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V 4 t -. . 7 7 r V 5' . ' THE COLUMBIAN. PUBLISHED XVESY FRIDAY AT ST. HELENS, COLUMBIA CO., OR., BY THE COLUMBIAN. PUBLISHED EVJERY TODAY AT ST. HELENS, COLUMBIA C0.,01t BY E. G. ADAMS, Editor and Proprietor. E. O. ADAMS, Editor and Proprietor. Subscription Rates: Adtzbtisixci Batxs: One year. In adrance. 92 00 six mourns. Thsee months ' 1 00 VOL. IV. ST. HELENS, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON: SEPTEMBER 2S, 18Sp NO. 8. Oqo square (10 lines) first insertion. .1109 60 JULCQ subsequent insertion.... 1 Ol COLUMBIAN. - 1 . L II II II vi IT KBVEB PAYS. It never pays to fretcr growl When fortune tt-etai our foe: The better bred will punh ahead Aud strike the braver blow. for luck is work. And those who shirk Should not lament their doom; Bat yield the pi ay. And dear the way. That better men have room. It nerer pars to foster pride, Aud quander wealth in show; For friends thus won are sore to ran . In times of wtnt or woe. The noble worth Of all the earth Are gems of beattltnd brain A conscience clear, A household dear. And hands without a stain. It never pays to hate a foe Or cater to a friend. To fawn aud whine, much leu repine, lo borrow or to lend. To faults of aaea. Are fewer when Each rows his own canoe. For friend and debts And pampered pets Unbounded mischief brew. It never pay t wreck the health In drudging after gain; And be is si-Id who mink that gold la cheaply boug.it with pain. A humble lot. A cozy cot. Have tempted even kings. For elation higu That wealth will buy. Naught of contentment bring. It never parti A blunt refrain. Well worthy of a song; For age and youth must learn this trnth That nothing pays that's wrong. The good and pure Alone are sure To bring prolonged success. while wnat is right In heaven's sight Is always sure to bless. A FORTUNATE MISTAKE. It was the evening of the 2d of May, in 185, that I went to hear the Russian Princess Strainervoyce, who at that time attracted the fashionable world to her concerts. I went to hear the Princess partly to kill time and partly from a de sire to see and hear for myself the mar Telons foreigner whose name was in everybody's mouth. When I reached her Majesty's concert-room it was crowded to its utmost capacity. It was so closely wedged that one could ha ye studied anatomy, after a fashion, merely from the impression of one's neighbor's bones. At the close of the concert I was borne along with the crowd, and jammed through the doorway at the risk of break ing every rib in my body. Ere I could escape from the throng, and while I was shrugging my shoulders to assure myself that my collar-bone was in its proper position, I felt a hand olasping my arm, and a musical voice exclaimed: "You good for nothing! I though I had lost you! What a frightful crush! I do believe my arm is broken, and my dress ruined, and all for the sake of hearing this Strainervoyce!" I was on the point of replying that I agreed with her, but restrained myself, laughing inwardly at the novel position in which I was placed, and wondering who my fair companion could be. Evi dently she took me for her brother, or, possibly, her husband, 'judging from the familiarity of her manner, for she added, in a sympathizing tone: "Forgive me, Ralph your poor head! I am sorry I made you come." "Pardon me, madam," said I; "but "Oh, nonsense, Ralph!" she inter rupted me. "You have become half barbarian since you went to the Crimea, to permit me to seat myself, while you stand there as if I were your wife, and you ten years married, instead of your sister, whose ready assistant and attend ant in place of a better you should be." "Excuse me," said I, "but " "Ralph.I shall catch my death of oold standing here, and such a long ride, too." Here the lady gave a peculiar shiver. "Do jump in and Bit down, or I will " What she would have done I did not wait to hear; but, taking my place be side her in the brougham, we were driven off, whither I knew not. "I won't ask you to talk to me, with that headache, but I want you to listen to me," began my companion the mo ment we started. "I wanted to talk to you coming in, but that little chatterbox, Maggie, prevented me from saying a word to you. You remember poor little Lucy Walters, Ralph. Her mother died about two months ago, and the poor girl has gone to live with the Deans. Mr. and Mrs. Dean have been very kind to Iter, but it is impossible for them to more than shelter her. How any one can have the heart to wound Lucy's feelings is a mystery to me, and yet every occa sion that presents itself is seized npon by the Wares and Kings to insult her, even to commenting upon the poor girl's father's actions, as if she could have pre vented that which occurred twenty years ago, and I have seen Sarah Ware imi tating her walk, regardless of poor Lucy's tears." I could not restrain an exclamation of disgust as I listened to this. "I knew it would disgust you, Ralph," continued my companion. "Well, the doctor says now that Lucy will always be lame there can be nothing done for her. I have been thinking, ever since her mother