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HAVANA.
Grcotinpi to Strangers—Rapacity and
Harshness of tlio Customs ofacials.
A Visit to tlio Spanish Cnslno—-Its
■Wealth ami I’owor.
Tho Real Seal of Authority In the Islam),
Controlling tho Volunteers.
How Various Captain-Generals Havo Been
Made by Its Edicts,
Commerce of tho Island.
.'•rtetal Correspondence nf The Chicago Trihunt,
Havana. March 91. DHo.-Even in our repub
lican English vernacular, tho word influence has
a meaning; but it is only very lately that I havo
discovered how very ignorant 1 havo heretofore
been to the true signification of thin charming
member of tho kiraminatial family; whouo pre
rogatives, according to tho Hpanlah-Cubau blue
book, arc trimly royal, and whom rule ta as cx
tensivo an that of tlio Oovornmeut itself. 1 bad
tho opportunity ero i arrived hero, or ratbor
upon my arrival hero, to teat tlio cflleacy
of tho rnantlo of inllucuce. and, though
tho garment reated upon tho shoulders of Don
Joea Gy. lialil, it nerved the purpose of ef
fectually protectin'; your correspondent. Morro
Cabtlo had been passed, and tho warehouses
of Bautn Catalina bad como into sight.
From behind theso warehouses, and also from
tho Fort do 1» luentai which la situated on tho
opposito side of tin* JHy of Havana, near tlio
foot of tho Cnllo OTlctllj*. sovornl boats, not un
like Venetian gondolas, but propelled by wen
without a trace of poetry In their features, al
though they looked hko pirates, moved rapidly
toward us. On perceiving them, everything was
UU.vrf.K AXll EXCITEMENT OX HOARD TUB KTBAatr.lt.
A fmv minutes thereafter several tlovornmcut
oUiccrfl, with faces expiossivo of no hostile in
tentions, and with some show of courtesy but
more of greed, made tbeir official bowH to our
little world of travelers, in search of passports,
foes, baggage, and dlsgulMod insurgents. Your
correspondent bad baggage, but no passport, and
scorned in imminent danger of being considered
n dibguised member of the Cuban Junta, when
the D,u came to the rescue. As tlio Don was
the Colonel of n regiment of volunteers which
ho has equipped at Ida own expenao and
elected himself Colonel by acclamation, lie
bad but to whisper u few words to tho chief of
tieial, who thereupon politely informed mo that
tho Isle of Cabo, bin life, hi.* services, and, what
wan wotth more to me, tho liberty to go ashore
at ouco, wero at my disposal. I accepted tho
latter with avidity, and became suddenly very
inlimuto with tho Don, who, it struck mo, was
inoro useful than ornamental. Together with
this honored member of the army of 200,000 vol
unteers, who light the battles of their country
in tho cafes of the Trade, 1 departed for the city,
and was domiciled iu tho San Carlos fully four
lioiiru before tlio balance of (bo unfortunate pas
sengers received permission to go ashore. That
afternoon at tho Ban Carlos and El Telegrapbo
Hotels many individual indignation meetings
wero held to protest again*; tho
11APACITV AND UUDfi'M.SJ Of THE OOVEIINMENX
omciALH,
who, ns I was informed, ransacked trunks ami
pockets, as well hs hats, boots, and umbrellas,
for articles subject to duty,—confiscating hero
and demanding money there,—examining every
thing, witli u view to individual or Statu coufis
ration. As an angry Cincinnatian describes It.
they demanded duty on Bhoo-brushos, because
aogn are subject to duty.
Thu little incident 1 have given above of tho
manner in which inlluoneo is exerted here is hut
otic of nil hundred that I could mention. Hut us
trio possessor of tho charmed talisman that acts
is a sesame to all doors hero assemble almost
nightly, 1 will follow thorn into their innermost
sanctuary and give you tho result of a visit to
Tim SPANISH CASINO,
which it) ctilled Spanish in contradistinction (o
the German Casino, the club of Gormans who
ire engaged in mercantile pursuits in Havana.
J'ho Spanish Casino ia a while umblo building,
three stories high, belonging toDou 1!. do iai
■JrtaH. who estimates tho value of bin property at
$200,000, and renin it to tho Club for £i,osi) per
moulhiugold. Tho edifice, thoughvoryolaboruto
accouling to Cuban idcau, is still insignificant
when compared to some of tiie buildings in Cnl
cago. lint tho Spanish Casino will soon niovo
into raoio mugmllcent quarters,—tho sum of
$2,000,000 having been lately subscribed by tbe
uicmbcrd for tho erection of a cauino or club*
house that oball rival tho most famed odillccs in
tho world, and lliavo no doubt butwh&t they will
accomplish this result, as tho members of this
Club seem fond and proudlenough of its name,
amt nru anxious to havo it blazoned forth us
something superior to UUo institutions. Money
will doubtless bo forthcoming to realize their
desire. Thu cumber of members of (ho Casino
is very large, exceeding a thousand. Every,
wealthy momberof tho morcautiloor professional
classes. as well as tho most distinguished ar
tists, soldiers, and Government oilicials, aro
members. It is thus a very fair vantage ground
to View Cuban lifo, iu every phase, political as
w ell ns commercial; for It is a stock exchange,
though a private ono, as well as a directory (pr
the government of tho island. From tins Club
emanate all the decrees that servo as a guidance
to the government of tho island, and tho
INFLUENCE 01* ITU OPINIONS
Is such that no Captain-General will dare to mis
interpret thorn. Gen. Yalmesadu, as well as his
predecessors, Concha and JovoJiar, wets ruled
Ly tho Casino, which controls tho volunteers;
ami tho volunteers coutrol Havana, and, conse
quently, Cuba. .Toveilar's predecessors, Andrea
uud Cabotloro do Ilodus, wore less subject to the
influence of tho Caaiuo, and their tolgu was, con
sequently, short.
Caballero de liodns especially is considered as
having been very effective iu his attempts to
suppress the Cuban insurrection. In fact, ho
tviitt too energetic, but did not confiscate enough
estates, Ho was also a man of considerable
vanity. Au amusing story la told of how ho was
elected a member of a company of volunteers,
who presented him with a musket worth $20,000,
widen iu his speech of thanks ho said hu would
load at ojico with tho bullets of leaden persua
sion and charge with tho ponder of au energy
tiiat would quicklv end the insurrection. Shortly
thereafter tho Caballero was dethroned, and
rumor says the volunteers did it.
(Jf all tho CaptaimMiuncrul who havo ruled
hero Hlnco 180H, tho time of tho outbreak of tho
insurrection,'Valmosada is undoubtedly tho ablest
tmd most courageous, and bo is at tho same
time a favonto with tho Casino. Concha was
nut hu great a favorite, and bis departure with
several millions of Spanish dollars was
caused by tho Casino, very few of
(hu members of which, escorted him'
to (ho vessel iu which ho loft for Spain. Yei
mesado, on bis orrival, Immediately demanded
nearly a million from tho merchants, uud gat it
without a murmur of dissent, while Concha
found it diflicult to collect tho revenues, which
some place at $115,000,000 annually.
NOTED WKWUEUS.
A member of tho Casino, not unknown to those
of your readers who love tho weed, is Col.
Morales, who has added to the immouso wealth
Ins father left him. As his mother was a colored
woman, and tho Colonel himself born iu Florida,
It is evident that it is policy for bim to bo Span
ish iu his tendencies, for if ho were not, his es
tates. like those of Aldutua, would soon become
a part of Htato properly.
Among other noted members of (he fraternity
of cigar manufacturciH aro Villar y Villar,
Cabanas, and Josi Gener, all heavy manufac
turers. Upmau is another of thu deal
ers iu tho weed who has made a fortune and
& reputation in a few abort years. A short
time ago ho camo to Havant to practice his trade
of ahoc-making. but tlndmg that shoes wore not
in great demand he turned manufacturer of ci
gars. and last year retired to Europe with $500.-
0(10 (u gold, leaving besides a lino business wuh
a like capital behind. Ho has been genoious to
Ids family—bis two brothers having both been
admitted into ids immense business.
While noting '
THE UICU MEN or CUIIA,
1 must not forget that stout, swarthy man wbosa
name must bd a terror to the poor Coolies who
have been tho subject of his tratUc. It is Bon
Joso Boro, the • wealthiest Cuban- Ilu is esti
mated as being possessed of 718.000,000. llts
sugar, coffco, and tobacco plantations aro nu
merous, and his ships visit all parts of tho globe.
