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Sy.! l I ' I' n t . i 2 WILLAMETTE FARMER. wmmwfmw. ! f I 1 II i ii Te ohe Circle. Harvest. Hwett, ancct, awcct, Is Ilia wind's aong, Astir In tlio rippled wheat All day long. It hath tho brcxA'a wild gayetjr, The korruwful cry of tho sea. Oh, liuali and hear 1 Hvuet, swtet, anil cli ar Abovo tlio locust's wlilrr, Ami hum of boo, Illats that soft, pathetic harmony. In tlio meadow-grass Tho Innocent wltlto daisies Mow; Tha dandelion plumo doth pais Vanuely to and fro Tho uwiulet spirit of a flower That hath too brief an hour. Nor doth a llttlo cloud all wblto Or golden bright Drift down tho warm, Muo akjri And now on the horizon lino, Wlitro dnnky woodland He, A sunny inlet ilotli alilne, Like to a vc II before, a holy shrine, Oitireallng, llalfrcniiilnii Things divine. .Sweet, nwrtt, sweet, 1 tho wlnd'e aoiig, Astir In tho rippled wheat All dny Ioiik. That oiqulHlto mualn calla Tho n aixr cvtrywhero I.lfu ami ihalli mint eharc. tTliogoldtit ltarvt at falls, Ho doth all end Honored l'lillotwiphy, Hrlincoand Art, Tim bloom of tho h'art;- Maator, Cnnsoli r, Friend, Mako Thou the liaru t of our daya To fall within Thy was, Sentmrr'ifttr Awjml. My Friends, tho Winncbagos No. 2. Wrllti ii for tlio llt-iui. 1'iitaa by II. II.) At I Saw Them in Wisconsin. My first acquaintance with Wisconsin Indians was formed iiiiu afternoon in Nnvoiuhur, 1807, as I was chopping in tho woods, fuw roil from tlio iiiiiiti mini. It wiih ii bright, warm ility; in (act, n llttlu too bright ami warm for chopping. Willi an unusually hunvy blow I struck my ax Into tlio wlillu (ink log, intending to loavo It tliero ii fuw moments, will l I could straighten tip mid breathe, u little, I liml hoard no Hound Imt Hint of my ax, and tlio drumming of ii partridge; Imt on looking iirouud, I miiw ii tall Indian, about twenty-llvo jiiim of ngc, standing within an iirm'H length of mo. Ilo had iividontly ititi'iidi'il nn agrctulilu sur prise; mid when liu hhw )y my lonlm that ho had nccouiplishisl his object, his face, which wan streaked witli neurit t and bluelc paint, grin iifil with mi expression which Hieinecl to say, "Hero I am, you scut Wo Indian a ret funny follows ain't wu? " Illrt unshorn and uncouth I'd hair huiigiluiigllng alionl his uncle, Imt a fuw locks illrtrtly in front wirn tightly hriiidul, that hU vIhIoii might Iio unobstructed. Ho had on n dirly calico shirt, which ho worn out sldo of his pautH, 'I'lm last mimed garment wan of tlio mont croiiouilcul cut, everything ho. inn dispensed with except tho legs; those, liy menu of a narrow ntrip of cloth extending up hiit sides, worn fastened to u IhU about IiIh waist. Ilia feet wirn protected liy 11 pair of 111 madn moccasins, Ho had u vory good rillo, and to hirt utlior hunting equipments wns added a Hiiiiilt woodnu horn, not innro than four inch- i Hiii length, which wiih hanging "ver IiIh shoulders Ho had oliKorvi'd my curiosity in regard to it, and putting it lo his lips produced n plaintive, quavering noiiihI, which, liu In foruit'd nn', wiih Intended lo iinllaln tlio bloat ing of tliu fawn. Ho assured inn that upon hi uring this call tlui oldi r members of tho deer family would bo thrown oil their guard, and in thi-ir anxiety for their young would he'cnuio nn easy prey to tint hunter, liu Haiti ho was of thu Winnebago tribe.; and that lie was of a party who went then on their route to more favorable hunting i;roundH, about n hundred miles iiorthenat of Sandusky, Inleii dlnn lo winter there. 1 hud no Kiisplcion that ho intended to lako my xcalp alonj; with him, as a lueioorial, Imt I was well uwiiro that be had hoiiiii object, beyond u mem complimentary cull. His object, exnrcHscd in plum Indian, and Inundated into main I'iikMhIi, was thli 1m ho wauled ii chow of tobacco. It wiih to c,io mo an opportunity lo purehaso, at ko cheap a rate, (he everlasting friendship ofn real Indian, that h, on hearing Iho hound of my in, hail left his track, or, mom vulgarly mieakiiu;, Iho road In Knutliisky, lo pay mo this lit. On in v iiiformlnn him thai 1 was one of tho small minority of tho eiliens of the above named place who could not iitbird to indulge in tlie use of lob icco, ho left in dUpjist. I'ltrtiift Hie iilterniiou I now other memlicrsol seng currency? I, being n greenhorn, asked for somo information in regard to thin currency. I was