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A QI ESIIOS.
joj rome* and pie*, Bope ebbs nd flows
&cfe 'loth'uniuit the tranquil strength of
men.
liif lend# life a little grace,
A few sad smiles, and then
Roth are laid in one cold place.
In the grave.
Dreams dawn and fir. friends araile and die
Like spring dowers;
Oor rauntcd life is one long funeral.
Men dig graves with bitter tear*
sick with fears
Count the hours.
iCt r >unt the hours! These dreams of ou*e
False and hollow.
_ ~0 htn ,. e and find they arc not dead?
jo,* we dimly ai prrhond.
la-e that smileifand fled,
L. .... ~rn here, and born lo end.
"ball we follow.
yf itthtxr A mold.
GF.-V JACRSOS’S duels.
flis right With Dickinson and the Ben
ton*.
<icn Andrew Jackson, President of the
United SUM*. and immortal as the
natron saint of Democracy, says the tin
- ,ti ris one of the few men
recoil was not materially sullied
.. . iij To tight seemed in per
a,. V; with the man’s courageous
r~ >< r , rn .-Mt and the whole drift of his
*£ r . The first affair of honor In which
tie tieneral was engaged was when he
was a t try young man, and bolding the
oS*. of District Attorney in Western
Ten re -see. It was in the summer of
1796. Maj.-Gen. Sevier had just been
cJect.-d Governor, and still retained his
eomimssicn as a General. Jackson want
ed him t resign, and they became en
jpiged in a dispute, in which Sevier told
Jack*' n that he had run off with another
*1! - wife. This bapjieneil in the streets
of Knoxville. Jackson replied:
at God! Do you mention her sa
cred name?*’ Both drew pistols and fired
several shots in the crowded street. One
mas was --razed, but no one was seriously
i When Jackson challenged Se
yier the latter declined to tight because he
wa* a poor man and had a large family
deiT-ndent upon him. Soon after this
meeting the parties came together on the
jaain road from Knoxville unexpectedly.
All were on horseback. Jackson, who
was accompanied by Dr. Van Dyke,
called upon Sevier to defend himself. The
Utb umped from his horse, which ran
aw.v with the pistols in the holster. Se
r s son drew on Jackson, saying he
would protect his lather, and Van Dyke
drew on -O-vier, hut travelers interfered,
and no blood was spilled.
in this ease Jackson was popularly ad
judged to be iu the right, as the lady in
question was then his wife, and had been
tlesirted by her former husband. Heheld
her name sacred.
In 1>25 Gen. Jackson heard that
Charles Dickinson, a young lawyer, had
spoken disparagingly of Mrs. Jackson.
Tins was something he would not allow
under any circumstances. He lound
Dickinson, who told him if he said it he
must have been drunk. The matter was
for a time amicably arranged. Again
Jackson heard that young Dickinson had
been talking. The General then went to
the voung man's father-in-law and told
him'that he wished the young man would
hold his tongue and comport himself as a
gentleman, lie wanted no quarrel, and
counselled Capt. Ervin to exert his Influ
ence to quiet the young man down.
Meantime a horse race was to come off in
which Jackson and Dickinson were in
terested. The stakes were $2,000 a side.
Before the race the horse in opposition to
lien. Jackson broke down, and SBOO was
forfeited. A young man named Swann, in
speaking of the notes placed up on each
suit-, said something that impugned Gen.
Jackson's veracity, and Jackson, when
the matter was brought before him,
promptly said that whoever made the
statement was a liar. Swann ad
dressed a letter asking for an explanation.
The General replied by reiterating his
language, though he did not know whom
it struck when first used, and referred to
Dickinson as a tale-bearer, a cowardly
Joltroun and liar. Swann then challenged
ackson. who, in accordance with a
threat previously made, caned Swann in a
public place. Dickinson next wrote a
fierce letter to him, and left on a trip for
the South, expecting an answer on his re
turn. While he was away another duel
came off between two gentlemen, Mr.
Coffee and Mr. McNairy, who were mixed
up in the same affair, Coffee being
wounded. When Dickinson returned on
May 2", he published a long letter in the
Nashville Impartial Jteview, full of cut
ting sarcasm, and branding Gen. Jackson
as a coward and poltroon. The inevitable
came. Before the article appeared in
print Dickinson was handed by Gen.
Overton. Jackson’s second, a peremptory
challenge. It was promptly accepted,
and Dr.~Harrison Collet carried Dickin
son’s reply, naming Friday, May 30,
MU6. as the date. Gen. Jackson wanted
to fight at an earlier date,but the other side
5- onU 1 not consent. The location of the
nel was a long day's ride from Nashville,
in Kentucky, across the Red river. It
was the general opinion that the meeting
would lie fatal to Jackson. Dickinson
was a marksman of unerring accuracy,
and was considered the crack shot of
Tennessee. He was certain he would kill
his antagonist. The morning belore the
duel he k issed his young wife good-by, as
suring her he would be home the fol
lowing evening. She was in entire ignor
ance ol liis mission from home. Dickin
son was accompanied by a party of gay
young men. All disported themselves as
if on a pleasure tour. On the journey the
principal amused them by giving exhibi
tions of bis skill with the pistol. At a
distance of *24 feet he tired at command
lour balls into a space that would be cov
ered by half a dollar. At a wayside inn
he cut a string at a good distance with a
pistol ball, and instructed the landlord,
should Andrew Jackson pass that way to
point it out to him. It was also said that
he wagered SSOO that he would come with
in half an inch of a certain button on
Gen. Jackson's coat, and had several
thousand dollars wagered on the result
oi the tight, betting he would kill his an
tagonist at the first tire.
Gen. Jackson’s demeanor was entirely
diflerent. His second, Gen. Overton, and
himself conversed solemnly together on
the prospects. They knew the opponent
to U? a sure shot, and counted every
chance. The men were to stand at eight
paces, with pistols down, and fire at the
simple word without further ado. The
two parties passed the night at country
taverns about two miles apart. Jackson
had determined to let his adversary fire
first, as he knew him to be the quicker
and the >urer, and then take his chances
later. J ackson was dressed in a loose
hock coat, which concealed the slender
bcss of his physique and rendered the ex
act position ot his vital parts somewhat
uncertain. Dickinson was the younger
and handsomer, Jackson being more com
manding and superior. There was a still
intensity in his manner that rendered him
grand as he stood under the tall poplars
on that bright May morning, awaiting the
crack of doom.
The word -ready’* was repeated by both
men. and Gen. Overton shouted the sig-.
nal. -fire.'* Dickinson almost instantly
fired. There was a puff of dust from
Jackson's coat, and he raised his hand
and clasped it to his breast. His friends
waited to see him fall, but he stood calm
and implacable as fate. Astounded at his
failure. Dickinson recoiled a step or two,
saying:
"Great God! have I missed him?”
"Back to the mark, sir!” shrieked Over
ton, with his hand on his pistol.
Dickinson recovered his composure, and
stood with eyes averted. Gen. Jackson
took deliberate aim and pulled the trigger.
The pistol neither snapped nor went off.
It stopped at half cock. Carefully he
recceked it, and a second time took aim
an i tired. Dickinson reeled, and was
caught by his friends. A deadly pallor
came over his face, and his trousers be
camc] crimson from the life-blood that
trickled from his breast. The ball had en
tered one side and come out at the other.
Jackson was joined by Overton and
*ft.v hurried from the field. Looking
down, Overton saw that the General’s
shoe was full of blood. It was the first
be knew that his friend was wounded.
