody hands!" And the King looked at his hands, and lo ! all the blood he had shed was upon them, making them crimson as Shiraz wine. Then a great terror came upon him, and he knew not what to say. " Hear me !" cried he, at length; "if I may not enter, give me at least some token whereby men may know that I have indeed reached the gate of the paradise of God." " Take thy gift, then, madman," an­ swered the voice ; and a hand flung to him something wrapped in leaves, which he seized without even looking at it (so great was his fear), and hurried away. When they saw him returning, his warriors rejoiced greatlv, for they had thought him lost, and he unrolled the leaves to show them his gift But lo! it was only the fragment of a skull, and Sekundur flung it to the ground in rage. Then said one of the Babylonian wise men who were with him, " .Fling it not away, O King, for in truth it is a pre­ cious gift Let themjbring me a pair of scales hither, and the Song shall see wonders." The scales were brought, and the Magian put the skull into one scale and into the other a mass of gold heavy enough to outweigh it tenfold But nev­ ertheless the gold rose np and the skull sank. Another lump of gold was added, and another, and yet another ; but the more gold they put in the higher it rose and the lower sunk the skull. " Wonderful, indeed," cried the King. " But a greater wonder is yet to come," said the sage; and, taking up a handful of earth, he covered the skull with it Instantly the skull rose up, while the gold sank in turn. " This is the greatest marvel that my eyes have looked on," said Sekundur. "What meaneth it, O sagef" "This is the meaning, O King," an­ swered the Magian. "In thia socket once rested a human eye, which coveted whatsoever it saw ; and the more gold it had, the more it craved. But when once ooverod with the earth of tne grave its covetousness is stilled forever, and all its treasures profit nothing. Let the King lay this lesson to heart, for it is the greatest that man can learn." OUR YOUNG FOLKS, McnAKi.'a amiIfe ft the olden daw, On a slopp of the Tuwnn hill* ther» lay A Till.ifjp with qnnrries all smnnd And Mix bs of marble that, pile'! the grow And scattered among; them, everywhere, With wedge *cd hammer, rule ami Mjual* ^ With the dust of the marble powdend whlK' Bat maaous who chiseled from morn to niithw The esrlie.-t sonnd that the habjr heard W(.. neither tin1 \ylr1stle nor of bird, Nor ble:iting,if UmUs. nor ru<li of breene Thnxi(rh the tops of the tail old chestnut t: Nor the laughing of «irK nor the whoop an Of the gcnool of the convent just let out, JTor the tinkle of water splashing sweet From the dolphin's mouth In the village street. But foremost and first, that aharp and clear Arrested the little M chael's ear When he waked from sleep, waa the mallat kfwek On the chisel that chip;>ed the r-uith-hewn block; From the dawn of the day till the twilightOMM, The click of the tools was still the »amc; And constant as fell the fountain's drip, Waa the tap-lap-tap! and the chip-cliip-chip! *nd when iie could crawl beyond the door Of tho eotfciRe, in search of a plaything more^ Or further could verdure, a prying lad. What toys do you think were the first he h»dt --Why, splinter" of marble white and pure. And a mallet to break them with, be sure; And a chisel to shape them should ho cboqae, Just such as he saw the masons use. So Michael, the baby, had highway, And hammered and chlpiied, and wcnld not play Win. the simple =md senselws Fort of toya Thai pleased the rest of the village boys. They laughed at the little churchi a he Would daily build at his nurse's knee; They scouted the pictures that he drew On the smooth, white slabs with a coal or two; They taunted and teased him when he tried To mould from the iuhbi«h cast aside Rude figures, and screamed "Seultorl!" when His bits of marble he shaped like men. • But Tho of them dreamed his mallet's sound Would ever be heard the earth around? Or his suitnic churches in time become - The mightiest temple of Christendom? Or the pictures he painted fill the dome Of the JSistine--grandest of sights iu Romef Or the village baby that chiseled so Be the marvelou* Michael Angelol -- Widt Amtk*. Iff'. "See," said Oracle after awhile, "there's my name spelled in geraniums." Running over to the spot at which Gracie had pointed, the children saw the following pink letters: "GBAOIB." . Everybody admired the geraniums very much, and soon afterward every­ body had a good laugh, when Tom alio «red them how he had spelled his own