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WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, AUGUST 6, 1880.
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Edited bjr Mn Harriot T. Clark.
THE OLD 8UBSCHIBER.
II m tlio old subscriber,
Hi eyes were rheumy nnd dim,
But "ho won't takin' no paper
That was pokln' chafTathlm."
For lie picked till paper up ono day,
Ami it went to his heart like a rocket,
"Wliom tlio gods love, tlio young." it
said,
"But they whosohcartsarodry,"ho road,
"As summer's dust, bum to tho socket."
Then ho looked through tho paper with wrath
and doubt,
And his heart with anger burned,
For ho found a t had been left out
And ho found an o that was turned.
And he lifted his voico with a mighty shout,
As tho sheet with'his feet ho spurned.
Ho stopped his paper) ho would not read
Such a blundering, villainous sheet)
Of tho news It contains ho had no need,
Ho could hear tho news on tho street.
Only ten days later ho sold his corn;
Hut ho ponnded his head full of dents,
When ho learned, after selling for twelve and
a half,
' It was quoted at forty-two cents.
And his farm was sold for taxes, becauso
Ho didn't know when they were duo,
And ha bet on tho a race three days after date,
And ho let on tho wrong hone, too.
Ho was fined nine dollars and seventy cents
For going out shooting on Sunday,
For ho didn't know, with no paper to read,
Whether 'twas Sunday or Monday,
Ho came to town to the Fourth of July,
But it had been over a' week,
And ho felt so mad that ho wanted to cry,
For ho didn't know how to sheak.
Ho thought that Grant was president yet,
And ho never had heard 01 Hayes)
It was worry, and blunder, and troublo and
fret,
All Ids weary days,
So ho camo to town ono summer morn,
And signed for Ids paper again,
And went back homo to his wheat and corn,
Tho happiest man among men.
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CHOICE HECIFE8.
ssioTiirnr.D chicken.
Chooso a nico plump chicken) split it down
tho back tho samo as for broiling, and bond it
so as to break tho brest bono and mako it lay
flat in tho dripping pan. Put a few strips of
salt pork over tho chicken and half a cup of
water in tho pan) cover it closo and bako In a
hot oven for half an hour, then baste with
melted butter and replace tho cover. After
this, basfo every ton minutes, onco with me.lt
cd butter and afterwards with tho drippings
in tho pan, keeping tho pan covered between
times until tho chicken is Under. Baste
finally with melted butter, season with pep
per and salt and color tho surfaca a handsomo
light brown! Remove to a hot platter, put a
spoonful or two of gravy from tho pan over
tho chicken and sprinkle it lightly with chop
ped parsley. Put a spoonful of flour into tho
dripping pan, wash and cook until smooth and
brown, season to taste, bod fivo minutes and
pour through tho gravy strainer into tho gravy
tureen.
JtlCB CnOQCtTTIM.
Wash half a cupful of rice through several
waters, then put it to soak for an hour in a
pint of cold water. Boil it in the samo water
for fiteen minutes; put in a pint of milk and
simmer fifteen minutes longer w lion it should
be nicely done. Beat in a teaspoonf ul of melt
ed butter a saltspoou of salt, a beaten egg,
and half a cup of rich, milk or cream. Stir
well 'together and cook for a minute or two
longer, then set ono side to cool. When cold
mako tho rico into small round balls, or' little
oblong rolls. If properly cooked it can bo
easily handled and will keep its shape. Dip
the rolls into beaten egg, then into fino crack
er crumbs and set them aside for an hour, or
until needed. 'Cook in boiling hot drippings
tho same as you would for doughnuts. Drain
on whitish-brown paper for a few minutes,
keeping them worm meanwhile at the open
oven door. Place at regular intervals around
the edgo of tho dish of chicken.
WARBLE CAKE.
tight parti Tho whites of three eg, lieatcn
thoroughly, one cup of white sugar, ono-lialf
cup butter, one-half cup sweet milk, two cups
of flour, one and one-half teaspoon of baking
powder. Dark parti ' Yolks of three eggs,
brown sugar, one-quarter cup'of butter, one
half cup. of molasses, biie-bslf cup sweet wilk,
two cups of flour, one and one-half teaspoons
of baking powder, one teaspoon of cinnamon,
one of ginger, half a nutmeg, one cup chopped
raisins rolled io flour. Put a small spoonful of
each mixture in the baliugtin alternately, in
order to make it as mottled as'possiblo. Bake
it in a moderate oven. This will make a
large cako and is excellent.
