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J HID .iff tffnftttjf-! V VOL. XXXVIII. BHATTLEBOKO VT., FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1871. NO. 31. CM. PlTBMBHF.D KVKHY Fill DAY F.VKMNU, II T WIOWN, 1UIOUTY A CO. OfUeo No. QarauiteItow,Drattlcboro, Yt. I kamh Yearly iu Ju.'r,(tnclabiJ3.C0:ingU ubuvrlberi Alio rrcrhr Ihelri'anirt through the Foat Ome, $1,51, 7'Aff ttrmtatr trnartnlly in advanrf, and when not io i aid, ify crni'ii additional will be charged ulttio cud of the ytar. lUTrioK ADTCAf lMKo! Twelve lints or one Inch unacc or bs one neck, 11.80. each alter Insertion 38 rents. Advertisements lu cditorlalor lecal column! IS cent a Hue no oharge lesa tban 91, Obituary Notices 20 cents a line. Frobatc Nolle ra $3.60 for threo Insertion. Ui.Jncas Cardtou Aral nage 53.00 a, llue ncr year. IlrttlllvlKiro lnt Oilier. tUJMMI.ft AftllANULMKKT, 1811. May 1 to Nov. 1, ) ini from 7:0) a.m. to 8 p.m.; Holiday! from 8to 11130 a m. and 3 toO r, u. A Kill V At, AMI) DErAQTUnE OT MaILB. SOUTHERN MAIL. CIore A.M. 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It lo.n 2:45 w utiiliboro, io:nc ( I iislit'Dd, W Itllani.YiUo, I'ay. t.,tfilUtaiiil Jaluali-a, 1 w'a il .bt.ro eclosoTu.,Tli. k Sat., nlD.M0D.,Wol. &Frl.,) Aiiit, Tu., Th. k Sit., ilfiiulnton way, North Adam, way, I'tiotprnrtJ fc O, Factory, Muii., WVd. 4 Frl., 1 81(5 :(.'. ' 8:13 8:t 9:10 C ililiiriiU, tnrrhml, dally, S:5 !' F .r Inn null, clonoj :1V I'.M. it.) mliiuitoMluiiof .tf.mtr from New York. It. W. Claiiee, i'.M. I NHLOM'.H. 5l VISUM, Attorney at Law. lleltowa Fall', Vt. w A.1 Chosot Block, BitATTLlBonn, Vt, Oil. POHTi 1. K., Office and Kctdeuci near tbo Junction of High and Urcvn Htreeta, BrattUboro, Vt. Lamb Knitting Machine Vnherral atLucuWdgtd the b-Bt. l'riceR0. hold by iuMallini tit a. Hiuklcy Knitter, t-1. Branccn Knitter, SI H, 1 nclore a tatnp for circular. Mr. 8. M. Lyndt, a t, (Jtiilford Center. f IIOWNBIIKNU MUBLK WOBKS, To nobend, Vt X, O. 0. 1'oitTEH, Manufacturer and Dealer lu all Linda Marble and etim-tery work. All work done in a neat and workmanlike manner at rrlccs which defy .ompetitlon and warranted to gitcciUlre satisfaction, IK. ALLEN, Ualrln Lumber. Haa confdanty on baud all Lindi f Building Material, CLAl'BOAUDS, H1I1N OLKS FKNTi: l'OSTH, LATH, kc, Brattlrborn, . T A, D LIT ION, Uhattlfdoho, Vt., furnlsbea V to order all kind of MAKULK WOltK, done In t he beat ctyle A 11. SIMONDS Jt CO., Dealt-ra In STU'LL AND FANCY DRY (tOODH, Nti. 1 Tnion Block, BnATTLFnono, Vt. I.T tUOMB A. CO., OoramUaion Merchant, and !J. WbobHUb- Deahr lu rLOl'Il AND OltAIN, D A. Ill.vltV, ruoTOnAri.ru, Cutler's Block, Malu M rt- t, I'ratlb Iiro, Vt. 1. DKAltBOBN, M. D., llomcovatblc I hyMcian ) and Kurneou, Brattlt-boro, Vt. Office one door north of Cnnftrfuatioual church, omco bourn iron. 8 to 9 a. m., aul 7 to y v. m. II I). IIOLTON, M. D., 1 Hiypk-tan ami KurReon, Until boro, Vt. Office at residence, corner of Main and Walnut at. At home bffnrn 8 a, m.( and from 1 to 2 k 6 to 7 o'clock r. m. 171 J. CAlllT.STCR, Simonda' Block, Elliot Htrect, Li Dealer in Tnya, Fancy (looda, Hook, Stationery ( NcwBpaieri, MiK-Jzinen and Feriotlicala, Hnbacrli ioim rect led for the jirlneipal NeHiierB and Maa. ' i iiea, and forwarded by mall or otherwise. DENTISTRY. lilt. O.K. POST in rtn.t.Y l'lii'niir.D Tt r.xKfUTi: au. woiik, Kiii:Tiu:it lii'ON 'iiu: katiiiiai. tkltii till lii'ON Till. VAItlOUS KTYI.EH (IP AHTll'ICIAI. WOIIK, IS Mil'Fllloll MANNllit AND AT ItKAKONAllI.K WUULH. nil 111 AMI llt.MIII.MK M!Alt INK JI'MHON OF lllllll t.Ml I.Kl'FN STIU.KTS, BRATTLEBOHO. Dr. C. S. CLARK, DENTIST, AV OULD napiftfully iuform (be UtUtnaof Brat- tlt-boro and tlcluitr that he haa fi entd an.rfflce in rOHbv ItlrH'k. over tbe t. National Bank, fur the prai-tirf of DLNTIKTIlY, where he would be bajpy to iee any who may nave neeu oi nm wrwcon. Dr. Clark w aa formi rly a t( tidpnt of Dr. O. It Post, uuu uaa nan neany no yarn pracucti lutiuainK i-oiireof lecluria at the 1. Aa to prufi agonal ability and akill he brini!B letter of Ibe blliet iccuinuiendatiou from II. 1M Williima, M, I ia of WooxlNtoikt with whom for tlm iaat two jeara he. haa bien aaaoclated, and alxo from lion. Jamia Barrett and llou. .lullim Couere, wbofe namta are too well known to uecd lutroiltn tiou to citlxena rf Vermont. Ifl2 D l "I STOCK. 1 he attention of farmf rf ia llil U d tu the Thorough bred Dutch or HsMetn Stock, at the Houghton Farm, p tit u fey, t., much etedling (be Khorlhori.H and all libera aa milkers. They are bellt-iidto be full) equal it allother desirable quaUtlei, One two year old bull for sale or wruld be let to a nod farmer In a neighborhood where the dairy Is prominent, I), II, HOIIKUTS. Mauagi r prll21,lH70.-iii XO (1A1MTAIJST IS TOO 111(111, XO FARMER IS TOO 141011, XO MIAXIC IS TOO POOR, In l,y .11 r'arth Clo.fl, wblrb l a ullitu(B lor ihn wilrr rlo I r common prhy, an.l I'lafrj l!Mn riarn ' :'V'..'"..',V; .,I. l,,u;..'.rnmfor . rr1" .rfr Sy fomtort, n".ln. and .i t. irici..t9toS.n. HfD.lfori:irciil.r.lo EarthClose Co, id ikiam: st.. UOHTON Poetry. 0UfO it V OVA'S HI.. A HKTMR RIX IICKD&TCD TF.ABI OLD. Guard, my child, thy tougiic, That It apeak no wrong; Let no (ill word paaa o'er It Bet th watch of troth before it, That It 1 peak no wrong! QuaiA, my child, thy tongue 1 Guard, my child, Ulna Prying ia not ulact Let them look" on wbatli right ; From all etll turn their fight ; Frying ia not wlio; Ooird, my child, thine eyea I Guard, my child, thine ear; Wicked words will acar ; Let no evil word come in That may caut e the soul to aiu ; Wicked words w ill acar Guard, my child, thlno carl Far, and C)e, and tongue, Guard, while thou art young; For, alaa I theae buny three Can unruly mctnUra be; Onard, wbllatibott art yum, Kr, and eyea, and tongue I 41 it i iiis ov 'tu a n . v , Wo mutt not hopo to W mow era, And to athf r the ripe, gold cat, Uuleaa we have Oral Irfvn nowera, And watered tho furrow a with tears. It ia not jut a we take it Thin in) atlcal world of ourn 1 Uft field will leld, aa we make, it, A bar rent of thorns or flowers. .I.Y Ul.lt XMTI.U IIVM.f.V. 1 iipmt llilnk i)l' tlm licxiKmpliy of Ito- ton ullhotil belli"; leininclod of a vlllnRO to ulilcli I wiik once ilirprlrii Jiy 11 planter wliom I tiH't liy llio rnadsldn In the back wooiK of (ioot ulii, "do strot on," lie said, till yo como to n shingled 1ioup, u