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 •»^uwi*te«ttsmc4c«*»v0|r«# 'â- â-  1*' 0^» tii B mil III i •' â- ^â- .*H!^«»b r--. •* 'n:.M Jun's DangbMr. that's the old mill oTcr Lrty and romantic-looking, ns awful lonesome to us tbS|^ tl of lite and jnat piling in^l ly long. That there water-wl?}) for repairs in them days it jS ng all the time, and thu around, and you'd see the- ihe hiir ridin' an old mare, wim i I of grain thrown over her inaU^J I â€" trit-trot, trit-trot, and a h«|f 1 fefooted boy on her neckâ€" .fo^l boy to the mill in those day«/^| Ine. And you see that there olji there's where Miller Jim and iS .1 d. We boys used to cast shee^f it that door, I tell you, and wljj and lookout kind of unconsciofc Lrtend not to eee us, bat sha^ Jith her hand and look way dona I it was just as if an an^el fro* id lie down there. I'urty Wh» I't a chap in Sugar Valley th«l Ik she was the handsomest gal j^ and when she smiled on any qi it kind of sort of sweet in8inu4. le hail, we'd just have walked o^ leers for her and d rawed lots fo^ rtrcyo.i hjiuiui a sketchin' tUl 11, o' don't see ai'v ruin thera the senseless wood and stona V as made by one of you paintsrl his picter: It I couldhaveheldhiil mill-race lor half on hour, I»4 happy â€" and that's what mak^i w like a poor, weak critter. I ij. inj to her ;lic was a moo vin' round! sketches, as he called 'em, q(I and I may as well own up hs smart-iookiug, well-spoken chatL I ills way libf-rally. Jle said hs Ivorking for aiiuisement, and 6o it L and one day 1 told him he hadn't [the prettiest picter in the place, it Mas Miller Jim's darter, and to i-ce her. The next Sunday I church and so was the painter we happened to sit together, and [choir sang there was one voios ){ carried tlie time alone. I knew id it made nie tremble all over -tiness, and the stranger listened c, in a whisper, ' What a heavea. says I, " and its hiT the one fa bonnet and white 'eil, the giri t,'in' airâ€" that's Miller Jim's dar- church nothing would do but I )duce him â€" which 1 did, God fo^ -and he walked by herand carried just as if he had alius known hei; ler father was with them, only hs my account, kind of shiftless, be- yboily honest, till he found then hen iie M'ould kinder apctgiza for he'd lend money as long as he had ki his pocket, if anyone made nps i' and never locked a door, or took or made a sharp bargin kind of toolish, with a soft heart that him poor, though I don't know wanted anything much, beauty i* a misfortune, if the lod doesn't go with it. Nobody sd ennything Mrong when all te |:uue over us like a thunder-blast. ;r'a girl was gone; gont; with ths "lap, but we never knew how or "here was more than one of us that J to ask Miller Jim about it, but when [to look in his face we just didn't liing. The miller was a changed adcrs nad a smile and a pleasant iu.^ boys â€" lie wasn't ever what yot jolly, but he had his quiet little ley were the same old ones over and we expected em. Now, he hadft Is face ;is if something inside WM d his lips that used to be kind of [ud foolish, thry were shut like* he never mentioned her name ts Irtal,. |i\e got sort o' a )3ent-mindcd â€" for- LC toll from a ^\ idow's grist â€" used ttle children nnd kiss them or psi their heads, and ther) was alios a falling from his eyes â€" cold, I luse he didn't take any care of land then he took a good bit of x little childâ€" a pretty little mils -that lived near, and one day hs laningout of an upstairs window Im over and told her mother sht |[ mebbe, and get hurt the womaa ;Iy temper and she says to hii»i " I kin take care of my own cbil; U's mr)re than you could do with kind he looked at her sort of still |i? for a moment :uid turned away; day the mill wa:n't goin' nor ths '1 en the third we looked, and ^1 in the race- -hut whether he slip- drowned himstl; of purpose, « jbodv can tell for sure. I've of tea |to the faces of handsome wimmen since then, and tried to find on» [red that gal of Miller Jim'd, but ilown s.veetnoaii and rale beautf K seen her equal, and how she could \\\, as would have ditd for her, is 1 1 can conceit. That's a rale good I've got of the mill, but you can't ill of itâ€" there's two people there^ |ok at it, and one of them is â€" I |d the trick of painting a pictam loryâ€" sheâ€" w!iv there's 8omethin|^ h â€" it's the d I'npness I guess â€" th:# hus doe.' ailect ma just so." â€" D^ Po^t. Husbands and Wives. husband makes a good wile. Some aieitlicr do without wives nor wit^ ?y are wretched alone in what !