AMMONIA FOA rLANTM.
.1 liad been using spirits of amonia to cleanse
some fabric) it was diluted in soft water, and
wishing to empty the dish, I turned it on a
scarlet geranium Uiat I brought out of the
sitting room (as it looked as if it was struck
with death or old age) and set it in the kitchen
window. It was a pretty strong dose, but I
thought I would see what it would be. It
operated like a life elixir) the buds began to
well, and to-day it is as fresh and vigorous,
w itli a thick foliage of leaves, as a young aud
thrifty plant. I af tern ad tried it on other
plants, and I Cud it a splendid thing. It
seems to strengthen them, and they really
show that it is the oue thing needed. It is
not a costly fertilizer.
Ada, (aged four), who was doing some
thing, and was told tq dsnt by her mother,
Mother: "Ada, am I to speak, f you again!"
Ada: "Yes, sua, you may il you like."
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A child a little over sixyears of age, on
entering the oratory' for the first time, and
seeing the Rev, Father in his confession
aJ, said, "Oh, auntie, look) There's Noah in
the ark."
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ROBERT BURNS;
I see, amid tho fields of Ayr.
A plowman, who, in foul or fair,
Sings at his task)
So clear wo know not if it is
Tho laverock's song we hear, or his,
Nor caro to ask.
For him, tho plowing of thoso fields
A more ethcrial harvest yields
Than sheaves of grain.
Songs flush with purplo bloom tho rye.
The plover's call, tho curlew's cry,
Sings in his brain.
Touched by his hand, tho waysido weed
Becomes a flowcrt tho lowliest reed
Bcsido tho stream
Is clothed with beaut)) gorso and grass
An heather, where his footsteps pass
Tho brighter seem,
Ho sings of lovo, whoso flamo illumes
Tho darkness of lone cottago rooms)
Ho fcols tho force,
Tlio treacherous undortow and stress
Of wayward passions, and no less
The keen remorse.
At moments, wrestling with his fate,
His voico is harsh, but not with hate)
Tho brushwood hung
Alrave the tavern door lets fall
Its bitter leaf, its drop of gall,
Upon his tongue.
But still the burden of his song
Is lovo of right, disdain of wrong;
Its master chords
Are Manhood) Freedom, Brotherhood)
Its discords but an intcrludo '
Between the words.
And then to dio so young, and leavo
Unfinished what ho might achiovol '
Yet better sure
Is this than wandering up and down,
An old man, in a country town,
Infirm and poor.
For now, ho haunts Ids native land
As an immortal youth) his hand
Guides every plow!
Ho bits' beside each inglo nook;
Ills voico is in each rushing brook,
Kach rustling bow,
.
His proaenco haunts this room to-night,
A fonn of mingled mist and light,
From that far coast.
Welcome beneath this roof of mlnol
Welcome! this vacant chair is thine,
Dear guest and ohostl
-Longfellow in Harper's
OUR LETTER BOX
Our old friend Harry comes to tho front
with a long letter full of life, taking caro of
tils rights. Ho will mako a livo farmer some
day, and liavo tho best sheep, horses aud
dogs in tho nclghliorhood.
Johnnio F. likes to havo every ono sign
their full name to their letters, wo think that
is tho best way, If Rover is so well brought
up and properly lichavcd as not to kill sheep
cr suck eggs, he deserves a medal, at any
rata ha deserves to be fed throa times a day,
Pcoplo aro too apt to forget tho necessities of
animals, and that often causes animals to
have bad tricks. A child or person would
steal food if they were starving, so wo could
not blame a poor dog for sucking eggs when
ho was suffering from hunger. Did any ono of
you young folk ever know what it was to be
very hungry?
Lola Froman must write a longer letter
next time, alio need not be afraid of tho waste
basket.
Nora wants tho girls to keep up tlulr in
terest in tho little letter box, and sets a good
examplo by writing agaiu herself, sho writes
with evident caro and neatness, without a
blot or an erasure.