black- Kiultlt djnti, antl a tol).iml)ain, ftttiitllti' right round a puddle of water Ihet'K tho villane." lloston, to bo Mire, N something more than a shingled house, n hlackMiilth- shop, and a tobaeeo-barn ; II N, lu fact, a town i-ceial times larRer thuii the fleorKia illacn; but for all that it viand "right round" a puddle I beo; pardon, a pool ol water. This jkjoI N known In hKtory as tho Viotf Pond, and It probably derived Us namo from n family of frogs who onco had there a sumnicr icsldeneo ; but why it re tains that appellation is ditllcult to eonject uro. since nil the ltostnn croakcls now spend their summer at Ncwnit or Na- hant,aud their wlnlers- In intuh drier, If not moro wholesolue (piattpis. Tint a pool of wit has already been shed on this k)1 of water, and II is not my in tention to swell a small pond Into an ocean. Abler pens than mine have tried to do that. Sol shall content myself with emptying iuv Inkstand upon a llttlcold woman, who, In rain or shine, week In ami week out, for many a long year, kept an apple-stand near the margin of that famous puddle of wa ter. She was little, and she was old, and I do think about as ugly as any woman who has lived slneo tho birth of Ere Hint first of npplo-w onion but she lo ed and served her country, and so, lu spite of her ugli ness I feel liotind to ghe her "half a dozen pages of general history," At llrst shn served it by vending green apples and striped sticks of stomach-ache to tho hungry lawyers and ragged urchins who congrcgato about Court square; and at tills tlmo was sole mistress of a peripa tetic shop a lingo willow basket going a lmut on two legs and open at the top, ex cept In rainy weather, when It was roofed lu by a big cotton umbrella. She was a meagre anatomy, w it li a sharp nose, a sunken chin, ami a hatchet face. coveied all over by a shriveled skin of tho precise complexion of a peeled potato. In winter sho woro a faded hood, a blanket shawl, and a woolen gown short enough to show a pair of corrugated stockings, far whiter than tho snow In the streets of llos ton. lu summer sho was clad in a dimity cap, a calico frock, and a cotton bandanna, pinned closely over her bosom ; but sum mer nnl winter, sho was always elongated by a pair of biogaus, with thick heels and thick soles thick enough one would say, to bo Impervious to all tho moisture, that human feet aro heir to. Hut they w ere not Imperv ions to tho rheumatism. That, ono day, got Into tho legs of tho old woman's npplo-basket and forced her to shut up her peripatetic shop, anil to open ono of a less roving character. Then sho pitched her tent upon the Com mon or moro literally sho planted there a three-legged stool, tho big umbrella, and a rough pine table, heaped high Willi russets, pippins and gllly-lloHcrs, which sho was ready to dispense to all customers, ul tho r.tto of ono cent for one, and half a dlmo for half adoyen so,seoral placards, lloat lug like (lags of tiuce from as many gold en pippins, told all and singular who fre quented tlio Common. Ilusluesi hcto tluovo w ith the old wo man i inr, In pleasant weather, tho com mon Is a gieat icsort for young pcoplo who bill and coo under the spreading elms, or 011 tho iron-clad benches; and billing and cooing is u decided sharpener of the appo tlto, as Is pioed by the laincntablo caso of tho young maldeu who died of lovo and green apples. Theio Is no telling tho quantity of stom ach. ache and cliolera-uiorbUH that tho old woman dally dlspcntid to hungry lovers; but It must haobeeu large, slneo it was often noticed that however high her table was heaped in tho moinlng II was always low down at night, when, with her basket 011 her arm, sho aiuhled homeward. Ono ctPiilug a gentleman passing dial way just at datk found tho table almost un touched, and tho old woman lu u great deal of trouble. It had rained all day, and fow lovers hud come iqion tho Common ; so with apples and clothes weeping In sympa thy with her snnow, she sat thorn u 1th no ono to help her homo with her basket, II Is said that evil loves tho dark; but II is quill' as Into that many good things avoid tho daylight. Others' eyos aro thou open, and Iho lenr of what "men say" of ten sends us sneaking by on Iho other side, like tho priest and tho I.cvlto lu Iho para. b!e, Hut now it was dark, so Iho gentle man shouldeieil tlioapplo basket and went homo with Iho old npplo-woin.ni. She liv ed lu a small room, on tho lop lloor of an old rickety hoiiso at tho North Knd, and as ho went up Iho stairs, Iho gentleman was lu mortal rear or their tumbling down, and spilling both him and tho apples. At lust, howputr, ho reached tho loom, and setting down tho basket, sat himself down to iet his tired legi and shoulders, It was nar row, mean apartment, and so low that when ho stood upright his head nlmosi hit tho felling. Two young children, n lioy The Leisure Hour. ami iv girl, who wc.ro rreadlnB tho ta blo for (ho owilm meal, ami n IhlH, cma claled woman, with sunken eyes nnd'pal lid features, who was lying on n bed In llio comer, weio Its occupants. Tho lloor was bare, Iho furnltiitowas plain and poor, and everything Indlealed that lis lonants lived on tho very vcrgo of starvation but on all their faces was a cheerful look, that show ed that somehow thoy bad linblbod of thai dlvlno elixir which gives lo tho most wretched comfort and contentment. Curi ous to get at tho secret of their happiness, tho stranger nsked tho old woman nisiut her history. Twenty years before, sho said, her, two sons and her husband had died, leaving her dosllluto and alone, with ono remain ing child .1 llltlo daughter. Too weak to work, and unwilling to bog, shrHhcn ro sorled to street vending, and, b$"lwclvo hours of dally toll, managed to support beisclf and bring tip her daughter. At twenty tho latter married a worthless fel low, who broke; her heart and then cast her penniless upon tho world w-jMi n young son, the llttlo Iwiy whoyras then selling the table. The old w oman took Ihem III, and about this time alo adopted tho llltlo girl, who was Iho orphan child of n jsror neigh bor "And weiu you able lo suppmt thclu all by vending apples?" asked tho gentleman. "No sir," sho answered. "I tried to, but I couldn't. My duller wassick and could n't do nothing, and wo soon got Into debt twenty dollars. Then, as If lo mako bad worse, I was look down with tho rheuma