• ^le blessedueso, and they make kt miserable when they get married; like Tompkin's dog, which could Ito be loose, and howled when i* ip. Happy bacholors are like hap- rids, jinl a happy husband is the of men. A well-matched couple byful life between them, as the tw» [â- ied the cluster of Eschol. They •«• birds of I'arailise. They multip^ 1 by sharing them, and lessen their by dividing them this is fin« Ic The waggon of care rolls Hgh^f, jthey pull together, and when W ittle heavily, or there's a hitch any- hey love each other all the inor«i ;hten the labor. "â-º^♦i octora are now telling thoir credi- lU round after the gunning sea»o" ed. FACTS ABOUT BZAAS. •Bear Crdl»«^ B^nire DMiKeroiis tlma r «^ for a few remark* on tb© bear. I ' TnoJti bruin for the past »rty Years. »»"" â€" iw,. jj^i m northern e lave met him on the ichigan. Pensylvania, and the North f ods. I bave seen him m ^^ isccnam and jta. nary bruin is about as dangeroua as a ouo or the lestive woodchuck. But it happen that the mother of any mammal ignore danger to herself in defence of r young. Almost any anim*^ iriU go wild d reckless of danger in defence of her iuna and the bear is wonderful on muscle. nsl^uently. when a bear turns on her t»r. mentors it is well to k^p back about eighty- e and a half feet. She doesn't want to rt anybody. She only wants to get her bes away from that fearful biped with »e Derby hat and a dead rabbit cut on his If you humor 1 er you are safe enough. If want to put your hounds on her, mak- jc the escape of her cubs doubtful well, vou takes your choice." If you drive her desperation and she has the cnt to stand her cubs, "better you stand a leedle ick." I have bagged a good deal of bear meat. I lave been twice on a lone cruise in the forth Woods. I saw several bears there- intent on their own affairs. So light was the danger from wild ani- lals there, and so childish seemed the im- mense arrangements of the average tourist, aat I came to leave not only my rifle, but ly ravolver behind. And I found the ei^t- lunce rod and the pocket hatcher all suflB- [lent for defence ago inst wild beasts. All same, a she bear with cubs may be langerous. I will give three instances that can vouch for Forty years ago "Jim Steele," with a re- lord of seven panthers, twenty-one bears, id 1,300 deer, resided at the mouth of 'Asoph Run." He sent his son aged 14, up Ihe creik tor the cows one evening. The jy c^me back frightened and crying, say- ig that a big bear had chased and nearly lught him. Old Jim was disgusted at the i)oy's cowardice. Leaving his lifle he went jack with the boy, and at the mouth of the lennedy Run the boy commenced to s-.y, 'it was just here," when an immense bear lumped from under the bank, reared on her lind le-^s, and, showing all the teeth she lad, growling, snarling, and threatening, liade at the party. Old Jim took it in at )nce. 'Jump on my back," he yelled to the youngster, which the boy did at once md yelling, backing, and flourishing a knife, ill the weapon he had, old Jim and the boy Tot away. Then they saw the mother bear I'rossthe "riffle" on the creek and scatter ip the mountain side, to be seen no more of jien forever. Tlitrty-two years ago, "Harry Ellis," born nd bred on Pine Creak, guided a party to huckleberry hills of, the Barrens. While jrospecting for the best berrying grounds he suddenly confronted by an immense aear, which arose from behind a large fallen trunk, and, rearing on her hind legs, made iireotly at him, roaring,'grunting, soarling, id showina her best array of teeth. Harry seized and flourished a pine knot, whooping ul yelling at the top of his voice, as he ran ickward athis best pace for a few rods uly, wlen the bear turnedandquickly con- I eyed her two cubs out of danger. On the same range of hills I once went uickleberrying with Farmer T., his wife, uid daughter on invitation. Our rig was two- horse farm waggon, the bottom of the •vaggon packed with inverted tubs and tickets. Distance to the gr und, twenty- )ae miles. Ky dint of starting at 3 a. m., and abusing Itlie horses to unwonted speed, we were on Ithe ground at 11 a. m., among the berries so Iplouty that the ground was absolutely hi(j^ Idcn. It was a short job to pick a bushel of jberries on such ground but I had been there [before, and I thought I knew a place about ee-quarters of a mile westward, where the berries were equally plenty, but larger. ISo I took a large tin pail and started. Half Iway to