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t i tfV . . . . J CVHD ... .'.tvf- V i -j i M ' Y 'Let all the ends thou aimest at be-y Country's, thy God's, and Truth's." VOL. 4. ("TERMS, $1.60 PER TEAR, $9 IF NOT PAID IN ADVANCE. .SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS. Windham Co. Reformer. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, At No. I Market Block, Elliot btreet Brattleboro, Vt by 0. H. DAVENPORT A CO. To Advertisers. The Reformer's evrculation is now larger than that of any other two papers published in Windham County. Its local circulation, within the county and in the towns immediately ad joining on the east, south and west, exceeds the combined circulation of all the other wipers in the county. Advertising rates low, considering the large number of readers furnished. Send for printed rates, or call at the office No. 1 Market Block, Elliot-sl. JAVENFORT & EDDY, i, a w and Collection Ofiioe, BRATTLEBORO, VT. Special attention given to the trial of causes in all the Court in Vermont State and Federal. Foreign and Domestic collections promptly at tended to, and money uniformly remitted the day following its collection. CHA8. 8. DAVKNPOKT. J. Q. EDDT. H. D. HOLTON, M. D., Physician & Surgeon, Brattleboro, Vt, Office and residence comer Main and Walnut 8treets. At home from 1 to 2, and from 6 to 7 o'clock P. M. Q A. GRAY, M. D., Physician and Snroon. ET. 8. Examining Surgeon for Pensions. Office No. 27, Elliot Street, - Brattleboro. Vt Q S. WHEELER, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Office and Residence with Dr. Holton, corner Hain and Walnut Streets. 51-1 Are You Insured? CUDW0RTH& CHILDS REPRESENT THE FOLLOWING RE LIABLE COMPANIES WITH $200,000,000 Capital. BRATTLEBORO, YT., FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1880. NO. 29. Fire. Insurance Co. of North America, Imperial and Northern, Germania, N iagara, uennan American, Connecticut, Fire Association, Commercial Un ion, Orient, Westchester, Manhattan, Karmors' Mutual, Union Mutual, Windsor Co. Mutual. Life. Mutual Life of New York, una of Hartford. Accidental Travelers, Knickerbocker. Twenty-five Cents per day will insure A3500 in event 01 death, or sio weeKiy indemnity lor ais- abllng injuries resulting irom acciucnt. -inirty- day tickets Alt Honest tosses Promvtly. Sauarelv. and Liber. any aajuslea ana pam. Dealers In Bank Btook and Real Estate, OFFICE, 10 OEOSBt BLOCK, Brattleboro. - - Vermont. BARNA A. CLARK, Still Lives ! And Is ready to sell out e,'iythlng in his line at BOTTOM PRICES FOR CASH ! I have a fall stock of Paints, Oils & Tarnishes, HARDWARE, Iron, and Steel, GLASS, NAILS AND PUTTY. AGENT FOR Reid's Butter Worker, JEWELL'S BELTING- & HOWE'S SCALES. BARNA A. CLARK Brattleboro, Vt. 46 tf Q. H. HARVEY, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, Office and Residence at the House formerly oc cupied by L. H. Wilcox, West Brattleboro, Vt. March 1, 1878. 28tf JJ1 J. SWIFT, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Office and Residence, 1st door east Congregational Church. Main-st., Wilmington, Vt, 2Stf o. R. POST, Dentist. All operations done in the best manner and warranted. Office and Residence Junction High and Green Streets, Brattleboro, Vt. 23tf L. BEMIS, House and Sign Painter, Ornamental Painting, Frkscoino, Graining, . Kalsohining, Papsk Hanging, etc., 18 Green Btreet. - Brattleboro. 28tf rjLEir HOUSE, West BrattI horo, V.. 8. W. JONES. 'iOP'R. y Coach to and from every toain. G. M. LONG & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in All Kinds of Salt and Fresh FISH, and Blue Point, Providence R' er and Bullock's Cove Oysters, Clams, etc. S -112.ot St., BrattlTsoro. 8-ly NEW .ZSEXiE WOEKO. Brattleboro Ohuroh Directory First Baptist Main street. ... Pastor. Hun day services at 10:80 a m. 7:i p m ; Sunday School, 11:50 a m. Missionary ijuiiuen, Jirm Dummy evuuiiiK m vhvu mwiin ; Prayer meetings on the other Sunday evenings, Monday evening, young people's prayer moeth.tr; rriuayeveitinir. nniyer meeiimt. 4 . oeawrree. , Wkst BaATThKiioRo Baptist Rev H. B. Davis, 1 Pastor. Hunuay services at i:wand 6:H0d. m. I Sunday School at 2:80 pm. Wednesday evenln ' meeting at 7:80. Keats free. Cknthk Congregational Main street. Rev George E. Martin. Sunday services, 10:30 am. 7:80 Dm: Hundav School. J 2:(0m. Mission ary and Sunday School concerts take the place 01 ine evening service on me nrs ana secona Hunaays oi me monin, respecuveiy . i oung peo ple:s meeting Tuesday evening, at 7:45; prayer meeting, iriany evening at r.ia. Conokkoational West Brattleboro. Rev 0 H Merrill, Pastor. Sunday service Sermon in the morning at 10:80. Prayer meeting every Buiiany evening, tsunnay scnooi ioiiows morn inir service. Praver meeting Tuesday evenings. followed by teachers' meeting. Young People's meeting in urea ay evemugs. Episcopal Main street. Rev W H Collins.Rector. Sundav services Morning nrayer and sermon. 10:30 a m; Evening prayer, 7:30 p m; Sunday school, 12:00 m. Holy days, 5:00 p m. Holy communion, nrst Sunday in tne monin ana on all great festivals. The children of the parish are catechised on the first Sunday In every month at 8 p m. Mkthodist Episcopal Meetings In Lower Town nan. Kev u & aimer, raster, rreacmug un day at 10:30 a m ; Sunday school, rim; prayer meeting in theevening. Sundayschoolcoucert, lourcn wunaay oi every mourn, uiukh meeting, Tuesday evening; prayer meeting, r nuay even ing. Seats free Factor's residence. 48 High St. Roman Catholic Walnut street. Rev Henry Lane, Pastor. Sunday services High mass,10:30 a in : vespers and benediction, 7:8U p m Unitarian Fiieb Chi'kch Main Btreet. Rev. J. B. Green, Pastor. Services Sunday forenoon at 10:30 ; Sunday school and Bible Class after the morning service. Heats iree. Uni verbalist Church Canal street. Pastor, Rev is. w. Whitney, at the Brattleboro House, ser vices every Sunday at 10:30 a m. Sunday School at 12 m. Sunday Evening LectureH from Dec. 1st to April 1st. Sunday Evening Prayer Meet ing from Sept. 1st to Dec 1st. Prayer Meeting in tliechurcn vestry every Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Calendar for March, 1880. S. M. T. W. T. F. S, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 A Folded Leaf. A folded page, old, stained and blurred , i iouiiu witnin your uook iasi nignis I did not read the dim, dark word X saw in the slow-waning light; Bo nut it back and left It there, As if in truth 1 did not care. Ah I we have all a folded leaf That in Time's book of long ago We leave unread; a half relief Falls on us when we hide it ho. We fold it down, then turn away, And who may read that page to-day ? Not you, my child ; nor you, my wife, Who sit beside my study chair ; For all have something in their life That they, and they alone, may bear A trifling lie, a deadly sin, A something bought they did not win. My folded leaf 1 how blue eyes gleam And blot the dark brown eyes I see; And golden curls at evening beam Above the black locks at my knee I Ah mel that leaf is folded down, And aye for me the locks are brown. And yet I love them who sit by, My best and dearest dearest now. Tb-ey inay not know for what I sib, , - 'Wrjmf brings the shadow on my brow. Ghosts at the best; so let them be, Nor come between my life and me. They only rise at twilight hour ; So light the lamp ana close the bi'nd. Small perlume lingers In the flower That sleeps that folded page behind. So let it ever folded lie; 'Twill be