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TOPICS OFTHE 1)A
JSxctreE tlii3 notice of Kalakaua, but
be declined a private dinner given by
vthe colored men of Washington.
A COMITL60ET educational law has
been enacted in twelve States of the
T Union, Kansas being the last to adopt
7 the system.
- FrvB thousand dollars and no ques
tions asked. If that does not bring
Charlie Koss to light the conviction will
-. settle down that he has passed beyond
tthe sight of mortal eyes and the sound
of mortal voice.
The nomination of Don A. Pardee, of
Ohioj as successor to Judge Durell in
Louisiana, still hanga fire in the Senate,
on account, it is said, of the opposition
of Senator West, who was not consulted
iby the President in regard to the matter.
A bill amendatory of the Pension
:law has been introduced in Congress by
Representative Albright. It proposes
- that all persons now entitled to pen
r sions, who have lost an arm below the
- elbow or a leg above the knee, shall re-
ceive $20 per month.
The Christian Union of last week
contains an article, obviously written
by Mr. Beecher, upon the suit brought
- against that gentleman by Mr. Tilton,
7 the trial of which the defendant's conn
?sel have so repeatedly delayed. Mr.
"Beecher admits that until last summer
it -e used every effort to prevent any in
vestigation of the matter, but claims
- that he is now extremely anxious to
" have the case speedily tried, and asserts
-that no compromise is possible.
"A Brr.Ti has been introduced in Con
j gress to abolish all internal revenue
' taxes, except those upon distilled spirt
"its, fermented liquors and tobacco,
- snuff and cigars, and increase the tax on
distilled spirits to eighty cents per gal-
, lon, : It also repeals the second section
. of the ict of June 6, 1872r which made
a-reduction of 10 per cent, on the arti--eles
therein enumerated, thus restoring
the duties on said articles to what they
vwere prior to the passage of the act.
A cXlEibgtman who has just returned
'from the grasshopper-devastated por
tion of Kansas writes a letter to the
Chicago Times, in which he represents
- that the destitution there is far greater
- than has been represented. Land agents
-are endeavoring to misrepresent the
--condition of affairs for the purpose of
' encouraging emigration. The settlers,
says the writer, are limited to a very
meager allowance of food scarcely
enough to sustain life for a limited
period. It is his opinion that a large
number of people will die of starvation
.unless more subsistence is furnished.
Bi a calculation just made writes a
" Washington correspondent it is ascer
tained that 23,500,000 gallons of Poto-
mac water are used every twenty-four
hours in the District of Columbia. This
is equivalent to 183 gallons per day to
' - each man, woman and child, or a greater
.-supply of water than is furnished to' the
-people of any city in the world. But
- then it should be borne in mind that
'Washington contains, about one-half
the year, more American Congressmen
than any other city in the world. We
-do not pretend to account for the im
. mense consumption of water by their
presence in the capital, but simply
.mention the fact, and leave the problem
to the solution of the cold-water scien
tists.
The Sub-Committee of Congress, ap
pointed to investigate the condition of
Louisiana is now in New Orleans
taking testimony. It is composed of
men of high character. Mr. Foster, of
-Ohio, distinguished himself at the last
-session by his coure in the Sanborn
investigation. " Mr. Phelps, of New Jer
sey, is recognized as one of the ablest
.and most honorable Representatives in
the House? Mi. Oarkson N. Potter,
'the Democratic member of the Com'
mittee, is a man who -commands the
.respect of both parties." We shall be
greatly surprised If such a committee
as this fails to pcrsue the strict line of
-duty which lies before it
Mb. E. B. Eiojott, of the Bureau of
Statistics, has been making some care--fnl
Mtmnnt&tions to-day. to ascertain
the relative value of United States sil-
-ver coin and fractional currency, in or-
- der to determine how great an appre
ciation of the s latter will fbe necessary
to make both of eqnaT value, and con
sequently to ascertain whether the sil
ver coin portion of the new currency
KfcAlv fct result as its authors
nominally" desire. "According to Mr.
F.liintf.' o&iAnlations based upon the
market value of - silver, jj -London 81
.in silver is now worth $M1 94-100 ; or.
in popular phrase, silver is now worth
not nnit-A 9. nw nfnt. premium in CUT-
rency. He is oi theopinion that this
slight difference between paper and sil
ver may be reduced to nothing by the
-administration before the Mint is ready
to put in circulation any large amount
-of silver coin.
The venerable Gerrit Smith, whose
name has been prominent ' before the
-public for more than half a. century,
-has gone the way of all earth. He was
Tborn ia Utioa, N. T.. March 6, 1797,
and had therefore reached the ripe old
age of 77 years. r- He -graduated from
liamuton College, which was the re--cipient
of hia generosity a short time
ago, in 1818, and being left with one of
4he largest landed estates in this conn
try by his father, had devoted himself
mainly to its care and improvement.
In 1825 he joined the . American Colo
nization Society, to which he contrib
uted very largely of his labor and hia
money, but ten years after he withdrew
from it and connected himself with the
American Auti Slavery Society. In
1852 he was elected to Congress, but
resigned before his time expire J, bis
constituents being dissatisfied because
he refused to attend night sessions, the
" Kansas-Nebraska bill " being pendiDg
at that time, and the discussions being
more than ordinarily exciting and im
portant. Mr. Smith, however, had an
aversion to being out of bed after 9
o'clock, and, rather than depart from
his habits of life, resigned, and gave
place te Henry J. Goodwin, who was
elected in his stead. In 1853 he was
admitted to the bar, and subsequently
took part in several important trials.
