"4'8 ONKNOWlrf.V "it V BY CLARA MARSHALL. Inscribed on the head board of one of the " jrel- low-ierer gram" in the Bhrereport cemetery. AmonJ1rit dark pine and the wUlowa v. The evett winds fitfully blow, Still ehanting their wild, solemn masses For the dead who are sleeping below; Chanting masses for those trho no longer ' With life's jarring discords are yexed, But sleep 'neath their monuments graven With holy memorial and text. . Holy texts that apeak " pt&ce, -though, the mourners Still bow 'neath the Chastener's rod ; And tell of the rest that remaineth T the long-suff ring people of God'; But I turn to. the graves of the lowly (Alas! there is many a one I- y And pau8-her-1 read this inscription ."418 Unknown." . v Who is it? v A man who ia resting .' , IirMeath-froin tle battle of years? . Or irt it a slumbering woman Who hath done now with anguish and team? '.-.. A woman who, far from her kindred, Ilata-oighed out her life all (done, , And left but this record among us? 'r "418 Unknowau" : No name on the weather-stained .headboard HMUnarreth the stranger's last home; No te.-vrsi jio On voiced lamentation, ,; f K fctwren when All-Hallows 1b come. - But the angels keep watch from high Heaven O'er the grave where the dark weeds have grown, O'er the grave which hath but this inscrip tion - -V - - ,"418 Unknown?'.,' -. - THE MADMAN; APnysiciaii'a Story. . In the early part of the present cen tury, my grandfather, by dint of youth ful vigor, industry and economy, had already attained the foremost rank among., the., business men of his time and city, and was beginning to think of marrying, when through oni- of the most romantic. occurrences, namely: A casual visit to the country, a runaway horsq, a large boulder by the side of the road against which the carriage to which the animal was attached threat ened to dash itself and its precious bur den a bold dash a seizing of the bit success in controlling the ferocious beast fainting:, and then gratitude on the part of the rescued, and subsf quent mutual allection and love he was made acquainted with one of the most charm mg young women of the town of Q , who M as in direct line of descent from one of the heroic families among the Puritan 'emigrants and the revolution ary patriots. ILK net modest for me, a grandson, to speak of tier beauty, but if you had seenjhe dear old lady as I had seen her a few years before my departure for the wesfc wjth her dark brown hair, hazel eyes, 'rosy chfeeks and pearly teeth, at the age of eighty-two, you would not doubt the story of those who knew her in her prime. Well, grandfather married this young lady, and in so doing changed forever the destiny of at least a score of young men, each one of whom was even more certain than he of winning the prize. Wih. the blessipgs. of their parents and the good ojtd - Parson Rogers, and a witty remark of the village physician, they proceeded joyously to the city then and now the metrojlis of New England and until grandfather could complete his residence, unusually fine for this period, in North Square, occu pied retired but pleasant and t idy quar ters in the immediate neighborhood of his warehouse. At last, the house being finished, the young couple moved into jt. ..' It was a large house, built in antique style at least when I first knew it, it wore all the dignity of antiquity. In fthe - course of time six sons and four" daughters were born to tbem,"and no pains were spared to give them a good education, and to cultivate every good quality of mind and heart, so that far and "near the daughter of OoL SL became' ktiown as' charnirng,' 'and his sons as the most enterprising and public spirited. In proportion to the Colonel's in crease of .""family, increased also his wealth and influence and honors in state and society, and in the church also; for.h was a religious man," were literally heaped upon him, until he was overburdened with the cares and re sponsibilities of honorable citizenship. Iif 1813 when the war broke out wath England, grandfather was one 6f the custom-house officers, but resigned his position to enlist, and after render ing valiant service in the cause of his country, then new, retired honorably from the position of Colonel, to which he had risen by related promotions from- that of a private soldier. His home thereafter became the ren dezvous of military men, who were ac customed to meet together to talk over their experiences in the service, and to discuss and inaugurate numerous enterprises- calculated to promote the commerce and internal improvements of their country, and to part late at night with hearty good cheer and a drink all around from the large