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About The democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1877-1881 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1881)
tor i! on mv A\n the uii.uh ai BT EttiRKE t. UU. The r* «o*s will ta^ir c T her.i T < auwns tr war, To <.trrv ia' fret n-i 1 An' •eh wiBthc I,it o' d«i l» now Day; He he ics trials—I*!i leli y*iU b««w He was temfried an’ tried by a LLihway cow. Th - lie o’ her hide was a daskr brown; II.." >iy wus I*an, aa’ her nevk was shin; One horn turtea up. an’ the other d wn; • wua »aar;> o’saglit. an* WU5 tO!l« I o’ limb. witii . aktti _____uose, i an’ a short stunif-uil, An’ ribs like the h-n p« oa a hoaie-made pail. 5. l ny a dar M site passeti in pound 5Iinr Furmeaniy iidpu’ ht*r?elt loeora. H* l % i«een cowardly cur an’ hound rampled horn, transfizeti l>y her t Hed Many a tet-fnian’ oM old tin-pail the iai m boys tied to her stumpy tail. Oid Deae.n 1 >at was a pious naan, A irurai termer, ujtr ^iii an’ phtin; Ah* many a weary mile he rau To drive her out o’ his grow in’ grain. Sharp wer>* the prank* that she used to play To git her fill and to git away. He used to sit on the Sabbath-day With ids open Uibie upou hi> knee, Thin kin* o’ loved ones far away. In the Better Land that h«-1 >nged to see — "When a distant beller, Ivwae thro’ the air, Would bring him back to this wot hi o' care. When the Doae^n went to his ehurt '.i in town, He Shi watched passed an’ waited without till h«* frown, went by never h*r a Ac*l an' evilgleaui in each au^iy eye. He wwtid etaek his whip, an’ would holler, E* he “ Whay !** ia shay.” drove along his “ one-hors? Then r.t his homt stead she loved t<> call. Lt/Jiii’ cis burs wirh her crumpled horn, Kirublr mulin’ hisg.'rien wall, La Helpin' 1 in’ his herself cabbages t«» one Ids staudin' by on*— corn, Scamperin' home when her weal was done. O ren the Deacon homeward came, Hmaulin’ a hymn, from the house o’ prayer, His kindly heart in a tranquil fraui*. His sou! *-je cjIui tv tie eveniu* air, His fmehead siu'Xvth « z a ivell-worn plow— To liiid in his gdrden that highway c*>w. His human p.isaions were quick to rise, An* stridiu’ forth with a ravage cry, With fttiy blazin’ from l*o’h hiseyt E/. ligiitiin's danli in a summer sky, Heddcr an’ redder his face would grow. An* alter the critter he would go— Over liis garden, round and round, Brcikin’ his pair an’ appl*> tm»*, Tr.impin’ Tippin’ bis melons into the ground, over his hives o’ bees, Leavin’ him angiv mu' b.ully stung, Wishia’ the oid cow’s neck was wrung. The uirisnes grew on the garden wall: The years went by, with their work an’ play; The boys o' the village grew strong and tall, An’ the gruy-haiied farmers drftpp; d a war, Otic hy one, ez the red leave* fall— Bui the highway cow outlived ’em all. Th»* things we hate are the last to fade; cSoim* cares are lengthened thro’ many years; Th* 1 death o’ toe wickf d Hpems long delayed, But there is a climax to all careers, An’ the highway cow at last was slain In limnin’ a race with a railway train. All into pieces at once she went, .Text lit,.savin’s hunks when they fail; Out o’ the world she was swiftly sent; Beetle was left but her own stump-tail. The farmers’ gardens an’ corn-held# now Are haunted no more by the highway cow. SAVED 1> TIME. “Charity, kind sir! My poor children are starving!” The speaker was a thinly-clad woman, who shivered in tho wintry blast, for it was .lannary, and the keen fiostv air penetrated even tho warm garments of the rich. The gentleman addressed was a man Of perhaps thirty-five, a rich and pros¬ perous man, who hoped soon to become Still more rich and prosperous through an alliance with the fair girl at his sido. “ Poor woman !” said Isabel Howard compassionately. “ I have left my purse at home. Walter, I a in sure you Will relieve her distress.” “Of course I will, my darling. Here, poor woman, take that, and may it do you good. ” half As bespoke he drew from his pocket tended a sovereign, hand and put it into the ex of the applicant. The poor woman’s heart hounded with joy, for she had hoped for but six¬ pence at the best, and ten shillings seemed to her positive wealth. “Heaven bless your generous heart!” •he exclaimed with heartfelt gratitude. “Thank you,” said Walter Iiarton, graciously. Isabel rewarded him with a beaming smile. “I am glad you gave the noor crea ture so much, : she said. “ I like gener¬ osity. 