name in green cabbage in the garden. TTobod taKon the cabbage plants npfrom , .;! his uncle's jpwdnn and transplanted them. 1 After admiring the gardens a part of the morning, duriug which, clumsy Will Ross stumbled over some of the ver­ benas. and knocked the blue letter "y" off of "July," they all went to the grape- arbor--in the shade of which they played until dinner time. Tom got a great deal of credit for his work, and was a hero all day. He felt that he was repaid for his trouble, but when evening came, tiiere was a treat in store for them. Uncle John had sent to the city of Frederick, after seeing the flowers in the morning, and had bought some fireworks. The fireworks, crackers, Roman candles and sky-rockets, were very pretty, and the children shouted until they were almost hoarse. But uncle John kept the best till the last. "Now, Tom," said he calling the chil­ dren together on the lawn, "you have spelled Gracie's name in flowers, see how I will spell your name in the sky." Every eye was turned upwards. By and by .uncle John touched th e thing in red paper, and the word "Tom" appeared in letters of fire away up toward the stars.-- Golden Day*. V* , $ Hie people; and, considering tliat the - latter are burdened, not merely with the Government impost of 10 per cent, but l|t with countless other exactions for the benefit of the local officials, it is won­ derful how the poor wretches contrive to exist at all. „ Our mid-day meal, in the shade of a spreading tree, is delightfully refresh­ ing. But it is now evident that this constant jolting up and down hill, under * vertical sun, has been too much for •our invalid member, who, though he still bears up with true Anglo-Saxon pluck, is manifestly almost " played out" What are we to do with him? In this dilemma, a distant glimpse of the tall, square tower of Ramhel (Arim- athea) gives me a timely hint. " Look here, we're not far from the Russian monastery; let Ha halt there for the afternoon, and go out to Jaffa in the cool of the evening." "Ah, Effendi" (your Honor), "you won't get in there very easily. Since tbe place, was attacked the other day, they ve been very shy of admitting any one." "Well, there's no harm in trying, anyhow. You two take charge of our Mend here while I ride forward and try my luck." A few minutes later, I am hammering lustily at the monastery gate, which, set ®eep in its scowling archway of gray stone and clamped with huge iron nails, certainly looks anything but hospitable. A little wicket opens ana a hooded monk, eying me suspiciously through a grat- mss. surlily asks what I want : * My reply is a single Russian phrase-- the monastic greeting which 1 learned long ago from the monks of Strelna, on the Gulf of Finland. But its effect is magical. The gate flies open and I am aeleed in a hug worthy of a Polar bear. A greasy red beard scrubs both my cheeks, while a hoarse voice bellows Mi rapturously, " Ach, brat moi, brat mot! 4 vui buikef Motkay /" (Ah, my (Mother, my brother, you too have been mt Moscow.) The shout draws other monks to the and my companions, coming up at moment, are welcomed like brothers. In a rice our sick man is lying at his ease 111 a cool, well-aired room, with half a do&en kindly " Brethren" in attendance, upon him, while the rest of us are being the best «lieer that the lefectory affords, to which our worthy guide does ample justice. \ " It is well for us, Daond Effendi," Iro tO rnS "vs'lt'li ra gj&iXIp bllttll . JUU found these gates more passable Seknudur Rurni (Alexander the , rtrnilifll firvriw*? flifBtiPi f%t i </,„ V, WWWp " < *V' Lion and Dog. | Lions, when confined in cages, do not j object to the presence of rats. These j are often seen gnawing the boner, off | which the lions have dined. In illness i the case is different, for the ungrateful j rats begin to nibble the toes of the lord I of the forest before his death, and con- j siderably to his discomfort. "To save i our lioness from this annoyance," said a ] London showman, "we placed in her j cage a fine little rat tan-terrier, who was at first received with a surly growl, but j when the first rat appeared and the lioness j saw the little terrior toss him in the air, catching him with professional skill across the loins with a snap as he came down, she began to understand what the terrior was for; she coaxed him to Jier side, folded her paw around him, and each night the little terrier slept at the breast of the lioness, enfolded by her paws, and watching that his natural enemies did not disturb the natifral