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THb HHe Circle.
What Became of a Lie.
First, Homebody told it.
Then the room wouldn't hold it,
80 the busy tongnea rolled It
Till they got it ontslde;
When the crowd cme across It,
And never once lost It
But tossed It, ind lowed it,
Till it grew long and wide.
From a very smalt lie, sir.
It grew deep and high, sir,
Till It reached to the sky, sir,
And frightened the moon:
For she hid her sweet lace, sir,
In a Tall of cloud-lace, sir,
At the dreadful disgrace, sir.
That had happened at noon
This lie brought forth others,
Dark sisters and brothers,
And fathers and mothers
A terrible crewj
And wllle headlong they hurried,
The people they flurried,
And troubled and worried,
As lies always do.
And so, evil-boded,
This monstrous lie goaded,
Till at last it exploded
In smoke and In shame;
While from mud and from intra
The pieces flew higher,
And hit the sad liar.
And killed his good name I
Baldwin t ifotiAty.
The Deacon's Temptation.
From Pacific Rural Press.
t We left Deacon Goruni in the milky way,
both morally and physically, the dim light of
conscience only sufficing to show that he was
harboring a sentiment which it wag better to
conceal. Arrived at his own back door, he was
glad to find the kitchen empty, and to be able
to reach his chamber and change his dripping
garments unobserved. A maiden sister of his
wife was the acting head of the household, and
not only applied herself to the minutest details
of its keeping, but the personal conduct of each
member came under her keen and judicial eye.
The unusual phenomenon of a lacteal rain was
certain to undergo investigation on the follow
ing Monday. To forestall this, the wily deacon
rolled his wet clothes in a bundle, and going
out under cover of the darkness, rinsed them
thoroughly in the watering trough, and hung
them on the olothes-line to dry.
The next morning was one of George Her
bert's Sabbaths
"Bo calm, so still, so bright,
Dridal of earth and sky."
And all of the inmatos of the farm house woke
earlier than usual. The invalid wife, who
counted her remaining days as beads upon a
rosary, was cheered and brightened by its
freshness, by the incense which came in from
the Bweet-smelling fields and the rausio gushing
from coverts in the elm and maple trees.
It was good to be alive j the voioes of I the
family, as they wont about thoir few morning
duties, sounded pleasant to her; the very "'
grance of the coffee filled her with a languid
content. Mrs. Gorum was one the Marys born
to sit at the feet of whatever embodiment of
truth and beauty might have come into her
life, but she never could spi-ak of or for herself
her faith and her love alike were dumb. She
was like the closed gentian of her own hill pas
tures growing among the dry "everlasings,"
unrecognized as one of the hoavenly things
which will open fully in the hereafter. Not so
tho elder sister, who was one of the Marthas,
troubled about many things wlierevor she lived,
wearing aud fretting herself aud those around
her, while rendering iudispenKablo, unstinted
service; the differemo in them seemed to be
that one had in excess the faculty of receiving
the gifts of the spirit; tho other received little
from any source aud qavo from the externals
in which she lived and had hor being Each
needed to be interpreted to the othor, and,
lacking an interpreter, one tried to be just and
to do her whole duty; tho other to be oatient
and enduro tho doing. As for Deacon Gorum,
ho was the inevitable centre around which
these women revolved throe times daily; a
fixed fact, like tho noon-mark, and bearing
about tho i-auio tolutlou to thoir affections aud
sympathies
Perhaps nothing more strongly characterized
the typical New Euulnudor (for the New
Unglaudtr of to day is pmtinlly it Celt) than
his inability b find wonts for his emotions.
The Saxon speech is stioug, with unexpended
force; the Saxon' ttudrruvrs is upt to hide
behind humor. Tho deaiou was born without
humor, and covetousness, like it rank weed,
had choked the more fragile, kindly affections
which ongiually were his. Of all meu, the
New Englauder needs wont the constant saving
prncoof childhood in his daily path, and a
childless home like Deacon Oorura's is ofteu
tiuies a desert for the. heart.
