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m THE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1884. liters! at tho Sx&zStt, Ccfcntu. Sob., u rtecsi- cJik niter. JIHODA FARRAKD. In the lost of these Centennial days, Jjct me sins song- to a woman's praise: How she proved herself in that tune of strife. Worthy 01 beinjf a patriot's wife. A little woman sho was not young1. But reatfy of wit :ind quick of tongue: One of the kind of which Solomon told; Setting: their price above rubles and cold. A memory brave clings around her name; Twas Ithoda I'arrand, and worthy of fame. Though scarce she dreamed t would be woven in rlirmps. - In these her grand-daughter's daughter's times. Just out of the clamor of war 6 alarms, Lay in tranquil quiet the Jersey farms; And all of ttie produce in barn and shed By the lads and girls was harvested. Tor the winds or winler with storm and chill Swept bitterly over each field and hilL Her husband was with the army, and she "Was left on the farm at Parslppany. When she beard the sound ot a horse's feet. And Marshal Doty rode up the 6treet; He paused but :i moment, and handed down A letter ior Uhiria from Morristown, In her husband'b hand how she seized the sheet The children camo running with eager feet: There it ere Xate and Betty, Hannah and Dan, To list to the letter, and thus it ran. After best greeting to children and wife: "Heart oi his heart, and the life of his life," I read from the paper, wrinkled and brown, "We arc hen for the winter in Morristown, And a sorry sight are our men to-day. In tatters and rags with no sign of pay. As we marched to camp, if a man looked back, By the dropping blood he could trace our track; For scarcely a man has a decent shoe. And there's not a stocking the army through; So send us stockings as quick as you can, My company needs them, every man. And every man is a neighbor's lad; Tell this to their mothers; they need them tad." Then, ir never before, beat Rhoda's heart, Twas time to bo doing a woman's part. She turned to her daughtccs, Hannah and Bet: "Girls, each on your needles a stocking set. Get my cloak and hood; as for you, son Ban, Yoke up tho steers just as quick as you can; Put a ciiair m the wagon, as you're alive, I will sit and knit, while you go and drive." They started atoncc on Whippany road. She knitting away while he held the goad. At Whippany village she stopped to call On the sitters Prudence and Alary Ball. She would not go in, she sat in her chair .And read to the girls her letter from there. That was enough, for their brothers three "Were in Lieutenant Farrand's company. Then on Ithoda went, stopping here and there, To rouse the neighbors from her old chair. Still while she was riding her lingers flew. And minute by minute the stocking grew. Across the country, so withered and brown. They drove till they came to Hanover town. There, mellow and rich, lay the Smiths' broad lands. With them she took dinner and warmed her hands. Next toward Hanover Neck Dan turned the 6teers, t Where her cousins, the Kitchels, had lived for years. With the Kitchels sho supped, when home ward turned. While above her fhe stars like lanterns burned. And she stepped from her chair, helped by her son. With her first day's work and her stockings done. On Rockawny River, so bright and clear. The brown lear skims in the fall of the year. Around through the hills it curves like an arm. And holds in its clasp more than one bright farm. Through Rockaway vallay next day drove Dan;, Boy though ho was, yet he worked like a man. Hib mother behind him sat in her chair, HIM JnilUma, but hniUmg another pair. They roused the valley, then drove through the gorge. And stopped for a minute at Compton's forge. Then on to Boonton, and there they were fed. While the letter was passed around and read. "Knit," tnld Ithoda to all, "as fast as you can; Send the stockings to me. and my son Dan The first ot nest week will drive me down, And I'll take the stockings to Morristown." Then from Boonton home and at set of sun She entered her house triUi her etochings done. On Thursday they knit from the morn till night. She and the girls, with all their might. "When the yarn gave out they carded and spun. And every day more stockings were done. When the wool was gone, then, they killed a sheep A cosset but nobody stopped to weep. They pulled the lleece. ana they carded away, Ann spun and knitted from night until day. In all the country no woman could rest. But they knitted on like people "possessed"; And Parson Condlt expounded his views On the Sabbath day unto empty pews. Except for a fow stray lads who camo And sat in the gallery, to save the name. On Monday morn at an early hour The stocking came in a perfect shower A shower that lasted until the night; Black, brown and gray ones and mixed blue and i hitc. There were pairs one hundred and thirty three. Long one3, remember, up to the knee; And tho next day Kiioda carried them down In tho old ox-wagon to Morristown. 1 hear like an echo the soldiers' cheers For UhoJa and Dan. the wagon and sUe.