IN THE DEKV WOODS.
There is a BprlnR-Umo ) n my soul to-tl.ay ,
An n i tii u do of peace I seldom reach ,
Af tbro' ilia solemn wood * my footsteps etny
Where brooks Lave vo.ces und the bhudow
speech.
B knt as one wlio trends dark minster
I wvndcr onward pa-t these loaf V shrines ,
While sunset thro' green casements eoftl
And wines Its rosy censer mid tbc pines.
Far ovcrhnod the bccchtrces' spreading net
LeU l i faint glimpses of the sky's blue roof
The tired loaves , dyed scarlet by sunset ,
Fall tangle Jin the brown cat th's dusky wool
I hear tbc young brook whisper to the leaves
And mark 1U scattered silver on the moss
Jn dreamy uir the spider deftly weaves
A lllniy sail for idle winds to toss.
1 pause beside the nltnrs of the trees ,
Where incense floats from every buddlnj
( pray ,
And like some d'stant ' slgMrig of tbc seas ,
Sound the soft wind-burps waking far away
The alrBccms as a chnllcc , and its rim
Is overflowed by sunlight's yellow wine ,
Anon , fomc Idling shadows softly dim
Tbc mystery of its coloring divine.
I smell the vague , sweet odor of tbc crass ,
Tbc perfume of pnst spr.ng-tlmes come again ,
And cvciy breeze that down tbc glailes dotl
pass ,
Bears whispers of the silvery , summer rain
In tbeec deep woods immortal yearnings mak <
'Ibe crfresf yes'crday become as dreams ;
All lesser things my soul would e'er forsake
To linccr here , wlicrc such endiantincn
seems.
What bliss to wander from tbc world set free.
To feel the soft nir blow upon my face ;
Oh 1 nameless rapture , be who knows not tbcc
Hath never known life's one supremestgracc ,
The leaves and flowers are poems , every hrool
That laves the tlim stalk of some bending
reed ,
Is but a sentence In that wondrous book
Where Genius finds its urand , eternal creed.
Here Nature wakes about her haunts divine
Far swei ter uutlicms than earth's feeble
hymns ,
Whntsuams aerial haunt the dusky pine ,
Whoso blackened shade the star of evening
dims.
All better , nobler feellntrs come once more
To 1 nccr with me as I wander here ,
Like ships returning from a brighter shore ,
I rcet them with tbc silence of a tear.
Fain would I dwell forever hern alone
In Ibese great woods unnoted and forgot ,
An everla-ling calm abou me thrown ,
The stars of eve to sentinel the spot.
I would not bear the far off city's hum ,
Th tumults of the outside li'e ' should cease ,
To this dim refuge naught , should overcome
To mar the blissful pcrlcctness of peace.
Oh. song immortal ; oh divlnestsong !
Where shall I find tbce , if it bs not here ?
I will no more return unto the .hronsr ;
Here -will I rest and deem thee ever ne.ar.
The woods shall yield their secrets unto me ,
'I he sky smile softly thro' there leafv bars
Whilst evermore my lc-t shall follow ibec
CJp patl-ways leading to a land of stars.
Elvira Kidtm JUlller , in The Current.
FOOHTJI COUSINS.
In the early sammer of I860 I went
upon a visit to a distant relative of
mine who lived in one of the Shetland
Islands. It was early summer with
myself then ; I was a medical student
with life all before me life and hope ,
and joy and sorrow as well. ' I went
north with the intention of working
hard , and took quite a small library
with me ; there was nothing in the
shape of study I did not mean to do ,
and to diivo at ; the llora of the Ultima
Thule , its fauna and seolog3 , too , to
say nothing of chemistry and therapeu
tics. So much for good intentions , but
I majr as well confess it as not I
never once opened my huge box of
books during the live months I lived at
II , and if 1 studied at all it was
from the book of nature , which is open
to every one who cares to con. its
pages.
The steamboat landed me at Ler-
wick , and I completed my journey ,
with my boxes , next day in an open
boat.
It was a ver3' cold morning , with a
gray , cold , choppy sea on , the spray
from which dashed over the boat , wet
ting me thoroughly , and making me '
feel pinched , blear-eyed and miserable.
