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Show a'p' RING ' A ('fr stallion. lilt Mau-Kll- l- a. eu.kan thoaterwas crowded anxious to see : It people horse-traine- r, Gleason, the stallion Canadian vicious ililev1 d Us groom a week ago. entered the house they and horse standing inside n?s. 'jre of board fence, painted the. rof. Gleason appeared a few 8 and spoke briefly to the il1 III lri'ii , 1 ter intimated He ADQI,AJ. that most e'v brtp,reJ the pen with the stal- jnrr a whip and a cocked with blank cartridges. e "Ior j0 the animal in a loud tone, The 'hellion h walked toward him. g ploee i oved into a corner of the pen his heels toward the profes-- i io fr'd itantlv he received several l. re!lar;jlovs' around the hind legs. tinned his head toward the number, who cautiously reached out Ji'k Jiir;,,nd patted the beast on the Two or three times this was A each time the trainer going rl"r!l ;Le horse. ,Tit jy there was a cry from the ich vra; Like a flash the stallion hail r the y d seized the professor by the tarm with his gleaming white a he instructor dropped his whip l'lw;"Jis a violent ellort w renehed his wlikh Then he lired the revolver Kiichaij; imes in front of the brutes die nL. e animal sprang wildly around knocked down the Verr- -, and nearly eft .it. n a few moments he ran into a ml vn,' rain. Then tiie professor lie made the s former tactics, a word Whoa the was r at p lues. Then lie began to pat tlic le near should' r again. Once the angry beast whirled and all aa at the professors breast, blow with his a powerful th. The revolver came into mocr im1u,' kin. Then the animal's hind k Cnee more the ,r It, x lashed. itted him. The animal's coat itiun.t s ;ilhi 1,6 was blowing like a lie made no more attempts to wait h minutes after ent twenty-fivw.-- - ,li! - . num-ateJi- n " pro-liio'r- e Ul r , (;l'a'n pt a hal-ft- e " prof. stallion, and had the fence own. Then he called for a small e l put a double Bonaparte on r I1" try lb passed the rope around mil his moutli, over the t, k ihrough under hi upper lip, and tion.'' i'!fi ('irc!e around his neck. he fi'- t' e stallion follow him vvher-he put a bridle on p ,jt.tookTlien oilthe Bonaparte, .iroiini, with a j i( ou a j ir surcingle '' Two straps were put jd. i' eh. imil's fore fetlocks. A l; ire.'ni ne to the near one, pass-- l 3lo io ring in the surcingle, i.i . tne ring in the other l'et-A'. r;p, o d back through the t hen a pair of reins were g. , ini t't'j professor drove the an-- 1 run:. I e ring, using the rope to l!t,;r j." r forefoot whenever the kick. In a short time llrs;rel e'l ,1.,..; u on him, hitched him to n j imped in and drove A him, ned t:. ,. gi; uii g him and stopping him 1 id command. Then lie had a colas , o, uru hammered near his 'git' in t,a pans and sleigh bells e 'I. stallion went straight up o:i t cn a i was not annoyed by them trials. The professor laid on ' is, put his feet on the dash- d lired the revolver. The f ittacl ,1 like a statue. A horse p i and i per was next brought in. 'puh. or soon had paper all eo; a head, threw it at him, and ear w alk over it and act as if ini - v v.hing in the world he liked iimrfu i paper. A kicker was put Mr harness w.th this horse, frlw Cij rjt.-beautifully. Acic York tl ke-ad- , n 1 A ll,l! - j , 1 X- -! . 111 sur-ll:-r- ! u i ! 1 ' 1 oi i i - o ' . ipe i l hrug .it is an Editorial? .v llditor (to new assistant maip An Amusing Adventure on the Advance Purina the Late War. One cold and cloudy night in the early part of the winter of 1862 Bill was on picket ai an outpost near the little Brick Church known to comrades of the Army of the Potomac as Iiart woods. lie had backed his mare into the edge of a piece of woods, from which he had a view of a large open field to his front; to his right at a short distance was a road leading to Kelley's ford and one to Warrenton. In s the vicinity of these there had been at divers times shots tired at our pickets in the night time by unseen our persons (guerrillas), which cau-e- d pickets to be more vigilant than in the daylight. Not more than half an hour had elapised since the comrade whom Bill had relieved had left and returned to the reserve, some half a mile distant, when Bill's ear caught the sound of stealthy treading upon the dry twigs and dead leaves directly in the rear where lie was posted. It was a common thing in those davs, in that part of the country, for hogs' to be seen running at large in and around the woods, consequently at the first sound of this treading that reached his ears Bill paid little heed, thinking a hog rooting the leaves. Presently the same noise was heard. At this second interruption his mare pricked up her ears and made an uneasy shake of her head, as was her custom when on such duty and any strange noise reached her keen ear. At this uneasiness of his dum companion Bill strock-e- d her silky neck to assure her he was on the alert. Again thenoi-- e hadeeas-- . ed. but Bill had made a knot in his bridle rein and placed it over the pommel of his saddle, examined his carbine near the hammer, put his hand to liis holster