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Parted, after years of joy together.
After years of snxnmer weather.
By nae tboeghtless sugry word ;
And that word by yoa was spoken,
It was thee love's ehalii was broken.
Still my pie&di&gs were nnheard.
Parted, and that bright elysi&n
All has passed before oar vision.
Never to return again;
Now alone In grief and wonder.
Or the past Isadiy ponder.
"While my heart is filled with pain.
Parted, bet I oan't forget yoa;
Si nee the day wbea first I aat yoa
1 have loved yoa until now ;
I have asked yoa to Jbrglve B&e ,
I have asked yoa to believe nae,
Keeping sicred every vow.
All la vain, 'twas aaav&IUng.
All my prayers were useless, falling
To recall the word yoa said:
Tbroach this life we roanae rangers.
For one word we met as strangers.
To be forgotten when I'm dead.
THEIOS
WAENED.
The oircumstances that I am about
to relate are of each an extraordinary
nature that it will be better for me to
give a short sketch of my birth and
antecedents, in order that the reader
may be able the better to judga of
them for himself. I am not about to
attempt an explanation, for the en
deavor to explain the supernatural is
bound to end in fog and failure. I
will merely state the plain facts of
the case as they happened, without
comment, and then, as I said before,
the reader can judge for himself.
To commence with. I am a High
lander by birth, and my father was
noted as the descendant of ; but
my father has nothing to do with the ;
present narrative, so I will pass him
by. My mother was noted for miles
around for the possession of that mar
velous faeulty of second-sight, for
which so many of my country peo-
! pie have been famed. In fact, she
foretoW her o-wn death, which occur
ed shortly after the arrival of my
brother and myself, who were twins.
My father soon followed his wife, and
Robert and I were left alone, two
helpless children. An anele, howev
er, who resided in Aberdeen, having
l heard of the deaHi of his brother, uu
dertook the charge of us. and we were
removed to his honse and brought up
by him. There was always a wonder
ful affinity between my brother and
myself. It was more than affection ; f
it was a mysterious attraction that i
caused us to be uneasy unless we were ,
iu one another's society ; and any
thing that affected one of us, even if i
we were miles away, was sure to be j
felt by the other. :
Time went on, and when we were i
sixteen our uoele considered that we
were old enough to enter his office,
where we were accordingly placed as
clerks. From the first this never
suited Robert. He was not fitted for
' the rough, every-day drudgery and
1 routine ot a plaee of business, and, al- i
, though he never onee complained, I
' could perceive and feel what torture
and agony it was to his proud spirit
, to descend to the dull slavery of the
i desk. In a few months this became
mora preceptlble. and his cheeks, al
ways pale, grew more so, and his eyes
became large and feverish, and his
breath short and.dffficult to draw.
Tho rdpr miit fnrfrio mTr iir,,.-
; brother, and I loved him. At length
brother, and T !ovd him a natK I
it became evident to all that he
was
ill, and he was put to bed. and medi-1
cal aid was called in. But it was then i
too late. The death-warrant had been
signed, and my brother was going. I
was permitted to ;stay with him, as
my presence appeared to soothe and
i give him ease. It was S o'clook one
morning; the church bells all over
the town had just struck the hour as
I was sitting tn his room by his bed
side. He had been slumbering, but
suddenly awoke, and said :
"Douglas, my brother, I have just
seen ourmother, and my time Is up in
half an hour. Do not grieve, brother;
I am glad. My nature was not suited
j for this world ; yours is different.
And I may be able to assist vou where !
I am going."
I was not seventeen, and I could
not restrain my'tears, as I cried :
"Do not go, Robert, and leave me
all alone in this cold, heartless world!"
"Hush, my brother!" he replied.
"I must obey, but this T will promise
you ; if I am permitted I will revisit
you ; and if I should be allowed the
power I will always warn you of com
ing danger. And now, farewell,
brother; my time is nigh. I can feel
the weakness coming that precedes
removal. Farewell, brother, until we
meet again. Fare "
The half hour struck out, and Rob
ert fell baok dead.
