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MARGERY DAW.
T. E. WfMhcrtjr.
f I'm In love, but I've never told licr,
Never told the maiden I lovo;
I l'c In the long green grass and behold her,
As site swings nil day In the boughs above.
I'm a student with toll o'crladen,
Aid a student ever should books prefer,
But she's such a darling dainty maiden,
I ily thoughts go swinging away with her.
See saw I
Margery Daw I
Up In the apple-tree Margery swings;
And I, lying under,
Watch her and wonder
"What Is the ditty that Margery sings.
And she goes swinging; and I go slaving,
Turning tho leaves ol a musty book,
But surely that was her whlto hand waving;
And surely that was my darling's look.
A. perfect fortress of books 1 sit In, ,
Ethics, economy, politics, law,
.But all tho pages I vow wcro written
By that little philosopher, MargcryJDaw.
See saw I
Margery Daw I
Up In the applc-trco Margery swings; '
And I, lying under,
Watch her and wonder
T Wliatls the ditty that Margery slugs.
The light Is fading, the day grown older
And now the wesUrlng sun Is gone,
And Margery I no moro behold her:
In the deep, cool grass I Ho alone.
For Margery she was a sunbeam only,
And I was ft fool for all my paM3,
nut whctiE r I'm sad. and whenever
I'm
lonely, , .
Back comes Margery, back again.
Bee saw I
Margery Daw I
JJp In the apple-tree Margery swings ;
For "Life's a dream,
And love's a shadow 1"
And that Is the ditty that Margery sings.
WIND FANTASIKS.
Spectator.
Oh, wild and woful wind I
Cease for one moment thy complaining dreary,
And tell mo If thou art not sad and weary,
And thy travel Is not long and eerie
Ob, wild and woful wind I
Oh, houseless, homeless wind 1
Tiwrlnirsmv heart to hear thy sad lamenting;
Hast thou n wound whoso pain knows no re
lenting,
Canst never lay thy burden by repenting!
Oh, houseless, homeless wind I
Ob, sad and mournful wind I
From what wild depths of human pain and sor-
i ro,v'
Couldst thou those tones of restless anguish
borrow,
As a soul that dreams of no to-morrowl
Oh, sad and mournful wlndt
Oh. solitary wind I
Wo know not whence thou comcst or whither
gocst
Whon round our homes thy wUzard blast thou
blowcst,
No home, no shelter, thou, poor pilgrim, know
est Oh, solitary wind I
Most melancholy wlndl
Is thlno a requiem o'er tho dead and dying,
Or art thou some despairing spirit sighing
O'er a lost paradise behind thco dylngl
Most melancholy wind I
Tell mo I long to know
Art thou a wild and weary penance doing,
Through the lone wilderness thy way pursuing,
Chased by the secret of thine own undoing?
Tell me; I long to know.
Hast thou no other voice,
No words to whisper thy most grievous sto-
Wbcro thou didst
plnrv.
lose thlno ancleut crown of
Ere thou wast banished to theso deserts hoaryl
Hast thou no other voice!
Oh. tsou art flerco andSvlldl
Thy nightly chariot through tho black skies
lashing,
Tho cloud-shapes 'round tho mountain summits
diulilncr.
Tho waves of ocean 'round the wrecked bark
crashing
Ob, thou art fierce and wild.
Yet art thou full of woe.
Perchance, thou wert Earth's ongelwhcn was
llirhtcd
flln's lurid torch, and all her bowersjwere
blitrhtcd.
Thy poor heart by that awful shockjbculght-
cd
Thou art so full of woe.
Hast thou no hope, no hopol
That thv Door weary pinion thou art flinging
Against the Btar-pavcd floor, with echoes ring
intr. Of angel footsteps and their anthem singing
Hast thou no hope, no liopei
And hast thou never heard
That sin's wild torch Is quenched tu blood aton
inir,
And that in days to come Creation's groan.
lnc
Will cease, and rapturo fill tho placo of moan
lugl-
Oh, hast thou never hcardl
But thou will one day hear I
For heaven and earth will Btand lu silent won.
dcr.
When Love unites what sin hath rent asunder,
'Proclaiming victory In music-thunder
And thou wilt that day hear.
In heaven all will bo Joy,
Ami there thv walling, too, will cease forever,
Aud thou, perchance, will float o'er Life's full
river,
.And Join the melody that ccaseth never
In heaven, where all Is Joy.
GENERAL COMBS.
What He Said and Thought of Himself.
In a newspaper Interview n fow years
:ago tho Into Uenerat uomus sum:
fv nnmn Is Gonoral Loslio Combs
I wns born near Boonsboro, in this
Stato, November 2D, 1703. .My fnthor
camo to Kentucky, whloli was then a
part of Virginia, in 1770, nud obtained
n K"iVt of nthousandioresof land from
the fflato. After planting enough of it
in pVi to malntairHiistltloLo returned
togjnhiiOTtlolpntod in tho rov-
omllonlrTyTOr.jyiucommnnaou a com
pany of infancy at Yorktown. Aftor
tho war ho oawo batik to Kontuoky and
liolpod Danlol Boouo drlvo out tho In
diana. At tho time I speak about sloop
ing on tho salt-bags, in tho year 1818,
General Harrison was cooped up nt Fort
Moigs, and Colonel Dudloy and Co(jl
Boswoll wcro hastened to life rollcwlth
two regiments of Kontuokians.Ofondo,'
tho command of Gonoral Green Clay,
tho fathor of Cassius M. I was a Cap
tain of tho scouts, nnd with four whito
men and a Shawnoo Indian who know
tho country, I 'smarted in ndvanco down
tho Maumoo rlvor to toll tho General
that aid was coming. I got in sight of
Fort Meigs, and saw that our tin" was
still there, whon 1 found that a largo
body of British and Indians was botween
mo and tho fort, and I was compolled
to turn book. I rojolned my command,
and on tho 6th of May, Colonel Dudloy
attacked tho British under Proctor nt
tho foot of tho ltaplds, fifty mile? below
FortDcflanco. Wo would iiavo defeated
him had not Toounisoh, with a largo
body of Indians, crossed tho river nnd
como to Proctor's aid. I was wounded
twlco that day in tho shoulder, nnd nlso
takon prisoner witn sovorai ot my men.