This practice of writing letters for publica
tion is calculated to improve tho writer in
composition and stylo, Caro should be taken
that the spelling should be correct and the
punctuation right. To be sure tho printer
makes it right it there Is a mistake, but then
all the littlo folks must take prido to see how
they can improve on each letter. There is
not sufficient care taken in this generution by
teachers in teaching reading, writing aud
spelling especially in largo schools are
scholars very deficient in these commonest
branches. When we were young wo had
spelling and reading twice a day and some
times oftcner, now tome ologies tako the
place of common branches, geography and
map studies are much neglected too, and if
parents will take the trouble to examine
their children they will find that they do
not know the capitals or how to bound States
or countries. This has lieen tho experience
in many families.
Chester could not give us a very long letter
on account of haying and then milking time
camo too soon. Thanks for those seeds,
although it was the bulbs that we wanted
to Ket-
West Point, July 10, I860.
Editor Home Circle:
Once more I am forced to lay down my hoe
and take up ipy peu to defend myself. Katie
S. wants to know what I study. History,
reading, physical geography, grammar anil
spelling. I have finished practical arithmetic,
Katie, my dog don't kill sheep either, for he is
a full blooded Knidish .atachound. Nellie
Cole is of 'the opinion that my sheep are
scabby but they are not Every one that sees
them says that they are the nicest slitep in
the neighborhood) Nellie dont think my
sheep are scabby because your'se are. Some.
time when you are going to Harrisburg I willJ
show you nether my sheep aro scabby, and
I will run a race with you, Eva Dunham
thought I had quitted her, bat 1 don't because
you do. I have not proved myself to bo a
coward yet I did not tell my teacher's
name because I did not think she wanted her
name published in the paper, but tto plainly
that sho does. I know Ada writes your let
ters for you and you kaow it too. Well, I
just named my lamb Rutherford B. Hayes be
cause it xas so scrubby and didn't have the
blood, of a Democratic sheep. But TiUlen
lived to be a fine sheep and we sheared two
coata of wool from him and then sold him to
a Republican, who soon let him die of starva
tion and cold. Now Ada, I am sorry you
luado a cat's paw of Kva to crtvo me n slap.
Eva Dunham, I Ihink Ada Bradley is a toler
ably good teacher, ,but net by far the best
teacher I ever wont to. One of Ada's
scholars last Summer who had just left Miss
Boiso's school, used to sayt "Oh how I wish
Miss Boise, had these soholars for a while,
wouldn't it niano them squirm to got their
lessons) they d learn how to study,"
Yours scspcctfully,
Hauky Doctiiit.
Eook.sk Citv, Or., July 12, 1880.
Editor Homo Circle!
I agree with Benzlo on tho "coward" qucS'
tion. I think that they could find a better
subject to writo about if thoy would try.
am not going to school now, school will bo
out in throo weeks) our teachers name is Miss
Gray, I liko her real well. Wo have just
commenced our haying, but wo havo to stop
now on account of tho rain. Wo expect to
havo about CO tons of hay this season. Tho
Spring wheat in this part of tho country looks
fino now. As it is milking time, I will close,
wishing success to tho Fahmkiu
Yours truly, Chester 0,
Ai.uany, Or., July 10, 18S0,
Editor Homo Circloi
As I havo seen so many letters from the
littlo boys and girls, I thought that I would
writo ono. I am a littlo girl 12 years old) I
livo on n farm four miles east of Albany. Our
school was out a week from last Friday, I got
two chromos tho last day) our teachers name
was Mr. Ucorgo Paul, I liked him very much,
I liko to go to school when we havo n good
teacher. I wilt closo for fear of tho waste
basket) success to tho FAntmi.
Yours truly, Low A. Froman.
fliiMin, Linn Co., Or' July 10, 1SS0.
Editor Homo Circloi
I ant a littlo boy 1 1 ycrs old. I havo )ecn
going to school to Miss Lois Fletcher and I
liko her very much. I study practical arith
metic, fourth reader, third geography, spell
ing and writing. I like geography best of all..
Wo tako tho Faiimeiu I liko it better than
any of tho other papers. I always read tho
letters from tho young folks tint. I liko them
best where thoy sign their names. I help
work the gnrdon, feed tho hogs aud chickens
and help milk. I havo a dog) his namo is
Rover and ho does not kill sheep nor tuck
rggs. 1 will closo by wishing tlio r aksieh
great success. Yours truly,
Johnnie F. FAtmow.
. Suspending the Decrees. (
Tho French Government appears to havo
teon alarmed at the strength of tho resistance
to tho execution of tho .clerical decrees, and
after expelling tho Jesuits it has therefore
thought lit to call a halt, and allow tho other
ecclesiastical societies to remain unmolested.