r^st of Ids mistress. The rats had a bad time during those six weeks." The Old Songs. In the old songs there was invariably n ! display of workmanship of a respectable ! kind, and occasionally the skill of the J writer rose above the respectable level, j while in a literary sense the new songs I are for the most part contemptible. If j the texture of those now silent ditties I was occasionally coarse, it was entirely j free from all unwholesome savor. Tho ] fun in them was the rough fan of back- i slapping, rib-punching farces of the j Eeriod. Robust, and not seldom clumsy, umor, but--unquestionably humble, "John Jones," "The Burial Club," "The Cork Leg," "Never buy Tripe on a Fri­ day," and many other unctuous tol-de- rol ditties whose titles do not readily recur--they are , in the memory locked, but the key is for the moment mislaid-- served as a lyrical safety-valve for the boisterous animal spirits of the time, the like of which we are unhappily not pro­ vided with in the year 1880.--Titislri/n Magazine. TOM Mead*. Tom is thirteen years old, and he is big and strong for his age. His three brothers are young men, but his only sister, Grace, is not yet eleven years old. ' Grace and Tom go to school together in the autumn and winter, but in the be­ ginning of June every year they go to the farm of their uncle, Mr. John Meade, near the city of Frederick, which is also in Maryland. Uncle John is not only a farmer, but he is also what is called a nurseryman, or a man who raises young trees and plants to sell. It was always such a surprise to the two children when they would visit their uncle for a day or two during the winter, to see a house full of flowers in bloom, and of leaves that were as green as the leaves of summer time. Indeed they fell in love with flowers, and their mother took great pains to make them interested in cultivating them. So when Gracie and Tom went to Uncle John's, last spring to spend the summer. Uncle John gave them each a corner of his garden. The little gardens were easy to attend to, and as the children watered their plants every night, the plants were soon in a thriving condition. Gracie's pets were geraniums, of which she had many kinds and colors. Tom was fond bf roses, fuchias and ver­ benas, and he sent a number of letters to his mother abont them. "Uncle," said Tom. one day in the lat­ ter part of June, "I was reading in a life of General Washington this morning, about the way his father once spelled the name of "George Washington" in letters made of plants. Don't you think that was a funny idea?" "Yes, it was," replied Uncle John, "but was easy enough to do, and if you would like to try the same thing, I've no doubt you'll succeed, just as Washing­ ton's father did." "But can't I spell Gracie's name in flowers in her garden ?" continued Tom. "We could ask the Ross children and the Williams boys in, and have a regu­ lar surprise. It would be as good as a picnic." Uncle John agreed that it would be very nice if the flowers could be made to grow quickly, but flowers are creatures of sunshine and rain. He said, however, that Tom might have all the flowers from the hot-house he wanted, which pleased Tom, because such permission was exactly what he wanted. He told Uncle John not to say a word to Gracie about the scheme, for he wanted Gracie to be surprised as well as the other children of the neighbor­ hood. As Tom thought over his scheme iu bed that night, he concluded to get everything ready by the morning of the Fourth of July, and on that day to have a regular garden party. He went to the hot-house alone as soon as he had eaten his breakfast, and examined the flowers that looked I as though they would blossom on the Fourth. j He saw that by placing a number of | verbenas of different colors in small i pots, he could sink the pots into the soil i o? Gracie's garden and so spell whatever j words he pleased. j As the Fourth drew near the verbsnas j began to bloom, sure enough, and tiy the . first day of July the ones that Tom had I selected were in flull flower. i | "Yes," said Tom to himself, as he | i stood and looked at the verbenas, " here \ ! they are--white verbenas, red verbenas, j i blue verbenas--just what I wanted--red, . | white, and blue." » On the evening of the 3d of July, af­ ter Gracie had watered her garden, 'I'om took several basket-loads of varbena pots from the hot-house to the garden and set to work. As his plan had all been thought out, she work was easy to do, and, having sent the invitations around, Tom fell to tleep a very