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The Greenville times., 1889-12-14
HOME AND FARM.


Never wash . ielly-bsg. strainer-
cloth. pudding-bag or dumpling-net
with soap. The next thing that Is put
into or passed through these things
will surely taste Of the havorins Of al
kali.
Large seed is better than small.
They furnish more nutriment to the
young plants than the small seeds do.
which gives them q vigorous start
early in the season. and enables them
to keep ahead OF the plants grown
from smaller seed.
Sitting hens may be broken up by
tying a long red flannel rag two inches
wide tightly around the leg. The ei-
feet is magical. At the sight of the
trailing flannel she will not sit down,
and at last is glad to 90 to the roost
with the others.-Farm and Home.
An authority upon provisions esti-
mates that half a pound OF butter a
week is a good allowance for each
person; half pound OF coffee week
and pound and quarter OF sugar
for each person make liberal allow
ances Families are apt to differ in
these respects.
The farmer who strays of habitu-
ally to town or elsewhere for pastime
loses interest in his work. forgets what
is to be done and goes down to the dogs
by sure degrees, leading apinched and
miserable life on land that might have
supplied him and his with more than
competence. e.-N. Y. Tribune.
Old pastures that are overrun with
weeds can be best utilized for sheep,
as they will eat on the young weeds
and keep them down. Many weeds
are valuable. so far as their use fol
food is concerned. but are undesirable
In place OF regular salable crops. They
can be utilized when young by pastur
ing sheep upon them, and II weeds arr
not allowed to seed grass will again
take possession OF the field.
Good oats are clean. hard. dry
sweet. heavy. plump, full OF nour and
rattle like shot. They have clear
and almost metallic luster. Each oa
in a well-grown sample is nearly OF thu
same size. There are but few small o.
imperfect grains. The hard pressur'
OF the nail on an oat should leave littl'
or no mark. The kernal, when pressed
between the teeth. should clip rathe
than tear. The skin should be thin
The color OF the oat is not very mate
rial, but white oats are generally thin
ner In the skin than black.
--Crab-Apple Shortcake: One pin
sweet cream. two teaspoonfuls baking
powder, one-half teaspooniul OF salt
and -four to make q soft dough. Max
into three layers, spreading the tw
under ones with butter as you plac
them on top OF each other. Bake In
moderately hot oven. Stew the crab
apples, sweeten them TO taste and le
them stand while the cake is baking
The Siberian crab-apple is best for thi
purpose. When the cake Is done
spread the apples between the layer:
and serve with whipped cream. II de
sired.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-14
Grave Yards in London.

A return has Just been issued from
the Home Office, dealing with the sub.
ctof metropolitan cemeteries. OF the
twenty-three cases which have fallen
within the scope Of this inquiry, II ap-
pears that the City of London and Tow.
or Hamlets Cemetery, Mile-end, leads
OF with a ghastly tenantry Of some
24I,OOO bodies, while the All Souls
kensal Green, occupies the largest
area. comprising some sixty-nine acres,
and also enjoys the priority Of age.
As regards the space allotted for each
grave, some disparity is observable,
nine feet by six feet six inches being
the maximum limit The common in.
terment system is very general, II be.
Ing, for instance, the practice in some
districts TO bury as many as eight "a
ten adults, or twelve children and
grown-up persons mixed. In common
resting place. London TELEGRAPH.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-14
,-->s--
HE LEFT FOR ROME.
How the Queen OF Carthage, N. ", Broks
the Heart Of Gallant Aeneas.

How the Queen OF Carthage, N. ", Brok.
the Heart Of Gallant Aeneas.
"Eneas. DEAR murmured the
beautiful queen Of Carthage. this
State, as one summer eve, with ex-
pensive thought, they wandered on
the sugar beet shore; "Eneas.r
Speak, queen Of the seas" the
goddess born replied; ''say on; was
Whilst her haben gehapt haben al
readyp"
Tell me one thing" she said, and
her wistful eyes looked up into his
like dreams Of starlight and one thing
and another; tell me one thing"
But one. Phenician Didop A thou
sand," he replied; "come cheaper;
thirty of for all orders over five hun
dred."
Nay" said the unhappy qnsen:
"but one."
LINUS, sed BUSTER" said the pious
Eneas, quoting from Esop's gram
mar, which he had read when a boy;
"or, sollaker; oyther is correct"
Silent moment was the wretched
queen, and then she spake her
thought:
"If billy goat is butter"
Eneas respondit non, sed looked al
her as though he had been caught be.
tween third and home, and she went
on:
would you cali nanny goat a
buttressp"
He, with strange frenzy fired. said
that he just remembered 1t was lodge
night, and with headlong haste he
sneaked aboard the first ship outward
bound he saw and beat his way To
Rome, by way Of Herkimer.-Roberi
]. Burdette. in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-14
hoLE-eoRINo cRIcKETS
Peculiar Insects which Are Ravsging d
Grain Crops Of Algeria