I'ersouaUy bo is u very suave man, and does not
teem at all displeased at being reminded of
iho way and moans by which his largo fortune
was secured. Bcuor Aldamo, who is now eie
gaged la the sugar-reftulug business in Now
York, was one of tbo wealthiest men
In Cnbn. and when Wj wow conll«c»toJ
over $0,000,000 were added to the Treasury
of Spain. Other worthy aml Influential wem*
her* of iho Casino are Honors Herrera,
VlUal, mill ZnlnnM. , •« . "horn
are vessel-owners, shipping morcuanlß, ana
planters. the lamiHcationa of their trade
extending to nit part* of tho globe. It la often
the ease Hist tho house of Zuluotft y Bohroro,
haa ten vessels in port tilling no their holds
with the products of this fertile island, tho ox
ports from which for one year amount to ovor
SSi),(K)i).(WD. Of tliis amount nearly one-half
was scut (o the United Htatca, which receives
fullr that proportion of tho products of Cuba.
England Mug the next heaviest buyer. Togivo
a correct idea of
TUB COMMERCE OF HAVANA
I have hut to state that tho overage number of
tlio vessels in thin harbor la 210, of which hi arc
generally steamships and 100 voasols of morn than
»(J0 lons’burthon; and that tho receipts of sugar
alono at Havana from tho Interior from tho Ist
to tlio 2(Uh of I’obtuary exceeded 32JUMH) boxen
and 21,000 hogsheads, against 22'ktim) boxes ami
15.099 hogsheads in tho name space* of llmo
In IST I. Tlio exportation of thin stsulo product
for tho apace of six weak* wan 77,292 boxes and
7.050 hogsheads, a falling o(T of :JO.OOU boxes as
compared with tho corresponding tuuo last year.
In tulmcoo. thoro has been a liko decrease in ex
ports, which wero os follows in tho space of
seven weeks: »
:i.*,77V|
v.iHym.'l i’.il'.vt.h
Dalciaml tierces.
Pounds
Cigars
According to tho latest census the tobacco and
sugar producing nliiutalions wero .10,1)95, out
ofr the whole number of 43,593 fnrmH, devoted
to planting sml to cnttlo and produce on tlio tele.
Of tbit* number, 1,125 are sugar estates. 91)9
coffee, tobacco, 9,201) cattle farms. 22,190
produce and general farms. Tho heaviest nigur
producing counties nro Cardonas, with 117 es
tates. and Matanzas, with 129. This latter coun
ty contains tho City of MntanEßfl. with ft popula-
lion of 55,90 d inhabitants. Of tho tobacco
growing Jurisdictions St. lago do Cuba, with
;U9J, and I'cnar del JUo, with 2,405 estates, nro
the most prominent. Tho former contains tho
City of St. Ingo do Cuba, winch, with its 40,0DD
inhabitants, is the second city of Cuba.
To return from tlio commercial to the social.
I shall have to retrace my steps to the Casino,
and introduce to your readers a few
MUMiir-iw or Tin: Tuutk mondp.
who are discussing the nows. Honor Adolfo Oas-
Hott i» tho Administrator of the Lottciicu of Ha
vana and of the Island of Cuba, and us ho is
just arranging the 91'dh drawing, to tako place
place April 22. with 2,1)07 orizes. amounting to 9,-
()(H),Uoil pesetas, of which 500,000 can bo had for
500 pesetas if one can foretell tho lucky number,
he is naturally anxious about tho operations of
tlio Cuban army.
fv-nor /.itlmna again is Administrator of Vub
lie Corrections (Alcadia Corr.’gcmicnto) of
Havana,—a sort of Mayor,—and hehas just pub
lished a proclamation increasing licenses and
adding a now list of restrictions to ho imposed
on cafes, etc. Ho probably fears that, if tho
Cuban successes continue, ho will uot hu able to
further extend Inn charitable care of tho Hnvnn
eso. Hut Honor Polloto. banker, politician, and
financier,—'why does bo look cheerful. Instead of
adding his tribute to the general crcstfallonncss
of his companions ? A few days ogo Valmcsada
asked a contribution of tho Havaneso bankers,
and Pollcdo, Hlussdo «V Co. have been loaning
ami contributing for aomo time to tbo Captain-
Generals. Who knows but what Gomez, tho
advancing Cuban General, may bo lobb expen
sive in his tastes aud his government! I’ollcro
may at least hope so.
In this strain it would bo easy to continue to
briug before vour readers tho portraits, tho
characters, am! tho life of the prominent mem
bers of tho no doubt very powerful institution
tho Casino ; but. as tbo picturo would in many
cases show only *• wealth covering a multitude
of slug." I prefer to lot somo native moralist or
some Cuban Dickons essay tho dillicult and un
thankful task. O. L. M.
1775.
concord.
Suny at CMievr.t, 19, isiifl.
By the rude bridge lh.it arvnrd the Hoik!,
Their Hag to April's breezo unfurled,
Here once the embattled /.inner* stood,
And tired tho shot heard round the world.
The fon long since In silence slept;
Allkn the i-ompiprop nllent sleeps ;
And Time (be ruined bridge?ha* swept
Down tho dark stream which seaward creeps.
On ibis green bank, hr this soft stream,
Wo set 10-day a votive slono ;
That memory may their deed redeem,
When, like our sire*, our suns are gone.
Hpirit, that nude those heroes dare
To die, or leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft wo rahe to them and thee,
-Uatoh Il'aUo /.Yimou.
LEXINOTON.
Blowly the tnlit o’nr the meadow wai creeping,
Bright tin (lio duwr buds glistened tho mn,
When from hit couch, whllu hit children were sleeping,
lloio the hold rebel ami ehuitldored his gun.
Waving her golden veil
(her the silent dale.
BUtbu looked the morning on cottage and spin 5
Hushed was his porting sigh,
While from hU noble eye
Flashed the lost sparkle of liberty’s fire.
On (he smooth green where the fresh leaf is sprioglog,
Calmly tho flitt-born of glory havo met;
Hark! the duuth-voMey around them Is rluglngl
Look 1 with their lllu-blood the young grass Is wet I
Faint la tho feeble breath,
Murmuring low In death,
u Tell to ntir sous hour their fathers havo died;"
Nevertheless tbs Iron hutid,
Balsi-d for Its native laud,
TJet by the weapon that gleams at its side.
Over (ho bllt-tldca the wild knell Is tolling,
From their far hamlets the yeomanry come;
As through (ho storm-clouds tho thunder-hurst roll
ing
Circle* tho beat of the mustering drum.
Fust on the soldier’s path
Darken tbe waves of wruth,
Long have they gathered and loud shall they fall \
lied glares the imi«kel’s tlanh,
Sharp rings th« rifle's crash,
Blazing and clanging from thicket quiTwoU*
daily tbe plume of tho horseman was dancing,
N. vr r to shadow bin cold brow again ;
Proudly at morning (he- war-steed was prancing,
Basking and pamlug he droops on tho r«lnj
Pals is (hu lip of scorn.
Yolculcsh thu trumpet-horn,
Toro is (hn silkon-fringod red crons ou high;
Many a tailed brunet
Low on tho (urf shall rest,
Ero tho dark hunters tho herd have passed by.
Buow-girdlod crags where the hoarse wind is raving,
Bocks whero the weary floods murmur aud wail,
Wilds where the fern by thu furrow U waving,
Keeled with tho echoes that rude ou tbe gale;
Far as tho tempos! thrills
Over tho darkened hills,
Far as tbe sumhluo ntreams over the plain.
Housed by tho tyrant baud,
Woke all thu mighty land,
Girded for battle, from mountain to main.
Green bo the craves where her martyrs are lying I
Khromlluxs ami tumblehu they Mink to their rest,—
While o’er (heir lobes thu starry fold flying
Wraps tho proud uaglo they roused from his nut.
Hume on her Northern pine,
Lung o’er thu loaming brinu
Spread her broad banner to storm sud to sun;
Jb aun keep her ever free,
Wide us o’er laud uml sou
Floats the fslr emblem her heroes hare won.
—Oliver WtmltU libhmt.