tics. I was down with them a fortnight; anil when I got upisiuldii't get round llko I could aforo ; so, not knowing what lo do, I went with my basket onion bench nigh the l'log I'oml. I'olks caino Ionic aniai In' that day, and at night I bad two dollars clean profit. Then I saw the Lord's hand ; ho knowed I couldn't make a living going round, so bo gave me tho rheumatics, to show me it was best lo open a stand on llio Common." "And since then have you inado both ends meet?" "Yes, sir; slneo then I'vo been prospered wonderful. I'vo paid oil" tho debt, and now when I want to I can lay In a stock of ten dollars, and that, you know, brings ap ples cheaper." "Hut have you no fear for winter?" "No, sir. It's two months, olf; I cm make thirty dollars aforo It comc, and that, w illi what sowing and washing I can do, will take us round to warm weather." "And how old aie you?" asked tho gen tleman, looking at her furrowed faco and whlto halr, which seemed lo say a centu ry. "Seventy next Chriilinas. Hut yo would n't think it to look at inc. I feel a'mosl as peail as when I was thlity." "And at your age, and lu such povcily, can you always look hopefully at tho fu ture. ?" "Yes, sir. 'The I.oid is my Shepherd, I shall not want. Ho maketli me to liedow n In green pasluies. He leadeth inn beside Iho still waters.' " The stranger looked at her with wonder. Ho had beard those words before, but now they I hoy had to, htm n now moaning. All. at onco it dawned upon htm that "the poor aro ihc blessed," because, of their faith ; w hich, of itself, Is the " Kingdom of Heav en," Drawing n roll of bank notes from his pocket, ho handed one of Ihem lo tho old woman. Sho took It, held It up curi ously to the candle, and then said, with n smllo that madober ugly features absolute ly handsome : It Is moie money than I ever saw at once afore ; 'twould take us clean through tho winter. Yclsngood gentleman and I thank yo; but we can get along, and while wo can I don't llko to tako money from anybody. This she said inn gentle way, as if sho fcaied to wound his feelings. Ho mado no reply, but pulling his nolo back lu his pocket, roso and bade her good evening. When ho reached tho door, ho turned, and saying, "I forgot tho children," look both of them up In his arms and kissed them. rhenhoweut down Iho long stairs, and walked slowly homeward. Ho hud grop. oil In tho dark for tidily years, and thlsold woman bad given him his first living rev elation. ller that ho kept bis eyo UH)ii her. liv ery, morning and evening ho passed her stand on tho Common, and ho never went by without saying a cheerful word, or pans lug to ask nflcr her sick daughter and chll (Iron. Tbo children Is well, thank you, sir, and Kllzn Is as well as could bo expected: w as her almost invariable answer. Hut ono sultry day In August sho said : "Sho seems to bo sinking fust, sir. Way up w hero wo live wo don't get nono but hot air, and tho sun don't come III till inln tho afternoon. ' Tears to mo wo need sunshine as much as tho plants and Mowers." Tho next day tho gentleman went homo earlier than usual, and a. ho camo near Iho old woman's stand ho caught sight of tho Invalid daughter, seated lu a haud-wagun, propjied up by a pillow, and shaded by tho big umbrella, Tho attention of Iho old woman was engrossed by a Juvenile cus totner; but tho daughter noted his ap proach, and called lo him as ho made as If bo would go by without speaking. "Sir, sir," sho said, "plcaso to sto want you to seo ! I shall soon bo well; for now I can go out every day In lino wealh erl" "And who got you down tho stairs and upon tho Common?" "Tho man that lives on tho lower lloor- hocairled mo down; and Tummy dravvod fno hoio before school time." "And who scut tin Iho vvugoii?" asked tho old woman, her ugly faco lighting up with a smllo Hint, to this inuii made it id most handsome, ' "Tho Iird, I suppose. All good things coiun from hliu ; and this seems to bo a good wagon," answeied Iho gentleman taking tho vehicle by the wheel and shak ing It as If to lost Us quality. Tho obi woman looked at 111 id for a mo ment without a word, Then sho said, i"Tho Lord will say lo Ihem on Iho right band, 'Yo did It unto ine, insomuch asyo did It unto one of these, my poor cbll droll.' " Tho man turned and walked nvvay, lu his ovo n liar, and lu Ids soul another rev clnllon. Ho had learned tho whole of re. llglon fullh and good works at tho cost of carrying an old woman's basket, and buying for her daughter n cheap hand-wag on. livery pleasant day for a mouth after (his ho found Iho sick woiuiti sealed thero III the wagon under Iho old umbiollu, She always had a smllo for him, and ho always lingered a while to get thai smllo unit llltlo of tho old woman's sunshine. Hut nun morning he went by, mid found thorn nellher Iho applo-stand nor tho hand-wag on. It was so loo when ho agiiln wont by at evening s and then without going home, be made hls'wny to tho houso of Iho ofd wo mnu. Softly opening tbo door, do enlored tho dingy apartment.. A fow raystorn llio setting sun camo through tbo open win dow, and by tho dlni'llght htrfinw tho old woman nnd tho two children krii'olfiiR-3 tho low bod In the comer. Nile was hold ing tho hand of tho young woman, who lay with her eyes upturned to thd'lfrtlmgsfcy, ns If looking In clondi for SomrJ one com ing. Ho bad come, llio grenl'nuger, and be had nlready taken her lo'lhe Insom 'of Iho All Father. For several years nflcr Hill iho old wo man's life rippled along ns sinoolhly ns a gcutlo stream flows on over a sandy bcdlo Iho great ocean. Tho old umbrella got ma ny a patch, Iho new bonnet grew old, and tho black silk gown (Mat 'she woro llrst at her .laughter's funeral wjs turned and re turned to tit it to appear on Sundays 1 hut sho never "bogged and never borrowed ; nnd tho winter was never so bard but sho had toady money enough at command lo buy her small wares "by wholesale," Jjlttlo by llltlo tho young laduud hun gry lovers who frequented tho Commo,T came lo know her nnd though many a ri val aoplo stand from tlmo to tlmo disputed her right to monnpollro tho trade lu stomach-ache, they soon bad to pat their own candy, and to "fold their tents llko IhoA rabs, and sllcnlly stoal uway." Ono day the gentleman who had learned of her his llrst lessons lu Christianity, pass- Inghcr stand, noticed somo now lings of truco flouting from her pippins. "Who