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FARM AND HOUSE.
TOPICS OP INTEREST TO THE
FARMER AND HOUSEWIFE.
Poultry Hints.
Soft worm food in the morning. rege-
tobies and crocked grain daring tne day,
and whole com at night, is good for a
steady cold weather diet.
If you are running incubators and
brooders, be very careful of fire. There
is more danger in cold than in mild
weather, since it i» necessary to hare the
'fiame higher.
Roth Brown kwpi the
in a bosket wrapped in a flannel,
basket in the closet in the sitting-room.
She is eery careful to gather them before
they become chilled.
If you expect to make poultry keeping
profitable, one thing is of the utmost im
portance; some one must look to the
comfort of the fowls and supply their
wants carefully every day without fail.
Very likely you have put too much
glass in that bouse a intended for early
chickens. If ho, cover it with old carpet
or shutters at night. Glass is warm
when the sun shines, but very cold at
other times.
Hens that are expected to hatch this
month or next, should be fed freely on
corn. But this will do no good if they
It bu been deternumd Ihbt 8.103 I
pounds of corn product*, inclu ding grain,
cobs and stalks, is eqt:nl i.1 nutritive v.nl- j
ue to 0,012 pounds of hay.
Does syoungfruit tree Iran over badly?
Don't prop it up but dig it up. and re
plant, if it be worth replanting. If the
roots are one sided make jx-a brush of ( A Great Ii
the tree.
Possibly there was some manure left
over in the barnyard! The sod upon
which this year's corn crop is to lie
planted, whether plowed or not. is a tat
ter place for it.
All seed should be of the best
of doubtful quality is dear at any price.
A full, vigorous germ makes a* strong
plant and a shrunken or damaged one a
weak plant, if it makes any at nil.
HALLS OF CONG
ibershlp
Since the
The Quiet Senate and
The American Congress is the most im
portsnt legislative body in the world, the
tacd i British parliament having less supreme
power. The first Congress began its ses
sion in New York March 4. 1789, and a
year later removed to Philadelphia, when
it convened annually for ten yean. In
It is worthy of note that sumach is the November, 1790, the sixth Congress con-
most valuable tinning plant known,
large quantities were gathered in V
ginia during the past season, and yield
handsome returns for the labor expend)
Grow a crop of peas in the old orchi
and let the pigs harvest it. Sow early.
voned in Washington in the new capital
building, then but partially constructed.
|Hon. T>»dorc Sedgwick, of Massachu
setts, was then Speaker of the House,
and Vice-President Thomas Jefferson pre
sided over the Senate. The two bodies
two bushel* per acre, with four hundred united comprised leas than 100 members
WORDS OF WISDOM.
THE OYSTER TRADE. 1
A compliment is usually accompanied
with show, as if to beg pardon for Hav
ing it
That virtue that needs anchoring,
mnkes its possessor like a ship mooring
among breakers.
The lives of men depend more upon
what they are, and what they do, than
upon what they have.
It is hard to ■satirize well a man of dis
tinguished vices as to praise well a man
of distinguished virtues.
What blockheads are thorn wise
sons who think it necessary that
should comprehend everything
reads.
A Flee* or Vcascla and an Army of
Men Required—Varieties of Oya-
tera—The Packing House*—
Shucking the Bivalves.
The oyster industry of Chesapeake
peninsula, when considered in its several
branches of planting, dredging, tanging
and packing, is something wonderful.
It has expanded immensely during tiie
Native Sacrifices in IKIa.
The following extract is from a J
pore (India) letter to the London Tt
or. ii A; Yet the palace is not quite empty
even to-day. At the side of the main ; SCENES AT THE
entrance beneath the ramp exists a tern- : -
pie dedicated to Devi, and here it is the
custom every morning in the year to
sacrifice a goat. At the Durga festival
a whole herd of buffaloes and a flock ox
sheep are offered to the dread goddess,
but the daily tribute is a goat, which re
lic Magnificent
Principality of M
A Motley Crowd of
vials and Players.
The glory and the shame of Monte
• , _ past ten Years. Now, with a largely in- although the lac
• KT: Ireased demand for oysters u in attack ceremony, a bn.
• *“» of food, with the introduction of im- attendants mdu,
“ prored apuliancea for facilitating the the party to the
.1 *h. UmW. frnni Its nil
but the daily tribute is a goat,
places, it is said, the human victim whose
life was taken every morning in this
gloomy faae before tie time ofthe Brit- , d " u . f rom , hc e „ when the
Uh raj. It chanced that w. enterni tho ^ foreseen* the fall of Horn-
. templeiust at the hour of aaottcc, <ind, I, took 0 f it. There had
SSSEL*:fiSf,ZS2LS& l!S u£V“ ? Caaiuothere for remejrem.before,
induced them t© admit
pounds of good fertilizer. Good for the , at that time. Now there are seventy-six
_____ partv to the presence of the goddess.
taking oMhe bivalve from its natural She sat—the awful blood-loving Kali
Every really able man, if you talk sin- rt cn „. n t and preparing it in various forms —ail black and ted, upon a plat-
cerely with him. considers his work, (or the market—canned, steamed,pickled form, inside the darkest part of tl10
however much admired, as far short of an( i tubbed—with a radical change in 1 temple, with eyes of glittering mother-
wlrnt it .hould be, Whmt is this better, , hc who te .y,te “ *
thin flying ideal, hot the perpetual prom- the augmented
the whote system of operationa. and with o’-pearl and nee Unco of skull*. At the
i- the augmented water and mil facilities foot of the platform was a heap of sand
for Ch^p and rapid transportation, each and near it some wide-mouthrd braai
• * — vessels and a broad heavy-bladcd sword.
have not been laying for two months m j| kj and t fc c nX€mi is just as true.
