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COMING INTO PORT.
BT MART A. DESISON.
I .. [looner anil merchantman.
‘ ' 1 nlining, or idly still,
hy - .'.,,ig fresh breeze like a giant s tan,
A- ’ . r -ails out many a span,
"•*’ r’ing the billows at its will.
arbor! for westward, see.
>** r " u | i>* mill wings flash in the sun,
~ -I - real needles are off our lee
At -' - must the pilot be,
I- me Orient voyage is done.
-winging up ropes of gold,
in the crimson light,
11 ringed and gray and old—
-0 " ' i furrowed, vet keen and bold,
" . iiiL;ljw as rare and bright,
An la '
~v . the liome-nest, hey, Cap.? All
J?I’’ 1 ’’ ttes his hand with a skipper's
~ v uiin*. and so is Nell;
B ", come, but the roughish swell
I •*, drea i of a gale outside.
t,ve t- ■“
u-arts that are beating high.
At ■_ 1 in the mellow tinge,
*’ '" - ruiiv and golden sky,
~r l , ' : ..' v right rovallT,
t r ’ - ;r .us amber and vermeil fringe. (
the sha lew • h arbor we glide,
H . .(the quant old town in sight. |
' iing lamps up the steep bill- j
. .V.. n the landing, side bv side, I
v i>uug c,rls make tfie gloaming
, ter when life's vova ge is done,
'l l ' r ship sails home under changing
u ,■'"die! our pilot at set of -tin—
' med if haply bv only one,
**'! ‘tiy dwellers’in Paradise.
\f>T 11l IbDING FISH.
.rre* of the Sea and Its Curious Finny
Creatures.
, . rk corner of the Philadelphia
v t and Sciences, says the Press,
l , - . n a curious, dark-colored,
7 ; , •- and fish imprisoned with a mass
li, i.w lin a flask of alcohol. The sea
- covered with white, oval
i . .u i ':ie label on the bottle reads
•he writer of a friend, who was
. _ . the rounds and who was some
th : t naturalist. “It isn’t very at
p-a r t : look at,” was the reply, “but it
i- S the most interesting of the nest
•■siidii -• fishes.”
sh '*tiild nests,” said a listener.
■ \ . eat many do,” was tee reply; “in
:.i '. t:. fishes are the birds of the sea.
j. ut time 1 ever saw this lish alive,”
c r ■ the naturalist, “I was on a
bound from Nassau to Key
V. - -i and die day, there being no wind—
as the skipper called it—l
! lowered and went over to a
7 . t gulf-weed that was floating
' , 1. It was the curious sargas
-7: •' -■ • s to make up the so-called
Sir- -t a—and was the abiding place
f curious animals. I soon
j dlection of crabs and mol
-7-s-. . of which were wonderfully
e 77 * . the exact hue and tints of
f . iding weed—a provision of
,7; . o' and mimicry. I was leaning
~v €r • -• n: of the boat. with my eyes
wltLii: i""t of the surface, when I ob
movement on the part of
w hat I-- -dto be a piece of weed,
an i.' >.:ii_ there was a crab beneath,
1‘77 ;iv hand beneath it, and, to my
7; : at, l lifted out an autennarias,
■- -. Hiiw, or one of his tribe, that
7 -.so remarkable was its pro
ce that I bad not ob
7, 7 though it was within two feet
• . :act. it seemed covered with
- •! the surrounding weed, the
i ■ - llow, olive and brown being
and by t!.e artist of nature.
HiP \ KST or THE AUTENNARIAS.
* - in this specimen, the head,
£-- - r or dorsal surface, were all
rr .... with dangling barbels of
j 7-. ■ > > exact in their imitation of
• .-- in. Thinking there might be
7 ai at hand, I thrust my hand
I, and In a moment disen
; . the rest of the weed a round
. size of a base-ball. I took
j;., . and found that it was the nest
cl r. ; ~ It was made up of bits of
i round about with strings of
i ... oretion, evidently from the
b-iy if tie- fish, and all over the leaves
lid in the interior were fastened the oval
wh.t ..-of the builder. I afterwards
bsml many more that ranged in size
fri-.Ei ~n ordinary ball to a foot-ball, but
ta-y were all made in the same way, and
tae’fish was, as a rule, lying upon its side
cut ; i'the nest or not far away, the
yi.un_ when first hatched find shelter in
the interior of the nest, and do not leave
i; until they are well able to care for
themselv*
•■N> •- aiding fishes are by no means I
rare. < -.-inmon stickleback is a well- I
k;, wn • sample. 1 have a pair now iu |
my a, .. i.m that are making a nest —
Lu i~ male is, as the female has
e ilia., t lo with the domestic arrange
j n at- When the breeding season comes
on t: tie assumes a nuptial garb, is
highly • -red with pink and red tints,
and > - vp.clous that few fish escape
The n at is placed either
win- f m<w suspended from some rope
ngs ovi rboard, and, huv
i:i-~ • ! i the location, the little liouse-
L ; to collect sticks and twigs
of vat. - ninds, after trying them to see
will fl ,ii or -ink. These are ar
ras. ■. ■ at lie bottom in a regular row,
aide:;, n held in place by stones or peb
ti>'. I .inflation completed, the sides
r * ‘ :;1 finally the top is laitl on
is*. - . methodical manner.
" u • ■ a nest is placed together in
t-i- . the male swings round about it,
ps" . i Women to the sides. If you
* r. .ir uo-.igh you would find that it
*■*- ' I- the nest round almut with a
& - eretton that it took from a
-lumen. Just as is the case
-.rida, this holds the nest in
> ’he spindle-shaped builder
-a series of rushes, seemingly
itfon of tearing it down
s.-i. i -i- repeated again and again,
-ti fairly breaks through the
' a tunnel through the cen
-1; - !- the finishing touch, and the
teuiah . i.-.w hunted up and driven into
t- .. w lit re she deposits her eggs.
• ■ male drives her out and
ta ’- - ver them, fanning them
Wita ‘ ' and guarding them against
! t . kinds. This watchful care
.itil they are hatched and the
four,.-, n * ke care of themselves.
4N>i >F GLOWING BUBBLES.
:ae m st remarkable nests is
’ ■: ' ■■■ Paradise fish of Eastern
*?•’ r ~- l so are beautiful fishes, deco
- f many hues, and actu
img birds or Paradise. When
ling time comes around, the
, ; • ■* ■•.*< the surface, takes a oub
> n s it below the surface,
i-> -s it inclosed in a covering
that it rises to the surface
- like a soap-bubble. Another
'.and soon a raft of them is
lit" an inch in height and
- ■ id inches beneath the sur-
v ‘' ' air-bubble ratt catches the
-n during the day, gleaming
' at hues, and at night is bnl
m *us; in fact, a veritable fairy
1 ' the eggs of the mother-fish
1 so float about until they
•" heii the young feed at first,
; re--ns of their nest, moving
Calls apart, leaving
mercy of whatever enemy
-■ These examples com
-11 *ts of Sijme of the grebes
aing nests, ad the birds
i::- ia from the limbs. The
sts on the bottom, how
ie-majority. Une of the most
e a . - is that of the eouramy, ot the
*: a ‘. r* °f Asia. It is considered
b., ; ; \ li d immense sums have
!? ,ntr °duciug it toother
tg, mins a length ot 6 feet, but
' ,s about g'j feet.
