The Greensboro patriot [October 17, 1877]

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Make the Old Folks Happy
As we fill up the fleeting mum.
A> we pato, through tbe boav .lay,
Aa we sow in the upturned ton wt,
Or reap for the bai real
A» are follow life's varied fan
Brjolelngtn our youth,
Do w amain tbe old fork" ipf)j '
!><> ere heSd their Wants
Precious mother ho* shs
And, ah ! hov
At, sl.f H.tr H I ing,
lii her <•»;> niiii . fi in.
Ami yet ofuimea we Gjjgi t hor,
When younger haartii
Let us make di-.n mothi . 11
Till she hear* ti ,";.
And prior father, I-LiLe
a reed in iiir duving Wiud—
Let us steady his wavering fqotaaane,
And bear with bia childiah Bind.
}{<- was onee onr j.i ido and solaco,
itrong .11\ n '. ihg ago
Lei aa make dear nthei I i
while he's spared to na below.
Let us make Ibe old folkn 1, i -
Leal we t"-i whan growing
8!..mill look in vain to 0111 elli
For comforts ..o « iilii
Wl ilethe light ;., Hickerii . I
In its dim, in;:, t
Lee III make the i
Witb love*- . :; ,iv.
.JO. VV. GLENN,
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tfully,
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Ipplc iiiKl ■>•:■< |( lii-:iiidy
• bi tbe Harrel or
' Itrandy is pure.
S WAGONER,
nrille, X. C,
The Magic Slipper.
If any ouo imtl wanted to And
Eva Arnold lli.-y atotrM BOVe bad
to look behind ■ fragrant and
hedge of wild rose i And grajievinps.
There sat tbe witch, aa hei brother
Allen called hor, with a book in
bet hand, and, worn! rfnl to relate,
a grave look Opon her laeo.
" I do wonder if that tradition
about our family is true. I wlil
ask grandmother about it when I
see her.r
" I do wonder if th.it traditii
true," said little bit ■ again, jus: as
she was about to sink to sleep, "il
it is trne, nttd tbe shoes are yei Ui
existence, I will borrj^ or steal
them, ami thai .is goon as possible."
A great eloutl ol dust, and a
great rattle of wheels beralrted tin
approach of the coach, an 1 in tha
coach was Eva's long-looked foi
school ini'.te, Gertrude Wayln
At tbe sate of Farmer ArnoldV
substantial Diansion Btood Evt
ing eagerly to catch t ,,■ Hrsl
glimpse of her It iend. lit. bi
Allen, hidden in a Becatn nook,
also looking out with no little etui
osity to see the red haired divinitj
so much vaunted by bis Bister.
" After all," he said to himsi
as he walked toward the brook with
his fishing apparatus nn
arm, " I do not dislike th
her as much as I thought t sbonld,
but that is uo reason that l should
fall in love with her." Am! All.■;..
who bail no small amount of vaoilj.
laughed alcud.
" Now, Alien, I've eanght you at
last,r cried Eva triumphantly, -
she discovered ber brother n
under the favorite hedge.
stand up, and let me introdui
you my friend Gerty, the I" 8t of
schoolmates."
Allen arose and greeted tbi ili
viui.y in the graceful and Beli-pos
sessed manner natural to him. for
tbe first time he had full view nf
her face by the morning light, ii
was not a beautiful lace, not even
a pleasing face at Brat eight, and
Allen was a keen admirer ol beant}
but it was a peculiar face, BUI
one as makes an impression upon
one's mind not easily forgotten.—
Bva's lace was tluslieil with hei
morning walk, bat Gertrude's wa*
remarkably pale; there was, too, a
soberness and dignity aboal bi r,
which was entirely ,i Btrai g
Ejva's character. Allen, .i
tend with much politeness bi
tie zeal into aconv. rsation in which
Eva took tbe principal i liar . ; -.•
cretly wondered how two sue
similar characters i-ouM have infill-ed
snch a close friendship. Bui be
concluded that there wa
counting for women's whims.
"You must drive us over to
grandmothers to day, Allen," said
Eva. " I positively must go there
to-day.r
" Weil, then, if thai is the cae •.
I will drive you over, and as women
never can keep a secret, in the
course of time yours will come 01 .
and then I shall have a ingh.
" Agreed" said Eva, " oulj drivi
us over/
It was a pleasant drive ol li'. 01
six ini'es, yet Allen, who usually
took the principal part in the con-venation,
was remarkably quiet,
listening to tbe chat of the two
girls without attempting to inter
rupt it.
