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It nearly twenty Tirs ago That I mva this baliy olt. So kni; thatto-dty I (to not know If priile In my eUtldiiih face did elu Aa I (mashed the ail-worked trait Kaariy ah, me! An of twenty yeanal And it B&akea ma feel ao aad.

That truly say ereeaieftUed with!

at niougmsox trial, and nopaea

1 ucn came w was ma aa, Soar Utile feOVvwt XwtaaiTkailM light have kaowr. whit he k owwlo-dajrt B dear littts tnj, fcoirooldnt aaa That era a eioul oc. hteh uiigntbe Ptthtpatwaa thaU-oUarwajt. Star none eVuld ! if the yean tooom Would aaddend or Jojful tie, S t whether . wearj feet would roam rrom tuejood and trna he leaned at home, Aadoileeana food to me, T&pXbm fc?w of Mm ctJed out one day, J man new tip la the place, -Yary good nan Idaro not any, r Vhti hnv waa lwlnwM f nld

The clothe with their raffed laoav At thought of the train and hopee and lean Oh! I rest indeed (an sad, And truiy any eye a-e filled with taara, When ttliinkaeooroof thrlftj yeare Is cone with the Ue lad.

THE 9YIK CHILE, ST BUUtS OKOraUX JUIBBMW1U Hotter, 1 am Hied ; 1 long to sleep so! Let thy boaom be m,f Bleeping plaee; Omj promire me tiion wilt not weep so. For thy tears fan burning on my face. Here Ifc iokl, anil there the cloud, are fleeting ; Bnt in Dreamland tlttre are ennny tkiea ; And the angel children Rive me greeting, goon aa I hare cioeet my wi:awd eyes. Dost thoc see that an$el coming, mother? Sotiihou hear tneinnslcof tta winner "Whits they are; they hia oa one another: Beautiful from God the light He brings. Boey winga are coming, too, from boa Yen; Angel children warn thein aa they fly Hotter. Khali I Uve till mine are given T Or, before I get than, most Idle? Mother, wherefore dost thou look so earnest? Wherefore doartHo! press thy cheek to miner Wet it feels, sad ret like Are thou 1m anal ; Sorely, mother, I shall atill be thine 1 Thoa hut promised ote then wonldet not weep so; If than aobbeet, I altall sob with thee! Ob, I am ao tired ; I long: to sleep so! Mother, look! the angel Usaea me.

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lew Series.--VOL. XVT.--NO. IS.

SOW HE WON HIS CKOSSL "Come, tH ns, sergeant how did you win Tonr cross? " This question was put up by one of a number" of young soJdien who stood round Sergeant Jflanebot in nhe grounds of the lnvalides. The person addressed was an old, one-ax Tied man, -who seemed to think that a certain air of fierce, un

failing gravity most became a soldier J

of the empire; i,at wno, it was weu known, hid one f the kindliest heart under the oncer form of stem severity. On being thus questioned, he took a weU-uaed pipe man his muth, slowly palled out a eolaun of maoie, drew aif ns erect as age would permit him, and replied : Won my eras? Yea, ixm enfant, yon say right ; in those days we had to win a cross it wns sot given. It was worth winning, too. We didn't, with the Emperor, gain glory by fighting against one another. There were no barricados then no battles ill the streets f Parts. That great man, bo wonderful in his genius, so indomitable in his courage, who always conquered, -would not allow it; and let ma tell you no one dared to do what he said h shooM not he soon made avaort work. "Ah ! those wure the days when we knew what true freedom iw. There were none of your Republicans your Odegnists, your old or your new patties. We were ail Frenchmen th?n Frenchmen, do you hear me, my clildren? It was against the enemies of la belle Fr -nee we fought against those who hsvexl the great nation because it was so glorious. " Yes, it wae against them weFrjnchmen always fought; aodwien traitors did not betray m we always- conquered. They could never defeat him, the Emperor, by fair means. Ah, with what gkny he covered France 1 " The old mau'a eyes glistened with enththiafim, antl his face glowed. "But ail this is chantred now." con

tinued the old soldier in a m-urnfnl , tone. " France, sliame upon lier ! does i -not earu what her enemies da The I Grand Army is no more. Bit you wish j to know how I gained iny ero-wi Well, i

x will teu yon, for it wiu snow you what man the Euiperar was. "It was the 6th of Korember. For a long time oar march had been full of glory. The enemy had fled before ns, lor whenever he tried to stand we defeated him. We had reached Moscow that fatal city. We were to have wintered there. Bat what did these cowardly villains of Russia do? .Why, as you know, they burnt down their town." M We were compelled to tytreat;and a terrible march we had had, what with frost, snow and hunger. It was the 6th of Norember, I nay. We had just fought the battle of Tiszma, and won it of coarse. The Emperor, in Ids order of the day, said we had annihilated the eaaemy. Stfll we had to retreat, not before the Russians no, we had crushed them, I tell yon but before th weather; it was terrible. Oh, what Crost! It froxe the very marrow in our bones. Oh, what ano,w I It cut dot skins; it blinded ns ; we sank in it to our knees as we marched. We had been en route sinee 6 o'clock, and it was now past noon. An awful march it was. The ground over which we passed was strewn with oar dead and dying. Not that we saw much of the foe no, those we had not killed knew too well what they would set if sawweameaesW eat. It wan that terrible cold and the empty stomachs that did for as. When these made any fall behind the rascally Cossacks, hanging all around us Hke a .swarm of bees, either killed and plundered them, or, if they were at all able to walk, stripped them, and then, tying them to their horses, made them run at their sides till they dropped fiwen oold, hunger and fatigue. ' " Many of tho officers and tuin in my

ny had tuns permned. au were led awsohtr. no shout, no ioke.