My cries aroused the heuss, and in
a few minutes theordiaary nurse, the
servants, and my uncle had entered
the room. I was led away in spite of
my entreaties to be left, and placed in
my own room. Lying across the foot
of my bed I felt as though my heart
would break; but, fortunately, my
grief found relief in tears, and" in a
short time I had wept myself to
sleep.
I know not how long I had slept,
when I awoke suddenly with a feel-
ng of intense happiness. As I open-
y y perceivea mat my dead
brother Robert waa sfanrimcr ht- mt-
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side. ie looked radiant and nleaed
and holdinir un one hand, as it 1 7' '
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All is well, dear Robert, and I am j
permitted to guard thee from harm." j
No sooner had be finished speaking:
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dask of the approaching dawn. I
immediately arose, and pulling up the
blind before my window looked forth.
It was not yet daybreak, though that
rosy appearance that generally come3
berore sunrise was apparent. Then I
lay down and once more fell asleep.
By the end of the week my brother
wa3 buried, and I wa3 alone in the
world.
Years passed on. My uncle died
and left the wealth he had accumula
ted to.his wife's family. With a new
head to the firm there came new
rule3, regulations and staff, and I had
to find a fresh occupation. Fortuna
tely, without being long out of em
ployment, J obtained a situation in
an insurance company's office, where
I managed to get along very well,
liking my superiors and being liked
by them.
One morning as I was making an
entry in my ledger, the manager pass
ed my desk and beckoned me to fol
low him. I did so into his private
office, where he told me to seat my
self. Having shut the door, taken up
a position in front of the fire, and
lifted his coat-tails, he began :
"I have called yon in here to offer
you a rather hazardous piece of busi
ness, which, however, if you fulfill
properly and to our satisfaction, will,
no doubt, ultimately be the means of
making your fortune."
Of course I intimated my pleasure
at the honor, and was about to inquire
into the nature of the business when
the manager went on :
"You have now been with U3 some
years, and we feel that we can place
implicit confidence in you in fact, I
was requested to pick out a confiden
tial man and one I could depend up
on, and I have chosen you."
I bo'sred and murmured my thanks.
"The nature of the business you
would be employed upon is thi3 : In
this town is a firm of ship-owners
who are in the habit of insuring their
ships and oargoes for extremely large
sums, and lately they have been very
unfortunate, or, rather, I should say,
fortunate. Do you comprehend me."
"Not quite, sir."
"Why, within the last year they
have lost, in mid-ocean, two ships
and a brig, and have received the in
surance money on them. We have
lately received an intimation that, in
the first place, the cargoes are not
what they purport to be, and that the
crafts they have lost are not onl3' old
and worn-out tubs that have been sold
I for breaking up, but also that in two
cases, at least, these ships have been
scuttled for the sake of the insurance
upon them."
The last words the manager spoke '
nearly in a whisper, and paused a3 if;
togive me time to take in the enormi
ty of the offense. Then he continue!!:
"Now, we wish to discover them, if
poseible, in the very act as I may
say, In fragranie deiictu," and he puf-
fed out his cheeks and looked very '
managerial indeed. "Consequently '
we have decided to send an agent in
their next craft, in order to discover ;
whether these reports be true or not,
and that agent, sir, will be you. '
I was fully aware of the dangerous
nature of the job offered me, but at
the same time I had so little to care
for that without hesitation, I imme-
j diately accepted the duty.
I l4T- 3 T"k 1- ,...l
v er.v guou, ougias very ;gooa i"
remarked tne manager, evidently j
mucn Pieasea. "i am glad to see
much pleased.
that I have not been disappointed or
mistaken
in my est' aate of your
charaeter.
iou can now return to,nio Tshnniit i,b ;t , k ki :
your work, and later on I will see you I
again and explain what the nature of
your duty will be. In the meantime,"
he added, as I was leaving the room,
"be careful not to hiut a word of
what I have mentioned to you."
Of course I promised to be silent
and it would have been better for me
if every one else had been as silent as
myself on the subject.
