HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1885-9-24, Page 2THE FAI114.
Dairy• and Perm TOpios,
Cattle generally are bringing better prices
febie you' than leak
Hogs that have plenty of grime are rarely
troubled with cholera.
The hove butter bus/nem is booming
the hoe* fraud in this ommtry.
Clover pasture inoreeme the milk yield of
*ewe mei malice yeliew butter,
leetteu and eell every sheep that will net
yield fieeoe up te the average weight.
Redoes the *umber of hemp to a point
where they are !secure from the privetions
oCishortened crape a exeeestvely severe
weather -hot er cold, wet or Ole
Home should Moe water often if they
we 'working in the field They doubtless*
*War much from third, for they are never
watered exempt at ruornin' g, nom end eight.
Pend= Lased poweer will kill files and
niellinte Menifext mid reat to cattle and home%
If dusted Open the stanchions and stadia and
*round the window e of the barn or table.
.A, fleck of sheep should double themselves
oath year, mil the early lambs will gen for
dui* ronoli ea the eheep coat ha the fent
Time, thus leaving the parent stock and
word to the good,
Farmers should not be ea ready to lay the
blame upon the farrier vvhen thew home'
feet are in bad condition. Much of the
tieuble frequently comee from the bad Maxie
and from the farmers* own neglect to ex-
amine and clearrout the feet of their hones
at interval%
The worst kincl of a enliber can be die -
mailed from beirligeme in his vine by the
following meas: Nall a rime of sheep skirl
rebout idght lochee be width the entire length
ive the orb; etieet a *kin with loeg wool,
an sprinkle it freely with eeyenne pepper.
Tbe our* will be epeedy and perinment.
Leek et water will make fowls light, how -
seer liberelly they may be fed. In an er-
pertinent where some twig were killed
tvreive home lifter feedbag, but without
the large tender combs will most surely br
frosted unless particular pains are taken to
gave them. Even atter they are froated
the combo can be wecl from presentirg an
unsightly appearance by a little attention
and care on the part of the keeper. The
following treatment hat been reoons-
mended and is a good one ; De the morn-
ing rabthe ablicted parts withe.preparation
eonsisting of two parts of distilled glycerine
and one pert of turpentiue. At noon apply
sweet oil me rose water (three parte 01 the
figurer end one of the latter) and in the
evening glycerine and turpentine again.
This is a very simple ane cheap remedy and
will many time* moo the fowla from becom-
ing diefigured by the has of pert el their
oomb whxcit makee them look all the worse
after tbe warmweather cornea and the darn
ger is paste So it would, be A goad idea for
the breeder of large corabeel fowls to cut
out this remedy and practicer, it anthe young
chicken* be is raising this year and see if he
menet bring there out in better oondition
another spring.
POUNDitiAT.RIVE1 PRISON Lin.
ao
Is Allowed te Wear Ins Nor avellisnelm
Telmeco.
A. gentleman thug writes of Pormdmaker
end the other Indian and halibreeel prison -
ere Incarcerated in the Stony Idountein
Penitentiary :-The warden led the way to
the garden, and here we saw the veritable
Poundmalier, A trifle thinner it is Um than
when we sew him Ord at Battleford, but
still "filo noblest Indian of them all,' and
looking quite young conisidering hie forty-
four years. He wore the convict dose, but
It was hidden in a great immure by the
blanket he hi ;Mowed to me, end the hid
mem "hoes worn by the crainery eouvict
do not disfigure the Cree chlehs feet, for he
"till wean numerable. Hie long black heir
of which he bi ao proud Ma been spared by
the authorities, and hang; down in a long
plait elmoet to hia knees, and Is COVOre4
with a Whited, hieudkerchiel from the vel -
gar gaze on account of the number of vigit•
ore who banker for A lock of hia hair by
wens; the meligested corn was found merle- way oe relle. He had heen strictly caution -
whole iti their creme. Where tbee had ac. led agemet partiug with hie hair in this
ores te, wage, enn .rope were empty, senate& are the authoritiee do not wish to We the
time the digestion had been rapid, ;great chief Peundmeker go bark to his
whoa farmer becomes hurteaht hith a people baldheaded at the end of his three
The Scuttle Trick.
Yoe see Martha gat into the habit of sit-
ting up fo;me at an early age, and she can't
break it off. I cmulthet persuade her to go
to bed and mina her own businese, act I stud-
ied on the matter. We live in ono of the
centre houses, of a block of five -story -and -
attic building% There are eouttles in the
roofs of ad' of theme and I iaersuaded Mr.
Oreentip, who lives in the adjoining hemee.
let Ina in his home last night, about one
&dock, and I went pp through hie eciettle
over to Mille, and SO down. into" our bed-
room, I mild me Martha from the head of
the stairs, sitting in the front room eyeing
the clock with A look that was a very tart
ehromo. But 1 undressed and quietly got 'in
bed, and there I laid waiting developmerete.