happy boy. When the children met at Uncle John's on the morning of the Fourth, they made a jolly party. Tom led the way to the garden, saying that he had some­ thing to show everybody, and Uncle John and Aunt Mary walked behind. As Gracie's eyes fell upon the wonder­ ful letters, that looked as though they had sprung up in one night, her breath was almost taken away. She didn't say a word at first, but, like her play-mates, stood still and looked and looked. "How in the world did you do that, said Horace Williams. "Just Fishing on the Amazon. Much attention has lately been given to the wonders of the great river Ama­ zon, or " the Amazons," as the people there call it. Its whole valley abounds in streams that help to make up the en­ tire volume of waters. These spread out into lakes, lagoons and swamps that extend over large regions of country. This is especially so in the rainy seasons or flood times. The channels and lakes are abundant­ ly supplied with fishes. Even large fishes are often left in the swamp lakes and streams when the water is low. A hundred different kinds of fish can be bought in the markets of Rio, many of which come from the Amazon. Those most valued are piranhas and piraruciis. They are the largest, while there are numerous smaller varieties. The Indians catch the latter with hooks and lines or shoot them with arrows. But the larger fish are speared with a kind of trident. The men and even small boys acquire great skill in the use of these implements. In the summer months the people come by hundreds to the lakes and chan­ nels to fish for the great pirarucu, and to prepare the fish much as codfish is pre­ pared by the northern fishermen. Some of these fish are seven or eight feet in length. They are first dressed and cut into wide, thin slices. .These are well rubbed with salt and hung on poles to dry in the sun. The slices are taken under cover every night and carried out again in the morning. The stranger does not at once relish this dried fish, yet it is the standard flesh food of all the poorer classes throughout a large part of Brazil. During the fishing season the people build and live in little huts along the shores. Traders, in canoes, come with a stock of cheap wares to bar­ ter for the fish. Thus a trading com­ munity is formed, which breaks up with the January floods. The piranhas are much prized and are easily caught, for they are greedy to bite at most anything, from a bit of ?alt meat to a bather's toe. Boys thrash the wafer' with poles to at­ tract these fishes. The Tupi word piranha is a contrac­ tion of jp/ra sainha, meaning " toothed fish." The same word is used by the Indians to describe a pair of scissors. There are several species of these sav­ age piranhas, some being more than two feet long. They make nothing of biting an ounce or so of flesh from a man's leg. People are sometimes killed by them. Hence Brazilians are shy of going into these lakes and streams if they suspect the presence of these fish. The fishermen claim that piranhas will gather in schools against tho larger fish and attack them. If one of their own number is at all wounded by mistake he is mercilessly set upon and devoured by his companions. It is useless to try to use nets where this fish is found. They would spoil a net in a few minutes. • Another dangerous fish of these FARM NOTES. You can't get a cistarn full of water without having eaves-troughs and con­ ductors clean. BEETS endure little frost, turnips im­ prove with a little, carrots staud a good deal of it and parsnips, salsafy and artichokes may be left out ali winter with advantage. "WHEN shall I spread manure?" So soon as you get it. From the time the manure is dropped until it is spread up­ on the land there is a continued loss by evaporation, decomposition and wash­ ing. NEW mown hay is not, as some allege, an irritant of the digestive organs; where it produces irritation it is simply the consequence of allowing animals to eat too much of the ordoriferous, appetizifag forage, and not drinking sufficiently, brings on indigestion. EXPEKIENCK teaches that stock enter­ ing into winter quarters in good condi­ tion can be kept without difficulty; while an animal beginning the winter in poor condition, notwithstanding an abundance of feed, careful housing and the best at­ tention, will invariably be in popr order in the following spring; particularly is this the case with common stock. Fat stock consumes a less amount of food thau poor stock, because there is not so much required to keep up the animal heat