A day or two"passed, and then the
manager Informed me that the time
had come. The firm previously al
luded to had insured a brig named the
Falcon, bound to Mauritius with an
assorted cargo. He then went on to
to tell me that I must obtain a pas
sage on the Falcon under the plea of
being unable to pay the fare in the or
dinary mail-boat, and then, once on
board, I waa to keep my eyes open
and write a daily diary of everything
that occurred, -particularly if at all of
a suspicious nature. One of the sen
men, it appeared, had also been en
gaged by the insurance company the
one, I believe, who had first raised
their suspicions and I was told his
name was Jack Allen. Furthermore,
he entered into particulars respecting
remuneration, increase of pny after
ward, and a manager's place at a
branch office in case of my conduct
ing the investigation to the satisfac
tion of the board.
After receiving my instructions and
a check for expenses. I bade the man
ager good-by, fori was not to return
to the office for fear of arousing sus-
' picion, and took my departure.
Having obtained change for the
check I went to my lodging, and put
ting on a suit of old clothes, made my
way down to the harbor. T had not
much difficulty in finding the Falcon,
She was a nice looking brig, and ap-
peared quite new; at all events she
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L. Z7. I "" "' uuu wa,sinE
crus;5 tn" x WSLS soon on board. A
boy was busily emnloved doing noth-
mBt and havingke'd to see tne cap-
tain, that n!,rfronM, x- r.
' r j -riiiEu uu uwn. ae
was not a bad-Iookin
mac, but bad
that loose, rollicking, shifty espres
ion generally to be found with lack of
conscientiousness.
'Good day, captain." I observed.
"I hear you are bound for Port Louis,
Mauritius. If that's so, could you
manage to give a poor fellow a
lift on the cheap?"
"On the cheap, eh?" replied he,
taking stock of me up and down.
"That depends. What do you call
cheap?"
"Well, I've got a little coin," I re
plied; "but I can't afford these mall
boats they're too much altogether j
besides, I want to keep a trifle in case
I don't get the work I expect when I
get out there.'
"Well, will five and twenty pounds
hurt you ?" asked the captain.
I feigned to be horrified, and offered
15; but at length we arranged for
20, and he was to find" me in every
thing, I messing with him at his ta
ble. Having effected this, I promised
to be on board by Thursday evening,
for she was to leave harbor on the
next Friday morning.
By the appointed time I was down
at the port with my modest luggage,
which waa soon transferred to a little
cabin in the Falcon that I was to oc
cupy. The captain was not on board
when I joined, eo I took possession of
my little bed-room, and, putting
things to rights as well as I could,
turned in and went to sleep.
The next morning I was aroused by
sound of trampling overhead, heavy
ropes being thrown about, loud voices
swearing, and all the usual accompa
niments considered necessary by nu
tical people to the proper clearing of
a vessel out of harbor.
In about twenty minutes the noise
had succumbed, and there was a gen
tle heaving' motion ; so I went on
deck and found that we were at sea,
fast leaving the mouth of Bonny Dee
behind, together with the city of
granite.
Then, at the captain's invitation, I
accompanied him into the cabin to
breakfast. He now introduced me to
! the first mate, whose appearance I
disliked at once, even before he open-i
ed his mouth. And when he com-
menced to speak, his conversation
confirmed my first impressions. He
hardly ever spoke without an oath or
a corse of some kind.
"Well, we've got off all clear, that's
one good thing," observed the mate.
"Yes; now let us have la wind tnar
blows, we've the ship that goes,' and
I dare say one of us has 'the lass that
loves the sailor.' '
Matters went on in the usual hum
drum way. They always appear to
me to do so at sea for some time, and
I began to think that the company
had sent me out on a wild-goose chase.
But I soon discovered my mistake. I
don't know whereabouts we were, be
cause I took no interest in nautical
matters, and understand very little
about latitude and longitude, but It
was about a week after we got into
warm weather, that after dinner I lay
down on the lockers at the stern of
the cabin, to have "forty winks."
I had not Iain there long, however,
when the captain and the mate came
in.
"To-night will be the very time,
Hodge," exclaimed the mate. "The
weather's calm : we're iust in such a
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position tnat we could reach" (some
place I couldn't catch tne name of)
"in the boats in a oouDle of davs.