the ground there is a gulch to be |crossed, and this gully was badly blocked rith fallen timber. When near the bottom halted to select the best route for getting or over some fallen trees that lay in my Ipath, when a very large, dingy-looking ' brown-nosed " bear sprang on a pine. I sprang off again directly at me, got ou her I hind legs, and began to play the usual game I of scare â€" showing all her teeth, making the savage, roaring, barking, growling noise I coiuti.on to enraged bears. On the inetant I I commenced a lively retrogi'ade movement. Once I caught my heels and tumbled over bacl^ward, but got up suddenly. It was a I Chinese tight. Growling, snarling, teeth and I claws on one side; whooping, yelling, and pounding tinware ou the other. Kifcody hurt. Bear badly scared. As for myself, i wasn't scared a bit 1 As for the bear it goes without saying thatwhen she had play- ed me off a few rods, she got down on all fours and took herself out Mith her cubs for all she was worth. â€" Prom thti forest and {Stream. ed in paaaing through the kogth of the ahaH.' to 74^, ar about 20^ bafew the temp«n-' Jura at vhich it enterttd*, and 10® below %hat of the water «^ch w$m used to cool it. X)f courae the abaoTptioa. heatby^etfBp- oration of a portion of 1^ water l^MisowBts for its refrigerating cffpct, but the reanlt seenoajto hara bben so wMily Md Injuns ively attained that the experiment would be « ell worth repeating in other m OB kaomav. of Westcato to tlM'A» B A letter from Kington, Jamaicm, dated August 21, atatca Weiigate^ alias Patrick O'Brien, the aHeged murderer of Lord Frederick C«endish and Mr. Burke, has been removed from her Majesty's ahip Fan- tome to Spinishtown jail, aa the Kantome was ordered to Barbadoe to take the place of her Majeety's ship Dido, now stationed at Fort BoyaL The prisoner Westgate) is a roan of ordinary build. He baa a full and rather dark beard, about threo inches in length all round, liad nothing on his feet when on ^oard t e Fantome, and was dressed in blue trousers, jacket and slouch- ed hat. He looked nervous, but would have easily been mistaken for one of the " tars" if at liberty. U e still adheres to his former confessions. He has several time threat- ened suicide, and a close watoh is kept over him to prevent any accident, He says that he left Dublin on the night of the as- sassination and proceeded by the night mail to Holyhead, and thencewent to Caniifi^and from Cardiff he sailed in the Gladstone for Porto Cabello, where he was arrested by the British representative on his own confession. He says that the authorities at Porto Cabello treated him very harshly, and that he has been very kindly dealt with on board the Fantome. He was in a very dirty condition, and had to undergo a thorough washing when delivered to the officers of the Fantome. When asleep he is troubled with fearful dreams, and raves very excitedly. The doctor was called several times to ascertain what was wrong, and the ship and prison doctor affirm that he is suffering acutely from very in'.ense excitement. He confessed to having re- turned before entering the car, and to having given Lord Frederick Cavendish a stab in the back, and that he was em- ployed and paid £20 by Mr. O'Connor, member of Parliament, for his share in the deed. He says that his wife resides in Dublin, and that her father also lives there. He wrote a letter to bis father-in-law, but not to his (prisoner's) wife. He is a hearty eater, and he is liberally supplied with all the necessities of life. He even got whiskey on board the Fantome when he called for it. He speaks with a strong Irish accent, and one night he called on a man named McCoU, raying " Well, Mr. McCoU jou have got your money and X have not got mine yet. I was on board the mail steamer and saw the Captain and postman, but I have not got my money yet." He has revealed the names of his alleg- ed accomplices to the authorities, but the names he gave are kept strictly secret. The general belief here is that he had something to do with the Phoenix Park murder, and this belief gains grouad even although news has been published here stating that Westgate had sailed previous to the murder. The prisoner may not be W^estgate, bnt it is certain he is either a murderer or a madman. One day while looking carelessly through the Sunday at Home magazine his eye caught tbe words. " The assassination of Lord Mayo,' and he jumped with fear and asked his keeper, " What's that " He than turned over