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Personal.
Pauline Lucca is 31.
Clara Louise Kellogg is 30.
The Sultan does not smoke.
Spurgeon parts his hair in the mid
dle.
Anna DlckinsoW has two new lectures
ready.
King Anamus of Spain is a teeto
taller.
Bonner will soon retire from the
Ledger.
Grant and Vesuvius continue to
smoke. .
Ole Bull will soon return to this
country.
George 11. Pendleton has returned
from Europe.
Stanley is going to look up the Lost
Tribe , of J smel.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is sojourning
at Madison, Wis.
Miss Lavra Keene will reappear on
the stage this season.
; lanton Duncan, in addition to the
gout, has a bold Roman nose.
Mr. Seward’s book of travel around
the world will shortly be issued.
‘•The White Horse" is the Chicago
Times' heading for a steamboat disaster.
R. E. Lee's room at the Lexington
University is to be left “forever un
touched."
A statue of Gen. Reynolds is to be
eruet-d on the battle field of Gettys
bmg. where bo was killed.
’Pullman, of sleeping-car note, lives
like a Roman of 'ho Augustan age, at
his vi.iu on the St. Lawrence.
She was colored and died in Western
Virginia this time, n me Judy Wil
liam-. age 115 years. She never saw
Gen. Washington.
The death i* announced,*in his 83d
year, of Capt. W. D. Evans, well known
among chess-players as the inventor of
tin •• Evans Gambit."
Tbe six children *f the late Philip
Winebiddie, a wealthy Pittsburgh mil
lionaire, get the neat little bequest ol
nearly $200,000 apn ce.
Bradford M. C. Durfee, the wealth
ie t citizen oi Fall River, Mass, and
o. e of Yale College’s ino-t generous
benefactors, die! last week, at the age
of 29.
Miss Fannie Carson, of lowa, played
M iud Muller one day recently to some
purpose. Instead of fooling around
w th a rheumatic old judge, .-he raked
up forty tons of hay.
Gustav Dore writes that he would
like to visit tbe United States, but not
until five hundred years frt m now. He
is of opinion that in such a busy, rest
less, dash ahead life as our-> at present
is. there would b. but loti meat for
gloomy minds.
Quinine.
This article of 'drug now commands
three dollars per ounce, and is one of
the mod useful in the entire list ot
manufactured drugs. Recently there
h.i' been an effort on the part of prom
inent medical and scientific men to in
duce Congress to set apart a suitable
portion of the public domain for the
purpose of cultivating and growing the
chinehona tree, from which the useful
and almost indispensable article of
quinine is produced. This tree is a na- j
tive of South America, and found to
grow only on the Andes, above what is
termed the cioud line ot those high and
majestic peaks, and u-ually in greater
quantity an I better quality north of the
the equatorial line ; hence for its culti
vation in the United States the Sierra
Nevada range of mountains in Califor
nia Lave beer, selected by the parties
who urge the ti i> 1 of its cultivation in
this country as being the mountains
most closely resembling in soil ami cli
mate the Andes. There can be no
doubt of success of the cultivation if
the chinchona tree is properly under
taken and attended to, as the results
of similar experiments by the English
Government in the Ilimaisyai* of India
fully attest.
What is a Bushel!
•‘-I. H. J.," Frankfort, Ohio,says that
the rule given in the Agriculturist of
April, 1b72, fur measuring corn ir the
crib has l»een pronounced incorn-ct by
our readers in that neighborhood, and
he asks why we take 2,750 inches fur a
bushel when 2,150 inches make a bushel
all over the commercial world. Our
rule is correct. We take 2,750 inches
for the simple reason that c< rn-e >rs are
sold and measured by the heaped bushel,
which is 2,750 cubic inches. Two thou
sand one hundred ami fifty is a struei
bushel, by which 'helled grain is meas
ured, and generally two bushels of corn
ears, of 2,750 inches each, make one
bushel of gr dn of 2,150 inches. Corn,
measured ia the enb, of course is under
stood to be earsot corn.—Americin .lyrt
euiluriit.
Old B> n Wade on the Great American
Hesert.