to make sure the revolver was in a handy postion, and assuring himself that nil was right as regards fire arms, cautiously peered into the darkness on all sides in hopes that he might discern the intruder of his quietness. Again was heard the mysterous treading sound! Bill pressed the sides, of his mare with his legs, and she instantly wheeled right about and faced the woods. Halt: Who comes there? Bill called aloud. All was as quiet as the tomb. There sat Bill facing the woods, with a deadly aim of his carbin in the direction from which the sounds had come, feeling as though he weighed 2UU pounds (actual w eight 135) and could blow any three out of existence. ruerrillas Once more he heard those steps so lightly crushing the twigs and leaves. dick went the hammer of the carbine. Whir-r-r- ! ! sounded the rush of the unseen bodies. The mare raised herself, and struck at vacant space with her fore feet. Bill felt hi hair standing on end as he grasped the butt of his revolver, and waited the expected attack. The discharge of the carbine had aroused the reserve, and the sound of galloping horses feet and the clanging of sabers against the riders spurs Bill distinctly heard as the reserve patrol drew nearer and nearer to his rescue. He could hear the pickets on his left challenging the horsemen as, they approached their posts. Presently lie heard his nearest comrade inform the sergeant that Bill had been shot or he had lired at some d d cross-road- more intelligence than their vers IV. ,d after a few encouraging re- I , h, you write, An explosion coal mine last week "giisli 0, e death of one hundred and atroi I' That is not an jrk'f on men. ml;.1'. jaragraph, it is simply a r" of news. e n. tant var v Yes, sir. vvhir-r-r- guerrilla. He had faced the mare once again toward the open field, and was quietly1 laughing to himself as he stroked the. neck of his faithful companion. Halt! Who comes there? Bill was heard to call forth. Sergeant with picket patrol! was the reply. Dismount, sergeant! Advance and give the countersign! Ties order was obeyed and an explanation made. The patrol was notified to advance, and when Bills comrades came to where the sergeant and Bill were they found them enjoying a hearty laugh over the alarm caused by a flock of quail. Grand Army Re-, view. Fettiboue's Defeat. ! 1 I heir Editor T Such shipshod wont do. Youshould have ,dho sympathy of the whole v w toil rrt; n will bu extended to the families unfortunate men, or some-i,o,i et5- Huat sort. Matter to be of an i s- r- a.e- - ,l:I uature must voice an opinion. Times. I o) k . Be Wanted a Remnant nr (Understand von are offering some Knu fur sale, said an Arkansas J ' 'i urv goods clerk. r "e have 'ome choice rem-t- n we are oilering very , gw'M'h tie ( F ' il- - u r r, 8 . it I" 1,J r i I want a remnant fur mv dog. vuirdog? 1 p'r see, some fellers cut my - oT, an I thought ef yer had a lf a valler bull dog I mout f'" at 'd tit. doodall's Sun. i' an Telejdiones, number of telephones now in v it States is 82.3, o74, while in Ibit.vin there are only 13.000. 0 Iim words tin re are over tvventy-- . hones in the United States for rv (lie in England. There is no in!ry in the front rank of civilization fre teh phonic facilities are so lim-- 1 as in England and Scotland. L'l' ( l.-l- , j j Victory II jIAXAIvMENT. HOW THE PICKET QUAILED. VICIOUS HORSE. Parson Brownlows son John used to tell a good story about the canvass for Congress in a Tennessee district by Maj Pettibone, a very eloquent man, a classical scholar, educated at Michigan University, and with a range and depth of information which proved his defeat. It was said that lie quoted the Latin poets, while his competitor told familiar jokes adapted to the comprehension of the intellectual populace of that region, and thus secured his election. One day during the canvass Taylor and Pettibone were, addressing a crowd of mountaineers. Taylor dealt in jokes and stories suited to the comprehension of the crowd, and kept them in a roar of laughter. Petti-bon- o followed in his learned and solemn style, saying that he should not attempt to exeite the, visibles of the intelligent crowd. Wlmts that he said? asked a mountaineer of Ilrovvnlow, bunching him in the ribs. lie said lie should not attempt to excite y our risiblcs, replied Brovvnlovv. Excite my risibles! exclaimed the what does he mean by mountaineer; nut-ov- er u.