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99 EMZAIIETH J5ANE. Tbls d.unllrss p'onccr maiden nnmtj 1b Inpcribc cl In gold on the ecr'oll of Famcv Rlin vean Hip nslf wlin knew 111) fenr Wlim Hie tomahawk clcauieJ on the far frontier. If deeds of darlnir should win renown. Let us honor this daincl of Wheeling town, Who hraved the savage with decti disdain, Briht-ejcd, buxom, hllzabclh Zanc. T was moro than a hundred years ago, They were close betct by the dusky Joe; They had spent of ponder their pennly store, And who the gauntlet should run for more) Bhe sprang to the portal and ehoutcd, "I; 'T Is better a clrl than a man should die I My loss would be but the garrison's gain. Unbur the gate I" said Elizabeth Zauc. The powder was sixty yards away. Around her tho focmeii in ambush lay; As she darted from shelter they gazed with awe. Then wildly shouted, "Asqawl" "a squaw 1" She neither swerved to the left or right, Swift as an nntelopu's Has her flight. "Quick I Open the iloorl" she cried, amain, "lor a hoic forlorn I 'TIs Elizabeth CaneT'c No time hnd sho lo waver or wait, Back she must go ere It be too lnt"P She snatched from the Inhle Its c otli In haitc And knotted It defi.r about her wa st, Then lid d it with powder never, I wicn, Had powder so lovely a m gnzlne; Then, seornliu the bullets, a deadly rnln. Like n startled fawn, fled Klizabuth'Xauu. She gained the furl wllh her precious freight; Strong hands fattened the oaKen gate; Brave men's ejvg were BUfTtlM'd with tenra That hud there been sliaiuers for many years. Viom llltit-lock r iles again tlielr sped '(lainst the skulking redskins s Rturm of lead, And the war-hoop sounded Unit day In vain, Thanks to the deed of Elizabeth Cane. Talk not to me of I'uul Hevere, A man, on horseback, with naught to fear; Nor of old John llama, with his bell-crowned hat- Ne 'd an army to hack him, so what of that! Here 's to tho heroine, plump and brown, Who ran the gauntlet in Wheeling town I Hers Is a record without a stain, Beautiful, buxom, Elizabeth Zillie. John S. Adams, in Nt. Xictula for July. MY PRIVATE ASTRONOMER. My onrly education whs neglected, chiolly by mysolf, a fact which jny who who is superior to mo. menially ami morally, is not slow to koop in tho foreground in a very annoying mun- ner. Sho does not know how irritating alio is in lier efforts to improve my mind, as i have never pointed it out to lier. When alio commences to talk 1 moroly walk out of the house, light ing a cigar witli slow absent-mindedness, which, judging from the effect, is truly exasperating. From long ex perience I have discovered that con scious silence is boyond a woman's eomnruhonsion, and shuts her up in a jnannor only equaled by tho oiled on n man of an oiler to bet five to one, closely followed by a show of tho money. Although I would not care to own it, I was at length goaded into a nuoaking dosiro to shino.in intellectual circles, and to bo able to distinguish between tho works of Emerson tho minstrel and Emorson tho author. Ho tween you and mo, 1 regard Hilly as having moro brains than his high toned brother who wrote books, fie madi) more money anyway; but how my wifw would rave should she hoar mo nttor such a "1'hilistlno lioresv." ("Philistine heresy" is one of her pot gags). lcommonced my intellectual im provement by buying books, those of neat but not gaudy binding being pre ferred. I brought homo a book nearly every dav, and at first my wife beam ed on mo at the evidence of my "renaissance" (her gag); but 1 think at length she came to regard it as ex travagance, an. I entertained a mean suspicion (hat too much "intellectual pabulum" (her gag again) might af fect I ho sealskin saequo fund. 1 sought after knowledge pretty monly, and with considerable nerve, until one day an unprincipled dealer worked oil a Welsh dictiouary on me, and then I shut down. lam rather liberal in my educational views, but 1 draw the lino at Welsh dictionaries. After that I rarely boiiirht a book. nv. rent when 1 had been out late with tho boys, anil wished to fortify my statement to the effect that 1 had spent tho evening at our literary club and had just brought home something choice from tho club library. Little things like this some times carry conviction when argu ments fail. " lwy,s walking along; tho street ono lino frosty evening when an idea struck me, suggested by the sight of a cold and shivering curbstone telescope fakir. 