, what was worse than alL no crum

bling. The sullenness and reeUessness of utter despair had taken hold of us. "OarGnptaia was terrible httlo man not n braver one than he in the whole army. And then, you see, we were aD brave. He did not stand more than so high" ( pointing to his shoulder), "bu be would haws his own way he made ns do it; if he said no, it was no ; if yes, then yes; he would cot change, We eaJled him Gapt. Tetn, and, my faith f it was a good name, for he was obstinate. ' He had been a stout, red-mead man; but now, how changed 1 thin, pale and hafsanl. Kotiiing could, however. ttraaway in took of firmness. He wan hardly able to keep up with us; but he was determined not to give in as long as he hud life, and so on and still on he erswied. He had wrapped his shoeless feet in his handkerchiefs, which were o'r deeply stained with the blood that ooed from his wounds. Two or three tmiea 1 had offered him my arm for ids anjipect, bnt he had refused it angrily. " What!' said he, 'da yon think I can't WHtfe as well as another Am I a child f Every one seeds all irisstrength for bimwrf.' "At last he told me if I dared to bother him with my offers to assist him he would have mt punished severely. Bo whateeuld I do ? he always meant what be said But, obstinate as he was, he eoiild not hold out any longer. With a fain' erv of, Ah, it is all over with mej Tire rBmoerear ! he fell on the snow. - All over, my Captain oh, no, not wldle Conwra Manchotm berel "Why, who fe that? Is thai yon. Mmfrati lot are not with your legi.

ment, how is that ? Leave mo ; my buttles are all fought Bat stay ; here, take my cross and my purse, there is not much in it. I wish for her sake there was more, but the Emperor will not forget he when yon reach France. Ab, la belle France I I shall not see yon again I Go to Voroppe, near Grenoble ; there you will find an old woman 82 years of age; it is Madame Marlen, my mother. Kjss her for me on both cheeks, give her the purse and cross, and tell her how I died. vive la France! Vive P Emperer. f Now go join your company, Adieu go.' 'Not unless I take yon with me. Gome. "Come! How can I come? Fool that you are, don't yon see I cannot walk, or do yon think 1 should bo lying here?' "'Nevertheless, come.' With that I lifted him on my shoulder. "'What are you doing? Pat lae down, I tell yon ; put me down.' " 'Put yon down? What I to lie and the on the snow, or to be murdered by those thieves of Cossacks and tten stripped? Oh, no, Captain, I ahaH not do that ; you need not ask me.' " 'Impudent rascal that yon are! I do not ask you, I order you ; disobey me atyourperiL' "Excuse me, Captain, you need not trouble yourself to speak. See, yon (tan do nothing yon are too weak to struggle.' "What!amInottobeobeyed? Ah! if I survive this day yon shall suffer for it By the word of Capt Tetu you shall.' 'Survive! Why not? Of course you shall. I'll carry you safe. Survivo ! ma foil And IV Corporal Manchot, here ! Villain! lay mo down, I say. What? you won't Oh, you know you woo id not dare to treat me so if I was strong ; but alas ! I am weak, and you take a base advantage of me.' " 'Well, Captain, let me have my own way now ; when you are strong again I will obey yon, as I have always done.' 'Rascal that yon are P "All this while I was trudging on aa well as I could, and that was very badly. It was hard enough to walk when I hod only myself to carry, but with the Captain on my shoulders it was a little more difficult My company was now out. of eight ; it was of no use trying to overtake them that was impossible. All around me stretched an immense, treeless, snow-covered plain.. Nothing was to be seen upon its wild waste bnt the black patches and the little mounds whfch showed where the dead and dying were. In the far distance, against the snow-laden horizon, I coukl see a few moving specks, which I soon discovered were a number of Cossacks ; who, at a gallop, wore swiftly drawing nearer to me. " 'Ah ! then it is .over with us, Captain,' said I; but he mode no answer; he was insensible. 'Well,' said I to myself, I am not going to die, nor to let him neither, without a good hard struggle for it ; that would not become a

soldier ot the empire. Ho ; it tney come near me it will cost some of those vile Cossacks dear ; they shall know what a Frenchman can do; I will stop that

abominable hunrab of one or twopt them, or my name is not Manchot' "I had not much time to think, ij they, drew quickly nearer, with that wild, wretched yell of theirs. Call them soldiers! Boh! nasty, dirty, savigelooking fellows ; witn their bony, ragged, ugly little horses. Why, tliey were only fit to kill the wounded and the dying -to injure and plunder those who could not. help themselves not to fight against Frenchmen. " Well, but what was I to do? I laid the Captain down, and covered him over with the snow as well as 1 could. Then, seeing a number of eorpsns lying together in a heap, I went and laid down among them, protending that I too was dead. ' The better to hide myself, I turned over a body, and was horrified to find it was that of an old comrade of mine, who had fought by my side on the glorious field . of Austerlitz, Bergeant Snbra. A braver and better soldier there was not in the whole Grand Army. At any other time I should have been much grioved, bnt now all my thoughts were token up with how was I to escape the enemy. So I crept aa well as I could under the corpse of the sergeant The Cosiiacks were en ns. Never did I think myself so near death as then. They galloped right over us, and in doing so the hoof of one of the horses came down 'ipon me, and mashed my hit arm. Ah ! my children, yon may be sure it ws not easy for me to keep from calling out the agony was so very great To keep in the cry that seemed to force itself from my heart, I almost bit my lips through. Well, having done what mischief they could on horseback, , they passed on those murdering, thieving villains. "I then ventured to look up from my hiding-place. All, as I thought at first, were gone, I was glad of this, for what can one man, with a broken arm, do against a hundred with two arms and on horseback? As I cautiously looked around, still lying where I hod hid for I was too old a soldier to betray myself until I knew that the whole coast was clear I saw that one of the enemy still remained behind a big, ugly scoundrel, who, dismounted and leading his horse, was at this time bent on the plunder of an officer. At this sight my anger made me forget my pi in. I felt hurt that so pitiful a villain should have it in his power to injure a brave man. "Ah!' I said to myself oftly, 'if I, Corporal Manchot, can help it, yon shall never boast of what yon are now doing.' So I seized a musket with my right hand, loaded it and prepared to take aim. In doing this I made some noise which alarmed the thief; he started, listened, rose from his knees and looked around, bnt saw nothing. Not satisfied with that, ho walked round the heap where I lay, lit on'y a few yards' distance. Ton may think I did not make any noise then. I even breathed as lightly as I could. He saw he heard nothing, so, with his confidence restored, he went back to finish the work. With that I lifted my musket bnt ii you ever should try to lift your musket to your shoulder to take aim with your left arm shattered yon will find it a very awkward thing to do. 'My instinct the instinct of a veteran, see yon told me that, so I did not try, but tested my musket on the body of a dead comrade and took aim very good, yon may be sure, for my Me de pended on it fired when bang I his battles were all over, as the Captain hod said to himself ; he leaped up, flung ont his arms and 'ell dead. " This raised my spirits it somehow seemed a good omen to me that I fchould escape. But how? Ah! I did not see that, I returned to where I had buried the Captain in the snow dng him ont tried all I could to lift him again on my ahonlder, but could mot do it beoanse of

