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On Reading FletiojB
The vterdif ocfHrfjn tsgjlhu
8tftclt0Mo mmi bjohp Kwitt)' prm
Btasjfl) info jura b iai' Savm, hileo8x
jjjftftaq swhtfCrtaEft, ptthnah px&s vitJfr
jup wfltfh? dwiu public md Ifauflf
gMMA; petoV'tf unttesgr yowr words
jAu "pjrefi$" It raid bvtwvia
Eqtf&j yoirr idtr.iH whim- yoar limci
ifteffoietLiirly uxtrtvy. MtatH gws cn
ftftttady hato pra.Mj- piWHUffH bwntww
iftuy tnkitt to tta trnfajwct in hu&d, imil
yfeIlH feroicw wcU rsiing to tbo
Mktea cef pawHy npo tku Insavut
Ptjjnwitf tfea s4cary-wr!tvr com
tuoinlij rr mtch alKwlwm. Isamedjuto
ly tho dl.1l jmJaiie mim t liclion, it
straps frm im appreeintivw nttitadu
feavurd tho writer's wurii, nawiia judg
CE?S ?S JMoriVs 4 t-w talo onfy
jprdjadlcu :uad pvrtwartl iivdtf. Tho
novel lab dovw not nppvnl to fair
minded jury. Ketiriy sveryono on
donvors, to n greater or Ichs extent,
oithor to bring tho story into his own
atmospr" nu ejipgnencp, Zi regaras
it as a bit (rf gossip 6r a wob of dream
life spun to amuse an idlo hour. Tho
'most grievous wrong dono tho poor
author howovcr, is this tendency to
judgo of tlio truth of lictitious churuc
torization only as ic agrees with lifo as
SL'on or imaginod by tho reader. Tho
novel written from a high-church
standpoint limis no low-church ad
mirers. Tho cynic scofls in public at
Brown's last romance, bccatiso it is an
idyllic love story, and tho public troos
its way firmly convinced Unit Brown's
forto is blacksiuithmg.
AVo aro too superficial in our criti
cisms. Wo aro not just. Wo do not
go deep enough Into tho novol-wntor's
motives. Nearly all tho stories printed
to-day have in them an attempt at
something beyond tho mero tolling of
a talo with, trappings of scenery and
puppets to boar out tho illusion. But
wo do not examine this sconory to
know if it is real, nor stick pins into
these puppets to learn if tliey aro
merely stuU'od dolls to play upon our
fancy. In this wo do ourselves an in
justice, both losing tho fino llavor of a
good novol and failing to ponetrato
tho tinsol and stago oltocta of a poor
one, in much the samo way as a be
fuddled drinker swallows Vo. Cliquot
and champagno cider with tho samo
approval. Then, too, in order to
catch a page or two of "conversation"
or "action" that is valued only as it
carries forward tlio plot, wo aro prono
to run hastily over descriptive writing
that paints a vivid bit of lanscapo with
cameo lidollty and boauty. Or a chap
tor filled with lifo and color is voted
droary and slow becauso only indircct
Iv it nids in tangling tlio threads of
tlio romance. It is the amount of
"thrill" in tlio concluding chapters
and tlio agreement in doctrine and
sentiment of the writer with tho read
er's personal holiofs and tastes that
settle the novel as good, bad, or in
diilorent. Is this fair playP Such roading
shuts out from tlio reader's enjoyment
tho prime ploasuro sought, which
should bo glimpses at lifo and man
ners nwny from his own experience,
the appreciation of tlio correct delin
eation of oharaeter as ho knows and
sees it about him, gratification in
broadening his horizon by studying
now and strange combination? in" hu
man action, and tho gaining of
knowledge of soonory and local habits
utlierwiso unattainable. But that those
are nut tho motives witii a largo num
ber of novol-readors I think any closo
observer will admit, and tho ofl'eet of
this uon-appreeiallou is not alone on
tho reader. Indirectly, though never
theless strongly; it afVocts tho class of
llction produced. Your writor may
bo a sensitive body, and if his stories
aro nut well thought of, ho turns to
other fields. And oven if his hide is
callous to the public apathy liin pub
lisher's pocket is an infallible Ijuromu
tur of the demands of tho tnuo in lit
erary pabulum. If Brown's sweet
nlyliie lovo-storv, though it bo an
"owur true talo," and told with tasto
iliid fooling, be set upon by cynics,
'Urtfwni will probably call himself a
titnl, and Uuu'ouftor compile blue
batik Should Browu bo wilful bin
.jjyjntor will soon whip him into Hue.