”My God, are you hit?” he exclaimed.
"I believe he has pinked me a little,
but say nothing about it,” Jackson re
plied.
Dickinson's aim had been perfect. He
struck the mark, where he thought he
would pierce Jacksou’s heart, but the
slender figure and deceptive dress of his
adversary rendered the wound not fatal,
nie bullet raked the breastbone and broke
two or three ribs. Jackson was laid up
lor weeks, and though he lived to a ripe
old age, the wound was the eventual
cause of his death. It was a case in
which one or the other had to be killed,
and Jackson was to blame no more than
the other man. Dickinson died the tol-
Jcwing day, before hi 9 wife arrived at his
bedside.
The next encounter of importance in
which Gen. Jackson was engaged was in
1813. It was no fault of his. A young
Captain named William Carroll, who later
became a General, was a favorite of
Jackson's. Jesse Benton, a brother of
Col. Thomas H. Benton, challenged Car
roll to fight a duel for some imaginarv of
fense. Carroll succeeded in getting Jack
son to be his second, though the General
did all he could to make a pleasant settle
ment. Jesse Benton was untamed and
fiery, and would fight. They met, and
Carroll wounded him. Jackson, who was
aggravated that tbe fight should take
place at all, made light of the affair all
round. Jesse Benton then poured into
the ears of Thomas Benton a wonderful
tale, and Thomas at once denounced
Jackson as an ingrate, a traitor, etc.
Jackson said he would horsewhip him on
sight, and every one believed it. On Sept.
3 all the parties were in Nashville.
Jackson, with his friend, Col. Coffee, went
to the post office, where they saw the two
Bentons standing.
“Now, you d—<l rascal. lam going to
punish you,” said Jackson to Tom Ben
ton, advancing, riding whip in hand.
Benton made a movement to draw a pis
tol, and Jackson drew his, still advanc
ing, whip in hand. Jesse Benton then
discharged a pistol loaded with slugs at
Jackson, literally tearing up one of his
shoulders. Jackson fell, weltering in
blood. A running duel then commenced
in the street, though without effect. Cof
fee shot at Thomas Benton and knocked
him down a flight of stairs, and friends of
Jackson tried to kill Jesse Benton, who
was wounded with a dirk. Jackson
came very nearly dying, and carried Ben
ton’s ball to his dying day. This was the
last of the important engagements in
which Gen. Jackson figured.
BLAINE IX WEST VIRGINIA.
Reasons Why the Republican Ticket
Can Not Carry that State.
The friends of Mr. Blaine, with rather
singular confidence, says a Washington
special, when all the facts are considered,
persist in their claim that he will carry
the State of West Virginia. West Vir
ginia will vote for State officers in Octo
ber, aud hence the campaign there will
open early. It has, indeed, in a manner,
already opened, the Green backers having
put a partial ticket, which they are look
ing to the Republicans to complete, in tbe
field.
The grounds upon which the Republi
cans have their claims of success are:
First, the fact that both Mr. Blaine and
his friend, Stephen B. Elkins, are largely
interested in railroad enterprises in West
Virginia, and the opening up of the min
eral deposits of the State is expected to
yield Mr. Blaiue great strength from the
masses; and, second, the fusion which is
now on the tapis between the Republi
cans and the Greenbackers, by which,
for their help in trying to secure the
whole of the electoral vote for Blaine, the
Greenbackers are to receive the help of
the Republicans in tbe State race for
Governor, Auditor, Treasurer and School
Superintendent, for all of which posi
tions the Greenbackers have put up can
didates.
It appears, however, upon investigation
that upon the firs! proposition the Repub.
licans have no sort of monopoly in the
large business enterprises which are
building railroads in West Virginia and
developing her mineral resources. The
enterprise in which Mr. Blaine and Mr.
Elkins arc interested is the West Vir
ginia and Pittsburg Railway, running
through a territory promising rich results
to the State and all parties interested.
But there are also interested in this rail
road venture Democrats of no less promi
nence and influence than ex-Senator Davis
and Senator Camden, of West Virginia,
ami Hon. Wm. H. Barnum, Chairman of
the Democratic National Committee.
Their money Is equal, if not, indeed,
greater, in proportion to that of Blaine
and Elkin*. They have entered into
whatever benefit West Virginia may en
joy as the fruit of this enterprise, and if
the Republican party is to enjoy the
credit of the investment, shall not like
credit pass to the Democratic party for
the investments of Messrs. Davis, Cam
den and Barnum?
As to the second proposition, the prom
ise for the Republicans is no better. The
Republicans are willing enough to fuse
with the Greenbackers, and many of the
leading Greenbackers are openly in the
market for Republican indorsement, but
reliable figures from past elections show
that the Democracy can beat both the Re
publicans and Greenbackers in the strong
est combination they can possibly effect.
As stated before, the Greenbackers have
nominated candidates for Governor, Aud
itor, Treasurer and School Superintend
ent. The Republicans are to complete
the ticket by nominating candidates for
the Supreme Court Judgeships and Attor
ney General. This will probably be done,
although there is strong objection in many
Republican strongholds to the candidate
for Governor, Judge Maxwell, who was
once a Republican, and while on the Su-
Sreme bench rendered some objectionable
ecisions.
Then the other arrangement comes in
by which the Greenbackers are to throw
their support to Blaine in the national
contest. Greenbackism, however, has for
years been palpably losing ground in
West Virginia. Henry S. Walker, their
most able representative, has returned to
the ranks of the Democracy, and the last
two contests in the State, when their was
a fusion ol the Republicans and Green
backers, demonstrated their full power,
and that it was insufficient to beat the
Democrats.
Two years ago the Republicans com
bined with the Green backers to defeat the
Democratic candidate for Judge oi the
Supreme Court of Appeals, but failed Uy
more than 3,000 votes. In the Third
(Kanawha) district they also combined
at the special elections’ in May, 1883, to
choose a successor to Congressman Kenna,
elected United States Senator, but were
beaten by 1,230 votes. Since 1872, when
Grant carried the State against Greeley,
West Virginia has been regarded as safely
Democratic. In 1876 she gave Tilden 14,-
449 votes more than Hayes, the Green
back candidate (Cooper) receiving 1,373.
In 1880 Garfield was beaten by Hancock
by 11,148 votes, although Weaver, Green
backer, polled 9,079, the majority or
which, it is said, were drawn from Demo
cratic sources. At the last Gubernatorial
election (in 1880) Jackson, Democrat, re
ceived a clear majority of 2,700 over the
aggregate vote for his Republican and
Greenback competitors.
Probably the best politician in West
Virginia is Senator Kenna, and his confi
dence in the ability of Cleveland and
Hendricks to carry the State is supreme.
He believes their majority will be at least
10,000. ‘’Subject,” he adds, “to such dis
counts as the Republican Treasury may
make, and these, 1 believe, will be 'small.
The talk about Blaine’s carrying West
Virginia I take to mean that the Repub
licans intend to buy as many votes as
possible. lam satisfied as to the result,
because I know they cannot purchase the
Democracy of West Virginia.
FORMATION OF COMETS.
Gigantic Fire Balia From Solar Volca
noes.
