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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1877)
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The f tench that awe wa -o horribly dreadful, Bug", beetles, and ppldcrs ewooncd off by the handful. "Ha, ha!" tald old Nick, "now I'm off to the city; I'll kick up a row, If I don't, morc's the pity." From that day forthwith there rose such a din, Kick wagged his old tail, looked on with a grin, While now in each household the women made war 'fiainst Satan's invention, the potent cigar. They were right; for the cash that was wjuau- elered that w ay All ended at last in the Devil to pay. S. Y. Evening l'ost. The Race's Fatnre. Bc'enilflc rropue-lea. Alphonse de Candolles is M. Alphonse de Candolles is to be credited with the strikingly original idea of applying the principle of the Darwinian theory to determine, not the past, but the future of the human race. That principle he defines as "the forced adaptation of organized beings to sur rounding circumstances of every kind, the result of which is that the modifica tions preserved are sometimes bad, that is, according to our huunu conception of what is good or b.id." Reasoning from the truths determined as to the past history of the world as demon strated by geology, and from the known records of the origin and progress, ex tinction or growth, of the various types of mankind which have existed or now exist uj)on the earth, he deduces a logi cal conception of life on our planet cen turies hence. The argument presented is based on these premises first, that organized beings endowed with will and the fac ulty of locomotion always seek to adapt themselves to their environment, and none do so more effectually than man, because of his superior intelli gence. Secondly, that those individuals least able thus to accommodate them selves are most likely to perish, and hence populations are principally re cruited by individuals that possess the qualities best adapted to the circum stances of the country and the age in which they live. Thirdly, that the vio lent contests between nations and indi viduals accelerate modifications and adaptations to new circumstances. It will be evident that, in considering the subject, two possible conditions of the race at once present themselves, or rather two questions are before us to answer. What will be the state of mankind 1,000 years hence, during which period it is reasonably certain that the physical conditions which af fect the species will remain stable? And what will be the state of mankind several hundred thousand years in the future, when vast cosmical changes may possibly have occurred? The period of 1,000 years is an ex tremely short one in the earth's history. We have historic documents dating even further back; and since their origin no material change in climate has taken place, nor have the conflagra tions of the globe altered. The suppo sition of a continuation of present physical conditions during several gen erations of man is thus presumable; and, such being the case, two phenom ena may be foreseen, namely, the land will be more thickly inhabited, for evrry where the papulation is increasing and seeking new placets of abode; and, as a consequence, there will be a more frequent mingling of races. Conforma bly to the doctrines of natural selec tion and survival ot the fittest the weaker races must either be destroyed or absorbed by the stronger ones. This is already taking place with the Indi ans, the Australians, the Hottentots, and other aboriginal tribes. There are three great races, however, endowed with admirable qualities for invasion, which will mix with the inferior races, more or less, according to circumstan ces. These are the white race, repre sented by the Europeans and their American descendants; the yellow race, or Chinese and Japanese, and the ne groes. The whites have the advantage of intelligence and ability to bear cold climates, but they cannot endure tropi cal heats. Negroes possess physical -vigor, but, as regards bearing cold and heat, they are the reverse of the whites. The Chinese can exist in all latitudes, but they lack courage and progressive ness. The mingling of the three races will, therefore, never be complete; and although ten centuries hence hybrid peoples of every r will be found in Africa, in China, and in the norrh of Europe and America, the primitive races will predominate. Before the far remote period designated- in the second question shall ar rive great changes may, as we have al ready intimated, occur. The entire habitable surface of the globe may be altered by the depressions and eleva tion! of its surface, constantly, though slowly, ia progress, yew flisssssi may VOLUME IV . sweep off whole nations, or the race itself. The accumulation of ice at the Poles may produce changes in winds, in currents, eventually in climate; and another glacial period may supervene, the effect of which would be to drive all organized beings toward the equa tor; and tli's change In habitation