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At A BIT AND I.
a xoasK u.vh.
Marit «t the br.iok-aidc sitting, rosy, dimpled,
*“ hcrlnv.d>jviSH«re merry-eyed, trembling in the mirror
w
wane betwem h r pretty tooth a golden coil
I 4 k*aRhlnVngVnnke »nd and it swelled. quivered in the tide,
shrunk
.. , . , . „ * „ , ’
SfeweeeiH- mhide I how her image with tbo
dashed the
water In h r tuc ■; dew-drops
O’er her brow and cheek* the
frtistentivr rolled and fell apace.
Breathless sat 1, safely bidden in the tree-top
;S , i" d |^ U io she
■fcr sweet as when
thinks herself unseen; tie her
And I saw her with a scarlet ribbon
And I swore a a dent oath I ne’er had seen a
thing more fair.
How, If you will never breathe it, I will tell
you Something queer— let whisper in
Only step a little nearer; me
your oar; first in this
tf you think It was the time that
Konuestered dell
f beheld the little Marit—well, ’tis scarcely
fair to tell.
There within tny leafy bower sat I, happy as a
kittff, tiitliiifc round
And two iinxlotis wrens were
about me twittering. framed
While He I gazed at Mur.I » imng • in
tven it eternal blue.
While the clouds were drlflinx part it, anil the
birds across It Hew.
Hut anon tho smile that hovered in the water
Stole away,
Thmivh the sunshine thrnngh the bireh leaves
Hung of light ita shimmering spray.
Amt a breath came flouting upward ns it some
one gently seif sighed, moment sighed the
And nl Just the s;tine
linage In the tide.
Tbrn I heard a mournful whisper: “O thou
(loor. thou pretty face. of
Without gold what will avail thee, biooin
iieauty, youth and grace?
POT a maid who has 110 ilownr—" and her curly
fiend she shook:
It wns little Murlt speaking to her linage In tne
brook.
More I heard not, for the whisper in a shiver¬
ing sigh expired, looked ami
Aad the image In the water so sad
sweet and tired.
FWI of dove and full of pity, down I stooped
Ixutild tier plaint, to hear: ringlets curling arch¬
almost touch the
ly round her ear.
M<*n>r, Jrtlll 11 little nearer, forth I crept monff
ihe linuirh, anil
Tfrcmiillnirly cloud her ilpa wore moving:, a
rose on her brow.
“Precious dm-limr.'’ fhoujrht I, “icrlevo not
that then hast no lover found—"
Cnutii ho branch went, around. and, bewildered, down
I tumbled on the
Up then Hprnnir the little Marit with 11 cry of
wild alarm,
Ant) she (razed us if she dreaded I had cotno to
ilo her harm.
Swift ahe darted thmuirh the hushes, and with
Ptond •tiipid wonder mute I started
I Htarlnir blankly after ere in
pursuit.
Anil a merry clmse I irave her (hrmiirh tho tiit
eJerbrtiah mid copse;
Over tallen trunks and bowlders 011 she lied
with skips and hopa,
Otaiudnx sharply o'er her Hhnuldcr when Him
tieuisl my footsteiis reektrsa sound,
Bnsblnir on with terror like a deer
before the hound.
Hot with zeal I broke my pathway where the
clustered botiirhs were dense,
Vnr I wanted to assure her 1 intended no of¬
fense;
And at last, exhausted, fell she on the green¬
sward qulverinir,
Entitling, wild, panting, pleading, thing. weeping, like tv
unreasoning
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< /biN»v kohivoI you in itil ; tho parish such
is la*I v u
imnnioHH m i;
“ y v 0 ;‘e;'w^l,rtra^H«.w:'' yOU - h< ' r,,,n >'
“Nn, dood, indeed,” 1 do she not subbed, know. iii Bii»wer—“ no, In*
Iint motbought touch potiilance: that In her voice there was 11
of
{••rowing '“X miyfurUv'eglane” bolder, I clasped tm " R her " dainty
then,
Tbnugh'u tliHde 'n'nn!ek exertion, struggling
faintly to Im; free.
Uttlo Mmit,” Mill'll, tfuntly, “toll mo what
Aias jcriovod sigblnir ■on so,
Iftir I feoimi airo." you sorely at tho brook a
wblfco
“Oh," she twlil, her sobs subtitling’, with an
air demure and monk
•*Oh, It was that imuffhtv kitten; he hud
scratched mo on tho chock.**
** Nottdnir worse?" I answered, gayl.v, while I
strove her glance to on tell. I
“Iiot me look; my kiss is healing. May euro
the kitten's scratchy’*
Amt I kissed the burning blushes on hot
cheeks in heedless glee.
