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GEORGIA.
rr ~f the Great Fire-Eater of
Endni‘"“ (J , lJrr t in the Stirring
b ;
*•' . . of Robert Toombs, the
Tb* •Pl* south, as a delegate
pe*t ‘ t ‘ y jj.Kiist conference at
■ • ’••' ' V( . wv an Augusta (Ga.,)
Utrt- , .-Journal, marks a
•• ' . , it is an era in strange
L .*ra *• stormv career of one of
c Btri ' _. '‘ nt mc .n America has ever
•, the closing scene in a
I* '■' ‘ ~j, must soon become a
*P e '_ . 0 f [|is conversion was
man. Bishop Geo.
: -* ra ’ l\“ ,~1 ~, n a eollegemate of
¥■ 1 " ( . ta ,. r these two young stu
one from Wilke* county, the
,;H „ n r ,.,r.e- the one the petted,
a ; r ~fa substantial gentleman,
' . , b , to- srhtful child of a labori
v, V-‘ minister, pursued their
r: mr - holastic victories, yet
With Toomba the
‘ 'cam- "instinctively; with Pierce
ir "' !M - burning of the midnight
r■ was ever under the rod of
,jl " n which, tradition tells us, re
c' :ry ',; ' 4 r , m „, alto Princeton; and even
' ‘hi* p bellio is spirit would brook no
'r'bun Pierce turned his back upon
'* ! f• . -of voutb and engaged in the
:t ’'- ai sl-rv • .-s* in the little church of
* 1 father, Lovic l’ierce, was
" y.t l. ' ur.' and Pierce were the
if „f frieu N. and in the long career
c, r h .-r— c ntly opened to both of
, .. i> .drifted into |>litics and
_>i,. jn , istrom of oneof the most
t a . v>e. i- 1* -of history, and the other
1 i‘!" r , f erm> nt in the church, liecoming
‘ - , tiicr* never ceased for
nt tb it at! tchment l*orn of college
rn. >!■ • ring Bishop Pierce one
ago, religion was men
‘*.s\ ; limtd Toombs-impetu
-I a.uit >. ito baptize me. When
i v ul 1 ib* nut want these young
m ,-n n ti-, tire: s naturally into infidelity
j, . j. t . rmiaation caused a sensation
It sent astonish
£.‘nt tl, r , uii’uat class which laughs at
a „;‘ v thine-, while it liruught joy to every
rC'.'tian'heart. <>nce more there was a
vinl r feeling for Toombs, such as had
! • ! • n ielt since the days when he was
•h." prut of Georgia manhood. It was a
tothmess more bill of sympathy than
.v -r went ■ut to him before. When the
a’ ; int*il Mimlav came, it found the old
statesman surroundeil by his neighbors of
gft i■ ars, among whom was his brother,
wui.se joy at the event about t*> take place
totiml vent in tears. Toombs himself was
iifeeted. anil fur once found hesitancy in
lii-ecti when Bishop Pierce, faking him
bp the hand, gretied him as a brother in
TOOMBS’ KUtT GKIKK
ieadin. up to this profession of faith was
a .real U reavement. Full fifty years be
fore, the baiulsume young ehevalter won
I:.. .War! and band of Miss >ara DuK* ISC,
i lady distinguished fur her accomplish
ments and family name. Ever after she
was indeed his better half. She went
with him un bis palilical missions; she
was with him on his tours of observation,
ac l she was his confidential friend iu the
fullest meaning of the word in all his
transactions. When he entered Congress
■ with him, and the home life
which tin pair enjoyed in the quaint
little village ol' Washington was main
tained in the greater Washington, which
was the scene of his political triumphs.
The two grew old together, more like a
eouplfc of confiding children than like
popli if the world. They always kept
faith with each other. M rs. Toombs had
been fur ymrs a member of the Methodist
church, it was Mr. Toombs’ habit, when
-peaking jocularly, to claim that be was
in consequence a brother-in-law to the
church. With increasing age came fail
ing health. I'uc fond wife was kindly,
!. nib-rh nursed by her distinguished hus
band. When they went to their Clarks
ville mountain home, in the early spring
of a month ago, Mrs. Toombs wiis living
her last days. Her death was the great
M"W which sobered Toombs. His
thoughts turned from the grave to God,
and he made his peace. By the grave of
this noble Chris’ tin •• .-nas* a remarkable
fact is suggested. She bad been for fifty
years the wife of a man of wonderlul
magnetism, of gigantic physique, of en
gaging manners. Over half of this time
a- sjamt in the national capitol, where
her husband was surrounded by all the
allurements of flattery, all the wiles of the
-ball the upis.rtunitles of his manners
-tation. Yet through it all Toombs
was a laithlul husband. Not even a
wiii-p, r has ever tieen made which could
compromise his name. What a comment
tuis is on the fidelity of the husband and
the influence of the w ife.
TIIK USiMBS OF FORMER YEARS.
Louking from the bent figure which
<■ u tie- other day on Greene street,
>' f t tearing traces of former years,
, “V nc,i '*l.v turns to the prints
mea givs the shadow of the Toomlm-of
; W; is then in the zeuith of his
u ' i' u ? and intellectual strength,
u- . j ; already woe the attention of the
ncput’hc; his fiery eloquence had made
“ a uated in the home of aliolitionjsm
asile was worshijKd by his followers in
ben he spoke a nation
"‘ththe im|vetuosity ofNia
f[f L i'twipitated the events which led
* us .reat stni.-glc in which cannon
i w i e of tho ballot. From the
nfederate senate and Cabinet of Jeffer
•, a post in the field,
. l i iu! tlj c‘ place of every man
as ,n the front. Theqtialities, however,
.i m idi- him formidable in debate
biisn't^ 11 ? weak .' n tl, e field. lie was not
'u’n. Toombswasnotdes
ofth ■ "*'• of the military heroes
i jl't ' ' *he stories of his disobedience
• . -an i in- refusal to consider him
them’M ! 'IT. ' 1 are numerous, some of
p. llv! 'Hlible, were they uot vouched
v'' ' th ‘ [ony of fate, the struggle
av. •“., “’ n ? ' f* a d dune so much to bring
h:s h... ' s,l "'-’d to come to an end at
1 l! "as within a few miles of
•' ‘■■’wenee that Jefferson Davis
I'm. h -r : * vi* ‘ ’* net council, when Col.
bp the ft. a” u li ‘S a n regiment, following
I r V,,n " '?- chieftain, overtook him in
hie i.res.>>i n .'' 'r w; *s informed of
time t ' ■" * , e Federal soldier just in
_ nigut on that most unroman
he' ' i„i r V~ U< mu, e- For a few davs
tt lowi?T tU f w i th <-’>• E. A. Tate, in
Tati sr - i rt f Klbert countv. In Col.