Prof. Young, of Princeton, N. J., (then
of Dartmouth, N. H.,) says Prof. Proctor
in the American Jieview, was the first, in
1872, to obtain evidence of the actual ejec
tion of matter from the sun’s interior
with velocities sufficing to carry such
matter forever away from him; but the
evidence was decisive, and since then
kindred observations have been frequent
ly made. What Young saw, indeed, was
apparently the ascent of filaments of hy
drogen, at an average rate of nearly 200
miles per second; but it was easy to see that
the irregular streaks of hydrogen were not
themselves the ejected matter. If a thin
gas like hydrogen could rush through the
region immediately above the sun’s visi
ble surface at the rate of 200 miles an
hour—which I reject as incredible—the
shape of such hydrogen missiles would be
eucn as lo indicate very clearly the resist
ance they were encountering. They would
be pear-shaped, the rounded part of the
pear in front, like fire-balls in our air. But
these were irregular streaks, like the lu
minous tracks of meteors, and such doubt
lt ss they were. A.flight of masses of con
siderable density must have been shot
out on that occasion, and on other occa
sions when similar phenomena have been
observed, and, rushing through the hy
drogen in the sun’s neighborhood, caused
the gas to glow along their track, just as
fire-balls in our air leave behind them
long, luminous trails. The rate at which
these missiles advanced could be inferred
from the rate at which the luminous trails
followed them. Calculation, in which
thesuu's retarding action was taken duly
into account, showed that the matter thus
expelled from the sun left his surface at
the rate of not less, probably, than 500
miles per second. Tne ejected matter
left the sun, then, never to return, and in
the form of precisely such a flight of me
teoric missiles as microscopic and chemi
cal researches had shown to be traveling
through the interstellar spaces.
Handkerchiefs with colored hemstitched
borders are very fashionable.
THE SAVANNAH MHKNING NEWS: SUNIMY, JULY 2T;:i884.
MEXICAN PEARLS.
Ih Fisheries of Lower California —
Paris the Great Market for Pearl*—
Black Pearls Found.
The pearls of Mexico command a higher
price in Europe than those from any other
portion of the world save India, says a
letter from La Paz, Lower California, to
the Two Republic*. Since my arrival here
I have made one or two excursions over
the pearl fisheries off the coast of Cape
San Lucas.
The fields extend from Cape San Lucas
up to Muleje Bay, a distance of 250 miles.
The coast washed by these waters is deso
late. For miles the" sand, unprinted with
footsteps, stretches along. Huge rocks,
some of them high above" the reach oi the
tide, are tbe only visible tenants of this
unending sweep of sand. The Mexican
sun beats pitilessly on the beach that
stretches back with undulations toward
the mountain ranges that are a continua
tion of tbe San Bernardino range. It is
ail all such a coast as one
would people with castaways in some se
cluded nook on the wide ocean.
Lying off the coast, however, are a
thousand islands, great and little, but all
more or less picturesque and beautiful.
Round these islands and off that bleak
and barren beach lie the celebrated pearl
fisheries.
Round the coast of Lower California for
a thousand miles can be found pearl oys
ters in detached beds, intercalated at "in
rervals, but along the 250 miles I men
tioned before can be found the best shells.
These oysters prefer well sheltered bays
or harbors where fre6h water empties,
and in such localities, north of the cape,
the best and the brightest pearls can be
found.
North above the island of the Guardian
Angel hurricanes have been known to
wash to the beach quantities of shells;
but, singular to say, none bearing the pre
cious fruit so eagerly sought for suffer
themselves to be stranded, but cling te
naciously to the corals and the rocks at
the bottom of the gulf till the divers seek
them. In a future letter, after I return
from a trip to the fisheries, 1 will give
your readers some descriptive details of
these diyers, great muscular fellows with
a hundred pounds of armor, clad cap-a
pie for the conflict with the terrors of the
deep. It is estimated that one-quarter ot
the Mexican territory of Lower California
is supported by these industries.
1 have caught the first murmurs of dis
content over the new law going into ef
fect the Ist of June whereby the govern
ment rents for a nominal price these beds
instead of keeping inviolate the ancient
law that portioned them into four zones
and made it possible to propagate pearls
that are the pride of the Spanish regalia,
and brilliant yet, though stolen from the
seas before the Napoleonic invasion of
Mexico.
The regular season for fishing is from
May to November. At the commence
ment of the season the rains fall. Even
though the pearls lie fifteen fathoms un
der the surface of the water, still these
rains affect the business. The sweet
waters of the rains, by one of those mys
terious operations of nature not under
stood by many, kill the roots of tbe grass
growing on the bottom of the sea; as soon
as the grass dies it comes to the salty
surface of the sea and is blown ashore by
the first strong wind that comes that way.
This leaves the bottom of the gulf clear of
the tall grass, and divers can find the
pearl oysters without having to work
their way through the grasses. The
water of the gulf remains clear alter these
rains from July to November, enabling
work to be vigorously prosecuted.
Though the pearls of Lower California
are small and irregular in share on the
average, they are possessed of a lustre no
pearls in the world can equal save the
peerless conches of the East Indies. The
Mexican pearls are also unequaled for
their durability, and while pearls from
Panama, Tahiti, and other parts of the
world turn pale after fifteen or twenty
years, the Mexican stones preserve their
lustre much longer.
The products of the fisheries are diffi
cult to approximate. The fishers place a
mere nominal value on the pearls in their
consular invoices before sending them to
Europe, so that a beautiful gem plucked
from the red Jhand of the coral in the
waters of the California gulf is sometimes
rated at SBOO, when in Paris it will bring
from $5,000 to $8,000; still the annual pro
duct of those fisheries is estimated at
$200,000 on the spot, and sometimes more,
while five times that amount would more
truly represent their value. Last year, I
am told, several black pearls were found
in this famous yield; they are very popu
lar at Pans and on the continent, and are
worn by people in mourning.
Paris, as everyone knows, is the best
market in the world for pearls, and those
from the waters that kiss the coasts of my
native land are among the most welcome.
Pit ICES IN 1730.
The Cost of Living in England a Hun
dred and Fifty Years Ago.
Mr. Gervase Scrope, of Cockerington,
who died in 1741, and his son and succes
sor, Thomas Scrope, of Cockerington and
Coleby, Lincolnshire, says the St. James
Gazette , left behind them some very vol
uminous books of accounts, which enable
us to form a tolerably comprehensive idea
of the cost of living and of the value of
labor and land about 150 years ago. The
MSS., which have not been published,
show that in 1730 a “a dark-colored cloth
suit, trimmed with silver buttons and
loops,” and including. two pairs of
breeches, cost 17 guineas; the price of the
cloth being 18 shillings a yard. In 1732
the cloth for a scarlet roquelaure cost no
less than 22 shillings a yard, and the
charges lor making up the cloak amount
to £5 16s. All clothes, in fact, were very
expensive. A perfectly plain light-colored
cloth suit for common use cost Mr.