Sen . * ‘-•'ting season the male com
tiv .V' ct Plants, much after the
ta t ' - _ - ;, e stickleback, and carries
in: s I "here it weaves them
in the.. ' a *b leaving a rude opening
: r the reception ol the
ung come out m good time,
Ea;.'., ;} time protected by the
iiows them up when they
*itd ' I'* l^e nest - drawing them
mv and ejecting them again
thtvf'TJ" • mostead. Finally, however,
r.; • ' patience of the father,
d.sr c _" is soon deserted and torn
i.jj . * NEST like a gull’s.
r. . _• ? he fishes build nests like the
ii. aollows in the sand or peb
tiu-' R'-st-builder is the toadtish,
it * • !ts foung in a little hollow
"*er them carefully until
ciiti_ -i- ug afterward the young
Uij-j. oeks about the parent by
- deposits its eggs In a sbal
oas m d '' as does the trout and vari
l.tK-Ithe family. The curious
toas; is common otF our Eastern
a rude nest for its eggs and
watches over them until they are hatched.
Then the young tasten themselves by
their suckers to the mother, and are so
carried about, later following her like a
brood of chickens. This habit ot follow
ing the mother is rarely observed among
fishes, but is a trait of the catfish, the
young of which follow it in a regular
swarm.
“One of the most Interesting of the
; nest-builders is the lamprey eel, common
in many of our Eastern waters. In this
| case the male and female both attend to
I the work, which can readily be observed
in running streams. The nest is made up
of stones, that the eels collect from far
and near with their sucker-like mouths.
They swim up against the current, fasten
upon a stone, and make no attempt to
drag it, merely lifting It from the bottom
1 by a convulsive movement, the current
moving it down stream toward the loca
tion selected for the nest. If the pebble
is too heavy, perhaps both eels will take
hold, lifting together, until finally the
stone is deposited on a pile of others.
This is carried on until a heap perhaps
three feet high i6 collected, and among
them the eggs are deposited and guarded,
the young fish, that do not resemble their
parents, living in their ‘castle’ for a long
time.
“The nest of the striped dace, a fresh
water fish, is almost similar; both the
fishes form it by collecting small pebbles,
which they carry in their mouths and
drop one upon another until quite a heap
is the result. Among these the eggs are
deposited and the young reared.
FINNY “STONK LUGGKRS.”
“The fishes commonly known as suckers
—found in many streams—have a similar
way of making a home, and, from the habit
of carrying stones in their mouths, are
called ‘stone toters,' ‘stone luggers,’ etc.
The common pond fish is a famous nest
builder. In the early spring their opera
tions can be watched from a boat, the
nests being generally formed near shore.
Often several lishes are to be observed
clearing away the slicks and grasses at
the bottom, carrying them some distance
away in their mouths. This work accom
plished, a slight depression is made or
scooped out in the sand and in it the eggs
deposited, about which the vines and buds
of the pond lily cling, while overhead will
perhaps be a perfect canopy of rich flow
ers, so that the nest is a perfect bower. I
i have seen as many as ten different nests
in a space of ten square feet, the different
j owners swimming about as if having per
fect faith in the good intentions of their
j neighbors. They have an enemy, how-
I ever, in the pirate jrerch, that often com
pletely routs them and uses the nest for
its own purposes. All the sun fishes are
nest-builders, one species building in
winter, when the streams are frozen
over.
“In Eastern w-aters the famous black
goby, that can live hours out of water,
erects a nest of the sea-weed sastera, ana
another fish, known scientifically as the
Aphiocrphalus, erects a complicated
structure, in which its young are reared.
“Among the South American catfishes
a number form rude receptacles for their
eggs, and others have curious sacs on
their bodies to hold their young. On the
Amazon and its tributaries many of the
border trees are hung with vines called
lecines, that grow out over the water,
drop down, and, as the end meets the
stream, take root and grow. In the ten
drils floating matter from up the stream
becomes caught, and soon a floating gar
den is the result. Under these a little
fish called the perae takes its place dur
ing the breeding season, and here the eggs
are placed.
“The giant ceradotus, recently discov
ered in Australia and famous lor its dry
land juurneys, builds a nest in the sand
quite iis perfecct as that of some birds.
So with the protopterus, which forms a
nest, and, curiously enough, when the
dry season comes, burrows in the mud,
forming a case lined with a secretion that
hardens like plaster, and In which cell
the fish hibernates until the water comes
again. These curious cases have been
taken to Europe, and there soaked out,
after a long journey in a closely packed
trunk.”
GEBIIAHD’S INFATUATION.
How He Masqueraded as “Mr. Davis”
iu Ban Francisco.
About a dozen men in New York, says
a letter to the San Francisco Argonaut,
are laughing over the neat joke which
Mr. Frederick Gebhard played on San
Francisco. As yet it is almost unknown
here, and it is supposed that San Fran
cisco is still ignorant of the tact that Mr.
Gebhard was with Mrs. Langtry during
her entire stay in San Francisco. Several
iff the New York papers copied articles
from the San Francisco press, explaining
with great detail that Freddie had been
supplanted iu the affections of the Lily by
Harry Oelrichs. Oelrichs is as well
known here as Gebhardt. His brother,
Herman Oelrichs. is Vice i’resident of the
New York Athletic Club and a member of
all the better clubs of New York. He is
said to lie the best heavy-weight boxer in
America, is a popular man about town, a
millionaire, and a man of influence in the
financial world. The brother, Harry
Oelrichs, is an ideal ranchman. He lives
like a Prince iu the West, and swings in
with his brother’s set when he comes to
New Yi rk. He and Gebhard have known
each other all their lives, and it was
probably on this account that Mr. Oel
richs agreed to assist Freddie in his
scheme for deceiving the San Francisco
reporters.
Whenever Mrs. Langtry went out with
Mr. Oeirichs in l*an Francisco a “Mr.
Davis” was near at baud. If the genial
ranchman and the Lily drove together,
“Mr. Davis” sat in the close carriage
which followed a short distance behind.
At supper parties, aud, during long walls
in the country, “Mr. Davis” was always
within cal!, though Harry Oeirichs was
usually by the side of the beauty. It is a
curious thing that the secret of Mr. Deb
it ml's presence did not leak out in San
Francisco, as several of the members of
th* company knew him by sight. I am
m t surprised that the San Francisco peo
ple did not recognize him, for there have
been very lew accurate descriptions of
this millionaire whose infatuation for
Mrs. Langtry has made him notorious.
