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VOLUME XXVI. BIDDEFORD, ME., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1870. NUMBER 21.
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Editor i»n<l Projirlntor.
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Hlill, lip to lip. »<• rlloe »«r ay* into thee*
What IN vl» thy (laae** to my anal the link —
What mad* me bara thy rrr\ breath In drinh—
My life la thin* to etnk T
Ai fVom Utoimqirrur'i iawi<to<t (luii,
File*. withnat itrife nUanl, tbeceoty il*r«— *
H«S »h«a to HWi an|v»p|»l M I «**
Thjr (iM Jr*w in«r mm! )K«f lrini»|>b*atlr —
Yield* a»t my dm I to thnaf
Why from lu lord <loth thai my ma) depart •
li it Ww iU ailii* ii ■mi. iu art?
won U»*> hMton m Um duiur>ii««,
Twla-haeei, Mkwall. mlia th* llaki th«ybar*
Sljjh to ha huand oar* antra*
War* nor* oar Wine* M*at and intertwining.
And lh*r*f»r* ■ till my heart fhr thin* to pialagr
Kaew we th* light *<t mm* estingutihed «an—
Th* Juyi remote -t «>me bright realm undone,
Wh*r* o*e* *ar toato w«reooa^
Tm, Itbn1 Ami tVm werthoaad to ma
la Um l<»nc nnuM KM eternally •
la U>* <larfi trebled uhlet. whleb enroll
Th* l*art my ma** baheld th* Ma— 1 wrall—
"0m with thy l«*a, my »ml •"
Oh tm, I learwad la IM. wK«« tuml thera.
11..w MM, owe hrt«fc«. In—f mU llfc wa »w» ■
llow one«. ww glortoa* ■—enee M a lf»i.
I'lifiii rv*1 »paw> «mr fh*mlrM Ji-U4r|M liw
All uUmm *h«-dal
Round ««. In w»tor* of dell*ht, torerer
V oluttlaou* flowed the Hearealy MrUr river ;
W« wnrt the mwtrr of the ae*l of thin**,
Ao<l wh-re ik* NMklM Wlhed Trwlh'» i»mnUin
Mtam
Q«lrrr<d owr gUwelag viae*.
W««p Ibr the gndllka lift «• l«wt afcr •
W«m I IkM a»t 1 Ua --altored ft»pn«U u»
And ■till Ik* ura«<|**red mmlnc »• reUin
8i|k to raatora the raptara uH Uw r*im.
And p»» dlrlaa again.
And U>fr»P*t< mm* tome lb* wUh W> who then—
Hull ll» to M|» lo allac l« ay* anto ihm
Thla ud' Uur i*um to my Ml Ua link;
Thl* mada m* bwrv Ihj rarr hrwath to drink
My Ulk la thin* to rink ;
And there^r*. a» tolhra the *n»*|werr>r,« Hair*
KlWa, «I<Ik«I «trifr nW««l, Um> r*alx alare,
th, when In I tit'a angnardad fcrt I
Thy pM draw aear aad near triumphant ly -
Yieldath ay Mml to thee!
Thi'fHhf* my ao«l doth from IU lord depart,
halovad, IU aalir* home th««a art»
ITiiiitt I"- " **~*'— hara,
Ami Ml with an* 1. I. Uaawaat kuaaf yara,
Maato aad aaitoa u(N nwra!
TV*. Uk> ah. there thr *a*«a* n ma dwell*.
An>l Uir yoaax hlaah tha teodrr anawer t-lU,
Ym! wtlll Ua dear relation .till We thrill,
Iloth lira*—lh*' eallaa fram tha homeward hlU
Oaa lifh—all ftowtn* (till!
JkgviaittuKil.
Waah for Barns.
There is no chcap auhntitute for oil
paint. All the different kinds of white
washing are incapable of shutting out
moMturo. The sides of baDdii^i e«|»e«
ially exposed to rains will lora a j»ortion
of any kind of wash by the comliinwl ac
tion of fn*t ami moisture. CMl paint ob
viates Ikb difficulty. There are many
different kinds of wash recommended;
but with a single exception, w« never
found any thing better than a mixture of
good lime and water. This exception
wo have math* a through trial with. A
rough burn, which received a coating font
year* ago, now retains umst of it, al
though a considerable )M»rtion is scaled off
on the moMi rx|MMn| Hide. Thin wvh is
iu.m!o sultsUntiullv at follows. Due |*vk
of fine beach aaau. thr»*> jweks of water
lim<» ami four quart* of salt. Tln-se j»r.>
j»ortionH might vary without detriment—
there should he u much aaml as can be
conveniently applied with a brush. A
farm laborer applied this mixture early
last rammer to two rough I Kirn*, oa«
about thirty by fifty-five feet. the other
twenty by thirty, in three ami a half day*,
consuming two bushel* of water-lime,
which waa neurit the whole coet of the
material. This eoating. now nearly one
year's standing, ap|»ears to be as good as
the day it was put on. It will be per*
ceived that the expense is onlv about one
tenth the coat of * coat of {taint.
Over-Feeding Laying Hons.
Laving brni eanuot mamifaetnre pjw*
out of nir slmM. IVr must hnvf a lib
er.d supply of albuminous food that will
furnish*gjr producing material. Seavcr
writes: "mre is nothing gained by feed
ing your laying hens a* thot.gh vou were
f.ilteaing ihmu for tuarkrt. feyi ially
will this remark apply while law are
running out. This thing of over-eating b
hurtful to anything that eats. It U nat
ural far a fowl to be on th«i look-nut the
most of her tin*, and swallow a grain
at a time an It is found, and thrive l*^t
living in this manner. Not so with man
or Ix'.'ut. It Is best for the latter to eat
meals at curtain peri<«la. and not rat a
inrticle Iwtwivn meals. F«ed fowls a
little at a time, and oAen. . CJmwn fowls
kIhhiM not he fed less th.»n thn-e time* a
day. 1 lind that if I over-feed fowls,
thev go off in some corner and sit down
siml chill, if thn wmathev is fold; where
as. had I given them half as much, thev
would have continue*! moving round
feeling well, and seemingly getting th.-tf
<'*fTvi« that their nature r" puses. by
keeping their blood in healthy action.
By this means my hens are better off in
ever)' rasped; one-half of my grain Is
saved, and as gvwat a (tersentago of eggs
is secured."
How to secure good Oats for Seed.
"As we sow, so shall we reap," is an
accepted truth. If you sow smnil, tutor
oats, you will reap thesame kind. Swe
dish ami Norway oats are the rage now;
|*ertait me therefore U> propose for itnila
tion the Swedish p&>cceding to obtain
plump and goud seed oats, l'lace your
«ial»iii a hr.tp on the middle of the
thrashing floor, «n the end thai the wind
blows in. Her a milking stool ami a
•mall saop«« flour aouon will- do—and
throw the oats with a light turn of the
wrist, the other end of the floor,
* K*ntle wind. A little practice
will soon enable you to throw it in a half
circle at the same'dietanec. Swrepoff now
and then. If yon have much, the utmost
circle Air dnJL the light oats fur feed,
and the weed seed tg hum. You will
have seed oats worth to sow, without
buying at $6 per bushel. I hare seen
uala grow in Sweden until 1 was forty
years old. but I novae saw a heavy crop
whan the seed was not seleotad as
above.—Cor. Country Omtlamut.
"I mm mmr MUiag my buh Um otha- day,'
■aid Scuttle to his frWad. "Ifou mt" "Well,
I had thoa kalfeeled."
Dairy Soiling.