VIGOROUS, healthy fowls may almost al\^ys be detected by the rich color of their combs, which is a sure indication of health. The comb of a deceased fowl always loses color in proportion as the disease approaches its worst stages, in some instances turning black. We would advise those who suspect disease among their fowls to give the matter of the color of the comb a close study. As an index, it is to the fowl-keeper what the pulse of the human subject is to the physician. HIOH farming is harmonious; eveiy part fits every pther like timbers framed by a master carpenter. Rich food will make savory meats, yellow butter and powerful muscles. It will make heavy, firm pork, and large, deep-colored eggs. Its benefits do not end here. There is life and potency in the very excrements; its rich manures will double the crops on the farm; it will send life and vitality in every variety of the vegetable kingdom, and many dollars into the vest pocket of the farmer who practices good culture and high farming. A NEW JERSEY farmer writes: On the 10th of April, 1879, I bought five guinea hens and one male, and fed them on cracked corn until the 27tli of May, when they commenced laying eggs to the amount of three hundred, and then hatched and brought out fifty young ones. They cost nothing to raise until snow covers the ground, as they live on insects and seeds from weeds. I think, with my experience, fifty guinea hens on a hundred acre farm would keep the farmer's insect enemies away, besides, with proper care, he would secure over three thousand eggs. He could allow a few to breed so as to keep up the supply. • WBJTERS tell, about cabbage heading after being pitted for winter, but I have never seen it done. Some b«ry in trenches with the roots up and some with the heads above ground. Either way may turn Out nasty if water gets into the headsv A loose covering ©f straw and boards that will turn water and can be got into at market-time, is commonly used. A barrel or two of heads sunk level with the ground in a dry place always keieps nicely with u» and I don't see why a hundred barrels set in a row shouldn't do as well. --Hartford Courant. THE New York Commercial Bulletin gives wry interesting figures, showing the reJative proportion of agricultural produet to the total exports of the United States and concludes with the following very pertinent comment. "Of our $824,- 000,000' of exports of home productions, .$#80,000,000 consists of the products of agriculture alone, or 82i per cent, of the whole. This fact very conclusively indi­ cates what class of our people is most di­ rectly interested in our foreign commerce, and who among us has most right to say what should be the commercial policy of the niiitnon. THEBBE has been a greater proportion of yellow corn raised the past few years than formerly. It is claimed that it is more prolific and sweeter than white, Thi.%. however, is yet a disputed question, some contending as much white corn per acre can be raised as yellow. But the establishment of so many gloucose facto­ ries makes a heavy demand for white waters is the sting-ray. He lies flat on corn, which they contend makes a lighttr and better glucose thaat yellow. If this demand continues, and it is probable it wiB be largely increased, it might be well for.farmers who expect to sell corn to se­ lect white seed corn this fall. At the State Fair just closed we saw several specimens of very choice white corn, and by a little inquiry, just at this time, any one can obtain very desirable seed. White corn will sell at this time from three to five cents per bushel more than mixed or yellow corn. And we would recommend persona in gathering; their corn this fall to keep their white and yel­ low corn separate if they intend selling to the mills or glucose factories. If, however, it is intended only for feeding at home, it is a matter of indifference how it is mixed. But for sale in the market, it will richly pay to keep the white separate from all other shades*-- Iowa Register. the bottom, his dark upper surface be­ ing hardly seen through the muddy streams. If left undisturbed the creature is harmless enough. But a careless wader in the shallows may step on the flat body, and then the great barbed sting inflicts a wound that benumbs the whole body and makes the sufferer speechless with pain. Persons have been lamed for life by such a wound.