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Anecdote* of Dueling.
Frederick the Great wa so heartily
opposed to duelling that he resolved to
put a stop to it, at least in his army. He
issued an order that the first party en
gaging in a duel without his consent
should be summarily punished. On the
very next day after the promulgation of
this order, an officer appeared before
him, and asked his permission to chal
lenge a comrade to mortal combat. II"
gave his consent, but stipulated that In
should be notified beforehand of the
time when, the place where, the duel
was to be fought.
The hour appointed for the conflict
arrived ; ami when the beligerent parti'
appeared ui>on the ground they found
the King there ; and, to their great sur
prise, saw a gibbet erected on the spot!
The challenger appealed to Frederick to
know w hat that meant.
“It means this,” answered the King,
sternly : “ 1 intend to witness your
battle until one of yon has killed the
other; and then 1 will bring the sur
vivor !"
It may be readily believed that the
duel was not fought. And, theri'-i
forth, dueling was a rare event in the
Prussian army.
It is r luted of the lute Judge Thatcher,
of Maine, that, while a member of > Vm
gr.-.s, ho was challenged by u brother
member to light a duel. The Judge, as
nil who knew him could know ingly avow,
wan not deficient in animal courage: but
was opposed to dueling. To liis
challenger he made answer, in his bluff,
off-U. ml way :
“I will go and consult my wife ; and,
if ”!u> consents, bo sure I will accommo
date you.”
“ 110 ! You arc a coward !” cried flic
other.
Whereupon responded Thatcher, with
a nod, and a most significant smile <>!
contempt:
“Aye, yon thought I was, or yon
never would have challenged me I ”
lu the memoirs ot the Marquis ile
Domiisuu, who was most earnest in lii
opposition to the duello, we find the
following : One day lie overheard two
brave soldiers, belonging to his cavalry,
just winding up a heated and angry die.
pute by drawing their swords for mortni
combat. The challenge bad been given,
aiul instantly accepted.
“Hold I -One moment 1” tin Marque
exclaimed, os he came upon the scene.
“ Which of you two, think ye, will have
the pleasure, of robbing himself of n
friend and a brother, and, ut the r-aice
ttrue, robbing mo of one of my best and
bravest soldiers? Have wo no anemic ,
thnt you must turn your swords against
one another?”
For a brief space the two men looked
flown, evidently feeling foolish and ..on
scieuoe-stricken. Then they sheathed
their weapons, and joined bauds; and
together thanked their lord for the good
lie had done them.
Management of lUnk Brax.i.
.\ vast amount <>f time and nucleus
labor are spent on must farms every
season in cutting lodged cra-s anil
clover, it. is very difficult to cut (hem
with a macliine, ami tlin uutchinc is
likely to be broken in the operation.
Iho hay made from Indeed grass and
Plover Is hard to cure, and of very poor
quality when it is made. Moat kinds
of stock will reject much of it if they
are not driven to eat it by hunger. Tim
sod on which lodged crass arid clover
rest is always injured by being covered
by a substance that acts like, a mulch,
brass aud clover are sometimes blown
down by a violent wind or beatou down
bv storms. \\ lien such is the case it is
necessary to cut and cure them as best
one can. In ninny cases, however, tho
farmer can see by the condition of the
plants that they will lodge unless they
arc cut very early. The stalks are sit
tall and the foliage is .so heavy that it is
difficult for the plants to sustain them
selves. When this is the ease no timo
should he lost in putting in the mower
or scythe. By rutting early, lodging
will be prevented and the hay will be
of good quality. This practice in
volves the necessity of cutting the grass
or clover n second time, but it is much
easier to harvest two crops that stand
upright, than one 1 hat is stretched out
on the surface of jrround. With the
present means for harvesting the hay
crop, the labor of cutting mid curing is
slight, when there is no delay in con
sequence of obstructions. Heavy grass
and clover should be out early in order
to prevent the stalks from becoming
large and coarse. By cutting twice, a
large amount of bay can bo obtained,
and it will be of the best quality. That
obtained by the last cutting will he of
special value for young stock. -Chicago
'lime.'.
An invasion ny Ants.
The invasion of the Island of Grenada
by ants of the saoeliarivora species,
about a hundred years ago, was quite
Hoiperio in its magnitude. ‘•They de
scended from the lulls, ’ wo arc told,
“like torrents, and the plantations, as
well as every path mid road for miles,
were filled by them. Rats, mice, and
reptiles of every kind became an easy
prey 10 them; and even the birds,
which they attacked whenever they
alighted cm the ground in search (if
food, wore so hnra-sed as to be at length
unable to resist them. Streams of
water opposed only a temporary ob
stacle to* their progress, the foremost
rushing blindly on to certain death, and
fresh armies instantly following, till a
bank was formed of the carcases of
those which w ere drowned sufficient to
dam up the waters and allow the main
body to pass over in safety. Even tire
was tried without effect, ‘ When it was
lighted to arrest their route they rushed
into the bla/e in such myriads as to ex
tinguish it.” Such was the devastation
caused by these little invaders that a re
ward of twenty thousand pounds was
offered, and in vain, for their destruc
tion, aiul they were not got rid of until
a deluge of rain fell and swept them
awry. - / 'ftlegm/th.
What He Hadn't,
A certain rich man possessed of grent
wealtn was wont to be proud of his jww.
sessions and to refer to them often, taut,
withal, be was uot a man of intellect.
