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rill '8 ' I he ?, .T- t2t .2M&S ,ft30GJA3!20 ho. M.ii sjxfeasca .?? -x t 1 3l J f " w fc J. W. ROBERTS. t'1 CTaR' I u j's.ci I ki . ScbrfcSfo figiNtjigto, ecl!iiic3, flHivftetos; Ser Btefcfjftr Editor aid Prtf rkttr. .2- scBiii'T VOLUME VI, NUMBER 12, ." P - ewAwaw,. "Z i F ji ,ijar- OSKALOOSA, KANSAS.-NOVEMBER 1.1, 1865. f I -i! !" V"1 hiiai v wnif dvd ; w "K n U.VXJJJ iiuariAuu , ij t. I 3f j ra .1-1-0 if Jftfafefl ja "Song of the Winter Wind. snr.ir. situ. , -1 conic, I come, from the north afar, Aed tny breath i pierclns cold! 1 ssdly moan throujb the forest trees, And I sting both yoongand old ! I bind the rivers with my icy -chain, And heap op the drSfiln; snow, I fill the heart of the poor with pa'n, As keenly and colillj 1 Wow. I come, I come, from the north afar, And a Ming u in mybrcath; And I oft o'erlake the traveler, And robe him lu the aim of death. I make for his couch the drifting mow. And hi rcqoiji. too, I injr; I Oil the hearts of many with woe, Kre 1 yield to the warmth of Spring Oct Wives. Heaven bless the wives, Tliey flil our hives. With little bee and hone) : They eae life's rtiocls. They mend our socks, J5W Jnul they spend jur mony ? ffceu we are sick, Thy heal n nick That i, If thej doloxe ns; If not. we die. And jet they cry, And raise tomb-lones above ns. ifofefl m&. TETJE BENEVOLENCE, OK, Jt is Better to Give than to Heceive. "And you strip yourself of comfort for the sake of adding to this rich mer chant's gains ?" The widow replied with a flushed cheek, "It may seem a light thing to -you, but the thought that I am slowly and surely wiping eiery slain from my husband's honor, is my greatest eatthly .. r-. i i: :.: 1. . .- wuiiuii, iui. iuuiiei m ins iui cicuuui, ( and God willing every cent shall be paid." Iler coarser relative responded wilh an emphatic "fiddle-sticks," and angnlr , left her presence. "At last I hate it,'" said a silver voice; and a sweet face, glad and brillMu. "brightened up the gloom. "Only see, mother, ten dollars, all my owu; ten more makes twenty; so we shall have a nice little sum for Mr. Milner." Tears trembled on her mother's lah- da. T lit ..I. I ' glittering on her pale cheek. 11,, ns to be the price of .thy life, my preci ous one," jhe thought. "Is th canker worm at the heart of my beautiful flowei? Mutt I give thee up to weary toil a sac liSce upon the altar of duty ? Can it be that pod requires it?" Eva had knelt at her mother's feet, where she had fallen with all the aban don of a child, her glance fastened to the shining gold. Lifting her glance, she met that o her mother, full of anxiety, touched with sonow. A saddened smile broke over her delicate features. "I was only thinking of endless things this money would buy don't look so grare, mamma; such a beauty of a warm shawl for you, and a neat crimson cover ' for that untidy old arm chair; a bit, eer so little, of carpet, to put down bv the bed, that your feel might not touch this cold floor, and s pretty cap, besides coal, and tea and sugar, and such nice comfortable things but never mind, I'll may be write a book some of these days.thai'll make you and 1 rich. TAnd, dear mother, you shall ride in your own carriage, and may be those that scorn cs now, only because wo are poor,. may be thankful for our notice. A truce to romance," he continued: "ttern reality U1U me to ro direcLlv ioMadison'atreet. 