Of course it will bo necessary to proceed with
tho original programmes sooner or later, and
It is doubtful whether any real gain will bo
mado by hesitating. Tho expulsion of tho
Jesuits has mado it apparent that tho French
masses, and especially tho rural population,
havo no sympathy whatever with that onler.
In fact it has been the upper classes, and par
ticutarly tho nobles, which liao manifested
tho strongest objection to tho decrees. There
is no love lost between tho peaiantry. tho
workman class, and the nobles, and the rich
middle-class, and therefore it is evident that
the rigid execution of the decrees as against
all tho congregations is not likely to endanger
any popular support tho Government now
possesses. No doubt any proceedings in the
nature of persecution directed against the
rural curates would lie productive of opposi-'
tion, becauso tho peasant women would then
tako up the cudgels for their priests. But the
indications aro that the Government may
safely proceed to take the educational ma
chinery out of tho liands of tho clericals, and
that tho people will offer no opposition, nor
evince any dissatisfaction with tho change. .
New Manufactures In the South.
Tho cotton planter hail to bo froo from tho
slavery of tlio slave before he had time to
test the practical valuoof cotton-seed. In this
ono industry or rather in tho multifarious
industries grow n from ono starting-point, the
making of cotton-mil oil tho South has de
veloped manufacturing and commercial In
terests that in ono decade has doublet the
capital invested in cotton. Tlio capabilities
of tlio cotton-seed aro very plural. It sup
plies tho market with any and all oils, from
the delicate olive with its faint-green tinge to
tho rich and heavy product of tho castor
bean. Olcoinargerino-iuakers are buying a
crude quality, which, they refine into creamy
yellow butter, fresh tastings as the famous
"golden sheaf" of Cheutvr county. Aft r all
these good and appetizing things are made,
the seed-cake is shipped to' England, and
Devon cattle wax fat on its fibrous grease.
TMe changes now talked of by the sugar-
makers are no less marvelous. Tho leaves
and crushed cane aro to bo made into paper.
As a low grado wrapping paper it is already a
success, but it is to supersede rice paper in
cigarette-making and linen, in the parchment,
envelopes and letter paper, so valuable where
tenacity and lightness are requisite. In fact,
the possibilities claimed by the sugar-makers
aro only rivaled by the Arabian Nights mar
vi U already realized by the genii of cotton,
Cincinnati Gazette.
A little boy was taking walk with
his mother whcnsuddcidy a tliumUistonncame
on, wheu the little boy exclaimed, , 'Oh, mam
ma, the sun Is bursting out into ft loud
Uugh."
A lady says to, a little boy, aged four,
"Don't stand up in the carriage, because you
might tumble out and then there would be
no Harry." "Oh, yes," replied he, "there
would be lfarry on the road,"
,M- aged four (her kitten being dead), M.i
'Has pussy gone to heaven, papa! I'.i "No,
darling." M.i "Why not" P.i "They
dou't wan't cats 'in heaveu." M.: "Would
they scratch the augeU
Our Knowledf e of Paleontology.
Tlio irreligious tendency of geology was as
much feared 20 years ago, as tho irreligious
conicqucnco of tho doctrino of natural selection
can bo dreaded by any ono to-day. Encourag
ed by tho result of the laW of Cutler and his
successors, noting how truth in ono field has
bcn lit upon by laborers working in another,
lot uskunhcsitatingly regard tho great physiol
ogical hypothesis now before us on scicntifio
grounds alone. Thai tho general history of
animal lifo on our planet has been ono of in
creasing do clopincnt, there can bo no rational
doubt Not that it has been so constantly
and exclusively progressive as onco considered
to bo thq cascj nor that wo are as yet entitled
to speak with much precision as to detail.