1 don’t think I could esteem or respect a mean man.” “ We think alike on that subject, my darling,” said Walter. “ i never can re¬ fuse to give, even if I suspect the object may be unworthy. happy.” It makes me happy to make others Another beaming glance from Isabel. “Ilove you all the, better for that, dear Walter,” she said in a low voice. “On the shillings whole,” thought Barton, though “myten are agood investment, I can’t help grudging it to the beggar. Barton, When Isabel becomes hundred Mr*. and I get hold of her thousand pounds, I shan’t give many half-sovereigns to beggars. generous.” For the pres -ut it’s policy to be Of course Isabel could not read tha thoughts of the man at lier side. Sh* believed him a genuine philanthropist, while, in reality, he was a mean, selfish hard-hearted man, yet with tact enough to overcome these traits for the sike.of making a favorable impres¬ sion upon the heart of the heiress. Isabel Howard was an orphan, and the absolute mistress of a hundred thousand pounds—no small fortune for a girl of nineteen. But her fortune was by no beautiful, means her sweet-tempered, chief attraction. She was accom¬ plished, by and her heart was animated the most generous charity. She bad a regular list of pensioners, and would have found it impossible to refuse an applicant who was in need. Doubtless she had often given to unworthy objects, but such mistakes rebound to the credit of those who make them. As Isabel said, she would have found it impossible to respect or esteem a mean man. Thus far, Walter Barton had succeeded in eonsealing his real character from her, hut the time was coming -'■.lien it would he revealed. Whenever he was with her he gave liber¬ ally to any who asked for charity, but at his warehouse he would have repulsed them with hard and bitter words. He kept a large clothing establishment in Manchester, but Isabel, who lived in the suburbs, had never been there, and knew absolutely nothing of him in his business relations. Of course there were many who court¬ ed the favor of the young and beautif ul heiress, but there was only one who came near being the rival of the sac «**«• sll *’ or ^' s was P r - Elgin, a young physician, . who had re eently established himself in the city, aiiju-is having- a li-ir,) «rm<nrh> to <r t able witii and r^nk'l^en'faceraiS’unn^F^ intelligent. Success with him was IVlmn only a matter of time. trader he saw the ri h diLrpiKuut- preferred to him, he quietly withdrew, e.1, but too houoralde to attempt to re to V be s made. ao * that lt “ p * It was made, and the wedding-day was about to be n»l, when something 1“«» change the posi Uon ot anairs. IsSbel was walking near the cat redral, when her attention was attracted to a as plainly isr'^’vy'vS's aud dressed, and iu her face at¬ titude was such an air of despondence, that Isabel, ’ whose heait was full of compassion for the wretched, felt her¬ self constrained to stop and speak t> her. ... . . _ a,.. ....__. i - „ The girl, who was very thinly and poorly clad, looked up. “Yes,” she answered “I am well.” “But you are sad. You have met with some misfortune, have you not ?” “ Yes,” answered the girl, despond¬ ently, “Will you tell mew-hat it is? Per¬ haps it is something that I cau remedy. Do not think me inquisitive, but I really want to help you, if you will let me.” The girl answered fraukly: “Thank you for your kindness. It does me good, for I stand in need of kind words.” “Tell me, then, your trouble,” and Isaliel, in her sealskin jacket and warm velvet dress, took the ana of the shabby creature, aud together they walked along through Market street into the busiest part of town. “ My mother and I lived together,” explained and the girl. “ We are very poor, mother is an invalid, unable to do much. We have nothing to live upon except wliat learn by my needle,” “That must be very little.” “ Yes, it is very little; but I have been defrauded of that little. It is too hard.” “Tell me about it. Isit possible that any one could be so mean as to cheat you out of the little you eai'n in that hard way?” “ I will tell