The County paper., August 26, 1881, Image 3

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MY TnCNDLK 11ED.
As I rummaged through the attic, listening to
the failing rain.
As. It pattered on the shingles and against tl e
window pane,
Tceplng o'er the chests and boxes, which with
dust were thickly spread,
Saw I hi thd farthest comer what was once my
trundle tvd.
!So I drew It from the rcccw, whero lthad re
mained to long,
Hearing all the while the music of my mother's
voice In song,
.'As she sang In sweet accents what I slnco havo
often read,
"Hush, .my dear, lie still nnd slumber, holy
angels guard thy bed."
.As I listened, recollections that I thought had
been forgot,
Came with all tlio gusli of memory rushing
thronging to the spot;
.And I wandered back to childhood, to thoic
merry days of yore,
"When I knelt beside my mother, by this bed
upon the floor.
Then It was, with hands so gently placed upon
my Infant head,
That she taught my lips to utter carefully
the words she said.
Never havo they been forgotten, deep arc they
In iftemory riven.
"Hallowc Iks Thv name, oh, leather, Father,
Th who art In Heaven."
This si e faught inc, then she to'dmcof Its Im
port great an deep,
-After which I learned t utter, "Now I lay me
down to sleep."
Then It was with hands uplifted, and In accents
soft and mild,
Then my mother asked our Father, "Father do
Thou bless my child."
Tcare have passed, and that dear mother long
has mouldered 'ncnth the sod,
JVnd I trust her saltited'splrlt revels In the home
of God.
But that scene at summer twilight, never has
from memory fled,
.And It comes In all Its freshness when I see my
trundle bed.
.TIFTY YEAHS AMONG 1'UHLIC MEN.
BY 111:. 1'EItt.EY l'OOHK.
(jultcuu's diistnrilly nttcmptontlin llfo
ol Ucn. unrl clu has called fort 1 several
dents," mid in two of them, nt least,
tlio nssanlt of Lieut. Kundoln 1 unon
Gen. Juckson is mentioned, llttt Ii rvn-
tloljih wus not an asassin, and it was
his intention not to kill or even wound
President Jaekson, but to pull his nose
ami lie milled it.
Hubert 11. Randolph, of tlio best blood
In Virginia, entered tho United Stntcs
navy as n niid-shipraan, anil roso by his
vootl seatnnnshin and rallantrv, until
ho becamo tlio favorito subaltoran of
jtho heroic Decatur, in tho war with
Xircat Britain. Years afterward, wliilo
sorvimj as lieutennnt on tho ling-ship of
tlio Mediterranean siniadron, ho was
ordered to perform tlio duties and ad
just tho aeeounts of tho purser, who
had died, some said, by his own hand,
llo discharged theso unaccustomed du
ties to tho best of his ability, and, it
was boliovcd by thoso who know him,
with tho strictest integrity. When tho
snuadron returned to tho United States.
Lieut. Hundolph promptly rendered an
account of his ticliiisr-rtursersliip, in
which the crucible of tho auditorship of
tho treasury developed a largo deficit,
and an Imiulry wns instituted, to ascer
tain who was responsible therefor, the
old purser, J. 11 Timburlako, or his
successor, Lieut, Ituudolpli. This in
vestigation introduced a new party into
i tho (lrama.
' Margaret O'Neal was tho pretty
daughter of the liuidhird of tho best
tavern in Washington, fifty years ago,
and was much potted by tho gentlemen
boarders, especially by Andrew Jaek
son and John Henry Luton, then sena
tors from Tennessee, and Tast frlonds.
Sho denied, in after ycar(, that sho used
to be called Peggy, but said that her
lovers used to calf hor "bonny Maggio
Lander." Sho had n, well rounded,
graceful form, a profusion of dark un
burn hair, a Grecian prolllo, and bright
bluo eyes. Sho was a great belle; and,
to tho astonishment of tier friends, sho
finally married Purser John liowiu
Timberlako, U. S. N. Ho was soon
rordorcd to sea, and it was said that his
liberal remittances to his extravagant
young wife accounted for tho subse
quent deficiency in his accounts.
Gen. Jackson becamo President, and
ho appointed his old friend Gen. Eaton
Secretary of War. Both woro wldow
ors, but Gen. Eaton soon married their
old net, who had become the widow
Tlmucrlnkc, and sho was installed as
tho mistress of tho Whito House. "Old
Hickory" was as vain as ho was imperi
ous, and Mrs. Eaton was in tho highest
degree ambitious, unscrupulous and ex
acting. Of course some of tho moro
iiurituuieal ladies in society rebollcd,
lut Jackson sworo "by the Eternal"
that sho should receivo tho most marked
attention from all who visited tho Whito
House, especially thoso wljo hold Fed-
cral olllecs or acted in Congress with
tho Democratic party. At last Mrs.
'Calhoun flatly refused to call on hor,
and sho made Jackson demand an ox-
idanatlon from Mr. Calhoun, thou Vico
'resident. Tlio haughty but puro
unlndcd Carolinian ' defended his wife
as best ho could, saying that "tho quar
rels of women, liko thoso of tho Modes
nnd Persians, admitted of neithor in
quiry nor explanation." Tho social
nnd political circles at Washington were
convulsed, nnd tho Cabinet wus finally
broken up, Mr. Calhoun leading Mrs.
Eaton's enemies into tho opposition,
while sho remained supreme nt tho
'Whito Houso.
Gen. Jaekson, when ho had retired
from tlio Whito House in after years,
remarked to a friend one day that ho
had found defeating, tho British at Now
Orleans a much easier task than trying
to mako ladies ngrco who had deter
mined to quarrel, A child could load a
horso to tyvtor, hilt a wholo army of
men could ft ot mako that' horso drink.
.Mrs. Eato V ulod Washington with im
perious yyay. '"ylrij7g other things
sho ondUvoiVKTWliiiyratotlie momory
of hor first husband, and to protect
what proporty ho htUlloft Jicr, by throw
' ing tho responsibility of his defalcation
i upon his successor. .' .