was a life-sized
-- r - ' ’‘? l n ,s * a “d so great was
tgn nce t,lat one seeing the pic
ci.;..r, ,j' P Ol m .‘ stak e the man. The
tw,—n t), * ''' noticed the similarity be*
pu-turr T) m ''J- nous stranger and the
lunnit',, ii , Bta . tion was soon over
levvanu i ‘.f a s, ' ies - "h° offered large
hundred fugitive— yet, though a
hai ;- nVV oreil teople could lay their
p: . a IIU- , lU 'f °uc revealed his hiding
id-lit T ~ 'nii'-rful example of colored
escjpgV- ,u oufhs after his final
that h„nia,il V i l in I>ari9 * Here it was
fck. n t “’ hit- memorable answer when
•ere Of llVed ; “3 a ™ caung an
Wetv Uis expienses
Texas i■ *; sold a quantity of
answer which
* n ;', r :; turn home he lived quietly, but
■fimer ~. aßn °y e d by the visits of
wor-t' . correspondeatt. One of the
sniAUer,uo'L'i 111 * waa George W.
ta- \/ u , j ae D’ndon correspondent of
*ensat , „ rk f ribume. The Ku Klux
arrivJ.'i . h as 3, Us height when Smaller
•eo# f, n ,i i *’ Tho correspondent
have a lirlt i ooßlb ** "ho determined to
fck-i t V ** his expense. Smaller
~Ye% '".? , ral about the Ku Klux. '
*ll af, tthl„ k Toom bs. “I’ll tell vou
place.- !iKm tbut nrst let us get a safe
T> mmr.Jjj 1 ™ off some distance, Gen.
Jewi s i, ated out an unsuspecting
tac* iv .’ whose physical apj>ear
’•Ther l -F gainst him.
the gr .'tsaid _ Toombs. “That is
fri end vou^f? the K u Klux Klan. M v
it is onlv ol a^ >me K oTer t 0 “T hou sc':
- - place where you would be
safe from his observation. I will do my
tiest to get you safely out of the country.’’
Scared half to death, Smalley followed
the General, and entering the mansion the
door was closed, when Gen. Toombs said:
“Now vou are safe. I will see the chief
of the Kl'an ami try and get a pass for you
out of the country?’
Meantime there was no attention want
ing to make Smalley comfortable. lie
was treated like a prince, and soon under*
went a change of heart about Toombs
and began to regard him as one of the
grandest of men.
Finally a rap was beard at the door.
“Leave it all to me,” said the General.
••This is the great cyclops. 1 will get him
to get you a pass.”
The Jew entered, in obedience to
Toombs’ summons, which had been pre
viously sent him. He was thoroughly
ignorant ot the use which was being made
of him. consequently Toombs’ talk threw
! him into confusion, for he did not under
stand iu motive. This confusion was
1 duly noted by Smalley, who put it down
as an evidence of the man’s guilt. Final
ly, when the bewildered Hebrew departed
without having given any apparent satis
faction, Gen. Toombs turned to Smalley
and said:
“1 have staked my honor for your safe
ty. Before daylight 1 will have my closed
carriage ready, into which you must be
placed. As the Klan will think that lam
within, it will not be molested, and soon
you will be placed at a safe distance.”
Thus Smalley found his exit from the
little village of Washington, and soon
after gave his wonderful letter to the
public. This version of the affair is told
by one of Gen. Toombs’ closest friends.
THE PHIXCE UNBENDS.
BHinarck’s Morning Beer Party in His
Berlin Palace.
Prince Bismarck gave his Parliament
ary “Fruhschoppen,” or morning party,
says the St. James Gazette of the 21st ult.,
yesterday at the Palace in the Wilhelm
strasse, Berlin. It has come to be
regarded as one of the events of the sea
son. This year the affair was to some
extent marred by unfavorable weather,
and Prince Bismarck, instead of enter
taining his guests in the grounds attached
to his palace, received them at the door of
the celebrated Congress Chamber. The
absence of the cheering sun was to some
extent made up for by the strains of a
military band, while the Prince’s visitors
regaled themselves from richly supplied
buffets, and with bumpers oi the choicest
beer, claret, Ithenish, and champagne.
The “private conference,” of course,
turned out to lie of a very light and chatty
kind, its chief feature being the monolo
gues of the lord of the mansion. The
guests included, in addition to a larger
number of ladies than usual, most of the
Ministers, members of the Federal Council,
and members of nearly all sections of the
Opposition, as well as" of the Ministerial
parties. Among the Liberals present was
Herr ltickert, whom Prince Bismarck
greeted in a very lriendly manner, in
sjiite of their strong political antagonism.
One of the Prince’s guests questioned
him as tothebrewingof theexcelleut beer
he was drinking, and was told that it was
Franciscan brew from Munich, and a gift
to him from Count Holstein. A story
which was told of certain important diplo
matic services rendered by the latter
nobleman at a critical moment during the
Franco-German war reminded Prince
Bismarck of an interview he had with
M. Thiers on the subject of the capitula
tion of Paris, and the money contribution
to be imposed on the city.
The episode, which has never been re
lated betore, was thus described by Prince
Bismarck:
"Of course, I demanded as much as I
knew beforehand would be refused me. I
said to M. Thiers, ‘A city so large and
wealthy as Paris would feel insulted if I
asked anything under a milliard.’ On
this M. Ttiers made a very wry face and
prepared to take bis leave. 1 accom
panied him out of politeness, and the
negotiation was continued on our way
down stairs, and on the last step but one
we agreed to the sum of 200 millions.
Hereupon 1 went to the Emperor, and put
to him whether it would not be as well to
assign these 200 millions to the South
German States, which had to pay us war
indemnities in 1866. The Emperor said:
‘Prepare me, then, a resolution to this
effect,’ to which I replied that this I could
not do, adding, that as soon as I took up
my pen as Chancellor the matter was
done, ‘for your Majesty must do it your
self asCommander-in-Chiefof the German
army.’ I remained alone in my opinion,
and the matter went do further.
THE PRINCE OF ORANGE.
How He was Assassinated by Philip’s
Agent.
Philip 11. had promised2s,ooo crowns of
gold to any one who would murder the
Prince of Orange, says Good Words. An
attempt had already been made, hut had
failed, and William refused to take any
measures for self-protection, saying: “It
is useless; my years are in the hands of
God; if there is a wretch who has no fear
ot death my life is in his bands, however
I may guard it.” At length a young man
of seven and twenty appeared at Delft,
who gave himself out to be one Guyon, a
Protestant, son of Pierre Guyon, executed
at Besancon for having embraced
Calvinism, and declared that he
was exiled for his religion. Really
he was Balthazar Gerard, a bigoted
Catholic, but his conduct in Holland
soon procured him the reputation
of an evangelical saint. The Prince took
him into his service and sent him to ac
company a mission from the States of
Holland to the Court of France, whence
he returned to bring the news of the death
of the Duke of Anjou to William. At that
time the Prince was living with his Court
in the convent of St. Agata, where he re
ceived Balthazar alone in his chamber.
