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“ Clara, my dear}? he said, in a. loud whisper. “ I am sincerely and heartily glad to hear it, for though he is not all I could wish for your husband, still at your age, my love, it in time to get settled. and any husband is better than none. You were quite right to take him." “ For yum. too dearly loved or warmly sought, Infubles winter-n51 strength of thought ; And the weak soul within itself nnblest, Luau for I.“ 1:10er on another} brout." Others called, though Mrs. Montgomery did not, and Clara fancied that these ladies were not so friendly as formerly, that their eyes were rather prying then kind, and their msnner a little odd and constrained. Mrs. Jeokeon said : “ I'm sure I hope you'll be heppyhdear Clare," as if she thought she wouldn't, end Mrs. Brown did nothing but sigh end shake her head, when ’ she paid a visit. Briggs we: constantly tart and ungra- eious to her young mistress, and wore a cloud of injury on her face. It seemed to Clara as if everyone had changed towards her. except Sally and her cousin Jack, who beamed in emiks nnd good nature as of old, whose round faces warmed her heart by their sympathy and approval. like the shining of the sun and the moon. She saw Mr. Fever- shem every day for a little while, and Jack also came very often, and having so many other visitors. the first week of her engage- ment passed rapidly, but not happily. She was nervous and by no means sure that she was doing right. The church service on Sunday morning calmed her a. little, but the instant it was over, Mr. Jackson upset her equenimity by the earnestness of his eon- gretulations. "U: course, contradiction 18 the worst thing in the world," said the lower. “ Now it you will write. I will dictate: ‘My dearest Clara: It in with extreme pain that I read your letter this morning. I know you think me a coarse old womanâ€"’ ” iiQfiiufiBi'efi “I Euppgse I did that the other day when I took her' In hand, for the next thing I heard was this engageme’nt." “ 0h ! thnt is what you think of me,” in- terrupted Mr. Montgomery. bending her brawl {higher ominously. “ Of course. of course. that's your way of putting it; it means the same thing,"assented the man of law, " where did we leave oft? Oh! admitâ€"‘but you have known him a very short time. dearest Clara, and I think you ought not to bear malice against your poor old aunt for one hasty word, or deny the only request she ever made and that for your own good. I do not want the flower of our family to throw herself away. and I askâ€"I beg that you will make the engagement 5 long one. and know more of Mr. Feversham before you marry him. From your loving old aunt, SARAH MONTGOMERY.’" '“ I think that will do,” said Mr. Martineau thoughtfully, not without secret amusement at the bad spelling. “ Let me seeâ€"we have his grandfather here in the peerageâ€"suppose you write and state that he is about to make a low marriage; he being of the nobility would probably regard it in that light. There is a person of the same name and familyâ€"a cousin or unele probablyâ€"holds s Govern- ment appointment at Ottawa. you might write to him asking about Mr. Fevershem’s charac- ter. It might elicit something." “ I will." said Mrs. Montgomery. Jack brought this wily note to Clara the (allowing morning, and it greatly troubled and puzzled her. It was like and yet unlike her aunt. and the feet that a week passed,and yet the old lady kept away instead of fussing and advising as of old added weight to the “ Well, I should think if the worst comes to the wont, Mr. Feversham would not be a hard man to deal with. I was agent for Mu!- rooney and sold him his farm, and of course naked rather more than it was worth, expect- ing to be beaten down and chaflered with, but :he just said, ‘I’ll take it,’ and paid the money cheerfully. Still, it’s a pity for Mr. J aek’ to lose his cousin : better wr te to her I think then see her. I think that penis a good one. Now, if you will write, I will dictate, and 1 think we shall succeed in delaying the mar- riage. My dearest glareâ€"71’ " But I don't suppose Miss Clara. hates it. and Mr. Feversham will not sample to use much stronger expressions of sfl'ection. I have heard her father call her ‘ my pet,’ and ‘ my love,’ and I should suppose she has al- ways been treated with great deference and afleetion. The young lsdy has everything in her own hands and is absolutely free to marry whom she pleases. To bully would be simply to help Mr. Feversham to 9 wife." “ Not for one moment. my dear madam; but that ie,what Miss Clare will think after who: you have said to herâ€"we lose timeâ€" pray go on. ‘I know you will think me 9. course old woman after what I said to you and I am sory I said. it because it gave you pein. ('I'm not sorry for that reeson’)" said the writer puentinheaie, “ but believe me, dear Glam, I have your interest at heart. and know more of the world than you do, and it I thought Mr. Feversham laved you and was worthy of you, I should be heartily glad of the gngngegent.’ " “ I shouldn‘t," protested Mrs. Montgomery. “1 begrudge him the money and the land; it hen _n_o blames; to so out of_ the lgmily." “ Mr. Feversham‘is graceful and vei'y gen- tlemggly, I a4mi_t,’_'_ proceeded tlgg lawyer. '7 Aheml" was his thoughtful comment, “ do you know anything against this young man’s moral character ?” " No, I’m sorry to say I do not." " Ah! well, that’s a pity truly, so much can be made of a little indieeretion, especially in a love affair. All we can do is to delaythe marriage till you do. These young sprigs of nobility are generally wild and often sent to Canada because the people at home don’t know {what to do with them. It’s very rash in Miss Clara to marry an absolute stranger. The land would be worth fifty pounds a year perhaps 2" “ Sixty, and cheap at that,” said Mrs. Mont- gomery. ‘rDeareEI, indeed! I hate paluver," laid Mu. Montgomery, pen in hand. " Why, he isn’f," humid Mrs. Montgomery, “ he'§_a hateful young cockseqmb.” “ That’s a pretty joke, indeed," exclaimed Jack indignantly. “ She’s old enough to be my grandmother. What next, I wonder ? If Feverehem likes to marry her. that‘s another thing. and if I thought he’d make the dear old girl happy I should be positively glad about it, for why shouldn’t she have a. hue- bend as well as another? But meâ€"I hope you’re not going wrong in your head, moth- er.” “Don’t mock me,” exclaimmd H124. may, in a high state of fin er and vrzcibcmoufl, " are you so foolish. 