would result in the extinction of many spe cies. Our entire solar system is moving with great rapidity in a certain direc- tion. It may enter a warmer or colder part of the universe, or the sun may blaze up and be destroyed, as did that other sun in the constellation of the Swan quite recently, But setting a? ide, these hypothetical cases, let us soe what science predicts as absolutely certain. Through the oxidizing action of the air and by human labor, the quantity of metals and coal on the surface of the earth is certainly bing diminished. Undoubtedly as this occurs, new ways of working mines to great depths and of utilizing natural metallic oxides will be discovered; but these resources can never be so advantageous as those we now enjoy. As they bocome rare, so will population diminish and industries decrease; and this result will be the more marked in countries depending upon such resources. "We know that the terrestial surface is constantly di minishing, and elevated regions are being lowered through the incessant action of water, ice, and air. The earthy matter, washed or ground away, is carried to the sea, which is thus fill ing up. The result, however, will be a total submersion of the land as it now exists, and the destruction of all or ganized being3 which live thereon or in fresh water. But the human spe cies, because of its intellinence, will survive longest; and perhaps the last man will yield up his life on some iso lated coral reef in the vast waste of water. l$2fore this extreme period is reached, however, as the tre:isures of the earth disappear in certain locali ties, people will seek them elsewhere; and thus the races will congregate in masses on smaller areas of terrestial surface. This concentration will be enforced by other causes, as, combus tibles and metals being scarce, inter communication will be diillcult; through the depression of mountain chains diminishing the condensation of aqueous vapors, now fertile countries will become sterile, and populations will accordingly diminish. Then, as the continents deprived of mountains be come partial deserts or archipelagoes, the people will become more and more maritime. They will draw their sus tenance from the sea, which will form a barrier to the mingling of race3. The whites, who will avoid equatorial re gions, will suffer more from ice inva sions from the Poles; and the colored races in the central archipelagoes, re maining pure as at present, on account of natural selection during their long isolation, will probably be the survivors of the race. To recapitulate, M. de Candolles be lieves that our period and that which will follow for the next thousand years will be characterized by a great increase in population, a mingling of races, and a prosperity more or less marked. Then will probably follow a long period of diminution of population, of separa tion of the peoples, and of decadence. Scientific American. The Wife of a Famous American Pioneer. Mrs. Blennerhasset, the wife of Blen nerhasset who came over from England seventy-five years ago, and settled on a beautiful island in the Ohio, ana who was ruined by his conspiracy with Aaron Burr against the United States, was in all respects a very accomplished lady. Her features, over which was spread a most brilliant complexion, were beautiful. A strong mind, highly cul tivated, gave to those features that in imitable grace which intelligence alone can confer. Brown hair, profuse and glossy, dark blue eyes, and manners both winning and graceful, ever at tracted attention to her, even in the most brilliant circles. She was vevy charitable to the sick and the poor in her neighborhood, often carrying to them those little delicacies which could nowhere else be obtained. She had been brought up by two wealthy maiden aunts, who had taken great care to in struct her in all the useful arts of house wifery, which education she found to be of inestimable valuein her new home. She invariably dressed like a lady, in the most elegant manner. Her ordi nary head-dress consisted of a turban folded very full, in the Oriental style. It was of rich silk, sometimes white, which was her favorite color in sum mer, but in winter pink or yellow. A very intelligent lady who was familiar with society in Washington, and had visited in the courts of Europe, writes 'I have never beheld any one who was, equal in person to Mrs. Blennerhasset in beauty of person, dignity of man- men, elegance of dress in all that is lovely and finished in the female per son asShe was when queen of the fairy isle. When she rode on horseback, her dress was of fine scarlet broadcloth, ornamented with gold buttons; a white beaver hat, on which floated the grace ful plumes of the ostrich, of the same color. This was sometimes changed to bine or yellow, with feathers) harmon ixe. She was a perfect equestrienne, always rioinc a very tjirittd feersa, with RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. APRIL 2G. 1S77 rich trapuingK, who seemed proud of hi burden. She accomplished the ride to