1 even envied the seals I saw cosily
aleep in dry , sandy caves , at
the foot of the black and beetling. ,
rocks. |
How very fantastic those rocks were , \
but cheerless , so cheerless ! Even the
sea-birds that circled around them
seemed screaming a dirge. An open
ing in a wall of rock took us at length
into a lou ° r , winding fiord , or arm ot
the sea , with green bare fields on every
side , and wild , weird-like sheep that
gazed on us for a moment , then bleated
and fled. Right at the end ol this rock
stood nry friend's house , comfortable
and solid-looking , but unsheltered by
a single tree.
"I shan't stay long here , " I said to
myself , as I lauded.
An hour or two afterward I had
changed my mind edtirely. I was
seated in a charmingly and cosily fur
nished drawing-room upstairs. The
windows looked out to and away
across the broad Atlantic. How
strange it was ; for the loch that had
led me to the front of the house , and
the waters of which rippfed up and
down the very lawn , was part of the
German ocean , and here at the back ,
and not a stone's throw distant , was
the Atlantic ! Its great , green , dark
billows rolled up and broke into foam
against the black breastwork of cliflb
beneath us.- The immense depth of
its waves could be judged of by keep
ing the eye lixed upon the tall , steeple-
like rocks which shot up here and
there through the water a little way
out to sea at one moment these would
appear like lofty spires , and next they
would be almost entirely swallowed
UD.
UD.J3eside the fire , in an easy chair , sat
my gray haired old relation and host ,
and not far oft * his wife. Hospitable ,
warm-hearted and genial both of them
were. If marriages really are made
in heaven , 1 could neb help think.ng
theirs must have been , so ranch did
they seem each on nor's counterpart.
Presently Cousin Maggie entered ,
smiling to me as she did so ; her left
hand lingered fondly for a moment on
her father's gray locks , then she sat
down uubidilen to the piano.
On the strength of my blood rela
tionship , distant though it was , for
we were really only third or fourth
cousins , 1 was made a member of this
family from the fir.-a , and Maggie
treated me as a brother. I was not
entirety pleased with the latter ar
ruigeni2iit : , because many days had
I concluded it would
jiot pis.-ed ere
be a pleasant pastime for me to make
i
love to Cousin Maggie. But 'weeks
went by , and niy love making "was
still postponed ; it became a sine die
kind of a probability. Maggie was
constantly with me when out of doora
my companion in all my fishing and
shooting trips. But she carried not
only a rod but even a rifle herself ; she
could give me lessons in casting the
fly and did ; she often shot dead the
seals that I had merely wounded , and
her prowess in rowing astonished me ,
and her daring in venturing so far to
sea in our broad , open boat , often
made me tremble for our safety.
A frequent visitor for the first two
months of my stay at R was a
young and well to do farmer and lisher
who came in his boat from a neighbor
ing island , always accompanied by his
sister and they usually stayed a day or
two. I was not long in perceiving that
this Mr. Thorforth was deeply in love
with my cousin ; the state of her feel
ing toward him it was some time be
fore I could fathom , but the revelation
came at last and quite unexpectedly.
There was an old ruin some distance
from the house , where , one lovely
moonlight night , I happened to be
seated alone. I was not alone , how
ever ; from a window I could see my
cousin and Thorforth coming towacd
the place , and thinking to surprise
them , I drew back under the shadow
of a portion of the Avail. But I was
not to be an actor in that scene , though
it was one I shall never forget. I
could not see his face , but hers' , on
which the moonbeams fell , was pained ,
half-frightened , impatient. He was
pleading his cause , he was telling the
old , old story , with an earnestness and
eloquence I had never heard surpassed.
She stopped it at last.
"Oh ! Magnus , " she cried. "Oh !
Magnus Thorforth , I never dreamed it
would come to this ! Oh ! what grief
you cause me , my' poor Magnus , nvy
poor Magnus , my more than friend ! "
What more was said need not be
told. In a few moments he was gone ,
and she was kneeling on the green
sward , just on thd spot where he had
loft her , her hands clasped , and her
face upturned to heaven.
Next day , Magnus Thorforth went
sadly awa } ' : even his sister looked
sad. She must have known it all. I
never saw them again.
One da } ' , about a month after this ,
Maggie and I were together in a cave
close by the ocean a favorite haunt
of ours on hot afternoons. Our boat
was drawn up close by. The day was
bright and the sea calm , its tiny wave
lets making'drowsy , dreamy music on
the 3'ellow sands.