Every now and than rd hear Martha give a
!hurt fidgety cough, Then I'd hear her get
up, prance rimmed the room A little, and by
and by go to the front window, and slam the
shutters. After I had lain there about en
hem I heard her get up and go stand on the
front hoop for A good ten minutes. Then
;he came in and slammed the door and
looked it and coramencea coming up stairs.
Every other step ahe d my; "Oh the wretch
Oh, the villain !" Aboutthe time she had
nearly got to the landingI think ehe nuust
have seen tbe light streaming out of the door
that 11 left ajar. I meld near her stop and
then I commenced to snore. I wee afraid
to look, you know, but I could feel her can -
timely .one to the door and look in, Well,
I'd have given toy pension from the war of
177$ to !Ave eon her about the time eh%
new it watt me. Ill bet it wee fun. But I
was afraid to do anytlaing bet more. Then
she came into the room, and by the way she
breathed and Med eternal, I had -nearly to
bite ray tongue off to keep a straight feee
an me, I could feel that sire sat be A elude
And WAS dumbfounded. I never let on, but
kept on snorkel; like Outrider, but when. the
kicked over a chair I turned and pretended
to W410 up, kind of dazed like, Ann sayer ;
" Why, Martha, dear, abet you mute to
bed, yet'
"Jarphly," esid he, awful how rind sol.
min like, *6 Whett did you opine hit"
" Why, meat be four or Ave hours ago.
Don't you remenaber when I tole you not to
go to sleep again Lit the rocke_r, but to oome
to bed I" and. Inwood ov-r and profeesed to
go 0 deep again. She never need° my reply
yeers. VI bee we brat sew hun he Was but acted in A dal, bewildered Bort of way
big lot of poor stock, eta, he la then in a
die- walktug howly down the centre walk in the and when ehe got to bed I could tell see
bur way to lime money, and to bee- me
"enraged. end ready to deenee thee rumen; 8erelett with the erosneotive governor of A- didn't sleep a wtek for.three hours. In the
sudbaia, Alexender Fisher, trotting by late morning it way inn to wn'013 Martha- 1
(keit pay. Poor stir& will berden any
farmer, and the wive num wbo owns my el side like are attendant terrier, UM on geeing could hardly keep a etraight ewe. At the
ewe eete, af eefehte wen moo every ea,. 'the warden, he reproached ne and ehook breakfaet table, and all the time I was about
halide with & mile. Through hie euterpre- the house, *he'd eye me when the thought
deevor t.at eid ei teem se goon Re he CA%li te r, Alex, Fieher, of Bateche, a smell -sized, I wasn't looking ; them whea I'd notice her,
*tea tip eadielouely with better outs.
There are °awn willet, can nova be kept hiberpfeee,i little rum, with a, moiling smile *lie d turn away and be ewe:ally busy at
whenever he clammed vOn1 we "eked something. She caught me kuid of grinning
deem
and which mere to deliglat in foaling : Poundrasker eeveral questioue as to haw he once, endsby George, I thoughtthe exploalan
limix udders and hind vinertere'and. plaster- felt, how be was ennead, and wbet he wee' about to come. But it didn't though
Ing their side* with zilth by Ilieleng their thought of the place. the look of blank, unfathomable auspiciun
taite In the gutter and larphiag their eauks 441 WAS In tide country when I was a obe wore on her !Ace ail the time was the
with them TM" all comes from educetion.
A weletrained cow bee no sum =OWES fort, on the Red Elvers eve" twenty suno up, end I have laughed till my ribs ache ever
habita, and, once brought up in A duel)* niers ago. This pbee was not here then. Bine% 1 know it won't laat. I know there
mannewe will preserve the hebit, and levee it is not a vary bed place here, and Mr, le & day of reekoniug a corning, and the
great amount of labor aud, worry thereafter. 'Beeson n s grod wee, but it is net like thermometer is going up to clear out of sight
Neorly half a amatory KO, joilln/A yee being out on the prairies whore I have my In the Jarphly family, but wheal geieg alter
Gott, a great horse Authority, mai the fel. young men to do what 1 tell them, But I i trouble 1 It 11 mule mon enough without
lowing roofpo for curing beeves fh harem moat nut complain for the government is hurniag.after it, and 1 m golog to enjoy that
ft has been regarded as a precioue secret au- Ten' 0°°4 to Ihe• The walls of that build.; scuttle me the roof until the expleeioncomew.
til quite rave:illy : Take forty sumach buds, u'ff." "id he, Pointing to them, a are vent
me pound resin, one pint gioger, half mud thick, and the poor Ince= could uot get out,
to walk out and see the trees andM
cram tartar,pifour ounces gum gukcum, one 1114,1,11/ ' i
sun a Well Shaken."