'i'lujru1 avo goad novels buiug writtun
dOf tliuw days, "Hero, in this poor,
ui.tftgrrtlftloj hanuwrod, duHpumblu Acfc
Miih" utf Curly mi valU it ur cood,
f&tf0Vtfo uuuw tdorhtu buiagf priuteii
3tim thtit ill etirrj' the lmprwui
uf'oiw timu iwto Utu fuUui, and show
Pa Mfu wmiiUtg huih UwwiiiKot to dziy,
ito4JaWiHj lUJjd &tH!tllot bringf to W
jefoatj-aies rib thai rojbKuHUff dms, Xtm
v vbjjat la rep a tunuUnot uo.
Unt givt ot( om Ktcey-tvtUwes to cteuctm
M.&c!Vjj tmy tioJ vny y e Ht mm' iuxi
tijjitwws feu vWisa jo Htm. FUui
MpfllhJ CtB3 ttfuxa t -fcfUtlj, it9,
itntSBn kkU' atw w ucuwa to
WthiSi vu owe wrlKwst Wu hatw sjKtitvjh
txy Hn feacw tojo'M bj' a kvalt at ity
gw-itJio hi tkixir WwH, by ahB(fnoi
Stos tiki loaitxoi lued tvocuxawioooa ima tp
isMth)ss dH&A'w cm u Vo wot ixarlt
Mro nwli)Mwxni pi HuU f!-M3cuuJ
pfelQKlMft&OfI
'Jkose ill ii b.ip-siAiaM pftfj'Cc'liiod
Bit a tat,-ol vta.T cdbM'irw tbie
k wlflat, saa b Laoid!ly rtJU4 "tbw
trii 'vlrtaa)." ft vtotot tkis
every j tho chew eifpul wbu
aft) buyers and rcadjn's itf' lletltaB.
'l'Uof aro w)l satiSlled if tho story does
not cud well, no matter how tho
probabilities aro sacrificed to bring
about such a culmination. The story
may lo an artistic success, yet fail of
nublio approval irom this cause alone.
There aro a few (striking exceptions to
this argument, but in tho main it holds
good. Some of us, too, in our purity
feel called upon to cry down tho
bringing of slums to our notice, Wo
Hay It mil have a bad moral ellect and
is unpleasant reading, and common
place life and people, such as we meet
in our own streets and houses, aro
called unattractive booausu wo already
know them. Truly, the novelUt mills
between a Soylla ami Chury bills in his
search for public approval.
Vor how ninny years hnvo wo boon
looking for tho uiiiiearauco of n fabled
aoiuetblng, traditions of which have
coma down (o us. This something
which tho critic have already unulyzod
ttttii Mt houmU to and named tho
tirtMft AiiiurluHlt No vol, has not yul
numxinikM. bUrny trw kmi
)to bam afnfimKsi, &w&p&aseimistfp
to orvtti&ndow ou other hamu tf&H
rtactij, tov cam-, v will not ftsDw it,
bat will flro to vojso fuiora vravry
tioa tbi tiwJt of diHcowrian; it Jfoft
Bntil ihurb bi to err o yemmu apprwuiu
tioa of tho Amsrievta novel it iv
can n story nppwnr u hich viil bo nc
ccptyd an bnnfing tho ndariae im
priB.t of our timet aad our psrople.
The novel is not rated at ita true
value, It in not propvrly read. Wo
don't diHtinguish clearly enough be
tween what Ih good nnd what ia bad.
I do not wish to bo understood na as
sorting that wo cimpot discriminate
between immoral and pernicious fic
tion and that which is proper and
wholesomo. Tho distinction I wish to
clearly sot fort does not intrench on
JMs division. Tijo merit of a novel
doOs not depend on tho class to which
Bombro or humorous, ipolo-dramatio
or analytic, it may havo positive merit.
and that merit can bo decided bv
can bo decided bv a
single rule. Truth is tlio ono law by
which wo can judge fairly of thovaluo
of a novel. It is hot meant that tho
story must be founded in fact and told
with consciontious attention to sober
detail, but it is meant that the genuinely-good
novol holds a mirror up to
rJ a tu re; that, in its setting, it truly
pictures the scene wherein its charac
ters act, that its Ladies Vero do Verc
are the ladies they represent, nnd its
lovers and murderers and fools are,
indeed, lovers and murderers and
fools to tho end of tho chapter in
thought and word and action. Tho
wildest and most sensational romance
might bo a good novel, and to our sor
row wo know that somo of tho most
nnibitiously-conceived and loudest-
heralded works aro not good novels
Many of our recent stories can be call
ed to mind as instances of the fact
that, in this particular, lidclily to
truth lies tho secret of their merit.
Lot any of us carry this theory into
his reading and try tho author and his
work by it. Tho result will bo a firmer
urasp on whatovor beauty mav exist
in scenery, character and motion, and
a finer and more critical discrimination
against unworthy protonsions.