Her bai; was not red aftei a .
was really a pale golden color, and
tioated arouud the white lace, as In-had
seen it in some picl
ter all, she was unlike .ay. one
he had ever kuown, and -li bad
the sweetest voice be had ei
beard. But the idea ol fallii
love witb ber was really too aboard
to contemplate.
• • » • »
Grandmother," said Eva, a
a long silence, which she employi I
in contemplating the movements
ol a very pretty little foot, which
tapped nervously upon the floor.—
•• Grandmother, I wish you '.
tell UB tbe legend about the magic
slippers, which 1 heard once when
l was a very little girl. It is a tradi
tion about our family, isn't it, J"
'• Why, child, it is only a silly
story aliout a pair ol slippers. >;.i
one believes it uow-a days."
" But the story, grand mother, if
you please."
" Well," said the old lady, as abe
adjusted her spectacles," they say
that an ancestor of ours was once
climbing a steep and rugged bill,
aud found near the top a poor man.
covered with wounds and nearly
dead with cold aud less ol blood.—
Our ancestor carried him home in
ms and tended him carefully
he was recovered. When the
-r grew strong and well, they
discovered that he was a very
handaoote man, with eyes retnarka-l
their brilliancy. When he
was _t ing ftWay he gave to the wife
ol 'til ancestor a pair of slippers.
There was nothing remarkable
• i!i" slippers themselves, bnt
as the s'nry runs they were en-dowed
n ;Mi a rare gift by the, strau-ger.
Any woman in his benefac-
Family, wHose feet these slip-pen
v. mid ti\ provided also that.
a tute hearted woman,
while she wore the magic slippers,
would bp.ve all the wishes made at
that time realized. But there are
w of our (.milv whoso feet
tin lit'i-s would lit; from those
who have worn them, however,
there hue come most wonderfnl
: great virtues. But
is for me, Bva, 1 have an idea that
is all nonsense. The slip-nM
nevpi begin to fit my
. !':t! 1 never had any faith in
hem, ti lhat nn wishes of mine
were ever realized iu that way."
'• lint have you really got the
is grandmothertB said Eva,
eagerly.
'• I did have them when I was
young: perhaps thej am iu the
a . ere now. But, bless
my beai . child,you're no: going to
bunt after ibetu t"
•V- _; iiidmotber; i really
Ihej would lii me, and 1
: v them.''
inch a bw.kiug, ami such a de-
:it-\ i-r Been before.—
1' ■ ■ tier would have been
il she i mid have
tluiiiig the progress
o: "' hunt. Gerty set herself to
what Bva left in
disorder, bul i; was no easy job.—
eulj Eva altered a cry ot de-ligli
■
"I've found Ihcin," cried Eva,
triumphantly; "now I winder il
they'll fit."
An I . ,.> ,i.i tbe madcap, cover-is!
and a nest of bewil-dered
spiders.
• i declare, said grandmother.
r li you exactly; one
would liej were made for
:•'• n"
An igii they fitted ex-took
them ofl soon, aud
II : up 'u their wrapper,
i bering that grandmother had
s:i I tl rbq wore them must
li le hearted woman. She
think whether she
true hearted or not.
i: so i ippened that Eva had no
more ties lor trying on
lers while the visit lasted,
home with her.
sake bis appearance
to il:. home, but in his
stead t.'i • n' the farm laborers.
"Oh, cried Eva, as the
0 : a cum in sight, " 1 am so
glad .i : now I shall
.-s."
LSui y. ,,'.- uauallj quiet borne
was i i a great state of excitement.
musua seemed to have
t h affected all the
. iseholdi though, in different
" i\.. .: lias b ipp .icd ;" asked
A len, when she
lo -. upon that evening.
" ibh is. that we
„■ ; ol I ising our old
Same one Bet up a
i : . , the . ,:.si;> of which can-be
pi auae that au all-
. lias been lost.—
archi ii the bouse though
bul on has been useless.—
1 mains, that tbe
grandmother's; it
ve been carried there
ber papi ra. I will drive
over, as i am very anxious about
lie all ir. The loss of this farm,
pi years of hard labor
iwed upon it, will almost kill
! » her."
The nexl tlaj was au anxious one
sj mpatby with her,
Getty ' o also. She talk-
I ul Eva would
n t1 allow it. '. be little lady had
lea ••! having her schemes
1 by i neb a movement.
I eruoon wore away
jirla watched lor the
rom l. s search.—
mged into evening,
aud ng wore into night.
