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sea, and remained some time. They
subsequently returned to- their old quar-
tiers. Nearly fifteen months had now
elapsed since the wreck of the Trinity,
1t was aweleome sight when, on the
18th of January, 1882, the United States
man-of-war steamer Marion hoTe in
sight. The seamen stood on rocks and
waved their blankets till at laststlley
were seen and signaled to. On the 18th
the men were taken on board in two
cutters, and the Marion steamed for
Clinton Bay, eighteen miles distant,
where the. four men previously spoken
of were enea1hped. These too, were
taken on board. and the whole party
were clothed in navy costumes to re-
place their own tattcred garments. The
Marion steamed for The Cape of Good
Hope, and. after passage Of thirty
three days, reached Cape Town, where
the American Consul took charge of the
shipwrecked mariners. Boston Special
to Chicago Tribune. sssss
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Qor Roang Bssdefs.
POOLING GRANDPA.

little Charlie, blue-eyed boy,
In the morning wakes with Joy,
Thinking: $ Now I'll dress me quick,
And on my Grandpa play trick" tN
Down the stairs he goes, at last,
To his Grandpa runs SO fast H-fE
Hurry, Grandpa. dor he cries,
With a scared look in his eyes;
Our house will burnt Come quickr' cries he.
Poor old Grandpa, scared to death, fs.
Follows Charlie, out of breath;
Toward the kitchen fast they run. 7s4ss9fs :
Charlie, brimful of his fun
lMeans no disrespect you see. sIsn AZ
Such little boy is he),
It's only in-the stove-you known.
Why, bless my stars !" thinks Grandpa Then:
April LIST has come againl" -
The April day is bright and fair, e $3.50
The sunbeams frolic everywhere;
And by-and-by says Grandpa: (" Who u
Would like to take driver Would you,
NY Charlie boyY'e All Charles eyes - 3
crow brighter than the sunny skies.
Oh, of he runs, a happy boy, E-. 81 .3s
A ride with Grandpa to enjoy.
comes BACK all nicely dressed, at last s{s
HIS heart with pleasure beating fast.
But Grandpa is not going to ride
Poor Charlie blue eyes open wide 81 sd
WIN disappointment. Grandpa, you
SAD YOU would go!' That's hardly true, }
asked il you would like to go. sa az.
You mustn't mind IL April Jokes :.
Are sometimes played by elder folks,
AS well as little boys, and we sf1tss
Must ApriEEools together be-
Mary ID. Brine, In ~ r. Independent.
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FARM AND FIRESIDE.

The demand for farm productions
should be carefully studied, like the de-
mand for the product of looms and ma
chine shops. y Chicago Jour7sal.
About 25o,ooo bushels of leached
ashes were imported direct from Canada
last year by Connecticut parties for fer
tilizers, at a cost of seventeen cents per
bushel ~ saas s-,t,.l ....s.s.-
The Golden Wax Bean is nearly OF
quite as tender and delicious, and more
productive than the Black Wax OF Butter
Bean. Both kinds are almost stringless,
ripen early and are very tender.--M Y.
Examiner. 81 sssB af ses sg :.
Light, brown biscuit for tea are
made of one pint of Graham flour, one
pint of sour cream, one teaspoonful OF
biearbonate of soda; roll them out as for
any biscuit, and bake in moderate oven.
~. 4. Post. i4sss a3a ails
1t is immaterial at what time veg.
etables are transplanted, provided they
are not toolarge and the ground is warm
and mellow; but they should never be
transplanted in a rain-storm, when The
ground is puddly. If transplanted when
it is warm and mellow root action begins
at once.-DenUer Tribune. -
Mutton Pie. Take the mutton chops
from the forequarter, season highly with
pepper and salt, and put into baking
dish with alternate layers of apples,
pared and sliced, anda little sprinkling
of chopped onion. Put a crust of not
very rich pastry over the top. and bake
for twenty cor thirty minutes in hot
oven. --C Country Gentleman.
"A correspondent of the Northeastern
Farmer and Dairynaon says: Iprocured
q haf-hegshead, filed it withrain water,
and, put into it one-quarter pound Of am
mofiia and one-quarter pound Of nitro.
When the strawberry plants were bios
soming / gave them sprinkle of the
solution at evening, twice week, until
the fruit was nearly full size. The re-
suit was double the amount of fruit.
Nervousness in horse is the effect
OF bad training asiwen as of the natural
disposition; a restless, apprehensive and
nervous animal may be permanently
spoiled by very little improper treat
ment when young and may never be
cured. Patience and perfect gentleness
IN every way may in time remove the
trouble. Such horses are usually thin,
when they become quoted win soon i'm
prove in condition. Give half an ounce
OF bromide of potassium in the feed daily
for time. This will allay the nervous
ness, but must be helped by quiet and
gentle treatment. IN. Z. Times.
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Clever Crows.