Wo are, it may be, only at the commence
ment of our knowlcdgo of paleontology. Of
tho book of which wo recover, now painfully,
now unexpectedly, pago after page, wo havo
neither tahlo of contents nor index) tho very
numbering of tho pages is often barely legible
Still, as to tho general arrangement there can
bono hesitation. Water-breathing animals;
preceded air-breathing anlmsls; animals that
could sw im preceded thoso that could crawl;
tho latter preceded those that could walk or
climb or fly. Incrcoso in specialization of
function has marked tho' birth of the younger
species, as compared with tho moro ancient
Features special to distinct classes of animals
nre foil ml united in single, families among
their remote predecessors. Tlio several ideas
of the rcptilo of tho osseous fish, of the beast
and of tho binl, may Co taught to bo indicated
In the most ancient typo of tho cartilaginous
fish. Increase, of dignity of the superior
forms of lifo concurs with tlio incrcoso In spec
ialization of function that accompanies tlio de
cline in tho scalo of antiquity. University
Magazine.
The Ltme-Klln Club.
As soon as tho meeting was fairly under
way, IlrothcrGsnlncr announced that Judgo
Andavy Martip, late, of Alabama, but now
traveling in tho North as tho agent of a patent
fish-hook, was prosont and doslrod to address
the Club on "Our Future." It was voted to
hear tho address, and after balng received in
duo fonn and introduced, tlio judgo stood
upon tho platform and began! "Wo mus'
not look In do past fur our fuclicr, No man
kin tell what do uex' huu'crd y'ars will bring
fo'th by looklu' olsjr du fencu of olo grave
yards. What am onr fuclicr? Who kin tell
what ilia nashun will amount to if it keeps on
In do way it hex begun? If any ono had told
you twenty years ago dat to-night I would
stau befo you w id a paper collah on my neck,
you would havo set him down as an assassin,
yet do march of improvement has accom
plished cbcu .mo dan dat, rur do sum of
fifty cents you kin havo a brass watch chain
fixed up so nigh like gold dat you kin work It
in on a hoss trade, for WO. F.f anybody .had
told Gcorgo Washington dat do day would
coma when shirts would button behind, what
would dat great man havo said? Dis kentry
am a mighty clock. Klicry hour ticket!
off am a mile o' railroad' built, a bridgo laid
down, a hill leveled or a forest cleared, filch
of ns as kin rcmlier back a huu'crd y'ars in
do fuclicr will not bo surprised to sco jugs wid
frco handles, coffeo-pots dat shot up liko a
jack-knife, rat-traps dat illuminate do house,
an' rockin' ch,ars dat sail arouu' on wheels."
Tho speaker closed amidst cheers and ap
plause, and for tho remaluccr of tho c ruing
fi as given tho scat of honor under tho bear
trap. Detroit Freo Press.
Good Interest
A capital story was long current relative, to
prices charged for goods in Gait in its eaiiy
days. As Mr. Shade began to grow rich, and
rumors prevailed that he made profits of at
least forty or fifty per cent upon his goods,
he was one day visited by a well-known,
honest Dutch storekeeper in tlio southern
part Waterloo township, who could not under.
stand, but was extremely anxious to learn,
how that gentleman obtained such handsome
prices, "Mr. Shade," said he, "I have come
down to ask how it is you can get forty or
fifty per cent prt upou your goods, when
I have hard work to ct ono per cent, for
mine? Will you tell mo the secret?" "Ouly
one per cent," replied Mr. Shade; "why you
muat'eharge more than that!" "Oh no, I
ijon't," returned his Waterloo frivud, deeply
in earnest. "When I pay 81 for au article, 1
novcr cliargo more than $1 for it, and I want
to know how I can get forty or fifty per cent.
liko you?" Mr. Shado explained as well as
his risibility would permit, when his Inter
locutor departed a wiser if not a liappier man
'Hie joke, how ever, was too good to keep, and
there is fun to this day over tho Dutchman's
one per cent.
Most of the highest priced butter used in
New Yoik and New Liiglaud to-day is nuid
from Jersey cows; it brings from 40 to 48 cciit
pertiound, aud the demand is greater than the
supply. The bulk of the butter dealers do not
handle this, and it is not known to the news
paper market reports. As a rule, it goes once
or twice a week directly from the dairy where
it is made to tho dwelling-house, or club, or
hotel, In which it is eaten; it has less than ono
quarter of an ounce of salt to tho pound, and
thus none of the finer and aromatic odors tore
lost It is'inade from the inllkof healthy Jer
sey cows, who eat only the sweetest food,
drink the purest water and brcatho the clear.
