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Tlie Origin of the Cljjrar.
The Devil, one day, In a Bad, listless mood,
Had laid himself dow n on the edg of a wood;
Hut, bent on 6ome mischief, he cast his eye
round,
'Spied near him a bunch of coare leaves in the
ground.
And pulled the tough things, which hecru-hed
In hlb fist,
Tlien rolled out, and worked at, and gave them
a twist.
Then grinned at his work with Satanic delight!
With his old brimstone tall he then struck up
alight,
Set the end of the weed with a -park all on Are,
And found the result was all that Man could
desire?
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-
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