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-.--"5S?w5?T?T?'SSgJyE ...Vll . . g- , ..?i - i . ' - IOL. MILLER, EDITOR ANtf PUBLISHER. . VOLUME VIII. NUMBER 34, J tfVr 'aSW.rn sSWi. rflrttTft. MJIUVV (pUM OVVV ilU; jgX XAHIIE OF ST. JOHH DE MATHAr A ubesd or trajjg18 AKD Btt" BT JOHN O. WHITTXIE. A strong ,8 mlgnty Angel, Calm, terrible, and bright; Tbe cross, in blended red and M", Coon bis mantle white! Two csplises by him kneelin;, Each on bis broken chain, Saeg P' t0 G"1, wbo "i,,tl1 Tbe dead o li again! Dropping bi crois-wrooght mantle, .Weir this," lb Angel said; Take lion, O, Freedom's priest, its sign The while, the bloe, and red." Then roie up John de Matha, In the strength the Lord Cbriit jar. And begged, through all tbe land of France, The rsnsom of tbe slaye. The gates of torrer and castle Befrre him open flewj The drawbridge "t coming fell. The door-bolt backward drew. Fcr iU mn owned bit errand. And paid his righteous tea; AJ the burn oflorJ and peaiant Were in his hands as wax. Jit lait,'oolbr.nd from Tnnis, Hit bark ber anchor weigSed, Freighted with ser-n-seore Chriitian souls, Whole ramem Le bad paid. Sot, tern bjr Tajnlm hatred, riff iiili in tatteii hung: And en the wild waes, rudderless, A shattered balk ihe swung. "Cod sue Ol!" cried the captain, "For noa-bt can man avail: Ob, woo betide the ship that lacks Her rudder and ber sail ! "Behind 01 are tbe Moormen; At kih. sink or ftraad: There's death epon the water, , There's death opon the land!'1 Then op pLe John de Matba: Gol's errand nerer fill ! Take Ibna the mat'e whirh I wear. And make oT it a sail." Titer raied the fro.n rifi;ht mantle, The bine, tbe while, the red: And s'riight before tbe wind off-shore 4 The ship of Freedom ped. God help n" cried tbe veament 'For sain i mortal skill: The good ship on a stormy sea li drifting at In will." Then rp spate John de Matha: ' Mr marine ri. never fear! The I-ord lih. breitli 111. filled ber fail; Mar well oar ressel steerV it So, on threegH stnrii and darkneis They rimie for weary hncrs; Ani lol the third -ray morning thone f)a Oitia'ifiiendly I8rte?s. - Aad on the alli, the walclien The ihiporrKercr knew They knew far efriu holy e'roM, The red, the white, the bloe. Aai the belli in all the iteepfef Kic; out i ;Ia.l accof I, Tt welcome home to Chriitian loll Tin ramomed of the Lord. Thai ram the! ancient legend. By bard and painter told; And In! tbe cycle ronndi again, The new is as the old! With mJn, four), broken. And sails by traitor torn, Onr Coonlry on a midnight sea Ii waiting fof tie morn. Before her, nameleis terror: Behind, the piritefue; The cloiji are black above her. The sea is white below. The hope of all who snffef, The dread ofall who wrong! She infls in darkneis and in itornl, Ho long, (( Lorj. ,ow on.j Bit cocrage, O, my mariners! " shall not strfer wreck. While op to Cod the freedman'a prayers Are rising from jour deck. 'i not yoor sal I the banner Which Cod hatb blest anew The mantle that De Jtatha wore, Tie red, the while, the blue 'ukoesar.allofHearen Tberedorsoniet'j dye. Tk whiuness or the moon-lit cload, The bin ormornio.'e sky. W,ilcl,eerily.theo.O. mariners, Fordaylightandror land; The breath of God I, in yonr s.il, Toar redder is Ilii hand. Sail 1 en, sail cu. deen.frei.htxi With blesii,., ,nj ,4,1, ip,,, . Tbe saint, of old. with shadowy hmda. An pnllin. repe Behi,dT,h,,Tniutjri I'plift the palm and. crown; Before yt.onborn ages send Their benedictions down. Tile bean from John do Matha! cd's errands r.,ru.i, ' WJP throogh storm and datkuu, The thenar and the hail! Siiloal The morning cometh. The iwrtye yet shall win; Aid. II the b-.!U of Cod shall ,inr " good ship brarely in! THE PICKET. .. the,, J- Ibt ,ehr,, ltM.M, ra.M, Ik. drowsy olp.if: BI' "" K"iJ', '' i m.y dream, ' lose. ,1... . ' i-r..wms nUnr.ronBli,clld!lni,t T-Wt.i "-ws, , . r lr.,ir: c.Ig! a Stbbath4,,,h, fri,. 