50 last in your own intererfi, as not to see how this will affect your fortune? She might have been your wife, if you had naked her instead of this shilly-shallying 9.11 this time." “ I don 't care whether he does. or he doesn’t. I think it’s imposing upon Clara’s generosity to take it without rent this year, and I told her so. I believe Ihe did it to keep you in a good temper. because she’s afraid of putting your back up. I wonder she ever had the pluck to accept Fevershem or any man in the face of you and Briggs, and knowing how you’d be down upon her for it. She must have cared a g'ood deal for him, to risk it, or perhaps she forgot you for the time.” ' Mrs. Montgomery had never been so angry with her son as she was now, and I should be sorry to repeat all she said to him before the interview ended; but when it was over she acted as she invariably did when bent on sue. oess in any undertaking, she consulted her lawyer. He listened to her story with great attention, and no one could relate a fact with greater precision and olearness than this good lady when it was to her interest to do so. done no harm ; though, to be sure, old Pepy’s used the word,“ 9. term of endearment.” " You’re a fool, Jack,” said his mother nevemly, “a natural born. Do you suppose Mr. Fover sham will let you have that farm nextjgu withoutfeqt, as ypu havq this ?” [CONTINUED mom mum: mam] CHAPTER IX. â€"Go V him: . “ Why auuty how did you get here ?”asked Clara, as the flush died on her cheek, “ it’s very late to pay a visitâ€"nothing is wrong I hopeâ€" 2” ‘7 I hue been to Hamilton on business and leeing a light I came in. I think it’s very late for you young people to be up. You ought Mrs. Montgomery was not afraid to trust herself, and as she drove up to the house at ten at night. congratulated herself that Clara was yet up. as there was a light in the parlor, and her nieee‘s fingers were making sweet music which floated out into the sultry air. The hall door stood wide open and she marched in without knocking, and thereby came upon one of the prettiest but most nn- desirable of tableaux vivant. Clara playing. and Mr. Feversham With a fan in his hand leaning over her and turning the leaves,while at the same time he kept the mosquitos from the fair performer. Clara started at the sight of the burly little lady and exclaimed, " Oh I. Aunt l” and Mr. Feversham having risen to his full height and made use of his eye- -glass, bowed languidly, and drawled forth “ It’s very waâ€"aâ€"am "- then he handed the new- comer a chair and gave her a fan and re- sumed his operation of gently fanning Clara, as she sat on the music stool. "You must excuse me for speaking so plainly, but for a sensible woman you have acted very foolishly in giving that letter to your neice, if she shows it to Mr. Feversham and asks an explanation, it is all over with us. You should have consulted me first, and I would have recommended a mysterious hint to Miss Clara that there was something mor» ally wrong with her lover and left it to work, and than have written your plain dislike oi the match to the elder Feversham. who clear- ly objects to it, and awaited his arrival. We shall soon know it she has. shown the letter to her lever, for if she has, he will surely try to hurry on the match and be married at once. All our :hesds together might has fashioned something to puts stop to it, but for this ; however, we must hope for the best. Get the letter back to-night as you go home, and if she has not told Mr. Feversham, try and get a promise irom her not to do so. It will spoil all if you are rude or dilatorial in mak- ing the request, Mrs. Montgomery. If you are afraid to trust yourself send Mr. Jack.” Dina MADAM: I received your letter, and am much obliged for acquainting me with my nephew's conduct. He is not free to make an engagement or marry in Canada.as his family have entirely other views for him. I shall be in Glanford in a. fortnight, if possible ; till then, with many thanks for your information, I am, dear madam. yours very truly, Gnosun Fnuoxs Auansrus Favsnsmm. Our young gentleman shrugged his shoulder. and taking out his pencil endorsed his uncle’s note with the slang cabalist letters U. B. D., muttering I'not free to marry in Canadaâ€"we'll see," then he opened the letter which came from the post. It was written in the same hand but hastily and badly, as if the writer did not wish his nephew to under- stand more than half. Dun JACK: I think 0! coming to see you shortly, for a. day or so, can you give me a shake down in bachelor's hall ‘2” (Here fola lowed a line so blurred andindistinot that not a. word was legible.) “ Letter {tom your mother â€"hunting expeditionâ€"have your gun in order â€"â€"good bye, dear fellow,” was all he could make out. “ I hope I shall have better company than yours, old boy." was the comment on this letter as he tossed it into the empty fire place, and picked up his hat, determined at once to answer Clara‘s note in person. While he was walking down the hill, Mrs. Montgomery was consulting with her lawyer in Hamllton, and this is what Mr. Martineau was saying to her: The next morning as Mr. Fevershem sat on the balcony. enjoying a cigar and listen- ing to the click of the maeon's hammers, for they were busy adding wings. to the mansion of the late Mulrooney, while two carpenters were engaged on the inside of the houseâ€" some letters of importance were brought to him. One came from the Village post office in the pocket of his servant Billy. the other was brought by Sally Briggs. It was from Miss Montgomery-thus it ran. DEAR Mn. FEVEBSEAM : “I feel very much troubled by the enclosed letter which my aunt received this morning; will you please to explain it; and forgive me for saying that I cannot help feeling that if you marry me, you Will, I fear, be disappointed in me. and be sorry some day for what you have done. Though you are now foolishly fond of me, I know, you will perhaps see with clearer eyes byend-bye and regret it. You belong to a noble family, and I could not bear to lead you into an undesirable con- nection, and for life. I don’t think I an: in love with you. but I have grown far too fond of you ever to be happy if I thought I did you an injustice. It would be a dreadful thing to take such a step and regret it afterwards, as thousands do.I am told. Dear Mr. Feversham, you must be reasonable for once, and make up your mind I am not much of a loss, and break off the engagement, for, indeed, it does not stop peoples’ mouths, as you thought, and only makes me more undecided and miserable. Will you come down for a few minutes to- night, and comfort me by saying it is all at an‘ end between us, for I am sure we would both be happier if we broke off an engagement, which all our friends disapprove. I am, dear sir, Mr. Feversham put the note to his lips by way of comment, and opened the letter en- closed in the same envelope, which was ad- dressed to Mrs. Montgomery. He recognized the baud writing. and his eyes widenedrather wit_h surprise than pleasure as he read: He went, and the days passed slowly with Clara; if last week had rushed by unpleas- antly, this week crawled along with slow. un- happy