81 nave not SAID any, thing abont the
crows, which are a feature Of Yezo, and
one which the colonists would willingly
dispense with. There are millions of
them, and inafnany places they break the
silence of the silent land with Babel
OF noisy discords. They are every-
where and have attained degree of
most objectionable impertinence min
gled with a cunning and sagacitv which
almost put them on a level with man in
some circumstances. FiveM them were
sosimpudent. as to aiight on two of my
horses, and SO be ferried across the
Yurapugawa. In the inn-garden at Mort
! saw dog. eating piece of carrion in
the presence OF several Of these covetous
birds. They evidently said a good deal
to each other on the subject, and now
and 1thel1One or two of them tried 30 pail
the meat away from him, which he re-
sented. At last big strong crow sue
ceeded in tearing off piece, with which
he rettlrped to the pine where the others
gWeIe congfegated, and after much earn
est Speech they all surrounded the dog,
and the leading bird dexterously dropped
the small piece of meat within reach of
his'meuh, when he Immediately snapped
at it, letting go the big piece unwisely
for second, on which two of the crows
flew away with it testhepine, and with
much fluttering and hilarity they all ate,
or rather gorged it, the deceived dog
looking vacant and bewildered for d
moment, after which he sat under the
tree and barked at them namely.
A gentleman told me that he saw q
dog holding piece of meat in like man
nef IN the presence of three crows, which
also vainly tried to tear it from him, and
after a, consultation they separated, two
going as near as they dared to the meat,
while the third gave the tail bite sharp
enough to make the dog turn round
with a squeal, ON which the other vii
lians seized the meat. and the three fed
upon IL on the top of a.
wall. In many places they are7so ag-
as to destroy crops, unless they
are protected by netting. They as
semble on the sore backs Of horses, and
pick them into holes, and are mis-
ehieYous in many ways. They are very
late on going to roost, and are early
astir in the morning. and are SO bold
that they often came :. with many "a
stately firt. and iluttern into the YER
andah where Twas sitting.s.I never
watched an assemblage of them for any
length Of time without being convinced !
that there was Nestor among them
to lead their movements. Along the
they are very amusing, for
they 'stake the air'' In the evening,
seated on sand-banks facing the wind
with. their mouths open. They. are
threatening to deyour the settlers, and
q crusade is Just now being waged ]
against them, but their name is. Legion.
---efiabedtear TRACKS. an Japa,a.l esasI 81
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A TRUE STORY.

a AhUE SIOkI.
Once there was little bow namaa
Charley, who was not afraid Of AM
thing. He would pick up frogs or bns.
or walk up to dog or goat and nat ~.
just as II he was an old friend. But ~
was good boy, and never hurt a,sy
creature. He drove the cows bssss !.
every evening. Charley loved the Co..
that gave him uehpgood milk. ana IL
used to talk to them as he drove then Il
along. 's''s'
One day Charley thought he w;,,Ia
cut across a lot that was fenced in ~
had only walked a little way when ~
saw big bull trotting towards him ~ ~
you think Charley was frightenedp M
a bit. He knew it was of ne nae Il, ~, s,S'
As quick as he could, he pulled m
handful of grass and held It ont ~ Sc !
bull. -es. 1885, - = wy
The bull was feeling very uclv ~.
the men who put him in the fieSi. hsI
beaten him, and choked him with IN
rope around his neck. But when A.
saw Charley standing there SO bfaveiys
he knew the little boy did not swvant Y. ,
hurt him. He stopped, looked at Char'
ley moment and then quietly lata IN
grass from his hand. ~
Charley pulled some more grass ana .
gave him, and then some more, ami
more, until the bull had enough. Chars
ley walked away, with the bull follow.
ing him to the fence.
The next evening he pulled soma trr. !
nips and carried them to the bull. Ha,
liked them very much. Every day affer
that Charley carried something GOOD n
his big friend. s''s's1 $40
But one day Charley's father pssssd.
by the field. He was terribly FRIGHT.
ened to see his little boy on the bnIlss
back. riding around the lot, He shout
ed to him, but turned pale when he saw
Charley take hold of the horns and az
himself down over the bull head. IA
expected to see the animal toss the III. g
tie fellow in the air.. but he only rubbed
his black nose against Charley and let
him run to his papa sos u sIasa'' I
The next day the bull was taken
away, for Charley's papa did not want
him to have suchsa dangerous friend-
Our Little Ones.
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Queen Victoria's Holiday,