Oebhard is not the narrow-chested,
weak-kneed and insipid Miss Nancy youth
that the comic papers havd pictured’. He
is, on the contrary, a tall, well-developed
and grave young man, with great self
control and confidence and the general air
of solemnity, not to say stupidity, which
characterizes the average ’ society
man. When with Mrs. Langtry he never
dresses in a way to attract attention, con
fining himself usually to dark business
suits. He is by no means the glittering
swell in appearance that the papers pic
ture. The part that Harry Oeirichs took
in the deception was the result of an ir
resistible desire to play practical jokes
and the fun ot helping his friend Geb
hard. Even when the company got back
to New York here the secret concerning
the identity ol “Mr. Davis” was still in
tact; and though the reporters of the dif
ferent papers saw Freddie get off the
train with Mrs. Langtry when she ar
rived, not one of them was able to get at
the facts in the case. The assurances
that Mr. Oebhard had not been in San
Francisco were so strong that they gave
up the ease, and so not a single NewY’ork
paper has yet had the truth about the con
stancy of Mrs. Langtry’s lover. When
Mr. Oebhard arrived at Jersey City he
fainted away in the station and it was
some time before he could be brought to.
When he was at last brought about so that
he could sit up he was assisted to a car
riage and he and the Jersey Lily were
driven together to the Albemarle Hotel.
No one knows why he fainted. The in
fatuation o f Mr. Oebhard for Mrs. Lang
try is as complete as ever.
Absinthe as a Cure for Cholera.
Pall .Vail Gazette, July ft.
As if Frenchmen had not sufficient ex
cuses for drinking absinthe already, a
French priest, fresh from Cochin China,
has supplied them with another. Ab
sinthe. it is now proclaimed, is an infalli
ble remedy for cholera. A small dose of
absinthe, taken in a glass of claret, will
restore circulation and warmth. With
some patients the cure is as rapid as the
attack; with others it is only accom
plished after twenty-four hours. In_ a
small parish in Cochin China M. Janin,
the priest in question, cured seventy
three cholera patients out of seventy-six
attacked by the disease. Six French sol
diers in the fortress of Soctrang were
cured by the same means, while only one
died, and he was dying before M. Janin
came.
Should one dose of absinthe prove in
sufficient, M. Janin recommends the pa
tient to continue taking it; he says of
himself that when attacked by cholera he
drank one-third litre of absinthe in about
ten minutes, after which he slept
and awoke cured. It is a curious fact
that after taking five or six doses of claret
mixed with absinthe, the patients are
rarely intoxicated. If, however, they fall
asleep in a state of intoxication they are
saved. In case of an insufficient quantity
bein£ taken death is sure to ensue. In
the long run, however, it is sale to say
that absinthe will - kill many more French
men than cholera.
Newton.
C larke
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1884.
A PLAGUE OP THE PAST.
Twenty Millions of People Perish from
the Scourge—Superstition and Fanati
cism in i.eague with the Pestilence—
The Black Death of the Fourteenth
Century.
The alarm excited by the cholera in
Southern France, says a New York letter
to the Courier-Journal, recalls the history
of past epidemics, some of which, especi
ally those of the middle ages, were so
virulent and destructive that anything we
have had or could have in this century
would be insignificant. The plague, or
black death, as it was commonly called,
of the fourteenth century was the most
terrible scourge of which any record has
been preserved. To read of it now seems
like some horrible dream, or some monk
ish vision of the infernal world. It ap
pals the imagination, and show what
fearful ravages disease could make before
man bad become acquainted with hygien
ic laws. The black death, which was an
Eastern plague, and actually desolated
the wo*ld, got its name from the black
spots caused by decomposition that ap
peared on the body of the sufferer.
No statistics or health records were
kept in the dark ages; therapeutics was in
its infancy; ignorance and indifference
universally prevailed. We have very few
data of the plague; we are unacquainted
with its symptoms, its crisis or the
method of its infection. They must have
varied greatly at different times and in
different places. The cases were more
malignant and more widely fatal in Asia
than in Europe, owing to the worse condi
tion of the people and the lower
lorms of civilization. Every
thing connected with the pest
was hideoifs and revolting. Those at
tacked by it suffered terribly. They had
burning and unquenchable thirst, racking
pains in the bead and breast, palsied
tongue, boils and buboes all over the body,
putrid inflammation of the lungs; they
were a mass of corruption and agony;
they oiten begged to be killed to be re
lieved of their misery, and when they had
sufficient strength destroyed themselves.
The great majority perished in two or
three days; medicines were powerless;
the appearance of the black spots were
the signs of doom. Nature, cruel as she
is, was never more cruel than at that
frightful period.
While much that has been published con
cerning the plague is vague and obviously
fabulous, there is no rational doubt that
it had its rise in China during the first
part of the fourteenth century, and that
it was preceded by swarms of locusts,
droughts, famines, floods, tornadoes, earih
quakes and volcanic eruptions through
out the East, which destroyed vegetable
and animal life far and near. Similar de
rangements and convulsions of nature
were common in Europe. All this up
heaval and disorder, with the attendant
decomposition of matter and animal sub
stance, is supposed to have caused some
extraordinary atmospheric change hostile
t > human life, which acted like poison
upon the respiratory organs—always the
first to be attacked. Some writers of the
time say that the steady progress of the
epidemic, trom East to West, could easi
ly be traced by the vitiated air, which re
sembled a cloud or haze—the cloud ot
late, the haze of death. Scarcity of food
and unwholesome living predisposed peo
ple to the disease, which constantly
spread from infection aud con
tagion. It made its way from China along
the caravan routes westward. From the
north coast of the Black Sea it went to
Constantinople; thence to the Italian sea
ports and throughout Europe, occupying
three years in passing, by a mighty cir
cle, from Constantinople around to Rus
sia.
The ravages of the plague were fright
ful beyond conception. Death stalks
through the world, mowing down his vic
tims everywhere. Every form of animal
life was assailed. Thousands of corpses
were cast Into huge pits, dug for the pur
pose; lakes and rivers were consecrated,
that the dead might be thrown into them,
thus avoiding the dread and danger of in
fection. Passengers and crews were
stricken down at sea; oiten nobody was left
alive on vessels, which, loaded w ith putre
fying humanity, were borne aimlessly by
the infected w inds, and finally driven to
shore, where they spread the contagion
over the land. The moral effects of the
scourge were as bad as the physical ef
fects. Thousands died from terror; the
ties ot humanity and kindred were
broken; husbands deserted their wives,
brothers their sisters, mothers their chil
dren ; everybody was absorbed by a wild
desire to save himself at all hazards and
at any price: and yet salvation was, in
most cases, impossible, almost hopeless.
It seemed as if the whole race were
doomed to destruction; as if despair had
seized and shattered the human heart.
Superstition, offspring of weakness and
fear, also reared Its horrid crost. Those
who thought themselves religious carried
their gold and jewels to the churches
from eagerness to appease what they im
agined to be the wrath of an angry Deity.
But the priests dreaded to touch such o -
terings, lest they should be tainted. An
order named the Flagellants, composed of
the lower classes, arose in Germany and
marched from city to city in sombre ga*>
meuts, with red crosses on their breasts,
sdemnity chanting, and bearing iron
pointed scourges, with which at intervals
they lacerated their flesh. As they
marched they gathered men and women of
the highest rank, who were mad enough
to think they might expiate the sins of
the world by their self-imposed torments.