Tho oouiplrtlut under which Mrs. Gorum suf
fered had hoeu calltd "heart disease" by the
dootors, who seldom reooguize a functional dis
turbance other than organic. She oould hardly
humid to suffer; the languished, and without
complaint, was tiearitig her reBt. This
Sunday inurniug brought her an accession of
streugth, uud a beatitude, in which all the voices
of Nature teemed to say, " Blessed are they
who hunger aud thirst after righteonsuess, for
thev ..hall bo tilled." Her days had been very
empty of uuy satisfaction sae that of duly
perlormod.
AcLs.i, tbeslcter, told tho deacon it"ouWu t
l.nrt 1,1,1 uiln It lilt to ritlo OUtt" SO 1)0 hUohul
up bttoie meeting time and they lifted hor into
the carriage, after which he drove her for an
hour or more along tho pleasant lanes where
the white oloor lay like snow 'stars in the
,,,, nn,l iI.h nw,-Ht briar filled thtuiir with its
perfume. She hardly spoke, and her eyes b id
a far-off look an ho talked of the uuuiber of tons
to the acre this or that meadow would yield; or
pouiti d out homo improvement hewasplau
niug to make, It was so late when they re
turned that tlie deacon gave up the forenoon
meeting. Souuhow he felt an uuwlllinguess
to leae his wife that day; he invited Achsa to
set a little table uear her couch, when the three
broke bread together for the fiist time in mauy
ineutbB. Then Mr. Gorum said she would
ret awhile, so Aohsi cleared away the tea
things, took the Bible and sat down by the
window, and the deacon, from force' of habit,
i.rmmlit nut his hor4 aud went to hear the sic-
ond seruiou. They were singing hymn when
v,a .,ilk.l mi Dim broad aisle and took hi seat.
tho last thiuv! the deaeou 'remembers of that
Suuday aertice.', , . , .'" ' , ,
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lie sat looking at tun minister as usual lUteu
to the text aud the aigument. He beard every
word, aud his uatural eye took in every feature
of the aurroumilngs, even the old lady iu the
next pew ulbiliug at her bunch of fennol was
perfectly distinct to hi tUIou. Tho door and
window wero open, and there was plenty of
air. Hut, while bis body, with every sense iu
normal activity, ai rigidly upright iu full view
of the congregation, lit was iu his wife' room
standing at her side. She looked like one
sleeping, her hand were folded on hor bosom,
her eye were clom'd, but the ineffaceable stamp
of the great uijUry was there, he longed to
speak to her, bat could not utter a sound, he
tried to toucn ner ana coma not move a muscle.
So standing and looking upon her, the two, aa
living figures projected upon the field of his
consciousness, moved backward over all their
way together, through every event and.Bcene.
Days lengthened into weeks, and weeks into
years, nntil they were young again, and at the
threshold of manhood and womanhood., Bow
rioh and full the life that seemed throbbing In
his veins. How tender and delicate the rose
on her cheek, how soft and gentle the glance
which drew him to speak to her of love. ,'et,
there she lav. faded, prematurely old and dead,
while he stood by in the fullest vigor, a man in
his prime. He seemed to realize that some
how, he knew not how, he had consumed this
life, which he had Bworn to cherish, and that
the twain were one, by utter and useless sacri
fice. The minister preached on through his thirdly,
fourthly, fittbly, and Deacon Gorum sat in his
place lmmovaDie as a stone, xue congregation
rose, he kept his seat. The benediction was
spoken, and still he did not more. A man
reached over from a neighboring pew and took
hold of him suddenly and a little rongbly; no
ticing his Bailor, some one asked if he was
faint. The old lady took out her hartshorn
bottle and offered it to him. He rose at length ,
as one lost and bewildered, and the first words
he uttered were "My wife, she is dead! "
Before any had time to question, swift feet
were heard approaching, and an almost breath
less messenger whispered in the deacon's ear.
brethren and sisters gathered silently around,
the minister came up and spoke to him. The
news passed from mouth to mouth that Mrs.
Gorum had dropped away suddenly, when not
even Acbsa was in the room with her.
Any one whose memory holds a picture of
the country life of New England thirty-five or
forty years ago, will understand the profound
sensation created by this event with its atten
dant circumstances. Miss Achsa submitted to
a rigid cross examination during the next three
days, and people who had no personal acquain
tance with the deceased came from a distance to
hear the particular and to look at the remains.