-s, Grow ing wilder j ot for thechief in coiusund. While up at "salute" to the brow flies each hand As "Washington passes, desiring then To thank Mistress Farrand in name of his men. But the words that her husband's lips let fall, "1 knew you would dor it," were "best of all. And I think in those Centennial days That sheshould be given her meed of praise; And while we are singing of "Aiild Lang Syne," Kcr name with the others deserves to shine. Eleanor A. Hunter, in the Continent. HOW THE APPLEBY'S WENT THE MAY FESTIVAL. TO "You never heard how wo went to the Mav Festival? I thought every one knew that." Mrs. Appleby settled herself com fortably in her chair, felt her back hair, rocked slowly and looked arouud. When sho assured herself we were all listening, she smiled, tapped her foot on the lloor and rubbed one plump hand over the other gently. There was an air of repose about Mrs. Appleby that was restful. The sort of a woman there are women and men, too whom the busy world slips past They do not fret themselves needlessly over the great problems of life, are always com placent and go to their graves in sub lime ignorance of the fact that some body else has carried their burden. There is always an air of repose about these people restful to behold when it does not exasperate one But nobody was ever exasperated outwardly by anything Mrs. "Appleby said. The swan-like serenity with which she glided through life disarmed resent ment. Besides, all the world seemed to recognize the fact that all efforts to convince Mrs. Appleby that she was in any manner derelict would prove futile, while something in her sunny disposi tion warned people how they invited a fall of tears. ' "Why, you see, it was a bad time, to be sure. It didn't suit Mr. Appleby at all, and there were so manv things I had to attend to just then. "Why don't they have May Musical Festivals later on say in the fall? People would have bo much more time to attend them and they would make more money, I'm sure. But, as I said to Josiah, whether it was in spring or winter, it was all one we were bound to attend the Fes rival. Everybody that is anybody oes to the Festivals, unless they have some sort of an excuse. Even the Sourbecks had it all arranged to attend the Fes tival the year before. I "know, because our Jane had a new dress made by the dressmaker that made tlircc new dresses for the Sourbecks, but because Mrs. Sourbeck's aunt died they did not go after all. It was about a week be fore the Festival, but as the aunt was some poor sreatnre's wife I never heard of her till she died they did not go to the funeral. And do you know, if Fve heard it once I've heard it said a hundred times it was so odd the Sour becks didn't go to the May Musical Festival. I told Josiah it would never do to let that impression get out about us. And to make sure, I made him pur chase season-tickets for two, early. He had to pay a man to stay up 'in the line,' he called it all night to get good f laces, for I told himsince we must go, was determined people should see us, and to be sure and get the front seats in the middle of the gallery. He has no more idea of economy, Josiah, than a child. He wanted to take his chances with the rest, and said people saw-more of each other scronging in and out were more likely to ite seen than sitting on a front seat. I soon convinced him jkftt wm sot my way of lookag at it, I and when he said he had to pay the man 1U1 OUIUUUIg Ul UUU Oil Ulglltl i;u UU1" lars, do you know what I answered? I asked him if he wouldn't sooner do that than pay a doctor twenty or thirty dol lars maybe, and have the lumbago be side. "Well, as I was saying where was I? O, yes. 1 said since we were bound to attend, I needed anew bonnet anyway, and such a time as we had picking that bonnet I took Josiah with me, be cause he always complained that I got too much color in my bonnets, or they were either too old or too young. Jo siah is a very difficult man to please. I often tell mm it's lucky for him he got a patient, pains-taking, economical wife or he'd be in the poor-house. And he is of such a quiet turn in dress. I know I ought to dress livelier to make amends, butrl can't bringmyself to it," and plump Mrs: Appleby rocked until her bonnet looked a rainbow under the gaslight. "He is quiet every way. That man will sit a whole evening when we go out and not say six words some times. Yoa will smile when I tell you his excuse. He says I talk enough for both. Well, we went shopping. We were out about two hours and a half. All that time I was looking for one color, just to please Josiah. when he said to me": " 'Isn't there some place we can go to and finish this business up?' " 'Yes,' says I, 'Josiah, we are sure to find that color at 3Iot & Mot's.' " 'Why in the name of all the saints, then, didn't you go to Mot & Mot's in the first place, instead of trundling a fellow around like a wheel-barrow through a dozen stores?' "When we went to Mot & Mot's, and found the color I wanted to match inr ribbon I wanted a narrow band to face my bonnet, instead of a full-depth facing I told the clerk to cut me off a narrow piece of the silk as wide as that." "Mrs. Appleby held up two Elump, taper fingers. "You should ave seen Josiah stare at me as I paid the ten cents for it and put the silk in my pocket-book ; 1 didn t want them to put that on the book." " 'Well,' says Josiah, 'I've heard of women going shopping, buying a spool of thread and ordering it sent home, but I'm blest if I ever dreanieda woman would hunt all over creation for a bon net the way you do. At the rate you are getting the stuff for a whole bonnet, an entire generation might be swept oil the globe heforc you complete it. The Cathedral at Cologne is not a circum stance to it.' " "That's the way with Josiah when I try to practice economy." Mrs. Ap pleby began to look grave. A slight frown, that I suspect she knew added Eiquancy to her expression, rested on er face, as she continued, in a very serious tone: "If ever anything goes wrong with Josiah