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Kaiser yessph Dend the Spielberg.
,olErnp thst London dlobe.l

Up to a. few decades ago Austria
divided with Russia the honor of pos
sessing some 0ftthe worst dungeons in
Europe, and perhaps the most terrible of
these living tombs was the Spielberg of
Brunn. Major Won Rosanegg, of the
engineer staff, has Just published an in
teresting little volume on this now I'M
used fortress. cs0ne charming and
authentic tlle., issaworth repeating. 1t
was in 1733-the first centenary, there
fore, Of the delitennce of the Turks
and Kaiser Josephlh person made an in
cognita visit stes,Spielberg to inquire
himself whofwas deserving OF freedom.
For the centenary was to be marked by
the release of Prssohers. Colonel Count
Auersperg was .hisaide-de-camp. Jailer
Cyril received hin Ooler from the gov
ernor to show the two gentlemen the
prison, and led tine way down the dark
passages,A mighty bunch of keys in his
hand. iAftsrisieHhg many sad cham
bers, where 0peEor more wretches, i'll
clothed and Vdirty,ssat modify waiting
for release Or denth, Cyril conducted
the visitors ID acknowledgement cells
dark, clammyg md reeking with evil
smells, Phe siailer was in the act of
passing the first door and proceeding
further, when the Emperor stopped and
babe him. opefstha cell. The visitors
were Mortified toase human figure al
most naked and chained wrist and ankles
to the wall. Tie man had gone mad
from continent entin solitude and dark
ness, and gibbSssdpand mouthed fearful
". sUblgWe .e5sA
b The next Gel, model OF the first, was
empty, and the emperor without a mo-
ments hesitsttiisos INSISTED upon being
locked aipialons ID an hour in it. Re-
monstSance yasINeless and the Impe-
rial will had, to ,be, obeyed. The heavy
door was slammed so the others retired
and the monarch was left to himself. When
they came at thSlend of the hour Kaiser
Joseph lookediStiek and i'll. The first
words he sold, ware. 81 am the last
man who shall ever inhabit these under
ground cells; toeeinorrow they shall be
vailed up.ssuThs Imperial command
was iobeyeds and xext morning came the
stone.massns apd bricklayers and cut of
the dread cells om the rest OF the
world kaiser Ffsnz Joseph, the pres
ent emperor shS116hed the Spielberg as
State prison inl655.
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Hard tn swallow.

A gentleman living at Seaport, Ga. /,
relates that on passing through the
woods he found snake, as he thought.
When getting very near to it he found it
to present the appearance ola shake with
no beginning or ending. 1t formed O
perfect circle. Further investigation,
however, revealed the fact that the OBJ.
ject he saw was two moccasins Of about
the same size, each one trying to swal'
low the others body by starting at the
tail, and had succeeded 30 well that Of
least one-fifth Of the neither extremity o.
each had been forced down the other
throat. He soon disentangled them
Iflet alone they might have finally beer
like the Kilkenny cats Of old, with thu
trifling difference-when the cats ceased
fighting there was nothing left but tn
small end of the tail of each; here, wheI
the snakes were done swallowing Their
might have been nothing left but tn
! tips Of their noses. I..ntsa5 .,Il
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Housing Tobacco.