6r1-lel. fleeing- . '. Alt .a-"" .raL"li ... " " bnib. COURTING:ANEMIGRANT.FMAIEi BT DAN D. QDILLE. Oar Wtwlioe bachelors are altVars on tbe qui vive, daring the last .months of Summer and tbe first and second Fall months, when the emigrant trains are rolling io off tbe plains, with whole troops of snn-browneJdnmi'els. The girls have all heard that Ihe chance for getting hnsbahds are "awfal good in Woshoe." They know thero.aro "sights" of chances; so they begin primping short ly after passing Independence Rock, and by the. time tbey strike the waters of the Carson, tbey are in a perfect atate of Wiggle. ,. . My friend Coni.rick wanted aiwife, lie wanted a pieca of"nnsophisticated calico Irom the States. ' tie talked much of when the trains would arrive, and of pretty emigrant g;rls. He swore be would "gobble up one this Fall, snre." At last it was reported that a big train was camped on the Carson, two miles be yond Dayton. Condrick mounted his mustang, and depaited with alacrity. The report proved true, and, what was better, "women absolutely abounded," as Condrick afterwards informed me, in bis enthusiastic way. He rode among the tents and wagons, ostensibly much concerned to know ex actly the State, County and town from which each family hailed, but in reali'y taking notes of the fine points of all the marriageable-looking females in the camp. At last he struck one that suited him to a dot. Long afterwards, he said to me, with a great nigh, which ho tried to smother nub a laugh, "Oh I sho was a clipper. Trim as a gazelle; lithe as a willow ; cheeks which, though suu-bro'vn'vl, show ed a neacliv ruddiness; with eyes 1 ah 1 such great, brown, swimming eyes I that drove your fonl down into youi bunts, dragged your heart up into your throat, and K'li von speechless and slaugh ters.4.." To this gnmptuous female Condrick laid nipgt His progrer.s wiis good. At the r-lia.ie'i of evening Fettled down upon vulley and hill, he and his charmer took a Mroll. As they walked along, the meandering banks of the Carson, tho full face of the moon roe up fiom behind tho eastern hills. AH nature seemed tilled and quiv ering with lnve. Love danwd in the rays of moonlight that glanced on tho stream; the willows rustled their leaves to the passing breezes, and so sweetly told the story of their love, that even the reotless winds were fi,r awhile enticed to linger, forgetful of their journey; enamored nigut-nawiis were skimming the love-laden air in voluptuous circles, rays of languishing light glaming in answciing flashes, from their lazy wings; crickets, peeping from their boles in neighboring hillocks, chirped to each other in mellow, tremulous notes the ripe aud pushing love of tlisir nrcharged hearts; beetles, crazy with love, thundered hoarsely their plaints of tbe tender pain that racked their mailed bodies; and the sweet huney-deiv of Heaven fell softly into the heart-cup that each meek plant held trustingly up. Tbe sympathetic hearts of tbe lovers acknowledged the tender influences snr- roundini; them, and share;! the sweet thrills with which all nature quivered. Slowly tbepair, in fond discourse, wan dered on. What throbs of affection stirred Con drick's heart 1 What fires of lora burned in Condrick's eyes ! As his charmer laaned trnstingly upon his arm, Heaven seemed to descend and rest on tbe lower and nearest hills. As tbe murmur of a bee in a ros9, was her voice to his soul. - Seatine themselves on a grassy bank. tbey gazed togother on the darkling ed dies ol tbe gliding etreara. In glowing colors, Condrict painted for tbe fair being by his side, .a picture of the wonderful wealth hidden within the rocky vaults of the Whippoorwill mine. Charmed by his eloqnence, and absorb ed ia the contemplation of the picture he placed before ber, she forgot all else.iind gradually her beautiful head drooped drooped lower and lower ana nnauy rested npon his bosom his manly chsst. Great hoavens L a thrill Parted through his frame, and so affected hip, that it was onlv bv a tremulous effort that ha could smother the volcano of emotions swelling within his bosom. a He felt a desire to bound to bis feet and utter a wild whoop-!" But Iw didn't. -5 .No; ha constrained; his emotion;,, he re sisted, the, impulse.. 