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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1874)
- THE BVU-TKNUKR'S STORY. BY PELEO AREWEIftHI, "When I knowed him at first there was suthln' A aort of a general air That was very particular pleaRin, and what you might call debonair. I'm aware that expression ia FrencUy, And ruther lugh-daddy, preuaps, Which accounts that I have the acquaintance Of several quality chaps, n. And such is the way they converses. But; pea kin' of this here young man, Ai'penrantly urtnr had shaped him Lha a (sort of liberal plan ; id guvfhiru good looks and good language, And manners expressin1 with vim His belief in hisself, and that others Was t as good fellers its him. 3 hev noticed (lm rather observin') That tht-m that is cheerfullest here Is the sort that is seldoino&t given To instuiin' theirseives in the fear That they ain't hein' thought of sufficient, Whatever's th company by. Or that somebody,somehow or other, Iatopptn' of Vm onto the sly. rv. But this chap that I mentioned waa pleasin', And neither stuck up nor stuck down, v. thought to be jolly agreeable Whenever h went around town. He Hf-ed to come sTfor his beverage Quite regular eveH?y night. And I took a considerable interest In mixin1 the thing about right. But he sot t iRcreasin' hi? doses. And took 'em more often, he did ; And it grovced on him faster and faster Till inter a bummer he slid. I was grieved to observa this here feller A sh y. -It:' hisself down the grade, And I Itt'Tnred him onto it sometimes At the rise of its siiUn' the trade. At last he got thunderin' seedy. And he Kist Iris respect for hisself, And all his high notions of honor Was bundled away on the shelf . But at times he was dreadful remorseful Whenever be'd stop for to think. And he'ci swear t reform hisself ireyuent, And t lid it by takin" a drink. vn. What saved that young feller ? A woman ! She done it the singlerest way : He come into the bar-room one evening He hadn't been drinkin' that da;), And sot hisself down to a table With a terrible sorrowful face. And he sot there a groanin repeated And cailin" hisself a gone case. VI IT. He was tt'inkin and thinkin' and thinkin. And cussin uisself and hi fate, And ended his thinkin as usual By-orderin' a Bourbon straight. He was holdin the glass in his fingers. Wheu into the place from the s.reet There come a young gal like a spirit, With a face that was powerful sweet. IX. And she glided right up to the table And took the glass gently away. And she says to him, "George, it is over, I xm only a woman to-day : I rejected you once in my anger. But I me to you lowly and meek, for I can't live without you, mv darling I thought I was strong, but I'm weak. i4 You are bound in a terrible bondage, And 1 come, love, to share.it with you ; Is There wharce in the deed? I can tear it, For at last to my love I am true ; ' I have turned from the home of my childhood. And I come to lover and friend, Xeaving comfort, contentment and honor; And I'll stay to the terrible end. XI. " Is There hunger and want in the future ? I'll share them with you and not shrink ! And together well join in the pleasures, The woes and the dangers of drink." Then she raised up the glass firm and steady, Bat her face was as pale as the dead M Here's to wine and the joy of carousals, The songs and the laughter," rhe said. Then he riz up, his face like a tempest, And took the glass out of her hand, And slung it away stern and savage And I tell you his manner was grand ! And he says. I have done witu it, Nelly. And Ill'tnrn from the ways I have trod, And I'll live to be worthy ol you, dear, So help me, a merciful God ! You have saved me, my love and my darling, On a noble and womanly plan ; Go back to your home till I seek you In the garb and the strength of a man ! " J seen that same feller last Monday, Ixok:u" nobby and handsome and game ; He way wheehn a vehicle, gen'lemen, And a baby was into the same. Stnc York Graphic. A NIGHT IN A SIGNAL-BOX. I am the -wife of an ex-signalman on the Uniform railway. His signal-box stands high up, -white and solitary, above a charming country. It is very hot in summer, when the sun shines on the glass, and very cold in winter, when the northeast wind howls around it, and whistles aerial music through the telegraph. It was an important lookout, for, within a mile of it, numerous lines in tersected each other, over which, day and night, trains were ever crossing and re-crossing, with hairbreadth escapes of collisions. When John waa courting me, he often made me tremble about it by saying, " Jane, that place is a trouble to me ; one day I know there will be a crash ; I feel it. A man can't be always in health. Even a signalman's brain will some time become dazed and muddled ; and then, if he makes a mistake, a smash must come." We were married, and John grew brighter and more cheerful, and I trust ed ke had forgotten that wretched pre sentiment of his about collision. After six months, however, it re turned, worse than ever. He used to read all the accidents ; and, when any of the officials were convicted for man slaughter or discharged for negligence, he would say, " That may be my case to-morrow, Jane ; then what's to become of you ?: I am aware most men would not have thought, like him, but he had the kind est, most sensitive heart. " John," I said at last, "why don't you quit the situation, and get