When the tobacco has wilted sufficient
to render the handling of it safe, it may
be loaded on wagon, taken to tho barn
and put upon sticks, or it may be put
ON the sticks in the field. The latter
way is considered by many growers the
best. A common practice now is hang
ing the plants on lath. They are put on
by means of large steel needle, with a
socket at one end, which fits on the end
of the stick. The lath is laid upon a
"horse," or one end is placed on block
lying on the ground and the needle is
slipped on. The plant is then taken in
both hands and forced upon the lath.
From six to ten plants may be hung
upon common lath. When one stick
is filled it il laid aside and plants are
strung upon another. These sticks are
carried to the barn on wagon with the
sideboards arranged for the purpose, and
then laid upon rails or cross-beams
previously placed for their reception.
This method is advised by John Il. Read
in his new farm book as possessing de-
cided advantages over the old way of ty-
ing each plant to rail with Irvine, and
the somewhat newer plan, which many
growers still follow, of driving peg in
to each stalk and hanging itul on pole.
When tobacco is hung by tying, it is
done in this wise: The end of the Irvine
is tied tightly around the butt of one
plant; this is placed against the side of
the pole nearest the operator. Another
plant is put on the opposite side md the
string is carried over and around it. The
plants are thus placed alternately on
each side of the pole until filed, every
one being fastened with the Irvine. How
thick to hang the plants depends upon
the size of the plants; about nine inches
on each side is close enough with good
sized tobacco.
After the tobacco is all hung on sticks
it is ready to 60 either to the barn or to
be put upon scaffold, according rs the
Judgment of the farmer shall decide.
When the tobacco is very heavy and the
tobacco houses are some distance from
the fields, the crop is frequently hung
up ON scaffold for few days until the
tobacco is ightened somewhat. If the
weather, however, overshadows rain, il
will be better to get it to the barn as
soon as possible.
Small crops can be hung in q shed OF
common barn. When grown on large
scale regular tobacco house is better.
Sometimes these houses are built of logs
and made tight up to the tobacco, above
which cracks or dir windows are left for
free ventilation. The more usual plan
at the present day is to erect O stout
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81 wish the leaves and the she'll barks
were nuts. I could then fill my basket
pretty quick" said Nelly to herself, az
herpapa turned away and picked up his
sickle.
"Dear me! I know what will do. 4"
And down she sat on the short pasture
turf, under the tall old tree, and cram
med her little pail full of leaves, and over
the top spread layer ofnice white nuts.
Much pleased with the success of her
experiment, she skipped toward the bas-
ket, saying to her father, who came along
with bundle of brown, rustling corn
stalks just then, "Just see. Wasn't I
spry."
Papa smiled and nodded; and Nelly
was sure the birds sang, the winds
moaned, and the squirrels chatted, cts
o lie-ie-liel"
"What if it is! Nobody will know it, /"
said Nelly, impatiently, as she turned to
fill her little pail again in the same way.
The little girl fancied now that the
squirrels said "Look in the basket
that will show i'll" So when she emptied
her pail she did look, and, sure enough,
there was not hickory nut in sight.
81 don't see into it," said Nelly, for
she was very little girl. ~ put the
nuts on top; why don't they stay on topf
will try It again."
So once more she filed her little pail,
and once more emptied it very carefully
into the basket; but, when she looked,
there was only leaves to he seen; and
the birds, the squirrels, and the breezes
all made such an ado, that Nelly almost
believed they were scolding her.
Just then her papa came along again,
and seeing the puzzled looks on his little
girls face, and noticing the leaves in the
basket, he took in the situation ut a
glance and said:
"Would you have been pleased had
grandpa sent you q box of stones, with q
few sugnr-plums scattered on top?"
Nelly shook her head looking very
much ashamed.
"Would you like to have grandma go
home and tell all the naughty things she
can about you, and none of the good
Ones?"
Again Nelly shook her head, saying,
"No, papa; but thought there worlldn I
anybody know. put the nuts on top
every time, but they wouldn't stay on
top
"No," said papa; "the good wouldn't
stay on top unless we are good clear
through. Go now and pick good hon
est, pailful, and see how they will look
after they are poured in the basket"
Nelly obeyed, and took so much pleas
IRE in it that she really thought that the
wind, the birds, and the brecZes laughed
for JOY.
When Nelly ran home she run in cry
ing gayly: ooh! say, I know what
'honest means. II means good ones
clear through, and nothing bad about
EN-"
Nelly is q young lady now. The other
day she told this story to her Sunday
school class, and added: sever since
that autumn day, whenever I have been
tempted to be deceitful in word or deed,
or to do an unkind act under cover of q
smile, l would think of the leaves that
covered the nuts, and resolved that ]
would be honest clear through. Chris.
tian at Work.
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frame, the interior Of which is composed
of beams in several tiers, arranged to re-
ceive the lath or poles from which tho
plants are suspended. One-third of the
boards comprising tho coveringa are hung
on hinges SO as to admit sufficient light
and Dir. Again the houses are built with
windows under the caves and under the
gable ends, which may be opened or
closed as the necessities of the weather
may require. Many Of our progressive
cultivators have provided themselves
with houses having fues for curing,
with rooms for prizing, packing and
stripping. The laths upon which tobac-
CO has been hung are usually placed
about eight inches apart in q well venti-
lated building, and somewhat further
distant if hung in an ordinary barn. In
rainy weather the building should 'be
kept closed.-Ne,0 York World.
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Exposure Of Potatoes.