4! ,-1.4 Her head, was now.tatriy anu umb'j nestled; npon his breast,, , "--'j As' she, Jay gazing into .his .handsome facehe'r parted, .tresses, of rich- brown, fell back in affluent waves from her broad forehead, uokjssed .hyf.tba un. ,and of marble texture andiWhiteness fler great i;:.i. .... iv.,t intrv hia..ad,he gazed down into their unfathomable deptis,,tUl all tbe past, 11 the future, Beemoa io cen tra there. - WHITE QLOUD, KANSAS, . THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1865. Heaven came down' lower on the" valley; But this. could not always-last.' felt that it could not. She seemed pecting something. Her great eyes closed wearily, and the silken fringes of their curtains rested on her cheek. -' He was happy as she was, buthconld not be as ho was forever. . - ?''. She seemed to'haye the samo thoughts. She 6ligluly raised her head. Its pres sure on his chest vvas not eo great as formerly. He was distressed. Would she rise ? Was he about, to lose her ? The thought was agony. Him head grew dizzy. He felt himself standing ona precipice. lie was losing bis balance. He was toppling over. Conrnrea ! He gapped gasped out his tale of love.r it was not a long one. , , But it was to'the'poinU' She siglied sighed a long, long, .'tre mendou's. convulsive sigh. J'; . . -j But she said nothing. In a murmuring tone, he asked her if she hadn t some feelings of the same kind for him. She put her arm9 about his neck, and hiding her sweet.face in his shirt front, sobbed ont, in a. broken voice, that that was what ailed her. Heaven lot go all holds, and fell at his feet. Here followed several deep, searching, delicious kisses. Far the gratification of my lady read ers, and that they mak know the exact number and duration of these kisses, I have put them all down. They were as follow", the stars representing their num ber, and the dashes the duration of each: . It will be ob- served that the last one was of immense length. It has a tail to it like a comet. I am not sure that it was not even longer than I hsve represented. Condrick is not even sure about it. He thinks about here he was insensible for a time.j After all these kisses, came an awkward pans. The sitnation, to bo sure was not an unhappy nn. But again my friend felt that it was titn" for something more. He had made the leap from one preci pice ano'tber was before him. -He was tottering to its brink. Hp inni't speak of marriage. How rtonld -he take that ? She had acknowledged that she loved him. Good 1 This gave him cnntage.i . . He gasped. and chokingly gulped out the question in fear, and with bis eyes slightly close.!. She clasped him more tightly about the neck, and sighed deeply. ' Poor Condrick ! all sorts of fears at tackd him. The very blood in bis heart seemed congealing. He felt a drop of something moist fall on his hand. At first he thought her nosa'was bleed ing. Ho held his hand aloft in the moon- : Hghr. end on it beheld a glittering tear. He felt better then. His heart gave a gieat leap, and he said "Thank Heaven 1" He was now much encouraged. He again made inquiry as to her -love for him. She said then, inword. that she loved him, "Oh, so. so much 1" which for a time comforted him greatly. . Condrick now began to urgo'immcdlate marriage. She objected, but clung more closely to him, and said "Wait awhile." Condrick wanted to know if there was any obstacle to their immediate union. She kissed him, ( ) and said there was a slight one. He then tenderly kissed her, ( ) and asked if tbey could not be married in a week. She