"I don't agree with you, Sharp,"
replied the captain. "In the first
;Hr ' ,inr !. Tt ni,i , ,.
fishy for a craft like this to go to the
bottom in a nice breeze only ; and
then, again, in a week's time or so we
shall be getting near the Cape de
Verde islands. "
"Just as you like, skipper. Only,
I if you take my advice you'll do it at
once, and get it over. Halloo! here's
this 'longshore chap! Let him look
out if he's been listening!"
"Hush!" said Hodge, "I
expect
he's asleep. Don't wake him."
And they approached me in order
to see if I were awake or no. That
was a very unpleasant five minutes.
I could feel that they were gazing at !
me, and counting my pnIsation3, as it
were, and yet I had to lie quiet and
calm.
"He's all right," at length exclaim
ed the onptain. "We'd better go on
deok again."
"I hope he is," said the mate. "It'll
be bad for him if he ain't, his
eyes !"
And they retired to the other end of
, the cabin, and apparently went up
the ladder on the deck. Neverthe
less, I thought it better to keep my
eyes still closed, and myself in the
same position. It was well I did, for
at the close of another five minutes I
heard one of them, who had stayed
behind, leave the cabin and go on
deck. Although no more was said or
done respecting this, I bad an idea
that they suspected me after that, and
watched me about in consequence.
TWO Or thrpo Htra .c .
when one evening I had hpn ,,'
up my diary, as usual, and replaced
it, as I thought. In the private pocket
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i where it was ikhqIIv tonf tj... i
some accident it must have fallen to
the deck, for in about half an hour
the steward came up, and, with the
captain's compliments,
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?? I accordingly descended, and ,
innocently enough, walked
up to i
where the two men were sitting, i
"This book was picked up a quarter J
of an hour ago and brought to me,"
exclaimed the captain, holding up
my unhappy diary. "Is it yours?"
It was no good prevaricating, or at
tempting to evade, so I determined to
lead off with a bold move.
"It does belong to me," I replied,
and, at the same time, snatched it out
of his hand.
"And now what have yon to say ?"
"That you are a spy," exclaimed
the mate.
"Now, the question is how much do
you know, and, how are we to be sure
that yon will not peach on us?" said
Hodge.
"The question is nothing of the
kind," I replied as bold as brass;
"The question is, I know enough to
give you fellows penal servitude. You
dare not touch me; and now what
are you going to ao, in oruer to save
yourself firm punishment?"
Hodge locked rather blank at this.
And, then, n a minute, he said to his
mate, "Shaip, come for'ard a bit; we
must talk this over."
Accordingly they went away ont of
ear-shot anl began arranging, the
mate insisthg upon something that
the captain rould not agree to. At
length they 'eturned, and Hodge said:
"We must nlk it over again. And,
in tne mantime, you must allow
yourself to be put under arrest in
your cabin. Ko harm is intended
you?"
T did not desire that the matter
should cometo a free fight, especial
ly as I thougat more than once that I
could preceve the but of a pistol
peeping out of Sharpe's pocket, so I
consented, .nd in five minutes was
bolted in my cabin.
At suppertime the mate brought
me a good jlate of food and my usual
glass of grcg. I ate the meat I think
It was seapie and drank the grog.
and then prepared to read. Bat all at
once an overwhelming sensation of
drowsinesscarae over me. In vain I
struggled cjainst it. With my eyes
closing in spite of myself, I fell back
across my lunk, asleep.
"Doughy awake, my brother. Save
yourself."
Half asleip and half awake, I heard
mv brothers voice, and replied. "All
right, Robert; I'll get up directly."
And thenl wasgoinofTacain.
"Dougla3, iwake, my brother. Save
yourself."
This time the voice roused me more,
and I was thoroughly awake, butstill
under the influence of the narcotic
with wfaiehlhad been drugged.
"DotSglis awake, my brother. Save
yourself."
The thirl warning in my lost
brother's will-known voice complete
ly restored me. I jumped off the
bunk in thejark, and discovered that
the cabin coitained over a foot and a
half ofwate. Then I saw the plot.
The design f the captain and mate
had evidenty been that I shocld go
to the bottoo with the scuttled ship.
With great lifficulty and a hearty
shove I suc-eeded in breaking open
the door, anl in another minute I
was on deol. It was nearly flush
with water, and as I jumped up I
could preceire that the three boats be
longing to tie ship were in the water
and manned
"But whee's the passenger?" I
heard somebdy say. "I aint going
to shove off jvithout him."