The high price of <lairy product* for the few
last jr»n indicate* either tlial milch cowa are
Mrcr, or that tKrrr ia not a auflktent quanity
of land in pasturage. The scarcity of choice
butter ant I the abundance of that of inferior
quality, anl the loan which Aurora aurtafn by
the n|«l <fat>riiwtio« of the inferior article
are of aufficient importance to demand an in
quiry into the — which produce aweh an irv
jurioos effect on ooe of the moat important prod
ucts of the farm
With the imreaiing price of land soar our
large tuwiw, ami the iliaiaml *>r milk be their
growing ppililim, the subject of wiling ia ro
eeiving conniderable Attention. By aoiling ia
meant th e keeping up < f cattle during the u«ual
pasturing in l«nw, rr yard*, ami the
fading of them on green food, which haa Iven
a|ieciailj cut Ibr them, instead of turning .tbeiu
into the field* to gatlo-r their own fiod.
A popular objection to thia imide of keeping
milch cows ia, that want of eierciw mast eff«ct
injuriously the health of the animal. To thia,
Kurvpean writer*, auitie of whom have kept, in
thia way, large herd-, rejJy that they never hail
one sick, or one die, or one miscarry, in oon**v.
qwewee. After more than ten Tear*' pursuance
of the aame practice, my experience juatifica me
in uaitiag my tmtimony to their*.
Aa to the qaaaitr of milk being iiwmtMil by
»>iling, those who have tried it agree ia laying
that they believe it to be ao, and^aa to the aut>
ject of naun, that the quantity ia greatly in
creased doe* not admit of a doubt.
The question here arise*, how are the cattle to
be kept, in the barn-rani or in a atable ? This
nuat be deoided by the fkrmer himaelf, accord
ing to circumatancea. When the convenience
xnd room are sufficient, a mixer I plan of letting
tWa go rml for exercise, and shutting them up
when (lie* are troublesome, allowing the circum
stance* of weather, time of day, feeding, Ac.,
t« govern the treatment of the animal*, will be
low ml in the U»t. D-t the feeding be regular,
xnd aee that they are auptilied with equal regu
larity with the purest and must whoiefeutiie wa
ter that can be procured. These are all items
of advantage, that go to a well the nan of argu
ment* in fhvor of aoiling.
IB t*g*nl to ibe runi wmcn snouu ne grown
fi r the feeding of tHe cattle, firat in iraporUnoe
in Indian eon, and for iu c lltiration the *>il
Mionld be well prepared both ia re*pect to pul
irritation and manuring. In appljring manure
IH it be borne in mind that re are r»ot growing
com for grain; bat that we dsaira a quick anil
earlj crop of stalks, ami therefore want rr anure
in a more thorough state of decomposition than
wo«M be desirable in growing a cn>p of grain.
The wed raajr be town brwloait| and thia ia
nerha|« the nxat umal practice, bat putting it
In with a drill ia undoubted)/ the better plan,
potamsing eren more advantage* than drilling
in wheat. If, however, it ia decided for g»«l
rra»>ii< to anw broadcast, from three to R>ur
bushels of seed should be used per acre, ami
harrowed ia with well decomposed manure,
iprmd upon the surface. When the 'drill ia
ned, the ground ahould be manured nnd har
rowed previous to putting in the aeed. We
recommend the surface application of tninure
in thia caae becauae we believe that the crop,
which we ara going to reawn ms aarljr aa we
can grew it, wil] get myra of ita fertilmng pn»p
■rtif* than if plowed in. Sow in drills about
two feet apart. Thia allowa the uaa of a eultiva
ler, or bora»-hoe, thua securing the benefit of
baring the soil loosened ami the weeds kept
(own. The gruaarr kind* ofeorn, aa the Ohio
jr Southern, are considered the moat profitable,
tlthonjth thia la a question that in.gr not be
ionclurivsljr settled.
ixaiucs our 11, rjr, imncj «u<i vaia, aiirii^
ihe grains, aixl. «U»Trr, timothy, millet, 4c.,
iroong the grains, are u«ualy t«d to soiled cat
lie. la regtrd to the subject of ssed tube sown,
ind tlic time of sowing. To produce a •uflici
rnt quantity of succulent food, h>w—
1. A* carlr in April as the lain 1 will permit,
which is u-oially I etweeo tho 5th ami 10th, on
Eruperly prepared laud, oats at the rate of four
u'bcla to the acre.
i A ho lit the 'JOth of the name month, sow
either oats or barley, at the same rata per acre.
3 Larly in May now, in like manner, either
of the above irraiits.
4. lletween the 10th arxl 15th of Mar, sow
ln<iiao corn, (the tL\t Smthern being the bea()
in drills, three bushels to the acre.
5 About the "J all of May, sow oorn again
in like proportions.
0. About the 6th of June, rvpeal tbe low
ing of corn.
7. After the above mentioned sowing, barley
sbouM be sown on the 15th and -.">th of June
ami mrtjr in July; hurkjr bein^ the beat quali
fied to re»i»t the early frost*
Theee directions, of course, refer to the north
ern an.l nixMIr State*; in the southern State*
w>w :u> early aa the seanwi will admit. Ai soon
m the first sowing isfeil off, the land >houl<l lie
well miiurel ami plowed an I again sowed
with awl, pursuing this practice with all the
laml frotn which f.«l>ler h.i* l<een removed in
in time ftir a new crop to be grown, which can
onlv be in tiwi of early sowing. Aa to the
ijnantity of land to be cultivalad, a square rod
bf rich loan in grass. oats, barley, or Indian
com, is enough to support one cow a day, if cut
ftn<l f.oI to her in the barn.
If there should l<e a greater growth than is
o»o«iime>l in the green Mate, it would not be
h*t, a* it may he cured for winter use.—A mer
it an Stutk Journal.
Tur. Oldest Vksski. Akloat.—'The old
wlnling ship Truel..ve, now hailing from
Hull, hngland, waslioill for the merchant
troth), in 1'hibMlt*l|*liuc. in the year 17»U.
having reached tin* |KUriank.tl a»v or 1«H»
vmn The Tni<<lor« was employed dur
liig th«* Revolutionary War m a privateer,
but was unfortunately captured by a Brit
ish cruiser. and in the yonr 17M0 she was
purchase! from the British coranwirat by
parties In Hull. She was then employe*!
in the wine trade, between Oporto ami
Hull. In 17H4 she ww transformed into
n whaler, ami In this tro«l«> she was singu
larly fortunate. In 1KM) the Troelore
formed one of the flewt in Melville Bay,
wlien twenty staunch and strong vessels
were totally lost and twelve other* wen*
seriously damaged by th«! ice. Tbo Truo
love, wl«*n exposed to a heavy mnieeze
anion;; the ice floss, would quietly rise up
on the surface ami rest there until the
iktnger was past This peculiarity w:is
due to the remarkable and almost unique
iiuhI' I of the old ship, which modern
builder* might, in some |toiuU. do well to
copy. As late as lMi-' site was again
anion^ the ice floes, as Unigh as over,
while several siii|ts around her were
wrecked, and on another occasion she lay
for six weeks upon the ice in Melville Bay.
This remarkable vesnel has made eighty
voyages 1«> Creenlvl *n,l IHtvis' Strait.
Sine*' I Hi'. 7 «h«« ha« lw«en employed in car>
rying ice from Norway fur tlio Kuglish
market. During the long tmm* of the
Truelmrn in the whaling business she has
carried oil from between throe or four
hundred whales, besides seals and other
jtmdnutii <»f the Arctic seas. The True
love u still tu tight as a bottle.