A characteristic incident is related of
Ben Wade, of Ohio, when he was sent
out by President Grant as one of the
Commissioners, in IM>V, to inspect the
Pacific road, lie was disgusted at the
aight of the alkaline formation, and
despaired at its redemption, and when
a resident bystander reminded him that
it would. be a fine place to live in if it
only had plenty of water and good soci
ety. “ I don’t doubt it," was the bluff
old,m an’* retort, “ and tophet would be a
good place to live in, too, if it had the
same advantages."— Letter from Col. J.
H". Jersey.
Holland has ten thousand wind
mills.
Grapes and Their Culture.
It is surprising that so many families
in the country are willing to live year
after year without cultivating a single
grapevine about their dwellings. They
are compelled to purchase this delicious
fruit for the table or not taste it during
the season. There is a common impres
sion that to cultivate grapes perfectly
a vast amount of knowledge and tact
is required. To many the simple trim
ming of the vine is a mystery. This is
an erroneou view, and ought not to
prevail. Any person of common intel
licence can learn in an hour how to
trim and nourish vines; and, if instruc
tion can not be obtained from some ex
perienceu cultivator, there are books
filled with cuts and illustrations which
make everything plain. Three vinos ol
as many different varieties planted in
some sunny nook, or by the side of
some building, so as to obtain shelter,
will, if proi erly cared for, furnish many
a bushel of delicious grapes every year.
Select a Concord, a Delaware, and an
Adirondack; make the ground mellow
and rich by the use of the >pade, and
by employing old manure, finely ground
bones, and ashes; and u et out the plants.
In three years the rich clusters will ap
pear, and in four years the product will
be abundant. It is well to have vines
planted so that the waste liquids from
the dwellings can be used in fertiliza
tion If there is any food the vine
loves it is the soapy liquids which ac
cumulate on washing days in families.
Vines drenched every week with these
liquids will flourish astonishingly, and
extend themselves so as to cover large
buildings, every branch bearing fruit.
We s*y to our readers, plant grape
vines.
How to Treat a Horse.
Some English grooms at Saratoga are
teaching the “ Yankees” how to take
care of a horse.
To-day I asked one of these grooms,
who has spent twenty years in the
stable of royalty, what he had to say
about our American way oi taking care
of horses.
“ Why, sir," said he, “you don’t take
good care of your horses; you think
you <lo. but you don’t.”
“ Why ?” I asked.
“ Because when a horse comes in all
wet with perspiration, you let him stand
in the stable and dry with all the dirt
on. In England, we take the horse as
he comes in from a drive and sprinkle
blood-warm water all over him, from hi <
head to his feet. Then we scrape him
down and blanket him, rubbing his
face and legs dry. Thus, in an hour he
is clean an i dry, and ready to take a
good feed, while, in your way, he will
stand and sw< Iter for hours, and finally
dry, sticky and dirty. Our horses never
founder and never take cold. We never
use a curry-comb. You scratch your
horses too hard. Th* only care neces
sary is to have the water not very cold,
then bathe them quick and blanket
them instantly, while you are rubbing
their legs. -Neui York Commercial Ad
vertiser.
Dressing MuttowUn Texas.
A Texas c thcof the Mobile
Register tells bow hv 4 , es sheep tor
mutton : ‘ Hang the by the nee's
and cut his throat thoroughly—wind
pipe, swallow, ju ular vein and all. He
will die very quick. So soon as life is
extinct, or motion cease*, remove the
entrail' with ashar; knife, ipening com
pletely from tail to tongue. This job I
generally get through with in just about
half a minute. lain satisfied that the
peculiar flavor of badly handled mutton,
•nd to come from the wool, is due to
| the entrails lying too long in the animal.
i pay no particular attention to the
wool o»her than is demanded by neat
ne-s. On the plan above named I fre
quently kill mutton four miles from
home, tie them to my 'addle, take them
home,and even allow » hem to remain over
night, without akiin.ing, and no woolish
flavor results. My mutton is proverbial
for its delicacy am. sweetness, and now
you have exactly tow I manage it."
Domestic Recipes.
Silver Soap.—A good article may l»e
made as follow.: Hard so.q>, 8 oi. ; tur
pentine, l|oz.; w iter, 4 oz. Boil until
perfectly dissolved, and add 3 oz. liquor
of ammonia.