One day he had au old Irishman work
ing for him, aud he went out to oversee
the job. He looked at Pat a minute,
hard at work, aud said:
“ Well, Pat, it’s good to lie rich, ain’t
it?”
"Yin, sur,” said Pat, who had tne wit
of his nation.
“lam rich, very rich, Pat”
“ Yis, sur. ”
“ I own lands, and bouses, and bonds,
and stocks, and railheads, and—nd—
and ”
“ Yis, sur,” said Pat, shoveling swav.
“Aud what Is it, Pat, that 1 haven’t
got ?”
“Not a bit of sinse, sur,” remarked
Pat, ss he picked up his wheelbarrow
and trundled it off full of dirt; and tlie
rich man went into tho house and sat
down behind the door.
Soiling Crops.
The system of soiling cattle commends
itself to farmers in localities where land
is high priced, on dairy farms that de
pend on prize butter for an income, and
on farms where manure is in demand,
to improve I lie productive qualities of
the land. In a word, then, the advan
tages of soil-feeding arc a saving of
land, the production of an increased
quantity and quality of milk with the
same amount of food, and the produc
tion and saving of more and better ma
nure than by the usual mode of feeding.
The chief objection urged against soil
ing is the increased expense incurred in
cutting ami carting the fodder, an ob
jection wisely urged by funnels located
on fertile, cheap lands.' Another ob
ject'on to the system is that it, requires
close attention and skillful manage
ment.
There naturally exists some diversity’
of opinion in regard to the crops best
calculated for soil-feeding. Green rye
earlymi the spring, followed by oats,
after which come orchard grass and
clover, until the corn supply is ready,
with roots of various kinds iriterjiersed,
is a popular rotation. A plan that al
lows twelve acres for keeping twelve
cows ami requires the growth of root
crops out-side of the regular operation of
soiling, has beei. recommended bv one
who has tried it: •‘Early in autumn
sow three acres of winter ryo to be cut
in the spring when dry food is scarce
and the stock will most relish green
food; early in the spring sow three acres
to oats to be cut and fed out as soon as
ready; a fortnight, later sow two acres of
oats or barley; in another fortnight sow
two acres oats or barley; ten tlays later
put ui two acres of corn to be cut dur
ing August,. Middle of June the three
acres from which rye has been cut to tie
sown with corn, to he cut in September.
Early in July the first, three acres sown
with oats tnj e’resown with barley, to he.
cut from the middle of September until
the harvest of roots and cabbages fur
nishes a stock of green refuse which will
suffice until regular winter feeding lie
pins. This number of acres and cattle,
it ought to he < .plained, is suited to and
that is not in a high state of fertility."
A cultivator well known in the agri
cultural world has practised the follow
ing rotation for soiling crops with ex
cellent resol! In the fall w inter rye is
■own to be fed green in the spring uni 1
iL becomes too old, when the balance is
made into bay foi winter feeding. liy
the time the rye is too old to cut he has
orchard grass to mow and the pasture
affords seine feed. Orchard grass u fol
lowed by red clover. These two
grasses, with Kentucky blue grass, till
up tin- lime between the feeding of
winter l'ye and the main crop of I'.ng
li-li grasses, Oats are sown as early in
the spring as the condition oi the
ground will permit, and (lie orop is
ready to cut, after the last mowed
gra -ses. The next crop sunn after oats
is corn; then conics millet. Os' , corn
and millet arc each sown at inter
vals of a week or ten days t" bring a
succession of tender feed through the
season.
Winter wheat makes an excellent
soiling crop, coming in just after winter
rye. Corn mid millet are sown to last
until early frosts in autumn, when their
place is taken by barley sown in mid
summer. Cabbages and turnips are
employed for lute feeding by many
dairymen, but the authority referred to
prefers feeding barley to rank llavored
roots.
The plan of extending the, season of
feeding green foo l into November by
sowing barley is in favor with it large
class of Northern farmers. .Some make
n succession of sowings, putting in the
lir.st seed in duly and the last as Into
sometime- as tin l first of September.
When there is sullleimil moisture in the
ground to sprout the seed this plan
seems to be advisable, especially when
staple crops lire short aud other pro
vision!) have not been made for supply
ing stock with late pasture and green
fodder.
In localities where perennial grasses
do not thrive, as at the South, Held peas,
sweet corn, lueern, Hungarian grass and
millet may lie sown as soiling crops aav
time after danger from trusts is over.
Millet aud sweet corn are especially rec
ommended to grow in the South as
green feed for time of drought or short
pasture.
In practicing soiling it is advised to
provide a liberal amount of dry early out
and well-cured holder for feeding out
during stonily weather and for mixing
with green food when the condition of
the animals seems to reqitil'o this. Of
course all surplus fodder must he cured
for winter use. As one becomes areus
tomed to the soiling system so that sup
plies for an entire season can be correct
ly estimated, herds may be divided, giv
ing the pasture to young, dry stock,
while milch cows, that require hut little
exercise while iti milk, can ho fed in
rheir stalls or loom racks in the yard.
Mr. 11. Ntcyvnit of Now York, provides
fodder racks in yards and stables, and
the fodder is brought in from the fields
once a day in a wagon or cart, lie
keeps a one-horse mower in the field,
which is covered when notin use with a
water-proof tent-cloth. The horse is
taken front the wagon, put to the mow
er and the required amount of fodder is
cut. the lust day two rations are cut.
and one only is brought in; the second
day s fodder is brought in when the
third day's supply is out. so that one
day’s food is always ahead. The feed
is brought in in ilu: afternoon for a
whole day. and the next day’s fee 1 is
left on the ground. When the weather
is wet. tyvo day’s feed is brought in and *
kept under cover t > avoid working iu :
the rain, it should be born" in mind j
that wet fodder is oft on dangerous to '
feed, especially clover; which mar c tusa
bloat. - ,V. f World.