1 stopped in front of him in orjlor to thoroughly grasp the Idea; for with mo they are scarce and come high. With liiy wife it is Uillerent. "Five cents a look, Fino view of Jupiter," remarked tho 'sidewalk as tronomer. "Here, giniino a quarter's worth," raid I, handing over tho coin. Tho man grinned, believing me drunk and good for any amount of money. I was never more sober in my life. It was merely the Idea working. 0 "Astronomy goes," said 1. "What?" observed tho man, a little anxiously, for ho was not now sure he did not have a crank on hlsauds. "How much do you make a nlghtP" 1 asked. "Not enough to koop mo in salt," lie answered, rather savagely, for ho now thought he saw In me a possible rival. "Then I can hire you protty ohoap, ior my own prlvato'uso, can't IP" A shade of regret that he had not announced himself on the high road to wealth crossed his face as ho com menced to haggle with mo over the price of tho service. ' "1 moroly want yon to give mo some practical lessons iu astronomy. My education Is way oil', and 1 want to get posted. Hooks put me to sleep. Now this is practical. It's getting right at things. I'll look through your ma chine, and you can give me the pedi gree and time of tho stars as we go along, and 1 will remember It just 'as easy as 1 can tho record of a boss I see trot with my own eyes. You got on to my jcheme?" "1 think 1 do." "You can givo mo a starter right now. Here's a dollar for j on. Now toil mo all 1 can remember about that tnr you have leveled your spyglass t" Tho fellow hemmed ami hawed and noted as (hough he didn't know how to lio.'ln. until 1 suggested hU refund. hii? the dollar. That seemed to revive him and he turned looso a dray load ofinformatlon, all of which I could not believe, not being of a credulous turn of mind. "That is tho planet Jupiter," ho commenced, while I nearly broke my back bending down to jret a good fair chanco at it. "It is tho largest of the constellations and is a hundred and seventy-five miles thick." I took it iu without a quaver and my astronomer seemed to chipper up, talking with less hesitancy. "It has four moons, which you will observo ranged around the nlanol liko tho bags around the pitchers stand on u base-ball field. They havo on that world both night and day shift mgons. Thero is enough, ho that at least ono can throw olfolipht all tho time with out too much wear and tear on tho solar system. Moonlight walks on Jupiter havo lost their charm, having become so common." I soaked in that piece of knowledge, and the astronomer brightened up still more. "If you wUl observo very closely you will bo nolo to see tho planet is enveloped in a vague and scarcely dis oornable nebula hypothesis." "Hold on; say that again." "What? Nebula hypothesis?" "Stop her, while I get my note-book to bear on it. Just let lnogathor that word in, and if I don't paralyze my wifo witii it you may call mo a horned toad." Ho told me how to spoil and pro nounce it, and then 1 lot him go on with the show. "A year on the planet Jupiter is a very long time, ho resumed, "it is about as long as cloven of ours." 'Oh, come, now; you can't mako mo boliovo that?" 1 protested, as I lot go the machine and tried to straighten out the crick iu my back. "J hat s what Procter says. 1 don't know anything about it myself, but ho stakes his professional reputation on tho assertion," urged my astronomer. It was a tough stoiy, but I'roctor settled it. 1 had heard "my wifo men tion I'roctor. "Yes sir, eleven years and nearly twelve " "Great Ca,sar, but that's hard on tho grangers over In Jupiter only ono crop to three Presidential elections." "I reckon it's tiresome, but 1 sup pose thoy get used to it." "It must bo pleasant for merchants when a fanner comes iu and asks to get trusted, and says ho will pay after harvest in tho coiirso of eight or ton years." "There are some disadvantages about that, and then there are some advantages, too. It isn't so bad if you are tho ono who owes the 11101103'." "That's so. Now give her a turn ahead." "Some scientists assert that tho in habitanlsof Jupiter are transparent." "Sav-or-or, what's your name?" "Liggins." "Well, Liggins, I'm cussod if as tronomy isn't interesting. Why it's gteat! It knocks a political campaign clear out. (Jiniino some more." "As 1 was saying, some sciontisto, notably Horsohe'l and La Place, assort that