The Defenses of C’uimUtu
Tho Vail Malt Goictte says: “Co!, Eictcbor, of
tbo hcots Fusilier Guards, whoxpcaks not merely
with tlio authority of iho*mihtary secretary to
Lord Bufferin, hut with that of a student of the
groat American war. has published a little treat*
Ihoon the defense of Canada which deals very
thoroughly with the question. A frontier 2,200
miles long, with a narrow atrip of cultivated land
behind it, and a population email id proportion
to (hat of a great neighbor, foira obviously groat
diflicultles of defense. Col. Fletcher aban
dons thonloa of holding tho Western Lakes by
forco. Thu great material resources of the United
Htutfm upon these lakes forbid it. ho thinks. On
the other hand, to prevent tbo left of the real
part to bo defended (the frontier between Toronto
and Quebec.) frum being turned, ho lays it down
as essential that Labu Ontario must bo strongly
hold. For doing this tbero aro happily good
means; as tbs harbor* on the Canadian side are
the better, and may l»o protected with a little
forethought and exertion. Montreal Is not only
tbo real centre of the line, but is especially vul
nerable ; und if it bo not foitillcd, as lias been
proposed, it must be protected by a considerable
assemblage of forco. preparations being made
beforehand for throwing up the iloldworks which
would certainly have to bo raised to cover it, as
well as others to hold the canal communications
•bovo Fort Ontario. By means of gunboats on
tbo river, and a careful guarding of the canals
behind, communication from Montreal .must bo
ut any cost secured with Quebec. Tho south
eastern approaches to the latter city from tho
> New England States would also nood watching,
i caro being taboo, on tho first symptoms of
> hostilities, to complete tbo unlintshed fortillca
i tions opposite this place on tho right bank of the
. hi. Lawrence, ‘Aslougus Quebec should hold
out,* Col. Fletcher declares, ‘Canada would ho
I uncouquoied.’ as England would certainly pour
f supplies m dimug tho summer. And if he.bo
i right, thorn seems to b« sli tho stronger reason
for desiring that not quite so much should be
,• loft to lo done ‘on tbo llrut symptoms of hostlh*
i Hob.* "
/
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
LONDON.
A critical Vlnw of Mr. Irving
n iianilct’*—l>cicct9 of His
(•(inception.
Tho Evidence of an Atheist Rejected by
a Police-Court Magistrate.
The Unnl-lliK'O Molwoon Oxford and Cam
bridge—How It Was Rowed.
A Day with Charles Bradlaugli at Mort-
lake.
Np'rfdi Cormron.-lrnc* of The CMeas» Trihun 1 .
London. March 20.—1 spent an nvoning lbl§
week in criticising Hie performance of IlamUt by
Mr. Irving, the gentleman who created such ft
sensation in London by bis presentation of King
Charlet 1, nnd by ids dying scene in “ Tlio
Dells.” His Jhvnh'l has attracted much atlon-
lion and has received much praise, and I fear I
am in a small minority in my disappointment
with his conception of tho character. Jllsdofect,
to my mind, lies in ft brief phrase : Lack of re
pose, and overdone hysterical emotion. He is
never quiet, never dignified, never sober-minded;
perpetual movement of bands and body, perpol-
ual straining after violent effects, never ceasing
excitement and impossible long-sustained hys
teria. Ilamht In Hhakspearo is sad. solemn,
nnd dignified, for all Ills mad freaks and
sudden bursts of passion; tio lias the Northern
nature, tho Danish gravity, carried away occa
sionally by fits of Doraokcr fury: hut Irving’s
Jlamkt is a Southerner In his passionate gestic
ulation, his vehement declamation, though oven
h Southerner is not always in tits. Once or
twice during tho course of tlio play, when Irving
wnsqulct for ft moment, ami snoko a few words
without geeticulaliob, then I »nw what an actor
he might be. ami I understood that what to mo
was a complete travesty of Sbakspearo’s Hamlet,
was not duo to lack of tragic power or dramatic
force, but was the result of Mr. Irving’s concep-
tlcm of tho character, and of his deliberate rend
ing. It pained mo, to Imvo JfaniM turned into
Mich a coward; bo shrinks and trembles
before tho ghost oh bo trno man
tthould shrink and tremble, either before tho
natural or tho supernatural. Ilia agony during
tho ghost's revelation of tho murder In tho or
chard was a roally fine piece of acting, in that
tho emotion was justifiable, and tho irre
pressible Croatia wrung from him during tho re
cital wore natural and tragic in their Intensity of
fcohng; but tho effect of such n scone ns this
would have been infinitely heightened if it had
stood out in contrast with a graver dignity at
other times, and if its vivid grief had been rcn.
dorod yet more vivid by tho dark background of
& settled sadness ami a deliberate gravity. Mr.
Irving <may, 1 think, ho groat if ho will; tho
power is there, and if only there Is also strength
to regulate, to control, to curb tho passion, ho
will make a magnificent actor. Tho pioco is well
put on tho stage, and tho remainder of tho
actors do their parts respectably, though not
remarkably. Ophelia is very poor: sho is a
rrotty-loofclug gill, especially after sho is mad,
but her voice is execrably harsh and unmusical,
and sho Is utterly without power or grace. Hbe
might make a very fair young lady for a drawing
room comedy, but it is absurd to put her into a
Sbakspoaroan tragedy, whoso weight crushes her
Into more conspicuous insignificance ; sho prob
ably owes tier position in tho Casio to tho sinipla
fact that sho la tho manager's daughter. Tho
piece has been marvelously successful; overy
scat in the house excepting in tho upper gal
leries, is filled for weeks in advance, and it is
only by a lucky cbanco that ono can secure a
niaco without applying about a month before
one wants to go. Wo may liopo that .Mr. Irviug
will give us some moro of Shaknpoaro's heroes.
I am not at all sure that ho would uot mako a
splendid Othello.
TUB EVIDENCE OP AN ATHEIST.
Your readers will probably remember tho case
of Mr. Leonard, an atheist, whoso evidence was
refused by Mr. Woolrycli, tho sitting magistrate
in tho Westminster Police Court, on the ground
that ho wan not admissible oh a witness because
of his theological views. Leonard tendered his
evidence on aflirmatlou, according to a Into act
of Parliament, which permits any one to affirm
who has a conscientious objection to inking an
oath. Mr. Woohych declined to roceivo it, and
on Leonard returning to cqurt with tho act of
Parliament, tho magistrate waved him away im
periously witli the extraordinary remark: “I
don’t enro about tho act of Parliament; there is
a higher law, and that makes &n atheist
incompetent to givo evidence.” Tho
first part of his speech was not in
sorted in tho the papers, bat 1 havo it
from Lonnard himself. Naturally, tho Secular
Hocioty took a view of tho higher law differing
considerably from that of Mr. Woolrych. and
they applied to tho Court of Queen’s Bench to
issue a mandamus to compel tho magistrate to
receive tho atheist’s evidence. A rule nisi was
issued, and no moro can bo done until next
mouth. Mr. Woolrych’s solicitor declines to in
struct counsel to piead against the rule, and wo
aro looking forward to rho lesson which Mr.
Woolrych will receive. English courts of law
aro supposed to bo established to administer ter
restrial, and not celestial, laws, and wo rather
irelorthat those whodesiro to administer tho
alter should choose some other place in which
to give their dmusiono.
HIE BOAT RACE
between Oxford and Cambridge was rowed to
day, and resulted in au easy victory to the
former. I went to soo it with a friend, and wo
drove down to Mortiake. it way early when wo
started, but tho road was already allvo with car
riages, whose horses worodccorutod with tho light
or dark blue, and whoso occupants—when of the
female sox—shone In brilliant sky-blue bonnets,
or iu darker plumes. Tho real Oxford blue is
almost a purple, and is not at all becoming, so
tho ladies who carry tho colors of tho Isis have
wisely worked a reformation, and a bright blue,
of most attractive power, is how generally recog
nized as tho admitted huo for tho admirers of
Oxford. Gay flags floated from tho tiousos on
tho road down, htjlo dogs ran out to bark at (no
jassing carriages with nocks bound with rib
lons, and the oxicitemont grow greater, ami
tho blues moro aggressive, as wo approached
Mortlako. Police abounded, and the earnest
way in wbloh they directed tho coachmen to
*• drive steadily, ’’ when tho uosojof each horse
touched the back or the carriage iu front of
him, and John himself would have been reduced
to a funeral walk, was admirable in tho extreme,
Their principal other duly appeared to lie to
swing the right arm gently backward* and for
wards with tho regularity of a pendulum, a ges
ture which appeared to bo intended as a direc
tion to drive on, and which, when addressed to
a string of carnages iu a block, was more orna
mental (ban useful. Along tbo banks of the
river stands had been erected at intervals, and
between tho stands wore posted rows of car
nages, inhabited by shivering mortals whoso
raiment and faces wore alike of a cerulean hue.