Tho roader will not find an idoal in
tho novel realistic, sentimental, analy
tic or romantic, but will roach by an
impartial and catholic judemont a
correct estimate of tho story in hand,
and will jraiu tlio full measuro of any
pleasure there may bo in it to what
ever class of fiction it may belong.
There is no occason to say that the
novol of to-day must be built aftor a
cortaiu plan to be acceptable to the
canons of tasto. The right of crit
icism must be grounded in a broader
theory than this. By its genuineness
alone can the novel be proved.
"Fiction hath in it a higher end than
fact," and to accomplish this end it
must employ the full potency of fact,
so molded as to suit its own unities.
Tlio critics say we havo no good fic
tion now, bul in spite of this edict
thoroughly good novels aro being writ
ten and printed, and all wo need is
belter reading lo havo still bettor
writing. Geo. M. JIuss, in The Cur
rent. "HIuo Ulood."
Tho term blue blood, from tho Span
ish phrase sangru a. til, is much used
without a very clear idea of its signi
fication. Its "real moaning is "not
that the blood itself is blue (excepting
that all venous blood has a bluish
tinge) but that tho
to whom tho term
lorsons or olass
s applied have
skins so white nnd transparent that
tho veins show blue through thorn, and
this is takeu as a certain indication
that tho class or persons thus designa
ted are without an admixture of races.
Any one who has traveled in Spauish
Amerhmu countries, or in Spain,
whuro tho term originated, would see
at once its applicability. Tho do
Hcomtaiits of the Gothic conquerors of
Spain retain to this day tho character
istics of their ancestors tho white,
transparent shin, bluo eyes and au
burn or tawny hair, and their veins
show bluo through tiioir outiolo; but
in ciuiu of an admixture of African or
Moorish blood, the bluo blood (veins)
gradually disappear, until la cavo of u
s'roat prvnoiuWanco of tho latter
races tho veins shov merely as ridgou.
TanrintH in SXVkAco tt ill notice thh po
culinrltj ia all uf tho MeKican oltica
as woll as in tho bacioodiu through
utxe tht cuuatry, on wiwuot of tbo
rrei-fe UjdoaiKtartf cut lodifta (Aatco,
lVUe nnd J'lsumllkn) Uuved ia tho
jpu)iukUn, ami cTc.rr tv hoco they will
fitui iix.it ttve jpl4 vlwtAi Teios b&otr
hi no t&eotitgh tb bh in who the rutiag'
ClttH Ien'r ia JEtkvfaD TrB:ripj.
J?ftllO oa JPcoakxoj,
atfj, (atMrioibiv fe-nvdioft U tia$tr$
it (r54. h "ot a !K!),lAlt),
vhfeh xxiy wa iai'oco t four iacot,
(Ctltj.iyj) a ya. llWr jtaioU-cQ froi
cj-i'Bt i 'i,UOO ally, x&whieg
hA' Bti VOtMTiaiAi iL'1,000 si ycv."
1 tbis pustt df lift cmteOdtrf $H),0J fit
fiair nor ct yUhW da iocossb t
$18,0CU, uidcioff tar oatlrft WtfDmc
$aa,000 a year, llt&l Piesiibjit Gar
field boon killed by th worrymS sd
Importunities of olllco-.'feekers iust:ul
of by a bullet from one of them, his
widow would bo living In comparative
destitution. Such aro tho freak of
fortifno. Detroit Free iVcsj.
It will bo no fault of llu I0.OA) citizen who
weut out to no a cow boy sUotv lutt Suuilay't
CIiJuuo tf lioforo tlio cud of tlio uoit ikrailo
they fcliall not bo alt tit work even Hays In tho
wt-t'k. It U tllCKlrut In tho wiukliiKiiian to
oiler Uuiiptatlons to the Ktvod of tlio coror
tlou. Sumluy l ueoiloj as a day of rct.
Tlt$ Curirnt, C'AuMii).
CIiIimo i'omt'ln ii nnlaoii kivHT to linml
ever t5 of lil prollts to tier triftiitry. Clii
cliinutt allow tlio wliUky druter a frre tplKot,
Uf tho two plant CIi cho'ii ti tho wiser. HIM,
,VXMctMic wo'iU lmtiby reimburse rlth-sr
city for tho iUiiukm of a riot Ilka Hut of Cin
cinnati. A riot, too, without whUky would
lc a nlrltUi atflr. Th C'urrraf.
The inot lopular aud uavful iiwij 'r
wrltvr It tho rtriiilirr. lilt work U 1
w) nail, HW TruHMn HAy.