Wo wcro put for safo keeping in a kind
of fort or earthworks, behind which wo
had to squat down to provont tho red
dovils from shooting us. Pretty soon n
big Indian camo In tho fort nnd toma
hawked nnd scalped ono of my men
named Murphy right beforo my eyes.
Wo would all havo been killed had not
Tccumsoh heard of tho outrage, and ho
camo into tno lort nnu mado a specon
to tho Indians. I know a littlo of the
Indian lingo then, nnd remember him
tolling tho Indians that it wns cowardly
to kill unarmed men in captivity. Ohl
cs, iccumseit wns agroatman. lou'it
llnd all that ho said that dav recorded
in Mo Afco's history. That night I slept
on tho British ship Naucy. Wo wero
taken across tho lake, but tho Brilisli
didn't kcop us but a littlo whllo, for
they wero short of provisions, so tlioy
paroled us nnd landed us on tho Ohio
shoro. Wo made tho best of our way
on foot to Chilllcothc, when tho com
mandant of tho post put a kcol-boatat
my disposal, and wo camo down tho
Scioto Itlvcr to tho Ohio ns far as Mays
vlllu. Yes, indeed, young man, tlioso
wcro tough times, nnd you youngsters
havo no idea of tho privations that wo
pioneers endured in order to redeem
tills land from savagery and bring it
under tho inlluenco of civilization.
"You'ro right I havo seen somo ro-
markablo changes in my time. Why,
1 wns tno Moody of tno hard-cider cam
paign for Harrison in 1810. There's
plenty of pcoplo hereabouts that can
tell you I raised almost ns groat crowds
for old Tippocanoc, nnd hold them in
tho samo manner." "Wnsn't Harrison
pretty much of nn old grandmother?"
"Well, ynas, butyousoo wodldn't know
it then. Wo wero lighting for tho man
wo had known thirty years before, and
ho had kind of growed nway from us.
But ho was a good man, nnd represent
ed my principles. You soo I was, and
am still, a rogular old-lino Henry Clny
Wilis: in polities, anil a bt. joiin-tn-tiio-
wilderncss, milk-and-honoy ironsides
Baptist in religion; none of your sprink
led follows, but nregulnrdip-in-tho-wn-
tcr-of-Jordnn Baptist. Talking of great
men, Henry Clny wns tho greatest man
America over produced. Ho wns my
mend." As tiio old man eloquently
said this his form grow proudly stiff,
and ids eye Hashed with unwonted lire.
Alii there's nono iiko mm nowi no
was tno puro patriot nnu tno lover
of his kind. Have you been to Ash
lindr" "No." "Well, go, by all
moans. It'll mnko a better American
of you, voting romi, to broatho tho samo
air that Henry uiay inhaled, uo tuero,
by all moans. I soo your pnpors aro
making a great iuss auotit tnni. spiuer
leggcd brlugoyou southotn railroad fol
low built across tho Kentucky river.
When tho War broko out I was Presi
dent of tho Kentucky Central railroad,
nnd I was building n suspension bridge
across tho rivor at tho samo placo. I
had tho towers up and tho anchorages
built. Roobllng, who built your sus
pension bridge, wns doing tho work.
I snout $93,000 on it. Well, tho war
knocKed it nu in tno ncau. lour man.
David Slnton, got the railroad, and tho
wliolo thing Jiasgonoto tno uovu now."
"liavo you uccn out 10 sco ino now
bridge?'"' "No sir; I daren't trust my
self to go there. I would bo so mad
that x TniiiK i wouiu jump on
it, oven if it is tho highest bridgo
in tho world. Yes, I boliovo I would,
for I havo no doubt of my future Par
son Dudley sometimes says that ho
won't bo rosponsimo lor mo, unless i
quit swearing and talking in this way;
but 1 havo contldonco in tho justico of
mv God. nnd J am, as 1 said before, so-
curo of my futuro; though, of courso, I
would like to havo as much morcy
shown mo ns possible Do I imbibo?
Well. vcs. sometimes; and, as i Kinu ot
liko, young man, I don't mind joining
you. " Aro you going to put this in tho
paporr" "ics. "won, ici u uoKinu
of interesting to somo of tho old boys,
and tho young ones, too. Well, hero's
God bloss usl ' nnd tho old man tottered
off, leaving mo to muso on tho story ho
had told.
Truly, indeed, had ho said that ho
had seen wonderful changes in his time.
Tho veteran of tho frontier war of 1818
tho friend of Hnrrlson, of Henry Clay,
of tho Mnrshalls, tho Crlttendons, and
tho onco wealthy railroad President
ilnds himself almost alono in his old
ago. Nearly all tho friends of his
primo aro sleeping in their narrow
home. His fortune is suuk in public
improvements that havo not benefited
their progenitor, and to day ho spends
his time wandering botween ills homo
and tho Fhmnix, living in tho past, nnd
hanniest when ho can find somo ono
who will listen patiently to his talos of
. 1 1 1 . L' . . 1. ...1,1 1.,.
UlU lOUg uyUUUU. OUU11 UU, IUU, will U"
erathorcd to his fathers, and another
fink will bo severed from tho chain that
binds us to tho past. Aftor 1 10 old man
had left tho hotel ono of tro clerks said
to mo: "I seo you havo had quite a
confab with tho old lioncral." "les,"
I ronlled, "and I found him qulto n cur
iosity." "Ho is, indeed," said the
clerk, "but wo aro so used to Urn that
wo get tired of his stories. Hisiomory
of tho nnst is tlmply wonderful. Every
day is tho anniversary of somojjiing
that has happened to him in his youth,
but ho can't remember anything that
has taken placo in tho past fow years."
"How is no nxed pecunianiyr ivisKou,
"Not verv woll." was Iho rofrponso,
"Ho owns a nico house nbovo hetv, and
has enough to llvo on, but that isVibout
all."
