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SOUTHERN NEWS.
..! #t Jacksonville, Fla
1 colored Methodi.UofW.co. Tex.,
t!f to erect a #7,000 college^
, i-> A J Ro*, of Salado, has loen
Jci “*“ 1 a. T..
mains for the new water-works in Ma-
COD* -
Median has shipped more cotton for
tfci, season than any other town ui Mia
-issippi except Vicksburg.
Vlabama has a provision in her com
rt.tut.on forbidding the consolidation of
competing lines of telegraph.
No smoking will hereafter be allowed
RBV of the buildings of Vanderbilt
University, Nashville.
Mrs. Matilda Fields, of Gibson county,
Tenn., sixty years of age, is the daughter
of the celebrated Davy Crockett.
The young ladies of Gretna, La., ha'o
organized .‘ The Meddlers’ Social Club.”
Mitt May Worley is President.
Maj. Gen. J. M. Schofield, the new
commander of the military division of
the South, has arrived in New Orleans.
New and extensive coal mines are to
be opened this year on the line of the
South and North and the Alabama Great
Southern.
Between Irwinville and Hawkinsville,
f (j g seven or eight new settlements have
been made, fences put up, dwellings
erected, etc.
Atlanta, Ga., is a large horse and mule
market. The receipts since September
have been 14,54? horses and mules, 5,550
cattle, and 25,390 hogs.
The Tampa (Fla.) Tribuna mentions a
report that the people in the eastern end
of Hillsborough county and in Polk are
becoming diseouraged about the orange
business because of the lack of transpor
tation.
Out of 172,005 voters registered in
Louisiana, 85,451 are white, and of these
16,913 make their marks instead of wri
ting their names. The colored registra
tration is 88,024, and of these 11,408
write their names.
The Dismal Swamp canal, which con
nects Norfolk, (Va.) harbor with Albe
marle, (N. C.) sound, is of great impor
tance to Norfolk. The number of ves
sels that passed through it last year
included 341 steamers, 263 schooners, 94
sloops, 517 lighters, 24 boats and 50 rafts.
Total, 1,291.
A mysterious pillar of smoke rises from
the midst of a morass in the southeastern
corner of Jeflerson county, Fla. Before
the war it was attributed to runaway
negroes, during the war to deserters, and
since the war to illicit distillers. It is
said that a visible glow has often been
observed.
Atlanta Constitution: Capital may
not be accumulated very rapidly in the
nth hut it will be rolled together
fully as fast as the Northern mill-owners
w ‘l care to have it. IheNorth can and
"ill manufacture a vast variety of
things, but it cannot monopolize or long
control the manufacture of the great
staple of the South
In Tennessee there are about 1,250
c nvicis, about half of the number being
“ * e P en jtentUry and the remainder in
ram prisons. The branch prisons at
t, ( reek coal mines and at Sewanee
wooden structures inclosed by wood-
I hlkiilpi, an d it is said that they have
fr vf Miperior in comfort, security and
3 * l ,dness to the penitentiary itself.
H * i/.o of the cotton factory at Pied
•! I bas more than doubled,
v ISnow tbe hugest factory in one
of tb ut h. A correspondent
that c ar ' eston News and Courier says
house at th? T W “ D °‘ a sing,e
i 4 - / a Pl ace > and now there are
is m t * lP factor - v building, which
-lupport I, W O people and house 12,-
bales cotton a year.
of the"! 3 onstitution; The discovery
w orkin- * P° rt f°lio came very near
Georo-i!' 3 ChangC in the ,ist o# States.
PCOp!e ’ and
of Georgia u , “ the enum erators
Georgia would 393 more People,
see and • mve outr ankcd Tennes-
State a 6 a ? Cd her Place as the twelfth
loßt portfolio? ' 1 there not an other
the oldertamn* 1 r>Umraitt oran <*grove,
ida ’ atuated groVe in KartFtor-
A , * the Indian river
haviag 3 an f c ’ Uprising 4.50 acres,
1 ,“r,r “ r
*°ld to the i). P boxes, has been
officer in the r? , re^a Castellucia, an
The Duke and h' !?" militar - v service.
*>nville their "' htts will make Jack
*f Wj uter home. The Duke
The H artwell Hun.
By AYERS fc McGILL.
VOL. V. NO. 25.
proposes to have skilled laborers brought
from his groves in Sicily.