punch bowl, filled with punch made from New England rum, which was then the national drink, and not abused as it is at the present day. AH people were temperate in those days, ana not di vided, as now, into antagonistic fact tions, consisting of teetotalers and drunkards. Though Puritan, still they had been swept along by a wave of so cial and theological ; evolution which gave society an atmosphere of liberality and tolerance, which should perhaps be credited to the influence of the national constitution, which had been in opera tion but a comprratively short time. Yet lefore Longfellow had sung the horrors and mysteries of Salem fanati cism, the New England tragedies were rehearsed in private circles, and some times a shudder would creep over the company when stories of Cotton Slather and witchcraft were related late in the evening, and they would think much but say very little, but query in their own minds whether or not evil spirits may not, after all, so possess human lieings, as they did the accursed herd of ewine, that they change their characters to the extent of rendering them dan gerous to society, and deserving withal the severe punishments which were in flicted upon them in former times. -- ' V..- This is such a practical age that peO; pie in our days think very little of these things, or they are restricted mainly to the evening seance of the spiritualistic medium. We talk rather of spanning the continent with railroads, crushin the mountains for their? hidden treas ures, chaining the winged lightning, navigating the air in ships even the thoughts of church people are absorbed with notions or church architecture, errand -organs,'" operatic singing, bock concerns, and speculating in bibles and hymn books, or counting the noses ot Moody and banker s Albion converts, Nothing spiritoalistio--littla suggestive of the probable close relationship be tween the two worlds. But in some of those old New England mansions there is much that Is suggestive of revisits from the departed in these mansions spiritualistic cases in the midst ot materialistic desert, so to speak, one seems to breathe for the time the very atmosphere of spirits, good and bad. It was so in my later years m my grandfather's house. Two of his sons and three of his daughters had been recalled by death ; very fewof -the old neighbors were Jiving: and that wicked old miser across the wav, who used to sit upon his bag of "gold and mend shoes, had 'dropped dead at his work. I .am not sure but these things, com bmed with others, were exciting causes pf the insanity of the Colonel's eldest son, my uncle (jreorge ; et all events he used to look queer when a new servant was. directed to place five extra plates upon the table for the children in heaven. At last it broke out suddenly ike a thunder-clap in a cloudless Bky, or like an earthquake to upheave the proud foundation of this grand old familv. Death had been a sore afflic tion, but this was really the family's greatest calamity. 1 was then just entering my teens and lived with my grandparents, and one day came home late in the after noon, and upon opening the tront door heard an unusual noise, which seemed to proceed from the room at the top of the stairs. I ran up quickly, and there in the front room over the parlor, found my grandmother lying upon the floor, un conscious, and blood trickling from her right temple. In the corner ot the room, leaning against the wall, ghastly pale,,- his eyes protruding from their sockets, tremb- mg like an aspen, stood my uncle George ; he was pointing with his finger toward his mother and between his breathing, which was labored and pant- ing, muttered tnrougn nis teetn : "bhe has taken away my back! fohe has taken away my back ! But I can stand here against this wall, and this historic beam shall be my spinal col umn r Before I had time to call assistance the paroxysm was over, the wild ex pression had left his countenance, his breathing became gradually calmer, and he fell faint and unconscious on the floor. Uncle George had for years applied himself incessantly to the duties of his position as Secretary of the Halifax Marine Insurance Company. The first intimations that his health was being undermined, consisted of certain vague symptoms of indigestion, followed by inappetence, intolerable headache, and sensations of dullness. Slowly and in sidiously the disease progressed 'until it culminated in the first crisis the par oxysm which I have described. A pro tracted illness ensued and partial re covery : after that, paroxysm piler par oxysm of mental derangement and physical prostration till it developed inta a hopeless mania, which made it