She had been reading aloud , and I
was gazing at her face.
" 1 begin to thmkyou are beautiful , "
I said.
She looked down at me where I lay
with those innocent eyes of hers that
always looked into mine as frankly as
a child's would.
"I'm not sure , " I continued , "thatl
shan't commence making love to you ,
and perhaps I might marry you. What
would"you think of that ? "
"Love ! " she laughed , as musically
as a sea-nymph , "love ? Love betwixt
a cousin and a cousin ? Prepos
terous ! "
"I dare say , " I resumed , pretending
to pout , "you wouldn't marry me be
cause I'm poor. "
"Poor ! " she repeated , looking very
firm and earnest now. "If the man I
loved were poor I'd carry a creel for j
liim. I'd gather shells for his sake ; '
but I don't love anybody and don't
mean to. Come ! "
So that was the beginning and the
jnd of my love-making with Cousin
Maggie.
And Maggie had said she had never
ueant to love anyone. Well , we never
; an tell what may be in our immediate
future.
Hardly had we left the cave that day ,
ind put off from the shore , ere cats'-
KIWS began to ruflle the water. They
same in from the west , and before we
lad got half way to the distant head-
arid , a steady breeze was blowing.
iVe had hoisted our sail and vere run-
ling before it .with the speed of s. gull
> n "the wing.
Once round the point we had a beam
vind till we entered the liord , then we
lad to beat to windward all the way
tome , by which time it was blowing
[ uile a gale.
Jt went round more to the north
ibout sunset , and then , for the lirst
ime , we noticed a 3'acht of small dimen-
ions on the distant horrizon. Her in-
ention appeared to be that of rounding
he island and probably anchoring on
he lee side of it. She was ' HI an ugly j
tosition , however , and we'all watched ,
ler anxiously till nightfall hid her j
rom our view. I
I retired early , but sleep was out of ' <
he question , for the wind raged and ]
lowled around the house like wild i
reives. About 12 o'clock the sound j
if . . gun fell on my ears. I could not |
ie mistaken , for the window rattled in ]
harp response. , i
1 sprang from my couch and began _
o dress , and immediately after , my ]
ged relative entered the room. He i
aoked younger and taller than I had , \
een him , hut very serious.
"The yacht is on the Ba , " he said
olemniy.
They were words to me of fearful
igmlicance. The yacht , I knew , must
uou break up , and nothing could save '
lie crew. 1
I qu ckly followed my relative into 1
lie back drawing-room , where Mag1 1
ie was with her mother. We gazed <
ut into the night , out and across the "
[ > a. At the same moment , out there '
n the terrible Ba , a blue light sprang i
n , revealing tlie 3'acht and even its '
eople on board. She was leaning <
ell over to ono side , her masts gone , '
nd the spray dashing over her. :
"Come , " cried Maggie , "there is ]
o time to loose. We can guide their <
oat to the cave. Come , cousin ! " 1
1 felt dazed , thunderstruck. Was I 1
3 take part in a forlorn hope ? Was i
laggie - how beautiful and darling /
lie looked now to assume the robe of 1
modern Grace Darling ? So it ap- I
eared. j
The events of that night came back J
5 mv memory now as ii they had hapJ
eued but yesterday. It is a page in. my ]
ast life that can never be obliterated. -
Wo pulled out the fiord , Maggie
nd I. and up under the lee of _ the is-
ind , then , o'n rounding the point , we '
ncountered the whole force of the i
sea and wind. There was a glimmer
ing light on the wrecked yacht , am
for that wo rowed , or rather wer <
borne along on the gale. No boat sav <
a Shetland skill'could have been trust
ed in such a sea.
As we neared the Ba , steadying her
self by leaning on my shoulder , Mag
gie stood half up and waved the lau
tern , anil it was answered from th <
wreck. Next moment it seemed t (
mo wo were on the lee side , and Mag
gie herself hailed the shipwrcekei
people.
"Wo cannot come nearer , " she
cried ; "lower your boat and follow
our light closely. "
"Take the tiller , now , " she contin
ued , addressing me , "and steer for the
light you see on the cliff. Keep hei
well up , though , or all will be lost. "
We waited and that with diflicult3 !
for a few minutes till we saw b3
the starlight that the yacht's boat was
lowered , then away wo went.