"He's deid drunk," replied the
mate. "We haven't got time to wait
for him."
"That's hlse, Jame3 Sharp!" I
sang out as I approached the gang
way. "Yen either didn't give me
enough, or else you gave me too much. '
' '. '
U W JlCk AHe"
"Hereycu are, sir; jump in."
And tha third boat, which it ap
peared wis steered by Allen, who had
been inquiring for me, came along
side and uok me off. That night we
had a stiff gale of wind, the three
boats separated, and the two com
manded by the oaptain and mate
were neTer heard of. After some
very hsrd work, and being wet
through nearly all the time, we were
picked up.
In les3 than a month we were onee
more in the channel, and then ic did
not take long to reach London, where
we took tie train to Aberdeen. The
evidence vas most conclusive, for, in
addition to to what I had beard, Al
len had actually watched the two vil
lains dowa the hold, and saw them
boring the holes which ultimately
scuttled the Falcon.
With regard to the company, they
kept their word with me, and I shall
never go to sea again.
The reader has now heard my nar
rative of the three warnings, and can
form bis own opinion.
A 3Iustard Plaster.
How many people are there who re
ally know how to make a mustard
plaster? Not one in a hundred at the
most, perhaps, and yet plasters are us
ed in every family, and physicians pre
scribe the application. The ordinary
wa3 is to mix the mustard with water,
tempering it with a little flour. Such
a plaster as this makes ie abominable.
Before it has half done its work it be
gins to blister the patient, and leaves
him finally with a flayed, painful spot.
after producing far less effect in a ben
eficial way than was intendea. Now ;
a mustard plaster should never blister ,
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at a. -n a unster tu uu, tueic
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are oiaer piasters laroeiteruian mus-
tard plasters. Then us no water, but
mix the mustard with the white of an
egg, and the result will ho a plaster
whieh will "draw" perfectly, but will
not produce a blister on the skin of an
infant, no matter how long it is allow
ed to remain on the Dart,
Early Amher Sugar Cane.
We have read considerable of Am- j the corn. The yield was 240 gallons A school teacher, who had been en
ber Cane but recently Introduced in ( from the same ground, If I would gaged a long time in the profession
this country rind have copied from "re-1 make an allowance for stumps and , and witnessed the influence of news!
liable agricultural journals occasional'
articles to give our j.emana reaaers a
correct Idea of it. We are very favor
ably impressed with this new farm
product, and from the fact that it
matures well in Minnesota and Wis
consin, we think it would be jnsfc the
thing for our climate and soil in Ne
braska. Just Imagine yourself, friend
farmer, making your own sugar and
a superior article of sirup, just about
as easily as you raise corn, or the sor
ghum you now cultivate, independ
ent of the hitherto only sugar
producing countries, and with a
knowledge that you are running no!
risk of being poisoned, as you now do
in the use of your sweets. We hope
some of the farmers of Nemaha will
procure seed of the Amber Cane, in
time to plant the approaching spring.
The following, regarding this oene,
we copy from correspondence in the
Prairie Farmer :
I believe the Prairie Farmer , in the
prominence it has given to the amber
eane sirup.aud sugar question, is do
ing a grand work for the country, and
helping to develop an interest which
will soon assume larger and larger
proportions and be of great value to
the countiy. As bearing on this sub
ject, I take pleasure in furnishing the
following extracts from a letter of a
recent date from Mr. C. F. Miller, of
Minn., who with his neighbor, Mr.
Kenny, of the same place, has been
for years patiently and persistently
experimenting with different varie-
ties of thel sorghum family, with a
view of obtaining the best as well as
the perfecting methods of manufac
ture. He says :
I have been an operator in this bus-i
iness for many long years and have
raised several varieties of eane and
worked their juice into sirup. I al
ways got a much inferior article to
that which I now get from the early
amber. I never oould coax the other
kinds to granulate, while now our
barrels of early amber sirup are often
found to be one-half or three-fourths
full of sugar, and I have known them
to be filled to within six or eight in
ches of the top with solid sugar, after
standing for a month on end in a
warm room. When the other varie
ties of cane were grown we only pro
duced a few hundred gallons of sirup
in a year in our county, but this year
the product of early amber sirup in
our county is estimated at 30.000 gal
Ions. Some of our merchants declare
that we (the oane growers) have spoil
ed their trade. I for one feel rejoieed
at it. Our pure ambercane sirups are
taking the place of the vile adulterat
ed eoinpoundsjwhlch are being palm
ed off upon the public as sirups. Our
farmers' wives who ought to know,
say that the amber sirups will sweet
en more in cooking than any of the
sale sirups.
