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Serge Seed.

Thousands OF acres of sorgo will
soon be harvested. Heretofore the
juice contained in the cane has
been about the only thing that has
been looked after. The seed has
been neglected or imperfectly saved.
1t is the almost universal testimony
of all who have saved the seed that
it is equally as valuable, acre for
acre, as corn for all kinds of stock,
that COWS, sheep, hogs, horses and
poultry all learn to eat it as freely
as corn, and that the seed from an
acre will do stock as much good as
the corn raised on an acre. The
seed heads should be left in the
field till they get dry, and then
should be hauled to the shed, stable
or.barn and put on scafold, not too
deep, as there is a tendency of the
seed heads to heat while slowed
away in too large piles. If it is
found that the seed on an acre is
equally valuable as the corn raised
on an acre of similar land, there
can be no risk in raising sorgo, as
the stock will not suffer by the
change of crop and the syrup and
sugar will only cost the making.
But there is a good deal of labor
in making syrup and sugar, and
more especially if one has not the
best facilities. Many growers have
gone very slow this year in pur-
chasing apparatus, preferring to
await further Developments and
we have recommended this, but we
predict that next year the very best
apparatus will generally be secured
and the best preparations made for
making sugar rapidly, cheaply and
observation-disclosures Rural
World,
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The Smallest Yet.

Boston Transcript :"Golden Gate
is the name Of a boat Is feet long.
5 feet 4 inches wide, and "A feet
deep. She was built by Hutchins
& Prior, OF South Boston, from a
model by Herbert +. Burrill. This
Little craft is 70 start for Mel
bourne, Australia, soon, aud Mr..
Burrill is to be accompanied by Mr..
Andrew Il. Coombs. Both Of these
gentlemen have seen considerable
sea life. The boat Is the smallest
one that has ever attempted 70
make an ocean voyage, being only
about l l4-l00 tons capacity, and
the next smallest being nearly a
half ton larger. Mr.. Burrill says
that he shall take with him a good
supply of provisions, and does not
intend to make a port until he
reaches st. Thomas, on the African
coast. He will pass Cape de Verde
islands, and will go direct 10 Mel
bourne, where he intends TO put his
boat in the International Exhibi-
ton in October, 1880. The boat
carries about seventy.hve yards OF
canvas, which, in stormy weather
can be put in the hole OF the boat
entirely out OF the way. The boat
is so arranged that in stormy
weather it can be closed 80 that no
water can penetrate, and the veuti-
lation will still be good. 1t is now
at Nickerson's mil, Milton Lower
Mills, but will be launched early
this week.
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A PEDESTRIANS Feelings.