the Inhabitants of Jupiter are transparent, while Kepler disputes this.' "1 guess I'll tio tills ileal." up with Kepler on "Hut there is ono thing thov all agree 011 that the people can onlv bo a foot and a half high, and about "four feet thick, sloped a irood deal like a mud-turtle witli a head on top instead ol at the end. You see tho force of irrtl V it H f inn to WM rrn.it llint .i ..... l.nilf p.... ... .1.. .111,1, . IlltUI LMIHli liko us would bo plastered right down, ami woulun t bo able to stand alone unless ho was several times stronger than men usually are. Why, it would broak Sullivan's back " "(iood deal liko your machine, oh?" Tho planet, as I saw it, was hard to describe. It looked more liko a bi gob of light with four spatters around it than anything 1 can call to mind. It appeared rather scnitohy, and was speckled with .some dark spots, as, also, with some white epochs. I asked Llggins. who was getting protty cold by tills time, what one of tho largest white specks was, and ho gave an opinion to tho e licet that iu his esti mation - scientific men, lie allowed, couldn't be too careful in their deduc tions iu his estimation it was tho can Taas of some big, first-class show com pany the "Nino Allied London Shows," for instance, all spread out. Possibly, it included the side shows. though lie didn't eare to go on record about tho side shows. Seieutilio men had to be careful. Tho thing looked plausible and 1 absorbed it. hen 1 proposed having a shy at some other star, Llggins said he had a sick nany, and must nurry Home. 1 was enthusiast ie, in spite of my back, and wanted more, but Liggius waved his siuk baby, so to speak, 111 my face, and I let htm go when ho promised to have a fresh star on too the next night. As 1 had no desire to mako a holy sluov of myself, wo arranged to hiyo tho succeeding scan jos come off in my back yard, and 1 got well started in astronomy. Every night Liggins luggod his tel escope up to my house and back again, notwithstanding my oll'or to keep it safely. He said lie wanted to pursue some private 'nvostigations by him self. Auutliei thing struck mo as pe culiar, which was that wo could havo but one star at a time. As soon as 1 suggested sort of astronomical free-for-all, L'gglns always remembered that his baby had swallowed a copper or some thing of that sort. 1 didn't believe the yarns about tho baby, and ldldr 't believe Liggius had a baby. 1 could nut, nor can 1 now, under stand how any self-respecting baby could own Liggius for a father, for ho was about tho most mangy-looking citizen 1 over saw. Notwithstanding his economy iu the 111 tier of stars wo got along" swim mingly. I took one every clear night and learned to bo satisfied with that. I then thought he had an idea his in voice of planets and asteroids might run short. 1 found out dlll'ereiitly la ter. "I want to sou a cornet," said I ono night. "I'll find you one," remarked Llg gliu, who was a very accommodating person. "Wo will "havo comets to , morrow," Suro enough, lie was as good as his word, and trotted out a hi" comet as promised. It was somewhat breezy in tail, and not exactly as I oxpectcd. I spoko, to my wifo about it, and she thought it was unbecoming in me to lind fault with tho solar system. Noxt thing 1 would bo talking positive infidelity. I must learn not lo sot my solf up against Copernicus, Kepler, Nowton, La Place, llerschel, Lockycr, I'roctor, and all those. The job lolof names she fired at me sounded as if they bolonged to a hard crowd to beat, so I went out and smoked. Although tho cloudy nights canio in pretty thick about that time, wo mado very fair progress, doing up Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Venus, tho lleiades, the Milky Way, the Dipper, Saturn, and sonic others. Saturn with its rings looked like a target iu a shooting gal lery. Liggifts had been telling me shout a French astronomer by tho namo of Verne, who built a big cannon, and crawled into a hollow ball, shot him self to the moon, a proceeding which I would consider a trille risky. Ho took a flyer around tho orb("orb" is 0110 of Liggins' gags), rounding tho lastquar torpost withouta skip, and lit on earlh again all right. It's funny tho news papers didn't say anything about it. Thoy usually do touch on such things. Well, that little story got 1110 inter ested iu tho moon, and wo fixed a date to investigate it. My