Custard without Ecos. —Boil a quart
of milk, except a teacupful in which to
put four tablespooufuls of flour. When
it boils put in a very little salt and stir
the flour ju-t as for starch. Add two
tables|>oonfuls of augur and such spice
as you like.
To Mask Haro Water Soft.—Take
one ounce of fresh lime and stir it well
in a bucket of water; then stir all thor
oughly in a barrel of water, »nd as soon
as it settles, the water will be soft
and fit for use, as it will drive impuri
ties to the bottom. River watt r, when
muddy, is better to drink by this process.
To Remove Frecxi.es.—tine of the
best lotions we know of is the following:
Mix two tablespoon lu is of grated horse
radish in a teacupful of sour milk, and
apply frequently with a linen rag.
To Remove Tam.—Mix magnesia in
soft water to the consistency of jnuite,
which should be spread on the face and
allowed to remain a minute or two.
Then wash ofl with Castile soap-suds,
and rinse with clean soft water.
HOW TOlr-T Down CICtMBER I’ICXLES.
—Take two quarts of molasses to one of
water, or in that proportion. Put in
the cucumbers, fresh from the vines,
adding more molasses and water as you
till in. Set them in a warm place, and
in a few weeks they will be sutlicientiy
sour to suit any palate. Spices can be
added after they become sour.
To Clean Km Gloves.—Have ready a
little milk in one saucer, some brown
soap hi another, and a clean cloth or
towel folded three or tour times. Then
take a piece of flannel, dip it in the
milk, and rub the glove downward to
ward the fingers, holding it firmly with
the left hand. Continue the process
till the glove, if white, looks of a dingy
yellow, or, if colored, dark and spoiled ;
then dry, and they will become soft and
glossy.
To Keep Meat.—Meat is much better
for family use when at least one week
old in cold weather. The English
method for keeping meet for some time
has great merit. Experts say, hang up
a quarter of meat with the cut end up,
being the reverse of the usual way, by
the leg, and the juice will remain in the
meat, and not run to the cut and dry
up by evaporation. It is worth a trial,
and when made will be continued.
Bird Life in the South.
The city of Columbia, S. C., on a Feb
ruary day, presents to its inhabitants a
sight which no other city on the conti
nent affords, in the immense number
cf birds that people its magnificent
shade-trees. Thousands upon thousands
of red breasted robins are assembled,
as in grand convention, prior to their
flight to the North, J »y-birds, blue
birds and peerless mocking-birds are
here in large numbers. The fruit o* the
sugar-berry tree, the wild orange, the
black gum and the varieties of oak af
ford them abundance of food.
The robin makes its appearance from
further south about the beginning of
January, and still remains about the
middle of February, when it takes its
flight to the north. For the last few
days the air is full of them assembling
for departure, and to any one who ever
witne'sed the gatherings of swallows at
the North in the fall of the year, pre
paring ‘or their flight South, this as
semblingof the robins presents a familiar
scene.
It is an interesting sight to see them
on the ground in searen of food. They
move as an army, and seem to be under
the command of a leader, who, on the
slightest alarm, utters a shrill, quick
note; instantly the whole fl ck takes to
flight. As they move through a field
their numbers are so great they destroy
immense numbers of cutworms and
grubs. For a moment they stand as in
silent meditation, then turning the
head to one side, listen, when presently
they peck away at the earth, and a
worm is brought to the surface, which
is quickly devoured.
Tanning Buckskins.
A correspondent rends to the Ameri
can Agriculturist the following directions
for tanning buckskin with brains, as
practiced by the North American In
dians: The skins are soaked in water,
and the hair is removed from them
with an old knife, then placed along
with the brains of the deer or a calf in
an earthen pot The contents are then
nested to about 95°, or blood-heat,
which converts the moistened brains to
a kind of lather, and makes the skins
clean and pliable. They are then
wrung out, and stretched in every di
rection, by means of thongs, over a i
frame comjiosed of upright stakes and
cross pieces; and drying thev are
constantly rubbed with a smooth stone
or hard piece of wood, so as to expel
the water and fat. The skins are then
smoked. For this purpose a fire is
lighted in the bottom of a small pit,
and rotten wood thrown in as fuel.