-- Scientific American.. Tame Quails. Henry Benbrook, a dealer in game, residing in Raritan, N. J., has succeeded in raising young quails, an operation tliat has been tried hi the United States repeatedly, but which hitherto has proved futile. Four years ago he cap­ tured two Morris County quails, the fe- | male being lowland, and' the male high- | land. The female laid twenty-four eggs I the first year, but could not be induced to set. The second year Mr. Benbrook | was in Canada, and nothing was done with I the birds. The third year the female made its nest, laid twelve eggs, and after ' setting ten days, died. The male bird 1 then sat on the eggs, and six quails were ! hatched. They were all raised by Ben- i brook, and are still living. The young ! quails began laying on May 21st last, | and up to July 31st had laid 108 eggs, I but they show no signs of setting as yet. ; Some of tho eggs were placed under a ! bantam chicken, and six of them hatched, and the quails are alive to-day. This ; experiment of raising young quails has ] been undertaken by game societies all i over the world for years, but this is the first time any one has succeeded, so far HOUSEKEEPERS' HELPS. liA^the record shows.--Rural World. Solar Force. j "How in the world did you do that, ; can't Keep a Secret. Several years ago Ericsson predicted Tom?" said Horace Williams "Just i ^ Joarnal of C(ymmeroA, °< tho publMty of one end ot 5» out 'Fourth of July' in red, white and blue flowers." Sure enough. There were the letters growing out of the ground^ each letter being made of several ver­ benas put together in order like the fol­ lowing: FOURTH OF JOT,*--1880. The letters, six in number, which com­ posed the word "Fourth" were in red lined with cotton and other factories driven by solar heat. A French en­ gineer in Algiers is already contributing to its fulfillment by pumping water and making it boil by solar force alone. He will probably soon be raising, roasting and boiling coffee at one operation. A VOLUME containing descriptions of 11 . . P » • | UUBCU Lllt^ WUIU A' 'JU1 til WCiC AAA *vva !?.to^iPreSent|v7er a ^ ! flowers, and the two little letters of the certainly an oddity, but it. is said that Queen Victoria proposes to issue such a book. It is to be illustrated by photo­ graphs, and to include not merely costly gifts but simple tokens of affection which word "of" were in white flowers, and the four letters of the word "July" were in blue flowers. The matter of arranging the colors was not hard to do, as ver- v, ^ ben as are of many. The figures used in dl!«l 81 7 1)001 8ubjeCt3 at | making the year "1880" were in pink. But while the visitors were looking at the A YOUNG lady ate half a AT i..! - -3 A-«uu tucu txicu IV uicam ui husband. Now she edding cake, J iiur future | says she would rather die than marry the man that she saw in that dream. ' ;<:K A* Fourth of July" motto, Tom was watch­ ing Urscie. Gracie s eyes had iound something of interest in another part of the garden, and she waa looking that the telephone. The replies come se- | cretlv enough, but the questions have to i be shouted so loudly--or at least are | shouted--so that there can t>e no secret ! communication. What is wanted, there- I fore, is a telephone that can be whis- ! pered to. Meanwhile it might not be a ! bad idea to inclose the telephone in a suitable l>ox where, a person could, insert his head, as in a diver's helmet, and thus talk without being heard by every­ body in the next block. LIZZIE HAMPTON, a colored woman living in Union county, South Carolina, gave birth to two children of the Siam- ese-twin order. They are joined togeth­ er by a union of the breast-bone, having but one navel, but supposed to have two sets of intestines confined in one cavity. They are living and attracting much at­ tention. MOLASSES CAKE.--Two eggs, one cup of sugar, one cup of molasses, one-half cup of butter, two teaspoonfuls of sala- ratus dissolved in one cup of boiling water, spice, and three cups of flour. CRACKERS that are not fresh can be made to appear so by putting them into a hot oven for a short time. Watch them carefully, as a minute too long will serve to brown and spoil them. IT is no longer "good form" to chop the chickens and celexy.for salad. They must be cut with a knife, in pieces about half an inch long. Put the celery in just before serving, that it may be fresh and crisp. ECONOMICAL JKLU CAKES.--One egg, one cup of sugar, one tablespoonful of melted butter, one-fourth cup of sweet milk, two and a half teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one and one-half cups of butter. SURPRISE CAKBL--One egg, one cup of sugar (rounded), one-half cup of butter, one cup of sweet milk, two and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two and a half cups of flour, and two teaspoon­ fuls of lemon extract CLAM CHOWDER.