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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1879)
BLOWS A WIT. There were three of them-Kitty, Mary. and little Tommy the children of the station-master at Black Kiver Junction, on the Great Southwestern Railroad. ntctfui alone on the mwn DKMV - prairie, miles and miles frnm anywhere in particular. Black river flowed through, the mountains, a hundred miles away to toe norm; ana on sunny uays, the snowy mountains could lie seen glimmering on the grassy horizon. The line leading to the Black river met the Southwestern here, and thus it was the rlace was called Black River 0 U"Vv". . rrka utntirm.mn.Ktar and his wife and three children lived in the little depot quite happy, out mere was not an other family within ten miles in any di reibiuu. At times the children thought it rather lonely. There was nothing in particular to be done except to watch the trains that stopped at the Junction several times a day. Once in a while, a freight car would be left on the side track, and the children Boon found that an empty freight car makes a capital play house. They could keep house in the corners and make visit, or sit by the open door and mako believe tuey were uavmg One morning they were awakened by Kiiriniiit hnmiuinor sound out of doors. and they all scrambled up and looked out of the window, .now uie winu am i.inurl Tt whistled and roared round the house and ployed on the telegraph wires upon the rooi as upon a uuge imiy. as the wires were fastened to the roof, the a Great music box. with ilVUV 0 r the children inside. After breakfast the morning trains arrived, but the wind was 40 high that the passengers were glad to lmrrv from one train to another as quick ie, ao. tuissiblo. Then the trains went away, and the great wind harp on the roof sang louder than ever. The station-master said it blew a gale, and that the children must stay in the house, lest they be blown away into the 1 lm lost. The station-master's wife said it was a pity the children must fitAv in the Louse all day. mere was u onmtv frfiiffht car upon the side track thev micht play in that. The station-master thought this a good idea 1.2 tinlr Kittv bv the hand and Tom my in his arms, while Mary took hold of his coat, and they oil went out into the empty car. wnewi now it am Mnwt Thev enrtainlv thoncrht that they would be lifted up by the wind and blown quite into the Bky. me empty car was warm and snug, and, once in side, they were quite out of the way of the wind. Mary thought the rear end would be a Yrrvl nlfipn to keen house, but Tommv preferred the other end, so they agreed . . i i 1 1 i . i ii . ... to keep nouse at doiu euu oi iuc emiuj car. This was a nice plan, as it gave tlinm n. ehance to visit each other, and the open part by the door made a grand promenailo to want on. T.nndpr and louder roared the cale. Safe and snug in tho car, they went on with their play and thought nothing of the weather outside. H.ifiiinnl v the car seemed to shake, and they stopped in their housekeeping and rau to the door to see wnat nau nop "Why, it's moving! Somebody's push ing it," soul Mary. "They are taking us away on the freight train. Come, we must get out." "I didn't hear the whistle," said Tom my. "I guess something is pusinng me oar." The girls leaned out of the door to see what had happened. Why, where was tl.o nlntfnrm ? What was the matter witi. ti.n xntinn ? It was movinir away No, it was the car. It had left the siding and had rolled upon tne main line aim was moving faster and faster along the "Oh, we must get out! They are taking us away!" "No, no," said Kiity. "We must stay here till the brakesman comes round. I didn't hear them when they took us on the train." "There isn't any train," said Tommy, looking up and down the line. "Oh, it's the wind! It's blowing tho car away. We must put on the brakes and stop it." This was o good plan, but how were thoy to carry it out? The break wheel was on top of tho car, and they were in side. Faster and faster rolled the car. It began to rattle and roar as if dragged along by a swift engine. In a moment, Tommy began to cry. Mary tried to look brave, and Kitty stared hard at the level prairie flying past. It was of no use. Thoy all broko down together and hod a hearty cry alone in the empty car as it rolled on and on before the gale. The station-master's wife rolled up her sleeves and put the house in order while the children were safely out of the way. The station-master, feeling sure the chil dren wero safe in the freight