1 ise of the Creator?
m&SSBS E3S3SE5
The one word that embodies the entire
fulfillment of the law in the handling of . ,.
a cow is—comfort. Whatever conduces , Mkln c?
to the comfort, health, and contentment J eAT9 ’ 1
| of the cow promotes an increased flow o4 mcrca ^
had better buy ecus or get a new stock ol j w "2 car “? i fie number of members to 800 or 1,000, j arc without artifice or malice; and we
—/* arm Journal. them some wuUKu- butitwas not seriously entertained. The j lovo truth too well to resist the charm of
The Vain, or Trema | br “ ,h » n n, '» 1 1
Mr. Milo tUro.nl, whose home-is near 1 eiees..r|feeding of hogs
alao. Feed more British parliament, which legislates for sincerity.
; a much smaller territory, consists of be-
s less tween 600 and 700 members, and if the
Amber.
Kankakee, III., in an address before the ; common than R wts twenty or thirty United States had the same basis of repre- Th. present fashion of amber
l.irticulturel locietT. »g»- people now relish pork f senUtlon Congress would contain sereral | _ ™ KSuJr
Northern Illinois Horticultural society, 7**™ Few people now r
coming a large caperience during the m *' J ' > r ““ *»*• '“' r , e .„ b T 1 '»*
last twenty-five yean in planting trees t™" 1 blinded and only killed when
account ox rtenness ui r*-- ~ i . -li.,.!
f errc d to the larger oyster on account of ing its head straight with a cord lightly
y . u!t:._ / nnenntM Thov f*ttj>nnl mnnd the neck and ears. Tho
adaptability for stewing purposes. They fastened round the neck and ears. The
have acquired a wide reputation abroad, poor annual, alarmed and concerned,
as is evidenced in the enormous -quanti- j stood perfectly still whilothe priest bared
ties which annually find their way to the | his right shoulder and squared hun-
thonaand members.
The daily sessions begin at noon and
• ments calls to the remembrance the ot her side of the ocean. When it became ; self athward wise, the sword, grasped
liking for this precious fossil, which has apparent that the oyster “farms” in for- ; by both hands, balanced upon the
existed for thousands of years. There eign waters were becoming rapidly de- ! goat’s neck. Abruptly he raised it,
for wind-hreuk.. grove, Snd fo? other ‘he •"inml.wnre unable to w.lk;to their uSmllj foururffvc hours. Often I hum ataBt tte golden fc” SSg
protection concludes u follows- troughs sndeitt. Bueh masses of lardnro |n tho ewly days of the session nothing pletea the laca m miroauung secuuy.
P MrrimU hui f" Jve^ ye,re tar- not n«.ithf u l y.ting, while t„ most taste. donc bejond . littleroutine, IssUog « ..fT.tn tirere *“* fru!n the Ch “* P “ k ' ba> *°
.lLi m .i t .i /._:it excessively fat pork is not palatable. Wen. an imtln tint l*ttrr nart ofthe .- .
nished firewood for three families,
well aa poles, stakes and posts in abun
dance; the maples of all kinds have pro
i or «ThutIn thslattor .»rt of the when therc were “Toresta primeval,” prratc them was suggested Its practi- whicH
intWwlrs * nruih of neglected "hero mmn hid never trod. Itshowsus I^bilitv wss seriously questioned, but re- There
non there comes a rusn oi negieciea ... * . .-a i t.
Hogs confined |. pens crave carbon j Msrion thereicomes * nish olthat beyond the stormy Baltic there was
r «--- I the b !“P« of cra»rcoal and bituminous , business and long days, or even night on(je % ^ and of titanic ' the
vided deliciouH svrup, the walnut trees coal, and ashes, or other substances con- sittings, become necessary in order to get i aUf i «. n k beneath the sea the mim or
*"'l *" h»ve given fining.lk^ ThU is espeemlly notice- mren themort^urgent mnttere .hsposed ojh S wUeTtad droj^life teS“rom
minor cun nnil v.Tn»lts*r uhle when confinpfl to an pxrliiKivrlv rorn The first hC^sion of each CoDffresS, failed ,, . • ^ l..j J1C n..
and shelter able wnen confined to an exclusively corn The first session of c*ch Congress, called ?£££?&^'Te {Tri,?
wv.1. .rtwron .lis t When tW : sii* inn<F «Mnon can be nro on*?ed tu the P ren ‘ SM, nc nrs naa power to resist ine 0 f t h e
, swung it back far bchuid him, and then
i brought it whistling round with a blow
which combined the cut and draw.
