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My Game at Chess.
Oil, yes! I understand vou, now,
r You ask me Ii3', Jehu,
That cloud uoii my Lrow :
That brightness ikd and gone.
Ah, well I to you I'll unfold
The mystery that darkly irrew
O'er in v mind", so lon: untold
ields to friendship true.
It's just three weeks and a day,
That ha.s passed silentlv bv
.Since we met; a lady, fair and gav?
No, tlie old man aiid I.
And as acquaintance slowlv advance
In tones blandly and taiiie,
lie counselled nn; to take a chance
At that old, old game.
And the gatno I anxiously began,
And gazed upon my victim'
"With the careless expression of one
That is sure to win.
I paraded my castles and horses fine
with pawns here and there be
tween ;
And with bishop solemn and divine,
I sought to capture his queen.
lhital ts! for anticipation bright,
In some dark mysteii. us way,
lie quickly put my horses to flight;
And my castles lost in the allray.
A few more elYbrrs, strong and wild,
My lost ower to regain;
And my queen and bihop mild,
Were" numbered with the slain.
Then rm- mind trembled to and fro,
And tilled my soul with regret
To bear that low, painful echo
Of: "dat ish check mit!"
(jRK.vsrrwoou.
A AY rouged and Deceived Wife The
lolly id" writing Io e-Lettcrs.
A tired husband went home from
his work last night, and taking otF
his coat, requested his wife to mend
a rent in the sleeve, then sank upon
a sofa, behind the evening paper.
Wife-like she dived into the pockets.
From tho inside pocket she drew
forth a letter, directed, in delicate
chirography, to her husband. With
darkened brow, she took the suspi
cious looking missive from the en
velope, stud without noticing the
A. " O
date, began to read :
" IJeaii (ieorok : I am lonely,
oh, so lonely, since you left me last
Thursday night."
" Ah, ha I that was lodge night he
told me,'' said thu now thoroughly
interested woman, as she glanced
viciously at her husband, who ap
peared to be just lading asleep.
' Oh, how cau you sleep with the
weight of this deep sin upon you?
Jlat I'll see what more the brazen
huzey has to say, if it kills me."
Witli out; hand pressed to her throb
bing heart she read on:
I know I am foolish, darling,
but when you are away there seem
to be :i barrier between me and all
that is bright and lovely. The sun
does not shine half so bright ; the
moon is but a white spot in the sky,
and the stars stare coldly down when
vou are not with me, lord of mv life
and heart."
Was it for this? was it for thi?"
moaned the unhappy wife.
" Fortune speed the day when we
may bo united in those indissoluble
bonds that are sacred in the eyes of
Heaven and earth.
What mockery ! Does he or she
consi ler that his vows made to me
are not sacred? What are they going
to do with me, anyway, I wonder?
Poison, perhaps. Oh, false, false,
perfidious man. Oh, wicked, hell
ish, designing wanton ! Still the
suilering woman read the letter,
though each word burned to ashes a
thousand hopes and joys ; when we
need no more meet clandestines, and
tremble in each others embrace.
I'd make you tremble, if I had
you in my embrace a minute !
" wheu my head nitty be pillowed in
safety upon vour breast "
" the liendess !"
"and your arms twine in loving
nressure around me "
" Furies !"
" and our lips smother tho tender
words that would escape between
them."
" Oh, the sirenic she devil" hissed
tho woman as she tried to keep down
the boiling rage within her. She
crushed the letter in her hands, then
threw it upon the lloor and sprang
upon it with her heels, as though it
were a sn ike, and ground it into the
carpet. Then with clinched hands
ami compressed lips, she strode rap
idly back and forth across the room,
ever and anon making a move as if
to spring a fury upon her husband
who with a paper over his face was
apparently sound asleep dreaming
perhaps, of the wicked temptress
that had come between him and his
fund wife. Presently a reaction took
place and the wretched woman sank
into a chair and found relief in that
blessed panacea for female ills a
Hood of tears.
Grown calmer after awhile, she
picked up the rumpled letter,
smoothed out the creases and with
an air of mingled despair and resig
nation looked for the signature.