'I sent & former neighbor, now re
siding at Los Angeles, Cal., a pound
of the early amber seed last winter.
He writes that it grew there luxuri-
antly and is pronouneed by Southern ;
men to be the sweetest eane they ever i
saw. One piece here with us yielded
280 gallons of sirup to the acre. The
suckers had all been kept off.
'The cane should be planted on
clean ground and kept clean. It is
very small when young and requires
immediate attention as soon as above i
ground. A good plan is to go oven
the rows with a fine steel rake and J
rake the surfnoe of the hills tnorougn- j "Well as usual, thank yu."
ly. This will kill the weeds just Blaine "Cose around aad see me;
starting and give the cane a chance to good day."
grow. The after cultivation may be ; j "Good day, Senator."
thesame as corn until it is two or three ! Blaine moves onfdown the avenue,
feet high when the horse cultivator looking every raaa in the eye; speak
er at least deep eultivatioa should ' tag cordially to everybody he knows,
cease as the whole ground becomes This simple seene is a sample of the
filled with fine rootlets which ramify Senator's off-haad, hail-fellow-well
in every direction, and if cultivated I met style, which makes everybody
too deeply the roots are thereby made !
t. -jffer.'
Mr. Millet does not indicate any
further method of culture whieh
would seem to be necessary, but this
oould be made bv a cultivator con
structed like the 'smoothing harrow' I
with small round steel teeth sloping j
backward which would thoroughly j
stir the surfaee of the ground, but.
without penetrating so as to disturb ,
the roots. It doe seem from the tee-j
f timony of Mr. Miller, and that of oth-'
er equally practical men in widely
cattered locations tnat, in tne amwr
cane we have a sugar producing plaat
of great value to the country, offering
to farmers a remunerative crop in
these times of low prices of farm pro-;
ducts, and coming into prominence
opportunely just when the public at
tention is being aroused by the feet
that ?e are being poisoned at whole
sale by the chemical adulteration of
sugars and sirups.
Another writer, from Minnesota,
says :
The early amber sugar cane is un
doubtedly a good crop to raise here.
Sorghum has been grown ap to the
present day, without attention as to
the seed, ground or soil, or to the cul
tivation thereof. I have raised and
made sorghum, both in Tennessee
and Minnesota, for the last 15 years.
The most I ever made in one year was
' - I attn Ti r -i a e 1 J ri
.w s, - - --. -
which about one-half wa3 sorghum.
other than amber, the amber making
bv far the best article of svrun. I
(planted 11 aeres on new breaking
j the timber) alongside of my eorafi
(in
eorafi eld.
I worked and planted it just the same
as the corn, with the exception that
the corn was boed mce3 and the case
but once, on account of the cane be
ing too small at the firat working of'
the light stand. I planted it 3 feet
easn way, on an average oi o staiKS 10 . children, writes as follows i
the hill. I also had a patch of three I have found it to be i universal
rods square, by measure, of older1 fact, withoutexeeption.cfcattheaehol
ground near the house, planted with ars, of both sexes and ages, who hava
early amber. The ground had been (access to newspapers at home, wher;
manurea irom year to year, as ic uau
ueeu usiu as a iruofw paten lor tne
family. It was planted 3 feet one way
and fifteen inches the other, and av-
eraged 12 stalks to the hill, and was
keptclean by hard hoeingonly. From
this piece I made 0 gallons of the
very best sirup. An acre of the same
stand and ground would average 350
gallons. This will show what early
i amber sugar eane will do, when raised
with care on good ground, and that
jt will give the farmer a better profit
than corn, or anything else. I sold
my syrup at 50 cents pergallon by the
barrel, and 90 cents at retail. I have
not tried sugar making yet on a large
scale; only to see what it would do.