he will "think of the times I have tried to save him a dollar. But men do take such peculiar notions into their heads. Josiah wanted to argue with me that instead of saving money by buying the material and hav ing my bonnet made just to suit myself, it cost me a great deal more, to say nothing of the time and shoe leather we wore out hunting the material. "We had to get now dresses anyway, I told him, so he said he would let us work out our own salvation. He had all the trouble he wanted with the tickets and silk for the facing of the bonnet, we did manage to get along without him. We got the new dresses made in good time. If there's anythiug rve a dread of, it is being behind time. There is Miss Anglesea, now. I never knew her to make the train she started for. If I've seen Miss Anglesea miss one train, Fve seen her miss a hundred. One day she left niy house at eight in the morning to catch the eight fifteen, and missed it. And she got up on special purpose at half past five o'clock to make that train. She came back, and said of all the unaccommodating things in the world nothing could be compared with an accommodation train. So she took out her crochet work, there being no help for it, and waited for the noon train. Talking about crocheting, that 'minds me Miss Anglesea was upwards of nine montlis making one tidy that anybody else could make in a "week, or two at most. She intended it for a present for her sister-in-law, for Christmas. She be gan it on Thanksgiving Day, and her sister-in-law wouldn't nave got it the next Christmas if some of us hadn't helped her. O, the slowness of some people, how it tries me!" Mrs. Ap pleby tapped the floor with her right foot, rocked herself and shook her head gently as though she was contem- nlntinornii fiiir1wiiivnf elnwnroro nrl rr- pared to go any length within the limits of gentle expostulation. 'She staid for lunch and hurried away to catch the noon train, and missed that. When she came back the second time she was in a very bad hu mor, it gave her a headache and she laid down, and if it hadn't been for our Bessie I sent her with her 1 don't think she would have caught the four o'clock train." Here Mrs. Aunlebv burst into a neal of laughter that was infectious. We all laughed. Mrs. Appleby makes everybody laugh. "Where was I then? O, yes! 5 1 was talking about getting ready in time. After the dresses were made before they were completed I thought 1 would try to understand what tho music was about. A person feels so so queer when they are asked something they know nothing about that everybody else knows all about I don't know any thing about music, and I don't really enjoy the fashionable music, but one must 'keep up with the procession,' as Josiah says. So I bought all the num bers and "had them pretty well studied up, so I could talk about them. "My niece, Mrs. Allgoose, and her husband, came to town to attend the Festival, and of course they couldn't get seats in a good place then for love or money. They had to stay with us two nights, and when I understood how scarce good places were I thought I would save Josiah some of the extra money he was out buying our tickets. Now's your chance to save ten dol lars,' said J. We onlv want the last two nights, and it will be a great ac commodation to Mr. Allroose. and we "will have tho credit or doinsr a erood turn in a pinch.' "Yes,' says he. 'and suppose any thing should "happen that we can't go, after being at all this outlay. There's the butt end of three hundred dollars gone, and nothing to show for it, to say nothing of the worry and time lost" " 'But' I said, 'Josiah it's sure to be all right' So he sold Mr. Allgoose the tickets for the first night that is. he had to give him all the tickets. YouH see they had coupons, and were worth less if detatched And my niece and her husband went and they enjoved it abovo everything they said. The next night Josiah and me got ready early I was determined wouldn't be late. Josiah he argued we would make time by waiting half an hour said he knew all about the crushes but I overruled him, and all the children saw us off, every one wishing they could go with us. But as there were two more places for the last night for Bessie and Jim, we had as many as our neighbors. When we were half way to the hall Jo siah turned to me and said: s L' By the bv Ellza gfre me those tickets. I had almost forgotten them. There will be such a crush that every body will have to show their tickets as soon as they reach the inside door.' "The tickets,' says I, "have no tickets. I never saw the tickets.' " 'What!' says Josiah. 'You do not mean to .tell me your niece's husband did not five return those tfeVota t !' ' I do mean It I said. gI had noth ing to do with the. tickets. Yori gave them to Mr. Allgoose. You should have got them back from him. It isn't possible you did not get the tickets from him. 'iJosiah felt in his pocket, and there I sat you don't know -how nervous. Look carefully, Josiah,' I said.' " 'Well,' he said, after a Uttle while, sitting ud in the carriage : and rum magiug all over himself. 