The moment was opportune, but the
would-be assassin had no arms ready.
William gave him a small sum of money
and bade him hold himself in readiness
to he sent back to France. With the
money Balthazar bought two pistols from
a soldier, who afterward killed himself
when he heard the use which was made
of the purchase. On the next day, June
10, 1584, Balthazar returned to the con
vent as YVilliam was descending the
staircase to dinner with his fourth
wife, Louise de Coligny, (daughter of
the Admiral who fell in tne massacre of
Bt Bartholomew) on his arm. He pre
sented his passport and begged the Prince
to sign it, but was told to return later.
At dinner the Princess asked YVilliam
who was the yoigng man who had spoken
to him, for hR expression was the most
terrible she had ever seen. The Prince
laughed, said it was Guyon, and was as
gay as usual. Dinner being over, the
family party were about to remount the
staircase. The assassin was waiting ill a
dark corner at the foot ot the stairs, and
as William passed he discharged a pistol
with three balls and fled. The Prince
staggered, saying: “I am wounded; God
have" mercy upon me and my poor peo
ple.” His sister, Catherine vou Schwartz
bourg, asked: “Do you trust in Jesus
Christ?” He said “Yes” with a feeble
voice, sat down upon the stairs, and died.
AUNT HANNAH AM) THE GOAT.
She Wti as Happy as a Queen Until She
Stooped Down.
Old Hannah was hanging a wet shift
across the clothes-line in the back yard,
says the Courier-Journal. Raz had
hooked a tiery untamed billy goat and tied
him up in the cow-shed with a rope. He
wanted to keep him tied up until he got
used to the place, and then use him for a
horse to draw a miniature tally-ho. The
goat didn’t like the surroundings, and
while Raz was out looking for an old
bustle for him to chew he gnawed the
rope in two which held him a prisoner.
Raz's ina was hanging up clothes and
singing:
“I wvu sick an’ weak an’ weary,
Sow t’se happy as a queen.
Ease I'm drinking ob ue waters
font de Well ob Aberdeen. *’
Just then she stooped down to pick out
another shirt to hangup on the line. The
goat was loose—he was on the war-path,
and Hannah was in the path. The goat
saw her, and putting all the power and
strength of a loose locomotive into his
head, backbone and hind legs, he reared
up, yelled once, and made a terrific dive
at the big end of the object leaning over
the basket, and went on out through the
side alley into the street. The line
stretched across the yard cracked like
whip lashes when they let go, and the air
was full of wet clothes. The old woman
leaped over the basket and lit against the
water barrel at the corner of the house,
covered with wet shirts and other wear
ing apparel. The back yard was a wreck.
"IX* ole man” came in with a two-foot
catfish, and Raz arrived with an old army
blanket. Ike viewed the scene a minute
and said: “Boy. whar waz you w’en de
slycone hit dis back yard? Go help yo’
mudder in de house.”
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1884.
JERUSALEM OF TO-DAY.
A Novel View of the Holy City—The
Home of Peculiar People—Expecta
tion of the New Jerusalem—An Inter
esting American Colony of Second
Adventists— Particulars of Their Life
and Thoughts.
fesaisfl Pott Letter.
Jerc Salem, June 9.—Jerusalem is full
of cranks. This sounds a little coarse,
perhaps, but it is the only expression
which I know adequate to convey the
precise thought.
The Holy City, while it is the object of
the most solemn and tender regard by all
Christians, is at the same time an attrac
tion for all the religious driftwood in this
great world. In this way it has become
an abode of Second Adventists, Restitu
tionists, Latter Day “Prophets,” and a
thousand and one other “peculiar people.”
These various enthusiasts have organiza
tions here for ihe furtherance of their
views, and often organizations at home
with which they communicate by letter.
Each clique lives in a certain rut of
thought, and never gets out of that par
ticular rut, eveu so much as to crawl up
to a point where they can look over it into
the rut immediately next to them. By
thus living in a rut the members are able
to harmonize everything in the Bible with
their strange theories and wonder at the
stupidity of the world in not seeing as
they do.
The different systems of belief are con
tradictory in the most essential points,
and yet all claim the Bible-as authority,
quoting passage after passage in favor of
their doctrine, and disposing of all diffi
culties in a satisfied manner. Correspond
ents seldom mention these things in writ
ing from Jerusalem, and it has occurred
to me to do so in a charitable way. I
cannot give names always, since it would
injure the feelings of similar believers in
America, who are familiar with the writ
ings of these cracked religionists in cer
tain fanatic newspapers. For be it known
that the majority of these religious
cranks bail from the United states, which
has produced so many and strange re
ligions.
First there is a clique that opposes the
idea of natural immortality altogether.
There will be no resurrection of the dead,
good or bpd. They claim that the Bible
plainly says so! One of the advocates of
this doctrine is an American woman who
is waiting for the coming of Christ, pray
ing that it may be in her day, since when
He does come, then those who are living
will have immortality conferred upou
them. She says she only wishes that she
could believe "in the final resurrection of
those who are already dead. *
Then there are those calling themselves
the “Church of God.” who hold that
wicked souls shall surely die (annihila
tion ), and that the souls of the good die at
the natural death, but are recreated by
God at the judgment day. This anoma
lous view doesn’t seem to purify its de
votees altogether. Several of them work
on Sunday. One woman takes in sewing,
and a man makes beehives on the Lord’s
Day.
Lastly, there are those who hold to im
mortality most tenaciously. One man
goes so far that he says, in approaching
me:
“Ah, your face looks familiar, but yet I
know 1 have never seen it before in this
world. 1 wonder if we were acquainted
in the ages when we were good before the
world began ?”
I assure him that I can’t rely upon my
memory in such remote matters.
Another man of this same school fancies
he has been sent to Palestine to proclaim
the certainty of everlasting torment.
Of course, there are all the intermediate
shades of belief on the immortality ques
tion.
One very peculiar case our country has
not the honor of claiming for her own,
that of a very intelligent Scottish divine,
who has come here with gray hair and
beard to labor for the rebuilding of Zion.
He is an exceedingly pleasant gentleman,
and very clever. But he is an enthusiast
over the subject of the restoration of
Palestine. Said he to me:
“Oh, the second coming of our Lord is
very near now. 1 rather expect to sec it.
I have the assurance in my heart that I
shall. His feet shall come down on Oli
vet, and the Mount of Olives, we read,
shall be cleft in twain. Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob, and all the rest, will come back
here to sit down with us. We are going
to have the metropolis of the world at
Jerusalem. The present city must pass
away, it must all be torn down, Mosque
of Omar and everything, it would never
do to have any of the present rude mate
rial in our glorious future capital. The
new Jerusalem must be the finest city in
the world, and its temple must surpass
the one of old. We will have a great uni
versity there. Every year representatives
of all "the nations on" earth will be sent up
to Jerusalem, and it will be the centre of
the world's learning as well as piety. Of
course, there’s got to be a terrible war
with Russia first, but that is all described
iu the 38th and 39th chapters el Ezekiel.