1 find Mr. Milner. inve him this twenty - dollars, take a receipt and then come back and read and sing to my mother." Hurriedly Eva passed froa her own fosse along the narrow streets. As she ent onward, street after street diverg ing intopleasaat width and palace liaed splendor. The bouses of greatsets and wealth glittered'in'thtir marble beauty sader the golden sunlight. Up broad steps, through portals carved and sblu Jog, pissed the timid steps of Eva Sterne. At first the pompous, servant smiled contemptoiis denial, but after a mo-1 Kent, perhaps softened by her childish simplicity and winning blue eyes, he oted it best Bolito deny her urgency; nd she entered this palace of a rich pun s boss, Bohf Ler feet saak m the luxurious carpets. S:aluary Ju bronze nnd mar ble lined the way to the staircase. The splendor of the room into which she was ushered setmed toiler inexperienc ed sight -too beautiful for use, Untl he who came in wiih his kimlly glunco and handsome face, the noblest perfeo tion of manh ood she had evi-r seen. Well young lady," he said, blindly smiling, "to whom am 1 indebted for ihis pleasme?" "My father, 9ir, died in your dtbt," said Eva, blushing and s-peaking ery boftly.,, "By the strictest ccotiom and hard worL, my mother and I hare been able td'pty all his creditors but yourself. If you will be kind enough to receho the balance of 3'our account I am sor ry they must be so small Mr we can in the course of a few years fully liqui date the sum, nniS (hen we shall have fulfilled mv father's din!i wish, that ... ... .. everv slam miiit be wiped trom ins honor." She paused a moment, nnd said again "My father was very unfortuntte, sit, and bioken in healtli for many tears, but, sir, he 'was honcrnble; he nould jjiave )iil the last cent if it had left I linn 1.1 oriffTar. Mf. Milner sat awhiie, thouhtfulh, his dirk c) es fastened upon the gr?t!e face before him. After a monieiit o Isiknci: he ntised his head, threw brk the mtsa of curling hair that Miudowed ' Lia Imtidsome brow, and said : "1 remember our father well. 1 regreted his death, lie was a fine, fel low, ' he added, musingly; "but, my dear young lady, have jou ukrus do you emb trrass yourself by makipg'thee n.iments?" Eva bluslud again, and locking up ingenuously repli-'d : "I am obliged to work, sir, but no .laoorwol I,.!., juld be too arduous that mi"hl w sae the raenorv ol sucii a lalnei iruin dirrace." This she spoke with keen emotion. i,iC 'Jt" mm ur"eu ,YU" 8 C""S ,n Ti :i. 1 .:.. -i-i.r - nii uiro-ti, anu tears gnsieneu on ni lnhes. Eva timidly held out 'he two gold pieces he took ihtm, and b.ding her slay a moment, lrasiily h-ft the room. Almost instantly returning, he hand ed her a t-eald note, aajing "There is the receipt, young lady, and allow uie to add, that the mother . .t 1. ..1. .1.1 . 1 1 SUCH .1 ciiiiw muri. UCiI IIHIMI VUIIIilll. . ltJ 1 lie nnuif ueui, 1 linn, is uiuc iiuuuieu and setenU five dollars. You will see by im nolo what arrangements I have made, and I hope they will be satisfac tory." Eva left him wi.h a lighted heart, and a burning cheek -r.t hia praise. His manner was bo gentlu, so fatherly, that she felt he would not impose hard con ditions, and it would be a pleasure to pay one so kind and forbearing. At last she got home, and breathless. Jy sitting at her mother's feet, hc open ed her'letter. Wonder of wonders a bank note enclosed; she held it with out speaking or looking at its value. "Read it,' she said, after a moment's bewilderment, placing the letter in her rnottier's liana; nere are nity oouari .wl,al cnn ll meanI "This," sdd the 6ick woman, burst ing into tears, "is a receipt in full, re leasing us from the payment of your father's debt. Kind, generous man. Heaven will bless him. Ood will shower mercies upon him. From a grateful heart I call upon the Father to reward him for this act of kindness. Oh, what shall we do to thank him?" "Mother." said Eva, smiling through her tears, "I felt as if he were aii angel f goodness. Oh. they do wrong, who . tit fl say Uiat nil who are weauny nate iu,u hearts. "Mother, can, it be posiblo that we are so rich? I wMi he knew how very happy Jie has made uo, how much we will love an'd reverence him, whenever' we think or speak of him, or even hear him spoken of." "He has .bound two hearts to him forever," murmured her mother. 