Scrope £9in 1729; and a bob-wig cost £2
and a tie-wig £5 in 1732. The ’Squire, un
der-the circumstances, had to be economi
cal. His own dress was a matter of im
portance, he being a leading man in the
county; but we find that in 1731 his son
Tommy “had a pair of breeches made out
of an old scarlet riding coat ot mine,”
and that Mr. Scrope only bought two pairs
of boots a year in London. For these he
paid from £2 to £3. His other boots he
purchased more cheaply from a country
cobbler. The prudent ’Squire had four
sons—Gervase, Thomas, Frederick and
Carr. In 1731 Gervase,then aged 17,went to
complete his education with one Mr. Hoole,
at Haxey, where his board, with wash
ing, fire, candles, and tea for breakfast,
co6t only £3O a year; the sole extras being
an entrance fee of 2 guineas and hall a
crown a week as pocket monay fqr the
boy. Probably the fees would have been
considerably lower had it not been for the
tea at breakfast; but it was of course ab
solutely necessary that a young fellow of
condition should have “tay,” and ’Squire
Scrope was not the man to stint his elder
son in the innocent enjoyment of so fash
tonable a luxury. In the course of 1732
Carr, who was but 13, and who was des
tined for the navy, was sent “to schoole to
Mr. Haledine’s,' near Union Stairs, in
YVapping, at £26 per annum for his board,
withoutVashing, and a guinea a month
for learning arithm_tick and navigation,
and 2 guineas entrance.” This was an
other instance of generous conduct on
the part of the ’Squire, for Carr had al
readv been with his brother Fred at a
Mr. Arnold’s, by whom they were board
ed and liberally taught for £l2 a year
each, and 2 guineas for each extra. The
cheapness of the school charges was no
doubt due in a great measure to the low
price of meat. Even in 1754 a quarter of
lamb cost only Is. 6d., a leg and a saddle of
fine mutton 4's. r.; veal 3; a pence a pound,
round of beef 4}£ pence, ribs of beef 3
pence, mutton 2% pence, and pork 3
pence; and rabbits could be bought for
from fid. to Is. a uair. Lump sugar, on the
other hand, was 9 pence a pound, soap 6
pence, and coffee 6 shillings; but “good
red port” was cheap, the price per dozen
bottles being only 17 shillings; and other
wines could be purchased at proportion
ate prices. Nor were wages extravagant.
In 1748 “two days’ work done in the gar
dens at Coleby Hall” cost Is. 6d., though
in the same year laborers were occasion
ally paid 1" sbillins per day. Mowers
earned Is. lOd. a day, and plowers 4 shill
ings an acre; and the head gardener, a
man who exercised considerable authori
ty, received but £l6 a year. ' Maid-ser
vants were paid from £3 to £6 a year:
and a washerwoman could be hired for 6
pence and a charwoman for 4 pence a day.
The price of coals at Lincoln, whence
they were hauled by the’Squire’s servants
to Coleby, was 17 shillings a caldron in
1748; the window-tax for Coleby Hall was
£2 175.; and a pane of glass for the win
dow of the best guest chamber cost 1
shilling. The accounts al6o throw some
light upon the stable expenses at the
time. In 1754 oats were but 11 shillings
a quarter, and the Coleby blacksmith
charged only 4 shillings /or eight shoes
for Mr. Serope’s two chaise horses. In
the same year the village carpenter made
a erindstone frame and mended two wheel
barrows for the very moderate sum of Is.
6d. As for the value of land, a rich graz
ing farm of 277 acres let for £165, and 198
acres of good arable fields for £9O.
THOMAS CONROY'S VOW.
Why He Refuses to Accept a Large
Fort u do.
Regularly every year * says a Tanner’s
Falls (Penn.) special to the New York
Times , Thomas Conroy? an industrious
shoemaker, of this village, receives of
ficial notice from Dublin,-Ireland, that a
fortune of £5,0U0, with the accumulations
of 26 years, is in bank there, awaiting his
order, and regularly every year he sends
hack word that he will never touch a pen
ny of the money until he has had justice
done him in another way.! Thomas Con
roy, now 50 years of age, was born in the
Province of Leinster, Ireland, where the
firm of Conroy Brothers had a monopoly
of supplying bread and liquor to 4,000
soldiers in the barracks near Dublin.
Michael Conroy, one of the firm, was
Thomas Conroy’s father, and the other
member of the’ firm was Thomas Conroy,
an uncle. When young Thomas Conroy
was 19 his father died. His mother had
been dead some years. His father lett a
will directing that when fhomas became
of age he should be paid whatever the
amount of the interest of the deceased
man in the supply business was. Young
Conroy took up his residence with his un
cle Thomas in Dublin. The young man
was well educated and high-spirited, the
Conroy family being of the higher class.
There was another uncle named Patrick,
who had married a woman who was be
neath him in social standing. His wife’s
sister had a daughter 17-years ot age, and
it occurred to Patrick that he would be
pleased to have his nephew Thomas mar
ry this niece. When-it was proposed to
young Conroy he refused to listen to it,
and aroused the enmity of his uncle Pat
rick thereby, and the latter sought means
to revenge himself oa. his nephew for
thwarting his plans.
At that time the order of Mollie Ma
guires—which originated in Ireland—
were very strong there. The lawless acts
had stricken terror into every neighbor
hood where a branch of the order was
known to exist. Patrick Conroy deter
mined to use this order to retaliate on his
nephew, and one day he called on his
brother Thomas -and revealed to him the
pretended fact that young Thomas was
not only a member of the Mollie Ma
guires, but that he was Secretary and
bookkeeper of the local lodge, and had a
list of its members. A number of out
rages had been perpetrated in Dublin
about that time, which had been traced to
this very 10-Jge, and the elder Thomas
Conroy’s anger was unbounded when he
learned that his nephew was connected
with the criminals. Summoning the
young man to him, be charged him with
his alliance with the hated Mollies. This
aroused the blood of young Conroy, who
was strongly opposed to the order ol
which he was charged with being a mem
ber, and, upon being told that the charge
was made on the word 'of his uncle Pat
rick, the young man denounced him as a
liar and a villain. Thomas Conroy the
eldsr commanded his nephew to immedi
ately apologize abjectly to Patrick for his
disrespectful language or to leave the
house forever. Young Conroy indignant
ly refused to apologize, and repeating his
words declared he would not remain an
other moment among flesh and blood that
had so belied him, and left the house.
With 12 guineas in his pocket he sailed
for America. He landed in New York in
1858. A former acquaintance of his lived
in Callicoon, on the Erie Railway, and
yoiyig Conroy hunted him up. From
there he weut on foot to Binghamton,-and
from there started to walk to New Or
leans, where he had a friend. In passing
through the village of Mount Pleasant, in
this county, he stopped at the shop door
ol the village shoemaker, and while
watohing him at his work became so in
terested in it that he asked the shoemaker
if he did not want an apprentice. The
shoemaker did, and young Conroy went to
work then and there.
When Conroy came of age he received
notice from his’ uncle that he was entitled
to £5,000 from their business, and that it
awaited his order. He sent back the
word he has sent every year since that
when they apologized to him and confessed
they had wronged him by the charges they
made against him in Ireland, he would go
to Ireland and claim the money, and nev
er before. When Conroy learned his
trade he married a Miss Delaney and went
to work for himself at Tanner’s Fails. He
is obliged to work hard and constantly to
support himself and family, and yet he
will not break the vow he took, when he
left his native land, to never visit it again
nor touch one penny of the wealth he was
entitled to until his uncles confessed to
him that they had wronged him.
THE LANGUAGE OF PARASOLS.
Telegraphing to Lovers with till* Use
ful Article.
Sentimental parasols, says the Cincin
nati Enquirer, are to be in fashionable
and coquettish use this summer. They
will be to their carriers what fans are to
the belles of Spain—implements of devas
tation to male hearts. This was tacitly
agreed upon by all the New York girls,
who kept up with the procession just as
soon as they saw that elaborate and pic
turesque sun-shades were to be a feature
of summer life at the resorts; but it was
not until night before last that any con
cert of action was arranged. I was then
present at a secret conference of a small
but highly influential number of our most
approved belles, and I was delegated to
publish the outcome of the important de
liberations. After a general discussion of
the question at issue, during which it was
abundantly set forth that inanimate arti
cles can be employed effectively in flirta
tion, and greatly to the relief of facial ex
pression—besides possessing the ad
vantage of being non-committal—the fol
lowing code of signals and significances
was adopted unanimously:
Opening the parasol quickly with the
point upward—You interest me.