my broken arm. While I wns endeavoring to ndso him, my pulling him about revived him he opened his eyes and saw mc leaning over him. 'At first he did not understand how thinks were, but soon, recollecting himself, ho said with as strong a voice, as ho could, though that was very weak : "'What corporal, you here still 1 Am I then not to be obeyed ? Did I not tell yon to leave me and join your cornmany? Why, if these things are allowed, there will soon be no discipline

I in tho army ! If I live you shall be

soundly punisnecs you snou, on me word of Capt Tetu.' " This persistency of his displeased me, so I replied to him more sharply than I should : " 'Ma foi ! Captain, if yon are going to bo ' so obstinate, Manehot will imitiite yon, or lie is not a corporal, in the Grand Army. If yon stay here, he stays too, so say no more about it; what I have said I vti do.' "He looked offended, bnt said nothing poor fellow, for he soon became iuseufiblo again. Night was now fast coming on, so" I went and gathered as many cloaks as I could alas I there was no scarcity of them and wrapped him in them. "Then I sought for something to eat "It was well I had finished off the Cossack, for I found on him a flask of brandy, which he had evidently taken from one of oar officers, and somo bread. " Returning to the Captain, I poured a little spirits down his throat, which revived him ; I then made him eat and drink, and took some bread and brandy myself. It was now dork, and there was nothing for me -to do but wait till morning, to see what that would bring forth. I knew the rcar-fruord of the

j army was not past, and had some hopes

that we might be pic ten np by t hem. "Never shall I forget the fearful horEors of that night It never ceased to snow. The cold seemed to pierce into one's very vitals, and freeze np the marrow in oar bones, and the blood in the heart Nothing was to beheard but the growling of tho wolves and the gnashing of their jaws, as ihev gorged themselves on the plentiful banquet which lay around. I felt the frost was gradually mastering me, and that it would soon numb all my limbs. I was certain I could not hold out much longer, so, recalling the few simple old prayers which I had learnt from the good cure when I was a boy, I fell on my knees and repeated them. This seemed to give mo new strnngtli. "Deieiid upon it, children, there is nothing will so revivo a man as prayer. What, young wiseaere, you ore sneering at that, are you? You think I am vexy foolish, do yon? Well, wait till, you have gone through as much aa I have, and faced death and danger as rftcn, and perhaps you will think as I do. By the time I bad finished my prayers, morning began to dawn. The snow had ceased for a little. Through the dimness of the early dawn I saw a group of French officers at a distance. To draw their attention I shouted as loudly as I

f could, and jumped np. They drew

near. " ' Halloa ! how is this? Why are you not with the army ?' said a short, determined looking man, dressed in a light gray overcoat lined with fur. " Ttes, y ,ung hope of yonr country, it was the Emperor 1 aad I do not expect France ill ever give yon Mieh aGeuaral to fight under. It was the Emperor, nut I did not know it He was tho last man I should have expected to see there, so I replied: "'Why am I not with the army Look here,' pointing to the Oaptam and my arm, 'with this more, and this less, how could I be? I wish with all my heart I was there instead of here. " ' Sire,' Ah 1 then I knew it was the Emperor, that bravest of the bravo, that truest of the true, that wisest of the wise. I did not know what to do or say, so I gave him the salute as well as my benumbed and stiffened limbs would allow. ' Sire,' said one of the suit, ' I saw this man yesterday carrying an eifi cer on his back,' " ' Is it so, corporal?' " 1 Sire, my General, what could I Ao? Ihe Captain could not walk; he fell down. Was I to leave him to die, or to be murdered bv those oowarda of Co'saoks ? I know it was wrong, and I did it in spite of his orders he was very angry with me ; but I could not' help it, so I tried to carry him. The Cossacks rode over me and broke my arm,- I could do no more. Pardon me, Sire.' " ' The Emperor smiled ; yes, my children, he smiled (here the veteran's eyes glowed with honest pride at the remembrance) he smiled at me, Corporal Manehot and, taking a huge pinch of snuff, said : " ' It is well, very well, my brave fel low that to me, yes, to mo who now stand before yon ' it is well, very well, my brave fellow' those were his very words; as I heard them, I forgot my cold , my hunger and the pain of my arm. "'See here, this is for yon' with that ho opened his coat, took from his breast the cross, and pinned it on mine. Oh, what joy 1 what ecstasy ! what pride 1 Decorated ! and with tve Em-, perorB own cross ! " He then called to- Davonst, and ordered that 1 and the still-insensible Captain should be carried forward iu his own wagon. So l escaped from the horrors of thot retreat from Russia brvt not from the punishment the Captain hod threatened me with. As soon as he found that he and I were safe with our regiment he placed ram under arrest for fourteen days, for what he said, had been a -grow breach of discipline. Ah ! he always fulfilled his promise, did Capt Tetn ha is a General now. " What he had done to me was told the Emperor. I have heard he was much amused; he ordered my release, at the same time raising me to the rank -of Sergeant That, met enfanls, is how I won my cross. The ribbon I wear here, where every one may see it; the cross lies nexl my heart where it shall always be in life and in doatL" CoscU' Magnzim. The Habit of Liberality. A well-known financier in New York, who died lately, was noted during his life for lavish and unceasing liberality, as well as for the wisdom with which Iia gave to individuals, charitable and religious purposes in a word, to every worthy cause. On one occasion, when a friend spoke to him of his generosity, he said bluntly, " Yon mistake. I am not generous. I am by nature extremely avaricious. But when I was a yonno man I bad seise enough to see how man and belittling snch a position wot-. nd I forced myself to give. At first, I declare to yon, it was a fortune to me to part with a penny, but I persisted uorfil the habit of liberality wits formed ''"ere is no yoke like" that of habit Now ? like to give,"

AGRICULTURAL.