The light on the cliff-top moved
slowty down the wind. I kept the
boat's head a point or two above it ,
and on she dashed. The rocks loomed
black and high as we neared them , the
waves breaking in terrible turmoil be
neath.
Suddenly the light was lowered over
the cliff down to the very waters
edge.
"Steady now , " cried my brave
cousin , and the next moment we were
round a point and into smooth watery
with the yacht's boat close beside us ,
The place was partly cave , partly
"noss. " We beached our boats and
here we remained all night , and were
ill rescued next morning by a fisher
man's yawl.
The yacht's people were the cap
tain , his wife and one 1)03' Nor
wegians all , Brinster by name.
My story is nearly done. What
need to tell of the gratitude of those
whom Maggie's heroism had saved
from a watery grave ?
But it came to pass that when , a few
months afterward , a beautiful new
3acht came round to the liord to take
those shipwrecked mariners away ,
'
Cousin Maggie went with them on'a
cruise.
It came to pass also that when 1
paid my very next visit to 11 , in
the following summer , I found living
at my relatives house a Major Brinster
and a Mrs. Brinster.
And Mrs. Brinster was ruy Cousin
Maggie , and Major Brinster was my
Cousin Maggie's "fate. " Gordoii
Stables.
Deluded .Negroes.
The close of the war found thou
sands of unemployed , unrestrained ,
ivnd impecunious colored people in the
District of Columbia. With every ad
vancing step of our armies the } ' "gath-
jred up great bales of articles that
seemed most desirable to them" from
their 'own domiciles , and from the
iomes of their masters they made
; heir way to Washington , the Mecca
> f their imaginations , under the im-
iression that freedom and plenty were
, o be attained by reaching it. They
xtme by tens-and. b3' hundreds. The
) ld and the decrepit , the young and
iclpless , the mitiale-agcd and strong.
Dn foot they came , and they bore with
hem their goods and chattels. Stout
'iris of 12 carried the fatr shining ba
nes ; lads of all ages balanced upon
heir heads baskets of provisions for
he-journe3' ; buxom field-hands bore
; reat bales consisting of feather-beds ,
uisaum's dresses , mirrors , and band-
loxes , and the men were burdened
vith an amount of sundries that would
nake a cart-load.
No exertion was exhausting , no ob-
tacle insurmountable. "Gwiue norf ,
I'here } 'ou all cum fruru , " was the
xultant reply to all interrogatories
oncoming their destination.
They knew little , but they dreamed
inch , of what would be the result of
be sudden and unprovided-for change
i their condition. Jt was a leap in
lie dark , but the3r imagined it a leap
rein darkness into hglft from a state
f bondage into a glorious condition
f freedom ; and the3' naturally con-
idercd that they would be recipients
f the blessings tluit such a change
liould produce.
Alas' ' alas ! for the awakening from
lis delusion ! They found themselves
t last in Washington , homeless and
riendless. Thej' stood upon the
harves and gazed and wondered.
The great dome of the capitol , the ,
larble walls of the public buildings ,
ie bus\r throng going and coming
orn their accustomed places of busi-
ess , amazed them. No feast was
Bered them ; they were invited to no
ospitable homes. They found them-
jlves strangers in a strangers laud ,
estitute and despised , and pinched
Y hunger and faint with the reaction
E stimulated imaginations , they be
an to grope their way into alleys , and
yways , and stable-lofts , and rude
bvels , and so became , twenty five
lousands of them , denizens of the
merican metropolis. How they
ved , . how they suffered , how they
ied , will never be written. Bent Per-
y Poor in Boston Budget.
The Happy Men in Hospitality *
The Canadian , as any one will admit
ho has been his guest , possesses in
i eminent and most enjoyable degree
ie virtue of hospitalit3r. In him are
ippily blended the best characteris
es of the Englishman and the Ameri-
in. The Englishman , hearty as the
elcome which he extends to a guest.
Ill compasses his house and his heart
> und about with barriers of reserve
id suspicion , which it is not always
is } to surmount , or to throw down ,
he American on the other hand , for
1 his prompt courtesies and williug-
2ss to oblige and to entertain , is
: ten apt to cany what we might call
ie hotel and business atmosphere into
is acquaintanceships. He entertains
> yally , but it often seems as if he
fudged the time and the personal at-
mtion which are requisite in order
tat the guest may enjoy himself to
ie utmost. The Canadian , as we
ive already said , blends in a happy
.easuro the best traits of his British
rogenitor and Ins American neighbor.