No woman of the wealthier classear11
holiday more deseryedly than Quee1,
Victoria. Ministers rise and fall ana
pass from active life into ease and com
parative seclusion, but the Queen ~
been continuously in official harness
since 1887, and forty-five yearsis 3 lcng
stretch of uninterrupted work. Whaa
her septuagenarian Prime Minister VIZ
occupying his first official post she W
already politician of some experitnae
and had discussed great questions WlIa
the leading minds Of the days AVON
an, she began active life when me1 -
reckoned mere school boys. - @E
pose, said gentleman to fcIIla
iJudge-Advocate- General, sit is = ~
form, your submitting to the Queen ine
proceedings of courts martial e. = =
you, indeedp Well. I can tell WV
then, that she understands the vnor
business as well as / do myself. -
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Men premature1y bald, old, s.nnshIe
to carry their liquor, and anxious Be-
yond. their face years. are gettina cor,
spicuously common in America Tbe
slow sententious Yankee of the sta9e u
becoming rare in the cities, and the
cool individual who offers the suspicious
stranger cigar light stuck in the mu5-
zfe OF a revolver is happily confined v
Deadwoodi Greek or Gouge Eye Grlck
The women are more lovely than ever:
their faces are the faces of angels chit
eled in marble; but the pallor is I'M
healthy, and the loneliness Of the Aih6r.
icaRsgiri is, toasgreat extent,l incipieut
disease Its, like their beauty, pagto
that nervousnesswhic is afflicting their
race. Their minds are untroubled by
the cares of housekeeping, for most q
them live in hotels or in boardfnr.
houses. In Europe they contract. daz-
King marriages. But they soon fade;
and while the English matron, and eyeft
her sister Of Canada, who leads much
the same kind Of life, is still III HUI
prime, the once beautiful An,ericaine
is often a lean historical yhauhtar bf
health resorts. The, future is not
pleasant prospect. AS men of Leisure
depart from the busy multitude. iitaif
difficult to see what they are to. do with
their money. There is limit to the
number Of greenbacks which people can
spend on a house. and even
q modest fortune is cumbersome
to carry about in diamond
and watch-chains. Theycar Of catISo,
always go to Paris; but Tuileries Amer
lean, as this hybrid Gaul used to be
called in Napoleonic days, ceases To- ~
an American, while, if he stays at home,
it is hard to see how the rich average
republican is to spend his money ina1g
other way than that which has produced
and Is increasing, the nervousness of19
race Competitive examinations, which
will, in time, add their worry to the end
less voting and electing of the preseHt
time, are caleulatedsute intensity the
trouble. 4 Rutzfor long the evil vilknpt
pc much noticed. The country viii be
fertilized by a continuous stream d
fresh faced, simple lived emigrantsfrom
= used up Europe. These will mingle
with the humber natives, and, since thd
true-born X ankee of New England aad
the "fust family" Americans Of the
South are notorious fol. the fewnessd
their children, win keep up the populsr
tion of the United States. Meanfiin6
the learned folks. without the fear y
patriotic papers before their eyes, WI
affirm that the European is not natursE
ized in the New World. At best he iss
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: A Turk as a Bachelor. :