Though the marks ot’ Pussy's scratches were
invisible to me.
** O, thou poor, thou pretty darling," cried 1 ,
Inuuie with delight,
While she gar.ed upon mo smiling, yot with
eyes that tears made bright,
**I<enhv b *!»uty be thy dower, and be mine
to have and hold;
Fora fae • as sweet as then hast needs, in
—Hjcum sooth, //. no frame of gold," 14 inter'# Miw&iinc*
ir lUtut*en % in
Tlie Man Who Nang.
•‘Gilbert Lrntg, you are charged with
disturbing “1 deny the pence 1 did!” ” hotly replied the
that
rtrisoner. long neck a and man of fifty with a very
a very queer voice.
“Then I'll prove it. Where’s tho
witnesses?”
Three witnesses came forward and
testified that night had been made hid¬
eous by certain sounds which they
traced to the prisoner.
••What sort of sounds?”
“Shrieks and screams, your Honor.”
* * l ut?n\ it. shout ml (»ilbeit “I
was simply singing, as I walked aomF.
“ Well, some ioiks stnging is enough
«o disturb a whole neighborhood, re
inarked thet ourt. “ 1 erhapsyour voice
is not musical.
jiM . listen to . it
i ) l ‘ °' 1 1 ott
and decide i for yourself.
breath And thereupon and the man drew a (till
gave utterance to such
suunds as nta o the clu.is creep over
«?\erj io.lt in the room. I he ( ourt
tficd to s'op him. and lujan sougnt to
bribe him. am. toe c.ork nui out doors;
*nd it vvas tul! tinue minutes before lie
wind be cuokctl off.
" there. I o you call that disturbing
the peace. he demanded as he paused
fot breath.
" Mr. Lan-: I can t send vou up for
fife, replied the t ourt, “aud I want to
nuke a bargain with you. I’ll suspend
sentence if toil'll leave town.”
“And I’ll give hint a dollar!” said the
three witnesses in chorus.
The songster stuck for fifty cents
more, when Rijah chipped in, and he
was then escorted to tlie depot to take
the train for Toledo, and warned that
if he ever returned ho would do so at
the peril ot ltis life .—Detroit Free Press.
—A Missouri sheep-grower advises
mals. breeding he from polled rams. The ani¬
tiown around says fight less, are never fly
the horns, are more con¬
veniently sheared, keep easier and grow
larger. Th:s is his opinion, after nine
-liars' experience.— St. Louis Glol>e.
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
J‘ W. Kirby, of Post Mills, Vt
picked and exhibited at the reee.it (
county fair fifty-seven different kinds
of apl)](s a]1 ra5se ,l on his farm.
—A guest-chamber should always bs
furnished with a hand-glass, blltton
hook, pins, hair-pins, brush and thread comli,
dot lies-brush, and also needles,
and seis-ors. -Uarirrii Bazar.
—\ correspondent of tiie New En
aland Farm, r says he doc-n’t see how
farmers can find time to l e idle at any
g(jason !in d especially 1 in summer or
fall, when there . are bu , he; , to , , l- cut.
stone to be picked, fences to be built
and repaired, buddings to be erected,
woo 1 to be cut and land to clear, lime
j 8 money, t<> the farmer as to every idle one
else, and he is a Spendthrift who i it
away.
—Alway s sole t good ears of corn tor
seed the best you can find. Take
them from the stalks bearing two or
more ear-. •* A perfect ear,” savs tin
Arnriican AgrieuUuris 1 , “has all rows
perfect, a small butt end the cob well
lipped out with grain and covered with
hii-k-i. the kernel uniform and well
ripened.” Tlie careful selection of ears
is one of the ways of improving tin:
qua itv and increasing tlie quant,ty of
future crops.
— A man who once gets thorougldv stock is -
into the work of breeding abandon fine for
seldom willing to it some
other pursuit, no matter how lucrat ve
the new venture may lie. The field it
offers for tlie study of scion combination itie physi¬
ology, the possibilities and the of broad
tied development, experiment, afforded oppor¬ in
tunities for are
no ether business, There is a fascina
tion in the production of fine stock
which no other industry can claim- —
New England Fanner.
—For chicken pie make the crust, like
baking-powder biscuit, only a little
shorter. Have it half an inch thick and
line a four-quart pan with it. Broil two
small chickens tint 1 tender, and place
the pieces smoothly in the pan; sprinkle
salt, popper asd a little flour over them
and add about a largo tablespoonful of
butter; pour over all a little of the
liquor the chickens were broiled in and
spread 011 the top crust about half an
inch thick, cutting air-ho «s in it. Bake
until tho trust is thoroughly done.-
< 'hicago N< t/w.