An eccentric man by nature, he was led
into many absurd isms, and took very
radical grounds on social,- political, and
religious matters, but the poor and suf
fering, always found a most steadfast
and sympathizing friend in him. His
largest gifts have been made in the
cause of emancipation and to buy homes
for the poor. He practically illustrated
his opposition to land monopoly by
contributing from his large property
about 200,000 acres to institutions of
learning, but the most of it to poor
whites and blacks in fifty-acre lots.
POLITICAL MEMORANDA.
The Mayor-elect of Springfield, Mass.
has two wooden legs.
Dr. Loring maintains that suffrage
is a natural right, and therefore women
are as much entitled to vote as men.
Thirty-six Democratic papers in Mis
souri have expressed their preference
or Gen. P. M. Cockrell for Senator.
Febnaxtkj Wood counts ninety sup
porters of his pretensions to the
Speakership of the Forty-fourth Con
gress.
Gov. Pabeeb, of New Jersey, declined
to review a military organization
" from a desire' to save expenses for the
State."
The election of Mr. Dawes to the
United States Senatorship by the Leg
islature of Massachusetts is deemed
probable.
Six women of Ellsworth, Maine,
have made formal protest to the tax-
collector against being taxed without
representation.
Asa Flower is said to be a rising
man in Texas politics. A Western pa
per thinks he "Cometh up Asa Flow
er," but may be " cut down lie the
grass.
William E. Chasdjueb, Secretary of
the .National .Republican Committee,
was recently married at Dover, N. H.,
to Miss Lucy L. Hale, daughter of the
late John if. ilol?.
The Oakland (CaL) Transcript fays
the finger of fortune seems to be
pointing toward Speaker Blaine as the
next Republican canaiaate lor Jfresi
dent of the United States."
T Dbych, the "Welsh paper, speaks
thus of Butler: "Tmddangosodd y
Cad Butler." That sounds as though
it might be the worst thing yet said
about Benjamin, but we could not
swear to it.
Gex. Tom Williams, of Nevada
Sharon's Democratic opponent for the
Senate has made over S2.000.000, so
that when the next political fight comes
off the General will be about as well
qualified " for the Senate as anybody,
These are dark davs indeed for jour
nalism when Ben Butler says that "the
newspapers are of no utility anyhow,"
and the debating society of Salem. Ore.,
resolves that " the publio press of the
United States is a nuisance, and ought
to be abated.
1 The gray-haired, pot-bellied buffoon
of the Cincinnati Commercial and
the slanderous, foul-tongued, envious.
lying Halstead " are among the sounds
whicn reacn us irom Cincinnati. Are
those newspapers going at it again, and
can t nothing be done about it t
The Kpnngneia Republican says :
If the movement for a religious
amendment should ever assume formid
able proportions which is among the
possibilities it might end by putting
Uod in tno consnution, dus is wouia
begin by raising the devil in our poli
tics." .
The Memphis Avalanche makes this
unkind reference to the claimant of the
Governorship of Arkansas : "Chickens
come home to roost ; but Volney Vol
taire Smith, the Arkansas Charley
Bobs, doesn't. He roasts in Washing
ton on the gable end of the ragged edge
of despair.
The Senatorial fight in Minnesota
waxes warm, xne at. aui corrre
spoodent of the Chicago Timet says
.Tmi 1 A I J , 1
xne contest is . ountuaerauiy mueu.
Of late Gov. Davis has been gaming
strength, and the best informed politi
cians claim trial ne sianas as goea a
chance - as any prominent candidate
named ; but whatever the result, they
say, Kamsey is beaten.
A . Nsw .Tobk. correspondent of
Western journal says i , ... ' Charles
O'Conor for United States Senator is
the latest card. Thus far, since the
positive refusal of ex-Gov. Seymour to
be a candidate, the chances have ap
peared to lie between .Francis ivernan.
of Utica, and Henry O. Murphy, of
Brooklyn. It is cnougns mat 11 Mr,
O'Conor consents to run he can be
elected more easily than either of these
eentlemen in fact, at once, without
any contest whatever.
Both Bepublican candidates for
Congress in Florida were elected at the
late election. The. vote has just been
declared by the canvassers, and is as
follow ; ' . -
rWjrf Elected. Rep. Dem. Seal.
1 William 3. Porman .... . . .8,710 . 8,618
n" lmtmii T W.l a. ........ ...8.M9 ' 8.178
It is stated, by a Democratic paper
that the Legislature is politically com
posed as follows :
Joint
Ballot.
Senate,
...13
...12
Boom.
28
Republicans...
Democrats
36
- 40
OamocraUo majority.. 7
Andrew Johnson says he is going to
be the ; next Senator from Tennessee.
" 1 have been over the field," he said to
a correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
mercial, " and I know pretty well what
to calculate' on. I believe that my
worst enemies now acknowledge that
my chances are growing better every
day. A few weeks - ago they - tried to
or.virioe the eonntry that I had no
chance." Since the Lelection they have
changed their" minds." ueax. jonn O,
Brown, now Governor of , Tennessee, is
A, J.'s most iormiuuuie wxuauwx.