unfolded when I die. Chamber' e Journal song of wild appointment Something- to Love. "Give me something whormintn T mnv hind mv heart; something to clasp affection's tendril's 1UUUU, WE are prepared to do all kinds of work in the MARBLE LINE for lower prices than any other dealer. Having had long experience in the business, and do not emplov any Agents, we give our customers me oenent oi ine commission. Works corner South Main and Canal streets. Brattleboro. June 13, 1879 Q-, P0ULTEE. ly34 IW.HOLDEN, J Attorney and Counolor-at-I-w, and Insurance Agent. . Office at residence, South Londonderry, Vt. THE LARGEST AND NOBBIEST LINE OF PAPETEBIfiS, :Eem.s, InJss, Aran stationery goods, of all kinds, selling cheaper than ever at C. CLARKE & SONS' . Old and Reliable Drug.Stand, Towkbhkkd, Vt. SHERMAN & JLV General Insurance aod Real Estate Agents, And Agents for the Babcock Fire Extinguisher, Have removed to Starr & Estey's, New Bank Block, Corner Mais and Elliot Streets, BRATTLEBORO, - - VT, 28tf eing! Steam Cleansing! BRES8 GOODS! SHAWLS! BARQUES I FiA THK11S! Etc, dyed a variety of colors. MENS CLOTHING dyed or steam cleansed and pressed, without ripping or crocking. Direct bnndlei to Brattleboro Dye Works, 42-lv N. J. HALE. Proprietor. -yy T. RICHARDSON Pays Cash for Hides, Calf Skins, and Sheep Pelts. ' Brattleboro, Oct. Id, 1877. A. L. CHILDS, WILMINGTON, VT. DEALER IN Groceries, Yankee Notions, Tobacco and Confectionery. Eddy's Tonic Beer ! A healthy arid refreshing drink. 1 15-tf BUSINESS STAND DMirfng to iro West. I should like to dispose of all my property in n rBujn. iuliuuihh .s -v.. Known riiuiji F - 1IIB BUIIC IB i-iA-s-s au (ood 4-horse m ti ThA Ktnn is Tlx in airoenion tndi the best nd most convenient out of Brt- u.ooro. r. E. i. FLIMPTOH, Wsrdsboro. V t. Stl sITweek. t!2aday st home easily made. aid Costly otitiit free, Aaareas u jwiu. Mains. 'y'6 AC Afttperdayathome. Samples worth Ota Ul PsU free. PofUand, Maine. Address Stinson Co., lyii GRArS SPECIFIC MEDICINE. tor Seminal H mk- rkrtL Impotent. And all d.jft!S . that follow aa a sequence on eu htifw. aa Ijo oi - ,m .w Kaet. IHmnr "I Vinim. Premature old ' "J -fvTr riiaeaan thai lead to jnsan- ''VnUwXnl.r, in our pamphlet., which wed ill re nent V.tf imwilui CO. Hn 10 Mechanics ori.is". Well. RioharOMP s tie, holel. Agent. VATd-i" BraUleboroH. C. Willard C. m drM ererywhere. For Sale. R-ipce of th. law Da. Jobs P. Was Th.aasndeac. Hu t. IB tke Tillage ol Brattleboro is Baeinof Stared for sale, for tenns R.W. CLARKE. lOtf Old's Patent One.Two &Three HORSE POWERS? Manufactured hy the ST. AISA1TS POT71TOET, St. Albans, Vermont, Are the easiest miming and most durable Horse Powers in existence. Also Threshing Machines, Circu lar & Drag Saw Machines BE SEAT. a I have some rare bargains if called for soon. Have you old Powers rebuilt and made better than new .Old's Patent Link, at one third the ca f Cor . and see for yourselves or write for circulars I price lists to W. S.Blanchard, Agent., CHARLESTOWN, N. H. 1 UNDERTAKING. THS UNDERSIGNED, having had experience 1 in thu UuJerttikiiJK BusineMt, oilers his ser vice att an Undertaker to the people of Brattle boro and vicinity. A full stock of UNDERTAKER'S GOODS. I am also prepared to use the EXa," by which the bodies of the dead can be PERFECTLY PRESERVED, Ro as to retain a lifelike appearance for week after death The use of the " KM HALMEK " does away with the necessity of tramping through the hrtiiHt with ii-p anil tnlts. The tiodv can be laid out and placed in the casket, and there be kept until inennn arrive irom a ainauce 10 atieim me luneral. With the une of thin balm there is no danger from infectious diseases, and no odor. Ware rooms 2d story of A. V. COX & CO.s New Block, Main titreet. Keaideuce, 47 Canal Street. 5 -tf J. G. SMITH. Wilmington Marble Works TE have a large stock of finished and unfin ished Marble, bought for cash bef ire the recent ris, and arc bound to sell the cheapest as well as the best work in this vicinity. We employ no Agents, buy for cash only, and have a special contract for freight that enables u to set work in this vicinity lower than any other party. M-Call and see us, and we will prove what we say. Yours truly, ROBINSON & BUEIX. WamxcTos, Vt.. Feb. , 18H0. ly John O. Baynes & Co., 83 COURT STREET, BOSTON. Musical B nes in Great Variety. Brass Band Instruments. Violin?. American Guitars Warranted. Imported Guitars. Baoj I from $3 00 upwards. Violin, Violoncello, Dcmrile Bass. Banjo, Zither and Harp Sitings and Trim-miorrs. Accordeons and Concertinas or all de scriptions. American and Foreign Sheet Music, Music Books, Ac, , Wholesale and Retail. Thfs establishment Is one of the branch stnrea of Ouve Urn! A Co., and poNftesae une nailed advantages for the Imfiortation of instrument froaa tbe best saaaafacturen la Earope, 1) SARSAPARILLA Has "decided" claims upon the public. This Is positively proven by the Immense good it has done to those who have been cured of diseases from which they have suffered in tensely for years, as verified by the publish ed testimonials, every one of which Is a pos itive fact. Cfttclsea, Vt., Feb. 24, 1879. MESSRfl. C. I. HOOD & Co.. Lowell Mass me on. iay oi msi dune i was taKen sick with a swelling on my right foot, and with an awful pain. The swelling went all over me. My face was swelled so that I could with dif ficulty see out of my eyes, and I broke out over the whole surface of my body; my right foot up to my knee was one raw, itching mass, and my ankle and foot so lame and sore I could not step on it, and it would run so as to wet a bandage through in an hour. In this condition Mr. W. F. Hood (of the firm of A. K. Hood & Son, druggists, of this town), handed me a bottle of Hooi's Sahhaparil la, and told me to take it. 1 did so, and by the jime 1 had taken one bottle 1 found that it was doing me good. I have since taken five bottles more. After I had taken three bottles my soreness began to leave me, and I have been growing better every day, so that to-day I can walk without going lame. I have no soreness in my ankle and it has healed all up, and does not run at all. I owe my recovery to your SJirs:ip:trfla. I write tills to let vou know that I think it deserves the confidence of the public, especially those who are troubled with humors. Yours most truly. JOKIAH PITKIN. ' V. 8, Every person that saw me said that I never would get over my lameness without having a running sore on my ankle; but thank fod I have. J. P. No ott cr Sarsapariila has such a sharpening effect upon the appetite. No other prepa ration tones and strengthens the digestive organs like Hood's Saksafatuixa. Price one dollar, or six bottles for five dol lars. Prepared only by C. 1. HOOD & VO Apothecaries, Lowell. Mass. BRATTLEBORO BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Name, Business and Location of the Leading Business Houses in Brattleboro CUT THIS OUT FOR BEFBRENCS. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. WOOD & MARSHALL, Exchange Block, Main-tt. B. A. CLARK, Tylcfl Block. BAKBEB SHOP. B. C. COLBY, Brooks House. BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS. CHENE Y t CLA PP, 6 Crosby Block. F. V. El) WARDS. J. STEEN, opposite Brooks House. BOOTS AND SHOES. J T nr. '7Tn V rnhittl Jt FaUhnnbm Rbul THOS. J UDGE, Judge's Block, opp American Hous CARPETS. C. L. BROWN, Marshall & Esterbronks Block, Mains HOIMIITON & AfiCCxi, Jiougrilon-s biock, jnam-s J. RETTIHQ & SON, High street, next Brooks House CEMENT DRAIN-PIPE. WM. A. PELLETT,manfrand contractor or laying CHAMBER SETS. C L.BRO WN, Marshall & Eslerbrooks Block Main-sl J. RETTING & SON, High street, next Brooks House CLOTHIERS. PR'A TT. WRWHT & CO., 8 Oranite Sow, Main-st. t A. WHITNEY, i Uranite Row. COAL. F. K. BARROWS, officewilh P. Barrows. A. J. (JLEASON, at Greene's Drug Store. COFFINS AND CASKETS. 