... , There wm * slight sound, «s when a soft
tent experiments have dissipated doubts, j stick is chopped, snd the blade had shred
anil have demonstrated that the Ameri- clean through the goat’s neck, so that the
‘ * - m ’ * ’*• ** l caught up the severed
■ before it could touch
w.mcr, Iiuui....... ... . c—-—,ceaseless motion of the waves after the
[lection to the gar- rotten wood to correct the acidity of tho j two houses see fit, but the last or short wood of thc tWM had becn decayed. Thus
g winds is one great slomarh. It is not a bad plan to keep session ends by constitutional limitation H . ^ ^ ^ ls f d at J lhc b,,.
‘ ■■■“ •« March 4. Polihmt disenssrous and the or on thc ^ 8hore .
reaolnttotu. oeftopy a large share of tho The ro is a difference of opinion i to the
—”——» ; AwuiciB iu jiiuv nucic n»cir I fi® 8 , both hon . . . ..... value of amber. In America the clear
think thc groves of land is swept by fierce winds find it prof-' legislation perfected is tinged with these amber j s considered the more
iarue consideration. valuable, wlule in Europe
The Benate ia a dtgn.fied bod, aud its fte ^ loudy Mrt con , nl , ud ,
There -bigbest prices. The greatest quantity of
‘".V , amber is found iu the Baltic sea, and it
v debates in . .• A A .
i be safely transplanted and boy with the cord caught up the severed
_ As a result of the success head into **■“
xpf'riment Europe has drawn , the earth.
heavily for Vr supply upon the resources ■ sideways, guided by thc other attendant,
of American bays and rivers, particularly who directed the bleeding neck to one of
the Chesapeake, until there are appre- the brass vessels. Taking the goat’s head,
hensions that with the constant dram to the priest then laid it on thc platform,
meet the increased demand for home c
„ .„ v before the glaring eyes of the goddess,
cMusOtion und home trade, to furnish seed j and placing his brow on thc earth, re-
for ‘local waters and to keep up the peated the prayer prescribed. Thus the
supply for foreign markets, many of thc horrid ceremony ended, but ~~ 1——
irfa good harbor and ofthe farm most exposed. The applo , membersrarely tronsgre^ iu an;
i, (as they eat the ten- j tr<e braneliCH low down, ami if bordered j strict rules of official decorum
[oVeat trees (doing no by a fence 'four or live feet high on the utno exciting scenes or noisywu. Ls also of fincr ualitv lliau that found in
* • be ! timt end uf the cnp.tol, an J tlic proceed- oth , >cc8 J t , ^riic
“ : .lunlit, whieh causes it to attract small
onts.de observer Dekvte. in the Senate J l)ject , < whcn it i, rubbed. For ngrs it
me conducted on h K° . P s bus been considered in Arabia n talisman
pUn, Senators hnvmg the r.gl.t to spe^k ^j n3t the a nnd in northcrn
m,«thro.,,»<. ^
natural beds will become extinct.
w , learned
that the pricsts'of thc temple. In-ing of a
with snow almost as perfectly a
ie original forests.
Recipes.
kes.—Two cups of buttermilk.
• tier twigs of thc forest _
harm if they do not cut the leader), nnd wiLdward 1 side, thc ground will
they have no occasion or desire to gnaw ; CO yi a ‘ * *'
apple trees in open ground. The birds j it
find their nntural resting place among
the branches and so increase that they i
keep most kinds of insoj ta in check. My j
forest tree planting lias becn to me j a
- entirely satisfactory, taken as a whole, ^la ( U n
It has transformed an open, bleak, wind-1 quite sol,
swept prairie into un attractive, shelter- ! more; stir i„
ing, cozy, home-like farm, where thc meal, making a very thin batter; grease
melody of the song-bird blends bar- y OUr paii well, pour in thc batter, and
moniously with the evening zephyr as it i bake til it ceases to boil nnd gets
..goes whispering through the pines. * * * ™
Tho most prominent packing houses special caste, themselves ate daily five
those at Cnsfield,8cnford,Cambridge, I seers of thc goat’s flesh, and had tho
Inland and Fairmount, though right to sell the remainder in the bazar,
ire numerous houses operated on The palace pays seventeen rupees
small capital in nearly all the small towns monthly to the contractor who. supplies
iu proximity to the oyster grounds. There the innocent victims. The priest said
from ten to twelve packing houses *' "* , ‘ 1 — if
Deal’s
that tne goddess would be very angry if
H>on of salt, half teaspoon of j Fitz-John Porter debate, wnen hen- ^ a preventive of the terrible goitre.
» thc buttermilk should be * tor I/ 3E^ 1 Many persous iu other lands also believe
each town. The houses are not put up the goat were not decapitated at one
with any due regard for symmetry of pro- blow, and that ho would cut off the head
Skilful rnliivittion. ^ I
r Skilful cultivation slionld be tiuTSim %tgc imn v
'rilsixtry one wlia rnlaeTpUnta and crops, melted butter
To inkke gardening nnd farming nrofita ....
ble,ltia Hecrsaaiy to have sometning ’
Raw and boiled
served in this manner: Cut
the raw ;>otatocs in thin slices, brush
melted butter over them and iulso over the
wire broiler, to prevent their sticking to
it; broil them a dark brown; tailed sweet
return lor every stroke that is made, and ™ ut oes need to be but sightly broiled,
for every , dollar invested. Even when j U8 ^ enough to warm through nnd at thc
day. - Whennrer the subject in band is. ^“^7= 7STSS
not interesting, and the Barrator who b about fhe f llrol , t win treven t the many
wound up happens not to Iman entertain- hicU M fa the l ' c , us0 . .T hc
i ”K‘P« k ' r ' '?“ t ol tl,e Senators stro , warmth whan
out to the retiring room to smoke or sit ..
at their desks ana write letters until it is
•11 over.