died, that if she had a good teacher she might not only in time be in dependent, bnt achieve a name as an art ist. You shonld see some of her at tempts. She is a genius, Ralph. But that would require money, and where is the money to come from? You know I haven't much, Ralph, but I have deter mined to do somethiag for our eld play mate. I cau save out of my allowance at least thirty pounds, and now if you will doubto it, what will that not do for Lucy? I Was counting it up the other day, and if I am correct it will enable her to attend the School of Design and take private lessons in art for a year; and st the end of that time, if Lucy is alive, she will show the world what a woman can do. When I look at that poor girl, with her rare mind and her craving for knowledge, I cannot help thinking how superior she is to me a mere idler; and I sometimes think that if she had my place and I hers, there would be more justice in the distribution of the world's goods and co J3 for U. Don't say I'm silly and sentimental, Ralph. I know you will give your snare oi the sum line a good, brother, as you are. I have been talking to her about it, and I know I can manage it so as to overrule .any scruples she may have against receiving anything from as." Here my companion became quiet and the question presented itself to my mind, Mow am i to escape irom mis awawara position honorably? Here I have been guilty of listening to a communication intended for the ear of another have been guilty of an inexcusable deception practiced upon a stranger and a lady knowingly. Perhaps the honest way would be to acquaint her at once with the mistake and solicit her pardon." I had at last summoned sufiioient cour aga to clear my throat and was about to commence my well-studied speech, when my companion gave a Iitle laugb, as she said: "Really. Ralph, you are very enter taining in your own peculiar way. but if you re as dumb when in tne presence of Miss Vernon as you have been to night she is to be pitied rather than envied. You are little better than a barbarian! Bat here we are at uncle's.and yon know I promised to stop with Carrie to-night, so you will have no one to bother you the remainder of the road. How singular you do act to-night, itaipni wen, x won t tease you any more. Suddenly the driver drew up before an elegant residence, and imagining I per ceived a loop-hole whereby I might es cape from my awkward predicament, I sprang out of the brougham and assisted the lady to alight. "Is your head still aohing, tfaiph l Good night. Why. you forgot to kiss me!" As the fair face was upturned to mine, with its tempting lips awaiting the kiss, I pressed my shawl down from my mouth suddenly, and as suddenly felt my head drawn down to receive the most delicious kiss that ever was bestowed by maiden. "You need not wait; the door is open. and there stands Carrie, bless her!" said my companion, as she tripped up the steps, while I stood irresolutely beside the brougham. "Then, my dear fellow, 1 mentally ejaculated, "it is time you were off." And, seating myself in the brougham once more, l was again anven oh, due whither I knew not. I only knew that I had lost a charming companion, whose lips a moment since were pressed against my own, and whom, in all probability, I might never meet again. And when I recalled her generous offer, her sym pathy for the poor lame girl and her self-acousing spirit, so unlike that of my acquaintance m general, I longed to know more of her. Then again my cheeks tingled when I remembered the deception I had practiced. And what would she think of me when she ascer tained as she most certainly would. sooner or later the truth. My speculations were, however, cut short by the abrupt stoppage of the brougham, whereupon I stepped out leisurely, picking up Irom the bottom oi the carriage as I did so, an exquisitely embroidered handkerchief. Upon ex amining it closely I perceived the in itials "C. W." in one of the corners. I was reminded of my situation at that moment by the driver's inquiry "if Mr. Ralph would want him any more to night; so 1 merely shoos my bead, and without vouchsafing a word of explana tion, I turned away from him and walked homeward. Evidently I bore a very strong resem blance to Mr. Ralph, whoever he was. When his own sister and the servant were deceived by the resemblance, it must be very great. True, my cap was drawn down firmly, almost concealing my eyes, and the lower part of my face was muf fled up in a heavy shawl, still, taking everything into consideration, I said to myself, the similarity of dress, feature and manner must be wonderful to de ceive one's relatives. It was late in the spring, and the frosts in May out off most of the fruit around London. The night was in that commu nicative mood termed "nipping," and re membering that a walk of four miles lay between me and the Albany, I walked forward briskly, revolving in my mind the different aspects of my adven ture as they presented themselves, one after another, and resolving to keep my own counsel. I had walked perhaps a mile, when I observed a gentleman ap proaching at a walk as rapid as