--One-quarter pound of fat pork, one quart of white onions, two quarts of potatoes, two cents' worth of parsley, one-half dozen large toma­ toes, fifty clams; cut the pork in small pieces and fry; chop the onions fine and frv; boil the potatoes and chop the olams moderately fine; put all the ingredients together and let them simmer gently until the tomatoe® are cooked. Tlie ! above quantity makes one gallon of chowder. I SPICED TOMATOES.--Select ripe toma_ toes, scald enough to remove the skin, cut through the center, take otit the pulp and seeds, weigh the clean halves. To eight pounds, in a porcelain kettle, put one quart of the best cider vinegar, one ounce of whole cloves, one ounce of all­ spice, one ounce of cinnamon tied in a muslin cloth, and three pounds of brown sugar; in this spiced and sweetened vin­ egar boil the tomatoes from five to ten minutes, until cooked through; skim out, and allow the syrup to boil until quite thick, then pour over the tomatoes; let stand over night before tying up, and keep in a cool place. CHOW-CHOW.--Two heads of cabbage cut fine; one-half peck of green toma­ toes, one-half peck of onions, five dozen cucumbers, slice the large oues, three- quarters of a pint of small red and green peppers; sprinkle with one pint of salt, and drain all night; pour off the juice and add one ounce of pepper-grain, one ounce of white mustard-seed, one ounce of turmeric, one ounce of cloves, three tablespoonfuls of ground mustard, two pounds of brown sugar; enough horse­ radish, grated fine, to make a pint. In laying the pickles put a layer of pickles and a layer of spice. Half the above quantity'will make plenty for a family oi three or four. FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. IT is reported that 320,000 holes were bored in the execution of St. Gothard tunnel, 980,000 pounds of dynamite con­ sumed, and lj (J50,000 drills worn out. As SIR WILLIAM THOMPSON has shown, the sun, if it were composed of solid coal and produced its light by combus­ tion, would burn out in less than 6,000 years. TACKS.--Two hundred and fifty differ­ ent kinds of tacks are manufactured from brass, copper, zinc, iron and steel. The material from which tacks are made is first cut into long strips as wide as the required length of the tack. It is then put into a machine which cuts it into tacks or nails, as the case may be, as quickly and as easily as a boy would munch a stick of candy. THE Cunard line has lost two vessels in thirty-Beven years, but has never lost a life nor a letter. The Colombia, one of their first vessels, went ashore be­ tween Halifax and Boston. The passen­ gers and cargo were landed in safety, but the vessel could not be got off. The Tripoli went ashore near Tuskar, off the coast of Ireland, about six years ago. The passengers and cargo were landed safely, but the vessel was broken up. "TRAIN catching," says the Hour, "is the cause of more ill health than is generally supposed. Those who ' bolt' their breakfasts, in order to be in time for the morning train, know that such a course leads to dyspepsia with its at­ tendant ills, and the violent exertion which is made by those who just ' save their distance' produces an excitement of the heart and blood vessels which, if frequently repeated, is likely to end in serious organic disease."• ELECTRICITY is used in Paris to con­ trol vicious horses. A conducting wire runs from an electro-magnet in the seat of the wagon through the reins to the horse's bits. By turning the crank of the magnet a current of electricity is in­ duced and sent to the animal's mouth. No violent shock is given to benumb or greatly alarm the horse, but the slight prickling sensation peculiar to electrical influence surprises and subdues him. An electric whip, to prevent rearing or turning suddenly, i» another ingenious invention. FKOM inquiries conducted by Prof. Hermann Colin,, of Breslau, since 1866, it appears that short-sightedness is rare­ ly or never born with those subject to it, and is almost always the result of strains sustained by the eye during study in early youth. Myopia, as it is called, is seldom found among pupils of village schools, and ite frequency increases in proportion to the demand made upon the eye in higher schools and in colleges. A better construction of school deeks, an improved typography of text-liooks, and a sufficient lighting of