informed that about twotvo years ago, this country was ipilto poor. This oeerued almost incredible; but I could not doubt tho veracity of my neighbors. Theru was but llttlo land un der cultivation hero at that timo, and thoro was not enough produce grown to foed tho inhabi tants. Those emigrants who were, possessed of any moans had always shunned this locality, there being no attraction hore but tho cheap ness of land; it naturally followed that tho ma jority of tho settlers hero wero thoio who could not get a foothold any w hero else On All sidos thcro was a world of work to do, nut on no stuo was tuero anything to do with, consequently (hero was llttlo or nothing tlono. In older neighborhoods whoro thero are oven a fow who aro nblo to hire, n little money will find its way into tho poorest fanillios, in tho way of wages; but hero they wero all poor alike. Thoy could only pray that "He who Mills tho raven's clamorous neat, And di cka tho lovely Illy In Its prldo, Would, In tho way that stun to Him tho lnnt, l'or them and for thtlr llttlo onm provldo." It appears that tho way "that hecmed to hltn tho hiHt," was to Hitu lotof enterprising quacks lo manufacturing and advertising tho Com pound r.xtract of Harsaparllliil An important ingredient in this compound was Ginseng; pro nounced "Gin Huang" by tho people hero; and this root was found in great abundance in tho woods about hen. Tho inhabitants commen ced grubbing for it like, n drovo of wild hogs. It iiflordid an opportunity for earning somo hlng, though tho wages wero small, and no market was within roach from which thoy could rcctivo cash returns. Thoy wero thcrcforo compelled to adopt n system ofexchanuo. Tho country inei chants were perfectly willing to tako "Gin Shaug" in exchange for their goods, givlug ho many uiiiicch 01 iuii, etc., lor so many pounds 01 root They, iu thuir turn, could tako it to tho Western trado emporiums iu their semi-annual visits, and puicluisn with this currency their supply of goods; whilo the wholtsalo merchants oould send it eastward and obtain cash for it from tho maiiufai lures of Iho great panacea. When debts wero paid it win in this currency. Professional men rccchod their salaries ami fcoH fu it, mid trutuIcrH paid their expenses Willi it. Tho country bucks look their sweet hearts to balls, anil other places of amuse ment, nud purchisod their tickets with n fuw pounds of "Olu Sluing." We, of tho present tiiniiM, think our own legal currency somewhat bulky, sumo ovou declaring that a man needs n piitii-iorK to hautlUi It In transact uir nuv amount of business, but those who have curried around thin root of nil evil iu bags and baskets, declare that wo havo no causo ot complaint. I havo induliud iu this discrcsslou on thoHiib. jtet oflho "Gin Sluing" currency, not that it was in any way conntcun with tho last Indian nun upon miimusKy, nm nuciiusu the latter was spoken of by one of our party as having oc curred whim this currency was iu circulation. A young fellow, more colt brated for his pru dence than his bravery, in returning from mill one afternoon In autumn, had passed, two or three miles below Iho ilinge, a fuw famlhos of Indians, wno linn llgnttil their watch-tires, and selves to be in fear of a kick or a blow from every passer by. Even their ill-fed dogg seemed to skulk along as though they wero impatient to get out of sight, and beyond the sound of tho voices of civilized dogs, "None of my neighbors," continued the store keoper,"could laugh at mo for my extensive preparations for war, for wo wero all alike in this. A few chickens wero supposed to have been carried off by the Indians, the skunks, or somo othor disagreeable animals, but no other serious consequences followed the last Indian raid upon Tea Itidgo, vulgarly called San- finals Margaret Fuller. this parly ot ntl emigrants sliollmg along t lit1 mud. 