Mexican Washerwomen.
Mexican Letter.
Tho Moxicnn women, liko their
rcmoto nnccstrcssos, persist in was!
on a stono "losa Uo lavadora" on
their kuces at the sldo of a stiraim, or,
if nt homo, still in tho samo posit lorn on
tho identical stono slab, with cold wlter
and very littlo soap often with onll n
snnonnceous herb called "zacato," ttid
thoy rinso in a weo bit of n JbaUu,"
whloli is littlo olso than ft smnFf "dig-
out" oi; rudo tub. Owing to Wis slow
proeoss ovory family ot lour or nvo por
sons must havo two or tin eo laundresses.
and oven then it isdilllculttogot clothes
returned under two or threo weeks. In
fact, tho women of tho lower class seem
to havo no idea of the lapso of timo, for
thoy stop n dozen times a day to smoke
nnd gossip, yot thoy nro, after nil, good,
harmless souls. Moxlcan fnmllios who
have been in tho United States nnd
American colonists also havo brought
tubs, washboards, and oven had washing-machines
brought hero, but to no
purpose. Thoso Atoo womon dotost
"modorn helps" qulto as hoartily as
thoy do the long-handled "Ynnkco
broom.' ' As to punctuality why theso
laundresses havo no idea wlint it means.
For oxamplo, auAmorlcan (thoyiraposo
moro on us man m tueir own pcopioj
-w
Most
Lfmg
mny give a washerwoman his linen.
Tin co or four weeks may clnpo nnil it
is not returned. Ho fancies it ha. been
stolen. Not nt nil. Tho victim will,
on investigation, Hud that tho laundress,
having been invited to a christening, a
dnnce or a bull light, has pawned his
clothing to got money to buy finery for
tho festive occasion. If Mr. A.'s linen
suffers this fate ho need not bonlarmcd;
pationco alono Is necessary. I ho wo
man will then pledge Mr. B.'s clothing
nnd redeem Mr". A.'s from tho pawn
shoo until sho has earned enough to
como out squnro with nil her customers.
I heard ot a caso wnoro a Jnuiuircss
loaned tho clothes ot an American to n
fnmllv in which thoro wns n caso of
smnll-pox that tho mother might pawn
them to get mcdicmo lor a sick child.
Tho Old Highland Chleflalns.
No men wero prouder of their rank
and descent. Not n fow of them wcro
educated in Franco or Knglnnd, nnd
had onco beon in tho huMtof mixing in
a society from which they scenicc! to
bo hopelessly banished. Impoverished
nnd disappointed, thrown back upon
their own diminished resources, tho
potty monnrchs nnd tyrnnts of nil they
surveyed, thoy lost their slight culture,
and their fallings grew into vieo?. With
many of tho outwnrd signs of natlvo
high-breeding, tho Highland chief grow
moro nnd moro narrow-minded, ns ho
lived on, year after year, in n contract
ing circlo of idens, striving to interest
himself in ills shooting, fishing nnd
cattle-breeding. Ho was imitated in nil
rcspccU by his tenants nnd kinsmen ac
cording to their lights But tho smaller
man, whllo dutifully submissive to his
chief, showed his 'inborn haughtiness
still moro objectionably; and as ho hnd
known nothing of the world boyond his
natlvo wilds, was moro absolutely wed
ded to his antiquated prejudices. Ono
and all wcro lavish in tholr hospitality,
though their opportunities of practicing
it wero loss frequent than thoy could
havo desired; for tho visits of strangors
wero fow and far botween, nt n timo
whon admiration of tho beauties of na
ture was still a tasto of tho futuro. As
for Highland festivities, whon thoy did
como off, thoy took tho form of hard
drinking necessarily siif.h talk asthcro
was turned on topics that woio strictly
local; so that, even when tho guest
chanced to be u man of ideas, ho did
littiu to enlighten the darkness of his
hosts.
Morocco.
Morocco is inclosed by tho Mediter
ranean, Algeria, tho desert of bahara,
nnd tho Atlantic, nnd is inhabited by a
mongrel population of about 800,000
souls. Tho agriculturists are mostly
Arabs and Slielloohs, dwelling on tho
rich plains; thoy nro poor eiiltlvators,
and aro taxed to death. Tho wild Ber
ber tribes, in n chronic state of revolt,
occupy tho perilous heights and passes
of the Atlas chain. Tho Moors, the
Jows, and tho blacks crowd themselves
into tho towns and villages. From tho
blacks the bulk of tho Eninoror's army
is recruited. The Moors.descondcd prin
cipally fromtlio Moors urn on out oi
Spain by Ferdinand and Isa
bella, aro a degenorato raco,
contaminated by Intermarriages with
tho Arabs; tho Jows aro precisely
what thoy wero in Europo in tho Mid
din Aires thriftv. crafty. Dorsccuted.
iim-nmnlitlnitif. tukincr it out of their
omircssors In tho way of profits. Noi-
ther their lot nor tholr nature hss boon
changed by oxllo. Tho notable towns
nm MnmiM'O. tho capital. Kl-Aralsh.
Tnl'ili't. Amnllr. Mosradoro. Fez. and
Tangier. Thoy aro all ground into
Inst iindur tho heel of the Emperor.
rangier, tho outer urcaelied wall of
Islnmism. Is roirarded with "articular
disfavor, her commerce hnrassed, and
nn- trndo straii!i ed uv wninisioni ro
stiietions. No man there dares own
himself rich; If suspected of secreted
wi!i 1 1. ha is tortured until uo reveals
tho hullug place; then both his head
and his monov aro removed, iho hm
unror's Idea of taxation Is
tho simplest possible; ho takes
w nit ho wants. There is no appeal.
Ho altors weights, measures, nr.d prices
at will: the multiplication table goes
down baforo him. lne sworn, tno cord,
tho bastinado, and tho branding-iron
nro over ready to enforeo his caprico.
It is no hyperuolo when tho court poet
assures this monster that he holds life
nud death in tho hollow of his hand. Ho
is tho only full-blown despot wlioso do
minions llo contiguous to civilization.