In speaking of the feelings OF a pc
destrian while on a long tramp,
Weston once said that at times they
were dreadful, almost driving one
crazy to think of the number of
steps he would have to take to win.
This was especially the case where
a man WAS behind his competitors
in a race, and had lost the conf.
dence of his hackers and the specta
tors. He adopted many expedients
to divert his mind from the terrible
strain. Sometimes he would count
all the pillars supporting the build
ing in which he walked. Then he
would count the windows, number
ing the panes of glass, even MOTTO
ing which panes were clean and
which needed washing, with the
different rays of light from each.
He frequently counted the steps
in each lap, and sometimes for a
mile. The angles of the structure
were all firmly fixed in his mind.
The composition of the audience
was critically studied, and that fire.
quently without their knowing
that they were even glanced at.
The presence of friends could often
be felt in the crowd before being
seen, from a sympathetic thrill.
Applause and music always had an
inspiring effect; and when victory
was within grasp, the body and legs
felt no fatigue watever. That was
the cause of such marvellous spurts
being made at the close of long
Journeys.
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shaped like bill hook. This pune
lures the hide and is a very valua-
BILE article to keep on hand when
you are bossing elephants. Come,
let US walk out to the show"
On the way Mr.. Armstrong con
tinued:
Teaching an elephant trick ia
exactly like teaching any other an
imal. 1t requires only a mastery
of the brute. The first thing YOU
want TO do is to get into the ele.
plants head what you want done,
and then to escape punishment no
does it. Put bell in the grasp Of
an elephants trunk and teach him
that every time he drops It he will
be prodded, and he Will quit drop
ping it. Then there is a way TO
reach an elephant through his
stomach. l worked for months
with the animal that mounts the
highest pedestal in the pyramid. 1
put his food up there, and he soon
learned to go up after it, and then
it dawned on his brain that want
ed him to go up there; that II he
did go he escaped punishment, and
now he never thinks of baking,
and hardly over needs punishment"
The couple had just reached the
tent and stepped into the dimly-
lighted Enclosure. The animals
were shrieking discordantly. A
moment before they had been quiet.
The Professors thoughtless use of
"hardly ever" had stirred up tho
pandemonium. .....
In the center the ten elephants
were standing in q row quietly
munching hay. The Professor
walked along and spoke 70 each by
name, and was recognized by n
shrill whistle or shrek from each.
When he reached ''Babe" he said,
"Where is Dick" 1.-THE camel lover)2
Babe gave a strange squeal and
turned clear around to the side
where the camels were coraled and
again made the strange noise. Dick
is, however, an unappreciative lover,
for he never rose from his bed 20
answer the fond salute. Tho re-
porter fingered around for a while
to see the elephants sink into their
beds of straw one at time and 60
to sleep. The Professor told about
how one of the elephants picked up
a colored boy, who was making up
her bed in Kansas City, and tossed
him gently into the candy stall;
how, when he was trying TO give a
sick elephant a qulnine pill at Gil
more's Garden in New York she
was anRered at the pain he caused
her, and threw him thirty feet
against canvass screen, which for
tunately broke the fall; and related
the details of the killing Of Keeper
Williams at Hatboro, Conn, by RO
meo, about three years ago; told
how, when an elephant kills a keep
er it always tramps upon and man
giles the body; and, the elephants
oil being asleep, he concluded TO 90
back to the hotel and do likewise.
As he passed out he said TO an at
tendant, aft the wind begins 20
blow hard come and wake me-" In
explanation be stated TO the report.
err that elephants always get very
much excited during wind storms.
One more question the reporter
asked and that is whether IL was
OaUO 49, - claimant will not lie
down when under a roof. Jn0 ETo-
fessor said that IL was true of DULL
elephants, who would stand on thoir
feet all winter, being afraid TO lie
down. st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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PIANO MUSIC.

o! bark to the strains of the iingling piano
That float like the walls of q gathering
storm:
Tinkle, ting tink from eight in the evening;
Rumble, dunn, dump till past two III The
morn.
Arpeggos, staccato, andante, trauquilloI
Con dolore, allegro, nixcumarous-
All of it fruit of the manipulation
Of music-stuck- misslin n lghboring
house.
I've seen her by day. She's as fair as an angel,
With dark, waving hair and eyes spark
ling bright.
But however angelic she is in the daytime,
The devil possesses her soul in the night
1.-THE Sweet By and By" with countless
variations,
1.-The Last Rose of Summer" OF long
fading rose,
"The Storm by Blind Thomas with hide
Gus thunder,
And other wild thunderings,l ulT my repose.
1 idolize music from brass drums to bagpipes;
drink in the strains of Apollo's sweet
song;
l worship Rossini, Beethoven and Verdi;
For Auber and Weber 1 painfully long;
But hear her maniaeal Interpretation
DlDgle Dink, pinkle pink, grumble, grum
grump,
Exquisite torture of articulation
TooPey tooP, pookey pook, plunkey, plung
plump.
New York Sun.
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Republican Fears.

