The Greensboro patriot [April 30, 1879]

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WEDNESDAY, APfelL 8QL 1870.
Tli<> Eastern Farmer.
in ii cane rovnt.
" I'ull BOW. if you
LeU- • boy did nut n-1
iii», Rcggi
> be urgccl. Ilr
111] 111*. |^l'j|-y
• II - Mats attendant,
-I the Mary
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green iu' Uill.T
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. on i II lend i,-.
■ •■. luruuii,
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II mill".
" StO|>, if vull pi'.:!"' '"
" | i„ ... your pardon.*1 muttered the
other, sullenly. " I dM not quit* mean j loved Pan
111-ir 1 Come. Trix, give up these Gar- Paul !.•■ I;:
1 IIIIIII !v<-.)n-. oryivo that l* Blond Ms the water shore Ms knees', saw tl
walking-papers. To plea-e inc." he ' boat come dan
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TIMELY TOPIC!).
Tin
added.
v faint smilooorled Beatrix** beauti-fill
lips at Ih-i last wonU.
•• I cannot please you In this matter,
Forrest."
II-- choked an angry answer.
•"it is desirable that the boys have
■--HIS in German. Ami I know
I, braced against the cliff. °ertnai
"ga"
ring over the high tpark-ling
water. Tiiedory soon reached his
side. A white, ringed hand was ex-tended.
" You would hare died if w« had bean
live minutes later," arid Mi-s St. John
in n shaking rolce,
"That would not have mattered. It
would bare been in your ■arrive,*' he re-msumption
of beer in the whole
empire last year was 8II.0JM.T0H
or nearly twenty gallons per
•IK*, CARDEX Om HOVSEUOLD
BMIaaa out sww Pol.,0 PU„„.
'"'-";•«< i«tato.,.,lUir,^aMn,, SI
vasandy loam. Uth, Isnd baa a red
cast, so much the batter, ,:,y „„t a f,.w
^ri.m '•"•",■™- '"<' " imparts to this choicest oi
town of 20.000 inliaiiitants has recently , . ," r""ls ""' Wglit color which oh-been
attacked with diphtheria, and 92? \ ]"'"*_ hng l""ir'*- Land that has been
Tin' malady also prevail* in
Ml Hi)Kit MYSTERIES.
month of population
Every tenth person in M II Inge.
have died
Vienna.
of no reason why Mr. Paul Le Blond | plied
should have his walking-papers, as you But he laid down in the boat much ex- '
term it."'
"• If you don'l dismiss him, 1 shall,
Trf« "
' " By what authority?" coolly.
" By the authority of roy reiatiouslilp
and right to prevent you from throwing
! yourselfaway on a poverty-stricken fslr
I low who is nobody knows who!"
"" 1 do not think that I shall wed Mr.
U- itloml until he n.ska me,-' with „ ,.,,.
lions smile."
" Hi il soon have the impudence lo do
that with the encouragement you give
him."
Miss St. John's fine I.lack brows had
.
.-..,
stack,
hail-ted.
" It was not in my service." Beatrix
had replied. Shu looked with a hard
Blai at tin sehool-liiB.k • which he had
laid at her feet, as sh" took up the oar
again. And then she lixisl her dark
eyes firmly on Pah-fields; hut h»r heart
bled.
The prostrate man in the boat umed
I over and kissed the little velvet shoe so
near bis face.
"' Pardon," be said, for Beggie saw:
" hut the lowliest may ki-s the foot of a
I queen."
But he held his \uani up to Trix'a
• onii.e i.il. .nul.her nuiiy curls touched ""W**. ami aliesaw thatW I had dripped
a burning color in berchecks; and when "I"".1,'1 fl,"» l>er foot,
her cousin added, "you mean to marry "The rocks—I needed to hurry," she
him, hut, hy hcavn you shall not;" she "tnmmereil. Mushing and confused; bul
path , in all Inr life s|e never forgot his x-""
Plying foxes, kangaroos and rabbits
arc the principal p.-sts with which osri-cultunstt
at the antipodes have to con-1
lend. Forty men -M Milton. New South
Wales, celebrated the prime of Wales" ;
birthday by organising a battue, at !
which ampounds of shot wore discharged
and several thousand foxes killed.
A correspondent of the Boston Journal
writes: Apropos of the Turks. I have
somewhere iii my library an old book
which claims that the downfall of the
lurks as a military and dominating
power dates from the time when they
adopted the use of tobneco; and it is ti,
be remembered that in the early part of
the seventeenth century the sultan was
a bitter enemy of the plant, which crept
into his empire despite him and all his
laws. <t
1 lanniii - -plon hi.
i ' an !■■-. Iiimsell;
■ i ■—nunen Ir I,
i i\ thai notion «-n tie- -'ell
■ ■ '-i.'li,-. again,
1 ■ ■ niftier ronjchei
y inon ■ l' nii'l uiih -iiil,l,,i,
1 n-.i.i,- .■!..,.,
il ■■:' sniibbin'
■ -I. with yon stop. ' • lie rio market,
1 1 1 -I'.r.--.
Hi ■1 i
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" Korr.-t.",he sa*l.|, •• I hate reproaches
and p i-riuiinations, hut there is no other
way with Ton, You, who arc notjGf lo
govern your own life, shall not bo al-lowed
the govcramenl of mine. You
have s.|Uaodered the fortune jnj father
u; you arc my cousin, and, by
v,_ my guest. You are nothing
You shall b
of adoration. It i- nothing.
Tliey ci o Pairfields.
'"Forre.-i St. Jolin," -ho said to her
cousin, "I have extended ll.e hospitali-ties
of my home to you for years'by cour-permitt.
sl no an-left
court,
more.
Ihority over me. The law gives you
none, and I will nol submit to your in-terfereuce
in my affairs."
The florid face was quite white now.
The sull,„ bl.nk eyes were fixed upon
the ground. But Forrest St. John con-trolled
his rage.
•sy. If shelters you no longer. I will
■t abide a murderer under my roof."