Lieut. Unndolph, finding this ohargo
qulto current, and apparently sanction
od by tho President, demanded a court
1 inn,iiP whiM, wna m-fi'tirnd lilm I
thoseorotarv of tho haw. Tho courftll0n JounK ulul unmarried, afterwards
was convened, and aftor a full invest!
1 . 1. it
.gatlon acquitted Lieut. Randolph of
all moral culpability, but censured him
for tho looso raanno'r in which his pur-,
sor's accounts wero kept. To tho ns
tonlshmont ot all, this finding of tho
court of inquiry was disnppro nd by
Prcsidont daokson, who ordered tho'
nanio of Liout. Randolph to bo stricken
from tho rolls of tho navy. This cruol
act was ascribed to tho inilucncoof Mrs.
Eaton, who exulted over it. Juckson
was no Halting or doubling eiivancr.
and whorovor his faith was pledged to
friend or foe. ho novor violated It. Ills
gallantry was of tho chlvnlrlo prdcr,
anu aitor Having uroKcn up ins cabinet
rather than allow nny of tho wives of
1U members to "cut" Mrs. Eaton, ho
would not acquiesce In tho vindication
of an officer which cast a shadow upon
tho reputation of her first husband, and
cnuongcrcd nor mtio estate.
A Story is told nt tho Whito
House which Illustrates Gen. Jackson's
devotion to Mrs. Eaton nnd his Impetu
ous, temper. Ono day, when tho circu
lated scandals about Mrs. Eaton had
thrown that lady Into n sovcro attack of
lllnels, a servant rushed to Gen. Jack
son's sitting-room, and said that "Dr.
Hall tfya that unless Mrs. Eaton can
havo a hot brick against h.cr feet right
away she cannot live, and thero aro
none down stnlrsl" "Bring mo nn axl"
exclaimed tho President nnd, when ono
was brought, ho gavo two or thrco
blows at tho bricks which formed tho
arch abort tho hearth, and sent tho
bricks into tho hot hickory-wood firo.
"Tlicrel" snid ho, "tako a couplo of
those bricks Into Mrs Eaton's room, and
to-morrow liavo a mason como and
mend the chIroncy."Tho servant retired
with tho bricks, nnd Gen. Jackson, tak
ing uphls corn-cob pipe with a iced
stem, finished his smoke. "Bonnie
Maggio Lander" had to bo eared for, If
tho Whito Houso chlinnoy wns domng
ed, nnd to plcnso her, a gallant ollioer,
who had borno himself with conspicu
ous courugo in tho servlco of Ills coun
try, wns ignoinlnlously dismissed.
President Jackson signed tho order
dismissing Lieut. Randolph on the 10th
of April, 1833, and on tho Gth of May
following ho left Washington on tho
steamboat "Sydney" on ms way to
Fredericksburg, whero ho was to lay tho
corner-stono of n monument which a
wealthy New Yorker proposed to erect
to tho memory of tho mother of Wash
ington. Unluckily ho lost his property
beforo tho monument wns completed,
nnd tho Virginians havo never finished
It, although Congress has been Impor
tuned to mako on appropriation for that
purpose.
Tho steamboat stopped for a fow mo
ments at Alexandria, and several per
sons came on board, among them Lieut.
Bnndolph, who went into tho cabin,
whero tho President wns sitting reading
a newspaper, and ndvnnoing toward
him, began to draw oil' his right glove.
Tho President, not recognizing Kan
dolph, and supposing thnt it was sonio
one who wished to shako hands witli
him, excused himself for notrislng, and
said: "Never mind your glove, sir!"
and extended his hand, ltandolph hav
ing gotten his glovo oil", exclaimed: "I
am Lieutenant Hobert Bowie Randolph,
whom you havo basely wronged and
calumniated," nnd as ho spoko ho
grasped tho President's noso and
tweaked it vigorously. Tho captain of
tlio steamboat, who hud followed Ran
dolph into tho cabin, suspecting his er
rand, seized him, nnd tho by-htnudors,
recovering from their astonishment,
valiantly pounced upon him, and hus
tled him roughly from tho cabin. Tlio
President, whoso faco was covered with
blood from his tweaked noso, sprang to
his feet, seized his cano, and advanced
towards Randolph. Whether Randolph
was pushed out of tho cabin by friends
or foes Is not certain, but tho Prcsidont
did not follow him, saying: "Hud I
known that Randolph stood before mo
I should havo been prepared for him,
and I would havo defended myself. No
villain has ever escaped mo before, and
no would not, had it not been for 1113
confined situation." A bowl of water
was brou. lit, and whilo washing tho
b.ood from his face, tho President was
asked whether ho was badly hurt?
"No," ho replied, "I urn not much
hurt, hut in endeavoring to rise I havo
strained my wounded side, which pains
1110 worse limit it did."
A citizen of Alexandria came in nnd
said that Lieut. Randolph had been pur
sued by n mob to tho house of his friend,
Cant. Dolanoy, whero ho took a sword
that was in tho hall, and declared that
ho would cut down any man who
stopped on tho porch. "General," tho
man went ontosay, "I'll kill Randolph
in less than fifteen minutes, if you will
promise to pardon mo in caso I am tried
anu convicted."
"No, sir!" said tho President, "I can
not do that. I want no man to stand
between mo and my nssailants, and
nono to tako revengo on my account.
una 1 been prepared for tills cowardly
villain's nppioaeh, I can assure you all
that ho would never havo the temerity
to undertake such a tliln:r again."
Tho court was in session, nnd before
tho steamer left Alexandria on her wav
down tho Potomac, the grand jury had
touna a bill lor assault against i.tcut
Randolph, and a bench-warrant hud
been issued for his apprehension. But
Alexandria wus then within tlio l'inits
of tho District of Columbia, and ho had
crossed tho lino into tho State of Vir
glnia. llo published a statement of the
"wrongs" wnicii no una reeolved, mid
sonio of tho Whig newspapers, whilo
they condomncd tho outrage, intimated
that thero woro passages in tho life of
President Jaekson which justified vlo
lence.