Hero and there Aunt Hally raised her venerable
head, and swings and rounabouts had started
up: these amusements were not, however,
much patronized until (ho ratio was over,
when they at once became fashionable. Tho
ship at Mortlako was the place, and thither ac
cordingly wo went; here wo found a gorgeous
crimson erection, decked with blue flags iu im
partial Justice, and hero wo secured seats from
which to view “tbo West" Iu serene ro>oao.
Here, tho like Olympian gods, somusat and sipped
nectar iu (lie shape of Moots-ct-Ohandon s dry t
hero fair damsels laid bets in gloves on tho
racers, m divine ignorance of tbo mysteries of
throe to one; hero youths, leas ignorant, per
haps. but more presumptuous, hazarded fearful
and wonderful remarks ou tho secret things of
rowing. Hteamers shot about in all directions
on alio river. A saucy little tag, hearing “a
banner with the stiaugo device 11 Thames con -
Htrcaucy, puffs away furiously, towing out of
thu course a huge barge, which, of course, was
lumborius about right in tho nath of the coming
racers. There comes another of the same set,
shooting backwards and forwards acroes tbo
steam, in tbo hopeless endeavor to frighten
aWay (ho small boats, which obey for a moment,
aud dart out again in tho very wake of the gay
little ollicer. Hark! a hum in tbs distance,
growing louder aud louder, till it swells into a
roar, and down between the banks, black-Hncd
with shouting people, come dashing along tbo
racing boats, with blue oars flashing in and out
of the dancing water, and straining flgurca pull
ing ss for dear life. “ Oxford wins I” Is the ciy,
aud sure enough Oxford is gliding swiftly for
ward in front, end, as the boat comes nearer, wo
see the men are pulling well Aithiu themselves,
swinging with the faultless rogulailty of a ma
chine, and shooting towards tho wiuuing-post os
easily as though sending tho boat along atraclug
speed were tbe lightest task in thowoild. Behind
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them, full six lengths behind them, comes tho
Cambridge heat. Ilut tho towers nro laboring
heavily. They have lost t!io rhythm of tho
swing, and there la a perceptible wavering in tho
lino. Tho oars, now anti thou, catch tho water
as they feather, anti the may leap* up with a
mc-sago of reproof. One game (druggie for
ward at tho etui and they slightly decrease tho
Oxford lead, but tlmy are beaten and thoyhnow
it, though they row fairly through to tho finish,
till tho pistol-shot cracks out from tho winning
post, and Oxford wins the taco of 1573 by all or
woven lengths.
ROYALTY IN llCl'Cntß'AN NOSTRILS.
After tho boats come tho four privileged
steamers, tho umpire'll boat in front, to which
tunny eyes turn, for from it deals tho lloyal
tituiiihrd of Knglaud, audit carries thu I’rlnco
of Wales and tho l)uko of Edinburg t many
handkerchiefs are wared to them, and
mauv hats po off, but no en
thusiasm is shown. Mv companion
and I avo llopnblicatu*, and as 1 clanro up 1 uno
on his faco a sot look, and bln lip curls an tho
Ilrunswickorsgo by. “ Will ho ovor bo King of
England ?" I say, ns tho stout ami somewhat
coarse-looklng I’rlnco glides by. and far away in
tho future I look for a moment and think that I
pen n throne in ruins and » crown in tho dust,
lint this is Jloat-liacn day, and politics aro not
Iho business of tho hour) ho wo wait anil moo tho
two crown idcnm past on their nay homo to
Putney, and then mako our way thtongh tlio
crowd to where our cab is waiting, and rnttlo
swiftly back to London. Many an oyo turns to
ns as wo pass, for many a man and woman in
tin* great crowd knows either my companion or
mvHoir, and sometimes a kindly look, and some
times a Bidlon scowl, tolls that tho passer has
recognized tho llnpublican orator.
cmaulks im.UM.Aumr,
Iho man more loved aud more Mated than any
other man in broad England. Speaking of Mr,
JJradlaugh, llidro was a notice in ouo of tho Liv
erpool papers iho otlior day of tho llorco storm
which overtook tho ship in which ho traveled
homo. This paper, n short time ago, said that
ho could not speak, but it bus lately changed its
tone.—ns have many of IhoEm-'litdi papers since
the Northampton election,—and it now lomarks
that, by that storm, ‘'England nearly lost (ho
lurid eloquence of tho great Itopuhlican orator."
Tho ship appears to have boon in great danger,
and to have owed its safety to tho gallant and
ucatuanllko behavior of its' Captain.
Homo litllo excitement |h going on In London
about a vice which tUrcatciiH to become n fashion
in tho highest circles of society. nml which baa
already cost mime serious scandals. Ladies of
high rank nmi great wealth, (or lack of some
thing hotter to do, havo pel tho example of
gambling at carda for largo stakes. and in one or
two apparently decorous drawing-rooms anitiH of
money havo changed owners of appalling
amount. Hcandal whispers that n nohloiuau of
liigh rank-lias boon obliged to noli estates which
liavo been in tlio family for centuries, in order
to clear himself of tho diftlrultlos in which his
wifo had involved him by her passion for gam
bling. Tlio Duchess of Manchester Is said to
havo lost £l-10.000 etorling. buttothts I canuot
pledge m>polf. The matter in really a grave one,
and it id l seriously to bo hoped that somo way
may bo found uf'chcckiug tlio practice before
it has become widely fashionable. Unluckily
gambling appears to exert n fatal mlluonco over
those who havo once imtulL'od in it, ami it is tho
more important, therefore, that tho loaders of fash
ionable society should to-ohuoly crush tho prac
tice—which they cau do if they chooso—by
closing their doors against either man or woman
who is Known to bo a gambler. Tlio utter mo-
lcssncs-4 ami laziness which ruins tho lives of both
men and women in our upper classes is tho truo
source of such n vice ns gambling, mid only
earnest work and Inmost labor will euro tho
diseases which are tlowly eating away alt that is
best and noblest from the natures of our luxuri
ous and idle aristocratic class.
TUK I’VTtl OF TUB (10VEUN3IF.KT, R
at present, is by no means a path of roses.
Their overwhelming majority carries all before
it, but already thoio are signs of storm in tho
political sky. Ono party—mid a strong one—in
tho Ministerial minority desire to pursue a ret
rograde policy, and by their strong and heavy
pressure they are compelling tlio Ministry to
perform some crab-liko antics, which aro dis
tasteful to few of tho wiser Conservatives, and
which aro likely to provoke a reaction in fa
vor of Liberalism. Tlio hill introduced to ena
ble oflicors to pay others to exchange with
thorn, in eases whore the wealthy ofllcer desires
to avoid Irksome duty, is a distinct re
versal of the policy which abolished purchase in
tho army. Wo ventured to suggest last week In
tho i\Vi//oua( Reformer that if tho Liberal lend
ers would mako it dearly understood that, mi
their rolurti to power, they would repeal tills
net, and would, further, refuse compensation to
nuv ollicer who had taken advantage of it, they
would certainly prevent Its oncramig very wide
ly. Wo wore, then, greatly pleased to sen Mr.
Gladstone distinctly adviso thin course, and
stcruly warn tho Conservatives that tho Liberalo
would, most certainly, abolish this now purchase
svsiom when they returned to power. Tlio bill
is being rapidly Dressed through Parliament, and
will decidedly bo curried.
imiTIHII OWICKIIS as JuroLEONisra,
It is rumored time tbo French Government
ban communicated with that of Great Britain in
regard to the foolish conduct of British ofUccrs
at a dinner given to tbo son of tbo late ex-Em
peror of tbo French. These silly gentlemen, in
drinking the health of the Woolwich cadet, al
luded in tbo plainest terms to ids hopes us re
gards tbo French nation, and actually wished
him success. The gross insult to a friendly na
tion could scarcely bo overlooked, and tbo Be
publican Government has naturally and Justly
complained of this encouragement of a pre
tender by the military officers of a friendly
Cower. What has passed has not transpired,
ut it is to bo hoped that these impertinent and
liro-onttug warriors will receive tbo rebuke which
they so nobly deserve. Akniu Bksaht.
