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rWO SOLDIERS AT GETTYSBURG,
The armies they had ceased to fight,
The night was still and dark.
And many thousands on the field,
Were lying stiff and stark.
The stretcher men had come along
And gathered all they could;
A hundred surgeons worked that night
Behind the clump of wood.
They flashed the lanterns in my face, "" j
As they were hurrying by;
, The sergeant looked and said, “he's dead,”
And I made no reply.
The bullet had gone through my breast,
No wonder I was still,
But once will I be nearer death
Than when upon that hill.
A gray-clad picket came along
Upon his midnight beat;
He came so near me that I tried,
To more and touch his feet.
At once he bent and felt my breast
While life still fought at bav;
one who loved me could have done
More than this man in gray.
O'er me all chilled with blood and de;v,
His blanket soft he spread;
A crimson sheaf of wheat he brought,
A pillow for my head.
Then knelt beside me for an hour
And bathed my lips and brow
But for the man who was my foa
I'd not bo living now.
Then as the coming daylight shone,
He bent his lips to say:
“Goa spare you, brother, though you wear
The blue and I the gray.”
The sounds of war are silent now;
We call no man our foe, ,
But soldier hearts cannot forgot
The scenes of long ago.
Bear as the one who stood with us,
To struggle, or to die;
No one Can oftener breathe their names,
Or love them more than I.
But from my life I’d give a year
That gray clad man to see;
To clasp in love the foeman s hand
Who saved my life to me.
—lsaac F. Eaton , in Texas Siftings.
Aunt Serena’s Century Plant
BY M. E. BRUSH.
Somehow', I always seemed, to be an
odd spoke in the family wheels. Honora, !
my elder sister, was the beauty. Tall, |
graceful, with faultless features, delicate
pink and white complexion, soft blue
eyes, and ravishing golden hair. She ;
danced divinely, sang like an angel and ;
was incomparable in every way.
Maude, next in age, was the genius.
She was pretty, too, with a broad, low
brow, dreamy, dark eyes, white, swan
likc neck and a thoughtful expression
that was positively bewitching. She'
•wore short-waisted. sage-colored gowns
and picturesque, broad-brimmed hats,
and generally had a spotless lawn ker
chief crossed on her bosom with a clus
ter of posies nestling there. Maude was
very accomplished. She dabbled in art
and made “studies” in w'ashed-out blues
and dismal greens. To me, the subjects
were vague and misty and generally con
sisted of a big-eyed maiden in clinging
robes gazing longingly over a parti-col
ored sea. I never knew' whether she was
looking for a sea-serpent or the coming
man, and I hadn’t the courage to ask
Maude. She wrote sonnets, too, and
verses euding with “Envoi,” together
with a lot of French sandwiched in here
and there.
As for myself, I was commonplace as
to features, eyes and hair. I was not
gifted in any way. All that I could do
was to cook well, sew and keep things
tidy. Mamma, who in her prime hud
been a queen of beauty and intellect,said
that I took after my father’s side, the
Barlowes, who were plain, plodding peo
ple, lit for nothing but workud earning
money. Poor papa had earned a great
deal during his lifetime, and had left us
with a flue fortune, but somehow mamma
had been singularly unfortunate in taking
care of it, her agents had proven un
worthy of the trust, and so, at the time
of which I am speaking, we had hard
work to make both ends meet. Mamma
daily racked her brains over plans for re
ducing our expenses. Ilonora graciously
fixed over her old garments and this took
most of her time. Maude copied her
sonnets and sent them away to be pub
lished, but alas! as she said, editors in
this age are so unappreciative and blind
as to their ow’n interests! So the sonnets
came back, one after another, generally
with two cents postage due on the en
velope.
I did what I could. We dispensed
with hired help and I got the meals and
did the housework.
Well, we were slowly hitching along
in this way, when, one day, there came
a letter from Aunt Serena, our father’s
only sister, an aged and eccentric spin
ster, who lived in a lonely, out-of-the
way country place. She was sick aud
■wanted one of the girls to come and
spend the winter with her.