Slow Hut Sure,
A real estate dealer in New England
sold seven farms in ten days at prices
averaging about #3,000 each—mostly to
persons who had been in mechanical
business, but who had learned (hat there
is no properly so safe us land, and no
pursuit promising so sure a livelihood
as agriculture. It is an indicaDon of a
general and wholesome tendency of the
time. There are always thousands of
men in these busy streets who left rural
homes many rear* ago, and who,
weighed down by commercial troubles,
would gladly return, if it were possi
ble. to some quiet country neighbor
hood, feeling sure that they could at
least raise enough to feed their families
with less strain of body and mind than
that which is now wearing out their
lives. This is true also of every other
city or town, as witness the following—
a fair sample of letters that reach us
from all quarters:
*• 1 am ul >ut educated up to the point of be
lieving that a small farm is about the only u
dopennent and satisfactory possession a tots r
abiy poor nmu can obtain in tho HVersire -t .to
of trade. Jam now eUHHjrcd iu the hook busi
ness, and, tike everything else, it is a source
of more worry than revenue, snd It ro,|U'rrs
constaut care and straining to keep one's he and
shore water.”
— N. Y. Tribune.
A Derided Agony.
A young man from the best circle* in
Now Haven started out last evening to
tail on a lady friend, a very proper and
laudable exhibition of his gentlemanly
qualities. Ho had taken exceeding
pains with his toilet, wearing his extra
double-reefed trousers, his wash-bowl
bat, the watch-fob of bis father, and
other appurtenances pertaining to what
might he called the best style of the
day. It was the dreamy, dusky hour
of twilight that he came to the front
pate of the residence of the father of
his “best girl,” for twas slm he was
calling on. With palpitating heart he
brushed the cigar ashes from his vest,
put his hand on the gate, and with his
most charming smile looked up the
gravel path. There stood in defiant
attitude a big bull dog. The close cut
of the young man's trousers precluded
his going boldly past that hull dog.
There was not enough “slack” in the
cloth to give free play to the animal’s
teeth. The young man was in a pre
dicament. Somehow he never knew
the old man kept a dog before, and he
thought it very strange that the girl
had never cautioned him in regard to
the savage brute. However, he con
cluded to try the power of kindness
and his “animal magnetism” on the
dog. bo he carefully opened the gate
and advanced with his eye lixed steadi
ly on the brute, “Bo.sc, Bose, Bosey;
nice old fellow; Bose, Bose, Bosey;”
but the dog remained imperturbable,
not even a tail wag of recognition did
be vouchsafe. Not exactly in love w ith
the situation, and still being of cour
ageous mold, lie advanced a step fur
ther. “Bose, Bosey, Bose; ah, you
rascal! Bose, Bosey. Bose! Nice old
dog! Bose, Bosey, Bosey!" But
“Bose” didn’t wince or move. The
cold perspiration stood in great beads
on the young man’s brow, but the dog
seemingly cared not. Just as iho
young man was about to postpone lids
call to some other evening, the hired
man sauntered around the corner of
the house, picked up the big earthen
pug and set it on tlm piazza out of the
wet, remarking with a knowing wink:
“ It's anew idea of Miss Flo's. She
thought, it night soare oil' sonic o’ the
fellers. And hearing a .sound as of
rippling feminine laughter behind the
blinds the young man walked rapidly
up the stivef. -Xco //<<•••..; llnpslrr.
Too Much Early Work.
All the nutritive fund ion -and actions
ol growth proceed more y igoroitsly and
rapidly in childhood and youth ih-m in
mature life, not lie rely as ivonriL the
solids and ordinary fluids, but also in
the production 1 tho-e impomh-rahln
and interchange;)! |e [urn - which have
sometimes been personified ns nervous
llnid and lrmsui nr force, f-ing the
latter torn) to amplify my me ning, the
excess of nervous fore • i in the child
most natuially and healthily reduced by
it - eon e.sion into muscular force, aud
at very short inlenals dining the icthe
or waking period of life the child in
stinctively u-'es its muscles an I relieves
the brain and nerves of their accumu
lated force, which passes, by the inter
mediate contraction of the muscular
fiber, into ordinary force or motion, ex
emplified by the child's own amuse
ments and by those of some object or
other which lias attracted its attention.
The tissues of the growing organs,
brain and muscles are at this period of
life too soft to hear a long continuance
of their proper actions; their fibers have
not attained llu-ir mature tone and limi
tless. This is more especially the ca-e
yy itl) the brain fiber. The direct action
of lie- brain, as in the mental applica
tion to learning, soon tiros; if it be too
long continued the tissues are unhealth
ily affected; the due progress or growth,
which .should have resulted in a liber
lit for good and continuous labor
nl maturity, is interfered with; the
child as an intell ctual instrument is
to that extent spoiled by an error in the
prow ss by which that instrument yvns
>oughl to be improved. The same ef
fect on the muscular system is exempii
t cd in the racers that are now (rirtti'd
to tyvo and a half or three and a half
years old for the grand prizes at Don
caster or Epsom. The winner of tho
I’crhy never becomes an Eelip-e or Fly
ing ( hilders, because the mu.-eular sys
tem lias been overvv ought tyvo or three
yc nrs before it could have arrived at
full development, which (b'velopmenl i
stopped by the premature over exertion.