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
A (later Little Woman.
A queer little woman I met one day.
With a round little noe and two great blue eyes,
Ana sue grappled my iiecft in 00 neroe a way
I waa nearly choked to death with aurpiiae.
"Where did you come from? What is your
name 7" i
I aked, as a shower of kiaiea fell.
" Poea any one own you, my little dame?"
" I'm all yours. Auntie ; but don't you tell."
i . .
W kiss each other with fond embrace
Upon the landiug or on the htair ;
Whatever the unit- or wherever the place;
1'ne opportunity id then and there.
T." just for a minute; and then; percuance,
Auother may happen to paaa that way
Who clatmB a kiss or a loving gl auce
And wina her heart with but slight delay.
And, nestllrg clone to her charioteer,
Her coral lipa like a fluted a hell.
She whiBpera, aoltly, and yet I bear :
" I'm all your, Papa ; but don t you tell."
You queer little woman ! how can I truat
A love do tickle and false aa this T
Do you think that a heart eo cruelly thrust
Can 111 eet you to-morrow with femile and kiss ?
i
Ah ! yes, indeed, for I would not lose
My hold on the heart I am proud to share ;
So love me little to-day, if you choose,
And grant me more when you've more to spare.
Independent. - j
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Trie Story at the Three Bean.
" A atoiy which may content the minds
Of learned men and grave philosophers."
Once upon a time there were Three
Bears who lived together in a house of
their own in a wood. One of them
was a Little, Small, Wee Bear, and one
was a Middle-sized Bear, and the other
was a Great , Huge Bear.; They had each
a pot for their porridge ; a little pot
for the Little, Small, Wee Bear, and a
middle-sized pot for the Middle Jbtear,
and a great pot for the Great, Huge
Bear. And they had each a chair to
sit in ; a little chair for the Little, Small,
Wee Bear, and a middle-sized chair
for the Middle Bear, and a great chair
for the Great, Huge Bear. And they
had each a bed to sleep in ; a little bed
for the Little, Small, Wee Bear, and a
middle-sized bed for the Middle Bear,
and a great bed for the Great, Huge
Bear.
One day. after they had made the
porridge for their breakfast, and poured
it into their porridge-pots, tney walked
out into the woods while the porridge
was cooling, that they might not burn
their mouths by beginning too soon to
eat it. And while they were walking,
a little old Woman came to the house.
She could not have been a good, honest
old Woman ; for first she looked in at
the window, and then she peeped in at
the key-hole ; and seeing nobody in the
house, she lilted the latch. The door
was not fastened, because the Bears were
good Bears, who did nobody any harm,
and never suspected that " anybody
would harm them. Sol the little old
Woman opened the door and went
in ; and well pleased she was when she
saw the porridge on the table. If she
had been a good little old Woman,
she would have waited till the Bears
come home, and then, i perhaps, they
would have asked her j to breakfast ;
for they were good Bears a little rough
or so, as the manner of Bears is, but for
all that very good-natured and hospita
ble. But she was an impudent, bad
old Woman, and eet about helping her
self. So first she tasted the porridge of the
Great, Huge Bear, and that was too hot
for her : and she said a bad word about
that. And then she tasted the por
ridge of the Middle Bear, -and that was
too cold for her ; and she said a bad
word about that too. And then she
went to the porridge of the Little,
Small, Wee Bear, and tasted that;
and. tnat was neitner too not nor
too cold ; and she liked it so well that
she ate it all up ; but the naughty
old Woman said a bad word about the
little porridge-pot, because it did not
hold enough for her.
Then the little old Woman sat down
in the chair of the Great, : Huge Bear,
and that was too hard for her. And
then she sat down in the chair of the
Middle Bear, and that was too soft for
her. And then she sat down in the
chair of the Little, Small, Wee Bear, and
that was neither too hard nor too
soft, but was juBt right. So she
seated herself in it, and there
she sat till the bottom: of the chair
came out, and down came hers, plump
upon the ground. And ! the naughty
old Woman said a wicked word about
that too. i
men the little old Woman went up
stairs into the bed chamber in which
the Three Bears slept. And first she lay
down upon the bed of the Great, Huge
liear ; but tnat was . too nign at tne
head for her. . And next she lay down
upon the bed of the Middle Bear ; and
that was too nign in tne loot lor lier.
And then she lay down upon the bed of
the Little, Small, Wee Bear ; and that
was neither too high at the head nor at
the foot, but just right. So she covered
herself up comfortably, and lay there
till she fell fast asleep.
By this time the Three Bears thought
their porridge would be cool enough
so they came home to breakfast. Now
the little old Woman had left the
spoon of the Great, Huge Bear standing
in in 8 porridge.
"aOMEoUDi OAS HtltiSi AT Ml
POBBIDGE I" Said the Great. Huge
Bear, in his great, rough, gruff voice,
And when the Middle Bear looked at
his he saw that the spoon, was standing
in it too. They were wooden spoons ;
if they had been silver ones, the naughty
old' Woman would have put them in her
pocket. :
ESOMKBOPV HAS BEEN AT MY POR
RIDGE " said the Middle Bear, in his
middle voice.