Marietta, of fourteen miles in about two hours, dashing through and under the dark foliage of the forest trees which then covered the greater part of the dis tance, reminding one of the gay plu mage and rapid flieht of some tropical bird winging ita way through the woods. Harper's Monthly. February. The Ella Barrett Tragedy Moines. in De CoBfeMloa of Ob of Ibe Marflrr. On the nieht of the 27th 'of Auihist, tXli, aterribiemurder Was committed. in Des Moines. From that time until recently the crime has remained a mystery. Early In that month a young, beautiful, and accomplished woman came to that city, and after remaining a few days at the Savery House, took a room over a store on one of the princi pal business streets. She purchased furniture and fitted the room up in comfortable style, and employed one Bev. Graves, a negro man, to do some work about the room. In settling with him they had some dispute about the price of the work. The next day the woman was found in her room mur dered, and suspicion was fastened upon Graves. However, at that time the State failed to fasten the crime upon him. He was, however, soon after con victed of arson, and sentenced to the penitentiary for three years. The of ficers of the law have been vigilant, and circumstantial evidence has con tinued to accumulate. Some weeks ago an officer from Des Moines went to Fort Madison with a prisoner, and while there heard from one "Winners, formerly a barler in Des Moines, that he had seen Ella Barrett's watch in the possession of a man in Des Moines, and that Graves was her murderer. With this clue the officer consulted the Deputy Warden, and the two visited Graven in his cell. At first Graves denied all knowledge of the murder, but finally with tears and sobs, made a full confession. He said that he had a dispute with Mrs. Barrett, and with feeling of ill-will, determined to get even with her. He took into his con fidence two other colored men, Henry Red and Andy Smith. They procured a bottle of whisky and met at Red's house where the details of the crime were arranged. Late in the night they went to the house where Mrs. Barrett lived. Graves being armed with a hatchet Smith-stood at the corner of the house keeping guard, while Graves and Red went round to a back door opening on the stairs leading up to the room occupied by Mrs. Barrett. Graves knocked, and Mrs. Barrett came down. She asked who was there, and was an swered, "a friend." She then partially opened the door, and seeing Graves, screamed, but the latter forced the door open. As his victim attempted to retreat up stairs Graves sank the hatchet in her head, and she fell to the floor. He continued his blows until his vic tim was horribly mutilated and dead. He and Red carried the lifeless body up stairs and left it on the floor where it was found next day. They then plun dered the room of money, clothing and jewelry, including a fine watch. This is the substance of the confession. Red and Smith have been arrested. Ella Barrett, the victim of this trag edy, was a stranger in Des Moines, but something of her history was obtained from correspondence found in her room after the murder. She had been mar ried, and left her husband who resided in Pennsylvania. He was a son of Judge Barrett, one of the most promi nent and wealthy citizens of that State, and has since married a respectable and wealthv lady. It was also ascertained that Ella's character was not above re proach. In furnishing her room in Des Moines she had displayed a con siderable amount of money. New Discoveries by Dr. Schliemann. Dr. Schliemann, writing under date of Athens, Feb. 1, reports to us some new discoveries at MycensB. He says: "My engineer, Lieut. Tasilios Drosinos, of Naunlia, having returned on Sunday, the 2 1st of January, to Mycena;. in com pany of a painter who had to make for me a painting of the five sepulchres, he (Drosinos) in verifying the plans he had made for me, thought he recognized im mediately outside the southern part of the double parallel row of large slanting slabs another tomb.bordered to the north by the cyclopsan wall which supports the said double row, to the west by the large cyclopean house so often men tioned in my letters to the Times, and to the east by the natural rock, which is here only three feet high and verti cally cut I had excavated this place to a depth of twenty-six feet without noticing that there was a tomb, because its north side is cut hardly one foot deep into the rock, and on the south and west sides it is not rock-cut at all. But since' my departure from Mycen.e the heavy rains bad brought to light the edge of the rock-cut north side, and my engineer, having noticed, this, at once suspected that another sepulchre was hidden there. "The first blow of the pickax brought to light the bottom of the tomb, for the depth of rubbish left in it did not ex ceed eight inches. With the second blow a golden Teasel came to light, and I in leu than half an hour tbe folio wins! I objects were gatbercw ; Tint, four large golden goblets with