car, sat in his office nearly all the morning. At last, tho beds were mode, the dinner put on the fire, ond the mother wondered how the girls were getting on in their play-house on the track. She threw a shawl over her head and went out on the platform. At once, the wind blew the shawl over her face, and she could not see exactly where she stood. Turning her back to the wind she legan to call the children. How loudly the wind roared through the telegraph wires! Perhaps they could not hear in all this din. May be they were inside the car oi.t of hearing. She walked along to ward the siding. Not a thing to be seen! She wondered if there had not been a mistake? Perhaps the car was on the other side track? No, the rails were unoccupied as far as she could see in every direction. Whot did it mean ? What had happened? She staggered back into the station and startled her husband with a cry of despair. ' 'The car I The children ! " The station-master ran 'out npon the platform and looked up and down the lino. Not a car in sight! It had been blown away before the terrible wind, and was perhaps at this instant rolling swiftly onward with its precious load to destruction. What would hapjen to it ? Would it meet a train or run into a sta tion ? Would the children try to get out, or would they stay in the car tilljt was wrecked ? He sprang to the door of the depot to telegraph the terrible news down the line, but jnst as he opened the door he saw a faint white clond on the western horizon. It wa a train- Help aa coming. At the same instant his wife appeared with new grief and terror in her eyes. "I cannot get a call in either direc tion. The wires are blown down." "This only added to the danger, for there was now no means of sending word in advance of the runaway car. It must go on to its fate without help or warning. "Help is coming, mother. Here's a train bound east." Nearer and nearer came the train, and the father and mother stood watching it as it crept along the rails. It seemed as if it would never come. At last, it reached the platform and proved to be a passenger train bound up the Black River Road and not intended to go in the direction in which the car had been blown away. The instant it stopped, the station-master ran to tho engineer and told his terrible story. The mother, with quicker wit, found the conductor and demanded that the engine be taken off and sent after the children. The conductor was a man of regular habits, and such a bold request struck him as something extraordinary. Take the engine off, and leave tho train and passengers waiting at this lonely station? The idea was preposterous! Some of the passengers gathered near and asked what was the matter. Three children lost, blown away in an empty car. Some one said: "Yes, go at once. We can wait till the engine re' turns." The conductor said he must telegraph for instructions; but some one said the wires are down," and the people only cried out the more, "Let the engine go? so the mother ran to the tender and began to pull out the pin, that the engine might start. "Hold on. marm." said a brakoman. "I'll cast her off. You jump aboard if you want to go, too. Fire up, Jack, and make hor hum. It was all done in a moment, and away flew the engine, leaving the conductor and the station-master staring in surprise at this singular proceeding. Tho station master did not feel very happy. He had half intended to go with the engine, but it would never do to leave his post. "Fire steady, Jack," said the engineer to the fireman. "It s no use to get ex cited, for we're in for a long race." "It's enough to make a fellow excited, to see that woman, said the fireman. The engineer turnod round, and there by his side stood the mother, her eyes strmmng ahead down the lino m searcn of the niissincr ones. "Oh, sir! open the throttle wide. Don't trv to save coal at such a time as this. "We must keep cool, marm, ond go steady, or we shall run out of coal and water and come to a stand-still on the line." The woman said not a word, but nod ded mournfully and leaned against the side of the cab for support, and then the fireman gave her his seat, where she could look out ahead over the line. How the engine shook and roared! The littlo fingers of the steam-gauge trembled and rose higher and higher as the steam pres sure increased over the raging lire. The engine seemed to be eating up the track in front, ond behind the track spun out like shining ribbons in the sun. Ihe station and train had already sunk down out of sight, and the grassy horizon on either