Philadelphia Record.
Tiie burelar , like bis fricad the philosopher ,
akc3 even-thing just as it comes , " and not
frcauentlv scoea for it Tonkc.-j Gazette.
HAIttYING IN THE WEST.
The Advantages Over Other Parts of tin
Country.
Not many years ago , says Tin
Chicago Timct , men who had achieved
considerable success in central Now
York in keeping cows and in making
butter and cheese were invited to at"
tend the meetings of dairymen's as
sociations in the west , for the purpose
'of imparting information. No doubt
they accomplished considerable good
in the matter of affording instruction
in the establishment of butter and
cheese factories and in the sale of
dairy products. In one respect their
speaking had a bad effect. Their es
timate of the capabilities of the west
to produce milk , butter , and cheese
that would compare in excellence with
those produced in "York state" was
exceedingly discouraging. Some of
them thought that only inferior articles
would ever be produced on prairie
farms. They declared tnat it required
a somewhat "hilly country to furnish
the grasses that produce the best milk ,
and they stated that spring water was
essential to successful dairying. A
few took a rather more hopeful view
of the matter. They expressed the
belief that grasses suitable for the pro
duction of good niilk would sometime
be raised on the prairies. They thought ,
however , that one generation of men
would be required to prepare farms
for the occupation of dairying. After
the native prairie sod was reduced ,
drains were cut , and the land kept in
cultivated crops for thirt3f or forty
years , the3r thought that , good past
ures of tame grass might be establish
ed and good milk produced. It was
well enough to make in the meantime
sonic butter and cheese for the supply
of local markets , where the patrons
were not ver3' particular , and some of
these inferior dairy products might
find a sale in the east at prices much
below those realized by eastern dair\--
inen. Maii3' who listened to the re
marks of these "wise men from the
east" abandoned the idea of becoming
dairymen , and others dilligeutl3r labor-
oil to improve their farms so that their
boys , in a distant future" , might make
good butter and cheese. None , or at
least very few , thought that they
could successfully compete with "York
state" dairymen in the production ot"
butter and cheese designed for first-
class customers in the great cities of
the country.
It took but a few years to demon
strate the fact that the great prairies
of the northwest were capable of pro
ducing as much and as excellent grass
as any territory in the country. In
fact , it was shown that the native
grass of the prairies furnished
good food for inilch cows , and
that the pasture grasses that are in
favor in other places could be intro
duced on a prairie sod with veiy little
difficulty. With good grass and an
abundance of grains , and with the
same breeds of cows that were kept in
the daiiy regions of the eastern states ,
there was no trouble in-obtaininggood
milk. Skillful hands converted this
milk into butter and cheese of excel
lent qualit3' . At several national and
international fairs butter and cheese
made in Illinois , . Wisconsin , and Iowa
were awarded the highest prizes. A
reputation was gamed at home and in
foreign countries. The proprietors of
western creameries and cheese fac
tories were proud to put their names
on all the packages the\ ' sent out.
They established boards of trade in
ill the large towns which were dairy
centers , and caused the wholesale
dealers in butter and cheese to attend
: hem in order to obtain goods to sell
igain. They saved the margin long
illowed commission merchants , abol-
shed the credit S3-stem in disposing of
lairy products , and adopted sound
msincss rules.
The prospect for dairying in the
slates and territories composing the
lorthwest are now excellent. "This
) ortion of the country enjo3rs ad
vantages for daiiying not possessed
ilsewhere. It is an excellent country
or producing grass , which is the food
shieily relied on for making milk. The
ertilit\r of the soil has not been ex-
lausted b\- the continuous production
f grain , hops , and tobacco , as is the
sase in many parts of the east. Corn
ind all the smaller grains are chiefly
aised. No commercial fertilizers are
nquired in order to produce largo
: rops. It is easier and cheaper to col-
ect herds of dair3 * cows in the west
han in the east. The production of
eef is one of the leading institutions.
Parties purchasing or raising animals
o fatten prefer steers , and cows can
eadily be obtained for daiiy purposes.