Tho Czar of all tho uussias is not so
much his own master: the Sultan nt
Constantinople Is not so absoluto. Tho
frrimt dusnot breeds a host of lesser
nnna. nnil ii, is rneso unit u ecu tuuroccu
... ., .t
unmercifully. Tho nomndio tribes hayo
i in i' aiuiik. inn cuics ineir can i. inu
provinces their pnshti and the hoad
devil at Fez has thorn nil. Harper's
Mngazlno for duly.
How to Tell it (looil I'otntn,
From tho San KmncUco Cull, Aug. H.
Hero is a crood place in which to im
part what is a secret to the vast ma
jority of tho people, it is ono welt worth
knowing. It is simply how to toll a
good potato; that Is as well us can bo
done without cooking it, for sometimes
even experts nro deceived, lake a
sound potato, nud paying no attention
to its outward appearunco, divide it in
ti.tvvri nli'i'PM with vour knlfo nun ex
ainlnu tho exposed surfaces, If there
is so much water, or "iuleo." that seem
Ingly a slight pressuru would cause it to
tall on in urops, you mny uu sure u wn
bo "soggy" alter it is boiled. Tnosi
nru tno I'ciinlsitu dualities for agood po
tato which must appear when one Is cut
In two; tor color, a yeuowisu wane:
If It is a deep yellow iho potato will
not cook woll; tliero must bo aeonslder
ablo amount of moisture, though not
inn niniili! mli the two nieces toiret her
and n whlto froth will appear around
tho edges and upon tho two
surfaces; this signifies tho
nrnsnncit nf starch, and tho more starch.
and consequently froth, tho bettor the
nnliilo. whllo the less thoro U tho pool''
or it will cook. Tho strength of tho
starohy olomont oau bo testod by ro
reaslng tho hold upon one piece of tho
potato, and if it still clings to tho other,
this In Itself Is a vory good sign. These
aro tho experiments generally, made by
exports, and thoy nro ordinarily willing
to buy on tho strength of tholr turning
nut well, thnmrli. as stated abovo. tlioso
tests aro by no means Infallible. 1'ho
antl-Chlneso olomont In society will not
liko tho information that nory largo
percontago of the potatoes consumed in
tills mai-uet aro raised uyuiunnmun,
Imtmiuh Is tkoeaso. Tho "Ulvor Hods,''
our cheapest potato, .which Is grown
along tho banks of tho Saorameuto
Hirer, nrn raised nlmost exclusively by
tho heathen, who ship them to tho
commission merchants, from whoso
Ktm-oa tlinv trn to tint hotels, boarding'
hoiisos, aiiil private houses all over tho
Clt.V, aild IV IOW good seasons nuiK.ua lu.
iiiinnmnu nun uum uunti""x
stand-point.
A young lady and her fathor woo
looking at a druggist, who was vory
nicely balancing tho dollonto littlo
scales on which tho proscription was
bolncr woighod. "Howproelsol how
(InoHiow littlo I" said tho girl. "Yes,
said tho fathor, "but ho will not do bo
with tho bill."
Said tho Gonoral to tho Major,'
"What i your rank, sirP" and tho Ma
jor replied, "I am a Major, uenorai."
PRACTICAL SCIENCE.
Substitute for Uuttn-l'rrclin.
French chemist has obtained a
denso black gum from tho outer layors
of the birch-truo bark by distillation.
It possesses all tho ordinary properties
of gultn-pcrcha, and has the additional
mer.t of resisting thu deterioraiin: in
llticnco of air and tho corrosive action
of acids.
A New Honing Mnrhlne.
An Englishman lias invented a sew
ing macliino which it is claimed is ca
pable of making from 2,000 to fi.OOO
stitches por minute nccordlng to tho
numuor oi nccuics employed, doing,
In fact, tho work of '-'0 persons. This
is said to bo tho first machine invented
hat will mnko a regular running stitch
in exnet imitation of handiwork.
Iteiupiljr for Scrntclim.
A Cnnndlan correspondent nf tho
Scientific American gives the following
simple remedy for scratches in horses:
"Having tried many lotions, etc., only
to obtain temporary relief formv horse.
1 ( oncliidcd to try a mlxttiro of flowers
of sulphur and glycerine, which I mixed
into n paste, using sulllelent glycerine
o give it a glossy appearance, nnd tho
results i obtained in u short tunc wcro
truly wonderful. I apply this pato nt
night, nnd in tho mottling beforo going
out I npply plain glycerin '."
Di-ftlffnt on Tcilllo rulrlr.
Tho printing of gold nnd silver de
signs on carpotlngs and other textile
fubrics is now enrred on to n high de
gree of porfectloivby means of Improve
ments recently introduced, mo nronzo
powder is now united at once wi.h the
printing material, tho liquid silicate of
potash or oxldo of sodium answering
this purpose. Ono part, by weight, of
gold, sliver, or bronze powder, com
bined with two parts of tho silicate, will
give a print roller wineii is cnsiiv trans
ferable by rollers to naper, oil cloth,
woods, and metal. The bronzo thus
printed dries very rapidly, and is not re
movable by oil or wnter, unless they nro
boiling; it nlso boars light nnd heat
equally well, nnd especially sulphuretted
hydrogen, widen has so destructive an
effect on bronzes put on, according to
tho ordinary method, in the form of
powder.
Smelting Iron.
Smelting Iron with petroleum oil has
been found both practicable and advan
tageous. In somo recent trials, the
feeding apparatus consisted of a main
tank containing somo four nnd one-hnlf
barrels of crudo oil, the latter being
convoyed to tho tuyeres by an Inch gas
pipe, whoro, by a series of valves and
pipes, it becomes incorporated with
superheated steam beforo entering the
crucible. It passes Into tho tuyeres
through tho gatoof tho blowpipe, about
an inch abovo tho plug hole, tho capac
ity being from ten to ono hundred gal
lons of liquid nn hour to each tuyere.