one being seven and bandit the tenth indies. tli. other six and four- inches in height ; each of the handles is ornamented with a the four goblets weigh about pounds: sec- ond, a small golden 1 onlv two inches hieh: third, a ten sealing- ring of the same form size as those I have discovered in m fourth sepul chre; the seal reprcseashi magnificent intaglio the following eUsVts: To the left from the spectatorVa palm tree. under which is sitthja splendidly dressed woman, stretching out her left hand, and holding her rit&t on berkases. Before her stsud aa& Woeseri wha extends both bands toward her. Behind the standing woman Btand two much taller women in magnificent dresses, of whom the one offers three poppies to the seated woman ; the other tall woman holds similar poppies in her hand. Beyond the two tall women stands another woman, and a sixth woman stands behind the palm tree, and ex tends both bands toward the sitting woman. Just above the seated woman and the tali woman who offers her the poppies si some curious emblem, re sembling the double shield of the war riors on one of the gold rings of the fourth tomb. To Uie right of the palm tree appears the sea, from which rises the sun in full splendor, the rays being represented with infinite art. Near the sun rises the crescent of the moon. On seeing this marvelous ring we volun tarily exclaimed : This ring roust have been seen by our friend Homer before he described all the wonders which He ph.Tjtos wrought oh Achilles' shield, which the Earl of Derby beautifully translated by ThiTfon were liipircd earth, ami ky, and mb, The ever-cirellnir t-un, and full-orlKnl moon, And all the tliriiK that crown the vault of heaven, Pleiad and Hvartx, and Orion's mii;ht. And Arcto, called the Wain, who wheels ou high Hi circling course, and on Orion waits. Sole star that never bathes in the ocean wave. "4. Another golden ring of the same shape, but smaller; it has apparently been much used, and of the six objects which are engraved on the seal, only three cow-heads can be distinctly seen ; the other three objects cannot be distin guished. 5. Five golden rings without seals. 0. A similar one of sliver. 7. A small golden wire, on which sits a golden lion. 8. Seven objects of round gold wire of spiral form. 10. Fourteen round golden heads of a necklace. Later researches have proved that the sepulchre, too, contained bones and ashes. The Mycenre.m antiquities cau leave no doubt in the mind of any one that the Rt-Hon. W. E. Gladstone was perfectly right in maintaining that Homer was an Achaian." Lon don Times. The Sultan. The Sultan lives quietly and takes great care of his health. He spends the greater part of the day in his library, and never signs a paper until he thor oughly understands its purport. In the evening the Sultan frequently asks oae or more of the Ministers to dine at the palace, and after they have dined engages them in conversations on pub lic affairs, which are often protracted to a late hour. No one says he is a great genius, but all agree that he is modest, intelligent, eager for informa tion, and greatly interested in the af fairs of the Empire. As regards amuse ments, h6 inherits his father's fond ness for music, and has a "turn" for mechanics. Paul Dussap was the music-master of his boyhood, and he it is who conducts the Sultan's musical evenincs. Somebody asked D. how these evenings were passed unless the Sultan is very busy there is always music and he replied: "The Sultan likes the piano with stringed quatuor; after playing a few pieces thus ar ranged, he generally asks me to sing, and then ne talks of music. He likes the quaint wildness which belongs to Turkish music and to its more civilized Hungarian brother. At his request composed a march for him, in which he particularly wished to have the rhythm of the 'Marseillaise combined with the characteristic modulations of Turkish and Hungarian music. He told me to keep it as much like his father's own march as I could." D. added that the Sultan had made several little changes before authorizing him to have it scored for the full orchestra. Constan tinople Letter. Americas Flags ia Rome. A correspondent writes that two United States flags stand alone in a cor ner of the great hall of the Propaganda at Rome. The story is that in one of the Italian rebellions, the leader of the insurgents planted his canon before the Propaganda, intending to destroy it The frightened Papal authorities begged Minister Cass to save the build ing by the power of the American flag; neither the flag of England, France, and Austria would be respected, but the American flag would. After much hesitation, Mr. Cass publicly removed his consulate to the Propaganda and raised the flag of our Union over its roof. The chief of the insurgents swore he would not fire on the flag, anade his cannon ready, and saoved away. The Propaganda was saved, and the flags have this hoaar for the good they did is tisoe of psrfL JffX Graphic A Hotel Horror. o.t u or ur- At two o'clock on the morning of April 