Peculiar Insects Which Are Ravaging the
Grain Crops Of Algeria
A peculiar species Of cricket the
staHroRotzs maroeeaaHs. infeets the
eastern provinces Of Algeria. and is
ravaging all the growing crops oil
grain.
This destructive insect. bred on the
dry and bare highlands of tha Tell.
has been descending into the cuftivat.
cd plains toward the shores of the
Mediterranean during the past fom
years.
The insects mouth is armed with
two strong horny hooks in the upper
jaw, moving horizontally, crossing
each other like the blades Of scissors
With these. having climbed corn.
stalk. they first quickly strip of the
beard and husks OF the ear OF corn,
which they allow to fall to the ground.
and then cut open every grain, devour.
ing only its farinaceous part, and this
TO the last crumb.
Five or six insects will ascend a
cornstalk at once. till it bends under
their weight; millions and millions
are in the field. swarming all round.
seeking an unoccupied stalk. for they
will seldom eat the husks or the stalk
itself.
The female insect which is much
larger than the male, lays her eggs
about the end OF June or beginning OF
July. She uses dry and sterile ground,
in which she bores hole an inch deep
by the instrumentality OF valvular
sucking-tube at the extremity OF her
abdomen.
Applying the end OF this tube to tn.
grains OF earth or sand. which are
lossened by its moisture, she lifts and
removes them sticking to the tube.
and continues the process till the hole
is excavated. Then she deposits in
the hole cylindrical ovary, a case OF
she'll Of hardened mucilagc, contain.
ing about forty eggs, very neatly
packed together.
The eggs remain nine months In the
earth, and are slowly hatched by the
heat Of the sun, till the spring of the
following year. when a little white
caterpillar comes out Of each egg; II
is speedily transformed into a cricket,
and these insects, collecting rapidly
over spaces OF hundreds OF miles,
form vast aud terrible armies, which
begin their march as creeping things,
but are presently furnished with wings
as they attain the full size OF adults.
while they proceed In their devastat-
ing advance, guided by some mysteri-
Gus instructive knowledge, to the corn.
growing regions far distant from the
land Of their birth. illustrated Lon.
| don News.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-14
PIrH AND POINT.

knowledge directs practice JET
practice increases knowledge
1t Is the sins Of other people that
self-appointsd reformers make the
most fuss about-N. o. Picsyune
As empty vessels make the loudesi
sound. so they that have the least viii
are the greatest babblers
As man gets older he knows more.
but he does not get any more attractive
in learning it-Atehison Globe
"A man always feels ready to re-
turn the compliment when you speak
in praise OF his good Judgment
Somerville Journal
When you are advised 10 'take
the bull by the horns" don't That's
no way to seize the animal safely.
Get nose hold or none. City
Derrick.
Aim at perfection in every thing.
though In most things it is unattsin-
able; however. they who aim at 1t, and
persevere. will come much nearer to 1t
than those whose laziness and des-
pondency make them give 1t up as un-
attainable.
We all know that worry kills I'M
fortunately 1t only kills the worried.
The worrier thrives; like symbolic
Jeshurun he WAKES fat and kicks In
lively fashion. Here is a case OF the
survival OF the unfittest. Christian at
Work.
The polite OF every country seem
to have but one character. A gentle
man OF Sweden differs but little, except
in trifles, from one OF any other coun-
try. II is among the vulgar we are to
find those distinctions which charac-
terize country.--Goldsmith.
Genius is a dazzling thing. but IL
won't plod. Talent Is forced TO plod or
get left. and so with the instinct Of self
preservation-it generally plods. Ge-
MUS starts out petted darling, and
ends by dodging the bailiffs, and dying
In the poor house. while talent raises
a monument In its honor. and pays the
bill out Of Its well-hlled pockets. Joel
Chandler Harris.
There are many shining qualities
In the mind OF man. but none so useful
as discretion. II Is this. indeed, which
gives a value TO oil the rest, and sets
them at work In their proper places.
and turns them TO the advantage OF
their possessor. Without 1t, learning
is pedantry; wit, impertinence; and
virtue itself looks like weakness, and
the best parts only qualify man to
be more sprightly 10 errors and active
to his own prejudice. Addison.
Charity Is paradox to the covet.
Gus. The doctrine that teaches aims,
and the person that needs them, are
BY such equally set at naught Tell a
miser OF bounty TO friend or mercy
to the poor, and point him out his
duty, with an evidence as bright and
piercing as the light, yet he will moi
understand 1t. He shuts his eyes a'
close as his hands. In both cases
there is an incurable blindness, caused
by resolution not to see; and. 10 oil
intents and purposes. he who will moi
open his eyes Is for the present
as blind as he who can not. IN. Y.
Ledger.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-14
OUR COAST DEFENSE.
Advantages to he Derived from the EN-
ployment OF Electricity.