my own. As he drew nearer I was struck with his resemblance to me hight, size, manner and dress, even to the wraps around his neck, and the buttons upon his coat wore the exact counterpart of my own. I think the resemblance must have struck him at the same time, for, as we were passing each other, we involuntarily paused, scanning each other closely and curiously, then strode on. "Mr. Ralph," I said to myself as I turned to look at him. Singularly enough, Mr. Ralph was at that moment looking at me; but the instant he was detected he wheeled around and resumed his walk. Ere I reached my chambers I resolved to as certain, if it was possible; who the per son was who dwelt in the large house on the Common, and who had arrived from the Crimea so recently, that I might thereby assure myself to whom I was in debted for a delicious kiss, and whose acquaintance I was very desirous of mak ing. Early upon the following morning, I sat down and wrote a few lines to Miss Lucy Walters, the lame girl, and inclos ing three ten-pound notes, sealed the letter and depositing it in my pocket, sallied forth in quest of the information I so much desired. Wending my way to a friend's chambers, I encountered a young articled elerk, who was at that moment entering the door. "George," said I, affecting a careless manner. "I wish to ask you a question;" and I then inquired if he was acquainted with the neighborhood in which I had been on the previous evening. "Yes, sir, very well," he replied. "Cau you tell riie who lives in the large house with the two eagles on the gate posts, on the left hand side of the Com mon? The house stands back from the road." "Oh, you mean Mr. Wright's," said he; "but its more than four miles out there, sir." "How far is it?" I asked. "About four miles and a half; may be no more." I "Thank you. That is all I want," I replied, as I passed into the house, where I addressed my note to "Miss Luev Walters, care of Miss O. Wright;" then sauntering out slowly. I called the lad to me. "By the way, George," said I, "I have a letter to deliver out there. Do you think you conld do it for me? If you would 'call a cab any way that yon could get there soon; and when you de liver it. don't stay a moment. I don't care about having you questioned." He was a shrewd lad, and, as he lis tened to me, I knew by the expression of his face that he guessed my motive. "You don't want them to know where it came from, if you can help it," said he. "You understand me, 1 see, said 1. "Well, I can manage it for you, .Mr. Clark." said the lad. "My Uncle Dean lives out there." "Is Mr. Dean your uncle?" I asked hastily. V- "Yes, sir," he replied. "There is a young girl living with him?" I oontinued. "Yes, Miss Walters," he replied. "Cau I trust you, George?"! inquired "You may, sir. If you want to help All sa Waiters without her knowing who is doing it," said he. "Well," said I. "this letter is intended for Miss Walters, as you will perceive. It is a money letter, and if you can con vey it to her that is all that is required. You will keep the matter to yourself?" I added, as l endeavored to place a sovereign in his hand. "No, sir; not that, Mr. Clark. I only wish I could do twice as much for Miss Walters," exclaimed the fine fellow. "I shall put the letter where she will get it, and she will never know where it came from. I am going there to-night." "Very well, George," I replied, as I left him, feeling satisfied that the note was in safe hands. "That lady in blue?" said my cousin. "No," said I, "the lady beside her." "Have you not made her acquaintance? That is Miss Wright." "Any relation of Miss Emma Wright?" "No; they are quite intimate, how ever. jet me present you. I fanoied Miss Wright bestowed a look of more than ordinary curiosity upon me as my cousin presented me; but I I had the effrontery to meet her inquiring look as if unooncious of the fact that I had met those eyes before, and had re ceived from those lips a sisterly kiss. As I seated myself by her I overheard the words. "Taking everything into con sideration, I think very little blame can be attached to the gentleman," uttered in a merry tone by a person who was at my elbow, put whose faoe was turned from me. "Pray, have done, Ralph," said Miss Wright, as she tapped his shoulder with her fan, a faint blush suffusing her cheek. But the coolness of the whole pro ceeding," continued the party addressed as Ralph, heedless of her remonstrances. The fellow even gave her a brotherly kiss." "Ralph!" exclaimed Miss Wright, en ergetically, as the blood mounted to her forehead, dying her face and neck crim son. "Come, come, Wright, don't ask us to believe that!" exclaimed one of the group. 