the leaves excitedly, and seemed to be lost with fear and excitement. No one is permitted to see Westgate in prison, un- less those who have of necessity to see him. The'authorities here are waiting further orders for England. Meantime the pris- oner is continuing to eat heavy meals, and his genera' appearance is that of a heart-' less, helpless wiclLng. How to Cool an Apartment. A simple way of cooling the air of a rrom is described in the New Orleans Picayune of a recent date. The composing room of the Picayune is situated in the upper story of its publication house, jnst under the roof, I and m summer is extremely hot. This sea- son an inspiration seems to jbave come to one of the oppressed occupants, and in ac- cordatcs with it a vertical wooden box was constructed in the comer of the room, with openings at the floor and ceiling, and fur- nished with a pipe for supplying water at the top, and a pan and drain at the bottom for receiving the flow and carrying it safely away. The supply pipe was bent over the upper end of the shaft, and fitted with a rose liKe that of a watering pot, so as to deliver a shower of spray instead of a solid stream. On connecting it with the service pipe, the movemeut ot ihe water was found to cause an active circulation of the air in that part of the room, which was drawn in at the upper opening of the draft and issued again, oool and fresh, at the floor level. TheSJost •urprising thing about the experiment seems to have been the effect of the water in cool- iQg the air to a degree much below its own "Pew^ture. With Mississippi water. Which when drawn from the service pipe in- dicated a temperature of 84 « the air of the room, m which the thermometer at the be- ginmng of the trial stood at 96 « was cool- Ka**'^- The Catacombs of Some. Among the wonders of the metropolis of the world the catacombs or subterranean vaults and passages are certainly not the least. The, first Christians, persecuted with atrocious cruelty by the pagan im- perial government of Home, sought refuge lor safety, occasionally ^n the catacombs, and sometimes also that they might assem- ble without incurring suspicion, in large numbers, to instruct themselves in the doc- trines ot their new religion. These sub- terranean passages were also undoubtedly the resort of fugitive slaves and other mis- erable beings, who sought refuge from the tyrannical government of Imperial Rome, over which have presided some of the direst monsters that ever existedâ€" Nero, Caligula, Heliogabalui, and other despots in purfle. Among these subterranean pas- sages there are, it appears, different kinds. Some were constructed for the purpose of receiving the dead, others were used as water conduits, and supplied the city with rivers of fresh water tor a population of two millions. The Cloaca Maxima, which led from Rome to the sea, is a famous example of many more smaller hidden roads, con- structed by rich private individuals at an enormous eripense, in which they t»uld secrete themeelves from the depredations of those greatest of all robbers, the Km- pepors, and in later times from the perse- cutionand massacres of the baibanans. The soil upon which Borne is built, as well as that in its immediate neigbborh«od, offers great facilities to the excavator, being composed of volcanic clay, easy to pierce, yet sufficienUy solid band impenetrable against damp to form a secure habitation. In fact, to this day many shepherds, with thfeir flocks, lodge m these artificial caverns. "VVhen an orcbanlffequires fertUianff it is best to do this aU ove^.the ground and not to apply pianore only, tear ifM treefc 1 ms produce a large growth of roots close to the ^ees. for roote grow where soil is richest. Orchards need lime and ai^^es u ore than onannie, and these joon produce heathy, amocvth bark. An explosion of fire daap has oocwr^ m a miie near Dortmund, Germany, and 5W persons were killed or injured. LATE BOWir arX tor SPBIKa tOPDlSL There are differences of opinicm aa to the â-¼alneof lato sown rye as a crop for early spring feeding. 