you how it happened. A week since, I got a bundle of waistcoats to make for a large house. The pay was very small. By working early and late J could earn about eighteenpeuce a day.” never oppression “Well, said Isabel indignantly. and 1 finished the half-dozen, this morning took them round to the shop. Instead of paying the money, roughly the propnetor, a rich man said 2r«svra i a pretence ot lit at me me out o t of of mxnenee j l o on each, for I am an experienced waist coat-maker ’ and these were made as well n hi, vi.ai ■* noor' “ Ami did vo.ih.l-o the money ’ mv " * 1 “What friend.vlTsalad Itl^^ could There was no money to buy our dinner. I had to tak it, it imt but j I ]- kn Miv w tii tn.it i it it is itnniKsible lrnpo. si for . I uSL"™' tell help you,” said flu heir.,s. “But Wl 0dl me f 19meUU " T ‘ - frauded A-onV’ “Wctl-r Pirlnii ’ ” o-titi in. XC i lUme<1 • i t i i atartl , „,, “ l ’ and sain rised “ W alter tcr Burton barton, I l hear near he tie is i eu- tn ffi sucharrSn iZ^ d ° “1 must look into tl.K” said Isabel, miickh' quick 1}, hor 11 r lace hu>(* finsh«><l nusnea. “ft’s i 3 more n 1 y ^ ° The girl accompanied lier home, and presently the heiress, who bad chunged dresses with the poor girl for a brief space emerged into tho street and made her way to the muffled shop of Wslt-r her Barton. She was so up that face could not be seen. “ What do you want ?” asked a sales¬ man roughly. Mr. Barton,” answered Isabel “To see in a low voice. “He is busy. He can’t see a girl like you !” “I have something important to say to him.” Walter Barton, on being told this, came forward. “Well, girl, what do you want of me,” he asked You rudely. “ gave me only sevenpence for some waistcoat 1 brought here tips morning, ’ said Isabel Jin an assumed voice. “What of that? They were poorly made.” “I need the money for my mother. I worked hard, aud I am sure the waist¬ coats were well made.” “Look here ! I can’t he troubled with you,” all said work Barton roughly. worth.” “I gave you the was “ My mother will starve !” “Let her starve then. It's no bus¬ iness of mine. This was too much for Isabel, whose indignation was intense. She threw np her veil, revealing to Walter Barton a face that terrified him, so full was it of withering scorn. “ I am g!ad I have Isabel. found you out, Mr. Burton,” said “Fortun¬ ately it is not too lab;,” and she turned haughtily aud swept out the shop. “Isabel! Isabel! Isabel Howard!” called Walter Barton in an agitated tone. “ Come hack. It’s all a mistake. I will make it right.” Isabel did not answer, nor turn back, but left the place with her illusions broken. The next day it was announced in society that the engagement was broken. Three months later there was a new engagement, but this time it was Dr. Percy who gained the prize for which so many were striving. Ihe poor girl soon obtained remusera tive employment through Isabel’s in- fluenee, and she aud her mother never again tut •'''•*■ ■*■ As for 'V alur Bartou _ ho . ruedbit- , ... terly his fatal . mistake, but for Isabel it »a most fortunate one, since it saved lier ----- IKuing With the Two-Headed Girt. | Tl , r ... . , “ . an ,, 1 -... *wnon ..„ from Air. ,, *; » V> l” XT' ., ‘“it v % ^ ^rier took break . ivJSL-s ' l R f r iV \his "interesting voting | Jadv fusings duets, two heads, waltzes, four polkas, arms, four and , j boasts of several other accomplishments. l Whpn the r ’ )rter . &TrWeii A l\ was in reaJine58 f()r t ht , maraing meaL Five . p,, rs()lls coni j >r j se ,j the party. “The j the weather is exceedingly ,f Vig! oppressive,” was the. I *-*►*«&•««.«-*«* pret , tms of tll t side of right hand of the scribe with two of her four bauds. The left side smiled se , ™?