side seemed to fly away in a kind of gigantic waltz. The wind died owoy to a dead calm, and in a few moments a littlo breeze sprang up and blew in at the front windows. "We are beating the wind," said the engineer. "If we can keep this pace up we shall soon overtake them. "How long have they been gone?" shouted the fireman above the roar oi the engine. "I don't know," screamed the woman, without taking her eyes from tho hori zon, where the rails met the sky. "It may have been two hours or more. They were playing in the empty car." "How did bIio get out of the siding?" (He meant the car) . "Its one of the new switches," said tho engineer. "Cars can easily jump out upon the main line." Ah! something ahead. Was it the runaway car! No, the next station, What a'terrible pace! Twenty miles al ready! "nli don't Rton! " cried the woman, as she saw the engineer put his hand on the throttle-valve. "Tmnst. nmdnm. We are eettincr out of water, and perhaps we can learn something oi the runaway. The sudden arrival oi a solitary engine, nnlnininir two mon and a woman, start- lod the station-master, and he came out to see what it mpant. He seemed to guess at the truth, for he said: "After the runaway car I "Yes. yes. There were three children inside." "nli marm. I'm sorrv for ve. It went past here, going twenty miles an hour. It came down-grade an tne way, dm me up-grade begins about two-miles out. I war inxidfl when it passed, and didn't see it till it had gone past the door." How long it took to fill the tender! The engine stood hot and smoking by the water-tank, and the water came out in a slender stream, while the poor mother stood looking, tearful and im patient. "Oood-bv! I'll put up the. pipe. Heaven help ye! the up-grade ' The rest was lost, for the engine shot ahead, on and on out over tho prairie. The water-tank seemed to sink down into the earth, and the shining rails stretched loncer and longer out behind. Ah? What was that? A cloud of steam on the horizon far ahead. The engineer took out his time-book and studied it carefully. "Freight No. 6, bound west, stopping on the two-mile siding. How swiftly freight no. o rose irom the gras3 anil grew big along the way ? T.iHten! A whistle. The enjrineer whis tled in reply and shnt off steam. Their engine quickly slowed down, and mey could see men leaning ont from the other engine, as if to speak to them. " It s tn minutes back, itunning slow l main-line road clear " "Thank Heaven !" said the woman. The enjrineer said nothing; but at that instant the engine gave a great leap and shot ahead at the rate oi nity miles an hour, up the easy grade. How long the minutes seemed, and yet each meant al most a mile! Ah! A sjieck a black dot on the hon- mn The car? les. it was uie car. it grew bigger and bigger. Now they could . . h .in V I'.Tlt lha AM t MnT VI hOM were they? The fireman sprang out through the forward window and ran the Wtwat..liA TtlA T1.AnNt4P hefran to slacken its terrible pace, and in a mo ment it struck the car witu a gonue Mil ettrtriAs) The fireman thought himself a livoly man, but the woman was before him and sprang up into the car. There thev lav, safe and sound, in the corner oi the car fliary ami xommy mav asleep, and Kitty watemng over uieui. "Oh, mother! I know you would come Marv and Tommy crieu tnemseives to nltum And T T ' Nobodv could say a word. The fire man triod to rub his ryes, and onlj marked his face with black streaks. Tin mnthnr 1 unfiled and cried all at once Tl.a nncineir nicked un tho littlo ones and quietly took theui into tho cab of the engine "Tlioro now mv lieartieR. vnn hav had a risky ride; but it's all right! Cornel We re more than tnirty nines ironi uomo, and it won't do to be Into to dinner. Fire up, Jack. "Aye, ayo, sir," said Jack. Cfiarle Bernard, in SV. Mehotatfor July. Where Clocks ond Watches are Made. This trade is considered ono of the highest rank in all the branches of manu facturo as being at the same time an art and an industry. Ihe necessity of an accurate knowledgo of the exact time has becomo so great in these days of railroad and rapid sea voyages that these instru ments have become almost indispensable to every one. and. consequently, tho tradn hns crentlv increased of late veora Some very curious facts connected with tho business are worthy of notice for in stance, the delicate movements oi mo minute instruments known as ladies' watches are executed by the rural popu lation of Savoy and the trench and Swiss Jura with a dexterity quite aston ishing. The development of production of