“Gracious! I can't go!” exclaimed
Honora. “After fussing over my clothes
and making them decent, it would bg a
perfect shame not to wear them, aud of
course there's no society in that out-of
the-way place! I should die of ennui if
I had to stay there a week!” “So should
I,” said Maude. “I don’t believe that
there is a book in the house, unless it’s
the ‘Farmer's Almanac!’ ”
“Oh, yes,” observed mamma. “I re
member your aunt had a fine library.
She’s odd and old-fashioned, but, never
theless, a well-read woman. And be
sides, girls,” a iittle impressively, “I’m
not sure but she has considerable means.
She's very thrifty—all the Barlowes are
—and she has lived so frugally, that she
surely must have something laid by. Per
haps it would be wiser for one of you to
go. Margery,” turning to me, “since
your sisters object so strongly, suppose
you go to Pottsville. That would do
away with the necessity of getting you a
new winter outfit—you could wear your
old things in that country place. I’m
sure, though, I don’t know what I shall
do without you, you are so fond of put
tering arouud iu the kitchen. However,
111 try if you consent to go.”
The next week found me beneath the
roof of the old-fashioned farmhouse.
Aunt Serena proved to be a very odd
person, as my mother had said, and at
first I was rather annoyed at the keen,
critical glances of her sharp, black eyes.
I could not help pitying her, though, for
I knew by her worn, white face and
general feebleness, that she had not long
to live, aud* when she saw that my sym
pathy was sincere and that I had a
genuine desire to make her comfortable
and happy, her manner at once became
warm and kiud.
But my task was an arduous one. She
lived almost parsimoniously. Paint or
rag carpets were all that covered the
floors; the other furniture was of the
plainest kiud and our food the simplest
aud cheapest. I often smiled to myself
when I thought of mother's visions of
Aunt Serena's wealth. I saw no signs of
it, but I did. not write homo and tell the
state of affairs, for I knew that I would
be at once recalled, and by this time I
had grown so attached to my aged rela
tive, that I had determined to stay by
her until the end, which evidently was
fast approaching. I did so and it has
always been a pleasure to me to think
that I was a comfort to poor auntie dur
ing those last, sad days.
After her death and burial, I returned
home to find mamma and the girls quite
elated over our prospeectivc good for
tune.
“Squire House told us the other day
that he had heard the old lady was worth
Considerable,”said mamma, complacently
smoothing down the folds of -her black
bombazine. (Much to my surprise I
found that all three had somehow
managed to buy new mourniug.)
“Well, he was misinformed,” I said
quietly.
“Was her will read?” asked mamma,
rather startled.
“Yes, the afternoon before I left.
Aside from money for her funeral ex
penses, she had six hundred dollars in
the savings bank, and that she willed to
the ‘Pottsville Home for Aged Women.’”
Mamma and the girls raised their white
hands in silent, but expressive, wrath and
disappointment.
“And she left us nothing?” Honors in
quired.
“Only some little remembrances.
I There’s a hair-brooch for mamma, a pair
| of ear-drops for you, an onyx pin for
| Maude and a little pearl ring—-I believe
she was once engaged, but her lover
j died —for me. And oh, yes! she left
; me her century plant,” I added as an
after thought.
“Century plant! Humph!” and
| mamma’s aristocratic nose gave a scorn
ful sniff. “Well, I must say she showed
very little appreciation for your services
during these three months. And we
needed you so much at home. I’m nearly
dragged out.”
“Yes. indeed, Margery,” said Maude,
who, by the way, in spite of her aisthet
icism, enjoyed good eating as well ns
any alderman, “yes, vve have missed you
awfully. You're a plain, simple body,
my dear, but I must say you have a re
markable faculty for getting up a re
past.”
“Aud out of almost nothing, too!”
exclaimed mamma. “I don’t know how
you manage it, child, but you certainly
get along more cheaply than I can. Our
grocery bill is enormous this mouth.