'Yes, dear Mr. Milner! little he tho'i how many comforts we wanted. Isow, wo need not stint the Gte, we may buy coal,' and huvo one cheerful blare, thank God. And the lea, the strip of carpet, the sugar, the littlo luxuries for you, dear mother, and a cry few books for myself. I declare 1 am so thank ful, 1 feel a if I ought to go rigljtback d tell him that we shall love him as an long ns we live." That evonn, the grate, heaped with Lohigh, gave the little room an air of ruth!- comfort. Eva sat near, her curls bound back from her pure forehead, in diting a touching letter to their betie frietor. Her mother's faee lighted with the, loss of cankering care, shone wi'h a placid Mnile, and her very., thought was a prajer onlling'idown blessings on the good rich man. In another loom, fai difilient from the veiJow's 1 ome, but also bngiu with tliH blaze of .1 filial fire, and w iioie ILjht made richest the pjli.h of costly iurrmuie, sat the uuiile, merchant. "Pa, what makes vou look so hnp- 1 py?" asked Lint, a beautiful girl, pass ing her smooth hand oei his brou . "Don't t alwuys look happy, ni) lit- "Yes, hut jou "keep shutting our eyes and smiling so;" and her blight face reflected his own, "I think you hae had something ery nice to d.i; what was it?" "Does my littlo daughter rei;ll wan I 10 know what Ins made her father so happ ? Heie i my Dib!e,let her turn (0 the Alb of the Apostles, 20ih chap ter, 35Ui ver-e. and nad it curefully." The beautiful child turned leterenily the piges of the holy hook, and at she read, she looked up in hei father's e m "And to re-niinber the words of the Lord Jtsu, how he sai.l, it is more blessed to give than lo receive." "Ah. I know, she :Hid," laying her rosy cheek upon lrt hand; "jou have been giving something to some b-gijiit.s. as vou did last week, and he thanked you and sail, "God b'ess you," nnd that's what makes you io happy." Litia re-d a confirmation in her fah er'o smile bu he said r.otliing, only kept repeating lo himself the words of the Lord JesU3, "It is more blessul to give than to receive." iztrtUw s$. BasMukess in Youth. Ynung people, on their fu-.ta dmis sion lo this outer world are tpeciail afflic'ed bv fnle sham-; eo I'nat is mn be regarded ns ouonf t'le moral diseases of the mind's infauev .. It is at the bot tom of a gr-at deal of their shv:i"ss They cannot fe-1 at ease because tne mistrust sunieMiing about tiiemselvs or their belongings nnd have that fftlirig of barrenness and exposure in the pres ence of unfamiliar eyes which attaches to sensi'iteness under untried ciretim sltnee?. Everything then assumes a magnified, extgye rated character, the place 1 hey occupy on the one hand, and the importance of the oicaiion on tho other. The piesent company is the world, the universe, a convention of men and gis, all forming a deliberate and irreversible judgment upon them, and deciding to their disadvantage on ac count ol some odduess.or nvvkwarduess, or passing slip in themselves, or in ac cessoiies about them. But, in most persons, time Hnd experience bring o much humility as teaches them their insignificance. It is not, we soon learn, very likely that at any given lime a mix ed assemblage i thinking ery much about us; and then the horror of a con pptcuous powtion loses its mam sting This on the one hand; on the other, we nre uot as dependent on the award of society as we were. Even a roomful comprises, lo our enlarged imagination, by no mcansr the w hole citation. There is something worth caring fur outside those walls. And also we have come to form n sort of estimate of ourselves There is now a third party in question, io the shape of relf-iespect. We real ize that wo are to ourselves of immen3 nrabh moie con-equenoe than any one else can be to us. Thus, either by lea son or by the natural burdening and strengthening piocess- of the outer air. m isi people overcome any conspicuous di.play of the. weakness. By the time vouth is over.they have either accepted their position or set ab iUt in a business like way lo mend it. EsSO'fs on Social Subjects. Precise Bore. Avoid in conversation