necessary that he should be removed to the asylum. The madman had not inflicted a blow, as I supposed. My grandmother had fainted, her nervous system having received a terrible shock at the sudden change in the demeanor of the son upon whom she was accustomed to look with peculiar maternal pride ; and the blood which had alarmed me so much at first proceeded from a slight cut which had been inflicted in the fall by the setting ot a diamond ring which she wore upon her finger. I never entered that room over the parlor that I did not experience an un defined feeling of apprehension and dread come over me, and imagine I saw again the ghastly visage of the in sane man, who stood there trembling, panting and muttering: "You have taken away my back!" and bolt upright in the corner of the room seemed to be depending upon the thick, heavy beam which formed one of the supports of this old-fashioned house, to replace the column which . he imagined had been surreptitiously removed by his mother, and the prostrate form of my grandmother lying on the floor as if murdered, the blood trickling from her temple. After that I believed the house was haunted, or else my excited imagina tion pictured scenes and created sounds that did not exist in reality. I never looked into the .big oven that I did not see the form of John IIuss and other martyrs burning at the stake, and with eyes directed upward toward heaven uttering a last earnest prayer ; I could see creeping things and Lillipu tian serpents winding their loathsome bodies in and out of the fringed soot which lined the back of the fire place, and criminals dangling from the tram mel ; I heard the dishes rattling in the ' closets; dogs howling outside in the darkness ; the wind whistling with al most a human voice; and footsteps and 9iHC -Sjli "J uttii 'hat aw COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1S75. "-V t t ? f f t silk dresses rtlstlino; oh the staircase If I went up into the attic wherifthart were old files of papers printed in war times and yellow with age and the ttihry clotliing riddled by moths, and leathern bats with the letter of the com pany, upon a . brass plate in fronts and the rusty arms of members of our foni- ily who had fought in the .war of the KevoJution. and 01 lolz, 1 woulahufry down: pale 'mth fnght, for 1 thought had seen the bodies of wounded suLIicrs writhing in agony; and their bleedjig, ghastly heads beneath their hats, "wiak- mg their eyes and, protrudingTJaeir tongues, and their pale hnger.npon the old flintlock. ' - My uncle had 'been in the asylum two -years, and had not in the "feast improved. . This was the pertotrof venesection, the ; straight-jacket, .Ihe brute force, andf the golden VLgtl of psychological medicine -had no- yet dawned, xie was treated like a- ,jim-j mal, and when grandmother, who was a irequeni visitor, exposi.uiaiea-.wiin the keepers, she was warned as sheval- ued the life of hei son, not to meddle with the sanitary-regulations -of-tlie hospital. She .always persisted ii -her prophecy " that ' Uncle George's:? life would end tragially, and seemed to" hold a Pythagorean doctrine thai bisl own sweet spirit had long ago departed in peace, and that the body was now possessed of a demon. One gloomy night in December, the whole family were assembled in the sitting room,, where a cheerful cannel coal fire, which ' had leen blazing and sputtering in the grate, was now low and dying away for it was almost time to retire. Grandfather, t whose locks now glistened with premature age, was sitting at the jtable, reading that solemn passage from the Scripture : "The first day of the week cometh Mary Magda lene early, when it was not dark, under the sepulchre, andseeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre." .. . . Grandmother had her knitting work in her hands, but was nodding to sleep, Auntie had just concluded a translation from the German of the "Weaver and Death " wherein it was related among other things, how death placed a candle of definite length into a candlestick at the birth of each of us, and how each must die exactly at the moment when his candle burned down. v - The night was stormy ; rain was fal ing in torrents and dashing furiously against the window panes. Occasion ally a vivid flash of lightning occurred, followed by a terrible report of thunder : the winds whistled and dogs were bark ing as never before. Suddenly we were startled by a heavy blow against the front door. My grandfather dropped the Bible, the women shrieked, and I was. struck dumb and trembling from head to foot; We opened the door leading to the all. The frontdoor, a massive taken door, and two" or three