John Randolph, of Roauoko, had
openly resented this treatment of Lieut
itiintioipn, wuo was ins Kinsman, as
characteristic of tho "insolence nd
vulgar malice of tho frontier rutllan
who had intruded into tho place once
occupied by gentlemen and statesmen,'
meaning Jaekson. He hud invited
Lieut. Randolph to pass tho remainder
01 ins days at uoanoKc, out 110 passed
away soon after tho assault, and th J
Lieutenant settled down at Alexandria
in retirement and obscurity
Washington boeamo too hot for MrsAJCCU18 Aristotle,
.aton, even with Gen. Jaekson s pro- Vsscrled that tho wi
tection, and sho obtained the appoint
ment of her husband as governor of
Florida, and 11 fuw years lutor as minis
ter to Spain. Whilo ut Malrid sho 011-
J oyed tho friendship of tho dissol uto
ijitccn (jurist inn, 1110 ltogcnt, ami on iior
return sho brought an open landau, brio
of tho first seen at Washington. Sho
used to drlvo with hor oldest daughter,
then Miss Timberlako, lute In tho after
noon, neither of them wearing bonnets,
buteauh having a mantilla thrown flvrtr
her head in Spanish fashion, fastenjl
to a largo comb with a bunch of red
roses. Never was tho old Latin proverb,
"Fair mother, fairer daughter, ' moro
charmingly Illustrated than by Mrs.
Eaton und hor daughter Virginia, and
tl)" young men at Washington
young men at Washington wont
iHul ovor tho latter. Philip Uiirton Koy,
iriiin
murdorcd by Dan Sickles, was cspocl
ally devoted in his admiration, but
Miss Virginia married Monsieur Sara-
Eayo, thon an attnoho of tho French
cgntion. Ho Is related to' tho Roths
childs, and thoy woro recently living nt
Paris, whero thoy movo in tho best so
ciety. General and Mrs. Eaton woro at tho
Hormitngo whoa Gem nil Juckson died
there, and thoy afterwards settled in
Washington where tho General died in
leaving Ids widow a bnndsomo
fbrtuno, Including a number of dwel
ling houses. Socloty forgot tho esca
pades of hor youth, nnd sho became
ono of tho Lady Bountlftils of tho me
tropolis, dovottmr sncclal attention to
tlio caro of her orph.ri granddaughters,
tho children of her dnughtor Margaret
Just as licr granddaughter Emma cu
red girlhood. Mrs. Eaton was induced
to send hor to dancing school opened
in a building which sho owned, by An.
tonlo Buclilgn.ini, a slalwnrt young Ital
ian, who had como to Washington, it
was said, carrying a hand-organ. Soon
sho becamo a regular attendant at his
classes, then sho nskedtho master to ro
sldo nt her house, nnd then tho woman
of sixty married the man of twenty
two, settling all her property upon him.
Tho Rev. Dr. Pyno, whoso church
sho attended, refused to perform tho
marriage ceremony, out n clergyman
wns found who wns less scrupulous, anil
for a time nil went merry as tho tradi
tionary marriage bells. No mother
over took greater prldo and delight In n
son than sue did In thnt mercenary. Ig
norant, good-looking young fellow,
nnd tho untlotio bride mod to tako
special delight in promenading Pennsyl
vania avenue, leaning 011 1110 arm ot
her boyish lord. When tho war broke
out ho persuaded her to remove to New
York, nnd ho thero deliberately con
verted her real estate Into eash.
Ono lino day a steamer left New York
for Havre, and among tho passengers
were Mrs. Eaton's husband nnd her
young granddaughter. Tlio scoundtol
wrote iierneoia-biooopa letter, in which
ho regretted that there was so much
dirlerenco In their ugc, and sent her
the deeds of a house in Washington for
which !?'J00 a year rent was paid. Tho
diverted old woman thought of hor dis
graced granddaughter, and at once ob
tained a divorce that ho might marry
tho girl. Ho did so, nnd the runaway
cottjiTo returned.
Meanwhile Lieut. Randolph had mar
ried, nnd had lost his wife and his prop
erty. Some friends obtained for him a
$1)00 clerkship in tho Ordnance Depart
ment when Buchanan was President,
but he nnd not enjoyed it long beforo
his sin against tho great Democratic
chieftain wus raked out from tlio records
of tho past nnd ho nns made tho subject
of so much clamor and complaint that
ho was dismissed. During tho remain
der of liis life hu was dependent on tho
charily of his friends, but ho lived to
witness tlio terrible punishment and
humiliation of tlio woman who was tho
original agent in his undoing. She who
had made Juckson commit an act of
gross injustice, hud In her old ago be
come tho victim of cruel deception nnd
foul wrong. But her humiliation did
tho poor old limn no good.
Mrs. Eaton no longer Madame Bu.
ehlgnnnl returned to Washington when
Booth's pistol hud made Andrew John
son President. Ho was a Tennesseeun,
tho friend of Gen. Eaton, and ho gladly
granted some favors for which sho
asked, to her pecuniary benefit. Sho
boarded at a second elass boarding
house, on tho shady side of Pennsylva
nia avenue, not very far from the capl
tol, and she used to attend tlio leading
debates. Her hair was snow-white, and
her once bountiful features wero seamed
witli wrinkles, but her oyes wero ns
bright as they wero when sho first cap
tured Gen. Juckson. Sho loved to talk
of tho days of her past prosperity, and
I hoard her say ono day thnt the real
estate which she settled upon her boy
husband was appraised that y ear a
$110,000.
(Jen. Grunt did not give Mrs. Eaton a
very enthusiust'o reception nt the Whito
House, but shu used to tell how, -when
sho culled on President Hayes, ho ad
vanced to meet her with outstretched
hands nnd usk liur what ho could do to
servo her. "I told him," sho would go
on to suy, "and ho promised to grant
tho request but ho never dial" Mrs.
Eaton was an enthusiastic admirer of
Mrs. Hayes, and spoko warmly ot that
lady's kind reception of hor, and ho
grace and dignity with which tdio pre
sided over tlio Wliilo House.
Tho triumphs, troubles, vanities and
voxntlons of Mrs. Esitm's long life,
which was only ended a fow years sin'.-o,
would furnish a lino theme' for an his
torical novel, tho heroine of which
would display undaunted courugo uud
much philosophy.