^ . au d , fanned „ , rise! vigorously . , with ... disengaged . hand. There great a was a deal said at table, but the guest was there for the purpose oi taking break fast with Millie Christine and omitted to ..... . ................. T! '« Nightingale ocenpied one entire side oi the table, aud while one of her pair of eyes was intent upon gazing on the well spread table, the other was looking out of the window w ith a dreamy expression. Two plates were well filled with edibles i and the work of destruction was begun. One-half of the lady had an espeoics fondness for fried chicken and blast, while the otiier would partake of noth¬ ing but porterhouse steak and fried potatoes. In the line of liquids one half drank iced milk to the other's coffee, and two napkins were demanded and freely time used. Somehow or other there the was meal, for bilking toward tlie close of freely aud the Nightingale spoke mid intelligently ni>ou a number of would interesting topics. At times one head make an asertion which its com¬ panion could not entertain, and then nu interesting .fonld follow. and animated discussion Happily these arguments breakfast were finished amicably in adjusted, for and the double was time headed lady to go to Bunnell’s Museum for the mid-day exhibition .—New York Star. ’ A Business Girl. The women who are considering the advantage of adding to their incomes by undertaking the culture of silk, the ex perience of Miss Nellie Kossiter, Philadelphia, who last year received the Pennsylvania ploma Agricultural Society’s di for her success in this industry, will be of interest. Miss Kossiter, who is only fourteen years old, thus describes her work: ‘• When 1 first started I had about 2(H) worms, which I procured of a friend of my fathor; in a few days I shall probably possess 100,000. I have made $300 tnis year,' f andl hope to treble that sum in the next twelve mouths, CODstanl fading, and somehow they al W avs need attention at 4 () YiooU i u the } ? *3S£ «««><* procure a snilieient amount of f 0 | ln; re to feed all the worms I expect to . h*itc i,., t ,.i bed, „,i 1 i tiotze . thousand 1 as many esgs os I cannot provide for at the ('uv thus frozen willlivcfor and on being restored to a heated room H'’ hatch On the other hand, the *70 to'”5 di'o^T * ( "‘ 1>era ' turt.pt 10 1<> o> degrees, This llus morning X w ,ld ll),8t>0 eggs, fixed on a card like ibis (showing atn.nl covered with little ecu a hundred, l»t then I have thou sani s and thousands of eggs. I have offered and have received permiKaion to give instruction in silk-worm culture at and or as you '’’ see pljau by the asylums framed in letters the city, m ^suh^rih.^s fr r k '\’ bXufitl^bwk^lmve puhlislied i , on Silk and the ‘V,-!, Silk-Worm, l\ r 1 m w ^: l£ .n f'***™* information. ------- - The Strange Story of a Hermit and His Sweetheart. Many years ago there suddenly ap¬ peared iu Morehead City, N. C., a -pre¬ possessing young woman calling herself Maiy Hurt. She obtained work and soon became a favorite witii her acquaint¬ ances. Fifteen years after when nil the circumstances concerning her first ap¬ pearance had been forgotten, she- received an offer of marriage from one of the well-to-do residents of the place. She refused, her however, and immediately after whole manner changed. She became moody and scorned fond of solitude. She fiually purchased a [dot of land in the mountains, built a log cabin and lived there alone. The only hook she had was the Bible, which she knew almost by heart. The story of her life was published recertly in the Ashe¬ ville Citizen. The article was copied by a Vermont paper, and attracted the notice citizen of Hubert Fletcher, Fletcher a prominent of that State. soon after visited Asheville, sought the editor oj the Citizen, and, together, they went to Miss Burt’s house. The hermit did not recognize learned the Vermonter, but she soon A that lie was her old lover. mistake hud kept them apart for half a century, but when Fletcher left Asheville a few days later, Mary Hurt Howe, for that was the hermit’s full name, accom¬ panied him as his wife. When Miss Howe and Fletcher were young they were engaged to he married. The woman fancied her lover was attached to another girl, however, and suddenly left her homo in Maine. Going to Boston she shipped for Liverpool. as stewardess on a ship bound The vessel was wrecked on the North Carolina coast, and, after many adventures at sea in an open boat and among friendly Indians ou land, Miss Howe found her way to civilization, liobert Fletcher traced his runaway sweetheart to the ship on which ha sailed, and, hearing of the loss of the vessel, always mourned her as dead until the North Carolina papers gave him a happy surprise .