'lliev letl three Hli'kh-lookllii! horses. with baskets and bundles slung acrois their I'iickn; nut tlie neusiH ot imnleu nil which they seemed most In rely were tho mpiauH, I,urgo baskets, capable ot holding nearly two bushels t'lU'h, worn lllltsl with wigwaiii-keepiug goods, ul.d were hanging down on thtlr shoulders miiiiii held by straps pressing across their fore heads; ethers hid straps drawn oer t lit j r breasts, rmumneof these baskets shining little heads were stickingiiploc other rubbish; little mouths worn chattering in suUlued tones, and little eyt'H, that fairly ,'listcmsl with their black nt.Ks, were giuing about in childish curlosih The poor NipiawH, leaning with Iho weight of thtlr heavy burdens, with n sad and complain ing look upon Ihcir faces, went toiling along the road as though they were King urged on n rati) that was lieyotitl t'heir powers to accom plish; while their lords, with erect forms nud cureless fuees, went by at n comfortable pace, having no lulsir to perform except leading their horses, mid e'nrrilng nothing but their hunting eciulpiuents. In the spiiug following, the stine party puss td our house nn their return from their wiuttr quarters, but for this journey they had procitr ul an old wagon; and by frequent changing nUiut they could nil enjoy the luxury of a ride III my visits to the surrounding Ullages, 1 oct-Hkiounlly met with n few of these painted, calico-shlrted warriors, who only come among the psle-facrs to supply their urgent wants, the most urgent of which nro whisky mid tobacco All thu white people hero look upon them with ditrut; nud some with a bitter, tiu, fclditig ha trctl. Among tho whitti hunters nro home of the leather.tocklng typo. They work Mt farm ing during the Hummer, but their winters nro wholly devoted to hunting, llctwtxn these mid tint Indians there is nn irretMiH liable strife. Tho Indians are not s.itlstUsI with killing nil the game they want, but do nil iu their miner to exterminate, or driwi it off, with a view to fruitmte the plmi of the white hunters; and also rob ami destroy their traps. This very natural, ly liegtN m spirit of revenge I ho hcanl same of these old etenms of tho trap and ritle tfll of ahootlug audi and such nu Indian, nud rtolttt list of others for whom tho bullets were, moulded. Hut how ntioiit that last Indian raid upon Knudutky? Well, wo wera attending a vry pleasant varty one evening, ami ntnoug th the gucuU wtu one of the defenders of San- tluiky iu this raid. The subject Mug iucidrut wero Kilting up thuir rudo tontH by thu road, kiilii. Tliero being no enemy within their reach, and probably having no wish to encounter any, and being possessed of all tho confidence that numbers Inspire, nud having drawn further In spiration from thtlr bottles (this was in thu good old times of cheap whisky), their gro tesque movements, their faces streaked with Hcarht and blaik piiut, their war imnleinenls. consisting of ii fuw old muskets and bows nud arrows, (heir idiollo jollity, Interspersed with wnrllko yells, very naturally excltnl nlnrin iu tint peiictfiil breast of tho young whilo man, as he ciimo slowly along Iho road, with his bushel ami n half of com muni slung across tho buck of Ids fallmr's mare. Thu steed partook of Iho leur of its rider, and made, what was con Hldered ill those das good time. Hot, notwith standing their anxiety lo get into safe quarters, thoy stopped long enough t every house lo give an exaggerated account of tho Impt tiding danger. The terrible bill lucreaid in volume as it rollttl along, and tho war resources of Sandusky wero liuim dlalely canvassul, and promply brought lorth. I enquired of the Htorekeeper who was narrating thu nllair what tin so resources wero? "Oh," sal 1 ho," iu such settlements as these liu ro Is always one gun at least hanging upon mo wans in every iioiimi; i lien merit were pitchforks, axes, II ills, jick-kuives mid clubs, lint I," continued he, "was best provided of nil. This was not owing to any lotesight nu my pari; on Iho contrary, it was owing lo n lack o( foresight iu business that I was now so well prepared for n defensive war. I hud, soino seasons preceding this raid, purchased two doz en corn-cutters at what I considered n good bar gain. "Hut I was too ardent iu my calculations con corning Iho wauls of tho inhabitants in this line, and their means for tmrchiisiui.': for tint area of com laud did not lucieaso as I had an ticipated, nud tho farmers, instead of coming to purchase my corn knlcn. substituted bungling tutus, wiui'ii uiey lllciuscilCHCOUSlrtK'ltM nut ot old scythes. Hut 1 now consider the dull sale of my com cutlers tho most fortunate incident iu my commercial life, "Ah soon as wo went Informed ot tho proba ble attack of the Indian army, wo drum tho wedgo tight, r than ever owt our door litch, nailed down our windows, and every one of my family who could wield