I did so hope that Aunt Serena would
leave us something to clear us from this
wolf-at-the-door feeling. And now to
think—only a few tawdry, old-fnshioned
trinkets, and a—what did you call it—a
century plant. I really wouldn't take it
if I were you. A great, homely, scraggy
thing. Never blossom till they’re a hun
dred years old, Iv’e heard, and who’d
care for it then. I say, Margery, I’d pitch
it in tlie ash-barrel.”
“No, mamma dear, I shan’t,” I replied,
with a gay little laugh at her vehemence.
“No, I shall keep it and take good care
of it, too. Poor auntie seemed to think
so much of it. Even insisted on having
it by her bedside. It was her only pet,
she hadn't a cat or a dog, only this
plant. It’s homely and scraggy, as you
say, but it shan’t bother you long, for
when Roger and I go housekeeping, I’ll
take it with me.”
Mamma frowned and the girls looked
solemn.. This was the way they alwavs
acted when I spoke of Roger Ashton. I
was engaged to him, you know, and he
was nothing but a poor, young lawyer,
though the cleverest, dearest fellow' in
the world. Mamma and the girls wanted
me to marry Squire House, a grim, old
widower, who had dined with us one day,
and, taking a notion to something which
I had cooked, fancied that I was just the
■ wife for him.
However, though generally pretty
meek about things, I was determined to
have my own way about this affair, and
so as time weut on, Roger and I were
married and began housekeeping in a
humble, little cottage. As I had said,
the century plant went with us. Poor as
we were, I had the luxury of a bay-win
dow filled with trailing ivies, scarlet ger
aniums, white and golden chrysanthe
mums aiid dainty primroses, and here, in
the midst of these gay beauties, was the
century plaut, like a grim giant amid a
group of fairies. Nevertheless, I took
the best of care pf it, for I had pledged
my word to auntie. Among other in
junctions regarding it, she had told me
with a solemn earnestness that strangely
impressed me at the tiipe: “Be sure and
ro-pot it in fresh soil next year, Niece
Margery. Do remember.”
The end of the twelve months found
Roger aud myself struggling hard with
life’s stern realities. Though love was
plenty in our little home, money was
scarce, and just then our expenses were
unusually heavy, for a dear little baby
daughter had come, bringing joy but
added responsibility.
One afternoon we sat talking over our
worries until I grew fairly sick and
could bear it no longer, so I exclaimed :
“Come, dearest; don’t let us brood
over our troubles any longer. God has
’aken care of u.-. so far and has kept us
through sickness and danger. We have
much for which to be thankful. Let us
throw aside these dismal forebodings.
It is a glorious October day. Come out
into the garden with me. I want to dig
up some of my posies before Jack Frost,
arrives. Oh, yes; aud will you help me
re-pot Aunt Serena's century plant? It
is too heavy for me to carry out.”
“Heavyt I should think it was!”
Roger exclaimed as he lifted the big jar
in his strong arms; and, carrying it out,
deposited it on the grass near our back
porch. It is an ugly thing to handle,
too. Those long, sharp leaves stick out
ready to pierce one like half a dozen
swords of Damocles. What do you per
sist in keening it for, anyhow? I say,
Margery, the best thing you can
do is to let me pitch it on that rubbish
pile yonder.”
“Nouscnse,” said I, pouting. “You
know you’re only trying to tease me. I’d
almost as soon think of parting with baby
as with poor auntie’s last gift. So now,
be a good boy, and help me take it out
of the jar—very carefully, mind. Don’t
yank at it so, you darling blunderbuss.
And I'll go aud get the pan of sand and
wood-loam that I have mixed for it.”
When I came back, I fouud my hus
band still tuggipg away at the plaut.
“What possesses it to stick in the pot
so,” he panted.
“Why, it's pot-bound,” I replied with
an air of superior wisdom. “The roots
are all matted together. There, you pull
and I’ll poke a stick through the hole in
the bottom of the jar. Carefully. Now
it’s coming.”