some thing else ?" "Because a married man should never give up one employment before he's sure of uncther." "WU. then, dear, don't say any more, '? rou ll make me as nervous as yourh-.xi. " I had , esran to think about the cross- lines and the mail expresses as much as John himself, though I wouldn't let him know it. The signal box began to haunt me, and I used frequently to go to the turn of the road and look at it for nothing at alL That idea of a col lision was a monomania with John it was becoming so with me. A year went by safely, and, except for that miserable thought, no two persons could be happier than John and I, es pecially as we now had a little daugh ter, who, for a while, banished John's dread, and we talked hopefully of the future. Our prospects were better, for my husband unexpectedly heard from an uncle in Australia, who had made a comfortable fortune, and intended to return and live with his relations. " Who knows, Jane ? He was ever kind, and he may start me in some thing," said John, one evening, when I had taken tea to the signal box, and -was amusing Maudie with the colored lamps. I certainly will try, if if," lie added, looking thoughtfully up and down the lines, " nothing happens before." "For goodness sake, John, don't talk s like that 1 All has gone safely for four years ; surely it will continue to do so, with care." " I don't know that," he responded, gloomily. " It's the confounded Wyo ming express I fear. Within a space of a few minutes it crosses the Hensher mail, and often it's five minutes before it's time." "What do you do then, John?" I asked, hushing Maudie. " Why, then I turn the colored lamp : then the.express, knowing the mail train nasn t passed, slaokeus speed until it has. " " And if you were not to show that light ?" It would come on, eet into the same line with the mail, and the carriages would go into lucifer matches." U, Jonn, please don t. xou make my blood run cold." After that there was another fascina tion for me besides the signal box the colored lamps, by mistake or omission in the use of which I knew nob how many lives might be hurled to eter nity. 1 regarded them with awe. and over again and again asked John their use. Weeks slipped by, and we got another letter from Uncle Thompson. The ship which brought him from Aus tralia Had been delayqa by a severe gale in the Atlantic, but npw he was safe in England, and intended to come and see us. Rsate ! remarked John; "no one now-a-days can reckon on that, with long railway journey before him." John slightly exaggerated, of. course, but that autumn the collisions and ac cidents of all kinds were something fearful. Not a day passed but fresh collisions were recorded, and, with morbid interest, John used to read them, and make my soul quive-r by the remarks, "Such might just have been my case, Jane. No doubt the fellow was dead-beat. Only the mercy of Providence saves me from manslaugh ter, or a discharge through negligence. ' One oppressively warm evening he had. while at tea, been reading about more than usually terrible accident owing, it was stated, to the signalman, who had been on the lookout for six teen hours, making an error in the sig nals. Putting the paper down, he exclaimed, "Jane, how often have I felt as he de scribed, knowing how many lives might be dependent on me. How I pray Un cle Thompson may help us, and 1 may give the whole thing up !" Rising, he put on his hat ; he went on duty &t six. I watched him anxiously. Never had I felt more nervous, for I observed him nodding unconsciously to himself over his tea. Indeed, he looked so depressed I was half inclined to ask to go with him. But I knew he wouldn't consent, as it was against the rules ; while independent of which, the man who temporarily rilled his place was the greatest enemy John had, and would be sure to tell of him if he did so. I knew Richard Malin bore a bit ter enmity to my husband, and would gladly do an ill turn to one whose rival he had been. I was aware he never for gave mv accepting John and rejecting him. So I held my tongue, spoke -j cheerfully as I could, as I walked with him to the corner of the road, and waited until I saw him appear in the signal box, when I retraced my steps. I never felt so nervously restless as I did that night. I could settle to noth ing, so I sat down before the fire. I kept a light for John's return, and tried to divert myself with my baby, but the child soon slumbered, and 1 sat think ing until I, too, slept. The whole time 1 dreamt of nothing but railways. They were everywhere rushing about me, their shrill whistle deafening my ears. I beheld the ex press and the mail, with a noiseless hor ror, rushing toward each other, with lights seeming to laugh with fiendish mirth. Then there was an awful cry a crash, and a scene of destruction. I was awkened by my own cries. Irritated at being so startled, I bus tled about to forget the seence, put Maudie to bed, and again sat down by the fare and dozed. Scarcely had I done so, however when there arose before me a shadowy figure of indefinite form, pointing in the direction of the signal box. I moved restlessly, and put my hands before my eyes to shut it out. r many, I started, rose to my feet, and I could have declared the figure stood on the hearth-rug, in the fire-light, only it gradually melted into air. Just then the clock struck half-past ten. In half an hour the Wyoming