tread. each hour a dull mimic of its fellow. She thought it odd that Mr. Fever- sham did not break his word and write; there are promises better broken than kept; she missed him, no doubt of that. even lelt a little nervous sometimes lest something should have happened him ; but was this love? She asked herself the question‘fitty times a day ? Morning come but no Feversham. Glare grew extremely restless. what had become of the boy ? The week had passed and he had not returned, it was very neglectlul and wrong of him after such monstrous prolessions of love she was saying to herself, when Sally entered bearing a beautiful monthly rose in full blossom, a rose of the purest white, “ and I don’t think less of it Miss,” said Sally with a broad grin, " because it’s hia‘n. Billy brought it and Mr. Fevershsm will be down in an hour, if it’s agreeable, and hopes you're well." 7 Mr. Feversham felt a. little chilled by tho “ compliments," but he could not mistake her face of welcome, and asked eagerly “ well. did you miss meâ€"did you once think of meâ€"are vou sorrv to have me back." “ Sometimes I thought of youâ€"I think I like you {1â€"- a. very little bit," and she did not rebuke him for holding her hand so long, and if he had kissed her blooming cheek she would have forgiven him ; but be restrained himself, and did not take that liberty for fear of giving offense. “ Mr. Feversham.” said Clam, on Monday mommg, “ win yau go to Hamilton for aweek to plume we, and not even write to me while you are away ?" “ No, indeed, but i want to understand my own heart; I want to see if I shall miss you; I am so fearfully afraid thatI am doing wrong in this engagement, andâ€"and I am sure all my friends think so, to judge by their be- havior. If you go away, I shall have time to think. I will be ‘ not at home ’ to everyone that comes, and just live quietly and see if I can live without you; see if you fill my thoughts_, or if I forget you.” “ D095 1:. "please you to banish me ‘2” was the answer, “ have I been so unhappy as to 011qu 3'9“ 1’" _ . " My dear, you are cruel to mail youdo not let me write, doubly cruel.” “ Not a word, not a line, sir; it's only a week, remember.” “ I am very well," said Clara. hiding a. brilliant blush among the white roses, ” and shall be glad to see him, tell Billy, with my compliments and thanks for the rose." Yours very sincerely, O. M.” -â€"â€"Tho Atlanta. cotton fair, in October, will draw, it in estimated, 50,000 strangers to that town. Almost Entire Destruction of Bees. This winter has been most disastrous to bees in the neighborhood of Binbrook, as in most others. Winter closed in exceptionally early. irost coming on during the first part of November, and since then the bees have been confined to the hives, there being little sun and no warm weather. A good fly occasion- ally through the winter is indispensable to the health of bees ; and since they have been deprived of this, most of them have become diseased, or in other ways damaged. On! 1preminent bee keeper in the township, who ‘ began the winter with fifty skips, sets the death rate at from sixty to eighty per cent. ‘Another keeper out of twenty good, thrifty hives, has at present only eight. all of which .may not survive the present month. Those that have succumbed to the weather have not :died of starvation, as most of them have left sufl‘ieisnt honey to last a healthy skip until the honey season sets in again. Reports of} the annihilation of bees in the Western States‘ were read here with incredulity until some of those who had bees began to examine their skips, when it was found as stated that most were diseased beyond remedy. It is expected that bees and their produce Will command a higher price during the ensuing season than has been known for some time. Those who have bees at present {or sale are advised to retain them, as the prices will inevitably rise as the season advances. 5. Organization and outbreak of the revo- lution. The people being oppressed and the Government yet too strong, the party must take upon itself the initiative of the revolu- tionary outbreak. When and how can. of course, not he published. 2. Destructive and terroristio action. Our terroristie action consists in the destruction of the most pernicious agents of the government, of spies. agents of the third section, etc. The purpose of these violent acts is to rob the Government of the Czar of its prestige in the eyes of the people, to show the latter the pos. sibility of a. struggle with the Government, and to foment thus the revolutionary spirit in the ranks of the people. 3. Organization of secret societies. 4. Secret agencies in the ministries, in the army, in society, and so forth. have been in- stituted in all parts of the empire. New agen- cies are yet to be opened. 1. Propaganda and agitation. Our props: ganda purposes to diffuse among all classes of our people the idea of a democratic political revolution as the only means for attaining a better social condition. 2. A full local self-government of all prov- inces, districts and townships. 3 The village commune an independent, economical and administrative unity. 4. The land to be declared State property. 5. A system of measures aiming at the transmission of 2.11 factories and workshops to cooperative asseciations of workingmen. ll “1“ 6: Full liberty of conscience, otqsfiégéh, of the press, of afzsociations a_n_d megtinga. 7. Universal suffrage, without. limitation as to class_ o_r property. 8. Abolition of the standing army, and the institution of a national militia. E.â€"In View of the above stated principle- our action comprehends: 8. It is, therefore, our intention to take the State power from the hands of the present Government and confer it on a national as- sembly, which is to decide as to the future constitution of our country. D.-â€"â€"T‘heretore we demand : 1. A regular representative Assembly elected by universal suffrage. . A. We are Socialists and champions of the people. We hold that Socialism alone can insure to humanity the blessings of liberty, equality and fraternity. We hold that the will of the people can alone sanction and achieve the social reforms we contemplate. No idea or social institution can prosper if it is imposed on the people: ' B. In this paragraph the misery and suffer- ings of the Russian woxking class. resulting from exorbitant taxation and arbitrary admin- istration, are pxposed. ] G.â€"-1 We hold, therefore the overthrow of the present government to be our first and foremost duty. By this revolution our 118.