Th<* W lhtkn of Yorkonee remarked
to Odonel W., at the mcsgof the Klevcnth
IlogitueuU tliat the Colouel was unooru*
monly hah I, ami although a mueh yminj*
er man Una hU ltoval llighn«<M. be stood
in more need of a wig. The Colonel, who
had been vary loaf standing In tbo ser
vice. and whose promotion had b*en by
no means rapid, Inflamed kb Koval High
new that his baldness ooukl easily be ao
o.nnUxl for.
•In what manner** asked the duke. To
which Coloael W. roptted— ' 4
'By jny junior oQkwrs stepping over my
h«ad.*
The Puke was so pleased with th* reply
thai the gallant Colonel received promo
tion in a few slays.
^Uisrrllaneous.
TWO WEEK8 IN COLORADO.
From Cheffr»»* In fort Collins.
HT KDXA DKAN PKOCTOK.
(>n th<* lfith of last July three of our
California party led the l'aclfle Hallway
at Cheyenne lor a newer view' of the
mountain* of Colorado. Chejenne IIom
in tho 'grvAt plain at tho eastern foot of
thni |nrt of ihn lluckv Mountains known
a* the Itlrvok Hills. You can aearcelylio
lieve it U mora than six thousand feet
above tho sea when 3*ou mark to tho
south and west the snowy peaks just jhhm
Ing aliove the hcrizon. "It hpd seemed to
ni«* in {% desert, tui«l its street* a uieh) en
campment, when Wu passed through it on
our wny to the I'acilV; l«it, after arid
California, and naked Nevada, and the
prav wastes and salt sea* and l>arren hilU
of ('tah, the hl^h picture-land* of Wyo
ming went elieerfid and hoiiieliku to the
eye; and, compared with the canvas cities
hnyond. Cheyenne with its rtruotam of
Itriek and w<mmI, looked stately and stable
and ohh *
Denver In** one one hundred and lit
teen mile* tin** south. Stages run daily
lietween the two poinU; bat. preferring
to take our own time, we T»ad engaged a
comfortable carriage, with two hoCMS and
a driver, .*tnd the next morning were up
lwtinww iiihI nwlr for the journey. A
light wind hlew over the plain, there was
not a cloud !u the sky, and we longed to
lie on our way lie fore the cool iMwii should
give place to the sunny day. "The truth
is;" said the landlord of the raijwav hotel,
as we silt in the hall waiting for Um> omt*
ri<ye—"the truth is, nobody pies to IhiI
iu Cheyenne till the next day. Your
driver is awleep somewhere." So it uroved.
On the new hay of the shihle-loft he was
quite oblivious of the rising sun, and it
was not until a messenger was dispatched
for him that he brought tlie carriago to
the door. He showed himself, however,
to ho n thorough good follow, and, having
"roughed It" it on the border for ten
veara among miners, rebels, and Indian*,
he was equal to any emergency. Manv a
long hour on the roswl did he tieguile with
stories of his life, startling as a Dime
Novel; anil with recitals of acts of hero
ism and generosity among the pioneers.
I am not sure hut I hen) is as much practi
cal Christianity here in the interior as on
the seaboard. ' All the conditions of ex
istence are more natural. Vice shows it
self openly; but so al>*> does virtue. Tho
warm heart ami the ready hand go to
gether. There U littlo of the policv and
intrigue of the great world; and.If we
look d«>ep enough, wn shall soe it Is the
old communities quite as much as the new
that stand in need of regeneration.
cnevcnnu wm nanny uwukt ivs wo
drove out, although it waft h»lf-|iast rflx'
o'clock. The shops hihI u welling-houses
wcro closed, rind the canvas doors of the
tent* <lo\rn. and no on** stirring ap|>arcnt
ly, but those who wen? called up hy flic
necessities of th« railway. On tho out
skirts of tho place the" freighters were
aslefp under th«*ir wagons, or busy pre
wiring th«» morning meal, which in towns,
as well a* in the open plains, they take by
their teams. Crossinj: the little erock
which supplies Cheyenne wiih water, w»k
Soon )sissed the last cabin, and timed
square to the south, with the mountains on
our right, twenty miles away, and the un
dulating prairie beforo. Now there were
neither fenee nor house nor tree; nothing
to mark the presence of man hut the road,
with the deep ruts of the heavy-wheeled
wagon*. Indeed, so n>ugh had they ma*lo
the tnick th.1t much t>f the way we drove
our lijrht carriage over the smooth prairie
at its side. Cattle, branded with the own
er's name, were feeding hfiv and there;
and at everv mile wo )msao«l the horns
and whitening Indies of those who had
lain down here to die—part belonging ts»
the domestic breeds, and pirt to the buHa
lo henls that «»nce miunod undlsturlied
over these limitlcMs p*.*tun»s. Koine three
mile* out th« carcass of an ox lay by the
mulsidv, frightfully swollen. l^ie p»»or
creature hail been killed by eating the
"Poison Weed"—a little, inconspicuouit
plant, with yellow ilowera, which, over
nil the region alw>iit Cheyenne, comes un
with the llr>t grass in the spring. With
the heats of .Inly it had almost disappear
cd; but hen1 and there a tiny >talk was
gn»wing. Norsk's never touch it, but it
is sometimes cropped by cattle, when it is
certain death. The hideous image of fills
ill-fated o\, cut off in his innocent prime,
haunted me tlimu^h the day, and 1 mild
but lio^M* that with tho sweet heritage of
some hlysian Field he would be coui|»eti
sated for the deadly fix*! of thLs.
i no rancne.v or Mauwiwnw on um
nnwl wi'jii from eight to sixteen. mil***
:»|r*rt. To the ri«;nt wen> always the
mountains—lirstthe foot-hilU. rising bold
lv from the plain like a lino of cliffS from
tlio sua, dark witli (lines or smiling with
pastures, cleft with ravines through which
the stmum find their way U> the Platte,
and changing their lights and shadows
with every cloud and breeze. lloyood
towen*l the loftier peitks, lumruck and
snow, from which thu continent siojws
an av to either oeenn. On the left wa*
th«» "prairie, stnHehing for hundreds of
utiles to the Missouri, and through much
of its lnvadth tenanted only by the buffalo
and the Indian. &*»n railroads from
Cheyenne ami St. Louis will cross these
uplands, on their wav to Denver; the n»d
man and the bison will sock some remoter
solitu<k«; ami in the dull soourity which
comes with civilization thenmianco and
novelty and picturesque life will vanish
forever. llappv went wo to see them in
coni|iaritive (richness. :tml while yet there
w.is a spice of danger in their air.