; . ran ily concluded that Allen
ining I hat night, aud ac-
• parated with no
bim i ill moruing.—
■ It confident that Allen
I return that verj night, so
ing foi him, walking
lessly, and listening
for Ibe sound of bia wheels. She
fam-i i Gerty ■ is asleep upon a
sofa where she had persuaded her
.- lew moments before.
No one tbe house was stirring.
•■ .<..-.. . shall try my magic
- lid Eva aloud, to herself.
and praj that I am
ti
One lipj ■ , 'A.is a little rebellious
ild i il go on easily, bat
-' to get her foot
as Gerty seemed
, . ..ii.i could tiot hear,
enlured to speak her wishes
■■ :■" I foremost," said Eva,
has i' en the greatest
I m a long time, I
. . brother All would
ith and many Ger
Secondly, 1 wish
thai i wbicb proves our
■ :• i. HIS ■ n| tny childhood
-. . eddy found, and tba* my
:.ubci ..:••.. be as happy iu the pos-it
ol' tnai which his cheerful
endeared :o him, as it is
le to be."
ii,..e WAS ..n..ni the sound of
.s eutside, ..:; I Eva ran down
et Allen, without ever think-ers
or wishes. She
bim at the door, at the first
glance bia anxious lace told her
that his search bad been useless.
•' S(o hope left, Eva" were his
first words. " Sooner or later we
BIe likely to lose our home. Grand-mother
has searched her house
Ir dm cellar to attic, and there is no
sign of paper."
Wearied and depressed, Alleu
cast his eyes downward, and they
rested upon Eva's embroidered slip-
I>ers.
" What a fanciful pair of slippers,
Eva," said Allen, suddenly roused
from his weariness. "Did you em-broider
those, little sister V
" No, said Eva, a little embar-rassed
; '• they are not mine "
Wondering a little at Eva's evi-ih-
ut contusion, Allen was about to
relapse into bis former anxious
mood, when bis sister took off one
ol the slippers, with the remark
that it was much tighter than tbe
other, and she wondered why il
didn't fit. Alien took up the slip
per mechanically, and commenced
examining it. There seemed to be
something in the toe, wbicb occu-pied
considerable space. Listlessly
Alleu pulled out that witb which
the toe was stuffed, and was only
a little surprised when he discover
ed a m at Iy folded paper, lie open
ed the paper much in the same way
he had taken it from the slipper,
and tbeu Eva was struck witb uu-mingled
wonder, to see her lately
aud brother jumped around the
room io a way that favored much
of insanity.
" I've found tbe precious paper,
Eva," said Allen at length, over
turning a table and all its contents
in his great joy.
Suddenly the affair became clear
to Eva. Some mischievous person
at grandmother's must have stuf-fed
tho paper into the slipper, with
out ever dreaming that be was do-ing
mischief. One by one the fami-ly
came downstairs aroused by the
great noise of tbe overturned table.
But none felt that tbey had paid
too dear for their trouble, when
they heard the good news.
• • a • •
" Gerty, I am a firm believer in
traditions, aud especially that of
the magic slippers," said Eva, one
day.
" Because both your wishes were
realized," said Gerty, " especially
tbe firSt, which seemed very im-probable."
" You're a traitor," cried Eva.
" Not at all," was Gerty's reply.
'• I couldn't help heariug your
wishes that night, for I was not
asleep as yon supposed."
In the process of time Allen and
Gerty were married, and little Eva,
trusting and true hearted, went on
her way with a firm belief iu the
magic slippers.
Trump Kards.
We copy from Josh Billing's new
boo!., "Tininp Kards." a few ol
the philosopher's remarks, and
commend them to onr leaders ;
I hav never known a second wife
but what wa/. boss of the situa-shuti.
Wiskee iz a hard thing to con-vince,
therelore i never argy with
a drunken man.
Maids marry to change their con-dishun,
widows Io improve it.
Alter a mau gets to be IS years
old, he kaut form enny habits
mutch, Ibe best he kan do is steer
old ones.
I luv a rooster for too things.—
One iz the crow that iz iu him, and
the other iz the spurs that are on
him, to bak up tbe crow with.
Enuy mau who can swop horses,
or ketch fish, and not lie about it,
iz just abont az pious az meu get
to be in this world.
Tho sassyist man i ever met was
a henpecked husband, when he iz
away from borne.
An enthusiast iz an individual
who Deleaves about 4 times az
muctch az he kan prove, aud who
kau prove about 4 times az mutch
az annybody else beleaves.