—Raisetl Doughnuts: At noon t ike a
bowl that wiH hold a good large pint,
put into it two cups of sugar, then pour
otriliiig water on until the howl is full,
add a piece of butter the size of a large
egg; o? as soon putting as cool all enough into add larger one dish cup
yeast, cassia, a little salt,
or pan, nutmeg make or stiff batter, a let it
and flour to a
rise until morning, stir in flour to
knead, let rise again, then roll anti cut
out before the fat is put on to heat, as it
gives them a chance to rise a little be¬
fore frying. Set. them into tho oven to
warm before eating .—Prairie Farmer.
The Virtues of Coffee.
The act ion of ooffee is directed chiefly
| i to the nervous system, impression it produces the a
warming, quickly cordial followed by diffused, on
stomach, excitement,which a
I agreeable and nervou*
extends itself to tho cerebral functions,
j giving rise to increased vigor of iinagin
ation and intellect, without any subse
quont confusion or stupor, such as are
‘ characteristic ot narcotics. Coffee con
| tains exceeding essential in importance principles of its nutrition exhilaratin'; far
| properties, anti of the most desir
is one
, able articles for sustaining the system m
| diseases.
I certain prostrating nutrition be As derived com
pared with the to
from the be*t of soups, coffee has de¬
cidedly tho advantage, and is to be pre¬
ferred in many instances. The medicinal
effects of oof foe arc very groat. In in¬
termittent fever it has been used by em¬ ef¬
fects inent in physicians cutting short with the the attack, happiest anti if
properly than managed the sulphate is better of quinine. in many In
east's
that low state of intermittent, as found
on the banks of tlie districts, Mississippi River
and other malarial accompa¬
nied with enlarged spleen and toroid
liver, when judiciously remedies. administered In yellow it
is one of the surest
fever it has been used by physicians,
and with some it is their main reliance
after other necessary remedies have been
administered; it retains tissue change,
anti thus becomes a conservator of force
in that state in which tho nervous sys¬
tem tends to collapse, because the blood
has become impure; it sustains the
nervous power until the depuration and
reorganization of the blood are accom¬
plished, stimulants and has in the inducing advantogc in over juri¬
other no
ous secondary effects. In spasmodic
asthma its utility is well established, as
in whooping cough, stupor, lethargy
and such troubles. In hysterical at¬
tacks, for which in many cases a physi¬
cian can form uo diagnosis, coffee is a
"‘coPVcts opposed to malaria, to all
noxious vapors. As a disinfectant it has
wonderful powers. As an instantaneous
deodoriser it has no equal for the siek
rool „ t ;us , M exhalations are immedi
;l tolv neutralized by burning simply coffee passing grains a
chafing-dish with It be urged that
through article the room. may and
an possessing such powers
ca naoity for such energetic article action must
be i,jt«ai injurious as an of diet of ha
employment, and not without
deleterious properties; disarrangements but no eorre
soonding nervous have
Been observed after its effects have dis
appeared, as are seen in narcotics and
other stimulants. The action imparted
to ^e nerves is natural and bealtbv.
Habitual coffee drinkers generally en
joy good health. Some of the oldest
' used coffee from earliest
p e 0 ple have without feeling depressing
infancy produced anv alcoholic
reaction, such .—Philadelphia as is Times. by
stimulants
—“Don't swear so. John. What if
vou should be struck dead with such
horrid oaths on your lips!” said his
wife soothingly. “Swear so? Jim
miny crickets, by all that's groat. I'm
not swearing, but 1 am going to express
my opinion of this confounded, nine
cornered bazoo of a blamed rickety Exit* in¬
fernal bit of stovo-uipe-” hands the
wife with her over her ears.—
Chicaao Times.
—Raw starch, applied with a little
water, all as stains a paste, from will bed-ticking.— generally Chi¬ re¬
move
cago News.
“Do.Mortals Nil Nisi Bonuui.”
Why should we “say nothing but
good of the dead?” Of all the ignorant,
gjlly and absurd maxims ever manu
factored that < ne is the worst. Espe¬
cially is it to be deprecated because it is
apparently prompted by a kind, forgiv¬
ing and generous spirit, and is, there¬
fore, calculated :o appeal to the inno¬
cent, the unth nking and the generous
minded. We will bet a ducat that the
man who built that,maxim was who some
mean, smail-souled scoundrel was
guilty of rascalities that he wanted cov¬
ered lip when he died.