express and Hensher mail would be due. At that I began to tremble violently, and throwing on my shawl, I determined to go and look at the signal box, and see if it was right. White mists had risen since 1 was last out ; and above them, rising as from a billowy sea, about a mile distant, rose the "look-out," distinct in the moon light. But where was John.? Generally could see him moving about : now, the place was apparently empty. What did it mean ? There was but one answer John was asleep. Never shall I forget the sensation that ran through my veins at that thought. The crown of my head seemed to liter ally lift up. Then why, I could never explain I ran back, seized Maudie and afterwards hurried to the signal box Rapidly I ascended ihe steps to the "look-out." I tried the door : it was fastened on the inside ; and what a sight met me within, through the glass. John sound asleep, his head on his arms. Calling him loudly, I shook the handle. He did not stir. All was silent, save for the monotonous tick of the clock, beating out the latal minutes above his head. 1 dared not delay. dashed in the glass, put in my hand turned the key, and entered. Even thiB did not arouse him. "John !" I called, shaking his shoul der, "what is the' matter with you? "Wake up ! It's eleven ; the express is coming ! ' He breathed heavily, but made no sign. What was tne matter wiin mm r He appeared in no natural sleep. In my alarm at the flying moments, fond mother as I was, I forced Maudie to cry, hoping that might awaken him. It did. Slowly he looked up heavily ; but only to sink back to sleep. At the same moment I heard in the distance the faint whistle of the express train. It was coming, and the Hensher mail had not yet passed. The terror of a whole life was condensed in those few minutes. The collision John had foretold had come at last. All my efforts to arouse him were futile. I stood alone ; the trains were rushing to their fate. I saw the awful sight of my dream real ized ; I saw men, women and children in one fearful heap, amid broken car riages. My head reeled ; I turned sick ; then the intensity of my fright appar ently cleared my brain. Why should I not save them ? As the question occurred, the whistle of the advancing mail sounded. Look ing right and left, I perceived the glow ing lights of each engine coming nearer for the line was clear. I waited no more. I recalled what John had told me, and turned the signal lantern for the express to slacken speed. Eagerly. breathlessly I watched Had I, after all made a mistake? Yes the lights still approached. No they had stopped. the next moment the signal box was shaken to its base by the rush of the mail train beneath it. I watched it fly off in the distance, turned the light, heard the Wyoming express in its turn wheel under me, and knew, as I fell insensible on the floor, that nearly two hundred people had been on the brink of the grave, and that I had saved them. My baby's cries, however, soon re called my senses, when, fetching water, I dashed it over John, and at last brought him to. I shall ever remember his look when I told him what had oc curred. He could not believe the mail had passed ; but I proved it to him be yond a doubt. "I can't make it out, Jane," he ex claimed. " I have not the slightest recollection of going to sleep. Iu fact, I w is doing all I could to keep awake. It must be my cold. " " What is that?" I asked, abruptly, pointing to a glass. "Part of a tumbler of beer Dick Malin left me," he answered. I saw it all. The beer had been drugged to work our ruin. John would not hear of it. There being no more trains, we went home, I taking the beer with me. "John," I said, when there, "I'm going to show I am right about Richard Malin. See !" And, before he could prevent me, I had drank the contents of the glass. A quarter f an hour after, I was in a dead sleep as he had been. But this act had destroyed any proof we had against Richard Malin, who, however, confirmed our belief by dis charging himself from his situatiou. But the most singular part of the affair was, in that very express train traveled Uncle Thompson, who had come down to see us. When he heard of his narrow escape, and how I had saved him, he vowed he never would forget it. He kept his word. He started John in business, lived with us, and made his will in our favor. Now ex press and mail trains no longer give us sleepless, nights, though we never travel by rail without thinking of that fearful night in the signal box. A Chinese Dentist. In priority of time the Chinese are ahead of us in some of the arts of civili zation, but in most of the finer and higher kinds of art, as surgery, etc., j their prohciency is little removed irom ; half-savage bungling. A correspondent ! of the Cincinnati Commercial describes 1 Chinese dentistry, and gives us an idea j of what the Shanghai-tooth carpenters j amount to as professionals : The native j dentists are the merest charlatans, and practice as magicians and cure-alls, i They insert artificial teeth of the sea- j horse, which are kept m place by cop- j per-wire wrappings or fastenings to the adjacent natural teeth, and charge about ! three cents per tooth for the operation. ; Teeth are extracted by a hocus-pocus i process which the dental impostor calls coughing up. he method ol ex- ; traction is this : The dentist applies a ! white powder represented to be-the salt extracted