The dog that will follow every-botldy
ain't worth a cuss.
Thezo people who are trieing to
get to heaven ou their kreed, will
find out at last that they didn't
have thru tickets.
The greatest mistake enny wo-man
kau make iz, just az soon az
her husband haz been elekted cap
ting ov a malisba company, to be
krazy to appear in his new uniform.
Tho long courtships are not al
wuss judicious, the sartys often tire
ol scoring belore tbe trot begins.
Nature seldnm makes a pbool,
she simply furnishes the raw ma-terials,
and lets the fellow finish the
the job to suit himself.
Youug man, learn to wait: if yn
undertake to set a hen betore she
is reddy, yon will loose your time
and confuse tbe hen besides.
One of the best trades enny man
kan make iz to sell out bis religious
kreed aud invest, the proceeds in
charity.
One quart of cheap wbiskee, the
cheaper the l»etter,judishionsly ap-plied,
will do more bizzinessfor the
devil thau tbe smartest deacon he
has got.
Be mercipbul to all the dam an.
nials—no man kan ride into heaven
on a sore backed horse.
Prudes alwussseem to have more
property on hand thau they know
what to do with.
When men retire from the world
they go into the kroaking bussiness,
and ft amounts tu just az mutch az
the kroaking of a retired bullfrog.
There iz too things about tbe
devil which i admire, and which
are worthy of imitation, be izalwus
bizzy, aud never wos kuown tu
break au engagement.
When you have board the bull's
eye, set down aud keep still, folks
thiuk then that you kan bit enuy
time you have a mind to.
It is kind of kurious that the
thiuner a man iz the more anxious
he iz to get into a strcng light.
A New Injunction—still Grab-bing.
As long as there is anything left
of the Western North Carolina
Railroad, wo presume there will be
parties to rise up with schemes for
speculation and plunder. It was
for so many years so fruitful a field
for such outrages, and paid so well
for genius devoted to ' hat busiuess
there are those who evideutly still
regard it as an interesting field for
such labor.
T. D. Carter has this week filed a
complaint iu the Federal Court
Clerk's office, at this place, in the
nature ol an application to the
Judges of the Federal Court for
injunctions, wiits ot relief, posses
sion, and the Lord knows what all.
The document is much longer than
tbe road itself, and is tiled in the
name of one Mark Youug, who,
"for the purposes of this suit," rep-resents
the said Carter.
The document is already pointed,
and charges fraud on everybody
who ever had, or has, even tbe re-motest
connection with the road.
The attorneys lor the said "Young"
alias Carter, are Mike Woods and
one '•General" Davis—trom all ac-counts
another "General" Little-field.
Tbe thing is gotten up at
the expense of the foreign bond-holders
who are anxious to npset
the claims of the Western Division
to certain interests in Florida,-
thus cutting our road out of any
thing in ihat direction. It is a big
thing on ice, but wo opine, too slip-pery
to li ml a lodgment, iu any hon-est
Judge's brain.—AskeoiUc Citi-zen.
A Judge Retires From The
Bench.
A correspondent of the Cincin-nati
Enquirer, writing from \ ance-burg,
Kentucky, says: Oar Crim-inal
Court was opened by Judge
Sands in a creditable sty lo, but uo
business was transacted, because
Judge Sands failed to sustain his
judicial and persona', dignity.
There was much bad feeling mani-fested
at one lime toward this
youug and gifted Judge, until bo
came into court aud said :
'•Genikmaii um' Fellow Citizens:
—I appear Ix fore yon tu say 1 am
a victim to a vice which has dis-grace.,
me bel re you and my couu-try.
.is l eutered this court room,
I heard some one say 'There goes
pretty timber to make a criminal
judge of." I feel that remark as
steel through my heart, for it is
just. I am unworthy of the high
honor and trnsl you have conferred
upon one so young ; and I return to
you tbe office I have lost, being
unworthy of ir. Pardon me, friends
and countrymen, bnt you shall
bear this no longer. My judicial
integrity and official acts are blame-less.
Thank God, I am uo longer
criminal jndge of Lewis county.
May Heaven keep me in n»j afflic-tion
!"
This eloqui at and feeling appeal
was never beard here before
Prejudice was turned to sympathy
and sympathy to compassion for
Judge Sands. He has a warm
place in our hearts, and we hope be
will return to us reformed.
Horrible.
Education in the South—The
Peabody Fund.
NEWYOKK,Oct. .'!.—The board
of trustees ol the Peabody educa-tional
fund Ivan ::s annually ses-sion
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
to day.