Aa exciting lion bunt, a novelty in
1 Ihis country, took place near Ray can-
• yon, California. The lion had raided
I the ranches for a Ions time without
detection. Thelossofa large number
j ol goals by Henry Samuels, spurred
him and his dogs up to solving the mys-
! tery. The lion, of the California
«o..i. CsMntea CHaua m th. HIMaij ol
-tew 1 ,,rk^
The \,w York romspondcnl of
the Cincinnati OtactU writes; The
recent Baldwin tragedy in your
city is -iiiTotinded xvitli a degree
of mystery which naturally awak-ens
a widespread Interest. Thi«
m leads me to recall a Dumber of similar ,
'"•t an uncommon practice to phmt the I *.v,*»** which have defied the closest
' field with sweet potato,* several'""1 ■,u* patient iavostigalioa, which.
tlierefore, retain a blood) prominence in
the history of Kew York. On.- of these
was called the - Manhattan well mur-der."
\carh eighty years have elatfcecl
sue.- it occurred, and yet, during this
long Interval, it has lived iu the chroab
cies of romantic crime. The victhn was
a young woman, who accepted aa invi-tation
from her lover to lake a „k-igli
rid.-. The pair went oil" together iu lie
evening, and n afterward the lover
i-turued alone. T|„. y„un;, „,„„.,„ wta
missing, and his reply to „H ,,„rstion.s
"as that she |..ft the sleigh .so..,, after
they started, and l„. ,li,| ,,„, klK„v
'" *c Lad gone. \ f,,v weeks
• boys, while looking
II in the suburban fields, dis-covered
I,,.,- ,,„,,„.. T|„. 1..v,.,- „.„
tried, but acquitted: nevcrthelew, pub-
'"'"I" ' never accepted the verdict,
and then can i„. „„ douM of his g„ii,.
Forty years afterward another mjsten
• ■f. harrowing character occurred, i,
young girl, noted for her beauty, wlio
f the attraction. ,,f a ,i-,r >!,,re.
i-!!ow". " """:"'" : "Wtppeared. nnd three days afterwanl her
of his elevation. He has been dead nsr-
.nal year-, bul his con. who carlj I,.
came cunnevtol with the press, is non
tliomas \V. Connery, tie managing "-li
tor of the Ihr-i'il—a position which he
hiL- li- Id daring the butt lea rears.
"i nmor a regetable croptiw prnious
season is frequently «-h.«-n, though it
suec.-ssjve years, as they appear to thriv.
in the latter as well as thev do in freshly-
Selected gniuiid.
In preparing , field gr the reeeptioa of
tl"-plants, remove all cornstalk* and all
>m*ar obstructions, as these are not only
an annoyance to n„. brnwr durinstlie
proces* of cultivation but prove very
■l-structne ,„ young plant,. I-;„w ,|,",.
pound a.s f,„- any ordinary crop, but not
'"•Ply. for short, compact rootsare.de,
tired iqstead of the long spindling ones
too often produced. Harrow soon after
plowing, and make the s.i.-fi„ c as fi„,: as
p»-siblc. If the plan,, m to ,H,
"I'M mark out the ground with a plow
afterward
Into a «•
set li
roum
in rows three feet apart each way; other-wise
let the rows be at least three and a
half feet distant. For Mil planting apply
a shovelful ofgood -table manure at each
lit. .section ,.f the furrow, and cover it
ritii two or threeWtfebofsoil. When
Hi- plants are to he set in rows scatter
ib- manure evenly as pnmflUe along each
row, ami rover by turning Iwo furrows
*rcctly over i.. Apply ,|„. manure!was
l""-ral]y.and be certain thai il i, line and : di
body, entii, I
floating in th
»fi i-si \ shore.
the
Verlcullural Hints Worth hnonlug.
Now sow !:«-•--.
scions, unlos- they do well,
should be treated liberal)] with whacks.
Cabbage head* lllllst be kepi apart as
iu.nil as possible, i'hej BMtWnMeaoUW
Adiiuis appl-s should lie protected
-luriiixihe.se damp evenings with a cover-ing
of silk.
We have lever fouu.1 »u> difficulty
in growing squasli bugs, and {therefore
giv no Iiinis as to their propagation.
Ixist year's beats -li,,uld now be buried
si\ fe>i deep. II" not, they are sure to
ITEMS Of
Head line
INTEREST.
—Wrinkle*.
A pound party—The pogllbt.
Motto ofthe tailor—Pre** on.
Can you get bark Mom ■ ship •
Some people pitch bsHs, and others
I pitch-fork*.
Woman's sphere—That she will nevei
get married.
DM yon ever observe an ink-land up
for its v rile- '
The Chicago ■l'itir:iv> rah* prize-walk.
ing mil- .1 insanity.
Traes begin t.i die at their tops-—tnea
Is-giu to dye there, too.
The average priceof milch cows in the
United State* is 99MI.
The Host,,n /•„.,/ rail* the New Yolk
elevated railway palace ears "castle* in
the air."
Iiov
sprout again and gjve much trouble. "Uris" says that when estimating the
. Bean* at this season do best planted I *P*ed of professional walkiat* you mnsl
in an earthen receptacle, with a muk-h- i -•--• them as they run.
lag of swim , and .-t in an iron „r brick I The nuilllaT oftireekl iii all Tuikey ii
. ' , »....,.. IKIUIIII.-IUl.il
have titeir advocates, and good result
planting requires a largernninher
CowerThc went forth, and. in spite ,,f I •«, found, and cleaned out .ho dog* in I"- ?*lm.n«l««>-we- Bothinetiiods
his fierce vows to lieaven, Trix married less time than il lakes to write the foot.
Paul I/- Blond. , ' Saniiiels secreted himself, ami after
1 -■—■ I lodging six bullet* in the body ol
beast killed him. Ho measured
feet and eight inches from nose to tail,|tK
f--.-t and |.-n inches in
A
Chinese I'ro'iinlinii.
"i.-l dent iu a letter from chin
mid
Hud
Every
alned from each. CultivatOTsoi I inv,,,''8nte the matte
extendeil fields, as a rule, claim that a "''"" All'll"<'
<he I belter crop i« generally obtained for the '
« I same amount of labor ......I money when
Ills i.V.1-,-,1
■tone mausoleums in « bich arc thrown, i
lied up iu red hags, the collected ash** ,,f
1 hog your pardon. Trix : bul you do \ cremated priests; but tliese are no fonger
■ ' and stood two
height.