Ihc facilities for marketing western
tairy products are now almost every-
hing that could be desired. There is
n extensive local market. Butter and
heese are in constant demand to stip-
ily mining towns in the distant west
nd lumber-camps in the north. Sev-
ral times during the past few years
he complaint has been made by east-
rn dair3rmen that butter and cheese
cere carried from Iowa to Boston
heaper than from Vermont. Trans-
iortation companies now contract
o deliver western dairy prod-
cts in Liverpool and Glasgow at
ates that were not anticipated a few
ears ago.
In many places capital is necessaiy
D develop the dairv interest in the
rest. The farmers have no mone3' to
ut in butter and cheese factories.
3' generally commenced poor.
have spent years in improving
lieir places. All the money they
otild obtain from the sale of crops
as been exhausted in making fences ,
reeling buildings , breaking the soil ,
nd purchasing machinery. They
light exchange some of the stock they
ow have for dairv cows , but tiie\ ' have
ot the money to erect buildings suit-
ble for butter and cheese factories
nd to purchase suitable machinery
ud implements for them. More
nowledge of the proper sheltering
nd care of milch c ws is also want-
[ 1 , aad more instruction is needed in
ie art of milking , the care of milk , the
rising of cream , and the manufacture
f butter and cheese. Western farm-
rs have been advised to convert their
rass and grain into meat and wool in
rder to save in the matter of trans-
ortation. There is a greater saving
i the matter of tiansportation in con-
erting grass and grain into butter
and cheese than into me\t : and woo !
Another thing necessary to porma
nenc } ' of success in dairying is retain
ing a deserved reputation for excel
lence in the articles produced and pul
on the market. The adulteration ol
butter and cheese , or the impoverish
ment of the latter by the removal ol
the cream from the milk , can not lon
be carried on without destnjying tin ;
reputation of the maker.
Industrial .Brevities.
Kansas correspondents report apple
buds generally alive , and promising a
fair crop of fruit. Peach buds were
killed by the severe cold in all portions
tions of the state , except in the south-
central , where the promise for a full
crop is encouraging. Pears and cher
ries promise an'averago j'ield , except
in the extreme northern counties , where
they were damaged considerably
during the winter. Blackberries and
raspberries suffered from freezing.and
will not make an average crop. The
hardier varieties of grape "promise an
abundant 3'iold in all sections , while
strawberries will make about a half
crop. The prospect fora fruit crop is
much more encouraging than was an
ticipated. Persons living in isolated
regions in the territory are fond of
stating that there are no insects to
trouble fruit , or the trees ami vines
that produce it. They seek to convey
the impression that there is something
in the localities where the3' live that is
unfavorable to insects. This , how
ever , is not the case. It is 01113 * a ques
tion of time when insects , high taxes ,
and paupers will be as common there
as in other places.
J-leuiy Woodford , farrier , was pros
ecuted the other day in London 1)3 *
the Society for the Prevention of Cru
elty to Animals for having burnt the
mouth of a horse for "lampas , " which
is an inflammation of the roof of the
mouth caused ' disordered
03' teething or a
dered stomach. A witness stated that
he saw the horse held b3' a switch on
the nose , whilst Woodford was smearIng -
Ing the roof of the mouth with a hot
iron. There was a quantity of smoke ,
and a frizzling noise arising from the
burning of the flesh , and tiie animal
was moving its. head backward and
forward as if in great pain. The
magistrate dismissed the charge , as
the "evidence showed that veterinary
surgeons were divided in opinion as to
the treatment for lampas. "
Mr A. C. Tichenor , sa3's a London
paper , has lately patented a process by
which a current is passed through
milk contained in a vessel of special
Form , and butter is formed in little
balls on one of the electrodes. It is
= aid that to extract the butter from
fort3'-live litres of milk , the current
from a d3'nanio-electric machine
equivalent to that of about fortDan -
icll cells , for from three to live initi
ates is all that is required. With such
i current the balls of bntter are suili-
jinth' voluminous to detach them
selves from the electrode and float to
: he surface of the milk but the butter
hus obtained has still to be churned ,
10 as to work the small pieces into a
lompact mass.