—Boston Herald. T VifAT a pity flowers can utter no Bound! A Binging rose, a whisxiering violet, a murmuring honeysuckle—oh, what a rare am} exquisite miracle would these he.— Beeeher. Facts for THE CTRIOI'S. ^hk 3^ weight of an average male adult fe Thb avenge man measures about , five , ’^SSr L * mm Tp.k wrcharodon (shark), the fore "rthrrof _ the of to-day, mau-eater was from 100 to ISO feet in length. A good sised horse aud cart could have been driven into its mouth, The female spider spins the webs; the '*» wanderer. In nine eases out theft-mate eats her husband up. Eiev^n skeletons have been found m ^ermutames “backyard.” Evntv adult man has 1,400 square feet °f brane lungs; or, rather, the mucousmem lining the air-cells of his lungs, if spread upon a smooth, J plane surface, *—«<«■» m».*~ feet. Boman gladiators received sometimes as much as $3,000 per year by the sale of the mixture of oil aud sweat, culled stngamenta, which was scraped from their bodies after their contests. This mixture was made into pills, which were sold as a tonic for endowing strength aud prolonging life. Thehistoci.es could call by their names the 20,000 citizens of Athens. Cyrus is reported soldier to have known the name of every in his army. Hor tensius (alter Cieero ? the greatest orator of public Borne), sale, after correctly sitting a whole day at a enunciated from memory all the things sold, their prices and the names of their purchasers. There was once a curious saying in England England, “ When once hoinpe is spun, is done,” which became a prophecy fulfilled when James I. as¬ cended the throne by the death of those sovereigns whose initials sp iled the fa¬ tal word, Henry, Edward, Mary, Philip (Mary’s England Spanish husband), Elizabeth. “ Scotland was done,” then, since James of was King. Writers on natural history describe a hideous reptile known as the fishing frog, which angles for its game as ex¬ pertly aud with as great success as the most adioit flv-fisher. He is a clumsy, awkward swimmer, but nature has com¬ pensated furnishing him him for his umvieldinoss by with an equivalent for a roil and line, with bait always ready for use. Two elongated tentacles spring from his nose, which taper away like actual fishing rods. To the end of them is attached by a slender filament, which sel ves the purpose of a line, a bait in tho form of a shiny bit of membrane. The hooks are set in the mouth of the man down below, and ill order to induce the fish to venture within reach of them the angler stirs up the mud at the tom with his fins and tail. This attracts the fish, and conceals him from observation. He then plies his rod; glittering bait glows in the water like living insect. The dazed fish are taken Making Things Over. aw?s£a-S£rJiBr. old clothes, why can’t make m y children you them over for tho instoad of giving them away ? “Because they’re worn out when you’re done will, them,” answered Mrs. .Tones, “ It’s no use making over things for the children that won’t hold together; you co ', lld "’l, d ,? grumbled 11 yWHclf Jones, smart as yon wouldn are.” “Well, “I t have wait closets full of things wunanTthat^ mildewing for of w«Hf I was a alh ’M.^Mr A rv yKttV ^!f • ^7eLte CShlng he oouldn’tfiiiilttndturniugthiugsgener allv inside out lie “Maria!” screamed, «where’s my gray alpaca duster ?" “ Made it over for where'/'tho Jolinnv ” “Ahem f Well, brown ’“or'.iT “Clothes-bag!’ 1 \° UfS }o mumbled Mrs. Jones, s5°ech“ w ho seemed to have a difficultv “/ust madelt in her at moment into a nice one! “Where are my lavender pants? yelled Jones. 2 Cut them over for Willie.” 2 Heavens!” groaned the husband. Then, in a voice of thunder: “Where have my blue suspenders got to?” “ “Maria,” Hung the baby-jumper with them.” asked the astonished man, in a subdued voice, “ would you mind tolling me what, you have done with my silk hat; you haven’t made that over for the baby, have you ?” “Oh! no, dear,” answered his wife cheerfully, basket. “I’ve used that for a hanging It is full of plants, and looks lovely.” Mr. Jones never mentions the word economy or suggests making over —he had enough of it. An Uncomfortable Suggestion. Mr. and Mrs. Tojmnody were get¬ ting ready to go out to call on a friend the other evening, and Mrs. T., desiring to look well, was arraying herself in a great vaie-ty of