all singularity of accuracy. One of the bore of so oiety is the lalker who is always setting you right; who. when you report Horn the paper that 10,0 ,0 men fell in some battle, tells you that it w s 9,000; who, when vou describe your walk ns two miles out nnd back, asurcs jou tint it lacked half a furlong of it. Truth iIops not consist in minute accuracy of detail. bat in conveying a right impression; .1 ......... n,.o if eniMil'lttir ana mere are aguc " -r-"""" that are truer than strict fact would be When the Psalmist said "Rivers of water ruii down my eyes, becauso men keep not the law," he did not statu the Tact, but he stnted n truth deeper ihati fact, and also truer. lean Alfurd. Above His Business. It is a serious evil that many a young man has fallen into, lo be above hU bu siness. A. person learns a trade, and he must go to shop-keeping, or street Toahug, or turn politician. Fool ! If he cannot make a living at his trade, we are sure that he cannot in any other way. And then joung mm brought up 10 shop keeping must buj fatms, 01 houses, or some other foolish things they know nothing about,and jvlnit 1 the result? Head over heels in debt and certain failure. Multitudes haye b-en ruined by being above their busi ness, and branching out in'o what lht knew nothing about. Theie is n? trouble about young men who do r.ol feel their importance, and Who are willing to work at their uadt or professions 1 1! the get a little bi lore lianil. With a sin til capital to fall back upon, they can feel like venturing 111 o other business and b) this time will have (onntd habi s that will be hkvh 16 keep them straight. Thoso who succeed best in life are men who stick lo buaifessand make money before ihe; buj farms and i.oues, and commence speculating. L-os. nl our Miccessful men and jou will see where fies the secret of feiiccess. You njll find they never weru 'above their busiat ss, and nev .r, pid for tho doing of a job which they could just r.s well do themselves. We kr.o a man worth from thirty to forty thousand dol Inrs, aiidtjio labutcr vtorLs lianler than he. Ho ncvei hesitates tqjtiiie otf his i-oil and do mi j Litul of iTorL uhoul )i.s; premises Sucli a rnHn is nut above his htiui-a; but we tl.itik he i too far in the uiher extreme.5 Of tin-, we aio stite, if nil men will be prompt and puncluil, slick lo 'littr busine niio no', he top proud, Hicy wllTeveiituall) suc ceed and become independent. D. C. CijltsxvortJii. ! J- .1 I t llebgioa and Health. Henry Ward Bgeehur, in his Lecture ltiiom i'nlks, thinks (hat health is the first stfp toward a healthy religion i'xpnriencc. fNo ti)s: "You will s-ty. perhaps.-' What. thei. is there n-j rehgioii lor the luhrm and miL'"?' Ye; hut ihi iloe urn-after the (act that in their leligiotis experiences-, the are moie or less gluomv and des ponding. It is not aUijs the efieel ol dieae to produce gloom and deponJ eiiey; soniefimes it heightens the suii bili'les; but asayeueral thing, lehgioiis txperieiicc are sounder and mose nt iioiiol in a health) mind and a healihv bdy J5o 1 thal,as the fjtslsttp vou mils: be health, it oj expect Ij have broad and deep nnd sv.cet ixperi t'lico Ilealtu is 11 L'hi!(ti. ilutv. 1 Uavt iu aid per-oiw piaxing, an-i prat tug for tho presence of G itl; md 1 hive iho'ighffthal, if tneV would Cit leso.-tnd wnrk moie, and sjend twice tb much lime in the njien an, the) would not need lo prnj o much. Wiiat thci wanted was not niiswei to pi.ijei, but Mioplu obedience to ll.c laws ol (Jod in nature." HrcKMG Imi'oi.ta.nce of Light. A tail pole confined in darkness would nv er b-conie a fio'j and an infant leitig deprived of heaven's free light would grow into a nlmpelc-s idiot, inste id of a beautiful nnd responsible being. Hence in the deep, dink gorges and ravines of Swiss Y.tlaia, where the direct sunshine never reaches, the hideous prevalence of idiocy startles tiu traveler, ll is a strange, meloncholy idiocy; many citi zens are