The Republican leaders are Just
now pretending to be very much
frightened and apprehensiYe lest 4
First-The Southern leaders"
will overthrow the Government.
SecOnd-The Southern leaders
will re-enslave the negroes. -.
Thlrd-The Southern leaders will
pay the former slave owners out of
the United States Treasury the
full value of the slave and other
property destroyed during the war.
Fourth-The Northern people
will also be reduced to slavery by
the Southern whites.
Fifth-Al the ex-confederate SOL
diers will be heavily pensioned, and
the Union pensioners will be cut
out of the register.
Sixth--Jefferson Davis will be
made President of the United
States.
Seventh-A select squad of Con
federate Brigadiers will proceed to
burn up all the school houses and
churches in the country.
ghth-The Confederate Briga-
diers will proceed to destroy all
further vestiges of civilization in
the United States. ..
Ninth-The late rebel flag will
take the place of the Stars and
Stripes.
Tenth-The NATION will be de-.
stroyed. ...
We believe we have stated all the
fears of the New York Tribune,
the Philadelphia Press, the Pitts
burgh Commercial Gazette, the
Chicago Inter Ocean, the Lemars
Sentinel and the indianapolis Jour
nal. These apprehensions will be
formulated as the platform of the
Republican party next year, and
that crime laden organization will
endeavOr to communicate these ap-
prehensions to the Republican
masses of the North to secure their
votes for the Imperial national SOW
ereignty," which the Republican
leaders openly declare they will es-
tablish if they can steal the Presi-
dental observation-disclosures.
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WAVES OF CRIME.
They Came as the Result Of the War
and Disappear under
Civil Law.

Washington Post: 1t is undoubt-
edly true that the war which ragged
from 1861 TO 1865 had a demoraliz
ing influence from which we have
not fully recovered. 1t ungeared
our social machinery for a time,
and disturbed those healthy condi-
tions that conduce to private virtue
and public tranquility. The hard
times following the panic of 1873
gave US another social wrench, the
effects of which are still painfully
apparent. In the years of prosper
ity following the war, an unnatural
emigration was stimulated. All
over Europe were spread the wild
est stories of fortunes to be made
in America. The rush of emigrants
was like the tide that flowed lnto
California in 1S49. With the good
came the bad in due proportion.
When the crash came upon us in
1873; when industry seemed to
wlther in a day; when paralysis
struck our trade, and the music of
machinery died into sad silence, we
found thousands of strangers from
Europe all over Ethe country, with
out money, without friends, with
no local attachments, and with no
chance to live except by charity or
crime.
1t Is strange that such a combi-
nation of causes should have tenn
porarily deranged society and
thrown its wheels out of their
grooves. Would not any other re-
suit have been much stranger?-
But all these causes are temporary;
their force is becoming feebler every
day, and their effects soon disap-
pear. In the life of a nation the
years that have passed since the
war are but as a moment in a day.
These waves of crime are but flying
clouds passing across the suns
disc, and as the suns hines on all the
same, growing brighter and giving
stronger heat till meridian, so the
vital forces of this young country,
and the progressive spirit of its
people, will not be much retarded |
by these brief, exceptional epochs
of diabolism.
Let just laws be impartially en-
forced IN every State and section,
and the period of material prospect |
ty on which We are now entering |
will be marked by corresponding
in intellectual and |
moral development. And it ought |
not to be forgotten that the pros
perity of the various States and |
sections will be in proportion to
their zeal in promoting intelligence,
furnishing crime, and affordlng Sc
5urity to life and property. This
is law that cannot be repealed or
ayaded
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for a welcome, although a greatly
reduced, harvest yet. On Saturday
last another storm set in and ragged
in various parts of Europe, and the
damage from this last visitation is
likely to be greater than that by the
preceding rainfalls. Hailstones fell,
some OF which measured five inches
in circumference, and the loss by
breakage of glass Immediately
around London is said to reach
thousands of pounds sterling. In
BuckinghampshIre the rainfall is
estimated at seventy tons per acre.
In Bedfordshire the entire hay crop
is swept away. Damage by light
ming and food is reported from
Cambridge, Northfork, Milford,
Leicester, Bath and Monmouth.
This last storm destroys the hope
of a recovery through a change in
the weather and renders it certain
that England will have to look to
this side of the Atlantic for her
bl eadstuffs. 1t is fortunate that
we shall be prepared to respond to
the demand. There is no fear of
a famine while America is blessed
with ample crops and is in a posi-
ton to furnish food to all Europe.
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sessions of homes have come kin
dred PROFESSIONS in provisions of
charity for the destitute and af1lict-
ed. The German Jews have six
teen of these. Two journals have
been started, and in the Rothschild
and other Jewish hospitals 5000 pa
TENTS are under con slant treatment.
The Venetian Jews have given
10000 francs to found a school of
agriculture; and, in evidence of a
progress that shows divine care and
intervention, the number of Jews
has doubled in about ten years.
In 1869 there was not more than
seven thousand Jews, shut up in
their quarters, and though a vast
improvement on the past, still they
appear to US wretched enough to
make the most careless sigh over
the mighty fallen. But in the five
succeeding years they increased to
more than $4,000.
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A Domestic Tragedy.

Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette: A
few miles from Wittsburg, st. Fran
els county, lived a widow named
Hammet. The woman was engaged
in farming, and, though she had
two grown up sons, was compelled
to employ a young man to superin-
tend farm laboIs. Mrs. Hammet
was about 40 years of age. The la
borer was a mere boy, but an at
tachment soon sprang up between
the widow and the youth, which
ended in a matrimonial proposal.
The wedding day was fixed. The
two sons. hearing of the matrimo-
NAL arrangements that had been
made between their mother and the
stripping, called upon her, and
tried to dissuade her from marri-
age. The widow refused to accept
her sons counsel. The sons made
threats, but the widow affirmed
that she loved the young man, and
would marry him at all hazards.
The sons went away, and at the ap-
pointed time the young man ap-
peared attlred for the wedding,
The minister came, and friends as
sembled. "Thou art man and Wife
had hardly been pronounced when
a flash at the window, followed by s
loud report, terrified the women
and astonished the men. Another
flash, another report, and the newly
made husband sank to the floor
The widows younger son was the
murderer. He fled, but was cap
tured. Next day the young hus
band died, and shortly atterwaro
the widows younger son, in at
tempting to escape, was shot anc
killed; and report says that shor'
time afterwards the elder brottel
! went to his mothers house anC
beat her brains out with g club.
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FALLEN GREATNESS.
The Terrible Findings Which Befell
the Kings and Queens Of
England.

William the Conqueror died from
enormous fat, from drink and from
the violence of his passions.
William Rufus died the death of
the poor stays which he hunted.
Henry 1. died of gluttony.
Henry II. died of broken heart,
oocasioned by the bad conduct of
his children.
Richard Ceur de Lion, like the
animal from which his heart was
named, died by an arrow from an
archer.
John died, nobody knows how,
but it is said from chagrin, which
we suppose is another term for a
dose of helleb0re.
Henry III. is said to have died a
natural death"
Edward l. is also said to have
died of a natural sickness
sickness which would puzzle all the
college physicians to denominate.
Edward the II. was barbarouslv
and indecently murdered by ruffians
employed by his own wife and her
paramour.
Edward III. died of dotage, and
Richard II. OF starvation-the very
reverse OF George ".
Henry ". is said to have died of
fits caused by uneasiRess, and I'M
easiness in palaces in those times
vas very common complaint.
henry V. is said to have died of
painful affection prematurely.
This is courtly term of getting rid
of king.
Henry vi. died in prison, by
means known only to the iailor,
and now only known in heaven.
Edward V. was strangled in the
tower by his uncle, Richard III.
Richard III. was killed in battle.
Henry VII wasted away as a
miser ought to.
Henry VIII died of carbuncles,
fat and fury.
Edward VI died of decline.
Queen Mary is said to have died
of broken heart.
Old Queen Bess is said to have
died OF melancholy, from having
sacrificed Essex to his enemies.
James 1 died of drinking and the
effects of vice.
Charles / died on the scaffold.
Charles II died suddenly-it is
said of aploplexy.
William III died of consumptive
habits of body and from the stun
bling of his horse.
Queen Anne died from dropsy.
George 1 died from drunkenness
which his physician politely called
an apoplectic fit.
George Ii died of rupture of
the heart which the periodicals of
that day termed the visitation of
God.
George III died as he had lived
"a mailman. Throughout life he
was at least a CONSTANT monarch.
George ~ olOd of SIuttony and
drum konness
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How to Make a Town.