'Well, she cannot deny having com plained to me the next day that he was exceedingly stupid thinking I was the offender all the while and scarcely ut tered a word; that, in fact, she had to do all the talking." "We will take that with considerable allowance, too," replied one of the lis teners. "I met the fellow on the road," re sumed the gentleman; "and I must say I never encountered a man so like my self in all my life." "In truth, you are a barbarian, Mr. Wright, to tell such things about your sister," exclaimed our hostess, with a merry laugh. "As if I did not owe her ten times as much," said the. young man. "Ever sinoe that evening she has been teasing me in eyery conceivable manner," he added, turning round suddenly toward her, and in doing so encountering my steady gaze, he ejaculated, with a per ceptible start, upon facing me, "There he is!" Miss Wright flashed a meaning glance upon him, then suddenly turned toward me, as if to observe the effect his excla mation and manner would produce upon me; but I was equal to the emergency, and maintained an unruffled composure. "I did not hear the first of that, Miss Wiight," I said, as I cast a careless glance over the wondering group, and another of pretended astonishment upon Mr. Wright, who evidently felt no little annoyance. "Perhaps it was just as well," was the reply, as she glanced at her bother. "Ralph really is unmerciful when he be gins. I am glad you did not hear the whole; but now that it is out, I may as well give a correct version of the affair. Like an attentive brother he permitted the crowd to separate us at the close of the Princess Strainervoyce's concert on Tuesday, and I waa so unfortunate as to mistake a stranger for him, who accom panied me home without acquainting me with my error. Thinking that it was Ralph, and that his headache prevented him from talking, I did permit my tongue to perform rather more than a fair share." "Then all the blame must be laid upon Mr. Wright. He should be the last to mention it. His want of proper feeling is very much to be deprecated; but let us hope that he will change for the bet ter," said our hostess. "I think even now he exhibits signs of repentance." "And have you no idea who the gen tleman was, Miss Wright?" I inquired. "Until lately," she replied, placing an emphasis on the word, "I had not the slightest clue to the gentleman." "Does she know the truth?" I asked myself. "Have I betrayed myself? I might have known that her woman's in stinct would detect me." While these and similar thoughts oc cupied my mind I became engaged in an interesting conversation with Miss Wright. In the course, of it allusion was made to the Princess Strainervoyoe." "Did I attend her last concert?" "Really, was it the last, or the one preceding it, or the second? Certainly I attended one of them, but whieh of them? My memory was so treacherous. Perhaps it was the last; at least there was a suffocating crush." And the conversation went on as be fore. The digression removed all doubts from her mind. I at least had known nothing of her adventure prior to that evening, when her mischief-loving fTDrotner had made it puoiic. jWV a -. a w I do not think I was romantio at that time, and yet I must confess that, from .the beginning of our acquaintance. I en tertamed the hope that Miss Wright would one day become my wife. I was not disappointed. W . ., m. At was perhaps six months alter we were married that I carried home in my pocket a newspaper containing a flatter ing notice of Lucy Walters. As Mrs. Clark employed herself with her work, I drew forth the paper and read to her the notice. Lucy was imcming her studies. and had carried off the prize medal. As she listened to the nattering comments paid to her protegej my wife's face lit up with a glow of pleasure. "Ralph used to laugh, at me when I told him that Lucy would one day make a name for herself," she said, musingly. "I have so often wondered," she oontin ued, as she resumed her work, "flrho it was that gave her that money." "You mean the person who accompan ied you to your Uncle Graham's from the concert said I. "Yes," she replied: "it was very sin' guiar, his giving the money in the way he did." ".Doubtless he did it to secure your good opinion, said I. "Then he has never had the satisfac tion ot knowing how it was received,' said my wife. "Of course he has, though," said I. "How do you know?" inquired Mrs. Clark, looking up from her work. "He may be dead." "But he is living," I said. "Who is living?" she asked. "The person you so often think about, who sent Lucy Walters thirty pounds, and whom you kissed." "Mr. Clark!" exclaimed my wife, as the work fell from her hands into her lap. "Mrs. Clark!" I retorted. "You don't think! How can you say such a thing!" And a puzzled expres sion rested on my wife's face, that in spite of .all my powers of resistance, forced me to laugh loud. Oh! I remember now," she said. "Ralph said something liko that once when you were present." "Then, Mrs. ClarK, you deny having kissed him?" She threw her work to one side and arose. "Harry, is possible that it was you?" "Very probable, certainly." "And vou have concealed it all this time! Yon are the most deceptive of all men! ' she exclaimed. "Don't blame me for doing what neith er you nor any other woman can do, said I, "and that is, keep a secret un less it be her age. "I will not believe it! said Mrs. Clark. "Because you tried to surprise me into a confession and failed,"! replied. "Then let this be the proof. I was prepared for this scene, and I drew from my pocket