-u-al that. Why, he means he won't make you laugh, replied Brovvnlovv. Then why didn't he say so? I can't vote for no s'lcli! And he didn't, and a good many others didnt, and Pettibone was defeated in a district that in the election previous had gone 1,500 Republican. Ren: Verity loore in Boston Budget. . The Advantages of Planting a Few Fruit Trees, Pushes, and Vines Every Year. i ! anil Cows Selecting Unprofitable Steep with a View to Fattening Tli to Kill. j ea-te- rn con-tant- us lv 1 iron-clad- -. la-- sun-scald- s, s e rea-onab- lv fi Plant Larly and Often. We read of apple and pear trees in France and England that have been producing crops of fruit during two centuries, and are still healthy and vigorous. In New England trees that produced apples that were eaten by soldiers in the Revolutionary war are .still howbearing. Fruit trees in the west, ever, die early, like the persons the to the gods love. The only exceptions of kinds certain hardy general rule are pear and peach trees that were planted Michigan and by the French in southern Illinois. Great hardiness of stock, very favorable locations, or both, insured them a degree of health and a length of life not attained by the trees planted bv the English settlers. causes, some known and some unknown, have resulted in making nearly all our fruit trees liable to many disI'getable eases and to early death. diseases multiply as the county becomes old. Insect pests increase with every generation. The seasons, apparently, are becoming more unfavorable to t lie growth of fruit tre-- and to the production of fruit. The trees pronounced hardy by the horticulturist-- , in one decade arc iouu to be very lender and unreliable in the next. A dozen kinds of pear and apple trees once numin norbered among the thern Illinois have reicntly been stricken from the lists of fruits suitable, to t three this latitude. During the years more apple, pear, and cherry trees have died in this part of the state than during any ten years in its previous history. As a rule the trees grow very rapidly when young, and, if they are not killed by the frost, mice, rabbits, or destructive insects, conn; into bearing early, and for a few years produce very good crops. Before they become stately trees, such as one sees in other parts of the world, they exhibit signs of decay, and are soon numbered among the dy ing ami dead. An orchard in most parts of the west can not be depended on to produce fruit during the life of the planter. We do not plant pears for heirs as poor Richard advised people to do. Neither do we set out npnle trees with the exwill pectation that our grandchildren gather fruit from them. Jlu-- t of our cherry trees die of old age in lilteen years from the time they are planted out. As to our peach, plum, and quince trees they generally fail to survive the diseases common 4o infancy. The early settlers of the eastern states set out fruit trees as they erected farm buildings, dug wells anil cellars, in the expectation that they would remain and be of service for more than one generation. They classed them all under the general head of permanent improvements, and such they generally proved to be. Men moving from the east to the west followed the example of their ancestors in respect to the planting of fruit trees. They delayed setting out orchards till they had their farms quite well improved. Then they planted, generally during a single spring, as many apple, pear, and cherry-treeas they thought would be necessary to supply them with fruit during their lives anil the lives of their children. If they reached the age allotted to the Hebrew prophet they generally witnessed the death of all the trees they planted. In some cases they nursed sickly trees in order to protect their existence, but they found at last that no amount of care could save them. Observation and experience show that it rarely pays to try to save the life of a diseased or mutilated fruit tree. If it lives it will be only a cumberer of the It will occupy space that can ground. be devoted to more useful purposes. If a tree becomes diseased it is generally worth more for fuel or pea sticks than for anything else. The time spent in nursing or performing surgical operations will be thrown away. The wisest way seems to bo to plant a few fruit trees on commencing to improve a place, and to continue to plant a few more every year. We may hope that they will live long and be productive for several generations, but we may naturally expect that they will not reach an advanced age or produce many crops. If a hundred apple, pear, or cherry trees be planted during the same year they will all be likely to come into bearing at about t lie same and time, and to exhibit signs of dentil a few years afterward. By planting from ten to twenty trees each year, some will be producing fruit while others are coming into the condition for bearing, while, still others will be giving evidence that they are ready to the wood pih. By adopting the plan of setting one row of trees in an orchrrd eaeli year, and by commencing to set them on t he Dside exposed to trees fir.t the prevailing wind, protecplanted will u fiord tion to those that have recently been set out. There are other advantages in planting a few fru t trees every year instead of an entire orchard at the same time. What are considered the most most exhardy, most productive, arid cellent varieties this year will not be so considered ten years from now. New Varieties of fruit are constantly being ari-o- produced, and the K- -t that are planted tlii spring may lint be the best even when they produce theirlirt crop. By that time we may liojie that some varieties of pear and apple may be produced more liardy and productive than :mv we have at present. Mill, if all the land a fai m r desires to devote to orchard purposes bo occupied by fruit trees he will hesitate alout setting out anv more. He w ill continue to use in-rior fruit while his neighbors are enjoying some that is vastly superior. As with large fruits, so with small fruits, the best plan is to plant early and often. t'urrant, gooseberry, blackberry, and raspberry bushes produce the finest fruit and generally the largest crops w hen they are comparatively younir.