'Hieoe differences are alnuist aitircsy due to the circumstances of the aoil and season. Should thcaoil bapoor the rye crop, like any other, will be pooi; and, should the season liamt in wdth hara freenng soon after sowing, the plants will not have made snfBoient roo^ to save th^ from injtlry. If, hn tbe o4har hand^ the ipoil is peik sad mieOow, ssid the sovuig is doMsaepxly t|«t strong, well rooted plants may form,' then a profitalle crop may be expected. The writer has seen most saiwfaetory resnlta obtained by plowing under a sod â€" ^^evioosly well manured â€" in late autumn* and the ground sown to rye. In the spring this field yielded a heavy growth of fine green fodder, iHiidi was used to feed a flock of sheep and othor small stock. After this pasturage was orer the rye "stubbie** f^as tamed under with a heavy coat of manure, a|id ftha field planted to com. In this case the rya was what ia termed a stolen crop. Some portton of the field was clay and the additional tiUage had a good effect upon the mechanical conoitions of the soiL The green crop thus produced came in at just thl^'time in the spring when a supply of fodder of this kind is of special value â€" the pastures act having fully started and the dry stored food^ htaMg limited in quantity and of high price. KOTES on LiyS STOCK. The horses of tbe farm should be called upon for hard work this month. Plowing and other field work- is a steady pall upon horse-flesh throughout the month, and to get good work we mtutfeed well. Many horses cannot work on new grain (com, cats or barley) unless it is thoroughly dried. It will get dry in time by ordinary exposure, but enough niay be dried for daily use by arti- ficial means, and often with the best re- sults. Young stock and pigs may have nub- bins and soft com, but do not feed the work or road horses with such stuff. Take good care of old horses a horse sound at fifteen years is worth two colte give him good feed and pasturage, and steady work on the farm. The younger horses may do on the road, but take care of the old servante for steady work. They will repay the care. Farm horses are not half groomed as a lYile. There are no surer safeguards aeainst disease than regular feeding and watering, and thorough grooming. Cows. â€" There is an abundance of feed for milch cows this month on farms where roots form a prominent crop. The tops of beets, mangels, rutabagas and carrote, to say no- thing of cabbages, are exceedingly well lelished, and are excellent milk feed. This is one of the best months tor cows to calve, because provision may be made for having so much good feed at little cost. Every- where within a hundred miles of a large city, or within the proper " milk radius" of any town, milk is worth much, more in win- ter than in summer, and should be pro- duced. "Veal. â€" Fall calves rarely get the size that spiing calves do, because they cannot have so much milk, but by usinsr a little milk, and that skimmed, after the second week, they will do very well ou hay tea and boiled linseed-cake gruel, to which some milk is added. They must be gradually accustomed to this diet, but will thrive upon it and make excellent veal at six or eight weeks old. Sheep. â€" Eires bred in October, "yean" in March â€" rather early, except upon farms which can make early lambs a specialty. Sheep make as good manure as any farm stock, and whoever has much wheat straw should consider what better use he can make of it than to buy up some cheap sheep if he can find them, and winter them chiefly on straw, with a very little hay, and corn enough to coat their ribs well before spring, when they can be turned off at " cost and expenses," with a fine lot of manure for clear profit on the investment. Pigs for slaughter should be confined and not allowed to forage for a living. They will fatten rapidly on little food. Small potatoes boiled, with a little meal added, will push them forward so that advantage may be taken of the market in case prices advance, or so that they will be well protected by fat against cold snaps should they come sud- denly. It is truly said that nabbins will go farther in October than sound corn in No- vember- Brood sows should -have the range of the orchards, where the wind-falls and grubs will furnish a good part of their food, and warm snug shelters where they can lie to- gether during storms and. keep one another warm. Poultry. â€" There is always a time early in November, or before, when well fattened poultry will sell for much more than fowl of the same qutklity will at uhristmas. In fact, if the weather during next month be raw and cold, pigs and poultry may be fed well and not only not gain at all in weight, but not sell for as much as they would bring now. After the holidays, prices begin to advance again. When poultry are once fat, to keep them so at little cost they must be kept warm, fed at least three times a day, and always have