" Your ever loving and devoted,
but poor apprehensive"
"What's this! Flit-flut tering
birdie A-d-a Ada. WT.v, bless me!
this is one of my own letters to
txeorge. What a fool I"
A sound from the sofa, first like
escaping steam and then like a car
rattling oer the stony street assured
her that her ridiculous actions had
been witnessed by her husband,
burning with shame, the foolish
woman Hew into her room and locked
herself in, and she is almost as mis
erable now as when she felt that she
was a wronged and deceived wife
The city bells should not toll the
tell-tale hours, when they onlv serve
to loose the tongues of wakeful
wives upon belated husbands. 'Whv
my dear, its three o'clock; where on
earh have yon been?" "Hang the
confounded bells. What's the good
of settin one's watch back, so long
as the city pays to tell his wife the
time of nicht."
Selection of Candidates.
From the Sale in Mercury.
On Wednesday last past; the selec
tion of candidates for State officers
was made by the Democracy at Al
bany. Those wi,o were nominated
received that honor because they
came up to that standard of efiicien
cy aud honesty which is now, as it
ought to be, more rigidly exacted bv
the people than ever heretofore. The
true and earnest reformer does his
work of reform as ellicientlv in the
ranks of his party, as in a 'separate
organization. And in the Conven
tion just held the scrutiny into the
character of the candidates was as
searching, and -the selection as care
ful, as any professedly reform party
could have debited, and much more
so than is likely to be imitated. Al
though it is true that local circum
stances sometimes go far to justify a
departure from party ties, even as
events sometimes palliate tho adop
tion of lynch law, other means hav
ing failed, yet for one successful re
form thus achieved, a dozen have
been accomplished by the rtforming
element working within and purify
ing the party. Every honest Demo
crat who breaks ranks not only nu
merically weakens the party by his
defection, but lowers its moral tone
by the abstraction of his influence
for good. One half of the activity
displayed at the proper time by the
members of our party within its or
ganization, which is shown in get
ting up delusive parties which,
meaning well and honestly enough,
perhaps, tit their inception, almost
invariably collapse in failure to de
feat every dishonest scheme, displace
every unprincitded leader, rectify
each inconsiderate step, and keep the
party on the highest plane of moral
ity and efficiency. Tho errors and
crimes of unworthy individual Dem
ocrats have been punished most cer
tainly by the Democracy. Tweed
was brought to justice by the or
ganized Democracy of New York.
No hope exists of reform from the
multitude who control these so-called
independent movements. The
honest men in them are outnum
bered and outgeneraled by those
who like the crowd that Hocked to
David in the cave of Adullam, join
them because they have no where
else to go, and tire equally bankrupt
in moral and political character.
Itiward for a Long Idfu and Cruel
Death.
Under the above head the San
Francisco Ahi truthfully says :
"Congress has performed an act
which is but a sad commentary upon
the value of potriotism and fidelity
to orders and duty, as viewed by the
eyes of Members of Congress. There
was a man in the Army of the United
States who had served his country
well and faithfully through many a
years' campaigning, through wars
of civilized nations and of savage
tribes. He never failed in the per
formance of duty, never turned back
from the front of war, nor from the
face of an enemy. He had grown old
in the service, 'lie was aud always
had been a soldier; hence he had
been no trailing politician, no specu
lator in land, or scrip, or mines, but
had contrived to live on the small
salary received through years of ser
vice in an inferior grade, and has ris
en by merit alone to the position of
Brigadier General. He was sent to
makepeace with the Modoc Indians.
He was named with a peace Commis
sion to try and negotiate a peace
with them." He knew his danger, but
also knew his duty, and like a true
soldier, whose years of youth and
manhood had been given to his coun
try, he would not fail her in his old
er manhood, although ho well knew
the danger of the mission on which
he entered. He attempted to do it,
and sealed the service with his blood
He had accumulated no fortune.
His pay was all the fortune he pos
sessed On that he lived and sup
ported a wife, to whom he was ten
derly attached. But when the bul
let of the murdering savage crashed
through his brain that salary ceased,
and she, whom ho had left at the
command of his country, was desti
tute, her husband slain, while per
forming a duty, fulfilling an order
which never should have been im
posed upon him, because it was not
legitimately a part of a soldier's
duty. And now, widowed and poor,
s me friend on her behalf asks Con
gress, in consideration of her wants,
and her late husband's faithful ser
vices, to grant her some allowance in
consideration of Iter necessities and
his unselfish and gallant services.