0. L. BR0 WN, Marshall & Eslerbrooks Block. DENTISTRY. DR. A. L. PETTEE, over Tripp's store. DINING ROOM8. E. L. COOPER. 1 rfoor ou(a 0. J. PraWs store. SALISBURY'S Dining and Lodging Rooms, 41 Main-st. Opin at all hours. DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS. B. A. CLARK, Tyler's Block. DRUOOISTS. GEO. E. GREENE, Union Block, Main-st, J. W. GREGG, Main street, opposite High. 1. N. THORN & CO., 'i Crosby Block. H. C. WILLARD & CO., 1 Brooks House. DRT GOODS. Brooks House, k. HOUGHTON KEVCH. HouglUon'e Block. KLKNITL'KK. J. RETTING i SON, High street, next Brooks House . GROCERIES. A. C. DA VENPORT, 8 Crosby Block. J. W. FROST & CO.. 8 Crosby Block. A. J. SIMONDS. Ezrhanoe Block. Main street. MARTIN SCOTT t SON, Thompson& Ranger's Btk HAIRDRESSER. GEO. F. SPA TIL l I NO, Salisbury block, door sorts of American House. HARDWARE, IKON AND 8TKKL. B. A CLARK, Tyler's Block. C. F. THOMPSON ic CO., Willuion's Stone Block. HARNESS MAKERS. HEUSTIS BVRNAP, Main street. ICE CREAM ROOMS. E. L. COOPER. 1 door 0. J. PratCl store. MACHINISTS. F. VrNTON. corner oj Main and Canal street: BARRETT MlNtR.Canal-st .nnderoldeUkJacfrn PAINTS AND OILS. B. A. CLARK. Tyler's Block. PIANOS KKTET ORGANS. EDWARD CLARK, No. S Out Srwt STENCILS AND STEEL STAMPS. K JT. DOUGLAS, opposite American Mouse. STOVES AND TINWARE. A. V COXA CO.. Mninstrr. WOOD 4 MARSUALL,Exrhanfe Block, Main st UNDERTAKER. C. L. BROWN, Marshal! t JMcrnroob Block. UPHOLSTERERS. C. .. BROWy. Marshall Estrrbrooks Rtnf G. K. K I ft WAN. Main stjeet. opp. Hritlfwo Jfmm J. BETTING SON. High street, next Brooks Homst F K RA RRO WS. Main street, onn. N. I. HA WLEY, Brooks Umue Block. Silver-Spjflgled Hamburgs ! I m bwlinit thi het.nt.ful tt,t from nome or in m ceieoraiea KiiKtUh an4 Amririi frim winn ine trin. My bird bve won irt, 2nd. and FtwriaJ nreiniiinui ttii A Wklta It;kora, pure bred and tirst-claa. rtnek Em, z ner IS. or f jt 2 Fair batch gruarantet-d. Orden booked now. , U-U 8. 0. MISER, Bratlleboro, Vt. Something to love? Love her with placid brow iio craaiea mee in cnnunooa on ner oreast; tier love nas louowea inee till now noes thy heart crave a sweeter place of rest? jjove ner. Somethinar to love ? Love him whose noble form neaven. His head is silvered o'er by manv storms. And griefr that would thy tender heart have riveus Love him. Something to love ? Love them who oft with thee iiave clustered rouna one motner s Knee in prayer. Brothers and siBters in whose childish glee And merry sports thou hadst an equal share. Love them. Something to love? Are there no hearts that leap To answer them ? Do not some pulses thrill Beneath thy touch ? Dost thou Irom eyes that weep Wipe bitter tears, and art thou praying still Something to love ? Something to love? Love him whose name is love. iiind tnv neart to one wno cannot cnantre. Fix thv atFuctfon on the thines above. Jjuie LJiHi wmuii nixie uui maiuuuo utui e3irB,ii(ti. iove iroa ana neaven. MONEY WEIiL SPENT; OB, WIFE'S SURPRISE. got hold of .ftaSfo fiirm is In good condition nnw A '' "Easy enough V Mrs. Graham did not repeat the wonfe.)ud. Her husband did not know of the little sacrifices an acts of sclf-deniM M had cost her. He never could knot ifl nnd therein lies tl patnos ot many iifcciflce. xijw iigxi nxtrmitfi mm. Uraliam was up betimes and busjjwith her household cares, but Jw heart JiartJos't its lightness; and as she stood under the locust tree wntcn shaded, the pack door churning, it seemed too, ; as H1 much of "the bright ness nadgone ontVof her life. Golden dandelions nestled hi tliA peted the yard likilstray strips of sun- di.hid, nioj. wisiti siui orignt witn tne dewey freshnns f surly morning. To the riirht there n'n l,w tv,,,,,.!,,,.. i,,,i . the silver thread tljw. traversed it showed Wlierea DremK nmrillllrt'll nlnnff. itx tinv waves sparkling in lite sunlight. To the left were iel6 of rain with ripened ncaua tt i jj .il siting lor tne sickle. The air wsi.WT '.t Ttffnnv HoiindH.' tlm tinkle of distoirfvitow. bells, the voice of domestic ft.'rtaik1'' ll sons birds. B.1 II o vershadowtM VwiT She could flunk of nothina but the great barn-like-house painted a glaring reu, witn its larjrjr'sttutieriess winuows, like lidless efeSfrftarine out upon the dusty highway. Inside it was equally as Darren oi grace or Dcauty ; tne walls were dingy and unadorned by pictures of any kind ; theurnitnre was guiltless of paint or varnish : with no works of literature worthy pi mention beside the weeklv.naner, tlieibible and an almanac. In this atmosphere she must live : here she must henceforth work on, while mind and sonl sjarved ; here, too, she must rear hw-cfflTuran. to see worth and beauty in nulling that cannot be repre sented by e,y.d. What wonder then if her thoughts and eyes wandered over the fields of waving grain, to where a stately stone house stood on an eminence. She knew that there was beauty there, breezes stole into large, airy rooms, through lace curtains : there were rich carpets and costly furniture, and a libra ry that was almost an intellectual feast to look at ; ouiside there were pleasant walks and drives, anil a flower garden nuea witn tne rare'jF' uurai treasures : and then slieicd softly aa she thought to herself but love would not have been there, and life would have been of very little worth without, that. Jennie ! Jennie! Oh, here you re," and Mr. Graham came out through the back kiteheii Jo and seated himself UD jn the eli:o of a huge log that had been hewed out ami did duty for eaves drop and cistern. It was not unusual for him to seek her, he always did when he came in and found her not in the house. It was not bad habit in the man. His very life sained bound up in her ; and although h"had the reputation among nis neignuors oi ueuig ciosu iu uia uusi- "Now we are not only out of debt but neas transactions, he was kind-hearted we have got $1,000 ahead, and the ques tion is how are we going to invest it ?' Hiram Graham, sitting just outside of the open door, to enjoy the grateful cool ness of the summer evening, threw aside his paper as he spoke, and awaited his wife's reply. His wife, busy over her sewing, did not answer immediately. "Come," he said, "let me have your opin- and generous, too, in his way. This morning he had something of importance to communicate. I didn't tell vou last evening, he said. that I had already had some talk with Southwell about that land. He wouldn't listen to a unt under $2,000 then, and I wouldn't oflor more than $1,500. He came over to see me this morning, and offered to split the difference. Ain't that a bargain, though ? A little better than ion. 1 11 bet you ve made up your mind -gg risi l uauier near for what to do with it long ago. You know getting to tell yo t. Powers is here. He the saying, a man to save money, and a I wants ti hire aA during harvest. I have Hands qnoug.v'j4.