Weight and Wool. i F. Mitschki Collandi, a German agr cuHuri-t has been writing on the sub- i ject of tho relation of the wool to the , body-weight of merino sheep. Accord- . ing to some breeders the larger varieties of merino are to be preferred on accour t of their yielding a better return both i;i Uesh and wool for Hie fodder coiienmec. ' The Chicago 2'imea, however, declares ; the reverse to be the case, as tho buill of the sheep has a greater influence oa tho fattening properties than tho abaciluto size, and larger .quantities of wool 1 nro obtained from small sheep in relation to a given weight than in the larger kinds, therolative increase amounting t from 20 to 30 per cent. Growth of Colts. In order to winter a colt well and hav3 ' him come ont a fine, showy, sturd.r ; animal in the spring, particular attec- ! tion must bo paid to his growth durin the first summer and autumn. If th 1 mare's milk is at all deficient to keep tha colt in good flesh and thriving steadily, it is best to have recourse at once t ) cow's milk. Skimmed milk answeri i very well for this purpose, especially if ; a little flax-seed jelly, oil or cotton seed -meal is mixed with it A heaped tablespoonful, n ight and morning, is enough I to begin with, when, the colt is one month old. This can gradually be increased to a pint per day, by the time the colt is six months old, or double this if the colt lie of the large farm or cart ' horse breed. Oats, also, may bo given as soon as ; they can be eaten. Begin with a half ! pint, night and morning, and go on increasing, aocording to the age and size of the animal, to four quarts per day. ; These, together with the meal above, ' should be supplemented with a couple of quarts ot wheat bran night and morning. The latter is excellent to prevent j worms, and helps to keep the bowels in ' good condition. i Blieep on Small Farms. I Many affirm that it is no longer profit? : able to keep sheep on small farms, es- . pecially where the land is quite valuable. They declare that small farmers cannot ' successfully compete in the production , of wool with the men who have largo ranches on the great plains where land ; can be obtained at a nominal price. So ' far as the production of wool is concerned it is apparent that the persons who have large ranges possess great : advantages over small farmers. Still : small farmers can engage in some de- ' partmenta of sheep husbandry with a 1 good prospect of making money. The j breeds of sheep that produce the finest j mutton do tho best in quite small flocks, and at present prices the production of mutton is much more profitable than the ' production of wool. To raise good mutton it is necessary to keep sheep where tho supply of food is abundant at (ill times, aud where a variety of food can be obtained. Observations in this coua- . try and iu England show that the finest . mutton is produced on farms devoted to the production of a variety of crops, and on which there are suitable shelters in , case of storms and severe cold, weather. ( The raising of merino bucks for selling to large sheep -owners on tho plains is i anotiier profitable branch of sheep husbandry for small farmers. The large j sheep-owners have little time and poor ; opiortunitie3 for breading animals to improve their stock, which is generally very poor at the start They ordinarily , commence with the native sheep found iu Msxico or the Territories adjoining that country and cross them with merino bucks. They find it more profitable to buy these bucks than to raise them in the places where they are located. They can be bred to excellent advantage by , small farmers who have the time to davote to them. There is always a g kxI market for them on the plains. CM- ' caao Time. i Wbat Shall Farmers Eat P The home departments of theagricnlt- ;

nral papers have of late been criticising the farmers on their manner of living, and giving them much advice in regard to what they shall eat, the largest portion being a diatribe against' fat pork, till the reader not acquainted with farmers would" suppose that this was their prinoipal living. We do not propose to enter into any hygienic argument as to the relative values of various foods for producing strength and health, but the writer hereof , -knowing something of the habits of farmers and their families, is moved to say that on their tables will be found, on an average, food as wholesome and well-prepared as on those of any class of people we have ; and there is no occasion for wasting any.sympathy on them for they are the healthiest, strongest, and, statistics show, the longest lived of any class or occupation considering their numbers. These voluntary advisers say that the farmer's diet of pork and potatoes and beans brings dyspepsia and its evils ; which would be very correct if it wero true ; fortunately it is not, and from a large acquaintance with farmers we oatt say that this is not what ails them. One writer says: Farmers eat too much f it meat and too little green fooil to sustain tho system in a proper condition. Givo a Frenchman or a German a head of lettuce, a couple of hord-lxiled eggs, with vinegar, salt and peppe, and a loaf of bread, with a cup of coffeo, and he will fare more sumptuously than an American iipon roost meat of any kind." Now we know what ails these Frenchmen. Such a combination as oil, salt, pepper and vinegar is enough to kill them. Ask any hard-working farmer how much wheat a man conld rake anil Irind on such a dinner. Another of these hygienic writers says, "Lettuce and onions mixed together, with only salt vinegar, pepper and a little sugar, con be served at any time, with good effect upon the health of the family." If raw onions with salt, vinegar and pepper will not produce dyspepsia, there is no need to call in fat pork or any other food found on farmers tables. People should remember that there is muoh Of truth in the adage, " What is one man's meat may bo another's poison." The farmer, stronff, active, hard-working and always in the open air, oats meat and needs it-, even fat meat His digestive organs are strong also, and ho knows nothing of dyspepsia. Long days and hard work, even in summer, exhaust the muscnlar system, and good, substantial food is required to supply tho waste. This light green fodder is good as an appetizer, but an the main artiole of food will not anawer, but eaten extensively will weaken rather than strengthen the hard worker, while tho condiments are to be used as little as possible. But the nnestion may bn fairly asked : What shall the farmer eat? Wo will answer thin for ourselves, practically, not )erhaps anientiftoally, or with any theory as to tho probable effoot of this or that on (he svstem. The farmer doeg his hardest work iu

the summer months. In the very heat of dog days ho works hardest, and for that vorv reason needs good substantial food. Ho cannot afford to waste1 any strength in digesting a large quantity to