In fining three butchers , a short
ime ago , for selling blown mutton ,
Fustice Masse3\ Brooklyn , mauc
he following sensible remarks : "It
eems to me that a butcher who sells
liseascd met is as guilt3' as an apolh-
icaiy who sells poison. The fact that
he druggist was ignorant of the na-
ure of the goods he sold would be no
ixcuse , and if he kuowingh' sold pois-
m because it cost him less than the
Irug a ked for ho would be guilty of
. great crime. The same is true of
hese butchers. I think the3' should
tot be allowed to sell if they don't
: now diseased meat , and should be
everely dealt with if they knowingly
ell it. "
Ii is often a mystery why well-built
nd carefully-managed houses , espo-
iall3T in the country , burn down. An
[ lustration of unsuspected causes was
tmnd b3' the Sanitary Science chifo of
Soston on one of its visits of inspec-
ion to the houses of the members ,
'he cellar had been lathed and plas-
3red , and the wood was allowed to
3iich the hot-air pipes of the furnace
i four out of the six places where the
ipes passed through. The aim
3emed to be to make as tight a joint
s possible. A veiy hot lire could
ardly have failed to char the laths.
An Endlish paper sa3's : Lord Soutli-
5k's choice herd of polled cattle was
) ld off at Kiunaird last Wednesday ,
air prices were realized , but only
> ur wore sold for the Americau mar-
et , which were purchased 03- Lord
irlio's factor for Air. L3'tilph Oglivy's
irm in Colorado. Several lots wore
3ught by Lord Aberdeen and Lord
Lrathmore for their respective herds ,
he breakup 01 tiie Kinnard. farm and
itablishment greatly regretted b3 *
11 classes in Forfarshire.
Prof. Sheldon sa3's the daily school
sar Cork has had the effect of per-
jptibly raising the average of butter
i the south of Ireland. A number of
iung women have been well drilled
i the principles of butter-making in
lat valuable institution , and these in
irn have carried the reform into the
icalities in which they live. The spiri i ,
of emulation is 'extending , and the j ,
sople arc beginning to take pride in ,
ieir dairy work. ]
Reports received from iift3r of the j 7
tie hundred cattle ranges on the i (
herokee strip , the great cattle belt of ' ;
ie west , show that the results ot" the f
; vere storms of the winter have not <
jcn so disastrous as wore anticipated. ,
id a losof loss than 12 per cent , of .
trough cattle have died thus far. j
rith the wintered cattle it has not ;
? en so serious , the death rate among f
ic-m below " cent.
being > per : i
The business of associated buttert
aking , by the cream-gathering sysi i
m , is rapidly extending in Connootig
it. Several new enterprises of the 3
nd are being organized , and others \
ill are being talked up. The South-1
gton creamery reports the average
> t eanrnirs nor cow , for the year 1884.
have bienS'i4 , the gr-iss process bog -
g 879 per cow , short of Sio per -ow
r expenses.
The farmers of the interior of
'est Virginia are truly afflicted. A tc
: avy los-s of stock by the great scnrci- J c
of food and the extreme cold is now \ d
Ilowed by ravages 113' wolves , which
fest the Elk and Greenbrier rncnmf
tains , and bv eagles. A flock of eagles
have carried off sheep and other small
aloe * to the value of $1,000 in Union
' ' . f
district
, Cliij' count3'
The making of a good milker de
pends not 01113" in the ability of the cow
to produce milk at a minimum cost ,
but essentially , alco , in the training ,
not only to develop these qualities to
the highest degree. Proper feeding is
necessary , and of fully as much valno
will bo the training that induces reli
ance upon the fonder and milker , and
absence of fear.
Utica parties have procured fifty
thousand brook trout from the state
Imtchery at Caledonia , N. Y. , for re
stocking the east branch of the West
Canada Creek. The young trout ar
rived in Prospect Wednesday , and
were at once started on the "road to
Morehousoville. They will bo deposit
ed in the creek near the latter village.
Several farms in Yorkshire , and Lin
colnshire , England , have recentl3rbecn
let at euormo'is reductions in rent in
some cases over 50 per cent below the
average of recent 3'oare. In Lincoln
shire a farm which , up to 188S , was
taken at a rental of 1 tfs. I5d. poracre ,
has now been let at auction at 12s.
per aero.
A fanner in Mark's Creek township ,
North Carolina , on April 0 , just after
daylight , was surprised to see a large
bird fly down into his pen. Thou he
hoard , a hog squeal. Ho fired and
killed a bald eagle measuring seven
foot from tip to tip of wings. The
lialf-3'oar old hog was killed by the
eagle.