The deacon said nothing to any one, except the
minister, of his singular impressions; the min
ister talked it over with the doctor, and they
agreed that anxiety and fatigue, or a partial
sun stroke was the cause, and that there was
nothing remarkable about it; not so the gen
eral public.
Every ghost story known in the community
was revived duriug the interval between the
dtath and burial; the night-side of nature was
fully unveiled. One or two sensitive persons
had seen an appearance in the meeting bouse
during the deacou's trance. One-half of the
community thought that Deacon Gorum had
been a good provider and a model husband, the
other half spoiled a saintly reputation with
faint praise.
The deacon conferred with the most influen
tial of his colleagues in the churoh with regard
to the funeral ceremonies. Neither pains nor
expense was spared in making the occasion one
long to be remembered The polished coffin of
cherry wood was borne by the prominent citi
zens; six women held the black velvet pill, as
it was carried into the meeting bouse and
thence to the grave. One of these was the
Widow Higgins. Her fingers had fashioned
the cap, and laid the white folds of the shroud,
and she it was who stepped to the fore in
kitchen and dining room, leaving Miss Achsa
free to Indulge her unaffected grief alone, or to
sbare it with sympathizing neighbors and
friends. This woman was never out of place
in any kindly office from birth to death, and
from whatever plaoe she was called to occupy
for the moment, she retired easily and grace
fully into her own. Miss Achsa begged her to
stay for a few days at the form, when they
came baok from the grave, to what seemed so
empty and desolate a home, but after setting
the tea table duintily, and leaving everything iu
spotless order, the widow Blipped away without
so much as a "goodnight," nndlefc the mourn
ors to themselves. Jeanne 0. Cabb.
Men and Children.
Men and Children! No it is not a misprint.
I did not write Women and Obildren. A true
philosophy would certainly class children with
men, rather than with womou, for while a wo
man is as different from a little girl as a butter
fly is from a cbryt-alK a man is a big boy
nothiug more. A woman puts away childish
thing a man never does or, if be does, hois
so different from other ordinary men that ho is
canonised, as he deserves to be. How can
we exert the strongest influeuoe on children?
Is it by sweetly expressed sentiment, by reason
ing, by flattering? On the contrary, we all
know that a stick of candy is the most potent
lever for moving the childish wind. Some
thing good to eat is a ihikl's ideal of felicity,
and bow charmingly this agrees with the recent
statement of Sam Ward, king of lobbyihts,
that he won his influence over the M O.'s
mainly by giving good dinners. A woman
bribed with a good dinner would laugh you to
scorn.
Children and men have a natural antipathy
to soap aud water, to broom and dust-pan, and
all tho paiapherualla of neatness, while there
is a marked resemblance between an apartment
where ohildreu have full suny, and a bachelor's
hall, uuiuvaded by woiuau. When women
wish to express anger, they have reeource to
that eloquence with whiohi they are gifted by
nature, but men and children express tbeir
niswu Kut m Att tut mIi 1T1I fun ArtirnBii tht-l r
mgrt by deeds, not words, aud tbe uiijumeiuum
ad homintm, is liable to be aduiiuiittered with
tue fists. Children abhor the restraint of com
pauy. A otiild in a parlor, dressed in its best
clothes, and lUtentug to elegant conservation,
is a wretched creature, badly conscious of being
out oi us element its misery is suarea uy us
paternal relative while its mother is as nappy I ,. compimng jtartUd. jarring tones of the ' , '- , , '
as a humming bird iu a flower gardou. It is a iclt ganging blows that drivo it willing or uu- A few days ago a very handsome lady enter
curious confirmation t.f my theory, that B".. inline into the flinty rock! So .with us all, ed a dry goods house and inquired for a "beau,"
iunwl.sM,i.i ,.,.,... w. luQ",aupeiiugsol uopo in me imure nerve i " . f"" "" "" " "" "" -as
boys, tbe boys in our office; the boys inou. amig7or tue gtrifeof to-day: the glimpses marked that he was at her service. "es,butl
blue. I doubt not that meuiters of Cougressl of ,jja btj nt yond make our present shadows! waut a buff' not 6rt'en one" was tns reply.
speak of themselves as the boys, but women endurable " 'The youug man went on measuring goods
never speak of themselves as girls. Imagiue a , Tutm ,et-ul bnild bravely build;1 'twere better I immediately.