incapable of ari.cuhile i-poeeli; some are deaf, home are blind, some 1 1 bor under all these privations, and all aro misshapen in almost every part ol their bodv. Thine is in all places a marked difference in the healthiness of houstis i.ccordittg to their aspect wnh re.:uil lo the sun. and those nre decid- jjtlty the healthiest, other tilings being equal, in wlucli all tlie rooms are, mir ing Mime pins of the day, fully expos ed to the light Ladies on Hokseback. Riding on horsebtck is a useful and graceful means of exercise too much neglected bv joung ladies. A "canter" for n few mtlf-s is n moat admiruble promoter of femalf beauty and health. The chceks.lht.ov.es. the lips, and every lealuie of the fair cquestrim, when she dismounts, possess the fiesh mhI sptrl; liii" grace which is one of the tnn im portaiii requisites in female loveliness, and which can be imparled only by the ptiritj of the blood and its brisk am! equal circulation, which are produced by it mperance and exercise. The pale, sickly Hiid languid c unleiiance of that lady whose hours of leiute have been pMSseil without occupation, within her rhnmbei. or in listlessly lounging upon a sofa or couch, may present attractions to nuch aslmo selected their slaudtrd of btauty from among the victims of a round of f.iihionb! dissipation; but every nnn of sense and genuine ta-te will "piefer the mddy Iqw of heaUh. the aotive, agile stop, and exhiiberaiu ayely of her who i Hccustomd'io spend some time every day in uctive exercit-e on foot pr w horsfkack iu the open air. You cannot preserve happy domestic pairs iu family jus. Facta en Advertisements. . The ailvenisemfinls iu ah ordinary number of the London Times exceed 2.500. The annual advertising bills of one London firm are said lo amount to 3200,000, and three others mentioned who annually expend for the same pur pose 850.000. The expense for adver tising the eight editions of the Encyclo paedia Brittanicl, is said to have bren a 1 .- nnn i.!sonsserted that 99O,O0u,G00f, ,; t- . . . .. ' .. . i i t.' I i- 1 ,0 te his "un lo the saddle. 10 duMoaat, a -ear are expended in England in extra ,, Ki7. , ., i, ,i,jii .. rP. -,! . ,i. ..:,;., i i ? ini .and unally to "skedaddle. ; The old advertising, by circulars, hand bus and m, , J , . ... 4, ,, r,i r, hr.. i u: ..,..:.. -man made tracks rapidly, glad to es- more common than to see largo business eSIUtllHlimPntl IFlnrli Win In 11'a.in immense advantage over all comnetitors by tho wealth, experience and prestige they have acquired drop grdtn'lly out of view, an 1 be succeeded by firms of a smallor capital, more determination to have tho fact thai they sell such com modities known from 'one end of the laud to the other. In other word the new establish ments adv-riise; the old d.fe of dignity. The former are ravenous to pass out of obcun.y into publicity: tho latter be lieve that their publish) is obvious that it cannot be obscured. The first un derstand that they must thrust them selves on public attention or be disre garded; the second having once obtain ed public attention, suppose they arrest ed n permanently while in fact nothing is- more characteristic of the world than lht ease v.i h which it forgets. a mm i - City Pulpits in dog days. A uorrespon lent, Mr Y., wo will say, heing"on a visit lo New York re eeuilj, drci.lt ! io go on Sunday morn ing lo hear Rev Dr Chapin. To hi regret, on nniving at the church, he found not that eminent divioo, hut a iGlranger, who pr ached eloquently from Hie text, JJut istmon s wife s mother lay siek of a fevei." X. thought he would go to Plymouth Church. in ihel aftetnoon. to heir Mr. Btk-cher. There he found ti.e s'm s.nmger iu the pul I pit, nnd agon ho listened to (he ex pounding of the text. "But Simon's wife's mollier lay sick of a fever." Some .v hat 'vexed at his ill success, X , having liberal views, went iu ihe even ing to Dr. Osgood's church. What was his astoniihm nl at bing compelled