get a little nutriment ; nor is it conducive to health. Most bird-working pao- . pie need meat; well-fattened, nicely- j cooked fat pork in moderate quantities ' will not be hurtful. Mutton should bo ; used much more extensively by the , farmer. With tho icebox which "many , now have, a carcas can be easily kept I till it can be consumed, or neighbors can exchange with each other and divide into smaller portions. Well-onred ;

uiuu uuneu is ue Deat witn eggs j makes a good foundation or a day in haying, A moderate quantity of fresh vegetables in variety and also ripe fruits in their season green, never cooked or uncooked. Green corn and that class of food daily if desired iu its season, but always in moderation. Although many farmers are open to criticism in lack of product in the vegefaible and fruit garden, both for sum- ' mor and winter use, it is asking too -much to require him to moke these his ( sole diet The farmer who gives his laborers good substantial food, not trying to confine them to mush aud milk for j breakfast and green salad for dinner, -will get the best day's work from them. . The farmer who eats roast beef and , mutton and fat pork, who takes a daily . bath iu summer, and does not overwork ' in the hot days, may not expect to reach '. ninch above three score and ten, but the ; years will be full of labor, and he will leave behind him a farm well tilled. Detroit Po.it. .-lOUSEKEEPERS' HELPS. Coooanot JoMBr.ES. Thoso are very nice for tea. Grate one pound of cocoa- : nut, mix it with three-quarters of a : pound of sugar, three eggs and two tal ilo-spooufult; of milk ; beat all well to- ; get her, then drop on buttered tins and , bake. A good addition to soup is made by cutting bread in little squares and frying tham in butter till they ore browned on : every Hide. About three minutes before ' th:; soup is taken from the fire add the bread, so that it will be flavored with j Ihoeonp, but will not be soaked so it will crumble. : ri2 PiiANT Pudding. Wash and cut ' the pie p!nnt in small pieces, cover the ' be ttom of the pudding-dish with it, then pi t in a layer Of bread crumbs and -plenty of 6iigar, and so on, until the ; 1 dish is full ; add a little water, and only i a little, as tho pivplant is very juicy. ; I To lie eaten with a sauce. Os Tail Soup. Take two tails, wash . ai d put into a kettle with about one . ge.llon of cold water and a little salt , ! Slam eft the broth. When tho meat is 1 wi;!l cooked take c at tho bones, and add a little onion, carrot end tomatoes. It is I ettor m ule tho day before using, so . that the fat can bo token from the top. Add the vegetable the next day, and b:il an hour and a half longer. Boiled Couned Bkkf. Soak over night if very salt, but if beef is young and properly corned this is not ueccs- , sary; pour over it cold water enough to '. cover it well, after washing off the salt ; ' The rule for boiling meats is twenty-fit- ' .minutes to the pomd. bnt corned beef should be placea on a part of the stove or range where it will simmer, not boil ' hard, from four to six hours, according 1 to tho size of the piece. To toy halibut successfully, first fry a few slices of salt pork. To the fat obtained from the pork add enough lard so that the slices of fish will be at least half buried in it Dip the slices of fish in fine Indian me! before frjing. Have j tho fat hot, but let the fish cook slowly ' at li if t, ho that it will be done through, then it is an easy matter to give outside ' the delicate brown longed for by the -epicure. To oxean stained woodwork which is also varnished, an old housewife recom- , mends saving tea-leaves from the pot for ! a few days. Drain them, and when you ; have a suffioiect Quantity put them in clean, soft water ; Jet them simmer for ; half au hour; when almost cold strain ; them out, and dipping a flannel cloth in ! the water wipe off the paint, drying it : with another flannel cloth. One cap of . tea-leaves to one quart of water ia the ' due allowance. Psa soup can be made so that it will : be relidhed by almost any one. Look ; over and wash one pint oi split peas ; let j them soak all night In the morning drain off this water and put them on the ' stove early enough to boil five hours. Have four quarts, of water when you commence. In tliis put half a pound of 'salt pork with little streaks of lean in it i cut in slices, a table-spoonful of celery ' seed, a small onion cut in bits ; salt and j pepper to taste. When done the peas ; should have lost their shape and the , soup lie smooth aad free from lumps. j

THE WALKING HORSE.

How to improve It. The English havo a saying " A riding horse is not worth its corn if it cannot walk well." We condense some excellent " walking " talk from an English contemporary. The walk is on a of principal paces of a town hack, one of the greatest luxuries of a hard-working man, bo he lawyer, doctor, artist Judge, politician or city financer. A horse may be a very good hunter, yot a bod walker, but then he is only fit for tho stable of a rich man. A huntor ih.it can walk safely and fait home in a luxurious treasure. The walk is the pace that may be vastly improved, without the rider having any of the natural and acquired talents of the professional horse-breaker. Bat he must have patience. " To make a hook walk well," says the author of "The Book cf the Horse," "there is nothing more stupid than ill temper, the use of whip, and the abus) of spurs." A hack to make a fir.st-class walker must have the courageous temperament that never sties, when once settled down from et.rly morn freshness, and also the natural form and action that make him carry his head in the right place, and step out of the (round f Four miles an hour at a stretch, done in harmonious cadence at the first asking, without stumbling, dropping, shuffling or breaking, is very good work, To do five miles on hour in good form, is a very rare ;performance. We are told that there axe some horses that can walk six miles an hour with a light load, but have never seen anything like this. We were once riding a nearlythoroughbred horse, over sixteen hands high, with the Wild Staghounds. and left off nine milee from the horse's stable. He did the distance and brought us back in time to dress for dinner, in an hour and ".wenty minutes. That is about five mil as timl one-third of a mile in an hour. To improve the walk the first step is to sit down on tho horse and .ride at a sharp pace un;il he is settled, without fatiguing him. Then, if he is young, be content with the slowest pace of walking, as long at. he does not break and jog. At every break he must be stopped firmly, collected, and mode to begin again. This is besi; praoticed in returning home to your hack's stable and corn. Of course, it, is of no use to waste time over an aged hack whose habits are fixed, or a horse foaled to sttunblo all his life. The young one must be firmly and tenderly held, so that he will be compelled to move each leg alternately and evenly. By, judicious, smooth, firm and even grasp of the reins, the ourbreins held very lightly, tho horse's head will be drawn into the right place (provided always that it be properly put on higjueck), and thus induce him to bring his hind legs under him in regular time, ill support ot hfa fore legs. While the reins res trail him, the spurs, gently used, urge him, and his corn invites him to step ont his best By these means, patiently praoticed day after day, a really clever hack w ill got into the habit of walking at his bei.t pace as soon as the rider mounts and indicates by the pressure of his legs that iuoh iu his pleasure. Young horses and thoroughbreds drafted from the turf into hack or hunter stables sbould be often ridden across the deep furrows ot plowed clay fields both at the walk and trot Biding across turnips sot on the ridge will improve the action of ear -olds both at the walk and trot, if their fore limbs ore so made as to be capable of high, true action. Finally, with tune and patience, most young horses.' style and pace in walking can be greatly improved.