-uppwB me more woman to spend it, and he laughed good naturedly. Yes Mrs. Graham lpd made upJbcr mind long ago. The thought of a time when tney siioum ne clear oi aeDt, anu some of their surplus earnings could be expended for home comforts, had helped her to make over and repair many an old garment that she was about to throw away in despair ; it had encouraged her to contend with numerous inconveniences. But now the time had really come, she felt a strange reluctance about revealing her thoughts. She was oppressed with fear that her long-cherished plans might be dashed to the earth. However, she commenced bravely enough. "I have thought we would repaint the house some pretty color, such as a silver grey, and have shutterB put up at the windows the right shade of green to har monize with the color of the house the same as the green leaves of the poplar harmonize with the soft grey of its trunk and branches "Why, Jennie," exclaimed Mr. Graham, "there is a good coat of paint on the house now. And there is no color as durable as red, in my estimation." "And," continued his wife, "I would have the yard closed in with a neat picket fence" "1 don't sec any use in tearing down that fence. The rails are as good and sound as they were twenty years ago." "Please don't interrupt me, Hiram. I would repaper the rooms, buy a new in grain carpet for the parlor and muslin curtains for the windows." "Thunderation ! What is the sense of having curtains if you have shutters ! Be sides, these paper curtains answer every purpose, as far as I can see. The paper on the walls is perfectly whole. It is true that you have patched it considera bly ; but that don't show much. And as for the carpet why, haven't you got a new rag carpet in the room now ?" "Yes, but that would be for the sitting room. And I would have a bay window made off the south side of the sitting room for house plants." Mr. Graham laughed outright at this. "Now Jennie," he said, "I never said anything about it, but have always thought it kind of foolish to spend aa much money and time as you do fussing with flowers outdoors; but when you come to make flower beds of that beats "Hiram," said Mrs. Graham, "yon ask ed me for my opinion. Now please don't interrupt me." "Very well. Go ahead." "I would have a portico built over where you are sitting, and a woodhouse and a large cool pantry, that I need so much, on the back of the kitchen. One part of the woodhouse would be finished off, where the cook stove could stand in warm weather. It would lie so much cooler for us to eat in. Besides this, there are many little adornments, such as pic tures, etc , that 1 would add afterward." "Why I" exclaimed Mr. Graham, "if we were to go into that it would take every cent of the money." "Well, we earned it to invest in some thing, didn't we?" "It would bring us the best of all in comesnot in dollars, but what is better far in joy and happiness. Life would have a fuller and purer meaning for us both ; it would bring a higher and better atmosphere in which to rear up our chil dren. Even the humming bird loves to dwk its sweet little nest with pretty mouses and lichens. Ought we not to have as much love for home and it adornings as rod's dumb creatures ?" . "I have something more important to live for than a humming bird has," said Mr. Graham, tartly, "I would rather leave something more substantial to my chil dren, siuh as bonds, well titled acre, for insin,-.- I will tell vou what I have been thinking of" he said, with an air of one who felt that the expressing of his opinion must necessarily bring conviction of his suixTior iudiraient. "Yon know that I have always wanted that forty acrej lot of (Southwell's that joins me on me north. Thev sav hfe is hard up now and when he finds out that 1 can make a large pavment down, 1 U-liove I can get it mighty reasonable. And when I get that paid for, I would have one of the teM farms in the country. Now, what do you sav to that?" be asked triimipliantly. "It would run us rijjht into debt again, said Mrs. Graham. "Well, supposing it di.L We have swung clear this time easy enough, and can again. You must rememlr that this land was badly run down when I first heln I have ttt- better I shall net along. so I told, hj.it'. X go right Ip work. I don't, waii3W-f jLf;Jsa". t WOj!kfim( yet, 1118 I01KSar.)BIl--. BU-Jvuu.m.gi D out a bit forfluln to eat. Try and have the lunch teaif for half-past nine ; you can blow the nVirn, and I will send one of the.men down for it. Poor Jennie 1 H was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. She strug gled hard, hut the tears would come. Mr. Graham turned back and came in stantly to her side yhen he saw that he was in irouoie. "What is the matter, dear?" he asked compassionately, while his large kind hand glided down her hair witn a soir., caressing touch. "If you are not feeling well, I will slip down and get Miranda Powers to come out and help you. I guess I'd belter anyway, hadn't I ? Mrs. Graham mastered her emotion with an effort, , "Oh, no," Bue said. "There isn t any thing." , , . . Mr. Graham hesitated ; he was not sat isfied with this explanation. "There ! " the said. "Now do go along to your work, or I shall be foolish enough to ciy again I " and indeed, she looked very much as if she might. Hiram Graham had a faint idea as to what the matter was, and was very will ing to do as she bade him. He felt con siderably annoved that his wife could not see the advantage of the proposed purchase that would so materially add to tlieir mutual property. Ai d then he be gan to wonder what she was thinking so silently about while she stood looking off toward the distant hill. A little jealousy crept in with the thought. The owner of that tine mansion had once been a formidable rival of his. There could have been no reason for her choice but the one she so shyly confessed to him iu the soft twilight of a summer evening ten years ago. How proud and happy he had felt! He vowed she would never want for anything which he could pro cure. But he had changed since. He had but little to commence with. They had to practice'such rigid economy, and to watch every dollar so closely, to be able to meet the payments on the farm, that he had learned to love money, not so much for the good it could purchase as for his own sake. When he came to dinner, followed by his troop of hands, he could not help noticing how flushed and tired she look ed, t ut she was as cheerful as ever. The morning cloud passed ; and with the sweet spirit ol self sacrifice that charac terized her. she had buried her dead hopes andiijrnnj llte burden of life again as bP.t Tsuetu 10- Hiram Grham was not ignorant of this sacrifice and U touched him keenly ; the thought of it troubled him during the afternoon. He even forgot to esti mate what the probable yield per acre would be as the heavy sheaves were shoved off the rer platform and lay so near together on the shorn ground. He could not deny that his wife had worked as hard as he during the years past, and the economy that he had practiced had been mostly in her domain. He began to wish that he had treated her wishes more respectfully at least. But then he could not help looking over to where that forty acres lay. What a choice piece of land it was! How long he had wanted it! And now, when it was almost within his grasp, must he let it go? And even were he to yield to Jennie's wishes now, would not she know that he had done so reluctanily "'d against his better judgment? And during the afternoon he thought the matter over and over. "Powers," he called out, as that indi vidual was leaving the field at night, "il the folks at home cau spare Miranda, let her come up in the morning and help mv wife." . "All right, she will be glad to come,' was the answer. Harvest was over, and Mrs. Irraham spoke of disci: VKing the girl. " You had better keep her w ueiju, husttamt. , "No," said Mrs. Graham ; "when there is no i.ne but my own family, 1 can do the work easv enough alone. I believe I like to work," added she, sun ing;"at lean I am always happiest when I am bo ." . , "How long has It been since yon have been home to your father a on a vuat? he a-ked abnirtly. 