We believe in throwing the mantle of
charity over the dead, and when a man
dies we do not believe in publishing to the
world all the frailties and eccentricities
of his character that resulted in Legisla¬ placing
him, during life, in jail or the
ture. We do not believe that all lead¬
ing citizens after they and die play on even
electro-plated there harps, is we cannot in un¬
derstand that any sense ex¬
pecting public journalists to pretend of
they believe the deceased was a man
all-wool virtues, entitling him to a glo¬
rious immortality beyond the will sunset
glow, where his creditors eease
from troubling and the weary tax col¬
lector will not break through and steal.
When some insignificant Alderman
dies, why should established custom de¬
mand that the editor of the local paper
should array himself in sackcloth and a
gum coat, and write a gorgeous obituary,
in which he tries to show that the ab¬
sence of the deceased will leave the world
lop-sided, while he knows that he does
not believe what ho says, and that the
readers do not believe it, and even the
deceased would not believe it. and
would blush to see it in type.
We can understand that it is a seemly
thing for the living to refrain from rak¬
ing up old grievances regarding the
dead, and letting bygones be bygones;
but it is entirely beyond should our compre¬ pretend
hension why the living dead that they
to see virtues in the
know the dead never possessed or had a
soul large enough to appreciate, it is
true, however, that
Custom does often reason overrule
And only serves for reason to the fool.”
We recall a circumstance that goes to
prove what a hokow sham obituaries
usually are. in the office of the Daily
Argus of one the night death there of local was brought Justice in of
news a
the Peace, named Schumerhoff. The
managing editor told the local editor to
“give the remains editor a gilt-edged send
off.” ’Ihe local was a compara¬
tive stranger in the town and hail never
heard of the deceased before. He
sharpened his pencil and began:
“It Is our painful duty to record the doatta
of our o-doemod townsman. Judjf iCarl Sobu
merhotf. Ho died this evening at seven
o’clock, after u I.riel' but fortitude.” painful illness,
which he bore with Christum
Then he turned to the night-dispatch old
editor and said: “ What kind of an
landmark was Schumerhoff?”
“Old Schumerhoff! why he was a
common, hard-listed Dutchman; made
money by parsimonious economy and
usury—a regular money-lending, two- here
per-cent. a month Shy lock; came
from Germany years ago. There arc
lots of people won't he bowed down
with grief when they hear lie is gone.”
Then the local editor continued the
obituary
mlniaanSpmmlncni'rHml’ly"^ “Judtrc SphumerbqfT came fI nin th- Father;
(lenmmy ho
watt poor, but by t'uergv mut cum
can truly tic wild ot um ilia' nc was the
architect of his own femme, such men arc
wSy into i. nn.| His M tb ath has cast gloom the
a over
entire community."
“ Had ho a family:
“ \ cs, and he used to hang Ins wife
around and pound her black and blue
until she got, a divorce- but ton need
not dwell on that noint, \ott know, tor
he was a prominent citizen and well
connected.
“The deceased was an excitant husband, •
fon .1 father ami—"
[ow du joti s.t> us mot a s w 111
“Morals? he tiffin t have any. He was
a regular o il np.
“How was he politically?”
“ Well, he used to be a red-hot Know
nothing, hit lately he was a Green
backer ”
*
“Although wo have i been oblifrcrt ,, j toiliitor
w th him politically, yet we cannot let this op
portuu.ty pass without paying a j.ist tribute
m It s sincerity. He was a matt of simplicity
„r character ami liberal ways in political
matters."
“ Did he ever hold any office?”
“No; never was He anything unpopular but a Jus
ticcof the Peace. was too
to be elected to anything, something.” although he
was always running for
“Atnt his many excellent qualities i,t heart
(ojii m art i-uiiearc l him to ail who knew him.
him from tak-tny that active part in p iiitus. or
re eiving the rcwanis of office, tbut his merits
ami ability iieservert.