And that body, which votes millions
for this, that,' and everything, which
is ready to squander any amount of
millions upon Indian Agents and
contractors of all kinds, votes an in
significant pittance of fifty dollars a
month, only, to the needy widow of
the gallant) generous, brave and un
selfish General Cauby! . We do not
remember ever to have felt more,
ashamed of the representatives of
our nation than -while reading the
telegram announcing this most nig
gardly and unworthy specimen of
parsimony."
N ArFEAii. O, woman! in our
hours of case, you know we'll do
whateer vou please. We'll promise
to renounce the sin of Bourbon,
brandy, rum and gin. and go so far
as to refrain (except when tempted)
from champagne; but have some
mercy, do, my aear, au
leave'us lager-beer.
A California paper says: ' Ineffi
cient fish-ladders around mill-dams,
tilling the river with saw dust, using
seines and grab-hooks, etc., are bad
enough, but gtant powder, as a me
dium for fish murder, must not be
tolerated. All such offenders must
be prosecuted."
Au. lie Played on a Harp of a Thou
sand S'trin'rs."
A curious sermon of a hard-shell
minister, which appeared in the
Brandon (Miss.) lleyhter, and
preached July, 1853, at a towfT not
far from Brandon:
"I may say to you, my brethren,
that I am not an edieated man, an' I
am not one of them as believes that
edication is necessary for a Gospel
minister, fur I believe the Lord edu
cates his preachers just as he wants
'em to be edieated ; an', although I
say it that oughtn't to say it, yet in
the State of Injianny, whar I live,
thar's no man get's a bigger congre
gation nor what I gits.,
Thur may bo some here to-day,
my brethereen, as don't know what
persuasion I am uv. Well, I may
say to you, my brethereen, that I'm
a hvrd-shell Baptiss, but I'd rather
heva hard-shell as no shell at all.
You see me here to-day, my breth
reen, drest up in line close; you mout
think I was proud. But I am not
proud, my brethreen; and although
I've been a preacher uv the Gospel
fur tweut year, an' although I'm the
captin uv that fiatboat that lays at
yure landing, I'm not proud, my
brethreen.
I'm not a gwine to tell you edzact
ly whar my text may be found; suf
fice it to say it's in the leds of the
Bible, and you'll find it somewhar
'tween the first chapter of the book
of Generations and the last chapter
of the Book of Involutions; an' cf
you'll go an' sarch the Scripturs,
you'll not only lind my tex thar-, but
a great many other texes as will do
you good to read; an' my tex, when
you shill find it, you shill find it to
read thus:
'An' he played on aharpuv a thou
sand strings spirits uv just men
made perfoek."
My tex, brethreen, leads me to
speak with sperit. Now, there's a
great many kinds of sperits in the
world. In the fust place, thar's the
sperits as some folks call ghosts, an'
then thar's the sperits of turpentine,
and then thar's the sperits as some
folks call liquor and I've got as
good an article of them kind of spe
rits on my fiatboat as ever was fotch
ed down tlie Mississippi river: but
the tex says: 'He played on a harp of
a thousand strings, sperits uv just
men made, pcrfeck.'
But I'll tell you the kind uv spe
rits as is meant in the tex, my breth
reen. I'ts fire. That's the kind of
sperits as is ment in the tex, my
brethreen. Now, thar's a grate many
kinds of fire in this world. In the
fust place thar's the common sort o'
fire, you lit a cigar or pipe with; an'
then thar's cam-fire, fire before you
are re.ldy, and fall back and tire,
and many other kinds of lire; fur the
tex says,
'An" he played on a harp uv a
thousand strings, sperits uv just men
made perfeck.'
But I'll tell you the kind uv fire
as is mer.t in the tex, my brethreen.
It's hell-fire ! An' that's'the kind uv
lire a grate many uv you will come
to ef you don't do better nor what
you hev been a doin; for 'he played
on a harp uv a thousand strings
sperits uv just men made perfeck.'
Now the different sorts of fire in
the world may be likened unto the
different pursnasions of Christians
in the world. In the fust place, we
hev the Piskipalians; and they are it
high sailiu' aud a hifalntin set; and
they may be likened unto a turky
buzzerd, that flies up into the air, nn
he goes up an' up, until he looks no
bigger nor your linger nail, and the
fust thing you know he comes down
and down, and down, an' is lillin'
himself from the carens of a dead
horse along side of the road;
'An he played on tho harp uv a
thousand strings, sperits uv just men
made perfeck.'