As most of the speeches in thc Senate
»a made for circulation the lack of lit- mcd „ n , whc , 1 bunled tll0 fragmnc0 1
tenera does not disconcert thc speaker, tat , ttc flr or ine The = clennan
provided he feels sure tlic correspondents ^
will give it their attention in the press
reports. When a message is received
contact with the
ikin and the circle of electricity so main
authority says, “substanti
ates this opinion.” Amber is the favorite
if thc Buddhists and Moham-
portion or beauty of architecture, but
substantially constructed of frame. Upon attempt,
one side of the interior, extending the 1
whole length of the building, nrc thi
troughs, with a capacity of two bushels
of oysters. Alongside is 11 '
of a buffalo with equal certainty i
Not a Cancer but a Lizard.
Mrs. J. C. Williston, thc wife of
small piece of j contractor and builder of Cleveland,
square-top iron, firmly set in a bench, Ohio, has recently returned from
word for amber (“Bernstein”) burning
stone, has becn derived from the readi-
with which it burns. All the
■ expect to see growth and bloom in :
pav for our care, if not, our interest
th™ would snonbulo... V« devote im iu ,
jure of land to a tert.m crop; it costs j „ mtlc co , d watcr
for the season tho interest for a year on | ...
the investment
time to show tho marks of thc broiler.
(Charlotte Rcsse.—Take one quart of
thin cream, sweeten and flavor, whip the
cream to a stiff froth. 1 Take a half box
®‘“J* 1 7*; iJ LJjj" tb " possible to soak, find set in the st
. "“ft® n^mhin^ir 1 melt * When th<? gelatine is cold , u
exprnse of prep.r.tlon mannnng, culU- thc w bipp M i cream Line « glass dish
▼attnp, hsriesUng, m.rketmg etc Our wi(h ^ „ j.dy.flngcrs, snd
lnl 8 l ; ” I pour the cream ijito it. Set the dish in
. P o r °:± ™ gh „‘, the ice or in a very cold place until ready
be obtained. The time and expense of
preparation, of sowing, and of cultiva
tion, have been as much as for a full
• crop, and the cost of harvesting and
other expenses but little less; but a part
of the land was too wet, and thc plant
ing could not be done early,
•s it should have been, and on
the same account tho manure that
wu applied, though there was not half
enougn of that, could only produce par
tial effects, and so, from these combined
• onuses, we get bock for our season’s
work, perhaps, thc expenses snd a little
more. The interest and expense were
fiftj dollars on the acre f and our returns,
aU told, amounted to sixty dollars, giv-
ing n profit of ten dollars. At this rate
per acre on the whole place, with what it
provides for the table beside, with great
economy, one may. perhaps, live along
for n while, and the land is growing
poorer, and thc value of the first invest
ment is lowered—the place is running
down. But nt n little more expense in
preparation, perhaps ten dollars on the
acre, enough to insure thc best result,
making the whole sixty, instead of fifty
dollars, m before, nnd the crop is twice
•s great, and perhaps further enhanced
in value by its superior quality. All of
this success, then, is profit—sixty dollars
or more, instead of ten—an amount that
makes prosperity and succem, instead of
failure.—FmvFs Magazine.
Farm mud Garden Notes.
Old cream makes streaked butter.
. Destroy the nests of caterpillars now.
There are many pit-falls in a peach
orchard.
Cut off sappy shoots from the main
branches of apple trees now.
It is a wood thing to make manure and
a good thing to save it Be sure nnd do
both.
A rat-proof corn-bin may bo made by
Using the inside of an ordinary bin with
Mo. 4 wire.
from tho President the Senate goes into £ writcre amak c umber „
•‘executive ^ ion.-’ The tmllerimand
Wk3? 0 can jewelry consisted of carved aintar, nnd which is cashed every Saturday.
x? Aiar which was called lynx stone, as it was
It*? the House ofReprcn^tahTMtlmt sul)pose d in someway to belong to the
furnishes most of the entertainment for n „ „„„ v..™ l.„i
those who observe the course of legisla
tion which the nib is cracked. On the tended trip after a most remarkable cx-
opposite side are the oyster bins, perienco. Mrs. Williston is not yet
with a capacity of from five thirty, but her hair is almost white, and
hundred to one thousand bushels. ; her face bears thc signs of a lifo of suf-
Each shucker is provided with n feting. She has been thc victim for
bucket, ahammerand an oyster knife,and years,at varying hours of night and day,of
for each gallon of oysters opened, when pains like the cutting of a knife, and
put into the dumping tub, the shucker re- [ physicians supposed her to be suffering
ccives a check, a small circular niece of from cancer of the stomach. Em-
brass, bearing the monogram of tne firm, inent physicians failed to exactly locate
_! lynx. On one occasion Nero had the en-
*! tire amphitheater adorned with amber.