the embroidered handkerchief and pointed out to her her initials, whereupon wef mutually agreed that she had made a "Fortunate Mistake." The Uirl" Question. One of the most vexed, perplexed, but yet important questions of the day is the girl question; the problem' of bow the work of the household is to be done, and how more efficient help is to be procured and kept. The decay of the home Bpirit is a decay that is to be greatly deplored. Whatever saps that foundation is work ing ruin in the moral, social, political, educational and religious foundations of the world. There ought to be hands and heads and hearts enough on our great continent to save us from this ruin and to secure for our people the privileges of home life. But the trouble is, most of us wish to be freed from all cares and responsibili ties and perplexities on the subject. We do not wish to "fight and run away," in order that we may live to renew the "fight another day," but to run away and abandon the fight altogether. The plan of having co-operative kitchens seems to be quite seriously mooted, so that we may have our cooking "done out;" then with the laundrying "done out," tho ed ucating of the children "done out," the sewing "done out," etc., there really will not seem to be very much left to be "done in," nor, indeed, much individu ality left in the home. Women are not convinced, often and eloquently as they are told it, that their true mission, "their right divine and un questionable," is to create good, true, pure, beautiful homes. Yet the woman who can create a home that her husband will curry in his heart all day and return to gladly at night; a home in which her children grow up into all beautiful right living and right-thinking to which a friend cau. come and feel rested and strengthened, and the wayfarer call as a blessed oasis, is a woman who has per formed the highest mission on earth. Her mission is not confined and circum scribed. It is essential that each home shoull have its own distinct individuality; and that it should be well and comfortably "kept." The art of "keeping house" is only a part of the necessary means to an end, but it is an important, even-though a subordinate part. The cooking of food the washing of dishes, and the set ting of tables, the sweeping, dusting, bed-making, etc., must be done, and there appears to be great dearth of means to have them comfortably and well done. A revolution in a certain household after an uneasy reign of servants, seems to suggest a possible solution of the problem. A tall and slenderyoung girl, with quiet, lady-like ways, entered the family to do "general housework," and she does it quietly and faithfully. She always speaks promptly and pleasantly when it is necessary or when she is ad dressed, but she never intrudes herself or her remarks. She is self-respecting and dignified; and she is respected, and ah I how heartily approved and appre ciated. She has her faults, but who of ms have not? That this happy adjustment of house is due to two evils. The most evident one is that our American girls lose sight of what is due to others in their determination to assert their own position and dignity; that they seem rude and forward when they attempt any such occupation. They fan to realize that their self assertion is their own humiliation, aud that the po-, anion, whatever it may be J does not honor or dignify the person, but that it the is individual that dignifies the posi tion. If it were not considered a disgrace to perform the essential labor in a home, to do housework; if it were, instead, thought to be not only a respectable but a com mendable occupation, one of the great est objections to accepting such positions m w r l would be removed, inen, unaouoteaiy, our own American girls than whom none are capable of being more apt and adaptive would help us in the solution of one of our greatest national diffi culties. Our homes must be saved to us; IhAir (lnmnafirii.v. their inniViilnalitv. " J W 1' J 9 their sanctity, must be rescued from the evils that threaten them; and our girls, too, must be saved from the exposure and the temptation, from the want, despair, and sin which now are appalling evils. But the second trouble is to nod mis tresses capable ot oversight of their taking charge and own household ar- rangements, and are willing to do it. They must be prepared to take young girls and give them necessary instruo- tions. They must remember that they have human souls to deal merely machines, and must with, not deal with them with the faithfulness and justice they desire to receive in return There is a deep social problem under neath this difficulty. It cannot be solved by a tirade against poor servants or poor mistresses. Cooking schools (for ladies or cooks will not relieve us. Editorials directed to woman's incapacity and ex travagance will scarcely touch the mat ter. Men must be desirous to- have homes; they must leave competition when they leave their stores, and be con tent to breakfast and dine and jsup. in a "homely" way. High seasoning must be taken from our tables, and the. spice of variety must be, like