11th. the Southern Hotel in St. Louis, the finest edifice of the kind in the city, was discovered to be on firt. Before the engines arrived the entire upper stories of the six story building were in names. The scenes in the Im- mediate vicinity were indescribable, the excitement being of the most Intense character. The windows in the upper stories were crowded lth shrieking men and women, whom it seemed im possible to save- A few were rescued 'lijjmhlsii being placed on the Fourth street jortko,but on ikeeUter SMeof the building, the longest ladders fell far short of reaching the windows. Five women were rescued on the Fourth street side by the heroic effort of the firemen, who, after ascending the patent ladders, succeeded in getting the rope to the half suffocated creatures. The exact number cannot be given, but it is feared some 40 or 50 persons uerished either by being burned directly, or first smothered by the smoke and then con sumed. It seems that the Are origi nated in thestoie-room in thebimjinent, and was first seen coming through the ground floor just north of th oflice, and in ten minutes it had ascendcV the eh vators and rotunda and spread itself over the sixth floor under the roof. This floor was occupied entirely by em ployes, the gTeater part of whom were women. The lire spread rapidly, filling every room and hall with flame and smoke, and the scene was of a most terrible description. Frantic people ran through the halto shrieking In a most heartrending man ner in their wild and desperate efforts to escape. The smoke was so dense in some of the halls that the gas jets were extinguished, which rendered egress even to those most familiar with the building, a matter of great diiliculty. The density of the smoke in the halls drove many of the guests and boarders back into their rooms, and they rushed to the windows as a means of escape. Women and children with nothing on but their night clothes were taken from the burning building by means of lad ders. Some fainted from fright, and others sank exhausted to thi ground from nerveus prostration. Many jumped from the fourth and fifth story windows, and some were killed in stantly, while others expired in a few minutes. The mortality among the female help of the hotel was very great. There were some eighty of them, all of whom were lodged in the upper story. The panic among them was terrible, and a number of them jumied from the windows. Among the guesta at the hotel was Miss Kate Claxton.the actress, who so narrowly escaped with her life at the great Brooklyn disaster a few weeks ago. Among the lost are the following: II. F. Clarke, railroad conductor, with his wife and child; Henry Hazen, deputy auditor of the Missouri Pacific Railroad ; Rov. A. R Adams, an Englishman, said to t a Commissioner of Education; George Frank Ganley, Graud Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Free Masons of Mis souri; Andrew Eastman, of St Louis; Charles G. Freeman, Wm. Felix, Mrs. W. S. Stewart, Kate Reilly, Kate Doolan and Mary Moran. A minister, said to be a member of the English House of Commons, was residing at the hotel with his wife, became separated, and under the impression that she was killed, he became intensely excited and lost his mental balance. He went to the room of a friend at the comer of Fourth and Olive streets and shot him self. At latest accounts search for the dead was being continued. The loss by the burning of the hotel is estimated at from 4750,000 to $1,000,000. A Romeace of Egypt. Ismail Pasha, late the Egyptian Fi nance Minister, was a remarkable man. Originally one of the lowest grooms in the stables of the Kbedive of Cbosbra, his first step on the ladder of fortune wss gained by marriage with a liberated slave from the harem, who speedily in itiated him in all the mysteries of that institution, and showed him how, by an artful use of harem influence, a clever man might raise himself to almost any eminence in the State. Ismail profited by his wife's advice, cultivated the harem through her, and foand himself eventually the most powerful subject in the Kingdom. He amassed an enor mous fortune, and his expenditure was lavished beyond even Oriental extrava gance. His harem was one of the lar gest and most celebrated in the East It consisted of 300 women, all young and beautiful for Ismail would have no women in his harem over the age of 30 and two corps de baJUt, one of French, thr of Hindu girls. Every night he was conducted to bis chamber by 20 young girls, clothed in magnifi cent and fantastic attire, blazing with gold and jewels, each carrying in her band a gilded taper-stick, and each taper giving out a different colored light Immediately after his death bis haron was bought up by the rich Beys and Pashas, and fabulous prices were said to hare been paid for some of the beau ties. His Jewess ware computed to be worth S,mooo,aad,as everything Is forfeited to the Kbedlre, that astute ruler will Bake a good thlag oat of the 1 death of his Ttaenee Miaieter -JTa. N UMBER 37 j FAR. ARIRC AXDJIOfeEHOLn. W I). Ikell. of MuallcrUo, Jooe county, lx. nowliw lnhistiwUnan 'apple in goxl ' of preservation which wa- picked from hU f-therV orchard Nov. 19. 