inches- thick, stood wide open. The thick, iron bolt was torn from its lastemngs. Outside was pitch dark. Not a soul could be w-w 1 1 1 1 seen. l$ut sounds couia oe neara pro ceeding from the first rest on the stair way, like some one sobbing, succeeded by heavy convulsive breathing and sigh ing. This in turn gradually subsided into a scarcely audible, irregular breathing, and gasping, and finally died away, and all inside was as silent and as solemn as the tomb. There was no more thunder to be heard,-but now and then an angry flash of lightning ighted up the hall and stairway, but still no one could be seen. We brought a lamp, and my grand father, .who was not at all constitution ally superstitious' uttered!; a prayer, and pale as death, ascended "the stai rs. There was no one there -where the sounds had been so distinctly heard but brief moment before. He decended and examined the door, and we all saw the prints af a man's hands, and indent ations of knuckles in the solid wood. We looked again into the street and saw only the watenman -sauntering eLsurely by, wrapped in- his surtout. We searched the house '"from cellar to garret, and the neighbors were called in to assist in the search, bpt ve could obtain no clue to the awful mystery. We retired at last, toward morning, and it was not surprising that I insisted upon having the light remain burning in my room. From that day to this the secret of this frightful incident remains undis covered. Suffice it to say that on the very night, at the self-same hour, my uncle George died from violence at the hands ot one ot the keepers ot the asylum. The" detestable - habit o'f talking of people rather than of things opens the way to abuses we might check with a word if we wouldv - if the art of. con- ersation were taught and encouraged as it should be, were we as far advanced in civilzation as we believe ourselves, we should get rid of the' in en bus 0 personality, and with it of a great deal of undeserved obloquy, aiid the burrowing destruction of small Treach eries and unnoted dishonor. A powerfully built young lady from Ghost's Gulch walked xinto a .dry goods store at Canon City, Cdland inquired of the bachelor clerk i Do you keep hose, young feller? "Yes, ma'am, all kinds," was the reply ; and pulling down a couple of boxes he held a pair up to view. She looked straight at him, turned red, and overflowed with, this remark: ".You .blasted fool, them's stockings, I' want hoe. "J." He referred her to the hard ware store i 't PLANTATION TOPICS. . ir ' . . SEED FEB ACRE ASH SEASONS FOR BOWlSGi The table annexed, as amended by us, with time for sowing and quantity per acre, will be found valuable for reference. The letter "a" signifies the month when they may be sown .Is BIIK Bed Clover . Timothy.., . IUM lup . StolOlbs lto2 bu Ky. Blue grass Hiuigarian grass Mto4bu iUJiet . .. . . JtoJibu Sorghum . . Flax Seed . . Obrn ..... 2 quarts 1 to 3 bu 4to6qU lire Wheat Barley .... 1 to 2 bu 1 to2bu lV4to2bu 2 to 3 bu Buckwhast . Vtobu l'Jtol5bu Ktol bu Potatoes';-. . White Beans Peas . .... 1 2'i Below we give the weight per bushe of other seeds and products, which will be found convenient for reference: r Weight per bti Weight per bu Bran.... 20 Ctor beans 46 Cinrse salt 50 Fine salt 65 Hemp seed ... 45 Malt. 38 Onions 57 Corn meal.....i 48 I)ried apples. 24 Dried peaches 33 Ear corn. 70 Plat(eruie hair. . Stone coal 80 Unslaked lime 80 It should be remarked here that in forming a table such as this, the range of season for sowing can only be given. Thus, the larger quantity of flax should be sown on very ncn land ; and, also. where the lint lor tine weaving is wanted. If a crop of seed is wanted the smaller quantity of Hungarian and millet should be sown on clean land or," better,' drilled -in.: So potatoes should not be planted in June, except very early maturing sorts ; and our experience is that these are surer planted in March or April. So, also, the quantity of peas given is for sow ing broadcast ; if drilled, from one to one-and-a-half bushels only will be re quired. Kanms farmer. PERMANENT PASTURE LANDS IN AMER ICA. An English farmer of large experi ence in this country and England thus discourses in the Country (jrenueman about pastures and meadows ; " lhe fact of interest on money be ing douDie nere, ana laoor oemg double what it is in England, is the strongest argument for keeping all suitable new laud in natural grass, be cause there is so much less labor re quired, and likewise less implements and teams, consequently less capital is needed than in conducting a soiling system. It is absurd to propose grow ing soiling crops instead ot pasturing, excepting