FtgSltftJKWXfcNT.
rtbvr; CWtO&iBfll tOftftCiQi BbPrWSitrbClfJfr
o
In tho portio&v of tno westr wbero
Intuit exovv of com sure ordinary?
tiubted the roMjoxity ol fanMrt rey m
It tot food to wu m Haxcaittse all Aihoi
ofEutacic Jfc ftaiautls intaaded iov thb
hutchet come through tho vAntcx m
pooi condition tho; uro lilccly to re
main vo till tho corn crop is coutaro.
ThoTuro then fed liberally till thoy
Ciro in a condition to send to market.
In muny paaca thoy arc Hopt in scanty
pastures that nvo poorly provided with
shado and wotcr. Often the pastures
uro overstocked, and tho animals havo
not a sufficient supply of grass, even
ii tho season is faroraolo to its constant
growth. If it h unfavorable especial
ly if thcro i a icroro and long con
tinued drought duriDg tho warmer
months, tho uuinials aro in a poorer
condition in tho fall than thoy wcro in
the spring. A food is scaaty, thcr
are obliged to wander about in search
I of iUmfjig tlio cnllro day
day. .hxposuro
16 tho hot sun makes them tired and
restless at night. Thoy aro tafm6ntcd
by insects, and often Buffer for want
of cool water. Animals cannot bo ex
pected to thrivo Under such circum
stances. In the fall they will bo gaunt
and unthrifty, and a very largo amount
of corn will bo required to put thorn
in a condition to bring oven medium
prices in any market.
Nono will question tho great valuo
of corn in putting cattle, sheep, and
hogs in tho proper conditiou for
slaughtering. It is, however, very ex
pensive food. It costs a large amount
of monoy to buy it and much hard
labor to raiso it. Meat is always ox
ponsivo that is produced wholly or
chielly by feeding corn. It may bo
necessary to tho production of first
class meat, but tho stock-fcedor should
study how to uso it to the best advan
tage, and how to produce good meat
with the smallest amount. Animals
should bo in good conditiou in respect
to flesh before corn is aflordcd them as
the principal article of food. Unless
thoy aro in such condition they will
bring little moro than enougirwhen
fattened to pav for tho corn they havo
consumed. Tho cornlicld should bo
secondary to tho pasture in tho pro
duction of meat. The pasture should
furnish fair beef and mutton, and tho
cornfield should so improve them that
they will rank as prime. Stall feeding
animals is often profitablo as tho last
stop in the process of preparing ani
mals for the market, but thoro should
bo several steps in tho right direction
before this final one. Cattlo and sheop
should not come up to tho feeding
trough in the fall in a lean condition.
If thoy do they will consume so much
corn as to rentier their feoding unpro
fitable, or will bo sent to tho market
in no condition to bring good prices,
that aro only paid for well-fattened
animals.
All animals intended for tho market
in the fall or early part of tho winter
should be liberally fod during tho
summer. Grass is not only tho cheap
est, but the best, food for thorn. Jf
abundant and of irood quality it will
furnish fat as well as flesh. Excellent
beef and mutton have boen produced
by grass alloue. (Jood marketable
steers and wethers have been takeu
directly from tho pasture to tho
slaughter-house. Tho pastures, how
over, wcro in the host condition in re
spect to tho variety of grass and clover,
wore well supplied with water and
shade, and were not overstocked. Tho
food was so abundant that tho animals
could eat their fill during tho coolor
hours of tho morning and could lio in
tho shado in tho heat of noon. Thov
did not havo to travol a long distanco
to procure water or to drink that
which was warm and impure. Thov
had a supply of salt wthiu easy reach
of them, and a shod orgrovo to shelter
thorn during tho prevalence of storms
or severe winds. It u drought occur
red during tho time thoy wero kopt
in the pasture thoy were supplied with
grass out in a neighboring hold, with
corn fodder, green rye, and n daily
feed of somo sort of grain. Thoy woro
rendered oomiortablo, and comfort
next to proper food nnd sholtor is cm
Bcntial to tho production of flesh and
fat, as it is to tho formation of milk.
Tho tnmmor is tho time to lit old
and poor anim&U for tho market. If
thoy come through tho winter in bad
condition special attention should bo
given to them. Low that havo given
milk through tho vriator, ows th&t
bfrvo raised early lambs and are too
old to brcrd ajrttin, end wethort whose
tcotb ore impaired, should lio put into
k sixiil pasture ot tho eailiest lUv
prU3t!cB.blo. Grass is the proper fvud
Koc them, and grws at this session of
tho yttT is Miporiui" to that which 'w
prtinru later to toe e&esixnu it
taoo and ti&te. It ii car h crnn
end st to digest. It tue posts re
wboro tho caitaolici wee plfrmd lhV s
Intended for the market io the rail
cJitBH aos produce sufficient n'Ski oue
4btMld be cuKronx an edioiaier IMA
ia ordov to Leun vu the uraiur nutouafc
pi iKii, Sittty ferutet ad stock, feudew
ttioRiu ifeuidf) io tue spris; vk&t em-
to a U; ho had oa hie plnx tbnx
tosuo. "theif ml day" od ea l die
pu&d ot to tee last iiata$. M
shoali t&oa 1otm tu lisMio goUinft
thou in good coflditioa fin- tlci mar
ket. Tho earlier he bftir& tho smaller
will bsi tie uxpeso and tho better tho
results, If tlio season is favorable
tho chances aro that thoy may ho
put in condition for the market with
out other food thau tKfet utlbrdml by
Iho pasture where they uro kept.