Virginia to Sccmlo Again*
The Southern Churchman contains an Im
portant letter, signed “Many Episcopalians."
urging the withdrawal of the Diocese of Virginia
from the Protestant Episcopal Church. “It is
now *nlaln to candid minds," tho letter begins,
*• that there is no hope of any quiet in the Epis
copal Church for years to come ; that a process
of change, even of revolution, unchecked
by any action of tbo last General Con
vention, is going on; that controversy
within its fold is to be Us normal condition for
some time to come, perhaps for a generation;
and that progress in a catholicity which is to ex
clude ail but those who are claimed to bo of tho
1 opostolio succession * of tbo Greek or Bomau
order is to bo aggressively made on the one side
and resisted on tho other with constantly de
creasing energy.” Tho last General Convention,
it continues, did nothing whatever to satisfy
Evangelical Episcopalians; aud Virginia, tho
only united Diocese in tho;jcouatry. should em
brace tho right it has, tho writers urge, to with
draw quietly from the turbulent denomination
of which it forms a peaceful part:
There seems to be but one remedy for tti(«e evils—
viz.: lo withdraw from (hum; to take tbo destiny of
tho Virginia Diocese inlo our own centre). Tmrels
no strife of impettaucu within onr borders. It Is the
only homogeneous Diocese in tbe United States. We
can live in peace among ourselves, lint we cannot do
so if we continue In connection with tbe (ienenl
(lliur.-h, Gradually the same tnaven which bna
rbauged, mure or less, ail tbe oilier Diocese* in the
United Htates, wifi commence Its work of change here,
and in duo time wo too shall bo changed. Why
need wo bo partakers of (his strife? If wu continue
to bo, tho result will most probably be that llda
aggressive sacrainentsrian system, so acceptable to our
fallen nature, will acquire the ascendancy here also.
Kvaugsllcal imm, or, at least, Low Churchmen, will bo
drawn one by one from the Church, and those who aro
101 l behind will become the prey of nttuailam aud ulti
mately of llomaulim, carrying with them all the
church-property. Whereas. If tbo Diocese acts for
herself, ana takes control of her owu affairs, tbe Low
Church will direct her desiluy and retain the church
rroperty. . . . Is It not, then, eouudpolicy toeover
that connection, kindly, affectionately, but directly;
to rut the connection between this Diocese and tbe
Ucueral Church on the basts of Christian fellowship
stone, like that misting now between the English
Church aud ours 1
B-'logtstntr Judas Iscariot.
Ou Good Friday the time-honored custom, so
dear to all Portuguese esltors, of Hogging iu ef
tlgy the false apostle, was carried out with all
due ceremony hv the crews of several vessels at
Portuguese aud Houth American nationalities in
London. At daybreak, a life-sized figure of a
man dressed in sailor’s costume, with Jack-boots,
was hoisted to tho masthead, and a placard fast
ened latho breast, hearing tho inscription in
Portuguese, ''This Is Judos Iscariot, who be
trayed Christ." Tho elhgy remained “ mast
headed " until about 10 a. m., whan the entire
crow assisted in lowering it to tho dock, tho
ship's boll meanwhile keeping up su inces
sant clanging. Tho ilguto wan then car
ried throe times round ths deck, and dually
lashed to the capstan. Tho crow then armed
themselves with knotted ropes, and proceeded to
belabor tho apostle, umld loud yells and shout
ing, tho ship's hell alt tho time ringing an ac
companiment. Pannikins of grog were served
out. and this iulluouce, combined with religiqus
seal, rendered the doggers almost frautio with
excitement. Tho cluthes were cut aw ay in shreds,
and. when (ho lljjmo was completely denuded,
iho block of wood which docs duty fur tho body
was kicked all oyer tho deck. It was thou sus
pended to a line and thrown overboard into the
docks aud ropealedly dipped. Owing to the dock
regulations, the stump could uot bo publicly
burnt; hut It was chopped up into small frag
ments, aud handed over tb the cook to be burned
under tho galley fire.
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
Tho Granges and ihu Texas Pa*
clUc Ituilroad.
About Butter and Cheese—Their Pres
ent and Future Prospects.
Cleaning iho Collar, ami Its Xcccsslly—
Provcnllon of Uanmtro by Chinch-
Bugs—Tho Codling-3loth.
Cultivating and Curing Broom-Corn.
Prepared /or The Wfeiyu Tribune,
sunsiniziMi vs. noiiTiNn railroads.
It will ho recollected that the National Granco
askod Congress to grant aid for tho completion
of tho Texas Pad lie Hallway, 41 under such cau
tionary restraint and safeguard as tho prudonco
and wisdom of Congress may dovlso to guaran
tee tho Government against lose, and protect tho
agricultural interest of tho country against nu-
Just discrimination iu the price of transporta
tion."
This, very properly, soomsuot to have mot tho
tho concurrence and wishes of tho Granges of
tho country. Tho Dearborn Comity (Ind.) Coun
cil. in discussing tbo act of tho National Grange
upon this subject, expressed their views In tho
following resolution:
lUwlteil, That an miirMoniallve* of Iho Grange of
Dearborn County, \ro declare our decided hoMllily to
all such schemes, and express our regret that thu Na
tional Grange should have given cnimienaneo or «nj>-
pnrt to any attempt to draw large hiiiiii of money from
the National Treasury under any pretense whatever,
nt a time when the burdou of taxation is so heavily folt
by the laboring classes.
"Tho Tarm and Garden" hclioves that rail
ways, like other business enterprises, should ho
built up and run by private capital. This being
done, competition will fix rates as nearly Just
and equitable as may bo,—tho Legislatures of
Htatos holding thorn iu proper check as common
carriers. Wo Imvo nover been among those
who have lohovcd in tho policy of
subsidizing • either railroad or steamship
lines ; and much less have wo believed in tho
policy of making cast-iron rules to govern them
by. Wo aro beginning to son tbo affects of this,
and none moro truly than tho farmers them
selves, who havo suffered as much from this
forced legislation asauyothor class of business
men. Wo begin to llnd that railroad corpora
tions aro protty much like all other corporations
and individuals. Each is Hooking to mako
as much monoy as possible out of its
business, and to got as largo an interest
as possiblo out of its investments. Tho
farmer realizes as much as .possiblo'from tho
farm; tho viUago-niorchanc whatever ho may
from h!s capital in trade, of perhaps from SI,OOO
to $3,050 ; tho city man increases his protits
through tho wielding of larger sums of money ;
and corporations, of whatsoever kind, got their
piollts through tho employment of such capital
as may be legitimately wielded. In all this, ono
loans upon another ; and legislation that crip
ples ono Is Huro to react on the others, otid alt
suffer. Tho Into war—and it is not vet finished
—between tlio railroads running through from
tho Lakes and He. Loum, to the seaport cities,
exemplifies this ; and it also proves that there
aro at present railroads enough in that direction.
They aro bidding for business, and, there being
enough for all, they can and do carry at not only
reasonable, but low rates. Linos with loss re
sources for freights must charge more.
Tho true .intent of legislation should bo
simply to prevent fraudulent practices,
and correct abuses whore they exist,
—liimply to stand between tho pooplo ami
these corporations, jnst as they stand between
tlio people and other corporations with fran
chises,—no more, no loss; and this may bo douo
without real lujurv to miy, but with direct ad
vantage to all. Tho pooplo—at least those who
read tho papers and think for themselves—aro
beginning to find this out. and to undorstaud
tho true merits of those eases. When all do so,
it will bo a bad timo for demagogues who sub
serve their ends through contorted appeals to
tho unthinking and non-reading members of
society.
tiik Turnnß op DAinr-rnoDUCTS
ta beginning to attract attention, ami already
Eastern oommlsßiotwnon scorn to bo working a
“hoarmovement”to knockdown prices. Tuo
circular of one of tbe leading produce-houses of
Now York bolds that dairy-products will bring
lower prices in tbe future than in tbo past, and
advises tboao contemplating tbo purchase of
milk tbo coming season to mnko tlioir contracts
at 20 to 25 per cent leas tbau they havo been in
tbo habit of doing.