uiniruu ni a mvnuK uucj "'i;"s "
laborers as cirls 1 Meu and chlldten are alike
Im ..A-i.lUm In Iu iiintitiaa.il Anil cnniA wnmnli
in needing to be managed, and some women
are openly pruned by others of their sex as
uood niauauers of their children, and privately
complimented for equal skill iu mauagiug their
husbands. ,Iu tdiort. iu every tsuiiaj) partic
ular, children resemble, not wotneu,, butiueu,
and could only be' rauged with the former, on
tne same principle oi ciassinratiou mar some
people are iu regard 1,0 books,-namely, that of
ire. Etchaiujt. r ,
Liar and Flowvb Pnitrrs. Oil a piece of
white paper ou one side, aud smoke that side
oyer a lamp till quite black. Place the uuder
side of the leaf ou the black surface', und press
it down evenly with tbe fingers. Then take
up the leaf and pat the blaok, oiled side on the
page of a book made purposely, and press it
for a few minutes, not forgetting to put a piece
of paper over it to keep the opposite page
from being smutted. Then remote tbe green
ltaf, nnd you will have an impression left as
beautiful as an eugravinn. Flowers with single
corolla, aud geranium leaves make beautiful
Impressions. . 0, S,
WILLAMETTE FARMER.
The Care of Children.
At the June meeting of the Medio 1 Board of
the Eastern Dispensary, one of the largest in
stitutions of the kind in the city of New York,
Dr. Fuller Walker, the attending children's
physician to the dispensary, read a paper on
Entero-Collitis, or the inflammation of the
mucous membrane of the intestinal canal, some
portions of which are condensed and given
below:
Of the 200 cases which last year oconrred be
tween April 1st and December 31st, nine-tenths
were in children between the ages of seven
months and two and a half years, or at that
period of life when dentition is in progress,
and the mother begins to feed the infant other
food than that offered by the breast. With the
majority of mothers the notion prevails that
teething causes bowel complaints, and if a dis
turbance of the alimentary canal manifests it
self coincidently with the appearance of teeth
S' the child's mouth, the mother imagines that
she discovers oanse and effect at once. Severe
dentition, where the gums are greatly swollen
and the mouth inflamed, may cause a slight
disturb ince of the digestive apparatus, leading
in the end to a gentle diarrhea; bnt my experi
ence confirms the views held by Dr. J. Lewis
Smith, that the doctrine that dentition is the
oause of a large proportion of infantile diseases
is erroneous. Undoubtedly the gravest error
committed by parents is in the matter of giving
food to their children. I find it to be almost
always the fact that a child suffering from in
flammation of the bowels has been fed with
corn-starch, coffee and tea, sour or poor milk,
bits of bread, meat, cake, and a bit of every
thing there is going about the bouse. Not
more than 10 cases out of the 200 occurred in
infants below the age of six months, and not
more than 25 in children over three years of
age. These facts show that bowel complaints
commence iu children from the time those hav
ing them in charge begin to stuff them with a
great variety of food, much of which is totally
nnsuited to their little Btomachs and their ten
der bowels. Recognizing the fact that errors
in diet are the chief cause of bowel complaints,
I always endeavor to regulate these matters,
and, as a rule, insist that all forms of solid food
shall be withheld from infants; only warm,
pure milk being given. This is bland, sooth
ing, nutritions, and will be received by the
stomach and bowels, if any form of food can be
taken. It should never be kept in an ice-box
with meat and vegetables. In the city, where
it is difficult to get pure, fresh milk, Borden's
condensed milk, properly reduced, is recom
mended; and it is sometimes a good plan to
mix the milk with barley water. The milk
treatment I have found to be very successful.
Light is as essential to human as to vegetable
life, and growing children need it far more than
adults. Errors in clothing are almost as bad
in their effect as errors of diet; especially in a
climate so changeable as the American. Soft
flannel shirts should be worn during both sum
mer and winter. The dress should never form
a ligature about any portion of the body, siuce
it interrupts circulation and promotes conges
tion. If the physician can properly control
the hygienio conditions surrounding a child,
be will find that in most cases very little medi
cine of any sort need be given.
Castles in the Air.
