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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
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BOOKS  TO  BUY. 
Odds  and  Ends. 
Napoleon  and  the  Veteran. 
H.  W.  C. 
They  tell  this  story  of  Napoleon, 
The  cruel  Emperor  whose  selfish  heart 
Saw  nothing  In  his  soldiers  but  the  dice 
With  which  he  played  his  stern,  ambitious  part. 
One  night,  before  some  famous  battle,  he 
Went.  In  the  darkness,  through  the  camp  unknown, 
To  listen  to  the  soldiers'  talk — his  cold, 
Suspicious  heart  would  make  their  thoughts  his  own. 
He  came  upon  a  group  of  officers, 
Who  sullenly  reviewed  the  morrow's  fight, 
All  heedless  of  the  Emperor,  who  stood 
Back  in  the  shadow— like  a  thing  of  blight. 
And  one  brave  man  with  whitened  hair  spoke  out: 
“  The  Emperor  Is  wrong— we  cannot  win ! 
Why  should  our  brave  men  march  to  certain  death 
To  gratify  his  pride  ?  It  Is  a  sin!  '' 
Then,  with  a  curse,  came  stern  Napoleon 
Into  the  firelight,  with  his  scorching  eye 
Fixed  on  the  soldier.  “Traitor!  Fool! ’’ he  cried. 
“Give  me  your  sword,  sir!  You  shall  basely  die!  ” 
Bravely  erect  the  white-haired  soldier  stood. 
His  cap  fell  from  his  left  band  as  he  drew 
His  sword,  and  held  It  to  the  Emperor 
In  silence,  for  his  certain  fate  he  knew 
Napoleon  viewed  him  with  that  sneering  gaze 
That  meant  so  much  of  evil  and  of  harm. 
“  Why  do  you  hand  It  with  your  left  hand,  sir  ?” 
He  said  In  scorn.  “  Where  Is  your  other  arm  ?  ” 
The  veteran  slowly  raised  an  empty  sleeve 
In  grave  salute.  “  My  arm  was  left,  ’tls  true, 
Back  at  the  Pyramids.  I  raised  it,  sire. 
To  stop  a  bullet  that  was  meant  for  you !  “ 
Naooleon  stood  musing,  with  his  hand 
Half  stretched  to  take  the  sword,  and  then  a  light 
Flashed  o'er  his  face.  “  Put  up  your  sword,"  he  said, 
Then  turned  and  strode  away  into  the  night. 
And  as  that  hard  and  selfish  heart  was  moved 
To  mercy  at  that  mem’ry,  we  may  say 
That  records  of  brave  deeds  will  never  die, 
Howe'er  the  silent  years  may  pass  away. 
Old  Time  Slave  Wages. — Before  the 
war  it  was  very  hard  for  a  slave  owner 
to  tell  whether  his  slaves  paid  a  profit  or 
not,  because  it  was  hard  to  teU  what 
their  labor  was  worth.  Some  slaves 
were  hired  out  to  neighbors  or  friends  at 
a  fixed  rate  and  this  price  fixed  the  cost 
of  labor.  In  a  recent  pamphlet  from  the 
Department  of  Agriculture  on  Wages  of 
Farm  Labor,  J.  R.  Dodge  gives  the  fol¬ 
lowing  copy  of  a  contract  duly  signed  in 
Cabarrus  County,  N.  C. 
Twelve  months  after  date  we  promise  to  pay — — — 
- ,  trustee  ti) - ,  or  order,  $500  for  the  hire  of 
negro  girl  Minnie.  We  also  promise  to  furnish  said 
girl  with  three  suits  of  clothes,  two  pairs  shoes  and 
stockings,  one  blanket  or  quilt,  and  bonnet,  and  pay 
all  her  taxes.  State  and  Confederate,  for  the  year 
1 8G5.  and  return  said  girl  at  Concord,  at  the  end  of 
the  year,  unavoidable  accidents  excepted. 
Witness  our  hands  and  seals  January  1,  1865. 