One of itio arguments stated by this
firm is, that prices of butter and chcoso
must corao down sooner or lator, in keep
ing with those of other produce ; that
wo are now in that transition state which will
change butter and cheese from articles of luxury
to those of necessity, and prices accordingly;
that, from the poraiyzatiou of tbo manufacturing
Interests all over the world, millions of unem
ployed poopto will seek tbo farm, and thus, by
mcroasuig the already ample production of afl
clauses of farm’produce, including butter and
cheese, lower their money-value, not only in
this, but in every civilized country in tbe
world. This linn also hold that prices for
hiutor am) cheese are too nigh; and that,
while cheese bus not been marked with
so severe a loss in price as butter,
yet tbo long indifference of the export trade
proves that business in this direction is without
the stimulus of satisfactory prices.
This firm seem to have forgotten one thing,
and that is: Butter aud cheese are no longer
regarded as a luxury, hut one of prime necessity.
If it wore not so, the annual consumption would
not so stoadlly increase. There is another thing
that workingmen are finding out: that choose, at
1(1 to 20 cents per pound, is really a cheap food
in comparison with moat; and also that itslamis
in the same relation to other human food that
ficeh-meat docs. It is a fact that a pound of
cheese is equal to two pounds of moat: aud that
butter is no longer a luxury is evident from the
fact that tbo lower grades of butter are readily
sold to tbo poor, who cannot afford to buy bet
ter grades.
It is true that first-class butter, at 40 cents a
pound, is costly, and. in that light, may be re
garded as a luxury. Nevertheless, all who can
buy will do so at th|u price, or oven a higher
one, if they cannot gat it lor loss. Gilt-edge or
really extra butler is not always found on the
tables of our first-class hotels, and not always
on the tables of our wealthy citizens,—for the
simple reason that comparatively little is made,
aud, in tbo winter season, when scarce, the
makers often get whatever price may bo put
upon it.
It is somewb&t astonishing that, at tbo prices
wo Uavo mentioned, and with Urn cer
tainly of their •exiatouco for at least
some time to come, moro farmers
do not provide themselves with facilities fur
making and keeping this article until the winter
season brings its usual scarcity of good butler.
Ho long as they do not, those who know how
to make, ami how to keep it, will be sure of
largo profits out of tbo necessities of their cus
tomers. Tbe fact that quantities of both in
ferior cheese and butler will continue [to be
made wifi, we think, insure a price fully remun
erative for ail the good that is offered for years
to come. *
It Is Inin that butter and cheese, like all other
article* of manufsoluto, .will llucluute; there
will ho years when tho profits will bo email an
compared with yearn of scarcity; there may be
year* whou losses will ensue: but that consurop
liou will uot keep race with thomanulacturo, wo
do not bellavo. The fact is, we aro only begiu
mint to loam to eat cheese as an article of daily
food. Thoro is a largo margin yet for Increased
consumption; and, as a slight decrease in the
price of meat at once stimulates tho cousump
lion, so a slight reduction iu tho price of cheese
would induce many to uso it who have uot hero
toforo been in the hatit of doing so. Therefore,
we see no present cause of alarm, notwithstand
ing the very specious plea of this targe and no
doubt interested New York produce-house.
We have heretofore, as fanners, been trying
to got rich through tho exportation of wheat and
com. That has never paid Us cost. Of lato
years, tho more sagacious of our farmers have
begun to understand that it was a losing game,
anil have turned their attention to iho fattening
of cattle and hogs, and the production of wool,
and with a sure reward. Uot tho West once in
crease the reputation, already a faroiablo ouo>
In English markets, (or cheese, aud (his indus
try, already an important ouo, may bo increased
indefinitely, aud with protlts as sure as iu auy
other branch of agriculture.
SOUETHINO SHOOT LETTUCE,
This ought to bo interesting to tho lovers o t
this delicate salad-plaut, now that it is bocoinJn g
so plenty in our markets that almost ovary 01 ie
will get a taste of It occasionally at least. ?l'o
those who can afford it, tho dainty salad will, be
an unfailing accompaniment to thohreakfantnnd
dlnuor. Tlioro may bo individuals who do not
like lettuce, but wohnvo.nnvorpoonthorn. Hut
wo liavo anon very many who did not know bow
to oat it properly. Of Kindi wo would
not class those who tnko llio fresh, crisp loaves,
und. dlnplng thorn lightly in salt, oat thorn in
tboi r natural state. Wo Hlsould rather class those
who rsmothor and bury their salad In pungent
contli moots and aharp vinegar an among those
who did not oat It properly. Tho value of ft
vegetable naiad in itn curling crispness. To our
taste-, lettuce is in itn most perfect form when
tho (iciflp ami unbroken loavoß nro onion after
boluj; dipped In usance composed of pure olive
oil, i a. ngicd with nail and n little vinegar; and
it la tint bad to those who have a sweet tout!),
rallitvr coarsely cut. nprinklcd with granulated su
gar, n-jd a liltlo vinegar poured over all. Neith
er is ix very had If some sharp, acid wlno is sub
stituted for tho sugar and vinegar.
In .growing lettuce under glass, one of tho
J wine it ul causes of failure Is. that tho plants ore
[opt -to o warm, and without unfUciont moisture.
It shoii Id bo grown ns near tho glass as possible,
and the frames raised frnm lime to timo an the
Plants reach tho glass: in this way, if caro bo
lalton, long,, succulent, crisp heads may bo
grown.
Voaifl ago, in raiplnglthls vegetable for market,
wo nsc d. when ready to out. to allow tbo tops of
tho leaves to touch tins'glass. When slightly
fror.cn. wo would cover tho lied entirely dark,
until tlmwcd. This caused such portion nf tho
loaves as had boon frosted to take adollnato
brown >color that was much admired. Many
gardmnvs wondered how wo managed this color,
and ann'Oßod it to ho in tho variety uiod. They
tried mimv of tho naturally-bronzed varieties
to their cost; for all thoao arc too dark in their
general character to bo adapted to forcing. Tho
variety used was tho white Siloslan, and (hero is
no bettor kind, to our mind; but then wo used
to lake uho greatest pains tu transplanting the
ilncht In u .da into the open air for seed. And this
leads us to talk about
ouowiwi i.F.TfUcn outside
To do tldo successfully, prick out under Gash
es. 2 inch-is apart, asulllciont number of plantw.
MnUo tho bed for transplanting into ns rich ns
tho boat hnmpoat or woll-rottod manure will al
low. Into Ibis set your plants, when largo
enough and thoro Is no longer danger of severe
front, (1 In cites apart each way. When the plants
begin to « -owd each other take out every niter*
jmto row, tfor übo, and aftorwatdaovory altonmto
phut lu tbo remaining rows. At last your
plants are 12 Inches apait both ways. Tima you
may raise the finest and londornst loltnco possi
ble, and uhich will remain late before running to
seed. Tlit same piopamtion of tbo soli will ap
ply to all plants taken from the hotbed for early
un'e, as oabbago, caullllowora, kohl-rabt: and
also to the* sends of ouch Bucoulcnt-rootod vegol
ablea as radish End turnips, and other early
spring truck.
oi.banino tub cr.u.vn.
The spring brings its annual cleaning, at least
to tbo hovao, but not always to tho collar; and
yet tho co liar is tho roost Important room In tho
house, so Cur as cleaning is concerned. Thoro
can bo jio health in tho household
when the collar Is loft with a mass
of decaying vegetables, tbo remains of tho win
ter store. Many very careful people remove
oven tho t*>tntocs from tho collar as soon as
danger of freezing is over; and, if thoro bo a
good barn nollar, or other olaco where they may
bo kept cool and dry, and from contact with tho
air, it is a;pood plan. If not, sort them care
fully over, aiud raise them up from contact with
the ground.
i All other- vegetables should bo taken out, and
tho cellar as thoroughly cleaned and white
washed as any other [ art of tho house. If this
bo done, am i proper ventilation is secured, thoro
Is no bettor: place to keep milk for butter-making,
unless ono have a dairy-house mado specially
for tho purpose.