n corn cutter was nriu etl for tho defence; nud wo resolved that, should I'm tune favor us so much as to enable us to tako the offensive, wu would gno no quarter. "Tint afternoon pissed away, nud Iho dark night c.iuiit on according to order; but tho dark warriors did not come up to time. Still our fears wero increasing, for wu were all well aware that Indians nro among tho dot rs of evil who ciiooso darkness rather than light. I interrupted him with the remark, that I supposed ho slept upon his nuns that night? "Ko, sir;" n.iidhi, "I slept nn mv wife's arms." I'rolty good, I thought, for n country storo koi in r, "Woll.'Vontlnneil he, "when wo wero at length tiro.1 and worn out with watching and watting, wo glittered tho wholo family together in one room, places! our com kuives under the IhhI, ko that wo could bo ready tit a moment's warning, nud laid down upon bed-blankets, homo-blankets, or an) thing cl.o Hint wo i-ould place between iu nnd tint floor, nud, one by one, all of us forgot our duty mid our daugeri nud fell nsleep. "A short tune alter tho bright miii dime up i'.vi im-eu.irill Ollllis, llll UiirK sous ol mo forest omit) slowly up the uorth road, but no mio, on soring them, could mi) longer havo an v fears for tho saletvof hlsscalo." 'lliv nmt.Ji lo lioltut such a mlgratlugpmty ns 1 have pre viously ilescribtsl, only more numerous. Thertt were, as among the preceding party, spiritless horse, letl by sulky, shirking Indians, with bare heads, intlnted fact, calico shirts, vautlooti legs and moccoxinetl feet; while the squaws, with short skirts, and pautalettcs of blue woolen cloth, were carryiug iu huge has Vet, or tied up in heavy blankets, pappootes of various sites, wiih great quantities of other valuable gotvds. The sutvaiiuu sullenne characteristic of the Indians, seemed lo be in. created In tills party Silting on tho girls' benches, conspicuous among tho school-girls of unlettered origin by that look which rarely fails to betray hereditary and congonial culture, was a young person very nearly of my own ago. She came with tho rep utation o( being "smart," as wo should havo oalled it clover as we say now-a days. This was Margaret Fuller, tho only one among us who, liko Jenn Paul, like the Duke, like Bettlnn, has slipped tho cahlo of the moro distinctive name to which she was anchored, andtloats on tho waves of Margaret, lier air to her school mates was marked by a certain stutollness and distance, as if she had other thoughts than theirs, nnd was not of them. She was n great student, nnd a great reader of what sho used to call "navvvels." I remember her so well as sho appeared nt school and later that I regret that sho had not been faithfully given to can vas or marble in tho day of her best looks. Nono know hor aspect who havo not seen her living. Margaret, as I remember her at school and nflerward, was tall, fair comnlexiontd, with a watery, aqua-marine luster In her light eyes, which sho used to mako small, as ouo docs who looks nt tho suushino. A remarkable point about her was that lone. Iloxlblo neck. nrclilng nnd undulating in sinuous movements. which ono who loved her wonld comparo to thoso ot a swan, and ono who loved her not to thoso of tho ophidian who tempted our com mon mother. Her talk was lluent, magiste rial, somo would say eutiiiuistic, uui surpassing Iho talk of womon in breadth nnd audacity. Her face kindled and reddened nud dilated iu every fenluro as she spoko, nnd ns I ouco saw her iu a flno storm of iudieinatlon at tho supnosod Ill-treatment of n relative, showed IlHolf capable) of something resembling what .viiiton calls tho vlriigonimi nspect. Llttlo iucidoiils bear tclliniz when thev recall anything of such a celebrity as Margarot. I remember being greatly awed once, In our school-days, with tho maturity of ouo of her expressions. Some themes wero brought homo from the school for examination by my father. among them ono of hers. I took it up with n coriaiii ominous interest, (lor 1 fancied at that day that I, too, had drawn n prio, say n Ave dollar ono, nt least, iu tho great intellectual llfe-lotteryj nud read tho first words: "It is a trite remark," sho began. I stopped. Alas I I did not know what trlto meant. How could I ever judge Margaret fairly after such n crush ing discovery of her superiority ? I doubt if I over did; yet oh, how pleasant it would havo