Dukes.
Dukes woro unknown in Scotland pre
vious to tho year 131)8, when, upon the
occasion of a meeting between John of
Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and tho Scots
Lords to arrange terms of peace, sonio
question of precedence seems, accord
ing lo tho suggestion of Douglas to havo
arisen. Robert Stuart, Eurl of Fife,
was ut this timo virtually Governor of
tlio Northern Kingdom, ills father,
King Robert II., was stricken in jears;
his elder brother, the Eurl of Carriek,
was in ill health. The English Prince
bore tho ducal title, and set a fashion
for Scotland which was immediately
followed. Tho Hereditary Prince, whoso
position had so far been siilllelently
illustrated by his bearing the old title of
Robert Bruce, was now made Duke of
Rothesay in the Isle of Bute: while tho
Regent, us if to dignify his own position
to tho utmost, was not content to bo
styled Duko of : single town, or oven of
a count, but clioso a name whioli,
however obscurely, should denote noth
ing less than tlio whole of what wo
Jnov as tho Highlands of Scotland.
oucn seems 10 uu 1110 meaning 01 1110
name of Albany. Mr. Skene Tins iised
tho word as signifying Coltlo Scotland.
It is to be found, slightly disguised, as a
naiiio for tho whole island In various
classical uiitho s. There Is no essential
diil'oreiico between it and Albion, which
It lias often been
ord Is an allusion to
10 whilo elills
of our southern shores
i thoy gleam across tho channel, whilo
Y fl
aw ji lias also ueeu aenvcii trom tno same
Lot as Alb or All), ahight. Shakesneare
has mado good use of the titlo in King
Lear, tho plot of which is foun in manyd
irf tho old rom.tnolng chroniclers, who
1 iro particularly in fashion when tho
lAuse of Stuart ascended tho English
t) .-one. According to them, tho first
Jikoof Albany was named Miiglaud,
nd marrying Goneril, ono, of tho co
heirs of Lear, or Llyr, had asonMo'giin,
who gavo his muno to a Welsh county.
Whou Fifo chose Albany for liis dukedom
tho meaning of tho name had gradually
shrunk. Long before his day tho Irish
historians apply Alba to Scotland; yet
tho othor form of tho name Albion occurs
In an English charaoter ns Into ns tho
beginning .of tho Eleventh century; and
it is possiblo that Etholred, when ho
styled himself "mounrchus totlus
Alblonls," intonded to donoto that tho
whole of Grcnt Britain was undor his
power.. Ptolemy, tho goographer, men
tions d trlbo of "Albini," who woro
among thoso ho enumerates as dwelling
north of tho Brlgautcs; nnd soma recent
wi Iters have uot hosltated to Identify
thorn with tho inhabitants of what is
now called llredalbane. Bo this us it
may, there scorns little ronson to doubt
that when tho Regent assumed .ho titlo
of Duko of Albany at Scono in 1308 tho
name signified to htm nnd to his con
temporaries thnt part of Scotland which
lies north of tho Firths of Clyde nnd
Forth. Ho ha;! no Idea of becoming
a Duko in partWus. Albany was a place,
not merely 11 name, nnd wo cannot but
concludo "that Its rovlvnl implies more
Minn an accidental reference to the
Highlands.
Tho Old Horses nnd the New.
fortnightly Ilci lew.
As soon as our thrco most Illustrious
Eastern colonists, tho Byerloy Turk,
the Hurley Arabian, and the Godolphtn
horso of unknown parentage, had es
tablished themselves nnd their families
In the laud, tho breeding of tho English
raco-horso may bo said to havo consum
mated Itself. Older foreign sires hclnqd
to feed tho descents for nwhlh; thus
Brilliant has llttlu or nothing to do with
tho Byerloy Turk, and King Herod Is
perhaps tho last horso of renown who
is a stranger In blood to tho Godolphlu.
Still tho three families wero Inextrica
bly intertwined 100 yours ago, and have
gone on combining nnd recoiiiblulug
themselves over since, so thnt for all
practical purposes thoro aro three gone
nlogics and three only, still In their
pristine vigor. Setting aside exceptional
animals, from 1750 let us say, to 181 ,
or thereabouts, tho English raco-horso
was perhaps at his best. Tho '.'-year-old
races, though creeping In during the
latter half of this period, woro not yet
very general; thero were, consequently,
fewer wretches, nnd tho good, swift' r
or not swifter, wero of a moro valuab 0
sort and a richer national possession.
The real illll'ereneo be
tween tho old set and the new of ani
mals scinn to bo this: That wl.ereus
the earlier runners thought nothing of
contesting three four-inllo rave. hi a
week, and kept their power of doing
this year after year, tho modern llyer
who accomplished three miles onvo" In
his career und does not break down un
til after ho has ceased to be a colt Is con
sidered a prodigy.
Fair Oaks lluttlcIlvIJ.
Corr, t.i"il,llle Courier-Journal.
The neighbors seem to comprehend
when one begins to ask tliein questions
concerning tli'o "Fair Oaks battlefield,"
for whilo Northern writers speak of the
battle as fought there, the fight is locally
known as that of Soven Pines. Fafr
Oaks Station, on tho Richmond and
York Railroad, is within easy rlllo shot
of tlio Soven Pines Cemetery. A man
with long legs evenonoof MeClellnn's
veternns could truvel between tlio two
points in live minutes, especially, us in
days of yore, if behind the runner was
a rough-and-re.idy rebel with a gun.
Tlio Intervening belt of land Is now in
lumber, much of which lias grown up
since the battle. A Federal redoubt Is
well preserved In 0110 bit of woods, and
tho murks of rillepits may be seen occa
sionally. Issuing from the woods we
came to tho little building lined for a
railroad station, anil, crossing tho rail
road, wero soon resting in a grove of
oaks that aro fair, indeed. Tho oaks
now number 33. Thoy stand In front of
n farm house, and their acorn shells are
senttcrcd over tho ynrd. There lire no
marks of lighting ubout tho house, but
In Its renr, whero bravo old Sumner,
who sullied tho buttle from the other
bunk of tho Chiekuhomiiiy, live miles
away, put himself up ns a shield for tho
army, thero aro trees tluil wero killed
by shells and other evidences of the
struggle.