It will take seven years to burn up the
wooden implements" of war as fuel, and
seven months to bury the dead. This will
merge into a war with all nations. My
opinion is that this Soudan trouble is the
beginning of the great war, lor France,
Turkey, Austria and Russia are all jeal
ous of the course pursued by the English,
who are pledged to the work and cannot
now back out. We have had the famines,
floods, earthquakes, etc., within a few
years. The shower of stars occurred in
1831. But you will find more about the
signs in ths 24th chapter of Matthew.”
One" American citizen here is now en
gaged in marking out a little plot of
srround which he has bought, as the king
dom of God. He is organizing a body of
five believers, based on the number of wise
virgins, who are to wait lor the coming of
the Lord on that particular ground. It
may be well to state that these queer but
zealous people come and go, the majority
of them only staying a few months. The
unattractive character of the country
discourages them. At present, Consul
Merrill tells me that he has half a dozen
applications for assistance in getting back
to America. The saddest cases are those
of men who have brought their families
here, and are now penniless. Doubtless
much of the mischief is done by publica
tions in those cranky newspa
pers referred to, which urge people to come
to this country. It is suicidal to desert fa
vored America and come to this pauper
land, wheie latiorers cannot hope to
command more than 20 cents per day.
I come now to speak of a colony of 14
Americans, 2 English persons, and 3 na
tives, who are living inside of the city
wail, near the Damascus gate. I ap
proach the task carefully, for personal
intercourse has led me to respect the peo
ple thoroughly, although I cannot sympa
thize with all" their views. They are not
headstrong, unreasoning or fanatic. So
cially, they are delightful companions,
being, without exception, cultured, re
fined people. Mentally, they are well
equipped, and can always give you a
reason for the faith that is in them. Spi
ritually they come as near to the perfect
life, without any ostentation or “goody
goody” piety, as any body of men and
women that l have ever seen. You enter
their house —and it is to the finest in Je
rusalem—and you will at once be struck
with the evidences of taste which are
scattered about. Books, birds, a splendid
piano, flowers, plaques, mottoes, an aqua
rium—these are among the things that
gladden the eye and bespeak the refine
ment of the colonists. The house is a
very large one, and commands from its
roof a magnificent view of the whole city.
The various families live together in per
fect harmony, and have done so for three
vears. From time to time there have been
accessions to the rather extensive home
circle from the number ol those unhappy
ones to whom 1 have already referred,
who have not the funds with which to re
turn to America. These guests are freely
enterlained for months at a time, and the
house is said to be never empty of them.
Not a few have gone away ungrateful. I
have in mind one man who was thus
cared for, without money and without
price, for whole weeks, but who after
ward became the bitterest enemy of his
hosts.
“I warn you,” he said, “that 1 shall
fight you tooth and nail.”
“We shall still pray for you brother,”
was the reply, “and serve you again if we
can possibly do so.”
These people are always doing for the
poor in a quiet way, and will never accept
compensation from any one. During the
past winter small-pox invaded the house
hold. No doctor was called and no pre
cautions were taken to prevent the spread
ot the disease beyond the supplication
of Almighty God for relief. Only four
persons suffered, although the sick were
constantly attended and ministered unto
by the others, and those four are now
perfectly well.
Three years ago these people came here,
mo6t of them from Chicago, to await the
second coming of Christ and the “endow
ment from on high.” I believe they left a
feeble society behind which held the same
views, and intended to come on to Pales
tine eventually, but was altogether dis
couraged alter the departure of so large a
part of their force. This company ex
pected the restoration to begin very soon
after their arrival, but their faith has
never faltered at the delay, and they seem
to be more positive than ever that the
great day is now almost at hand. Their
minds were awakened largely by the Chi
cago fire, I believe, and by the succeeding
fires, earthquakes, tidal waves, etc., in
various parts of the world, which they
accepted as the “signs and wonders”
that Christ prophesied should attend His
coming.
A 31 AN OF APPEALS.
How Perseverance Conquers all Things.
Even a Conductor.
Soon after the train left Louisville Junc
tion, says the Detroit Free Press, the con
ductor came to a passenger in our coach
who had no ticket. He didn’t claim to
have lost it, but leaned back, looked
the official square in the eye and said:
“I’m dead broke, and hare 100 miles
to go.”
“You must pay or get off,” was the
reply.
“Oh. certainly. I know the rules of the
road by heart. I amow about to appeal
to the generosity of the man in the next
seat.”
He appealed. He said he was an un
fortunate man who had failed to strike a
job in Louisville and wanted to get back
home to starve to death with his family.
It was a vain appeal.
The man said he wa3 in the same box
himself, but was going to kill his family
instead of waiting for hunger to do the
work.
“Come, you must pay,” said the con
ductor.
“Oh, of course, but I will now appeal
to the passengers en masse.
He rose up and made a little speech
full of pathos, misfortune, hunger, cold
and several other ingredients, but nobody
seemed interested.
“I can’t fool with you any longer,” re
marked the conductor; “I’ll stop the train
and off you go.”
“Hold on just a minute, I am now about
to appeal to you personally.”
For five minutes he fluDg his soul into a
grand effort to melt the conductor. He
quoted the Bible, eulogized charity and
appealed to humanity, but when he had
finished the conductor reached up for the
cord and said:
“I must obey the rules or lose my
place.”
“Say, lemme appeal once more.”
“No, can’t do it.”
The train stopped and the man bowed
good-bye to everybody and got off. Nine
miles up the road, where we stopped at a
station, there was a rumpus outside about
something, and directly the man of ap
peals was hauled out from under the last
coach, where he had been riding on the
trucks. He was dirt and slush and mud
from head to foot, and the conductor
looked at him and said:
“Now you want to quit this business or
I’ll turn you over to the first constable.
Y ou look as if a mule had dragged you 20
miles.”
“Exactly; but I couldn’t give it up
without one more appeal.”
The platforms were crowded, and he
flung down his hat and began his appeal.
In three minutes the passengers had
thrown him about sl2 in cash, and when
the train moved on the conductor slipped
him into the baggage car as a dead
head.
COI;. SItKTCHLY'S OSTRICHES.
Some Facts About These Interesting
Birds.
The latest reports from the experimental
ostrich farm in California are favorable to
the success of the enterprise. A recent
visitor to the farm writes:
“These immense birds are kept in yards
or inclosures, one male and two females
occupying a place together. A common
board fence, higher than the ordinary,
sui rounds each corrai, and divides them.
There is a space or open lane between the
pens—a driveway for teams and to carry
food to the birds." They eat a wagon load
of shells in one day, besides a large
amount of coarse food—vegetables, alfalfa
or clover-grass, etc. The cost of each is
SI,OOO, and their weight is from 300 to 400
pounds. They lay 75 eggs each year, each
egg valued at SIOO. Their feathers are
plucked twice a year; they are on the tail
and wings of the bird, the body being
nearly bare. Each plucking averages
S3OO. The eggs weigh 2% pounds. The
male is black, the tail and wing feathers
being white, and the female a grayish
white. It requnes four strong men to
hold one of these pets while" plucking
their plumes. It seems a cruel process,
and no wonder the bird resists so hard.