Then the Little, Small. Wee Bear
looked at his, and there was the spoon
in the porridge pot, but the porridge
was an gone.
' ijameooay na oeen at my por
ridge, and has eaten it ail, up" said
the Little, Small, Wee Bear, in his , lit
tle, small, wee voice; -
i upon tnis , tne 'xnree isears, seeing
that some one naa entered meir house.
and eaten up the Little. Small. Wee
Bear's breakfast, began- to look about
them. Mow rhe little old Woman had
not put the hard cushion straight when
she rose from the chair of the Great,
-tinge uear..-- -. - i .;j
"SOMEBODY HAS BEEN SIT
TING IN MY CHAIR said the Great.
Huge Bear, in his great, rough, gruff
VOlCe. ''!-:;.:,
And the little old Woman had squat
ted down the soft cushion of the Middle
Bear. , , . .
u "Somebody has bkex sitting m my
chatbI" said the Muddle Bear, in his
middle voice. . - i
And you know what the little old
Woman bad done to the third chair.
y Somebody naa oeen sitting in my
chair, and has sat the bottom of it out"
said the Little, Small, Wee Bear, in his
little, small, wee voice. - , f
. Then the . Three Bears thought it
necessary that they should make further
search ; so they went up stairs -into
their bed-chamber. Now the little old
Woman had - pulled the pillow of the
Great, Huge Bear out of its place.
" SOMEBODY HAS BEEN LYING
IN MY BED !" said the Great, Huge
iJear, in ma great, rough, grutl voice.
And the little old Woman had pulled
the bolster of the Middle Bear out of its
place. - -
"Somebody has been lying in my
bed !" said the Middle Bear, in his mid
dle voice.
And when the Little, Small, Wee
Bear came to look at his bed, there
was the bolster in, its place ; and the
pillow in its place upon the bolster ;
and upon the pillow was the little old
Woman's ugly, dirty head which was
not in its place, for she had no business
there.
Somebody has been lyxng tn my
bed and here she is " said the Little,
Small, Wee Bear, in his little, small,
wee voice.
The -little old Woman had heard in her
sleep the great, rough, gruff voice of the
Great, Huge Bear ; but she was so fast
asleep that it was no more to her than
the roaring of wind or tne rumbling of
thunder. And she had heard the middle
voice of the Middle Bear, but it was
only as if she had heard some one
speaking in a dream. But when she
heard.the little, small, wee voice of
the Little, Small, Wee .Bear, it was
so sharp and so shrill that it awak
ened her at once. Up she started ; and
when she saw the Three Bears on one
side of the bed, she tumbled herself
out on che other, and ran to the win
dow. Now, the window was open, be
cause the bears, like good, tidy Bears,
as they were, always opened their bed
chamber window when they got up in
the morning. Out the little old Woman
jumped ; and whether she broke her
neck m the fall, or ran into the wood
and was lost there, or found her wav
out of the wood and was taken up by
the constable and sent to the House of
C orrection for a vagrant as she was, I
cannot telL But the Three Bears never
saw anything more of her. Southev.
"1 Cannot Help It."
Do you ever make use of this phrase.
young folks ? You will all plead guilty,
we fear ; and older iojlks are very apt
to do the same.
There is our friend Ratine : the dress
ing bell rings, and she hears it ; she is
conscious that she ought to spring up
at once ; that all will go wrong if she
does not ;- but still she lies with folded
hands, for "a little more sleew and a.
little more slumber."
Late at breakfast, hurried in prepar
ing for school, Buthie meets her moth
er's reproaching looks with " I cannot
help it ; I mean to get up every morn
ing as soon as I am called, but before I
know it I'm asleep again I can't help
it!" '
Donald is charged with an errand
which he is to attend to on his way to
school, and of course Donald means to
do it : but something diverts his mind.
and as has often been the case before,
he forgets all about it until too late.
'lhere ! it s too bad. but I cannot
help it !" he says, and so comforts him
self for this one more " sin of unfaith
fulness." Harry and Josie are in hot dispute
Now they forget themselves entirely '
Josie's vexing words are uttered with
out restraint, and Harry, in a towering
passion, gives her a fierce reply, and
rushes out of the room.
The brother and sister meet no more
until night, and in the meantime they
each feel self-reproached and uncom
fortable. " Well, I cannot help it." says Harry
to himself ; " Josie is so provoking, and
on 1 go into a rage before I know it.
Ana jesie is wisnmg over and over
again that she could recall her teasing
words " But then it is just my nature,
a cannot neip it !
Most likely all of our young readers
are conscious of some habit of wrong
doing which they feel to be just such a
band of sin" tying them down, so that
tney really cannot help doing lust so.
And no wonder ; for theBe habits of
evil are just like strong bands, holding
us back from the service and obedience
which we owe to God. And every time
we indulge the habit of wrong doing we
strengthen the bond, as it were, by an-
otner tnread.
And as Josie says, " It is our nature
we cannot help it."
How to Furnish a House.