irom the sweat ot the horse Dr. Eastlake found this white powder ! to be nothing more or less than arsenic, which causes the gum to slough, when the tooth is easily removed by the oper ator's fingers. But the Chinese method of curing the toothache was what puz zled him most, ana longest defied de tection. The operations, it should have been stated, are all performed in a tem ple or in the spce in front, under a large umbrella, the idea being that re ligious ceremony is in some way con nected with them. Toothache is caused by a maggot which gets into the tooth somehow or other while the patient is asleep, or while he is laughing immod erately. It must be removed alive, or the patient will go mad. He is, there fore, placed on a seat ana his heaa thrown back. The dentist inserts a long pair of forceps, and, after fumbling around for a tew seconds, produces be tween the nippers a little wriggling black maggot, the cause of the whole trouble. Dr. Eastlake witnessed this operation repeatedly, but it was only after obtaining surreptitious possession of the forceps that he discovered the trick. He found that one arm of the forceps only was of iron ; the other was of bamboo, painted to resemble the other. In the hollow of the bamboo were found a number of little black maggots, probably obtained from de cayed vegetables or decomposing mat ter. When necessary to do service, the operator simply squeezed the bamboo above, and the maggot was ejected from the small end of the instrument to the mouth, and then adroitly taken between the nippers and held up triumphantly before the gaze of the astonished and grateful patient relieved. The opera tions witnessed were dispatched with astonishing rapidity, and the patients hurried away, as that part of the per formance was essential to the success of the operation. Power of Music. The New York Tribune announces the latest proof that " music hath charms to soothe the savage beast." The proof came from from Onondaga county, re gion of salt and Cardiff giants. An in telligent young farmer endeavored to try a three-yoke team of steers. The nigh steer in the middle yoke lay down and refused to move. After lashing, kicking and prodding the animal, the in telligent young farmer bethought him of a lively sourge, "the necessary cat." Thomas was placed upon the shoulders of the refractory steer and pulled tail wards by the tail. His claws made deep furrows down the back of the re luctant steer, but without locomotive effect. A second trial was made, but with no better results. At the third, Thomas, who had borne the strain upon his tail long enough, rendered a strain of his own, which curdles the midnight blood and starts the householder for the boot-jack. The music worked to a charm. The reluctant steer arose as though the caterwauling came from Gabriel's trump, and tested the strength of yoke and chain. Opportunity to Try an Organ Before Purchasing. Many a person is half persuaded that a Cabinet Organ would be a capital thine for his family ; worth much more than its cost. Yet they are not sure that it would be permanently valued, but fear that after a few months' use the family would tire of it, and so it would prove a poor investment. The Mason & Hamlin Organ Co. now offer their famous Cabinet Organs on terms which will satisfy all such. They will rent an organ with privilege of pur chaser The party hiriDg may try it as long as he pleases, paying only the rent for it while so doing. If he concludes to purchase within a year, all the rent he has paid is allowed and deducted from the price of the organ. Yon had better lend a man your name on a bill than lend him yomr umbrella, because the first is pretty sure to be returned. Current Paragraphs. Wisconsin's old girl is 104 years old. It takes 260 rails to lay a mile of rail road track. Preferred creditors are those who do not dun. Saratoga Springs were patronized by tKe elite of 1792. SrnrHUR comes from Vesuvius ; there fore it is good for eruptions. A bpoonftjtj of brown sugar added to flour paste makes it stickier. New York has just lost a hundred-and thirteen-year old centenarian. England and Scetland are said to contain 600,000 habitual drunkards, in cluding both sexes. The good, old-fashioned recreation of nine-pins is destined to lose its charms now that a machine has been invented which enables the players to set up the pins themselves without going down the alley. From 1801 to 1873 the Bible has been circulated in 271 languages over 131, 000,000 copies. Last year every hour of each working day 1,"300 Bibles were printed, over 16,000 every day, and in languages spoken by 700,000,000 of people. After reading that meerschaum is manufactured into a choice cosmetic for ladies, one need not be surprised to hear that excellent plates for artificial teeth are now made of fish-scales dis solved and combined with certain fibrous and adhesive substances. I he coolie trade m Cuba is taintari with horrible abuses. The poor China man is bound out for a term of years, and though the term may be short, it is long enough, in the hands of the heart less overseer, to wear out heart and body. Under this accursed traffic, only one out of twenty coolies ever survives the term of slavery and returns to his native land. Steamers now leave New York for Europe every day but Monday and Fri day throughout the year. There has always been a prejudice among sailors against sailing on Friday (the super stition being that it is an unlucky day), but of late the feeling seems to be so much modified that another year will probably witness steamers starting on their ocean voyage on Friday the same as on other davs. In an ordinary piano there are fifteen kinds of wood, namely : Pine, maple, spruce, cherry, walnut, wnitewood, apple, basswood, birch, mahogany, ebony, holly, cedar, beech and rose wood, from Honduras, Ceylon, England and South America. There are used of the metals, iron, steel, white metal, gun metal and lead. There are in an instrument of seven and a half octaves. 