other spices, more sparingly used. Meals alia Russe; drawing room, parlors, reception rooms, boudoirs, bric-a-brac; gowns of delicate fabrio put together with countless HtnhH nonnot be the daily food, shel ter and raiment for a family conducted in a "homely way. we muse curtail these things or give up sweet, quiet, . . , a a w-r a a restful, wholesome, loving Christian Union. homes. Mackerel Catching Off ('ape Ann. The macktrel oatchers are vessels of the same rig, tonnage, and lading as the cod-fisher, except that in them the seine takes tne place of the trawl The scene of their operations is rather wider. too, as they meet the mackerel on their ap- pearanoe in the spring as fa south as Virginia, and follow them to t e shores George's of Greenland and Iceland. Bank, in the open sea about 1 miles off Cape Ann, and the Dominion aters are, however, the favorite fishing grounds. When one of these vessels reaches the spot where her prey may be taken, a sharp watch is kept for the schools, which may be seen playing about on the surface; old salts aver that they can smell a school of mackerel a well as menhaden. When one is sighted, tho listlessness of the crew gives wy to ani mation. The purse-seine, coilod ou the after-hat oh, is hastily thrown into the seine-boat, which has been towing astern since the vessel left port. Two dories are let down, and, in company with the seine boat, row . out tq ward the school. At the 'proper time the seine-boss gives the word, the two dories take each an end of the seine, some 150 fathoms in length, aud in three minutes inclose -the school. (Then the seine is "passed," and the schooner is signaled to come alongside. There are 500 barrels of large, fat maokerel in the "purse." The method of transferring them to the vessel is much like that prac ticed by the Menhaden steamers. A large dip net, with long handle, worked by tackling, is let down into the st ruggling mass, and throws them on the vessel's deck by the half barrel. This! done, the operation of "dressing down"-pegins by throwing the catch into a square trough; twelve men of the crew of fonrteer then attack them with knives, dexterously open them by a slit down thejback, and clean them at a stroke ; they are then washed, assorted into varions grades ac cording to size and fatness, and packed in barrels, one barrel of Liveroool salt being required for four barrels of fish. So rapidly do they work that forty-seven barrels have been oleaned and! packed in two hours and a half. Meantime two men have been overhauling the seine, repairing it where a shark or blue fish, had made a rent, and the men are ready for another haul perhaps to work for hours without securing a barrel. Corr. N. Y. Post. bhall We Prune In Autumn! To the above question which comes from several subscribers, we say decided ly, yes, provided the question; applies to newly planted trees,' those planted last spring, or within a few years. The sooner such trees have their final shape given to them the better. This should have been done when they were planted, but be tween the hurry of spring work and the timidity of the inexperienced, who are afraid to cut, trees are quite too often set out just as they come from tho nur sery. Such trees must sooner or later be put into their final shape for bearing, and the sooner this is done, the better. Some books on fruit culture, the French especially, give diagrams to show how the tree should be shaped. These are well enough as suggestions, but as no two trees grow precisely alike, the only guides in such matters are a general idea of the laws which regulate tree growth and common sense in their ap plication. Working to pattern cannot be followed. If one has a young orohard, the first point to be considered is the night, at which he will make the heads, of Lis trees. In . localities where the summer is long and hot, it is claimed that low heads shade the trunk, and thus are a benefit. Others wish to have the heads hold labor is not oftener seen high enough to allow of the passing of teams beneath them, if need be. While there is no objection to cultivating crops in a young orchard, and indeed it is better to do this than to neglect the soil entirely, the praotioe is becoming more general of seeding the bearing orchard to clover; and using it as a pas ture for swine, to the mutual benefit of pigs and trees. The hight of the heads being decided upon, all brauohes that start below this should be removal. The next point should be to secure an open and well balanced head with the main branches that crowd or cross one another, all "water shoots." vigorous growths that sometimes start up in the growing season, should be cut awav. The season's growth being completed, the removal of branches at this time will cause no check, and as the branches to be cut away are all small, no large wounds will be exposed. Hence we sav.br all means do such pruning in autumn. while the weather is mild, and other farm work is not Pressing American Agriculturist. ' Stories of Animal. A North Chatham. N. Y.. farmer ha a dog that climbs trees. It recently cap tured a raccoon, after a desperate