as : a help to pastures in drouths, and it is unwise to endorse any statements attempting to prove that good permanent pastures cannot flourish in the United States, when everybody knows there are thousands of genuine old established pastures in Kentucky, some of which are broken up continually by those who cannot help sacrificing them for the sake of temporary, gain. No soiling crops will fatten stock like these fine old pastures, and year after year they are there, without the need of capital at d per cent, or any labor to plough and cultivate and reseed. farmers' meetings for discussion. Among the greatest needs of farm ers are more knowledge about tneir business and more interest in it, lead ing them to apply the knowledge they already have and that which they ac quire, 10 tee . best possible advantage. Among" the be?t means for gaining both knowledge and interest are meet ings for discussions, and now that the time of comparative leisure for farm ers is at hand, we earnestly wish our readers would prepare for such meetr ings. For some years past we have noticed that near the close of the win ter there is considerable manifestation of interest in these matters, but often this is not shown until spring work is so near at hand that little can be done. lence we urge that arrangements be made now. First of all, let the meetings of the subordinate granges and of farmers' clubs he made useful in this direction. n addition to this,, much good can lie done by holding town or county meet ings at which addresses may be made and discussions had. These may occupy one day, or, when a considera ble number are expected to be inter ested, our oliservation leads as to be- leve that the best course, as a rule, is to lave the meeting commence after din ner ef one day, holding an afternoon and evening session, and adjourning on the afternoon ot the second day. r or .4 . . 11 . 1 such a meeting it is weii to nave one or two formal addresses, by as able and well-known men as can readily l)e obtained. At least one of these it is well to have on some topic in which the citizens generally of the village in which the meetings are held are inter ested. Care should be exercised in select ing topics to be presented before the meeting that those of general interest be chosen, and it is also important that some one or two men, well posted in egard to each topic, be prepared to open wie discussion. Alter a topic, pertaining to general iarm arrange ment for instance, is fairly presented to a body of farmers, there is usually no difficulty in securing an animated and useful discussion ; but if no one is pre pared to open the discussion, almost any topic may fall flat when announc ed. It is best to allow time for dis cussion of each topic immediately afte the address or formal paper in which It is presented. , " ' , Such meetings have been held with great profit In a number . of places in the west. . They may1 be held under the auspices oi the county agncul tural society, of a county council of granges, or a single grange or club. or in default of action by any one of these, a halt dozen farmers can readily make all needed arrangements. When there seems a lack of interest, and it is thought not advisable to arrange lor such an institute or con vention, much may be done by having lectures on agricultural topics. In some cities the " lecture business is said to have been overdone, but cer tamly this is not true, of most farming communities. A lecture by a compe tent person on " any one of a score of subjects more or less directly, connected with agriculture would be ot value to any agricultural community. . Often times there are men fully competent to deliver such lectures in the county, and 11 not they can be secured at a cost which will be amply repaid by the good done. liural world. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Castor-oil is an excellent thing to soften leather. If you are buying carpets for dura bility, choose small figures. Lemon juice and glycerine wil cleanse and soften the hands. Lunar caustic, carefully applied, so as not to touch the skin, will destroy warts. If your flat-irons are rough, tub them with fine salt, and it will make them smooth. Chow - Chow. One peek sliced green tomatoes and cucuml)ers, on ions, etc , not omitting horse-radish ; one ounce of broken cinnamon ; three- quarters of a pound of mustard seed, one pound of ground mustard. After slicing the above, put them in a stone jar with salt between each layer, and let it stand twenty-four hours ; then dram on the water, put it in a porce- lain-lined kettle, cover with vuiegar and boil fifteen minutes. Wet the ground