Most of the early potatoes that come
to market are in miserable condition
when they arrive. A large proportion of
them are dug in the middle of the day,
and lay exposed to the heat of the sun
till near tho close of the afternoon, when
they are placed in heaps in the field.
They remain there several days entirely
unprotected. Among the German and
Irish farmers most of the potatoes are
harvested by women and children, while
the men are engaged in marketing or
doing heavy work on the farm. 1t is no
uncommon thing for potatoes to lie ex-
posed to the sun for ten or twelve days
before they are taken to market, and at
the end of that period they are unfit for
human food.
Potatoes are ut their best when first
taken from the soil where they grew.
They deteriorate in quality very fast
when exposed to the light. Atno season
of the year should they be allowed to re-
main in the sun any longer than is neces-
sary to gather them up and put them in
cellar or other cool and dry place.
Exposure during August Injuries them
much more than during the cool wealth
er in the last of autumn. In order that
potatoes retain the nutty flavor they have
when freshly dug they should be placed
where the air is pure and cool. If
packed in -four barrels and covered with
thick turf they will retain their flavor
unimpaired for several months.
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A POEM OF SCRAPS.

]. Why bn this toll for triumphs Of an hour?
=. Lies q short summer-man flower;
=. BY turns we catch the vital breath and die
Z. The cradle and the tomb, alas no nigh,
:. To be II better far than not 10 bo,
g. Though all mans life may seem tragedy;
I. But hight cares speak when mighty griefs arc
dumb,
8. The bottom il hut shallow whence they come.
y. Your fate 10 but the common fate Of MI;
lo. unmingled joys here To man befall.
II. Nature 10 each Allots his proper sphere
~. Fortune makes folly her peculiar care,
~. Custom does often reason override,
u. And throw cruel sunshine ON fool.
IL. Lave well, how long short, permit 20 heaven;
10. They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.
IL. sin may he clasped ~ close We cannot its
face
IA. VIE Intercourse where virtue has not place:
10. Then keep your passions down, however dear.
%. Thou pendulum betwixt smile and tear.
u. Her sensual snare Let faithless Pleasure lay
~. With craft and skill to ruin and bctray.
~. Soar not 10 high 30 fall, hut stoop 20 rise,
~. We masters grow of all We despiEe.
~. oh, then, renouncc that inpious sclf-estccm;
20. Riches have wings, and grandeur IL \ dream,
%. Think net ambition Wise because tits brave
Is. The paths Of glory lead but to the grave.
~. What II ambition? tits glorious cheat
30. Only destructive a. the brave and great
n. What's all the gaudy glitter of q crown:
-. The way 81 bliss lies no on beds Of down,
~. How long we hye not years but actions tell;
"a. That man lives twice who lives the first life WELL
-. Make, then, while yet yc may, your God your
friend;
&c. Whom Christians worship, yet not comprehend.
"'' AN b'Nni buaiui anu 10 sourhcli
Just;
IS. For, live how We can, yet die we must:
Il, Young; ?, DIR. johnson; 3, Pope; 4, Prior; &,
Sewe G. Spencer; 7, Daniel; 4, Sir Walter Raleigh;
., Longfcllow; III, SouthweT; IL, Congreyc; T.,
ChIrcll; IL, Rochester; H. ARMSTRONG; IL. Milton;
Ia, Bailey; H. Trench; IL, Sumcrville 49, Thomsnn;
20, byron; 81, smollct; ~ Crabble; ~, Massingcr;
-, Crowley; ~, Boattie 26, Cnwpor "a Sir Walter
DaNenant; ~ Gray; ~, Willis 30 addison; ~. Dry
den; -, Francis Quarles: ~, Watkins; 81 llcrrick;
~, William Mason; 80, Hill; 81, Dana; ~, shake
spcarc
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How Nelly Learned what - Honest
Mems.