boon, nt about tho nge, say, of three-scoro and ien, io riiko over these ashes lor cinders with hor she in n snowy cap, nud I iu a decent peruko ! Olhtr WtiulM Jfolmti. An Anxious Mother. A correspondent of tho Mercer (Tenii.) Wis KitVi relates the following, told to him about Iho early home of Governor lliglor: At the timo I visited tho place tho father of mo laiutiy was neau, ana nouo or tlio children wero lit homo, except n d inghter, who wns married to a Mr, Mitchell, who worked tho farm. It was n cold, rnw day when I enmo, and tho old lady was sitting (beforo n big tiro reading a newspaper. Sho was rather heavy, nnd tliero was something motherly nbout her. "Well, .Mr. l'eddler," said sho, "havo you heard the eti ctiou returns ?" I told lit r I had heard nothing but tho re turns from ii few neighboring townships nnd counties- v ou know railroads and telegraphs wero not so numerous then as now. "I nssnro you, sir." snld she, "I feel n little uneasy about our Hill nud our John. Dill is running for" governor of this State, nud John is running inr governor oi uaillorulii." I tell you the scono was worthy of n picture thu good old lady reading her paper liy the fire in her humble log cabin, nud her two sons run ning for governors of tho two richest Staten in Iho Union; and both wero elected, Thkn ami Now. Dr. I'riiukliu described tho tanner s condition In 1770, ns follows: "1'arint r at the plow, VMfviulllluiicow, lUuithti r apliinlug yarn, Sous llirculilnn In the barn Alt liappj In a t'liiriu." Another writer gives tho account of 1871. as follows, applicable, at least, to somo latitudes: "The farmer trouc to sop a ahow, Ilia daiiKhlrr at the pianos Madam Unity ilnanttl In aatln. Ml Iho Ui)s are learning Latin Yt Itli a luort KWo en tho farm I" Vitamtt or I.wi'ou Dkalkiis. -In n paper in Hut Mill volume of the London Medico Chirnrgiciil Transactions, recently published, Dr. Dickinson says: Persons who trade iu li tinor drink on nu average moro thau those who do not, and their morbid peculiarities nro mainly duo to that excels. Kstimatiug Iho effects of nlcohol on this basis, by means of iiuiipiirisiui oeiweeu mo class uescriueii nncl persons similarly situated save in re lation to liquor, tho following conclusions have been reached: Alcohol shortens life; to trade iu liquor evsts three and a half ) cars. He. viewing tho morbid results which the exami. nation of each organ havo revealed, thev lire. sent n consistency which is in some sort their wnrraut. Alcohol causes fitly infiltration and fibroid encroachment; it eugeuders tubercle, en. courages suppuration, and retards healing; it produces untimely atheroma, invites hemor rhage, and autlcipates ago. "Only a Laboring Man." (Written for the Fnus by Mns. EuA E. Anthony. "Tho idea of Mr. having the impudence to nsk me if I would accompany him to the I surprise-party last evening. Why, he is only n I laboring man 1 And to-day, Lucy told me that two-thirds of the people, who were there, belonged to tho laboring class; and when I asked her if she was not mortified at being in ' nnh enmnanv. sho lanched in mv face, savinc I luoy wvru 111 luuu a iiuj uud cine, uuu n uiiuo was fully as honorablo as a profession. Such nonsense : why, I'd rather he nn old maid for ever, than marry n laboring man. iia , has pride enough not to allow mo to bo seen ...111, tlint nl... sf n.nnla nnil aba ta raftanHr 1T..U .UU. Uni. W. fVW.'.V, ... W- .a Jb..bV..J right. Thero must be a lino drawn some whero," said a gaudily dressed, sickly-looking young girl of about twenty summers, to her compnnion, a girl ln'her teens, the other eve ning, Thoy were walking in front; of me, nnd as I could not pass, heard their conversation, and look a mental noto of it. i Yes, it is a wonder that an intelligent man' liko Mr. would stoop to ask yovr company, but wo do not think he will ever nsk you again; one lesson was sufllcient. If you knew how llttlo you wero missed nt that happy gathering of "the laboring class" and how mortified somo refined girls would have felt had you been thero with your rudo-1 ness and haughty manners, you would not curl i in or toss your empty Head bo often. ily n laboring man." and pray what is Yodflq Folks' CoLiIpfi. Wash-Day. your lip or toss your empty Lend bo often. Iirtnl. 