“ Say, you might hint, in that obit
ttarv. that tdd Selumierhou is hat mg a
warm reception it he lias gone to where
••witiv nil that is mortal i f .turtire s. lies la
th •e.rtiiembraco^rtei^. \vher?' irthli« iiuer|WKlenoa ‘the*
itbotte r hi ml. th ere a w nits him r»
wanls nf nn upright man, a just .hiilae, nnii a
w'm ”* <n Altt ‘ r btes titiul lever b«
'
And then old Schumerhoff had a
nnnmniK funoral a all i-ildcd monument
j, •ind ‘ t Ivine-enitanh * in keetunw ill-shed_ with
i; if i the Arm J nr 1 ‘ ‘
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—A . matt , has recently ... b Pennsylvania en released . ,
from the Penitentiary of
who hast been in prison thirty years. He
was a forger, and was convicted and
sentenced m l8o‘2. )\ hat changes that
man wtU find m the world, and what his
thoughts nuts be! He owned a house
and lot. which was worth about >1,- 00
when he went to prison, and the increase
ill Its vame.an l the income it has
brought him, now give him a fortune of
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—For a good lemon-cream cake use
one cup of butter, one and a-half cups of
sugar, two and a-half cups of flour, two
tablespooufuls of baking powder, one
lialf cup of milk and three e„gs Bake
in layers and make a cream of the juice
of two lemons, two-thirds of a cun of
sugar, one cup of butter, two table
spoonfu’s of flour, and one egg.—
Chicago News :
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_Q n a km til island near Fiji a soft
material is found which on exposure
harden^ and looks much like firebrick,
Friction.
That machine will run the smoothest,
the fastest and the longest which has
the least friction. The farmer realizes ,
that his horses are wearied out and die
young, often, because of this extra
strain upon them which comes from
without. But this is not the only kind
of lrlction with which they are familiar.
There is a friction which is du - to the
make-up of the animal. Some horses
stre constantly fretting and fuming
and wearing themselves out, while
others go steadily along with their load
and never turn aside to fret themselves.
These last posses; the staying qualities
which are valuable in horses or in men.
Now it is possible to decrease the
amount of friction, both external and
internal. It is, and ever should he, the
aim of the good farmer to buy machines
which have least friction. And the in¬
ventor who does most in this line will
win both fortune and renown. Com¬
paring the tools and machines now in
use with those used fifty years ago it
will he seen at once that a great advance
has been made in this particular.
But men are much like horses. They
are very largely in the harness and pull¬
ing heavy loads. And many of them
are breaking down in health, or com
plaining bitterly of their lot, when there
really is no need of it. Friction is kill¬
ing them or souring their natures. And
this friction comes often-times from with¬
out, and oft-times from within. One
man is being crushed between mill¬
stones which he cannot lift off or put
far down beneath his feet,. But this is
not often the case, and when it is the
best thing that man can do is to leave
that position at once at any sacrifice.
But much of the friction of life which
comes from without may, judgment, or might by be
forethought and good
avoided. Many cruel words are re¬
ceived by, and unkind deeds done to,
those who have not tact sufficient to leave
certain words unsaid or questions when un¬
asked. Some persons never know
not to put a question, Some other per¬
sons never fail to put it exactly at
the right time. One gets a curt,
cold or insulting reply. The oth¬
er receives a courteous and full
answer. One wins respect, the other
contempt. Now thisgalls only knew and frets human the
tactless one, but if he
nature better, he—perhaps avoided it. move You often
she—might constantly liave in with another ntay
be company
of greater slowness or quickness. If
the latter, one moment’s haste on your
part may make him pleasant all day. If
he is slower than you and yon keep
steady step with him for a brief time, it
may smooth your jiath. In other words,
tact to see and know the fitness of
things and willingness on your part to
make concessions to meet their de¬
mands, will generally win the day. It
makes no difference who the other par¬
ty is; whether between parents and
children, husband anti wife, teacher
and scholars, business partners, minis¬
ters and people, whoever the other par¬
ty may be, tact, kindness and a willing¬
ness to bend will save a great deal of
the wear and tear of life. We do not
say all, but it is worth trying to see how
much.
But the fact remains that more friction
comes from within ourselves than from
without. Ambition, envy,and the legion
of foul spirits which attend these, unite to
wear away the heart. How often do
they sueoee<l in nqumving out the juices
i r\ !t bHt a d V itter
rind. And then tlie man , looks out upon
t lu; world and thinks it ail What as dry and
bitter as his own heart. is this
j beauteous world and the great loving
hearts in it to such a soul? No wonder
lie cannot comprehend them. W hat
we need, each one, is to tultivate fruit,
! :uu | by so doing kill out the weeds, lie
, joice in others’ prosperity, and then we
shall not envy their good then fortune.
Think of our blessings, hard lot. and Look tor we
shall not revile our
flowers, and rainbows, and gorgeous
s-nsets. not for clouds, and fog. and rain.