They wandered to nearly every part of
Europe, scattering confusion, dismay and
the plague, and became an intolerable
nuisance. The Pope was finally compelled
to suppress them, so far as their pilgrim
ages were concerned, by threats of ex
communication.
At the same time the unfortunate Jews,
infamously treated in the middle ages,
were persecuted afresh, from a vulgar be
lief that they had caused the pestilence by
poisoning the wells. The so-called Chris
tians tried to extirpate that ill-starred
people, who were tortured and slain
whenever found, as many as 15,000 having
been slain in Hamburg alone. Many of
the Jews committed suicide to escape the
torments they knew to be in store for
them, and in many communities they were,
every soul oi them, destroyed.
The gigantic accumulation of horrors at
once disorganized society and diabolized
humanity. Superstition and ignorance,
which are twin brothers, were scarcely
less evils than the plague.
It is hard to estimate the loss of lile
from the scourge. But it is computed
that 13,000,000 perished in China, and
elsewhere in the East about 25,000,000
more. Germany lost nearly 1,300,000; Ita
ly half of its entire population; London
alone an excess of 100,000. In Europe
fully thirty millions must have died, and
in all quarters of the globe not far from
seventy millious of people—a number that
shocks the senses and well-nigh destroys
one's faith in nature.
Such conditions or such a plague would
not be possible now. No pestilence can
be very pernicious to-day. In this era of
intelligence, reason and science we know
how to deal with epidemics, and have lit
tle cause to dread them. When they visit
us they are resisted with such energy and
skill that they are soon overcome and ex
tinguished. The nineteenth century fears
little because it reasons much.
Spontaneous Combustion.
Lowell (If ass.) Courier.
A curious incident happened in the yard
ot the Merrimack Manufacturing Com
pany yesterday. It was a case of spon
taneous combustion. Xo damage was
done, and the occurrence would not be
especially noteworthy but for the pecu
liar cireumstauces under which it took
place. An old logroller used in a wash
ing machine in the dye house had been
condemned’ because it was worn from age.
The iron rod runuing through the centre
of the log, by means of which the roller
revolved upon its bearings, was surround
ed by sulphur to prevent the wood from
rotting quickly by the ready contact with
water which the iron rod alone would
allow, and also to make the parts of the
roller hold firmly together. When the
roller was condemned it was taken out
into the vard and split open to separate
the wood from the iron. The parts were
not removed but were left in the sun.
Some chips among the refuse were dis
covered burning about an hour afteward.
It created no little surprise at first that
wood should take fire by simply being ex
posed to the sun. An explanation was
subsequently arrived at. In splitting the
log pieces o’f sulphur were also broken
irom the rod. A chemical action, made
easy by the long and intimate connection
of the sulphur with the iron rod (the lat
ter had rusted considerably), bail been
partially completed and needed only the
burning rays ot the sun to produce perfect
combustion. The contact of the sulphur
with the oxidizing iron formed sulphide of
iron, afterward changing to sulphate,
which is very sensitive to igniting agents.
The warming of flour and the conse
quent abstraction of the moisture adds
greatly to its durability.
INTERESTING ANTIQUI TIES.
An Old Timepiece and Other Choice and
Rare Relics of “ Ye Olden Ijmes.”
Boston Post.
“There,” said Dr. William Hovey, 444
Main street. Bunker Hill district, point
ing to an old-fashioned tall clock, “that is
an eight-day clock made by Benjamin
Bagnell, of Boston, some time about 1720.
As far as can be learned, he had made
only four of the clocks when he died aud
left the business to his son, Samuel. Wy
man’s Genealogies and Estates in Charles
town states that Benjamin Bagnell was
paid for cleaning a clock Aug. 22, 1724.
You 6ee the cLook is running and the time
is correct. Jr wind her up every Sunday
morning, auu, as far as I know, she goes
just as well as she did 150 years ago.”
“Have you any other relics?” asked the
reporter. .
“Yes,” replied the doctor, and going to
a bureau he produced a plate, sugar bowl
and salt cellar. “These belonged to my
great grandmother, whose maiden name
was Abagail Burnham. She was born in
Chebacco, now Essex, Mass., and used
these dishes after she married William
Goodhue, about the year 1740. Here also
are three chairs used by that lamily at
that time.”
“Y’ou prize these articles highly, no
doubt?”
“Y’es, indeed. Here are two fire buck
ets, in use iu Charlestown about 1794, be
fore the hand-engines were introduced.”
The doctor then went into another room
and returned with a pile of books.
“Here,” said he, “is a complete set of
‘Robert B. Thomas' Almanacs’ from 1800.
to the present time.” In looking through
the almanac for 1800 the reporter found
the following item: “Boston and New
York mail stage sets off from Pease’s stage
office, No. 71 state street, every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at 10 o’clock in the
morning, and arrivals at New York every
Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday, 11
o’clock; leaves New York every Monday,
W ednesday and Friday, 11 o’clock, morn
ing, and arrives at Boston every Thurs
day, Saturday and Tuesday at 12 o’clock
noon.”
“Let me show you what I call a ‘glassa
chord,’ ” said the doctor, as he lifted the
cover of what appeared to be a melodeon.
It contained, however, glass goblets, set
in wood, and when touched with a wet
finger the goblets gave forth sweet
sounds. “This musical instrument was
bought at the sale of the old museum at
the corner of Court and Hanover streets,
Boston, the first museum ever in the city.
The purchaser was Archibald Babcock, of
Charlestown, who also bought the musi
cal clock, then a great curiosity, but he
was so annoyed by people coming to see
the clock that he sold it. I believe there
is only one other ‘glassachord’ in the coun
try, and that is in Philadelphia.”
“Here are my old coins,” said the doc
tor. “1 have one 1-cent piece issued by
the United States for every year lrom 1793
to 1884. 1 sold three 1-cent pieces of the
year 1793 for $lO each, and one made in
1804 brought me S2O. Here is a Feucht
wauger cent, made of nickel in 1837, and
presented to Congress for adoption in
place of the large cent, but was rejected.
Ilere are four 5-eent pieces issued in 1883,
one with a shield, another with a large V
and the words ‘E Pluribus Unum,’ an
other with a large V and the words ‘Five
Cents,’ and the fourth with a large V with
a milled edge. 1 have an old Jackson
cent and a copper piece good for one cent
at Dunn & Co.’s ovster house, issued by
the firm in 1804, when change was scarce.
I sold one ot these pieces recently for sl.”
“I have not shown you all my curiosi
ties yet. There is my diploma of member
ship of the Mercantile Library, issued in
1837, when James T. Fields’, Daniel N.
Haskell and E. L\ Whipple were youDg
men. Then here are a pair of whalebone
‘swifts,’ made by a sailor while in the
Pacific ocean, I don’t know how many
years ago. Here is a family umbrella
used at the time of the revolutionary war.
This is a ‘sampler’ worked by Martha
Story, when she was 11 years of age, at
Fitchburg in 1797. Here is a decanter
used in Charlestown in 1732. I have also
in my cellar, nicely packed, the dscan
tersand wine-glasses used by Rev. Dr.