raustsxd, one nt undlaoked lime, hemmer" but the white chref opens the door for tine,
pound opera salte ; nee together, diside in- ! any peep a are diepoieed to complain of
ra thirty powders and give one every mom- The Interpreter mild Porinamaker &mew, ! the ineouvenience and diseemfort of our rail-
ing in home's feed before watering him. ad well in heeith, mil novo• eerarieteed,e road sleeping -cars ; but what would they
think cf mob a night -ride as Dr, Lendeell
De eeepets a ham fat tbore le as much Le Re le*Ilewect taw me of tebeeeet elm we ee" deacribes in his "Russian Central Asia ' ?
cordingly presented him with a
cigar* ' About seven o'clock eel was in readiness,
she driver as in the feed. A horse well Several of the rebel halebreed prisoners
'
curried and nabbed vritb. e woll,n rag after- now came up, all beteg dressed in convict and eavier and I were to gat into our queer
ward la sure to mike * eleelecoaW horse, clothe*, with their beards 'reeved short, sleeping eagee. Let the remier imagine two
and when well groomed is, we may say, half We questioned them through tbe interpreter 1 narrow wooden orate', each as earthenware
fed. A. cross end nervous driver 'will till the es to how they felt, and they all complain. horse
packed in, each *sufficiently large for a man
horse with fear and dread, and will rapidly ed of mural. Their bones ached with net to lie in when twisted to the shape of the let-
= his horse down. lerse an animal kind- haring sufficient exercise, and they would ter S ; and let him further imagine themenue
1y. Alvreya be firta and ma e it mind, but all be glad. when they got aomet work to do. penk,..t:nmemit!lor aide of the huge lump of a
never get excited. A coonbeaded driver So fer, they had nothing to oomplein of
xualte" a long-headed home. either se regards food or treatmeiat, ma all "--4T-hTe -I a-m-gt. yen to understand is to be
aleeping-place for the night, and I accord -
Sheep ovi the farm are aimed a neomeity appeared to think very highly of Mr. Bed- ray
/re these times of advancement in fermieg. son. Neither Monkman nor Iespine put in inglY ch°°a1/ I" hetth on the part -side of
ship of the cleaerte first putting into
The highest authoritiee on agricultural econ. an appearance, and them we saw, amongat this '
the cradle for a lining a piece of felt, and
emerald= that their must be a variety in whom were Perentem and Champagne
stook as well as in crone to attain the great- app ared silent and downoest, and deolined then two pillows.
"So far all is well
est sumeas on the farm. and sheep are an- to talk, and were evidently glad when we • but ineurratioh as my
milled to be the best adapted to foul lands. ceased questioning them. Alex. Fisher, on lodging is to be beneeith the frosty sky, it
Their elm mikes them very oonvenient to the contrary, was brigle and chipper, and seems desirable to raultiply my sleeping gar -
product' are marketable when there is little turned to leave, wished us good-bye very meuietn,taMy jilarktali-lpinuatd°kniover my ordinary
alat, enveloping me
furnish meat for the farmerh family. Their tallied away at a great rate, and when we
else on the fsrm to bring in ready emir. plesently. The last seen of Poundmalier, from head to foot, over that my ulster, and
on my head a sheepskin hat, to gay nothing
They fit well to the large gap between hoes he was seated inside an arbor in one corner
Gro -
and made, of the garden, pidfing away at his cigar of far -lined boots kindly lent by Gen. Gro-
- and looking contentedly down upon the at; tenhiebn ; and thee, getting into the cradle,
The Poultry Yard. I cover my feet with my sheepskin coat.
fondant Fisher, who seems quite contented'
without his governorship, And now comes the tug of war 1 Nazar
Corn is not s good food for the fowls. in Speaking about Poundmaker, Warden asks, aro we ready ; bids us hold on ! and
says to the csmel 'Chu! whereupon the su-
werm weather as it is too heating in its xis- Bedion said it was not the intension to
ture. Gets are much better at this time of treat the chief harshly, or to put in force imal gets up leisuxely, first on its hind lege,
and in so doing rases our feet to an angle
the year and if the fowls are confined all the rules and regulatione of the peniten-
a Biz"' degrees, thereby threatening to
especial attention should be given to fru-Wein tiary in his case. He will be allowed to
pitch us out bodily. We hold on, however,
nee them with a variety of food. wear his hair, and be given as much liberty'
for dear life
Sunflower seed is an excellent egg pro- as is consistent with safety, and any em- and then comes a lurch from
diming feed and as it is so easy to raise it ployment given him will be in the open horizontal. The fear of danger now is
the fore, lifting our heads once more to the
should be fed liberally to the fowls. The &he At present he is studying botany past ;
but it is not easy at first to get accustomed
seed should be planted about corn plant- under the tuon of Alex. Fisher, and tto the strange motion caused by the long
he
ing than and the crop will furnish a large general impression is that his term of im-
bulk of excellent food 'with very little prisonment will be curtailed considerably. strides of the camel.