If the brain be not stimulated to work,
but is allowed to rest, and if at the same
time tiie muscles be forbidden to act,
there then arises, if this restraint be too
prolonged, an overcharged state of the
nervous system. It is such a state as
we see exemplified in the caged quad
ruped of active habits, when it seeks to
relieve it by converting the nervous into
tho niuscu ar force to the extent per
mitted by its orison, either executing a
succession of bounds against the prison
bars, 1 ke the agile leopard, or stalking,
like the lion, sullenly to and fro. If the
active child be 100 long prevented from
gratifying the instinctive impulse to put
in motion its limbs or body, the nervous
system becomes overcharged, and the
relief may at last be got by violent emo
tions or acts, called ‘‘passion” or
‘•naughtiness,” ending in tho tit of cry
ing and tlood of tears.— Prof. Owen.
The Russian Hangman.
There its but one state executioner in
the vast Russian realm, and lie in a par
doned malefactor named Froloff, who, in
the pre-Nihilistio days, when the aboli
tion of capital punishment was still
maintained in Muscovy, committed three
successive murders, and was comlemned
to penal servitude for life. When, how
ever, revolutionary successes rendered
the services of ait imperial hangman in
dispensable to the Ministry of Justice,
Froloff - volunteered for the office on con
dition that an amnesty for his past mis
deeds should be grautod him. His offer
was accepted, and for some time past he
has been a busy man. For every “func
tion" he receives 40 silver ruble*—about
#30 —from the Russian exchequer ; but
that official fee by no means represents
the total emolument he derives trom the
practice of his handicraft, for he is per
mitted to trade upon the superstition
till current in Russian society respect
ing the luck conferred upon gamesters
by the possession of a morsel of the rope
with which a ltumeo being has U-cu
strangler!, either by the hand of justice
or by his own.
A Hr shako living in one of the suburbs
of New York brought home one after
noon three red wagons and a rocking
horse for the children. His wife wel
comed him with delight, kissed him,
and put ting her face conlidingly to his,
whispered, "Darling. . you have been
flirting on the train a long while. Now
that the girls have seen you with tho
horse and wagons they know that you
are a married man!" Smiling lovingly
upon her, he replied, “I bought a ticket
to .the strawberry festival of old Mr.
•Tones, the Sunday School Superintend
ent, and he brought them along in tho
train with him."
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
Explorations by a Russian party
show that the eastern shore of the Gulf
of Obi, in northern Siberia, is nearly
fourteen miles west of the place assigned
to it by existing maps.
A successful operation, during which
the patient was kept immersed in water
for sixteen days, was recently performed
by L)r. Eangenbeck, of Berlin. Among
other applications, these “permanent
baths ” are said to be especially valuable
in cases of burns.
D. William A. Hammond finds over
heated apartments to be a potent cause
of nervous irritability. If we would
preserve our amiability and our tran
tranquility of mind we' should live in
well-ventilated rooms, kept at a temper
ature of about 65 degrees.
Of the sense of taste, Professor Mc-
Kendrick states that the base of the
tongue is most sensitive to bitters and
the tip to sweets. A substance must be
soluble in the fluid of the mouth to cre
ate taste, but no definite relation has
been found between the chemical condi
tion of bodies and their taste.
A new white metal and malleable
bronze is produced by the decoloration
of copper by means of ferro-maganeso.
The composition gives a metal as white
'as silver and as malleable as the German
silver obtained with nickel. For a
laminable white metal in plates of zinc
or brass is added to the composition.
Another prehistoric canoe has been
discovered in the old bed of the Rhone,
in France. It is thirty-eight feet
long, three feet wide and two feet deep.
It was excavated from an oak log, which
was left in its original form with the ex
ception of the ends, which were beveled
so us to give a sharp prow and stern.
Dr. T. Htebby Hunt has calculated
that the amount of carbonic acid stored
in the limestones of the earth would
form not less than 200 atmos
pheres equal in weight to our own. This
together with the carbon of the coal
beds must have been drawn from the
air, which he believes gradually receives
its supply of the gas from interstellar
space.
Granular vegetable carbon, satura
ted with snlpburio acid, of which it holds
about seventy times its own volume, is
now being tested as a destroyer of
phylloxera. Buried amongst roots, it
gradually gives off sulphuric acid gas,
and this being heavier than air not only
permeates the soil, but hangs about the
surface and asphyxiates the phylloxera.
Manx astronomers have held the opin
ion that Alcyone, the chief star of the
Pleiades, is the center about which our
solar system revolves. Very curiously,
an extraordinary importance seems also
to ho given this group of stars by many
savage and semi-civilized tribes, who
have peculiar beliefs concerning it, ap
parently handed down to them from
antiquity.
Numerous cases of fire from the spon
taneous ignition of coal have been re
corded. After considerable experiment
ing, Mr. W. M. Williams has concluded
that spontaneous combustion takes place
in some degree in all cases where coal is
exposed to the atmosphere, although
the combustion may proceed so slowly
that the rise of temperature will amount
to only a few degrees.
It is proposed by Mr. C. F. McGlashan,
editor of the Santa Barbara (Cal.) Press,
to placo moving trains in constant tele
graphic communication with the rest of
the world. In his method a train tele
graph office would be kept in electric
connection with an overhead wire by
means of a truck running upon the latte*
and carrying a Bliort wire loading into
the car. Aside from its convenience to
the traveling public, this application of
the electric telegraph would seem to fur
nish engineers with a considerable safe
guard against accidents.