wife settled on the same night for ono of her .sympo siums, to bo followed by a little pro gressive oucher and toned up a trille by something in tho refreshment line. Mv wifo is noted for her literary gath ering. Liggins came around a3 usual, and, to alleviate his disappointment at my not coining to timo on astronomy, I had a waiter carry out a dollar, a plato of chicken salad, and a glass of champagne. Unfortunately, tho bottle was left within li is reach, and ho went home satisfied with evory one on this earth, and especially grateful to the solar system. For the first timo since I had known him ho left his tele scope on the back porch. Wo got up late the next morning and my wifo was cross, but brighten ed on when I camo home to lunch. "Tom," said she, "do you know how to run that iclescopo? "N no 1 don't know as I do. Lig gins always attended to that." She said nothing moro about it and I wont down town. When I returned I found the girl on her knees scrub bing a kerosene spot on the sitting room carpet and tho wreck of the tele scope, dissected by my wife, lying about tho lloor. SI10 grabbed me by the arm and took 1110 to a window. There she hold up a piece of dirty glass. "What is that, do you think?" sho asked, in hersurerior way. "It looks liko a photo negative." "it looks like it, but it isn't." "Now listen." Just as if I could do anything else but listen. "That mis erable astronomer, whom I told my friends was a distinguished savong in distress, is nothing but a mean cheat. On this piece of glass is a clumsy pic ture of tlie moon in India ink. Hold it up to tho sun. 'That light spot is tho moon, and this opaque part repre sents sky." My face showed that I didn't under stand her, and it irritated her. "That telescope was nothing but a big tin tube bronzed over witli a slide up near tho end, to slip this glass in, and a place beyond it for a small hanging kerosene lamp to light it up similar to a transparency. That is what you havo been looking at all this time. " Studying astronomy! Good heavens!" There aro times when tho English language does not till tho bill as a medium of expression. My wifo caught 1110 struggling witli my overcoat. "Thomas Jlenry, whore are you going?" "I'm going to interviow Mr Lig gins." "You shall do nothing of the sort. You will make yourself" the laughing stock of tlio town. Tako oil' that coat. My wife was right, as usual. How did you discover tho fraud?" I asked, after I had cooled down. My wifo looked embarrassed, and I saw there was something in tho wind. 1 did not lind out that day, nor the next, but by strict attention" to business I managed eventually to ascertain. Siio had always loliovoi'l the Livingstones, although thoy hold their heads rather high, did not have enough to eat on tho table half the time. As wo can command a view of their dining-room from our sitting-room window, by us ing a powerful glass, sho had tried to bring "a little science to bear on tho problem, with tho narrated result. When Liggins came for his tele scope it was given him in pieces. I never saw him again, but some mouths later he sent for mo to pay a lino fur vagrancy. Ho, however, wont up for sixty days, and I shipped him a copy of "Dick's Sidereal Heavens," ono of my early purchases, to comfort him inhis seclusion. --Clarence A. Webster, in Chicago Ledger. Stung to Heath by Wmps. Wasps killed William P. Thompson, a farmer living in Alloghony County, Mil. While working a cornfield, ho noticed what lie supposed to bo bees swarming around the stump of an old oak tree standing in a fence corner. He approached and rashly attempted to investigate thorn by striking the stump with his hoe. In an instant a whole nest of wasps, probably oOO or COO strong, attacked him. Thoy set tled all over his head, and clung to him with remarkable persistency. When ho reached homo screaming for help, his wifo was compelled to beat them oil with a broom. Ho had been stung in a horrible manner. There was scarcely a piece of skin as big as a penny on his head which had not been pierced by the wasps' sting. Ho had just had his hair out with a clipper and the wasps found no dlllloulty in getting in their work all over his scalp. One of them had settled iu his left eyu and stung the eye-ball. Iu two hours Thompson's head had swollen to a monstrous size, his left eye protrud ing, and he was a terrible spectacle The man suffered groat