“iJT* t? All the^Weapons nnd other articles were
less in s state of confusion, i ma(leot it . The use of amber for tho
tion from the galleries. It is always j
Members, ns » rate, tak^ >■ mouthpieces of pipes and cigar-holder.
SES’artt” ajU Where the pipe.
the trouble or afford the lady relief. Sho
There are two grades of oysters, known spent months in travel and large amounts
ns the “straights,” taken indiscriminately of money endeavoring to find effective
from the bin, and the “selects,” or those treatment for her malady, but most of
carefully “culled.” Thc process of shuck- the physicians whom she consulted said
ing is simple, snd an expert and industri- j that her disease was cancer of the stom-
ous shucker will average abou't fifteen gal- ach and that death would ultimately re-
lons per day of ten hours. The hammer suit.
No.
We should look more to our gardens
•Bd orchards for our medicine*, and less
to our drug stores.
A well-fed cow’s “first impression,” of
h.j are more reliable than the ordinary
analysis of the chemists.
Bank up the manure yard so that the
water on the outoide cannot get in, and
that on the inside cannot get out.
Try new varieties of seed corn, but
don’t give up your own until you have
proof that there is something batter.
A tree is not a post. The poet requires
a small hole and deep; the tree a broad
hole well filled with rich, friable earth.
Young hones don't need to be broken,
but to be taught what sou want them to
do. Instead of breaking a hone train
him.
If tho knives of the reaper and mowing
machine an kept in a box of slaked lime
thejnwiil not rust. So with other bright
It is stated that apples in salted, limed
jr whitewashed cellars aie keeping bettor
than their over-ripe condition in the fall
gave reason to expect.
K>cn Cei.krV.—Wash thc roots thor-
ughly, trim a Way the leaves and stalks
na boil twenty!*minutes; drain, and when
cool enougli io handle, peel and cut into
pieces of equal .riee; put those in a small
baking-tin anokdd just enough warm
milk to preventTSrying up while cooking.
Season with salt [and pepper, and a wal
nut of butter; st^w over tlic top a layer
of crumbs, on t/jp of which put a small
pat of butter, atad bake to a delicato
brown. Some prefer a mixture of grated
cheese and crumbs.
Household Hints.
A little salt lidded to lemonade im
proves it. j
Hutton tallow is perhaps better for
candles than beer tallow, nnd is, usually,
cheaper. !
To restore enmhed velvet hold it over
the spout of the pteam kettle and let it
steam well, then fonib up the knap.
Kid shoes mail be kept soft and free
from cracks by n\l filing them once a week
with a littb* pure, glycerine or castor oil.
To wash doubtful calico, put a tea
spoonful of suga) of lead into a pailful of
water and soak)fifteen minutes before
washing. ;
To remove white spots from varnished
tables, caused by setting hot dishes on
them, M. L. M. says pour some oil on tho
spot, and rub bard with a soft cloth.
Pour on a little spirits of wine, and rub
dry with another cloth. The marks will
disappear, leaving the table as bright as
before.
A convenient article for the kitchen is
a stout tin box id which may be kept the
stove polish and thrushes and cloths used
about the stove. It should have a handle
>ver. It, will pay for itself over
and over, in lessening the cleaning of the
shelf upon which brushes and blacking
are usually kept, and it will be found
also that more attention will be given to
the stoves where ,the necessary means are
so easily carried about from room to room.
like the calumet of thc American Indians,
social institution. The pipe was
c to another, and ns amber
political discussion is going on. When
the house is full, there are over .
three hundred gentlemen, variously fro .
occupied, onthe flaw °((heh.l | l rh.T (Supposed to 1» a prophlsctic against
m readmgthcncw S pnpor.,cl 1 att,ngn 1 th of tVea5, cry cxisted.it
cmcb °( ber - g iini’ninfr'hilli i*eing impossible to convey poison by
nmterial for s^hm, ex.mtaingMH.ana thl ,* ubs ^ nc( . lt is , loubl L s ‘ owing
tim<. til* confusion ' 1 *’ cleanliness and non-nbsorptive
Arab^vomsin wUl nevergive up her
pipe, and knife are in general use, though here Last October she went to San Fi
.a _ 'i. » oniid • • i *
stead of cracking the nib or tne large end Calestoga Springs and thc baths of Passo
of thc oyster on the “bank” with the ham-' del Robles, without effect. San Fran-
mer, they insert the blade on the side, al- cisco’s best physicians could afford _ no
most in a line with thc abductor muscle, ; relief,and she started for Sonora, Mexico,
and by a dexterous twist of the wrist intending to visit some celebrated springs
throw off one valve, leaving thc oyster
whole and solid in the other. Most of the
packing houses pay fifteen cents per gal-
i" ; ErKEBTSET,
How WM taWng » mxa^ snd tbit no . 0 f their market value. She will I cntanertrallon.
bustnos was underoonsidctat.on. *cvcr- rt fcith her children vith scarcc l y a
thU the Ung. but te unstring her precious im-
of talk •no racket is this the House of j K , r „ w . k | acc .ml^for min or through
(^Presontitivrs is engaged m making fcarof ^ ca8t ’ i Uon fr<J ^ her ,= A
Eioh mcmber k «P. 3 t ‘™ k °,V bt master if she doe. not comply witli his
come op he is on the alert to help them Ae “ Torl
along. Then he subsides. i
- During what is called the “morning j
vhich comes immediately after the
A Bashful President.