Il appears from Ihe latest French popu-nacc
a way that puts me in a enrscd pas- j in use. each having already rc-ic,-d its ' lMi,m ta,,lra tUi>{ i1"" foreigners resident
ston. I .Ion t mean to interfere in your full complement of 5,018 lags, and the lit- !'" r'l":"""'' numlicred HOI,Ton persons. As
Toucan marry whom
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TRIX.
- - her" Miss |h itrix
ag harp in Mr. St.
he questioned
il lid.
- in ib garden uiih
gcntienien."
pness <>f For-iu
.-.-ise.l. and
.! -•!• of Id dwood lu-ng
Ihe I.-IT.
I» fore tie-
.-I down the
lie saw plaiulv the
.ITairs. ofc
V.ill like."'
"'• ""• 1 away with a downcast
countenance and boiling heart, leaving
her to go alone to the house. Trix on-tered
the great hall of Kai.-li.-lds ni
The cedar-door clanged afl.-r IHT.
went up to her chamber. Then
Is autifltl hot cheeks cooled slowly.
file, grew calm, introspeetiro.
"Sweet with tb- hitter,** she mur-mured.
- |) Paul b- Blond watch for
my coming? I she lore me? He is a
loyal, tin.- h.-art.si gentleman, nnd"—
The confession s|„- made under hei
brsalli briglitened again the dreaming
- yes, .-.-esio.1 tie- beautiful lead.
Dow nth" avenue walked-fun
John, gnawing a white lip,
"" I'll conquer bar yet. I mean
master here. She shall marry in.
t!.- square port-holes at the side hare been
bricked up for the last time. Meanwhile.
such remains of charred bom sas are now
gathered together after every cremation
are reverently deposited in small urns
me. I'"''' P"***' '" " temporary shed, with a
She ■'''pofpaperormemoraiiduBi nttaclied to
■'-I St.
lo 1.1
- s regally
.iirpl. silk, two
ng upon her lap, a
man standing
n which
It was co-lli.
eves ,,f
mlsboi and
the group.
' - li" advanced
■ his Italeful gaze
' - •■ « ill. the .ciing
;- ■■ First surprise,
' 'Inn offi-nse. -how.-d
1 l"-r nmhil iinleiialice.
lo l.-rb.iok.
'' u. Trix."
a- i . • leisure.
•
M '\- turn now." revj ,|,.,| ||„.
- si John's voimg brotbers.
Ihe I k in her lap -.. Dial
' '■..!" bis reading of Her-ri.
i flush .-i" anger overspread
- florid fa e. ||e waited
he could until it was
• inure In give him a
I 1
:.- .-M.i--ir.il. h.-r foc-e
I. and the expression
. from the f.-a-
Hlond Tlu- |„,Vs „nly
ilidiffcrenl lo the
new -arrii al, w bo SICKMI
- »ill. hi- slender
:.- lie last word
•'■•.m.-eii. |... lilond
lh< younger Imj -
detained your
ssary."
: I have I'II-St.
.I.ilin. rising
d-«f purple silk
r's res.ting arms.
Paul I.- Blond -at alone in thesrlfodl-
1 The boy*, permitted a half holi-day,
had gone to town with their ponies.
Beatrix had gone with them on her
graceful fiJIy.
Paul I.e Blond held a book in hi*
bind. Il was open wher- n knot of
rose-colored ribbon was bud between
Ihe pig.-s. Me dosed it quickly at sound
ofn stop at the door. Mr. St. John en-tered.
'"Mis. St. John wislns you to go to
the Corners and g.-i the German hooks
for the hoy* she was speaking of last
• •veiling." he said, iu the ungracious
way i|i which he spoke habitually lo the
tutor ..f his young cousins.
"< ei-i linlv." replied Paul, rising with
alacrity. He was lithe, active, graceful,
bis fair, spiritual fare in strong contrast
with St. John's over-indulged and sen-
-ui.us shape. Tl the* hated him for
the clear, dark-gray eyes, which always
looked into his without flinching.
"You will have to go and return
along the shore. Miss St. John want*
•u ... return before two." he said, turn-ing
from the room as Paul, with a smile,
reached for his hat.
Along the shore. The liti!.- wave,
were rocking in the idlshinc. The tide
""' -•■» 'hat he went down ia the
-amis to see their sparkle am! white.
fretting about th,- ntcks. The beac-h-hinls
twittered sweetly. He enjoyed it
all. as only pure, fine souls can.
But when, lie came back the tide wa*
thundering in. loud and strong. The
yellow frothing surges swept up to the
I'.-ei t.f the dill'-, which they had so far
abandoned nvo hour* before. Suddenly
he found the way impassable. He turn-ed
hack in surprise and bewilderment.
The water had washed out his path,
lb- was hemmed in.
each, until sufficient money can he scraped
together for the building of a n"w mau-soleum.
We had now arrived in fronl
I of the furnace, a low, brick building.
quite open on one side, and with aper-tures
in two ofjtho other three, for the
pin-pose. Ul. presume, of creating n proper
draught. gj.
Within was a.ready prepared a funeral
pyre consisting of billots of thick w I,
and on the top of these the eollin was
placed r.-.-cdy for the lire. The pri.-st,
ranged themselves in the form of n, hor-c-
-hur l"r'"'' " pening of th- furnace,
and once more began lo chant some pas-1 a number of heats they ha
sage from th.-ir sacred books; and it was
not until some ten minutes had elaps. d
thai a novice lighted a long-hamllcd
torch and handed it respectfully to the
abbot. The latter then stepped forward
to a position immediately in from ,,f the
furnace, and there he slowly waved (he
regards Ihe occupation* of the French
people, I8,968,0no,or fifty-three pet nt..
are engaged in ngrieulture; 9,S71,Otlo, or
twenty-six per cent., in manufacturing
and similar industries; 3.837.000. or four-teen
per cent., in trades, ami 1.331.mm.
or lour percent., in liberal professions:
•.'.1.-.0.000 being of no occupation. Of the
agricultural population. 10,020,000culti-vate
their own proiiertj j 5,708.000 are
farmer- <;,/,</,,,,■..). and«i,O3O,000 are la-borers
and gardener-. Of tin. ngaged
in oth.-r industries, 3.133,000are devoted
to manufacturing. The number of those
• ngaged in tlie liberal prof.—ions are n-follows:
Religious, 280,600; police,
507,500; public instruction, 222,000; law,
118.900; medicine, 111,800; art and
science, isi.ooo.