mustard with cold vinegar and stir it in the last thing ; then take im mediately off the stove ; it will be better if it boils after the mustard flour is added. Pack in jars and cover well. Bottling Cider. A writer in the New England Farmer gives this ad vice to bottle cider that will keep sweet and fine for years : Leach and filter the cider through pure sand, after it has worked and fermented and before it has soured. Put no alcohol or other substance with it. Be sure that the vessels you put it in are perfectly clean and sweet. After it is leached or fil tered put it in barrels or casks filled, eaving no room for air ; bung them tight, and keep it where it won't freeze till February or March, then put it in champagne bottles filled, drive the corks and wire them. It should be done in a cellar or room that is com fortable to work in. The best cider is ate made, or when it is as cold as can be and not freeze. Medical Value of Asparagus and Celery. A medical correspondent says that the advantages of asparagus are not appreciated by those who suner with rheumatism and, gout. Slight cases 01 rheumatism are cured in a few days by feeding on this delicious esculent ; and more chronic cases are much relieved,' especially if the patient avoids all acids, whether in food or in beverage. The Jerusalum artichoke also has a similar effect in relieving rheumatism. The heals may be eaten in the usual way ; but tea made from the leaves of the stalk, and drank three or four times a day, is a certain remedy, though not equally agreeable. t may be well to remark that most plants which grow naturally near the sea coast contain more or less iodine, and in all rheumatic complaints iodine has long since been a favorite remedy. odine is dangerous, however, 111 over doses, anecting especially the eyes. The same effect may be produced by eat ing abundantly of asparagus or celery, which are well-known seaside plants. Buttermilk. An eminent French chemist, M. Iloflbing, in a paper re cently presented to the French Acad emy announcing his belief that the period of human existence may be greatly prolonged, and enters into an rgunwmt to show that his beliet is based upon sound reasoning. His argument is that the mineral matter which constitutes an ingredient in most of our food, After the combustion, is in our system to racrust and stiffen the ltterent parts 01 the body, tending to render imperfect many of the vital processes. He compares human be ings to furnaces wluch are always kindled, and says : " .Life exists only in combustion, Dnt tne combustion which takes places in our chimnevs eaves a detritus which is fatal to life. b remove this. I would administer actic acid with ordinary food, lhis acid is known to possess the powc r of removing or destroying incrustations that form on the arteries, cartilages and 1 1 A 1 . , Ml valves 01 neart. as outter-muk abounds in this acid, and is moreover. an agreeable kind of food, its habitual use, it is urged, will free the system from these causes of death, between he seventy-fifth and the hundreth year. . Lieut. Gen. Sheridan's Annual Report Gen. Sheridan, in his annual report to the secretary 01 war, repom mends that some immediate action be taken "that will -settle this Black Hills ques tion,' and relieve" us from an exceed ingly ' diss jrreable and embarrassing duty, l. fetl quite satisfied that all the couatry south of tho Yellowstone river, from- the Black Hills of the Cheyenne as7 far west as Big Horn Valley, and' perhaps as far west as Clark's ' Fork of the Yellowstone, is gold bearing, but as to tho amount of the gold deposit I cannot say. It may be great; it may lie small.' Gen. Sheridan discusses the Indian policy of the past and present, and says : "The observation of many years in my owh command and throughout most of the Indian country for the last twenty years, has left the impression that the present system of civilizing the wild portion of our Indian inhabi tants has not met with the success that gives a fair equivalent for the expense, trouble and bloodshed which have at tended it. I believe there is a true humanity in making the reservations reasonably small, dividing them into tracts for the heads of families, making labor gradually compufeory. and com pelting children to go to school. To accomplish this puriiose, to civilize raase sen-supporting ana save many more 01 these poor people than other wise can be saved, 1 believe it best to transfer the Indian Bureau to the mili tary, and let it lie taken under the gradual administration of the army, 1 1 11 1 govern ea ana controlled in responsi bility ot account, in accordance with our present system. The Indians