this branch of manufacture has been very great, and the statistics of the trade in general will not be without interest for the reader, r ranee stands at the head of the list. She produces chrono' meters, watches, timo-pieces, clocks, an nually to the value of 05,000,000 francs; then comes Switzerland, with watches, (0,0(K),000 francs; Amorica.in watches and Dutch clocks, 32,000,000 francs ; England, chronometers and watches, 10,000,000 francs; Austria, time-pices, 10,000,000 francs; Germany, in time-pieces, ond a few thousands of watchos, 25,000,000 francs. Those figures give a total con siderably over 200,000,000 francs for tho whole clock-making trade of tho world. Tho amount assumes tho greater impor tance whon the fact is remarked that, differing from nearly all other businesses, the raw material enters so slightly into .... I.! ...... ..I tne prime cost, mo expenditure ueiug ar most exclusively in labor. The appro imoto number of articles produced is as follows: France, about 1,000,000 pieces annually: Germany turns ont more, some 2,000,000, but they are of a much infe rior overage price. I ho same may be said of the American manufacture, which provides commorce every year with 700, 000 to 800,000 objects. As far as watches are concerned. Switzerland heads tho list with an annual production of 1,500, 000. Franco follows with 500,0X); the United States produces from 300,000 to 350,000, and England some 200,000, but these are of very superior quality. Tho enormous total is that 2,500,000 watches and 4,000,000 time pieces ore annually dispersed to tho four quarters of the globe. Qaliynani's Messenger, Railroad llulldliig tn the West. The Railroad Age culls tho wonderful activity in the building of railroads in the West "a reiuarkablo and inspiring spec' tucle." During the first six months of this year over three thousand miles of road have been completed, a much great er number finished during the first ttian has been half of any year sinco tho panic, and the second half of the year will show still greater pro gress. The Grand Turk extension and Vandcrbilt schemes have infused life in to Michigan ruilroad enterprises. In Ohio and Indiana many narrow gauge roads are being built, and the network of trunk lines is being perfected us rapidly as possible. Illinois has alreudy greater mileage than any other State, but a new narrow gauge is being pushed across the whole width of the Slate. From Chicago and Milwaukee the three main roads lead ingtothe Northwest are pushing vigor ously for the Black llilla country and constructing feeders to all important lOints within the reach or their lines, in Imnfit!i there is tliH greatest activitv. The St. Paul and Pacific system, recently reorganized, is extending a long arm up tho lied River of the North, and pushing several connecting links toward comple tion, and work on the Northern Pacific does not Hair. The Chicago & Alton have just opened 100 miles of roud to the Mis souri, and west of the .Missouri tne ex treme of activity in railroad progress is now to be witnessed. Kansas and Ne braska are alive with new enterprises, and no less than half a dozen branches to the Pacific roads, over 200 miles in length, are in progress. In Colorado the Denver & Rio Grande have issued bonds to con struct 5o3 miles to Leadville, San Juan and Albuqneritie,ttnd no lesse nterprise is shown in Utah, New Mexico, Texas or on the Pacific Coatt. The most inspiring things about this new life infused into the railroad business are that the cost of construction is now but a fraction of what it was in 1871-73, but notwithstanding the use of better material, and the lines beina built are not wild speculative! schemes, but enterprises having a solid foundation, and promising to do a paying business. This is certainly a substantial evidence of national prosperity. A Hcmmixo-Birh's Nest. Recently a humming-bird's nest was found by some Dersons who had sufficient natural curi osity to overcome their compassion, and who captured the nest, two young hum mers and the old one, took them home and had them stuffed. Thev are also to oe sent to the museum of natural curiosi ties in London. The nest is built on a little twigjind scarcely the size of half an I.dl'IisIi walnut. liih nest and twig are covered with little patches of lichen un til it is almost iinposKibie to tell one Irow the other, and the nest looks like a kind of natural excresence on the twig. The nest is pliable, like a tiny dp of vet vet,and the inxide is lined with w hite sub stance, as rich and soft as white