wrote thesevuntllctsey?" ho asked, paus ing tu look at tho placards. "Oh, Tommy did llieni, sli. He's aniuz big smart at such things. Ho can vvrllo llko any schoolmaster.!' "And how old Is ho now?" "fining 011 lllteen ; and I'm thinking. Ir, It's about tlmo be was doing somo- thing. I might support him somo longer, but bo's lamed all ho can out of college." "What docs be lake to?" "Well, bo wants to bo a uierihuul. I suppose bo gels a hankcrln' nrler Jt from my Doing in I no business ; but there, s a world of wickedness between buyln' and sellln'. Don't yo think he'd belter lie a lawyer?" "Alawvcrl There's not an honest law yer living. Let I1I111 bo a merchant, Send blm down to my counting-room to-morrow." Tommy went, and obeor.ino iimler-clcrk In a large conimerci.il hnnse on Central Wharf. When he drew bis llrst month's pay ho brought It home, and pouring it all Into his grandmother's lap, threw his arms about her neck, and said : Now, graudmolhor, you shall shut up shop. I won't have no inoio of j our sell lug apples." Hut tho old woman was not so easily lur ed from the "walks of ccmiiiierce." Sho did not "shut upshop." She sllll kept her stand on the Common ; but iu summer she staid at home on rainy days, nnd In winter laid by like flogs, doing ueltbei washing nor sewing. So threo years went away, nnd then Fort Slimier fell, and President Lincoln called for soventy-fio thousand volunteer lo upprews tho rcbc!l!r.ii..wlMn Tuurimy went home that night with Iho news bis grandmother was thoughlfiil for a time; then, looking lu his face, sh said : "Tom my, hadn't you ought.to do something for the country?'1 "You mean I ought to volunteer," said oinmy. "Yes ; if Mr, Spcoglo Is willing." Mr. Specglo was willing; and so, soon nflerwnrd, n queer scene was w itnessed on the Common, Tho wholo parade ground was lu commotion. A regiment which had been under levlew was marching out of one of tho gateways, and tho old woman, perched on her three-legged stool, was wildly waring licruinbrella, and at the top of her lungs cheering tho departing sol diers. At her back sat a llttlo maiden holding her head In her hands, and trying to hide her tours III her handkerchief. This was lloso ; and Tonimv was going away with Iho regiment. Ho was the only stay of ills grandmother, tho unly hopo of her eighty ycais; but cheerfully, and at her own pioiuptlng, sho had given hliu up to the country. "Tho country had done ev erything Au' III in ; ho ought tu do some thing ror Hie country." Ho was away several months, and then camo back, iccullslcd, and went away iigaln Icavlngbis bounty with his grand mother. Alter this he was olten heard from, and always with honor; and theohl woman seemed to grow young again, lu re counting his during deeds In somo pallcut listener at her apple stand. "Just to think," sho would suy, with tears in her eyes, "that a poor woman llko me should rear such a brave boy for Iho country ! ' At last news caino of a great bailie. Thousands, It was said, hud fallen on both sides; nnd every morning with a bo.illug heail, the old woman went to Iho mail for teller fiom Tummy. Hut no Idler came, und in a few days later sho found Ids namo u niong the list of those who, lu Iho grout still ggle, had given up thelrlives for their country. Sho went homo that night, and Iho next inorutug did not go a.s usual iqiou the Common. Noticing berabsence, M r.. Spco glo went to her humble homo nt nightfall. Tin curlulns were down ; but lu tho dim light be saw her stretched upon the bed, und Itoso kneeling by her side weeping. He took her hand, but something in her fuce kept back the words ho would have spoken. After a moment she suld: "Mr, Spcegle, I'm glad you'io conic. I ovvo you mid you owe mo; bull guess the balance Is iu my favor. Pay it to ltosy," "I will," said tho man, his voice husky. Sho made no reply, but lay for iiiaiiy minutes without speaking. Then, clutch ing the yuung girl's band, sho said : "Ho- sy, I'm going; but love Iho Lord, and scuno duy you will bo together again I'oiover." Thou her head sank back, and sho went went to lira In a homo even higher above tho earth than tho top-lloor of that dingy old houso at Iho North Knd of Hoslou, And now, all of her that was ugly and nil that was old is at rest lu a narrow gr.ivu not a bundled rods from where I am writ lug. At Its head stands a simple Mono, and on it Is Ihls Inscription ; IIHTSllY SANDI'.HS, Acii:ii 82. Sin; Was Pooh ami I'hiunih.ims ; Hut Sim: i.ovi:ii dun ami Hnu Countiu -Ifiirjifi'D Magtitine. In VW Ilboncser Huslard emigrated from Ireland In Louisville, Ky., with 910, nun, which, by shrewdness and good luck he has Incioased lo about f 1,000,000, Some relatives In Ireland have Just bad tho un expected grace to die nnd leave hliu laud oil estates woith fcl,r.i0,000 more, and be lias now ceased to bo an American citizen returning to llio "old country" to enjoy his immense )ossessious. fn.m rrllMiil..'NfwNitlonIF.r Julj20.J forccment net became a law, Its object be UKCOMtMt of Tin; iti;rviu.it:i.r ', '"g to protect colorcil men In all the rights WliTl' .v it H 11.1 LP 01' 1.1 II Hit- j to which other clllr-ous arc entitled. Tl' V t.Xti lttiy.11. lttailTp. , I yVhilofrceapltidatlon of (ho Yimous inqav i ttrps enacted by tho ltepubllcan pary,ilur II) Ion years or powor, lu behalf of tho causo of ilborly,nnd cqunl political and civil rlghU lo all inoq, without rcgaid o raco or coloi,vlll bo a matter of useful Informa tion to our leadoM nt,-lIiU time, nnd aid Ihoin In coming to a Just nnd correct decls ltjti ns (o tho party they can Iho most safely Iriisl hcroartor. Tho llrst blow at Iho "dlylno" Institution of slavery was n.bHI,, which bccamo.n law In August, 18(11, conflscntliur ajl property nnd welling frrjo all slaves, used (iialdof tho rebel Hop. January 23, 1802, n law wilt, passed pro hibiting the use of tho jails of thin District for tho Imprisonment of fugitive slaves. The great nieasuro emancipating tho .1000 tlvos of tills District passed bothjlouscs of Cngess, und was signed by tbo 1'rosl il ln-Aprll, 102. On (ho 13th of March, 1802, a bill became a taw forbidding and punishing tho return of fugitive slaves coming Into our lines, by naval and military ofllccrs. March 0, of tho same year, tho President had recommended llio passago of u Joint resolution proposing a eo-oper.vtlon betvv ecu tho general government and