The following i. a list of trotters, with
made in.
sub- of 2:30: Rarus, 101; Goldsmith
Maid. 332: Hopeful, eighty-seven: Lulu,
fifty-six: -Smuggler, forty-four; l.u.-i.
Golddust,'thirty-seven; American Girl,
130: Occident, twenty-six; Gleister.
I thirty-nine: Dexte
I Cloud, forty-five
eighty-seven; Red
Nettie, fifty-one :
torch several times round and round, I-fodge Fullerton, 101; Croat Eastern" and
Ottering at (In- same lime an invocation I l:,l»i» Forrest thirty each; Lady Thorn.
to Buddha and all the saints on la-half of I '0'' '*dy Maud, thirty-three; I-uey,
tho dead mans* soul. While i|,is „■„ [sixty-two: Midnight, nine; Slow-Co.
Colonel l.ocvis. thirteen;
apart j,, ,|,o r„w ,|1:1„ ,v||on p|a„|l(, h|
, IlllN. •
Mrong plants having be.-n obtained,
they may bo rapidly traiispiaiited. Throw
a.sle the erow-n or the hill or ridge nnd
ibnist one hand into th- Mil, with tho
other insert the plant, cover it and com-vr.^
s it, and if the ground is dry. water
.1- It is also advised to water the b.-d
previous to pulling tho sprouts should il
be deficient iu moisture. From H.IHKI I,,
10.HOO plants are required t-> s.-i one acre.
In about a fortnight af.er setting ottl
th* plants require that cultivation should
lijin. About this time, too, il is well
loexamine Ihe field, and replant wher-ever,
for any reason, the first setting has
bom destroyed. Two hoeing* an- u-iial-
'' mfflciei keep the grass and weeds
nut of the hills. A free use of the culti-
• .'or will preserve the soil mellow and
annihilate all troublesome growtlis.
When the time e. p, "i:lv the crop
by," as ii is termed—the lastofJul) l-lie
mid,II,-of August, according to local-ity—
the ground n ire* its final cultiva- -
lion by plowing to the rows or ridge*
and clearing up the baulks. To perform
this thoroughly the vines must lie thor-oughly
loosened from the soil to which
th.v have attached themselves -mil turn- f '
ill over and out of the way. If the sea-son
has been a wet one this lieroines n
tedious operation, hut is nevertlieli—
» -ssary. for when left undisturbed
vi.es that have taken root in the -oil
send out small s.-|s which tend lo dp
minish the crop.—A>ie Fork World.
was
going on the novice had crept into the
furnace: and aft.-r g.-ntl-. raising the
upp.r lid of the IH.X. was busily engaged
in inserting therein pieces of wood, ap-parently
well oiled, together with other
combustible material.
By the time the abbot had finished his
prayer, everything was in readiness; he
then handed th- t.,r.h back to the novice,
who forthwith placed it below the pyre.
twenty-thn
Amy B., twelve; Cozettc, sixty-three:
lfoin-seiter. twenty; John ||„ twenty-two;
Prosper,,, eight; Nancy Hackett.
seven : Little Fred, fifty-four, Frank.
fifteen; Albeiuarle, twenty-three; IJick
Swiv.ller, thirty-three; George Palmer,
thirty-two ; Haiuiis. twenty.four :
Comee, seventy-one; Croxie, sixteen;
I'roteine. forty-five; Bodine, sixty-six
ll.sllh lln,■
•ign.-il f..r de-priests
stole
wln-iv oil had evidently boon poured over j Thomas L. foung, tweutv-four: Fd-the
dry twigs us,.,| f,„- lighting the fire, ward, twenty; Flora Temple, nlnety-
Ina moment arose a blaz... .„„| theflames Mnej ("amors, thirty-live; Adelaide.
began almost simultaneously t„ roar I «ixty-two; Mnmhrino Gift, seven n-li.
Tcely upward, devouring the thin , Flerty Golddust, twelve, and May
planks of the box in which the dead man Queen, twenty-lie
was silting. This was the
parture. One by one tho
■way, not caring to participate too closely
in the la-i scene of all, until al length
only a few were loft behind to collect
with pious hand, the afte-ft of their de-part.-
d brother. |n lew than two hours
the- lire had burnt itself out. The snrtllly
remains of "United Wisdom" were
placed in Ihe customary' urn. and elc-po,
il.il in the temporary mausoleum;
while his immortal soul bad soared aloft
to the promised land, there to partake of
the infinite Iwatitnde of Nirvana,
flillj al her
I her.
necl aside with
ii. i- cousin, who
il li e. steps
:ni. at once.
- "i your mixing
—UIS? |S|,"|
1 lo -in in, and I
km.
Ibis
cl. Ige of i|
njianion.
Ihe .• around
' i li • nt that
is in a foaming
'
din.
1 -
learning
enough.
if i ..i P • UN ?"'
II. I,-- f"i- i" .'bailee
mgl 1, ...1 you
inl of an i qeal
' .lo|m*s oval i I,., k-
II'''' in'- watch-iii
over.
nturer, who
i : Audit",
Mx, that yon
id- would re-
Forrest St. John-received the rider*
cordially, Even the careless boy* oh*
serveel and wondered at his araeJous-
■ii—. But it was certainly pleasanter
ihan bis usual .surliness. They were
about to dine,
"Where is Mr. I..- Blond."" asko.1
Beatrix.
"iiono io tho woods for botanical
specimens, I believe," replied her cousin.
She saw a little, quick smile of his a
moim-nt after, but could not road it.
"('omo, Reginald, to your dinner,"
-aid Miss St. John.