- tion shell attainâ€"1, the faculiy of an inde- pendent development of all its forces, accord- ing to its own will and custom ; the possi- bility of thefurther growth of the Socialistie institutione,fmming a part of our national life, such as the and (workmen associations), the abstchiml (land commune), etc. 2. We hold that the will of the people may be clearly expressed in a national assembly. elected by universal suffrage. which, though not by any means an ideal form of expression, is nevertheless the only one possible under the present circumstances. What the Russian Socialists Believe and Demand. The “ Executive Committee of St. Peters- burg ” has published in the Naradnaya Vela a code of the Nihilistspf which the following is 9‘ 9°91: “ Excuse the Bother, air, but we did think it best to marry, and I’m sure we’re quite obliged to you in addition.”â€"Detroit Free Press. About two months ago a. young woman en- tered an office in Justice Alley and took aseat without speaking to any one, and it was only after two long hours had dragged away that his Honor inquired what he could do for her. “ Where is he ‘3 ” “ I don‘ t know. He agreed to be here long ago, but I shan‘t wait any longer. We‘ll come in _some_ time during the week. ” “ I came here to get married." was her prompt reply. “ To whom ?” “ To the fellow wha has been waiting on In about ten days she appeared with a white haired William on her arm and said they were ready to be married, but just then a. fire alarm was turned in and away went the lover at the top of his pace to see the fun. As he did not return in the course of an hour the girl said she guessed they’d postpone the mar- riage to another day. on the fourth day after, the pair once more entered the office but a. law suit was in progress. They set to- gether, hands clasped and eyes full of love. while the lawyers abused each other. but after the case had hung out until dusk they got dis- couraged and went out, the girl saying to his Honor : “ Never mindâ€"some other day will do as well.” “ But won’t you get discouraged?” ” Oh, no. We simply thought we’d get married, but there is no cause for any rush about it.” " If you haven' tgot anything to do Just now you may marry us, and I’ll get back to my sweeping and dusting. ” “ William, I’ll pay the fee, and you can hand it to me sometime during the month," as she took out a. wallet. “ All right, Mary. I'll be over and see yen the last of the week." “ Very wellâ€"go ’long, William.” She paid the fee, waited for a certificatemud went out with the remark: to be in bed,” said shis virtuous person severe- ly though she herself could play whisk till four in the morning at any season of the year. “ Bed 1” repented Mr. Feversham in 1a):- guid amazement, as if he had never heard of such an inetitation, and lifhing his eyeglass with a click, he once more surveyed Mrs. Montgomery, a proceeding which made Clam very nervous. Three days elapsed. and his Honor But look- ing into the bowl of his pipe when the pair opened the door, walked in andremovéd their hats, and the woman said : Tlfe céremony wasvspeedily begun and con- cluded, and the bride turned to resume her hat and shawl with the remark: LOVE WITHOI'J'T NONSENSE THE HONEY MAKERS THE NIHI LISTS’ ORE-ED. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Brothei‘ Gardnel w‘ait-ed Half a minute to hear if anyone favorcd the resolution, and then said. “ Brudder Shin. you ama good man behind a buck-saw, an’ you kin handle a whitewash brush wid grace an' strategy, an’ it makes me sorry to see you bit off more dan you can ehaw, when it comes to regulatin’ the weather. How do you know what dis kentry needs? In do Samuel Shin had for some time been mov~ ing about in an uneasy manner, and as soon as the Pxesident sat down he jumped up and presgnted the following xesolutxou: _ “ Resqlned. Dat de iresenn grew. wad of disikergtry gm 9.11 early prfing.” Very respectfully youia, ELIHU WALLACE WEREDONE, Secretary to Committee on Renovation. Dul- cification and the Broomatic Arts. “ Yes, dar am a gulf atwixt de Legistachu’ an’vdis club," explained Brother Gardner. “Dis club published its want 0’ confidence m dat body, an’ I understan’ dat dat body am on de point of repudiatin’ dis club. Maybe we has bin too fast. May be good an’ sufficient oxplanashuna kin hey giben if axed fur. shall derfore pint Wuydown Bebee, Givedam Jones an’ Harmony Coolback a committee of three to purceed to Lansing an’ meet and con- fer wid a. committee to be pinted by do House an’ Senate. Day will report progress at (161 next meetin’ an” we kin take sich ackshun as seems best.” ‘ I have another request to make. - Formerly we had a. fine poet here who signed himself Tim Buktoo. He has Itopped his poems, having heard that the Lime- Kiln Club is down on both poets and poetry. If that is the case I hope you will reconsider your resolution, send it back to the committee of the whole, and recommend that Tim Buktoo’s verses do pus. HALL or REPRESENTATIVES, } LANSING. March 8, 1881. Brother Gardner. President of the Lime-Kiln Club : MR. PRESIDENTâ€"Several persons here, great admirers of your school of philosophy, hoped that. the day would come when their financial pabulum would admit of their joining the Lime-Kiln. We see now agreat gulf between 113â€"3 precipice We cannot deacend~n hight we cannot scale, to unite with your academic institution. Having repudiated the Legislature and re- solved to dissociate the Lime-Kiln Club from it, certainly you cannot expect us, who are, ex officio, members of the Legislature, to mill- into with the Lime-Kiln Club. Philosophers keep the run of phiosophers, and no doubt you know all about Socrates, who philoso- phiaed in the groves of Athens as you do in Paradise Hall. I hope that history will not record that you were afflicted as Socrates was by his wife Xanthippe, and that while hewas 9. big man in'the philosophy club that he run he was rather small potatoes at home and oftentimes hid under the bed. Do you believe that if Socrates had refuted the Areopagus of Athens as you have cast refu- tations at the Legislature that he could have luxuriated as he did in the respect of wise men. No sir; wisdom is congenial. and if there is a chasm between the Lime-Kiln Club and the Legislature wisdom must be lack- ing either in Paradise Hall or in the State House On motion of Trustee Fullback the resigna- tion was accepted.