Chicago UW&s,
Industrial brevities.
As oarlv as 1G17 tobacco was raised
in Virginfa, and tho prico was llxod by
tlio governor at a shillings per pound.
Four years later it figured as an article
of export, V,000 pounds having been
sent to Holland in tu.'i. The yield
had become so plentiful in 1639 that
tho prlco was 3 pence per pound. In
1070 England collected 185.000 m
duties on Virginia and Maryland to
btioco Imported Into that country. In
1729 It took 300 vessels to carry thoto
baoco soul to England, and tho yearly
exports approximated JL'000,000. For
tho 90 years ending with 1879 tho ship
ments of tobacco from America woro
14,106,000,000 pounds. Allowing that
each vessel carried on an average of
600 )og8h&ads, thoro must havo goon
19,224 .tfeip) employed, equal to 221
?es3!a per e,nBU. During tho past
Quarter ill oueetury td vifld his Len
increased tro elfrut 130.000,000
pounds to about 680,(XX),0GP busu&
Iho mcmtZxl? report of the Sans&9
rttato hoArd uz ogricultaro says: Tho
month has boon exceedingly favorable
for frait, and thcro will bo a large crop
of all hinda, except peaches, in oil yui
tions of the stnto having bearin? trcc.
The counties lying along the southern
bordor of tho stato in the south cen
tral section will buvo an abnndont
peach crop, tho promiao being raoro
flattering than for tovcral seasons
past. The second tier of counties
from tho south, in this section, will
hare a fnir crop of peaches much
larger thtin that of last year. Neurit
every county in tho stale, outsido ot
tho sections named, ro ports a total
failure as to peaches, tho severity of
tho winter and early spring preventing
a crop. small fruits, especially
grapes, promise to bo abundant in all
sections.
It may not generally bo known that
tho English walnut is the most profit
able of all tho nutbeanng trees.
When in full bearing thoy will yield
about 300 pounds of nuts to tho trco.
The nuts soil at 8 cents per pound; or
$24 to tho treo. If only twonty-soven
trees are planted on an acre," says a
Los Angeles orchardist, the iucomo
would bo 519 per acre, or, from
twenty ncrcs, $10,000 per year. Tho
Los Angeles orchardist has placed tho
number of trees per aero entirely too
low. Double that number of trees can
bo advantageously grown on an acre.
Exporimonts in ostrich-farming in
Victoria having proved successful,
Queensland farmers aro recommended
to adopt tho industry, for which tho
climate of their colony is peculiarly
well suited. Tho Capo government,
probably to check Australian and
California!! rivalry, havo placed a duty
of 100 a pair on ostriches exported.
Ibis is a very fortunate circumstanco
for tho pionoors of ostrich-farming in
the countries named, as it greatly in
creases tho valuo of tho birds which
they brood.
A local paper strongly advocates tho
establishment of butter factories in
south Australia, on the ground that if
tho present low prico of wheat is to
contintio the farmers must engage in
dairy-farming or go to tho wall, and
private dairying is too badly managed
to bo successful. Not one dairy in
fifty, it says, is properly constructed,
tho rudest appliances aro used, and
the overworked farmers' wives or
hired girls are unable to do all that
could bo dono with groat saving of
labor in a factory.
If you havo a shrub, herbaceous
plant, or treo of any kind, that is dif
ficult to kill, but which you wish to bo
rid of with tho least amount of trouble
and expense, do not attempt to kill it
by cutting oil" at tho roots at this sea
son of tho year, but let it alone until
in full leaf, or until near the time
when it ceases growing for the year.
July, or enrly in August, will bo a
suitable thuo for most trees and shrubs,
while herbaceous plants may be cut oil"
closo to the surface when thoy are in
full bloom.
A curious phenomenon is reported
from some of the vineyards in tho
province of Malage. According to
Spanish papers, plants attacked by the
phylloxera and given up as practically
doad have bcgin to show marked
symptoms of vitality due, it is behov
ed in tho localities, to tho destruction
of the msoct by gases or olectrical con
ditions consequent on the earthquakes
in that district.