trouble or expense as they oan be grown The half-breed rebel prisoners will be put "When the creature was urged to go
In odd corners where nothing else could to work this week, and then they will quickly, the nearest eimile for the cradle I
be raked. probably not suffer so much from ennui. can think of is that of a bottle of physic in
the process of being 'well shaken before tak-
Charcoal is an excellent purifier and the es-welemeen en ; but when the camel walked leisurely,
fowbi are very fond of it, if fresh. If Persistence of the Beaver. then one lay as in a boat idly tossed by the
billows- and eleep became possible just as it
they have free amen to it they will 'eat The quickness with which a colony dis-
it quite eagerly and seem to be very fond covers a wholesale attempt seinen their is in the Russian tarantass, when one is dead
of it It us especially valuable in summer, peace le astoeishing ; yet if their numbers tired, cramped, and 'used to it 1'
" Shortly alter the start, Rosy, one ef the
as it serves to keep the blood pure and free are undisturbed, or dimednative
shed but grad -
from disease which is so common during nally, even the presence of civilization will so badly injured attendants,hfell off hie
the hot grimmer months. not drive them from their haunts. To -day tat Dr. Landeell felt coin -
horse, and was
A dust bath is as necessary for fowls as beaver are returning to streams in Mich- pelled to give up the cradle to him. Later
A water bath is for man. It cleanses the igen long ago abandoned by their race, aitee dootor
m- in the journey. devier gave up his cradle to
feathers and rids the skin from vermin ply because they find themselves wimoIest- . For a short time all went fairly
well. But presently Dr. Landsell heard an
and impurities of all kinds. A little sul- ed, the demand for beaver peltry being
phur dust mixed with the ashes would sbght, and the prices paid out of allpropon ominous making of his cradle, and thought
make it even more beneficial in its results tion to the labor entailed in trapping. It it best to get down.
as sulphur ie. any form is very obnoxious has been said that, if a dam or house be c"M how should I make Nazar, the guide,
B
to 'insects and vermin of all kinds. once injured by the hand of man, the colony comprehend ? Almost the only native word
I knew was yakshi'meaning,
at once disappear. But that this is failed- all right l'
whereas just then Ifeared things were all
ous is proved by the following: Twenty-
two miles from Marquette, Michigan, on wrong, and I vainly celled out in Ruesian,
the Carp River, a beaver colony began the Seoi ! or stop. Suddenly remembering the
word use
erection of a new dam. Though the em- used by the drivers when they wished
bankment of a railway ran nearly parallel the camel to kneel, I shouted Chok / Oka I
whereupon the sapient animal went down
with the stream, the trains passed backward
suddenly upon its knees
and forward daily they seemed in no way vvith a thud. The
disturbed, and worked steadily on until the jerk broke out the side of my cradle com-
water had risen a foot or more. The track pletely, and I descended to terreefrma with
master, observing that this endangered the un"My
alacrity.
hote
lints -for the embankment had been utilizeh downy head, however, was pillowed on
as a wing of the dam -ordered the water , and fortunately I was not hurt. Mean-
while, on the other gide of the "ship," thivgs
drawn off. But the following day the bele
had teken a different
vers had repaired the damage done them, turn. We had but one
. china bowl, a very useful article, and fearing
and the water was 4- its former height
to put it into the crate, lest it should be
Again and again and again was the dam
broken, I co
cut through, and as often would be repair- committed it to Rosy, to carry, as
eme he 'suggested, in his bosom. Later, however,
d. All ball, it was out and repaired so
fhe transferred it to the interior of his sheep.
ifteen or twenty times ere the beavers
discouraged to abandon skin hat, and he was enjoying his slumbers
were sufficiently when the crash cam'
e and he was pitched
their attempts.
ere-nanse.-sen- out on his head, not to the breaking of his
skull, indeed, but to the utter destruction
It is a curious fact that wasps' nests often of my china bowl t'
take fire, as it is supposed, by the chemical
action of the WAX upon the material of which
the nese is corepesed. Many of the fires of
unknown origin in hayeteeks and farm build-
inge may thus be accounted for
yoeurg men,' said the chief, "at the stone greatest elbow on earth. It nearly broke me
If there are any rats about or near your
poultry houses they should be destroyed at
once, as they are a very trouble -some pest
and destroy a great number of young
chickens, frequently kill ng whole broods
in a few days or nights. They do most
of their work at night and in many cases
the loss would not be near as great if rat -
proof coops were used which could be
shut up securely at night and thus shut
out enemies of all kinds. The poultry
quarters are not coraplete if they do not
contain shade trees or a contrivance of
some kind to protect the fowls from the
hot summer sun. If treee cannot be had
plant some rapid growing foliage plant for
the purpose of supplying shade and do
not forget to have fresh water before the
fowls every day) as it is a very important
p irt of their requmiteadurir gthe hot weather,
It is now, during the sumner months,
perhaps, that the breeder is moat ashamed
elf his fowls that have frost bitten combs,
for it detracts materially from their beauty
and looks especially bad during the warm
pleasant weather of epring and summer. It
is a constantly oat:tarring grievance to breeders
and owners of the Urge -combed breeds, for
In some of the public hospitals Japanese
paper handkerchiefs, are now used, with
much satisfaction for drying wounds.