fresh water. Laying fowls should have warm qoarters, veil lighted â€" supplied with dust boxes, by which the whole estabUshment may be made intolerably dusty in every comerâ€" fed twice a day â€" soft feed with a little meat at 10 o'clock, and hard grain at dusk, with a good ran£^ and plenty ot pure water. npe. taehad looas its hangs directly down. the m dastarisafe- and the bunch Handling the fmit â-  ij \i w remoTas tiie blooaa. and iajorsa its appsar- aaoe, hence the bsAcVebonId always be held bjr tha stem. The implement stores hare adaeors which hold the cluster after it is oat, and aU handling is avoided. The froit is picked, isplaced in shallow trays v boxssL theae are conveyed to the fruit house, and stacked up in each a manner that the Mr will ciropfato among d»em. Large vinOTards hpive swcial fcni*Msw» theasareViitlika altiee-JbaM), wiiMi^^ imlk fOtA in with saw-duR, aad a stove is provided to use in severe w ea t j er In the aheenoe ot such a house a room fan the dwelling or in an oat* building may be used. The object is to keep the ten^Mratare uniform and as cool as may be, wi^bont freeiing. There should I « abun- dant ventilatian, and the dL-ect aunlight excluded. The grapes in theee trays will "cure** in a few days, that is. the skin will become toiuhcntf and tliq stoma leas rigid. 'When cured^ they may be Jtackad in boxes, or they taaf be left in the trays until mar- keted. Some growers pack at once, as soon as the fruit is m proper condition, and keep it in the boxes untu it is sent off. The bexes are opened at the bottom and the bunches laid in, taking care to select such clusters as will pack closely they should be so full that some pressure will be required in nailing on the bottom. The label of the grower is placed upon the top of the box, either before or after packing. The care as to temp e r ature already ipentioaed must be observed with the fruit after it is packed. Put up in this manner many tons of grapes reach markets just before the holidays. For grapes that are sold as soon as ripe, venous kinds of paper or wooden packages are used, according to the {^reference of the market to which they are sent. A FBOTEOnON TOM TR0ST8. A cold snap usually comes in early autumn, after which ther3 are weeks of the finest days in the year. It th'^refore pays to take some pains to protect the more tender plante during two or three frosty nights, that their bloom may be enjoyed afterwards. A light sheet, or even newspapers spread over beds of geraniums, coleus, ete., will save them, A group of cannas may in this way be kept in its beauty, while, if left unprotected, the luxuriant growth is cut down by the frost, and soon becomes unsightly. Any one who has gone to all the care and toil of bringing a fine bed of tender plants to per- fection, should certainly use every precau- tion to preserve the plants as long as possi- ble. About five itoaths am a Joha OaUtsy attempted to drive hb tbroogh a bam door, and in doing sc his head foroed down vpon his bieastnntil his neck was broken. Folioe Snrgeosi Staaa- bangh made an examiaalion d tha injured man, and found that his seventh cwHoal vertebra was fractured, and that the spinal oord had beu stretehed out neaily two ia* KKKPINO GBAPKS. In keeping grapes, the first essential is a f,rape that wifl keep. The varieties differ greatly in this respect, the one most culti- vated, the Concord, being the poorest keepe-. Catawba, Diana, lona, and Isabelb*, are among the best keepers. These do not suc- ceed evervwhere,' but in localities where they will do well, they are still among the most profitable. The generally popular Delaware keeps better 'than the Concord, but not so long as those mentioned. To have grapes keep in the best condition, they must be carefully handled, as the broken skin of a single berry will oaose decay to set in. The usual' method is To pack the fruit in wooden boxes, holding three or five pounds. These boxes are made at all the grroa centres. While paste-board boxes ^dU answer for irrapes that are to be sold at once, wooden ones are required for thoae to be kept. To keep well, the fmit must be thomnghly ripe. An experienced eye will After his removal to his home, OoUarr states that he was laid flat on his back with a sort of fence about his peck and head which kept him isamovaable for over two m on ths. Ritii the body of the vertebra and the arching laminae were diKovered to ba broken, and the operation of joining them togetiier without pnching the