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The Partnership Business.
Dctrult Tno Prcm.
"I tell you, salt, ills partneaship biz
ness am powerful resky." said the old
man us he nibbled u green onion at tho
Central market. "Las month I went
into partnership wid Ciesar Whito in
do peanut bizuess. Ho furnished do
roaster an' I bought de peanuts, tin' wo
wns to whack upon profits. DutCiesiu
inn a hud man, an' doan' you forget it.
If I hadn't bin on tho watch fur him
I'd bin cleaned out high-sky. What
sort of a gaino d'yo sposo ho tried to
pluy on me? '
No 0110 could guess, und finishing tho
tho rest of his onion the old man con
tinued: "Well, sail, when wo como to roas'
dem peanuts dut Ciesar wanted 1110 lo
believe dat do shrinkage oll'sliot all my
sheer In do bi.ncss, nn' ho ordered 1110
to get away from dat roaster an' go
homo."
"An' you wont to law?"
"No, sah! I got an inspirssliun 'bout
dut time, an' 1 poured do whole bushel
into u barrel of water. In live niinits
dem peanuts hail swelled all my capital
back and glu mo six sliillin' claim 011
do roaster besides, an' do way Ciosar
gin mo throo dollars to dissolve, partner
ship an' git out beat any boss race you
eber saw!"
Don't Marry for .Money.
Ilk'limoml Pit patch,
Undo Pleasant Butklns Is sixty and
his wlfo soventy-two. Tho other day 11
friend said: "Uncle Pleasant, why in
the mischief did you marry a woman
nearly old enough to bo your mother?"
"You see, hoy," he replied, witli 11 sigh,
"I wns a working' for Long John Free
man. in. Hanover, when I wus jest
eighteen, and Sary Ann Russ, old Mrs.
Russcs only daugfitor, was t irty If she
wur a day. At every quiltln' sho used
to chuse 1110 for her partnor, and every
body said it nppedred lit'o sho wur a
coiirtm' me. She glmmo four pair of
cotton socks and a heap of things, but
still I didn't have no notion of her.
Well, ono Christmas eve, I went to tho
old woman's, and I hud hardty sot down
botore Sary Ann brought mu some sweet
pertato pie, which she knowed I was
monstrous fond of. While I was eatiu'
it I heard tho old woman up-stairs a
eountiu' silver dollars. Now, thiir was
110 plaster to the sculln', and tho up
stairs lloo had cracks in it as wide us
my llngor. So, you see, I could hear
tho jlnglo of tho money jest as well as
if 1 had been up thur myself. When
sho had counted 000 I ifrawed up to
Sary Ann and popped the question. In
eoui'so she said she'd havo me, uud tlio
next Thursday wo was married. Now,
what do you think 1 found out noxt
day? Why, that the old woman didn t
havo but thirty Mexlcau dollars, and
that she counted '0111 over und ovor jest
to fool suo. Don't marry for money,
boy, specially for silver dollars.
"Mottoes."
It is a solemn fact that nino-tenths of
thoso pooplo who spent thrco years In
putting up such mottoes as "God Bless
our home," "Fcod My sheep," "Bless
My Lnmbsi" and so on down to "For
got Mo Not," havo spoilt tlio last two in
taking them down anil looking for some
thing dillerent. Thero is a demand for
something dillerent, ami genius should
arouso herself and get down to business.
"God Bloss our Iloino" was all right
until tho frame was smashed in a family
fight, or until it was discovered hate
blessings wouldn't como without hard
work and lots of planning. t'.Feod My
Shocp" does very well for a motto fo'r
thoso who depend upon tho director of
iTT-
tho poor, but tho rest of us know what
groceries and provisions cost. Wo have
got to feed o.urselvcs, and all hills nre
cash at tho end of thirty days.
Let's have something now nnd some
thing npproprlntc. "Turn Down tho
Gas" could bo extended to Include:
"And also tho Kcroscno Lamp," nnd
when worked In colors and framed in
gill, It would beat n chromo of tho Yo
semlto Vnlleyall hollow. "Shut Thnt
Door" Is a llttlo old, but let us add:
"Or I'll wallop voul" and It nt onco bo
comes a thing to bo gazed nt and pon
dered over. "Forget Mo Not" lias no
significance at all and should never have
appeared as a motto. No one will for
get you If you aro llko tho rest of the
world. Let us. replaco those meaning
less words with: "Remember thoso
Cariiet T..cks"
"Honor Thy Father and Mother"
scorns to havo played out entirely as a
motto, and can no longer bo found at
the fiinoy stores. What Is now wanted
Is a enril rending: "Give tho Old Folks
a Show." Remember tho Sabbath"
hangs In thousands of homes where the
old man goes fishing, tho mother darns
stockings, uud the children pluy ball and
marbles nil day long. "Remember
your Water Tax" would be fur moro
nppropriato for such a family, and per
haps savo considerable expense anil
trouble. "In tho Sweet By-and-by"
reads very well, but thero Is too much
chance for disappointment. Better re
place It with "We'll all Gather on the
I'oranda after Supper." If you have
no veranda of your own gather on the
one next door lake 'em all down mid
jmok 'em away. They are llko a prom
issory uotu without a date. S01110 chap
will M)on strike a lead In something
new, nnd nil will want to redecorate.
The Man on the Bicycle.