F. B. Ferguson writes from the United
States Fish Commission to Gen. Chal
mers, of Mississippi, that the charges by
the boats on the Mississippi are practi
cally a bar to the continuance of the dis
tribution in-'Ghalmers’ Congressional
district, lie says: “In all other sec*
tions of the country railroads and Iwats
make no charge for the cans of fish, but
on the Mississippi river they not only
charg and very high rates for the cans, hut
in some cases, especially at Fort Adams,
wharfage for loading and reshipping the
empty cans was charged.”
The New Orleans Chamber of Com
merce has appointed a committee of five
persons to correspond or confer with the
Postmaster General upon the following
proposition : That he shall invite the
several railroad corporations connecting
New Orleans with the cities of St. Louis,
Milwaukee, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louis
ville, Richmond, Baltimore, Washing
ton, Philadelphia and New York, tb con
sider the expediency of placing on their
joint account a semi-monthly line of ocean
steamers connecting the port of Aspin
wall, Central America, with the port of
New Orleans, receiving as a contribution
by the United States, the sea postage to
accrue upon such route, with such other
appropriations as Congress may be in
duced to make for that purpose.
Something xtbout Babies.
According to a Yorkshire notion, Anew
bom infant should be laid first iu the
arms of a maiden before any one touchos
it; and in some places the infant’s right
hand is left unwashed in order that he
may gather riches. It is, too, considered
very important by many that an infant
should go up in the world before it goes
down. Thus, in Cleveland, says Mr.
Henderson, if a chili! should be bom in
the top story of a house, for want of a
flight of stairs one of the gossips will
take it in her arms and mount a table,
choir, or chest, of drawers before she
carries it dowu-stAirs.
In the north of England, when an in
fant for the first time goes out of the
house, it is presented with an egg, some
salt and a little loaf of bread, and occa
sionally a small pieeo of money—these
gifts being supposed to insure that the
child shall never stand in need of the
common necessaries of life. In the
East Riding of Yorkshire a few matches
are added to light the child to heaven.
It was, too, in former times, customary,
and the practice is not yet obsolete, to
provide a large cheese and cake, and cut
them at the birth of the child. These
were called “the groaning cake and
cheese,” and were distributed among all
the neighbors.
In Yorkshire this cake is termed the
“pepper cake,” and in some localities
the “sickening cake. ” It is the source
of a species of divination, for being cut
into small pieces by the medical man, it
is divided among the unmarried of the
female sex, under the name of “dream
ing bread.” Each one takes a piece,
places it in the foot of the left stocking,
and throws it over the left shoulder.
This being done, they must retire to bed
backward, without uttering a word, and
those who are lucky enough to fall
asleep before midnight are favored with
a sight of their future husband in their
dreams.
His Mouth Saved Him.
“John Hall, you were very drunk last
night,” said his Honor, as a send-off.
“I think not, sir.”
“Well, you have a right to differ.
Officer, was this man drunk ?”
‘ * He was, sir. ”
“ How drunk ?”
“Well, he fell down four times in
crossing the road, and the last time he
fell ha settled down for a nap.”
“ That’s our case, Mr. Hall. Have
you any defense ?”
“I have, sir. I had not tasted any
liqnor of any sort all day long. Just
before I met the officer I got choked,
and that was what ailed me when he
picked me up.”
“Choked! What with?”
“With an apple.”
“ Have you got it?”
“Yes, sir. When the officer shook
me he shook the apple out of my gullet
and I put it in my pocket to bring and
show you."
He thereupon pulled from his coat
tail pocket a frozen greening larger than
a coffee-cup and laid it on the desk.
“Do you mean to tell me that you
had that apple in your mouth ?”
“Yes, sir. I was going to take a bite
when it slipped down into my gullet,
and if the officer hadn’t given me a shake
I might have suffocated.”
“ You can’t get the apple into your
mouth! No such story will go down
here.” , , ,
“ See here, Judge,” and he opened a
month big enough to take in a quart
bowl, tossed in the apple, rattled it
around and dropped it into his hand
again with a smile of triumph.
“You may go,” said his Honor, after
a long silence. “ With such a mouth as
that you’ll eat more than you can earn
in any prison. Take your frozen apple
and go your way. ’
“Thank you. I’d like to bring my
brother in some day and let you see his
mouth. He can hold a pint of hickory
nuts and sing a at the same tune.