An' then, thar's tho Methidis; and
they may be likened unto the squir
rel running up into the tree; for the
Methidis believe in gwine from one
degree of grace to another, and fina
ly on to perfekshun, and the squir
rel goes up, and up. and up, and he
jumps from lim to lim, and branch
to branch, and the fust thing you
kdow he falls, and down he cams ko
Humnx; and that's like the Methidis,
for th'-y always is fallin' from grace;
'An' ho played on a harp ny a
thousand strings, sperits uv just
men made perfeck."
And then, my brethreen, thar's tho
Baptis' ah, -an' they hev been li
kened unto a possom on a 'sinimon
tree, and the thunders may roll, and
the earth may quake, but that pos
sum clings thar' still! ah. An' you
mav shake one foot loose, an' he laps
his"taii round the lim' and he clings
forever; for 'He played on a harp uv
a thousand strings, spirits of just
men made perfeck."
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A FUEIOUTAXD FAKEBrLLIN- IoW V.
Both Houses of the Iowa Legisla
ture have passed the railroad bill,
which originated in the Senate, by a
vote of ninety-two to four. It di
vides the roads of the State into f out
classes, and acts directly, without
the intervention of a board of Com
missioners, as in Illinois, the rates
that may be charged in eacli class
for freight and passengers. These
rates are three cents, three and one
half, and four cents, respectively,
for passengers. A fund of 510,000
is placed in the Governor's hands to
defray the expenses of prosecuting
railroads that infringe on the. law.
When damages are sustained by any
one, he may receive five times their
amount. The rates for freight are
fixed at a low point, but tho exact
figures are not stateth
In San Francisco there are fifteen
Masonic Lodges, with a membership
of 2,123.
A San Diego, Cab, paper speaks
of there being camelias in bloom in
the open air in that city, and an
nounces that it is a sight.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
RF.RKTTLEY. CALIFORNIA.
The Tariff Qtiestion.
An exchange truthfully says that
at present the agricultural districts
of the United States, and notably in
the Western States, there is a loud
outcry against the railroad companies
for their "high charges for carrying
produce to market. The arraign
ment of the companies is just. Ow
ing to the high freights charged,
farmers reap little or no profits from
their crops. Freights should be re
duced so that the receipts would
barely cover the cost of operat
ing the road, keep them in re
pair, and pay a moderate interest on
the actual cost of their construction.
Anything beyond this is a robbery
of the producers. But while the
farmers are demanding, and justly
too. a reduction in the rate of freights
so that the proceeds shall barely meet
the current expenses of the roads
and interest on the capital invested
in them, they should at the same
time, and with a voice equally im
perative, demand that the protective
tariff, by which the price of every
thing they eat and wear, and all their
implements of husbandry their
wagons, their plows, their harrows,
their cultivators, their mowers, their
reapers, and their every implement
cr tool of whatever kind is increas
ed from twenty to one hundred per
cent, shall be repealed. Even the
cost of railroads is much in excess of
what it would be if it were not for
our robbing tariff, levied to add to
the already plethoric wealth of the
Pennsylvania iron masters. Literal
ly they are the "Iron Masters"' of
the whole country. In consequence
of the tariff" it costs the farmer at
least 25 per cent, more to produce his
crop, than it otherwise would; in
consequence of the tariff, railroads
cost 25 per cent, more than they oth
erwise would. If the companies,
therefore, wished to carry freight as
low as possible, they would be com
pelled to charge 25" per cent, higher
than they would if the tariff had not
added to the cost of their roads.
Thus does high protective tariff, add
25 per cent, to the cost of producing
a crop by the farmer, and 25 per cent,
to the cost of moving it to market.
But it does not add one farthing to
the amount he receives for it, for tiiis
is determined by the market in which
he sells. What the farmer will re
ceive for his wheat for example, is
not determined by what it has
cost him to raise it and carry it to
market, but what it will bring in
Liverpool. The quotations of the
Liverpool Grain Exchange determine
the price of wheat throughout the
United States, no matter what its
production and transportation may
have cost. Let the farmers then,
while they abate not one jot nor title
of their demands for low freights,
demand also the abolition of the rob
bing protective tariff, that they may
prodr.ee crops at light cost, as well
as send them to market on low
freights.