Tho man on the bicycle Is Invariably
a silent man a iiroineeupled man a
until uiion whoso fueo Is written an ut
ter Inillll'ereiico of all things met with
on his bright uud sunny wny. Ho niiiv
attract, und rivet, nnd clinch the curi
ous attention of hundreds, hut hu Is
never attracted by anything or any
body, it is a part of his strange fate
to appear simply 1111 automatic .section
of his machine. He cannot even tell
you why ho works liis legs In that pecu
liar way; indeed for the most part, he
seenu totally oblivious of tho fact that
he lias a pair of legs to work nt all, and
yet tho spasmodic vgularlty in the
swiftly alternating undulations of his
knees Mill command nt once tho atten
tive admiration of every lowly pedestrian
ho passes in the street. Tho man on
tho bieyelo seems always to bo going
somewhere a very great number ol
miles from hero. Evidently ho has not
hoisted hlmelf up thero a-trhlo of that
great .spindle-shanked wheel either for
tho mere fun of the thing or to accent
ids beauty or grnee of figure beforo tlio
multitude. Hu Is there for a purpose,
rest assured, however inscrutable a
mystery ns It mny .seem to us. It is
enough for us to recognize in his pro
found abstraction anil mehineliol y bear
ing thnt he knows the goal of his am
bition and will arrive there in proper
time, no fear. Wliatcvereniotiomiuay
bo surging at his heart, whatever tem
pestuous yearning at riot in tho soul
within, the stoic faeo goes glimineiing
by us, betraying nothing but tlio grave
content of one whoso clear convictions
have never failed him yet. He knows
Ids purpose nnd his destination. That
is enough.
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A Lion in Ton 11.
Says the San Francisco .ilia: A few
ihiys'ngo a lion made his unannounced
niipearanco on tho streets of Petaluma.
lie hud evidently become acquainted
witli California customs by a resilience
among tho ranches which .surround the
town, uud which had doubtless afforded
hltn hospitality. As ho wus not nt all
obtrusive, but walked quietly down
Washington street, attending to his own
business, ho did not nt lirt attract any
attention. A few children who saw him
paid no mora attention to him than if
lie had been a largo dog. Not so a cer
tain valiant citizen, who, to show his
bravery, nindo a most furious onslaught
with his fully-charged Winchester. Tho
frst shot slightly wounded ourlion, and
showed that his confidence in tlio peuco
fulncss of Potnhmia's citizens hud been
misplaced. Ho sought to loavu town,
but too lute; the next shot rendered him
lame, nnd when tlio Winchester was
emptied, ho was dead. Tho gallant
Ninirod, waving his empty gun and
dragging tho fallen monarch by the tail,
headed an enthusiastic procession of
street boys to the nearest butcher shop,
whore the animal wns found tobesenm
feet one inch long, nnd to weigh 120
pounds. If somebody hud only walked
up to the peaceful thing and put 11 rope
around his neck, ho might huvo been
sold to fiomo menagerie and nil tho am
munition saved.
Stiillltig Her Bog.
Mrs. Carlylo had a llttlo pet lap-dog,
named Nero, of which sho wus very
fond. Carlylo used to tako Nero out
with him for a run every night when ho
went for his eleven o'clock walk, und I
huvo often noticed, when I huvo walk
Oil with him, how carefully ho looked
after his little charge, occasionally
wlilstlliiglo him, .(not oxnetly with his
lips, but with a small pocket whistle,)
lest ho should run astray or othorwlso
como to grief. This littfo dog at last
grow old and aotlimatio; until it was a
misery to look ut his sufferings; until,
iu short, line many another little pet,
he had to bo kindly and painlessly put
out of his llttlo trouble?. This wus a
great grief to Mrs. Carlylo, who never
could quite reconcile herself to tho clear
necessity. Sho was tolling hor grief to
a lady trioml, who, I bellevo had not
been very long inarric.i, whon her
friend, trying to say something to com
fort her, suggested, "Why not have
him stulled?" "Stulledr' said Mrs.
Carlylo, wit 1 a flash of Indignation,
"would you slulY your baby?" Sho wus
ulso very tender-hearted with hor pets,
nnd'espeelully with bur servants, whom
sho tried in every way to nttach to her,
sometimes, but not always, with perfect
success.
A Lazy Buy's Luck.
A Vormont fanner had a lazy, shift
less son who everybody said ought to
go out and feed swine on a small
salary, but who refused almost to feed
himself. Evorybody agreed that ho
was a good for nothing, and ono day
tho old man uniblod lilm out of the
houso with tho too of his boot. Tho
boy went away nnd invented tlio lomon
squeczer, and in ono year had enough
monoy In his pookot to buy his old dad
ton times over. Ho mado altogether
820,000 from tho patent, and tho man
ho sold to mado 100,000 In three years.
Thoro aro two morals hero. Klok your
boy into luck, and then klok him again
to kcop hi 111 from selling out at u too
low prieo.
"I'll feed my boarders on tho fnt of
tho land." observed Mrs. Stufl'em us sho
receipted for a tub of olcraargarlno.
F All 31, GARDEN AND HOUSE
HOLD.
Working llroort .Hiii-cm.
Kntlonal Live Slock .Ion nut. Chf?i.
Brood mares," whllosiiekling t their
loais, may saieiv mo uscu lor moderate
work, but under h icn conditions thoy
must bo generously fed, nnd euro should
bo exercised to prevent tho fouls from
sucking wniio tno mures aro over-healed
It will usually bo found moro couven
lent to leave the foal In tho stable whilo
working tho mare; and In such cases
she should bo permitted to stand until
thoroughly cooled oil' beforo tho foal
has access to hor. Caro must bo taken
when tho llttlu fellows aro first leftalone
that they do not cripple or Injiiro them
oiil.'nd ttt t twtti ..rT(,lfu fn rr.tt ..lit fil
nuiiun ... II. U.. ..W 3 ... fS '. ...... .u-
low tlm dutn. hut thov will soon learn
to tako It quietly, and then thero Is no
danger.
I'lriu IIiUlci' Without Ice.
Kulianef.
Ill small families whero tho dairy Is
small, a good plan 10 nave muter cool
and firm without lee Is by tho process of
evaporation, as practiced in India una
other warm countries. A cheap plan is
to get a very large sized, porous, curlli
em llower-pot, with a largo saucer.
Half fill the saucer with water, set It in
n trivet or light stund such as Is used
for holding hot Irons will do; upon this
set vour butter: over thu whole Invert
thu'llower-iiot, letting tho top rim of it
rest in nnd bo covered by the water; then
close the hole 111 the bottom of the
llower-pot with a cork; then dasli water
over the llower-pot, anil repent tno pro
cess several times a day, or whenever It
looks dry. If set In a cool place, or
where tho wind can blow on It, it will
readily uvnporuto the wnter from thu
pot mid tho butter will bu as firm uud
cool :us If from an ice house.