The  promise  is  to  pay  in  Confederate 
currency,  and  the  enormous  discount  at 
which  it  stood  at  that  date  explains 
the  apparently  high  cost  of  labor.  Prior 
to  I860,  a  year's  labor  of  a  negro  man 
was  worth  about  $100  in  Virginia  and 
the  Carolinas.  This,  of  course,  included 
not  only  board,  but  some  clothing,  shel¬ 
ter.  and  bedding  as  well.  Women  gener¬ 
ally,  for  field  labor,  were  worth  about 
tH5.  In  the  cotton  fields  of  the  Gulf 
States,  and  in  the  sugar  districts  of 
Louisiana,  labor  was  more  productive, 
and  the  rate  of  hire  for  slaves  higher. 
The  rate  for  able-bodied  men  was  about 
$125  per  annum ;  and  for  women,  for 
field  work,  from  $75  to  $100. 
No  Tariff  on  this  Animal. — A  writer 
in  Harper’s  Young  People  writes  some 
curious  facts  about  animals.  We  have 
been  scouring  the  earth  for  new  seeds 
and  fruits:  have  we  no  place  for  foreign 
animals  ?  Read  this  : 
A  useful  South  American  animal  is  the 
kinkajou,  which,  as  the  dictionary  will 
tell  you,  is  a  procyoniform  quadruped, 
with  a  protrusile  tongue  and  a  prehensile 
tail.  Under  ordinary  circumstances,  if 
you  were  to  meet  a  kinkajou  in  the 
street,  you  would  look  for  an  Italian  with 
a  hand-organ,  though  I  should  be  inclined 
to  look  for  a  policeman,  because  I  know 
how  unpleasant  the  animal  can  be,  par¬ 
ticularly  in  the  fruit  season,  for  the  kin¬ 
kajou  loves  fruit,  and  eats  all  he  can 
find.  The  chief  reason  for  asserting  that 
the  kinkajou  is  useful  is  that  in  addition 
to  his  fondness  for  fruit,  he  has  a  great 
liking  for  insects  for  lunch,  and  when 
tamed  is  a  valuable  assistant  in  South¬ 
ern  homes,  where  fly-paper  is  unknown, 
and  where  mosquito  net  is  more  expens¬ 
ive  than  a  silk  dress.  It  has  always 
seemed  strange  to  me  that  some  enter¬ 
prising  person  has  not  imported  a  few 
thousands  of  these  insect-eaters  from 
South  America  for  use  in  North  Ameri¬ 
can  summer  hotels.  They  could  not  cost 
more  than  $100  a  dozen,  and  many 
people  would  rather  pay  that  amount 
than  spend  the  night  with  a  swarm  of 
mosquitoes,  and  unprovided  with  means 
of  defence  against  them. 
A  Hot-bed  for  Honey. — A.  I.  Root 
tells  the  readers  of  Gleanings  about  a 
novel  scheme  for  extracting  honey,  that 
he  saw  in  California.  He  says  : 
As  fast  as  the  bees  get  the  upper  stories 
well  filled,  the  whole  contents  a  re  dumped 
into  the  machine  ;  and,  under  the  intense 
heat,  wax,  honey,  and  all  run  out  and  are 
caught  in  proper  receptacles.  The  ex¬ 
tractor  is  12  feet  long,  and  wide  enough 
to  take  common  window-sash.  The  bot¬ 
tom  slopes,  like  a  trough  so  as  to  run  out 
the  honey  and  wax.  A  false  bottom, 
covered  with  wire  cloth,  holds  the  honey 
near  the  sash.  Over  the  wire  cloth  is 
coarse  burlap ;  this  strains  both  honey 
and  wax. 
As  we  understand  it,  this  extractor  is 
nothing  but  a  big  hot-bed  with  a  metal 
bottom.  The  fierce  heat  of  the  sun 
through  the  glass  melts  the  honey,  and 
it  runs  off  to  its  proper  place. 