The llamo moves with a very rapid mo
tiona motion that would seem to
melt nnythlng with which It came In
contact and tho two volumes, one of
superheated steam and tho other nf oil,
beenmo ono miming voiumo oi puro
carburet of hydrogen.
.Musical Sounds.
Scientific men nro now discussing tho
mcstlon whether tho photophonio or
musical sounds produced, of lato, lu
disks of various substances mica, In
dian rubber, metal, wood, etc by hold
ing them In tho path 6f n rapidly inter
rupted beam of light, nro roally duo to
heat and not to light It appears that
such sounds, or notes, havo been ob
tained from ordinary gas lamps with
out employing lenses to coneeutrnto
tlio interrupted ocnm, oy simpiy urmg
Ing tho receiving disk near tho source
oven a pinto of conpor, heated to a
bright red heat, producing very distinct
niuslcai tones, theso gradually dying
away as tho plato cools to a dull red
followed by obscurity. Again, tho fact
that when tno receiving uisks nro
coated with silver on tho sido noxt tho
llorht tho effects havo proved feoblo, and
wlien coated with ubsorb"nt4ampblack
aro strong, it is thought to throw doubt
on the theory of sounds being duo to
ight.
Tho Folion Suumc,
This sumao is terrible in Its effects,
ofton causing tonipornry blindness.
Somo years ago it became tno fashion
tn wear immense wreaths and bunches
of natlllcial llowors insldo nnd outside
of ladles' bonnets. Tho llowor makers.
being hard pressed for material, mado
uso ol dlieu grasses, suuii-vcssuis, uuis,
and cntklns; theso wero painted, dyed,
frosted, nnd bronzed, to make thorn at
tractive. I becamo grontly interested
In tho business nnd tho ingenuity dis
nhivod: nnd spent much time oxamln
(no- thu contents of milliners' windows.
On ono oecnsion, whon standing boforo
a very fashlonaiiio milliner s window on
Fourteenth street. I was horror-striken
on discovering that au immonso wreath
nf oravlsh berries, which constituted
tho insldo trimming of a bonnet, was
composed entirely of tho berries of the
polson-suniae. just as thoy had been
gathered, not a particle of yarnlsli,
bronze, or other material coating thorn.
Tho bonnet, whon worn, wov.ld bring
tlin nntli-n muss of vllhlillOUS boi'l'IoS Oil
the top and sides of the liend, and i
low ot tno sprays nuoui lliu uurs mm un
tliii forehead. Stopping Into tho store.
1 nddressed the propilelor nnd asked
her if sho know that tho bonnet was
trimmed with the berries of ono of tho
most unisonous shrubs known In tho
iTniinit .Slides. Afterstaripg at mo 111 a
sort of puzzled way, sho informed mo
that I was mistaken; that sho had re
ceived thoso llowors from Paris only a
week ago. "Madam," I roplled, "there
must bo a mlstnko somowhoro, for thoso
are tho bonios of tho polson-sumao,
wnii'h does not grow in Europo." Sho
gave mo ono angry look, nsKod mo to
ploaso attend to my own business, anil
swept away from mo to tho other end
of tho store. A fow days aftor this I
read in thn daily papers nn account of
tho poisoning of anuinbfr of small girls
employed in a French artificial llowo"
manufactory lu Greono street. I nt
onco guessed tho cause. I vUlted the
factory mentioned, Introduced myself
to tho proprietor, told him what I knew
about tho poison berries and was
rudely requobted to mako mysolf scarce
Aftor theso two adventures I made un
my mind to kcop my botanical knowl
edge (poisonous though it might bo) to
myself. Harper's Young People.
Tho quantity of salt produood in this
eountiy lu tho census year 1830 Is re
turned as 29.800.U03 bushols from four
toon States and the Territory of Utah;
4,831,lli0 of this Is by solar evaporation,
Of thU lattor, Calllornla produced 870,
003 bushels from son or bay water;
Eoulslona produced 813,000 (hor total)
from inland lakes, or natural deposits;
Michigan produced 103,500 from subtor
rancau brines; Novnda produced 114,008
from inland iakos, nnd 67,500 from sub
terranean brines; Utah produced 483,
800 from Inland lakes; Now, York pro
duced 3,777,000 from subtorranean
biinos. Of tho total produoi by artlll
elai boat, all from subtorranean brines,
Michigan led with 13.373,885 bushols;
Now York was noxt, with 0,071.303. nil
by kottlo or pan proeoss; Wost Virginia
was next, with 2,070,433, nil by steam
evaporation process: next was Ohio,
with, 3,030,301; next was Pennsylvania,
with 833,130. Tho salt industry em
ploys 201 establishments, having $8,
233,750 capital nnd 5,003 hands, and pay
ing $1,350,113 wnges. Tho vahio of tho
entiio 2!l,800.2()3 bushels of product Is
4.817.030. Michigan stands nt the head
In point of number of establish
ments and hands, wages paid,
nnd quantity produced; Isow York is
next In all respects, and nt tho lic.nl in
capital employed. Loulslann's 312,000
lmsiioisnro rock salt, mined and uround.
Tho number of establishments has de
creased from 800 in 1800 to 201 m 1880,
tho decronso being nearly all in Now
York nnd Pennsylvania; In Now York
tho number has declined from 500 to 09.
In Michigan it has Increased from 1 to
80, and in California f rm 2 to 35. Cap
ital einnloved lias decreased stlrrhtlv in
Now York and lias enormously' In
creased In others. Tho ouantlty of salt
procuce", however, has'lncrcnscd from
13,717,108 bushels In 1800 to 20,800,308 In
1B3U. tno nverngo for one h cstabi si.-
nioivt Increasing from 31,873, to 113,873
bushels. The quantity of salt imported
wns 007.743.000 pounds In 1871. II20.378
000 In 1874. 8G(i,()87.000 in 187(1, 1HH),210,
000 In 1877, 8G0.5S!).()(K) In 1878. 1)00,015,
000 In 1800, nnd 003,I170;000 in 1880. The
values bnvo not always kept the samo
pace ns tho quantities, tho 807,087,000
in 1870 being worth Sl.773.4in. nnd thu
001,310.000 pounds in 1870 being worth
i,u.iw,osi. i no value of our exports of
this commodity were but f (1,013 In 1880,
nnd tho maximum during tho decade
was only 1 10,1 15, In 1871.