- The old wood is likely to become diseased ami subject to decay. It is often punctured by borers and becomes so brittle that the stalks and branches are broken by the wind, an accumulation of ice, or the w eight of fruit. New wood, however, is strong, and not likely to be broken by any of these causes. After any of these biish-- i es are three years old they will alibid cuttings or rooted slips, and the best of them should be taken off ami planted each year. As one row is declining in productiveness another will be in its prime, and a third approaching the condition of bearing. The method of all these bushes is propagating The time very easy and simple. requited to set out a new row each spring is very small. The work can be done during days when it is too wet to attend to ordinary field operations or when the teams are resting and eating. It does not take long to remove twenty cuttings and place them in the ground so tliat they will throw out roots. The second year they will contain.several stalks, and the third they w ill produce some fruit Unit will be of excellent quality. It is easy to cultivate the ground between young berry bushes, but more difficult to do the work after they' become old. The same rule applies to strawberries as to berry bushes. A few choice plants should be raised each year. They should be. transplanted in the fall or early the next spring, be kept free from blossoms and runners, and cultivated with a view of raising superior fruit the following season. Fifty strong plants will produce all the strawberries an ordinary family will consume. - ; Selecting lor slaughter. Farmers who keep sheep would do well at shearing time to pass judgment on the value of each one as the fleece is removed. If the fleece is light in weight and poor in quality the probability is that tlie sheep from which it was taken is not worth keeping. It is not a good animal to breed from, as like produces like, and there is no prospect that it will produce more or better wool in tlie future. It is not a good sheep for wool, and the only chance to make money out of the animal is in preparing its flesh for food. It will behest to mark it to distinguish it from the sheep that produce wool enough to pay for the food they eat and tlie trouble they make, and to place it where it will become fat as soon as possible. A farmer who keeps a hundred sheep can select enough at shearing time to supply his family with fresh meat (luring the summer and fall without greatly lessening the value of his flock for producing wool. If one fleece in every tun is very poor in quality it will bring down tlie value of the others when the entire is offered for sale. should endeavor to Every improve, year by year, the quality of their wool, and shearing time affords the best opportunity to select the animals that make a poor return for their keep. By putting them into a good pasture and feeding them some grain they can he fattened in a few weeks at a very small expense. Tlie butchers in small towns generally have trouble to line! mutton to supplv their customers, and are prepared to buy fat sheep of farmers who live near them. Withers can be made fat by the 1st of July, but ewes that have lambs must be kept till later in tlie season. As the weight and quality of the wool obtained at the annual shearing should decide whether it is profitable to continue to keep certain sheep in a flock, so the amount and richness of the milk given by cows during several weeks should determine whether they are profitable to keep in a dairy herd. A can not afford to keep a cow that only furnishes a small amount of poor milk during a few months of the year. Neither will he find profit in keeping one that is a hard milker, one that is inclined to kick on very slight provocation, or one whose milking period is quite short. Cows whose record is lmd in either of those respects are not worthy a place in a dairy herd, nor are they desirable as breeders of dairy stock. They should be used for ; filling the beef barrel and not the pail. The sooner they an; converted into Beef the smaller will be the loss to their owners. The value of a eovv as a milker can generally be determined during tlie summer alter she drops her first calf. She will probably give more milk the second season than tlie first, but if her milking record is v rv poor the first year it quite certain that it will never be very good in any subsequent year. It is bet to d'vido within three months after a cow has dropped her first calf whether she will be profitable for a member of a dairy herd. An intelligent opinion can be formed by accurately weighing or measuring her milk, by seeing