I took a box 12 by 24 and 6 Inches
deep, filled it with sirup, kept it in the
room where it stood warm, and in
about two weeks there was about one
inch of pure brown sugar in the bot
tom. As long as I can sell the sirup
at 50 cents per gallon I will keep on
raising the amber cane.
The DifTereuoo.
'Ah, mamma," said little Gertrude
at dinner, "how poor the soup is!
Really it r3 not good at all, and I
want no more of It," and she lahl
down her spoon as if it were a finish
ed matter.
"I have no time now, my dear
daughter, to prepare another and a
better one but this evening, I prom-
ise to give you soup that you will call
excellent and delicate."
Gertrude was a poor woman's daugh
ter, and after dinnershe wentout with
her mother to pick up the potatoes j so the fluid can ran off into a tub. Af
that had been dug up over the field, j ter they have lain a.boit fcwa weeks,
They worked away, putting them up ; rub on sa mceh more salt, and pile as
in sacks until sunset.
In the evening the mother prepar
ed their supper, and first brought in
the delicate soup. Gertrude tasted it
and cried out with delight.
"Oh, what a difference there is be
tween this and what we had for din
ner! This is so good, mamma, you
have certainly done your beat this
time."
As soon asshe had 'finished it her
mother laughed, saying:
"This is the same soup, my dear,
that you found soJpoor at noon, but it
is good at this time just because yoa
have worked well this afternoon ; in
dustry gives a good appetite, aad hash
es ail eom plaints."
BlaiEess;0fr-Handed Style.
Seene, Pennsylvania avenue. Time
Tuesdaj, after adjournment of Sen
ate. Senator Blaine, strolling down
the avenue, meets an old acquaint
ance, Mr. J (at one tima private
Secretary of Charles Sumner), who !
has just come out of a store with a
package of figs in one hand and a fig
in the other, whieh he is eating.
Blaine "Why, J , how are you?
(Tbey suakejbaude).
What are vou
eating? Give us one. (Blaine takes
the peekage, extracts a couple of figs.
ehueks thee in his mouth).
'How
a yotsr health ?"
j "Pretty fair."
Blaine "How's your familv?"
like him, whether approving hs pol-1
ities or not. Washington, correepo.
denee&prmgpcld liepubtiean.
A Bor. One of the beat things in
the world to be is a boy.
Boys have always been so plenty
that they are sot half appreciated.
A boy ie willing to do any amount
of work if it is called play.
The feeling of a boy toward pump
kin pie has never been property con
sidered. A boy furni-hes half the entertain-
MCt aBd akA5 two-thirds of the
seoldings of the familv circle.
j l js impossible to say at what age
i a fay becomes conscious that his
trooser-legs are too short, and is anx
ious about parting his hair.
In fact, a boy Is a hard subject to
get a moral from.
Nkw Jkessy" Haxs. The recipe
for caring name is, 1 pounds of table
salt, 1J pounds of light-brown sogar.
1 ounce saltpeter, 1 ounce blaek pep
per, ground ; mix all together, first
mashing the saltpeter very fine, then
working In the salt and sugar. Thia
is to be applied to SO pounds of hams,
within forty eight hoars after killing.
No piekle is used the preparation is
applied by hand, pasting over the en
tire surfaee, exeepting the rind, say
j aDOut half en inch in thiskness. Let
f them Me m a cool place for eighteen
or twenty day3, then smoke.
An old lady from the soctb said she
never ooaid imagine where all the
Smiths dame from until she sar In a
New Bngland town a large sign ;
l?Imtfh 1J'jnnfftnrinr' OnmTiori.Tr 1
r. o W-..- , ?
Influence of Newspapers.
papers upon the minds of family and
compared with those who have not
are :
1. Better'readera. excel lent in nro-
nnncfation, and oorwequeatly read.
more tffederstandiagly.
2. They are better spellers, and de
fine words with ease aad aecuraay.
3. They obtain practice! kaowl-
edge of geography in aboet half the.
time It requires of others, aad tka
newspapers have made them acquain
ted with the location of important pla
ces, of nations, their government aad,
doings, on the 2 lobe.