agony ami died In a few hourt.ldchadr Damo-cnU. DOMESTIC ECOXOMT. How the Government Succeeded In Destroy ing the Locusts on the island of Cyprus Industrial Notes. Exterminating Locusts. Locusts recently appeared in such numbers in southern llussia that tho governors of six provinces lield a meet ing at Odessa, to devise means for de stroying them. As no plan that seem ed to bo practiced could bo recom mended the conforence broko up. A correspondent of a London paper who visited these provinces states that he was reminded of tho words of tho Hebrew prophet in relation to the dep redations of locusts. Ho was a witness of the same torriblo destruction do scribed iu tho bible. "The land is the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness." The English, since they havo been inr-posscss.'on of Cyprus havo succeeded in ridding it of theso insect pests. Tho way it was accom plished is thus described by Miss C. F. (ioi'dou Cmnmingsiu acommnnicatioii to The l'all Mall (latvllc: That this sad iato was in store for Cyprus appeared so evident that in lP.su it became positively necessary for the colonial government to tako the matter seriously in hand and organize measures for tho salvation of the isle. it was therefore made compulsory on every male hot ween tho agen of 18 and GO j cars to collect a certain weight ot locust eggs, lo bo paid as an annual tax to the commissioners appointed to superintend this work of destruction in three districts namely, Fam.ngusta, Larnaca, and Nicosia, it was stipu lated that the egg-sacks must be deliv ered clean, without any admixture of earth; so wo may form some estimate of how enormous was the. diminution of tho foo when wo learn that tho weight of tho tiny grain-like eggs de stroyed in tlio autumn of 188U was actually li.'iG tons. This, however, was far exceeded in the following year, for notwithstanding I he wholesale destruc tion, tho remnant that escaped detec tion and survived to deposit their eggs was so great that no less than 1,330 tons weight of locusts' eggs wore de stoyed between July 1581, and Feb ruary, 1882. Nevertheless, so great was tho multitude of cunningly-buried egg-sacks which escaped detection that, when the hatching season arriv ed, there was apparently no diminu tion in tho vast swarms of living locusts which presently appeared hungry hordes threatening immediate famine, and suggesting ever-increasing legions for future years. It was evident that measures for their wiiolesalo destruction must bo organized on a far more extonsivo scale. The preparations for war in cluded such items as fi.SOO canvas screens, each fifty yards in length, tools for digging great trenches, and payment of laborers, who were re quired to keep watch day and night wherover tho presence of the foo was suspected. In tlio districts of Fama gusta alouo 3'2,'J20 pits were dug, and all these were in due time filled with a densely-packed mass of struggling lo custs, the total weight of insects thus destroyed in this 0110 district alone be ing above. 1'-', 000 tons! It might well ho supposed that such a wholesale massacre would havo elloctually thinned tlio locust legions. Hut again tho survivors proved to havo been so numerous that tho swarms of tho fol lowing spring were actually as large as those of any previous year, and tho official reports stated that thoy were still gaining ground, it was evident that yet more vigorous measures were requisite, so tho infested area was sub divided into smaller districts, each of which was placed under the closest supervision; 0.,l'()0 pits wore dug, and 8,000 additional screens were prepared and kept in active movement preced ing tlio inarch of the foe. While gov ernment ollicers were thus energetic, thoy were sorely tried by tho amazing inertia of tho peasants, whoso indo lence even outweighed all ordinary prudence of sell-intorest. Thus the government engineer, Mr. S. Hrown, reports arriving at a village wiiero 110 found only a handful of old men and boys vainly working at the locust pits and screens, utterly unable to cope witli the multitude of locusts which swarmed passed them, actually crawl ing into tho stx'eets. To his disgust ho t ...... . found troops of aolo-boUiod men (tlio owners ot tlio lands and tho crops which were in such imminent peril) idling at the cafes, and refusing to work, "because," they said, "govern ment, having undertaken tho