The following suggestions have
been made by some one who knows
what is necessary to have a live
town:
1. Sell your building lots at
reasonable prices.
2. If you can afford to do SO, do
nate building lot for some large
enterprise, and thereby enhance the
value Of town property.
2. Induce business men to locate
in your own town.
4. Patronize the BUSINESS men of
your own town.
5. Always sum up your expenses
when you visit places outside Of
your own town to buy goods.
6. Speak well of a worthy public
enterprise.
z. If anything should be underta
ken that may be of benefit TO the
town, do not speak i'll of it to 9th
ers, because you may be prejudiced
against it.
8. Speak well to strangers Of your
town and its people.
9. If you have a surplus Of mon
ey do not invest it in far off specu
latIon, but give yourself and town
the benefit Of some profitable
factory.
10. Encourage your local newspa-
per by subscribing for, advertising
in and paying for it.
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In Normandy cider is said to be
preserved by putting about half a
bottle of sweet oil in the cask and
plugging the bung with a wad of
cotton. The oil being light can not
combine with the cider, but forms a
thin covering, which prevents the
oxygen of the air coming in con-
tact with it. The cotton filters the
air entering as the cider is drawn
off, so that no insects or impurities
can pass. Cider in bottles is put In
cellars, the bottles being covered
with few inches of earth, which
keeps the cider at an equable tenn
perature, and prevents the bottles
from bursting.
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When the Tide is In.

The Cincinnati Commercial: Dean
Stanley was not equal to his oppor
tunities when he performed the
marriage ceremony for Prof. Tyn-
dali. The Dean should have asked,
"Do you take this anthropoid to be
your CO ordinate, to love with your
nerve centers, to cherish with your
whole cellular tissue, until a final
molecular disturbance shall resolve
Its organism into its primitive
atoms?" That the very reverend
gentleman did not avail himself oil
so rare an opportunity is only one
among the failures of mankind to
turn to advantage some genial mood
of destiny and launch the boat
when the tide is in.
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County Fairs.

New Orleans Times: The sea
son of county fairs is almost here.
In nearly all of the wealthiest coun-
ties of the Eastern and Western
States the county fair is a recog-
nized institution, and the day fixed
for it in each year is anticipated
with as much interest and pleasure
as Christmas and New Year. Those
engaged in professional and bust
ness pursuits are as anxious for its
success as the farmer. All classes
of people feel a pride In it, and
strive to make it as attractive as
possible. That it has a beneficial
effect upon the community in which
it is. held there can be no question.
Farmers are eager to Guido each
other in producing fine stock, grain,
vegetables and fruit. Farmers
wives and daughters bring to the
fair their whitest and lightest bread
and their sweetest butter and finest
poultry. Fancy patchwork and
every variety of fine needle work is
seen there. In fact, the very best
of everything produced in the coun-
try is represented. The people of
one section see what progress those
of another section are making, and
are afforded an opportunity of com
pairing the products of different sec
tions. Farmers gather new ideas
about farming and stock raising,
and housewives exchange views rel
alive to the duties which belong to
their sphere of life. The influence
of these county fairs is noticeable
in the gradual, but sure, increase in
the wealth of the country. The
latest improvements in laborsaving
machinery come into use. Or
chards of the best varieties of fruit
are set out. Blooded stock take
the place of common breeds. The
land is more scientifically cultivat.
ed and better yield is secured.
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Worse and Worse.

Just three weeks ago last Saturday
a heavy rain storm commenced in
England and lasted three days, Sc
riously damaging the crops and
and spreading a gloomy feeling all
over the country. The food was
so great that the low lying lands
were under wqter, and in many 10
calities the cut hay was floating
about in the fields.
This was bad enough, but the
people were not without hope. 1t
was not late in the season; dry,
warm weather might quickly follow
the storm and afford opportunity
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The New York Star thinks that
the invitation reported to have
been extended by the Emperor of
China to Gen. Grant to take COM
mand of the military forces of the
Empire at a salary of 81, 100000
per annum, affords better guaran-
tee against his third term ambition
than all the verbal assurances that
have been given in his behalf. 1t
may also explain the sudden will
ingness of the Russian Government
to concede the hitherto disputed
province Of Kuldja to China.
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Old Phineas Rice was one of the
quaint types of ltinerant Methodist
preachers. He had difficult
charge to take care of once, and
when he made his report to the Con-
ference following, he reported the
church blocking up" The Bishop
presiding expressed his pleasure,
but asked for an explanation, be
cause no one expected success in
that parish. Mr.. Rice was equal to
the occasion, and added, 'Well,
Bishop, the Church is on its back
and can't look any other wav."