(St lir, are carded and brushed and carefully
bedded, and are always treated with gentle,
ness. It is made from milk which is imme
diately removed from the stable, though the
stable is daily sprinkled with gypsum, ami has
no manure cellar under or near it; it is made
from cream which has rien In' leu than M
hours, in clean tins aud in a clean atmosphere;
it is granulated and brined or washed in the
churn, and worked with the greatest care; it
is always kept cool, but never 'tbi.cl.ed with
ice, even on the table. The cows, the milk,
the eream. the salt the tins, the butter. Are
all kept clean and, in an odoilcss atmosphere.
Country. Gentleman.
Sctucmiu. for the Willamette Fauuer.
Chinese Coollelsm.
A rccont report of tho Imperial Cusfoms
Commissioner at Ban ton represents an Ameri
can firm as being engaged in a modified slave
trade, and explains tnoquarrel between China
and Peru., It is staled that the firm of Oly.
pliant & Co. mado a contract with tho Peru
vian Government to furnish tho latter with
somo "0,000 Clilncso coolies, principally to
work on sugar plantations. Tlio Peruvians did
not nsk Olyphani & Co. how they were going
to procure thoso coolies, and tho American
firm did not troublo Itself much about tho
matter cither. Its method was a siniplo one.
It employed agents to pick up all tho destitute
and suffering Chiucsa laborers they could find,
by promises of food and work, and on being
brought to headquarters these recruits were
entrapped Into signing contracts to labor for
long terms of years in Peru, under conditions
pne tidily thoso of slavery. The wages were
$1 a week, and tho coolies Ixmnd themselves
for eight years. As tho Peruvian paper is
worth less than fifty cents on tho dollar, it
will bo seen that llicse wages ore really littlo
better than an (cxcuso for slavery, They
would amount to about $21 a year at tho best,
and in tho most cases would fall bclw $20.
Tho coolies havo been ill treated in Peru,,
their employers regarding them as chattels,
and when the Clilncso Government camo down
on Olyphant t Co. and refuse to let themcar-
ry out their Ingenious plans, they were justi
fied by every consideration. The selicmo was
A villainous one, and it is to bo regretted tliat
an American firm should havo been connected
with it. Other complaints made against China
by Spain and Portugal are traced to the same
cause, namely, tho desire to procure slaves
from China under tho namo of coolies. The
Clilntso coolies havo procd so profitable when
working for foreign employers that there Is a
growing desiro to havo moro of them. They
aro moro docile, than negroes, and stand trop
ical climates as well. There is, therefore,
likely to lio a strong otlitrt to revive slavery
under tho disguiso of coollelsm, and such
powers as Spain and Portuiral, which possess
no sympathy with freedom, will havo to be
watched sharply, and prevented from bully
ing China, when she endeavors to protect her
subjects, and prcecrvo them from tho miser
able fact of tho banished coolfe. Record
Union.
Vermin.
A few years since, on going into tho Ian
houso and putting our hand into a nest, we ex
perienced a queer sensation, nml upon a close
examination, discovered that n multitude of
ininuto living organisms were spreading over
our hand and arm. Wo soon ascertained that
wo wcro infested with' them, aud had to
chango our clothing. Wo had never seen any
tiling of the kind before, but wcro convinced
that they were mites, and did not live upon
tho bodies of fowls, but fed upon them at
night after tho manner 'of their cousins, the
led bags, and went to work in enrmst to des
troy tho pest
Tho first prescription administered was a
doso of whitewash, well laid on. We said
"surely that'hos done the business for them."
But wo wcrj sadly mistaken af a host still.ro-
mained. A second prescription was to cover
tho floor with finely powdered slackened lime,
But thoy only shook tho dust off their feet as
a testimony against us. As a ilcniicr resort,
wo poured kerosene from tho spout of J can 1.11
along tho perches, and especially where they
rested, and into every crack and crevice, and
for an opiate put half a pint of kcroscno into a
watering pot, filled jt up with killing watir,
and sprinkled tho sides and floor of tho build.
ing, saying, how do you liko that, Mr, Louie!
Everything was kcroseiied except n wooden
bucket contained water for tho fowls to drink.
Tho next morning after administering this
severe remedy, wo went to their quarters to
ascertain their welfare, and as a preliminary
to give tho fowls fresh water, set tho bucket
outside, .As the morning sun shonu upon the
top of tho bucket, it appeared to be stt
around with lieautiful red garnets wo were
surprised and delighted, and wondering what
it could be that was so very beautiful, and
of tho apparent garnets, when, lo! nud liehold,
touched with the tip of our fir.gtr one
it dissolved Into a miiltitudo of mites, that
were filled with fresh blood from the chicken.