agsin to listen to the now familiar ser mon (mm the same clurgrnnn. Hav ing iM-ctsio.i ncx. morning tocro9 the ferry, X. diicovered his nex. neighbor to be the s'range pretcher, and his ser mon under his arm. "I wonder what tint tinging can be?" suggested the sirangir modestly, as a peal of bell was heard from the opposite shore. "1 suspect,' returned X. s ivagly, eyeing ihe manuscript "that Simon's wirett mother must be dead. 1 henrd in sev eral places vesiffday, thals'he w.tst'nn gerotisl ill!" The rest of the voyage pissed without incident or conveisaiiun y. V. Independent. Intemperance among Woman. The alarming statement was made in the Temperance Convention at Sira'.o ga. that the names of thirteen hundred rich men's daughter", in the S ate ot Xlvv Yoik.Hreon the list of applicants for admission to the Inebriate Asl'.m nt Uinghamplon, N. Y. T is may be somewhat of mi exaggeration; we nusi that it is so. Bat uo one win. hears and roads the reports ciiculateJ con cerning the present habit., of fashiona ble society, on doubt that intoxication is fearfully prevaltnt there, though not appireul lo the world as it is- among the degraded chisats. That it should be so is uot strHngo. Wine is used freely at the evtning party, in the Chribtuns Loliduj a, at the sea-biJo, and nt the Spring;-. And now, as in old lime, "wine is a mocker; strong diink is rnging." It will uiako its power to mttr and destroy to be felt upon fomale purity and liveliness, as well as upon ihe streng'h of minhood. The cudy w.i of perfect stfety to either male or female, is to bo found in obedience to the', divine it junction which saith : "Look not thou upon the wine when it i red, when it giveth color in the cup, when it inove.li hself aright." Those who addict themselves to its use, wheth er men or women, will learn, with bit ter txperience. that "nt tho last it biteth like a (.erpetit. and s mgeth like an ad der." liurul Xew lljrkcr. Anecdote op Petek Caktwright. An anecdote was t!d at the recent ses sion of tl.o Muthodisl Confidence, of ihat veneiable apostle of Methodism, PeteflCariw right, which happened not longJsinee, and which is loo good to be lost. He was called, during a isit to one of the paiishos of hi district, tu administer the rite of baptism to an in faut; he inquiied in his usual slow nnd precise manner "Madam, what is the nanurof the infant?" "Jefferson Da vis." rniiliiid the mother. Uncle Peter Mood a moment confounded, when, : shoving the child, in no gentle manner toward the mother, lie exclaimed in not, the mot pleasnn! tone he could command, "Take the thing away!' and placing it in the arms of its mother, left the house without bspl.3ing it, thus refusing to countenance svaiixitbv with pal the rebellion even in so small a m 1 lifer ns that. VkterJjj Scoot OtrrwinrD. llenry Hale, one of the best loyal scouts ia the country Jeft Leavenworth with di; psioliT-s. As he rode along, men from every direction were" going to join Price. He mv one old Secessionist with a shot gun, and thought it would be a nice' tiling to, drive off the old fellow aBd take his horse to Lexington. Si he lenu-iL'ed the man in conversation, and getting an opportunity to put a revolver . Ir. Ilm . ... a... an I . I. ... ....1 .....! . - , , , . , d whining .. . "O Yankee Doodle. He ha 1 ridden a mile or two, when at a turn in the road he was suddenly ordered to halt. Toe old secessionist had procured another horse and got ahead of him. The gun' was eqttarely aimed nt tinle's'head "Get off the horse," cried the seces sionist. ss,. Hale goi down. "Tie the revolver lo the ssddle. Haleobeed. Wfc " "Pull off your pants.' 