'Five years ago last Juue, when sister Ellen was married." How promi was the answer, ter- haps she had counted the time. "How would you like to go out and see the folks this fall ? What a glad light came into her face, and then faded, as she said, hesitatingly: "How can I go ? "Never mind about that. You have earned a playday, and none of my trans actions shall hinder you from enjoying one. You had better take the children with you ; the folks will want to see them. We will bo to town to-morrow, and you can get what things you need, and Mi randa can stay and help you get ready. You will want to net olf as soon as you can, for you will want to make a good long visit while you are about it." He appeared to be anxious to naRten her departure: but Mis. Graham was too happy at the thought of seeing the home of her childhood again to notice it at the time. "But what will you do without us, if we make too long a stay t "Don't mind about me. I can keep bachelor's hall," he added laughing. Two weeks after and Mrs. Graham had gone, and Hiram Graham had the house all to himself, After the Japse of five weeks he went to the station to meet his wife arirtehil. dren. They had enjoyed the most de lightful visit, and all were glad and hap py, and as they drove homeward there was much to be told, anH many inquiries to be made. As they neared the house Mrs. Graham looked suddenly forward. while her husband watched her face and rubbed his hands together in quiet glee. What was that Soft lustrous gray, gleam ing out from among the green leaves ? Was she dreaming ? "No: it was the house with its green shutters and porticos. "Why, Hiram Graham, what have you been doing?" She looked again. And a picket fence : And the most charming little gate! And graveled walk, and then she could not keep the glad tenrs from coming. Dome, Jennie,' said Mr. Graham, teasingly. although Iuj own eyes moist ened with sympathetic happiness, "don'l feel so glad about it. I may have worse things yet to show you. There, how does that suit? he asked," after they had en tered the house, pointing to the bay ndow. "I didn't understand such things I Eot a workman who did, you see; is all complete, ready for the plants. And here," he said, lending the way through the kitchen and throwing open the door, "is the woodhouse, and there," opening a door, "is a pantry that eau't be beat anywhere. And tin's is some thing you didn't mention," he continued. approaching a neat siuk iu the kitchen, and laying hold of the handle of a cis tern pump that stood in one end, up gushed a jet of soft water, which told of good cistern underneath. "Look through the window and you will see a covered drain that carries away all the waste water. 1 am going to fix it so you can irrigate your flower garden with it. You see I didn't do anything with ttie-e things," he said, after they had entered the sitting-room, glancing deprecatingly toward the dingy-colored papering, the dilapidated furniture and thread-bare carpet, "I would rather trust that to you. And besides I found that there was so much real enjoyment in it that I would be generous and leave some of the pleas ure for you. Here is the money that is left." he added, presenting her a goodly roll of bills. One pleasant day in autumn and all was complete, and indeed, as Mr. Gra ham said, "it looked like a bit of Eden." 1 do believe, she said, turning toward her husband with a glad, bright look in her face "I do believe that I am just the happiest woman in the world. He drew her gently to hiin. "Jennie,!' bjuyid. "wJiat were,A;ou thinking a.hotijt that fuorhllig I loumf you clturliuiR .nif der the locust tree, and looking so in tently at the old stone building on the hill?" . . Her omy answer was a merry laugh. I'Did vou ever think so before?" Although he atked the question hesitat ingly. heJooked very wistfully into her faee for an answer. t'No, you dear, simple darling, and I never shall again,'' and looking up arch ly, "I didn'tthen ! " Six years had passed awav, and one bright morning in spring Mr. Graham entered the house. He had changed in these years; the slight roughness which had cnaracierizeu mm jjit-viuum uuu worn away ; there was an increase.! dig nity and manlines iu his bearing. His children had also grown to be a constant source of parental pride and delight. Sosurelvdo our inner natures conform to the plan of ouroutward surroundings. He held up a paper he had in his hands. "There, said he,- addressing his wife, is the deed of that Southwell forty clear from incumbrance." If it had not been lor you, ne contin ued smiling. "I should have owned it , ., i f .i il r..... long ago, and tne wnoie r?onLiie.i mim, too, perhaps, But I thank God that 1 didn't," he added, earnestly. "If I had I would have been so close over the work-rack by this time that I never would be able to Iook up. and a half did this ministering angel pur sue nis lauor or mercy, nor sensed to go and return until he relieved all the wounded on that part of the field. Ho returned to his post wholly unhurt, but was afterward killed in attempting the same feat at the battle of the Wilderness, An effort is to be made, it is said, to have Congress bostow a pension upon Kirk land's orphans and widow. The Old Man's Song to His Wife. Oh, don't he sorrowful darling ! i Now don't be norrowfutpray I ' For, taking the year together, my dear, I There lsu't more night than day. 'TIs rainy weather, my darling, Time's wavcn they heavily run : But, taking the year together, my dear, There isn't more cloud thau gun. We are old folks bow, my darling ; ' Our heads are growing gray ; But taking the year all round, my dsart You wllf always find the May. We've had our May, my darling, Arid the time of tho year Is coming, my dear. wre iyiiK uara uignu ana me SUOW. But Sod in Ood, ray darling, - ' "' J ' J - Of uiglil, as welf as day ; ' -And we leel and know that we can go Wherever He leads the way, Ay, (Sod of the earth, my darling ; of the night of death so grim, The gat that from life leads out, good wife. is the gate that leads to Him. A Bebel Hero. The brave self-sacrifice of Sergeant Richard Kirkland of a South Carolina regiment in succoring the wounded on the bloody field at I redncksburg, has been retold by Gen. Kershaw of the rebel army, who commanded Kirkland's brigade. The ground between the lines was covered with the dead or dying Un ion men, victims of Buriisides gallant as sault noon an impregnable position, nnd ail dav the wounded rem, me air with their groansandagonizingcries of "Water! water!" In the afternoon the General sat iu an upstairs room, surveying the field, when Kirkland came up. it li an expression ot indignant remonstrance pervading his person, his manner and the tones of his voice, he said, " leneraJ ! I can't stand this." "What is the matter, rgeant ? asked the general. "All night and all day," he replied, "I have heard these poor "people crying for water, and I ran