‘and the following resolu- tion was passed_by a. pnan‘imousuyote : “ Resolved-Dajt dis club will support its President in doin’ so some more.” HAY IE HAPPY 1m. While the Secretary was reading the follow- ing lener there was scarcely a full breath drawn in the hall 2 " Dar am an explanashun an’ I kin soon deliber itz,’ replied the President. “ De odder day as I war gwine up Injiany street an” past de cabin occupied by de Kernel, I heard whoops an’ hoots an’ yells an' hollers, an’ in- Vestigated to find de said Kernel pourin’ ice- wat-er do n his wife’s back kase she had broken 9 handle off (19 spider. I kinder hinted to him to hold on. Im’ he, kinder hinted to me dat it war 'none 0’ my funeral, 311’ de nex’ thing I remember was seein’ him seilin’ frew a. picket fence wid a. fur-away look in his eyes. I a’pect dab when he cum to an‘ thought it all ober he made up his mind dat I was a. dreflul mean man, an‘ be darfore sends in his resignashun. What shall be did wid it ?” HE BESIGNED. The Secretary announced the resignation of Col. Brudawl Chase, and asked what action the club would take in the matter. Pickles Smith expressed great surprise and asked for an explanation, this being the first resigna tion ever sent in to the Secretary. W: J enemaâ€"an Tompxmsoiz, Instantaneous Dust and Dirt Exlerminntor. ELECTION. The following named persons passed the ordeal of the \Dean box and are entitled to certificates of membership: Charles Diekens Smxth, Waterloo Hastings, Governor Slugga, Meanwhile J ohnsoufleneral J acksoa Thomas, Colonel Seventeen Frisbee and Judge Parag 3011 Cox. “ De odder Sunday arternoon,” said the old man as he gave a tug at his shirt collar, “1 stopped to look ober a colleckshnn of stufl in a yard on Brush street. Dar was a heap of ole chairs. two ole stoves, two or three lounges, a broken bedstead, two ole mattresses an’ I dosn’ know what else. De stuff spread ober a quarter of an acre of groun, an’ yet de hull pile wasn’t wort fifteen cents. I turned from de yard to (is world aroun’ me an’ I foun’ do same result. Dar am heaps of people, spread ober a vast amount of territory, who am but rubbish to de rest of de world. Dey occupy groun’ dat am wanted for better use. Dey consume time an’ food an’ room wh ch belongs to better men. De man wid his hands in his pockets am rubbish fur good men to stumble ober. Do men who sits on a dry goods box am an ash-heap on life’shighway. De drunk- ard am an alley full of blind ditches. Take do world as you find it an’ one-half de people in it seem to have come along jist to fill up an’ keep de weeds down. We doan' wantany rubbish in dis club. We doan’ want mem. bars to hold do cha’rs down. We doan’ want members simply to fill up wid. Uncle David Cane war’ axin’ me to present his name, an’ I had to smile. He began, life fifty y’srs ago wid a dog an’ a wheelbarrow, an’ he’s neber seen de day (int he had two dogs an' a wheel- barrow. He’s stood an’ stood an’ sot an' sot, an’ he’s had no mo’ to do wid runnin' de world dan a gate post. Trustee Hornback war’ also sayin‘ dat he‘d like to jine to us. You’ve all seen him. He sticks boat hands down in his pockets an’ walks along wid his head down and his back bumped up. He eats an’ sleeps an’ moves about. but he‘s a hitchin’ post. Be keerful whom you recommend, and be twice as keerful whom you wote in. No man who carries his hands in his pockets kin keep pace 'wid de world.” PETITIONS. Among the nineteen petitions read and re ferred was one from three Washington patri- ots, employed as janitors in the Postoflice Department, and one from the Sub-Treasury in New York. Also the following -. Owner: on THE KING or run Bnusn, House or REPRESENTATIVES. Lansing, March 10, 1881. To the Honorable the Members of the Lime Kiln Club of the City of Detroit: Dosirous of receiving from your most illus- trious body some recognition of my remarks ble beauty and ability, 1, Watkins Jehoso- phat Tompkinson, wisp broom agitator and r’resident of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Superannuatcd Spinsters, respect- fully and earnestly make application for hon- orary membership of your club. Having in charge innumerable elderly females. some token of veneration from so august an assem- bly us your own would materially aid me in the great scheme which I desire to consum- mate. With warm regard and best wishes for your success in the noble work you have undertaken, I am, hopefully;_pr_n.yerfully anfladhesively, THE LIME-KILN CLUB. SQUELCUED â€"On the recent occasion of the marriage of Prince William of Prussia. it having been suggeszed to the bride that Of the hymn to be sung in the chapel B. verse should be omitted on account of its reference to evil days, she objected, remarking that she and Prince Wil- liam neither expected nor desired to be always bedded on roses. but were willing to bear Whatever trials might await them. Her com mands were obeyed, and the following verse was sung : “ If a hard lot doth await us, give us strength to bear it, Jesus; grant that »we,, in worst of days, no complaint of burdens mile." i (From the Newbm’yport (Hess) Herald.) Passers by the Junction of Berry and Titcomb streets for many years have often wondered why the lot on the eastern corner has never been improved. There is, among a few of the knowing ones, a romantic explanation which, whether true or not, is implicitly believed by them. They say that over half a century ago a young Herald ofiice apprentice undertook to deliver an address on Brown square near by, and upon an unpopular subject. causing himself to be mobbed by the populace and forbidden to speak by the authorities; and ithat the owner of the lot in question, being ‘ a stubburn advocate of free speech. invited the youth to use his land, and the speech was then delivered ; after which the landowner vowed that the land should never be built on as long as he could help it, and that he managed to entail it down to ourtime,though this entail is understood to be nearly over, there being no such eternal facilities for such work in America as in England. There is some talk of erecting a statue to that young apprentice, and whether the story is strictly true or not, no more fitting spot could be found to set it. His name was William Lloyd Garrison. and his unpopular subject was negro slavery. We saw yesterday at the drug store of W. A. Buwis the skull of a Florida celebrity. Old Joe. a gigantic alligator, which, since 1837. has inhabited an island near the United States Marine Hospital. at the junction of the St. Marks and Wekulla rivers in Wakulls county. This isle. d, which was the home of the mon- ster, has con known as “ Joe‘s Island” for many years. The old fellow, who .has been a target for innumerable harmless shots all his life, at last fell a. victim to the skill of Mr. James L. Oliver, on the 27th day of October, A. D. 1880. When dissected his stomach contained a hog weighing about seventy-five pounds. five large six-by-eight inch chunks of wood, three lime rocks, weighing about three or four pounds each. a brass howitzer loaded, and a chop axe, with a small piece of handle. it being mostly digested. The axe was used by fishermen for cutting the heads of fish ofl, and being missed, it was supposed some one had stolen it. His length was only thirteen ft at. his circumference that of a lard tierco. When first noticed on the Island of Joe he was a. large alligator. 44 years ago. He at times disappeared for months, but when he returned would take up his abode on or near Joe’s Island, his old home.