1M7. I: wa uhw queutly found, with three others. In hU fathers coal junket soon sifter his death Two of the appli decayed, but tW re ulned in prfr-t hj though chang ing Its color. Il vrxi pCkro in a uun when the poswor moted West, xat U-came riattriiMU but i itill sound, rr tainlug, the .item on which it grew thirty jKtrs ago. The Qtilorado potato beetle, or potato bug. as wegenerally cl! U Wal 1V found ita mitch. In tlmthspe of a mite ImwiU. Prof. Riley, at a meeting of the St, lx)ui Academy of Srience. ex hibited a potato bug which was ao completely covered Willi a mite paraaite that the point of a needle could not l- placed on any part of the beetle' Unly without touching one of the parasites. litrm fll nrCrdUmry ihlunbu In time. He estimated the numler of mite at I such klnda a maples, black walnut, eight hundred. The bug had been at- chrtnut, honey uU Hndrn. Ao, if Uicked by these enemies and killed. onjv Mx or m Irrt i,jKh w bt takrt The iMjtato bug seems to have a uumber f wtn uic ,,urery row may be trm of natural enemies, such aa the toad. ; ponuily w uhln ten feet of ech other . the crow, the rwe-breiwted grodbeak j wnm at the name time an affrenable and domestic fowls. There are no lew than twenty-three Insect enemies that attack mid kill it- The bug has alo been migrating eastward acroi the continent, for several yearn, until it has now reached the Atlantic Ocean. We hoje It may find n watery grave, and let the waves King its retjuiem. ('bum of Mirp LoIdk their Wool. There is no method or medicineno feed or treatment that will arrewt the wool from falling from the sheep once it haa beguu ; for the reason that the injur' is done to the tlbre of the wool long before It begins to fall ouL The' wool, oy some aicKiiess or uisea-. or mal-treatme.it in feeding, has len ar-' rested in 1U continuous growth, and is broken or rotted, and when the new growth of wool sUrts, It pushwi tho olu wool out till it drops. We often hear many wool-growers say, -i wonuer what makes thai sheep cast its fleece or drop its wool. It has 1kmii treated as well as the rest." Hut the fact Is It has had a bad sjell of some kind some time in the fall, iuid has been overlooked till the ileece tells tho story. All the grain it will eat and the best of hay won't make the wool unite again after it is thus broken. Of course the sheep that are getting into the best condition with the rain feed are only hurrying up to grow a new (leece. and an; shrd ding their old rotten coat faster than those that are not so well fed. That is the whole secret The only way to save the wool Is to shear It now and blanket the sheep, or keep them under cover till mild weather, with good feed. If they have any skin disease, or are troubled with ticks, you will tlien see it, and be prepared to apply the proper remedies.- Michigan Farmer. Preparing Potato for l'laBtlug. Most farmers are preparing to plant their potato crop as early as possible partly becauso of the potato beetle, to get the start of that, and partly to so- cure the high price, which la pretty certainly to be had for the first potatoea in market this year. The first reason is not a good one. If we were to have the potato beetle in quantities this year, the enemy will be with us as soon as the earliest planted potatoes are up, and probably before. As the potato grows slowly, when planted early, this plan will only insure a longer season for fighting the beetles and larvae But many potatoes will be got into the ground as soon as it can be done after frost is out, and the best way to for ward them as rapidly as possible is worth noting. Potatoes intended to be planted early should be cut a week or ten days previous, and immediately rolled in gypsum. Xewly-cut potatoes in contact with cold moist earth are apt to rot, and sometimes the sprouts will thus be destroyed. On the other hand if cut and allowed to dry, the pieces. If small, will sometimes fail from drying out The gypsum dries the surface of the cut so that it will not decay, and at the same time prevents the juices of the potato from evaporating. The potato plant is benefited by a dressing of gyp sum, and the dusting of it which ad heres to newly-cut potatoes is worth more than its cost as a fertilizer, be sides the other advantages named above. A Pr8taaI . The following description of a profita ble hog was reported by the committee at the Swine Breeders Convention at Indianapolis, Ind.: He must have a small, short head, heavy jywL and thick, short neck; ears small, thin, and tolerably erect not objectionable if they droop slightly forward; must be straight from the neck back to flank; must be let well down to the knees in brisket; of good length frost bead to tail; broad on the back; ribbed rather barrel shaped; must be slightly curved or arched in the back from the shoulder to the setting in of the tail; tail,samall; long in the ham from