They are savage and dangerous if at
tacked, and can only he handled after a
sack or stocking-leg has been drawn over
the head. They drive them into a corner
and slip as quietly as possible behind
them to draw the covering rapidly on;
some leathers are pulled out easily, others
are cut, and one has to understand his
business to prevent the bird from bleeding
to death. They cannot fly or jump, but can
keep pace with the fleetest horses. YVhen
the eggs are to be gathered a Chinaman is
called into the arena. The ostrich seems
to have taken a fierce dislike to the smile
of the heathen Chinee, and is so taken up
with his efforts to attack him that men
slip in unnoticed and take possession of
the*teggs.
“The life of an ostrich extends beyond
that of human beings, and averages 100
years. The plumes can be purchased
singly by visitors, the price depending
upon the length and thickness of them.
They have to be afterward cleaned and
dyed. No dogs or horses are allowed in
side the inclosure, as the birds go wild at
the sight of either. The Chinamen carry
their food to them.”
HE WHIPPED BLAINE.
A Reminiscence of the Days When Jim
Taught School.
Cincinnati limes-Star.
“So you think Blaine can’t be beat,”
said a leading Cincinnati physician to a
very confident Blaine and Logan shouter;
“for all he was badly beaten once before
ho commenced political life, and I guess he
has never forgotten it.”
And the prominent physician told this
tale concerning the Republican candidate
which has never been in print before.
A Kentucky friend of the informer is au
thority for its authenticity. When years
before the war Blaine was teaching at
Blue Lick Springs, Ky., he was noted for
being firm, resolute and daring. He was
much younger than many of his pupils,
but he was not afraid of any of them.
He was several times threatened with
an actual exercise of Kentucky chivalry
upon his Yankee body, but his courage
disarmed his foes. But at last he met his
match. One of his pupils was a tall
young fellow, with muscles like the At
lantic cable. His name was John Har
rington, and he hailed from the vicinity of
Independence. Harrington was quite
livelv, and several times Teacher Blaine
found it necessary to threaten some very
extreme measures. Still Harrington did
not behave. He became worse, and the
story runs that he stole one of Blaine’s
love letters from a desk and had much
sport over it, much to Blaine’s discom
fiture. It is even a tradition in that sec
tion that he tore the letter into bits and
distributed them among his companions.
The future Speaker and Senator was
white with rage. He was much more
worked up about ft than he was over the
Mulligan letters in Congress. He under
took to inflict physical punishment upon
the offender, but it was an unlucky day
for the pedagogue.
Harrington hauled off and knocked the
combative Blaine out of time in less than
a minute. He was still plucky and stood
up bravely against his opponent, but soon
gave up the battle. Other pupils inter
fered and prevented any more bloodshed
than was furnished by the brawny Har
rington’s knuckles. Blaine was badly
bruised and had to dismiss school for
some days.
His eyes were swollen and his sight
was somewhat impaired. Harrington
was a little lame in the arms from his ex
hilarating exercise, but he showed up as
usual next day. He even wrote a letter
of apology to Blaine’s sweetheart, plead
ing that he be forgiven for both stealing
the letter and pommeling her lover.
When Blaine got well he had no better
friend than Harrington. A year later
Blaine married the writer of the love let
ter and went to Maine, where he took
such a rapid rise in politics.
Harrington was for many years a resi
dent of Kentucky and lived' about or in
Covington. He was once Deputy Sheriff
of Kent county before the war, and was
during the campaigns of 1876 and 1880 a
warm Blaine man, and ready, although a
Democrat, to vote for him at any time.
Advice to Mothers.
Mas. Winslow’s Soothing Syr dp
snouid always be used when children are
cutting teeth. It relieves the little suf
ferer at once: it produces natural, quiet
sleep by relieving the child from pain, and
the little cherub awakes as “ bright as a
button.” It is very pleasant to taste. It
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays all pain, relieves wind, regdlates
the bowels, and is the best known remedy
lor diarrhcea, whether arising from teeth
ing or other causes. 26 cents a bottle.
THE FIELD, FARM AND GARDEN.
We solicit articles Tor this department.
The name of the writer should accompany
the letter or article, not necessarily
for publication, but as evidence of good
filth.
Yellows in Peaches.
The following is from a report to the
Massachusetts experiment station: “The
experimental orchard originally consisted
of about fifty trees planted in 1870. For
the first jew years they received but little
care. In the spring of 1873 all were care
fully pruned to as good form as their con
dition would allow, the borers removed,
and the soil manured and planted with
squashes. The result was, that after a
vear or two they bore a good crop of fruit.
After fruiting many of the trees showed
signs of disease, and a series of experi
ments were instituted with six or eight
trees in 1878. The remarkable change
made in these trees led to the continuance
of the remedies upon all the peach trees
in the college orchards that showed signs
of disease. The result of the application
of the remedies, when applied before the
disease had made too great headway,have
been entirely satisfactory; so much so
that most of the original trees are now in
a healthy condition, although they have
been thoroughly diseased, and the past
season have borne as perfect fruit as is
often produced by young trees. Young
trees have been "planted where diseased
trees were dug out and the past seasou
bore fi uit. They are as healthy and vig
orous as any trees in the orchard.
“The remedies applied have been muri
ate of potash, from two to five pounds to
the tree, sown in the fall or early spring,
with ground bone or superphosphate, ac
cording to the condition of the soil, which,
if very poor, should have an additional
dressing of organic matter, like stable
manure. In addition to these remedies
the borers (the larva: of the motb, JSgena
exillosa) have been dug out with a knife
twice each year—in June and August—
and the trees cut back to a close, compact
form. The pruning is always clone in the
fall or winter, and the last season’s growth
is cut back one-half. In cases where the
tree is weak and straggling in grow th,
many of the large, long branches are cut
back to give it good form.
“The results of all of our experiments
with plant life lead us to the belief, al
though it may not now' be susceptible of
positive proof, that the fungus growth gen
erally found in diseased plants only devel
ops after the tissues have become deranged
or injured by some external cause, as cold
following a season oi immature growth,
exhaustion caused by overbearing or
drought, exhaustion of the soil or injuries
from insects. In every instance where
proper remedies have been applied in time
the trees have recovered and made a good
growth.”
Yengan Rice.
John F. West, of Fayette, Miss., writes
to a Southern journal: In the spring of
1882 I received trom Prof. Steele, of 310-
bile, about two ounces of upland rice to
experiment with in this latitude. This
variety was called the “Yengen” rice,
from the State of Yengen, Chinese Em
pire, it having been brought from that
country by Bishop 31arvin, while on his
travels in the “East, by way of the YVest.”