'That beats all! Beats Ifie oldest man! Those tick ets are out at Omaha by this tim "And so they were, for my niece and her husband started West the day after they attended the Festival, and as we could not get seats then, Josiah told our driver to turn around, and we drove back home. And that was 'the way Ave went to the May Festival," said Mrs." Appleby with a ' laugh that was like a moan. David Loivry in Chicago Current. Painfully Embarrassed. A stranger who got into the Union Depot yards yesterday, while trying to find the railroad ferry slip, would have been run down by one of the numerous switch locomotives had not a man at work in the Hour sheds seized him and pulled him off the track. The stranger was greatly confused and shaken up for a moment, but after he had taken a seat on the platform and got his breath he called oat: "My man, that was nobly done ! I expect you can make use of $5,000 in cash?" "Well, perhaps." The stranger breathed heavily, rubbed his arm, and after a minute con tinued: "Yes. I feel just like making you a present of a thousand dollars." This .was a painful reduction from his first observation, but it wasn't for the Hour-roller to find fault. Ho brushed away at the stranger's hat to get the dust off. and as ho handed it over he was informed: "I think you would know where tol put $100 if 5'ou had it. eh?" "I want nothing, sir. You were in danger, and I pulled you away." , "But I shall insist upon your accept ing something. You certainly saved rav life, and I shouldn't begrudge twen ty-live dollars. " He got out his wallet, which was crowded full of bills, and as he handled them over he remarked : "Ten dollars would buy your wife a dre3s, and every time sue wore it you could think of me." "Yes. sir." The bill came out but was quickly re placed, and after a minute spent in some mental calculation the stranger all at once handed out a two-dollar bill with the observation: "Here, my man, go and get vou a new hat ami rest assured I shall ever be grateful to you." Then it was seen that the laborer was painfully embarrassed. He shifted from one leg to the other, looked up and down the shed, and when asked the trouble he replied: "Please, sir, but haven't you any small change about jTou? I think a quarter would be plenty of reward for saving your life." "A quarter! Well, considering the railroad company paj's you for the time you were hauling me "around, maybe that's-enough. Here it is, and I hopo you will make good use of it. I guess. I can get down to the slip all right from here, but if you happen to save my life again you can look for half a dollar at least Detroit Free Press. Yucatan. The introduction to a description of a collection of birds from Yucatan (Proc. Koy. Zool. Soc. 1883,) contains some interesting facts about the country itself. From the end of February to near the end of May no rain falls, but from the latter date the rains commence and iucrease until October. Merida, the capital, is a large village situated in a forest of shady trees, which witKcare have grown quite large. Rio Lagartos is a seaport at the mouth of an arm of the sea, into which open innumerablo springs or subterranean rivers; but it cannot be called a river. The water is salt and it is bordered by extensive marshes, the home of thousands of flamingoes and swarms of sea birds. The excavations called aguadas, which are very deep, arc said to be natural, but M. Boncard believes that many of them are artificial, the work of tho ancient Mapa race. They are usually circular, but there is evidence that they were originally quadrilateral. To these aguadas immense numbers of quadru peds and birds repair in the dry season. A greater peculiarity of the region is the jonat orsenote. Asenote is a deep circular opening in the earth, with per pendicular walls of limestone, gener ally about sity feet high. These arc of "all sizes and shapes, and at the bot tom can be seen a pool of clear, fresh, cool water of unknown depth. The senote is often situated in an immense underground cave with a narrow mouth. There is usually no approach except down the stony walls. There is noplace to rest, nor visible object in the deep, clear waters, which the na tives beHeve to be in all cases a part of a great subterranean river. Large num bers of small birds go to drink in the open senotes, and birds of prey nest in the rocky walls, while swallows, owls, motmots, and bats tenant the caves of the inclosed ones. At least two species of siluroid fishes occur in these senotes. The ever-thirsty land' and these funnels swallow up the" water, so that there are no streams above ground. The bird fauna of Yucatan has little resemblance to that of the Antilles, and differs even from the adjacent island of Cuba. A Practical Proposal. "Had aproposal from any of the fair sex since leap year began, Jones?" "I have, Brown. I had a proposal from the daughter of my boarding missus." "Gimini! you are in luck. How did she muster courage to make it, and what did you say?" "Well, you see, she keeps the books for her mother, so she came to me the other day and proposed." "Yes, j'es, lucky dog; go on." "She proposed that I pay up my ar rears or git." "Whew !" "So I got" Sovicruille Journal. "A professional man with a good income" Writes to an English paper that he has recently apprenticed his son, sixteen years old, to a builder. "Of course," says the father, "he has to work at the bench and go out on jobs, but he is happy and his" time well em- Eloyed. When'he is twenty-one he will ave become master of his trade, and, being an educated lad and "sharp to boot, a very few pounds would start him in one of the colonies on the high road to competency. The silly pride of parents," he says, "is the chief draw back to their sons' success in life." An invalid lJy residing at San Rafael, Cal., who was directed by her physician to take a daily sun bath ol several hours' duration on the lawn, has diverted herself by patient and in genious effort to tame a couple of hum ming