Horse-Trad ing In Georgia.
Horse-swapping is one of the attrac
tions at Jackson (court. This is a time-
honored custom, (but it is now indulged
in with unusual interest. The swappers
assemble on the $Iartin institute hillside,
with their blooded and scrub stock,
■•President Cleveland is one of th«
reading of thc journal, resolutions may • mos t bashful nu n I ever saw in thc pres-
bc offered or motions to suspend the [ cncc 0 f ladies. The other day I called
rules to take up certain matters may be , upon him with a lady friend. Our visit
made and that hour is a prolific season ! wa9 partially on business and partially to
of lively passages. Before mak-, be social. When the President received
ing a motion or offering a resolution j us he was very graceful and composed,
necessary that the member; but thc moment he discovered that we in-
By a careful computation there are em-
: ployed in and about the numerous pack-
: ing establishments in the Peninsula 8,000
i men, women and children, white and
1 colored, in the various capacities of
1 shucking, washing, transferring and
: packing. There are five hundred boats
i called “orphans,” or boats that are not
| regularly engaged in the business, but used by the Indians for food,
| which are held in reserve fo dUka ox He motioned to Mrs. Williston to swal-
There are i,0Od dredging
Nogales. She was taken seriously
ill at Tucson, Arizona. One day
during her illness a Papago Indian, of
local notoriety as a “medicine man,”
visited Tucson from St. Xavier’s mission.
He was taken to Mrs. Williston’s rooms
and asked if he could tell her ailment.
He looked at her, had her describe the
pains and their locution, and then with
the exclamation, “Me sabc heap bad
spirit,” he rushed out and toward the
mission. In a few hours he returned
with herbs and a basket of mescal, a root
should be recognized by the Speaker and tended to delay and talk, oh, but how he
given the floor. That trick of “catching ], lushed! and how confused he became!
the speaker's eye” is one of the hardest £ was sorry for him and we soon got
things a new member has to learn. It is ‘ away.”
no unusual thing to see a member rise in , A very handsome widow, vivacious and
his place and cry “Mr. Speaker” time after voung, from one of thc best Southern
time for days in succession without even families, spoke the above to your corre-
bemgnoticcd.lt is customary for members spondent, savs a Washington letter to the
who understand their business to confer ; Indianapolis Journal
with the Speaker before the session open* ( “At first the President didn’t ask us
explain their purposes and get his prom- , t0 sit down,” continued the lady, “and
be to recognize them at the proper time. W e began to get red behind the ears;
One is scarcely ever at a lo*s for , but finally he recovered, and he was as
amusement while watching the sessions courteous as a Frenchman. Any one
of the House, nnd it does not take long to cou j d have seen, though, that the Presi-
understand why only a few men, and dcnt W as all the time wishing we would
those the ablest and strongest, ever at- leave. He doesn’t seem to know what to
tain to any degree of prominence m say to the ladies. Oh, but what a lover
Renresentatives. Even to be heard in the , j ie would make!”
hall requires lungs of iron, and to stand t
against the personal assault*, the contin-
ned strife for mastery, and the shrewd
political maneuvering, a member who
Every Time.
r m Every time I speak a kind word I am
aspires to take a prominent part must adding a brick to my temple of manhood.
X_? . 3 l , l ’ 4Sma T 4*11 ,1.n 4«s4ls T nilfl 4a mu.
J emergency. . w w
vessels, averaging twenty-fite tons each,
with 4,000 canoes, and smaller craft
which “tong” about six bushels each
daily during the season, which usually
begins about the 15th of September and
extends to the last of April, atmospheric
influence permitting, for a sudden tran
sition from extreme cold to a protracted
wurm, sultry weather is disastrous to the
business, and a phenomenal thunder
storm in February is death to the oyster.
There are afloat on these boats 15,000
men and boys.
The aggregate capital represented by
the several establishments is $1,000,000.
The product for thc year 1884 was 10,000,-
000 bushels, with a shipment approximat
ing 13,000,000 gallon*. The oysters are
packed in wooden tubs, varying in size
from two to twenty gallons, ana are dis
tributed over the Northern, Eastern and
Western States, Middle Pennsylvania
and Upper New York, receiving a large
proportion of trade. The trade in bulk,
or oysters in the shell, is gradually ex
tending beyond local limits, and in fa
vorable weather many tons are shipped
North, several of the most prominent
low the herbs. They made her deathly
sick, so much so that she almost died
from fright, thinking she had beeq
poisoned. The result, after a few hours,
was the emission of a dead lizard that
was fully four inches in length. It wss
apparently of a species common to the
East, but how it had managed to live
for so many years was the mystery. Mrs.