1.1.nlM ....... t n...l .A.. 1., w.i.j iuuuiiuu ,uiiu, lltiu I'll.J niilll n your father ? Wo know that he has a profes xVe'a hang'n' out our waah'n', Don't you see our tmnty lines r The shoestring one Is Birdie's, The other one Is mine. We altera wash on Monday, 'Canse gran'ma alters docs; And the goodeat ways to honackcep I gucaa our gran'ma knowi We've got a teenty washboard, And a cunntu' llttlo tub, I does 'most all the rlns'n', 'Causa Birdie loves to rub. I tell you she piles soap on Most moro than Bridget docs To do a dreat, big waah'n'i But Bridget never knows. She'd scold us worse than fifty If ahe ahould find It out) But we's gen'ally pretty quiet, And aho don't know what we're 'bout. If toamm&'d come and see us, 1 apect aho'd scold aome more, 'Causo wo'vo wetted up our easb.es, And alopped the pantry floor. We've crinkled up our fingers Till they look as gran'ma's do; And Birdie alopped some aoapands Itlght on my new bluo shoe. We aet It In tho oven I guess It'll dry right soon, There, we'vo done thla dreat big waih'n' And hung It out 'foro noon. Youth' I Companion. A Petty Prince. Ioor "Sharkey" is dead. True, ho was only slon, but because ho tolls with his brain, is he ono whit better than he that labors with his ' strouL' hands ? What is the dlflerence. if thev ' both earn thoir money honestly, if the one has a bootblack; yet ho filled his niche in tho world bauds soft and white, nnd tho other shows his with exceeding honor. Tho gamin tribo re hard nnd brown with his dilly toil ? Wo con- spectcd him, for ho wns the benefactor of all foss our inability to discover why a laboring boys poorer and smaller than himself. Ho was man is consldorod inferior to ono who has a callod iu to sottlo their disputos. and bis decls- prolession, otto n millionaire How long ion was law. If n little fellow was unlucky and would mo physician, tho dentist, tho lawyer or nail not enough money to pay his way Into the tho editor hold his position if it wero not for pit or gallory when ho wanlod badly to go, tho laboriug man ? The sturdy farmer is n Sharkey helped him to that extent. He was laboring mau, but if ho (considered it degrad- willing to dlvido his cash with any of his (el lug to work, and lolled In his chair all day, lows who wero unfortunate enough to wnnt how would tho world get along without him ? bread. Thus ho built up n bright reputation, Tho miner is nlso n laboring man, and if he, and won tho deep respect of nil his associates, and every other man who eorni his bread by It wns with surprlso that they missed him from tho sweat o'f his brow, would learn a profes- his accustomed corner ouo day. It was with slon, because that alouo wns respectnblo, what deep sorrow thev henrd thnt ho wns very 111. would wo do? Tho professions nro over- Sharkey lived with his nuut, and tho llttlo boot crowded now, and tho majority of tho peoplo blacks washed their hands and faces and went would soon find it to their interest lo have tho by twos and threes to soo him, nnd were ad laboring class at their usual avocations again; milled to his bedsldo. The boy wns really don't you think so ? dying. Ho whispered a word or two to each, Abraham Lincoln was not born with n silver nud they went out oflho house to givo tho now spoon in his mouth, or iu n palatial home: comers n nlaco in tho Bmall room beside the ou tho coutrary.ho opened his eyes in a log- llttlo bed. They nil noiselossly enmo nnd cabin: and durintr his ourlv manhood wns not went. but still lingered on thn sterm and nlmnt nbovo splitting rails, chopping wood and farm- the pavement in front of tho house. Presently ing, as many of our most distinguished nnd in- one of tho boys brought out tho word that ho telllgeut men havo done, nnd instead of seek- was dead. And still they lingered with swollen lug, ho was sought nfter; courted and llatlered eyes and quivoring lips, nnd refused to bo com ity hundreds, ho still retained integrity of char- forted. Tho passers-by inquired tho cnuso nnd ncter, nnd purity of thought nnd language, learned that a bootblack had elied. No member And many n girl who would have "lived of tho Excbango, dying, could havo wrung so an old maid forever, rather thau marry a labor- many honest tears from his friends as honorod lug man," in after years would have felt highly tho memory of poor llttlo Sharkey. And so honored at tho offer ot his hand. Tho labor- everywhere in this wide, world does truo merit ing man of today may bo in tho highest