At Charleston, S. C, thero is a
method of preparing tiles which it is
claimed renders thorn suitablo for
paving roadways subjected to tho
heaviest traffic! By this procoss tho
bricks or tiles aro first heated in an
oven, where they aro covered with
sand; when taken out thoy aro plunged
into molted asphaltum, and thon
placed on racks, where tho excess can
flow from tho blocks.
At a recent sale of llolstein cattle at
Troy, O., thirteen cows averaged
$350 54, twenty 2-year-olds avoraged
9291 50, fifteen 2-ycur-olds averaged
921 50, four 2-year-old bulls averaged
8322 25, hvo 1-ycar-old bulls avoraged
$233, and thirteen spring calves aver
aged 8177 69. Tho avcrago for tiw
seventy was $266 60. The hoifers were
auld privately for 01,000.
The larofoifc pork-prndiieor in Mas
sachusetts is Mr. John Curamings, oi
Woburn. lie has now on his place
2, fiO0 hng and pigs and t-enwrAllj kilk
3, GW) eaih yea-r. 11 buys all his feed
lie purchase the buttermilk of
Boston tirio, vho churn fresh milk
tdvat has not baen feiiuaxed. Ii hays
vevtera core ood griturs iv c Uii
xtecorilioff to Iffew Ztoa-lfrad) pwnoarwi
tho enpcs ebueafi tr&ot uf the colouy
id loscoiaiiB ?stblieh4d. Ofm com
pany isflst to liuslaod eight tovs in
JNbruttry, fou in &iroh,0etul the
faueae iiieutity in April, end otho
nosapttuios; fcovf ft&j oxyurtsd cheese,
'Jftoa rotiultflfio fflt sxo Gmd to Itti r
x&o&entivu.
Cora that ifi thoroughly ripoi&ul oo
tfe&6tjk iB tho iiolii, 1ell dried ia
thtt fttift, traced up and pl&ced in a
room, iciutses reniarkablo vitality.
9c0tt) !od com was disposed of at an
auction salo in Vermont in tho spring
of 1883 said to bo thirty vears old, but
it sprouted readily and producod a
largo orop
Evidently a Country Journalist.
Oh, papa! look what a funny
man!" said a little six-year-old girLJ
exhibiting an almanac and pointing
to tho explanation of tho zodiacal
signs. "See, papa; he's got animals
11 around Inm!"
'Ys, my child. What olso do you
observe?"
'Why, papa, ho's busted his stom
ach." Yes, daughter, it does look llko
it."
"How did ho do that, papa?"
I don't know, my child. 1 guoss
ho was a country editor who got a
whack at a free lunch counter, and
those are tho animals that lie dres.ui
vd about." .NtMrman Independent.
ANARCH r ON TIuMSTflMUS.
The Chnrch Party In rower for the First
Ttma in Its History Caucaa Forces Col
lectin Forced Loan of $2,000,000
In Antloquliu
0& April 29, writes a Panama corre
spondent to The New 1 'ork-Sit)i,i treaty
(tsiisnSd by Gen. Aizpurn, then in
coroeaand of tho isthmus, and tho lead
ers' erf the troops from Cauca, com
manded by ColvManloya. Under this
Atepora agreml to turn over thiybar
racks, with their war material, and
tho city to Col. Montoya. Eorly on
April SO their epedition:iry vessels
were moved eloc loto the railroad
wharf. The troots were landed, and
a small number "of theru entered tlio i
city, snd occupied tho b trrncki, Tiny
aow hold the town, and Iron. Aiijumi
scdall the loading meiiUjrs of the
liberal party are their prisoner.. The
conservative, or church party', now
holds the upper hand on the loth ra us
for the first time in its history, and its
member boast that their sucoess is en
tirely due to the active interferencs of
the United States authorities in their
behalf.
After the landing of the Cancan
troops the Colombian flag was hoisted
writh some solemnity over tho government-house,
and its appearance was
saluted with a halo of twenty-one
ajuns, fired at the railroad station by
Admiral Jouott. The United States
marines and sailors wero formed to
receive tho Cancan troops as they
passed from tho city, and the contrast
between tho well-organized aud dis
ciplined United States troops and the
motley, undisciplined, and badly
armed corps representing, in tho
words of the leader, "law and order,"
was striking and painful to witness.
Sinco the entrv of the expedition a
tow shots have been heard nightly, but
tho new governor, an able and expe
rienced native named Diaz, is doing his
best to recover tho thousands of guns
and cartridges which, ic is known, uro
scattered among the populace.