raised her great, swimming eyes to his face, and gazed fondly npon him, but said nothing. Her' pouting lips were in tempting proximity to his own. He now repeated his question, when, in an agonized voice, she cried ont "Oh, dear ! I can't fell. I've, got a phtbisicky old enss of a hnsband out in one o' them wagons, and he's just spite ful enough to live.a mouth yet." Condrick is still a bachelor. . He had a bad spell of something like mountain fever, the,next day after-be-visited the emigrant train at least he went off into the mountains, and shunned man kind and womankind for ab'oci two months. But he is, all right' now. e i The Richmond Sentinel, Davis" own organ, saysr "The people of Richmond the great ronltitnde are starving. .This is not a ftinrish, bot'a JTxed fact, results of treason. ' ouch are tbe A cote'mporary says the- slaveholders got. .np Jbe i rebellion to sustahv slavery, and are now going to abolish slavery . to sustain tbe'rebellion. v.. f. Wastxd. A chap advertises.ia.the N. T. Times for a loaa of fifty dollars to go ob spree. . . I ' aauaaaaus i 5 THE CONSTITUTION AND'THE UNION. iM'MeMn-"Mnnn"'n'''eitMfiaarisaMjsaajaMiiMiMB . t still lower and tJrtW . vr ' - rv v " . 'u .. ... ,. . ex- : ; ceKne. -' . - Thoy are nrnitering, tfctj are marching Hark, bow their traaapting rolls 1 ,, Tlej are comlng,-Osalg,oealngI A hundred tkoni-rifoTSf'-' ' r- -From the granite hill,, the sea-iide. In solid ranks like walls, A thousand men to Uke the place oferery man Uiat falls! Eight on scroll the midnight, Eight onward, stern and frond, Their red.flagt shining as they come, Like morniog on a cload. Battalion on bittalIionr The West Its bracery pours, For the colors God's own hand hat itt In tlie'ldcslies nt their doors! In the troids arid In tbe'clearings, '. Oortorera, brothers, sons, .Onryonnj men and oar old men,. Are sboaldering their guns. . Tbey hare heard the bogle blowing n-arJ the thunder oTthe drnm; And irather than theeyecan see, Tbey come, and come, aad comt! Mr.,,jVasly IVailctU drill Cussch. Saist3 Rest, (wbick.is in Stait) nv Noo Gensey, Das. 33. J Fve,hard from Savannah 1 I red uv U. Fancy the feel ins uv a man who bad bin fer weeks spectin 2 hesr nv Sher man's hein entirely chawed up by the undanted Suthern melishy. Tho follerin impromptoo cuss and walo (ekally mixt) refidX the stait uv this sekshun. Heart sick, weary, alone, bnstid. Gone up, flayed, skind, hnng ont. Smashed, pulverized, shivered,- scat tered. Physikt, puked, bled, blistered. Sich is Dimocrisy. Alone I git, like Marions, among tbe rooms. Alone I sit and cuss, and this is my cuss. ., Cnsed bo Calhoon, for ho interdoost us to that painted harlot, Stait Rights, who seilonst us. Cused be Peerse, who consented 2 the Nehraki bill which busted us. Cussed be Bookannon, who favored Lecompton, which peeled us. ' Cusled bi Breckenridgo, who woodent support' Duglis, and 'lected Lmkin, wich giv our Cost Orfices 2 Abolishnists. Qussed-be, tho Post Mast irs may fb'tJ bekntn snideuly insaue. and wildly go to trustia out postige stamps 2 Ditno crats. 'Cnesed be Grant and Sheridan, and Thomas, fer what they've dnn'for Di mocrasy. . Cussed bo them ez went into the ar my Dimekrats, and cum out Ablisbnists. (which is a oppydemic.) . . Cussed be Vallandygum wich ' went a practisin law, leeven me in the Dimoc risy bizuis withont any cappytle to run on. sraoALT HOT. Cussed bo Sherman, fer he took At lanta. And he marcht thro the Konfedrisy, and respected not the feelins uv enny body. His. path woz like Moses lit with pil lars uv fire and smoke, only the fire and smoke wnz behind him. Hid path is a desert the voico uv the Sbangby is heerd not in all the land. And tbe peepel uv the South lift op their voisis and weep beco2 their niggers are not. And he took Savannah .and cotton enuff ,3 ihev satisfido Bookannon'a cab bynet. And he turns his eyes towards Charles lentnn, and