Cash.
The word cash is derived from trie
Italian coasa, the chest in which Italian
merchants kept their money, as do a*
the present timo the Spaniards in their
caja, aud the Portuguese in their caxa,
and the French in their oaisse. The ap
plication of the word “cash ” to money,
18 altogether English, it not having" a
corresponding term in anv other Euro
pean language. Cash having been bo
inconsiderately adopted instead of cassa
(ehest), entries in tho cash book (it
should bo chest book) are made in count
ing-houses in this unmeaning way;
‘‘Cash Dr.” aud “Cash 0r.,” whereas
the chest, and not the money, is Dr. to
what is put into it; and credit for what
is taken out.
In China cash is the one-thousandth
part of a tael, or shout one-tenth of an
American cent. Tho earliest public
hank in modern Europe was that of Ven
ice, founded in 1157. It originated in
the financial difficulties of the State,
which in order to extricate itself, laid
recourse to a forced loan from the citi
zens, promising them interest at the rate
of four per cent. It is generally be
lieved that the Chineso were the invent
ors of hank notes, which me said to have
originated about 119 years B. C., in the
reign of the Emperor Ou-ti, who hap
pened to bo in want of money at the
time, and hit upon thia device “to raise
it.” About 800 A. D., the Chineso, in the
reign of Haintsoung, of the dynasty ol
Thang, issued truo bank notes. They
were called feytsien, or flying money.
There was a frequent over-issue of these
notes, aud it was so easy to create thia
paper currency that the value declined.
It took 11,000 min, or 15,000 of our dol
lars to buy a cake of rice, aud at last the
issue ceased. Two centuries later notes
were issued in China, under legal re
strictions, by joint stock companies, who
promised to pay cash for them every
three years.
In 1324 Sir John Mandeville, who vis
ited India, saw the described mouey
mode “of lether emprented, or ol
oapyre.”— Troy limes.
Canned Corn.
There aro over sixty corn-canning
establishments in the State of Maine,
and the number of cans of coru annual
ly put up is nearly twelve millions. The
farmers are paid about 3 cents per can
for the corn, the tin and solder costs
about 3 cents, and the remaining 4 or
5 cents goes to the manufacturer for
putting up and marketing. The oans
hold about twenty-six ounces of corn,
and farmers are able to grow from T ,000
to 3,000 cans per acre, the average be
ing not far from 1,500 cans, of a cash
value of $45. There are several factor
ies in Medway and Franklin, Ma-s., and
others further south, but Maine puts up
about one-third of the oorn iu this
country.
Oscar t\ title ran across a lynching
at Bonfouca, La. A negro assailant of
a white woman had boon taken out of
jail by a mob. and Oscar saw the hang
ing from a car window. The negro
was a preacher, and his wild, eloquent
appeals for mercy moved the ivsthetie
traveller greatly, but did not affect the
lynchers, who quickly suspended him
from a railroad bridge.
Gymnastics.
“Say, stranger, kin I git a fight in
yere?” he asked, looking cautiously
around and wetting his hands in a pre
monitory sort of w ay.
“What kind of a fight would you
like?” asked the bar-keeper, eyeing him
gloomily.
“Pistol, knife, fist, tooth, anything.
I want to live up to the prevailin’ style.
Suit yourself, pardner.”
“Well,” observed the host, picking up
a base ball bat, “how’ll this suit you?
Like to try something in this line?”
“Haven’t yergot a sword, or a cleaver,
or a buzz saw, or somethin’ that yer can
rely onto if we git elos- together? Ain’t
there some weapon that goes more into
the gore business?”
“This will do me,” replied the bar
keeper waltzing over the bar and slam
ming the pugnacious visitor against the
wall. “Don’t need anything better than
this,” and be banged him across a beer
table. “Got enough?”
“I ain’t got started yit," said the
stranger, as be lifted the bar-keeper ovt r
tlio stove. “Don't git impatient. I’ll
warm up in a second,” and lie hoisted
his antagonist over the- bur. “.fist-in
dulge these yer false starts; I'll go under
the string for a heat in a minute,” and
lie hauled the bar-keeper out by the ear
and broke half a dozen chairs with him.
"I’ll rouse up pooty quick now. Gimme
a little time, ’ and lie danc-ed a hornpipe
on his foe and then pitched him through
the back door. “Now I'm foolin’ the
inspiration! Whoop!” and lie kicked his
enemy under the parch. “Hi, stranger!
Ain’t this fruit? Talk about spring
vegetables! What’s lamb and pens to
this?" and he fired the unhapppy bar
keeper down cellar.
“What was your object in wanting to
fight me?” asked the wolloped bar
keeper, as lio crawled out and set the
bottle arid glass on the counter.
“Yer see, pardner,” said the stranger,
filling a glass to tho brim, and holding
it between his eyes and the light, “yer
see, I’ve only been married a mouth, anil
I haven’t been home for a week, and I
wanted to be warmed up into trim fer
the malinee. There’s four bar rooms
hvixt here and my house, and by the
time I git thar pot lids and flatirons will
only he an appetizer fer mo. Married
man, pardner? ’
“No,” replied the barkeeper, shoving
the bottle toward his late enemy, “I’m
not, but my father was. I know how it
is.”— Brooklyn Eagle.