TRE L1M LR MOE,
De odder day I received 4 veil from a
ouled orator who wanted to sot out on a
tower," said Brother Gardner as the meeting
was called to order. "He had built hisself
A laelitue au' named It: Was the Cull d Man
Left Get ce de Ark ? He wanted to begin at.
Portland, Me., an' trabble to Galveaton,
Tex., en' deliber dat lecktur in ebery town
on de rimy. He believed dat eufl d people
war jist dyiee to hew it, au' dat white Reim
would stop work to pat him on do back ag
nevr Coerce 1 er sorry dat I couldn't lend,
him $20 an' give him a eeititioate of ober-
actor from our olub. He am beah yin an'
Sir Isaac Walpole mew pane de hat au take
up a colleekshum Stole of you as feel like
chippin' in to start de great orator on his
way shall bey de oppeeeentei‘o
The hat wits patine and it came back empty.
The President made a thorough mean* of it
and then continued:
"Dia seems to prove dee, feat, a .great
oull'd orator orter to heir at least $20 m his
pocket, and, seenn,d, dat de alverage cuRd
man of to -day don beer a copper whedder
his ancestors got aboard of de ark wid Noah
or paddled amine on deir own hook. De
facie am, our race am not sufferire to ix'ar de
voicee of orators half as much As fur fall an'
winter undershirts. If Our anceatora went
along wid Noah (hit am all night; if dee war'
left behind did dean' make te-morrerneob of
whatewashin' wurf any de len. I would
advisee cle orator to chaoge his lecktue to;
How I !lot Teen in Detroit," au' go to work
an' earn his %in' in an bollest meaner."
ACCSMED.
An official oonineunieseion from Robert E.
Towers, Secretary and Treasurer of the
branch Lime Kiln Club et Norwigh, Conn.,
extended an imitation to the Detroit Club
to send a delegate to a meeting to be held
October 15, at whiclz time the branch vrill
diem= the queetiou "Should the length of
a VOWS heel make his standing iu society V'
The branch reported 4 memberelaip of fifty-
six higbly respectable members of the oom.
melte') with 32 in the treasury and an en.
thimiasm which would carry it to the let of
February without any fire in tbe atm%
Brother Quarter obeerved that the eubject
wag one he bad given numb thought, and
one which ail colored societiee and lodges
would do well to agitate and discuss, Elder
Toot, who lute the lovgeet heels of any man
in the State of Michigan, would be Bent Si
a delegates He will not ouly have a eertifi-
cote or identity properly signed, but all
strangers will recognme biro as Toots by a
seer on hie chi's, too abeence of all front
teeth, and s. heeitancy in los speech which
sornetimee CARELs him a delay of five mitintes
le anwering a pence who wants to harrow
tifty ceuto for 4 (lay or two.
A DAD WAV.
The Secretary *enameled AA official
comramication from Montgomery, Ala., re-
citing the feat that the drug ester° and
branch Limeeleiln Club in thee piece WM on
the point of &dreading. The club started
but to do bueinem ou a high mond plane,
but black cheep had oreptin and made their
influence felt until tbe oreanization bad
practerally ceased to exist. Only two weekly
einem the club pasied A revolution to the
effect that it wee every memberh duty to
steal water -melons and chickens.
"I shalt send Giveridera Jones down des*
• right away," mid the President, ate satis-
fied dat de naflooence of ball a dozen individ.
vela hag brought about dig Mite afatlaire,
an dat as menu dey kin be got rid of ae
branch will resume de peth to glory.
Brudder Jones will be inetructedto go down
dor' AD! reek out de unregenerate an' labor
wid 'em Be has a way of leborin' dat sin
raightly uncomfortable to a pusson who oen't
benonvinced by moral anagram'
FAMED TO PAM,
The Rev, Ponstook arose to a question of
privilege. Durmg the laat three or four
years he had suffered dreadful palm in ob-
serving the fact that eight ant of every ten
marriages among colored people took place
before a white clergyman. This was in the
/me of the fact that there were plenty of
colored divines in the country who could do
the busineee up in first class style. No white
couple ever went to a colored presoller to be
married, Why should colored people pa-
tronize a white preacher? He hoped the
Lime -Kiln Club would instruct the colored
population of this country to ohmage its
tactics.
Giveadam Jones Shindig Watkins,
Pickles Smith and 'Col, Cahoots opposed
any mob. busbies". This was a free country
and if a citizen wanted to be married by a
Chinaman no one should diotate. Elder
Toots was preparing to sustain Penstook's
idea when the President said :
" De ouledpeople muetbe left to deir own
disc:reaun in de matter. While I has no
doubt dat Brudder Penstock kin tie de knot
wid de beat of 'era, it seems to be considered
a leetle mo' high-toned to call in a white
clergyman."