After giving it a trial, Prof. Steele noticed
that it grew splendidly on the uplands
and that it displayed several qualities of
decided value. It was earlier in ripening
thau the Honduras or any of our varieties
of upland rice. The grain was much
whiter and hulled more easily than any
other variety he had ever seen. It stood
drought better, with no blasting worthy
of mention, and the yield was immense.
I selected a piece ot high ridge clay land,
prepared as for corn and well pulverized.
I was careful to drop only from three to
four grains iu a hill, about ten or twelve
inches apart in the drill, to make my lim
ited supply of seed go as far as possible.
Cultivated as corn, except that I used my
cultivator more often to keep down weed's
and vines, and in the latter part of the
summer harvested considerably more than
a bushel of nice clean rough rice to each
ounce ot seed planted. On land capable
of producing good corn it will give a yield
of Irom sixty to eighty bushels to the acre.
I am surprised that upland rice is not
more generally cultivated, as it certainly
can be made a profitable crop even if there
are no rice mills in the immediate vicin
ity. It is easily handled and can be
shipped to market in the rough. It is ex
cellentstock feed and a valuable auxiliary
to the corn crop. The straw being very
soft and spongy, is highly relished by
stock. Besides," it is useful in many ways
on the farm, making excellent horse-col
lars, mattresses, etc. 1 think it will grow
and can be made profitable in any of the
Southern or Aliddle States; in fact, any
where that there is a season of five months
without trost. A spring frost does not
injure it in the least, as the young plants
may be nipped off by the frost, and then
spring up from the roots and do well, and
probably better than if they had never
been bitten.
The Lombard Plum.
This plum, for all localities, is the most
productive sort known to cultivators.
We received lately by express two shoots
of this plum from D. W. King, which ex
ceeded in bearing any which we have
elsewhere seen. The two twigs measured
respectively fifteen and seventeen inches
in length, and they had on an even peck
of well-grown and well-ripened fruit,
compactly borne along their full length.
Our readers will perhaps recollect the ac
count we gave a few weeks since of the
great productiveness of the raspberry aiid
blackberry plantations of Mr. King, his
soil and good management giving returns
in fruit rarely met with elsewhere. Two
years ago we examined a young orchard
of this plum on the grounds of Nelson
Bogue, of Batavia, N. Y., the trees of
which were then in the third year of
growth after setting out. They were
heavily loaded with ripening fruit, many
of them estimated as bearing half a bushel
each, the central branches being literally
hid with the dense mass of brilliant vio
let-red plums. We learned subsequently
that the product that year of the ninety
trees which we saw in bearing was (orty
six bushels. Two years later the crop
was estimated at seventy-five bushels.
He wrote us a few weeks since as follows:
“My plum orchard is outdoing itself again
lor the fourth consecutive year. I think
1 shall have 300 bushels from my 90 trees.”
It Is hardly necessary to add that Mr.
Bogue gives this orchard the best cultiva
tion, and when the black knot is seen it is
instantly and thoroughly removed by ex
cision.— Country Gentleman.
Composting Dead Leaves.
The report of the Connecticut Experi
ment Station gives the following direc
tions for composting dead leaves, in an
swer to an inquiry for the treatment with
lime of a mass ot leaves which had drifted
for twenty-five years behind a wall. The
answer directs the use of fresh slaked
dime, one bushel to every fifteen or twenty
ot the leaves and dark loam lying beneath
them. One bushel of lime is"recommend
ed for ten of swamp muck. Twentv bush
els of the leaves and muck are to Tbe first
spread three inches deep, then a bushel
of lime warm from the slaking sprinkled
over this layer. Then this process is to
be repeated till the heap is several feet
high. The heap may remain through the
summer and be mixed by cutting down
and gfcveling over. If a bushel of salt
(to sbushels of lime) be dissolved in
water, and the brine used to slake the
lime, the action will be more rapid, and a
few weeks be long enough to set up a de
composition. when the heap may be over
hauled, and will be ready to use in a few
weeks more. Instead of 'salt muriate of
potash will answer, and will supply in
dispensable potash to the crops. It is on
account of the formation of soda and car
bonate of soda from the lime and salt
mixture, that this mixture exerts a more
powerful decomposing action than lime
alone. When salt is cheap and wood
ashes scarce the mixture may be applied
to advantage.
Precautions Against Drought.
While we cannot influence the rainfall
we can, at least, mitigate the effects of
drought to a certain extent by the proper
preparation and cultivation of the soil.
It is a well-known tact thal when the soil
is kept in a loose, fine, friable condition it
not only absorbs moisture from the at
mosphere, especially at night, but allows
of the downward course of the water
during showers instead of a loss bv flow
ing off, as is the case when the surface is
hard. A loose, deep soil also permits an up
ward tendency of water by capillarv at
traction, the loose soil thus storing moist
ure by its greater power of absorption
when rains are abundant. We therefore
find in time of severe drought that the
frequent use of the cultivator, even when
the soil apparently does not require work
ing, is very beneficial, the greenish tinge
of the growing corn giving evidence that
the constant stirring of the soil enables
the crop to derive a certain proportion of
moisture that it would not otherwise ob
tain.—Philadelphia Record.
Farm and Stock Notes.
A young Southdow n lamb will weigh
: nearly as much as those of the Cots wolds
or Leieesters up to the age of three mouths,
and are much more salable. If brought
into market early they often sell as high
as $8 each.
Plant some sweet corn for feeding your
milch cows in August aud September,
when the grass is scorched and dry. Plant
in drills eighteen inches apart, on old sen!
turned over. Plant every month up to
the middle of July.
A citizen of lowa estimates that there
is enough consumed by the dogs of that
State to feed 100,000 persons, and, with the
damage done the sheep interest, cost more
than the sum required annually for edu
cational purposes.
It has been demonstrated by careful
analyses of the mixed voidings" of cow,
horse, sheep and pig, that 83 per cent, ot
the nitrogen contained in the food eaten
is voided in the manure, and over 95 per
cent, of the potash and phosphoric acid.
The Director of the lowa Agricultural
College values the various milk-producing
foods as follows: Corn, per 100 pounds, 50
cents; oats, 60 cents; barley, 55 cents;
wheat, 65 cents; bran, 70 cents; oil meal,
$1 45; clover hay, 80 ceuts; timothy, 50
cents; potatoes, 10 cents.
In a recent lecture before the Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology Mr
Thomas Pray showed a photograph of a
cotton stalk bearing 225 bulbs, and said
that it had been proved that i>y careful
selection ol the seed of this variety it was
possible to bring the yield of lowland cot
ton to three bales per acre, while at pre
sent but one bale to two acres is pro
duced.
Few things in the progress of the civil
ized world are more astonishing than the
increased consumption of wool. This is
best shown in the statistical account of
the production, which in the year 1830
was 320,000,000 pounds, while in 1871 it
was nearly 2.000,000,000 pounds. Owing
to the great progress made in improving
the breeds of sheep the quality is also
much better than formerly.