At the first ranche. seven miles from
Cheyenne, we stop|ied for breakfast. The
proprietor was a iMuhelor, with a reserv
ed face and manner, and :ui appearance
of entire satisfaction in hi* isolated,
ind<'|MMulent life the housekeeper, ti bright
tyiil pleasaut-tongucd, neat-handed wom
an, "born Ka^t," she said, aud but recent
ly come In're from Cheyenne—one who
must have suffered some wreck on life's
sea to hare drifted thus alone into this
noteless harbor. While hratkfast w;w«
|t«psrinK—ham ami I'jgp, with biscuit
and coffee, laid on a snowy cloth—the
h<wt Inquired cf the driver if we wen'
armed; adding that there were rumors of
a raid by the Ara|iahocs, and that we hail
lietier keep the mail over the plain rather
than that nearrr to the mountains. Fire
arms seems to lie here a part 01U»e furni
ture of every house1. 1'istoU and ammu
nition were easily procured, aud. to pro
vided. we set forth again about nine
o'clock. The sun was hoi and high, and
through the sultn\ dusty atr ^he moun
tains lay dim ami droaniy on the western
horizon. We soou passed from Wyoming
into Colorado. and eaiue to that singular
group or rooks fitly called the Natural
Fort. They rise from ten to fifty feet
high. enclosing a space perhaps one hun
dml-feet squan* and so regular In outline
that it teems at first sight as if they innst
bo the rude work of some race now jwss
ed away. Hv adding a few stones at one
point, a strong corrnl has boon made,
much used by herdrfrs. A few years
since. one of them had driven his cattle
Into it for the night, when ho was attack
ed by a hand of Indians, rotting himself
in ahlgh place, whure a depression in tlie
rocks screened him from their view, ha
used his tnisty rilio to such advantage that
they lit-.I. leaving him ami his charge MM
molested. Thelnost interesting fesitnro
of the rotwl thenceforth was the prairie
dog towns through which wo frequently
(Kissed. Those little creatures, more like i
squirrels than dogs, Inhabit thohigh plains
from Mexico to the far north, subsisting on
grass and roots, and choosing for their
domiciles tho sari Ay knolls romoto fW»mj
water. It was pleasant to «eo thorn frisk
ing nl>out, never far from homo and al
ways making toward it with a sharp crv,
miscalled a hark, as tho carriage approach
ed. They burrow. In the ground to tho
de|>th of several foot, and their holes, into
whh'h thev piling*; when thoy are disturb
ed, resemble huge ant-hills. Often thoy
sit erect, like squirrels on the heap of sand
at the mouth, their fore-paws drooping
llke half-cmrtod arms ; and I never saw
them in this posture, with their sleek di
minishing heads tind brown coats, that I
did not think of toImnI monks at their tle
votions and fancy them the pmuy her
mits of the praire. Their flush' w said U)
Ih) coarso and unpalatable, though it is
sometimes eateu in an extremity by hun
ters and Indians. Our driver told us that
he and two companions were onee block
ed up bv suow on tho |tlalns, nnd for two
days had nothing to eat liut prairie «U>gs;
"but," said he, "It was a g»»od while Itofore
the taste got out of the ftylng-nan."
Peace to the harmless eoni|iany and sal
vation from tho rover's cuisine! Their
gambols will soon lie uvor, for, like tho
nobler denizens of the plains, theydisaiH
jx-ar at the advance of tho railway and too
town.
Kadi snceodiug undulation or tlw
prairie was *> exactly alike ihu last thai
wo could hardly toll whether we were
going forwanl or retracing our stoj*.
Indeed. all Ihivt varies lite monotony of
tho entlro route Is the changing aspect of
the mountain*, and the streams which
{rlide from thorn into tho plain, their
tanks lined with cotton-woods and grey
green willows, and perhnns tho aftyaccnt4
land irrigated and enclosed for farms. In
tlio sultry noon we caino to Box Elder'
('reek, and halt««l for dinner at a ranoho
kept by an Englishman, also a bachelor
with a Portuguos for a cook. The house
hail four rooms—a kitchen and dining*
room, whoite floors wero of oarth. and it
liar-room and tho licd-room of tho |irn*
prietor, finished with- hoards. Tho bed
room, whleh was given us, had a quiet
comfortable look • although a mischiev
ous goat persisted in jumping up from the
outside and milling and tearing the calico
curtain which hung ovor tho small open
window. When I spoke of it to the land
lord. he only laughed and said: "Yus Ln
likes to do U»H» " liberty is there i*
Colorado! On tho table was a flute, with
an odd volume of "Weak House;" and
alxivo it hung a brace of loaded pistols.
Dinner was delayed • for a remarkable
pudding the cook was concerting, evident
ly his rAi/ <f online—a kind of Imttcr stufT
«m| with "raisins—but which proved far
less palatable than tho nlain haiu and bis
cuit. This jolly Englishman's seemed to
Iki a favorite resort ft»r tho freighters, sev
eral of whom were taking their noonday
rest in the vicinitr, and coming in and
out of the house with jokes and laughter,
while their unyoked cattle were quench
ing their thirst in the great trough by the
door. Just as wo were finishing dinner,
a shepherd-dog came hwwling into the
house, holding up his swollen leg, which
a rattlesnake had bitten. Instantly- the
men seized him, |>ourod a tapper full of
whiskey down his throat—at which he
howled worse than ever—nnd then bound
up tho wound in a poullico of raw
onions and salL Wo learned afterward
that th«««e remedies proved efficacious,
nnd that tho next day ho was abroad as
ever.
under lowonnp ciouus anu warm orup
ping rain wo went on to tho settlement
on Cache lo l'ourire Crock, Fort Collin*.
Tho fort has Ixt'n MmotfnM ahanrionwl;
but there are sovofal houses horn, and
tho rich lands alonj; the iwk furnish va
rious supplies to tho market of Cheyenne.
Wo found a degree of comfort nt u aumll
inn, kept by a widow from Wlsoonsln;
an elderly woman of rrooluto character,
whose children, save tho youngest son,
were all settled in Illinois, but jvho pre
ferred tho plains to tho prnrio.s. Shu
spoke with enthusiasm of Colorado, of
its admirable elimate, which marie her
feel ftrong anri young again, of its pro
rinctivo soil, of tho advantages It offered
for the roaring of stock, anri dwelt with
satisfaction n|»on tho ox«"ellent prioo sho
hail jnst received for somo young outtlo
raised in the open pastures, never housed
or fed, and which sho wiiri sho hail hanlly
soon until tho riaj' of tho sjiIo. Sho was
a rievotcri Muthoriist, anri regretted that
that wo could not stay to attend tho con
ference meeting which was to bo hold in
tho sottlomont on the Saturday following;
and sho whs sure that tho sinking and ex
hortation would repay one for miming
tho territory to hoar, Indoeri, the seem
eri t«» think ovorything riosirablo was to
bo found in Colorado.
At sunsot tho clocde rolled nwav, and
tho luountaius noar its hero, rose bathed
in crimson and gold, or dazzling white
with snow, above Uioir-pine-clad slo|M«
of vivid green. Wo watched thom fade
into violet, into night; anri thou, while
all the stars came out, anri there was no
sound save tho sighing of tho wlixt, or,
at intervals, tho mournful cry of tho
coyote, wo lay down to sleep In their
shadow.
Mr*. Catherine Mar*h of Baltimore, but week
in a freak of inmoity, murdered her four chil
ilrm by cutting tlyMr throat*. 8be attempted to
kill her mother and Inflicted upon ber frarful
trvlx* with her butcher knifc, but It is tbougbt
tb« old My will raouftr. It is suppneed that
h«r inwnilr *w caused by the mysterious ab
senoe of ber huahand.—Iter. Dr. Woyntou of
Washington, D. C., denies having had any com
plicity in the ebargea brought against Uen. How
ard by Mr. Wood.—Oct. Jordan, latrly com
mander of the L'ubu foroaa, with lit oompanie*.
arrived at Nmwi on the I'2th mat. (Jon. Jor
dan kalends to pnxwl to Ne# JfoHt.—There baa
been a great Fenian scare on the Canadian fron
tier. and great arar preparationa have bera made,
but no Fenian* hare appeared, ana the authori
lies are disband in* their volunteers and aeoding
the boya hotoe.—Spain expects to deriv* from
the Cuban rerenue tbe promt year #60,000,000.
—A lad by tbe nam* of Load, Urine at Maklea.
was strwek by the 6 o'leck down train ftwai Baa
ton last Hatufday, while attempting |o croaa, as
the train waa paaiiag tkrangh that place, and
Instantly killed.—The water In the MiaaWjvp!
near Is said la be three inohae higher than ever
bribre known.—Wlnniplsaoagee lake la elear of
lee and the lake navigation la aoon to ownmenoe.,
The flteamw Chosoraa, having nmlarpana tW
oojrb repaire, was launched at Meredith taat Sat
urday, awl la «ooa*to ooanxnoe her regular
trips.