birds. After two or three months of acquaintance the little creatures are now so trustful as toip honey from a spoon held in her hand. San Franciscc Call. Numbers of seagulls follow thi farmers near Halfmoon Bay, Oregon, while they are plowing, and now and then swoop down, and swallow a field-. mouse. In this way thousands of vermisj are destroyed. Experience ef a Crednlons Jour nalist, On 8 day last week a gentleman em ployed in the newspaper business on' Montgomery street and who, not do siring notoriety in this connection, will be called, by his familiar sobriquet, "the Judge," was sauntering up Post street in senrch of other worlds to conquer. ' when a most singular looking specimen ui. it-u gruuger variety uove in sigut .about.half a block distant As he ap Ijroached the journalist his eye sudden?, y fell on an object some few feet in front of the latter, upon which he pounced with great avidity. The curi osity of "the Judge" for a moment overbalanced his" dignity, and he asked, the greenhorn -what ne had fonnd. ExaininTug the object very closely, the farmer gaveit as his opinion thafit was nothing less than a gold quartz "speciment, worth nigh onto two hun dred dollars." The "Judge" looked at the specimen and concurred in the belief. "What am I goin' ter dew with it. though?" asked the granger. 'Tve got ter ketch the -Petalumy boar, and I've only got 'bout 'levon minits ter dew it in," pulling out a well-worn silver time-piece. "There's sure. to be a big reward oilered for this, here rockto morrer and I can't be here ter lay claims to it." The "Judge" thought he saw a chance. The quartz, lie argued to him self, was probably worth a good deal more thau the rough estimate made by the countryman. It had no doubt been lost out of a collection belonging,, to' a rich man, who would be willing to pay a large sum for its restoration to its place in his cab'net The " Judge's" salary is only eighteen dollars a week. He waited in silence. "Would ; you that is, dew you think 3'ou could could take th'g yere speciment in trust fur me, fur, say fif teen dollars, and take care of the thing? I'd give ye half the reward, you know, and you" air more used to these things, you see. Your face looks right honest, au'l I guess lean trust ye'. Hur ry up and say what you'll do, fur I've only got jist nine minnit3 more." "All right," said the "Judge," and he passed over the bright coin and pock eted the valuable nugget, with which he quickly vanished from the scene in ex cited delight and keen satisfaction. He saici nothing to his friends about his transaction, and his landlady won dered that night what made the "Judge" whistle and sing so much in the hallway. Next morning he was up bright and early, looking over all the newspapers for the advertisement con taining a mention of the reward. None could be found, and the evening papers of that day were likewise mute on the subject Next morning also brought disappointment. The "Judge" began to mistrust, but he hired a boy for the rest of the week to look up the adver tisement, though with the same disgust ing result An idea suddenly struck him, and he started almost on a run for an assaycr's office, where the informa tion tha tho "quartz" was made up of brass tilings, stuck on a common piece of concrete, was not long withheld by the amused assayer. Then the indigna tion of tho boodled "Judge" found its vent in accusations right and left of the man who had thus practiced -on his cijdulit and honesty, but did not suc ceed in "ih ing the, charge. On Saturday he rec-Mied :v uoe in an unknown hand writing, staling that he could keep the "specimeiit" or take all the reward, as he thought best. The sarcastic missive was signed "Potaluma." San Fran cisco Chronicle. A Dakota Hail-Storm. We were just finishing supper one evening wnen. to some one's observa tion that it was gc'tting dark mightv fast, our chief looking up, " dropped knife and fork and yelled: 'Thunder! boys, it's going to rain. Hurry up! get the th ng-, hiali!.' the tcuf't Get the mischief! for piiler patter whiz bang! and one of the worst hail-storms that ever swept the plains was upon us, driving us all a round dozen in num ber into a little eight by ten tent Three minutes after the first drop fell it would have cost a man his life to have gone a distance from shelter'for the ice was coming down in blocks six inches in circumfcreiKi and in perfect sheets.. Our covered wagon started off on a trip across the country prov ing itself literal- a " prairie schooner and brought up in 'the river beyond, and despite the eflorts of a dozen stalwart men our tent camo nearly following ofter. All around in sido the men were either on their knees holding down the cam a-? or hanging on to the ridge-pole with might an 1 main, while the hail pelted the roof, sides and ends of our tent with such force that no ono could stand against the canvas, and through the hollows which ihe stones knocked in our supposed tightly stretched lent the water poured in vol umes. The mules of our outfit tore loose from their pickets, ami rushing about, sought shelter along the h'gh banks of the river. One wise old ass, called Balaam, backed up against the lee-side of our tent, and assisted not a little in k 'oping it from blowing over. One paiticular mule the meanest brute that -ver woio long ears too stubborn to run, stood kicking throughout the storm, which laste:l about twenty min- Ut'S. We were about a mile away from the nearest point of shelter a village of rough clap board houses, which had been run up in a day or