is siriously thinkin nv Rich mond. He starleth with three ekora Ihows and be stoppeth with throe skore and fen. The wind hloweth where it listeth he lieteth where he goetfa. As the lode stone is to steel, soris his steel to the Georgia nigger it draweth him on. Who will save ns from tbe fury of this Sherman, who will deliver C3 from his band ? . - - Johnson he beet, Hood he fooled, and liVheeler he flogged. Lee wood do it, but he's hold in Grant and can't let him go. ' So lis cavorts ez he wills, like a yeer lin mule with a chestnut bur under iiie tale. Bitter in the month nv a Dimokrat is quinine, bitterer is gall, bnt more bit ter is Fedral victrys. We have fed on victrys lately and our stumick torns. Played out is Davis, and Dimocrisy bez follcred soot. Tho Dimocrisy is turning war men they are bowen tbenea to.Linkin. Vorhees will yet be a Brigydeer, and Vallandyftum' will cry aloud fer a war hv extermination, and Fern an dy Wood will howl fer drafts. . Fer-tho Jobn Brown's, body lies all mouldy in the grave, his sole ia a, march in pn." - I aint' 'the 'rose nv Sharon, ner. the lily nv the valley I'm the last nv tbe Kopperbeds. . 3 " .. : -, IAbilt my pollitikle bowse on .sand it hrz fell, -and'I'ra under the rooins. -Uv pollytiz I wash" my bandi, shake its' dust orf my. few .remainiaj; garmf at. Lait Pastor nv the Church nv the Noo DispeiuMhaB. .Ozonized water is now used. for drink ing and the toilette. It is advertised in London in the folio winj? stvle: "Its use I is attended by a sensation which has been apuy aescribod as 'the perfume of pnriiy.' Being perfectly innoxious and tasteless, a few drops make a most refreshing and in vigorating addition to tbe tumbler of plain drinking or soda water, from which they remove all trace of soluble organic matter a iact ot infinite importance to the voya ger or the invalid. When employed for tho toiletto, bath, ifcc, it removes from the mouth all impure and foreign tastes and odors, whether arisicg from natural or ar tificial causes, snjh as the practice of smoking, and counteracts the irritation and morbid effects of carious teeth. It purifies and softens Ihe skin, and tends to promote a healthy stale of the whole bodyi by removing all secretions, and restoring a wholesome condition." SmallPox Tho Palmer Journal, in speaking of the small poz and a cure for u, says: "Aoont sixty cases of small pox have been treated' at the State Alms house dnring the past thraa months with a single fatal result, -and that was in the case of a man who was taken there in the last stages'of tho disaase from a neighboring town. The remedy used in all these casee was a tea made from a plant known in medicine as Sarracenia Purpurea, fam iliarly called Ladies' Saddle or Water Cup, tho root of which is tbe remedial part. This remedy is a new discovery in medical science, and has been used with excellent effect elsewhere. The effect of the remedy is to allay the fever and irritation caused by the formation of pustules, the latter drying away rapidly, leaving slight if any trace of the disease." To Take Bruises oct op Fcrjjitcrh, An exchange says: Wet the part with warm water; double a piece of brown paper five or six times, soak it, and lay it on the place; apply on that a hot flat-iron till the moisture is evaporated; if ths bruise be nqt gone, repeat the process. Generally, after two or three application, the dent or brnise is raised to a level with the surface. If the bruise bo very small, merely soak it with warm water, and ap ply a red hot poker near the surface; keep it constantly wet, and in a few minutes the bruises will disapoar. To Stop Leakage Arocsd Chimnets. Remove the shingles and fit them again close to the sides of the chimney; then mingle a lot of coal tar and sand together, making a stiff paste; spread it neatly all around the chimney on the roof and press it down hard, and tbe water will be