Closing in the same manner—l am not
favorably impressed by you.
Opening with the point downward—Ac
quaintance would not be disagreeable to
me.
Closing similarly—An advance would
be repelled.
Closed and carried over the right should
er—Beware of observers.
Closed over the left shoulder—We are
watched.
Revolved slowly while open—l like you.
Revolved rapidly—l love you.
Used as a cane—You may walk with
me.
Laid across the lap—You may sit by
me.
Carried under the right arm—Yes.
Under the left arm—No.
Swung point down in front—Kindly sa
lutation.
Moved perpendicularly while held open
over the head—Good-by.
Revolved open behind the back—You
may follow me.
A Maine Skipper’s Ghost Story.
Portland (Me.) Press.
Capt. James T , an old Portland
shipmaster, told the following ghost story
to a citizen. He said that one night on
the voyagif from which he bad just re
turned, while lying off the Battery, at
New York, waiting for the crew to come
on board, he heard someone on the top of
the house calling “James T , James
T .” Now this was not only the
Captain’s name, but also that of
who was hi* mate on this voyage.
the Captain, mate, and steward
board, and on hearing the voice theyall
went on deck, but saw no one. The
steward’s dog, which slept in front of the
cabin door, lay quiet on his rug. The
next day the bark sailed for*Rio Janeiro,
and several strange occurrences took
place on the passage. One morning his
son, the mate, said to him: “Captain, the
ship is haunted, I turned out on my watch
at 4 o’clock in the morning, and as I went
out of the cabin door I saw someone in
white, but before I could distinguish
whether it was male or female it disap
peared around the mainmast. The steward
said he saw it also and was frightened.”
Some days alter this the steward called
the Captain and told him the mate had
not yet come on deck. The Captain went
to the mate’s stateroom, and on opening
the door saw the mate apparently laugh
ing at him, but on taking hold of him he
found he was dead. From his distorted
countenance it appeared that he had been
frightened to death. Several other
strange occurrences happened on board,
and on arriving at Rio the steward left
the vessel on account of feeling that she
was haunted. Strange noises continued
to be heard on board, such as the working
of the windlass in heaving the anchor,
but on going forward no one was to be
seen. Now comes the strangest part of
the story. During the Captain’s absence
on this voyage another son of his, Samuel
T , arrived home from a voyage, and
remarked that he would go down for his
dunnage. He came back with it and lay
down for a nap. Not coming down to tea,
some of the family went to call him and
found him dead. This was about the
time that the mate and steward saw the
figure in white.
THE FIELD. FAUX AND GARDEN.
We solicit articles ferthis department,
rhe name of the writer should accompany
the letter or article, not necessarily
for publication, but as evidence of good
faith.
Transplanting.
The soil into which ; tents are to be
transplanted should be freshly prepared
and not wet. but in good working condi
tion. All tender plants, suoh as-tomatoes,
peppers, egg plant, etc., should remain in
the beds until all danger 'from frost and
cold winds is past. Tomatoes should be
planted 4x4 feet. To sec use the earliest
tomatoes select a soil not very rich, run
furrows with the plow and in each bill put
a shovel full of well-rotted fine manure.
Saturate the plant bed with water and let
it settle. Take up the plants with all the
soil that will adhere to the roots and place
in any vessel In which they can conve
niently be carried to the field. As the
plants are put in place, draw carefully
about the roots fresh soil and press it down
well with the feet. Plants should stand
but a little deeper than in the bed. Fill
up all turrows and leave surface level. If
the soil is light and dry, as it should be, in
cultivating always keep the surface level.
Egg plant and pepper should he similarly
treated, but should be planted three teet
by two.
"in transplanting sweet potatoes, if the
soil is deep, rich and loose, plow shallow,
make hills or ridges not more than twelve
inches high, and it when hoeing them the
weather is dry enlarge them. When the
soil is ready put into a bucket enough
water to cover the roots of plants. Take
out the plants without taking up the tu
bers; take hold close to the ground and
pull away from the soil sidewise. Place
plants in a bucket, from which drop a few
at a time upon the hills ;-then, holding
plant in left hand, make with tbe three
long fingers of the right hand a place for
the plant the full length of the fingers;
insert the plant carefully, letting it reach
the bottom of the excavation; then draw
it up until the leaves are above the sur
face; then push the soil inward toward
the plant and press down.firmly. Plants
treated thus will seldom fail to grow. To
protect tender plants against cut-worms,
take stiff wrapping paper, cut inch
square, and wrap around the stem of the
plant and press the soil against it to hold
it in place.— Maryland Tanner.
Get Ready for Turnips.
Plow up the ground for turnips now and
harrow it fine." The grass and weeds will
soon spring up and may then be easily
destroyed by passing the harrow over the
ground once or twice. This plan germi
nates the seeds before the sowing of the
turnip seed. As soon as the first young
crop of weeds are killed, a second crop
will appear after a good rain. Now go
over the ground with the cultivator, and
also harrow it fine again. There may still
be another lot ol youpg weeds, but in
greatly reduced numbers. With another
good cultivating and harrowing they will
be nearly eradicated • the seeds will have
germinated, tbe land, made very tine for
the turnip seed, and the crop will get a
good start and thrive. We neglect the
turnip crop in ordhr to grow hay and
grain, and yet turnips are very valuable
for feeding, not that they areas nutritious
and fatteniug as other kinds of feed, but
because they are relished in winter by
stock, as a change from the dry provender
which they receive for so many months of
the cold season. The monetary value ol
the crop is nearly equal to grain, if we
will consider the uses to which we may
apply turnips. In sowing the seed a drill
may be used. The rows should be wide
enough to admit of cultivation with cul
tivator, but plgnts should be thinned out
to a single one every six inches, or of such
distance apart as to admit of the hoe.
The fly is very destructive to this crop as
it comes up, and consequently the seed
should be used liberally, as the surplus
plants are more easily removed than to
resow. Ashes are said to prevent the at
tacks of the fly, but care should be exer
cised in applying ashes to tender plants.
A solution of carbolic acid with a little
soap in the water sometimes prevents at
tacks, Keep the field clean, as well
worked, and push the plants forward.
The rutabagas are the best for a field crop
and the mixture of potash salts and su
perphosphate the best fertilizer.
Mosquitoes Under the Microscope.
We have long held the opinion that the
mosquito is an unmitigated scoundrel,
who could give our own lively flea six
stones and a beating over a long course,
hut we are now convinced. A gentleman
has examined Mr. Mosquito under a mi
croscope, and his description is, to say
the least, startling. It appears that in
the “bill” of the little beast alone there
are no fewer than five distinct surgical
instruments. These are desoribed as a
lance, two meat saws, a suction pump
and a small Corless steam engine. It ap
pears that when a “skeeter” settles down
to his work upon a nice tender portion of
the human frame, the lance is first pushed
into the flesh, then the two saws, placed
back to back, begin to work up ana down
to enlarge the hole; then the pump is in
serted aud the victim’s blood is syphoned
up to the reservoirs carried behind, and,
finally, to complete the cruelty of the per
formance, the wretch drops a quantity of
poison into the wound to keep it irritated.
Then the dimunitive fiend takes a fly round
just to digest your gore and makes tracks
for a lresh victim, or if the first one has
been of unusually good quality, he re
turns to the same happy hunting ground.