The value of the dairy product of
the state of Iowa alone , for the year
884 , amounted to 850,000,000 ; while
ho total value of the butter , choose ,
and milk produced in the United
States , for 1831 , was $500,000.000.
These figures are best appreciated by
noting the value of some of the other
products.
Tha president of the Now York
Daiiymon's association says that
Ilolstem milk contains very small
cream globules , which are slow to risoj
hence 'the Uulstoin milk will boar
transportation bettor than the milk of
an\r other cow.
He Was Itather Deaf.
A voting man , who had formed an
attachment to a young lady , went to
her father's house to ask his consent
to their union. The old gentleman ,
who was terribly deaf , was standing
on the doorstop as his daughter's lover
upproachod. The front door com
manded a voiw of a meadow in which
i cow was feeding , and while Mr. C.
was looking in that direction the
youthful lover , whose heart was over
flowing with emotion , commenced the
.ask he came to poform.
"I am acquainted with 3rour daugh-
er , " said he , in a loud tono.
"She is a line boast. " remarked the
> ld gentleman , looking at tiio cow.
"Your daughter , " screamed the
ruling man. "I have the honor to be
veil acquainted with her. "
'She is a noble animal , " was the
tuiot response.
[ "Confound the old cow ! " said the
oung man , in a whisper. "I wish
ilio was out of sight. " ]
"I was speaking about your amiable
tnd accomplished daughter ! "
"She is vor\7 kind , indeed ; never
ireaks down the fences ; never kicks
ivor the pail ; never strays away like
ho other brutes I have. "
"You don't understand me , sir ! I
, -as speaking of your daughter at
oanling-school. "
" .No , i never put a board on her face ;
lie never does any mischief hero at
II. "
"Your daughter ! " shouted the
oung man , frantic with excitement.
"Did you say I ought to ? "
" "
"No , "sir ! i" was speaking of 3'our
aughter , the 3'ouug ladv'- away from
omo. "
"Oh , yes ; I have plcntv" of room , but
think she is too old to keep much
> ngcr. To tell 3-011 the truth , L have
lade up ni3' mind to shut her up in
10 stable and feed her on chop stuff
r a few weeks. "
"Groat heavens ! " remarked the
oung man to himself. "What shall
lo ? This deafness will be the death
E me. I will tr3' once more , and if
lis effort fails I will resort to pencil
ad paper. "
"I should like to sa3 * a word or two
> you respecting 3'oiir daughter. "
"I shall let the "butcher lutvc her by
id ' if ho will " "
b3' give mv" price ,
lid the old man with emphasis.
As a last resort , the young man used
is pencil and paper showed his Ict-
TS of introduction , handsomel3' Sn-
arsed by men whose opinioti was
sod authority on the delicate ques-
on on the tftpta. After a little cross-
icstioning and a little hesitation the
d gentleman gave his consent , and
hen the parties were married he de-
ared it was the best haul he had made
all his life. Philadelphia Times.
Malniesbury'sSttcce.sdful Book.
Nobody , in all probability , is more &
itonished than Lord Malraeabury
mself at the unexpected pecuniary
iccess of his memo.r. The book was
iginally set up in type at his owu ex-
jnse , anil six months ago he v/ould
adly hare sold the venture outright
r 50. As it is , the not profits al-
ady exceed 2,000 ; the first Fronc
lition is nearly exhausted , and even
r. Tauchnitz has paid handsomely
r the right of reproduction. The
tthor. eouis to have dictated the whole
urk to the shorthand writer , and this
icotinls for the curious' errors in the
oiling of proper names which crept
to the earlier editions. Lord Malmcs-
iry will probably shortly issue an
Iditional volume , bringing his narra-
; e down to the doatli of Lord Beacons-
ild ; and in the interests of posterity
: d contemporary history-making ho
11 writesup his diary every day
th praiseworthy diligence. London
o'rld.
He Does 03- This lime.
"Ma , can you get out ofour skin0"
"Whv , mercy" no , child.Vliy do
u ask ? "
"Well , I heard pa tell another man
it when he comes home nearly every
jht he finds you beside yourself. 1
n't understand it , d > yon ? "
"
"No , my child ; but" I think your
; he"r will. " Judge.