Why ia a carpenter always uglier than other
men ? Because ha iaa deal planer.
A Warm Place.
"Miuiy a shnft at random sent" hits
something or other which "the arrher lit
tl« moant" to reach. Win hnro hennl air
anocdoto illustrative of thin truth, which
probably has oot appcarod in print bulon*.
and which lias boon told max a pieoe of
gtmuino history. It happened in a largo
city—never mind what day. Thern were
two pretty sisters who hail married, one
an cminont lawyer, the other a distin
guished literary man. Uterary man dies
andleavesyoungestsistrra widow. Homo
▼ears roll away and tlio widow lays nside
her woods. Now, then, it happen* that a
certain author and critic lias occasion, on
a broiling day in summer, to mil on the
eminent lawyer, hnsltand of the'elder dia
ler. He llntl.a Hie lawyer pleading and
sweltering in lite crowded oourt; si-es tliat
the lawyer it suffering dreadfully from the
heat, tritieg him, rejoices that ho himself is
not a lawyer, and £•** for a imil Haunter,
under the sheltering trees of a fashionable
Crk and garden. Among the hre-eating,
ining crowd there he meets the younger
of our two listers, and for a moment he
thinks lie is shaking to the chler.
"Oh, Mr. ," answered tlie lady,
"how dreadfully hot it Is here!"
"Yes, Madame," replied our luckbws
critic, "It is hot here, but I can assure you
the heat of this plaoo isn't a circumstance,
when compared with the heat of Uie place
when* your poor doar husltanti is suffering
to-«lay!"
A 'horror-stricken expression comes
over the faec of the lady: she rises from
her chair and flounces indignantly away.
. Ami "Me miserable" soli<|ui/.cs our wrctcn
ed critic, "I have lieen mistaking the ono
«istor for the other, and she thinks I meant
to say that her luihliand is—not in heav
•11."—The Galaxy.
"I Won't boa Coward."
'•I won't toll a ll«! I won't ho such a
coward!' said n ftno little follow when
he had broken n statuette of his father's
in showing It to hit playmates, nn«l they
were telling him how he could deceive
liU father and escape u scolding. Ho was
right: brave little Ws toll tHe truth. So
whs Charlie Mnnn, when a small l*>y, and
rewarded for lt» a* Um fo.lowing story
will show;
A young offender, whoso name was
Charley Mnnn, smashed a largo pane of
glass In a dnig store, and ran away at
first, for ho was slightly frightened; hut
he quickly began to think, 'What am I
running for? It *as an accident; why
Dot turn about and tell the truth?'
No sooner thought than done. Charlov
was a brave I my; lie told the whole truth
—how Uio ball with which hn was playing
slippodoulof his hand; how frightened
ho was, how s«)rrv. too, at tho mischief
dono, and how willing to pay if he had
tho money.
Charley did not have tho money, but ho
conld work, and to work ho went at once,
in tho very store whom ho had broken the
gtnas. tit took him irlotig Unto to pay for
tho large and ox|x>tuivo pane ho hail sliat
terod, but when it was done, hn luid on
dettrod himself s<> much to tho stoivkco|ier
by his fidelity and truthfulness, that ho
could not hoar of his going away, and
Charlov became his clerk.—'Ah, what a
lucky day it was when I broke that win
dow,' hn used to sav. .
•No, Charlov,* his mother would res
pond, 'what a lucky day it was when you
were not afraid to tell Uie truth!'
Tho Count and the Dove.
Cruelty U> animals is always tho sign of
a mean and little mind, whereas we Inva
riably find really great men distinguished
by their humanity. I remember having
read some time ago, a !>eautiful story of
Count Zinzendorf wlinn a boy. lie was,
as I dire nay you know, a groat (icrman
noble, nnd lived to do a great deal of good
in the world. Ono day, when ho was
playing with his hoop near the InioWs of
a river, which flowed outaide tho Walls of
a eastlo whore ho lived, ho espied a dove
struggling in tho water. Ilv some means
tho poor little cmaturo had fallen Into tho
liver, and was unable to escape, Tho
little Count immediately rolled a largo
washing-tub, which had Iteeu left near, to
tho water's edge, juni|wd into it, ami
though very timid on the water, by the
aid of a stick lie managed to steer him
self across the river to tho plaoo where
the dovo lav floating ami struggling. With
the bird in his arms he gulden the tub
bank, and got safely to land. After warm
ing his little captivo tenderly in hU
ImVsoiu, the boy ran with jt into the wood,
and set it free. His mother who had
watched the whole transaction from her
bed-room window, now canto out. "Ibit,
went you not afraid?" she asked. ."Vm,
I was rather," ho answered; ."but I could
not lioar to see it die so. You know,
mother, it* little ones might have boon
watching for it to come home!"
They Won't Trouble you Long.
Children grow no—nothing on earth
grows no fa* as chililmn. It was hut
yesterday, and tluit lad was playing with
tops, a buoyant hoy. Uo is a man and
jfonenow! Ttioru is no mom childhood
for him. When a beginning is made, it
ia likn raveling n sum'king; ntiu-h by stitch
givus way till nil nro gone. Tim hotfN)
nas not a child in it. Thorn is no mora
noise in the hall—boys rnshing in pell
moll; • it is very orderly How. Thff* ww
no mom skate* or sleds, bats, hulls or
strings Inft scattered alwu*.. Things nro
neat enough now.
Thorn is no delay of brenkfrvst for sleepy
folks; thorn is no'longer any task before,
you as looking for anybody, and tucking
up the bedclothes. 'lliftv aro no disputes
to sctlln, nolkxly to get off to school, no
oomplainU, no importunities fur iui|K»s
siblo things, no rips to mend, no finger*
to tio up, uo fattss to bo wanhod, or col Lira
to bo armngod! It would sound like
music to hear tonic feet chittor down the
front stairs t Oh, for sotno children's
noise I
What UMNl to Mil its tnat wo were nnw -•
injr their loud Ungh, checking their nolsr
frnlle, and renmvTng their slumming and
hanging tho doors? Wo wish oar neigh
bors would loml us nn urchin or two to
make n little noise In these promUos. A
home without children! It U liko a lantern
and no candles; a garden ami no flow
on; a vino ami no grapes; a brook and
no water gurgling and rushing in iU chan
nel*. We. want to be tried, to be vexed,
to be run-orcr, to hear child-life at work
with all its varieties.
The won In which Walter Soott pnts in
the mouth of Jennie Doans, in her roeni
orable address to tha Queen, are true as
tfcej an beautiful,: M When tho hour of
trouble ooroes—ard seldom may it risk
your loddyship--and when the hour of
death oonies, that oooms to high and low
—lang and late may It be your*. O my
leddy!—it is na what we haro done for
oursels, but what wo hare done for others
that we think on most pleasantly.1*
(iitANimm.mtnr.—Gather together, yoa
irrmt ;ind goodlr eomjuwiy, who are in
terested iii tho grandchild in roar own
hotuio, and lot us help each to a netter un
derstanding of the meaning and tiie rich
new of this relation, We wil! not begin
with tim creation or tho deluge, nor un
dertake to give a history of grandfathers
and grandchildren sinee tho day of Enoch;
nor will wo go into tho philosophy of the
|nirciiUil love, that is tho key to tlie wbolu
matter. We know that we love our
ehildren, first of all, front a certain intftlnct,
because tiiey are ours; and we know that
while with the lower animalii thin love
ceases withth'w de|»oiidence rff the youn;;
animal upon tho parent for aliment, with
Uio human lieing the Ioto deepens as the
.relation of )iarentand child Is ripenodand
strengthunod hy. growing sympathy and
niutua^dervUH). Now this very affection
that wo havo for our own children does
not rent In them alone, as they grow in
years anil knowlAfgo and ri*» into youth
nml maturity. Wo still yearn for a little
child to love, ami there in a void in the
house whore thorn in none. (Joml l*rovl
deuce hat lieuiguly mot this n<x*l'of our
nature hy ordaining tliat when our chil
dren giw up their place ffhall bo supplied,
or rather truely filled. hy chililrtm of
tlieir*, anil so the ehilil is not sot aside, hut
rather r»*4orod In Uio grandchild.