The mosquito’s marvelous energy, com
bined with his portable operating chest,
makes him at once a terror and a pest.
Our English skin grazers are doves in
comparison with them.
Wolf-Teeth in Horses.
The general expression among promi
nent veterinary surgeons is that the su
pernumerary teeth known as “wolf-teeth”
have no effect upon the eyes of the horse.
I have noticed numerous answers to in
quiries in the various turf and medical
journals as above. Now if all the most
distinguished veterinarians in the world
were to reiterate their belief as above, I
should continue to investigate the mouth
of all my horses from yearlings up for
these supernumerary teeth and remove
them. In almost every instance where I
have noticed indications of weak eyes,
watery discharges, etc., I have upon ex
amination found one or two wolf-teeth.
These removed, the eyes have cleared with
with no subsequent treatment. Last fall
I purchased a number of young horses.
Among them I noticed three w ith watery
discharges from their eyes. Calling the
man in charge I called his attention to the
colts, had them caught and examined
every one of them. The yearlings had
two wolf-teeth, w hich were removed. The
eyes all improved and in a short time were
as perfect as any. For years I have prac
ticed the removal of teeth, and invariably
with the best results; so I say without
hesitation to all breeders; examine your
stock, old and young, and when you And
the useless teeth remove them. Certainly
it can do no harm. •
Tree Planting Time.
This is the favorite time of the year with
many to set out trees. It would seem that
no tree could fail to grow, set out in the
rain and watered so abundantly every
day. So far as our experience goes, there
is no better time for transplanting; but
on this subject, as on every other concern
ing orange trees, there is great diversity
of opinion. Some persons think trees set
out In the summer will be sure to have
the “die back,” and these will let the
whole rainy season pass and wait for De
cember, January and February, to plant
their trees. Others think there is no
choice of seasons; that any time is good,
so that the tree is carefully taken up and
the small, fibrous roots are not suffered to
dry in the heat. It is true that almost
everything depends onthis first work.
Many spend great- labor on planting trees
that 4f* ve already been fatally injured, by
having these little roots exposed to air
and sun; for it needs but a very short
time of such exposure to kill a tree.—
Home and Farm.
The Cow for Florida.
The nest milking cow to stand the cli
mate of Florida is yet to be found. Jer
seys have been mostly imported for the
purpose, but of hundreds we have seen
brought here we do not know of one that
has lived over two years,the greater num
ber dying before they have been here six
months. The small Guinea cows have
done very well so far, but their supply of
milk does not come up to the standard,
seldom exceeding six or eight quarts per
day—not more than a well-fed Florida
raised cow. It would pay someone to
breed milking cows from the best of our
country-raised heifers witlf imported bulls.
Other breeds that have been brought into
the State have done better than Jerseys,
but they have been so few in numbers that
no conclusion as to the adaptability can
be arrived at. We must breed our own.—
Florida Agriculturist.
It is said that cotton seeds as they come
from the gin are much better feed than
cotton-seed meal, and where manure is
wanted they are superior, after passing
through the cow, to rotted cotton seed.
Farm and Stock Nates.
The American Cultivator thinks it ab
surd to suppose we cannot make beet su
gar in this aauntry as well as in Europe,
but we have the advantage of sorghum as
a source in place of the beets.
Growing strawberry plants need a gen
erous supply of water. Fror> tbe day
when the first blossoms appear until the
well-developed fruit is ready tobpliteked
the soil where strawberry vines stand
should be kept very moist.
Every houeewile should have o- jar ex
clusively set apart in which to keeper-east.
It should not be allowed to remain ant
length of time in a jar which has previ
ously contained vinegar, apple butter,
pickles, etc., unless it has undergone a
thorough washing and airing.
Sheep that have been uniformly kept
will have fleeces of the greatest sireugth.
A week of starvation, unusual exposure
to severe weather, or often a very cold
period in winter with supposed good care,
will stop the growth of wool aud a weak
place in the fibre will be the result.
Sir J. B. Lanes says that of dry food
eaten by sheep it has been found that these
animals stored up in increased weight 12
per cent., while cattle only laid up in in
creased weight 8 per cent.; or, in other
words, eight awl a half pounds of dry
foods increased the live weightof sheep
as much as did twelve and a half pounds
the live weight of cattle.
The great flow of milk of cows, is truly
artificial. In a state of nature the cow
gives only the necessary quantity and
gives it only the necessary’ time to sus
tain the calf. The greater anti longer
yield of milk is the result of better feed
ing, better treatment and longer manipu
lation ot the teats. Hence, to increase
the yield of milk, feed and milk well.
There is no need of bothering about a
cow’s pulse to find out if she is well or
not; simply look at her nose- If well, it
will be moist and cold; ary
ar and hot. bhe is like a dog ;dlthis respect.
A staring coat or a hollov eye are alsc
points indicating trouble, arid as symp
toms of disease they are more to be dread
ed than the dry no&e.—Amriean Dairy
man.
Cow peas is the great crop tor plowing
under as green manure in the South. In
this respect it occupies the same place as
clover in the North. The seeds will not
ripen in our Northern la ifcudes, but they
can always be cheaply tirecured, and the
crop may be 60wed for plowing under. It
will produce a large mass of vegetable
matter the first season, and is probably
better for plowing under than any other
annual.
The use of blood as a food for cattle has,
it is stated, been the subject of experi
ment in Denmark by a chemist, who. as a
result, has now invented and patented a
new kind of cqke, in which blood forms
one of the chief ingredients. This new
food is said to be exceedingly nutritious
and wholesome, and is eaten with avidity
by all sorts of animals, and even by cows
and horses, which have naturally a strong
dislike to the smell of blood.
“Prof. Henry say3: “I would urge that,,
our farmers give nsore oats to young stock. |
colts as well as calves. There is no foed
so easily, attainable that will so well
correct acidity of the stomach
keep the whole system in good order. To
those who wish to raise calves on very
little milk I would say, use oats andoil
meal freely, and by studying the wants of
the calves yen will be able to raisa fine
animals.on a small allowance of milk.”
Poultry breeders must not lose sight of
the double object of raising poultry—tbe
production of eggs and the production of
the supply ol earcass. Without,entering
into tbe merits of either as a
it will be well to bear in mind that cer
tain breeds are essentially tabu. birds and
put on flesh in a shorter period than the
others and, consequently, whether eggs
are desired or carcasses, particular breeds
should be used for the purposes intended.
An American who visited France says
the gardeners are very careful about the
manner of gathering their asparagus.
They say that the neat asparagus knives
advertised iu the catalogues are intended
for delicate people who are afraid of soil
ing their fingers, and the only proper way
is to pick the shoots by hand. They con
sider it quite important to break theta off
at the point where they are united to the
root, rather than in the ground above this
point, as we usually do.
To remove lice from hen houses, and
also from the fowls, the following method
is recommended as one of the best that
has been tried. Take flowers of sulphur
five pounds, liquid carbolic acid one dram.
Rub the acid in the sulphur thoroughly
with a small paddle, and apply through
the pluff and feathers of the hen with the
hand, and it will not only prove an effect
ual application but also a safe one, as it
will not Interfere w ith the hatching of
eggs or endanger the lile of the chicks.
The old practice of washing sheep be
fore shearing has fallen into disuse among
the most progressive farmers. It does not
pay. Aside from the colds, rheumatisms
and other inconveniences incurred by men
and animals, the wool is not increased in
market value enough to justify the time
and labor expended. If the fleeces arc
filled with burrs and rubbish the washing
they get on the sheep’s back will not help
them any. Better keep the sheep reason
ably clean and let the manufacturers do
the washing.