The New York Times draws a picture
of tne time when our houses shall be
furnished as they should be : " Heavy
rugs will partly cover the polished
noors. .raper of some neutral tint, free
from glaring figures, will stretch from
me ncniy-coiored dado at the bottom
to tlie gay border at the top. The
picture-rod will not be c f the eternal
gilt that wearies us now. It will be
painted some decided color that will
harmonize with the prevailing shade of
tne wnoie room, liefore the windows
and before the doors which open out
ward, curtains, heavy in texture and
subdued in tone, edged with strong
lace, will hang from wooden rings which
move freely on a slender woodon rod
fastened to the sheathing. Kings and
rod will be of the hue of the picture-
rod above. The sir gle curtain before
each opening will be looped to one side;
low bookcases, not over three feet high,
dark wood relieved bv a few chiseled
designs picked out in color, will line
the walL No glass doors will disfigure
them. One general pattern, varied in
each piece, will stamp the furniture.
Last and greatest, an open wood-fire,
either, in a fireplace or in one of the
Jtfranklin stoves which still lurk in the
garrets of old country-houses, will cast
i i . . . .
iw oueeiy ugnv over everytmng. iu
close stove, the register, the grate, and
the radiator, will be tabooed. The
blaze of wood burning across ' brazen
and irons is something so beautiful that
no artist has ever suooeeded in painting
it. . The first of all hints on household
tastes should be : Have an open wood -fire
in the room in which you mean to
live." v-r- :.-..-
It Exploded A Sleeplng-Car Episode.
The Uniontown v (Pens.) Standard
narrates this exciting incident : " A few
nignte ago a lady Basses ger ;. on tne
westward-bound tram, Connellsville
route, engaged a berth in one of the
palace sleeping coaches. When she was
reauy to retire she took from ner s atcnei
a gum bed.' which she inflated and
placed upon the ' regular bed on the
berth she was to occupy. It happened
that her berth was very close to the
stove, and the night being rattier cold,
the porter firal nn rtrettv lively. The
heat from the stove caused the gum bed
to , expand until the pressure got so
great that it collapsed with tremen
dous shock: similar to the report of
cannon, and the passengers jumped out
of their berths in' their night clothes,
thinking there was a collision. ' The
force of tho nrOioTuu threw the ladv
against the ceiling of the berth, but didi
not hurt her beyond a slight bruise.
When the nal utate of affairs was
known, and the lady was found to be
unhurt, the thing created considerable
merriment amoncr the passengers, and
that lady vows sue will never take any
more gum beds with her when she goes
a-traveling."
FARM AND HOME. '.
Best Fobm ov Tile fob Dbatniho.
The most experienced drainers in En
gland, Germany and France have found
that the tile having the narrowest bot
tom is the best for carrying off water.
A small rill of water in a wider bottomed
tile, or drain of - any kind, spreads and
loses its power of keeping the drain
dear of Band and other obstructions,
whereas a comparatively small amount
of water in a narrow-bottomed tile or
drain rises and forms a current which
sweeps away obstructions.
Protecting Fruit Trees. I send
you the following sure method of pro
tecting fruit trees from rabbits, hoping
you will give it publicity in your valua
ble paper. I have tried it as long as
ni teen years, and never knew it to fail.
It is simply to thoroughly rub the
trees with melted tallow as high up as
rabbit can reach. No rabbit will
touch them while this remains ; and, if
properly applied, the rains of winter
will not wash it off, and the sun will not
melt it off until spring, when it has
served its time. Exchange.
Value op California Lands. As an
indication of the rise in California
lands, it is said that Santa Clara Valley
(.near to and soutn of Ban J rancisoo)
bottom lands are sold as high as $300
per acre. The Pajaro Valley, sixty
miles further south, has farms valued at
$100 te $200 per acre. In the Sonoma
and other valleys north of San Fran
cisco, $190 per acre is a common valua
tion for farms, and $300 per acre for
productive vineyards. The Sacramento
Valley farms are worth $50 per acre,
and those of the great San Joaquin
Valley are valued at $40.
Bones and Wkkat. One pound of
bones contains the phosphoric acid of
twenty-eight pounds oi wheat. A
crop of wheat of forty bushels per
acre, and sixty pounds per bushel,
weighs two thousand four hundred
pounds, and it requires abont eighty
six pounds of bones to supply it with
that essential material. The usual sup
ply of bone dust (three hundred to
four hundred pounds per acre) supplies
each of the crops for four years with a
sufficiency of phosphoric acid, which is
given out as the bones decompose. In
many cases bones are allowed to go to
waste while the wheat is failing for want
of ingredients which they contain.
The Ideal Farmer. Balph Waldo
Emerson, in his essays, thus portrays
the glory of the farmer :
" The glory of .the" farmer is that, in
the division of labor, it is his part to
create. All the trades rest at last on
his primitive authority. He stands
close to nature : he obtains from the
earth the bread and the meat. The
food which was not he causes to be.
The first farmer was the first mac, and
all historic nobility rests on the posses
sion and use of land.
" Men do not like hard work, but
every man Has an exceptional respect
for tillage, and the feeling that this is
the original calling of his race ; that he
himself is only excused from it by some
circumstances which made him delegate
it for a time to other hands. If he had
not some skill which recommended him
to the farmer, some product for which
the farmer will give his corn, he must
himself return into his due place among
the planters. And the profession has
in all eyes this ancient charm, a stand
ing nearest to God, the First Cause9.