We need to think move of our fellow
liu . n a „d forget self. We need to live
in the sunlight of the presence ot God.
and out hearts slum sing a new song oi
fondness, peace and love. Then shall
we have conquered ithe tnctions ot lilt
and in this light and tlus spnit, wi shall
ever do our best work wotkets lor
God, ,, , workers , for , man, anil , ,, tniicby .
workers for our best selves. — Golden
hntc r>.,n
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Costumes,
——
A Russian General, who now holds a
very important c nnmand in the far
| [ six East, complained, he visited when L some ntlon, five that or it
; years impossible ago. erstand what
v a s to tin < n
i pt inctple the English dressed them
* selves. A t\-w male friends had invited
him to dinner; and on appearing nly among of
i them he found himself the i one
the party who wore a frock c at. Tlie
next ,corning ho was t > breakfast with
i a this lew more t be friends; the and. sate side, determined lie
time > on pro
sented himself in a dress smt. W e have
met with a tivclitt which one of the
c’luck-takcratthe principal mcttl tits was l.oy al tne'iy.tisat Italian ()pe:a oi a
with''the t U V ,? 00 1 “^ w re if
a pa! V °‘ ^ r b <r lit c j 1-retl 1 trousers sue It
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as ’ 1!l 1 bk>‘ c tmeetion, uottld
; be accepted summer) on the Continent (at
least in as quite appri>
pviate to iestne _ Ihe onlv
a occasion.
approach, indeed, to a England despotism is the of
tasln that now exists in
| authority exeietsed m the matter ot
costume by our operatic officials, who
; tolerate nothing but black and white.
, ]n od nary life people will doubtless
continue to tressthey may think tit
without heeding the remonstrances and
appeals addressed to them by those who
have studied the subject, and who hare
; ;l t once better information and better
1 j “’"Srv Milid ,, "Sa S™ tS
' ulntors
U(H t tho lr , of painters, -.
i; wn^ive, -pt -e tna'i-vers dr^s ‘ ^mith Jones in d
w absurdly, Whose die. and are
forjrottC!1 & . But the men lot it is
! to !!ue nee the public and mind e\il have thev heavier
-nsiKtrsihilities- the do
" after them .—Loruion SiaHeard. "
Althocgh it Ls tnonght that the pawn
broker is an imposition on the publie,
still he will thrive so long as people con
tinue to “put up” with him.
Our Foreign Cabbage Pest. I !
cabbage butterfly {l D ie- .
The European like other preda
ris rapa .\ j s . many much de
( ous imported insects, more
,
gtnjc , ; V e j a til's country than in its abo
r j„-j n «i home. Our own “native Ameri
( cabbage bntterilies—the Northern
olerurea) and the Southern
, p r otodicc)—\ hougk sometimes
j ^ troublesome, an; iiarmlessness
j tse ]t compared with the destructive for
g-, ‘tIic rn ’varm’y. imported butterfly is white,
male black,
w ith the tips of the fore wings the fore
dusted with white, fin ea.ch of
wino-s there is a black spot, ’i he female
butteri’v has two spots on these wings,
about two-thirds of the distance lrom
tbe base to the outer edge of the wing,
Thu eo-o-s of this insect are laid singly
on the’undcr side of leaves. The cater- stripe
pillar is green, with another a yellowish each
down the back, and paler, along brighter
side, the belly being a densely covered
green. The body is so have velvety
with minute hairs as to a
appearance. The worm is often more
than an inch long, and about the thick¬
ness of a
Wherever it has made its appearance,
the ravages of this pest have been very
great, amounting in money value to
hundreds of thousands of dollars annual¬
ly, in localities where the cabbage is
largely cultivated.
A number of ways of thwarting the
destructive designs of the Fieri s rapae
have been suggested, is said one of the he hand¬ most
effective of which to
picking when the caterpillar can be
seen, and the capture of the butterflies
by means of a light gauze net mounted
on a wire ring a foot in diameter, at¬
tached to a short pole. Where the cab¬
bage-head is badly infested, however,
it is best to root it up and hum it on a
hot lire, so as to make sure that none
of the worms escape. Dusting the cab¬
bage eady in the morning and evening
with lime slacked in water in which
carbolic acid has been dissolved is also
h'ghly recommended as a means of
driving the worm away. The lime
should be in the form of a tine dry pow¬
der. Mr. Quinn has found carbolic
powder (so-called), superphosphate appli¬ and
lime mixed together an effective
cation. The American Entomologist re¬
gards pyrethrum as the most satisfacto¬
ry remedy so far discovered. It lias
the further and important advantage of
being a perfectly harmless application
for all cabbage Consumers except in¬
sects. Bran and buckwheat flour dust¬
ed over the infested plants as soon as
the worms make their appearance have
been found effectual in some eases.