colors. Topnoody uo ticed it and began to comment. Said he; “ Mrs. Topnoody, I think a woman of your colors. age ought to wear more subdued ” “Oh, do you?” was the response. “ What would you suggest as beccming your angel wife ?” “J think a black dress is simple, tasteful and becoming,” “Indeed?” “ Yes, indeed. ” “ Well, then, Topnoody, suppose you die and leave me a widow so that I can wear the color you think most becoming tome. Of course, you can’t see mo iu it, Imt it would lie such a pleasure and comfort to me to know that 1 wa- pleas ing Then my poor, dear, dead husband. M rs Topnoody smiled in such a very satisfied way that Topnoody eon eluded his suggestions were possibly too previous, his necktie and while he busied Airs. himself T. distributed being the rainliow tints as she pleased.— Steu tier, irllle Herald. In the Philadelphia Medical Times a whose case was reported of a young man mother and five sisters had died of consumption and who had himself escaped a similar fate, probabt)/ because lie “has lived for the part seven years in apartments well stocked with thrifty plants.” SCRAPS OF SCI FACE. Mr. Brvmi has mmle a number of ex p.rijnento ou animals with wire hvdro .. ■ • . , . - , , i \ !h~ s™ dtoillato.n''t haT'it j from tissue .y I was of herbivorous more readily accomplished in cases than of carnivorous aui mals. i In a letter !o the I.nncrt, Dr. A. Paggi rcc >rds the following observation : He states that in Paris he saw a case in which, under the inhalation of chloro ‘ h " l '* beat aml arti R-ial respiration for ten minutes failed torcsb re eu-cuh, 1 on. when Dr. Lal.be b .1 1 S*',. m lsuling water and " so, ; U ;; i, l i U \ lx ' n * , "“ of th0 ieart - r . t , A Frexohmin has devised a method of converting iron into steel and at the same time producing illuniinitting gas. The iron is placed in a retort with char¬ coal or coke in layers, and is heated to 1.1150 degrees Fahrenheit. Fatty mat¬ ters are then injected, and as soon as de composition passed lias taken place a jet of dry steam is over the incandescent mass. The iron is thus changed into steel, while oarbnretted hydrogen is given off from the retort. The lead used in sounding from a ves sel usually weighs alsmt fourteen iwmnds but in deep-sea soundings a /eight of not less than 150 .Simula is trcqie iitly employed. Wuo lma been largely friction used for a line, as it makes leas in sinking through the water. With hemp rope a sinker of 300 weight is sometimes twenty minutes inreadung the bottom in 1,500 fathoms of water, so great is the friction of the lino. Professor Ira Bemskn, of John Hop¬ kins University, lias been investigating the question whether or not east-iron stoves allow deleterious gases to escape, and the result vindicates the stoves. Tho professor finds that carbonic oxide, Ihe gas generally thought to ho emitted, does not pass through red-hot cast-iron even if it is not more (hail an eighth of an inch thick ; aud ho says, moreover, that after careful examination he did not, find, in any instance, hurtful gas given out by a well-made furnace. Mr. Maxim, inventor of one of the electric lights, ridjciiles the idea that there is danger to either life or property from the use of that light, and says he is ready at any time to take tho shock from any liumberof the largest machines. While lightning will jump through two miles of air and forty feet of solid rock, he asserts that uodynamomachine used for the electric light in this coun¬ try will make a current of sufficient droth strength to jump through the one-linn part of an inch of either air or <1. 11. Darwin 1ms been trying to esti¬ mate the stresses caused in the interior of the earth by the weight of continents and mountains, and concludes that either the materials ef the earth at 1,000 miles from the surface have about the strength of granite or that they have n much greater strength Sir nearer William to the surface. He confirms Thomson's theory nearly throughout that tho earth must be solid its whole mass, and ho attributes the lava of volcanoes to tho melting of solid rock, which exist at high temperatures, diminished, at points where the pressure is or to the existence of comparatively small vesicles of molten rock. Men Who Make Journalists. It