Hunting in the Arctics.
In his narrative of the experience of
the Jeannette crew, Lieutenant Danon
hower says: During the summer some
of us used to take the skin boats or the
dingy and paddle among the cracks.
On one occasion Captain De Long was
alone in the dingy and was interviewed
by a bear, who suddenly approached out
of the mist aud stood watching him in
the most dignified manner. The Captain
retreated in good order. During tho
■summer it was very difficult to get bears,
because they could take to the water bo
readily and thus cut off their pursuers.
During the misty times they were very
bold, and on one occasion a she bear
with two cubs approached the ship to
within 400 yards of the starboard
quarter. Fortunately the dogs were on
the port side and to windward, so they
did not scent the bear. The greatest
quietness prevailed, and a squad of about
ten riflemen was immediately organized
on the poop. I was watching the boars
through a cabin air port, and it was a
very fine sight to see the mother and her
two cubs approach tlie ship in a wonder
ing and cautious manner. I could sec
better under Die mist than tho people on
the poop. Heard the Captain say:
“Do auy of you think it is over 250
yards?”
All seemed to agree, and he said:
“Aim at 250 yards, and wait for the
word ‘fire!’ ”
Then succeeded a volley. Tho bears
reeled and made several turns, and I
thought tlint wo had bagged all of them,
but was astonished to see them get up
and walk oft’ in the most lively manner.
Of course, all the dogs took the alarm
and pursued them to tho first crack,
which the bears calmly swam across and
thus escaped. But large drops of blood
were seen, and tho she-bear lay down
once or twice as if wounded. In making
her retreat she drove her cubs before
her, aud became impatient when they
moved slowly. The bears had boon Lit,
but the distance had been underestimated,
aud most of tho shots had fallen short.
This was not extraordinary, because it
was very misty.
Jakes of 1 lie Last Century.
Au old newspaper, printed way back
in Revolutionary days, contained" these
witticisms of our daddies, showing lb at
there was an element of fun iu life even
in the times that tried men’s souls :
A good book and a good woman are
excellent things for those who know
justly how to appreciate their value.
There are men, however, who judge of
both from the beauty of the covering.
While an old farmer in Connecticut
was flogging one of his graceless sons, a
pumpkin-headed fellow about 18, an
idea all of a sudden entered the head of
young Jonathan, and he sung out:
“ Stop, dad—let’s argue.”
A lady who was in the habit of spend
ing much of her time in the society of
her neighbors happened one day to be
taken suddenly ill, and sent her hus
band, in great imste, for the physician.
The husband ran a few rods, but soon
returned, exclaiming ; “ My dear, wliete
shall I find you when I get back V”
A lady at confession, among otb.ci
heinous crimes, accused herself of using
rouge. “What is the use of it?” asked
the confessor. “I do it to make myself
handsomer.” “And does it produce that
effect?” “At least I think so, father.”
The confessor on this took his peniti ut
out of the confessional into the light,
put on his spectacles, and, hiving looked
at her attentively, said: “ Well, nufdarn,
you may use rouge, for you are ugly
enough even with it.”
The Dean's Thanks.
Some accidents seem to have hap
polled on purpose, so put are they. For
instance:
A certain Doan of Ely was once nr ji
dinner, when, just os the cloth was r
moved, the subject of discourse hap
pened to l>e tlmt of extraordinary mor
tality among lawyers.
“We have lost,” said a gentleman
“ not less than seven eminent barrister
iu as many months. ” Tlie Dean, who
was very deaf, rose just at the conclu
sion of these remarks aud gave the com
pany grace:
“ For this and every other mercy
make us devou‘ly thankful.”
—A French paper recommends a solu
tion of three-fourths of an ounce of salt
iu a quart of water for testing the ages
of eggs. It states that an egg placed ill
this solution on the day it is laid will
sink to the bottom; one a day old will
not quite reach the bottom of the vessel;
an egg throe days old will swim in tho
liquid, while one m ire than three days
old will swim on the surface.
Giang and Kng. I
In answer to a correspondent who
writes us for information on the above
“’ui have compiled the following
information. Eng and Chang wereboftl
r.im.dtaneoiuly, on the loth day of! Apnl,
1811, and died ut the age of
TCar ; They were connected together
i,v a p.J nt coupler, winch entemd the
body of each in the region of the vest
pocket. This connecting arrangement
„c-saril v threw them a great deal in
each other’s society. When they were
boys their lives were rendered more or
less unhappy by their widely Mfetent
tastes. Eng was very fond of sour ap
pies in his youth, and when at night lie
rolled and tossed upon his couch with a
large stock of colic on hand, Chang had
to Fie awake and get the benefit. Ea'er
iu life Chang developed a strange long
ing for a flowing bowl, while F.ng wa a
Go and Templar, When Eng went to tlm
lodge, the worthy outeide guard would
refuse to let Chang in, because lie
couldn’t give the pass-word, and as ?<ag
couldn’t go in and leave Chang in t.m
ante-room, he had to go homo and wait
till another meeting. Eng was a Mason
and Chung was a Knight of I vthins,
and they used to give each other away
sometimes, and Lave lots of fitu, Eng
was a Half-Breed and Chang was a Stal
wart and that made it bad about attend
ing cancur-acs. Chang joined the Epis
cbpal Church aud believed in sprinkling#
while Eng was a Baptist, and not only
got immersed himself, but fixed it so
that Chang had his sins washed at the
Bamo time. Once in ft ifliil© Cha.ng
would get au invitation to a private
party in a set to which Eng did not be
long, anil then they had to settle the
question by putting Etruican noses on
each other as to whether they should go
or remain at home. Chang died fhst,
and Eug died a few hours later as a mat
ter of courtesy. Eng was not prepared
to die, and regretted that he was not con
sulted by Chang before this important
step was taken, but he said it would ft l VO
the expense of two funerals, and he
wanted to do what was right. The lives
of these two men were somewhat peculiar
iu mmy respects. There were many lit
tle nameless annoyances to which each
were compelled to submit, and which
would not at first occur to the student.