—Hew York Herald.
HARTWELL, GA., FEBRUARY 16. 1881.
SVAIHC now.
There’* nothing more thou censt commend.
The nut hMßon* hejrond thy hand,
With tmiuy a broken vow,
The coming moment i not thine;
Life stands between, a narrow line.
Strike while the iron's hot—strike new.
Now is the time to do the deed,
Now the lime to uproot the wied,
Act, iwor pause to ask the how j
Each passing moment chllla the glow.
Good forging twlus the thought and blow,
Strike while the iron'* hot—strike uow.
Flan m we will, strike ns we may,
All power, hope, growth from daj to daj.
To the rrnshing uow must bow.
R suits of reason feeling, tact,
AH are surmise, the now but (act.
Strike while the Iron’s hot-strike now.
Greatness the now lias always won,
Well sowed, that this Is all the sum
Of life, who can disavow?
Work in the now from first to last,
'Tls always with you, never past,
ilrlke while the non - ho’, sinke UOW.
WHISKY BOB'S CLAIM.
Whisky Bob was dead broke, very
tired, and wanted to sit down tuui study
his situation aud what was best to bu
done.
“Here Ibe again, the same .denied
fool as ever, ruined by whisky after milk
in’ piles of money; I just deservo it.
Wliat a doggoned jackass a human can
make his self with whisky.”
Taking up his pack, Bob toiled slowly
up the ridge under the trees until
he came to the top, where it flattened
out iu the level places aud slight depres
sions. Birds were siuging and flowers
blooming around him; aud, as ho sat
down to rest, he heard, to his astonish
ment, not very far off, the clear sweet
voice of a female, singing.
Peeping cautiously under the young
pine tree, there, in a little ojien flat, sit
ting on a rock, was the singer. It was a
pleasant picture to look at for a lonely
man—a tall, shapely, buxom young girl,
with light, golden hair, blue eyes, and
very regular, pretty features. She was
dressed in a short calico dress, with moc
assins on her feet, aud a sun-bonnet
thrown back on her head. Her hand
rested on a long Kentucky rifle. She
was a representative of the better class
of Western girls, who were continually
iu those earlier days arriving in the
mountains of California from the long
trip overland, emigrating in families
from Kentucky and other States.
Whisky Bob listened to the song with
delight, and gazed at the singer iu ad
miration; and then, with hi# pack on
his shoulder, coolly walked out into her
presence, and, putting his pack down
not far from her, sat down himself. Then
she spoke to him:
“Well, Mißter, who might you be,
that walks into a young lady’s drawing
room without knocking, even on the
bark of a tree ?”
“Please, Miss, I’m called Whisky Bob
—out prospecting.”
“No ‘miss’ about it, Mr. Bobb, please.
My name, for short, is Nell Green to all
friends, and to others —well, I've a shoot
ing-iron,” said the girl, aud continued;
“Your name of Whisky is a bad one,
young man, and I reckon shows you are
being ruined by com juice. Is that so?”
“Well, Nell, that’s a fact—but rather
rough,” said Bob, who saw the girl had
a half smile ou her face.
“Now, Mr. Bob—without the Whisky
—it seems to me,” said Nell, “ye’re
throwing yerself away, and there might
be something better tor yer, if ye’d seek
it,” and she looked at lnm with an ex
pression of some interest.
“I know it, Nell, if I could only do
it.”
“Got no folks, no family, to keer for
you?” said Nell.
“Narry one,” repliedßob; “never had.
I toted myself and pack up this ridge to
jest seek my luck once more, and quit
the corn juice and reform. I said to my
self, -Bob, if ye could only meet a wo
man anywhere in these diggins, and
stake out a claim where she stood, it
would bring ye fresh luck and ye might
turn over anew leaf, and be somebody
once more.’ And here, sure enough, I’ve
met you. ”
“Ye mean right, I’m sure,” said Nell,
softly. “But down the trail away yonder
I see my folks are coming along, with
their fixings and plunder, pan, mau and
the rest ov’em. I must put out, stranger,
but Mr. Bob, let me say a kind word to
ye on parting from a short acquaintance.