so with the first talk of building a road. So. after the storm, for this village we started. Wet to the skin, we waded across the inter vening plain, many places over shoes in ice and water, and, to add to our misery, it kept getting colder as we splashed through the water and ice. Arriving at the only hotel in the town, sve found the usuaIWestern hospitality. To our demaud for a iirc bj- which to dry our clothing, the landlord replied that we should have one just as soon as he could hunt up the necessary fuel. In the course of an hour the fire was started, and around it we clustered, turning a dozen pairs of shoeless feet up to the warmth, and by alternating " fore and aft," drying the outside and wetting the inside,"wc finally succeeded in restoring circulation. A heavy rain now set in, and how it can rain out here on the prairies! Our landlord and his son. stood jn the hall sweep;ng back the water as it Hooded in under the door a practical illustra tion of King Canute and the ilood, and about as successful. Bed-time arrived, and a dozen stiff boys, shoe less, coatless, as well as less sev eral other articles of attire -which need not bo mentioned, all of which were left behind to dry by the only fire the hotel offered, marched out through the wet hall and climbed a ladder to the loft. Here we wrestled manfullv with the bugs till near morning, when it be gan blowing .such a terrific gale that a dozen fellows came to a sitting posture to debate the question of hunting the cellar. One of the regular boarders, awakened by the din, settled this ques tion by calling out: "You infernal fools; ther's not a- cellar in town; lay down and sleep; it's better to be on toD than under any day." We laid down. In the morning our landlord brought up our shces, clothes, etc., in a bushel basket and emptied them out on the floor 'to be scrambled for. On going out the worst scene of devastation it has ever, been the lot of the writer to see met his eye. The dav before large fields of grain, ripe for tne sickle, could be seen stretching away. In all direc tions, of which not a stalk remained standing; garden .growth of all kinds utterly destroyed; hardly a pasef glMWMlaft'la tk Tillage; tae MP Sad age of the trees wai so out and gled that the limbs looked bare as in wiuter-tinifl. A belt eight miles in width and twice as many in length was entire ly cleared of vegetation. Dakota Cor. rhuadclphia lanes. With the Ferret. Hunting rabbits with ferrets, after the English- custom,, was successfully acconiDliahed , recently near Quaker' town bv two amateur sportsmen of.this T city. Twenty-six animaU wew bagged between nine in the morning and four in the afternoon without the use of fire. arms. The sport is comparatively new in Amenc i. but has been followed for,, LuwuJ rl "LC'--triL ". rsuuiLs nro au uuiuciuus as hi wj bwdv-s lute rests. . Hunting, with been found to be the most eaectaai and inexpensive means of extermina- t.on. and, at the same time, a rather. exciting sport Yesterday's hunt differed slightly from the English style, inasmuch as two breeds of dogs were used, while "in En gland a single rabbit-hound is'genorslly considered sufficient in addition -to the' ferret. The hunters took withithens two Bassett hounds and two fox-terriers. The hounds are very short-legged, having been bred from natural selections purpotely to produce slow travelers thai would not "hole" the rabbit too quick ly. Their sense of smell is wonderfully keen, and they detect a trail where many other ammals would be at fault The terriers, on the contrary, are select ed simply for their powers of vision, quick ear and speed. They act as Brer Babbit's exeeut:oner. All four dogs had been associated with the ferret for some days previously, in order to create something of a friendly feeling and pre vent the 'terriers from killing Master Ferrett by mistake. A patch of woods th rep miles above ljuakertown lected as the hunting-ground. The sportsmen separated -one going ahead with the hounds and the other keeping one hundred yaids back, with the tern- SC- mt- in msn n mininpv xirjir inirnnrr in the shade of the trees the bow- i legged Bassett hounds struck a ' trail. Pressing their noses close to j the ground, oft they scurried, with the hunter close behind. As the trail grew warmer the dogs increased their speed and then began baying simultaneously. This was the signal to let the terriers go, and off they went, bounding over fallen tree-trunks", pushing through the un derbrush until they caught up with their canine companions. Just at that moment the quarry was sighted leaping rapidly over the ground one hundred ya MS IB advance. The next moment the hounds had "holed" Master Rabbit under an old stump. One of the hunters put his hand in his overcoat-pocket and took out the ferret The little animal was placed'on the ground near the aper ture where the rabbit had entered. A moment later and the sinuous and snake-like bodv had wiggled out of sight Ihcre was a scramble among the dried leaves, and then the fright ened rabbit appeared on the other side of the stump, vainly endeavoring to shake off his bloodthirsty little enemy, who was. clinging tenaciously to his hind leg. The fox-terriers were on the alert and waiting. When the rabbit appeared one of them seized it by the neck, gave it a shake, and then, forget ting previous instructions, made a jump at the ferret The rabbit gasped once or twice and then turned up? its toes. One of the hunters seized the ferret, pocketed him, and the dead rabbit was deposited in the