NI6tlubs
"There are o good many hickory nuts
under the big tree over on the side-hill
near the corn field, where am at work, u
said Mr.. GLADDEN., rs he came in for q
lunch about ten o'clock of breezy
autumn morning. Gas I came past
there Just now the white nuts were
rattling down, making lively music; and
whole family of squirrels were skip.
ping about, as If they meant to be sure
of their share befor re the children heard
the good news"
"Nelly must go back with you and
pick up few to send to her grandpa,
this afternoon, he is SO fond Of green
hickory nuts" said Mamma GLADDEN..
But Nelly said complainingly: .
81 don't want to 60 unless You go with
me, mamma. ! shall be 80 lonely"
"Do you want me to 60 and leave
grandma anu Aunt Polly to get their
own dinner?" asked mamma, laughing,
"That wouldn't be treating company
very respectfully, would it, dear"
az don't think it would be showing
them much attention for me to go of anC
leave them, either" said Nelly solemnly
But when grandma said that grandpa
would he pleased to receive some hickory
nuts that his own little Nelly-girl ha6
gathered for him, the child tied on hel
| little blue hood and walked away, witt
her little blue pail in herhand, while hol
father carried basket in which to bring
home the nuts she should have picket
when the dinner-bell rang.
"You will not be lonesome" sale
papa, "for I shall be right here near by
and this afternoon you shall be dresset
up and 60 to ride in the carriage witt
mamma, when she goes to drive grand
ma and auntie to the station"
That was pleasant prospect; but still
Nelly felt our of sorts; and did not laugl
and skip as she usually lid when out ;
walk with her father; and abe though
the wood pigeons in the hedge kept say
ing: "Too bad! Too bad! What
shame-shame-shame!"
"Pspa TO blame blame-blamel
Then the winds sighed she was SURE
"Poor child! Poor child
| Out In the wild-wild-wildi
| All alonei'
And the squirrels chatted:
eve wouldn't pick up one were we you!
Grandpa might buy them o. inc store-tnA'
truel"
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oIHypo@ite Gold.

"Say!. mister mos he walked up to the
proprietor 0fsajsxelry store who stood
behind tive, epuNtsF, have you got any
Of these here, fpaer rings-these here
q" Gold rineS Ss&sked the proprietor.
a "No, not dquiaes gold rings-oh, yes;
hypocrite gold rings; that's it."
1T can't IupdeIStand what you mean
by that shid tM proprietor with a
IQ".I nean, "aSid the young man, "this
kind Of igqld stAss looks like gold and
isn't gold: this here kind that most
everybody Is %eaf{h' nowadays. want
ring lf6f MY eia, and want you to
scratchsnm ~ ipside, Jim Brown to
Sallie IonsssuDap't care what it costs;
You can g, ss 1iab as hall dollar ior !,
all II you WANT %. It's q engagement
ring" 10 noisaa2
Tha bdsabodt<t all in, and soon fixed
him OF gvthaApst hypocrite" gold ring
done up in the softest cotton.
,aI TA9E4A{ee. children who are the
very ipiQge ~ Myself" 81 pity the
| youngest. .ptHd his interlocutor
HW6y? Iuse he is the one WIT
! win have Vi Is lble you the longest,
smc0'YYass 2Yl.
IadmeYoH txee
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Possesses great healing powers-The
cobbler,
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The Benevolent Bear.

I was always afraid, when living in
the Bush, Of the children being lost
when they began to run about. A poor
little boy of eight years old, living some
miles from us, was lost for more than q
week, and only by miracle was found
alive. At this time of the year (autumn)
there are quantities of blackberries, and
parties used to be made for picking them
with view to preserving. Our poor
little wandcrer having strayed alone one
morning, and having reached this
ground, began to eat the berries with
great delight, and kept going about from
bush to bush till, when it got late, he be-
came so bewildered that he could no
longer tell in which direction his home
lay. Days went by; he was missed and
and hunted for, but the first parties went
in quite O wrong direction. The child
had no sustenance but the fruit; at
length he became too exhausted to pick;
rs he described 1t, only felt sleepy.
Providentially, in passing an up-rooted
tree, he saw underneath large hole, and
creeping in he found it warm, soft, and
dry, being apparently well lined with
moss and leaves. Here he remained till
found by party accompanied bya So
gaciOus dog, used to tracking bears and
other game. The parties searching
would have passed the tree, which was q
little out of the track, and mauy others
of the kind lying about, but seeing the
dog suddenly come to stop, and begin
shifting and barking, they made care
full examination; they found the poor
child in his concealment, almost at the
point of death, and 80 scratched by the
brambles and stained by the juice of the
berries rs to be scarcely recognizable.
They had the precaution to take with
them bottle of new milk, and very
carefully they put down his throat little
at time till he was able to swallow freely.
Now comes the extraordinary part of
the story. The nights were already
very chilly. When asked, on his re-
covery, if he was cold, he replied, ooh,
mol" and said that every night at dusk q
large brown dog came and lay down by
him, and was so kind and good-natured
that it let him creep quite close to 1t,
and that in this way he slept quite warm.
He added that the brown dog went away
every morning when it was light. OF
course, as there was no brown dog an
swering TO this description in any of the
adjacent settlements, and as the poor
child was evidently in n bears den, peo-
pie could not but suppose that it was
bear who came to his side every evening,
and that the animal, moved by some
God-given instinct, refrained from injur-
ing the forlorn child. Years afterwards
the boy used to talk of the kind brown
dog who had kept him 30 nice and warm
in his hole in the tree.-Letters from,
M,sskoka, by an IMMIGRANT Lady.
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And the squirrels chatted:
% We wouldn't pick up one were we you!
Grandpa might buy them ct tho store-thaf's
truei"
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Glcamboats nno Railroads.
II THROUGH TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY; DEPOT
IL PHILADELPHIA, IL NEW-loiK.