the slave stales fur the general abolition of .slavery, cm tho principal of compensation to llio iivvneis. Hilling Iho month a bill coveting this sug gestion passed both Houses, and was sign ed by Iho President April 10. The bill abolishing Iho long-existing, odious distinctions lu Ibis District ng ilnst the colgied people, such ns taxlugthcm fur the education of whlto children, and deny ing thcin all benefit from llio lax, became u law lu May, 1802. Juno 19, 1802, Iho President signed a bill which had passed lsith Houses, prohibiting slavery foi ever In all tho territories of the United Stales. June, 1802, n l:vv was enacted establish ing diplomatic relations with the republics of Liberia and Haytl. In July of the samo year a law was pass ed conferring upon colored persons Iho right to testify In courts of justice; also, prohibiting the intci-Stalo coastwlso slave trade. In July, lsH2, u bill became a law eman cipating slaves coining within our lines whoso niastcis were In icbolllon and all slaves found In placos euptuiod by our troops. July 7, li2, Piosldont Lincoln approved a bill punishing tho Infamous practice of using tbo American flag for the pioleclion of vessels engaged In the slavo tiiide, lu oism defiance, ns had grown to bo tbo prac tice, of a plain constitutional provision. Under the provisions of Ihls act one fior dou, captured whllo engaged In tho slavo trade, was tried, convicted and executed. July 17, lt02, a law was enacted author ing llio enlistment and military oigauiza tlon of col mod men. September 22, lsC2, Piesldent Lincoln 1s- ysued a proclamation declaring that on tho I'MOf Jummry oniulujr, he should lsMionn- other proclaiming all persons free In such States as might bo named, And on that day the Innnoital declaration declaring all sl.ivos foiever fuo In Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, North and Soulh Carolina and Virgiulawas Issued. March, 1MH, a law was cnuclcd incorpor ating an Institution for tho education of 'oliirod youths, to bo located ill this Dis trict, from which has grown up tho Howard University. A law was enacted in February, 1N1, en tailing nil colored men, whether slaves or not, Into the national forces, allowing lojal masters a buiinly of ?300 for their slaves afterwards reduced lo $100 bounty. Hut this vvns wholly icpealcd in 18117. On tho 1 1 tit of Juno, 1801, a bill became a law placing colored soldleis on a footing of equality lu all res. pets vvitb whlto sol- liers. Juno 28, lMll, a bill was signed rcicallug thy Infamous democratic nigltlvo slavo law. In IsCI u law was passed ul low lug colored inqu In contract for currying the malls. Tliu vcar before the act was passed pro hibiting all distinctions on account of nice or color lu tho public conve.vances In this Dlnlrlct. Tho law creating the frecdiuen's bureau was passed early In tho year IMS. January 27, 180., the famous amend- incut to the constitution, which hud previ ously been appiovcd by tho Senate, passed the House of Ilepiesenlallves, lorever abol ishing slavery In the United Stales. During Ihls year nets vvcro passed rc'eal- Ing Iho various measures enacted by the southern Stales iiiulir Johnson's rule, de isms! to lo-oslubllsh slavery lu another form, authorizing Ihu disgraceful appren ticeship system, tho law iu reg.ud to va grancy, and niillu rlzlng the whipping of negroes. The same year a law was passed uholMi- lug tho system of peonage slaveiy In Now Mexico. Iu December, lfetH, u resolution passed Isitli Houses of Congress appointing tho juhit committee on reconstruction, to whom wmiorerrcd tho credentials or ail persons chiming seals fiom Johnson's reconstiuct ed Slates, and all incisures lu regard lo it cousl ruction. Februarys, 1800, an act was passed de claring that nrnoof the rebol Stales vvcro entitled to lopresentallou In Congicss until Cenaicss shall have declared such right. lu April, 1800, Iho civil lights hill, which Johnson hud veined, became a law by io eclving the uecessaiytwo-thlidsinajorlly. Juno 13, 1800, Iho fourteenth amendment was passed, making all persons lsirn or luturalUod lu too United States citizens, prolilbltliU the Slates fiom passing any law which shall abridge Iho annuities or pilvl lejeviof such citizens, defining who shall bo Senators or llcprcscntutlvc, piotectlng tho cifil lights of all citizens, declaring that the validity of Iho public debt shall never bo questioned, and prohibiting Iho United SUIes and the several Stales from over as suming or paying llio rebel dcbl, und ten dering It Illegal and void. In December, 1$00, Congress passed over Johnson's vrto au act establishing univer sal sull'rugo iu Ihls District. In January, 1807, a bill was passed do cUrlng that within no territory of tho Uni ted States should sulTragn bo denied on ac count of raco, color, or former condition. In Fobruaiy, 18117, tho lSlh amendment, securing to colored men tho' right of suf frage, and forever prohibiting Its vvllh druwul, passed bolh branches of Congress. in March, 1 800, a law was passed striking the word white from nil tho ordinance of this District, dcfitroyiugntl discrimination njjalnst colored men In such laws or ordi nances, In May, 1870, the bill known ns the en- In April, 1871, Congress passed what Is Ithowu ns Iho kuklux net, giving Iho l'res- Idcnl power to protect tho loyal pcoplo of the south against nrgnulr.ed bauds of assas sins, nnd rendering tho pcoplo of n county or city, under certain conditions, responsi ble for Iho damages done therein by those outlaws, Such, briefly, aro (ho lending measures ndoptcd by a republican Congress, and sanctioned nnd sustained by the Republi can party, for securing to tho colored pco plo of tho nation tho Ihkhi of llborty nnd tho right of equal American citizenship. As n "companion pleco" to this long list of nets In the Interest ofjutlco and human lly, wo ought perhaps lo publish Iho record of Iho democratic parly In behalf of slavo ry, wrong nnd outrage. lint it can hardly bo necossnry, nt least until tbo wounds Inflicted upon tho backs of tho four millions of cx-slnvcs have bad time lo boil. If colored mon.bear no mal ice agnlnst their denioctilie owners, they will not bo apt lo forget who fu'tcued and who broko their chains. Ol'llIlATIONS ol' un; SlII.V.W. SlUlVIL'K llt'iiiiAU. Although Iho Signal Service Is yet lu its infancy, and must be patiently nursed and