Quo of tko most pernicious practices wo know
Is to Imvo a. lot of loose boards about tho collar,
winter and summer, contracting mold and
fungous growths. When tno collar is cleaned,
evoiything movable—and tho collar should not
contain anyvtlxturos that may not bo taken down
—should bo carried out of doors, thoroughly
woahod and ticrubbod, and become well aired and
entirely dry„ before being taken back. If every
thing have u coat of zinc or chemical paint, so
much tho b»* ‘.tor. Thoro Is nothing pays bettor
than thorough cleanliness everywhere, but tho
rule wilf espscially apply to tho cellar.
i’j tAiiiNd orr cuiNcu-nunH.
A corrcsfM indent.—Mr, James Sherburne, of
Walworth, i>.Ts..—writing on chinch-bugs, very
truly nays: ".Millions of roonoy might bo saved
by farmers- keeping chiuch-bugs oat of their
grain." Wbeu there are eo many hiding and
breodlng'pMiCCfl for these roluute and offensive
posts, wo til ink no perfect and Infallible remedy
will bo had From preventing their depredations.
Nevertheless, those who uso such moans
as are in their power usually os
capo without serious inconvenience, ex
cept In jvars when favorable circumstances
have caunccl insect life tu Hvo In such countless
numbers fo at they fly from place to place during
tho timo wt icn they are lu tbo winged state and
cover every thing green.
Already < hlnch-nugs have appeared In Central
Illinois ar* lin other localities south; and, if the
season is d ry and favorable to their propagation,
they may jlo untold damage. Ou the other hand,
tbo cold vn liter is said to have killed tho codling
moth In some of tho principal fruit localities.
Nevortho It iss, wo Hunk there will bo fully enough
loft for "seed" in tho apple-barrels and
crevices -of fruit-houses, etc. It will pay
every mini having fruit-packages to thoroughly
examine them, and destroy all that can lie
found; nnd if, In connection with this, they
aro careihilly hunted from tho trees, tho next
crop of a pplos may ho a full avorago ono, not
willistaiW ling tho winter has been so untoward.
But this is a digression, and, to rotnm to our
corroHp'Madont and the chinch-bug, wo glvo his
a lan fur Uio prevention of tuoir depredations,
osays :
Tirat, plow and harrow Ike ground well j then roll It
perfectly smooth, and sow your grain. I prefer a drill
to a bru: <i:-caat Bower. Then roll tho ground again, so
da not to leave a lump upon your field. Tbu object Is
to have tb e ground well packed tad smooth, ss the bugs
will not g ay over night where them are no lumps for
them to crawl under,—that being where they »lay over
night an d when the air is cool; and that, too, la where
they lay their egae. If they cannot find lumps upon
tho field,, they will go where they can find them, and
there thin' will stay. This has been mv plan of work
ing them for tho last twenty yean. 1 never became
lully eo avinccd until last scaaou why tuy neighbors'
gram win destroyed by chinch-bugs and mine re
mained o nburt. If iwople will follow tho above plan
of putt lint in their groin, chiuuh-bugswlll never Injure
their err (,>«.
RAISING imoOM-COUK.
A Crmtral lowa correspondent asks If it will
pay him to raise‘broom-corn, and how to do It;
ami wn niiawon Wuethoi-it will pav you, wo cau
not tolli-i but, if you navo good, rich land, such
an will produce AO bushels of Indian corn por
acre, yau need have uo difficulty tu raising good
brnom-<:orn.
Tho -cultivation of broom-corn requires tho
expcm'lltiiro of eonstdorahlo labor; the seed is
often i Jow in germinating ; and, if the laud is
weedy, considerable trouble *is experienced in
clearing* tho crop.
Tho seed is sown In various ways,— aoraetimes
by rocoiiviiig all the hoes of a wheat-drill, except
those that will bring the rons about Afoot 4
Inchon apart; sometimes tho seed is sown with
one ol tho largo Albany garden-drills { and
Bometaj nos with a corn-planter. Tho latter plan,
howo'for, leaves tho rown too far apart, unless
tho pinnior Is made especially for tho purpose.
Howovcriown, it is necessary that the rows ho
Corf« tly straight, and at equal distances apart,
'rill plenty of seed, and thin to I or 2 inches
in tin > drill. Tim richer the land and lbs thicker
tho til and, tho finer the brush.
As. aoon as you can see the youngpl&nte, go
over with a sharp harrow, with teeth enough
raise d up ao that tho corn will not bo injured.
We b.avo known laud entirely free from trash
coin) ilotoly harrowed before the seed germinated,
to ft oo it from weeds Just started. Scrape tho
drill s with a sharp Iron, thinning the plants to
the required stand. Then culUvato with a
common walking cultivator, having nairow
boM-tongue tooth m front, as directed some time
siv.ee for corn. Work industriously while the
c<> ru is young, and until the crop Is 3 foot high,
or until it begins to ehow signs of running to
h« ad. After this time, cultivation tends to make
tii o brush coarso. ... ...
When the seed ia in the milk, and before It
ta ardons, is tho proper lime for cutting, for then
ti is brush is. tough, and has tho best color,
l ivery day it is kept after this injures the pro*
iluco.
To prepare for cutting, it must ho tabled, that
is, bent over and crossed, so that it will form
tables about linco-blah for holding the brush.
This being done, with a keen, thin knife, out the
brush, leaving a stalk attached 0 or 7 inches in
length, and lay them evenly on the table for a
day, to dry—tuo need-ends all one way.
I When tho brush* has had the sun ono day,
haul to the machine, scrape tho seed off, ami
carry to the shed, arranged with scaffoldings of
polos for drying, spreading it almost 3 inches
thick. When thoroughly ary, and properly cured,
it is ready fur haling and market.
If you h avo had no experience in the cnP
vallou of tbia crop, the probability Is, you will
fail, Those who make the moat money from
tbiu crop raise largo Helds. The culti
vation requires considerable help, and
that lust at tba right time; a machine for scrap
big the need, sheds for drying the brush,
and a prose for haliug. A knowledge also is re
quired of (he proper time to handle the cron,
and other technics! knowledge, which, if you do
not possess, you had better hire some one who
does, before undertaking Its culture. P.
FANSETTE THE FAWN.
rnxr. I.— tub abducted np.inrss.
Tho tdlvcry moon glittered on the pea-grcati
waves of the Itldno aa it laahod tho Cusllo do
IliUmovonlorcupmltabrickatoln, and tho taj.
poles murmured tenderly nmid'tho bushes of u lu
lofty persimmons. Tho castle was bnthnd in
tight, from tho donjon-koop to the inky meat
beside the (lowory portcullis, and the Baron's
banditti blew their brains out nf biifjlo.
honiH. It wah a proud day fur the Baroti
do ilitimnvcrdoroupmitabriukßtoin and big
beautiful but youthful bride. The Baron
was keeping noisy wassail in the baronial
hall, and the young but lovely bride was in tbo
holy solitude of her chamber, gazing with a
fond mother’s pride on the oxqundto form of *
ohornlmnica) babe, the Joint production of two
souls witii but a single, thought, two hearts that
bout ns one. In an hour tho angclio (IcralJiuo
Aloxandrovua was to ho christened. There was
a loud ring at the castle-boll. Kvoty cheek tun,,
od blanche with fear. Suppose tho godmother
with the silver cup should have slipped upon
apiece of orango-pcol or fallen down a collar.
A page who suggculod this was Immediately
: led out by tho collar and tcru to death hj
wild mules in tho back garden. Tho warden
hoisted tiio portcullis, anil a long train of no),],
chivalry entered, led by the gallant Chnstoliani
do Hnarkknoao, who scattered largesse from hit
aaddto-bow as ho rode by the side of the wi j.
owed Baroness Von Hwoitzor. Tho castle cljjuqi
was brilliant with a thousand burning tapers
The christening party worn waiting for the chop
übimic Gmhllno Afoxnndrovna, when a Ion”
and ghastly shriek pierced through tho ancient
building and caused overy stone to totter within
its monary bod. Tho chanol-doora wore limm
open. The Countess do Jlitimuvordorcupmita.
bricksloln appeared disheveled, and shrieked
“My ehop-lld! Mho has stolon ray cheedld!” ’
*• Who dares thus to abduct tnv beautiful, my
own Y' exclaimed tho appalled nut exasperated
Baron.
“Tby paramour, villain!” exclaimed an
dent figure robed in moire antique. "Ha! ha*
lin I Now. false slave, I laugh thee to scorn.
Ha! hat hniml Adieu 1 llcmombor mo, tby
deserted Friglda."