Sticks are erected in a pyramidal form
around the pit, and the skins hung
thereon one above the other, their posi
tion bei g occasionally changed. The
smoking is kept up for an hour or more.
They are then rubbed with chalk or
powdered gyjwum, and scraped and
beaten.
A Willing Parent.
Donn Piatt writes from White Sul
phur Springs: “The paternal author of
the l>elle here, it is said, the other day,
shortly after his return to the Springs,
was approached by a youth who re
quested a few minutes’conversation in
private, and began: ‘I was requested to
see you, sir, by your lovely daughter.
Our attachment— ’ ‘Young man,’ in
terrupted the parent briskly, ‘I don’t
know what that girl of mine is about.
You are the fourth gentleman who has
approached me this morning on that
subject. I have given my consent to
the others, and 1 give it to you. God
bless you.’ ”
Editorial Amenities.
The California editor who alleged
that a certain obnoxious individual
was a “he school ma’am,” and the
Wisconsin journalist who called his op
ponent a “ scabby perpendicular,” will
be forced to admit that Halsted, of the
Cincinnati Crnmercial, exceeds them in
the force, if not in the elegance, of his
vituperation. Not content with calling
the Enquirer man a snake, a slimy,
venomous reptile, and divers other dis
agreeable creatures known to natural
history, he juts the thing in the plural,
and brands him as a whole “ nest of
vipers.”
MaUmonouitromoitobrombenzene.
A spirited Brighton Eug., newspaj>er
conceived the happy idea of publishing
verbatim reports of the speeches of the
savaM attending the British Association.
The enterprise met with a sad discour
agement, however, and the project has
been aband ned. One of the immediate
causes of ths deplorable breakdown was
an interesting discussion in some sec
tion of the association almut “ mononi
tromonobroEibenzene," and “ matamon
onitromonokrombenzene.”
“Women,* exclaimed an enthusiastic
advocate of the “rights" of the sex to
commissions in the navy, “have al
ways occupied positions of responsiM].
ity in the navy. Yea, from the earliest
time*, for wasn't Lot's wife an old
saltT”
A Droll Story from Wales.
A full measure of human sympathy is
due to a people who have to contend
with such nomenclature as has been be
stowed upon Cefn y-bedd,Clawdd-y-gaer,
Pytingwtijn, Digswylf k ,Llandefailogfach,
Maenmorwynion, Cwmbu, Digswylfa,
Bettws, Llyynnuffwwdvaur,Marlchacwn,
Blan Gwrach, Llanvaircaerinion, Lian
vairarybryn, and Llechcynvarwyddvach,
and it can be well understood that diffi
culties may occasionally arise with re
spect to theii correct spelling. But no
circumstances can excuse the manner
which Nathaniel Rosser, of Pontrew-y
nydd, has recently adopted for settling
a controversy of this character. It ap
pears from the evidence given at the
Pontypool Police Court, whither Mr.
Rosser was summoned to answer a charg
of assault, that a question had arisen
between himself and one Mr. Morgan
Evans, “ who keeps Coed-y-David Farm
near Trevetra Church,” as to the ortho
graphy of the above mentioned Llyynn
ugtfwwdvaur.’ Mr. Morgan Evans was
for rendering the fourteenth letter “ d;"
Mr. Rosser, like Sim Welle?’* parent,
was for “ spelling it with a we." Ulti
mately Mr. Rosser, finding it impossible
to bring Mr. Morgan Kians to his way
of thinking, went out, procured some
hot lime from an adjoining building,
and returning to the Coed-y-David
Farm, rubbed the lime in Mr. Morgan
Evan's eyes. Whether in the event of
Mr. Morgon Evans being able to see
again, he will spell the word “ Llyynn
ggilwwdrfaur” or ‘‘Llyvnnggffwwdvaur,”
remains to be seen. But at the present
moment he is blind, and Mr. Nathaniel
Rosser is in jail under remand awaiting
the issue of the remedies which have
been applied.— Fall Mall Gazette.
A Young Man Who Meant Well.