â€"â€"Tallahassee Floridian. ‘ Young widbws are not generally adverse to theater going, neither was Madame D., of Paris, when, the other day, the postman brought her an envelope with two stall ticketsâ€"one for her, the other for her little sonâ€"for the representation of a new and fashionable piece at a well known play house. Upon the paper, stamped with a Count’s coronet, she found the mysterious words: “ Be punctual. My seat is just behind yours.” Was there any one of the visitors of the building more punctual for the opening accords of the overture than she? Not even her generous anonymous had learnt the art of punctuality as well as sheâ€"the seat he- hind her was empty, and remained so. There she sat, waiting for the interesting acquaint- ance she had hoped to meet. Many a time the door of the stall opened, but the seat be- hind her's continued unoccugled fora long, long time. At last Madame D. lost patience, and, considering herself neglected most out- rageously, leit the theater. She drove home directly. andâ€"oh, horrorlâ€"found the door of her dwelling openâ€" her presses and safes forced open and emptied of every object worth carrying 011'. The reporter did so, and found that he would be compelled to pay exactly $535 fora similar repeat. The restauranteur continued: " Now. you figure it up. There is $5.95 for one meal. Well, he has three other table ex- ercises during the day, and one or two ‘ bitea,’ as he calls them. Then he goes to the bar room. and to the 'enqu‘u‘les of his manager and other: as to his health, replies: The proprietor was noticed ruminating in a quiet corner and apparantly speculating as to the advisability of an early assignment for the benefit of his creditors. To a question bythe reporter as to Chang’s wonderful appetite, he replied with an earnest sigh : “ Don’t speak of it; my gracious! I never have had such an experience. When Capt. Bates, Barnum’s giant, was here I was aston. ished to see how little food he required to sustain his immense frame; but this Chinese giant has the stomach of an ostrich and the appetite of a goat. Mind you these dishes are not of the order received by old diners out many of whom have gone through with a much longer list. but they are what we in the business call ‘full portions,’ that is. any one of the dishes eaten by him this evening would satisfy the hunger of an ordinary man. I don’t want any more giants it they are blessed with the appetite of- Chang, Why, I can- tracted to entertain him at the rate of 84 a day! Justoast your eye over the bill of fare and see what I would receive for the same megl from my regular custorners.” The reporter thought Chung would stop there, but the giant politety signified to the attendant that he was waiting for the next article on his written bill. So he had for his entrees Turkey wings, jardinere and chicken coquettes and tomato sauce. Then he at- tacked with gusto roast ribs of beef and half a chicken stuffed, accompanied by fried parsnips, sugar com, and boiled onions. He appeared to weary at this point. and mildly asked for n. small plate of plum pudding, 3 piece of apple pie. and 9. little ice cream. to which he subsequently added a. small cup of cafe noxr. . course of a day you move obor four or five miles of groun’, an’ you go home wid de idea dat you know what de whole world amvsighiu’ arter. When do Lawd gita ready to resign d9 makin' of de wemher inzu de hands of man dis club will present your name an’ vote fur you. but until dat time comes you had better put yer airly spring resolution in yer pocket an’ sot down." A Sun reporter happened to dine at the res taurant several evenings ego, and had Chang for a neighbor. A little natural curiosity led him to note the bill of fare of the giant. First Chang ordered oysters, raw,on the shell ; next. steamed oysters on toast ; then green turtle and printauiere soups, and, after that, fish, including broiled shad. filet de sole, sauce tartare, and broiled salmon with lobster sauce. Brother Shin wilted away like a pansy hit by the breath of an iceberg, and the President continued: .“ We will now go home.‘ We will let natur’ go aheafl wid her rain an’ slush an’ snow or mud, or she kin send us gentle breezes an’ red roses. We am simply dead-headed pas- sengers, an‘ it am not fur us to blow about how do masheen am run. Let (19 lights be put out de stove shot up, an’ allremember dat do m1: stair from de bottom am liable to smash out if you b’ar yer full weight on it.” â€"Dctroz’t Free Press. A Chang, the Big Chinaman, MakincaRes- mutant Keeper Look Blue. A restaurateur of Brooklyn lately had for a guest Chang, the Chinese giant. WHY A LOT WAS NEVER BUILT UPON. “ ‘I don’t feel velly well; lo'st Sppetite.’ ” A PARIS THIEF’S DEVICE. RATHER FLORID FEEDING'A GIANT. Somebody put pepner in Mr. Gmuty a co logne bottle, and when he took a small at it he {102 about. two spoonfuls up his nose, and ithe way he sneezed was a circumstance ‘About the time 116111161 been at it for ten minutes, and was aheddmg tears copiously, and felt sum that he s} ould loosen his hair at the 100:5, anu peIhapa his teeth would come out, :1 friend entered. “ Is anything the matter ?” asked the friend. “ N‘n-a c9. Mchor-ooo 000â€"»110 l” ansvs ered G10uty, and then, when he finally got a little quiet. he* gave the bottle to yhm f1iend and said: “ Smell of this. ” And While the friend was tearing himself all to ‘pieces, Grouty asked: " Is them anything the matter, or are you just doing it to kill time ?" They are tons now. - In a. small church at a village near Bright ten, England, Where the congregatioh could not afiord to pay an organist. they bought a aeltacting organ, a compact instrument, well suited to the purpose, and constructed to play forty different tunes. The sexton had instructions how to set it going and how to stop it, but, unfortunately.he forgot thelatter part of his business, and after singing the first four verses of a. hymn previous to the sermon, the organ could not be stopped, and it continued playing two verses more ; then, just as the clergyman completed the words “ Let us pray,” the organ clicked and started a. fresh tune. The minister set it out natiently lend then renewed his introductory words, :“ Let us pray.” when click went the organ again and started off another tune. The sexton and others continued their exertions to find out the spring. but no one could putve stop to it; so they got four of the stoutestl men in the church to shoulder the perversei instrument, and they carried it down thel center aisle of the church, playing away, into the churchyard, Where it continued clicking and pleynig until the Whole forty tunes were finished. ‘ Talking of conductors and organists being successful. I am reminded of a curious story which reached me the other day all the way from a remote town on the Continent: A young gentleman from Glasgow. at pre sent on a prolonged tour, is