ficht. in the high branches of a chestnut tree. Iwo sparrows in a street gutter in Paducah, Kentucky, had a desperate fight. Finally, one got the best of the other under water, and kept it there un til life was extinct. A cat had been carried in a bag from Rome, Ga., to a new house thirty-five miles away' over a country it had never seen, returned home in twenty-four hours. A flock of robins and sparrows attacked a cat that bad stolan a young bird in West Chester, Pa., and by pecking her upon the head compelled her to drop her prey and run for her life. A dog belonging to Garret Brodhead. of Milford, Pa., got tired of working the churning machine, and let the rope en circling his neok strangle him to death. Although when at play he was full of life he had tried onoe before to commit suicide on the machine. I A leopard and a cobra had a terrifio battle near Lahore, India, in whioh both lost their lives. Tho cobra had its head severed from below the hood, not, how ever, before it had fatally stung the leopard. A mocking bird belonging to Robert Potee, the gambler, who committed sui cide in Kansas City, showed great grief upon seeing the body. It refused to eat, and when Po tee's body was taken away the bird died. A squirrel romped over the roof of the barn of Andy Glover, at Sumter. Ga.. with the house cat. They rolled over together like kittens. Mr. Glover's son shot the squirrel, whereupon the cat re fused to be comforted. I The London Field tells a story about a sparrow catching ducks at the rate of six birds daily. The sparrow takes hold of them with its bill, shakes them as a dog does a rat, and afterwards throws them over its head. . i A flock of ravens numbering some 500 hovered high in the &i? over Ginnheim, Ohio. They formed three detachments. and, as if at a given signal, flew at each other with savage cries. Dead birds be gan to fall, and soon over fifty birds were picked up. Their wounds were all on the head. A Kansas farmer thought that the quail he saw running between the rows of corn just sprouting were pulling up the seed, and he began killing them. After one cutworm, twenty striped, bugs. and over a hundred chinch bugs were found in the crop of one. bird, he con cluded he bul made a mistake. Webster's Resting Place. Webster's first purohase of land in Marsh field was an old homestead of 150 acres, but he kept adding farm to farm till he had an estate of nearly 1800 acres, much of it consisting of the wide, grassy downs of the ooast. The farm extended north and south from the homestead and was bounded by the ocean on the east. The graveyard in whioh he was buried is out on the bare downs in sight and sound of the sea, and fully a quarter of a mile from the highway, access to it being had by a rude road through the fields. It is one of those neigborhood cemeteries common to country districts, and holds the dust of perhaps a score of the neighboring families. A moss grown wall of stone surrounds it on three sides, the fourth side being inclosed by a mod ern iron fence. The Webster plot is in tho southwest corner of the yard, near the entranoe, and consists of a little cluster of eight or ten tombs. A large mound of earth on the north side of the plot, surmounted by a plain marble slab, holds the dust of the statesman. The stone bears this inscription: "Daniel Webster, born January 18, 1782, died October 24, 1852. 'Lord, I believe; help thou my unbelief,' and beneath this an appropriate phrase from his pub lished utterances. Other graves in the plot are those of Grace Fletcher, his first wife; Julia, his favorite daughter; Major Edward, a son who died in the Mexican war, and Colonel Fletcher Webster, the second son, who was killed at the head of his regiment in the war of the re bellion. N. Y. Post. The Emperor William's annual three weeks' visit to Gastein, which closes in a few days, has been paid regularly for twenty years, excepting during the wars of 186G and 1870. The emperor occupies fifty-four apartments with his suite, and his daily existence follows a uniform routine. Rising at "8:30 he bathes and breakfasts, and at 10 o'clock takes an hour's walk on the promenade, returning home to lunch, where his favorite dish of boiled crabs is served daily. State affairs occupy the emperor till 3 p. m., and after a short rest he dines at 4 o'clock off eight courses. His suite al ways dine with his majesty, and any prominent person in Gastein is generally invited, the number never exceeding fif teen. Dinner lasts an hour, coffee and cigars follow, and at G o'clock the em peror takes an hour's drive. The even ing is generally finished at the house of the adjutant general the Solitude where a number of guests' assemble, and musio and acting are provided. At 10 p. u. the emperor goes homo to bed. HEWS NOTES. Yellow fever is raging at Gnaymas ami Hermoaillo, Mexico. Watermelon cuts ara a variety Of so cial festivity enjoyed by temperance folks in New England. The Canada Paciflo railroad is now completed a distance of 1100 miles weit oi Lake Superior. A Minnesota photographer's tent has been pulled down by some of his cus tomers whom he had