The Atlanta Kipoxltton.
From tho lloMon Hcrtihl.
Tho Atlanta Exposition Is sum to be
a much bigger all air than the most
sanguine ot its projectors dreamed.
Applications for spneo are beginning
to pour in nt such a rate ami in sucn
numbers that the building of an annex
to tho exhibition structuro proper
is highly probable. Already the man
agement iias been compelled to build
nu annex to thu railroad exhibit build
ing. Agricultural Hall has grown to
txvlco tho size originally contemplated,
while the art and industrial pavlllion
has been enlarged. The books now show
nearly 2,000 entries, of such variety
ns to justify the title of the Atlan
ta "International" Exposition. Tho
railway exhibit, which has so wonder
fully outgrown thu plans of the manage
ment, will bo ono of the great features
of thu exposition. Tho products, min
eral and agricultural, of 15,000 miles of
railway will boon exhibition. Acurious
exhibit is that of a North Carolina (Inn.
which will show 2,000 specimens of med
leal herbs giown in North Carolina.
Tlio cotton exhibit will contain every
thing, from thu plow which breaks up
thu ground for tlio crop to thu compli
cated and delicately adjusted loom
which turns out thu tin est fabrics. A
premium of $ 1.000 has been offered for
tho best bale of staplo cotton. Tho eon
test for this prlzo will bo a lively ono.
Tanner Demi.
From tho Hloii.x City JuiiriuU.
Dr. Tanner, tho famous faster, is
dead. Ho had gono to Amsterdam.
Holland, to perform another feat of
fasting, such ns lie underwent in Mew
York, nnd which attracted world-wido
attention. Among tho skeptics In re
gard to tho doctor's feat was a Dr Croft,
a coicuraicd iiouann piiysicinn, oi Am
sterdam, nnd sovcral Dutch papers had
expressed disbelief in tho genuineness
of tho fast. Tho object of Dr. Tanner In
going to Amsterdam was to perform in
Dr. Croft's house a fast similar to that
which ho had gono through In this
country. Ho reached Amsterdam no
compnnicd by his wlfo and two chil
dren, niid after recuperating a week at
a hotel, Informed tho landlord who ho
wns, and tho naturo of his visit.
Dr. Croft was absent at this time, but
returned shoatly af torwards and hasten
ed to greet tho faster. Dr. Tanner ran
out of his room to recetvu him, but In
doing so missed his footing nt the top
of tlio stairs and fell to the bottom.
The full caused concussion of tho brain
nnd other injuries, and tho unfortunate
faster beathed his last thu next day. His
death was In queer cintrast with tho
fame ho had labored so hard to earn,
and tho notoriety ho nehleved, for ho
iiad been been dead nt least threo weeks
when a London correspondent happen
ed to learn of tho facts in tho case, and
made tho first public announcement In
the London Standard. Even now thu
dato of his death is unknown In this
country.
Mr. nnil Mrs. tipoopentlyko Wrcstlo With
the Sarti Trunk.
"My dear," said Mrs. Spoopendyko.
ns sho aroso from hor knees, not nnd
tired with packing, and rubbing thn
small of her back ns sho straightened
up. "I'm all through now. and I wish
you would lockthis trunk."
"Certainly," replied Mr. Snoopon
dyko, dropping his paper and slam
ming down thu lid. "All you'vo got to
do is just lit tho hasp in tho lock and
turn tho kov. Sol"
But tho key didn't qulto turn, and
Mr. Spoopendyko hit the hasp with tho
side of his list and tried it again.
"Don't it work V" nsked Mrs. Spoon
ondyko, watching tho proceeding with
consldorablo interost.
It'll work if you'll let it alono," said
Mr. Spoopendyko severely, and ho
raised tho lfd, droppod it again,
pounded tho hasp and wrenched at tho
koy with all his strength. "Stand back
and give mo room, can't you?" ho
growled as ho pressed down on tho
cover and gave tho koy quick twists In
a vnlu ellort to catch tlio lock una
wares. "Why don't you rest your weight on
it and let mo lock It?" asked Mrs.
Spoopendyko, lluttorlng around hor
husband ami wondering if ho was
thoroughly awaro that his plug hat was
Immediately under tho lid.
"Havo you got tho time to koop nway
from this thlug nnd let mo work it?"
demanded sir. spooponuyKO, contem
plating his wlfo with a Spartan expres
sion of visago. "S'poso I can do any
thing with you sitting on my elbow?
If You'll go down collar for a minute
I'll' lock Mils trunk," and Mr. Spoopen
dyko banged away at tho hasp and
breathed hard. But his best efforts
could only turn tho koy half way.
"Ohl ain't I clad you couldn't lock
Itr'oxolalmed Airs. Spoopondyko, ux
ious to stay her husband's growl
wrath, "I forgot to put in your walk
ing cane,"
"Dodgasttho canol" sputtorod Mr.
Spoopondyko. "S'poso it's going to
lock any easier with a dod gastod walk
ing cniio sticking out nt ono end?
What's tho reason I can't lock It? And
ho stood off and fetched the hasp v.
tremendous kick..
"Anything olso you'vo forgotton to
put In?" And ho sprang on thu lid and
tugged at tho koy with His head thrown
ba-.sk nnd his tooth sot, "Got a couplo
of mliTors you want put in bore? Any
china around tho house that wants to
ride In this trunk? Want, to put In
that dod gusted ass at tho top of the
lloor who trios to play tho liddlo?" And
ho Hopped off on to tho lloor and
bnngou at tho hasp again.
J'Lct mo sit on it," suggostod Mrs.
Spoopondyko, i'lmbing up without
waiting for a rosponso. "Now try It."
Mr. Spoonpondyko tumbled around
ami worked at tho hasp ami koy, but
fruitlessly.