Practical  Mormon  Morals.  —  The 
Mormons  taught  the  farmers  of  this 
country  their  most  practical  lessons  in 
irrigation  and  desert-saving.  According 
to  a  writer  in  the  Chautauquan,  there  are 
other  things  they  might  teach.  He  says 
of  the  settlements  in  the  Snake  River 
Valley : 
The  Mormons  there  have  had  no  law¬ 
suits  with  each  other.  A  committee, 
called  “  the  teachers,”  goes  from  house 
to  house  at  regular  intervals  asking 
about  neighborhood  bickerings,  settling 
troubles  by  arbitration,  and  in  case  of 
sickness  or  other  misfortune,  doing  the 
work  if  need  be  of  the  unfortunate  one. 
No  Mormon  loses  his  crop  through  sick¬ 
ness.  The  widows  of  the  community 
have  their  land  irrigated  from  the  Mor¬ 
mon  ditch  and  their  stoves  and  fire-places 
supplied  with  fuel,  free  of  cost. 
The  Mighty  Boycott. — The  New  York 
Journal  of  Commerce  gives  the  follow¬ 
ing  list  of  soul-stirring  “  boycotts  ”  done 
in  the  interests  of  “  organized  labor.” 
We  referred  last  year  to  a  case  where 
a  gentleman  who  was  trying  to  hurry 
up  the  completion  of  a  dwelling  for  his 
family  then  at  the  seaside  where  the 
season  was  closing,  was  driven  almost 
frantic  by  the  stampede  of  117  men  from 
the  premises  on  account  of  six  pairs  of 
patent  hinges  for  the  front  door,  which 
had  come  from  a  factory  where  two  non¬ 
union  men  were  employed.  Not  till  the 
hinges  were  removed  and  their  suc¬ 
cessors  purchased  of  the  agent  of  a 
manufacturer  who  employed  only  union 
men,  would  any  of  the  force  return  to 
work.  Seven  boarders  left  a  house  of 
entertainment  the  other  day  because 
a  new  set  of  knives  and  forks  purchased 
for  the  table,  bore  the  stamp  of  a  non¬ 
union  establishment.  We  can  under¬ 
stand  why  a  walking  delegate,  who  was 
obliged  to  dine  at  a  strange  restaurant, 
was  parched  with  thirst  because  the 
only  beer  on  tap  came  from  a  boycotted 
brewery.  But  we  stamp  as  incredible 
the  story  told  by  a  grocer,  of  a  customer 
who  returned  unused  a  lot  of  very  fine 
vegetables  because  he  had  learned  that 
the  beetles  were  kept  from  eating  them 
on  the  vines  by  the  spraying  of  a  pre¬ 
paration  invented  and  sold  by  a  non¬ 
union  chemist. 
Irrigation  for  Florida. — Why  has 
California  surpassed  Florida  in  the  fruit 
and  vegetable  business?  The  latter  is 
nearer  a  market,  has  a  more  favorable 
climate  and  is  much  easier  of  access. 
Probably  the  chief  reason  is  that  in  Cali¬ 
fornia  irrigation  has  been  well  developed 
and  a  constant  supply  of  water  has  en¬ 
abled  farmers  to  grow  larger  crops  and 
a  diversitjr  of  products.  Florida  must 
foster  irrigation  before  she  can  compete 
with  California.  It  is  coming,  as  the 
Florida  Agriculturist  says : 
We  do  not  know  what  system  of  irriga¬ 
tion  will  ultimately  be  adopted  in  the 
State,  but  for  the  present,  at  least,  indi¬ 
vidual  gardeners,  farmers  and  orange 
growers  will  have  to  depend  upon  plants 
erected  by  themselves ;  in  the  course  of 
time,  however,  we  think  that  the  thickly 
settled  portions  of  the  State  will  be  wa¬ 
tered  from  large  stations  erected  by  cap¬ 
italists  who  will  soon  find  out  that  water 
is  essential,  and  they  know  that  what 
the  people  must  have  they  are  willing  to 
pay  for.  The  capitalists  will  see  an  op¬ 
portunity  to  make  their  hoarded  cash 
earn  a  good  interest  and  they  will  not  be 
slow  to  invest.  When  this  day  arrives, 
the  question  of  living  more  at  home  will 
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Water  will  make  our  State  the  most  pro¬ 
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Fruit  Culture, 
and  the  Laying  Out  and 
Management  of  a  Country 
Home. — By  W.  C.  Strong,  Ex- 
President  of  the  Massachusetts  Hor¬ 
ticultural  Society,  and  Vice-Presi¬ 
dent  of  the  American  Bornological 
Society.  Illustrated.  New  revised 
edition,  with  many  additions,  mak¬ 
ing  it  the  latest  and  freshest  book 
on  the  subject. 