These last-named remedies must be ap
p ied when the worms are young. A
second application is sometimes neces¬
sary. Prof. Riley recommends a judi¬
cious application of hot water from a
watering-pot. But only careful hands
should attempt this hydropathic least cure, bad
or the the remedy disease. mav The prove Professor at also as ad¬
as
vises repeated applications of whale-oil
soap and water, in the proportion of
one pound of soap to six suggested gallons that of wa¬
ter. It has also been a
trap may be laid for the inches chrysalis above by
placing boards, raised two
the surface of the the ground, caterpillars among when the
plants, bout to change attract to chrysalids. By de
a to
stroying these, and all that may be
found under chibs, stones, etc., much
future toil and loss may be avoided,
But all these offensive and defensive
measures combined would probably be
of little avail—so impotent is man to
cone with these inferior forces!--were
it not f or the diminutive allies which
coine to the gardener’s aid in the shape
G f minute ichneumon flies. These lit
| tie creatures butterflies lay their eggs either the in
i those of the or on out
s * 1( j e G f the chrysalis, and the resulting
maggots feed luxuriously on their ltelp
Jess victims, and do immense execution
j a reducing the numbers of their in
voluntary entertainers. One observer
thinks that at least two-thirds of the
e hrvsalids which had suspended them
selves by hundreds in the early autumn
a bout his house and fences, had been
attacked bv these useful allies. Mr.
Charles D. Zimmerman, of Ohio, sug
gests that these chrysalids'should tie
gathered into a box and covered with
wive gauze, so that it they containpara
.ihic sues the toe latter l.uivi mav may cseane tsc.tpc, *md .mu the utc
Butterflies be destroyed. The box con
tainino ® - such chrysalids .’ he savs should
-
be protected from ram , but , not from ,
cold.
The male of this parasite—the Plero
maluspuparurn of Emmetts—isabeauti
i lul pale-green fly, with the body linely
i punctured and emitting honey-yellow, metallic tints,
j j The antenna; are with
narrow black wings. The legs are pale
I honey-yellow. It is from one-twelfth
j to one-tenth of an men in length. 1 ho
j boily of the female fly is much stouter
and broader, with an oval abdomen
| ending in a very short ovipositor. It is
! miteli duller green than the male, and
the body is more coarsely punctured.
j The antennae and legs ate brown. The
Jarva is a little white maggot about an
eighth of an inch in length. As many
a s thirty-two of them, in various stages
() f growth, have been found in the
bodv of a single chrysalid. It is s'n
«f^‘ ‘friends y to ot h«P man e ,^t may these be able, invaluable with
the less efficient aid of their human eo
laborers, to subdue and annihilate the
foreign interloper whose depredations
ltave caused so much alarm and loss to
| cabbage-growers.— 0 & N. Y. Examiner.
-
j _ A man and woman Eved ylars togetJier
t nd wife for nine 4t the
man a
that dfscovered period the man wo“
cx have that the “
£ “his husband aprofes^d Kvin To
i y. t -El theworn *,r TTV to have J
| ^ u i ’The^
" !?• stRl J in exEteDce Il.T
ascertained that the first- , or second j
S ^ proV4 Wlte fii™
Wlfe of the original husband had died,
and at last the much muddled suit was
propped Herald. by mutual consent.-AE Y
—“You _ ,--- know lam a member 1 of the
fire department,” said Biggs, “and if I
1 find your young spark in my house, it
will be my duty to put him out.” “But,
father,” replied his daughter, “if you
do. like as not I shall have a new fame
with n a.week." Biggs limbered up im
mediately.—Boston Iranserip'.
Frightful Scalp diseases Transmitted
in False Hair.
-
A terrible alarm has been created
amongst the ladies by the announcement
0 f a visitation of the most dreadful kind
—nothing less than the arrival of the
horrible disease of the hair known as
the plica polonica, which has hitherto
been confined to the inhabitants of Po¬
land and the frontiers of Russia. No
medical science has been able as yet to
ascertain the exact cause of the disease,
which renders its victim a most hideous
object to behold, transferring beautiful sometimes
almost suddenly the most and
luxuriant crop of hair into a matted,
disgusting mass of twisted snake-like
ropes, which stand out in horrible con
fusion all over the head, through which
n0 comb can ever be drawn, and which
can never be cut owing to the agglom
eration of the roots into one united
mass, which, as the roots are tilled with
blood, would cause the sufferer to bleed
to death were they to he violently re-
'pile doctors here account for the ap¬
pearance of the disease, in two cases
which have appeared of late, to the re¬
cent importation of false hair from Bo¬
land—a country hitherto forbidden to
traders in the article of false hair. It
appears that the liair-cropping unsuccessful season in the
having been rather
USll al ciistricts to which the‘trade has
been till now confined, in consequence
of the immense demand made upon the
peasant girls of the continent for the
fast two or thieu years “chignons,” through the and tre¬
mendous plaits, anil
“cascades” and “falls” and “frizzes”
that have been worn, heavy enough on
the single head of a lady half of fashion dozen to
despoil the poor pates of a
poor potato weeders or lace-makers of
the Normandy villages, it has become
necessary to widen the fields of opera¬
tions, and after ransacking Constanti¬
nople, Smyrna and Damascus, the yield de¬
has even then fallen short of the
mand. Ger¬
The traders, after a ran into _
many, have been compelled to make a
swoop down upon Poland, in spite of
the point of honor by which they were
bound to avoid all dealings of the kind
with that country. A lot of the most
beautiful itair was imported environs thence of
from a great fair held in the
Warsaw toward the end of the month.