on AND AFTER " ", ~, lo9n,
Express Trains leave Now Nork DesbrOses ana 'orandt
streets Ferries. as follows: ma -. r. ,
1850 $50 and 10 p. It II mEht sundays +.oV anu
a. IN. D. q 1.tu, $50 and o I. H. 'id l. H. AZ q
ENpr, Trains leave NcwNnk dhiy except SUNDAY, al
n m and I'm. running through via Trenton AMI Candrh
uons Of lnOAi,n AuuoK connect with al through trains
at city. anordng speedy and direct transfer ior
BROOKLYN uavcl. go 1900 VAN, UNA q, a..
7 7S6 <. $50 uud u q. M Iimci iXptess, ltSo r. NJ
lis. %. 4. $50 :. aud 100 r. M on sunHsy ~ 80.
34,.A $50, "A 1, I.a5 70. ~. Leave PLa1e'0ha VIA
Camden . D. NJ ana 500 =. m. daily, rNcep ubday.
Ticket Once aa6 and ga Broadway haort ard foot
M uesbOs.eS and COliund s- O"usi ans hrook'n Al.
nex Depot ~ Fnnn 81 nrooklyn Nos II ITO ard Is
Hudson lobONen Depot jersey CITY En- lsrant Ticket
0nrt- > battery llAcc.
Tile New YORK Transfer company VIII call iOl anu cheek
bngrare non hotels o nd residences
FNAN TIiOMSON, l. = Al.MEIS
General Manager General Passenger Agent
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FUMIGATION IN RSIIMA' VIV"V UV'1V''V 1'F'
telv beeu found to attend proper process OF iumiga-
tton f. asthma. For this purpose the powder to be
hurned is composed OF two and oneha parts OF nitrate
of possium one.ha part OF belladonnd and five parts
ot nowdered srauonium leaves Intimately mixed with
small proportion onehaf part-of pulverzrd white
sugar the latter being added 10 prevent the compound
So hnrniup TOO Freely The stItpere may he ds'0Vtd
a. tns enough waertO form saturated solution, when
il mixed with leaves, and subsequently me mass
small quantity Is placed on brick OF IN plate ana ig
uIIed When Ii burns giving OF cload OF smoke. Gooi
Lorse 10 cODfnc the fumes.
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A,ns TO n1crsr1oN.-Iti Is announced that an


nportapt aid TO digestion for dysprpcs has been found
an the milky Juice OF the pdpaw tree tCdF1cd pdPdBdl
on the woody slopes OF the Andes Inc juice
contained In the fruit averages from - 10 80 per cent Oh
,be entire weight and Is said to have powerful So
.r, action upon niirogcuous substances No acid is
d,d 10 aid its digestive action, which according 10 a
ttoNent a, "a, Nv DE- Wiimark, Of tie Royal AErich
,rrl - scum al Bprln ~ so powerful mat wben zen
I'M of ,rcsh can beef Ia one piece were paced IA
g., I,.re Tinted vs. three times ITS weight Of waller
ed five minutes the beef separated INTO coarse
ec.. before tue boiling point was reached. and inO
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fine sbrcds before the termination ~ thu experiment IN
another test fouud that hard b2iicd aiDuInet'
dgcsted with iiIte Of the juice at 36o FaiTenhe,,.
could after twenty hours be easily broken up WIN
glass rod