not made handsome enough.. A hotel at the Delaware. Water Gap had 206 guests to dinner recently. - Of these, 200 were ladies and eight were gentlemen. George Saunders, vouched for ua trustworthy, reports the discovery of a sea serpent sixty feet long in Lake Mich igan on the Wisconsin shore. It is claimed as one of the advantages possessed by Florida that it is south of the tornado belt. And California lies a good distance west of it. Ex-Governor Hubbard of Connecticut lost his daughter some years ago by her marriage with his coachman. Now he has lost his fortune. It is said that portraits of reputable citizens are kept in the Rogue's Gallery in New York, and are exhibited to stran gers as piotures of thieves. The University of Chatauqua has per manently organized not a cooking school, but a cooking college, which will, prob ably prove a benefit on a large scale. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the dis covery of gold in Cherry creek will bo celebrated with a banquet at Denver on September 13th by the early settlers of Colorado. The city of New York borrowed half a million for sixty days week before last,at three per. cent, a year. Bids not accepted were for three and nine-tenths and four per cent. Eight hundred head of Jersey cattle and a number of ponies, sheep and hogs, valued at $75,000, were landed at Ches ter, Pa., August 29th from Hull. The animals were quarantined. Jay Gould and Cyrus W. Field now have a chance to see how they like it in the contemplation of unsightly telegraph poles set on their estates by the New York Water Commissioners'. The new system of inspection of hogs which has begun in Chicago, with the view of determining the existence of txi chince in pork, is one good result of Ger many's outcry and embargo. Mr. Edison has armed each of the bal let girls in Kiralfy's new play of "Ex celsior" with a little battery, and at a signal each one will flash out npon tha stage with an electrio light upon her forehead. "We know whereof we speak" says the Boston Journal, "when we say the re publicans of Boston have to-day a better working organization than they have ever had so early in the campaign. The Wyoming people lelieve that tha real significance of all this summer's ex cursions to the Yellowstone park will be found in an effort to Induce the next congress to transfer the park to Montana control. A well postod treasury official gives it as his opinion that there are at least 15, 000,000 trade dollras in the New York banks and depositories, and that before congress meets the amount will be in creased to 20,000,000. Moody and Sankey have never taken a dollar of the $400,000 profits on their hymn book. The money has been paid over to a committee and devoted to charity. Mrs. Jane Swisshelm says': "Tho things we call women are simply small packages of ache and pains done up in velvet and lace, and topped out with ostrich plumes." The Woman's Baptist Foreign Mis sionary Society of the west is to send a petition to the queen of Eo gland and empress of India, petitioning her to abolish child marriage in India. - Tha . petition will have many thousand signa tures. The ladies' tricycle reoord has again been lowered, this time by Mrs. Allen, who, accompanied by her husband, suc ceeded in riding a distance of 125 miles within twenty-four hours. The previous best reoord for twenty-four hours was made by Miss Jessie Choice. The queen of Italy is very fond of children, and seldom takes a walk with out stopping to chat with one or two of her youthful subjects, especially little girls. In former days she would often ask a protege: "And what is your father, my dear?" But sinoe the haughty reply of a mite of seven "My father is a republican !" Her Majesty studiously avoids this question. An Audacious Snake. Miss Brooks, a respectable young lady, and daughter of a truck farmer st Sheridan, Pa., on the Lebanon Valley railroad, met with a startling adventure while out walking in the woods with a female companion. The story of their wonderful escape is vouohed for by the best citizens in the place. While the two ladies were promenading in a secluded spot in tho forest, Miss Brooks suddenly experienced a heavy pressure around her waist, which increased to such an extent as to almost deprive her of breath. She cried out from pain, and her companion sprang to ono side. Then Miss Brooks put her hand to her waist and she discovered a thick and heavy roll under tho light evening costume. Immediately thereafter the two were horrified beyond description upon seeing the head of a snake protruding from the folds of the dress, its horrible fangs darting in every direction. With rare presence of mind Miss Brooks' companion seized hold cf the former's dress and pulled tho skirt from her body. A huge black snake was found coiled round her waist. It imme diately dropped to the ground and diu appealed in some dense nnderbrnsb. The ladies say it must have been fully six feet in length. It must have beta lying in their path, and as they paaand alonsr worked itself up tho young lady's underclothing and found a comfortable resting place around her waist.