You say a woman brings ye luck every
time. Now I just hope I’ll bring good
fortune to yer, and you may take your
pile out of this ’ere spot, though I can’t
see where it is. Mr. Bob,” said the girl,
liesitaring, “ef ye do not find it, and act
up to yer good intentions about the corn
juice—well, then, Mr. Bob, my folks are
raising log houses and shed fixings down
on the opening at the foot of the creek,
away there you can see a break in the
trees. We mean to locate. ” And walk
ing up to Bob, she put. her hand on his
shoulder, “and Mr. Bob, if ye raise yer
pile yer can bring jest a little piece of
cold down for Nell to remember she
brought a better life to ye.”
He took his roeker and put it in run
ning order down the ridge by a little
pool of water, fed by a small stream,
where he could bring his dirt and wash
out for half an hour, aud then pack down
more, while the pool was filling with
water again.
Next he went and rolled away the
rock where Nell had been sitting anil
singing by the df*y pebbles of the rivulet,
and, taking his pick, began digging out
a ditch in the grass, about two feet deep
and two feet wide, down stream, anil
took the dirt to his rocker. He worked
until sunset, only finding about six bits
of coarse gold, but in his last bucket,
when washed out, he found a good solid
piece of gold weighing three ounces.
In the morning he arose by daylight,
and after his breakfast of fried pork and
coffee ending with the usual smoke of
hi# pipe, he went to work again, deter-
Devoted to Hart County.
mined to work the gold out for Nell’s
sake, if he did not make a fortune.
Ho worked hard aud steady through
tho day, only stoppiiig at noon for some
coffi e and a smoko beneath the pine tree
oamp. The sun was very hot, but he
didn’t mind it. At night, when he washed
out the result of the day’s ban! toil, he
only hail a dollars’ worth of eoarse gold,
but lie found a little piece of blue ribbon
Nell had lost from her hair. Tliis con
soled him amply, as lie kissed it atul said
to himself, “ Bob, better luck to-inor
row.” His claim was what miners call
“very spotted," for the gold was scat
tered in spots here and there. The next
day and tho next, his labors brought him
the same result—about enough to pay
expenses, or as the miners call it, “grub
money.”
Tl.a fourth day, just before ho washed
out, in liis last roeker of dirt, at sunset,
be found two pieces of gold, one worth
$l5O, the other full 82(H). Bob was
happy that night, and tied the blue rib
lion with a leather string round Mb neck,
so that it could rest on his heart. The
next two days brought no big piece, but
the seventh he took pieces of gold from
the elav-like cement weighing alioiit
S7OO. It was dark colored gold, pretty
solid, and twisted into strange shapes.
with hole# in it, but not appearing much
worn, or, in miuing parlance, “washed.”
When the miners passed him doily on
their way to the divide, they stopped to
ask what bis luck was, and when thev
saw a very little ooarse gold in his pan,
they laughed at hint.* But Bob kept his
lumps of gold iu hi# pocket, or buried
them beside the rock in his camp. In
this way ho worked on, taking sometimes
large pieces of gold out, half as large as
Nell’s little fist, and then for days very
little.
He now examined and weighed his
gold, and found that ha had about SB,OOO,
mostly in heavy pieces. This was a pretty
good fortune for seven weeks’ digging,
and Bob felt an unconquerable longing to
go and tell Nell all about it. Tho next
morning by daylight lie cleared up,
packed up his things and started down
the ridge to the nearest trading tents.
But in his blankets, carefully strapped
out of sight, was a heavy bag of gold in
place of a whisky 1 Kittle.
It was early in the day yet, and Bob
set out to find the ranch of Nelly’s peo
ple, leaving his pock, except the blanket
containing the gold, which was slung
over his shoulders on his pick handle.
111 a little over a mile’s walking he
found a pretty valley at the mouth of
the creek, where some new log houses,
fences and clearings indicated Nell’s
home.
In a back room, with her white, strong,
beautiful arms bare to the shoulder,
stood pretty Nell at the washtub, very
busy in a stream of soapsuds aud Ken
tucky jeans, singing free as a bird.
Bob put down his"pack and walked in,
but Nell’s quick ear heard, aud she
turned and saw him, and her cheeks
flushed and her eyes sparkled.
“What! Bob, is that you come at
last? in store clothes, too?” said she,
glancing with bright eyes at the young
man, and with jtoorly disguised pleasure.
“Certain, sure, Nell; you said I might
come.”
“Yes, Bob! but how about the
whisky?”
“Nell, T haven’t touched a drop since
you saw me; if I have they may shoot
me. And wliat’s more, I don’t mean to
—if you say so,” replied he.