stand it no longer. I come to ask permission to go and give them water." The general regarded him for a moment with feelings of profound admiration, and said, "Kirkland, don't you know that oil would get a pullet through your cad the moment vou stepped over the wall?" "Yes. sir, I know that: but if you will let me, I am w illing to try it." After a l:itise the general said: "Kirk land, I ought not to allow you to run such a risk, but the sentiment which actuates you is so noble that I will not refuse your request, trusting that God may protect you. You may go." The sergeant's eyes lighted up with pleasure. He said, "Thank vou, sir," and ran rapidly down stairs. The gener al heard him pause a moment, anil then return, bounding two steps at a time. He thought the sergeant's lirart had failed him, but he was mistaken. The ser geant stopped at the door and said, "Gen eral, cau I show a white handkerchief?" Ihe general slowly shook his head, say ing emphatically, "Xo, Kirkland, you can't do that." "All right, sir," he re plied, "I H take the chances. ' and ran down with a bright smile on his hand some faee. With profound anxietv he was wafched as he stepped over the wall on his erranu m mercy, c unarmed no reached the nearest sufferer. He knell beside him, tenderly raised the drooping head and restoo li gently Un Ins nan brea- and poured the precious, life-civ- ing thud down the fev r-whl thnut Thia done he laid him tenderiv don. plaoed his knapKack tinder his head, straightened wit his broken limb, spread his overcoat over tiiui.r'cplaii.l his empty canteen with a full on?. and turned ! another sufferer, l'.y this time his pnr- pose was well omlorst.od on txrth si'hw, and all danger was over. Kr.'iiiail pans of the field mse fresh crkw of "a T. mater; A God's sake, wat. r!" More pit eous still the mute apisw! of some who could only feebly lift a hand to sar here, km, is life ami suffering. Kor an hour Finding the Shears. Mrs. Major Wheeler leaned over the banister the other morning and answered him: "The shears? Why, they are right down there somewhere. I was using them not five minutes ago." The major wanted them to trim off a horse blanket at the barn, and he march ed into the sitting-room and up to the family work-basket. Of course thev were there, alio tumbled a ball of yarn, a pa per of pins, a half-made garment, a button box and a pin cushion on the floor, made a dive among bodkins, worsted, threads and darning needles, and thp shears did not turn up. He stood the work basket on its head, but it was no good. Then he went over to the what-not and raked off three or four , photographs, rattled down a lot of shells and knocked off two books, but the shears were not there. He was red in the face as he went into the hall and called out "I can't find hide nor hair of 'em, and I don t ucitcve you ever had any." "Now look again that's a good man, she replied. "I know they are right there." The major got down on hands and knees and looked under the lounge. .no shears, men he stood up and looked on the mantel. The nearest approach to snears there was a Dent hairpin. Then ho walked around and surveyed each window sill, and gave the work basket another racket. "I tell vou there ain't no shears here. or else I'm hlinder'n a bat!" he shouted from the hall, after he had given the hall tree a looking over. "Why, major how impatient you are !" 'There s no impatience about it ! I tell vou the shears ain't here! No one can ever find anything in this house! I had to look a straight hour the other day to find the gimlet." "If you don't see them in the bedroom I'll come down." He entered tho room, glanced over the bureau and stand, pulled the shams off the pillows, and whirled the pillows around nnd then took a hair oil bottle from a bracket and looked into it. The were not in liio bottjc, nor any where els. ll3tayl They might have been carried under the bed by that mys terious household tide which carries ar ticles from room to room in an invisible manner. He crawled under, bumped his head on the slats, got dust in his throat, and was backing out with blood in his eye, when his wife called outr "Why. what on earth are you after?" "After ! after I" he shouted as he almost coughed his head off "1 m after them infernal shears." "Whv. here thev are! Thev were ly ing in my sewing chair, right in plain sight." "I don't believe it I'll never believe it t I looked into that chair over 10,000 times. "Well, there they are." "It's no such thing! You've lost 'em or pawned 'em or traded 'em for gum. You've no more order in your house than an old cooper shop !" He walked past the chair into the hall and was going out when she called : "Hear, aren't you going to take the shears ?" "Shears? What shears? I'm going over to the store and buy me a pair of snears, and if-any human being in this house ever puts a finger on 'em they'll sutler for it ! I'll see if I can't have a pair of shears in my house, after being married for upwards of forty-three years!" And he pulled down his hat and slam med the door with all his might as he .went out. Hash. He who Mrs. to take a kiss, Has Mr. a thing be should not Miss. Acta Columliiana. Domestic bliss Kissing.the maid. Domestic blister When your wife sees you. the fashionable societv wod.lin described as being stiffer than a printing office towel. Impossible. Lockvort Vn- When a bashful Hamburg lover begins t.O hitch htu ehuii- a Itftla .t. of his affection, cau it, be properly called Hamburg edging. Deaf lady "What's his name?" Young J"'1 "Augustus Tyler." Deaf lady xuess me, what a name I Busthis Biler ! Eliza, you must be making fun of me." It is. nerhaos. nnt.tmil to fnni,,.in 4i, Father Time is married, not because he is called Father, but he taken by the forelock. Andrews' Bazar. An Ohio girl sued a man for breach of promise, aod proved him such a mean scoundrel, that the jury decided she ought to pay him something for not marrying A city broker visiting a country lady, and wishing to increase her knowledge of affairs, asked her if she knew what "watering stock" meant; to which she re plied, "Of course I do; it is giving the cows drink." The Cincinnati Commercial remarks, with emphasis "that uneasy lies the head that wears a crown" is an absurd nvnrpa. sion, because no sensible king ever goes to bed with his crown on. He always hangs it on the back of a chair with his vest. A Pittsburcr editor him boem c,,i guilty of libel and sentenced to pay a fine of one thousand dollars nnfl ho im prisoned for one year; and thus the grim question of how he was to get through the winter is solved. Snarrows nn,l o,n tors are watched over. father allowed no Intercourse whatever with the neighbors. They never went to school or to church. The man's only means of livelihood was catching stray dogs, which he would kill and boil, and render the fat. He compelled his chil dren to live on the meat of the dogs he caught. From their infancy he had told them to use the fat for butter. He made considerable money from selling the dogs' bones and skins, but never spent a cent, excent for ram. to mvA. hiB chil dren's backs or to protect them from the cold, when all three lav down at nieht in one miserable bed made of rough boards. At meal time their doir meat, was nnlrorl out of an old iron boiler and they sat on boxes to eat it. The trirls have oftnn con. templated suicide. They are nowln th hands of the Societv for the Prnvnntloii of Cruelty to children. That Heathen