chciishcd by tho people for some ye.us Ijof re It can expect to do and discharge Us full mission, under flcneral M.ver's indefatigable caie nnd skillful management It hasalieady achieved much good, nnd nunc than compensated tho pub lie for the expense of Its establishment, Slneo It was In-tltiitid last summer "the chief signal ollb er has," to quolelhewoids of the New Yolk World, "Ihoinughly or ganized and equipped u svsb nt which now embraces lulls scientific rasp every part of Iho land from Sandy Hook tothoOoldcn flnto of Cal'liirnlu, nnd fiom Key West to tho Dominion of Cunad.i." Three limes every day syiichronour ob- scrv allons are taken and repoits mado fiom the s;,ons-ono at 8 a. in., ono at I p. in., ami the Ihlid at midnight. These obsei va tlous nte made by Instruments all of which aie perfectly adjusted to a slanihiid nt Washington. They are also all taken at the samo moment exactly, these observa tions and repoits being also limed by tlm standard of Washington time. The reiwrts from Ihc stations me transmitted in full b.v telegraph. Hy a combination of telegraphic eiicults, thoieports of observations made nt dlll'oient points synchronously aro rapidly tiausinilted to tho dlll'ercnt cities at which they aio to be published. They are, however, all se-nt of course to the cen tral ofllce lu Washington. These tcports aie limited to a llxcd number of word", and tl.o time of their tiansinlssiou is also a llxcd number of seconds. These icpoits aro not telegraphed lu figures, but ' lion's fully sptlltd out. Thero aro now uls nt forty-tivo stations for which provlsloi. has been made, and which are in runnliigoieler. These havo been chosen or located at points from which leporls of observations will be most useful ns indicating tho general baro metric pressure, or llio approach and fmeo ol sfottns, and from which storm warn ings, ns tho atmospheric Indications at isc, may bo forwarded with greatest db alt h to Imperiled potts. These stations aro occupied by ex el I nb seivcrs furnished with the best nUanmble Instruments, which arc every day bci "til ing inoio perfect, and to which other In struments aro being added. Tho leporls of obseners aio as yd I udt od to a simple statement of Iho readli ol' all their instiuments, and of any mcboro loglcal facts existing u the station w hen their trl-daily report Is telegraphed, iho central ofllce in Washington. llach observer at theslatiuu writes his in port on manifold paper. Ono copy he pro serves, nnolhcrho gives to the lelegi ph operator, wjio telegraphs 'tho contents to Washington. Tho preserved copy Is a voucher for the report actually sent by the observer; and If the operator Is careless and makes a mistake, he cannot lay tho blanio on the observer, who has u copy of his report, which must boa fao-slinllo of the one be has handed to the operator. The preserved copy is afterward forwarded by the observer-sergeant to tho ofllce lu Wash ington, when) It Is llled, and finally I .on ml upon a volume for lutitio reference, When nil tho leporls from the various stations havo been leceived they arc tabu lated and banded lo the otllcor (Professor Abbe) vvhoko duly It is to wiilo out the synopses and deduce tho "probabilities," which lu a few miuules aro lo botelegraph ed lo the piess all over tho country. This Is a wark of thirty minutes. The bulletin of "probabilities," which at pro scut is all that is undertaken, Is made out thrice dally lu tho forenoon, afternoon, and after tho midnight reports have been received, Inspected, and sludlcd nut b.v llio ciccemipllshcd gentleman and able niclenm loglsl who is at tho bead of this work. The "probabilities" of tho weather Tor the ensuing clay, so soon as written out by the Professor, uro Immediately telegraphed to all newspapers lu Iho country which ale willing In publish them for tho bcnellt of their leaders. Copies of the lelegranis or "probabilities" are also instantly sent to all bn.uds or liude, chambers of coinincice, inerch ints' oxeiiuiige', scionlitle societies, etc., and to conspicuous places, especially sou-ports, nil over the country. While tho Professor Is piepurlng Ids bulletins from the riqmrts Jut furnished him by telegraph Iho sergeants aro prepar ing maps which shall show by arrows and number exactly what vvns tho inetcoroto gle condition of Iho wholo country when the last icports weie sent In. Thesii maps are pilnli'dln quantities, and give all tho signal stations. A down copies nte laid on Iho table with shectH of rciiton paper ta in ecu them, and arrow slumps strike lu them (by the manifold process) tho direc tion of the vv Ind nt each station. The other observations ns to temperature, barometric prcssuie, etc., etc., nro nlso In the same way put on thorn. These maps nio displayed at various con spicuous points lu Washington c. g ot tho War Department, Capitol, Obaerva- lory, Smithsonian Institution, and office or the elder signal oflleor. They sorvo nlso as perfect leeords of tho weather for the day and hour Indlealed on them, and aro bound up In a book for future use, Uvery rciiort and paper that rcachet Iho Signal Olllco Is carefully proaorveil on llio, so that nt tho end of each year the olllco iiosscasos a eompleto hlilory or tho meteo rology of every day In tho year, or nearly fK),000 observations, besides the countless and eohtlniious records from all of Its solf roglaterlng Instruments, Prof. T. 11. Maury, In Harper") Matftinefor AuyiM. A New Motivk 1'ovvKn. Two citizens or Kaslnii, Pa., Samuel Phllllppl mid Col. J. It. Sltgreaves, have for many years en tertained the notion that sturgeons might bo so managed ns lo draw a pleasure lioat. Uiir the last threo summon they have been making experiments lo solvolhe problem, nnd nt last havo succeeded. Tho mode of proeednio has been every spring whou tho sturgeons havo mndo their way up tbo Del aware as high ns llrlstol, to buy a pair, and lowing them behind n boat on tbo Lehigh canal to bring them to Lehigh dam, wheio Iheso gentleman havo n taut houso nnd a pond enclosed for their nqitnllo ponies. Tho mode of harnessing tho sturgeon is pecul iar. A broad Indln-riibtarband encircling each llshjiist behind tho pectoral llns, has a brnss ring attached on lop. Through these rings n stout nshon jhjIc, about eight feet long, Is. Inserted, nnd lo two staples In the pole tho traces nro fastened. Thero is nlso a narrow gum