business, would, of course, accomplish it, but the' did not choose to work for such a low rate of pay." Tlio rate offered boing equal to that habitually given for hard work on tho roads. Truly, in dealing with such people, there was much to bo said in favor of tlio Turk ish system of compulsory labor, which lias onlv been abolished under Hritish rule, fn liko manner, when every nerve was being strained to discover and clear every locust brcediug grouud, news was received very lato that a large quantity nail iiAiciicu, anil wore already well grown, in an isolat ed district about thirtv-livo miles$rom :n.v other locust-bod. This must have been known to many peasants and to the inhabitants of a neighboring mon astery, but no ono had tho grace oven to send information to the ofhcials. Notwithstanding suoh drawbacks as which led to the escape of many in sects as a reserve to supply future trouble, it is estimated that tho locust slaughter of 1883 must havo been some where about -'OO.OOO.OOtl.OOO. Although the crop of 1884 gave good proof ot the benefits of this wholesale massacre, thero was still good cause for vigilance and unremitting care. To t lie working material in hand there were added 3,800 zino traps mado on a now system; aUo, '-',8G0 canvas screens, makiugof theso a total which, if placed in a lino, would havo made about 315 miles of canvas wall. Tho island was divided Into still smallo?1 districts for ollicial supervision, but the reduction in the number of the foe rendered a corresponding reduc tion possible in the force employed to cope with them. Only two thousand persons were therefore employed, of whom 1,400 wore laborers, working on contract. Hy judiciously marching these from ono point to another, thuy wore able to do all that was requisite. At ono point, however, a serious alarm arose, for tho locusts, having sudden ly changed their lino of march and outflanked their watchers, had actual ly reached tho standing crops. In this emergency a working part' of Eng lish soldiers was called out, and thirty two men of tlio Queen's Own West Kent regiment were marched out to do battle with this tiny but serious foo. It is superfluous to say that they did their work right well. To tho joy of all conccnQd, thoso long-sustained efforts havo at length been crowned with such success that last year literally no damago to crops was reported, and though it is evident that thero will always be a sufficient number of suruivors to necessitate vigilance and tho preservation of lo cust war material as an annual item in tho national expenses of the isle, it may now bo considered that tho great plague has boon successfully conquer ed. It is now proposed to render it compulsory on owners of tlio soil an nually to plow all lands where dopos its of eggs aro known lo havo been made. Also, that rewards shall bo given (graduated according to tho distance traveled) to all persons reporting hatches not previously known to gov ernment, and that lines should bo levied on persons who, knowing of such, havo failed to report them. Tho total expenditure incurred in this war faro has been: For the year ending June 1882, about 32,000; for tho year ending June, 1883, about 12,300; for tho year ending Juno, 1S8,"), about 9,000 a considerable item iu tho outlay of tho isle, but ono which will very quickly bo refunded by tho rich harvest, now happily safo from tho all-devouring foe. industrial Notes. A whitewash that will not rub off is made by slaking one-half bushel limo with boiling water, keeping it covered during tho process. Strain it and add a peck of salt dissolved in warm wat er, three pounds of ground rico put iu boiling water, and boiled to a thin pasto; ono half pound powdered Span ish whiting, and a pound of clear glue dissolved in warm water. Mix these well together and let tho mixture stand for several days. Keen tho wasli thus prepared in a kettle, and when used put it on as hot as possible with painter's or whitewashes brush es. Tho latest improvements in raising lima beans is to use brush about eight feet high, stuck liko pea brush in stead of poles as commonly practiced. Plant 111 hills about threo feet apart in tlio direction of tho rows, two or three plants to tho hill, and the rows six or eight feet from each other. Cut off tlio tops of tho plants when thoy got above tho brush, ami .stop all the sido shoots when thoy are two feet long. The