Aphtha:, or thrush, is an affection of the
mouth of the horse and other animals,and
arises from indigestion or the eating of
acrid plants. If the first, it is generally
accompanied by constipation of the bow
els, small red spots upon the buccal mem
brane, and especially that part about the
tongue. If vesicles are found they may
be carefully scarified, after which may be
used, several times daily, injections into
the mouth of a portion ol an astringent
lotion made ot vinegar, honey and borax,
or alum.— Prairie Farmer.
M. Pailleux, of the French Society of
Acclimatization, has recently called at
tention to anew fibrous plant, a native of
Japan, which he considers worth study
ing. Kusu is a climbing plant, which in
a year attains a height of 12 feet to 25
feet, aud does not require much care.
Warm, dry tracts of land, unsuited for
other cultivation, are said to agree with
it. It remains to be seen what practical
value the plant w ill have lor textile pur
poses, but one point seems worthy of no
tice, viz.: that the plant is so fibrous that
the young shoots can be used as string for
tying bales.— Textile Manufacturer.
Every farmer who undertakes to raise
squashes must exercise considerable in
genuity as well a3 patience ; in order to
protect them from their insatiable enemy,
the squash-bug. A Massachusetts farmer
lound the following plan successful the
first season: “Spread the main part of the
manure upon tbe land and plow under,
putting one shovelful of finely composted
manure in the hill, with a handful of salt
thoroughly mixed with it. If the maggot
should appear pour water mixed with
Paris green about the roots of the plants.”
He only found it necessary to make two
applications ot Paris green, which, being
applied before the plants bloomed, could
do no harm.
“Live-for-ever” is a weed that requires
thorough treatment to subdue it. The
best remedy is to plow the land in the
dryest time in the summer rathershallow,
and let the surface ground be thoroughly
dried, by which the plants will be killed.
To cultivate the ground only spreads this
pest, as broken leaves of it will root and
make plants. But when it is merely
turned and then baked in the hot sun i’t
has no chance. The land might be re
plowed crosswise late in the fall, which
would again turn over any roots that bad
escaped the previous plowing. In the
spring we would sow pea-vine clover,
which will smooth any stragglers, and
then plow it all under in the early fall,
and put in a wheat or rye crop.
In the curing of cheese, says Dr. Rey
nolds, of Maine, certain requisites are in
dispensable in order to attain the best re
sults. Free exposure to air is one requisite
for the development of flavor. Curd sealed
up in an air-tight vessel aDd kept at the
proper temperature readily breaks down
into a soft, rich, ripe cheese, but it has
none of the flavor so much esteemed in a
good cheese. Exposure to the oxygen of
tbe air develops flavor. The cheese dur
ing the process of curing takes its oxygen
and gives off carbonic acid gas. He also
adds that the development of flavor can
be hastened by subjecting the cheese to a
strong current of air. The flavor is de
veloped by the process of oxidation. If
the cheese is kept in too close air during
the process of curing it will be likely to
be deficient in flavor.
What many people, especially children,
call thirst, is merely a sense of dryness
in the mouth and throat. This uncom
fortable sensation is caused by the gene
ral habit of breathing through the mouth.
The air taken into the lungs dries the
mouth, tongue and the upper portion oi
the throat. To drink for the purpose of
relieving a mouth made dry by being open,
is frequently to overload the stomach with
fluids which are not needed, and which,
consequently, are detrimental to diges
tion. It is peculiarly injurious also, for
it washes into the stomach all the foul
solids which, in the form of dust, find their
way into the mouth and throat.
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.
The Bi-YiY to Cook Nsw-Pot*.
toes for supper is to take-cohl boiled
ones, slice them and cook them in cream
or milk with- a lump of buttsr in It and
plenty of peeper and salt.
Wmrrxr C*x am frozen is dainty. To
three pints of perfectly sweet r fresh and
thick cream allow one pint ol ’lowdered
sugar, tbe whites of two eggs and a table
spoonful of vanilla. Whip the cream and
mix theotherringredients gradually; then
freeze.
A Good Way to Prepare Old Pota
toes So Th iTuky Will be Eatable.
—Mash the potato after boiling, season it
with pepper aod salt, then, with the yelk
of an egg—er more, if necessary—make
the potato into cakes, fr v them a delicate
brown in butter and larcl mixed, have the
fat very hot and then the cakcs-will not
be greasy.
CccrMßE-ist are sometimes served as an
entree w hen prepared thus: Take good
sized ones and peel them and slice them
lengthwise; dip each slice into corn
meal seasoned with pepper am' salt; fry
them in hot lard until they are a delicate
brown. If you choose you can vary the
dish by dipriatr the slices into beaten egg
and then into flour or very fine cracker
crumbs before frying.
A Most Appetizing Sauct; for Fish
is made of a gill of sweet cream, one ta
blespoonlul of flour, half a tablespoonful
of butter; Ifcvor with a litt'a powdered
mace. Cook, this by setting a bowl con
taining it into a pan of boiling water; let
it stand in this until the flour is cooked
and the sauce about like custard or gravy.
Pour it o' ar. tbe fish just before serving,
so that it '.sill go to the table hot. If you
wish to make it still richer add the velks
of two eggs.
The Rlcilk for Citron Ice Cream
comes to us Iron) Kentucky - Make a rich
custard, using at least lo ireggs to one
quart ol milk aud half a teaspoonfuiiof
gelatine.. The custard should be boiled
until quite thick; then let it cool before
putting it into the freezer. Just as it be
gins tc bp stiff stir in as much chopped
citron *you will wish to have in it, the
quantity, of course, depending upon your
taste. The citron should be chopped Very
line and be thoroughly iacftrporated with
the cleans.
has come, to* be almost a
necessity to thousands of Northern,fami
lies to whom it wras unknown a few years
age. They are fried and served as an en
treoj pies are made cf them, with a deli
cate,upper and under crust with plenty
ol sugar and a suggestion of spice, butt
w hen sliced thin and with chopped
pineapple or with chopped oranges they
are simply delicious. At breakfast thy
ere served by remo' ing the skin, cutting
the bananas in two pieces, crosswise,and
piling them on a pretty china or fiancy
plate.
One of the necessities and luxuries
also of the toilet table is a bottle ol water
in which you put as much pewdered borax
as will dissolve: keep putting it in until
it begins to fall to the bottom and remains
there. When you take your bath or sim
ply wash your’ lace and bands, pour a lit
tle of this into, the washbowl. It softens
the water and removes soil without mak
ing the skin rough. It is good to use also
when you wash the children's hair, as
much soap Is universally condemned for
that purpose. When you fed that clean
liness demands soap a little pure Castile
soap is recommended*
“What would anyone do who had
a pitcher full of sweet, fresh buttermilk
sent to her? I don’t know how to cook
with it.”- A neighbor of mine made this
exclamation, but a noted caterer, whose
dishes.were the admiration of all who
knew them, speaks highly of buttermilk
and deplores.the ignorance of the average
cook in regard to its good qualities. An
old time rulo for making crullers is to use
half a pint of buttermilk, one-half cup of
butter, two cups of sugar and three eggs.
Dissolve half a teaspoonful of soda In a
little hot water, add a teaspoonful of salt,
half a nutmeg grated, haif a teaspoonful
of ground cinnamon ol good strength. As
much flour should be worked in as will
make a smooth dough; cut in rings or any
shape you choose and fry in very hot fat.