Tor instance, Chang had to get up and
go for the doctor in company with Eng
whenever Eng’s children had tho croup;
and whenever Chang’s wife thought there
was a burglar in the woodshed, Eng had
to get up iu liis night shirt, and go with
bis brother in search of the villian.
They could ride tho festive velocipede,
and when Chang got Piling drunk, Eng
had to go to the jug with him, and stay
tin re till the fine was paid. Among the
many blessings which cluster about us,
and are ehowered down upon us through
life, wo are prone to lose sight of the fact
that with all of onr sorrows and disap
pointments, we are not born Siamese
twins. —Laramie Oily Boomerang.
Men Who Influenced Their Age.
The course of history is not a mere
game played by a few great men ; nor
yet docs it run in an inflexible groove
which no single man can turn ae ide.
The great man influences his age, but at
the same time ho is influenced by his
age. Some of tho greatest of men, S3
far as their natural gifts went, have been
useless or mischievous, because they
have been out of gear with their own
age. Their own age could not receive
them, and they could not make their age
other than wliat it was. The most use
ful kind of great man is he who is just
so far iu advance of his ago that his age
can accept him as its leader and teacher.
Mon of this kind are themselves part of
the course of events ; they guide it; they
make it go quicker or slower, but they
do not thwar t it. Can we, for instance,
overrate the gain which came to tho
now-born federation of America by find
ing such a man as Washington ready
made to its hand ? Or take men of quite
another stamp from the Virginian de
liverer. The course of her history for
the last 800 years ho3 been largely fd
fected by the fact not only that we un
derwent a foreign conquest, but that we
underwent a foreign conquest of a par
ticular kind, such as could be wrought
only by a man of a particular kind. The
course of our history for the last 800
years lias been largely affected by the
fact that, when English freedom was in
the greatest danger, England fell into
the hands of a tyrant whose special hu
mor it was to carry ou his tyranny under
the forms of law. English history could
uot have been what it has been if
William the Conqueror and Henry VIII.
had been men what they
were. One blushes to put the two
names together. William was great in
himself, and must have been great in
any time or place. Henry, a man not
without great gifts, but surely not a
great man, was made important by cir
eiimstances in the time and place in
which he lived. But each influenced the
course of events by his personal charac
ter. But they influenced events only in
tlis sense of guiding, strengthening and
quickening some tendencies and keeping
others back for a while. Neither of
them, nor Washington either, belong to
that class of men who, for good or for
evil, turn the world upside down, the
great destroyers aud the great creators
of history.— Freeman, in Fortnightly
J.cvicw.
ff riling.
A careful reading of good authors
gives several distinct products—facts,
style, readiness of expression, and a cer
tain temper or frame of mind conducive
to good writing. Before writing a pro
duction one must gather together an
abundance of material. Facts, style,
and vobulary must nil be in readiness;
must be saturated, as it were with the
subject. And yet, if the peculiar power
is wanting, if feeling is cold or absent,
these are like the brick, stone, and
mortar without the architect and mason.
It may be established as a general rule
that no speaker gets worked up into
much greater fervor before his audience
than he experienced when he was prepar
ing the production in his silent room.
This indt finable mood moves in wavs
my; t -rious, so much so that men have
impersonated it in a goddess, and called
it a nv'.sc. She is said to linger along
the banks of rivers, in the leafy woods
at twilight, and along the pebbly shores
of the o< can. But she can be wooed in
imagination in the writings of others,
ad cirefttlly reviewing the paths in
win h she lias flown iu the past, we can
more rea lily obtain her aid. And so the
suggestion is offered, that, after the
matt rials are gathered for a production,
the m xt preparation, of equal importance,
is to g< t the spirit as well os the facts;
and this is done by carefully reading the
wotks of the best writers, and when this
is obtained, give fnll rein to the inspira
tion, ir afflatus, till its force is spent.—
Boomerang.
—lmitation pink pearl* are now carved
out of very pale-tinted coral, and these
fo closely resemble the real pearl that
the e e of an expert iz needed to detect
the tliderence.
WIT AND WISDOM,
—A sensational report is calhl .
aril because oue i anardly lielievc n C&O,
—“1 should think that you would
badly about leaving this pl-i e ,. >i .'
the housemaid to the departing oTj;
don’t: . mghvl logo. 1 ain't sot,,
to leave any ui you—except tins •
Poor olil Tiger, he always washed tif
plates for me!” ' Ua
—The United States Fish Commission
has recently placed in the rivers of a
kanxas and Te as 1,500,000 shad, pcf'
statement may lie believed, it's not tlm
mini! er of fbh they put into a river, bm
tho number they take out, that men r.
about. —Boston Post.