The eleventh report was read by
Dr. Sears, and the statement oi the
treasurer was submitted. Dr.
Sears in his report reviewed the
work of tbe i.is ten yeais, and com
pared the present state of popular
education in the Southern States
with its condition when tbe board
entered upon the duties of its trast.
The aim of the board has been to
aid tbe cause of education in the
South. The condition ol the schools
and the nature ol the school system
in each State la reviewed. Iu Vir-ginia
the amount tarnished from
the Peabody fund for the past year
was 918,250, the amount granted
to North Carolina for the past year
was 94,900. South Carolina 94,300
Georgia last year 94,000, Florida
last year 96,600, Alabama has re-ceived
in ten years 935,430, Miss-issippi
has been th« recipient of
958,578 from the fand; to Louisi-ana
955,578 has been given. Texas
918,000, Arkansas 160,700, Tennes-see
9191,030, and West Virginia
9107,710. __________
The State Pre-iS-Within
our rei oil.--'ion we have
Dever known tbe secular press of
North Carolina re efficient aud
better coudiii ted than it Mas been
during the osl ..ear. There are
qualified editors in charge of pa-pers
iu .very section ol the State.
The country press is noticeably
well edited. Of course there are
papers ol not much force—that
show but little f-nteri rise and in
dustry—but our general remark is
nonetheless true. We are satis-fied
that there an m ire good, use-ful
papers, witb well written, and
sometimes thoughtful able editor!
als. now published within our bor
ders than at any previous stage of
our journalistic experience. 1:
would afford us pleasure to be more
particular, bnt I we might be
thought to be individious in our
distinctions.— Wilmington Star.
Pasha Mahomet OTlanagan (late
ot tbe Turkish Centennial Bazar)
will be glad to see his friends at
tbe new gin-mill he has just opened,
ap in Avenue D,
Just think of it. One million
human beiucs starved to death,
and the sufi'eriug from faming in
India shows no sign ot decreasing !
In Madras 77:J,0(K) persons are em
ployed upon what are called "relief
works"—that is, work that the
Government offers for tbe purpose
of permitting starving persons to
earn some bread. In addition to
these. l,51.'t,000 persons are gratuit-ously
relieved. In Bombay the
number on the relief works is 280,000
and tbe number who have gratuit-ous
support is ISS.OOO. The Indian
Government and British private
charity are doing much to alleviate
the horrors of the situation. The
fund raised in London under tbe
auspices of tho Lord Mayor has
already reached the sum of$oG5,0(H)
and it is estimated that the total
outlay that will be required from
the Government of India will be
950,000,000. If one half o f this
sum had been spent in past years
in opening railway communication
through the afflicted districts, and
in constructing irrigating canals,
tbe present tamiug might have
been averted.
The United States, estimated bv
the bulk of its products, ranks 8»c-on:
l amoug the cotton mauufactur-ing
countries of the world. For
the year ending October 1st, 1870,
Knglaud consumed 1,270,287,000
pounds of cotton, while during the
same period tbe United States con-sumed
674,638,000 pounds, or 53
pet cent of the amount consumed
by Euglaud. The consumption of
this country is nearly equal to that
of Germany, France, Russia and
Austria combined. The rapid
growth of our cotton industries of
late years can best be shown by a
statement of the increase in tbe
consuniptiou of raw cotton and the
increase in the export of the manu-factured
article. In 1862,1,201,0011
bales were consumed, against 1,356,
000 in 1376, while for the year end-ing
August 31st, 1877, tho consump-lion
reached tho highest point ever
attained iu this country, 1,356,000
bal.-s. Meantime the value of our
cotton fabrics exported has increas-ed
I m $'..(190,000 for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1877—certain-ly
a phenomenal iucrease during
the short space of two years. -Ral
sigh Observer.
EDITORIAL SQUIBS.
Currant Jelly.—Put the currants
into a stone jar; set tbe jar into a
kettle of warm water ; place it on
the fire and let it boil until the cur-rants
are broken ; do not use auy
water on tbe currants, and keep
the jar well covered until they are
boiled ; as soon as they are cool
euougb, strain them, a few at a
time, using a stout, coarse bag j to
each pint of juice add one pound
of granulated or powdered sugar ;
set tbe juice on alone to boil, and
boil it just twenty minutes. While
FARMER'S COLUMN.
An Honorable Calling.