Out came the thick, fleshy green stalk
with its mat of twisted, white roots and
from the ball of hard-baked earth around
them came some something else—a lot of
small, dirty stones.
“They’re pebbles,” I said carelessly.
“She put them in for drainage.”
“Pebbles!” my husband exclaimed, his
face fairly wild with astonishment.
“Pebbles! Margery Ashton. Those are
twenty dollar gold pieces. And there is
a host of them.”
And sure enough there really was. We
found a legacy of nearly two thousand
dollars hidden among the matted roots
of Aunt Serena’s Century plant!—Fan*
lee Blade.
Taking the Census of Alaska.
At the request of Ivan Petroff, who
conducted the last census in that Terri
tory, the office of the Alaska division
was transferred from the national capital
to this city.
For the purpose of the census ten
schedules have been prepared, as fol
lows; I—Population and social statis
tics; 2—lndian population; 3—schools;
4—churches; s—small fishing, capital
under $100; 6—canneries and deep sea
fisheries; 7—fur trade; B—gold and sil
ver mines; 9—coal mines; 10—lumber.
The Territory will be divided into seven
districts, namely: Southeastern Alaska,
Kodiak, Ooualaska, Nushegak, Kusko
kvin, Yukon and the Arctic.
In the southeastern district there will
be found a large population, and 200 men
will be employed beside the eight ap
pointed for the othir districts. All of
these men are residents of Alaska, and
are familar with the dialects spoken by
the natives. Under the act of Congress
four months are allowed for obtaining
the information.
Mr. Petroff speaks the English, Ger
man and Russian languages, beside all
the native dialects. He wll leave Sac
Francisco on the steamer Arctic, landing
at Nushegak, where he will meet one ol
the census agents. Thence he will travel
by canoe to Anvik, on the Yukon River,
where he will meet another agent. From
that point he will travel in the same man
ner as before to Carmel, on the Ivuskokvin
River, and thence by steamer to Oonalas
ka, in the Aleutian Islands, where he will
find another agent. From Oonalaska h(
will take the steamer to Kodiak and
thence to Wrangel and Point Barrow,
the most easterly point in Alaska and in
the United States. Mr. Petroff if
equipped with two tents, four sacks in
which to carry census blanks, and othci
material. He will wear hair seal boots,
and become for the time one of the na
tives.—San Francisco Chronicle.
“Hounding” Deer.
“Hounding” deer has none of the
manly interests to recommend it. The
hounds are set on a deer’s track by the
guides, while the “sportsman” leisurely
awaits the result on the shore eft some
lake, with his canoe at his feet, ready to
take him out as soon as the deer is driven
to the water. This seeking of water ia
invariably resorted to by the hounded
deer, and for this reason A hound,
having better “staying” qualities can al
ways outrun a deer in the end. This
the latter, desperate and exhausted, with
the yelping dog fast gaining on its heels,
finally comprehends, and it knows that
there is only one remaining way to save
itself—to throw the dog off the licent.
As this can only be done by the deer’s
swimming through some large body of
water, it makes for the nearest lake.
Into this, its last refuge, it pluuges
with what remaining strength it can
muster. Terrified and out of breath, it
can barely keep its head above water as
it wearily strives to reach the opposite
shore. A child could, in reality, “fin
ish” it when in this condition. But in
stead of that a number of sportsmen who
have been indolently awaiting the advent
of the deer, perhaps smoking tbeir ci
gars and reading their newspapers in the
meanwhile, are taken out in canoes by
their guides, armed with clubs and shot
guns, to their panting, helpless victim.
They then surround the scarcely strug
gling creature and kill it by either blow
ing its brains out with a charge of buck
shot or knocking it on the head with
their clubs. Whichever way it is done,
they have achieved the honor of killing
a deer, and by the accomplishment of
this daring exploit are furnished with
something to talk and boast of for the
rest of their lives. —New York Times.
Novel Device to Elude Bloodhounds.