elastic band mound each sturgeon, just behind Iho dorsal fin, with a loop In tho side holding Iho oppo nllo ends or n much slighter pole, to cotn pet Ihem to swim nt n regular dlstamsj from ouch oilier Mr. Phllllppl, who acts us driver, has Ids scut In Iho bowvnud.dl' rect-s their courso wlthn goad, which Is a long pole, nnd thick ns one's wrist, with a sharp spike sticking otil nt tight angles from Hie end, nnd it Is surprising with what ulucrlly they otay. When they aie lo bo turned to the right or lell, n sudden prick on llio opposite sldeof each tutgeon eiii'is the pair to lake tho desired course. When u gieuler speed Is delied they nro pierced near the lull; when they are lo- epiired I" hall tho goad Is reached foivvard, and 1 1 lev are pricked lu front of Iho head. There was much illlllcitlty at llrst In pre venting lhc ll-h Inuii seeking Hie bottom mill nriiw lug ttie lioat under. Thcv weie consequently dilveii in water mil over four lielditp. llr.Slack, however, an eminent ll-li- 'iiltuilst In (ho neighborhood, wlmhail travelled In Fgypl and had observ cd Hie mode of managing slurgisin uttached to boats on the Nile, ovcicumulhu dllllcully, Ho had two lurgc hollow flouts mado lu Iho shape of swans, and painted whlto lo soluble those hi ids. To each of these flouts a cold or time feet was attached and fas tened into the rings on the polo In which tho traces are made fust ; the vv uodcu swans thus scrv lug an oriiuiueutal as well u useful purpose. To eic.tto (ho do uslon lint Hie boat Is ilriwilby swan", a pair of gay loins reach Itoui the bird-like floats lo Iho bow. Tho taat Is shaped like a shell, and lil. Sitgroaves, silling Iu the stern vv it li his trident which he fieqiienl'y cur ries, Is no bad lcpicseulallon of Neptune. Ills I'.illnurtii, Sammy Phllllppl, who keeps a fust team. Is as skillful Iu directing the course id' the hqoeous steeds as he is In diivlug his pair on Iho road. f.ttler lo Ll'MllllR ON L.VKK CllAMI'I. VIN. It Is estimated that one hundred and seventy- live millions of feet of lumber come out of Canada and pass the Custom House at House's Point every season. It is towed In barges by steam tugs, nnd not iinfic- qiten tly Ihice or four ol thee boats, with eight or nine lumber boats nttnrhcd, lire In sight nt ono time. 'I lie lumber mostly comes from. tho Ottawa region, and has to pass tli rough ono or two canals and the Ot tawa, St. Lawrence ami Klehellcu Itlvers before reaching Lake Champlaiii, wheio it is deposited at tl e linmcmo lumber y:ud nt Iluiliiiglnn, House's Point, and oilier places on tho lake, and from there distrib uted nil over tho country by rail and other conveyance. TliU traffic iu lumber Is ev cry year increasing. The Champlaiii U, S. Custom Disliict reaches from Plaits hiiigh, on tho Lake, lo Maloue, on Hie norlhern borders, but lull seven-eighths of the Custom I occipls arc taken at the lake port of House's Point. Dining the pros out season the duties received on inqsirt. passing this pott amount to $2000 per d iv, The duties of the ofllcoof Customs nro well performed by an elllcleut body of faithful men. No place cm the lake Is so advantag eously situated tor an Immense Itiiuhc and machine shop Interest as ltoiiso' Point, and the plnco vv III yet vie vv ith Hurl itigton in those dcpai Intents of business, A weullhy gentleman fioin Ottawa has al icady established n lumber vaid at the place, and elected over -HUH l feet of front ol wharllng, and the silo is attracting the nt te titiou of other capitalist, who are mov lug to transfer other lumber luteiesls to Hie place, and lo erect mills, petition for lneakwaters elc. A Nkw Link kiiom Tiiik-w atkii ki thi: Lakhs. The dally Increasing Inqiorlancc ol Oswego, the second grain sirt ol the lakes and one of tho first In the lumber I Hide, Is not ilkely to be diminished by the iiuiueiiso strides made b.v the region or which It is tho key. Its position lu relation lo the enlarged Wellund Canal, tide-water mid New York city, Is such as to give It uu I mi ii to nt Influence) In Hie future of the country, 'The new (runk lino of rallio.u across Iho Slut of New Yore, connecting vv Ith llde-vvuler nt Itonilout and Kingston Point, will serve Its Interests greatly, und will bo benellled lu tettirn by the Immense development oT tho new noithwcst, and of heku commerce. This lino Is soon to bo completed by tho addition of a link of 100 miles, i mining from Oneonta to Itonilout. This will bring Oswego 2.1 miles nearer to New York than any other roulo and 107 miles nearer to llos ton, It Is needless to say thai It will obtain largo local tralllc, which must benefit tbo legion which it drains. Thirty-six miles aio now in operation, and 10 miles further will be opened August 15th. Nearly threo fouilhs of tho road Is graded, and it is hop ed that the wholo will bo finished In Oelo her next year. Mink Hukkm.no. A eoi respondent of Iho MuIuoViirmor furnishes an Interesting notice oT It.iooii llroihors' mink breeding establishment lu Charleston, Mo,, near Fast Corinth, They have eighteen roll grown minks two males and sixteen fe. males, Tho liiclostire, Including a portion of a brook, Is of codar posts and sheet Iron and wire gratings, which Is constructed on a ledge of solid rock. It Is found that tho minks, which aro caught In box traps, are easily tamed, gregarious in Ihelr habits, preferring to lie dawn In groups und hud ello together. They aio aquatic lu their habits, and very expert clivers and swim mors. Their rood Is principally meat and fish. They nro slock, lliiolooklngnuliuals, cptlto playful and seem to enjoy doincstloj Unit, Tho writer was shown nun of the feminine gender exercising her maternal Instincts In nursing her throe little ones, then two weeks old. They bring forth I'loin threo to six lo a Utter and brivd once u year. Tho Messrs. Bacon having gained considerable vaiuauto experience as re curds lhelr management, are niillo sail' gulno of success, As prime skins are worth six dollars to eight, they hope to make It a paying business. A St. Louis court granted 28 divorces n single day recently. More than half of tho niimtar were nermann. The story of William Toll and tho ap- o is distinctly told In an ancient Persian manuscript lately discovered nt Ilrcslati. Coolness, nnd absonceof heat and baste. indlerito line qualities. A gentleman maVca no noise; n lady Is aerene. Italph U'eildo