Morse, father of Morse of telegraph fame,
when he was pastor or the First Parish
Church, Charlestown. They were 6old at
auction, April 1, 1820. We have been
talking about wine-glasses and decanters,
and as it was formerly the custom to treat
guests 1 will revive the habit on this oc
casion and give you a tasto of cider
which is old enough to be respected for its
age.”
Dr. Hovey then went to a closet and
brought torth an old-fashioned quart bot
tle, and handed it to the reporter. Blown
in the bottle were the words “Cyder,
Eben'r Breed, 1805.” The reporter tasted
,of this aged cider and found it most ex
cellent, having the flavor of prime sherry
wine.
“Ebenezer Breed,” said the docto*,
“kept a grocery store in Charlestown
square, and my father bought this eider of
him.”
WITCH-FINDING IN INDIA.
T&e Ordeal by Water Among the Tribes
of Central India.
The ordeal by water is universal among
the barbarous Non-Aryan tribes of Central
India, from the Bheels in the west coun
try to the wild men in the almost unex
plored jungles of Bustar and the far east,
toward the Bay of Bengal. Here is a
description of one water test, taken a few
years ago from the mouth of an expert
witch-finder among the Bheels, who got
into a scrape for applying it to an old
woman. “A bamboo is stuck up in the
middle of any piece of water. The ac
cused is taken to it, lays hold of it, and by
it descends to the bottom. In the mean
time one of the villagers shoots an arrow
from his bow, and another runs to pick it
up aud bring it back to the place whence
it was shot. If thei woman is able to
remain under water until this is done she
is declared innocent, but if she comes up
to breathe before the arrow is returned
into the bowman’s hand she is a true
witch and must be swung as such.” In
the case from which this account is taken
the woman failed iu the test, and was
c jnsequently swung to and fro, roped up
to a tree, with a bandage of red pepper on
her eyes; but it is obvious that this kind
of ordeal, like almost all primitive ordeals,
is contrived so as to depend for its effect
much upon the manner iu which it is con
ducted, whereby the operator’s favor
becomes worth gaining. A skillful archer
will shoot just as far as he chooses. Or
deal by water is the question ordinary,
which may probably be constructed as an
inquiry whether the water letich or water
spirit will accept or reject the witch,
whether he is on her side or against her;
and this seems the best general explana
tion of a world-wide custom. Another
ordeal is by heat, as, for instance, the
picking of a cctn out of burning oil. But
the question extraordinary is by swinging
on a sacred tree,or by flogging with
switches of a particular wood. Swinging
before an idol, with a hook through’ the
muscles of the back, is the well-known
rite by which a Hindoo devotes himself to
the god, and flogging with rods from a
sacred tree manifestly adds superhuman
virtue to the ordinary effect of a vigorous
laying on. In 18(55 a woman suspected of
bringing cholera into the village was
deliberately beaten to death with rods of
the castor oil tree, which is excellent for
purging witchcraft. It is usual also to
knock out the front teeth of a notorious
witch: the practice appears to be con
nected with the belief, well known in all
countries, that witches assume animal
shapes; for in India they are supposed
occasionally to transform themselves into
wild beasts, a superstition analogous to
our European lycanthropy. A good many
years ago there was an old man practic
ing as a physician near Sringar, in the
Himalayas, who was notorious as a sor
cerer, insomuch that his reputation of
having devoured many persons under the
form of a tiger cost him most of his teeth,
which were extracted by the rajah who
then held that country, so as to rentier
him less formidable during his constant
metamorphoses. Shaving the heads of
female witches is very common among
the tribes much infested by sorcerers, it is
employed as an antidote, not merely as a
degrading punishment, so that one is
tempted to trace its origin to some recon
dite notion of power residing In the hair;
and thus even back toward Samson, to
Circe, with the beautiful locks, and to the
familiar devils of early Christian times,
who are said to have a peculiar attach
ment fQr women with fine tresses.
Sweet Sixteen.
“I wonder what my daughter is about!”
exclaimed Mrs. Fussanfeather, jumping
up and starting to go and inform the
young lady that young Crtmsonbeak was
getting tired waiting for her to make her
appearance.
“You needn’t mind, Mrs. Fussanfeather,
1 know what 6he is about,” replied the
caller, rising and reaching for his hat.
“What do you suppose my dear ltt-year
old daughter is about, then, Mr. Crimson
beak?”
“What do I suppose your 16-year-old
daughter is about?” came from the young
man. “Well, 1 suppose she’s about 22!”
is what struck the horrified ear of Mrs.
Fussanfeather, as Crimsonbeak vanished
through the pickets of the front fence.
THE FIELD, FARM ANI) GARDEN.
We solicit articles for tnis department.
The name of the writer should accompany
the letter or article, not necessarily
for publication, but a9 evidence of good
fwth.
Improving Plants by Selection.
It is wiitin the power of every farmer
who grows a crop 'to improve its quality
and productiveness if he will but care
fully select the best seed from the thrifti
est and most productive plants. By se
lecting tomatoes, for instance, from those
portions of the vine that fruit the earliest,
the period of ripening has been materially
shortened, and a particular regard to
saving the c eed from those only that were
firm, smooth aud perfect, has resulted in
elevating what was once considered a
weed into one of the most valuable agri
cultural products. The celebrated Fultz
wheat, of Pennsylvania origin, is due to
the persistent efforts of a farmer who
went into his wheat field every season in
order to select his seed while the grain
was standing, as it enabled'him to ob
serve the habit of growth, the straw,
depth of head and size of graiu. By so
doing he largely increased the yield and,
from his efforts’, we have secured a variety
of wheat that has added thousands ot dol
lars to the wealth of the country. What
this farmer did may be done by others,
aud if the practice was universal no one
could estimate the great importance of
such efforts in its influence upon our ag
ricultural productions. Corn, which often
fails to ripen in some sections, may be
adapted to any climate by selection, and
if this course were pursued by farmers,
instead of purchasing seed corn every
year, many of the difficulties in that re
spect would be avoided.
A case may be mentioned in which the
yield of corn to an acre exceeded 150
bushels, due wholly to careful selection
of seed for a long period; and such was
the experience of Hon. William Poreher
Miles, formerly a member of Congress
from Charleston, 8. C., who removed to
Nelson county, Ya. This field of corn
was inspected by a special committee
from Philadelphia, the stalks being on an
average more than thirteen feet in height,
while each stalk bore from three to seven
ears. Of course, the land was very rich
or the corn could not have matured; but
it was the careful selection of the seed
every year that increased the number of
ears to the stalk from oue or two to seven.
The corn was also acclimated, which
proved to be a very important matter, for
when the seed was used in other localities
the results were not so satisfactory; and
hence farmers, in selecting from the most
prolific plants, should carefully consider
all the advantages and disadvantages to
be met with from the time the seed is
placed in the ground until it is ripened
and harvested. Too much should not be
expected during a single season, but by
perseverance in selection a marked im
provement may be noticed every year.—
Philadelphia lieeord.
Do Bees Puncture Grapes?
This old question was discussed as fol
lows at the May meeting of the Oxford
Farmers’ Club, Ohio:
Dr. Logee did not believe that bees gen
erally will cut tbe skin of grapes, but un
der certain conditions he knows they will.