The tracks of the incendiary were dis
covered, and J. A. Trutis's bloodhounds
were put on his trail, but the cunning
scoundrel used a novel device for baffling
th.S keen-scented brutes. He sprinkled
cayenne in his tracks, and this the hounds
got iu their eyes, causing them great ag
ony and ending their usefulness for the
time being.— St. Louis Globe Democrat.
CROOK'S CAPTURE.
A THRILLING EPISODE OF THE
CIVIL WAR.
How a Band of Confederate Rainrcrs
Slade tlie General a Prisoner
in the Midst of His
Division,
Among the many daring deeds per
formed on either side during the Civil
War perhaps none can excel for daring
conception and successful execution the
capture of General George Crook nnd Gen
eral Kelley at Cumberland, Md., in Feb
ruary, 1884, by a band ef Confederates
known as McNeil’s Rangers. This body
was composed of as reckless a set of
young Marylanders and Yirginians as ever
drew sabre. They were commanded by
a Captain McNeil, from whom they de
rived their name. He was a man of un
flinching courage, and led his men in
many a bloody encounter, aud was event
ually killed in a desperate fight near Mt.
Jackson, in the Valiev of Virginia.
McNeil’s rangers carried a free lance
and were generally fouud hovering near
the Federals, watching their movements,
destroying wagon trains, capturing
horses, munitions of war, etc., all of
which were turned over to the Confeder
ate Government for a consideration.
In February, 1864, New Ceeek was
captured by General Rosser, anil Mc-
Neil's Rangers were advanced to within
thirty miles of Cumberland, Md. One
night around the camp fire two of the
boys, John Fay aud Sprigg Linn, whose
homes were in Cumberland, were relating
the adventures they had encountered iu
a visit to their homes, from which they
had just returned, nnd in the course of
tho conversation expressed the belief
that the town could be penetrated by a
small body of men nnd Generals Crook
aud Kelley brought safely off. The sug
gestion instanfly took root among those
wild boys, nnd in less than fifteen min
utes it was determined that the attempt
should be made, and Major Joe Vandiver
volunteered to lead them, With the dash
ing Kuykendall second in command.
It was well known to the Rangers that
General Crook had just succeeded Gen
eral Kelley in the command of that de
partment, and had established his head
quarters at the Revere House—at that
time kept by a Mr. Daily, ot Oakland,
uod whose daughter is now General
Crook's widow—while General Kelley
still lingered at the St. Nicholas, a short
distance from the Revere.
About dusk of a cold February day,
with two feet of snow covering the
ground, the command started on their
perilous journey. Moving rapidly, they
crossed the south branch of the Potomac
and reached Knobby Mountain, where
they were hospitably cntertaiueu by
Sympathizing friends, who were much
surprised when they were told the ob
ject of the expedition, and every argu
ment was used to induce them to retrace
their steps, at which the boys only
laughed.
After hastily refreshing themselves and
horses the command moved silently on
until the Potomac was reached, which
they forded, every man being wet to the
waist by its icy waters, On through the
darkness they sped, not knowing what
a minute might bring forth, for they
were satisfied they must be in close
proximity to the enemy. And neither
were they mistaken, for suddenly the
sharp command: “Who comes there?”
convinced them that they were upon the
Union outposts. There was no time for
words, and in an instant the unlucky
picket post, composed of three meD, were
captive. The password was now to be
had at any cost, but it was not until a
bridle-rein had been placed around the
neck of one of the unhappy pickets that
he blurted out, “Bull's Gap.”
Moving now more cautiously, the
Rangers approached a light in the dis
tance, and again the cry; “Who comes
there?” greeted them. “Friends with the
countersign,” replied Vandiver. “Dis
mount, advance one, and give the coun
tersign,” came back in a clear, ringing
voice. But, instead of complying, Van
diver ordered his men, “Forward,” and
they dashed into the midst of about
forty Union infantrymen, who surrend
ered without firing a shot. Their guns
were broken, to effectually disarm them,
and upon being told they were sur
rounded by a large Confederate force
they accepted a parole and agreed to re
muiu where they were until morning.