“All’ Bob, did I bring luck to yer?
Was there gold up tliar?”
“Nell, thar’s six thousand dollars and
more, rolled in the* blankets tliar, I
owe to your pretty self, or I’m a nigger.
And, Nell, just look here, ” and Bob took
from the breast of his shirt a package
carefully wrapped in paper, which bad
rested on the bow of Nell’s blue riblxm
he had found, and which she plainly
saw. Unwrapping it, there was a piece
of gold, in the shape of a spread eagle,
almost exact in every part, weighing
over six ounces.
“Nell, yon said I might bring yer a
specimen from my pile, and here ’tis.”
“Yes, Bob, but what gal’s bit of rib
bon is that yer so keerful about?” said
Nell, with a loving look, but turning her
face from him mischievously, and stirring
the soap-suds.
“That ere,” replied he, “broke loose
from the har of an angel that met me on
the mountains, yonder, and said some
kind words to a deail-broke man, that
gave him new life, and what s more,
brought good luck, the thing as a charm
to lighten his thoughts when ho felt
downheartened. ”
“Yes, Bob,” said she, “but ain’t that
talk kind of airy? Angels don’t flit
round these diggins, as I ever heerd ov.,
“Yes, Nell, that’s so; but any woman’s
an angel to man that’s going wrong,
who, in the loving kindness of her heart,
encourages him to do right, and that s
what ye’ve done for me. That ere gold
came to me by luck from you, and if ye’d
only take it with something else”
“With what, Bob?” but Nell still
kept her face turned away, while he was
edging still closer to her.
“Well, Nell, if I must make the riffle,
just take Bob with the dust and make
him a happy man for the rest of his life.
He loves yer, and would die for yer any
rime,” and Bob stole bis arm around her
slender waist.
Nell at last turned her blushing face,
and looking roguishly at Rob, said:
“Don’t yon think, Bob, it wpuld be bet
ter sense to say you’d live for Nell than
to die for her?” __ „ .
Bob did not speak, but draw Nell to
him, and kissed her. Nell, somehow had
her hands so entangled in the soapsuds
and clothes that she couldn’t resist, but .
she pouted her lips, and Bob took his
kina back Irom Umax
$1.50 Per Annum
WHOLE NO. 233.
Three years after tho above event#
lmppetu'd, ill that same valley, was a
very pretty cottage, with a garden and
flowers around it, that indicated taste
and refinement, and the whole clearing
hail become extensive, with its buildings
and improvements. Here resided Mr.
Robert Stintou and his happy wife, the
handsomest and happiest couple in the
northern counties.
Mr. Stiuton was a prosperous cat
tle dealer, well-to-do, and fow reinent
berad that there ever was tmoh a man as
Whisky Bob.
A Chinese Execution.
The criminal is conveyed to tho execu
tion ground iu a basket slung on a bam
boo between two coolies. Half stui>e
tiod by fear and rendered almost insouni
bio to the fate about to l>c suffered from
the effects of Bamshoo, which is given to
the victim iu abundance, the procession
wends its way between throngs of Celes
tials. The road is lined with sedan
chairs conveying the officials, both high
and low, to witness the sight.
Upon arrival at the place of punish
ment, a crowd of chattering Chinese may
ho seen, some engaged smoking their
pipes, others discussing their early bowl
of congee at the stall of the perambulat
ing verniers of edibles. Not the least
t race of any feeling of awe or compassion
is exhibited at the tragedy about to be
enacted. A stolid indifference marks
the countenance of tho assemblage, and
it is only when the cortege files into i>o
sirion before the dais, whereon tho
Viceroy and tho provincial Judge have
taken their seats, that any observable
emotion animates the crowd. Tho crim
inal is made to kneel, while a subordi
nate officer reads the edict of the Vice
roy. This sets forth the crime and the
penalty, and exhorts the culprit to con
fess fully. All the victim can do is to
cry for mercy, of which quality there is
apparently a lack. At a given signal
from the Judge the two executioners
step forward aud seize the unfortunate
wretch. Divested of every particle of
clothing he or she is bound hand and
foot to two upright pieces of wood iu tho
form of a Baint Andrew’s cross. The
minions of the law draw from their belts
two short, sharp knives. They are now
ready for their blcxsly work. With a
dcviiish skill they commence to slit tli<*
skin and flesh at the wrists. Proceed
ing up the arms until the neck is reached,
their attention is then directed to the
lower limbs. The ankles upward, the
fleshy part of the legs and thighs right
up to the chest are under operation.