effectually excluded. This plastic ma terial will adhere to both tbe brick and tbe shingles; and neither frost, rains, nor dry weather will cause it to peel off. S. E. Todd, in Annual Register of Rural AJfavsfor JL8b&. It is said that some of the fine cnt tobacco which is so popnlar with cbewers, is made up of fifty per cent, peat to fifty per cent, tobacco', thus: Embryo is com posed of fine, hair-like fibers, that, when dried, have tho color am! look of tobacco. One hundred pounds of this, saturated with a solution of tobacco, ia mixed with 100 pounds of good tobacco, which,, to gether, make 200 pounds of a very nice article. To Remove Iron Rcst Froji WniTE Stuffs. Dissolve oxalic acid in warm water; spread tho linen in tbe sunlight, and apply the acid to the spot, which will very soon disappear. It will remove many other stains. As the acid is poison, it must be kept from children's reach. If too strong, it will injure the fabric itself. It should be well wanhed out al most as soon as applied. U8E tjp the Hoop Skirts. A ob scfiber iys: "Till your readers to throw ladies' old hoops into tbe fire, and when taken ont they will stay twisted in any form, and be extremely useful as a sub stitute for wire in a thousand and one in stances." Pray use op the hoons in some snob way; they are a nuisance if thrown ont with mbbisli. Death is Ocr House. Hall's Jour nal of Health .warns people against pa pering their walls without first tearing off the old paper. The successive! ayers of colored paper generals an active chemical poison very inimical to health. About every .other person we meet on the streets these days' is complaining of a cough and a bad cold. ("Who ever saw a good one?") Liquorice tea prov ed a. speedy remedy for a cough in oar case. Rheumatism. A correspondent of the Germantown Telegraph recommends the application of kerosene oil to the parts affected by rheumatism, as as effectual remedy for thre painful complaint. Tanners are using petroleum in prepar ing their leather, and find it quite as good for. that purpose as fish oil, which is generally used. Chloride: of potassium, with tincture -of snake-root, is said to be successful in cases of diplheria. Paper torn .tip in small inch bits Bakes a good bed, as a substitute for hair' or feathers. l ' There are 100,000 Bortaea than women in Sweden. TERMS THB BOBS OF IBK OH BBIB1DE. . Half an Inch, halfan inch, Halfan inch downward, Down Io tho gates of tltll, Cored the six hnnilred. . . "Downward tbe Light Drigadol Bore for oil," they said Into thojawa or Hell, Cored tbo six bnndrad. "Downward the Oil Brigade !" Wat there a man dismayed I Not tbongh each lesst knew nis cash was nnmbcred. Theirs not to mako reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs bat to bore or dio Into tho gates of Hell, Bored tho six hundred. Petroleum to right of than, Bock oil to left of then. Coal oil beneath them, Qaietly slombered. ' Stormed at with jeers and yells, Deeply they bored Ihe welli; Down thriragh tho roeke of tartb, Down to the month of Hell, Bond the in handred. Wared they their leases there. With a trlomphant air. Each greasy millionaire Coanud his profits, whilo All bis friends wondered. Plnnged into the dirty soil, Eireight through the rocks tbey toll, While tho poor skeptte. Struck by tho smell of oil, " ' Thought he had blundered 6ad ho returned, but not Tet tht six hundred. Oil was to rightoftheo. Oil was to left of them, Oil far beneath them And yet they bad blundered! Etormed they with curses well. While slocks aud couragt fell, Badly they wished to sell: They woke from their golden dream. Came from their otl-less wells, All that was left of them, Left of six hundred! Haw can their glory fade 1 How will their stocks bo paid ? All the world wondered. Look at the holes they made. And honor the Oil Brigade Broken six hundred! , e Wanted to See. Soma feathers from the right