A farmer in Ohio produced 116 bushels
of corn from an acre last season. He
plowed the ground about eight inches
deep and did not harrow at all before
planting. His theory is that when the
ground is left rough "the harrow will de
stroy the weeds better. Ilis reason for
deep furrows is that the hills are down
below the reach of the harrow, which al
lows of harrowing without disturbing the
corn.
The growing vegetable world breathes
carbonic acid gas through its leaves,using
the carbon to build up its structures, set
ting oxygen free for the use of the animal
world, which interchange is constantly
going on. The carbon so appropriated is
found in the ash of plants after combus
tion, combined with lime or some other
mineral, but the larger proportion is again
driven off during the combustion,in which
process it is again united to oxygen in the
shape of carbonic acid gas.
Ordinary whitewash, as frequently used,-
has very little effect except to disfigure
the trees, says the Garden. To destroy
the insects and eggs hidden in the crevi
ces of the trees, very much stronger ap
plications have to be used. Soft soap re
duced to the consistency of a thick paint,
with the addition ot a strong solution of
washing soda, makes one of the most
lasting washes. A solution of one pound
of commercial potash, in from two to four
gallons of water, is also very good.
A well-bred, moderately fattened ox
should yield 58 to GO pounds of dressed
eaicass to 100 pounds of live weight,
while an excessively fat ox may give
from 65 to 70 per cent. Moderately fat
tened shorn sheep should dress 58 per
cent, of the live weight, aud very fat ones
as high as 65 per cent. This is well un
derstood by butchers, who base their
prices upon the dressed weight of the four
quarters. Thus, if good quality cattle are
reported at 10 cents it means so much per
pound for what the four quarters will
weigh, as the rule is that the 42 pounds ot
offal—hide, tallow, head, heart, legs, etc.,
pays for killing and dressing.
In 1860 I set out forty pear trees. I then
had ten trees; some of them were 30years
old, and in ten years I had a fine orchard,
with abundance of fine lruit, numbers
from abroad pronouncing my orchard the
finest they had ever seen. At the first
fair at Corry 1 swept the board on pre
miums. Wishing to keep my orchard ip
first-class condition I manured the great
est part with sawdust horse-bedding,
worked it well into the ground. Result:
Soon every tree thus manured was killed
with pear blight, and remains so yet for
thirteen years. Since the blight every
year I give my trees a liberal dressing of
unbleached wood ashes and have fine crops
of fruit; growth of trees very thrifty.—
Correspondence Agricultural Epitomist.
Horse-radish does well on any kind of
soil, but best in rich, moist ground. A
sandy loam well enriched with rotten
stable manure will give fine, clean
straight roots; on clayey soil the roots
are apt to fork and "finger.” The rows
are made twenty-four inchss apart and
sets are planted eighteen inches apart in
the rows. No other cultivation is required
but to keep the ground clean. As It is a
late crop it is usual to grow another, as
early crop, between the rows and put the
rows two and one-half feet apart. Beets
of an early kind are the best to grow with
the horse-radish in alternate rows, as they
do not make large tops. Horse-radish is
entirely hardy and can be left salely in
the ground all winter, but it is best to
harvest the roots and keep them in pits.
Orchard grass may be grown anywhere
in the country. It "makes excellent pas
turage. The rapidity of its growth is
great. It makes flesh and is very nutri
tious. From its appearance it is some
times called cock’s foot grass. It thrives
in somewhat shaded places. Of course
hay can be made from it, although it is
very coarse, and it seems never tired of
growing either after close cutting or alter
close pasturing. In fact, it must be close
fed. The time for cutting is about the
same time as for clover. Sometimes it
grows so rapidly that cattle cannot crop
it short enough, so that it is too rank and
coarse for them. In that case it must be
cut. The value is somewhat in its earli
ness. You must remember that the es
sential thing about it is the close crop
ping. This causes it to keep tender and
fresh. It may be sown with advantage
early next fall.
Dairy cows are subject to a disease of
the bones caused by a lack of mineral
matter in the system. It is especially
prevalent upon soil deficient in phosphoric
acid. Bone material consists of phosphate
of lime, and lime alone will not supply it,
as the phosphoric acid is as essential as
the lime, and one is of no avail without
the other. This disease appears in the
cows that are or have been milking, as
the milk carries off a large quantity of
this bone material. The end of the tail
and the lower joints of the legs suffer
most. The tail becomes soft, and some
times the lower portion dies and drops off.
the lower portion of the limbs swell and,
unless proper treatment is applied, run
ning sores break out and the animal is
unable to stand. The treatment should
consist of feeding bran and oats liberally,
and suspending breeding aud milking
until the animal recovers.
It is time for our farmers to understand,
says an lowa experimenter, that the days
of the small horses are over, except to
drive to town and for light livery work.
They cannot afford either to raise them or
own them. If they will observe carefully
they will discover that it costs no more to
keep a colt two years than a calf, and that
during these two years on stock keep the
colt will increase in value a great deal
faster than the calf. We do not advise
farmers to go altogether into horse farm
ing or into any other specialty, but along
with the calves and pigs raise a few good,
large colts. It is unsaie to devote a farm
to any one kind of stock. The true wis
dom is to raise some of each, but what
ever you do raise the best. We have
learned by experience that corn is never
so cheap or grass so plenty that it will
pay to put either into scrub cattle, scrub
hogs or scrub horses. And the man who
does it when he can help it wiil soon be
rated as a scrub farmer.
“If you have a very rusty plow,” says
a writer in the Cincinnati Times, “pour
about eight ounces of sulphuric acid, as
purchased at the apothecary’s, into a
quart of water: do this slowly and very
carefully, for it will burn hands, clothing
or almost anything else; also, use an
earthen or crockery vessel rather than a
tin or iron one. Apply this to the rusty
surface two or three times, making each
application as soon as the former one is
dry. Then wash with clear water and re
peat at the recess. Give some of the
worst spots a rub with a bit ot Bristol
brick, wash again with water and wipe
dry. Put a little kerosene around the
bolts and take the plow to pieces, scour
ing each piece to get off the remainder pf
the rusty spots if necessary. This sounds
like a formidable process, but the whole
operation ought not to take over an hour.
Oil all exposed surfaces with kerosene
when you set the plow away, and when
you do your spring plowing a very few
turns will finish oflr the balance of the
rust.”
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.
AChapterox Home-made Preserves.
—Although the confectioner’s art has to a
certain extent relieved the housewife from
j manv duties which in times past she eon
i sidered most essential, yet she still takes
j delight in her home-made preserves and
j looks with a feeling of pride upon her
j storeroom, with its rows of neatly-labeled
! bottles and jars, each the product of her
j own handiwork. It is true that many of
I these—or, rather, imitations of them—
might have been purchased at a cheaper
rate and with a saving of time and trou
ble; yet she knows that what she has are
at least what they profess to be, and this
knowledge is certainly a consolation that
may well outweigh the other considera
tions. YYe know there are difficulties and
failures to discourage the housewife and
sometimes prevent her in her preserving
operations from preserving her temper
and patience, and it is for the purpose of
aiding her in avoiding these difficulties
and failures that we will now give a few
hints.