smnal ccnrd where it had sagged between the ragged edges as described is one of the most diffiiralt ever performed. For a month the patient lay on his back, completely paralyzed in one-half of his body, and with but little feeling in the other. If he moved in the slightest de- gree during tiie first fortoight he could plain- ly feel the jagsed edges of the bone grata together, and for hours after such an at- tempt he was content to lie on his hard bed without attempting to move a muscle for fear that the spinal cord should be crushed, and his existence ended in a twinkling. The straightest position attainable was required, and to this end Dr. Stambaugh was compelled to refuse him a mattresa, forcing him to lie on a wide plank. Collery says that before his eight weeks of enforced quietness was ended he thought the board was made of adamant. The most danger- ous time experienced, he says, was one day when an attendant told him that a man whose neck coald stand breaking as his had was not bom to be hanged. His desire to laugh was irresistible, and the shaking up his merriment gave him caused his fasten- ings to burst, and the fracture came near breaking afresh. During the first five weeks he did not move a foot from the first posture. The paralysis has now almost entirdy disappeared, and Dr. Stambaugh vesterday promised him that he would be able to go work within six months. The average fatality in cases of clearly defined fracture of the spine is estimated at 999 iu 1,000. A Texas Goat Raaoh. The editor of the Uvalde Hesperian made a visit to the famous Nueces Canon, including the Angora ranch of S. J. Amold Bros. Here the canon widens out for a distance of seven miles â€" in fact, it ia the widest snd most beautiful spot in the canon. These gentlemen own and control about 15,000 acre?, embracing the" rich valleys of the Maverick Creek on the west and Ranch Creek on the east, which are only miniature canons putting luto the Nueces Valley from either side, furnishing an abandance of gra?s and water the year round, and which is used as a summer range, while in Kinney County they have another ranch where they winter their sheep until after the lambing season, keeping the goats on the home ranch during the kidding season. Six years ago these gentlemen commenced with 875 goate and 1,400 head of sheep. And now they have 4,000 of the former and 8,000 ot the latter. Their losses in sheep will amount to about the same in money value as tht^ir purchases, while on the goat question they are $2,000 ahead of their losses, besides their increase. During this period their losses from oisease and otherwise have not been over 2 per cent, on their goat They mn seven different flocks, which give steady employment to seven herder.., besides a viciero (who superintends the flocks), as well as extra hands to attend to other work on the ranch. In the shearing, lambing, and dipping seasons of course the number is greatly augmented. On this ranch the goate have been improved up by the best of thoroughbred billies until the grades mn from one-hidf to fifteen-sixteenths. Last spring thiir goat clip amounted to i,200 pounds, which was sold in New York at an average of 40 cente. We ha^ e often heard the question asked, what profit is there in goati In common goate the profit lies in the hides and tallow, which always command a good price, and the supply of good meat in shape that will not spoil in warm weather before it can be used up. By using Angora sires a fleck can be graded up so high ttiat the wool is more profitable than that of sheep, where the animal it elf is hardier, more prolific, and less expensive. â€" Gaivetton (Tex) News. TLe Matter With tbe Telephone. " I doan' know vhat I shall do mit dat telephone of mine," observed a citizen as he entered the headquartMra of the company yestwday and aat down in a discouraged way. "Out of order, is it?