Contents. 
1.  Rural  Homes— Choice  of  Locality— Treat¬ 
ment— A  Good  Lawn— The  Approach. 
II.  Fruits— Location  of  the  Fruit-Garden— Suc¬ 
cess  in  Fruit-Culture— Profit  in  Frnit  Cul¬ 
ture. 
III.  How  to  Procure  Trees — Quality— How  to 
Plant— Time  to  Plant— Preparing  the  Land 
—Fertilizers— Cutting  Back— Distances  for 
Planting. 
IV.  Care  of  the  Fruit-Garden— Irrigation— Ap¬ 
plication  of  Fertilizers— Thinning  the  Fruit 
—Labels. 
V.  The  Apple— Insects  Injurious  to  the  Apple. 
VI.  The  Pear— Dwarf  Pears— -Situation  and  Soil- 
Pruning— Ripening  the  Fruit— Insects  In¬ 
jurious  to  the  Pear— Diseases. 
VII.  The  Peach— Injurious  Insects  and  Diseases  of 
the  Peach— Nectarines. 
VIII.  The  Plum — Insects  and  Diseases  of  the  Plum 
—Apricots. 
IX.  The  Cherry— Insects  Injurious  to  the  Cherry. 
X.  The  Quince— Insects  Injurious  to  the  Quince. 
XI.  The  Grape  — Grape-Houses  — Varieties— In¬ 
sects  Injurious  to  the  Grape— Mildew. 
XII.  The  Currant— Insects  Attacking  the  Currant 
—The  Gooseberry. 
XIII.  The  Raspberry— The  Blackberry. 
XIV.  The  Strawberry. 
XV.  The  Mulberry— The  Fig— Rhubarb— Aspar¬ 
agus. 
XVI.  Propagating  Fruit  Trees— From  the  Seed— By 
Division— By  Cuttings— By  Layers— By  Bud¬ 
ding— By  Grafting. 
XVII.  Insecticides— Fungicides— Recipes. 
“  Mr.  Strong  gives  evidence  of  that  thorough  grasp  of 
the  subject  which  he  has  gained  from  30  years'  experi¬ 
ence  as  an  orchardist.  His  book  is  a  simple,  clear, 
well-condensed  manual  of  practical  information  on 
the  fundamental  principles  involved  in  the  success¬ 
ful  cultivation  of  each  species  of  fruit.”— Boston 
Advertiser. 
“  In  no  branch  of  intelligence  has  there  been  so 
much  advance  as  in  horticulture.  Every  year  solves 
new  problems  insoluble  before,  and  with  new  ideas 
new  books  follow.  It  is  in  just  this  line  (in  the  en¬ 
deavor  to  elucidate  fundamental  principles)  that  Mr. 
Strong  believes  he  finds  an  unoccupied  field,  and  this 
book  is  the  result.”— Thomas  Meehan,  in  Gardener's 
Monthly. 
“  A  most  inspiring  little  book,  and  one  that  fairly 
makes  the  mouth  water,  the  subjects  treated  are  so 
suggestive  of  flavor  and  fineness  ."—Philadelphia 
Ledger. 
“There  is  very  little  in  this  book  that  will  not  be 
found  applicable  to  fruit  culture  in  the  South  as  well 
as  the  North.” — Charleston  News  and  Courier. 
“The  author  has  shown  excellent  judgment  in 
giving  the  particular  information  which  small  fruit 
raisers  wish  to  know.”— Boston  Transcript. 
“The  directions  are  specific  enough  to  be  under¬ 
stood  by  beginners  and  wise  enough  to  be  of  profit  to 
experienced  fruit  growers.”—  Home  and  Farm  (Louis¬ 
ville). 
Price,  in  one  volume,  16mo.,  cloth,  $1. 
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