" The beauty of nature, the tranquil
lity and innocence of the countryman,
his independence . and pleasing arts
the care of bees, of poultry, of sheep,
the dairy, the care of hay, of fruits, of
orchards and forests, and the reaction
of these on the workman in giving him
strength and plain dignity like the face
and manners of nature, all men ac
knowledge. All men keep the farm in
reserve as an asylum, where, in case
of mischance, to hide their poverty, or
a solitude, if they do not succeed in society.-
And who knows how many
glasses of remorse are turned this way
from the bankrupts of trade, from mor
tified pleaders in courts and Senates, or
from the victims of idleness and pleas
ure ? Poisoned by town life and town
vices, the sufferer resolves : Well, my
children, whom I have injured, shall go
back to the land, to be recruited and
cured by that which should have been
m nursery, and shall be their hospi-
Dbstboying Fiats on Farms. Winter
is the time for catching rats, and, if
the number of these are kept down in
winter, they will seldom trouble the
farmer much in summer. Every farmer
knows that rats, especially if disturbed
about the barn, take to the fields after
corn-shocking time, wnen nearly, or
auite, all may be killed when the shocks
are moved, if one have a well-trained
dog. S, also, large numbers may be
killed sometimes under stacks by tak
ing advantage of their peculiar habits.
Bats are never found in stacks, shocks
of corn, corn-cribs, granaries or other
like places. Their homes are in the
ground, under these places, and, by
taking advantage of this fact, a little
energy and tact will easily dislodge and
destroy them.
We once had a .Newfoundland aog
the best ratter we ever saw. He
seemed to have come to an understand
ing with a little Skye terrier, by which
the little dog Deoame tne jacnai w tne
big one. There was a deep ditch and
bank running Detween tne nog-nouse
and yard and other farm buildings, in
which tne rats tooK reruge in jarge
numbers. The two dogs, with much
noise and barking, would run up and
down the bank, when suddenly, the
terrier would begin digging hard at a
hole selected, the large dog meanwhile
sitting quietly a snort distance oft, but
BAtavelv observant. Pretty soon a rat
would peep out of a hole and scud
away, only to una nseu picsea ' up
nrnmntlv bv the -Newfoundland, which
always allowed the smaller dog to finally
kill the rat. These two persistent
hunters would thus go from one hiding
place to another, but their chief de
pendence was the bank, except during
the summer and early fall, since here
wn alwavs a dry refuge for the rats.
Poisoning rats is not difficult if the
t1 an is adopted. It is often
difficult to get rats to take poison if it
is mixed at first with the food placed
for them, but if they are allowed to
eat of the bait until they come fearless
ly and regularly, they may then be
nninoned and large numbers of rats de
stroyed. If rats when poisoned, will be
likely to die in some situation where
they may become offensive, they may
be I aited. upon a large cask, the head
of which is eo arranged that it will tip
and throw the i at into the cask, in
which sufficient water should be placed
to drown the vermin. Fasten the head
and bait till the rats come regularly
Then set it to catch and the haul will
generally be a good one.
The Household.
' Rubber Boots. These boots may be
warn temporarily through wet and snow,
bat they should be removed on enter-
ing the house, as wearing them con
stantly is injurious to the feet. ' i -
Abbowboot ' Gbtteii. Mix a dessert
spoonful of arrowroot with a little cold
water and pour over it one pint of boil
ling water ; boil until it looks transpar
ent. Add a little salt. If the patient
can take milk, substitute boiling milk
for water, and flavor with grated lemon
peel or vanilla. '
To Bleach Flannel. Flannel which
has . become yellow with use may be
bleached by putting it for some days in
a solution of hard soap to which strong
ammonia has been added. The right
proportions are one pound and a half
of hard curd soap, fifty pounds of soft
water and two-thirds of a pound of
strong ammonia solution. The same
object may be attained in a shorter
time by placing the flannel for a quarter
of an hour in a weak solution of bisul
phate of sodium, to which a little hy
drochloric, acid has been added.
To Polish Cuffs and Shirt Fronts.
Procure at the hardware stores a
polishing iron; that with a bulge at
both ends is the best. Iron the linen
as usual, then place it on a board with a
lay.er of muslin on the board, then pass
c damp cloth over the linen, and rub
with the polishing iron until the de
sired degree of glossiness is obtained.
The iron should not be very hot, or it
wiil scorch ; if it is too cool, the polish
will be long coming. Gum arable dis
solved and added in small quantities
to the starch improves it ; a lump of
sugar is almost as good, and so is
sperm, or soap, or butter, or white wax.
Chlorine gas is often used for driv
ing rats and mice from the walls of a
house. To do this, a dish of manganese
and muriatic acid may be placed tender
the garret floor. Now, since the gas
thus produced is heavier than atmos
pheric air, if there is communication,
the gas will quickly settle and pervade
every cranny, even to the cellar, and
there will be a general scampering of
vermin ; but since this gas is as de
structive to human as to smaller animal
life, it is not altogether safe to practice
this way unless the family vacate the
premises, or unless every chance of
communication between the partitions
be closed.
Novel Dining-Table. A novel din-ing-table
is now in use in one of the
palaces of the Emperor of Russia.
The table is circular and is placed on a
weighted platform. At the touch of a
signal, like a rub of Aladdin's lamp,
down goes the table through the floor,
and a new table, loaded with fresh
dishes and supplies, rises in its place.