I do not oxiu:tly know how to analyse
the kind of affection that is so ready to
cling hi a grandchild. Wo love that lit
tle fellow at 4uic«, without waiting for
moralist or theologian to doflno Uio feul
itig or urge the dutv. Ho in hlood of our
IiIinnI and bono of our bone, and In the
form that most expresses do|ienileiioo and
wins protection. Ho in tho child of our
ehilil, and wo lovo him for our sake, for
liin mother's or father1!* sake, im well an
for hi* own wtki\ We sOo In him not only
himself, hut tlm whole world of affection
with which ho is rvlaU*l. In that hoy or
girl iu our daughter's arms we see an in a
mirror the face of our daughter when iliu
wa<in her mother's arms; and that moth
er's face smiles again upon us witli new
Jrrnco, wl.other from tho earthly home or
from tho hoaveuly mansion.
Then this child is nearer oar heart from
being an interpreter of the plan of God
for our human lifo. , lie shows to us how
it is that God is over educating usfochim
self, and calling us to live in fresh ami un
dying affection hy ever setting, like Jesus,
a little child in the midst of us. • If wo
have only our own children to lovo, tho
' time will oonio when they will grow up
ami Ini full of now interests and care* that
may come between them and our hearts.
When these children of ours have children
their afleetions are softepod, and tholr
hearts are quickened towards us and ours
toward them hy this now attraction, that
sends a child into the family nftt to In* the
rival of any, hut tho frioml of all.—Itsv.
SAMURi.Osaoon, I). I)., In Harper'* Mag
azinc for Mag. * -
Tho lulu lion. Nathan Halo, alitor of
Urn lloston Dully Advertiser, strongly in
sisted that news should be now* IWore
iusersion in its columns. A hoax wm
careftilly guarded against, and
news was an alxnninatioii to him. If any
im|M>rtant intelligence arrived during the
day, it would npjiear. next morning, in
1 tho Atlas. Post, and Courier, hnt tlio ro
8|iccUihlo Daily would wait until the day
afler, as it would I n exceedingly morti
fy Ing to its Alitor to fltatK that ho was
liiistnkct) in an announcement of the day
previous. Hence fcroMi thu saying,
among the nevfsnicn and rejiorters. that
tho Daily Advertiser novcr heard of any
thing, "till tho day nfler it happened.,,
Mr. Hah* and tho lata Hon. David Ilcn
shaw were fellow-soldiers (hiring thu war
of IH12-1ft with lireat Britain, and Inv
longed to thu same military company, and
worn present together at thu lwttlo of
l'lattshnrgon tho 11th of Soptcnilxtr,
!lH14. At tlwcloco of tho war the}' lie
came separated. Mr. Halo wm a IM>
eralist, and Mr. Henshaw was a.Demo
crat; Mr. Ilalo was a man with a largo
family; Mr. Honshaw was' a bachelor.
After a season, they liccanio associated
' upon tho tirst Imard of directors of th«
llo*ton & Worcester Ilail-road, and were
appointed a snl»- committee to attend to
'a curtain matter, and mut nt the point
designated for that piir|x>s«. Various
topics of conversation wnm Introduce!,
and among thom tho Ixittlo of I'hittsburg.
Mr. llcn.shaw sLUed that it oeoured on
Uie 11th of September, 1814.
•"No," says Mr Hale, "it was on the
12lh the day after."
Mr. Hona'haw insisted that it was thu
11th, and Mr. Halu was equally positive
tluit it was (lie 12th. After several con
tradictions, Mr. Henshaw inquired of
Mr. Hale, why he was so positive that it
was the llth.
"Well." says Mr. Ilale, in his tisnal
slow and dclHienito manner, "I reOdl
leet very distinctly that tlio Initio of
l'lattolMirg occurred on the very same day
of the month, Se|>tomhor 12, 1x14, Uiat
my eldest son was born."
"Depend npon 'It" replied Mr. Hen
shaw. "that your eldest son wjis born the
day before, the llth, but your wife did
not tell yon of If till tho next day! You
never did hoar of anything yet, till tlio
day after it happened."
- Kxtt.mihiiiankoi s 1'kkaciiino. — In
ono of the lower counties of Maryland
then) tlourished, in the palmy days of
tho "neouliar institution," an old darkey
preacher, who lucd no nobis, and prid^l
liiniseif on his externporaneotts efforts.
Iliit white brethren called him"Doctor'\
a title which he accepted, of course,
with ludicrous gravity. At a camp-moot
ing which the *D«otor' was holding, one
of theso frientU gave him, as a toxU this
passago in tho l'slams of Davitl "Wake,
|taaltery and harp; I myself will arise
right early." Tho "Doctor" adjnstod his
spectacle^ and mad:
"Wake, peasle- tree and harp; I my
self will anmso right airly."
'Hie "Doctor" went on to explain that
Minus was a very early riser; that ho had
a peasln4ree which grew near his win ■
dow; and tliat ho was wont to rise
mighty airly and hang out his harp on
du |NLulo-troe, «oul pmlm-i.
Tt U night now, mul herw U home.
Gathered uimIht the quiet ruof, vldnra and
children lie alike at rest. In thu midst of
a gru%t pcnoe and oaks, Um aiara look oat
frotu ibo Tim *il«'i»oo it pno|4ed
with Um put; aorruw(iil remorses for
■im and ahort-conilngs, memorise of nu>
aionate joya and gi i«jf» riw oat of Ux>ir
Kves, both now alike calm and and.
«, m I shut mine, look at iim, thothave
long ceased to lhine. The town ami the
fair landscape sleep under Um starlight,
wxenthod in the Ottawa mists. Twink
ling oiiiong the booana, a light keeps
watch. h<TB and them, in what mar be a
aiok chamber or two. The clock tolls
sweetly In tho silent air. Here Is night
and Test. An awftil senso of thanks
makes the heart swell, and the head bow,
as I pass to my room through the sleep*
Ing house, and feel as though a hushed
bleasing was upon \L—Thnckcmy.
XLI. CnNOKKB*.
W*r 4. Bmmatb —The lloaae nmIiUw U «t
Jtmra Coagreat July 4, «m ukM ipi»l after dla
eearion wm laM orer till twiunnw. Mr. Fm*hi
preeented « lurnvrlal of a numlwr uTImr »hlp own
•rm, ■ milMt the wbridlee la l.r«w4i'» Mil. "Hm MU
lu »U the llrwun branch ul Um I^k iIW rallraa dj I'
resolution glrfng »mi dtanrd ordinance to the II<
■went AMoclall«Oi siring * ye*r*a aalary I* Um
widow or Nee llawlln*, *on pawed.
Ilulib-A bltl«M tfpurM oa Uie decline of
ImHcu uiimhiw In relation to Mfcil ateMMhlp
mvIm, and wm rMMMllltd. A raaulathai «m
adopted *>r a nrnr aad wllnil* to UmmU for the
rwaeval of «ketraMlaaa la Um MtigaUua of Um
Ceeheo rtrer at Dover N. N. The report ef the ona.
frronee oqanalMaaoa Ummmw Mil wm apiM to.