'i Hale did it. , , Skedaddle" an order which Hale it once carried into effect, merely Ray ing: ."Well, Cap.. I thought my shirt would' pome next good bye." The secessionist went off with the two horses, whistling Dixie, whj'e Hale marched seven miles into L-xington. He will never be permitted to forget that sev-ii.mile ntrch. Pkinteu; Pkovkrs. Never inquire thou of an e Utor for the news, for be hold it is hi-, business, at ihe appointed time, to give L unto thee without ask- It is not right that thou should'st ask him who is the author of an article, for his duty requireth him to keep such things unto himself. When thou dost enter his office, take hepJ unto thyself that thou dust uot look at what miy be lying open, for that is not meet in the sight of good breeding. Jv either extmiue thou the proof sheet for it is not ready lo meet thine eye that t.hou mtvest understand it. Prefer thine own town p-iperto-anr o'her, subscribe tor it immediately, pay for it'iii advance and it shall be well with thee and thy little cnes. Tiie Retort Courteous. A clergy man and one of hi elderly parishioners weie w liking home from church one frosty day, when the old gentleman slipped"and fell on his back. The min ister looked at him a moment, and being assured that he was not niu:!i hurt, s.nid to-him. Friend, sinners s-aud on slippery plsces." The old gentleman looked up, as if to issuie himself of the fact, and said, "J see li e do, but 1 can't. In one of our mutts lately a man who was called upon a a witness could nut he found. On the judge asking where he was, mi dderly gentleman rose up. and with much emphasis said, Your honor, lie's ine.' "Gone! gone!" i-atil the .lml,'f, "wl ere is he gone?" "That ' riuitiot iufoi in ou," snid the eoininiinicaiive g u'lemin. 'but he's dead." Tiiis is considered the most guarded at.s-.ver on record. A geiiilpiuvn who had the curiosity to t-pend a dime, lu answering air adver lisemeiit which promised saluahle ad vice for thai amount, leceived by mail the following answer: "Friend, for your ten cents postxge, please find enclosed advice which will be of great value to jou. As many peisons ate injured for weeks, months and )ear bv the ore les use of a knife, always whiitle'from you." A miller had his neighbor arrested u der tho charge of stenlinr wheat from his mill, but being unable to sub stantiate the charge by proof, the coart adjudged that the miller should make an apology tor iImj accused, "Well, sa& he, "I have had you arrested for stealing my wheat I can't prore it and am sorry for it." A stray contrabtud from down south wa lately inspecting a horse power ia operation, when he broke out Ihu . "Mister. 1 has seen liVa'p ob tings in my life, but I nebber befofV saw any ling whar h hrss could do his owb work au ride htvelf tooJ "You have a considerable Maating population iu ihis villige. h-mi'i you?" asked a stranger of oi'tr of the cUiaecs of n tillage 011 the MisUkTppt. "V U, ye rathei, was the reply; "aboat half the jeur the wxter is up to the second story windows.' A man boasted of having at"r fofy nine eggs. "Why did you not eat ooe more nnd make fifl?" sLs.-.Siunds-"Humph, do vou w.iut a trvti. to Ekike a hog of liimsell j-tst tor one ecgl "Sir," asked a iier.ly tledgrd legis lator of ft fellow pa-Mfiigr-r on ihe Hud scn River railroad, "hio jou going to the Lpgisluture?" "No, tli.tak G.iJi uot bo lud as-llwt..rm going to State prison'." When two geatlewtB fightadae), each of them U a min after the othei's uwu heart. Facto u Cattily Tbmh., Cut timber irotabe, wddle ff,ff nlajr (Pihe middle W'Dtjenberl aad temc yoa cannot get 'a.worsa iato'it, Oct-" bet aBd November are perWaps tfce ' monihs.aiKlttsure.lo aod M'weraatrt You cut from, March to iulJtkjk vou cannot saveXhc limber fro, lh uria uu uurera. ftiaj hxu i called peeling tt.aeaBclf'rtr,the dotju in procuring bitk (or ike tMWt its. when the sap 18: up. tb traak? and all the pores fall of sap; wbersas in October thene porea'are alt'eaplj, then is the time lo cat, and libera wilT le no worms. ' " ,s-tat-A tauta When you see aa ex-bow 'with Umo bark tight, there are bo worasL pr powdoi-jiost, and 3011 caaaot sepatata it irom tue wooj, aau wuat is iiuc m one kind is true iu all kinds of.liabri3 and, every kind has Its