The whole body is now one quivering
mas# of strips of skin and flesh, from
which the blood is pouring in streams,
dying the ground aud the executioners’
clothes a vivid red color. By this time
the van* crowd are on tho tiptoe of ex
pectation, straining their bodies to get a
glimpse of tho gory figure, and eager to
watch the least sound of a sigh or groan.
After the shriek of pain which attends
the first use of the kuife, frequently
nothing but low, agonizing moans es
cape the lips. While tliis horrible scene
is being enacted, the peanut hawkers,
the beancurd and candy hucksters ply
their trade, oblivious of the fact that a
human being is undergoing torture.
With bead drooping on the breast,
closed eyes, and lace bearing an unut
terable l(M)k of pain and agony, the vic
tim now stands. The Judge, seemingly
tired at the disgusting sight, claps his
hands. Tho chiol executioner, at the
signal, plunges his knife into the breast,
and with one hand tears oi>en the flesh,
while with the other he pulls the quiv
ering heart out by the roots, holds it up
to view, and tiien dashes it to the
ground. Thus jus tics is vindicated.
Putting Up Sardines.
The little town of Eastport, Me., situ
ated as it is at the most eastern extremi
ty of the United States, and frequently
called the “jumping ofl place,” has,
within the last few years, become the
center of quite an industry—the putting
up of sardines. Extensive factories
have been built on most of tho many
wharves out into Passamaquoddy hay,
anil from small beginnings tho putting
up of these little fish has attained large
proportions.
The fish used are very small herrings,
which a few years ago were considered
almost worthless, being used only for
pomace. They are very abundant at
certain seasons of the year, and are
caught in largo weirs, constructed for
the purpose, along the shore of the
neighboring islands. Tho weirs some
what resemble a rustic fence extending
out into the water. The fish swimming
in with the tide are left as the tide falls
below the weir, and are taken by means
of dip-nets, by men who go into the
weirs in boats for that purpose. _ Some
times a hundred hogsheads of fish are
taken at one time.
On reaching the factory the fish go
through a process of drying, and then,
when partially fried in olive oil, are put
up in small tin boxes bearing a French
brand, and cannot be distinguished in
appearance from the inqxirted article.
Thousands of these boxes are put up in
a day, almost a thousand persons being
employed in the business. These fac
tories arc controlled by New York firms.
There are, too, other ways of prepar
ing these fish. One variety resembling
very much the potted herring, and pre
pared with mustard, are called marines,
and find a ready sale in the Western
markets. Duringtho winter great quan
tities of herring, which are too large to
put up in this manner, are frozen, and
are shipped in barrels to all parts of the
country.
They talk about “a girl horse tbi#f” \
in Illinois. The thief finds that style of
horse very rare.
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OBiim Brora oiT'pafi*. -Greaso
spots may be removed frotn paper by
applying a little powdered pip clay, on
winch place a sheet of pupor, Uiuu use a
hot iron. Remove tho adhering powder
with a piece of ludia-rubl>cr.
Boobchvd Linux,—p(.,.l „]g. 0 two*
onions, extract the jnire by pounding
and squeezing; cut up half an ounce of
nuo white HOHp uni) to the juice;
two ounces of fuller # earth and a half
pint of vinegar ; boil all together ; when
cool spread over the scorched linen and
let it dry ou it; then wash aud boil out
the linen and the spots will disappear,
unless burned so badly as to break the
threads.
When to Crr Timbkh. -.lnly and
August are the Itest months for cutting
timber, that it may be the most durable,
lho growth of tile year is then well-nigh
over, and if the tree# are allowed toTie
until tile green foliage dries upon them,
the greater portion of the sap is thereby
withdrawn from tho wood, and the seas
oning is rapid and perfect. Cut in mid
summer, insects are much less liable to
attack the wood, which is 1111 important
point with some kinds of timlxr, like
hickory.