"I '..me hero a moment, Trix."
The hoy stood at the drawing-room
window with his toy telescope.
•'There is a man under the cliffs," he
said, looking up into h'-r face as he
handed her the glass.
"What?"
Trix lifted the glass quickly.
sin- put ii down the n--\l moment,
n bile as a rose.every nervrstrung tight,
lb* ii.!.-is coming in! lie is pris-oned
there! lie-will lw drowned:"' the
-aid.
•• Il en pi.a-, mam'sollc." trembled
little l: tta. at her elbow, "it's Mr. I-e
Blond. Mr. St. John sent him lo Ihe
i oners this morning."
Trix turned and went bareheaded out
of the house. Il'-r young brother pressed
ii! her side. She threw her long skirl
..v.r her arm and ran over the sharp
rock-in 1ior velvet slippers, swift as a
.l".r. and Reginald followed close beside
her. They reached a boat, cut the rope,
and were afloat.
Rals Sucking a Horse's lilond.
A prominent horse-dealer in this oily
told us the following curious story this
morning almnt the fancy bis rat* (aa
lie calls them) have for a change of diet:
He keeps a horse, and noticed lately thai
it showed symptoms of lameness in his
forelegs. lie examined him carefully,
but could not discover the cause. On
going to the stable one day, he, before
entering, looked in through the window;
when, to his astonishment, ho counted
^___^__ i eleven rals stuck on tho horse's legs,
The Human Man.ifnetnrr. suckinghisbl I. He waited.expecting
I every moment that the horse would shake
A man may eat and drink heartily all them off, bul instead of doing this he
day. and ail and kmnge about, -doing ; „.,„ai„ed motionless and seemedto enjoy
.....hmg. in one sense of the word bul ! ,he strange visitors. A rap on .he win-his
body must keep bard at work all the ; dow sent the rats scurrying off. On ex-time,
or it will die. Suppose thestomach lamination of the horse** leg he found
refuses to work within ten minutes after twenty-two little holes, from eleven of
a hearty dinner: the man wofild die in which the blood wa* flowing. The
convulsions in a few hours, or cholera or ' horse wa* removed lo another stable and
,-ran.p-ool.c would rack and Wreck him. , goon recovered from the sores, but
-upiM.se th- •• pore, oftlrastdE—mean-|atrange to say, his anjietiteha* almosl
foiled him. He refuses oats, and as a
.nseijueneo. has fallen off in flesh, s,,
The pain that accompanies boils can
- relieved very much by using castor*-
l on the part* affected.
Nausea can frequently be prevented.
soil!, said, by holding Ihe hands in
waters* hot as can ho borne, letting il
extend over the w rials.
Tobacco-smokers must look lo their
eyes. Proof* ap- accumulating that
blindness, due i.. slowly-progressive
otrophy of the optic nerves, ia.lu I by
smoking, is of frequent occurrence,
l"o make candied lemon or pepper-mint
for colds, boil one and one-hall
pounds of sugar in a half-pint of water
li'l it begins lo candy round the sides:
put in eight drop-of essence: pour il
n buttered paper, and cut it with a
knife.
A ch'-ap d iori/.-r and disinfectant '
can I.e mad.- by dissolving a leaspoon-I
fill of lead nitrate in a pailful, and a
lea-pooiiful of common -all in a .ill-fill.
..f soft water. Then mix ihe two solu-tion*
and sprinkle abou! the floors or
saturate cloth- lo be hung where needed. .
Boils should be brought Ion head by!
warm poultices of camomile flower, or
boiled white lily root, or onion root by
fermentation with bol water, or by
stimulating plasters. When
should be destroyed by a i
lancet. Bui this should nol I
th.-y are fully proved
>n river near the
Mori was made in
••r. bul with lio sue-ild
Is- proven was thai
isioiially seen with a
young man who wore the uniform ..f .,
naval officer. Then mnsl haw I n •
number of persons engaged in su.-h „
| crime, bul they left no trace*, and lone.
I 'he mystery baffled Ihe keene-* penetra-tion.
Il may be added..-is m, Uhlstrh-
I lion of the com lion between romance
and crime-, that both this and the lore-going
tragedy wce.-aeli mad.- (|,o basis
of a work of fiction. The first was used
'"• Tl lor. s. Kay in his novel •• Nor-man
I. --li,." while ib- last was handled
wiih admirable skill l„ felgar \. p,„- in
his Id- entitled "The Mllnlers in il,.-
Rue Morgue." |" xamined Hie sub-
,i- 1 w ill, all hi- ;„.wer. of analysis, and
piv.on'c.l a very ingenious solution elf
ihe-mystery, but. though ii may have
satisfied him. it has u- vcr '•■■ n in-neralK
nec-epl.sl,
I'h- victim- in ih, preceiling e-nsos
hnve I---., wom.-n. \\,. nun find .-.
change of seX in the chronicle ..f blood
and mystery. On- of I be i I p-unrka-blecrim-
s ofthi, kind v«.i- the assassina-
'" I Ih". Lulener, a well known nurist,
who had an ofiice-on the first floor of a
Broadway building. Tic unfortunate
man was ofliis-ntious habits, ami ii had
' " neitieed tluel women -am- frespi-nt-
|j lo his office. IJne day the r.-por! eef :i
v.- h. nil. and when ih- ni i-b-lioi-
s repaired (o tb- scene th-v win
sh.M-k. d to he-bold a corps, welte-ring in
it-own bl,„.,l. V woman had I n no-ticed
leaving the place about th. time the
shell was heard, but s|„ mingled at mice
in the llioailiv iy throng and wn. never
id.-niiii-dr II i- highly proleable-that the
diM-tor received his death wound from
i one of his own victims, but. as in Ihe
Mary Rogers tragedy, there was i Iu.
I lo aid in the invesetigalion, and thecase
must remain among the hloodv mvster-i.-
sof N,-«■ York.
Tlic Btirdi'll nfialrwas also Ihe work
I of a woman. Harvey Bunlell. a w-11-
knov a di ntist, vc.-i. slain al midnigfat in
his office, which was the front room of
the second story, the weapon being a dag-ger.