Einrmon. Illllous humanity will hall with un feigned delight thonunounreincnt Hint Cal ifornia expects to harvost .10,000 gallons of castor oil this season. New York h:is2:lpnrk"of vnrlousslr-rs, ith n total nreu of 1007 ncrcs. The total cost of Iho Central Park nnd Its Improve ments bus been 911,108,840. A clever fellow has Invented an antl- ireaeh-or-proiniso Ink to bo lisesl In writ ing love letters, as It fades away in nliout Mir weeks, leaving tho sheet entirely lank, It took 10,000,000 dozen or ImiNirtod irscls lo sulflclcnlly squeuxu cjur-A.iuufl- aii women, l.wt yenr, besides-, l,fi00,000 made lu lids country. Aliout 200 elo7cli were liuporlcl exclusively for some anom alous creatures who call themselves men. V correspondent III the Interests ofhn- inaiillv Informs The Tribune thai nn nggra- did ease of cancer In the face vvuctncd by Inserting a scion In the leg, and thus keeping up a perpetual Issue. All vestiges r the usually I'dal aflllollnu h ive vaiu-ii- ed. -As an evlilcino of Ihc wonderful ex clusion of Methodism lu America, the hurch oig.m stales the fad that during the past year then' was u new church esiin- leted, on Iho average, every throe .wot k- ing hours, or font for every day lu lite car. -The lion. Saniuel Shellabugcr, M. C, In a letter lo . I. ((. How aid on all culture, takes. oee islon thus vigoiouslyto stale au opinion which he may not be altogether n- lonc lu entertaining: "Though wo (the American people) are the all-iulghtlest peo ple that ever was or will lie, yet the ten dency or iurull-inluhtliieH Istn run us lu lu bluckttuards." Mr. John Ud.vards of liclle'fontali.e. eihlo, Is a person of unreasonable oxpecta- lions. Ills gie.it-grundfuther, V) yeats ano, leased, it Is staled, a large tract of country lu lluglaiul lo King (Icorue, and now (he lease cxplilug (blows Iho properly Into Iho iniN or the heirs, who will be obi i go, I to take charge, II Is said, or something like $s2,ono,nno. A certain lecturer, having occasion lo use tho woiel "phenomenon, ' Imagined that he had flown too high, and that hi" meaning was not v Isible lo the naked in telligence of Ihe spectatois. "II Is poss). hie," he remarked, "that you don't know what a phenomenon Is. Well, I will toll vou. You have seen a cow, no doubt. Well a cow Is not a phenomenon. You have seen an npple-tiec. Well, an apple- tree i not a phenomenon. Hut when vou see Iho eow go up the tree tall foremost, lo plek the apples, II Is a phenomenon." Louisiana will produce a magnificent sugar crop lids year, the cane turning out well. Prices will also bc good, owing to tho Cuban revolution, which has crippled the crops lu that countiy. The aggregate falling oil' lu the production of cane sugar countries Is about 150,000 tons, while the annual consumption of the world Is rapidly Increasing, and now amounts to at least 2,- iOO.OOO tons. So thero are better days In store for the sugar planters of the south. Ill a few years, at most, all southern crops will leach their auto helium standard. I illy 1, 1801, just 70 years ago, ono of tho first steamboats ever built, made a trial tilp cm llio Thames. Tills is the account of It given by Iho London papers or the diy: An ex port incut has taken place un the liv er for the purpose of winking a barge or any other heavy emit against vv bid mid tide by inouns ol'u steaiu-englnc, on a very sim ple construction. The moment the engine wus set lo work, the largo was brought nliout, answering her helm quickly; and she proceeded ut onco to make way against u strung ebb tide al the rale ol nearly 2) miles au hour, The Free Mcthodl-l of New York clt.v has a telling article on "Methodist Dram Shops," in which It says: "In no one tiling does Hie .Methodist Uplscopal c hurch of lo day manifest Its want of principle more than In lis connivance nt Iho sain of Intoxi cating llquois us u beverage. The disci pline foi bids the tralllc. Hut iiiiii-selllng Is profitable, and lo build and inn tine churches rich men ate necessary." It then adds tlic following fads: "In llochestcr, N. Y., the must genteel, fashionable elruni selling establishment, the Osburne House, Is owned by a pioiulnent member of the First Methodist Fplsoopal Church. In Wllki'sbane, Pa., tho leading hotel Is own ed by u loading coinlnnnlcaut of tho same deiiomin.itiou." Wish Powkii. Tho possible adaptation of wind-mills tu moio general uses than those to vv hh li Ihey aie ul present applied, we Ic.iiii Ironi u paragraph Iu tin exchange. We aie told that the Dcni' crat, of Medina, New York, uses wind power to run its printing presses. Tho wind wheel Isofa new pattern, Is very simple lu Its construc tion, lather ornamental, und not liable to get out of older, It Is admirably adapted to pumping water, cutting and grinding feed, running elder-mills, ooru-shellers, saws, Ac. Any common carpenter can build and put ono up without elllllculty. We know nothing personally of thlslnven Han, but give it this amount of gratuitous notice, lu the hope that It may prove to possess all the advantages which aro claim ed for it. Mercantile Journal, lti:ui.Iiv roll SriNCis. Tho other day, while gleaning a few remaining Hrudshaws, as I took hold of a plum It sent a spark of llio Into my linger. At any rate that wa the Impression of the moment, till a while headed hornet darted oil'. I found It con venient to come down from tho tree. Hut let me lell your million leaders that wo havo discovered one pood use for to bacco. It Is one of the best remedies for nil stings of all Insects! Wet It so thai the Julceshall start, ami place it on tho part stung, and In nun moment you are all right again. Last season n llltlo grandchild, walking In Iho grass near a bank, fell upon a nest of hornets, nnd Iho hornets speedily fell upon her, Sho was badly stung in 8 or 10 places. Her screams brought the nurse. She ton, screamed. F.vcrybody ran out of the house. "What's tho nutter?" And "what's the matter?" sounded from half a score of frightened mouths. Tobacco was at baud. Little wads of It were wetted, taundou the parts stung, and In leu minutes the llttlo girl was playing again, nimble as a cricket. And chletly to set forth this remedy have we Introduced this article. We rejolco at length lo learn that tobacco lias somo reason for existing. It Is tho nasty plague of neat men, but It Is llio good antidote for venomous Insect stings., IF. Bcccher.