IMPAIRS VOTED.
The librarian reported that during the
summer vacation rain, rats and mildew had
destroyed over 2,000 of the almanacs and
railroad guides on the libraryshelves and
he recommended speedy repairs. The sum
of twenty-four cents was voted from the con-
tingent fund to buy tar and shingles to stop
the leak.
PASSED OVER.
The Secretary announced a communica-
tion from Vicksburg, setting forth the fact
that the Hon. Backhold Smith, an honorary
member and an orator who rates Al with
Bradstreet, had passed over the river to be
known on the shores of earth never again,
He ruptured a blood -vessel while lifting on
the end of a corn -crib, and as near as could
be remembered by his wife he died happy.
The knob of the outer door was ordered
draped in mourning for the usual thirty days
and after voting down a resolution by Trus-
tee Pullback to permit members to sit with
their shoes off during meeting, the audience
dispersed and someone stole Prof. Slaybacles
white plug hat and left an old straw in ite
place.
The Russian Winter Palace.
The Winter Palace, although constructed
by the Empress Elizabeth, was not complet-
ed until Peter III. emended the throne, and
the square in front of it was still covered
with the shops and huts of the workmen,
Heaps of atone, bricks and rubbish obstruct-
ed the approaches to the palace. In order
to clear the place Bron Tient who their
filled the post of chief of police at St • Peters
burg, proposed to the Emperor to give per -
Mahon to the poorer inhabitants to carry
away these unused materials. The p13 -
pleased the Emperor and orders were binned-
rately given to carry it out. The Emperor
witnessed from his windows the operation
which was completed by the evening, The
emperor on installing himself in hie new pal.
see occupied the rooms looking on to the
square and the corner of the Millionnaia.
This portion of the palace bore the name of
the King of Prussia's apartments. •The me
cupation of the palace was accompanied by
no extraordinary ceremony. The rooms oc-
cupied by Peter had been decorated by the
architect Tchevakinsy, a pupil of Bastrelle
and the flooring and gilded wellies were
brought from Italy. Peter nre room was
in the extreme evbig, and beside it was his
library. Above the eaves:toe door he mimed
* gallery to be constructed which he turned
into his working cabinet and furuished 4a
cost of 3,500 rubies. The Empreni Cathen
be occupied the rooms afterward known by
the mune of the Empress Marie Feodorevna.
The day the +mutt macuplee the Winter Pal-
ace (7th of April, 1762,) was marked by the
eonsearetion ef the psleoe ober& under the
name of the regurreotion, later on, in 1763,
on theemeasion of an ancient image of Chris
being remind to the church, it was come -
grated afreili by order of Catheriue 11, as
that of the Swriour, The ,gmbellishmente of
the Interior and the furnielung of the pa
were continute under Peter and only eerie.
pleted by Catherine. The total outlay up
to the year 1768 was exitimated at 2,622,02e
rubles, or about £400,900. The principal
direotor of the work" in the interior was the
celebrated amateur Jean Beau, In 1767
the annex of the palace destined to be the
Hermitage was ooramenved, the architeot
Delamottebeingintrusted with iteexecution.
This building, oblong in shape, extended
from the Millionuala to the glow, Four
years loner A second building was erected on
*Ow of the architect Felton. In 1780 *ev-
ery.' fresh wings were 'added, and the Em-
press ordered the Architect Guarenghi to
build a theatre which. was At the latest to be
completed by August, 178e. The slum archi-
teat erectedtbe arch connecting the Hermit-
age with the theatre and with the part of
the palece oontaining the Raphael galleries.
In 1786 the nimble gallery (containing the
hall of St, George and Throne room) was
couneeted, =din 1786 a auperb throne was
placed in the former. This throne was the
meaterptece of the Architect Starow.
An Old ItonuotAfriean«
Again Aud again was it improntad upon
Stanley, the explorer of Attica, that negro
men and Ivonaeu are but bop and girl's of
larger growth. They hed the views and
impultes of oldidhood, and needed the
aame firm and kind discipline by which
children are trained. Willie etearoing up
the Congo, he baited hie flotilla at the
lauding -pima of the Bangale, wimee Weld
were his friends. Unfortunately, as they
were all away, their people illnetreted the
roaraery rhyme "When the cats away
the mice will day."
Triough they gathered in crowds on the
river s bank to welcome Stanley, they
showed teet mixed motives influeneed
them, by atealine whaiever they oeuld,
withuut dotoction. Jay their tauten on.
Otte of the thieveli was caught, bound,
and carried on bomi tbe ateamer, one of
the ciliate, Kokoro, the eon of the prin-
cipal chief, old Mat* Bwyki, heard of the
diegracefal ounduct of the people. Pad-
dling up and down the near txt hia canoe,
-he had an ulcerated foot and cauld not
walk, -he, in a bond voice threatened nen.
pence upon the Oita vets. When he
came alongside a the ateamer, he was
horrified to find that hie own eon was
the bound prisoner,
" Kokoro, if this is your son, 1 shall
obtain my property back, and your boy
will be returned isefe into your bands,"
sad &snit y.