Matters were now gettiug warm, for
Vandiver knew full well that he himself
wassurrounded by 10,000 Federal troops.
The utmost caution was necessary to
avoid discovery, for a single blunder or
pistol shot would have resulted iu the
destruction of the party.
They were now in the suburbs of
Cumberland. Calling Kuykendall to.
him, Vandiver gave his orders. They
were to the effect that when the com
mand reached the St. Nicholas Hotel he
was to halt with six or eight cool men
and Capture General Kelly, while be him
self would attend to General Crook. It
was now 3:30 o’clock in the morning,
and no time was to be lost.
“Forward; close up,” was the com
mand, nnd the Bangers entered from the
west side, and crossing Wall’s Creek,
which flows through the town, they
coolly rode through Baltimore street,
passing many squads of Union soldiers
patrolling the streets.
In a moment the St. Nicholas was
reached, and Kuykendall swung out of
line, while Vandiver passed ou to the
Revere. Halting his command, he dis
mounted and approached the door and
knocked. A sentinel opened it cautious
ly, and in an instant Vandiver’s pistol
was at his head. “Utter one word and
you die,” was hissed at the sentinel’s ear.
Handing him over to one of his men,
Vandiver seized a light and swiftly sped
up the stairway to the room occupied by
General Crook- The door was locked,
but a vigorous kick sent it flying open,
and in an instant Vandiver stood by
the General’s bedside. The noise had
awakened him, and he raised hiAself in
a dazed condition and gazed upou
the stalwart form of the daring Confed
erntc who, with a revolver in one hand
and a lighted candle in the other, stood
intently looking at him.
“Who are you?” demanded Crook.
“I am General Rosser,” said Vandiver,
“and you are my prisoner.”
Still tli* General never moved.
“General Crook,” said Vandiver, “it i?
very cold out, and there are two feet ol
snow upon the ground. You haven rid<
of thirty miles before you, and I will
give you two minutes in which to dresi
yourself; otherwise 1 will bo compelled
to take you as you are.”
The General had now fully awakened
to a realization of the state of affairs,
and, springing from his bed, hastily
threw on his clothes. In less than llv
minutes from the time Vandiver had em
tered the hotel, General Crook was safely
seated behind him, and Kuykendall com
ing up attho moment, after being equally
successful in his mission, the command
“Forward” was given, and the “evacua
tion” of Cumberland was begun.
Turning to General Crook, Vandiver
addressed him thus: “General Crook,
you are a soldier, and you know full
well the desperate nature of this under
taking, and I want to caution you that if
you utter one word to betray me, as re
luctant as I would bo to do suoh an act, I
will send a bullet through your head.”
General Kelley was similarly cautioned.
As rapidly as possible without at
tracting unusual attention the party left'
the city, expecting every instant to hear
the hue aud cry at their heels. Reach
ing Mill Creek, they proceeded down the
tow-path, passing large bodies of troops
in cam]), who paid little attention to
them. Three miles from town a serious
disaster was happily averted by Van
diver’s presence of mind. A large force
was encountered, and tho Rangers wero
challenged by a sentinel. To tho com
mand. “Dismount nnd advance” Vau
diver exclaimed:
“I have no time for that; tho Robs
are advancing from New Creek, nnd wo
are in a hurry. Bull's Gap,” he called
out, nnd forward tho Rangers dashed.
“AH right," replied the sentinel.
“Give ’em lit*, boys.”
But the alarm had been sounded in
Cumberland, where every thing was con
fusion, and the Rangers had not pro
ceeded far before they found themselves
hotly pursued, and a running fight was
kept up for miles with the rearguard.
Romuey, twenty-seven miles distant, was
finally reached, and tho daring band of
Confederates were safe, with their dis
tinguished captives within their own
lines. —Philadelphia Record.
Flowering of the Apple Tree.