It is believed now that the conserv
atives have achieved power in tho
state: thov will eudoavor to raiso a
largo forced loan. In Antioquia tlio
Cancan forces, by moans ot confisca
tion, aro collecting $2,000,000, which,
it is allesed, has been expended by
Pauca in quelling tho rovolt at Antio
quia. Tho federal government has lit
tlo to say, as it has its hands full in tho
interior and on tho Atlantic soaooaru
Tho particulars of tho massacro of
Jamaicans at Culebra- on tho night of
April 4 aro as follows: Four unuui-
formed Caucan soldiers woro sent on
foot from Imporador to Culebra, both
important places of the canal, to keep
cruard over a circus. They entered
the camp, in which tho carrying of
arms is prohibited, and their rules and
machetes were taken from them by
the canal police, who undoubtedly
would not have thus acted had thoy
known they wero soldiers. The sol
diers then returned to Inperador, and
told their comrades that they had been
disarmed. Then all left together for
Culebra, with tho avowed purposo of
taking revenge. On reaching Culebra
tliey found tho circus performance go
ing" on. All entered, and thero met
somo natives of Cartagena, armed with
machetes, and it was determined to
begin at once the crusado of murder
against the Jamaicans. They went to
tho laborers' barracks, known as Camp
No. 1, where they wore tired upon by
the watchmen. The' fired in return
several volleys, and then broke in the
doors and killed and wounded the
ivholo of tho thirty-eight inmates,
eight of them being murdered on the
jpot and twenty wounded, many of
rvhoru have since died. All were "shot
in several places, and there was not
ono of tho number who was not gashed
in ono or moro places with the mur
derous machete. All these victims
were Jamaicans, and all were in their
beds when attacked. People in small
er houses wcro also killed and wound
id. The canal company buried twenty-nine
bodies, and sent in nineteen
wounded to the hospital in Panama.
It is known that many wounded per
sons fled into the forest, where they
subsequently died. Every box, bag,
or valise found was plundered, and
dead and wounded alike had their
pockets rifled. These poor wretches
had only been paid off the same morn
ing, which was really the incentive to
the crime. The soldiers left ou the
morning of the 15th, carrying off two
Jamaicans whom they captured at the
last moment. These men, being wit
aessos of the crime, might have given
svidence, to guard against which thoy
were murdered, without the least for
mula of trial, stk Iwperador yesterday.
Iho murderers, for tho aafte of cour
tesy, aro called Colombian triaipe, end
M irch the United Sta-We authorities
save favored their landing. It will
surpriao all lo9 of In and odor to
lean that oao oi thesa murdorors has
iteea arrested. Jamaicwn;, nnd, in
tact, ell who ctfn, aro abandoning tho
iathwus ie thonsends. Thero 19 no
ao or ords. Passiwrt aro now ro
quired to onttblo ono to loavo tho isth
mus, and poor half-starved laborers,
ho are returning to tho islands now
than thoy au m foar of thoir lives, aro
compelled to nay $1 to logalizo thoir
exit from this disturbed region. It is
oocdltfto to say that tho self-appointed
sollcctors of this tax aro delighted at
tho exodus.
Barranauilla papors publish corres
pondence betwoeu Commander Heard
sloy, of tho Unitod States stoamor
Powhatan, and Gen. tiaitan, of tho
revolutionary forces, In ono letter
Commander Boardslov oonmiunicatos
tlio opinion expressed by Ms govern
ment of Pedro PreQan ami his asso
ciates, and asks that they be not re
ceived by tho revolutionary army as
allies, but, on the contrary, persecuted,
captured, and imnishod as enemies of
mankind. Follnn Perez, chief of
stall', recommends tho note to his su
perior otlioor, and condemns Prostan's
action as ono of thoso acts known in
war as atrocities, and people who
commit such arc outsido of the pro
tection of all civilized law. From tills
it would appear that Prestan would
havo a poor ohauco had ho Hod to
Gaitan's forces for protection.
Tho departure of Gen. Santo Domin
go Vila from Cartagena is confirmed,
and the evacuation of Booachica castle
is ulaluiod as a success gained over
tho government troops, as tho revolu
tionists Immediately took possession
of it. ItTs-said tho rebel forces havo
captured tho British schooner .Minnie
and imprisoned thoferow.
Thergjis groat unnnimiti' of opinion
now on the isthmus in favor of tlio
revolution against Dr. Nunez. The
arrival of the Caucan forces as invad
ers has intensified the feeling hero that
all parties should combine if they do
not wish to bo entirely subject to" the
caprice of whoever may be ruling in
to adjoining powerful state of Cauca.
The feeling ngaiust Americans sonie
timeo breaks out in words, but, al
though it exists, it is nothing at all as
compared with that existing between
Carlagenians end Jamaicans. Not
much work is being done along tho
lieo of the canal, but tho American
Contracting and Dredging company
has stuck to its work of budding tho
Atlautic mouth of the canal with great
pertmacitv. Its gigantic dredges have
twen making good headway, and with
in a few months, when a rocky ledge
near Hindi has been removed, tho
section above it will be joined to the
section below, aud tho first nine or
ten miles of the canal will be opened
to light-draugh vessels. This run will
extend from Colon proper to abov
Gatun, and will enable an opinion to
bo formed, even by the most causual
observer, as to the changes effected on
the canal work began.