Tha elrll »prTlo9 u|f »m dlawi—< at aoM IwiUl,
Tii« Howaethea went lata CotaaUUeeof the RMt
mi Um tMtff Mil aad arraed anon Um duliea ea rail
n*i| Inm and »teel. Nr. fetera of Ma. otyeeted to
Um Mil b»aaa*« It rare to Uiraa raataMonar* Um
aaUra under patronage oTUn United MUM aad rlr
teally appointed Men to uOoe A«r life.
May »• HuiTir-Mr. Kilaundi reported that Um
Mil to grant Mra Lincoln a uenaioa, aoladetsltely
paMiionnl. The llewee raaolulioa to ad>>ura mi Um
4th <lay of July. WM«Oeoua»«d until Um aspirate*
of Uio morning liour. The (taan Indian land Mil
wm taken ap an<l dlaeawi I at amae lenjeth, aad
Uien laid Mfle. Mr. Mterman fr«u Um Committee
ami Klnan w reported a Mil f>* Uie redaction of tax
m, tha total of which la |t M*. learlng the lai
MondlfUlled tplrlU, fcrmentoJl lUjnori, Wdakoci,
na Ao, la tirw at tha r»te af 3 |iar cent Tha Ml]
ioaboliab the franking prln lego WMdiaeuaaed ami
kjr a rote of jt to VI paaaad erer. Adjuarned.
liei'aa.—The report from the Committee oaeleo
lloiu wm •minUted. A bill for the relief of Gap!,
llealiy'a oouiuaoraf Indepandeat acuuta af THm
xwwm iiaaeed. The elrll aarrlco Mil wm taken up.
Meaert. I'eter* and Morrill of Maine, oppoaad the
Mil, m did Mr» 1 Urn ton of W II., and others. After
a protracted debate, the hilt M amended wm reonm
ullM, ami ordered to be printed. The Moo ate Mil
auU(orieln( Um Northern I'acKto Railroad Co. to U
>ue bond* ibr tho o>optruction of III railroad to
euro by iitortg»C0i wm wanatjr debated. After
much rniibuaterlog, It wm agrv«fto take a rote oo
Wedneeday, and the lloum «d>>urned to Monday.
May t. Hx'tatk.—Theanay Mil wm aaadaa ipeo
lal onh-r for Tueeday neit. A lengthy dlaoaaaioa
wm had on the llouae reeoluUon to ad>Hirn Con
grraa July 4th, ami It wm Snail/ laid over till May
3Hh. The loctilatare eieeutlre and JadJelal ap
propriation Mil wm tekea ap aad after a loagdie
euwion Um aiaemluient to abolUh pabllahlaK Um
law* In Um new*paper« wm apwd to. Mr. Anthonr
barlag glren nolloeof Um amend meat to aholieh
the blua book now uublwhed by (loreraaienit H>r
rratelkNM elroalaUon Um Miaate adjourned Ull
Monday.
TIif. Staiw oh tiik Ska. Very few
children in this part of tho world haro not
found the stiffened frnmes of star-fish
lyii'fT u|mmi th«i I ie»ich, IhiI thousand* upon
thousands liave nuvor seen the beautiful,
living stars of the sua, that are brighter
thjm flnwurs, and nearly as vnried and
beau.(fill, in form. There is the birds
foot-star, of searlot and orange; the sun
star, which cling* to the surface of rocks
—a twelve rayed ann of brilliant scarlet;
and .the .dusky-red five-finger star, that ha*
great Iwauty, though its tlaming relatives
sometimes throw it in the shade. Iu live
broad rays, at first sight,* wvm like legs;
but it* real Ingulf wo niay'call them so,
are thousand* of tiny (bickers nrojoeting
through holm in lU under surfaoe. Not
ono of those wonder*, however, is a*
strange as tho brittle star—a little flower
like creature with Ave long orltkly arms
that move aliout in a graceful snake-like
iilanner. and make him socm unite at his
ease; though really he is extremely sen
sitive— so inuoh so that if you were to
I land lu him roughly, lie would most likely
commit dclilteratu suicide by breaking
himself into little bits.
More Phoiii.em.i.—Sunpotlng the river
flange* to be thi*e cubit* In breadth (which
it Isnt), whnt is the Avenigo height of the
All*. stocks being At 91 1-tfP
If in autumn apples cost 4d. tier pound
in London, mnl jiotatoes a shilling a koto
in spring, when will gn*m gnines be sold
In l urin At 1 1-L'd. each, S|»Kiil*h onuiget
being At a discount of 5 jut coat?
If two nidi cAn kill two bracts of par
tridges in going im the right sido of a re
ctangular turnip-field, how many would
lie killed by live men aikI a terrier pup,
in troing down tho other sido?
If a milkmaid, four foot ten inchcs In
height, while sitting on a throe-legged
stool, took four pinU of milk out of fifteen
vows, whAt wad the siio of the fleld in
which tho animal* graaed, And what the
girl's name And Age?
It is a curious fAct thAt a foAturo of vol
CAnic dlsohATgn in* South America often
consist* in tho ejection of Immense nutu
ben of Ash, usually of ono simoie, thrown
out sometimes in such quantities as to
|N»ison tho Air And spread disease by their
exhalations. Tho fish in question belongs
to tho same natural order as tho fresh
water caUlldi, with whieh orery one in
tho United States is well acquainted. It
has lieon taken alko in tome of the lakes
In the sides of tho Andes, At An elevation
of eight or ten thouannd feet Above the
sea; Aiid*it is snpposed that these lakes
communicate with reservoirs In the inter
ior, front which the fish Are ejected by the
voleano. Specimen* havo Ixwn o1>talnod
by I*rofossor Orton, on his late expedition
to Ecuador, and havo lieen identified as
.the Cj/clopium. humboltUii of naturalists.
It U very remarkable, howover, that those
fish. Although thrown out in a half-boiled
state, are generally uncooked. and aomo
of them inde««| are alive when they reach
Uio nurface of tho earth.
In tho Smith of Frnnee an immense
litislm** is devoted to the cultivation of
flowers, for the purpose of rxti acting
their perflimes. The products of one
{ear has licen 1.47.1.000 IIjm. of orange
lossoius, 630,000 lbs of roses, 100,000
11m. of jessamine, ".*>,000 lbs. of violeta,
40,000 11m. of aouiia, 30,000 lbs. of go
nuiiuni leaves. 21.000 IIm. of tuberoses,
5,000 His. of da/TodHs, Imsldes a large
auantity of lavender ami many other
owers. The odors arts extracted by
mean* of fats, which abscrb tho essen
tial oil*.
Boys' irmrblo* am made IVoni tho re
fuse of agate mills and quarries, chiefly
at Oltersteln, Germany. The broken
pieces of stone are thrown, in all their
roughness, by the hnndrcds, upon the
top of a large slab of stone whose upper
surface is furrowed. Over these bits
that am to I moo me marbles, is laid
a block of hard ami heavy wood,
which Is kept revolving under a steady
strc.uu of water, and by this process Uie
fragment am Speedily made spherical,
ami fit for the |>ockets and knuckles of
the play-gronmt.