vinos are much better exposed to the sun and air iu this manner, and far larger crops are said to bo ma tured than by poling. In sonio tests made with small squares of various woods buried one inch in tlio ground tlio following re sults were noted: Hirch and aspen decayed in three years; willow and horse chestnut in " four yoars; maple and red beech in live years; elm, ash, hornbeam, and Lombardy poplar in seven years; oak, Scotch fir, Wey mouth pine, and silver fir decayed to a depth of half an inch in seven years; larch, juniper, and arborvike were un injured at tho expiration of seven i ears. The sales of land mado by tho land department of the Northern Paoilie Railroad for the month of May were 10.300 acres, for $2.".S, 172. Of theso sales 4,0-16 acres were in Minnesota, 27,310 acres wore in Dakota, 4,(533 acres were in Montana, and 10,372 acres wore in Washington. Tlio total sales were greater than those of tho corresponding mouth of 1881 by 10,211 acres. 'The sales of the month were almost entirely to actual settlers. It is possible, according to French authority, to foretell tho weather sometimes ten or twenty hours in ad vance, by observing and comparing tho sounds emitted by tlio telephone connected by loads with two iron bars stuck into tho ground a fow,yards apart. In case (if a thunder storm, especially, a noise liko that of shrivel ing leaves, ineroases until a Hash of lightning occurs, when the sound re sembles that of rain or hail falling 011 grass. A Port Jarvis man has concluded that if thero can be a scarecrow thoro can also bo a searobug. So ho stuck a little stake in tho middle of his cu cumber hills on which he has attached a small whito rag. Ho says that tho littlo bugs which wore destroying his cucumbor plants aro scared by tho Hopping of tho rags, and vacate tho premises. Tlio birds of Louisiana, papers of that state say, will soon bo exterminated. The colorod people thero not ono mako birds an articlo of food, but have begun to- uso their eggs for tho same purpose. Thooggsof partridges, robins, wrens, mocking birds, and all others that thoy can got their hands 011 aro eaten. Several farmors in Schnectady coun ty, New York, havo been very suc cessful in raising peanuts. Thoy aro of larger size than thoo grown m tho south, and some claim that they aro of suporior quality. Probably peanuts will bo raised in most of tho northern states before many years. Tho Tennessee peanut crop, it is bo llevod, will bo out short this year, owing to tho rotting of seod in tho ground. Tho peanut area is spread ing. Heretofore its cultivation in Tennessee has been confined more ohietly to the counties oft Humphreys, Ferry, Hickman, and Dickson. Two now typo-wri tors havo rocontly been Wrought out in England. Each is about eight inches square, and woighs not to exceed six pounds. They can bo carried in sacliel, and aro afforded at so low a price as to bo within tho roach of almost any person. Tho bost stock water Is that of living springs, tho noxt, that of running ot roams. Fully equal to theso, save 111 the exception of hardness, is tho water of wells, froo from surface dratnago. The worst water is that of slauk streams, aud especially stagnant poinls. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. An ebony table has a branch of magnolias painted on tho top. Fried sqijjish. sliced and fried like egg plant, is a good and ucw break fast dish. Tho foro feet of tho pig aro called "French pigs. fcQ," and are tho favor ites. Thoy aro boiled, split open and breaded for broiling. A rich sofa back is of black satin with tulips embroidered in Kensing ton stieh. The Qulips aro of natural 3ize and in a variety colors. Dainty sachcls aro 111 ado of linen drawn work with a variety of stiches. The caso for the perfume may beO white or of any delicate color anil tho effect of the latter through tho laco wonk is very pretty. o A very pretty apron is made of ftdia mull. It has a deep hem, and in one corner above tlio hem is em broidered a graceful cluster of mar guerites in Kensington stitch. An other ot tlio same material has daisies "powdered" over it in "sweet confu sion." o Some one who has oaten it says that English plantain, just fancy, yo suf ferers from tli is weed, makes an ex cellent "dish of greens." The young leaves are seleetod and prepared in the same way as spinach! Wo shall soon arrive at tlio era in which noth ing