bow much cream it produces, and bv comparing them with the milk or cream furnished by superior cows. A cow that tills the milk pail twice a day during eight months of the sheep-keep- er milk-produc- milk-ins- -, er vear consumes hardly any more food than one that only half tills it during a much shorter period. !she requires no more room in the stable, and quite likely requires no more of the time of the man who milks Chicago Times. lu-r- . HOUSEHOLD HINTS. It is now claimed that whole cloves are better protection against moths than either tobacco, camphor or cedar sha ings. Hard cider vinegar may be made by adding one part of water to two parts of cider and allowing it to stand for a few days. To cleanse tumblers in which milk has been they should be first washed in cold water and then rinsed in hot water. Spots of grease may generally be remix ed from colored silks by the application of raw starch, made into a paste with water. Silks and satins should never be brushed across the width, as so doing causes them to fray out, and spoils tlini for remaking. Dii't is best remoied from silk by the use of a soft flannel; from velvet it should be removed by a brush .specially made for the purpose. Oil cloth shoul never be cleaned vvitli or with a brush: it should be w iped itli a clean cl"tl wrung out of milk and water. If shoos become wet and consequentoil rubbed on ly still, a little them at nitdit will render them comfortable to wt ar by morning. One of the be-- t ilrhiks for summer s tlie weather is buttermilk; it craving for acids and gives the stomach some nutritious choosy matt' r to digest. A delicious and easy way to flavor a cake that is to be iced is to grate part of over the peel of an orange or lent the cake before pulling tlie icing on. To remove oil that has been spilled on i arpets or woolen goods, dry buckwheat should be freely apply ed and frequently (hanged. No attempt shoul be made to wash out such spots or to treat them with any liquid. A strip of old black broadeloih. four or five inches wide, roil 'd up tightly and sewed to he p t lie roll in place, is b than a sponge or cloth foreleansing d cloth s. Whatblack and ever lint coins from it in rubbing is bla-and does not show. Tlie most advanced physicians new combat the idea that it is unhealthy to eat just before retiring fur the. night. Of course a hearty meai is not advisable, but just enough light and wholesome iood to give the stomach something to do will aid in producing sleep and sound rest. Dried herring makes an excellent relish. Split, skin and hoii, cover vvitli cream, and heat through in the oven, llaee each one on a strip of buttered toast, thicken the cream with Hour, season well, pour it over the fish, an give eaeli a dash of lemon, and send it to tlie table hot. To wash lace with safety it should be wound round a bottle or sewn on muslin and boiled in soft w ater, vvitli white eastile soap, then rinsed in soft water. Rice water or a thin solution of gum nrabic may be used to stiffen it. If pressed between pieces of flannel the flattening of the lace will be avoided. In Dgiving anv one sick a drink of water when the draught should be limited, hand him a small glassful. This will satisfy his thirst, be it ever so little. It is a mistake to oiler a goblet of water in such a ease, and direct how many swallows must be taken. The patient will not be satisiied nor his thirst quenched. Chicken Soup To a chicken, or any equal quantity of fresh meat, add one gallon of water, an onion, a slice of bacon, one tablespoonful of flour, a teaspoonful of pepper, a tcapuonful of salt and a bunch of thyme or parsley. Beat up in a tureen the yolks of two eggs, with a cupful of milk and a small lump of butter. Four the soup, when done, in the tureen on this boiling hot. The fashionable parlor is not crowded with an endle-- s number of ornaments; of course there are costly works of vertu, but not a reckless profusion, as was seen only a few seasons ago. There must be manifested a pleasing harmony in all this home splendor. Fashion requires that the carpets, upholstery and curtains, even the dainty decorations, have the same colors, same class of designs. Much unnecessary suffering is caused by allowing the skin of a sick person to become so tender by constant lying in bed that at length it breaks or is literally worn through. If there is tlie least redness, or i veil before that, if there is fear that tlie skin may be tender, touch the plac-- witn the white of an egg beaten to a still" froth, in which of spirits of is mixed two n-- ed I vv ca-t- or sati-lie- L 't-t- er dark-colore- k. 1 wine. Worth of a Newspaper. There is great rejoicing among the peonle when the price of a gi:it paper is reduced from live to four, from four to three, and from three to two cents, or freni two to one cent, and there is no doubt imm who would like the price cent. I never f to go down to rejoice at such a time, b 'cause it means penury, domestic privation, starvation! No newspaper in the land can afford to be published for less than five cents a sheet. Rev. Dr. Talmage. one-hal- |