has been remarked that very few men who get into journalism start out with such intention. They drift in ac¬ capacity. cidentally, Money, are prompted wealthy as they develop parents uuil influence are of no sort of service iu get¬ ting a young There man is a business place on a news¬ paper. no that is so entirely siderations independent A of all these con¬ as this. wealthy father can easily medicine, got, his son a location to read law or or push him forward in almost any rank in life lie may select; but he is utterly powerless to do any¬ thing for him in a journalistic way. To be sure he may buy a newspaper, and set him up in that way, but unless there is something in him called “journalistic knack, a natural knowledge of what to write and how to write it, he will Vie a fidlure in that line, wealthy and all the money and ranuenco of and (.crimps powerful relatives will count, for nothing, Home l'ond parents educate their sons with tu© special view it of making' jour nalists of them ; but is rare that we hear of these young men after a few years. Meanwhile, some youth born among the hills, having nothing more than a common school education, and the knowledge scraped up in a country printing office, will advance to the rank in the profession. He has the journalistic knack, and forces reeogni tion because ho has it. Ho gets into y?ood position, influence not because the he has wealthy parents to proprietors of leading knows newspapers, but because ho what to write and how to write it. His articles go in booause they supply a demand, wliile perhaps the elaborate essays of a man educated on two con tinents are cast into the waste basket. The Many-Leaved Clover. A gentleman residing at Ht. John, sends this office four small bunches of clover leaves, which are quite a curiosity. He says: “At the request of Mrs. L. O. Severance 1 send tries inclosed speci iuen of four, five, six and seven-leaved clover, which are quite a Ixitanieal euri small (•hity. 1 hey were all plucked from a sod not afoot square.” On- hunch contains sixteen stalks, each with four h ave -of clover; a second eight .-talks, ■ ith five leaves; a third, eight stalks, •vi'l. : ix leaves: and a fourth fix, with *i. feu leaves .—Portland Oregonian. A Simple Cholera Cure. William “ It is a sin,” said the late Rev. Dr. Tracy, wh > spent tin whole of his adult life as missionary in India, and who had experience of many hundreds of cases of cholera, “ for anyone to die of cholera. If at the first premonitory symptoms he lies down at once and sub¬ mits to a treatment the principal part of which consists of a patient and persistent rubbing of the abdomen, to lie kept up even after apparent collapse bos occur red, he is certain to recover ."—Pittsburg Leader. HOFSEHOLB HELPS. iPr M tit* Detroit Fre« Pt ■» H as<io!4.J Tossed „ Potatoes. — Boil some potato?* pepper and salt, till they are hot and well covered with the amice, Spiced C'crrants. —Five pounds ot currant.--, four jhhiiuIs of sugar, one pint °f vine 8 ar . funr teaspoonlnla of pare < "J nnMtt0U > teaapooufula of pure C lie ho urs ; n .° 1^‘PI^r or n Ochgfdful e with , veiusou or mut ' , ”k bikd Eon Pr.ANT.-Paro and ahee tll0m th( ,„ iukl ^ sll ,, e with gaU „„1 lot them stand for alsmt one hour eggweini, witU a Wt . ight OB the then di Ull „ then Hour and fry light Mi stabd Sattce.— One enp of sugar, one cup of vinegar, one talilespoonful of butter, four eggs, aud one tablesjioorifr.l of niustsrd; beat tho eggs well; mix all together; turn into a new tin pail or basin and Imil in water same as custard, only hi a cream, not thick. Htram through a thin cloth and it is done. Peitf.b Bare*. — Take twenty-ftva l’°l’l x ‘ rs ' without the seeds, cut them l’ rett y t"ic, then take more tlinn double tlle ‘liwntity of cabbage, cut like slaw. ?“, e S°* ho r f ra ‘ ,i8h - t^te.1, a hand¬ f" 1 <>fsal, rathermoro ( than a tat.e »P°"» ful '>|"i«^rd seed s tablcepoonfnl *'f cloves, the same of allspiee ground; a eufti. i. ut quantity of vinegar “ d l H,uruvl ‘ r “> n,lx,u « W « U ® ‘ CoooANUT Puddixo.—T ake sufficient stale bread to make a pudding, the sizo you require; |>oiir boiling water over it. After it is soaked well, take a fork aud see that no lumps or bread remain ; then add half a cupful of grated oocoauut, make a custard of one quart of milk aud four eggs, flavor with nutmeg (of course you will nweoteu it with white sugar); jxnir over aud bako immedi¬ ately. Good Lemonade.