He has spent much time watching with
glass in hand and finds that his grapes
are preyed upon by his neighbors’ bees.
He considers the village bee as big a nui
sance as the village cow. Around Oxford
and in the village there are hundreds of
hives of bees. This being the home of
Mr. Langstroth, he has imbued his friends
with a love of beekeeping, so that there
are amateur beekeepers by the score.
The result is, there are more bees than
there is pasture tor in the fall of the year,
where we have few fall-blooming
In the North, where golden rod and such
other lull bloomers afford pasture, and
where grapes do not ripen so freely, the
bees do not resort to the grapes lor food
and stores. The conditions about Oxford
are peculiarly urgent for tha busy bee to
improve every chance for making a living.
The keepers of village cows do not provide
pasture, so the hungry brutes become ex
pert in opening gates and hunting forage.
The bees in the village arq unprovided for
by their owners, and the enterprising lit
tle fellows trespass on the grapes and
pears of the neighbors.
Mrs. Homer said Gera Cary keeps bees
and also makes grapes a specialty, and lie
says bees do not cut grape skins, but it is
done by a bird.
Dr. Logee replies, yes, it is the old story,
“Mv dog don’t kill 3heep,” but has seen
the bees cut the skin of grapes, aud it is
absurd to say they cannot dp it when they
can cut paper, cloth and ’even a board
with their mandibles. If beekeepers
would keep boo pastures of buckwheat,
golden rod and the like, the bees would
not harm grapes. Necessity leads all ani
mals and insects to do their utmost to sus
tain life. The bee will rob aud cut grapes
rather than starve.
To Destroy Weeds.
The soil is as prone to weeds as man to
sin, and it is possible that some men have
been provoked to sin by weeds. How to
eradicate them is an important question.
Could they once be cleared out, and there
be a probability ot their remaining so, the
farmer could go at them cheerfully, hope
lully; but quite the contrary is the expe
rience of all. Land that has grown noth
ing but timothy and clover for twenty
years will produce a spontaneous growth
of pigeon grass, rag weeds, pig weeds,
etc., if put under the plow for a few years.
Cutting the pests before they go to seed
is the common remedy offered; but it
takes a vigilant committee for each farm
to do that if all weeds are to be kept down.
The plan we adopted has proven satisfac
tory, and that is not to till any piece of
land long enough for the weeds to get pos
session of the soil. Sod is turned for corn;
the second year for corn or any other crop
most desired; the third to wheat or oats
and stock down. Where convenient, it is
a good plan to turn under acrop of clover,
then seed again. The second piece of soil
land is turned, anil by the time that is
ready to be stocked the first is ready for
the plow again. It will be seen by this
method that manuring is not necessary.
We do not believe in the use of manure on
land used for hold crops, for the seeds in
the fertilizer add to the labors of the larm
er. We use manure upon the grassland
and get the benefit of it in the increased
production of hay, and also in the growth
ot corn when tfie laud is turned for til
lage.
Farmers depend too generally upon their
barnyard manure to help out ’ their grain
crops. Year after year the plow is put
upon a field, year after year a half crop
is gathered, and a great amount of labor
expended with poor compensation for in
vestment. Soil needs rest—that is, rest
from the production of such crops as sap
largely its primitive elements.— Tribune
and Farmer.
Breeding; Up Wheat.
A writer in a Michigan local paper be
lieves in breeding up the wheat. A sys
tematic plan ot improving wheat by
weeding out all the poor stools and heads
from a selected plot, and thus isolating
the chosen stock, is practicable and prom
ising. It is the greatest blunder possible
to pass our wheat through a fanning mill
and select only the largest grains. ' How
quickly we would deprecate tbis practice
in selecting seed corn. The largest,nicest,
plumpest grow upon
the shortest, poKB tilled ears. This is
no stock to the money lies In
the long, well-tmed heads upon prolific
stools, and these have only medium-sized
kernels, and these we cannot afford to re
ject, but we really do reject them in saving
only the largest kernelsfor seed. As well
breed Jersey cows with size only in view,
forgetting the milk pail and butter firkin.
Enough attention is not given to the
amount of available plant food within
easy reach of the growing wheat plants.
It is not enough that the soil he pretty
good; it must be excellent to produce a
big crop. The vouug wheat plant must
have a full supply of soluble food within
easy reach of its roots before it exhausts
the amount of food within the body of the
seed; this is secured by a liberal dressing
of well-rotted manure worked into the
surface soil. Wheat gets its tendency to
tiller broadly from parentage; but this
tendency, to be of most value, must be
stimulated and supported by available
fertility in the soil; the bushels per acre
are dependent upon breadth of stool and
length of ear. We see, then, the impor
tance of good seed and of good usage, and
all ought to be ashamed of the fact that
the average yield of wheat per acre is
gradually growing less.
Cabbages ior winter use are usually
pushed ahead too fast, according to Seed
Time and Harvest. That is, they are set
out too early and consequently ripen off
too early, soearly in many eases that they
will not keep till January. Cabbage plants
set out the last of June on good rich soil
will make much better keepers than it set
out the first of June. To be truly valua
ble the garden must produce something
for all seasons of the year—a constant and
plentiful supply. This cannot be done by
sowing the garden all at one time, as too
many do rather than have any after trou
ble with it.
M ork for Augmt.
Crab grass comes to maturity and should
be put up for hay, and para
grasses. Some people keep cn budding,
biit we disapprove ot it, as the young buds
will be too soft to stand the cold of De
cember; better put in dormant buds in
October, to cut off in January, when they
will make a vigorous growth’.
Pine trees girdled in August wilLquickly
die, but under the advanced state of agri
culture, the rude svstem of deadening has
gone out of use.
Sew onion, cabbage and cauliflower
seeds iu boxes or shelter beds, and- after
sowing trample down with a board to
pack the earth over the seed, and water
liberally.
Iluta baga and turnips can also be
sown.
People planting this month ar# apt to
be disappointed, as the hot suns in Sep
tember makes crops rather precarious;
it is better to put all their energies in
enriching and preparing the soil for a fall
crop.
For many years after we came to Flor
ida the natives would not admit that
Northern vegetables could be grown here
with success. The reason of this was
the want of good fertilizers, as we soon
found out, and ignorance of the nature of
the plants; but those who wish to enter
on market gardening have only to read
the list of reliable fertilizers inourcol
iimns and apply them. Better to give
liberally to one acre than spread over
several, for vegetables to be of any value
must ba made to grow quick so as to be
tender.
We may look for some bad weather
about the end of the month or beginning
of September.— Florida Agriculturist.
Southern Phosphates.
Geologists report the existence, in a line
across Central Alabama and Mississippi,
of strata of green sand beds and decom
posed sandy calcareous beds, in all some
twenty feet in thickness, which are im
pregnated with phosphoric acid. Though
the geological position is different, the
general character of these phosphate beds
is much like that of the South Carolina
phosphates; and their commercial value
may prove to be equally great.
Farm anil Stock Notes.