.H0II1 Worm.
Indiana Knrincr.
Wo aro continuously In receipt of let
tors asking about tlio moth worm. Whut
can I ilo to rhl my hives of tho worms?
The worms killed one swarm for me,
etc., etc. It .seems impossible to con
vincu many of our readers that tiio loss
which they attrihuto to the worms, Is tho
olivet and not tho cause. Worms are
natural to thu hives uud are hatching
on the oomus to a greater or less extent
all tho time, but so long us a colony Is
In good condition they keep tliein
cleaned out and they do but llttlo dam
age. But let 11 hlvu" become queenless
for any length of time, or so reduced In
numbers as' not to be nble to protect tho
combs, and they will soon bu over-run
and fall a victim to the worms. When
a hive contains more comb than the bees
can cover it gives tho worms a lino
ehaneo which they are not slow to no
eept. The worms take possession of
the combs only when the bees can no
longer defend them. Getting a good
hold in some part of tho hive, thoy soon
build such a mass of webs and cocoons
that tho bees aro unnMu to dislodge
them and although Infnlr condition, the
bees nro crowded over to 0110 side, be
come discouraged and Ienvo for parts
unknown, wniio inu careless apiarian
on examination, finds a few bees in thu
hive , which wero out In tlio field, hatch
ed out after the swarm abscon led, at
tributes his loss to tho woinm, for you
know wo are very 10111 10 charge any
thing to our own carelessness.
jicCM.
n,.i.iiiiicii!iiT.
It may do for sonio tocoudemn goeo,
nnd to refuse to raise them on account
of their foraging propensities, yet thero
aro many lanners wives who know
whero the warm, cosy feather beds come
from which are so enjoyable during tho
frigid winter weather; while many of
tliem can, witli purdonniiio pride, point
out scores of useful and valuable tilings
in the house, which would not havo been
bought at all had it not been for the
profits realized each year from tho sur
plus eeso which wero marketed by them
during tho holidays, and which they at
tended to and successfully reared bv a
judicious use of thesparemomciits (lur
ing tho spring and .summer. On a farm,
where thoy can havo plenty of spacoaml
an abundance of grass for forago, thoy
will do wen, anu win cost comiiarativoiy
llttlo to raise; and a grain or dairy farm
is lust tho place for them. Thoycannot
boar confinement, nnd euro must bo
taken that they do not get nt tho young
chicks when the old geese aro sitting or
havo young, for they may destroy many
a young chick, as wo have occasionally
sullereil considerable loss Unit way.
Sciciico aiitl AK'i'i'illi''
Miu'inlll.in' MuullK-.
This lack of iideuuato development iu
agriculture is duo to two main causes: to
tho rariy ' .scientific investigation into
tho principles upon which thu tilling of
tlio ground (anil lliocaru 01 cattle) ougiii
to bu curried out- -1. c, into tlio laws
governing tho growth of crops and of
beasts and to tho want of adequate
scientific training 011 tho part of the
farmer. So far from being an occupa
tion which nny ono may follow without
adequate preparation, being governed
simply by ruilo empiric rules, farming is
in reality adiMcultart, demanding wide
scioniiiio knowietigo anu sounu scien
tific judgment on thu part even of him
who merely practices it, and taxing to
the utmost tno skill ami power 01 origi
nal inquiry of those who doslro to ud
vanco its scicntilio basis. Thero is an
urgent need in this, as in other coun
tries, of scioniiiio investigation, ns dis
tinguished from mero empiric trials, of
sustained inquiry as distinguished from
scattered and fitful experiments, into
tho relations of soil and crops, of beasts
and food, In order that the tillage of the
land may, liko tho practice of other pro
fessions in which man has lo strugglo
against nature, expand with incrensii g
Insight into the laws of uutiiro instead
of being hampered by blind obedienco
to traditions una narrowed by timid ex
perience. There is no loss urgent need
that tho practical farmor should ho so
fur trained in science ns to ho able to
mako an Intelligent use of tho advan
tages which science offers him, as well
us to bo ablo to avoid tho snares which
fuho science continually spreads for
lilm.
I. Imr iim 11 .tliiuiiro.
Mr. R. Gordon, of Gordonstou, Aber
deenshire, Scotland, writes on this topic
us follows, in tho North British Agricul
turist: "Llmo Is 0110 of tho most important
natural manures wo possess, and the
value of Its application to the soil has
boon known from very early periods.
Tho action of lime ns a manure is entire
ly regulated by tho form nnd mnnnerin
which It Is applied to the soil. Qulok
limo should bo used for heavy and ten
acious soils, us well ns those containing
a fair quantity of vogolablo mattor in it,
onustio lime would in such a case do
more harm than good. Mild llmo ought
to lio used, treated with a mixture of
earth, and exposure to tho ntmosphorio
uir, from which it takes carbonic uscid,
which takes away a great deal of Its
caustlo properties. Tho dlfferont olr
ciimstances nnd conditions of soil will
not ullow a uniform practlco to bo
adopted; but judgment and cxpcrlcnco
ought to rcgulnto tho application of nil
mnmircs. Every farmer should studr
hts own soil, and thereby ho would bo
able to nvold tho misapplication of
good manure Beforo tho introduction
of artificial manures, Umo wns moro
universally used than now, rdileh helps
to account for tho poor crops ol lovcr,
nnd tho difficulty of rnlslnggood tumiy.
It Is essentially necessary that a supply
of llmo should exist in tho soil to meet
tho requirements of thu various crops.
Every cultivated plant needs a supply
of llmo for tho proper building up of IU
structure, and, In combination with
phosphoric nchi, Unto forms a large por
tion of tlio skeletons of tho .'inlinala
who feed upon tho crops. A soil may
contain largo supplies of every Ingredi
ent which a crop requires, and still bo
unable toMlehl them to tho plant, they
begin In an Inactive state, as it is only
that portlor. of tho soil which U soluble
In water which Is avullnblo us plant
food. Any nualysls of a soil which is
soluble In 'water which Is available m
plant food. Any analysis of a soil
which only tolls its composition, Is of
little value unless it can show tho aetlvo
mutter ready to ho taken up by tho crop.