But tee tether paddled away, with hitt
heed bout down and firg!r on 1 is bpa.
Tat night the boie consul, a chief ale),
(dieted tvro Mika of ivory and two Ahmed
for the thief a release.
"To steal is to wage war. War is met
with war," replied btanley. "Ga back
and tell Kokoro 1 am going down the
river, and will take hie son with me.
On the tenth day I will reurn,
turn and aball
eel:mob my property back, Ana Kelm°
win get his son safe again."
On bits return, Stanley was welcomed
by the boys grandfather, Mara Bwyki,
the head chief. Farina& that his people
should have robbed the man with 'whom
he had made blood brotherhood, he said,
"As for Kokoro's son, keep him until
your goods are returned. It will do him
good, and be an example for the mt."
A grand council was held, at whieh
Stanley, attended by a few of his died-
plined men, was present. During the
Bitting, Ntugu, the prisoner's conein,
whitpered to Stanley,-
" One of the thieves is present. It
you can trust your Men, seize him and
hold him fast. Xi:whores son must not be
a captive alone."
A few word's to a servant brcught Wen-
tyliailors ashore with cord's under their
clothes. The thief, being fpointed out
to them, was captured, bound, and carried
on boara the steamer. There were wild
gestures and much loud talking, bat the
council continued its sitting.
In a few minutes another thief was
pointed out, and he too was arrested.
The people threatened violence but the
disciplined sailore carried him aboard.
"What does this all raean 2" shouted
some of the people to their chiefs, who
had remained ,passive
"It means." said the old head chief,
rising to his feet, "that Buie Mater'
(Stanley's name, meaning stonebreaker)
knows the customs of the Bendel% If a
thief is known, he may be held in bond
until the stolen property is restored.
"Bela Matari has now three prisoners;
one of them is -my own grandson. He
shall keep them, sell thein or kill them
- just as he may -unless his property is
retuned to him.
"Dula Matari has actedlike a 'brother.
He was robbed. Re went away for ten
days; he came back to give us another
opportunity. Now find the goods you
have stolen from him, or else he shall take
his captive's away and cut them up in
little pieces'if he likes. I have spoken."
One would scarcely expect to see the
part of the Roman father acted on the
banks of the Congo by a negro, but the
old mares stern justice was effective.
Criers went up and down in all directions,
shouting the doom of the ohief's grandson
and two other sons of the Bangale, if the
stolen goods were not returned.
One by one the stolen artiolee were
brought bo the chief, who returned them
to ntanley, who released the prisov.era.
When his grandson stood before the
old chief, he milled grimly on him, and
bade him depart and never again touch
Bela Matters goods.
Lenennse--1
The Duke of Ratibor, who presided over
the Bismarck Testimonial Funds Committee,
reports that the total amount raised was
$685,000, of which $375,000 went to pur-
chase the .erinoe'e ancestralhatate of Sohon-
hausen.• '
Crocodile farming is rapidly becoming a
leading industry in certain localities. The
largest animals are killed and tikinned, their
flesh being used to feed their deecendants,
One dealer last year supplied a tanner with
5,000eskins,
ik Canvasser's Experience.
• Canvassing for books, selling mem pa-
tent articles and medicines is a disagreeable
method of obtaining a living, and few people
engage in it through choice. But every man
am woman, making au honest endeavor to•
eam &livelihood is entitled to respect and
more eourteme treatment than corvine/ere
generally receive. A gentleman who is now
wealhyglyesns.mt aoe:t
periete4oanveud:yof
erty.Baea;s
.Aoadvertisement under the beguiling cap.
tion of "Ten defiant a day made by wea-
ve/mem" met my eye.
I was eager to earn even fifty contoa CIAY,
and sent my last dollar tor the articles with
which I was to "easily and pleasantly AS=
ten dollars a day."
In return mune two dozen boxes of indigo,
powdered and put up in mall tin boxea, with,
perforated tops. For this "useful and nal -
liable article In daily demand," as the ad.
vertisment read, 1 was to ask twenty
cents a box, and I WAS tOhl that I could
eas-
Ily sell a hundred A day if 1 was "bright
4141pUllilletl" eirCULIP outlined my method of
plarlorrielodiuratraheeifuohtrorousemaeu:eanulIgdt rilesanyde,,wp:aeasanCndall at every
hooae in your city, ring tne bell, ask for the
tide, madam, the Diorite of which,' eater,
Call also at etores and office& Gentlemeri
e ill gladly purchaee the article for their
80 1 ortee out. At the &et house
rang the bell ; a eancy-looking girl came to
the door,
of ft'hGeohoodu-ria, mynas 1" Iaaid. "Is the
Yoe, �he 18, Me Shea goW tostay in
In her room, AD* We (WA, west:4.14nm' en
none yer ma; an' you elean I"
All this without stopping to broOtInh and
then tbe door WAS Slammed lora,' fem.