Hi- housekeeper, Mrs. Cunning-ham,
with two daughter-, and also a
young'clerk, formed the entire family.
The boy who lend,,| fire for the doctor
came clown in Ihe morning and told the
family that the latter was dead, and
Mrs. Cunningham immadiatcly fainted.
She was tried for the e-rinie. but the
pr ration failed "to make out a rase,
and hence- aesjuittal followed. The
prisoner wa- an abandoned wmnan of
g.-a! power of will and eejual ingenuity.
She was d-i-rmin. .1 lo n-tain IHT hold
upon her victim, who had made several
hothouse
Send your old sh-cp i,i the butche*r*a.
Spring lamb e-omraands high prices. The
tame as to fowl. Those done lading an
in good demand as chicken*.
Old siori-s ,.f uiiinimoih squaediesand
ell-Ulllb.ls -hollld IIOW he dllg Illolll
and heavily inuli-hed. in r-adin—. for
Iransplanting in Ihe newspaper* in the
fall.
There is no crop, probably, inon
more thrifty than the fowl crop, li
grows rapidly during the early spring.
and arrived at maturity requin-s no
dressing.
Now top-dress your lawn-; the more
ml.nous the dressing, the butter your
neighbors will love you, and tin .-feu, ihr
more elli, a-iniis will il IM- for pro-lu-ing
an abundant grass i p.p.
Canker worins do best on apple trees,
'Die trunks of ih- trees should hepne-levted
with some sufl snbstam-e, to pnv
-.-ul the bark injuring lie- larva: as i|,-y
ascend in the • arly spring.
'I'hc afiectionnte pair. wbi. h hare been
keqit under glasa during the wini-r. may
now be sei out with impunil) during
n nlil evenings. They die well trel-lis-
d on the front gale a few w i, ks later.
Fnrmers would do well to employ a
b,..ibla,k on the farm, as their boots ar-api
to become soiled while traversing
their land, and the farmer, of all men,
should present at all liui-s a cleanly ap-pcaraiicr.
Now -hill Up v..Ill' lulls. Hoa'l I,!
Ih-ni oill till lln-y .-an I f -ei-viee.
Wail lill your iieighlwr has planted his
garde'n, when lie y will be found ex-cell,
ni li. Ips lo bring things up •■■ lln
surface.
Destroy .il tin' lojeac,,, weed- |M. sible.
Tills is usual") done by burning: some,
how ever, adopt another mod. This is
ih- comminuting of Ihe weed li-tween
ih" teeth to a tine pulp. Though t-mnc-irbal
lalsirious. ibis method i. eflicn-
' i-'ils.
If any wild oats of lasl season's sow
ing spring np, they should bo i, li.
ai-lv plowed under. When tie- >,„]
is well roll, d, a second plowing, fed-lowed
by rigid I.HI-.-'.wing, mils) precede
planting. High clover will ib-n do
number in
nslanlly
' eonliu-
\ Herd of RniTshios li.-.-u n I,
An army officer who arrived in Chi-cago
from tile Yellow .-lone valley n-i-
ently. tells a story ..f what happened to
a herd of buffaloes that were migrating before his lionorstood;
about (.500,000, while t!
jlireoce is only l,cl(W,000.
Why are your nose ami chin
al rarianre? Because words
ually passing between tin m.
I.eiidv ille-, I'ol., is nearly two mil*
higher than Ihe level ,-f lb- „.,,, „„,\
lumber with which :«> .i-.-.-i iinuses there
is higher yet.
" 1 wanl .f llio-o |oag f"ll hats.
papa," said a Toledo girl to her father.
The iiiclulgcnl 1'i.h.r forked aier the
money, and her head non fills tlie
I- ' wanl.
Mary: " Oh.sissy llhis lire ie loose
tooth 1 I el.clare 111 pull ii ,„,, •'
Sis*) : "Oh, no, Mary, don'l: in.
make IU" weal il." (Sissy geq« nil her
sister's cast-offs.)
Rhetoric is entirely onl ,.| place, bill
natural eieH|uene-e invariabl] asserts it-l.
rus ,ii" • upn ma... wie II Ihe linker'*"
apprentice lift- ■ oldc-ring-iron by the
I wrathful. xtremitt .V Pew ' \* --
A w ril-r on -I v le sal " Il i- lbs
fashion in France for ladies to take their
I- a in IHIIUI-1 . and gleeves." I in- nbi,s -
lion lo Ibis is ibiii -i -.1 the m ^ : ,.n
I n-i- ilo nol hold more than ■ I p .,f
u^ ir. /'- -
" It ilia-s I„.I take long." ■ .v - in
cultural writer, "-tee fork over an ae n '
' Whie-h i- g.e.pel t rut ti. Thoii-ands of
; acres have b- n l'..rk-'l ov-i- I., lb- iu,ul.
gngess. il:. p:,-i y, .u ,-r Iwo, iii dotitili
quick old, r /•' ■ ' m 1'niu
\n exchange' says: You can't advs
lisi , iiough in a we -I. Pi lasl a w bole
year. a:;-. Inon (bin (Oil can eat ',,"•,-b
in scion el-eys le. ■ :'
■so-eall.-.l blisine-ss no n nnd I ding-house
k-.-p-i - —. in to think -•
' if ina.iv great gen. rals i> may Is
Vi-lory i- th, ir ruin. I I i fee m ■ ol
danger and ihe UMIIIIIS of battle br
their it-1 v ■ •. .-in,I i |e in tlie ir hit, II, ■ lunl
vision, bul Ihe sound of the world's i|.
plause intoxicate* and inadih-ns ibem.
The disinfection of letter. lainiag
paper mole-) during the height ol lie
Russian plague panic was effected on
Ihe Prussian border bj e\|iosing them
f"i -i\ hours in s peseuliarl)-construe-ted
closed vessel lo lb.Tumi, of Mllphurie
acid, Il w as not •••n-i.I, r. -I "i ■
'" in-,-ie or pun,-line tb- Iclle r., sin.
was proved by .-\pilim-nl lll.'it the
vapor of the acid penetrates the pores of
paper, bowel ,-r lirmiy made.