214 strings making a total length of 787 feet. Such a piano will weigh from 600 to 1,000 pounds. It must be said that matters are get ting to an alarming extent promiscuous at Salt Lake, the salt of which is rapidly I losing us savor. The latest novelty is j the doctrine preached by a Mrs. Olsen. ! She is an excellent Mormon rather too good a one in fact for she has publicly ueciareu mar sue would like to have three husbands one to live with and love her, and the other two to help sup port her. Wc don't see why Mrs. Olsen's doctrine is not as good as Brig ham's. At any rate it reduces polygamy to an absurdity if any such reduction were needed. Perhaps the smartest little eight year old in the world is Charley Trip lett, of Cedar Township, ' Iowa. This bit of a boy has worked as a full hand in me neia tins summer, running a three-horse double plow, tending his own team, and keeping up with the smartest. He now drives a milk wagon to a cneese iactory, and makes him self generally useful in the dairy line, moreover, Charley Eight-year- old is a capitalist, with fifteen acres of wheat of his own, and an interest in sundry colts and calves. If he goes on as he Las begun he will own all Iowa before he is 50 years old. Nashua. Ogle county, HI. , has a wild man. He inhabits the neighboring woods, and wears a dress which sug gests that he has employed the State prison tailors. He has been pursued by boys, who report that his face is covered with a pasteboard mask, with painted lions on the cheeks, and that his feet are enveloped in rag carpet He is a wild man of the timid sort, and flees from the small boy as from the wrath to come. His gray hair hangs down his shoulders. He also groans ana growls use a bear, and clears a four-board fence with agility. Some times he walks on his hands and feet and altogether he is a rare bird. A capitaij of one hundred thousand pounds sterling is being raised in Lon don, by joint stock subscription, for the establishment of a morning and evening newspaper upon what is spe cifically defined as a " commercial" basis. In short, as we understand the scheme, this journal, while giving all the news very fully, is to sell its politi cal, literary, and other editorial services to the public, just as a great lawyer puts his abilities at the command of all paying clients ! Professional editors of the best rank are to be placed over all the different departments ; and, in fact, this original newspaper is to be con ducted strictly in accordance with the commercial principles of any other business. A French Tragedy. Fashionable French society is ap palled at a tragedy which occurred quite recently. M. Valentin, who had been the fashionable tailor of Paris and had made a fortune, retired with his wife to Mandres to live. Their son had won unusual honors at the Cavalry School at Saumur, and the day of tragedy had re turned home with a friend to receive the parental congratulations. The do mestic', life of the Valentins was ren dered miserable by the continual jeal ously of the lady, which, as it was with out cause." was less endurable. On the occasion of the return of young Valen tin, his father was witnessing a game of billards between the lads, when his wife called him up-stairs. With a joke about prompt obedience to superior officers. M. Valentin left the room. A few minutes after wards six pistol shots were heard, and on examination the young dragoon found both his parents dead. It was evident that another attack of jealousy had seized Mad. Valentin, that her husband had become enraged at the an noyance on such a joyous occasion, and had shot his wife and. himself to end it forever. The ashes of a letter were found in the room; having probably been burned by one of the parties be fore the quarrel commenced, as tne shots were fired in too rapid succession to justify the belie' that the husband had destroyed it after killing his wife. A mania for sympathy never wrought a more dismal tragedy than this consti tutional jealousy. FARM AND HOME. Canada Thistles. It is a good plan to apply salt to Canada thistles growing in pastures. The thistles should be cut in time to prevent seeding. All the. salt allowed to the stock in the pastures should be placed on the thistles a, small handful to each. Sheep thus tempted will en tirely destroy the weeds'. Rochester Democrdt. A Good Whitewash. To make whitewash that will not wash off by the rain : One peck of lime should be slacked in five gallons of wa ter, in which one pound of rice has been boiled until it is all dissolved. The rice water should be covered up clo&ely until the lime is slacked. Then a pound of salt should be added, and the wash heated to boiling when used. i- as 1 filing Hogs. Hogs intended for fattening should be pushed now. A pound of corn now will lay on more fat than