silk. The little bird are about the size of bumble bees, very pretty, and they sit on a little perch jiict outside the nest, witb open bills, while the old bird hovers over them to fted them. GUxhrtk (A. J.) JanrwiL alone the entrine and down upon Co-Operatlm la Uoasekefplnf. Says the New York Times. The man who, to an inquiry how he came to marry an Irish girl, replied that marrying an American one would have compelled him to hire an Irish girl to take care of hor, showed what is coarsely known as "horse sense," if he looked only to tho question of getting necessary work done; for, by some unexplained law of compensation, it does not seem to be practicablo to get brains and muscles in the same body. Tho dexterity, nimblcness, readiness in emergencies, aud tact, which are cliorm ing iu tho woman of to-dav, ore obtained at tho price of physical strength; what, in New England, is called "faculty" has lost much of the endurance that onco made it effective. Miranda knows per fectly how to do, with the utmost of neat ness and good sense, and nt the minimum of labor, every detail in domestic life ; but her strength is insufllcient, so she must call in Bridget to crucify hor doily. She is the brain; Bridget is the muscle; but tho musclo will not obey. Bridget is can't, won't ond don't personified. She has been dimning tho eyes, flecking the hair, thinning tho hands, clouding the brightness and shortening tho days of her American sister during the last quarter century. Tho race of servants if it is really writtou in tho order of creation that there shall be such a thing is still a barron ideality; events have not yet pro duced it. There is no relief except in lesseuing tho dependence on servants, by so reducing domestic work that it may be done by very small families, and that upon oil it may bear less severely. There seems to lie less opportunity for applying in practice the co-operative principle, which is simply to do ill ono place, with esecial facilities, some of the heaviest portions of work as if done by the gas companies distributing tho results and concentrating tho moans. Tho first step should lie to make more of tho laundry. Instead of doing the severest part of work, to which only robust women ore equal, on a small scale in thousands of scattered houses, unite tho work and thus enlargo the facilities. The cities are full of so-called laundries, which consist of a cellar or equivalent place, whore somebody uses on a small scale- the familiar old imple ments; but, except in the great hotels, there are very few establishments to be found which carry out tho idea, which is, to utilize machinery and dispense with muscles, as in everything else that is dono economically. There has been a laundrv in Trov for manv vnura which receives and returns articles by express chicny collars and cuffs over quite an area of country in three States at least. Iu towns sufficiently compact it might Ik practicable to extend the plan further to cooking. Tho late M. Mot devised a schema of that sort in both New York and Brooklyn, but it failed, for some reason we do not now recall. In using the word co-operative, however, we do not moan that tho scliemo should necessarily bo a mutual one, liko a co-oiHrative store- only that it shall secure concentration. Better administrative ability would bo necessary, and more practical difficulties might arise in carrying out the mutual plan than in letting private ownership do everything. On tho other hand, tho partly co-operative scheme, if it onco conquers success, has manifest advan tages. It is impossible to deny, how ever, that any way which should dispose of tho washing and ironing, and lighten the cooking, would go fur to change domestic lifo for American women. Co operation has left housekeeping alone hitherto. Is there not a reasonably promising field thero for giving a now turn to it? fasiiio.vn rtncit.H. Charming ornaments for the hair aro now mado from flshscales, held in posi tion by silver wire. Something new (and old) in tho jew elry line is earrings, necklaces and ban gles composed of Bilvcr coins. Largo jet or ebony crosses, suspended from the neck by a band of narrow black velvet, aro quite generally worn by tho leaders of fashion. Jet is much used on hats, costumes and mantles. All kinds of liead trim minus aro worn, and the pretty clair-do- luuo trimmings have been revived. Knitting of gentlemen's socks is now the ritiro in tho best circles of Englund. Tho material used is soft untwisted silk in all tho mode colors. Tho sock is warm, soft, pretty and