When people condemn farm life,
because of its "drudgery," I won-der
if they ever count up tbe ad-vantages
of living on a farm. The
fruit, the vegetables, the fresh eggs,
poultry, milk and butter, to say
\New Series No. 498. ,otbin?0{thf man>-ridesthefami- ly enjoy. How many of these
conld be indulged in if tbe family
lived in town, and the same capital
was invested there, that it takes to
carry on the farm • When about to
move to my farm, an old lady gave
me this rather doubtful congratula-ti
HI, "and so you are going to be
tied d.wn to a farm 1" "Yes," said
I, ' md to answer you in words I
have heard my mother say many
I won hi rather be the wife of
au intelligent farmer than the wife
of a mau following any other occu-pation
you can mention." Since
the hard times. I have felt like re-.
peating the same many times, with
iutercst. To me town life wonld
life would
the bus-he
qniet
heat, occasionally stir it, to keep"it'life on » fftrm- The horses, the
from burning. By the time the «>wsvthe fowls, aud even tlie P'fJS.
juice is boiled sufficiently the sugar l am luterMted '"• l h»ve another
- any yet
the juice is boiliug, let the sugar be I _* eu'Iuiable as country hi
heating; place it in pie dishes, and ,b* t0,.°".e wL,° do,'«htB in '
let it set iu the oven, in a moderate ' -'P ot the,•**■ L10™ tl
sugar
should be very hot; ,throw tbe su-gar
into the boiling juice; keep
stirring constantly and quickly.
When the sugar is all dissolved,
stop stirring aud let the jelly come
to a boil again, then remove in-stantly
; have your glasses rolled iu
hot water, then fill with the boil-iug
juice. Pium jelly is made in
the same way. Strawberry jelly
and greater reason than
mentioned for liking the farm. It*
is such a good place for the chil-dren.
The treah air, tbe freedom
from restraint, tbe pure milk—aL
most auything that can be men-tioned
in connection with the farm,
the influences there brought around
them, all tend to make them healthy
happy boys aud girls, and later.
should have a teaspoouful of lemon ' {.",M1 a
1
nd houe?t mo" ilml won? .... ' I.i,-., 11...,,. »*, t.i*r,x. ..e >>. .. .......I. juice added to every pint of straw
berries. When cold, put tissue
paper wet with brandy ou the top
of the jelly, theu paste a thick pa
per over the glass. Keep in a coo!,
dry place.
Excellent Veal Soup.-X vessel used
for making soup should never be
taken for cooking anything else,
and should be carefully cleansed
after each using. Into it put a
knuckle of veal (the size known as
a ten cent one is large enough,)
three quarts of coid water, a small
quantity of salt, and one small ta-blespoouful
ot uncooked rice. Boil
slowly, hardly above simmering,
four hours, when tbe liquor should
be reduced to half the usual quan-tity;
remove from the tire. Into
the tureen put the yolk of one egg,
Give them au Interest in a patch of
ground, some ot the animals to eare
tor and tram : it their taste points
that way, give the inventive ability
a chance to expaud, make home as
attractive as it Bhould be, with
books and music, and the children
will love the farm ami the home too
well to ever wish to leave it tor the
ov.-i crowded aud dangerous city.—
.Ifiisa. I'lotcman.
Time to Sow Clover Seed.
No lime is uniformly best, for
all localities: iu Nut,hero and
moist local ities aud sections, the
Spring is the best time to sow clo-ver,
but in Southern and dryer sec-tions,
the Aiitum or early- winter
is lust, as ii gives tho plants more .
time to grow and form leaves for
shade before the hot season. A
aud stir well into it a teacupful of; _-rj(eT j„ „ Western journal says :
During the year just closed the
United States sold 105.000.000
yards of cotton goods abroad, ten
'times more than was exported the
year before.
A young min sent Bixty cents to
a firm in Michigan who advertised
a recipe to prevent bad dieams.
He received a slip of paper on
which was written : "Don't go to
sleep."
His Business Principles.
About 1 o'clock yesterday a citi-zen
who was passing through the
Central .Market was halted by a
gone to seed stranger, who said :
;,Sir, I want to raise money to
establish a largo college in this
city—01:0 fully equal to Havard or
Yale. Cau you invest teu cents!"
The. citizen asked for further par-ticulars,
and liually banded out the
small sum. The stranger walked
directly to a saloon and bonght a
thumping big drink of whisky, and
was swallowing the last ol it when
the citizen jostled bis elbow and
said :
••Aren't you about two-thirds
fraud and the rest dead-beat V
■,\No, sir ! No, sir 1" was tbe eui-ihatic
response. "I claim to be
honest and upright."