in the habit of ofl'ering his services as organist and choirmaster wher- ever he happens to be staying at the time These services are generally acceptid with gratitude, as in some places the.churoh music greatly wanted some such aid. It was almost always possible to raise a fair choir, but in one town. to the surprise and annoyance of our young friend. the chorus consisted entirely of men. Not a single lady putin appearance, and the meal harmony was thus incomplete. He expressed his astonishment at this failure, which was a novel and disagreeable experi~ once that he could not account for. The mystery was solved some days afterwards, when a young lady. to whom he detailed his grievances, pointedly inquired : “ Why do you wear a. ring on the third finger of your left. hand ‘3” “ Because it happened to fit on that‘ finger,” said he. “ No other reason?” in- quired the damsel. “ None whatever," re- plied the bewildered youth. “ Dear me,” said the lady, “ then we have been the victims of mistake. In this district 9. ring upon the third finger indicates betrothal, and we all thought you were engaged 1” Next Sunday his chair was quite full.--Glasgow News. LAUGHABLE SCENE IN A CHURCH Mr. Voaht’e first job toward improving the place was to reclaim the old well, which had long since become partly filled up. The ‘work progressed Without incident worthy of note until the bottom was nearly reached, when a. den of snakes. all sorts and sizes, from a, foot to {our feet long, com- menced darting about and twieting‘ around each other in their subterranean retreat as the terror stricken well digger clung by thin hands to the rope’s end above them, and hallooed to be hauled out of the hole, Which he said made him “think of hell” until he got to the top, where a council of war was held to kill the serpents. They were so numerousa that no man could be found who was not1 afraid to combat with them in such close quarters. So Mr. Voght hit upon the novel plan of scalding them to death. Several large iron kettles were p1ocured from the nelghbore and a big log fire shortly heated about three barrels of water to a. scalding temper‘ature, and it was poured into the well, k1lling ev ery one of the snakes and half cooking a gOOdl many of the smaller reptiles. When the; water was taken out the following day ninety- l seven snakes, great and small we1e found dead. â€"St. Louis Globe Democrat. Dr. Foord Clark, a your: son. going surgeon and an enthusiastic so 'ant,ar1ived in this port a short time 811100 as the surgeon of the B1itish ship John 0 Gaunt. The ship was from Calcutta. The voya go was long and, as it was so monotonous as not to furnish to the active intellect of the young surgeon all the phenomena that the savant could crave, one of the midshipmen determined to improvise some phenomena for him. At first he con. templated a sea. serpent, but as sea serpents are becoming very common and are a good deal of trouble, he finally determined on the electric light occasionally seen. by unusually tough shellbacks aloft in the rigging of ships at sea. and which is known as St. Elmo’s fire. He got the mate’s bull's-eye lantern, and on a very dark night he climbed aloft. lit it and made it fast at the masthead. Descending, he rushed into the cabin and announced to the doctor a remarkably well developed case of St. Elmo‘s light. The doctor bounded on deck, examined the light, made a sketch of it, and finally the midshipman boldly volunteered to go up and interview it. He went up, blew the light out. and, descending. told the doctor he had touched the flame with his finger, whereupon he received a tremendous elec- tric shock, and St. Elmo‘s light dis- appeared. Dr. Clark found the depraved ‘young man’s pulse at 102, so he put the young midshipman‘s arm ina sling, put a whisky-sling into the midshipman and both slings in the sick bay, and thereafter during the rest of the cruise, and as a premium innocently paid lto a case of very atrocious wickedness, he ‘piesciibed to the young hero who had. blown St. Elmo‘ s fire out of the mate’ a bull’s eye lantern daily rations of tobacco and grog. Upon the arrival in this port of the John’ 0 Gaunt, D1. Clark wrote a very ahstruse ac- count of the matter, which was published in an evening contemporary, and he also for- warded to the London Graphic a much more detailed account of the phenomenon, together with water color sketches of it which he had made. The doctor havmg subso quently sailed from this port as surgeon 0 th calandia, Thomas Y. Powles, commander of t e John 0’ Gaunt, to whose knowledge the perpetration of the joke had come, also in a communication to the evening contemporary, “ gives the whole business away," not to raise a guflaw at the expense of a. young gentleman Whose acquirements as a physician ant.“l as a scientist are admitted by both bodies, but that the joke that the tedium of along voyage and the excellence of its own inception and execution made pardonable may not serve as a false beacon for other scientistsâ€"San Fran- cisco Chronicle. Snake stories are so vastly exaggerated in the public prints of the day that it is no wonder the truth of them is oft-en questioned by the oredulous, but the one herein related comes from tue old German settlement of Augusta in St. Charles county, now being au- thenticated by Fiitz Hosenmeier and August Boegruben, two reputable farmers of that sec- tion, admits of no doubt. Henry Voght, a. neighbor of theirs, lately purchased an old field, with a well upon it, where a house once stood. but was destroyed by fire many years ago, and the surroundings were allowed to grow up in weeds with the abandonment of the premises. A MISCHIEVOUS MIDDY’S JOKE. THOUGHT HE WAS ENGAGED. TOOK A SNEEZE TOGETHER A GOOD SNAKE STORY. â€"â€"A sheriff’s posse went to capture a den pet-ate thief at Pine Biuff, Arkansas. The ‘ surrounded his house and fired in though the windows. Then he dashed cut and ran for the woods, while they gave chase. One of the pursucrs outstripped the rest, and his companions, mistaking him for the fugitive, shot him It is likely that these spots will remain vim’ble for several days, and close watching will reveal the play of gigantic forces in the changes that take place. The promise that the sun gave last week of a speedy and great increase of activity has already been fulfilled. On Tuesday his disk was spotted to an extraordinary degree. South of his equator appeared a curious, string of spots upwards of 100,000 miles long. The appearance in a good telescope, with 9. low power, was as if the disk. over a vast. region, had been pelted with a storm of meteors which had torn great, ragged holes through the bright outer envelope. With ‘ ever-v increase of power, new and wonderful details were perceived. Thrown, enormously magnified, upon a screen in a darkened room, the image of this crowd