a pound and a half in cold weather. Besides, early pork pays better usually than that made in winter. The butchers want light pigs, and will pay fairly for them. Give the swine plenty of water and shade, but not much range. Hops. In Sweden a strong cloth is manufac tured from hop stalks. The stalks are gathered in autumn, and soaked in wa ter during the whole winter. The ma terial is then dried in an oven and woven as flax. The buds or hops can be used as an esculent, and when boiled will do as a substitute for asparagus. The tendrils, when young, may be used in the same way. A Farmer's Experience. That success of farming is experience. That to ask a man's advice is not stooping, but often of much benefit. That to keep a place for everything, and everything in its place, saves many a step, and is pretty sure to lead to good tools, and to keep them in good order. That it is a good thing to grow into farming and not jump into it. That kindness to stock, like good shelter, is a saving of fodder. That by making home pleasant you keep your boys out of the city. That to ugut weeds is to tavor grain, and to do j ustice to your neighbors. That it is a good thing to keep an eye open to experiments, and note all both good and bad. That it is a good, paying thing to take papers, keep posted, 'and be sociable with the neighbors. Horses at Rest; There is no reason for anxiety from the fact that a horse does not lie down when he sleeps. It is natural to many horses to sleep on their feet, and no doubt it is a good thing that they can do so. A hard worked horse can catch nianv a nap while stopping for a short rest, if he is not dependent upon lying down. .Nevertheless, it is good lor a horse to lie down at night, and there is no better way of inducing him to do so than to give him a clean, dry bed in a roomj stall. A horse that has ever lain down in a narrow stall, and had trouble in getting up, will surely, if he is an in telligent animal, be cautious about sub jecting himself to like embarrassment a second time. A change of stall, too, is very likely to enect a change in habit, especially if any accident has happened to him in his old stall. Sowing Plaster. A correspondent of the Country uentlcman writes : iiecently 1 saw a plan of sowing this fertilizer, newtome, that was efficient and very expedi tious. Several bushels were placed in the rear end of a wagon box : the sower sitting on a stool or what is easier. placing his knees in the plaster, and facing the rear end of the box. As the team moves along, about ten feet from jthe fence, the sower fills his right hand with plaster, throws it quickly to the left : as the body moves to the right fills the left hand with plaster and hurls it to the right, and continues thus alter nately. An active boy can by this plan sow more plaster in a half day than two strong men ; and with a few moments' practice sow it equally as even. II the ground is qnite hard it will answer to sow plaster m this way on spring sown grain ; but it is especially recommended for clover ground. A strip of twenty leet in width is sown at each passage across the field in any direction, so that the dust may not ny on the horses : the wagon tracks being a sufficient guide for the return trip. Pastures. One of the great advantages of nat ural pastures is, there are varieties lol lowing each other, so that there is al ways a profusion of young and tempt ing herbage for all kinds of animals ; then another great desideratum is gained by a crop always sure without any plowing or cultivation, or seed ; ar-d this saving ol labor and wearing ot im plements is important in tins country of dear manual help. America might be a very great sheep country, and in stead of buying wool, might sell it to bring in more than all the corn does, and it is positively certain, n nan tne land now in cultivation was put into grass, and brought up to a proper state of fertility, and the half of all new land was held inviolable, the moiety which was under cultivation for the growth of corn and grain would produce more than double per acre on account of the more careful working of the soil and the increased quantity of manure ob tainable througn the keeping of so much more live stock ; for when pas tures and mowings have become once established on good fertile ground, it is a wonderful assistance to the arable land to have an equal quantity of grass land on the farm. Rochester Democrat. A Cheap Cellar Bottom. In sections of the country where there is an abundance of cobble-stones, collect a few loads of them about four or five inches in diameter, grade the bottom of the cellar, lay the cobbles in rows, and ram them down one-third their thick ness into the ground, so that they will not rock nor be sunk below the line of the rows by any heavy superincumbent pressure, such as the weight of a hogs head of molasses or a tierce of vinegar. The bottom of the cellar should be graded so that the outside will be at least two inches lower than the middle. A mistake sometimes occurs by grading the cellar bottom in such a manner that the center will be two or three inches lower than the outside. When this is the case, should water enter from the outside it will flow directly toward the middle. A straight-edged board should be placed frequently on each row of stones as they are being rammed, so that the upper sides maybe in line with each other. After the stones