A young and energetic gentleman of
this city, noted for the promptness
with which he always acts in cases of
emergency, took the train on the Hart
ford, Providence and Fishkill road, for
Waterbury, where he had business io
transact. When the train reached Plain
ville, a number of passengers alighted
as usual. In the seat opposite our gen
tleman friend were a lady and her boy,
a little fellow sor 6 years of age. As
the cars stopped, the lady peered out
of the window, rose hastily, seized the
boy by hand and walked hurriedly with
him to the rear of the car. The two had
scarcely passed out of sight before our
energetic young friend noticed ' hat the
boy's hat, a tin whistle, whip and other
toys, were lying on the seat which had
just been vacated. The train started,
and bistily concluding that the lady in
her hurry to get off at the station had
unwittingly left them, our friend r. shed
across the aisle, and gathering up the
hst and toys slung them out of the
window. A change came over the spirit
of his dreams as the lady, a moment or
two later, cmie up the aisle, leading her
boy by the band. She didn't stop at
Plainville. The laugh that was h-ard
in that car when the lady returnt d made
our young friend sick. He apologized
to the lady, explained how b came to
throw the things out of the window, and
wont back to his sea? a a frame of mind
• nythmg.but happj Ar fart ord Post.
©’Conor’s Last Letter.
If a correspondent of the Cincinnati
Enquirer is t-» be believed, Mr. O'Conor
addressed the following forcible and
lucid epistle to the late Fa; Men’s Con
vention at Put-in-B*y:
“ When our forefathers inaugurated
inimitable independence, and initiated
aboriginal America into the mysterious
multiplication of individual inherent
political perspicacity, they overlooked
the important point in political econ
omy tha’ adiposity and oleaginousness
were necessary to the proper preserva
tion of the sacred fabric of our latitudi
nal liberties; hence our multifarious
and complicated woes. Ain't it ? When
least we anticipate such an unfortunate
assault upon our prosperity possible,
the vast aggregation of attenuated
Jeemses may form a damncble combi
nation for the perpetuation of cadave
rocity upon the uncomplaining and un
suspecting inhabitants of this portion
of the Almighty’s footstool. I am pre
pared without hesitation, ambiguity, or
prevarication, to asseverate that under
any and all circumstances I wiil do all
1 can to further the cause, but I cannot
accept your nomination to the Presi
dency. 1 withdraw.
Yours, }>olysyllably and coherently.
“Charles O Conor.”
Extraordinary.
A Rome correspondent tells a most
extraordinary story. The Bishop of
Ischia lately died at Terre del Greco.
As they .vere about burying the body,
it was discovered that the dead prelate
was working miracles; the lame being
nude to walk and the dumb to speak.
They carried the corpse back to the
church, where the excitement became
so great th t eventually every shred of
clothing Was piliagt d from the body by
the relic-seekers, and an alarm of fire
bad to be resorted to to restore order.
An honest old farmer up in Indiana
had flattered himself that the member
of Congress from his district knew him.
In fact he had shaken bands with him
at numerous political meetings, and in
quired affectionately after his family.
The other day the farmer received a
document with his Congressman's frank
on it. The farmer was delighted. The
Congressman still remembered him,
evidently. He carried the document
about for some time without opening it,
and triumphantly exhibited the M. C.’s
sign manual to his neighbors. Gnaw
ing envy on the party of the neighbors,
who hadn't received theirs yet. Final
ly he opened it in the presence of his
fimily and friends, and 10l it was the
M. C.'s speech printed in Dutch ! The
honest old farmer i* disgusted at this
evidence of how well his Congressman
knows him.
Scientific and Practical.
The Agassiz expedition having com
plete I its labors, has disbanded at San
Francisco, after a nine months’ cruise in
the Hassler.
An intelligent resident of Manilla,
the capital of the Philippine Islands,
expresses the opinion that there is
probably at least one earthquake every
day at some spot in that archipelago.
This is Prof. Huxley’s definition of
education : “ Education is the induc
tion of the intellect in the laws of na
ture, under which name 1 include not
merely things and their foices, but also
men and their doings ; and the fasten
ing of affections and of the will into an
earnest and loving desire to move in
harmony with those laws.”