strong. Silver jewelry has been used as half mourning jewelry by some of the ladies at the English court. Necklaces com posed of graduated beads of sterling sil ver, unpolished and resembling dark pearls at a distance, have been worn with black costumes. A new method of attaching the um brella to the belt is copied from the quiver of the toxophilite. A small sheath is hung by a chain to the twit, and through this tho umbrella is passed, so that it assumes somewhat the position of a rapier as carried by gentlemen of tho olden time. Ono of tho new and successful styles of dress now worn in Europe is the Caraco, a style with a name unearthed from somn old-fashioned magazine. It is made of any rich material, such as silk, velvet or a woolen material, and is looped up in a panicr style over a thin underdress. Oxb Cax Testify to his owk A;e. The Supreme Court of Massachusetts has re cently decided that a person is a compe tent witness to testify to his own age. Ihe case was Henry Hill and others against William X. r.lunilge, brought in Uie Superior Court of Norfolk county. Action was brought to recover for goods sold to the defendant, whore defence wss in fancy, and that the goods sold were not necessaries. At the trial in the Supremo Court, without a jury, the defendant was a witness, and under the plaintiff's objec tion was permitted to testify that when thegoods were purchased be was sixteen year of age. It appeared that the de fendant's father was dead, but it did not appear whether the mother was living or not, and no oilier eviuence wwi ouereu. The Supreme Court found for the defen dant, an J exceptions were taken by the plaintiffs. The Supreme Court has now overruled the exceptions, holding that the evidence wss admissible. It is de cided that a person may testify to his own age, and such weight msy be given to his testimony as the court or jury trying the case may think it entitled to receive. Jlixton Adicrtiner. Debts of the loutberi Mates. tumorous inquiries as to tho debts of other Southern States, thoir amounts, and compromises mado, will be best answered by giving all tho information we possess ou the subjoct: Tho dobt of Alabama in 1878 was $!),452,0C9; real and personal estate, tax basis, $117,180,581; tax, 70 cents; amount raised by tux, $S27,3'.I0. Arkansas, debt, 81,153,035; un fundod debt, $13,007,012; lax basis, (94,000,000; tax, 00 cents; amount raised by tax, $457,450. Florida, dobt, $1,343,272; tax busis, 830,000,000; tax, 00 cents; amount raised by taxation, 8225,000. Ueorgia, dobt, $10,044,500; tax basis, $235,059,530; tax, 50 cents; amount ruisod by tax, 81,129,900. In 1872 GoorKia annulled $10,477,000 clearly fraudulont bonds, leaving tho dobt at that timo 811,550,500, recog nizing $5,793,000 of tho Bullock bonds. Kentucky's dobt is only $1,852,- 811; hor tax busis, 8357,320,013; tax, 40 cents. Louisiana's dobt, 1878, amounted to $12,000,443; tax basis, $174,500, 000; tax, $1 45. Tho amount raised by taxation in 1878 wns $2,473,629. Mississippi, debt, $2,954,458; tax, 50 conts; tax basis, 812,700,000; amount raised by taxation, 8034,701. Missouri's debt iu 1S79 was 810V 758,000; tax basis, ronl and personal, u littlo over 80,000,000; tax, 40 conts; amount raised by taxation, $2,843,953. North Carolina, debt, 1878, $27, 120,223; tax busis a littlo over 8148, 000,000; tax, 38 conts; amount ruisod by taxation in 1878 $533,035. South Carolina's debt in 1878 was G,739,G9G; tax basis a littlo over $125,000,000; tax, 45 cents; amount ruisod by taxation, $715,982. Tho debt statement in 1874 was 8 17,017, 051, of which 89,540,750 was bond debt; $2,079,293 floating dobt, and $4,797,008 contingent liability. And this statcmont did not include $5,095, (100 bonds issuod for convorsion of Stulo securities under the act of 18G9, which oven a llcpublican Leg islature declared issuod without uuthority. Tho amount givon as tho dobt in 1878 is that loft after a fair judicial investigation by a court ere utod for that purpose Texas's dobt in 1878 was 85,073, 8G1; tax basis, $257,032,000; tux, 50 conts; amount raised by tax, $1, 350,170. Virginia's dobt in 1873 was $29, 350,820, hor tax basis, real and per sonal, $322,509,031; tax, 50 conts; amount ruisod by tax, $2,500,000 por annum. Sinco that time a sottlomonl has boon proposed which is abso lutely demanded by inability to puy. Wo huvo not tho details of that sou tlomont at hand, but it is much more favorable to tho holders of tho bonds than that of Tonnoesoo. Tonnossoo's dobt and interest is $24,857,115; tho dobt as scaled will amount to a littlo ovor $12,000,000, tho intorcst to about $500,000, re quiring a lax of less than 35 conts on tho $100, in addition to tho amounts from other Bourccs, such as privileges and tho $100,000 from railroads,"to puy this and ordinary cxponscs. Tho tax basis in 1878 wus $223,212,153, and tho amount ruisod in 1873, wus $G2G,529. It will bo soon at onco from this that Tcnncssoo will boar after this scltlomont lighter burdens than any Southern Stulo, oven aftor Louisiana socures hur reduction of interest to 3 per cont. for 15 years, leaving tho principul intact. 