Two trembling -ulprit-, snel aud |eale.
on-
IIul 11
ri|». they
-die' or a
attempt-ing
thereby the glandular apparatus
with w hieh they are connected—lioiild
goon a " strike," we would in an boor
i»- burning up with fever, or "oppres-sion"
woulel weigh down the system
and soon becoino insupportable. Sup-pose
the lin-r become MZBuli*h,;"appe-tite
would be annihilated, food would
be loathed, torturing pains would invade
the -'small of the back" and lln-head
would ache to " bursting." Suppose the
kidneys •• shut up shop," and dangers
more imminent. Bufferings more unbear-able
and death more certain would he
the speedy and inevitable results! Ifthe
ttlie workshops of the eye* should
"close,"' in an hour wo could not shut
or open them without physical forec.and
in another we would bo blind : or of the
tongue, and it would become ;i- dry as a
bone and as still" a* steel. To keep such
a complication of machineries in work
ing order for a lifetime is a niirarl,
wisdom; bul lo "work tiicQ*1 by the
pleasure- of e;iling ard c*.Tithtnit is a
miracle of beneficem--*-. - Btnlth nml
Homr.
much so that now IK
Mnntnnl /W.
is allllOst l|Se]e.s._
The Wolchl nf (nttlo.
"To an inquirer who ask-for informa-tion
iu regard to the i-cr t rule or meas-urement
for ascertaining the weight of
cattle and what the weigh! of a "stone"
is. tho New York ffrrttld makes reply
llius:
A Ftonc, in British measure, implies
weight a—ordiiig to I he article measured.
Thus a st foat< is n pounds weight,
on-of barley 16 pounds weight; when a
jockey is said to ride in stone ho weighs
150 pound-: while a stone of dressed
meat is only >. pounds weighl—iu«l as
100 pounds of meat in the I'nited States
of America represents 50 pounds ,,f.
actual weight. Thus, if your ox or steer
shall weigh alive 1.200 pounds, lie- beef .
to IM- obtained from him. or in other
woods the cari-.-is- when dressed, ought
to vvei-i, 573 pounds net. In extreme
,-ases a ,Ir--s-,l car-as-may nol weigh
more than 50 pounds net to loo pounds
yield a- high
Raindrops never attain to the size ol
large hail«ti.nes. This is because largo
drops csnnol withstand the force of the
air rushing past them.
Hiilln.-ss Caused by III Health.
Without doubt a great deal of dull-ness
owe- it- origin to ill health. People
with languid circulation* are seldom
vivacious or amusing, and it is hard to
b" bright and lively when suffering pain:
but indigestion, on the oth.-r hand, often
makes it- victims amusingly ill-natured
and uncharitable. Of the vices-, selfish-ii.—
Isproductiveof dullness; but malice,
slander and ftlse witness, with all th.-ir
hoinousness, often afford entertainment
to listeners. Those who invariably slum
dull people make a great mistake, for
dullards are often very trustworthy and
true friends, while they are not unusual,
of I Iy well-informed on certain topics. Ii —'
|,p I amusing people are the most popular. I . (Set your i-berry tree in hearing condi-
., i dull on— areoften Iw-st beloved. Mephis- , tion in time for robin redbreast. Cher-loplielcs
was an entertaining companion, I ries. hy th-way. ar.- much affected by
and amtndng men are too fond of asking I an unctuous white worm. The robin
their friend* to back their bills. The I likes this worm. II- will eat al! he can
associates of either have cause before I get at. Hegenerally (wallows theeherry
this for regretting that they made dull-: in his eagorni"-s to devour th" worm.
nos; the great bugbe ar of tlair live*.— I But he destroys th" worm. The roWn i-
Enjfiilk Hiigaiinc. | the cherry-grower's friend.
...i the hoof, or again may
a return as 02 pouncls net.
•iff-i.le ,,f this range is
eiele the general rule- .
Any weighl
ntirely out-efforts
to g.-t rid of one of whom be had
h .ni-weary. This led him to threat-en
tee l-i the house, of which be Was the
own-:-, and thus fore- her lo leave. Her
plan in ord.-r in anticipate such action
was-to obtain a wedding certificate, ami
remove th- man by foul means.
1 Tb,- first wa* -asily a mplished.
She appeared one evening al the 1,,-u s*V:~
a clergyman, nt-companied by an accom-pli.-
e. win, gave his name as Harvey Bur-dell,
and they were married. The nexl
step, however, was not s,, readily ac-
.-onipli-li.sl. Bunl-ll lodged in the III u-e,
but took his meals elsewhere, and was
too sii-pjejou- io IH- approached with
poison, H-n-e the desperate woman <|e.
lerini I to u-e eolel steel, sin— a pistol
shot would awaken alarm. Bunlell gen-eral!)
spent hi- evenings in disreputable
r-s.iri-. returning hom. at midnight.
Tin murderous woman enatereel his room
With a false key. await-d his return, and
as he lame in gave him a mortal wound
j on tlie throat and followed it with other
stales, numbering a full -.-..r.-. Su.-h .--t
least was tie- tl ry ofthe prosecution.
Aft-.- the eles-d had been done her blood)
, clothing and al-., tlie weapon wen- guide
into* bum11.-and thrown Into Ihese-wer
| by her a—oinpli—. Th, latter was a
young man of hardly suflic-ienl nerve to
commit the crime, but cunning e-nougb
t.. render impekrtanl assistance. Some
years afterwanl be- was i-ouvieted of
fraud ami di-d in State prison. Mr-.
Cunningham's claim to a widow's share
in lie i-tate was .bnied by the-iim-i.-
aie. after which -h- w-nt lo C'alifornia,
and b, r -ub—.jii, nt history i- unknown.
Hi"iny-t,ry enn-t-.l with this dread-ful
aiTair has given it a marked promi-nence
in th- annals of crime as "the!