Most of the hair was of the finest and
most silky quality—highly cared polished, for
clean, and evidently well by
its former proprietor; but as most of it
was black it had to be dyed to suit the
fashion of the day. whieh commands
that every woman that man red-gold, delighteth
to honor shall have flaxen, or
orange-colored hair. But nothing is
easier to the hair trade than to change
the color, and by the chemical mixtures
manufactured for the purpose this ob¬
ject is attained in a moment.
However, one of these individuals,
residing in Clerkenwell. who had pur¬
chased”:!, bag of Polish hair of the finest
quality, liquid in was which horrified he had on plunged perceiving it the for
dyeing turn gradually of a blood-red
color, until the whole mass Chemists had changed
to the same lurid tint. were
called in to ascertain the cause of the
strange occurrence. The mixture was
submitted to analysis, but nothing was
discovered, until at length the doctors
were summoned, and after examination
by the microscope, thy bulb of the plica
polonica was detected in a great propor¬
tion of hair which had been bought by
one especial trader who had attended
the fair. It was but the germ of the
disease, but the tube of the hair was af
lected, and had it remained upon the
wearer’s head would in it short time
have been developed into the most viru¬
lent form of the disease.
Other dealers have kept their discov¬
ery secret, and have sold the hair at a
cheap rate to inferior hairdressers.
Much of it must have been used to or¬
nament ihe beads of the humble aspi¬
rants to fashion and distinction, who
wait behind the bars of the lower pub¬
lic houses, or behind the counters of the
general shops of the East End. It is
certain that two cases of the disease
have been reported—one employed of them a in very
young tradesman’s girl family, whose as nurse head had a
been lately shaved after an attack of
scarlet fever, and who had bought a
“fringe” to render herself “less shock¬
ing” beneath her cap. The doctors are,
of course, busily occupied in the inves¬
tigation of the germs, and undertake
to prevent the spread of the experienced disease.
They by remember French and the English failure medical
the fac¬
ulties in their endeavors to cure the ■
singer Madame Cruvelli, who was com¬ »
pelled to leave the midst stage and retire from
the world, in the of a career as
brilliant as that of her sister, in conse¬
quence of this terrible visitation.— Liv¬
erpool (Eng.) Courier.
The “Milch-Cow Racket.”
Durino- his wanderings through the
yards yesterday the reporter stumbled -
onto another little scheme whieh it was
thought was while exterminated a few months
ago, but there are “suckers” in
the world scalpers and other not over
scrupulous persons will always do a
racket’’s “rushing business.” the term used The by “milch-cow those who
are posted, and from the pro tits derived ,
therefrom the racket is a profitable one.
Milch cows are always in demand, and
the prices obtained approximate sixty
doHars. When the demand exceeds
the SU n„Jv the “sealner ihe ” in ordei- to
“accommodate” customer, goes to <
some remote pen and nurehases^a cow
1 called a “stripper”-tbat is. one whose
1 days half of usefulness as a milker are over, j
A a few davs old is then purchased
! for a few dollars and tied in a pen
ol,,nir with the enw Th^customer wh.vh
to be°its mother. ‘ soon
i imtis hk iimmi-uun ,n,i , tm,i»
, , n n,' 0 liTscr mkes the tmims *
| ls soon found the out, sixtv and dollar,. the buyer The makes trick
a strenuous complaint, helBs but there is no
«n»^r eiTtable. f md 1 he trick was to accept practised the yes- tn
afterwards. lo^'i C t?M° Ihe buyer on this occasion ^
n;ade an unusually strong break, which
was promise.— subsequently settled by a com
c
claim —Newspapers that there throughout is unprecedented Kansas
an .
scarcity of male help on the farm, and
lemale help in the kitchen.