Building, busily building. The bright, spark'
ling eyes of childhood, the happy, hoping ones
of youth, and the wistful, doubting ones of
age, are all looking forward to a beautiful by-and-by,
all treading the fairy pathways of a
sweet sometime. The young and strong build
for themselves, the aged and feeble for those
they love. Brickrupon brick, stone upon stone,
we are all building. No matter how many full
about our heads, we are always ready to begin
anew to pile up the scattered fragments; al
ways ready to try again to roll up the rook that
has thundered to the foot of the mountain.
Each after his own pattern. What a strange
city it would make it each one's oastle could
but spring into actual existence! Just like now,
though. Some would tower to the skies, some
would be the daintiest of little cottages. Some
would deaden every footfall with the costliest
Brussels, some would be very plain, but, oh,
so warm that the bitter cold could never enter.
Some would have vaults and safes for hoarded
wealth, some would be so stored with food that
no more little faces would look wan and
pinched with hunger. Some would be filled
with haughty wives and liveried servants, some
would coutaiu only "the old folks," with the
shadowv end of life's iouruey smoothed by
love's labor. Some would have loving hus-J
bands and wives, some would tinkle to tbe mutio
of little pattering feet. And every one would
be rich, very rich but happy? Not all. Very
few, indeed. For could our highest wishes be
gratified, our graudest castles be built, one of
our deepest springs of pleasure would then be
dried up; the present would noon pall, and we
wou d be agaiu buildag, busily building! For
few realize how great a ooinfort there is in this
uarwless castle building,
The tired house-
wife goes through that endltss round of work
that "is never done" bo busily engaged in
treading the fairy halls of her own picturing
that she scarcely notices the present reality of
tired feet and aching bruin. TheBturdy, brown-
armed miner gives blow after blow with bis
hl watehinc faithfully the work he is do -
lieavy sledge on tne noting, complaining arm,
. it
lug, nut nis fancy, away over mouuiains unu
sous, Is paliitlng to mm tne nappy rime wnen,
wiih his hard-eirneduold.beshiillKieetthe pa
tieut, waiting wife and bab. s, or tbe rhy, browu
eved lassie, who nlishted troth with him so long
ago. Iliug, ringj riug! How the battered drill
betrays the joy the thought puts in his heart,
ta VA.iau.oil wimM- If nlcd. tllfl dlnAUTV A-lll lid
mr . d0 im. .uar. ,0 moan over one s past or I
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aooui our worn, dreaming oi nanmuess in tue
future meanwhile, than to keep our minds em-
uloyed fretting about that, which for the present
at lt'iiit, we cannot remedy. 'Twill make hap
pier homes, betUr husbands and wives. ,Tbey
are to be pitied indeedIf there are such who
never dream of RiWe happiness,' for ihey could
not appreciate it,' if it'came'totheW. 'For with
the present we have always' our hidden skele
ton; but all unwelcome .guests are banished
with but a wish from, our -fairy castles. And
"he who never builds will never inhabit," is as
true of the future as it .is of the preent. So
let us not be ashamed of our castle building,
but build them hbth, holy and pure, and we
may j et live to occupy the very grandest of
them.
Collsok lUoATTAS. An exchange thinks
that wbeu the leading New York papers devote
ten columns aud a map apiece to a college re
gatta, and only two colcmns to a college com
mencement, there is not much inducement for
boys to sit up half tbe night puzzling their
brains over cube roots and things.
Mental Culture in Women.
Too many women of fair culture and intelli
gence gradually lose, after marriage, their inter
est in intellectual things and cease to grow
mentally. , .
Keferrina to this subject, in a recent number
of The Household, Mrs. Julia C. B. Dorr, who
always writes clearly and well, no matter what
the theme she touches, says:
"The woman who, in the early days of her
married life, lowers the standard she set up for
herself in her girlhood, will find it very difficult
i,,.i,. t ociin. If she loses the habit of read
ing, if she loses her quick, bright interest in
whatever is going on in the world of science,
and literature, and art, in the philanthropic
and edncational movements of the diy, and in
all the wide circles of human thought and hu
man life, she is not likelv to find it again. But
some day she will wke up to find her own chil
dren far in advance of her, and her influence
over them waning rapidly. I do not mean, in
the least, that she needs to keep pace with them
in their studies, though even to do that is a
good thing for both. She need not begin study
ing Greek verbs because her boys are 'fitting
for college.' I refer' simply to the tone and
habit of her life to the atmosphere which sur
rounds her, and which she finds congenial. I
refer to the habit of growth, without which a
man or a woman will degenerate, just as surely
as the tree degenerates when it ceases to grow.