of cavernous holes had a. mysterious and frightful look, as if the. reign of chaos were resuming upon the globe of the sun. Long before sundown Venus may now be seen shining in the sky. In the glare of day- light the brilliant planet is robbed of the ‘scintillating rays that surround it after dark, ‘and its light is perfectly steady. It looks as white as a. silver drop. Next week it will be visible at noondsy. The daytime is best for looking at Venus with a telescope. The splendid crescent comes out elesr against the pure blue background. and the irregular inner edge. that is regarded as showing the existence of very high mountains, is very sharply defined. Venus more closely resem- bles our earth than any other planet. Therefore, astronomers say. it is not unlikely that beings like ourselves inhabit the evening star. They have more sunlight than we get, and perhaps they are better ofi in other re- lpects. At any rate, whatever their condition may be, their world, viewed from our distance. is the most splendid one in the sky. Unless seed corn has been selected with care. it is useless to look for large yields. It is not a. very costly matter for each farmer to procure half a dozen varieties of com which in other places he knows have yielded heavily. These may be planted on small plots 33x33 feet square (one-fortieth of an acre), on differ- ent parts of the farm. and the most prolific kinds thus determined for future guidance. Many farmers injure their farm impla- ments more by exposure to the weather than by the use on the farm. An implement which, with good care, would last twenty years. will, when exposed to the weather, become useless in five years or even less. A farm cart, which, with good usage, would last almost a. lifetime, will last only a few years when exposed to the weather. No man can afford to have his milch cows driven by a. dog unless the dog knows as much as the owner should know. There are 6,000,000 square inches to an acre : in a. bushel of timothy seed thero’aro 40,000,000 seeds. or nearly seven seeds to a. square inch. The average yield of Indian com per acre throughout the United States is 20.2 bushels, of an average vzflue per bushel of 32 1â€"2 cents. yet New Hampshire raises 32} bushels to to the acre. selling the corn at 78 cents per bushel. Milk cools more rppidly in metal pans thsn in porcelain; but iron pans rust. Zinc is acted upon by sugar of milk and lactic acid. Copper produces yerdigris. Tin costs‘ me much, and so tin plate' 19 used as the safest and at the same time least expensive. ’Niue-tenths of all the fixed capital of all the civilized people in the world is embarked in agriculture, which employs 200,000,000 of men. The raising of sheep 18 «f the greatest bene- fit to the land because wherever they feed. new and sweet grasses grow and flourish, and the weeds are destroyed. Farmers should raise turnips and feed them to sheep. To sum up then. Provide in season plenty of manure. Let it be thoroughly intermixed with the soil. Arrange for all the horse cul- \ tivation practicable. Avoid the common mis- take of occupying more ground than you can keep in perfect condition. Have complete natural or artificial drainage. If all these re- quisites are attended to, your vegetable garden Will be found to be the most profitable part of your farm ; or, in other words, its products will give you supplies for the table at cheaper rates than anything else _you own sume ; and then, if this truth is properly ap- preciated, you will give the earliest and best attention to it in arranging your labors for the season, instead of falling into the error of leaving the garden to take the last chance of being dressed on some spare occasion when you have nothing else to do, and so become lled with weeds. » To secure early and good vegetables. it is of vital importance to have perfect drainage. A wet soil may be unfit to work for weeks, and then give you a. hard, or crusted, or lumpy surface. Well drained land may be worked at once, and be warm and mellow. If the ground needs it, put in pipe-tile a. rod apart and three feet deep. It will make the season a. month earlier than with a. water-soaked soil. and be equivalent to three degrees fur. ther south. in latitude. Farmers’ gardens will not get sufficient cultivation if not laid out so as to be chiefly dressed by horse labor. If the spade and hoe are expected to do the work, nine-tenths of such gardens will not be cleaned once a month, and the soil will become crusted and weedy. The remedy is to plant every crop which will admit it, in drills or rows for the horse to pass between as often as once a. week through the entire season. This will accomplish as much work in half an hour as a whole day or more with the hand-hoe, and do it better and break the soil finer. Before you begin spring work. lay out your garden. so far as may be practicshle, for this horse dressing. Some crops may be planted in drills two feet apart, and still be cultivated by using a steady horse; and if the cultivator is not of the kind to contract, take out the outside teeth. When you wish to go deep, use but few teeth; when mellow and su- perficial treatment is wanted. use a larger number. Preparing for Gardening. . (Country Gentleman.) A large portion of the vegetables cultivated in gardens depend for successful growth on a very rich soil. Hence the importance of pro- viding plenty of manure and applying it properly. 01d or rotten manure is always recommended as best by gardeners and is generally pronounced indispensable, But fresh manure, if not mixed with litter, and it well pulverized and thoroughly diflused through the soil, will answer an excellent purpose. Thrown on the ground carelessly and left in lumps, it is worthless. A good growth of fine vegetables has been made where it has been thoroughly ground into the soil. finely intermixed with it, and the sur- face kept clean and mellow through the sea- son. And yet so many do all the work by halves that it may not be best to recommend it, unless for autumn application. when it will be well dissolved during the several months before it is drawn upon by the growing plants. It may also answer well for crops that are not set out or sown until approaching midsummer, such as winter cabbages or turnips, if applied previously, and thoroughly broken and worked in with barrow and rake in good season. Land which is made rich by succes- sive manurings every year, will of course be best, and manure should not be applied for gardening, especially if in large quantities. without thorough pulverization and inter- mixture. The more completely these two requisites are attended to, the larger may be the application. Its effect will be greatly in- creased by frequent and peifcct stirring of the soil through the season. VENUS AND SUN STORMS. FARM AND GARDEN. Agricultural Notes.