—A Denver Chinaman, who has g ori .
into the ice cream business recently
has the following sign near the door
" You catch ’em lieezy telly two bitten
all same Sian Flancisco." 'it j s mor
and more cv.dent that wo are ruined by
Chinese cheap labor— Boomerang. '
—Philadelphia has a professional man
who affixes celluliod noses with patem,
suction springs; reproduces lost ears
provides aluminium, gutta-percha or
ccliuloid cheeks; reduces protrudin.
jaws: permanently cures facial redness
pract ces plastic surgery in all Vts
brandies; and thoroughly disguises the
ravages of time, disease and accident
Oh, would that he were here to pm a
whole head on a friend of ours Chica
go Herald.
—An enterprising looking country
man with a creel full of fine brook iroiit
was standing in the doorway of a rail,
road station. A passenger accosted him
and admiring the fish remarked: •• Go
ing to take t hem home for supper, I sun
pose?” “Not if I can help it.” said
tlia ru-tic, with a grin. “There be a
party of city bloods as went fishing from
here' this mornin’. They’re ’spected
back soon, and I’m sorter lyin’ round
waitin’ to save their feelin’s.”— Brook
lyn Eagle.
—A man undertook to parnt the de
struction of Pharaoh’s host in the Red
Sea on one of the walls of a room.
After a very short time he much sur
prised his employer by asking him to
come and view- the finished picture. On
going to inspect it he found the walls
covered with red paint. “Where are
the children of Israel?” ho asked.
“Gone over.” answered the painter.
“Where are Pharaoh’s host?” he next
inquired. “All drowned,” said the
painter.
HOME AND FARM. |
—Silk lacc may be cleanrcd by wash- ■
ing and rinsing it in benzine. When I
clean, hang it in the open air till all odor ■
has left it. ’ Hess between folds of white I
paper. Delicate silk ribbons may be I
cleansed in the same way. As benzine I
is very inflammable, care must be ussd I
to let "no tlamo approach it.
—Spiced Vinegar: For every quart of I
vinegar allow three ounces of grated I
horseradish, one ounce each of pepper, I
cloves and allspice (whole)," two ounces I
nl white mustard seed, two onions I
chopped line. Simmer all together five
minutes, aud when cold pour it over
boiled cabbage or bests.— N. Y. Tribune.
—A pretty mat intended for the top
of a small table is made of drab felt.
Tne edge is out in sharp points; between
these points are placed soft little tassels
made of high-colored crewell. The
border of the mat is made by working
with gay embroidery silks any pattern
which suits the fancy of the maker.
The old-fashioned cross-stitch, or some
modification of the feather-stiteh, is
pretty.— A r . Y. Post.
—Ten-minute Cakes.-—Take two tea
spoonfuls of cream-tartar and mix it
with one pint of dry flour. Dissolve one
teaspoon fill of soda in a teacupful of
milk ; rub a piece of butter tne size of
an egg into the dry flour; then beat up
one egg and a teacupful of sugar; mix
all well together; and bake immediately
after adding the milk and soda. Have
your o ven ready heated before you be
gin, and you can make and bike this
cake in ten minutes.
—A decision of considerable import
ance to farmers and hired help was ren
dered by the Supreme Court of New
Jersey the other day, in the case of
Mather vs. Brokavv. Mather contracted
to render services to Brokaw for a cer
tain period, but before the expiration of
the time agreed upon left hi3 employ
ment without the consent of his em
ployer, and without any good cause.
Being refused wages for tho work done,
he sued for them, bat the Court decided
that, the employee could not recover for
the work which he had done under the
contract, for, having broken the con
tract, be could not maintain an action
under it.— Chicago Tribune.
—Dairymen of the southern part of
Wyoming County, New York, are agi
t vted by the presence of anew weed,
known as “Long John,” believed to
have been brought in Western grass
seed. It grows three feet high, has the
appearance of a species of mustard, and
blossoms with a small yellow flower.
Cattle are extremely fond of it, eating it
in preference to grass. The milk from
cows feeding upon it is rendered worth
less, the butter made therefrom being
worse than rancid, and utterly valueless
for anything but common grease. The
managers of cheese factaries are watch
ful lest a batch of this milk shall spoil
the whole make of cheese. A shipment
of butter made to New York by one
farmer was returned by the retail dealer
as worthless.— Chicago Times.
Bntterlne.
The subject of food adulteration opens
np an intinite field of discussion,
and there is muoli to be said for and
against it. The butterine factory in this
city, which baa just declared a dividend
of 10 percent., reveals the fact that an
extensive business has been carried on
the past year in the manufacture and
sale of an imitation of butter ; but while
butterine can not be called an adulter
ated article of food, nevertheless there
can be no doubt that thousands of peo
ple are daily bnying the article under
the impression that it is genuine butter.
And in this connection we will say that
from practical knowledge of the mode of
manufacture, we would infinitely prefer
oleomargerine to rancid batter, and will
readily concede its superior healthful
nesa; and yet the business—although
the company sells its product an bnttor
ine—supplies the retailer with dmiii sf
deoeption, and practically resxts in
giving to the consumtr, perbajs in a
majority of instances, that which ho did
not bny. —New Orleant Sugar Planter.
CotTLDK’T keep np with the procession :
Ragbag and young Symonds were
moving out of the melon patch as rapidly
as they could, not caring to see what it
wa that the bulldog wanted of them.
Symonds was the most fleet of foot and
began to forge ahead of Ragbag. Not
disposed to desert his friend, he cried :
“Ragbag, why don’t you run faster?”
And the almost breathless Ragbag re
torted : “Do I seem to be hanging back
to kill time and let the dog cahSi np ?’’