Advantages to he Derived from the EN-
ployment OF Electricity.
Electricity plays perhaps the most
wonderful part iu all these huge works
Not far from the main fort there
would be built little round building.
This would be the place for the ''tower
OF observation" OF the commanding
officer. From here he could see all
over the harbor and away out to sea.
The tower would be strong. and inside
would be the wonderful key-boards OF
the electric system. By means OF
these, the commander could telephone
to the Captain OF any battery to load
his guns. aud aim them at such and
such an angle and direction. The Cap
tain OF the battery would do SO aud
telephone back the moment he was
ready. The commander could tell the
Captain to fire, or he could, II
he chose. press a little key
and himself fire each gun
singly or all the guns at once.
He could do the same with all the bat
teries and forts, and he could. from his
little tower miles away, by q light
touch Of his finger explode every gun
In the harbor. and send tons and tons
Of metal flying with crushing force at
any vessel he pleased. He could do
even more. He could explode any. or
all, OF the mines and torpedoes at
once, or he could have one grand
simultaneous explosion Of all the guns.
torpedoes and mines. At each fort
and battery would be stationed officers
who by means OF instruments would
find exactly the course Of The enemy's
ships. This would be telegraphed to
the commander, who would thus know
at every instant just where any vessel
Is, and how fast she is sailing. So he
could predict that ship will pass a
certain spot at a certain time, and. II
she did not change her course.
could press the key, and blow
up the vessel, or send at her a
huge bolt OF iron or steel. II the
enemy had landed force on the main.
land down the coast, and II was
marching on the fort to take 1t In the
rear, the commander could walt till
he saw the force on road approach.
ing fort when, pressing another
key, several iron doors Of the fort
would open and automatic machine
guns pop out, and commence firing at
the rate Of six hundred shots per min
ute apiece and keep It up until the
key was pressed again, when they
would withdraw and the shields close.
II can be seen that the commander
should know absolutely all that is GO
ing on, as otherwise he might fire into
his own forts, or on his own patrol.
boats. Lieut.. w. X Hamilton, u. s
A., In St. Nicholas.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-14
IN THE WIZARDS DEN.
Edison Tells How "a Lives and Moves and
Does Ills Work.

Edison Tells How 70 Lives and Moves and
Does Ills Work.
| met Thomas A. Edison, the Wizard
Of Menlo Park. just before he sailed
for Paris. We had a long conversa-
tion, in which he told me many inter-
esting things about his life In the little
Jersey home He is a hard worker
and sticks to his laboratory week out
and week in. Speaking OF his SEEM
ingly never-ceasing investigations, he
said: when think l am on some
new line Of discovery keep at it
night and day. sleeping but few
hours on a lounge with my clothing on.
have gone for weeks at time with
three and four hours sleep each day.
II | were TO remove my clothing
would get up feeling out OF shape, and
with all desire lost for continuing my
labors. My train of thought would be
lost have got complete little den
where work, which have christened
No. g. 1t is hardly a little room
either, as 1t takes in about half Of one
floor, and is supplied with every known
invention in the line Of electricity. l
enjoy life there more than anywhere
else, and am surrounded by as fine a
lot Of men as any one could wish to
be associated with. The greatest
source OF enjoyment to me is when
have hit upep new idea, to call In
some of the fellows and give them a
surprise. remember we'll when had
about perfected the phonograph. Ihad
the instrument placed near the table
In my garden. While was absent at
dinner two or three of the men became
engaged in conversation uear the door.
One fellow complained of the trouble
ne had had in his family, OF how he
had lost two children. and the diff
Guilty he had in getting along. The
monograph received the couversa.
tion, the melancholy statement Of the
man, comments OF the others. and
when returned and turned the crank
the whole thing was repeated. sum.
moned the said workman to nv der
and told him to take a chair.
touched the crank, and out rolled his
whole talk. You never saw more
surprised man in all your life He sal
there looking at me apparently thrilled
With wonderment l extended my
sympathy and aid, Of course, but hil
trouble was lost In his surprise.
II remember well when we beear
TO work on the incandescent light
About fifty men remained up all nigh
with me, and to keep us awake hired
German band TO play lively airs
About midnight we had our lunch
served. The novelty OF the work ant
the idea Of band playing in the
laboratory kept the men awake until
one o'clock, when, under various pre-.
texts, they would go to some other
part Of the building. InvarIbly the,
found some hiding-place where the,
The Greenville times., 1889-12-14
TANNING BY ELECTRICITY.
New Way of Making Leather That Wi
Rsvo1utIonixe the Trade.