"Can't you sit any hardor than that?"
ho yelled, . as tho koy stuck and
wouldn't turn olthor way. "Frald of
broaklng tho nioasly thiug? Press
down can't yo?"
Mrs. Spookond6ko squirmed around
nnd saidi "Now doar," and then
looked to sco how ho wns gottlng on,
but seo tho look wns obdurate.
"Dod gasttho measly trunk I" howled
Mr. Spoopondyko, firing tho key out of
the window and having tho trunk n
farewell kit k. "If you want it locked
get a blneksmlfji nnd n steam derrick,"
and Mr. Spoopendyko thtow itself into
a ehalrand (trctended to bury himself
in his paper.
"I don't know how wo'ro over going
to get it open.'; said Mrs. Spoopondyko
nfter a long silence.
'Got what open?" growled hor hus
band. "Tho trunk. Now I remember It's
got a spring lock, and when you took
tlio koy out tt locked itself. I don't sup
pose wo enn over llnd tho koy."
"That's Itl" yelled Mr. Spoopondyko.
"You know all about it now! Why
didn't you tell mo it wns a spring lock?
Whal'd yo keep It to yourself for?"
"I forgot," whimpered Mrs. Sponpen
dyke; "but It will bo nil right. I can
open it."
"Oh, you ennopon Itl" snorted Mr.
Spoopendyko. "You'ro an openorl All
you want Is to bo sharpened on hot h
sides to bo nn oystor knlfo! With .
dark lantern and n skull capyor. ma
a full set of burglars' toolsl Oh. y .
you'll open 111 If you had a looso h?
dlo and ono corner kicked off you'd g
rich as a screw drlvorl" and Mr. Spo
ondyko tore out of tho houso to so,,
ho could borrow something to pry oe
the unfortunate trunk.
"That gives mo timo to pack tho
valise," murmured Mrs. Spoopendyko.
"and as 1'vo gt nnothor koy to the
trunk we'll do pretty well aftor all, "nnd
tho worthy lady began to jam night
shirts and hair oil Into tho bags.togetner
with sandwiches and tooth brushes,
wondering betimes whether Mr. Siioop.
endyku's silk hat had beon so badly
smashed that tt wouldn't do to go llsh
inglnon rnlny days, oven It It didn't
look woll enough forchurch. Brooklyn
Eagle.
HOW TO CONDUCT A VA1HV I' A 1 1. 11
To begin, then, if any of you wcro
to take possession of a dairy farm
next week, I would say, fill nn ico
houso with ice, if you havo. not already
dono so, say from eight to twenty feet
square, according to tho sizo ot tho
dairy and tho occupation pursued; if
for che'eso eight feet square is suffi
cient; if you mako butter, an ice houso
twenty feet squaro nnd fourteen feet
high will bo ample for a dairy of fifty
cows with common well water. As
soon ns tho ico house is filled, or be
tween now and April, cut, buy, borrow,
or beg a year's supply of firewood.
This will savo many annoyances and a
great deal of bad temper, out doors
mid in tho house. Next ascertain if
you have on hand sufficient feed, say
twelve pounds of hay, twclvo pounds
of corn stalks and straw, four pounds
of corn meal, eight pounds of bran
for each cow, or its equivalent, per day
to last until the 14th of May. If not,
rcduco the number of cows, or procure
tho feed; remember that no one ever
cheated n cow without sho retaliated
with heavy costs. Tho next sensible
thing to do would bo to comuicnco
hauling tho manure direct from tho
stnblo to your fodder corn ground, of
which there should bo no less than one
eighth of an aero for each cow. Some
timo in April, or as soon ns the frost is
out of tho ground, onts should bo sown
and corn ground fitted, so ns to plant
on or beforo tlio twentieth of Mny. I
would not recommend anv other kind
of grain, unless it should bo rye, sown
in tlio fall, whoro you want to seed
down; this ryo docs for early soiling in
a dry spring, or makes good horso feed
when ripe, and is tho king of all grain
with which to sow grass seed, for you
novcr havo bad luck seeding with rye.
Cows in milk should bo fed each day
until turned out to pasture, what hay
hay they will cat and not less than six
quarts of ground corn and o-tts, or
bran, or nil, mixed; aftor thoy aro turn
ed out they sliould havo not less than
three quarts, substituting wheat mid
dlings for corn meal; after haying,
which should bo commenced by tho
18th of Juno on clover, and all grasses
cut by tho end of tho second
wcok in July. This will allow
low of two cuttings, and in somo casso
of threo for now seeding clover
always supposing you havo had sense
enough to sow plaster in tlio spring.
This brings mo to the most import
ant part of dairy farming. It is, so to
speak, a fork in tho road ono of
which leads to pastured meadows, which
means a short hay crop,killcd out clover,
empty barns, disappointment and finan
cial loss; tlio other road leads to per
manent meadows, replenished clover,
full barns, nnd constant gain; therefore
I writo in a coarso hand, and wish to
read in a loud voice, novcr pasturo
your meadowsl A fow ladies m Bos
ton, Inst year, started a savings bank,
and agreed to give lady depositors
eight por cent, in advance, per month,
on deposits. It is needless to say that
depositors lost everything except tho
first ndvanco interest, paid out of their
own monoy. Pasturing meadows is
not much better financiering. If clo
ver meadows nro not pastured, thoy ro
seed themselves, by somo heads falling
down, and not all reached by tho
mower, and tho aftermath prevents
freezing out, nnd two crops a year can
bo cut as long as desired. One-fourth
of tho meadow out after the 1 5th of
July, and fed to cows in tho stablo,
will furnish moro feed than the entire
meadow when pastured. A good hord
of cows, fed as abovo indicated, will
produco on nn avcrngo 5,000 pounds
and ovor of milk per year; if mado into
cheese will produco 500 pounds, which
sold tho past year for an avcrngo of
cloven and thrco-fourtlis cents por
poiind; averaging nor cow $58.75. If
mado into butter tho nverngo would Ijo
about tho samo, which, with rofuso for
hogs and calves added, would mako ro
coipts for cows per head ovor $00.