'Tho question por- tains to ourselves solely. What is right, just, und tho best policy for ourselves, is tho solo question; but if anyono chooses to look to other Stutos for light, ho will find that everything points out tho reception to this settlement as tho best possi ble courao to take Nashville, Venn., American, July 18th, Anecdote op Govebnob Ai.lev. Sov- eral years ago, when the building of the Hcioto Valley ltoad was on the tapis, a delegation of prominent citizens of Columbus, Circlovillo and Portsmouth met in the parlor of one of our hotels, in conjunction with a number of our own citizens, to consult as to tho best means of pushing the enterprise to completion. To give moro than usual eclat to the gathering the Old Governor wos in duced to attend ond give his advice (Chillicotheons wore alwayB fond of "showing him off" to strangers). After the business portion of the meeting had been dispatched, the conversation turned npon general topics, and finally some one asked the Governor why ho did not re-enter politics and become a candidate for the Presidency. This was enough to set tho Governor going. Taking up his personal history from tho earliest days, he recounted in on impressive manner, step by step, the events of his lifo, until from a poor boy ho had served this dis trict as itepresentative and the State two terms as Senator, " having for coniiecrs such men as Clay, Webster, Calhoun and Benton. Leaving the Senate, gentle men, I went to my home and gave my self to study profound study, deep studyand after twenty-five years of companionship with my books, I came to the conclusion, gentlemen, that to do President of a littlo patch of territory on this third-rate planet, by G d, was unworthy the ambition of statesman and a scholar." How do the evolutionists account for the fact that the genus shark bas for ages worn his mouth on his most inconvenient side (himself that is). According to the development theory it should gradually have worked round so that he would not have to turn over on his back to eat his dinner. AGRICULTURAL MATTER. ' I.lm. Mr. Donald G. Mitchell, of edgewood, has found according to the latest annual report of the Connecticut Experiment station that "o soggy and nearly worth loss hill slope has become dry and valu able for pastnre, mainly the result of an application of lime." Clover. According to Wolff, the amount of nu tritive snbstances in rod clover at begin ning of flower is 11.20 per cent ; red clo ver in full flower, 13.04 er cent. Bed clover hay, cut ot beginning of flower, contained 55.43 per cont of nutritive matter, while tho same cut in full flower contained 40.07 per cent. Hot Wtathfir. Bowaro of drinking too much cold water whilo yon are working in the sun, and do not plunge suddenly in a cold bath. If you are near a brook wet you head, put leaves into your hat and fre quently put tho hands into water, letting them remain there for a considerable time. Tho effect will be soothing npon tho whole system, and it will reduce thirst. 1 oa Iu Very Ueavy Cattle. Of late the demand for choice very heavy beeves, weighing from 1700 to 1800 pounds,ha8 fallen off, and stock fed to perfection of that weight hardly realize as much as those of 1400 to 1500 pounds. The latter weight seems to be the ex tretno wanted by those purchasing our best cattle, and some then are a little too heavy. Sales were made hero of a lot of Durham bred steers, having all the Gne points necessary to make them desirable to tho purchaser in fact, as handsome a drove of steers as has been offered here for a long time; but they weighed nearly 1750 pounds too heavy as a lot for the exnort trade and brought only five cents, w hile another lot of 1500-ponnd steers, of excellent quality, which found favor in the eyes of several buyers, brought $5 12 per cwt. Feeders will do well to realize that thero is only an occasional demand for stock .of those extreino weights. Bitfah Lilt Slock ltoview. I.Uht Welch t Pork. There