The first and most important thing to
be attended to is the selection of the fruit.
Thi9, to insure the finest flavor, should
have been gathered in the morning of a
bright, sunny day; but as this is an ad
vantage which none but the country
housewife can be sure of. she who is not
blessed with a home must taKe her
chances in this particular. She should
see, however, that the fruit is sound, per
fectly clean and dry. and, as a general
rule, thoroughly ripe. These are essen
tials which her own judgment will find
but little difficulty in securing. If not ;
used immediately the fruit should lie kept
in a cool, dark place until wanted. At
the same time it is well to remember that
the sooner it is boiled after gathering the
better.
The second important point is the sugar.
Don’t let her attempt to practice any
economy here, either in looking for that
which is cheap or in trying to pinch in the
quantity used; for in the former case she
will find her attempted thrift rewarded
by an overabundance of scum, and in the
latter her labor may be entirely thrown
away ? because, unless enough sugar is
used in the boiling, the fruit will not keep.
Nor should she err the other way end be
too liberal with her sugar, for in thqteaso
she will lose the flavor of the fruit and at
the same time run the risk of having her
preserves candy. Fruits vary much in
the amount of acidity they contain, and
it is this variation that regulates the
amount of sugar that should be used.
The preserving pan may be either an
enameled one or made of brass or copper.
If ot either of the latter metals great
care should be used to keep it bright and
clean.
In selecting preserve jars have none but
glass. They are far preferable, because
they allow the examination ot the pre
serves irom time to time, a precaution
which it is well to take during the first
month or two,in order to discover whether
they show any indication of fermentation
or mold. If they do they should be at
once removed from the jars and reboiled.
In storing preserves a dry, cool place
should be selected, and one "to which the
fresh air can have access, for dampness
will soon mcll the fruit and neat cause it
to ferment.
Jams and 3larmalades.— Jams and
marmalades are similar in their charac
ter, and are prepared from the pulp of the
fruits, and sometimes portions of the rinds,
by boiling them with sugar. The chief
difference between the marmalade and
the jam is that the former is made from
the firmer fruits, while the latter is pre
pared from that which is more juicy, such
as the strawberry, raspberry, currant,
etc. Both the jam and the’marmalade
may be easily prepared, yet thev require
considerable care and watchfulness in
the preparation, especially in the boiling
part of the process. If they are at all
burned they acquire a most unpleasant
taste, and on the other hand, to insure
their keeping it is absolutely necessary
that they be boiled enough; and it is also
necessary that a sufficient quantity of
sugar be used in the boiling.
Another point in regard to the sugar
used is worth remembering. If you would
have the jam clear and bright in appear
ance never use sugar in any form but the
lumps. These lumps may be crushed
small, but never pulverized, else the jam
will be turbid. The enameled preserving
pan is best for the put pose, and when
placed over the fire should not rest upon
it, but a sufficient distance above it to
prevent the fruit from burning, but at the
same time to allow it to boil rapidly, for
the latter is essential to the better pres
ervation of the flavor and color. As we
have said before, watchfulness is a very
important part of the operation, and fre
quent stirring, which should be done with
a wooden spoon, is also important. As
the scum rise 9 it should becaretully taken
off, and if there is much of it, owing to an
inferior quality of sugar being used, it
may be strained through a piece of fine
muslin, and that which runs clear put
back into the preserving pan.
BITS OF SCIENCE.
The proportion of color-blind persons
amopg the Quakers is nearly C per cent.,
while the percentage in the general com
munity is only 3%.
Communications have recently been
sent by telegraph from London to Cal
cutta, a distance of 7,000 miles, through
a single wire. The speed was from twelve
to fourteen words a minute.
Mount Everest, 29,002 feet above the sea
level, is not, after all, the highest peak of
the Himalayan chain. A recent traveler
declares that there are two peaks to the
northwest of Mount Everest which are
much higher.
Glass vessels, brass tubes and other ar
ticles have been coated by J. Emerson
Reynolds with a nitrous galenoid deposit
through the decomposition of an alkaline
solution of lead tartrate with sulphur
urea.
Mr. C. M. Hovey tells the Massachusetts
Ploughman that he would as soon think
ot rubbing off the buds of a tree of any
kind, and then expect it to make a good
growth, as that a potato with its buds
broken off would produce a lull crop.
A man during a lifetime of 50 years, ac
cording to a paper recently read before
the Academy of Sciences, Paris, sleeps
away an aggregate of 6,000 days, works
away the same period, eats away 2,000
days, walks away 800 days, Is ill during
500, and amuses himself with the remain
der of his half century on earth.
At the suggestion of Prof. Gray, the
electriciau, a Chicago jeweler has made a
watch which it is claimed is proof against
injury by electricity. It has a rim of elec
tro-plated iron as a guard. Two watches
—one so guarded and one unguarded—
were subjected to a test with strong mag
nets recently. The unguarded watch
stopped instantly, but the other was not
interfered with.
About a pint of the celebrated chalvbe
ate waters of 'Tunbridge Wells, England,
have been found to contain the following
substances: Nitrogen, 0.59 cubic inch;
carbonic acid. 1 cubic inch; oxygen,
trace; carbonate of lime, 0.03 grain; sul
phate of lime, 0.17 grain; chloride of so
dium, 0.30 grain; hydrocnlorate of mag
nesia, 0.03 grain; hydrochlorate of lime,
0.05 grain; and protoxide of iron, 0.28
grain.
The Boston and Providence Railroad
Company has placed upon trial, near the
West Roxbury Station, anew invention.
In the place of planks, which are gene
rally used, but" which rapidly wear out
and decay, cast-iron plates have been put
down. They are about two feet wide, and
in length fill up the space between the
rails. They are made with blunt projec
tions of an inch or two, so as to give
horses a firm footing, and the whole plate
is slightly crowning. It is understood to
be the invention of Superintendent Fol
som, and promises to be a success.
As showing the effect of darkness upon
flowers, an English experimenter planted
a hyacinth bulb in October, 1882,'and as
soon as it commenced to sprout removed
it to a perfectly dark but well-ventilated
place. In March, 1883. a stem of dark
purple flowers was produced, the leaves
of the plant being totally colorless. In
October, 1883, the same bulb was again
planted, and was grown in the light
through the winker. It has flowered again
this year and the flower cluster is smaller
and less deeply colored than that which
came forth last year in the darkness.
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10 Prizes of 1,000 10,000
20 Prizes of 500 10,000
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Some months ago I bought a bottle of Dr. J.
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The females who have used it are now in per
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State of Georgia, Troup County.
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