Thoso calculations aro mado on tho
supposition that tho milk was worked
up on tho farm. Chocso and buttor
faotories havo doiio much for the dairy
intorcst of this Stato, and will con
tinue to do moro; but it will havo to bo
conceded that no dairyman, having fifty
cows, can afford to patronize a factory,
for tho reason that , tho price paid for
manufacturing will hiro a man to work
it up nt homo. Tho whey or butter
milk is much better if fed boforo an
excess of acid has consumed tho bettor
portion of it, as it invariably docs when
stored in largo quantities. Making
Cheddar cliccso has been reduced to
rules so plain and simplo that they can
bo easily learned; and making butter
by submerging tho milk, ns soon as
drawn from tho cow, in ico water, at a
tcmpcraturo of forty-fivo degrees, is as
simple a process as milking, and much
sooner learned, so that tliero is no
longer any excuse for making poor
butter or poor cheese. In regard to
tho different breeds for milkers, I think
it safo to say that no ono breed has es
tablished superiority over nil others.
It is but just to say that Ilolstcins,
Ayrshircs nnd Jerseys nro uniformly
good, but sometimes tlioso called na
tives nro equal to any of thcni.
Xo practical dairyman will deny that
tho most ordinary herd of native cows,
if intelligently fed, will bo more prof
itable than the choicest breeds kept in
cold barns, and fed on marsh hay and
straw. The chief elements of milk,
chemists tell us, aro albuminoids and
curbohynratcs, and all feed consists of
tho samo elements, but in widely dif
ferent proportions. A cow is not n
God to create, but only a chemist to
sort out and store up; therefore, when
we demand milk from a cow, wo should
feed her the proper ingredients out of
which milk is made. The best of milk
cows, if ignorantly and scantily fed.
return small, if any, profits; n poor
cow, so fed, entails a pocitivo los.s.
O.ie of tho standing objections to dairy
farming is tho wiiio spread complaint
used by three-fourths of all dairymen,
that they cannot get good hired help.
Tho worst of this complaint is that
tlioso who mako it think they aro tell
ing tho futh. I know of but one ef
fectual method of ending this com
plaint, and that is to hiro ono moro
hand. As a rule it is not poor help,
bjt too littlo of it. No good hand
will stay long whore ho is overworked,
or tho work always behind hand. It
requires ono hand to every ten cows;
it won't do to count ns ono of theso
hands a shirking son, a gadding daugh
ter, or a shiftless farmer, that goes to
town every afternoon, and stays talk
ing politics until after milking time.
Thoy must bo promptly at tho stable
door at roll call. The standing objec
tion to moro help is, I can't afford it.
Twenty years' experience has convinc
ed mo that you can't afford to do with
out this ono moro hand, and to keep
him all winter. It is tho common
practico in nearly all cheese making
d'stricts to dry up tho cows and turn
o,T tho hired man ns soon as cold
weather sets in, say early in December.
With such treatment to cows coming
into milk tho next May, is n loss of
one-fourth of tho receipts, and a cer
tain loss of all tho profits of such
cows for tho whole year; for if sho is
properly treated, sho will produco not
less than n half pound of butter per
day for 100 days between December
rud April, and ten such cows will hiro
n man for a year. Tho sum of the
wholo matter is plenty of help; plenty
of good feed intelligently fed, is tho
open scsamo to the tangiblo profits of
dairy fanning. Iliram Smith in West
ern Rural.
,
im.ll'T llOHSHS.
The largo importations of the various
breeds of draft horses into this country
now being mado,cannotbut havo agood
inlluenco upon tho horse stock of tho
United States. Tho importations aro
generally Norman-Pcrchcrons,Normans
and Clydesdales recognized ns tho
threo leading families of tho draft
horso in Europe. Each havo their
adinirors, who can seo only good points
in their favorites, whilo tho others aro
scouted as comparatively worthless. In
tho opinion of tho unprejudiced pcoplo,
howovcr, theso horses aro all calculated
to greatly improve out native stock of
working horses, nnd uo ono who breeds
from cither will mako much of a mis
take. Tliero is no doubt, also but that theso
horses aro being bred to a higher
standard than formerly. This is notably
tho caso with the improved Clydcsdalo,
wlioso flat sides have been rounded out,
his back shortened and his loin broad
ened within tho past twenty years,until
ho has becomo a handsome specimen of
tho draft horse. Ho is not so slow in
his movements nor so ungainly ns
formcrly,whilo his good disposition and
sound constitution havo been retained.
For heavy work, such as trucking in
cities, lumbering, etc., half-bred Clydcs
will provo vory valuable Thoy nro
generally good tempered, hardy, nnd
capablo of moving immense loads, points
which makes them great favorites
among truckmen in cities. Michigan
Farmer.
AN I.Hl'llOVIII) STOCK Cilt.
Tho Wintcrsot Madieonian says:
Mr. II. Vanwy, of tho firm of Vanwy
& Koehlor, cattlo and hog buyers of
this county, is highly pleased over
an invention for sprinkling hogs in
transit, that has been introduced by tho
ltock Island railroad company. It con
sists of a tank holding sovcral barrols
of wator in each end of tho car, from
which pipes run longthwiso of tho car.
By turning a valvo slightly it sprinkles
tho hogs ir. tho contor of tho ear, then
turning it a littlo moro tho forco of tho
wator causes it to sprinklo on each sido
of the contor, and so on till it rcaohos
thorn to tho farther sidoB of tho car.
Last Thursday, it will bo recollected,
was ono of tho hottest days this sum
mer, and Mr. Vanwy shipped fivo cars
of hogs, including, ns wo call it, one. of
theso sprinkling cars. In tlio four
common cars ho lost from ono to three
hogs by tho heat, whilo in tho sprink
ling car, although ho had on 19,000
pounds of hogs, ho didn't !oso ono, and
thoy camo through in good shape
Go whoro thou wilt thy bUUwlU sure-,
ly tlud thoo out.