woult thus be humanely and justly and hon estly dealt with ; and I believe if this had always lieen the case, there woult have been but few of the troubles and bloody records which have character ized the civilization of the Indians in the many years gone by. lhe troops stationed along the K10 Grande river have had the humiliating duty of attempting to protect our citi zens and their property from raids by the people ot a loreign country, who come over the boundary in armed parties to steal cattle, and do not hesi tate to attack and kill our citizens when necessary to accomplish their purpose, The low stage of water in the Rio Grande, and its great length, twelve or fatteen hundred miles, makes the duty of protecting it difficult ; in fact, almost impossible, with the few troops availa ble for this purpose. In speaking of this duty as a humiliating one, i do not mean that it is not perfectly legiti mate for any duty is such which has for its object the protection of the lives and property of the people on an in ternational boundary line ; but when it is considered that these armed parties. as soon as they are pursued, take ref uge on the opposite bank of the river, and there, in sight of our troops, who dare not cross, graze and slaughter the stolen cattle with impunity, the sight is very mortifying to those engaged in the protection of that frontier. This con ation of affairs has been going on for the Wfc twenty years. "In th! department of the gulf everything seems to be getting along quietly. Last winter, when the de- 1artment came under my jurisdiction, '. thought it best to call a l.Jt in a forcible way on much lawlessness from armed bands, which action brought the attention of the government and the law-abiding and good people of the country to a growing and inhuman evil. Peace has lieen the result, and prosperity I hope will follow." Mr. Chas. Dudley Warner, wri ting of the Italians says: "The Italian is a talking machine ; you only need to touch a spring and he Is crpctual mo tion. If words were deeds the Italians would have gabbled themselves into the seventh heaven of prosperity long ago. They are not without ambition. They want to shine, to be rich, above all to be conspicuous in position, or in clothes. They have a noble inflated ambition to be sonicliody. But thoy are not willing to work for it. They hope to 'speculate' themselves by a kind of internal evolution into some shining position. What they want, and it seems only reasonable that they should have it, is a republic in which nolxHiy will be obliged to do any work or pay any taxes, and every one will tic in the first position. Clearly it needs a revolution for this." You are well off when you are in a healthy neighborhood, with enough to eat and drink, a comfortable, well ventilated apartment to sleep in, and youTare paying, all your expenses and laying r up . something even slowly for a rainy day, and, in addition to all this, acquiring knowledge and strength ening your character. Young men whose situation combines all the pro ceeding advantages should lie very cautious alxiut exchanging such a cer tainty unless it .be for another certain ty. jHappineS3 does not depend upon grat wealth so much as it does upon independence and intellectual and moral culture. - " Wit AT "makes tne love my delicate little blue-eyed boy," said the fond fa ther, as he and the pator entered the library, " is that sometimes the tears run down the wrinkles in my cheeks as I feel his fine points touching me to the core, and wonder if God will let likn stay with me very, very " here the fond father sat down on a pin and said, " Mariar, will you force me to go to a restaurant to get my dinner ?" PARAGRAPHS" OP THE PERIOD. A lady friend from St. Louis writes as follows .to a friend and erewhilo schoolmate: Mamie Stebbins is home again and putting on no end of style, though' you know as well as I do that her father didn't fail for more than $76,000." She was one of those sentimental young creatures who linger at the door way to Vid you good-bye in the star light, and after she parted from him the other night, ehe went up to her room murmuring: "Ye?, I would know it was hard times, by the kind of hair oil he uses now." NEVER use anything but light blank ets as a covering for the sick. 1 he heavy, impervious cotton counterpane Is bad. for the reason that it keeps in the exhalations from the pores of the sick person, while . the blanket allows them to pais through, weak persons are invariably distressed by a great weight of led-clothes, which often pre vents their getting any sound weep whatever. The following, intended to commem orate tho fate of a tract