It is claimed that one ounce of carbolic
acid to twelve quarts of water, timely
syringed, will prevent grape rot.
Many persons lose their young ducks by
allowing them to enter the water before
they are feathered, as the soft yellow down
does not protect them from wet.
Rotten chips or sawdust are good for
lettuce and radishes, and if a top dressing
is given where these are to be sown a de
cided improvement in the crop will follow.
Night soil can be utilized to good advan
tage by applying it between the rows and
hoeing in.
It is as easy to care for an acre ol beets
grown in the field as for an acre of corn
or potatoes. Make the rows nearly or
quite three feet apart, drill the seed with
the planter in straight lines, and most
of the labor can be done with the horse
cultivator.
A good, strong two-year old grape vine
is large enough and old enough for setting
out anywhere; but in no case should the
cane or eanes, if there are more than one
springing from the roots, be left more thau
two or three feet long when the vine is
transplanted.
The shepherd who is constantly familiar
with the condition of his stock, beyig care
ful to separate sickly animals from all the
others and taking all pains to secure and
promote health and thrift, deserves and
will secure the highest success belonging
to his business.
This is a lively month for weeds and the
farmer or gardener who is not “up be
times” and at them with a will is sure to
“get left” badly. Talk of “time and tide
waiting for no man!” If you want a for
cible illustration look at. the weeds after
a warm shower.
Complaints are often made that young
chicks hatched late do not thrive as well
as those hatched earlier. The reason is
that they receive less care, the colder
weather prompting strict attention to
those that come iu the unfavorable sea
son, while the later ones must combat
with vermin to a greater extent.
A large udder is commonly regarded as
a sign of a good milker, but excessive size
indicates a’deposiS of flesh which is of no
advantage, but rather a burden for the
overweighted animal *to carry. If the
milk ve>us are well developed the cow
will be a good milker and the udder will
be as large as is oi any advantage.
That much of our waste land may be
profitably used is shown by Mr. Joseph
Harris in his catalogue, who states that
celery and cauliflower need very rich land
and plenty oi water, and, therefore, some
of our rich swamps, with a stream of
water through them, might be easily con
verted into a favorable place for these
two vegetables. Celery can be set out as
late as the Ist of August.
A cow that is a hard milker shouldhave
the udder bathed in very warm water
when about to be milked. In fact, it
should be the duty of all milkmen to thor
oughly wash the udders of every cow In
the dairy when milking, as many impuri
ties enter the milk in a soluble condition
which are not arrested by the strainer.
As the milk flows out it dissolves some of
the adhering substances to the udder, and
they pass into the pail unseen. Y r et there
are thousands of dairymen who never
wash the udders at all.
Prof. Stelle, agricultural editor of the
Mobile Begister, thinks the Southern States
admirably adapted to raising hogs, and
that by the new refrigerating inventions
pork may be saved at the South as well as
anywhere else. The long continued warm
weather is favorable to rapid fattening
and cheap pork, since hogseannot be kept
up and warmed by stoves and wood fires
in cold weather, and it is expensive to
warm them by heat-producing food like
corn and peas. lie thinks pork can be
made at less cost in the South than, in the
North.
A row of fine trees along the roadside
forms an attraction to any farm, says the
Tribune and Farmer , but it is not always
desirable iu every view. If the trees are
close to the side" of the field their roots
will often exhaust the soil for a rod or
more inside the fence, and this to farmers
who pride themselves on having crops
even over the whole field makes the trees
almost as much of a nuisance as they
would be if not beautiful. It is the water
that these take up that makes the crops
poor under them, so that even heavy ma
nuring does not entirely remove the diffi
culty.
The increase of weed-:, which rob the
soil and injure the crop, is reviving in
some places what had become the nearly
obsolete practice of summer tallowing for
winter wheat. It is, however, a wasteful
method, lor it requires the fertility devel
oped by two years of thorough cultivation
to make one crop. It is, however, less
wasteful than growing weeds, and it the
land is well seeded when cleared it is per
missible in some cases. The best farmers
will, however, prefer to clean their land
while in hoed crops, which will utilize
some of the fertility that would otherwise
be wasted.
It is a common opinion among horse
breeders that the smell of blond will cause
a mare to lose her colt. There is no doubt
some truth in this general belief. Some
thing like it is frequently noticed among
cows, which are general!} affected through
the whole herd when one cow loses her
calf prematurely. The reason is that the
nervous system is excited, the uterus,
which is abundantly supplied with nerves,
is contracted and ’ the fetus is exptelied.
Abortion is much more easily prevented
at the first thau cured afterward when it
has appeared in a he. uor stable, and the
greatest care shouhi be exercised in the
treatment of pre.. ; ant animals; more
especially to avoid contact with dead
matter, ot which animals have a strong
instinctive dislike.
A correspondent of Vick's Magazine
says: “In bagging grapes in June of last
year I used in part old bags. Mauv Mar
thas and some Wilders were thinned by
rot. When taking the bags off no differ
ence was found between the condition of
the grapes in old or new bags; so, evi
dently, no germ of the complaint was re
tained by the bags used the year before.
Some bags used for two Salem vines had
been dusted inside with a pinch of sul
phur, but no special result was observa
ble, because all the Salem 9 ripened in
prime condition and kept perfectly well.
The two-pound paper bags, now every
where used by grocers, were used, and
they are well worth saving for the pur
’ pose wherever there is a vine attended to
; with some care as to pruning, training
I and thinning of the fruit.”
By experiments made at the Bavarian
Museum a very simple and effective meth
od Of bleaching bones, to give them the
appearance of ivory, has been discovered.
Alter digesting the bones with ether or
benzine, to remove the fat, they are thor
oughly dried and immersed in a solution
of "phosphorus acid in water containing 1
per cent, ol phosphoric anhydride. After
a few hours they are removed from the
solution, washed in water and dried,when
they will appear as indicated above,
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.
To Make a Sweet Pickle of
boll them until tender; when they are cool
remove the skin, cut them lengthwise in
pieces of convenient size. Let equal parts
of vinegar and sugar, with a little ground
cloves and cinnamon, come to a boil. Put
the bpets in a stone jar and pour the hot
vinegar over them. Thy will be ready
for the table in three days.
Almond Jumbles.— Almond jumbles,
which are very delicate, are made of one
pound of sugar, half a pound of butter,
oue pound of almonds, blanched and
chopped fine, two eggs, flour enough to
mix stiff. Roll them thin, put in fancy
shapes; put them in tins, and just before,
setting them in the oven rub the tops with
the white of an egg and sprinkle granu
lated sugar over them.
To Bottle Fruit. —Take plums, cur
rants or green gages when fresh gathered,
pick off the stalks, put the fruit into clean,
wide-mouthed bottles, 6et the bottles in a
copper of cold water, light the fire and
gradually bring the water to a boil; let it
boil until the fruit begins to shrink, then
take out the bottles and fill each with
boiling water; cork immediately; cover
the corks with sealing wax or resin.