An Old-Fashioneo Mottiei axda
Rr.roi:MKi Boy. Some time ago a
Mrs. Buckleby, who lives over in
Berrien county, Mich., directed her
son Samuel, a lad of fourteen years,
to take a t urn at the churn. Now, as
Samuel had set his heart on going a
fishing at that very time, he 'got his
back up,' and H.ttly refused to agi
tate the cream. The curvature was
promptly taken out of his spine by
a slipper, and with tears in his eyes,
he went on duty with the dasher. In
about half -an hour, and during the
brief absence of his mother, his
eyes fell upon a plate of liy-poison,
and a bright, smai t thought struck
him. Just before Mrs. Buckleby
came back, Samuel lifted the fatal
platter to his lips, and just as she en
tered he exclaimed: "There, mother,
I guess you won't lick mo any more.
Now, what did this Spartan moth
er do ? Why, she simply took Samu
el by the nape of the neck, lifted
him' dt ftly into the pantry, beat the
whites of six eggs together and told
him to engulf tho same instahter.
He refused and through the assist
ance of the hired girl he was made to
swallow the dose. Then his mother
began preparing a mustard emetic.
Seeing this tho boy commenced beg
ging, crying out, "I was only trying
to skeer'you." But the mother was
not to be softened and Samuel had to
take the mustard. He w as then made
to swallow a dose of pain-killee, had
his back rubbed with the Vigor of
Life and his stomach with the Oil of
Gladness. At this stage he vomited
up everything but his stockings. He
was then made to take a dose of cas
tor oil and seven of Ayer's pills. If
vou want to see a mad boy, just say
'Ily-poison' to Sam Buckleby.
"Buy me out, and I'll quit the
business," is what some of the sa
loonists a word the Courier-Journal
lias waited three weeks for the Bos
ton I'ost to coin say to the tempe
rance women. But the women sel
dom or never trade, which is well
enough, for they are old enough to
know or, at any rate, everybody
else is, that if they were to abolish
every drinking saloon aud drown
everv saloon-keeper in the United
States to-day, and then abandon the
movement, nine-tenths of the estab
lishments would be in full blast
again before to-morrow
Examiner.
evenmg-
Aecording to the report of the
Postmaster-General o02 persons were
arrested during the past year for va
rious offences against postal laws and
regulations. Of these, "J3 have been
convicted; 198 are awaiting trial, and
95 were discharged for want of proof
The number of missing lestters du
ring the year was 6,186, of which
3980 were registered. About 8500 ;
000 was lost in these letters. These
figures show that very nearly two
registered letters were lost to one un
registered letter.
t;wiriti
laiirers ot a Hum Reaction.
The San Francisco Examiner has
the following sensible article on the
present praying excitement in the
East, which meets our hearty en
dorsement. It says :
"We believe in using every legal
means to resist the dominion of
drunkenness. We are an earnest ad
vocate of the sacred cause of tem
perance, not only in the use of alco
holic liquors, vinous stimulants, and
all manner of intoxicating beverages
but, also, in tho use of tobacco, and
every other article consumed by man
that tends to debilitate his body, en
feeble his intellect, debase his moral
sense, dull all his God-given facul
ties, and finally and forever ruin his
immortal soul. Such being our sen
timents, it is plain that we must sym
pathize with the cause of the wo
men's war on whisky, but we do not
approve of its policy, expediency, or
wisdom, nor have we faith in its ac
complishing any lasting reform. We
believe in moral suasion. We be
lieve in making a powerful appeal to
the heads and hearts of rum sellers
who retail their stock to the injury
of their fellow man. But when bands
of women combine to force the deal
ers in liquor to close their establish
ments, to their pecuniary detriment,
we are tempted to ask of our women
friends: Will the cause of temper
ance in the end not be weaker than
before '? As we see' it. all these move
ments of flie ladies of Ohio are un
mistakably illegal, and would not
stand a moment in a court of law.
We do not believe in the method.