New Way OF Making Leather That VIII
Rsvo1utionixe the Trade.
The process Of converting hides into
as.sAs~. rs now followed, consumes
space of<ruaONj1& from six to
twelve montu.. ends close
attention and good MANAGEMENT, as
well as experience. Great care has TO
be exercised In the selection OF ma
terial, else lot OF choice hides are
found at the expiration Of the tanning
season to have deteriorated into sec
ond or even third quality leather
Tanners, and leather dealers general
ly, are accredited with being very
careful and conservative in all their
business methods.
With these facts In view 1t Is not
surprising that when it was reported
from France that leather was being
tanned by electricity, American tan
ners regarded the statement as news
paper sensation. Twenty-four hours
was considered pretty quick work
for even electricity. It was not until
the doubling Thomases had seen and
felt that they believed. But now since
tanning by this process seems an as
sured fact 1t is no longer regard
ed as sort OF transatlantic Offset to
our electric sugar refining. Every
item that can be CLEANED Is thoroughly
discussed and every source OF informa-
tion eagerly sought. That the earlier
efforts In this direction were failures
is true, but this is largely owing TO a
lack Of electrical knowledge on the
part Of the inventors. They
were unable to economically pro-
duce an effective current And
again, many experiments we're
necessary to learn the strength of
the most effective current But this
in time was learned, as was also its
most economic means OF production.
Only uniform current will give good
results.
The process as described by those
who have seen II is very simple one.
The hides are placed in large cylinders,
which revolve upon horizontal axles
The drum is filed with decoction OF
tannin and closed. Provision Is made
for the passing Of current OF electric
ity through the drum. The drum Is
kept slowly revolving until the process
OF tanning Is completed. The length
OF time required varies with the nature
OF the hide. For the lighter skins,
such as sheep and goat. which used to
require from three TO six months, by
the electric process are tanned iu twen-
ty-four hours. The heavier hides, such
as call, OK, COW or horse. require from
seventy-two to ninety-six hours. BY
the old-fashioned bark process twelve
months. or even more, would have been
taken.
The cost OF production is greatly re-
duced by this method, for not only Is
the saving In time, but In labor The
actual cost OF working is reduced over
fifty per cent. BY the bark process
the cost OF tanning is from seven TO
eight cents per pound Of dry leather.
ns against That Of three to four cents
by the electric methods. And again.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-14
POOR JlMMlE,s MINE.