Chinee. One morning about 2 o'clock it was very dark a policeman passed "I" street in a Chinese settlement heard, as he thought a rooster crow on the roof of a house. The place attracted his attention and he cautiously reconnoitred. He soon djfroveretl a Chinaman standing up against a chimney on the top of a house and watched him. It was not long before the Chinaman, jieering into the darkness in various directions and find ing as he supposed the 'coast clear' step ped slightly away from the chimney, slapjied his arms "against his sides, and crowed so very much like a cock that the heads of flocks in the neighboring roosts answered with a real crow. Then anoth er further oil' hearing him, responded, and others more distant still took up the refrain, until every gallant chanticleer for miles around ha'd given oral testimo ny to the elegance of his manners. The thieves knew the neighborhood, even the premises where the owner had se creted them. The programme was this : A dozen or two of them, more or less, went each with a dark lantern, stationed at different portions of the town in the neighborhoods where chickens are kept. The cock that fell in with the chorus, hose key note was given by the China man on "the housetop, unwittingly Jdis closcd to the watching thieves the exact place where they and tlieir families had been secreted for the night and thus en abled the thieves to easily secure and curry them to Chinatown to give cheer to empty stomachs. The Adams Family. Charles Francis Adams is a lite hour man. He likes to sit up half the night, reading or writing, as he feels inclined. He has three sons, Charles Francis, Jr., a well known writer on railroad topics ; John Qnincy, popu larly known as "Jack" Adams, and who tssesses nioret.f the Adams look than the other sons) last of all comes Itrooks Adams, a red hot IVmocrat, who wanted Mr. Tdilen sworn in at New York, and then march on t Washington. Ho Is a handsome fellow; bright, positive and with a liberal dose of what the Sprine tieid Krpublirrm calls "that choleric old ispier fx. John Adams." All the A.iamses look as if they enjoyed their morning tub as keenly a did their presi dential grandfather his winter morning's diitiie into the l'otomae. They have a ruddy, well-trroonied look, and all earn their Own living, a matter upon which tlieir father is "considerable sot" to use the rural New F.nglatid phrase. "Millions to inherit. am! not arent fitsulxistence," is the Ad.un motto. It is a go."! stock. (hat of the the Adamses, and the fourth generation is as kernlv intelle.nal and as futl of xipv as the first. il iwse Jurn Tf if. Over fifty million nostal through the mails last year. It is one of the rigidly enforced duties of postal clerks to read every one of those rnrHs mj .t the unthinking public affect to believe that these servants of the people are over- Iowa women want to be nlncter! tn ti, Legislature. When thev are elected the will be some fun in staying up half the night in committee rooms, and the mem ber who tells his wife that the committee was in session, as an excuse for bite hours, need say no more. New Orleans I'icaynne. While General Grant is in Mevieo ho will have an opportunity to study the ueauues oi a country that is Strom' v opposed to a third term. In fact, it is only about once in two thousand ve.irs tl, o Alav;nn., :.. complete ins nrst term. Hurlington jiuwKeye. The Queen's speech in Parliament is never a column in length, while the President's message generally fills an entire page of adailvnaner. And vet tho impression has got abroad that women are t he greatest talkers. The newspapers should support a woman for the Presiden cy. JSorrutovm Herald. Pleasant fob Jenkins. Little Nellie was looking at some pictures of wild ani mals when Mr. Jenkins called, and an- pealed to that gentleman to explain one of the pictures. "That is a wild boar,'' and the little lady looked at it thought fully and replied": "It doesn't look like you, does it, Mr. Jenkins?" "I hone not," responded the guest. "Why?" "Be cause," said the artless mlaut, "mamma said when your card was sent up,'Thereis that cOd bore Jenkins again.' " - v ."; A man, whose countenance was home ly enough to scare a Quaker, was loung ing around a public house, when ho was observed by a Yankee, who asked him if he had met with an accident when lie was young. "What do you mean, you impertinent scoundrel ?" "Why, I didn't mean nothin', only you've got such an allfired crooked month, I thought as how vou might a fall'n into the brook when you was a boy and your mother bung you up oy the mouth to dry. No Apology. A Chicago clergyman began a recent sermon with the follow ing story of a man who was noted for his ugliness : neing at a party, lie had taken no part in the dance, as his hostess had some difficulty in providing him with a partner. At last she led up to him a prim and aged spinster, at the same time wrhispering a few words of apology in his ear. "Oh, you needn't make any apology," said he, jumping up with alac rity ; ''any old thing is good enough for me." "Emma," said a bondholder whose purse held more than his head, "It is time for you to marry. Your mother and I have chosen neighbor Green's son, and the affair progresses favorably." "But I don't love him ; I don't respect him, and I won't marry him," cried Emma. "What bosh," answered the enraged parent. So you, too, have got hold of those new no tions. Just look at your mother and me. Did we ever respect each other, I should like to know; did we ever love each other? And yet we've lived together for fifty years and I'm worth a million." If an editor omits anything, he is lazy, If he speaks of things as they art, people are mad. If he smooths down the rough points he is bribed. If he calls things by their proper names, he is unfit for the posi tion of an editor. If he does not furnish his readers with jokes, he is a mullet. If he does, he is a rattlehead lacking stabili ty. If he condemns the wrong, he is a good fellow, but lacks discretion. If he lets wrong and injuries go uiimentioned, he is a eoward. If he indulges in person alities, he is a blackguard ; if he does not, his paper is dull and insipid. - Aire of the Human Race. PROP. PAIGE PREDICTS A FREEZE OP SIXTEEN THOUSAND YEARS. In a lecture the other evening Prof. Paige developed, among many other strong theories, the rapidly growing be lief that the great ice period that ground the rocks into soil had been attributed to a time too remote in the earth's history. He said it had been the quite universally accepted opinion that the great ice caps were formed by a climate rendered cold by reason of changed cosmic rela tions. It was known that the eccentrici ty of the earth's path around the sun was subject, at long peoiods, to considerable change, resulting in carrying the earth out from the sun some fifteen millions of miles further at times than now. The earth's great aphelion, together with changed conditions attributable to the procession of the equinox, was believed to have produced the great neriods of ice in the past. From this standpoint of reckoning Clifford claims that man has been on earth 2,000,000 years. The Professor said he believed the modern tendency of thought was in favor of a different view. During the winter in our northern hem- inhere, we are 2,500,000 miles nearer the sun than in summer. This helps to equal ize our climate, rendering the winters much more mild, and the summer's heat far less than it would be if the conditions were reversed. In the southern hemis phere the exact reverse state of conditions exists. They are nearer the sun in sum mer and further off in winter. They have cold winters and hot summers.