But this is not all ; each plate stands
on a weighted disk, the tablecloth being
cut with circular openings, one for each
plate. If a guest desires a change of
plate he touches a signal at his side,
when, presto, his plate disappears and
another rises. These mechanical din-ing-tables
render the presence of ser
vants quite superfluous. In this coun
try, at the Oneida Community, they
employ dinner-tables having the central
parts made to revolve. Here the gob
lets, spoons, tea and coflee, casters,
pitchers and other necessary articles of
table furniture are placed; revolving
tne center piece, tne sitter brings be
fore him whatever article may be de
sired without the intervention of a spec
ial waiter. f
GORGEOUS GASLING-PALACE.
Jotin K. eiisiaaberUn's New Cepltollne
Club-Hani, at Washington The Brit
ish Minister's Castle as tne Home at
"Th Tiger."
Washington Cor. New York Graphic.
John F. Chamberlin's Washington
Ulub House is now open in the late resi
dence of the British Minister and his
legation, on Farragut square and Cor
coran's yard) Seventeenth and I streets.
It is the most elaborate and spacious
gaming house and restaurant in the
United States and cost $90,000. : Mr.
Morrissev's Saratoga Club is a orim.
plain, business-like affair compared with
it. although Morrissy s four large rooms
are larger than any of Chamberlin's, but
tne interior architecture of tne wasn
ington Club is more novel and elegant
than would appear in any house built
especially for gaming purposes. It was
esteemed fit for a Prince.of the house
of Hanover-Brunswick to make it his
home, and was erected by one of the
most substantial bankers in the United
States for his durable family mansion.
It was rented by the British government
for $6,000 a year in gold equal to
$12,000 or more in New York city and
has been the scene of the greatest par
ties and receptions ever given in Wash
ington, viz., Charles Knapp's grand
secial party in 1867 and the state recep
tion of Prince Arthur in 1870.
This house was built thirty years or
more ago by Jiiiisha xuggs, brotner of
George Biggs, the son of the founder
of the house of .feabody, .Kiggs & (Jo.,
afterward George Peabody & Co. The
Biggs brothers built adjoining each
other, George Biggs expending upon
his establishment $u,uuu, and .uiisna a
less sum. Mr. Corcoran, their associate,
afterwara bought nearly a square of
ground between their residences and
Lafayette for the President's) square,
and remodeled upon it the old house
occupied by Daniel Webster and Joseph
Gales successively. There he still re
sides and the corner of his garden wall
is right across the street from the club
house where (Jhamberlin presides.
With this wall on one side. Farragut
square open on another side, the stables
of tne legation also owned by unam-
berlin in the rear, and shrubbery
divid ng the club-house from Biggs ,
this casino- is both sequestered and
central.
When Mr. Knapp received this offer
for the legation he waited on George
Biggs and asked if he was willing to
pay $90,000 for the premises. Mr.
Biggs said " No." Hearing that Presi
dent Grant also - desired to buy the
house it was proffered to him with the
same refusal. .Having exhausted the
curtesies of ' b r siness he accepted
Chamberlin's offer. It is understood
that Mr. Biggs says that he does not
desire a better neighbor. ; ; 1
Count ." Jatjbebt, : who recently died
onoe attacked Marshal conic witn .
number of epigrams, and the Marshal,
meeting him at a reception of the court
of Louis Philirfpe, turned his back on
him jUBt as the Count was coming for
ward to sneak to him. and this in the
presence of thirty people. " Monsieur
le MareehaL" said Jaubert. ouietly, "I
have been told that yon considered me
one of your enemies. I see with pleas-
. . . m TTfl A .; A
nre that it is not so. " ny nos, on c
said Soult. " Because," said Jaubert.
von are not in the , habit of turning
vour back to the enemy." The Marshal
held out his hand,' and the Count's suc
cess was complete. a -
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Kobert jbonneb naspurcua5ea
ivemewo, ui uoimnwu, .' lamuua
3-year-old mare Juady stout, paying
$25,000. In the last fall meeting at
Lexington the mare made the fastest
time for 3-year-olds on record.
TaK STARiASD THE WATIS LILY
4M OUVn WkNUELL HOLlfll.
The ann stepped down irom hia golden throne
And lay in the silent sea,
And the Lily hath folded her satin leaves,
For a sleepy thins; was she :
Woat la the Lily dreaming of T.
Why critp the waters bine T
8 ie. Be.-, she is lifting her varnlahed Ud I
Her white leaves are glistening through
The rose is cooling his bnrnlng oheekj
In the lap of the breathless tide;
The Lily hath sisters fresh and fair, '
That would lie by the rose's side ;
Ha wonld love her better than all the rest,
And he would be fond and true ;
But the Lily unfolded her weary lids
And looked at the sky so blue.
Be nember, remember, thou Billy one.
How fast will tby summer glide.
And wilt thou wither a virgin pale,
Or flourish a blooming bride f
" Oh, the roes is old and thorny and old.
And he llvee on earth," aaid aba : -
But the star la fall, and he lives in the air.
And he shall my bridegroom be."
' But what if the stormy cloud should oome.
And ruffle the silver sea T
Would he turn his eye from the distant sky.
To smile on a thing like thee 7
Oh. no, fair Lily, he wonld not send
One ray from hia far off throne ;
The winds shall blow, and the waves shall flow.