Jennie Might Have HAD IL, hut Spoiled
Her Chances.
mo. II isn't much OF q story, but
I'll tell II II you don't use my name"
So spoke miner Just from the East.
though better known In the San Juan.
He Is bronzed and about forty. There
are wrinkles In his face and spots on
tho palms OF his hands as hard as the
sole OF boot.
"You understand" he continued, II
have acquired the reputation Of
stretching the truth little because !
blow about the riches OF the mines In
our section, but don't want 10 be
taken for no liar, out and out. Seep
The reporter saw. and the miner
squared himself for the delivery Of
his yarn. which was as follows:
about year ago was out pros
pecting over In the southwestern part
Of the State. One day when walking
just ahead Of my partner I fell down
an old shaft, about twenty feet. Iguesss.
II wasn't much Of a fall, and got OF
lucky. But didn't like the place and
wanted TO get out, SO | yelled TO Bob 10
let down rope and he done It. BY this
time could see little. and by gosh,
there was q skeleton In one corner. II
had been there good while. l saw
that IL had a broken leg. and had rolled
up It's pants as II to doctor itself and
never rolled them down again. It's
clothes wasn't much good, but went
through them and took out some let
ters. The direction on the letters
couldn't be read, but the contents were
intact. some we're 70. Dear Jimmie
and signed Jennie. got interested
In Jimmie and Jennie. and sized IL up
this way: Here's Jimmie come West
to make a raise; here's Jennie staid TO
home to wait till he makes IT, Here's
Jimmie dead In hole just as he had
made the raise; and here's Jennie won
dering why Jimmie didn't drop her q
line. by gosh. That's the way l sized
1t up, and l says 10 Bob after he had
pulled me out and we had looked over
the letters. Bob says l. that's
darned hard luck for Jennie, and put
the letters In my pocket
when ! got time l went through
the whole batch. There was q picture
Of Jennie. Say, boyi Well, / lost my
head. l made up my mind that instid
Of writin' I'd go back and just break
the news myself and tell her Jimmie
had left her mine. She was hand
some as any flower that ever bloomed.
And-well. l went back. | expected
that Jennie would cry and there'd be Q
scene and she'd flop into my arms,
faintlike. and all that. She looked so
gentle. too. with a lip all a-quiverin'
in the picture. and big eyes with tears
like little lakes.
"Did she fopp Not much. / went
back to that pesky little town in ILL.,
nois and hunted her up. Jennie l
says tender, Jimmie's gone over the
range
What's thatp' says she.
Jimmie's gone over the range,
played out, dead; he's a skeleton, by
gosh.
Dead, ehP" says she "Well.
that's too bad. ] liked Jim, but no
quit writin'. and so | married about q
year and a half ago. Dead I'll 60
tell NAV. She'll be awful put out
"Well, / left I'm here, and when
the effete East catches me again It's .
dandy"
"And what do you expect to doP"
dol I'll 60 jump Jimmie's mine.
hv coah. r-Denver ReDubiieau.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-14
THE BUSY lCE.WORM.
A Cool Story Told In All Seriousness by
Rochester IN. w Lady

Cool Story Told In All Seriousness by =
Rochester IN. W Lady.
'It seems as II every year adds to
the list Of pests which gre sent tor
some reason to torment poor suffering
humanity" said a lady TO a reporter.
She evidently had something on her
mind besides potato bugs. cabbage
worms, grubs and thousands OF de-
structive insects which prey upon veg
citation generally and on "eyery thing
green" except white geese and college
freshmen. ii have been bothered BY
carpet worms, moth millers, red and
black ants, reaches and Croton bugs,
but they are nothing compared to the
latest pest.
"What is this plagueP" said the re-
porter.
''Is 1t possible that you never
heard Of the ice-wormPn said the lady
with astonishment depicted on every
feature Of her countenance. why,
recollect that the ice crop along the
Hudson was ruined by this pest several
years ago, or, at least, the newspapers
said 1t was. The worm moved West
according TO report, and at least two
years ago 1t was stated that the ice
dealers inclosed their store-houses
with 6ne-wire netting TO keep the
worms from getting at the CONCEALED
water. 1t would seem that this pre-
caution was unavailing, and scientists
now say that the worm is left in the
water In the shape OF an egg, frozen
up In the ice and Matched out in the
spring"
"How does It affect the icep" asked
the reporter.
"lts ravages are not apparent until
the cakes OF ice are broken up for use, "
was the reply. IF the men who de-
liver the days supply notice that .
cake is light weight they don't say any
thing, but put it in the refrigerator
with as much apparent muscular effect
as II 1t we're solid instead OF being a
hollow delusion. The trouble comes
when 1t Is broken up for table use.
The thin shell is fractured easily, and
out comes wriggling mass OF long
black worms as thick as my finger, and
anywhere from six inches to a foo,
long. My Bridget nearly went crazy
the first time she saw these horrible
creatures, but now we are all used to
them. They are harmless and can be
tanned and taught many little tricks,
and thus they afford endless amuse-
ment for the children. They must be
kept In cool place. however, else they
die at once. We find just as many Of
these worms In lake ice as in that
taken from the canal. but the latter
are the more ferocions and show fight
when touched. II you will call about
dinner time will give you chance 10
interview the pesta 4" The reporter
did not call US he had another engage
! ment = Rochester Post-Expresa
The Greenville times., 1889-12-14

could sleep I had several skir-
mishes looking up the drowsy
ones. and they were all
brought back to their tables and
forced to keep awake. After that
they worked all night with me without
any trouble"
asked Mr. Edison if he had any
new invention in course Of develop
ment He said. with a faint smile:
II think we may find something new
in short while. My health is some
what impaired. as result of very
close application. but expect to find
complete recuperation abroad. and
then it is quite possible that may
have another surprise ready."-N Y.
Star