Let the women appeal to the Legis
latures of their States for laws whieh
will promote the ends they are la
boring for, and then let these laws
be carried out. If, however, the statue-book
does not forbid the retailing
of intoxicating drinks, if in selling
this sort of beverage the dealer is
breaking no law, we fear a reaction
will set in, and the return wave of
public opinion will swamp tho re
formers, because of the injudicious
method of inaugurating their 're
firm.'" A Feyi:it:l Bevel vxiox. From
1S10 to 1850 the average annual ex
penditure on account of Indian Af
fairs, was trl,:J7:.(U:5; from 1SG0 to
1SCG it averaged !, 221,751 annual
ly: for the single year of 187"), under
the present corrupt and extravagant
Administration, it was .r'7,9ol, 705,
or nearly eight millions in round
numbers. Tho Indians are rapidly
disappearing, but it seems the fewer
there are the more it costs to pro
vide for them. It is appalling to
think what appropriations would be
required for their support, suppos
ing the disbursements on "Indian ac
count to be continued through the
hands of such officials as Secretary
Delano and Commissioner Smith, if
Indians in the far West should be
come as scarce as thev
now are m
New York. This is the
department
of public expenditures in which such
items appear as "contingencies, in
cluding traveling and contingent ex
penses of superintendents and agents
650,000," and "general incidental
expenses of the Indian service, SC.-27-851."
Congress makes loud profes
sions of a desire to ecouomize. Why,
then, does it not institutea searching
investigation into the expenditures
of the Indian Bureau, wliich have
become notorious from ocean to
ocean on account of their extrava
gance and the corruption connected
therewith? Is it because the Admin
istration leaders are afraid to have
the public see the extent of the in
iquity prevailing in the Interior De
partment? If so, the reason for for
bearance is insufficient, as the facts
given above, taken from oflicial doc
uments, are in themselves a fearful
revelation of dishonesty and waste.
Samuo ix Texas. Fayette county
Texas, tells the old story. The blacks
there, children, comparatively, are
constantly made dupes of by the su
perior cuteness of the whites. One
scoundrel has done a thriving busi
ness by selling them "free papers'"
at 610 each. Another speculator fur
nishes them with a stakepin with cab
alistic figures upon it. With this the
purchaser is told that he can "pre
empt" forty acres of his master's
land. Onr correspondent estimates
that a million of these stakepins at
So each, have been sold in the South
western States. The buyer is told to
keep his purchase a secret, for if the
white man discovers it the charm
will not work, and the "forty acres'"
will bo nowhere. A little less seri
ous swindler is the traveling trades
man who sells to the negroes "hair
straightener (colored water), at one
dollar per bottle. This is funny; and
the story of it a little relieves the
doleful monotony of the reports.
"Freedmen's Savings Banks are more
important. "The great trick here,"
says our Texas correspondent, "is
when one deposits slO or 50, to re
cord it in the poor fellows pass book
as 1 or .-?.".; and so it is entered in
the bank's books. The depositor is
unable to read, and of coureeis easi
ly cheated. A". Y. Trtbuxe.
A tea made of chestnut leaves
drank in the place of w ater, will cure
the most obstinate case of dropsy in
a few 1 1 ays.
A tea made of dried whortleber
ries, and drank in placf of water, is
a sure cure for a scrofulous difficul
tyhowever bad.
A tea made of peach leaves, is a
sure cure for a kidney difficulty.
A plaster made of fresh slacked
lime and fresh tar is a sure cure for
cancer, which, with all its roots, will
come out.
A tea made of willow leaves is a
sure cure for fever and ague.
m f- JT"
Grain on the San Joaquin rher, in
California, is eight inches high. j
Mrs. Smith on the (iranirc.
From thp Brunswleker.
Oh, ho, so you've been to that old
Grange, have yon? Pretty time of
night to come home, isn't'it? Mid
night if a minute! I wish the Gnirige
and alt the Grangers were blown up.
No, sir, you needn't make anv ex
cuses at all. Business detained Vou!
couldn't leave! had to watch at the
bedside of a sick brother! Sick
brother! siek fiddlestick! sick ster,
would be nearer the truth,Gf expect
and your poor, patient wife at horne
slaving herself to death for you to
spend your money on grange dinners,
grange balls, and what not. You'd'
far better spend it for shoes, chignons
and ruffs for your suilering family.
You've been drinking, too, Don't
tell me you haven't. 1 say vou hare?
so please don't contradict nie again.
Wasn't contradicting me? Boo-hoo!
Oh that I should have live.i to seoO
the day that my own husband should
call me a liar.