win? of me I'otomac army. A mgbt cap that will fit the bead of the Mississippi. Ihe sieve through which the man strain ed every nerve. A feather from the wing of tbe doc that flew at tho burglar. Tbe broom with which the storm swept over tbe sea. The saucer into'which ths cup of mis ery overflowed. A pair of spectacles to suit tbe eyes of justice. A remedy to cure deafness in the ears of corn. Tbe match which kindled tbe fires of love. A few of the tears of a weeping willow- A few coppers from the change of time. ' A curl from ths head "of a cabbage. A coffin that will bury the Dead Sea. A flower from the garland of fame. A bucket of water from All's well. A pillow from the bed of the ocean. A buckle to fasten a laughing stock. The animal that drew the inference. The tabls which was set in a roar. The chair in which the sun sets. A leaf from the book of time. An egg from the nest of thieves. A garment for the naked eye. A chip from tbe North Pole. A hair from the herd of navigation. Tbe first boct.. made from old Abe's last. A piece from tbe broken back-bone of the rebellion. A shingle from the honse that Jack bnilt. A piece,from the "line" which Grant proposed "Io fight it ont on." O) I A Box's Prates. A Presbyterian clergyman in Northern New York haJ two smart boys, just old enough to have inquiring minds, but not to discern tbe reason .of things. They were taught to pray, and the efficiency and need of pray er were daily impressed npon tbem. Both boys hsd a patch of "tucket" or "pop" corn in tbe garden, and tbe grow ing blades were watched with intense interest, a small reward .being held out to stimulate their industry. One day, the father, walking near the "pateb," beard the voice of the ypnngest solemnly en gaged in prayer, and drawing near, list ened to the following petition: "O, Lord, make By my corn grow great big corn. bnt make brother Sam's grow all little nubbins." Bnxiocs Joke. In conformity with the old custom of advertising from the pnblic sign post all intentions of mar riage, tne following announcement was made: "Marriage is intended between Mr. Williams, of Willismstown, and Miss Betsey Williams, of Williamsbridge." A mischievous wag, to -make it more ex plicit, wrote underneath "For particu lars, tee Small Bills, next year," "" The PougbkeepsSe, Press says: Quite a rosy-looking girl from the country ac tually went' into " cooper1 shop in this city, recently, and iBiocntlyuked-one of the workmen what be charged., for hooping frock. Innocence wished to be ia fashion. $2.00 PER ANNUM, I ADTAXCE. WHOLE NUMBER, 398, Jar Jfracr. Breaktas:, Prairie iatlie Sprlaff. In the Report of the Department -of Agriculture for 1863. is an article in re- ferencetothe different kinds of oloaeba and various manners of ploughing, ia which the writer describes a style of break, ing prairie that wo wish to bring to the notice of our farmers. His plan is this: as soon as the frost it ont of the ground, to a sufficient depth, he commences bis work, whether the time ba a mild spell in the winter or very ear ly in tbe spring. He works with two teams; the first a team of three horses, or two yoke of cattle, to a light breaking plough. With this plough h cuts a fur row anont two inches in depth, and be hind this comes the other team, with an other plough, and cuts in the bottom of the farrow already made, to'the depth, of, our or nve incues, tiirowing this furrow of fresh, loose earth on the furrow of sward turned over by the first team. Of course, it takes two teams and two ploughs to complete a furrow, but then your land is ploughed six or seven inches io. depth, and have the loose soil on top to aid in producing a good crop of corn the same year' that yon do tbe breaking. He claims these advantages: That you do the work when little elso could be done; that you do it when from the moist ure in tbasoil and from the tendernas3 of the grass roots it