Cocoanut Sandwich Pastry.— Roll
out half pound three-fold puff paste, a
quarter of an inch thick, place it in a
baking-tin and bake a golden brown;
when cooked let get cold; beat half a pint
ot cream to a stiff froth, add to it three
ounces powdered white sugar and three
ounces desiccated cocoanut (which may
be obtained from any of the large grocery
stores); cut the paste into strips three
inches long and one inch wide; spread
some cream on each piece, then put two
pieces together, sprinkle some powdered
white sugar over. Send to table on a lace
paper.
Turnips ala Poulfttb.— Peel about
two dozen small turnips, throw them into
boiling water with a pinch of white sugar
and one ounce salt added, let boil about
twenty minutes, strain them in a sieve:
into a stewpan put one ounce butter and
a small piece of onion chopped very fine,
let simmer a few minutes, add a pint of
milk and a little roux; let simmer fifteen
minutes, strain the eauco into a stewpan,
place in the turnips, add a tablespoonful
of chopped parsley aud the juice of one
t lemon, let simmer five minutes; just be
fore sending to table take out the turnips,
place them in a hot dish, stand them in
the oven. Whisk up three eggs, then
whisk them in the sauce sharply for a
lew minutes over a slow fire; pour the
sauce over the turnip3-and serve directly.
Potatoes ala Soubjsk.— lngredients:
Two pounds potatoes, one onioD, one pint
of milk, a little roux, some seasoning, a
pinch of white sugar, a little parsley aud
one lemon. How to use them: Well wash
and peel the potatoes, boil them with a
little mint in the water; when done cut
them in slices and place them in a stew
pan; cut up the onion very fine, place it
in a stewpan with a little butter and a
little roux; let fry gently a few minutes,,
then add the milk and some seasoning,
and let simmer twenty minutes; then add
the rind and the juice of the lemon, let
simmer a few iiunites, then strain the
sauce over the potatoes, turn them gently
with a wooden spoon, let simmer, then
turn them into a vegetable dish, sprinkle
some chopped parsley over them and serve
immediately.
Oriental Pudding.— lngredients. 3
ounces rice, % pound French plums, 4
eggs, 3 ounces butter, 8 ounces powdered
white sugar, a pinch of powdered cinna
mon, 2 ounces, flour, 1 ounce preserved
ginger and a gill of ginger syrup. How
to use them Well wash and pick the rice,
then throw it into plenty of boiling, water
and boil until tender, drain it in a-sieve;
take the stenes out of the plume,.cat the
plums in strips; well butter a pudding
mold, lay in the pieces of plum" around
the sides. Into a basin put the butter
and sugar, beat them to a cream, then add
the eggs, one at a time; then the flour,
then the rice and ginger chopped very
fine; put the mixture in the mold, cover
with buttered paper and let steam one
hour. When cooked turn in,a hot dish,
pour tha ginger syrup over ami serve di
rectly.
BITS OF SCIENCE.
To make a good black varnish for iron
or other metals, dissolve by heat three
ounces of asphaltum,four quarts of boiled
oil and eight ounces of burnt umber. Mix
tbs compound with turpentine while cool
ing.
Dr. Seltzer, in the Boston Medical and
Surgical Journal , recommends beef tea,
made very hot with red pepper, for de
lirium tremens. A London surgeon is
stated to have treated: 150 cases success
fully with this remedy alone.
One of the best methods, says M. P. de
Gasparin, of preventing the ravages of
the phylloxera is to keep the soil of the
vineyard continually moist, and in the
southeast of France this is effected by
keeping the vineyard submerged during
the winter.
Prof. Fisher, of Munich, has succeeded 1
in obtaining from distilled coal a white
crystalline substance, which, as far as
regards its action on the system, is ex
actly the same as quinine, ’ though it as
similates with the stomach more easily
than quinine does.
To nickel zinc has been hitherto a some
what difficult operation. M. Meidinger,
of Carlsruhe, amalgamates the zinc first
in a solution of chloride or nitrate of mer
cury, acidulated with sulphuric or muri
atic acid. By this means a feeble current
of electricity will answer the purpose.
M. Gayon has obtained illuminating gas
from stable yard manure kept in close re
ceptacles. One cubic metre ot fresh horse
droppings yielded about 3.53 cubic feet of
carbureted hydrogen in twenty-four hours.
M. Pasteur thinks that after supplying a
useful lighting and heating gas the ma
nure remaining, not having been deprived
of ammonia by the process, might still be
serviceable as a fertilizer.
It has been discovered by experiments
with dogs placed under the influence ot
morphia even to coma, that the hypoder
mic injection o[ solution of tbeine, the
active principle of tea, is an almost in
stantaneous antidote, neutralizing the
effect of the narcotic and reviving the
animal, after the action of the heart has
become imperceptible. Caffeine possesses
similar properties, but is immediate
in its operation.
What the Colonies and India call a kind
of natural cement has been found on the
bank of the Bow river, a few niilC-s west
of Calgary, in the Canadian Northwest.
It is the same kind of material as that
which was found near Morley last au
tumn, and which is also plentiful in Flor
ida, where it is said to be superior to stone
lor building purposes. It has been used
almost entirely in building the town and
fort of St. Augustine in that State, where
it is called coquina.
To make sticky fly paper, take of resin,
in clean pieces, four ounces, castor oil
two ounces. Melt together by means of a
water bath and spread on any sized paper.
If it should bean advantage to have some
thing sweet, it is probable that glucose,
thickened by au addition of dextrin or
gum, would be very attractive to the flies.
But, as this mixture would be liable to
soak Through paper in very hot weather,
it would probably be safest to spread it
on paraffined paper.
The deodosization of the water of the
Thames at Barking Reach, where two
great outfalls of London sewage meet the
river, was accomplished by the use of 140
tons of chloride of lime daily. The con
dition of the stream at this point has been
so greatly improved that a much smaller
quantity of the disinfectant has become
necessary. But from Lea Bridge Road to
Tottenham the Thames Is described as
being simply a common sewer, the stench
from which is intolerable.
A German contemporary says the intro
duction of steam in inclosed spaces for the
purpose of extinguishing fires has been
successfully tested iD Berlin. The owner
of a steel-pen factory in that city, in con
sequence of frequent outbreaks of fire In
the drying rooms, had steam pipes placed
in three of the rooms, shut off by short,
soldered pipes of an easily flowing alloy
of lead and tin, arranged to work auto
matically. One day a hissing noise made
the fireman aware that one of these ap
pliances was brought tnto action, and it
was found on examination that the con
tents ot the drying room had become ig
nited, but that the steam set free had ex
tinguished the fire before it could spread.
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stant relief. Prepared only for Piles, itch
ing of the private parts, nothing else. Hon.
J. M. Coffenburv, of Cleveland, says: “I
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. Sold
by druggists and mailed on receipt oi
price, sl. Sold by O. Butler, Savannah.
Lippman Bros., wholesale agents.
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9 Approsimatum Prizes of 500. 4,500
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“Dr. J. Dradfieed—Dear Sir: For a long
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that terrible disease known as BLIND PILES,
and having tried all the remedies I could hear
of, was induced by yourself to use PRYOR’S
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one box permanently cured me, and in
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reoommend it to all who are suffering with
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OUR CHALLENGE!
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