peddler who sat down on a can of nitro-glycerine to rest himself, was submitted to the poet Childs, and pronounced contraband : To the azure depth of the npper air His body had flcwu, flewn, flewn; And over the landKcape everywhere A lit of him here, and a bit of him there It now lies strewn, strewn, Mrewn : But his soul, I belicre, and am b illing to swear. Is erndunlly climbing the golden Htair, To an anti-Rlycenne tune. Gone where they don't put it up in corn. Dr. Wolanski has discovered in the government archives at Milan many autographs of Galileo not men tioned in the Palanini jollection, and relating especially to Galileo's negotia tions with the Spanish government for the adoption of his system of using the geographical longitude in navigation, and to his journey to Homo in 1(24, when he went off to offer his homage to Urban VIII. That animals have souls is the firm lelief of many sensible jersons. In view of this fact it gives us pleasure to state that during the fox-hunt in New Jersey the other day, when the wholo party came to a sudden halt lx'fore a picket fence, the kind-hearted fox paused in its career, trotted hack, l)eckoned the bold riders to follow it, conducted them to a place where some slats had been broken out, and did not resume its flight until the last man had crawled through. Brotikhjn Arrpi. A Paragon of a Woman. More than a hundred years ago a celebrated poet painted the following K'n-jortrait of what must have been a delightful lady : I know a thine thnt's most uncommon Knvy, be silent and attend 1 t know a rcanonnble woman, Handsome, yet witty, and a friend. Not warped bv piuwinn, awed by rumor, Not grave through pride, or gay through folly, An equal mixture of good humor And exquisite soft melaneholy. Has she no faults, then (Knvy says), sir? Yes, she has one, I must aver Vhen all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf and does not hear! "It's amusing," said Deacon Green, "how stupid we human lieings are, little and big; what worthless things we strive for, and what blessings we carelessly cat away. In some parts of Japan, when you go home from a dinner, a servant is sent after you with box containing everything that was offered to you at table ami that you refused. Ah! what if some day an angol conies after us to show us all tho blessings that were olfered to us on earth, that we were too stupid or tco obstinate or too proud to take ! "Come and See Me." A writer says: "Never take "Come and see me," as a phrase meant in earnest unless it lie accompanied with a date. Such an invitation amounts to nothing at all. If a lady or gen tleman desires your company he or she ill appoint a time lor your viuiu CaU on me when you can make it convenient, " Irop in as you are assinir." i4 Make us a visit whenever you have an hour or two t qmre," are social ambiguitos by which men and women of the world understand that they are not exacted to do the thing requested. When jx-ople wih to be cheaply jxdite there is nothing like this kind of vagueness. The com plimentary, small change of socie ty must always be taken at a large dis count. It is never worth its fact! or anything like it. Yet it is a conve nient medium of exchange, and heavy debts of gratitude that ought to be sequited in lietter coin are often paid with it. People who have more oIish than principle use it lavishly plain, blunt, honest men, sparingly or not at all. Whoever makes a friendly visit to a fashionable house on the strength of a mere " Come and see me," will very often find that the family circle he has dropjied into by request is as ungenial as the Arctic circle, and he will probably leave it with a chilly feeling that will prevent hi in from venturing into the same high latitude again. But when a whole-souled man, whom you know to lie your friend, grasps you vigorously by the hand and says, " Come and dine with me to-day dinner on the table at 5 o'clock le sure to come we shall exject you," you can take it as certain that your prcscr.ee is warmly desired. It is plea-ant always to make or receive a visit from a friend, but a nod on the street is all sufficient from a fashionable acquaintance. Powerof Imagination. The other day a Detroiter took home a Ixtok con taining several anecdotes showing the power of imagination, and after rend ing them to his wife he tenderly said : " No, Angeline, you may some timo imagine that you hear me kissing the servant girl in the other room, and you see how base it would lie to accuse me of such a thing." "John Henry," she r plied, in a emooth voice, " if I ever imagine suc h a thing you'll need a doctor within fifteen minutes, no matter what that book says V "