is wasted. Cold roast beof may bo utilized in this way. Cut tho beef in small pieces and put it iu a stowpan with a good sized pieco of butter, somo finely minced onion, a littlo water, with salt and curry powder to taste. Simmor for fifteen minutes and servo hot with a ring of boiled rico surrounding it. g bpiced cherries to oat with meat aro a good relish. Mako a syrup of ono pint of whito sugar ai.d ono pint of water for each quart of cherries, add spieo to suit tho tasto; when boiling add tlio cherries; cook half an hour; seal when cold. Fully ripo, perfect fruit must be selected and tho stones left in to give it a lively llavor. Very serviceable bureau scarfs may bo mado of etamine witli bright stripes alternating With lines of drawn work. This material is not expensive. It is effective and thoso busy housewives who havo not tho timo for embroidery, but who liko protty things, will find it a welcome addition to their household adorn ment. A rose jar may bo mado in this way anal tlio fragranoo will last for years: For each pound of perfect rose leaves tako one-quarter of a pound of salt which has been thoroughly dried in a warm, but not too hot oven for three hours. Mix leaves and salt together and place in a jar that can bo tightly stoppered. Tho loaves must bo free from ilow or moisture. Milan cakes aro nice for tea. Half a pound of sifted Hour, a quarter of a pound of butter, six ounces of sugar, two tablespoonfujs of thick, sour cream and ono ogg. Mix a pasto of those ingredients, roll it out and cut it in diamond shaped pieces; glazo with egg and bake in a hot oven; when cold place a bit of jam or jolly in tlio center of each and servo. Hoineniber that a handful of soot put in a piece of cotton and securely tied and immersed in a gallon of wa ter for two days will make a solution thai may bo applied with excellent re sults to all free growing plants that require fertilizers.' Fuchsias, geran iums, chrysanthemums, psalms India rubber trees (Fieus ohistiea) and many others are benoliteil by this liquid fertilizer. Delicious littlo puddings aro mado by this recipe: eigh lo'ur eggs and tako tlio same weight in butter, sugar and Hour. Mix tlio Hour and butter smoothly together, then stir in the sugar and lastly tlio eggs. Hako iu small buttered' cups iiT a quick ovon for twenty minutes; turn on a warm dish and servo witli any desired sauce. The weight of four eggs will mako 3'ixteon .small puddings. Stowod lettuce is vory nice and is prepared quite easily. After cleans ing tho lettuce, chop it tino. For four heads of leituco put threo ouueos of butter in a stew pan and set it on tlio lire; when it is molted put in tho let tuce with a littlo minced chervil; stir uowand then until cooked; sprinkle Dvor it a pinch of Hour; moisten it ivith broth; boil for ten minutes moro, 0 itirring it occasionally, and servo. Whito silk handkerchiefs aro trou blesome to wash; unless you know !iow, exactly, they are apt to come out jtilVand streaked. Thoy should bo iirst soaked for half au hour in cold 30ft water, with forty drops ot am aionia to the quart, after which rub Ihe handkerchief well, wash itiu warm water and add soap it necessary. Af ter wringing, wrap in a drv towel for fifteen minutes and irou until dry. Of Sound Jlind. Will of a deceased husband th:?t was recognized: A rich old fellow died, and when his cstato was boing settled up his widow was called in to r'ivo somo testimony regarding tho will. "Mrs. Miller," said tho attorney, handing her tho will, "will you bo kind enough to look at that uoeument and toll mo if it is correct as far as you know?'1 "What is it?" asked tho widow. "It is your lato husband's will." "Oh! is it? Well, it was never as oxtotisivo as that whon ho was alive." "1 don't moan that, madam. E want to know if you think it is the correct will?" Tho widow took it and began to read. "Of course," sho oxclainied, "this is his." "Why do you think so, madam?" "Hecauso it says hero, I. James Miller, being of sound mind. Now, that is him all over. Ho contended with 1110 from tlio time wo wore mar riod that ho was of sound mind, and said ho'd stick to it with his last breath, ovon if I porsistod in saying that ho didn't luvvo sense euough to put up au umbrella on a rainy day. Ho used to do some mighty toollsh things, but I'm Rll to see ho had a good opinion of hiuwm to tho cud." tihencctatly Union. S O O O 0 J r