Is a necessity of growing hogs that will make lean, light bacon, such as is wanted for shipment abroad. It has also been held that there is more money to the breeder to briny any hoys to a state of fatness at young ages, rather than to keep t'uem to full maturity. The Dmitri Journal upon this subject says : A short time ngo it was deemed essential by breeders of both cattle and bos to get as much weight and fat as possible, to the almost utter neglect of symmetry and stylo. A notable fact, and one worthy the special attention of breeders and raisers of hogs, is that light, evenly fatted and fine bo nod swine, averaging a little over 200 pounds in weight, are the only grade of our hogs that has proved satis factory to our British cousins; and heavier weights do not stand the long journey and confinement on shipboard as well as the stock or lighter weight ana less fat There are several English houses here, as most of our readers well know, that are almost exclusively en gaged in the curing and shipping of English cuts ; and, as is generally a well known fact, to meet the requirements of this trade, hogs must not be too fat, but compact and well bred. How lo Vaka Beoa I'ajr. Wo produce the following practical arti cle, which appears in the Uermantown Telegraph, from the pen of J. M. llieks, an Indiana boekeoper : I will soy to all who contemplate keep ing bees for honey or for stock, I would rccommond for use a good movable frame beehive, of which there seems to bo many various Kinds and styles, as well, I might say, many more that are wholly worth less, having used twenty-threo different movable frame hives, all of which I laid aside some eight years ago, and am now using a hive that has no loose honey board or boxes to misplace before seeing your bees and brood, which is so often neglected and let go to ruin through uttor negligence. But since I have used the hive I have adopted as the one for future use, I have not lost a stock of bees with the moth, from the fact that I can 0en the brood out to full view and see each and every brood comb, take out every worm in three minutes and close up my bees ready for work. This advantage alone is worth to the beekeeper at least the value of 'i'i stands of bees in the old box. The value of time In attending bees Is of more consequence than most persons are aware of, as it too often takes up so much timo in handling your bees that they get to fighting and robbing each other before you can replace all the rat tletraps and close up your bees for busi ness again. But let me further say, that if you have a hive and feel confident it possesses the proper proportions that go to make up a good beehive, I would not udvise you to make any change, as here is where too many failures are made in changing, and too many kinds of hives in your apiaries, which should be avoided. Therefore, I would say, never use but one style of hive, ond let that be a first-class movable frame hive; and have all your frame hives made exact inside measure as your sample all of which should be well made and painted two good coats of paint and linseed oil. This hive business is of more Importance than most people think, and is too often overlooked by many who make thoir own hives, often, too, from lumber not as dry as it should be, and of an inferior quality. Now, let me say, in conclusion, got the hive as above, and have all your bees transferred into the same; and do, for justice's sake, look after their interest once in awhile, and your reward will be plenty of honey, as well as good strong stocks, with a good prolific queen in each hive, and you will have the gratification of having your bees pay you from 600 to 800 per cent. Now is the time to feed your bees a small quantity of syrup in or der to have them ready for swarming, which should always be done artificially. This little life-boat of an earth, with its noisy crew of mankind, and all their troubled history, will one day have van ished; faded like a cloud-speck from tho azure of the sky. What then is man ? He endures but for an hour, and is crushed before the moth. Yet in the be ginning and in the working of a faithful man is there already (as all faith, from, the beginning gives assurance) a aorce thing that pertains not this death ele ment of Time; that trumps overtime, and is, and will be, when time shall be no more. Tlujinaa Cwrlyle. It is of little consequence by what name yon call the first Nature, the di vine Iteason that presides over the uni verse and fills all parts of it. lie is still the same God. .Vneca.