— Take two lemons, divide them, aud put eaeli half into a lemon squeezer. When all the juiee is extracted, put the remainder of the lemons into a pitcher and pour boiling water on them; after they have Btixxl a little, squeeze all the goodness from them; mid tho juice to some loaf sugar—enough then to sweeten ploaaantly— the pour enough cold water to make strength required—I think about one quart or a little more. Ice must ho added. A Farmer's’Dainty Dish.— Peel and slice thin tomatoes aud onions (five po¬ tatoes to one smalt onions) ; take half a pound of sweet salt pojk (in thin slices) to a pound of beef, mutton or veal; out the meat in small pieces ; take some nice bread dough and shorten a little; Iina the Isittom of tho stew-pan with shoes of pork, then a layer of meat, potatoes and onioinylnst over a little pepper and cover until the with a layer is of crust; repeat this stew-pot lull. Tho size of family. the pot will Pour depend in sufficient oil the number to in tho water cover, and finish with crust. Let it sim¬ mer until moot, vegetables, etc., are (lone, but do not let it boil bard. Herve hot. This we are assured by one who knows is a dish fit to set before a king. A Wholesome Hai.au. —Out up a pound of cold beef into thin slices, ami half a pound of white, fresh lettuce;put in a salad bowl, season with a taaspoon ful of salt, half that quantity of popper, of two tablespoon salad fnls <>l vinegar, and four lightly good oil. Htir all together with a fork aud spoon, and when well mixed it is ready to serve. Chaptol, u French chemist, says the dressing of a salad should be saturated with oil, and seasoned witii pepper and sail, be¬ fore tho vinegar is added ; it results from this process that there can never be too mueli vinegar, for, from the specific gravity the oil, of what, the is vinegar than compared useful with wB) more fall to the Isittom of the bowl, the salt should not bo dissolved in the vinegar, hut in the oil, by which means it is more equally distributed throughout tin 1 sai nt. Fairs in England, It is wonderful how completely the old Euglish fair 1ms disappeared. Enw year the characteristics of “merrieEug land ’ become more awl more historical At Epsom races there are no more side shows, no speckled boys, no fat skeleton*! women Tho no dwarfs, giants, or living skofV is gone. The i» creasing crowds of people amuso tlieia selves with plenteous potations of boor ing throwing from sticks at coooauuts, and shoot toy guns at targets. It is tl;a same at fairs ; even at Coventry Fair there is almost nothing of the old time Lady Oodiva is forbidden to lead her procession through the town, however occasionally thickly clad. Tho old .Shrewsbury show appears, but only as a ghost of its former self. The Lord Mayor’s show holds out longest, but it is a sad spectacle. is resjxmsible Probably for this George hiding Stephenson away of the fairies that used to dunce and sing, The railways have let in too much light ou their solitudes. Tho fragments of that strange pa t, [licked up and set u-playing like puppets at Alliert Hall, were amusing, Human but there was a sad sido to them. nature devours its own children, aud sometimes plays with their hones. ■ The 11 n mini Pulse. Physicians the have always attached for all ages greatest importance to th« frequency of the heart’s action as indi. cated hy the pulse. The number of pulsations of the heart, as stated by Dr. Milne Edwards, average seventy per minute in a male and from six to ten more in a female. The pulse of Napo leon, however, was much Mow the av¬ erage. That -J Hir William Congreve is saiu to have been about 128 per minute even in health. But, as a general thing, the variations at Guy’s compiled hy Milue Edwards, have been verified hy obser¬ vation. The following in this tabte of the pulse is in¬ teresting connection: Mate «’ Male% A wrage. A ge. A veraae. 51-, ....'•♦7 42 to 49.. 7(1 u . -. . -H4 i\i to W.. .69 ....76 56 to 63.. nu Isti.ar,'. ....TH 63 to 70.. .0 ....7!) 70 to 77.. CT \ ....US 77 ■ » -1-< . to 81.. 71 , —New York Herald.
