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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."
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