II,.iuI street tragedy." It may be added
thai the i ■•roller who officiated on that I
Qis-ewion wa- E. D. Connery, formerly a 1
Bohemian ivporter.in tin- aervice of the-1
southward. Th- h-rd nuiula-red .'..'SNI
head. Th'-y had b-en driven ertlt of the
Milk river country by the Indian hunt-ers
belonging to Sitting Bull's hand. II,-
epl struck the river near Cow* island,
and ventured upon the i— with their
customary confidence. Tlie animals
camenpeeu Ihe river with a solid front,
cud began Ihe crossing with closed
rank-. Tin- stream at I be point ofitna*. '
ing was v-ry ilessp. When the fronl file,
which was -ircehed out a quarter of a
mile in length, bad nearly gained the op-posite
shore, the ice suddenly trace way
uml.-r them. Some trapper- who were
eve-witnesses of the seono said it Beemed
as jf a trench had been opened in the ie-e
the whole l.-ngih of the column. Some
fnir or live hundred animals luinbled
into the opening all of a heap. Other*
fell in on top of them and sunk out of
sight in a tvv inkling. Hy this time the
rotten ice was breaking off short nnd, r
the still-advancing herd. The Irappi rs
say thai in less ihan a minute the whole
hocly of buffaloes bad been pr—ipitiel-d
into the river. Th.-y were wedged in *.,
thickly that they could eio nothing bin
struggle for a second and then disappear
beneath the cakes of i-e of the -ewift our-rent.
Not a beast in all that mighty
herd turned tail ami tried to escape when
the ice began .breaking up. In a solid
phalanx they marched to their fatal bath
Iu the •• Hi* Muddy." In a minute from
tte time the lir-t lee broke not a buffalo
1 end or tail w as In be soon.
lid "Min
neighbor*
Mule Cattle.
M. Paul Bert, in a r— m lecture al the
Sof-bonne, on the late Claude Ibrnanl,
narrated a singular stratagem which was
invented by the latter during the best
Krnn-o-lirrman war. and which might
be utilized without difficulty under the
same, or even under fliir.-p-ni, e in-iim-sian.-
i-s. Ii wa* proposed torevietual
Paris, which was strictly blockaded b]
tlie Herman forecs. A large number o|
.tile hud b—n collected, waiting for an
opportunity to cross the German lines.
Itui a difficult) wa- ;., silence these ani-mals,
as their cries would attract tlie at-tention
of the enemy. Claude lieraanl
proposed to practiee upon them th-tiem
e«* the nerve which enables them to
emit their usual erie*. Tlie operation i-so
easy that il could lie executed in a few
--..id. by an ordinary butcher. None
• .fib- animals appeared to suffer in any-way
by the mutilation which made them
mute. I"nfortunalely. however, th-mili-tary
movement proved a failure-, and for
other causes the r.vi-tualing could not
take plies-.
It would be greatly to the relief of tie-public
if this same method could be ap-is
a thrilling tale: I -led my
hi I: but then he tempted me toahn.
b>-< -U-- h- prarti. < il "i, : he flute ' Th"
other low Iv dropped hi- head : " Mine i«
a crimson crime: I took a pistol and
shot d-ad a young mall in his prim-:
but ih-n I froedy sited Ids gore because I
eoulel not stand hi* snore." Hi-I.o mi-llion,
sedate and vv ise, bis . bin upon In.
palm, in deep reflection elesced hiseyes
as sol,-mn in a clam. Then softly - ,i'l
to each: "Go free! there is no Ian for
such :t- thee."
ISI csiiii iv n< -.
1",, -en. urns' theerff. llx-y aie,
11".Il stir.i-li'-l oat l>, i,i,-.
SIJ..M- >oi'i Nturefr, -MI--..'I UI I •
I .. • ;i . iirniv rio, IH-.
Crannd •reeee' aa il»- ir. ir,
l'i--king up Iii- .'•- -.
Brcakingall erilhin his rcae-h,
Mil-ie-l ••( l-.js.
Ib.-lil veiiee!" olT In. osre,
l.'-fl -. heel. Ion I- KeMW,
lleweeey'i li-n.l i- hroken ,.n.
Il-rs-;. '- lull i- l.,rn
c;.ii^k -i-|.' f..i ereud, mare li"
' in* loo, he eieenieJi:
11,..I n bailie »ii|i tbaesl -
•• Srnetclii-l off bof* mv l-iins' '
f-he-aMewarms' hersal Iss,,
l.-..,m-l eny need Uiey ele-se,
l-.-.r III.I.- -,.I I.,-, ....
Off 10 •I'IIII fe-i • g'" -
The End of a Wast eel Life.
Wet, bagganl and iniserahle, s i ._•_—!
woman, of about forty yean liegges
shelter from Ihe storm in I lie M
street -ttaion-hoii-e Weclm-eclay nigbl
In lb. morning »he was f, nnd bj tb-d
"man -i' k and nut nf Inr mind I:--
fore -1 ul,I b- lo Rellet no hospi-tal
-b- had pa I into itl sh<
had given l>< r name .■■ llie
the evening a- Ms . i I W I
slii- mi- i.ik, n mil •-: • -tatieH IMHIS"
in Ih" niing. ''' >i -• . . in
ni/-d her .-,s Faun) ^ right, -»li,, semie
year* ago killed Officer Robert M e |,..
ney. The ol'l-• r was on ilm* b, ib-
F.ightll pre I al < in il ami M
-:i" •-. ••.!» nigbl in ' > lobe i- "
wa- -tablssl in,I in-lii nllv killed lo lb I.
Woman vv I i le -..ll-'!,l !■. -I" I :•. .i
disonb-rlj rliaraeter. Fannc \^
was then veiling and I—aii'iiui. and niu- li
inl, r- -. wa- e\, ii-d iii her trial, w hie li
* n.l-d iu ionv ictieen and ic s. ui- n
imprisonment for life. I'I-H * -
trial a plea of manslaughte r was pi ■
eel. ami after two years' imprisonment
sh* was pardoned by th gowrnor. Il-i
parents—respectable people whostill Ire
//• raid. II- soon acquired suffieient po- i plied to eats, which make night hideous in Penghkeepsie—and her friend*. In., o
litical influence to obtain the office of! with ibeir caterwauling-.- v/e>i(.;i- - ujht in rain to reform Eer.—.Vci I
coroner, which wa* the extreme height i American. Tribunt.