I.lmo nets upon the dormant matter in
the soil, and performs tho Important
function of rendering theso active.
Clay soils generally contain within
themselves potash and soda, nnd wo
know by experiment that lime liberates
those inorganic elements. According
to Prof. Wav, lime helps to form a valu
able class of salts known us double sili
cates or alumina, which bus thu power
of absorbing ammonia from the atmos
phere. Lime neutralizes the ncids in
thu soil uud sweetens the herbage, be
sides supplying food for tho perfect
growth of the crops. It I- thought by
some to be a wasteful practice lo nllow
lime to come iu Immediate contact witli
farmyard manure, thinking It would
cause a loss of ammonia; but they over
look the controlling Inlliience 'conse
ntient upon the action taking place in
tlio soil. The action of caustic llmo
upon u mixture of farmyard munuro
and decayed organic matter produces a
most valuable fertilizer, viz., nitrate of
potash. Limu besides being a plant
food, and bringing into useful condi
tion the several organic nnd Inorganic
matters Iu the soil, also Improves Its
physical character, rendering still' and
tenacious clays more friable and easy to
work. However, tho use of llmo ren
ders a supply of ( thur manure neces
sary, and under a good system of hus
bandry tho increase of crops will in
crease tlx; quantity of manure. Taking
into account the various functions it
performs it is one of our best natural ma
nures. However, it cannot be expected
to produce its full effects Immediately
after being applied.
A citizen, driving on tlio road tho
other day, met a hulabout twelve years
old on tho highway sonio six or seven
miles from the city. Tho boy had a
shot gun as long as himself, but no
game, aid thu citizen inquired:
"Out for a hunt?"
"I was out for a hunt," was the rc-
i'iy-
"And von haven't killed anything?"
"Wolf, 110."
"And you don't expect to?"
"Not unless I kin git within striking
distance. You see two of us came out
together. After we got out hero I
wanted to hunt for lions,' und tlm other
boy wanted to shoot ostriches, and so
wo divided up. He took tlio powder
and shot, uud I took the gun. I'm over
hero looking for turnips, and he's over
in that field watching a holler log for
bears."
When vou visit or leave N'eiv York Cltv, save
DagiKiKcK.xp'-i'ss.iKuiuiil Carrlnpi Hlrc,ndstop
nt the (Irund l.'nloii Hotel, nearly opposite
(ir.iiid Central Depot. SM) elegant rooms re
duced to $1 mid upwards iier d.iy. Klevntor.
l!eitnuraiit supplied with the host. Horso Cars,
Stupes Jiuid Klevated llnllrimd to all deimts.
Uncle S.im'.s Nerve nnd Hone I.lnlmciit Is
most ctllcleut In Kheuiiiatlsni, bruises, Hums,
Scratches ami many other Ills Incident to man
and beast. Mold l)j"iill Driiirtrfsti.
Save your harness hr oflhii; it with Uncle
Paul's Harness Oil, which will keep It soft und
pliable. This Is the best oil ever made, for
leather. Sold by all Harness Makers.
Dr. Jnqiie's lierman Worm Cakes arc an effec
tual and safe remedy for worms. They aro
pleasant to lake and not only destroy tho worms,
hut remove all traces of them from the system,
leaving thu child healthy slid MroiiK. They nre
warranted lo give perfect satisfaction. Sold by
nil DrtlCKlsts.
D17 Wluclicll's Teething Syrup has never
failed to give Immediate relief when used lu
cases of Slimmer Complaint, Cholcra-lufautum
or pains In the etomach. .Mothers' when your
little darlings are suuVrlng from these or "kin
dred causes do not hesitate to give ft n trial,
you will surely Ixi pleased with tho charming
effect. Ho sum to buy Dr. Wlnchell's Teething
Syrup, Sold by all Druggists, only cts per
bottle.
Hor Headache, Constipation, l.iver Complaint
and nil bilious derangeincuts'of thuhlontl, there
Is no remedy ns sure and cafu as H.llcrt's Day
light Liver Hills. They stand unrivalled la
removing bile, toning the stomach und In giv
ing healthy action to tho liver. Sold by nil
Driiuglsts.
Uncle Sam's Condition Powder prevents dis
ease, purllles tho blood, Improves tho apiotltc,
gives u smooth glossy coat, and keeps tho ani
mal lu good condition, All Druggist fell It.
Do not neglect a Cough or Cold. Kllert'a Ex
tract of Tar nnd Wild Cherry Is n staudard
remedy iu all tliro.it, asthmatic and bronchial
nlTectlons, nnd has saved many valuable lives.
It never falls to give satisfaction. Sold by nil
Druggists.
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children. Thoni.iidir A .DtllM. ritlonirlra
.r Hliy Ilrit.e.' TUii.tB.!, ot pcnilon.r. .nd
I'ATLNTH procured for Uventori, riuldicn
,"! Iiiiriipplr f..rjrorrllitjionce. fi.ndll
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OKNTEY IT
UU It Ei No Cure, No Pay
f
If your ilrurcUt won't order ll, send tl.Ol mid net
4 bottle, iliawi prepaid.
NOKJIAN .MEMCIXE CO., l'tups.,
lies Moines, Iowa.
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lctt&Craln, Ilea Molueit Fuller cV Fuller, Clitcairr,
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Tho Genuine Fairbanks' Scales are
now tho
Acknowledged standard,
throughout tlio World, IihvIob earned that
lioaltlon by their Unllorm Kellablllty,
Accurucy mill Hiiwrlorlty of
Construction,
Imitators are claiming to f uruUH
' FAIRBANKS' SCALES
or a Bralo mado tho same as Fairbanks.
Ilcvraru ot such Initial lone, lor I lie k'imuliio Fair
banks bealo la made only by K. and T. Fairbanks
Co., of bt. JolinebiirL', VI., who havu erptrUnctA
tcorlwtn, iptchit miichlnni, uud wuntttl tmpivw
menu, which no ono elo can me.
Uuyoulyof u, orour aulliuilji'dnk't'liU.
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Cor. Lko Ht. und truth Ave , Chicago.
Fairbanks Scales.