Crullers used to be cut in little squares
after being rolled out in a thin sheet, then
the squares were slashed.
BITS OF SCIENCE.
German experiments have proves that
sea mud is a much better fertilizer for rye
and oats than farm-yard manure.
All the vessels of the British navy which
carry divers are to be supplied with tele
phones for submarine communication.
Actual thirst is as qulokly satisfied with
hot water as with oold. When only ice
water is desired the probability is that
the person drinking it has eaten some
thing which has irritated the stomach.
It is said that by the following simple
method almost instant relief of earache
is afforded; Put five drops of chloroform
on a little cotton or wool in the bowl of a
clay pipe; then blow the vapor through
the stem into the aching ear.
Ice water is the great American vice
and probably kills more persons than rum.
That it is cooling to the entire system
cannot be denied, but sudden changes of
physical temperature from warmth to
coolness are always detrimental to health.
Trichina:, if the experimental results of
the work of MM. Mignon and Touard, of
Paris, are to be relied upon, are said to
be rendered innocuous after the meat con
taining these parasites bas been subjected
to a temperature so low as 20 degrees cen
tigrade.
The rage for salt, pepper and mustard
may be charged with much of the inordi
nate tnirst which makes the traveling
Americana marvel to his European cou
sins. Water, to which has been added
one-twentieth part of its weight in ice is
cold enough for any properly fed person.
Persons who are compelled to cool and
moisten their palates should first rinse
the mouth with a sip or two of water. If,
afterward, they feel that they must drink
they should imbibe by single sips. By
this method they will be as fully satisfied
with a gill of water as with a pint hastily
swallowed.
The authorities of Berlin are trying tile
pavements for the streets. The tiles are
molded into blocks 7.8 inches square and
3.9 Inches thick, and impregnated with
bituminous products up to 20 per cent, of
their volume. They are laid on concrete
six inches thick and the spaces between
them are filled with hot tar.
Mows. E.E. Blavier, the eminent French
electrician, associates earth currents,
which at times so powerfully affect tele
graphic operations and the mariner’s com
pass, with trade winds, and thereby indi
rectly with the sun. He favors De la
Rive’s theory that the aurora borealis is
due to the circulation of electric currents
in the higher regions of the atmosphere.
Analysis of the roe of the salmon shows
that it is nearly one-half (48.7 per cent.)
composed of nuclein, an albuminous sub
stance rich in phosphorus. This, then,
would be an almost incomparable brain
food, if, as is generally conceded, that or
gan appropriates largely the phosphoric
particles from our nutriment. The nitro
genous matter in all spawn is inqnuch
larger proportion than exists in tRe adult
animal.
Vaccination performed once docs not
act as a preventive ot smallpox after a
certain length of time has elapsed. An
examination of the statistics of ibis dis
ease shows that of those who had taken it
and hail been vaccinated in infancy, 90
per cent, are over 10 years of age, while
only 10 per cent, are under 10 years of age.
Revaccination at intervals, say ol 7 Years,
is the only known effective measure for
protection.
Coffee Is not a good summer drink. Its
stimulating property is beneficial to per
sons with a sense of physical debility; but
coffee arrests, temporarily, all natural
processes of waste, whereas in hot weath
er these should be allowed full play. Tea
is a far better drink. It is stimulating,
and is therefore very injurious when taken
in large quantities; but over-stimulation,
with its implied necessity of in some way
making good the physical force which it
enables to develop too rapidly, are itsonly
bad effects. Taken without sugar it is
cooling, but a heaped teaspoonful of sugar
will generate as much physical heat as a
quarter of a pound of beefsteak. Sugar
is the most heating of all articles of hu
man consumption.
Files! Pile*!! Pile*!!!
Sure cure for Blind, Bleeding and Itch
ing Tiles. One box has cured the worst
cases of 20 years standing. No one need
suffer five minutes after using William’s
Indian Pile Ointment. It absorbs tumors,
allavs itching, acts as poultice, gives in
stant relief. Prepared only for Piles, itch
ing of the private parts, nothing else. Hon.
J. M. Conenbury, of Cleveland, says: “1
have used scores of Pile cures, and it
affords me pleasure to say that 1 have
never found anything which gives such
immediate and permanent relief as Dr.
William's Indian Pile Ointment. Bold
by druggists and mailed on receipt ot
price, sl. Sold by O. Butler, Savannah.
Lippman Bros., wholesale agents.
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By as overwhelming popular vote its fran
chise was made a part of the present State
Constitution, adopted December a, A. D. 1879.
The only Lottery ever voted on and in
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It sow <mU or pottpono*.
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MAY mean “Poisoned with Potah.” This
is the case with hundreds who have been
unwise enough to take Sarsaoarillas, Potash
mixtures, etc., until digestion is almost fatally
Impaired. Swift’s Specific is a vegetable
remedy, and restores the system to health and
builds up the waste made by these poisons.
“I was suffering with Blood Poison, and
treated several months with Mercury and
Potash, only to make me worse. The Potash
took away iny appetite and gave me dyspep
sia, and both gave me rheumatism. 1 then
took Sarsaparilla*, etc. All these Sarsaparilla
mixtures have Potash in them. This made me
still worse; as it drove the poison farther into
my system. A friend insisted I should take
Swift’s Specific, and it cured me of the Blood
Poison, drove the Mercury and Potasli out of
my system, and to-day I am as well as I ever
was/’ GEO. 0. WELLMAN, Jr.,
Salem, Mas*.
John A. Smith, the largest merchant in
Gainesville, Ga., says: “I suffered for years
from the combined effects of Erysipelas and
Eczema. I continued to grow worse under
medical treatment and by taking medicine
containing Potash. S. S. 8. cured me thor
oughly and absolutely. My appetite, strength
and flesh returned as I was cured with it.”
Treatise on Blood and Skin Disease mailed
free to applicants.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
„ Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga.
N. Y. Office, 159 W. 23d st., between 6th and
<th avs. Philadelphia Office, 1205 Chestnut st.
SAVED - HER LIFE
Ridge, MclNToen Cos., Gz.
Dr. J. Bradfield: Pear Sir —l have taken
several bottles of your Female Regulator for
falling of the womb and other diseases com
bined, of sixteen years standing, and I really
believe I am cured entirely , for which please
accept my heartfelt thanks and most profound
gratitude. 1 know your medicine saved my
life, so you see I cannot speak too highly In it*
favor. I have recommended it to several of
my friends who are suffering as I was. Your*
very respectfully,
Mrs. W. E. STEBBINS.
TESTEP A QUARTER OF A CENTURY—
IT STAMPS UNRIVALEP.
LaGrange, Ga.
Dr. J. Bradfield, Atlanta,Ga.: Pear Sir—
I take pleasure in stating that 1 have used,
for the last twenty years, the medicine you
are now nutting up, known as Dr. Bradfleld’s
Female Regulator, and consider it the best
combination ever gotten togettier for the dis
eases for which it is recommended. With
kindest regards I am, respectfully,
W. B. FERRELL, M. D.
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MANUFACTURERS OF
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Locomotive, Return Tubular, Flue
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Tie Winning Tictct, 1884.
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ANOTHER fresh carload received this day;
Haifa, Kegs and Ponies.
I respectfully ask my friends and the pub
lic to call for these
Pure and Unadulterated Beers!
On tap at all leading saloons.
GEO. MEYER, Sole Agent, 143 Bay street.
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