Perhaps the strangest domestic pet
ever heard of was recently exhibited at
the meeting of the British Association
by Sir John Lubbock. It was a tame
wasp, which had been in his possession
for about three months. It now ate
sugar from his hand and allowed him
to stroke it. The wasp had every ap
pearance of health and happiness ; and
although it enjoyed an “outing” occa
sionally, it readily returned to its bot
tle, which it seemed to regard as a
home.
Mr. A. W. Bennett adduces numer
ous instances of mimicry in the whole
habit and mode of growth of plants,
which, he thinks, may generally be ac
courted for by similarity of external
conditions. The mimicry in the de
velopment of particular parts or organs
he finds it more difficult to explain.
The “protective resemblance" through
the operation of natural selection, which
has been urged for the animal kingdom,
does not seem to be applicable.
Prof. Gray told the Scientific Asso
ciation, at Dubuque, that the big trees
of California are the rear guard of a re
treating host that once occupied a large
part of the earth’s surface. He said re
search has found the sos il seguoia
gigaittea throughout the miocene forma
tions of Northern Europe, and in those
of Iceland, Spitzbergen, Greenland,
Alaska and the Rocky Mountains. All
of these fossil specimens are almost ex
actly the same a.s the “ Big Trees” of
to-day.
A German has made experiments to
ascertain the amount of loss that coal
undergoes when exposed to the weath
er. It will, ; erhaps, surprise many
readers to hear that the loss is consid
erable. Anthracite and cannel coal, as
might be anticipated from their com
pactness, suffer least ; but ordinary bi
tuminous coal loses nearly one-third in
weight, as nearly cne-halfin gas-making
quality. From this it will be under
stood that coal should be kept dry and
•ndrrcover; and that to expose it to
rain or damp* is to lessen its quantity
and weaken its quality. Here, too, we
have an explanation of the inferiority
of the great heap of small coal which
incumber the ground in the mining
districts.
A Horrible Death.
A worknian/in a sash, door and blind
factory, in Chicago, met his death in a
most shocking manner last week. The
unfortunate man was caught by a belt
revolving at the rate of 200 times in a
minute, and after being whirled about
ihe wheel numberless times, was finally
completely dismembered, the lower por
tion of tne body having been thrown
some distance to one side of the cellar,
while the head and upper part of the
trunk were hurled against the wall on the
other side. Beneath tne pulley a large
hole had been torn out of the earth by
the body as it was whirled swiftly
around, before it was separated. The
hand and right arm were torn out of the
socket at the shoulder joint, and were
still wound up in the fatal belt. Frag-,
ments of clot hi' g, shreds of flesh anti
clots of blood c overed the walls anti hung
from thejostsand parts of the macinery.
His shoes lay a little distance from the
pulley, where they had been thrown by
the swiftness of the motion wtiich tore
them from his ft <-t, while pieces of his
hat and other articles of clothing were
scattered in other directions. The frag
ments of the body were gathered up
carefully by his fellow workmen ami
carried to the County Hospital, whom
the coroner held an inquest upon them.
A Boy of Seven Murders a Girl of Five
Years.
On last Sunday afternoon the people
of Lexington, Scott county, were horri
fied at the announcement that a little
son of Mr. Hugh Lo'tus, of that place,
only seven years old, had shot a daugh
ter of Jerry Chandler, at the tender age
of five years. They were together in a
room at Loitu- house. Young Loftus
said he would kill the little girl, when
she run away, but subsequently return
ed, when the young fiend deliberately
took up a shot gun and fired, filling the
poor little girl’s stomach with slugs.
She survived until last Monday, when
she died at about daylight. The above
is substantially what the little girl
stated after the terrible tragedy. A res
ident of Lexington states that it was
not many days previous to this that he
saw young Loltus in a stable trying to
get the little girl to put her arm under
the blade of the cutting machine, in
order that he might cut it off. This
certainly is the most shocking else of
a naturally depiaved and blood-thirsty
taste we ever recorded, and one that
seems to amount to a monomania.
Acw A/iany (I,id.) Ledytr.
“ VVruT is your name?’’ asked a cen
•us ofbeer. “John Jorcoran.” “Your
>hat bothers me.
it 1. f “ ! ‘ y be y° u can ™ke
it out. My father was Irish, my mothan
was Erglndtand I was born on a Dutch
frigate, under the French flag, in Turk
ish waters. Now how is itT"