It may live a long time but mere life is some
thing quite distinct from healthy growth.
"Something is surely wrong in the plan of
that life from which intellectual and spiritual
culture is crowed out. The man who comes in
from his office, his store, his farm, night after
night, to find his house in nice order, an invit
ing Bupper waiting for mm, ms cnuuren ciean
and well-clothed, but his wife so tired that she
would go straight to bed if she could Alasl
she cannot, beoanse, as I have said, there is
her work-basket full to overflowing may make
up his mind there is a mistake somewhere. I
am making no plea for idleness, no plea for
pleasure-seeking. Every wife, high or low,
rich or poor, should endeavor to be a
'helnmeet' to her husband. But being a help
meet does not mean being a mere drudge. It
does not mean working like a galley-slave for
one's board and clothing poor clothing, too,
verv often. It does not mean the sacrifice of
all a woman's tastes, and loss of all her bloom
and freshness. And more than all, it does not
mean a rude awakening from the nappy dreams
that were hers when she nlaced her hand in
th it of the man she loved, and went ont into
the world with him. Some husbands and wives
are bo busy that they have no time to love each
otner, no time lor tne intercnange or me smau,
sweet courtesies, without which wedded life is
like the salt that has lost its savor."
A Child's Pbaxib in Danobb. Little Tiny
got lost in the woods and feared she should
die. A rabbit had run to her in fright and she
held him fast in her arms. When the stars
came ont she thought of God, and wondered
why she had forgotten Him. Then she knelt
down and prayed thus:
"0 dear God, I'm all alone in the great
woods and nobody don't come after me, and I
thank you for giving me the little rabbi tt; he's
real warm; but I don't want to die here all
alone in the dark. If I do, won't you take me
to heaven? but I'd a great deal rather go home
to mamma and papa. Please to let 'em And
me, for Christ's sake, Amen."
That isn't saving "Our Father." nor. "Now
I lay me," thought Tiny, "but I guess it's just
as good. I shouldn't wonder if He sent a
great white angel, with wings, right straight
down to take care of me."
She fell asleep, but was soon found by her
friends.
Youthful Heboism. The following accident
occurred some time ago near Scranton, Fenn.
We reproduce it here to show the bravery and
heroism shown by a little boy to save his com
panion, and how he actually sacrificed his life in
the attempt. Two boys, Henry Welsh and 3 ohn
Owens, were employed in the screen-room,
with about sixty others, "cracker boys," sepa
rating the slate from the coal. Welsh was in
the aot of stepping across the screen when his
foot was caught in the ponderous machine,
whioh was revohing slowly. His cries brought
to his aid his companion Owens, a boy some
fifteen years of age, who bravely, and in the
face of a fate' sought to extricate him. In the
effort his arm was caught in the screen, and be
fore the machinery could be brought to a stand
still both boys were crushed into a shapeless
muss. The brave conduct of the bpy Owens, J
who gave nis Hie in tne attempt to save nis
comrade, is one of the noblest examples of
youthful heroism on record.
The Fatiieu's Wealth a Dbawback. Many
a man becomes poor because his father left bim
a flourishing business. A well es'ablished trade,
a set of good and steady customers, and the in
fluence of a widely known and highly respected
name, when transferred by a parent to his son,
not nnfrequeotly gives the latter au undue con
fidence which more than counteracts all the ad
vantages thus received. It is no uncommon
thing to see individuals struggling, in middle
tr nrivAnA1 Ufa with ii TVWArtv whlph wnnliV
j nil nrnhnhilitv. hftvn hn avorlwl i thov hail
i nnt jhrittd at the outset a badness which
I tDey imagined would be euro to sustain itself.
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Health Jew vs. Chbistun. Statistics have
been gathered in France, Algeria and Prussia,
, by which it is shown that the Jewish race has
a mean average duration oi lire exceeding mat
I of Christians bv about five vears. and'that this
people enjoy greater immunity irom disease
" . . .