are' laid and well rammed down, place a few boards on the pavement to walk on ; then make a grouting of clean sand and water-bme or Rosendale cement, and Dour it on the stones until the inter- a. stices are filled. As soon as the grout ing has set spread a layer of good ce ment mortar one inch thick over the top of the pavement, and trowel the surface off smoothly. In order to spread the mortar true and even on the sur face, lay an inch board one foot from the wall on the surface of the pave ment, stand on the board, and fill the space with mortar even with the top of the boad ; after which move the board one foot ; fill the space with mortar and trowel it off smoothly. Such a floor will cost less than a board floor, and will endure as long as the superstructure is kept in repair. - A floor built in the foregoing manner on the ground in the basement of a barn, a piggery or stable, would be rat proof, and would be cheaper and more serviceable than a plank floor. The work should be done in the former part of the growing season, so that the cement may have sufficient time to be come dry and 1 ard before cold weather. Selected. Domestic Recipes. Gooseberries and raspberries in con junction make an estimable jam. Moldiness. Preserves and jellies may be kept from moldiness by cover ing the surface with pulverized loaf sugar ; thus protected they will keep for years. : Detroit Press. A butter stamp should always be washed m cold salt water before it is used. If soaked in hot water the but ter will stick to it, but never if soaked in cojd brine. The sa!t absorbed keeps it moist while in use. Catskill Apple Pudding. One pint sweet milk, four eggs beaten to a froth, one teaspoonful soda, a little salt, flour enough to make a stiff batter, four large apples, chopped ; mix well, or, rather, stir ; bake in deep tins ; serve hot, with butter or sugar or sweetened cream. JemjY Rolls. Take three eggs, one- half cup of sugar, a cup of flour, a tea spoon! ul of soda, or, m lieu ot the soda and cream of tartar, a teaspoonful and a half ot baking powder ; bake in thin cakes : spread with jelly, and roll up with the jelly side in ; cut in slices across the roll. Country dent. Apple Pudding Without Pastry. Pare and cut up enough apples to weigh two pounds. Boil them and rub through a colander. Add a large spoon ful of butter while they are hot, and when cold add half a pound of crushed white sugar, six well-beaten eggs, and the grated rind of a lemon. Pour the mixture into a deep dish and bake for half an hour. Non-Poisonous Fly Papbr. Put one pound quassia wood in five pounds wa ter and iet stand over night in a warm place. The decoction is then boiled down to about two pounds. The wood is afterward put in two pounds fresh water and boiled down to one pound. The two decoctions are mixed, one-half to three-fourths pound sugar added and paper passed through it, drained and hung on lines to dry. Ordinary unsized blotting paper is usually em ployed, and may have something printed on it before saturation with the quassia solution. Cocoanut Cracknels. To a quart, good oatmeal, medium grade (that usu ally known as Scotch oatmeal), add a spoonful of sugar and 4 of desiccated cocoanut, or 6 of freshly-grated cocoa nut. Then add 3i gills of boiling wa ter, or what will bareJy wet it, so that it can be rolled out. Flour the board well and roll to about one-fifth of an inch thick, cut out with a cake cutter, stick a currant in the center of each, and bake in a moderate oven about 20 minutes, or until they will break readily between the thumb and fingers. Watch them closely, that they do not brown. Serve them as cake. To Preserve Grapes. First, pick off all unsound or unripe ones, and ly the clusters in an empty room on papers until dry, for in all packages some will be crushed and dampen others. Then any empty crate will do to pack them m. r irst a layer of grapes, then a thickness of paper, so as to exclude air and keep them separate, then grapes and then paper, and so no until you have three or four layers no more than four. If the box is to hold more, put in a partition to support the others that are to be paeked. We packed hundreds of pounds thus last year, and they kept perfectly until the middle of March, and, had the supply not been exhausted, they could have been kept much longer. Cor. New York Tribune. A Squirrel's Leap. Recently a little red squirrel, having been pestered considerably by the lads above the saw-mill of Eben Webster & Co., on Marsh Point, Oroso, took ref uge for life by running up the large brick chimney near the mill. By cling ing to the corner he kept foothold so well that he succeeded in reaching the very top. Here he found himself upon the iron cap, 105 J feet from the ground. As more and more of the waste stuff from the mill was added to the furnace the chimney grew hotter, and his situa tion became more and more disagreea ble. He tried to descend upon the side of the chimney, but, after getting down a few feet, gave it up, turned about and went back. .By this time the chimney top had become so hot that he must leave it, so, after looking about care fully for a few minutes, he evidently made up his mind that he must leap to save his life, and this he did, spreading out his legs and balancing himself so that he struck the ground about fifty feet from the base uninjured, and im mediately scampered off and secreted himself under a pile