•* Follow her,” cried tho Haron. "A million to
him who catches her. Death to him who don't!”
' An tho christening party gained tho larboard
postern, the mysterious fnraalo had stabbed tbs
warder to the ’heart and torn hie gory scalp
wreaking from hit) tlcry breast. Blio rained lbs
riortculliH with superhuman strength. A pcb
in page, mounted on a mule of raven pliimt;;,
led a milk-white jack, upon whoso back the
mysterious female vaulted lightly, Hho bdd
tlio youthful (icraldino Aloxandrovna to br
frantteboaom. A few stopa more and the Caron
would regain his child. Oh. ’Evens 1 itwa«a
moment of agony. Ho gained tho poitcuiUi.
when suddenly tho milk-white Jack readied out
his velvet paw, and tho B.iron foil. The rarj.
torious female and her goblin page dashed over
tbo Urnw-bridgo, they let the portcullis fall, mj
they wore free. Ha! bal ha I they were free,
and the Countess llilimovordeioupinilabrics.
stein was cheo-ildloas and alone.
CHAP. It.—TUB LOVEUS.
(A period of twenty year* tins elqurcd.)
A beautiful maiden sat roasting peanut* bv a
corner vineyard. It was in Atnorlci. It fraa
Geraldine Aloxandrovna. Hut site waa I.dovtu
as Fansetto tho Fawn. Tho mysterious Fiipula
was with her. Hhe still wore the moire antique.
It became more and more antique everyday.
When Frigida abducted Geraldine she convoyed
her to tlio deepest recesses of tho Hirtz Moun
tains. Thoro wore no cows in those days, and
so Geraldine was nursed by a fawn. Honco h:r
name. Fansetto loved and was beloved again.
Ho arovo Engine No. 49. His name It wji
Qlooddtick, christened Join. Ho softly told bit
love as ho cracked lor fresh-roasted peanut).
It was beautiful, tho fresh young love of those
two gushing souls. One night two solitary
horsemen baited their weary steeds by Hie pm
nut-stall. They snatched tho beautiful Pia
nette baldhcaded from her James' arms, and
boro her shrieking through tho beautiful too*
to their tlcry, untamed steeds. It was the long
lost Oliawlollard do Hparkkasso and the Diroa
UitimovordorcupraitnbrickHtcin. The faithful
goblin page shrieked aloud for tho police,
and Friglda tore tho mustache from
tho haled Chastollard do Sparkkafho, while Jem
Bloodauck lay weltering in his own gore, lb
Baron emptied his revolver Into the fainting
Friglda. who also fell weltering tu her gore over
tho still lifeless body of tho gallant engine,
driver. Nor was" this all. Laying tho famtiog
Fansetto over tho saddle of his foaming charger,
the Baron applied a match to the grocery, nud
In an Instant tho palatini abode was in a mss
of forked audflory flame. Horror! Tho bodies
of Friglda and Join Bloodsuck wore In tlio rath
of lire. Fansetto awake. She saw her lom’i
cremating form, and In an Instant was hr hil
sido. Tho Baron tore her away, ami, taking I
bottle from his coat-tails, ho poured tho hcuzici
contents over the inanimate form of the hap
less lover, and the raoro antique of tho mys
terious Friglda.
"Hr, ha, ha!” yelled tho Baron; “Himper
ish the enemies of tbo Baron mtimoveracrcap*
mltnbrlcksteln of tho Waoht-on-dor-llliino;"anil
tho llamcs How up. ond, when day broke tha
next morning, tho city lay In a mound of smoul
dering ashes, and thoro was nouo Uviug to tell
tho (ale.
CHAT*. TIf,—WOMAN'S I.OVB. *
[Twcuty.flva yearn have rbjmcil,]
Fanaolto Jay wiping hor beautiful fcalnroi altn
her golden hair m tlio cavernous ol
Monogaw Bpringa. Two nmn lay near her.
They wero whispering. Tlioy were speaking of
hor. Ohastollard do Hparkkasse wan endeavor-
Jug to force tho Baron HitimovenJorciipnma*
hricksteiu to consent to Ida nuptials nitu tbe
lovely Faosclio. That beautiful being
in horror. Her heart waa true to Jem
BitoUi of Kngiuo 4'J. Bho listened.
Hor heart sunk within her. The?, w. 1 !
talking now of him. O horror ! what did *u«
boar ? Knglno 4U was still on tho road! it * on,d
pass tho West llavorford switch at 12:lU on lioia
and Jem was driving oxproes fre^' 1 ' 1 - j
blissful tnomonti Hal what was that ? IMr
wore Rohm to pull up tho mils and destroy in* |
object of nor life's devotion. Fur twonlr-uw
long years she had boon in tho deep recetaei oj ,
the cavo at Monogaw Bprings, ami ““
novor soon daylight. Tor twcnly-n
yoara her father, tho TViron, had ;
her to marry thu detcatod Chaaloilaru, t“*
hor heart was with 42. T«only*th‘o yc n
had mado no ohango hi her. I Tuoro was t
change of any kind about her. In an *j ou f.‘_ (
men would leave, to carry their hellish inttotio..
into effect. They loft. Now w.m lho ■urr« , BJ
moment of hor fato. Blio saddled tho b*f
favorite quartor-horso and dashed forth. « “ ,
10 miles to West llavorford, and on f J* f " ’ ,
minutes to do It In. Now hto thee, l ,al,4nt F r
on thy mission of lovo! Bho in U * JII j ,
tho • atatlon. She hoars tho rercam
tho whistle. It is twenty-live T«w "‘gj |
sho heard that melody of . f /
her heart rises within her. Him * avP *
spotless kerchief. Him shouts as tho uor? ra .,
sicr comoß thundering on- It is * rBCO ,*^ r . .t,.
and death. Bho uocu that the rails are uPi 1
sees the forma of tho men on llao
forma of tho hated Chualollard and the b
Still, still the gallant atom! rushes on. J c -“ hf
his post. He rings tho hell; ho louks out a»»•
flying Fansotlo as she madly career » .
death. Ho recognizes hor loved f° rl l* f . w fl vi
darkness after twonly-flvo years. I*®
aloud s “My own Fansotlo. Bbo "’fttej* * rrj
to stop. Hia onlv chance to eavo „ , . irfl i c |
roavlilho crossing first. Ho throws
coal oil into the furnace, and thou he m . |fc
the themau. 110 sits on tho J. fl ,
Now they ate nearing tho crossing. jj o al
and Chaatollard behold l-unsctto. JJ J.
aloud to her to stop. Tho llaroii. m “ u
morse, throws OUnstollard under l»onil
Jem BloodsucU draws Jus hi 1 Tt g,
and plugs tho Ilaron hi tlio 11 ,
button, who falls by the side of J fa j
tollard. In another moment tho era* f f
come. One prayer for Join and one p > . fa
Fansolto t tho bravo horse is .jJcft Lie tail
tho next instant ho has cleared it an i l j ujßp ed,
behind, close up. Join Bioodaiu.lt ha J
caught Fanaolto in his arms, »»“ • i°r,tlmo«f*
passed over tho remains of tho Baron
dorcuprnliahrickstolii aud the hated the
do Bparkkaao. A wild sbnek cornea
station cf West Havortord. ,^ 0 n»j
out frantically. It is tho-Baronow,,»U w
from tho Wachl-ou-dor-lUiluc. '*b F ( oi
chce-ild up in tho, Blar-Uauglcd «
gives her to Jom Jlloodsuck on th
mysleiioua Frigid* ones, “ Come to my 0
auddcclaros herself to he tho h ia iieli
Jem; while thu goblin page
to to the consul of both awl •* e /udChasteb
They are all saved but the Baron •hoover*
lard. Goraldino Alexaudrovna «i »' j
dcrcupmitabrickatolu falls into ih« ® r ! n tlll got*
Couut Bhamus You Bloudersuekcu, andi ‘
Uu calls out, •• Bully 1 ”-W. Ji^ u
Mrs. De\x, wife of the *’ r '. p,*Di®*
Siam, objects to the Siamese P ra p|* tobaf* o ' a
one’s wife ami cblldreu for uptoJJA »i, # . D»i*
native mm. It is very evlaeni that M^ MIM
Is alrald that Ur. D. may do U
tilameae do, contract bod Labile euo
viliba cruel uncle."