An old United State? Patent Office
report gives a record of the days in
which apple trees tlowcred from 1798 to
185 G. This record was kept by Isaac
Stearns, of Newfield, Massachusetts, until
his death in 1837, aud then continued
by his family up to 1856 inclusive. From
1858 to 1878 a similar record was kept
by T. B. Tompkins, of Elmira, N. Y.
We give both records in tabulated form:
RECORD KEPT BY ISAAC STEARNS:
1798.. May 18 1818.. May 27 1838.. May 80
1799. .May 19 1819.. May 27 1839.May 18
1800.. May 17 1820.,May 17 1840.. May 17
1801.. May 17 1821.. May 27 1841.. May 29
1802.. M*y 20 1822. .May IS 1842.. May 1
1803. .May 22 1823. .May 23 1843. .May 22
1804.. May 22 1824.. May 19 1344.. May 11
1805. .Mav 14 1825.. May 15 1845.. May 21
1800.. May 27 1820.. May 15 1848.,May 13
1807. .May 27 1827. .May 17 1847. .May 28
1808. .May 18 1828. .May 17 1848.. May 19
1809. .May 25 1829. .May 29 1849. .May 29
1810.. May 19 1830.. May 9 18.50.. June 8
1811.. 15 1831.. May 14 1851.. May 32
1812.. June 2 1882.. May 31 1853.. May 38
1813.. May 25 1888.. May 12 1853.. May 14
1814.. May 14 1834.. May 29 1854.. May 21
1815. .May 27 1835. .Mny 27 1855. May 20
1810.. May 28 1838.. May 31 1856.. May 28
1817. .May 23 1837. .May 30
RECORD KEPT BY T. B. TOMPKIJfS.
1858.. May 25 1865.. May 17 1872.. May IS
1859. .May 19 1856. .May 17 1873.. May 3C
1860.. May 16 1867.. June 3 1 874.. May 29
1861.. May 25 186.8.. Mny 30 1 875.. May 27
1862.. May 23 1809. . May 28 1 876.. May 27
1863. .May 23 1870.. May 17 1877. .May'2l
1864.. 21 1871.. May 21 1878.. Apr. 2
. These dates refer to the days on which
the (lowers had fully expanded on the
different varieties of the tree, excepting
s:,me of the late kinds, such ns the
russets.
The extreme dates are May 9, 1830,
and June 3, 1850 and 1867, a difference
of twgnty-five days. The mean of these
twodates is May 21, 1-2.
The earliest thirteen seasons were in
order: 1830, 1844, 1833, 1798, 1805,
1814, 1831, 1852, 1811, 1853, 1822,
1826, 1846, in each of which year the
full blossoms appear before or on tho
15th of May, which also was the case in
1859.
The evidence afforded by these tables
is opposed to the theories of those who
allege that our seasons are gradually
growing colder. According to this table
the spring of 1812 opened later than any
since 1850 and 1867. The spring of
1873 which budded in May 80, was con
sidered very tardy, but it was considera
bly earlier than in 1812, 1818, 1832,
1835, 1837, 1838, 1849, or 1850, and
varied but little from other years young
in the century.
India's Queer Jungle Fighters.
In Burmah a desultory war is being
carried on. with varying success, against
the tribes that yet defy the rule of Great
Britain. The Lushias, the people now
being warred upon, a sort of Asaitic
Indians, divided into clans, under chiefs,
but without much, if any, distinction oi
rank. They are jungle fighters, and de
cline, except when taken by surprise, tc
meet the British in the open. They have
curious customs. In one of the clam
when the father of a family dies the
corpse is hung up to the beams of the
house for seven days, during which time
the man’s widow is obliged to sit under
neath, spinning. The warfare upon these
people is very unsatisfactory work for the
British soldiers, as they have nothing
worth looting, and they fly from theii
villages when the invaders approach,
throwing their weapons from the conceal
ment of the jungle, and now and then
wouuding or killing a man who has had
■ no chance to see his enemy.— Neu> Fori
i Star.
The word volapuk means universal
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