. man Ubristlan raoes. me causes ascnoed are
tbe inberitauoe of a sound physical constitution
aud the watchful care of mothers over their off
spring. The plagues which have visited vari
lous countries haveleft them uuscathed. Croup
U said to be extremely rare among their chil-
. .Imr n w1 lliAf Ii... vavw l,ltli cA.Afnla
. Plant Useful and Peofitablk Tress. The
timinfv nut-la fiist nrmrnitiinii wlia,, (acme-,..
. .- ; .- - -rr- -e -".- ""
8U5 orcnardisw will nave to plant their trees,
and, while so much is being said about tbe eu
oaiyptus, or cum tree, in many of our ex-
I changes, we would advise, our farmers to plaut
uiureui useiui uuu promauiu irt-es iu tueir
yards and gardens. Take the money that you
spend aumiallv in nurchasincsuDertlnnnanrna.
mental ehmbbory, aud buy almond, chestnut)
or waiuut trees, and in tne oouree of roar or
five years they wjll commence to yield'abund
antly, if properly cultivated, and you will reap
beuencial harvests therefrom. There are many
Yankee farmers in our county, who could inst
; as weU J"Te cne? "" prove upon tbeir farm,
l ". lu uo. "nerwe. ajuiuqus and walnuts
bring a high price in our markets. It is right
and well to cultivate shrubbery in front of a
high-toned cilv residence, but it is our candid
opiuion that it is not a paying business upon a
farm. Eucalyptus trees are a splendid shade
and evergreens, but they are not'half so profit
able to the farmer as nut-bearing trees. This
is our advice upon the matter, and you can act
as your judgment prompts you. Sutter Banner
A Venerable War Ship.
The frigate Constitution,' or "OH Ironsidu,"
as she has been familiarly called, after having
lain on the stocks at the Philadelphia navy
yard for several years a dismantled and appa
rently rotten hulk, has, at last, by special order
from the Navy Deprtment, been placed in th
hands of the carpenters, and is now undergoing
repairs, with a view, it is said, of being exhib
ited during the Centennial year; There is
nothing remaining of the vessel exoept the bars,
hull, and workmen are now engaged in erecting
the necessary stapling in order to begin the
work of replanking her ribs. After she has
been got in a condition for tbe water, she will
be launched, and the rest of the fitting up will
be done after she is in tbe water. It is the in
tention of the government to have the original
appearance ot tne vessel, oom jnsme uuu uui,
side, reproduced as nearly as possible. The
hull is already coppered, and it is thought that
the remaining repairs can' be completed in a
comparatively short time.
Uonriaeraoie juvereei win uo uuu..o .v..
by the publio in the question as to whether any
of the original timbers laid in tbe vessel when
she was constructed In 1797 remain. There is
a tradition among naval constructors that there
are some of the original timbers now in tbe
vessel, but there have been so many repairs to
her, and she has been bo frequently overhauled
that it is almost impossible to ascertain defi
nitely whether such is the fact or not.
Tbe vessel is said to have sufferedi greatly at
the hands of relic hunters, for it is asserted
while she was undergoing repairs at varions
wharves it was no uncommon thing for a car
penter who had discovered a pieoe of old and
"historic-looking" timber, to appropriate it
and have it turned into a cane or some other
article to be preserved by himself or friends as
a relic. These depredations, together with the
necessary removal of a large amount of decayed
or insecure timber, has almost transformed the
vessel into a new ship.
It was proposed by the naval authorities when
it was found on the adjournment of the last
Congress that no special appropriation for her
repair had been made, to break her up, as it
did not appear that she would be of any further
use to the navy. A similar proposition was
made once before, and was the cause of the
well known poem, written in protest of the act
by Oliver Wendell Holmes, beginning with
"Ay, tear ber tattered ensign down,"
The Constitution was built at a cost ol over
$300,000 at Hart's shipyard, in Boston, and
was launohed on the 21st of October, 1797, in
tbe presence of a vast concourse of people.
Special care was taken in her construction to
use tbe best live oak timber, and the bend
ing of the planking was done without steam in
order that it might be the harder and more
durable.
Her first commander was Captain James
Nioholson, and she started upon her first cruise
in July, 1798. In 1804, she was tbe flagship of
Commodore Preble during the bombardment of
Tripoli, and in the action of the 29th of August
before Tripoli. She was run to within a short
distauce ot tbe fortifications, and after a fierce
contest silenced the guns.