A Lost Opportunity.
Through the pig-hcadednes3 or lack
of public spirit on the part of a lirm of
attorneys in St. Louis tho world has
lost ono of those opportunities which
came but once in a-life-time.
Tho occasion was a suit in tho Crimi
nal Court, tho defendants being two
noted mediums who wcro on trial for
fraud in producing alleged "spiritual
manifestations." To tho reality and
good faith of the manifestations as
well as to their spiritual origin thero
woro numerous witnesses. They wore,
however, of tho stereotyped sort.
Thero wero tho observers who go to a.
"seance" to seo aunts and other re
latives, and who aro determined to be
deceived. There was tho credulous
professional man, who went "merely
in tlio interest of science," and was
startled to lind himself conversing
with tho spirit of his first lovo. who re
peated whole passages from his last
letter to her, but could toll nothing
about liis first lottor to hor successor.
Thero was tho life-long spiritualist
who could not havo been persuaded by
any device known to intelligence that
there was any trickery or guile in peo
plo who professed to bring up tho spir
it of his dead grandmothor still bear
ing the mark of the cancer which ter
minated her career in tho flesh. And
thero were other witnessos of tlio samo
sort, tho witnesses that wo always
hear from when the doings of these
charlatans aro called in question.
Recognizing tlio unsatisfactory na
ture of this testimony, and desirous
of promoting tho ends of justice, tho
presiding Judge proposed, with re
markable liberality, that tho defen
dants should call tho spirits them
selves as witnessos. The spirits, ho
urged, had been represented as eager
to establish tho truth of spiritualism;
why not call one or moro of them to
tho witness stand? "Why not show
mo," ho said, "that thoro medmmship
of actual communication with tho dead
by practical illustration? If there is a
friendly relationship existiusr between
the medium and the spirits of tho de
parted, as insisted upon by the de
fense in this case, why should not said
spirits be eager to display themselves
on this stago of actiou and vindicate
tho defendants?"
Had this proposal boon accepted the
world might to-day be in possession o
conclusive proof in respect to a sub
ject concerning which there is the
very broadest diversity of opinion,
and at times the fiercest conflict. Had
the spirits appeared, had they testified
on oath, had thoy withstood' the blan
dishments of the attorneys on their
own side and tho withering cross-examination
of the opposing counsel,
thero would have boen a basis such as
there is not now for belief in their
oxistence, and in their generous ser
vice of tho mediums who subsist on
their alleged bounty. Tlio skoptis
would have been confounded and tho
hearts of believers would have beaa
correspondingly elated. On the other
hand if tho spirits had refused to obey
tho subpena or to testify whon sum
moned, or had their testimony been
adverse to the mediunwatic theory, the
cause of truth would have been inj
ruaaaiirably advanced, and tho light
of wisdom would havo been turned on
for tho bonofit of future generations
vith tho power of forty statues (fully
pedestaled) ca liberty onlightoning th
World. Bu it was not to bo. Re
gardloi of tho enoraioua public inter
ests at stake, obliviousoto tho welfare
of futuro generations yet unborn, tho
callous counsel for tlio dofonso rofiyed
to accopt tit? proposition of tho court.
Tho guidon opportunity was lost and
may uovor occur again. Detroit Free
Press.
Garden Truck on W heels.
'hn Whitehall Times jioricutural odi-
tor hastens to oiler a few practical
mills iu g.iiuuuurs.
Ql.'iL-n flm liwt frnm rnrlnns now.
and give some man four dollars par
ilav to iiiDricaio tuo son witn a spauo.
Bo suro aud throw tho woods over tho
fenco into your neighbor's yard, and
men
Plant your yeast deop, If you want
to raiso good bread.
Pl.int ,, f..r l.nttlna nf wlliskV lU
tho contor of woll mado bods, and seo
how largo a crop of boats jou uu
raiso.
Plant old tobacco stumps, if you
would llko an oxtra brand of Havana
weed cigarettes.
Plant seeds of idloncss to raiso a
big mortgage ou your gardon.
T'lant a freo lunch under your best
shade treos, and sco what a largo
crop of hogs you can raiso.
riant a pair of tight boots on the
foot ot every bod and then gather iu
your corns.
Plant Paris greon in every hill of
rhubarb aud you will havo plenty of
frosh baked pieson your gardon.
Plant a fow hoalthy chickens in
vour gardon if you want to "raiso tho
"dcuco" with yonr truck.
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