Close Relations, (TexMSKtinKa.1 Bill. Palmer is an old Austin boy of the most modern type, who always tells his parents just what he thinks about them, regardless of their feelings. Not long since he wanted to celebrate his birthday with some o his youthful companions, so that he applied to his father for an adequate appropriation. Colonel Palmer, who is a close relation of William's, being his penurious father, responded with a qaarter of a dollar. Billy looked at the quarter, sneered at it, and finally a id to the author of his existence: "That's a mighty slim appropriation to celebrate the 'thirteenth birthday of on Austin boy on, but still I don't reproach you. You are not to blame for my birthday." "What do you mean, sir?" whooped the now thoroughly aroused father. "I mean just what I say. If mother hadn't married such a clop.e relation as Sou are, I wouldn't never have had any irthday to celebrate, and I would be all the better off. She is the one who ia to blame. She should havo married a man of more liberal views, and then my father would have afforded me the means of celebrating my birthday in accordance with my social status."

Many of our American girls will be surprised to learn that the Princess Louise frequently makes her pastry and makes it well, too. On one occasion, some apricot tartn of her making being ' praised by a guest, tho royal lady wrote out tho recipe, with the words underlined: . " If you desire to have an apricot tart well cooked, ahvays make it wi tl an upper ornst" The story has a point, and the : point is that one can never know how to ; do a thing too well.

The flrfet oin made in the Philadelphia ; mint was the copper cent, made in 17(3. : Tho first silver dollar was made in 1794, j and tho first gold eagle in 1705,

Chemistry. All bodies oroi composed of elements or bodies, tl at have never been decora posed. Chemists have discovered oyer sixty elemer.ts.alarge percent of which are very rare, and of no value to our present purpose. We shall now consider only sixteen, a number sufficient to illustrate the leading principle cf chemistry. These sixteen elements are cwelve solids and four gases. Tho solids are iron, lead, potassium, f odium, ammonium, calcium, magnesium, aluminum' carbon, silicon, sulphur, and phosphorous. The four gases are oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, aud chlorine. Some of the solids are metallic Mibstances, and wore known and used in the early history of mankind some live thousand years before the four gfusea were recognized as actual existano.es. Tubal Cain, of the seventh generation from Adam, was a worker in iron and copper. Somescie itu-ts suppose that the earth was, myriads oi years ago, an immense metallic ball, and that its long exposure to calorie, oxygen and water, haoj gradually produced wonderful changes in its fiurface, so that now the earth is covered with water, rooks, and soils. These forces calo.-io, oxygen, and water are oven now acting upon its surface. Caloric, or tho forije that produces heat, is constantly distributing itself among particles of matter. Mountains and oceans ntill hold an immense amount of it Trustworthy chemists tell ua that, four-tenths, or nearly one-half, of all things upon the surface of the earth is oxygon. This gas, then, must bo a mighty force. Few materials can exist without it, imd few materials can escape its destructive power, it is a positive force. Oold means the comparative lack of caloric. Caloric passes from one body to another, If two bodies contain diflorent degrees of heat or different quantities of caloric, the hotter one gradually jields caloric to the cooler, either by ai.reot contact or by radiation, I'lare the hand upon a block of warm iron, and til siren gradually yields ealorio to the hand. A hot body is constantly radiating oilorio to the cooler. Wattr miy not bo in itelf a force, as caloric and oxygen nre, but it aids the forces hith-jir composing and decomposing power. These tbnse forces, then, are tho leading ones that have from the outset of ffi.waiion b sen constantly producing changes on the surface of the ear th. After He, the Bcluge. This saying was used by tho celebrated Mottenioli, as implying that no i.tatesmau if tor him would be ableto preserve th i peace oi Europe; but the oelebrated mot was. not original with him, as Ma le. Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV., who died nine years before Mettermch wan born , was quoted as saying: " Apr 38 uous, lo dcilugo," and the wily diplomatist only ohauged it to ' Apres inoi." The idea did not originate, however, with her, quick witted as ulie was. Oicero aserilwo U to a lloman ilmperor, and Milton supplies the name: ' They praotioe that, when they fall, they may fall in a general ruin, just as cruel Tiberius would wiish : ' When 1 die let the earth be rolled in flames." It

1 was older even than Tiberius, and ia a ; very ancient Greek proverb, too old for ' any discovery of its author. Tertnllian ascribes it to Demosthenes, but it turns ! out to have been used by him aa a com- ' mon proverb, familiar to the public even in hia day.