game-bag. Twenty minutes were wasted on a dead trail, until the hounds scented a fresh rabbit-path, 'and started off under full cry. The terriers were loosed again, and the rabbit was run to earth under a pile of underbrush. When the ferret was put on the ground, he Worked his way in easily, and seized the unfortunate rabbit by the neck. It became necessary to remove the brash to secure the game, which was then dead. The third, fourth and fifth rab bits were similarly captured, and from then on the dogs began to work more m nnison. The tenth rabbit very near ly escaped, because the ferret lost his grip, and the terriers were not prepared lor a sudden leap, which carried the animal near out of reach; but in seek ing cover a second time the ferret fastened on to his haunch, and the t-aniue executioners performed their duty with dispatch. Philadelphia Press. Personnel of Congress. - i The following ."curious facts from the Congressional Directory" are pub lished by the Washington Star; Of the twenty-six Senators who were sworn in at the beginning of-Jthe present session only twelve are new to that body. The other fourteen were simply continued in the Senatorial harness by re-election. Mr. Morrill remains tho fiatriarch of the Senate, though his ool eague, Mr. Edmunds, looks 'older, and is invariably taken for the oldest mem ber of the body. Mr. Kenna, of West Virginia, is the junior member, and is, perhaps, the youngest man who ever attained the dignified and exalted po sition of Senator. When elected he was not thirty-five years of age. Senator Anthony ranks all others in point of service, haying now entered upon his fifth term. Sen'atorjEdmunds has been re-elected three times, and Messrs. Bayard, Saulsbnry, Ransom and Morrill have been twice re-elected. Kentucky furnishes more sons to the' present Senate than any other State. Eight native Kentuckians are now members of that body. Ohio comes next with seven, while New York has six. Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and Pennsylvania each have four. Maine. Maryland. New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennes sae, Vermont and Virginia have native sous in the Senate. Three natives of Ireland (Messrs. Jones, of Florida, Fair and Sewell), one of Scotland (Beck), and one of England (Jones, of Ne vada are Senators. Ohio furnishes two Senators for Indiana and two for Iowa, the four gentlemen representing those States having been born in the Buckeye State. The House of Representatives con tains twenty adopted citizens. Messrs. Finerty, Culloui, Lowry, Collins, Mo Adoo, Barr, Davis, of Massachusetts, and Robinson, of New York, were bora in Ireland; Messrs. Morse, JSreitung, Mnller, Deuster and Guenther are German; Crisp and Spriggs are English born. Hardy, Buchanan and Henderson first saw the light in Scotland. Mr. Nelson is a Norwegian, and Stephenson was born in New Brunswick. The oldest member of the House is Mr. Wait of Connecticut; the youngest member is Mr. Post of Pennsylvania. The . only native of Washington in Congress is Mr. Gilbert M. Woodward, of Wiscon sin, who was born inthiscity in 1835. The States of Connecticut Delaware, Maine, MarylaudKhode Island, Sooth Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont send solid delegations Senators and Repre sentatives of native-born citizens. In the House there are thirty-five native sons of New York, thirtv-threeof Penn sylvania, thirty-one of Ohio; and next comes Kentucky and Virginia with sev enteen each; Massachusetts and Tea nesseo next with thirteen each; Varth Carolina next, with twelve Of tka ea tire Arkansas delegation ef hath Heaaes only a single member was bora in th State. Only two of the entire Mississip pi delegation are natives of that Stat but she gets even by haYinr sons lathe Arkansas, Missouri aad CtffornIa.'dela gations. Of theonrhuRredaadoaa' tnembere of Congress two hundred aac sfictr-Mteu ar lAwyers, though Mtanl (jwii number bar practically' ala PiWttolMrferMMrranuit. t--v - fcSM'til. AX1 iSl'titiESTlYS. Pro' Woods, a lea Hug London au thoritr in the matter, inaiulalns that l lvirsos should not bo shod, and should not wear bunders, or ttuecKreins, or curbs. 1, ;.. .: a Ai(K. lilt- m.tfi'nlHalif. i 111 It, til ft,ll.l4IV tuwbii tvr uiifiuir. ..eu the earnet uamncn a st)on?e m ', water having a few drops of ammonia in solution and wipe oft the dust N. ) Ti MaU -' LBaforeusinr new eartheaware place in a boiler with cold water, and heat gradaall tai-itrboils;-then-let it remabi gntil tke wateiis cold. It will not be ole to crack if treated. in.this.manner. Boston (Hoot. --It U thought .by'some. cooks to be. . i,i.l.kr.,j .., v. Atm KshS? . ornbVt ... ' rT .L-. ir.nw. Sti,,; SSSrS; 21Lmt!rth Lir' trrvr . "j,;T" .,r ---. u can m reraoTea xrom tneir portion x the podding .without difficulty. Am old-fashioned and. toothsome spice cake is made of three pounds of. seedless raisins, one and a half -pounds' . of citron, two.and a half, coffee cups ef sugar, two caps of sweet milk, tour cups f flour, six' eggs, two' teaspoonfuls of baking powder, three teaspoonfms of inaasnoa and two of mace. N. IrlbsL I Plow.up, theold- cow yards, run niag the plow deep, and as many' leads of earth, .as vou can remove so many loads of rich fertilizer you will hare. We hare read cf an' enterprising gentleman who manurecLten acres, of grass land with earth from under an old barn and goLeno'rm'6u3 growths for several years after. N. Y. Herald. Bean Soup: Put one quart of beans . to cook over night in lukewarm water. Tut over the fire next morning with one gallon cold water and about two A CT , n,,,.,1. ol inV . U:i ,lr..l .,.. hree hours. uld , a little pepper. It is : bette? gld into hew, of .celery, Strm!n throufeh'and serve with slices of . ,emdn t Jh rnfet.