You'll be the death of me yet, and
then what will Income of the chil
dren, when their dear mother is gone
and their father running every night
lo some grange? I'm ju;
cause yon didn't take m
t mud be
with vou.
am I? You asked me to go did vou?
No you didn't. Oh, its too late to c
invite me now. I'll hut go a step;
no, sir, I'll die first.
And, Smith, I tell you that you've
got to stay at homo, yon shan't go to
another Grange meeting. Won t ask
me? I'll show you. I'll lock you
in a room, and throw the hev in tho
well, I'll cripple the horses, I'll I JJ
do something terrible, r my name
isn't Smith, see if I don't. Jump out
of the window, will you? No, you
won't. I'm not ."oing to have my
rights trampled upon by you, if you
are a Granger and I'll not attend to
my own business. If it isn't my bus
iness to know where and how you
spend your time, I'd like lo knw
what is. I'd be ashamed to talk to
my w ife as you are doing. I'm doing
the talking, sim I? I'm not, any
such thing, you hateful old scoun
drel you! If you don't Jiush, I'll
kick you out of bed, anu you may
take up your lodging at the Grange,
as well as you board.
A report was heard at first it re
sembled distant thunder, but it was
finally like a heavy body coming in
contact with a hard surface.
.It might have been Smith that fell
on the lloor; but then it might not.
A pretty mantel-piece ornament
may be obtained by suspending au"
acorn with a piece of tiuead attach
ed, .within hatf-an inch of the
sar-
face of some water cont.
vase, tumbler, or sar.eer.
ined in a
md allow
ing it to remain undisturbed for sev
eral weeks. It will soon burst open,
and small roots will seek the water;
a straight and tapering stem with
beautiful glossy green leaves will
shoot upward, and present a ,-very
pleasing appearance. Chestnut trees
may be grown in the same matiner,
but their leaves are not so beautiful
as those of the oak. The water sho'd
be changed once a month, taking
care to supply water of the same de
gree of warmth; bits of charcoal ad
ded to it will prevent the water from
souring. If the little leaves turn
yellow, put one drop of ammonia
into the utensil which holds the
water, and they will renew theirQux
uriance. Another pretty ornament is made
bj' wetting a sponge and sprinkling o
it with canary, hemp, grass and oth
er seeds. The sponge should be re
freshed with water daily so a-to keep
it mo'st. In a few days the seeds will
germinate and the sponge will be
covered with
age.
a mass of green foli-
TlSEAOING OX 1) ANOEKors G iOUND.
Congressman Dawes is treading on
dangerous ground. He is telling the
truth with risky plainness. The most
devoted of the household organs at
Washington, the X"'io,iiI Jl-j.nhiirtiu ,
warns him of his peril, and chides
him in this gentle, patronizing way:
It seems unfortunate that a gentle
man, holding the high and important
position occupied by Mr. Dawes, can
rarely take the floor to explain the
financial condition of the Treasury
without announcing propositions
which, unexplained, tenu to weaken
public confidence in the party that
he assumes to lead. He is doubtless
a laborious, studious painstaking
man. He would save at the spigot
while wasting at the bung. His vis
ion appears too contracted to embrace
the vast expanse of this co intrv.and
comprehend tho extensive ramifica
tions of tiie Government in its prac
tical workings."
The IIichest of all on: Phesi
dents. The President lots just pur
chased a large lot in the northwest
ern part of the city for his future
town residence. He pays sJ2.(MX)
for 1,500 feet, and ti e house is to cost
with the lot near slO0,( o ). It is un
derstood that the President, wLen lie
is released from official diitiesQwill
divide his time between his three
residences: the St. Louis farm, at
the sea shore, Long Branch, and in
Washington. He will retire from
public life in very comfortable cir
cumstances. He has been, since ho
entered the army, in 18(11, one of the
luckiest of men I am told by thoso
who know the facts, and are compe
tent to judge in such matters, that
General Grant's in vestments have all
been made with great wisdom, with
the sole exception of the small ven
ture in the Seneca Stone Company,
anil even that concern is looking up
of late. His investments here, at
Long Branch, and especially near St
Louis, have turned out well. St.
Louis people say that his farm in
that vicinity will alone make him a
large fortune, so rapid is the increase
in its value. Washington Coir. Trey
Tines.
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