Damp Wauls. —An exchange snvs :
“ Moisture may be kept from a brink
wall by dissolving three-quarters of a
pound of mottled soap iu ouo gallon of
boiling water and spreading the hot so
lution steadily with a large flat brush
over the surface of the brick work, tak -
ing care that it does not lather. This is
to Iks allowed to (by for twenty-four
hours, when a solution formed of a
quarter of n pound of alum dissolved in
two gallons of water is to Ixt applied in
a similar manner over the coating of
soap. The soap and alum mutually de
compose each other aud form an msolu
ble varnish which rain is unable to pen
etrate. The operation should Ixt per
formed iu dry, settled weather."
Rkhtoiuno Faded Flowkks.— The
majority of flowers begin to wither after
being kept in water for twenty-four
hours. A few may he revived by giving
them fresh water with a pinch of salt
jx'ter in it; anil even quite withered
flowers can be restored by placing them
in a cup of boiling water deep enough to
oover at least one-third of the stems.
When tlio water has cooled tho flowers
should lxt bright and i*rect again. They
may uow ho inserted ill fresh cold water,
after having shortened their stems by
about an inch. Thiii-|>etaled, while
auil light-lined flowers, however, do not
revive so completely under this treat
ment as deep-hued, tliick-petaled blos
soms.
Uninflammable Wood.— Prof. Ked
zie, of the Agricultural College of Mich
igan, an ex{M'rt chemist, says that a
paint or wush made of skua milk, thor
oughly skimmed, und water brine, will
render wood uninflammable, and he
proved it by experiment. Ho says this,
paint or whitewash is durable, very
cheap, impervious to water, of agree
able color, and, as it will prevent wixsl
from taking lire, he urges its use, par
ticularly on roofs, out-buildings, barns,
etc. This can easily bo tried, and, if
found to answer, the knowledge will be
very useful. There is many a building,
as well as wooden fixtures near boilers
and fire-places, where the mixture could
bo well applied.
The Foolish Hen—A Fable,
Mrs. Brown Heu was known through
out her neighborhood as a modest, hard
scratching, patient biddy. She never
complained of the cold or found fault,
with the beat, and no one ever heard
Iter express an envious wish. Great was
the surprise, therefore, when she ap
peared among tlie barnyard fowls one
day nnd began :
“ I’m tired of being a hen. It is
nothing but scratch for worm# and lay
eggs for the family. Let a peacock pass
by and all praise it, but wliat member
of the family over had a word of praise
for me ? I m going to be a peacock.
“ That you cannot be,” replied a vet
wan old rooster, us he shook the dust,
ofl’his back. “You lack in size and
shape. Nature intended yon for a hen,
and as a hen you are a success. (|
“ But I can dress like a peacock, per
sisted tho hen. “I’m sick and tired ot
these blown colors. I see no reason
why I shouldn’t dress us well os any
other fowl. ”
Arguments and reasons were of no
avail, and Mrs. Brown Hen walked away
to carry out her programme. In an
hour she appeared among the peacock 1 *
with a red ribbon around her neck, a gs ..
feather over her ear and a red woolen rag
tied around her leg. She st‘ ll *
about anil tried to make herself at
home, but one of the peacocks stepp' •<
forward and said: . ..
" You are simply deceiving yonrse
Wo all know you for a hen. While you
were acting the part of a hen we a re
spected you. Now that you are crowd
ing in where you don’t belong, aud
where neither nature nor education nave
fitted you, you deserve only conteuip .
The hen persisted in trying to be®
peacock, and as she strutted around in
her borrowed finery the cook observed
her and said ; „
“No hen with her means could have
come by those things honestly. Bh
was the best hen in the coon as long as
she remained in her place, but now that
she is out of it she w.l be gossipe
about aud made miserable and 1 win
therefore wring her neck and eat her.
The Difference.
“The difference,’’ said Augustus Mtll
whiffies, sauntering into the library he
| other (lav—“the difference between the
works of CaptAin Cook and the works of
! Beaumont and Fletcher is, I P reßUt J 3< '’
that the former are by a tar and the lat
! ter by-tu-men.” Before be could cackle,
ho was seized by the nape of the neck
and thrust out of the building by an
enraged professor, who said to him, as
he struck the ground, “Do' you know
why you are like Noah s Ark.
“No ” said the bewildered Augustus.
“Well it’s liecause you're pitched
without,” said the professor, as he shut
the door.
A few years ago a Japanese publisher
brought out a life of Washington in
forty five volumes, with illustrations in
which the Father of his Country is rep
resented in modern dress, wearing a
heavy mustache, carrying a cane, and
accompanied by a Skye terrier.