"How about that college 1 Did
not I give you ten cents toward its
establishment 1"
"You did, sir."
"And you have spent it for
drinks V
"I have sir, but let mo explain.
My business principles are as firm
ly fixed as the laws of nature.
Whenever I set out to establish a
college I always drink ten cents
worth of whisky to nerve me up
and encourage me. I am sixty-four
years old, aud I have never de-parted
from this rule in a single
instance. 1 have had my drink,
have maintained my business prin-ciples,
aud now I'll go out and es-tablish
the college. Do you know
ol an eligible site containing one
hundred acres of rolling ground 1"
cream, or in hot weather new milk ;
add a piece of butter the size of a
hickory nut, on this Htrain the soup
boiliug hot, stirring all the time.
Just at tbe last, beat it well for a
minute. This soup is economical,
easily mado and delightful.
GhoeolttU Caramels.—Take a half
pound of chocolate, one cup of mo-lasses,
one cup of rich milk, a ta-blespooufnl
of butter, two cupfuls
of brown sugar ; boil for 20 or 30
miuutes, stirring coustuntly ; add a
teaspoouful vanilla; pour it into
buttered pans, and when nearly
cold cut it into squares witb a ta-ble
knife, occasionally buttering
the knife to prevent sticking.
Muffin*.—Beat two eggs with
one-balf cup of sugar, oue generous
tablespoonful of butter and a little
salt; add one and a half enps of
sweet milk, and three cups of flour
in which is sifted three teaspooufuls
of good baking powder. Beat well
and bako iu buttered miiilin tins.
Worth Knoiring.—Putting cream
on onions (or even a little ruilk if
one has no cream) removes much of
the strong flavor, and renders them
less likely to affect weak stomachs
unpleasantly.
For Arresting Fermentation.—
Dissolve a small quautity of borax
(half a teaspi.i.alul into a table.
spoouful of boiling hot water, for
every quart of cream or milk. To
keep meat from spoiling, sp'riukle
on a little i>owdered borax like
salt; then wash well in borax wa-ter
before cooking.
She uasjast returned from a vis-it
to a married couple, aud as she
threw ber bat on the sofa, she turn-ed
up ber nose, put on a look of
disgust, and said, "if there is any-thing
on this earth that is hateful,
it is to see married peoplo kissing
and hugging and gushing before
folks."
Her little brother crawled out
from under the :>ofa, where he had
been hunting a stray marble, aud,
addressing her sister, said: You
and George ia all toe time kissing
each other before mo : but you isn't
married yet, and then I suppose
I'm too small to be folks."
That little boy told another boy
next morning that it wasn't always
a sign when your ear burned, that
somebjdy was talking atiout you.
The interior of China along the
course of tho Yang tse Ktang is a
land full of wonders. In oue place
piscicultural nnrseries line the
banks for nearly fifty miles. All
sorts of inventions, the cotton gin
iucluded, claimed by Europeans
and Americans are to he found ■
there lorty centuries old. Plants, i
yielding drugs or great value, with-out
number, the familiar tobacco
and potato, maize, white and yel
low corn, and other stalks belie/ed
to be indigenous to America, have
been cultivated there from time
immemorial.
Curran, the witty Irish barrister,
was pleading the case of a certain
Miss Tickle. The Judge was also
e bit of a wit Curran opened his
case witb : ,'Tiekle, my client, the
defendant, rry Lord—" The judge
interrupted bim with "Tickle ber
yoursef, Curran; you're as well
able to do it as 1 am."
A Milwaukee man made three
unsuccessful attempts to blow his
btains out, cr.d bis wife told bim,
'•Don't try it agaiu, John ; you
havu't got any." He goes about
now saying, he owes his life to that
woman.
The sea holds 60,000,000,000,000
tons of salt. Should the sear be
diied np, there would be a deposit
of salt over the entire bottom of
the ocean 450 feet deep, and if the
salt wero taken aud spread ou the
land it would cover it to a depth of
900 feet.
Little Boy—"Please, I want the
doctor to come and see mother."
Servant—"Doctor's out. Where
do you come from t" Little Boy—
"What! Don't yon know me T
Why, we deal with you. We had
a baby from here last week !"
" Mister how do you sell sugar to
day f •' Only twenty cents a pound
sir." "Cau'c give it. I'll drink nj
cofiee without sugar, aud kise my
wile for sweetening. Good day,
sir." " Good day. When you get
tired of that kind of sweetening
please call rgain." " I will ' He
called tbe next day.