On the 19th of August, 1812, the celebrated
combat between the Constitution, carrying forty
four guns, and commanded by Captain Isaac
Hull, and the 'British frigate Guerriere, carry
ing thirty-eight guns, and commanded by Cap
tain DacreB, took place off tbe Amerioan coast,
in the present track of the vessels from New
York to Liverpool. After considerable ma
neuvering, the vessels came together late in
the afternoon, and tne rigging or tne two ves
sels having become entangled both crews pre
pared to board. While Lieut, Morris, of the
Constitution, was making an effort to lash the
vessels together, the Constitution shot ahead of
her antagonist, and it was then found that the
Guerriere was badly shattered. Soon after, the
foremast and mainmaBt of the Ouerriere were
carried overboard, and the vessel was left help
less. A few moments after, her commander
surrendered.
The next action in which the Constitution was
engaged was an engagement with the British
frigate Java, of thirty-eight guns, commanded
by Captain Lambert. This action took place
on the 29th of December, 1812, off the coast of
Brazil, and lasted for three hours. A large
number of the guns of the Java were disabled,
her masts were shot away and her hull was
badly damaged. Tbe Constitution, on the other
baud, was' scarcely damaged at all. Of the
crew of the Java, numbering 400, twenty-two
were killed and 102 wounded. Her commander
was among those mortally wounded. The loss
on the Constitution was only nine killed and
twenty-five wounded.
On tbe 20th of February, 1814, while on her
way from Bermuda' to Madeira, the Constitution,
oommanded by Captain Charles Stewart, fell
in with the British vessels Cvane, thirty-six
guns, and Levant, . twenty guns. After an
engagement lasting not quite two hours the
Cyane surrendered, and two hours later the
Levant, which had endeavored to escape, hav
ing been overtaken, was also compelled to sur
render. Of late years the Constitution has been used
as a school ship at the Naval Academy, at
Annapolis, and for a long time, while lying at
the foot of the "long wharf," she has been a
familiar object at the Academy. The figure
head of tbe Constitution has been for t number
of years a wooden statue of General Jackson,
which it is proposed to place in the grounds of
the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Scnfloweb fob Fcel. In the Western
States a good deal of corn is used to make fires,
and it is proposed to grow sunflowers for this
purpose instead. A carefully grown sunflower
will stand ten or twelve feet nigh, and have half
a dozen good heavy blossoms. These blos
soms are great favorites with bees, who get
from them a good Bupply of honey. The seeds
when crushed furnish a very clear and pure
oil, and in tbeir natural state 'are the chosen
food of domestic ponltry. Above all, the very
substantial stalk, and branches, and leaves, if
put away under cover, will make admirable
fuel for kindling even the hardest of American
coal, or even for burning by itself.' Thus
honey, fat poultry, eggs, oil and fuel ore the
chief recommendations of tbe sunflower. Hav
ing all these substantial qualities, she can af
ford to part with tbe Action that makes her
"turn to her god when he sets tbe same look
that she gave when he rose." Constancy is a
virtue, of oonrse, but in tbe sunflower the
American looks rather for a tall, stem and a
good head-full of oil. , u0 ilt u ,
Nkw FATnrrs. Through dispatches "to
Dewey & Co., Patent A'cents. '8 'F' -wa VMiA
,tbe following advance list of TJ.'B. Patents
?,? V ia?? Coast loTsntors; .vit: H.
W;,.0lalk' Bed B,nff- Pl-i adjttatabbj eaok
holder; J. W. Irvin, Eureka, Cat., apparatus
for separating gold from 'sand etc; J. W,
Faulkner, Auburn, Oal., portable fruit drier;'
Lewis Knudson, 8. F., curtain cord fastener:
F. M. Trnworlhy, S. F marking wheel.
Woman in Illinois. Any woman in Illinois
who is a citizen of the United States, has re
sided in that State 'fine year immediately pre
ceding her HDDoiutment. acdiinwln.ntc.niis
years of sge, may, upon the petition of fifty
legal voters, be appointed notary public, upon
fiving bonds in the penal sum of one thousand
ollars with one surety.
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