If he be a bachelor, Church and State
combine to make life miserable for him.
He must live with his parents, and,
while they still exist, the authorities con-
tent themselves with general repre-
hension of his celibacy. But when thew
die, il they leave him homeless, his
troubles begin It is forbidden anv
householder to. take young man into
his dwelling without permission of the
civil and religious magistrate of the
quarter. before this lis granted the
ledger must undergo severe INQUIRY,
which takes into account othis personal
reputation only, but that of all his kind
red. The landlord, moreover, must dis
play his ability to have this. young
stranger waited on without offense to
morals-that is, without employing his
female servants or the female members
OF his family. If the bachelor be rich
enough to- occupy . house or to rent
''unfurnished chambers" he cannot
possibly obtain that simple privilege
unless he Show that q woman of good
repute lives with him therein. Those
swho can produce a. blameless mother or
"a sister have no difficulty, when the
lids UGH eS-
tablished. even am elderly aunt is adj
missible. But if a young man have no
kindred, he may go homeless for an
indefinite time. The abolition Of the
SLAVE trade is a grievance he warmly
feels In days when this edict was
passed, one, could GO into the markets
and buy a female creature, white or
black, ugly Or beautifgai, according to
ones means, and thus fulfill the law.
ITimesshase changed. II may probably
be the fact that slaves are still to be purs
chased by those who have cash enough.
Many Turks have assured me it, is
so, though have met with none who
spdkes or admitted that he spoke from
experience. But the cost is very high:
the merchant would not deal with | a
young bachelor ikely to be thus circum-
stanced, and the transaction would sure
~ be discovered. HI the Year Round.
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The religious revival in Kentues,
has been SO thorough and genera ~ y.
the fashionable young women use nI ".
paper bearing the legend: Praise -
Lord. - CHICAGO Times.
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MIR. Longfellow was four times ~ y
dered a foreign mission, and q
times declined the honor. The lass y
fer came from President Hayes.
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Seth Barrus. fifteen-year-old boy
Of North Sterling, Cayuga County, N. Y.
died few days ago of verdigris poison
:ng caused by swallowing short piece
Of brass watch-chain.
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day, and Notwithstanding the beant;f,,ii
bear-skin rug Will and have in ' as..
room. we never quite forgavc tho a..
who stole our butter. -Harperss Yo,rs
PeODLe. sssg
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. MIR Robert Ferguson. M. p, has
been investigating the origin Of some OF
our common female Christian names,
with the resuit that he is prepared to dis.
plite some Of the most usual common
places respecting them. He asserts that
Janet is not from Jane. or from anyFfe-
male form 81 John; that Maud is prop
erlya mans name, and that its inter-
change with Matilda is an ancient mis-
takes Alice, he also affirms. is q mans
name, and ETA its proper feminine.
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island once or twice emitted flames and
smoke. and caused great alarm, but this
soon subsidized. All this time the party
hadn' heard from the four men lett bys
the Trinity on the other side of the
island. from whom they were separated
hy an impossible field Of ice; but in
December, 1881, these four men, having
built boat from the boards of their
eianty, paid their comrades o visit By
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cue t.sCAau, an expert young
ieweler, of Philadelphia, when arrested
last week, was turning down S5 niece
on lathe. His plan was ingenious. He
sawed the top plate off q coin, and then
fastening the remaining piece to the
lathe chuck proceeded to drill out the
anterior, leaving the back and edge in
tact, but only mere she'll He filed
this she'll with fine steel wire, copper.
silver and platinum, and then soldered
the top on by the aid of the blowpipe.
leaving the debased, plundered coin at
about its original weight. Another rlan
was to bore holes diagonally through the
coin from the sides and extract the gold
and replace with silver or platinum. The
nefarious trick yielded Chad, SO he adj,
mitted, 81 40 on $5 piece, 81. so ON $40
ana a SO on proportionately.-Nscag
? "A Paris letter says: A complicated
trla IN connection with the serious rail-
way accident which occurred at Chareu-z
ton last September was begun RECENTLY
before the Ninth Correctional Court. II
VIII be remembered that the disaster.
which resulted in nineteen deaths ant
injury to nearly a hundred passengers.
was due to a collision in Charenton sta
Ton between the express from Marseilles
and local train about to start from
Charenton. The trial concluded with
severe verdict against the officials whose
negligence caused the catastrophe. M.
eras, the station-master at Maisons Al
Tort, was sentenced to eight months i'm
prisonment, the signalman at the same
station to six months, and Young lad
who worked the signals at Clarendon to
one years Incarceration. Each of the
was also find 800 francs.
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. A little later we heard a shot, and be-
fore long father returned, bringing the
pears SKIN and some choice pieces of
MS fesh for supper Lack of butter
compelled US to break up camp next
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-07-06
Early Shearing,