And thou wilt be left alone.
There is not a leaf on the mountain top
Nor a drop of evening dew.
Nor the golden sand on the sparkling shore,
Nor a pearl on the waters blue.
That he has not cheered with his fickle smiley
And warmed with his faithless beam,
And will he be true to a pallid flower.
That floats on the quiet stream f
Alas for the Lily 1 she wonld not heed.
But turned to the skies afar,
And he bared her breaat to the trembling ray
That shot from the rising star ;
The cloud came over the darkened sky.
And over the waters wide ;
She looked In vain through the beating rain.
And sank in the stormy tide.
Pith and Point .
Twisted hemp cures felons.
A wobp in season Winter. .
Bad suits to wear Libel suits.
A babe flower The pink of polite-
ness.
Fbtjits
rents.
of ballooning Upper car
Timid blows do not tell much on any
great work.
The place for proof-readers The
house of correction. -
No quorum attends more meetings
than any other man.
What Is the only pane we make light
ef ? A window-pane.
The government will arm the Crow
Indiana. Caws not stated.
Waveblt. 111., boasts a snrv vounor
lady who cau stand and jump nine feet.
Philosophical paradox When a
youth has a decided bent for any pur
suit he is likely to keep straight at it.
Philadelphia asserts that she has
more houses than New York by 60,000,
than Brooklin by 78,000, and than
Boston by 94,000.
Quiz, having drawn a map of the
world, was asked why he marked the
Polar regions " Jj. a.: ' and he said.
because it is the place of the seal.
A correspond knt writes to us to learn
if a deaf boy can become a book-keeper. -
Certainly, is tnere not a maxim oi
"deaf as an adder? Cincinnati Times,
It is hardly necessary to deny the
rumor that ladies who attend our thea
ters frequently turn an honest penny by
accepting from gentlemen behind them
pecuniary inducements to sit bare
headed during the play.
A little boy onoe brought eggs for
the contribution-box. When asked
how he came by the offering, he con
fessed to having-, tied up a neighbor's
hen to his bed-post " and," said he,
triumphantly, " them eggs is mine, foe
she laid 'em in my straw bed."
An adroit thief who abstracted an os
tentatiously displayed check for $1,000
from tne gifts at a wedding the other-
day, only to find that the old man's
balance in the bank was $4.50. thinks
there is no chance for honest industry
in this city. Brooklyn Argus.
Tom Betd, of the Menasha Press, is
evidently working for a position on the
Chicago Times. . He says : " The mis-.,
erable, cowardly, white-livered wretch
who has sent us an anonymous note.
making charges which we know to be
false as the gangrened heart from which
they emanated, if he will uncover his
hyena countenance to us, we will spit
upon it for him."
When , the Bev. DeWitt Talmage
gets through with his theatrical sensa
tion he had better turn his attention to
a Nevada Justice lately appealed to to
issue a warrant for tne arrest of three-
card-monte men who had swindled a
traveler, and who refused to do so, say
ing tnat tne onense came under the head
of " Dispensations of Providence," and.
that he hadn't jurisdiction. ,
A kan called upon a lawyer, the other
day, and began to state his ease in a -rather
abrupt manner. "Sir, I have
oome to you for advice ; Fm a husband-in-law."
4A what?" spoke out the
learned counsel. " Husband-in-law.
sir I" " I have never seen that denned
domestio relations." " Don't. you
know what a husband-in-law is ? Sir,
you're -no. lawyer; you're an igno
ramus I i am a nusDana-in-faur. bat
not in fact, sir my wife's run oft";
What is Ufa 1
, A twisted yarn tangled skein '
A mingled web of joy and pain
A glancing sunbeam, warm and bright
A banging cloud more dark than might
A beauteous Sower of sweetest eoenw
A murky eave where poison's pens -
A golden cap with nectec aweet
A blackened bowl where bitters meet
The lightest feather that ean rise -
A heery weight, repressing sighs .
A lucid stream with rapid now
A stagnant pool where dark weeds grow
A nunw bresss that ooola the air
A hurricane that makes earth bare
A gift enjoyed with grateful heart
A load with wUeh we long to part
And such la life (
Ottb foreign grain' market is stead n
enlarging. In 1872-3 England and her
dependencies took almost all the wheat
we naa to export. Ximst year -we
shipped 15 per cent, to other markets
W7 1 I d fts-A AAA a '
X raiioo traying z,ou,uw DUneiS, Uel-
gium, 8,750,000, and the Netherlands
upward of 3,006,000. Germany, too.
bought bix times as much aa ah a AiA
during the preceding season. It is ev
ident tnat our Western farmers need
not oon tract their wheat acreage vt-
spite of the nearer proximity of the
Russian and Hungarian grain regions
to the consumers. J'iUsburgh Com
mercial. . ,: ..
Ireland is "of late' years . making a
very considerable showing in court
statistics. The indictable offenses in
that country are annually, becoming re
duced in numbers to a marked degree.
The past year's statistics show 774 lea
o iieuses tnan tne year before, and 3,923
wu jetuv ago. otrange as it
. py seem, tne number of , oriminal
oi i breaches of the peace in Ireland has
j uneu id per cent., lower than
in K ...
of Great Britain for five years,, The
general condition of the people of Ire
land is also said to be steadily improv-
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