At the next house a web= Cabe te the
door, WhO WAS, 1 felt aorta the lady of the
4°6445tood-day madam !" I sail. "1 am in-
troducing 11.",--
• "Introdee it to Nome plaeeelee then," she
eald sharply, and 1114 to step bet* quickly
btoekoehaeoprfiruoi.mhaving my heed might the
door.
" Failure number two," I *Aid, trying to
was ascending the step* of the third
house when a winclovr overhead wee rented,
And A ehrill female voice cried o4.-
44Clear out ! If you come up any bigher,
111 dump We btu/kat of water ou you; 1
know winit you've got in that box, and we
don't want none of it nhatever 21 le. Put
out nowt"
1 "put out" eadly enough, Then 1 tried
AA Otte*. Approacning the desk of a bane-
voleat looking old gentleman, I *aid, -
"Sir, .1 ant Introducing""Intecdum
yrtmoudrateblfereto.wtard the door, lied See Whet you
he.Irread 4 PlAeA74 1184 overlooked en
combig " l'odlero and book agents, keep
out at hero"
I saw e Woman weshing in a hack yard
andthought my retest bluing might, intereet
" Good.day, madam.," I said "I am 18.traducing a ueeful attune for ladies who do
their own washiog "
"118 aff wid ye 2' aried an unmietakable
Rh& voice"1 don't set mead( up to be a.
lady, but 1m decent women, just the same,
but I don't want DODO oyer otdd stuff, so be
aff wid ye I'
I went bome, gave my mother the blubag,
set the tenth of my old saw and my OWn
teeth firmly spinet all kinds of canvas-
sing, and want out sawing wood for a
month. That was much metier and far pleas-
anter than canyasaing, if 1 nickn't make ten
dollars ei day at la
The Good Old Winters.
In 401, tbe Bleck Ses was entirely frozen
over. In 763 not only the Black Sege but
the Straits of Dardenellee were frozen over,
and be soma pieces the snow rose fifty feet
the Danube, the Elbe and o were So
high. In 322, the great rivertV Europe -
hard frozen as to bear hestry agouti for a
month. In 880, the Adriatic, was frozen.
In 991, everything was frozen, the crops
totally failed, and famine and pestilence
closed the year. In 1067, moist of the
travelers in Germany were frozen to death
o n the roads. In 1134, the Po was frozen
from Cremona to the sea; the wine sacks
were burst, and the trees 'milt, by the
tuition of the frost, with immense noble, In
1230, the Danube was frozen to the bottom,
and renniined long in that ;state. In 1316
the crops wholly failed in Germany.
Wheat, which some years before midst 6e.
per quarter, rose to £2. In 1308, the mops
failed In Scotland, and such a famine en-
sued that the poor were reduced to feed on
grass, and many perished miserably in the
field!. The succeesive winters of 1432. 3,
and 4, were uncommonly severe. In 1363
the wine distributed to the soldiers, was cut
with hatchets. In 1883, it was excessively
cold. Most of the holly's were killed,
coaches drove along the Thames, tee ice of
which was 11 inches thick. In 1809, occur-
red the cold winter; the frost penetrated
the earth three yards into the ground. In
1716, bootbs were erected on the Teames
in 1744, and 1745, the 'strongest ale in Eng-
land, exposed to the air, was covered, in
les" than fifteen minutes, with ice an eighth
of an inch thick. 1809, and again in 1812,
the winters were remarkably cold. In
1814, there was a fair on the frozen Thames.
A Texas Centipede.
The centipede is not a pretty insect.
Herons too muchto legs. Once I thought
them of no use, but after seeing a lot of
1.ttle Ohiricahua Indian papooses pulling
centipedes from their holes and greedily
devouring them, legs, poison, and all, I no
longer doubted the wisdom and bone -
j1/4 (mm
ficenoe ef their creation. In • he u
of my checkered career 1 have d several
adventures with centipedes an, gwaya
:time out second best. A. centipede can
raise a blister on a man's body quicker
the.n.ared. hot iron, and iflyoutdon't immed-
iately apply a remedies' poultice of poun-
ded prickly pear and dose insure& inwar-
dly) with post whisky -which latter is war-.
ranted tokill anything buten armymule-
the restant effects may be serious.
Oentipees usually attack their victim at
night, when he is asleep and can't defend
himself. They are armed with about 200
1 btle lancet' conveniently lashed to the toe
of each foot -of which they have several -
and at the base of each lance is a tiny week
of venom. If a centipede crawl acmes
your body -which he'llmosb likely do if
you lie down anywhere within a half -mile
of hinn.-you'll have no difficulty in fol-
lowing his trail and you'll remeraer his
'snail for weeks. No man ever dim from
the bite of a centipede, but I have known
one to make a man weal he were dead.
Love is blind, but matrimony is a great
enlist.