Williston says that but one explanation
occurs to her, which is that when a child,
and living at Phillipsburg, N. J., she
and her brother were accustomed'to
drink from a little brook that ran near
the house. They would scoop the watcr
up withYheir hands, and she thinks that
possibly in this way she swallowed tho
embryo lizzard. . Mrs. Williston’s re
covery has been rapid, and she is now
fairly on the way to a complete restora
tion to health. Though tne taking of
living objects into the system is not rare,
medical men say that this is one of tho
most remarkable cases on record.
Prince of Monaco, Charles HI.,
to immortalize himself by naming it
Monte Carb*. Blanc bought out the old
gambliug company for s million and *
half of francs, ami from that time till hit
death was lavish in his expenditure* o*
the extension and maintenance of th*
fairy-land lie hud created in the leviRtd
spot of the globe. The great Oasino wa*
formally opened in 1868 by a banquet, at
which all Monaco and a great deal of Pan*
was present. The whole establishment
is indirectly under the control of a com*
missioncr of tho Prince of Monaco, but
the chief funcion of this officer is
to draw his own salary and remit to hit
sovereign lii* share of the plunder. All
that money can do to make the outside
nnd inside of the* gambling-house attrao*
tivc luis lx-t-ti done. The gardens ar*
marvel* of ltcauty and floral wealth;
palms, olives, aloes, carob-trees, all th*
semi-tropical vegetation, flourish lux*
uriantly. The building is provided with
concert-hall, a reading-room, and par-
. jrs. all luxuriously fitted up. The great
hall devoted to roulette is in the Moorish
style, with a lofty ceiling, and window*
which look on one side to the square, o*
the other to the sea and the rocky height
of Monaca. Crowing two spacious ‘
arcades, the stranger enters a great gal
lery, in which are placed three tables,
for roulette, thc others for trente-eU
quarante. Here the throng of player*
assemble; some merely to pa»-a the time;
many, however, seriously and anxiously
studying cveiy turn of the wheel or every
spot on the cards. They are as solemn
as thc alchemists of old in their search
for thc philosopher’s stone, with tho
same Ann l>elief that an infallible method
will ono day be discovered. Play re
quires coolness, patience, and persever
ance as well as courage. At Monte Carlo
everything is perfectly fair; what tho
player bus to struggle with is thc advan
tage which the rules of the game give to
the table.
Tlic official*of thc Casino are numerous
—two inspectors who su|ierintcnd the
whole, inspectors oi thc tables, and an
army of croupiers (men who watch the
cards and collect the money). The latter
functionaries numl»cr seventy or eighty
in summer and 100 in winter, and are
dressed irreproachably in black, with
white ties. 'Flic croupiers, through some
mysterious cause, are mostly bald, and
have a wearied, melancholy look;
the other officials arc at the same
time cringing to those in authority or to
the rich habit nos of the place and over
bearing to those unfortunates who are
down on tlicir luck. Some oi tho losers
go out and kill themselves in the gar
dens, whieh unpleasant affairs are, if
possible, hushed up or attributed tosom*
other cause; a few have thc sense to run
away home; some come back regularly.
Nor is the pussiou for plnv restricted to
thc ruder sex. The tables have a potent
fascination for ladies of all ranks and
classes. Not a year passes without tho
report of some woman of wealth and.
position being a victim to her infatuation
for play. The crowd is a motley one.
As among the men we see the weak nnd
wickod, tlie pigeon and the rook, the
swindling adventurer and and thc mim o f
honor, so among thc women are Indies of
rank, mothers of families, innocent
daughters, ballet dancers, actresses and
the worst of female adventurers. A
calculating mother, an old hand at the
tables, often thinks that in this shifting
crowd her daughter will find a greater
chance for her career than anywhere else.
Some of the ladies, too, arc kind enough
to volunteer advice to players who seem
in doubt. “Put your monoy on seven
teen, monsieur,” die will whisper, “and
wc will divide if you win.” If sho is
pretty and the player is a fool, her ad
vice may be taken. But the steady player
will make no such bargain; like all gam-
glers, he is superstitious, and will ask *
child or a stranger to make a stake for
him, but he will not share his winnings.
He consults thc card on which he baa
pricked down thc winning and losing num
bers. It seems as if it would be safe to
pick out numbers that had not turned up
often, in thc hope that they would soon
appear; yet year* of observation and
study have never discovered a safe mar
tingale. In fact, as each turn of tho,.
wheel or deal of the cards i* independent
of all that have gone before it, the^
Mussel Stews.