of boards a little distance away. Bangor Me.) Whig. There are, it seems, in Eugland and Wales, according to the Inclosure Com missioners, nearly 900,000 acres of com mons, which are apparently suitable tor ordinary cultivation, but which have been left uncultivated for some reason or other. There are also nearly a million and a half acres of commons which are unsuitable for cultivation, much of it being capable, perhaps, of much improvement for pasture. Of the former there are, in Devonshire, 85,172 acres ; in the West Riding of York shire, 60,642 acres ; in the North Riding, 53,721 acres, and in the East Riding, 10,599 acres ; in Cornwall, 45,457 acres ; in Surrey, 42,936 acres ; in Hampshire, 41,502 acres ; and in Dorset, Westmore land, Cumberland, Glamorganshire, Lancashire. Somerset, Montgomery shire, Breconshire, Sussex, Northum berland, extents varying between 36,041 acres in the first-named and 19712 aeres in the last. Of the latter, the North Riding of Yorkshire had 200, 051" acres, and the West rtiding, 1 bo, 1 81 acres Cumberland, 160,168 acres ; Westmore land, 144,604 acres ; Breconshire, 120, 288 acres ; Montgomeryshire, 85,958 acres ; Merionethshire, T2,oo0 acres ; Devonshire, 79,885 acres ; and lesser ex tents in Radnorshire, Carmarthenshire, Lancashire, Durham, Denbighshire. Northumberland, Glamorganshire, Car- uiganamre, etc., etc. He Thought He Loved Her, and then He Wasn't Snre about It. Joe was a freshman at Cornell. He had long felt a preference for Miss Carrie , of Toledo, and when he came home for the summer vacation, and they went rowing on the Jlaumee one evening, the stillness of the water, the mellowness of the moonlight and the enticing solitude were too much for Joe, and after holding Carrie's little hand awhile, and trying to teach her how to row on the same seat with him, which Carrie found quite difficult especially as the oars were of the spoon fashion he succumbed to the demoral izing influence of the scene and pro posed, and before he could say Tom Collins he had a pretty girl sobbing in his aims. " It will be three years before I graduate. Can you wait until then, darling ?" Carrie was twenty-one, Joe nineteen. She seemed a little bit startled, but said, "Yes, love. " Joe had had time to think about it now, and there came into his mind a faint suggestion that he might have been just a trifle premature, and he wondered if he really loved Carrie. "Father thinks I had better take a couple of years at the Yale Law School after I get through the literary course," he faltered. A piteous expression was on Carrie's face, but it softened into one of calm resignation as she sighed, "Yes, love." But he heard her whisper faintly to herself, " Five years !" His guilty conscience confirmed the sus picion that he did not adore her as he should. He commenced with desper ate calmness, and ended with a shriek : " Uncle says that I must finish off with four or five years at the German Uni versities, and then I want several years to travel " Carrie looked wild and fainted. She has concluded she won't wait. Mr. L. A. Piaget, a Paterson jeweler, has secured from a Holland woman what is believed to be the oldest timepiece in America. According to the stamp ing on-the face and in the works it was made by " Quare, London, A. D. MDCX.,"" which would make the wateh about two hundred and sixty-four years old. The outside case is tortoise shell, lined with silver and copper, the shell being handsomely polished and adorned with silver figures. The hours are placed about half-way between the center and the rim, and the minutes are marked on the outer edge. The watch is nearly an inch and a half thick, and a clumsy thing compared with the graceful timepieces of the present day. Ingenious. Owners of valuable horses that pace rather than trot, will be glad to know that a blacksmith has changed the gait of a pacing horse to that of a trotter by simply fastening an extra pair of shoes, heavier than usual, to his forefeet, and taking them off at all other times. The sudden change of weight on his forefeet forces the horse to change his gait. Probably no one disease is the cause of bo mnoli bodily misery and unhappineso (and the disease is almost universal among the American people) as dyspepsia. Its causes are many and various, lying chiefly in the habits of our people. 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The great source of disease crim inates in the bloou : and no medicine toat does riot act directly upon u. to purify and renovate, has any Just claim upon public attention, when the blood becomes lifeless and stagnant, either fr m change of weather or climate, want of exercise. Irregular diet, or from any other cause, the Veok tikb will renew the blood, carry off the putrid humors, cleanse the stomach, regulate the bowels, ana impart a tone of vigor to the whole body. The conviction is, in the public mind as well as in the medical profession, that the remedies suppl.ed by the V9table Kingdom are more safe, more success fui, in the curat I disease, than mWiural medicines Vbobtikb is composed of roots, barks and herbe. It is pleasant t take, and perfectly safe to give an intant. In Scrofula the Vbobtisb has per formed wonderful eures where many other reme dies have failed, as will be seen by the f ollowaig unsolicited testimonial: A Walking Miracle. Mb. H. B. 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