One of the benefits of curly shearin 6
is that it is the best way to destroy
ticks. Fowls will clear them all off if
allowed to go where the sheep are;
both sheep and fowls enjoy it. Another,
the necessity for washing is obviated.
Sheep having heavy feeces sometimes
do not dry off we'll after washing.
Sometimes the farmer may suffer in
selling unwashed wool; but not wash
ing at all is better for the conscience
than washing slightly and shearing
after the grease has started again. On
the other hand don't shear early unless
the weather is fine or superior protec
tion can be given, and do not shear
weakly sheep unless very ticky; when
thus they may improve under such
treatment. A sheep a few days well
over shearing is all right, if not allowed
to stay out over night or through
stormy weather. 1t is not good prac-
tice to shear TOO close in June, as the
sun may cause shedding of the wool.
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CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

Chapman says that the Bushmen OF
South Africa thought that his big
wagon was the mother of his small
one.
The feet and spirited horses of Hun
gary are bred on wide plains, where
they scamper at liberty until they are
broken.
Parian marble was obtained from
Mount Marpesia, on the island of Paros,
and was sometimes called Marpesian
marble.
Ruins of houses, Notifications and
dishes made by prehistoric people
have been found in Southwestern Colo
RADIO and Southeastern Utah.
The earliest evidence of glassmaking
in England seems to be in LAT, when
John Prudde engaged to execute the
windows of chapel at Warwick, and to
use "no glasse OF England"
Deprivations of the Eucharist was
the penalty for multitude of offensea
among the early Christians. The lowest
penalty was for few weeks. The peni'
tent spent most of the period in relig-
ious exercises, and when he was read
mitted to communion he appeare
before the congregation clad in sack
cloth, and confessed his sin aloud.
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PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

We are no longer happy so soon as
we wish to be happier.
Liberty can be safe only when suffrage
is Illuminated by education.
he who laughs at cruelty sets his heel
on the neck of religion and godliness
To discuss an opinion.with fool is
like carrying lantern before a blind
man.
There cannot be greater treachery
than to raise confidence and then de-
ceive it.
The resolution ofamoment with some
men has been the turning point OF in
finite issues to the world.
A wise man will desire no more than
what he may get justly, use soberly,
distribute cheerfully and live con.
tentedly with.
II a man can write a better book,
preach better sermon or make better
mouse trap than his neighbors, though
he.builds his house in the woods thu
world will make q beaten path to hi
own door.
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Farm and Garden Notes.

Salt grease, we'll rubbed in, is said to
be good for baked bags in COWS.
Common salt is a special manure for
asparagus beds when used with rich
barnyard compost.
In putting manure in hill it should
be thoroughly mixed with the soil
And this is true also of the artificial
manures and guano.
One part of carbolic acid to one hun.
dred parts OF water, used carefully, for
it is poison, will kill the black aphis
on peach and plum trees.
Sheep fed on dry feed are frequently
troubled with sore lips. An applcai-
tion of sulphur ard lard once or twice
will generally effect cure.
It has been discovered that common
pine posts, if saturated with coal-oi
and then boiled in coal-tar, will remain
in the ground ten years perfectly
sound.
For place for delicious white turl
nips choose the site of very old wood
pile. Or if you have burnt over a
brushy, stumpy place, plant turnips
there. The charcoal is an enemy to the
ay, as we'll as fine fertilizer.
Small trees with plenty of roots are
preferable to large trees with poor
roots. In fact, unless large trees can
be removed with the greatest care, and
for short distance only, the small
trees will get into bearing sooner (if
fruit trees), and outgrow the large ones,
in almost every instance.
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How to Get Rid OF Him.

Lucy B., Dennison, Tex: "There is
a young man paying his attention to
me. I do not like him, and want to
get rid of him. How can do it without
hurting his feelings%
We suppose If you were to make
some sarcastic remarks about the size
of his feet or the area of his abundant
ear that it would hurt his feelings, so
we can suggest nothing but that you
work up an ice cream appetite and
scatter hints abott yearnihg you have
to go buggy riding at his expense every
evening in the gloaming.-Sy7ings.