can be done with much less labor than at any other time; that it leaves your land in a condition to yield a heavy crop of corn; and that the sward, thus covered, rots more rapidly than by tbe usual manner of breaking prairie. Havo any of our farmers tried the plan; and if they have, how did it succeed? If it possesses the advantage claimed, by the writer spoken of, it should be ad opted, for the alvantages are of an import ant character. Prairie broken by the usual plan, from the middle of May to tbe last of July; ia done at a cost of from three-and-a-half to five dollars an acre, while by this plan it would not cost any more, if hired done; while if the farmer did it with his own teams, and at a season when there was -little else to do, it could bo accomplished with a very small outlay of money. Bnt even if it cost as much as by the old man ner of breaking, he would etill bo the gainer Jto the amount of a crop of corn of the firs! year's growth. Tbe way in which prairie is now bro ken, as a general thing, tbe crop of corn may be considered as of no account, in estimating the loss and gain for tbe year. We know that, in few instances, a moderate yield has been obtained, yet tnese are ont exceptions to tbe general rule; "that a crop of s'od-corn does not pay for tbe tronble of planting and gather-inS-" , When sod-corn has yielded, .even,, moderate crop, it has been on land that had an unusually mellow sub-soil, and in' a season that had'an abundance of rain.! Withont these favoiiog circumstances it' never succeeds. If any farmer has tested tbe plan we speak of, we would be pleased to hear the result of his experiment; and should any try it the coming season,' we hope to hear from such also. Hixts ron Winter Caue or Horses. Winter ha come, anl hay and oats are high; and tbe probability u that we may. see many poor horses before Spring. unless frrmers take a little more pains than nsuil to avoid it. Thinking that a few suggestions might be heeded by somo rural reader, we will endeavor to give an economical plan, to keep your horse "well and cheap, faland sleek." First, make hU stall comfortaUa by stopping all cracks where cold comes in, and bank the outside if there is no wall under' the barn. Feet! him oats straw three tiroes a day, and four quarts of corn in tbe ear twice n day. Water three times a day, and give what straw it left in the manger at night for bedding, (and if thrown ont to cattle in the morn ing, tbey will consume neatly all of it better than before used for bedding.) Tbe next important thing, which is very essential and often neglected, is currying and cleaning. There is many a man who owns a team who doer not even- own a curry-comb, and many that may own one cauuui ten lrncreuis, anu some wno may own one and know where it is, seldom if ever use it, thinking it is all lost time. Onee a week give a mess of potatoes. or a mess of wet bran with a handful of salt and a few sifted ashes, also, (if you can get it,) a pint of flax-seed occasionally. wnicn will keep bis bair sort and smooth. Keep your borse well shod, so as to prevent slipping, and clean out the bottom of their feet with a hook made for that purpose. Occasionally wash the feet and legs with warm Castile sosp snds, to avoid scratches. One who has a good cutting machine can cnt their straw, (even wheat or rye straw,) and sprinkle on .meal and feed wet, which is better than fed uncut to a team at work every day. If yon do' not have work for your horse, do not forgot to exercise him; ride him or drive him to the post-office, the village, or somewhere, so that be may get that needful thing called .exercise. If yon stop a minute, then put on a blanket; also when you rec tum to stable, if warm; but do not blanket usually, nnlessyon ue two when, standing ont-Of-doors: Rural aeto jorter: " e ' ' C-l 36i Thirty oeople starved to death in tat streets of London last year. IE