4. They are better grammarians, fa$
having become so familiar with every
variety of style in the newspaper,
from the commonplace advertisement
to the finished classical oratloa at the
statesman, they more readily eompre
hend the meaning of the texLfand
; consequently analyze ife eottstractiot;
with accuracy.
5. Those young men who hve for
years been readers of newspapers are,
always taking the lead in debating
societies, exhibiting & more exprss
ive knowledge, a greater variety of
subjects, and expressing their views
with greater fluency, eiearasa aad
correctness.
" eg t ' -' '--
Corixg Hams. AftereettiBg, aajj
before they are cold, rub en the flesh
sides, two tablespoon fu la of sugar to
each ham ; next day, rub ca aoe ta-
blespoonful sal. nitre, ami rub the
bones with cayenne pepper. Then
immediately rub on the flesh aide
about five pounds of pure salt per ICQ
pounds of meat ; then pile them on a
bench or board with one end raised.
before, putting bottom ones on top.
Let them remain until the number of
days from butchering equals the
pounds per bam, then smoke as usual
and you will have bam that is swet
and juiey.
Pure Casnmere goats, U is said, find
among the wild sege brush barrens of
Nevada an acceptable elfmaje, where
their health is exeellent and their
fleeces unusually fine and silky. A.
single herder near Carson has a flook
of over three thousand and 1b making
money from them. la summer tbera
is plenty of grass among the bitter
gage brash to feed unlimited numbers
of these animals, and whea the win
ter eomes the fro3t at onee sfTeeteee
the bitterness of the sage aad terse it
into pasturage quits as nourishing
and pleasant to a goal's palate as the
food he finds in the summer. By this,
provision of nature these animals are
kept at little or ao expense.
It may afibrd a crumb of eomfort to
Ameriean agriculturists who are
dreading the results of over-production
te know thatSnglteii writers ffke
t ..
Mr. Uaird have foreibiy summed up
fh& rkVtfuafi t?Li" .? a " a.T X
wuc wiutu wi wftr pivsvut awitv v
! ra Mai" .a trhan thar faall na f & rmwita.
one-half of each loaf eoaramed is
England is of foreign origin ; that
one-fourth pert of their whole tseat
aad dairy produce cornea to them from
across the sea, aad that almost the eu
tire additions whieh may hereafter be
sought to fill the ever ratiltiptyfog
mouths of their dense neptttetioa,
must be drawn from other tender.
(My soa would yoa like to s-teel on a
of those melons V
'Yoa bet I would,' was too preiepi
reply.
'You weeld, eh ! well I'm sorry to
hear that. I f yoa should steal oae of
those mefoae, my boy, do yoc kaow
what the result might be V
The led scratched bfea bead, sarveys
ed the pile again, and answered :
'I 'sped the plagaey ta!g weuM
be greea al! the way tttreagh.
SenatorfPoote oeee iofbrme. Seaa
tor John P. Hale if be woo Id visit als
(Feote'sj State he would plaee a bait-
(er about his neck aad hao hita.
Twenty years later a Republican
President names the setf-eMoiated.
hangman as a suitable person for tha
postion of superintendent of the mint
at New Orleaas. The world mja.
The school -boy in Japaa reqairee s,
good deal of plaek. la the govern
ment elementary seeools, ae now con
stituted, a boy ia required to learn
about 3,000 characters, tcda maa layr
ing any claims to scholarship mst
know from 8,000 to 10,000. The copy
books of Japan boys mast be as great
curiosities as the cipher dipatobee.
It is stated that ninety per eeat. of
the colored men of St. Louis will be
fdisoualiSed from serving oa irie&
through a deeisiea that, aader the
i geaeral law of Miseoari. jtrrors Hsasf
be able to read. A more istporiant
question is, how mtt ay white ilrEsoe
riaDS w'iU e disqualified by the sass
decision.
Gixgsr Sxaps. Oae pJa olhabr
ter, one pint brown sugar, two table
spoons of ginger, eiaaaraoa asd pep
per, and tablespoon eaeh af eiwes and
soda ; mix all together, Hkeafeerast j
then pourfn onequsrtofOclefiaeiEie
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