Peter Opie, of Madison. Wiscon-
With regard to the best time lor
sowing grass seed the chances are
most favorable to ensure satisfacto-ry
results by sown g in ilie fall, es-pecially
with fine trasses, such aa
timothy, Mne grass, red top, &c
It is sate to follow nature in this
matter, without reference to tho
bat lie bet ween those who respec-tively
advocate s.o.i nig iii Spring,
Winter and Fall. The gran
clover and other seeds, have their
individual habits of perlectiug
themselves each iu its uatural or-der.
Timothy, and grasses of a like
habit, if allowed IO ripen its seed,
drop them iu August aud Septem-ber,
while clover holds its seed un-til
tho storms of Winter beat tbe
stalks to the earth, and the former
will catch well it the seed is put in
the ground from August until Oc-tober,
while a good stand of clover
will be had under favorable condi-tions,
if sown from December to
March.
In Maryland, North Carolina and
Virginia, Pall is the besl tune, aud
too much rather thau too little seed
should be sown.—Maryland Far-mer.
Dust lor Animals in Winter.
'Tho almost indispensible uecessi-
' ty of au ample supply of dust for
' animals iu Winter, is understood
I by very few stock growers. All
! sorts of auunais delight in dust
bath. Chickens who have easy
and continual access to it will nev-
I er be troubled with vermin, eithei
iu their honses or on their bodies.
| Cattle delight to stand in a dusty
road, sciaping it up wilh their fore-feet
and flinging it all over their
! backs. The cheapest and most el
i f'ectuu! euro for lice on cat lie is to
I scattet a quart oi perfectlj •!i j dust
< along the spine, from the horns to
tin- tail. Iu Wiuter, wheu they
cannot get it, many animals be-come
covered will. The
write: Las a rain tight wagon shed,
with Strips eight iiiche-t wide nailed
close to the gioui.il oil three sides,
into which half a dozen wheelbar-row
loads of dus^ ai e plat ed every
Fall. Here tho poultry delight to
callow and roll in the suu. It is
also kept and used on all the other
stock at started intervals, and uo
of any sort is ever seen on any of
theml This is at onee the most
certain remedy for these pests,
while tiie BtOSk thrives by being
supplied with what tbey crave, and
what in a state of nature they
would surely snpply thoruselves
with, but which they cannot when
restrained and tied up iu yards and
stables. —ZVairii Farau i
The Telephone is still undergoing
improvements. They have them
now something like a straight ear
trumpet, not exceeding six iuches
in length. A mau iu New York,
for instance, holds the large end ot
them to his lips in addressing an
audience in Boston, and tbe small
end ol auotuer to his ear so that he
may hear the applause of his Bos-ton
audience. All the intermedi-ate
towns having telephones at-tached
to the wire can also hear
what is passing between tbe New
York speaker and his Boston audi
euoe. ____________
Yonng ladies who are in the en-joyment
of their first attack of love
seldom finish their first saucer of
ice-cream. If you want to see a
frizzle-headed pulled-back girl get
away with about a gallon at a sit-ting'try
oue that has been engaged ' Bin, recently ate fifteen tniuce pies
eight or ten limes. She'll hide it,
and go off muttering, "Yum, yum,
yum ! More!"
on a wager, and would have died
Whore and How to Apply
Potash Salts.
Whether given .toil is deficient in
or tin., is a mattei i
best be learned l>> actual uial <>l
potaseic fertilizers. A great deal
of care is necessary with there lira-nuns.
Mauy tailuies result trom-misapplication.
One cardinal jmiut
to be observed is the necessity ot
uaving the potash even)] and deep-ly
distributed through thesoil. To
this end the potash fertilisers
should be applied as long us possi-ble
before the >., .ther
in very early Spring, or, still bet-ter,
in the previous Autumn; for a
Spring or Summer mop. It is an
excellent plan lo BOmpOSt Or mix
them with earth belore using.
They Bhould be either ploughed or
harrowed in Potash -alts are gen-erally
most useful when applied
with phosphates and nitrogenous
manures. In Germany, where the
potash, salts hav- come into general
use. quantities cot responding to
200 to 500 pounds oi the higher
grades, ami iioui UMI to 600 pounds
ot the lower grades to the acre are
recommended. They have been
found particularly good for grass,
clover, and other fodder crops, for
beans and pears, tobaoao, flax.
under the Opie-ration but for the i grain, ami root crops.
administration of an Opie-ate. j.4</riVK«itn,f-