post- meet with just appreciation. Hon In tho land, ten years from now, and tho foolish prldo W shoddy aristocracy! hnd bettor , A United Statks Senator, belated recently note that fact, and not sneer and llout nt ono iu his travels, stopped at a substantial nnd who is "only n laboring man," ns such prido comfortnblo farmhouse, nnd wns entertained will surely have n fall somo dny, nnd hospitably invited to mnko himself com ' San Jose, Aug. Oth, 1871 fortnblo for tho night. Ho observed in the . morning tho comfort nnd substantial thrift and Uf.:i:nn u.u:. iirunjiemy oi uveryiinug nroiiuu, and could nor. Writing Machine. butcongrntulntohlshoitonhislot. His fields , ... . , , were w oil-fenced, his barns wero filled, and his A medal has been given by tho Lmperor of crops most promising. Ucsidcs, too, tho farmer Austria to Hev. Malleuy Hanson for an ingen- had nn iudustrious nud ntuinblo wifo nnd ions apparatus known as "tho writing ball," several bright and healthy children. "A (ar. which is doscribedns follows: Tho instrument ruer'sHfe," remarked tho guest, "is certainly consists of a hnlf sphoro of gun motnl, pierced the happiest of all human lots, nnd I must say, with radial apertures to tho number of G2, nil my friend, that yon are ns hnpplly fixed ns nny converging to tho conter. Tho hnlf-sphero rests farmer I ever knew." "Wnll," roturned his on n frame firmly fixed to a bed pinto. Eich host,"thafsyour notion, but 'taint miuo. I in- of the holes iu tho half sphere or ball has n tend to soil out and movo next week." "Whith- 1'iniuu Kruuiiu uu uunzoiuaiiy at us nottom, cr aro you golng?"inquired the Inquisitive Yan- upon which is etigrnved n loiter or figure, kee. "Down into Texas." "Whit, into that When n piston has been pressed in, n spirnl wild nnd disturbed country, menaced by the spring raises it when it has been reltnsed. w)mi Mori,, .,,, ,i ,. ...!.. i..:..i. r I... .1... ...... I.... ...!. -I ully referred to, another of the party asked if I last ulght's debauch; and instead of inspiring this affair did not occur iu the days of the Uiu-1 (ear by their appearance, they wouied them-1 "Who," sii)s the StUunUxy Rtvitic, "can en joy achat with a man who always talks of women as females, nud of a man as nn individ ual; with whom things are never liktbut simi lar; who never begins a thing, but nlways coin tnouces it; who does not choose, but elects; who does not help, but facilitates, who does not supply, but caters; nor buy but nlways purchases; who call a beggar 'a mendicant: with whom a servant is always n domestic, where he is not a menial; who docs not say anything, but states it; and does not end, but terminates it: who calls a house. rii,!.tii iu which he does not live, but resides: with whom place is a locality, and things do not happen, but trauspire." arillt ntiil lii tln Thoio pistons, when pressed dowu, impinge Comnchcs nud mnraudiug tfreasers-leavo this ........ ...u.v. i,,llUH mint, wim.it tun uo moveit penceim ami happy homo for such n savnee through tho center of tho untitle lull. Thin mnnt.v i,,A ,,.i,i i . ..t 5. table has four wheels running upon rails, which night on your arms, nud carry your rillo strap, rails again nre fixed to nnother movnblo frnmo. ped noross vour shouldor while plowinc in the Iho plane of tho movement o( the lower frame Held!" "Vaas. sir-reo," was the oager reply; Jr.... .7 ir .ii , ' ,uo I'11 .', .ue "wno would give n cuss to live in a country Upon tho writing labto is nrrnnged a kind of whero ho couldn't flghtfor his liberty?" tympnn to hold n sheet of whilo turner bv u edges. Upon tho whilo paper is laid a sheet travklkh iu Switzerland thus dc- of carbonized paper. On pressiug ono of tho "cribes in a recent letter lo tho toachers of knobs iho lower end of tho piston impresses n Grace Mission, how he met in tho Alps a huge tvneontlie nuner; thn ktml, Mmn im,M,a il.n shepherd dog. It illustrates verv nle&snntlvtbn spring uuder it, whorohy electrical contact is Kentle way of doing things, and it will apply established. Tho pistons corrcspondinc. to tho J"8' fts wc'1 u our dwelliugs with rough girls letter lo bo printed nro depressed In their or- nud boys: "Wo had hnrdly started, when a der, and the letters appear on the paper in n fucpherd dog, seeing ono nbroad at so early an lino vortical to tho operator. Speed is consid- J101"-, concludes that something is wrong, nud