-Westthi Plow- I v I Dry I ima beans, which are now so i common. i particle of food, do not .re quire more than three hours' soaking; if yon let them lie in the water longer than that, they seem to. lose their flavor and' are too' mealy. They should cook j slowly, and if they should simmer for I an hour and a half it wonld not be too long. No vegetable is more improved oycarerui cooung. unicago Journal. The Herse aid His Degeneracy. History chronicles no improvement in the horse made by, the agency of man. The horses of the days of Pharaoh, or of Homer, have their superiors In no part of the civilized world to-day. The Arabs hare for. ages been noted for the excel lence of their horses, but that excellence was not created, nor has it been in- : creased by the arts of man. Since the time oz Cromwell the horses of England have, steadily degenerated. Those most conversant with the matter say that this degeneracy has been the moat marked and.rapidJduring the r last fifty years The horses of this country lack the value of their ancestors of the Revo lutionary period. "Nowhere, or at no time, can man boast of improving the horse by the ar.'s of breeding. What is the reason of this? The hoKe. the ox, the hog and the sheep comprise the four great classes of domesticated farm animals. In certain directions man has improved these three last These improvements have mado them' more valuable. The ox has been bred to make more flesh from the same amount of food, and to lay on fat at an earlier age; the cow has been bred to give instead of a supply of milk barely large enough to sustain her young, a bountiful yiold, and of a richer quality; the hog has been bred into a veritable machine to convert food into pork: tho sheep has been bred to yield more wool, and of a finer texture, and to make more mutton. All these changes have been beneficial because the value of the. animal lav in its uro- duction of beef, milk, pork, wool or mutton, as the case might be. It is true that these changes have been ac complished at the expense of vigor and endurance. These two qualities are im portant in the hog, ox or sheep, but those that have been developed so far overshadow their lessening thnt on the whole we can say that the arts of man have improved our kine, swine and sheep. But it is not so with the horse. Its value does not depend upon the quan tity and quality of its flesh, milk or bodily covering. Unlike the others, its value depends upon the work it can do. Hence vigor and endurance are the prime essentials of a good horse., But as man has lessened the vigor and en durance of the hog, ot and sheep, so he has of the horse, 'his is the invariable result of human art Whenever man tampers with the work of nature he is certain to lessen bodily vigor. It could not be otherwise. For the course of nature, undisturbed and undetected, is always towards the greatest health. Man changes the course of nature and the result Is lessened vigor and endur ance. Man has improved some qualities of the horse. He has increased its speed, perhaps, but only for short distances. Our race-horses of to-day would make a sorry record with those of days no longer past than those of the '.'pony ex press," to say nothing of the couriers of centuries ago, because they have been made to deteriorate in vigor and endur ance. We have ponderous, heavy horses to-day; bnt they can not do as much work before the plow or dray, as those of the 'eighteenth century. We can not point anywhere to horses pro duced by breeding that are the equals of the horses of the days of chivalry. They lack not only in vigor and hardi hood, but in intelligence. As the per fect symmetry of development by the course of nature has been destroyed by man, the intelligence of the animal lessened. Whenever the hand of man has touched his. equine friend it has been only to mar. This decrease in the excellence of the horse can not be shifted from man to tiaw. One instance alone demonstrates the unfairness of this. The Andalusiaas are now mere ponies, yet they are the descendants of those noble beasts ridden to victory by the Spanish chivalry in the days when the valor of the horse was as important as thevalor.of the knightly rider. Taken from their hills and val leys to serve in the haunts of men, and to be subjected to the arts of breeding, they have sadly degenerated. But the horses of the Spanish explorers of both North and South America escaped, and to-day the descendants of these same 8pamsh horses are, under tho nurture of nature and nature's ways, the superb wild horses of the new world. They are the work of nature; the Andalusian SaiM are tka work airie Farmer. of man's art. Aa old lady named McGrory, liricg near Ogdenaburgh, N. Y., met with a horrible death the other day. Sho went to an open well to get a pail of water. After she had been gone aome time some of the family looked out of the window and saw the pail standing by tka well, but thought she had left it there and called, at one of the neigh bors. After three hours had elapsed they sent to inquire for her, but she was not "there. They then looked in the well and saw her lodged in the well with her head under water and her heeb, up, dead. She was a very heavy -woman, and it required a tremendous efcrt t pull her oat. 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