The New York Independent publishes
the following anecdote of the late Presi
dent Lincoln:
One evening. during.the last winter of
his life, when extremely bnsy, and weary
as well, ftfur the many duties of the day,1
ho was called to the rooeptloo-room to see
Mr. Speed, then attorney-general. Tho
latter nad ealled to Introduce a friend;
aod, seeing the weary look on the Presi
dent's facc, he at oooe began to apologize
for bCerrvptiog him. "I am very sorry,'
said Mr. Spaad—"very sorry, Mr. Prasl
dent, to disturb you." "Speed," he re
plied. "yon remind meataj4orr of Hm
ry Ward Hnsshrr. Ose Beaiiaf, as he
wm going lo prsaoh. be saw some b-ys
playing marblee la the street, lis Mop*
pod and looked at them hard. -Boys,"
be said, presently—"boys, I'm soared; yes,
aamdr "Then why In h—1 dont you
run?'* answered the nop. If you are so
sorry, Speed, why did you ooiuo?"
Fast CKMifismiMa.—Since Um m-ent
accomplishment of Mr. Amubum In this
citv, whrn hr •'set" 2,064 eins of solid
Mfnion In nn boor, we harp lieen regaled
with m.rny Moonant* of remarkable inhi
bitions of apeed in Um tvpo-stiokinj( Una
by numerous "fast cram" all over the
ronntrf. Soino of those statrmcnta are of
ao extraordinary a character that We are
diajirmed to think Um** manufactured from
tbo same cloth as the following "well au
thenticated" instance,
"In the ofllue of a Wlaconsin Journal
thorn Is a com pot I tor who arts type so rap
hlly that the Motion of bis movements
fuses the lea<k»n enibletna In bis stick,
making them solid, liku rtereotvpe plate.
Tlie only way to Movent this is to havo
WOMninMMin water; -and the rap
idity of his motions keeps tbe water boil
ing ami taMtling so that pjgji bare fre
quently ImiIIwI in tbo snaee bos. I'ii»e«
luail from tbe bottom of his case to a ImmW
in the press-room, and the steam g.'oerat
e«1 by the fast conijvwitnr's movement*
runs the power press. In one day he set
so much that it took all hands, from edi
tor to dcril. two weeks to read the proof,
and it wasn't hi* good (by /or setting type,
cither."
&mm4mw Remdimm,
KTKMNITT FOH ALU
IT UIUT UMITOI.
I ml nf WUIm with their OmMdi ilala,
OC pi MP"" that bur1«*i m;rl«l( »t<1» l>y »Me,
Of Mntp ko*4«a Umt nnm! to llr* la r*la,
Awl uoreKrvttwl
And tbron*h U>* bUtariM *arr«ri and »nAa»,
WW hiWloaWo( unknown <1mmI I Ma,
And manral if at death they n>M acaln,
Ami If all Uicm (till Ut
That 8h*kroe*rt IIvm we *a*tly Mlm.
The wvwhr «m U«et mHi on«M trw dta.
Hit limn MUiUklM MMnMt wt>o mm wwiln
llow Umjt altiwM iTirs or why t
Wlir not t If b«r* lift'* lowly mda Ukt wro,
May Uiera tM be ktrwAir lowly •mill
The n*l*r aUatua hr the redtrmrrii
One make*—owe only mend*.
Their number* »h*ke Th<>«gh Um Man bad
Ima,
Like c*rth, eaeb om Um rradla of % nm,
And all Immortal. there wrra iVwm wltbln
The ilwial dwelling piaee.
For Inlaltoaa ipaaa, sad In Ma <iiHi,
Aa rarlvwt u rreaUon, It demand*
All noale* W helnc. Intellect an4 «mdi,
Outnumbering Um aaada.
What is Your Standing at Home?
Wo oficn hear iho question asked of
such anil such a one—"What is hi* stand
ing in society? or, what is his standing in
the church,or among business menP* Bnt
we never think of asking before we take
him into our ooiliifanM "llow does he
stand nt hoiuo?" Ami yot, the man who
can mako reply to this question with an
untroubled heart and clear eonscienee is a
hem not so often met with, but that he Is
w<wth looking after and eluaely cultivat
ing.
"Home again dearest ! Safe at borne
once more! On, how I have missed jreuf*
80 exclaims a glad wife, as she meets with
a canws the weary man frn whose enmlng
sbo has watched until the twilight hits
deepened into night. She draws him in
to too cheerAd family mom, talking all
the while, and httsylngh««rself In the mean
time in sundry little oontrivances to mako
him oomforUble, And here oontea the
children! You hear chlrning voloea and
lettering foet in the hall, long liefore the
rosv faces come in sight.
Wliat shouting and climbing, and what
disputing to son who shall got to papa
first! So much to tell! So many nues
tionstoask! So many kisses to bo given
and taken! And then'tliTo Is a headlong
race and a promiscuous scramble, and en<U
Ing in a general hond over heels tumble
at a suffp'stion from mamma that papa
would like somebody to fotch his slippers,
iiihIm
Itow pleasantly she «oolil* orrr tlie dis
tracting nolM with a "Now children, do
bo quiet!" . Hut it i* plain to too that oho
enjoys Lbo aforesaid noise <u much mmiv
of them, while the contented man, who Is
so snugly enoonced in the most comfort
able chair in the mom. considers thin hour
of relaxation U a full |iayment for all the
tolls and weariness of the day. This is
one of tho men who stand well at home.
•'How I hare missed you!"
You must stand well at home, before
anybody there will ever say the words to
you, just ns they ought to bo said, "How
I have missed you!"
* How much of grate fill affection is ex
pressed in that ore short sentenee! It
tolls of hours of tender brooding thought
for an absent lovud one. What a blessed
thing it is to bo mUftod! IIow we truas
ure love's rememl>rom5e!
How Involuntarily the question arise*
in the heart of the absent one, "I)o they
miss me at home?'1 And bow desolate
and bitter the heart when we feel that
then) am nono to miss us! Not one to
send loving wishes and thoughts out after
um! Not one kind volee to greet us when
we come! IIow very hard it must be to
lead a loveless life! *1 think there can Im
no other cross so hard to bear.
('.od pity and soften the man whose
standing at home is not good: whose fam
ily shrink away in fearful silence as his
foot crosses the threshold; whose children
shun the room that he darkens with his
presence; whose wile meets him with a
pale, spiritless, crushed look, which tells
how small Is her hop* of a eamss, how
scanty have been the loving words and
looks that have nrightened her life. God
help those who love hint I for It is a pm
anet to love such a man. And God bless
the generous, cheerfnl, large-hearted man,
who always firings the sunshine with him
who leaves his cares and his business
"down town." and brings only his own
checrftd self home to his family; Air his
face U a never-failing sourre of gladness
to those who love hfm, and his tender
ness their highest prido and sarast shield
after God's.
Ah! If your standing at home Isn't a
good one dear reader,—irrespective of
se*—he in a greater hurry to make H so
than you aru to do any other thing in this
world. I toot wait until tho meoiory of
the grieved look upon some dear bee, al
most habitual uukindness, subdues you
into gentleness, when that (ace has gone
forever from your gase, and you can ner
er call forth a smile to dwell npoo it
again.
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ar* mi;
ot m i m—tlf*y NMUM
A XirtkniM; mDmi,
Mia fniktafka mi km hthm,*cBfa*khra,
Jf. y., who w*r» Tfevtaf Um aoiTMadiBf
mutnftMlWNpftrfm baiMlag at Um
duftWaj »i—U war*—Uraly wi WT for
aatri r two boar*, n4 wmtm hat la tartar la
tMrtortjpriaoa,froai vbich Umt ooaW *H*
a«* Ik* aoraMati of the rxcllad ertvd Mow,
Um 4krUy mt d**d Md dying «a Ik* IfMH,
tWnMlHa ■ocntofoaalMaa, wftk tfta l*Olaff
of btU*. w*Uia( of voan aad ekWiaa. wttk
•at Ik* ia»<*Mt kdaa *f lb* onmIm «CU aO.