peculiar' k'aof worm. Tiie pine Ji.t9.nl .WHrer.tbe; poSV that 1 knew had beealnay garret ever twelve ears., aal they were mucb larg-V er than mi firsi;, they do not stop ia the, sap. bu; coiuTnuc in the solid part. 1; do n-t think of buying timber uuless.VJ is cut iu the rime above allud.cd lq. Gkasd Farmino. TfaailLsY.tPbai: notes a cornfield uf oa Jiuadrtril.aad sixty acres, on the grand, prairie, ia 4b. plowing, pluubg. and tultiratiba of which no man walked a step. A rotary' spader, dmsn by four horses, .aasTOtW7 ea by a man upon ti b.x paw&tk field 10- a ut.itorm depikpi eijhtiBehf I and gave such ihoriiugV tilth tbat.itn was Boineij-s try to tis- auarraw at sJI. A cornplaa'er, llrawn by-two horses.1 aad driven by a .man apoe the :box,rr next planlied the seed. A cullivatarj drawn by two mules, one walking .ea each side of the knee-high cora, coa? pleted the x;ul.ure of a row at'a siafle operation; and ia the tocJ-hoisV'-Iay0 another machine. nlo to'.btyrftaswkjkl horses, which will cat. down lha;eerr when it is ripe and lay it in regakx rows, lu be finally (fathered by baad.. Bulit is expected that by 'aexC yeaf .1.:. t.r . :n l. - i icL - us BiiujuiBe wiu bk se iwproveu aa St gather up the con lo. csxli ' a J.?d A Cauvobnia Farmer. Mr.Eowkft. of the Springfield Republican, wntiaf from Cbico. California, of the fariaig. operations of Gen. Bid well, the newly'" elected member of Congress freaa thali.' Stale, siys: "Gen. BidwU bossae the owner of one of the famoM.Spaaiab grants of land in the richest part of Uk valley, nnd now has a fara of'2$00Q. acres, of which 18.000 are sader eelt. vation. His crop of wheat was 36,000' bushels in 1863 from 900 acne of Uad, or at an average of 40 bushel, to the.; acre. The general average of the vaK ley is 52 bushels. Of Urley aad eata, his other principal crops, be aeaaNy harvests 50 bushels le the. sere. His. garden and orchard cover 200 acres. A large flouring mill is among bis con cerns. and its product is the favorite brand of the State. Novel Building Material. In the,. vicinity of Surprise Valley (Nevada) is an extensive quarry of gypsum, per fectly crystalised, aad as traaspareat as blocks of ice from the clearest poed.' This rock naturally breaks ia perfittto squares, and without. catting, eaa be used for building- -purposes. Several houses will soon be erected of this ma terial, and it is thought that no windows will be required, as, the blocks of gyp; sum will admit light. A baildiag, eo structed of this material would eeriia-.-ly present a splendid and fairy -likV ap pearance. Curiku Hens as Setxihg. If r.Dw ren, of Woburn. Msss.. writes theNww England Farmer that h cure'hirheiis, of settine by shutting them i'a ral with an inch or two oH-water en'tha Doitom. dunngillie day. fats Utea-un Ihe roost at night, andif apt earedv treats there to the water rmedv for- another day aad they wiU be glad Uv, stand on their feet. . ,r7, lUts aad mice can he t eiy easily goi' rid of, if the people will aalylasethe means. Get livii' plaster ef Parw.'aata' flour; mix lhVm'in equal ajaaatiti.laj in dry places, aad spriehle a little sajpsr. aaong itl Both rats aad mice eat ravtT eaoaily. the plaster seieamlydtrAeUyv after it is noisteaecV beeoaes a leap inside of them, and fcitla tbea t a eet tainty. Joys, like flowers, are dropped iia patb.br the lund of the ln&nitetFatfewi We gailtftr thea as fast a tWy faD.wsarf them awhile in oar hrwwt, a.thew. filler awar Like'little ehildrtK, wa grieve, for it is hard feraate rtham that they were gives aaa types ntdv eft joys eternal; faint aeahlaaeae ef bfeaav that bloometb forever. A printer, who feet-ase a ahTsieiaa. gave as a reasoa for the ehaage. thai ia priatieg, aB'tae fitahr are expneai'la1 the eye; m phjsie, they are the paUaftL i BoL j3 A eheese fisetery of a thr-aMasI' power Ms beea-eetsaa.hitdat burg, Vl. laigesi worms; and these woUBSf woi or many veais. 1 havu Lund tbea alive and at wort' hf wfiite oak"s (is