- At the South Pole there is a vast excess of ice over that of the North Pole. The vast accumulation of ice at the South Pole attracts the waters of the ocean, changing tho equilibrium of the earth's centre, moving the equator to the south, drawing off the waters of the North Pole toward the South Pole. This accounts for the clearly noticeable subsidence of waters in the north, and for the fact that there is but little dry land in the southern hemisphere. If the ages of ice can be charged up to these causes a glacial period is approach ing in the southern hemisphere, and will be at its greatest height in about 5,500 years. The last period of ice in the northern nemispnere is also oi equally recent date, occurring probably about 6,000 years ago. The lecturer was of the opinion, that, if these recent views proved correct, there would be recur rence of the ice period in about 16,000 years in the northern hemisphere. This view would also shorten the time of man's existence on the globe. It was probably safe to say that a man had not existed more than fifty or a hundred thousand years. A New Lincoln Story A new story of Lincoln new to me, at least was told at Kepublican headquarters in Chicago during the Grant reception, and which in this connection it may not be amiss to tell. Your readers will recall the peace conference which occurred in February. 1805, at Fortress Monroe, between Presi dent Lincoln and Secretary Seward on the one side and Alexander H. Stephens, John A. Campbell and R. M. T. Hunter on the other. The attenuation of Mr. Stephens has loiai leen a matter of such general notoriety that it is not offensive to speak of it. It seems that Mr. Lincoln had never seen Mr. Stephens before. At that time a kind of cloth was worn by southern gentleman, nearly of the shade of the ordinary corn-husk ; nnd Mr. Ste phens' great coat was made of that mate rial. But Mr. Stephens, who has always been a frail man, wore masft- other gar ments beneath to protect him against the raw wind of Hampton roads, and Mr. Lincoln watched with much interest the process of shedding until the man was finally reached. At list Mr. Stephens stood"forth in his physical entirety, ready for business. Mr. Lincoln, giving Gov. Seward oneofhis most comical looks, and lointiug to the discarded coats, said : "Well, I never saw as much shuck for as little a nubbin in all my life." Washing ton Ijtittr. Cr.t Ki.TY to Children. A miserable ! tcnundrd who compelled hit tiro daughters to lire on dog meat. C iristian Schaeffer was sent to jail in Philadelphia fur al most starving his two children. The storv came out through the attempt of Josephine Christian, aged 14, to end her life bv jumping into the Delaware river. She was rescued by a passing Iwat. Schaetl'er is a miserly, repulsive man of 35. He has lived for several years with bis two .laughters in a dilapidated little shantv in Salmon street, not ur from ISrideiburg Arsenal. Dirt inches thick carpeted the floor. The only ventilation ws front a door and a window, three of whose panes were stuffed with old rags. Thev had no visitors ojtriendis r the Trie Frooess of Incubation. There are many tilings the existence of which the majority of us live and die in ignorance of. Only by close obser vation do we acquaint ourselves with some interesting facts. We know that a hen sits three weeks before bringing out her young ; a turkey sits four weeks or about twenty-six days; the common duck nearly the same length of time ; while a robin brings out her fledgling in about eleven days. The young of the latter bird is not fully formed when it comes from the shell. The eyes, beak and feathers grow afterwardj and the body grows ino shape, requiring fully eleven days more before the young bird can help itself, and indeed many days after leaving the nest it is fed and cared for by the parents. The "People's Practical Poultry Book" savs of incubation : The hen has scarce Iv'set on her eggs twelve hours before some lineaments of the head and body of the chicken appear. The heart may be seen to beat at the end of the second day of incubation. It has at this time some what the form of a horse-shoe; but no blood appears. At the end of two days two vessels of blood are to be distinguish ed ; the pulsation of which is very visi ble ; one of these is the left ventricle, and the other the root of the great artery. At the fiftieth hour one auricle of the heart appears, resembling a noose folded down upon itself. The beating of the heart is observed in the auncie, anu asjer ward i n the ventricle. At the end' of seventv hours the wings are distinguish able ; and on the head two bubbles are seen for the brain, and one for the bill, and two for the fore and hind part of the head. Toward the end of the fourth day the two auricles already visible draw nearer to the heart than before. The liver appears toward the end of the fifth day. At the end of one hundred and thirtv-one hours the first voluntary mo tion "is observed. At the end of seven hours more the lungs and stomach become visible, and four hours afterward the in testines and loins and upper jaw. At the hundred and fortv-fourtll hOUT the ventricles are visible and two drops of blood instead of the single one that was seen before. Oh the seventh day the brain begins to have some consistency. At the two hundred and nineteenth hour the bill opens, and the flesh appears on the breast. In four hours more the breast bone is seen. In six hours after this the ribs aptear forming from the back, and the bill is clearly visible, as well as the gall-bladder. The bill becomes creen at the end of two hundred and thirty-six hours, and if the chicken tie taken out of its covering at this period it evidently moves itself. The feathers begin to shoot out toward the end of the two hundred and fortieth hour, and the skull becomes gristlv. At the two hundred and eighty eighth hour the ribs are perfect. At the three hundred and thirty-first hour the spleen draws near the stomach, and the lungs to the chest. At the end of three hundred and fifty-five hours the bill fre quently opens and shuts ; and at the era! of the eigliteenth dav the first cry of the chicken is heard. It afterward gets more strength and grows continually, till at length it is eiwbled to set itself free from its confinement. In the whole process we must remark that everv part appears in its proper time. If, for example, the liver is formed on the fifth day, it is founded on the preced ing situation of the chicken, and on the changes that are to follow. No part of the bodv could possibly appear sooner or titer without the whole embryo suffering. OwNry Gentleman. North Carolina has six newspapers edited by negroes, Louisiana three, Ten nessee aiid Texas two each, and Alabama and Mississipi each one. Profitable Patients. The most won derlul and marvelous success, in cases where persons are sick or wasting away from a condition of miserableneee, th no one knows what ails them, (prot18 patients for doctors) is obtained y ,ne use of Hop Bitters. They n cu" from the first dose and "P it op until perfect health and -""-'''' u restored. Whoever aHMctf-d this way need not .'", when they can get Hop Bit- , ten. See another column. ' -4