class-rooms, are the remedies proposed to" abate this malady. A UMftal iBstrament. Undoubtedly, to every well-regulated woman, the hairpin is am invaluable ac­ quisition. She can use it in a variety ra ways--as a glove-hook, button-hook, even a gimlet on occasion. It makes an excellent clasp in lien of a missing buckle. Its most obvious use is to fasten the hair to the head of the wearer. The back hair is always spiked on with from six to twelve hairpins, which hold it so firmly that it cannot be detached until all the hairpins are withdrawn. In like manner the bonnet is pinned to the hair • with hairpins. Unlearned men have i often wondered how it was possible for a i light straw hat to keep its place on the ! very summit of a pyramid of hair from which the slightest breeze ought, ap­ parently, to be able to blow it. The hairpin is the solution of this mystery. Being made of the finest quality of wrought iron, and strengthened by paint with as much care as the elevated rail­ road piers, it can defy anything but a cyclone; and a bonnet fastened with half a dozen hairpins becomes as much a part of the wearer as her back hair. In every sense it is an instrument of wondrous power. The Potato. Much of the so-called cognac which is - 4thported into England from France is the product of the potato. Throughout Germany the same uses are common. In Poland the manufacture of spirits from the potato is a most extensive trade. "Stettin brandy," well known in commerce, is largely imported into England, and is sent from thence to many of her foreign possessions as the product of the grape, and is placed on many a table of England as the same, while fair ladies perfume themselves with the spirit of potato, under the designation eau de Cologne. But there are other uses which this esculent is turned to abroad. After extracting the farina the pulp is manufactured into or­ namental articles, such as picture frames, snuff-boxes and several descriptions of toys, and the water that runs from it in the process of manufacture is a most valuable scourer. For perfectly cleans­ ing woolens and such like articles it is the housewife's panacea, and if the washerwoman happens to have chilblains she becomes cured by the operation. WILL CURE RHEUMATISM. T Bhenmatisi® is a Disease of the Bloo4p" to Cure Rheumatism it must be- 0 • treated as a Blood Disease. . ' . ,, BKV. WK. T. WOUTH H^oommond.VEOETINKfor and N D FALL UTTER, MAW, MAY 18.187FC^, 3 Mm. H. R. BTZVZHB: !>*ar Sir--Fox f?ome years I have been, at times, much with acuta attacks of Rheumatism. I especially auff^red tortures from Hciatica. By the advice of triendb* who knew tho benefits conferred by VEGETINE. I BEGAA lto use, and since that time I have had no attack iifeff' tnoge I previously suffered. For some time past I hare had no return of the trouble, except occasionally a faittt. intimation, which disappeared upon taktnjr a few <1o«#» of the VEGETINF,. I al&o take pleasnre in recording r*jr f testimony jn favor of ite excellent effect in abating Ur . inveterate Salt Rheum, and I count it no email pic »mpj . to bar* been thus made free. *- i Respectfully, WM. T. WORTH, * Paator First M. K. Church,;. $ VEGETINE Hag Believed and Cared Sufferers |p Bheumatism by the Thousands, „ READ THIS: I* 'Igjti have nheumRtiRm, tAlce'-'ffc* ' Medicine that will Cure Van* BUTUBB SWTPCH, Jennings Co., Ind.f> ' , „ „ „ May lft, 1*79, i MR. H. R. STKVKNS: - l ) far S i t -- Having in our family received great beneA| from the VEGETINE manufactured by you. I thought.} Would give you tha facts of the case, hoping it might m<?i* ? th^eyeof some suffering one, who might thus be relieved* I have a grandchild about ten years of age, who, twu yeart ago or over, had a severe attack of rheumatism, and for two long years was under the care of as pood a physiciMi as we have in t his county, and yet all this time gr^w worn, till we gave her up, and thought she must die. Shs waa much deformed, and we were told by a doctor that, tf -•he lived, she would always be deformed ; but. thanks to VEGETSNE, she is to-day perfectly well, <md as straight as an arrow. Last December we abandoned all hope ef the doctor doing anything for her, aud commenced usiv VEGETINE, according to your directions. When the firii bottle was used up we could not see much improvement; but we continued on the second bottle, ana could some change for good. She took six bottles, and, thank God, a oompleto cure waa effected in every respect. Tours truly, G. BUKGES8. 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