back to lettisg off the loins; shoulder not be too large to give syaiBietry to the aaissal; hast broad and full ; hair saaooth and evenly set ou; skin soft aad elastic to the touch; legs short, aoall, aad well set under; broad between the lap; foei depth between bottom aad toy ef the hog; with quiet dlseosWea; thoalg net . tt f fmi. t fe-M . weiffh isorv tbn X i Hifti ZtvmA, 3lI leJr t? rtsitlr? mor.th old, ocviitJOC Ut krrT. nW tAk 07 whii or a ralt'.arw of 1& iw T Uive drcrtlit hc U! mwT cvjay ?ri frosn Jh toy of It JU U sriunx en of ilt, x ho t!vc onwftd bm tod. axhI will iftjrr a tany Uxipn around ti Irv Nlow the k, b tit feet in b-njtlh artmivJ tk i!y t depth of NMjr w ill lo four-fiftta of itU bright HttlfftC ' Unokilt OroarnrtiUJ txm. wUen out a new plantation. At coiittoonfy ely few fret high. rTen If Uxj at ttUl romlrly to gTOW to pfi&d of f fly fri 1st diameter. If ifcownr gtm ih m tfc4r fail altett space at Umi ot uiencemrnt th urfcn of hi ground whl remain bold ajl unhdM for mxnj Tears. Hnce It 1 rmmim to wt tlut out mure thickly. lib thr talrclMn of thinning out n thrr U;in u rneconh upon each other. Tht will anwer well, provided the owner l ure h will eivr amount of foliage and shade will soon beaffoided by them. Hut the tllmcultjr la, they will In lea to aland too Ion: and the full, rounded, natur.il uniiin try of the heads will be likely to U seriously Interfered with Iwfuxr lhj are cut away. We advUe r ery one, therrfore.to look I carefully IWore he ntit out many Urr chely together around his newly ervet ed house. We not uufrrtjueittly th largest kinds of Uth tteriduou and evergreen irem et within a few feet of each other. A ) oting In or ay jruc for example, w heu threw fe't high re- j BIIIlWrilll hamUmie shrub. and the tree re Ut.u ct so M l0 npjM.ar Wrn jr ' Ul(.v i,oui,i eVer grow larger, Thr ow,lt.r seem hardly to comprehend how tJa,v aro t0 1mj rtfly feH j,jKh jn huf a . Rho"rt nfcl,IM.t with a spread of branch on the ground thirty or forty frti In j diameter. Sometime we see thn young j evergreens transplanted within a singlo J yard of a carriage drive. If they gr well, they must soon Ih? cut down, short I ened in heavily, or suffered to ch up the passage lfore. many eara. It will be beat, therefore, to always give ample space between the borders of roads and walks, and plantations of trrei lxauiw their forms will always be fullest and moat perf cctly develoied nearest to such open passages, and we do not wish to spoil the beat forma by cutting out, and laying open the barn stems and meagre bnuiche of the trees beyond them. If you wish your trees to grow up with perfect, rounded head, or with rich, grand, broad spreading branches, never allow two adjacent trees to touch each other at the tsxtremitlrw of their longest limbs. If you wish to have a group of two or three of more ateir.s, supporting top that shall form one rounded mass, they may of course m nearer, but other tre should give thla rounded mas, plenty of space. The ....,. rt,mtirk in)lu to a M, . w ,(!! mass of trt.-f.tr of nnrai Affairs. ? J , nr,. , ; Repose Is the Oceaa Depths. It has been ascertained by soundings that the roaring of wave and the might lest billow of the ocean repoae.not upoa hard and troubled beds, but upon cush ions of still water; that everywhere at the bottom of the deep sea the solid ribs of the earth are protected, aa will a garment from the abraidlng action of its currents; that the cradle of it rest less waves is lined by a stratum of water at rest or so nearly at rest that it can neither wear nor move the slight est bit of driftoituff that once lo4gs ; mere. iue unnorm appejavanro ot uie microscopic sheila, and the almost total absence among them of any sediment from theaea of foreign matter, suggests most forcibly the idea of perfect repose at the bottom of the sea. Some of ths specimens are as pure and as free from sand as the fresh-fallen snow-flake m from the dust of the earth. Soundings seem to prove that showers of these beautiful shells are constantly falling down upon the ocean floor, and the wrecks which strew the sea bottom are. in the lapse of ages, encrusted over with these tiny, fleecy things, until they present the rounded outlines of bodies buried beneath the snowfall. The ocean, especially near and within the tropics, swarms with life. Tbe remains of its myriads of moving things are conveyed by currents and scattered and lodged in tbe course of time all over tbe bettors. This process, continued for ages, has covered the depths of tbe ocean as with a mantle, consisting of organisms as delicate as hoar-frost and as light ia tee water as down in the air. ThoaiasCahiil ia before the Ma chusetts Legislature with a claim for damages for his arrest aad prosecution some years ago oa a charge of murder ing Bridget Landegran. He was dis charged at the time aad the murder f(TotteB,atilPipr,the slayer cMai Youag, coaf sssea that he killed Bridget too. aad hemes CahfAa claim for far Mai imaUFelsthe eldest etty in Amer- mmmmsmti 5"" jfeSF-'-..Vl $i . 's&i