A Theory on Spanking. An eastern exchange, edited by an old moid says: "Never whip children just before going to retire to rest. Iiet the

i father s caress, the mother s kissi, bo the ' last lir.k between the day's pain cr I pleasure and the night's aieop. Bend j the children to bed happy. II there is j sorrow, punishmant or disgrace, lot

them meet it in tie daytime, rind have hours oi! play and thought in which to recover happiness.. Ijet the weary feet the busy brain, rest in bed happy." That' t all right, of coarse, to Home extent. We used to talk that way before we were a pore:it We knew a good deal more about children anyhow before we had to grapple with them than we do now. We used to bo a greater stickler for mond suasion and love and parental gush th m we are liow. Om: theory now in relation to children is changed from what it was formerly. We maintain now, after several year's study o:! the primary biped, that there is a style of child that cannot go to sleep at night, unless spanked. We havo in onr mind a little child of the masculine style of architecture, who will he and sob, and kick the clothes off and be mean and restless for two hours ii you forget about him, bnt if you go and tun down the coverlid and fan his person with on overshoe he will, quiet down and be asleep in five minutes. He is not tobhr me for being tho victim to his habit, but ho is that wayj and he can't help it. He is tied to his spank just as rou, gentle reader, are bed to matuiet habits. Strange freaks do often grow into confirmed habits that are almost impossible to shake off. Children are often the victims of strange and unnatural snstoms like older people. This ohild, for instance, did not at first apparently core whether he had hU spanking at 8 p. m. or earlier, but later he was so regular in his demand for corporal punishment tliat you could set yoni watch by him. He was also soattiicliedtoa certain style of arctic overshos that you couldn't accomplish anything by paddling him with any other style of ohastisment Love is a good taing, and we often wish that more of it had been lavished on us during our post life, but after all therewe chddten who do not yearn for affection half as much as they do for armed aggression. Of course your conscience smites yon at intervals when yon go post tho litlii bed after the conflict is over and pence and slumber ere thd victors. Soiuetl iug may conto up in your throat when you see the little rebel !iying with his feel on the pillow and his head down at the loot of the cot and a little tear on hia eye-lashes. You feel, perhaps, as though it looked like taking an undue advantage for a 200 pound man to catoh o six-year old boy when he is uuprepanid, and paddle him with on ovor.ihoe, aad yet sometimeH it has to be done. We 1 now that in onr own cose corporal punishment was re-sorted to while all the other boys in the family escaped with moral suasion. The result is just what night have been expected. We are the only one of all that promising collection of boys whose piomissorY notes have gained a world-wide circulation lo-day. While the other boys were contented to plod a'ong and ran up little petty accounts at the store, we struck out boldly toward fame and insolvency. Yon 'jan encourage a child with the press-board sometimes and thus give him an impetus which will aid him all through life. Oriental Philosophy. BTODAH. Better than sovereignty over the earth.

' better than going to heaven, better than ; lordship over all the worlds, is the ro- ! word of the first step' in holiness, j He who lives pure in thought, free : from malice, contented, leading s holy ; life, feeling tenderness for all creatures, ; speaking wisely and kindly, humbly and

siucerv, unr. mib xfoibj evtur ut um ueaxii. A wiee man must faithfully discharge all his moral duties, even though he does, not constantly perform the ceremonies of religion. Ho will fall very low if he performs ceremonial acts only, and fails to discbarge his moral duties. There are two roads that conduct to perfect virtue to be true, and to do no evil to any creatuiii. Why say I will go on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Benares ? Why long for the sacked wells? How shall the true Benares be obtained by a wrong-doer? Though wo live in the desert, 6anctity is not there, cor is it in the sky, nor on the

1 earth at the confluence of holy streams.

Convert thy body into a temple, and govern thyself. Give up evil thoughts, and see God with thine internal eye. OONFUOrOS, For one word a man ;a often doomed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to bo foolish. We ought to be careful indeed what we say. When the multitude hate a man it ia necowary to examine into the cose. When the multitude like a man it is necessary to examine into the case. When we see mm of worth, we should think of equaling them ; when wo see men of a contrary character, we should turn inward, and examine ourselves. Things that are dono, it is needless to speak tbout ; things that have had their course, it is needless to remonstrate about ; things that ore :post, it is needless to .blame. "It is according torulesof propriety tfceys ay. Are gems aud silk all that ia

meant by propriety? "U is musio," they soy. Arc bells and drums eU that is meant by musio? The man who is fond of daring, and ! is dissatisfied with poverty, will proceed ' to insubordination. So will the man I who i not virtuous, when you carry your . ditliko of him to an extreme. ; What is the good of being ready with ; tho tougue? They who meet men with ' smartness of speech for the most part : proouro themselves hatred. I know not whether he be truly virtuous, but why . should he show readiuoss of the tongue? j Do not be desirous to have things dono q lickly ; do not look at small ad- ; vantages. Desire to have things done i quickly prevents their being done thor- ! oHghly. Looking at small advantages ' proven is great affairs from being accomj plisheil. j I wo aid not have him to act with me who will unarmed attack a tiger, or cross ' a river without a boat, dying without any regret aly associate must lie the j mau who proceeds to action full of solioitv do, who is fond of adjusting his plans, and then carries then into execution,

INDIANA ITEJB8. Ff R the first time in the history of Seyxiour, own is 10 coots liigaer per bus! el than wheat ' A kan in Grtwiisburg imagines ;tt I ha

I has been called upon by God to wlitttlj

j flesh off the bones of living -ebud, Tens biaeli berry crop of -Jenfiing ia immense. The finest- of bometi tae a ! drug on the market at 3 cents per qutrt J Gov. Poktbb has been invi ted to ad- ' j dress the National Locomotive Firemen's JoiY(ntion at Terie Hute, Se;Cll. I A toitn& man, son of Finley Ctrter, wl ile ualoading hay at Milroy, caught ; bh bant; in pully cm the hay-fork and i th hand was crashed. ! Fhbbic is a etoodfly increasing demand fa? real estate in New Albany: It is next th ng to impossible for one to find a house for rent in the city. I Mrs. NBtUH Uolemak took the morphine route to eternity at Fort '.Wayne, because tho man to whom she was engaged to be married was very i a tentive to another woman. ' Beokv 0binb, a young woman ot laalolorouf' reputation, was found dead iur : Wabash, lnd., near the ground w' .ere I'orepaigh's oircua exhibited tiwday ; before. Morphine, whisky and abuse j by the canvoftraen caused Iter death. ' A PJtMira living in Erie township, near Fi-eu, btd a most horrible Tile the other day. His horses, attached to a : hay-rake, became urunanage&blb :md ran ay. He became entangled "in i -;he roii is and was dragged fully hui a i mile, I Anitb Hoso-f, of Madison, waicon- ! tendini? with a little boy t''fihli",t,oei session of a buttonhook, and hRiMly threw it at her, catching the hook in her : eyelid. Tho child pulled it dorn, in- : stead f up, And severely htcerated the flesh. i Joh MoT-iatjqhmn, of Now Albany, who t as alive at last accounts, 'has suffered four years with cancer of the ' face, tind during tho past thirtyiseven days has eaten scarcely anything. A ch iod deal of Jackmau wheat will be sown in Floyd county the exuuing lull. This vheat is pronounced fat superior