** "Sometimes it vhas, and sometimes it vbas all right. If I go to speak mit der coal man, or der City Hall, or der buteher, it vbas all right, und I can hear every word. H somepody vhanta to order my peer I get de name shust as phan as dayli(,ht." " And when does it fail " " Vhell, shust like two hours ago. A raloon man ho owes me $18, and I rings hi-n oop und calls out, ' Hello hello 1 likes dot monish to-hay ' Den he vhanteto know who i m, und he say« be can't cateh der name. 1 tell him o^ifer und oafer, und by und by he cal' oot dot he doan' deal in watermelons, und dot he goes in to pave Gratiot atreet, und dot he ia sorry he can't sign any betition to der Council. Den I baf to go ail oafer aigaiu, und he tells me to -jstand hack, and to come closer, und 4o speak louder, nnd at last he gite m d und tells me dot if 1 call him a dandy again hell proke my head. It's no useâ€" I can't make one of iny customers hear me. If sometings' dean' ail my telephone, it may be ash my voice is ffiving out. I vhish you would examine me und see if I had better let my son S'lon do der talking vnila I keep der pooks." â€" 2«- troU Free Pres$. Fishing for Rata. A novel mode of catching rate is thus described in .the American Angler. The writer says that a person having the patience of most fishermen can have much sport in hooking the vermin. The warehouse adjoining his place of busi- ness is infested by these "file-tales," and our friend may bo seen in the early spring and late fall, on an occasional evening just after dui^k, seated et the back window of his counting room (overlooking the yard or tha warehouse), with an ordinary rod in hand, strong linen line, and a spring hook, com- monly called a "sockdolager," baited with a lump of fresh beef, patiently waiting for a bite. It does not tarry long nor does it con- sume iteelf in nibbles, but with a hungry snap the bait is seized and the hor ks of the sockdolager impales the rat, when the excite- ment commences. A lusty rat is no mean antagonist at tbe end of a pliant pole and ten feet of line, and his plunges, twistings, and straight-away dashes are more perplexing to the Migler than the leaps, surges, and snlkinird of tbe gamy trout or bass. The rat is generally Unded, after seasonable sport, and killed by a blow from a bludgeon. In this connection we may stete that tl ousands of small hooks are bought by sugar refiners for ratting purposes. The hooks are baited with small pieces of beef on each, and then distributed about tbe build- ing. The rats swallow beef and hook â€" the first is digested, the latter is not â€" death of course results. The remedy is said to be in- fallible. Treatment of Diphtheriau The Medical Presa says that Dr. Deul^er, who, during twenty-four years of very ex- tensive practic*e in the Children's Hospitel, St. Petersburg, ha?i treated upward of £wo thousand cases of diphtheria, and tried all the remedies, both internal and external, employed in this affection, has obtained the best resulte from the following method, which he has employe4 for the last ten years. As soon as the white epote appear on the tonsils he gives a laxitive mainly co a' posed of Eeima, which produces an abundant evacuation. When the purgative effect has ceased he gives cold drinks, acidulated with hydrochloric acid, and every two boura a gargle composed of lime water and hot milk in equal parts. Dr. Deuker affirms that when this treatment e commenced early it is generally and rapidly successful. Mr. Stanley, the African explorer, has ar- rived in Lisbon. The Cradle of the Bootblask. New York lays claim to be the place where the street bootblack first appeared, but Boston says the professional boatblack is essentifJly an institution of the " Hub." The Traveller of the latter city says at first the business was associated with window- washing, chimney-sweeping, clothes clean- ing and waiting and tending. In time, how« ever, it became a distinct branch, and many of the bootblacks of that day acquired a handsome independence and became real estate Irolders. The custom then was to call at the homes of the gentry, teke the boote and shoes, string them ou long poles and carry them to their respective puu^es of business, polish and return them at an early hour the next day. These poles would hold a dozen or more pairs, and it was a novel sight to aee the bootblacks passing to and frt». England has no conception of really good coffee. That is the conclusion of the Loudon Times. Adulterations by dealers and the nnskilfulness of cooks combine to produce a beverage that is not what it ought to be. Englishmen can order the best Mocha coffee they can be aerved with something which bears the name they can pay highly for it they can do everything but get it, and this, we are assured, thefr never do. AU the beat coffee which the \emen district produces is kept for use in the East. Before it movee westward it has been caosf ully picked over, and tbe chmcest harries have been extracted from it. It is only what remains after this process has been aeun and again gone through that ever reaches England.