orubly augmented by tho nrrnugemeut of tho "locka tho way, tho only wny, nnd a very nar- knobs or pistons into groups, easily covered by row ono nt tunt- Now it is known that wo nre tho wholo of the 10 Augers. very fond of dogs; but to seo thnt Swiss dog's After some practice the pistons can bo worked uft'r r'8e- U1 l''sn Swiss teeth shown, nnd nt tho ruto ot 10 per second, or threo or five io "cnT tl)0 'ow rcsolnto gr0wl thnt implies 'no times quioker thau ordinary writing with a i""nge here.' is too much for Yankco pluck, pen. All kiuds of paper can bo employed, nud even on tuo Fourth of Julv I Two ways sug- of nny thickness, bv means of n vertical ml. Rested themselves out of tho difllenltv. Th jiistineut of tho writing ball. If 10 layers of 1' i " stone; tho second n cracker. The lat- mm paper are employed, with iutorposed lay- " ur ". 'uogglo want a cracker V ers of carbouized paper, all 10 pieces receive re?to. change 1 down goos the hair, in go the tho samo impression. Hy passing theso 10 ,cetu. wiK goes the tall, nud with a sweet smile impressions with interposed tissue paper u uls ic, doggie goes off to ont his cracker, through rollers, double tho number of ennin Try tbo cracker first, teacher." aro obtained. . TAntE Talk. You will find a dmii ,ii nt character is imparted nnd received nt tho table. Parents too often forget this; and therefore, in- Xkws Itkms ny Mail. Mark Twain an iug to the weather" Every nrmncementUo ??" WOuU ,0 i"0Ur disll0S' For th" rcason- to. Unmade for the couifo it o SSn. ami S! ,"""J2?l" WK J8 your table, stops will be made at interesting points on the ' "V"'0 ..",C"?J. . ".'?. conversa- wav. The faro is lo bo S for overv BO ooo non ii '.t . . ... " ,,u elcmor oi me lam r. tuifes of travel nml the come. MM2 It'!. h" u c "'D" " the refinement an'd -urn, aim win return on the 14th 1091, which is "at least forty iuiiu iiiij- oiupr couiei can uo miofDelember the al'I'roi'e behaviour of a family which is r v ?ea oXke; "ft." ,0 hosPlty. , Never (eel that intelligent it in" ittli vUt0ca,bIS anything but n blessing to you mentary round-trit. tickets havo W .r.?;iii r."u"u. . "ow ,ow 0ftv.e ""y Botten hold o( lo Oeueral Duller, Mr. Shepard. Mr ltichard. ,wi . " company ana conversation at the son and other eminent gentlemen, whose pub: ffi$lM 8mftlf ot 'UM IScttnct lie services have entitle.! them m ib.. .in,i ""'"" . relaxation o( n voyage o( this kind. A pisiinoi'uhkd pro(tsor was iu Etlinburg one wet Sunday, and desiring to go to church, ho hired a cab. On rttacbiug the church-door he teudered a shilling the Ugal fare to cabby, and was somewhat surprised to hear the cabman say, "Twa shulhn', ir,i xne professor, thing his eagle eyes on the extor. tiouer, demanded why he chargenl two shillings, uitou which the cabman drvlv ainl. "W- wlh to dlacourage traveling on the Sawbath as much as possible, sir." rohsiBLT there may be some anxious and aimless ones In this neighborhood to whom this advertiement of a Florida affinity may offer encouragement: "Any gal what's cot a comfortable Thk liAcottiNo Plant. In Palgrave's works on Central Ami V.,itAtn A.,)..',. .. s.i A plant whose seeds produce effects similar to nPW' a f?S?. ,ea,hlr beJ' witl1 c0 moje onaughiug gas. It is a native of Arabia. I" it"'.?rJu s2 ?enmne. slap-up green- The seed pods are soft and woolly in texture oac.KS' "J" tas, nai be small-pox, measles, ami contain two or three black seeds of the size an . undc,re,a?,d! tending children, can find a and shape of a French bean. These seeds cJs'oMer,for life by rUn a small william ducky. when pulverized and taken in small do.es oper. n , l'o'',?,''1"1 8,lok a crack of ate upon a person in a moit peculiar manner f "llly.bn"th's barn, jinin' the pig-pen, He begins to laugh loudly, boisterously: then' WUere Harrison Reed is now planning (or be sings, dances and cuts ill manner of fantas- lu,ure 0PUong." uo capers, ine enect conUnnea tar .horn A littlk four-year-old Watertown girl went ex- Frost! von see any such demonstration, have been euad "by" "ft, fiU 'of ySZA ZX an honr. and the patient is niinurinnlconn,. ... leal. Wr.nU,Mi.m..-It::r;i-:Cr ?;"" lula.a omse me omer day. led MhWor tor honV or r5 L"""J V,? ' l!. ..S! cV ht ha.nv.. v.i.,...j.. ' ,.r':"" ;.'" DCCU rioHr "wneredld n. HV iwMt mv ii uiiriiv uuninrainni inar him .-. jii n him. eaves." She had seen an icicle.