in quality by the mill.jrs, as it' flours better than any other kind aad produces well. Mna Henrv Wikmams, of Bedford, swallowed five grains of morphine fia onb dose with suicidal intent. The timely arrival of a physician saved .her" iifa. The cause of the attempt tins despondency. ; ' . Mna. Habby Hammond, w'sose parents live :in an interior Indians town', and who has been married only lot.r liibhths, was deserted at a Chicago hotel' by -her husband , who carried awa;r. ber clothing acd jewelry. As some parties were prying out stumps with a team of horses in tbj vicinity of Milror, the lover, flyirig Oat, struck Enoch Spurge on, breakiae his leer

and dislocating his hip and, imlda nnd severely injuring him. Lkhtbino set fire to a tig 'burn belong jig to A. M, Sta::beclc, :i proinirent farmer residing net Waltash.. ' Many valuable implements I wenty Ions of hay, nnd several bruhous f coua aud wheif. were clestroyed. B.iutT Abmstrono, of Lavrrsnoi oountr, harvested 1,012 bushels of wiie'ii off thirty-six acres of ground, bebif aa average of over twenty-cSglit liunhrfs to the wre. He allowed stock to ran liver the field until the 10th of April . t.vt: Thomas N. Stetexs. archhK4;and builder, of Bedford, while examining a

' building he was remodeling, was jrushed ! in a most fearful manner by . hevy : stairway falling on him. . One oi his broken ribs penetrated his lungs. Mra. Suae ens, a resident of Fallon ' county, woa visiticg ' friends, m 'Cass county som days 'ago, when shu t- : tempted suiside by taking mcrphiae. ! She was in a critical condition, l utr may j recover. She is a widow, aged iii, ' Tbs Logia8port National Bank has : brought suit to recover S10.GOO from a

gambler nt.med John Condon who is alleged to have induoed Cashier Good- ' win to wager and i-:e that itmonut at t faro. An action for a likeaxaount was j instituted ajrainst Gxd win's Itoiidsinen. i New AiiBAJre's air line railroad; jfosr . which she paid a mint of good money, ' will bring her coal ft orn the Pikocbnnty I mines at a total cost of 9 mats per i bust el, allowing nothing for ln.udUng, when good Pittsburgh coal rsmbehad by the borge-hmd for 8 cent). Ifiere ia ! vigorous kickintf. Warois Clnnent fleeter, con cf George : Heofcer, a prominent formec living nevjur ; North Manchester, Wabash county, was at work on a strsw-stack, ho slipped and ; fell, alighting upon his back,. Both of ' his lower lim bs are now completely pnt- ' aly:sed, and the physician thinka he will j die. The county officers throughout Jbdiina are this year answering the qiies- ! tio .:s propounded to them by tins Stite , Board of Equalization -with mare ! promptness than during lint jwv5hib ; year, and tho chief of the baiv-aii thi'iks j his report ties year will bwuiuoktulier j that; ever beluru. 13 is alleged that a hiilf-witted youth, I wh: was recently adopted "by a fattier j in C orroll county, was cruiJiy torti red ; by 1 is foster-father in wdei',t compid a I cent ession of theft The sum of SIO hod 1 bee) i stolen irom the house, and the boy was hangt-d by the farmer and e. neighI bor until he confessed hi gniit The j boy s injnrieu are said to be wsrioue, i Ati Bdkton, of Muncie, unload- ! ing a carboy of carbolic acid when it broke, drenching hia leg from the knee i down. Bos trousers were burned irom bis leg in an instant, and the acid tunI uicg into hit; boot burned Idea terribly, : Fortunately there was socio soda at . hand, and the application of it relieved ! hun at once, but not till he wai seriously I burned. .

Matthew Bobinson, who rocintly died nt Lafayette, was the o'dest man in

'Xiplpecanoe county, it not in the iHate, j The family record, as kept by the ohildren, makes Mr. Robinson 103 yeirs of I ago, buttheoldgentlomanolwaysasserti ed that it w&b not correct, he claiming : that the ' register iu Ireland mods him i eight years older. Bobinaon's pttrenjs ; were Scotch, though he was bora in Ireland. He vm with Old Hie :ory at Now I Orleans, was never sick k spool: of in ; his life, and maintained his mental faculties to a remarkable degree. Itobin- : son has a daughter who is 18 years old, and his eon, with whom h ) utade hik home, is about 60. : 1 FnAnraroCfD &rogret t It may not be : uninteresting to oar readeis to know j that blue gross, so famous hi Kentucky, i was first rained in Indiana at a little Au- . Aitvn villtlCA Anllfwl nfia.mi Viliitfrtt An.

i White river, iu Hamilton ' souuty. In : thu year 17SX John and William Connor : were stolen by the Indians from Pittsburgh, Pa., and brought to iiis ntlage. John here became the chief mn amoujf ! th Indians, and through him ws Isam : that blue grunt wns m native of what ia : new Hamilton. In 1810, as Goii, Harrkoa's army was K'turning b;.iI h, they took quantities of it to VirC'iniies and Kentucky, and I'roirt there it spread. ; Judge Finch, of Indianapolis, lias often -been heard to owroborate I Jaw atatom snt id it may be accept I m correct thai blue grass was first rowel n went was then known ao the Na.',"tii western

Territory, now lodiauo.

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i Two brotl .ers who were vty Hwsoe!i - ful dentists buiU a large astl hwadwome) ' house, the HPi?ai ance of which wo ! tlonght to resemble, a ln)?ge mo' at i too-lu It was a common re jiwk, "See ! wiiut hrouein - ua do when they pull to. 1 gellier l"