The Rockland Courier- Qaztttt re ports a
« M ^ rw rival to the oyster which it thinks
houses sending 15^000 tons per annum. It will bring fame if not fortune to North
must be borne in mind that this repre- Haven, where the discovery was made.
combine great courage and physical Every time I tell the truth I add to my
strength and endurance with ready wit, ‘ >trength of character,
practical knowledge of parliamentary Every time I buy an article I im ca
mlet, and numerous other commanding couragmg the manufacturer or producer,
qualities.. It is little wonder that many [ Every time I speak cross and impetu-
men who enter upon a congressional j ously I'm weakening my nerve-power
_ career with t' *' 11 -j - jj.-—‘*‘ l ——
and acroaa the grounds, finally stopping j a reputation.
sente merely the industry as it exista in It seems rome enterprising cjtixen of that
the peninsula, and haa no reference to the pta*. "I th “ e f c *> developing home
trade in oyatera in Virginia waters, which, talent, conceived th* idea of making an
were it added, would swell the business oyster stew without the oyster, snbsUtu-
to prodigious proportions.—Philadelphia “"3 .>“ . P>«« bivalve
of the mussels with which the coast
chances of picking 6 w
ber or Qolor are just the *pme (it the hnn.^
dredth time as tho first time. One reads
and hoars very often that with a thousand
or two thou and francs one Con be sure
of winning fifty thousand francs a year.
Such statements are, of course, false, and
are thc inventions of knaves or fools. Aa
therc is always a certain jiercentagc iu
favor of the bank, the longer you play
thc more certain you arc to lose, just aa
you would lose if you taught all the
tickets in a lottery. The managers of the
Casino know this well, and know that
they have a still greater advantage over
many players—they have patience, and*
good sum in the boink. Wiint the profits
of Monte Carlo have becn it is impossible
to say. They are sufficient to keep the
Prince of Monaco in luxury, to adorn the
Casino, to run an opera-house and theatre
in the season, to lay out gardens, to ar
range horse races, yacht race* and every
kind of amusement, and to enable the
daughters of M. Blanc to ally themselva*
with the Radziwills and the Bonaparte*.
Many a hungry eye follows the blue-
liveried servants who carry off the bank,
and it* treasure when the game closet.
That is thc moral, “All you stake goea
off there.”—Harper'* Bazar.
(most of the latteV), prance np and down i career with the belief that they can make i and adding to the misery of some one.
* ‘ ' * ** * ** u are soon content to remain Every time I pay a debt I am doing
Chinese Paper.
Eighteen hundred year* ago the Chi
nese made paper from fibrous matter re
duced to a pulp. Now each province
under the shade of a tree or in some I “mute, inglorious” members, ambitious
fence corner, exchange saddles and i only for the privilege of printing their
bridles and ridi away to cheat or to be 1 undelivered speeches in the Record tor
cheated by some other jockey. Your I circulation among their constituents.—
correspondent saw one man who had | Philadelphia Call.
swappM twenty*-seven times Tuesday. I
He was riding th^ first hone he swapped
early in the i
during the day \
feet from Uie surface of the bog.
Railway men complain of the weight
and had put out ofthe passenger can now built, and
show by figures that an engine hauls be
tween five and six pounds of dead weight
, for every one pound of paying passen-
by one of the Rus- ger weight, reckoned when all the seats
the. coat of wood or . unfilled.
, The population of Australia doubles in
to a depth of twenty twenty you*; that of the United 8tates
I in twenty-six.
Ight and helping to put money in circu
lation. /
Every time I pay rent I am taking
tat much away from a home of my own.
Every time I refuse to do a favor when
can as well as not I prove that I am
growing mean.
Every time I refrain speaking in de
fence of a friend I prove that I am not a
friend.
Every time I spend a dollar foolishly
I am opening * pauper's grave.
Every time I give to distant charities
to the neglect of those at home I am
guilty of giving only for vain glory.
Every tone 1 borrow a newspaper I do
* very small act.—Aanjf’i Democrat.
French doctors are placing patients af- success. Such a stew had never been ma kes its own peculiar variety. The
dieted with gout on an entire milk diet eaten before. Local epicures now turn celebrated Chinese rice patter, that so re-
with success. The venerable French their noses at the oyster and vote it dccid- semblcs woolen and silk fabrics and ou
statesman, M. Barthelemy St Hiliare, has edly old-fashioned, and are preparing to wb ich are painted quaint birds and flow-
lived for years on milk. He rises at 5 impart their discovery to less enlightened e rs, m manufactured from compressed
o'clock, never wears an overcoat, and regions. Their missionaries have already pith, which is cut spirally by a keen
**” K - g«‘t as far as Rockland, and it is predicted knife into thin slices six inches wide and
that ere long the markets of all the big f
walks from his residence in Passy, a sub
urb, to the senate and institute and back.
The walls of Fort Sumter arc reduced
to a mass of ruins, over which twelve
guns are still mounted. The government
E ijs $200 a month for watchmen, who Journal.
cep lights burning for the guidance of
mariners.
. « v twice as long. Funeral papers, or paper
cities will abound with the legend imitation* of earthly things which they
“ North Haven mussels, twenty cents a desire to bestow ou departed friends, are
t nt.” It is enough to make the clam burned over their graves. They use
“ green with envy.—Lewiston {Me.)
A machine has becn invented, by
which bicyclists can train for races in
their own room. 'It is stationary.
paper window frames paper sliding
door*, and paper visiting raids a yard
long. It is related that when adistin-
At the great Sutton seed farm at Read- gushed representative of the British
ing. England; samples of all the grain government visited Pekin .several ser-
v<'-.-table, and flower seeds are tested to yonts brought him a huge roll, which,
a< rtain if they will germinate before wheivspread out on the floor, proved to-
» rr placed in packages for sale. be the visiting card of the emperor.