Wu were somewhat crest-fallen, but gavu the
bucket a thorough ablution, fruui the stiaiii
iug spout of Akittlu'of boiling water. We
concluded that the bucket was the only thing
within thilr reach free from kcioscnc, and
they accordingly mado it their place of rendez
vous. Morning after morning we gave the
bucket a doso of toiling water, ami the mites
gradually disappeared. Early the following
spring tho pel dies were treated to n liberal
dose of kerotcue, and no mites have since put
in nu appearance. "KUTital vigilance is the
price of iicacu" in rearing iioultry as in otlitr
vocatiousof life. Mrs. L. Harrison, inl'iaiiie
Farmer.
"' VankeejCuteness.
Kitting on a piazza overlooking Buzzard's
Bay tho other afternoon, the landlord told us
tho following story of Yankeo ciitenrssi
"When I kept a country store," said mine
host, "an old farmer came Inonoday t'i make
a butter trade. He had a lot ef fnh butter
and I Asked how much he wanted for it.
'Fourteen cents,' ho asked. 'Will, I'll take
It Just as It stands,' was my reply, and ho put
it down cellar w ithoiit further coMinmt. Hi
then ordered a lot of goods-flour, sugar, and
so forth, that hu wsuted to take home with
him and he akd rue how much that would
omo to. I figured up and found that they
amounted to about two dollars more than the
prko of the butter. This seemed to annoy
him, and after boning and hawing good deal,
he said; '' low CapVn supposin'
tliat butter was sixUeii cents a pound, what
would it foot up!' I told him a triflo over
as he iut the groceries tutu his wagon, 'I
reck'n w e'H hev to call it a square trsde.' "
' ' i
T. IUOdeneal, of Albany, I 1 been appointed
Cltrk of the Supreme Court, and entered upor
his duties yesterday morring.
The Wrong, !('
Tlio Portland Advertiser tolls the following
story I There was nn eminent sergeant-at
law somo years ago who had a cork leg that
was a triumph 'of artistic deception. Nono
but his intimates know for certain which' was
tho real and which was tho sham limb. A
wild young wng of the "utter bar," who knew
tho scargcaut pretty well, once thought to
utilize this knowlcdgo of tho sergeant's secret
to take in a green, ncwly-flcdgcil young bar
rister. The sergeant was addressing a special .
jury at Westminister in his usual earnest and
vehement style, and tho wag whispered to
his neighlwri "You see how hot old Buzfus is
o.vcr his caso) now, 111 bet you n sovereign
111 run this pin into his leg up to tho head,
and he'll never notico It, he's so absorbed in
his case. He's a most extraordinary man in
that way." This was mora than tho green
horn could swallow, so ho took tho bet Tho
wag took a largo pin from his waistconat, and,
leaning forward, drove it up to tho head Into
the scargcaut s leg. A yell that frozo thp
blood of all who heard it, that mado tho hair
of tho jury stand on cud and caused tho
Judge's ,w ig almost to fall olT, ran through tho
Court. "By Jove! it's tho wrong leg, amy vo
lost my money," exclaimed tho dismayed and
conscicnccstrickcn wag, quito regardless of
tho pain he had inflicted upon tlio learned
sergeant.
SolMIelptuj Young Women.
Massachusetts shows n larger number than
any other Stato of tlsvso self-helping' young
women nud what a splendid class of girls
they are! Quiot, modest, self-poised, their
ono aim in lifo Is to tako ndvantngo of tho op
portunities for education and put tlivm to good
use, Their purpose is ns apparent in their
simple refined dress, stripped of every super
fluity, as if written upon each ono of their
garments. Dark, short dress, jacket ami
walking-hat. This is their dress, irrcspectivo
of fashion, yet they look sulllcicntly fashiona
ble. Their steadfastness, their goodness,
gives ono a sort of heart-ache, knowing how
littlo tho world cares for such, how hard
world it is, ami how cruelly tho many have,
in so many waj s, to bear tho sins of tlio few.
, A Scotch child, six and a half yan of
age, when repeating his prayers, objected to ,
mako the tinml petition to God to bless him
aud inaku him i good lioy, justifying himself
by saying, "No, I wanna) Iaiknl Ilimnlrcady,
and ho didn't doV"
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